REVIEW FOR THE SECOND ENGLISH SEMESTER TEST
Full name :…………………………… Class : Code:
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. cats B. sports C. shops D. trends
2. A. kids B. reads C. listens D. meets
3. A. reached B. watched C. acted D. washed
4. A. managed B. added C. engaged D. bridged
II. Choose the best option
5. The chemical __________ from all kinds of vehicles and factories are polluting the air seriously.
A. things B. elements C. pollutants D. factors
6. We are quite __________ of the success of our country at the next Asian Games.
A. hopeful B. hope C. hopefully D. hopefulness
7. It was the electric guitar __________ was bought by my uncle.
A. who B. which C. it D. that
8. These brown shoes look nice, __________?
A. look they B. aren’t they C. don't they D. don't these
9. The Asian Games are held for the ………….of developing intercultural knowledge.
A. aim B. target C. purposes D. objective
10. Dinosaurs became…………millions of years ago.
A. disappear B. extinct C. lost D. endangered
11. That’s the girl to ____ my brother got engaged.
A. which B. who C. whom D. her
12. All fossil fuels are ____ resources that cannot be replaced after use.
A. unlimited B. renewable C. available D. non-renewable
13. Nellie Ross of Wyoming was the first woman _____ governor in the United State.
A. who elected B. to be elected C. was elected D. her election as
14. The Vietnamese participants took ____ in the 14
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Asian Games with great enthusiasm.
A. notice B. notes C. part D. role
15. The Olympic Games is one of the biggest sporting ____ all over the world.
A. problems B. athletes C. cultures D. events
16. Neither the TV nor the video sets ____ properly.
A. works B. work C. has worked D. is working
Correct:
17. Neither you nor he have to leave for New York immediately. ____________
18. It was in the street where I first met them. ____________
19. Both the boss and his colleague is robbed last night. ____________
20. My mother is the kind of person to who one can talk about anything. ____________
III. Complete the passage with one word from the list
fly, sound, conservation, such as, national, nation, like
There are different forms of energy (21)_________ heat energy, sound energy, light energy, electric energy
and so on.
Energy can be transformed from one into another in different ways. For example, electric energy becomes
(22)__________ energy in the radio set or become light energy in the TV set. But energy can neither be
finished off nor be produced. This is called the law of (23)__________ of energy.
It is important for us to make use of energy. Expanding gases can be used to run a machine or to make
airplane (24)__________ in the air. Heat from the sun and water power can be controlled. And atomic energy
can be used to do many things. We are now doing our best in making use of energy in our (25)__________
construction.
Mrs. Hung (11C15, 11C16)
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Rewrite the following sentences: (4ms)
26. My family bought a new house. (focus subject)
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27. The girl is my classmate. I haven’t seen her for two days.(using relative clause)
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28. This picture was very beautiful. I gave my girl friend it last weekend. (using relative clause )
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29. Mary studied well. She worked hard. (Using not only….but also)
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30. My sister speaks English influently, so does my brother. (Using both ….and)
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31. Mary cooks dinner or her mother cooks dinner. (Using either….or)
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32. She disliked staying at home alone . She disliked going out . (Using neither….nor)
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33. She is growing flowers in the garden now. (cleft sentence )
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Read the passage and answer the following questions: (2ms)
Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects, such as over (envelopes or
packages with stamps on them). It is one of the world’s most popular hobbies, with estimates of the number of
collectors ranging up to 20 million in the United States alone.
Stamps collectors are an important source of revenue for some small countries that create limited runs of
elaborate stamps designed mainly to be bought by stamps collectors. The stamps produced by these countries
far exceed the postal needs of the countries.
Some collectors, observing the generally rising prices of rare stamps, have taken to Philatelic Investment.
Rare stamps are among the most portable of tangible investments, and are easy to store. They offer an attractive
alternative to art, other collectible investments, and precious metals.
34. What is one of the most popular hobbies?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
35. How many stamp collectors are in the United States ten million?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
36. Are stamps collectors an important source of revenue for some big country?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
37. Why have some collectors taken to Philatelic Investment?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Give the correct form of the word in bracket
38. This book grow in ……………… (popular)
39. There is some ……………… about when the game due to start. (uncertain)
40. Try to give as much detail as ……………… in your answer. (possibility)
Mrs. Hung (11C15, 11C16)
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