ĐỀ THI GIỮA HỌC KÌ 1 – ĐỀ SỐ 3

A. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Exercise 1: Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others’.
1. A. backache B. channel C. children
2. A. thirsty B. surf C. allergy
Exercise 2: Circle the word which has a different stress pattern from that of the others’.
3. A. allergy B. volunteer C. energy
4. A. collect B. donate C. cycle
Exercise 3: Fill each blank with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
5. She loves her job because she enjoys people.
A. meet B. to meet C. meeting
6. We to this nursing home every week.
A. come B. comes C. coming
7. James eats a lot of fast food and he weight.
A. puts on B. gets in C. take up
8. is the condition of having painful red skin that is caused by staying in the sun for too long.
A. Obesity B. Sunburn C. Cough
9. Jessica: “Would you like a cup of coffee?”
Kim: “ ”
A. No, thanks. B. I feel itchy. C. I do like.
10. Ben: “Let’s go camping.”
Joe: “ . I worked all night yesterday.”
A. No problem B. Just bring yourself C. Oh, count me out
B. READING
Exercise 4: Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage.
Hoa has several hobbies such as knitting, cooking, (11) to music and so on. However, she likes
(12) books the most, which makes her comfortable after school. It also helps her to improve her
knowledge. Sometimes, she plays sports (13) her sisters in the front yard. In the morning, she
usually (14) up early to go cycling. It helps her to (15) her health and enjoy fresh
air in the morning.
11. A. listen B. listens C. listening
12. A. read B. reading C. reads
13. A. with B. to C. for
14. A. got B. get C. gets
15. A. donate B. improve C. provide
Exercise 5: Read the passage. Circle the best answer A, B or C to each of the questions.
The secrets to a long life
Why can some people live to over a hundred, while most of us die much sooner? How long you live
depends on where you live. A person who lives in a city in Australia will probably live longer than a person
living in a poor part of Africa. So, what can you do to live longer? You can make healthy choices. That
means eating healthy foods and getting enough exercise.
Being overweight may make your life shorter because you have a higher chance to have health problems.
You can start by changing what you eat. Eat less red meat instead of chicken or fish. Fish is really good for
helping you live a longer life. You should eat lots of vegetables, so you can get a lot of the vitamins you
need. You also need to get enough exercise. There are different types of exercises. Some exercise is good for
the heart. Other types of exercise is good for making you stronger. Lifting weights is a good example. Along
with taking care of your body, you also have to take care of your mind. Don’t work too hard. Try to relax
and do something fun each day. If you follow these simple rules, you will have a good chance of living a
long time.
16. What is the reading text about?
A. How to live a long life.
B. You live longer thanks to the place you live.
C. Being overweight makes your life shorter.
17. What are healthy choices?
A. Eating healthy foods
B. Getting enough exercise
C. A and B
18. Why should you eat vegetables?
A. Because vegetables are better for your health than meat.
B. Because vegetables are easy to make healthy dishes.
C. Because vegetables helps you get a lot of the vitamins you need.
19. How is lifting weights good for you?
A. It makes your heart stronger.
B. It makes you stronger.
C. It makes you lose weight.
20. Which statement is NOT mentioned in the text?
A. Mental health is also important.
B. Fish and chicken are better for your health than red meat.
C. One of the secrets to a long life is to eat lots of vegetables instead of doing exercise.
C. LISTENING
Exercise 6: Listen to a student’s report about how young people spend their free time and decide if the
statements are true or false.
21. Young Americans are spending more time doing sports.
22. Soccer is becoming more and more popular.
23. Playing video games is also a common activity.
24. Watching sports is a good way to get exercise.
25. Exercise is important for good health.
Exercise 7: Listen to 5 people describing a health problem to a friend and fill in the blanks with NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
Health problem Suggestion
1 a terrible headache (26)
2 a really bad backache (27)
3 (28) take some vitamin C
4 her whole body hurts (29)
5 (30) get some sleeping pills
D. WRITING
Exercise 8: Put the given words in good order to make meaningful sentences.
31. He/ summer/ in/ climbing/ goes/ mountain/ the/ usually/.

32. it/ boring/ because/ finds/ time/ models/ Jim/ takes/ lots of/ making/.

33. cold/ I/ sore throat/ love/ a /,/ drinks/ but/ have/ I/.

34. Alex/ usually/ fishing/ so/,/ loves/ goes/ in/ near/ he/ his house/ fishing/ the lake/.

35. Smoking/ harmful/ is/ costs/ it/ and/ a lot/ of/ money/./,/

Exercise 9: Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one.
36. Joana doesn't eat much in order not to be overweight.
Joana doesn't eat much because
37. She likes arranging flowers.
Arranging flowers
38. Linda thinks mountain climbing is dangerous.
Linda finds
39. Why don't we go swimming this afternoon?
What about
40. How about going to the movies tonight?
Let’s