ĐỀ KIỂM TRA DỰ THI MÔN : TIẾNG ANH LỚP : 12 I PRONUNCIATION A Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 1. A. clean B. teach C. learn D. mean 2. A. breath B. breathe C. together D. though 3. A. wondered B. cleaned C. replied D. laughed B Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words. 4. A. delicate B. ancestry C. treatment D. disposal 5. A. intensity B. intimacy C. forbid D. mechanic II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Choose the one (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence. 6. The fire was caused by an ___________ fault in the television. A. electric B. electrical C. electrician D. electricity 7. Children with ___________ diseases should not be allowed to go to school. A. contact B. infectious C. constant D. influential 8. This sort of music was very ___________ in the 1990s. A. preferred B. liked C. favorite D. popular 9. On my salary, we have to live as ___________ as possible. A. economy B. economic C. economical D. economize 10. The ___________ thing about traveling by train rather than by car is that you can sleep or read during the journey. A. enjoyment B. enjoyed C. enjoying D. enjoyable 11. Unexpectedly the lights went ___________ and we were left in darkness. A. along B. down C. out D. over 12. He asks such a silly question that I can’t ___________. A. help laughing B. stop laughing C. Help to laugh D. stop to laugh 13. It was the goalkeeper who saved the match for us. If it hadn’t been for the goalkeeper, we ___________ the match. A. could lost B. could have lost C. had lost D. couldn’t lost 14. As I was walking along the street. I saw ___________$10 note on ___________ pavement. A. a / a B. the / the C. the / a D. a / the 15. When I realized I was wrong, I apologized ___________him ___________ my mistake. A. to / for B. for / to C. for / for D. to /to III. WRITING A. Choose the underlined part (A, B, C, D) that is incorrect. 16. Many discoveries have made in the fields of chemistry and physics. A B C D 17. Despite of the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel by plane. A B C D 18. After driving for twenty miles, he suddenly realized that he has been driving in the A B C D wrong direction. 19. He had an accident yesterday because he was driving fastly. A B C D 20. Although both of them are trying to get the scholarship, she has the highest grades. A B C D B. Choose the sentence (A, B, C, D) which has the same meaning as the original sentence. 21. They were building a new shopping centre when we came. A. A new shopping centre was being built when we came. B. A new shopping centre was built when we came. C. A new shopping centre was being built when we come. D. A new shopping centre is being built when we came. 22. It’s over ten years since we got married. A. We got married for over ten years. B. We have been married since over ten years. C. We were married for ten years. D. We have been married for over ten years. 23. He wrote the letter in half an hour. A. It took half an hour for him to write the letter. B. It took him half an hour writing the letter. C. It took him half an hour to write the letter. D. It took him in half an hour to write the letter. 24. “Where can I buy a phone card in this city?”, He asked. A. He asked me where he can buy a phone card in that city. B. He asked me where I could buy a phone card in that city. C. He asked me where he could buy a phone card in that city. D. He asked me where could he buy a phone card in that city. 25. I wish I had studied English when I was young. A. I regret when I was young I hadn’t studied English. B. I regret I didn’t studying English when I was young. C. I regret not to study English when I was young. D. I regret not studying English when I was young. IV. READING A. Choose the best words to complete the following passage. Jack London was born in San Francisco, California, in 1876. He (26)__________ a high place in American literature at the being of the twentieth century. At that time, the library shelves and bookshops of America were already (27)__________ books by (28)__________writers. But Jack London’s stories were new, his characters were not (29)__________ the ones in the books of those writers, and the pictures he painted were not the same (30)__________ their pictures. The characters in Jack London’s books live a different life, a life of danger. In his stories, the heroes are afraid of nothing and nothing can (31)__________ them. People in his books never give up (32)__________, they never stop (33)__________ for life even when the end of life (34)__________ very near. That is the lesson for us to apply in everything we want and everything we do. If we do not (35)__________ hope, we must and will win. 26. A. takes B. has taken C. took D. had taken 27. A. full of B. full with C. filled of D. full up 28. A. notorious B. famous C. fame D. reputation 29. A. like B. as C. same as D. similar 30. A. like B. as C. with D. to 31. A. end B. encourage C. restrict D. stop 32. A. fame B. wish C. hope D. desire 33. A. fight B. to fight C. fighting D. fights 34. A. seem B. seems C. appears D. looks 35. A. have B. lose C. give D. make B. Choose the best answer. As a result of years of research, we know that too much animal fat is bad for our health. For example, Americans eat a lot of meat and only a small amount of grains, fruit and vegetables. Because of their diet, they have high rates of cancer and heart disease. In Japan, in contrast, people eat large amounts of grains and very little meat. The Japanese also have very low rates of cancer and heart disease. In fact, the Japanese live longer than anyone else in the world. Unfortunately, when Japanese people move to the United States, the rates of heart disease and cancer increase as their diet changes. Moreover, as hamburgers, ice-cream, and other high-fat foods become popular in Japan, the rates of heart disease and cancer are increasing there as well. People are also eating more meat and dairy products in other countries such as Cuba, Mauritius and Hungary. Not surprisingly, the disease rates in these countries are increasing along with the change in diet. Consequently, Doctors everywhere advise people to eat more grains, fruit and vegetables and to eat less meat and fewer dairy products. 36. What is the main idea of this passage? A. Doctors advise people to eat more grains, fruit and vegetables. B. Eating meat causes cancer and heart disease. C. The kind of diet we have can cause or prevent diseases. D. Children eat the same way their parents eat. 37. Why do the Japanese have low rates of cancer and heart disease? A. Because they do eat animal fat. B. Because their diet changes. C. Because they live longer than anyone else in the world. D. Because they eat a lot of grains and very little meat. 38. “…the Japanese live longer than anyone else…” . What does anyone else mean? A. some other people B. all other people C. most other people D. nobody 39. “…Moreover, as hamburgers, ice-cream, and other high-fat foods become popular in Japan, …” . What does moreover mean? A. however B. also C. then D. yet 40. “… the rates of heart disease and cancer are increasing their as well”. Where does there refer to? A. in Cuba B. in the United States C. in Japan D. in Cuba, Mauritius, and Hungary I. 1. C 21. A 2. A 22. D 3. D 23. C 4. D 24. C 5. B 25. D II. IV. 6. B 26. C 7. B 27. A 8. D 28. B 9. C 29. A 10. D 30. B 11. C 31. D 12. A 32. C 13. B 33. C 14. D 34. B 15. A 35. B III. 36. A 16. B 37. D 17. A 38. B 18. C 39. B 19. D 40. C 20. D ANSWER KEY . ĐỀ KIỂM TRA DỰ THI MÔN : TIẾNG ANH LỚP : 12 I PRONUNCIATION A Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced. possible. A. economy B. economic C. economical D. economize 10. The ___________ thing about traveling by train rather than by car is that you can sleep or read during the journey. A. enjoyment. books live a different life, a life of danger. In his stories, the heroes are afraid of nothing and nothing can (31)__________ them. People in his books never give up (32)__________, they never