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1 Tiếng Anh 11 – BRIGHT MID-SEMESTER 1 TEST I. PRONUNCIATION A. Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. 1. A. parent B. family C. planet D. fashion 2. A. chores B. champagne C. chief D. cheerful 3. A. disliked B. opened C. travelled D. preferred B. Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. 4. A. pagoda B. museum C. century D. cathedral 5. A. attitude B. difficult C. powerless D. performance II. USE OF ENGLISH A. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following questions. 6. Hana's father is very strict and he ________ hard family rules. A. gives B. sets C. breaks D. nags 7. The scenery of Ha Long Bay was so beautiful that it took my breath _______. A. off B. out C. up D. away 8. The _____________ of Notre-Dame, one of the finest Gothic churches in France, was founded in the 11th century by Bishop Fulbert. A. pagoda B. citadel C. cathedral D. tomb 9. My sister is very ______; you feel that you can really open up to her and tell her about your feelings. A. responsible B. understanding C. easy-going D. outgoing 10. Parents who often fail to ____________ their promises to their children will lose their trust. A. carry out B. do C. perform D. hold 11. I hope my grandparents can stay _________ and live with us for a long time. A. health B. unhealthy C. healthy D. healthily 12. I ordered a drink while I _____________ for Brad to arrive. A. am waiting B. waited C. was waiting D. wait 13. What are you doing? It ________ like something is burning. A. is smelling B. was smelling C. smelled D. smells 14.  ________________ that showed me the way back to my hotel. A. A friendly local B. It was a friendly local C. When a friendly local D. With a friendly local 15. Jim is very untidy. He ______________ his things all over the place. A. will always leave B. is always leaving C. always left D. has always left B. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. 16. Our plane to Ho Chi Minh City didn't take off on time due to bad weather. A. leave the ground B. go on runway C. arrive D. land

3 improve. It’s great now. Jerry C. I hardly see my mother and father anymore, but when I do, it’s OK. I moved out of the family home when I was 16. I didn’t have any problems with them or anything like that, and we never had arguments. But they were so old-fashioned in their attitudes that we had nothing to say to each other. I wanted to be independent and become responsible for my own decisions. There was no way I could do that in the family home with my parents’ attitudes. Mark Don Jerry 25. Who gets on well with his parents? A B C 26. Who has a bad relationship with his parents? A B C 27. Whose parents changed their behaviour? A B C 28. Who feels powerless to improve things with his parents? A B C 29. Whose attitude to his parents has not changed? A B C VI. LISTENING You will hear five people talking about famous sites in the world. Match each speaker, 1 to 5, with one of the sites, A to F. 30. Speaker 1 ____ A. caves 31. Speaker 2 ____ B. dunes 32. Speaker 3 ____ C. a temple 33. Speaker 4 ____ D. a waterfall 34. Speaker 5 ____ E. a tomb F. a pagoda VII. WRITING A. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning. Use the given word(s) if any. 35. Her phone card ran out during her conversation with her mother. (WHILE) → 36. 1967 was the year when ASEAN was founded. (THAT) →
4 37. She never stops saying how much she dislikes her classmates. (COMPLAINING) → 38. Mr. Thomas told us in detail about the history of the Temple of Literature, not the tour guide. → It was B. Use the given words or phrases to make complete sentences. 39. Last week / we / visit / Cúc Phương National Park / locate / 160 kilometres / southwest / Hanoi. → 40. My son / always / spend / too much / time / the Internet. →