Đề thi giữa kì 2 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.

HOW TO END MALARIA 🦟🌍

THE PROBLEM

• Malaria kills one million people every year.

• A child dies (1) ______ malaria every sixty seconds.

• Malaria keeps more kids out of school than any other (2) ______.

THE FACTS

• Malaria is not (3) ______.

• You can only (4) ______ malaria from a female mosquito.

• Mosquitoes bite mainly at night.

THE SOLUTION

• Education! Education! Education!

• Help us (5) ______ money to teach kids about malaria and buy (6) ______ and mosquito nets!

(Adapted from English Discovery 11 – Unit 2. Get well)

Read the following tips 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.

Five Important Skills and Characteristics to be a Pilot

1. Communication Skills: Pilots need to be able to calmly explain information (7) ______ people working and traveling on planes.

2. Confidence: Pilots need to believe in their abilities. They have to make (8) ______ responses that can affect a lot of people.

3. Multitasking: There are lots of things pilots must (9) ______ at all times. They need to think about fuel, speed, passengers, and (10) ______ things, all at the same time.

4. Math Skills: Pilots need to be able to do math quickly and accurately (11) ______ they have to make changes to their speed or direction.

5. Stress Management: Pilots need to stay calm at all times and be (12) ______ to different situations and problems.

(Adapted from i-Learn Smart World 12 – Unit 3. World of Work)

Read the following passage about the future jobs 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.

IN-DEMAND CAREERS FOR THE FUTURE

Technology has brought a lot of changes to our lives. (18) ______ Here are some jobs that we’ll be seeing more of in the coming years.

Software developers and other coding careers

Nowadays, coding – or the process of writing computer programs – (19) ______. A recent survey of tech workers and employers has found that the job of a software developer will be the most important tech job in the future. Not surprisingly, in many countries, coding has even been added to the primary school curriculum.

Content creators

Over the past few years, the demand for content creators – (20) ______ – has increased dramatically. There are a lot of job opportunities for content creators in different industries such as media, IT, fashion, pop music, travel and food services. (21) ______ As a result, content creation will continue to grow and will still be a career in the future.

Data protection jobs

Personal data should only be collected and used for specific purposes. (22) ______ Therefore, the demand for data protection officers, who educate employees about data handling, and data detectives, who examine data and detect issues, will go up. There will be plenty of data privacy jobs for people with the right technical and legal skills.

(Adapted from Global Success 12 – Unit 9. Career paths)

Read the following passage 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.

Are you sure?

Knowing what is good for us and what isn’t can be confusing. For example, drinking coffee. Coffee helps you concentrate and it can help you stay awake when you are tired. However, if you drink more than six cups a day, it may cause headaches, stomach upsets and you may not sleep well. It’s better to just drink two or three cups a day.

How about food? Chocolate contains fat and can make you overweight if eaten excessively. But chocolate also contains chemicals that make you feel happy. It can help if you feel depressed. Red meat has protein and vitamins, which are good for you, but it also contains fat. So if you eat too much, it can damage your stomach and heart.

How about daily activities? Take running. Running is good for you. It helps to make your heart and muscles stronger and produces chemicals that make you feel happy. But it can be bad for you, too. If you are a beginner and run too fast or too far, you can damage your heart and muscles. Studying is obviously good for you and your grades, but studying too hard can cause exhaustion, stress and loss of sleep.

So when you read a newspaper article saying “X is good for you” or “Y is bad for you”, do some research. X may also be bad for you and Y may be good. Always read at least two articles before you decide which is true.

(Adapted from C-21 Smart 11 – Unit 1. Healthy lifestyle)

Read the following passage about remote work 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.

[I] A decade ago, most employers would have balked at the idea of employees regularly working from home. [II] But the pandemic showed that employees could work on their own. [III] Prodoscore, for example, reported that remote workers’ productivity increased 47 percent during the lockdown in March and April 2020, finding that communi-cation activities such as emailing, telephoning and chat messaging all climbed. [IV]

Other recent studies indicate that remote work options increase job satisfaction. Buffer’s 2023 State of Remote Work report found that 91 percent of survey respondents enjoyed working remotely, with flexibility listed as the biggest benefit. Additionally, in 2022, McKinsey surveyed 25,000 workers across a range of industries about their remote work experience. According to the study, seeking out flexible work environ-ments is the third reason why people search for new jobs (better pay/hours and career opportunities are the others). Remote work is such a large priority for workers that 87 percent of the respondents said that when offered the chance to work remotely, they would take it.

There was a time when remote work as we know it wasn’t even a possibility, because the technology didn’t exist. If your colleagues and business partners wanted to get in touch with you when you were out of the office, they couldn’t email, text or direct message to you. You would’ve needed to provide an alternative phone number or email to have a work-related conversation. “Ten years ago, remote employment basically meant a telemarketing or customer service position at below minimum wage,” said Samantha Lambert, director of human resources at Centific. “It was rarely connected with a full-time career. Now, technology affords us the ability to get the same job done, no matter where in the world we are.”

“The modern workforce is increasingly mobile, collaborative and dynamic, and comprises multi generations, all with different communication preferences,” said Stacey Epstein, chief marketing officer at Freshworks.

However, many companies continue to resist this work trend for various reasons. Some business owners may fear a lack of productivity in their employees, while others haven’t invested in teleconferencing and telework tech to support remote workers. Still, some businesses are making the necessary investments to support remote work.

(Adapted from THiNK 12 – Review Units 5&6)