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THANH HOA High School	ENGLISH TRIAL TEST No 2	Mark: 
Class: 12C	Time: 45 minutes	Comment:
Name: 	Date:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions. 
1. A. phoned	B. called	C. cooked	D. climbed
2. A. conservation 	B. preserve 	C. reserve 	D. raise
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
3. A. television	B. newspaper	C. timetable	D. ability
4. A. hotel	B. weekend	C. although	D. coffee
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. 
	“Where is the university?” is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the city. You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one colleges. Cambridge was already developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875. 
	In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100,000. Many young students want to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all round the world.
5. Why do most visitors come to Cambridge?
A. To see the university	B. To study in the colleges in Cambridge 
C. To find the classroom buildings	D. To use the libraries of the university
6. Around what time did the university begin to appear?
A. In the 8th century	B. In the 13th century	C. In the 9th century	D. In the 15th century
7. Why did people name Cambridge the “City of Cambridge”?
A. Because the river was very well-known	B. Because there is a bridge over the Cam
C. Because it was a developing town	D. Because there is a river named Granta
8. From what we read, we know that Cambridge is now ___________.
A. visited by international tourists	B. a city without wall
C. a city that may have a wall around it 	D. a city of growing population
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks. 
	We can (9) __________other people in many different ways. We can talk and write, and we can send messages with our hands and faces. There is also the phone (including the mobile), the fax, and e-mail. Television, film, painting, and photography can also communicate ideas.
	Animals have ways of (10) __________ information, too. Bees dance and tell other bees where to find food. Elephants make sounds that humans can’t hear. Whales sing songs. Monkeys use their faces to show anger and love. But this is nothing compared to what people can do. We have language – about 6,000 languages, in fact. We can write poetry, tell jokes, make promises, explain, persuade, tell the truth, or tell lies. And we have a sense of past and future, not just present.
	Radio, film, and television (11) __________ a huge influence on society in the last hundred years. And now we have the Internet, which is infinite. But what is this doing to this? We can give and get a lot of information very quickly. But there is (12) __________ information that it is difficult to know what is important and what isn’t. Modern media is changing our world every minute of every day.
9. A. talk to	B. talk with	C. communicate to	D. communicate with
10. A. changing	B. transferring	C. exchanging	D. giving
11. A. have	B. have had	C. are having	D. had
12. A. so much	B. such much	C. so many	D. too much
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. 
13. How long does it take driving to the airport?
 A B C D
14. I was so tiring when I got home from work last night that I had a quick nap. 
 	 A 	 B C D
15. I found it wonderfully to travel around the world.
 A B C D
16. She told Bob nothing about those difficulty.
 A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable words to complete each of the following exchanges.
17. Two neighbors Joan and Mary are talking about Joan’s children.
- Mary: “Your kids are so clever.” - Joan: “____________”
A. Aren’t you? 	B. I’m sorry to hear that 
C. No problem.	D. Do you think so? Thanks. 
18. Mary is talking to her brother about his favorite color.
- Mary: “Why do you like red color?” 	- Mary’s brother: “____________”
A. You make me feel more confident	B. It’s color of love and passion. 
C. You didn’t do anything for me.	D. It’s a good idea, thank you. 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.
19. They had to delay their trip because of the bad weather.
A. get over 	B. put off 	C. turn up 	D. take after
20. Vietnam has a lot of outstanding players who won many gold medals at the 22nd SEA Games.
A. impressive 	B. excellent 	C. wonderful 	D. terrific
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.
21. Fiction books tell stories from the author’s imagination.
A. facility 	B. federation 	C. reality 	D. wrongdoings
22. The whole audience objected to their foul play during the football match.
A. unpleasant	B. rude	C. imperfect	D. fair
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
23. We decided to join the English speaking club ___________ improve our English.
A. so as	B. so that	C. in order	D. to
24. ___________ they lost, their fans gave them a big cheer.
A. Although	B. If	 	C. In spite of	D. However
25. A _______ is a very large wave, often caused by an earthquake that flows onto the land and destroys things.	
A. famine 	B. catastrophe 	C. tsunami 	D. flood
26. How ___________ water do you need?
A. much	B. many	C. some	D. few
27. It was ________ that I couldn’t drink it.
A. tea very hot	B. so hot tea	C. such hot tea	D. such a hot tea
28. Bring a map ____________ you get lost. 
A. if	B. unless	C. in case	D. as if
29. It was at the 22nd SEA Games __________ the Vietnamese Women’s Football team successfully defended the SEA Games title.
A. which	B. when	C. that	D. what
30. Many young people want to work for a humanitarian organization, ______?
A. do they	B. don’t they 	C. can’t they 	D. are they 
31. Those students feel like ____________ out for a picnic after ___________ so hard.
A. to go-study	B. going-studying	C. go-to study	D. gone-studied
32. The more money Peter makes, ___________ money his wife spends.
A. the more	B. the most	C. the much	D. the many
33. He is getting __________ about going to Singapore.
A. more and more excited	B. most and most excited	C. more and most excited	D. excited and excited
34. A bomb went ___________ at one of London's busiest railway stations this morning. 
A. away	B. on	C. off	D. over
35. It's better for ___________ sick to be cared for at home rather than in hospital. 
A. a	B. an	C. some	D. the
36. He didn't allow us ___________ to finish the test. 
A. time enough	B. so many time	C. too many time	D. enough time
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the corresponding sentence to have the same meaning as the original one provided above in each of the following ones.
37. Tom began playing the trumpet 3 years ago.
A. Tom has played the trumpet 3 years ago.	B. Tom has been playing the trumpet for 3 years.
C. Tom didn’t play the trumpet 3 years ago.	D. Tom had played the trumpet before 3 years ago.
38. "Please, could you wake me at 6 o 'clock tomorrow morning?" I asked the doorman. 
A. I asked the doorman if he wakes me at 6 o'clock in the following morning. 
B. I asked the doorman if he woke me at 6 o'clock in the following morning. 
C. I asked the doorman whether he could woke me at 6 o'clock in the following morning or not. 
D. I asked the doorman to wake me up at 6 o'clock in the following morning.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the complete sentence to have the correct structure to each of the following questions. 
39. It's a pity she didn't take her doctor's advice. She wishes ___________.
A. she hadn’t taken her doctor's advice	 	B. she would take her doctor's advice 
C. she had taken her doctor's advice 	D. she took her doctor's advice
40. The plants ___________.
A. which live that island may develop differently.	B. live on that island may develop differently.
C. living on that island may develop differently.	D. to live on that island may develop differently.
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