1 THAI BINH EDUCATIONAL BUREAU ENGLISH TEST FOR THE FIRST TURN Nguyen Duc Canh High School GRADE 12- THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011 Time limit: 180 minutes Candidate's name: ………………………… Number: ………………………………………. ************************************************************************************* Caution: The candidates write the test here. A. PHONETICS I. How many ways of pronunciation for the underlined words in each line. 1. headache, heart, real, earth, dealer ……………………………………………. 2. ground, generous, four, flour, enough ……………………………………………. 3. any, annual, action, private, attention ……………………………………………. 4. book, flood, poor, soon, goose ……………………………………………. 5. chain, chance, channel, chemical, machine ……………………………………………. II. Pick out the word whose underlined part is prounced differently from that of the others. 6. anxiety, example, exhaust, examination ……………………………………………. 7. wool, wood, food, foot ……………………………………………. 8. special, official, dictionary, social ……………………………………………. 9. chocolate, late, face, ate ……………………………………………. 10. light, leather, folk, left ……………………………………………. III. Pick out the word whose stress is different from that of the others. 11. university, international, agricultural, philosophy ……………………………………………. 12. available, certificate, opportunity, tutorial ……………………………………………. 13. lecturer, identity, socially, calendar ……………………………………………. 14. tertiary, reference, insurance, thoroughly ……………………………………………. 15. considerable, engineering, economics, academic ……………………………………………. B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE IV. Write a preposition after each verb in the following sentences. 16. A: Congratulation! We're happy about your success. B: Thank you. That resulted _______ my hard work. 17. A: Do you think Mr Lam is qualified _______ that job? B: Yes, i think he is. 18. I have applied _______ a part- time job at Co-op Mart. I hope I can obtain an interview. 19. I'm concentrating _______ preparing for the mid- term test in English. 20. A: Do you agree _______ me _______ the answer to this question? B: Of course, I do. 21. My cousin has just graduated _______ High School. He is going to take an entrance examination to the University of Technology. 22. You can ask the interviewer _______ the requirements of the job. 23. If you want to apply to a university in the United State, you should have your high school transcripts translated _______ English. 24. The state school system is paid _______ by the state. V. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. 25. " That's correct. The new ring road will be built through the wood," the President said. The President……………………………………………………………………………………………… 26. The architect has drawn plans for an extension to the house. Plans ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 27. The heavy snow made it impossible for them to have their picnic. They were ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 28. Everybody has agreed that changes to the scheme are necessary. 2 Changes…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 29. My father didn't return to his hometown until the war ended. Not until ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 30. He promised not to report me to the police. I ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31. After 30 years of hard work, he made a decision to retire. After he ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 32. They are going to rebuild our kitchen next week. We ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 33. "Oh, just a minute, was it Leonardo De Vinci or Michelangelo who painted The Mona Lisa?" he wondered. He couldn't ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 34. The Presidential visit attracted such an enormous crowd that all traffic came to a standstill. So many ………………………………………………………………………………………………… VI. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 35. Sam (not receive) __________ the parcel the last time I (send)__________ to him. 36. I (consider) __________ buying a new house but now I (change) __________ my mind. 37. When you (feel) __________ hunger later, room service (bring) __________ you whatever you want. 38. I (find ) __________ it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I (lose) __________ my ticket. 39. Since I (pay) __________ for our lunch, I (try) __________ to attract the waiter's attention. 40. As soon as I (have) __________ a good look at the designs, I (send) __________ them back to you. 41. I (hope) __________ to meet you ever since I (read) __________ your first novel. 42. Whatever (happen) __________ , I (meet) __________ you here in a week's time. 43. By the time you (finish) _________ getting ready, we (miss) __________ the train. 44. Sally! I (not expect) __________ to see you here! What you (do) __________ in New York? VII. Give the correct form of the words in parentheses to complete the sentences. 45. We should have a _________________ checkup at least once a year. ( medicine) 46. Hippocrates' school put _________________ on reason and observation. ( emphasize) 47. That old hospital has been _________________ with new equipment. ( modern) 48. Mr. Smith seems very ________________ about computer science. ( knowledge) 49. These names of the plants should be arranged _________________. ( system) 50. Visitors said that the _________________ of Vietnamese people was unforgetable. ( hospitable) VIII. Fill each the blanks with one suitable word. SAVE THE EARTH We are slowly destroying the earth. The seas and rivers are (51) _____ dirty to swim (52) _____ . There is much smoke in the air that it is (53) _____ to live in many of the world's cities. In one well- known city, for example, (54) _____ gases from cars pollute the air so much that traffic policemen have to (55) _____ oxyge marks. We have cut down (56) _____ many trees that there are now west areas of waste land all over the world. As a result farmers in parts of Africa can not grow (57) _____ to eat. In certain countries in Asia, there is too (58) _____ rice. Moreover, we do not take enough (59) _____ of the countryside. Wild animals are quickliy (60) _____ . Answers: 51. …………… 52. ……………… 53. ……………… 54. ……………… 55. …………… 56. …………… 57. ……………… 58. ……………… 59. ……………… 60. …………… IX. Find in each line one mistake that needs correcting. Write the correct answers in the lines right below. Most people like sunlight. Without sunlight, we feel active and sick. Our energy 61).…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… come from the sun, but we don't always have to be outdoors to get it. It comes to us 62)………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 stored up to us in foods. The fruits and vegetables we eat receives energy from the 63)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. sun. Hence we can walk, run and play because of we have energy. 64)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The air is filled with germs. The germs may have settled in our skin. When 65)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. sunlight falls on our skin , these germs destroyed. Thus sunlight acts like a 66)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. medicine on our skin. Therefoce, it is healthy to allow sunlight to fall on our body. 67)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. When we are out under the sun, a special vitamin is created in our bodies. Certain 68)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. chemicals find in food and in our bodies are changed into vitamin D, which is 69)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. important for the body. Vitamin D makes our muscles strongly and makes the work better . 70)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. X. Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D to complete the following sentences. 71. He decided to ………… a course in art and design. A. sit B. take C. do D. B and C are correct 72. The college ……… specialist language courses. A. runs B. provides C. manages D. A and B are correct 73. Let me give you a …………. with those bags. A. help B. hand C. support D. hold 74. She said she'd prefer us to arrive ……… nine o'clock. A. no after than B. not after than C. not later than D. no later than 75. The President has called ………… investment to rebuild the country's economy. A. for B. about C. on D. with The end . 1 THAI BINH EDUCATIONAL BUREAU ENGLISH TEST FOR THE FIRST TURN Nguyen Duc Canh High School GRADE 12- THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011 Time limit: 180 minutes Candidate's. _______ English. 24. The state school system is paid _______ by the state. V. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. 25. " That's correct. The new. road will be built through the wood," the President said. The President……………………………………………………………………………………………… 26. The architect has drawn plans for an extension to the house. Plans ………………………………………………………………………………………………………