Binh Phuoc Education and Training Department
Loc Ninh High School
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PAPER TEST
FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER

2014-2015
Allotted Time: 60 minutes

Candidate’s name: ……………………………………
Code/Class: ……………………………………………

Loc Ninh, 5/2015


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A. LISTENING (2 points)
You will hear two tasks TWICE. After each task, you will have a ten-second pause to do.
Task 1. Listen to the conversation carefully and choose the best answer.
1.
2.
3.

4.

5.

How are smartphones, laptops and tablets for learning?

15th Friday is an (1) ______________________________ day.
It is bad luck to walk under a (2) ______________________________
Actors have a lot of (3) ______________________________
Speaker is superstitious: (4)

YES:

NO:

Speaker didn’t get good mark for superstition: (5)

YES:

NO:

B. PHONETICS (1 point)
I.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

PRONUNCIATION. Choose the underlined word which is pronounced differently.

II.
1.
2.
3.
4.

B. disadvantage
B. pollution
B. forget

C. access
C. device
C. education
C. environment
C. remove
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D. address
D. animals
D. photo
D. interest
D. chemical

D. equal
D. deplete
D. conservation
D. energy
D. enjoy


C. USE OF LANGUAGE (1.5 points)
I.

VOCABULARY. Choose the suitable word provided in the box for each question
below. Note that there is one unnecessary word in the box.


Costa Rica is one of thte world’s best ___________________ destinations.

II. GRAMMAR. Read the questions carefully and choose the best answer.
1. Thomas told me__________ the door but __________ it.
A. to shut/ not lock
B. to shut/ to not lock
C. shut/ not lock
D. to shut/ not to lock
2. We__________ stop when the traffic lights are red.
A. must
B. should
C. can
D. ought to
3. Gender discrimination __________ so that everyone has equal opportunities in education.
A. should eliminate
B. should be eliminated
C. should be eliminate
D. should be eliminating
4. Brenda Berkman sued FDNY __________ gender discrimination.
A. to
B. for
C. up
D. about
5. The bride is __________ on her wedding day.
A. the beautiful woman
B. the more beautiful woman
C. the beautifuller woman
D. the most beautiful woman
6. This is __________ latest news that I have ever heard.
A. the

2.
3.
4.
5.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.

1. ____________

Do you think women should stay at home, doing housework?
What do you think about using a smartphone at school?
Hi. Are you going somewhere?
I agree that we are facing severe environmental pollution.
Are you superstitious?

Well, I think it is not good and illegal.
Oh, yes. She does very often.
Yes, I couldn’t agree more. It is a bad result of human activity.
No, I don’t agree with you. They should work outside.
No. absolutely no.
Yeah. We’ve booked an eco tour to Ba Na Hill.

2. ____________

3. ____________


B. computer
B. with
B. keyboard
B. small
B. Thousands

C. monitor
C. of
C. screen
C. large
C. Hundreds

D. form
D. about
D. software
D. heavy
D. None

II. READING COMPREHENSION. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
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A typical Vietnamese woman is hard-working, skillful, and devoted to her family. The most
prominent characteristic of most women in Vietnam is that they work really hard. In fact, in
addition to the eight working hours at a job, they still spend at least four or five hours on
different household chores. Moreover, a typical Vietnamese womn is also known for her
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5. What does the word “take care of” in line 9 of the passage have the closest meaning?
A. look up
B. look after
C. take after
D. take over

F. WRITING (3 points)
I.

REARRANGEMENT. Read the words below and rearrange them in order. (1 point)
1. As / I / believe / a lot of / people / far / in / as / superstitions / Vietnamese / know, /.//
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2. The / World / organization / for / Nature / is / a non-government / Wide / Fund /. //
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II. REWRITING. Read the sentences below and rewrite them with the following cues
without changing their meaning. (1 point)
1. I don’t know how to swim, so I can’t go scuba-diving with you.
(use “Conditional Sentence”)
 If

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2. “We are discussing the protection of the natural envirnoment now,” the students told
their teacher.
(use “Reported Speech”)
 The students

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