The second semester examination scholl year 2009 -2010

ave to work over 12 hours a day including working in offices and doing countless household chores without any help from their husbands. In some regions, the labor of women is not recognized despite the hardships they endure to support the whole family. Moreover, women are the direct victims of family violence, especially in rural areas.
Thanks to the women's liberation movement, nowadays women have proved that they are equal to men in every aspect. An average woman has weaker muscles than an average man but she may be as intelligent as he is. Women can do everything that men can, and women can do one thing that no man can: they produce children.
Which is not women's role in the former days?
A. Working in authority 	B. Doing Housework 
C. Doing cooking 	D. Bearing and rearing children
Years ago, women are pot allowed ________.
A. to work in the kitchen 	 	B. to go to school 
C. to do housework	D. to stay at home with their parents
What did women have to suffer?
A. Good schooling 	B. Choosing a husband themselves 
C. Enjoy their housework 	D. Illiteracy
The outdated 'beliefs about women's roles ________.
A. have been eradicated completely B. disappeared soon after the women's liberation movement
C. still exist at present . D. was forced to change after the women's liberation movement
According to the text, women in the 21st century ________.
A. do not have to do housework any more
B. are still the victims of family violence in some rural areas
C. get help from their husbands with all housework
D. spend less than 12 hours working outside the home and doing housework
IV. WRITING (2ms)
A. Find the underlined part which must be corrected
The most my father works, the more money he earns.
 A B C D
Have you ever read any books writing by Nguyen Du?
 A B C D
They had to put on their trip because of the bad weather.
 A B C D
If tomorrow is my birthday, I would be very happy.
 A B C D
B. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, D which has the same meaning as the given one.
In hot weather water evaporates more quickly than in cold weather.
A. The more hot the weather is, the more quickly water evaporates.
B. The hotter the weather is, the quicker water evaporates.
C. The quicker water evaporates, the hotter the weather is.
D. The hotter the weather is, the more quickly water evaporates.
He isn’t old enough to ride a motorbike.
	A. He is too young to ride a motorbike.	B. He is too young ride a motorbike.
	C. He is young to ride a motorbike.	D. He is too young riding a motorbike.
The tea was too hot for her to drink.
	A. The tea was so hot that she couldn’t drink it. B. The tea was so hot that she could drink it.
	C. The tea was so hot that she couldn’t drink. 	D. The tea was such hot that she couldn’t drink it.
You needn't type this letter now.
 A. This letter needn't be typed now.	B. This letter now needn't type.
	C. This letter needn't to be typed now.	D. This needn't be typed letter now
He only feels happy whenever he does not have much work to do.
A. The more he works, the happier he feels.	B. The less he works, the happier he feels.
C. His work makes him feel happy.	D. He feels happier and happier with his work. 
They were serving lunch when we arrived.
 A. Lunch is being served when we arrived. 	B. Lunch would be served when we arrived.
 C. Lunch was being served when we arrived.	 	D. Lunch was served when we arrived
It’s more dangerous to ride a motorbike than to drive a car.
A. Riding a motorbike is more dangerous than driving a car.
B. Driving a car is more dangerous than riding a motorbike.
C. Riding a motorbike is as dangerous as driving a car. 
D. Driving a car is the most dangerous.
“They did not want anyone to hear them. They whispered.” means ______.
A. They whispered in order to make everyone hear them
B. They did not want anyone to hear them so that they whispered
C. They whispered so that no one could hear them
D. They whispered in order that they could make everyone hear them
If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf:
A. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.	B. I am too tall to reach the top shelf. 
C. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall. D. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.
I can’t play any sports and I can’t play any musical instruments, either.
A. I can’t play either sports or musical instruments	B. I can play either sports or musical instruments
C. I can play neither sports nor musical instruments	D. I can’t play neither sports nor musical instruments
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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 (4ms)
 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 
We couldn't understand' what the man said, and_____	.
 A. so could Nam 	B. neither could Nam 	C. neither couldn't Nam 	D. Nam couldn't, too 
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 
The larger the city,____ the crime rate. 
 A. highest 	B. the highest 	C. higher	D. the higher 
My mother needed some money, ________, she took a part-time job.
 A. furthermore 	B. moreover 	C. however 	D. so
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
This book is very interesting. It ________ into Vietnamese.
	A. will translate B. should be translated 	C. can be translated	D. would be translated
If you _______ 5 minutes late, you won't be able to get into the examination room.
A. will be	B. were	C. are	D. would be
_______ 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 (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 ___(26)____ extinct. The reason is that they can not find enough food. Pandas eat ___(27)____ 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 ___(28)____ 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 __
( 29)____special parks ___(30)____ 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 ____(31)_____ . 
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 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 na