TEST 2 ON ENGLISH 12
TRƯƠNG VĂN ÁNH
TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SÀI GÒN
Choose the word which has different primary stress from that of the others in each group.
1. A. geography B. element C. analysis D. attract
2. A. delete B. caring C. define D. parade
3. A. wonderful B. beautiful C. possible D. activity
4. A. useful B. erase C. arrive D. arise
5. A. certainly B. positive C. acknowledge D. marvelous
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
6. A. stopped B. proposed C. asked D. looked
7. A. cakes B. lanes C. cranes D. pens
8. A. icy B. like C. slight D. written
9. A. alone B. solar C. solve D. whole
10. A. change B. chemist C. check D. chain


Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
11. If you are at a loose end this weekend, I will show you round the city.
A. busy B. free C. late D. redundant
12. His business in the illicit drug trade ended with the police raid this morning.
A. lawful B. honest C. illegal D. faithful

Mark the letter A , B, C or D to indicate the word(s) closest in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each
of the following questions.
13. He takes after his father.
A. looks after B. takes care of C. imitates D. resembles
14. The flight was delayed due to the bad weather.
A. cancelled B. postponed C. stopped D. deployed

Choose the underlined part that is incorrect:
15. By the time (A) he is (B) 25, he had written (C) 20 books (D).
16. I heard (A) him talked (B) about (C) you this morning (D).
17. I’ve just heard (A) you to break (B) something (C). What was (D) it?
18. I break (A) a glass when (B) I was washing (C) the glasses (D) yesterday.
Choose the best answer
19. The tea is too hot (drink)..........................
A. drinks B. drinking C. drink D. to drink
20. They let their children ______ up late at weekends.
A. stayed B. to stay C. staying D. stay
21. By the time I ___ into town, the shops _____.
A. did / was closing B. was closing / closed C. did / had closed D. got / had closed
22. My girl friend ___________born on the 2nd of September 1974
A. had been B. is C. had D. was
23. He said, “I bought these books last week.”
A. He said he bought these books the week before
B. He said he bought those books last week.
C. He said he had bought those books the week before
D. He said he had bought these books last week.
24. The Second World War ___________ in 1939 and ___________ in 1945
A. began/ ended B. had begun/ ended C. has begun/ had ended D. begins/ ends
25. John had agreed ......................... me in his office
A. to be met B. to meet C. meeting D. being met
26. Failing an exam teaches you a ......................and makes you study harder.
A. lesson B. class C. lessons D. unit
27. Being seriously ill makes you appreciate your ...........................
A. head B. healthy C. health D. work
28. Nam said, "I won`t stay at home next week."
A. Nam said he wouldn`t stay at home the following week.
B. Nam said he wouldn`t stay at home following week.
C. Nam said I wouldn`t stay at home the following week.
D. Nam said I wouldn`t stay at home following week.
29. He often has breakfast ……………..7 o’clock in the morning.
on B. at C. in D. with
30. The boy glanced ........................me and turned away.
A. with B. at C. on D. in
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form :
31. By the time the police arrived, the thief (go) …………..............away.
32. When it (start) ………..to rain, they (walk)…………...................through the forest.
33. She (be) …………. in New York when she wrote her first novel.
34. He was quite happy (hear) …………….the news of their required 550 TOEFL.

Opera singers also have to have very powerful voices, so they can (1) ________ over the orchestra. They also have to hold notes for an (2) ________ period of time. This requires a lot of air, so they need to have a strong diaphragm. A strong diaphragm allows them (3) ________ breathe in more air and create the kind of note (4) ________ can break wineglasses. A large chest cavity and a thick, strong body frame help the diaphragm (5) ________this monumental task.
 36: A. hear B. be heard C. listen D. be listened
37: A. extend B. extension C. extending D. extended
38: A. for B. to C. from D. by
39: A. that B. when C. how D. whom
40: A. with B. to C. at D. for
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Identify the underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
41) Industrial buyers (A) are responsible (B) for supplying (C) the goods and services that an organization required (D) for its operations.
42) The most easiest (A) process for mining gold is panning, which involves using (B) a circular dish (C) with a small pocket at the bottom (D).
43) Farm animals (A) have been regardless (B) by nearly all societies as a valuable (C) economic resource (D).
44) Although it is any longer (A) the big business that it was (B) in the forties, radio continues to be (C) a medium of essential communication, especially at the local level (D).
45) The field of dynamics in physics is concerned (A) with a particle’s motion (B) in relation (C) to the forces acting it (D).
Rewrite the sentences with the meaning unchanged.
1. It was wrong of him to borrow her book without asking.
He shouldn’t......................................
2. The robber tried to escape but the police stopped him.
The police prevented ....................
3. The moment she went to bed, she fell asleep.
She fell ...............................................................
4. Jane last saw her brother when she left for Austria.
Jane hasn’t ..........................................
5. Betty prefers watching to participating in tennis.
Betty would rather ....................... .......






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