ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HKI MÔN ANH VĂN – TETS 15 I . Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three 1. A . considerate B. pirate C. private D. narrate 2. A. fought B. bought C . drought D. nought 3. A. advent B. advance C . advertise D. adverb 4. A. chemney B . chorus C. chemistry D . chronic 5. A. laugh B. plough C. rough D . cough Your answers : 1 2 3 4 5 II . Find the word with the stress pattern different from the other three 6. A. occasion B. occurrence C. remember D. occupy 7. A. method B. physicist C. marine D. mercury 8. A. advisable B. admirable C. reliable D. disirable 9. A. consonant B. encounter C. determine D. disaster 10. A. evidence B. purpose C. concept D. Egyptian Your answers : 6 7 8 9 10 Section B : Vocabulary and Grammar I. Choose the best answer from A, B , C or D to complete each of the following sentences 1. There wasn't news in his letter . A . a great many B. hardly any C. a great deal of D. a large number of 2. I didn't feel too bad really , I only had a attack of flu . A. weak B. small C. gentle D. mild Së GD & §T NghÖ An - Kú Thi Chän HSG Líp 12- M«n TiÕng Anh - 2007 - 2008 Page 1 of 6 3. The seat belt can be altered to for differences in the size of the passenger . A. permit B. adjust C. calculate D. allow 4. Don't jump conclusions , we don't yet know all the relevant facts . A . in to B. up C. to D. for 5 . Firemen rescued several people from the floor of the blazing building . A. high B. top C. basement D. low 6. When the electricity failed , He a match to find the candles . A. rubbed B . scatched C. struck D. started 7 . She put speaking to him as long as possible . A. off B. over C. away D. back 8. I wanted to put my stereo together , but I couldn't make of the instructions . A. fight B. sense C. reality D. understanding 9. I like him for his shyness A. by far B. far better C. further more D. all the better 10 . A soldier has to learn to carry orders as soon as they are given . A. on B. through C . out D. off Your answers : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II . Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters 1. He completely the signs telling him to slow down , and ended up crashing into a wall . ( regard ) 2. Her words made a great on the crowd . ( impress ) 3. Your personal experiences have a on your attitude to life . ( bear ) 4. Reports suggest the of a senior minister in the scandal . ( involve ) 5. She's determined to prove his innocence of how long it takes . ( regard ) 6. Leave me alone ! I don't want any . ( interfere ) 7. It's very rude to interrupt someone in . ( SENTENCE ) 8. After her illness , she started worrying that she was . ( WEIGHT ) 9. Mr Thomson is a person . If he says he will do something , you know that he will . ( DEPEND ) 10. We had the phone because we are moving tomorrow . ( CONNECT ) Your answers : 1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 III . There is one mistake in each of the following sentences . Find out and correct them 1. Most of the food what elephants eat is brought to their mouths by their trunks . 2. The whale died because the rescuers didn't have proper equipment to support its weigh . 3. Because there are less members present tonight than there were last night , we must wait until the next meeting to vote . Së GD & §T NghÖ An - Kú Thi Chän HSG Líp 12- M«n TiÕng Anh - 2007 - 2008 Page 2 of 6 4. Automobiles provide the most important means of passenger travel in the United States and Canada . 5. The influence of the nation's literature , art and science have captured widespread attention . 6. He came here so he could study French . 7. Without a large temperature change water can add or lose a large number of heat . 8. In the coach car , you can put your luggage of the overhead luggage rack . 9. We normally cook a ricy dish , a meat curry and sometimes a salad . 10. His son , 30 months-old ,John can speak English well . Your answers : Mistake Correction Mistake Correction 1 1 6 6 2 2 7 7 3 3 8 8 4 4 9 9 5 5 10 10 Section C : Reading Comprehension I . Fill in each blank with one suitable word In a modern diary , the milking of cows is carried out by (1) . Cows are usually milked twice a ( 2 ) by a milking machine . The warm milk from cow is ( 3 ) in a large vat where it is cooled . The milk is then taken another part of the diary for processing . Fresh milk is converted to pasteurized milk and (4) in the processing section of the diary . A number of machines are used to process the milk . Three of the most (5) machines used to process milk are the separator, the pasteuriser and the homogeniser . The separator (6) the cream the milk . Milk without cream is known as skimmed milk . Skimmed milk is drunk by people who want to (7) the fat content in their diet.The pasteuriser serves to heat the milk to a certain (8) so as to (9) any bacteria that it may contain . It is not safe to drink milk that has not been pasteurized . Cream and milk are blended in the homogenised to produce full-cream milk . The milk is then cooked and (10) . The bottles are stored in a cool place before they are delievered to shops and homes . Your answers : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II. Fill in eack blank with one suitable word in the box to complete the paragraph Së GD & §T NghÖ An - Kú Thi Chän HSG Líp 12- M«n TiÕng Anh - 2007 - 2008 Page 3 of 6 inhabitants branches contrary wallow weight mammals beneath hoofed aquatic marshy Pigs are large mamals belonging to the order known as artiodactyla . They are (1) animals with four toes on each foot . The two middle toes are the largest and carry all the (2) of the pig . The outer toes are used only when the pig walks over (3) ground or very uneven surfaces . Unlike most hoofed mammals , pigs have short legs . They are therefore able to run beneath (4) of trees . Their heavy bodies enable them to crash through thick undergrowth in the forest . These two factors are extremely important to pigs as they are (5) of forests . Pig have unusual way of keeping warm . Almost all land (6) were kept warm by their hair but pigs are kept warm by a layer of fat (7) the skin . This method of keeping warm is more common than (8) mammals such as seals . Apart from pigs human beings are the only other land mammals that keep warm by having a layer of fat beneath the skin . Wild pigs often (9) in the mud to keep their skin in good condition (10) to popular belief , wild pigs have clean habits and don't display extreme greediness . Your answers : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 III. Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each question below Hydrogen , the lightest and simplest of the elements has several properties that make it valuable for many industries . It releases more heat per unit of weight than any other fuel . In rocket engines , tons of hydrogen and oxygen are burned and hydrogen is used with oxygen for welding torch that produce temperatures as high as 4000 degrees F and can be used in cutting steel . Fuel cells to generate electricity operate on hydrogen and oxygen . Hydrogen also serves to prevent metal from tarnishing during heat treatment by removing the oxygen from them . Although it would be difficult to remove the oxygen by itself , hydrogen readily combines with oxygen to form water , which can be heated to steam and easily removed . Hydrogen is also useful in the food industry for a process known as hydrogenation . Products such as margarine and cooking oils are changed from liquids to semisolids by adding hydrogen to their molecules . Soap manufactures also use hydrogen for this purpose . Hydrogen is also one of the coolest refrigerants . It doesn't become a liquid until it reaches temperature of - 425 degree F . Pure hydrogen gas is used in large electric generators to cool the coils . In addition , in the the chemical industry , hydrogen is used to produce ammonia , gasoline , methy alcohol and many other important products . 1. What's the author's main purpose in the passage ? A. To explain the industrial uses of hydrogen B. To describe the chemical properties of hydrogen . C. To discuss hydrogenation D. To give examples of how hydrogen and ozygen combine Së GD & §T NghÖ An - Kú Thi Chän HSG Líp 12- M«n TiÕng Anh - 2007 - 2008 Page 4 of 6 2. How can hydrogen be used to cut steel ? A. By cooling the steel to a very low temperature B. By cooling the hydrogen with oxygen to a very low temperature C. By heating the steel to a very low temperature . D. By heating the hydrogen with oxygen to a very high temperature . 3. The author mentions all the following as uses for hydrogen EXCEPT A. to remove tarnish from metals B. to produce fuels such as gasoline and methy alcohol C. to change solid foods to liquids D. to operate fuel cells that generate electricity 4. The word " readily " in paragraph 2 could best replaced by A. completely B. slowly C. usually D. easily 5. The word " them " in paragraph 2 " from them " refer to A. Fuel cells B. Metals C. Treatments D. Product Your answers : 1 2 3 4 5 Section D : Writing I . Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the first one . 1. I will marry her and I don't care how old she is . No matter 2. I do physical training because I want to keep fit . I do physical training in 3. He felt ill to get up . He didn't 4. People have talked much but done little about it . Much 5. I'm sure she didn't do it on purpose . She can't 6. It looks like rain to me . I 7. The fisherman's life was one of great poverty . Throughout 8. Under no circumstances should you phone the police . The last 9. Are they likely to pass Proficiency ? Is there ? 10 . What a surprise to see you here ! Fancy Së GD & §T NghÖ An - Kú Thi Chän HSG Líp 12- M«n TiÕng Anh - 2007 - 2008 Page 5 of 6 II . Write a paragraph on the following topic :. ( about 100 - 150 words ) . " Physical exercises are very useful to our health . Do you agree or disagree with the statement ? Give your opinion Sở GD & ĐT Nghệ An - Kỳ Thi Chọn HSG Lớp 12- Môn Tiếng Anh - 2007 - 2008 Page 6 of 6 Sở GD & Đt Kỳ Thi Chọn Học Sinh Giỏi Tỉnh Năm Học 2007 - 2008 Nghệ An Môn Thi : Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 Bảng A Đáp án Và Hớng Dẫn Chấm Section A : Phonetics 1 m for 1 answer x 10 = 10 m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 D C B A B D C B A D Section B : Vocabulary and Grammar I. Choose the best answer : 1m for 1 answer x 10 = 10 m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C D D C B C A B D C II. Fill in each gap in each sentence : 1m for 1 answer x 10 = 10 m 1. disregarded 2. impression 3. bearing 4. involvement 5. regardless 6. interference 7. mid-sentence 8. under weight 9. dependable 10. disconnected III. There is one mistake : 1 m for 1 answer x 10 = 10 m 1. what > which 2. weigh > weight 3. less > fewer 4. passenger travel > passenger's travel 5. have > has 6. so > so that 7. a number of > amount of 8. of the overhead > in the overhead 9. ricy > rice 10. months > month Section C : Reading comprehension I. Fill in each blank with one suitable word : 1 m for 1 answer x 10 = 10 m 1. machines 2. day 3. collected 4. cream 5. important 6. removes 7. reduce 8. temperature 9. destroy 10. bottled II . Fill in each blank with one suitable word in the box: 1 m for 1 answer x 10 = 10 m 1. hoofed 2. weight 3. marshy 4. branches 5 . inhabitants 6. mammals 7. beneath 8. aquatic 9. wallow 10 . contrary III. Read the passage and : 2 m for 1 answer x5 = 10 m 1 2 3 4 5 A D C D B Section D : Writing I. Finish the second : 1 m for 1 answer x 10 = 10m 1. No matter how old she is , I will marry her 2. I do physical training in order to keep fit 3. He didn't feel well enough to keep fit 4. Much has been talked but little has been done about it . 5. She can't have done it on purpose . 6. I think that it will rain . 7. Throughout his life , fisherman was very poor . 8. The last thing you should do is to phone the police . 9. Is there any likelihood of their passing Proficiency ? 10. Fancy seeing you here . II . Write about 150- 200 words on the topic : = 20 m Total : 100/5 = 20 marks . ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HKI MÔN ANH VĂN – TETS 15 I . Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from. An - Kỳ Thi Chọn HSG Lớp 12- Môn Tiếng Anh - 2007 - 2008 Page 6 of 6 Sở GD & Đt Kỳ Thi Chọn Học Sinh Giỏi Tỉnh Năm Học 2007 - 2008 Nghệ An Môn Thi : Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 Bảng A Đáp án. paragraph Së GD & §T NghÖ An - Kú Thi Chän HSG Líp 12- M«n TiÕng Anh - 2007 - 2008 Page 3 of 6 inhabitants branches contrary wallow weight mammals beneath hoofed aquatic marshy Pigs