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M· đề thi số 001 MÔN:TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12 THỜI GIAN: 90 mn

(Đề thi này gồm: 4 trang Học sinh làm bài vào phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm.)

PHONETICS

Find the word that has different pronunciation in the underlined

3 A feather B creature C reason D heat

5 A envy B enrich C ensure D enslave

Which word has different stress pattern?

6 A tertiary B miserable C obstinate D improvement

7 A enjoyable B comparison C magical D enslave

8 A position B poisonous C character D positive

9 A precious B spectator C security D marathon

10 A exclusive B restaurant C specialist D prejudice

Grammar and vocabulary

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences

11 Problem like this always _ even in a well run factory

12.The accident was due to the car having _breaks

A spoilt B decay C defective D deficient

13 The scene me of my childhood

A recalled B convinced C reminded D recollected

14 Would you like to this costume to see if it fits you?

A try on B experiment C try out D get over

15 John and Peter are _ twins They look just like each other

A equivalent B genuine C parallel D identical

16 I should be very _ if you would post this letter for me

A pleasant B grateful C cheerful D considerate

17 We had a marvelous holiday ; only the last two days were slightly _by the weather

A damaged B ruined C spoiled D wasted

18 At midnight the train crosses the _and we were at a foreign country

A border B margin C surroundings D edge

19 When he was a student his father gave him a monthly _towards his expenses

A salary B allowance C wage D pension

20 He was a much old tennis player but he had the great _ of experience

A profit B talent C value D advantage

21 Camel drivers have to the extreme heat of the desert

22 You can be made eligible by the entry form

A filling B writing C completing D answering

23 The damage from the explosion _ to over $ 50 million

A amounted B cost C estimated D added

24 The party was so good that it continued on into the _hours

25 He’s at the _ of his career at twenty five

26 The police didn’t use the violence because there wasn’t any for it

27 Several houses were pulled down to make a(n) for a new bypass

28 The police have my stolen car They found it in a back street

A recovered B noticed C utilized D preserved

29 She expressed her for certain kinds of chiefly produced movies

A disapproval B dissatisfaction C distaste D disloyalty

30 Thank you for your to our seminar last week

A enrichment B contribution C participation D investment

31 The book contained a lot of _ about how little petrol the car used

A examination B facts C news D information

32 Where can I get a good rate of _ for my money?

A credit B interest C debt D bargain

33 The air we breathe mainly consists _oxygen and nitrogen

34 Do you know what time the train to Birmingham ?

35 You can see all the tourists slowly _ around the town

A marching B running C wandering D rushing

Find the mistake in one part of the following sentences

36 The coach was depending for his team to win the game so that they would have a

A B C

chance to play in the Super Bowl

D

37 Because it was faster, John insisted in my taking the plane to Miami instead of the

A B C D

train

38 His highly imaginary composition won the judges’ approval and the first prize in the

A B C D

high school essay contest

39.Paris has been well known for famous monuments , beautiful music and wonderful

A B C D

restaurants for over 100 years

40.Scientists believe there have more than 350,000 species of plants but no one knows

A B C D

for sure

READING

Read the passage then choose the best answer for each question

Passage I The Telephone in the U.S

The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman who became

a U.S citizen The word ‘telephone’ had been (41) existence since the 1830s and had been (42) to a number of inventions designed to produce sound

Bell had become interested in the possibility of long –distance speech (43)his work with the deaf He was twenty – eight and his assistant, Thomas Watson, was (44) twenty – one when they (45) their great success on 10th March 1876 Despite their long and (46) association, Bell’s first communication by telephone was not ‘Tom, come here, I want you’, (47) ‘Mr Watson, come here, I want you’.(48) with excitement, Bell and Watson demonstrated their invention to a US telegram company The company wrote to Bell, (49)that his invention was interesting However, after (50) it careful consideration, they had (51) to the conclusion that it had ‘no future’ Fortunately for Bell, others could see the possibilities (52) four years of its invention, the US had 60,000 telephones In the next twenty years that (53) increased to over 6 million

Today, ninety-three per cent of US homes have a phone, a (54) of phone ownership no other nation comes near to equaling Each US household makes or receives (55) Average 3,516 call per year, an astonishing statistic

49 A saying B informing C describing D referring

Passage II

Why do people drive on the left in Britain and on the right in other countries?

The reason for this goes back to the days when people traveled by horse Most people are right handed, and thus the left is the natural side to ride on if you are on home back and need your right hand to hold a sword in case of trouble So why didn't the rest of the world do the same ? Because of Napo Leon Bonaparte He insisted that his armies marched on the right and he marched through Europe, he imposed this rule wherever he went

The question suggests that only the British drive on the left, but in fact, out of 178 countries in the world, there are about 50 that drive on the left, including Japan However, most of them are former British colonies

56 Most people in the world _

A drive on the right B don’t like to drive on the left

C Find it inconvenient to drive on the left D dove on the left in the past

57 The reason for left - handed rule was dated back from the past when

A people carried sword on horse back B people didn't travel by vehicles

C people used their right hands to do other things D most people were right- handed

58 It's natural for one to use the left hand to ride on if he's on horseback because

A he is right handed B only his left hand can ride a horse

C.The right hand is used to take the sword to protect himself D both A and C

59 It was Napoleon

A who forced his army to march on the right

B who laid the foundation for the left - handed traffic rule

C who imposed the rule everywhere in Europe

D used to ride on the left hand

60.The countries where people drive on the left _

A are in Europe B do not use vehicles

C were once ruled by British colonies D are very backward

Passage III

Every year students in many countries learn English Some are young , others are teenagers , many are adults They not only learn at school but also in the office or among friends A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on T.V or by study themselves But not many people are lucky enough to do this Most of them must work hard to learn it

Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their main subjects They study their own language , mathematics and English In England or America , or Australia , students study their own language , which is English and mathematics and another language perhaps French , German or Spanish

Many adults learn English because it is important for their work Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies ,because some of their books are in English at the college

or university Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English

61 According to the writer _

A only adults learn English B no children like learning English

C English is popular in much of the world D English is useful only to teenagers

62 Many people learn English by

A watching videos only B hearing the language in the office

C talking with the films stars D working hard on their lessons

63 Many students learn English because

A English can give them a job B it is included in their study course

C their parents make them D they have to study their own language

64 Many adults learn English because

A their work is useful B they want to go abroad

C most of their books are in English D it helps them in their work

65 In America and Australia many school children study

A English as their foreign language B their own language, no foreign language

C English and mathematics only D such foreign language as French , German and Spanish

Passage IV

The real problem with population is people – the way people think about their environment We all reluctant to accept the fact that our natural resources are fixed , in fact, since the earth was created We want to go on using virgin materials We aren’t educated to refusing resources or even placing a value on: “waste” product We are a crisis society currently ; we are fearful of losing the use of our water and air to pollution

In one context , it is probably a good thing that we are so concerned because now we’ll begin to adjust our thinking on the values of natural resources and reuse We once thought of water and air as free They are not any more than land if free People haven’t wanted to be educated on the part that must play in solving our environmental problems

66 The environmental crisis can be turned around and solved if people

A insist on using virgin materials B change their basic attitude

C adjust shortages and high prices D clean up their water and lake

67 An important conclusion which can be drawn from the reading concerns

A mass education B government financing

C political responsibility D strict control

68 It can be concluded from the statement : “ We are now a crisis society” that _

A American are pessimistic B American is a warlike people

C American must be provoked to action D pollution is here to stay

69 Water and air was once regarded as _

A precious B unlimited C something that one can take D ownerless 70.”Unlimited natural resources” -the thought of many people has been in existence:

A Only in America B since the date birth of the earth

C since people were not educated in time D because land was too plentiful

WRITING

Choose the sentence that has the same meaning with the first one

71 Do you want any more tea?

A Would you like any more tea? B You like some more tea, don’t you?

C Is some more tea good for you? D I’ll give you some more tea if you like

72 Is this the right way to the supermarket?

A Isn’t there any other way to the supermarket?

B Am I going in the right way to the supermarket?

C Is it the only way to the supermarket?

D Is it impossible to get to the supermarket in this way?

73 Do they sell goods at the exhibition?

A Are goods displayed at the exhibition? B Can we buy goods at the exhibition?

C Are goods part of the exhibition? D Are goods present at the exhibition?

74 Did you pay a lot for that coat ?

A Was that coat very valuable? B Did you afford that coat?

C Was that coat very expensive? D Was the price of that coat expensive?

75 Our house must be rebuilt , mustn’t it?

A Someone must rebuilt our house , mustn’t he?

B We must rebuild our house, mustn’t we ?

C Rebuilding our house is good , isn’t it?

D We must have our house rebuilt ,mustn’t we ?

Choose the best part to complete each of the following sentences

76 I met her ……… in Paris last summer

A the time I was B during my stay C when I came D with my stay

77 I couldn’t remember …………when I got into the taxi

A which my hotel was called B how people called for my hotel

C what my hotel was called D the name my hotel called

78 All of us ……… when she suddenly left the job

A found ourselves surprising B found it surprised

C found it surprising D found it surprises

79 The receptionist asked ………to the club

A whether I was belonged B if I had belonged

C whether I belonged D If I was belonging

80 Is it ………… stay open late in this country?

A often for shops B frequent for shops

C ready for shops D usual for shops

LẦN 12

MÔN:TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12

Mã đề thi số 00 1

1.B 2C 3A 4B 5A 6D 7C 8A 9C

10A 11D 12C 13C 14A 15D 16B 17C 18A

19B 20D 21A 22C 23A 24D 25B 26B 27B

28A 29C 30B 31D 32B 33A 34B 35C 36A

37B 38A 39C 40B 41A 42D 43A 44B 45B

46C 47A 48D 49A 50B 51B 52C 53A 54C

55A 56A 57B 58D 59A 60C 61C 62D 63B

64D 65D 66B 67A 68A 69B 70B 71A 72B

73B 74C 75D 76B 77C 78C 79C 80D