Đề kiểm tra Học kì II môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 Sở GD&ĐT Thành phố Đà Nẵng - Mã đề 718

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO 
 THÀNH PHỐ ĐÀ NẴNG 
 ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II - NĂM HỌC 2015-2016 
 Môn: Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 (Chương trình hiện hành) 
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 
 Thời gian: 45 phút 
 (Không kể thời gian giao đề) 
Họ và tên thí sinh: .....................................................Lớp: .............................. 
Số báo danh: ................... Phòng thi: ................................................... 
SECTION A (8.0 ms) 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions or 
do as directed. 
Question 1: Many ______ are made in the hope of preserving the species and maintaining the 
ecological balance. 
A. priorities B. impacts C. efforts D. products 
Question 2: - “I hope that your dreams will come true.” - “______” 
A. I don’t think so. B. Thanks a lot. C. Never mind. D. You’re joking. 
Question 3: My mother ______ to do all the housework and wanted me to focus on my studies. 
A. told B. advised C. invited D. offered 
Question 4: You ______ leave small objects lying around. Such objects may be swallowed by 
children. 
A. must B. needn’t C. shouldn't D. may 
Question 5: Jim really ______ his father. They look the same, and even have the same laugh! 
A. gets over B. takes after C. tries out D. holds up 
Question 6: When Bill came here, we ______ on the endangered giant panda. 
A. are reporting B. will report C. have reported D. were reporting 
Question 7: We would have swum in the sea if there ______ so many sharks there. 
A. won’t be B. wouldn’t be C. haven’t been D. hadn’t been 
Question 8: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced 
differently from that of the others. 
A. secure B. confidence C. conservation D. artificial 
Question 9: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that has a different stress pattern. 
A. hacker B. advice C. mistake D. career 
Question 10: ______ is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their 
natural environment. 
A. Biodiversity B. Diversity C. Endangerment D. Conservation 
Question 11: Many nations founded societies devoted ______ the aid of the wounded in wartime. 
A. for B. in C. to D. on 
Question 12: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced 
differently from that of the others. 
A. measure B. feature C. disease D. treatment 
Question 13: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that has a different stress pattern. 
A. habitat B. survival C. candidate D. Internet 
Question 14: A.I. robots are capable ______ having human emotions. 
A. on B. of C. for D. in 
Question 15: My parents ______ harder to get a good job in the future. 
A. tell me studying B. remind me not to study 
C. advise me to study D. permit to study 
Question 16: - Lisa: “Do you mind my taking this seat?” - Bob: “______” 
A. No, of course not. B. Yes, take it please. 
C. No, you can’t take it. D. Yes, sit down please. 
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Question 17: I will keep studying hard ______ I pass the exam. 
A. so B. because C. until D. wherever 
Question 18: ______, Peter came to see me. 
A. While having dinner B. When I am having dinner 
C. When having dinner D. While I was having dinner 
Question 19: Of course you can come to the party. ______. 
A. The more the merrier B. The more and the merrier 
C. The more and merrier D. The most the more merrier 
Question 20: My mother ______ taking sugar in tea and coffee to lose weight. 
A. turned off B. gave up C. filled in D. put on 
Question 21. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction. 
 Robotic machines can not only complete tasks faster than humans, but also make less errors. 
 A B C D 
Question 22. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction. 
All of our compositions must write in ink. Our teacher won't accept papers written in pencil. 
 A B C D 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word for 
each of the blanks from 23 to 27. 
 An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct 
because it is either few in numbers (23) ______ threatened by changing environmental or predation 
parameters. An endangered species is usually taxonomic species, but may be another (24) ______ 
significant unit. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has (25) ______ the percentage of 
endangered species as 40 percent of all organisms based on the sample of species that have been 
evaluated through 2006. Many nations have laws (26)______ protection to these species: for 
example, forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating preserves. Only a few of the 
many species at risk of extinction actually make it to the lists and obtain legal protection. Many more 
species became extinct, or potentially will become extinct, (27) ______ gaining public notice. 
Question 23. A. nor B. or C. even D. only 
Question 24. A. evolution B. evolutionist C. evolutionarily D. evolutionary 
Question 25. A. calculate B. calculation C. calculated D. calculating 
Question 26. A. offering B. preventing C. protesting D. affording 
Question 27. A. without B. but C. and D. for 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to 
each of the questions from 28 to 32. 
Ray Kurzweil is one of the world’s leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, with a thirty-year 
track record of accurate predictions. Called "the restless genius" by The Wall Street Journal and "the 
ultimate thinking machine" by Forbes magazine, Kurzweil was selected as one of the top 
entrepreneurs by Inc. magazine, which described him as the "rightful heir to Thomas Edison." PBS 
selected him as one of the "sixteen revolutionaries who made America." 
Kurzweil was the principal inventor of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first omni-font 
optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first text-to-
speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other 
orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition. 
Among Kurzweil’s many honors, he recently received the 2015 Technical Grammy Award for 
outstanding achievements in the field of music technology; he is the recipient of the National Medal 
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of Technology, was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, holds twenty honorary 
Doctorates, and honors from three U.S. presidents. 
Ray has written five national best-selling books, including New York Times best sellers The 
Singularity Is Near (2005) and How To Create A Mind (2012). He is a Director of Engineering at 
Google heading up a team developing machine intelligence and natural language understanding. 
Question 28. Ray Kurzweil’s predictions are described as ______. 
A. irrelevant B. precise C. wrong D. faulty 
Question 29. Which of the following inventions is not Kurzweil’s? 
A. The CCD flat-bed scanner B. The omni-font optical character recognition 
C. Other orchestral instruments D. The print-to-speech reading machine for the blind 
Question 30. How many honorary Doctorates does Ray Kurzweil have? 
A. Five B. Sixteen C. Twenty D. Thirty 
Question 31. The word “best-selling” in paragraph 4 means “______”. 
A. selling in great numbers B. bought by some people 
 C. extremely readable D. absolutely wonderful 
Question 32. The author seems to ______ Ray Kurzweil’s achievements. 
A. criticize B. recognize C. envy D. admire 
SECTION B (2.0 ms) 
Rewrite the sentence so that it is closest in meaning to the original one or do as directed. 
Question 1. The gorilla populations are declining rapidly. They are now on the verge of extinction. 
 (Use “so that” to combine the sentences.) 
 The gorilla populations are declining so rapidly that they are now on the verge of extinction. 
Question 2. Climate change becomes severe. Wildlife is seriously affected. 
 (Use Double Comparative to combine the sentences.) 
 The more severe climate change becomes, the more seriously wildlife is affected. 
Question 3. I’d like / work / the World Wildlife Fund. 
 (Write a complete sentence with the words given.) 
 I’d like to work for the World Wildlife Fund. 
Question 4. There /a lot of / measures that should / taken / protect endangered animals. 
 (Write a complete sentence with the words given.) 
 There are a lot of measures that should be taken to protect endangered animals. 
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