Title Đề thi HK2 - Tiếng Anh 12 - THPT Nguyễn Du - HCM - Năm 2018 -2019.pdf ✅

Trang 2 A. the house B. a house C. house D. an house Question 15. Susan's doctor insists _________ for a few days. A. her to rest B. that she rest C. her resting D. that she is resting Question 16. The Champion successfully ________his title against the American challenger. A. protected B. defeated C. defended D. won Question 17. Without your help, I ________the technical problem with my computer the other day. A. wouldn‟t solve B. couldn‟t have solved C. could solve D. can‟t solve Question 18. You_________take more than two of these pills at once. Three might be fatal. A. mustn‟t B. needn‟t C. oughtn‟t D. must Question 19. The initiative for founding the Red Cross came from a Swiss man________Jean Henri Dunant. A. calling B. to call C. called D. who called 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. Question 20. Mr. Black is talking to a shop assistant. - Mr. Black: “I'd like to try on these shoes, please” - Salesgirl: “________” A. Why not? B. By all means, sir. C. That's right, sir. D. I'd love to. Question 21. Tom and Christy are having dinner at home. - Tom: “Can I have another cup of tea?” - Christy: “_________.” A. Be yourself B. Do it yourself C. Help yourself D. Allow yourself 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. Question 22. Ann‟s dedication to her work has always been exemplary. A. intention B. devotion C. attitude D. drawback Question 23. The cyclone has resulted in many thousands of deaths. A. stopped B. lessened C. caused D. overcame 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. Question 24. I think my grandson doesn‟t love me anymore; he comes to visit me once in a blue moon. A. very blue B. very often C. not usually D. very moony Question 25. Vietnam's admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has promoted its trade relations with other countries. A. boosted B. expanded C. restricted D. balanced 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 26. The candidate was offered the job because of his excellent answers. A. The job was offered to the candidate although he couldn‟t answer the questions. B. If it hadn‟t been for the candidate‟s excellent answers, he couldn‟t have got the job. C. The candidate answered the questions so excellently that he might get the job. D. Because it was such a good job, the candidate tried to answer the questions excellently. Question 27. "If you don't pay the ransom, we'll kill your boy," the kidnappers told us. A. The kidnappers pledged to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom. B. The kidnappers threatened to kill our boy if we refused to pay the ransom. C. The kidnappers ordered to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom. D. The kidnappers promised to kill our boy if we refused to pay the ransom. Question 28. My uncle didn‟t recognize me until I spoke.
Trang 3 A. My uncle recognized me not until I spoke. B. Only when my uncle recognized me did I speak. C. Not until I spoke did my uncle recognize me. D. When I spoke, my uncle didn‟t recognize me. 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 29. The young girl has great experience of nursing. She has worked as a hospital volunteer for years. A. Before she worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing. B. Much as she has worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing. C. With great experience of nursing, the young girl has worked as a hospital volunteer for years. D. Having worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing. Question 30. Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting. A. Hardly had Peter informed us about his leaving the school when he arrived at the meeting. B. No soonner had Peter arrived at the meeting than he told us about his leaving the school. C. Only after his leaving the school did Peter inform us of his arrival at the meeting. D. Not until Peter told us that he would leave the school did he arrive at the meeting. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks It is difficult to know how many elephants once lived in the continent, but there may have been at least 3-5 million elephants in Africa in the (31)_________part of the twentieth century. People have always hunted elephants for meat, hides and ivory. As the human population grew and weapons became more advanced, elephants were under greater (32)________. In the late 1970s and early 1980s there was a huge decline in the number of elephants due to the increase in poaching. It is estimated that there are now about 500,000 elephants and they are living in a small number of countries. A ban was given (33)_________all international trade in ivory in 1989, and many governments started to give poachers severe punishments. Thanks to such (34)________ actions, some elephant populations, especially those in southern Africa, have recovered over the last decade. (35)________, numerous threats remain for Africa‟s elephants. Question 31. A. soon B. early C. lately D. newly Question 32. A. risk B. danger C. threat D. stake Question 33. A. on B. about C. for D. against Question 34. A. hourly B. daily C. yearly D. timely Question 35. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. But 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. Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur". What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted, "In the 1970s women believed if