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45 MINUTE TEST NUMBER 4 – ENGLISH 12
Name ………………………………………
Class 12b7
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. a. symbol
b. emergency
c. poverty
d. qualify
2. a. appalled
b. dedicated
c. designed
d. injured
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
3. a. civilian
b. official
c. temporary
d. tsunami
4. a. colleague
b. appall
c. devote
d. victim

Choose the word which is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word.
5. Be careful! The tree is going to fall.
a. Look out
b. Look up
c. Look on
d. Look after
6. The organization was established in 1950 in the USA.
a. come around
b. set up

c. made out
d. put on
Choose the word which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word.
7. Your experience with oil well fires will be invaluable to the company in case of trouble
a. precious
b. priceless
c. important
d. worthless
8. A thrifty buyer chases fruits and vegetables in season.
a. professional
b. economical
c. careful
d. extravagant
Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
9. As soon as you arrive, give me a call.
a. Give me a call immediately on arrival.
b. Wait until I call you to arrive.
c. I will phone you on my arrival.
d. Whenever you call me, I will arrive.
1O. By the time we finished our work, Peter had already gone home.
a. Peter did not go home until we finished our work. b. As soon as we finished our work, we would go home with Peter.
c. We finished our work before Peter went home.
d. Peter had gone home before we finished our work.
11. She was seriously ill but she enjoyed life very much.
a. In spite of her serious illness, she enjoyed life very much.
b. Although she enjoyed life very much, she was seriously ill.
c. She was seriously ill because she enjoyed life very much.
d. Despite seriously ill, she enjoyed life very much.
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
12. The athlete had tried his best to _______ his SEA Games title and records.

a. carry
b. perform
c. defend
d. support
13. Viet Nam is now willing to ______ part in the 24th SEA Games hosted by Thailand by the end of 2007 with a total of 958
athletes.
a. play
b. lose
c. take
d. enjoy
14. It gets _______ to understand what the professor has explained.
a. the more difficult
b. more difficult than c. difficult more and more
d. more and more difficult
15. The second part of the program in the 22nd SEA Games opening ceremony was named "_______ for Peace".
a. Cooperate
b. Cooperation
c. Cooperative
d. Cooperatively
16. According to the Red Cross 1998 had been _______ worst year for natural disasters in modern times.
a. a
b. an
c. the
d. Ø
17. Boy! _______ away all your toys and. go to bed right now.
a. Come
b. Lie
c. Put
d. Sit

18. A survey was
to study the effects of smoking on young adults.
a. commented
b. filled
c. conducted
d. carried
19. The better the weather is,
.
a. the most crowded the beaches get
b. the most the beaches get crowded
c. the more crowded the beaches get
d. the more the beaches get crowded
2O. The campfire _____ if it _____ last night.
a. wouldn’t be cancelled / hadn’t rained
c. would have been cancelled / hadn’t rained

b. wouldn’t have been cancelled / hadn’t rained
d. will be cancelled / rains

Choose the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
21. Liz is telling Andrew about her first novel.
- Liz: "Guess what? My first novel has just been published." - Andrew: " ___________"
a. It's my pleasure.
b. Congratulations! c. Better luck next time!
d. It's very kind of you.
22. Jenny and her teacher are meeting at the bus stop.
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- Jenny: "Good afternoon, Miss. How are you?" - Teacher: "

. And you?"
a. I'm going home
b. I'm leaving now
c. I'm thirty years old

d. Fine, thank you

Choose the underlined part in each sentence that should be corrected.
23. That the trees lose (a) their (b) leaves are (c) a (d) sign of winter.
24. One of the most (a) popular holiday (b) is (c) Thanksgiving, which is celebrated in (d) November.
25. Would you mind not (a) to smoke (a) on the bus? It disturbs (c) other (d) people.
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question:
Football is one of the world ’s most popular sports. People have played the game for hundreds of years and almost every
country has a national football team. A football match consists of two teams with eleven players on each side .Each team is on
one half of the pitch at the start of the game .When the referee blows his whistle the game begins .
The object of the game is to score goals to the other team. A goal is scored by putting the ball in the other team’s net,
either with your foot or head. Each football match lasts for ninety minutes. There is a half-time break after forty-five minutes
which lasts for about fifteen minutes
The team that has scored the most goals by the end of the match is the winner. If no team has scored a goal, the match is
called a draw. The goalkeeper is the person who stands between the goalposts and tries to stop people scoring goals .He is the
only player who can touch the ball with his hands. The ball is not allowed to go outside of the pitch. If it does, the game stops
for a short time.
26. A football match starts when …………………..
A. Both teams are on the pitch
B. the referee blows his whistle
C. each team is on one half of the pitch
D. Everybody is ready
27. How long does a football game last?
A. a quarter of an hour
B. three quarter of an hour C. one hour and a quarter

D. One hour and a half
28. A match is called a nil-draw if ……………….
A. both teams score lots of goals
B. no goals have been scored
C. All the players score goals
D. one team scored more goals than the other
29. What’s the goalkeeper’s job?
A. He must score goals for his team
B. He must try to stop goals with his feet
C. He must try to stop the ball going into the net
D. He must not go outside the goalposts
3O. Which of the following sentences is TRUE about football rules?
A. The game stops for a while when the ball goes outside the line of the pitch
B. The players are not allowed to go outside the line of the pitch
C. A goal is scored by hitting the ball into the other team‘s net with the foot only
D. all players can handle the ball with their hands during the match
Fill in the blanks (one word for each blank)
I have been traveling to different parts of my country, and I have (31)_ _____ a lot about interesting lifestyles and customs.
Once, I (32) ____ to the Northwestern places of the country. In many ethnic villages I went to, I was impressed by some of their
beautiful traditional customs. For instance, most of the villagers (33)_____ in extended families, and they held a close
relationship among family members. In addition, young people always showed their respect for their ancestors and for their
elderly people. People were also willing to give a hand when someone was in need. Members of the family helped one another
with household chores as well as with farm work. While men were (34) _____ on the fields, women were (35) ______ the
household chores. While we were staying there, the villagers always gave us a helping hand and invited us to have dinner with
their families on special occasions. In short, I highly valued the close ties in human relationship shown in the villagers’ ways of
living.
Rewrite each of the sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
36. David left the party before we arrived there.
 When we …………………………………………………………………………………………………….
37. She said “Would you like to have dinner with me tonight, Lan?”

 She invited …………………………………………………………………………………………………
38. The man is the director. He is talking to Mr. Minh over there.
 The man who ………………………………………………………………………………………………
39. They have opened the shoe shop for 7 years .
 The shoe shop ………………………………………………………………………………………………
4O. My wait for a bus has lasted thirty minutes so far.
 I have ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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