Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet:.. The PBT is a pencil and (41) _______ test that is offered for two purposes.[r]
Trang 1ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐẦU NĂM LỚP 12
MÔN TIẾNG ANH NĂM HỌC 2019 - 2020
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that has different stress position:
Question 1: A parameter B speedometer C thermometer D conscious
Question 2: A production B deficient C ancient D sufficient
Question 3: A endangered B humidity C necessary D incredible
Question 4: A secretary B necessary C classifies D vocabulary
Question 5: A biology B accordance C incomplete D pudicity
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable choice:
Question 6: He’s very ambitious He will never………
A throw in the towel B turn over a new leaf
C turn up his nose D wash his dirty linen in public
Question 7: This is too difficult for me to understand Can you explain it to me?
A a bad egg B above my head
C behind the scenes D a snake in the grass
Question 8: Jenny must have had a day dream
A blown his trumpet B beaten about the bush
C built castle in the air D brought own the house
Question 9: He bought that because it was extremely cheap
A Dirt cheap B dirty cheap
Trang 2C completely at sea D close fisted
Question 10: They will take punishment because of their coming late
A fall on deaf ear B fall on their foot
C feel in their bone D face the music
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from pronunciation
Question 11: A question B presentation C industrialization D modernization
Question 12: A accompany B application C apologize D admire
Question 13: A theme B ethnic C honey-mouthed D thunder
Question 14: A will B we’ll C weal D wheel
Question 15: A I ’d B AIDS C played D paid
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer
Question 16: “What a new nice style of hair you have it cut!”
“ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ”
A Yes, please B It’s from Italy C Thank you D No, I think it’s suitable for
me
Question 17: “You’d better help your mother do the household chores.”
“ _ _ _ _ _ ”
A I’d love to B Thank for your advice C It’s rubbish D I have no clue
Question 18: “Could you tell me how to get to the nearest post office?”
“ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ”
A sorry, for this inconvenience B I have no clue
Trang 3C not at all D sorry, I’m the new comer here
Question 19: “More coffee, sir?” “ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ”
A No, thanks B Yes, do it yourself
C All right, self-service D Make yourself at home
Question 20: “May I come in?” “ _”
A Yes, no problem B Feel free C You’re welcome D Sorry, let’s wait
Question 21: Tom “Sorry, I don’t know where the nearest post office is.”Stranger: “ _ _ _
_ _ ”
A Thank you B Thank you anyway C Not at all D Don’ t mention it
Question 22: “What do you think of this shirt?” “ _ _ _ _ _ _ _”
A It fits you B Nonsense C It’s up to you D No money
Question 23: “What do you want me to cook for your dinner? “ _ _ _ ”
A Yes, give up B Yeah, your meal is great C It’s up to you D Let me go
Question 24: As the patient was still too weak the surgeon postpones the operation
A put in B put on C put off D put over
Question 25: John _ _ _ _ _ _ _ this task yesterday morning, but I did it for him He owes
me a thank-you
A must have completed B should have completed
C could have completed D may have completed
Question 26: It _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a long time since we were apart, I did not recognize her
A is B has been C was D had been
Question 27: _ _ _ _ _ had my teacher arrived than he gave us exercises
Trang 4A Hardly B Not until C When D No sooner
Question 28: Actually, I not only read the stories about princes or princesses in the great
castles in the school library _ in the public library
A or B whether C but also D either
Question 29: _ _ _ _ _ furniture needs supplying for the schools in the whole country
will slow down the process of the reform of education
A Few B A few C Little D That little
Question 30: It was not _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Micheal Jackson’s death people around the world
understood his contribution in music
A since B when C until D result
Question 31: Although David was _ _ _ _ _ _ after a day’s work in the office, he tried to
help his wife the household chores
A exhaustion B exhausted C exhausting D exhaustive
Question 32: _ _ _ _ _ studying in faculty of Love and Happiness in Japan for 5 years, he
wrote the books of how to live and to be lived
A After had been B After he has C Having been D Before he had been
Question 33: If you are a typewriter, you will be accustomed to Microsoft word, this
program allows you to save your _ with many types
A files B documents C documentaries D documentary files
Question 34: Juliet, remember shammed death when Romeo appears, _ _ _ _ _
A didn’t she B doesn’t he C do you D will you
Question 35: Although they are poor and hard, they are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to their children’s
success
Trang 5A content B proud C satisfied D boastful
Question 36: In 1879, _ _ _ _ _ , Alice Freeman Palmer became head of the history
department at Wellesley College
A twenty-four years B at the age of twenty-four C age twenty-four D of twenty-four years
Question 37: The United States spends more money on the economic crisis _ _ _ _ _
country in the world
A other B other than C than any other D while other
Question 38: Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ they both emit
hot from below the Earth’s surface
A due to B because C in spite of D regardless of
Question 39: “Bless you.” “ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ”
A You’re welcome B Sorry C Thank you D That’s all right
Question 40: Vladimir Putin said that he loved his wife and two daughters as well as his
dog, _ _ _ _ _ also a female, so much
A which was B that were C all of whom were D which were
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet:
The PBT is a pencil and (41) _ test that is offered for two purposes One purpose of the PBT is for (42) _ and process evaluation Colleges or other institutions use the PBT to test their students The scores are not valid outside of the place where they are (43) _, but the college or institution accepts the PBT that they administered as an official score This PBT is also (44) _ an Institution TOEFL The (45) _ purpose of the PBT is (46) _ the official Computer-Based TOEFL in areas where computer-based testing is not possible The scores are usually valid outside of the place where they are administered This PBT is also called a Supplement TOEFL
Trang 6The Paper-Based TOEFL has three parts: Listening Comprehension, Structure and Written Expression, and Reading (47) _, the TEST of Written English (TWE) is an essay that is required to provide a (48) _ score The PBT is a (49) _ test, which means that everyone who takes the TOEFL during the same administration will see and answer the same questions The (50) _ score is based on a scale of 310-677
Question 41: A note-paper B letter C draft D paper
Question 42: A place B placing C placement D placeability
Question 43: A administered B managed C controlled D protected
Question 44: A called B seemed C considered D appeared
Question 45: A some B other C another D main
Question 46: A supplement B to supplement C supplementing D supplemented
Question 47: A In other words B On the other hand C Besides D In addition
Question 48: A reading B speaking C listening D writing
Question 49: A style B form C standard D linear
Question 50: A total B final C whole D all
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D:
Our demand for water is constantly increasing Every year there are more and more people
in the world Factories turn out more and more products and need more and more water We
live in a world of water But almost all of it - about 97%-is in the oceans This water is too salty to be used for drinking, farming, and manufacturing Only about 3% of the world's water is fresh Most of this water is not easily available to man because it is locked in glaciers and icecaps There is as much water on earth today as there ever was or will ever
be Most of the water we use finds its way to the oceans There, it is evaporated by the sun It then falls back to the earth as rain
Trang 7Water is used and reused over again It is never used up Although the world as a whole has plenty of fresh water, some regions have a water shortage Rain does not fall evenly over the earth Some regions are always too dry, and others too wet A region that usually gets enough rain may suddenly have a serious dry spell and another region may be flooded with too much rain
Question 51 All of the following statements can be inferred from the text EXCEPT
A We need more and more water
B The population of the world is increasing every year
C Most of the world’s water is locked in glaciers and icecaps
D Factories also need more water
Question 52 Which of the following is NOT true about the world’s water?
A The vast majority of the world’s water is ocean (or salty) water
B Ocean water is salty enough to be used for drinking, farming, and manufacturing
C Most fresh water is locked in glaciers and icecaps
D The percentage of fresh water is very small
Question 53 What can be inferred about water?
A The amount of water on earth is always the same B Water will probably be exhausted
C Water can be used once only D Most of the water we use is not rain water
Question 54 It can be inferred from the text that
A no region in the world suffers from a lack of fresh water
B rain does not fall equally everywhere on earth
C the world has plenty of fresh water in comparison with salty water
Trang 8D a region that usually gets enough rain hardly ever has a dry spell
Question 55 The phrasal verb “turn out” in the second line is closest in meaning to
A sell B prove to be C switch off D produce
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or:
It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get as education Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling Education knows no
bounds It can take place where, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or
on a tractor It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning The agents of education can range from a reserved grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist Whereas schooling has certain predictability, education quite often produce surprise A change conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is know of other religions
People are engaged in education from infancy on Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school and one that should be an integral part of one’s entire life Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbook, do homework, take exams, and
so on The slices of reality that are to be learnt, whether they are the alphabet or an
understanding of the workings of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries
of the subject being taught For example, high school students know that they are not likely
to find out in their class the truth about political problems in their communities or what the
Trang 9newest filmmakers are experimenting with There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling
Question 56: What does the author probably mean by using the expression “children
interrupt their education to go to school”? A Going to several different schools is educationally beneficial
B School vacations interrupt the continuity of the school year
C Summer school makes the school year too long D All of life is an education
Question 57: the word “bounds” is closest in meaning to
A rules B experiences C limits D expectation
Question 58: the word “they” refers to _
A slices of reality B similar textbooks C boundaries D seats
Question 59: The passage supports which of the following conclusions?
A Without formal education, people would remain ignorant
B Education systems need to be radically reformed
C Going to school is only part of how people become educated
D Education involves many years of professional training
Question 60: The passage is organized by
A listing and discussing several educational problems
B contrasting the meanings of two related words
C narrating a story about excellent teachers
D giving examples of different kinds of schools
Trang 10Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
Question 61: From 1905 to 1920, American novelist Edith Wharton was at the height of her
writing career, publishing of her three most famous novels
Question 62: Because of its vast tracts of virtually uninhabited northern forest, Canada has
one
of the lowest population density in the world
Question 63: Every child in Great Britain between the old year of five and fifteen must
attend school
Question 64: It is the high time John understands how to behave properly towards the old
men
Question 65: Have you learnt the reason why does the water of the ocean becomes blue?
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct and natural way of combining:
Question 66: In spite of having a broken leg, he managed to get out of the car
A In spite of the fact that his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car
B In site of having broken legs, he managed to get out of the car
C Despite of the fact that his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car
D Although his leg was broken but he managed to get out of the car
Question 67: Maria says she’d like to have been put in a higher class
A Maria wishes she will be put in a higher class
B Maria wishes she is put in a higher class
C Maria wishes she were put in a higher class