ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ 2 

NĂM HỌC 2017-2018
Môn TIẾNG ANH- KHỐI 12
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

Mã đề thi 121

Họ và tên thí sinh:......................................................Lớp: ………….

Số báo danh:......................................................................................

SECTION A ( 8 points )
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.

Question 1. A. prepared B. organized C. impressed D. proposed

Question 2. A. justice B.public C. culture D. industry

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.

Question 3. A. survive B. struggle C. advance D. commit

Question 4. A. domestic B. physical C.voluntary D. possible

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.

Question 5.The number of students attending English courses at our university are increasing.
A B C D
Question 6. Working as a doctor would give me a chance taking care of people’s health.
A B C D
Question 7. Since poaching is becoming more seriously, the government has imposed stricter laws to
A B C
prevent it.
D

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

Question 8. There has been little rain in this area for months, _________?
A. has it B. has there C. hasn’t it D. hasn’t there
Question 9. In our hospital , patients ________ every morning.
A. are examined B. were examining C. have examined D. can examine
Question 10. The more you practise speaking English, ________.
A. the more fluently you can speak it B. the more fluent you can speak it.
C. the more you can speak it fluently D. the most fluently you can speak it
Question 11.To prepare for the 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam _________an intensive programme for its
athletes.
A. made up B. carried out C. tried out D. took up
Question 12. Many rare and precious species are now __________ the verge of extinction.
A. in B. from C. on D. by
Question 13. Throughout much of the history of human civilization, _________cultural beliefs allowed
women only limited roles in society.
A. short-cut B. deep-seated C. long-held D. far-rooted
Question 14. It is generally believed that “men build_________and women make it home”.
A. the house B. a house C. house D. an house
Question 15. Susan's doctor insists _________ for a few days.
A. her to rest B. that she rest C. her resting D. that she is resting
Question 16. The Champion successfully ________his title against the American challenger.
A. protected B. defeated C. defended D. won
Question 17. Without your help, I ________the technical problem with my computer the other day.
A. wouldn’t solve B. couldn’t have solved C. could solve D. can’t solve
Question 18. You_________take more than two of these pills at once. Three might be fatal.
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. oughtn’t D. must
Question 19. The initiative for founding the Red Cross came from a Swiss man________Jean Henri
Dunant.
A. calling B. to call C. called D. who called

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.

Question 20. Mr. Black is talking to a shop assistant.

- Mr. Black: “I'd like to try on these shoes, please”
- Salesgirl: “________”
A. Why not? B. By all means, sir. C. That's right, sir. D. I'd love to.
Question 21. Tom and Christy are having dinner at home.
- Tom: “Can I have another cup of tea?”
- Christy: “_________.”
A. Be yourself B. Do it yourself C. Help yourself D. Allow yourself

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.

Question 22. Ann’s dedication to her work has always been examplary.
A. intention B. devotion C. attitude D. drawback
Question 23. The cyclone has resulted in many thousands of deaths.
A. stopped B. lessened C. caused D. overcame

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.

Question 24. I think my grandson doesn’t love me anymore; he comes to visit me once in a blue moon.
A. very blue B. very often C. not usually D. very moony
Question 25. Vietnam's admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has promoted its trade
relations with other countries.
A. boosted B. expanded C. restricted D. balanced

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.

Question 26. The candidate was offered the job because of his excellent answers.
A. The job was offered to the candidate although he couldn’t answer the questions.
B. If it hadn’t been for the candidate’s excellent answers, he couldn’t have got the job.
C. The candidate answered the questions so excellently that he might get the job.
D. Because it was such a good job, the candidate tried to answer the questions excellently.
Question 27. "If you don't pay the ransom, we'll kill your boy," the kidnappers told us.
A. The kidnappers pledged to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom.
B. The kidnappers threatened to kill our boy if we refused to pay the ransom.
C. The kidnappers ordered to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom.
D. The kidnappers promised to kill our boy if we refused to pay the ransom.
Question 28. My uncle didn’t recognize me until I spoke.
A. My uncle recognized me not until I spoke.
B. Only when my uncle recognized me did I speak.
C. Not until I spoke did my uncle recognize me.
D. When I spoke, my uncle didn’t recognize me.
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

Question 29.The young girl has great experience of nursing. She has worked as a hospital volunteer for
years.
A. Before she worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
B. Much as she has worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of
nursing.
C. With great experience of nursing, the young girl has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.
D. Having worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
Question 30. Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.
A. Hardly had Peter informed us about his leaving the school when he arrived at the meeting.
B. No soonner had Peter arrived at the meeting than he told us about his leaving the school.
C. Only after his leaving the school did Peter inform us of his arrival at the meeting.
D. Not until Peter told us that he would leave the school did he arrive at the meeting.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

It is difficult to know how many elephants once lived in the continent, but there may have been at
least 3-5 million elephants in Africa in the (31)_________part of the twentieth century. People have
always hunted elephants for meat, hides and ivory. As the human population grew and weapons became
more advanced, elephants were under greater (32)________. In the late 1970s and early 1980s there
was a huge decline in the number of elephants due to the increase in poaching. It is estimated that
there are now about 500,000 elephants and they are living in a small number of countries. A ban was
given (33)_________all international trade in ivory in 1989, and many governments started to give
poachers severe punishments. Thanks to such (34)________ actions, some elephant populations,
especially those in southern Africa, have recovered over the last decade. (35)________, numerous
threats remain for Africa’s elephants.

Question 31. A. soon B. early C. lately D. newly

Question 32. A. risk B. danger C. threat D. stake
Question 33. A. on B. about C. for D. against
Question 34. A. hourly B. daily C. yearly D. timely
Question 35. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. But

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

Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business,
the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women
entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in
annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt
Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was the decade of women
entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur". What are
some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business
and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive
suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted, "In the 1970s women believed if they got
an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they've found out that isn't going
to happen, so they go out on their own". 
In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in "women's" fields: cosmetics and clothing, for
example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer Systems, a $22-million-a-year computer software
business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig, who was then a housewife with degrees in math and
engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly
newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers-and her office was a bedroom at home, with a
shoebox under the bed to hold the company's cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software
system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these
were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9
million of stock.
 Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face
hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still
dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small. But
the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzigs in the years ahead.

Question 36. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Women today are better educated than in the past.
B. The computer is especially lucrative for women today.
C. Women are better at small businesses than men are.
D. Women today are opening more businesses of their own.
Question 37. All of the following were mentioned in the passage as detriments to women in the business
world EXCEPT________.
A. women were required to stay at home with their families
B. women lacked ability to work in business
C. women faced discrimination in business
D. women were not trained in business
Question 38. According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in the 1970s_______.
A. were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management
B. were still more interested in education than business opportunities
C. had fewer obstacles in business than they do today
D. were unable to work hard enough to succeed in business
Question 39. The author mentions the "shoebox under the bed" in the second paragraph in order
to________.
A. show the frugality of women in business
B. show the resourcefulness of Sandra Kurtzig
C. point out that initially the financial resources of Sandra Kurtzig's business were limited
D. suggest that the company needed to expand
Question 40. It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that businesses operated by
women are small because________.
A. women prefer a small intimate setting B. women can't deal with money
C. women are not able to borrow money easily D. many women fail at large businesses

SECTION B ( 2 points)

I. Give the right form of the word given in barackets to complete each of the following sentences

Question 41. A professor of _____________and history at our university developed a new theory of the
relationship between historical events and financial crises. (economic)
Question 42. The twentieth century saw a rapid rise in life_____________due to improvements in public
health, nutrition and medicine. (expect)
Question 43. Each channel consists of a keyboard and receiver both __________ connected to certain
parts of the distributor. (electricity)
Question 44. Different conservation efforts have been made to save _______________species from being
extinct. (danger)
Question 45. The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private ______________institution
founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. (human)

II. Complete each of the following sentences so that it has closest meaning to the given one.
Question 46. They say that more than ten victims died in the storm last week.
 More than_________________________________________________________________________.
Question 47. It was wrong of you to leave the house without locking it.
You should not _____________________________________________________________________.
Question 48. Thanks to modern technology,our lives have changed dramatically.
Had it ____________________________________________________________________________ .
Question 49. I haven’t visited my hometown for a few years.
I last______________________________________________________________________________.
Question 50. “I’m sorry, I didn’t phone you earlier,” said Ms. White to John.
 Ms. White apologised________________________________________________________________.

________THE END_________
 ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ 2 NĂM HỌC 2017-2018
Môn TIẾNG ANH- KHỐI 12
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

Mã đề thi 121

Họ và tên thí sinh:......................................................Lớp: ………….

Số báo danh:......................................................................................

SECTION A ( 8 points )

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.

Question 1. A. prepared B. organized C. impressed D. proposed

Question 2. A. justice B.public C. culture D. industry

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.

Question 3. A. survive B. struggle C. advance D. commit

Question 4. A. domestic B. physical C.voluntary D. possible

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.

Question 5.The number of students attending English courses at our university are increasing.
A B C D
Question 6. Working as a doctor would give me a chance taking care of people’s health.
A B C D
Question 7. Since poaching is becoming more seriously, the government has imposed stricter laws to
A B C
prevent it.
D

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

Question 8. There has been little rain in this area for months, _________?
A. has it B. has there C. hasn’t it D. hasn’t there
Question 9. In our hospital , patients ________ every morning.
A. are examined B. were examining C. have examined D. can examine
Question 10. The more you practise speaking English, ________.
A. the more fluently you can speak it B. the more fluent you can speak it.
C. the more you can speak it fluently D. the most fluently you can speak it
Question 11.To prepare for the 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam _________an intensive programme for its
athletes.
A. made up B. carried out C. tried out D. took up
Question 12. Many rare and precious species are now __________ the verge of extinction.
A. in B. from C. on D. by
Question 13. Throughout much of the history of human civilization, _________cultural beliefs allowed
women only limited roles in society.
A. short-cut B. deep-seated C. long-held D. far-rooted
Question 14. It is generally believed that “men build_________and women make it home”.
A. the house B. a house C. house D. an house
Question 15. Susan's doctor insists _________ for a few days.
A. her to rest B. that she rest C. her resting D. that she is resting
Question 16. The Champion successfully ________his title against the American challenger.
A. protected B. defeated C. defended D. won
Question 17. Without your help, I ________the technical problem with my computer the other day.
A. wouldn’t solve B. couldn’t have solved C. could solve D. can’t solve
Question 18. You_________take more than two of these pills at once. Three might be fatal.
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. oughtn’t D. must
Question 19. The initiative for founding the Red Cross came from a Swiss man________Jean Henri
Dunant.
A. calling B. to call C. called D. who called

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.

Question 20. Mr. Black is talking to a shop assistant.

- Mr. Black: “I'd like to try on these shoes, please”
- Salesgirl: “________”
A. Why not? B. By all means, sir. C. That's right, sir. D. I'd love to.
Question 21. Tom and Christy are having dinner at home.
- Tom: “Can I have another cup of tea?”
- Christy: “_________.”
A. Be yourself B. Do it yourself C. Help yourself D. Allow yourself

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.

Question 22. Ann’s dedication to her work has always been examplary.
A. intention B. devotion C. attitude D. drawback
Question 23. The cyclone has resulted in many thousands of deaths.
A. stopped B. lessened C. caused D. overcame

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.

Question 24. I think my grandson doesn’t love me anymore; he comes to visit me once in a blue moon.
A. very blue B. very often C. not usually D. very moony
Question 25. Vietnam's admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has promoted its trade
relations with other countries.
A. boosted B. expanded C. restricted D. balanced

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.

Question 26. The candidate was offered the job because of his excellent answers.
A. The job was offered to the candidate although he couldn’t answer the questions.
B. If it hadn’t been for the candidate’s excellent answers, he couldn’t have got the job.
C. The candidate answered the questions so excellently that he might get the job.
D. Because it was such a good job, the candidate tried to answer the questions excellently.
Question 27. "If you don't pay the ransom, we'll kill your boy," the kidnappers told us.
A. The kidnappers pledged to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom.
B. The kidnappers threatened to kill our boy if we refused to pay the ransom.
C. The kidnappers ordered to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom.
D. The kidnappers promised to kill our boy if we refused to pay the ransom.
Question 28. My uncle didn’t recognize me until I spoke.
A. My uncle recognized me not until I spoke.
B. Only when my uncle recognized me did I speak.
C. Not until I spoke did my uncle recognize me.
D. When I spoke, my uncle didn’t recognize me.
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

Question 29.The young girl has great experience of nursing. She has worked as a hospital volunteer for
years.
A. Before she worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
B. Much as she has worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of
nursing.
C. With great experience of nursing, the young girl has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.
D. Having worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
Question 30. Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.
A. Hardly had Peter informed us about his leaving the school when he arrived at the meeting.
B. No soonner had Peter arrived at the meeting than he told us about his leaving the school.
C. Only after his leaving the school did Peter inform us of his arrival at the meeting.
D. Not until Peter told us that he would leave the school did he arrive at the meeting.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

It is difficult to know how many elephants once lived in the continent, but there may have been at
least 3-5 million elephants in Africa in the (31)_________part of the twentieth century. People have
always hunted elephants for meat, hides and ivory. As the human population grew and weapons became
more advanced, elephants were under greater (32)________. In the late 1970s and early 1980s there
was a huge decline in the number of elephants due to the increase in poaching. It is estimated that
there are now about 500,000 elephants and they are living in a small number of countries. A ban was
given (33)_________all international trade in ivory in 1989, and many governments started to give
poachers severe punishments. Thanks to such (34)________ actions, some elephant populations,
especially those in southern Africa, have recovered over the last decade. (35)________, numerous
threats remain for Africa’s elephants.

Question 31. A. soon B. early C. lately D. newly

Question 32. A. risk B. danger C. threat D. stake
Question 33. A. on B. about C. for D. against
Question 34. A. hourly B. daily C. yearly D. timely
Question 35. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. But

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

Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business,
the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women
entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in
annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt
Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was the decade of women
entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur". What are
some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business
and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive
suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted, "In the 1970s women believed if they got
an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they've found out that isn't going
to happen, so they go out on their own". 
In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in "women's" fields: cosmetics and clothing, for
example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer Systems, a $22-million-a-year computer software
business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig, who was then a housewife with degrees in math and
engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly
newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers-and her office was a bedroom at home, with a
shoebox under the bed to hold the company's cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software
system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these
were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9
million of stock.
 Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face
hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still
dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small. But
the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzigs in the years ahead.

Question 36. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Women today are better educated than in the past.
B. The computer is especially lucrative for women today.
C. Women are better at small businesses than men are.
D. Women today are opening more businesses of their own.
Question 37. All of the following were mentioned in the passage as detriments to women in the business
world EXCEPT________.
A. women were required to stay at home with their families
B. women lacked ability to work in business
C. women faced discrimination in business
D. women were not trained in business
Question 38. According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in the 1970s_______.
A. were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management
B. were still more interested in education than business opportunities
C. had fewer obstacles in business than they do today
D. were unable to work hard enough to succeed in business
Question 39. The author mentions the "shoebox under the bed" in the second paragraph in order
to_____.
A. show the frugality of women in business
B. show the resourcefulness of Sandra Kurtzig
C. point out that initially the financial resources of Sandra Kurtzig's business were limited
D. suggest that the company needed to expand
Question 40. It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that businesses operated by
women are small because_______.
A. women prefer a small intimate setting B. women can't deal with money
C. women are not able to borrow money easily D. many women fail at large businesses

SECTION B ( 2 points )
Give the right form of the word given in barackets to complete each of the following sentences
Question 41. A professor of economics and history at our university developed a new theory of the
relationship between historical events and financial crises. (economic)
Question 42. The twentieth century saw a rapid rise in life expectancy due to improvements in public
health, nutrition and medicine.(expect)
Question 43. Each channel consists of a keyboard and receiver both electrically connected to certain
parts of the distributor. (electricity)
Question 44. Different conservation efforts have been made to save endangered species from being extinct.
(danger)
Question 45. The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private humanitarian institution
founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland. (human)

II. Complete each of the following sentences so that it has closest meaning to the given one.
Question 46. They say that more than ten victims died in the storm last week.
 More than ten victims are said to have died in the storm last week.
Question 47. It was wrong of you to leave the house without locking it.
You should not have left the house without locking it.
Question 48. Thanks to modern technology,our lives have changed dramatically.
Had it not been for modern technology, our lives would not have changed dramatically.
Question 49. I haven’t visited my hometown for a few years.
I last visited my hometown was a few years ago.
Question 50. “I’m sorry, I didn’t phone you earlier,” said Ms. White to John.
 Ms. White apologised (to John) for not phoning him/ John earlier.