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Name: …………………………………
Class:
Bài tập Bổ trợ & Nâng cao Tiếng Anh 12 –
UNIT 9 (DESERTS) / TEST 1
A - PHONOLOGY:
I/ PRONUNCIATION: Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part.
1) A. path B. south C. north D. southern
2) A. sand B. name C. stable D. pale
3) A. slope B. grow C. more D. almost
4) A. ache B. teach C. catch D. branch
5) A. desert B. loose C. comprise D. president
6) A. slight B. arid C. climate D. crocodile
7) A. dunes B. crests C. areas D. borders
8) A. entered B. explored C. stretched D. remained
9) A. plants B. years C. metres D. corridors
10) A. circle B. centre C. across D. century
II/ STRESS: Put the words into lists of pronunciation. The sign  shows the main stress.
northern, remain, aerial, explore, along, banana, wilderness, enormous, crocodile, mosquito,
mystery, according, comprise, camel, scientific, shrub-land, survey, cactus, corridor, network

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B – VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR:
I/ Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box:
desert circle comprise survey border
parallel slope dunes society separates
1) Fifty states ________________ the United States of America.
2) The Sahara is a great ________________ in the northern part of Africa.
3) We were pleased with our first ________________ of the house.
4) We crossed the ________________ between France and Belgium.
5) If you roll a ball up a ________________, it will roll down again.
6) He drew a ________________ by running a pencil around the lid of a jar.
7) The road and the canal run ________________ to each other.
8) The Atlantic Ocean ________________ America from Europe.
9) Over the slopes of the ________________ of sand I saw white daises go down to the sea.
10) Magic plays an important part in primitive ________________.

II/ Choose the best answer:
1) The boy ____________ himself out on the grass to rest.
A. lengthened B. stretched C. lasted D. lay
2) A new bridge was built ____________ the river.
A. on B. cross C. across D. along
3) A voyage of discovery is a(n) ____________.
A. picnic B. expedition C. excursion D. trip
4) The ____________ of the spider web hung across the broken window was full of flies.
A. network B. curtain C. sheet D. string
5) On the ____________ of the hill stands a big white house.
A. height B. head C. crest D. neck
6) Human beings, horses, cattle, dogs, lions, bats, cats and whales are _____________.
A. insects B. animals C. mammals D. amphibians
7) There should conservation areas for endangered _____________.
A. kinds B. types C. sorts D. species
8) Most classrooms and apartments open out onto _____________.
A. corridors B. windows C. hills D. doors
9) The door is three feet _____________ and six feet high.
A. wide B. deep C. fat D. tall
10) My favourite book was the one _____________ on the table.
A. lie B. lay C. lying D. laying
11) Her old letters, _____________ have now been lost, make me interested to read.
A. both of which B. some of which C. both of them D. some of them

12) Mrs. White is going to have a month off work, _____________ is just what she needs after all her problems.
A. which B. that C. when D. this
13) He performed very well in the interview; _____________ , he didn’t get the job.
A. since B. but C. therefore D. however
14) _____________ by all who knew him, he devoted his life to others.
A. Loved B. Loving C. Being lovely D. He loved

15) There are some chores I hate _____________ washing and ironing the clothes.
A. as B. such C. like D. likely
16) The early morning is the time _____________ I work best.
A. which B. when C. in which D. B and C
17) _____________ I have these documents photocopied for you?
A. Do B. Will C. Shall D. Should
18) When you arrive, I _____________ on the platform.
A. stand B. will be standing C. am standing D. will stand
19) Send him my best regards if you _____________ him at the conference.
A. meet B. don’t met C. won’t meet D. have meet
20) They _____________ on holiday twice this year.
A. went B. were C. have been D. have gone
C – READING COMPREHENSION:
I/ Use a word from the list below to fit each gap:
conservation quantities results species abundance
depletion farmland resources shortages mammals
When the first white men came to America, they found vast amounts of natural
1)
___________ of tremendous
value. Forests covered a large part of the nation; later gas, oil and minerals were found in unbelievable amounts. There was a
great
2)
____________ of very fertile soil. Forests, prairies, streams and rivers abounded with wildlife. So vast were these
resources that it seemed that they could never be used up. So forests were destroyed to make way for
3)
____________.
Grassland and prairies were plowed and harrowed. Minerals and oil were used in great
4)
____________ to supply a young

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industrial nation. Almost every river became the scene of factories, mills and power companies.
5)
_____________ and birds
were slaughtered for food.
Within a short time, the
6)
____________ were obvious. Floods caused millions of dollars' worth damage yearly. The
very fertile soil washed away or blew up in great clouds. The seemingly inexhaustible oil and minerals showed signs of
7)
______________. Rivers were filled with silts from eroding farms and wastes from factories. Many of the rivers were made
unfit for fish. Several
8)
______________ of birds disappeared and some mammals seemed on the verge of going. Future
timber
9)
____________ were predicted and the American people soon came to realise that some sort of
10)
______________
program must be set up.
II/ Choose the best answer to fit each gap:
All over the world, people are changing the face of the earth. Wild areas are cleared for farming and to build roads and
expands cities. Our factories, cars and power stations poison the
1)
_________ with polluting gases and chemical waste. As well as
transforming the environment, we are destroying habitats, the home of

2)
________ plants and animals. Living things have evolved over
millions of years. Many animals and plants can only
3)
_________ in certain environments. When such areas are destroyed, wildlife
cannot always
4)
_________ to the new conditions and some species may
5)
_________ out. Thousands of species of plants and animals
face extinction because of human activities.
People can also
6)
_________ from habitat destruction. When forests are cut down, earth is washed away, this causes
crop failures and starvation. There is the future to consider, too; plants provide essential foods and can also be used in
medicines. If species
7)
_________ extinct, their potential value will never be known. The scale of destruction is enormous.
Swamps, forests, grasslands and jungles are being cleared at an increasing extend. Half of the world's tropical rainforests have
8)
__________ been destroyed. Coral reefs, called the forests of the ocean because they are so rich in life, are
9)
_________
around the world. We must limit the damage to habitats now
10)
___________ they remain a valuable resource for the future.
1) A. floor B. place C. ground D. environment
2) A. both B. each C. every D. either
3) A. go B. attend C. survive D. persist
4) A. adapt B. use C. stand D. bear

5) A. fade B. die C. give D. run
6) A. fill B. damage C. suffer D. experience
7) A. get B. die C. result D. become
8) A. still B. even C. already D. yet
9) A. spoilt B. violated C. wasted D. threatened
10) A. so that B. in case C. in order to D. as a result
III/ Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer:
The deserts of the world are not all covered with sand. Many of them have surfaces of rock or clay or small stones.
They are not flat, either; they often have high hills and deep valleys. There is some plant life in many parts of the desert.
There is little rain in the desert, but it does fall often enough for most plants.
The deserts of the world are not uninhabited. People also live outside oases, but these people are not farmers. They
have camels, goats, donkeys, sheep, etc. These animals can live on desert plants and do not need much water.
The people of the desert have to move constantly from place to place, they must always look for grass or desert plants for
their animals. They usually live in tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they fold up their tents, put them on their
camels and donkeys, and move to another place. In good years, when there is enough food for their animals, they trade their skins
and their goats and camel hairs with the people of oases for wheat and fruit. But in bad years, when there is not enough food for
their animals, the people of the desert would attack the oases people. But they are also hospitable. No man in the desert would ever
refuse to give a stranger food and water.
1) According to the passage, deserts are mostly made up of ____________.
A. small stones B. rock C. sand D. clay
2) Which of the following is true?
A. There is no plant and animal life in deserts. D. There are no people living in deserts.
B. There is some rain in the deserts but far from enough.
C. People only live in places where there is water and plants and trees grow.
3) People of the desert have to move from place to place to ____________.
A. look for food for their animals B. trade their skins, their goats and their camel hairs
C. raise their camels and donkeys D. communicate with the people of oases
4) The word “hospitable” has the meaning of being ______________.
A. brave B. cruel C. strange D. kind
5) It can be concluded from the passage that life _____________.

A. is hard in deserts B. is happy in deserts
C. is impossible in deserts D. in deserts is much better now
D – USE OF LANGUAGE:
I/ Use a word in the list to match with the word or phrase given below:
to earn / to trust / to lead / to plant / to enter / to remain / to contribute / to travel / to keep / to use
1) ______________ a friend 6) ______________ wood for cooking
2) ______________ a tree 7) ______________ a desert
3) ______________ the sun off 8) ______________ money
4) ______________ a mystery 9) ______________ to the growing of desert
5) ______________ eastward 10) ______________ an expedition
II/ Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fit each gap:
There seems to be little doubt that
1
(globe) ____________ warming is a real phenomenon. Temperatures are rising
in many places
2
(world) ______________ and
3
(value) ____________ farmland is being lost as sea levels rise due to the
melting of polar ice.
4
(Science) ____________ disagree, though, about whether this
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(environment) ______________
change is being caused by human activities or whether it has other
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(nature) __________ causes.
One explanation is the greenhouse effect. This is where
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(pollute) ____________ in the atmosphere traps the sun’s

rays, like a giant greenhouse. While nobody claims that releasing chemicals into the atmosphere can be
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(harm)
____________, not everyone is convinced that all the temperature change is due to
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(industry) ___________ activities. It’s
an important question, because a
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(solve) ____________ can only be found once we understand exactly what is causing the
problem.
III/ Fill each gap with the correct form of a suitable verb from the list on the left:
remain
grow
live
enter
travel
comprise
make
lead
explore
1) She must have _______________ at least four inches since I last saw her.
2) We followed a path that _______________ us up the mountain.
3) Computers are _______________ it possible for more and more people to work from home.
4) She was _______________ on the bed watching television.
5) It is worth _______________ other ways of dealing with this problem.
6) Only a few hundred of these animals _______________ today.
7) You have to _____________ a password to access this information.
8) Light ______________ at around 300,000 kilometers per second.
9) Thousands of people in this country are _______________ in poverty.

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lie 10) Women _______________ 15% of the police force.
IV Choose the underlined part that needs to correct:
1) (A) In the Simpson Desert there (B) are (C) difference types of (D) dunes.
2) (A) Sahara (B) is named (C) after Simpson (D) in 1929
3) Space (A) seem to have (B) no limit (C) in the (D) desert
4) (A) Rabbit are one of the agents (B) that help (C) make deserts (D) in Australia
5) She (A) use (B) to ride a bike to (C) school (D) everyday
6) I (A) run into Peter, a friend of (B) mine, (C) on my (D) way to work this morning.
7) (A) A jellyfish, (B) which isn’t really a fish, (C) it has neither brain nor bones, (D) nor face.
8) Tea didn’t become popular in Europe (A) until the mid-17
th
century, (B) when it (C) has been first imported (D) to
England and Holland.
V/ Write a sentence of similar meaning using the word or words in brackets:
1) This product is cheap, and it’s effective. (as well as)
2) I haven’t got a car, and I haven’t got a bike. (either)
3) The answer was obvious, but I just couldn’t see it. (although)

4) The party isn’t very popular, and its policies aren’t very popular. (neither , nor)

5) I felt very emotional, and I almost burst into tears. (so, that)

6) I was quoted in the newspapers and interviewed on TV. (not only, but, also)

7) I have to book the hotel, and I have to make the travel arrangements. (in addition to)

8) The meal was excellent, but the surroundings were depressing. (though)

9) The affair became public even though they attempted to conceal it. (despite)

10) Wage cuts have led to people rioting on the streets. (as a result of)

VI/ Choose the correct sentence with the same meaning as the given one:
1) The whale is the largest animal on earth.
A. The largest whale lives on earth. B. The largest animal living on earth is not the whale.
C. No animals on earth are larger than the whale. D. Other animals on earth are as large as the whale.
2) We used to have a box at the post office but now we have our mail delivered to our house.
A. Someone delivers our mail to the box at the post office.
B. We used to deliver mail and have a box at the post office.
C. The mailman bring our mail to our house now although we had a box at the post office before.
D. We no longer have a box at the post office because we have no mail.
3) I enjoy playing chess most of the time but today I am too tired.
A. I like to play chess but do not want to play it now. B. I am too tired to play chess now.
C. Although I am too tired, I play chess now. D. Most of the time when I play chess, I am tired.
4) It is always raining at this time of the year and I hate it.
A. What I hate is the rain at this time of the year. B. I hate this time of the year although it rains.
C. I hate this time of the year in spite of the rain. D. The rain always comes at this time of the year.
5) Although Miss Smith has less teaching experience than the other staff members, she is one of the best teachers.
A. Having less teaching experience than the other members of the staff, Miss Smith is not a good teacher.
B. Other staff members have less teaching experience than Miss Smith.
C. Miss Smith is one of the best teachers in spite of having less teaching experience than her colleagues.
D. Miss Smith, a good teacher, has less teaching experience than the other staff members.

Fill each gap in the sentence with a suitable word from the list:
border mystery corridor survey stretch
areas territories slope expedition route
1) The village lay across a narrow ____________ of water.
2) A ____________ is a long passage in a building or train, with doors and rooms on one or both sides.
3) At the end of the garden there is a steep ____________.
4) Holidays in the UK are becoming more popular, according to a recent ____________.
5) We are hoping to go on the first manned ____________ to Mars by 2020.
6) He's out of work, so how he pays his rent is a ____________ to me.
7) The direct ____________ from his house to the school is through the town centre.
8) 60 years ago half the French population still lived in rural ____________.
9) We crossed the ____________ from Canada into the US.
10) They are still refusing to withdraw troops from the occupied ____________.

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Fill the gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in brackets:
1) A permanent motion machine is (science) ____________________ impossible.
2) The window of my bedroom faces (north) ____________________.
3) From New York to Los Angeles is (rough) ____________________ three thousand miles.
4) Electricity is a (mystery) ____________________ type of energy.

5) Long ago, mammoths of great (enormous) ____________________ lived on the earth.
6) Most of the shore is rocky, but there is a (sand) ____________________ beach.
7) The collar (loose) ____________________ around his neck.
8) Rainfall is the most effective (climate) ____________________ agent in soil forming and conditioning.
9) A concrete wall has more (stable) ____________________ than a light wooden fence.
10) The store has an (advertise) ____________________ in the newspaper of a special sale.
Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets to fit each gap:
All over the world, forests are
1)
(safeguard) _______________ the health of the planet itself. They do this by
protecting the soil, providing water and 2)(regulate) _______________ the climate. Trees bind soil to mountain-sides. Hills
where the trees have been 3) (fell) _______________ lose 500 times as much soil a year as those with trees.
Trees catch and store rainwater. Their leaves break the impact of the rains, 4) (rob) _______________ them of their
destructive power. The roots of trees allow the water 5)(go) _______________ into the soil, which gradually 6)(release)
_______________ it to flow down rivers and refill ground-water reserves. Where there are no trees, the rains run in sheets of
water off the land, carrying the soil with them. Land covered with trees and another plants 7)(absorb) _______________ 20
times more rainwater than bare earth.
as they grow, trees absorb carbon dioxide, the main cause of the greenhouse effect, which 8) (threaten)
_______________ irreversibly to change the world's climate. The world's trees, plants and soils contain three times as much
carbon as there is in the atmosphere. The world's forests 9)(contain) _______________ the vast majority of its animals and
planets species. The tropical rainforests alone have well over half of them, even though they 10) (cover) _______________
only about 6% of the earth's land surface.