Đề cương ôn tập học kì II môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Năm học 2018-2019 - Trường THPT Yên Hòa

Yen Hoa High School ENGLISH 12 School year 2018 - 2019 REVISION FOR THE SECOND TERM EXAM Part 1: The Matrix TOPIC CONTENT Sentences 1 PHONOLOGY Word stress 2 Underlined parts 2 2 ERROR 3 IDENTIFICATION 3 VOCABULARY, Word formation, Collocations, Verb tenses, 14 STRUCTURE & Gerund and Infinitive GRAMMAR Participles, Passive voice, Subject – verb agreement, Subjunctive, Modal verbs, Reported speech, Conditional sentences, Relative clauses, Articles, Prepositions, Phrasal verbs, Idioms ... 4 CROSS – CULTURAL Social responses, Questions and answers, 2 SITUATIONS Requests and permission ... 5 SYNONYM Closest in meaning 2 6 ANTONYM Opposite in meaning 2 7 WRITING The sentence that is closest in the meaning 3 The sentence that best combines each pair of 2 sentences 8 READING Guided Cloze Text 5 Reading Comprehension - Passage 1 5 - Passage 2 8 TOTAL 50 Part 2. Content UNIT TOPIC GRAMMAR POINTS UNIT 6 ENDANGERED SPECIES - The future perfect - Double comparatives UNIT 7 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - The active and passive causatives UNIT 8 THE WORLD OF WORK - Reported speech: reporting order, request, offers, advice, instructions, 1 UNIT 9 CHOOSING A CAREER - Phrasal verbs - Adverbial clauses of condition, comparison, manner, and result UNIT 10 LIFELONG LEARNING - Conditionals Type 3 - Mixed conditionals of Type 2 and Type 3 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. 1. A. interfered B. accompanied C. implemented D. performed 2. A. repeats B. coughs C. avoids D. attacks 3. A. school B. blood C. choose D. bamboo 4. A. telephone B. interpreter C. perverted D. restaurant 5. A. measure B. decision C. permission D. pleasure 6. A. hand B. bank C. sand D. band 7. A. academic B. grade C. behave D. examination 8. A. introduces B. leaves C. practices D. wishes 9. A. concentrate B. confine C. convention D. conceal 10. A. great B. wheat C. break D. brake 11. A. struggle B. support C. suffer D. destruction 12. A. measles B. meant C. leader D. teacher 13. A. needed B. afforded C. advanced D. invented 14. A. agency B. attainment C. aquatic D. awareness 15. A. while B. white C. which D. who 16. A. cheap B. children C. chemist D. church 17. A. continents B. purchase C. forecast D. closed 18. A. breathe B. Southern C. teeth D. clothes 19. A. brush B. rush C. push D. crush 20. A. cooks B. loves C. joins D. spends Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. 1. A. extinction B. animal C. classify D. primary 2. A. entertainment B. information C. difficulty D. understanding 3. A. agency B. temporary C. initiate D. conference 2 4. A. committee B. emergency C. catastrophe D. colony 5. A. university B. information C. optimistic D. compulsory 6. A. primary B. October C. general D. separate 7. A. preservative B. congratulate C. preferential D. development 8. A. president B. physicist C. inventor D. property 9. A. economy B. unemployment C. fidelity D. particular 10. A. annual B. announce C. formal D. sculpture 11. A. maximum B. windowpane C. enjoyment D. organize 12. A. confide B. maintain C. require D. decent 13. A. preventive B. counterpart C. argument D. terrorist 14. A. tremendous B. causality C. communicate D. digital 15. A. geologically B. obsolete C. picturesque D. refugee 16. A. advertise B. practice C. advise D. promise 17. A. commuter B. compliance C. competent D. computer 18. A. participant B. accidental C. parentheses D. industrial 19. A. competence B. compliment C. comfortable D. companion 20. A. perversity B. character C. distinguish D. reflective Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 1. We have to apply effective measures to save many plant and animal species . extinction. A. from B. out of C. off D. away 2. The world's biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, which makes wildlife . A. prosperous B. perfect C. vulnerable D. remained 3. I caught . of a lion lying under the tree, and my heart jumped. A. view B. sight C. look D. scene 4. Even though he was bored . doing the same thing every day, he was nervous . making a change. A. about/ at B. with/ for C. in/ about D. with/ about 5. Last night, . nothing to watch on TV, we went out. A. there being B. there having C having had D. being 6. I remember . him. It was a five-dollar note. A. paid B. to pay C. paying D. to have paid 7. They . the bridge by the time you come back. A. will finish B. will have finished C. will be finished D. have finished 3 8. The passage . that the first settlers were Spanish. A. refers B. instills C. implies D. infers 9. Show me the house . A. where they are living in B. which they are living C. where they are living there D. where they are living 10. I suggest the room . before Christmas. A. being decorated B. be decorated C. needs decorating C. needs being decorated 11. . when I the phone rang. A. Scarcely I came into the room B. No sooner had I come into the room C. Not until I came into the room D. Hardly had I come into the room 12. Some people feel that television should give less . to sport. A. programmers B. coverage C. concern D. involvement 13. Boys! . away all your toys and go to bed right now. A. Come B. Lie C. Put D. Sit 14. In conferences, speakers . the audience mainly in English. A. say B. speak C. talk D. address 15. I was woken by a bell . A. ringing B. being ringing C. rang D. to be ringing 16. Can you give me the . for tomato soup? A. formula B. recipe C. order D. method 17. Candles . from beeswax burn with a very clean fame. A. are made B. making C. which make D. made 18. The closer we are to our trip to Boston, the . my students become. A. more exciting B. more excited C. more and more exciting D. more and more excited 19. I met . that I decided to book the room right away. A. such nice a receptionist B. so nice a receptionist C. a nice receptionist D. a receptionist so nice 20. The Red Cross is aimed . providing medical aid and other help to victims of natural disasters. A. in B. at C. to D. for 21. Your picture is . to the picture in my bedroom. A. the same B. identical C. familiar D. resembling 22. Kate, . I studied with in the secondary school, is now a famous surgeon. A. that B. the girl C. Ø D. whom 4 23. They gave me their address . send them a brochure. A. so as that I B. so that I could C. in order to D. with a view to 24. Africa has always had a large migratory population because of war and . famine. A. a B. an C. the D. Ø 25. The customer had tried . some blouses, but none of them suited her. A. with B. out C. in D. on 26. She's a fast typist, but she usually makes quite a lot of spelling . A. wrongs B. mistakes C. faults D. tricks 27. I'm very tired now. . over two hundred miles today. A. I've been driving B. I drive C. I'm driving D. I've driven 28. The student . the highest score will be awarded a scholarship. A. who receive B. receiving C. received D. receives 29. As we walked past, we saw John . his car. A. repairing B. to be repairing C. repair D. being repairing 30. The government made serious attempts to raise the . of living. A. standard B. cost C. level D. mode 31. That popular magazine has many . A. denominations B. prescriptions C. subscribers D. spectators 32. By 1890, there were over 60 steamboats on the Mississippi River, . were quite luxurious. A. many of them B. many of which C. which many D. many of those 33. What a heavy fog we have! I'm sure our flight will surely behind . A. schedule B. plan C. time D. shipment 34. He . in this office for 10 years by next Monday. A. will be working B. will work C. will have been working D. is going to work 35. The authority . down that building to build a supermarket. A. knocked B. came C. went D. fell 36. We were shocked to hear the news of your . A. having fired B. being fired C. having been fired D. to have been fired 37. You cannot ski on those tracks any longer, for most of the snow has . A. broken B. dissolved C. melted D. vaporized 38. She passed the exam with excellent results and was . a scholarship. A. rewarded B. presented C. gained D. granted 39. The building . walls are made of glass is the place where I used to work. A. whose B. which C. by which D. of which 40. A part-time job gives me the freedom to . my own interests. 5 A. pursue B. seek C. chase D. run after Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 1. City developed at the point where the Hudson and Passaic rivers mingle with the water of the Atlantic Ocean. A. associate B. socialize C. mix D. part 2. Bone and ivory are light, strong and accessible materials for Inuit artists. A. available B. beautiful C. economic D. natural 3. The trouble with Frank is that he never turns up on time for the meeting. A. arrives B. tests C. delays D. takes after 4. If the headmaster were here, he would sign your papers immediately. A. right ahead B. currently C. formerly D. right away 5. Few businesses are flourishing in the present economic climate. A. growing well B. setting up C. closing down D. taking off 6. Many plant and animal species will be in danger if we don't take any actions to protect them. A. on purpose B. at ease C. at stake D. in advance 7. The speaker will start his speech as soon as everyone has arrived. A. solve B. draft C. end D. commence 8. We all love Mary because she is very congenial. A. energetic B. active C. pleasant D. courageous 9. I take my hat off to those who are determined to work and gain success thanks to their real ability. A. like B. respect C. ignore D. remind 10. Corn, domesticated by the American Indians, was brought to Europe by Columbus. A. trained B. cultivated C. implanted D. reared 11. He didn’t bat an eye when he realized he failed the exam again. A. didn’t want to see B. didn’t show surprise C. wasn’t happy D. didn’t care 12. The most abundant mineral derived from the sea is sodium chloride, or common salt. A. copious B. sufficient C. generous D. plentiful 13. Please, Uncle Jack, give me a piggyback! A. a ride on someone back or shoulder B. a small bag C. people who arrived to settle in Bangkok 2000 D. a black big 14. At every faculty meeting, Ms. Valatie always manages to put her foot in her mouth. A. trip over her big feet B. say the wrong thing 6 C. move rapidly D. fall asleep. 15. My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play. A. skillful B. famous C. perfect D. modest 16. He is an honest man. You can rely on him to do a good job. A. take in B. base on C. count on D. put up with 17. There is no alternative. The president must approve the bill if the Congress passes it. A. possible agreement B. amendment C. other choice D. tome to think 18. Paris is the ideal place to learn French; it’s a beautiful and hospitable city with institutions for high quality linguistic teaching. A. friendly B. natural C. affectionate D. noticeable 19. The famous racehorse Secretariat had to be destroyed because of a painful, incurable hoof disease. A. disabling B. vexatious C. dangerous D. irreparable 20. In most countries, compulsory military service does not apply to women. A. superior B. mandatory C. beneficial D. constructive Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 1. It is a base from which we can go into the world with confidence. A. doubt B. faith C. belief D. trust 2. A large number of Indian men agree that it is unwise to confide in their wives. A. foolish B. silly C. stupid D. prudent 3. The boys are quite active and mischievous sometimes. A. obedient B. badly behaved C. uncontrollable D. naughty 4. Traditionally, Americans and Asians have very different ideas about love and marriage. A. unlike B. diverse C. varied D. similar 5. The consequences of the typhoon were disastrous due to the lack of precautionary measures. A. physical B. severe C. beneficial D. damaging 6. Vietnam’s admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has promoted its trade relations with other countries. A. balanced B. restricted C. expanded D. boosted 7. Cancer is becoming one of the common diseases. A. universal B. rare C. ordinary D. usual 8. The earth is being threatened and the future looks bad. A. done B. made C. defended D. varied 7 9. About 95 percent of all animals are invertebrates which can live anywhere, but most, like the starfish and crabs, live in the ocean. A. with backbones B. with ribs C. without ribs D. without backbones 10. They have not made any effort to integrate with the local community. A. cooperate B. put together C. separate D. connect 11. China has become the third country in the world which can independently carried out the manned space activities. A. put in B. put off C. put on D. put up 12. Education is desperately needed in many countries where a high percentage of the population is unable to read and write. A. verbal B. wordy C. literate D. learned 13. Some vegetables are grown without soil and artificial light. A. real B. natural C. true D. genuine 14. We run a very tight ship here, and we expect our employees to be at their desks by eight o’clock and take good care of their own business. A. organize things inefficiently B. have a good voyage C. run faster than others D. impossible to reach 15. The machine has been out of order since last month. A. under repair B. functioning well C. sold out D. refusing orders 16. We must use our natural resources sparingly or it will be exhausted in a relatively short time. A. economically B. hardly C. scarcely D. wastefully 17. She had a temporary job as a typist in a photocopy store. A. well-paid B. permanent C. satisfactory D. challenging 18. He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the annual meeting in May. A. politeness B. rudeness C. measurement D. encouragement 19. Adverse reviews in the press may greatly change the prospects of a product. A. encouraging B. additional C. sensible D. favorable 20. There is practically no difference between the two options. A. virtually B. hardly C. usually D. exactly Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. 1. - “Shall we go to the theatre tonight?”. - “ .”. 8 A. Yes, let's B. Yes, we shall C. Yes, please go D. Yes, we go 2. “Would you like me to get you another cup of tea?” - “ .”. A. Yes, I can’t stand drinking tea B. At the end of the tea break, I think C. I’m looking for tea around here D. No thanks, one is enough 3. - “Do you mind if I borrow a chair?” - “ .”. Do you need only one?” A. Yes, I do B. Yes, I would C. Not at all D. I’m sorry 4. - “Has an announcement been made about the eight o’clock flight to Paris?” - “ .”. A. Sorry, I don’t B. Yes, it was C. I don’t think that D. Not yet 5. - “Congratulations on your success!” - “ .”. A. Not at all B. All right C. The same to you D. Thank you 6. - “Make yourself at home.” - “ .”. A. Yes, can I help you? B. Not at all, don’t mention it. C. Thanks! The same to you. D. It’s very kind of you. Thank you. 7. - “More coffee? Anybody?” - “ .”. A. I don’t agree, I’m afraid B. I’d love to C. Yes, please D. It’s right I think 8. - “Thank you very much for your donation.” - “ .”. A. Delighted I was able to help B. I see. C. You are right D. You can say that again. 9. - “I thought your performance last Sunday was wonderful.” - “ .”. A. I completely agree with you. It was terrific. B. No doubt! C. Don’t tell a lie. I thought it was terrible. D. You must be kidding. It was not as good as I had expected. 10. - “What do you want me to cook for your dinner?” - “ .”. A. Yes, give up B. Yeah, your meal is great C. It’s up to you D. Let me go 11. - “Hello, I’d like to speak to Mrs. Smith.” - “ .”. A. Sure B. Who are you? C. Hang on, please. I’ll put you through D. Of course you can 12. - “Wow, I’ve never seen such a nice cell phone”. - “ .”. A. Thank you. I’m glad you like it. B. I agree with you C. Oh, I don’t know D. You’re welcome 13. - “What do you want me to cook for your dinner?” - “ .”. A. Yes, give up B. Yeah, your meal is great C. It’s up to you D. Let me go 9 14. - “What a lovely house you have!” - “ .”. A. Of course not, it’s not costly B. Thank you. Hope you will drop in C. I think so D. No problem 15. Monica and Mathew are on the way home. - Monica: “I think we should recycle these bags. It will help protect the environment.” - Mathew: - “ .”. A. I can’t agree with you more B. It’s rubbish. We shouldn’t use it. C. Never mind D. You can’t say that again 16. Two friends Stephanie and Scott are preparing for their first lesson at school. - Stephanie: “Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?” - Scott: - “ .”. A. Yes, I do too. B. No, thanks C. No, not at all! D. Yes, sure! 17. - “How well you are playing!” - “ .”. A. Say it again. I like to hear your words B. Thank you too much C. I think so. I am proud of myself D. You’ve got to be kidding. I’ve just learnt to play 18. - "You didn't go to school yesterday, did you?” - “ . I saw you, but I was too busy to talk to you." A. Yes, I did B. No, I did C. No, I didn't D. Yes, I didn't 19. - "Janet, make us some tea, will you?” - “ .”. A. No, I won't I’m afraid B. Sorry. I don't. C. Don't worry. Go ahead D. I can't, I'm afraid 20. - “Do you feel like going to the cinema this evening?” - “ .”. A. I don't agree, I'm afraid B. You’re welcome C. That would be great D. I feel very bored Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. 1. My mother had the house decorated. A. The house was decorated by my mother. B. My mother had someone decorate the house. C. My mother had to decorate the house. D. My mother has just decorated the house. 2. Their dog was so fierce that nobody would visit them. 10