LUONG VAN CU HIGH SCHOOL THE SECOND TERM EXAMINATON FULL NAME:……….. GRADE 12
CLASS:……….. TIME: 60 MINUTES
(ĐỀ THI GỒM CÓ 06 TRANG)
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I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently with the others.
Question 1: A. worked B. stopped C. forced D. wanted
Question 2: A. great B. beat C. seat D. heat
II/ Choose the word whose stress pattern is different with the others.
Question 3: A. wherever B. example C. volunteer D. disaster
Question 4: A. impress B. spirit C. event D. perform
III/ Mark t he l e t t e r A, B, C , or D o n y o ur ans w e r s h e e t t o i n d ic a t e t h e w o r d ( s) C L O S E S T in m
e an i ng t o t he u n d e rli n e d wo r d( s ) i n e ach of t he f o l l o wi n g q ue s t i o ns.
Question 5: Humans depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture.
A. destruction B. contamination C. fertilizer D. variety Question 6 : It took me a very long time to recover from the shock of her death.
A. turn off B. take on C. get over D. keep up with
IV/ Mark t h e l e t te r A, B, C , or D on yo u r ans w e r s h e e t t o i n d ic a t e t h e w o r d( s ) O PP O S ITE in m
e ani n g t o t he u n d e rli n e d wo r d( s ) i n e ach of t he f o l l o wi n g q ue s t i o ns.
Question 7: The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians and prisoners of war.
A. happiness B. worry and sadness C. pain and sorrow D. loss
Question 8: She was unhappy that she lost contact with her friends when she went abroad to study.
A. made room for B. put in charge of C. lost control of D. got in touch with V/ Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 9: He spent all his money. He even borrowed some from me.
A. Not only did he spent all his money but also borrowed some from me.
B. Hardly had he borrowed some money from me, he spent it all.
C. Not only did he spend all his money but he also borrowed some from me.
D. As soon as he borrowed some money from me, he spend it all.
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Question 10: Peter had finished his homework. Then he went to bed A. Having finished his homework, Peter went to bed.
B. Finished his homework, Peter went to bed.
C. Having finished his homework, Peter had gone to bed.
D. Having gone to bed, Peter finished his homework.
VI/ Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 11: You can look up this word in the dictionary.
A. There are a lot of words in the dictionary for you to look at.
B. You can find the meaning of this word in the dictionary.
C. The dictionary contains a lot of words except the one you need.
D. You should buy this dictionary to find the word you need.
Question 12: No one in the team can play better than John.
A. John plays well but the others play better.
B. John as well as other players of the team plays very well.
C. Everyone in the team, but John, plays well.
D. John is the best player of the team.
Question 13: After she had finished her homework, she watched television.
A. Had she finished her homework she would have watched television.
B. As soon as she finished her homework she would have watched television.
C. Before she had watch television she finished her homework.
D. She had finished her homework before she watched television.
VII/ Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges
Question 14: - Maria and Alex are talking about the environment.
Maria: “Our environment is getting more and more polluted. Do you think so?”
Alex: "______. It's really worrying."
A. I'll think about that B. I don't agree C. I don't think so D. I can't agree more
Question 15: Two close friends, Tony and Cindy are talking after the course.
Tony: “ Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?”
Cindy: “ ………”
A. Thanks, but I’m afraid I’ve got something planned C. Thanks. And you?
B. I’m terribly sorry. But I have to disagree. D. Sure. Go ahead.
VIII/ Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs
correction.
Question 16: We admire Lucy for her intelligence, cheerful disposition and she is honest.
A B C D Question 17: Remember to take over your shoes when you are in a Japanese house.
A B C D Question 18: The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive.
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IX. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to finish these sentences .
Question 19: Go _______ this book because it has the information you need.
A. over B. by C. off D. on
Question 20: The passengers had to wait because the plane ______ off one hour late.
A. turned B. took C. cut D. made
Question 21: _______ you study for these exams, _______ you will do.
A. The harder / the better B. The more / the much
C. The hardest / the best D. The more hard / the more good Question 22: _______ in Rome than he was kidnapped.
A. No sooner he arrived B. Had he no sooner arrived C. No sooner had he arrived D. No sooner he had arrived Question 23: _______, I will give him the report.
A. When he will return B. When he returns C. Until he will return D. No sooner he returns
Question 24: Don’t forget …………. home as soon as you arrive at your destination.
A. to call B. calling C. having called D. to be called Question 25: How many _______ took part in the 22nd SEA Games?
A. compete B. competitors C. competition D. competitor Question 26: The athlete had tried his best to _______ his SEA Games title and records.
A. carry B. perform C. defend D. support
Question 27: A _______ is a very large wave, often caused by an earthquake, that flows onto the land and destroys things.
A. famine B. catastrophe C. flood D. tsunami
Question 28: Peter has been working for 10 hours. He _______ be very tired now.
A. needn't B. must C. has to D. should
Question 29: What does "www" ________ for? Is it short for “world wide web?”
A. sit B. lie C. point D. stand
Question 30: Johnny used to be one of the most _______ athletes in my country.
A. successful B. succeed C. success D. successfully Question 31: She is not really friendly. She does not get on well ____ her classmates.
A. from B. with C. for D. to
Question 32: In _______ 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam won 158 _______ gold medals.
A. Ø / the B. the / Ø C. a / the D. the / the
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word for each of the blanks.
Rivers are one of the most (33) ________resources. Most of big cities in the world are on large rivers and almost every country has at least one river that (34) ________ an important part of the lives of its people.
Besides transportation, rivers provide people with food and water. To get water for crops, a (35) _______is built across a river. People can use water not only to irrigate (36) _________to make electricity.
However, several rivers are (37) _________when industries develop. It is necessary to keep rivers clean if people want to get benefits of the natural resources.
Question 33: A. nature B. natural C. nation D. national Question 34: A. plays B. chooses C. makes D. demands
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Question 35: A. pool B. pond C. well D. dam Question 36: A. or B. nor C. but also D. either Question 37: A. pollute B. polluted C. pollution D. polluting
XI/ Re ad t h e f o l l owi n g pa s s age and mark t he l e t t e r A, B, C , or D on y o ur a n swer sh e e t t o i n d ic a t e t he corr e c t ans w e r t o e a c h of the q u e s t i o ns .
Children all around the world love to read comic books. Maybe they like to read the kind of comic books that come out once a month, like Spiderman or Batman, or maybe “they” like mangastyle comic books. That means that publishers who make comic books need to keep in touch with the things young people like to do. One thing that many young people today are interested in is technology, so of course kids want to read digital comic books on electronic devices.
Let's take Japanese manga as an example. There are lots of people around the world who enjoy reading manga. However, in the past, it was difficult to find translated versions of manga in comic bookstores. But that did not stop manga fans. Some fans who could translate Japanese into their own language started translating manga themselves. Then they scanned the pages of manga books and uploaded the scanned pages to the Internet with their translation. This practice has become so popular.
People in the comic book industry made up a name for it. By combining the words scan and translation, they call it " scanlation " , and it is a big problem today. The people who do scanlation usually share their manga for free, so readers do not buy manga books. Writers, artists, and publishers all end up losing money because of scanlation. Another problem is piracy in the comic book industry. Illegal copies of old and brand new comics alike have been hurting comic book sales.
Despite the progress made in converting comics to digital formats, hardcopy comic books are still by far the most popular format among fans. In the meantime, comic book publishers and stores will just have to keep an eye on their buyers' habits. As the popularity of digital books for e-readers and tablets grows, the popularity of digital comic books will grow as well.
(Source: Reading Advantage by Casey Malarcher) Question 38. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The need for digital comic books B. Children's most favourite type of books C. Problems in the book industry D. The manga industry in Japan
Question 39. The word "they" in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
A. comic books B. publishers C. things D. children
Question 40. According to paragraph 1, Spiderman is the name of ______.
A. a TV programme B. a comic book C. an electronic device D. a child Question 41. According to paragraph 2, the practice of "scanlation" mostly involves ______.
A. selling translated manga books B. scanning and translating manga books C. scanning uploaded manga books D. translating uploaded manga books
Question 42. According to the passage, in the past, some manga fans who knew Japanese translated manga because ______.
A. it was enjoyable to translate Japanese books B. they wanted to make a name for themselves C. it was difficult to buy translated manga books D. they wanted to read manga for free
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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions.
During these centuries, women remained invisible in history books.
Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.
During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women’s organizations compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women’s history in the United States one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later Generations of historians.
Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth Century, most of the writing about women conformed to the “great women” theory of History, just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on “great men.” To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women’s right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary woman. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being published.
(http://www.civilserviceguide.com/topics/readig-comprehension/post/feminism/) Question 43: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The role of literature in early American histories B. The place of American women in written histories C. The keen sense of history shown by American women
D.The “great women” approach to history used by American historians
Question 44: The word “contemporary” in the 1st paragraph means that the history was
A. informative B. thoughtful C. written at that time D. faultfinding
Question 45: In the first paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that ______
A. even the contributions of outstanding women were ignored B. a woman’s status was changed by marriage
C. only three women were able to get their writing published
D. poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women
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Question 46: The word “celebratory” in the 2nd paragraph means that the writings referred to ______
A. related to parties B. religious C. serious D. full of praise Question 47: The word “they” in the 2nd paragraph refers to________
A. efforts B. authors C. counterparts D. sources
Question 48: In the 2nd paragraph, what weakness in nineteenth-century histories does the author point out?
A. The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.
B. They put too much emphasis on daily activities
C. They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.
D. They were printed on poor-quality paper.
Question 49: What use was made of the nineteenth-century women’s history materials in the Schlesinger Library and the Sophia Smith Collection?
A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia B. They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century.
C. They provided valuable information for twentieth- century historical researchers.
D. They were shared among women’s colleges throughout the United States.
Question 50: In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth-century “great women” EXCEPT ________
A. authors B. reformers C. activists for women’s rights D. politicians ---THE END---
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