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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KỲ 1 (2017-2018) MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP: 12 Ngày kiểm tra: 20/10/2017 Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (Đề thi có 4 trang, gồm 50 câu trắc nghiệm)

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. Câu 1: Mr. Smith’s new neighbors appear to be very friendly. C. futile B. inapplicable A. amicable D. hostile

Câu 2: My first impression of her was her impassive face. A. respectful B. emotional C. solid D. fractious

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 3 to 7.

EXAMS OR CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT? How do you feel when you (3) ___ an exam? Do you always succeed in getting all your ideas down on paper, or do you sometimes feel that you’re (4) ___ a mess of it? Apart from those lucky few who sail through exams, most secondary school (5) ___ find them very stressful. Many teachers are aware of the problems their students face and use a different method for measuring their progress: continuous assessment. With continuous assessment, students are given various (6) ___ to do through the year. All their marks are added together to produce a total mark at the end of the year. Students have to take more responsibility for their education because they can’t rely on doing well on just one day. Also, they have more time to (7) ___ over their work, meaning that they are able to do their best. Câu 3: A. sit Câu 4: A. doing Câu 5: A. colleagues Câu 6: A. tasks Câu 7: A. examine B. give B. taking B. students B. achievements B. consider D. write D. making D. classmates D. results D. imagine C. make C. having C. perfects C. efforts C. think

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 8 to 15.

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.

However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.

Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy. Câu 8: One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to _________.

A. make their child become a musician C. neglect their child’s education B. push their child into trying too much D. help their child to become a genius

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Câu 9: Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents?

A. Unrealistic parents. C. Successful musicians. B. Their children. D. Educational psychologists.

Câu 10: Michael Collins is fortunate in that __________.

A. his parents are quite rich C. his father is a musician B. his mother knows little about music D. his parents help him in a sensible way

Câu 11: The phrase "crazy about" in in the paragraph 3 mostly means _______.

A. extremely interested in C. confused about B. completely unaware of D. surprised at

Câu 12: Winston’s parents push their son so much and he _______.

A. has won a lot of piano competitions C. is afraid to disappoint them B. has become a good musician D. cannot learn much music from them

Câu 13: The word "They" in the paragraph 3 refers to _______. A. violin lessons B. parents in general C. Michael’s parents D. concerts

Câu 14: All of the following people are musical EXCEPT _______. A. Winston’s mother B. Winston’s father C. Michael’s mother D. Michael’s father

Câu 15: The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that _______.

A. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants B. successful parents always have intelligent children C. parents should spend more money on the child’s education D. successful parents often have unsuccessful children

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Câu 16: These quick and easy _______ can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost. A. solve B. solvability C. solutions D. solvable

Câu 17: I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we _______ up tomorrow morning, the sun _______.

A. wake / will be shining C. wake / shines

B. wake / has been shining D. will wake / will be shining Câu 18: We are a very close-knit family and very supportive _______ one another. A. of B. to C. in D. with

Câu 19: Ellie asked Stan _______ to look at the new catalogue. A. did he want B. that he wanted C. whether he wants D. if he wanted

Câu 20: I’d rather you _______ the kids drop bits of pizza all over my new sofa. A. didn’t let B. won’t let C. aren’t letting D. don’t let

Câu 21: It is essential that every student _______ the exam before attending the course. D. passes B. would pass A. passed C. pass

Câu 22: If a boss wants to have a well-qualified staff, he should have to pay his employees _______. A. appropriation B. appropriately C. appropriating D. appropriate

Câu 23: He is one of the most _______ bosses I have ever worked with. He behaves rudely to not only me but also others in the staff. A. thoughtful B. attentive C. impolite D. communicative

Câu 24: “Why did you get the bus to work?” “I’m having my car _______ at the moment.” D. to service C. to be serviced B. servicing A. serviced

Câu 25: “Why were you so tired yesterday?” “Because I _______ all morning.” A. jog B. had been jogging C. had been jogged D. was jogged

Câu 26: Don’t drop your sweet wrapper on the floor, _______? A. do you B. will you C. won’t you D. aren’t you

Câu 27: Gestures such as waving and handshaking are _______ forms of communication. A. regular B. direct C. verbal D. non-verbal

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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. Câu 28: Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood. D. put up C. take over A. make up B. find out

Câu 29: Let’s wait for her; I’m sure she’ll turn up before long. B. visit C. return A. enter D. arrive

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. Câu 30: Bill is often late for class, which makes his teachers angrily. A. which B. is C. angrily D. for

A. usually C. which D. are

Câu 31: Mumps are a very common disease which usually affects children. B. common disease Câu 32: My mother reminded me to remember to water her house plants. A. to remember B. reminded C. to water D. house plants

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. Câu 33: Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising. They want to increase their sale. A. Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising so that they want to increase their sale. B. Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising, but they want to increase their sale. C. Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising with the aim of increasing their sale. D. In order that they want to increase their sale, companies spend millions of dollars on advertising.

Câu 34: Joe does a lot of exercise. He’s still very fat. A. Joe does a lot of exercise, so he’s still very fat B. Even though Joe does a lot of exercise, he’s still very fat. C. Joe’s very fat, but he does a lot of exercise. D. Despite the fact that doing a lot of exercise, he’s still very fat.

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. B. terrific Câu 35: A. attitude B. courteous Câu 36: A. signal D. partnership D. attract C. summary C. decent

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following questions. Câu 37: - John: “Your parents must be proud of your result at school.” - Laura: “ _______” B. Thanks. It’s certainly encouraging. D. Never mind. A. Sorry to hear that. C. I’m glad you like it.

Câu 38: - Anne: “Well, cats are very good at catching mice around the house”. - John: “ _______”

A. No, dogs are very good, too. C. Yes, I hope so. B. Nothing more to say. D. You can say that again.

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. Câu 39: John told his brother “Report yourself to the police and you’ll get lighter penalty.”

A. John threatened his brother to report himself to the police. B. John promised his brother a report of himself to the police. C. John persuaded his brother to report himself to the police. D. John asked his brother to give up himself to the police.

Câu 40: As soon as they arrived at the beach, it started to rain. A. They had no sooner arrived at the beach, it started to rain. B. No sooner had they arrived at the beach than it started to rain. C. They had hardly arrived at the beach, it started to rain. D. It started to rain when arriving at the beach.

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Câu 41: You must clean the wall before you painted it.

A. The wall must be cleaned before you paint. C. The wall must be clean before you paint it. B. The wall must clean before you paint it. D. The wall must be cleaned before being painted.

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. D. fixed Câu 42: A. composed D. compete Câu 43: A. comprise B. decreased B. communicate C. knocked C. company

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.

Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings.

When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.

To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized. Câu 44: We sometimes think of writing as more real than speech because __________.

A. human beings have been writing for at least 5000 years B. it has become very important in our culture C. writing is secondary to language D. people have been writing since there have been human beings

Câu 45: The author of the passage argues that __________.

A. all languages should have a written form B. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write C. writing has become too important in today’s society D. speech is more basic to language than writing

Câu 46: Normal human beings __________. A. learn to talk before learning to write C. learn to write before learning to talk B. learn to talk after learning to write D. learn to write and to talk at the same time

Câu 47: In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the example of __________.

A. severely handicapped children C. intelligent people who couldn’t write B. people who learn the rudiments of speech D. people who speak many languages

Câu 48: According to the author, one mark of any civilized society is that it__________.

A. affirms the primacy of writing over speech C. teaches its children to speak perfectly B. affirms the primacy of speech over writing D. keeps written records

Câu 49: The word “advantage” in the last paragraph most closely means __________. D. rudiments C. domination B. benefit A. skill

Câu 50: Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Writing has become so important in our culture. B. It is easy to acquire the writing skill. C. Writing represents speech, but not perfectly. D. Speech is essential but writing has important benefits.

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