Đề luyện thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12

TEST 11
 Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1: There’s a lot more to Willie than one would think: still waters run _______.
deep	B. deeply	C. deepness	D. depth
Question 2: The idea ______ to nothing because I couldn’t afford to do it.
went	B. came	C. turned	D. changed
Question 3: The players’ protests _______ no difference to the referee’s decision at all.
did	B. made	C. caused	D. created
Question 4: Peter, Harry and Chuck were first, second, and third ______ in the school cross-country race.
respectively	B. actively	C. responsively	D. tremendously
Question 5: By using all the latest technology, the yachtsman managed to cross the Atlantic in ______ time.
record	B. lightning	C. top	D. quickest
Question 6: Why ____ Peter to the party? He is always making trouble.
don’t we invite	B. don’t you invite	C. not invite	D. invite
Question 7: The speaker failed to get his message ______ to his audience.
around	B. in	C. across	D. out
Question 8: You are under no obligation ______ to accept this offer.
 A. whatsoever	B. eventually	C. apart	D. indeed
Question 9: ______ no money would be wasted, we will use energy more efficiently.
So that	B. In order that	C In order to	D. A and B
Question 10: Interpreting is not a mechanical process of converting a sentence in language A into a sentence in language B. _______, it is a complex art.
But	B. In addition	C. Rather	D. However
Question 11: You can always _______ Ann to give you sound advice.
bank of	B. bank for	C. bank at	D. bank on
Question 12: His emotional problems _______from the attitudes he encountered as a child, I think.
stem	B. flourish	C. root	D. sprout
Question 13:There should be an international law encouraging_______ .
afforestation	B. deforestation	C. forestry	D. reforestation
Question 14: I’m not keen on _____ control of the project to a relatively newcomer.
undertaking	B. charging	C. entrusting	D. allotting
Question 15: Unfortunately, the company closed down because it couldn’t keep _______ with rapidly changing technology.
 A. speed	B. time	C. fast	D. pace
Question 16: He is not under arrest, nor have the police placed any _______ on his movements.
 A. obstacle	B. veto	C. restriction	D. regulation
Question 17: He was very taken ______ by her aggressive attitude.
 A. about	B. aside	C. apart	D. aback
Question 18: Most crimes that are committed are no more than ______ theft.
 A. slight	B. small	C. unimportant	D. petty
Question 19: John was asked to _______ before the judge.
 wit	B. testify	C. execute	D. prejudice
Question 20: She is extremely competent and _______ .
 A. industrial	B. industrious	C. industry	D. industrialized
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from number 21 to 25. 
Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way they learn all the other things they learn to do without being taught – to talk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle – compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let’s end all this nonsense of grades, exam, and marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must someday learn how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, “But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get on in the world?” Don’t worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.
Question 21: What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things?
by copying what other people do.
by making mistakes and having them corrected.
by listening to explanations from skilled people.
by asking a great many questions.
Question 22: What does the author think teachers do which they should not do?
They give children correct answers.
They point out children’s mistakes to them.
They allow children to mark their own work.
They encourage children to copy from one another.
Question 23: The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are _________ .
not really important skills
more important than other skills
basically different from learning adult skills
basically the same as learning other skills
Question 24: Exams, grades and marks should be abolished because children’s progress should only be estimated by ___________ .
educated persons
the children themselves
teachers
parents
Question 25: The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are __________ .
too independent of others
too critical of themselves
unable to think for themselves
unable to use basic skills
Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one.
Question 26: The Prime Minister is unlikely to call an early general election.
It’s likely that the Prime Minister will call an early general election.
The likelihood is that the Prime Minister will call an early general election.
There is little likelihood of the Prime Minister calling an early general election.
The likelihood is great that the Prime Minister will cal an early general election.
Question 27: Throughout his life, the fisherman suffered from great poverty.
The fisherman was so poor that he died young.
Although the fisherman was poor, he led a great life.
Poverty prevented the fisherman from enjoying life.
The fisherman’s life was one of great poverty.
Question 28: Jerry wasn’t in the mood to go to the party.
Jerry didn’t feel like going to the party.
Jerry was very moody.
Jerry would rather go to the party.
Jerry preferred to go to the party.
Question 29: Bob had better go before it gets dark.
It’s dark now, and Bob ought to have gone before.
Bob had left before it got dark.
It’s better for Bob to leave in darkness.
Bob should go while it’s still daylight.
Question 30: “All right, Jenny, you may pay for the coffee if you insist.”
Jenny wants to pay for the coffee.
Jenny would pay if she had money.
Jenny is being asked to pay for the coffee.
It’s Jenny’s duty to pay for the coffee.
From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D) choose the one that best completes the sentences.
Question 31: The first movie-length cartoon, _____, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” set the standard for later full length features such as “ The Lion King” and “Pocahontas”.
A. that released ever	B. which ever released
C. ever released	D. released whatever
Question 32: _____, such as banking and travel, computers are not a convenience; they are a necessity.
A. Where some industries	B. There are some industries
C. In some industries	D. Some industries
Question 33: Only in the Civil war _____killed or wounded.
A. soldiers in America	B. so many American soldiers were
C. many in America	D. were so many American soldiers
Question 34: Studies have shown that the elderly who are pet owners have lower blood pressure than______ who live without pets.
 	A. do the elderly	B. elderly	C. for the elderly to do	D. to the elderly
Question 35: ______, Harry was the thirty-third President of the United States.
A. He was born and raised in Missouri	B. That he was born and raised in Missouri
C. Because he was born and raised in Missouri	D. Born and raised in Missouri
Question 36: ______ the fifth largest among the nine planets that make up our solar system.
A. The Earth being	B. The Earth is
C. That the Earth is	D. Being the Earth
Question 37: All the way along the wind street _______ .
A. he came	B. came he	C. did he came	D. comes he 
Question 38: Both liquids and gases flow freely from a container because they have _______.
A. not definite shape	B. none definite shape	
C. no definite shape	D. nothing definite shape
Question 39: Environmentalists are earnestly trying to determine ______ of the ozone layer over the poles.
A. what is causing the deterioration	B. what the cause of the deterioration
C. is causing the deterioration	D. the deterioration is causing
Question 40: The bank sent a notice to its customers which contained ______.
A. A remembrance that interest rates were to rise the following month.
B. A reminder that a raise in interest rates was the month following.
C. To remember that the interest rates was going up next month.
D. A reminder that the interest rates would raise the following month.
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others.
Question 41: 	A. contents	B. dismal	C. discontent	D. decent
Question 42: 	A. hygiene	B. appointment	C. remember	D. neglect 
Question 43: 	A. competence	B. comfortable	C. compliment	D. companion
Question 44: 	A. delicious	 	B. theory	C. attractive	D. alleviate
Question 45: 	A. inevitable	B. innovate	C. innocent	D. interest
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from number 36 to 45. 
 Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare. And since man’s inexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can scarcely comprehend that many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop. 
Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not eliminated life but only those forms unable to withstand its desiccating effects. No moist-skinned, water-loving animals can exist there. Few large animals are found. The giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the tangled forest. Its population is largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth. Yet they are not emaciated. Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in the word. 
 The secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology. None could survive if, like mad dogs and Englishmen, they went out in the midday sun; many would die in a matter of minutes. So most of them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the ground, emerging to hunt only by night. The surface of the sun-baked desert averages around 150 degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60 degrees. 
Question 46: The title for this passage could be _______ . 
 A. “Desert Plants” 	B. “Life Underground” 
 C. “Animal Life in a Desert Environment” 	D. “Man’s Life in a Desert Environment” 
Question 47: The word “inexorable” in the passage mostly means _______ . 
 A. relentless	B. full	C. demanding	D. essential
Question 48: Man can hardly understand why many animals live their whole life in the desert, as ______ . 
 A. sources of flowing water are rare in a desert 
 B. water is an essential part of his existence 
 C. water composes the greater part of the tissues of living things 
 D. very few large animals are found in the desert 
Question 49: The phrase “those forms” in the passage refers to all of the following EXCEPT _______ . 
 A. water-loving animals 	 	B. the coyote and the bobcat 
 C. moist-skinned animals 	D. many large animals 
Question 50: According to the passage, creatures in the desert _______ . 
 A. are smaller and fleeter than forest animals 
 B. live in an accommodating environment 
 C. are more active during the day than those in the tangled forest 
 D. are not as healthy as those anywhere else in the world 
Question 51: The author mentions all the following as examples of the behavior of desert animals EXCEPT _______. 
 A. they sleep during the day 	B. they dig home underground 
 C. they are noisy and aggressive 	D. they are watchful and quiet 
Question 52: The word “emaciated” in the passage mostly means _______. 
 A. wild	B. cunning	C. unmanageable	D. unhealthy
Question 53: The word “them” means _______.
 A. animals 	B. people	C. water	D. minutes 
Question 54: The word “burrows” in the passage mostly means _______. 
 A. “places where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young” 
 B. “holes or tunnels in the ground made by animals for them to live in” 
 C. “structures made of metal bars in which animals or birds are kept” 
 D. “places where a particular type of animal or plant is normally found” 
Question 55: We can infer from the passage that _______. 
 A. living things adjust to their environment 	B. water is the basis of desert life 
 C. desert life is colorful and diverse 	D. healthy animals live longer lives 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 56: The first domesticated (A) bird in (B) earth was probably (C) the goose (D).
Question 57: The Concord can fly across (A) the Atlantic without refuelling (B) and carrying (C) 11 tons of freight (D).
Question 58: Because not food (A) is as nutritious (B) for a baby as (C) its mother’s milk, many women are returning to the practice of breast (D) feeding.
Question 59: The Homestead Act of 1862 granted 160 acres of land for (A) any settler who (B) would (C) spend five years on (D) the land.
Question 60: Despite the appearance (A) of the Mayan empire (B), there are (C) still Mayans in the region that they (D)once inhabited.
Question 61: As soon as (A) 800 B. C, people (B) began to experiment with (C) methods of helping the sick (D).
Question 62: All the staff (A) in Tam’s film (B) are expected to do some overtime (C) if the need rises (D)
Question 63: The results of our marketing survey show that (A) there will be (B) quite a demand (C) for electric cars in the ahead (D) years.
Question 64: That (A) cats have (B) nine lives (C) have been believed (D) for centuries.
Question 65: An organ is (A) a group of tissues (B) capable to perform (C) some special functions, as, for example, the heart, the liver (D) or the lungs.
Read the following passage and choose the right answer to each of the questions.
Are organically grown foods the best food choices? The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown and marketed food products are now being debated. Advocates of organic foods- a term whose meaning varies greatly- frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.
The growing interest of consumers in the safety and nutritional quality of the typical North American diet is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the foods supply is unsafe or inadequate in the meeting nutritional needs. Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, the preponderance of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized and formed the basis for folklore.
Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for “no-aging” diets, new vitamins, and other wonder foods. There are numerous unsubstantiated reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains, and the like.
One thing that most organically grown foods products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many cases consumers are misled if they believe foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food supply and buy expensive organic foods instead.
Question 66: The “welcome development” mentioned in paragraph 2 is an increase in_______. 
A. interest in food safety and nutrition among North Americans.
B. the nutritional quality of the typical North American diet.
C. the amount of healthy foods grown in North America.
D. the number of consumers in North America.
Question 67: According to the first paragraph, which of the following is true about the term “organic foods”?
A. It is accepted by most nutritionists.	B. It has been used only in recent years.
C. It has no fixed meaning	D. It is seldom used by consumers.
Question 68: The author implies that there is cause for concern if consumers with limited incomes buy organic foods instead of conventionally grown foods because	______.
A. organic foods can be more expensive but are often no better than conventionally grown foods.
B. many organic foods are actually less nutritious than similar conventionally grown foods.
C. conventionally grown foods are more readily available than organic foods.
D. too many farmers will stop using conventional methods to grow food crops.
Question 69: According to the last paragraph, consumers who believe that organic foods are better than conventionally grown foods are often	___.
A. careless	B. mistaken	C. thrifty	 D. wealthy
Question 70: What is the author’s attitude towards the claims made by advocates of health foods?
A. Very enthusiastic 	B. Skeptical	C. Neutral	 D. Somewhat favourable
Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
 Interpreting the feelings of other people is not always easy, as we all know, and we (71) ..as much on what they seem to be telling us, as on the actual words they say. Facial (72)  and tone of voice are obvious ways of showing our (73) .................. to something, and it may well be that we unconsciously express views that we are trying to hide. The art of being (74)  lies in picking up these signals, realizing what the other person is trying to say, and acting so that they are not embarrassed in any way. For example, we may understand that they are in fact (75)  to answer our question, and so we stop pressing them. Body movements in general may also indicate feelings, and interviewers often pay particular attention to the way a candidate for a job walks into the room and sits down. However it is not difficult to present the right kind of appearance, while what many employers want to know relates to the candidate’s character traits, and (76) ..stability. This raises the awkward question of whether job candidates should be asked to complete psychological tests and the further problem of whether such tests actually produce (77) ..results. For many people, being asked to take part in such a test would be an objectionable (78)  into their private lives.
 After all, a prospective employer would hardly ask a candidate to run a hundred meters, or expect his or her family doctor to provide (79)  medical information. Quite apart from this problem, can such tests predict whether a person is likely to be a (80)  employee or a values colleague?
Question 71:
A. reckon
B. rely
C. trust
D. estimate
Question 72:
A. manner
B. image
C. expression
D. looks
Question 73:
A. notion
B. feeling
C. view
D. reaction
Question 74:
A. successful
B. humble
C. good at
D. tactful
Question 75:
A. hesitant
B. reluctant
C. tending
D. used
Question 76:
A. psychological
B. physical
C. similar
D. relevant
Question 77:
A. reliable
B. predictable
C. faithful
D. regular
Question 78:
A. invasion
B. infringement
C. intrusion
D. interference
Question 79:
A. confidential
B. secretive
C. reticent
D. classified
Question 80:
A. laborious
B. particular
C. thorough
D. conscientious
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