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MÃ ĐỀ: 101
(Đề thi gồm 04 trang)

KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG GIỮA HKII
Năm học 2017 - 2018
Môn: Tiếng Anh 12
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
(không kể thời gian giao đề)

Họ, tên thí sinh:..................................................................... Số báo danh: .............................
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 1:
A. dint
B. dinosaur
C. dioxide
D. diode
Câu 2:
A. pension
B. vision
C. pleasure
D. measure
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 3:
A. deserve
B. bamboo
C. channel

D. forget
Câu 4:
A. departure
B. furniture
C. endanger
D. determine
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 5: They are the shocking news in newspapers that is what people are talking about this morning.
A. about
B. is
C. They are
D. are
Câu 6: On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-topped mountains more than a mile beneath
sea level.
A. is
B. more than
C. On
D. hundreds of
Câu 7: Unlike many writings of her time, she was not preoccupied with morality.
A. preoccupied
B. writings
C. morality
D. of her time
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Câu 8: That style of dress_____ have been designed by Titian, because it wasn’t worn till after his death.
A. must
B. might
C. can’t

D. shouldn’t
Câu 9: Poor management brought the company to ____ of collapse.
A. the foot
B. the ring
C. the brink
D. the edge
Câu 10: Mary as well as her friends _______ her hometown recently.
A. have returned
B. has returned
C. returns
D. returned
Câu 11: She ______ me a very charming compliment on my painting.
A. made
B. showed
C. took
D. paid
Câu 12: It is advisable that the room ____ before Christmas.
A. should decorate
B. were decorated
C. is decorated
D. be decorated
Câu 13: Most of us would maintain that physical______does not play a major part in how we react to the
people we meet.
A. attractiveness
B. attract
C. attractive
D. attraction
Câu 14: Many young people in rural areas don’t want to spend their lives on the farm like their _______
parents. So they leave their home villages to find well-paid jobs in the fast-growing industrial zones.
A. wide-ranging

B. weather-beaten
C. long-term
D. up-to-date
Câu 15: ________ as the most important crop in Hawaii is sugar cane.
A. What ranks
B. The rank
C. It ranks
D. It is ranked
Câu 16: He lives in a small town _______is called Taunton.
A. whom
B. where
C. who
D. which
Câu 17: After months of testing, the Russian space scientists ______ a space suit that works better than
any other in history .
A. came to
B. came up with
C. came out with
D. came up to
Câu 18: If I _______that there was a test yesterday, I would not be punished now.
A. would know
B. have known
C. had known
D. knew
Câu 19: He’d hardly finished doing his homework when you arrived,_____?
A. didn’t he
B. hadn’t he
C. would he
D. had he
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.
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Câu 20: Mary and Linda are off work. They want to play some games to refresh.
Mary: - “It’s a nice day today. Let’s play a game of tennis.”
Linda: - “______”
A. why not?
B. Shall not we play?
C. Will we not play?
D. Why do we play?
Câu 21: Lan: “I think it is a good idea to have three or four generations living under one roof.
Mai: “________. Family members can help each other a lot.”
A. I don’t agree
B. It’s not true
C. That’s wrong
D. I couldn't agree more
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: The kidnapper gave himself up to the authorities.
A. surrendered
B. confided himself
C. accommodated himself
D. went up
Câu 23: In the twentieth century, drug markedly improved health throughout the world.
A. consistently
B. supposedly
C. noticeably
D. recently
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 24: Sorry, I can’t come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.
A. relaxed about
B. interested in
C. free from
D. busy with
Câu 25: Because John defaulted on his loan, the bank took him to court.
A. was paid much money
B. failed to pay
C. paid in full
D. had a bad personality
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: Alfred said to John. “I didn’t use your computer! Someone else did, not me.”
A. Alfred denied having used John's computer, saying that someone else had.
B. Alfred said to John that he hadn’t used his computer, saying that someone else had.
C. Alfred told John that he hadn't used his computer, saying that someone else had.
D. Alfred refused to use John's computer, saying that someone else had.
Câu 27: This is the first time we have been to the circus.
A. We have been to the circus some times before. B. We had been to the circus once before.
C. We have ever been to the circus often before.
D. We have never been to the circus before.
Câu 28: Although he was able to do the job, he wasn’t given the position.
A. Because he couldn’t do the job, he wasn’t given the position.
B. The position wasn’t given to him in spite of his ability to do the job.
C. He got the position despite being unable to do the job.
D. He was given neither the job nor the position.
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 29: The girl forgot to set the alarm clock. Therefore, she is in a hurry now.
A. The girl forgot to set the alarm clock because she is in a hurry now.

B. The girl is not in a hurry now in spite of forgetting to set the alarm clock.
C. The girl is not in a hurry now although she forgot to set the alarm clock.
D. The girl is in a hurry now because she forgot to set the alarm clock.
Câu 30: When I picked up my book, I found that the cover had been torn.
A. The cover had been torn when my book picked up.
B. On picking up the book, I saw that the cover had been torn.
C. Pick up my book, the cover had been torn.
D. Picked up, I saw that the cover of the book was torn.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
To many people, their friends are the most important in their life. Really good friends always (31)
_____ joys and sorrows with you and never turn their backs on you. Your best friend may be someone
you have known all your life or someone you have grown (32)_____ with.
There are all sorts of things that can (33) _____ about this special relationship. It may be the result of
enjoying the same activities and sharing experiences. Most of us have met someone that we have
immediately felt relaxed with as if we had known them for ages. (34)_____, it really takes you years to
get to know someone well enough to consider your best friend.
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To the (35) _____ of us, this is someone we trust completely and who understands us better than
anyone else. It's the person you can tell him or her your most intimate secrets.
Câu 31: A. give
B. have
C. share
D. spend
Câu 32: A. up
B. in
C. through
D. on
Câu 33: A. bring

B. cause
C. provide
D. result
Câu 34: A. However
B. Yet
C. In addition
D. Therefore
Câu 35: A. Majorially
B. majority
C. majorial
D. major
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.
Whales are the largest animals in the world, and the gentlest creatures we know. Although the whale is
very huge, it is not hindered at all by its size when it is in the water. Whales have tails that end like
flippers. With just a gentle flick, it can propel itself forward. The skin of a whale is so smooth that it does
not create any friction that can slow the whale down. A whale’s breathing hole is located on the top of its
head, so it can breathe without having to completely push its head out of the water. Whales are protected
from the cold seawater by body fat that is called blubber.
Whales live in the ocean but, in terms of behaviours, they are more similar to humans than fish.
They live in family groups and they even travel in groups when they have to migrate from cooler to
warmer waters. The young stay with their parents for as long as fifteen years. Whales are known not to
desert the ill or injured members; instead, they cradle them.
When whales are in danger, there are people who go to great lengths to help them. One such case
occurred in 1988, when three young whales were trapped in the sea. It was close to winter and the sea had
begun to freeze over. Whales are mammals that require oxygen from the air, so the frozen ice was a great
danger to them. All they had then was a tiny hole in the ice for them to breathe through. Volunteers from
all over soon turned up to help these creatures. They cut holes in the ice to provide more breathing holes
for the whales. These holes would also serve as guides for the whales so that they could swim to warmer
waters.

(Adapted from ?reading_comprehension)
Câu 36: Which of the following best describes the main idea of this passage?
A. Some remarkable similarities of whales to humans.
B. Whales as the only animals to live in warm water.
C. Whales as the largest, gentlest but vulnerable creatures.
D. Successful attempts to rescue whales all over the world.
Câu 37: Whales can move easily in water thanks to their______.
A. size and head
B. tail and skin
C. skin and head
D. tail and blubber
Câu 38: Where is the whale’s breathing hole located?
A. On its tail
B. On its face
C. On its head
D. On its back
Câu 39: According to paragraph 2, the author mentions all of the following to show that whales “are
more similar to humans” EXCEPT _______
A. they do not desert the ill or injured members
B. the young stay with their parents for almost fifteen years
C. they live in family groups and travel in groups
D. they do not migrate from cooler to warmer waters
Câu 40: The word “tiny” in paragraph 3 probably means_________ .
A. very fat
B. very deep
C. very small
D. very ugly
Câu 41: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to__________.
A. warmer waters
B. the whales

C. guides
D. holes
Câu 42: According to the passage, why was the frozen ice on the sea surface a danger to whales?
A. Because the water was too cold for them as they were warm-blooded.
B. Because they couldn’t eat when the weather was too cold.
C. Because whales couldn’t breathe without sufficient oxygen.
D. Because they couldn’t swim in icy cold water.
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.
With Robert Laurent and William Zorach, direct carving enters into the story of modern sculpture in
the United States. Direct carving ― in which the sculptors themselves carve stone or wood with mallet
and chisel ― must be recognized as something more than just a technique. Implicit in it is an aesthetic
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principle as well: that the medium has certain qualities of beauty and expressiveness with which sculptors
must bring their own aesthetic sensibilities into harmony. For example, sometimes the shape or veining in
a piece of stone or wood suggests, perhaps even dictates, not only the ultimate form, but even the subject
matter.
The technique of direct carving was a break with the nineteenth-century tradition in which the
making of a clay model was considered the creative act and the work was then turned over to studio
assistants to be cast in plaster or bronze or carved in marble. Neoclassical sculptors seldom held a mallet
or chisel in their own hands, readily conceding that the assistants they employed were far better than they
were at carving
With the turn-of-the-century Crafts movement and the discovery of nontraditional sources of
inspiration, such as wooden African figures and masks, there arose a new urge for hands-on, personal
execution of art and an interaction with the medium. Even as early as the 1880's and 1890's,
nonconformist European artists were attempting direct carving. By the second decade of the twentieth
century, Americans ― Laurent and Zorach most notably ― had adopted it as their primary means of
working.
Born in France, Robert Laurent(1890-1970)was a prodigy who received his education in the United

States. In 1905 he was sent to Paris as an apprentice to an art dealer, and in the years that followed he
witnessed the birth of Cubism, discovered primitive art, and learned the techniques of woodcarving from
a frame maker.
Back in New York City by 1910, Laurent began carving pieces such as The Priestess, which reveals
his fascination with African, pre-Columbian, and South Pacific art. Taking a walnut plank, the sculptor
carved the expressive, stylized design.
It is one of the earliest examples of direct carving in American sculpture. The plank's form dictated the
rigidly frontal view and the low relief. Even its irregular shape must have appealed to Laurent as a break
with a long-standing tradition that required a sculptor to work within a perfect rectangle or square.
Câu 43: The word “medium”in paragraph 1 could be used to refer to ______.
A. principle
B. mallet and chisel
C. technique
D. stone or wood
Câu 44: What is one of the fundamental principles of direct carving?
A. A sculptor must work with talented assistants.
B. The subject of a sculpture should be derived from classical stories.
C. The material is an important element in a sculpture.
D. Designing a sculpture is a more creative activity than carving it.
Câu 45: The word “dictates” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. includes
B. determines
C. reads aloud
D. records
Câu 46: How does direct carving differ from the nineteenth-century tradition of sculpture?
A. Sculptors are personally involved in the carving of a piece.
B. Sculptors find their inspiration in neoclassical sources.
C. Sculptors have replaced the mallet and chisel with other tools.
D. Sculptors receive more formal training.
Câu 47: The word “witnessed” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. studied
B. influenced
C. validated
D. observed
Câu 48: Where did Robert Laurent learn to carve?
A. The South Pacific
B. Paris
C. Africa
D. New York
Câu 49: The phrase “a break with ” in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. a solution to
B. a collapse of
C. a destruction of
D. a departure from
Câu 50: The piece titled The Priestess has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT ______.
A. It depicts the front of a person.
B. The carving is not deep.
C. The design is stylized.
D. It is made of marble.
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