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ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ II NĂM HỌC 2020-2021 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12 (Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề)

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 fitseach of thenumbered blanks from 1 to 5.

SHE STUDIES WHILE HE PLAYS: TRUE OF CHILDREN AND CHIMPS

   Chimpanzees in the wild like to snack on termites, and youngsters learn to fish for them by pocking long sticks and other (1)……..tools into the mounds that large groups of termites build. Researchers found that (2)…………average female chimps in the Gombe National Park in Tanzania learnt how to do termite fishing at the age of 31 months, more than two years earlier than the males.

   The females seem to learn by watching mothers. Researcher Dr. Elisabeth V. Lonsdorf, director of field conservation at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, said that it is (3)………….to find that, when a young male and female are near a mound, ‘she’s really focusing on termite fishing and he’s spinning himself round (4)………..circles’. Dr Landsdorf and colleagues are studying chimpanzees at the zoo with a new, specially created termite mound, filled with mustard (5)…….than termites.

Question 1:   A. relative    B. similar   C. close        D. connected

Question 2:   A. at      B. by   C. on      D. for

Question 3:   A. typical       B. regular   C. ordinary      D. frequent

Question 4:   A. in      B. with   C. to      D. through

Question 5:   A. other        B. else   C. instead      D. rather

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 thequestions from 6 to 12.

   Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare. And since man’s inexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can scarcely comprehend that many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop

   Uncompromising as it is, the dessert has not eliminated life but only those forms unable to withstand its desiccating effects. No moist- skinned, water – loving animals can exist there. Few large animals are found: the giants of the North America desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert country is open, it holds more swift – footed, running, and leaping creatures than the tangled forest. Its populations are largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth. Yet they are not emaciated. Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere in the world.

   The secret of their adjustment lies in a combination of behavior and physiology. None could survive if, like mad dogs and Englishmen, they went out in the midday sun; many would die in a matter of minutes. So most of them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the ground, emerging to hunt only by night. The surface of the sun – baked desert averages around 150 degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60 degrees.

Question 6: What is the topic of the passage?

   A. Life underground

   B. Animal life in a desert environment

   C. Desert plants

   D. Man’s life in the desert

Question 7: The word “desiccating” means____.

   A. humidifying

   B. killing

   C. drying

   D. life threatening

Question 8: The phrase “those forms” refers to all of the following EXCEPT

   A. water – loving animals

   B. moist – skinned animals

   C. many large animals

   D. the bobcat

Question 9: The author states that one characteristic of animals that live in the desert is that they ____.

   A. are less healthy than animals that live in different places

   B. are smaller and fleeter than forest animals

   C. can hunt in temperature of 150 degrees

   D. live in an accommodating environment

Question 10: Which of the following generalizations are supported by the passage?

   A. All living things adjust to their environments.

   B. Healthy animals live longer lives.

   C. Water is the basis of life.

   D. Desert life is colorful.

Question 11: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to____.

   A. large animals

   B. the forest animals

   C. water – loving

   D. the desert population.

Question 12: The author mentions all the following as examples of the behavior of desert animals EXCEPT

   A. they dig home underground

   B. they are noisy and aggressive

   C. they are ready to hunt after sunset

   D. they sleep during the day

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 thequestions from 13 to 20.

   Baseball evolved from a number of different ball-and stick games (paddle ball, trap ball, one-old-cat, rounders, and town ball) originating in England. As early as the American Revolution, it was noted that troops played “baseball” in their free time. In 1845 Alexander Cartwright formalized the New York Knickerbockers’ version of the game: a diamond shaped infield, with bases ninety feet apart, three strikers – you’re – out, batter out on a caught ball, three outs per inning , a nine man team. “The New York Game” spread rapidly, replacing earlier localized forms. From its beginnings, baseball was seen as a way of satisfying the recreational needs of an increasingly urban – industrial society. At its inception it was it was played by and for gentlemen. A club might consist of 40 members. The president would appoint two captains who would choose teams from among the members. Games were played on Monday and Thursday afternoons, with the losers often providing a lavish evening’s entertainments for the winners.

   During the 1850- 70 period the game was changing, however, with increasing commercialism (charging admission), under – the – table payments to exceptional to players, and gambling on the outcome of games. By 1868 it was said that a club would have their regular professional ten, an amateur first - nine, and their” muffins“ (the gently duffers who once ran the game) . Beginning with the first openly all – salaried team (Cincinnati’s Red Stocking Club) in 1869, the 1870- 1890 period saw the complete professionalization of baseball, including formation of the National Association of Professional baseball players in 1871. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed in 1876, run by business-minded invertors in joint-stock company clubs. The 1880s has been called Major League Baseball’s “Golden Age”. Profits soared, player’s salaries rose somewhat, a season of 84 games became one of 132, a weekly periodical “The sporting News” came into being, wooden stadiums with double-deck stands replaced open fields, and the standard refreshment became hot dogs, soda pop and peanuts. In 1900 the Western League based in the growing cities of the Mid-west proclaimed itself the American League.

Question 13: What is the passage mainly about?

   A. the origin of baseball.

   B. the influence of the “New York Game” on baseball

   C. the commercialization of baseball.

   D. the development of baseball in the nineteenth century

Question 14: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

   A. the “New York “spread rapidly because it was better formalize.

   B. hot dogs would not have become as popular as they did, without the professionalism and commercialism that develop in baseball.

   C. the wealthy gentlemen who first played baseball, later needed to find another recreational opportunity if they did not want to mix with other or become a “muffin”.

   D. business – minded investors were only interested in profits.

Question 15: The word “inception” in line 8 is closest in meaning to ____.

   A. requirements

   B. rules

   C. insistence

   D. beginning

Question 16: Which of the following is true of the way the game was played by wealthy gentlemen at its inception?

   A. they didn’t play on weekend

   B. the president would choose teams from among the members

   C. a team might consist of 40 members

   D. they might be called “duffers” if they didn’t make the first nine.

Question 17: According to the second paragraph, all of the following are true except____.

   A. commercialism became more prosperous

   B. the clubs are smaller

   C. outstanding players got extra income

   D. people gambled on the outcome of game

Question 18: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a feature of the 1880s “Golden Age”?

   A. profits soared

   B. a weekly periodical news

   C. wooden stadiums replaced open fields

   D. the National Association of Professional Baseball Players was formed.

Question 19: The word “itself” in line 24 refers to____.

   A. the Western League

   B. growing cities

   C. the Midwest

   D. the American League

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ĐÁP ÁN

1B	2C	3A	4A	5D
6B	7C	8C	9B	10A
11D	12B	13D	14A	15D
16A	17C	18D	19A	20A
21C	22C	23D	24A	25C
26B	27B	28D	29D	30C
31C	32D	33A	34B	35A
36B	37C	38A	39C	40B

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. needed        B. decided   C. invented      D. caused

Question 2:   A. bomb        B. tomb   C. combat      D. comment

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in theposition of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3:   A. university        B. sociology   C. examination      D. geographical

Question 4:   A. nature      B. agricultural   C. forget       D. begin

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 5:

   Paris is much (A) more exciting (B) as (C) I expected (D).

Question 6:

   English (A) is speaking (B) in many countries (C) in the world (D).

Question 7:

   Chemical engineering is based in (A) the principles (B) of physics, chemistry (C), and mathematics (D).

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

Question 8: Lan likes music, _________?

   A. doesn’t she      B. does she

   C. is she      D. isn’t she

Question 9: If I ___ you, I would apply for that English course.

   A. am        B. were

   C. had been     D. is

Question 10: I decided _________ the dictionary you told me about.

   A. bought      B. buy

   C. buying      D. to buy

Question 11: Nowadays a large number of young people spend much time_________the Internet.

   A. to surfing      B. surfed

   C. surfing        D. to surf

Question 12: It was not until he failed the final examination _____ he realized how important the revision was.

   A. that      B. who

   C. what      D. and

Question 13: We will go out _________ the rain stops.

   A. until      B. during

   C. while      D. when

Question 14: He would not have been late for school if he _________ up early.

   A. has got      B. got

   C. had got      D. gets

Question 15: John lost the _________bicycle he bought last week and his parents were very angry with him because of his carelessness .

   A. Japanese beautiful new blue

   B. new beautiful blue Japanese

   C. beautiful Japanese blue new

   D. beautiful new blue Japanese

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ĐÁP ÁN

1D	2B	3C	4A	5C
6B	7A	8A	9B	10D
11C	12A	13D	14C	15D
16B	17C	18D	19A	20A
21D	22C	23D	24B	25D
26A	27B	28A	29A	30C
31C	32B	33B	34C	35A
36C	37A	38B	39D	40B

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. muddy        B. punctual   C. studious      D. culture

Question 2:   A. land      B. sandy   C. many      D. candy

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 3:   A. adventure      B. attendance   C. opponent       D. penalty

Question 4:   A. represent      B. permanent   C. continent      D. sentiment

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 5: When the protestor entered the meeting clad only in a beach tower, the audience was dumbfounded.

   A. speechless

   B. excited

   C. content

   D. applauding

Question 6: His new work has enjoyed a very good review from critics and readers.

   A. opinion

   B. viewing

   C. look

   D. regard

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 7: The motorist felt that the ticket for infraction was unwarranted.

   A. conscientious

   B. inadvertent

   C. inevitable

   D. justified

Question 8: On November 25 1972, something dreadful happened on board of the brigantine Mary Celeste, causing all crew members to hastily abandon the ship.

   A. hold on

   B. stay on

   C. take care of

   D. save for

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 9:   Humans (A) have done (B) great advances (C) in technology at the expense (D) of the environment.

Question 10:   Hardly did he enter (A) the room when (B) all the lights (C) went (D) out.

Question 11:   Publishing in the UK (A), the book has won (B) a number of awards in (C) recent regional book fairs (D).

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer

Question 12: Labor unions and the company______ in a confrontation over plans to curb benefits.

   A. carried away

   B. faced off

   C. caught up

   D. showed up

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ĐÁP ÁN

1C	2C	3D	4A	5A
6A	7D	8B	9B	10A
11A	12B	13A	14B	15B
16A	17A	18B	19B	20C
21C	22C	23B	24A	25C
26D	27C	28B	29B	30C
31A	32D	33C	34A	35B
36A	37A	38A	39B	40D

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1:   A. animal        B. character   C. imagine      D. personality

Question 2:   A. degree      B. critical   C. fertile        D. minimum

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3:   A. economics        B. engineering   C. information      D. geography

Question 4:   A. opponent        B. vertical   C. windsurfing      D. penalty

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each question.

Question 5: Had it not (A) been for you help me (B), I wouldn't (C) have succeeded (D).

Question 6: I enjoyed talking (A) to the (B) people with that (C) I met at the party (D) last night.

Question 7: It is vitally (A) important that (B) she takes (C) this medication (D) night and morning.

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

Question 8: Look! The yard is wet. It ___ last night.

   A. couldn’t have rained

   B. must rain

   C. must have rained

   D. should have rained

Question 9: I live next to a nursing home for _____ very old.

   A. the      B. a

   C. an       D. ∅

Question 10: My problems are getting _______.

   A. more and more bad

   B. bader and bader

   C. worse and worse

   D. the worse and worse

Question 11: What happened _______ their car broke down on the motorway so they didn’t get to Joe’s wedding on time.

   A. to be that

   B. being that

   C. was that

   D. to that

Question 12: According to this newspaper, John is said ____ a new record for the long jump.

   A. establishing

   B. to establish

   C. established

   D. to have established

Question 13: Is he guilty or innocent _____ the crime?

   A. in      B. from

   C. of      D. by

Question 14: This is very _______! Can’t you practise your violin somewhere else?

   A. convenient

   B. conveniently

   C. inconvenient

   D. convenience

Question 15: The child was told to _____ for being rude to his uncle.

   A. excuse

   B. apologize

   C. forgive

   D. confess

Question 16: I just couldn’t remember her name even though it was on the _____ of my tongue.

   A. edge      B. tip

   C. top        D. front

Question 17: “I’m going for an interview for a job this afternoon.” “Good luck! I’ll keep my ______ crossed for you”

   A. legs      B. fingers

   C. arms      D. hands

Question 18: She is a friendly person. She gets ______ all her neighbours.

   A. up well with

   B. down well with

   C. on well with

   D. get off with

Question 19: Look this document ________carefully before you sign it.

   A. up      B. on

   C. at      D. over

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Question 20: Susan accidentally stepped on Denise’s foot.

   - Susan: “Oops! I’m sorry, Denise.”

   - Denise: “ ______”

   A. You shouldn’t do that.

   B. It’s alright.

   C. You are welcome.

   D. It’s nonsense.

Question 21: Mai and Nam are talking about the cell phone that Nam has just bought.

   - Mai: “Wow, I’ve never seen such a nice cell phone, Nam”

   - Nam: “_____”.

   A. Oh, I don’t know.

   B. Thank you. I’m glad you like it.

   C. You’re welcome.

   D. I agree with you.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.

Question 22: She was brought up in a well-off family. She can’t understand the problems we are facing.

   A. wealthy

   B. kind

   C. broke

   D. poor

Question 23: Father has lost his job, so we’ll have to tighten our belt to avoid getting into debt.

   A. earn money

   B. spend money

   C. sit still

   D. economize

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 24: Although it’s a long day for us, we feel we are contented with what we do.

   A. dissatisfied

   B. excited

   C. shocked

   D. interested

Question 25: Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island. The islanders even exported the surplus.

   A. large quantity

   B. excess

   C. small quantity

   D. sufficiency

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 26: We have run out of the items you want.

   A. We have to run out to buy the items you want.

   B. The items you want are out of our shop.

   C. For the items you want, we must run out.

   D. The items you want have been out of stock.

Question 27: She had only just begun to speak when people started interrupting.

   A. She hardly had begun to speak when people started interrupting.

   B. Hardly she had begun to speak when people started interrupting.

   C. Hardly had she begun to speak when people started interrupting.

   D.She hadn’t begun to speak when people started interrupting.

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ĐÁP ÁN

1B	2C	3D	4A	5B
6C	7C	8C	9A	10C
11C	12D	13C	14C	15B
16B	17B	18C	19D	20B
21B	22A	23D	24A	25C
26D	27C	28A	29D	30A
31D	32A	33D	34B	35D
36D	37B	38D	39A	40B

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. reserved      B. locked   C. forced          D. touched

Question 2:   A. arrange      B. arise   C. area          D. arrive

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 3:   A. household      B. secure   C. pressure        D. active

Question 4:   A. supportive      B. leftovers   C. confidence      D. hospital

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 5:

   The police is (A) now investigating (B) the robbery that took place (C) in our neighborhood (D) last night.

Question 6:

   My pen has (A) very few ink (B) in it, so could (C) you give me some (D)?

Question 7:

   Neither William or (A) his brother stole (B) the rambutans from (C) our orchard (D).

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

Question 8: Frankly, I don’t know how he ______on the small amount of money he earns.

   A. gets down

   B. gets over

   C. gets at

   D. gets by

Question 9: _________ my homework last week, I would have got a good mark.

   A. If I did

   B. I had done

   C. Had I done

   D. Only if I done

Question 10: Do you have any objections _________this new road?

   A. at      B. with

   C. to      D for

Question 11: Here is the man _________my brother is going to_________.

   A. who his daughter - marry

   B. whose daughter - get married to

   C. whose daughter - get married

   D. his daughter – marry

Question 12: He’s always trying _____________me.

   A. to avoid to meet

   B. avoiding meeting

   C. to avoid meeting

   D. avoiding to meet

Question 13: Ms Kent expects________about any revisions in manuscript before it is printed.

   A. consulting

   B. being consulted

   C. consult

   D. to be consulted

Question 14: After nine months without any rain, the country was facing one of the worst_ __________in the last thirty years.

   A. draughts

   B. floods

   C. eruptions

   D. droughts

Question 15: If my candidate had won the election, I _________ happy now.

   A. am

   B. would be

   C. can be

   D. would have been

Question 16: George and Paul are the two men _____________in my factory.

   A. working

   B. to work

   C. work

   D. worked

Question 17: How much longer do we have to wait? This is starting to get on my__________.

   A. mind

   B. back

   C. nerves

   D. nose

Question 18: I enjoy my job as a baker, but it’s taken me over five years to _________to working at night.

   A. be use

   B. get used

   C. used

   D. getting used

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ĐÁP ÁN

1A	2C	3B	4A	5A
6B	7A	8D	9C	10C
11B	12C	13D	14D	15B
16A	17C	18B	19D	20B
21D	22B	23C	24C	25B
26A	27C	28A	29A	30B
31B	32D	33B	34A	35D
36C	37B	38D	39B	40D

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