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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KỲ 1 (2017-2018)<br />
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP: 12<br />
Ngày kiểm tra: 20/10/2017<br />
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút<br />
(Đề thi có 4 trang, gồm 50 câu trắc nghiệm)<br />
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs<br />
correction in each of the following questions.<br />
Câu 1: My mother reminded me to remember to water her house plants.<br />
A. to water<br />
B. to remember<br />
C. house plants<br />
D. reminded<br />
Câu 2: Bill is often late for class, which makes his teachers angrily.<br />
A. for<br />
B. angrily<br />
C. which<br />
D. is<br />
Câu 3: Mumps are a very common disease which usually affects children.<br />
A. which<br />
B. are<br />
C. usually<br />
D. common disease<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other<br />
three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.<br />
Câu 4: A. courteous<br />
B. decent<br />
C. attract<br />
D. signal<br />
Câu 5: A. attitude<br />
B. summary<br />
C. partnership<br />
D. terrific<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to<br />
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.<br />
Câu 6: Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood.<br />
A. make up<br />
B. take over<br />
C. put up<br />
D. find out<br />
Câu 7: Let’s wait for her; I’m sure she’ll turn up before long.<br />
A. enter<br />
B. arrive<br />
C. visit<br />
D. return<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to<br />
complete each of the following questions.<br />
Câu 8: - John: “Your parents must be proud of your result at school.” - Laura: “ _______”<br />
A. Sorry to hear that.<br />
B. I’m glad you like it.<br />
C. Never mind.<br />
D. Thanks. It’s certainly encouraging.<br />
Câu 9: - Anne: “Well, cats are very good at catching mice around the house”. - John: “ _______”<br />
A. Nothing more to say.<br />
B. You can say that again.<br />
C. Yes, I hope so.<br />
D. No, dogs are very good, too.<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning<br />
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.<br />
Câu 10: Mr. Smith’s new neighbors appear to be very friendly.<br />
A. hostile<br />
B. inapplicable<br />
C. futile<br />
D. amicable<br />
Câu 11: My first impression of her was her impassive face.<br />
A. respectful<br />
B. emotional<br />
C. solid<br />
D. fractious<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the<br />
following questions.<br />
Câu 12: He is one of the most _______ bosses I have ever worked with. He behaves rudely to not only<br />
me but also others in the staff.<br />
A. communicative<br />
B. thoughtful<br />
C. attentive<br />
D. impolite<br />
Câu 13: I’d rather you _______ the kids drop bits of pizza all over my new sofa.<br />
A. won’t let<br />
B. didn’t let<br />
C. don’t let<br />
D. aren’t letting<br />
Câu 14: “Why did you get the bus to work?” “I’m having my car _______ at the moment.”<br />
A. serviced<br />
B. to service<br />
C. to be serviced<br />
D. servicing<br />
Câu 15: Gestures such as waving and handshaking are _______ forms of communication.<br />
A. non-verbal<br />
B. regular<br />
C. direct<br />
D. verbal<br />
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Câu 16: It is essential that every student _______ the exam before attending the course.<br />
A. pass<br />
B. passes<br />
C. would pass<br />
D. passed<br />
Câu 17: If a boss wants to have a well-qualified staff, he should have to pay his employees _______.<br />
A. appropriate<br />
B. appropriately<br />
C. appropriation<br />
D. appropriating<br />
Câu 18: Ellie asked Stan _______ to look at the new catalogue.<br />
A. that he wanted<br />
B. whether he wants<br />
C. if he wanted<br />
D. did he want<br />
Câu 19: I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we _______ up tomorrow morning, the sun<br />
_______.<br />
A. wake / shines<br />
B. wake / has been shining<br />
C. wake / will be shining<br />
D. will wake / will be shining<br />
Câu 20: “Why were you so tired yesterday?” “Because I _______ all morning.”<br />
A. jog<br />
B. was jogged<br />
C. had been jogging<br />
D. had been jogged<br />
Câu 21: These quick and easy _______ can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost.<br />
A. solve<br />
B. solutions<br />
C. solvability<br />
D. solvable<br />
Câu 22: Don’t drop your sweet wrapper on the floor, _______?<br />
A. won’t you<br />
B. do you<br />
C. aren’t you<br />
D. will you<br />
Câu 23: We are a very close-knit family and very supportive _______ one another.<br />
A. of<br />
B. to<br />
C. in<br />
D. with<br />
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the<br />
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 24 to 28.<br />
EXAMS OR CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT?<br />
How do you feel when you (24) ___ an exam? Do you always succeed in getting all your ideas down<br />
on paper, or do you sometimes feel that you’re (25) ___ a mess of it? Apart from those lucky few who<br />
sail through exams, most secondary school (26) ___ find them very stressful. Many teachers are aware of<br />
the problems their students face and use a different method for measuring their progress: continuous<br />
assessment. With continuous assessment, students are given various (27) ___ to do through the year. All<br />
their marks are added together to produce a total mark at the end of the year. Students have to take more<br />
responsibility for their education because they can’t rely on doing well on just one day. Also, they have<br />
more time to (28) ___ over their work, meaning that they are able to do their best.<br />
Câu 24: A. sit<br />
B. write<br />
C. make<br />
D. give<br />
Câu 25: A. doing<br />
B. making<br />
C. having<br />
D. taking<br />
Câu 26: A. colleagues<br />
B. classmates<br />
C. perfects<br />
D. students<br />
Câu 27: A. tasks<br />
B. efforts<br />
C. achievements<br />
D. results<br />
Câu 28: A. consider<br />
B. imagine<br />
C. think<br />
D. examine<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each<br />
pair of sentences in the following questions.<br />
Câu 29: Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising. They want to increase their sale.<br />
A. Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising so that they want to increase their sale.<br />
B. Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising, but they want to increase their sale.<br />
C. Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising with the aim of increasing their sale.<br />
D. In order that they want to increase their sale, companies spend millions of dollars on advertising.<br />
Câu 30: Joe does a lot of exercise. He’s still very fat.<br />
A. Even though Joe does a lot of exercise, he’s still very fat.<br />
B. Joe does a lot of exercise, so he’s still very fat<br />
C. Joe’s very fat, but he does a lot of exercise.<br />
D. Despite the fact that doing a lot of exercise, he’s still very fat.<br />
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the<br />
correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 37.<br />
Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than<br />
speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language.<br />
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Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least 5000 years;<br />
but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings.<br />
When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even<br />
today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before<br />
we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to<br />
talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort<br />
to learn to write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and<br />
even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write, while some who<br />
learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.<br />
To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter. One advantage<br />
writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization<br />
must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.<br />
Câu 31: We sometimes think of writing as more real than speech because __________.<br />
A. it has become very important in our culture<br />
B. human beings have been writing for at least 5000 years<br />
C. writing is secondary to language<br />
D. people have been writing since there have been human beings<br />
Câu 32: The author of the passage argues that __________.<br />
A. all languages should have a written form<br />
B. writing has become too important in today’s society<br />
C. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write<br />
D. speech is more basic to language than writing<br />
Câu 33: Normal human beings __________.<br />
A. learn to talk after learning to write<br />
B. learn to write before learning to talk<br />
C. learn to write and to talk at the same time<br />
D. learn to talk before learning to write<br />
Câu 34: In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the example of<br />
__________.<br />
A. severely handicapped children<br />
B. people who learn the rudiments of speech<br />
C. intelligent people who couldn’t write<br />
D. people who speak many languages<br />
Câu 35: According to the author, one mark of any civilized society is that it__________.<br />
A. keeps written records<br />
B. affirms the primacy of speech over writing<br />
C. teaches its children to speak perfectly<br />
D. affirms the primacy of writing over speech<br />
Câu 36: The word “advantage” in the last paragraph most closely means __________.<br />
A. skill<br />
B. rudiments<br />
C. domination<br />
D. benefit<br />
Câu 37: Which of the following is NOT true?<br />
A. It is easy to acquire the writing skill.<br />
B. Writing has become so important in our culture.<br />
C. Writing represents speech, but not perfectly.<br />
D. Speech is essential but writing has important benefits.<br />
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the<br />
correct answer to each of the questions from 38 to 45.<br />
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a<br />
disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which<br />
ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will<br />
fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.<br />
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are<br />
ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very<br />
supportive of their child.<br />
Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him<br />
to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers<br />
twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the<br />
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trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is<br />
unwilling.<br />
Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians,<br />
and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so<br />
they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston<br />
is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.<br />
Câu 38: One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to _________.<br />
A. push their child into trying too much<br />
B. help their child to become a genius<br />
C. make their child become a musician<br />
D. neglect their child’s education<br />
Câu 39: Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents?<br />
A. Successful musicians.<br />
B. Unrealistic parents.<br />
C. Their children.<br />
D. Educational psychologists.<br />
Câu 40: Michael Collins is fortunate in that __________.<br />
A. his father is a musician<br />
B. his parents are quite rich<br />
C. his parents help him in a sensible way<br />
D. his mother knows little about music<br />
Câu 41: The phrase "crazy about" in in the paragraph 3 mostly means _______.<br />
A. surprised at<br />
B. extremely interested in<br />
C. completely unaware of<br />
D. confused about<br />
Câu 42: Winston’s parents push their son so much and he _______.<br />
A. has won a lot of piano competitions<br />
B. cannot learn much music from them<br />
C. has become a good musician<br />
D. is afraid to disappoint them<br />
Câu 43: The word "They" in the paragraph 3 refers to _______.<br />
A. Michael’s parents<br />
B. violin lessons<br />
C. parents in general<br />
D. concerts<br />
Câu 44: All of the following people are musical EXCEPT _______.<br />
A. Winston’s father<br />
B. Winston’s mother<br />
C. Michael’s father<br />
D. Michael’s mother<br />
Câu 45: The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that _______.<br />
A. successful parents always have intelligent children<br />
B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children<br />
C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants<br />
D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning<br />
to each of the following questions.<br />
Câu 46: John told his brother “Report yourself to the police and you’ll get lighter penalty.”<br />
A. John threatened his brother to report himself to the police.<br />
B. John promised his brother a report of himself to the police.<br />
C. John persuaded his brother to report himself to the police.<br />
D. John asked his brother to give up himself to the police.<br />
Câu 47: As soon as they arrived at the beach, it started to rain.<br />
A. They had no sooner arrived at the beach, it started to rain.<br />
B. No sooner had they arrived at the beach than it started to rain.<br />
C. They had hardly arrived at the beach, it started to rain.<br />
D. It started to rain when arriving at the beach.<br />
Câu 48: You must clean the wall before you painted it.<br />
A. The wall must be cleaned before you paint.<br />
B. The wall must clean before you paint it.<br />
C. The wall must be clean before you paint it.<br />
D. The wall must be cleaned before being painted.<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part<br />
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.<br />
Câu 49: A. decreased<br />
B. composed<br />
C. knocked<br />
D. fixed<br />
Câu 50: A. comprise<br />
B. communicate<br />
C. company<br />
D. compete<br />
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