Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Kiểm tra cuối học kỳ I năm học 2014-2015 - Mã đề 357 - Trường THPT Nguyễn Bình

NGUYENBINH HIGH SCHOOL
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Class: 12
ENGLISH FINAL EXAM
Semester 1
Allowed time: 60 minutes
Mã đề thi 357
I. WRITING. (3 POINTS).
Exercise1: Put the verbs in bracket in their correct form (2 points).
Robert said that his father (go)_______ to Dallas the year before.
The telephone (invent) _______ by Alexander Graham Bell.
3. I am flying to the States tonight. I (give) ______ you a ring if I can find a phone.
4. If she (take)_______ the train last night, she would be here now.
Exercise2: Combine two following sentences by using a suitable relative pronoun. (1 point).
This is Mrs. White. Her son is the captain of our Basketball team.
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Johnny comes back Vietnam. It is his mother’s home land.
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II. PHONETICS. (1 POINT)
Exercise1: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
A. cooks 	B. loves 	C. joins 	D. spends
A. advises 	B. raises 	C. devises 	D. goes
3. A. trusted	B. sacrificed 	C. recorded 	D. acted
Exercise 2: Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. A. general 	B. applicant	C. usually 	D. October
2. A. return	B. refer	C. visit	D. enjoy
III. READING. (2 POINTS)
Exercise 4: Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer
Exercise 4: Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer
CAMBRIDGE
 “Where is the university?” is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the city. You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers of professors of the thirty- one colleges. 
Cambridge was a development town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875. In the fourteen and fifteen centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much faster in the nineteen century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100,000. Many young students want to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all round the world.
Question 1. When did-the town really begin developing ? 
	A. In 1800. 	B. In 1875. 	C. In 1845 	D. In 1951. 
Question 2. Why do many visitors to Cambridge ask "Where is the university"? 
	A. Because there is no wall to be found around the university. 
	B. Because, the university looks like a library. 
	C. Because the university looks like a museum. 
	D. Because it is very difficult to find the way to the university. 
Question 3. Why did people name Cambridge the "city of Cambridge"? 
	A. Because there is a bridge over the Cam. 
 B. Because it was a developing town. 
	C. Because the river was very well-known. 
	D. Because there is a river named Granta. 
Question 4. Why do most people come to Cambridge?
	A. To see the university
	B. To study in the college 
	C. To read books in the library
	D. To find the classroom building 
Question 5. When was more land in Cambridge used for college building?
	A. In the 19th century.	B. In the 14th century and 15th century .
	C. In the 18th century . 	D. In the 15th century.
IV. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY. (4 POINTS)
 Choose the best options A, B, C or D to complete the sentences
 1: What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary!
- _______
A. Thank you very much. I am afraid	B. You are telling a lie
C. I don't like your sayings	D. Thank you for your compliment
 2: Yes, I (go) .................................... to see the Othello last week.
A. have gone	B. went	C. go	D. had gone
 3: Body language is a potent form of _______ communication.
A. oral	B. tongue	C. verbal	D. non-verbal
 4: The road to our village . widened next year.
A. can	B. will be	C. is	D. will
 5: Emily said that her teacher _______ to London _______.
A. would go / the next day	B. will go / tomorrow
C. had gone / the next day	D. went / tomorrow.
 6: Because he didn’t obey his parent’s advise, he got into the trouble.
A. If he had obeyed his parent’s advise, he would have got into the trouble
B. If he had obeyed his parent’s advise, he wouldn’t have got into the trouble
C. If he obeyed his parent’s advise, he wouldn’t got into the trouble
D. If he didn’t obey his parent’s advise, he wouldn’t got into the trouble
 7: They have just found the couple and their car _______ were swept away during the heavy storm last week.
A. that	B. which	C. whose	D. when
 8: : In the future many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost.
A. companies 	B. services 	C. supermarkets 	B. farms
 9: _______ if a war happened?
A. What will you do	B. What will you do
C. What you would do	D. What would you do
 10: Children at the age of 11 start moving to ..
A. primary school	B. kindergarten	C. lower secondary	 D . upper secondary
 11: My father phoned me to say that he would come _______ home late.
A. an	B. the	C. a	D. Ø
 12: You look great in this new dress.
- ________.
A. With pleasure	B. Not at all
C. I am glad you like it	D. Do not say anything about it
 13: The national curriculum usually (set) ..by the government.
A. set	B. is set	C. is being set	D. are set
 14: Schools in which all students can attend without paying tuitionare state schools.
A. charge	B. fees	C. payment	D. bill
15: “ Are you interested in any kind of sports.” John asked me 
 -> John asked me _______ interested in any kind of sports.
A. if was I 	B. if were I	C. if I was 	D. if I were
 16: He is the man _______ car was stolen last week.
A. whose	B. that	C. whom	D. which
 17: My father phoned me to say that he would come _______ home late.
A. a	B. Ø	C. an	D. the
 18: Someone who is _______ is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular.
A. powerful 	B. optimistic 	C. stagnant 	D. pessimistic
 19: Sometimes Mr. Pike has to work very late _______ night to do some important experiments.
A. for	B. in	C. at	D. on
 20: The more powerful weapons are, the more terrible the _______ is.
A. creativity	B. technology	C. history	D. terrorism