BÀI TẬP ÔN THI HOC KÌ I (2010-2011) - ĐỀ 1
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part pronounced differently
1. A. climb B. kitchen C. drink D. continue
2. A. rich B. hit C. rid D. heat
3. A. sheep B. seek C. peak D. live .
4. A. maths B. hard C. subject D. far
5. A. money B. company C. complain D. father
6. A. party B. market C. narrow D. marvelous
7. A. boss B. broke C. both D. told
8. A. all B. talk C. salad D. false
9. A. four B. cost C. your D. pour
10. A. could B. pull C. full D. soup
11. A. good B. wood C. look D. cook
12. A. put B. pull C. full D. June
13. A. top B.more C. job D.wrong
14. A.shake B. talk C. call D.walk
II. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition. (Điền giới từ )
Exercise 1: Giới từ theo sau tính từ.
1. Ken was proud . . . . . . . . his good marks on English.
2. The room is full . . . . . . . . . . . . people.
3. I am anxious …… her, I haven’t received a letter.
4. The streets are crowded … . . . vehicles at the rush hour.
5. My home is far……………school.
6. I am interested …………… current events
7. She is contented . . . . … her present life.
8. People are not satisfied . . . . . . their lives.
9. He is different ……. His wife.
10. I am very worried ……… My son’s failure.
Exercise 2: Giới từ theo sau động từ
1. She still went …………… writing her lesson in spite of the noise

IV. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:
1. After lunch, I often (take) ………………….a rest.
2. My sister usually (practice)……… playing the piano in the evening.
3. My brother (visit) ………………….me last month.
4. My brother (visit)………………… me twice a week.
5. My brother (visit)………………… me before he went to HCMC.
6. I (not meet) ………………… him last year.
7. I (not meet) …………………….him since last year.
8. They (arrive) ……………………at the club two days ago.
9. She (learn) French for several years.
10. I feel terrible. I think I (be)………………. sick.
11. We (have)………………… an English-speaking club meeting next week.
Would you like to come?
12. Yesterday he (go)……… home after he (go)……………. to the store.
13. You (watch) …………………TV last night?
14. He (teach) …………… English since he (graduate)…… from the university.
15. By the time I (come)……… , he already (leave)……………………
V. Fill in the blanks with the correct relative pronouns: who- whom – which
1. Let me see the letters …… …………. You have written.
2. It was the nurse …… told me to come in.
3. I saw the man …… closed the door.
4. The girl …………won the race is very happy.
5. The man ……… I saw yesterday is a doctor.
6. Who is the woman … we met here last week ?
7. The driver …………you want to see is not here.
8. The book …… I has bought is not good.
9. The boy …… threw that stone will be punished.
10. They are repairing the house…………they bought in July.
VI. Fill in the blanks with “Because of / in spite of”
1. We arrived late ………… …the bad weather.

16) Do you often practise (speak) ……………………….English?
17) It takes me hours (written) ……………………a letter.
18) He is too busy (take)……………………. care of her.
19) He gave up………………… (smoke).
20) My brother is fond of (collect)………………… stamps.
VIII. Change into passive:
1. Tom has done the homework.
→ The homework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. She bought a book.
→ A book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. Someone has watered the trees.
→ The trees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. He takes a bus to school.
→ A bus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. She played the piano.
→ the piano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IX. Combine the sentences, using “who, whom, which”.
1. The street is very wide. It leads to my school.
→. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. The boys are my cousins. They are playing in the garden.
→. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. The people were very nice. We visited them two days ago.
→. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. The pencil is mine. It is on the desk.
→. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. The man is secretary. You saw him at the desk.
→. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IX. Read the passage, then answer the questions:
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in the nineteenth century,
and later came to the United States. Several members of his family did a great