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TERM TEST A
Time allotted: 45`

I.PHONETICS: A.Put out the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1.A.champion B.attract C.banyan D.citadel
2.A.open B.located C.torch D.host
3.A.theatre B.thought C.birthday D.those
B.Choose the word with different stress pattern
4.A.horror B.defeat C.hero D.legend
5.A.tournament B.committee C.detective D.abandon
6.A.chamber B.scholar C.delight D.tablet
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank, or that best explains the underlined part in each sentence.
7…………her age, Mai was not employed…………..she has the necessary qualifications.
A. Because/ although B. Because of/ in spite of
C. Because of/ but D. Because of/ although
8.Mark Twain was a famous writer…………books have been translated into many other languages .
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
9.Between the two girls , Mary is the ______.
A. smarter of all B. smarter C. smartest D. smartest of all 10.Nam was an………storyteller. We were……… and laughed a lot.
A. amusing/ amused B. amusing/ amusing C. amused/amused D. amused/ amusing
11. Summer is usually…………time of the year.
A. the drier B. the most dry C. so dry as D. the driest
12. London,………..capital of England, is located on………Thames river.
A.a/ no article B.the/the C.the/ a D.no article/ no article
13. There are many foreign students in my school, three of………..are from Laos.
A. who B. which C. whom D. that
14. Some giant companies tend to buy small firms to expand their business.
A. very big B. very tiny C. small D. very small
15…………answered the phone .
A. It was she whom B. It was she who C. It was her who D. It was her whom
16……..New York is……….home of………….United Nations.
A.No article/ the / the B.The/ the/ the C.No article/ a/ the D.The/ no article/ no article
17.- What are you jogging for? -……………………………………….
A.For losing weight B.To lose weight C. Because I lose weight D. For I will lose weight
18.How do people make carpets? This sentence can be rewritten:
A. How are carpets made? B. How are carpets make?
C. How do carpets made ? D. How do carpets make?
19. I haven’t seen John …………..two weeks.
A.since B.for C.until D.before
20.If you pour oil on water, it………… .
A. is floating B. will float C. would float D.would have floated
21…………a vacation now if he had more time?
A.Will Hung take B. Would Hung take C. Is Hung taking D. Does Hung take
22.If I ………….the same problems you had as a child, I might not have succeeded in life as well as you are.
A.have B.would have C.had had D.had
III. READING :Use one suitable word/ phrase to fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage:
final World Cup qualification Italy global
tournament 32 World War II team held

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the (23)……., is an international association football (soccer) competition contested by the men`s national teams of the members of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport`s (24)…….. governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first(25)……….in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to (26)……….. The tournament consists of two