Đề thi HK2 môn Tiếng Anh 12 năm 2021

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions

Câu 1:

A. variety

B. influential

C. associate

D. accountancy

Câu 2:

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress: special, wonder, relax, problem.

A. special

B. wonder

C. relax

D. problem

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

Câu 3:

A. can pick

B. needn't pick

C. should be picking

D. can be picked

Câu 4:

"I think that the youth are high-flying but inexperienced."

- "_______"

A. Are you kidding me?

B. There's no doubt about it.

C. That's alright.

D. It's nice of you to say so.

Câu 5:

The boys we met on the train ______ soldiers on leave. They were young, with very short haircuts.

A. had to be

B. could be

C. may be

D. may have been

Câu 6:

If each gene in the human genome __________ thoroughly understood, many human diseases could be cured or prevented.

A. were

B. would be

C. is

D. had been

Câu 7:

ASEAN is an organization on the Southeast Asian region that aims to _______ economic growth, social progress, and cultural development.

A. include

B. account

C. accelerate

D. respect

Câu 8:

Someone must have taken my bag. I clearly remember_______ it by the window and now it has gone.

A. to leave

B. leaving

C. to have left

D. leave

Câu 9:

About 1.3 billion people live in absolute poverty on_______ income of less than one US dollar a day. 70% of these people are women.

A. Ø

B. a

C. the

D. an

Câu 10:

UNESCO hopes to encourage universal respect for justice, laws, human _______, and fundamental freedoms.

A. programs

B. protests

C. rights

D. projects

Câu 11:

To preserve that ________, it was necessary to preserve the people that had created it.

A. civility

B. civilize

C. civilization

D. civil

Câu 12:

Dang Le Trung Nguyen, who is Dang Le Nguyen Vu's son, is going to _______ lots of money from Trung Nguyen Corporation.

A. go on

B. come into

C. lead in

D. turn up

Câu 13:

______ the dance, Jerry said good-bye to his girlfriend.

A. Before leaving

B. Before he leaves

C. Before left

D. Before he will leave

Câu 14:

Don't forget __________ my best regards to your grandmother, who has greatly contributed to our organization's projects.

A. to send

B. sending

C. send

D. sent

Câu 15:

Within their home country, National Red Cross and Red Crescent societies _______ the duties and responsibilities of a national relief society.

A. take on

B. get off

C. go about

D. put in

Câu 16:

_______, Peter came to see me.

A. When having dinner

B. When I am having dinner

C. While I was having dinner

D. While having dinner

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best joins each of the following pairs of sentences in each of the following questions

Câu 17:

A. Not until we arrived at the airport did we realize that our passports were still at home.

B. We arrived at the airport and realized that our passports are still at home.

C. It was until we arrived at the airport that we realize our passports were still at home.

D. Not until had we arrived at the airport we realized our passports were still at home.

Câu 18:

We couldn't have managed our business successfully without my father's money.

A. Hadn't it been for my father's money, we couldn't have managed our business successfully.

B. We could have managed our business successfully with my father's money.

C. Had it not been for my father's money, we couldn't have managed our business successfully.

D. If we could manage our business successfully, my father would give us his money.

The peregrine falcon, a predatory bird indigenous to North America, was once in danger of extinction. In the 1960s, scientists discovered byproducts of the pesticide DDT in the birds' eggs, which caused them to be too soft to survive. The use of the pesticide had been banned in the United States, but the falcons were eating migratory birds from other places where DDT was still used. In order to increase the survival rate, scientists were raising the birds in laboratories and then releasing them into mountainous areas. This practice achieved only moderate success, however, because many of the birds raised in captivity could not survive in the wild.

There is now, however, a new alternative to releases in the wild. A falcon that has been given the name Scarlett chose to make her home on a ledge of the 33rd floor of a Baltimore, Maryland, office building rather than in the wild, and, to the surprise of the scientists, she has managed to live quite well in the city. Following this example, programs have been initiated that release birds like Scarlett into cities rather than into their natural wild habitat. These urban releases are becoming a common way to strengthen the species. Urban homes have several benefits for the birds that wild spots do not. First, there is an abundance of pigeons and small birds as food sources. The peregrine in the city is also protected from its main predator, the great horned owl. Urban release programs have been very successful in reestablishing the peregrine falcons along the East Coast. Though they are still an endangered species, their numbers increased from about 60 nesting pairs in 1975 to about 700 pairs in 1992. In another decade the species may flourish again, this time without human help.

Câu 19:

What is the main topic of the passage?

A. harmful effects of pesticides

B. endangered species

C. survival of peregrine falcon

D. releases into the wild

Câu 20:

Why were the peregrine falcons in danger?

A. because they were prized by hunters and hunted to near extinction

B. because of pesticides used by American farmers

C. because they ate birds from other countries where DDT was still used

D. because they migrated to countries where their eggs could not survive

Câu 21:

In line 3, the word "banned" could be best replaced by ____________.

A. developed

B. authorized

C. disseminated

D. prohibited

Câu 22:

According to the passage, where have the release programs been the most successful?

A. in the wild

B. on the East Coast

C. in mountainous areas

D. in office buildings

Câu 23:

According to the passage, which of the falcon’s main predators?

A. pigeons

B. rattlesnakes

C. owls

D. humans

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

Câu 24:

A. callous

B. warm-hearted

C. cold-blooded

D. vicious

Câu 25:

Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part: Since the newly discovered artifact is in poor condition, only its replica is displayed in the museum.

A. imitation

B. copy

C. model

D. original

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

Câu 26:

A. The more carefully I prepare for the lesson, the more confident I am in class.

B. The more and more confident in class I am, the more and more carefully I prepare for the lesson.

C. The more confident I am in class, the more carefully the lesson I prepare.

D. The more carefully I am, the more confident the lesson is.

Câu 27:

It wasn't necessary for you to do all this work, although you did it.

A. You mustn't have done all this work.

B. You may not have done all this work.

C. You couldn't have done all this work. 

D. You needn't have done all this work.

Câu 28:

"What were you doing last night, Mr John?" asked the police.

A. The police asked Mr John what he had been doing the night before.

B. The police asked Mr John what had he been done the night before.

C. The police asked Mr John what he had been done the night before.

D. The police asked what were you doing last night, Mr John.

The relationship between students and teachers is less formal in the USA than in many other countries. American students do not stand up when their teachers (29) _______the room. Students are encouraged to ask questions during class, to stop in the teacher’s office for extra help, and to phone if they are absent. Most teachers (30) _________ students to enter class late or leave early if necessary. (31) ______the lack of formality, students are still expected to be polite to their teachers and classmates.

When students want to ask questions, they usually (32) _______ a hand and wait to be called on. When a test is being given, talking to a classmate is not only rude but also risky. Most American teachers consider that students who are talking to each other (33) _______ a test are cheating.

Câu 29:

(29) ................

A. enter

B. come

C. arrive

D. go

Câu 30:

(3) .............

A. let

B. allow

C. make

D. encourage

Câu 31:

(31) ..............

A. Though

B. In spite

C. Despite

D. Because of

Câu 32:

(32) .................

A. rise

B. arise

C. raise

D. put

Câu 33:

(33) ................

A. in

B. when

C. but

D. during

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction

Câu 34:

A. Although

B. varieties

C. made

D. basic boiled mixture

Câu 35:

Choose the underlined part that needs correction: When John (A) will see his head teacher (B) tomorrow, he (C) will ask her about her (D) absence in the appointment.

A. will see

B. tomorrow

C. will ask

D. absence

Câu 36:

Choose the underlined part that needs correction: (A) Two thousand five hundred dollars a year (B) were the (C) per capita income in Vietnam (D) in 2018.

A. Two thousand five hundred

B. were

C. per capita income

D. in 2018

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions

Câu 37:

A. believed

B. advocated

C. considered

D. controlled

Câu 38:

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: branches, glances, forges, accelerates

A. branches

B. glances

C. forges

D. accelerates

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

Câu 39:

A. interrupt

B. write

C. understand

D. stand

Câu 40:

Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part: She performed all her duties conscientiously. She gave much care to her work.

A. responsibly

B. insensitively

C. irresponsibly

D. liberally