KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG GIỮA HKII NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 MÔN TIẾNG ANH – KHỐI 12 potx

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KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG GIŨA HKII NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
MÔN TIẾNG ANH – KHỐI 12 - ĐỀ THAM KHẢO 1

I. Phonetics:
A ).Choose the word which has different sound from the others :
1. A. cake B. late C. panda D. face
2. A. investment B. subsidy C. diaster D. wholesale
3. A. eliminate B. exchange C. reform D. invest
B). Choose the word which has different stressed syllable from the others :
4. A. rainfall B. postman C. castle D. reserve
5. A. approach B. desert C. gorilla D. enthusiast

II. Grammar and Vocabulary :
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
6. Her children all have been in their chosen careers .
A. succeeded B. successful C. succeed D. success
7. I understand your point of view . __________ , I don’t agree with it.
A. But B. Although C. So D. However
8. I can’t believe __________ you . You always let me down .
A. of B. at C. with D. in
9. We can keep this secret between ourselves. We ________ tell anybody else .
A. mustn’t C. mightn’t C. wouldn’t D. needn’t
10. An : “ Would you like something to eat ? ”
– Minh: “ _______ , I’m not hungry now.”
A. Yes, it is B. No, thanks C. No, I don’t D. Godd idea

11. Tom won the lottery ticket yesterday. He ________ happy.
A. might have been B. could have been C. must have been D. would have been
12. One well-known desert plant is the _______ , which grows well in hot dry regions.
A. cactus B. spinifex C. date palm D. eucalyptus
13. You used to throw waste paper away, _________ ?
A. didn’t you B. wouldn’t you C. did you D. hadn’t you
14. Beckham is said the best soccer player in England .
A. being B. has been C. been D. to be
15. Their study is getting on………………………………
A. satisfied B. satisfactory C. satisfying D. satisfactorily
16. Ann: “______ where the nearest post office is? ”
- Linda: “Turn left and then turn right.”
A. Should you show me B. Do you tell me
C. Will you say me D. Could you tell me
18. Our parents taught us not to be ________ to elder people .
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A. respect B. disrespect C. respected D. disrepected
18. Don’t worry _______ being unemployed . There are a lot of job opportunities in this
city.
A. of B. for C. in D. about
19. After ________ World War II , __________ United Nations was formed.
A. the/an B. a/the C. the/the D. a/a
20. Sue : “ I love pop music ”
- Alice : “ _________ ”
A. Netheir do I B. So do I C. No, I won’t D. Yes, I like it.
21. We managed to go to class in time________ it was cold and rainy.
A. because B. although C. despite D. because of
22. Don’t make too much noise . You ________ the baby up .
A. might wake B. must wake C. should wake D. wake

23. He worked hard, __________ he could earn much money.
A. but B. in spite of C. therefore D. however
24. By the end of this week, my illness _______ me $100.
A. has cost B. will has cost C. will have cost D. cost
25. I like the village ________ I used to live.
A. which B. when C. why
D. where

26. I usually spend my time ________ books .
A. to read B. read
C. on reading
D. for reading
27. Alice: "What shall we do this evening?"
- Carol: "______"
A. Let’s go out for dinner.
B. Oh, that’s good!
C. No problem. D. I went out for dinner.
28. The police ____________ the bank robbery which took place last week.
A. had investigated B. investigate C. have investigated D. will investigate
29. Books are still a cheap way to get _________ and entertainment.
A. information B. inform C. informative D. informatively
30. The house ……….six decades ago.
A. was built B. built C. will be built D. was to be built

III. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction:

6. People are not allowed to enter the park after midnight because lack of security.
A B C D
7. I was such nervous that I didn’t think I would pass the exams.
A B C D

8. Humans can make deserts, although humans can also prevent their growth.
A B C D
9. It is estimated that there were now about 500,000 elephants living in the world.
A B C D
10. I have two brothers, both of
them
are studying in England.
A B
C
D
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IV. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to complete each of
the following sentences.
1. __________________, he wouldn’t have mised the train.
A. If he listened to me B. Unless he had listened to me
C. If he had listened to me D. If he didn’t listen
2. It rained so heavily that _____
A. I can’t go to school B. I could go to school
C. I couldn’t go to school D. I can go to school
3. He didn’t arrive early enough ______
A. to see her off at the airport B. for seeing her off at the airport
C. for him to see her off at the airport D. seeing her off at the airport
4. He was so lazy that _____
A. no one likes him B . no one liked him
C. no one has liked him D. no one had liked him
5. Try to read the book ……………………………
A. which I gave it to you yesterday B. which I gave you yesterday
C. which yesterday I gave it to you D. which it was given to you by me

V. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the
correct word for each of the blanks :
Different conservation efforts have been (36) ________ in order to save endangered
species . The Red List – a global list of endanged and vunerable aminal (37) ________ –
has been introduced to raise people’s (38) ________ of conservation needs . Governments
have enacted laws to protect wildlife (39) __________ commercial trade and overhunting .
A number of wildlife habitat reserves have been established (40) _________ a wide range
of endangered species can have a chance to survive and develop.
41 A. made B. done C. tried D. been
42 A. classes B. grades C. species D. exctinctions
43 A. belief B. awareness C. thought D. need
44 A. from B. of C. and D. except
45 A. if B. because C. so that D. although

VI. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the
correct answer to each of the question
More than two hundred years ago, the term “environment pollution” is quite
strange to people. They lived healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. In those
days, industry was not well-developed. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. The
world today is faced with army major threats. The most dangerous threat of all is war, and
after the threat of war is pollution. People all over the world are worried about things that
are happening to the environment. Actual, it is arm that is destroying the surroundings with
army kinds of wastes from the devices that make human lives more comfortable an
convenient. Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and
cancer, but no one want to travel on foot or by bicycles. Manufacturers know that wastes
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from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their
money on treating wastes safely. Scattering rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants

to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution ?
46. More than two hundred years ago ____________________ .
A. the environment was polluted as much as it today.
B. people knew nothing about environmental pollution.
C. air was polluted badly
D. people were faced with pollution
47. In former days, people __________________________ .
A. breathed fresh air, drank pure water and lived healthily
B. breathed polluted air, drank pure water and lived healthily
C. lived in the polluted environment
D. were worried about pollution
48. The most dangerous threat that the world is faced with is _______________ .
A. pollution B. water C. war D. air
49. Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases _____________________.
A. so they do not travel by car any longer
B. so they prefer travelling by bicycles
C. but they still prefer travelling by cars
D. they no longer use cars
50. Factory owners _____________________ .
A. know nothing about pollution
B. have no awareness of pollution
C. treat wastes from their factories safely
D. do not want to spend money on treating the wastes safely


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