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Name:………Class: 12 A…
I) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group
II) Grammar & Vocabulary: Complete each sentence by circling A, B, C or D: 3 pts
5 The new shopping mall is gigantic It's advertised as a place _you can find just about anything you might want
to buy
6 Annie has three brothers, _are pilots
A who they all B who all of them C that all of them D all of whom
7 -"Is April twenty-first the day _?" -''No, the twenty-second."
A you'll arrive then B on that you'll arrive C when you'll arrive D when you'll arrive on
8 I am flying to the States tonight I you a ring if I can find a phone
9 If I _ 10 years younger, I _ the job
A am / will take B was / have taken C had been / will have taken D were / would take
10 He is the man _ car was stolen last week
11 They have just found the couple and their car _ were swept away during the heavy storm last week
12 I would like to know the reason _ he decided to quit the job
13 Do you know _this handbag might be?
14 Had you told me that this was going to happen, I _it
A would never have believed B don't believe C hadn't believed D can't believe
15 A letter of _ is sometimes really necessary for you in a job interview
16 Not all teenagers are well _ for their future job when they are at high school
17 Before the interview, you have to send a letter of application and your résumé to the company
A recommendation B reference C curriculum vitae D photograph
18 Military is in this country Every man who reaches the age of 18 has to serve in the army for two years
III) Reading: A Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each space in the following passage 1.5 pts
A tiny village school is soon to (19) its 110 birthday - against all expectations Five years ago it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised funds to keep it (20) It is now ending its first term as a school (21) _by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village school was too (22) _ The villagers started a huge campaign to (23) money They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons Now the school is doing well and it seems (24) it will continue to run in the future
Trang 2He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother £20 a week But most his spare time is spent working
"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said "But 1 had been studying it in books and 'magazines for four years in my spare time 1 knew what 1 wanted to do and never considered staying on at school Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway."
David added: "I would like to earn a million and 1 suppose early retirement is a possibility You never know when the market might disappear."
31 Why is David different from other young people at his age?
A He earns an extremely high salary B He is not unemployed
C He does not go out much D He lives at home with his parents
32 David's greatest problem is
A Making the banks treat him as an adult B inventing computer games
33 He was employed by the company because
A he had worked in a computer shop B he had written some computer programs
C he works very hard D he had learnt to use computers at school
34 He left school after taking O-levels because
A he did not enjoy school
B he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D he wanted to earn a lot of money
35 Why does David think he might retire early?
A You have to be young to write computer programs
B He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire
C He thinks computer games might not always sell so well
D He thinks his firm might go bankrupt
36 Why does his company have to pay his taxi fares?
A Because he doesn’t have got money B Because he can’t drive
V Writing: *Choose the sentence which is closest with the original one: 1 pt
37 You are not allowed to take photographs here.
A You don’t have to take photographs here
C You mustn’t take photographs here
B You needn’t take photographs here
D You shouldn’t take photographs here
38 You should keep the flowers in a warm sunny place.
A The flowers should be kept in a warm sunny place
B The flowers should be keep you in a warm sunny place
C In a warm sunny place should keep the flowers
D The flowers you should keep in a warm sunny place
39 You can look up this word in the dictionary.
A You can find the meaning of this word in the dictionary
B The dictionary contains a lot of words except the one you
need
C There are a lot of words in the dictionary for you to look at
D You should buy this dictionary to find the word you need
40 He only feels happy whenever he does not have much work to do.
A The more he works, the happier he feels
B The less he works, the happier he feels
C His work makes him feel happy
D He feels happier and happier with his work
VI Complete the sentences: 0.5 pt
1. Although I was very tired, _
A but I helped to clear up the mess after the party
C I helped to clear up the mess after the party
B and I tried to clear up the mess after the party
D I didn't help to clear up the mess after the party
2 I took off my shoes before entering the room _
A in order to not dirty the floor B so that I not dirty the floor
C in order not dirtying the floor D so as not to dirty the floor
VII Identify the mistake in each sentence
1. If my father hasn't encouraged me to take the exam, I wouldn't have done it
A B C D
2 While the Browns were away on holiday, their house was broke into
A B C D
3 Why don’t you congratulate our son about passing his final exam?
A B C D
4 Now that I’ve become old, I can’t read as quick as I used to
A B C D
ENGLISH TEST
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Name:………Class: 12 A…
I) Complete each sentence by circling A, B, C or D
1 Do you know _this handbag might be?
2 Had you told me that this was going to happen, I _it
A would never have believed B don't believe C hadn't believed D can't believe
3 Military is in this country Every man who reaches the age of 18 has to serve in the army for two years
4 The new shopping mall is gigantic It's advertised as a place _you can find just about anything you might want
to buy
5 Annie has three brothers, _are pilots
A who they all B who all of them C that all of them D all of whom
6 -"Is April twenty-first the day _?" -''No, the twenty-second."
A you'll arrive then B on that you'll arrive C when you'll arrive D when you'll arrive on
7 I am flying to the States tonight I you a ring if I can find a phone
8 If I _ 10 years younger, I _ the job
A am / will take B was / have taken C had been / will have taken D were / would take
9 He is the man _ car was stolen last week
10 They have just found the couple and their car _ were swept away during the heavy storm last week
11 A letter of _ is sometimes really necessary for you in a job interview
12 Not all teenagers are well _ for their future job when they are at high school
13 Before the interview, you have to send a letter of application and your résumé to the company
A recommendation B reference C curriculum vitae D photograph
14 I would like to know the reason _ he decided to quit the job
15 Although I was very tired, _.
A but I helped to clear up the mess after the party
C I helped to clear up the mess after the party
B and I tried to clear up the mess after the party
D I didn't help to clear up the mess after the party
16 I took off my shoes before entering the room _
A in order to not dirty the floor B so that I not dirty the floor
C in order not dirtying the floor D so as not to dirty the floor
II Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each space in the following passage
A tiny village school is soon to (1) its 110 birthday - against all expectations Five years ago it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised funds to keep it (2) It is now ending its first term as a school (3) _by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village school was too (4) _ The villagers started a huge campaign to (5) money They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons Now the school is doing well and it seems (6) it will continue to run in the future
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He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver His company has to pay
£150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time
in a computer shop "I got the job because the people who run the firm knew 1 had already written some programs," he said
"I suppose £35,000 sounds a lot but actually that's being pessimistic I hope it will come to more than that this year."
He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother £20 a week But most his spare time is spent working
"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said "But 1 had been studying it in books and 'magazines for four years in my spare time 1 knew what 1 wanted to do and never considered staying on at school Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway."
David added: "I would like to earn a million and 1 suppose early retirement is a possibility You never know when the market might disappear."
1 Why is David different from other young people at his age?
A He lives at home with his parents B He does not go out much
C He is not unemployed D He earns an extremely high salary
2 David's greatest problem is
A Making the banks treat him as an adult B inventing computer games
C spending his salary D learning to drive
3 He was employed by the company because
A he had worked in a computer shop B he had written some computer programs
C he works very hard D he had learnt to use computers at school
4 He left school after taking O-levels because
A he did not enjoy school
B he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D he wanted to earn a lot of money
5 Why does David think he might retire early?
A You have to be young to write computer programs
B He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire
C He thinks computer games might not always sell so well
D He thinks his firm might go bankrupt
6 Why does his company have to pay his taxi fares?
A Because he doesn’t have got money B Because he can’t drive
V Choose the sentence which is closest with the original one: 1 pt
41 You are not allowed to take photographs here.
A You don’t have to take photographs here
C You mustn’t take photographs here
B You needn’t take photographs here
D You shouldn’t take photographs here
42 You should keep the flowers in a warm sunny place.
A The flowers should be kept in a warm sunny place
B The flowers should be keep you in a warm sunny place
C In a warm sunny place should keep the flowers
D The flowers you should keep in a warm sunny place
43 You can look up this word in the dictionary.
A You can find the meaning of this word in the dictionary
B The dictionary contains a lot of words except the one you
need
C There are a lot of words in the dictionary for you to look at
D You should buy this dictionary to find the word you need
44 He only feels happy whenever he does not have much work to do.
A The more he works, the happier he feels
B The less he works, the happier he feels C His work makes him feel happy.D He feels happier and happier with his work
VI Identify the mistake in each sentence:
1 If my father hasn't encouraged me to take the exam, I wouldn't have done it
A B C D
2 While the Browns were away on holiday, their house was broke into
A B C D
3 Why don’t you congratulate our son about passing his final exam?
A B C D
4 Now that I’ve become old, I can’t read as quick as I used to
A B C D
ENGLISH TEST
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Name:………Class: 12 A…
I Identify the mistake in each sentence:
1 Now that I’ve become old, I can’t read as quick as I used to
A B C D
2.If my father hasn't encouraged me to take the exam, I wouldn't have done it
A B C D
3 While the Browns were away on holiday, their house was broke into
A B C D
4 Why don’t you congratulate our son about passing his final exam?
A B C D
II) Complete each sentence by circling A, B, C or D:
1 I would like to know the reason _ he decided to quit the job.
2 Although I was very tired, _.
A but I helped to clear up the mess after the party
C I helped to clear up the mess after the party
B and I tried to clear up the mess after the party
D I didn't help to clear up the mess after the party
3 I took off my shoes before entering the room _
A in order to not dirty the floor B so that I not dirty the floor
C in order not dirtying the floor D so as not to dirty the floor
4 Annie has three brothers, _are pilots
A who they all B who all of them C that all of them D all of whom
5 -"Is April twenty-first the day _?" -''No, the twenty-second."
A you'll arrive then B on that you'll arrive C when you'll arrive D when you'll arrive on
6 I am flying to the States tonight I you a ring if I can find a phone
7 If I _ 10 years younger, I _ the job
A am / will take B was / have taken C had been / will have taken D were / would take
8 He is the man _ car was stolen last week
9 They have just found the couple and their car _ were swept away during the heavy storm last week
10 A letter of _ is sometimes really necessary for you in a job interview
11 Do you know _this handbag might be?
12 Had you told me that this was going to happen, I _it
A would never have believed B don't believe C hadn't believed D can't believe
13 Military is in this country Every man who reaches the age of 18 has to serve in the army for two years
14 The new shopping mall is gigantic It's advertised as a place _you can find just about anything you might want
to buy
15 Not all teenagers are well _ for their future job when they are at high school
16 Before the interview, you have to send a letter of application and your résumé to the company
A recommendation B reference C curriculum vitae D photograph
III.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group
Trang 6"I suppose £35,000 sounds a lot but actually that's being pessimistic I hope it will come to more than that this year."
He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother £20 a week But most his spare time is spent working
"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said "But 1 had been studying it in books and 'magazines for four years in my spare time 1 knew what 1 wanted to do and never considered staying on at school Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway."
David added: "I would like to earn a million and 1 suppose early retirement is a possibility You never know when the market might disappear."
1 Why is David different from other young people at his age?
A He earns an extremely high salary B He is not unemployed
C He does not go out much D He lives at home with his parents
2 David's greatest problem is
A Making the banks treat him as an adult B inventing computer games
3 He was employed by the company because
A he had worked in a computer shop B he had written some computer programs
C he works very hard D he had learnt to use computers at school
4 He left school after taking O-levels because
A he did not enjoy school
B he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D he wanted to earn a lot of money
5 Why does David think he might retire early?
A You have to be young to write computer programs
B He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire
C He thinks computer games might not always sell so well
D He thinks his firm might go bankrupt
6 Why does his company have to pay his taxi fares?
A Because he doesn’t have got money B Because he can’t drive
IV Choose the sentence which is closest with the original one:
45 You are not allowed to take photographs here.
A You don’t have to take photographs here
C You mustn’t take photographs here
B You needn’t take photographs here
D You shouldn’t take photographs here
46 You should keep the flowers in a warm sunny place.
A The flowers should be kept in a warm sunny place
B The flowers should be keep you in a warm sunny place
C In a warm sunny place should keep the flowers
D The flowers you should keep in a warm sunny place
47 You can look up this word in the dictionary.
A You can find the meaning of this word in the dictionary
B The dictionary contains a lot of words except the one you
need
C There are a lot of words in the dictionary for you to look at
D You should buy this dictionary to find the word you need
48 He only feels happy whenever he does not have much work to do.
A The more he works, the happier he feels
B The less he works, the happier he feels
C His work makes him feel happy
D He feels happier and happier with his work
V Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each space in the following passage
A tiny village school is soon to (1) its 110 birthday - against all expectations Five years ago it seemed certain to close but parents and other villagers fought the local education authority and raised funds to keep it (2) It is now ending its first term as a school (3) _by the village community and the villagers are just proud of their achievement They were furious when education chiefs tried to make them send the village children to other schools further away because the number of pupils at the village school was too (4) _ The villagers started a huge campaign to (5) money They collected enough to hire a teacher and begin to help with school cleaning, lunch supervision and lessons Now the school is doing well and it seems (6) it will continue to run in the future
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KEY & MARK SCALE I) Phonetics: *Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group 1 pt
0.5 pt for each correct option
II) Grammar & Vocabulary: Complete each sentence by circling A, B, C or D: 3.5 pts
0.25 pt for each correct option
III) Reading: 3pts
Read the passage & choose the word or phrase that best fits each space: 1.5 pts
0.25 pt for each correct option
A
B Read the passage and then answer the following questions: 1.5 pt
0.25 pt for each correct option
IV) Writing: 2.5 pts
0.25 pt for each correct option
1 C
2 A
3 A
4 B
* Complete the sentences: 0.5 pt
1 C
2 D
* Identify the mistake in each sentence: 1 pt
1 A (hadn’t)