Đề kiểm tra học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 (Chương trình chuẩn)

ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ MỘT
Năm học: 2008-2009
Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 12 
(CHƯƠNG TRÌNH CHUẨN)
Thời gian: 45 phút
Choose the best word to complete the following sentences of do as directed (3pts)
A lot of Indian men agree that it is unwise to (agree/tell/confide/express) in their wives
In his attempt to pass the job interview, he’s under a lot of study . (chances/pressure/wish/time)
Thanks to their parents’s help, they found the (decision/condition/solution)
We can buy (home/house/household/home-make)
My teacher told me that he (visit/visited/has visited/would visited)
Eugenie Clark has a lot of (know/knowledge/knowable/know)
The bookshop (has closed/had closed/close/was closing) by the time we got there last night.
If he (improved/had improved/improves/has improved) his it skills, he’d easily get a job.
During the wars, women filled (experience/vacancies/keenness/change) in the labor force.
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: (days/photographs/trees/persons).
Choose the word which has different stress pattern from the other: (garbage/ support/ project/ message).
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: (mountain/ house/ couple/ counterpart)
Supply the correct form of the word or the verb in parentheses to complete the sentences. (2pts)
Peter often refuses to do what his teacher tells him. He (obey)
We are recruiting sales manager with for European market. (responsible)
 , he lived in San Francisco, but then he went to China (Origin)
Rubber 2,500 year ago by the Mayan people of Central America. (use)
Reading: 1. Read the passage and answer the questions: (2pts)
 Where do you go to become a stunt actor? Jackie Chan went to the China Drama Academy in Hong Kong. Every day from 5a.m to midnight, he and his classmates studied singing, acrobatics, gymnastics, and martial arts. They started at a young are and lived at the school. Jackie Chan lived at the school for ten years. The student at the China Drama Academy were very strong and very well-trained. The students were required to wear red trousers at school, so they were called Red Trousers.
 There are other training centers, such as the Seoul Action in Korea, where you don’t have to enroll at such a young age. At this school, you can learn everything from basic gymnastics and martial arts to stunt driving in six months. The courses are very difficult both mentally and physically.
 Application to the Seoul Action school must be between 19 and 27 years old, at least 170 centimeters tall, and must look good in films. The teacher at the Seoul Action school work in Korean films and know all about martial arts as well as Hollywood-style car chases and crashes.
How long was Jackie Chan a student at the China Drama Academy?
How are the courses in the Seoul Action School?
What requirements for becoming a student at the Seoul Action School are mentioned in the passage?
What were the students at the China Drama Academy called? Why?
 2. Fill in the numbered blank in the passage with ONE suitable word. (1pts)
Higher Education (a).degree courses, postgraduate programs and MBAs. This is the term used to describe the education and (b) that takes place at university, colleges and institutes offering (c)... at degree level and higher. The UK has over ninety universities and more than fifty higher education colleges offering a wide range of courses, most of (d) .lead to degrees or equivalent qualifications, postgraduate qualifications or MBAs.
Writing: Write a new sentences as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentences, using the word(s) given. (2pts)
I only knew because I heard the news on the radio. (If..)
Electric power will drive cars in the future. (Cars..)
“I’ll see you when I have free time here, Tom” said Margaret. (Margaret told..)
I like Brenda. She’s the kind of person I like. (Brenda..)
ANSWER:
I. 
confide
pressure
solution
household
visited
knowledge
had closed
improved
vacancies
photographs
support
couple
II.
disobedient
responsibility
originally
was ued
III.
 1. a. 10 years 
 b. The courses are very difficult both mentally and physically
 c. between 19 and 27 years old, at least 170 centimeters tall, look good in films.
 d. The students at the China Drama Academy were called Red Trousers. Because they were required to wear red trousers at school.
 2. 
 a. includes
 b. training
 c. study/studies
 d. which
IV. 
If I hadn’t heard the news on the radio, I couldn’t have known
Cars will be driven by electric power in the future
Margaret told Tom that she would see him when she had free time there.
Brenda is the kind of person I like.