Đề thi giữa học kì 2 môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 có đáp án - Đề số 1

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Câu 1:
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.

A. improves

B. lacks

C. hopes

D. neglects

Câu 2:
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.

A. crowded

B. adopted

C. appalled

D. advocated

Câu 3:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

A. potential

B. colony

C. attainment

D. destruction

Câu 4:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

A. estimate

B. injury

C. treatment

D. pioneer

Câu 5:

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.

Ministers have dismissed the rumours of a bribery scandal as nonsense.

A. nonprofit

B. garbage

C. rubbish

D. non-believer

Câu 6:
The Green Party is dedicated to protecting the environment.

A. appealing

B. committed

C. specialized

D. admitted

Câu 7:

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.

Getting some work experience now will help you when you apply for a permanent job.

A. temporary

B. part-time

C. full-time

D. routine

Câu 8:

To increase the number of female representatives, the selection committee decided to discriminate in favour of women for three years.

A. on the grounds of

B. on the basis of

C. between

D. against

Câu 9:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.

Moana and Jerome are talking about their holiday. - Moana: "You should have booked the earlier flight." - Jerome:"

A. Why not?

B. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

C. It was fully booked.

D. Yes, you should

Câu 10:

Roger and Emily are talking about Roger's result at MasterChef cooking show. - Emily: "Your parents must be proud of you." - Roger:

A. Of course.

B. I'm glad you like it.

C. Search me.

D. Thanks. That's certainly encouraging

Câu 11:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She stood there,______ over whether or not to tell him the truth.

A. hesitating

B. devoting

C. disappointing

D. inspiring

Câu 12:
We spent a week visiting the wonders of Ancient Greek______

A. humanity

B. civilization

C. constitution

D. philosophy

Câu 13:

The culture has been_____ with the arrival of immigrants.

A. improved

B. recognized

C. adopted

D. diversified

Câu 14:
The idea is to kill the animal as quickly as possible without causing unnecessary_____

A. relief

B. suffering

C. vision

D. treatment

Câu 15:

By the mid-1960s most_____ had won their independence.

A. thinkers

B. advocates

C. colonies

D. initiators

Câu 16:

They were bitterly_____ of the fact that they had to work such long hours.

A. resentful

B. sympathetic

C. impartial

D. relieved

Câu 17:
______, the ball was close to the line, but I'm sure it wasn't out.

A. Admitted

B. Admittedly

C. Admission

D. Admittance

Câu 18:

He was presented with a gold watch in_____ of his years as club secretary.

A. recognizably

B. recognizable

C. recognition

D. recognizing

Câu 19:

The company has made losses in both its_____ and international operations.

A. domestic

B. domesticate

C. domesticity

D. domesticated

Câu 20:
There is a relative lack_____ research into this medical condition.

A. on

B. in

C. with

D. of

Câu 21:

It's very difficult to integrate yourself__ a society where culture is so different from your own.

A. into

B. on

C. from

D. down

Câu 22:
You____ worry - I'm not going to mention it to anyone.

A. wouldn't

B. needn't

C. mustn't

D. can't

Câu 23:

Most of the beautiful buildings in our city______by exhaust gasses from cars and factories.

A. was destroyed

B. have destroyed

C. are being destroyed

D. destroyed

Câu 24:
Many things that by hand______by machine.

A. used to be doing / are now doing

B. used to do / are now doing

C. used to do / are now done

D. used to be done / are now done

Câu 25:

It gets_____ to understand what the professor has explained.

A. the more difficult

B. more difficult than

C. the most difficult

D. more and more difficult

Câu 26:

The Boeing 747 is twice ____the Boeing 707.

A. so big as

B. as bigger as

C. as big as

D. much bigger as

Câu 27:

Planes were unable to_____ from Gatwick owing to high winds.

A. turn on

B. take off

C. go away

D. set up

Câu 28:
I can't believe how much John____ his father. They look and act exactly the same.

A. looks after

B. takes after

C. keeps up

D. catches up

Câu 29:

I'm gaining weight so I'm trying to_____fatty food.

A. cut down on

B. get over

C. go in for

D. do without

Câu 30:

Ann: "The book is by T.C.Smith.” -Marie: "What does the T.C.____?"

A. stand for

B. bring about

C. set off

D. look up

Câu 31:

After she_____all the greetings cards, the singer____ a short thank-you speech.

A. has read / make

B. was reading/made

C. had read/made

D. read / had made

Câu 32:

They_____ any junk mail since they_____ house.

A. hadn't received / moved

B. don't receive / had moved

C. didn't receive / have moved

D. haven't received/moved

Câu 33:

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.

Reading cannot make your life longer, but reading really makes your life

                     A                              B                            C

more thicker.

      D

A. cannot make

B. longer

C. really

D. more thicker

Câu 34:

While I am waiting at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite

                   A                         B                                     C               D

direction.

A. am waiting

B. bus stop

C. by

D. opposite direction.

Câu 35:

We hope that this investment will lead for increased tourism in the area.

        A                    B                          C                  D

A. hope

B. this investment

C. lead for

D. increased tourism

Câu 36:

Has the Channel Tunnel improved the distributor of goods between the

                                            A                   B                  C         D

British isles and mainland Europe?

A. improved

B. distributor

C. goods

D. between

Câu 37:

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.

It was a mistake for Tony to buy that house.

A. Tony might not have bought that house.

B. Tony can't have bought that house.

C. Tony needn't have bought that house.

D. Tony shouldn't have bought that house.

Câu 38:

A supermarket is more convenient than a shopping centre.

A. A shopping centre is not as convenient as a supermarket.

B. A shopping centre is more convenient than a supermarket.

C. A supermarket is the most convenient place to go shopping.

D. A shopping centre is the least convenient place to go shopping.

Câu 39:

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.

I work harder than before. I get better grades.

A. The work I do is harder, so I get better grades.

B. I work harder than before even if I get better grades.

C. The harder I work, the better grades I get.

D. The work I do is better, so I work harder.

Câu 40:

The other passengers will get on the bus soon. Then we'll leave.

A. We'll leave before the other passengers get on the bus.

B. As soon as the other passengers get on the bus, we'll leave.

C. Unless we don't leave, the other passengers will get on the bus.

D. Before we'll leave, the other passengers will get on the bus.

Câu 41:

Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (41)____when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, 

A. however

B. moreover

C. so

D. but

Câu 42:

After college, Tan worked (42)____ a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. 

A. for

B. as

C. with

D. at

Câu 43:

In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (43)_____ for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. 

A. preparation

B. base

C. source

D. foundation

Câu 44:

Published in 1989, the book explored the (44)____ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year.

A. relate

B. relative

C. relationship

D. relatively

Câu 45:

It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (45)_____ Tan co-wrote the screenplay.

A. whom

B. that

C. what

D. which

Câu 46:

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The possibility of changing the Martian environment

B. The challenge of interplanetary travel

C. The advantages of establishing colonies on Mars

D. The need to study Martian ecology

Câu 47:

The word "there" in paragraph 1 refers to

A. a point 100 miles above the Earth

B. Earth's Moon

C. Mars

D. Earth

Câu 48:

The "greenhouse effect" mentioned in paragraph 3 is

A. the direct result of nuclear reactions

A. the direct result of nuclear reactions

C. caused by the introduction of green plants

D. a possible means of warming Mars

Câu 49:

According to Christopher McKay, the possibility of transforming Mars

A. could only occur in science fiction stories

B. will not begin for hundreds, even thousands of years

C. is completely impractical

D. could be started in forty to fifty years

Câu 50:

According to the passage, the basic knowledge needed to transform Mars comes from

A. the science of astronomy

B. a knowledge of Earth's ecology

C. data from space probes

D. science fiction stories