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Mark Teacher’s comments

Class 12………….Name………………………………………………………………….

A. LISTENING
Listening to the following passage and then decide the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE
Questions True False
1. Many people who drink alcohol also like to smoke cigarettes. x

2. When people drink alcohol, they will get sleepy. x

3. If a person smokes, he or she is unlikely to drink alcohol. x

4. In fact, earlier research shows that more than 58 percent of alcohol- x

dependent American adults also depend on nicotine.
5. There is a close relationship between cigarettes and alcohol. x

B. PHONETICS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. speeds B. skirts C. tapes D. roofs
2. A. mended B. cultivated C. prepared D. rested
3. A. stopped B. laughed C. missed D. climbed
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others.
4. A. passage B. support C. distance D. instant
5. A. oblige B. maintain C. concern D. equal

C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence
1. In Vietnam, application forms for the National Entrance Examinations must be……….before the
deadline, often in April.
A. issued B. filed C. signed D. submitted
2. The academic year in England runs from September to July and is divided into three……
A. courses B. terms C. seasons D. sections
3. In general, people use more vocabulary in written…….than they do in daily conversation.
A. language B. communication C. gesture D. contract
4. Things will be must worse than they are now, to………
A. pessimists B. pessimistic C. optimists D. optimistic
5. Recently, there have been fewer visitors coming to this resort. They probably afraid of……….
A. capitalism B. terrorism C. patriotism D. racialism
6. The…………of the earth will be threatened by terrorism as terrorists groups will become more
powerful and more dangerous.
A. surface B. substances C. security D. seasons
7. What could be more………than a wedding on a tropical island?
A. romance B. romantic C. romanticizing D. romanticism
8. Her dress is very similar…………mine. Only the belt is different.
A. to B. with C. as D. for
9. I borrowed………….pencil from your pile of pencils and pens.
A. a B. two C. the D. these
10. Please give me……..cake that is on the counter.
A. a B. the C. some D. any
11. The children are excited………going to circus.
A. for B. about C. with D. of
12. I am going to wait until you……………..your work.
A. will finish B. had finished C. are finishing D. have finished
13. Some of the guests………..I invited didn’t come.
A. whose B. whom C. them D. which
14. Barbara asked me…….the film called “Star Wars”.
A. If I saw B. Whether I have seen
C. If I had seen D. Whether had I seen
15. If you had taken my advice, you……..in such difficulties now.
A. won’t be B. wouldn’t be
C. hadn’t been D. wouldn’t have been

Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1. Although her beauty, he kept on smoking.
A B C D
2. If you didn’t stop smoking, your health will become worse and worse.
A B C D
3. Without his friends’ help, he wouldn’t be able to finish the assignment last week.
A B C D
4. After the accident, I opened my eyes slowly and realized that I am still alive.
A B C D
5. If your parents object your leaving dinner to take a call, tell your friends.
A B C D
D. READING
Read the following passage and choose the best answer
If you show up a bit late for a meeting in Brazil, no one will be too worried. But if you keep someone in
New York waiting for ten or fifteen minutes, you may have some explaining to do. Time is seen as
relatively flexible in some cultures but is viewed more rigidly in others.
Back in the 1950s, anthropologist Edward Hall described how the social rules of time like a silent
language for a given culture. He described how variations in the perception of time can lead to
misunderstandings between people from separate countries. “An ambassador who had been kept waiting
by foreign visitors needs to understand that if he visitors mutters an apology, this is not necessarily an
insult, “Hall wrote.
Social psychologist Robert Levine has conducted so-called pace of life studies in 31 countries. He ranked
the countries by measuring three things: walking speed on urban sidewalks, how quickly postal clerks
could fulfill a request for a common stamp and the accuracy of public clocks.
Kevin Birth, an anthropologist, has examined time perception in Trinidad. There, if someone meeting
friends at 5.00 p.m, people show up at 6.45 or 7 and say any time is Trinidad time. “You can’t simply go
into a society and ask someone, tell me about your conception of time, “Birth says. “ You have to come
up with other ways to find out.”
1. According to the text, time cultures………
A. are relatively similar in countries B. accept flexibility in most countries
C. vary from society to society D. tell you nothing about countries
2. Edward used the example of the ambassador to show that…..
A. people in power are easily consulted.
B. problems can be caused by different views of time.
C. rules of time are different now from in the past
D. misunderstanding over time can be avoided
3. From the text, we can understand that the rules of time in different countries.
A. are easily for people to work out
B. can be perceived the same.
C. cause no serious problems.
D. might not be made explicit to you
4. In his research, Robert Levine measured the speech at which postal workers.
A. performed a task B. delivered letters
C. learned a new skill D. answered a question
5. Birth finds there is often a difference between…
A. what community and what individuals think about the time
B. people’s practical and theoretical attitudes to time.
C. what people behave and what they think
D. people’s past and present attitudes to time
E. WRITING
Rewrite the following sentences
1. We got lost because we had no map with us.
If we had……………………………………………………………………………….
2. Their teacher is making them study hard these days.
They…………………………………………………………………………………….
3. He said, “I am sorry I have to leave so early.”
He……………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Sebastian’s career as a television presenter began five years ago.
Sebastian has …………………………………………………………………………..
5. Although he took a taxi, Bill still arrived late for the concert. (Using in spite of)
Bill still………………………………………………………………………………
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Mark Teacher’s comments

Class 12…………………….Name………………………………………………………..

A. LISTENING
Listening to the following passage and then decide the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE
Questions True False
1. Many people who drink alcohol also like to smoke cigarettes. x

2. When people drink alcohol, they will get sleepy. x

3. If a person smokes, he or she is unlikely to drink alcohol. x

4. In fact, earlier research shows that more than 58 percent of alcohol- x

dependent American adults also depend on nicotine.
5. There is a close relationship between cigarettes and alcohol. x

B. PHONETICS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. secrets B. partners C. problems D. employees
2. A. wiped B. coughed C. watched D. threatened
3. A. needed B. waited C. pointed D. considered

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others.
4. A. literature B. temperature C. appointment D. measurement
5. A. project B. passion C. reward D. supply
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others.
1. Buckingham Palace is a major tourist…………in London.
A. attract B. attraction C. attractive D. attractiveness
2. Some people think it is…………to ask someone’s age.
A. impolite B. impatient C. impossible D. impractical
3. Fill out the…………form provided below and submit it electronically.
A. apply B. applying C. application D. applicant
4. To satisfy this…………you must complete the 15 year-long high school courses listed below.
A. require B. required C. requiring D. requirement
5. ……….parents of Tom claimed that he was at…….home at the time of……..robbery.
A. x/x/ the B. The/ the/ the C. The/x/ the D. x/x/a
6. We have a ……..for a typist, so you can apply for it if you want.
A. a job B. place C. position D. vacancy
7. It is undeniable that parents are…….for their child’s behavior.
A. involved B. responsible C. in charge D. concerned
8. How much do men share housework and the………….of their children?
A. attention B. care C. belief D. notice
9. The average………..pays 50 cents a day in water consumption.
A. housing B. housework C. household D. housemate
10. Do you think a woman has to…….more in a marriage than a man?
A. determine B. sacrifice C. apologize D. equalize
11. Peter promised the children that he………….take them to the park on Sunday.
A. would B. will C. can D. could
12. This is the first time I…………….Japanese food.
A. eat B. am eating C. have eaten D. have been eating
13. If Mary had been invited, she……………….to the party.
A. would come B. will come C. came D. would have come
14. It would be hard to name areas……..computers are not being used.
A. where B. how C. which D. what
15. Mr. Tuan, the headmaster of this school got married………a very beautiful girl coming from Lam
Thao District.
A. to B. with C. of D. for
Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
1. I (A) change my major(B) from history to English because the former isn’t so (C)interested to me(D)
as the latter.
2. If we (A) didn’t run(B) out of money, we wouldn’t have(C) come home (D)from our holiday early.
3. My (A)little sister’s (B)birthday (C)is (D)in September 5th.
4. We don’t know (A) why Mary is (B) upset, and she (C) didn’t speak to us for (D) ages.
5. Geothermal (A) energy is energy (B)which (C) obtains (D) from the earth’s interior.
C. READING
Read the passage and choose the best answer
Increasing numbers of parents in the US are choosing to teach their kids at home. The US Department of
education estimated that 1999, around 850,000 children were being homeschooled. Originally,
homeschooling was used for students who couldn’t attend school because of learning difficulties. Today,
however, more parents are taking on the responsibility of educating their children at home due to
dissatisfaction with the education system relating to class size or problems inside the classroom, for
example violence.
Advocates of homeschooling believe that children learn better when they are in a secure, loving
environment. They can also pick and choose what and when to study, which enables them to learn at their
own page. In contrast, critics of homeschooling say that children are not in classrooms miss out on
learning important social skills because they have little interaction with their peers. Moreover, they have
raised concerns about the ability of parents to teach their kids effectively because they are not competent
educators and have no teacher training.
Whatever the arguments for or against it, homeschooling on the US is growing. There are now websites,
support groups that enable parents to learn more about educating children. Homeschooling today is an
accepted alternative to an educational system that some believe is falling.
1. What is the topic of the above selection?
A. Different ideas about homeschooling
B. A new way to learn in the USA: Homeschooling
C. The advantages of getting education at home
D. Parents in the USA want to teach their children at home.
2. One of the reasons why parents don’t want to send children to school is that…
A. There are too many pupils in a class.
B. children learn what they choose
C. there is violence at home
D. parents want to be good educators.
3. The underlined word peers in the passage means
A. members B. classmates C. groups D. partners
4. Parents can learn more to teach their children effectively from
A. the Department of education B. their social skills
C. the present educational system D. websites
5. From the passage, we can come to understand that..
A. homeschooling is only for troubled children
B. few parents take their children out of class in the USA
C. homeschooling is acceptable in the USA
D. traditional education is the best in the USA.

E. WRITING
1. She moved to London two years ago.
It is…………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. “Why don’t you complain to the company, John?”
Peter suggested that…………………………………………………………………………
3. Although he had a bad cold, Williams still went to work. (Using in spite of)
Williams still went………………………………………………………………………
4. He didn’t do the homework and he was punished by the teacher yesterday.
If he………………………………………………………………………………
5. My parents often make me get up and do morning exercises every morning.
I…………………………………………………………………………………………