Ôn tập Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Đề 3 - Trường THPT Mỹ Lộc

 PRACTICE TEST 3 
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 
Question 1. A. emergency B. corruption C. fashionable D. detergent 
Question 2. A. executive B. opposite C. customer D. supervisor 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct 
answer to each of the questions 
 The development of genetically modified (GM) plants and animals had led to a huge global 
controversy. Opponents say that GM “Franken foods” are a threat to our well-being, and proponents say 
that the risks are minimal. There is one aspect of the war over GM that is often overlooked. Anyone who 
wears a cotton shirt these days is using a GM crop. Cotton is the only major non-food GM crop at present, 
but others are coming. 
 GM cotton plants that is not food has not stopped the most passionate GM opponents from objecting. 
If GM cotton is grown in a field next to fields of non-GM cotton, they argue, then how to keep genes from 
being transferred from field to field. This danger, however, is not as compelling to the public as possible 
health hazards in food, so there is no great fury over GM cotton. 
 GM cotton seeds produce higher yields, and they do without the need for pesticides. Planting of GM 
cotton has increased five fold since 1997; three-quarter of cotton in America, and over half in China, is now 
GM. Farmers like it because it increases their profits. 
 Other options for non-food GM include new variety of flowers with different colors or scents, tougher 
grasses for lawns, and plants designed to soak up pollutants from the soil. The paper industry provides 
another example of potential for GM to help produce better and cheaper products. Paper is made from pulp, 
and pulp is generally made from trees. Researchers in New Zealand and Chile have been working on insect-
resistant pines, and a Japanese firm has combined carrot genes with tree genes to make them grow better in 
poor soil. 
 Another interesting case is that of tobacco. It is not food crop, but it is consumed, and GM tobacco 
plants with both more and less nicotine have been created. The tobacco plant, however, is an ideal target 
for GM, since its genetics are very well understood and it produces a lot of leaves. The value of the drugs 
that could be produced by GM tobacco is so high, many farmers could switch from growing tobacco for 
cigarettes to growing it for medicine. Since medical cost is rising, consumers would also be happy to use 
drugs produced in bulk by GM tobacco. 
Question 3. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage? 
 A. There are several major non-food GM products at present. 
 B. GM cotton has no significant advantage over controversial cotton. 
 C. There have been no objection to GM cotton. D. GM cotton is less controversial than other GM products. 
Question 4. The word “compelling” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to 
 A. dangerous B. obvious C. interesting D. annoying 
Question 5. It can be inferred from the passage that GM tobacco __________. 
 A. can have lower or higher levels of nicotine. 
 B. produces drugs that are very expensive. 
 C. makes cigarettes harmless to smokers. 
 D. is already in the market. 
Question 6. According to the passage, why are researchers developing GM trees? 
 A. To improve or make paper less expensive. B. To find a way to make paper without pulp. 
 C. To produce more fruit. D. To replace trees cut down for paper. 
Question 7. Why does the author mention a cotton shirt in paragraph 1? 
 A. To show that cotton is one of the most popular materials for clothing 
 B. To show that the risk of GM products are minimal. 
 C. To give an example of a common GM product that is not a food. 
 D. To give an example of a controversy surrounding GM products. 
Question 8. Which options for non-food GM is NOT mentioned in the passage? 
 A. grass B. rubber C. tobacco D. flowers 
Question 9. What is the topic of the paragraph? 
 A. The hazards of GM products. B. Controversial GM products. 
 C. Non-food GM products. D. GM cotton and tobacco. 
Question 10. The word “that” in paragraph 1 refers to__________ . 
 A. aspect B. GM C. war D. risk 
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. 
Question 11. Susan will be ready any minute, and then we must leave. 
 A. We must leave as soon as Susan will be ready. 
 B. We must leave the moment Susan must be ready 
 C. We must leave as soon as Susan is ready. 
 D. We will leave any minute when Susan will be ready. 
Question 12. “Please, let my child go!” she begged the kidnapper. 
 A. She begged the kidnapper to let her child to go. 
 B. She pleaded with the kidnapper to release her child. 
 C. She solemnly ordered the kidnapper to set her child free. 
 D. She pleaded the kidnapper to let her child go. 
Question 13. I expect you were fully satisfied with the results by the end of the display. 
 A. You were fully satisfied when the display came to an end. 
 B. By the end of the display you must have been quite happy. 
 C. You must be completely satisfied with the results by the end of the display. 
 D. By the end of the display you must have been fully satisfied. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair 
of sentences in the following questions. 
Question 14. You have to finish this work. You don't want to do it though. 
 A. Although you have to finish this work, you should want to do it. 
 B. As you don't feel like doing this work, you have to finish it. 
 C. You have to finish this work, however much you don't feel like doing it. 
 D. Unless you want to do it, you don't have to finish this work. 
Question 15. She fell over in the last minutes. She didn't win the race. 
 A. If she didn't fall over in the last minutes, she would win the race. 
 B. She didn't win the race even though she fell over in the last minutes 
 C. Not having won the race, she fell over in the last minutes 
 D. She could have won the race if she hadn't fallen over in the last minutes. 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct 
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks 
 The United States and China have (16)_______ a deal that allows the Chinese telecommunications 
giant ZTE to stay in business in exchange for paying an additional $1 billion in fines and agreeing to let US 
regulators monitor its operations. The fine comes (17)_______ Donald Trump stepped in to save the 
company after US regulators barred it from doing business in the US, an effective death blow for the 
company. 
 In addition to the fine, a compliance team chosen by the US will be embedded at ZTE and the Chinese 
company must change its board and executive team. “ZTE is essentially on (18)_______,” said Amanda 
DeBusk, chair of the international trade and government regulation practice at Dechert LLP and a former 
commerce official. “It’s unprecedented to have US agents as monitors It’s (19)_______ a good precedent 
for this situation. ZTE is a repeat offender.” 
 The news did little to appease critics. Senator Mark Warner, vice-chairman of the Senate select 
committee on intelligence, said: “It is the unanimous conclusion of our nation’s intelligence community 
that ZTE poses a significant threat to our national security. These concerns aren’t new; back in 2012, the 
House permanent select committee on intelligence released a report (20)_______ the serious 
counterintelligence concerns associated with ZTE equipment. 
Question 16. A. reached B. solved C. passed D. come 
Question 17. A. after B. while C. before D. by the time 
Question 18. A. test B. trial C. experiment D. probation 
Question 19. A. relatively B. certainly C. frantically D. cautiously 
Question 20. A. by B. in C.on D. with 
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. 
Question 21. I could only propose a partial solution to the crisis in the company. 
 A. halfway B. half C. whole D. effective 
Question 22. Viking sailors landed in North America just under a thousand years ago. 
 A. upwards of B. only just C. just on D. not quite 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. 
Question 23. Did she get the better of you in the argument? 
 A. gain a disadvantage over B. try to be better than 
 C. try to beat D. gain an advantage over 
Question 24. I think Mr. John is on the level because he always tells the truth and never tries to deceive 
others. 
 A. honest B. dishonest C. talented D. intelligent 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following 
questions. 
Question 25. The head teacher has asked me to take the new boy under my ______ and look after him. 
 A. sleeves B. arm C. wing D. cloak 
Question 26. Make sure you mix the ingredients well, ______ you might get lumps in your cake. 
 A. supposing B. otherwise C. provided D. unless 
Question 27. More than 80 people came to the exhibition, many of ______ children had pictures on the 
walls. 
 A. whose B. whom C. who D. which 
Question 28. You'll have to _____ a better idea than that if you want to win. 
 A. come in for B. come up with C. bring out D. get down to 
Question 29. I demand to know how this vase ______, and no one is leaving till I find out. 
 A. got broken B. was breaking C. has broken D. is broke 
Question 30. The boy has a collection of _______. 
 A. old valuable Australian postage stamp B. old Australian valuable postage stamp 
 C. valuable Australian old postage stamp D. valuable old Australian postage stamp 
Question 31. You may find doing this job very _______. Try it! 
 A. relaxing B. relaxed C. relax D. relaxation 
Question 32. Turn off this machine, please. The harsh sound really _______ me crazy. 
 A. bothers B. drives C. worries D. takes 
Question 33. _______ one day by a passing car, the dog never walked properly again. 
 A. Having injured B. To be injured C. Injured D. Injuring 
Question 34. The White House has recently announced that President Donald Trump and North Korea's 
supreme leader Kim Jong-un will hold a second _______ near the end of next month. 
 A. summit B. climax C. gathering D. appointment 
Question 35. May had her room painted black. It looks dark and dreary. She _______ another colour. 
 A. should have chosen B. must choose C. should choose D. must have chosen 
Question 36. Just think! Next month you'll be _______ and it seems like only yesterday you were a baby. 
 A. in your teens B. in your teenage C. teenager D. at your teens 
Question 37. It's very important that we _______ as soon as there's any change in the patient's condition. 
 A. be notified B. being notified C. be it notified D. were notified 
Question 38. Jessica was born in Australia, but she has spent _______ of her life there. A. very little B. only a few C. a few D. a little 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct 
answer to each of the questions 
 If the salinity of ocean waters is analyzed, it is found to vary only slightly from place to place. 
Nevertheless, some of these small changes are important. There are three basic processes that cause a 
change in oceanic salinity. One of these is the subtraction of water from the ocean by means of evaporation-
conversion of liquid water to water vapor. In this manner, the salinity is increased, since the salt behind. If 
this is carried to the extreme, of course, white crystals of salt would be left behind. 
 The opposite of evaporation is precipitation, such as rain, by which water is added to the ocean. Here 
the ocean is being diluted so that the salinity is decreased. This may occur in areas of high rainfall or in 
coastal regions where rivers flow into the ocean. Thus salinity may be increased by the subtraction of water 
by evaporation, or decreased by the addition of fresh water by precipitation or runoff. 
 Normally, in tropical regions where the sun is very strong, the ocean salinity is somewhat higher than 
it is in other parts of the world where there is not as much evaporation. Similarly, in coastal regions where 
rivers dilute the sea, salinity is somewhat lower than in other oceanic areas. 
 A third process by which salinity may be altered is associated with the formation and melting of sea 
ice. When seawater is frozen, the dissolved materials are left behind. In this manner, seawater directly 
beneath freshly formed sea ice has a higher salinity than it did before the ice appeared. Of course, when 
this ice melts, it will tend to decrease the salinity of the surrounding water. 
 In the Weddell Sea, off Antarctica, the densest water in the ocean is formed as a result of this freezing 
process, which increases the salinity of cold water. This heavy water sinks and is found in the deeper 
portions of the oceans of the world. 
Question 39. The word “it” in paragraph 4 refers to . 
 A. sea ice B. manner C. seawater D. salinity 
Question 40. Which of the following is NOT a result of the formation of ocean ice? 
 A. The surrounding water sinks B. Water salinity decreases 
 C.The salt remains in the water D. The water becomes denser 
Question 41. What does the passage mainly discuss? 
 A. The salinity of ocean water B. The many forms of ocean life 
 C. The elements of salt D. The bodies of water of the world 
Question 42. Why does the author mention the Weddell Sea? 
 A. To show that this body of water has salinity variations 
 B. To compare Antarctic waters with Arctic waters 
 C. To point out the location of deep waters 
 D. To give an example of cold-water salinity 
Question 43. According to the passage, the ocean generally has more salt in . 
 A. coastal areas B. rainy areas C. turbulent areas D. tropical areas 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction 
in each of the following questions. Question 44. A deficient (A) of folic acid is rarely found (B) in humans because (C) the vitamin is contained 
in (D) a wide variety of foods. 
Question 45. An internationally famous ballerina,(A) Maria Tallchief demonstrated (B) that the (C) quality 
of ballet in North America could equal those (D) of the ballet in Europe. 
Question 46. The gopher digs (A) with the big strong claws of its (B) two front foot (C) and with its 
overhanging (D) front teeth. 
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. 
Question 47. Jimmy asked Lily about her friend. 
Jimmy: “Would you mind telling me where Tom works?” Lily said “_______.” 
 A. No, of course not. B. Yes, I would 
 C. Never mind. D. Well, he works in a hospital. 
Question 48. Jack talked to his friend at cafe. 
Jack: “Why don't you wear trainers to work?”. His friend replied “________.” 
 A. We aren't allowed to. B. My boss makes me not to. 
 C. We aren't let wear. D. My boss doesn't want to. 
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. 
Question 49. A. compile B. facile C. facsimile D. textile 
Question 50. A. couple B. trouble C. enough D. thousand