ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ 1, MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 12 A. PHONETICS. I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. chick B. champion C. character D. cherry 2. A. examine B. famine C. shine D. determine 3. A. lost B. most C. ghost D. dose 4. A. accident B. accept C. accurate D. success 5. A. breathe B. teeth C. there D. though II. Choose a word in each line that has differently stress pattern. 6. A. explain B. obtain C. promise D. contain 7. A. intensity B. associate C. minister D. mortality 8. A. particular B. ability C. independence D. comedian 9. A. arrival B. technical C. proposal D. approval 10. A. poisonous B. attraction C. possession D. percentage B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR I. Choose the word or phrase which has the same meaning as the underlined part. 11. When he was director of the company, his first accomplishment was to bring about better working condition. A. accumulation B. achievement C. defeat D. job 12. If the fields are not irrigated soon, the harvest will be sparse. A. watered B. plowed C. planted D. fertilized 13. It is very costly to maintain an automobile in Singapore. A. a headphone B. a car C. a dishwasher D. a house 14. It is imperative that they arrive on time for the lecture. A. necessary B suggested C. hoped D. intended 15. I can’t hear the radio. Can you make it louder? A. turn over B. turn out C. turn into D. turn up II. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. 16. To generate income, magazine publishers must decide whether to increase the subscription price or __________. A. to sell advertising B. if they should sell advertising C. selling advertising D. sold advertising 17. Have a good flight and remember to give me a __________ as soon as you arrive. A. hand B. phone C. ring D. touch 18. We are late because we got stuck in __________ traffic jam. A. an B. the C. X D. a 19. John’s car had another __________ on the way to work. He didn’t arrive until eleven o’clock. A. break-in B. breakthrough C. breakdown D. break-away 20. During the boss’s __________ his assistant took over. A. vanishing B. disappearance C. absence D. loss 21. Each of the __________ own cage . A. birds had their B. bird has its C. birds have their D. birds has its 22. The missing man’s family is desperately seeking anyone __________ information about him. A. has B. who have C. whose D. having 23. There is still __________ hope for our getting there in time. Let’s hurry. A. little B. few C. a little D. a few 24. There were large rooms with __________ in this house. A. beautiful decorated wall B. beautifully decorated walls C. beautiful wall decorating D. beautiful decorating walls 25. The effects of cigarette smoking __________ to be extremely harmful so far. A. is proved B. will be proved C. are proved D. have been proved III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. 26. Susan (A) slept (B) soundly for 10 (C) hours! You must (D) wake her. 27. (A) It is (B) extremely important (C) for an engineer (D) to know to use a computer. 28. (A) The girl (B) whom my cousin married (B) was used to be (D) a fashion designer. 29. Most of (A) children are (B) accompanied (C) by their parents (D) or their teachers. 30. (A) Students in the United States often support (B) themselves (C) by baby-sitting, working in restaurants or (D) they drive taxi cabs. READING COMPREHENSION I. Choose one sentence that has the same as the root one. 31. Rather than disturb the meeting I left without saying goodbye. A. I would rather disturb the meeting than leave without saying goodbye. B. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting. C. I disturbed the meeting because I said goodbye. D. The meeting was disturbed as I left saying goodbye. 32. I tried to eat the cake but it was too sweet. A. It was such a sweet cake that I couldn’t eat it. B. It was so sweet cake that I couldn’t eat it. C. The cake was too sweet that I couldn’t eat it. D. The cake was very sweet that I couldn’t eat it. 33. His wife said it was quite unusual for him to read in bed. A. She said he nearly always read in bed B. She said he didn’t ever read in bed. C. She said he read in bed quite often. D. She said he almost never read in bed. 34. We are surprised to hear that our team won the match. A. We are sure that our team are going to win the match. B. It is hard to believe that our team have lost the match. C. It is almost certain that our team will lose the match. D. We thought that our team would lose the match. 35. I could have gone by bus and so saved a lot of money. From this sentence we understand that the speaker A. wouldn’t have saved much if he had taken the bus. B. wouldn’t have gone by bus if he had saved money for the fare. C. travelled by bus and it didn’t cost him much. D. would have spent less money if he had travelled by bus. II. Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer – A, B, C or D. Hurricanes are violent storms that cause millions of dollars in property damage and take many lives. They can be extremely dangerous, and too often people underestimate their fury. Hurricanes normally originate as a small area of thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean west of the Cape Verde Island during August or September. For several days, the area of the storm increases and the air pressure falls slowly. A center of low pressure forms, and winds begin to whirl around it. It is blown westward, increasing in size and strength. Hurricanes hunters then fly out to the storm in order to determine its size and intensity and to trace its direction. They drop radiosondes, or instruments for recording temperature, air pressure, and humidity, into the storm. They also look at the size of waves on the ocean, the clouds, and the eye of the storm. The eye is a region of relative calm and clear skies in the center of the hurricane. People often lose their lives by leaving shelter when the eye has arrived, only to be caught in tremendous winds again when the eye has passed. 36. What is the eye of the hurricane? A. The power center of the storm. B. The part that determines its direction. C. The calm center of the storm. D. The first part that makes landfall. 37. The underlined word “whirl” is closest in meaning to A. cool B. weaken C. spin D. collapse 38. What is a “radiosonde” as mentioned in paragraph 3? A. a high-frequency air wave B. a type of isotope C. device that records the sounds inside the storm. D. an instrument for determining factors that provide insight into the characteristics of the storms. 39. It is implied in the passage that hurricane hunters strive to _________ the hurricane. A. learn about B. control C. destroy D. change the direction of 40. Indications that a hurricane is forming are A. increased power of the eye and decreased air pressure. B. increased size of the hurricane and decreased air pressure. C. decreased size of the hurricane and increased air pressure. D. eastward movement and decreased air pressure. ANSWER KEYS 1. C 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. A 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. C 21. D 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. D 35. D 36. C 37. C 38. D 39. A 40. B . ANSWER KEYS 1. C 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. C 9. B 10 . A 11 . B 12 . A 13 . B 14 . A 15 . D 16 . A 17 . C 18 . D 19 . C 20. C 21. D 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. B 32 ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ 1, MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 12 A. PHONETICS. I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. chick B. champion. accumulation B. achievement C. defeat D. job 12 . If the fields are not irrigated soon, the harvest will be sparse. A. watered B. plowed C. planted D. fertilized 13 . It is very costly to maintain an