1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO THÁI BÌNH Trường THPT Nguyễn Trãi ĐỀ THI GIỮA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 MÔN: Tiếng Anh 12 Thời gian làm bài: 45phút I. Pick out the word whose underlined is pronounced differently from that of the other words. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 1. A. share B. rare C. are D. declare 2. A. dream B. meat C. bread D. each 3. A. worked B. missed C. watched D. realized II. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 4. A. parents B. prefer C. confirm D. allow 5. A. grocery B. history C. delicious D. celebrate III. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best complete each sentences. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 6. While I ……. in the park I …… Mr John. A. walk/ was seeing B. was walking/ see C. was walking/ saw D. walked/ see 7. It usually hot in summer . A. has been B. is C. was D. were 8. I … . . to NewYork three times this year A. have been B. were C. had been D. was 9. It is generally believed that “men build the house and women make it home”, but in my family, both parents ………. to give us a nice house and a happy home. A. take each other’s hands B. shake hands C. hand in hand D. join hands 10. My dad is always willing to ………. with cleaning the house. A. give a hand B. take a hand C. receive a hand D. raise a hand 11. However, being ………… child and the only daughter in the family I try to help with the household chores. A. the oldest B. the eldest C. the elder D. the old 12. David! I think someone at the door! A. is knocking B. will knock C. knocks D. knocked 13. If I were you, I would persuade him the new. A. try B. tries C. to try D. trying 14. Lan to work yesterday. She wasn’t feeling well. A. hasn’t gone B. didn’t go C. won’t go D. doesn’t go 15. Nam had a book open in front of him, but he …………. it. A. didn’t read B. isn’t reading C. wasn’t reading D. doesn’t read 2 16. …………………my pen anywhere? I can’t find it. A. Did you see B. Do you see C. Could you see D. Have you seen 17. He has been very interested in doing research on ………. since he was at high school. A. biology B. biological C. biologist D. biologically 18. Are you sure that boys are more ……… than girls? A. act B. active C. action D. activity 19. She wears jeans and a black jacket she goes out. A. after B. whenever C. but D. before 20. To attract someone’s attention so that we might speak to that person, we can use either verbal ………. non-verbal forms of communication. A. and B. but C. or D. nor 21. Listen! someone A. is singing B. sings C. was singing D. sang 22. You should bring with an umbrella if you want to go out now. It at the moment. A. is raining B. rained C. will rain D. rains 23. I never feel like early on Monday morning. A. gets up B. getting up C. got up D. get up 24.I wish everything so expensive. A. wouldn’t be B. would be C. could be D. weren’t 25. you to London before. A. Are/ ever been B. Has/ ever been C. Do/ ever been D. Have/ ever been IV. Circle A, B, C or D to find a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 26. When Helen was a child, she has worked in a factory for A B C more than three years. D 27. The tourist guide only has a twenty-dollar bill with her when she A B C landed at the airport. D 28. To attract someone’s attent so that we might speak to that person. A B C D 29. It is polite and rude to whistle or clap our hands to get the person’s attention. A B C D 30. I finish my book before my next birthday. A B C D 3 V. Choose the correct sentences among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning with the given one. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. 31. My sister said to me,“You are going to do the washing up,don’t forget”. A. My sister reminded me to do the washing up. B. My sister ordered me to do the washing up. C. My sister reminded me not to forget to do the washing up. D. My sister reminded me not to forgot to do the washing up. 32. Yesterday morning, I had to go to work, so I couldn’t watch that film on TV. A. If I hadn’t go to work yesterday morning, I would have watch that film on TV. B. If I hadn’t gone to work yesterday morning, I would have watched that film on TV. C. If I didn’t go to work yesterday morning, I will watch that film on TV. D. If didn’t go to work yesterday morning, I could watch that film on TV. 33. She raised her hand high so that she could attract her teacher's attention. A. Because her teacher attracted her, she raised her hand high. B. To attract her teacher's attention, she raised her hand high. C. Though she raised her hand high, she could not attract her teacher's attention. D. She had such a high raising of hand that she failed to attract her teacher's attention. 34. "Hello, Mary!" Peter said. ” A. Peter said hello Mary. B. Peter said Mary hello. C. Peter told Mary hello D. Peter greeted Mary. 35. "Why don't you ask the teacher for help?" Peter asked me. A. Peter advised me to ask the teacher for help. B. Peter recommended me not to ask the teacher for help. C. Peter told me the reason why I did not ask the teacher for help. D. Peter suggested that he should ask the teacher for help. VI. Read the passage then choose the correct answer to answer the following questions by marking the corresponding letter: A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet Rosemary Dare is a wildlife photographer. She has been living in Uganda for many years. She has been photographing elephants for twenty years. She has taken thousands of pictures since the 1980s. Last year, she won an international prize for nature photography. She has won many prizes over the years. Recently, Ms Dare has become interested in rhinos. She has been tracking them for the last few months. I am sure we will see some interesting photos soon. 36. Who is Rosemary Dare? A. She was a wildlife photographer. B. She is a wildlife photographer. C. She is wildlife photographer. D. She is a wildlife photograph. 37. How long has she been living in Uganda? A. She’s been living in Uganda for many years. B. She’s been living in Uganda many years ago. 4 C. She’s been living in Uganda for three years. D. She’s been living in Uganda since last year. 38. When did she win an international prize for nature photography? A. She won an international prize for nature photography last month. B. She won an international prize for nature photography last year. C. She won an international prize for nature photography last week. D. She won an international prize for nature photography two years ago. 39. What has she been interested in recently? A. Recently she has been interested in elephants. B. Recently she has been interested in tigers. C. Recently she has been interested in rhinos. D. Recently she has been interested in monkeys. 40. Since when has she taken thousands of pictures? A. She has taken thousands of pictures since the 1990s. B. She has taken thousands of pictures since the 1970s. C. She has taken thousands of pictures since the 1960s. D. She has taken thousands of pictures since the 1980s. The end Keys: 1 C 11 B 21 A 31 A 2 C 12 A 22 A 32 B 3 D 13 C 23 B 33 B 4 A 14 B 24 A 34 D 5 C 15 C 25 D 35 A 6 C 16 D 26 B 36 B 7 B 17 A 27 A 37 A 8 A 18 B 28 B 38 B 9 D 19 B 29 A 39 C 10 A 20 C 30 A 40 D . SỞ GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO TH I BÌNH Trường THPT Nguyễn Tr i ĐỀ THI GIỮA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 MÔN: Tiếng Anh 12 Th i gian làm b i: 45phút I. Pick out the word whose underlined is. now. It at the moment. A. is raining B. rained C. will rain D. rains 23. I never feel like early on Monday morning. A. gets up B. getting up C. got up D. get up 24 .I wish everything so. film on TV. C. If I didn’t go to work yesterday morning, I will watch that film on TV. D. If didn’t go to work yesterday morning, I could watch that film on TV. 33. She raised her hand high