Đề kiểm tra học kỳ II môn Tiếng Anh

ive-to-nine inch rubber ball inside their swimming suit and dive under the murky water, they would then appear again as close to the goal as possible. The introduction of the rules by Scottish players changed the nature of water polo. It became a game that emphasized swimming, speed and passing. Scottish rules moved from a rugby variant to a soccer style of play. Goals became a cage of 10x 3 feet and a goal could be scored by being thrown. Players could only be tackled when they "held" the ball and the ball could no longer be taken under water. The small rubber ball was replaced by a leather soccer ball. If the player came up too near the goal, he was promptly jumped on by the goalie, who was permitted to stand on the pool deck. Games were often nothing more than gang fights in the water as players ignored the ball, preferring underwater wrestling matches that usually ended with one man floating to the surface unconscious. Water polo was first played in the USA in 1888. The game featured the old rugby style of play which resembled American football in the water. "American style" water polo became very popular and by the late 1890's was played in such venues as Madison Square Garden and Boston's Mechanics Hall, attracting 14,000 spectators to national championship games.
According to the text, _______.
A. the origins of water polo are written thoroughly in a lot of documents
B. water polo is an aquatic version of rugby
C. water polo first appeared somewhere outside England
D. people have played water polo since the early 19th century.
The present rules of water polo were invented _______.
A. by Scottish players 	
B. by Indian players 	
C. the London Swimming Association 	
D. in 1870
The present water polo ball is made of _______.
A. rubber 	B. leather 	C. bone 	D. wood
Water polo became popular in America in _______.
A. the middle of the 19th century 	B. in 1870	C. in 1888 	D. by the late 1890's
In water polo, the players score a goal by _______.
A. swimming 	B. passing 	C. catching 	D. throwing
IV. WRITING (3ms)
Find the underlined part which must be corrected
The picnic will cancel because Peter has just had a traffic accident.
 A B C D
The woman would explain the lesson if she is a teacher.
 A B C D.
You can look after this new word in the dictionary
 A B C D
Because she did so, her parents became more angry and angrier
 A B C D.
B. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, D which has the same meaning as the given one.
Thu doesn’t answer the phone. Tai doesn’t answer the phone.
	A. Either Thu and Tai doesn’t answer the phone.	B. Neither Thu or Tai answers the phone.
	C. Neither Thu nor Tai answers the phone.	D. Either Thu or Tai answers the phone.
They are using the computer at the moment.
	A. The computer is being used at the moment.	B. The computer at the moment is being used.
	C. The computer are being used at the moment	D. The computer is used at the moment.
“We preserve natural resources. We can use them in the future.” 
A. We can use natural resources in the future so that we preserve them
B. We preserve natural resources that we can use them in the future
C. We preserve natural resources so that we can use them in the future
D. We preserve natural resources so as to we can use them in the future
As television programs become more popular, they seem to get worse.
	A. The most popular television programs become, the worst they seem.
	B. The more popular become television programs, the worse they seem.
	C. The more popular television programs become, the worse they seem.
	D. The popular television programs, the worse they seem.
Mary is taller than her sister.
	A. Mary is the taller of the two sisters.	B. Mary is the tallest of the two sisters.	
	C. Mary is the most tall of the two sisters.	D. Mary is the shorter of the two sisters.
I won’t eat any more cakes because I’m full.
	A. If I were hungry, I would eat any more cakes. 
	B. I am full, but I will eat some more cakes.
	C. I am hungry, so I eat some more cakes. 
	D. If I were hungry, I would eat some more cakes.
I feel better when the weather is getting warmer.
	A. The better I feel, the warmer the weather is getting.
	B. The warmer the weather is getting, the better I feel.
	C. The warmer is the weather getting, the better do I feel.
	D. The warmer is the weather getting, the better feel I.
I didn't have an umbrella with me, so I got wet.
	A. If I had had an umbrella, I wouldn't get wet.	
	B. If I had had an umbrella, I would get wet.
	C. If I had had an umbrella, I wouldn't have got wet.
	D. If I had had an umbrella, I would have got wet.
He is not old enough to do the volunteer work.
	A. He is very young that he can’t do the volunteer work. 
	B. He is too young to do the volunteer work.
	C. He can’t do the volunteer work because of his old age. 
	D. His youngster prevents him from doing the volunteer work.
The gate was closed to stop the children running into the road. 
	A. The gate was closed so the children running into the road. 
	B. The gate is closed so that children don’t run into the road. 
	C. The gate was closed in order that the children couldn’t run into the road. 
	D. The gate is closed that the children couldn’t to run into the road. 
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Name:……………………………	 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Class:……	 SCHOLL YEAR 2012 -2013
Calling Number:…………	 SUBJECT : ENGLISH
 THE 12th FORM
 TIME: 60 MINUTES
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I. PHONETICS (1m)
 A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of these others.
 A. epidemics	B. equal	C. petrol 	D. pencil
 A. advanced 	B. concerned 	C. appalled 	D. damaged
 A. aims   	B opponents   	C epidemics   	D caps 
	B. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words.
A. vulnerable	B. sociable	C. intellectual	D. habitat
A economic  	B agricultural   	C political   	D sympathetic 
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (3ms)
 Choose the most suitable word and phrase.
My train was delayed for several hours because of an accident.
 A. kept up	B. held up	C. turned up	D. stood up
It was cold;_____, Tommy put on his swimming suit and went to the beach. 
 A. Although 	B. Therefore	C. However 	D. Because 
My sister finally finished_____ her clothes at 8:30 p.m. 
 A. wash up 	B. to wash up 	C. washing up 	D. washed up 
The shops are getting more and______ with customers these days. 
 A. crowded 	B. less crowded 	C. more crowded 	D. most crowded 
If he _______ the train last night, he ______here now.
 	A. took / were 	B. were taking / is	
	C. had taken / would have been 	D. had taken / would be
The boys were playing in the garden when______	. 
 	A. they have heard the noise 	B. they were hearing the noise
 	C. they heard the noise 	D. they had heard the noise
The story I’ve just read _____To Hoai.
 	A. written by	B. was written by	C. was written from	D. wrote by
The car in the showroom was ________ expensive for me to buy.
 	A. too	B. enough	C. so	D. very
Please _________ this form and post it. 
 	A. turn on	B. fill in	C. look up	D. give up
This woman has _________ her whole life to helping others. 
 	A. initiated	B. appalled	C. appealed	D. dedicated
Nowadays women work both at homes ____ in the offices.
 	A. or 	B. also 	C. nor 	D. and
Using fire for cooking was_______ thousands of years ago.
 	A. invention	B. invented	C. inventing	D. inventor
Nowadays elephants are one of the __________ species in the world. They need protecting.
	A. enlightened	B. expensive	C. endangered	D. enlarged
_______ is a sport in which two or more people perform complicated and carefully planned movements in water in time to music.
A. Synchronized swimming B. Windsurfing 	C. Diving 	D. Rowing
We have to start early _____ we won't be late.
A. so that 	B. that 	C. because 	D. because of
III. READING (3,2ms)
A. Read the passage and choose the best answer among A, B, C, D
	Once there were lots of pandas in the mountains of western China. To day, they are ___(21)____ extinct. The reason is that they can not find enough food. Pandas eat ___(22)____ leaves. They do not like another food. The bamboo grows very slowly. It can take 10 years for a bamboo to grow from a seed to a big plant. Some types of bamboo have seeds only once every 60 years. Pandas ___(23)____ wait many years for their food to grow. While the bamboo is growing, pandas do not have enough leaves to eat.
China and World Wildlife Fund ( WWF ) are trying to save the panda. In 1979 they began to __
( 24)____special parks ___(25)____ pandas live. Scientists come here to study the panda’s eating and mating habits . By learning more about the panda’s habits, scientists can save it from ____(26)_____ . 
A. being	B. becoming 	C. having	D. making
A. banana	B. cabbage	C. grass	D. bamboo
A. must	B. should	C. ought	D. might
A. get up	B. look up	C. take up	D. set up
A. what	B. because	C. where	D. when
A. appearance	B. destruction	C. extinction	D. damage
B. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, D to fill in each blank. 
There is very little documentation about the origins of water polo. It is known, however, that the sport originated in the rivers and lakes of mid-19th century England as an aquatic version of rugby. Early games used an inflated rubber ball that came from India known as a "pulu" (the single Indian word for all "balls"). Pronounced "polo" by the English, both the game and the ball became known as "water polo." To attract more spectators to swimming exhibitions, the London Swimming Association designed a set of water polo rules for indoor swimming pools in 1870. At first, players scored by planting the ball on the end of the pool with both hands. A favorite trick of the players was to place the five-to-nine inch rubber ball inside their swimmin