SỞ GD-ĐT NAM ĐỊNH KÌ THI KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG 8 TUẦN HỌC KỲ II
TRƯỜNG THPT TRỰC NINH B NĂM HỌC : 2009 - 2010
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 12
MÃ ĐỀ 413 (Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)

Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in each gap.
Desert air (1) ____ little moisture, so few clouds form over the land. Without clouds to block the sun, temperatures may reach
as (2) ____ as 125°F during the day. At night, without the clouds to contain the heat, the temperature can fall to as low as 125°F.
Extreme temperatures (3) ____ with little rainfall make desert life difficult for people, plants, and animals. (4) ____, some life
forms have adapted to even the most severe desert environment, Camels are able to survive long periods without food or water.
Many desert plants have long, shallow root systems. This allows the plants to reach out to collect water over great distances. Other
desert plants have taproots. Taproots grow very deep (5) ____ they can tap sources of underground water.
1. A. comprises B. includes C. contains D. consists
2. A. long B. much C. high D. far
3. A. separate B. locate C. explore D. combine
4. A. However B. Therefore C. So D. But
5. A. because B. but C. so D. as
6. Find one mistake in the sentence
In spite the hot weather in the desert, many plants and animals can survive there.
A. the B. can survive C. In spite D. in the desert
7. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: By the end of this century, we _______ to Jupiter.
A. would travel B. traveled C. are traveling D. will have traveled
8. Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one
Margaret was very angry. Her bag has just been stolen.
A. Margaret was very angry, whose bag has just been stolen.
B. Margaret whose bag has just been stolen was very angry
C. Margaret who’s bag has just been stolen was very angry
D. Margaret, whose bag has just been stolen, was very angry
9. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The teacher gave me an exercise. I _______ forget to do it.
A. needn’t B. must C. mustn’t D. may not
10. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The desert is too large for us _______ across

You should buy more food because our parents _______ come home this afternoon.
A. must B. need C. mustn’t D. may
24. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
I’ve check all the documents in this disk. You _______check again
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. may not D. haven’t
25. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
_______ Simpson desert remained _______ mystery until Madigan made _______ aerial survey in 1929.
A. Ø - a - an B. Ø - Ø - an C. The - a - an D. A - the - an
26. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
_______ is the act of preventing something from being lost, wasted, damaged or destroyed
A. Deforestation B. Conservation C. Destruction D. Extinction
27. Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A. reduced B. bared C. endangered D. remained
28. Choose the word which has the same meaning as the underlined one.
Our grandfather is too old to climb up the crest of the hill.
A. top B. middle C. face D. foot
29. Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one: You needn’t close the windows at night.
A. You mustn’t close the windows at night. B. You don’t have to close the windows at night.
C. You to close the windows at night. D. You must close the windows at night.
30. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: Rare animals in this forest _______ for fur, skin and other parts
A. hunt B. hunted C. are hunting D. are being hunted
31. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: He told me that he _______ his house the previous month.
A. repainted B. would repaint C. will repaint D. had repainted
32. Find one word whose stress pattern is different from others: A. forest B. habitat C. exploitation D. educate
33. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: No matter _______ he tried, he couldn’t pass the driving test.
A. so B. how C. however D. but
34. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: They are very poor _______ they couldn’t buy that big house.
A. so B. however C. but D. although
35. According to the passage, it’s possible for us to _______
A. solve any problems B. choose to live for as long as we want
C. do a spirit transfer cheaply D. All are correct

Over the next 20 to 50 years, it will become harder to tell the difference between the human and the machine. All, body parts
will be replaceable. Computers will function like the human brain with the ability to recognize feelings and respond in a feeling way.
They will then produce fake people. We will then be able to create a machine duplicate of ourselves so we will appear to be alive
long after we are dead. Maybe a few decades later, a way will be found to transfer our spirit, including our memories and thoughts,
to the new body. Then we can choose to live for as long as we want. It might be expensive. When it becomes possible to do a spirit
transfer, they will figure out how to do them automatically. So we will be able to reside within whichever duplicate we want,
whenever we want.
47. According to the passage, in 20 to 50 years, body parts _______
A. are machines B. can be replaced C. are different D. can’t be replaced
48. According to the passage, computer will function like the human brain because it can _______
A. respond in a feeling wayB. recognize feelings C. have brain D. both A and B
49. The word duplicate means:
A. live longer B. replace C. make an exact copy D. protect
50. According to the passage, we _______ find a way to transfer our spirit, including our memories and thoughts, to the new body a
few decades later
A. may not B. may C. can’t D. must
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