THE SECOND-SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Time allowed: 60 minutes
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1. a. look b. good c. soon d. foot
2. a. ask b. angry c. bad d. hat
3. a. they b. father c. think d. although
4. a. space b. musician c. center d. wife
5. a. of b. deaf c. leaf d. wife
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
6. a. supply b. contain c. damage d. preserve
7. a. cathedral b. museum c. historical d. mausoleum
8. a. communicate b. emotion c. combine d. language
9. a. environment b. endanger c. orphanage d. disastrous
10. a. documentary b. cartoon c. exciting d. detective
III. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best completes each sentence.
11. Mother Teresa, ______, was a very generous person.
a. who helped poor people in Calcutta b. whose helped poor people in Calcutta
c. that helped poor people in Calcutta d. helped poor people in Calcutta
12. By the time we got there, the film ______.
a. finished b. have finished c. will have finished d. had finished
13. The World Cup is ______ for its clash of football cultures.
a. fascinated b. fascinating c. fascination d. fascinatingly
14. I can`t stand this weather. It`s getting _______.
a. more and more b. worse and worse
c. coldest and coldest d. further and further
15. We known him ______ we was in college.
a. until b. for c. since d. during
16. She knows more Italian _______.
a. than I do b. than I c. than me d. Both a and c
17. You wiII become ill ______ you stop working so hard.
a. until b. if c. when d. unless
18. Brazil became the first tearn to win the ______ five times.
a. victory b. trophy c. final d. champion
19. The parks are ideal places for people to ______ from the noisy and busy life.
a. get out b. get away c. get off d. get through
20. ______ New York is not the capital of the USA, it is the home of the United Nations.
a. Because b. In spite of c. Otherwise d. Although
21. I`m interested in that film because it was based on the story _______.
a. which wrote by my fiworite novelist b. written by my favorite novelist.
c. that written by my favorite novelist. d. it was written by my favorite novelist.
22. The children, ______ parents work late, are taken home by school bus.
a. that b. whom c. whose d. their
23. Some species of rare animals are in danger of ______.
a. extinct b. extinctive c. extinction d. extincting
24. If I ______ a more reliable car, I _______ to Spain rather than fly.
a. would have/ would drive b. had/ had driven
c. had/ would drive d. had had/ would drive
25. Wednesday is ______ day the doctor can see you.
a. earlier b. most early c. the earliest d. the most early
IV. Choose the underlined part - A, B, C or D - that needs correcting.
26. Many discoveries have made in the fields of Chemistry and Physics.
A B C D
27. Nguyen Du, that wrote Kieu Story, was one of the greatest Vietnamese poets.
A B C D
28. Scientists are predicting that the disease is going to affect over half a million people over
A B C
the next ten years.
D
29. I`ve scored a lot more points than he did.
A B C D
30. They let me to borrow their car while they were on holiday.
A B C D
V. Choose the correct sentence - a, b, c, or d - which has the same meaning to the given one.
31. Had it not been for the attendance of a famous film star, the party couldn`t have been