ĐỀ KIỂM TRA DỰ THI
MÔN : TIẾNG ANH
LỚP : 12

I PRONUNCIATION
A Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other
words.
1. A. clean B. teach C. learn D. mean
2. A. breath B. breathe C. together D. though
3. A. wondered B. cleaned C. replied D. laughed
B Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4. A. delicate B. ancestry C. treatment D. disposal
5. A. intensity B. intimacy C. forbid D. mechanic

II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Choose the one (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
6. The fire was caused by an ___________ fault in the television.
A. electric B. electrical C. electrician D. electricity
7. Children with ___________ diseases should not be allowed to go to school.
A. contact B. infectious C. constant D. influential
8. This sort of music was very ___________ in the 1990s.
A. preferred B. liked C. favorite D. popular
9. On my salary, we have to live as ___________ as possible.
A. economy B. economic C. economical D. economize
10. The ___________ thing about traveling by train rather than by car is that you can sleep or
read during the journey.
A. enjoyment B. enjoyed C. enjoying D. enjoyable
11. Unexpectedly the lights went ___________ and we were left in darkness.
A. along B. down C. out D. over
12. He asks such a silly question that I can’t ___________.
A. help laughing B. stop laughing C. Help to laugh D. stop to laugh

B. We have been married since over ten years.
C. We were married for ten years.
D. We have been married for over ten years.
23. He wrote the letter in half an hour.
A. It took half an hour for him to write the letter.
B. It took him half an hour writing the letter.
C. It took him half an hour to write the letter.
D. It took him in half an hour to write the letter.
24. “Where can I buy a phone card in this city?”, He asked.
A. He asked me where he can buy a phone card in that city.
B. He asked me where I could buy a phone card in that city.
C. He asked me where he could buy a phone card in that city.
D. He asked me where could he buy a phone card in that city.
25. I wish I had studied English when I was young.
A. I regret when I was young I hadn’t studied English.
B. I regret I didn’t studying English when I was young.
C. I regret not to study English when I was young.
D. I regret not studying English when I was young.

IV. READING
A. Choose the best words to complete the following passage.
Jack London was born in San Francisco, California, in 1876. He (26)__________ a high
place in American literature at the being of the twentieth century. At that time, the library shelves
and bookshops of America were already (27)__________ books by (28)__________writers. But
Jack London’s stories were new, his characters were not (29)__________ the ones in the books
of those writers, and the pictures he painted were not the same (30)__________ their pictures.
The characters in Jack London’s books live a different life, a life of danger. In his stories,
the heroes are afraid of nothing and nothing can (31)__________ them. People in his books never
give up (32)__________, they never stop (33)__________ for life even when the end of life
(34)__________ very near. That is the lesson for us to apply in everything we want and

C. The kind of diet we have can cause or prevent diseases.
D. Children eat the same way their parents eat.
37. Why do the Japanese have low rates of cancer and heart disease?
A. Because they do eat animal fat.
B. Because their diet changes.
C. Because they live longer than anyone else in the world.
D. Because they eat a lot of grains and very little meat.
38. “…the Japanese live longer than anyone else…” . What does anyone else mean?
A. some other people B. all other people
C. most other people D. nobody
39. “…Moreover, as hamburgers, ice-cream, and other high-fat foods become popular in Japan,
…” . What does moreover mean?
A. however B. also C. then D. yet
40. “… the rates of heart disease and cancer are increasing their as well”. Where does there refer
to?
A. in Cuba B. in the United States
C. in Japan D. in Cuba, Mauritius, and Hungary


11. C 31. D
12. A 32. C
13. B 33. C
14. D 34. B
15. A 35. B
III. 36. A
16. B 37. D
17. A 38. B
18. C 39. B
19. D 40. C
20. D
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