Đề kiểm tra Tiếng Anh 12 - Học kì 1

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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 each of the following questions.

Question 1:

s

s

   A. expand     B. travel

s

s

   C. appoint     D. animal

Question 2:

a

a

   A. stgnant      B. vcancy

a

a

   C. chrity      D. hbitat

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 each of the following questions.

Question 3:

   A. argument      B. marvellous

   C. sacrifice      D. supportive

Question 4:

   A. swallow      B. approach

   C. nonsense      D. nursery

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.

Question 5:

I’m sorry because I’ve lost the key to the drawer _____ all the important papers are kept.

   A. which      B. whose

   C. who       D. where

Question 6:

Mary ______ with her dolls when she was younger.

   A. used to play

   B. is used to playing

   C. used to playing

   D. is used to play

Question 7:

Susana is fed ______ with the housework.

   A. of      B. up

   C. at      D. on

Question 8:

If I were you, I _____ for that English course.

   A. would have applied

   B. will apply

   C. would apply

   D. should apply

Question 9:

My sister ______ for you for an hour.

   A. was looking

   B. is looking

   C. has been looking

   D. looked

Question 10:

She wrote her composition carefully to avoid ______ mistakes.

   A. to make     B. made

   C. making     D. will make

Question 11:

The employer suffered from depression _____ by overwork and ill-health.

   A. brought on

   B. taken up

   C. come about

   D. put through

Question 12:

Tom painted his room black. It looks dark and deary. He _____ a different color.

   A. should choose

   B. must have chosen

   C. should have chosen

   D. has to choose

Question 13:

The investors bought a deserted warehouse ______ convert it into a shopping mall for the townspeople.

   A. so that

   B. lest they may

   C. with a view to

   D. in order to

Question 14:

She is _____ than her sister.

   A. the most beautiful

   B. more beautiful

   C. beautifully

   D. the beautiful

Question 15:

I don’t think Peter will reject that job offer, ______?

   A. do I

   B. will he

   C. don’t I

   D. won’t he

Question 16:

I heard _____ that Jack has been dropped from the basket team.

   A. in the woods

   B. on the olive branch

   C. on the grapevine

   D. under your feet

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

Question 17:

driving force

Parents play a crucial role in a child’s upbringing in the formative years. They are really the behind whatever the children do.

   A. motivation     B. completion

   C. progress        D. satisfaction

Question 18:

join hands

We should to protect our environment.

   A. take up

   B. put up

   C. work together

   D. make decisions

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

Question 19:

well-off

She was brought up in a family. She can’t understand the problems we are facing.

   A. kind      B. poor

   C. rich      D. wealthy

Question 20:

get into hot water

James may when driving at full speed after drinking.

   A. get into trouble

   B. fall into disuse

   C. remain calm

   D. stay safe

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Question 21:

– Tom: “Would you like a cup of tea?” – Linda: “______.”

   A. Yes, help youself

   B. Yes, do it yourself

   C. Yes, please

   D. Yes, that’s a good idea

Question 22:

– John: “What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary.” – Mary: “______.”

   A. I don’t like your saying.

   B. Thank you very much, i’m afraid.

   C. Thank you for your compliment.

   D. You are telling a lie.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 23:

She had only just put the phone down when her boss rang back.

   A. Hardly had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

   B. No sooner had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

   C. Hardly did she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

   D. Hardly she had put the phone down when her boss rang back.

Question 24:

People rumour that the leader has been suffering from a rare disease.

   A. A rare disease is rumoured to be causing suffering to the leader.

   B. It was rumoured that the leader has been suffering from a rare disease.

   C. The leader is rumoured to have been suffering from a rare disease.

   D. The leader has been rumoured to suffer from a rare disease.

Question 25:

“No, I won’t go to work at the weekend.” Said Sally.

   A. Sally apologized for not going to work at the weekend.

   B. Sally regretted not going to work at the weekend.

   C. Sally refused to go to work at the weekend.

   D. Sally promised to go to work at the weekend.

Question 26:

John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.

   A. John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.

   B. Because of his illness, John shouldn’t have been hare yesterday.

   C. John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.

   D. Although John was ill yesterday, he need be here.

Question 27:

Mary loved her stuffed animal when she was young. She couldn’t sleep without it.

   A. As Mary couldn’t sleep without her stuffed animal when she was young, she loved it.

   B. When Mary was young, she loved her stuffed animal so as not to sleep without it.

   C. When Mary was young, she loved her stuffed animal so much that she couldn’t sleep without it.

   D. When Mary was young, she loved her stuffed animal although that she couldn’t sleep without it.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D in your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 28:

Education

an

in getting

to have

(A) and training are (B) important steps (C) the kind of job that you would like (D).

Question 29:

believe

living

breathe

eating

   Optimists (A) that in the future we will be (B) in a cleaner environment, (C) fresher air and (D) healthier food.

Question 30:

Several

apparent

man’s mind

listen

(A) people have (B) tried to change the (C), but he refuses to (D).

Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.

(31)

   From a very early age, it was apparent that Magnus Carlen was a brilliant chess player. By the age of 13, Magnus was _______ to be one of the best chess players in the world, and his parents wanted him to reach his full potential as a professional chess player.

(32)

(33)

(34)

   This meant their son had to develop a lifestyle of strict _____ which included many hours of practice. Only this way could he become a world champion, ______ Magnus’s parents supported him that they did not want him to devote his whole life to chess. They felt that if he focused only on chess, he would sufer both physically and emotionally. They made it clear to him that thay had no intention on letting their son drop out of school. He was also encouraged to follow his interest in sports. As a rest time of his _____ , when Magnus graduate from high school in 2009, he was not only the best chess player in the world, but he was also awarded the title of “sport-student of the year” for his achievements in snowboarding and golf.

(35)

(36)

   Today, Magnus gives ______ to his parents for the way they raised him. They set rules, they never _____ with his ambitions. Instead they gave him the support and encouragement he needed to achieve his goals and still be a happy young man.

Question 31:

   A. decided      B. regarded

   C. counted      D. considered

Question 32:

   A. discipline      B. order

   C. behavior        D. effort

Question 33:

   A. Since        B. Although

   C. Because      D. Until

Question 34:

   A. prepration      B. environment

   C. upbringing      D. treatment

Question 35:

   A. credit      B. approval

   C. trust        D. attention

Question 36:

   A. prevented       B. opposed

   C. mistrusted      D. interfered

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

purging

   The air above our head is becoming cleaner. A breath of fresh air has been running right round the planet for the past five years. The planet is apparently itself of pollution. Paul Novell of the University of Colorado, the co-author of a report on this phenomenon says, “It seems as if the planet’s own cleaning service has suddenly got a new lease of life. Suddenly, there are a lot of changes going on up there”.

   Estimates of the death toll from urban smog have been steadily rising, so the new cleaner trend could have significant consequences for life expectancy in cities as well as for the planet itself. The sudden and unexpected reversal of several decades of worsening pollution extends from the air in city streets to the remotest mid-Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.

   Among the pollutants which have begun to disappear from the atmosphere are carbon monoxide, from car exhaust and burning rain forests, and methane from the guts of cattle, paddy fields, and gas fields. Even carbon dioxide, the main gas behind global warning, has fallen slightly.

   There are two theories about why pollution is disappearing. First that there is less pollution to start with due to laws to cut down urban smogs and acid rain starting to have a global impact. Second, that the planet may be becoming more efficient at cleaning up.

It

   The main planetary clean-up agent is a chemical called hydroxyl. is present throughout the atmosphere in tiny quantities and removes most pollutants from the air by oxidizing them. The amount of hydroxyl in the air has fallen by a quarter in 1980s. Now it may be reviving for two reasons: ironically, because the ozone hole has expanded, letting in more ultraviolet radiation into the lower atmosphere, where it manufactures hydroxyl. Then the stricter controls on vehicle exhausts in America and Europe may have cut global carbon monoxide emissions, thereby allowing more hydroxyl to clean up other pollutants.

Question 37:

Based on information in the passage, all of the following information referring to hydroxyl is true EXCEPT __________.

   A. oxidization of pollutants is carried out by hydroxyl.

   B. ultraviolet radiation increases production of hydroxyl.

   C. there is difficulty in destroying carbon dioxide by hydroxyl.

   D. the reduction in the ozone layer is beneficial to hydroxyl.

Question 38:

The word “purging” in line 2 is closest in meaning to __________.

   A. refining

   B. ridding

   C. destroying

   D. rising

Question 39:

The passage supports which of the following conclusion?

   A. An expansion in hydroxyl has enlarged the ozone hole.

   B. The decrease of methane has enabled ultraviolet radiation to enter the atmosphere.

   C. The reduction in carbon dioxide has produced a cleaner atmosphere.

   D. The beneficial effect of hydroxyl has aided the cleaning process.

Question 40:

The word “it” in paragraph 5 refers to ______.

   A. the ozone hole

   B. clean-up agent

   C. acid rain

   D. urban smog