BARIA-VUNGTAU Department of Education and Training School Year : 2010 -2011 BARIA High School THE SECOND TERM EXAM Subject: English 12 YOUR FULL NAME:…………………………………CLASS: 12……. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. Question 1: A. grasses B. stretches C. comprises D. potatoes Question 2: A. compound B. route C. house D. south Question 3: A. dune B. hummock C. shrub D. buffalo Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. When the weather is cold, it is not very much fun to wait for a bus. People have to stand at a bus-stop for minutes or even hours. They talk about the bus and (4) about the weather. Most of them feel cold. Some have to drink coffee to stay warm. Traveling by buses (5) pollution, but people often would rather drive their cars. Many people are not used to the bus schedules, and they do not like to wait. On the other hand, many people have been (6) the bus every day for many years. They are used to it. They say the bus has been coming on time every day, and they have never been late for work. In (7) _____, they do not need a parking place in all that time. Buses are very convenient when they are used to them. Question 4: A. tell B. complain C. comment D. judge Question 5: A. cuts B. reduces C. stops D. eliminates Question 6: A. looking B. waiting C. getting D. taking Question 7: A. end B. last C. addition D. conclusion Choose the best answer. Question 8: After Peter had returned from the Sahara desert, he was confined to bed by a ________ disease. A. mystery B. mysterious C. mysteriously D. mysteriousness Question 9: I _______ find my own way there. You _______ wait for me. A. should / can't B. have to / must C. can / needn't D. might / mustn't Question 10: ______ is the existence of a wide variety of plant animal species living in their natural environment. A. Biodiversity B. Conservation C. Globe D. Individual Question 11: John _______ across the lawn. A. danced wildly B. was wildly danced C. was dancing wild D. was being danced wildly Question 12: If you _______ a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously. A. dip into B. pick up C. put down D. put away Question 13: Two tablets ________ twice a day to help you recover from the illness quickly. A. must take B. must be taken C. must have taken D. must be taking Question 14: My fingers were injured , ________ my sister had to write the note for me. A. and B. however C. so D. but Question 15: The _______ it rained, the ________ the wind blew. A. harder / stronger B. harder / stronglier C. hardlier / stronglier D.harder / more strongly Question 16: Alice: “What shall we do this evening?” Carol: “_________ .” A. I went out for dinner. B. Oh, that’s good! C. Let’s go out for dinner. D. No problem. Question 17: Be careful! The tree is going to fall. CODE 123 A. Look out B. Look up C. Look on D. Look after Question 18: In some countries, each academic term is ________ by a week-long break. A. left B. departed C. subtracted D.separated Question 19: I went to buy a Rolling Stones CD ________ the shop didn't have it. A. and B. but C. therefore D. so Question 20: Tom: “Thank you for a lovely evening.” Mary: “ _______ “ . A. Don’t mention it. B. Yes, that is nice. C. I’m glad you enjoyed it. D. Yes’ I’d like that Question 21: Those letters ________ now. You can do the typing later. A. need typing B. needn't be typed C. need to type D. needn't typing Question 22: The museum is open to everybody. It ________ between 9am and 5pm. A. visits B. visited C. can visit D. can be visited Question 23: My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _______ it is at night, _______ he plays his music! A. the less / the more loud B. the less / less C. the more late / the more loudlier D. the later / the louder Question 24: We were very tired ; ________ , we decided to walk home. A. therefore B. however C. and D. so Question 25: The bomb exploded in the garage; fortunately no one hurt. A. put on B. went off C. got out D. kept up Question 26: Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become _______. A. more and more good B. better and better C. well and better D. gooder and gooder Question 27: There you are at last! I was wondering when you’d ________ up! A. look B. hold C. give D. turn Question 28: “I’ve enjoyed myself very much. But it’s very late, so ________ .” A. take good care. B. have a good day C. goodbye for now D. it’s great fun, thanks Question 29: The facilities of the new hospital are ________ A. as good or better than the old hospital. B. as good as or better than the old hospital. C. as good as or better than those of the old hospital. D. as good or better than those of the old hospital. Question 30: What a lovely baby! He certainly takes _________ his father, doesn’t he? A. up B. after C. on D. care of Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the rest. Question 31: A. ability B. agriculture C. development D. contaminate Question 32: A. disappearance B. vulnerable C. conservation D. generation Which underlined part is incorrect? Question 33: Since 1984 the sport has included in the Olympic Games as part of the yachting events. A B C D Question 34: Rain falls occasionally in deserts so desert storms are often violent A B C D Question 35: The SEA Games are under regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision A B C D by the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia. Question 36: Species become extinct or endangerment for a number of reasons, but the primary cause is the A B destruction of habitat by human activities. C Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. Fiction is the writing of a story or text that is not true. It can be written in the form of either poetry or prose. Poetry is a style of writing in which short lines form verses. Often, words at the end of these lines rhyme, like “bed” and “red”. We call a group of verses about on subject a “ poem.” Prose writing does not have verses, nor does it rhyme. It uses sentences and paragraphs. Prose is used in magazine articles, newspaper stories, short stories, and books Prose fiction has existed since ancient times, but most early fiction was actually written as poetry. Scholars disagree about the date of the first prose fiction book, or novel. Some scholars classify fictional stories from ancient Greece and Rome as the earliest novels. Others claim there were novels in Asia as early as the 6 th century. These early novels were mostly short adventure stories about fictional characters. In Europe, prose fiction began to seriously challenge poetry in the 16 th century. A Spanish author, Cervantes, wrote Europe’s first prose novel in the early 1600s. However, longer novels, like Cervantes’s Don Quixote, did not become very popular until the 1700s. By that time, there were more printing presses, and more people knew how to read. In addition, more people had money to buy these books. Today, the vast majority of fiction is written in prose rather than in poetry. Question 37: What does the word “It” in paragraph 1 refer to? A. Non-fiction B. Fiction C. Peotry D. Prose Question 38: What can we learn about newspaper stories from paragraph 1? A. They are usually written in verse. B. They are usually written in rhyme. C. They are usually written in paragraphs. D. They are usually written by scholars. Question 39: What can be inferred from the second paragraph? A. Prose fiction has been very popular since long ago. B. Prose fiction has not been around since ancient times. C. The date of the earliest known novel is the sixteenth century. D. The date of the earliest known novel is not easy to determine. Question 40: The topic discussed in paragraph 3 is about . A. when prose became dominant in Europe. B. when poetry became dominant in Europe. C. when Cervantes became an important author. D. when prose began in Spain. THE END CODE 123 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A X X X X X B X X X X X X C X X X X X D X X X X 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 A X X B X X X X X X X X X X C X X X D X X X X X . would rather drive their cars. Many people are not used to the bus schedules, and they do not like to wait. On the other hand, many people have been (6) the bus every day for many years. They. A. the less / the more loud B. the less / less C. the more late / the more loudlier D. the later / the louder Question 24: We were very tired ; ________ , we decided to walk home. A. therefore. When the weather is cold, it is not very much fun to wait for a bus. People have to stand at a bus-stop for minutes or even hours. They talk about the bus and (4) about the weather. Most of them