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Đề kiểm tra tiếng anh lớp 12 số 20
PRACTICE TEST 20 I- Multiple choice : 1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a.but b. nut c. fun d. bury 2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a. seen b. sit c. sure d. seem 3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a. match b. chair c. watch d.chemistry 4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a. climate b. attract c.advise d. deny 5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a. erode b. involve c. reduce d. product 6. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a. surgeon b. protection c. accurate d. subject 7. Did she give you any reason ____ her behavior? a. why b. for c. of d. about 8.You are not allowed to be absent ____ school without permission. a. for b. at c. from d. in 9.Granny is completely deaf. You’ll have to make allowances _____ her. a. with b. for c. of d. about 10.Take advantage ____ the chance to do some sightseeing while you are here. a. of b. off c. with d. on 11.Are you aware ____ the regulations concerning the use of guns? a. for b. about c. with d. of 12.There’s no need to _____ such a fuss over it. a. do b. make c. take d. get 13. My mother is too old to ______ herself. a. look at b. look for c. look like d. look after 14. My mother is very religious. She goes to ______ twice a day. a. church b. the church c. a church d. churches 15. Phone me before ten. ______ I’ll be too busy to talk to you. a.unless b. if c. otherwise d. whether 16. Ann agreed to stay behind; she was used to ______ late. a. work b. working c. being worked d. have worked 17. ______ is a complete mystery how they ever got there in that car. a. There b. It c. That d. This 18. ______ accepting your job offer, I’d like to know a bit more about the company. a. Before b. In order to c. Until d. If 19. The ____ to the park is through that gate there. a. entering b. entry c. entrance d. enter 20. Thousands of people were at the airport for the president’s ____. a. arrival b. arriving c. arrived d. arrive 21. The conquest of ____ , disease and ignorance must be our principal aim. a. property b. poverty c. liberty d. ability 22. Nuclear power stations have caused ____ environmental pollution. a. many b. a few c. a lot of d. few 23. The judge told him it was ____ to drink and drive and banned him for a year. a. responsible b. irresponsible c. responsibility d. irresponsibly 24. ____ is a time that is supposed to be free of worries. a. Childhood b. Childlike c. Childless d. Child 25. Gravity keeps us all from being hurled off the earth _____it whirls around . a. because b. as c. so that d. although 26. ______satellites leave the earth at a very great speed. a. Manly-made b. Man-making c. Man-make d. Man-made 27. He _____ foundations on his famous discoveries of Mathematics and Physics. a. put b. set c. laid d. lay 28. Gravity makes balls thrown into the air _____ back down. a. fall b. fell c. falling d. to fall 29. In 1656, Sir Isaac Newton was brought home from school to run the farm. a. to do b. to manage c. to go off d. come into 30. You can look _____the meaning of these words with the help of a dictionary. a. for b. at c. up d. after II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect: 31. He has progressed so rapid in learning English that I can hardly keep up with him. a b c d 32. She is so lonely in such a big house that everybody feels worried about her safely. a b c d 33. This is so a difficult problem that they are asking for advice from a law office. a b c d 34. The neighbours talked so noisy that I couldn’t sleep during the night. a b c d III- Read the following passage and choose the best answer: (35) ____ do people drive on the left in Britain and on the right in the other countries? The reason for this goes (36) ____ to the days when people traveled on horseback. Most people are (37) ____, and thus the left is the natural side to ride on if you are on horseback and need your right hand to hold a sword (38) ____ of trouble. So why didn’t the rest of the world (39) ____the same? Because of Napoleon Bonaparte. He insisted that his armies marched on the right, and as he marched through Europe, he imposed this rule (40) ____ he went. The question suggested that only the British drive on the left, but in fact, out of 178 countries in the world there are (41) ____ 50 that drive on the left, including Japan. However, most of them are (42) ____ British colonies. 35.a. What b. When c. Why d. How 36.a. back b. on c. away d. forward 37.a. right-hand b. hand-right c. right-handed d. handed-right 38.a. instead b. in case c. in spite d. because 39. a. make b. create c. do d. allow 40.a. wherever b. however c. whenever d. for ever 41.a. near b. less c. more d. about 42.a. latter b. former c. later d. latest IV. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one : 43. We took the final exam in a very noisy room. a. The room where we took the final exam was very noisy. b. The room was very noisy where we took the final exam. c. The room we took the final exam was very noisy. d. The room was where we took the final exam very noisy. 44. She sings so well that she has been asked to make a record. a. She is such a well dancer that she has been asked to make a record. b. She is such a good dancing that she has been asked to make a record. c. She is such a good dancer that she has been asked to make a record. d. She is such a well dancing that she has been asked to make a record. 45. The roads are bad because of the recent heavy snow. a. Because it has snowed recent, the roads are bad. b. Because it has snow recently, the roads are bad. c. Because it has been snowed recently, the roads are bad. d. Because it has snowed recently, the roads are bad. 46. Don’t pay any attention to what he says; he’s only trying to annoy you. a. Take no notice to what he says; he’s only trying to annoy you. b. Take no notice of what he says; he’s only trying to annoy you. c. Take any notice of what he says; he’s only trying to annoy you. d. Take no notice with what he says; he’s only trying to annoy you. 47. This morning I bought a pair of shoes which cost £60. a. This morning I spent £60 buying a pair of shoes. b. This morning I spent on a pair of shoes which cost £60 . c. This morning I spent £60 on a pair of shoes. d. This morning I spent £60 on a pair of shoes I bought it. 48. I don’t intend to lend you any money. a. I have no intention to lend you any money. b. I have no intention for lending you any money. c. I have no intend to lend you any money. d. I have no intention of lending you any money. 49. I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier. a. I apologize for not phoning you earlier. b. I apologize I didn’t phone you earlier. c. I apologize for phoning you earlier. d. I apologize not to phone you earlier. 50. There were fewer people at this meeting than at the last one. a. There weren’t as many people at the meeting as at the last one. b. There weren’t as few people at the meeting as at the last one. c. There weren’t as much people at the meeting as at the last one. d. There weren’t as many people at the meeting as the last one. . ____ to the park is through that gate there. a. entering b. entry c. entrance d. enter 20. Thousands of people were at the airport for the president’s ____.. word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a. climate b. attract c.advise d. deny 5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently