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Trang 1Name: THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Answer:
I Pick out the word whose is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
2 A photograph B phone C physics D Stephen
II Choose the word or phrase among A,B,C,D which best completes each sentence
4 She began to play the piano three years ago
A She has played the piano since three years B She has played the piano for three years
C She doesn’t play the piano now D She stops playing the piano now
5 “ I saw her in the park two hours ago” he said
A He said I had seen her in the park two hours before B He said I saw her in the park two hours before
C He said he saw her in the park two hours before D He said he had seen her in the park two hours before
6 The children are looking forward to going to the circus
A The children are excited about going to the circus B The children are to going to the circus
C The children are happy bacause they went to the circus.D The children are allowed to go to the circus
7 The picnic was cancelled because it rained
A We postponed the picnic whether it rained or not
B The picnic was cancelled because of the rain
C We planned to go on a picnic because we didn’t know it would rain
D Despite the rain, we went on a picnic as planned
8 I prefer tea to coffee
A I don’t like coffee but tea B I like both tea and coffee
C Tea is better than coffee D I like tea better than coffee
9 If I had been hungry, I ……….something
A will have eaten B would have ate C would have eaten D would eaten
10 If John ……… that there was a test yesterday, he ………
A know/ will study B had known/ would have studied
C knew/ would studied D knew/ would have studied
11 Her homework ……… by her last night
A is done B was did C was done D done
12 She doesn’t like her job It is so ………
13 The Titanic sank on its first ………
14 ………was Shakespeare born? – In Stratford
15 It was not until 1937 ………… most sources of the Nile River were discovered
16 My brother Jim, ……… lives in Houston, is a doctor
17 Her parents were very……….because she was out so late that night
Trang 2A sorry B responsible C worried D overcome
18 There aren’t any trains ……….this one
A earlier than B the earliest C so early D early as
19 You must place these events in their ……….context
A historical B historic C history D historian
20 I’m really looking forward ……… To university
21 My brother and sister (live) in Boston
A Lived B Living C Lives D Live
22 When I to visit him, he to work
A had come/had gone B came/had gone C had come/went D came/gone
23 “………do you get to school?” – By bike
24 Which expression is used to close a conversation?
A How’s everything at school? B Hello How are you?
C Well,it’s been nice meeting you D Hello What are you doing?
25 Would you like your holiday with my family in Brazil?
A spend B to spend C spending D.spent
26 I was late for school this morning because my alarm clock didn’t………
27 do you go to school? -By bus
A How far B How long C How often D How
28 We _ his village at 8:00 a.m next weekend
A are visiting B shall visit C will visit D visited
29 We should write _ at the beginning of the letter
A Dear Sir B Yours sincerely C Signature D See you again
30 Did you cry when you were young?
A to used to B used to C use to D to use to
31 Stop _, I'm learning
A talking B to talk C talk D talked
32 We just (finish) _ dinner when they came
A finish B finished C had just finished D have just finished
Choose A, B, C or D to identify the mistake in each sentences
33 Shakespear was one of the famous English playwrights
A B C D
34 The waiter whose served us yesterday was polite and friendly
A B C D
35 My daughter has been absent from school for 3 days because her illness
A B C D
B Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B, C, D) that best answers each of the questions about it
Ted Robinson had been worried all the week Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police In the letter he was asked to call at the station Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to station yesterday and now is not worried any more At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away It is now being sent to his home by train Ted was most surprised when he heard the news
He was amused too because he never expected the bicycle to be found It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen
36 Ted was worried because _
Trang 3A he received a letter
B he didn’t know why the police wanted him
C the police would catch him
D he went to the station yesterday
37 The policeman who talked to Ted was _
A surprised B worried C pleasant D small
38 Why was Ted very surprised when he heard the news?
A Because the bicycle was sent to him by train
B Because his bicycle was stolen 20 years ago
C Because his bicycle was found when he was a boy of fifteen
D Because he thought it would never be found
39 When was Ted’s bicycle found?
A Five days ago B Last Tuesday C Yesterday D Twenty years ago
40 Which of the following statements is not true?
A The police asked Ted to go to their station
B Ted is no longer anxious
C Ted is 35 years old now
D The policeman told Ted the good news five days ago
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