1 Name: …………………… KIỂM TRA HKI NĂM 2011 Class:…………. MÔN: ANH VĂN Date: … /01/ 2011 I. PRONUNCIATION : A. PHONETICS : Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest 1. A. case B. age C. carry D. vapour 2. A. oxygen B. slowly C. healthy D. supply 3. A. count B. amount C. mountain D. course B. ACCENTS : Pick out the word which has the main tressed syllable differently from the rest 4. A. atmosphere B. emission C. combining D. pollution 5. A. influence B. pollen C. popular D. conservation II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION : Choose the most suitable word or phrase 6. Mrs.Pike has been told by her doctor that she is _________, she canot have a child of her own. A. childless B. childhood C. childish D. child 7. A pensioner is someone__________ no longer works and gats money from the state. A. whom B. whose C. which D. that 8. He is such _______ interested man that everybody likes him. A. a B. an C. the D. no article 9. Pay attention _________ all the traffic sign when you are travelling in the street. A. of B. to C. for D. with 10. Now we are still looking for the ________ to the problem of traffic accidents. A. solve B. solver C. solution D. solvable 11. The prefix of “pleasant” is ______________. A. im- B. in- C. ir- D. un- 12. Hunting for meat and burning forests for soil ________ wildlife. A. conserve B. protect C. destroy D. help 13. The authority is trying to put an end to the unemployment A. put down B. put up C. stop D. A and C 14. His computer isn’t capable ___________ running this soft ware. A. to B. of C. on D. about 15. Bluegrass music is somewhat different_________ other types of country music. A. from B. with C. upon D. on 16. Burning coal and oil _______________other gases harmful to humans. A. releaves B. releases C. refreshes D. re-emits 17. Coal, oil and forests are the most important __________ resources. A. industrial B. agricultural C. natural D. national 2 III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE : A. Choose the best word or phrase 18. Does the applicant ___________ ? A. know how to use computer B. know computing C. know to computing D. know how computing 19. Dr. Fleming, _________ discovered penicillin, was awarded the Nobel Prize of Medicine in 1945. A. who B. whom C. that D. which 20. I could not sleep last night __________ I was very tired. A. although B. but C. if D. A and C 21. Both Mary and Jane, as well as John, _______ ready for the examination tomorrow. A. is B. was C. are D. are to 22. She is late again. There is nothing to do but __________ . A. to wait B. wait C. waited D. waiting 23. Each of the boys in the class ______ his own note book a. have b. haves c. has d. a and b are correct 24. Many people…………… have a habit of smoking after lunch. A. used to B. are used to C. used D. are accustomed to 25. Peter has spent _________ time and money on stamp collection. A. a few of B. many of C. a large number of D. a great deal of 26. “Daisy had a careful look at the pictures on the wall.” means ________________ . A. Daisy looked at the pictures on the wall carefully B. Daisy takes a care look at the pictures on the wall C. Daisy is carefully looking at the pictures on the wall D. Daisy looks careful at the pictures on the wall 27. It is raining heavily outside. You should _________ at home. A. to saty B. have stayed C. was staying D. stay 28. Mary said, “I have not seen Peter since last month.” A. Mary said she has not seen Peter since the previous month. B. Mary said she had not seen Peter since the previous month. C. Mary said she was not seen Peter since the previous month. D. Mary said she does not see Peter since the previous month. 29. My father used to ________ me to the zoo when we ________ in the city. A. took / had lived B. taking / were living C. take / lived D. taking / was living 30. They had never admitted__________, but they change their mind later. A. to go B. going C. not go D. do not go B. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct : 31. What would you to do if you were in my position ? A B C D 3 32. After to inventing dynamite, Alfred Nobel became rich, but when he saw its universally A B destructive power, he was very sorry about his invention. C D 33. If he had knew the time when the match started, I would have told you. A B C D 34. Many of the world’s air, water, and land is now partially poisoned. A B C D 35. The little boy is very interested in football, but he is actually not good for playing. A B C D IV. READING COMPREHENSION : A. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word : Air ___36______is the cause of ill-health in human ____37_______. In a lot of countries, ___38______ laws limiting the amount of smoke which factories can produce. ____39_____there isn’t enough information on the effects ___40____ smoke in the atmosphere, doctors have proved that air pollution ____41____ lung diseases. The gases from the exhausts of cars have also ___42____air pollution in most cities. The lead in petrol produces a poisonous gas ____43_____often collects in busy streets surrounded by high buildings. Children who live in areas ____44_______there is a lot of smoke in the atmosphere can not think ___45______ other children and are clumsy when they use their hands. 36. A. polluting B. pollutes C. pollution D. polluted 37. A. beings B. people C. life D. person 38. A. there have B. there are C. there is D. have 39. A. Although B. However C. Despite D. But 40. A. on B. in C. by D. of 41. A. creates B. makes C. carries D. causes 42. A. increased B. reduced C. risen D. gone up 43. A. which B. it C. who D. what 44. A. who B. which C. where D. whose 45. A. quickly as B. more quickly as C. as quickly as D. much quickly than 4 A. Read the text carefully and then choose the correct answer : More than two hundred years ago, the term “environment pollution” is quite strage to people. They live healthily, drank pure water, and bearthed fresh air. In those days, industry was not well-develpoed. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. The world today is faced with amny major threats. The most dangerous threat of all is war, and after the threat of war is pollution. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually, it is amn that is destroying the surroundings with amny kinds of wastes from the devices that make human lives more comfortable an dconvenient. Everyboby knows that cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one want to travel on foot or by bicycles. Manufacturers know that wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating wastes safely. Scattering rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about polluttion ? 46. In former days, people __________________________ . A. bearthed fresh air, drank pure water and lived healthily B. bearthed polutted air, drank pure water and lived healthily C. lived in the polutted environment D. were worried about pollution 47. The most dangerous threat that the world is faced with is _______________ . A. polllution B. water C. war D. air 48. More than two hundred years ago ____________________ . A. the environment was polluted as much as it today. B. people knew nothing about environmental polluttion. C. air was polluted badly D. people were faced with pollution D. they no longer use cars 49. Factory owners _____________________ . A. know nothing about pollution B. have no awareness of pollution C. treat wastes from their factories safely D. do not want spend money on treating the wastes safely. 50. Everyboby knows that cars emit dangerous gases _____________________. A. so they do not travel by car any longer B. so they prefer travelling by bicycles C. but they still prefer travelling by cars THE END 5 . 1 Name: …………………… KIỂM TRA HKI NĂM 2011 Class:…………. MÔN: ANH VĂN Date: … /01/ 2011 I. PRONUNCIATION : A. PHONETICS : Pick out the word which. attention _________ all the traffic sign when you are travelling in the street. A. of B. to C. for D. with 10. Now we are still looking for the ________ to the problem of traffic accidents. A gases _____________________. A. so they do not travel by car any longer B. so they prefer travelling by bicycles C. but they still prefer travelling by cars THE END 5