ĐỀ ÔN THI CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐẦU NĂM 2011 MÔN TIẾNG ANH 12 – MÃ ĐỀ 117 potx

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ĐỀ ÔN THI CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐẦU NĂM 2011
MÔN TIẾNG ANH 12 – MÃ ĐỀ 117

1. Choose a word or phrase that suits the blank in the sentence:
My brother is a sports …………………… He never misses any sports events in the city.
A. interest B. player C. passionate D. enthusiast
2. Choose a word or phrase that suits the blank in the sentence:
Police have……………for witnesses to the accident.
A. appealed B. looked up C. appalled D. dedicated.
3. Choose a word or phrase that means the same as the underlined part of the sentence.
The primary causes of species extinction are habitat destruction.
A. land B. environment C. house D. forest
4. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
“Must you come when your neighbour calls?” “No, I ……………………… ”
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. don’t have D. shouldn’t
5. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently?
A. crest B. camel C. centre D. cactus
6. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
She was…………………… to hear that her savings had been stolen.
A. appealed B. appalled C. devoted D. adopted
7. Which sentence expresses the same idea as “ No one can hear a sound.”?
A. A sound can’t be hear . B.No sound can be heard
C. A sound can’t be heard by anybody. D. No sound can be heard by anybody.
8. Choose a word which can replace the underlined one in the sentence:.
The plane is going to leave the ground.
A. take off B. take up C. take in D. take away
* Read the passage carefully, then choose a word or phrase that suits each blank:
The United Nations is a(n) ………… (9).of countries who would rather talk over their difference
……………….(10) fight about them. It was formed in 1945 by the allied powers who, after the Second World

War, ………………………(11) determined that such a dreadful and destructive struggle should not
………………………(12) place again. It began with fifty members; now there are a hundred and ………….It
meets ………………… (13) New York in a large skyscraper built for it by the American Government.
9. A.group B. organization C. company D. team
10. A.than B. or C. with D. then
11. A.is B. was C. were D.are
12. A. make B. get C. bring D.take
13. A. in B. on C. at D. to

14. Choose a word which has a different stress:
A.employee B. referee C. understand D. relative
15.Which underlined part is not correct?
The closer one comes to earth, the more denser the atmosphere becomes .
A B C D
16. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
This meat is rather tough; you have to ………………….for a long time
A. bite B. chew C. eat D. swallow.
17. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently?
A. digest B. join C. gesture D. guess
18. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
Because of an accident, my train was …………………… for several hours.
A. held up B. turned up C. delayed up D. gone off.
19. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
The panda’s …………….habitat is the bamboo forest.
A. nature B. natural C. naturally D. natured
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20. This scientist has ……………………all his life to the studying of science.
A. appealed B. lived C. spent D. dedicated
21. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.

He still hasn’t really ………………………the death of his wife.
A. got over B.got off C. recovered D. got up
22. Choose a word which has a different stress:
A.endanger B. important C. extinction D. natural
23. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
What a lovely baby! He certainly …………………….his father, doesn’ he?
A .takes after B. looks after C. resembles to D. looks for
24. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
I heard someone running behind me. I turned ………………and saw a girl in a track suit.
A. up B.in C. round D. on
25. Choose a word which has a different stress:
A. rival B. enact C. title D. podium
26. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
Candidates …………….bring books into the examination room.
A. must B. mustn’t C. need D. needn’t
27. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
She is still not good at Maths. …………… she cannot be the best student in her class.
A. However B. Therefore C. Because D. but
28. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
Her friend tells lies to her ………………she still likes and trusts him.
A. however B. so C. although D. but
29. Which underlined part is not correct?
Many rare species of animals are in danger of becoming extinction.
A B C D
30. Which sentence expresses the same idea as “ Perhaps the others are looking for us now.”
A. The others must be looking for us now. B. The others may be looking for us now.
C. The others have to be looking for us now. D. We are being looked for now.
31. WThich underlined part is not correct?
The more the temperature rises , the worst the heat affects us.
A B C D

32.Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
What ……………… is protecting the area and these endangered species.
A. in environmentalists are interested B. are environmentalists are interested in
B. are interested in environmentalists D. environmentalists are interested in
33. Choose a word which has a different stress:
A.dedicate B. convention C. disater D. committee
34. Which sentence expresses the same idea as “ As I get older, I want to travel less ”?
A. I’m getting older, so I don’t want to travel
B. The more I get old, the less I want to travel.
C. I don’t want to travel because of my old age. .
D. The older I get, the less I want to travel.
35. Complete the sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
What does the UN stand …………… ?
A. on B. in C. up D.for
*. Read the passage carefully and choose the words or phrases that fit the blanks.
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 unhabited. People also live outside oases, but these people are not farmers.
They have camels, goats,donkeys, sheep,ect. These animals can live on the desert plants and do not need
much water.
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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,
wherethere is enough food for their animals, they trade their skin 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.

36. According to the passage, deserts are mostly made up of …………………
A. clay B. rock C. sand D. stones
37. The word “ hospitable” has the meaning of being ……………………….
A. brave B. cruel C. strange D. kind
38. In the desert…………………
A. it rains in spring only B. it rains for a short time every month
C. there is some rain, but far from enough D. the rainfall is just enough for the plants
39. People live …………………………
A. only inside the oases B. only outside the oases
C. both inside and outside the oases D. in places with regular rainfalls
40. From the passage we know that life ……………………….
A. is hard in deserts B. is happy in deserts
C. is impossible in deserts D. in deserts is much better now.

…The End….



DAP AN:
1. D 2. A 3. B 4.B 5.C 6. B 7.B 8.A 9.B 10 A

11.C 12 D 13A 14 D 15 C 16 B 17 A 18 A 19 B 20 D

21 A 22 D 23 A 24C 25 B 26B 27B 28 D 29 D 30B

31 C 32D 33A 34D 35D 36C 37D 38C 39C 40A