Đề số 9 - Đề kiểm tra cuối kì 1 - Tiếng Anh 12 mới

Task 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. homonym B. dishonest C. honorable D. hourly

2. A. brooch B. brood C. broomstick D. foolscap

Task 2. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.

3. A. patriotism B. memmoirs C. judgment D. nationality

4. A. amazing B. paralytic C. anonymous D. prosthetic

Task 3. Choose the answer which best fits each space in each sentence.

5. Of all the paintings in the gallery, it was this one that really ................ my eye.

A. grasped B. snatched C. caught D. seized

6. He .............. into the restaurant when the waiter was having dinner.

A. were going B. went C. has gone D. goes

7. Take a short break! You ................ all day.

A. work B. are working C. have been working D. were working

8. The car burst into ....................... but the driver managed to escape.

A. flames B. burning C. heat D. fire

9. The bank won’t lend you the money without some .................. that you will pay it back.

A. profit B. guarantee C. charge D. interest

10. It is difficult to quantify the ................ that household waste has on the environment.

A. affect B. effort C. impact D. implication

11. Every household should be more careful in the way that they ............. of the waste.

A. dispose B. disposal C. eliminate D. throw

12. On hearing the news she fainted and it was half an hour before she came ............ again.

A. round B. up C. over D. forward

13. British and Australian people share the same language but in other respects, they are as different as

................... .

A. cats and dogs B. chalk and cheese C. here and there D. salt and pepper

14. In the future cars will still be with us, but instead of petrol they could run ............... anything from

electricity to methane gas.

A. in B. on C. from D. by

Task 4. Give the correct form of the word in the brackets.

15. An ................ rail network allows commuters to get around the city. (EXTEND)

16. Towards the end of the century, people had to become more ............. than ever before. (ADAPT)

ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ I – ĐỀ SỐ 9

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12 CHƯƠNG TRÌNH MỚI

THỜI GIAN LÀM BÀI: 60 PHÚT

17. The technoloies through which this communication takes place include a ................ of outlets. (VARY)

Task 5. Identify one underlined part in each sentence that needs correcting.

18. Printed magazines and newspapers accounted for just 20 percent of mass media use.

A. Printed B. accounted for C. just D. use

19. Tom is good at computer science when his brother is absolutely hopeless.

A. good at B. when C. absolutely D. hopeless

20. It’s impossible for many women to combine a happy life in a successful career.

A. impossible B. successful career C. for many women D. in

Task 6. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to complete the

passage.

In most capital cities, which were built long before the heyday of the private car, there is rarely enough (21)

................... for moving traffic, and certainly not enough for parked vehicles. Buses move slowly because of

the volume of traffic thus encouraging more commuters to abandon public. Banning traffic (22) ..................

some areas may help, but such a solution may not actually diminish the number of cars coming into the city.

What has happened in effect is that the needs of the private car have become the number one priority, (23)

............... the older functions of the city center as meeting place and focus for social life have been lost. The

new city cannot survive without a series of ring roads. Giant car parks are its new palaces. During the working

hours of the day, there is the constant din of traffic, but at night the center is (24) .................... empty, apart

from a few homeless in doorways. Most people have commuted back to the suburbs, and very few of those

who live in the center have cars, for often there is nowhere …