Mark your choice on the answer sheet.. derived Questions 5- 8: Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D
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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II NĂM HỌC 2009-2010
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Question 1-4 : Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently Mark your
choice on the answer sheet
1 A struggled B decided C involved D derived
Questions 5- 8: Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others by
circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet
Questions 9- 30 : These are incomplete sentences Choose one best option to complete each
sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B ,C, or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet
6 What kind of books do you enjoy…………most?
7 He is a strange boy who refuses to ………in any games or activities.
8 If you go sightseeing in London, don’t ……… to see Big Ben.
9 Practicing aquatic sports is known to produce psychological and physical benefits.
10 Hurry……… The bus is coming
11 What does WHO stand ……….?
12 The company managed to ……….the crisis.
13 “I won’t go ” “ ………! You must go !”
A Excellent B Nothing C Exactly D Nonsense
14 The Red Cross is an international humanitarian …………
A enterprise B company C corporation D agency
15 Don’t go to any trouble for my ……….
16 The final of the singing……… is tonight Somebody will win the prize.
A depression B competition C solution D option
17 I ……… scuba diving to water polo because it is adventurous.
Trang 2A love B prefer C like D enjoy
18 Cars parked here ……… by the police.
A will remove B will be removed C will meet D will be sent
19 Come in ……… sit down.
20 Each golfer has his own ……… for hitting the ball.
A technique B method C technology D job
21 Travelling is becoming more and ………… expensive.
22 Thank you ……… everything.
23 I’ve ……… touch with all my old friends.
24 Travellers’cheques ………….at most banks.
A exchange B be exchanged C is exchanged D.canbe exchanged
25 How long is it …… we last went to the theatre?
26 The girl ……… is talking to him is very nice.
27 Now it is a good time to ……… in the property market.
28 Their company promotes equal ………… for women.
A actions B thoughts C opportunities D things
29 He asked me …….for him.
30 ……… you can’t have the best , make the best of what you have.
Questions 31-32 Read the text and answer the questions Choose the letter A, B, C, or D Mark
your choice on the answer sheet
My parents came here from the Greek island of Kalymnos in 1965 I was eight years old then , the oldest of the four children We shared a house with three other families from Kalymnos When we arrived in Sydney we were quite lucky – both my parents found job s and after about twenty months here they bought a house But life wasn’t easy for my parents Language was real problem and they never really settled down here They missed their friends back home , Greek hospitality in general , and the closeness to nature they had on the island.In 1980 they moved back
to Greece and my father died five years later
31 When did her father die ?
32 How many brothers has she got ?
Questions 33-36 Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the paragraph Mark your
choice on the answer sheet
My husband and I socialise almost entirely with our families , his sisters and my brothers and their children and other Greek -Australians We meet in each other’s homes and sometimes we
Trang 3(33) a barbecue together Most Greeks live in the suburbs to the east (34) Syney so we don’t have to travel (35) to see each other We also send our three daughters to Greek classes twice a week after regular classes They were (36) born here but a lot of Autralians still tend to think of them as foreigners
Questions 37 - 38 : Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the original one by circling
the corresponding letter A, B , C, or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet
37 I could do nothing to save the plan.
A Nothing could be planned B Nothing could be done
C Nothing could be saved D Nothing could be done to save the plan
38 “He’s an excellent cook!” “ I couldn’t agree more”
A I couldn’t do that C I completely agree
B I don’t agree D I couldn’t answer
Questions 39 - 41 : Choose the correct sentence that has been completed from the given word
cues by circling the corresponding letter A ,B , C , or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet
39 We/ say / we / do / - there/ be / no / turn/ back.
A We said we would do that for them
B We said we would turn back home in time
C We said we would do it- there can be no turning back
D We said we would do that to turn back
40 We/ not buy / fashion/ wildlife/ products.
A We don’t want to buy wildlife products
B We are going to buy fashionable wildlife products
C We shouldn’t buy fashionable wildlife products
D We can’t buy fashionable wildlife products
41 I / find / foolish / give/ whole life/ that.
A I found it foolish to give it up
B I found it foolish to give in
C I found it foolish to give my whole life for that
D I found it foolish to do that
Question 42 - 45 Read the text about Valentine’s Day
42 St Valentine’s Day is celebrated on 14th February Today St Valentine’s Day provides a chance
to let someone known you are interested in them , or for a secret admirer to declare his or her love
to you
43 Our present Valentine customs come from a mixture of pagan and Christian tradition and
ancient folk beliefs St Valentine was probably a priest killed on 14th February in the time of the Roman Emperor Claudius in the third century AD He became known as the saint of lovers because he performed forbidden marriage ceremonies for Roman soldiers
0 But the Roman had celebrated 14th February for centuries asLupercalia This was a fertility festival when young people tried to find a partner
Trang 444 In one eighteenth century Valentine custom ,a man chose a girl’s name from a hat The name
he chose gave the name of his future wife and he wrote the name pinned on his sleeve for the next few days
45.The first known Valentine card was sent in 1415 when a French duke , who was locked in the
Tower of London,sent the first rhyming love letter for his wife Valentine card first went on sale in the early nineteenth century
Complete each paragraph in the text with one of the following sentences Mark your choice
on anwer sheet A,B,C,or D.
Example: 0 A B C D E
A.They weren’t supposed to marry in case it made them less able to fight
B This is probably where we get the expression “ to wear your heart on your sleeve”
C It is , in fact , an excuse for any sort of romantic celebration or exchange
D Today the custom is to send anonymous cards
E The Christian church of the fourth century used the tradition of St Valentine to take the pagan feast of Lupercalia and give it Christian meaning
Questions 46 - 50: Choose the word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be
correct by circling letter A, B, C, or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet
46 Different conservation efforts have been made in order to saving endangered species
A B C D
47 We benefit greatly from the many medicines and other products what biodiversity
provides A B C D
48 It was men which controlled most positions of employment and power in society
A B C D
49 We thought the figures were correct Although, we have now discovered some errors
A B C D
50 I’m looking forward for hearing from you soon.
A B C D