KÌ THI KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG 8 TUẦN HỌC KỲ II NĂM HỌC : 2010 - 2011 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 12 MÃ ĐỀ 354 doc

SỞ GD-ĐT NAM ĐỊNH KÌ THI KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG 8 TUẦN HỌC KỲ II
TRƯỜNG THPT TRỰC NINH B NĂM HỌC : 2010 - 2011

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 12
MÃ ĐỀ 354 (Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)


1. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
_______ Simpson desert remained _______ mystery until Madigan made _______ aerial survey in 1929.
A. Ø - a - an B. Ø - Ø - an C. The - a - an D. A - the - an
2. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: I must go to _______ hospital to visit my dearest friend.
A. a B. Ø C. the D. an
3. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
If they had enough money, they _______ their children to college.
A. would send B. sent C. would sent D. would have sent
4. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: Laura works very hard _______ her brother is very lazy
A. so B. so that C. therefore D. but
5. Find one mistake in the sentence: It began to rain, therefore he didn’t open his umbrella.
A. his B. began C. to rain D. therefore
6. Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A. future B. security C.
vulnerable D. curable
7. Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one
Because the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered.
A. Because of the destruction of the environment, many species have become endangered.
B. Although the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered.
C. Despite of the destruction of the environment, many species have become endangered.
D. Therefore the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered.
8. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
_______ is the act of preventing something from being lost, wasted, damaged or destroyed
A. Deforestation B. Conservation C. Destruction D. Extinction

9. Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A. reduced B. bared C.
endangered D. remained
10. Choose the word which has the same meaning as the underlined one.
Our grandfather is too old to climb up the crest of the hill.
A. top B. middle C. face D. foot
11. Find one mistake in the sentence
In spite the hot weather in the desert, many plants and animals can survive there.
A can survive B. In spite C. the D. in the desert
12. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: By the end of this century, we _______ to Jupiter.
A. will have traveled B. traveled C. are traveling D. would travel

13. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The water in the river is _______ that no fish can live
in.
A. too polluted B. so polluted C. such polluted D. such a polluted

14. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
You should buy more food because our parents _______ come home this afternoon.
A. must B. need C. mustn’t D. may
15. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
I’ve check all the documents in this disk. You _______check again
A. mustn’t B. may not C. needn’t D. haven’t
16. Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one: You needn’t close the windows at
night.
A. You mustn’t close the windows at night. B. You don’t have to close the windows
at night.
C. You to close the windows at night. D. You must close the windows at night.
17. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: Rare animals in this forest _______ for fur, skin and
other parts
A. hunt B. hunted C. are hunting D. are being hunted

18. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: He told me that he _______ his house the previous
month.
A. repainted B. would repaint C. will repaint D. had repainted

19. Find one word whose stress pattern is different from others: A. forest B. habitat C.
exploitation D. educate
20. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: No matter _______ he tried, he couldn’t pass the
driving test.
A. so B. how C. however D. but
21. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: They are very poor _______ they couldn’t buy that big
house.
A. so B. however C. but D. although
Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in each gap.
Desert air (22) ____ little moisture, so few clouds form over the land. Without clouds to block the sun,
temperatures may reach as (23) ____ as 125°F during the day. At night, without the clouds to contain the
heat, the temperature can fall to as low as 125°F.
Extreme temperatures (24) ____ with little rainfall make desert life difficult for people, plants, and
animals. (25) ____, some life forms have adapted to even the most severe desert environment, Camels are
able to survive long periods without food or water. Many desert plants have long, shallow root systems. This
allows the plants to reach out to collect water over great distances. Other desert plants have taproots.
Taproots grow very deep (26) ____ they can tap sources of underground water.
22. A. comprises B. includes C. consists D. contains
23. A. long B. high C. much D. far
24. A. separate B. combine C. explore D. locate
25. A. But B. Therefore C. So D. However
26. A. because B. but C. so D. as
27. Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A. goats B. animals C.
humans D. gorillas
28. Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one
Margaret was very angry. Her bag has just been stolen.

A. Margaret was very angry, whose bag has just been stolen.
B. Margaret whose bag has just been stolen was very angry
C. Margaret, whose bag has just been stolen, was very angry
D. Margaret who’s bag has just been stolen was very angry
29. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The teacher gave me an exercise. I _______ forget to
do it.
A. needn’t B. must C. mustn’t D. may not
30. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The desert is too large for us _______ across
A. to go B. going C. for going D. of going

31. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
There is plenty _______ time for you to do that assignment. You _______ do it tonight.
A. of - must B. of - needn’t C. in- needn’t D. in - mustn’t
32 Find one word whose stress pattern is different from others: A. commercial B. hummock C. aerial
D. deserts
33. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: He is going to get married _______ a famous pop star.
A. with B. Ø C. to D. for
34. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: He is rarely _______ time for class.
A. at B. of C. to D. on
35. Find one mistake in the sentence: It’s too late. I might go now.
A. It’s B. go C. might D. too

36. Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one
He doesn’t like animals, so he doesn’t work at the zoo.
A. If he likes animals, he will work at the zoo. B. If he liked animals, he would work at
the zoo.
C. If he didn’t like animals, he would work at the zoo. D. If he liked animals, he wouldn’t work
at the zoo.
Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.
Over the next 20 to 50 years, it will become harder to tell the difference between the human and the

machine. All, body parts will be replaceable. Computers will function like the human brain with the ability
to recognize feelings and respond in a feeling way. They will then produce fake people. We will then be able
to create a machine duplicate of ourselves so we will appear to be alive long after we are dead. Maybe a few
decades later, a way will be found to transfer our spirit, including our memories and thoughts, to the new
body. Then we can choose to live for as long as we want. It might be expensive. When it becomes possible
to do a spirit transfer, they will figure out how to do them automatically. So we will be able to reside within
whichever duplicate we want, whenever we want.
37. According to the passage, in 20 to 50 years, body parts _______
A. are machines B. can be replaced C. are different D. can’t be replaced

38. According to the passage, computer will function like the human brain because it can _______
A. respond in a feeling wayB. recognize feelings C. have brain D. both A and B

39. The word duplicate means:
A. live longer B. replace C. make an exact copy D. protect
40. According to the passage, we _______ find a way to transfer our spirit, including our memories and
thoughts, to the new body a few decades later
A. may not B. may C. can’t D. must
41. According to the passage, it’s possible for us to _______
A. solve any problems B. choose to live for as long as we want
C. do a spirit transfer cheaply D. All are correct
42. Find one mistake in the sentence: By the year 2012, he will have finish his course in this university.
A. have finish B. By C. the year D. in
43. Find one mistake in the sentence: He is enough intelligent to understand the problem.
A. the B. is C. enough intelligent D. to understand
44. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
A(n) _______is a person who always expects bad things to happen.
A. optimist B. pessimist C. optimistic D. pessimistic
45. Find one mistake in the sentence
If you show your identity card, you won’t be able to get into the examination room.

A. into B. to get C. be able D. If
46. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
A(n) _______is a person who can live up to or longer than one hundred years.
A. century B. expectancy C. centenarian D. eternal
47. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
The most important characteristic of a desert is that it receives very little _______
A. rain amount B. rainfall C. waterfall D. raindrop
48. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
Habitat destruction and _______ hunting are some of the main causes of species extinction.
A. legal B. illegal C. legally D. illegally

49. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The boy _______ he took to the zoo is his nephew.
A. whom B. whose C. which D. where

50. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
The local people blamed the factory _______ the air and the water in the region.
A. contaminating B. to contaminate C. of contaminating D. for contaminating



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