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Le Duan High School

Class: ___________

Student’s full name: ______________________

45 MINUTE- TEST (1)

ENGLISH 12

Date: October 5th 2011

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Part I: Pronunciation (1.25pts)

a. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) whose stress pattern is different from that of the rest in the

following question.

1. A. between B. instance C. signal D. student

b. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that

of the rest in each of the following questions.

2. A. crowded B. rushed C. looked D. watched

3. A. attempted B. interested C. demanded D. reserved

4. A. responsibilities B. chores C. dishes D. solutions

5. A. believes B. speaks C. joins D. enjoys

Part II: Reading (1.25pts)

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer ( A, B, C, or D) from questions 6 to 10.

In the United States and Canada, it is very important to look at a person in the eyes when you are having

a conversation with him or her. If you look down or to the side when the other person is talking, that person

will think that you are not interested in what he or she is saying. This of course, is not polite. If you look

down or to the side when you are talking, you may appear hiding something, that is, it might seem that you

are not honest. However, people who are speaking will sometimes look away for a few seconds when they

are thinking or trying to find the right word. But they always turn immediately back to look the listener in

the eyes. These social rules are the same for two women, two men, a woman and a man, or an adult and a

child.

6. These social rules are used for ________________.

A. two men B. a man and a woman C. everybody D. two women

7. When you are talking to an American or Canadian, you should ________________.

A. look directly at him or her B. look to the side

C. avoid looking directly at him or her D. look down

8. “Looking down or to the side when someone is talking to you” means ________________.

A. you respect him or her B. you are afraid of him or her

C. you are paying attention to him or her D. you feel bored with his or her words

9. It is very ________________ of you not to look in the eyes of the listener while you are talking.

A. impolite B. polite C. honest D. dishonest

10. People can look away for a few words while speaking ________________.

A. to find something B. to find the correct word C. to hide something D. to hide their feelings

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