Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim entries or regions styled 'member economies' to discuss the regional economy, cooperation, trade and investment.. The
Trang 1TEST 2- (SECOND SEMESTER-GRADE 12)
Time allowance : 45 minutes
I PHONETICS:
A Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1 A vertical B scuba C public D decision
B Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words
4 A penalty B countryman C national D intensive
II GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
Chose the best answer by circling the letter A,B,C or D to complete the following sentences
6 Water polo was the first………sport added to the Olympic program, in 1900
A adventure B team C individual D spectator
7………is a sport involving travel over water on a small 2-4.7 meter board powered by wind acting on a single sail
A Sailing B Waterskiing C Windsurfing D Canoeing
8 Why do they ……… talking about money all the time?
A keep on B turn on C turn off D get over
9 The WHO was established………….7 April 1948
10 It is becoming ……… to get a job
A difficult and difficult B more and more difficult
C much and much difficult D the more difficult
11 Play in the home country, the Vietnamese athletes competed in high…………
A mentals B spirits C heads D brains
12 Minh was awarded the most outstanding player in 2010
A famous B strongest C talented D colorful
13 Over 10 thousand people were killed in the in Japan some days ago
14 ………you study for the exams, ……….you will do
A The harder/ the better B The more/ the much
C The hardest/ the best D The more hard/ the more good
15 In football, a player who is penalized by a red card will be
16 He ……… in the accident yesterday That was terrible!
A was died B has been died C was killed D had been killed
17 Lan : « My brother has just won in a sport competition »
Minh : « ……… »
A Welcome! B Congratulation! C Best wishes! D Have a nice competition !
18 It is getting ……… when winter is coming
A cold and cold B colder and cold C colder and colder D coldest and coldest
19 Susan : « You were excellent in your match”
Mary : “……….”
A It is ok B You are welcome C Not at all D You are kidding
20 UNICEF was……… the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and Prince of Asturias Award of Concord
in 2006
A warded B received C accepted D won
21 The children like ……… to the zoo on Monday
A taking B being taken C to be taken D to take
22 The man often ………at the office late
Trang 2A arrives B arrive C arrived D arriving
23 You can ……… the new words in the dictionary
A look for B look up C look at D look after
24 She takes ……… her mother, she has blue eyes and long hair, too
A in B up C after D out
25 ……… they have, ………they want to have
A the much/ the much B the more / the much
C the more/ the more D the much/ the more
III READING
A Reading the passage carefully and choose the best answers:
Synchronized swimming was developed (21) water ballet, which was first performed
in the early 20th century The first synchronized swimming competition in the United States was a (22) between Wright Junior College and the Chicago Teacher’s College in 1939 In 1941 the sport was (23) by the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, (24) _ the governing body put many amateur sports in the United States Synchronized swimming became a (25) event in the Pan American Games in 1955 in Mexico City
25 A competing B competition C competitive D All are correct
B Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim entries or regions (styled 'member economies') to discuss the regional economy, cooperation, trade and investment The membership
is claimed to account for approximately 41% of the world's population, approximately 56% of world GDP and about 49% of world trade The activities, including year-round meetings of members' ministers, are coordinated by the APEC Secretariat
The organization conducts the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting annual summit attended by the heads
of government of all APEC except Taiwan under the name Chinese Taipei, which is represented by trial-level official due to China's insistence The location of the summit annually among the member economies, and a famous tradition attending leaders dressing in a national costume of the host member
The first APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting occurred in 1993 president Bill Clinton, after discussions with Australian prime minister, Keating, invited the heads of government from member economies to meet
on Blake Island He believed it would help bring the stalled Round of trade talks on track At the summit, some leaders called for used reduction of barriers to trade and investment, envisioning a cc, in the Asia-Pacific region that might promote prosperity through economy The APEC Secretariat, based in Singapore, was established to coor4 activities of the organization
In the summit of 1994 in Bogor, APEC adopted the Bogor GG aimed to reduce trade tariffs to below
five percent in the Asia-Pacific by 2010 for industrialized economies and by 2020 for developing countries
In 1995, APEC established a business advisory body named the APEC ness Advisory Council (ABAC), comprised of three business executives each member economy
26 What is the APEC's mission?
A Promoting the cooperation in economy among countries in the Asia-Pacific
B Setting the economic agenda of multinational corporations
C Discussing the regional economy, cooperation, trade and invest
D Organizing annual summits between member economies
27 Which of the following is not true about the APEC Economic Leaders?
a It is held once a year
c It is hosted by all the members in rotation
Trang 3d It is coordinated by the APEC Secretariat
28 The first APEC summit _
a was called by the US president Bill Clinton and Australian priminister Paul Keating
b was believed to initiate trade talks between the US and APEC me
d was held in order to make a reduction of barriers to trade and investment
29 The word 'tariffs' in paragraph 4 means _
30 It can be concluded from the last paragraph that in the future _
a heavy industry will declined sharply
b economic trends will alter radically
c business will boom
Writing
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
31 You can look in the new words in the dictionary
A B C D
32 Mary is putting up a white dress for her wedding
A B C D
33 A meeting was occurred yesterday morning in our school
A B C D
34 The more you learn, the best you are
A B C D
35 Because his parents died, he was brought about by his aunt
A B C D
V Choose the sentence which has the same meaning as the given one
36 He stopped smoking two weeks ago
A He gave up smoking two weeks ago C He gave up smoke two weeks ago
B He gave on smoking two weeks ago D He gave to smoke two weeks ago
37 His success surprised me a lot
A I was surprised a lot by his success C His success was surprised by me a lot
B I surprised his success a lot D I am surprised a lot by his success
38 The environment is being destroyed seriously because we are exploiting it too much
A The most we are exploiting the environment, the more seriously it is being destroyed
B The more we are exploiting the environment, the more seriously it is being destroyed
C The more we are exploiting the environment, the most seriously it is being destroyed
D The much we are exploiting the environment, the seriously it is being destroyed
39 She took care of my dog when I went on a holiday
A She looked for my dog when I went on a holiday
B She looked in my dog when I went on a holiday
C She looked up my dog when I went on a holiday
D She looked after my dog when I went on a holiday
40 The rain made the bag heavier when it got wet
A The bag became heavier and heavier when it got wet
B The bag became more and more heavy when it got wet
C The bag became more heavy and more heavy when it got wet
D The bag became more and more heavier when it got wet
THE END