1 Class 12…. ENGLISH TEST Name: ………………………. Allotted Time: 45 minutes Date: ……./ 10/ 2011 Mã đề: 121 Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. hands B. parents C. chores D. boys 2. A. included B. wanted C. decided D. noticed Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest. 3. A. nervous B. polite C. verbal D. body 4. A. carpet B. visit C. summer D. include Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one. 5. Most doctors and nurses have to work on a _______ once or twice a week at the hospital. A. solution B. night shift C. household chores D. special dishes 6. I didn't think his comments were very appropriate at the time. A. correct B. right C. exact D. suitable 7. It is parents' duty and responsibility to _____hands to take care of their children and give them a happy home. A. shake B. hold C. join D. take 8. You are old enough to take _______ for what you have done. A. responsible B. responsibility C. responsibly D. irresponsible 9. Tuan: You look great in this new dress. Lan: ________. A. With pleasure B. Not at all C. I am glad you like it D. Do not say that 10. The mother told her son _______ so impolitely. A. not behave B. did not behave C. not behaving D. not to behave 11. It is generally believed that "Men build _______ house and women make it _______ home". A. the / Ø B. a / an C. the / a D. a / the 12. The mother asked her son _______. A. where he has been B. where had he been C. where has he been D. where he had been 13. It is not easy to ________ our beauty when we get older and older. A. develop B. maintain C. gain D. collect 14. Many young people have objected to _____marriage, which is decided by the parents of the bride and groom. A. agreed B. shared C. contractual D. sacrificed 15. Professor Berg was very interested in the diversity of cultures all over the world. A. variety B. changes C. conservation D. number 16. Sometimes Mr. Pike has to work very late _______ night to do some important experiments. A. in B. at C. for D. on 17. The boy waved his hands to his mother, who was standing at the school gate, to ______ her attention. A. attract B. pull C. follow D. tempt 18. Ann: What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary! - Mary: _______ A. Thank you very much. I am afraid B. You are telling a lie C. Thank you for your compliment D. I don't like your sayings 19. They _______ him for weeks. A. do not see B. did not see C. have not seen D. will not have seen 20. Every day Mary _____ on the computer, but today she _____ a typewriter because there is no power. A. types / is using B. is tying / uses C. has typed / will use D. types / has used 21. Where is Jimmy? - He is ____ work. He is busy ____ his monthly report. A. on / for B. in / about C. to / through D. at / with 22. I _______ there once a long time ago and _______ back since then. A. went / have not been B. go / am not C. have gone / was D. was going / had not been 23. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm. A. left / forgot B. left / had forgot C. left / would forget D. leave / was forgetting 24. When you see your teacher approaching you, a slight wave to attract his attention is appropriate. A. coming nearer to B. catching sight of C. pointing at D. looking up to 2 25. Our teacher often said, "Who knows the answer? _______ your hand." A Rise B. Lift C. Raise D. Heighten 26. He advised _______ too far. A. her did not go B. her do not go C. her not to go D. she did not go 27. I _______ a terrible accident while I _______ on the beach. A. see / am walking B. saw / was walking C. was seeing / walked D. have seen / were walking Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct 28. Thank you very much of the present that you sent me. A B C D 29. I didn’t see Mary since she went to live in the capital. A B C D 30. Lan told to me that she would talk to you later. A B C D Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 40. In the United States and Canada, it is very important to look at 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 talking, 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 seconds when they are thinking or trying to find the right word. But they always turn immediately back to look the listener in the eyes. These social rules are the same for two women, two men, a woman and a man, or an adult and a child. 31. These social rules are used for _____. A. two men B. a man and a woman C. everybody D. two women 32. When you are talking to an American or Canadian, you should _____. A. look directly at him or her B. look to the side C. avoid looking directly at him or her D. look down 33. Looking down or to the side when you are spoken to means _____. A. you respect him or her B. you are afraid of him or her C. you are paying attention to him or her D. you feel bored with his or her words 34. It is very _____ of you not to look in the eyes of the listener while talking. A. impolite B. polite C. honest D. dishonest 35. People can look away for a few words while speaking _____. A. to find something B. to find the correct word C. to hide something D. to hide their feelings Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the passage below. The United State has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional,(36) ____ a father, mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1980 were dead by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These (37)____ couples may believe that they would not make good parents, they may want freedom the responsibilities of childrearing; or, perhaps they (38) _____ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult (39)____ a stepparent. A step mother or step father is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or mother. Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States, people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what types of family group they must belong to. They respect each other's choices regarding family groups. Families are very important (40)____ Americans. 36. A. consisting of B. consisting C. consist of D. in concluding of 37. A. childlike B. childish C. childless D. childhood 38. A. weren't B. can't C. are not D. couldn't 39. A. who is B. is C. which has D. which is 40. A. to B. of C. for D. in . . . . . . . . . . . . THE END . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Class 12…. ENGLISH TEST Name: ………………………. Allotted Time: 45 minutes Date: ……./ 10/ 2011 Mã đề: 121 Choose the word which has the underlined