Sample Tests Prepared by Nguyen Thanh Minh ĐỀ KIỂM TRA ANH VĂN HKI – TEST 11 I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS A. Which word is stressed differently from the others? 1. A. cartoon B. prison C. basic D. mileage 2. A. violence B. dinosaur C. gorilla D. pharmacy 3. A. vegetarian B. prefabricated C. satisfactory D. hypothetical 4. A. decompress B. location C. depressing D. complaint 5. A. disappear B. monument C. irrigate D. generate 6. A. combination B. violation C. politician D. excavator 7. A. executive B. millennium C. gasoline D. publicity 8. A. statue B. rely C. nuisance D. wagon B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently? 9. A. challenge B. mammal C. traffic D. canal 10. A. fossil B. successful C. passionate D. depressing 11. A. chocolate B. classmate C. negotiate D. violate 12. A. drop B. joke C. top D. confidence 13. A. executive B. successful C. commute D. utensil 14. A. ground B. found C. though D. sound 15. A. client B. resist C. confidence D. disease II. VOCABULARY Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence. 16. Without the patronage _______ several large firms, the festival could not take place. A. for B. from C. of D. in 17. Studies show that if a working environment is pleasant, ________ increases. A. productivity B. product C. crop D. harvest 18. They ________ my contract in October. A. draw B. terminated C. entered D. finished 19. He was appointed as a _______ priest in the diocese of York. A. waged B. salaried C. earned D. stipendiary 20. I couldn't have managed at college if I hadn't had an ________ from my parents. A. grant B. allowance C. stipend D. all are correct 21. He plays a melancholy _______ of music. A. piece B. part C. portion D. segment 22. Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to ________ the government. A. remove B. unseat C. eliminate D. abolish 23. Tintagel Castle, the reputed birthplace of King Arthur, is being _______ professionally for the first time in more than 50 years. A. exploded B. exceeded C. excavated D. expected 24. The company director was ________ from his car by terrorists. A. abducted B. removed C. abandoned D. dismissed 25. The area is still very _______ and undeveloped. A. urban B. remote C. rural D. municipal 26. Her whereabouts have been shrouded in ________ since she received the death threat. A. veil B. excavation C. conscious D. secrecy 27. Disagreements about defence cuts have opened up deep ________ within the military. A. divisions B. relations C. association D. connections 28. He _______ of the race after two laps. A. hung out B. dropped out C. let out D. dropped off 29. The ________ is highly contagious, so don't let anyone else use your towel. A. symptom B. bruise C. contusion D. infection 30. They were making the most _________ amount of noise last night. A. advanced B. complicated C. tremendous D. sophisticated 31. Much of the coast has been ________ by nuclear waste. A. fertilized B. irrigated C. nourished D. contaminated 32. The treatment has so far done little to ________ the spread of the cancer. A. capture B. catch C. arrest D. keep 33. In the square in front of the hotel stands a monument to all the people killed in the war. A. landmark B. monument C. spot D. destination 34. He was ________ to see Jeannie reach the other side of the river safely. A. relieved B. irritated C. ridiculous D. terrified 35. This year the farmers were just able to gather in the ________ before the fine weather came to an end. A. collection B. seed C. plant D. harvest III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence. 36. Do you know _________ ? A. who how many people go on Sundays to church B. who go to church on Sundays how many people C. how many people who go on Sundays to church D. how many people who go to church on Sundays 37. We watch the cat ________ the tree. A. climbed B. climb C. had climbed D. was climbing 38. If we had known your new address, we ________ to see you. A. came B. will come C. would come D. would have come 39. You may borrow as many books as you like, provided you show them to ________ is at the desk. A. whoever B. who C. whom D. which 40. He looked forward to ________ his first pay packet. A. receive B. have received C. be receiving D. receiving 41. Carol refused; ________, her answer was “no”. A. in other words B. otherwise C. words for words D. however Sample Tests Prepared by Nguyen Thanh Minh 42. If you see Tom _________ you mind _________ him to get in touch with me? A. will / reminding B. will / to remind C. would / reminding D. would / to remind 43. _________ I hear that song, I think of you. A. Whatever B. Forever C. Whenever D. However 44. “Let’s go dancing, _________?” – “Yes, let’s.” A. will we B. don’t we C. do we D. shall we 45. I wish I _________ all about this matter a week ago. A. knew B. know C. had known D. B & C are correct. 46. He was _________ he could not wake up. A. very tired that B. such tired that C. too tired that D. so tired that 47. Joan asked _________. A. if there was coffee B. there was coffee C. was there coffee D. where was the coffee 48. She didn’t know _________ to have fish or chicken for lunch. A. both B. whether C. neither D. as 49. For lunch, you may have _________ fish or chicken. A. both B. neither C. not only D. either 50. I suppose there’s a lot _________ between now and the first show. A. to be done B. done C. we do D. to have done 51. I ____ my house ____. That is why there is all this mess. A. had – paint B. have – paint C. am having – painted D. had had - paint 52. I warned him _________. A. to be not late B. don’t be late C. not to be late D. he is not late 53. I should have _________ my hair cut weeks ago, but just don’t seem to have had time. A. let B. made C. had D. gotten 54. I could not cut the grass because the machine _________ a few days previously. A. broke down B. has been broken C. had broken down D. breaks down 55. If you want to develop inner tranquility, you have to stop _________ by every little thing that happens. A. bothering B. being bothered C. to bother D. to be bothered 56. He was made _________ for two hours. A. to wait B. wait C. waiting D. waited 57. My boss is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work that I _________ last week. A. should do B. should have done C. must have done D. might have done 58. Ann is not at home. She’s __________ to dinner. A. been B. gone C. went D. being 59. “Where are my jeans?” “They _________ at the moment. Sorry.” A. are washing B. were washed C. are washed D. are being washed 60. The film was __________. There was so much blood in it. A. horrify B. horrified C. horrifying D. being horrified . Sample Tests Prepared by Nguyen Thanh Minh ĐỀ KIỂM TRA ANH VĂN HKI – TEST 11 I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS A. Which word is stressed. done 51. I ____ my house ____. That is why there is all this mess. A. had – paint B. have – paint C. am having – painted D. had had - paint 52. I warned him _________. A. to be not late. was “no”. A. in other words B. otherwise C. words for words D. however Sample Tests Prepared by Nguyen Thanh Minh 42. If you see Tom _________ you mind _________ him to get in touch with