Đề thi giữa kì 1 Tiếng anh 12 năm 2022 - 2023 (Đề 4)

ĐỀ SỐ 4 Time allotted: 60 min
I. 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. 1. A. cymbal B. cybercrime C. psychology D. stereotype 2. A. Achilles B. archive C. chaos D. changeable
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of
the primary stress in each of the following questions. 3. A. profession B. consequence C. interpret D. objective 4. A. assessment B. measurement C. description D. effective
III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. Finally, after 10 years in prison, Tom found himself as free as a(n) ____. A. bee B. ant C. bird D. eagle
6. Don't put the laptop away – I ____ using it yet. A. don't finish B. haven't finished C. didn't finish D. won't finish
7. I'd rather you ____ spend too much time on Facebook. A. stop B. should stop C. stopped D. had stopped
8. I can't imagine ____ the beauty contest. A. to win B. winning C. to winning D. win
9. If you are really convinced that what you have to do is ____, it would be easier to say no to things that you are not responsible. A. essential B. essentially C. essences D. essentialist
10. Do you find it easier to what's happening when you watch a film in English? A. see through B. work out C. make up D. get round
11. My worst exam moment happened when I was caught ____ by my mum after a history exam. A. cheat B. cheating C. to cheat D. cheated
12. I used to be addicted ____ chocolate chip cookies and my mum used to hide them from me. A. with B. to C. at D. on
13. When aeroplanes were first invented, the invention did not look ____ as no one could get it to fly for long periods of time. A. extensive B. efficient C. promising D. convenient
14. You must mix the right ____ of soap and water if you want to blow bubbles that last longer. A. set B. proportion C. share D. comparison
15. When you are in the desert, you have to keep your eyes ____ for snakes that may be hidden in the sand. A. unblinking B. wide C. peeled D. sharp
16. My husband always gives ____ to me when we have an argument. A. out B. in C. off D. on
IV. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
17. A judge must be impartial when he passes sentences on criminals.

A. biased B. attentive C. disinterested D. neutral
18. There is no longer the extensive use of animals to test products. Only some are used. A. specific B. widespread C. limited D. included
V. 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.
19. The battery life of this laptop does not g o beyond three hours. I have to charge the battery again after that. A. expel B. continue C. sustain D. exceed 20. The he
avy rain and wind destroyed many houses and buildings in the town. A. drizzle B. blizzard C. typhoon D. downpour
VI. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
21. In South Korea, the national government has been built English immersion schools all over the country. A B C D 22. Children rely t oo m
uch on computers for entertainment and forget ho w to p lay with other children and A B C amuse them. D
23. Environmental campaigners argue that cheap short-haul flights have caused a massive i ncrease at carbon A B C
emissions over the past few years. D
VII. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct response to each of the following exchanges.
24. Mai: 'We'd better take a taxi rather than a coach as we go in group. Tom: “____.”
A. You took the words right out of my mouth
B. I'm along with you on that one
C. It is on the tip of my tongue
D. It does make a difference to me
25. Tom: 'Who's going to win the contest?' Jerry: “____.”
A. It might be a good idea to bet
B. Your guess is as good as mine
C. I've set my heart on winning it
D. There's nothing you don't know about beauty
VIII. 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.
Naval architects never claim that a ship is unsinkable, but the sinking of the passenger-and-car ferry
Estonia in the Baltic surely (26) ____ have never happened. It was well designed and carefully maintained. It
carried the proper number of lifeboats. It had been (27) ____ inspected the day of its fatal voyage. Yet hours
later, the Estonia rolled over and sank in a cold, stormy night. It went down so quickly that most of those on
board, caught in their dark, flooding cabins, had no chance to save themselves: Of those who (28) ____
scramble overboard, only 139 survived. The rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could pluck them from
the cold sea. The final death (29) ____ amounted to 912 souls. However, there were an unpleasant number of
questions about why the Estonia sank and why so many (30) ____ were men in the prime of life, while most of
the dead were women, children and the elderly.

26. A. should B. must C. could D. might 27. A. thoroughly B. considerably C. largely D. totally 28. A. dealt with B. struggled for C. managed to D. came across 29. A. total B. sum C. addition D. toll 30. A. survivals B. survive C. survivors D. surviving
IX. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
There are already many, many people who have passed the landmark age of 100. In fact, there are now
so many healthy, elderly people that there's a new term for them: the wellderly. These are people over the age of
80 who have no diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease or diabetes and have never taken medicines for these conditions.
There have been many scientific studies of communities where a healthy old age is typical. These
include places like Calabria in southern Italy and the island of Okinawa in Japan.
The small village of Molochio in Calabria has about 2,000 inhabitants. And of these there are at least
eight centenarians. When researchers ask people like this the secret of their long life, the answer is almost
always to do with diet and is almost always the same: 'I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.' 'A little bit, but of
everything.’ ‘No smoking, no drinking.’
While in the past scientists have looked at things such as diet and lifestyle for an explanation of long life,
these days they are investigating genetics. One such researcher is Eric Topol, who says, "There must be genes
that explain why these individuals are protected from the aging process."
The new research into long life looks at groups of people who have a genetic connection. For example,
one group of interest lives in Ecuador. In one area of the country there are a number of people with the same
genetic condition. It's called Laron syndrome. The condition means that they don't grow to more than about one
metre, but it also seems to give them protection against cancer and diabetes. As a result, they live longer than
other people in their families. Meanwhile, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, there's another group of long-lived
men, Japanese-Americans. They have a similar gene to the Laron syndrome group.
Back in Calabria, scientists are trying to work out exactly how much of the longevity is due to genetics
and how much to environment. By checking public records going back to the 19th century, researchers have
reconstructed the family trees of 202 nonagenarians and centenarians. They concluded that there were genetic factors involved.
31. Diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure ____.
A. are common illnesses in elderly people
B. teach scientists a lot about old age and long life
C. are never found among a group of people in Ecuador
D. have been scientifically proved to be the signs of aging
32. What do some people from Calabria and Okinawa have in common? A. They suffer from diabetes.
B. They have an unusual genetic illness.
C. They live long and healthy lives.
D. They originated from the same ancestors.
33. According to the article, ____.
A. scientists are investigating people who are 120 years old
B. scientific advances mean we will all live to at least 100 years


C. scientists have found genes that might influence how long we live
D. scientists have concluded environment is the decisive factor of longevity 34. The 'wellderly’ ____.
A. need medicine for typical illnesses of old age
B. are over 80 years old and in good health
C. are elderly people with health problems D. have both health and wealth
35. Laron syndrome is interesting to scientists because ____.
A. it might help people with growth problems
B. it shows that there is a genetic reason for old age
C. there are different versions of the syndrome
D. it is related to taking investigation into some family trees
36. Healthy elderly people ____.
A. often say that their diet is the most important thing
B. don't usually know what the secret to long life is
C give many different reasons for their old age
D. agree that their genes protect them from aging
X. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In 1903 the members of the governing board of the University of Washington in Seattle engaged a firm
of landscape architects, specialists in the design of outdoor environments - Olmsted Brothers of Brookline,
Massachusetts - to advise them on an appropriate layout for the university grounds. The plan impressed the
university officials, and in time many of its recommendations were implemented. City officials in Seattle, the
largest city in the northwestern United States, were also impressed, for they employed the same organization to
study Seattle's public park needs. John Olmsted did the investigation and subsequent report on Seattle's parks.
He and his brothers believed that parks should be adapted to the local topography, utilize the area's trees and
shrubs, and be available to the entire community. They especially emphasized the need for natural, serene
settings where hurried urban dwellers could periodically escape from the city. The essence of the Olmsted park
plan was to develop a continuous driveway, twenty miles long, that would tie together a whole series of parks,
playgrounds, and parkways. There would be local parks and squares too, but all of this was meant to
supplement the major driveway, which was to remain the unifying factor for the entire system.
In November of 1903 the city council of Seattle adopted the Olmsted Report, and it automatically
became the master plan for the city's park system. Prior to this report, Seattle's park development was very
limited and funding meager. All this changed after the report. Between 1907 and 1913, city voters approved
special funding measures amounting to $4,000,000. With such unparalleled sums at their disposal, with the
Olmsted guidelines to follow, and with the added incentive of wanting to have the city at its best for the Alaska-
Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, the Parks Board bought aggressively. By 1913 Seattle had 25 parks
amounting to 1,400 acres, as well as 400 acres in playgrounds, pathways, boulevards, and triangles. More lands
would be added in the future, but for all practical purposes it was the great land surge of 1907-1913 that
established Seattle's park system.
37. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The planned development of Seattle's public park system
B. The organization of the Seattle city government