Choose the underlined word or phrase A,B, C or D that needs correcting.. These animals can live on desert plants and do not need much water.. The people of the deserts have to move const
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LỚP 12 NÂNG CAO
I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
II Choose the word whose main stress is different from the others
III Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence
11 Because of the extreme heat in deserts, animals hide out under rocks or burrows all day, people
do not often see them
12 They each _ responsible for what they have done
13 Be sure to the bed as soon as you get up
14 In cold deserts, very few plants and animals can survive _ only a few people live there, they are
mostly scientists
15 The use of computers aids in teaching, _ the role of teachers is still very important
16 Today, all five species of rhinos are perilously _ to extinction
17 There are some _ carried out to rescue rhinos from extinction
18 In Africa, rhinos live in some of the same national parks and reserves that provide for elephants
19 Her boyfriend lies to her, she still loves and trusts him
20 They have lived next door to us for years, _ we hardly ever see them
21 Nowadays, many laws have been _ to protect rare animals
22 The life of a tortoise is about 200 years
23 We have plenty of time We leave yet
24 _ the goalkeeper, we would have lost the match
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25 _ big profits, poachers never want stop hooting rhinos to sell their parts and associated products
IV Choose the underlined word or phrase (A,B, C or D) that needs correcting
26 You have to go to school on Sundays from now to the end of the school year, haven’t you ?
A B C D
27 It costs about sixty dollars to have a tooth to be filled in the United States
A B C D
28 Neither of his parents were satisfied with his results when he was at high school
A B C D
29 It took me a long time to get used to wear glasses when my eyes got worse several years ago
A B C D
30 He can hardly remember anything about the accident because he was only a fours-year-old boy
A B C
when it happened
D
VI Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions that follow
The deserts of the world are not all covered with sand Many of them have surfaces of rock or clay or small stones They are not flat, either, they often have high hills and deep valleys There is some plant life in many parts of the desert There is little rain in the desert, but it does fall often enough for most plants
The deserts of the world are not uninhabited People also live outside of the oases, but these people are not farmers They have camels, goats, donkeys, sheep etc These animals can live on desert plants and do not need much water
The people of the deserts have to move constantly from place to place, they must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals They usually live in tents When there is no more food for their animals, they fold up their tents, put them on their camels and donkeys, and move to another place In good years, when there is enough food for their animals, they trade their skins and their goat and camel hair with people of oases for wheat and fruit But in bad years, when there is not enough food for their animals, the people of the
desert would attack the oases people But they are also hospitable No man in the desert would ever refuse to
give a stranger food and water
31 According to the passage, deserts are mostly made of
32 In the desert
33 People live
34 From the passage, we know that life
35 The word “hospitable” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to
VII Choose the sentence that is almost the same in meaning as the sentence given
36 I read two books, but I didn’t find them interesting
A None of the two books I read was interesting
B Either of the books I read weren’t interesting
C Neither of the books I read was interesting
D The two books I read wasn’t interesting
37 He spent all his money He even borrowed some from me
Trang 3A As soon as he borrowed some money from me, he spent it all
B Hardly had he borrowed some money from me when he spent it all
C Not only did he spent all his money but also he borrowed some from me
D Not only did he spend all his money but he borrowed some from me as well
38 The flat is very noisy, but we enjoy living here
A Noisy as the flat is, we enjoy living here
B Whatever noisy the flat is, we enjoy living here
C Although the flat is noisy, but we like the life here
D We enjoy living here but the flat is too noisy for us to live in
39 Everyone expected her to win the tournament, but she didn’t
40 I won’t sell the painting, no matter how much you offer me
A However money you have, you can’t buy the painting
B Although you offer me a lot of money, but I won’t sell the painting
C In spite of your offer, but I decide to keep the painting
D Whatever price you offer me, I won’t sell the painting
V Choose the word or phrase that best fits in the blank space in the passage
The (41) _of animal species that have died out since 1600 (42) _ sharply Experts have (43) historical evidence of extinction As far as they can tell, (44) _ the beginning of
out (45) _, in just one century, from 1600 to 1699, seventeen more animal species were known (46) The next century saw the extinction of thirty-six species And the rate (47) _ increasing In the 1800, eighty-one (48) _ species died out In the first three quarters of the twenty century, sixty-three species disappeared, (49) _ the education of people (50) _ endangered species The rate of extinction has not been slowed by public information