1 Ly Thai To High School Hanoi, April 2011 English Test (N 0 05) Time: 60 minutes Class: 12 …. Full name: ………………………… Mã đề thi: 951 Multiple choice: 1. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. A. care B. nightmare C. share D. are 2. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. A. cooks B. starts C. needs D. hopes 3. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. A. engaged B. decided C. expected D. attracted 4. Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest. A. begin B. common C. require D. around 5. Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest. A. effective B. expensive C. division D. volunteer 6. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. A _______ book tells stories through pictures. A. novel B. biography C. craft D. comic 7. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Water polo is a game where two _________ teams play against each other, attempting to score points by throwing a ball into the opponent’s goal. A. opposite B. oppose C. opposing D. opposable 8. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. The journey was the most difficult for the old dog, but ______he found the strength to make it. A. amazingly B. amaze C. amazing D. amazement 9. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. The games really became a festival that impressed sports ________ . A. enthusiasts B. enthusiasm C. enthuse D. enthusiastic 10. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. A scientist who studies living things is a _______ . A. biologically B. biologist C. biology D. biological 11. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Lan : “You look great in that blue dress, Huong!” Huong: “____________________________________ .” A. No, I don’t B. Oh, you don’t like it, do you? C. I bought it at NEM’s D. Thanks. It’s my father’s present on my birthday 12. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ba :“Don’t forget to send your parents my regards.” Tung: “____________________________________ .” A. Thanks, I will. B. you’re welcome C. Good idea, thanks D. It’s my pleasure 13. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Peter: “Could I get you a drink?” Paul : “ ____________________________________ .” A. No, I don’t B. No, thanks C. No, you couldn’t D. No. I couldn’t 14. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Waiter : “How do you like your hamburger done? Customer: “____________________________________ .” A. I don’t like it much B. I like it C. Well-done, please D. Not very well 2 15. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Student A: “Should we use solar energy to protect the environment?” Student B: “____________________________________ ” A. No, thanks. B. You don’t think so, do you? B. Yes, I’ll go. D. That’s a good idea. 16. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. The _____ the hotel is, the more comfortable its rooms are and the better service it supplies to its hotel guests. A. cheaper B. larger C. more expensive D. more storey 17. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Will you please turn ________ the radio? The baby is sleeping. A. on B. up C. down D. round 18. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. I am looking ___________ a book about Vietnamese food. Have you got it? A. after B. for C. through D. over 19. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Had I seen the film last night, I _______ you about it now. A. would have told B. could tell C. should tell D. will tell 20. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. When I came to see them last night, they _______ chess. They said that they ________for three hours. A. had played / had played B. were playing / had played C. were playing / had been playing D. played / would play 21. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. That is the house _______ my grandfather used to live in. A. where B. which C. that D. B and C are correct 22. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. When I got home last night, the room _______. A. was cleaning B. was cleaned C. had cleaned D. had been cleaned 23. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. When I entered the room, everybody ______ joyfully. A. was dancing B. had danced C. danced D. were dancing 24. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. She felt very______ when she first got her present job. A. worrying B. worriedly C. worries D. worried 25. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. This is the house _________________. A. in which I was born B. which I was born C. that I was born D. which in I was born 26. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. The higher one rises in the atmosphere, ________ the temperature generally becomes. A. colder than B. the colder than C. the colder D. is colder 27. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. What ________ if you _________ in my situation? A. will you do/ are B. will you be doing/ have been C. would you do/ were D. you would do/ were 28. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. John got ill and had to ________ smoking. A. get up B. put on C. give up D. go on 29. Choose the best answer which has the similar meaning as the underlined word. What a lovely baby! He certainly resembles his father, doesn’t he? A. looks after B. looks up C. looks for D. takes after 30. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. _________ her sadness, she tried to hide it and go to the party. 3 A. Because of B. In spite C. Although D. Despite 31. Find out one mistake in the following sentence. Only when the famine gets worse world governments will begin to act. A B C D 32. Find out one mistake in the following sentence. She brought a lot of money with her so that she needed buy some duty-free goods. A B C D 33. Find out one mistake in the following sentence. I have been working hardly for two weeks and now I feel like a rest. A B C D 34. Find out one mistake in the following sentence. Tom likes taking part sports, so he will join the football team of his school. A B C D 35. Find out one mistake in the following sentence. We are going to visit our grandparents when we will finish our final exams. A B C D 36. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. They are not ________ to take part in this program of the World Health Organization. A. as old B. enough old C. old enough D. so old 37. Choose the best sentence that has the same meaning as the original one. Why don’t we go for a walk? A. What about go for a walk? B. What about going for walk? C. What about going for a walk? D. What about going a walk? 38. Choose the best sentence that has the same meaning as the original one. He thinks learning Chinese is easy. A. He thinks it is not easy to learn Chinese. B. He thinks it is easy to learn Chinese. C. He thinks it is not easy learning Chinese. D. He thinks it is easy learn Chinese. 39. His parents advised him to study hard for his exams. A. He was advised to study hard for his exams. B. He was advised study hard for his exams. C. He was advised to study hard his exams. D. He is advised to study hard for his exams. 40. The train had already left before I got to the station. A. When I get to the station, the train has already left. B. When I had got to the station, the train had already left C. When I got to the station, the train already left D. When I got to the station, the train had already left. Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer. Water polo originated in England during the 1870s and soon became popular in the United States. It was first played in the Olympic Games as a men’s exhibition sport in 1904 it became a men’s medal sport, but only the United States fielded a team. In 1908 it was contested internationally at the Olympics. Over the succeeding a team decades water polo became especially popular in Europe. From approximately 1920 to 1946 the United States departed from the international rules for water polo by adopting for play a loosely inflated ball that could be gripped in one hand and carried toward the goal. Opposing players usually attempted to seize the ballcarriers, wrestle them under water, and render them helpless from loss of breath. This rough style of play virtually disappeared by 1946. Since that time traditional water polo has grown rapidly in north America, especially as a college sport. It is particularly 4 popular in southern Califofnia and other parts of the west. Women have played water polo since the game’s early days, but participation was not widespread until the 1960s . In 1961 United States water polo established a nation club championship for women. It has hosted one from men since 1890. Women’s water polo became an Olympic medal sport at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia. 41. Where did water polo originate? A. In Europe B. In England C. In the United States D. In North America 42. When did water polo become a men’s medal sport in the Olympic Games? A. 1875 B. 1900 C. 1904 D. 1908 43. When did players the United States follow the same rules as in Europe? A. In 1920 B. In 1945 C. In 1946 D. In 1960 44. In what parts of the United States does water polo is very popular at colleges? A. In the East B. In the West C. In the South D. In the Midwest 45. When did water polo become a women’s medal sport in the Olympic Game? A. In 1990 B. In 1960 C. In 1980 D. In 2000 Fill in the blanks in the following passage with suitable words by choosing the best answer: TEENAGERS AND SPORT It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports. When you are young, you know how important (46) __________ to do physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (47) _________ enthusiasm that in the end you can’t live without it. The problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time. At your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to university, with perhaps only one afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens just when you are at the best (48) _________ for many sports, such as gymnastics and swimming. By the time you finish all your studies you will probably be too old to be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough time on (49) _________ while you are young, then one day you will find that you are very good at your sport but too old to study, and you will find it (50) _________ to get a good job. Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair. 46. A. this is B. you are C. it is D. things are 47. A. keen B. many C. great D. much 48. A. stage B. age C. period D. time 49. A. training B. practice C. exercise D. sporting 50. A. impractical B. unlikely C. improbable D. impossible The end. 5 . 1 Ly Thai To High School Hanoi, April 2011 English Test (N 0 05) Time: 60 minutes Class: 12 …. Full name: ………………………… Mã đề thi: 951 Multiple. 1904 it became a men’s medal sport, but only the United States fielded a team. In 1908 it was contested internationally at the Olympics. Over the succeeding a team decades water polo became especially