Bài tập Unit 12: Water Sports - Tiếng Anh lớp 12

Th ẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 EXTRA COURSE - GRADE 12 UNIT TWELVE TEST No. 01

GRADE 12 ~ UNIT TWELVE ~ WATER SPORTS

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs

from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1. A. daughter B. eighteen C.laugh D. through

2. A. hiccough B. enough C. dough D. rough

3. A. saucer B. science C. scissors D. scene

4. A. castle B. fasten C. hustle D. thirst

5. A. Christmas B. Christ C. nestle D. bristle

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three

in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

6. A. consultant B. delicate C. ambitious D. photographer

7. A. miraculous B. potential C. surgery D. surrounding

8. A. conventional B. cancer C. patient D. healthy

9. A. drainage B. alter C. mineral D. announce

10. A. expectation B. calculation C. reasonable D. education

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best answer to each of the following

questions.

11. We regret........you that you have exceeded your overdraft facility.

A. to inform B. informing C. to tell to D. telling

12. Why don’t you try.........the key anti-clockwise?

A. to turn B. on turning C. turning D. turn

13. The company’s apology........regarded as an exercise in damage limitation.

A. were B. was C. would D. had

14. We don’t allow........in the classrooms.

A. that people smoke B. smoke C. people to smoke D to smoking

15. The accused denied........in the vicinity of the murder scene.

A. to have ever been B. have ever been

C. having been ever D. ever having been

16. Why don’t you do what you’re told, instead of.......such a song and dance about it?

A. to make B. making C. made D. make

17. The children........to stay up late.

A. don’t allow B. aren’t let C. aren’t allowed D. would rather

18. I rashly posted the parcel without.......it.

A. weighing B. weigh C. weighed D. to weigh

19. I suppose you just went to the disco.......improve your conversational skills!

A. so as B. for C. in order to D. too

20. He wasn’t responsible. He wasn’t.......

A. blame B. to blame C. blaming D. for blame

21. What a dangerous thing to do! You.......have been killed!

A. may B. can C. must D. might

22. For the rest of his life he lived in fear of......tracked down.

A. having B. be C. being D. been

23. All that rubbish will have to be...... at once.

A. get rid of B. got rid of C. got rid D. getting rid of

24. You’ll get a free month’s subscription,.......that you renew your membership by the

end of January.

A. unless B. however C. were Đ. provided

25. By the time I applied, all the holiday vouchers........used up.

A. had been B. have been C. was D. are

26. I felt as if I.....a confidence.

A. have betrayed B. would betray C. had betrayed D. am betraying

27. Despite playing under strength, the village team......beat their rivals.

A. could B. were able to C. couldn’t D. weren’t able to

28. She had to do the shopping for her neighbour,.....she?

A. didn’t B. hadn’t C. does D. isn’t

29. He daren’t.......his boss for a rise just now.

A. asking B. be asking C. to ask D. ask

30. I’ll hand over all my files to my assistant before I.......

A. am leaving B. leave C. will leave D. shall leave

31. By the time Bernard’s daughter graduates,.......retired.

A. he , B. he has C. he’ll being D. he’ll have

32. How long has the p.operty.......to your family?

A. belonged B. belonging C. belongs D. been belonging

33. Buy me a newspaper on your way back,.......?

A. do you B. will you C. have you D don’t you!

34. The noise was so loud that we all......wear ear-protectors.

A. must B. have to C. should D had to

35. This time next year.......chief translator to the French UN delegation.

A. he is B. hl’ll being C. he’ll be D. he’s being

36. It is essential that all top security documents........be stamped CONFIDENTIAL.

A. should B. must C. will D. may

37. I suggest that Andrea.....in touch with the organisers.

A. should get B. to get C. getting D should getting

38. According to.........surveys, the majority of Britons are in favour of the monarchy.

A. the most B. most C. most of D. the most of

39. The four men who successfully retraced Sir Ernest Shackleton’s open boat voyage

across.......Ocean are resting on South Georgia.

A. Southern B. a Southern C. the D. the Southern

40. You ......continue. You’ve made your point clearly enough already.

A. needn’t B. mustn’t C. don’t have. D. won’t

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the

correct answer to each of the questions.

The excitement of snorkelling in a clear tropical sea is hard to explain to someone

who hasn’t done it. If you expect to have the opportunity of trying it when on holiday, it

is well worth bringing a snorkel if you can get hold of one. Experts now 1 ecommend a

separate breathing tube.

Many swimmers take a deep breath before diving with a snorkel. This is a mistake,

because it makes the body so light that you dive with difficulty. It is best to take a Th ẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 EXTRA COURSE - GRADE 12 UNIT TWELVE TEST No. 01

couple of deqp breaths and then a normal relaxed breath in order to breathe in enough

for the dive. Don’t take repeated deep breaths before diving because this can lead to a

shortage of oxygen, which causes unconsciousness without warning.

The backs of many snorkellers get badly burnt, for the snorkellers are so involved in

the world below they forget about the dangers of sunburn. The sea does not protect your

back from the rays of the sun, and it is best to wear a T-shirt. Snorkellers should also

consider wearing shoes (or flippers), which may protect their feet from cuts from sharp

rocks which can easily become infected.

41. What does the writer find difficult about snorkelling?

A. doing it in tropical seas B. explaining the technique to a beginner

C. doing it for the first time D. Inscribing how exciting it can be

42. Why is taking a deep breath before diving a mistake?

A: You will not be able to dive deeply enough.

B. You will not be able to float properly.

C. You will use up too much oxygen.

D. You will lose consciousness.

43. Why shouldn’t a diver take repeated deep breaths before diving?

A. Because there being a lot of oxygen in the body can cause.

B. Because he will not have enough oxygen in his body and can be unconsciousness.

C. Because there being too much oxygen in the body is dangerous.

D. Because it makes the diver conscious.

44. The backs of some divers get badly burnt because........

A. the sea water is too salty B. the sea water is hot 4

C. they don’t wear a T-shirt when diving D. they dive for a long time in the sea

45. The general impression of snorkelling the writer gives is that........

A. it is extremely dangerous.

B. most swimmers can learn to do it.

C. you have to buy special clothes in order to do it.

D. many people who do it suffer from oxygen shortage

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the

correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

THE QUEEN OF THE CHANNEL

Some time ago, Alison Streeter swam the Channel - the stretch of watir between

Britain and France - for the 29

th

time. When she reached France she wasn’t

(46).......tired, so she turned round and swam (47)........back again. “It was Friday night.

I thought, I’ve got the weekend to get (48)........it and the weather is good. I’ll do,” she

says. This was her fifth return trip.

Since the first Channel swim in 1875, only 478 swimmers have (49).......to do it. Only

one (50).......ten attempts to swim the 34 kilometres succeeds, but Alison has never

failed. For many swimmers, to do it (51)........once would be enough, but to keep going

back and doing it again must surely be madness. “When I first did it, I didn’t think it

was anything special!” says Alison, almost (52)......the achievement. “I didn’t really

want to do another swim. Then someone (53)......me to have a go at a two-way crossing.

The thought of beinfe the first British swimmer to do that was quite exciting.”

During a swim, she (54)......on regular drinks of tea mixed with a carbohydrate

powder. A red light-stick is attached to her back (55)........she can be seen by the boat

accompanying her.

“In the (56)........days I used. to be almost asleep (57).......,” she says. “I would try to

calculate the number of (58)........I was doing per hour. Now I just empty my mind and

time (59)........ really quickly.”

Her best time one-way is 8 hours 48 minutes. Soon, she intends to swim the Channel

for the 32

nd

time, (60).......her the world record holder.

46. A. heavily B. considerably C. particularly D. distinctly

47. A. straight B. in biief C. shortly D. right there

48. A. round B. over C. out of D. through to

49. A. succeeded B. managed C. achieved D. fulfilled

50. A. on B. out C. for D. in

51. A. plainly B. just C. purely D. alone

52. A. refusing B. neglecting C. rejecting D. dismissing

53. A. insisted B. suggested C. proposed D. persuaded

54. A. keeps B. lasts C. exists D. runs

55. A. so that B. on account of C. as far as D. in case

56. A. initial B. early C. original D. start ng

57. A. at times B over and over C. by and by D. in stages

58. A. tunjs B. strokes C. twists D. pulls

59. A. flows B.spends C. goes D. proceeds

60. A. putting B. setting C. getting D. making

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined parts that need correction.

61. The wave (A) lengths of ultraviolet light are (B) short than (C) those of visible light

(D) but longer than those of X-rays.

62. (A) All thoroughbreds are descended (B) from three Arabian (C) stallion imported

(D) into England between 1689 and 1724.

63. By (A) measuring the rate of decay of potassium isotopes in volcanic ash, scientists

(B) can date the layers of volcanic ash and any human (C) remains in (D) they.

64. (A) Hundreds of partial (B) to complete fossil skeletons of Triceratops have been

(C) gather in North America from (D) rocks of the late Cretaceous period.

65. By the (A) time of the dinosaurs, turtles (B) have already developed the hard shell

(C) into which their heads and legs could be (D) drawn.

66. (A) A zoom lens (B) produces an (C) inverted real image, either on the film in a

camera (D) and on the light-sensitive tube of a television camera.

67. The leaves and young twigs of the henna plant are (A) ground into a powder to (B)

produce a (C) paste that can (D) used as a dye.

68. Thirty-one (A) pairs of spinal nerves (B) are (C) present in humans, and each pair

(D) have two roots.

69. 'William Randolph Hearst (A) built a chain of newspapers (B) that included 25 (C)

dailies and 11 Sunday editions at (D) their peak in 1937.

70. The electromagnetic (A) spectrum consists (B) in (C) bands of different (D)

wavelengths. Th ẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 EXTRA COURSE - GRADE 12 UNIT TWELVE TEST No. 01

Choose the option that best completes each of the following sentences.

71. Bryce Canyon is 56 square miles of bad lands, towering pinnacles, and........

A. it has eroded forms that are grotesque B. forming grotesque erosion

C. there are grotesque forms of erosion D. grotesque eroded forms

72 . The shrinking range poses......to Africa’s elephants.

A. a graver threat that is long term B. the gravest long-term threat

C. long term the gravest threat D. a long-term threat graver.

73 ......in astronomy, the discovery of Uranus was by accident.

A. It'was like many finds B. Like many finds

C. Alike many finds D. Many alike finds

74. ......the condor in Peru is threatened by the rapid encroachment of humans.

A. As isolated as its few remaining habitats may be

B. As its few remaining isolated habitats may be

C. May its few remaining habitats be as isolated

D. Its few remaining habitats may be as isolated as

75. The stories show how.......humans have been trying to live in harmony with nature.

A. during the earliest times B. that the earliest times

C. from the earliest times D. because earliest times

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