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THE EXAMINATION ( 2010-2011 )
SUBJECT : ENGLISH 12
DE: L10
Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the other words:
1. a. cooks b. loves c. joins d. spends
2. a. naked b. looked c. booked d. hooked
3. A.impolite B.kidding C.instance D.big
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
4. a. partnership b. romantic

c. actually

d. attitude


5. a. believe b. marriage

c. response

d. maintain



6. One of Vietnamese traditions is a belief in ___ families and in preserving
their cultures.
a. wealthy b. secure c. safe d. close-knit
7. A curriculum that ignores ethnic tensions, racial antagonisms, cultural

_______ and religious differences is pot relevant.
a. diversity b. contacts c. barriers d. levels
8. This is the instance where big, obvious non-verbal signals are appropriate.
a. situation. B. attention c. place d. matter
9. Education has been developed in _______ with modern industry and the
mass media.
a. compulsory b. parallel c. selected d. following
10. She reads newspapers every day to look for the vacant _______ for which
she can apply.
a. institutions b. indications c. positions d. locations
11. 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
12. A _______ is a spacecraft that is designed to travel into space and back to
earth several times.
a. plane b. corporation c. telecommunication d. shuttle
13. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.
A. go B. is going C. goes D. going
14. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.
A. working B. works C. is working D. work
15. This picture by Johnny when I came.
A. painted B. was painted C. was being painted D. had been
painted
16. Come into the kitchen, _____________?
A. do you B. will you C. won’t you D. B and C
17. We should avoid our environment.
A. to pollute B. polluting C . polluted D. being
polluted
18. The letter I wrote was full ………….mistakes.
A. with B. about C. of D. out

19. My son is _____ young to go to school.
A. very B. too C. so D. enough
20. Is that the same film ______ we watched last year?
A. when B. which C. why D.
who
21. Every year, thousands of tourists visit………………. Nile River.
A. a B. an C. the D. X
22. Martin asked me _______.
A. how is my father B. how my father is
C. how was my father D. how my father
was
23. If I had gone to the party last night, I ……… tired now.
A. am B. were C. would be D. would have been
24. It is _____ that many people are homeless after the floods.
A. was reported B. reports C. reported D.
reporting
25. Brenda: “Do you think it will rain?” Carol: “Oh! ……”
A. I don’t hope B. I hope not
C. I don’t hope so D. It’s hopeless
26. A: “Sorry I’m late.” –B: “_____”
A. OK B. Don’t worry C. Hold the line, please D. Go ahead
27. - What a lovely hat you have! – Thanks. ……………. .
A. that’s OK B. I don’t care
C. I’m glad you like it D. certainly
28. Mary: “ Whose bicycle is that?” Tom: “________ .”
A. No,it’s over there B. It’s Jane’s
C. It’s just outside
D. It’s your
29. A : ” Could I speak to Susie May , please ?” B : “ ”
A.Speaking B.Talking C.Saying

D.Answering
VI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
underlined part that needs correction
30. We were advised not drinking the water in the bottle.
A B C D

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31. You can apply for a better job when you will have had more experience.
A B C D
32. I like pupils who works very hard
A B C D
33. It looks like they're going to succeed despite of their present difficulties.
A B C D
34. If you had paid attention to your teachers, you might get much progress.
A B C D
Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
35. I will take up golf this year.
a. I will begin to play golf this year.
b. I will stop playing golf this year.
c. I will build a golf court this year.
d. I will enter a golf competition this year.
36. It has been a long time since they met.
A.They didn’t meet for a long time. B.They didn’t meet a
long time.
C.They haven’t met since a long time. D.They haven’t met
for a long time.
37. ”I’m sorry I forgot your birthday”, Harry told Mary.
A.Harry said sorry to Mary for forgetting her birthday.
B.Harry felt sorry to forget Mary’s birthday.

C.Harry apologized Mary for having forgotten her birthday.
D.Harry really felt a pity not to remember Mary’s birthday.
38. It is said that two men were arrested after the explosion.
A. People said two men be arrested after the explosion.
B. Two men are said to be arrested after the explosion.
C. Two men are said to have been arrested after the explosion.
D. Two men were said to be arrested after the explosion.
39. Despite feeling cold, we kept walking.
A. Although we felt cold, but we kept walking
B. Although we felt cold, we kept walking
C. However cold we felt, but we kept walking
D. However we felt cold, we kept walking
40. She didn’t stop her car because she didn’t see the signal.
A. If she saw the signal, she would stop her car.
B. If she had seen the signal, she would stop her car.
C. If she had seen the signal, she would have stopped her car.
D. If she saw the signal, she would have stopped her car.
V. Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn A, B, C, hoặc D để điền vào chỗ
trống:
Face-to-face conversation is a two-way process: you speak to me, I reply to
you and so on. Two- way …1…….depends on having a coding system that is
understood by both …2……. And receiver and an agreed convention about
signaling the beginning and end of the …3…… In speech the coding system is
the language like English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at a
time may seem too obvious …4……. In fact, the signals that people use in
conversations and meetings are often non-verbal. For example, lowering the
pitch of voice may mean the end of a sentence; a sharp intake of breath may
signal the desire to interrupt catching the chairman’s eye may indicate the desire
to speak in a formal setting like a debate, a clenched fist may indicate anger.
When these …10…….signals are not possible, more formal signals may be

needed.
41. A communication B exchange C interchange d/ correspondence
42. A transmitter B messenger C sender D announce
43. A idea B theme C topic D message
44. A mentioning B to mention C mentioned D mention.
45. A auditory B visual C verbal D sensory
46.
Ordinary houses are full of hazardous waste. The most important hazardous
waste in the homes is batteries. When you throw them out with your other
garbage, they break open at the landfill. The poison inside them moves through
rain water and other liquids to the bottom of the landfill. Then it can pollute the
natural water in the ground . We should use rechargeable batteries. Another
hazardous waste in homes is motor oil. Don’t throw motor oil on the ground or
throw it on the garbage. It poisons the environment. We should recycle motor oil.
Paint is another kind of hazardous waste in homes. Some cities have a “Paint
Exchange Day “. If you bring open , unused blue paint and want red, they give
you red. Sometimes they mix the paints together into strange colours. If you
paint walls with them , you help save the environment.

47. What is the most important dangerous waste in the homes?
a. motor oil b. paint c. batteries d. garbage
48. How can batteries at the landfill pollute the underground water?
a. They break open at the landfill
b. Their poison moves to the bottom of the landfill.
c. They move to the underground water.
d. They combine with rain water and other liquids
49. Why should we use rechargeable batteries?

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a. To protect the environment b. They are durable
c. They less pollute the environment d. They are convenient
50. Which of the following is not mentioned as hazardous waste in the homes?
a. motor oil b. paint c. fumes d. batteries
51. If you paint walls with mixed paint from “ Paint Exchange Day” , you
_______
a. help recycle the motor oil b. know how to use ‘ rechargeable
batteries’
c. like strange colors d. help save the environment.