Bộ 5 Đề thi cuối kì 2 Tiếng Anh 12 Friends global có đáp án ( Đề 1)

Read the following leaflet and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.

FACT or FAKE?

Not all (1) ______ are true. Sometimes websites create false news to grab the readers’ attention and get lots of comments. So don’t be fooled easily!

REAL NEWS

• (2) ______ reliable supporting facts and sources.

• is written by a respected author or an organization.

• contains balanced articles without (3) ______.

• can be fact-checked by (4) ______ websites.

FALSE NEWS

• contains (5) ______ or made-up information.

• contains sloppy spelling and grammar.

• starts with a catchy headline that sounds too (6) ______.

• has article links that cannot be identified.

(Adapted from Bright)

Read the following short magazine article and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.

I met Alexandria at Hot Coffee Co. on a bright summer day. She was prompt, appropriately dressed and professional. (7) ______ from the International Model contest, she still avoided a heavy schedule of events and fashion shows. (8) ______, Alexandria had many plans for her future business.

Sharing about her business idea, her eyes were beaming with joy as she had nourished

it for a long time. It would be a model (9) ______ celebrities and even normal people can exchange the clothes they had worn. “There’s no point in buying such exorbitant fashion pieces and wearing them only once”. She explained that it (10) ______ our fast fashion problem.

As I doubted that celebrities would in any way wear similar clothes to the others, she agreed. “But just make it a trend. I will (11) ______ a campaign where famous people can contribute to save the environment, starting from their closets.” she asserted.

I really look forward to this business model so that I can (12) ______ fabulous gowns.

(Adapted from THiNK)

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the best arrangement of sentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17.

Read the following passage about robots and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.

THE EVOLUTION OF ROBOTS

The word ‘robot’ was first used in 1920. It comes from the Czech word ‘robota’, (18) ______ to describe artificial people.

In 1949, introduced by British inventor William Grey Walter, (19) ______. Ten years later, the first industrial robotic arm was installed at a General Motors plant in the US. Such robots were mostly employed in car and computer industries.

The first robot to utilize Artificial Intelligence was known as Shakey, developed at Stanford Research Institute between 1966 and 1972. (20) ______. Twenty years later, a walking robot called Dante, which was capable of climbing steep slopes, (21) ______. The late 1990s marked a milestone in the history of robots with the creation of Kismet, a robotic head designed to provoke and react to emotions.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, more robots have been created to improve our life. Examples worth mentioning are: the first self-driving car (a Volkswagen Touareg named ‘Stanley’) in 2005, the first accurate visual recognition system introduced by AI expert Geoffrey Hinton and his team in 2012, Sophia the human-like robot in 2016, etc. In the future, we may see more robots and AI applications. (22) ______.

(Adapted from Global Success)

Read the following passage about lifelong learning and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the following questions from 23 to 30.

‘Lifelong learning’ means continuing to acquire new knowledge and skills throughout your life. It is voluntary, but often requires lots of self-discipline and motivation to continue. It can occur in many ways, for example, by joining a local course, taking virtual lessons online, or reading books. These days, it has become easier than ever to learn new skills and improve your professional, personal, and social life thanks to new technology.

First of all, lifelong learning can offer benefits for your professional development. For example, if you are working for a company that does business internationally, learning a new language might help you get a better salary, or open up opportunities to work in a different country. Learning new things, especially high-tech skills like computer programming or data analysis, will also help you be more competitive in the job market because having a wide range of abilities makes you more attractive to employers.

Another benefit is personal development, like taking a yoga class or learning how to cook a new dish you like. Lifelong learning can help you find new passions and hobbies. For example, you could take a course in digital design in your free time and then discover that you really love making fun and beautiful images!

Lifelong learning also helps your social life. If you join a class, you will likely meet people who share the same interests. As you learn and gain skills, and make new friends, you will likely become more confident in yourself, which can lead to greater fulfillment and happiness.

Over all, lifelong learning is an important part of personal and professional development. It is an enjoyable process that can bring many opportunities to help you improve your work life, meet new friends, and achieve personal satisfaction.

(Adapted from i-Learn Smart World)

Read the following passage about the selfie and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the following questions from 31 to 40.

A Short History of the Selfie

They’re everywhere – people posing with their phones held out in front of them or on a

selfie-stick. And it’s not just young people – social media users of all ages take selfies, including space-walking astronauts and the Pope.

So when did this selfie mania begin? Most people would guess that it was around the beginning of this century or perhaps a bit later when smartphones became mainstream. But most people would be wrong, just as Britney Spears and Paris Hilton were wrong when they declared on Twitter in 2017 that they had invented the selfie eleven years previously. In fact, they were around 167 years too late to make that claim. The oldest existing selfie dates back to 1839 when photographer Robert Cornelius took a self-portrait photograph of himself. [I] To achieve this, he had to uncover the lens, run to his place and pose in the same position for up to fifteen minutes and then run back to cover the lens again. [II] Cornelius couldn’t take a dozen shots and choose the best one – his selfie had to be just one photo. [III] Half a century later, in 1914, thirteen-year-old Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia took a picture of herself in a mirror and became the first teenager to take a selfie. [IV]

And what about the origin of the word itself? It is thought to come from Australia where people have a habit of putting -ie on the end of words – barbie for barbecue, postie for postal worker and even Aussie for Australian. In 2002, an Australian man took a photo of an injury to his lip and put it up on a public forum to ask for advice on how to treat it. He referred to the photo as a selfie, and the term was born. Selfie became Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year in 2013.

So, why do we take so many photos of ourselves? A 2017 study into ‘selfitis’, as the obsessive taking of selfies has been called, found a range of motivations, from seeking to feel more part of a group to shaking off depressive thoughts and of course – capturing a memorable moment. Since we live so much of our lives online, there is pressure to present good quality images, and so it is no surprise that airbrushing apps that enable people to retouch images and present an idealised version of themselves are gaining popularity.

(Adapted from English Discovery)