Thong nhat high school ************ ENGLISH TEST FOR THE SECOND TERM EXAM TIME: 60 MINUTES Name: ………………………………….Class: 12……… Code: 01 I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions. 1. a. differently b. deny c. sky d. cry 2. a. bridges b. tubes c. pages d. oranges 3. a. fascinated b. excited c. finished d. landed 4. a. jump b. cup c. mump d. unit 5. a. father b. hat c. candle d. sad II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. 6. Tet festival occur in the late January or early February a b c d 7. On December 26 th 2004, tidal waves in Indonesia killed about 80 thousand with people. a b c d 8. Japan is the country where occurs the most earthquakes in the world. a b c d 9. The weather was nice yesterday and the weather forecast predicted it would rain. a b c d 10. Last week I saw off my friend whom lives in America. a b c d III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 11. Would you like to listen ______ music? a. to b. with c. upon d. in 12. Hurry ______ the train is coming. a. on b. up d. of d. above 13. Quang Ninh is famous ______ Ha long bay. a. with b. of c. for d. on 14. I am afraid ______ dogs. a. with b. on c. for d. of 15. Mary put ______ her best dress for her party. a. on b. of c. for d. with 16. Peter with ______ I play tennis was fitter than Tom a. why b. whom c. who d. which 17. Have you seen the photo ______ I took at the camp last week? a. who b. what c. which d. where 18. I love to look ______ the star in the sky at night. a. of b. with c. upon d. at 19. Tom got very angry and started shouting. I tried to calm him ______ a. up b. down c. for d. of 20. The more you practise, ______ a. the fluently you can speak b. the more fluently you can speak c. you can speak more fluently d. fluently you can speak 21. The better the weather is, ______ a. the beaches get crowded b. the more crowded beaches get c. the crowded beaches gets d. more crowded beaches get 22. The more exercises you do, ______ a. you are taller b. the taller are you. c. the taller you are. d. taller you are 1 23. My list of things to buy gets ______ a. long b. longer c. more longer d. longer and longer 24. The war _____ out three years ago. a. broke b. had broken c. has broken d. was breaking 25. He ______ a cup of coffee every morning. a. drinks b. drank c. is drinking d. has drunk 26. Up to the present, Nam_____ good work in his class. a. does b. has done c. had done d. did 27. At present, that author ______ a historical novel. a. is writing b. was writing c. has written d. had written 28. By next month, I _____ my first novel. a. will finish b. am going to finish c. finish d. will have finished 29. Tom told me he _____ call me at the airport when I ______. a. would/ arrived b. will/ arrive c. will have/ arriving d. would be/ arriving 30. Jack asked me _____. a. where do you come from? b. where I came from c. where I am from d. where did I come from? 31. She asked me _____ I liked pop music. a. when b. what c. if d. or 32. The doctor ____ him to take more exercise. a. told b. tell c. have told d. are telling 33. The boy_____ by the teacher yesterday. a. punish b. punished c. punishing d. was punished 34. If she has time in the morning, she ______ this picture. a. will draw b. would draw c. drawing d. to draw 35. If Peter didn’t eat so many chips, he ______ fat. a. wouldn’t be b. not be c. won’t be d. isn’t 36. If it ______, we would have gone on holiday. a. not rain b. didn’t rain c. hasn’t rained d. hadn’t rained 37. I ______ go swimming when I was a boy. a. was used to b. am using to c. used to d. use to 38. “Look! That boy ______ an elephant over there.” a. feeds b. was feeding c. is feeding d. fed 39. Thomas Edison was a famous American ______. a. inventor b. invention c. inventive d. invent 40. Emma and Katie usually ______ their grandmother at weekends. a. have visited b. are visiting c. visits d. visit IV. Read the reading passage below and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of questions. I was born in Newcastle, a city in the North East of England. Newcastle is on the bank of the River Tyne. It is quite big, with a population of about 200,000 people. There is a Cathedral and a university. There are five bridges over the River Tyne, which link Newcastle to the new town, Gateshead, where there is one of the biggest shopping centers in the world. A few years ago, the main industries were shipbuilding and coalmining, but now the chemical and soap industries are important. I moved to London ten years ago but I often return to Newcastle. I miss the people, who are very friendly, and I miss the beautiful countryside near the city, where there are so many hills and streams. 41. Newcastle is ______ a. a small town in England b. a city near the North East of England c. a city near the North England d. a city in the North East of England 42. The population of Newcastle is ______ a. 200,000 people b. more than 200,000 people 2 c. about 200,000 people d. much less than 200,000 people 43. Gateshead has one of ______ a. the most beautiful countryside b. the most important shipbuilding industries c. the biggest shopping centers d. the largest rivers 44. According to the passage, the writer ______ a. has come back to live in Newcastle b. is still leaving in Newcastle c. has never returned to Newcastle c. doesn’t live in Newcastle any more 45. Which of the following is NOT true about Newcastle? a. It is next to Gateshead. b. It has a cathedral and university. c. Its people are friendly. d. Its main industry now is shipbuilding. V. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 46 to 50. William Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers in the English literature. He was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. (46)______ the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, (47)______ was eight years older than himself. A few years later he moved to London, where he worked as an actor and a playwright. Shakespeare (48)______ 36 plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem). His most famous plays are the four great tragedies - Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear. Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23 April 1616. His (49)______ are still very popular today: they have been translated into different languages, and many of them have been (50)______ into films, both in English and in other languages. 46. a. In b. At c. On d. From 47. a. whose b. which c. whom d. who 48. a. write b. writes c. wrote d. written 49. a. plays b. novels c. films d. actors 50. a. produced b. made c. done d. worked 3 . in the North East of England 42. The population of Newcastle is ______ a. 20 0,000 people b. more than 20 0,000 people 2 c. about 20 0,000 people d. much less than 20 0,000 people 43. Gateshead has. longer 24 . The war _____ out three years ago. a. broke b. had broken c. has broken d. was breaking 25 . He ______ a cup of coffee every morning. a. drinks b. drank c. is drinking d. has drunk 26 d. more crowded beaches get 22 . The more exercises you do, ______ a. you are taller b. the taller are you. c. the taller you are. d. taller you are 1 23 . My list of things to buy gets ______ a.