Bài tập Tiếng Anh 12 Unit 1 Global Success (có lời giải)

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Bài tập Tiếng Anh 12 Unit 1: Life stories we admire sách Global Success có đáp án chi tiết giúp học sinh ôn tập để học tốt môn Tiếng Anh 12.

Bài tập Tiếng Anh 12 Unit 1 Global Success (có lời giải)

Bài 1: Chọn đáp án đúng nhất.

1. I _______ to his house in 1991.

A. moved

B. have been moving

C. have moved

D. was moving

2. He came into the room while they ________ television.

A. have watched

B. watched

C. were watching

D. have been watching

3. I fell asleep when I _____ television.

A. am watching

B. am being watched

C. was watching

D. All are correct

4. They ________ last week.

A. didn’t come

B. came not

C. don’t come

D. did come

5. At nine o’clock yesterday morning, we ________ for the bus.

A. are waiting

B. waited

C. were waiting

D. was waiting

​​6. When I saw him, he ________ a portrait of his wife.

A. painted

B. was painting

C. paints

D. paint

7. ______ you sleeping when I called you last night?

A. Did

B. Was

C. Were

D. Are

8. While Mrs. Smith ______ the garden, she found a diamond ring.

A. dug

B. was digging

C. digs

D. is digging

9. As I ______ down the street, I bumped into an old friend.

A. walked

B. am walking

C. was walking

D. walk

10. The postman ______ while I was having breakfast.

A. come

B. comes

C. was coming

D. came

11. What ______ at this time yesterday?

A. did you do

B. were you doing

C. are you doing

D. do you do

12. I ______ attention when the teacher asked me a question.

A. wasn’t paying

B. didn’t pay

C. not paying

D. am not paying

13. While my brother was studying, my sister ______ a cake.

A. made

B. makes

C. was making

D. make

14. The electricity went off while we ______ the football match.

A. watched

B. are watching

C. were watching

D. watch

15. He ______ his keys while he was jogging in the park.

A. lost

B. was losing

C. loses

D. lose

16. ___ it raining when you left the house?

A. Did

B. Was

C. Were

D. Is

17. They ___ quietly when the teacher entered the classroom.

A. sat

B. are sitting

C. were sitting

D. sit

18. I saw a crash while I ___ for the taxi.

A. waited

B. was waiting

C. wait

D. am waiting

19. When the phone rang, I ___ a shower.

A. had

B. was having

C. have

D. am having

20. While the children ___ in the park, it started to thunder.

A. played

B. play

C. are playing

D. were playing

Hướng dẫn giải

1. A	2. C	3. C	4. A	5. C	6. B	7. C	8. B	9. C	10. D
11. B	12. A	13. C	14. C	15. A	16. B	17. C	18. B	19. B	20. D

Bài 2: Chia dạng đúng của các động từ đã cho trong ngoặc đơn sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc thì quá khứ tiếp diễn.

1. Tom ___________ (play) a video game when his brother, Jack, ___________ (enter) the room.

2. I ___________ (study) for my English test when my mother ___________ (come) home from work.

3. Lisa ___________ (wash) the dishes when the telephone ___________ (ring).

4. I ___________ (ate) a sandwich while my parents ___________ (drink) coffee.

5. I ___________ (watch) a DVD when my cat ___________ (jump) on me.

6. I ___________ (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I ___________ (sleep)

7. It (be) ___________ beautiful yesterday when we ___________ (go) for a walk in the park. The sun ___________ (shine). The birds ___________ (sing).

8. My brother and sister ___________ (talk) about something when I ___________ (walk) into the room.

9. Tom ___________(go) to his friend’s house, but the boys ___________ (not be) there. They ___________ (play) soccer in the vacant lot down the street.

10. The little boy ___________ (fall) asleep while his mother ___________ (read) him a story.

11. I really ___________ (enjoy) my holiday last January. While it ___________ (snow) in Iowa, the sun ___________ (shine) in Floria.

12. It ___________ (snow) when I ___________ (leave) home this morning.

13. It was a sunny afternoon and people ___________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then suddenly it ___________ (start) to rain.

14. My brother ___________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he ___________ (see) me, he ___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that I ___________ (listen) to his conversation.

15. We ___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener ___________ (see) us.

16. May ___________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing)

17. ___________ (you/ listen) to the teacher when she ___________ (explain) this exercise?

18. Natasha ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock ___________ (ring).

19. Juliet __________(dance) a wonderful ballet when Romeo ________ (come).

20. While he __________(fight) against serious health problems, he __________ (inspire) many people with his positive attitude and determination.

Hướng dẫn giải

1. was playing/entered 2. was studying/came 3. was washing/rang. 4. was eating/were drinking 5. was watching/jumped 6. didn’t hear/was sleeping 7. was/went/was shining/were singing 8. were talking/walked 9. went/weren’t/were playing 10. fell/was reading

11. enjoyed/was snowing/was shining 12. was snowing/left 13. were sitting/started 14. was talking/was seeing/finished/listened 15. were climbing/saw 16. was playing/was singing 17. Did you listen/was explaining 18. was having/rang 19. was dancing/came 20. was fighting/was inspiring

Bài 3: Cho dạng đúng của động từ ở thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn để hoàn thiện đoạn văn sau.

Life Stories We Admire – Nguyen Ngoc Manh

          One afternoon in 2021, Nguyen Ngoc Manh (1. wait) _______ for his delivery job near an apartment building in Hanoi. While he (2. sit) _______ in his truck, he suddenly (3. hear) ________ people shouting.

          At that moment, a little girl (4. climb) ________ over the balcony railing on the 12th floor. Many people (5. look) ________ up and (6. scream) ________ in panic. When Mạnh (7. realize) ________ the danger, he quickly (8. jump) ________ out of his truck and (9. run) __________ toward the building.

          While the girl (10. fall) _______, he bravely (11. try) ________ to position himself to catch her. People around him (12. watch) ________ nervously when he (13. catch) _________ the girl in his arms.

          After the accident, many newspapers (14. report) ________ the story, and people across the country (15. praise) ________ him for his courage. At that time, he simply said he just did what anyone would do in that situation.

Hướng dẫn giải

1. was waiting 2. was sitting 3. heard 4. was climbing 5. were looking 6. were screaming 7. realized 8. jumped

9. ran 10. was falling 11. tried 12. were watching 13. caught 14. reported 15. praised

Bài 4: Đặt câu dựa trên các gợi ý sau bằng cách sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc thì quá khứ tiếp diễn.

1. Who / you / talk / to / when / I arrive?

=> _______________________________________________________

2. What / Jake / do / when / you / see / him?

=> ______________________________________________________

3. It / not rain / when / we / leave / the house / this morning.

=> _______________________________________________________

4. Emily / not ride / her bike / when / the accident / happen.

=> _______________________________________________________

5. they / sleep / when / you / phone / them?

=> _______________________________________________________

6. I / drop / my mobile phone / when / I / walk / to school.

=> ______________________________________________________

Hướng dẫn giải

1. Who were you talking to when I arrived? (Bạn đang nói chuyện với ai khi tôi đến?)

2. What was Jake doing when you saw him? (Jake đang làm gì khi bạn nhìn thấy cậu ấy?)

3. It wasn’t raining when we left the house this morning. (Trời không mưa khi chúng tôi rời nhà sáng nay.)

4. Emily wasn’t riding her bike when the accident happened. (Emily không đang đạp xe khi tai nạn xảy ra.)

5. Were they sleeping when you phoned them? (Họ có đang ngủ khi bạn gọi điện cho họ không?)

6. I dropped my mobile phone when I was walking to school. (Tôi làm rơi điện thoại di động khi đang đi bộ đến trường.)

Bài 5: Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa không đổi sử dụng thì quá khứ đơn hoặc thì quá khứ tiếp diễn.

1. When the storm started, the brave firefighter saved the child.

=> The brave firefighter __________________________ when the storm started.

2. During his childhood, he helped his parents on the farm.

=> While he _____________________, he helped his parents on the farm.

3. The villagers were working in the fields, and suddenly they saw a strange light in the sky.

=> While the villagers __________________, they suddenly saw a strange light in the sky.

4. She learned how to read, and at the same time her sister was cooking dinner.

=> While her sister ___________________, she ___________________.

5. People didn’t use smartphones in the past; they wrote letters to communicate.

=> In the past, while people ____________________, they___________________.

Hướng dẫn giải

1. The brave firefighter was saving the child when the storm started. (Người lính cứu hỏa dũng cảm đã cứu đứa trẻ khi cơn bão bắt đầu.)

2. While he was growing up, he helped his parents on the farm. (Khi còn nhỏ, anh ấy đã giúp đỡ bố mẹ làm việc trên nông trại.)

3. While the villagers were working in the fields, they suddenly saw a strange light in the sky. (Trong khi dân làng đang làm việc trên đồng ruộng, họ đột nhiên nhìn thấy một ánh sáng lạ trên bầu trời.)

4. While her sister was cooking dinner, she was learning how to read. (Trong khi chị gái đang nấu bữa tối, cô ấy đã học đọc.)

5. In the past, while people were writing letters to communicate, they didn’t use smartphones. (Trước đây, khi mọi người viết thư để liên lạc, họ không sử dụng điện thoại thông minh.)

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Lưu trữ: Bài tập Tiếng Anh 12 Unit 1 (sách cũ)

Hiển thị nội dung

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:

1. a. shifts    b. thinks    c. joins    d. soups

2. a. busy    b. basic    c. person    d. answer

3. a. bags    b. graphs    c. lands    d. days

4. a. cooks    b. loves    c. joins    d. spends

5. a. coach    b. chore    c. chorus    d. check

II. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase:

6. He has been very interested in doing research on _______ since he was at high school.

a. biology   b. biological   c. biologist   d. biologically

7. Are you sure that boys are more _______ than girls?

a. act   b. active   c. action   d. activity

8. It is generally believed that "Men make _______ house and women make _______ home".

a. Ø / Ø   b. a / an   c. the / the   d. an / the

9. Most doctors and nurses have to work on a _______ once or twice a week at the hospital.

a. solution   b. night shift

c. household chores   d. special dishes

10. We enjoy _______ time together in the evening when the family members gather in the living room after a day of working hard.

a. spending   b. caring   c. taking   d. doing

11. It is parents' duty and responsibility to _______ hands to tae care of their children and give them a happy home.

a. shake   b. hold   c. join   d. take

12. He is a _______ boy. He is often kind and helpful to every classmate.

a. frank   b. lovely   c. obedient   d. caring

13. Doctors are supposed to _______ responsibility for human life.

a. do   b. take   c. rush   d. join

14. _______ sure that you follow the instructions carefully.

a. Believe   b. Try   c. Do   d. Make

15. Sometimes Mr. Peter has to work very late _______ night to do some important experiments.

a. in    b. at   c. for    d. on

16. These quick and easy _______ can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost.

a. solve    b. solvable     c. solutions    d. solvability

17. Thinh is _______ only child in his family so his parents love him a lot.

a. a    b. an    c. the    d. no article

18. According to the boss, John is the most _______ for the position of executive secretary.

a. supportive    b. caring

c. suitable    d. comfortable

19. She got up late and rushed to the bus stop.

a. came into    b. went leisurely    c. went quickly    d. dropped by

20. Bob, come and give me a hand with cooking.

a. help    b. prepared    c. be busy    d. attempt

Put each verb in brackets into a suitable tense. All sentence refer to past time:

21. I realized that someone (steal) _________ my wallet when I (feel)_______ their hand in my jacket pocket.

22. David (offer) _________ me another biscuit but I decided I (have)________ enough.

23. At school I (dislike) __________ the chemistry teacher because she (always pick) ____________ on me.

24. Nobody (watch)___________ so the little boy (take)___________ the packet of sweets from the shelf and (put)__________ into his pocket.

25. I (know)_________ I (do)__________ well in my exams even before I (receive)___________ the official results.

Give the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences:

26. My father is a ___________ who is studying marine life. (biology)

27. Lizzie has been very __________ during my illness. (support)

28. My main ____________ at home is to wash the dishes. (responsible)

29. My mother is a very warm and ________ person. (care)

30. If you are worried about their ___________, put your jewels in the hotel safe. (secure)

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer:

Jean spent her first few years in Hooper and her family moved to Otsego early in her life. She was only ten when her father died unexpectedly, leaving her mother to raise and support their family alone. Her mother soon went to work outside the home to provide for the family, and Jean, being one of the oldest, had to help care for her younger siblings. Although she had much responsibility at home, Jean thoroughly enjoyed school and was an excellent student. She went on to graduate 10th in her class at Otsego High School in 1953.

While still in high school, Jean met a young man named Charles "Chuck" Holly, at a dance in Alamo; and they were quite taken with each other. Over the next few years, their love for each other blossomed and they were married on February 24, 1953, while Jean was still in school. At the time, Chuck was serving his country in the military, and had come home on leave to marry his sweetheart. Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, he was sent overseas to serve in Korea for the next fifteen months.

Upon his discharge, the couple settled into married life together in the Plainwell, Otsego area. To help make ends meet, Jean went to work at the collection bureau in Kalamazoo for a while, before taking a job at the cheese company in Otsego. In 1964, Chuck and Jean were overjoyed with the birth of their son, Chuck, who brought great joy into their lives. Jean remembered how her mother was always gone so much working after her father died and she did not want that for her son, so she left her job to devote herself to the role of a mother.

(*) Từ mới:

sibling: anh (chị, em) ruột:

thoroughly: hoàn toàn, hoàn hảo;

blossom: nảy nở;

thereafter: sau đó, về sau;

discharge: sự giải tán, sự giải ngũ (quân đội);

bureau: cục, nha, vụ;

overjoyed: vui mừng khôn xiết;

devote: hiến dâng, dành hết cho;

31. Before Jean’s father passed away, her mother used to ___________.

a. work outside the home   b. be a housewife

c. support the family alone   d. work as a secretary

32. Which is not referred to Jean?

a. She was a responsible girl.

b. She never helped her mother with household chores.

c. She often did well at school.

d. She went to high school.

33. Jean’s husband was a _______.

a. teacher   b. dancer   c. soldier   d. servant

34. Jean ______________________.

a. served in the military   b. lived in Korea for fifteen months

c. had a daughter   d. got married when she was a student

35. Which is not true about Jean?

a. She disliked staying at home and taking care of her child.

b. She worked outside the home before she had a child.

c. She was very happy when she got a baby.

d. She quit her job to look after her baby.

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one:

36. They are not allowed to go out in the evening by their parents.

a. Their parents do not want them to go out in the evening.

b. Their parents never let them to go out in the evening.

c. Going out in the evening is permitted by their parents.

d. Although their parents do not allow, they still go out in the evening.

37. Although my parents are busy at work, they try to find time for their children.

a. My parents are so busy at work that they cannot find time for their children.

b. Busy at work as my parents are, they try to find time for their children.

c. My parents are too busy at work to find time for their children.

d. My friends rarely have time for their children because they are busy at work.

38. His eel soup is better than any other soups I have ever eaten.

a. Of all the soups I have ever eaten, his eel soup is the best.

b. I have ever eaten many soups that are better than his eel soup.

c. His eel soup is the worst of all soups I have eaten.

d. His eel soup is good but I have ever eaten many others better.

39. She gets up early to prepare breakfast so that her children can come to school on time.

a. Despite her getting up early to prepare breakfast, her children cannot come to school on time.

b. Because she wanted her children to come to school on time, she gets up early to prepare breakfast.

c. If she does not get up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on time.

d. Unless she gets up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on.

40. The last time I went to the museum was a year ago.

a. I have not been to the museum for a year.

b. A year ago, I often went to the museum.

c. My going to the museum lasted a year.

d. At last I went to the museum after a year.

Đáp án

Câu	Ghi chú
1. c	/z/, còn lại: /s/
2. a	/z/, còn lại: /s/
3. b	/s/, còn lại: /z/
4. a	/s/, còn lại: /z/
5. c	/k/, còn lại: /tʃ/
6. a	biology: sinh vật học
7. b	active: năng động
8. a
9. b	night shift: ca đêm
10. a	enjoy + N/V-ing
11. c	join hands: cùng nhau
12. d	caring: quan tâm người khác
13. b	take responsibility for: nhận tránh nhiệm, gánh vác trách nhiệm
14. d
15. b
16. c
17. c
18. c
19. c	rush: vội vã đi gấp
20. a	give sb a hand: giúp đỡ ai
21	was stealing - felt
22	offered - had had
23	disliked - was always picking
24	was watching - took - put
25	knew - had done - received
26	biologist
27	supportive
28	responsibility
29	caring
30	security
31. b	Dẫn chứng: “She was only ten when her father died unexpectedly, leaving her mother to raise and support their family alone. Her mother soon went to work outside the home to provide for the family…”
32. b
33. c	Dẫn chứng: “At the time, Chuck was serving his country in the military…”
34. d	Dẫn chứng: “Over the next few years, their love for each other blossomed and they were married on February 24, 1953, while Jean was still in school.”
35. a	Dẫn chứng: “Jean remembered how her mother was always gone so much working after her father died and she did not want that for her son, so she left her job to devote herself to the role of a mother.”
36. b
37. b
38. a
39. b
40. a

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