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SỞ GD & ĐT TỈNH HẬU GIANG
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN VỊ THANH

KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG GIŨA HKII NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
MÔN TIẾNG ANH – KHỐI 12 - ĐỀ THAM KHẢO 1

I. Phonetics:
A ).Choose the word which has different sound from the others :
1. A. cake B. late C. panda D. face
2. A. investment B. subsidy C. diaster D. wholesale
3. A. eliminate B. exchange C. reform D. invest
B). Choose the word which has different stressed syllable from the others :
4. A. rainfall B. postman C. castle D. reserve
5. A. approach B. desert C. gorilla D. enthusiast

II. Grammar and Vocabulary :
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
6. Her children all have been in their chosen careers .
A. succeeded B. successful C. succeed D. success
7. I understand your point of view . __________ , I don’t agree with it.
A. But B. Although C. So D. However
8. I can’t believe __________ you . You always let me down .
A. of B. at C. with D. in
9. We can keep this secret between ourselves. We ________ tell anybody else .
A. mustn’t C. mightn’t C. wouldn’t D. needn’t
10. An : “ Would you like something to eat ? ”
– Minh: “ _______ , I’m not hungry now.”
A. Yes, it is B. No, thanks C. No, I don’t D. Godd idea

23. He worked hard, __________ he could earn much money.
A. but B. in spite of C. therefore D. however
24. By the end of this week, my illness _______ me $100.
A. has cost B. will has cost C. will have cost D. cost
25. I like the village ________ I used to live.
A. which B. when C. why
D. where

26. I usually spend my time ________ books .
A. to read B. read
C. on reading
D. for reading
27. Alice: "What shall we do this evening?"
- Carol: "______"
A. Let’s go out for dinner.
B. Oh, that’s good!
C. No problem. D. I went out for dinner.
28. The police ____________ the bank robbery which took place last week.
A. had investigated B. investigate C. have investigated D. will investigate
29. Books are still a cheap way to get _________ and entertainment.
A. information B. inform C. informative D. informatively
30. The house ……….six decades ago.
A. was built B. built C. will be built D. was to be built

III. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction:

6. People are not allowed to enter the park after midnight because lack of security.
A B C D
7. I was such nervous that I didn’t think I would pass the exams.
A B C D


V. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the
correct word for each of the blanks :
Different conservation efforts have been (36) ________ in order to save endangered
species . The Red List – a global list of endanged and vunerable aminal (37) ________ –
has been introduced to raise people’s (38) ________ of conservation needs . Governments
have enacted laws to protect wildlife (39) __________ commercial trade and overhunting .
A number of wildlife habitat reserves have been established (40) _________ a wide range
of endangered species can have a chance to survive and develop.
41 A. made B. done C. tried D. been
42 A. classes B. grades C. species D. exctinctions
43 A. belief B. awareness C. thought D. need
44 A. from B. of C. and D. except
45 A. if B. because C. so that D. although

VI. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the
correct answer to each of the question
More than two hundred years ago, the term “environment pollution” is quite
strange to people. They lived healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. In those
days, industry was not well-developed. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. The
world today is faced with army major threats. The most dangerous threat of all is war, and
after the threat of war is pollution. People all over the world are worried about things that
are happening to the environment. Actual, it is arm that is destroying the surroundings with
army kinds of wastes from the devices that make human lives more comfortable an
convenient. Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and
cancer, but no one want to travel on foot or by bicycles. Manufacturers know that wastes
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from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their
money on treating wastes safely. Scattering rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants