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TỔ NGOẠI NGỮ MÔN TIẾNG ANH 12. NĂM HỌC 2019-2020
Choose the word which has different stress pattern:
1.A primitive B particular C continuous D connected
2.A intensify B summary C philosophers D instruction
Choose the word with different pronunciation of the underlined part:
3.A kites B catches C oranges D buzzes
4.A. break B. wake C. steal D. Hate
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
5. The guards were ordered to get to the king's room on the double.
A. in a larger number B. very quickly C. on the second floor D. every two hours
6. Do you know that Jim has started painting as a hobby?
A. taken on B. taken off C. taken up D. taken in
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
7. Nothing could efface the people’s memory of their former leader’s cruelty although many years had elapsed.
A. broaden B. erase C. maintain D. prove
8. I’d like to pay some money into my bank account.
A. put some money into B. withdraw some money from
C. give some money out D. leave some money aside
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following questions.
9: Tom and Laura are talking about the new resort:
Tom: “I think the new resort will ruin the environment.” Laura: “...........................”
A.I don’t think that’s a good idea. B. Don’t you think so? C. I quite agree. . D. Let’s go there.
10: John: “Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight?” Mary: “...........................”
A.Me, too. B. It’s a pleasure. C. Very kind of your part. D. Yes,I’d love to.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
11: Her student practises ______ English with her friends every day.
A. spoke B. to speak C. speaking D. speak
12: Personal appearance can make a good ______ on the interview.
A. arrangement B. appointment C. impression D. decision
13: The students broke the windows when they ....... football.
A. played B. were playing C. has played D. are playing
14: I will lend her some money if she ….me .
A.asks B.will ask C.asked D.had asked
15: Minh has … good guitar. He plays … guitar very well.
A.a/a B. the/the C. the/ a D. a/the
16: She didn’t put on her coat …… It was very cold
A.even though B. despite C. because of D. because
17: ………… she had won, she jumped up for joy.
A. she had told B. having told C.on being told D. telling
18. She argues with me ______ almost everything.
A. about B. of C. on D. for
19. As …………. a liar, she becomes angry.
A. having called B. called C. is called D. calling
20: This director has ______ some famous films but I think this one is the best.
A. done B. conducted C. made D. composed
21. Mai has passed the exam. We can see...................... in her eyes.
A.happy B. happiness C. happily D. unhappy
22: He’s a very ______ person because he can make other workers follow his advice.
A. creative B. influential C. deciding D. effective
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word for each of the blanks .
KEEPING FIT
Bodies are made to move! They are not
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for sitting around in front of the television
or reading magazines. Keeping fit doesn't mean have to be a super-athlete, and even
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exercise can give you a lot of fun. When you are fit and healthy, you will find you look better and
feel better. You will develop more energy and self-confidence.
Every time you move, you are exercising. The human body is designed to bend, stretch, run, jump and
climb.
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it does, the stronger and fitter it will become. Best of all, exercise is fun. It's
what your body likes doing most-keeping on the move.
Physical exercise is not only good for your body. People who take regular exercise are usually happier, more
relaxed and more alert than people who sit around all day. Try an experiment-next time you are in a bad mood,
go for a walk or play a ball game in the park. See how much better you feel after an hour.
A good
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of achievement is yet another benefit of exercise. People feel good about
themselves when they know they have improved their fitness. People who exercise regularly will tell you that
they find they have more energy to enjoy life. So have
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you'll soon see and feel the benefits.
23:
A. planned
B. designed
C. programmed
D. caused
24:
A. a few
B. a little
C. littleD. few
25:
A. more and
more
B. the more
C. more
D. moreover
26:
A. sense
B. feel
C. lot
D. piece
27:
A. a run
B. a trial
C. a go
D. a start
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 .
28:
In many countries, the domestic automobile industries are so strongly protected that foreign
cars are seen rarely there.
A. automobile industries B. strongly protected C. seen rarely D. countries
29
Many places of history, scientific, cultural, or scenic importance have been designated
A B C D
national monuments.
30:
Some underground water is enough safe to drink, but all the surface water must be
A B C
treated.
D
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.
31: Julian dropped out of college after his first year. Now he regrets it.
A. Julian regrets not having dropped out of college after his first year.
B. Julian wishes he didn’t drop out of college after his first year.
C. If only Julian hadn’t dropped out of college after his first year.
D. Only if Julian had dropped out of college after his first year would he not regret it.
32: Seth informed us of his retirement from the company. He did it when arriving at the meeting.
A. Only after his retiring from the company did Seth tell us about his arrival at the meeting.
B. Not until Seth said to us that he would leave the company did he turn up at the meeting.
C. Hardly had Seth notified us of his retiring from the company when he arrived at the meeting.
D. No sooner had Seth arrived at the meeting than we were told about his leaving the company.
Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.
According to the best evidence gathered by space probes and astronomers, Mars is an inhospitable planet,
more similar to Earth’s Moon than to Earth itself – a dry, stark, seemingly lifeless world. Mars’air pressure is
equal to Earth’s at an altitude of 100,000 feet. The air there is 95 percent carbon dioxide.
Mars has no ozone layer to screen out the sun’s lethal radiation. Daytime temperatures may reach above
freezing, but because the planet is blanketed by the mere wisp of an atmosphere, the heat radiates back into
space. Even at the equato, the temperature drops to -50C (-60F) at night. Today there is no liquid water,
although valleys and channels on the surface show evidence of having been carved by running water. The polar
ice caps are made of frozen water and carbon dioxide, and water may be frozen in the ground as permafrost.
Despite these difficult conditions, certain scientists believe that there is a possibility of transforming Mars into
a more Earth-like planet. Nuclear reactors might be used to melt frozen gases and eventually build up the
atmosphere. This in turn could create a “greenhouse effect” that would stop heat from radiating back into space.
Liquid water could be thawed to form a polar ocean. Once enough ice has melted, suitable plants could be
introduced to build up the level of oxygen in the atmosphere so that, in time, the planet would support animal
life from Earth and even permanent human colonies. “This was once thought to be so far in the future as to be
irrelevant,” said Christopher McKay, a reseach scientist at NASA. “But now it’s starting to look practical. We
could begin work in four or five decades.”
The idea of “terra-forming” Mars, as enthusiasts call it, has its roots in science fiction. But as reseachers
develop a more profound understanding of how Earth’s ecology supports life, they have begun to see how it
may be possible to create similar conditions on Mars. Don’t plan on homesteading on Mars any time soon,
though. The process could take hundreds or even thousands of years to complete and the cost would be
staggering.
33. With which of the following is the passage primarily concerned?
A. The possibility of changing the Martian environment. B. The challenge of interplanetary travel.
C. The advantages of establishing colonies on Mars. D. The need to study the Martian ecology.
34. The word “stark” in line 2 is closest in meaning to
A. harsh B. unknown C. dark D. distant
35. Which of the following does the author NOT list as a characteristic of the planet Mars that would make
colonization difficult?
A. The is little liquid water. B. Daytime temperatures are dangerously high.
C. The sun’s rays are deadly. D. Night time temperatures are extremely low.
36. It can be inferred from the passage that the “greenhouse effect” mentioned in paragraph 3 is
A. the direct result of nuclear reactions B. the cause of low temperatures on Mars.
C. caused by the introduction of green plants. D. a possible means of warming Mars.
37. The word “suitable” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to
A. resistant B. altered C. appropriate D. native.
38. According to Christopher McKay, the possibility of transforming Mars
A. could only occur in science fiction stories. B. is completely impractical.
C. will not begin for hundreds, even thousands of years. D. could be started in forty to fifty years
39. The phrase “more profound” in paragraph 4 is closed in meaning to
A. deeper B. more practical C. brighter D. more up-to-date
40. According to the article, the basic knowledge needed to transform Mars comes from
A. the science of astronomy B. a knowledge of Earth’s ecology
C. data from space probes D. science fiction stories
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 following questions
The ability to conduct electricity is one of the key properties of a metal. Other solid material such as silicon can
conduct electricity but only effectively at certain temperatures. Also, some substances such as salt (sodium
chloride) can conduct when molten or when dissolved in water. The ability of metals to conduct electricity is
due to how their atoms bond together. In order to bond together the metal atoms lose at least one of their
outermost electrons. This leaves the metal atoms with a positive charge and they are now strictly ions. The
lost electrons are free to move in what are known as a sea of electrons. Since the electrons are negatively
charged they attract the ions and this is what keeps the structure together.
An electric current is a flow of charge and since the electrons in the sea of electrons are free to move
they can be made to flow in one direction when a source of electrical energy such as a battery is connected to
the metal. Hence we have an electric current flowing through the wire, and this is what makes metals such good
conductors of electricity. The only other common solid conducting material that pencil users are likely to
encounter is graphite (what the ‘lead’ of a pencil is made from). Graphite is a form of carbon and again the
carbon atoms bond in such a way that there is a sea of electrons that can be made to flow as an electric current.
Likewise, if we have an ionic substance like salt we can make the electrically charged ions flow to create a
current but only when those ions are free to move, either when the substance is a liquid or dissolved in water. In
its solid state an ionic substance like salt cannot conduct electricity as its charged ions cannot flow. Freshwater
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Electrical insulators are substances that cannot conduct electricity well either, because they contain no
charged particles or any charged particles they might contain do not flow easily. Water itself is a poor
conductor or electricity as it does not contain a significant amount of fully charged particles (the ends of a water
molecule are partly charged but overall the molecule is neutral). However, most water we encounter does
contain dissolved charged particles, so it will be more conductive than pure water. Many of the problems that
occur when touching electrical devices with wet hands result from the ever-present salt that is left on our skin
through perspiration and it dissolves in the water to make it more conductive.
By Helena Gillespie and Rob Gillespie. Science for Primary School Teacher. OUP
41: Electrical conductivity is .
A. one of the most important properties of metals
B. one of the key properties of most solid materials
C. impossible for any substance when it is dissolved in water
D. completely impossible for silicon
42: According to the passage, a metal can conduct electricity due to .
A. the absence of free electrons B. its atoms with a positive charge
C. the way its atoms bond together D. the loss of one electron in the core of its atoms
43: The word “outermost” in paragraph 1 mostly means .
A. the lightest B. nearest to the inside
C. furthest from the inside D. the heaviest
44: The atoms of a metal can bond together because .
A. the lost electrons cannot move freely in the sea of electrons
B. electrons can flow in a single direction
C. they lose all of electrons
D. negatively charged electrons attract positive ions
45: Slat in its solid state is not able to conduct electricity because .
A. it has free electrons B. its charged ions can flow easily
C. it cannot create any charge ions D. it charged ions are not free to move
46: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to .
A. charged ions B. electric currents
C. charged particles D. electrical insulator
47: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Pure water is much more conductive than most water we encounter every day.
B. Graphite is a common solid substance that can conduct electricity.
C. Salt can conduct electricity when it is molten or dissolved.
D. Some materials are more conductive than others.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to
the given one.
48: When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high.
A. The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher.
B. The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is.
C. The unemployment rate is as high as the crime rate.
D. The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime.
49: "You’re always making terrible mistakes", said the teacher.
A. The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes.
B. The teacher realized that his students always made terrible mistakes.
C. The teacher complained about his student making terrible mistakes.
D. The teacher made his students not always make terrible mistakes
50: You are in this mess right now because you didn’t listen to me in the first place.
A. If you listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
B. If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
C. If you listen to my advice in the first place, you will not be in this mess right now.
D. If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t have been in this mess right now.
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KEY. 1A 2B 3A 4.C 5.B 6.C 7C 8.B 9.C 10.D 11.C 12.C 13.B 14.A 15.D 16.A 17.C 18.A 19.B
20.C 21.B 22B 23B 24B 25 B 26A 27 C 28C 29A 30B 31C 32D 33A 34A 35B 36D 37.C
38.D 39.A 40,B 41A 42 C 43C 44D 45 D 56 D 47A 48.B 49C 50.B