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 that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions

Câu 1:

A. critical

B. solution

C. perform

D. reaction

Câu 2:

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress: alteration, observe, achievement, specific.

A. alteration

B. observe

C. achievement

D. specific

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. around

B. up

C. on

D. about

Câu 4:

Poor management brought the company to______ of collapse.

A. the ring

B. the edge

C. the brink

D. the foot

Câu 5:

John ______ this task yesterday morning, but I did it for him. He owes me a thank-you.

A. must have completed

B. may have completed

C. should have completed

D. could have completed

Câu 6:

I may look half asleep, but I can assure you I am ______ awake.

A. broad

B. well

C. full

D. wide

Câu 7:

I suggest the room ______ before Christmas.

A. should decorate

B. is decorated

C. were decorated

D. be decorated

Câu 8:

It is time every student ______ harder for the coming exam.

A. worked

B. should work

C. works

D. work

Câu 9:

Mr. Simpkims is the big ______ in the company as he has just been promoted to the position of Managing Director.

A. bread

B. meat

C. cheese

D. apple

Câu 10:

She is so ______ to her children that she has decided to quit her job to stay at home and look after Them.

A. persistent

B. kind

C. responsible

D. devoted

Câu 11:

The new sports complex ______ will accommodate an Olympic-sized swimming pool and others including fitness center, and a spa, to name just a few.

A. supplies

B. facilities

C. categories

D. qualities

Câu 12:

There ______ a number of reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire.

A. are said being

B. are said to have been

C. said to be

D. was said being

Câu 13:

It’s silly of him to spend a lot of money buying ______.

A. a thick old wooden table

B. a thick wooden old table

C. an old wooden thick table

D. a wooden thick old table

Câu 14:

It’s important to project a(n) ______ image during the interview.

A. optimistic

B. cheerful

C. positive

D. upbeat

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 15:

A. superficial

B. indifferent

C. casual

D. inadequate

Câu 16:

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s): James could not tell his parents about his many animal friends in the forest and the exciting things that he saw, but he found another way to express himself.

A. speak with voice

B. keep silent

C. write his thoughts

D. communicate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges

Câu 17:

A. Yes, I have just moved here.

B. No, only three months.

C. Yes, just a few days.

D. No, I live here for a long time.

Câu 18:

Susan: “I have lost my purse.”

- Her friend: “___________.”

A. It’s careless.

B. Oh, what a pity.

C. That’s nothing.

D. Oh, be careful.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that need correction in each of the following questions

Câu 19:

A. there will be

B. held

C. will give

D. about

Câu 20:

Choose the underlined part that need correction: Many of the important products obtained from trees, one of the most important is wood pulp, which is used in paper-making.

A. Many of the

B. obtained

C. the most

D. paper-making

Câu 21:

Choose the underlined part that need correction: It is believed that in the near future robots will be used to doing things such as cooking.

A. is believed

B. in the near future

C. be used to doing

D. such as

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 22:

A. in the meantime

B. in one area

C. formerly

D. sometimes

Câu 23:

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): Her style of dress accentuated her extreme slenderness.

A. betrayed

B. emphasized

C. revealed

D. disfigured

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 24:

A. opponent

B. compose

C. podium

D. advocate

Câu 25:

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: competitor, illegal, epidemic, education.

A. competitor

B. illegal

C. epidemic

D. education

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 president congratulated the players on their winning the match.

B. When they won the cup, the players had been offered some congratulations from the president.

C. The president would offered the players congratulations if they won the match.

D. The president congratulated that the players had won the cup.

Câu 27:

A house in that district will cost at least $100,000.

A. If you have $100,000, you can buy a house in that district.

B. You won’t be able to buy a house in that district for less than $100,000.

C. You won’t be able to buy a house in that district for more than $100,000.

D. $100,000 is the maximum price for a house in that district.

Câu 28:

To get to work on time, they have to leave at 6.00am.

A. They always leave for work at 6.00am.

B. They have to leave very early to catch a bus to work.

C. Getting to work on time, for them, means leaving at 6.00am.

D. Leaving at 6.00am, they have never been late for work.

Câu 29:

The new restaurant looks good. However, it seems to have few customers.

A. In order to get more business, the new restaurant should improve its appearance.

B. If it had a few more customers, the new restaurant would look better.

C. The new restaurant would have more customers if it looked better.

D. In spite of its appearance, the new restaurant does not appear to attract much business.

Câu 30:

No one but the experts was able to realize that the painting was an imitation. It greatly resembled the original.

A. It was hard for ordinary people to judge between the fake painting and the real one, but not for the experts.

B. It was almost impossible for amateurs to realize that the painting was not authentic, though the experts could judge it quite easily.

C. The painting looked so much like the authentic one that only the experts could tell it wan’t genuine.

D. It was obvious that only a person with great talent could fake a painting so successfully.