Kiểm tra học kì II năm học: 2012 - 2013 môn tiếng Anh - Lớp 12

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KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ II
Năm học: 2012-2013
MÔN TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 12
CORRECTION
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. arrived	B. warned	C. looked	D. claimed
Question 2: A. primary	B. notice	C. write	D. climate
Question 3: A. health	B. ready	C. heavy	D. meat
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 following questions.
Question 4: A. begin	B. finish	C. edit	D. gather
Question 5: A. beautiful	B. effective	C. favourite	D. popular
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6: The Asian Games is one of the most important  in Asia.
A. events 	B. news	C. points	D. incidents
Question 7: Did you remember anything  at the party?
A. interest	B. interested	C. interesting	D. interests
Question 8: Life on the earth  the sun.
A. depends on	B. believes in	C. takes over	D. runs over
Question 9: We  him for months now.
A. don’t see	B. didn’t see	C. won’t see	D. haven’t seen
Question 10: - “I’m sorry about that.”	- “” 
A. Of course	B. It’s OK	C. You’re welcome	D. That’s right
Question 11: Hung  fishing with his uncle when he lived in the countryside.
A. used to going	B. is used to going	C. is used to go	D. used to go
Question 12: Everyone is aware  the danger of overcrowded population.
A. of	B. to	C. from	D. with
Question 13: You  explain that again because I understand everything now.
A. needn’t	B. can’t	C. mustn’t	D. won’t
Question 14: The warmer the weather,  I feel.
	A. the best	B. better	C. good	D. the better
Question 15: - “What a nice dress you’re wearing! I like it.”	- “”
	A. That’s too bad.	B. You look nice.	C. Thank you.	D. It’s great.
Question 16: Martina is learning to play  .
	A. violin	B. an violin	C. a violin	D. the violin
Question 17: Doctors say that smoking and drinking can both  your health.
	A. improve	B. destroy	C. damage	D. ruin
Question 18: John reminded me  his motorbike by 7 o’clock.
	A. return	B. to return	C. returning	D. returned
Question 19: This is my teacher,  teaches me English.
	A. that	B. who	C. whom	D. whose
Question 20: The boy decided to go out  it was raining very heavily outside. 
	A. because	B. despite	C. although	D. even if
Question 21: Could you  your name here, please?
	A. signing	B. signal	C. signature	D. sign
Question 22: The church  about 100 years ago.
	A. was built	B. built	C. has built	D. is built
Question 23: - “John had an accident. He’s been in hospital for 5 days.”	- “”
	A. Poor him.	B. Never mind.	C. Not at all.	D. Oh, is he?
Question 24: The boy  to the hospital last night is living in this village.
A. who takes	B. takes	C. who took	D. taken
Question 25: She asked me where  to the previous summer.
A. have I been	B. had I been	C. I had been	D. I have been
Question 26: Nowadays, people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in  . 
A. threat	B. problem	C. vanishing	D. danger
Question 27: If people drove more carefully, there  fewer accidents. 
A. would be	B. will be	 	C. have been	D. are 
Question 28: People have to  new energy sources because coal and oil will be used up.
A. give up	B. take after 	C. look for	D. turn on
Question 29: We’re eighteen, so we’re  vote.
A. too old to	B. old enough to	C. young enough to	D. old enough for
Question 30: I like my work because I have the  to make my own decision.
A. freed	B. freedom	C. freely	D. free
	Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 31: Your brother goes to work by bus, isn’t he?
	 A B	 C D
Question 32: It seems very difficulty for her to have a trip abroad.
	 A	 B	 C	 D
Question 33: The house which he was born and grew up was destroyed by a fire.
	 A B C D
Question 34: The 15th Asian Games took over in Doha, the capital of Qatar.
	 A B C 	D
Question 35: Every student in my class are good at English.
 A B C D
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 36 to 40.
Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life. “Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university later? Do I leave and start work or begin a training (36)?” The decision is yours, but it may be worth remembering two things: there is more unemployment (37) those who haven’t been to university, and people who have the right (38) will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs. If you decide to go straight into a job, there are many opportunities for training. Getting qualifications will (39) you to get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn while you earn. Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is (40) possibility. In this way, you can save up money for your student days, as well as getting practical work experience.
Question 36: A. term	 	B. class 	C. school 	D. course 
Question 37: A. of	 	B. through 	C. among 	D. between 
Question 38: A. skills 	B. interests 	C. habits 	D. arts 
Question 39: A. help 	B. make 	C. give 	D. let 
Question 40: A. always	B. another 	C. also 	D. again 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 41 to 45.
The culture of Vietnam is one of the oldest in the Southeast Asia region. Although Vietnam lies geographically in Southeast Asia, long periods of Chinese domination and influence has resulted in the emergence of many East Asia characteristics in Vietnamese culture, and generally Vietnam is said to be a part of the East Asian cultural sphere, known widely as Chinese cultural sphere.
Despite considerable foreign influence, Vietnamese people have managed to retain many distinct customs. While Chinese culture has the largest influence on traditional Vietnamese culture, there is also a much smaller influence from the Cham and later Western cultures, most notably of France, Russia and the United States.
In terms of prehistory, most Vietnamese historians consider the ancient Dong Son Culture to be one of the defining aspects of early Vietnamese civilization.
Vietnam’s population in 2006 was 84,402,966, with a population density of 253 people per square kilometre. Most people live in or near the densely populous Red River or Mekong Delta.
Due to the nation’s southward expansion through its history, along with the different climate and environment met by the settlers as they moved further south, slightly different regional cultures began to emerge, most notably between Northern and Southern Vietnam.
Question 41: The culture of Vietnam 
is the youngest in Asia.
does not get any Asian characteristics.
was influenced by that of China.
was greatly dominated by that of Western.
Question 42: Which culture has not affected the Vietnamese one?
Of the United States	B. Of the United Kingdom
C. Of Russia	D. Of France
Question 43: Vietnamese people 
cannot keep their own culture in their daily life.
highly appreciate the Western influence on their culture.
failed to retain the native customs.
have many diverse customs.
Question 44: Through history, Vietnam expanded to the 
south	B. north	C. east	D. west
Question 45: Which of the following statements is TRUE?
The North and the South of Vietnam have the same regional cultures.
The Mekong Delta is more populous than the Red River one.
Red River delta is densely populous.
Vietnamese people do not like living in the deltas.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions
Question 46: I have never seen him play so well.
He has never seen so well at a play.
He has never played so well for me to see it.
He has never been seen to play so well.
He has never seen such a good play.
Question 47: They arrived late, so they didn’t have good seats.
If they had arrived earlier, they might have got good seats.
The late arrivers still had good seats.
However late they arrived, they had very good seats.
Unless they arrived early, they would have good seats.
Question 48: It was along time ago when I saw a movie.
I spent a long time looking for a movie to see.
I have seen some movies so far.
I have seen a number of movies lately.
It is a long time since I saw a movie.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 49: He was proud of his son’s accomplishment.
first attempt	B. endurance	C. determination	D. achievement
Question 50: It is risky to climb to the top of that tree.
unusual	B. normal	C. brave	D. dangerous
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