Đề thi thử học kỳ 1 môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12
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<p><strong>Câu 1.</strong> 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.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 2.</strong> 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.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 3.</strong> Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 4.</strong> Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.</p>
<p><strong><em>Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Câu 5.</strong> We can use either $\underline{verbal}$ or nonverbal forms of communication.</p><p></p>
<p><strong>Câu 6.</strong> We are a very $\underline{close- knit}$ family.</p>
<p><strong><em>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.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Câu 7.</strong> They believe that life will be far better than it is today, so they tend to $\underline{\text{look on the bright side}}$ in any circumstance.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 8.</strong> English is a $\underline{compulsory}$ subject in most of the schools in Vietnam.</p>
<p><strong><em>Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the $\underline{underlined}$ part that need correction in each of the following sentences. </em></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Câu 9.</strong> Today the (A) $\underline{number}$ of people (B) $\underline{whom}$ enjoy winter sports (C) $\underline{is}$ almost double (D) $\underline{that}$ of twenty years ago.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 10.</strong> There (A) $\underline{are}$ probably (B) $\underline{around}$ 3,000 languages (C) $\underline{speaking}$ in (D) $\underline{the}$ world.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 11.</strong> (A) $\underline{The}$ novelist Shirley Hazzard is noted (B) $\underline{for}$ the insight, poetic style, and (C) $\underline{sensitive}$ she (D) $\underline{demonstrates}$ in her works.</p>
<p><strong><em>Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.</em></strong></p><p><br><strong>Câu 12.</strong> Two friends Diana and Anne are talking with each other about their shopping. </p><p></p><p>Diana: </p><p></p><p>- Look at this catalog, Anne. I think I want to get this red blouse.</p><p></p><p>Anne: </p><p></p><p>- .....</p>
<p><strong>Câu 13.</strong> Henry is talking to his mother. </p><p></p><p>Henry: </p><p></p><p>- I've passed my driving test.</p><p></p><p></p><p>His mother:</p><p></p><p>- ..............</p>
<p><strong><em>Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Câu 14.</strong> In many families, the most important decisions are.......by many women.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 15.</strong> Each of us must take......for our own actions.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 16.</strong> Thanks to the women's liberation, women can take part in......activities.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 17.</strong> I know you feel bad now, Tommy, but try to put it out of your mind. By the time you're an adult, you........all about it.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 18.</strong> ........., Nam Cao is a realistic writer, but he still used a lot of romance in his stories.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 19.</strong> Kate asked Janet where......the previous Sunday.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 20.</strong> We live in a large house in.....middle of the village.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 21.</strong> If Tom.......an alarm, the thieves wouldn't have broken into his house.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 22.</strong> My English teacher, Mrs. Jane, was the person......I had great respect.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 23.</strong> Whole villages were.........by the floods last year</p>
<p><strong>Câu 24.</strong> When my mother is busy preparing dinner, my father often gives her a hand.....the housework.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 25.</strong> UNESCO was established to encourage collaboration......nations in the areas......education, science, culture, and communication.</p>
<p><strong><em>Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Câu 26.</strong> Sorry, we're late. It took us ages to look for a parking place,' said John.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 27.</strong> People say that he won a lot of money on the Vietlott.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 28.</strong> I have never played golf before.</p>
<p><strong><em>Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Câu 29.</strong> My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953. It was completely destroyed by the forest fire.</p>
<p><strong>Câu 30.</strong> Her living conditions were difficult. However, she studied very well.</p>
<p><strong><em>Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out <strong>(31)</strong>.....much knowledge we have gained. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn't it a fact that some people who are very successful academically don't have any common sense?</p><p><br></p><p>Intelligence is the speed at which we can understand and react to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. <strong>(32)</strong>......scientists are now preparing advanced computer technology that will be able to "read" our brains, for the present, tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence.</p><p><br></p><p>A person's IQ is his intelligence <strong>(33)</strong>......it is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are run by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976 it had 1,300 members in Britain. Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwide, <strong>(34)</strong>......in the US.</p><p><br></p><p>People taking the tests are judged in relation to an average score of 100, and those <strong>(35)</strong>......score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This works out at 2% of the population.</p><p></p><p><strong>Câu 31. (31)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Câu 32. (32)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Câu 33. (33)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Câu 34. (34)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Câu 35. (35)</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Although speech is the most advanced form of communication, there are many ways of communicating without using speech. Signals, signs, symbols, and gestures may be found in every known culture. The basic function of signal is to impinge upon the environment in such a way that it attracts attention, for example, the dots and dashes of a telegraph circuit. Coded to refer to speech, the potential for communication is really great. Less adaptable to the codification of words, signs also contain meaning in and of themselves. A stop sign or barber pole conveys meaning quickly and conveniently. Symbols are more difficult to describe than either signals or signs because of their intricate relationship with the receiver's cultural perceptions. In some culture, applauding in a theater provides performers with an auditory symbol of approval. Gestures such as waving and handshaking also convey certain cultural messages.</p><p><br></p><p>Although signals, signs, symbols, and gestures are very useful, they do have a major disadvantage. They usually do not allow ideas to be shared without the sender being directly adjacent to the receiver. As a result, means of communication intended to be used for long distances and extended periods are based upon speech. Radio, television, and the telephone are only a few.</p><p></p><p><strong>Câu 36.</strong> Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?</p>
<p><strong>Câu 37.</strong> What does the author say about the speech?</p>
<p><strong>Câu 38.</strong> All of the following are true EXCEPT............</p>
<p><strong>Câu 39.</strong> The phrase "impinge upon" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to.........</p>
<p><strong>Câu 40.</strong> The word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to...........</p>
<p><strong>Câu 41.</strong> Applauding was cited as an example of..........</p>
<p><strong>Câu 42.</strong> Why were the telephone, radio, and the television invented?</p>
<p><strong>Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.</strong><br><br>It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.<br>Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education in infancy. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one's entire life.<br><br>Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subjects being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.</p><p></p><p><strong>Câu 43.</strong> What is the main idea of the passage?</p>
<p><strong>Câu 44.</strong> What does the author probably mean by using the expression "children interrupt their education to go to school" in paragraph 1?</p>
<p><strong>Câu 45.</strong> The word "chance" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to..........</p>
<p><strong>Câu 46.</strong> The word "they" in paragraph 3 refers to.......</p>
<p><strong>Câu 47.</strong> The phrase "For example," in paragraph 3, introduces a sentence that gives examples of.......</p>
<p><strong>Câu 48.</strong> The passage supports which of the following conclusions?</p>
<p><strong>Câu 49.</strong> The passage is organized by........</p>
<p><strong>Câu 50.</strong> The writer seems to agree that........</p>