Đề thi giữa học kì 2 môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 có đáp án - Đề số 34

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Câu 1:

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

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress: conference, lecturer, reference, researcher

A. conference

B. lecturer

C. reference

D. researcher

Câu 2:

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress: powerful, interesting, exciting, difficult

A. powerful

B. interesting

C. exciting

D. difficult

Câu 3:

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress: memory, exactly, radio, management

A. memory

B. exactly

C. radio

D. management

Câu 4:
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: culture, student, institution, university 
A. culture 
B. student 
C. institution 
D. university 
Câu 5:
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: degree, doctorate, graduate, kindergarten 
A. degree 
B. doctorate 
C. graduate 
D. kindergarten 
Câu 6:
Further education courses are usually described as either _______________ or vocational. 
A. academic 
B. practical 
C. learning 
D. technical 
Câu 7:
Going to university is expensive because in addition to the tuition ____, there are expenses for accommodation, books, living costs, etc. 
A. grants 
B. fees 
C. fares 
D. scholarships 
Câu 8:
The local residents suspected the authorities ____ having kept the pollution level secret from the local people. 
A. about 
B. on 
C. of 
D. for 
Câu 9:
A layer of greenhouse gases – primarily water vapor, and carbon dioxide - acts as a ____ blanket for the Earth, absorbing heat and warming the surface. 
A. heat 
B. heating 
C. thermal 
D. hot 
Câu 10:
Carbon dioxide is one of the primary ____ gases that cause global warming. 
A. greenhouse 
B. house 
C. plant 
D. home 
Câu 11:
Certain ____ in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, block heat from escaping. 
A. emissions 
B. layers 
C. effects 
D. gases 
Câu 12:
The government must take ____ to cut vehicle emissions. 
A. measures 
B. repeat 
C. discover 
D. ban 
Câu 13:
He analyzed our country's economic problems profoundly. He must be a/ an _______. 
A. fiction writer 
B. expert 
C. messenger 
D. scientist 
Câu 14:
We can take our photographs with a _______. 
A. labor-saving device 
B. computer 
C. camera 

D. screen

Câu 15:
Economic _______ are very necessary in a certain time to help develop a country. 
A. reforms 
B. transformations 
C. changes 
D. conversion 
Câu 16:
_______ refers to books and stories about imaginary people and events, rather than books about real people or events. 
A. Science 
B. Fiction 
C. Reference 
D. Dictionary 
Câu 17:
He ___ of being a famous journalist, but he is not really keen on learning. 
A. daydreams 
B. prepares 
C. chooses 
D. needs 
Câu 18:
I did not have enough lexical knowledge to _______ that article from Vietnamese into English 
A. translate 
B. convert 
C. transmit 
D. reform 
Câu 19:
He fixed his eyes to the computer _______ without paying attention to what happened around. 
A. slide 
B. curtain 
C. layer 
D. screen 
Câu 20:
Those books are necessary for your thesis. They are really _______. 
A. inform 
B. information 
C. informer 
D. informative 
Câu 21:
 

 

What is the main idea of the passage? 

A. Environment pollution is real. 
B. Reasons why low-lying areas are flooded. 
C. Solutions to global warming. 
D. Reasons why global warming is a problem. 
Câu 22:
Which of the following is TRUE as the result of global warming? 
A. All people suffer from global warming. 
B. All people benefit from global warming 
C. Life is more difficult for the majority of people. 
D. Life is easier for most people. 
Câu 23:
In paragraph 1, the word “this” refers to ____. 
A. harder life as a result of global warming 
B. easier life as a result of global warming 
C. climate change on global scale 
D. flood in low-lying areas 
Câu 24:
In paragraph 2, the word “erratic” is closest in meaning to ____. 
A. predictable 
B. unpredictable 
C. changeable 
D. unchangeable 
Câu 25:
According to the passage, all of the following are the results of global warming EXCEPT ____. 
A. higher temperature 
B. coastal erosion 
C. increasing sea level 
D. stable rainfall 
Câu 26:
What may happen to diseases and insect pests as a result of global warming? 
A. They will become extinct. 
B. They will increase in number. 
C. They will not harm our planet. 
D. They will be under good control. 
Câu 27:

If you think that life in 2030 sounds unrealistic, consider this: how many people in 1985 thought that computers and mobile phones could (27) _____

A. enjoy 
B. play 
C. take 
D. do 
Câu 28:
No one can accurately (28) _____ the future.
A. diagnose 
B. prefer 
C. tell 
D. predict 
Câu 29:
It will speed (29) _____ so much that, in some ways, our lives in 2030 will be unrecognizable today. 
A. up 
B. on 
C. over 
D. above 
Câu 30:
It is predicted that one billion people will be 65 (30) _____ older by 2030.
A. and 
B. but 
C. or 
D. nor 
Câu 31:
Japanese scientists are already developing robots to (31) _____ after the elderly and robots will be a permanent (32) _____ of everyday life all across Europe.
A. look 
B. take 
C. follow 
D. run 
Câu 32:
Japanese scientists are already developing robots to (31) _____ after the elderly and robots will be a permanent (32) _____ of everyday life all across Europe.
A. human 
B. feature 
C. personality 
D. character 
Câu 33:
People in 2030 will routinely reach the (33) _____ of 130.
A. old 
B. elder 
C. aging 
D. age 
Câu 34:
The weather in 2030 is likely to be extreme, but the solution to the energy crisis will be to harness natural clean energy sources, such (34) _____ solar, hydro, wind and geothermal.
A. as to 
B. as many as 
C. more 
D. as 
Câu 35:
The internet will have developed into a "super combined web" which is always on and always (35) ____.
A. contacted 
B. stuck 
C. connected 
D. attached 
Câu 36:
It is also explained that some aspects of daily life in 2030 will seem very (36) _____ to today.
A. familiar 
B. similar 
C. different 
D. fond 
Câu 37:

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one

Optimists believe that life will be far better than it is today.

A. Optimists cannot tell any differences between today life and future life. 
B. It is believed by optimists that there will be no changes for life in the future. 
C. Optimists believe that today's life is not as good as it will be. 
D. Optimists believe that we will have a worse life in the future. 
Câu 38:
In spite of his poverty, he led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause. 
A. He could not devote his life to the revolutionary cause because of his poverty. 
B. If he had not been so poor, he could have devoted his life to the revolutionary cause. 
C. Poor as he was, he led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause. 
D. He led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause, but he was so poor.  
Câu 39:
They did not let me in because I was not a member of the club. 
A. They invited me although I was not a member of the club. 
B. They did not allow me to enter because I was not a member of the club. 
C. They invited me to the clubs as if I had been a member. 
D. They asked me to get out of the club because I was not a member. 
Câu 40:
Can you account for your strange behavior? 
A. Does your strange behavior make anybody surprised? 
B. Can you please stop behaving strangely? 
C. Is your strange behavior only for me? 
D. Can you give a good explanation for your strange behavior?