BARIA-VUNGTAU Department of Education and Training School Year : 2009 -2010
BARIA High School
THE SECOND TERM EXAM Subject: English 12

YOUR FULL NAME:…………………………………CLASS: 12…….
Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
Question 1: A. grasses B. stretches C. comprises D. potatoes
Question 2: A. compound B. route C. house D. south
Question 3: A. dune B. hummock C. shrub D. buffalo
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
When the weather is cold, it is not very much fun to wait for a bus. People have to stand at a bus-stop for
minutes or even hours. They talk about the bus and (4) about the weather. Most of them feel cold. Some have
to drink coffee to stay warm.
Traveling by buses (5) pollution, but people often would rather drive their cars. Many people are not
used to the bus schedules, and they do not like to wait.
On the other hand, many people have been (6) the bus every day for many years. They are used to it.
They say the bus has been coming on time every day, and they have never been late for work. In (7) _____,
they do not need a parking place in all that time. Buses are very convenient when they are used to them.
Question 4: A. tell B. complain C. comment D. judge
Question 5: A. cuts B. reduces C. stops D. eliminates
Question 6: A. looking B. waiting C. getting D. taking
Question 7: A. end B. last C. addition D. conclusion
Choose the best answer.
Question 8: After Peter had returned from the Sahara desert, he was confined to bed by a ________ disease.
A. mystery B. mysterious C. mysteriously D. mysteriousness
Question 9: I _______ find my own way there. You _______ wait for me.
A. should / can't B. have to / must C. can / needn't D. might / mustn't
Question 10: ______ is the existence of a wide variety of plant animal species living in their natural environment.
A. Biodiversity B. ConservationC. Globe D. Individual
Question 11: John _______ across the lawn.
A. danced wildly B. was wildly danced

Question 24: We were very tired ; ________ , we decided to walk home.
A. therefore B. however C. and D. so
Question 25: The bomb exploded in the garage; fortunately no one hurt.
A. put on B. went off C. got out D. kept up
Question 26: Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become _______.
A. more and more good B. better and better
C. well and better D. gooder and gooder
Question 27: There you are at last! I was wondering when you’d ________ up!
A. look B. hold C. give D. turn
Question 28: “I’ve enjoyed myself very much. But it’s very late, so ________ .”
A. take good care. B. have a good day C. goodbye for now D. it’s great fun, thanks
Question 29: The facilities of the new hospital are ________
A. as good or better than the old hospital.
B. as good as or better than the old hospital.
C. as good as or better than those of the old hospital.
D. as good or better than those of the old hospital.
Question 30: What a lovely baby! He certainly takes _________ his father, doesn’t he?
A. up B. after C. on D. care of
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the rest.
Question 31: A. ability B. agriculture C. development D. contaminate
Question 32: A. disappearance B. vulnerable C. conservation D. generation
Which underlined part is incorrect?
Question 33: Since 1984 the sport has included in the Olympic Games as part of the yachting events.
A B C D
Question 34: Rain falls occasionally in deserts so desert storms are often violent
A B C D
Question 35: The SEA Games are under regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision
A B C D
by the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia.
Question 36: Species become extinct or endangerment for a number of reasons, but the primary cause is the

A. Prose fiction has been very popular since long ago.
B. Prose fiction has not been around since ancient times.
C. The date of the earliest known novel is the sixteenth century.
D. The date of the earliest known novel is not easy to determine.
Question 40: The topic discussed in paragraph 3 is about .
A. when prose became dominant in Europe.
B. when poetry became dominant in Europe.
C. when Cervantes became an important author.
D. when prose began in Spain.
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