Đề kiểm tra giữa HK 1 môn tiếng Anh 12 năm 2017 - THPT A Nghĩa Hưng - Mã đề 234

TRƯỜNG THPT A NGHĨA HƯNG<br /> <br /> ĐỀ KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KỲ 1<br /> NĂM HỌC 2016 - 2017<br /> MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12<br /> Thời gian làm bài 50 phút<br /> Mã đề thi 234<br /> <br /> Họ, tên thí sinh:..................................................................... Lớp: .............................<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other<br /> three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.<br /> 1. A. believes<br /> B. maintains<br /> C. rejects<br /> D. confides<br /> 2. A. conserved<br /> B. approached C. borrowed<br /> D. complained<br /> 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<br /> of primary stress in each of the following questions.<br /> 3. A. modern<br /> B. machine<br /> C. honest<br /> D. village<br /> 4. A. threaten<br /> B. collect<br /> C. begin<br /> D. destroy<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the<br /> following questions.<br /> 5. Driving on the left made my daughter very surprising when she first visited London.<br /> A<br /> B<br /> C<br /> D<br /> 6. Before the 1920s, no women have voted in national elections in the US.<br /> A<br /> B<br /> C<br /> D<br /> 7. I can’t go out tonight because I have too many work to do.<br /> A<br /> B<br /> C<br /> D<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.<br /> 8. She wrote her essay carefully to avoid ______ mistakes.<br /> A. make<br /> B. being made C. to make<br /> D. making<br /> 9. This is the supermarket ______ you can buy almost everything.<br /> A. that<br /> B. who<br /> C. where<br /> D. when<br /> 10. It is boring in here. Let’s go ______ else for a change.<br /> A. somewhere<br /> B. something<br /> C. nothing<br /> D. nowhere<br /> 11. My students promised that they would hand in their assignments ______.<br /> A. the previous day<br /> B. tomorrow<br /> C. yesterday<br /> D. the following day<br /> 12. Peter would not have been late for the interview if he ______ the bus.<br /> A. hasn’t missed<br /> B. didn’t miss C. hadn’t missed<br /> D. doesn’t miss<br /> 13. Harry Potter books, which ______ by J.K. Rowling, are very popular with children around the world.<br /> A. were written<br /> B. wrote<br /> C. will write<br /> D. will be written<br /> 14. Neil Armstrong is the first man ______ foot on the moon.<br /> A. set<br /> B. to be set<br /> C. to set<br /> D. setting<br /> 15. You ______ wash those apples. They have already been washed.<br /> A. mustn’t<br /> B. need<br /> C. must<br /> D. needn’t<br /> 16. Our flight from Bangkok to London was delayed ______ the storm.<br /> A. since<br /> B. because of<br /> C. in spite of<br /> D. because<br /> 17. I decided ______ the book you told me about some days ago.<br /> A. to buying<br /> B. buy<br /> C. to buy<br /> D. buying<br /> 18. Many countries’ cultural ______ is a result of taking in immigrants from all over the world.<br /> A. diversified<br /> B. diversity<br /> C. diverse<br /> D. diversify<br /> 19. The harder you try, ______ you get.<br /> A. the best<br /> B. good<br /> C. better<br /> D. the better<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the<br /> following exchanges.<br /> 20. Mary: “What a nice dress you’re wearing, Jane!”<br /> Jane: “______”<br /> A. That’s too bad.<br /> B. Never mind.<br /> C. Not at all.<br /> D. Thank you.<br /> 21. Bill: “Let’s stop for a drink.”<br /> <br /> Bruce: “______”<br /> A. Sorry, we’ve got little time.<br /> B. You’re welcome.<br /> C. Long time no see.<br /> D. Nice to meet you.<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined<br /> word(s) in each of the following questions.<br /> 22.<br /> I received housing benefit when I was unemployed.<br /> A. out of work B. out of date<br /> C. out of fashion<br /> D. out of order<br /> 23.<br /> How many countries took part in the last Olympic Games?<br /> A. hosted<br /> B. performed<br /> C. participated<br /> D. succeeded<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined<br /> word(s) in each of the following questions.<br /> 24.<br /> There is growing concern about the way man has destroyed the environment.<br /> A. consideration<br /> B. ease<br /> C. speculation<br /> D. attraction<br /> 25.<br /> Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island. The islanders even exported the surplus.<br /> A. excess<br /> B. small quantity<br /> C. large quantity<br /> D. sufficiency<br /> 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<br /> following questions.<br /> 26.<br /> You won’t have a seat unless you book in advance.<br /> A. You won’t have a seat if you don’t book in advance.<br /> B. You can’t have a seat although you book in advance.<br /> C. You will have a seat if you don’t book in advance.<br /> D. You didn’t have a seat because you didn’t book in advance.<br /> 27.<br /> She started working as a teacher of English ten years ago.<br /> A. She has worked with a teacher of English for ten years.<br /> B. She had worked with a teacher of English for ten years.<br /> C. She has been working as a teacher of English for ten years.<br /> D. She had been working as a teacher of English for ten years.<br /> 28.<br /> “Would you like to come to my birthday party, Mary?” said Mike.<br /> A. Mike didn’t know that Mary had come to his birthday party.<br /> B. Mike was told to come to Mary’s birthday party.<br /> C. Mike invited Mary to come to his birthday party.<br /> D. Mike asked Mary if she didn’t like to come to his birthday party.<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in<br /> the following questions.<br /> 29.<br /> He works in the same office with two women. They are very beautiful and tactful.<br /> A. Working in the same office with the two beautiful women makes him very tactful.<br /> B. He works in the same office with two women who are very beautiful and tactful.<br /> C. The offices where he and the two very beautiful and tactful women work are the same.<br /> D. The two women’s beauty and tact explain why he wants to work at their office.<br /> 30.<br /> She is a famous author. She is also an influential political commentator.<br /> A. She is neither a famous author nor a political commentator.<br /> B. She writes famous books, but she does not know much about politics.<br /> C. She likes writing famous books and commenting on politics.<br /> D. She is not only a famous author but also an influential political commentator.<br /> Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or<br /> phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.<br /> WHY DO ANIMALS GO EXTINCT?<br /> Different kinds of animals have appeared and disappeared throughout Earth’s history. Some animals go extinct<br /> because the climate (31) ______ they live changes. The climate may become wetter or drier. It may become warmer or<br /> cooler. If the animals cannot change, or adapt, to the new climate, they die.<br /> Some animals go extinct because they cannot (32) ______ with other animals for food. Some animals go extinct<br /> because they are killed by enemies. New kinds of animals are always evolving. Evolving means that the animals are<br /> changing (33) ______ from generation to generation. Small differences between parents, children, and grandchildren<br /> slowly add up over many, many generations. Eventually, a different kind of animal evolves.<br /> <br /> Sometimes many of the animals on Earth go extinct at the (34) ______ time. Scientists call this a mass extinction.<br /> Scientists think there (35) ______ at least five mass extinctions in Earth’s history. The last mass extinction happened about<br /> 65 million years ago. This mass extinction killed off the dinosaurs.<br /> 31.<br /> A. which<br /> B. where<br /> C. what<br /> D. when<br /> 32.<br /> A. compete<br /> B. find<br /> C. complete<br /> D. exist<br /> 33.<br /> A. suddenly<br /> B. quickly<br /> C. slowly<br /> D. accidentally<br /> 34.<br /> A. different<br /> B. various<br /> C. similar<br /> D. same<br /> 35.<br /> A. will be<br /> B. are<br /> C. have been<br /> D. has been<br /> Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer<br /> to each of the questions.<br /> For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty house.<br /> Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend<br /> part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who look after themselves while their<br /> parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.<br /> Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing<br /> jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys inside<br /> shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house<br /> keys.<br /> She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and<br /> single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three<br /> latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own<br /> safety.<br /> The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They may hide in a shower stall, under a<br /> bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the<br /> Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone.<br /> 36.<br /> The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means ______.<br /> A. a house with no furniture<br /> B. a house with nothing inside<br /> C. a house with no people inside<br /> D. a house with too much space<br /> 37.<br /> One thing that the children in the passage share is that ______.<br /> A. they are from single-parent families<br /> B. they spend part of each day alone<br /> C. they all wear jewelry<br /> D. they all watch TV<br /> 38.<br /> The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who ______.<br /> A. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves<br /> B. look after themselves while their parents are not at home<br /> C. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere<br /> D. are locked inside houses with latches and keys<br /> 39.<br /> The main problem of latchkey children is that they ______.<br /> A. are also found in middle-class families<br /> B. watch too much television during the day<br /> C. are growing in numbers<br /> D. suffer a lot from being left alone<br /> 40.<br /> Why did a lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached?<br /> A. They were fully grown and had become independent.<br /> B. They had to use the keys to open school doors.<br /> C. Schools didn’t allow them to wear jewelry, so they wore keys instead.<br /> D. They would use the keys to enter their houses when they came home.<br /> 41.<br /> What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone?<br /> A. Tiredness.<br /> B. Loneliness.<br /> C. Boredom.<br /> D. Fear.<br /> 42.<br /> What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears?<br /> A. Having a shower.<br /> B. Hiding somewhere.<br /> C. Lying under a TV.<br /> D. Talking to the Longs.<br /> 43.<br /> It’s difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because ______.<br /> A. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone<br /> B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons<br /> C. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds<br /> D. there are too many of them in the whole country<br /> <br /> Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to<br /> each of the questions.<br /> Experts in climatology and other scientists are becoming extremely concerned about the changes to our climate which<br /> are taking place. Admittedly, climate changes have occurred on our planet before. For example, there have been several ice<br /> ages or glacial periods.<br /> These climatic changes, however, were different from the modern ones in that they occurred gradually and, as far as<br /> we know, naturally. The changes currently being monitored are said to be the result not of natural causes, but of human<br /> activity. Furthermore, the rate of change is becoming alarmingly rapid.<br /> The major problem is that the planet appears to be warming up. According to some experts, this warming process,<br /> known as global warming, is occurring at a rate unprecedented in the last 10,000 years. The implications for the planet are<br /> very serious. Rising global temperatures could give rise to such ecological disasters as extremely high increases in the<br /> incidence of flooding and of droughts. These in turn could have a harmful effect on agriculture.<br /> It is thought that this unusual warming of the Earth has been caused by so-called greenhouse gases, such as carbon<br /> dioxide, being emitted into the atmosphere by car engines and modern industrial processes, for example. Such gases not<br /> only add to the pollution of the atmosphere, but also create a greenhouse effect, by which the heat of the sun is trapped.<br /> This leads to the warming up of the planet.<br /> Politicians are also concerned about climate change and there are now regular summits on the subject, attended by<br /> representatives from around 180 of the world's industrialized countries. Of these summits, the most important took place in<br /> Kyoto in Japan in 1997. There it was agreed that the most industrialized countries would try to reduce the volume of<br /> greenhouse gas emissions and were given targets for this reduction of emissions.<br /> It was also suggested that more forests should be planted to create so-called sinks to absorb greenhouse gases. At<br /> least part of the problem of rapid climate change has been caused by too drastic deforestation.<br /> Sadly, the targets are not being met. Even more sadly, global warnings about climate changes are often still being<br /> regarded as scaremongering.<br /> (From Read and Understand 2 by Betty Kirkpatrick & Rebecca Mok - Learners Publishing Pte Ltd 2005)<br /> 44. According to the passage, in what way did the climate changes in the ice ages differ from the modern ones?<br /> A. They occurred naturally over a long period of time.<br /> B. They were fully monitored by humans.<br /> C. They were wholly the result of human activity.<br /> D. They were partly intended.<br /> 45. The word “alarmingly” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.<br /> A. disapprovingly<br /> B. worryingly<br /> C. surprisingly<br /> D. disappointingly<br /> 46. According to the passage, agriculture could ______.<br /> A. give rise to many ecological disasters<br /> B. make the global warming more serious<br /> C. be indirectly affected by the global temperature rises<br /> D. be directly damaged by the rises in global temperature<br /> 47. Greenhouse gases cause the warming up of the Earth because they ______.<br /> A. are emitted by car engines<br /> B. trap heat from the sun<br /> C. do not add to atmosphere pollution<br /> D. are unusual gases<br /> 48. According to the passage, 1997 witnessed ______.<br /> A. the largest number of summits on the subject of climate change<br /> B. the highest attendance by representatives from 180 industrialised countries<br /> C. the most important summit on climate change taking place in Kyoto, Japan<br /> D. widespread concern about climate change<br /> 49. The word “There” in paragraph 5 refers to ______.<br /> A. regular summits on climate change<br /> B. the 1997 summit in Kyoto, Japan<br /> C. the world’s industrialised countries<br /> D. the most industrialised countries<br /> 50. The word “drastic” in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to ______.<br /> A. severe<br /> B. hard<br /> C. obvious<br /> D. widespread<br /> THE END<br /> <br />