Đề kiểm tra Tiếng anh 12 - Học kì 1 - Đề số 7

THE ENGLISH TEST 
DURATION 45 MS
I/ Pronunciation :
A.Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1. a. future	b. nature	c. mature	d. picture 
2. a. high	b. home 	c. hour	d. hunting
3. a. prevent	b. event 	c. invent	d. basement
4. a. preserve	b. sack	c. reason	d. poison
B. Choose a word that has the different stress from the rest 
5. a. tavern	b.tolerate	c.timber	d. transition
6. a. papal	b.possession	c.particular	d. pollution
II / Vocabulary and structure
Choose the best answer
7. People want to conserve the environment but they can’t help ____ it
	a. to pollute	b. polluting	c.polluted	d. pollution
8. What ____ if there ____ plants or trees around us .?
	a. would happen / weren’t b.happens / weren’tc.will happen / weren’t	 d.would happen / hadn’t been
9. Do you _____ a computer ?
	a. know how use	b.know how using	c.know using	d. know how to use 
10.They used to ____ their children to the park when they ______ in the city
	a.take / lived	b. took / had lived	c. taking / were living	d. taking / are living
11. Tom nor his friends _____ a book report next Friday
	a. will have	b. have	c. has	d. had
12. My sister has lost weight _____ every morning
a. to exercise	b. to exercising	c. by to exercise	d. by exercising
13 . Hunting for meat and burning forests for soil ____ wildlife.
	a. protect	b. devote	c. destroy	c. conserve
14. “Brunch” is combines from the two words _____
	a. breakfast and bunch	b. break and lunch	c. breakfast and lunch	d. break and bunch
15. John lived in the coutryside during his _____
	a. childhood	b. childless	c. child	d. childlike
16. Tom is absent ______ the class today.
	a. from	b. on	c. with	d. to
17 . _____ Ho Chi Minh city is one of ____ largest in Viet Nam
	a.the/the	b. the/a	c. no article/the	d. no article/a
18. Mr.Carter, ________ whom I spoke on the phone yesterday, is very interested in our plan.
	a. to	b. with	c. about	d. on
19 . These days everybody is ________ of the dangers of smoking.
	a. aware	b. a head	c. afraid	d. full
20 . is an infectious disease which causes the skin to turn yellow 
 a . yellow fever b . Mumps c . headache d . Temperature
21 . She was .. she could not say anything
 a . so surprised at the news that b . such surprised at the news that
 c . so surprised of the news that d so that surprised for the news
Choose the sentence which has the same meaning as the given one
22 Tom asked the woman if she was married 
a . Tom asked the woman if she would marry him 	
b “ Are you married?” Tom said to the woman 
c Tom asked the woman “Do you want to get married?”
d . The women told Tom that she was married .
23 . I got to the stadium in one hour 
 a . it takes me one hour to get to the stadium 
 b . it costs me one hour to get to the stadium 
 c . it took me one hour to get to the stadium .
d . it cost me one hour to get to the stadium
24 The football match was very boring . I left after 20 ms
a . Because the football match was very boring so I left after 20 ms
b . 20 ms watching the football match made me sick
c . I was bored with the match so I left immediately
d . it was such a boring football match that I left after 20 ms
25 The garden isn’t large enough to play football in
The garden is not so large to play football
The garden is so small to play football
You can’t play football in that garden
The garden is too small to play football
26 People say that the festival is going to be held next year 
a . it is said that the festival is going to be held next year 
b .The festival is said to being held next year 
 c . The festival is said going to be held next year 
it is said the festival held next year 
Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting
27. The little boy is very interested in chess but he is actually not good for playing 
	a	b	 c	d
28. Jack as well as his friends play chess with me every night 
	 a	b	 c	d
29. Would you mind give me a hand , I have a lot of things to do
	a	b	c	 d
30.My grandmother, that is 84 years old, can still read and listen very well.
 a b c d
IV. Reading comprehention:
A.Fill in each number blank with one suitable word or phrase
	All of us know that we have to work hard to earn our living , to serve others and to (31) ______ our duties toward our country.Besides earning money , we need to feel (32 ) ______and enthusiastic to work . We have to follow our career during our time of working . Therefore, choosing a suitable profession is very important (32) ______ us. There are various kinds of professions in society and they are all (33)______ are useful.Some work in a factory , others at the desk.Some like to be a doctor while (34)________ prefer engineering; and me I choose (35)_____
31. a. fulfill	b. fill 	c. put	d. make
32. a comfort 	b. comfortable	c. comfortably 	d. uncomfortable
33 a. for	b. with	c. to	 d. on
34. a.gentle	b.noble 	c. boring d . harmful
35. a. teach	b. teaches	c. taught	d. teaching.
B. Read the text carefully and the choose the correct answer :
 Parents send their children to school to prepare them for the time when they grow up . Children learn their native language so that they will be able to communicate fluently to other people around them . More over, they can preserve the valuable culture and literature of the country . They learn foreign languages in order to benefit from what foreigners say and write . We all know that the more we learn foreign languages , the more benefit we get . They learn maths to calculate , geography to know phenomena of nature , history to know something about human beings and historic events . Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life .
Parents send their children to school to 
a . make them grow up b . prepare for their future
c . make time for them d . make benefit from them
37 . children ..
a . do not have to learn native language at school
b . only learn native language at home 
c . have to learn native language at school
d . only learn foreign language at home
38 . Children 
a . should not learn a foreign language
b . must not learn a foreign language at school
c . have no need to learn a foreign language
d . learn a foreign language at school
39 . mathematics.
 A . is very necessary for children to learn at shool 
 B . is not important 
C . is not useful 
D . is not taught at school
40 . Everything they learn at school 
 a . is not necessary b . has some practical use
 c . has no use d . is useless
 KEY
1C	2C	3D	4D	5D	6A	7B	8A	9D	
10B	11A	12D	13C	14C	15A	16A	17C	18A	
19C	20A	21A	22B	23C	24D	25D	26A	27D	
28B	29A	30B	31A	32B	33C	34B	35D	36B	37C	38D	39A	40B