ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP GIỮA KỲ 1

MÔN TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 12

I. NỘI DUNG:

Unit 1, 2 (SGK)

1. Language focus:
- Tenses
- Present subjunctive mood
- Compound adjectives
- Và những kién thức tiếng Anh cơ bản khác.

2. Vocabulary:
- Unit 1, 2 (SGK)
- Và vốn từ tiếng Anh cơ bản khác.

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giảng trên lớp học.

II. ĐỀ KIỂM TRA MINH HOẠ

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part has
different pronunciation from that of the others in the same group.
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A. migrate
B. signature
C. hairpin
D. minimize
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A. cheerful
B. chaotic
C. choir
D. character
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress differs from
that of the others in the same group.
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A. develop
B. critical
C. multiply
D. injury
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A. industry
B. complexity
C. determine
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 D. machinery
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correcting.
5.Although she had been trying hard before the test, but she did not meet with success.
A. Although
B. had been trying
C. the
D. with success
6.The change from day to night results in the rotation of the Earth.
A. change
B. to night
C. results in
D. the Earth
7. She kept talking about her two brothers, none of whom ever aroused her passion for writing poetry.
A. kept talking
B. none of whom
C. her passion
D. writing poetry
8. She requested that we kept silent while she was talking on the phone.
A. requested
B. kept silent
C. was talking
D. on the phone
9. During the pandemic time, most children of school age in this city must access to the Internet for their
online lessons.
A. During
B. most
C. school age
D. access to
10. It was not until she spoke did I realize she was English.
A. It
B. until
C. did I realize
D. English
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that best fits each of
the following questions.
11. ________solar energy is _________ powerful source of energy that can be used to heat, cool, and light
in ________homes and businesses.
A. Ø – a – Ø
B. Ø – a – the
C. the – the – Ø
D. the – a – Ø
12. The advancement of technology has _____________________ various social networking apps.
A. enabled the Internet users to access
B. enabled the Internet users to get access

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 C. been enabled the Internet users to get access
D. enabled the Internet users to access to
13. Upon Alfred Nobel’s return to St. Petersburg, in 1852, he worked in his father’s factory,
_________ military equipment during the Crimean War, switched to peacetime production of
steamboat machinery when the war ended and ________ in 1859.
A. which made - went bankrupt
B. that made - went bankrupt
C. which made - went bankrupted
D. that made - went bankrupted
14. When we get the results of your blood tests, I should be able to give you _____________.
A. a clear diagnosis
B. clear diagnosis
C. a clear diagnostic
D. a clear diagnoses
15. “In ________times of chaos, it is arts and humanities _________ grant us the insight to understand
what we are experiencing in the world around us.”
A. Ø - that
B. the - that
C. Ø - which
D. the - which
16. One of the hardest challenges in the drive to vaccinate Americans against Covid-19 is a minority of
medical ________ who distrust pharmaceutical _______ and regulators, fear long-term health effects and
bristle at mandates.
A. professionals - industry
B. professional - industry
C. professionals - industrial
D. professional - industrial
17. One of the many benefits ______ foreign travel is leaning how to cope _______ the unexpected.
A. of - with
B. from - with
C. from - to
D. of - to
18. He is regarded as _________________ of his generation.
A. one of the most influential film directors
B. one of the most influential films directors
C. one of most influence film directors
D. one of most influential film directors
19. Paul was cleaning the windows when I came. The windows _________ for ages.
A. had not been cleaned
B. have not been cleaned
C. were not cleaned
D. aren’t being cleaned
20. Only one third of the students ________ to the event last Sunday ______ the members of our club.
A. coming - are

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 B. came – were
C. came - are
D. who come – are
21. The number of training centers will ______________ and who will receive it.
A. influence what training is available
B. influence on what training is available
C. influence over what training is available
D. influence upon what training is available
22. Even a cigarette butt could __________________ about what happened.
A. provide investigators with clues
B. provide investigators clues
C. provide for investigators clues
D. provide clues to investigators
23. _______________ is the process through which cities grow, and higher and higher percentages of the
population comes to live in the city.
A. Urbanization
B. Urbanized
C. Industrialization
D. Industrializes
24. My parents insisted that my brother _________ to our home village after graduation to run the
family business.
A. return
B. returned
C. returns
D. would return
25. The documentary about life in the slums were really _____________ and was followed by a lot of
discussion about how to solve this problem.
A. thought - provoking
B. overload
C. weather – beaten
D. fast - growing
26. Beethoven died in 1827 after a long illness. Nearly 200,000 people lined the streets of Vienna to
pay their last ________ to the composer __________ the music scene of Western Europe.
A. respect - who had changed
B. respectful – who has changed
C. respect – who has changed
D. respectful – who had changed
27. Thanks to ___________, rural people can actually change their mindset and accept more
progressive ideas.
A. urbanization
B. de-urbanization
C. industrialization
D. counter-urbanization
28. Five years ago, when he was 35 years old, he was ____________ diabetes.
A. diagnosed with
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 B. diagnosed as
C. diagnostic with
D. diagnostic as
29. There are ______________ people living in poverty in this country, and food banks are unable to meet
their needs.
A. more and more
B. many and many
C. fewer and fewer
D. less and less
30. They said that it would cost a fortune to make the place ______________.
A. inhabitable
B. unhabitable
C. nonhabitable
D. mishabitable
Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that expresses almost the same idea to the given one.
31. The number of young people migrating to big cites has risen dramatically over the past 10 years.
A. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of young people migrating to big cities during
the last 10 years.
B. The number of young people migrating to big cites rose dramatically ten years ago.
C. Ten years ago evidenced a rise in the number of young people migrating to big cites.
D. There was a dramatic rise in the number of young people migrating to big cites for the past 10
years.
32. Why not go out for some fresh air?
A. Let’s go out for some fresh air!
B. Why didn’t you go out for some fresh air?
C. You must go out for some fresh air.
D. Don’t you go out for some fresh air?
33. I first met my husband 15 years ago.
A. 15 years has passed since the first time I met my husband.
B. I have met my husband for 15 years.
C. It has been 15 years ago when I first met my husband.
D. The first time I met my husband was 15 years.
34. The secretary was always coming to work late. This annoyed the director much.
A. The secretary was always coming to work late, which annoyed the director much.
B. The secretary who was always coming to work late annoyed the director much.
C. Coming to work late, the director was annoyed much by the secretary.
D. Coming to work late, the secretary was annoyed much by the director.
35. The sick boy needs to stay in bed for at least one week.
A. It’s necessary that the sick boy stay in bed for at least one week.
B. It’s necessary for the sick boy stay in bed for at least one week.
C. It’s necessary that the sick boy stays in bed for at least one week.
D. It’s necessary for the sick boy staying in bed for at least one week.
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 blanks in the passage.

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Urbanization programs <<36>>. ________ carried out in many parts of the world, especially in <<37>>.
________ regions with limited land and resources. It is the natural outcome of economic development and
industrialization. It has brought a lot of benefits <<38>>. __________ our society. However, it also poses
various problems for local authorities and town planners in the process of maintaining sustainable
urbanization, especially in developing countries. When too many people cram into a small area, urban
infrastructure <<39>>. _____________ effective. There will be a lack of livable housing, energy and water
supply. This will create overcrowded urban districts with no proper facilities.
Currently, fast urbanization is taking place predominantly in developing countries where sustainable
urbanization has <<40>>. ___________ relevance to people’s lives. Their houses are just shabby <<41>>.
___________ with poor sanitation. Their children only manage to get basic education. Hence, the struggle
for <<42>>. _________ is their priority rather than anything else. Only when the quality of their existence
is improved, can they search for other high values in their life. Thus, sustainable urbanization in different
regions should start from different levels. For more developed regions, the focus could be <<43>>.
__________ achieving a more sustainable urban life. But for <<44>>. _____________ developed regions,
urban development should really start with the provision of the basic human needs such as sufficient
energy, clean water, housing with proper sanitation, and access to effective <<45>>. _________
infrastructure.
36
A. are being
B. has been
C. have
D. had been
37
A. densely populated
B. densely populate
C. dense populated
D. densely population
38
A. to
B. from
C. of
D. no prepositions
39
A. can’t be
B. can be
C. will be
D. wouldn’t be
40
A. little
B. a little
C. few
D. a few
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 A. slums
B. orphanage
C. nursing home
D. workhouse
42
A. survival
B. survive
C. survivor
D. survivalist
43
A. on
B. in
C. of
D. from
44
A. less
B. more
C. little
D. many
45
A. social
B. socially
C. society
D. sociable
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 that follow.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a Swedish inventor and philanthropist, bequeathed most of his vast
fortune in trust as a fund from which annual prizes could be awarded to individuals and
organizations who had achieved the greatest benefit to humanity in a particular year. Originally,
there were six classifications for outstanding contributions designated in Nobel's will, including
chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature and international peace.
The prizes are administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm. In 1969, a prize for economics
endowed by the Central Bank of Sweden was added. Candidates for the prizes must be nominated
in writing by a qualified authority in the field of competition. Recipients in physics, chemistry, and
economics are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and physiology or medicine by
the Caroline Institute; in literature by the Swedish Academy; and in peace by the Norwegian Nobel
Committee appointed by Nor-, Nay’s parliament. The prizes are usually presented in Stockholm on
December 10, with the King of Sweden officiating, an appropriate tribute to Alfred Nobel on the
anniversary of his death. Each one includes a gold medal, a diploma, and a cash award of about one
million dollars.
46. The title of the passage should be ________________.
A. The Nobel prizes
B. Alfred Bernhard Nobel
C. Swedish philanthropy
D. Great contributions to mankind

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47. Why were the prizes named after Alfred Bernhard Nobel?
A. He left money in his will to establish a fund for the prizes
B. He won the first Nobel prize for his work in philanthropy
C. He is now living in Sweden
D. He serves as chairman of the committee to choose the recipients
48. The Nobel prizes were awarded___________.
A. once a year
B. once every two years
C. five times a year
D. twice a year
49. The word "will" in the passage could best be replaced by ___________.
A. a legal document
B. Nobel's wishes
C. a future intention
D. a free choice
50. The awards were presented on December 10 because ____________.
A. Alfred Nobel died on that day.
B. it is a tribute to the King of Sweden.
C. that date was established in Alfred Nobel's will.
D. the Central Bank of Sweden administers the trust