Đề ôn kiểm tra thực hành số 1 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Năm học 2015-2016

PRACTICE TEST 1
 Identify the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. privacy	B. flight	C. recycle	D. vivid
A. introduce	B. huge	C. flute	D. cute
A. ballet	B. inlet	C. buffet	D. stay
	Identify the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
A. elegant	B. array	C. departure	D. inherit
A. belief	B. dinosaur	C. argument	D. challenge
Choose the right word or phrase to complete the sentences.
6. The news was 	 to them that they were all dead silent.
	A. such shock	B. such a shock	C. so shock	D. too shock
7. In the United States 	 the states but Hawaii is an island.
	A. none of	B. neither of	C. all of 	D. no of
8. What a 	! I have left the umbrella at home and now it starts raining.
	A. complaint	B. sorry	C. shame	D. regret
9. 	 are forms of carbon has been known since the late 18th century.
	A. Diamonds	B. Diamonds, which	C. Because diamonds	D. That diamonds
10. “Which blouse do you like best?” “ The one 	.”
	A. I tried it on first	B. I tried on first	C. I tried on it first	D. I tried it on firstly
11. We would rather Helen 	 us all the information we needed. We should have been well informed.
	A. sent	B. send	C. had sent	D. have sent
12. Sorry, my father is out. Can I 	 a message?
	A. leave	B. take	C. put	D. make
13. 	 pollution control measures are expensive, many industries hesitate to adopt them.
	A. Because	B. Although	C. However	D. On account of
14. Income tax rates are usually 	 to one’s annual income.
	A. dependent	B. associated	C. adapted	D. related
15. The majority of primary school teachers 	 women.
	A. is	B. are	C. includes	D. including
16. The restaurant is very popular with film stars, artists, and the 	.
	A. same	B. similar	C. such	D. like
17. There are different styles in classical music, 	 on when the music was composed.
	A. depend	B. depending	C. depends	D. depended
18. His house is nothing out of the 	; it’s just an average four- room house.
	A. normal	B. typical	C. ordinary	D. usual
19. “ Let me see. Will five o’clock do?” the nurse answered the patient who wanted an appoinment.
	The most appropriate response is “ 	.”
	A. Exactly!	B. Not at all	C. Maybe, it will	D. Fine
20. “ That trumpet player was certainly loud.” “ I wasn’t bothered by his loudness 	 by his lack of talent.”
	A. so much as	B. rather than	C. as	D. than
21. This magazine is very good. If you like reading, you should 	 to it.
	A. contribute	B. enroll	C. buy	D. subscribe
22. the Prime Minister stressed that lack of trained personnel would 	 the progress of Third Development Plan.
	A. overcome	B. retard	C. increase	D. detect
23. We asked him to go back, but he insisted on watching the sun coming down at 	.
	A. sunrise	B. dawn	C. noon	D. dusk
24. 	 today, there would be nowhere for them to stay.
	A. Were they to arrive	B. If they arrive	C. Had they arrive	D. Provided they arrived
 Read the following passage and choose the right answer to fill in each of the blanks.
	One of the hottest topics on the international development agenda is how to harness the power of International Monetary Fund for the benefit of developing countries. What is sometimes called “ the death of distance”, brought about by the (25)	,allow professional services such as (26)	 education and training to be provided easily and quickly to (27)	 areas. Some of the gains can be seen in countries as diverse as India and Morocco, where innovations range from (28)	 government announcements to local craftsmen selling their wares to a (29)	 market. But already a huge and eapanding (30) 	 divide is opening up between developed and developing nations. The major tasks facing world leaders at present is to (31)	 everybody on the planet with clean water, basic education and the drugs needed to fight preventable diseases. Installing a (32)	 in every classroom and liking us to (33)	 must be a lesser (34)	, for the time being at least.
25. A. computer	B. telephone	C. modern	D. internet
26. A. stationary	B. software	C. hardware	D. equipment
27. A. far	B. uninhabited	C. remote	D. secluded
28. A. programmed	B. broadcast	C. recorded	D. online
29. A. global	B. technical	C. village	D. shrinking
30. A. physical	B. digital	C. electrical	D. economical
31. A. supply	B. give	C. donate	D. administer
32. A. plug	B. video	C. mobile phone	D. modem
33. A. the real world	B. cyberspace	C. virtual reality	D. outer space
34. A. priority	B. advantage	C. importance	D. criteria
Read the passage and choose the best answer
 Artist Susan is best known for her flower paintings and the large garden the surrounds her house is the source of many of her subjects. It is full of her favorite flowers, most especially varieties of tulips and poppies. Some of them plants are unruly and seed themselves all over the garden. There is a harmony color, shape and structure in the two long flower borders that line the paved path which crosses the garden from east to west much of this is due to the previous owners who were keen gardeners, who left plants that appealed to Susan, she also inherited the gardener, Danny. ‘In fact, it was really his garden,’ she says ‘We’ve got on very well. At first he would say, “Oh, .it’s not worth it” to some of the things I wanted to put in, but when I said I wanted to paint them. He recognized what I had in mind’.
 Susan prefers to focus on detailed studies of individual plants rather than on the garden as a whole, though she will occasionally paint a group of plants where they are. More usually, she picks them and then takes them up to her studio.‘I don’t set the whole thing up at once.’ She says, ‘ I take one flower put and paint it, which might take a few days, and then I bring in another one and build up the painting that way. Sometimes it takes a couple of years to finish,’
 Her business time of year is spring and early summer, when the tulips are out, followed be poppies. ‘They all come out together, and you’re so busy’, she says. But the gradual decaying process is also part of the fascination for her. With tulips, for example, ‘you bring them in and put them in water, then leave them for perhaps a day and they each form themselves into different shapes. They open out in a vase, you think they are boring, but they change all the time with twists and turns.’
 Susan has always been interested in plants: ‘I did botany at school and used to collect wild flowers from all around the countryside,’ she says. ‘ I wasn’t particularly interested in gardening then: in fact, I didn’t like garden flowers, I thought they looked like the ones made of silk or plastic that were sold in some florists’ shops – to me, the only real ones were wild. I was intrigued by the way they managed to flower in really awkward places, like cracks in rocks or on-cliff tops’ Nowadays , the garden owes much to plants that originated in far-off lands, though they seem as much at home in her garden as they did in China or the Himalayas. She has a come-what- may attitude to the garden, rather like an affectionate aunt who is quite happy, for children to run about undisciplined as long as they don’t do any serious damage.
 With two forthcoming exhibitions to prepare for and a ready supply of subject material at her back door, finding time to work in the garden has been difficult recently. She now employs an extra gardener but, despite the need to paint, she knows that, to maintain her connection with her subject matter, ‘you have to get your hands dirty’.
35. In the first paragraph, the writer describes Susan’s garden as
A. having caused problems for the previous owners. B. having a path lined with flowers
C. needing a lot of work to keep it looking attractive C. being only partly finished
36. What does ‘this’ in line 12 refer to?
A. the position of the path B. the number of the wild plants
C. the position of the garden D. the harmony of the planting
37. The word ‘paved’ in the first paragraph is in the closest meaning to
A. dug B. bricked C. stripped D. paced
38. What does Susan say about Danny?
A. He felt she was interfering in his work B. He immediately understood her feelings
C. He was recommended by the previous owners D. He was slow to see the point of some of her ideas
39. Which statement is not TRUE?
A. Susan put more weight on detailed studies of individual plants than on the garden as a whole
B. Susan’s favorite flowers are tulips and poppies C. Susan’s business time of year is spring and late summer
D. Susan also has fascination for the gradual decaying process of flowers.
40. What is Susan’s approach to painting?
A. She will wait until a flower is ready to be picked before painting it.
B. She likes to do research on the plant before she paints it
C. She spends all day painting an individual flower D. She creates her paintings in several stages
41. Susan thinks that the tulips
A. are more colorful and better shaped than other flowers B. are not easy to paint because they change so quickly
C. look best some time after they have been cut D. should be kept in the house for as long as possible
42. Why did Susan enjoy studying wild flowers at school?
A. She found the way they adapted to their surrounding fascinating 
B. She used the lessons as good excuse to get out of school.
C. She was attracted by their different colours and shapes
D. She wanted to learn how to make copies of them in material
43. How does the writer describe Susan’s attitude to her garden?
A. She thinks children should be allowed to enjoy it. B. She prefers painting flowers from the overseas
C. She likes a certain amount of disorder D. She dislikes criticism of the planting methods
44. What point is Susan making in the final paragraph?
A. It’s essential to find the time to paint even if there is gardening to be done
B. It’s important not to leave the gardening entirely to other people
C. It’s good to have expert help when you grow plants
D. It’s hard to do exhibitions if there are not enough plants ready in the garden. 
Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions that follow. 
	 What geologists call the Basin and Range Province in the United States roughly coincides in its northern portions with the geographic province known as the Great Basin. The Great Basin is hemmed in on the west by the Sierra Nevada and on the east Line by the Rocky Mountains; it has no outlet to the sea. The prevailing winds in the Great Basin are from the west. Warm, moist air from the Pacific Ocean is forced upward as it crosses the Sierra Nevada. At the higher altitudes it cools and the moisture it carries is precipitated as rain or snow on the western slopes of the mountains. That which reaches the Basin is air wrung dry of moisture. What little water falls there as rain or snow, mostly in the winter months, evaporates on the broad, flat desert floors. It is, therefore, an environment in which organisms battle for survival. Along the rare watercourses, cottonwoods and willows eke out a sparse existence. In the upland ranges, pines and junipers struggle to hold their own.
 But the Great Basin has not always been so arid. Many of its dry, closed depressions were once filled with water. Owens Valley, Panamint Valley, and Death Valley were once a string of interconnected lakes. The two largest of the ancient lakes of the Great Basin were Lake Lahontan and Lake Bonneville. The Great Salt Lake is all that remains of the latter, and Pyramid Lake is one of the last briny remnants of the former.
 There seem to have been several periods within the last tens of thousands of years when water accumulated in these basins. The rise and fall of the lakes were undoubtedly linked to the advances and retreats of the great ice sheets that covered much of the northern part of the North American continent during those times. Climatic changes during the Ice Ages sometimes brought cooler, wetter weather to mid-latitude deserts worldwide, including those of the Great Basin. The broken valleys of the Great Basin provided ready receptacles for this moisture.
Question 45: What is the geographical relationship between the Basin and Range Province and the Great Basin?
A. The Great Basin is in the northern part of the Basin and Range Province.
B. The Great Basin is larger than the Basin and Range Province
C. The Great Basin is west of the Basin and Range Province.
D. The Great Basin is mountainous ; the Basin and Range Province is flat desert.
Question 46: According to the passage, what does the Great Basin lack?
A. Dry air 	B. Access to the ocean 	C. Winds from the west 	D. Snow
Question 47: The word "prevailing" is closest in meaning to ____
A. most dangerous	B. Occasional	C. most frequent	D. Gentle
Question 48: It can be inferred that the climate in the Great Basin is dry because ____
A. precipitation falls in the nearby mountains 	B. the winds are not strong enough to carry moisture
C. the altitude prevents precipitation 	D. the weather patterns are so turbulent
Question 49: The word "it" refers to_____.
A. the Great Basin	B. west	C. air	D. Pacific Ocean
Question 50: Why does the author mention cottonwoods and willows in line 7?
A. To assert that there are more living organisms in the Great Basin than there used to be
B. To give examples of trees that are able to survive in a difficult environment
C. To demonstrate that certain trees require a lit of water 
D. To show the beauty of the landscape of the Great Basin
Question 51: Why does the author mention Owens Valley, Panamint Valley, and Death Valley in the second paragraph?
A. To explain what the Great Basin is like today	B. To explain their geographical formation
C. To give examples of depressions that once contained water
D. To compare the characteristics of the valleys with the characteristics of the lakes
Question 52: The words "the former" refer to ____
 A. Lake Lahontan B. Lake Bonneville 	C. the Great Salt Lake D. Pyramid Lake
Question 53: The word "accumulated" is closest in meaning to ______
A. collected 	B. evaporated 	C. dried 	D. flooded
Question 54: According to the passage, the Ice Ages often brought about _____
A. desert formation 	B. broken valleys 	C. wetter weather 	D. warmer climates
 Choose the underlined part ( A, B, C or D) that is incorrect.
55. Hundred of scientists have been involved in the research.
	 A	 B	 C D
56. Automation reduces labour costs by cutting the number of workers needing to do a job.
	 A	 B	 C 	 D
57. He drove at full speed lest he was late for the meeting.
	 A	 B	 C	 D
58. A computer can store information such as the size and the shape of a steel beam, recipe for a 
	A	 B	 C	 D
cake, and the amount of money in a bank account.
59. Many of the population in the rural areas is composed of manual labourers.
	 A	 B	 C	 D
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. 
60.I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry. 
A. hopeless 	B. hopeful 	C. successful 	D. unsuccessful 
61.Carpets from countries such as Persia and Afghanistan often fetch high prices in the United States. 
A. Artifacts 	B. Pottery	 C. Rugs 	D. Textiles 
62.Though many scientific breakthroughs have resulted from mishaps it has taken brilliant thinkers to recognize their potential. 
A. accidents 	B. misunderstandings 	C. incidentals 	D. misfortunes 
63.. Moving to a new town brought about many changes in his life.
	A. resulted in	B. speeded up	C. resulted from	D. prevented
64.Their migration may be halted if fog, clouds, or rain hides the stars.
	A. postponed	B. spoiled	C. stopped	D. endangered
Rewrite the sentences
1. I was never allowed to walk barefoot when I was a child.	let
My parents .............................
2. They have collected the tests and checked the answers	been
The tests . ...........................
3. No one gave us instructions and showed us what to do.	not
We.............................
4. The boy said that he hadn't done anything wrong.	denied
The boy ..................................
5. Amanda has improved a lot this term.	progress
	Amanda ........... ..........................
Nowsaday many young people spend their days off traveling to beautiful places– In 140 words write about the reason why they do so.
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Colors are one of the most exciting experiences in life. I love them, and they are just as important to me as emotions are. Have you ever wondered how the two are so intimately related? Color directly affects your emotions. Color both reflects the current state of your emotions, and is something that you can use to improve or change your emotions. The color that you choose to wear either reflects your current state of being, or reflects the color or emotion that you need.
The colors that you wear affect you much more than they affect the people around you. Of course they also affect anyone who comes in contract with you, but you are the one saturated with the color all day! I even choose items around me based on their color. In the morning, I choose my clothes based on the color or emotion that I need for the day. So you can consciously use color to control the emotions that you are exposed to, which can help you to feel better.
Color, sound, and emotions are all vibrations. Emotions are literally energy in motion; they are meant to move and flow. This is the reason that real feelings are the fastest way to get your energy in motion. Also, flowing energy is exactly what creates healthy cells in  your body. So, the fastest way to be healthy is to be open to your real feelings. Alternately, the fastest way to create disease is to inhibit your emotions.
35. What is the main idea of the passage?
A.   Colors are one of the most exciting. B.   Colorful clothes can change your mood
C.   Emotions and colors are closely related to each other D.   Colors can help you become healthy.
36.Which of the following can be affected by color?
A.  Your need for thrill      B. Your friend's feelings C.Your mood                        D. Your appetite
37.Who is more influenced by colors you wear?
A.  You  are more influenced                                     B. Your family
C. The people around you are  more influenced       D. Anyone
38.According to the passage, what do color, sound, and emotion all have in common?
A. They are all related  to health                               B. They are all forms of motion
C. They all affect the cells of  the body                    D. None is correct
39.According to this passage, what creates disease?
A.  Wearing the color black                                       B. Ignoring your emotions
C.  Being open to your emotions                               D. Exposing yourself to bright colors
40. The term “intimately” in paragraph 1 is closest in  meaning to           .
A.   clearly                  B.   closely                  C.   simply                              D. obviously
41. The term “they” in paragraph 3  refers to          .
A.   emotions              B.   colors                    C.   people                              D. none of these
42.Why does the author mention that color and emotions are both vibrations?
A.   Because vibrations make you healthy B.   Because they both affect how we feel.
C.   To prove the relationship between emotions and color.D.   To show how color can affect energy levels in the body.
43.The phrase “saturated with” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to __________.
A.  covered  with        B.  bored  with            C.  in need of                         D. lacking in
44. What is the purpose of the passage?
A.   to give an objective account of how colors affect emotions
B.   to prove the relationship between color and emotion
C.   to persuade the reader that colors can influence emotions and give a person more energy
D.   to show that colors are important for a healthy life
Read the passage and choose the best answer
Learning means acquiring knowledge of developing the ability to perform new behaviors. It is common to think of learning as something that takes place in school, but much of human learning occurs outside the classroom, and people continue to learn throughout their lives.
Even before they enter school, young children learn to walk, to talk, and to use their hands to manipulate toys, food, and other objects. They use all of their senses to learn about the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells in their environments. They learn how to interact with their parents, siblings, friends, and other people important to their world. When they enter school, children learn basic academic subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics. They also continue to learn a great deal outside the classroom. They learn which behaviors are likely to be rewarded and which are likely to be punished. They learn social skills for interacting with other children. After they finish school, people must learn to adapt to the many major changes that affect their lives, such as getting married, raising children, and finding and keeping a job.
Because learning continues throughout our lives and affects almost everything we do, the study of learning is important in many different fields. Teachers need to understand the best ways to educate children. Psychologists, social workers, criminologists, and other human-service workers need to understand how certain experiences change people’s behaviors. Employers, politicians, and advertisers make use of the principles of learning to influence the behavior of workers, voters, and consumers.
Learning is closely related to memory, which is the storage of information in the brain. Psychologists who study memory are interested in how the brain stores knowledge, where this storage takes place, and how the brain later retrieves knowledge when we need it. In contrast, psychologists who study learning are more interested in behavior and how behavior changes  as a result of a person’s experiences.
There are many forms of learning, ranging from simple to complex. Simple forms of learning involve a single stimulus. A stimulus is anything perceptible to the senses, such as a sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste. In a form of learning known as classical conditioning, people learn to associate two stimuli that occur in sequence, such as lightning followed by thunder. In operant conditioning, people learn by forming an association between a behavior and its consequences (reward or punishment). People and animals can also learn by observation – that is, by watching others perform behaviors. More complex forms of learning in clued learning languages, concepts, and motor skills.
45According to the passage, which of the following is learning in broad view comprised of?
A.   Knowledge acquisition and ability development B.   Acquisition of academic knowledge
C.   Acquisition of social and behavioural skills D.   Knowledge acquisition outside the classroom
46. According to the passage, what are children NOT usually taught outside the classroom?
A.  Interpersonal communication                     B. Life skillsC.  Literacy and calculation            D. Right from wrong
47. Getting married, raising children, and finding and keeping a job are mentioned in paragraph  2  as examples of         .
A.   The changes to which people have to orient themselves
B.   The situations in which people cannot teach themselves
C.   The areas of learning which affect people’s lives
D.   The ways people’s lives are influenced by education
48. Which of the following can be inferred about the learning process from the passage?
A.   It becomes less challenging and complicated when people grow older.
B.   It plays a crucial part in improving the learner’s motivation in school.
C.   It takes place more frequently in real life than in academic institutions.
D.   It is more interesting and effective in school than that in life.
49. According to the passage, the study of learning is important in many fields due to           .
A.   The influence of various behaviours in the learning process B.   The great influence of the on-going learning process
C.   The exploration of the best teaching methods D.   The need for certain experiences in various areas
50. It can be inferred from the passage that social workers, employers, and politicians concern themselves with the study of learning because they need to         .
A.   Thoroughly understand the behaviours of the objects of their interest
B.   Understand how a stimulus relates to the senses of the objects of their interest
C.   Change the behaviours of the objects of their interest towards learning
D.   Make the objects of their interest more aware of the importance of learning
51. The word “retrieves” in paragraph 4 is closest in   meaning to          .
A.   Generates             B.   creates                  C.   gains                                 D. recovers
52. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.   Psychologists studying memory are concerned with the brain’s storage of knowledge.
B.   Psychologists are all interested in memory as much as behaviours.
C.   Psychologists studying learning are interested in human behaviours.
D.   Psychologists studying memory are concerned with how the stored knowledge is used.
53. According to the passage, the stimulus in simple forms  of learning          .
A.  is  created by the senses                                       B. is associated with natural phenomena
C.  makes  associations between behaviours              D. bears relation to perception
54. The passage  mainly discusses          .
A.   General principles of learning	 B.Application of learning principles to formal education
C.   Simple forms of learning	D.Practical examples of learning inside the classroom