ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II – Test 22
A. Structure
1. Sharp knives are actually safer to use .
A) as dull ones
B) as ones that are dull
C) than dull ones
D) that are dull ones
2. Daniel Webster, Thadeus Stevens, and many others prominent in public life
began their careers by teaching school.
A) they became B) once they became
C) became D) who became
3. As coal mines became deeper, the problems of draining water, bringing in fresh air,
and to the surface increased.
A) transporting B) to transport ore
C) how ore is transported D) ore is transporting
4. because of the complexity of his writing, Henry James never became a
popular writer, but his works are admired by critics and other writers.
A) It may be B) Perhaps
C) Besides D) Why is it
5. Piedmont glaciers are formed several valley glaciers join and spread out
over a plain.
A) by B) when
C) from D) that
6. As late as 1890, Key West, with a population of 18,000, Florida's largest
city.
A) that was B) to be
C) was D) it was
7. A mastery of calculus depends on of algebra.
A) an understanding B) is understood
C) to understand D) understand
8. he was not a musician himself, Lawrence Hammond developed an electronic

15. is caused by a virus was not known until 1911.
A) That measles B) As measles
C) Measles D) What if measles

B. Written Expression
16. Dreams are (A. commonly) (B. made up of) (C. either) visual (D. and) verbal
images.
17. The Yale Daily News is (A. oldest than) any (B. other) college newspaper (C.
still) (D. in operation) in the United States.
18. Mary Rinehart was (A. a pioneer) in the (B. field) of (C. journalist) (D. in the
early) twentieth century.
19. The Dave Brubek Quartet, one of (A. the most popular) jazz bands of the 1950s,
had a (B. particularly) loyal (C. following) on (D. campuses college).
20. (A. In the) architecture, a (B. capital) is (C. the top) portion of a (D. column).
21. Today successful farmers are experts not only in (A. agriculture), (B. but also) in
(C. market), finance, and (D. accounting).
22. In the (A. early) days of jet development, jet engines (B. used) great (C. numbers)
of (D. fuel).
23. Georgia has (A. too) many types of (B. soil) that (C. virtually) any temperate-zone
crop can be grown (D. there).
24. The sum of (A. all) chemical reactions in (B. an organism's) living cells (C. are)
called (D. its) metabolism.
25. River (A. transportation) in the United States (B. consists) (C. primarily) of barges
(D. pull) by towboats.
26. (A. Most modern) barns are (B. both insulated), ventilated, and (C. equipped with)
(D. electricity).
27. (A. Many) bridges in New England (B. were covered) with wooden roofs to
protect (C. it) from (D. rain and snow).
28. It is their (A. nearly perfect) crystal structure (B. that gives) diamonds their (C.
hardness), brilliance, and (D. transparent).