Đề thi kiểm tra và khảo sát học kỳ 2 môn Tiếng Anh Khối lớp 12 - Năm học 2017-2018

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THI KIỂM TRA VÀ KHẢO SÁT HỌC KỲ 2
NĂM HỌC 2017 - 2018
MÔN Tiếng Anh – Khối lớp 12
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
(không kể thời gian phát đề)
Mã đề 820
Họ và tên học sinh: .................................................................... Lớp: ...................
Phòng thi: 	Ngày thi: 	
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 1. – Jenny: “Is it all right if I use your bike?”
– Alex: “____________________________.”
	A. Oh, forget it.	B. Sure, go ahead	C. I don't care.	D. I accept it.
Question 2. – Tom: “I’ m very glad to meet you” – Alex: “________________”
	A. Good morning.	B. Yes, sure.	C. Me, too.	D. you’re welcome.
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 3. On the second thought, I believe I will go with you to the theatre.
	A. On reflection	B. For this time only
	C. For the second time	D. After discussing with my wife
Question 4. Polluted water and increased water temperatures have driven many species to the verge of extinction.
	A. Enriched	B. Contaminated	C. Strengthened	D. Purified
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 5. Calling Jim is pointless. His phone is out of order.
	A. It’s useless for Jim be called because his phone is out of order.
	B. There’s no point calling Jim because his phone is out of order.
	C. It’s worth not calling Jim because his phone is out of order.
	D. It’s no use to call Jim because his phone is out of order.
Question 6. Mike graduated with a good degree. However, he joined the ranks of the unemployed.
	A. Although Mike graduated with a good degree, he joined the ranks of the unemployed.
	B. That Mike graduated with a good degree helped him join the ranks of the unemployed.
	C. Mike joined the ranks of the unemployed because he graduated with a good degree.
	D. If Mike graduated with a good degree, he would join the ranks of the unemployed.
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 7. 	A. decided	B. sacred	C. warned	D. hatred
Question 8. 	A. caravan	B. censor	C. ceramics	D. central
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 9. Whatever subjects you choose makes no difference to me.
	A. You can choose any subject, there’s no difference
	B. I don’t care about you.
	C. It doesn’t matter to me what subject you choose.
	D. What subject you choose is important to me.
Question 10. You can try as hard as you like but you won’t succeed
	A. You can hardly try as you like, but you won’t succeed
	B. Although you won’t succeed, you can try as hard as you like.
	C. You won’t succeed because you can’t try as hard
	D. However hard you try, you won’t succeed
Question 11. It's time we left for the disco
	A. We may leave for the disco now.
	B. We should leave for the disco now.
	C. We needn't leave for the disco now.
	D. We must have leave for the disco now.
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.
Question 12. The US troops are using much more sophisticated weapons in the Far East.
	A. simple and easy to use	B. complicated
	C. expensive	D. difficult to operate
Question 13. Strongly advocating health foods, Jane doesn’t eat any chocolate.
	A. denying	B. impugning	C. advising	D. supporting
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.
Question 14. 	A. particular	B. primitive	C. continuous	D. connected
Question 15. 	A. digest	B. decent	C. neglect	D. defend
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 16. The fire ________ by lightning.
	A. must have been caused	B. must be causing
	C. must cause	D. must have caused
Question 17. How are you ________ on with your work? - It’s OK.
	A. getting	B. looking	C. laying	D. calling
Question 18. I have been trying to ring him up all day and I could not ________ through.
	A. get	B. take	C. look	D. hang
Question 19. You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday afternoon. You _______ be really hungry!
	A. must	B. will	C. can	D. might
Question 20. There are ________.
	A. twice as much cars in this area as there was
	B. as twice many cars in this area as they was
	C. twice as many cars in this area as there used to be
	D. twice as many cars in this area than there used to be
Question 21. I am tired because I went to bed late last night.
	A. stayed up	B. put out	C. kept off	D. brought up
Question 22. ________ in Rome than he was kidnapped.
	A. No sooner he had arrived	B. Had he no sooner arrived
	C. No sooner had he arrived	D. No sooner he arrived
Question 23. A ________ is a very large wave, often caused by an earthquake, that flows onto the land and destroys things.
	A. tsunami	B. famine	C. flood	D. catastrophe
Question 24. Two tablets ________ twice a day to have you recover from the illness quickly.
	A. must take	B. must have taken	C. must be taking	D. must be taken
Question 25. John is not at home. He _______ go somewhere with Daisy. I am not sure.
	A. will	B. might	C. must	D. should
Question 26. I feel ________ I did yesterday.
	A. many more tired than	B. as many tired as
	C. as more tired as	D. much more tired than
Question 27. ASEAN also works for the ________ of peace and stability in the region.
	A. promotion	B. promotional	C. promoter	D. promote
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 33 to 40.
This rapid transcontinental settlement and these new urban industrial circumstances of the last half of the 19th century was accompanied by the development of a national literature of great abundance and variety. New themes, new forms, new subjects, new regions, new authors, new audiences all emerged in the literature of this half century.
As a result, at the onset of World War I, the spirit and substance of American literature had evolved remarkably, just as its center of production had shifted from Boston to New York in the late 1880s and the sources of its energy to Chicago and the Midwest. No longer was it produced, at least in its popular forms, in the main by solemn, typically moralistic men from New England and the Old South; no longer were polite, well-dressed, grammatically correct, middle-class young people the only central characters in its narratives; no longer were these narratives to be set in exotic places and remote times; no longer, indeed, were fiction, poetry, drama, and formal history the chief acceptable forms of literary expression; no longer, finally, was literature read primarily by young, middle class women.
In sum, American literature in these years fulfilled in considerable measure the condition Walt Whitman called for in 1867 in describing Leaves of Grass: it treats, he said of his own major work, each state and region as peers "and expands from them and includes the world. connecting an American citizen with the citizens of all nations." At the same time, these years saw the emergence of what has been designated "the literature of argument," powerful works in sociology, philosophy, psychology, many of them impelled by the spirit of exposure and reform. Just as America learned to play a role in this half century as an autonomous international political, economic, and military power, so did its literature establish itself as a producer of major works.
Question 28. It can be inferred from the passage that Walt Whitman_____________.
	A. was disapproving of the new literature
	B. was an international diplomat
	C. wrote Leaves of Grass
	D. disliked urban life
Question 29. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that the previous passage probably discussed___________.
	A. new developments in industrialization and population shifts
	B. the fashions and values of 19th century America
	C. the limitations of American literature to this time
	D. he importance of tradition to writers
Question 30. The word “exotic" in paragraph two is closest in meaning to_________.
	A. urban	B. unusual	C. well-known	D. old-fashioned
Question 31. All of the following can be inferred from the passage about the new literature EXCEPT_____.
	A. It introduced new American themes, characters, and settings
	B. It was not highly regarded internationally
	C. It spoke to the issue of reform and change
	D. It broke with many literary traditions of the past
Question 32. The phrase “these years” in the third paragraph refers to ___________.
	A. the early 1800s	B. the 1900s	C. 1850-1900	D. the present
Question 33. The word “it” in the second paragraph refers to______________.
	A. the population	B. the manufacturing
	C. American literature	D. the energy
Question 34. This passage would probably be read in which of the following academic courses?
	A. Current events	B. International affairs
	C. European history	D. American literature
Question 35. The main idea of this passage is____________.
	A. that centers of culture shifted from East to West
	B. that the new American literature was less provincial than the old
	C. that World War I caused a dramatic change in America
	D. that most people were wary of the new literature
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.
Choosing clothes can be difficult. Some people want to be fashionable, but they don't want to look exactly __(36)__ everybody else. Not all clothes are suitable for work or school, perhaps because they are not formal enough, or simply not comfortable. It is easy to buy the __(37)__ size, and find that your trousers are too tight, especially if you are a little bit overweight. Very __(38)__ clothes make you fell slim, but when they have __(39)__ in the washing machine, then you have the same problem! If you buy light cotton clothes, then they might not be __(40)__ enough for winter. If your shoes are not waterproof, and if you aren't dressed for the cold, you might look good, but feel terrible!
Question 36. 	A. similar	B. same	C. like	D. alike
Question 37. 	A. wrong	B. mistake	C. error	D. false
Question 38. 	A. lost	B. loosened	C. lose	D. loose
Question 39. 	A. reduced	B. decreased	C. lessened	D. shrunk
Question 40. 	A. cool	B. hot	C. warm	D. cold
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 41 to 47.
Thanksgiving is celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. For many Americans it is the most important holiday apart from Christmas. Schools, offices and most businesses close for Thanksgiving, and many people make the whole weekend a vacation.
 	Thanksgiving is associated with the time when Europeans first came to North America. In 1620 the ship the Mayflowers arrived, bringing about 150 people who today are usually called Pilgrims. They arrived at the beginning of a very hard winter and could not find enough to eat, so many of them died. But in the following summer Native Americans showed them what foods were safe to eat, so that they could save food for the next winter. They held a big celebration to thank God and the Native Americans for the fact that they had survived.
 	Today people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days. The most important part of the celebration is a traditional dinner with foods that come from North America. The meal includes turkey, sweet potatoes (also called yams) and cranberries, which are made into a kind of sauce or jelly. The turkey is filled with stuffing or dressing, and many families have their own special recipe. Dessert is pumpkin made into a pie.
 	On Thanksgiving there are special television programs and sports events. In New York there is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, when a long line of people wearing fancy costumes march through the streets with large balloons in the shape of imaginary characters. Thanksgiving is considered the beginning of the Christmas period, and the next day many people go out to shop for Christmas presents.
Question 41: What is the purpose of the passage?
	A. To compare how Thanksgiving was celebrated in the past and today.
	B. To explain the existence of a celebration in the US.
	C. To introduce a Native American culture.
	D. To give an overview of a popular celebration in the US.
Question 42: In the United States, Thanksgiving is ______.
	A. a religious celebration held by Christians only.	B. more important than Christmas. 
	C. celebrated as a public holiday.	 D. apart from Christmas.
Question 43: According to the passage, Pilgrims are ______.
	A. people who left their home and went to live in North America in 1620s 
	B. people who traveled to America by ships
	C. trips that religious people make to a holy place
	D. Native Americans who live in North America
Question 44: All of the following statements are mentioned EXCEPT ______.
	A. People celebrate Thanksgiving to thank God.
	B. People go to churches for religious services on Thanksgiving.
	C. People usually have traditional dinners on Thanksgiving. 
	D. There are lots of entertainments on Thanksgiving.
Question 45: Which of the following statements is not TRUE about Thanksgiving ______?
	A. people go out to shop for Christmas presents.
	B. turkey, yams and pumpkin pies are served.	
	C. people join in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
	D. people wear colored costumes marching through the streets.
Question 46: In the second paragraph, the pronoun "them" refers to which of the following?
	A. the Mayflowers	B. Native Americans	C. Schools 	D. Pilgrims
Question 47: Which of the following is NOT true?
	A. Christmas comes less than a month after Thanksgiving.
	B. In the US, Thanksgiving is not a national holiday; it's a religious holiday. 
	C. Thanksgiving was originally celebrated by the first Europeans in North America to thank God for their survival.
D. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is colorful and exciting.
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 48. Adult education programs must be designed so the diverse needs of the participants in mind.
A. must be	B. needs   	C. in mind	D. so
Question 49: A number of the American Indian languages spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late fifteen century have become extinct.
A. fifteen	B. spoken 	C. A number of	D. at the time 
Question 50. It would be much better if everyone were charge for the amount of rubbish one produced.
A. much better	B. one 	C. amount	D. were	
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