Đề thi học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh Khối 12 - Năm học 2015-2016

ĐỀ THI TIẾNG ANH HỌC KỲ 1 – LỚP 12 (NÂNG CAO/CƠ BẢN)- NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
Select the best choice to complete each of the following sentences which have one missing word or phrases. Then mark the letter (A), (B), (C) or (D) on your answer sheet. 
 1. John: “Could I just do it right now?”- Jane: “________” 
A. Yes, you could. 	B. Why not? Go ahead. C. Not for me. 	D. Yes, let’s. 
 2. I’m really sleepy today. I wish I ________ Bob to the airport late last night. 
A. weren’t taking B. hadn’t had to take C. didn’t have to take D. didn’t take 
3. The more effect you put in this project, ________________. 
A. the more satisfying you are 	B. the more satisfied are the results 
C. the more satisfied the results are 	D. the more satisfying the results are 
4. Inexperienced ________, she can know the way of operating that system. 
A. even though she is 	B. as she may be 	C. she may be though D. as she might 
5. Alice didn’t expect_________ to Bill’s party. 
A. asking 	B. being asked C. to ask D. to be asked 
6. It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver ______ in the crash. 
A. was injured 	B. are injured 	C. has been injured 	D. were injured 
7. My new glasses cost me _______ the last pair I bought last month. 
A. more than three times B. three times as much as C. more three times than D. as much three times as 
8. The ministry refused to ________ the figures to the press. 
A. release 	B. leak 	C. show 	D. add 
9. Steve _______ his chances of passing by spending too much time on the first question. 
A. threw out 	B. threw off 	C. threw away 	D. threw in 
10. Mr. Jones gave his sons some money to _______ them up in business. 
A. get 	B. set 	C. put 	D. make 
11. _______ comes a time when you have to make a decision and stick to it. 
A. It 	B. Therefore 	C. There 	D. That 
12. James had, _______, saved the manuscript of his first novel from the burning house. 
A. lastly 	B. at last 	C. lately 	D. at least 
13. The lawyer insisted that his client _______ never have been arrested in the first place. 
A. should 	B. must 	C. ought 	D. would 
14. As they came under heavy fire, the captain ordered his men to _______. 
A. fall away 	B. fall back 	C. fall over 	D. fall out 
15. Can you take ______ of the shop while Mr. Bentall is away? 
A. management 	B. running 	C. charge 	D. operation 
16. Government should _______ international laws against terrorism. 
A. bring up 	B. bring about 	C. bring in 	D. bring back 
17. _______ sighting an approaching car, some drivers tend to speed up. 
A. When slowing down instead of B. Instead when slowing down at 
C. When instead of slowing down D. Instead of slowing down when 
18. Ballet dancers, _______ actors, must spend many hours a day practicing before a performance. 
A. like 	B. the like 	C. the same 	D. same as 
19. More ivory obtained from elephants in Africa _______ those in Asia. 
A. rather than 	B. more than 	C. than from 	D. as well as 
20. You _______ out yesterday without a coat. No wonder you caught cold. 
A. shouldn’t have gone B. haven’t gone 	C. hadn’t gone 	D. mustn’t have gone 
21. Never before _______ in an earnest attempt to resolve their differences. 
A. have the leaders of these two countries met 	B. the leaders of these two countries have met 
C. have the leaders of these two countries meet 	D. met the leaders of these two countries 
22. The number of chromosomes in a cell _______ from species to species. 
A. varies 	B. vary 	C. varying 	D. to vary 
23. The interviewer told her that he would earn $ 45000 a year, _______ she to be offered the job. 
A. were 	B. should 	C. lest 	D. would 
24. It sounds like you let people take advantage of you. _______, you need to learn to be more assertive. 
A. Otherwise 	B. If only 	C. What if 	D. If so 
25. It’s difficult to _______ luxuries when you are used to having them. 
A. cut down on 	B. cut down at 	C. cut off on 	D. cut down into 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. eventually B. capacity	 C. altogether	D. particular
Question 2: A. appearance	B. ambitious	C. performance	D. telephone
Question 3:A. temptation	B. property	C. government	D. beautiful
Question 4:A. relation	B. arrange	C. summary	D. eliminate
Question 5: A. interview	B. processor	C. essential	D. compliment
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
The first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being an employee? The schools teach a (1)___ many things of value to the future accountant, doctor or electrician. Do they also teach anything of value to the future employee? Yes, they teach the one thing that it is perhaps most valuable for the future employee to know. But very few students bother (2)___ it. This basic is the skill ability to organize and express ideas in writing and in speaking. This means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability to communicate with people and to (3)___ your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (4)___ understand what you are driving at and be persuaded. 
Of course, skill in expression is not enough (5)___ itself. You must have something to say in the first place. The effectiveness of your job depends (6)___ your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.
Expressing one's thoughts is one skill that the school can (7)___ teach. The foundations for skill in expression have to be (8)____ early: an interest in and an ear (9)___ language; experience in organizing ideas and data, in brushing aside the irrelevant, and above all the habit of verbal expression. If you do not lay these foundations (10)___ your school years, you may never have an opportunity again.
Question 1: 	 A. lots	 B. large	 C. far	 D. great	
Question 2: 	 A. learn	 B. with learning	 C. learning	 D. to learn	
Question 3: 	 A. give out	 B. present	 C. interpret	 D. transfer
Question 4: 	 A. as well	 B. either	 C. not	 D. both	
Question 5: 	 A. in	 B. on	 C. for	 D. by	
Question 6: 	 A. much on	 B. most on	 C. on most	 D. on much
Question 7: 	 A. hardly	 B. quite	 C. truly	 D. really
Question 8: 	 A. lay	 B. laid	 C. lain	 D. lied	
Question 9: 	 A. if	 B. in	 C. for	 D. by	
Question 10: 	 A. when	 B. of	 C. during	 D. for	
Read the passages and circle the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following questions or statements:
A pilot cannot fly by sight alone. In many conditions, such as flying at night and landing in dense fog, a pilot must use radar, an alternative way of navigating. Since human eyes are not very good at determining speeds of approaching objects, radar can show a pilot how fast nearby planes are moving. The basic principle of radar is exemplified by what happens when one shouts in a cave. The echo of the sounds against the walls helps a person determine the size of the cave. With radar, however, the waves are radio waves instead of sound waves. Radio waves travel at the speed of light, about 300,000 kilometers in one second. A radar set sends out a short burst of radio waves. Then it receives the echoes produced when the waves bounce off objects. By determining the time it takes for the echoes to return to the radar set, a trained technician can determine the distance between the radar set and other objects. The word “radar”, in fact, gets its name from the term “radio detection and ranging”. “Ranging” is the term for detection of the distance between an object and the radar set. Besides being of critical importance to pilots, radar is essential for air traffic control, tracking ships at sea, and for tracking weather systems and storms. 
Question 1. What is the main topic of this passage? 
A. The nature of radar. 	B. History of radar. 	C. Alternatives to radar. D. Types of ranging. 
Question 2. According to the passage, what can radar detect besides location of objects? 
A. Shape. 	B. Size. 	C. Speed. 	D. Weight. 
Question 3. The word “exemplified” in the passage can be replaced by _______. 
A. “specified” 	B. “resembled” 	C. “illustrated” 	D. “justified” 
Question 4. The word “shouts” in the passage most closely means _______. 
A. “exclaims” 	B. “yells” 	C. “shoots” 	D. “whispers” 
Question 5. Which of the following words best describes the tone of this passage? 
A. argumentative 	B. explanatory 	C. humorous 	D. imaginative 
Question 6. According to the passage, the distance between a radar set and an object can be determined by _______. 
A. the time it takes for a burst of radio waves to produce echoes when the waves bounce off the object 
B. the term “ranging” used for detection of the distance between an object and the radar set 
C. the time it takes for the radio waves to produce echoes and bounce off the object 
D. the time it takes for the echoes produced by the radio waves to return to the radar set 
Question 7. Which type of waves does radar use? 
A. tidal 	B. sound 	C. heat 	D. radio 
Question9. The word “tracking” in the passage most closely means _______. 
A. sending 	B. searching for 	C. ranging 	D. repairing 
Question 10. Which of the following would most likely be the topic of the next paragraph? 
A. A history of flying. 	B. Other uses of radar. 
 C. The technology used by pilots. 	D. Uses of some technology. 
Question 11. What might be inferred about radar? 
A. It takes the place of a radio. 	B. It has improved navigational safety. 
 C. It was developed from a study of sound waves. D. It gave birth to the invention of the airplane
Rewrite the following sentences using the words given so that it means exactly the same as the first sentence. 
1. Mary is so young that she can’t join our club. (TOO)
à Mary is _________________________________________
2. The owners of the restaurants are usually very rich.(WHO)
à The people _________________________________________
3. It was easy for us to get tickets for the concert. (NO)
à We had _________________________________________
4. They think the burglar got in through the bathroom. (THOUGHT)
à The burglar _________________________________________
5. George failed the final exam because he was lazy.(BECAUSE OF)
à Because of _________________________________________
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