EXAMINATION QUESTIONS TIẾNG ANH 12 LUYỆN THI ĐẠI HỌC (2)

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THE 7th EXAMINATION QUESTIONS Part 1: Vocabulary

This part supplies some questions Please choose the word, phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence below

Question 1: The book gives a brief ……… of the history of the castle and details of the art

collection in the main hall

Question 2: As the car is small, it is much more ………… on gas.

Question 3: The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of medical profession

women are in a …………

Question 4: He put salt in her coffee to ………… her.

Question 5: What vegetables would you like? ………, please.

Question 6: Any employee who has a complaint or…………should take the matter to his or her

manager

Question 7: ……tax is a tax on the money people in.

Question 8: The soldiers………… the building, so no one could escape.

Question 9: He bought a coffee and a ………… of biscuits.

A packet B container C barrel D cargo

Question 10: ……… is the amount you must pay to ride the bus.

Part 2: Grammar and structure

In this part, you read the question carefully and choose the best answer

Question 11: Susan is interested in ……… a bus.

Question 12: Would you like ……… to the party?

Question 13: I told the man that he……….to see a doctor about his bad leg.

Question 14: Could you lend me ten pounds? I am a bit …… of money at the moment.

Question 15: She ……… swim in this river when she was a little girl.

Question 16: If I …… you, I would not do that.

Question 17 The doctor says he will take a long time to get …… the shock.

Question 18: I am ………of listening to your complaints.

Question 19: Unfortunately, the taxi got ………… in a traffic jam.

Question 20: Do you mind ……… such a long way to work every day?

Question 21: The man pretended to be very ………… in the puzzle.

Question 22: Maria is on a(n) ………… She has to eat less in order to lose weight.

Question 23: He thinks he is going there to ……… part in a discussion programme.

Question 24: I’d rather you ………… in the car.

A not to smoke B no smoking C wouldn’t smoke D didn’t smoke

Question 25: They … here last Sunday.

Part III: Reading comprehension

In this section you will find a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with four suggested answers or ways of finishing Choose the best answer

The most important celebration holiday in China is the New Year At this time shops are closed The people celebrate by feasting, by paying friendly calls to their neighbors, and by visiting the temples to make promises for the New Year Children parade through the streets carrying colorful lanterns and paper figures Firecrackers similar to those used in the United States Fourth of July are set off In fact, on the night that the New Year’s celebration begins, the exploding fireworks make so much noise that no one is able to sleep.

The time of the New Year is also the time at which Chinese people refresh their homes For example, the

windows, which are made of thick rice paper, are torn down, and new ones are put up This is also the

time during which people pay their debts Everyman tries to settle all his bills before the beginning of the New Year.

Question 26: No one is able to sleep on the night that the New Year’s celebration begins

because………

A they pay their debts

B they explode fireworks

C fireworks make noise

D their children carry colorful lanterns and paper figures.

Question 27: The word “ones” in the second paragraph refers to………

C Chinese people D rice paper

Question 28: This article as a whole is about………

A New Year’s promises

B paying their debts

C The Chinese New Year

D rice paper

Question 29: Which of the following sentences is not true?

A Everyone explodes fireworks.

B Chinese people try to pay debts before the New Year.

C Children parade through the streets.

D People feast and call to their neighbors friendly.

Question 30: Firecrackers similar to those used in………

A The United Kingdom

B Germany

C America

D Japan

Part IV: Gap filling

Read the passage carefully and choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space.

Why do people like to chew gum? Some people say (31)…………like the taste (32)………say they can think better if they chew gum Some people chew it when they have some boring work to (33)

……… Other chew gum when they are nervous.

Gum is a (34)…………of things For many years gum (35)……… made gum from chicle Chicle is sa natural gum from a tree in Mexico and Central America Now companies use plastic and rubber (36)

…… …from petroleum (37)……….of chicle

Gum must be soft (38)………you can chew it A softener keeps it (39)………… The gum company makes the softener from vegetables oil A sweetener makes the gum sweet The sweetener is usually sugar Then the company (40)…….the flavor.

Thomas Adams made the first gum from chicle (41)………… 1836 (42)……., chewing gum was not new The Greeks chewed gum from a tree (43)………20 years ago Mayan Indians in Mexico chewed chicle Indians in the Northeastern United States taught Europeans to chew gum from a tree there People first made bubble gum in 1928 Children like to (44)…………bubble with bubble gum Some university students do (45)……… .

Question 32 A the other B others C the others D other

Question 35 A company B companies C factory D factories

Part V: Error identification

In this part, you need to identify one error in each of the question Read the sentences carefully.

Question 46: As secretary of transportation from 1975 to 1977, William Coleman worked to

A B help the bankrupt railroads in the northeastern United States solved their financial problems

Question 47: Faults in the Earth’s crust are most evidently in sedimentary formations, where

A B C they interrupt previously continuous layers

D

Question 48: Many flowering plants benefit of pollination by adult butterflies and moths.

A B C D

Question 49: A number of the American Indian languages spoken at the time of the European

A B C

arrival in the New World in the late fifteen century have become extinct

D

Question 50: George Gershwin was an American composer whose concert works joined

A B

the sounds of jazz with them of traditional orchestration?

C D

Question 51: Early European settlers in North America used medicines they made from plants

A B C native to treat colds, pneumonia, and ague, an illness similar to malaria

D

Question 52: One of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the United States is the wildly

A B C

and lovely Magnolia Gardens near Charleston, South Carolina

D

Part IV: Sentence transportation

Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which has a similar meaning to the original sentence.

Question 53: They have lived here for six years now.

A They moved here for six years

B They moved here six years ago

C They are living here for six years now

D They were having here since six years ago

Question 54: He finished his homework in two hours.

A It took him two hours to finish his homework

B It took two hours he did homework

C It took he two hours to finish the homework

D It took him two hours finish the homework

Question 55: She visited a friend of hers yesterday.

A She visited her friends yesterday

B She paid a visit a friend of hers yesterday

C She paid a visits to one of her friends yesterday

D She paid a visit to a friend of hers yesterday

Question 56: He walked to the station in half an hour.

A It took him half an hour to walk to the station

B It takes him half an hour to walk to the station

C It took half an hour for him to walk to the station

D It took him half an hour walking to the station

Question 57: They have lived here for six years now.

A They moved here for six years

B They moved here six years ago

C They are living here for six years now

D They were living here since six years ago

Question 58: We usually help Tom His family is poor.

A We usually help Tom, whose family is poor

B We usually help Tom, whom family is poor

C We usually help Tom of whom family is poor

D We usually help Tom, who’s family is poor

Question 59: My sister can’t speak Germany.

A I wish my sister to speak Germany

B I wish my sister could speak Germany

C Speaking Germany is a wish

D My sister wishes to be spoken Germany

Question 60: They came to the concert late , so they didn’t have good seats.

A If they come to the concert late, so they will have a good seats

B If they come to the concert late, so they would have a good seats

C If they hadn’t come to the concert late, they would have had a good seats

D If they had come to the concert late, so they would have a good seats

Question 61: The employer has made her work like a horse.

A She has been made work like a horse by the employer

B She has been made working like a horse by the employer

C She has made to be worked like a horse by the employer

D She has been made to work like a horse by the employer

Question 62: He was very tired but he kept on working.

A Despite he was very tired, he kept on working

B In spite of he was very tired, he kept on working

C Though his tiredness, he kept on working

D Although he was very tired, he kept on working

Question 63: She doesn’t usually have many days off.

A She usually has more days off

B She usually has little days off

C She usually has few days off

D She usually has lots of days off

Question 64: My friend can’t speak English so he can’t apply for a job.

A If my friend can speak English, he can apply for a job

B If my friend can’t speak English, he couldn’t apply for a job

C If my friend could’t speak English, he could apply for a job

D If my friend could speak English, he could apply for a job

Question 65: She didn’t know you were ill, so she didn’t visit you

A If she had known you were ill, she would have visited you

B If she had knew you were ill, she would have visit you

C If she knew you were ill, she would visit you

D If she had knew you are ill, she would visit you

Question 66: There are hardly any tourists here.

A There are no tourists here

B There aren’t any tourists here

C There are some tourists here

D There are very few tourists here

Question 67: He didn’t send her flowers last Sunday.

A She wishes she had sent her flowers last Sunday

B She wishes she sent her flowers last Sunday

C She wishes she sends her flowers last Sunday

D She wishes him sending her flowers last Sunday

Question 68: Someone is painting one of her rooms.

A One of her rooms are being painted

B One of her rooms is being painted

C One of her rooms is painted

D One of her rooms are being painted one

Question 69: The coffee was too hot for her to drink.

A The coffee was so hot that she could drink it

B The coffee was so hot for her to drink it

C The coffee was so hot that she couldn’t drink it

D The coffee was so hot that she couldn’t drink it

Question 70: She was tired, but she stayed up to watch the late night film on TV.

A Although she was tired, she stayed up to watch the late night film on TV

B Although she is tired, she stayed up late to watch the film

C Although she was tired, but she stayed up to watch the late night film on TV

D Although she was tired, she stays up late to watch the film on TV

Question 71: Unless you told him the truth, he would be angry with you.

A If you told him the truth, he would be angry with you

B If you didn’t tell him the truth, he would be angry

C If you didn’t tell him the truth, he would be angry with you

D If you hadn’t told him the truth, he would be angry with you

Question 72: They have determination to study a foreign language.

A They are determined to study a foreign language

B They are trying to study a foreign language

C They are decided to study a foreign language

D They don’t want to study any foreign language

Question 73: Shall we go for a swim?

A What about going for a swim?

B What about to go for a swim?

C What about go swimming?

D Shall we to go for a swim?

Question 74: People think that Jack London’s writings represent the American love of

adventure

A It is thought that the American love of adventure is representing Jack London’s writings

B It is thought that Jack London’s writings are represented the American love of adventure

C Jack London’s writings are thought to represent the American love of adventure

D Jack London’s writings are thought that they represent the American love of adventure