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NGUYEN DANG DAO LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL

ENGLISH TEAM ANNUAL

EXAMINATION
OFFICAL TEST
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When there is a notice to do the test, you cannot ask the supervisor
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Time duration: 120 minutes
Examination date: …………………………….
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MODULE
LISTENING
1 20 QUESTIONS – 2 POINTS

DIRECTIONS
Each question below is followed by a number. After listening and reading:
- For multiple choice questions: Color with 2B Pencil the number in the circle.
- For writing questions: Write your answer in the box in the box provided. If there aren’t any box,
write your answer in the blank provided..

Question 1 – 5
Listen to the passage carefully and write T (true) and F (false) to the
statements. You will hear the recording TWICE.

(1) Loans that are used by a home are known as mortgages. …………………
(2) A deposit can be worth about a tenth of the price of a home. …………………
(3) One of the mistakes banks made was they gave out loans to candidates
with good credit report. …………………
(4) One result of the crisis is that a lot of mortgages went unpaid. …………………
(5) The speaker feels that banks alone a responsible for the crisis. …………………

Question 6 – 15
The BBC’s Rebecca Morelle reports a study with mice. It has shown that small
changes to their DNA could after the shape of their face. Listen to the report
and fill in the blank with ONE WORD.

This study helps to explain how one person's (6)……………………… can look so different from
another's. (7)……………………… have indentified thousands of sequences in our DNA that influence our
appearance as we (8)……………………… in the womb.

By looking at mice, they found that removing some of this genetic material subtly altered the
rodent's (9)………………………. In some, the modified DNA led to a longer or shorter skull, while others
had wider or (10) ……………………… faces. The researchers say that although the work was carried
out on (11)………………………, the human face is likely to develop in the same way.
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Dr Axel Visel, from the Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory in California led the
(12)……………………… "We are trying to find out how the instructions for (13)……………………… the
human face are embedded in the human DNA, so somewhere in there, there must be that blueprint that
(14)……………………… what our face looks like."

The researchers say understanding this complex (15)……………………… could also help to
reveal how facial birth defects - such as cleft lips and palates – arise.

Question 16 – 20
You will hear Peter Walsh being interviewed for a job. Listen and choose the
correct answer for each question.

(16) How long has he been in his new job?

① Since 2005 ② For about 3 years ③ For 3 months
(17) Why does he want a new job?
① For a change ② To earn more money ③ To get promotion
(18) What does he like most about his job?
① The right to take actions and make decisions
② His colleagues
③ Working conditions
(19) What kind of person are they looking for?
① Someone who prepared to work overtime
② Someone who is punctual
③ Someone who wants to get on
(20) What qualifications does Peter have?
① A degree
② A school leaving certificate
③ A postgraduate diploma

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MODULE
LEXICO – GRAMMAR
2 25 QUESTIONS – 2 POINTS

DIRECTIONS
Each question below is followed by a number. After reading:
- For multiple choice questions: Color with 2B Pencil the number in the circle.
- For writing questions: Write your answer in the box in the box provided. If there aren’t any box,
write your answer in the blank provided.

Question 21 – 30
Choose the number 1, 2, 3 or 4 to indicate the correct answer questions. Color
your answer with 2B pencil.

(21) Very little was said about his failure, ………………………?

① was it ② wasn’t it
③ was there ④ wasn’t he

(22) - Could I use your telephone?

- ……………………… .
① I’m sorry to hear that ② Please, feel free
③ Certainly, I do ④ That’s very kind of you

(23) Peter ……………………… his father in many ways, but he has his mother’s sense of humor.
① takes after ② comes across
③ makes out ④ gives in

(24) The busy restaurant was always packed with hungry ……………………… .
① clients ② waiters
③ guests ④ customers

(25) He couldn’t ……………………… the huge rock in the path, so he went around it.
① get over ② put off
③ go in ④ take off

(26) The man had a very strange ………………………, so I couldn’t tell where he was from.
① pronunciation ② speech
③ accent ④ tone

(27) There was panic when people ……………………… the building was on fire.
① recognized ② realized
③ showed ④ recalled

(28) According to its label, that medicine should take effect in about 10 minutes.
In the sentence above, “take effect” means ……………………… .
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① produce results ② be administered

③ dissolve completely ④ lise its strength

(29) For the last few months the south-central coastal provinces ……………………… significantly
less precipitation and prolonged drought.
① have experienced ② experience
③ are experiencing ④ have been experienced

(30) I am really sorry for my mistake. It was one that I ……………………… .

① ought not to have made ② mustn’t made
③ ought not to be making ④ had not to make

Question 31 – 35
Use the correct form of the words in brankets to complete the following
sentences. Write your answer in the blank provided.

(31) Traveling in big cities is becoming more and more (trouble) everyday. …………………
(32) After having gone through the period of (hard) and, Mr. Hanson has
indeed change and become a better man. …………………
(33) The family has an important funcion of (society) children. …………………
(34) This word is very difficult to say. I always (pronunciation) it. …………………
(35) Not (surprising) on such a hot day, the beach was crowded. …………………

Question 36 – 40
Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brankets to complete the
following sentences. Write your answer in the blank provided.

1. If the flood [ (36) – not happen ] ……………………… last month, the crop [ (37) – be ]
……………………… better now.
2. At this time tommorow, I [ (38) – be ] ……………………… in Ha Noi [ (39) – attend ]
……………………… an international conference.
3. Scarcely ……………………… they [ (40) – move ] ……………………… into the new house
when their friends came in.

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Question 41 – 45
Each sentence below has a mistake. Underline the mistakes and correct them.

(41) Neither of the scout leaders know how to trap wild animals or how to
perpare them for mounting. …………………
(42) At the start of the seminar, they give us a number of handouts and a
little nice folder to keep them all in. …………………
(43) Stephen Crane’s story is a clinical potrayal of a man as an animal
trapped by the fear and hunger. …………………
(44) Nora hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis
tournaments. …………………
(45) Because of the snow storm and the road blocks, the air force dropped
food close the city …………………

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MODULE
READING
3 25 QUESTIONS – 2.5 POINTS

DIRECTIONS
Each question below is followed by a number. After reading:
- For multiple choice questions: Color with 2B Pencil the number in the circle.
- For writing questions: Write your answer in the box in the box provided. If there aren’t any box,
write your answer in the blank provided.

Question 46 – 55
Read the following passage and then choose the best answers to the
questions. Color your answers with 2B pencil.

FOR A BETTER SLEEP

Here are some ways to help you to get a good night’s sleep. Firstly, don’t try too hard to (46)
asleep because this will make you anxious and keep you awake. Secondly, don’t go to bed until you (47)
sleepy. Sitting in bed awake just (48) you awake. If you cannot sleep (49) you go to bed, get up and do
something relaxing for a while until you feel sleepy. (50) a boring book, watching TV or writing a letter
can all help to relax you. You shouldn’t keep (51) at the clock, either. If you know how much sleep you
have lost, you will become worried and less able to sleep. Turning the clock around (52) you cannot see
it is better. Lastly, it is a good (53) to exercise during the day. A 20-minute walk (54) the morning will (55)
you feel sleepier at bedtime.

(46) ① make ② fall ③ fell ④ take

(47) ① falls ② drop ③ take ④ feel
(48) ① makes ② takes ③ brings ④ does
(49) ① whatever ② wherever ③ whenever ④ how
(50) ① Reading ② Seeing ③ Watching ④ Surfing
(51) ① looking up ② looking after ③ looking at ④ looking for
(52) ① so ② therefore ③ in order to ④ so that
(53) ① idea ② opinion ③ information ④ view
(54) ① on ② in ③ of ④ during
(55) ① take ② provide ③ help ④ support
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Question 56 – 65
Read the following passage and then fill each numbered blank with ONE
suitable word.

MALES AND FEMALES AND RELATIONSHIP

According to psychologists, males and females are completely different
(56)……………………… it comes to relationships with other people. It is all to do with the different
relationships they have with their mothers. Boys only feel properly masculine after they become less
dependent (57)……………………… their mother and can cope withour her when they fell upset. Girls,
on the (58)……………………… hand, feel feminine by attaching (59)……………………… to their mother
and trying to act like her. So being close to someone is a scary thing for boys (60)………………………
make girls feel more secure. The two sexes also react diffrently when (61)……………………… is stress
in a relationship. This is because girls produce more of a hormone known as “oxitocin”,
(62)……………………… calms you down. That means that after a big family argument, for example, girls
tend to talk things through (63)……………………… boys often have a strong “fight or flight” instinct. So
they are more likely to react to stressful situations (64)……………………… slamming doors or shutting
themselves in their rooms where they can spend time alone. These hormonal diffrences probably began
in prehistoric times when calmer females used to make better carers and when men, faced with
dangerous hunting sitatuations, (65)……………………… need to be able to fight or flee.

Question 66 – 70
Read the following passage and mark the option 1, 2, 3 or 4 to indicate the
correct answer to each of the following questions.

In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States had tremendous natural resources that could
be exploited in order to develop heavy' industry. Most of the raw materials that are valuable in the
manufacture of machinery, transportation faci lities, and consumer goods lay ready to be worked into
wealth. Iron, coal, and oil-the basic ingredients of industrial growth-were plentiful and needed only the
application of technical expertise, organizational skill, and labor.

One crucial development in this movement toward industrialization was the growth of the
railroads. The railway network expanded rapidly until the railroad map of the United States looked like a
spider's web, with the steel filaments connecting all important sources of raw materials, their places of
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manufacture, and their centers of distribution. The railroads contributed to the industrial growth not only
by connecting these major centers, but also by themselves consuming enormous amounts of fuel, iron,
and coal.

Many factors influenced emerging modes of production. For example, machine tools, the tools
used to make goods, were steadily improved in the latter part of the nineteenth century - always with an
eye to speedier production and lower unit costs. The products of the factories were rapidly absorbed by
the growing cities that sheltered the workers and the distributors. The increased urban population was
nourished by the increased farm production that, in turn, was made more productive by the use of the
new farm machinery. American agricultural production kept up with the urban demand and still had
surpluses for sale to the industrial centers of Europe.

The labor that ran the factories and built the railways was recruited in part from American farm
areas where people were being displaced by farm machinery, in part from Asia, and in part from Europe.
Europe now began to send tides of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe - most of whom were
originally poor farmers but who settled in American industrial cities. The money to finance this
tremendous expansion of the American economy still came from European financiers for the most part,
but the Americans were approaching the day when their expansion could be financed in their own "money
market".

(66) What does the passage mainly discuss?

① The history of railroads in the United States.
② The major United States industrial centers.
③ Factors that affected industrialization in the United States.
④ The role of agriculture in the nineteenth century.
(67) Why does the author mention a spider’s web in line 7?
① To emphasize the railroad’s consumption of oil and coal.
② To discribe the complex structure of the railway system.
③ To explain the problems brought on by railway expansion.
④ To discribe the difficulties involved in the distribution of raw materials.

(68) The word themselves in line 10 refers to ……………………… .

① sources ② centers
③ railroads ④ places
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(69) According to the passage , what was one effect of the improvement of machine tools?
① Lower manufacturing costs
② Better distribution of goods
③ More efficient transportation of natural resource
④ A reduction in industrial jobs

(70) Which of the following is not true of United States farmers in the nineteenth century?
① They lost some jobs because of mechanization.
② They raised their productivity by using new machinery
③ They sold food to European countries
④ They were unable to produce sufficient food for urban areas.

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MODULE
WRITING
4 15 QUESTIONS – 2.5 POINTS

DIRECTIONS
Each question below is followed by a number. After reading, write your answer with 2B pencil in
the blank provided.

Question 71 – 75
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same
meaning as it first sentence.

(71) A bee sting is more likely to cause death these days than a snake bite.

→ Death

(72) You should not lock this door for any reason when the building is opened to the public.

→ Under no

(73) You must concentrate on your study more.

→ You must apply

(74) David is proud of the fact that he is never late.

→ David prides

(75) The farmers had applied new technology in their fields. The output of rice was raised.
→ Thanks to
Question 76 – 80
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given in any way.
You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

(76) They arrived at the station with only a minute to spare. (NICK)

→ They arrived at the station time.

(77) Nobody could possibly believe the story about her achivements. (BEYOND)
→ The story about her achievements
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(78) We didn’t finish the work because of his carelessness. (CAREFUL)

→ If he has been , we could have finished the work.

(79) He drove so badly that he kept having accident. (SUCH)

→ He was that he kept having accidents.

(80) Without tourism, this area wouldn’t have much income. (DEPENDS)

→ This area its income.

Question 81 – 85
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given in any way.
(81) Chocolate can be good for you but you must not eat too much of it. (PROVIDED)
→ Chocolate

(82) The forest outside the town started burning last night. (CAUGHT)
→ the forest

(83) Sarah wore dark glasses so that no one would recognise her. (AVOID)

→ Sarah

(84) I’ve lost interest in going to the same place all time. (FED)
→I

(85) My father felt that it had been a mistake to write that letter. (REGRETTED)

→ My father

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MODULE
DATA ANALYSIS
5 10 QUESTIONS – 1 POINT

DIRECTIONS
There is a table and 10 multiple-choice and writing questions. For multiple choice question, color
the number coming before the answer which is correct. For writing question, write your answers
in the blank provided.

Question 86 – 95
Given the table below, read the data in the table and answer the following
multiple choice and writing questions. You can use a calculator and a note.

TABLE OF THE RESULTS OF HALF YEARLY ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS IN CLASS IX

No. of Students
Result
Section A Section B Section C Section D
Students failed in both exams 18 23 17 27
Students failed in half-yearly but passed in
14 12 8 13
Annual exams
Students passed in half-yearly but failed in
6 17 9 15
Annual exams
Students passed in both exams 64 55 46 76

(86) According to the table given above, how many students are there in class IX?
① 336 students ② 189 students
③ 335 students ④ 430 students

(87) Which section has the most students passing in both exams?
① Section A ② Section B
③ Section C ④ Section D

(88) How many students who failed on both exams?

① 82 students ② 83 students
③ 84 students ④ 85 students

(89) Which section has the maximum success rate in annual examination?
① Section A ② Section B
③ Section C ④ Section D

(90) Which section has the minimum failure rate in half-yearly examination?
① Section A ② Section B
③ Section C ④ Section D
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(91) Please compare the number of students who passed in the both exam with the number
of students who failed in both exam.

(92) How many students who failed in half-yearly but passed in Annual exams?

(93) Which section has the number of students who passed in half-yearly but failed in Annual
exams greater than 15 and lower than 20?

(94) Which section has the most students who failed both exams?

(95) How many students who fail in both exam in section D?

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MODULE
TEXT WRITING
6 1 QUESTIONS – 5 POINTS

DIRECTIONS
There are a several topics for you to write. Write your text with no longer than 500 words in the
blank provided. If the blank provided is not enough, you can continue writing your text in the
writing paper which you can get from your supervisor.

Question 96
Choose one of the two topics below and write a text about it.

Topic 1

Santosh Singh has said this in a post on Linkedin:

“Education is the greatest weapon in this era for the peoples. But it is very sad that these days
it's governed by corruption. In order to improvisations in country's education, all the people of that
country must be educated. But in many circumstances, they are not able to achieve it. Maybe, if
education is free, then the country will be a developed country which will lead the country in the right
direction and get prosperity.”

Nowaday, in many country, many schools are collecting tuition fees from learners. Do you think
education should be free?

Topic 2

When it comes to childhood, everybody has a lot of memories about it. Please write down your
favourite childhood memories.

Topic …… work:
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