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SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO BÌNH ĐỊNH
TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN TRÂN
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CUỐI HỌC KÌ I
NĂM HỌC 2023 - 2024
MÔN: Tiếng Anh 12
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
( Đề thi gồm 03 trang)
Họ và tên : ……………………………….. Số BD : ………….. Phòng thi : …
Part A:(5 points)
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
COPING WITH TRAFFIC
(1) _______ large cities around the world have struggled to keep up with the increase in
traffic in recent times. Densely populated areas, growing car ownership, as well as narrow roads
brought for much lower volumes of traffic all (2) _______ to this. In 1975, Singapore decided to
introduce a congestion charge - a (3) _______ paid by drivers entering the most traffic-heavy zones
of the city. London introduced a congestion charge in 2003.
Public opinion was initially opposed to the idea, but people soon became more supportive
(4) _______ the scheme. Despite this, its first decade brought mixed success, and the number of
cars in the city fell by only 10%. However, the scheme proved massively profitable, (5) _______
allowed the city council to invest in other measures aimed at improving traffic conditions in
London. These included cycle lanes, pedestrianized areas and better road surfaces.
(Adapted from Oxford Exam Trainer by Helen Weale)
Question 1. A. Few B. Many C. Any D. Most of
Question 2. A. result B. cause C. induce D. contribute
Question 3. A. fine B. fee C. pension D. wage
Question 4. A. on B. of C. about D. for
Question 5. A. that B. whose C. who D. which
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 6. If the school union does nothing about those students with culture shock, their situation
will get ____.
A. more and more serious B. more serious and more serious
C. more and most serious D. the most serious
Question 7. People migrate to urban areas on a massive ____ for many reasons.
A.extent B. level C.scale D. number
Question 8. The city council is discussing a detailed ____ plan for maintaining clean beaches and
parks.
A. activity B. action C. measure D. approach
Question 9. Ms. McGonagall is such a ____ woman that we all respect her.
A. respectful B. respecting C. respectable D. respective
Question 10. "If no one can soon ____ a good solution, we're going to be in trouble,” the board
chair warned.
A. come up with B. put up with C. catch up with D. go along with
Question 11. It is recommended the candidate ____ as many IELTS mock tests as possible before
going for the real exam, which cost nearly $250.
A.will take B. should be taken C. must take D. take
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 the following question.
Question 12. Her only problem is the limited experience because she is too young.
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A. narrow B. considerable C. insufficient D . restricted
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 .
Question 13. A. combined B. travelled C. behaved D. practiced
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.
Question 14. David tasted the pleasures of modern city life. Then he found life in his village hard and
unattractive.
A. Having tasted the pleasures of modern city life, David found life in his village hard and
unattractive.
B. After David found life in his village hard and unattractive, he tasted the pleasures of modern city
life.
C. If David had tasted the pleasures of modern city life, he would have found life in his village hard
and unattractive.
D. Although David tasted the pleasures of modern city life, he found life in his village hard and
unattractive.
Question 15. The government initiated a program to improve the water quality of the Nhieu Loc
canal years ago. It doesn't stink any more.
A. Before the government initiated a program to improve the water quality of the Nhieu Loc canal
years ago, it hadn't stunk any more.
B. As the government initiated a program to improve the water quality of the Nhieu Loc canal years
ago, it doesn't stink any more.
C. If the government had initiated a program to improve the water quality of the Nhieu Loc canal
years ago, it wouldn't have stunk any more.
D. Although the government initiated a program to improve the water quality of the Nhieu Loc
canal years ago, it doesn't stink any more.
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 the following question.
Question 16. Journalists can make mistakes, so don't believe everything you read in the press.
A. publications B. news bulletins
C. reference books D. newspapers and magazines
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the stress
Question 17. A. ambition B. balcony C. furniture D. customer
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 following questions .
One of the factors leading to the intense nature of twenty-first-century stress is our continual
exposure to media – particularly to an overabundance of news. If you feel stressed out by the news,
you are far from alone. Yet somehow many of us seem unable to prevent ourselves from tuning in
to an extreme degree.
The further back we go in human history, the longer news took to travel from place to place,
and the less news we had of distant people and lands altogether. The printing press obviously
changed all that, as did every subsequent development in transportation and telecommunication.
When television came along, it proliferated like a population of rabbits. In 1950, there were
100,000 television sets in North American homes; one year later there were more than a million.
Today, it’s not unusual for a home to have three or more television sets, each with cable access to
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perhaps over a hundred channels. News is the subject of many of those channels, and on several of
them it runs 24 hours a day.
What’s more, after the traumatic events of September 11, 2001, live newscasts were paired
with perennial text crawls across the bottom of the screen – so that viewers could stay abreast of
every story all the time.
Needless to say, the news that is reported to us is not good news, but rather disturbing
images and sound bytes alluding to disaster (natural and man-made), upheaval, crime, scandal, war,
and the like. Are humans meant to be able to process so much trauma – not to mention so much
overblown anticipation of potential trauma – at once? The human brain, remember, is programmed
to slip into alarm mode when danger looms. Danger looms for someone, somewhere at every
moment. Exposing ourselves to such input without respite and without perspective cannot be
anything other than a source of chronic stress.
Question 18.According to the passage, which of the following has led to the intense nature of
twenty-first-century stress?
A. The degree to which stress affects our life B. Our inability to control ourselves
C. An overabundance of special news D. Our continual exposure to the media
Question 19. In the past, we had less news of distant people and lands because ______.
A. printing, transportation, and telecommunications were not developed
B. means of communication and transportation were not yet invented
C. most people lived in distant towns and villages
D. the printing press changed the situation too slowly
Question 20. The pronoun “them” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. TV channels B. TV news C. television sets D. cable access
Question 21. The word “traumatic” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. fascinating B. exciting C. upsetting D. boring
Question 22. What is probably the best title for this passage?
A. Developments in Telecommunications B. The Media – A Major Cause of Stress
C. More Modern Life – More Stress D. Effective Ways to Beat Stress
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.
Question 23. It's two years since he last went home.
A. He hasn't gone home since two years. B. The last time he went home was two years ago.
C. He didn't go home two years ago. D. He hasn't gone home two years ago.
Question 24. The problem was too serious for her to solve by herself.
A. The problem was such serious that she couldn’t solve alone.
B. So serious the problem was that she couldn’t solve it alone.
C. It was such a serious problem that she couldn't solve it alone.
D. She was so serious she couldn’t solve the problem alone.
Question 25. Driving at that speed is dangerous on this road, whether you are an experienced driver
or not.
A. No matter how dangerous the road is, you are an experienced driver.
B. No matter how experienced you are, driving at that speed is not dangerous on this road.
C. However experienced you are, driving at that speed is dangerous on this road .
D. As you are an experienced driver, driving at that speed is dangerous on this road.
Part B:(1 point)
Write a paragraph of 120 – 150 words about what makes you Vietnamese.