The second semester exam-025

Choose whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
A. medals	B. competitors	C. defenders	D. participants
A. compose 	B. propose 	C. purpose 	D. suppose
A. treatment 	B. initiate	C. struggle	D. total 
Choose the word that has the differentstress syllable from that of the rest.
A. goalie 	B. advanced 	C. above 	D. depend
A. disaster 	B. prisoner 	C. agency 	D. family
Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______ is a game played in a swimming pool in which two teams of swimmers try to score goals with a ball.
	A. Water polo 	B. Rowing 	C. Swimming 	D. Water skiing
The more goals the players _______, the more exciting the match became.
	A. marked 	B. made 	C. scored 	D. sprinted
John could not continue the match _______ his badly injured leg.
	A. because 	B. since 	C. as 	D. because of
 “You look nice today. I like your new hairstyle.” _ “______________________ .”
	A. It’s nice of you to say so	B. Shall I? Thanks.
	C. Oh, we done!	D. I feel interesting to hear that.
He is disappointed at not being offered the job, but I think he will ______ it. 
	A. turn off 	B. get over 	C. fill in 	D. take after 
Johnny used to be one of the most _______ athletes in my country.
	A. succeed 	B. success 	C. successful 	D. successfully
He is a great sports _______. He rarely misses any sport games although he was busy.
	A. enthusiast 	B. player 	C. energy 	D. programmer
The delegation to the SEA Games was composed _______ top competitors of the country. (adj.)
	A. on 	B. of (made up/form)	C. for 	D. among
____ live in Ho Chi Minh City than in the whole of the rest of the country.
	A. As much as people 	B. More people 	C. As many as people 	D. People more
 “Don’t forget to take _____ your shoes when you are in a Japanese house.” 
 	A. off 	B. apart 	C. in 	D. up 
All payments to the ICRC are _______ and are received as donations. (Inter- Committee of the Red Cross)
	A. volunteer 	B. voluntary	C. voluntarily 	D. voluntariness
The mission of the Red Cross is also to supervise the _______ of prisoners of war. (trông nom)
	A. education 	B. encouragement 	C. treatment	D. runaway
I have been trying to ring him up all day and I could not ______ through. (make contact(with sb))
	A. get 	B. take 	C. look 	D. hang
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private _______ institution founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. (institution: organization)
	A. human 	B. humanity	C. humanization 	D. humanitarian
Never _______ until tomorrow what you can do today.
 	A. go off	B. take off	C. put off	D. turn off
Robert does not have _______ Peter does.
	A. money more than 	B. as many money as 	C. more money as 	D. as much money as
Water polo balls _______ with a special texture so it will not slip from the hands of a player.
	A. cover 	B. are covered 	C. are being covered 	D. covered
The second part of the program in the 22nd SEA Games opening ceremony was named "_______ for Peace".
	A. Cooperate 	B. Cooperation 	C. Cooperative 	D. Cooperatively
At his last attempt the athlete was successful _______ passing the bar.
	A. in 	B. for 	C. with 	D. on
My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _______ it is at night, _______ he plays his music!
	A. the less / the more loud 	B. the less / less 
	C. the more late / the more loudlier 	D. the later / the louder
Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
You can look up this word in the dictionary.
	A. There are a lot of words in the dictionary for you to look at.
	B. You can find the meaning of this word in the dictionary.
	C. The dictionary contains a lot of words except the one you need.
	D. You should buy this dictionary to find the word you need.
More petrol is consumed nowadays than ten years ago.
	A. Not so much petrol was consumed ten years ago as nowadays.
	B. Petrol consumption is going down nowadays.
	C. We had more petrol ten years ago than we do nowadays.
	D. We should consume as much petrol as possible.
The roads were slippery because it snowed heavily.
	A. It snowed too heavily to make the roads slippery.
	B. The heavy snow prevented the roads from-being slippery.
	C. Thanks to the slip of the roads, it snowed heavily.
	D. The heavy snow made the roads slippery.
The accident happened because she was careless.
	A. The accident was prevented due to her carelessness.
	B. Her carelessness was responsible for the accident.
	C. It was the accident that made her careless.
	D. The more careless she was, the less accident happened.
No one in the team can play better than John.
	A. John plays well but the others play better.
	B. John as well as other players of the team plays very well.
	C. Everyone in the team, but John, plays very well.
	D. John is the best player of the team.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
The next host for the SEA Games is Laos. It is Laos' the first time as the host for the biannual-games.
	A 	B 	C 	D
The Southeast Asian Games, also knowing as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event 
 	A	B
involving participants from the current eleven countries of Southeast Asia.
 	C	D
They decided to go on their journey till the end of the month because of the epidemic.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
The most you learn, the more knowledge you get.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
One of the tasks of the Red Cross is also to support local health care projects.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
The 23rd Southeast Asian Games (also known as the 2005 SEA GAMES) was a biannual multi-sport event held in the Philippines from November 27, 2005 to December 5, 2005. The games were (36)_______ by 11 countries located in Southeast Asia.
The first gold medal of the games was (37)_______ to Singapore on November 25th when the Water Polo team came out (38)_______in the round-robin tournaments, with the Philippine team taking the silver medal and the Malaysian team taking the bronze.
The Games were also considered both a spectacular event and a valuable opportunity for athletes to gain (39)_______ experience and preparation for the upcoming Asian Games and Olympics Games. It was (40)_______ created to strengthen countries in the region.
A. participated	B. participating	C. participation	D. to participate
A. rewarded	B. prized	C. awarded	D. presented
A. beating	B. beaten	C. unbeaten	D. unbeating 
A. performance	B. competition	C. introduction	D. participation
A. purposed	B. purposing	C. purposely	D. purpose
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