Second semester exam-024

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest.
A. competition	B. discovery	C. domestic	D. reserve
A. colony	B. wildlife	C. leopard	D. rhinoceros
A. understand	B. industry	C. invitation	D. computation
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
A. subsidy	B. pessimist	C. shift	D. certificate
A. match	B. chair	C. church	D. character
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences .
Many modern medicines are derived ________plants and animals.
	A. on 	B. for	C. from	D. in
It’s difficult for wildlife to survive because of the global environmental ________.
	A. deterioration	B. endangerment	C. change	D. destruction
You can come either on Monday ________on Friday.
	A. or	B. nor	C. both 	D. and
Government has passed laws to protect wildlife from commercial trade.
	A. enable	B. enacted	C. enforced	D. ensured
The three main classes of the books for recreation are books of biography, of travel and________.
	A. technology	B. fiction	C. science	D. astronomy
Conservation is the protection of the _________ environment. 
	A. nature	B. natural	C. naturally	D. naturalize
Neither Jane nor I ________to the New York before.
	A. was	B. were	C. has been	D. have been
We want to modernize our plant; ________, we are lack of capital.
	A. but	B. so	C. however 	D. because
Without ________all the necessary resources for life would be damaged, wasted or destroyed.
	A. priority	B. destruction	C. conservation	D. extinction
In recent years, many areas in the suburb of Hanoi have been ________.
	A. urban	B. urbanized	C. urbanization	D. urbanizing
He had to pay the fine, ________? 
	A. hadn’t he	B. doesn’t he	C. didn’t he	D. mustn’t he
This book is very interesting. It ________into Vietnamese.
	A. will translate	B. should be translated 	C. can be translated	D. has to be translated
He finds it ________ to read detective books.
	A. fascinating	B. fascinated	C. fascinate	D. fascinates
He ________for the money since last Friday. 
	A. was waiting 	B. has been waiting 	C. waited 	D. is waiting 
Animals lose their habitat because of ________and polluted environment.
	A. thirst 	B. climate	C. starvation	D. deforestation
Don’t make too much noise. You may ________the baby up. 	
	A. wake	B. get up	C. break	D. ask
Lan gave you a letter to post. You ________forget to post it.
	A. must	B. mustn’t	C. needn’t	D. may
I’ll lend you the money and you ________ pay me back till next month. 
	A. needn’t	B. mustn’t	C. need	D. must
When I last saw Tom, he ________and was out of breath.
	A. was running	B. ran	C. has run	D. had bee running
Gold, as well as silver, ________in price.
	A. have risen	B. rise	C. has risen	D. are rising
Identify the mistakes in the following sentences.
If I have taken your advice, I wouldn’t have failed the exams.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
If tomorrow the weather will be bad, the match will be postponed.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
The plant will die if you won’t water it every day.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
You can’t visit the United States unless you don’t get a visa.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
If my husband left the car key, I could have picked him up at the station.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the original one. 
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 so that the children couldn’t run into the road. 
	D. The gate is closed that the children couldn’t to run into the road. 
My Indian friend finds using chopsticks difficult. 
	A. My Indian friend is not used to using chopsticks. 
	B. My Indian friend can’t use chopsticks. 
	C. My Indian friend didn’t use to using chopsticks. 
Too tired to continue, David stopped walking. 
	A. David couldn’t carry on walking because he was too tired. 
	B. David couldn’t stop walking because he was to tired. 
	C. David was too tired to carry out walking. 
	D. David can’t continue to walk when he’ stirred. 
I haven’t met old English teacher since I left school. 
	A. I didn’t have a chance to meet my old English teacher because I left school. 
	B. this is the last time I met my old English teacher at shool. 
	C. I last met my old English teacher when I left school. 
	D. My old English teacher hasn’t met me since I have left school. 
Tom didn’t begin to read until he was eight. 
 	A. It was not until Tom was eight that he began to read. 
	B. When Tom was eight, he didn’t know how to read. 
	C. Tom had read when he was Wight to read. 	D. Not until Tom read, he was eight. 
Read the passage and choose the best option to fill in each blank below.
BOOKS
Nearly all the discoveries that have been made through the ages can (1)_____ in books. The invention of the book is one of humankind’s (2)_____ achievements, the important of which cannot be overestimated. Books are very adaptable, providing us with both entertainment and information. The production of books began in Ancient (3)_____, though not in the form that is accessible to us today. The books read by the Romans, however, have some similarities to the ones we read now. Until the middle of the 15th century, in Europe, all books were written by hand . They were often (4)_____ illustrated and always rare and expensive. With printing came the possibility of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of books, making (5)_____ more widespread and recognizable.
A. find	B. founded	C. be found	D. found
A. greatest	B. greater	C. great	D. greatly
A. China	B. Egypt	C. England	D. America 
A. beauty	B. beautify	C. beautiful	D. beautifully 
A. knowledge	B. know	C. known	D. knowledgeable 
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