PRACTICE FOR THE SECOND MIDTERM TEST 7 – MOCK TEST

I. Read the following passage and translate the highlighted words and phrases into Vietnamese
equivalents.
Large cities often have vấn đề that small towns and khu vực nông thôn do not have. Two of the
biggest problems are nhiều xe cộ lưu thông and sự ô nhiễm that cars create. Of course. Traffic problems
and pollution are not only found in big cities. However, the higher quần thể and larger number of cars on
the roads in cities can make the problems happen more often and with more hiệu ứng đáng chú ý.

One of the most common traffic problems the large cities have is tắc nghẽn. As the population of
a city increases, so does biển số xe on the road. Cities cannot always cải tiến the number and size of their
roads and đường xa lộ to theo kịp với the number of cars. The result is traffic congestion, or tắc đường.

When traffic jams happen, cars that bị mắc kẹt trong the congestion continue to chạy động cơ của họ.
This creates pollution and is a big problems. Pollution causes các vấn đề sức khoẻ for the people in cities
and also làm tổn thương môi trường.

II. Read the passage and fill in the blanks.

Ewan McGregor was (1)_____ in Scotland in 1971. He decided to be an (2)______ when he was only
nine and he (3)_____his first film in 1992. So far in his career he has appeared (4)_____ a lot of
different types of films, including comedies, musical, dramas and the Star Wars movies. In his career
Ewan has worked with like actresses Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman, and his films have won lots of
awards. He loves acting and when he finished (5)_______ the musical, Moulin Rouge, he said, “I have
never been happier to do anything in my life”.
1. A. bear B. born C. bearing D. to bear
2. A. acting B. actress C. actor D. action
3. A. made B. played C. worked D. starred
4. A. at B. on C. with D. in
5. A. to film B. filmed C. film D. filming
III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in the following question.
1. A. pulled B. opened C. featured D. decided
2. A. matched B. dressed C. started D. washed
3. A. rest B. help C. garden D. identify
4. A. traffic B. pavement C. plane D. station

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of primary stress in the following question.
1. A. enjoy B. agree C. attend D. student
2. A. tradition B. romantic C. volunteer D. destruction
3. A. honor B. succeed C. gripping D. action
4. A. touching B. decide C. scary D. western
V. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in the following question.
1. Despite of catching a bus, my dad usually arrived late.

2. He was so frightening that he cannot say anything.

3. How many time do you spend on learning Maths and Science every day?

VI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes the
following exchange.
1. “How far is Hanoi from SaiGon?”-“_______”
A. It’s not very far. B. it takes about 3 hours
C. It’s about 400km D. You can get to Sai Gon by car of airplane.
2. "I'm taking my midterm test next Tuesday" - "______"
A. Congratulations! B. Cheers! C. Great! D. Good luck!
VII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following
question.
1. My sister used to _____her homework before going to bed when she was at school
A. did B. does C. doing D. do
2. ____________ being frightened by the horror movie, Minh still liked the film so much.
A. In spite B. Despite of C. Although D. Even spite of
3. This coastal village _____ by a windstorm years ago.
A. destroy B. is destroyed C. was destroyed D. be destroyed
4. ____________ is Tet celebrated? – Every January.
A. When B. Which time C. Where D. Which
5. Traffic accidents can be prevented if people obey the ( rules/ instructions)
6. The meal which we reserved ___________ in this hotel until 9a.m every morning.
A. served B. didn’t serve C. isn’t served D. isn’t serving
7. She’s sure that they will find the film_________.
A. interesting B. interest C. interested D. more interested
8. I can’t you make a choice right now. I need _____ time to reconsider.
A. more B. less C. a little D. a few
9. Our school____ a community project to improve local environment last summer
A. start B. started C. has started D. have started
10. We need something to drink and he does, ________.
A. so B. too C. either D. neither
VIII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence has the same
meaning as the first.
1. No one in the class is taller than Dave.
A. Dave is taller student in the class. B. Dave is the tallest student in the class.
C. Dave is the taller student in the class. D. Dave is tallest student in the class.
2. In spite of heavy rain, my brother went to work.
A. In spite it rained heavily, my brother went to work.
B. Although it rained heavily, my brother went to work.
C. Despite it rained heavily, my brother went to work.
D. Although of heavy rain, my brother went to work.
3. I haven’t seen my aunt for years.
A. I haven’t meet my aunt for long ago. B. The last time I met my aunt was since years ago.
C. I last saw my aunt years ago. D. I didn’t see my aunt years ago.
4. Despite his good English, he wasn’t chosen.
A. Although his English good, he wasn’t chose. B. Although his English was good, he wasn’t chose.
C. Although his English was good, he wasn’t chosen. D. Although his English was good, he was chosen.
5. People don’t use this road very often
A. This road is not used very often. B. This road very often is not used
C. Not very often this road is not used. D. This road not very often is used.

IX. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence.
1. We haven’t come back to England for a year.
We came…
2. It’s one month since I last saw him.
I haven’t
3. Hoa went to school late this morning because of watching TV late last night.
Because
4. In spite of the fog, he drove to work.
Although
5. Although the streets are muddy, the children walk to school.
In spite of

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