Đề và đáp án kiểm tra chất lượng học kì I Tiếng anh lớp 12 - Năm học 2016-2017 - Sở GD & ĐT Thái Bình

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
 THÁI BÌNH
 ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC KÌ I NĂM HỌC 2016-2017
 Môn: TIẾNG ANH 12
Thời gian: 60 phút; Đề gồm 50 câu; HS làm bài vào Phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that has different pronunciation from the rest in each of the followings.
Question 1. A. roughs	B. ploughs	C. coughs	D. laughs
Question 2. A. walked 	B. jumped 	C. watched 	D. started
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 followings.
Question 3: A. collect	B. instruct	C. offer	D. begin
Question 4: A. geography 	B. simplicity 	C. discovery 	D. internation 
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the followings.
Question 5: If I had studied harder, I ______ better marks in the last exam.
 A. would get	B. would have got	C. will get	D. wouldn’t have got
Question 6: Nam wanted to know what time _______.
 A. the movie began	B. the movie begins C. does the movie begin D. did the movie begin
Question 7: The last person ______ the room must turn off the lights.
 A. to leave	 B. who leave	 C. that leave 	D. left
Question 8: The next meeting ______ in May.
	A. will hold 	B. will be held 	 C. will be holding 	D. will have held
Question 9: John: "Congratulations! You did great.” 
 Mary: - " ______.”
	 A. It’s nice of you to say so	 	B. It’s my pleasure	
	 C. You’re welcome	D. That’s okay
Question 10: My responsibility is to ______ my little brother. 
	A. look after	B. turn up	C. hand in	D. go off
Question 11: In Vietnam, two or more ______ may live in a home. 
	 A. generations	B. generous	 C. generation	D. generators
Question 12: ______ candidates are likely to succeed in job interviews. 
	 A. Nervous 	B. Conscious 	 C. Angry 	D. Confident 
Question 13: A good essay must ______ contain enough interesting ideas and specific exam but also have good organization. 
	A. in addition 	B. either 	C. not only	D. as well 
Question 14: He didn’t get either of the jobs, ______ he applied for.
	A. who	B. which	C. where	D. when
Question 15: I can’t sleep ______ the hot weather.
	A. because of	 	B. as	C. because	D. since
Question 16. My father is an engineer and he has to work ______ a night shift once a week.
	A. in	B. on	C. under	D. at
Question 17: Nowadays children would prefer history ______ in more practical ways.
A. to be taught      	B. teach               	C. be taught              	D. to teach
Question 18: Mary: "I am sorry. I broke the vase." 
John: " ______.” 
A. OK. Go ahead                	B. Yes, certainly                  
C. Don’t worry. Things break                	D. I’d rather not.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 19. I received housing benefit when I was unemployed.
	A. out of work 	B. out of fashion 	C. out of order D. out of practice
Question 20. How many students in your class took part in the survey?
	A. succeeded in 	B. hosted 	C. participated in D. performed
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 21: After five days on trial, the court found him innocent of the crime and he was released.
	A. believable 	B. sociable 	C. truthful	D. guilty
Question 22: Demand for the kind of goods is expected to increase over the next decade.
progress	B. elevation	C. rise	D. decrease
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs
correction.
Question 23: The woman had to (A)do a snap decision (B)about what (C)to do (D)with the money.
Question 24: I (A)didn’t feel like (B)to go (C)to church this morning because it was (D)raining hard
Question 25: (A)The novelist Shirley Hazzard is noted (B)for the insight, poetic style, and (C)sensitive she (D)demonstrates in her works.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.
Question 26: You should have persuaded him to change his mind.                                                       
A. It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn’t. 
B. You didn’t persuade him to change because of his mind.    
C. You should persuade him to change his mind.    
D. You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn’t listen.
Question 27: I dislike it when people criticised me unfairly.	
	A. I object to people’s criticising me unfairly.  	
	C. They criticised me unfairly.      
	B. They criticised me because I was not fair. 	
	D.  I don’t like to be criticised.
Question 28: "You’re always making terrible mistakes," said the teacher.
A.     The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes.
B.     The teacher realized that his students always made terrible mistakes.
C.    The teacher complained about his students’ making terrible mistakes.
D.    The teacher made his students not always make terrible mistakes 
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: I don’t have enough money with me now; otherwise I will buy that coat.
	A. If I didn’t have enough money with me now, I would buy that coat. 
	B. If I had enough money with me now, I would buy that coat. 
	C. If I had enough money with me now, I wouldn’t buy that coat. 
	D. If I didn’t have enough money with me now, I wouldn’t buy that coat.
Question 30: Do you know any restaurants? The restaurants offer good foods.
	A. Do you know any restaurants which offer good foods?
	B. Do you know any restaurants where offer good foods?
	C. Do you know any restaurants offered good foods?	
D. Do you know any restaurants offer good foods?
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 31 to 35.
GREAT BRITAIN
Great Britain is a geographical area consisting of the large island which is divided into England, Wales and Scotland. It is often called Britain. The name Great Britain was first used in a political sense after the Act of Union of Scotland with England (31)______ Wales in 1707. The British Isles describes the geographical area of Great Britain, all of Ireland (including the independent Republic of Ireland), and all the many smaller offshore (32)______, including the Orkney Islands and the Scilly Isles. It has a total area of 314 798 square kilometres. The United Kingdo
m of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, called for short the United Kingdom or the UK, refers (33)______ the political state that includes the countries of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It does not include the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, which are Crown dependencies. The United Kingdom was (34)______ in 1801 when the Irish parliament was joined with the parliament for England, Wales and Scotland in London, and the whole of the British Isles became a single state. However, in 1922 the south of Ireland became the Irish Free State and, in 1949, a (35)______ independent republic.
31. A. and	B. but	C. therefore	D. so
32. A. areas	B. countries	C. islands	D. hills
33. A. on	B. with	C. about	D. to
34. A. formed	B. developed	C. invented	D. declared
35. A. normally	B. completely 	C. partly	D. regularly
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 from 36 to 42. 	 
	Choosing a career may be one of the hardest jobs you ever have, and it must be done with care. View a career as an opportunity to do something you love, not simply as a way to earn a living. Investing the time and effort to thoroughly explore your options can mean the difference between finding a stimulating and rewarding career and move from job to unsatisfying job in an attempt to find the right one. Work influences virtually every aspect of your life, from your choice of friends to where you live. Here are just a few of the factors to consider.
	Deciding what matters most to you is essential to making the right decision. You may want to begin by assessing your likes, dislikes, strengths, and weaknesses. Think about the classes, hobbies, and surroundings that you find most appealing. Ask yourself questions, such as “Would you like to travel? Do you want to work with children? Are you more suited to solitary or cooperative work?” There are no right or wrong answers; only you know what is important to you. Determine which job features you require, which ones you would prefer, and which ones you cannot accept. Then rank them in order of importance to you.
	The setting of the job is one factor to take into account. You may not want to sit at a desk all day. If not, there is diversity of occupation- building inspector, supervisor, and real estate agent- that involve a great deal of time away from the office. Geographical location may be a concern, and employment in some fields is concentrated in certain regions. Advertising job can generally be found only in large cities. On the other hand, many industries such as hostels, law education, and retail sales are found in all regions of the country. If a high salary is important to you, do not judge a career by its starting wages. Many jobs, such as insurance sales, offers relatively low starting salaries; however, pay substantially increases along with your experience, additional training, promotions and commission. 
	Don’t rule out any occupation without learning more about it. Some industries evoke positive or negative associations. The traveling life of a flight attendant appears glamorous, while that of a plumber does not. Remember that many jobs are not what they appear to be at first, and may have merits or demerits that are less obvious. Flight attendants must work long, grueling hours without sleeps, whereas plumbers can be as highly paid as some doctors. 
	Another point to consider is that as you mature, you will likely develop new interests and skills that may point the way to new opportunities. The choices you make today need not be your final one.
36. The author states that “There are no right or wrong answers” in order to _______.
	A. emphasize that each person’s answers will be different.
	B. show that answering the questions is a long and difficult process.
	C. indicate that the answers are not really important.
	D. indicate that each person’s answers may change over time. 
37. The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
	A. questions	B. answers	C. features	D. jobs
38. The word “assessing” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by _______.
	A. discovering	B. considering	C. measuring	D. disposing 
39. According to paragraph 3, which of the following fields is NOT suitable for a person who does not want 	to live in a big city? 
	A. plumbing	B. law	C. retail sales	D. advertising
40. The word “that” in paragraph 4 refers to _______.
	A. occupation	B. the traveling life	C. a flight attendant	D. commission 
41. Why does the author mention “long, grueling hours without sleeps” in paragraph 4?
	A. To emphasize the difficulty of working as a plumber.
	B. To contrast the reality of a flight attendant’s job with most people’s perception.
	C. To show that people must work hard for the career they have chosen.
	D. To discourage readers from choosing a career as a flight attendant.
42. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
	A. To make a lot of money, you should not take a job with a low starting salary.
	B. To make lots of money, you should rule out all factory jobs.
 	C. If you want an easy and glamorous lifestyle, you should consider becoming flight attendant
	D. Your initial view of certain careers may not be accurate. 
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 from 43 to 50. 	 
	My family consists of four people. There’s my father whose name is Jan, my mother whose name is Marie, my brother, Peter and of course, me. I have quite a large extended family as well but, only the four of us live together in our apartment in a block of flats. My father is fifty-two years old. He works as an accountant in an insurance company. He is tall and slim, has got short brown and gray hair and blue eyes. My father likes gardening very much as well as listening to music and reading books about political science. His special hobbies are bird watching and travelling.
 Now I’ll describe my mother and my brother. My mother is forty-seven and she works as a nurse in a hospital. She is small, and slim, has short brown hair and green eyes. She likes bird watching and travelling too, so whenever my parents are able to, they go some place interesting for nature watching. Since we have a cottage with a garden they both spend a lot of time there. My brother is sixteen. He is slim and has short brown hair and blue eyes. He also attends high school. He is interested in computers and sports like football and hockey. He also spends a lot of time with his friends.
I have only one grandmother left still living. She is in pretty good health even at the age of seventy-eight so she still lives in her own flat. I enjoy spending time with her when I can. Both my grandfathers died from cancer because they were smokers, which was really a great tragedy because I didn’t get chance to know them. My other grandmother died just a few years ago. I also have a lot of aunts, uncles, and cousins. The cousin I’m closest to is my uncle’s daughter Pauline. We have a lot in common because we are both eighteen and so we are good friends.
Question 43. What does the writer’s father do? 
 A. A cashier 	B. An accountant 	C. A receptionist	D. A writer
Question 44. Which of the followings is NOT the hobby of the writer’s father? 
 A. Listening to music 	B. Bird watching	C. Painting 	D. Doing the gardening 
Question 45. Where does the writer’s mother work? 
 A. An a clinic	B. At home 	C. In a company 	D. In a hospital 
Question 46. What does the writer’s mother look like? 
 A. She is slim and small 	B. She is small and has grey hair 	
 C. She has blue eyes 	D. She has long brown hair. 
Question 47. What does the writer’s brother do? 
 A. A computer programmer 	B. A high school student 	
 C. A college student 	D. A football player 
Question 48. What happened to the writer’s grandfathers? 
 A. They died because they smoked too much. 	B. They got lung cancer a few years ago, 
 C. They had to leave their own flat.	D. They had an accident and died.. 
Question 49. The word “tragedy” in the third paragraph mostly means ______. 
 A. bad luck 	B. sudden accident 	C. sad event 	D. boring result 
Question 50. How old is the writer’s cousin Pauline?
 A. 16	B. 17 	C. 18 	D. 19 
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