1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TP. HCM TRƯỜNG TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG AN LẠC Tổ Ngoại Ngữ TIẾNG ANH 12 Tài liệu dành cho học sinh THPT LƯU HÀNH NộI Bộ 2 A. SAMPLE TESTS TEST 1 I. Fill in the blanks with the words given : as took schooling chemist scientific lectures in on informal attended went discoveries Michael Faraday, the English physicist and (1)___________ , is best known for his (2) ___________ of electricity and chemistry. He was born (3) ___________ September 22 nd , 1791, in Newington, England. He was the son of a blacksmith and received little formal (4)___________. While apprenticed to a bookbinder in London, he read books on (5) ___________ subjects and experimented with electricity. In 1812 he (6) ___________ a series of lectures given by the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy and forwarded the notes he (7) ___________ at these lectures to Davy, together with a request for employment. Davy employed Faraday (8) ___________ an assistant in his chemical laboratory at the Royal Institution. II. Use the correct form or tense of the verbs in parentheses : 1. Last night I (go) ____________ to a party. When I (get) ___________, the room (be) ____________ full of people. Some of them (dance) _____________ and others (talk) ____________. One young woman (stand) ____________ by herself. I (never, meet) ___________ her, so I (introduce) ____________ myself to her. 2. John is in English class. He (study) ____________ English this semester. He (also, take) ____________ some other classes. His Classes (begin) ____________ at 9 o’clock every day. 3. I don’t like (force) __________ (leave) _________ the room (study) _________ whenever my roommates feel like (have) _________ a party. 4. While she (talk) __________ on the phone, the children (start) __________ fighting and (break) __________ the window. 5. I hope they (repair) __________ this road by the time we (come) __________ back next summer. III. Complete the following sentences with correct prepositions : 1. He was _________ prison _________ 2 years. _________ that time he became interested _________ pigeons. 2. I want two seats _________ Romeo and Juliet _________ Friday night. 3. Go on _________ you see the church _________ your right. 4. How do you go _____ school ? It depends _______ the weather. ______ wet days, I go _____ tube. _____ fine weather I go ______ foot. 5. I look forward _________ seeing you again next year. 6. I’m tired _________ walking all day long. IV. Fill in the blanks with correct form of the word in parentheses : 1. Her ____________ from school without any excuse made the teacher angry. (absent) 2. She can’t stand his _____________. (rude) 3. They are all _____________ educated persons. (good) 4. Hard work always brings _____________ (succeed) 5. Your rice field is more _____________ than ours. (produce) 3 6. Most children are not _____________ good at their future work. (expect) 7. With the help of the computer, you can _____________ make a business plan. (ease) 8. Tom has never had accidents. He drives very _____________ (care) 9. His parents _____________ him to study harder. (courage) 10. I’m sure they will get used to the _____________ condition soon. (work) 11. Your new dress makes you more _____________. (beauty) 12. You should do these exercises _____________. (quick) 13. There are a lot of _____________ differences in England. (region) 14. Driving _____________ is _____________. (fast / danger) 15. One of the _____________ diseases that mankind has ever had is AIDS. (bad) V. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed above it : 1. Tom is sorry that he didn’t watch the football match last night. - Tom wishes _____________________________________________________________ 2. The test we did yesterday was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours. - Yesterday we did ________________________________________________________ 3. “How many students are there in your class ?” - The man asked me _______________________________________________________ 4. “You should go to the lecture” - The teacher advised us ____________________________________________________ 5. You must hurry or we’ll miss the train. - Unless we ______________________________________________________________ 6. It’s not difficult to make bread. - Bread is ________________________________________________________________ 7. Jack said, “I have studied English for five years, Mary.” - Jack told________________________________________________________________ 8. Unless they leave a lamp beside that hole, somebody will fall into it. - If______________________________________________________________________ 9. The workers repaired the bridge last week. - If______________________________________________________________________ 10. No one could open the door of the house. - The door _______________________________________________________________ 11. The city where we were born is very small. - The city in ______________________________________________________________ 12. She has studied French for five years. - She began_______________________________________________________________ 13. They left very early in the morning. They didn’t want anybody to see them.(so that) - _______________________________________________________________________ 14. He collects old coins. He is likes it. - He is fond_______________________________________________________________ 15. She said, “ Have you got a new car, Jack ?” - She asked_______________________________________________________________ 16. He said to her, “ Give my regards to your parents.” - He told _________________________________________________________________ 17. “Don’t talk to that man”, she said. 4 - She told ________________________________________________________________ 18. I didn’t understand the lesson because I didn’t go to school yesterday. - If______________________________________________________________________ 19. Jane can’t go to your party because you don’t invite her. - If______________________________________________________________________ 20. They haven’t finished their homework yet. - Their homework _________________________________________________________ 21. Jim was absent because he was ill. - Because of ______________________________________________________________ 22. We were late for the play because of the long line at the ticket-window. - Because there ___________________________________________________________ 23. I couldn’t see anything because it was so dark. - Because of ______________________________________________________________ 24. Because the weather is warm and damp, rice grows very well here. - Because of ______________________________________________________________ 25. Jane never says a hard word to Tom because of her love for him. - Because Jane ____________________________________________________________ The First Step Is Always The Hardest (Vạn Sự Khởi Đầu Nan) TEST 2 I. Give the proper tenses or forms of the verbs in brackets : 1. Next month I (have) _________ a week’s vacation. I (plan) _________ to take a trip. First I (go) _________ to Madison, Wisconsin to visit my brother. After I (leave) _________ Madison, I (go) _________ Chicago (see) _________ a friend who (study) _________ at a university there. She (live) _________ in Chicago for three years, so she (know) _________ her way around the city. She (promise) _________ (take) _________ me to many interesting places. I (never, be) _________ in Chicago, so I (look) _________ forward to (go) _________ there. 2. Yesterday John (eat) _____________ breakfast at 8:00. He (already, eat) _________ breakfast when he (leave) ____________ for class at 8:45. He (always, eat) _________ breakfast before he (go) _____________ to class. I (usually, not eat) _________ breakfast before I (go) _________ to class. But I (usually, get) _________ hungry about midmorning. Tomorrow before I (go) _____________ to class, I (eat) _________ breakfast. 3. He is thinking of (leave) _________ his job and (go) _________ to America. 4. We had no difficulty (find) _________ his house. 5. He usually (wear) _________ sandals; but when I last (see) _________ him, he (wear) _________ boots. II. Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the words given : 5 1. The little boy felt very _____________ because his parents did not let him go with them. (disappoint) 2. The surgeons tried their best to save his life, but unfortunately the operation was _____________ (success) 3. During his _____________ the family lived in Cornwall. (child) 4. The _____________ of world population is being studied. (grow) 5. If you want the two sides to be even, you must measure from the ________. (centre) 6. How many _____________ were there in all ? (compete) 7. A fertilizer is any substance that _____________ the soil and helps plants grow. (rich) 8. _____________ know what mineral soil needs. (science) 9. He was _____________ for the job by a committee. (select) 10. We won’t buy the car until the _____________ arises. (necessary) 11. _____________ is my favourite subject. (historical) 12. _____________ waste is one of the causes of air pollution. (industry) 13. He has made a great _____________ to the development of the country. (contribute) 14. Are you _____________ of some changes in his appearance? (awareness) 15. _____________ can help improve our health. (jog) 16. Mount Vesurius is an _____________ volcano. (act) 17. He is confident enough to express his opinion _____________. (comfort) 18. Is _____________ free and compulsory in your country ? (educate) 19. The _____________ is really the marvel of the machine age. (compute) 20. He does everything with perfect _____________. (accurate) III. Supply the missing prepositions : 1. Thank you ______ inviting me ______ your birthday party. 2. Unless you hurry, you are late _______ class. 3. He advised us not to stay ______ late. 4. When you come to see me tomorrow, please phone me _______ advance. 5. She wishes she would go ______ the moon some day. 6. He has no interest ________ football. 7. They are proud ________ what they have done. 8. He takes pride _________ his work. 9. I don’t think he’s accustomed ________ driving on the right. 10. Jim is bored ______ looking for a job. IV. Rewrite the following sentences as directed without changing their meaning : 1. Nobody could solve this mathematical problem.  This _________________________________________________________________ 2. They believe that he will pass the final exam.  He ___________________________________________________________________ 3. She was too old to carry that heavy case.  She was so ____________________________________________________________ 4. He seldom keeps his promise.  Seldom _______________________________________________________________ 5. I have never travelled by plane in my life. 6  Never ________________________________________________________________ 6. Jack is not old enough to see horror films.  Jack is too _____________________________________________________________ 7. You will catch cold if you don’t keep your feet dry.  Unless ________________________________________________________________ 8. People saw him leave the office yesterday.  He ___________________________________________________________________ 9.She came late because of the rain.  Because it _____________________________________________________________ 10. “You’d better not lend them any more money.” said Alice.  Alice advised __________________________________________________________ 11. She decided to help him with some money.  She made _____________________________________________________________ 12. We have to notice the teacher’s explanation.  We have to pay _________________________________________________________ 13. This flower is very beautiful.  What _________________________________________________________________ 14. He spent 2 hours doing the mathematical exercises.  It took ________________________________________________________________ 15. They have to change the date of the meeting again.  The date ______________________________________________________________ 16. It was so late that nothing could be done.  It was too _____________________________________________________________ 17. I didn’t go out because it rained.  If ____________________________________________________________________ 18. I have fewer books than she has.  She has _______________________________________________________________ 19. Mary visited us three days ago.  Mary paid _____________________________________________________________ 20. The plumber repaired the leak this morning.  They had ______________________________________________________________ V. Complete each space with one proper word : Pollution spoils our environment (1) ___________ many ways. The air we breathe, for instance, is constantly (2) ___________ by smoke and by chemicals such as carbon monoxide in the exhaut fumes of cars and other kinds of motor vehicles. For wild life, however, there (3) ___________ even greater dangers in the pollution of water of rivers or seas. A good illustration of this is oil released from the tankers (4) _________ sea. It kills all kinds of sea animals, including birds (5) ___________ feathers become covered with oil so they cannot fly, as well as fish and other forms of marine life. Other causes of water (6) __________ include power stations, (7) __________ release warm water into rivers. This kills the fish and plants which live there. These are only (8) ___________ examples, there are many more. 1. a. by b. on c. with d. in 2. a. polluted b. dirty c. purified d. cleaned 3. a. is b. are c. be d. being 4. a. at b. in c. on d. by 5. a. that b. which c. whose d. who 6. a. pollution b. purity c. shortage d. problem 7 7. a. they b.that c.which d.where 8. a. litlle b.a few c.a little d.few If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again Nỗ lực kiên trì là chìa khóa của thành công TEST 3 I. Supply the correct tense or form of each verb in brackets : 1. Last year, I (go) ___________ mountain climbing for the first time.It was exciting and terrifying at the same time. We (move) ___________ slowly and carefully,and it (take) ___________ three days (get) ___________ to the top.When we climbed onto the summit, we (find) ___________ another group of climbers. They (arrive) ___________ several hours ahead of us. They (have) ___________ dinner and listening to Beethoven. We (laugh) ___________ and they (invite) ___________ us to join them. The climb (be) ___________, to say the least, an unforgettable experience. 2. The weather (be) ___________ terrible lately. It (rain) ___________ off and on for two days, and the temperature (drop) ___________ at least twenty degrees. It (be) ___________ in the low 40s right now. Just three days ago, the sun (shine) ___________ and the weather was pleasant. The weather certainly (change) ___________ quickly here. I never know what (expect) __________. Who knows ? When I (wake) ___________ up tomorrow morning, maybe it (snow) ___________. II. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions : 1. She was quite satisfied _________ your answer. 2. This story is similar _________ that one. 3. He often borrows money _________ his friends. 4. The house consists _________ five rooms. 5. This song is familiar _________ everyone. 6. Our plane will take off _________ 6 o’clock. 7. Mozart was born ______ Salzburg ______ 1756. 8. None ______ this money is mine. 9. I’ve been invited ______ a wedding ______ 14 February. 10. Hurry up ! We’ve got to go ______ five minutes. 11. I hope the weather will be nice ______ the weekend. 12. I have lived ______ London most ______ my life. III. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentences : 1. Although he’s got an English name, he is in fact German.  Despite _______________________________________________________________ 2. I found a place to live but it was difficult.  I had difficulty__________________________________________________________ 3. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.  They had ______________________________________________________________ 8 4. He’s fat because he doesn’t take any exercises.  But if ________________________________________________________________ 5. Turn off all the switches before leaving the workshop.  All the switches ________________________________________________________ 6. “You’d better not go out without a raincoat.”He said.  He advised_____________________________________________________________ 7. You will miss the train if you don’t hurry.  Unless you_____________________________________________________________ 8. That factory is producing more and more pollution.  More and more pollution _________________________________________________ 9. My brother is not tall.I am not tall.  Neither _______________________________________________________________ 10. Although his leg was broken,he managed to get out of the car.  In spite _______________________________________________________________ 11. The driver said, “Don’t get off the bus while it’s moving!”  The driver asked the passengers ___________________________________________ 12. He repaired the bicycle in two hours.  It took ________________________________________________________________ 13. I have never heard him shout at his children.  He ___________________________________________________________________ 14. The enemy used to attack this place.  This place _____________________________________________________________ 15. Doing exercises before going to school is important.  It is __________________________________________________________________ 16. Rice won’t grow if there isn’t enough rain.  Unless ________________________________________________________________ 17. “Why don’t you close the door, John ?”, Nam asked.  Nam asked ____________________________________________________________ 18. We have been doing our work since 8 o’clock.  Our work _____________________________________________________________ 19. They didn’t leave the house early. They were so late for the play.  If ____________________________________________________________________ 20. She won’t stay with us.  I wish ________________________________________________________________ IV. Use the correct word form : 1. Every ______________ in science helps you gain new knowledge. (succeed) 2. This problem is too difficult for me to ______________. (solution) 3. He can ______________ answer that question. (easy) 4. She is so busy with ______________ activities that she has no time for entertainment. (society) 5. Our teachers always ______________ us to study. (courage) 6. The United Nations _______________ consists of about one hundred and sixty nations. (organize) 9 7. One day young Faraday attended a lecture given by a ____________ scientist, Sir Humphry Davy. (fame) 8. He took very ______________ notes at the lecture. (care) 9. The traffic policeman stopped him because he was driving __________ (care) 10. He failed the exam because of his ______________ (lazy) 11. He’s very interested in ______________ books and magazines. (education) 12. Having a car______________ him to travel around the country. (able) V. Read the following passage then make questions with the suggested words and answer them : What is conservation ? Conservation is the wise use of our natural resources. You know that plants are valuable natural resources. Coal, oil, and metal ores are examples of other natural resources. Natural resources are the materials found in or on the earth that are useful to man. Then why should we use our natural resources carefully ? We mine millions of tons of coal every year, we use millions of barrels of oil, we cut down thousands of acres of forests. But the earth produces only a limited amount of these natural resources. Coal and oil were formed thousands of years ago, and the supply is gradually running out. That is why we must use our natural resources as carefully and wisely as we can. We must make them last as long as possible. Conservation is the wise use of our natural resources. 1. What / conservation ? -______________________________________________________? -______________________________________________________ 2. What / natural resources ? -______________________________________________________? -______________________________________________________ 3. Natural resources / limited / unlimited ? -______________________________________________________? -______________________________________________________ 4. When / coal and oil / form ? -______________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________ The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword Chữ Nghĩa Mạnh Hơn Gươm Giáo TEST 4 I. Use the correct form of the words : 1. Don’t be so _________. We’ve only been waiting a few minutes. (patient) 2. We should learn all the new words by heart in order to _________ our vocabulary. (rich) 3. Because of the _________ of her teachers, she decided to study law. (encourage) 10 4. The girl was not very pretty but she sang __________. (beautiful) 5. The rotation of crops on the same land can prevent soil _________. (exhaust) 6. Our farms produce rice, crops, and dairy __________. (produce) 7. We must make ____________ for our old age by saving money. (provide) 8. The industrial __________ will lead to the country’s prosperity. (develop) 9. Some large cities have had measures to minimize air ____________. (pollute) 10. The __________ of the swamps will destroy the mosquitos’ breeding places. (drain) II. Fill in each space with an appropriate preposition : 1. We walked _________ town _____ Sunday. 2. That bad boy threw rocks _________ my dog. 3. They arrived _________ the United State last year. 4. The pupils left their bicycle leaning _________ the wall. 5. Next month, I’m going to Scotland _________ a short holiday. 6. There was panic when people realized the building was _______ fire. 7. Are you afraid ______ ghost ? 8. He doesn’t understand the lesson because he is often late ______ school. 9. The school library is open ______ every students. 10. Your concept is different ________ mine. 11. Smoking is very harmful______ your health. 12. She was absent ______ school because she was very sick yesterday. III. Supply the correct verb tenses or forms. 1. After she (work) __________ at the hospital for two years, she (decide) __________ to give up the job. 2. He will come at once because I (tell) __________ him by phone that you (need) __________ him urgently. I’m sure he (find) __________ his way easily although he (never visit) __________ this house before. 3. By the time you get back, I (finish) __________ all my correspondence and then I (can help) ______________ you with yours. 4. In a few minutes’ time, when the clock (strike) __________ six, I (wait) __________ here for an hour. 5. A taxi driver (drive) _______________ along a street when he suddenly (black out) ____________ and lost control of his vehicle. The taxi (plunge) _________ into a nearby river. A hawker, who (see) ______________ the accident, rushed from his coffee stall and (dive) ___________ into the water. He (have) ___________ to swim twenty five metres before he could get to the taxi. The taxi driver (try) ______________ to wind down the window. The hawker reached into the taxi for the safety-belt. After he (release) __________ the safety-belt, he pulled the driver out through the partially open window. At the hospital, the driver (say) ____________ that the black out might (cause) _______________ by his high blood pressure condition. 6. Marie Curie, the Polish-born chemist, was a courageous and determined woman. She (leave) ___________her home for Paris (pursue) ___________ her interest in science. (live) ___________ in poverty, she still (manage) ___________ to graduate at the top of her class. She (meet) ___________ Pierre Curie shortly after graduation and (marry) ___________ him a year later. Together, Pierre and Marie (form) ___________ the most famous husband-and-wife partnership in science history. They (discover) ___________ the radioactive elements, Polonium and Radium. They (award) ___________ the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. IV/ Rewrite the following sentences : [...]... grew old he often (think) of all the things he (do) _ when he (be) young 3 When we (go) to see them last night, they (play) cards; they (say) they (play) since six o’clock 4 This is the second time you (break) a cup; you (break) one yesterday My last servant (never break) _ anything, and you (break) _ nearly half the things in the house... careless driver than I am - She drives 6 How old do you think this building is? - When do you think _ 7 He is sorry now that he didn’t invite Jane to his party - He wishes _ 8 This furniture is so old that it is not worth keeping - This is _ 9 We spent five hours getting to London -... That / third cake / you / eat /this morning - _ 3 All the food /serve /this restaurant / excellent - _ 4 The United Nations / play / important part /preserving peace / the world - _ 5 The test / so difficult / none of us / could do / successfully - _ 6 Either you / your brother / choose... the truth, I’m not very keen _ going out tonight III Give the correct verb tense or form 1 I (see) _ you in the school play last night You (do) _ a terrific acting job (you ever act) _ in a play before this one? -Yes, I (start) _ (act) when I was in elementary school 2 Yesterday I (go) _ to my daughter’s dance recital I (be never) _ to a dance recital before I (take,... _ 4 He studied English at school He succeeded in it - He succeeded in _ 5 The children like to walk in the rain - The children enjoy 6 The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was rough - The sea was too _ 7 Who does this bicycle belong to? - Whose _? 8 We learned this after a long time - It took ... 13 I said to him,”How did you go to school yesterday?” - I 14 He said to the boy,”Put your briefcase on this table.” - He 15 The boy said to his friends,”Don’t make too much noise!” - The boy 16 I started work for this company a year ago - I‘ve been ... (go) for a drink of water 7 I have a long trip ahead of me tomorrow, so I think I’d better (go) _ to bed But let me (say) _ good-bye now because I (not, see) _ you in the morning I (already, leave) _ by the time you (get) _ up II Choose the one word in parentheses that best fits the blank space : 1 This river has been _ by industrial waste (purified, contaminated, cleaned,... his leg five days ago He’s in hospital He (be) in hospital since he (break) his leg II Supply the correct word form 1 I should choose this in to any other (prefer) 2 He is unhappy because of his _ (deaf) 3 The government want to this training center (military) 4 The advantage is that it leaves healthy cells _ (harm) 5 A laser the bone without touching any... 5 o’clock, and goes school _ foot 2 She used to live the countryside Now she lives HCM City 3 Farmers can help enrich the soil _ adding fertilizers 4 The house was crowded _ students 5 You were confused _ the date of the meeting 6 Mr Brown is very popular his students 7 Hurry or you will be late _ school 8 His plan is similar hers 9 This country is very rich _... 3 Hundreds _ birds were sitting on the telephone lines 4 I’m tired doing the same thing day after day 5 You may use a dictionary to look this new word 6 She is very good cooking European dishes 7 He gets used _ her snoring in sleep 8 Peter was very familiar _ planting potatoes 9 This car belongs _ Mr John 10 They are capable doing that job 12 III/ Rewrite the . DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TP. HCM TRƯỜNG TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG AN LẠC Tổ Ngoại Ngữ TIẾNG ANH 12 Tài liệu dành cho học sinh THPT LƯU HÀNH NộI Bộ 2 A ___________________________________________________________________ 14. The enemy used to attack this place.  This place _____________________________________________________________ 15. Doing exercises before going to school is important.  It is __________________________________________________________________. the school play last night. You (do) _______ a terrific acting job. (you ever act) _________ in a play before this one? -Yes, I (start) _________ (act) __________ when I was in elementary school.