ENGLISH 12 THE FIRST-SEMESTER EXAMINATION – 2010-2011 CODE: 116 docx

READING COMPREHENSION: Read the passage and choose the best answer: A person writes a resume when seeking employment.. When writing a resume, the type that can best highlight one's sk

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ENGLISH 12 THE FIRST-SEMESTER EXAMINATION – 2010-2011

CODE: 116 Time allotted 45 Mins

I/ READING COMPREHENSION:

Read the passage and choose the best answer:

A person writes a resume when seeking employment It outlines one's skill, education, and experience It is sent to potential employers The information included in a resume can be presented in a number of ways There are three basic types of resumes

The first type is the chronological resume This is the most popular It presents information according

to time (most recent to least recent) The second type is the functional resume It highlights a person's

experience The third type is a combination resume It is a combination of the first two When writing a resume, the type that can best highlight one's skills, education, and experience should be selected

1 : All of the following statements are true about the combination resume except

A It is a chronological and functional resume all in one

B It explains experience from past jobs

C It is organized by experience as well as time

D It is not an effective type

2 : The word "highlights" in the passage is closest in meaning to

A makes bright B emphasizes C deletes D includes

3 : According to the passage, the chronological resume

A is not important

B is not the most popular type

C is the most difficult to write

D lists information from most recent to least recent

4 : It can be inferred from the passage that

A a chronological resume is the best

B employers only read combination

C experience is more important than skills

D writing a resume is one of the first steps in looking for work

II/ Choose the best option:

5 : Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other:

A coughs B days C brings D leaves

6 : Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other:

A comments B complain C compose D command

7 : Which of the following words is stressed on the first syllable?

A academic B optimistic C compulsory D category

8 : Which of the following words has the stress pattern different from that of the others?

A subsequent B popularity C agricultural D represent

9 : Don't worry I'll _ you a hand with the washing up

A give B take C borrow D return

10 : It's not easy to change people's toward a certain problem

A idea B opinion C thinking D attitude

11 : I'm not opposed to your plan but it needs

A modify B being modified C modifying D to modify

12 : "How are you today?" -“ Not very well, I’m afraid.”

- " What’s the matter? "

A Really, that’ s a bad thing B I’ m sorry to hear that

C I’ m afraid to know that D Why not?

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13 : ."What a lovely house you have!" " "

A Of course B You're welcome

C Thank you D I think so

14 : James as a sports journalist for thirty-five years before his retirement last year

A has been working B has worked C will have worked D had worked

15 : He that she had been chosen to play in the national team

A said her B told her C told D talked to her

16 : They wanted to know in the area

A if you would stay how long B how long you would stay

C how long you will stay D how long would you stay

17 : She asked me _ your work on the project

A if you had finished B if you have finished

C you had finished D whether you had been finished

18 : _ you cut down your carbohydrate intake, you'd have lost weight by now

19 : my father did not hold a well-paying job, he enjoyed his job a lot

A Although B But C However D Despite

20 : In Vietnam, children start school at the age of 6 and _ school at the age of 18

21 : That's the coffee bar I usually meet my friends

A in that B which C that D where

22 : Lots of researches _ to find a suitable solution to the problem

A have been done B has done C has been doing D has been done

23 : Would you like to go to the movies tomorrow? - Sure By then I _ my exam

A have finished B finished

C will finish D will have finished

24 : The emphasis _ violence has very bad effects _ children

A on / on B in / to C of / for D for / at

25 : _ money for the handicapped children is always a good cause

A Earning B Gathering C Raising D Borrowing

26 : Choose the underlined word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that needs correcting

Tom said ( A ) that he is going to ( B ) leave for ( C ) London the following ( D ) day

27 : _ birds can fly very high in _ sky

A The ………a B The…… the C x……… the D x…… x

Nguyen Du, who wrote ( A ) Truyen Kieu, was ( B ) one of most ( C ) famous poets ( D ) in Vietnam

Modems permit ( A ) computers communicating ( B ) with one ( C ) another over ( D ) telephone lines

30 : Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the given one

If she had done her homework, she wouldn't have been punished

A She hadn't done her homework, so she had been punished

B She will be punished because she didn't do her homework

C She did her homework, so she was not punished

D She didn't do her homework and was punished

31 : Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the given one

It was overeating that caused his heart attack If _

A he had overeaten, he would have had a heart attack

B he didn't overeaten, he wouldn't have a heart attack

C he hadn't overeaten, he wouldn't have had a heart attack

D he overate, he would have a heart attack

32 : Choose the best sentence made from the given cues:

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America / said / discovered / Columbus / 1498

A America said that Columbus was discovered in 1498

B America said that Columbus discovered it in 1498

C America is said that it was discovered by Columbus in 1498

D America is said to have been discovered by Columbus in 1498

33 : Choose the best sentence made from the given cues:

I / not know / what / she / do / the / moment

A I do not know what she is doing at the moment

B I do not know what she does at the moment

C I do not know what she is doing on the moment

D I do not know what is she doing at the moment

III/ Read the passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space

FURTHER EDUCATION

Around the age of sixteen you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university (34) ? Do I leave and start work or begin a training (35) ? The decision is yours, but it may be (36) remembering two things: there's more unemployment (37) people who haven't been to university, and people who have the right skills will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs

If you decide to go straight into a job, there are many opportunities for training Getting qualifications will (38) you to get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (39) you earn Starting work and taking a break to study when you're older is (40) possibility This way, you can save up money for your student days, as well as getting practical work experience

34 : A after B later C then D past

35 : A school B class C course D term

36 : A worth B necessary C important D useful

37 : A between B among C with D through

38 : A make B help C let D give

39 : A where B while C when D what

40 : A also B again C another D always

Name:

Class :

Code: 116

ANSWER SHEET :

01 a b c d 11 a b c d 21 a b c d 31 a b c d

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01 a b c D 11 a b C d 21 a b c D 31 a b C d

02 a B c d 12 a B c d 22 A b c d 32 a b c D

03 a b c D 13 a b C d 23 a b c D 33 A b c d

04 a b C d 14 a b c D 24 A b c d 34 a B c d

05 A b c d 15 a B c d 25 a b C d 35 a b C d

06 A b c d 16 a B c d 26 a B c d 36 A b c d

07 a b c D 17 A b c d 27 a b C d 37 a B c d

08 A b c d 18 A b c d 28 a b C d 38 a B c d

09 A b c d 19 A b c d 29 a B c d 39 a B c d

10 a b c D 20 A b c d 30 a b c D 40 a b C d

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