ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I
NĂM HỌC: 2010-2011
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12 – ĐỀ 016
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể phát đề
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể phát đề
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest :
1. A. biologist B. generally C. responsible D. security
2. A. believe B. marriage C. response D. maintain
3. A. experience B. technology C. environment D. optimistic

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
4. A. concerned B. raised C. developed D. maintained
5. A. though B. encourage C. enough D. country

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the
underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
6. John cannot make a ________ to get married to Mary or stay single until he can
afford a house and a car.
A. decide B. decision C. decisive D. decisively
7. Yesterday, she borrowed many books ________ the library.
A. from B. of C. off D. with
8. If I had known you would come, I ________ for you.
A. will wait B. would wait C. would have waited D. would not
have waited
9. Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking.
A. help B. prepared C. be busy D. attempt
10. The woman asked ________ get lunch at school.
A. can the children B. whether the children could
C. if the children can D. could the children
11. Dien Bien Phu is the place ________ our army won a resounding victory in 1954.

A. where B. what C. that D. which
12. If you want to be successful in a job interview, ________ prepare carefully for it.
A. you shall B. you will C. you should D. you would
13. All planes ________ before the departure.
A. will check B. will have checked C. will be checked D. will been
checked
14. AIDS is a(n) ________ disease.
A. danger B. endangered C. endanger D. dangerous
15. Nowadays, businessmen usually use telephones to ________ with their
counterparts.
A. communicating B. communicative C. communicate D.
communication
16. While I _______ along the road, I saw a friend of mine.
A. have cycled B. was cycling C. had cycled D. cycled
17. By the end of this year, Tom ________ English for three years .
A. will be studying B. has studied C. will have studied D. has been
studying
18. “Congratulation! You did great.” – “________ “ .
A. It’s nice of you to say so. B. It’s my pleasure
C. You’re welcome D. That’s OK
19. I could tell he was surprised from the _______ on his face.
A. expression B. appearance C. image D. view
20. Tom: “How are you today, Jane?” – Jane: “_______ “.
A. I’m 20 B. Good, I like it C. Fine, thanks. D. No, thank
you.
21. John: “Merry Christmas.” – Mary: “_______ “
A. The same to you B. Good. I like it
C. Happy to you. D. I want it.
22. ‘What a lovely house you have!” - “_______ “.
A. I think so. B. Of course. C. Thank you. D. You’re

welcome.
23. More discussion ________ before we can make a decision.
A. needed B. need C. is need D. is needed
24. ________ this work ________ before you went to Moscow?
A. Will / have been done B. Has / been done
C. Will / be done D. Had / been done
25. Britney Spears is famous ________ her beautiful face and sweet voice.
A. by B. for C. with D. about
26. So far, there ________ a hundred people taking part in the race.
A. are B. has been C. have been D. is
27. I advised her ________ anything about it to her friends.
A. not saying B. not to say C. saying D. not say
28. When I entered the room, they ________ to greet me.
A. stood B. stood up C. stand up D. are standing
29. “Would you like to have dinner with me?” – “________”.
A. I’m very happy B. Yes, so do I . C. Yes, it is. D. Yes, I’d love
to
30. Yesterday, he ________ to go to the cinema with you.
A. promises B. promised C. promise D. promising

Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting:
31. The manager sent to his new strike, whose scored a brilliant goal.
A B C D
32. Hamlet was wrote by William Shakespeare.
A B C D
33. If we had a big house, we can invite our friends to stay.
A B C D
34. After George had returned to his house, he was reading a book.
A B C D
35. My mother asked me how many classes were there in my school.

A B C D

Choose the best sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
36. He was very tired but he kept on working.
A. Despite he was very tired, he kept on working.
B. In spite of he was very tired, he kept on working.
C. Though his tiredness, he kept on working.
D. Although he was very tired, he kept on working.
37. That’s factory is producing more and more pollution.
A. Pollution is being produced more and more by that factory .
B. More and more pollution is produced by that factory.
C. More and more pollution are being produced by that factory.
D. More and more pollution is being produced by that factory.
38. “How long have you been learning English?” the examiner asked.
A. The examiner asked me how long I have been learning English.
B. The examiner asked me how long I had learnt English.
C. The examiner asked her how long she has been learning English.
D. The examiner asked how long I had been learning English.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence to
each of the following sets of words
39. formal school system / Vietnam / consist / two levels / education
A. The formal school of system in Vietnam consists two levels of education.
B. The formal school in system in Vietnam consist two levels of education.
C. The formal school system in Vietnam consists of two levels of education.
D. The formal school system in Vietnam consists of two levels at education.
40. academic year / Vietnam / run / September / May
A. The academic year in Vietnam runs for September to May.
B. The academic year in Vietnam runs from the September to the May.
C. The academic year in Vietnam runs from September and May.
D. The academic year in Vietnam runs from September to May.


Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
The computer age is producing an army of robots — machines that are directed
by electronic brains and which replace human labor in industrial operations. Many are
artificial arms which replace human labor in industrial operations. Many are artificial
arms which reach into areas man enters only at his peril, such as the inside of a nuclear
reactor.
Already in 2000 there were 90,000 such robots working in industrial plants
throughout the world. The big change over to robots, however, is likely to come only
when their costs go down while workers’ wages continue to rises.
41. Sentence 1 indicates that robots are used mainly _______
A. to fight wars. B. to operate computers.
C. to direct electronic brains. D. to take the place of human
workers.
42. An observer today is most likely to see robots in operation in ______
A. military battles B. business offices C. modem factories D. scientific
laboratories
43. The shape of many robots already in use is some what similar to that of a human
______
A. brain B. hand C. arm D.
foot
44. The passage makes clear that a very valuable use of many robots is to _______
A. act as a teacher to human beings.
B. replace the human brain in producing computers.
C. aid doctors in medical operations.
D. do tasks extremely dangerous for human to do.
45. Which of the following statements about the last sentence in the passage is
certainly true?
A. The cost of the avenge robot is higher than that of a human worker.
B. The cost of a human worker is higher than that of the average robot.

C. Robots are becoming more and more expensive.
D. Robots are becoming cheaper all the time.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
In many modern countries, people think about a family as a mother , a father and
their children . But this is not (46)____ only kind of the family group . In some parts of
the world, a family group has many other members. This kind of large family is called an
“(47)______ family” or a “joint family”
The joint family includes all living relatives on either the mother’s or the father’s side
of the family. It is made up of grandparents , parents ,brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and
cousins . They live together in a large house or in huts (48)_____ close together .
Early people probably lived in joint families. They had to be part of a large group in
order to survive. The members of the group help each other hunt. They work together to
protect themselves from dangerous animals and other enemies. In China, people lived in
joint families. When a son married, he and his wife lived at his parents’ house. (49)____
daughters remained at home until they married. Chinese children felt very loyal (50)___
their parents. Younger members of the joint family always took care of the old ones.
46. A. a B. the C. no article D. an
47. A. open B. extended C. intensive D. big
48. A. building B. built C. which built D. be built
49. A. unmarried B. married C. marrying D. being
married
50. A. on B. of C. with D. to
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ I (Tham khảo)
Mơn: Tiếng Anh 12
Năm học 2009 – 2010

1B 11A 21A 31B 41D
2B 12B 22C 32B 42A
3D 13C 23C 33B 43C

4B 14D 24D 34D 44B
5A 15C 25B 35C 45D
6B 16B 26C 36D 46B
7A 17C 27B 37D 47B
8C 18A 28B 38D 48B
9A 19A 29D 39C 49B
10B 20C 30B 40D 50D