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Đề thi Học kì 2

Năm học 2023

Bài thi môn: Tiếng Anh 12

Thời gian làm bài: phút

I. 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.

GLOBAL WARMING

Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world's
climate. Many scientists (1) _______ blame for recent natural disasters on the increase
in the world's temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is at
risk from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. According to them, global warming is
making extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, even more (2)
_____________and causing sea levels all around the world to rise.

Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take action to reduce the
amount of carbon dioxide which is given (3) _____________by factories and power
plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in favor of more money being
spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, (4) _____________ could
then replace existing power station.

Some scientists, (5) _____________, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon
dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several
hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is to stay.

x1. C

A. give

B. put

C. take
D. have

x2. C

A. strict

B. severe

C. strong

D. healthy

X3. C

A. off

B. away

C. up

D. over

d4. B

A. that

B. which

C. what

D. who

D5. D

A. but

B. although

C. despite

D. however

II. Choose the word marked A, B, C, or D which is stressed differently from the rest.
X6. C

A. kidding

B. expand

C. namely

D. wildlife

X7. B

A. paper

B. lecture

C. tonight

D. story

III. 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.

D8.A

Jane missed the bus. She went to school late.

A. Jane went to school late because she missed the bus.

B. Jane went to school late and she missed the bus.

C. Jane went to school late though she missed the bus.

D. Jane went to school late but she missed the bus.

IV. 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.

x9. C

We last went to the cinema two months ago.

A. We didn’t go to the cinema for two months.

B. We didn’t want to go to the cinema anymore.

C. We have been to the cinema for two months.

D. We haven’t been to the cinema for two months.

x10. C

The car was so expensive that I didn’t buy it.

A. The car was too expensive for me to buy.

B. The car was cheap enough for me to buy

C. The car was such expensive that I didn’t buy it.

D. The car was not so cheap that I couldn’t buy it.

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

X11.B

She is very _______ in playing computer games online. It is not a good habit.

A. interested

B. interests

C. interest

D. interesting

x12. B

What a lovely baby! He certainly ________his father.

A. takes on

B. looks after
C. takes after

D. tries out

d13. Salegirl: "Can I help you? We 've got some new shirts here." - Customer: " Ok,
Thanks._______."D

A. Take care of yourself

B. We will order later

C. Mind your own business

D. We are just lookinhẽ

X14. ________, the young mother appeared visibly very happy after the birth of her
child.B

A. Despite tired

B. As tired

C. Tired as she was

D. She was tired

X15. It was not until 1915_______the cinema really became an industry.D

A. that

B. when

C. while

D. which

X16. ________of my friends are very good at mathematics.A

A. One

B. Most
C. Either

D. Almost

Đ17. I would have gone if I________time.D

A. would have

B. have had

C. have

D. had had

Đ18. Claire wanted to know what time ________ .B

A. do the banks close

B. the banks would close

C. did the banks close

D. the banks closes

X19. Blindfish, which spend their whole lives in caves, have _______ eyes nor body
pigments. A

A. either

B. not any

C. nor

D. neither

X20. The young boy denied________the women's purse.C

A. having stolen

B. being stolen

C. to steal
D. steal

Đ21. Ann: " You really have a pretty hat, Linda, I have never seen such a perfect thing
on you." - Linda: "_______." A

A. Thanks! It is nice of you to say so

B. Of course

C. Do you think you are right.

D. Don't mention it, boring

Đ22. She has an ________response to water and feel very calm when she's
underwater.A

A. emotional

B. emotionally

C. emotion

D. emotions

X23. It is ________ book that just a few people like it. D

A. such old

B. such an old

C. so old

D. so an old

X24. Bill is becoming_______ A

A. more lazy and lazier

B. lazier and more lazy

C. more and more lazy

D. lazier and lazier

VI. 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.

Đ25. The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive.

A. leave

B. arrive

C. sooner

D. early F

đ26. This is the girl for which I am waiting.

A. am

B. This is

C. the

D. for which F

Đ27. An increased number of city dwellers has made the obsolete infrastructure worse
and required a lot of repairs in these days.

A. required

B. obsolete infrastructure

C. repairs

D. has made F

VII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the
following questions.

đ28.
A. lives

B. goes

C. likes f

D. lands

x29.

A. teaching

B. ache

C. architect

D. school f

VIII. 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.

đ30. Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking.

A. attempt

B. prepared

C. help f

D. be busy

Đ31. Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity.

A. share

B. cover

C. conserve f

D. reveal
IX. 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 following
questions.

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by
being corrected all the time. If corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a
thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language
those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language
like other people's. In the same way, children learn all the other things they learn to do
without being taught - to talk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle - compare their own
performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes.
But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let
alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never
notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him or correct it unless he was made to.
Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out,
with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to
that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the

answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on
such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find
the way to get the right answer. Let's end all this nonsense of grades, exams, and marks.
Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must
someday learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know
or do not know.

Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help
as schoolteachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be
learnt at school and used for the rest of one's life is nonsense in a world
as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, “But
suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get on in the
world?" Don't worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.

X32. What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things?

A. By listening to explanations from skilled people. F

B. By making mistakes and having them corrected.

C. By asking a great many questions.

D. By copying what other people do.

Đ33. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are
______.

A. more important than other skills F

B. basically the same as learning other skills

C. not really important skills

D. basically different from learning adult skills

X34. What does the author think teachers do which they should not do?

A. They encourage children to copy from one another.

B. They point out children's mistakes to them. F

C. They allow children to mark their own work.

D. They give children correct answers.

Đ35. The word “those” in paragraph 1 refers to _____.

A. skills

B. performances f

C. changes

D. things

Đ36. According to paragraph 1, what basic skills do children learn to do without being
taught?

A. reading, talking, and hearing

B. talking, climbing, and whistling f

C. running, walking, and playing

D. talking, running, and skiing

X37. Exams, grades and marks should be abolished because children’s progress should
only be estimated by_____.

A. parents

B. educated persons f

C. the children themselves

D. teachers

X38. The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are____________

A. unable to think for themselves v

B. too independent of others

C. unable to use basic skills

D. too critical of themselves

X. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)

OPPOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

X39. I am tired because I went to bed late last night.

A. put out g

B. kept off

C. stayed up

D. brought up

X40. I'd love to come, but I am snowed under at the moment.

A. am busy g
B. have a bad cold

C. am on the move

D. have free time

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Đáp án

1. B 6. B 11.A 16. B 21. A 26. D 31. C 36. B

2. B 7. C 12. C 17. D 22. A 27. D 32. B 37. C

3. A 8. A 13. D 18. B 23. B 28. C 33. A 38. D

4. B 9. D 14. C 19. D 24. D 29. A 34. D 39. C

5. D 10. A 15. A 20. A 25. D 30. C 35. B 40. D