Đề kiểm tra học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Sở GD & ĐT Thừa Thiên Huế

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Thừa thiên huế
kiểm tra học kỳ I
Năm học 2005-2006
Môn: Tiếng Anh lớp 12
Thời gian 45 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
I. Vocabulary - grammar and structures
Choose the best answer
I usually wear skirts but today I______ trousers.
	A. wearing	B. am wearing	C. wear	D. wears
Preserving natural resources_____ of great importance.
	A. is	B. are being	C. have been	D. are
He is bored _____ doing the same thing every day.
	A. of	B. to	C. for	D. with
I worked_____ hard that I felt very tired.
	A. such	B. too	C. enough	D. so
He said that he _____ his bicycle
	A. has lost	B. loses	C. had lost	D. lost
I am very_____ in the news.
	A. interested	B. interesting	C. interest	D. exciting
_____books on this shelf were written by Charles Dickens.
	A. All the	B. The all	C. All	D. Every
We avoid_____ our environment.
	A. polluted	B. polluting	C. pollute	D. to pollute
This question is_____ difficult for me.
	A. enough	B. to	C. such	D. too
She hasn't written to me _____ we met last time.
	A. before	B. since	C. ago	D. for
He made too_____ mistakes in his writing
	A. little	B. much	C. few	D. many
They were_____ when they read the result.
	A. disappointed	B. disappointment	C. disappoint	D. disappointing
There is always_____ traffic in the city centre in the rush-hour
	A. full	B. heavy	C. strong	D. big
Vehicles also account_____ air pollution in the city.
	A. on	B. to	C. with	D. for
He said he_____ for five hours
	A. has been working	B. has worked	C. worked	D. had been working
Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?
Peter was too ill to get up
A. Peter was so ill that he couldn't get up	B. Peter was very ill for getting up.
C. Peter was not strong enough for getting up D. Peter was not very well to get up
This plat is too small for my family
A. This flat is not big enough for my family	B. This flat is not rather big for my family
C. This flat is not enough big for my family	D. This flat is not very big for my family
It has been a long time since they met.
A. They haven’t met for a long time	B. They haven’t met since a long time
C. They didn't meet for a long time	D. They didn't meet a long time ago
Getting a good job doesn't interest him.
A. He isn’t good at getting a good job	B. He isn't interested in getting a good job
C. He is good at getting a good job	D. He is only interested in getting a good job
"Where are you going?" he asked her
A. He asked her where she is going	B. He asked her where you were going
C. He asked her where was she going	B. He asked her where she was going
II. Phonetics:
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group
A. odour	B. honour	C. pour	D. vapour
A. paint	B. reclaim	C. drainage	D. certain
A. different	B. taken	C. enrich	D. element
A. possession	B. preserve	C. conserve	D. position
A. tolerant	B. horrible	C. occupied	D. reasonable
III. Reading
Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D.
Every year students from many countries learn English. Some of these students are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in film, on television, in the office or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and mathematics and English. In England or America, or Australia many boys and girls study their own language, which is English, and Mathematics, and another language, perhaps French, or German or Spanish).
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspaper or magazines in English.
According to the writer
A. English is popular in much of the world	B. Only adults learn English
C. English is useful only to teenagers	D. No children like learning English
Many people learn English by
A. talking with the film stars	B. hearing the language in the office
C. watch video only	D. working hard on their lessons.
In America or in Australia, many schoolchildren study
A. their own language and no foreign language
B. English and Mathematic only
C. such foreign languages as French, German and Spanish.
D. English as a foreign language.
Many boys and girls learn English because
A. their parents make them	B. they have to study their own language
C. English can give them a job	D. It is included in their courses
Many adults learn English because
	A. Most of their books are in English	B. It helps them in their work
C. Their work is useful	D. They want to go abroad
There is now increasing concern about the world's energy resources, particularly about those involving fossil (31)_______ In less than a hundred years we shall probably (32)_______ all the present (33)_______ of oil and gas. The world's coal (34)_______ should last longer but, once used, these can not be (35)_______.
It is important, therefore, that we should develop such (36)_______ sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear energy as well as water and wind (37)_______ (classed as (38)_______ energy). Until these energy (39)_______ are widely used, it is important for the developed countries to reduce energy (40)_______ as much as possible
A. forms	B. powers	C. fuels	D. energies
A. complete	B. end	C. total	D. exhaust
A. sources	B. productions	C. amounts	D. findings
A. reserves	B. mines	C. stores	D. contents
A. repeated	B. updated	C. produced	D. renewed
A. surprising	B. traditional	C. alternative	D. revolutionary
A. force	B. strength	C. power	D. motion
A. renewable	B. repeatable	C. continual	D. continuous
A. materials	B. supply	C. provisions	D. goods
A. destruction	B. exhaustion	C. consumption	D. waste