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 125 (Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)
1. Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A. endangered B. bared C. reduced D. remained
2. Find one word whose stress pattern is different from others: A. forest B. habitat C. educate D. exploitation
3. Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A. goats B. animals C. humans D. gorillas
4. Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A. future B. security C. vulnerable D. curable
5. Find one word whose stress pattern is different from others: A. commercial B. hummock C. aerial D. deserts
6. 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
7. 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. foot B. middle C. face D. top
8. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
A(n) _______is a person who always expects bad things to happen.
A. optimist B. pessimist C. optimistic D. pessimistic
9. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
A(n) _______is a person who can live up to or longer than one hundred years.
A. century B. expectancy C. centenarian D. eternal
10. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
The most important characteristic of a desert is that it receives very little _______
A. rain amount B. rainfall C. waterfall D. raindrop
11. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
Habitat destruction and _______ hunting are some of the main causes of species extinction.
A. legal B. illegal C. legally D. illegally
12. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The boy _______ he took to the zoo is his nephew.
A. whom B. whose C. which D. where
13. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence

There is plenty _______ time for you to do that assignment. You _______ do it tonight.
A. of - must B. of - needn’t C. in- needn’t D. in - mustn’t
27. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
_______ Simpson desert remained _______ mystery until Madigan made _______ aerial survey in 1929.
A. Ø - a - an B. The - a - an C. Ø - Ø - an D. A - the - an
28. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: I must go to _______ hospital to visit my dearest friend.
A. the B. Ø C. a D. an
29. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: He is going to get married _______ a famous pop star.
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A. with B. Ø C. to D. for
30. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: He is rarely _______ time for class.
A. at B. of C. to D. on
31. 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
32. Find one mistake in the sentence: It’s too late. I might go now.
A. It’s B. go C. might D. too
33. Find one mistake in the sentence: It began to rain, therefore he didn’t open his umbrella.
A. therefore B. began C. to rain D. his
34. Find one mistake in the sentence: He is enough intelligent to understand the problem.
A. the B. is C. enough intelligent D. to understand
35. Find one mistake in the sentence: By the year 2012, he will have finish his course in this university.
A. have finish B. By C. the year D. in
36. Find one mistake in the sentence
If you show your identity card, you won’t be able to get into the examination room.
A. into B. to get C. be able D. If
37. Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one
He doesn’t like animals, so he doesn’t work at the zoo.
A. If he likes animals, he will work at the zoo. B. If he liked animals, he would work at the zoo.
C. If he didn’t like animals, he would work at the zoo. D. If he liked animals, he wouldn’t work at the zoo.

few decades later
A. must B. may C. can’t D. may not
45. According to the passage, it’s possible for us to _______
A. do a spirit transfer cheaply B. choose to live for as long as we want
C. solve any problems D. All are correct
Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in each gap.
Desert air (46) ____ little moisture, so few clouds form over the land. Without clouds to block the sun, temperatures may
reach as (47) ____ 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 (48) ____ with little rainfall make desert life difficult for people, plants, and animals. (49) ____, 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 (50) ____ they can tap sources of underground water.
46. A. contains B. comprises C. consists D. includes
47. A. much B. far C. long D. high
48. A. locate B. combine C. explore D. separate
49. A. Therefore B. So C. However D. But
50. A. as B. because C. but D. so
THE END
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