SENCOND PERIODIC TEST 2021-2022

(Grade 12 – Standardized Class)

NQH
Time English
allotted: Team
45 minutes
Please record all your answers on the provided answer sheet. The test consists of 4 pages with 40 multiple-choice
questions. You may not use a dictionary during the test.

MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION (Each correct answer is worth 1 out of a total of 40 points)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other
three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. note B. post C. cost D. hole
Question 2: A. watches B. misses C. completes D. causes

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position
of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. damage B. behave C. remove D. maintain
Question 4: A. appropriate B. significant C. energetic D. remarkable

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 5: Ms. Trang: “Ms. Ha is definitely not a good singer”
Mr. Hai: “____________. Her voice makes me scared”
A. I’m afraid so B. I could agree more
C. Speak to me about it D. I bet you
Question 6: Mr. Son: “_______________”
Mr. Le: “I won’t say no. It is going to be ecstatic.”
A. Shall we go on a date tonight?
B. Do you think these sneakers fit me?
C. What do you think about too much homework for our students?
D. This is absolutely not a good choice, isn’t it?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 7: Many environmentalists have _________ many efforts into reducing the number of industrial wastes
discharged into the oceans.
A. made B. put C. bend D. do

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Question 8: Students were made _______ all the homework before class, or else they will be punished.
A. to finish B. finish C. finished D. finishing
Question 9: Mr. Hung is the only heir and definitely will _________ to all the properties.
A. succeed B. increase C. manage D. access
Question 10: The government is trying to ________ people’s awareness of wearing masks in public places.
A. rise B. develop C. promote D. create
Question 11: We cannot be self-confident unless the skills or the tasks we are doing ______ novel.
A. are not B. are C. were not D. had been
Question 12: Yesterday morning, Ms. Hien ______ me that she ________ a new iPhone 13 Pro Max.
A. told – has just bought B. tells – has just bought
C. told – had just bought D. told – just bought
Question 13: A tennis _______ is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre.
A. court B. course C. pitch D. stadium
Question 14: There was a _______ two-minute silence as we commemorated the soldiers who had died in the war.
A. respect B. respectable C. respective D. respectful
Question 15: After two months of separation, we have _________ each other and are elated at this relationship
A. caught up with B. kept up with C. made up with D. put up with
Question 16: It is of great importance that everyone ________ ourselves to apply negative thoughts to our mind.
A. does not allow B. did not allow C. not allow D. not allows
Question 17: The state government gave a very comprehensive explanation of its plans for the development of
________ industry.
A. electric B. electrify C. electrical D. electronic
Question 18: Mr. Dung _________ his dirty socks on the floor for me to pick up! I am sick of this!
A. always leaves B. is always leaving C. always left D. has always left
Question 19: I will always remember the day _________ you first come into my life on and make it peaceful.
A. which B. who C. where D. when
Question 20: To live a life of real happiness and ________ is quite beyond his powers.
A. contentment B. satisfaction C. calmness D. peace
Question 21: My parents lent me the money. Otherwise, I ______________ the trip.
A. cannot afford B. could not afforded
C. could not have afforded D. did not afford
Question 22: Unfortunately, the thieves was seen ______ into that villa and was arrested by the police then.
A. break B. to break C. to have broken D. to breaking
Question 23: He had done his own business to _______ himself with a hand-picked group of bright young officers.
A. enclose B. attach C. encounter D. indulge

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Question 24: I wasn't looking for a new job, but I couldn't say no to the one that offered me big _______.
A. pans B. bucks C. pots D. spoons

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 25: It is estimated that about a third of these accidents emanate from damaged pavements.
A. result in B. lead to C. bring out D. stem from
Question 26: Constant revision of the curriculum must be undertaken to ensure its practicality.
A. insure B. maintain C. develop D. destroy

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 27: He is always telling crude jokes that tend to offend people.
A. courteous B. impolite C. funny D. hilarious
Question 28: If you say bad things about the person who gives you a job, you bite the hand that feeds you .
A. be obliged B. be devoted C. be ashamed D. be ungrateful

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
Question 29: Indulging yourself with (A) your favorite hobbies are (B) one of the magnificent (C) way to take
your mind off (D) all the hustle and bustle in the society.
Question 30: Today, the (A) number of children are (B) under (C) pressure of studying (D) from their parents.
Question 31: No two humans ever communicated (A) to the fullest (B) extent (C) if they did not emphasize (D) with
the mind of the other.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions.
Language learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do
before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners. Most children will "obey" spoken instructions
some time before they can speak, though the word "obey" is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and
delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by
gesture and making questioning noises.
Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to
considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or
two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. But since these can't
be said to show the baby's intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is
regarded, too, that from about three months they play sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able
to add new words to their store. This self-imitation leads on to deliberate imitation of sounds made or words

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spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations
can be considered as speech.
It is a problem we need to get our teeth into. The meaning of a word depends on what a particular person
means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what child means by a word will change as he gains more
experience of the world. Thus, the use at seven months of “mama” as a greeting for his mother cannot be
dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for his father, his dog, or anything
else he likes. Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to
speak for himself. I doubt, however, whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in a
attempt to teach new sounds.
Question 32: Before children start speaking, _____.
A. They need equal amount of listening
B. They need different amount of listening
C. They are all eager to cooperate with the adults by obeying spoken instruction
D. They can't understand and obey the adult's oral instructions
Question 33: Children who start speaking late _____.
A. often take a long time in learning to listen properly
B. probably do not hear enough language spoken around them
C. usually pat close attention to what they hear
D. may have problems with their listening
Question 34: “These” in line 3 of the second paragraph refers to_____.
A. an early form of language B. an imitation of the speech of adults
C. a sign that he means to tell you something D. an express of his moods and
feelings
Question 35: The problems of deciding at what point a baby’s imitations can be considered as speech _____.
A. is not especially important because the changeover takes place gradually
B. is important because words have different meanings for different people
C. is one that should be completely ignored because children’s use of words is often meaningless
D. is one that should be properly understood because the meaning of words changes with age
Question 36: The speaker implies _____.
A. parents can never hope to each their children new sounds
B. children no longer imitate people after they begin to speak
C. children who are good at imitating learn new word more quickly
D. even after they have learnt to speak, children still enjoy imitating

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the
following questions.
Question 37: Without her teacher’s advice, she would never have written such a good essay.

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 A. Her teacher advised him and she didn't write a good essay.
B. Her teacher didn't advise her and she didn't write a good essay.
C. She wrote a good essay as her teacher gave her some advice.
D. If her teacher didn't advise her, she wouldn’t write such a good essay.
Question 38: “I really don't think that he'll attend the meeting tomorrow.”
A. I did tell you that he would attend the meeting the next day.
B. I will never forget his attendance at the meeting tomorrow.
C. I doubt that he will attend the meeting tomorrow.
D. I don't agree to his attendance at the meeting.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of
sentences in the following questions.
Question 39: His grades at high school were pretty bad. He was admitted to the prestigious university.
A. Getting low grades at high school, and he was admitted to the prestigious university.
B. Pretty bad as his grades at high school were, he was admitted to the prestigious university.
C. That he got low grades at high school helps him be admitted to the prestigious university.
D. He was admitted to the prestigious university despite of his pretty bad grades at high school.
Question 40: Mary loved her stuffed animal when she was young. She couldn’t sleep without it.
A. When Mary was young, she loved her stuffed animal so much that she couldn’t sleep without it.
B. When Mary was young, she loved her stuffed animal so as not to sleep without it.
C. When Mary was young, she loved her stuffed animal though she couldn’t sleep without it.
D. As Mary couldn’t sleep without her stuffed animal when Mary was young, she loved it.

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