Đề thi Tiếng anh 12 Giữa kì 1 có đáp án (Đề 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. dates

B. matches

C. boxes

D. cases

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. coughed

B. phoned

C. stopped

D. booked

Câu 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.

A. suitable

B. secondary

C. responsible

D. confidence

Câu 4:

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.

A. carefree

B. nomadic

C. courageous

D. ambitious

Câu 5:

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.

For thousands of years, man has used rocks as main materials for building houses, made fences, pavements or even roofs for houses.

A. man

B. rocks

C. made

D. roof

Câu 6:

Never before has so many people in the United States been interested in soccer.

A. has

B. many

C. in

D. interested

Câu 7:

Teenagers is greatly influenced by not only their parents but also their peers.

A. is

B. by

C. parents

D. peers

Câu 8:

Tom like to gossip about other people, so he doesn’t like them to gossip about him.

A. people

B. so

C. them

D. about

Câu 9:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Which of the following sentences has the correct word order?

A. She walks usually past my house in the morning.

B. She walks usually in the morning past my house.

C. She in the morning walks usually past my house.

D. She usually walks past my house in the morning.

Câu 10:

There were some problems during the __________ even before the spacecraft got into space.

A. off lift

B. lift-off

C. off lifting

D. lifting- off

Câu 11:

-I think you’ve played very splendidly in the match, Nam!

- Nam: Thank you. That’s a nice compliment. I wish I could do ____ you. I’m still terrible.

A. as badly as

B. double as well as

C. half as well as

D. far worse than

Câu 12:

A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing _____ damage.

A. prophetic

B. scientific

C. energetic

D. catastrophic

Câu 13:

By far _____________ of Saudi Arabia is oil.

A. the most important export

B. that is the most important export

C. the most important export is

D. it is the most important export

Câu 14:

I first met her four years ago when we _____________ at a middle school.

A. had been studying

B. are studying

C. were studying

D. have been studying

Câu 15:

I am surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have ___________, they seemed very happy together.

A. broken up

B. fallen out

C. gone off

D. counted on

Câu 16:

My neighbor really gets on my nerves. She_________the washing machine on late at night.

A. has always been putting

B. had always put

C. has always put

D. is always putting

Câu 17:

My handbag was stolen ____________we were playing tennis.

A. before

B. during

C. while

D. after

Câu 18:

Milk used ____________ early in the morning.

A. to be delivering

B. be delivered

C. to be deliver

D. to be delivered

Câu 19:

The U.S. spent a lot of money trying to catch up with the Soviet Union in space ___________.

A. explorer

B. exploring

C. explore

D. exploration

Câu 20:

The Wodaabe are not ashamed of being thought to be vain and they consider themselves the most beautiful people in the world.

A. modest

B. weakness

C. arrogant

D. dull

Câu 21:

Onwas is around 60 years old and quite short at 1.5 metres, but he is ______ and fit.

A. lean

B. athletic

C. powerful

D. strong

Câu 22:

They don’t _______ track of time: hours, weeks, months and years have no meaning to them.

A. take

B. hold

C. leave

D. keep

Câu 23:

Apollo 13, with a crew of three people, was the third __________ mission to the Moon.

A. manning

B. man

C. men

D. manned

Câu 24:

I have to sleep with the window closed because there is _____ noise outside.

A. plenty of

B. too much

C. too many

D. some of

Câu 25:

Now, he'll go down in _________ as the guy who lost two entirely winnable Senate races in Virginia.

A. history

B. time

C. memory

D. industry

Câu 26:

I can’t stand _____________people who are not tolerant of new ideas.

A. narrow-mind

B. minded-narrow

C. narrow-minded

D. narrow-minding

Câu 27:

The existence of many stars in the sky________ us to suspect that there may be life on another planet.

A. lead

B. leads

C. leading

D. have led

Câu 28:

He usually travels to ________ Philadelphia by _________ train.

A. Ø / Ø

B. Ø / a

C. the / the

D. the / a

Câu 29:

Two days into the mission, the ____________ crew faced catastrophe.

A. three men

B. three-man

C. three- mans

D. three-men

Câu 30:

The Inuit wear ____________coats in the winter.

A. fur, beautiful, long

B. beautiful, fur, long

C. beautiful, long, fur

D. long, beautiful, fur

Câu 31:

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.

Two students are talking about the school curriculum.

-Ted: “Swimming should be made part of the school curriculum.”

- Kate: “__________. It is an essential life skill.”

A. Not at all

B. You can make it

C. I can’t agree with you more

D. Oh, that’s a problem

Câu 32:

- "I wonder if I could possibly use your car for tonight?"

- "__________ . I'm not using it anyhow."

A. Yes, indeed

B. Sure, go ahead

C. I don't care

D. I don't know

Câu 33:

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.

You should concentrate on what the interviewer is saying and make a real effort to answer all the questions.

A. try your best

B. look at

C. listen to

D. focus your attention on

Câu 34:

I have come to the Hadza homeland of Tanzania for a few days with an interpreter.

A. native land

B. city

C. town

D. countryside

Câu 35:

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.

I prefer secure jobs because I don't like keeping on moving and changing all the time.

A. demanding

B. stable

C. safe

D. challenging

Câu 36:

They were not prepared for the humid heat of the tropical forest.

A. watery

B. soaked

C. moist

D. arid

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.

No one in the family is more sympathetic than Laura.

A. Laura is more sympathetic than many people in the house.

B. The people in the house is not sympathetic at all.

C. Laura is the most sympathetic of all the people in the house.

D. Laura is very sympathetic.

Câu 38:

We do not need much furniture because the room is very small.

A. The smaller the room is, the fewer furniture we need.

B. The smaller the room is, the less furniture we need.

C. The small room makes the furniture less and less.

D. Much furniture is needed for a small room.

Câu 39:

The children ran to the field to see the dragon, but it was no longer there.

A. The dragon had gone by the time the children ran to the filed.

B. The dragon went by the time the children ran to the filed.

C. When the children ran to the filed, the dragon went.

D. The dragon had gone after the children ran to the filed.

Câu 40:

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 from 40 to 44.

Nowadays there are many good reasons for using bicycles _(40)_____ cars to travel in city centres. First of all, bicycles are both silent and clean, and easy to park. Secondly, using a bicycle also __(41)____ people fit. However, city centres must either have cycle lanes _____(42)___ be free of private cars completely. Some large cities, such as Amsterdam in (43) __________Netherlands, are already organized in this way. (44) _______ a combination of the use of bicycles with very cheap or free public transport solves the problem of traffic jams and makes the city centre a more pleasant place.

A. but

B. except for

C. instead of

D. such as

Câu 41:

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 from 40 to 44.

Nowadays there are many good reasons for using bicycles _(40)_____ cars to travel in city centres. First of all, bicycles are both silent and clean, and easy to park. Secondly, using a bicycle also __(41)____ people fit. However, city centres must either have cycle lanes _____(42)___ be free of private cars completely. Some large cities, such as Amsterdam in (43) __________Netherlands, are already organized in this way. (44) _______ a combination of the use of bicycles with very cheap or free public transport solves the problem of traffic jams and makes the city centre a more pleasant place.

A. keeps

B. causes

C. helps

D. becomes

Câu 42:

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 from 40 to 44.

Nowadays there are many good reasons for using bicycles _(40)_____ cars to travel in city centres. First of all, bicycles are both silent and clean, and easy to park. Secondly, using a bicycle also __(41)____ people fit. However, city centres must either have cycle lanes _____(42)___ be free of private cars completely. Some large cities, such as Amsterdam in (43) __________Netherlands, are already organized in this way. (44) _______ a combination of the use of bicycles with very cheap or free public transport solves the problem of traffic jams and makes the city centre a more pleasant place.

A. such as

B. yet

C. also

D. or

Câu 43:

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 from 40 to 44.

Nowadays there are many good reasons for using bicycles _(40)_____ cars to travel in city centres. First of all, bicycles are both silent and clean, and easy to park. Secondly, using a bicycle also __(41)____ people fit. However, city centres must either have cycle lanes _____(42)___ be free of private cars completely. Some large cities, such as Amsterdam in (43) __________Netherlands, are already organized in this way. (44) _______ a combination of the use of bicycles with very cheap or free public transport solves the problem of traffic jams and makes the city centre a more pleasant place.

A. the

B. a

C. an

D. no article

Câu 44:

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 from 40 to 44.

Nowadays there are many good reasons for using bicycles _(40)_____ cars to travel in city centres. First of all, bicycles are both silent and clean, and easy to park. Secondly, using a bicycle also __(41)____ people fit. However, city centres must either have cycle lanes _____(42)___ be free of private cars completely. Some large cities, such as Amsterdam in (43) __________Netherlands, are already organized in this way. (44) _______ a combination of the use of bicycles with very cheap or free public transport solves the problem of traffic jams and makes the city centre a more pleasant place.

A. personally

B. finally

C. for example

D. actually

Câu 45:

The word “They” refers to ____________.

A. buildings

B. cliffs

C. goods

D. enemies

Câu 46:

The author uses the phrase “the three sisters” refers to___________.

A. family members

B. Hopi women

C. important crops

D. rain ceremonies

Câu 47:

Which of the following animals was the most important to the Plains Indians?

A. The seal

B. The caribou

C. The salmon

D. The buffalo

Câu 48:

Which of the following is TRUE of the Shoshone and Ute?

A. They built their homes with adobe.

B. They hunted caribou.

C. They were not as settled as the Hopi and Zuni

D. They did not have many religious ceremonies.

Câu 49:

It can be inferred from the passage that the dwellings of the Hopi and Zuni were _________.

A. very small

B. highly advanced

C. difficult to defend

D. quickly constructed

Câu 50:

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Ceremonies and rituals of American Indians.

B. The way of life of American Indian tribes in early North America.

C. The architecture of early America Indian buildings.

D. The movement of American Indians across North America.