Đề thi giữa học kì 2 môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 có đáp án - Đề số 37

Choose the correct answer to the following questions She started working as a teacher of English five years ago.

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 I'm standing on a sidewalk in the early morning. The great avenues of Paris are silent, and the shops are closed. Suddenly, a couple appeared from a hole in the sidewalk. Mud covers their boots. They place the iron cover over the hole and run down the street, smiling. The couple had been exploring the tunnels beneath the city.  When Romans occupied Paris, they cut down stone from deep within the earth to build their city. Later, the French used more stone to construct the Notre Dame Cathedral. This left huge underground tunnels upon which part of the city now. Once used for growing mushrooms and as a hiding place, today they are mostly forgotten, except by "cataphiles" - those who love to go down into the tunnels below Paris, even though it is actually not permitted.  In the 70s and 80s, it is easier to enter the tunnels because there were many more open entrances through forgotten doorways and into catacombs - rooms filled with bones. The bones had been moved into the tunnels to solve the problem crowded cemeteries. By the end of the 1980s, most of the entrances were shut and police regularly walked the tunnels. However, there are still cataphiles, like the couple I saw that morning, and for those who dare, the underground is an exciting place to meet, party, perform for each other or create art.  My own experience began beneath the old Paris opera house, where sewer workers showed me a 55-meter-long underground pond, a pond that actually had fish in it! Later, at France's national bank, officials guided me below to an amazing room filled with 2,600 tons of gold.  As cataphiles are the best guides, I then asked one of the cataphiles to give me a tour. Descending into the underground through a secret entrance beneath a bridge, we walked for hours through catacombs, and galleries of huge, bright paintings. The cataphile told me "Many people come down here to party, some to paint. Some people to destroy or to create or to explore. We do what we want. We don't have rules."  (Adapted from Reading Explorer 2, Paul Macintyre&David Bohlke, 2015)    

What is the reading mainly about?

The word "here" in paragraph 5 refers to ___. 

Which statement would a cataphile probably agree with? 

Why was the couple that the writer met smiling as they ran down the street? 

Why did it use to be easier to enter the tunnels? 

The word "descending" in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to 

Which statement is NOT true about the tunnels under Paris? 

"Would you like to come to my birthday party, Mary?" said Mike. 

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  All living things require energy to do the work necessary for survival and reproduction. But what is energy? Energy is simply the ability to do work, (22) ___ work is done when a force moves an object. Let's consider your own needs for a moment. You need energy to turn on and turn off your computer. You need energy to (23) ___ of bed in the morning. And, yes, you need energy to reproduce. So where does energy come from and how do we use it? On Earth, energy ultimately comes from the sun. Plants use the sun's energy to make sugar. Organisms, in turn, use sugar as a (24) ___ of energy to do work  Plants use energy from sunlight to make sugar and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water. The process by which carbon dioxide and water are (25) ___ to sugar and oxygen using sunlight is referred to as photosynthesis. This is an endergonic reaction, meaning energy is required by the reaction. Specifically, energy is required to put the carbon dioxide and the water molecules together to form sugar. Sun (26) ___ the energy needed to drive photosynthesis, and some of the energy used to make the sugar is stored in the sugar molecule. 

But what is energy? Energy is simply the ability to do work, (22) ___ work is done when a force moves an object.

You need energy to (23) ___ of bed in the morning.

Organisms, in turn, use sugar as a (24) ___ of energy to do work 

The process by which carbon dioxide and water are (25) ___ to sugar and oxygen using sunlight is referred to as photosynthesis.

Sun (26) ___ the energy needed to drive photosynthesis, and some of the energy used to make the sugar is stored in the sugar molecule. 

I felt quite sorry for Tom. I saw him cry at the time. 

I don't get high scores in English tests. I will be very annoyed. 

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in the following question

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in the following question

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in the following question

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in the following question

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions 

Choose the underline part that needs correction 

Bella had better to change her study habits if she wants to be admitted to a good college. 

Driving on the left made my daughter very surprising when she first visited London.

People considerit rude to point about anyone. 

Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions 

I received housing benefits when I was unemployed. 

The boy does not resemble his brother in any way. 

Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

We need to build up people's awareness about the environment. 

Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in. 

- Helen: "Shall I collect the tickets for the concert for you?" 

- Peter:"

- Jack: 

- Rose: "That's a good idea."

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions 

You ___ wash those apples. They have already been washed. 

I enjoy playing ___ at the weekend 

Our flight from Bangkok to London was delayed ___ the storm.

The former Olympic ___ was invited to speak at a charity dinner. 

As soon as I saw the advertisement, I ___ the house agent. 

Susan is fond ___ reading comic books in her free time. 

If I were you, I ___ for that intensive English course.