There are small ……… between British and American English.. Hai speaks English more and more ……… A... English pronunciation causes me a lot of ………... Smoking cigarettes is very ……… to our
Trang 1ĐỀ CƯƠNG ANH VĂN KHỐI 12 NĂM HỌC 2007 – 2008
I/ PRONUNCIATION AND WORD STRESS:
A Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group:
27 A language B aviation C attraction D applicant
29 A effective B.recognize C sentence D equally
30 A mingling B simplicity C variety D difficulty
33 A lecturer B medium C inventor D president
34 A teach B cheer C characterize D watch
35.A biology B discovery C philosophy D clockmaker
39 A temperature B nuclear C reduce D produce
41 A chemistry B mechanic C character D parachute
Trang 242 A prevention B psychiatrist C pneumonia D psychology
57 A tolerated B needed C collected D looked
64 A atmosphere B where C there D therefore
65.A any B matter C land D man
B Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others:
1 A interesting B surprising C amusing D successful
2 A understand B engineer C benefit D Vietnamese
3 A applicant B uniform C yesterday D employment
6 A comfortable B employment C important D surprising
7 A variety B irrational C industrial D characterize
8 A attraction B government C borrowing D visitor
12 A capital B tradition C different D opera
14 A professor B digestion C mechanic D engineer
16 A evolution B development C discovery D philosopher
18 A another B energy C centigrade D gravity
20 A gravity B professor C pyramid D remedy
21 A enable B ability C absence D acceptance
Trang 324 A climate B attract C advise D deny
25 A interesting B important C increasing D implying
30 A remedy B exercise C pollution D surgery
31 A discovery B difficulty C simplicity D equality
33 A atmosphere B employment C company D customer
35 A animal B bacteria C habitat D pyramid
38 A surgeon B protection C accurate D subject
39 A conservation B favorite C uniform D treatment
II/ VOCABULARY+ GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES:
Choose the correct answer(A, B, C or D) to complete the following sentences:
1 Susan is looking for something ………
2 My parents are interested in ……… football matches on TV
3 She used ………as a typist
4 John drives very ……… ; he has never had any accidents
A carelessly B careless C carefully D badly
5 ………stamps is my hobby
A collecting B collect C collected D collection
6 My father is a ……… He works in a garage
7 Sara speaks so ……… that I can’t understand her
8 This book is ……… , so I don’t want to read it
9 I remember ………you about this before
10 He let the letter ……… on to the floor
11 There are small ……… between British and American English
A differences B different C difference D differently
12 Some species of rare animals are in ……… of extinction
A danger B dangerous C dangerously D endanger
13 We are ……… of the long journey
14 Hai speaks English more and more ………
A fluently B fluent C influent D fluency
15 Who is the ……… boy in your class?
Trang 4A tallest B taller C tall as D talling
16 Who is the ……… pupil in your class ? and the ……… one ?
A best / worst B good / bad C most / worst D better / worse
17 A holiday in American can be ……… cheap
A surprise B surprised C surprising D surprisingly
18 He said “Hello” in the most ……… way
19 He has ……… in giving up smoking
A successful B succeeded C successfully D success
20 The ……… job made him ………
A bored / boring B boring / bore C boring / bored D boredom / boring
21 I find my job ……… and I’m ……… about it
A exciting / excited B excited / exciting C excite / excited D exciting / excitingly
22 Her new dress makes her more ……… She ……… everyone by her beauty
A attractive / attract B attraction / attracting
C attractive / attracted D attractive /attracts
23 It’s very ……… here and I don’t get used to the ……… in this country
A hot / heat B heat / hot C hotter / hottest D hot / cold
24 Tom’s class is ……… and he is ……… in many subjects
A interesting / interested B interest / interesting
C interested / interesting D a and c are correct
25 Our visit to the beach made the holiday more ……… , everyone was ……… by the story about our holiday
A amuse / amusing B amused / amusing C amusing / amused D amused / amuse
26 My sister is a ……… cook than I am
27 ……… is her favourite pastime
A write letters B writing letters C to writing letters D to writes letters
28 ……… is John’s hobby
A sky-diving B skyscraper C sky-driving D sky-diver
29 A horse which runs races is called ………
A a horse-race B a race-horse C a race’s horse D a horse-racing
30 A race for hores is called ………
A a running-race B a racing-horse C a race-horse D a horse-race
31 A brush with which we brush our teeth is called ………
A a brush-teeth B a teeth-brush C a brush-tooth D a tooth-brush
32 A pool in which you may swim is called ………
A a swimming-pool B a pool-swimming C a swim-pool D a pool-swim
33 A table used for writing is called ………
A a table-writing B a writing-table C a writting-table D a written-table
34 A lamp which burns oil is called ………
A an oiling-lamp B an oiled-lamp C an oil-lamp D a burning-lamp
35 This man gets ……… benefit because he has no job now
A employ B employment C unemployment D employer
36 She is out of work She has been ……… for two months
A unemployed B employed C employment D employee
37 English pronunciation causes me a lot of ………
Trang 5A difficult B difficulty C differ D difficulties
38 There are fifty ……… for this job, but they only receice fifteen people
A applications B applicants C apply D appliance
39 He is the ……… man in our village His father died at the ………of 130
A eldest / old B oldest / age C older / age D old / ages
40 Septemper 2nd is the ……… Day of Vietnam
A depend B dependent C indepence D dependence
41 There weren’t any ……… in the company for secretaries
A situations B vacancies C spacies D locations
42 She was filling in the ……… form
A application B applicant C apply D appliance
43 ……… are written to make people laugh
A Tragedies B Novels C Funny stories D.Fictions
44 Money doesn’t always bring ………
45 His ……… makes his parents happy
A success B successful C succeed D successfully
46 During the trip to Japan , we ……… a lot of pictures
47 The ……… of Ha noi is about five million
A populated B popular C population D populate
48 Because the weather is very hot , she is not feeling ……… today
49 There are a great ……… of flowers in her garden
50 Smoking cigarettes is very ……… to our health
51 The water is ……… and you can’t drink it
A pollute B pollution C polluted D polutant
52 English is used as an ……… language in 44 countries
53 I am ……… of applying for a job because I have had many ………
A frightened / refusals B frightening/ refusal C frighten/refuse D All are correct
54 English is an important language ………
A to master B for us to master C which we have to master D All are correct
55 What is your ……… ? – I am a doctor
A job B occupation C career D All are correct
56 English has ……… a lot of changes They would be hard for the Anglo Saxon to …………
A undergoes / image B undergone / imagine
C underwent / imagine D undergo / imaginative
57 Latin was the language of ……… from 43BC to about AD 410
A govern B governer C government D governmental
58 Faraday did not have much ……… when he was young
A school B scholars C studying D schooling
59 James Watt, whose …… of the steam engine is famous throughout the world, is a scottish ……
A invention / inventor B inventor / invention
C invent / inventing D inventions /writer
60 Isaac Newton was a great ……… His ……… inventions was famous throughout the world.
Trang 6A science / scientist B scientist / scientific
C scientists / scientific D scientific / science
61 He made much progress in ……… He was a good ………
A electricity/electrician B electric / electrify
C electron /electrical D electricity / electrification
62 Engel was a German ……… He studied philosophy
A philosopher B philosophic C philosophize D philosophy
63 The keys were locked inside the car ……… , a side of a window was open
64 She ……… 80 kilos now and she want to loose ………
A weighes / weight B weight / weigh C weight-lifting / weight D A & B
65 His theory of gravitation is very ………
66 A man who studies language is called ………
A a writer B a linguist C a linguistic D a scholar
67 What is your ………sports ?
A interesting B favourite C liking D exciting
68 It is ……… to drive without a driving lisence
A dangerous B.danger C dangerously D in danger
69 Have you ……… any plans for this summer holiday?
70 My ……… is broken I want to have a new one
A tea-cup B cupping-tea C cup for tea D cup of tea
71 My brother has no ……… in football
A interesting B interested C interest D interestingly
72 Everyone knows that women are ……… to men
73 The ……… area of the city isn’t very attractive
A industry B industrial C industrialize D industrialism
74 My car is quite ………
A economic B economics C economical D economy
75 The man who designs a house or a building is the ………
A engineer B painter C architect D manager
76 May I ……… your pen ? –Yes , sure
77 Ha Long is one of the most famous tourist ……… in Vietnam
A attractions B attract C attracted D attractive
78 Suddenly the lights ……… and we were left in darkness
A turned out B went out C put out D go out
79 In this term , pupils will learn the way in which words are put ……… to make sentences
A together B one another C each other D next
80 The ……… of different kinds of flowers created a colorful flower carpet
81 His ……… tongue is Vietnamese , but he can speak English and Chinese , too
82 The ability to work well for long hours is her ………
83 A force of attraction that causes objects to move towards each other is called ………
Trang 7A electricity B evolution C gravitation D invention
84 Our body can get energy from food thanks to the process of ………
A digestion B digestive C digest D digestively
85 A newspaper which is published everyday is called a ………
A weekly newspaper B daily newspaper C monthly newspaper D yearly newspaper
86 Under the sun heat , water on earth ………
87 ……… energy is the energy that we get from the sun
88 Physical ……… and overeating can cause overweight
A activity B inactivity C exercise D movement
89 Cancer is a ……… disease
90 If you didn’t ……… rid of smoking , your health would be affected
91 In recent years we have ……… good advances in finding a cure for pneumonia
92 Heart disease, cancer, and pneumonia ……… more deaths than other diseases
93 Smoking is ……… to our health
A good B harmful C a great harm D B & C
94 Bacteria are tiny ………
95 Bacteria help ……… the bodies of dead plants and animals
96 People living in our area didn’t realise the ……… of a good environment
A importance B important C importances D impatience
97 The system of living things that exist together is the ………
A econo-system B eco-system C echo-system D living-system
98 A doctor who studies and treats mental illnesses is called a ………
A physicist B doctor C psychiatrist D surgeon
99 She is overweight , she should go on a ………
A treatment B prevention C cure D diet
100 Isaac Newton had to do many ……… before he could produce an electric light
A discoveries B inventions C experiments D developments
101 Lee, who is Chinese, learns English as a ……… language
102 Not being able to pass his examination proved an ……… to his career
103 He is very ……… He is always willing to help everybody
104 High school students should be ……… for employment before leaving school
A well-made B well-spoken C well-done D well-prepared
105 Your bad result made me ……… ………
A disappoint B disappointment C disappointed D disappointing
106 Everything was ……… when I was interviewed
107 You should ……… your shyness and fear when having an interwiew for a job
Trang 8A take on B put on C get over D get on
108 He often gets good marks and high grades His parents are very……… with him
A satisfy B satisfied C.satisfactory D satisfaction
109 Getting such a well-paid job is beyond my ………
A expect B expected C expecting D expectation
110 I had to ……… many difficulties when I first studied abroad
111 400 workers are facing ……… because the factory is in financial difficulty
A unemployment B employment C jobless D unworked
112 Teenagers have had physical changes during the ……… from childhood to adult life
113 The manager……… three employees because they had demanded a pay increase
A sacked B dismissed C fired D All are correct
114 At last, the workers came to a ……… that it was necessary for them to go on a strike to demand higher salary
A determination B close C examination D selection
115 How much is this sewing ………
A machine B machiner C machinist D machinery
116 I can’t stand ……… on underground when it is busy
A travel B travelling C to travel D to travelling
117 She hates ……… housework at weekends
118 I had a headache, and the doctor asked me ……… some aspirin
119 She is keen on ……… with a doll
120 Every day I spend two hours ……… English
A practise B to practise C practising D practised
121 I don’t mind ……… if you are tired
A driving B to be driven C to drive D drive
122 I don’t remember ……… the front door when I left home
123 Children enjoy ……… to ghost stories on Halloween night
A telling and listening B.tell and listen
C to tell and listen D to tell and to listen
124 Have you finished ……… the table ?
125 Mr Smith decided ……… a new TV
A to buy B buying C bought D to be bought
126 I can’t help ……… him in spite of his faults
A admire B admired C to admire D admiring
127 Don’t forget ……… home as soon as you arrive at your destination
A to call B calling C having called D to be called
128 Jack made me ……… him next week
A to promise to call B to promise calling C promise to call D promise calling
129 If we want to get to the station on time, we’d better avoid ……… the highway
A having taken B take C to take D taking
130 Tommy admitted ……… the rock through the window
Trang 9A throwing B.being throwing C to throw D to be thrown
131 He suggested ……… a double railway tunnel
A to build B built C building D that building
132 What makes you ……… so ?
A think B to think C thinking D having thought
133 Some people are used to ……… in crowded buses and don’t mind it at all
134 If you see Nisson, ……… you mind……… him to get in touch with me ?
A will-reminding B will- to remind C would- to remind D would- reminding
135 Please let me ……… when you can come
A to know B knowing C know D have known
136 I regret ……… you that I am unable to come tomorrow
137 Workers began ……… a number of wooden boxes
A unloading B unload C to unloading D unloaded
138 Would you mind ……… the phone number ? I didn’t hear properly
A to repeat B repeat C repeating D for repeating
139 What would you like ………for your breakfast ?
A eating B to be eaten C to eat D to have eaten
140 ……… in the country is something he loves
A Travelling B Travel C The travelling D To travelling
141 I was reading my books, but I stopped ……… a programme on TV
A reading to watch B to read to watch C to read for watching D reading watching
142 I want her ……… a special effort today
A make B should make C to make D making
143 Let’s ………to the station right now or we will be late
144.You must try to make ……… their teeth
A these children to clean B these children clean
C these children cleaning D these children cleaned
145 ……… is extremely difficult
A At very high speeds driving cars B Cars at very high speeds driving
C Driving cars at very high speeds D Cars driving at very high speeds
146 My mother is busy ……… her house work
147 I borrowed the umbrella ……… a friend of mine
148 ……… the rain , we enjoyed our holiday
A Although B In spite of C Despite D B & C
149 Is Jim satisfied ……… his new motorcycle ?
150 The students are very worried ……… the results of the exam
151 Tom was proud ……… his good marks on the English exam
152 My daughter depends ……… me
153 He spends a lot of money ……… cigarettes
154 Do you get tired ……… watching TV every night ?
Trang 10161 I haven’t seen my brother ……… 2001 , I haven’t seen him ……… 5 years
A in / since B from / for C since / for D for / since
162 Mary always takes care ……… her children carefully
163 The forest fire went ……… after two days
164 I can’t keep pace ……… Nam , he studies very well
171 Your opinions are diffirent ……… mine
172 Are you accustomed ……… the heat here ?
176 To love and to be loved ……… the happiest thing in life
177 You ……… coffee for breakfast every morning
A.didn’t have B do have C do you have D have
Trang 11178 Look ! A man ……… after the train He ……… to catch it
A is running / wants B are running / doesn’t want
C runs / is wanting D running / wanted
179 While we ……… English grammar , they ……… mathematics
A learnt / did B are reviewing / are learning
C were reviewing / were learning D have reviewed / learnt
180 Yesterday they ……… hard at school
A worked B have worked C were working D had worked
181 While I was talking to Mrs Smith, somebody ………into my office and ……… the computer
A was walking / was stealing B walks / steals
C has walked / has stolen D walked / stole
182 I ……… Mr Brown your letter when I ……… him tomorrow
A give / will see B gave / saw C will give / see D would give / will see
183 How long ……… English ? I have learnt it for six years
A have you been learning B have you been
184 He told me that he ……… a trip to California the following week
A will take B would take C shall take D takes
185 I last ……… him 3 years ago ; since then I ……… him
A see / don’t meet B saw / haven’t met
C haven’t seen / didn’t meet D seeing / haven’t meeting
186 All the passengers ……… their seat belts before I started the car
187 He ……… on his history studies at 7 a.m yesterday morning
A used to worked B had worked C was working D has worked
188 When I see the doctor this afternoon, I ……… him to look at my throat
A will ask B asked C will have asked D ask
189 He ……… a novel for the last two years, but he ……… it yet
A has written / hasn’t finished B wrote / didn’t finish
C has been writing / hasn’t finished D is writing / finishes
190 Now I ……… who you ………
A knew / were B knows / have been C know / are D am know / are
191 Maths ……… difficult for some students to learn
192 Physics ……… easy to learn
193 His mother as well as his brothers ……… him very much
194 Each boy ……… a cake and a sweet
A are given B is gave C is giving D is given
195 Every man ……….his likes and dislikes
196 One million dollars ……… quite a big sum of money
197 Twenty miles ……… a long distance for us to walk
198 The nummber of books in your briefcase ……… useful
Trang 12A is B are C were D been
199 A number of cars in the streets ……… overcrowed now
200 Neither he nor they ……… right
201 Either you or I ……… wrong
202 This is the man ……… saved the child
203 Mary is the girl ……… they are talking
A about who B about whom C whose D to which
204 Do you know the way ……… leads us to the city ?
205 The house ……… roof is red belongs to my uncle
206 Do you remember the day ……….we first meet each other ?
207 This is the village ……….we were born
A which B in which C where D B & C are correct
208 Can you tell me the reason ……… he left his school ?
209 We hear the same story ……… you have told me
210 I’m looking for the man ……… shirt is blue
211 There is the boy ……… mother won the Nobel prize
212 It’s the English pronunciation ……… causes me a lot of difficulties
213 It’s Mary ……… received all the letters yesterday
214 I don’t like being told ……… to do
215 M Curie , ……… discovery of radium is famous , was a French scientist
216 I couldn’t come to the party , ……… was a pity !
217 The woman ……… he fell in love left him after a few weeks
218 The party ……… wasn’t very enjoyable
A we went B where we went to C which we went to last night D that we go to last night
219 The week ……… Mike went camping was the wettest of the year
220 Mrs Jackson , ……… used to be very beautiful , is now suffering from a fatal disease
221 If you eat this , you ……… right away
A. would die B would have die C will die D die
222 If I had money , I ……… a dictionary
Trang 13A would buy B would bought C will buy D would have bought
223 If the weather ……… fine yesterday , they would go on a picnic
224 If you ……… immediately , I’ll call the police
A don’t leave B didn’t leave C were left D had left
225 If I were your teacher , I ……… you
A will punish B would punish C punish D would have punished
226 ……… you study harder , you won’t pass the exam
227 If it ……… wet , I shan’t go out for a walk
228 Had I known Arabic was so difficult to learn , I ……… it up
A would never take B would have never taken C would never have taken D will never take
229 If Jake ……… to go on the trip , would you have gone ?
A doesn’t agree B didn’t agree C hadn’t agreed D wouldn’t agree
230 If the driver in front ……… so suddenly , the accident wouldn’t have happened
A hasn’t stopped B hadn’t stopped C didn’t stop D doesn’t stop
231 ……… if I take a map
A I would get lost B I’ll get lost C I’ll not get lost D I would not get lost
232 If you ……… to my advice in the first place , you wouldn’t be in this mess right now
A listen B will listen C had listened D listened
233 If anyone ……… the food , he will be unlucky
A would eat B will eat C had eaten D eats
234 I would not tell her the truth if ………
A I’m in your position B I’ve been you C I would be you D I were you
235 She will lose her job ……… she works harder
236 We don’t think the windows need cleaning They don’t need ………
A to clean B to be clean C to be cleaning D to be cleaned
237 You need ……… fit , you are a little overweight
238 I think your bike needs ……… It was broken down 2 days ago
A to be repaired B to repair C repairing D A & C
239 Our TV set is out of order and it needs ………
A repairing B to be repairing C repaired D to repair
240 Your hair needs ………., it is too long
A to cut B to cutting C to be cut D cut
241 ……… your exercises finished this morning ?
242 When ……… America discovered ? – In 1942
243 He made me work
244 We don’t ……….to go there now
A have time enough B enough time C have too time D have enough time
245 ……… to go to the cinema
A It was late so that B That it was late C It such too late D It was too late
Trang 14246 I am ……… a car.
A not rich enough to buy B too rich enough to buy C too poor to buy D A & C
247 Mr Harrison is ……… he owns many palaces
A so a rich man that B such an rich man that
C such a rich man that D that so rich a man
248 The woman was ……… I couldn’t help looking at
A such a beautiful B too beautiful to C beautiful enough for D so beautiful that
249 The ceiling is ………
A too high for me to reach B too high for me to reach it
C so high for me reaching D enough high for me reach
250 It is ……… that I would like to go to the beach
A such a nice weather B too nice weather C such weather nice D such nice weather
251 The sooner , ………
A the best B the better C the worse D the more
252 The harder this farmer works , ……… he becomes
A the poorest B the more poor C the poorer D the more poorer
253 Schools become ……… attractive to children nowadays
A more attraction B more than C the most D more and more
254 My watch is broken.- Why don’t you ……… ?
A have it repair B have it for repairing C have it repairing D have it repaired
255 I get Barbara ……… a book for me
256 My father has Mr John ……… a color TV for him
257 He had me ……… his paper for him last night
258 He got the artist ……… his portrait for him
A paint B painted C being painted D to paint
259 We need more sugar There is ……… sugar in the pot
260 I only put ……… salt in your soup Don’t be afraid that it’s salty
261 She has very ……… time to do the homework She can’t do difficult exrcices
262 There are very ……… people watching that film It’s very boring to see
263 I need ……… chairs for the dinning-room
264 There are ……… difficulties in finding a job here
265 You should add ……… sugar for this kind of food when cooking
266 David didn’t go and Helen didn’t go ………
277 They don’t like that film and ……… do I
278 She would rather ……… than sing Vietnamese songs