TRANG DINH HIGH- SCHOOL
School year: 2014- 2015
 ENGLISH TEST
Time allowed : 45 minutes



Full name:…………………………………………………...
Class: 11A……….



Teacher’s remarks



I. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words (1p)
1. A. dangerous B. get C. journey D. general
2. A. hour B. hand C. help D. hold
3. A. where B. who C. which D. why
4. A. needed B. wanted C. interested D. liked
II. Circle the best answer (3.75p)
5. He enjoys……………….books every day.
A. read B. to read C. reading D. to reading
6. They let their children………..at home tonight.
A. stay B. stays C. staying D. stayed
7. Their…………lasted a lifelong.
A. friendly B. friendship C. friends D. friend
8. We all said, “……………!” before Nam blew the candles on the birthday cake
A. Happy birthday B. Happy New year
C. Happy anniversary D. Congratulation
9. My brother refused……….me $5.
A. to lend B. lending C. to have lent D. lend
10. I used to……….TV more often than I do now.
A. watching B. watch C. watched D. to watching
11. Nowadays parents make their children…………too hard.
A. working B. work C. worked D. to working
12. They deny…………the news
A. tell B. told C. to tell D. telling
13. Would you like……….your holiday with my family in Brazil?
A. spend B. to spend C. spending D. spent
14. He………..this book last year.
A. write B. writes C. wrote D. writing
15. I………..a car accident while I …………for you on this corner yesterday.
A. saw/was waiting B. see/am waiting C. saw/waited D. see/wait
16. We………them before the reception yesterday.
A. haven’t meet B. hadn’t met C. didn’t meet D. wouldn’t meet
17. …………..your hands and sing with me.
A. touch B. clap C. see D. watch
18. I saw a ….of dollar notes on the table but didn’t know who it belonged to
A. collection B. wad C. box D. shop
19. He has a good………..of humor
A. sensation B. sensitive C. sense D. sensor

III. Circling ONE mistake in each sentence (1p)
20. Anne will invite her friends to her birthday party yesterday.
A B C D
21. When I was walking on the street, I was seeing my friends.
A B C D
22. Fifty years ago, I have lived in a very big city in USA.
A B C D
23. I want doing this exercise even though it is difficult.
A B C D
IV. Put the verbs in brackets into the right tenses (1.5p)
24. While he (have)…………………..dinner, the phone (ring)………………….
25. When I (come)…………. home, my mother (cook)……..for 15 minutes.
26. When the police (arrive)…., the car (go)…
V. Read the passage and choose the correct answer (1.25p)
My oldest friend is Sally. We met thirty years ago when we were both five years old. It was my first day at school so I was very unhappy and I wanted my mother. Sally gave me some candy and we became friends immediately. We were together nearly every day until we finished school twelve years later.
Then I went to college, but Sally didn’t. She got married when she was just eighteen and had three children. I studied for four years because I wanted to be an accountant. I had a lot of new friends, and I didn’t see Sally very often. Sometimes we didn’t see each other for months, but we often talked now on the phone.
Now I’m married, too. I live near Sally and we meet every week. She’s a student now, and I have a baby, so we can give each other a lot of advice.
27. Who is her oldest friend?
A. My oldest friend is