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KIỂM TRA KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐẦU NĂM
NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011
Môn: Tiếng anh - Lớp 12
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút;
(50 câu trắc nghiệm)


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Choose A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence

Câu 1: Few Asian students agreed _____ the American students’ view that wives and husbands
should share all thoughts.
A. on B. to C. with D. for
Câu 2: He ______ email before, so I ______ him how to use it.
A. was not using / will show B. did not use / had shown
C. had not used / showed D. has not used / showed
Câu 3: They _______ for 3 hours when the storm suddenly broke.
A. had been running B. will be running C. have been running D. are running
Câu 4: His ideas about marriage are quite different ______ mine.
A. on B. from C. for D. with
Câu 5: He went to the cinema _____ he had done his homework.
A. after B. by the time C. until D. Before

Câu 6: Sometimes Mr. Pike has to work very late ______ night to do some important experiments.
A. on B. in C. for D. at
Câu 7: Whenever we met, Jack avoided _______ at me.
A. look B. looked C. looking D. to look
Câu 8: The boys are mischievious sometimes.
A. The boys miss parents sometimes
B. The boys are well-behaviour sometimes
C. The boys are obedient sometimes
D. the boys enjoy playing tricks and anoying people sometimes
Câu 9: We ______ touch since we ______ school three years ago.
A. have lost / leave B. were losing / had left
C. lost / have left D. have lost / left
Câu 10: Joyce thanked us for ______ them to dinner and said that they wanted to have us over for
dinner next week.
A. to invite B. inviting C. invited D. invite
Câu 11: Dan and Crystal ______ married in June.
A. are getting B. will have got C. has got D. was getting
Câu 12: The conical leaf hat is made ______ a special kind _____ bamboo and young and soft palm
leaves.
A. on / on B. of / of C. from / of D. in / for
Câu 13: _______ you send this wedding card to Peter, please?
A. Had B. Did C. Are D. Will
Câu 14: This pasta is a new experience for me.
A. I used to eat a lot of pasta B. It is the first time I have eaten pasta
C. I am used to eating pasta D. I have ever eaten pasta many times before
Câu 15: The wedding day was _____ chosen by the parents of the groom.

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A. carefully B. careful C. carelessly D. careless
Câu 16: John cannot make a _____ to get married to Mary or stay single until he can afford a house

and a car.
A. decisive B. decisively C. decision D. decide
Câu 17: _______ in Rome than he _______.
A. No sooner was he arriving / had been kidnapped.
B. Had he no sooner arrived / kidnapped
C. No sooner he had arrived / was being kidnapped
D. No sooner had he arrived / was kidnapped.
Câu 18: They are a close-knit family and very _____ of one another.
A. supported B. supporting C. supportive D. support
Câu 19: I ______ a terrible accident while I ______ on the beach.
A. see / am walking B. have seen / were walking
C. saw / was walking D. was seeing / walked
Câu 20: I met Jane’s father, ________ work at the university.
A. that B. that and who C. who D. which
Câu 21: The panda’s ________ habitat is the bamboo forest.
A. naturalized B. natural C. nature D. naturally
Câu 22: I have not met her for three years
A. During three years, I met her once B. I did not meet her three years ago.
C. The last time I met her was three years ago D. It is three years when I will meet her
Câu 23: I hope ______ my autobiography before I die. Do you think anyone would read it?
A. wrote B. writing C. write D. to write
Câu 24: I have not seen Tom for ages.
A. It has been a long time since I last saw Tom B. Tom and I are friends for a long time
C. I often met Tom ages ago D. Tom and I do not look the same age
Câu 25: To Americans, it is impolite to ask someone about age, _____ and salary.
A. marry B. marriage C. marrying D. married

Identify the words/ phrases that are not correct in standard English.

Câu 26: Kin, that is thirteen years old, swims very well.

A B C D

Câu 27: He started working for the company when he leaving school, and has been there ever since.
A B C D

Câu 28: She has lived in this house since 6 years.
A B C D

Câu 29: Let’s going out for dinner tonight!
A B C D

Câu 30: She must getting up early because she has to prepare breakfast for her family.
A B C D


Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the others


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Câu 31: A. attraction B. apartment C. humorous D. successful
Câu 32: A. understand B. hospitable C. Journalist D. beautiful

Read the passage and choose the best answer from 33 to 37.
The Taj Mahal is considered one of the wonders of the world. It was built by the fifth Mughal
Emperor of India as a memorial to his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died when she was giving
birth to their 14th child in 1631. He began to build the monument in the same year and mourned her
for ten years. The Taj Mahal was completed 22 years later at the cost of 32 million rupees. Twenty
thousand people worked on it.
The Taj Mahal, meaning "Crown of the Palace," stands on the bank of the Yamuna River in Agra.
Built of white marble, its beauty is beyond description, particularly at dawn and sunset. It was said

that the King spent the last days of his life in prison staring into a small piece of glass at the reflection
of the Taj Mahal, and he died with the mirror in his hand. He was buried in the Taj Maha with the
wife he never forgot.

Câu 33: The Taj Mahal was built in ______ and completed in ______.
A. 1628/1645 B. 1931/1941 C. 1592/1628 D. 1631/1653
Câu 34: How much did The Taj Mahal cost?
A. Twenty two million rupees B. Twenty thousand rupees
C. Thirty two thousand rupees D. Thirty two million rupees
Câu 35: The King had The Taj Mahal built to ______.
A. pay homage to his beloved wife B. mourn his wife's death
C. commemorate his wife's death. D. immortalise their love
Câu 36: Which of the following is NOT true about the King?
A. He spent his whole life in the palace
B. He had a lot of children
C. He loved his fifth wife so much
D. He was buried at the same place as his wife had been
Câu 37: The phrase is beyond description in the passage means
A. cannot be described B. top great to express in words
C. impossible to describe D. too far to be seen from the back

Read the text and choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage from 38 to 47
The word “Olympic” comes from the name of the town Olympia in Greece, where the ancient
Olympic Games were always (38) ______. The first recorded Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C.;
the Games took place (39) ______ four year after that date until they were abolished by a Roman
emperor in A.D. 394.
It was not (40) ______ 1875, when archeologists discovered the ruins of the Olympic Stadium in
Greece, that interest in the Games was renewed. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French scholar and
educator, (41) ______ that the Games should be revived (42) ______ an international competition to
encourage both sport and world peace.

The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. (43)______ their classical
predecessors, the athletes were men only; women were (44)______ to the Games in 1900. Since that
time, the Games have been held at four-year (45) ______ as in ancient Greece. However, since de
Coubertin’s dream of world peace has not been (46) ______, the two World Wars prevented those of
1916, 1940, and 1944 (47) ______ being held.

Câu 38: A. held B. taken place C. happening D. proceeded
Câu 39: A. the B. each C. either D. every
Câu 40: A. in B. until C. after D. before
Câu 41: A. stated B. said C. proposed D. intended
Câu 42: A. like B. such as C. regarding D. as

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Câu 43: A. Similar B. Like C. According to D. As
Câu 44: A. entered B. registered C. accepted D. admitted
Câu 45: A. stages B. periods C. intervals D. gaps
Câu 46: A. come true B. possible C. realized D. carried out
Câu 47: A. without B. from C. not D. by

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

Câu 48: A. school B. teacher C. chore D. children
Câu 49: A. filled B. ploughed C. missed D. watched
Câu 50: A. loves B. cooks C. joins D. spends

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