THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
I/ . Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest:
1. A. look B. blood C. good D. foot
2. A. loudly B. without C. thousand D. brought
3. A. bill B. child C. mild D. wild
4. A. mountain B. southern C. mouth D. count
5. A. coast B. lost C. most D. whole
II/ Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the rest:
6. A. purpose B. postpone C. postcard D. product
7. A. secretary B. comfortable C. necessary D. accomplished
8. A. accurate B. customer C. computer D. exercise
9. A. contaminate B. supervisor C. investigate D. convenient
10. A. personality B. representative C. technological D. environmental
III/ Choose the best answer among A, B, C, D that best completes each sentence.
11. All of us are waiting the man ……………….son was lost.
A. who B. which C. whom D. whose
12. Ken asked Barbara ………………….she would like to go to the cinema.
A. unless B. in case C. regarding D. whether
13. …………………the old man spoke very slowly and clearly, I couldn’t understand him at all.
A. If B. Because C. Since D. Although
14. The girl …………………is our neighbor.
A. talks to the lady over there B. is talking to the lady over there
C. was talking to the lady over there D. talking to the lady over there
15. Her eyes were red and puffy ………………….she has been crying a lot last night.
A. even if B. since C. because of D. despite
16. My daughter often says that she won’t get married until she ……… 25 years old.
A. is B. will be C. will have been D. has been
17. Don’t ask me anything about sports. I like ………….football nor …………… tennis.
A. neither/ nor B. both/ and C. not only/ but also D. either/ or
18/ The old manager has just retired, so Jack takes ……………….his position.
A. on B. out C. in D. up

34/ Peter’s father had him to repeat the poems many times.
35/ The table is so small for the family to fit around.
V/ Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one.
36/ hue is famous for its beauty.
A. It is the beauty of Hue that makes it famous. B. Hue is a beautiful city.
C. It is Hue whose beauty attracts many foreign visitors. D. Because Hue is famous, it is beautiful.
37/ Without your help, I can’t be successful.
A. You are helpful, I like that. B. Thank you for all the things you’ve done to me.
C. Now I’m successful, I will help you. D. Thanks to your help, I have succeeded in doing it.
38/ Roses can’t grow in such poor soil.
A.It’s impossible for roses to grow in such poor soil. B. Growing roses in such poor soil is not.
C. Roses are incapable to grow in such poor soil. D. Roses have difficulty with growing in such poor soil.
39/ A dictionary is used to find word meanings.
A. A dictionary has many uses. B. Our purpose is to find word meaning in dictionary.
C. As we need to find word meaning, we buy a dictionary. D. One use of a dictionary is to find word meanings.
40/ He was driving very fast because he didn’t know the road was icy.
A. If he knew the road was icy, he wouldn’t drive so fast.
B. If he had known the road was icy, he wouldn’t have driven so fast.
C. He wasn’t driving very fast if he would know the road was icy.
D. He hadn’t been driving he would have known the road was icy.
VI/ Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
We are all slowly destroying the earth. The sea and rivers are (41) ………………dirty to swim in. there is so
much smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live in many of the world’s cities. In one well-known city, for example,
poisonous gases from cars pollute the air so much that traffic policemen have to (42) …………………. oxygen masks
(mặt nạ phòng hơi độc).
We have cut- down (43) ……………………many trees that there are now vast areas of waste forests all over
the world. As a (44) …………………. , farmers in parts of Africa cannot grow enough to eat. In certain nations in
Asia, there is too little rice. Moreover, we do not take enough care of the countryside. Wild animals are quickly (45)
……………… For instant, tigers are rare in India now because we have killed too many for them to survive.
However, it isn't enough simply to talk about the problem. We must act now before it is too late to do anything about it.