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ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG LẦN 1
Năm học 2018 - 2019
Môn: Tiếng Anh 12
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
(không kể thời gian giao đề)
Họ, tên thí sinh:..........................................................................Số báo danh:.........................
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 from
1 to 2.
Câu 1: You must drive it home to him that spending too much time playing computer games will do him no good.
A. give him a lift home B. allow him to stay
C. let him drive his car D. make him understand
Câu 2: The bully doesn’t have any friends at school as the rest of the students keep away from him.
A. avoid B. betray C. attack D. behave
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 from
3 to 4.
Câu 3: A. instrument B. diagnose C. charity D. distinguished
Câu 4: A. inspire B. devote C. waver D. admire
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 from
5 to 9.
Rural-urban migration phenomenon is explained in development economics as a process in which labour
from rural areas moves to urban areas to meet the demand (5) _______ cheap labour for industrial development.
This phenomenon is traditionally viewed as necessity for (6) _______ development because cheap labour is
transferred from rural sector of low productivity to urban sector of high productivity. The driving force for rural-
urban migration mostly refers to economic incentives, in which people's decision to move to urban areas is
rationally based on expectation of higher real income from destinations (7) _______ it may take them a certain
period of time to secure employment in the modern sector. In developing countries, the flow of internal migration
(8) _______ is mostly rural-urban movement continues to accelerate in spite of positive marginal products of
agriculture and higher unemployment (9) _______ in the urban areas.
Câu 5: A. with B. for C. in D. from
Câu 6: A. economy B. ecomnomical C. economics D. economic
Câu 7: A. although B. because C. or D. so
Câu 8: A. what B. which C. where D. who
Câu 9: A. level B. insurance C. rate D. benefit
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 from
10 to 11.
Câu 10: A. repeat B. treatment C. jealous D. greasy
Câu 11: A. coughed B. sneezed C. fetched D. packed
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions from
12 to 23.
Câu 12: Steve is a senior manager; therefore, stress is ______ of his job.
A. part and parcel B. odds and ends C. off and on D. far and wide
Câu 13: ‘Why did so many students fail the test?’ - ‘ It ______ very difficult.’
A. might be B. can’t have been C. must have been D. should have been
Câu 14: Please welcome Mr. Clinton to the stage for his opening remark with a warm ______ of applause.
A. turn B. circle C. set D. round
Câu 15: Scientists have done a lot of research on the causes of ______ global warming.
A. Ø B. a C. the D. an
Câu 16: Le Loi used the ______ war, moving from little to large scale.
A. long-term B. mid-term C. half-term D. short-term
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Câu 17: I don’t mind your ______ making the decision as long as it is not too late.
A. delaying B. delayed C. to delay D. delay
Câu 18: By the time my brother went to bed last night, he ______ his homework.
A. has already finished B. were already finishing
C. already finished D. had already finished
Câu 19: If there are aliens out there, do you think they are much more ______ advanced than we are?
A. technology B. technologically C. technological D. technologies
Câu 20: Khoa is the sixth student in my college ______ the scholarship to study in America.
A. win B. to win C. to be won D. winning
Câu 21: Everyone in both cars was injured in the accident last night, ______?
A. weren’t they B. was he C. wasn’t he D. were they
Câu 22: Things might have been much worse if the mother ______ on her right to keep the baby.
A. would insist B. insisted C. has been insisting D. had insisted
Câu 23: Jane’s very modest, always ______ her success.
A. turning around B. playing down C. keeping down D. pushing back
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 from
24 to 25.
Câu 24: David and Michael are talking about their preparation for the upcoming presentation. Select the most
appropriate exchange to fill in the blank.
– David: “Don’t you think we need more time to finish the presentation?” – Michael: “______”
A. No, it starts at seven tonight. B. I will finish the preparation myself.
C. Yes, we really do. D. Because we already had it.
Câu 25: – Tom: “Is your bicycle serviced regularly, Mike?” – Mike: “______”
A. Yep, every two weeks. B. What did you mean?
C. Well, I did it yesterday. D. How dare you?
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 from
26 to 27.
Câu 26: Because of her conservative views, the professor never accepts anything not related to traditional values
and the status quo.
A. conversational B. economic C. progressive D. modern
Câu 27: “If you’re ever in a jam and need any help, ask me.”
A. in a favourable condition B. in an easy situation
C. in a bad condition D. in a trouble
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 from
28 to 30.
Câu 28: When a tropical storm gets 120 kilometers an hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America.
A. called B. tropical C. an hour D. gets
Câu 29: It is important that you turned off the heater every morning before you leave for class.
A. turned off B. It C. leave for D. before
Câu 30: Compact discs is affected neither by scratching nor by dust.
A. nor B. Compact C. is D. scratching
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 from
31 to 33.
Câu 31: It is your duty to wash all the dishes this afternoon.
A. It is proposed that this afternoon you wash all the dishes.
B. Your duty to wash all the dishes this afternoon has been suggested.
C. You are supposed to wash all the dishes this afternoon.
D. All the dishes must have been washed by you this afternoon.
Câu 32: The child said that he hadn’t broken the antique vase.
A. The child regreted not breaking the antique vase.
B. The child accepted to have broken the antique vase.
C. The child denied having broken the antique vase.
D. The child wished he didn’t break the antique vase.
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Câu 33: People think that traffic congestion in the downtown area is due to the increasing number of private cars.
A. The increasing number of private cars is attributed to traffic congestion in the downtown area.
B. Traffic congestion in the downtown area is blamed for the increasing number of private cars.
C. Traffic congestion in the downtown area is thought to result in the increasing number of private cars.
D. The increasing number of private cars is thought to be responsible for traffic congestion in the downtown area.
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
34 to 41.
Birds that feed in flocks commonly retire together into roosts. The reasons for roosting communally are not
always obvious but there are some likely benefits. In winter especially it is important for birds to keep warm at
night and conserve precious food reserves. One way to do this is to find a sheltered roost. Solitary roosters shelter
indense vegetation or enter a cavity - horned larks dig holes in the ground and ptarmigan burrow into snow banks -
but the effect of sheltering is magnified by several birds huddling together in the roosts, as wrens, swifts. brown
creepers, bluebirds and anis do. Body contact reduces the surface area exposed to the cold air, so the birds keep
each other warm. Two kinglets huddling together were found to reduce their heat losses by a quarter, and three
together saved a third of their heat.
The second possible benefit of communal roosts is that they act as "information centers." During the day,
parties of birds will have spread out to forage over a very large area. When they return in the evening some will
have fed well, but others may have found little to eat. Some investigators have observed that when the birds set out
again next morning, those birds that did not feed well on the previous day appear to follow those that did. The
behavior of common and lesser kestrels may illustrate different feeding behaviors of similar birds with different
roosting habits. The common kestrel hunts vertebrate animals in a small, familiar hunting ground, whereas the very
similar lesser kestrel feeds on insects over a large area. The common kestrel roosts and hunts alone, but the lesser
kestrel roosts and hunts in flocks, possibly so one bird can learn from others where to find insect swarms.
Finally, there is safety in numbers at communal roosts since there will always be a few birds awake at any
given moment to give the alarm. But this increased protection is partially counteracted by the fact that mass roosts
attract predators and are especially vulnerable if they are on the ground. Even those in trees can be attacked by
birds of prey. The birds on the edge are at greatest risk since predators find it easier to catch small birds perching at
the margins of the roost.
Câu 34: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. How birds maintain body heat in the winter B. Why birds need to establish territory
C. How birds find and store food D. Why some species of birds nest together
Câu 35: The word “conserve” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. share B. watch C. retain D. locate
Câu 36: Ptarmigan keep warm in the winter by ______.
A. burrowing into dense patches of vegetation B. building nests in trees
C. huddling together on.the ground with other birds D. digging tunnels into the snow
Câu 37: The word “ magnified” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. combined B. intensified C. modified D. caused
Câu 38: The author mentions “kinglets” in paragraph 1 as an example of birds that ______.
A. usually feed and nest in pairs B. prorect themselves by nesting in holes
C. nest together for warmth D. nest with other species of birds
Câu 39: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an advantage derived by birds that huddle
together while sleeping?
A. Some members of the flock warn others of impending dangers.
B. Some birds in the flock function as information centers for others who are looking for food.
C. Staying together provides a greater amount of heat for the whole flock.
D. Several members of the flock care for the young.
Câu 40: Which of the following is a disadvantage of communal roosts that is mentioned in the passage?
A. Diseases easily spread among the birds.
B. Groups are more atractive to predators than individual birds are.
C. Food supplies are quickly depleted.
D. Some birds in the group will attack the others.
Câu 41: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. predators B. trees C. mass roosts D. a few birds
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 from
42 to 43.
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Câu 42: Ethan was in a very bad mood. His car had broken down.
A. Ethan was in a very bad mood, whose car had broken down.
B. Ethan who’s car had broken down was in a very bad mood.
C. Ethan, who was in a very bad mood, his car had broken down.
D. Ethan, whose car had broken down, was in a very bad mood.
Câu 43: She is intelligent. She can sing very well.
A. She is intelligent, so she can sing very well.
B. Not only is she intelligent but she can also sing very well.
C. Not only intelligent is she but she also can sing very well.
D. Intelligent as she is, she also can sing very well.
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
44 to 50.
The changing profile of a city in the Unites States is apparent in the shifting definitions used by the United
States Bureau of the Census. In 1870 the census officially distinguished the nation's “urban” from its “rural”
population for the first time. “Urban population” was defined as persons living in towns of 8,000 inhabitants or
more. But after 1900 it meant persons living in incorporated places having 2,500 or more inhabitants.
Then, in 1950 the Census Bureau radically changed its definition of “urban” to take account of the new
vagueness of city boundaries. In addition to persons living in incorporated units of 2,500 or more, the census now
included those who lived in unincorporated units of that size, and also all persons living in the densely settled
urban fringe, including both incorporated and unincorporated areas located around cities of 50,000 inhabitants or
more. Each such unit, conceived as an integrated economic and social unit with a large population nucleus, was
named a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA).
Each SMSA would contain at least (a) one central city with 50,000 inhabitants or more or (b) two cities
having shared boundaries and constituting, for general economic and social purposes, a single community with a
combined population of at least 50,000, the smaller of which must have a population of at least 15,000. Such an
area included the county in which the central city is located, and adjacent counties that are found to be metropolitan
in character and economically and socially integrated with the county of the central city. By 1970, about two-thirds
of the population of the United States was living in these urbanized areas, and of that figure more than half were
living outside the central cities.
While the Census Bureau and the United States government used the term SMSA (by 1969 there were 233
of them), social scientists were also using new terms to describe the elusive, vaguely defined areas reaching out
from what used to be simple “towns” and “cities”. A host of terms came into use: “metropolitan regions,”
“polynucleated population groups,” “conurbations,” “metropolitan clusters,” “megalopolises,” and so on.
Câu 44: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The changing definition of an urban area
B. How the United States Census Bureau conducts a census
C. Solutions to overcrowding in cities
D. How cities in the United States began and developed
Câu 45: According to the passage, the population of the United States was first classified as rural or urban in
______.
A. 1950 B. 1970 C. 1870 D. 1900
Câu 46: The word “distinguished” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. honored B. differentiated C. removed D. protected
Câu 47: Prior to 1900, how many inhabitants would a town have to have before being defined as urban?
A. 8,000 B. 15,000 C. 50,000 D. 2,500
Câu 48: According to the passage, why did the Census Bureau revise the definition of urban in 1950?
A. New businesses had relocated to larger cities.
B. City borders had become less distinct.
C. Elected officials could not agree on an acceptable definition.
D. Cities had undergone radical social change.
Câu 49: The word “those” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A. units B. areas C. persons D. boundaries
Câu 50: The word “constituting” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. determined by B. making up C. located near D. calling for
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