Đề thi giữa HK2 môn Tiếng Anh 12 năm 2021

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

Câu 1:

A. have the right to refuse

B. are given the right to

C. are refused the right to

D. have the obligation to

Câu 2:

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): The repeated commercials on TV distract many viewers from watching their favorite films.

A. economics

B. businesses

C. contests

D. advertisements

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

Câu 3:

A. connected with

B. not allowed by

C. separated from

D. dissimilar to

Câu 4:

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s): There was a long period without rain in the countryside last year so the harvest was poor.

A. epidemic

B. drought

C. famine

D. flood

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

Câu 5:

A. matched

B. worked

C. cleaned

D. stepped

Câu 6:

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: digestion, suggestion, question, perfection.

A. digestion

B. suggestion

C. question

D. perfection

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct

Câu 7:

A. was

B. so intelligent

C. could

D. easy

Câu 8:

Choose the underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct: Hadn’t you informed of the change in the timetable, I would have rushed to the office yesterday.

A. hadn’t you

B. of

C. have

D. the

Câu 9:

Choose the underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct: I’d prefer to do it on myself because other people make me nervous.

A. I’d prefer

B. on myself

C. other

D. make

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 desert 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 American 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 population is 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 else in the word. The secret of their adjustment lies in the 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.

Câu 10:

The author mentions all the following as examples of the behavior of desert animals EXCEPT .........

A. they are watchful and quiet

B. they sleep during the day

C. they dig home underground

D. they are noisy and aggressive

Câu 11:

We can infer from the passage that .............

A. healthy animals live longer lives

B. living things adjust to their environment

C. desert life is colorful and diverse

D. water is the basis of desert life

Câu 12:

According to the passage, creatures in the desert ...........

A. are smaller and fleeter than forest animals

B. are more active during the day than those in the tangled forest

C. live in an accommodating environment

D. are not as healthy as those anywhere else in the world

Câu 13:

The phrase “those forms” in the passage refers to all of the following EXCEPT .........

A. moist-skinned animals

B. many large animals

C. water-loving animals

D. the coyote and the bobcat

Câu 14:

The word “them” means .........

A. animals

B. minutes

C. people

D. water

Câu 15:

The word “emaciated” in the passage mostly means ..........

A. wild

B. unmanageable

C. cunning

D. unhealthy

Câu 16:

Man can hardly understand why many animals live their whole life in the desert, as ...........

A. water is an essential part of his existence

B. very few large animals are found in the desert

C. sources of flowing water are rare in a desert

D. water composes the greater part of the tissues of living things

Câu 17:

The title for this passage could be .........

A. “Man’s Life in a Desert Environment”

B. “Desert Plants”

C. “Animal Life in a Desert Environment”

D. “Life Underground”

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

Câu 18:

A. ability

B. sympathetic

C. political

D. significant

Câu 19:

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress: postpone, specialize, purpose, summarize.

A. postpone

B. specialize

C. purpose

D. summarize

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

Câu 20:

A. down with

B. across with

C. up with

D. away from

Câu 21:

New machinery has enhanced the company’s productivity and _______

A. competition

B. competitiveness

C. competitive

D. competitor

Câu 22:

In a formal interview, it is essential that the interviewee _____ good eye contact with the interviewers.

A. maintain

B. is maintained

C. must maintain

D. maintains

Câu 23:

 The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop. If only it_____warmer.

A. had been

B. has been

C. were

D. was

Câu 24:

 The recent heavy rains have helped to ease the water ...........

A. poverty

B. shortage

C. plenty

D. abundance

Câu 25:

As a(n) .............. girl, she found it difficult to socialize with other students in the class.

A. industrious

B. dynamic

C. reserved

D. ashamed

Câu 26:

It is interesting to take ____ a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing.

A. over

B. up

C. in

D. on

Câu 27:

After the car crash last night, all the injuried ____ to the hospital in an ambulance.

A. were rushing

B. was rushing

C. was rushed

D. were rushed

Câu 28:

Working as a volunteer gives her a chance to develop her interpersonal skills, promote friendship, and _____ her own talent.

A. discovering

B. discover

C. discovered

D. to discover

Câu 29:

Scientists have ____ a lot of research into renewable energy sources.

A. carried

B. done

C. solved

D. made

Câu 30:

When Peter was a child, there______ a cinema near his house.

A. used to be

B. used to have been

C. used to have

D. used to be being