SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NỘI TRƯỜNG THPT CHU VĂN AN ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2014- 2015 Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12 - Chương trình (Nâng cao) (Dành cho các lớp 12 D1, 12 D2, 12 Văn) Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề. Đề thi gồm 05 trang, 50 câu hỏi. I. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: Choose the best option to complete each sentence or the best substitute for the underlined word(s). 1. Ed ___________ at the clock and realized he was late for the meeting. A. glimpsed B. observed C. glanced D. watched 2. I’ll pick up a _________ on the way home and then we won’t have to cook. A. takeaway B. fast food C. delivery D. microwave 3. Certificates provide proof of your __________. A. qualities B. diplomas C. qualifications D. ambitions 4. Will was made _________ three months ago and is still looking for a job. A. sacked B. fired C. retired D. redundant 5. The audience showed their __________ by giving the orchestra a standing ovation. A. entertainment B. review C. appreciation D. audition 6. Here at Weatherby’s, we provide all our _________ members, from senior management down, with regular training. A staff B. crew C. crowd D. firm 7. I am not sure a green skirt ________ combination with a blue top is such a good idea. A. on B. at C. in D. for 8. Jill put her wellington boots on and, as soon as it stopped raining, went out to play in the ________. A. reservoirs B. lakes C. puddles D. ponds 9. Only when _________ may vehicles cross the train tracks. A. is the green light on B. the green light is on C. did the green light be on D. on is the green light 10. It’s about time you ________ thinking about setting up your own business. A. start B. have started C. started D. to start 11. _______ to change his name by his agent, John Smith became Marvo The Magnificent overnight. A. Made B. Having made C. Making D. To make 12. When I last saw Carrie, she told me she _________ of buying a house, but now she’s changed her mind. A. thought B. is thinking C. was thinking D. has been thinking 13. The Food and Agricultural Organization has worked out how the calorie intake of people compares with what they need for good health. A. calculated B. attacked C. divided D. checked 14. The transatlantic telegraph cable is broken by a number of relay stations to boost the signal. A. strengthen B. prosper C. swell D. subside 15. In his stirring speech “I Have a Dream”, Martin Luther King described the future of racial harmony. A. moving B. active C. agile D. static II. READING: Choose the word or phrase which best fits each gap of the passage. This year’s “Innovations and Inventions Fair” has just opened, and has attracted inventors from all over the world who need to show their new ideas to the public. The fair always provides a wonderful (16) _________ of inventions, and this year is no exception. One inventor is demonstrating a way of making it possible to copy documents such as passports and tickets. So far, the only person who has offered to buy the patent is said (17) _________ a member of the Mafia, but it is not clear what he wants to do with it. The inventor will have to go ahead with the sale (18) _________ Code 202 ĐỀ SỐ 202 11 he can find a more normal buyer by the end of the show. There are plenty of new gadgets too to help the disabled. The youngest inventor fourteen (19) _________ old, Jane Watson, has come up with a battery- powered device for people who cannot clean their teeth themselves. One of its special features is that it never needs (20) _________ because it runs on solar energy. A new feature of this year’s how is the Help Center, which has been (21) _________ up to give new inventors advice on how to make the most their ideas. According to the show’s organizers, many inventions fail because inventors spend (22) _________ much time developing the product and don’t pay enough attention to the business side of the project. The fair is open from 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. everyday and runs until March 11. Tickets are (23) _________ at $3.50. 16. A. choice B. variation C. difference D. range 17. A. had been B. to be C. to being D. was 18. A. unless B. if C. without D. except 19. A. age B. ages C. year D. years 20. A. re-charge B. recharged C. to re-charge D. recharging 21. A. set B. established C. started D. founded 22. A. too B. extra C. over D. far 23. A. priced B. valued C. worth D. cost III. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: Choose the underlined part that needs correcting. 24. In recent years, (A) chemical (B) pollutants sucked up by the (C) atmospheric fell back down to earth in forms of (D) precipitation. 25. James McNeill Whistler, considered as the greatest (A) genius in the history of American art, was a (B) versatility and (C) industrious artist who was (D) proficient in several media. 26. Whitman wrote Leaves of Grass as a tribute to the Civil War soldiers who (A) had laid on the battlefields and (B) whom he (C) had seen (D) while serving as an army house. 27. Although (A) it can be (B) derived from oil, coal and tar, kerosene is usually (C) produced (D) by refine it from petroleum. 28. (A) It was Shirley Temple Black (B) which (C) represented her country in the United Nations and (D) later became an ambassador. IV. READING: Read the passage then choose the best option A, B, C or D Since the dawn of time, people have found ways to communicate with one another. Smoke signals and tribal drums were some of the earliest forms of communication. Letters, carried by birds or by humans on foot or on horseback, made it possible for people to communicate larger amounts of information between two places. The telegram and telephone set the stage for more modern means of communication. With the invention of the cellular phone, communication itself has become mobile. For you, a cell phone is probably just a device that you and your friends use to keep in touch with family and friends, take pictures, play games, or send text message. The definition of a cell phone is more specific: it is a hand- held wireless communication device that sends and receives signals by way of small special areas called cells. Walkie - talkies, telephones and cell phones are duplex communication devices. They make it possible for two people to talk to each other. Cell phones and walkie - talkies are different from regular phones because they can be used in many different locations. A walkie - talkie is sometimes called a half- duplex communication device because only one person can talk at a time. A cell phone is a full- duplex device because it uses both frequencies at the same time. A walkie-talkie has only one channel. A cell phone has more than a thousand channels. A walkie- talkie can transmit and receive signals across a distance of about a mile. A cell phone can transmit and receive signals over hundreds of miles. In 1973, an electronic company called Motorola hired Martin Cooper to work on wireless communication. Motorola and Bell Laboratories (now AT& T) were in a race to invent the first portable communication device. Martin Cooper Code 202 22 won the race and became the inventor of the cell phone. On April 3, 1973, Cooper made the first cell phone call to his opponent at AT& T while walking down the streets of New York City. People on the sidewalks gazed at Cooper in amazement. Cooper's phone was called A Motorola Dyna - Tac. It weighed a whopping 2.5 pounds (as compared to today's cell phones that weigh as little as 3 or 4 ounces) After the invention of his cell phone, Cooper began thinking of ways to make the cell phone available to the general public. After a decade, Motorola introduced the first cell phone for commercial use. The early cell phone and its service were both expensive. The cell phone itself cost about $ 3,500. In 1977, AT & T constructed a cell phone system and tried it out in Chicago with over 2, 000 customers. In 1981, a second cellular phone system was started in the Washington, D.C and Baltimore area. It took nearly 37 years for cell phones to become available for general public use. Today, there are more than sixty million cell phone customers with cell phones producing over thirty billion dollars per year. 29. What definition is true of a cell phone? A. Something we use just for playing games. B. A version of walkie- talkie C. The first product of two famous corporations D. A hand- held wireless communication device 30. What is wrong about a walkie- talkie? A. It can be used within a distance of a mile. B. Only one person can talk at a time. C. It has one channel D. It was first designed in 1973. 31. The word "duplex" is closest meaning to _________. A. having two parts B. quick C. modern D. having defects 32. To whom did Cooper make his first cell phone call? A. a member of Bell Laboratories. B. the director of his company C. his assistant at Motorola D. a person on New York street. 33. When did Motorola introduce the first cell phones for commercial use? A. in 1981 B. in 1983 C. in the same years when he first made a cell- phone call D. in the same year when AT& T constructed a cell phone system. 34. What does the word "gazed" mean? A. glanced B. started conversation C. looked with admiration D. angrily looked 35. The phrase "tried it out" refers to _________. A. tested the cell-phone system B. introduced the cell-phone system C. made effort to sell the cell-phone D. reported on AT& T V. PHONETICS: A. Choose the word that has the main stress placed different from that of the others. 36. A. university B. international C. agricultural D. philosophy 37. A. manufacture B. irrigation C. electrician D. receptionist 38. A. agricultural B. popularity C. represent D. subsequent B. Find the word that has its underlined part pronounce differently from the other three: 39. A. disposal B. ownership C. promotion D. erosion 40. A. repeats B. attacks C. laughs D. learns VI. READING: Read the passage then choose the best option A, B, C or D There are 3 kinds of goals: short-term, medium-range and long-term goals. Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks or possibly months. It should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation, our long-term goals cannot amount to very much without the achievement of Code 202 33 solid short-term goals. Upon completing our short-term goals, we should date the occasion and add new short-term goals that will build on those that have been completed. The intermediate goals that build on the foundation of the short-range goals. They might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year or they even extend for several years. Any time you move a step at a time, you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step, you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow and succeed. And as your list of compassion dates grows, your motivation and desire will increase. Long-range goals may be related to our dreams of future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static thing. We should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action. 41. Our long-term goals mean a lot _________. A. if we complete our short-range goals B. if we can't reach solid short-term goals C. if we write down the date D. if we put forward some plans 42. New short-term goals are built upon _________. A . two years B. long-term goals C. current activities D . the goals that have been completed 43. When we complete each step of our goals, _________. A. we will win final success B. we are overwhelmed. C. we should build up confidence of success. D we have strong desire for setting new goals. 44. Once our goals are drawn up, _________. A. we should stick to them until we complete them. B. we may change our goals as we have new ideas and opportunity. C. we had better wait for the exciting news of success. D. we have made great decisions. 45. It is implied but not stated in the passage that _________. A. those who have long-term goals will succeed. B. writing down the dates may discourage you. C. the goal is only a guide for us to reach our destination. D. everyone should have a goal. VII. WRITING: Choose one option A, B, C or D that best rewrites each of the following sentences 46. I didn't listen to my father's advice, and I get myself into trouble now. A. If I listened to my father, I would not get into trouble. B. If I had listened to my father, I would not get into trouble. C. If I listened to my father, I would not have gotten into trouble. D. If I had listened to my father, I would not have gotten into trouble. 47. He will always regret not accepting the opportunity to go to university. A. He wanted to go to university as an opportunity to accept knowledge. B. He turned down the opportunity to go to university and never feels sorry for it. C. He will always wish that he hadn't turned down the opportunity to go to university. D. The opportunity to go to university was not for him. 48. Had we left any later, we would have missed the train. A. We left too late to catch the train. B. We almost missed the train. C. Because the train was late, we missed it. D. We didn't missed the train because it left late. Code 202 44 49. The demand for the ticket was so great that people queued night and day. A. So great the demand for the ticket was that people queued night and day. B. So great was that the demand for the ticket people queued night and day. C. Such was the demand for the ticket that people queued night and day. D. Such great was demand for the ticket that people queued night and day. 50. Had the charity not supplied food and medicines, many more people would have died in the famine. A. The charity supplied food and medicines; otherwise, many more people would have died in the famine. B. But for the food and medicines supplied by the charity, many more people would have died in the famine. C. Except for the supply of food and medicines by the charity, many more people would have died in the famine. D. A & B are correct *** THE END *** Code 202 55 . SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ N I TRƯỜNG THPT CHU VĂN AN ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 201 4- 2015 Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12 - Chương trình (Nâng cao) (Dành cho các lớp 12 D1, 12 D2, 12 Văn) Th i gian. corporations D. A hand- held wireless communication device 30. What is wrong about a walkie- talkie? A. It can be used within a distance of a mile. B. Only one person can talk at a time. C. It has. The definition of a cell phone is more specific: it is a hand- held wireless communication device that sends and receives signals by way of small special areas called cells. Walkie - talkies,