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 216 (Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút không kể thời gian giao đề) 1. Choose the sentence which has the nearest meaning to the given one
Because the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered.
A. Despite of the destruction of the environment, many species have become endangered.
B. Although the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered.
C. Because of the destruction of the environment, many species have become endangered.
D. Therefore the environment is destroying, many species have become endangered.
2. 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

3. 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
Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.
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

14. Find one word whose stress pattern is different from others: A. forest B. habitat C.
exploitation D. educate
15. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: No matter _______ he tried, he couldn’t pass the
driving test.
A. so B. but C. however D. how
16. 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
Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in each gap.
Desert air (17) ____ little moisture, so few clouds form over the land. Without clouds to block the sun,
temperatures may reach as (18) ____ 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 (19) ____ with little rainfall make desert life difficult for people, plants, and
animals. (20) ____, 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 (21) ____ they can tap sources of underground water.
17. A. comprises B. includes C. contains D. consists
18. A. long B. far C. much D. high
19. A. combine B. separate C. explore D. locate
20. A. However B. Therefore C. So D. But
21. A. so B. because C. but D. as
22. Find one word whose underlined part is pronounce differently: A. goats B. animals C.
humans D. gorillas
23. 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, whose bag has just been stolen, was very angry
D. Margaret who’s bag has just been stolen was very angry

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.
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: He is enough intelligent to understand the problem.
A. the B. is C. enough intelligent D. to understand
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
41. 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

42. 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

43. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence
The local people blamed the factory _______ the air and the water in the region.
A. contaminating B. to contaminate C. of contaminating D. for contaminating

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