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Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 12
Ngày thi : 29/10/2016
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút;
(50 câu trắc nghiệm)
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Câu 1: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
A. break
B. mean
C. raise
D. weight
Câu 2: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
A. laughed
B. centralized
C. appeared
D. certified
Câu 3: Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
A. expression
B. example
C. friendliness
D. superior

A. assisted
B. assistance
C. assist
D. assistant
Câu 9: Some people are concerned with physical ………… when choosing a wife or husband.
A. attractiveness
B. attract
C. attractively
D. attractive
Câu 10: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined
word(s)
If we had taken his sage advice, we wouldn’t be in so much trouble now.
A. sturdy
B. willing
C. wise
D. eager
Câu 11: Our consultant ……… the results of her advice by the end of this week.
A. has known
B. will have known
C. had known
D. knows
Câu 12: You are not _______ to say anything unless you wish to do so.
A. equal
B. attracted
C. obliged
D. willing
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D. on a roll.
Câu 18: It was ……….. of you to leave the medicine where the children could get it.
A. careful
B. caring
C. careless
D. care
Câu 19: ____________ allow some students from less affluent families to attend college.
A. Scholarships
B. Education
C. Compulsion
D. Knowledge.
Câu 20: I think you should have your house__________ for the new year.
A. decorated.
B. to be decorated
C. been decorated
D. be decorated
Câu 21: Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
The last time I went to the museum was a year ago.
A. I have not been to the museum for a year.
B. My going to the museum lasted a year.
C. At last I went to the museum after a year.
D. A year ago, I often went to the museum.
Câu 22: Most doctors and nurses have to work on a _______ once or twice a week at the hospital.
A. special dishes
B. night shift
C. household chores
D. solution
Câu 23: Each term is _________ by a one-week break called half term.
A. discriminated
B. defined

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A. Do not say anything about it
B. Not at all
C. With pleasure
D. I am glad you like it
Câu 30: Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
People in our community no longer smoke as much as they used to.
A. People in our community no longer smoke.
B. People in our community used to smoke far less than they do now.
C. Smoking is no longer as popular as it used to be in our community.
D. People in our community don’t smoke any longer.
Câu 31: Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
Lan suggested going out for dinner. .
A. Lan said, "Do you want to go out for dinner?"
B. Lan said, "Will you go out for dinner?"
C. Lan said, "Why don't we go out for dinner?"
D. Lan said, "Must we go out for dinner?"
Câu 32: She never looks ______ anyone who she is talking ______. She seems to be lack ______
confidence.
A. for / with / in
B. up / for / with
C. on / about / for
D. at / to / of
Câu 33: Choose the best answer among (A, B, C or D) that best complete each sentences.
– How well you are playing!–
________.
A. Many thanks. That is a nice compliment

D. leaves
Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question from question 39 to 45:
Insects' lives are very short and they have many enemies, but they must survive long enough to
breed and perpetuate their kind. The less insect-like they look, the better their chance of survival. To
look "inedible" by resembling or imitating plants is a deception widely practiced by insects. Mammals
rarely use this type of camouflage, but many fish and invertebrates do.
The stick caterpillar is well named. It is hardly distinguishable from a brown or green twig.
This caterpillar is quite common and can be found almost anywhere in North America. It is also called
"measuring worm" or "inchworm." It walks by arching its body, than stretching out and grasping the
branch with its front feet then looping its body again to bring the hind feet forward. When danger
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threatens, the stick caterpillar stretches its body away from the branch at an angle and remains rigid
and still, like a twig, until the danger has passed.
Walking sticks, or stick insects, do not have to assume a rigid, twig-like pose to find
protection; they look like inedible twigs in any position. There are many kinds of walking sticks,
ranging in size form the few inches of the North American variety to some tropical species that may be
over a foot long. When at rest their front legs are stretched out. heightening their camouflage. Some of
the tropical species are adorned with spines or ridges. imitating the thorny bushes or trees in which
they live.
Leaves also seem to be a favorite object for insects to imitate. Many butterflies can suddenly
disappear from view by folding their wings and sitting quietly among the foliage that they resemble.
Câu 39: What is the main subject of the passage?
A. Caterpillars that live in trees
B. How some insects camouflage themselves
C. The feeding habits of insects
D. Insects that are threatened with extinction
Câu 40: In lines I and 4, the word "enemies" refers to

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase from number 46 to 50
Every nation and every country has its own customs and (46)…..…. In Britain, traditions play a more
important (47) …… in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of
(48)….…. traditions and carefully keep them up. It has been the law for about 300 years that all theaters are
closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered, only a few Sunday papers are (49) ………….to this day an
English family prefers a house with a garden (50)….….……… a flat in a modern house with a central
heating. English people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered
with cement painted garden in imitation of grass and a box of flowers.
Câu 46: A. tradition
B. traditions
C. traditionally
D. traditional
Câu 47: A. purpose
B. interest
C. thing
D. part
Câu 48: A. his
B. their
C. our
D. my
Câu 49: A. made
B. published
C. bought
D. thrown away
Câu 50: A. on
B. with
C. to
D. upon

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