ÔN TẬP KHỐI 12 (2010 – 2011) - PRACTICE TEST 9 pdf

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ÔN TẬP KHỐI 12 (2010 – 2011) - PRACTICE TEST 9
I/ Choose the right word or phrase marked ( a, b, c, d ) that best fits the blank in each sentence:
1/ Farmers can improve the soil by……….fertilizers.
a. to add b. adding c. added d. add
2/ Natural resources should be reserved so that they can continue to be…………….
a. use b. using c. used d. to use
3/ Conservation is also concerned…………the reclaiming of land.
a. in b. on c. about d. with
4/ Conservation also includes searching………alternative fuels.
a. for b. in c. with d. on
5/ I don't feel like………….for a walk.
a. to go b. going c. go d. went
6/ They wore warm clothes to protect themselves……… the cold
a. from b. for c. in d. on
7/ It's better to avoid………………………
a. travel b. travelling c. to travel d. travelled
8/ Alex is preparing that report………………….
a. yet b. now c. ago d. last night
9/ I haven't seen my brother…………… five years.
a. since b. for c. during d. ago
10/ Joyce thanked us for………….her with the registration.
a. help b. to help c. helping d. help
11/ They arranged………me here.
a. meet b. to meet c. meeting d. met
12/ The customer wished…… the manager.
a. to see b. seeing c. see d. seen
13/ I think she's accustomed to………eight hours a day.
a. work b. working c. worked d. to work
14/ That fabric is…… from a material which catches fire easily.

a. make b. to make c. made d. making
15/ Conservation also includes searching for alternative fuels,………as the energy of the sun.
a. that b. which c. such d. so
16/ ……… is the safeguarding and preservation of natural resources.
a. pollution b. environment c. conservation d. prevention
17/ In the past, most people believed that the world's resources could never be………….
a. enjoyed b. used up c. used d. destroyed
18/ Farmers can……….their land by yearly rotation of crops.
a. keep b. protect c. prevent d. drain
19/ The farmers can help……… the soil by adding fertilizers.
a. enlarge b. enrich c. destroy d. richen
20/ They can prevent erosion by ………along the contours of a hill.
a. walking b. running c. ploughing d. digging
21/ Trees and shrubs are also needed to preserve land because their roots…… the soil and……… water.
a. retain / bind b. bind / retain c. catch / keep d. keep / catch
22/ Car exhaust fumes continue to………the air.
a. pollute b. pollution c. destroy d. protect
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23/ To conserve minerals, we must cut waste and …… the metal in discarded products.
a. throw away b. recycle c. use d. use up
24/ The safeguard and preservation of………will prevent a lot of waste.
a. fumes b. natural resources c. pollution d. continent
25/ ……….is better than cure.
a. prevent b. prevention c. preventive d. preventively
II/ Choose the right word or phrase marked ( a,b,c,d ) that best fits the blanks in the following passage:
Forests are useful (26)…….man in several ways. Wood is always necessary (27)…… building for
making all kinds of things and we usually need firewood in our homes. Forests (28)…… timber, one of the
most valuable (29)………but they must be used (30)…… more trees than it would be cut, (33)…….the young
ones to grow bigger. Trees and shrubs are also needed to (34)……….land because their roots bind the soil,

preventing heavy rain (35)………washing the soil away.
26/ a. for b. to c. at d. from
27/ a. to b. for c. from d. at
28/ a. enjoy b. safeguard c. waste d. provide
29/ a. crops b. preserves c. resources d. minerals
30/ a. truly b. enjoyably c. wisely d. importantly
31/ a. cutting b. enriching c. blowing d. running
32/ a. fight b. irrigate c. fertilize d. grow
33/ a. wasting b. pushing c. leaving d. replacing
34/ a. prevent b. preserve c. threaten d. ban
35/ a. for b. from c. at d. with
III/ Choose the item ( a, b, c, d ) that best completes the unfinished statements about the passage:
We have cut down so many trees that there are now vast areas of wasteland all over the world. As a
result, farmers in parts of Africa can't grow enough to eat. In certain countries in Asia there is too little rice.
Moreover, we do not take enough care of the countryside. Wild animals are quickly disappearing. For instance,
tigers are rare in India now because we have killed too many for them to survive. However, it isn't enough
simply to talk about the problem. We must act now before it is too late to do anything about it. Join us now to
save the earth. This is too important to ignore.
36/ Since so many trees are cut down,……………………
a. there is too little rice in Asia b. tigers are rare.
c. there are vast areas of wasteland d. wild animals are quickly disappearing
37/ Farmers in parts of Africa……………………
a. kill so many tigers b. talk much about the problem
c. save the earth d. can't plant enough to eat
38/ Tigers in India are rare because………………………
a. they don't eat enough b. we ignore them
c. many of them are killed d. we act
39/ According to the reading, we must……………………….
a. survive now b. cut down trees
c. act now to save the earth d. talk about the problem

40/ Tigers are classified as……………………
a. rice b. farmers c. wild animals d. trees
IV/ Choose the sentence marked ( a, b, c, d ) which is closest in meaning to the original sentence:
41/ Shall we go for a swim?
a. What about going for a swim? b. What about to go for a swim?
c. What about go swimming? d. Shall we to go for a swim?
42/ Are you going to the museum this weekend?
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a. Have you planned on going to the museum this weekend?
b. Have you planned on go to the museum this weekend?
c. Have you planned on to go to the museum this weekend?
d. Have you planned to gone the museum this weekend?
43/ Let's go for a picnic this weekend.
a. How about to go for a picnic this weekend?
b. How about going for a picnic this weekend?
c. How about to going for a picnic this weekend?
d. How about go for a picnic this weekend?
44/ There is a tendency to study in a foreign country.
a. They have tend to study in a foreign country.
b. They tend studying in a foreign country.
c. They tend to study in a foreign country.
d. They are tending study in a foreign country.
45/ I suggested that I should visit the Smiths.
a. I suggested to visit the Smiths.
b. I suggested visiting the Smiths.
c. I suggested visit the Smiths.
d. I suggested paying a visit the Smiths.
46/ They are building one of the best hotels in the city.
a. One of the best hotels in the city are being built.

b. One of the best hotels in the city is built.
c. One of the best hotels in the city is being built.
d. One of the best hotels in the city are built.
47/ Why don’t we visit the National Gallery?
a. I suggest to visit the National Gallery.
b. I suggest visited the National Gallery.
c. I suggest visiting the National Gallery.
d. I suggest visit the National Gallery.
48/ Would you please open the windows?
a. Would you mind open the windows?
b. Would you mind to open the windows?
c. Would you mind opened the windows?
d. Would you mind opening the windows?
49/ Shall we go for a picnic this weekend?
a. Do you consider to go for a picnic this weekend?
b. Do you consider to going for a picnic this weekend?
c. Do you consider going for a picnic this weekend?
d. Do you consider gone for a picnic this weekend?
50/ This garden is my uncle’s.
a. This garden belongs my uncle.
b. This garden belongs to my uncle.
c. This garden belong my uncle.
d. This garden belong to my uncle.
V/ Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition:
1/ I felt really afraid when I was walking home……the club. All the time I could hear someone…… me, but I
didn’t dare turn round.
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2/ Marie, ………most…… the girls…… the group, came…… a lower middle-class family.
3/ There’s hardly a man…….us who knows the mountain…….you do.

4/ I am suffering…… malaria and I am sure you don’t know what it feels………when the fever
comes………….
5/ …… in the street, William called………a taxi…… the top …… his voice, and set………in
chase………it………….a young man.
6/ George’s talent………sleeping was extraordinary. If nobody came……….to awaken him……the morning
he would sleep…….noon…… two o’clock…….the afternoon, even if he had gone to bed early the evening
before.
7/ The Minister is …… a cloud…… his involvement…….that corruption scandal.
VI/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest:
1/ a. other b. love c. close d. money
2/ a. many b. man c. hang d. sand
3/ a. tooth b. bath c. smooth d. breath
4/ a. numbers b. walls c. words d. trips
5/ a. predicted b. allowed c. needed d. wanted
VII/ Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest:
1/ a. superman b. synthetic c. rotate d. professor
2/ a. forests b. singing c. concerning d. burning
3/ a. reclaiming b. believed c. irrigate d. replace
4/ a. promise b. expensive c. constructive d. original
5/ a. appropriate b. emotional c. pronounce d. situation
VIII/ Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct:
1/ Buying clothes (a)are often (b)a very time-consuming practice (c)because those clothes that a person likes
(d)are rarely the ones that fit him or her.
2/ (a) Because they had spent (b)too many time (c)considering the new contract, the students (d)lost the
oportunity to lease the apartment.
3/ (a)These televisions are (b)all too expensive for (c)we to buy at (d)this time, but perhaps we will return later.
4/ After she (a)had bought (b)himself a new automobile, (c)she sold (d)her bicycle.
5/ (a)Cycling (b)helmets are not a (c)legal (d)require in Britain.
IX/ Choose the item ( a, b, c, d ) that best completes the unfinished statements :
1/ The closer a place is to the poles,…………………

a. the little intense the radiation b. the little intense the radiation is
c. less intense the radiation was d. the less intense the radiation is
2/ After children learn to walk and run, they become…………….
a. interesting in exploring the world around b. interesting to explore the world around
c. interested in exploring the world around them
d. interested to exploring the world around them
3/ The man died because medical help was not available. A doctor………….
a. should be called immediately b. should have been called immediately
c. should have been calling immediately d. should be calling immediately
4/ The cost of insurance
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