Đề ôn tập học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Đề 2

TEST 2
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. 
Question 1: A. scary 	B. category	C. vacancy	D. apply
Question 2: A. admit	B. provide	C. require	D. decide
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. 
Question 3: A. requirement	B. secondary	C. certificate	D. admission
Question 4: A. forget	B. impress	C. offer	D. relate 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
Question 5: It is high time Tom _____ more active in class.
A. were	B. was	C. must be	D. has been
Question 6: He found a watch when he ______ in the street.
A. had walked	B. was walking	C. walked	D. had been walking
Question 7: Cameron, _____ directed “The Titanic”, is one of the leading faces in Hollywood.
A. that	B. whose	C. whom	D. who
Question 8: Neither the boy’s parents nor I ______ satisfied with his progress.
A. are	B. am	
C. have	D. has
Question 9: Hung doesn’t take good care _____ himself.
A. for	B. about	C. in	D. of
Question 10: What are the entry ________ at this university?
A. require	B. required	C. requirement	D. requirements
Question 11: I want this test _____ in ink.
A. written	B. to write	C. write	D. writing
Question 12: The wedding day was ______ chosen by the parents of the groom.
A. careless	B. careful	C. carelessly	D. carefully
Question 13: I can't think of any possible __________ for his absence.
A. explanation	B. exploration	C. expedition	D. expectation
Question 14: The local clubs are _______ every effort to interest more young people.
A. doing	B. taking	C. giving	D. making
Question 15: Damage to the building resulted ____ an unusually high wind.
A. down	B. in	C. on	D. at
Question 16: I don't really get ______ with my sister's husband.
A. on	B. through	C. in	D. away
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following exchanges. 
Question 17: Jane: “Thank you very much for the lovely flowers.” 	Susan: “_____”
A. You’re welcome.	B. You like flowers, don’t you?	
C. Yeah, the flowers are nice.	D. It was an excellent choice.
Question 18: Laura: “What shall we do this evening?” 	Annie: “_________”
A. Let’s go out for dinner.	B. Oh, that’s bad!	
C. No problem.	D. I went out for dinner.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. 
Question 19: Computers and telecommunication are bound to have a huge influence on various aspects of our life.
A. diverse	B. similar	C. like	D. equivalent
Question 20: Physically inactive people are at risk of developing heart disease.
A. active	B. dynamic	
C. passive	D. lively
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is opposite in meaning to each of the following questions. 
Question 21: When he heard the news, Simon got on the next train to London.
A. got of	B. got off	C. got in	D. got away
Question 22: No one knew precisely what would happen to human being in space.
A. wrongly	B. casually	C. flexibly	D. informally
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. 
Question 23: He was the last one leaving the burning building in time.
 	 A B 	 C D 
Question 24: If you work hard, you would be successful in anything you do.
 	A 	B C D 
Question 25: Poverty in the United States is noticeably different from that in other country.
 	 A 	 B 	C 	 D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. 
Question 26: They arrived late, so they didn’t have good seats.
A. If they had arrived earlier, they might have gotten good seats.
B. The late arrivers still had good seats.	
C. However late they arrived, they had very good seats.
D. Unless they arrived early, they wouldn’t have good seats.
Question 27: “Are you waiting for your exam result?” she said
A. She asked me was I waiting for my exam result.	
B. She asked me if I was waiting for my exam result.
C. She asked me whether was I waiting for the exam result.
D. She asked me whether I was waiting for your exam.
Question 28: He couldn’t come to the conference because he was seriously ill.
A. Because of his serious illness, he couldn’t come to the conference.	
B. Although he was ill, he came to the conference.
C. His illness was very serious that he couldn’t come to the conference.
D. He couldn’t come to the conference, so he became seriously ill.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. 
Question 29: The book is very interesting. My brother bought it yesterday.
A. The book which my brother bought yesterday is very interesting.	
B. The book which my brother bought it yesterday is very interesting.	
C. The book which is very interesting my brother bought yesterday.	
D. The book my brother bought yesterday is not interesting.
Question 30: You must read the instructions. You won’t know how to use this machine without reading them.
A. Reading the instructions, so you will know how to use this machine.	
B. Without reading the instructions, the use of this machine won’t be known.
C. Unless you read the instructions, you won’t know how to use this machine.
D. You will know how to use this machine unless you read the instructions.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
 	Many American customs will surprise you; the same thing happens to us when we ___ (31) ___ another country. People from various cultures handle many small daily things differently. What a dull world it ___ (32) ___ be if this were not true!
Some differences are minor, and people soon become accustomed to them. At __ (33) ____, for example, some foreign women may be startled at the idea of ___ (34) ___ their hair cut or styled by men. Visitors may be amazed to see men wearing wigs. People may find the transitory quality of much American life odd, for example, one ___ (35) ___ rent art by the week or the entire furnishings of an apartment, from sofa and bed to the last spoon, on less than eight hours’ notice. “Package” living is part of today’s American scene.
Question 31: A. come	B. visit	C. arrive	D. travel
Question 32: A. would	B. will	C. can	D. may
Question 33: A. least	B. all	C. first	D. last
Question 34: A. giving	B. having	C. showing	D. taking
Question 35: A. should	B. must	C. can	D. shall
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing so quickly that they don’t even know what their own lives will be like in a few years’ time. What follows is not science fiction. It is how experts see the future.
You are daydreaming behind the steering wheel; is it too dangerous? No! That’s no problem because you have it on automatic pilot, and with its hi-tech computers and cameras, your car “knows” how to get home safe and sound.
What is for lunch? In the old days you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or a pizza. Now you use your diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body needs. If your body needs more vegetables and less fat, your food-preparation machine makes you a salad. 
After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need to do your work. Thanks to your information screen and your latest generation computer, you needn’t go to the office any more. The information screen shows an urgent message from a co-worker in Brazil. You can instantly send back a reply to him and go on to deal with other matters.
Question 36: Which of the following statement is true about life in the future?
A. People can have balanced diets for their meal.	
B. It will be dangerous to drive cars because they are too fast.	
C. People will go to work as they do today.	
D. Hi-tech equipment will be out of the question.
Question 37: What does “its” in line 5 refer to?
A. The future.	
B. The steering wheel.	
C. Your home.
D. Your car.
Question 38: According to the passage, what do people use a diagnostic machine for?
A. To provide them with food.
B. To make food for them.	
C. To find out which foods their body needs.
D. To sell food for humans.
Question 39: Which of the following is NOT true about life in the future?
A. There’s no need to concentrate much when people are driving.	
B. Eating is a problem because food contains too much fat.	
C. Getting information is a matter of just a few seconds.	
D. Contacts between people are almost instant.
Question 40: The word “urgent” in the last paragraph probably means ______.
A. hurry	B. unnecessary	C. expected 	D. pressing
Question 41: What is “reply” closest in meaning to?
A. answer	B. replay	C. request	D. question
Question 42: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Life in the future will be the same as life at present.
B. What foods people will eat in the future.
C. What life is like in the future.	
D. The role of the computer in future life.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50. 
Bees, classified into over 10,000 species, are insects found in almost every part of the world except the northernmost and southernmost regions. One commonly known species is the honeybee, the only bee that produces honey and wax. Humans use the wax in making candles, lipsticks, and other products, and they use the honey as a food. While gathering the nectar and pollen with which they make honey, bees are simultaneously helping to fertilize the flowers on which they land. Many fruits and vegetables would not survive if bees did not carry the pollen from blossom to blossom.
              Bees live in a structured environment and social structure within a hive, which is a nest with storage space for the honey. The different types of bees each perform a unique function. The worker bee carries nectar to the hive in a special stomach called a honey stomach. Other workers make beeswax and shape it into a honeycomb, which is a waterproof mass of six-sided compartments, or cells. The queen lays eggs in completed cells. As the workers build more cells, the queen lays more eggs.
All workers, like the queen, are female, but the workers are smaller than the queen. The male honeybees are called drones; they do no work and cannot sting. They are developed from unfertilized eggs, and their only job is to impregnate a queen. The queen must be fertilized in order to lay worker eggs. During the season when less honey is available and the drones is of no further use, the workers block the drones from eating the honey so that they will starve to death.
Question 43: Which of the following is the best title for this reading?
A. The Honeybee – Its Characteristics and Usefulness	
B. The Many Species of Bees
C. The Useless Drone
D. Making Honey
Question 44: The word “species” in the first sentence probably means ______.
A. mates	B. killers	C. varieties	D. enemies
Question 45: It is stated in paragraph 2 that a hive is ________.
A. a type of honey	
B. a storage space	
C. a type of bee
D. a nest
Question 46: According to the passage, the drone ________.
A. collects less honey than workers	
B. mates with the queen and has no other purpose	
C. comes from eggs fertilized by other drones	
D. can be male or female
Question 47: The author implies that __________.
A. drones are never females
B. bees are unnecessary in the food chain	
C. drones are completely dispensable	
D. the queen can be a worker
Question 48: According to the passage, honey is carried to the hive in a honey stomach by the ______.
A. queens	B. drones 	C. males 	D. workers
Question 49: The word “They” in the last paragraph refers to _____.
A. workers 	B. queens 	C. honeybees 	D. drones
Question 50: It can be inferred from the passage that beeswax is _________. 
A. absorbent 	B. complex in structure 	C. pliable 	D. sweet
The end of the test
The year at an American college is divided into two semesters or three quarters. A semester includes 15 weeks; a quarter includes ten weeks. American college students usually go to school from September to May. They can also study during the summer.
Students choose their classes a few weeks before the start of each term. Universities and colleges offer a great many classes in the students’ main areas of study and in other areas as well.
Students must take both. These include science, mathematics, computer, history and English. Other classes such as dance, theater, or sports may be just for fun. Tests are usually given in the middle of the term and at the end. The final exam is extremely important. In some classes, the professor asks the students to write a research paper or complete a certain task instead of taking a test.
Classes at an American college are usually organized through lectures. For example, a student may attend two or three lectures a week by one professor. There may be as many as several hundred students at each lecture.