Giải bài tập tiếng Anh 12 - Pearson [Unit 1: Life stories]

A. PHONETICS

I.
1. hear - here       2. read - red           3. week - weak 4. meet - meat     5. maid - made       6. rode – road
 
II.
1. dear - deer     2. die - dye     3. flour - flower    4. hare - hair   5. meat - meet
6. pair - pear   7. altar - alter  8. aloud - allowed 9. blew - blue 10. sealing – ceiling
 
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
 
I.
1. historical   2. talented     3. generosity   4. dedication  5. achievement
6. strategy    7. politician    8. figure          9. reputation  10. distinguished
 
II.
1. travelled              2. stayed            3. didn’t know     4. saw
5. were walking      6. was coming    7. hurt                 8. didn’t break
 
III.
1.was     2. was       3. were       4. loved        5. was studying
6. started - didn’t finish    7. was travelling - became    8. got   9. started  10. died
 
IV.
1. I was peeling some onions and the knife slipped.
2. He was playing football and he fell over.
3. We were sunbathing at the weekend and we stayed out too long.
4. He was walking in the rain and he got very wet.
5. They were staying in Hai Phong when there was a terrible storm.
6. She was travelling home from school and she left it on the bus.
 
V.
1.a-The    2. a-a-The    3. a-Ø-the     4. an - a - The - the - the
5. a-a-the-The-the         6. a-The           7. Ø -The         8. a-the
 
VI.  1. the 2. the 3. the 4. the 5. an   6. the  7. a   8. the   9. Ø   10. Ø
 
VII.  1. B   2. A   3. D   4. B   5. C   6. D   7. B   8. A   9. D   10. C
 
C. READING
 
I.  1.T   2. F   3.NG   4. T   5. F   6. F   7. T   8. NG   9. NG   10. T

II.
 
Task 1. 1.NG    2. F    3. T    4. F    5. F    6. T
 
Task 2. 1. anthology 2. pioneer 3. surrealist 4. biographies  5. memorabilia   6. intact
 
III.
Task 1. 1.E    2. D    3. F    4. G    5. A   6. B
Task 2. 1. F    2. T    3. F    4. T    5. T    6. F    7. T   8. F
Task 3
1. He was brought up in the state of New York.
 
2. His incredible performance during high school earned him admission to Harvard University.
 
3. The reasons were that he didn’t get permission to use the photos, the students didn’t like his ranking, and so many people saw Facemash on Harvard servers.
 
4. Within the next year it immediately spread to other colleges in the United States.
 
5. It has over one billion and seven hundred million users.
 
6. He got the offers, like selling the site, or getting ad revenue.
 
7. It is one of the world’s biggest online businesses.

8. He got married in 2012.
 
IV. 1.D    2. C    3. A    4. B    5. B    6. A    7. D   8. B   9. C   10. D
 
D. SPEAKING
 
1. C    2. G    3. B    4. E    5. H   6. A    7. D   8. F
 
E. WRITING
 
1. Ngo Bao Chau was born in 1972 in an intellectual family in Ha Noi.
 
2. At the age of 15, he entered the mathematics specialization class at Ha Noi National University.
 
3. In grades 11 and 12, Chau participated in the 29^th and the 30^th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) and became the first Vietnamese student to win two IMO gold medals.
 
4. He was offered a scholarship by the French government for undergraduate study in Paris.
 
5. He obtained a PhD in 1997 from the University of Paris-Sud under the supervision of Professor Gérard Laumon.
 
6. In 2005, at the age of 33, he received the title of professor in Viet Nam, becoming the country's youngest-ever professor.
 
7. He joined the mathematics faculty at the University of Chicago on September 1,2010.
 
8. Professor Chau received the Fields Medal in Mathematics in August 2010 in India.
 
TEST 1 (Unit 1)
 
I+II. 1.C   2. D    3. B   4. B    5. C
 
III. 6. D   7. B   8. B   9. D  10. C   11. A   12. D   13. B   14. C  15. D
 
IV. 16. ambition   17.work   18. interview   19. failure   20. Success
 
V. 21. was waiting               22. was raining        23. was lying - heard      
 24. arrived - were still wearing      25. was looking - found - had
 
VI. 26. B    27. D    28. B    29. A    30. C    31. B   32. C   33. D   34. C   35. A
 
VII. 36. C   37. A   38. D   39. B   40. B
 
VIII. 41. C   42. F   43. D   44. B   45. E
 
46. Le Thanh Tong is the king whose name and contributions closely linked to Viet Nam’s prosperous stage in the late 15^th century.
 
47. During his 38 years of ruling, King Le Thanh Tong carried out reforms in politics, military, and economy.
 
48. He initiated the Hong Due Code which marked a high level of civilization of Viet Nam, and promoted national cultural values.
 
49. He himself was a great poet with a number of valuable poems.
 
50. Valuable documents were submitted to UNESCO for the recognition of King Le Thanh Tong as a World Cultural Celebrity.
 
TEST 2 (Unit 1)
 
I+II. 1.D   2. A   3. A   4. B   5. A
 
III. 6. B   7. D   8. C   9. D   10. C   11.C   12. B   13. C  14. A  15. A
 
IV.16 .talented  17. achievement  18. respectable  19. generosity  20. distinguished
 
V. 21. an   22. Ø    23. the    24. a    25. The
 
VI. 26. D    27. B    28. C   29. A   30. D   31. B   32. C   33. A   34. B   35. D

VII. 36. D    37. B    38. A   39. C   40. B
 
VIII. 41. B   42. G    43. D    44. C   45. E
 
IX.
46. Nguyen Du, whose pen-names are To Nhu and Thanh Hien, was born in 1765 in Thang Long.
 
47. Nguyen Du witnessed many changes in the transition from the Le to Nguyen dynasties, and his works reflected Viet Nam's society during these years.
 
48. Nguyen Du’s poems displayed the spiritual life of Vietnamese people.
 
49. His life, career and works, especially The Tale of Kieu. interest readers of all walks of life in Viet Nam and scholars abroad.
 
50. Nguyen Du was recognised as a World Cultural Celebrity by UNESCO in 2013.