ĐỀ THI TIẾNG ANH CUỐI KÌ 1 LỚP 12 GLOBAL SUCCESS CÓ ĐÁP
ÁN- ĐỀ 1
LISTENING
I. Listen to a talk about some green initiatives and decide whether the statements
are True (T) or False (F). You will listen TWICE.
1. There are five green initiatives mentioned in the talk.
2. In 2000, Sundrop Farms launched its first pilot site in South Austria.
3. Solar glass would be useful for designing sustainable buildings.
4. AirCarbon results in a carbon-negative product.
5. The Seabins analyse the data on water conditions gathered.
II. Listen to a talk show and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions. You will listen TWICE.
Culture shock is a common experience for almost everyone who (1) ______ a new
culture, but it varies depending on motivational orientation. Some people, like students,
tourists, and families, are eager to experience a new culture and (2) ______. Others like
refugees and asylum-seekers (3) ______ or unwillingly adapt to a new culture. The
UNHCR estimates that 70.8 million people are (4) ______ globally, with low
motivational orientation. This number is expected to rise in the future due to wars,
conflicts and catastrophic (5) ______, which might make many areas of the planet
uninhabitable.
LANGUAGE
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. cuisine B. resistance C. rinse D. resign
2. A. tasty B. layer C. attack D. staple
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three
in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. belief B. success C. cuisine D. soldier
2. A. infrastructure B. animated C. biography D. military
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.-
1. The more employees advance and grow as professionals, ______ their lives are
impacted.
A. very much B. much more C. the most D. the more
2. The authorities should have taken actions to stop illegal dumping of toxic chemicals
into rivers; ______, they didn’t do so.
A. so B. however C. but D. therefore
3. Our common language, ideas, values, customs, behaviours, and material possessions
that are passed down from one generation to the next are our ______, or our “way of
being.”
A. method B. society C. culture D. activity
4. We ______ an informative book on Japanese customs while we were exploring our
school library.
A. are discovering B. have discovered C. were discovering D. discovered
5. ______ urbanisation has been steadily increasing over ______ past century, with more
people migrating to cities for better opportunities.
A. Ø/Ø B. The/Ø C. Ø/the D. The/the
READING
Read the following announcement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the
correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Welcome to the annual Foreign Language Festival!
Each spring, high school students from all over the state of Louisiana have the
opportunity to compete in spontaneous speaking, prose, poetry, music, theatre, and native
speaker translation (1) ______ French and Spanish. They also have the chance to
compete in the Latin Translation category, too!
We expect to open all of the categories for the competition (2) ______ the number of
participants.
Our goal is to give students the opportunity to use foreign languages in a creative way
and socialise with (3) ______.
For further information, please email the coordinators.
(Adapted from https://www.southeastern.edu)
1. A. at B. on C. in D. out
2. A. based of B. dependent on C. dependent of D. based on
3. A. others B. ones C. another D. other
Read the following application letter and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to apply for the position of part-time sales assistance. I was excited to read
the job (1) ______ on Monster.com, and I think my background would be helpful to your
company.
Having worked for both big department stores and little boutiques, I have a lot of
expertise in the retail industry. I was able to use my attention to details and
communication skills as (2) ______ in my past sales position. Then, I was responsible for
welcoming customers at the reception desk, helping them find the goods they needed in
the quickest way and dealing (3) ______ complaints.
I strongly believe that these skills and experience suit your position. I look forward to the
job interview.
Faithfully,
Hanah Fox
(Adapted from https://www.thebalancemoney.com)
1. A. action B. advertisement C. description D. application
2. A. requirements B. strengths C. advantages D. drawbacks
3. A. front B. with C. in D. on
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct
option that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
The Tale of Kieu is among many valuable works by the great poet Nguyen Du, (1)
______ was born in 1765 and passed away in 1820. The work of art, which has been
translated (2) ______ over 20 languages, is renowned for its innovative ideas, self-reliant
approach, and its capacity to represent the fundamentals of Vietnamese culture. It was
written in Chu Nom, a logographic script formerly used for writing Vietnamese language,
and (3) ______ of 3,254 verses in the sin-eight-word distich metre. The poem is full of
the sufferings of human life and the longing for pleasure, freedom, and justice, (4)
______ condemning the harshness of feudalism. Also, this work is viewed as the pinnacle
of Vietnamese literature because of its (5) ______ and the perfect beauty of its language.
The Tale of Kieu is now included in school curricula and has been adapted for theatre and
cinema. Many Vietnamese memorise the story and can use its verses for describing
different situations in their own lives.
(Adapted from https://vovworld.vn/en-US/culture/unesco-honors-vietnamese-poet-
nguyen-du-208562.vov)
1. A. whom B. that C. which D. who
2. A. on B. of C. for D. into
3. A. consisted B. constructed C. included D. contained
4. A. despite B. while C. for D. and
5. A. humanist B. humanitarian C. humanism D. humanity
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.