Đề kiểm tra trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh 12, unit 6: Future jobs (Đề 2)

A. PHONETICS
 
1-5. Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other works.
 
1. A. pilot              B. pipe        C. pillow     D. pioneer
 
2. A. spoke           B. slow       C. snow      D. now
 
3. A. absent          B. absorb    C. nib         D. debt
 
4. honourable       B. honesty C. historic   D. hour
 
5. A. child            B. wild        C. minute    D. mild
 
6-10. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the words.
 
6. A. referee          B. engineer           C. absentee                    D. attitude
 
7. A. hospital       B. horrified             C. honorable        D. horizon
 
8. A. penalty        B. document         C. pedestrian        D. petrol
 
9. A. comment      B. endurance        C. decorate           D. incidence
 
10. A. architect     B. pioneer            C. military            D. principal
 
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
 
11 - 25. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
 
11. I had the operation ….the recommendation …. my doctor.
A. on - with          B. on - of
C. at - of              D. with - of
 
12. I decided to concentrate all my ….. on finding somewhere to live.
A. efforts     B. trials         C. aims       D. energy
 
13. She…helpful comments on my work.
A. did           B. made          C. created          D. formed
 
14. Financial … is a person who is in charge of the financial accounts of a business company.
A. advisor        B. consultant          C. controller           D. secretary
 
15. In this job, experience counts for more than…… qualifications.
A. theoretical        B. academic          C. paper     D. B and C
 
16. My lack of….. experience was a disadvantage.
A. practical                    B. realistic C. truthful   D. mere
 
17. He is very good at his job; he certainly…… his job.
A. does       B. makes     C. catches   D. knows
 
18. The area is being promoted…….. a tourist destination.
A. of           B. as           C. at            D. for
 
19. When she finished painting, she stepped back to admire the ……effect.
A. whole     B. sum        C. overall             D. total
 
20. Sky diving, a difficult and dangerous sport, ……very popular with both men and women in the United States.
A.Ø  B. is   C. becoming                   D. become
 
21. Leather shoes ……. than plastic ones.
A. that are more durable                   B. being more durable
C. more durable                                D. are more durable
 
22. The GMAT test …….  to students who are interested in a career in business.
A. given                          B. although it is given
C. since it is given          D. is given
 
23. Not many us hospitals exist…… treat severe bums.
A. that        B. whom     C. who        D. where
 
24. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a Columbia writer whose book One Hundred Years of Solitude is among his most famous, ……. the Nobel Prize in 1982.
A. who won         B. won
C. which won       D. having won
 
25.  ……, Eva Peron, the wife of Argentinean president Juan Peron, died of cancer.
A. She was age thirty-one       B. At the age of thirty-one
C. Age thirty-one years           D. At the age of thirty-one years
 
26 - 30. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
 
26. Those applicants who return their completed forms at the earliest date that have the highest priority.
                                   A                               B                 C                                D
 
27. Renewable energy sources are difficult topics in which I’m not familiar.
         A                                      B                              C                 D
 
28. The headmaster, to whom the parents had discussed their son’s future, advised the boy to take up engineering.
                                     A                              B                                                  C                            D
 
29. Scientists are searching the causes of cancer are making progress.
                         A                 B              C                    D
 
30. His new motorbike, to which he paid $2000, has already had to be repaired.
                                       A                                     B                           C      D
 
31 - 35. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one.
 
31. Benzene, which was discovered by Faraday, was the starting point in the manufacture of many dyes, perfumes and explosives.
A. Faraday was the person who discovered benzene, the starting point in the manufacture of many dyes, perfumes and explosives.
B. Benzene, having discovered by Faraday, was the starting point in the manufacture of many dyes, perfumes and explosives.
C. Benzene, discovered by Faraday, was the starting point in the manufacture of many dyes, perfumes and explosives.
D. Discovering benzene, the starting point in the manufacture of many dyes, perfumes and explosives was one of faraday’s achievements.
 
32. How long have you had this watch?
A. Since when did you buy this watch?
B. How long is it since you bought this watch?
C. How long have you bought this watch?
D. Since when have you bought this watch?
 
33. None of the people I talked to could give me any useful information.
A. None of the people whom I talked to could give me any useful information.
B. None of the people who I talked to could give me any useful information.
C. None of the people to whom ỉ talked could give me any useful information.
D. All are correct.
 
34. It is said that he has broken several world records.
A. People said that he has obtained several world records.
B. He is said to have broken several world records.
C. It is said that several world records have been destroyed by him.
D. He is said that he has broken several world records.
 
35. Tom used to smoke when he was young.
A. Tom got used to smoking when he was young.
B. Tom smoked a lot when he was young.
C. Tom has stopped smoking.
D. Tom doesn’t smoke no longer.
 
C. READING
 
36 - 45. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
 
Around the age of eighteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life. “Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university (36)….. ? Do I
leave and start work or beginning a training (37)…… ?”
 
The decision is yours, but it may be (38)…… remembering two things: there is more unemployment (39)….. people who haven’t been to university, and people
who have the right (40)….. will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs. If you decide to go (41)…. into a job, there are many opportunities for training.

Getting qualifications will (42)…… you to get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (43)…. you earn. Starting work and taking a
break to study when you are older is (44)…. possibility. This way, you can save up
money for your student days, as well as (45)…. practical work experience.
 
36. A. after                    B. later        C. then        D. past
 
37. A. school        B. class       C. course    D. term
 
38. A. worth         B. necessary         C. important        D. useful
 
39. A. between     B. among              C. with        D. through
 
40. A. notes                   B. papers             C. arts         D. skills
 
41. A. straight      B. just                  C. direct      D. rather
 
42. A. make                   B. help                 C. let                    D. give
 
43. A. where         B. while                C. when      D. what
 
44. A. also            B. again                C. another   D. always
 
45. A. getting       B. making             C. taking     D. doing
 
46 – 50. Choose the item among A, B, c or D that best answers the question about the passage:
 
Computer programmer David Jones earns £35,000 a year designing new Computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque car. Instead he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
 
The 16-year-old boy works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of age is finding a job. David’s firm releases two new games for the expanding home Computer market each month.
 
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programmes within tight schedules with bonus payment and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage, or obtain credit cards.
 
David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a Computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programmes,” he said.
 
I suppose £35,000 sounds a lot but actually that’s being pessimistic. I hope it will come to records and clothes and he gives his mother £20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working. “Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young anyway.”
 
David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never knew when the market might disappear.”
 
46. What is David different from other young people of his age?
A. He earns an extremely high salary.        B. He is not unemployed.
c. He does not go out much.    D. He lives at home with his parents.
 
47. David’s greatest problem is ……
A. making the banks treat him as an adult     B. inventing Computer games
C. spending his salary                                    D. learning to drive
 
48. He was employed by the company because ……
A. he had worked in a Computer shop
B. he had written some Computer programmes
C. he works very hard
D. he had learned to use computers at school
 
49. He left school after O-levels because ……
A. he did not enjoy school
B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money
 
50. Why does David think he might retire early?
A. You have to be young to write Computer programmes.
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
c. He thinks Computer games might not always sell well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bankrupt.