Đề thi môn tiếng Anh kỳ 1: Giải Trần Đại Nghĩa Lần IV năm học 2006 - 2007 GRADE 10 Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in the blank in each sentence. 1. Excuse me! I’m doing my homework. ________ not making too much noise? A. Would you please B. Can you C. Could you D. Would you mind 2. I’d prefer to go to the football field rather ________ be in class today. A. than B. to C. for D. as 3. Would you like to eat out this evening? __________ . A. Yes, I would like B. Yes, I do like C. Yes, please D. I’d love to 4. I couldn’t find Jimmy at the party last night. If I ______ him, I’d have been very happy. A. meet B. met C. had met D. have met 5. How _______ can you run every morning, Jack? About two kilometers. A. many B. much C. fast D. far 6. Can you see anybody in that classroom? Yes. There _____ a teacher and fifty students there. A. is B. are C. has been D. have been 7. Some marine creatures _______ on others to survive. A. agree B. act C. depend D. suggest 8. The boy decided to go out _________ it was raining very heavily outside. A. because B. despite C. even if D. although 9. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: A. various B. chair C. upstairs D. failure 10. You are just too lazy. If you did some exercise every morning, you _________ much healthier. A. feel B. will feel C. might feel D. are feeling 11. Why _________ I smoke? Is it because of its harmful effects on my lungs? A. needn’t B. shouldn’t C. haven’t D. hadn’t better 12. - Your house looks so new and strange, doesn’t it? - Well, ________. A. it’s being painted B. it’s just been painted C. it’s painted D. it was painted recently 13. Wildlife is being ________ with extinction? A. dealt B. coped C. feared D. threatened 14. _ Do you feel like dancing now? _ ___________. A. It’s a good idea B. I feel good thanks to dancing C. You are welcome D. Maybe, it’s true 15. Janet is a beautiful but very arrogant girl. She always looks ________ other people. A. into B. up to C. after D. down upon Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank. Plant and animal species are dying (16)______ at an unprecedented rate. Estimates range that from 4,000 to as many as 50,000 species per year become extinct. The (17)______ cause of extinction is habitat destruction, particularly of the world’s richest ecosystems – tropical rain forests and coral reefs. (18)______ the world’s rain forests continue to be cut down at the current rate, they may completely disappear by the year 2030. In (19)______, if the world’s population continues to grow at its present rate and puts (20)______ more pressure on these habitats, they might well be destroyed sooner. 16. A. of; B. out; C. on; D. away 17. A. led; B. lead; C. leader; D. leading 18.A. Unless; B. Because; C. Whereas; D. If 19. A. addition; B. general; C. short; D. turn 20. A. mostly; B. almost; C. even; D. so GRADE 11 Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence. 1. The girl spent almost two hours ________ up new words in the dictionary. A. look B. to look C. looking D. looked 2. If he ________ a little later yesterday, he couldn’t have met her at the airport to see her off. A. had come B. came C. was to come D. had to come 3. He is absorbed ________ his present job. A. of B. at C. in D. upon 4. Hung doesn’t take good care ________ himself. A. for B. about C. in D. of 5. All students should build ____ their good ability of Math. A. of B. for C. in D. up 6. ________ hard tests the teacher gave, that student managed to get good scores. A. Whatever B. Whenever C. However D. Wherever 7. They couldn’t finish it ________ the lack of support. A. because B. because of C. why D. the reason 8. _ ________ does it take you to do the washing? _ About an hour or so. A. How fast B. What length C. How long D. What time 9. He was once again _______ in his final attempt. What a pity for him! A. successful B. successive C. unsuccessful D. success 10. He is _________; he needs to eat less. A. weightless B. weighting C. underweight D. overweight 11. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: A. weather B. ready C. whatever D. fat 12. Choose the word that has the main stress on the second syllable: A. social B. competitor C. politics D. algebra 13. They were able to finish it ________ the lack of support. A. because B. thanks to C. reason for D. thanks for 14. Some students major in natural sciences, ________ in social sciences. A. others B. some other C. the other D. each other 15. Everyone in our class ________ with his opinion. A. agree B. agrees C. agreeing D. to agree Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank. The computer is undoubtedly one of the most (1)______ and important inventions of the twentieth century. Boring or time-consuming jobs (2)______, in the past, would have been carried out by hundreds of workers can now be done by one small computer. However, the introduction of the computer has not been entirely problem-free. Many people feel that we are already too dependent (3)______ computers. They think that computers themselves are (4)______ too powerful, and that people are no longer in control of them. One of the problems with a computer is that, like any other machines, it can break down. If a computer is affected, then the information it is storing can be lost. If a computer program has a(n) 5.______ in it, the computer’s calculations can be seriously affected. A faulty program in a hospital or police computer could cause terrible mistakes. 1. A. shocking; B. amazing; C. astonishing; D. liking 2. A. what; B. which; C. when; D. where 3. A. of; B. in; C. on; D. for 4. A. becoming; B. getting; C. running; D. turning 5. A. foul; B. abnormality; C. wrongdoing; D. error GRADE 12 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: A. job B. mother C. lover D. but 2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: A. great B. steak C. breakfast D. danger 3. Choose the word that has the main stress on the first syllable: A. pollution B. industry C. politician D. importance 4. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting: Five millions of people take A B part in the recycling campaign B C for a world without pollution. D 5. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting: The light bulb is said to be A B C invented by the famous C D scientist Thomas Edison. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence: 6. If he _____ for the revision session, he might have no difficulty doing the test right now. A. had come B. came C. was to come D. had to come 7. He is quite enthusiastic ________ his present job. A. of B. with C. for D. about 8. Hung doesn’t take his matters _____ good consideration. A. for B. about C. into D. of 9. The custom was born because the practice was spread ________ the nation. A. of B. out of C. throughout D. over 10. Women are now independent _______ men. A. of B. on C. against D. at 11. Tom Cruise, ________ career excelled in the film industry, is one of the leading figures in Hollywood. A. that B. whose C. whom D. who 12. They couldn’t finish it ________ there was no adequate support. A. because B. because of C. why D. so long 13. Everyone in our class ________ his suggestion. A. agrees with; B. agree to; C. agrees to; D. agree with 14. You have to be aware of the damage humans are doing to quicken the _____ of wildlife. A. extinct; B. extinctive; C. extinctions; D. extinction 15. He is boasting; what he is saying is just a(n) _________. A. statement B. understatement C. overstatement D. restatement Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage: European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr Peter Baum, an expert in the environment and natural (16)______ division of the council, (17)______ he spoke at a conference arranged by the administrators of a British national park. The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the council’s diploma for nature reserves of (18)______ highest quality, and Dr Baum had come to present it to the park once again. He was afraid that public opinion was turning (19)______ national parks, and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today. But Dr Baum clearly remained a (20)______ supporter of the view that natural environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own right. 16. A. source; B. resource; C. rich; D. property 17. A. what; B. which; C. when; D. where 18. A. the; B. a; C. some; D. any 19. A. away; B. from; C. against; D. for 20. A. fit; B. healthy; C. weighty; D. strong . Đề thi môn tiếng Anh kỳ 1: Giải Trần Đại Nghĩa Lần IV năm học 2006 - 2007 GRADE 10 Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill. healthier. A. feel B. will feel C. might feel D. are feeling 11. Why _________ I smoke? Is it because of its harmful effects on my lungs? A. needn’t B. shouldn’t C. haven’t D. hadn’t better 12. -. introduction of the computer has not been entirely problem-free. Many people feel that we are already too dependent (3)______ computers. They think that computers themselves are (4)______ too powerful,