Nguyễn Đức Hưng** - Marie Curie School Printable at www.my.opera.com/mrduchung

Page
1

Name: …………………………………
Class:
Bài tập Bổ trợ & Nâng cao Tiếng Anh 12 –
UNIT 9 (DESERTS) / TEST 1
A - PHONOLOGY:
I/ PRONUNCIATION: Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part.
1) A. path B. south C. north D. southern
2) A. sand B. name C. stable D. pale
3) A. slope B. grow C. more D. almost
4) A. ache B. teach C. catch D. branch
5) A. desert B. loose C. comprise D. president
6) A. slight B. arid C. climate D. crocodile
7) A. dunes B. crests C. areas D. borders
8) A. entered B. explored C. stretched D. remained
9) A. plants B. years C. metres D. corridors
10) A. circle B. centre C. across D. century
II/ STRESS: Put the words into lists of pronunciation. The sign  shows the main stress.
northern, remain, aerial, explore, along, banana, wilderness, enormous, crocodile, mosquito,
mystery, according, comprise, camel, scientific, shrub-land, survey, cactus, corridor, network

         
…………………………….
…………………………….
…………………………….
…………………………….

II/ Choose the best answer:
1) The boy ____________ himself out on the grass to rest.
A. lengthened B. stretched C. lasted D. lay
2) A new bridge was built ____________ the river.
A. on B. cross C. across D. along
3) A voyage of discovery is a(n) ____________.
A. picnic B. expedition C. excursion D. trip
4) The ____________ of the spider web hung across the broken window was full of flies.
A. network B. curtain C. sheet D. string
5) On the ____________ of the hill stands a big white house.
A. height B. head C. crest D. neck
6) Human beings, horses, cattle, dogs, lions, bats, cats and whales are _____________.
A. insects B. animals C. mammals D. amphibians
7) There should conservation areas for endangered _____________.
A. kinds B. types C. sorts D. species
8) Most classrooms and apartments open out onto _____________.
A. corridors B. windows C. hills D. doors
9) The door is three feet _____________ and six feet high.
A. wide B. deep C. fat D. tall
10) My favourite book was the one _____________ on the table.
A. lie B. lay C. lying D. laying
11) Her old letters, _____________ have now been lost, make me interested to read.
A. both of which B. some of which C. both of them D. some of them

12) Mrs. White is going to have a month off work, _____________ is just what she needs after all her problems.
A. which B. that C. when D. this
13) He performed very well in the interview; _____________ , he didn’t get the job.
A. since B. but C. therefore D. however
14) _____________ by all who knew him, he devoted his life to others.
A. Loved B. Loving C. Being lovely D. He loved

Nguyễn Đức Hưng** - Marie Curie School Printable at www.my.opera.com/mrduchung

Page
2

industrial nation. Almost every river became the scene of factories, mills and power companies.
5)
_____________ and birds
were slaughtered for food.
Within a short time, the
6)
____________ were obvious. Floods caused millions of dollars' worth damage yearly. The
very fertile soil washed away or blew up in great clouds. The seemingly inexhaustible oil and minerals showed signs of
7)
______________. Rivers were filled with silts from eroding farms and wastes from factories. Many of the rivers were made
unfit for fish. Several
8)
______________ of birds disappeared and some mammals seemed on the verge of going. Future
timber
9)
____________ were predicted and the American people soon came to realise that some sort of
10)
______________
program must be set up.
II/ Choose the best answer to fit each gap:
All over the world, people are changing the face of the earth. Wild areas are cleared for farming and to build roads and
expands cities. Our factories, cars and power stations poison the
1)
_________ with polluting gases and chemical waste. As well as
transforming the environment, we are destroying habitats, the home of

5) A. fade B. die C. give D. run
6) A. fill B. damage C. suffer D. experience
7) A. get B. die C. result D. become
8) A. still B. even C. already D. yet
9) A. spoilt B. violated C. wasted D. threatened
10) A. so that B. in case C. in order to D. as a result
III/ Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer:
The deserts of the world are not all covered with sand. Many of them have surfaces of rock or clay or small stones.
They are not flat, either; they often have high hills and deep valleys. There is some plant life in many parts of the desert.
There is little rain in the desert, but it does fall often enough for most plants.
The deserts of the world are not uninhabited. People also live outside oases, but these people are not farmers. They
have camels, goats, donkeys, sheep, etc. These animals can live on desert plants and do not need much water.
The people of the desert have to move constantly from place to place, they must always look for grass or desert plants for
their animals. They usually live in tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they fold up their tents, put them on their
camels and donkeys, and move to another place. In good years, when there is enough food for their animals, they trade their skins
and their goats and camel hairs with the people of oases for wheat and fruit. But in bad years, when there is not enough food for
their animals, the people of the desert would attack the oases people. But they are also hospitable. No man in the desert would ever
refuse to give a stranger food and water.
1) According to the passage, deserts are mostly made up of ____________.
A. small stones B. rock C. sand D. clay
2) Which of the following is true?
A. There is no plant and animal life in deserts. D. There are no people living in deserts.
B. There is some rain in the deserts but far from enough.
C. People only live in places where there is water and plants and trees grow.
3) People of the desert have to move from place to place to ____________.
A. look for food for their animals B. trade their skins, their goats and their camel hairs
C. raise their camels and donkeys D. communicate with the people of oases
4) The word “hospitable” has the meaning of being ______________.
A. brave B. cruel C. strange D. kind
5) It can be concluded from the passage that life _____________.

rays, like a giant greenhouse. While nobody claims that releasing chemicals into the atmosphere can be
8
(harm)
____________, not everyone is convinced that all the temperature change is due to
9
(industry) ___________ activities. It’s
an important question, because a
10
(solve) ____________ can only be found once we understand exactly what is causing the
problem.
III/ Fill each gap with the correct form of a suitable verb from the list on the left:
remain
grow
live
enter
travel
comprise
make
lead
explore
1) She must have _______________ at least four inches since I last saw her.
2) We followed a path that _______________ us up the mountain.
3) Computers are _______________ it possible for more and more people to work from home.
4) She was _______________ on the bed watching television.
5) It is worth _______________ other ways of dealing with this problem.
6) Only a few hundred of these animals _______________ today.
7) You have to _____________ a password to access this information.
8) Light ______________ at around 300,000 kilometers per second.
9) Thousands of people in this country are _______________ in poverty.



8) The meal was excellent, but the surroundings were depressing. (though)

9) The affair became public even though they attempted to conceal it. (despite)

10) Wage cuts have led to people rioting on the streets. (as a result of)

VI/ Choose the correct sentence with the same meaning as the given one:
1) The whale is the largest animal on earth.
A. The largest whale lives on earth. B. The largest animal living on earth is not the whale.
C. No animals on earth are larger than the whale. D. Other animals on earth are as large as the whale.
2) We used to have a box at the post office but now we have our mail delivered to our house.
A. Someone delivers our mail to the box at the post office.
B. We used to deliver mail and have a box at the post office.
C. The mailman bring our mail to our house now although we had a box at the post office before.
D. We no longer have a box at the post office because we have no mail.
3) I enjoy playing chess most of the time but today I am too tired.
A. I like to play chess but do not want to play it now. B. I am too tired to play chess now.
C. Although I am too tired, I play chess now. D. Most of the time when I play chess, I am tired.
4) It is always raining at this time of the year and I hate it.
A. What I hate is the rain at this time of the year. B. I hate this time of the year although it rains.
C. I hate this time of the year in spite of the rain. D. The rain always comes at this time of the year.
5) Although Miss Smith has less teaching experience than the other staff members, she is one of the best teachers.
A. Having less teaching experience than the other members of the staff, Miss Smith is not a good teacher.
B. Other staff members have less teaching experience than Miss Smith.
C. Miss Smith is one of the best teachers in spite of having less teaching experience than her colleagues.
D. Miss Smith, a good teacher, has less teaching experience than the other staff members.

5) Long ago, mammoths of great (enormous) ____________________ lived on the earth.
6) Most of the shore is rocky, but there is a (sand) ____________________ beach.
7) The collar (loose) ____________________ around his neck.
8) Rainfall is the most effective (climate) ____________________ agent in soil forming and conditioning.
9) A concrete wall has more (stable) ____________________ than a light wooden fence.
10) The store has an (advertise) ____________________ in the newspaper of a special sale.
Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets to fit each gap:
All over the world, forests are
1)
(safeguard) _______________ the health of the planet itself. They do this by
protecting the soil, providing water and 2)(regulate) _______________ the climate. Trees bind soil to mountain-sides. Hills
where the trees have been 3) (fell) _______________ lose 500 times as much soil a year as those with trees.
Trees catch and store rainwater. Their leaves break the impact of the rains, 4) (rob) _______________ them of their
destructive power. The roots of trees allow the water 5)(go) _______________ into the soil, which gradually 6)(release)
_______________ it to flow down rivers and refill ground-water reserves. Where there are no trees, the rains run in sheets of
water off the land, carrying the soil with them. Land covered with trees and another plants 7)(absorb) _______________ 20
times more rainwater than bare earth.
as they grow, trees absorb carbon dioxide, the main cause of the greenhouse effect, which 8) (threaten)
_______________ irreversibly to change the world's climate. The world's trees, plants and soils contain three times as much
carbon as there is in the atmosphere. The world's forests 9)(contain) _______________ the vast majority of its animals and
planets species. The tropical rainforests alone have well over half of them, even though they 10) (cover) _______________
only about 6% of the earth's land surface.