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ĐỀ CƯƠNG GIỮA KỲ 2

Total questions: 157

Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

a)

endangered

b)

destroyed       

c)

damaged         

d)

provided

2.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

a)

chemical

b)

which

c)

change

d)

 each

3.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

a)

protect

b)

commercial    

c)

construction

d)

climate

4.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

a)

picture

b)

action

c)

question

d)

future

5.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

a)

swallow

b)

below

c)

slowly

d)

 allow

6.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

a)

reading           

b)

easy

c)

pleasure

d)

please

7.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

a)

killed

b)

enjoyed

c)

described

d)

digested

8.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

a)

water

b)

swimming      

c)

between

d)

rowing

9.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

a)

punch

b)

synchronized

c)

March

d)

touching

10.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

a)

success

b)

enthusiast

c)

support

d)

surprise

11.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

a)

southern

b)

athlete

c)

both    

d)

enthusiasm

12.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

a)

organize

b)

spirit

c)

title

d)

surprising

13.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

a)

passed

b)

managed

c)

cleared

d)

threatened

14.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

a)

finished

b)

cooked

c)

attended

d)

laughed

15.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

a)

linked

b)

declared

c)

finished

d)

developed

16.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

temperature

b)

serious

c)

awareness

d)

chemical

17.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

ability

b)

agriculture

c)

development    

d)

contaminate

18.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

government

b)

agency

c)

benefit

d)

diversity

19.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

disappearance

b)

vulnerable

c)

conservation

d)

generation

20.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

current

b)

global

c)

crisis

d)

mankind

21.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

entertainment

b)

information

c)

difficulty

d)

understanding

22.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

swallow

b)

subject

c)

digest

d)

enough

23.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

imagine

b)

important

c)

example

d)

wonderful

24.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

different

b)

carefully

c)

holiday

d)

reviewer

25.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

a)

occur

b)

listen

c)

apply

d)

prefer

26.

He has all the right ____ for the job.

a)

certificates

b)

degrees

c)

diplomas

d)

qualifications

27.

Before we apply for any jobs, we need to prepare a good CV and a ____ very carefully.

a)

resume

b)

job interview

c)

covering letter overing

d)

reference

28.

 Employers always want job ____ to be able to demonstrate their skills and qualities.

a)

employees

b)

workers

c)

staff

d)

applicants

29.

There are usually a lot of job seekers applying for one position. Only a few of them are ____ for an interview.

a)

shortlisted

b)

listed

c)

screened

d)

tested

30.

My application was not successful; there were more than 4,000 applicants and only 20 were selected. I realized that apprenticeship were very ____.

a)

demanding

b)

crowding

c)

competitive

d)

difficult 104

31.

When preparing a CV, university ____ can consider attaching a separate report about official work experience during the course.

a)

graduates

b)

leavers

c)

candidates

d)

applicants

32.

An apprentice is required to do several years' ____.

a)

coaching

b)

education

c)

formation

d)

training

33.

According to everyone in the ____, she's a very good boss.

a)

apartment

b)

compartment

c)

department

d)

employment

34.

She's looking for a better position with another ____.

a)

association

b)

firm

c)

house

d)

society

35.

It's wise to think about choosing a ____ before leaving school.

a)

business

b)

career

c)

living

d)

profession

36.

A doctor is a member of a respected ____.

a)

occupation

b)

profession

c)

trade

d)

work

37.

If you want a job, you have to ____ for one.

a)

applicate

b)

apply

c)

ask

d)

request

38.

You'll probably have to ____ an application form.

a)

fill down

b)

fill in

c)

fill on

d)

fill through

39.

Some of my work is interesting, but a lot of it is just ____.

a)

habit

b)

practice

c)

tradition

d)

routine

40.

If you are paid monthly, rather than weekly, you receive ____.

a)

revenue

b)

reward

c)

a salary

d)

wages

41.

The purpose of running a business is to make a ____.

a)

service

b)

profit

c)

money

d)

contribution

42.

Many young people travel all over the world and do all kinds of jobs before they ____.

a)

lie down

b)

settle down

c)

touch down

d)

put down

43.

In Britain, people are usually unwilling to tell other people how much they ____.

a)

earn

b)

obtain

c)

deserves

d)

gain

44.

If you're a(n) ____ you have to do what your boss tells you.

a)

director

b)

employee

c)

employer

d)

manager

45.

You can earn more money by working ____.

a)

extraordinary hours

b)

overhours

c)

overtime

d)

supplementary hours

46.

It's difficult these days for a young person to find a well-paid ____ job.

a)

eternal

b)

reliable

c)

permanent

d)

stable

47.

She was ____ after three years with the company.

a)

advanced

b)

raised

c)

elevated

d)

promoted

48.

High intelligent machines can be automated to operate without human ____.

a)

intervene

b)

intervening

c)

intervention

d)

interventionist

49.

The old astronomer patiently made his ____ and wrote down what he saw.

a)

observation

b)

observatory

c)

observe

d)

observer

50.

One of the popular ____ used in smartphones at present is voice recognition.

a)

applicant

b)

applicable

c)

applications

d)

apply

51.

If there are aliens out there, do you think they are much more ____ advanced than we are?

a)

technological

b)

technologically

c)

technology

d)

technologies

52.

____ have announced that a major breakthrough has been made.

a)

Research

b)

Researchers

c)

Researches

d)

Researching

53.

I wish you would ____ the TV and go outside and get some exercise.

a)

call off

b)

give off

c)

put off

d)

turn off

54.

Scientists are trying to ____ out the ways to reduce pollution from aircraft.

a)

break

b)

call

c)

turn

d)

work

55.

I'll ____ you ____ you to our research department. Please hold on.

a)

put - away

b)

put - out

c)

put - through

d)

put - up

56.

No wonder the vacuum cleaner isn't working. You haven't ____ it ____.

a)

brought - in

b)

given - in        

c)

plugged - in    

d)

pulled - in

57.

Whoever ____ up with that idea should have won the Nobel Prize.

a)

came

b)

caught

c)

kept

d)

put

58.

Ten million text messages are sent on ____ every minute.

a)

account

b)

average

c)

common

d)

general

59.

Astronomers have ____ a new planet outside our galaxy.

a)

invented

b)

unearthed

c)

developed

d)

discovered

60.

____ is a type of book or film showing space travel of life on other planets, based on imagined scientific discoveries of the future.

a)

Epic

b)

Fiction

c)

Non-fiction

d)

Science fiction

61.

Unluckily, David's dangerous and incredible journey in search of the Blue Fairy is in ____.

a)

advance

b)

danger

c)

end

d)

vain

62.

Most scientists believe that the day when robots become part of our lives will come ____.

a)

from time to time       

b)

more or less

c)

sooner or later

d)

later than never

63.

Do you know who ____ the fact that sound travels in waves?

a)

developed

b)

discovered

c)

found

d)

invented

64.

I'm thinking of getting a fax ____.

a)

engine

b)

instrument

c)

machine

d)

motor

65.

The ____ of the outbreak of the disease is still unknown.

a)

aim

b)

cause

c)

motive

d)

reason

66.

GPS systems help a lot of people ____ on land, on the sea, and in the air.

a)

inform

b)

interfere

c)

navigate

d)

reunite

67.

After the power failure last night, the washing machine started to ____, so I had to wash the clothes by hands.

a)

make noise     

b)

malfunction

c)

operate

d)

work

68.

FM is a method of ____ signals, especially in radio broadcasting.

a)

transacting

b)

transferring

c)

transmitting

d)

translating

69.

UFO is an acronym for ____ Flying Object.

a)

Unidentified

b)

Unimaginative

c)

Unknown

d)

Unique

70.

The biggest fear is that humans might ____ control over robots.

a)

gain

b)

keep

c)

lose

d)

take

71.

Researchers have ____ to the conclusion that your personality is affected by your genes.

a)

arrived

b)

come

c)

got

d)

reached

72.

The telescope will photograph distant galaxies, ____ attempt to understand their past.

a)

in

b)

for

c)

on

d)

with

73.

It is likely that artificial intelligence might decide to ____ an end to humanity simply because it surpasses human intelligence.

a)

come

b)

make

c)

put

d)

take

74.

A.I. robots are ____ of having human emotions

a)

able

b)

capable

c)

efficient

d)

fond

75.

I don't think people should be allowed to ____ experiments on animals.

a)

create

b)

make

c)

perform

d)

produce

76.

My work is challenging, of course, because it involves both a sales function and a technique function.

a)

fascinating

b)

rewarding

c)

stimulating

d)

demanding

77.

She's doing well so she was promoted last year. Now she's in charge of a small team of four people.

a)

controls

b)

supervises

c)

takes over       

d)

rules

78.

Somebody looks at the detailed specification for the installation and then another colleague researches the cost of the labor and materials.

a)

co-worker

b)

employee

c)

staff

d)

supervisor

79.

I've been working here for over ten years now and I'm on first-name terms with everyone, even the CEO.

a)

getting on

b)

happy

c)

having an informal/friendly relationship       

d)

satisfied

80.

Jane used to be very excellent as a child and now she's the CEO of a big multi-national company. However, her brother is a blue-collar worker in a small local factory.

a)

mental

b)

low-paid         

c)

manual

d)

regular

81.

Employers usually look for candidates who have qualifications and relevant experience.

a)

excellent

b)

rich

c)

appropriate

d)

extensive

82.

I registered with some online employment agencies, and they found a vacancy almost immediately.

a)

work

b)

an available job

c)

career

d)

place

83.

Jacob was made redundant last month due to his company's downsizing policy. He's on a short-term contract with a medium-sized company at the moment.

a)

permanent

b)

temporary

c)

part-time

d)

full-time

84.

When applying for a certain job, you'll be at an advantage if you have hands-on experience.

a)

relevant

b)

prior

c)

practical

d)

considerable

85.

When the factory closed, over a hundred people were made redundant.

a)

fired

b)

sacked

c)

laid off

d)

appointed

86.

Internet search engines can help to predict the weather as well as traffic jams in a city.

a)

announce

b)

expect

c)

forecast

d)

reveal

87.

Ray Kurzweil suggests that exponential technological development will lead to the inevitable rise of artificial intelligence.

a)

inapplicable

b)

unavoidable

c)

unrecognizable

d)

invisible

88.

Advanced technologies may make humanity insignificant both in life and work.

a)

Future

b)

Radical

c)

Sophisticated

d)

Unconventional

89.

A.I. techniques help medical doctors to discover subtle interactions between medications that put patience in jeopardy because of their serious side effect.

a)

at risk

b)

in reality

c)

under control

d)

under pressure

90.

A.I. algorithms can also help to detect faces and other features in photo sent to social networking sites and automatically organize them.

a)

categorize

b)

connect

c)

recognize

d)

remind

91.

Should you hire a full-time employee on a permanent contract?

a)

long-term       

b)

long-lasting

c)

temporary

d)

limited

92.

If the candidates can perform well and impress the interviewers during the interview, they can be recruited.

a)

taken on         

b)

dismissed

c)

employed

d)

chosen

93.

To become a librarian, you need to be really well-organized.

a)

in order

b)

neat and tidy

c)

compassionate

d)

messy

94.

What exactly are white collar workers? They are people who work in offices and administrative positions.

a)

manual

b)

intellectual

c)

official

d)

desk-job

95.

Most, not to say all of the employers want to look for candidates with punctuality, so make sure you make a positive impression on them by showing up on time for the interview.

a)

good time management

b)

ability to meet deadlines

c)

being late

d)

being in time

96.

The critical issue is whether genuine artificial intelligence can ever be truly realized.

a)

authentic

b)

fake

c)

unpretentious

d)

true

97.

Smart robots have replaced humans in stressful and hazardous jobs and in assembly lines.

a)

dangerous

b)

risky

c)

safe

d)

perilous

98.

Professor Stephen Hawking thinks the primitive forms of A.I. which have been developed so far have already proved very useful.

a)

basic

b)

modern

c)

original

d)

recent

99.

Kurzweil believes that there could be tiny robots called nanobots implanted into our brains to improve our memory.

a)

inserted in      

b)

fixed in

c)

removed from

d)

replaced with

100.

Do you really think humans will be exterminated when more and more intelligent machines are invented in the future?

a)

killed

b)

restored

c)

resurrected

d)

wiped out

101.

I've never eaten such a strange thing ____ this before.

a)

similar

b)

as

c)

same

d)

look like

102.

By the time we get there, the film ____.

a)

starts

b)

started

c)

will start

d)

 will have started

103.

If we don't protect these rare species, they ____ by 2030s.

a)

die out

b)

will die out

c)

will have died out

d)

have died out

104.

Next December, they ____ for twenty years.

a)

will have been married           

b)

have been married

c)

are married

d)

were married

105.

By the time you come home, I ____ the decorating.

a)

have finished

b)

will have finished

c)

are finishing

d)

finished

106.

Jim and Laura ____ here for four years next June.

a)

have lived

b)

will live

c)

will be living

d)

will have lived

107.

This chess game is going to last ages. They ____ it until midnight.

a)

won't have finished

b)

will finish

c)

have finished

d)

finish

108.

____ this book by the time it is due back to the library?

a)

Will you read

b)

Will you have read

c)

Will you be reading

d)

Have you read

109.

My sister ____ her laptop serviced last weekend.

a)

did

b)

got

c)

made

d)

took

110.

You should ____ a professional to check your house for earthquake damage.

a)

have

b)

get

c)

make

d)

take

111.

We ____ a cable TV put in this week.

a)

are having      

b)

get

c)

have

d)

have got

112.

The dishwasher isn't working again, so my mother is thinking of having ____.

a)

it repaired

b)

it repairing

c)

repaired it

d)

. repairing it

113.

We ____ while we were on holiday.

a)

had our alarm system stolen

b)

had stolen our alarm system

c)

got stolen our alarm system   

d)

were stolen our alarm system

114.

The A.I. expert wanted to have his assistant ____ the newly made robot.

a)

activate

b)

activated

c)

activating

d)

to activate

115.

Kelly wanted a live band ____ at her wedding.

a)

been playing

b)

to play

c)

played

d)

to be played

116.

I spoke to Victor last night and he said he ____ while he was on holiday

a)

got stolen his phone

b)

had his phone stolen

c)

had stolen his phone

d)

was got his phone stolen

117.

Why don't you ____ when you install this new electric gadget?

a)

get Aaron help

b)

have Aaron help

c)

have Aaron helped     

d)

have got Aaron help

118.

As soon as Dad ____, we can leave

a)

got the car to start

b)

has got the car started

c)

got started the car

d)

was got starting the car

119.

My teeth were little yellow, so I ____ by the dentist.

a)

had cleaned them

b)

had them cleaned

c)

have them cleaned

d)

was cleaned them

120.

Can we ____ this summer?

a)

get installed air-conditioning

b)

get air-conditioning to install

c)

have air-conditioning installed          

d)

have installed air-conditioning

121.

"Don't come to the interview late," my mom said.

a)

My mom told me do not come to the interview late.

b)

My mom told me did not come to the interview late.

c)

My mom told me not to come to the interview late.

d)

My mom told me not coming to the interview late.

122.

"I will help you with your CV, Mary," Peter said.

a)

Peter advised Mary to write the CV.

b)

Peter promised to help Mary with her CV.

c)

Peter advised Mary not to write her CV.

d)

Peter wanted Mary to help with the CV.

123.

If you saw a layer, he'd advise you ____ legal action.

a)

take

b)

taking

c)

 to take

d)

for taking

124.

The boss ____ because he was always behind the deadlines.

a)

threatened to dismiss him

b)

suggested him to dismiss

c)

threatened him to dismiss

d)

 promised him to dismiss

125.

Stephen ____ me he'd bought that suit in a sale.

a)

said

b)

spoke

c)

told

d)

claimed

126.

The old man warned the young boys ____ in the deep river.

a)

to swim

b)

not to swim

c)

don't swim

d)

against not swimming

127.

The more ideas you have, _______ you will develop.

a)

the projects more

b)

the more projects

c)

projects more

d)

more projects

128.

______ Elton John became, the more difficult it was for him to avoid reporters.

a)

The most famous

b)

The more famous

c)

The more famously

d)

More famous

129.

_______ are becoming fed up with the corruption in government.

a)

More and more

b)

More people and more people

c)

More and less people

d)

More and more people

130.

The more carefully you plan, _______ the result will be.

a)

better

b)

the more well

c)

better and better

d)

the better

131.

The more forests we cut down, _______ the Earth becomes.

a)

the hotter

b)

the hottest

c)

the most hotly

d)

the hoter

132.

The more flowers you grow, _______ your garden will be.

a)

more pretty

b)

the more pretty

c)

the prettier

d)

prettier

133.

The harder you work, _______ you will obtain results.

a)

the more rapidly

b)

more rapidly than

c)

the more rapid

d)

the most rapidly

134.

The more money he makes, _______ things he buys.

a)

more expensive

b)

the more expensive

c)

most expensive

d)

the most expensive

135.

As soon as we will arrive, we will unpack the car.

a)

As soon as

b)

will arrive

c)

will unpack

d)

the

136.

By this time next week, I am lying on a beach on the Bahamas.

a)

By this time

b)

I am

c)

on a beach

d)

Bahamas

137.

The more better I study about endangered species, the more I worry about their extinction

a)

more better

b)

study about

c)

the more I worry

d)

their extinction

138.

The warmer the weather get around the world, the faster the polar ice caps will melt.

a)

The warmer

b)

get around the world

c)

the faster

d)

will melt.

139.

The more renewable energy sources we use, the more better our living conditions will become.

a)

The more

b)

we use

c)

the more better

d)

will become.

140.

Last night, she stays up so late to study for her exams.

a)

stays

b)

so

c)

to study

d)

her

141.

She is a confidential and practiced speaker who always impresses her audience.

a)

confidential

b)

practiced

c)

impresses

d)

audience

142.

My sister finally got his own favorite piano to practice every day.

a)

finally

b)

his

c)

to practice

d)

every

143.

A good artist like a good engineer learns as much from their mistakes as from successes.

a)

like

b)

as

c)

their

d)

from

144.

The passengers, tired after a very long trip, was relaxing in every available seat in the airport

a)

The

b)

very

c)

was relaxing

d)

available

145.

He didn’t meet her even one time since they said good bye together .

a)

didn’t meet

b)

even

c)

one time

d)

said

146.

He was so exhausted that he felt asleep at his desk.

a)

so

b)

exhausted

c)

felt asleep

d)

at

147.

Caroline has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it.

a)

 has worn

b)

yellow

c)

once

d)

buys

148.

The puppy stood up slowly, wagged their tail, blinked its eyes, and barked.

a)

slowly

b)

their

c)

blinked

d)

and

149.

My brother usually asked me for help when he has difficulty with his homework.

a)

asked

b)

when

c)

has

d)

homework

150.

"What an imaginative essay you've written, Matt!” – “____”

a)

That's the least I could do.     

b)

Actually, I don't mind.

c)

Thanks, it's nice of you to say so.      

d)

Sorry, just my luck!

151.

“It was very kind of you to help me with the difficult homework!"

a)

Oh, don't mention it.

b)

Sorry, I don't know.

c)

That sounds nice

d)

Thanks a lot.

152.

“Congratulations! You did a great job!” “ ____”

a)

It's my pleasure.

b)

You're welcome.

c)

 It's nice of you to say so.

d)

That's OK.

153.

A: “What a beautiful wedding dress you are wearing today, Daisy!"

      B: “____”

a)

I'm sorry to hear that.

b)

Thanks, it’s nice of you to say so.

c)

Don't mention it.        

d)

Thanks for your gift!

154.

A: "Let’s go and cheer for their happiness today!"

      B: “____”

a)

No, thanks.

b)

Have a go, please.      

c)

That’s a good idea!

d)

It’s too late.

155.

What a wonderful party!

a)

I am fine. Thank you!

b)

I don't know. Let me check.

c)

I am happy you like it.

d)

Same to you. Thanks!

156.

A: Thanks a lot for fixing the computer for me!

      B: ____

a)

You will be welcome!

b)

It's my pleasure to help you!

c)

Safe and sound!         

d)

You must say again!

157.

A: Your new smartphone looks so nice!

      B: ____

a)

I'm glad you like it.

b)

Don't mention it.

c)

It doesn't matter.

d)

Don't worry about it.