đề thi giua kỳ 2

Dang Tien Dong High school
Time: 60 minutes
TEST ENGLISH
Class 12- February,2017


Name:………………………………………… Class: 12A1 Mã đề thi: 300

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given in the following questions
I did not understand what the lecturer was saying because I had not read his book.
A. What the lecturer wrote and said was too difficult for me to understand.
B. The lecturer`s book which I had not read was difficult to understand.
C. I found it very difficult to understand what the lecturer said in his book.
D. I would have understood what the lecturer was saying if I had read his book.
The roads were slippery because it snowed heavily.
A. It snowed too heavily to make the roads slippery.
B. The heavy snow prevented the roads from-being slippery.
C. Thanks to the slip of the roads, it snowed heavily.
D. The heavy snow made the roads slippery.
3. No one in the team can play better than John.
A. John plays well but the others play better.
B. John as well as other players of the team plays very well.
C. Everyone in the team, but John, plays very well.
C. John is the best player of the team.
4. He only feels happy whenever he does not have much work to do.
A. The more he works, the happier he feels.
B. The less he works, the happier he feels.
C. His work makes him feel happy.
D. He feels happier and happier with his work.
5. Peter said if he were me he would stop smoking.
A. I wanted Peter to stop smoking and he promised to do.
B. Peter promised to stop smoking.
C. Peter said he would stop smoking as I wanted him to.
D. Peter advised me to stop smoking.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks from 6 to 15
Making time to read is something we all know we (6) ______ do, but who schedules book reading time every day? There are very few. That is why adding book reading to your daily schedule and sticking to it can improve discipline.
Books are (7) _____. You can take them almost anywhere. As such, you can learn almost anywhere too.
By reading more books and exposing yourself (8) ______ new and more complete information, you will also be able to come up with more (9) ______ ideas. When you have read so many books on the subject, you can combine lessons from all of them into new (10) ______.
Reading gives you something to talk about. Have you ever (11) ______ out of things to talk about with your best friend, wife or husband? This can be uncomfortable. It (12) ______ even make married couples wonder if their marriage is in trouble. (13) ______, if you read a lot of books, you will always have something to talk about. You can discuss various plots in the novels you read, you can discuss the things you are learning in the business books you are reading as well. The possibilities of sharing are endless.
Bocks are inexpensive (14) ______ to help you reduces stress. Many readers relax by reading. Compared with the person who gets home from work and immediately (15) ______ on the TV news, you are going from work stress to crime stress. TV as a source of relaxation is too full of loud commercials and fast moving violent images. If relaxation is something you want, turn off the TV or computer and pick up a book.
6. A. should B. mustn`t C. needn`t D. might
7. A. durable B. portable C. changeable D. capable
8. A. for B. with C. on D. to
9. A. disapproved B. dull C. creative D. required
10. A. solutions B. problems C. troubles D. difficulties
11. A. put B. had C. walked D. run
12. A. should B. might C. need D. must
13. A. So B. Therefore C. However D. Although
14. A. entertainment B. tension C. machinery D. media
15. A. gets B. turns C. takes D. makes

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part