The first semester examination - Đề 12

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 
A. ear	B. clear	C. near	D. learn
A. beds	B. doors	C. students	D. plays
A. knowlege	B. comfort	C. popular	D. college
A. filled	B. landed	C. suited	D. wanted
A. here	B. where	C. there	D. share
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. 
They prevented their son ________to the cinema with his friends last night. 
	A. from going	B. on going 	C. of going	D. in going
________does it take you to get to work?
	A. how far	B. how time	C. how long	D. how much
Hoa has a lot of ________but only a few are really good friends. 
	A. close friends	B. acquaintances	C. neighbors	D. partners
China has ________population of all the countries in the world. 
	A. the larger	B. the least	C. the largest	the more
He expected________by his girlfriend at the airport but she wasn’t there. 
	A. meeting	B. to meet	C. being met	D. to be met
It is dangerous to drive when you ________. 
	A. are drinking	B. have drunk	C. are drunk	D. will drink
I suggest ________the hospital before ________the police to look for him. 
	A. to call- to ask	B. calling - asking	C. call- ask	D. to call- asking
The teacher asked us ________by heart the newwords and structures. 
	A. learnt	B. to learn	C. learning	D. have learnt
I won’t wake unless I ________the alarm. 
	A. don’t hear	B. hear	C. heard	D. didn’t hear
If English people spoke more slowly I ________to understand them. 
	A. can be able	B. am able	C. could be able	D. was able
We aren’t used to ________in a cold climate. 
	A. lived	B. live	C. living	D. be lived
The boy’s photograph________you saw was taken a long time ago. 
	A. which	B. whom	D. whose	D. who
Some people ________at least four hours a day watching TV.. 
	A. spend	B. take	C. use	D. last
If he ________earlier he could have left on the afternoon flight. 
	A. decided	B. has decided	C. had decided	D. was decided
Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. 
Are you interesting in working for us?
	A	B	C	D
They will help you whenever you will ask them. 
	A	B	C	D
Would you mind to check the figures again?
	A	B	C	D
After study all new words, the pupil was able to read his test. 
	A	B	C	D
The robbers are arrested by the police last week have just escaped from the prison. 
	A	B	C	D
Read the following passage and choose the best given answer A,B,C or D to fill in each gap. 
The great scientist Isaac Newton, (30)______theory of gravitation is well known all over the world, (31)______born in the little village of Woolthorp, on December 25th ,1642. His father was a famer, (32)______died before his son’s birth. His mother and grandmother (33)______of him. 
When still young, Newton was more of a mechanic than a scholar. His neighbours thought he (34)______probaly become a well-known clockmaker because he had already (35)______a clock they had never heard of. It worked by water. Besides the water clock, Newton also made sundial. When he (36)______old he became interested in Mathematics and physics. His first physical experiment was carried out in 1658 (37)______he was 16 years old. (38)______June 5th, 1661 Newton entered the University of Cambridge where he studied mathematics and soon became famous at (39)______of 21. 
A. who	B. whose	C. which	D. whom
A. is	B. were	C. had been	D. was
A. what	B. who	C. which	D. whom
A. took care	B. take	C. looked	D. looked at
A. Will	B. had	C. would	D. can
A. did	B. done	C. made	D. taken
A. grows	B. grew	C. gets	D. had grown
A. when	B. where	C. that	D. which
A. in	B. during	C. on	D. at
A. the age	B. the year	C. years old	D. age
Read the passage and answer the following sentences. 
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Longhorn Clemens who was one of the greatest American writers. Born in Missouri in 1835, he grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River. Mark Twain’s life as a writer started during the Civil War. At that time, he was working as a newspaperman in Nevada and California. His short story The Celebrated Jumped Frog of Calaveras County was, an immediate success and his new career began. 
In 1870, Mark Twain married Olivia Langedon who had great influence on Twain’s books. He had fallen in love with her pictures even before he met her. Mark Twain was also a very successful lecturer. He travelled around the country giving talks on a variety of subjects and this also made him famous and increased the sale of his books. 
When and where was Mark Twain born?
What was his real name?
When did he marry Olivia Langelon?
When did his writing career start?
What made him famous and helped him sell a lot of his books?
Rewrite the following sentences:
“I hear you have a baby. Congratulations!”
Nga congratulated	
“If I had had enough money, I would have bought this house”
The man said that	`
My teacher said “I think you should try tolearn hard”
My teacher advised me	
“I will buy you a new computer if you get many good marks ” 
Her father told me 	
Lan said “Please come to my house”. 
Lan invited	
“I will take you to work, I insist,” My father said me. 
My father insisted on	
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