SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TP. CẦN THƠ ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ II TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÝ TỰ TRỌNG Môn: ANH VĂN, lớp 11 (Ban Cơ Bản) Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút I.PHONOLOGY 1. Which underlined part has different sound? A. coughed B. moved C. tried D. opened 2. Which underlined part has different sound? A. worth B. with C. path D. eighteenth 3. Which word has the stress different from the rest? A. mystery B. represent C. astronaut D. gravity 4. Which word has the stress different from the rest? A. gravity B. challenge C. astronaut D. support II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY Choose the correct answer 5. The successful flight marked a milestone in China's space project. A. landmark B. record C. break-up D. progress 6. His flight was in ______ around the Earth at the speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour. A. orbit B. travel C. circuit D. revolve 7. The purpose of the pyramid was to protect the burial chamber ______ the weather. a. for B. from C. of D. in 8. Michael had to leave early, _____? A. hadn’t he B. had he C. did he D. didn’t he 9. Someone is waiting to speak to me, ______? A. are they B. aren't they C. isn’t he D. isn’t they 10. He could never make such a stupid decision,_______________ ? A. could he B. couldn’t he C. wasn’t he D. was he 11. They didn’t want to come with her at first but she ____________ persuade them. A. is able to B. was able to C. could D. can 12. Everyone expects that the snowstorm will end soon. A. It is expected that the snowstorm will end soon. B. The snowstorm was expected to end soon. C. It will be expected that the snowstorm will end soon. D. The snowstorm will be expected will end soon. 13. Hung: “Would you like to go to the movie with me?”- Lam: “__________. ” A. Yes, I’d love to B. I’m very happy C. Yes, it is D. Yes, so do I 14. Lucy: “Sorry, I made your shirt dirty.” – Susan: “__________.” A. Yes, That’s right B. It doesn’t matter C. No problem. I’ll have a skirt D. Don’t mention it III. READING COMPREHENSION Cloze test: choose the best word or phrase to fill in each blank. On 10 th October 1913 a long-held dream became reality when American President Wilson set off explosives which opened the final section of the Panama Canal. Within a very (15) _________________time, ocean-going ships were able to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans without the (16) ______________to sail the long and dangerous route around Cape Horn with its violent storms and dangerous currents. Earlier, an attempt by the French builders of the Suez Canal to construct a Panama Canal had come to a halt in the 1870s due to technical difficulties, but in 1903 the United States signed an agreement with Panama which (17) _______________ the United States to build and operate the canal (18) _______________ control an area of land 16 kilometres wide on both sides of the canal in return for a payment of $10 million and an annual rent of $250,000. US Army Engineer George Goethals (19) _______________ the construction problems while Dr. Gorgas produced an effective treatment for both malaria and yellow fever, diseases which had threatened the work gangs. In 1982, administration of the Canal was handed over to Panama. 15. A. short B. decreased C. small D. reduced 16. A. problem B. difficulty C. need D. request 17. A. said B. stated C. allowed D. left 18. A. in addition to B. apart from C. instead of D. as well as 19. A. answered B. solved C. succeeded D. managed B. Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Some day people will certainly try to build settlements on the moon. The best place for houses in a moon town will be a cave or a tunnel. Underground houses will not be squashed by meteorites that constantly fall on the moon from outer space. This will be important on the moon, since daytime is so hot that food could be cooked in the rocks, and the nights get bitterly cold. Pioneer moon homes may be made of airtight plastic that can be blown up like a balloon inside the cave. The reason for this is that the moon has no air around it. The pioneers will have to take along from the earth the oxygen masks when they are away from home. But the balloon house itself will be filled with air. Perhaps the house will have beds, tables and chairs built into it. These can be inflated, too. So people will sleep, eat and work on air. Moon-house building will be easy. The moon’s gravity is less than the earth’s. Everything weighs only one-sixth as much as it does on the earth. 20. In a moon town, what is the best place for houses? A. A balloon B. A mountain C. A meteorite D. A tunnel 21. Which of the following is true? A. The people on the moon will not leave their homes. B. The moon homes are of sand. C. The temperature in a cave changes as much as the temperature outside. D. The people on the moon will wear oxygen masks when they leave their homes. 22. Why will the pioneers have to take along from the earth the oxygen they need for breathing? A. Because the moon homes are made of airtight plastic. B. Because the balloon house will be filled with air. C. Because the moon has no air around it. D. Because the moon people will sleep, eat and work on air. 23. If a stone weighs 18 tons on the earth, how much does it weigh on the moon? A. One tons B. Three tons C. Six tons D. Nine tons 24. According to the passage, can people build cities on the moon? A. No, they can’t. B. Perhaps people can do. C. Of course. People can build cities on the moon in the future. D. People only think so. IV. WRITING: For each of the following sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, using the words given. 1. People believe that Ho Chi Minh’s life and writings represent the Vietnamese love of liberty. Ho Chi Minh’s……………………………………………………………………………liberty. (…life and writings are believed to represent the Vietnamese love of …) 2. It is thought that the thief got in through the kitchen window. The thief………………………………………………………………………window. (…is thought to have got in through the kitchen ) 3. Many people are rumored to have been killed in the flood last year. They rumor that……………………………………………………………………last year. ( many people were killed in the flood …) 4. John couldn’t get a good job because he was unable to speak English well. Because of John’s…………………………………………., he couldn’t get a good job. (…inability to speak English well…) V. WORD FORM: Use the word given in capitals at the end of sentences to form the word that fits in the gap. 1. The Great Pyramid of Giza is_________________ in Egypt. (SITUATION) 2. One of the purposes of the Great Pyramid was to protect the _____________chamber from the weather. (BURY) 3. Before Gagarin’s historic flight, there were still enormous _____________ . (UNCERTAIN) 4. A plane crash in March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space _________________. (POSSIBILITY) Key: 1. situated 2. burial 3. uncertainties 4. impossible . SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TP. CẦN THƠ ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ II TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÝ TỰ TRỌNG Môn: ANH VĂN, lớp 11 (Ban Cơ Bản) Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút I.PHONOLOGY 1 B. challenge C. astronaut D. support II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY Choose the correct answer 5. The successful flight marked a milestone in China's space project. A. landmark B. record. are they B. aren't they C. isn’t he D. isn’t they 10. He could never make such a stupid decision,_______________ ? A. could he B. couldn’t he C. wasn’t he D. was he 11. They didn’t want