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TRƯỜNG THPT TRỰC NINH B NĂM HỌC : 2009 - 2010
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 12
-Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in each gap.
Desert air (1) little moisture, so few clouds form over the land Without clouds to block the sun, temperatures may reach
as (2) as 125°F during the day At night, without the clouds to contain the heat, the temperature can fall to as low as 125°F Extreme temperatures (3) with little rainfall make desert life difficult for people, plants, and animals (4) , some life forms have adapted to even the most severe desert environment, Camels are able to survive long periods without food or water Many desert plants have long, shallow root systems This allows the plants to reach out to collect water over great distances Other desert plants have taproots Taproots grow very deep (5) they can tap sources of underground water
6 Find one mistake in the sentence
In spite the hot weather in the desert, many plants and animals can survive there
7 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: By the end of this century, we _ to Jupiter.
8 Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one
Margaret was very angry Her bag has just been stolen.
A Margaret was very angry, whose bag has just been stolen
B Margaret whose bag has just been stolen was very angry
C Margaret who’s bag has just been stolen was very angry
D Margaret, whose bag has just been stolen, was very angry
9 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The teacher gave me an exercise I _ forget to do it.
10 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The desert is too large for us _ across
11 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
There is plenty _ time for you to do that assignment You _ do it tonight
12 Find one word whose stress pattern is different from others: A commercial B hummock C aerial D deserts
13 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: He is going to get married _ a famous pop star.
14 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: He is rarely _ time for class.
15 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: I must go to _ hospital to visit my dearest friend.
16 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
If they had enough money, they _ their children to college
17 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: Laura works very hard _ her brother is very lazy
18 Find one mistake in the sentence: It began to rain, therefore he didn’t open his umbrella.
19 Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A future B security C vulnerable D curable
20 Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one
Because the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered.
A Because of the destruction of the environment, many species have become endangered
B Although the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered
C Despite of the destruction of the environment, many species have become endangered
D Therefore the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered
21 Find one mistake in the sentence: It’s too late I might go now.
22 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The water in the river is _ that no fish can live in.
23 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
You should buy more food because our parents _ come home this afternoon
24 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
I’ve check all the documents in this disk You _check again
25 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
_ Simpson desert remained _ mystery until Madigan made _ aerial survey in 1929
Trang 2A Ø - a - an B Ø - Ø - an C The - a - an D A - the - an
26 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
_ is the act of preventing something from being lost, wasted, damaged or destroyed
27 Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A reduced B bared C endangered D remained
28 Choose the word which has the same meaning as the underlined one.
Our grandfather is too old to climb up the crest of the hill.
29 Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one: You needn’t close the windows at night.
A You mustn’t close the windows at night B You don’t have to close the windows at night
30 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: Rare animals in this forest _ for fur, skin and other parts
31 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: He told me that he _ his house the previous month.
32 Find one word whose stress pattern is different from others: A forest B habitat C exploitation D educate
33 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: No matter _ he tried, he couldn’t pass the driving test.
34 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: They are very poor _ they couldn’t buy that big house.
35 According to the passage, it’s possible for us to _
36 Find one mistake in the sentence: By the year 2012, he will have finish his course in this university.
37 Find one mistake in the sentence: He is enough intelligent to understand the problem.
38 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
A(n) _is a person who always expects bad things to happen
39 Find one mistake in the sentence
If you show your identity card, you won’t be able to get into the examination room
40 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
A(n) _is a person who can live up to or longer than one hundred years
41 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
The most important characteristic of a desert is that it receives very little _
42 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
Habitat destruction and _ hunting are some of the main causes of species extinction
43 Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A goats B animals C humans D gorillas
44 Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one
He doesn’t like animals, so he doesn’t work at the zoo.
A If he likes animals, he will work at the zoo B If he liked animals, he would work at the zoo
C If he didn’t like animals, he would work at the zoo D If he liked animals, he wouldn’t work at the zoo
45 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The boy _ he took to the zoo is his nephew.
46 Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
The local people blamed the factory _ the air and the water in the region
A contaminating B to contaminate C of contaminating D for contaminating
Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.
Over the next 20 to 50 years, it will become harder to tell the difference between the human and the machine All, body parts will be replaceable Computers will function like the human brain with the ability to recognize feelings and respond in a feeling way
They will then produce fake people We will then be able to create a machine duplicate of ourselves so we will appear to be alive
long after we are dead Maybe a few decades later, a way will be found to transfer our spirit, including our memories and thoughts,
to the new body Then we can choose to live for as long as we want It might be expensive When it becomes possible to do a spirit transfer, they will figure out how to do them automatically So we will be able to reside within whichever duplicate we want, whenever we want
47 According to the passage, in 20 to 50 years, body parts _
48 According to the passage, computer will function like the human brain because it can _
A respond in a feeling wayB recognize feelings C have brain D both A and B
49 The word duplicate means:
50 According to the passage, we _ find a way to transfer our spirit, including our memories and thoughts, to the new body a few decades later
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