SỞ GD&ĐT ĐỒNG THÁP ĐỂ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II TRƯỜNG THPT CHÂU THÀNH 2  I/ PHONETICS: A. Tìm một từ mà phenyl gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với những từ còn lại 1. a. promote b. promise c. proper d. profit 2. a. washed b. parted c. wicked d. naked 3. a. conceal b. pizza c. zoo d. success B. Chọn từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với những từ còn lại 4. a. surpass b. surround c. surface d. surrender 5. ancestor b. tragedy c. accurate d. disaster II/ VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: Choose the best answer. 6. You asked me to _____ you to post that letter. a. remember b. remind c. remark d. recall 7. Going to the pub too often can easily become a bad _____ a. practice b. tradition c. custom d. habit 8. _____ the way, what did you think about the movie you saw yesterday? a. From b. On c. By d. In 9. After a day of housework I am totally _____ a. exhausted b. dull c. strained d. weak 10. It’s not worth _____ out now. It is much too late. a. to go b. going c. went d. gone 11. Tell me about it _____. Can’t you see I am busy? a. after b. last c. late d. later 12. The hotel room was too hot for me _____ in. a. stayed b. to stay c. staying d. stay 13. My car isn’t _____ . it’s always letting me down. a. believable b. reliable c. trusty d. unreliable 14. My father _____ smoke a lot but now he doesn’t. a. used to b. is used for c. used d. is used to 15. If the pain doesn’t go _____ soon, I will go mad. a. ahead b. away c. along d. around III/ WRITING: A. Chọn phương án tốt nhất để hoàn thành các câu sau đây 16.I would prefer you didn’t smoke here. Which sentence expresses the same idea as the above? a. I’d rather you didn’t smoke here b. I’d rather you shouldn’t smoke here c. I’d rather you not to smoke here d. I’d rather you don’t smoke here 17. The meeting was put off because of pressure of time. We understand from this sentence that a. people wanted to get away, so the meeting began early b. there was not enough time to hold the meeting c. the meeting is planned to start in a short time d. the meeting lasted much longer than usual 18.Had I known Arabic was so difficult to learn, I _____ it up a. would never take b. would have never taken c. will never take d. would never have taken 19. “You will be taken to the hotel,” he said a. He said that you would be taken to the hotel b. He said that we would take you to the hotel c. he said that you will be taken to the hotel d. Ha said that we would be being taken to the hotel 20. I’ll have ______ soon a. my car washed b. him wash my car d. him to wash my car d. a & b B. Hãy xác định MỘT lỗi trong các từ hoặc cụm từ có gạch chân của các câu sau đây 21. Peter doesn’t care how much does the car cost because he is going to buy it a b c d anyway. 22. As soon as I will get a good job, I am going to buy a flat a b c d 23. If he studied hardly, he would pass his examination a b c d 24. No sooner he had left home than it rained heavily. a b c d 25. His TOEFL score was enough high to be accepted. a b c d IV/ READING COMPREHENSION: A. Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn một từ thích hợp nhất trong số những từ cho sẳn (a,b, c, d) Emma Harte, in Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novel, was a poor lonely girl who became the (26) ____ owner of an international chain of stores. Like the woman she writes about, Ms Bradford is beautiful and (27) ____ , She left school at sixteen and became a (28) ____ . After twenty-three years of this work, she made the (29) ____ to start writing novels. She is now one of the most (30) ____ paid novelists in the world. Was Emma Harte’s story based on Ms Bradford’s own (31) ____ successful life? “I’m afraid not,” she said with (32) ____ .”My life has been quite different from Emma Harte’s. She was (33) ____ to be born into a poor family. I came from a middle-class home and I’m (34) ____ married to a rich American film produced. The only thing I share with my heroin is her (35) ____ to work hard.” 26. a. wealth b. unhealthy c. richness d. wealthy 27. a. ambition b. ambitious c. greed d. greedy 28. a. journal b. report c. journalist d. newspaperman 29. a. decide b. decided c. decisive d. decision 30. a. high b. badly c. highly d. height 31. a. incredible b. incredibly c. credible d. credibly 32. a. amusement b. amuse c. amused d. amusing 33. a. luck b. lucky c. unlock d. unlucky 34. a. happy b. happiness c. happily d. unhappily 35. a. ability b. unable c. able d. possibility B. Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời đúng nhất Hurricanes are violent storms that cause millions of dollars in property damage and take many lives. They can be extremely dangerous, and too often people underestimate their fury. Hurricanes normally originate as a small area of thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean west of the Cape Verde Island during August or September. For several days, the area of the storm increases and the air pressure falls slowly. A center of low pressure forms, and winds begin to whirl around it. It is blown westward, increasing in size and strength. Hurricane hunters then fly out to the storm in order to determine its size and intensity and to trace its direction. They drop radiosondes, or instruments for recording temperature, air pressure, and humidity, into the storm. They also look at the size of waves on the ocean, the clouds, and the eye of the storm. The eye is a region of relative calm and clear skies in the center of the hurricane. People often lose their lives by leaving shelter when the eye has arrived, only to be caught in tremendous winds again when the eye has passed. 36. What is the eye of the hurricane? a. The power center of the storm. b. The part that determines its direction. c. The calm center of the storm. d. The first part that makes landfall. 37. What is a “radiosonde” as mentioned in paragraph 3? a. A high-frequency air wave. b. A type of isotope c. A device that records the sounds inside the storm d. An instrument for determining factors that provide insight into the characteristics of the storm. 38. The underlined word “whirl” is closest in meaning to a. cool b. weaken c. spin d. collapse 39. It is implied in the passage that hurricane hunters strive to _____ the hurricane. a. learn about b. control c. destroy d. change the direction of 40. Indications that a hurricane is forming are a. increased power of the eye and decreased air pressure b. increased size of the hurricane and decreased air pressure c. decreased size of the hurricane and increased air pressure d. eastward movement and decreased air pressure . SỞ GD&ĐT ĐỒNG THÁP ĐỂ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II TRƯỜNG THPT CHÂU THÀNH 2  I/ PHONETICS: A. Tìm một từ mà phenyl gạch chân có cách phát âm khác. doesn’t go _____ soon, I will go mad. a. ahead b. away c. along d. around III/ WRITING: A. Chọn phương án tốt nhất để hoàn thành các câu sau đây 16.I would prefer you didn’t smoke here. Which. buy it a b c d anyway. 22 . As soon as I will get a good job, I am going to buy a flat a b c d 23 . If he studied hardly, he would pass his examination a b c d 24 . No sooner he had left