SỞ GD&ĐT HÀ NỘI KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KỲ II NĂM HỌC

TRƯỜNG THPT PHAN HUY CHÚ 2022-2023

QUỐC OAI MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12
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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
Question 1: A. species B. effect C. special D. helpful
Question 2: A. hacker       B. automated     C. application      D. navigate
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Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest:
Question 3: A. futurist B. malfunction C. consequence D. activate
Question 4: A. dangerous B. survivor C. habitat D. vulnerable
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Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: Toxic chemicals from factories are one of the serious factors that leads wildlife to the ____of
extinction.
A. wall B. fence C. verge D. bridge
Question 6: Artificial intelligence is often the technology deployed to the type of fraud that may be
committed on your bank account.
A. monitor B. listen C. request D. recognize
Question 7: Artificial intelligence robots are ____ of having human emotions.
A. able B. capable C. efficient D. fond
Question 8: Smartphones are a great example of the__ of artificial intelligence.
A. application B. request C. programme D. relation
Question 9: Darwin’s theory of ___________ has helped to explain the disappearance of some species.
A. extinction B. revolution C. conservation D. evolution
Question 10: It is found that _______ species are often concentrated in areas that are poor and densely
populated, such as much of Asia and Africa.
A. disappeared B. increased C. threatened D. reduced
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Choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) that best indicates the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each sentence.
Question 11: Hundreds of thousands of elephants were illegally poached and their tusks sold for profits.
A. conserved B. preserved C. captured D. hunted

Question 12: The domestic dog is thought to have evolved from the wolf.
A. resolved B. involved C. revolted D. developed
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Question 13: Hunting for meat and burning forests for soil cause destruction to wildlife.
A. organization B. contamination C. protection D. damage
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Choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) which best indicates the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the
word in italics in each sentence.
Question 14: Smart robots have replaced humans in stressful and hazardous jobs and in assembly lines.
A. risky B. safe C. perilous D. dangerous
Question 15: The woman recently read a book whose title is “The Incredible Journey”.
A. Impossible B. Believable C. Unbelievable D. Questionable
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Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 16: The better the weather is, .
A. the beaches get the more crowded B. the beaches get the most crowded
C. the most crowded the beaches get D. the more crowded the beaches get
Question 17: I think I _____ my door key. I can't find it anywhere.
B. will have lost B. am losing C. have lost D. will lose
Question 18: By the time you finish cooking, they ____ their homework.
A. will have done B. are doing C. have been doing D. have done
Question 19: Mr. Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the day.
A. previous B. following C. before D. last
Question 20: I asked him , but he said nothing.
A. what the matter was B. what was the matter
C. the matter was what D. what's the matter was
Question 21: My grandmother had a tooth______last week.
B. fill B. filling C. filled D. to be filled
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Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 22: He complained with his friends about the terrible working condition at that factory.
A. complained B. with C. about D. at that factory
Question 23: The warmer the weather get around the world, the faster the polar ice caps will melt.
A. The warmer  B. get around the world C. the faster  D. will melt
Question 24: After George had returned to his house, he was reading a book.
A. After B. returned C. to D. was reading
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Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct response to each of the following exchanges.
Question 25: Robert and Cyber are talking with each other about robots. Complete the conversation.
Robert: "Do you think robots could ever control the world?" - Cyber: “____”
A. Oh, no. None of such a thing. B. No need to ask, just help yourself.
C. Are you saying that? D. It'll take a while, but I'm working on it.
Question 26: A: Do you know how this machine works?
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 B: ____
A. It's very expensive. B. Will you call the mechanic tomorrow?
C. Plug it in and push the green button. D. I think it's quite heavy.
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Read the text and choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each gap.
Have you ever seen a small lizard in a garden? How about a giant lizard? In the rainy, island country of
Indonesia, there (27) _______ between 4,000 and 5,000 giant lizards called Komodo dragons. They are
called Komodo dragons because one of the five islands they live on is called Komodo Island. They are the
largest species of lizard in the world. Adult Komodos can grow to (28) _______ than three meters long and
weigh about 70 kilograms. The largest Komodo ever was an amazing 166 kilograms! European scientists
(29) _______ them in 1910, and the first two Komodos were kept at the London Zoo in 1927. When
Hollywood producers heard about the giant lizards, they made a movie in 1933 about a giant gorilla called
‘King Kong’. The Komodos can live for about forty or even fifty years. They eat almost anything they can
catch; for example, birds, bird eggs, monkeys, deer and horses. Sometimes they even eat other, smaller
Komodos, and sometimes (but not often) even people. They especially like to eat dead and (30) _______
animals which they can smell many kilometers away. There are only about fifty Komodo dragons in zoos
around the world, located mostly in Indonesia, Europe and North America. (31) _______ there are so few of
them living in the wild, a park - called Komodo National Park - was opened in Indonesia in 1980 to protect
them from hunters. Forty-five thousand people visited it in 2010.
Question 27. A. has B. is C. have D. are
Question 28. A. more B. much C. many D. most
Question 29. A. discoversB. discover C. discovered D. discovering
Question 30. A. dies B. die C. dying D. death
Question 31. A. AlthoughB. Because C. But D. Therefore
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions.
The Sahara Desert is the world's largest hot desert. The Sahara is in North Africa and is as large as
the United States. Many people think that an area like this has no animals or plant life, but they are
incorrect. In fact, the Sahara Desert has many different 'ecoregions’. Each ecoregion has different plants and
animals living there. The biggest ecoregion is called the 'Sahara Desert ecoregion.' In this area, the climate is
extremely dry and extremely hot. The landscape is sandy and dusty with many high dunes. Because the
Sahara Desert ecoregion is so hot and dry, there are very few plants and animals. Scientists estimate that
there are only 500 species of plants. This is not very much when thinking of how enormous the region is.
These plants include acacia trees, palms, spiny shrubs, and grasses. The Sahara is also home to 70 species of
mammals. Twenty of these are large mammals. There are about 90 species of birds and around 100 reptiles.
The biggest threat to plants and animals in this environment is drying up. Because of this, plants have
the ability to recover their health after their leaves have dried out completely. Animals can lose 30-60% of
their body mass and still survive. Most animals do not get their water from drinking like other ecosystems.
Instead, they have adapted to get their water through metabolic processes. This is why they can survive in a
place like the Sahara Desert ecosystem.
Question 32. What is the text mostly about?
A. Location of the Sahara Desert. B. Hot weather of the Sahara Desert.
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 C. How animals survive on this Desert. D. The Sahara Desert and its ecosystem.
Question 33. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The Sahara Desert has no animals or plants. B. It is the second largest desert.
C. It is in North Africa. D. It is in the United States.
Question 34. In paragraph 1, the word they refers to ____.
A. people B. plants C. animals D. ecoregions
Question 35. In paragraph 2, the word estimate is closest in meaning to ____.
A. confirm B. calculate C. formulate D. participate
Question 36. All of the following are true about the Sahara Desert EXCEPT ____.
A. there are about five hundred types of plants B. seventy species of mammals can be found
there
C. it is home to about ninety species of birds D. Fewer than 100 reptiles are found there
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Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to the one provided.
Question 37: "Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight?" he said.
A. He offered me to go to the cinema with him tonight.
B. He invited me to go to the cinema with him that night.
C. He would like me to go to the cinema with him this night.
D. He asked me if I'd like to go to the cinema with him tonight.
Question 38: Someone stole my dad's mobile phone last night.
A. My dad had his mobile phone stolen last night.
B. My dad got someone steal his mobile phone last night.
C. My dad asked someone to steal his mobile phone last night.
D. My dad was robbed of his mobile phone last night.
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Choose the sentence (A, B, C, or D) that best combines the two sentences given.
Question 39: Many elephants are poached. Their tusks are used to make valuable ivory objects.
A. As many elephants are poached, their tusks are used to make valuable ivory objects.
B. Unless many elephants are poached, their tusks are used to make valuable ivory objects.
C. Many elephants are poached because their tusks are used to make valuable ivory objects.
D. Many elephants are poached, so their tusks are used to make valuable ivory objects.
Question 40: A Komodo is called a dragon. It looks like a big lizard.
A. A Komodo is called a dragon because it looks like a big lizard.
B. A Komodo is called a dragon, so it looks like a big lizard.
C. A Komodo is called a dragon, for it looks like a big lizard.
D. Although a Komodo is called a dragon, it looks like a big lizard.

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