Đề kiểm tra giữa học kì II - Năm học: 2008 - 2009 môn: tiếng Anh – Lớp 12 THPT

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KÌ II
 THÀNH PHỐ CẦN THƠ Năm học : 2008- 2009 
 Môn: TIẾNG ANH – lớp 12 THPT
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
 (Đề thi gồm có 4 trang)
 Mã đề 400
Họ và tên thí sinh: .............................................................. 
Số báo danh: ....................................................................... 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which has different stress pattern from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
1. A. gorilla	B. endanger	C. elephant	D. impressive
2. A. produce	B. wildlife	C. product	D. damage
3. A. possible	B. different	C. example	D. interested
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word who underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
4. A. chemistry	B. children	C. change	D. check
5. A. advised	B. lived	C. imagined	D. picked
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. What is the population of Panda .. the world?
A. in	B. on 	C. over	D. above
2. So far, there .............. a hundred people taking part in the race.
A. have been	B. has been	C.are	D. is
3. . has your sister been living there? - Since last month.
A. How long 	B. How 	C. How far	D. What time
4. I read books whenever I .. a little free time.
	A. have	B. will have	C. have had	D. having
5. You .look after this book carefully because it is valuable.
A. must	B. can	C. could	D. may
6. I don’t understand the situation . You ........................to explain it again.
A. need	B. must	C. should	D. may
7. I don’t want the children to play in this room. They .. break something.
A. may	B. must	C. should	D. ought to
8. In the future I think people at home.
A. will work	B. are working	C. work	D. are going to work
9. Harry Potter is a boy who .......... to be a witch.
A. is trained	B. trains	C. trained	D. is traning 
10. How did you feel when you at the table to take the exam?
A. were sitting	B. sitting	C. sat	D. have sat
11. to her birthday party on Saturday?
A. Are you going	B. Do you go	C. Have you go	D. Will you go
12. My sister to be a doctor.	
A. wants	B. is wanting	C. want	D. is want
13. You must eat sensibly and you .overeat.
A. mustn’t	B. must 	C. needn’t	D. should 
14. On Fridays he .to work for the exercise. 
A. walks	B. walk	C. is walking	D. will walk
15. My boss isn’t here now. He . back on Saturday.
A. will be	B. is	C. going	D. would be
16. He bought ................because he likes reading stories about love affairs.
A. a romance	B. a love affair	C. a fiction	D. a comic
17. Mary  me a very good joke yesterday.
A. told	B. talked	C. said	D. spoke
18. Because I don’t have a car anymore, I .take the bus every day now.
A. have to	B. can	C. may	D. must
19. When the trees .., the smaller plants die and the land become desert.
A. are gone	B. are going	C. goes	D. gone
20. The primary causes of species extinction are habitat ..
A. destroy	B. destroyed	C. destruction	D. destructive
21. More discussion ..before we can make a decision.
A is needed	B. need	C. is need	D. needed
22. The Mojave Desert has low winter temperature, .it is regarded as a cold desert.
A. so	B. but	C. although	D. however
23. . always say that their products are the best.
	A. Advertisers	B. Advertisment	C. Advertise	D. Advertising
24. What do you  about our new teacher? - He’s very nice.
	A. think	B. feel	C. tell	D. talk
25. “I think we should bring a mosquito net.” - “ .................”
A. Congratulations	B. Well	C. Fine	D. Why not?
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. 
26. However we met many difficuties in studying, we were successful in life.
 A B C D
27. Do you know which animal lives in the desert and have two humps?
 A B C D
28. The neighbours made a lot of noises last night at their party. 
 A B C D
29. There was a shortage of engineers so foreign companies invited to build the road. 
 A B C D
30. I really need an advice from you before I take up the English course. 
 A B C D 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the sentence with similar meaning to each of the sentence
31. They’ll have to change the date of the live show again.
A. The date of the live show will have to be changed again.
B. The date of the live show will have been changed again.
C. The date of the live show will have to changed again.
D. The date of the live show will have to be chang again.
32. Would you like me to finish the work today?
A. I’ll finish the work today if you want.
B. If you want to finish the work today.
C. You’ll finish the work today if you want.
D. You’ll finish the work today if I want.
33. Although his leg was broken , he managed to get out of the house.
A. His leg was broken but he managed to get out of the house.
B. Although his leg was broken , he couldn’t get out of the house.
C. In spite of his leg was broken , he managed to get out of the house..
D. His leg was broken , so he managed to get out of the house..
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct sentence to each of the following sets of words
34. countries / building / canals / bring / water / deserts
	A. Some countries are building canals to bring water to the deserts.
B. The countries are building canals to bring water to the deserts.
C. Some countries are building the canals to bring water to the deserts..
D. Some countries are building canals to bring the water to the deserts.
35. size / world / deserts / probably / increase / before people / stop / growth
A. The size of the world’s deserts will probably increase before people stop the growth.
B. The size of the world’s deserts will probably increase before people will stop the growth.
C. The size of world’s deserts will probably increase before people stop the growth.
D. The size of the world deserts will probably increase before people stop the growth.
Read the text and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 41 to 45. 
Comics are extension of comic strips which are found in newspapers and magazines. Comic strips (41)of three or four picture panels telling a story with one or more (42).
Usually when these strips become (43), collections of them are published and take the form of comic books and magazines, (44) are published at regular intervals, weekly or monthly.
Though the first newspaper comic strip appeared in 1892, it was not until 1911 that an entire comic book was published .Usually comics symbolyze humour, (45) the comic books could be of many types: adventurous, detective, science fiction and so on. Out of these , the adventurous and the humourous comics sell most in the market.
41. A. are made	B. are making	C. have made	D. make
42. A. characters	B. character	C. characteristic	D. people
43. A. popular	B. public	C. success	D. publicity
44. A. which	B. that	C. they	D. when
45. A. but	B. so	C. therefore	D. and
Read the text and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 46 to 50. 
Would you like to eat locusts roasted on hot coals? People in the desert regions of the Arab countries use locusts cooked in this way for food. They also eat such other animals as hares and lizards. Pieces of lamb roasted on a spit make up another favorite dish.
Because many crops cannot be grown in desert lands, the people do not have a variety of foods from which to choose. Dates, which can be raised in the oases, form an important part of the diets of desert people. They are fond of fresh dates dipped in butter and roasted over hot coals.
They are also fond of milk they get from camels and goats. Because of the climate, the milk does not stay fresh for long. The desert people have grown accustomed to drinking sour milk. They also use cheese and butter that they make from goats’ and camels’ milk.
Can you think of some foods eaten in this country that might seem strange to people of the desert?
46. The passage is about 
A. desert oases	B. crops in the desert	
C. drinking sour milk	D. foods eaten by desert people
47. The word “They” in the second paragraph, third sentence, refers to.........
A. Arab countries	B. desert people	C. dates	D. diets
48. Acording to the passage which sentence is TRUE?
A. Goats do not give milk.	B. People in Arab eat locusts.
C. Milk becomes sour easily there.	D. Desert people make the milk sour.
49. Which sentence is NOT true?
A. Many different crops grow in deserts.	B. Desert people eat roasted lamb.
C. Cheese is made in Arab lands. 	D. Desert people eat hares.
50. What forms an important part of the diets of desert people?
A. Milk	B. Locusts	C. Dates	D. Hares
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