HKII Anh 9 de 2 Khanh Hoa

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>ĐỀ THI HỌC KÌ II NĂM HỌC 2011-2012. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest. 1. A. generous B. volcano C. pollution D. amount 2. A. swimming B. environment C. summer D. excellent Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. 3. A. hurry B. hundred C. husband D. humour 4. A. charity B. character C. child D. Chinese 5. A. decorate B. describe C. declare D. decision Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences. 6. __________he was angry, he listened to me patiently. A. Despite B. Though C. In spite of D. Because 7. My father is a __________man who is loved by all his friends. A. ungenerous B. generosity C. generous D. generously 8. She got wet in the rain __________she had a raincoat. A. because B. but C. so D. even though 9. A: Would you like to go to the movies with me tonight? –B: “_______________.” A. Yes, I’d love to B. Yes, thanks C. No, I don’t like D. No, please 10. A __________is a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry. A. volcano B. tornado C. famine D. flood 11. We can protect the environment by __________air pollution. A. reduce B. reducing C. reduced D. to reduce 12. If we go __________littering, the environment will become seriously polluted. A. to B. in C. out D. on 13. Nam: It’s an excellent picture that you have painted, Hoa. –Hoa: “_______________.” A. Not at all B. It’s nice of you to say so C. You’re welcome D. It’s not bad 14. Everyone must take part in __________deforestation. A. preventing B. prevent C. prevented D. to prevent 15. We’ll make this beach clean and __________again. A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. beautify 16. We stayed at home __________it rained heavily. A. however B. because C. so D. but 17. I suggest __________to the movies by bike in stead of__________. A. go/walk B. going/walking C. going/walk D. go/walking 18. No one went to school last Sunday, __________? A. did they B. didn’t they C. did he D. didn’t he 19. This computer is too expensive. I wish I __________enough money to buy it now. A. have B. had C. would have D. will have 20. Don’t forget to turn on all the lights when you go to bed. A B C D Rewrite these sentences as directed. 2.5ms 21. All the students did the test well last week. (Change into passive)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ 22. I went on holiday last sumer. (Make question for underlined words)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ 23. She was tired, but she went on cooking dinner. (Using Although)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ 24. Marie came to see me yesterday. She lives in England. (using relative clause)  ___________________________________________________________________________________ 25. We can’t live without water. (use conditional clause).

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> READING COMPREHENSION: (1 pts) present celebrated prepare late wear from sticky meet known dinner Vietnamese’s New Year is (26)_______according to the Lunar calendar. It is officially (27)______ as the Lunar New Year or Tet. It occurs in (28)_______ January or early February. The exact date changes (29)_______ year to year. Vietnamese people usually (30)_______ for Tet holiday several weeks beforehand. They clean and decorate their homes, cook special food such as (31)_______ rice cakes, and make offerings on the family altars. On the New Year’s Eve, the whole family get together for the reunion (32)______ in which many different kinds of dishes are served. At Tet, people usually (33)_______ their new clothes, give one another the Tet season’s greetings, and pay mutual visits. Read the following passage and choose the best answers. Children’s education is changing rapidly today. In the past, teachers made children sit still for hours. They made them memorize all sorts of things. In other words, children had to go on repeating things until they knew them by heart. Today, many teachers wonder if it possible to make children learn at all. They say you can only help them learn. They say you must let children learn and discover things for themselves. 1. What did teachers make children do in the past? A. stand for hours B. memorize everything C. repeat their homework D. sit for days 2. Children in the past were made to learn everything_________. A. by head B. by hand C. by hair D. by heart 3. Nowadays, many teachers say that they only _________. A. give children more homework B. make children learn C. help children D. teach children at home 4. Today, the modern learning method is _________. A. Letting children play computer games B. making children read a lot of books C. doing homework for children D. letting children discover things for themselves.

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