THE FIRST MID- SEMESTER TEST 2 doc

NAME: 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.
A. syllabus B.plan C.course D. curriculum
4. She applied ______________ the new post of training officer.
A. on B. for C. in D. with
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.
A. am B. were C. would be D. had been
7. If Tuan ________________ to Australia, he will have a good opportunity to improve
his English.
A. comes B. come C. came D. had come
8. Job _______________ are advertised in Situation Vacant.
A. vacancies B. places C. seats D. positions
9. ______________ you study harder, you will fail the final examination.
A. As B. If C. When D. Unless

10. People _________________ can speak English can be understood in many countries.
A. whose B. who C. whom D. which
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.
A. where B. when C. which D. why
13. In Britain it is ____________ for children to attend school between the ages of five
and sixteen.
A. enforced B. obliged C. compulsory D. made
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.
A. who B. whom C. that D. whose
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.
The 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 _____________.
A.1845 B. 875 C. 1951 D. 800
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.
A. 8th B. 9th C. 15th D. 13th
IV. PHONETICS: (1.5pt)
* Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest?
30. A. amazing B. campus C. state D. vacancy
31. A. service B. primary C. divide D. science
32. A. student B. curriculum C. education D. tutor
* Which word has the different stress from the rest?
33. A. discuss B. walking C. keenness D. polite
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
important (40) _______________ a good nurse should have? Apart from nursing, what
others careers have you considered? What are your interests and hobbies?
36. A. put on B. wear C. dress D. have on
37. A. evident B. clear C. definite D. sure
38. A. asked B. questioned C. enquired D. requested
39. A. with B. for C.at D. from
40. A.quality B. behavior C. nature D. point