ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ II NĂM 2011 I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest 1. A. naked B. stopped C. wanted D. crowded 2. A. idiom B. provide C. typing D. giant 3. A. surgeon B. agent C. engine D. regard 4. A. maths B. thick C. this D. thin 5. A. chemistry B. scholarship C. chorus D. cherish II. Circle the best option 6. I have nothing ______ you yesterday. A. tell B. told C. telling D. to tell 7. Have you planned on ____ to Nha Trang this summer? A. go B. to go C. gone D. going 8. To her great ______, it rained on the day of the picnic. A. disappointment B. disappoint C. disappointed D. disappointing 9. Neither my gloves nor my hat ____ with this dress. A. is going B. go C. are going D. goes 10. He ______ his wife by three years. A. overlived B. outspaced C. outgrew D. outlived 11. Children should be ____ for employment. A. well-prepared B. employers C. ill-prepared D. good preparation 12. The village was very small. There were only ______ houses. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little 13. She is _____ to succeed. A. determine B. determination C. determined D. determinely 14. English is also the property of _____. A. the Australia B. Australia C. Australian D. the Australian 15. This land requires ________. A. fertilizer B. fertilizer C. fertilized D. fertility 16. _____ natural resources is of great importance. A. Preserve B. To have preserved C. Preserving D. Preserved 17. We stopped _____ hello to her. A. say B. saying C. to say D. to have said 18. The fight against ______ of our environment is very important. A. pollution B. polluted C. polluting D. pollute 19. This room was crowded ______ pupils. A. about B. by C. from D. with 20. Are you ______ of doing the same thing every day? A. good B. full C. tired D. clever 21. A _____ driver is a danger to the public. A. careless B. carelessly C. careful D. carefully 22. The teacher said that running in the corridor was dangerous, and he told the pupils to ___ it. A. take care of B. put a stop C. take a stop to D. put a stop to 23. Smoking is ______ to your health. A. harm B. harmful C. harmless D. unharmed 24. My uncle will never forget the day of March 12 th . _____ he returned to his native land. A. where B. which C. when D. why Đề số 4 25. In my school, there are many ____ ping-pong players. A. left-hand B. hands-left C. hands on left D. left-handed III. Circle the mistake among A, B, C or D 26. Please give me a few coffee and some peanuts if you have any left. A B C D 27. Yoko told me about students who has taken the entrance exam 13 times. A B C D 28. The students were interested to take a field trip to the National History Museum, but they A B C were not able to raise enough money. D 29. My uncle, as well as my father, are going to Canada on business. A B C D 30. After George had returned to his house, he was reading a book. A B C D IV. Read the passage and circle the best answer Is there life on Mars? Many people have wondered (31) ______ this question. Some writers on science-fiction think of people from Mars as little green creatures. Others (32) _____ “Martians” as monsters with many eyes. (33) _____ studying this planet, astronomers have found that life may be possible on Mars. The first (34) ______ of this is that Mars has seasons, just like Earth. In (35) _____ words, Earth’s seasons, such as spring or summer, occur on Mars too. Because these seasons exist, it may be possible for vegetation and other higher life (36) ______ to be found on Mars. Astronomers also think that perhaps a small (37) _____ of water vapour could be found on Mars. In 1887, an Italian astronomer, Giovanni Schiaparelli, discovered markings on Mars’ surface. These markings looked like canals. This finding (38) _____ astronomers to believe that since water exists on Mars, life forms could exist as well. However, there are others who feel that life on Mars is not possible. This is because there is (39) ____ or no trace of oxygen on planet. In 1965, the Mariner IV capsule managed to take photographs of the planet. It discovered that the only forms of life found are vegetation like fungi and mosses. (40) _____, people remain fascinated by the idea that there could one day be life on Mars. 31. A. at B. for C. about D. with 32. A. imagine B. consider C. regard D. draw 33. A. By B. In C. Through D. From 34. A. sign B. signal C. point D. indication 35. A. other B. different C. various D. diverse 36. A. figure B. formations C. forms D. patterns 37. A. sum B. amount C. number D. lot 38. A. made B. caused C. urged D. led 39. A. little B. a little C. a few D. few 40. A. So B. Thus C. Accordingly D. Nevertheless Đề số 4 1A 2A 3D 4C 5D 6D 7D 8A 9D 10D 11A 12B 13C 14D 15B 16C 17B 18A 19D 20C 21A 22D 23B 24C 25D 26B 27B 28C 29B 30C 31C 32A 33B 34D 35A 36C 37B 38D 39A 40D . ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ II NĂM 2011 I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. few 40 . A. So B. Thus C. Accordingly D. Nevertheless Đề số 4 1A 2A 3D 4C 5D 6D 7D 8A 9D 10D 11A 12B 13C 14D 15B 16C 17B 18A 19D 20C 21A 22D 23B 24C 25D. unharmed 24. My uncle will never forget the day of March 12 th . _____ he returned to his native land. A. where B. which C. when D. why Đề số 4 25. In my school, there are many ____ ping-pong