45P3

LONG AN PROVINCE DOEAT
THẠNH HÓA HIGH SCHOOL

ENGLISH TEST - GRADE 12 (2017 – 2018)
No 3

Time: 40 minutes; (Including 40 questions)
OFFICIAL
(Icluding 4 pages)

Name : ............................................................... Class : ...................

Test code 679

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Rivers are one of the world’s most important __( 1 )__ resources. Many cities are on large
rivers and almost every country __( 2 )__ at least one river that plays an important part in the lives
of its people.
Besides transportation, rivers __( 3 )__ people with food and water. To get water for crops, a
dam is built across a river. People can use water not only to irrigate but also to make electricity.
However, several rivers are polluted when industries develop. It is necessary to keep rivers
__( 4 )__ if people want to get benefits of the natural resources.
Question 1:
A. nature
B. nation
C. naturally
D. natural
Question 2:
A. have
B. to have

C. has
D. having
Question 3:
A. provide
B. brings
C. gives
D. takes
Question 4:
A. polluted
B. clean
C. dirty
D. contaminated
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 5: The student failed the test because he …………….. enough questions.
A. hadn't answered
B. answered
C. wasn’t answering
D. hasn’t answered
Question 6: The students …………….. by the teacher yesterday were very rude.
A. punished
B. punish
C. punishing
D. to punish
Question 7: Their house is …………….. decorated.
A. beauty
B. beautifully
C. beautiful
D. beautify
Question 8: Take your umbrella …………….. it rains.

A. unless
B. if
C. otherwise
D. in case
Question 9: I'm …………….. tired that I could sleep in this chair.
A. so
B. very
C. such
D. too
Question 10: It’s very warm. We …………….. take coats with us.
A. needn't
B. must
C. mustn’t
D. may
Question 11: The police ordered people to leave the town …………….. the flood.
A. because of
B. although
C. because
D. despite
Question 12: . …………….. species are plant and animal species which are in danger of extinction.
A. Dangerous
B. Dangerously
C. Endangered
D. Endanger
Question 13: It was …………….. only thing I could do under the circumstances.
A. no article
B. an
C. the
D. a
Question 14: She cited three reasons …………….. people get into debt.

A. for that
B. for why
C. which
D. why
th
Question 15: The World Health Organization …………….. on April 7 , 1948.
A. was established
B. established
C. was establishing
D. were established


Question 16: Don't you get tired …………….. quarrelling all the time?
A. about
B. of
C. with
D. for
Question 17: He asked her ……………...
A. where she was going
B. where she is going
C. where you were going
D. where was she going
Question 18: It took me ……………...
A. my garden two hours to water yesterday
B. two hours to water my garden yesterday
C. two hours watering my garden yesterday
D. two hours watered my garden yesterday
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.
“Where is the university?” is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can

give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the
city. You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over
the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one
colleges. Cambridge was already developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived
800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over
the river as early as 875.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings.
The town grew much faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845.
Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100,000. Many young
students want to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the
university town. It has become a famous place all round the world.
Question 19: From what we read, we know that Cambridge is now …………….
A. a city of growing population
B. a city without walls
C. visited by international tourists
D. a city that may have a wall around it
Question 20: What do most visitors come to Cambridge for?
A. To use the libraries of the university.
B. To find the classroom buildings.
C. To see the university.
D. To study in the colleges in Cambridge.
Question 21: Why did people name Cambridge the “City of Cambridge”?
A. Because the river was very well-known. B. Because it was a developing town.
C. Because there is a river named Granta.
D. Because there is a bridge over the Cam.
Question 22: Around what time did the university begin to appear?
A. In the 15th century.
B. In the 13th century.
C. In the 8th century.
D. In the 9th century.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 23: The state of Florida was hit by a hurricane that did serious damage.
A. harm
B. injury
C. ruin
D. benefit
Question 24: There is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct.
A. lost
B. vanishing
C. dead
D. alive
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 25: Jack: “I’m going to take a five - day trip to Rome.”
Jill: “……………..”
A. The same to you.
B. Yes, let’s.
C. Have a good time.
D. No, of course not.
Question 26: Linda: “You’ve got a lovely singing voice, Maria!”
Maria: “……………..”
A. Yes, I think so
B. I’m afraid not
C. Don’t mention it
D. Thank you
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in


meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 27: Lisa started to learn Spanish two years ago.
A. Lisa didn’t learn Spanish two years ago. B. Lisa hasn’t learned Spanish two years before.
C. Lisa used to learn Spanish two years ago. D. Lisa has learned Spanish for two years.
Question 28: People believe that the wanted man is living in New York.
A. It is believed that the wanted man to be living in New York.
B. The wanted man was believed to be living in New York.
C. It was believed that the wanted man is living in New York.
D. The wanted man is believed to be living in New York.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 29: He didn’t train hard. He lost the match.
A. Had he trained hard, he would have won the match.
B. If he trained hard, he would win the match.
C. If he had trained hard, he wouldn’t have won the match.
D. If he trained hard, he wouldn’t lose the match.
Question 30: The hotel wasn’t very clean. We stayed there.
A. The hotel in that we stayed wasn’t very clean.
B. The hotel where we stayed wasn’t very clean.
C. The hotel which we stayed wasn’t very clean.
D. The hotel we stayed there wasn’t very clean.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 31:
A. beaches
B. reserves
C. mines
D. stores
Question 32:
A. addressed
B. washed

C. needed
D. approached
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 33:
A. Australia
B. communicate
C. diversity
D. mathematics
Question 34:
A. dislike
B. aboard
C. review
D. science
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 35: This chapter is so difficult to digest, I shall have to read it again later.
A. read and understand
B. dips into and ignore
C. read carelessly
D. read quickly
Question 36: The company claims it is not responsible for the pollution in the river.
A. exploitation
B. contamination
C. destruction
D. conservation
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 37:
As soon Ja will

in July,
is going to
to
for her
.
B
D
as A
ne graduate
she
travel C
Vietnam holiday
Question 38:
He isn’t enough
strongA
Question 39:

to

the washing-

B
move

machine

t t other
C
D
o h corner

of the kitchen.


The book offers

fascinat
ed A

a
Question 40:
Mu peop agree
chA le
thatB

sig
ht

we
should

o the lives
B
f of

t ri a famou
C
h ch nD s.

prote t environme

ct C
h nt D

THE END

.