Mark your choice on the answer sheet.. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.. at 5 or 6 o’clock in the afternoon Câu 39: What do American schools want to emphasize through extracurricula
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TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN TRÃI
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KỲ I KHỐI 12
NĂM HỌC 2011 - 2012 MÔN: ANH VĂN
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Họ, tên thí sinh:
Số báo danh:
I Pick out the word whose underlined is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
Mark your choice on the answer sheet.
II Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words Mark your
choice on the answer sheet.
III Choose the best answer among (A, B, C or D ) that best completes each sentence Mark
your choice on the answer sheet.
Câu 6: I enjoy my job as a baker, but it’s taken me over five years to _ to working at night.
Câu 7: My sister isn’t enjoying her job Actually, I think she regrets not to university.
Câu 8: Tom prefers staying at work late _ the housework with me.
Câu 9: In England schooling is compulsory all children from the age of 5 to 16.
Câu 10: In Vietnam a school year lasts for nine months and is divided _ two terms.
Câu 11: There is a wide range of _ in the education system of the USA.
Câu 12: Gold _in California in the 19th century.
Câu 13: He refuse to comment before he had seen all the information
Câu 14: Can you tell me how _the feeling of pressure before an interview?
Câu 15: You should wear neatly and formally you come to the interview.
Câu 16: _ yet?
Câu 17: He is the man _ car was stolen last week.
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Trang 2Câu 18: The National Curriculum is _ by the government and must be followed in all state
schools
Câu 19: If people paid a little more attention to the environment, the Earth _ greener.
Câu 20: You should _all the questions clearly, politely and honestly when the interviewer asks
you
Câu 21: Laura showed me a photograph of her son, is a policeman.
Câu 22: While I in the park I _ Mr John
Câu 23: The first year at college was _ the best and most challenging year of my life.
Câu 24: Listen! someone .
Câu 25: What do I have to bring _ me to the interview.
Câu 26: I 've lost a watch watch was given to me on my 21st birthday
Câu 27: Emily said that her parents to Paris
Câu 28: In England, primary education is provided by state schools run by the government and
by fee-paying schools
A independent B depended C independently D independence
Câu 29: I there once a long time ago and back since.
Câu 30: the rain, the football game was not cancelled.
A In spite of B Although C Even though D Despite of
IV Circle A, B, C or D to find a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence Mark
your choice on the answer sheet.
Câu 31: By the time (A)I got(B) to(C) the telephone, it stopped(D) ringing
Câu 32: Education(A)and training are an(B) important steps in getting(C) the kind of job that(D) you would like to have
Câu 33: You won’t(A) know what(B) to do unless you listen(C) carelessly(D).
Câu 34: He advised me to consider(A) all the factors before(B) decided(C) to accept(D) the job
Câu 35: Remember(A) turning off (B)the lights before (C)you go out(D)
V Read the passage then choose the correct answer to answer the following questions by
marking the corresponding letter: A, B, C, or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet.
SCHOOL CURRICULAR AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE U.S.A
Like schools in Britain and other English speaking countries, those in the U.S have also always stressed “character” or “social skills” through extracurricular activities, including organized sports Because most schools start at around 8 o’clock every morning and classes often do not finish until 3
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Trang 3or 4 o’clock in the afternoon, such activities mean that many students do not return home until the early evening There is usually a very broad range of extracurricular activities available Most schools, for instance, publish their own student newspapers, and some have their own radio stations Almost all have student orchestras, bands, and choirs
Many different sports are also available and most schools share their facilities - swimming-pools, tennis courts, tracks, and stadiums - with the public Often the students themselves organise and support school activities and raise money through car washes, baby-sitting, or by mowing lawns Parents and local business often also help a group that, for example, has a chance to go to a state music competition, to compete in some sports championship, or take a camping trip Such activities not only give pupils a chance to be together outside of normal classes, they also help develop a feeling of “school spirit” among the students and in the community
Câu 36: What does the word “those” in the 1st line in the passage refer to?
Câu 37: Why do many students not return home until the early evening?
A Because they have to take part in extracurricular activities.
B Because they have to organize sport activities.
C Because they have to take part in curricular activities.
D Because they have to take care of someone’s baby.
Câu 38: What time do most schools in the United States finish?
A at 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon B at 7 or 8 o’clock in the afternoon
C at 4 or 5 o’clock in the afternoon D at 5 or 6 o’clock in the afternoon
Câu 39: What do American schools want to emphasize through extracurricular activities?
A They want to emphasize “character” or “studying skills”
B They want to emphasize “ability” or “social skills”
C They want to emphasize “character” or “social skills”
D They want to emphasize “quality” or “skills”
Câu 40: What do the students often do to support school activities?
A They mow lawns.
B They take care of someone’s baby
C They wash cars.
D They wash cars, take care of someone’s baby or mow lawns.
VI Choose the best sentence A, B, C or D made from the given cues.
Câu 41: While / I / open / letter / telephone / ring
A While I opened the letter, the telephone rang
B While I was opening the letter, the telephone rang
C While I had opened the letter, the telephone rang
D While I was opening the letter, the telephone was rung
Câu 42: They / invite / stay / in Florida
A They invited me staying with them in Florida.
B They invited to stay with them in Florida.
C They invited me stay with them in Florida.
D They invited me to stay with them in Florida.
Câu 43: It / wonderful / attend / interesting live show.
A It’s wonderful of attending an interesting live show.
B It was wonderful to attend an interesting live show.
C It was wonderful to attend a interesting live show.
D It will be wonderful to attend a interesting live show.
Câu 44: If/ you/ not help/ I not meet/ her/ last week .
A If you hadn't helped me, I couldn't have met her last week.
B If you don't help me, I couldn't meet her last week.
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Trang 4C If you' didn't help me, I couldn't meet her last week.
D If you hadn't helped me, I couldn't meet her last week.
Câu 45: He/not keep/ promise/ visit me/ regularly.
A He didn’t keep his promise to visit me regularly.
B He hasn’t kept promise to visit me regularly.
C He doesn’t keep his promise to visit to me regularly.
D He doesn’t keep promising and visiting me regularly.
VII Read the passage then choose the correct answer to answer the following questions by
marking the corresponding letter: A, B, C, or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet
In some places, people celebrate New Year’s Day on January 1st In other places, they celebrate the Lunar New Year.But everywhere, people like to welcome the New Year in special ways
In many Asian countries, children get gifts of money on New Year’s Day The money is inside special red envelopes These gifts bring the children good fortune and happiness.People also like to decorate their houses for the New Year In China, red is colour of good luck, so many of the decorations are red In Japan, people decorate their houses with pine branches, rope and bamboo These things are symbols of good health and long life Clothes are part of many New Year’s celebrations In China ,children wear new outfits on New Year’s Day In Korea and Japan ,many people put on traditional clothes for the holiday In South American, people wear yellow underwear for good luck In Mexico, some people wear red underwear to bring romance in the New Year
In Spains, people welcome the New Year with grapes Precisely when the clock strikes midnight, they eat twelve grapes They try swallow them all rapidly before the clock finishes striking twelve In North America, people welcome the New Year with a lot of noise At night, they use horns and whistles to make as much noise as they can.People every where enjoy celebrating the New Year It’s a time to make a fresh start, change bad habits and look forward to a future of happpiness and good luck
Câu 46: What is this passage mainly about?
A New Year’s traditions B The lunar New Year.
Câu 47: In , people use pine branches as decorattions to celebrate the New Year.
Câu 48: Why do some people wear yellow underwear to celebrate the New Year?
Câu 49: How do people in North America celebrate the New Year?
C They make a lot of noise D They eat special food.
Câu 50: People everywhere
C stay home on New Year’s Day D believe that red means good luck.
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