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HỌC KÌ 2
TEST 1
I) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1. A. danger B. habitat C. campus D. cactus
2. A. mechanize B. champion C. character D. chemical
3. A. count B. sound C. found D. country
4. A. eradicated B. defended C. unnoticed D. extended
5. A. construction B. procedure C. masterpiece D. present
6. A. windsurfing B. wilderness C. rhino D. philosopher
IV) Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs
correcting
61. The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive.
A B C D
62. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t
neither. A B C D
63. Tree squirrels are active, noisy, and lively animals that make its home
in tree trunks. A B C D
64. The Charles Dickens’s character Wilkins Micawber lived in
A B
optimistic expectation of a best fortune.
C D
65. Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out.
A B C D
66. Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago because of the earth’s
A B C
climate changed drastically.
D
67. My brother has always helped me in time of need, and I wish that he was
here now. A B C
D
68. Many charity organizations have brought food supplies and clothes
A B
to flood-effecting areas in the Mekong Delta.
C D
69. After Tom returned to his house, he read a book.
A B C D
70. Our form teacher told us not talk when the teachers were
A B C
explaining the lesson.
D
VI) Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable
words
TEENAGERS AND SPORT
It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports. When you are young,
you know how important (81) __________ to do physical exercise if you want to
be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport
with so (82) _________ enthusiasm that in the end you can’t live without it. The
problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time. At
your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to
university, with perhaps only one afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens
just when you are at the best (83) _________ for many sports, such as gymnastics
and swimming. By the time you finish all your studies you will probably be too
old to be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough time on (84)
_________ while you are young, then one day you will find that you are very
good at your sport but too old to study, and you will find it (85) _________ to get
a good job. Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair.
81. A. this is B. you are C. it is D. things are
82. A. keen B. many C. great D. much
83. A. stage B. age C. period D. time
84. A. training B. practice C. exercise D. sporting
85. A. impractical B. unlikely C. improbable D. impossible
2 Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable
words
O’Henry’s real name was William Sidney Porter. He was born in North
California, the USA in 1862. His father was a doctor. His father died (86)
_________ he was a small boy. After finishing school, he worked (87)
_________ a secretary in his uncle’s chemist shop for 5 years. Then he went to
Texas because he wanted to see new places. During that time, he worked in an
office and then in a small bank. He became (88) _________ in literature. He
married and lived happily with his wife and daughter but his happiness didn’t last
long. One day, a thousand dollar was stolen at the bank (89) _________ he
worked. He was put into prison (90) _________ he had not taken money. At that
time, his wife died to get some money as present for his daughter on Christmas
Day, in prison he wrote the story “Whistling Dick’s Christmas Present” in 1899.
He signed under the penname “O’Henry”. After the prisonment in 1901 he
continued writing. He died in 1910.
86. A. while B. as soon as C. when D. until
87. A. to B. for C. of D. as
88. A. interest B. interesting C. interested D. interestingly
89. A. where B. when C. why D. which
90. A. despite B. although C. because D. in spite of
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below
THE WILD LIFE
Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously
threatened almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of
this century. But many hundreds are now in danger. Lack of attention would lead
to the rapid advance of the process of extinction.
Already many kinds of wild animals has been so reduced in number that their
role in the ecosystem is forgotten. Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals
etc. thought to be in danger of extinction.
But even more important, perhaps than individual kinds of animals and plants,
whole habitats are in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the
world forests, especially tropical forests are being cut down to satisfy man’s
needs of timber and paper.
What would our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants vanished?-
Would our life still exist then?
91. What would happen to the human beings if the wild life vanished?
A. Many species would quickly become extinct.
B. The human life would be seriously threatened.
C. Species would go on dying out.
D. Tropical forests would be cut down.
92. What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?
A. the vanishing of whole habitats.
B. the extinction of many species.
C. the rapid advance of the process of extinction.
D. man’s need of timber and paper.
93. What does the writer caution us against?
A. cutting down the tropical forests.
B. hunting wild animals.
C. draining marshes.
D. destroying our environment.
94. What would happen if we cut down forests?
Cutting down forests would cause ……………..
A. the changes of temperature. B. the flood
C. both A and B are correct. D. none are correct.
95. “To threaten” in the passage means …………..
A. to pollute B. to give fear to
C. to vanish D. to poison
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below
WOMEN
In developing countries, where three fourths of the world’s population live, sixty
percent of the people who can’t read and write are women. Being illiterate
doesn’t mean they are not intelligent. It does mean it is difficult for them to
change their lives. They produce more than haft of the food. In Africa eighty
percent of all agricultural work is done by women. There are many programs to
help poor countries develop their agriculture. However, for years, these programs
provided money and training for men.
In parts of Africa, this is a typical day for a village woman. At 4:45 a.m, she gets
up, washes and eats. It takes her a haft hour to walk to the fields, and she works
there until 3:00p.m. She collects firewood and gets home at 4:00. She spends the
next hour and a haft preparing food to cook. Then she collects water for another
hour. From 6:30 to 8:30 she cook. After dinner, she spends an hour washing the
dishes and her children. She goes to bed at 9:30 p.m.
International organizations and programs run by developed nations are starting to
help women, as well as men, improve their agricultural production. Governments
have already passed some laws affecting women because of the UNO Decade for
Women. The UNO report will affect the changes now happening in the family
and society.
96. By whom (what) was the Decade for Women organized?
A. by developing countries.
B. by the United Nations Organization.
C. by the World Health Organization.
D. by many African countries.
97. Why do people say women produce more than haft of the food?
A. because 80 percent of all agricultural work is done by women.
B. because 60 percent of women are illiterate.
C. most women are not intelligent.
D. all are correct.
98. Why do people say that African women’s lives are hard?
A. because these women are busy with housework..
B. because they work all day in the fields.
C. both A and B are correct.
D. none are correct.
99. What do these women do after dinner?
A. they always go for a walk.
B. they collect water.
C. they collect firewood.
D. they always wash dishes and their children.
100. It is difficult for them to change their lives. Why?
A. because they are illiterate.
B. because they are afraid of changing.
C. because they do eighty percent of agricultural work.
D. all A, B and C are correct.
THE END