Bộ đề thi khảo sát Tiếng Anh lớp 12 trường THPT Yên Lạc, Vĩnh Phúc năm học 2014 - 2015 (lần 2)

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SỞ GD & ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
TRƯỜNG THPT YÊN LẠC
KHẢO SÁT LẦN 2 LỚP 12 NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI A1, D
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút;
(80 câu trắc nghiệm)
Mã đề thi
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(Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu)
Họ, tên thí sinh: SBD:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: A. Parameter B. Conscious C. Speedometer D. Thermometer
Câu 2: A. Necessary B. Endangered C. Humidity D. Incredible
Câu 3: A. Accordance B. Biology C. Incomplete D. Putridity
Câu 4: A. Ancient B. Deficient C. Sufficient D. Production
Câu 5: A. Classifies B. Secretary C. Necessary D. Vocabulary
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Câu 6: Most everyone has a desire to succeed in life.
A. succeed B. Most C. desire D. has
Câu 7: As secretary of transportation from 1975 to 1977, William Coleman worked to help the bankrupt
railroads in the northeastern United States solved their financial problems.
A. to help B. solved C. As D. financial
Câu 8: The company had to cut off the electric because the bill was unpaid.
A. cut off B. electric C. unpaid D. The
Câu 9: Although research has been ongoing since 1930, the existence of ESP-perception and
communication without the use of the sight, hear, taste, touch or smell-is still disputed.
A. since B. existence C. use D. hear
Câu 10: The children were playing last night outdoors when it began to rain very hard.
A. began B. were playing C. very hard D. last night outdoors

Câu 11: Good clerks are happy to wait for their customers.
A. happy B. customers C. wait for D. Good clerks
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Câu 12: Every time he puts the toys away, the children just take it out again.
A. Every B. take it C. puts D. away
Câu 13: Everyone attended the meeting accept the secretary.
A. Everyone B. accept C. secretary D. the
Câu 14: All nations may have to make fundamental changes in their economic, political, and
the technological institutions if they are to preserve environment.
A. have to make B. changes in
C. the technological institutions D. to preserve
Câu 15: His boss has asked him to respond immediately this fax.
A. His boss B. to respond C. immediately D. has
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Câu 16: Luisa does a full-time job and ______________.
A. look after the house either D. also look after the house
B. looks after also the house C. look after the house too
Câu 17: The course seems to lay particular ______ on learning the theory behind the practice.
A. highlight B. mention C. stress D. point
Câu 18: “Come on, Susan! Hurry up! Drink your milk.” “____________”
A. Excuse me. B. Yes, please. C. I can’t finish it. D. Forgive me.
Câu 19: It ___________ able to finish it in an hour.
A. can’t have been too hard if you were D. couldn’t be too hard if you had been
B. can’t have been too hard if you had been C. couldn’t be too hard if you are
Câu 20: Many a boy _________ come up with many new ideas.
A. has B. have C. has been D. have been
Câu 21: The organs of taste are the _____ that are mainly located on the tongue.
A. groups of cells are taste buds B. Taste buds, groups of cells
C. Taste buds are groups of cells D. Taste buds, these are groups of cells

Câu 22: I’m ____________ my brother is.
A. nothing near as ambitious as C. nowhere like so ambitious
B. nothing as ambitious than D. nowhere near as ambitious as
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Câu 23: The Press thought the football manager would depress by his dismissal but he just ________.
A. ran it down B. turned it down C. laugh it off D. call it off
Câu 24: “I’d like to try on these shoes, please?” “ _____________ ”
A. I’d love to. B. By all means, sir. C. That’s right, sir D. Why not?
Câu 25: At the moment, we’re holding on to our shares, but _____in value, we would probably sell them.
A. if they were rise B. for them to rise C. if only they rose D. were they to rise
Câu 26: Your participation is ________ of the way we seek to involve everybody in our plans.
A. desirous B. dependent C. indicative D. integral
Câu 27: I do wish you’d stop biting your nail, Tom. It really _____________.
A. gets on my nerves B. gets me down C. tells me off D. lets me down
Câu 28: The classroom heating was broken and all the student sat there ________.
A. dozing B. blushing C. sobbing D. shivering
Câu 29: The criminal knows the ________ of successful robberies.
A. trash and treasure B. part and parcel C. ins and outs D. close call
Câu 30: The floor was so rotten that it almost gave ________ under his weight.
A. back B. away C. way D. up
Câu 31: Hurricanes move with the large-scale wind currents _________ are imbedded.
A. in which they B. which they C. that they D. in that they
Câu 32: On the second level of the parking lot ____________________.
A. are empty B. some empty stalls are
C. is empty D. are some empty stalls
Câu 33: ________ you’ll be coming to the meeting next week since you prepared the documents?
A. Likely B. Surely C. Presumably D. Predictably
Câu 34: Lisa: “Have you been able to reach Peter?” Gina: “ __________ ”
A. Yes, I have known him for years. B. It’s much too high.
C. No, the line is busy. D. There’s no approval.

Câu 35: _________________, he remained optimistic.
A. Though badly wounded he was C. As he was badly wounded
B. Badly wounded as he was D. As badly wounded he was
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word for each of the blanks from 36 to 45.
PICTURE IMPERFECT
A couple who arranged a second wedding ceremony after photographs of the original ceremony
were ruined is claiming (36)_____from the photographer who captured their special day on film. The
bride, Tracey Lloyd, burst into tears when she was given the initial (37)_____of her ‘big day’. Most of the
photographs were out of focus and in some her face was actually obscured. She and her husband Gary are
(38)_____in dispute with the company that took the wedding photographs. Two days after the ceremony,
the Lloyds had to (39)_____the ceremony again with a different photographer. The final (40)_____was
perfect, but they insist that the distress ruined their honeymoon. They have already (41)_____the offer of
a refund of three hundred pounds. The new Mrs Lloyd said, ‘I was absolutely (42)_____. I couldn’t
believe that it had happened to us after we had saved up for so long. It was supposed to be a perfect day,
but the photographs were more like holiday snaps that had been taken by a real (43)_____. Her husband
added, ‘The second set of pictures is excellent but the company gave the false (44)_____that everything
went well the first time around. Now all those initial moments have passed. They are something you can
never (45)_____.
Câu 36: A. damage B. refunds C. compensation D. repayments
Câu 37: A. likeness B. copy C. model D. record
Câu 38: A. at first B. currently C. at once D. momentarily
Câu 39: A. pass through B. go over C. pass over D. go through
Câu 40: A. output B. work C. product D. effect
Câu 41: A. denied B. dropped C. rejected D. dismissed
Câu 42: A. devastated B. demolished C. overwhelmed D. overpowered
Câu 43: A. amateur B. newcomer C. apprentice D. trainee
Câu 44: A. interpretation B. view C. impression D. opinion
Câu 45: A. bring back B. take back C. bring in D. take in

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 46 to 55.
Watching for wildlife in the forest, we rarely see past the surface of things. Standing on the ground
floor, we scan the leafy rafters, entirely overlooking the living world in the soil beneath out feet.
The forest‘s basement is a secret world. As different from our own world as water is from air, the
soil seems quiet, even dead. But life bustles down below: a cubic inch of topsoil may contain billions of
creatures.
Predators and prey roam beneath as well as above the forest floor. Furthermore, those upstairs and
downstairs forest denizens live closely linked lives soil-dwelling bacteria and fungi break down deal
organic matter into molecules that above ground plants use for food. Those plants, as well as animals,
mature and die, leaving more organic matter to fuel the folks downstairs.
Like a well -insulated house, the soil protected its tenants from extreme temperatures, and from rain
and snow. It also provides a bulwark against predators that roam the surface world. But the dense,
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protecting soil also limits mobility. Soil creatures must be specially equipped in order to travel easily
through their dark, constricting realm.
Earthworms and ants are the champion earth-movers, creating channels that allow air and water to
enter the soil. While
ants travel relatively far from their nests, earthworms work small areas, reprocessing vast amount of
soil into fertile “waste”. In a single year, as much as 36 tons of soil may pass through the alimentary tracts
of all the earthworms living in an acre of soil.
Câu 46: The main topic of the passage is_______ .
A. the life cycle of ants and worms B. life in the forest soil
C. the habitats of the forest animals D. a description of a forest scene
Câu 47: The word “ bustles” in the passage is closest in meaning to ________ .
A. continues. B. waits C. threatens D. is very active
Câu 48: It can be inferred from the passage that the forest soil is_____ .
A. densely inhabited B. sparsely inhabited C. devoid of life D. unknown to man
Câu 49: According to the passage, what is the main function of bacteria and fungi?
A. to help aerate the soil B. to provide food for plant life

C. to build walls in the soil D. to kill mature plants
Câu 50: The word “bulwark” in the passage is closest in meaning to_______ .
A. gateway B. barrier C. tomb D. radar
Câu 51: According to the passage, the soil offers creatures who live underground protection from all of
the following EXCEPT__________.
A. extreme heat and cold B. bad weather
C. enemies D. bacteria and fungi
Câu 52: The word "constricting” can be replaced with _______.
A. deep B. limiting C. heavy D. damp
Câu 53: According to the passage, it could be expected that ants __________.
A. perform similar functions to fungi B. live only above ground
C. move more earth than earthworms D. are more mobile than earthworms
Câu 54: The word "reprocessing" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. arranging B. transporting C. eliminating D. converting
Câu 55: The author uses which analogy to discuss the soil of the forest?
A. A building B. A tunnel C. A laboratory D. A vehicle
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 56 to 65.
Experiments have shown that in selecting personnel for a job, interviewing is at best a hindrance,
and may even cause harm. These studies have disclosed that the judgments of interviewers differ
markedly and bear little or no relationship to the adequacy of the job applicants. Of the many reasons why
this should be the case, three in particular stand out.
The first reason is related to an error of judgment known as the halo effect. If a person has one
noticeable good trait, their other characteristics will be judged as better than they really are. Thus, an
individual who dresses smartly and shows self- confidence is likely to be judged capable of doing a job
well regardless of his or her real ability.
Interviewers are also prejudiced by an effect called the primacy effect. This error occurs when
interpretation of later information is distorted by earlier connected information. Hence, in an interview
situation, the interviewer spends most of the interview trying to confirm the impression given by the

candidate in the first few moments. Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that such an impression is
unrelated to the aptitude of the applicant.
The phenomenon known as the contrast effect also skews the judgment of interviewers. A suitable
candidate may be underestimated because he or she contrasts with a previous one who appears
exceptionally intelligent. Likewise, an average candidate who is preceded by one who gives a weak
showing may be judged as more suitable than he or she really is.
Since interviews as a form of personnel selection have been shown to be inadequate, other selection
procedures have been devised which more accurately predict candidate suitability. Of the various tests
devised, the predictor which appears to do this most successfully is cognitive ability as measured by a
variety of verbal and spatial tests.
Câu 56: This passage mainly discusses the _______.
A. techniques that interviewers use for judging job applicants.
B. effects of interviewing on job applicants.
C. judgments of interviewers concerning job applicants.
D. inadequacy of interviewing job applicants.
Câu 57: According to the passage the first impression _______.
A. is the one that stays with the interviewer
B. can easily be altered
C. has been repeatedly demonstrated to the applicant
D. is unrelated to the interviewer’s prejudices
Câu 58: The author mentions all of the following reasons why interviewing is not an accurate way to
predict candidate suitability EXCEPT the _______.
A. primacy effect B. contrast effect C. halo effect D. cognitive effect
Câu 59: The word “hindrance” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. assistance B. Procedure C. encouragement D. interference
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Câu 60: According to the passage, the “hallo effect” _______.
A. takes effect only when a candidate is well -dressed
B. helps the interviewer’s capability to judge real ability
C. stands out as the worst judgmental error

D. exemplifies how one good characteristic color perceptions
Câu 61: The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. judgments B. characteristics C. interviewers D. applicants
Câu 62: The word “confirm” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. misrepresent B. recollect C. verify D. conclude
Câu 63: The word “skews” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. distinguishes B. biases C. opposes D. improves
Câu 64: The word “ this” in last paragraph refers to _______.
A. devise personnel selection B. devise accurate tests
C. measure cognitive ability D. predict candidate suitability
Câu 65: The paragraphs following the passage most likely discuss which of the following?
A. Other reasons for misjudgments of applicants
B. More information on cognitive ability tests
C. Other selection procedures included in interviewing
D. More information on the kinds of judgmental effects
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
the original sentence in each of the following questions.
Câu 66: Mark blew up when he heard the news.
A. Mark became nervous when he heard the news.
B. Mark was worried when he heard the news.
C. Mark got angry when he heard the news.
D. Mark became curious when he heard the news.
Câu 67: The government does not know what to do with household rubbish in large cities.
A. Rarely the government knows what to do with household rubbish in large cities.
B. Hardly any government knows what to do with household rubbish in large cities.
C. It is unknown what to do with household rubbish in large cities by the government
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D. Little does the government know what to do with household rubbish in large cities.
Câu 68: Twice as many men as women are insurance agents.
A. Women are twice as likely as men to have insurance.

B. Male insurance agents outnumber female agents.
C. More men than women have insurance.
D. Insurance is twice as difficult to sell to women as to men.
Câu 69: Look out for those falling rocks!
A. Look for these falling rocks. B. Let’s look for falling rocks.
C. Look out the window at those falling rocks. D. Don’t let those falling rocks hit you.
Câu 70: Tim was humiliated by the whole experience.
A. Tim found the whole experience humiliated.
B. The whole experience was humiliating for Tim.
C. Tim experienced something wholly humiliated.
D. The whole experience made Tim humiliating.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to the best sentence which is made up from the given
cue word.
Câu 71: you/ entitle/ drive/ car/ your driving license. //
A. You are not entitled to drive a car without your driving license.
B. You are not entitled to driving a car without your driving license.
C. You do not entitle to drive a car without your driving license.
D. You are not entitled to drive a car with your driving license.
Câu 72: you / attend / work / stop / day-dream?
A. Would you please attend to your work and stop day-dream?
B. Do you attend to your work and stop day-dreaming?
C. Would you attend your work and stop day-dreaming?
D. Would you please attend to your work and stop day-dreaming?
Câu 73: number/ factor/ relate/ voice/ reveal/ personality/ speaker.//
A. A number of factors that related to the voice revealing the personality of the speaker.
B. The number of factors relating to the voice revealed the personality of the speaker.
C. A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker.
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D. The number of factors related to the voice revealed the personality of the speaker
Câu 74: legend/ that / tea/ beverage/ discover / 2737B.C.//

A. Legend said that tea was a beverage was discovered in 2737B.C.
B. Legend has it that tea as a beverage was discovered in 2737B.C.
C. Legend makes it that tea was a beverage discovered in 2737B.C.
D. Legend told it that tea as a beverage which discovered in 2737B.C.
Câu 75: actually / Jim / rather / not / go / class / yesterday / today.
A. Actually, Jim would rather not going to class yesterday than today.
B. Actually, Jim would rather not to have gone to class yesterday than today.
C. Actually, Jim would rather not have gone to class yesterday than today.
D. Actually, Jim would rather not to go to class yesterday than today.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Câu 76: Tourists today flock to see the two falls that actually constitute Niagara falls.
A. come out of boredom B. come without knowing what they will see
C. come by plane D. come in large numbers
Câu 77: After many year of unsuccessfully endeavoring to form his own orchestra, Glenn Miller finally
achieved world fame in 1939 as a big band leader.
A. offering B. requesting C. deciding D. trying
Câu 78: Regular use of this cream will help to relieve the rough, dry condition of your skin.
A. alleviate B. evaporate C. abbreviate D. abstract
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions:
Câu 79: The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to reducing the sufferings of
wounded soldiers, civilians and prisoners of war.
A. happiness B. loss C. worry and sadness D. pain and sorrow
Câu 80: They have not made any effort to integrate with the local community.
A. separate B. cooperate C. connect D. put together

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