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BARIA-VUNGTAU Department of Education and Training School Year : 2010 -2011

BARIA High School

THE SECOND TERM EXAM Subject: English 12

YOUR FULL NAME:…………………………………CLASS: 12…….

Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.

Question 1: A. grasses B. stretches C. comprises D. potatoes

Question 2: A. compound B. route C. house D. south

Question 3: A. dune B. hummock C. shrub D. buffalo

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

When the weather is cold, it is not very much fun to wait for a bus. People have to stand at a bus-stop for

minutes or even hours. They talk about the bus and (4) about the weather. Most of them feel cold. Some have

to drink coffee to stay warm.

Traveling by buses (5) pollution, but people often would rather drive their cars. Many people are not

used to the bus schedules, and they do not like to wait.

On the other hand, many people have been (6) the bus every day for many years. They are used to

it. They say the bus has been coming on time every day, and they have never been late for work. In (7) _____,

they do not need a parking place in all that time. Buses are very convenient when they are used to them.

Question 4: A. tell B. complain C. comment D. judge

Question 5: A. cuts B. reduces C. stops D. eliminates

Question 6: A. looking B. waiting C. getting D. taking

Question 7: A. end B. last C. addition D. conclusion

Choose the best answer.

Question 8: After Peter had returned from the Sahara desert, he was confined to bed by a ________ disease.

A. mystery B. mysterious C. mysteriously D. mysteriousness

Question 9: I _______ find my own way there. You _______ wait for me.

A. should / can't B. have to / must C. can / needn't D. might / mustn't

Question 10: ______ is the existence of a wide variety of plant animal species living in their natural environment.

A. Biodiversity B. Conservation C. Globe D. Individual

Question 11: John _______ across the lawn.

A. danced wildly B. was wildly danced

C. was dancing wild D. was being danced wildly

Question 12: If you _______ a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously.

A. dip into B. pick up C. put down D. put away

Question 13: Two tablets ________ twice a day to help you recover from the illness quickly.

A. must take B. must be taken C. must have taken D. must be taking

Question 14: My fingers were injured , ________ my sister had to write the note for me.

A. and B. however C. so D. but

Question 15: The _______ it rained, the ________ the wind blew.

A. harder / stronger B. harder / stronglier C. hardlier / stronglier D.harder / more strongly

Question 16: Alice: “What shall we do this evening?”

Carol: “_________ .”

A. I went out for dinner. B. Oh, that’s good!

C. Let’s go out for dinner. D. No problem.

Question 17: Be careful! The tree is going to fall.

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