Đề cương ôn thi học kì I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12

 REVIEW SEMESTER I – grade 12th
EXERCISES
I. Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting in each of the following sentences.
1. The boy stands over there is my son.
2. It takes 90 minutes to going to Hanoi by plane.
3. My son would rather playing tennis than football.
4. John had his car to repair yesterday.
5. It is three months since he works in this company.
6. Never I have seen such a good film before.
7. Two years are a long time to wait.
8. This is the house in that we often stay in summer.
9. She is the most beautiful woman who I have ever met.
10. In a hospital, everything have to be very clean.
11. The doctor strongly advised her take a few days' rest.
12. We will be late if we not hurry.
13. Let's go to swim now. It's very hot.
14. I think your origin plan is the best one.
15. Dirty air is harmful for our health.
16. Please tell us the reason when he left without saying goodbye.
17. Smoking is harmful not only to smokers so to non-smokers.
18. When he goes to see them last night, they were playing cards.
19. There comes my bus! I must go now. Don't forget giving me a call.
20. The problems of pollution are too difficult for us to solving.
21. In my opinion, a most beautiful place in Vietnam is Dalat.
22. Did you say that you will have a lot of things to do the following week.
23. Whenever problems come up we often discuss about them frankly.
24. The artist whom picture we saw yesterday is also a well-known pianist.
25. Many folk songs have been wrote about farmers and country life.
26. George isn't enough intelligent to pass this economics exam without help.
27. Unless you work harder, you will be sacked because of your lazy.
28. Mai told her child not make noise when she was working.
29. We haven't seen each other from we left school.
30. The story telling by my grandfather was very interesting.
II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences:
1. He has been learning hard to prepare _______ the coming final exam.
a. for              b. with              c. on               d. over
2. Assessment is commonly _______ form of written test.
a. on              b. of               c. at               d. in
3. Statistics indicate that depressed patients are more likely to become ill than _______ people are.
a. normal           b. normally          c. normality         d. normalize
4. The purpose of secondary education is to give students common knowledge to ______ for either higher education or vocational education.
a. require           b. prepare           c. ask             d. demand
5. In New Zealand, students_______ secondary school at the ages from about 13 to 18.
a. do               b. assess           c. take            d. attend
6. Secondary school in Pakistan begins from grade 9 and _______ for four years.
a. lasts             b. spends           c. requires         d. prepare
7. What is your major _______ at university? - I learn Physics.
a. assessment       b. evaluation         c. subject         d. purpose
8. If it _______ an hour ago, we would have stayed inside.
a. rains             b. rained            c. had rained       d. were raining
9. If I feel too excited to sleep, I _______ reading one of our reports.
a. would try          b. try               c. will try          d. would have tried
10. If he _______ well on the training courses last year, he _______ offered the promotion now.
a. did / were                            b. did / would be
c. had done / would have been              d. had done / would be.
11. ____ I had learned English when I was at high school.
a. If                 b. Provided          c. Unless          d. If only
12. He took me to the university _______.
a. he used to study                       b. in that he used to study
c. where he used to study                  d. which he used to study
13. GCSEs are not compulsory, but they are the most common qualification taken by 14-16-year-old students.
a. specialized         b. fulfilled           c. required         d. applied
14. I admired him for being so confident _______ his age.
a. for                b. at               c. in              d. on
15. I saw a lot of new people at the party, _______ seemed familiar.
a. some of whom       b. some of who      c. whom          d. some of that
16. He is the man ______ car was stolen last week.
a. whom              b. that             c. which           d. whose
17. They've just found the couple and their car_____ were swept away during the heavy storm last week.
a. that                b. which           c. whose          d. when
18. I would like to know the reason ___ he decided to quit the job.
a. why                b. which           c. that            d. when
19. _____ instructed me how to make a good preparation for a job interview.
a. John Robbins to that I spoke by telephone,  b. John Robbins, that I spoke to by telephone,
c. John Robbins I spoke to by telephone,      d. John Robbins, whom I spoke to by telephone,
20. February is the month ____ many of my colleagues take skiing holidays.
a. when               b. that             c. in that          d. which
21. The man and his dogs _______ were buried in the demolished building after the earthquake have just been rescued safely.
a. which              b. who             c. that            d. whom
22. Peter is trying his best to study in hope that he will _______ fame and fortune in the near future.
a. lose                b. run              c. move          d. achieve
23. Fee-paying schools are often called "independent schools", "private schools" or "_______ schools"
a. college             b. primary          c. secondary       d. public
24. In England, schooling is compulsory _______ all children from the age of 5 to 16.
a. with                b. for              c. to             d. over
25. It is of great importance to create a good impression _______ your interviewers.
a. on                 b. about           c. for             d. at
I. Chọn một từ có phần gạch dưới có cách phát âm khác với những từ còn lại.
A. enough	B. account	C. ground	D. outwit
A. phoned 	B. called 	C. cooked 	D. climbed
A. can	 	B. cell 	C. call 	D. cold
A. enough	B. courage	C. encounter	D. nourish
A. machine	B. cheap	C. teacher	D. child
A. wants	B. books	C. stops	D. sends
A). sale	B). sure	C). serve	D). sort
A). alcohol	B). cancer	C). mankind	D). survival
A). climb	B). dinner	C). island	D). fine
A). helped	B). handed	C). laughed	D). washed
A). aviation	B). language	C). attraction	D). applicant
II. Chọn một từ hay cụm từ thích hợp nhất để hoàn thành những câu sau: 
11.The captain as well as all the passengers ___________ very frightened.
 	A. were	B. have been	C. was	D. are
12.There is a tendency ____________ problems down.
	A. play	B. to play	C. playing	D. was playing
13.My brother gets used ____________ ten hours a day.
A. work	B. working	C. worked	D. to working
14.Would you mind __________ me a hand?
A. give	B. gave	C. to give	D. giving
15.When I ____________ him tomorrow, I will tell him about that.
A. meet	B. meeting	C. met	D. shall meet
16.When I got to the circus, the tickets ___________ . So, I had to go back home.
A. were sold out	B. have been selling out C. had been sold out	D. had been selling out
17.Mike was not felling well so we gave him _________ to do than you.
A. little work	B. less work	C. few work	D. fewer work
18.Bill has spent __________ the money that his father gave last week.
A. most	B. most of	C. much	D. many
19.This is the school __________ I studied _________ I was a boy.
A. where – when	B. which – when	C. which – that	D. where - that
20.My father ____________ a pack of cigarettes a day, but now he has given it up.
A. used to smoking	B. used to smoke	C. is used to smoke	D. is used to smoking
21.What is the name of the blonde girl ___________?
A. whom just came in B. who just came in 	C. when I have just seen 	D. who she met you.
22.I have no money now. If I _________ some, I __________ a pocket calculator.
A. have – will buy 	B. would have – bought C. had – would bought 	D. had – would buy
23. We turned off the radio __________ the boring program.
	A. because	B. because of	C. however	D. In spite of
24.The house had been remodelled and ____________. 
A. made fun of	B. taken note of	C. lost sight of	D. made use of
25.The laser beam can be focused to spot ____________ the size of a human hair.
A. one fifty	B. one fiftieth	C. a fifty	D. first fiftieth
26.David signed the papers, ___________ he could work at the construction company.
A. so that	B. such that	C. in order to	D. so as that
27.The exercise was ___________ for the pupils to do.
A. very difficult	B. so difficult that	C. too difficult	D. such a difficult
28.Some of the students were absent __________ school this morning.
A. in	B. for	C. at	D. from
29.Please go ___________ this report before we send it to the manager’s office.
A. out	B. off	C. over	D. away 
30.No one in the class can study as well as Jane. She is the _______ student in the class.
	A. good	B. better	C. best	D. well
31.English is spoken as a ____________ language in Australia.
A. second	B. first	C. foreign	D. third
32.A __________ is a large area of land which is covered chiefly with trees and shrubs.
	A. swamp	B. desert	C. forest	D. timber
33.The acronym of WTO comes from ___________.
A. World Trade Organization. 	 B. World Trading Organize.
	 C. World Trade Organize. 	 D. World of Trade for Organizer
34.I think that the head injury will __________ her for life.
A. deafen	B. deaf	C. deafness	D. deafless
35.Which of the following is an American English word?
A. centre	B. traveller	C. color	D. programme
36.Every country __________ a national flag.
	A. is 	B. are	C. has	D. have
37.I remember ___________ your key here yesterday.
	A. seeing	B. to see	C. have seen	D. see
38.My sister isn’t used _____________ spicy food.
	A. eat	B. eating	C. to eat	D. to eating
39.If Mary had gone out last night, she _____________ seeing that film.
	A. missed	B. had missed	C. would miss 	D. would have missed
She doesn’t have a garden. If she __________ one, she __________ a lot of flowers.
	A. had-would grow	B. has-will grow	C. will have-grow	D. had - grew
This is the school ___________ he used to study.
	A. which	B. that	C. where	D. whose
Let me see all the letters ___________ you have written.
	A. that	B. when	C. whom	D. why
 __________ his friends are over 50 years old.
	A. Little	B. A lot	C. most	D. Most of
We have no money, but Tom has ____________.
	A. little 	B. a little	C. few	D. a few
I can swim ____________ Mike.
	A. farer than	B. further than	C. more far than	D. the farthest
Peter is not ___________ to go swimming alone.
	A. old enough	B. enough old	C. so old	D. so young
They got up early ___________ they would catch the first train.
	A. that	B. in order to	C. in order that	D. so as to
 __________ of the candidates passed the exam.
	A. Three-fourth	B. three-quarters	C. third-fourths	D. third-quarter
This car belongs ___________ the new manager.
	A. for	B. about	C. to	D. from
The house was crowded ___________ students.
	A. with	B. on	C. of	D. by
Jack London quit school __________ fourteen to become a sailor.
	A. at	B. in	C. for	D. by
The dog wanted to go ___________ toward the fire.
	A. up	B. ahead	C. back	D. off
Why are these two school so ____________ from each other?
	A. safe	B. different	C. interested 	D. aware
Their study is getting on ___________. 
	A. satisfaction	B. satisfactory	C. satisfactorily	D. satisfy
Do you feel ___________ to this kind of job?
	A. attract	B. attracted	C. attractive	D. attraction
The government wants to ___________ this training centre.
	A. military	B. militarism	C. militarily	D. militarize
English provides a(n) __________ to world scholarship and world trade.
	A. access	B. reason	C. authority	D. laser
Nonsmokers have become more ___________ about smoking in public places.
A. comfortable	B. relaxed	C. militant	D. alone
If you cut your finger, it will ___________ .
A. heal	B. inject	C. bleed	D. vapourize
Their situations are now ___________ . The employee has become employer.
	A. grounded	B. reversed	C. thrust	D. mounted
III. Hãy chọn từ thích hợp (A, B, C, hoặc D) để điền vào chổ trống trong đoạn văn sau. 
 When eating, most Americans hold a fork in the ____(61)____ with which they write. Americans eat away from home often, and usually they pay for their own meals when dining with friends.
 When Americans greet one another they often exchange a firm ___(62)____ . They may greet strangers on the street by saying “Hello” or “___(63)____”. Friends often greet each other with “How are you?” and respond “____(64)___”. Americans do not really expect any other answer to the question “How are you?” because it is a way of ____(65)___. Except in formal situations, people speak to each other by their given names once they are acquainted.
A. head	B. mind	C. notebook	D. hand
A. adventure	B. handshake	C. militant	D. occasion
A. Goodbye	B. Good morning	C. Not bad, thanks	D. Take care
A. Bye	B. So long	C. No smoking	D. Fine, thanks
A. having dinner	B. shaking hands	C. saying hello	D.saying goodbye
	 Why do people drive on the left in (66) and on the right in other countries?
 The reason for this goes back to the days when people travelled by horse. Most people are (67), and thus the left is the natural side to drive on if you are on horseback and need right hand to (68) the sword in case of trouble. So why didn’t the rest of the world do the same? Because of Napoleon Bonaparte. He insisted that his armies travel on the right, and as he (69) through Europe, he imposed this rule wherever he went.
 The question suggests that only the British drive on the left, but in fact, out of 178 countries in the world, (70) are about 50 that drive on the left, including Japan. However, most of them are former British colonies.
A. France	B. English	C. American	D. Britain
A. left-handed	B. right-handed 	C. sensible	D. thrusted
A. slash	B. thrust	C. ride	D. hold
A. conquered	B. visited	C. decreed	D. dated back to
A. they	B. those	C. there	D. here
V. VIẾT: Chọn câu hoàn chĩnh và có ý nghĩa tương ứng với câu được in đậm:
81. She wondered: “ Why hasn’t Nancy come?”
She wondered why hasn’t Nancy come? 	
B. She wondered why Nancy hadn’t come.
C. She wondered why Nancy hasn’t come? 	
D. She wondered why Nancy not came.
82. People speak English in most countries.
	A. People speaking English in a countries. 	
	B. People spoken English in two countries.
	C. English is spoken in most countries. 	
	D. Speaking people in most countries English.
83. Let’s go fishing tomorrow.
Why don’t we go fishing tomorrow? 	 
B. Why don’t go fishing tomorrow?
C. Why don’t we go fish tomorrow?	 
D, Why don’t we go to fish tomorrow?
84. The meeting was put off because of the lack of time. 
A. There was not enough time to hold the meeting.
B. People wanted to get away, so the meeting began early.
C. The meeting is planned to start in a short time.
D. The meeting lasted much longer than usual.
85. Mr. Bridges is by far the richest man I know. 
A. Mr. Bridges is the richest man in my country.
B. Mr. Bridges is one of many very rich men I know.
C. Mr. Bridges is much richer than anyone else I know.
D. Mr. Bridges is richer than all his friends.
VI. Hoàn thành câu hoặc chọn câu có ý nghĩa tương ứng:
86. __________ I found another explanation in a guidebook.
When arrived in London	B. For arriving in London C. Arrived in London D. On arriving in London
87. I don’t know _____________.
when was this house built 	B. when this house was built 
C. who did this house belong to 	D. when does this house belong to
88. “Mr. Jong finds it strange to drive on the left.” From this sentence we know that
Mr. Jong used to drive on the left.	B. Mr. Jong is not used to driving on the left.
C. Mr. Jong can drive on the left easily.	D. Mr. Jong cannot drive a strange car.
89. “If Nam hadn’t gone to school yesterday, he wouldn’t have understood that lesson.”
	From this sentence we know that 
Nam didn’t go to school yesterday and he didn’t understand that lesson
Nam went to school yesterday but he didn’t understand that lesson.
Nam didn’t go to school yesterday but he understood that lesson.
Nam went to school yesterday and understood that lesson.
90. “Daisy had a careful look at the pictures on the wall.” This sentence means ..
 A. Daisy looked at the pictures on the wall carefully 	
B. Daisy took a care look at the pictures on the wall 
 C. Daisy is carefully looking at the pictures on the wall 
D. Daisy looked careful at the pictures on the wall 
VII. Xác định từ hoặc cụm từ có gạch dưới cần phải sửa để câu trở thành chính xác: 
91. The headmaster of our school have been very busy since he returned from Hanoi.
 A B C D
92. In many ways, riding a bicycle is similar with driving a car.
 A B C D
93. A friend of mine used to smoking a lot when he was young.
 A B C D
94. Time goes down quickly when we are busy working. 
 A B C D
95. Peter didn’t buy that computer because he had few money.
 A B C D
	96. The man whom helped you yesterday is a television reporter.
 A B C D
97 Measles are one of the infectious diseases that children get.
 A B C D
98. Each students has answered the first three questions.
 A B C D
99. Next Sunday seems perfect with the picnic.
 A B C D 
100. The mixture looks rather dry. Maybe you should add a few water.
 A B C D