1 SỞ GD-ĐT THÁI BÌNH
TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN TRÃI
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG GIỮA KỲ II
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH12
(Thời gian 60 phút)
===============
I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in
each of the following questions.
1. A. son B. busy C. easy D. reason
2. A. sure B. shop C. sense D. sheer
3. A. physical B. design C. basic D. preserve
4. A. roll B. grow C. comb D. come
5. A. most B. property C. also D. those
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
6. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he _____ it
A. tastes B. chews and digests C. swallows D. dips into
7. Who does the book belong _____?
A. for B. to C. on D. through
8. He picked _____ the book and turned page after page.
A. up B. on C. away D. in
9. Read the book _____ and you will find the information you need.
A. care B. careful C. carefulness D. carefully
10. Not many people find reading more _____ than watching TV.
A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interestingly
11. Great apes are in _____ of becoming extinct.
A. crisis B. threat C. danger D. warning
12. This road is very narrow. It_____ to be widened.
A. might B. needs C. mustn’t D. may

27. Everybody who _____ a fever must go home immediately.
A. have B. has C. are having D. have had
28. He isn’t at home now. He _____.
A. must go out B. must have gone out C. may go out D. should have gone out
29. _____ the bad weather, we went swimming with our friends.
A. Because B. Because of C. Although D. In spite of
30. Sally _____ the phone if she were in the room now.
A. will answer B. shall answer C. would answer D. answered
III. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from
31 to 35.
For a long time the image most people had of a gorilla was a dangerous-looking animal with big, bared teeth. But researchers studying
gorillas show a very different picture of mountain gorillas. The animals are peaceful, gentle, __31___, and mainly plant-eating creatures
Gorillas live in family groups. A typical group is led by the biggest and strongest grown-up male gorilla. He is__32___ a silverback
because the hair on a male’s back turns from black to silvery grey as he grows up. A silverback’s group usually includes one or two sub-adult
males and a few females and their young.
Mountain gorillas spend much of __33___ time eating. Their food includes a variety of plants, along with a few kinds of insects and
worms. At night the animals make a nest __34___ in. Many lightweight gorillas nest in trees. The heavier ones may nest in grasses on the
ground. Babies sleep with their mothers at night.
Life for mountain gorillas is not always peaceful. They are endangered and threatened by civil wars in the smaller parts of Africa. Hunters
kill them for food. Their forests __35___ cut down for farmland, fuel, and housing. But many scientists, forest rangers and other concerned
people are working hard to protect mountain gorillas and their habitats.
31. A. sociable B. social C. sociably D. sociability
32. A. call B. calling C. called D. calls
33. A. their B. its C. his D. her
34. A. sleep B. sleeping C. to sleep D. slept
35. A. was B. be C. is D. are
IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
36. Charlie said, "Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow”.
A. He said that Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow.
B. He said that Nora and Jim were getting married the next day.

VI. 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
from 46 to 50.
It is often said that books are always a good friends and reading is an active mental process. Unlike TV, books make you use your brain.
By reading, you think more and become smarter. Reading improves concentration and focus. Reading books takes brain power. It requires you to
focus on what you are reading for long periods. Unlike magazines, Internet posts or e-Mails that might contain small pieces of information.
Books tell the whole story. Since you must concentrate in order to read, you will get better at concentration. Many studies show if you do not use
your memory; you lose it. Reading helps you stretch your memory muscles. Reading requires remembering details, facts and figures and in
literature, plot lines, themes and characters.
Reading is a good way to improve your vocabulary. Do you remember that when you were at elementary school you learned how to infer
the meaning of one word by reading the context of the other words in the sentence? While reading books, especially challenging ones, you will
find yourself exposed to many new words.
Reading is a fundamental skill builder. Every good course has a matching book to go with it. Why? Because books help clarify difficult
subjects. Books provide information that goes deeper than just classroom discussions By reading more books you become better informed and
more of an expert on the topics you read about. This expertise translates into higher self-esteem. Since you are so well-read, people look to you
for answers. Your feelings about yourself can only get better.
Books give you knowledge of other cultures and places. The more information you have got, the richer your knowledge is. Books can
expand your horizons by letting you see what other cities and countries have to offer before you visit them.
46. Books have great influence on _____.
A. TV B. friendship C. brain D. muscles
47. When you are reading a book, _____.
A. you have to read small pieces of information B. you use your brain in concentration and focus
C. you have to read during a very long time D. you lose your memory
48. A challenging book _____.
A. helps you to improve your vocabulary B. is only for primary pupils
C. can translate all new words D. contains a lot of difficult vocabulary
49. Books _____.
A . are compulsory every course B. are not needed in most of course
C. contain less information than class discussions D. make a sick patient feel better
50. Books cannot give you _____.
A. knowledge B. information C. self-esteem D. muscles

8.

A
9.

D
10.

C
11.

C
12.

B
13.

A
14.

D
15.

A
16.

C
17.

A

28.

B
29.

D
30.

C
31.

A
32.

C
33.

A
34.

C
35.

D
36.

B
37.

B

48.

A
49.

A
50.

D