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HCMC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
TAN TUC HIGH SCHOOL
THE FINAL TEST - SEMESTER 2 - ENGLISH 12
Date of testing: Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
Time limits: 50 minutes
Student’s full name: ______________________ Class: ______ ID number: _________
Code: 666
A- MULTIPLE CHOICE (7pts)
Read the following passage and then choose one best answer A, B, C, or D
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is Southeast Asia’s primary __(1)__ organization, a
10-member grouping of nations with a combined population of 650 million and a combined annual gross
domestic product (GDP) of around $2.8 trillion in 2019. Established in 1967, it has grown into one of the
world’s largest regional fora, representing a __(2)__ important region with some of the world’s busiest sea
lanes, including the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. Taken collectively, ASEAN would rank as the
world’s fifth-largest economy and the United States’ fourth-largest export market.
ASEAN’s members are Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Members rotate as chair: Vietnam is ASEAN’s chair for 2020 and Brunei is
to assume the chair in 2021. ASEAN engages __(3)__ a wide range of diplomatic, economic and security
discussions through hundreds of annual meetings and through a secretariat based in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2008,
the United States became the first non-ASEAN nation __(4)__ a representative to ASEAN, and in 2011 opened
a U.S. mission to ASEAN in Jakarta with a resident Ambassador. Several other nations have followed __(5)__.
1. A. nonlateral B. bilateral C. trilateral D. multilateral
2. A. strategy B. strategic C. strategist D. strategically
3. A. in B. on C. at D. out
4. A. appoint B. appointing C. to appoint D. appointed
5. A. trend B. suit C. tendency D. scheme
Find out the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
6. Peter can play (A) table tennis better (B) more than (C) I can (D).
7. I look stupid (A) with (B) this haircut. Everybody will (C) laugh to (D) me.
8. Knowing (A) several languages (B) are (C) helpful if you work for (D) an international corporation.
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
9. A. pioneer B. significant C. philosophy D. history
10. A. southern B. although C. within D. growth
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
11. A. economic B. development C. integration D. transportation
12. A. status B. argue C. against D. basis
Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
13. Dora: “ What’s your name ?” - Helen: “ _______________.”
A. Pardon? B. Really? C. OK. D. Forgive me.
14. When they are at ________ work, employed men work about an hour more than employed women.
A. a B. an C. the D. Ø
15. Laos and Myanmar were admitted ________ the association in 1997.
A. by B. in C. to D. of
16. I am going to speak with the boss when the meeting ______.
A. will end B. ends C. is ending D. would end
17. They laid down the rules for the treatment and protection of the ______ and the disaster-stricken.
A. woundable B. wounding C. wound D. wounded
18. If she _____ me, tell her to leave a message.
A. calls B. will call C. called D. would call
19. Not all women can do two jobs well at the same time: _____ children and working at office.
A. rearer B. rear C. rearing D. reared
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20. Poe, _________ great tragedy in his life, wrote disturbing stories.
A. suffered B. suffering C. who suffers D. to be suffered
21. In our modern time, the _________ of women has shifted from homemaker to outside worker.
A. rule B. role C. right D. period
22. John could not continue the match his badly injured leg.
A. because B. since C. as D. because of
23. The Red Cross helps ensure respect for the human beings, and relieve human _______.
A. protection B. enjoyment C. sufferings D. wealthy
24. _________ you show me the way to the nearest post office?
A. Need B. Must C. Should D. Could
25. Childbearing is the women’s most wonderful role. (Closest Meaning)
A. Giving birth to a baby B. Having no child
C. Bring up a child D. Educating a child
26. ______ you are, _______ it is to learn.
A. The most young / the easy B. The youngest / the more easily
C. The more young / the easier D. The younger / the easier
27. Mary always looks up to adults. (Opposite Meaning)
A. respect B. admire C. despise D. expect
28. I can put up with some noise while I’m studying, but I can’t stand loud noise.
A. make B. tolerate C. reduce D. hear
29. I like Tom and Ann. They are _______.
A. such as nice people B. such nice peoples C. such a nice people D. such nice people
30. Laura: “ Where is your new office ?” - Fiona: “ _____________.”
A. It’s too big B. I’m in the cafeteria C. On the fourth floor D. Yes, it’s the right place.
Read the passage carefully then choose the best answer.
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contribution of
women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to
vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne
Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best
contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she
exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little
or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history
books. Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors
writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their
writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.
During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping
records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women’s organizations
compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved
and stored. These sources form the core of the two greatest collections of women’s history in the United States–
one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliff College, and the other the Sophia Smith
Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians.
Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century, most of
the writing about women conformed to the “great women” theory of history, just as much of mainstream
American history concentrated on “great men”. To demonstrate that women were making significant
contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else
important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as
reformers, activists working for women’s right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great
mass of ordinary women. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American
histories being published.
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31. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The place of American women in written histories.
B. The role of literature in early American histories.
C. The keen sense of history shown by American women.
D. The “great women” approach to history used by American historians.
32. The word contemporary in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to______________.
A. written in the past B. relating to the future
C. belonging to the present time D. written at that time
33. The word they in the first paragraph refers to______________.
A. authors B. counterparts C. efforts D. sources
34. According to paragraph 2, what use was made of the nineteenth-century women’s history materials in the
Schlesinger Library and the Sophia Smith Collection?
A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia about women.
B. They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth-century.
C. They were shared among women’s colleges throughout the United States
D. They provided valuable information for twentieth century historical researchers.
35. In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth-century “great
women” EXCEPT___________.
A. authors B. reformers C. politicians D. activists for women’s rights
B - WRITING (3pts)
Supply the correct VERB FORM in brackets. (1pt)
1. They didn’t let us _______________________ photographs inside the theatre. (take)
2. We finally got everything _________________ into suitcases. (pack)
3. It took Railey an hour ____________________ his new shoes. (choose)
4. In times of war, the Red Cross is devoted to ______________________ the sufferings of wounded soldiers,
civilians, and prisoners of war. (reduce)
5. She has difficulty _________________ the solution to the problem. (find)
REWRITE the following sentences starting with the given words. (2pts)
6. He keeps delaying going to the dentist. (put)
He ________________________________________________________________________________
7. The last time she travelled to Paris was in 2011.
She has ____________________________________________________________________________
8. “I’m sorry I damaged the tape recorder, Mike,” said Bob.
Bob apologized ______________________________________________________________________
9. They say that elephants have good memories.
Elephants __________________________________________________________________________
10. It’s a pity that you don’t understand how I feel about you.
If only _____________________________________________________________________________
This is the end of the test.
TAN TUC HIGH SHOOL
ANSWER KEY_ FINAL ENGLISH TEST- SEMESTER 2 - GRADE 12
Date of Testing: 28/12/2020
PART A: Multiple Choice (7 pts.)
PART B: REWRITE (2 pts.)
1. He keeps delaying going to the dentist. (put)
He keeps putting off going to the dentist.
2. The last time she travelled to Paris was in 2011.
She has not travelled to Paris since 2011.
3. “I’m sorry I damaged the tape recorder, Mike,” said
Bob. Bob apologized to Mike for damaging the
tape recorder.
4. They say that elephants have good memories.
Elephants are said to have good memories.
5. It’s a pity that you don’t understand how I feel about
you. If only you understood how I feel about you.
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