Đề kiểm tra 1 tiết môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Trường THPT Nguyễn Siêu - Năm học 2020-2021

NGUYEN SIEU HIGH SCHOOL
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Full name: ....................................................
Class: 12A....
MID-TERM TEST
ENGLISH 12 EXPERIMENTAL
School year: 2020 – 2021
 Time allotted: 45’
 Mark: ................
CODE 815
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. affected	B. combined	C. improved	D. absorbed
Question 2. A. city	B. printer	C. fireplace	D. river
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose stress differs from the other three in each of the following questions.
Question 3. A. climate	B. water	C. massive	D. decrease
Question 4. A. pollution	B. particle	C. electric	D. facility
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5. ______ has increased in rich countries before 1950s.
	A. urban	B. urbanized	C. urbanize	D. urbanisation
Question 6. Using electric cars will reduce the ______ on the environment.
	A. result	B. impact	C. damage	D. illness
Question 7. People seem to be unaware ______ one very dangerous pollutant, which is called soot.
	A. of	B. about	C. for	D. at
Question 8. What nice weather! Let’s go for ______ picnic.
	A. Æ	B. the	C. a	D. an
Question 9. Mr. Park ______ a lot of money in his son’s music project last year.
	A. invested	B. had invested	C. has invested	D. invests
Question 10. I ______ my presentation when Mike interrupted me.
	A. was making	B. made	C. had made	D. have made
Question 11. Our headteacher advises that we ______ to school on foot or by bike.
	A. went	B. go	C. will go	D. are going
Question 12. ______ you turn your laptop into ‘sleeping’ mode, it’s still consuming energy.
	A. Although 	B. Because	C. So	D. Despite 
Question 13. Some people continue destroying forests, ______ affects ecological balance.
	A. what	B. that	C. who	D. which
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 
Question 14. In Bangkok, many people are jobless, and have to live in slums.
	A. rural areas	B. urban areas	C. rich areas	D. poor areas
Question 15. If we continue to deplete our planets natural resources, we will damage the environment significantly. 
	A. use up 	B. add to 	C. destroy	D. provide 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the correct response for each of the following communicative situations.
Question 16. Anna and Mark are discussing some pros and cons of urbanisation.
	- Anna: “I think, some people should stay in rural areas as well as work on agriculture
 	- Mark: “______”
A. I'm not afraid I don't agree.	B. I partly agree with you. 
C. I'm so sorry, but I agree.	D. Not at all, thanks. 
Question 17. Quang and Linh are talking about some action plans for their school’s Green Movement.
	- Quang: “What about collecting and classifying garbage on Friday afternoon?”
 	- Linh: “______.” 
A. Don't mention it	B. I’m not sure 	C. I hope so	D. That’s a good idea 
Listen to the following dialogue and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.	
	Hi, good morning everyone. I’m here today to present my findings of the (18) ____ on the environment. As you know, urbanization involves the (19) ____ of people from the countryside to the cities. As this process continues, the cities of the world continue to grow. I will demonstrate how this growth is eating away at the planet’s most fertile land.
	My research has focused on two studies that looked at land use in the United States. These have shown that since its independence, only (20) ____ of all land in the United States has been built on. (21) ____, the same studies have also that the resulting loss of productive land is comparatively much, much greater.
Question 18. A. effect	B. affect	C. impact	D. import 
Question 19. A. move	B. movement	C. moving	D. moved 
Question 20. A. three percent	B. three percentage	C. thirty percent	D. thrity percentage
Question 21. A. Therefore	B. Besides	C. Moreover	D. However 
Listen the following talk and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions 
Question 22. What did Barack Obama win in 2009?
	A. Nobel Maths Prize	B. Nobel Chemistry Prize	
	C. Nobel Medicine Prize	D. Nobel Peace Prize
Question 24. How has he become with his message for change?
	A. popular	B. successful	C. well-known	D. distinguished
Question 23. When did his family move to Indonesia?
	A. in 1961	B. in 1967	C. in 1691	D. in 1985
Question 25. According to the talk, which of the following is NOT true?
	A. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961.
	B. Barack Obama attended schools in Jakarta until he was 10 years old.	
	C. Barack Obama worked as the director of a community project in New York.	
	D. Barack Obama was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.	
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Vehicle exhaust fumes, litter, and many other waste products are called pollutants, which can affect our health and harm animals and plants. Releasing chemical waste (1)_____ factories and power stations is one of the main ways in which we pollute our surrounding. These waste substances are the unwanted resources.
	Pollution itself is not new – a hundred years ago (2)_____ factories sent out great clouds of poisonous smoke, and pollution has now spread to every corner on Earth. Our scientists have much to learn, and we do know more about how to control pollution. The use of (3)_____ energy will help in the fight as it is much cheaper than fossil fuels. We can also achieve some reduction in pollution by (4)_____ waste.
Question 26. A. from 	B. in	 	C. with	D. at 
Question 27. A. the	 	B. Æ	C. a	D. an 
Question 28. A. dangerous 	B. limited 	C. natural	D. poisonous 
Question 29. A. producing 	B. recycling 	C. using	D. protecting 
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.
	The increase in urbanization causes different problems. Air and water pollution are amongst the major issue we have to tackle. 
	In the first place, cars, factories and burning waste emit dangerous gases that change the air quality in our cities and pose threats to our health. Dangerous gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides cause respiratory diseases, for instant, bronchitis and asthma. Those are also proved to have long-term effects on the environment. 
	Furthermore, with the increased population, it becomes difficult to manage the waste generated in cities. Most of the waste is discharged or dumped into rivers or onto streets. The waste pollutes water and makes it unfit for human consumption. Subsequently, it becomes more and more difficult for city dwellers to get clean water. Some cities in Africa are unable to provide adequate water supply because most of the water is lost in pipe leakages. In fact, most city dwellers in developing countries are forced to boil their water or to buy bottled water, which is very expensive. 
	There are several actions that could be taken to eradicate the problems described above. Firstly, a simple solution would be joining community efforts to address problems affecting your city. Ask your parents, friends and relatives to join in as well. These efforts might include clean-up campaigns, recycling projects and a signature campaign to ask the government to do something about the situation. A second measure would be encouraging your teacher to talk about these problems and to discuss how young people can help to solve them. Finally, writing to local organizations working on these issues for ideas on how you can contribute to solve them.
Question 30. The word “tackle” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____.
	A. deal with 	B. make up	C. try on	D. turn down 
Question 31. The word “those” in paragraph 2 refers to _____.
	A. bronchitis and asthma	B. carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides 
	C. dangerous gases	D. respiratory diseases 
Question 32. According to the passage, in some cities in Africa _____.
	A. people are allowed to dump waste into rivers and on streets 
	B. people aren't provided enough water due to leaking pipes 
	C. people have found some solutions to the problems
	D. people would rather use boiling water and bottled water 
Question 33. Which of the following would serve as the best title for the passage?
	A. Environment degradation: Air and water pollution 
	B. Environmental pollution: Problems and actions 
	C. Increasing urbanization: Causes and effects 
	D. Increasing urbanization: Effects and solutions
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 34. Dennis has joined in his school’s green activities for 2 weeks. 
	A. It was 2 weeks when Dennis joined in his school’s green activities.
 	B. Dennis started joining in his school’s green activities 2 weeks ago.
	C. Dennis had joined in his school’s green activities by 2 weeks.
	D. Dennis was joined in his school’s green activities 2 weeks ago.
Question 35. People should clean surfaces with natural products. This is important.
	A. It is advised that people may clean surfaces with natural products.
	B. People is advised not clean surfaces with natural products.
	C. People advise us to clean surfaces with natural resources.
	D. It is important that people clean surfaces with natural products.
Question 36. Nam is interviewing the student who was awarded in the Math contest.
	A. Nam is interviewing the student, that was awarded in the Math contest.
	B. Nam is interviewing the student, was awarded in the Math contest.
	C. Nam is interviewing the student awarded in the Math contest.
	D. Nam is interviewing the student, who awarded in the Math contest.
Question 37. She accepted the job offer because the salary was high.
	A. If the salary hadn’t been high, she wouldn’t have accepted the job offer.
	B. If it weren’t for the high salary, she wouldn’t accept the job offer.
	C. She would accept the job offer if the salary were higher.
	D. Were the salary not high, she wouldn’t accept the job offer.
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 38. Young people should practise simple green living. This will help to save our planet.
	A. Young people should practise simple green living, which will help to save our planet.
	B. Young people should practise simple green living, this will help to save our planet.
	C. Young people should practise simple green living that will help to save our planet.
	D. Young people should practise simple green living which will help to save our planet.
Question 39. Some foods taste good. These foods don’t have many nutrients.
	A. Some foods taste good, and they don’t have many nutrients.
	B. Some foods taste good, so they don’t have many nutrients.
	C. Some foods don’t have many nutrients; therefore they taste good. 
	D. Some foods taste good, but they don’t have many nutrients.
Question 40. We should stop deforestation. A lot of species will lose their habitats.
	A. Although we stop deforestation, many species will lose their habitats.
	B. A lot of species will lose their habitats because we stop deforestation.
	C. If we do not stop deforestation, a lot of species will lose their habitats.
	D. Many species will lose their habitats when we stop deforestation.
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