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Trang 145 MINUTE TEST N 01/ ENGLISH 12 / (11-12) CODE 356
I Choose the sentence that has the nearest meaning to the given one in italics.
Câu 1: “What did you do before working for this company, John?” asked Lan
A Lan asked John what he does before working for that company
B Lan asked John what he had done before working for that company
C Lan asked John what had he done before working for that company
D Lan told John what did he do before working for that company
Câu 2: The door was so heavy that the child could not push it open.
A The door was such heavy that the child could not push it open
B The door was too heavy for the child to push it open
C The child was too heavy to push the door open
D The door was too heavy for the child to push open
Câu 3: “I’m sorry I did not tell you about my trip earlier”
A Mai apologized for telling you about my trip earlier
B Mai apologized not to tell me about her trip earlier
C Mai apologized for not telling me about her trip
D Mai apologized for not telling her about my trip earlier
Câu 4: The car was so expensive that I could not buy it.
A The car was too expensive for me to buy it
B The car was cheap enough for me to buy
C The car was not so cheap that I did not buy it
D It was such an expensive car that I could not buy it
Câu 5: We have been cooking for the party for 4 hours.
A We started cooking for the party 4 hours ago B We have 4 cooks for the party
C We did not start cooking for the party until for D Cooking for the party will be done in 4 hours
II Pick out the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words.
III Choose the best option.
Câu 8: ………… , Americans and Asians have had very different ideas about love and marriage.
Câu 9: “Robert is going to be famous someday He …………in 3 movies already.” “I’m sure he’ll be a star”
A was appearing B has appeared C had appeared D appeared
Câu 10: When I ……… him what he was doing, he ……….me it was none of my business.
A wondered / said B asked / told C said told D asked / said
Câu 11: Jane: “You look great in that pink skirt, Lily!” - Lily: “ _”
C I bought it at Kina Nguyen’s D Oh, you don’t like it, do you?
Câu 12: Frank: “Thank you very much for a lovely party” - Laura:” ”
A Cheers B Have a good day C, You are welcome D Thanks
Câu 13: Before cars _, people _horses and bicycles.
A discovered / had used B were discovered / had used
C discovering / had used D had discovered / used
Câu 14: Emily said that her parents _ to Paris _
A had gone / the day after B will go / tomorrow C went / tomorrow D would go / the next day
Câu 15: Many young people have objected to _marriage, which is decided by the parents of the
bride and groom
Câu 16: They are _ young drive the car.
A so/ that B enough / to C not only / but also D too / to
Câu 17: When we arrived at the meeting, the first speaker _ and the audiences
A was finishing / had clapped B finished / had clapped
C had just finished / were clapping D has just finished / were clapping
Câu 18: Gestures and facial expression are called form of communication.
Trang 2Câu 19: Do you think doing the household chores is the _ of the women only?
A responsibly B responsive C responsibility D responsible
Câu 20: “It was nice of you to give me the present Thank you” Ben said to Mary.
Ben thanked Mary the present
A that she had been nice to give him B for giving him
C it had been nice of her to give him D of giving him
Câu 21: He warned her the wire.
A not touching B not to touch C against touch D to not touch
Câu 22: It is that I have read it twice.
A a book too interesting B so interesting an book C such an interesting book D such a interesting book
IV Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
V Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill in each gap.
The United States has many different types of families While most American families are traditional, (26)
……….a father, mother and one of more children, 22% of all American families in 1980 were dead by one parent, usually a woman In a few families in the US, there are no children These (27) ……… couples may believe that they would not make good parents, they may want freedom from the (28) …………
of childrearing; or, perhaps they are not physically able to have children Other families in the US have one adult who is a step parent A step mother or a step father is a person who joins a family by (29) ……… a father or mother Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families In the US, people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what types of family group they must belong to They respect each other’s choices regarding family groups Families are very important (30)
……… Americans
VI Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Câu 31 All of the homework given by our teachers are useful to every student.
A B C D
Câu 32 I finished college last year, and I am working here for only eight months now.
A B C D
Câu 33 Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new one.
A B C D
Câu 34 He said that he could not remember where had he left his car.
A B C D
Câu 35 There is too little ink that it will be impossible to finish addressing the envelops
A B C D
VII Read the following passage and choose the best answer.
Communication in general is process of sending and receiving messages that enables humans to share knowledge, attitudes, and skills Although we usually identify communication with speech, communication is composed of two dimensions – verbal and non-verbal
Nonverbal communication has been defined as communication without words It includes apparent
behaviors such as facial expressions, eyes, touching, tone of voice, as well as less obvious messages such as dress, posture and spatial distance between two or more people
Activity or inactivity, words or silence all have message value: they influence others and these others, in turn, respond to these communications and thus they are communicating
Commonly, nonverbal communication is learned shortly after birth and practiced and refined throughout a person’s lifetime Children first learn nonverbal expressions by watching and imitating, much as they learn verbal skills
Young children know far more than they can verbalize and are generally more adept at reading nonverbal
cues than adults are because of their limited verbal skills and their recent reliance on the nonverbal to
Trang 3communicate As children develop verbal skills, nonverbal channels of communication do not cease to exist although become entwined in the total communication process
Câu 36: According to the writer, _
A one cannot communicate in both verbal and nonverbal language
B those who can listen and talk should not use nonverbal language
C people communicate with both verbal and nonverbal language
D nonverbal language is only used by the deaf and the mute
Câu 37: Human beings _
A can communicate in nonverbal language only when they are mature
B have learnt how to communicate in nonverbal language through books
C communicate in nonverbal language much less than they do in verbal language
D have learnt how to communicate in nonverbal language since a child
Câu 38: The underlined word “reading” has a close meaning to _
A understanding B looking at the words that are written
C something aloud D expressing
Câu 39: We can learn from the test that _
A even silence had message value B nonverbal can never get any responses
C most people do not like nonverbal communication D touching is not accepted in communicating
Câu 40: Which is not included in nonverbal communication?
A words B tone of voice C facial expressions D spatial distance