Đề thi giữa HK1 môn Tiếng Anh 12 năm 2023-2024

Câu 1:

A. concerned

B. raised

C.  developed

D. returned

Câu 2:

A. educate

B. eliminate

C. certificate

D. dedicate

Câu 3:

A. restaurant

B. assistance

C. usually

D. compliment

Câu 4:

A. economics 

B. biology

C. experiment

D. philosophy

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 5:

A. be successful

B. be unsuccessful

C. be satisfied

D. be unsatisfied

Câu 6:

You have got a high score in the final exam. You should put yourself on the back.

A. criticize yourself

B. wear a backpack

C. praise yourself

D. check up your back

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 7:

A. furious

B. humorous

C. dishonest

D. guilty

Câu 8:

The bomb exploded in the school; fortunately no one was injured.

A. taken off

B. went off

C. put on

D. hold up

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentences that best complete the exchange in the following questions.

Câu 9:

A. No, thanks.

B. Of course you can.

C. I’m afraid not.

D. Certainly, sir.

Câu 10:

Nam: “Would you like to join us for dinner after work?”

- Lan: “ _________.”

A. Thanks. You can cook dinner.

B. I'd love to, but I have to finish my presentation for tomorrow.

C. Thanks for your help, but I can cook dinner myself.

D. What’s wrong with you?

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

Câu 11:

A. money more than

B. as many money as

C. more money as

D. as much money as

Câu 12:

The  president  came  _________  a  lot  of  criticism  for  the  speech  he  made  in  a  television interview.

A. in for

B. about

C. out of

D. off

Câu 13:

I had all the information at my _________ before attending the meeting.

A. fingertips

B. thumbs

C. hands

D. fingers

Câu 14:

They will be staying here for _________ few weeks.

A. other

B. another

C. others

D. the others

Câu 15:

I think jeans will not go _________ of style soon.

A. down

B. away 

C. out

D. off

Câu 16:

Some men are concerned with physical _________ when they choose a wife.

A. attract

B. attractive

C. attractiveness

D. attractively

Câu 17:

He joined the English club, _________ were over 50 years old.

A. most of its members

B. most of which

C. most of whom

D. most of whose members

Câu 18:

After a long working day, she felt _________.

A. broken down

B. worn out 

C. knocked out

D. turned down

Câu 19:

Mr. Huy received a warning for speeding. He _________ so fast.

A. shouldn’t have driven

B. should have driven

C. would have driven

D. might have driven

Câu 20:

The father said to his daughter: “When you’ve finished lunch, I’ll _________ you back to school in the car. When school’s finished I’ll come to the school and _________ you back home.”

A. take - bring

B. bring - bring

C. bring - take

D. take - take

Câu 21:

I locked the door of my room all day yesterday to avoid _________.

A. disturbing

B. being disturbed

C. to disturb

D. to be disturbed

Câu 22:

These _________ boys often play tricks on their friends.

A. mischievous

B. obedient

C. honest

D. well-behaved

Spring is coming and it’s time for us to grow plants. Of course, not all plants are (23) _________ in season. This makes it very (24) _________ to pick the best plants to grow. The good news is that there are tons of choices. Do you know that plants can grow in nearly every climate?
It's true that some plants are picky but most are super (25) _________ and only require water, dirt and of course  sun.  This  spring  is  the  (26)  _________  time  to  start  your  own  garden.  There  are  three  amazing plants that work in every single climate. The first plant is spinach. Spinach is very easy to grow because it removes water well and can (27) _________ different levels of heat. The second one is carrots. There are many  types  of  carrots  you  can  grow.  Most  carrots  are  very  quick  to  grow  and  also  handle  all  types  of climates as well. The third one is tomatoes. There are tons of different types of tomatoes. It’s easy to find the perfect tomato for any location. Go plant some plants!

Câu 23:

A. actually

B. today

C. currently

D. actively

Câu 24:

A. easy

B. fun

C. stressful

D. difficult

Câu 25:

A. flexible

B. picky

C. divine

D. cranky

Câu 26:

A. worst

B. fun

C. perfect

D. better

Câu 27:

A. hold

B. sit

C. stand

D. remove

Some  animal  behaviorists  argue  that  certain  animals  can  remember  past  events,  anticipate  future ones,  make  plans  and  choices,  and  coordinate  activities  within  a  group.  These  scientists,  however,  are cautious about the extent to which animals can be credited with conscious processing.
Explanations of animal behavior that leave out any sort of consciousness at all and ascribe actions entirely  to  instinct  leave  many  questions  unanswered.  One  example  of  such  unexplained  behavior: Honeybees communicate the sources of nectar to one another by doing a dance in a figure-eight pattern. The orientation of the dance conveys the position of the food relative to the sun’s position in the sky, and the  speed  of  the  dance  tells  how  far  the  food  source  is  from  the  hive.  Most  researchers  assume  that  the ability  to  perform  and  encode  the  dance  is  innate  and  shows  no  special  intelligence.  But  in  one  study, when  experimenters  kept  changing  the  site  of  the  food  source,  each  time  moving  the  food  25  percent farther  from  the  previous  site,  foraging  honeybees  began  to  anticipate  where  the  food  source  would appear next. When the researchers arrived at the new location, they would find the bees circling the spot, waiting for their food. No one has yet explained how bees, whose brains weigh four ten-thousandths of an ounce, could have inferred the location of the new site.
Other  behaviors  that  may  indicate  some cognition  include  tool  use.  Many  animals, like  the  otter who  uses  a  stone  to  crack  mussel  shells,  are  capable  of  using  objects in  the  natural  environment  as rudimentary tools.  One  researcher  has  found  that  mother  chimpanzees  occasionally  show  their  young how  to  use  tools  to  open  hard  nuts.  In  one  study,  chimpanzees  compared  two  pairs  of  food  wells containing  chocolate  chips.  Allowed  to  choose  which  pair  they  wanted,  the chimpanzees  almost  always chose the  one with  the  higher  total,  showing  some  sort  of  summing  ability.  Other  chimpanzees  have learned to use numerals to label quantities of items and do simple sums.

Câu 28:

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The role of instinct in animal behavior.

B. Observations that suggest consciousness in animal behavior.

C. The use of food in studies of animal behavior. 

D. Differences  between  the  behavior  of  animals  in  their  natural  environments  and  in  laboratory experiments.

Câu 29:

Which of the following is NOT discussed as an ability animals are thought to have?

A. Selecting among choices

B. Anticipating events to come

C. Remembering past experiences

D. Communicating emotions

Câu 30:

What is the purpose of the honeybee dance?

A. To determine the quantity of food at a site.

B. To communicate the location of food.

C. To increase the speed of travel to food sources.

D. To identify the type of nectar that is available.

Câu 31:

The word “yet” in line 15 is closest in meaning to

A. however

B. since

C. generally

D. so far

Câu 32:

It can be inferred from the passage that brain size is assumed to _________.

A. be an indicator of cognitive ability

B. vary among individuals within a species

C. be related to food consumption

D. correspond to levels of activity

Câu 33:

Why are otters and mussel shells included in the discussion in paragraph 3?

A. To provide that certain species demonstrate greater ability in tool use than other species. 

B. To provide an example of tool use among animals.

C. To show that animals are very good at using objects in their habitat.

D. To provide an example of the use of weapons among animals

Câu 34:

The phrase “the one” in paragraph 3 refers to the _________ .

A. study

B. pair

C. chimpanzee

D. ability

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 35:

A. If we could remember the past, it would not happen again.

B. Since we all tend to forget what happened in the past we make the same mistakes again.

C. We couldn’t remember what happened in the past so we did it again.

D. In order not to repeat the past, we should certainly not forget what happened then. 

Câu 36:

After failing a doping test at the Beijing Olympics, John was stripped of his gold medal.

A. At the Seoul Beijing John and many others were disqualified after failing a doping test.

B. If John hadn’t been tested positive for doping at the Beijing Olympics, he wouldn’t have lost his gold  medal.

C. Since John confessed having used doping his gold medal was taken back.

D. Although John failed the doping test he wasn’t disqualified from the Beijing Olympics.

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.

Câu 37:

A. asked 

B. what 

C. did he want

D. for his 

Câu 38:

The  (A)  economy  of  this  country  is  based (B) to  a  great  extent  (C)  in its  forests,  which cover 80 (D) percent of its surface area.

A. economy

B. to

C. in its

D. percent

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

Câu 39:

A. You will not get cold unless you wind a scarf around your neck.

B. Wind a scarf around your neck, otherwise you will get cold.

C. If you wind a scarf around your neck, you will get cold.

D. You not only wind a scarf around your neck but also get cold.

Câu 40:

He raised his hand high. He wanted to attract his teacher’s attention.

A. Because his teacher attracted him, he raised his hand high.

B. To attract his teacher’s attention, he raised his hand high.

C. Though he raised his hand high, he could not attract his teacher’s attention.

D. He had such a high raising of hand that he failed to attract his teacher’s attention.