GRAMMAR - VOCABULARY: 4pts Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence 1.. If he hurried, he wouldn't miss the train.. This is the bank from where we bo
Trang 1NAME: THE FIRST MID-SEMESTER TEST
CLASS: 12/ Time: 45 minutes
I GRAMMAR - VOCABULARY: (4pts)
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence
1 During the _, you should speak slowly and clearly
A interview B interviewed C interviewee D interviewer
2 Some people think that "Pericles" _ by Shakespeare
A wrote B has written C was written D had been written
3 The national _ is a programme of study in all the main subjects that children aged five to sixteen in state school must follow
4 She applied the new post of training officer
5 There have been a lot of improvements in the state _ system in Vietnam recently
A educate B educational C education D educator
6 If I _ you, I would stop smoking
7 If Tuan to Australia, he will have a good opportunity to improve his English
8 Job _ are advertised in Situation Vacant
9 you study harder, you will fail the final examination
10 People _ can speak English can be understood in many countries
11 The academic year in Vietnam into two terms
A divides B will be divided C is divided D has divided
12 This is the school my father used to teach
Trang 2A where B when C which D why
13 In Britain it is for children to attend school between the ages of five and sixteen
14 A new primary school in my village recently
A have been built B has been building C have been building D has been built
15 My form teacher is the person _ advice I always ask for
16 If I had gone to the party last night, I _ tired now
A am B would be C would have been D were
II WRITING (2pts)
* Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one
17 Daisy's marriage has been arranged by her family She is marrying a man _
A she hardly knows B whom she hardly know C she hardly knows him
D that she hardly know
18 He didn't hurry, so he missed the train
A If he hurried, he wouldn't miss the train B If he had hurried, he could have caught the train
C If he had hurried, he might catch the train D He didn't miss the train if
he hurried
19 This is the bank We borrowed the money from it
A This is the bank from where we borrowed the money B.This is the bank which we borrowed the money
C This is the bank from which we borrowed the money D This is the bank where
we borrowed the money from
20 People spend a lot of money on advertising every year
A Money is spent a lot on advertising every year B A lot of money is spend
on advertising every year
C A lot of money on advertising is spent every year D A lot of money is spent
on advertising every year
* Find an error in each sentence that needs correcting
21 If he works more slowly, he wouldn't make so many mistakes
A B C D
22 I don't know the reason which he refused such a good job
A B C D
23 Computers are using in many fields such as business, medicine and education
A B C D
24 My close friend, that has just got Sacombank's scholarship, is an excellent student
A B C D
III READING (1.25pt) Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer
"Where is the university?" is a question many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the univerisity
Trang 3The university is the city You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one colleges
Cambridge was an already developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called A bridge was built over the river as early as 875
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings The town grew much faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845 Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100,000 Many young students want to study at Cambridge Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town It has become a famous place all around the world
25 People named Cambridge the "city of Cambridge " because _
A the river was very well-known B there is a bridge over the Cam
C it was a developing town D there is a river named Granta
26 The town really began to develop after _
27 From what we read we know that now Cambridge is _
A a city without wall B visited by international tourists
C a city of growing population D a city that may have a wall around
it
28 Most visitors come to Cambridge
A to find the classroom buildings B to study in the colleges in Cambridge
C to see the university D to use the libraries of the universities
29 The university began to appear around in the century
IV PHONETICS: (1.5pt)
* Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest?
32 A student B curriculum C education D tutor
* Which word has the different stress from the rest?
34 A September B physical C carefully D general
35 A application B secondary C university D
mathematics
III READING (1.25pt) Choose the word - A, B, C or D - that best fits each blank in
the following passage
The secret of a good interview is preparing for it What you wear is always important as it creates the first impression So (36) _ neatly, but comfortably Make (37) that you can deal with anything you are (38) _ Prepare for questions that are certain to come up, (39) example: Why do you want to become a nurse? What is the most
Trang 4important (40) _ a good nurse should have? Apart from nursing, what others careers have you considered? What are your interests and hobbies?
38 A asked B questioned C enquired D requested