đề thi HKI-2012-2013

Name : THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMMINATION
Class :
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in the group from {<1>} to {<3>}:
(<1>) A. please B. decrease C. speech D. realistic
(<2>) A. machine B. change C teacher D. choose
(<3>) A. great B. available C. raise D. said
Choose the word whose main stress is put on a different syllable from that of the others in the group from {<3>} to {<4>}:
(<4>) A. resource B. average C. decrease D. method
(<5>) A voluntary B. orphanage C. comfortable D. advantage
Choose the answer that best fits the blank(s) in each sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase from {<6>} to {<22>}:
(<6>) Before I started the car, all of the passengers _________________ their seat belts.
A. will buckle B. had buckled C. was buckling D. have buckled
(<7>) `Did you enjoy the picnic?` `I was okay, but I`d rather ________ to a movie.`
A. go B. be going C. have gone D. went
(<8>) Better health care and agriculture have led to rapid population ________________.
A. grow B. growing C. grown D. growth
(<9>) All the teachers work on an entirely ______ basis.
A. volunteer B. volunteered C. voluntary D. voluntarily
(<10>) There was __________ shortage of food and safe water after the flood.
A. an B. the C. Ø D. a
(<11>) We should take care of war invalids and family of martyrs.
A. look after B. look into C. look for D. look at
(<12>) They volunteer to take care of children who have been ______ by the AIDS epidemic.
A. supported B. suffered C. left D. orphaned
(<13>) Before Tet, supermarkets and shops are full _______ goods.
A. of B. with C. in D. for
(<14>) He had a bad cough ____________ the doctor advised him to give up smoking .
A. so B. but C. therefore D. because
(<15>) The children enjoyed _________ on fishing .trips.
A. taking B. to be taken C. being taken D. having taken
(<16>) The children were warned ______ in the lake without an adult present.
A. not swim B. not to swim C. not swimming D. to not swim
(<17>) ______ been diverted, they would have arrived early.
A. Had the plane not B. Hadn`t the plane
C. The plane had not D. The plane not had
(<18>) –“Thank you very much for your lift” - “_________________”
A.That was all I could make B. Delighted I was able to help
C. I see D. Thank you
(<19>) - “I wish you wouldn’t smoke in here!” – “__________________”
A. There’s nothing wrong here. B. Thank you for telling me.
C. I don’t agree, I’m afraid. D. Sorry, I open the window?
(<20>) Twenty-five people _______ killed in that traffic accident.
A. reported to be B. are reporting to be C. are reported being D. are reported to be
(<21>) Tom said that if ___________ her, he`d have been happy.
A. I found B. he found C. I had found D.he had found
(<22>) I looked everywhere but I couldn`t find _______ at all.
A. no one B. anyone C. someone D. somebody

Identify the one underlined word or phrase- A, B, C or D – that must be changed for the sentence to be correct from {<23>} to {<25>}:
(<23>) David asked me telling him the time.
A B C D
(<24>) My shoes were so uncomfortable that I had to go out and buy new one.
A B C D
(<25>) It is extremely important for an engineer to know to use a computer.
A B C D
Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original