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BARIA-VUNGTAU Department of Education and Training School Year : 2010 -2011

BARIA High School

THE SECOND TERM EXAM Subject: English 12

YOUR FULL NAME:………CLASS: 12……

Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest

Question 1: A grasses B stretches C comprises D potatoes

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word

When the weather is cold, it is not very much fun to wait for a bus People have to stand at a bus-stop for

minutes or even hours They talk about the bus and (4) about the weather Most of them feel cold Some have

to drink coffee to stay warm

Traveling by buses (5) pollution, but people often would rather drive their cars Many people are not

used to the bus schedules, and they do not like to wait

On the other hand, many people have been (6) the bus every day for many years They are used to

it They say the bus has been coming on time every day, and they have never been late for work In (7) _, they do not need a parking place in all that time Buses are very convenient when they are used to them

Question 4: A tell B complain C comment D judge

Choose the best answer

Question 8: After Peter had returned from the Sahara desert, he was confined to bed by a disease

A mystery B mysterious C mysteriously D mysteriousness

Question 9: I _ find my own way there You _ wait for me

A should / can't B have to / must C can / needn't D might / mustn't

Question 10: is the existence of a wide variety of plant animal species living in their natural environment

A Biodiversity B Conservation C Globe D Individual

Question 11: John _ across the lawn

A danced wildly B was wildly danced

C was dancing wild D was being danced wildly

Question 12: If you _ a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously

A dip into B pick up C put down D put away

Question 13: Two tablets twice a day to help you recover from the illness quickly

A must take B must be taken C must have taken D must be taking

Question 14: My fingers were injured , my sister had to write the note for me

Question 15: The _ it rained, the the wind blew

A harder / stronger B harder / stronglier C hardlier / stronglier D.harder / more strongly

Question 16: Alice: “What shall we do this evening?”

Carol: “ _ ”

A I went out for dinner B Oh, that’s good!

C Let’s go out for dinner D No problem

Question 17: Be careful! The tree is going to fall

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A Look out B Look up C Look on D Look after

Question 18: In some countries, each academic term is by a week-long break

A left B departed C subtracted D.separated

Question 19: I went to buy a Rolling Stones CD the shop didn't have it

A and B but C therefore D so

Question 20: Tom: “Thank you for a lovely evening.”

Mary: “ _ “

A Don’t mention it B Yes, that is nice C I’m glad you enjoyed it D Yes’ I’d like that

Question 21: Those letters now You can do the typing later

A need typing B needn't be typed C need to type D needn't typing

Question 22: The museum is open to everybody It between 9am and 5pm

A visits B visited C can visit D can be visited

Question 23: My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _ it is at night, _ he plays his music!

A the less / the more loud B the less / less

C the more late / the more loudlier D the later / the louder

Question 24: We were very tired ; , we decided to walk home

A therefore B however C and D so

Question 25: The bomb exploded in the garage; fortunately no one hurt

A put on B went off C got out D kept up

Question 26: Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become _

Question 27: There you are at last! I was wondering when you’d up!

Question 28: “I’ve enjoyed myself very much But it’s very late, so ”

A take good care B have a good day C goodbye for now D it’s great fun, thanks

Question 29: The facilities of the new hospital are

A as good or better than the old hospital

B as good as or better than the old hospital

C as good as or better than those of the old hospital

D as good or better than those of the old hospital

Question 30: What a lovely baby! He certainly takes _ his father, doesn’t he?

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the rest

Question 31: A ability B agriculture C development D contaminate

Question 32: A disappearance B vulnerable C conservation D generation

Which underlined part is incorrect?

Question 33: Since 1984 the sport has included in the Olympic Games as part of the yachting events

A B C D

Question 34: Rain falls occasionally in deserts so desert storms are often violent

A B C D Question 35: The SEA Games are under regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision

by the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia

Question 36: Species become extinct or endangerment for a number of reasons, but the primary cause is the

A B

destruction of habitat by human activities

C

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions

Fiction is the writing of a story or text that is not true It can be written in the form of either poetry or prose Poetry is a style of writing in which short lines form verses Often, words at the end of these lines rhyme, like “bed” and “red” We call a group of verses about on subject a “ poem.” Prose writing does not have verses, nor does it

rhyme It uses sentences and paragraphs Prose is used in magazine articles, newspaper stories, short stories, and

books

Prose fiction has existed since ancient times, but most early fiction was actually written as poetry Scholars disagree about the date of the first prose fiction book, or novel Some scholars classify fictional stories from ancient Greece and Rome as the earliest novels Others claim there were novels in Asia as early as the 6th century These early novels were mostly short adventure stories about fictional characters

In Europe, prose fiction began to seriously challenge poetry in the 16th century A Spanish author,

Cervantes, wrote Europe’s first prose novel in the early 1600s However, longer novels, like Cervantes’s Don Quixote, did not become very popular until the 1700s By that time, there were more printing presses, and more

people knew how to read In addition, more people had money to buy these books Today, the vast majority of fiction is written in prose rather than in poetry

Question 37: What does the word “It” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A Non-fiction B Fiction C Peotry D Prose

Question 38: What can we learn about newspaper stories from paragraph 1?

A They are usually written in verse

B They are usually written in rhyme

C They are usually written in paragraphs

D They are usually written by scholars

Question 39: What can be inferred from the second paragraph?

A Prose fiction has been very popular since long ago

B Prose fiction has not been around since ancient times

C The date of the earliest known novel is the sixteenth century

D The date of the earliest known novel is not easy to determine

Question 40: The topic discussed in paragraph 3 is about

A when prose became dominant in Europe

B when poetry became dominant in Europe

C when Cervantes became an important author

D when prose began in Spain

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