In water pole, no player except the ……… can hold the ball with both hands.. Neither Kathy nor Maria likes sticky rice cakes.. Kathy doesn’t like sticky rice, and Maria doesn’t neither..
Trang 1Tran Quy Cap Senior High School THE 2 nd ENGLISH TEST FOR THE SECOND TERM
Full name: Class: 12/…… School-year: 2008-2009 (code 022)
I Error Correction
Choose the underlined word or phrase in each of the following sentences that needs correcting.
1 John and Nora said that they would attend their aunt’s birthday party, but none of them turned on
A B C D
2 About two third of my students wish to win scholarships to study in the UK.
A B C D
3 In my opinion, nowadays married women do more houseworks than they did before.
A B C D
4 The old man sat opposite me on the train kept staring at me.
A B C D
5 My father put off the fire with a full bucket of water that he got from the stream nearby.
A B C D
II Vocabulary and Grammar
Circle the letter A, B, C or D that you think it the best option for each of the following sentences.
6 “My application was held up by the postal strike.” The word held up means:
7 You haven’t had breakfast yet, ………… you?
8 There is still much to discuss We shall, ………, return to this item at our next meeting.
9 Mr Smith, ……… you met yesterday, is one of the famous philosophers of the country.
10 The recent severe hurricane has ……… many thousands of deaths.
11 By the time we left the hall, we ……… the lights and the ceiling fans.
12 You will get sick ……… you stop working so hard.
13 There are very big rooms with ……… in that villa.
A beautiful decorated walls B beautifully decorated walls
C beautiful walls decorating D beautiful decorating walls
14 The World Health Organization (WHO) is in the United Nations ………… agency for health.
A speciality B specialized C specializing D specialist
15 “I’m taking my GCSE examination tomorrow.” - “……… ”
A Good luck! B Take care! C That’s great! D Congratulations!
16 What’s the name of the man ……… car you borrowed?
17 I prefer scuba-diving ……… water pole because it is adventurous.
A to B more than C better than D rather than
18 Matthew broke his leg while he ……… football.
A was playing B had played C.is playing D played
19 In water pole, no player except the ……… can hold the ball with both hands.
A goal-keeper B defender C goalie D A and C are correct
20 Did you have to fill ……… a form when you applied ……… a job?
21 Neither Kathy nor Maria likes sticky rice cakes.
A Kathy doesn’t like sticky rice, and Maria doesn’t neither.
B Kathy doesn’t like sticky rice cakes, and either does Maria.
C Kathy doesn’t like sticky rice cakes, and neither likes Maria.
D Kathy doesn’t like sticky rice cakes, and neither does Maria.
Trang 222 Many species of animals and plants are now in ……… of extinction.
23 The soup was too hot for us to eat.
A The soup is so hot that we can’t eat it B The soup is so hot that we can’t eat.
C The soup was so hot that we couldn’t eat it D The soup was so hot that we couldn’t eat.
24 By July next year, my dad for this company for twelve years.
25 It was raining very heavily, ……… we cancelled the trip to Sapa.
26 Josh can swim faster than I can.
A I can’t swim as fast as Josh B Josh can’t swim as fast as I can.
C I can swim as fast as Josh D Josh can swim as fast as I can.
27 My grandparents had the gate ……… in very nice colour last lunar new year.
28 -“I have bought you a toy for you Happy birthday to you, Tom!”
-“……….”
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
31 A damaged B recovered C increased D endangered
Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from that of the rest.
33 A domestic B.valuable C typical D average
34 A society B.pioneer C productive D experience
III Reading comprehension
Read the following passage and fill in the missing word(s) by choosing A, B, C or D for the best option.
Women’s Rights, rights that establish the same social, economic, and political (35) ………… for women as for men Women’s rights guarantee that women will not face (36) ……… on the
basis of their sex Until the second half of the 20th century, women in most societies were denied some of the legal and political rights accorded to men Although women in much of the world have
(37) ……… significant legal rights, many people believe that women still do not have
complete political, economic, and social equality with men
Throughout much of the history of Western civilization, deep-seated cultural (38) ………
allowed women only limited roles in society Many people believed that women’s natural roles
were as mothers and wives These people (39) ……… women to be better suited for
childbearing and homemaking rather than for involvement in the public life of business or politics Widespread belief that women were intellectually inferior to men led most societies to limit women’s education to learning domestic skills Well-educated, upper-class men controlled most
positions of (40) ……… and power in society.
36 A discriminate B.discriminated C discriminating D discrimination
37 A obtained B.gained C occupied D A and B are correct
39 A the same B.regarded C considered D supposed
40 A employment B.unemployment C employee D employer
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