NAME: THE FIRST MID-SEMESTER TEST CLASS: 12/ Time: 45 minutes Mã đề: 482 I. READING (1.25pt) Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. "Where is the university?" is a question many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the city. You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one colleges. Cambridge was an already developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100,000. Many young students want to study at Cambridge . Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world. 1. The university began to appear around in the ________________ century. A. 15th B. 13th C. 8th D. 9th 2. The town really began to develop after _____________. A. 875 B. 1951 C. 1845 D. 800 3. Most visitors come to Cambridge ________________. A. to see the university B. to find the classroom buildings C. to study in the colleges in Cambridge D. to use the libraries of the universities 4. People named Cambridge the "city of Cambridge " because _______________. A. the river was very well-known B. it was a developing town C. there is a river named Granta D. there is a bridge over the Cam 5. From what we read we know that now Cambridge is _______________. A. a city without wall B. visited by international tourists C. a city of growing population D. a city that may have a wall around it II. PHONETICS: (1.5pt) * Which word has the different stress from the rest? 6. A. university B. application C. secondary D. mathematics 7. A. September B. physical C. carefully D. general 8. A. discuss B. polite C. walking D. keenness * Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest? 9. A. student B. tutor C. curriculum D. education 10. A. primary B. divide C. service D. science 11. A. amazing B. campus C. state D. vacancy I. WRITING (2pts) * Find an error in each sentence that needs correcting. 12. Computers are using in many fields such as business, medicine and education. A B C D 13. If he works more slowly, he wouldn't make so many mistakes. A B C D 14. My close friend, that has just got Sacombank's scholarship, is an excellent student. A B C D 15. I don't know the reason which he refused such a good job. A B C D * Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one. 16. This is the bank. We borrowed the money from it. A. This is the bank from which we borrowed the money B.This is the bank from where we borrowed the money C. This is the bank which we borrowed the money D. This is the bank where we borrowed the money from 17. Daisy's marriage has been arranged by her family. She is marrying a man _______________. A. whom she hardly know B. that she hardly know C. she hardly knows D. she hardly knows him 18. People spend a lot of money on advertising every year. A. Money is spent a lot on advertising every year B. A lot of money is spent on advertising every year. C. A lot of money on advertising is spent every year. D. A lot of money is spend on advertising every year. 19. He didn't hurry, so he missed the train. A He didn't miss the train if he hurried. B. If he hurried, he wouldn't miss the train. C. If he had hurried, he might catch the train. D. If he had hurried, he could have caught the train IV. READING (1.25pt) Choose the word - A, B, C or D - that best fits each blank in the following passage. The secret of a good interview is preparing for it. What you wear is always important as it creates the first impression. So (20) ___________ neatly, but comfortably. Make (21) ______________ that you can deal with anything you are (22) _______________ . Prepare for questions that are certain to come up, (23) ____________ example: Why do you want to become a nurse? What is the most important (24) _______________ a good nurse should have? Apart from nursing, what others careers have you considered? What are your interests and hobbies? 20. A. put on B. dress C. have on D. wear 21. A. sure B. clear C. evident D. definite 22. A. questioned B. enquired C. asked D. requested 23. A.from B. with C.at D. for 24. A. nature B. behavior C. point D. quality III. GRAMMAR - VOCABULARY: (4pts) Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence 25. ______________ you study harder, you will fail the final examination. A. As B. When C. Unless D.If 26. People _________________ can speak English can be understood in many countries. A. who B. whom C. whose D. which 27. My form teacher is the person _____________ advice I always ask for. A. who B. that C. whose D. whom 28. If I had gone to the party last night, I _______________ tired now. A. am B. would be C. would have been D. were 29. The academic year in Vietnam ______________ into two terms. A. divides B. has divided C. will be divided D. is divided 30. This is the school ________________ my father used to teach. A. which B. where C. when D. why 31. The national _____________ is a programme of study in all the main subjects that children aged five to sixteen in state school must follow. A. curriculum B.plan C.course D. syllabus 32. She applied ______________ the new post of training officer. A. on B. in C. for D. with 33. If Tuan ________________ to Australia, he will have a good opportunity to improve his English. A. had come B. comes C. came D. come 34. Job _______________ are advertised in Situation Vacant. A. places B. seats C. vacancies D. positions 35. There have been a lot of improvements in the state _______________ system in Vietnam recently. A. educational B. educator C. educate D. education 36. If I _______________ you, I would stop smoking. A. am B. would be C. had been D. were 37. In Britain it is ____________ for children to attend school between the ages of five and sixteen. A. enforced B. compulsory C. obliged D. made 38. A new primary school ________________ in my village recently. A. has been built B. has been building C. have been building D. have been built 39. During the _______________, you should speak slowly and clearly. A. interview B. interviewed C. interviewee D. interviewer 40. Some people think that "Pericles" _________________ by Shakespeare. A. wrote B. has written C. had been written D. was written . NAME: THE FIRST MID-SEMESTER TEST CLASS: 12/ Time: 45 minutes Mã đề: 482 I. READING (1.25pt) Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. "Where is the university?". This is the bank from which we borrowed the money B.This is the bank from where we borrowed the money C. This is the bank which we borrowed the money D. This is the bank where we borrowed the money. can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the city. You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university