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THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM-008

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. laugh
B. enough
C. high
D. cough
2. A. likes
B. lines
C. rides
D. lives
3. A. allow
B. below
C. window
D. swallow
4. A. measure
B. deal
C. health
D. heavy
5. A. watching
B. kitchen
C. chemistry
D. Match
Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
6. Madigan named the desert ________Simpson, The President of the South Australian Branch of the
Royal Geographical Society of Australia.
A. for
B. after
C. by

D. as
7. A game is divided ________quarters ranging from five to eight minutes in length.
A. by
B. into
C. with
D. up
8. I don’t want to have a discussion ________what happened last night. Let’s forget it.
A. for
B. of
C. about
D. in
9. I understand your point. ________, I don’t agree with it.
A. But
B. Although
C. However
D. And
10. Books are still a cheap way to get information and ________. So you can keep a book to read many
times.
A. entertainment
B. entertain
C. entertaining
D. entertainer
11. A /(An) ________is someone who tries to defeat another person in a competition.
A. referee
B. goalie
C. defender
D. opponent
12. This woman has ________her whole life to helping others.
A. spent
B. dedicated

C. used
D. contributed
13. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN was ________in Bangkok, Thailand in
1967.
A. find
B. found
C. founded
D. founding
14. I have lived in Ha Noi ________I was ten years old.
A. since
B. when
C. for
D. after
15. After he ________from college, he ________the army.
A. has graduated/ joined
B. had graduated/ joined
C. graduated / had joined
D. graduated/ has joined
16. My mother gave me a letter to post. I ________forget to post it.
A. must
B. mustn’t
C. didn’t have to
D. needn’t
17. Don’t make too much noise. You ________wake the baby up.
A. would
B. may
C. must
D. should
18. Her English is being improved. It’s getting ________.
A. gooder and gooder B. badder and badder

C. better and better D. worse and worse
19. I didn’t start to work as a teacher of English ________.
A. when I was twenty five
B. since the age of twenty five
C. for too long
D. until I was twenty five
20. The man is believed ________.
A. to have escaped in a stolen car yesterday B. to escaped in a stolen car yesterday
C. having escaped in a stolen car.
D. stole the car yesterday
21. Tom: “I hate shopping” - Mary: “________________.”
A. So do I
B. Certainly
C. That’s all right
D. That’s a lot
22. Tom: “Would you like something else?” - Lan: “________________”
A. Yes, I like everything.
B. Two, please.
C. That’s all. Thank you
D. why not?
23. Tim: “It’s my sister’s birthday tomorrow.”- Jackie: “________________”
A. Happy New Year!
B. Is she going to have a party?
C. How old are they?
D. Happy birthday to you.
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24. The bomb ________with a loud bang which could be heard all over the town.

A. went off
B. got over
C. went out
D. turned up
25. What a lovely baby! He really resembles his father.
A. takes for
B. looks after
C. takes up
D. takes after
26. Nowadays, ASEAN ________cooperation covers many areas including trade, investment, energy
and tourism.
A. economical
B. economic
C. economy
D. economist
27. Singapore and Vietnam were the two nations _________ participants were presented with the most
outstanding Athlete titles in swimming and shooting.
A. which
B. where
C. who
D. whose
28. I’ve applied _________ a job but I’m not sure whether I’ll get it or not.
A. in
B. about

C. with
D. for
29. It is _________ boring _________ housewives for all their lives.
A. so/ to be as
B. too/ to be
C. enough/ to be
D. too/ for being
30. Everybody _________ him because of his foolish face.
A. smiled at
B. laughed at
C. glanced
D. stared at
31. The World Health Organization (WHO) _________ on 7 April 1948.
A. established
B. was established
C. is established
D. has been established
32. The purpose of the struggle for women’s rights is _________ equality between men and women.
A. bringing
B. to bring
C. to bring about
D. bringing about
Choose the underlined part that needs corrections in each of the following questions.
33. That resort hotel was bombed seriously while they were staying at there.
A
B
C
D
34. Tom prefers scuba-diving than water polo because it is quite adventurous.
A

B
C
D
35. There is a number of measures that should be taken to protect endangered animals from overhunting.
A
B
C
D
36. I start work in the morning at 7:30, so I had to get up very early.
A
B
C
D
37. Despite the challenge from other media such as radio or television and computer, but books
A
B
C
continue to be a primary means for dissemination of knowledge.
D
Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one.
38. Different conservation efforts have been made in order to save endangered species.
A. They have made different conservation efforts to save endangered species.
B. To save endangered species, different conservation efforts have been made.
C. In order to endangered species, different conservation efforts have been made.
D. In order to endangered species, people have been made different conservation efforts.
39. Nobody can find out the mystery.
A. The mystery can be found out by anybody. B. The mystery can’t find out.
C. The mystery can’t be found out.
D. The mystery cannot to be found out.
40. 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.
41. I left school three years ago. I have not seen you since then.
A. Since I left school three years ago, I have not seen you.
B. I have not seen you since I left school three years ago.
C. I have not seen you until I left school.
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D. I have not seen you since I left school.
Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
The extinction of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants has disastrous effects on
the balanced ecosystem on our planet. Each year there are over 8,300 plant species and 7,200 animal
species all over the world are endangered and many thousands of other species become extinct before
biologist can identify them.
The main causes of species extinction are habitat destruction, commercial exploitation and
pollution. Nowadays many natural habitats are being seriously destroyed by the drainage of wetlands,
deforestation, urbanization and road and dam construction. Additionally, since the 1600s worldwide
commercial exploitation of animals for food and other products has endangered many rare species.
Toxic chemicals in the air and land, contaminated water and increased water temperatures have also
driven many species to the verge of extinction.
Luckily, different conversation efforts have been made in order to save endangered species. The

Red List- a global list of endangered and vulnerable animal species- has been introduced to raise
people’s awareness of conversation needs. Many governments have enacted wildlife laws and
established many wildlife habitat reserves to protect many animal species from overhunting and
commercial trade.
42. The number of species are threatened with extinction is over ______________.
A. 7,200
B. 8,300
C. 1,600
D. 15,000
43. The natural environment in which a plant or an animal lives is called __________.
A. habitat
B. extinction
C. conversation
D. ecosystem
44. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of habitat destruction?
A. The cutting of forests
B. The drainage of wetlands
C. Road and dam construction.
D. Water pollution
45. The Red List in which many endangered and vulnerable animal species are introduced aims to
__________.
A. protect animals from overhunting.
B. make governments enacted wildlife laws.
C. increase the awareness of wildlife conversation from people.
D. establish more wildlife habitat reserves.
Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer for each of the blanks.
People (46)_______know more or less how their children would live, but now things are changing
(47)_______quickly that we don’t even know what our own lives will be like in a few years. What
follows is not science fiction. It’s how experts see the future. In the old days, you usually stopped by
somewhere to buy a hamburger or pizza. Now you use your diagnostic machine to find out which foods

your body needs. If you find out you need more vegetables and less fat, your food-preparation machine
(48)_______you a salad. After lunch you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have
everything you need for doing your work. (49) _______your information screen and your computer, you
almost never go into the office any more. The information screen shows an urgent message from a coworker in Brazil. You set the screen to translate Portuguese (50) _______English, then you read and
reply to the message.
46. A. used to
B. had to
C. was used to
D. got used to
47. A. too
B. very
C. so
D. such
48. A. makes
B. could make
C. would make
D. will make
49. A. Thank to
B. Thanks to
C. Thank for
D. Thanks for
50. A. in
B. for
C. into
D. about

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