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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KỲ I
MÔN TIẾNG ANH 12
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1:  A. hit                  B. mine                           C. hide                           D. fine
Question 2: A. clears              B. brings                         C. talks                          D. trains
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.
Question 3: A. support           B. promise                      C. destroy                       D. believe
Question 4: A. example         B. consider                     C. attention                      D. several 
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: In Vietnam a school year lasts for nine months and is divided _______ two terms.
      A. into                               B. to                                  C. from                       D. on
Question 6: Sometimes she does not agree _______ her husband about child rearing but they soon find the solutions.
      A. for                                B. on                                 C. with                        D. of
Question 7: He joined the army_______ from university.
      A. after he had graduated                                           B. while he was graduating
      C. since he graduated                                                 D. before he graduated
Question 8: My mother is often ______ first person to get up in the family.
     A. a                                    B. the                                 C. no article                  D. an
Question 9: Education _____ to be the most important element to develop a country.
      A. often be considered                                               B. can often consider 
      C. can often considered                                              D. can often be considered
Question 10: Mrs Carter feels happy _____ her daughter has made good progress in her studies recently.
     A. because of                     B. although                        C. because                   D. despite
Question 11: If a boss wants to have a well-qualified staff, he should have to pay his employees ______.
      A. appropriately                B. appropriate                   C. appropriation          D. appropriating
Question 12: He owed his success not to privilege but to self-education and a driving desire for _______.
      A. achieve                         B. achiever                        C. achievement           D. achievable
Question 13: My husband is a very_____man because no one can stop him from achieving his goals.
      A. reliable                          B. determined                   C. responsible             D. well-trained
Question 14:Some researchers have just _______ a survey of young people`s points of view on contractual marriage.
      A. sent                               B. directed                        C. managed                  D. conducted
Question  15: The college offers both _______ and professional qualifications.
      A. government                  B. experience                    C. requirement            D. academic
Question 16: My father _______  when he found out that I had damaged his car.
      A. hit the roof                                           B. saw pink elephants      
      C. brought the house down                      D. made my blood boil
Question 17: Jane would never forget ______first prize in such a prestigious competition.
      A. to be awarded              B. awarding                      C. to have awarded    D. being awarded  
Question 18: If something ______ your attention or your eye, you notice it or become interested in it.
      A. pays                              B. allow                    C. catches                   D. wave
Question 19: My aunt excitedly ______ a compliment on the scarf I knitted for her as a birthday present.
     A. paid                               B. passed                    C. caught                    D. took
Question 20: He promised ______ his daughter a new bicycle as a birthday present.
   A. buy                      B. to buy                     C. to buying                            D. buying
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs to correction on each of the following questions.
Question 21: Household chores should share among members of the family.
A. Household              B. should share                       C. members                 D. family
Question 22: He was so ill that he could not make  his final examination and cancelled it to the next year.                                                                       
A. so                            B. could not make                   C. final                       D. cancelled
Question 23: There are endangered times in a marriage, especially when the wife can come to feel so overburdened that she decides to end the relationship.   
A. endangered times   B. especially                            C. overburdened                     D. decides
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
Question 24: “I’m going to participate in a volunteer program this summer”, said Martha.
      A. Martha said that I am going to participate in a volunteer program this summer.
      B. Martha said that she is going to participate in a volunteer program that summer