English test (Time: 45 mins) Grade: 12 Name:…………………………………… Class: 12 A … I- Pronunciation: Choose the word which is pronounced differently 1. A. landed B. moved C. enlisted D. completed 2. A. shells B. soldiers C. tests D. thousands 3. A. home B. lonely C. stone D. tomb 4. A. steal B. weather C. treasure D. pleasure II- Grammar + Vocabulary: Choose the best answer 5. “I must see the manager!” he cried. He insisted……………the manager. A. on seeing B. to see C. about seeing D. on having seen 6. We’re really looking forward………you at our house on Saturday. A. to see B. seeing C. having seen D. to seeing 7. The film is not only long …………………. A. and boring B. bath boring C. but also bored D. but also boring 8. It usually……………. to do her homework everyday. A. has taken her two hours C. take her two hours B. will take her two hours D. takes her two hours. 9. A lot of books and clothes…………………………………………………………………………… A. were sent to the remote area students last week. C. will be sent to the remote area students last week B. are sent to the remote area students last week. D. was sent to the remote area students last week. 10. This test…………………………………of multiple- choice questions. A. consist on a number C. consist in a number B. consist to a number D. consist of a number 10. She ………… her friend a greeting card last week. A. send B. sent C. has sent D. sending 11. None of the people ……………. to the party can come. A. who invited B. inviting C. invited D. which were invited 12. My father asked me _____ of the film. A. what do you think B. what I think C. what did you think D. what I thought 13. Mr Gibbon usually drinks mineral water, but in this party he _____ champagne. A. drinks B. will drink C. has drunk D. is drinking 14. This house ………… in 2000. It looks old now. A. build B. was built C. has built D. built III- Find out the mistake (each sentence has one mistake) 15. An apology indicate that we realize we’ve made a mistake A B C D 16. The conical leaf hat is a symbol of Vietnam girls and women. A B C D 17. She did called out me when she met me at the station A B C D 18. We both share our households chores A B C D IV- Reading comprehension: Read the passage and choose the best answer A,B, or C to complete each of the sentences. My father, Paul, is a doctor. He works in the City Hospital and is one of the best doctors of the hospital now. But twenty years ago, in one or two years of his early career as a doctor, he had quite a few embarrassing experience there. Perhaps, one of the most embarrassing incidents happened on the very day he started working in the Accident Department of the hospital. On that particular morning, my father got up early, had breakfast and got dressed. He looked at himself several times in the mirror, feeling quite pleased, and then left home for the hospital It was a spring morning and the weather was fine. So my father decided to cycle to work. He thought it was good exercise for him as he was trying to lose weight. However, it was just beginning to rain as he left the house, but he thought he could reach the hospital before the rain got too heavy. He cycled down the hill, turned into the main road and was heading for the city centre when the bus in front of him began to slow down. As he cycled faster to overtake it, there was a loud bang and everything went back. When he came round, he was lying on the pavement and a crowd of people were standing around him. Then he heard an ambulance in the distance and his heart sank. Five minutes later he arrived at the hospital and was carried into the Accident Department on a stretcher. 19. Paul has worked in the City Hospital for…………… A. one year B. two years C. twenty years 20. When he first started working in the City Hospital, Paul………………… A. was in some embarrassing situations B. was one of the best doctors of the hospital C. felt very pleased with himself 21. Which of the following Paul did NOT DO in the morning he started his job in the Accident Department? A. get up early B. have breakfast C. feel unhappy 22. Paul went to the hospital by bicycle because………………… A. it started to rain. B. he tried to get to the hospital before the rain got too heavy C. he thought it was good exercise for him 23. Paul had the accident when…………………………. A. he was trying to go past a bus B. there was a lot of people standing around him C. he hit an ambulance 24. The phrase “ came round” in the passage means………………………. A. went round the corner of a street B. became conscious again after an accident C. went faster V- Writing: Choose the sentence which means the same as the numbered sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D (2pts) 1. Our teacher was sick a week ago, and he is still sick. A. Our teacher has been sick for a month B. Our teacher have been sick for a month C. Our teacher has been sick for a month ago D. Our teacher has been sick since a month 2. I would rather cycle than travel by motorbike to work A. I prefer cycling to travelling by motorbike to work. B. I prefer cycle to travelling by motorbike to work. C. I prefer cycling to travel by motorbike to work. D. I prefer cycling than travelling by motorbike to work. 3. She is pleased to meet her cousin again. A. She looks forward to meeting her cousin again. B. She look forward to meeting her cousin again. C. She looks forward to meet her cousin again. D. She looks forward for meeting her cousin again. 4. "I will be back at six," said Susan A. Susan promised to be back at six. B. Susan promised to being back at six. C. Susan promised being back at six. D. Susan promised be back at six. 5. Liz said she would go to the cinema with me. A. Liz agreed to go to the cinema with me B. Liz agreed going to the cinema with me C. Liz agreed to go the cinema with me D. Liz agreed go to the cinema with me IV. Listening: Listen and fill in the blanks the words you hear (2pts) In the United States and Canada, it is very (1)………………………… important to look a person in the eyes when you are having a conversation with him or her. If you look down or to the side when the other person is (2)………………… , that person will think that you are not interested in what he or she is saying. This of course, is not polite. If you look down or to the side when you are talking, you may appear hiding something, that is, it might seem that you are not honest. However, people who are speaking will sometimes look away for a few (3)…………… when they are thinking or trying to find the right word. But they always turn immediately back to look the (4)………………… in the eye. These social rules are the same for two (5)…………………………, two men, a woman and a man, or an adult and a child. Keys 1a 2c 3a 4c 5a 6b 7a 8b 9a 10c 11d 12b 13a 14d 15c 16d 17c 18c 19a 20c 21a 22d 23b 24b 25. When was Jame Cook born? In 1728 26. What did he do when he was 27? He went into the navy 27. Howlong did he spend the first time to Pacific Ocean? Three years 28. Did he go to Hawaii? Yes he did Writing Uncle Ho was born in Kim Lien Nam Dan Nghe An ,on 19 May, 1890. In 1911, He left Nha Rong to go abroad. In 1930, he formed the communist party. In 1939, He was kept in Quaong Dong prisons. From 1941to 1942, He wrote Nhat Ky Trong Tu. He retured to Vietnam in 1942. On 2rd September, 1945, He read Tuyen Ngon Doc Lap at Ba Dinh square. He died of bad health in 1969 . English test (Time: 45 mins) Grade: 12 Name:…………………………………… Class: 12 A … I- Pronunciation: Choose the word which is pronounced. pronounced differently 1. A. landed B. moved C. enlisted D. completed 2. A. shells B. soldiers C. tests D. thousands 3. A. home B. lonely C. stone D. tomb 4. A. steal B. weather C. treasure. the remote area students last week. D. was sent to the remote area students last week. 10. This test ………………………………of multiple- choice questions. A. consist on a number C. consist in a number B.