Đề thi KS kiến thức THPT năm 2017-2018 môn tiếng Anh lớp 12 - Sở GD&ĐT Vĩnh Phúc - Mã đề 823

SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC<br /> ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC<br /> <br /> KỲ KHẢO SÁT KIẾN THỨC THPT NĂM HỌC 2017-2018<br /> MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 12<br /> Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề<br /> <br /> (Đề thi có 04 trang)<br /> Mã đề: 823<br /> Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct<br /> word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5<br /> One of the most important factors of a standardized test is time. You'll only be allowed a certain number of<br /> minutes for each section, so it is very important that you use your time (1) _______. The most important time<br /> strategy is pacing yourself. Before you begin, take just a few seconds to survey the test, noting the number of<br /> questions and the sections that looks easier than the rest. Then, make a rough time schedule based (2) _______<br /> the amount of time available to you. Mark the halfway point on your test and make a note beside that mark of<br /> the time when the testing period is half over.<br /> Once you begin the test, continue moving. If you work slowly in an attempt to make fewer mistakes, your<br /> mind will become bored and begin to wander. You'll end up with far more mistakes if you're not concentrating.<br /> If you take too long to answer questions that stump you, you may end up (3) _______ out of time before you<br /> finish. So don't stop for difficult questions. Skip them and move on. You can come back to them later if you<br /> have time. A question that takes you five seconds to answer counts as much as one (4) _______ takes you<br /> several minutes, so pick up the easy points first. (5) _______, answering the easier questions first helps build<br /> your confidence and gets you in the testing groove.<br /> Câu 1:<br /> A. quickly<br /> B. hardly<br /> C. fast<br /> D. wisely<br /> Câu 2:<br /> A. on<br /> B. in<br /> C. from<br /> D. out<br /> Câu 3:<br /> A. cutting<br /> B. moving<br /> C. running<br /> D. shortening<br /> Câu 4:<br /> A. it<br /> B. whose<br /> C. who<br /> D. that<br /> Câu 5:<br /> A. Thus<br /> B. Therefore<br /> C. Besides<br /> D. However<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in<br /> the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.<br /> Câu 6:<br /> A. profession<br /> B. infectious<br /> C. consumption<br /> D. purity<br /> Câu 7:<br /> A. treatment<br /> B. rely<br /> C. design<br /> D. prevent<br /> Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct<br /> answer to each of the questions from 8 to 15.<br /> Many people are unaware of how many of the products we use come from petroleum and natural gas. The<br /> United States uses more than two tons of petroleum products annually. That is almost 1200 lb of chemicals each<br /> year for a man, a woman and a child in the United States, a staggering total of 225 billion pounds of chemicals<br /> from petroleum, and to a lesser extent of natural gas.<br /> Of the vast amount of petroleum and natural gas we consume, more than 90 percent is burned as fuels.<br /> Only about 0.5 percent is used for the manufacture of the petrochemicals by the chemical industry. These<br /> petrochemicals vary widely in their functions and include such products as medicines, detergents, rubber and<br /> chemicals. Finally, about 15 percent of the oil and natural gas is used as raw material for plastics. These small<br /> percentages translate into the production of billions of pounds of polymers that yield many different and useful<br /> products.<br /> In post World War II years, the United States was flooded with domestic and imported items of extremely<br /> low cost, low quality and limited lifetime. This led to the image of “cheap plastics” with low durability. Today,<br /> however, The image of plastics has changed. Plastics perform and extremely broad range of functions, from<br /> heart valves and artificial kidneys to ski boots, nonstick surfaces, super glues, and spacecraft parts, and they<br /> compete with natural products in durability. No other material except for plastics could perform all these<br /> different functions.<br /> Plastics are replacing more and more parts of your car. The use of 1 lb of plastic can replace an average of<br /> 3.5 lb of metal in an automobile. An automobile with 400 lb of metal substituted for plastic would weight about<br /> 1000 lb less, which increases its gas and its gas mileage by about 3mi/gal. The fuel savings are estimated to be<br /> about 160 million barrels of oil annually. That is more than total amount used by the chemical industry as raw<br /> materials to make the polymers.<br /> As another example, synthetic polymer fibers are commonly used in fabrics, for both, economical and<br /> practical reasons. If the world’s synthetic fibers were replaced by cotton, this would require an additional 40<br /> million acres of farmland.<br /> Trang 1/4 - Mã đề thi 823<br /> <br /> Certainly the use of polymer plastics will increase. One can expect to find more applications in home<br /> construction and furniture because of the unlimited design fredom of plastic. Plastic will be used more in drink<br /> containers and food packing. The 700 billion gallons of liquid consumed each year in the United States will find<br /> their way to their consumer more and more in plastic bottles. Diseased and malfunctioning parts of the body<br /> will become a plastic society.<br /> Câu 8: What does the passage mainly discuss?<br /> A. Production of petroleum and natural gas<br /> B. Plastics and plastic products<br /> C. New uses of plastic in automobiles<br /> D. The versatility of petrochemicals<br /> Câu 9: The word “yield” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.<br /> A. produce<br /> B. surrender<br /> C. require<br /> D. gain<br /> Câu 10: The word “flooded” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.<br /> A. promoted<br /> B. in need of<br /> C. damaged<br /> D. overwhelmed<br /> Câu 11: The word “This” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.<br /> A. The appearance of large quantities of inferior goods B. The use of imported rather than domestic goods<br /> C. The limited lifetime of the goods<br /> D. The end of the World War II<br /> Câu 12: Where in the passage does the author mention the products made of petrochemicals?<br /> A. Paragraph 3<br /> B. Paragraph 5<br /> C. Paragraph 2<br /> D. Paragraph 4<br /> Câu 13: It can be inferred from the paragraph 3 that after World War II plastic products in the US were all of<br /> the following EXCEPT _______.<br /> A. long-lasting<br /> B. mediocre<br /> C. plentiful<br /> D. inexpensive<br /> Câu 14: The author believes that the use of plastics in home construction and furniture will increase because<br /> plastics _______.<br /> A. are incredibly strong<br /> B. lend themselves to flexibility in design<br /> C. come in decorative colors<br /> D. are relatively inexpensive<br /> Câu 15: Which of the following devices does the author use to present information about plastic products?<br /> A. Metaphor<br /> B. Examples<br /> C. Enumeration<br /> D. Appeals to experts<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the<br /> underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.<br /> Câu 16: We run a very tight ship here, and we expect all our employees to be at their desks by eight o’clock<br /> and take good care of their own business.<br /> A. manage an inflexible system<br /> B. have a good voyage<br /> C. organize things inefficiently<br /> D. run faster than others<br /> Câu 17: I clearly remember talking to him in a chance meeting last summer.<br /> A. deliberate<br /> B. accidental<br /> C. unplanned<br /> D. unintentional<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following<br /> questions.<br /> Câu 18: Until she was arrested last week, the young woman thought she had _______ the perfect crime.<br /> A. committed<br /> B. escaped<br /> C. charged<br /> D. got away<br /> Câu 19: Mrs. Steven, along with her cousins from New Mexico, _______ planning to attend the festivities.<br /> A. is<br /> B. have<br /> C. are<br /> D. has<br /> Câu 20: I wonder _______ mind watching this bag for a moment.<br /> A. if would you<br /> B. would you<br /> C. you would<br /> D. whether you would<br /> Câu 21: I can’t help _______ that Charlotte would look better if she lost some weight.<br /> A. thinking<br /> B. think<br /> C. to think<br /> D. to thinking<br /> Câu 22: I could not _______ the lecture at all. It was too difficult for me.<br /> A. get along<br /> B. hold on<br /> C. make off<br /> D. take in<br /> Câu 23: I haven’t received the letter. It _______ to the wrong address.<br /> A. is sent<br /> B. must send<br /> C. have been sent<br /> D. might have been sent<br /> Câu 24: I am going to get the mechanic _______ the car tomorrow.<br /> A. repair<br /> B. to repair<br /> C. to repairing<br /> D. repaired<br /> Câu 25: The explanation _______ for the problems didn’t satisfy anybody.<br /> A. having given<br /> B. given<br /> C. giving<br /> D. which gave<br /> Câu 26: There is _______ table in my bedroom.<br /> A. a square wooden old<br /> B. an old wooden square<br /> C. an old square wooden<br /> D. a square old wooden<br /> Câu 27: There is now much _______ water in the lake than there was last year.<br /> Trang 2/4 - Mã đề thi 823<br /> <br /> A. lesser<br /> B. less<br /> C. smaller<br /> D. fewer<br /> Câu 28: The more _______ you look, the better impression you will make on the interviewer.<br /> A. confide<br /> B. confident<br /> C. confidently<br /> D. confidence<br /> Câu 29: I haven’t met him again since we left _______ school ten years ago.<br /> A. an<br /> B. a<br /> C. Ø<br /> D. the<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in<br /> each of the following questions.<br /> Câu 30: Up to World War II almost all important research in physics had been made in universities, with only<br /> university funds for support.<br /> A. almost all<br /> B. made<br /> C. research<br /> D. for support<br /> Câu 31: The key to winemaking is fermentation which is a process that occurs naturally within grapes as long<br /> as the skin of the grapes was broken.<br /> A. which<br /> B. was broken<br /> C. to<br /> D. occurs<br /> Câu 32: It was in 1492 when Christopher Columbus discovered America.<br /> A. when<br /> B. in 1492<br /> C. discovered<br /> D. It<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each<br /> of the following questions.<br /> Câu 33: But for his father’s early retirement, Richard would not have taken over the family’s business.<br /> A. Richard didn’t take over the family’s business because his father decided to retire.<br /> B. Richard only took over the family’s business because his father decided to retire early.<br /> C. Richard’s father didn’t want him to take over the family’s business despite his retirement.<br /> D. His father retired early, but he ran the family’s business.<br /> Câu 34: People say that the house was broken into by two burglars.<br /> A. The house is said to have been broken into by two burglars.<br /> B. It is said that two burglars have broken into the house.<br /> C. Two burglars are said to break into the house.<br /> D. The house is said to have broken into by two burglars.<br /> Câu 35: He started computer programming as soon as he left school.<br /> A. No sooner had he started computer programming than he left school.<br /> B. After he had left school, he had started computer programming.<br /> C. Hardly had he started computer programming when he left school.<br /> D. No sooner had he left school than he started computer programming.<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of<br /> sentences in the following questions.<br /> Câu 36: My uncle was elected as the mayor of the city in 2004. He remained in office until 2014.<br /> A. Elected as the mayor of the city in 2004, my uncle held the post for 10 years.<br /> B. Ten years after serving as the mayor of the city, my uncle resigned in 2004.<br /> C. Although elected as the mayor of the city, my uncle took office in 2014.<br /> D. My uncle was elected as the mayor of the city twice: 2004 and 2014.<br /> Câu 37: He tried many times. He never succeeded in kicking the ball into the goal.<br /> A. Hard as he tried, he has never been successful in football career.<br /> B. Although he tried many times, he ever succeeded in kicking the ball into the goal.<br /> C. However hard he tried, he didn’t succeed in scoring a goal for his team.<br /> D. No matter how many times he tried, he didn’t ever succeed in kicking the ball into the goal.<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from<br /> the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.<br /> Câu 38: A. cooks<br /> B. sings<br /> C. sleeps<br /> D. coughs<br /> Câu 39: A. near<br /> B. hear<br /> C. clear<br /> D. bear<br /> Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct<br /> answer to each of the questions from 40 to 46.<br /> The air above our head is becoming cleaner. A breath of fresh air has been running right round the planet<br /> for the past five years. The planet is apparently purging itself of pollution. Paul Novell of the University of<br /> Colorado, the co-author of a report on this phenomenon says, “It seems as if the planet’s own cleaning service<br /> has suddenly got a new lease of life. Suddenly, there are a lot of changes going on up there”.<br /> Estimates of the death toll from urban smog have been steadily rising, so the new cleaner trend could have<br /> significant consequences for life expectancy in cities as well as for the planet itself. The sudden and unexpected<br /> Trang 3/4 - Mã đề thi 823<br /> <br /> reversal of several decades of worsening pollution extends from the air in city streets to the remotest midPacific Ocean and Antarctica.<br /> Among the pollutants which have begun to disappear from the atmosphere are carbon monoxide, from car<br /> exhaust and burning rain forests, and methane from the guts of cattle, paddy fields, and gas fields. Even carbon<br /> dioxide, the main gas behind global warning, has fallen slightly.<br /> There are two theories about why pollution is disappearing. First that there is less pollution to start with due<br /> to laws to cut down urban smogs and acid rain starting to have a global impact. Second, that the planet may be<br /> becoming more efficient at cleaning up.<br /> The main planetary clean-up agent is a chemical called hydroxyl. It is present throughout the atmosphere in<br /> tiny quantities and removes most pollutants from the air by oxidizing them. The amount of hydroxyl in the air<br /> has fallen by a quarter in the 1980s. Now it may be reviving for two reasons: ironically, because the ozone hole<br /> has expanded, letting in more ultraviolet radiation into the lower atmosphere, where it manufactures hydroxyl.<br /> Then the stricter controls on vehicle exhausts in America and Europe may have cut global carbon monoxide<br /> emissions, thereby allowing more hydroxyl to clean up other pollutants.<br /> Câu 40: What is the main topic of the passage?<br /> A. The oxygenation of the atmosphere<br /> B. The changing pollutants in the atmosphere<br /> C. The decreasing pollution of the atmosphere D. Hydroxyl’s influence on the atmosphere<br /> Câu 41: The word “purging” in line 2 is closest in meaning to _______.<br /> A. rising<br /> B. refining<br /> C. destroying<br /> D. ridding<br /> Câu 42: According to the passage, life expectancy partly depends on people having _______.<br /> A. changes in their lifestyle<br /> B. recommendations from university research<br /> C. access to details about atmospheric pollution D. improvement in atmosphere conditions<br /> Câu 43: The word “It” in paragraph 5 refers to _______.<br /> A. Urban smog<br /> B. The ozone hole<br /> C. A clean-up agent<br /> D. Acid rain<br /> Câu 44: Based on information in the passage, all of the following information referring to hydroxyl is true<br /> EXCEPT _______.<br /> A. ultraviolet radiation increases production of hydroxyl<br /> B. the reduction in the ozone layer is beneficial to hydroxyl<br /> C. there is difficulty in destroying carbon dioxide by hydroxyl<br /> D. oxidization of pollutants is carried out by hydroxyl<br /> Câu 45: Which of the following conclusions does the passage support?<br /> A. The beneficial effect of hydroxyl has aided the cleaning process.<br /> B. The reduction in carbon dioxide has produced a cleaner atmosphere.<br /> C. The decrease of methane has enabled ultraviolet radiation to enter the atmosphere.<br /> D. An expansion in hydroxyl has enlarged the ozone hole.<br /> Câu 46: It can be inferred from the passage that the cleansing of the planet is _______.<br /> A. surprising<br /> B. confusing<br /> C. predictable<br /> D. inexplicable<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of<br /> the following exchanges.<br /> Câu 47: – Mike: “I think we should recycle these bags. It will help protect the environment.”<br /> – Carter: “_______”<br /> A. Never mind.<br /> B. You can say that.<br /> C. There’s no doubt about it.<br /> D. It’s rubbish. We shouldn’t use it.<br /> Câu 48: – Mary: “_______”<br /> – Jane: “Oh, thank you. I just got it yesterday.”<br /> A. When have you got this beautiful dress?<br /> B. How a beautiful dress you’re wearing!<br /> C. That’s a beautiful dress you have on!<br /> D. You’ve just bought this beautiful dress, haven’t you?<br /> Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the<br /> underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.<br /> Câu 49: The twins look so much alike that no one can tell them apart.<br /> A. spoil them<br /> B. pick them out<br /> C. distinguish between them<br /> D. point out with them<br /> Câu 50: Pitchforks were once carved entirely from wood, but today they have steel tines and wooden handle.<br /> A. sometimes<br /> B. in one area<br /> C. in the meantime<br /> D. formerly<br /> -----------------------------------------------<br /> <br /> ---------- HẾT ---------Trang 4/4 - Mã đề thi 823<br /> <br />