Đề thi giữa kì 2 Tiếng Anh 11 English Discovery - Đề số 2

Choose the word that has a different stressed syllable from the rest.

1. A. suspension B. transport C. continent D. valley

2. A. determined B. management C. emotional D. shampoo

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

3. A. opportunity B. social C. emotional D. goal

4. A. traffic B. transport C. cable D. collapse

Choose the best option (A, B, C, D) to complete each of the following sentences.

5. You should avoid traveling during ________ because the roads will be crowded with traffic.

A. hurry hours B. rush hour C. rushing hour D. busy minutes

6. I _____ to school by bus. But my dad _____ a car 2 years ago and now he always gives me a ride.

A. went/ bought B. used to go/ would buy

C. used to go/ used to buy D. used to go/ bought

7. We reached Mu Cang Chai later than expected as we _____ in the traffic for nearly 2 hours.

A. got stuck B. getting stuck C. stuck D. get stuck

8. The _____ were so confusing as we constantly had to change our directions.

A. windy paths B. dirty track C. dirty tracks D. winding paths

9. We found a ______ which would save about an hour of driving.

A. lift B. shortcut C. streets D. shorter ways

10. In the past, there _____ any suspension bridges and it was difficult to cross the river.

A. would be B. didn’t use to be C. used to be D. wouldn’t

11. I spent all of my __________ this week to buy a concert ticket.

A. savings B. pocket money C. payment D. management

12. __________ all your money on sales days every month is not wise.

A. Spend B. Spending C. Having spent D. Spent

13. Yesterday, __________ sick, she had to stay home from school.

A. having been B. has been C. being D. was

14. If you want to __________ your dream, you will have to work hard.

A. respect B. achieve C. earn D. pay

15. Do we need to book a table or can we just ______ up at the restaurant at about 8 o'clock?

A. turn B. walk C. go D. look

Give the correct form of each word in brackets.

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16. We were so late that they had cancelled our ________ and rooms are fully booked until tomorrow.

(RESERVE)

17. Our plane is delayed, and we've been waiting in this ________ lounge for hours! (DEPART)

18. Not until the last day, and then I had a really big __________ with my sister. (ARGUE)

19. It's important that parents should encourage _________ in their children. They should lead their own life.

(DEPENDENT)

20. She is an intelligent and ______ girl. She has quite good decision-making skills. (DECIDE)

Read the text about the influence of travel on brainpower and match each paragraph (A-E) with the correct

headings.

Travel broadens the mind, but can it change the brain?

A. Research shows that taking a gap year or going abroad can positively influence your brain and make it

more open to new ideas. Traveling abroad, you can make new friends and gain stories to tell. But that’s not

all: you can also improve your brainpower.

B. It is suggested by research that those who have lived abroad are more creative. Evidence has been found

to support this argument. “Someone who lives abroad and doesn’t immerse in the local culture will likely get

less of a creative boost than someone who travels abroad and really engages in the local environment,” he

says.

C. The results also showed that when they returned home after traveling, travelers also tended to show an

increase in openness to new experiences, agreeableness and emotional stability. Tom Champion, 26, a student

from the University of Sheffield who is studying in Singapore for 18 months, says he has become more

accepting and compassionate since living abroad. “Seeing the world through a foreigner’s eyes has led me

to realize my previously invisible cultural habits and gain an ability to understand others,” he says.

D. Moving abroad also allows young adults to gain a sense of responsibility and independence. Nikitha …