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1 ENGLISH 12 REVIEW 1. The Sahara contains complex linear dunes that are ________ by almost 6 kilometers. a. developed b. separated c. lay d. located 2. Deserts are also classified by their ________ location and dominant weather pattern. a. geographical b. aerial c. sandy d. facial 3. Thanks to pictures taken by satellites, deserts have not ________ a mystery in our time. a. hidden b. intended c. remained d. attained 4. Deserts take ________ one-third of the Earth's land surface. a. up b. on c. over d. after 5. After Peter had returned from the Sahara desert, he was confined to bed by a ________ disease. a. mystery b. mysterious c. mysteriously d. mysteriousness 6. I want to work as an interpreter in the future, ________, I am studying Russian at university. a. but b. so c. however d. therefore 7. I am going shopping for food this evening ________ I do not have to go at the weekend. a. so b. but c. however d. moreover 8. When she got the news from her family, she could not do anything, ________ cry.a. but b. and c. so d. however 9. Mrs. Lindon has ________ that she is unable to get a job. a. but not enough education b. so little education c. however little education d. such little education 10. That small car, ________, is advertised in many current magazines. a. so inexpensive and comfortable b. however inexpensive and comfortable c. inexpensive but comfortable d. and inexpensive but comfortable 11. We live in the same building ________ we have hardly seen each other a. and b. therefore c. but d. so 12. I went to buy a Rolling Stones CD ________ the shop didn't have it. a. and b. but c. therefore d. so 13. Anna needed some money, ________, she took a part-time job. a. furthermore b. moreover c. however d. therefore 14. Julie has a guitar ________ she plays it really well. a. and b. so c. but d. therefore 15. My fingers were injured ________ my sister had to write the note for me. a. and b. however c. so d. but 16. The concert was cancelled ________ we went to a nightclub instead. a. so b. however c. so on d. but 17. a. comprise b. sandy c. circle d. northern 18. a. Aborigines b. expedition c. kilometer d. scientific 19. a. corridor b. enormous c. mystery d. separate 2 20. a. remain b. hummock c. explore d. between 21. a. territory b. Australia c. geography d. society 22. Scientific ________ help to explore some places and discover more and more remote parts of the world. a. survey b. lead c. research d. expedition 23. ________ is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on. a. desert b. deserted c. desertify d. desertification 24. Several ________ advanced countries have had plans to make desert more hospitable. a. science b. scientific c. scientifically d. scientist 25. Many people have law degrees, ________. a. but some of them do not practice it b. however it is not practiced by all c. so some are not practicing law d. but not all of them practice law 26. This is an expensive ________ very useful book. a. but b. so c. therefore d. however 27. ________ long it takes, I will wait for you. a. However b. But c. So d. Therefore 28. I must say that you have done very well. ________, you should be aware that you still have a lot of thing to learn. a. Therefore b. So c. But d. However 29. He is only sixteen, and ________, he is not eligible to drive a car. a. nevertheless b. but c. therefore d. however 30. Maria tried to read a novel in French ________ the book was too difficult for her to understand. a. so that b. therefore c. but d. and 31. I bought a bottle of wine ________ we drank it together. a. therefore b. so c. and d. but 32. The waiter was not very nice, ________, the food was delicious. a. however b. but c. so d. and so 33. ___ hard he worked, he could earn enough money to support the family. a. But b. However c. Therefore d. Whatever 34. He cannot afford a new computer. a. The new computer is so expensive that he cannot buy it. b. Therefore, he would buy a new computer. c. So, he would buy a new computer. d. The new computer is so expensive but he can buy it 35. He told me not to do it; ________, I did it. a. Therefore b. So c. But d. However 36. We have not yet won; ________, we will keep trying. a. moreover b. however c. therefore d. so as 3 37. I am afraid that the company is in deep trouble. ________, we are going to make some people redundant. a. Therefore b. However c. But d. And 38. I wanted to give him some money after he helped me with the car ________ he absolutely refused to accept it. a. so b. but c. therefore d. and so 39. Everyone is ready for the discussion, ________ him. a. however b. but c. so d. therefore 40. ________ she could not say anything. a. So upset was she that b. So upset was she c. However upset was she that d. Therefore upset was she that 41. a. temperature b. serious c. awareness d. chemical 42. a. ability b. agriculture c. development d. contaminate 43. a. government b. agency c. benefit d. diversity 44. a. disappearance b. vulnerable c. conservation d. generation 45. a. current b. global c. crisis d. mankind 46. A / an _______ species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct. a. dangerous b. endanger c. endangered d. endangerment 47. Many modern medicines are derived _______ plants and animals. a. on b. for c. from d. in 48. Frank's wallet is lying on the coffee table. He _______ it here last night. a. must have left b. should have left c. must be leaving d. needn't leave 49. a. endangered b. destroyed c. damaged d. provided 50. a. attitude b. survive c. introduce d. human 51. a. medicine b. priority c. crisis d. primary 52. a. chemical b. which c. change d. each 53. a. protect b. commercial c. construction d. climate 54. Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with ____. a. extinct b. extinction c. extinctive d. extinctly 55. Humans depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture. a. destruction b. contamination c. fertilizer d. variety 56. Hunting for meat and burning forests for soil cause destruction to wildlife. a. organization b. contamination c. protection d. damage 57. I do not mind at all. You _______ apologize. a. shouldn't b. needn't c. mustn't d. oughtn't to 58. It is a top secret. You _______ tell anyone about it. a. mustn't b. needn't c. mightn't d. won't 4 59. We have plenty of time for doing the work. We _______ be hurried. a. needn't b. shouldn't c. mustn't d. mayn't 60. a. extinction b. animal c. classify d. primary 61. a. biologist b. seriously c. commercial d. identify 62. a. habitat b. different c. industry d. introduce 63. a. medicine b. endanger c. addition d. survival 64. a. derive b. provide c. modern d. depend 65. John is not at home. He _____ go somewhere with Daisy. I am not sure. a. might b. will c. must d. should 66. If I had gone white water rafting with my friends, I _______ down the Colorado River right now. a. should have floated b. must be floating c. would be floating d. would have been floating 67. You _______ be rich to be a success. Some of the most successful people I know haven't got a penny to their name. a. needn't b. couldn't c. mayn't d. mustn't 68. _______. We got there far too early. a. We needn't have hurried b. We should hurry up c. Hurry up or we will be late d. We must have walked hurriedly 69. a. entertainment b. information c. difficulty d. understanding 70. a. swallow b. subject c. digest d. enough 71. a. imagine b. important c. example d. wonderful 72. a. different b. carefully c. holiday d. reviewer 73. a. knowledge b. forever c. journey d. action 74. This book is not really ________. It is a waste of money buying it. a. inform b. information c. informative d. informatively 75. The picnic ________ because Peter has just had a traffic accident. a. will cancel b. will be cancelling c. will be cancelled d. will have cancelled 76. a. picture b. action c. question d. future 77. a. swallow b. below c. slowly d. allow 78. a. enough b. loud c. about d. amount 79. a. reading b. easy c. pleasure d. please 80. a. killed b. enjoyed c. described d. digested 81. A ________ is the story of a person's life written by somebody else. a. romance b. fiction c. biography d. science 82. a. book b. too c. who d. lose 83. a. fewer b. wonderful c. swallow d. chew 5 84. a. tasting b. subject c. sleep d. pleasure 85. a. source b. resource c. course d. colour 86. a. advice b. pick c. might d. kind 87. The novel has had a tremendous impact on ________ and publishing markets. a. entertain b. entertainer c. entertainment d. entertainingly 88. Can you ________ what it would be like to live without books? a. imagine b. advise c. describe d. understand 89. Before eating, ________ thoroughly with soap and clean water. a. you should wash your hands b. your hands should be washing c. you need washing your hands d. Your hands need washed 90. The package ________ carefully before it ________. a. must be wrapped / is posted b. needs wrapping / will be posted c. should wrap / is going to be posted d. will be wrapping / needs posting 91. The car ________ by Karen. The keys are still on the table. a. must have taken b. must have been taken c. can't have been taken d. can't have taken 92. - I saw Grace this morning at the bank. - It ________ Grace. She has been to Paris on her honeymoon. a. can't be b. must be c. can't have been d. must have been 93. It's time we left for the disco. a. We may leave for the disco now. b. We needn't leave for the disco now. c.We should leave for the disco now.d.We must have leave for the disco now. 94. It was a mistake of you to lose your passport. a. You shouldn't have lost your passport. b. There must be a mistake in your passport. c. You needn't have brought your passport. d. Your passport must be lost. 95. a. gold b. region c. organize d. game. 96. a. trained b. proved c. impressed d. performed 97. a. competitor b. medal c. level d. development 98. a. honor b. high c. host d. hold 99. The 22 nd SEA Games consisted of athletes from eleven _____ countries. a. participate b. participant c. participation d. participating 100. _______, the athlete broke the world's record with two attempts. a. Surprise b. Surprised c. Surprising d. Surprisingly TEST 2 1. On behalf of the referees and athletes, referee Hoang Quoc Vinh and shooter Nguyen Manh Tuong swore to an oath of "_______, 6 Honesty and Fair Play". a. Performance b. Delegation c. Participation d. Solidarity 2. The ASEAN Para-Games are hosted by the same country where the SEA Games took place.a. organized b. impressed c. participated d. defended 3. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become _______.a. more and more good b. better arid better c. the more and more good d. gooder and gooder 4. The Sears Tower is _______ building in Chicago. a. taller b. the more tall c. the tallest d. taller and taller 5. Petrol is _______ it used to. a. twice as expensive as b. twice expensive more than c. twice more than expensive d. more expensive than twice 6. San Diego is town in Southern California. a. more nice and nice b. the nicer c. the nicest d. nicer and nicer 7. It gets _______ when the winter is coming. a. cold and cold b. the coldest and coldest c. colder and colder d. more and more cold 8. a. enthusiast b. successfully c. competitor d. participation 9. a. spirit b. impress c. event d. perform 10. a. development b. cooperation c. surprisingly d. facility 11. a. festival b. badminton c. participant d. organize 12. a. solidarity b. energetic c. excellently d. combination 13. The _______ wanted to reduce the breadth of the games, with many events currently having small fields and weak competition. a. organize b. organization c. organizable d. organizers 14. At his last attempt the athlete was successful _______ passing the bar. a. in b. for c. with d. on 15. The number of Vietnamese sport officials and referees of international standard taking part in regional tournaments has increased rapidly. a. hosting b. participating c. achieving d. succeeding 16. To improve its athletes' _______, Viet Nam has regularly exchanged delegation of sport officials, coaches, referees and athletes with other countries.a. team b. competitor c. appearance d. performance 17. People should eat ____ and do ____ to reduce the risk of heart disease. a. less fat / more exercise b. less and less fat / the more exercise c. the less fat / the more exercise d. fatter / more exercise 18. He spent a year in India and loves spicy food. _______ the food is, _______ he likes it. a. The hotter / the more and more b. The hotter / the more c. The more and more hot / the more d. The hottest / the most 7 19. Of course you can come to the party. _______. a. The more the merrier b. The more and the merrier c. The more and merrier d. The more and more merrier 20. I feel _______ I did yesterday. a. much more tired than b. many more tired than c. as many tired as d. as more tired as 21. ____ live in Ho Chi Minh City than in the whole of the rest of the country. a. As much as people b. More people c. As many as people d. People more 22. It gets _______ to understand what the professor has explained. a. the more difficult b. more difficult than c. difficult more and more d. more and more difficult 23. You must drive slower in built up areas. _______ you drive in the city, it is _______ that you will have an accident. a. The faster and faster / the more b. The faster / the more probable c. The more and more fast / the more and more probable d. The more fastly / the probable 24. No one in the team can play better than John. a. John plays well but the others play better. b. John as well as other players of the team plays very well. c. Everyone in the team, but John, plays very well. d. John is the best player of the team. 25. He only feels happy whenever he does not have much work to do. a. The more he works, the happier he feels. b. The less he works, the happier he feels: c. His work makes him feel happy. d. He feels happier and happier with his work. 26. a. games b. teams c. medals d. events 27. a. success b. enthusiast c. support d. surprise 28. a. southern b. athlete c. both d. enthusiasm 29. a. compose b. propose c. purpose d. suppose 30. a. organize b. spirit c. title d. surprising 31. Before the 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam had made a good _______ in every aspect. a. prepare b. preparation c. preparative d. preparer 32. The success of the 22nd SEA Games had a great contribution of many _______ volunteers. a. support b. supporter c. supportive d. supportively 33. All the audience was quite surprised _ the success of that young athlete. a. on b. at c. to d. off 34. The athlete had tried his best to _______ his SEA Games title and records. a. carry b. perform c. defend d. support 8 35. _______ he drank, _______ he became. a. More / more violent b. The most / the most violent c. The more / the more violent d. The less / less violent 36. The cuisine of France is _______. a. more famous than that of England b. famous than the cuisine of England c. more famous than which of England d. as famous than that of England 37. a. civilian b. official c. temporary d. tsunami 38. a. colleague b. appall c. devote d. victim 39. a. initiate b. medical c. rapidly d. possible 40. a. volunteer b. wherever c. example d. disaster 41. a. injured b. famine c. earthquake d. result 42. The International Red Cross helps people in need without any discrimination based on _______, race, religion, class or political opinions. a. national b. nationally c. nationality d. native 43. The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private _______ institution founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. a. human b. humanity c. humanization d. humanitarian 44. The International Red Cross has about 97 million volunteers whose main _______ is to protect human life and health. a. mission b. experience c. organization d. rule 45. The International Red Cross helps to ensure respect for the human being, and to prevent and relieve human _______. a. protection b. enjoyment c. wealthy d. sufferings 46. The International Committee Red Cross has about 12,000 staff members worldwide, about 800 of them working4in its Geneva _______. a. factories b. companies c. headquarters d. buildings 47. The Red .Cross is an international organization that helps people who are suffering from the results of war, diseases or _______. a. victims b. disasters c. opportunities d. conditions 48. In times of war, the Red Cross is dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war. a. mounted b. excited c. devoted d. interested 49. Go _______ this book because it has the information you need. a. over b. by c. off d. on 50. Helen has gone out and she will not be _______ till midnight. a. off b. along c. back d. away 51. The explorers made a fire to _______ off wild animals. a. get b. keep c. take d. go 52. The passengers had to wait because the plane ______ off one hour late. a. took b. turned c. cut d. made 53. The bomb exploded in the garage; fortunately no one hurt. a. put on b. went off c. got out d. kept up 9 54. a. catastrophe b. propose c. become d. survive 55. a. treatment b. struggle c. initiate d. total 56. a. symbol b. emergency c. poverty d. qualify 57. a. appalled b. dedicated c. designed d. injured 58. a. society b. delegate c. president d. protection 59. The AIDS _______ continues to spread around the world. Up to 4,000 people are infected with the HIV virus every single day. a. treatment b. epidemic c. tsunami d. damage 60. A _______ is a very large wave, often caused by an earthquake that flows onto the land and destroys things. a. famine b. catastrophe c. tsunami d. flood 61. We oppose this war, as we would do any other war which created an environmental catastrophe. a. pollution b. disaster c. convention d. epidemic 62. The 1923 earthquake in Japan killed about 200,000 people and left countless wounded and homeless. a. poor b. imprisoned c. suffered d. injured 63. They had to delay their trip because of the bad weather. a. get through b. put off c. keep up with d. go over 64. It took me a very long time to recover from the shock of her death. a. turn off b. take on c. get over d. keep up with 65. The water supply of the building was ______ off because the pipes burst. a. handed b. held c. cut d. paid 66. a. disaster b. prisoner c. agency d. family 67. a. international b. federation c. society d. dedication 68. a. catastrophe b. emergency c. conventional d. vulnerable 69. a. suffering b. president c. protection d. conference 70. a. involve b. propose c. improve d. soldier 71. All payments to the ICRC are _______ and are received as donations. a. volunteer b. voluntary c. voluntarily d. voluntariness 72. One of the core tasks of the Red Cross is to organize nursing and _____ for those who are wounded on the battlefield. a. care b. attention c. victim d. catastrophe 73. Henri Davison, president of the American Red Cross war Committee proposed forming a federation of these National Societies. a. took b. dedicated c. carried d. suggested 74. Fifty per cent of road accidents results in head injuries. a. examines b. heals c. causes d. treats 75. Frankly speaking, your daughter does not take _______ you at all. a. after b. along c. up d. over 76. I do not use those things any more. You can _______ them away. a. get b. fall c. throw d. make 10 77. They were late for work because their car _______ down. a. got b. put c. cut d. broke 78. . 1 ENGLISH 12 REVIEW 1. The Sahara contains complex linear dunes that are ________ by almost 6 kilometers in the same building ________ we have hardly seen each other a. and b. therefore c. but d. so 12. I went to buy a Rolling Stones CD ________ the shop didn't have it. a. and b. but c. therefore. 71. a. imagine b. important c. example d. wonderful 72. a. different b. carefully c. holiday d. reviewer 73. a. knowledge b. forever c. journey d. action 74. This book is not really ________.