Đề thi giữa HK2 môn Tiếng Anh 11 CTST năm 2023-2024

Post Office service is (1) _______ developing with some certain inventions. The first envelopes were made (2) _________ cloth, animal skins, or vegetable parts. The Babylonians wrapped their messages in thin sheets of clay that were then baked. In 1653, a Frenchman, De Valayer established a postal system in Paris. He set up mail boxes and delivered any letters placed in them if they used envelopes which only he sold. (3) ______ enemy put live mice into the letter boxes and ruined De Valayer's business.

A schoolmaster from England, Rowland Hill (4) ________ the adhesive postage stamp in 1837, an act for (5) _______ he was knighted. Through his efforts the first stamp in the world was issued in England in 1840. Hill created the first uniform postage rates that were based on weight, rather than size.

Câu 1:

Post Office service is (1) _______ developing with some certain inventions. 

A. more

B. more and more

C. the more

D. the most

Câu 2:

The first envelopes were made (2) _________ cloth, animal skins, or vegetable parts. 

A. in

B. for

C. of

D. about

Câu 3:

(3) ______ enemy put live mice into the letter boxes and ruined De Valayer's business.

A. An

B. A

C. The

D. Ø

Câu 4:

A schoolmaster from England, Rowland Hill (4) ________ the adhesive postage stamp in 1837

A. operated

B. worked

C. invented

D. examined

Câu 5:

an act for (5) _______ he was knighted.

A. what

B. that

C. whom

D. which

Scientists around the world have been studying the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean known as EL Nino. The appearance of EL Nino is known to affect the weather around the world. Scientists still do not completely understand it. Yet they now find they can use it to tell about the future in different areas of the world.

One example is the work of two scientists at Columbia University in New York, Mark Cane and Gordon Eshel. A scientist of Zimbabwe, Roger Buckland worked with them. They have found that when EL Nino appears, Zimbabwe has little or no rain. This means corn crops in Zimbabwe are poor. The last EL Nino was in 1991 to 1993. That was when southeastern suffered a serious lack of rain.

The scientists wrote about their recent work in the publication "Nature". Their computer program can tell when an EL Nino will develop up to a year before it does. They suggest that this could provide an effective early warning system for southern Africa, and could prevent many people from starving.

Câu 6:

EL Nino is known as ________.

A. the changing of the weather in the southern Africa.

B. the warming of waters in the pacific Ocean.

C. the weather which brings drought to Africa.

D. the weather phenomenon that brings heavy rains to Africa.

Câu 7:

Scientists study EL Nino in order that they can _______.

A. tell why Zimbabwe has little rain.

B. do some research work in this field.

C. put all this information into their computers.

D. provide a kind of early warning to the place that will suffer drought.

Câu 8:

Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?

A. Nature is the name of the article written recently by the scientists.

B. Scientists know when an EL Nino appears by means of a computer program.

C. The computer is used in this research work.

D. The scientists published their results of the research work.

Câu 9:

Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A. Scientists understand thoroughly about EL Nino.

B. EL Nino affects the weather in some parts of the world.

C. Africa suffered a serious lack of rain from 1991 to 1993.

D. The scientists did not do anything about EL Nino.

Câu 10:

What is the best title for this reading?

A. Early Warning System.

B. Weather in Africa.

C. Appearance of EL Nino Predictable.

D. Drought in Zimbabwe.

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently

Câu 11:

A. consume

B. nuclear

C. fuel

D. polluted

Câu 12:

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: however, heat, exhausted, hundred

A. however

B. heat

C. exhausted

D. hundred

Câu 13:

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: food, noodles, bamboo, flood

A. food

B. noodles

C. bamboo

D. flood

Choose one word whose stress pattern is different

Câu 14:

A. spacious

B. office

C. service

D. equip

Câu 15:

Choose one word whose stress pattern is different: nuclear, convenient, release, supplies

A. nuclear

B. convenient

C. release

D. supplies

Câu 16:

Choose one word whose stress pattern is different: chemical, footprint, sustain, necessary

A. chemical

B. footprint

C. sustain

D. necessary

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences

Câu 17:

A. release

B. make

C. renew

D. power

Câu 18:

If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our _____ service will help you.

A. facsimile

B. express mail

C. messenger call

D. postal

Câu 19:

The amount of solar energy that reaches the earth depends _________ the atmosphere.

A. to

B. with

C. on

D. in

Câu 20:

The post office offers the ______ Mail Service which is particularly fast.

A. Express

B. Secure

C. Efficient

D. Reliable

Câu 21:

If the wind does not blow, there is no_____wind energy.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. Ø

Câu 22:

National Parks are established to create the environment for rare animals to survive and ______ offspring.

A. supply

B. produce

C. increase

D. offer

Câu 23:

She was the first women _______in this way.

A. to killed

B. was killed

C. to be killed

D. is killed

Câu 24:

Our house ______ in the storm last night.

A. is destroyed

B. were destroyed

C. destroyed

D. was destroyed

Câu 25:

Last night, he _______ me for _______  late.

A. apologized / arriving

B. apologizes / arriving

C. apologized / to arrive

D. was apologized / arriving

Câu 26:

We _______ an exercise on the present continuous tense at the moment.

A. doing

B. is doing

C. are doing

D. did

Câu 27:

If people _________ the rules, there are no more accidents.

A. follow

B. take care of

C. obey

D. remember

Câu 28:

How far is his house______the city center?

A. in

B. for

C. at

D. from

Câu 29:

Express Money Transfer is one of the quickest ways ______help us to send money.

A. who

B. whose

C. when

D. that

Câu 30:

______ fax transmission is commonly used in most offices.

A. A

B. An

C. The

D. Ø

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

Câu 31:

A. inexpensive

B. affordable

C. cheap

D. exorbitant

Câu 32:

Visitors with more abundant travel budgets can enjoy the comfort of five-star hotels and luxury cruise ships.

A. huge

B. plentiful

C. mean

D. tight

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s)in each of the following questions

Câu 33:

A. style

B. convenience

C. grace

D. standard

Câu 34:

He’s really delighted with his success.

A. pleased

B. angry

C. entertained

D. annoyed

Find the mistake in the following sentences

Câu 35:

A. of

B. on

C. was

D. previous

Câu 36:

It is very difficult for her to prevent him for smoking in her house.

A. very

B. for

C. prevent

D. for smoking

Choose the correct sentence

Câu 37:

A. Having been friends for years, we find quite easy to share secrets between us.

B. We have been friends for years so that it is quite easy to share secrets between us.

C. Being friends for years, we find it quite easy to share secrets between us.

D. We find it quite easy to share secrets, being friends.

Câu 38:

We got lost because we forgot to take a map with us.

A. Unless we had forgotten to take the map with us, we would have got lost

B. If we had remembered to take a map with us, we wouldn't have got lost.

C. Had we not forgotten to take the map with us, we would have got lost.

D. If we had remembered to take a map with us, we would have got lost.

Câu 39:

“You have just got a promotion, haven’t you? Congratulations!” Peter said to his friend.

A. Peter dream of getting promotion.

B. Peter told his friend if his friend getting a promotion.

C. Peter asked his friend on getting a promotion.

D. Peter congratulated his friend on getting a promotion.

Câu 40:

She is very intelligent. She can solve all the problems in no time.

A. So intelligent is he that she can solve all the problems in no time.

B. She is very intelligent that she can solve all the problems in no time.

C. An intelligent student is she that she can solve all the problems in no time.

D. So intelligent a student is she that she can solve all the problems in no time.