1 Phuong Xa High School English Test - 12 (time: 45’) code: 001 Full name: …………………………………………… Class:………………. I. Choose the word which pronounced differently from the rest: 1. A. heat B. scream C. meat D. dead 2. A. caused B. pronounced C. mixed D. worked 3. A. stopped B. followed C. rained D. believed 4. A. rains B. hands C. works D. seems 5. A. laughs B. books C. tops D. phones II. Choose the best answer: 1. This atlas ______ in the classroom yesterday. A. leaves B. was left C. was leaving D. left 2. Emma and Katie usually ______ their grandmother at weekends. A. visits B. visit C. are visiting D. have visited 3. Smoking cigarettes is ______ to our health. A. good B. harmful C. sick D. useful 4. I saw my teacher sitting ______ the table drinking tea. A. from B. in C. at D. to 5. We had to wait ______ all our friends finished their work. A. but B. for C. until D. so 6. Nowadays wild animals ______ in many parts of the world. A. are protected B. were protected C. protected D. protect 7. Tony: “How often do you go swimming?” Quang: “______.” A. In the afternoon B. Oh, very good C. Many times already D. Every week 8. There is a very good program on VTV3 ______ 9:00 p.m. tonight. A. to B. on C. at D. in 9. “Look! That boy ______ an elephant over there.” A. fed B. feeds C. is feeding D. was feeding 10. Michael Faraday was very interested in ______ experiments with electricity. A. to do B. doing C. do D. done 11. Thomas Edison was a famous American ______. A. inventor B. invent C. invention D. inventive 12. The children were bored ______ watching that film again and again. 2 A. about B. in C. for D. with 13. After the 2009 football season, he ______ a well-known player in Asia. A. was becoming B. becomes C. will become D. became 14. Frankie: “Where is Dad?” Kitty: “He ______ be in the garden.” A. may B. ought C. had to D. need 15. She is never ______ to go out alone at night by her parents. A. taken B. agreed C. given D. allowed III. Read the passage, choose the best anwer: William Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers in the English literature. He was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. (6)______ the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, (7)______was eight years older than himself. A few years later he moved to London, where he worked as an actor and a playwright. Shakespeare (8)______ 36 plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem). His most famous plays are the four great tragedies - Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23 April 1616. His (9)______ are still very popula today: they have been translated into different languages, and many of them have been (10)______into films, both in English and in other languages. 1: A. In B. At C. On D. From 2: A. whose B. which C. whom D. who 3: A. write B. writes C. wrote D. written 4: A. plays B. novels C. films D. actors 5: A. produced B. made C. done D. worked IV. Find the mistake in each sentence: 1. Mr. Chapman never comes to meetings on time, and his brother doesn’t, too. A B C D 2. A number of the students come to the meeting today is from a well-known university. A B C D 3. In spite of it rained heavily, they still came there on time, we very admired them. A B C D 4. Only when the famine gets worse, the world governments will begin to act. A B C D 5. I felt very tiring when I arrived home, so I went to bed at once. A B C D The end! . 1 Phuong Xa High School English Test - 12 (time: 45’) code: 001 Full name: …………………………………………… Class:………………. I. Choose the word which. the best anwer: William Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers in the English literature. He was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. (6)______ the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway,. poem). His most famous plays are the four great tragedies - Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23 April 1616. His (9)______ are still very popula