SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
TỈNH DAKLAK
KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I- NĂM HỌC 2009-2010
Môn: Tiếng Anh 12 – THPT
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút


ĐỀ CHÍNHTHỨC
I. Choose the best answer
Câu 1. There was no one _____________
A. I could ask whom for help B. for that I could ask for help
C. I could ask for help D. when I could ask for help
Câu 2. More than ten people ____________ in that accident.
A. are reported to have been killed B. are reported being killed
C. are reported to have killed D. are reported to be killed
Câu 3. If my candidate had won the election, I ______________ happy then.
A. will be B. would be C. can be D. would have been
Câu 4. _________ his intelligence, he couldn’t answer my question.
A. Although B. Despite C. In spite D. However
Câu 5. The composition ________ by Jane was really interesting.
A. was written B. written C. writing D. wrote
II. Choose the best sentence according to the cues given
Câu 6. opinion/ happy marriage/ base / love
My opinion is a happy marriage should be based on love.
According to my opinion, a happy marriage should be based on love.
In my opinion, a happy marriage should be based on love.
In my opinion, I think a happy marriage should be based on love.
Câu 7. poverty/ children / seem/ happy
Although their poverty, they children seem happy. B. Despite their poverty, they children seem happy.
C.Despite of their poverty, they children seem happy. D. Because of their poverty, they children seem happy.
III. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words.
Câu 8. A. consumer B. business C. domestic D. production
Câu 9. A. policy B. enterprise C. minority D. government
IV. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one.
Câu 10. When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high.
The unemployment rate is as high as the crime.
The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher.
The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is.
The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime.
Câu 11. I regret hurting your feeling.
A. I am sorry but I didn’t hurt your feeling. B. I am sorry to hurt your feeling.
C. If only I hadn’t hurt your feeling. D. If only I didn’t hurt your feeling.
Câu 12. Jane suggested going on a walking holiday.
“ How about going on a walking holiday?” said Jane.
Jane didn’t want to go on a walking holiday.
Jane suggested they gone on a walking holiday. D. Jane wanted to go a walking holiday alone.
V. Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
Câu 13. A. private B. widen C. applicant D. finance
Câu 14. A. phoned B. involved C. decided D. explained
Câu 15. A. present B. business C. reforms D. measure
VI. Choose the item that best answers the question about the passage:
Choosing the right career is very important. Most of us spend a great part of our lives at our jobs. For that reason, we should try to find out what our talents are and how we can use them. We can do this through aptitude tests, interviews with specialists and study of books in our field of interest. There are many careers opens to each of us. Perhaps, we like science, then we might prepare ourselves to be chemists, physicists or biologists. Maybe our interests take us into the business world and such work as accounting, personnel management or public relations. Many people find their place in government service, teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering. These and many other fields offer fascinating careers to people with talent and training.
Câu 16. What is the topic of the passage?
A. How to find a right job nowadays. B. Good jobs.
C. Jobs in the society nowadays. D. Unemployment
Câu 17. Careers found in the scientific world are ___________.
A. physicists, biologists, accountants. B. businessmen, teachers, doctors.