Đề thi chất lượng 8 tuần học kỳ II môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Mã đề 146 - Năm học 2016-2017 - Trường THPT Trần Văn Bảo (Kèm đáp án)

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ĐỀ THI CHẤT LƯỢNG 8 TUẦN HỌC KỲ II
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 12
NĂM HỌC: 2016-2017
 ( Thời gian làm bài 60 phút)
MÃ ĐỀ 146
Đề thi gồm 04 trang
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. question 	B. picture 	C. action 	D. future
Question 2. A. resource 	B. source 	C. colour	D. course 	
Find the word marked A, B, C, or D with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question. 
Question 3. A. mankind	B. current 	C. crisis 	D. global 	
Question 4. A. vulnerable 	B. disappearance 	C. generation	D. conservation 	
Identify the one underlined word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. 
Question 5. The number of homeless people in the Middle East have increased sharply due to the recent
 A	 B 	 C 	
 conflicts. 
 D 
Question 6. It is time the government helped the unemployment to find some jobs.
 	 A	 B C D 
Question 7. Not until I was on my way to the airport that I realized I had left my passport at home. 
	 A B 	 C 	 D 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 8. My parents always disapproved of my smoking. They even told me once it would stop me growing taller. 
	A. denied	B. supported	C. refused	D. objected to	
Question 9. Language teaching in the United States is based on the idea that the goal of language acquisition is communicative complete.
	A. unable to understand	B. incapable of working with words	
	C. Excellent in orating in front of others	D. Not good at socializing.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 
 Question 10. Humans depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture.
	A. variety	B. fertilizer 	C. destruction 	D. contamination 	
Question 11. Because Jack defaulted on his loan, the bank took him to court. 
	A. paid in full	B. paid in advance	C. failed to pay	D. managed to pay
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 12. Lucy was late for school this morning because the alarm didn't _______ as usual. 
	A. take off	B. ring off	C. go off	D. get off	
Question 13. When he came to the counter to pay, he found that he had _________ cash _______ his credit card with him. 
	A. not / neither	B. both / and	C. either / or	D. neither / nor	
Question 14. It's essential that every student __________ the exam before attending the course.
	A. passed	B. would pass	C. pass	D. passes
Question 15. Such questions provide a useful means of _____________ students' interest.
	A. stimulating	B. expressing	C. encouraging	D. providing
Question 16. Tom doesn't know much about computing ________ his brother is an expert at it. 
	A. whereas 	B. however	C. therefore 	D. in contrast
Question 17. I _______ think that scuba diving is more of danger than adventure.
	A. personally 	B. person 	C. personal 	D. personalize
Question 18. I read the essay again and again _______________ avoiding making spelling mistakes. 
	A. in terms of	B. with a view to	C. by means of	D. in view of	
Question 19. Frank's wallet is lying on the coffee table. He _______ it here last night.
	A. must be leaving 	B. should have left 	C. must have left 	D. needn't leave
Question 20. ___________ he was kidnapped by the Iraq guerrillas yesterday has been confirmed. 
	A. What 	B. Unless	C. If	D. That	
 Question 21. If Charlie _______, he could have been injured.
	A. had been run the street 	B. had run the street 	
	C. had been run into the street 	D. had run into the street
 Question 22. Many nations have laws offering protection to these species, such as forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating _______.
	A. agencies 	B. awareness 	C. challenges	D. reserves 	
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. 
Question 23. Kate is talking to her professor in his office.
Kate: "Can you tell me how to find material for my science report, Professor?" 
Professor: "_______________________"
	A. You can borrow books from the library.	B. Try your best, Mary.
	C. You mean the podcasts from other students?	D. I like it that you understand.	
Question 24. Peter is thanking John for his help.
Peter:"It was very kind of you to help me out, John.' 
John: "________________________"
	A. You can say that again 	B. Thanks a million
	C. That was the least I could do 	D. I'm glad you like it 
Mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
 Question 25. I was extremely tired but I couldn't sleep.
	A. Tired as I was, I couldn't sleep. 
	B. In spite of I was extremely tired, I couldn't sleep.
	C. Though I was extremely tired, but I couldn't sleep. 
	D. I couldn't sleep because I was extremely tired.
 Question 26. We arrived at the conference. We realized our reports were still at home.
	A. It was until we arrived at the conference that we realize our reports were still at home.
	B. Not until had we arrived at the conference, we realized our reports were still at home.
	C. Not until we arrived at the conference, did we realize that our reports were still at home
	D. We arrived at the conference and realized that our reports are still at home.
 Question 27. The demand was so great. They had to reprint the book immediately.
	A. They demanded to reprint the book immediately.
	B. So great was the demand that they had to reprint the book immediately. 
	C. The book would be reprinted immediately since the demand was great. 
	D. They demanded that the book be reprinted immediately. 
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 28. People say he won a lot of money on the lottery.
	A. He is said to have won a lot of money on the lottery. 
	B. He is said that he won a lot of money on the lottery. 
	C. He won a lot of money on the lottery, it is said.
	D. He was said to win a lot of money on the lottery.
Question 29. "I am sorry, I forgot our appointment yesterday," said Jean to the dentist.
	A. Jean apologized to the dentist for having forgotten our appointment the day before.
	B. Jean apologized the dentist having forgotten their appointment the day before.
	C. Jean apologized to the dentist for having forgotten their appointment the day before.
	D. Jean apologized the dentist for having forgotten our appointment the day before.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 
Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (30) _____________ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are (31) _________ by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and native plants.
	The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (32) __________ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, as a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into cultivation and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to (33) ________ plants in the wild.
	In the future the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims at collecting genetic material from the remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future. They also aim to manage wild populations and where possible reintroduce species into (34) ___________.
Question 30. A. reduced 	B. developed	C. increased 	D. disappeared 	
Question 31. A. threatened	B. conserved 	C. invested 	D. guarded 	
Question 32. A. stimulate 	B. prevent 	C. encourage 	D. influence
Question 33. A. derive 	B. remain	C. vary 	D. protect	
Question 34. A. halls	B. shelters	C. reserves	D. gardens 	
Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. 
As heart disease continues to be the number-one killer in the United States, researchers have become increasingly interested in identifying the potential risk factors that trigger heart attacks. High-fat diets and "life in the fast lane" have long been known to contribute to the high incidence of heart failure. But according to new studies, the list of risk factors may be significantly longer and quite surprising.
	Heart failure, for example, appears to have seasonal and temporal patterns. A higher percentage of heart attacks occur in cold weather, and more people experience heart failure on Monday than on any other day of the week. In addition, people are more susceptible to heart attacks in the first few hours after waking. Cardiologists first observed this morning phenomenon in the mid-1980, and have since discovered a number of possible causes. An early-morning rise in blood pressure, heart rate, and concentration of heart stimulating hormones, plus a reduction of blood flow to the heart, may all contribute to the higher incidence of heart attacks between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 10:00 A.M.
	 In other studies, both birthdays and bachelorhood have been implicated as risk factors. Statistics reveal that heart attack rates increase significantly for both females and males in the few days immediately preceding and following their birthdays. And unmarried men are more at risk for heart attacks than their married counterparts. Though stress is thought to be linked in some way to all of the aforementioned risk factors, intense research continues in the hope of further comprehending why and how heart failure is triggered.
Question 35. In line 2, the word "potential" could best be re-placed by which of the following?
	A. harmful 	B. possible 	C. primary	D. unknown 	
Question 36. The phrase "susceptible to" in line 7 could best be replaced by______________.
	A. affected by	B. prone to	C. aware of	D. accustomed
Question 37. Which of the following is NOT cited as a possible risk factor?
	A. eating fatty foods	B. having a birthday	C. getting married D. being under stress 
 Question 38. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a possible cause of many heart attacks?
	A. increased blood pressure	B. increase in hormones	
	C. lower heart rate	D. decreased blood flow to the heart	
 Question 39. The word "phenomenon" in line 8 refers to which of the following?
	A. occurrence	B. illness	C. habit	D. activity	
 Question 40. What does the passage mainly discuss?
	A. cardiology in the 1980s	B. diet and stress as factors in heart attacks
	C. seasonal and temporal patterns of heart attacks D. risk factors in heart attacks 	
Question 41. Which of the following does the passage infer?
	A. We do not fully understand how risk factors trigger heart attacks
	B. We have not identified many risk factors associated with heart attacks.
	C. We now fully understand how risk factors trigger heart attacks.
	D. We recently began to study how risk factors trigger heart attacks.
 Question 42. Which of the following could best replace the word "incidence" as used in line 3?
	A. rate 	B. factor C. increase	D. chance 
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 following questions.
A recent study shows that an unequal share of household chores is still the norm in many households, despite the fact that many more women now have jobs. In a survey of 1,256 people ages between 18 and 65, men said they contributed an average of 37% of the total housework, while the women estimated their share to be nearly double that, at 70%. This ratio was not affected by whether the woman was working or not.
When they were asked what they thought was a fair division of labor, women with jobs felt that housework should be shared equally between male and female partners. Women who did not work outside the home were satisfied to perform 80% - the majority of the household work - if their husbands did remainder. Research has shown that, if levels increase beyond these percentages, women become unhappy and anxious, and feel they are unimportant.
After marriage, a woman is reported to increase her household workload by 14 hours per week, but for men the amount is just 90 minutes. So the division of labor becomes unbalanced, as a man's share increases much less than the woman's. It is the inequality and loss of respect, not the actual number of hours, which leads to anxiety and depression. The research describes housework as thankless and unfulfilling. Activities included in the study were cooking, cleaning, shopping, doing laundry, washing up and childcare. Women who have jobs report that they feel overworked by these chores in addition to their professional duties. In contrast, full-time homemakers frequently anticipate going back to work when the children grow up. Distress for this group is caused by losing the teamwork in the marriage.
	In cases where men perform most of the housework, results were similar. The men also became depressed by the imbalance of labor. The research showed that the least distressed people are those who have equal share, implying that men could perform significantly more chores and even benefit from this. The research concludes "Everybody benefits from sharing the housework. Even for women keeping house, a share division of labor is important. If you decide to stay at home to raise the children, you don't want to become the servant of the house" 
 Question 43. According to the passage, a good relationship is the one in which ___________ .
	A. men do more housework than women	B. women do 80% of the housework	
	C. women and men divide the housework equally D. women do 14 hours of housework
 Question 44. The word norm in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___________ .
	A. usual thing	B. strange thing	C. changing thing	D. unequal thing
 Question 45. Objects of the survey were __________ .
	A. working people	B. unemployed people
	C. people of a wide range of ages	D. married people
 Question 46. Although women think men should share the housework, those who don't have paid job agree to share ___________ of the chores.
	A. 14%	B. 37%	C. 70%	D. 80%
 Question 47. Women who do not have a job become depressed ___________ .
	A. when their husbands do not help them	B. if their husbands do 29% of the chore
	C. because they have no respect	D. if they have to do more than half of the housework
Question 48. The word remainder in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________ .
	A. what is fulfilled	B. what is share	C. what is done	D. what is left	
 Question 49. Working women __________ .
	A. do 80% of the household	B. are anxious and depressed
	C. want their partners to do an equal share	D. would prefer not to have a job
 Question 50. What is the most suitable heading for the passage?
	A. Unequal housework division	B. Difficulties of working women	
	C. Reason for women to be distress	D. How to be happy couples 
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