Đề kiểm tra học kỳ II môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 (Sách thí điểm) - Mã đề 001 - Trường THPT Nguyễn Du

NGUYEN DU HIGH SCHOOL	THE SECOND SEMESTER TEST 
Full name:..	TIME: 45 minutes 
Class: 12A	CODE: 001
PLEASE MARK YOU ANSWERS HERE: 
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.	
Question 1.	A. litter	B. combine	C. final	D. remind	
Question 2.	A. engaged	B. threatened	C. appeared	D. decided
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 stress in each of the following questions. 
Question 3:	 A. offer	B. require	C. attract 	D. agree
Question 4: 	A. difference	B. government	C. audience 	D. instruction
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.	
Question 5: Students often use their calculators to solve difficult questions, ______?
A. don't we	B. do they	C. don't they	D. do we
Question 6: A few days ago, Tom's car _______ by one of the teenagers in his neighborhood.
A. has been stolen	B. was stolen	C. was stealing	D. is stolen
Question 7: Huy Hoang is good _______ swimming. He won the gold medal last year.
A. for	B. about	C.at	D. in
Question 8: The more exams students have to take, _______ they become.	
A. the most anxious	B. as anxious as	
C. more anxious	 	D. the more anxious
Question 9: His younger sister gave him a _______ wallet as a souvenir when she returned from summer vacation.
A. small brown leather	B. leather small brown
C. brown small leather	D. small leather brown
Question 10: Mrs. Nga tested positive for coronavirus ______ she was in close contact with her husband who had been infected with the virus.
A. though	B. due to	C. despite	D. because
Question 11: Bill's mother won't let him watch his favorite program _______.
A. once he finished the housework	B. as soon as he will finish the housework
C. after he had finished the housework	D. until he finishes the housework
Question 12: _______ all the lights and other electric devices, the students left the classroom.
A. Turned off	B. Having turned off
C. To have turned off	D. Having been turned off
Question 13: Many twelfth-graders find it hard to ______ what university to apply to.
A. decisively	B. decide	C. decision	D. decisive
Question 14: I have to _______ my notes once again to make sure I have learned all important details before the exam.
A. run across	B. go over	C. take after	D. pull down
Question 15: Mary applied for a _______ in the firm that I had worked for.
A. position	B. location	C. site	D. space
Question 16: His mother had a ______ when his teacher said that he had played truant many times
A. buffalo	B. deer	C. bee	D. cow
Question 17: By the time my sister graduates from university, she ______ far away from home for 4 years.
A. had been 	B. has been 	C. will have been 	D. will be
Question 18: He always takes full _______ of the mistake made by these competitors.
A. advice	B. profit	C. advantage	D. benefit
Question 19: The continued _______ of our ozone may cause terrible destruction to our planet.
A. conservation	B. change	C. environment	D. depletion
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.
Question 20: The Boy organization is dedicated to helping boys become moral and productive adults.
A. committed	B. interested	C. focused	D. used
Question 21: Although the cooling process may just be part of the natural variation of oceans, climatologists are still confounded by the massive accountable loss of heat.
A. accepted	B. confused	C. affected	D. recognized
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) the following question.
Question 22: Though I persuaded my boss to solve a very serious problem in the new management system, he just made light of it.	
A. discovered by chance	B. treated as important
C. completely ignored	D. disagreed with
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Question 23. Tom is talking to Jane.
- Tom: “I’m sorry. I forgot your birthday.”
- Jane: “__________ ”
A. Good idea.	B. Thanks a lot.	
C. Never mind.	D. Same to you.
Question 24. Thomas and Peter are meeting after a long time.
Thomas: “How have you been recently?”
Peter: “________.”
A. Pretty busy, I think.	B. By car, usually
C. I am going on holiday next week.	D. I am working here.
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.
Question 25: She borrows a lot of English books from the school library last week.
A. of	B. from	C. borrows	D. library
Question 26: Physical and mental exercise has been found to be beneficial for our brains, but scientists have now found they could also improve the learning ability of our children. 
A. Physical 	B. has been 	C. they 	D. learning ability 
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.
THAI BOXING 
 Boxing is popular in many countries. Two fighters wear boxing gloves on their hands. A bell rings. The boxers hit each (27) until one knocks out the other. Each part of the fight is three minutes long. It is called a round.
 Thai boxing is different. The boxing match begins with music from drums and flutes. Then the two fighters kneel and pray to God. Next they do a slow dance (28) copies the movement of Thai boxing. During this dance, each fighter tries to show the other that he is best.
 Then the fight begins. In Thai boxing, the fighters can kick with their feet and hit each other with their elbows and knees. (29) , they hit with their hands too. Each round is three minutes long. Then the boxers have a two-minute rest. 
 Thai boxing began over five hundred years ago. If a soldier lost his weapons in a battle, he needed to fight with just his body. The soldiers (30) how to use all the part of their body. In 1596, the Burmese army captured Naresuen, the King of Thailand, in a war. King Naresuen was a very good boxer. He won his (31) from Burma by defeating all the best Burmese fighters. 
(208 words. Source: Thoughts and Notions)
Question 27: A. others	B. other	C. another	D. the other
Question 28: A. that	B. who	C. whom	D. when
Question 29: A. Of course	B. therefore	C. whereas	D. As a result
Question 30: A. trained	B. learned	C. experienced 	D. exercised
Question 31: A. freely	B. free	C. freedom	D. freeness
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.
Some doctors think that you should drink a glass of water each morning. You should drink this water first thing, before doing anything else. The temperature of the water should be similar to body temperature; neither too hot nor too cold.
Why should you drink this water? Water helps your body in many ways. It helps clean out your kidneys. It prepares your stomach for digestion. Water can also help your intestines work better. After drinking water, the intestines can more easily take out nutrients from our food. Water also helps us go to the bathroom more easily. Scientists suggest that people take in 1,600 milliliters of water each day. But don't drink all of that water in one sitting. If you do, your kidneys will have to work much harder to eliminate it. It's better to drink some in the morning and some in the afternoon. Some people think it's better to drink between meals and not during meals. They think water dilutes the juices produced in our stomachs. This can interfere with normal digestion.
Are you drinking enough water every day? Check the color of your urine. If it is light yellow, you are probably drinking enough. If your urine is very dark yellow, you probably need to drink more water. A little more water each day could make you much healthier.	
	(Adapted from Reading Challenge 1 by Casey Malarcher and Andrea Janzen)
Question 32. What is the main idea of the passage?	
A. The importance of water	B. The advice of the doctors
C. How to drink water correctly?	D. The best amount of water to drink
Question 33. The pronoun “it” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.	
A. your body	B. your kidney	C. water	D. your stomach
Question 34. The word “eliminate” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. preserve 	B. remove 	C. absorb 	D. process 
Question 35. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The first thing you should do every morning is to drink water.
B. You shouldn't drink too much water at the same time.
C. Drinking water while having meals may interfere with normal digestion.
D. You need to drink more water if your urine is light yellow.
Question 36. According to the passage, water is good for the following organs of the body, EXCEPT_______.
A. kidneys	B. stomach	C. intestines	D. livers
Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one:
Question 37 : I haven't seen my aunt and her husband for years.
A. I saw my aunt and her husband for years.
B. I have seen my aunt and her husband for years.
C. I last saw my aunt and her husband years ago.
D. I didn't see my aunt and her husband years ago.
Question 38: "I'm sorry I forgot your birthday," he told me.
A. He begged me to forget my birthday.	
B. He complained that I forgot his birthday.
C. He refused to go to my birthday party.	
D. He apologized for forgetting my birthday.
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 39. The examiner doesn't accept my answer. My handwriting is not legible.
A. If only the examiner will accept my answer and can read my handwriting.
B. The examiner wouldn't accept my answer if my handwriting were legible.
C. Providing my handwriting is legible, the examiner will accept my answer.
D. I wish my handwriting were legible enough for the examiner to accept my answer.
Question 40: They finished one project. They started working on the next. 
A. Not until did they start working on the next project then they finished one. 
B. Hardly had they finished one project when they started working on the next. 
C. Only if they had finished one project did they start working on the next. 
D. Had they finished one project, they would have started working on the next.
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