Full name: …………………………………………………………… Class: 12… 1 st 45 minute written test Teacher’s remark mark I- Read the passage and then answer the questions(1,5) Many people think that we can learn a lot about the culture of a foreign country simply by living in that country. However, this is not necessarily true. Often, the longer we stay in a foreign country, the more we realize how little we actually know about the culture of that country. Books and talks about other people’s culture can even be dangerous because they concentrate on cultural differences and sometimes a lot of information they contain is untrue. In a study recently carried out in Britain, people were asked to make a list of anything that they thought was typical of Britain and would interest a foreign visitor there. Most mentioned Shakespeare, the Queen, villages inns, English fork dancing, English castles, and fish chips wrapped in newspaper. Although all of these characters can be found in British culture, they do not show the real interests of ordinary British people: (they are, in fact, simply stereotype - that is, general character which people wrongly think are typical.) What is surprising is that they were suggested by British people themselves as representing their culture. If people have such a wrong impression of their own culture, how much false would their impression of other culture be! Question 1-Was music mentioned when making a list of anything that was typical of Britain? - …………………………………………………………………………… ………… 1- How can you learn about the culture of a foreign country? - …………………………………………………………………………… ………… 3- Why can books and talks about other people’s culture be dangerous? - ………………………………………………………………………… …………… II- choose the best one to complete these sentences(2) 1- It is the …………………….test we have ever done A- difficulties B- more difficult C- most difficult D- difficulty 2- Some people think it is ……………………to ask someone’s age. A- disrespectful B- impolite C- good D- unpleasant 3- I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you ………………so I can’t understand what you said A- attentive B- attention C- attentively D- attentively 4- Maggie promised that she ……………………up smoking A- will give B- would give C- gave D- would have given 5- When the robbery happened, the bank manager …………………….in his office A- were working B- was working C- worked D- had worked 6- Do you think physical ……………………….is very important for marriage? A- attractively B- attractive C- attraction D- attractiveness 7- When she came, I………………… my English grammar A- was doing B- did C- had already done D-both A and C 8- The teacher told me …………………….in class, the teacher was looking at me A- not to talk B- to talk C- talking D- not talking III- choose the word whose underlined part is different from the others(1) 1-A houses B- oranges C- hopes D- cases 2-A print B- find C- participate D- singer 3-A thinner B- thousand C- throat D- though 4-A- planted B- planned C- robbed D- hurried IV- Rewrite these sentences as suggestion so that it has the same meaning with the given one(2) 1- She said: “ I can not do this work” - She said that.…………………………… ……………………………… 2- Mai said: “ My brother will go dancing with us tomorrow evening” - Mai said that …………………………………………………………… 3- The woman said: “Did the children go to school last Saturday?” - The woman wanted to know ………………………………… 4- She said: “I like the students who learn hard ” - She said that …………………………………………………… V- choose the one which has the stress is different from the other(1) 1- A- children B- happy C- flower D- alone 2- A- enjoy B- baby C- forget D- unlucky 3- A- attract B- admit C- happen D- begin 4- A- mother B- police C- thirteen D- thirty VI- Put the verbs in bracket in the right tense or right form (1,5) 1- When she (phone)………………….me, I (leave)………………… home and was on the way to my office 2- It ( not rain) ………………………… since he (plant)……………….the young trees 3- When we (come)……………………to the cinema, the film (start)…………………… . VII- Put a suitable preposition in the space(1) 1- She arrived ……………………home at 5.30 . 2- The police are looking …. ………………the bank robbers 3- Do you believe…………………. “contractual” marriage 4- My uncle has lived in HCM city ………………… 5 years . Full name: …………………………………………………………… Class: 12… 1 st 45 minute written test Teacher’s remark mark I- Read the passage and then answer the questions(1,5). ………………………………………………………………………… …………… II- choose the best one to complete these sentences(2) 1- It is the …………………… .test we have ever done A- difficulties B- more difficult C- most difficult D- difficulty 2-