Đề thi giữa kì 1 Tiếng Anh 12 English Discovery - Đề số 1

PART 1. LISTENING

Listen to five speakers talking about their lifelong learning habits. Choose the best answers (A, B or

C).

1. What makes lifelong learning challenging?

A. not finding anything interesting enough to learn

B. not having time to learn anything new

C. getting bored of learning and giving up

2. Which learning resource is NOT mentioned?

A. online courses

B. workshops

C. apps

3. Why didn't the woman like lifelong learning at first?

A. She didn't enjoy reading.

B. She didn't like doing practical things.

C. She didn't have any learning opportunities.

4. What is the next level of the man's lifelong learning?

A. creating a forum

B. teaching others

C. writing articles about computer problems

5. What's the woman's problem?

A. enrolling on an online course

B. looking for a workshop

C. finding what she really wants to learn

Listen to a dialogue about solutions to slums and fill in the gaps. Write NO MORE THAN TWO

WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

6. People have to live in slums because they can't _____ housing.

7. More than _____ people are living in slums.

8. People in slums need basic things like clean water, _____ and waste management.

9. To deal with slum problems, the local community and _____ need to work together.

10. People living in slums also need education, healthcare and _____.

PART 2. LANGUAGE

ĐỀ THI GIỮA HỌC KÌ 1 – ĐỀ SỐ 1

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12 ENGLISH DISCOVERY

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Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently

from the others.

11. A. artistic B. violent C. indolent D. creative

12. A. dyslexic B. bullying C. satisfy D. gymnastic

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that has a stress pattern different from the others.

13. A. brilliant B. successful C. physical D. contribute

14. A. professional B. engineering C. self-discipline D. development

PART 3. USE OF ENGLISH

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the best option for each of the following questions.

15. That businessman _______ an challenging career for ten years, so he had lots of work experience.

A. pursued B. was pursuing C. has pursued D. had pursued

16. Jessica had become a director of a company before she _______ to John and had two children.

A. swam with dolphins B. got married

C. went on a safari D. slept under the stars

17. It's difficult to slow down the __________ from rural areas to urban ones.

A. pollution B. urbanisation C. migration D. overpopulation

18. With the growth of social media, _________ people are interested in becoming influencers.

A. more and more B. the more C. the less D. less and less

19. The forecast says there will be just ___ rain at the weekend.

A. little B. a little C. a lot of D. few

PART 4. READING

Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the options that best complete the advertisements.

Hi Henry,

I hope you're doing well. As I told you, I am going to travel to your country this autumn. I have never been

there before, so I'm really (20) __________. What can I do for fun there? Will it be a good idea to trek in

(21) __________ mountains?

I will be staying for two days in Karl City. I hope (22) __________ out with you soon.

John

20. A. excite B. excitement C. exciting D. excited

21. A. a B. an C. the D. ø

22. A. hang B. hanging C. to hang D. for hanging

Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the options that best complete the passage.

ROYTON BRIDGE PROJECT

Construction will soon begin on a new bridge connecting Baston City and Royton Island. This project aims to

(23) _______ traffic flow and reduce congestion. Please be aware (24) _______ temporary road closures and