SỞ GD-ĐT NAM ĐỊNH KÌ THI KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG 8 TUẦN HỌC KỲ II
TRƯỜNG THPT TRỰC NINH B NĂM HỌC : 2010 - 2011

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

A. so B. but C. therefore D. so that
18. Find one mistake in the sentence: It began to rain, therefore he didn’t open his umbrella.
A. his B. began C. to rain D. therefore
19. Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A. future B. security C.
vulnerable D. curable
20. Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one
Because the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered.
A. Because of the destruction of the environment, many species have become endangered.
B. Although the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered.
C. Despite of the destruction of the environment, many species have become endangered.
D. Therefore the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered.
21. Find one mistake in the sentence: It’s too late. I might go now.
A. It’s B. might C. go D. too
22. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: The water in the river is _______ that no fish can live
in.
A. too polluted B. so polluted C. such polluted D. such a polluted

23. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
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


C. do a spirit transfer cheaply D. All are correct
36. 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
37. Find one mistake in the sentence: He is enough intelligent to understand the problem.
A. the B. is C. enough intelligent D. to understand
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
41. 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
42. 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
43. Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A. goats B. animals C.
humans D. gorillas
44. 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.
45. 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