An apparatus for selecting banks in a semiconductor memory device provides a half-chip by adjusting all bits including the most significant bit (MSB) of bank addresses to select normal banks even if degraded banks are included in both upper and lower bank blocks. In a memory including an upper bank block and a lower bank block which are constructed with a plurality of banks selectable by a plurality of bank addresses, an apparatus for selecting the banks includes a plurality of bank address control parts each corresponding to one address bit of the bank addresses, each of the bank address control part applying a fixed logic value to the upper and lower bank blocks according to a selective cutting of at least one of the fuses, and each of the bank address control parts applying either a corresponding bank address bit input thereto or a bank address bit just below the corresponding bank address bit to the upper and lower bank blocks.