ÔN TẬP GIỮA KỲ I  

Trường THCS Lê Độ, TP Đà Nẵng, 2024 - 2025

A. MAIN POINTS:

B. EXERCISES:

I. Choose the word whose underlined port is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. good      B. soon       C. moon       D. cool

2. A. tofu       B. push       C. include      D. truth

3. A. who       B. lose       C. move         D. woman

4. A. activity     B. pick     C. city      D. milk

5. A. cabbage      B. orange     C. hospitable    D. cottage

6. A. behind      B. garden    C. harvest      D. women 

7. A. support     B. focus    C. busy      D. forum

8. A. avoid     B. soil     C. voice     D. choir

9. A. bury     B. during      C. cure       D. plural

10. A. furniture     B. culture     C. future     D. mature

II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

1. We often post many questions to discuss on a/an  _______ after school.

A. forum     B. market      C. club     D. office

2. Nam often _________ to her Instagram account to chat with her sister in Ha Noi.

A. logs on      B. connects      C. uploads       D. checks

3. Teenagers enjoy listening to music and _______ out with friends.

A. hang     B. to hanging       C. to hang      D. hanging

4. We fancy ______ wild flowers in the countryside.

A. picking      B. herding      C. flying      D. loading

5. We like _______ buffaloes in the countryside.

A. picking      B. flying     C. herding      D. loading

6. We mustn't cheat on exams, ________ it is a wrong thing to do.

A. or      B. but     C. for     D. and

7. It's _______ time, so the villagers are busy cutting and gathering their crops.

A. festival      B. harvest     C. paddy filed      D. orchard

8. I like to ______ Tik Tok to watch short clips whenever I have free time.

A. knit        B. surf      C. message      D. relax

9. He isn't interested ________ growing flowers in the garden.

A. at        B. for      C. with      D. in

10.Lan is not into drawing. She _______ it.

A. likes     B. hates       C. unlike        D. adores

11. Does your brother dislike calling his friends? - Yes, he prefers to _______ them. 

A. browse        B. message        C. surf        D. do

12. Nam is not keen ________ uploading our class photos to the forum.

A. on       B. for      C. with       D. in

13. Visiting _______ increases my knowledge about cultures in the past. 

A. museums      B. cinemas     C. hometowns     D. cities

14. Minh is very fond ________ folding origami and doing D.Y.I projects. 

A. in      B. on      C. about     D. of

15. Many girls worry about their appearance, _______ they often look at themselves in a mirror.

A. but      B. so     C. or      D. for

16. They spend a lot of time surfing the net, ofthey have little time to read books.

A. so     B. or      C. for      D. but

III. VERB FORMS: WRITE THE CORRECT FORM OF VERBS IN BRACKETS. 

1. Please don't make so much noise. I ________________ (try) to work.

2.I _____________ (not go) away very often.

3. He _________________ (be) only 35 years old when he died.

4. The police ____________ (stop) me on my way home last night.

5. Don't put the dictionary away. I ________________ (use) it.

6. Julia is very good at languages. She ________________ (speak) four languages very well.

7. They ____________ (not be) able to come because they were so busy. 

8. It _____________ (not rain) very much in summer.

9. Let's go out now. It _____________ (not rain) anymore.

10. I ___________ (go) to the cinema three times last week.

11. I need to eat something soon. I ____________ (get) hungry.

12. What ________ you usually (do) ___________ at weekends?

13. We're going to get wet. It ___________ (start) to rain.

14. _______ you _________ (have) time to do the shopping?" "No, I didn't."

15. Joe isn't lazy. He __________ (work) hard most of the time.

IV. WORD FORMS: WRITE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS IN BRACKETS

1. Our volunteer club mostly helps the __________ in our neighborhood. (OLD)

2. It is a great way to increase your _____________ and enjoy nature at the same time. (STRONG)

3. Knitting makes people be more careful and _________ (PATIENCE)

4. The children in my village enjoy picking blackberries to eat in the __________ forest. (NEAR)

5. I've had a very ____________ summer holiday with my family. (ENJOY)

6. I like the __________ of the city so I don't want to move to the countryside. (EXCITE)

7. Countryside people are __________ than those in the city. (FRIEND)

8. The people in my village are friendly and ____________ (HOSPITALITY)

9. Cuc Phuong is actually a __________ park. (NATION)

10. The parks have the most beautiful and ____________ scenery. (PICTURE)

11. Many British people enjoy the peace and ___________ of life in the countryside. (RELAX)

12. Few Americans live in the areas of wild and beautiful _________ (SCENE)

13. It's not a problem for the contestants to work under ___________ (PRESS)

14. He spent a lot of time checking ___________ (NOTIFY)

15. Minh told his teachers about some _______________ in his class. They forced him to do  homework for them. (BULLY)

V. READING:

a. Fill in each blank with a word from the box.

I live in a small village in Ninh Binh. I love the (1) _________ peace and quiet of my village. The air is unpolluted, and the pace of life is slow. The people in my village are friendly and (2) _________. They are always willing to help each other. We (3)________ mainly rice and beans. We raise cows and buffaloes too. We can also enjoy (4) ______ in the nearby area. It's actually a nation park, so the wildlife there can live and move about (5) ________ All these things make me love my village more, and I intend to live here my whole life.
 

Dealing with pressures and stress in middle school can be (1) _______. The pressure may be to make friends, earn good (2) _______, excel in sports or other activities, and deal with hectic schedules.

More and more people are going to high school now and it is becoming tougher to get in. Middle- school students face pressure to keep their grades up every day. They are in a(n) (3) __________ with their peers to be the best and the brightest in everything.

During the teenage years, children will feel the pressure to grow up. No longer will they be able to act (4) _______ a child and not worry about responsibilities. Their parents should help them make this transition from a child to an adult easy and teach them to (5) _______  wise decisions. Prepare them for the world ahead of them and don't let go completely at once. Gradually let the growing up occur.

b. Read the passage and then answer the questions.

Jogging not only is a popular outdoor leisure activity but also a daily exercise bringing us health benefits. First, jogging is good for your circulatory. Many studies have shown that those who jog regularly have healthier hearts than those who don't. This means they seldom get diseases involved in the heart. Second, jogging is great for those who want to lose weight. When you jog, your body will use a great number of calories for this activity. This means jogging helps to bum fat stored in your body, especially belly fat. Third, jogging is effective to increase the weight on bones, especially on feet and legs. It means it helps strengthen the bones to carry your body weight easily. Jogging also helps muscles become stronger. Also, jogging might prevent us from catching a cold often. Some researchers have found that it helps to strengthen the immune system in the body. So, if we invest time in jogging every day, we could easily avoid colds and flu. In short, we should do this activity every day to improve our health.

1. Who have healthier hearts, those who jog regularly or those who don't?

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2. How does jogging help you to reduce your weight?

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3. What is ideal for increasing the bones' weight?

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4. Why might jogging prevent us from catching a cold often?

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5. What should we do to improve our health every day?

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Read the passage and then answer the questions.

Last week Nick and some of his classmates went to the countryside. They went to visit a farm of Nick's uncle.

They left early in the morning and went there by bus. Nick's uncle, Mr. Brown met them at the bus stop and took them to his farm. On the way, Uncle Brown showed them the field of wheat and vegetables where some tractors were running up and down, ploughing and breaking soil, distributing manure and planting potatoes.....

After lunch, they all went for a walk. In the large yard of the farm, they saw some farm machines. Among them is the biggest machine which is called a combine harvester. They were told that this machine can cut and thresh com at the same time.

In the afternoon, they went to the place where cattle such as horses, sheep and cows were raised. They were very excited to see how cows were milked by the workers there. Uncle Brown also spoke about many interesting things in the countryside. After having some fruits and cakes, they said goodbye and went home. 

1. How did Nick and his classmates go to Uncle Brown's farm?

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2. What does his uncle grow on his farm?

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3. What can a tractor do?

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4. What is typical of a combine harvester?

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5. Which kinds of cattle are raised on Uncle Brown's farm?

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VI. WRITING

a. Underline and correct the mistake in each sentence.

1. My brother detests to play board games because he finds them boring.

2. She enjoys make origami paper to bring various shapes and animals to life. 

3. You must finish harvesting the rice the earlier this year than you did last year.

4. We need to work more hardly, especially at exam time.

5. As they climbed more highly up the mountain, the air become cooler.

b. Rearrange the words and phrases to make complete sentences.

1. My / doing DIY / leisure activity / favourite / is/.

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2. My brother/ doing puzzles / interested in / is/.

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3. Would / to / go / you like to / with me / the cinema /?

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4. What / leisure activities / do with your mum? / do / usually / you/

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5. Nam / too much time / enjoys/ like Tik Tok / spending / on social media/.

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c. Build the sentences with the cues given.

1. Mai / usually / listen / K-pop music / free time.

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2. I / be / fond of / swim / in the river.

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3. My brother / be / interested / find / new job.

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4. I/ not fond / make models / because / I / not patient.

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5. My friends / keen / do judo / and / they / go / judo club / every Sunday.

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d. Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets.

1. Nga dislikes doing any sports or exercises, so her health is not good enough to study. (KEEN)

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2. Peter loves riding a horse at the riding club. (INTO)

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3. Although Mi doesn't post anything on social media, she still has so many followers. (HOWEVER)

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4. David felt stressed, but he tried to finish his homework. (HOWEVER)

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5. If you don't prepare your lessons carefully, you will not pass the midterm tests. (OTHERWISE) 

You should …………………………………………

6. I can't log on to my Facebook account because my wi-fi is too slow. (THEREFORE)

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7. She failed her final examination which made her parents unhappy. She didn't learn hard. (FOR)

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8. I wanted to buy a set of Lego. I started to save my money. (SO)

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9. His car run 120 km/h while my car can run only 110 km/h. (FAST)

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e. Write a short paragraph (about 80-100 words):

1. About what you LIKE or DISLIKE about life in the countryside: (scenery / entertainment / traffic/food/people/ the air/security/...)

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2. About the CAUSE(s) of your stress and offer SOLUTIONS.

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VII. LISTENING: Review all the listening exercises from Unit 1 to Review 1.

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