ĐỀ THI TA 12 - HKII - 2011

Were Thomas to have a careful preparation for his lesson last night Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction from 6 to 10.. A

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ĐỒNG THÁP

KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG HỌC KÌ II

Năm học: 2010 - 2011 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – Lớp 12

Thời gian: 60 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

Ngày thi: 15/04/2011

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

(Đề gồm có 04 trang)

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the

following questions from 1 to 5

Question 1: The more the goals the team scored,

A the happier the coach looked B the more happily the coach looked

C the happiest the coach looked like D the more happier the coach was

Question 2: Despite having worked in the field day after day,

A so could her parents hardly earn enough to feed the whole family

B her parents could hardly earn enough to feed the whole family

C but the whole family could hardly earn enough to feed

D earning enough to feed the whole family is hardly for her parents

Question 3: I met them

A whenever they have time B while they were visiting the city

C as soon as they arrive D till they had time

Question 4: Sarah asked the mechanic

A if does it take long to repair her car

B whether would repairing her car take long

C if repairing her car takes her long

D whether it would take long to repair her car

Question 5: , he could answer the questions today

A If Thomas prepared his lesson carefully last night

B Had Thomas had a careful preparation for his lesson last night

C If only Thomas prepared his lesson carefully last night

D Were Thomas to have a careful preparation for his lesson last night

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs

correction from 6 to 10

Question 6: The result of the test must being informed before August

A B C D

Question 7: Getting to Linda's birthday party, he brought for her a bunch of flowers and a nice gift

A B C D

Question 8: There is a shortage of water because of it has not rained for several months

A B C D

Question 9: Tom and Mike sat under a tree, talking quietly while their friends played football

A B C D

Question 10: Take this down in your notebook in order to you won't make this mistake again

A B C D

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the

following questions from 11 to 35

Question 11: When the trees are cut down and the smaller plants die, the land becomes

Question 12: People living in the desert often use for transporting their goods

Mã đề: 132

Question 13: I can go shopping alone You go with me

Question 14: Due to the lack of governmental care, many animals are now on the verge of

Question 15: The Vietnamese women's football team successfully their champion title in

the 25th SEA Games

Question 16: We could enjoy the fresh air when we came to the sea

Question 17: the lights when you are not using them

Question 18: Some hundred years ago, there was no between men and women because

people then considered women to be the weaker sex

Question 19: ASEAN was _ to promote the relationship between the southeast Asian countries

Question 20: After he his homework, he went to bed

Question 21: I'm not good at cooking , I'll try to make a birthday cake for my mother

Question 22: The government should new laws to conserve wildlife in this area

Question 23: You look exhausted today You to bed very late last night

Question 24: Jane arrives, we will have finished this group project

Question 25: A new secondary school in my town by villagers

A just build B has just built C has just been built D is just built

Question 26: We were made hard when we were at school

Question 27: After having walked for two hours, the old man walked to the top of the

mountain

Question 28: Most of Misses World today charity and volunteer work as a part of their duty

Question 29: I often mistake Tom for his elder brother because Tom takes him

Question 30: The shortage of clean water in serious diseases to most of people in this region

Question 31: Nam hasn't been to NewYork yet and

Question 32: People outlook on life is pessimistic are not always happy people

Question 33: Jack: “I’ve got 600 on the TOEFL test.” – Jane:“ ”

A You are right B Oh, hard luck! C Good way! D Good job!

Question 34: Laura: “What a lovely house you have!”  Maria: “ .”

A Of course not, it’s not costly B I think so

C Thank you Hope you will drop in D No problem

Question 35: Jack: " "  Anne: "In bamboo forests in central and western China"

A How do giant pandas live?

B Do giant pandas live in bamboo forests?

C Where do giant pandas live?

D Giant pandas live in bamboo forests, do they?

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 36 to 40

In some countries, as many as nine out of ten adults read at least one newspaper a day Why

do so many people read newspapers? There are five basic functions of a newspaper: to inform, to comment, to persuade, to instruct and to entertain You may well think that this list of functions is in order of importance but, if so, you would not be in agreement with the majority of the reading public

Of the two board categories of newspaper, the popular and the quality, the popular has a readership of millions while the quality papers, only hundreds of thousands Yet, the popular newspapers seem largely designed for entertainment, with quizzes, competitions, cartoons and light-hearted human interest stories Their news coverage contains a lot of comment and persuasive language; the information content is rather low and the instruction is very minor The quality newspapers put much higher value on information and a much lower one on entertainment

It is not only in numbers of readers, content that two types of paper differ There is a difference, too, in the style in which the articles are written The popular papers generally use more dramatic language with a lot of word-play Their journalists tend to use shorter sentences and avoid less well-known vocabulary This means that the popular newspapers are easier for a native speaker

to understand, though probably not for a non-native speaker

Question 36: The text implies that most newspaper readers

A prefer entertainment to information B read more than one newspaper a day

C read newspapers mainly for information D find quality newspaper easier to read

Question 37: Popular newspapers

A use a language which is not persuasive

B are more concerned with giving information

C put great emphasis on entertainment

D are read by 90% of adults

Question 38: Quality newspapers

A put low value on information

B are more persuasive than popular newspapers

C have fewer readers than those of popular papers

D are very important to most of the adult readers

Question 39: Popular newspapers

A contain less dramatic and persuasive language and shorter sentences

B use more word-play and fewer cartoon pictures

C have small headlines with only well-known vocabulary

D are easier for native speakers to understand than for non-native speakers

Question 40: Popular and quality newspapers have some differences about

A the numbers of readers and the style of the articles

B the functions to inform and to comment to most of the readers

C the information conveyed to the adult readers every day

D the numbers of readers and the content and the style of articles

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose has underlined part

is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions from 41 to 45

Question 43: A finishes B dances C arrives D changes

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 blanks from 46 to 50

Water sports are sports which take place in the water Water sports (46) _ of waterskiing, surfing, scuba diving, visiting a beach, swimming in pools, lakes and rivers Public lakes, rivers and seashores offer a (47) _ of opportunities to participate in water sports such as scuba diving or body surfing at a seashore

Water sports are perfect for those individuals who want to have fun on or around water If you are looking (48) _a holiday activity, you can troop to any water location whether it's a sea, lake or river and try any of the water sports around

The most common (49) _ water sports is probably swimming, but there are a lot of water sports worth trying Some of these have been developed only in recent years as water loving individuals want to (50) _more challenging sports

Question 49: A things for B in each C among some D of all

Question 50: A compete B experience C persuade D involve

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