Đề thi HK1 môn Tiếng Anh 12 năm 2022-2023

A recent study shows that an unequal share of household chores is still the norm in many households, despite the fact that many more women now have jobs. In a survey of 1,256 people ages between 18 and 65, men said they contributed an average of 37% of the total housework, while the women estimated their share to be nearly double that, at 70%. This ratio was not affected by whether the woman was working or not.

When they were asked what they thought was a fair division of labor, women with jobs felt that housework should be shared equally between male and female partners. Women who did not work outside the home were satisfied to perform 80% - the majority of the household work – if their husbands did remainder. Research has shown that, if levels increase beyond these percentages, women become unhappy and anxious, and feel they are unimportant.

After marriage, a woman is reported to increase her household workload by 14 hours per week, but for men the amount is just 90 minutes. So the division of labor becomes unbalanced, as a man's share increases much less than the woman's. It is the inequality and loss of respect, not the actual number of hours, which leads to anxiety and depression. The research describes housework as thankless and unfulfilling. Activities included in the study were cooking, cleaning, shopping, doing laundry, washing up and childcare. Women who have jobs report that they feel overworked by these chores in addition to their professional duties. In contrast, full-time homemakers frequently anticipate going back to work when the children grow up. Distress for this group is caused by losing the teamwork in the marriage.

In cases where men perform most of the housework, results were similar. The men also became depressed by the imbalance of labor. The research showed that the least distressed people are those who have equal share, implying that men could perform significantly more chores and even benefit from this. The research concludes "Everybody benefits from sharing the housework. Even for women keeping house, a share division of labor is important. If you decide to stay at home to raise the children, you don't want to become the servant of the house".

Câu 1:

The word “remainder” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______ .

A. what is left

B. what is done

C. what is fulfilled

D. what is shared

Câu 2:

Although women think men should share the housework, those who don't have paid job agree to share ______ of the chores.

A. 37 per cent

B. 14 per cent

C. 70 per cent

D. 80 per cent

Câu 3:

After getting married, ______.

A. men do less housework

B. men do more housework

C. women do twice as much housework

D. men do more housework

Câu 4:

Working women ______ .

A. do 80% of the household

B. want their partners to do an equal share

C. are anxious and depressed

D. would prefer not to have a job

Câu 5:

Women who do not have a job become depressed ______ .

A. if their husbands do 20% of the chores

B. if they have to do more than half of the housework

C. because they have no respect

D. when their husbands do not help them. 

Câu 6:

The word “norm” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______ .

A. usual thing

B. strange thing

C. changing thing

D. unequal thing

Câu 7:

According to the passage, a good relationship is the one in which ______ .

A. women and men divide the housework equally

B. women do 80% of the housework 

C. men do more housework than women

D. women do 14 hours of housework

Câu 8:

Objects of the survey were ______ .

A. married people

B. people of a wide range of ages

C. unemployed people

D. working people

Câu 9:

The word “estimated” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______ .

A. wanted

B. guessed

C. divided

D. hoped

Câu 10:

What is the most suitable heading for the passage?

A. Difficulties of working women

B. Unequal housework division

C. How to be happy couples

D. Reason for women to be distressed

Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others

Câu 11:

A. economics

B. compulsory

C. academic

D. mathematics

Câu 12:

Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others: argument, physical, important, cinema

A. argument

B. physical

C. important

D. cinema

Câu 13:

Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others: complain, answer, begin, refuse

A. complain

B. answer

C. begin

D. refuse

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others

Câu 14:

A. liked

B. watched

C. rained

D. stopped

Câu 15:

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others: boxes, washes, phones, horses

A. boxes

B. washes

C. phones

D. horses

Câu 16:

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others: maps, books, bags, cats

A. maps

B. books

C. bags

D. cats

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank in each sentence

Câu 17:

A. I’d like to

B. Yes, I will

C. No, thanks

D. No, I won’t

Câu 18:

She said she __________ take me home after school.

A. would

B. must

C. did

D. had

Câu 19:

The national __________ is a programme of study in all the main subjects that children aged 5 to 16 in state school must follow.

A. curriculum

B. course

C. plan

D. syllabus

Câu 20:

If she _________ me, tell her to leave a message.

A. will call

B. would call

C. calls

D. called

Câu 21:

What’s the name of the person ___________ first landed on the moon?

A. which

B. whom

C. who

D. whose

Câu 22:

Listen! Someone ________ at the door. I ___________ it.

A. was knocking/answered

B. has knocked/ will be answering

C. knocks/ answer

D. is knocking/ will answer

Câu 23:

When Lucia graduated, she had no idea which _________ to choose.

A. work

B. career

C. living

D. business

Câu 24:

Shop assiastant: “___________?”

Customer: “I’m just looking.”

A. What can I offer you

B. What do you do

C. What are you doing

D. What can I do for you

Câu 25:

Several candidates were __________ a second interview.

A. called for

B. requested for

C. asked for

D. left for

Câu 26:

John asked me if __________ interested in football.

A. I were

B. was I

C. were I

D. I was

Câu 27:

John wanted to know if I was leaving the __________ Sunday.

A. before

B. previous

C. ago

D. following

Câu 28:

After this course, you will get a ___________.

A. certificate

B. certify

C. certificating

D. certificated

Câu 29:

Thomas: “___________?”

Thanh: “No, that’s about it for now.”

A. When can we stop

B. Nothing to declare

C. What’s on your mind

D. Anything else

Câu 30:

Tim: “Thanks for the lovely gift, Huong”

Huong: “____________”

A. It’s my pleasure.

B. I myself like it very much.

C. Yes, it is very expensive.

D. And do you know its price?

Câu 31:

The Sun ________ us heat and light.

A. gives

B. is giving

C. has given

D. will give

Câu 32:

We _________ TV when it _________ to rain.

A. are watching/ will start

B. had watched/ was starting

C. have watched/ will be starting

D. were watching/ started

Câu 33:

People often _________ confidence when they are crictized.

A. fail

B. omit

C. drop

D. lose

Câu 34:

Learning foreign languages _________ a lot of time.

A. have requires

B. are requiring

C. requires

D. require

Câu 35:

My house __________ green.

A. are used to being painted

B. used to painted

C. used ro paint

D. used to be painted

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

Câu 36:

A. Lien hasn't visited a centre for children with cognitive impairments for two weeks.

B. It's two weeks when Lien visited a centre for children with cognitive impairments.

C. Lien visited a centre for children with cognitive impairments for two weeks.

D. This is the last time Lien visited a centre for children with cognitive impairments.

Câu 37:

Kate works for an organization which collects money to help orphans.

A. The organization which Kate works for collects money to help orphans.

B. The organization where Kate works for collects money to help orphans.

C. The organization for that Kate works collects money to help orphans.

D. Money of orphans is collected in the organization where Kate works.

Câu 38:

The house was very expensive and he couldn’t afford it.

A. The house was very expensive so that he couldn’t buy it.

B. The house was too expensive for him to buy.

C. He was rich enough to buy the house.

D. He was so poor but he bought the house.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best joins each of the following pairs

Câu 39:

A. It was such an expensive holiday that we could only afford five days.

B. The holiday was dirt cheap, so we could afford more than five days.

C. So expensive was a five-day holiday that we could hardly afford it.

D. A five-day holiday wasn't cheap, so we couldn't afford it.

Câu 40:

The basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.

A. As soon as they blamed each other, the basketball team knew they lost the match.

B. No sooner had the basketball team started to blame each other than they knew they lost the match.

C. Not only did the basketball team lose the match but they blamed each other as well.

D. Hardly had the basketball team known they lost the match when they started to blame each other.