Đề thi giữa học kì 1 môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 trường THPT Liên Sơn năm 2015

I. Read carefully then choose from the four given options (marked A, B, C or D) one best solution to fit each of the gaps:                                                WHY DO ANIMALS GO EXTINCT?

            Different kinds of animals have appeared and disappeared throughout Earth’s history. Some animals go extinct because the climate (01)____ they live changes. The climate may become wetter or drier. It may become warmer or cooler. If the animals cannot change, or adapt, to the new climate, they die.

            Some animals go extinct because thay cannot (02)____ with other animals for food. Some animals go extinct because they are killed by enemies. New kinds of animals are always evolving. Evolving means that the animals are changing (03)_____ from generation to generation. Small differences between parents, children, and grandchildren slowly add up over many, many generations. Eventually, a different kind of animal evolves.

            Sometimes many of the animals on Earth go extinct at the (04)_____ time. Scientists call this a mass extinction. Scientists think there (05)_____ at least five mass extinctions in Earth’s history. The last mass extinction happened about 65 million years ago. This mass extinction killed off the dinosaurs.

            01. A. where                         B. which                            C. when                                  D. what

            02. A. complete                     B. find                               C. compete                             D. exist

            03. A. accidentally                B. suddenly                       C. quickly                               D. slowly

            04. A. same                           B. similar                           C. different                            D. various

            05. A. has been                     B. have been                      C. will be                                D. are

II. Read the following passage carefully and choose from the four given options (marked A, B, C or D) one best solution finish each of the questions that follow:

There are books with fairy tale in many countries. Often the same stories are known and repeated in many languages. Some of the things that happens in these stories are remarkable, although not as remarkable as things that are truly happening in medicine and science today.  Most fairy tale begin with “Once upon a time” and end with “They lived happily ever after”, so we will begin in the same way.”

Once upon a time there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sister did nothing. One night, her sister went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, very sad. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball- but to return home by midnight.

So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress in a wonderful coach. She danced with the prince but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. She and the price were married and lived happily ever after.

06. Books with fairy are found in ________________.                

         A. our country only        B. few countries                      C. all countries except ours   D. many countries

07. According to the passage, things truly happening in medicine and science today are_____ things that happened in some fairy tale.                        A. More remarkable than        B. less remarkable than

         C. as remarkable as                                                        D. not as remarkable as

08. The word “ball” in the first sentence means ________________.

         A. a sport equipment      B. a dancing hall                     C. a balloon                              D. sphere

09. Cinderella was very sad because ________________.

         A. her sister did nothing C. her sister went to a ball and left her at home

         C. she did all the work in the kitchen                             D. her sister was invited to a hall

10. At the end of the story ________________.

         A. Cinderella could go to the ball and it was so happened that she and the prince was married

         B. Cinderella’s godmother came to comfort her

         C. one of Cinderella’ sisters was married to the prince  D. the prince invited Cinderella to the hall

III. Choose from the four given options (marked A, B, C or D) the best one that make each of the following incomplete sentences grammatically and meaningfully right:

11.  After he ______ his English course, he went toEngland to continue his study.

A.  finish                        B.  finishes                              C.  had finished                      D.  finished

12.  Things ______ greatly since we ______ Doi Moi policy.

A.  changed/ had            B.  have changed/ had             C.  changed/ has had              D.  have changed/ have had

13.  ______ Ms Linda’s application for the job was refused, she felt very disappointed.

A.  While                        B.  Before                               C.  When                                D.  As soon as

14.  Americans often say “Thank you” when you help them ______ something.

A.  do                             B.  to doing                             C.  doing                                 D.  makes

15.  The workers______ go to work late last week.

A.  used to                      B.  used                                   C.  use to                                D.  were used to

16.  Why didn’t you listen to me ______ I was talking to you?

A.  whenever                  B.  by the time                         C.  until                                  D.  while

17.  _____ he tried hard, he didn’t succeed in his work.

A.  But                            B.  In spite of                          C.  Though                             D.  Despite

18.  Bird flu______ by the virus H5N1.

A.  caused                      B.  are caused                          C.  is caused                           D.  is causing

19.  It was so noisy that I couldn’t concentrate ______ my lesson.

A.  on                             B.  at                                       C.  in                                      D.  from

20.  You give a ______ party in your new house to celebrate moving into it.

A.  housewarming          B.  housekeeping                     C.  house guest                       D.  house-coming

21.  The farmers in my village often______ their work very early in the morning.

A.  begin                         B.  beginning                           C.  begins                               D.  is beginning

22.  Today, the scientists in the world______ research on AIDS.

A.  are doing                   B.  does                                   C.  make                                 D.  doing

23.  We ______ for Ha Noi on the earliest flight tomorrow.

A.  were leaving             B.  will have left                      C.  leave                                 D.  are leaving

24.  They are trying to persuade the rich to______ their money to the charities.

A.  contribute                 B.  provide                              C.  finance                              D.  invest

25.  Nowadays, the divorce rate is higher than it used to be______ people are allowed to decide on their marriage.

A.  even though              B.  in spite of                          C.  despite                              D.  but

26.  Remember that these documents ______ translated into English and certified by appropriate authorities.

A.  must be                     B.  may be                               C.  will be                               D.  can be

27.  Banks are very important ______ business people?

A.  on                             B.  for                                     C.  with                                   D.  to

28.  The manager told me ______ harder.

A.  to work                     B.  worked                              C.  working                             D.  work

29.  Your______ must be typed into three copies to hand in for our company.

A.  applicants                 B.  application                         C.  applying                            D.  apply

30.  _____ his poor health, Mr. Brown still works hard to support his family.

A.  Despite                     B.  Although                            C.  Because of                        D.  Despite of

IV. Choose from the four given options (marked A, B, C or D) the one that has the different stress pattern from the others of the same group:

31. A.  people                 B.  person                                C.  picture                               D.  across

32. A.  effective             B.  expensive                          C.  engineer                            D.  malaria

V. Choose from the four given options (marked A, B, C or D) the one that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others of the same group:

33. A.  cook                   B.  look                                   C.  room                                 D.  good

34. A.  picked                 B.  considered                         C.  received                            D.  stayed

35. A.  wealth                 B.  peaceful                             C.  meat                                  D.  beach

VI. Choose from the four given options (marked A, B, C or D) the one that needs correcting to make the given sentence meaningfully and grammatically correct:

            36. The bus will be leaving on five minutes so you’d better hurry up.

                                              A        B                       C               D

            37. Many teachers have devoted their lives to teaching, therefore teaching is not a well-paid job.

                    A                                           B            C                       D

            38. My parents often take careful of me when I am ill.

                           A                            B                    C           D

            39. She passed the board exam, who made her parents proud.

                             A                                 B              C                  D

            40. Lack of properly physical exercise cause tiredness and poor health.

                                    A                          B          C                            D

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