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NAME: THE FIRST MID- SEMESTER TEST CLASS: 12/ Time: 45 minutes I. PHONETICS: (1.5pt) * Which word has the different stress from the rest? 1. A. polite B. walking C. keenness D. signal 2. A. carefully B. physical C. September D. general 3. A. application B. mathematics C. university D. secondary * Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest? 4. A. amazing B. vacancy C. state D. campus 5. A. divide B. primary C. service D. science 6. A. student B. education C. curriculum D. tutor III. 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 (7) ___________ neatly, but comfortably. Make (8) ______________ that you can deal with anything you are (9) _______________ . Prepare for questions that are certain to come up, (10) ____________ example: Why do you want to become a nurse? What is the most important (11) _______________ a good nurse should have? Apart from nursing, what others careers have you considered? What are your interests and hobbies? 7. A. dress B. wear C. put on D. have on 8. A. evident B. sure C. definite D. clear 9. A. requested B. questioned C. enquired D. asked 10. A. with B. at C. for D. from 11. A. behavior B. quality C. nature D. point III. GRAMMAR - VOCABULARY: (4pts) Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence 12. There have been a lot of improvements in the state _______________ system in Vietnam recently. A. educate B. education C. educational D. educator 13. If I _______________ you, I would stop smoking. A. were B. am C. would be D. had been 14. The academic year in Vietnam ______________ into two terms. A. has divided B. will be divided C. is divided D. divides 15. This is the school ________________ my father used to teach. A. why B. when C. which D. where 16. During the _______________, you should speak slowly and clearly. A. interview B. interviewer C. interviewee D. interviewed 17. Some people think that "Pericles" _________________ by Shakespeare. A. wrote B. was written C. has written D. had been written 18. ______________ you study harder, you will fail the final examination. A. Unless B. If C. When D. As 19. People _________________ can speak English can be understood in many countries. A. whose B. whom C. who D. which 20. The national _____________ is a programme of study in all the main subjects that children aged five to sixteen in state school must follow. A. syllabus B. course C. plan D. curriculum 21. She applied ______________ the new post of training officer. A. for B. in C. on D. with 22. My form teacher is the person _____________ advice I always ask for. A. who B. whom C. whose D. that 23. If I had gone to the party last night, I _______________ tired now. A. am B. were C. would have been D. would be 24. In Britain it is ____________ for children to attend school between the ages of five and sixteen. A. enforced B. compulsory C. obliged D. made 25. A new primary school ________________ in my village recently. A. have been built B. has been building C. has been built D. have been building 26. If Tuan ________________ to Australia, he will have a good opportunity to improve his English. A. comes B. came C. come D. had come 27. Job _______________ are advertised in Situation Vacant. A. places B. vacancies C. seats D. positions IV. WRITING (2pts) * Find an error in each sentence that needs correcting. 28. My close friend, that has just got Sacombank's scholarship, is an excellent student. A B C D 29. I don't know the reason which he refused such a good job. A B C D 30. If he works more slowly, he wouldn't make so many mistakes. A B C D 31. Computers are using in many fields such as business, medicine and education. A B C D * Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one. 32. He didn't hurry, so he missed the train. A. If he hurried, he wouldn't miss the train. B. If he had hurried, he might catch the train. C. If he had hurried, he could have caught the train. D. He didn't miss the train if he hurried. 33. People spend a lot of money on advertising every year. A. A lot of money is spent on advertising every year B. A lot of money is spend on advertising every year. C. A lot of money on advertising is spent every year. D. Money is spent a lot on advertising every year. 34. This is the bank. We borrowed the money from it. A. This is the bank from where we borrowed the money B. This is the bank which we borrowed the money C. This is the bank where we borrowed the money from D. This is the bank from which we borrowed the money 35. Daisy's marriage has been arranged by her family. She is marrying a man _______________. A. she hardly knows him B. whom she hardly know C. she hardly knows D. that she hardly know V. 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. 36. Most visitors come to Cambridge ________________. A. to see the university B. to study in the colleges in Cambridge C. to find the classroom buildings D. to use the libraries of the universities 37. The university began to appear around in the ________________ century. A. 8th B. 9th C. 13th D. 15th 38. People named Cambridge the "city of Cambridge " because _______________. A. the river was very well-known B. there is a bridge over the Cam C. it was a developing town D. there is a river named Granta 39. The town really began to develop after _____________. A. 800 B. 875 C. 1951 D. 1845 40. From what we read we know that now Cambridge is _______________. A. visited by international tourists B. a city without wall C. a city of growing population D. a city that may have a wall around it . every year. 34 . This is the bank. We borrowed the money from it. A. This is the bank from where we borrowed the money B. This is the bank which we borrowed the money C. This is the bank where. to find the classroom buildings D. to use the libraries of the universities 37 . The university began to appear around in the ________________ century. A. 8th B. 9th C. 13th D. 15th 38 . People. 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