Đề thi học kỳ 2 môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 trường THPT Đoàn Thượng, Hải Dương năm học 2014 2015

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ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ 2

TRƯỜNG THPT ĐOÀN THƯỢNG

NĂM HỌC 2014-2015

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MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 12

ĐỀ CHẴN: Dành cho thí sinh có SBD chẵn
I. PRONUNCIATION (1.0p)
Choose the word which is different from the others in the position of stress syllable.
1. A. integration

B. solidarity

C. facility

D. combination

2. A. statistics

B. status

C. philosophy

D. economy

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
3. A. struggles

B. votes

C. accelerates

D. develops

4. A. resulted

B. washed

C. dedicated

D. attended

II. LANGUAGE USE. Choose the best answer (3.0p)
1. This book ________ to me as a gift on my last birthday.
A. gave

B. had given

C. was given

D. had been given

2. Don’t forget to put your coat ________. It’s cold outside.

A. up

B. off

C. on

D. in

3. “Must I do the shopping now?” – “No, you_____. We’ve got plenty of food.”
A. mustn’t

B. have to

C. needn’t

D. don’t

4. Women has been struggling for a long time for the _______ to vote.
A. status

B. right

C. intellectual ability

D. equal

5. Your mother ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking

B. was looking

6. The crowd are becoming
A. less and least

C. looked

D. has been looking

_________excited.

B. less and most

C. more and most

D. more and more

7. ASEAN has _______ cultures, which attract tourists worldwide.
A. diverse

B. diversity

C. diversify

D. diversely

8. I found this wallet on the street while I _________ to school.
A. walk

B. am walking

C. have walked

9. Who will ________ the children while you go out to work?

D. was walking


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A. look for

B. look up

C. look after

D. look at

10. The shoes didn’t go with the dress, so she _________ and put on an other pair.
A. take them off

B. take off them

C. put it off

D. put off it

11. Gertrude takes _________ her mother; she has blue eyes and fair hair, too.
A. in

B. up

C. after

D. down

12. The aim of ASEAN is to promote closer economic_________ .
A. delegation

B. migration

C. reputation

D. integration

III. READING (3P)
Part 1: Choose the best option to complete the following passage.
There is a genetic difference (1)________ men and women. It is (2)________ who bear the
child and who need protecting and looking after while bearing the child and after childbirth. There
clearly are close emotional connections between (3)_________ and child.
It is women who generally look after people, after the welfare and well-being of the
members of the family. Care, concern, affection and love, feelings and emotions, are important and
matter, and women developed, and have, much skill and expertise in such matters. It is generally
men (4)_______ struggle outside the family to secure survival and good living for the family. A
struggle for survival in a seemingly hostile environment engineered by other humans.
1. A. among

B. between

C. both

D. neither

2. A. girls

B. boys

C. women

D. men

3. A. mother

B. father

C. son

D. daughter

4. A. which

B. that

C. whose

D. who

Part 2: Read the following passage and do the task below.
Nowadays gymnastics are very popular in China and some other Asian countries. Modern
gymnastics began there in the nineteenth century. In 1811, an outdoor gymnastics centre for men
was open in Berlin where they could do bodybuilding and exercises on a high bar and other pieces

of equipment.
Dance is an important part of training as it prepares you for the types of movement required in
gymnastics. One of the aims is to make the body stronger for jumps and turns. In competitions,
women perform the exercises with music so dance, gymnastics and music are connected.


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To become a top gymnast, it is important to start when very young, that is, when you are still in
your kindergarten with simple exercises. Boys developed physically later than girls so Olympic
gymnastics medals are usually won by men between the ages of nineteen and twenty-five while girl
champions are fourteen or fifteen years old.
1. When and where did modern gymnastics begin?
A. In Africa in the 19th century.
C. In America in the 19th century.

B. In Europe in the 19th century.
D. In Asia in the 19th century.

2. What did Berlin set up the gymnastics centre for in 1811?
A. For men to do gymnastics with equipment.
B. For women to do gymnastics.
C. For people to do outdoors gymnastics.
D. For men to do gymnastics without equipment
3. Why is dance an important part of gymnastics training?
A. Because it helps you to be stronger.
B. Because it is a sport.
C. Because it includes the types of movements required in gymnastics.
D. Because it makes you jump and turn.
4. Why are women younger than men among the Olympic medal winners?

A. Male athletes are older than female athletes in all games.
B. Girls developed physically earlier than boys.
C. Women are physically stronger than men.
D. Girls are more hard-working than boys.
IV. WRITING (3P)
Part 1: Rewrite the sentences using instructions in the brackets.
1. He said “My former colleagues have devoted their lives for the survival of the company.”

 He said ___________________________________________________________________.
2. This building is WHO’s headquarters. WHO’s headquarters was established on 7 April 1948.

This building is WHO’s headquarters, ______________________________________________.
3. If you had got up early, you could have caught the first bus to the city center.

 Had ________________________________________________________________________.


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Part 2: Write about Brunei, an ASEAN member country, using the information below. (1.5p)
Country

: Laos

Capital

: Vientiane

Area

: 236, 800 sq.km.

Population

: 6, 803, 699

Official language : Lao
Religion

: Buddhism

Currency

: Kip
***THE END***


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SỞ GD&ĐT HẢI DƯƠNG

ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ 2

TRƯỜNG THPT ĐOÀN THƯỢNG

NĂM HỌC 2014-2015

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MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 12

ĐỀ LẺ: Dành cho thí sinh có SBD lẻ
I. PRONUNCIATION (1.0p)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. composed

B. advocated

C. limited

D. deep-seated

2. A. skills

B. needs

C. enjoys

D. meets

Choose the word which is different from the others in the position of stress syllable.
3. A. communication

B. federation

C. association

D. organization

4. A. development

B. economics

D. linguistics

D. gymnastics

II. LANGUAGE USE. Choose the best answer (3.0p)
1. A: What ________________ this weekend?
B: I’m going to play water polo with my classmates.
A. will you do

B. are you going to do C. did you do

D. were you

2. While he _________ a bath, Archimedes _________ the principles of density and buoyancy.
A. took, discovered

B. taking, discovered

C. taking, discovering

D. was taking, discovered

3. Since it was founded in 1976, ASEAN has work to promote close ___________among members.
A. integrate

B. integration

C. integrated

D. integrative

4. People ________________ enter this street. It is being repaired.
A. must

B. needn’t

C. mustn’t

D. may

5. GDP (Gross Domestic________________) is the total value of goods and services produced by a
country within a year.
A. Produce

B. Product

C. Productivity

D. Production

6. It’s near the National Examination for students at high schools so they are studying
________________.
A. hard and hard

B. harder and hard

C. harder and harder

D. more and more hard

7. Last week, a blood donation festival ________________ by Vietnam Red Cross Society.
A. hold

B. held

C. was held

D. have held


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8. In many TV shows like Vietnam Idol or Vietnam Got Talent, audience use mobile messages to
________________for their favourite candidates.
A. have

B. increase

C. vote

D. accelerate

9. Could you please________________the fan? It’s so hot in this class.
A. turn on

B. turn off

C. turn away

D. turn up

10. Many people believe that women should stay at home, do housework and __________ children.
A. look up

B. look after

C. look down

D. look at

11. Before the interview, all the candidates are asked to ________________ survey questionnaire.
A. fill in

B. turn on

C. take off

D. put on

12. In Japanese traditional families, people only enter the houses after they _________ their shoes.
A. show off

B. take off

C. turn off

D. give up

III. READING (3P)
Part 1: Choose the best answer to fill in each of the blanks in the passage below (1.0p)
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was born in France in 1883 and died in 1971. She was a
pioneering fashion designer who revolutionized women’s fashion. She designed modern and
(1)_______ clothes that were often based on menswear. She was so important that she was the only
designer named in ‘Time’ magazine's list of the 100 (2)_______ people of the 20th century.
Chanel had a very poor upbringing. Her mother worked in the poorhouse (3) _______ Gabrielle
was born. She died when Gabrielle was six and then her father abandoned her. She adopted the
name Coco while she was a cafe singer in 1905. Two lovers funded her first store in Paris in 1910.
They also helped her hats become popular with rich women.
(4) _______ the 1920s, Chanel rose to become Paris’ top fashion designer. Her comfortable,
yet elegant clothes were popular across Europe. In 1922 Chanel introduced her perfume, Chanel No.
5, which is still highly profitable today.
1. A. simply

B. simple

C. simplify

D. simplifying

2. A. most influential

B. more influential

C. most influentially D. more influentially

3. A. which

B. where

C. who

D. that

4. A. When

B. On

C. At

D. In

Part 2: Read the passage and choose the best answer (2.0p)
Laos, one of the world's few remaining communist countries, is one of East Asia's poorest
countries. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 it has struggled to find its position within
a changing political and economic landscape. Economic growth since the 1990s has reduced


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poverty levels significantly, but Laos still relies heavily on foreign aid and investment, especially
from Japan, China and Vietnam.
Laos is a landlocked, mountainous country, bordered by Myanmar and China to the
northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Its population was
estimated to be around 6.8 million in July 2014. The capital and largest city of Laos is Vientiane
and other major cities include Luang Prabang, Savannakhet, and Pakse.
Less than 5% of the land is suitable for subsistence agriculture, which nevertheless provides
around 80% of employment. The main crop is rice, which is grown on the fertile floodplain of the

Mekong River. Vegetables, fruit, spices and cotton are also grown. Part of the region's heroinproducing "Golden Triangle", Laos has all but given up opium production.
1. Laos ____________.
A. is the only communist country in the world

B. is the poorest country in east Asia

C. is among the poorest country in East Asia

D. was founded in 1991

2. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Laos?
A. It relies heavily on foreign aid investment.

B. It is a landlocked country

C. Thailand is its neighbor country to the south

D. Its largest city is Vientiane

3. Agriculture in Laos_________
A. provides about 80% of employment

B. provides 5% of the land

C. is dominated by opium production

D. is well-developed because of a large area of land

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the crops in Laos?
A. spices

B. rice

C. cotton

D. rubber

IV. WRITING (3P)
Part 1: Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning, beginning as shown. (1.5p)
1. " I have seen Jack in the library." Lan said to me.

 Lan told me ______________________________________________
2. If he had bought that car, he would have wasted lots of money.
 Had ____________________________________________________
3. Valentina Tereskova was a Russian cosmonaut. She was the first woman to fly into space.
 Valentina Tereskova, ______________________________________
Part 2: Using the following information to write about a member country of ASEAN.
Capital:

Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital with the longest name in the world)

Total area:

5,765 km2


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Population:

422,675

Official language:

Malay, English

Religion:

Sunni Islam

Currency:

Brunei dollar (BND)
***THE END***


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ANSWER KEYS
ĐỀ LẺ

ĐỀ CHẴN

KEY

KEY

I. PRONUNCIATION (0.25 X 4 = 1.0)

I. PRONUNCIATION (0.25 X 4 = 1.0)

1. A

1. C

2. D

2. B

3. B

3. A

4. B

4. B

II. GRAMMAR (0.25 X 12 = 3.0)

II. LANGUAGE USE (0.25 X 12 = 3.0)

1. B

1. C

2. D

2. C

3. B

3. C

4. C

4. B

5. B

5. D

6. C

6. D

7. C

7. A

8. C

8. D

9. A

9. C

10. B

10. A

11. A

11. C

12. B

12. D

III. READING

III. READING

Part 1: (0.25 x 4 = 1.0)

PART 1(0.25 x 4 = 1.0)

1. B

1. B

2. A

2. C

3. B

3. A

4. D

4. D

Part 2: (0.5 x 4 = 2.0)

PART 2: (0.5 x 4 = 2.0)

1. C

1. D

2. C

2. A

3. A

3. C

4. D

4. C


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IV. WRITING

IV. WRITING

Part 1: (0.5 x 3 = 1,5)

PART 1(0.5 x 3 = 1,5)

1. Lan told me she had sên Jack in the library.

1. He said his former colleagues had devoted

2. Had he bought that car, he would have wasted their lives for the survival of the company.
lots of money.

2. This building is WHO’s headquarters which

3. Valentina Tereskova, who was a Russian was established on 7 April 1948.
cosmonaut, was the first woman to fly into 3. Had John done all his homework before class,
space.
Valentina Tereskova, who was the first woman
to fly into space, was a Russian cosmonaut.

he wouldn’t have been punished.