much quickly than BChoose the item A,B,C or D that best completes the unfinished statements about the passage: The search for alternative sources of energy has led in various directions
Trang 1ĐỀ KIỂM TRA TRẮC NGHIỆM SỐ 2
Môn: Tiếng Anh Khối 12 Thời gian: 60 phút
I.PHONETICS
A.Pick out the words pronounced differently from the others:
1 A) there B) appear C) wear D) prepare
2 A) occupy B) puppy C) ready D) study
3 A) accident B) success C) accurate D) accept
B.Pick out the words stressed differently from the others:
4 A) ancestor B) transistor C) equator D) compressor
5 A) weather B) animal C) human D) material
II.VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR:
6.You can use my phone if yours
A.doesn’t work B don’t work C.phone doesn’t work D didn’t work
7.He advised us _ harder
A.work B to work C working D for working
8.He did some odd jobs at home
A disappointed B.disappointing C.disappoinment D disappointedly
9.A large of money is spent on tobacco every year
A.number B.deal C.amount D.much
10.Farmers can reclaim their land by _ deserts
A.ploughing B.irrigating C.pushing back D.draining
11.Smoke from factories and car exhaust fumes are _
A.harmed B.unharmed C.harmful D.harmless
12.She suggests _out for a walk
A.go B.to go C.going D.went
13.Is the government capable _finding a solution to the unemployment among school-leavers?
A.of B.to C for D.at
14.Wearing long hair and colorful clothes was very popular young people of the 1970s
A.for B.to C.by D.with
15.In terms of speakers, English is easily by Chinese
A.outnumbered B.overpowered C.outgrown D.outwitted
16.A large amount of air pollution in cities comes from sources _industry
A.except from B.rather than C.but for D.other than
17.This is a beautiful school I have studied for three years
A.which B.that C.where D.there
18.Motor vehicles for air pollution in the cities
A.account B.explain C.have responsibility D.add
19.Water is colourless and _
A.careless B.hopeless C.useless D.odourless
20.Medicare is combined from _
A.medicine and care B.media and care C.medical and care D.medician and care
21.NO is the formula of
A.nitrogen B.nitric oxide C.nitric acid D.nitrat
22.Londoners used to travel on horseback
A.back and forth B.to and fro C.to and back D.backwards and forwards
23.The custom a long time ago
A.came into being B.came into life C.came into force D.came alive
24.Before the invention of the steamboat there _no way to cross the ocean
A.had been B.could have been C.has been D.would be
25.We the car when it turned at the corner
A.lost a sight of B.lost sight of C.lost the sight of D.lost any sight of
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26) They didn’t seem to take any notice about what the teacher said
A B C D
27)He refused to tell us the reason for why he didn’t come to the class meeting last week A
B C D
28)It was such a small town that I had difficulty to find a job
A B C D
29) If we are hurried, we’ll get to the library before it closes
A B C D
30)What did you do at 9 o’clock last night? I phoned you but nobody answered
A B C D
B) Choose the most suitable answer (A, B, C or D) to the statements in italics:
31) The more you have, the more you want
This sentence means :
A I you want more, you have more
B You will never be satisfied with what you have
C If you get more, you will want less
D When you have a lot, you won’t want more
32) Can you do me a favour?
The speaker of this sentence :
A.is asking for help
B.asks you to give him favour
C.asks if you could give him a favour
D.asks whether you can make a favour for him
33)He asked me how I earned my living
This sentence means :
A He wanted to know how much I got for a salary
B He wanted to know how I lived
C He wanted to know how I enjoyed my life
D He wanted to know what my job was
34) It’s time you asked for a pay rise
From this sentence we understand that the speaker:
A thinks you should have asked for a pay rise
B thinks you asked for a pay rise at the right time
C says if you asked for a pay rise , you ‘ll get the time
D thinks you really should ask for a pay rise
35) I remember posting the letter this morning
The speaker of this sentence:
A remembered she had already posted the letter that morning
B tried to remember to post the letter that morning
C promised to post the letter that morning
D.remembered that she would post the letter that morning
IV) READING:
A) Circle the best options to complete the following passage:
Air Pollution
Air pollution is a (36) _ of ill- health in human beings I a lot of countries (37) laws
limiting the amount of smoke which factories can produce (38) _ there isn’t enough information
on the effects (39)
smoke in the atmosphere, doctors have proved that air pollution (40) lung diseases
The gases from the exhausts of cars have also (41) air pollution in most cities The lead in
petrol produces a poisonous gas(42) often collects in busy streets surrounded by high buildings
Children who live in areas where there is (43) _ lead in the atmosphere cannot think (44) _
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There are (45) long-term effects of pollution If the gases in the atmosphere continue to
increase, the earth’s climate may become warmer A lot of the ice near the Poles may melt and may cause serious floods
37) A there have B there is C have D there are
C as quickly as D much quickly than
B)Choose the item (A,B,C or D) that best completes the unfinished statements about the passage:
The search for alternative sources of energy has led in various directions Many communities are burning garbage and other biological waste products to produce electricity Converting waste products to gases or oil is also an efficient way to dispose of wastes
Experimental work is being done to derive synthetic fuels from coal, oil shale, and coal tars But to date, that process has proven expensive Other experiments are underway to harness power with giant windmills Geothermal power, heat from the earth
is also being tested
Some experts expect utility companies to revive hydroelectric power derived from streams and rivers Fifty years ago hydroelectric power provided one third of the electricity used in the United States, but today it supplies only 4 percent The oceans are another potential source of energy
Scientists are studying ways to convert the energy of ocean currents, tides, and waves to electricity Experiments are also underway to make use of temperature differences in ocean water to produce energy
46) Which is the best title for the passage ?
A The use of water products for energy
B The search for alternative sources of energy
C efficient ways of disposing of waste
D New discoveries in geothermal power
47) Fifty years ago one third of the electricity in the Unites States was provided by
48) Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as alternative source of energy?
49) According to the author, the impracticability of using coal, oil shale, and coal tars as sources of energy is due to
A their being time consuming B their being money consuning
C the scarcity of sources D the lack of technology
50) What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A All alternative production of energy will be derived from water
B Hydroelectric power will be the main source of energy
C Synthetic fuels will be the principal source of alternative energy
D Alternative energy will come from a variety of sources