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PRACTICE TEST 1

I. VOCABULARY

A. Choose the best word from A, B, C or D that fits each blank.

1. People who take on a second job inevitably …………..themselves to greater stress.

A. offer B. subject C. field D. place

2. The building work must be finished by the end of the month …………..of cost.

A. ignorant B. thoughtless C. uncaring D. regardless

3. Sarah's friends all had brothers and sisters but she was a(n) …………..child.

A. singular B. individual C. single D. only

4. …………..from being embarrassed by his mistake, the lecturer went on confidently with his talk.

A. Distant B. Far C. A long way D. Miles

5. The increased pay offer was accepted although it …………..short of what the employees wanted.

A. fell B. arrived C. came D. ended

6. The old lady's savings were considerable as she had …………..a little money each week.

A. put by B. put in C. put apart D. put down

7. His poor handling of the business …………..on negligence.

A. bordered B. edged C. approached D. neared

8. After the accident, there was considerable doubt …………..exactly what had happened.

A. in the question of B. as to C. in the shape of D. for

9. Price increases are now running at a(n) …………..level of thirty per cent.

A. highest B. record C. uppermost D. top

10. The police …………..a good deal of criticism, over their handling of the demonstration.

A. came in for B. brought about C. went down with D. opened up

11. The stage designed was out of this …………..but unfortunately the acting was not so impressive.

A. moon B. planet C. world D. earth

12. To discuss this matter with anyone else would …………..our professional regulation.

A. contradict B. counteract C. contrast D. contravene

13. I …………..on the grapevine that George is in line for promotion.

A. heard B. collected C. picked D. caught

14. This monument is …………..to the memory of distinguished former students.

A. erected B. dedicated C. commissioned D. associated

15. To begin studying chemistry at this level, you must already have proved your ability in a related …………..

A. line B. discipline C. region D. rule

16. This sad song movingly conveys the …………..of the lovers' final parting.

A. ache B. argument C. anxiety D. anguish

17. Do you expect there will be a lot of …………..to the project from the local community?

A. rejections B. disapproval C. disagreement D. objections

18. As a …………..parent, my main concern is balancing the needs of a small child with the need to earn a living.

A. solo B. single C. sole D. solitary

19. By the time we got home, we were …………..frozen and starving hungry.

A. extremely B. very C. absolutely D. exceedingly

20. She says that unfortunately, in the …………..circumstances, she cannot afford to help us.

A. ongoing B. contemporary C. actual D. present

B. Use the correct form of each of the words given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence.

HARD TO BELIEVE!

Albert and Betty Cheetham hit the headlines recently thanks to an astonishing lists of coincidences. On holiday in

Tunisia, the (1. retire) …………..couple found themselves dining opposite another retired couple - Albert and Betty

Rivers. And, also (2. coincidence) ………….., Mr. Cheetham and Mr. Rivers had both previously worked for a railway

company, while Mrs. Cheetham and Mrs Rivers had both worked for the post office. The two couples also made the (3.

discover) …………..that they both had two sons and five grandchildren and, to their (4. amazing) ………….., that

the date and time of their (5. marry) …………..was exactly the same i.e. 2p.m. August 15th, 1942.

A more sustained coincidence is that seven of the eight US presidents who died in office were elected at exactly

20 year intervals between 1840 - and 1960. It was eventually Ronald Reagan, beginning his (6. president) …………..in

1980, 20 years after John. F. Kennedy, who broke the cycle after surviving an (7. assassinate) …………..attempt and

finishing his last term (8. live) ………….. .

OUT FOR THE COUNT

'You are what you think you are,' says self-hypnotist Jonathan Atkinson, so there are 20 of us lying on our backs

trying to communicate with our (9. conscious) minds. We start by describing our problems. I've got the usual (10.

complain): …………..tiredness, insomnia, (11. anxious) ………….. .

Six years ago, Jonathan was a typical 40 cigarettes a-day executive under too much (12. stressful) ………….. .

Then he learnt self-hypnosis. What is particularly (13. impress) …………..is that he can stop the bleeding when he cuts

himself shaving, and have his teeth filled without needing an (14. inject) ………….. .

Gradually what started off as weird becomes (15. understand) ………….. . Why in hypnosis, Jonathan. tells us that

whenever we count to ten, with the (16. intend) …………..of going into self-hypnosis, we'll be able to do it.

Amazingly, it seems to work.

C. In the following advertisement or a guide to travelling as an air courier all the full stops (.) and question marks (?)

have been removed. Show where the full stops or question marks should be inserted by writing them, together with the

preceding word, in the space provided. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (√).

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often it's ideal if you're in business, retired, a student, a charity

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claim your copy of this invaluable guide, simply complete and return

the coupon below.

0. √

00. travel?

1. ………….

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II. GRAMMAR

A. Complete the sentences below with one of the follow.ing verbs plus a preposition. (Make any changes to verb

tenses that may be necessary.)

abide confine decide surround account count grumble specialize

accuse cry insist taste book deal refrain translate

1. The teacher …………..calling me Ghenghis, even though my real name is Attila.

2. Michael trained as a psychiatrist, and he now …………..mental disorders of the very rich.

3. I was …………..cheating in the examination, just because I had made a few notes on the back of my hand.

4. Scientists are unable to …………..the sudden increase in sunspot activity, although some people believe that

aerosols are to blame.

5. Footballers used to …………..the referee's decision, but nowadays they are just as likely to punch him in the

mouth.

6. The hotel's fire regulations have been …………..eighteen languages, thereby ensuring that guests will bum to

death while trying to find the version in their own language.

7. "My coffee …………..garlic!" - "You're lucky, mine has no taste at all."

8. The English …………..the weather, but secretly they don't mind their climate, because they love complaining.

9. I was thinking of going to live in Scotland, but when I heard that I would have to wear a kilt, I …………..it.

10. If there are any personnel problems in the factory, the boss always asks his deputy to …………..them.

11. "Why am I …………..idiots?” - "We don't know, Father."

12. 'They used to say of Errol Flynn that you could …………..him: he would always let you down.

13. It's no use …………..spilt milk.

14. The kakapo is a rare flightless, nocturnal ground parrot. It is now …………..South Island, New Zealand,

which is another reason why most people have never seen one.

15. Passengers are' kindly requested to …………..smoking in the gangways and in the toilets.

16. As it was getting late, we decided to …………..the nearest hotel.

B. Read the following dialogue between two students. Put the verbs in brackets into one of the following tenses:

Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect

Continuous, Past Perfect Simple, Future Simple, Future Perfect, Future Continuous.

A: Hi Julie. How was your summer break?

B: Great! I can't believe it's all gone so fast!

A: So; what (1. you, do) …………..since you got back?

B: Well the main' thing has been moving all my stuff into the house I (2. share) …………..with four others from next

Saturday. It (3. belong) …………..to the university and it's really nice.

A: Great! Well, while you (4. move) ………….., I was revising for my exams in October.

B: You (5. joke) …………..! You don't have exams already, do you?

A: Yes, well, you know I (6. fail) …………..a couple of my June exams. So now I have to retake them.

B: Oh yes, I (7. Completely, forget) ………….. . How awful!

A: At least they (8. be) …………..over soon. Anyway, what's it like in your new place?

B: Well, it's complete chaos at the moment but with luck we (9. unpack) …………..most of the boxes by the weekend.

A: Listen, if there's anything I can do, just tell me, won't you?

B: Hey thanks but I think we (10. do) …………..all the main things. Anyway, you should be concentrating on your

exams!

III. READING

A. Read the passage and answer the questions which follow by choosing the best suggestion.

San Francisco is where I grew up between the ages of two and ten and where I lived for a period when I was about

13 and again as a married man from the ages of 37 to 51. So quite a big slice of my life has been spent there. My

mother, who is now 90, still lives in Los Gatos, about 60 miles south of San Francisco; - Even though I have since lived

in Switzerland and settled in London over 25 years ago, I have kept property in California for sentimental reasons.

I was born in New York and I love the United States. It is still a land of enormous drive, strength, imagination and

opportunity. I know it well, having played in every town and, during the war, in every army camp. I have grown new

roots in London as I did in Switzerland and if I am asked now where I want to live permanently, I would say London.

But I will always remain an American citizen.

Climatically, San Francisco and London are similar and so are the people who settle in both' cities. San Francisco

is sophisticated, and like London, has many parks and squares. Every day my sisters and I were taken to play in the

parks as children. We had an English upbringing in terms of plenty of fresh air and outdoors games. I didn't go to

school. My whole formal education consisted of some three hours when I was five. I was sent to school but came home

at noon on the first day and said I didn’t enjoy it, hadn't learned anything and couldn't see the point of a lot of children

sitting restlessly while a teacher taught from a big book. My parents decided, wisely I think, that school was not for me

and I never went back.

My mother then took over my education and brought up my two sisters and me rather in the way of an educated

English lady. The emphasis was on languages and reading rather than sciences and mathematics. Sometimes she taught

us herself, but we also had other teachers and we were kept to a strict routine. About once a week we walked to Golden

Gate Park which led down to the sea and on our walks my mother taught me to read music. One day I noticed a small

windmill in the window of a shop we passed on our way back to the park and I remember now how my heart yearned

for it. I couldn't roll my 'r's when I was small and my mother who was a perfectionist regarding pronunciation, said if I

could pronounce an 'r' well I'd have the windmill.

I practiced and practiced and one morning woke everyone up with my r's. I got the windmill. I usually get the

things I want in life-but I work for them and dream of them.

1. When the writer was twelve he was living in

A. San Francisco. B. Los Gatos.

C. London. D. a place unknown to the reader.

2. During the war, the writer

A. became an American soldier. B. went camping all over the country.

C. gave concerts for soldiers. D. left the United States.

3. The writer did not attend school in America because

A his mother wanted him to go to school in England.

B. his parents did not think he was suited to formal education.

C. his mother preferred him to play outdoors in the parks.

D. he couldn't get on with the other children.

4. He was educated at home by

A. his mother and other teachers. C. his mother and sisters.

B. an educated English lady. D. teachers of languages and science.

5. The writer managed to obtain the little windmill he wanted by

A. borrowing the money for it. B. learning to read music.

C. succeeding in speaking properly. D. working hard at his lessons.

B. You are going to read an article about people who have a very strange gift. Seven paragraphs have been removed

from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which /its each gap (1-6). There is one extra paragraph

which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0)

A. One such, the physicist Sir Isaac Newton wrote that, for him, each note of the musical scale corresponded to a

particular color of the spectrum: when he saw a color, he sometimes heard the note. And the philosopher John Locke

reported the case of a blind man who claimed that he had had a revelation of what the color scarlet looked like when he

heard the sound of a trumpet for the first time.

B. Interestingly, he stated that his wife and son both have the gift of color hearing and that their son's' colors sometimes

appear to be a mix of those of his parents. For example, the letter M, for him was pink, and to his wife it was blue and

in their son they found it to be purple.

C. The scheme of colors that he recommended for each age group was intended to reflect a child's stage of

development. The younger children had pink/red, while the older ones had yellow/green.

D. As each child develops; he or she learns to use all the senses cooperatively. What the child learns from one sense can

be transferred to another.

E. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle argued that the five senses were drawn together by a 'common sense' located

in the heart. Later we see that the anatomical drawings of Leonard Da Vinci reflect the 15th century belief that the

senses have a common mechanism.

F. When their tutor asked them to draw what they 'saw' when they heard a note rise and fall on a clarinet, their images

included lips, lines and triangles. One even drew a house nestling amid hills.

G. He casually remarked to her that the colors of the letters were all wrong. It turned out that she could also see the

letters in different colors and that she also heard musical notes in color.

H. Apparently, green helps people relax, whereas red is good for getting people to talk and produce ideas. However, too

much color can have a different effect from the one intended - excess red brings out our aggression, for example, while

too much green makes staff lazy.

LISTENING TO COLOR

Color has a deep impact on each and every one of us. In both offices and factories, shops and homes, the

management of color is used to improve the environment.

0. H

In the early part of the twentieth century Rudolf Steiner studied these effects of color on individuals. He developed

a theory from which he produced color schemes for a learning environment.

1. ………..

Although learning to integrate information from different senses is vital, for the majority of people sight, touch,

taste, smell and hearing are fundamentally separate. Yet there is evidence, some anecdotal, some more scientific, to

suggest that they are, in fact, linked. This idea of sensory unity is a very old one.

2. ………..

In more modern times, many individuals have reported experiencing what is normally felt through one sense via

another, and have described occasions when experiences of one sense also trigger experiences of another. Many

respected scholars have reported the linking of the senses, known as synaesthesia.

3. ………..

More recent studies include the case of a girl who associated colors with the notes of bird song. There was also a

boy who felt pressure sensations in his teeth when cold compresses were applied to his arms. Among a group of college

students, it was found that more than 13 per cent consciously summoned up images of color when they were listening to

music, claiming that this made the experience more enjoyable.

4. ………..

The author Vladimir Nabokov was once interviewed for a magazine article. He told the story of his 'rather freakish

gift of seeing letters in color'.

5. ………..

In his autobiography, he remembered the time when he was seven years old. He was using old black and white

alphabet blocks to build a tower, while his mother was watching.

6. ………..

This gift for seeing letters or hearing music in color is not yet understood. There are probably more people out

there who have the gift, but feel embarrassed or awkward about admitting it.

V. USE OF ENGLISH

A. Read the following text and decide which word best fits each blank.

HIGH STAKES

Few people in the world of high finance had heard of Marc Colombo. There was no (1) ………..why they should

have done. He was a mere foreign-exchange (2) ……….., at the Lloyds Bank in Lugano, Switzerland: But in 1974,

Colombo (3) ………..the headlines around the world leaving (4) ………..money experts open-mouthed – in

amazement. Lloyds (5) ………..that 'irregularities' had cost the bank a (6) ………..£32 million. What had the 28-year-

old Colombo been (7) ………..to? And how had he got (8) ………..with it?

Colombo had been watching the world's leading (9) ………..change their values on the foreign exchange markets.

He decided to buy 34 million US dollars with Swiss francs in three months' time. If, as he (10) ……….., it turned out

that the dollar was (11) ………..less when the time came to settle, he would make a handsome profit. But the dollar's

value did not (12) ……….. . It went up. And Colombo lost £1 million.

Consequently he increased his stake, and went for (13) ………..or - nothing. Without Lloyds (14) ………..a thing,

he set up transactions totaling £4,580 million in just nine months. At first, he was betting that the dollar would lose

value. It did not. (15) ………..he switched to gambling that it would go on rising. It did not.

1. A. cause B. purpose C. basis D. reason

2. A. dealer B. salesman C. merchant D. retailer

3. A. knocked B. struck C. hit D. beat

4. A. hard-hearted B. hard-headed C. hard-pressed D. hard-hitting

5. A. announced B. publicized C. broadcasted D. divulged

6. A. swaying B. shaking C. staggering D. wobbling

7. A. down B. off C. up D. on

8. A. away B. on C. through D. by

9. A. monies B. rates C. accounts D. currencies

10. A. expected B. contemplated C. wondered D. considered

11. A. value B. cost C. worth D. charge

12. A. tumble B. trip C. spill D. topple

13. A. twice B. pair C. twofold D. double

14. A. considering B. speculating C. suspecting D. believing

15. A. So B. Moreover C. Despite D. However

B. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word.

Men have lived in groups and societies (1) ……….. all times and in all places, as (2) ………..as we know. They

do not seem (3) ………..to survive as human beings (4) ………..they live in (5) ……….. cooperation with one (6)

……….. . The most basic of (7) ………..human groups is the family in (8) ……….. various forms. The most important

reason for this is the simple (9) ………..that human beings take many years to (10) ……….. . In (11) ………..

they are the most helpless of all earthly creatures.

For several years after (12) ……….., a child has to be (13) ……….., clothed and protected day and night.

In all societies such duties normally fall (14) ………..a family group of some (15) ……….. .

Men (16) ………..groups for countless (17) ……….. reasons. For instance, it is (18) ………..by cooperating that

they are able to (19) ………..their environment and defend (20) ……….. .

C. For each of the following sentences, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the origin

sentence, but using the word given in capital letters. These words must not be altered in any way.

1. If you don't obey the regulations, you will be permitted to fish in this river. LONG

2. Taking the necessary precautions, you shouldn't have any health problems. PROVIDED

3. He'll give you the sack if you are late for the meeting. OTHERWISE

4. If we took effective action now, we could still save the rainforests. WERE

5. Your refusal to co-operate would cause immediate expulsion from the country. SHOULD

6. The ban on hunting was only imposed because the minister insisted. BUT

7. They will try Abrams for murder at the High Court next week. TRIAL

8. After such a long time together they are still happily married. TEST

9. How do our sales compared with those of other firms? RELATION

10. He is unlikely to win the competition. CHANCE

D. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence

printed before it.

1. This is my brother's first solo flight in a glider.

This is the first time …………………………………

2. We will not see each other again before I go.

This will be the last time ……………………………

3. The train left before he got to the station.

By the time ………………………………………….

4. The school was founded ten years ago.

It is ten ………………………………………………

5. The house looks better since the repainting was done.

The house looks better now …………………………

6. She hadn't had a relapse for six months.

It was ………………………………………………..

7. We should spend as little money as possible.

The less ……………………………………………..

8. My slow progress was due to bad teaching.

As a result …………………………………………..

9. Nobody in the world can run as fast as Fleetfoot.

Fleetfoot ……………………………………………

10. All that stood between John and a gold medal was Jim's greater speed.

But for …………………………………………………………………

VI. COMPOSITION

I. Write a composition (300 words) about the following topic:

A company has announced that it wishes to build a large

factory near your community. Discuss the advantages, and

disadvantages of this new influence on your community. Do

you support or oppose the factory? Explain your position.

II. The chart and graph below give information about sales and share prices for Coca-Cola.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

 You should write at least 150 words.

III.

Summarize the passage about the effects of pollution in about 100 words.

POLLUTION IN ITS MANY FORMS

One of the most serious problems facing the world today is pollution. That is the contamination

of air, land and water by all kinds of chemicals such as poisonous gases, waste materials and

insecticides. Pollution has upset the balance of nature, destroyed many forms of wildlife and caused

a variety of illnesses. It occurs in every country on Earth but is most prominent in industrial

countries.

Breathing polluted air is very common to most people, especially those living in cities. In

heavily industrialized areas, fumes from car exhausts and thick smoke from factory chimneys can

be seen darkening the atmosphere. This would reduce visibility and make the air unpleasant to

breathe. Large scale burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, gas and oil, in homes and industries also

produces a wide range of pollutants. This includes sulfur dioxide which damages plants, destroys

buildings and affects health. Other known pollutants are carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and dirt

particles. The fumes produced by car exhausts and factories would normally disperse in the air, but

sometimes they are trapped by air layers of different temperatures. The result is a fog-like haze

known as smog. Britain and some other countries introduced smokeless zones and smokeless fuels

some years ago and smog no longer occurs, but it still remains a very real problem in Japan and the

United States.

The motor car is a major source of pollution. In densely populated cities where there are

millions of cars on the roads, the level of carbon monoxide in the air is dangerously high. On

windless days, the fumes settle near ground level. Fumes from car exhausts also pour out lead and

nitrogen oxide.

The testing of nuclear weapons, and the use of atomic energy for experimental purposes in

peaceful times have exposed some people to levels of radiation that are too high for safety. Crop-

spraying by aircraft also adds chemical poisons to the air.

Domestic rubbish is another very serious pollution problem. The average American citizen

throws away nearly one ton of rubbish every year. Much of this consists of plastic, metal and glass

packaging that cannot be broken down naturally. Instead it lies with old refrigerators, broken

washing machines and abandoned cars in huge piles for years without decaying. Each year the

problem of rubbish disposal becomes more serious.

Sewage causes another form of pollution. Most of it flows straight into rivers, where it is

broken down by tiny bacteria. The bacteria need oxygen for this process, but because of the vast

quantities of sewage, the bacteria uses up all available oxygen in the water, causing the death of

countless fish and other river life. Rivers provide a very convenient outlet for industrial waste, as

well as being a source of water for cooling in nuclear and other power plants.

Like rivers, oceans have been used as dumping grounds for waste of all kinds. One of the

recent sources of sea pollution is oil and millions of tons of it spill into the sea each year. Oil not

only pollutes beaches, it also kills fish and seabirds. (512 words)

ANSWER TO PRACTICE TEST 1

I. VOCABULARY

A

1. B 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. A

- subject to (v) : cause sb to undergo st unpleasant {recruits subjected to rigorous physical training}

- take on (v) : undertake task {I can't take on any more projects at the moment.}

- fall short of st : fail to meet a desired standard; become less

- put by (v) : save money for future use

- put in (v) : make telephone call; say st; make claim; give time/energy

- put apart (v) : place st {I put my arms around her.}{They put the child's money into a trust fund.}, cause sb to

go

to a place and stay there for a period of time; place sb or st in a particular state or situation

{It put me in mind of my last visit.}; set/

make sb do st; make sb or st have or be affected by st

{They put pressure on him to accept the offer}

- put down (v) : release a hold or grip on st and put it on a lower surface, or restore to the ground sb who has

been lifted up; write st on paper; suppress a rebellion; use force to bring a rebellion to an end

- negligence (n) : carelessness; the condition or quality of being negligent; civil wrong causing injury or harm;

casualness

- border on st (v) : be almost the same as st, verge on st {The boy’s reply to his teacher was bordering on

rudeness.}; be next to st {The new housing estate borders on the motorway.}

- uppermost (a) : highest

- come in for : receive; be subjected to; be the object of criticism or scrutiny {The policy has come in for

scathing attacks by the media.} (scathing: severely critical and scornful)

- go down with : find acceptance; become ill with + disease

11. C 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. B 16. D 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. D

- contradict (v) : disagree with; show to be wrong {The results contradicted all previously held theories.}

- counteract (v) : lessen effect of

- contrast (v) : seem/make things seem different {These poems have a mature voice when contrasted with her

earlier work.}; marked difference

- contravene (v) : violate a rule/law {outdated equipment that contravenes the safety regulations}; contradict st

{There was no question of contravening the committee's findings.}

- the grapevine /

a

I

/ (sl) : means by which news is passed on from person to person

- in line for st : likely to get st {She’s in line for promotion.}

- dedicate to st (v) : devote attention to st; set st aside for purpose

- commission (v) : assign task to sb; order st special; fee paid to agent

- discipline (n) : branch of knowledge; subject of instruction; kiến thức bộ môn

- anguish (n) : extreme anxiety; sorrow, grief

- solo (a) : if one does st solo, he does it alone

- on one’s own : by oneself; do st alone without the help of anyone else; unaided

- single (a) : not married (present status)

- sole (a) : unmarried

- solitary (a) : single + thing {a solitary boat on the sea/flower}; done alone

- extremely (ad) : + nervous/important/difficult/bad (gradable adjectives); even more than very

- absolutely (ad) : + perfectright/correct/incredible/fantastic/crazy/terrible/awful/impossible/ sure/dreadful/

brilliant/no/none/everything/nothing/all (ungradable adjectives){Mr. Morris is absolutely

correct. It would be impossible for us all to go.} {He just sat there doing and saying absolutely

nothing.}{There is absolutely no evidence against him.}

- exceedingly (fml) : + difficult/complex{It is exceedingly difficult to determine the exact cause of death in some

murders}

- completely : in every way; + different/relaxed/isolated/forgot/ruined {Keith’s dad was completely different

from what I had expected.}

- ongoing (a) : continuing; occurring now

B. HARD TO BELIEVE

1. retired 2. coincidentally 3. discovery 4. amazement 5. marriages

6. presidency 7. assassination 8. alive 9. subconscious 10. complaints

11. anxiety 12. stress 13. impressive 14. injection 15. understandable 16. intention

- subconscious (a) : existing unknown in mind; unconscious part of mind; thuộc tiềm thức

- hit (v) : produce; give sb information

- hit/reach/make the headlines: become important or much publicized news; trở thành tin quan trọng được nhiều người

biết đến

- sustained (a) : continuous, continual

- interval (n) : a period of time between one event and the next

- (self-) hypnotist (n) /

I

/: sb who (himself) performs hypnosis /i/

- insomnia (n) : difficulty in sleeping

- executive (n) : official, administrative, manager

- weird /wi



d/ (a) : strange, odd, supernatural

- start off/out (v) : set off {She turned and started off up the hill.}, begin {Let's start off by introducing ourselves.}

C

1.√ 2. fee. 3. price? 4. √ 5. airlines.

6. yourself? 7. √ 8. distributors. 9. rewarding. 10. living.

11. √ 12. often. 13. all. 14. √ 15. savings.

- freelance (n) : người làm nghề tự do; a self-employed person working, or available to work, for a number of

/

’fri:lns

/ employers, and usually hired for a limited period

- courier /

’

k

:ri



/ (n) : traveler’s guide; sb providing delivery service

- coupon /

ku:’pon

/ (n) : order form; a ticket issued under a rationing system that entitles somebody to an amount of a

rationed item and that must be handed in exchange for that item

II. GRAMMAR

A

1. insists on 2. specializes in 3. accused of 4. account for 5. abide by

6. translated into 7. tastes of 8. grumble about 9. decided against 10. deal with

11. surrounded by 12. count on 13. crying over 14. confined to 15. refrain from 16. book into

- abide, abode (v) : tolerate, put up with, bear

- confine (v) : jail, imprison, keep within limits; keep in some place

- grumble (v) : express dissatisfaction; say st as complaint

- refrain (v) : cease, avoid doing st

- psychiatrist (n) : a doctor trained in the treatment of people with psychiatric disorders /

sa

I

’k

I

tr

I

st

/

- aerosol /’

er



sol

/ (n) : bình xịt, chất trong bình xịt

- kilt (n) : Scottish garment (a knee-length wraparound tartan garment that is part of the traditional

Scottish highland dress for men and is also worn by women and girls)

- deputy (n) : second-in-command; somebody fully authorized or appointed to act on behalf of somebody else

- kakapo /

’

ka:k



p





/ (n) : a large flightless nocturnal parrot with green feathers, now extremely rare

- idiot /

’

I

d

I



t

/ (n) :

- count on (v) : rely on, be sure of

B

1. have you been doing 2. I'll be sharing 3. belongs 4. were moving

5. are joking 6. failed 7. have completely forgotten

8. will be 9. will have unpacked 10. have done

- stuff (n) : things (material things generally, especially when unidentified, worthless, or unwanted)

{What's all this stuff doing in my office?}

III. READING

A

1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C

- slice of (n) : part of, percentage of

- in terms of st : in relation to st

- yearn for (v) : long for, feel affection

B

1. C 2. E 3. A 4. F 5. B 6. G

- correspond to (v) : be similar, conform, be consistent, or be in agreement with something else, write to one another

- spectrum (n) : distribution of colored light

- revelation (n) : information revealed; eye-opener

- scarlet (a) : crimson, red, cherry, ruby

- mix (n) : combination, act of mixing

- scheme (n) : system

- anatomical (a) : relating to physical structure; relating to or showing the physical structure of animals or plants

- mechanism (n) : machine part, st like machine; method or means {Interest rates are only one mechanism for

controlling inflation.}

- nestle (v) : be secluded, be in a sheltered or secluded place {a village nestling in the foothills}; settle into

comfortable position

- senses (n) : any of the faculties by which a person or animal obtains information about the physical world,

e.g. sight or taste

- amid /

’m

I

d

// (prep): in the middle of, within, among

- aggression (n) : attack, assault, hostility, violent behavior

- excess (n) : extra, surplus (a) more than enough

- integrate (v) : make st open to all; fit in with group; make into whole

- anecdotal (a) :

consisting of or based on secondhand accounts rather than firsthand knowledge or experience

/

m



k’dotl

/ or scientific investigation, chuyện thật, giai thoại

- via /

’vai



/

(prep): through, by means of

- synaesthesia (n) : the feeling of sensation in one part of the body when another part is stimulated; the evocation

/

s

I

n

I’

i:z

I



/ of one kind of sense impression when another sense is stimulated, e.g. the sensation of color

when a sound is heard; in literature, the description of one kind of sense perception using words

that describe another kind of sense perception, as in the phrase "shining metallic words"

- sensation (n) : physical feeling; cảm giác; power to perceive

- compress (v) : press things together, (n) treatment pad

- sensory (a) : relating to sensation; elating to sensation and the sense organs {heightened sensory awareness}

- unity (n) : the state or condition of being one; harmony; something whole

- summon up (v) : call sb into court; send for sb; manage to get st

- freakish /

i:

/ (a) : very unusual, suddenly variable

- awkward (a) : uncomfortable, embarrassed

IV. USE OF ENGLISH

A

1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. A 9. D 10.A

11. C 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. A

- stake (n) : risk; thin pointed post in ground; money risked in gambling; share/interest st; personal

involvement

- foreign exchange : dealing in foreign money; foreign money

- hit/reach/make the headlines: become important or much publicized news; trở thành tin quan trọng được nhiều người

biết đến

- irregularity (n) : irregular thing; unauthorized thing; misdeed; wrongdoing; abnormality

- be up to : be able to undertake or endure {I don't think I'm up to the journey.}

- get away with (v) : experience no bad results from st; manage to do something without being blamed or penalized

or experiencing an expected bad result {You could get away with a phone call, but it would be

better to write.}

- handsome (a) : impressive, good-looking, substantial (pleasingly large in extent or size)

- transaction (n) : an instance of doing business of some kind, e.g., a purchase made in a shop or a withdrawal of

funds from a bank account; thương vụ

- switch to doing st : change, shift, transfer

- divulge(nce) /

ai

/(v) : reveal st

- hard-hearted (a) : unfeeling

- hard-headed (a) : practical, not sentimental; thiết thực

- hard-pressed (a) : closely pursued, theo sát, burdened with urgent business, công việc khẩn chồng chất

- hard-hitting (a) : brutally honest, direct and uncompromising {a hard-hitting documentary}

- sway (v) : swing back and forth; cause st to do this

- stagger (v) : astonish sb; move unsteadily, nearly falling

- wobble (v) : move from side to side; quiver, vibrate

- get on with (v) : hòa hợp với; make a start

- get by (v) : survive, cope, get along, manage

- get through (v) : contact somebody, especially by telephone

- monies (ey) (n) : duty, taxes, levy

- contemplate (v) : have st as possible intention; consider st; think about spiritual matters; look at st thoughtfully

- tumble (v) : make, fall over, move hastily, roll around, drop steeply

- topple (v) : fall, make st fall over; totter; overthrow sb/st; collapse; bring down

- speculate (v) : make risky deals for profit; take risks; consider possibilities; conjecture (guess)

B

1. at 2. far 3. able 4. unless 5. close

6. another 7. these 8. its 9. fact 10. develop

11. infancy 12. birth 13. fed 14. to 15. kind/sort/type

16. form 17. other 18. only 19. control 20. themselves/it

C

1. As long as you obey the regulations, you will not be permitted to fish in this river.

2. Provided you take the necessary precautions, you should not have any health problems.

3. Don't be late for the meeting; otherwise, he'll give you the sack!

4. Were we to take effective action now, we could still save the rainforests.

5. Should you refuse to co-operate, they would expel you immediately from the country.

6. But for the minister's insistence, the ban on hunting would not have been imposed.

7. Abrams will stand trial murder at the High Court next week.

8. Their marriage has stood the test of time.

9. How do our sales stand in relation to those of other firms?

10. He stands little chance of winning the competition.

D

1. This is the first time that my brother has flown solo in a glider.

2. This will be the last time we see each other before I go.

3. By the time he got to the station, the train had left.

4. It is ten years since the school was founded.

5. The house looks better now that it has been repainted.

6. It was six months since she had had a relapse.

7. The less money we spend, the better.

8. As a result of bad teaching I made slow progress.

9. Fleetfoot is the fastest runner in the world.

10. But for Jim's greater speed John would have won the gold medal.

- relapse /

’ri:l



ps

/ (n) : go(ing) into former state; become(ing) ill after apparent recovery, sự tái phát, tái phạm

V. COMPOSITION

I. MODEL

New factories often bring many good things to a community, such as jobs are increased prosperity. However, in

my opinion, the benefits of having a factory are outweighed by the risks. That is why I oppose the plan to build a

factory near my community.

I believe that this city would be harmed by a large factory. In particular, a factory would destroy the quality of the

air and water in town. Factories bring smog and pollution. In the long run, the environment will be hurt and people's

health will be affected. Having a factory is not worth that risk.

Of course, more jobs will be created by the factory. Our population will grow. To accommodate more workers,

more homes and stores will be needed. Do we really want this much growth, so fast? Your town is going to grow, I

would prefer slow growth with good planning. I don't want to see rows of cheaply constructed townhouses. Our quality

of life must be considered.

I believe that this growth will change our city too much. I love my hometown because it is a safe, small town. It is

also easy to travel here. If we must expand to hold new citizens, the small-town feel will be gone. I would miss that

greatly.

A factory would be helpful in some ways. However, I feel that the dangers are I greater than the benefits. I cannot

support a plan to build a factory here, and hope that others feel the same way.

251 words

II MODEL

MODEL ANSWER

The pie chart shows the worldwide distribution of sales of Coca-Cola in the year 2000 and the graph shows the

change in share prices between 1996 and 2001.

In the year 2000, Coca-Cola sold a total of 17.1 billion cases of their fizzy drink product worldwide. The largest

consumer was North America, where 30.4 per cent of the total volume was purchased. The second largest consumer

was Latin America. Europe and Asia purchased 20.5 and 16.4 per cent of the total volume respectively, while Africa

and the Middle East remained fairly small consumers at 7 per cent of the total volume of sales.

Since 1996, share prices for Coca-Cola have fluctuated. In that year, shares were valued at approximately $35.

Between 1996 and 1997, however, prices rose significantly to $70 per share. They dipped a little in mid-1997 and then

peaked at $80 per share in mid-98. From then until 2000 their value fell consistently but there was a slight rise in mid-

2000.

(163 words)

III. SUMMARY

Pollution, covering the contamination of air, land and water, is one of the most serious problems

facing the world today. Pollution has destroyed ecological balance and wildlife and caused various

illnesses. Air pollution caused by fumes from factories, car exhausts and crop-spraying has reduced

visibility and caused breathing problems. Nuclear testing and use of atomic energy exposes people

to high radiation levels. Burning of fossil fuels damages plants, buildings and human health.

Undecayed domestic rubbish also presents problems. The bacteria breaking down sewage, oil and

industrial waste uses up valuable oxygen needed by fish and plants. hence killing flora and fauna.

(101 words)

PRACTICE TEST 2

A. VOCABULARY

I. Choose the best word from A, B, C or D that fits each blank.

1. Oliver Twist had already had his fair ………..of food.

A. ratio B. help C. ration D. division

2. Some great men have had an ………..school record.

A. indistinguishable B. indistinct C. extinguished D. undistinguished

3. Buyers and sellers were ………..over prices.

A. hacking B. hugging C. heckling D. haggling

4. Within a few weeks all this present trouble will have blown ……….. .

A. along B. over C. out D. away

5. The sixth (and last) volume in the series is ……….. with its predecessors.

A. uniform B. similar C. like D. identical

6. Politicians often promise to solve all a country's problems ……….. .

A. thick and fast B. on the whole C. of set purpose D. at a stroke

7. When the detectives finally trapped him, he had ………..to lying.

A. resource B. retort C. resort D. recourse

8. My late grandmother ………..me this silver teapot.

A. bequested B. willed C. bequeathed D. inherited

9. It was getting ………..midnight when he left.

A. on B. on to C. to D. past

10. In his student days, he was as poor as a church ……….. .

A. beggar B. miser C. mouse D. pauper

11. She may have been poor, but she was ………..honest.

A. finally B. in the end C. at least D. at last

12. The manager was very ………..with me about my prospects of promotion.

A. sincere B. friendly C. just D. frank

13. The unmarried ladies regard him as a very ………..young man.

A. ineligible B. illegible C. illicit D. eligible

14. Mr. Lazybones ………..to work harder in future.

A. excepted B. agreed C. accorded D. accepted

15. He believed that promotion should be awarded on ……….., not on length of service.

A. equality B. merit C. characteristics D. purposes

16. It is a criminal offence to ………..the facts.

A. oppress B. suppress C. repress D. express

17. He ………..the cart before the horse by buying the ring before he had proposed to her.

A. fastened B. tied C. put D. coupled

18. Every delicacy Miss Cook produces is done ……….. .

A.

19. She tells her small boy every day not to be rude, but it's like water off a duck's ……….. .

A. wings B. beak C. back D. feathers

20. Announcing that he was totally done ……….., Grandfather retired to bed.

A. out B. with C. in D. down

II. Use the correct form of each of the words given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence.

1. People used to suffer from their life-time physical (normal) ……….. .

2. Unless we do research on (sun) ………..energy, wind power, (tide) power..., our fossil fuels will run out.

3. In my opinion, this book is just (intellect) ………..rubbish.

4. The alpine (land) ………..is very dramatic.

5. The slight (form) ………..in his left hand was corrected by surgery.

6. It may be (produce) ………..to force them into making a decision, and if you upset them they're quite likely to

overact.

7. Like oil, gas is a fossil fuel and is thus a (renew) ………..source of energy.

8. Various ………..(practice) by police officers were brought to light by the enquiry.

9. Tourists forget their (conceive) ………..ideas as soon as they visit our country.

10. They won the case because of the (appear) ………..in court of the defendant.

III. In most line of the following text, there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or it does not

fit in with the sense of the text. Read the text carefully and then write the word in the space provided at the end of

the line. Some of the lines are correct. If the line is correct, indicate with a tick (√) against the line number. Two of

the lines have been done for you.

Caring for your teeth and gums should include avoiding

such sugary drinks and food, especially between meals.

Regularly remove the plaque and debris from off

your teeth with a toothbrush. Use a small-headed brush device

of medium hardness.

This type of brush will easily reach to the

awkward areas of the mouth.

Brush your teeth after each meal, especially more

after the breakfast and after the last food or drink of the day.

Bleeding gums are thought such a common occurrence that

most of people think it is normal. In fact, bleeding

and inflammation of the gums are these signs of a

common disease - periodontal disease - which may

gradually destroys the tissues supporting your teeth.

Periodontal disease will affects teenagers and adults, and

is the commonest cause of tooth loss in amongst adults.

It is caused by the continued presence of plaque on the teeth.

0. …

√…

00. such

1. ……….

2. ……….

3. ……….

4. ……….

5. ……….

6. ……….

7. ……….

8. ……….

9. ……….

10. ………

11. ………

12. ………

13. ………

14. ………

B. GRAMMAR

IV. Fill the gaps in the following text with the correct prepositions.

THE POWER OF THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND

Suddenly you find that you have lost all awareness (1) ……….what you were going to say next, though a moment

ago the thought was, perfectly clear. Or perhaps you were (2) ……….the verge of introducing a friend, and his name

escaped you, as you were about to utter it. You may say you cannot remember; (3) ……….all probability, though, the

thought has become unconscious, or (4) ……….least momentarily separated from consciousness. We find the same

phenomenon (5) ……….our senses. If we concentrate hard (6) ………. a continuous note, which is (7) ……….the edge

of audibility, the sound seems to stop (8) ……….regular intervals and then start again. Such oscillations are the result

of a periodic decrease and increase (9) ……….our attention, not due to any variation (10) ………. the note.

But when we are unconscious (11) ……….something it does not cease to exist, any more than a car that has

disappeared round a corner has vanished into thin air. It is simply (12) ……….of sight. Just as we may later see the car

again, so we come across thoughts, that were temporarily lost (13) ……….us.

Thus, part of the unconscious consists of a multitude of temporarily obscured thoughts, impressions, and images

that, in spite of being lost, continue to have an influence (14) ……….our conscious minds. A man who is distracted or

'absent-minded' will walk across the room (15) ……….search of something. He stopped, in a quandary - he has

forgotten what he was (16) ………. . His hands grope (17) ……….the objects on the table as if he were sleepwalking

or (18) ……….hypnosis; he is oblivious (19) ……….his original purpose, yet he is unconsciously guided by it.

(20) ……….the end, he realizes what it is that he wants. His unconscious has prompted him.

V. Pick out the verbs and particles from the lists below to make phrasal verbs to fill in the blanks. Do not forget to use

the correct forms of the verbs

count, let, push, take, get, hold, turn, feel, hang, look, let,

fall, walk, crop, call, up, through, down, on, to, for, in

1. I've been trying to phone my sister in Australia for an hour, but I can't ………. .

2. I was talking to Jeff on the phone when suddenly he ……….I've no idea why.

3. 'I'm going to the library.' 'If you ………. I'll get the car and drive you there.

4. I promised Bill that I would lend him some money. He's ……….me, so I can't disappoint him.

5. Liz promised to help Tony with the report, but she ……….him ……….so he had to write it without her.

6. What made Pete ……….his family and his job? Where did he go and why?

7. Sue's financial worries are beginning to ……….her ………. . She's very depressed.

8. Kate has made great success of her life. We all ……….her.

9. You can't possibly say no to such a wonderful job offer. It's too good to ………. .

10. I'll ……….you at seven this evening. Will you be ready by then?

11. I'm very tired. Joan invited me to dinner at her house, but I don't ……….it. I'll go to bed early.

12. I applied for a part-time job at the supermarket. They're going to ………. .

13. I’m sorry I'm late. Something urgent ……….at the office, so I couldn't leave early.

14. It isn't that woman's turn. It's yours. Don't let her ……….!

15. Simon ……….an Irish girl that he met on holiday. Three months later they were married.

C. READING

VI. Read the passage and answer the questions which follow by choosing the best suggestion.

Does it matter that we British are so grudging towards the sciences compared with our almost slavering eagerness

to vaunt the winners in the arts? Is this a lingering example of our quiet unspoken pride in one of our very greatest areas

of achievement? Or is it media meagerness, or madness or, worst of all, fashion?

Coverage of science has grown in newspapers and magazines lately; and science has its redoubts in radio and

television. But it cannot claim the public excitement so easily agitated by any slip of a new arts winner who strolls onto

the block. Perhaps this public recognition is unnecessary to science; perhaps it is even harmful and scientists are wisely

wary of the false inflation of reputation, the bitching, and the feeding of the flames of envy which accompanies the

glitz. Perhaps scientists are too mature to bother with such baubles. I doubt it.

The blunt fact is that science has dropped out, or been dropped out, more correctly, of that race for the wider

public recognition and applause given so readily to the arts. There is also the odd and persistent social canard about

scientists: they are boring. I have met many artists and many scientists over the years and here are my conclusions.

First, the scientists know much more about the arts than artists do about anyone of the sciences. Secondly, when

artists think they know about science, they almost always - according to scientists - get it wrong. Thirdly, scientists are

deeply interested in new ideas, theories, 'wild speculations, and imaginative wizardry. For these reasons, I guess they'd

rather talk to each other in preference to talking to the rest of us because they find the rest of us rather boring.

The explanation for the bad press could simply be that those in charge of our great organs of communication are

molded by arts or news or business or sport or entertainment, and therefore science has a struggle to join the game. But

the effect of this could be unfortunate. Because which young person wants to be left out of what is perceived by peers

robe the current scene? If science is in the amateur league of animated discourse, then who wants to play for an amateur

club?

It would be a shame were this to become a drip-drip effect. Most British people are scarcely half aware of what

keeps ideas turning into inventions which save lives, drive societies, and open up the heavens of imagination and

possibility - as has happened in the last-couple of centuries in science with its stout ally, technology. And does our

comparative indifference to the subjects which make up this great flow of knowledge dispirit many of those who in the

future could have built on the proud statistics of a few years ago?

1. What does the writer say in the first paragraph about the British attitude to the sciences?

A. It is typical of the British -attitude towards many other things.

B. People who do well in the arts have had a big influence on it.

C. There may be a reason for it which is not too terrible.

D. Most British people are not aware that they have it.

2. In the second paragraph, the writer says that scientists in general

A. tend not to be capable of feeling envious.

B. are frustrated by the kind of coverage given to science.

C. do not pay much attention to each other's reputations.

D. would probably welcome a certain amount of fame.

3. The writer includes himself among people who

A. have tended to regard scientists as boring people.

B. have made a point of getting to know scientists.

C. have narrower interests than most scientists.

D. have wrong ideas about the work scientists do.

4. The writer says that there is a danger that young people will regard science as

A. elitist B. unfashionable C. predictable D. unintelligible

5. What does the writer conclude in the final paragraph?

A. British attitudes to science may result in fewer useful inventions.

B. British attitudes to science are likely to change in the future.

C. Scientists will become keener to educate the public about science.

D. Scientists will gain wider public recognition in the future.

VII. For this exercise, you must choose which of the paragraphs A-G fit into the numbered gaps in the following

newspaper article. There is one extra paragraph, which does not fit in any of the gaps.

A. It was the finest friendship anyone could have, a brilliant pure friendship in which you would give your life for your

friend. .And life seemed marvelous, it seemed full of sunshine, full of incredible, beautiful things to discover, and I

looked forward so much to growing up with René.

B. There is not a single bitter note, there are no power games, there is nothing secret, there is nothing which detracts

from the purity of it.

C. Maybe because he was more mature he understood a bit better that this was part of life, that life brings people

together and separates them, and distance is not necessarily the end.

D. Well our parents realized it would be very traumatic, and they did not know how to break the news, so they just

announced it the day before. It was a beautiful summer's day, around five o'clock in the evening, and both parents came

and said: "We are moving away, and obviously René will have to come with us."

E. Our neighbors had a son, and my wonderful childhood was shared with René; basically, we grew up together, we

spent every day together, went to school together; we did all the things that children can do. It was a childhood spent in

the woods, discovering the beautiful seasons, there was an abundance of produce that grew in the wild, and we went

mushrooming and frog hunting, and we searched for toadstools under a full moon in winter, which we would sell

because my parents didn't have much money.

F. Hopefully, we will see each other more, but it is not essential. We now have a beautifully matured, adult friendship

where it is easy to talk about anything because we feel totally at ease.

G. And at that time my world stopped, it was the most incredible pain I have ever experienced, I couldn't see life

without my friend, my whole system, my life, was based on René, our friendship was my life. And although he was

only going away, he did not die, it was the worst loss I have ever had in my life, still, now, and 30 years later I have not

received another shock of that nature.

BEST OF TIMES, WORST OF TIMES

I thought the world was caving in, for the first time ever I lost somebody I loved; he didn't die, he just went away, but I

still measure all pain by the hurt René caused me. It was a very nice childhood, an adolescence most people would wish

to have, we lived in a tiny village and were a close family.

(1) ……….

The adventures that children go through are the making of a friendship, building a tree house and spending a night in

the forest - and losing our way back home, these things create a fantastic fabric to the friendship. There was the loving

element, too, he was very caring. René was a tall bloke and very strong, and he would be my defender: if anyone ever

teased me, he would be there.

(2) ……….

And then at the age of 14, his family moved to the south of France, and we were in the east of France, which is 750

kilometers away... the south of France sounded the end of the world.

(3) ……….

I went quiet for the news to sink in; at first it was sheer disbelief, numbness. I couldn't sleep, and then in the night I

understood the impact of the news, I understood that my life would be totally separate from his, and I had to be by

myself, alone.

(4) ……….

I had other friends, but never did I achieve I that kind of closeness. My world completely collapsed, and nothing was

the same, people, the classroom, nature, the country, butterflies.

(5) ……….

He accepted that life would separate us, he didn't see it as something final, it was my dramatic side to see only the

negative side, self-pity in a way. He is now living a happy life in Provence with a beautiful wife and two lovely

daughters, and he is coming here next year, so it is going to be quite wonderful. It is the first time he has ever come to

England, he's a good Frenchman, he does not speak a word of English.

(6) ……….

It is a good, solid relationship that has been established over so many years, and has overcome all the barriers which life

and time can create. I don't think it really could have lasted the way it was.

D. USE OF ENGLISH

VIII. Read the following text and decide which word best fits each blank.

HELP ALWAYS AT HAND: A MOBILE IS A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND

If it fits inside a pocket, keeps you safe as well as in touch with your office, your mother and your children, it is

(1) ……….worth having. This is the (2) ……….of the (3) ……….ranks of female mobile- phone users who are

beginning to (4) ……….the consumer market.

Although Britain has been (5) ……….to be one of the most expensive places in the world to (6) ……….a mobile

phone, both professional women and (7) ……….mothers are undeterred. At first, the mobile phone was a rich man's

plaything, or a businessman's (8) ……….symbol. Now women own almost as many telephones as men do - but for very

different reasons.

The main (9) ……….for most women customers is that it (10) ……….a form of communications back-up,

wherever they are, in case of (11) ………. . James Tanner of Tancroft Communications says: 'The (12) ……….of

people buying phones from us this year were women - often young women - or men who were buying for their mothers,

wives and girlfriends. And it always seems to be a question of (13) ……….of mind.

'Size is also (14) ……….for women. They want something that will fit in a handbag,' said Mr. Tanner, 'The tiny

phones coming in are having a very big (15) ………. . This year's models are only half the size of your hand.'

1. A. totally B. certainly C. absolutely D. completely

2. A. vision B. vista C. view D. panorama

3. A. swelling B. increasing C. boosting D. maximizing

4. A. master B. dominate C. overbear D. command

5. A. demonstrated B. shown C. established D. seen

6. A. function B. drive C. work D. run

7. A. complete B. total C. full-time D. absolute

8. A. prestige B. fame C. power D. status

9. A. attraction B. enticement C. charm D. lure

10. A. supplies B. furnishes C. provides D. gives

11. A. urgency B. emergency C. predicament D. contingency

12. A. most B. preponderance C. majority D. bulk

13. A. tranquility B. calmness C. serenity D. peace

14. A. crucial B. necessary C. urgent D. essential

15. A. impact B. impression C. perception D. image

IX. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word.

DREAMS

Dreams have always fascinated human beings. The idea that dreams provide us with useful information about our

lives goes (1) ……….thousands of years. For the greater (2) ………. of human history (3) ……….was taken for

granted that the sleeping mind was in touch with the supernatural world and dreams were to be interpreted as messages

with prophetic or healing functions. In the nineteenth century, (4) ……….was a widespread reaction (5) ……….this

way of thinking and dreams were widely dismissed as being very (6) ……….more than jumbles of fantasy (7)

……….about by memories of the previous day.

It was not (8) ……….the end of the nineteenth century (9) ……….an Austrian neurologist, Sigmund Freud, pointed

out that people who have similar experiences during the day, and who are then subjected (10) ……….the same

stimuli when they are asleep, produce different dreams. Freud (11) ……….on to develop a theory of the dream process

which (12) ……….enable him to interpret dreams as clues to the conflicts taking place within the personality. It is by

no (13) ……….an exaggeration to say that (14) ……….any other theories have had (15) ……….great an influence

on subsequent thought.

X. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but

using the word given in capital letters. This word must not be altered in any way.

1. I find it very easy to speak German. EASE

…………………………………………………………

2. He got over his operation very quickly. RECOVERY

…………………………………………………………

3. How has the strike affected student attendance? EFFECT

…………………………………………………………

4. She began to suffer from irrational fears. PREY

…………………………………………………………

5. Mr. Misery was the only student who didn't smile. EXCEPT

…………………………………………………………

6. I assume you're hungry. GRANTED

…………………………………………………………

7. The book was not as good as he had hoped. EXPECTATIONS

…………………………………………………………

8. You would benefit from a change. GOOD

…………………………………………………………

9. He works when it suits him. FEELS

…………………………………………………………

10. I don't care whether you come or not. DIFFERENCE

…………………………………………………………

XI. Finish each of the following sentences -in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence

written before it.

1. No one has challenged his authority before.

This is the first time ……………………………. .

2. 'If Brian doesn't train harder, I won't select him for the team.' said the manager.

The manager threatened ……………………………. .

3. The hurricane blew the roof off the house.

The house ………………………………… .

4. You'll certainly meet lots of people in your new job.

You are ………………………………………………

5. I left without saying goodbye as I didn't want to disturb the meeting.

Rather ……………………………. …………………………………

6. There aren't many other books which explain this problem so well.

In few other books ……………………………. …………………

7. I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly.

I object ………………………………………. .

8. Robert is sorry now that he didn't accept the job.

Robert now wishes ……………………………. .. .

9. Customs officials are stopping more travelers than usual this week.

An increased ……………………………. …………………………….

10. She listens more sympathetically than anyone else I know.

She is a ……………………………. ………………………

XII. Complete the letter by using the cues given.

Dear Georgos,

1. I / so glad / get / letter / learn / you able / come / spend / part summer holiday here //

2. doubt / weather / so good / as / Greece / but hope / not / too bad //

3. sea / not more / fifteen minutes / house / perhaps / bathing / possible //

4. at first / you / find / sea / cold / particularly / you accustomed / Mediterranean / but / soon / used to it //

5. unfortunately / not manage / come London / meet you / but if / you able / get / train / Brighton / I / meet you /

station //

6. only hours / journey / train / London Brighton / from / Victoria Station //

7. It / become / easier / quicker / reach / Victoria Station //

8. simply / take / airport bus / now / go / direct / Grosvenor Gardens / opposite / station //

9. when / Victoria / telephone / me / tell / arrival / time / Brighton / you / already / have / number / last letter //

10. when / reach / Brighton / expect you / recognize / me / photograph / but I / wearing / depending weather / light-

grey raincoat / make / extra sure //

11. Looking forward to seeing you //

Yours ever,

XIII. There are 10 mistakes in the paragraph (either the word use, word lack or extra word). Underline the incorrect

word or make an oblique stroke (/) and correct it on the right column.

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Piccadilly Circus is a famous traffic intersection and public space of London’s

West End in the City of Westminster. Building in 1819 to connect Regent

Street and the major shopping street of Piccadilly. The Latin word circus

(meaning circle) refers to a “circular open space at a street junction”), it now

links directly with to the theatres in Shaftesbury Avenue as well as the

Haymarket, Coventry Street (onwards to Leicester Square) and Glasshouse

Street. The Circus is closed to major shopping and entertainment areas in a

central location at the heart of the West End. Its status as a major traffic

intersection has made Piccadilly Circus a busy meeting point and a tourist

attraction in its own right. The Circus is particularly known as its video

display and neon signs mounted on the corner of building on the northern

side, as well as the Shaftesbury memorial fountain and statue known as ‘Eros’

(sometimes called ‘The Angel of Christian Charity’, that would be better

translated as ‘Agape’, but formally ‘Anteros’ – see below). It is surrounded by

several noted for buildings, including the London Pavilion and Criterion

Theatre. Directly underneath plaza is the London Underground station

Piccadilly Circus.

…………………………….

E. COMPOSITION

XIV. Write a composition (250 words) about the following topic:

People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example,

new experiences, career preparation, enriching knowledge). Why do you

think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and 'examples

to support your answer.

XV. The chart below gives information about global sales of games software, CDs and DVD or video.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information.

 You should write at least 150 words.

 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

XVI.

Summarize the passage about THE BENEFITS OF E-MAIL AND ITS USAGE in about 100 words.

Electronic mail (e-mail) threatens to pervade every one's life - whether you are living in the western world or in a

third-world country. A look at today's business cards verifies this fact. Virtually every business card nowadays sports an

e-mail address. Businesses prefer to communicate by e-mail, as it is easier, quicker and cheaper. Furthermore, the

message goes direct from the desk of the sender to the desk of the recipient.

All that is needed to be an e-mail user is a PC, a modem, an Internet account and of course, a phone line. Ever

since the Internet has been commercialized, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have sprung up in almost all the countries

in the world. Subscribers only need to pay a small yearly subscription fee to an ISP. What makes e-mail extremely

popular is the negligible cost. Compared to faxes, e-mails are extremely cost effective. Sending an e-mail to the United

States or Germany costs no more than sending it to your neighbor across the street.

It is also very easy to send an e-mail. When the message has been written, all one has to do is to click on the 'send'

button on the screen. The mail gets transferred from the PC to the ISP, and is then automatically sent to the recipient.

The sender does not have to worry about a busy line at the other end (as compared to sending a fax). The e-mail

software can also be configured for the sender to receive a confirmation e-mail when the e-mail has been delivered and

downloaded by the recipient. If the e-mail cannot be delivered, it is returned to the sender with a reason given.

One of the most important reasons supporting the use of e-mail is that it is eco-friendly. No papers are used which

means no chopping down of trees! Another advantage of using the e-mail is that it is very fast. For example, an e-mail

from Asia to the United States would normally arrive in less than two minutes and within the same country, in less than

a minute. This means that e-mails and attached documents, spreadsheets and database files can be routed to friends,

family members or colleagues all over the world several times in a day.

Similar to roaming facilities offered on the mobile phone, ISPs offer global roaming for Internet access. A person

can dial a local access number in the foreign country (at a small surcharge) and download and upload his e-mails the

same way as he does at home, in school or in the office. All that one has to do is to get access to a computer. In short,

this means that you can send and receive your mails anywhere and anytime - e-mails are mobile!

These days, e-mail software provides advanced facilities allowing one to save incoming and outgoing e-mails onto

different diskettes. Along with search facilities, this acts as a repository for future reference. This feature is very handy,

especially when one is traveling, as a person can now literally carry all his incoming and outgoing communication with

him all over the world.

In conclusion, using the e-mail is very advantageous and it has become a necessary tool in all businesses.

(536 words)

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ANSWER TO PRACTICE TEST 2

I

1. C 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. C 9. A 10.C

- ratio /e

I

/ (n) : proportional relationship, one number divided by another

- ration /



/ (n) : fixed amount allocated to sb; adequate amount {more than your ration of bad luck}, khẩu phần

ăn trong thời kỳ khó khăn

- indistinguishable (a) : unable to tell apart; very like sb/st else {His handwriting is indistinguishable from his

father's.}; indistinct

- undistinguished (a) : unremarkable; ordinary; nothing special; not made separate; not differentiated from others

- hack (v) : cut way through obstruction; chop st off or into parts

- heckle (v) : interrupt sb with shouting

- haggle (v) : argue over st such as a price or contract in order to reach an agreement; try to settle on price

- blow over (v) : be forgotten {It was quite a scandal but it all blew over.}

- blow out (v) : extinguish; die down; puncture; emit uncontrollable

- blow away (v) : disperse, scatter, kill; move by wind; defeat sb decisive

- blow along (v) : be moving as an air current {It blew all night.}{I blew the dust off the shelf.}

- uniform (a) : identifying look; the same, equal

- identical (a) : like, alike; exactly the same {His name was identical to mine.}, similar

- like (a) : resembling; similar to; inclined toward; typical of

- at a stroke (a) : by a single action (từng cái một)

- thick and fast (ad) : quickly and in great numbers {Offers of help are coming in thick and fast.}

- resource (n) : source of help; ability to find the solutions

- retort (n) : sharp answer

- recourse to (n) : resort, source of help/solution; use of others for assistance

- bequest (n) : st left in the will; st passed down to posterity, act of bequeathing; inheritance

- bequeath (v) : leave sb/st in will; hand down to posterity; hand down, will, bestow, donate

- get on (v) : become

- get on to (v) : become aware of; make contact with

- pauper (n) : very poor person; recipient of public aid

- miser (n) : somebody who hates spending money and lives as though he or she were poor; ungenerous or

selfish person

11. C 12. D 13. D 14. B 15. B 16. B 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. C

- frank (a) : expressing true opinion {Let me be frank with you.}

- ineligible (a) : not eligible; not legally entitled or qualified to do, be, or get something

- illegible (a) : hard to read; impossible or very difficult to read

- illicit (a) : illegal, unlawful, dishonest

- eligible (a) : qualified, suitable, appropriate

- lazybones (n) : a lazy person, idler, slacker, freeloader, loafer

- accord (v) : agree, grant st {accords with my own view}

- merit (n) : value, good quality, ability

- oppress (v) : subject a person or a people to a harsh or cruel form of domination; be a source of worry, stress,

or trouble to somebody; áp bức, đè nặng

- suppress (v) : cause to stop; prevent st {Some slimming drugs are designed to suppress appetite.} {Her voice

shook with suppressed anger.}; ngăn chận, đàn áp,

- repress (v) : check or restrain an action that would reveal feelings {He had to repress a smile.}; kìm chế,

nén lòng

- fact (n) : st known to be true; truth, reality; piece of information; st based on evidence

- delicacy (n) : st nice to eat; sensitivity; need for tact; great sensitivity in feelings

- there and then (ad) : immediately and in the very place; ngay tại chỗ, ngay lúc ấy

- at will (ad) : whenever one wishes, bất cứ lúc nào mình muốn

- sooner or later (ad) : finally, in the long run, in due course, in the end, ultimately

- to a turn (ad) : be (un)helpful to sb

- do in (v) : kill, murder; make somebody feel exhausted

- do down (v) : criticize, knock, cheat sb

- do out (v) : clean or tidy st

- do with (v) : connect with, relate to

- retire (v) : go to bed

II

1. abnormalities 2. solar, tidal 3. pseudo-intellectual 4. landscape 5. deformity

6. counter-productive 7. non-renewable 8. malpractices 9. preconceived 10. non-appearance

- alpine /

’lpa

I

n

/ (a) : of mountainous area

2

- enquiry (n) : official review; act of asking

- defendant (n) : a person or company required to answer charges in a court

- pseudo-intellectual : ngụy trí thức, trí thức dỏm

- non-appearance (n) : nonattendance, absence

- counter-productive : có kết quả ngược lại

- malpractices (n) : việc làm bất chánh /

ml’prkt

I

s

/

- preconceived (a) : formed in advance /

pri:k



n’si:v

/

III

1. off 2. device 3. to 4. √ 5. more 6. the 1

st

7. thought 8. of 9. these 10. may

11. √ 12. will 13. in/almost 14. √

- plaque /

plk

/ (n) : bựa răng, cao răng

- debris /

d’bri:

/ /

de

I

’bri:

/ : fragments (of something that has been destroyed or broken into pieces)

- medium /

’mi:d

I

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m

/ (a) : neither large nor small; between rare and well-done

- awkward (a) : difficult, ill at ease, uncomfortable, discomforted

- inflammation (n) : swollen reddened state /

I

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me

I

n

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- periodontal (a) : in tissues around teeth /

peri

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/; relating to or affecting the tissues that surround the neck and

root of a tooth

IV

1. of 2. on 3. in 4. at 5. with

6. on 7. at/ on 8. at 9. in 10. in

11. of 12. out 13. to/from 14. on 15. in

16. after 17. about/around 18. under 19. to 20. In

- unconscious (n) : mind’s hidden part, tiềm thức; (a) bất tỉnh; subconscious (n/a)

- on the verge of (ph) : at/close to the point where st new begins/takes place

- in all likelihood (ph) : very probably {In all probability, he’s already left.}

- momentarily (ad) : briefly, progressively; very soon; temporarily; for a short time

- consciousness (n) : awareness of surrounding/a particular issue; sb’s mind

- note (n) : musical or vocal sound; symbol in music; key on keyboard

- audibility (n) : capability of hearing

- oscillation (n) : state of moving backward and forward; sự lắc, chao động

- multitude (n) : a large number , majority

- obscure (a) : hard to understand, indistinct, unimportant, unknown; known to few people; dim; unstressed

- distract (v) : catch sb’s attention, amuse sb, make sb uneasy

- in search of : trying to find st; {Search me!= I don’t know} (lack of knowledge about st)

- quandary /



/ (n) : dilemma /

I

/; a state of uncertainty or indecision as to what to do in a difficult situation

- be after st : theo đuổi cái gì

- grope (v) : search by feeling, be without guidance; feel your way uncertainty; sờ soạng tìm, dò dẫm

- hypnosis /

I

/ (n) : the technique or practice of inducing a state of hypnosis in people

- oblivious (a) : unaware, unconscious; forgetting

- prompt (v) : cause st to act; bring about st; remind sb {His wife had to prompt him to mention the cleaning

staff.}

V

1. get through 2. hung up 3. hold on 4. counted on 5. let him down

6. walk out on 7. get her down 8. look up to 9. turn down 10. call for

11. feel up to 12. take me on 13. cropped up 14. push in 15. fell for

- get through (v) : contact somebody, especially by telephone {I finally got through to her.}

- hang up (v) : end a telephone call by returning the receiver to its original position

- hold on (v) : wait, especially for a short while {Hold on until she comes to the phone.}

- count on (v) : rely on, be sure of

- let sb down (v) : disappoint somebody by not meeting expectations {Sorry to let you down, but I won't be able to

make it tonight.}

- fall for (v) : fall in love with

- call for (v) : arrive and pick up

- join line ahead of others: force yourself unfairly into a line of people, ahead of others who arrived before you;

interrupt

- turn down (v) : reject st

- crop up (v) : happen unexpectedly, appear, occur, arise, emerge

- look up to (v) : admire, adore, (have) respect

- take sb on (v) : employ, hire sb; undertake a task

- get sb down (v) : demoralize, make sb demoralized (erode or destroy the courage, confidence, or hope of a

person or group; corrupt sb morally) or discouraged

3

- feel up to (v) : consider yourself ready for st or able to do st; be ready to face with; feel capable of st

- walk out on (v) : leave, abandon a spouse partner, family permanently {My wife walked out on me last summer.}

VI

1. C 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A

- matter (v) : have importance, make difference; có tính chất quan trọng; (n) matter of fact: trên thực tế; in

reality; tầm thường; as a matter of course: theo việc tất nhiên, theo lẽ đương nhiên; as a natural

thing; as a matter of life and death: as a vital importance: vấn đề sống còn; it is not

important=no matter what

- grudge (v) : give st reluctantly; envy st → (a) grudging: reluctant, unwilling, resentful, complaining

- slaver /



/ (v) : tang bốc, thèm thuồng, nhỏ giải; drool, slobber, dribble

- eagerness (n) : keenness, enthusiasm, excitement, zeal, impatience

- vaunt (v) : nhảy sào, jump with a pole, spring over, nhảy tót lên

- linger (v) : dây dưa, rề rà, nấn ná, stay behind. Remain, loiter, delay leaving

- meagerness (n) : scantiness, lack, insufficiency, inadequacy, shortage, shortfall, sự xoàng xỉnh, sơ sài, nghèo

- redoubt (n) : temporary fortification; stronghold (defensible place/concentrated area); pháo đài

- agitate (v) : arouse public interest; make sb anxious; move st violently {Agitate the mixture until the

sediment is thoroughly dispersed.}

- slip (n) : error; a minor mistake, especially one caused by carelessness

- stroll (v) : walk unhurriedly; perform effortlessly; (n) leisurely walk

- block (n) : platform

- wary of (a) : cautious {wary of hidden rocks in the water}; showing suspicion

- bitch (v) : complain continually; be nasty (wicked, cruel) about st; (n) female dog, taboo term (thuật ngữ

phạm huý, kiêng kỵ)

- glitz /

gl

I

ts

/ (n) : glamour (glamour, especially that associated with show business or celebrities); extravagant

and often tasteless display, especially of wealth; khoe mẻ, lóng lánh hào nhoáng

- bauble (n) : trinket (something that is small and decorative but of little real value); đồ trang sức rẻ tiền

- blunt (a) : insensitively frank, thẳng thừng, toạc móng heo

- drop out (v) : reject society; leave without finishing st; give up, stop, abandon

- canard (n) : a deliberately false report or rumor, especially something silly intended as a joke; tin vịt

- get it wrong : make a mistake, misunderstand

- wild (a) : enthusiastic, eager; undomesticated, untamed, uncultivated, natural; rough; mad

- speculation (n) : theory, thought; opinion based on incomplete information

- imaginative (a) : skilled at visualizing or thinking originally

- wizardry (n) : skill, art of wizards

- mold (v) : influence sb/st

- press (n) : comments by reporters; act of pressing, device for flattening st

- peers (n) : somebody who is the equal of somebody else, e.g. in age or social class, người quí tộc, người

cùng đẳng cấp

- robe (n/v) : mặc/khoác áo choàng, áo khoác ngoài

- league (n) : level of skill; group with common goals

- discourse (n) : language; speech, dialogue, conversation; sự bàn luận rộng, bài diễn văn

- animated (a) : lively, active, energetic

- drip-drip (a) : gradual

- as + be/do + S : and so too {She’s unusually tall, as are both her parents.} {He’s a doctor, as was his wife

before she had children.}

- half-aware of (a) : chưa nhận thức đầy đủ

- drive (v) : force sb/st into condition {Her son's behavior drove her to despair.}; steer progress of st {This

company is driven by a concern for quality}

- stout /

stat

/ (a) : strong; thickset or heavy; chắc nịch, chắc bền, can trường

- ally /

’



la

I

/ (n) : related organism, member of alliance /



’lai



ns

/, đồng minh

- dispirit (v) : depress, discourage, dishearten sb; làm chán nản

- proud (a) : impressive; satisfying; fulfilling

- frustrate (v) : discourage sb; prevent somebody or something from succeeding or something from coming to

fruition {All attempts to put to sea were frustrated by high winds.}

- elitist /

I

’lit

I

st

/ (a) : believable in the control by a brilliant group (tin vào sự lãnh đạo của ê kíp xuất chúng

- unintelligible (a) : incomprehensible; khó hiểu, không thể hiểu được

VII

1. E 2. A 3. D 4. G 5. C 6. F

- detract (v) : take st away; reduce the quality, value, or importance of st by taking st away from it; lấy đi,

làm giảm bớt

- trauma(tic) (a) : shocking; disturbing, extremely distressing; hurtful, thuộc về chấn thương; đau đớn

4

- toadstool (n) : poisonous fungus

- bloke (n) : man

- cave in (v) : hollow out or undermine st; lún, sụp

- caring (a) : concerned

- sheer (a) : complete {That explanation is sheer nonsense.}

- self-pity (n) : feeling sorry for oneself, sự thương xót bản thân

VIII

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. C

11. B 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. A

- totally (ad) : totally impossible/unacceptable/incapable; totally refuse/reject/fail; used with negative meaning

{My mind just went totally blank and I couldn’t remember the damn number.}

- absolutely (ad) : absolutely right/perfect/correct//crazy/terrible/awful//incredible/fantastic/

amazing//no/none/nothing/all/everything

- completely (ad) : thoroughly; completely comfortable/relaxed/different/isolated//forget/ruin

- undeterred (a) : encouraged

- back-up (n) : backing; help, encouragement; dự bị, sự sao chép dự trữ

- vision (n) : mental picture; st seems in a dream/trance; far-sightedness

- vista (n) : view seen through a narrow opening

- view (n) : range of vision; the range or extent of somebody's ability to see something

- panorama (n) : 360

0

view; picture with wide view

- boost (v) : improve st, increase st, push sb/st up, raise voltage, promote st

- maximize (v) : increase st to maximum; emphasize the importance of st, make image larger

- master (v) : become skilled in st, control st, make sb/st submit

- dominate (v) : control, be prominent, be influential

- overbear (v) : overpower sb, surpass st in importance, produce too much

- command (v) : look over st; be able to obtain st

- show (v) : prove; demonstrate qualities

- demonstrate (v) : explain workings of st; explain or describe how something works or how to do something

- enticement (n) : temptation; lure /

I

n’ta

I

sm



nt

/

- charm (n) : attractiveness; magic spell

- provide st (v) : make st available to sb who needs it/wants it {Although the course is free, you have to provide

your own books.} provide st for sb/sb with st

- supply (v) : provide people with st that they need of want, esp. regularly and over a long period of time

{Three men have been arrested for supplying to / street dealers with drugs.}

- furnish (fml) (v) : provide sb with the information they need in order to do their job/make a decision… {The

police have been furnished with a list of suspected terrorists.}

- urgency (n) : hurry, importance

- emergency (n) : urgent situation

- predicament (n) : difficult situation; dilemma

- contingency (n) : st set aside for unforeseen emergency; điều bất ngờ

- preponderance (n) : majority {A preponderance of the settlers in this area was/were French.}, a large number or

the majority of

- the bulk of + (un)c.n (n): the greater part of st, most of a large number of things/people {The bulk of the funding will

come from the federal government.}{The bulk of population is concentrated in the valleys.}

{The bulk of disputes between private and individuals concern the ownership of land.}

- the majority of + c.n : {Look at the people who live around here. The majority of them are over 60.} {Why public st

that will offend the majority of your readers?}

- tranquility (n) : a very pleasantly peaceful situation, esp. one in which nothing seems to change {Nothing ever

happens to disturb the tranquility of this little town, hidden in the Tuscan hills.

- calmness (n) : a state in which there is no loud noise, hurried activity or worry {She didn’t want to leave the

calmness of the country for a job in a busy city.}

- serenity (n) : no worry, stress, or disturbance

- peace (n) : a peaceful situation with no unpleasant noise or interruptions {The residents complained that

their peace was disturbed by the traffic.}

IX

1. back 2. part 3. it 4. there 5. against

6. little 7. brought 8. until/till 9. that 10. to

11. went 12. would/could/might 13. means 14. hardly/scarcely 15. so/as/that

- take it for granted : cho là dĩ nhiên, không ngưỡng mộ vì quá quen thuộc; assume st to be true {I take it for granted

you have read this book.}

- prophetic (a) : correctly predicting; relating to a prophet

5

- neurologist (n) : a person who studies nervous system

- jumble (v/n): mix(ture); put things out of order

- fantasy (n) : hope, dream, daydream; imaginative power, mental image/dream, impractical idea {She has

this fantasy that someday she'll write a novel.}; creation of mental images

- Freud /

fr



id

/

- subject to (v) : give sb unpleasant experience, chịu đựng

- subsequent (a) : later, following, successive

≠ preceeding

X

1. I speak German with great ease.

2. He made a very quick recovery from his operation.

3. What effect has the strike had on student attendance?

4. She fell prey to irrational fears.

5. All the students smiled except Mr. Misery.

6. I take it for granted you're hungry.

7. The book fails to come up to his expectations.

8. A change would do you good.

9. He works when he feels like it.

10. It makes no difference to me whether you come or not.

XI

1. This is the first time (that) his authority has been challenged (that) anyone/someone has challenged his

authority.

2. The manager threatened not to select Brian for the team/(that) he wouldn't select Brian/(that) Brian would not

be selected unless he trained harder /if he did not train harder.

3. The house had its/the roof blown off by/in/during/as a result of /because of the hurricane.

4. You are certain/bound/sure to meet lots of/{certainly) going to meet lots of people in your new job.

5. Rather than disturbing the meeting I left without saying goodbye.

6. In few other books is/would one see this problem so well explained OR is there/would one find etc. such a

good/so good an explanation of this problem.

7. I object to people criticizing me unfairly/(my) being unfairly criticized/{to it) when people criticize me

unfairly.

8. Robert now wishes (that) he had accepted/taken the job.

9. An increased number of travelers are being stopped by customs officials this week.

10. She is a more sympathetic listener than anyone else. / She is a person who listens more sympathetically than

anyone else.

- rather than + V-ing/n : instead of (prep)

XII

Dear Georgos,

1. I was so glad to get your letter and learn that you'll be able to come and spend part of your summer holiday

here.

2. I doubt whether our weather will be so good as it is in Greece but I hope won't be too bad.

3. The sea is not more than fifteen minutes away from my house so perhaps some bathing will be possible.

4. At first you will find our sea cold - particularly since you are accustomed to the Mediterranean - but you'll

soon get used to it.

5. Unfortunately I can't manage to come to London to meet you, but if you're able to get the train to Brighton I

will meet you at the station.

6. It's only an hour's journey by train from London to Brighton, from Victoria Station.

7. It has become easier and quicker to reach Victoria Station.

8. Simply take the airport bus, which now goes direct to Grosvenor Gardens, opposite the station.

9. When you get to Victoria, telephone me to tell me your arrival time in Brighton. You already have my number

in my last letter to you.

10. When you reach Brighton I expect you will recognize me from my photograph but I will be wearing or

carrying (depending on the weather) a light-grey raincoat to make extra sure.

XIII

1. L2. Built → Building

2. L3. and → with

3. L5. in → on

4. L7. closed → close

5. L8. It’s → Its

6. L10. as → for

7. L11. corner of → corner

6

8. L13. That → which

9. L15. noted for → noted buildings

10. L16. plaza → the plaza

- onwards (ad) : moving forward {the great onward march of organization}

- memorial (a) : commemorative (intended as a reminder of a person or event or as a celebration of somebody's

life and work); (n) commemorative object or event

- plaza /

’pla:z

/ (n) : shopping center; town square; widened area in highway; parking area

XIV. Composition

People attend colleges or universities for a lot of different reasons. I believe that the three most common reasons

are to prepare for a career, to have new experiences, and to increase their knowledge of themselves and the world

around them.

Career preparation is becoming more and more important to young people. For many, preparing for a career in a

competitive job market is the primary reason to go to college. At college, it's possible to learn new skill for careers with

a lot of opportunities. This means careers, such as information technology, that are expected to need a large workforce

in the coming years.

Also students go to colleges and universities to have new experiences. This often means having the opportunity to

meet people different from lose in their home towns. For most students, going to college .is the first time they're been

away from home by themselves. Being independent like this means having to make decisions that they've never had to

make before. Making these decisions increases their knowledge of themselves.

Besides looking for self-knowledge, people also attend a university or college to expand their knowledge in

subjects they find interesting. For many, this will be their last chance for a long time to learn about something that

doesn't have to do with their career.

I would recommend that people not be so focused on. a career. They should go to college to have new experiences

and learn as much as they can about themselves and the world they live in.

(253 words)

XV. MODEL ANSWER

The chart shows the changes in the sales of video material / DVDs, games software and CDs around the world in

billions of dollars over a three-year period. It can be seen that the sales of videos / DVDs and games software have

increased, while the sales of CDs have gone down slightly.

Between 2000 and 2003, the sale of videos and DVDs rose by approximately 13 billion dollars. In 2000, just under 20

billion dollars worth of these items were sold, but in 2003, this figure had risen to a little over 30 billion dollars.

The sales of games software also rose during this period, but less sharply. Sales increased from about 13 billion dollars

in 2000 to just under 20 billion dollars three years later. By contrast, during the same time period, the sale of CDs fell

from 35 billion dollars in 2000 to about 32.5 billion dollars in 2003.

(152 words)

XVI. Answer to Summary

Sending e-mails is easier, quicker and cheaper than sending normal mails. You need a computer, a modem, an internet

account and a telephone line. The message goes directly from the sender to the recipient at negligible cost. Since e-

mails move quickly, they can be exchanged all over the world several times a day. Besides that e-mails are eco-

friendly. E-mails can also be sent from anywhere in the world as long as there is access to a computer and telephone

line. All mails can also be saved onto diskettes and carried along wherever a person goes. (96 words)

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 - VÒNG 1

LONG AN Ngày thi: 06/10/2011

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian: 180 phút (Phần A & B)

LƯU Ý: THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI TRÊN GIẤY THI, KHÔNG LÀM BÀI TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY

A. LISTENING: (20 marks)

You will hear a short conversation. Each question in this part has four answer choices. Choose

the correct answer(s). Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet.

1. What does the World Bank do? (Choose 1 answer)

(A) It saves seeds from plants all over the world.

(B) It gives money to the United Nations.

(C) It gives money, low interest loans, and interest-free credit to poor countries.

(D) It is part of the United Nations.

2. How does the professor explain that not everyone is rich? (Choose 2 answers)

(A) She compares how much money people in poor countries and rich countries make.

(B) She tells a story of poor people in Bolivia.

(C) She gives the example of how many children in poor countries cannot go to school.

(D) She defines wealth.

3. What is the talk mainly about? (Choose 1 answer)

(A) Parts of the World Bank

(B) The history of the World Bank

(C) What the World Bank does

(D) How the World Bank has changed

4. What reason is given for giving extra money to the poorest countries in 2002? (Choose 1

answer)

(A) To start new farms

(B) To build schools

(C) To recycle water

(D) To help fight the illness AIDS

Đề chính thức

Bảng A

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B. READING & WRITING: (80 marks)

I. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (15 marks)

Steve grew up in a children’s home in Scotland. Every week, the staff took a proportion of the

children’s pocket money to pay for holidays. Little Steve developed a daring strategy to hang on

to what little money he had. He laughs about it now. “I used to swallow all my coins. That got

them really furious, so they’d put me in a room on my own as a punishment. After a few minutes

in there, I’d hit myself on the chest and cough the money back up.”

Since then, Steve has turned into Steve Starr, a professional regurgitator who does up to four

shows a day, and can demand fees of $500-$2,000 a show.

Everything Steve swallows comes back dry, except for the goldfish. They swim about in his

stomach in the water that he swallows for them first. After ten minutes they resume their normal

lives in a goldfish bowl. “They never die”, says Steve.

Medical experts might have a few worries about Steve. The sight and sound of him

swallowing and bringing back a snooker ball sometimes causes even normally calm people to

panic. He also smokes a cigarette, retains the smoke in his stomach, then swallows some butane

gas and mixes the two. Next he swallows some washing-up liquid, blows a huge bubble, brings up

the smoke and gas inside the bubble, cuts the bubble off, gets someone to set light to it, and bang!

Physically, Steve doesn’t believe he is any different from the rest of the human race, who use

their stomachs simply to digest food. “It’s all done by muscle control”, he says. “I imagine a little

pair of hands in there doing everything, controlled by my brain. I’m sure I could teach anyone to

do what I do”.

1. Why was Steve punished in the children’s home?

2. What does the sentence “Steve grew up in a children’s home” tell you about Steve’s early

childhood?

3. What does the sentence “They’d put me in a room on my own as a punishment” tell you

about the children’s home?

4. Why does the bubble go bang when someone sets light to it?

5. What, according to Steve, is the secret of his skill?

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II. Read the following passage and then choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the

numbered blanks. (15 marks)

THE LANGUAGE OF TEARS

The ability to weep is a uniquely human form of emotional response. Some scientists have

suggested that human tears are evidence of an aquatic past – but this does not seem very likely. We

cry from the moment we enter this (1) _________ for a number of reasons. Helpless babies cry to (2)

_________ their parents that they are ill, hungry or uncomfortable. As they (3) _________ they will

also cry just to attract parental attention and will often stop when they get it.

The idea that (4) _________ a good cry can do you (5) _________ is a very old one and now it

has scientific (6) _________ since recent research into tears has shown that they (7) _________ a

natural painkiller called enkaphalin. By (8) _________ sorrow and pain this chemical helps you to

feel better. Weeping can increase the quantities of enkaphalin you (9) _________.

Unfortunately, in our society we impose restrictions upon this naturally (10) _________ activity.

Because some people still regard it as a (11) _________ of weakness in men, boys in particular are

admonished when they cry. This kind of repression can only increase stress, both emotionally and

physically.

Tears of emotion also help the body (12) _________ itself of toxic chemical (13) _________, for

there is more protein in them than in tears resulting from cold winds or other irritants. Crying

comforts, calms and can be very enjoyable – (14) _________ the popularity of the highly emotional

films which are commonly (15) _________ “weepies”. It seems that people enjoy crying together

almost as much as laughing together.

1. A. world B. place C. earth D. space

2. A. communicate B. persuade C. inform D. demonstrate

3. A. evolve B. change C. develop D. alter

4. A. doing B. making C. getting D. having

5. A. better B. fine C. good D. well

6. A. validity B. truth C. reality D. reason

7. A. contain B. retain C. hold D. keep

8. A. struggling B. fighting C. opposing D. striking

9. A. construct B. achieve C. provide D. produce

10. A. curing B. treating C. healing D. improving

11. A. hint B. symbol C. feature D. sign

12. A. release B. rid C. loosen D. expel

13. A. rubbish B. waste C. leftovers D. remains

14. A. consider B. remark C. distinguish D. regard

15. A. named B. entitled C. subtitled D. called

III. Read the following text and then choose the best phrase or sentence, given below, to fill each of the

gaps. Write one letter (A-P) in each of the numbered gaps. Each phrase is only used once. Some of the

suggested answers do not fit at all. (15 marks)

Archaeologists in Iraq have discovered the world’s oldest “statue” – a stone, standing four

feet high, covered with plaster (1) __________ of a human being.

This “stone man” dating from 11,000 years ago, (2) __________ who were emerging from

the pre-agricultural Stone Age into the Neolithic world of early farming.

The statue, probably of religious significance, was located inside a prehistoric house – one

of the earliest sophisticated buildings (3) __________. Investigations have shown that the house

had (4) __________ with clay-coated, lime-plastered walls and floor.

So far excavation have unearthed three buildings containing seven standing stones, (5)

__________ retain traces of lime plaster which once covered them.

However, (6) __________ shows evidence of having been shaped into the likeness of a

human being. It is 30 centuries older (7) __________ previously known oldest statue. (8)

__________that each building appears to have had at least one standing stone inside it, and that

one house actually had three.

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The plaster-covered human shaped obelisk (9) __________ shoulders and the stumps of arms

and part of a neck. The “head”, however, (10) __________.

A. ever discovered by archaeologists

B. molded into the shape

C. to have been built

D. strangely carved

E. was fashioned by people

F. excavations have revealed

G. only one of these

H. neither of them

I. beautifully finished

J. than the remaining

K. has what appear to be

L. seems to have broken off

M. four of which

N. has been missing

O. it has been decided

P. than the world’s

IV. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each

space. (20 marks)

The worry about salt is that it may (1)__________ high blood pressure. Chemically, salt

(2) __________of sodium and chloride ions, both of (3)__________are common in the human

(4)__________and are important for many physiological and biochemical (5) __________. We

not only need salt, we eat salt, but too (6) __________ may still be bad for us. Although the idea

of a (7)__________between salt and high blood pressure (8) __________back to 2000 BC, there

is still no scientific (9)__________as to whether this so or not. One reason for this (10)

__________to agree is that individual salt intake (11) __________enormously from day to day,

and so reliable measures of intake are hard to come (12) __________.

Those who believe that salt does (13)__________to high blood pressure

(14)__________to the high incidence of high blood pressure in countries that eat a very (15)

__________diet. In Japan, for instance, where salted fish is an important part of the diet, high

blood pressure and (16)__________ complications are common, (17) __________ among some

Amazonian and African tribes, which have a low intake of salt, they are almost (18) __________.

But (19)__________there is this neat relation between salt intake and the incidence of high

blood pressure between countries, it doesn’t seem to apply (20) __________those countries

themselves. Studies, for instance, of couples who have a similar salt intake don’t show any

consistency in how often they develop high blood pressure.

V. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. Follow the example.

(15 marks)

Example: Line 1: 0. which



when

FAMILY HISTORY

In an age which technology is developed faster than ever before, many people are being

attracted by the idea of looking back into the past. One way they can make this is by investigating

their own family history. They can try to find out more about what their families came from and

what they did. This is now a fast-growing hobby, especially in countries with a fairly short history,

alike Australia and the United States.

It is one thing to spend some time going through a book on family history and to take the

decision to investigate your own family’s past. It is quite another to carry out the research work

successfully. It is easy to set about it in a disorganizing way and cause yourself many problems

that could have avoided with a little forward planning.

If your own family stories say you that you are connected with a famous character,

whether hero or criminal, not to let this idea take over your research. Just treat it as an interesting

possibility. A simple system for collecting and storing your information will be adequate to start

with; a more complex one may only get in your way. The most important thing, though, is to get

starting. Who knows what you might find?

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 - VÒNG 1

LONG AN Ngày thi: 06/10/2011

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM THI

Tổng số điểm các phần của bài thi là 100. Sau khi chấm từng phần của bài làm, giám

khảo cộng và ghi tổng điểm trên hệ 100 vào khung điểm ghi bằng chữ, sau đó chia điểm

này cho 20 để có điểm bài thi trên hệ 20. Ghi điểm bài thi trên hệ 20 không làm tròn số

vào khung điểm ghi bằng chữ.

A. LISTENING: (20 marks)

1. (C) (4 marks)

2. (A) (4 marks)

(C) (4 marks)

3. (C) (4 marks)

4. (D) (4 marks)

B. READING & WRITING: (80 marks)

I. Total: 15 marks (3 marks for each)

1. Because he would not let staff take away his pocket money for holiday – he swallowed it

instead.

2. Steve was possibly an orphan or his parents could not look after him.

3. It was probably run on strict, disciplinarian lines.

4. Because it contains butane gas.

5. The secret of his skill is muscle control.

II. Total: 15 marks (1 mark for each)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

A

B

C

D

C

A

B

D

C

D

B

A

D

III. Total: 15 marks (1.5 marks for each)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

B E A I M G P F K L

IV. Total: 20 marks (1 mark for each)

1. cause

2. consists

3. which

4. body

5. processes

6. much

7. link/relationship/connection

8. goes/dates

9. agreement/consensus/evidence/proof

10. failure/inability

11. varies/differs/changes

12. by

13. lead/contribute

14. point

15. salty

16. its

17. whereas/while

18. unknown/non-existent

19. whereas/while

20.within

Đề chính thức

Bảng A

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V. Total: 15 marks (1.5 marks for each)

- Find the mistake  0.75 mark

- Correct the mistake  0.75 mark

1. developed  developing

2. (attracted) by  (attracted) to

3. make  do

4. what  where

5. alike  like

6. disorganizing  disorganized

7. have avoided  have been avoided

8. say  tell

9. not to  don’t

10. starting  started

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CẤP TỈNH CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1

LONG AN Ngày thi : 06/10/2011

MÔN THI : TIẾNG ANH BẢNG B

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài : 180 phút cho cả hai phần A và B

LƯU Ý : THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI THI TRÊN GIẤY THI, KHÔNG LÀM TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY

A/. LISTENING (20 points)

You will hear a short conversation twice. Each question in this part has four answer choices.

Choose the best answer A,B, C or D. Write your answer(s) on your paper.

1. What is the speaker’s main point?

(A) Professional resumé writers can make a lot of money.

(B) Resumé are easier to write than letters.

(C) Resumé should be written carefully

(D) Computers can make resumé writing easier

2. According to the speaker, what can you do if you are not sure of the meaning of a word?

Choose 2 answers

(A) Look it up in dictionary.

(B) Ask a friend how to spell it.

(C) Guess the meaning.

(D) Look it up online.

3. Why should you choose your words carefully?

(A) You want people to think you’re passive.

(B) Some words sound alike but mean different things.

(C) Words are very personal.

(D) Words are very interesting.

4. Why should your resumé look professional?

(A) More people will read it.

(B) It could be published.

(C) An employer may decide to see you or not because of it.

(D) You will make more money.

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B/. READING AND WRITING (80 points)

I/. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions. Write your answers on your paper.

(20 points)

One day more than 200 years ago a man complained to his doctor that he had a ball in his

throat. “It goes up and down when I breathe”, he said. The doctor laughed at him and said, “There is

nothing in your throat”.

Soon after the man died and the doctor discovered that there was a steel ball in his throat. This

unfortunate man worked in needles factory and in the process of grinding steel to make the needles, he

had breathed in particles of it which soon accumulated and formed a lump in his throat. Ever since that

time workers in factories producing needles have had to wear masks to protect themselves.

Needles were first used by the Stone Age man about 50.000 years ago to stitch together pieces

of pelt to make clothes. At the time primitive men used the bones of animals and fish, and even thorns,

to make ‘needles’- rough stone tools with a hole in one end. Later the Romans and the British used iron

and bronze for making needles.

Today’s needles are made from steel wire. When you examine a needle it looks quite a simple

object but there are fifteen different stages a steel wire has to go through before it becomes a needle.

Let us look at some of them.

First the worker cuts a steel wire into the length of two needles. Then he straightens out the wire

and sharpens it at both ends. At the center he pierces two eyes: this forms two needles joined end to

end. Usually machines are used to break up the needles; only very good quality needles are broken by

hand.

The needles are by no means ready yet. They must go into a special machine which removes the

rough edges from around the eye of each needle. After this the worker puts all of them into a small

furnace called a ‘muffle’, and when the needles are red hot he plunges them into a container of cold oil.

This process is repeated many times to harden the needles and give them elasticity. Washing, rolling

and polishing follow, after which needles are put into packets for sale.

You can see needles everywhere today, in your home and in the hospital where they are used as

surgical instruments. Compasses and record-players too require different types of needles. The Stone

Age man would indeed be amazed if he could see how many uses we have made of his simple

invention.

1. Why did the doctor laugh at the man who went to him with a complaint?

2. Was the doctor right in laughing at the man? Why?

3. How had the steel ball formed inside the man’s throat?

4. Why do workers in needles factories wear masks?

5. Why are the needles heated and then cooled many times?

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II/.Use the words below to fill in the blanks. Each correct word is only used once. Write the words

in the corresponding numbered places on your paper. (30 points)

Passage 1 (10 points)

well – which – works – also – after – grew – order – from – where – as

Leonardo da Vinci is perhaps most famous for his (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of art. Among his more

well-known paintings are the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper” Leonardo was an accomplished

painter but he was (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . an architect, a sculptor, an engineer, a scientist and a

musician. He was one of the most talented men of all time.

Leonardo was named (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the town of Vinci

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . he was born. Leonardo da Vinci actually means “Leonardo of Vinci”. He

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . up in the busy city of Florence which was then a center of education and of the

arts. Leonardo did not receive much formal education. He became an apprentice to a painter and

sculptor. Verocchio, (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . whom he learned his craft. He conversed with the scholars

and noblemen who came to order works of art and learned much from them.

Leonardo was a very curious and creative person. He believed that

(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . an artist, he had to acquire an understanding of objects

in (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to paint them well. Before he embarked on a new painting, he would find out

all the information he could gather about the subjects he was painting. He would also draw sketches of

these subjects in a notebook.

When he was alive, he was accepted as a very learned man. The breath of his knowledge can be

seen in more than thirty of his notebooks (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .are still intact today. The notes and

drawings in the notebooks included plans for a tank, a helicopter as (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . as a detailed

study of the human anatomy.

Passage 2 (20 points)

ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

consists – just – others – some – proportion – lasts –

both – departments – practical – number – changes – spends

All English universities except Oxford and Cambridge are fairy new. London University is the

biggest of the modern English Universities and (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of a great variety of colleges and

other institutions including medical schools.

A university usually has (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . faculties and departments. The most common

faculties are medicine, law, arts, science, and theology. The (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . include engineering,

economics, commerce, agriculture, music and technology. After taking examinations a university

graduate is awarded with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts or Science, or Engineering, or Medicine, etc.

depending on their field of study.

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Each faculty is headed by one or more professors who are helped by a staff of teachers called

lecturers. Professors and lecturers spend (4) . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . of their time giving lectures to a large

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of students or studying with smaller groups and here the students have a chance

to argue and discuss.

All universities admit men and women, but the (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of men is rather more than

75%. Most of the universities provide hostel accommodation for their students. At a university the

course of studies (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . six years and the curriculum is wide.

There are many special types of colleges in Great Britain too. They give a specialized training.

They are medical, teachers’, technical colleges and many (8) . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . One can see colleges

within universities. The course of studies at a college is (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . three years. At medical

colleges the students study various subjects, learn to treat patients and have (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

work at hospitals. After graduating from the college they are given a certificate.

III/. Each of the following sentences has 4 underlined parts, marked A,B,C and D. Choose the

underlined part of the sentence that needs corrections and then give the correct word. Write on

your paper (30 points)

Ex :

0. They have (A)been (B) living here (C) since six years (D) now.

Answer : 0 : (C), for

1.

Each of the (A) students (B) in the accounting class (C) has to type (D) their own research

paper this semester.

2.

(A) Plants and animals (B) live in the see sank (C) to the sea bed (D) when they died.

3.

How (A) much times (B) did Rich and Jennifer have to do the experiment before they

(C) obtained the results they had (D) been expecting.

4.

Mrs. Stevens, along (A) with, (B) her cousins from New Mexico, (C) are planning (D) to attend

the festivities.

5.

(A) Joel giving up (B) smoking has (C) caused him to gain weight and (D) become irritable

with his acquaintances.

6.

I (A) will send this book (B) to you (C) before I (D) will finish it.

7.

(A) Establishing in 1984 (B) for students who wanted to study art and music subjects,

LaGuardia (C) was the first public school of (D) its kind.

8. Alloys of gold and copper (A) have been (B) widely (C) using in (D) various types of coins.

9.

We should put (A) people first and (B) save people’s (C) lives is still the top priority of our (D)

relief work.

10.

Scientists and economists (A) believe that human beings (B) can never (C) use away all the (D)

mineral resources on Earth.

- THE END -

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CẤP TỈNH CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1

LONG AN Ngày thi : 06/10/2011

MÔN THI : TIẾNG ANH BẢNG B

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH

Tổng số điểm các phần của bài thi môn Tiếng Anh là 100. Sau khi chấm từng phần của bài làm,

giám khảo cộng và ghi tổng điểm bài làm trên hệ 100 vào khung điểm số ghi bằng chữ, sau đó chia

điểm này cho 20 để có điểm bài thi trên hệ 20. Ghi điểm bài thi trên hệ 20 này (không làm tròn số) vào

khung điểm số ghi bằng chữ.

PHẦN THI NGHE

I/. Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng được 4 điểm

1. (C) Resumé should be written carefully. (4 điểm)

2. (A) Look it up in dictionary and (D) Look it up online. (8 điểm)

3. (B) Some words sound alike but mean different things. (4 điểm)

4. (C) An employer may decide to see you or not because of it. (4 điểm)

PHẦN THI ĐỌC – VIẾT

II/. Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm này được 4 điểm.

1. Because the doctor was amused with the man’s story.

2. No, he wasn’t. Because there was a real steel ball in the man’s throat.

3. He had breathed in particles of steel at work.

4. They wear masks to protect themselves from breathing in steel particles.

5. The needles are heated and cooled many times to harden the needles and give them elasticity.

III/. Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 30. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm này được 1 điểm đối

với đọan 1, 2 điểm đối với đọan 2.

Passage 1:

1. works

2. also

3. after

4. where

5. grew

6. from

7. as

8. order

9. which

10. well

Passage 2:

1. consists

2. both

3. departments

4. some

5. number

6. proportion

7. lasts

8. others

9. just

10. practical

IV/. Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 30. Mỗi câu đúng là 3 điểm (phát hiện lỗi 1 điểm, sửa lỗi 2điểm)

1. (D) His/her

2. (B) living

3. (A) many

4. (C) is

5. (A) Joe’s

6. (D) finish

7. (A) Established

8. (C) used

9. (B) saving

10. (C) use up

1. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research

paper this semester.

2. Stuart stopped to write his letter because he had to leave for the hospital.

3.

How much times did Rich and Jennifer have to do the experiment before they

obtained the results they had been expecting.

4. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the

festivities.

5. Hummingbirds are the only birds capable to fly backward as well as forward, up, and

down.

6. Joel giving up smoking has caused him to gain weight and become irritable with his

acquaintances.

7. We are suppose to read all of chapter seven and answer the questions for tomorrow’s

class.

8. The explanation that our instructor gave us was different than the one yours gave you.

9. Establishing in 1984 for students who wanted to study art and music subjects,

LaGuardia was the first public school of its kind.

10. Alloys of gold and copper have been widely using in various types of coins.

11. There was a light disagreement between committee members of the Club, regarding

their trip next month.

12. The police is now investigating the robbery that took place in our neighbourhood last

night.

13.

American manufacturers depend on ocean shipping for most of trade with other countries.

14.

Venus approaches the Earth more closely than any other planet is.

15.

A kangaroo moves around by leaping on its rear legs, which is much bigger and stronger than its

front legs.

16.

Many of the satellites of space carry telescopes and other instruments used in astronomy to

look at the stars.

17.

Scientists and economists believe that human beings can never use away all the mineral

resources on Earth.

18. Scientists have recently argued that Einstein's contribution to physics and mathematics are less

important as Newton's.

19. The study of astronomy is so recent as the past centuries, but astrology has existed for

thousands of years.

20.

Hướng Dẫn Làm Bài Thi

Nghe

1. Bài thi nghe được thực hiện

trong vòng khoảng 25 phút,

được bắt đầu và kết thúc bằng

một đoạn nhạc, mỗi phần được

nghe 2 lần.

2. Sau khi tính giờ làm bài,

giám thị coi thi chỉ cần cho đĩa

vào máy và nhấn nút PLAY,

không cần giải thích gì thêm.

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO

LONG AN

(Đề chính thức)

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 VÒNG 2

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

Ngày thi: 10/ 11/ 2011

Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể phát đề)

Phách của Hội đồng chấm phúc khảo

Chữ kí Giám khảo I:……………….

Chữ kí Giám khảo II:………………

Số phách phúc khảo:

Điểm của từng phần:

I………III………..

II……...IV……….

Tổng điểm bằng số:……..

Tổng điểm bằng chữ:……

Phách của Hội đồng chấm thi

Chữ kí Giám khảo I:……………….

Chữ kí Giám khảo II:………………

Số phách chấm thi:

Điểm của từng phần:

I………III………..

II……...IV……….

Tổng điểm bằng số:……..

Tổng điểm bằng chữ:……

LƯU Ý:

- Đề thi gồm 22 trang; thí sinh làm bài thi trên đề thi này.

- Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển.

- Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.

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I. LISTENING (6/40 points):

PART 1: You are going to listen to two students talking about libraries in Australia.

Listen and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each question.

1/ Why is Yumi worried?

A. She is a new student

B. She doesn’t know very much about libraries

C. She hasn’t used a library much

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D. She has a lot of assignments.

2/ Who advised Yumi to join the local library?

A. her flat mate

B. Mary Ann

C. The librarian

D. Mary Ann and Yumi’s flat mate

3/ What items cannot be borrowed from the local library?

A. Books

B. Video and audio tapes or CDs

C. CDs

D. Newspaper

4/ If Yumi returned the book two days after the loan period has ended,

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A. she will have to pay the fine

B. she will have to pay 10 cents

C. it won’t cost her anything

D. she can’t borrow anything later

5/ Why hasn’t Yumi been to university library yet?

A. She couldn’t attend the orientation activities

B. She has been sick all week

C. She has to go to her lecture

D. She doesn’t know where it is

Label the map of the library below. Choose the correct letter from A- E for each

answer:

E

A

D

MAIN

ENTRANCE

………………….. ………………………………………………..

6. Return box: …………

7. Library computers: ……………

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8. Monograph collection: …………..

9. Reference section: …………….

10. Advisor’s desk: ……………..

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

PART 2

You will hear an interview with a man called Richard Porter who is a maker of

musical instruments called organs. Listen and complete the sentences:

Musical Instrument Maker

Richard’s first ambition was to be a

Richard makes organs which are used in and

churches worldwide.

It costs to buy one of the organs which

Richard makes.

According to Richard, personal provide him

with most of his overseas clients.

Richard says that he is involved in organs, as

well as building and selling them.

In terms of raw materials, only the that Richard

uses comes from Britain.

1

2

£

3

4

5

6

5

Richard’s new workshop will be a building that was once used as a

Richard will have to work in a as well as in his

new workshop.

The only thing that Richard will have to pay

for his new workshop is the

The new workshop will be perfect for the instruments Richard makes because it is a

place.

Your answers:

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (14/ 40 points)

PART 1

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.

1. Even though they don’t agree with what is happening, they are too…………..to

protest.

A. outgoing B. subdued C. quiet D. apathetic

2. The policeman………….me off with a warning as it was Christmas.

A. sent B. gave C. let D. set

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8

9

10

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3. Big cities like New York and Tokyo are _____ populated.

A. greatly B. closely C. densely D. variously

4. I am sorry for all the ……………….things I said to you.

A. hostile B. abrupt C. nasty D. short

5. Conservationists are worried that many potentially valuable ________ of plants and

animals are threatened with extinction.

A. examples B. brands C. variations D. species

6. I find his behavior towards me quite……………He treats me like an idiot.

A. offending B. insulting C. crude D. ill-mannered

7. At first Tom insisted he was right, but then began to………………

A.back down B. follow up C. drop off D. break up

8. It’s no good pretending. You’ve got to …………… reality.

A. bargain for B. come up against C. face up to D. get down to

9. In the United States, …………….is the most concentrated is New Orleans

A. French influence the city C. the city where French influence

B. Where the city influences French D. where the French influence the city

10. They turned the proposal ………………….that it didn’t fulfill their requirements.

A.

allowing B. as a cause C. by reason D. on the grounds

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

PART 2:

In most lines of the following text, there is either a spelling or an punctuation error, for

each numbered line 1- 15, write the correctly spelt word or show the correct

punctuation in the space on the right. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with

a tick (

).

The first three lines are done for you as examples.

How Equal Are Woman, Really?

On the face of it, women in Britain haven’t done too badly over the passed

thirty years. There has been a woman Prime Minister a woman has gone into

space, and women are ordained as priests. They have won the right to equal

pay with men for the same work inspite of the fact that they still earn only

80% of their male colleague’s salaries. They have even become professionals

0. past

0.

Minister, a

0. 

1.

2.

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in what have always been considered male sports, like football. But can it

really be said that equality of the sexes is fact rather than wishful thinking.

The trouble begins at school, though equality shouldn’t be an issue in

education since, acording to the Department of Education’s statistics, they do

better than boys in exams at all levels. Nevertheless, they are at an immediate

disadvantage as soon as they apply for jobs and go out to work. Teachers

believe its vital to overcome this by encouraging them to study subjects like

physics, which have been almost exclusively a male preserve. A peice of

research recently carried out at Reading University may explain why boys

succeed, weather or not they have better academic qualifications. It shows

that they are willing to call out answers in class and risk making mistakes,

whereas girls feel self conscious. This capacity to take the lead is why boys

tend to make a better impresion at an interview for a business career, though

they may not always prove to be the best choice thereafter.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

Your answers:

1. 6. 11.

2. 7. 12.

3. 8. 13.

4. 9. 14.

5. 10. 15.

PART 3:

Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to

form a word that fits the space in the same line

.

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The Desire to Know

Curiosity goes back to the dawn of human (0)…existence……..This

irresponsible desire to know is not a (1)………………of inanimate objects.

Nor does it seem to be attributable to some forms of living organism which,

for that very reason, we can scarcely bring ourselves to consider alive. A

tree, for example, does not display (2)………………..curiosity, nor does a

sponge or even an oyster. If chance events bring them poison, predators or

parasites, they die as (3)……………….as they lived.

Early in the scheme of life, (4)……………….motion was developed by

some organisms. It meant an (5)……………….advance in their control of

the environment. A moving organism no longer waited in stolid

(6)……………for food to come its way, but went out after it. The individual

that hesitated in the (7)……………….search for food, or that was overly

(8)………………in its investigation, starved.

As organisms grew more complex, more messages of greater variety were

received from and about the (9)………………environment. At the same

time, the nervous system, the living instrument that interprets and stores the

data collected by the sense organs, became (10)………….complex.

EXIST

CHARACTER

RECOGNISE

CEREMONIOUS

DEPEND

ORDINARY

RIGID

ZEAL

CONSERVE

ROUND

INCREASE

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

PART 4:

Replace the underlined expressions in the sentences below with the suitable phrasal verbs

in the box. Make any necessary changes. There are more words than you need.

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suck up to put across drop out of pick up drag on

dumb down count towards swot up kick out

clamp down on take over mess around step down

1. I’ve got tests all next week- I’ve really got to revise hard.

2. Todd stopped attending school at 16 because he considered schoolwork a waste of time

3. Does this term’s test mark contribute to our final grade?

4. Apparently, the headmaster is going to implement punishments more strictly for truancy.

5. Just because Jilly cleaned the blackboard, it doesn’t mean she is trying to make herself

popular with the teacher.

6. If you make too much noise in Mrs. Skinner’s class, she will make you leave.

7. I can’t wait for the summer holidays- this term has seemed to last a long time.

8. So many students lacked basic numeracy skills that the course has been made simpler and

easier.

9. I couldn’t hear the teacher because the other kids were behaving badly.

10. Surely if Hannah were dyslexic, it would have been noticed long before now.

Your answers:

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

PART 5:

Read the text below and think of the word that best fits the gap. Use one word for each gap

only. The first one is done as an example.

Advertising

Each and (0)………every…………day we see hundreds of advertising images.

(1)…………..other of image confronts us (2)………………….anything like the same frequency.

Never in history (3)…………….there been such a concentration of visual messages. The brain

cannot help (4)…………..take these messages in, and for a moment they stimulate the

imagination (5)……………virtue of their appeal to memory or expectation.

Advertising is usually justified as a competitive medium of benefit (6)……………….the public

and efficient manufactures. (7)…………………it may be true that, in advertising, one particular

brand competes against another, it is also just (8)……………….true that such publicity images

confirm and enhance others. That there are choices to be made (9)…………….without saying

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but, ultimately, advertising as a system makes a single proposal- namely (10)……………..we

transform ourselves, or our lives, by buying something more. We are led to believe that, by

(11)…………..doing, we will in (12)………….way or another become richer- but in fact we will

become poor, (13)…………………….spent our money.

Advertising shows us people who have apparently been transformed into a new state and are, as

a result, enviable. The state of being envied is (14)……………….constitutes glamour. And

advertising is in the business (15)……………..manufacturing glamour.

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

PART 6:

Complete the sentences below, using one of the words in the box.

arrest consequence lead face increase means

praise appearance reach intention exception stage

1. Crime is said to be on the (a)……………….in this area, and in (b)……………the mayor

has appealed for more police to be brought in to deal with it.

2. Before the police could put him under (a)………., he fled abroad to a country without an

extradition treaty, beyond the (b)………………of authorities.

3. On the (a)…………of it, it looks a simple task but from bitter experience I know that it

isn’t easy by any (b)………………

4. There have been several reviews in (a)……………..of the film but it’s too early to say at

this (b)………………that it will win the prize at the festival.

5. He took the (a)…………..in arranging these meetings and has every (b)……….of

playing his full part in the process.

Your answers:

1.(a)

(b)

2. (a)

(b)

3. (a)

(b)

4. (a)

(b)

5. (a)

(b)

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III. READING (8/40 points)

PART 1:

Read the following passage and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each gap.

MEN AND SHOPPING

Normally, a crèche is where children are looked after while their parents work, but recently a

shopping center opened a ‘crèche’ which (1)…….. men to play computer games while their

partners go shopping. The aim is to (2)…….. men to feel that shopping is fun. You only have to

(3)……… at men’s faces in a shopping center in the UK to realize that they find shopping less

(4)………. than women. Whether they are well off or (5)……….. up, the effect is the same: they

are so anxious before they go shopping that their stress levels increase to a truly (6)………

extent, comparable to those felt by (7)……. fighter pilots or riot police. According to one

psychologist, women are much more (8)……… in the shops and men get so impatient because

men are less used to shopping than women. She adds that, quite (9)……. over the years, women

have developed a laid-back (10)………. to shopping, but that men’s negative feelings

(11)………. when they are buying things for people other than themselves. It’s understandable,

then, that women (12)……….. men for not (13)…….. an effort when it comes to buying things

for the family. She notes that, in the UK, many men (14)………… to go shopping at all, or claim

to feel (15)……… out after only five minutes. Let’s hope the crèche makes a difference!

1. A. enables B. opens C. makes D. removes

2. A. support B. encourage C. convince D. let

3. A. catch B. spot C. watch D. glance

4. A. funny B. silly C. enjoyable D. capable

5. A. short B. hard C. week D. poor

6. A. astonished B. influential C. easy D. amazing

7. A. taught B. experienced C. tested D. prepared

8. A. comfortable B. convenient C. relaxing D. restful

9. A. biologically B. physically C. naturally D. environmentally

10. A. acceptance B. appeal C. agreement D. approach

11. A. exaggerate B. lengthen C. increase D. add

12. A. complain B. criticize C. object D. argue

13. A. making B. taking C. doing D. giving

14. A. cancel B. refuse C. reject D. deny

15. A. broken B. fed C. paid D. tired

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

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PART 2:

Read the following passage and do the tasks below:

Day after day we hear about how anthropogenic development is causing global warming.

According to an increasingly vocal minority, however, we should be asking ourselves how much

of this is media hype and how much is based on real evidence. It seems, as so often is the case

that it depends on which expert you listen to, or which statistics you study.

Yes, it is true that there is a mass of evidence to indicate that the world is getting warmer,

with one of the world's leading weather predictors stating that air temperatures have shown an

increase of just under half a degree Celsius since the beginning of the twentieth century. And

while this may not sound like anything worth losing sleep over, the international press would

have us believe that the consequences could be devastating. Other experts, however, are of the

opinion that what we are seeing is just part of a natural upward and downward swing that has

always been part of the cycle of global weather. An analysis of the views of major

meteorologists in the United States showed that less than 20% of them believed that any change

in temperature over the last hundred years was our own fault - the rest attributed it to natural

cyclical changes.

There is, of course, no denying that we are still at a very early stage in understanding

weather. The effects of such variables as rainfall, cloud formation, the seas and oceans gases

such as methane and ozone, or even solar energy are still not really understood, and therefore the

predictions that we make using them cannot always be relied on. Dr. James Hansen, in 1988, was

predicting that the likely effects of global warming would be a rising of world temperature which

would have disastrous consequences for mankind: “a strong cause and effect relationship

between the current climate and human alteration of the atmosphere ". He has now gone on

record as stating that using artificial models of climate as a way of predicting change is all but

impossible. In fact, he now believes that, rather than getting hotter, our planet is getting greener

as a result of the carbon dioxide increase, with the prospect of increasing vegetation in areas

which in recent history have been frozen wastelands.

In fact, there is some evidence to suggest that as our computer-based weather models have

become more sophisticated, the predicted rises in temperature have been cut back. In addition, if

we look at the much reported rise in global temperature over the last century, a close analysis

reveals that the lion's share of that increase, almost three quarters in total, occurred before man

began to "poison" his world with industrial processes and the accompanying greenhouse gas

emissions in the second half of the twentieth century.

So should we pay any attention to those stories that scream out at us from billboards and

television news headlines, claiming that man, with his inexhaustible dependence on oil-based

machinery and ever more sophisticated forms of transport is creating a nightmare level of

greenhouse gas emissions, poisoning his environment and ripping open the ozone layer?

Doubters point to scientific evidence, which can prove that, of all the greenhouse gases, only two

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percent come from man-made sources, the rest resulting from natural emissions. Who, then, to

believe: the environmentalist exhorting us to leave the car at home, to buy re-usable products

packaged in recycled paper and to plant trees in our back yard? Or the skeptics, including, of

course, a lot of big businesses who have most to lose, when they tell us that we are making a

mountain out of a molehill? And my own opinion? The jury's still out as far as I am concerned!

Question 1-6: Choose the appropriate letters (A, B, C or D), based on the information from

the passage.

1. The author ........

A believes that man is causing global warming

B believes that global warming is a natural process

C is sure what the causes of global warming are

D does not say what he believes the causes of global warming are

2. As to the cause of global warming, the author believes that ........

A occasionally the facts depend on who you are talking to

B the facts always depend on who you are talking to

C often the facts depend on which expert you listen to

D you should not speak to experts

3. More than 80% of the top meteorologists in the United States are of the opinion

that .........

A global warming should make us lose sleep

B global warming is not the result of natural cyclical changes, but man-made

C the consequences of global warming will be devastating

D global warming is not man-made, but the result of natural cyclical changes

4. Our understanding of weather ...........

A leads to reliable predictions

B is variable

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C cannot be denied

D is not very developed yet

5. Currently, Dr. James Hansen's beliefs include the fact that .......

A it is nearly impossible to predict weather change using artificial models

B the consequences of global warming would be disastrous for mankind

C there is a significant link between the climate now, and man's changing of the atmosphere

D Earth is getting colder

6. Which of these is the best title for this text?

A Global Warming is for real

B Global warming - media hype or genuine threat?

C Weather changes over the last 100 years

D Global Warming - the greatest threat to mankind

Questions 7-13: Do the statements below agree with the information in the reading passage?

On your answer sheet write:

Yes if the statement agrees with the information in the passage

No if the statement contradicts the information in the passage

Not Given if there is no information about the statement in the passage

7. Computer-based weather models have become more sophisticated.

8. At the same time that computer-based weather models have become more sophisticated,

weather forecasters have become more expert.

9. Most of the increase in global temperature happened in the second half of the twentieth

century.

10. The media wants us to blame ourselves for global warming.

11. The media encourages the public to use environmentally friendly vehicles, such as electric

cars to combat global warming.

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12. Environmentalists are very effective at persuading people to be kind to the environment.

13. Many big businesses are on the side of the skeptics as regards the cause of global warming.

Questions 14-15: Complete the sentences below. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

from the passage for each blank space. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

14. As well as planting trees and not driving, the environmentalist would like us to choose

products that are wrapped _______________ and can be used more than once.

15. Big businesses would have us believe that we are making too much fuss about global

warming, because they have ________________.

Your answers:

1. 6. 11.

2. 7. 12.

3. 8. 13.

4. 9. 14.

5. 10. 15.

PART 3:

Read the article. Choose the most suitable headings ( A-L) for paragraphs (1-8) from the

list of headings in the box below. There are more headings than paragraphs, so do not use

all of them

A. Know when to stop

B. Organize

C. Check your notes are accurate

D. Use various formats for your notes

E. Take mock exams seriously

F. Work out what you revise

G. Study with your colleagues

H. Read textbooks

I. Start early

J. Look for mock exams

K. Check the information in your textbooks

L. Revise

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REVISING FOR EXAMS

The way to do well at History is to know

which study techniques work best for you

as an individual. Nevertheless, here are

some sensible guidelines that are worth

following.

1.

Apply good study skills from the beginning

of your course rather than seek magical

solutions a few weeks before the exam.

Ideally, every evening you should read

through the notes you made that day,

improving them and making sure they are

useful. Then, every few months, go through

all the notes- this will make your final

revision much easier. In this way, essential

information will be committed to your long-

term memory and will be readily recalled,

even under stressful exam conditions. You

will also avoid last-minute cramming, which

is seldom useful.

2.

Make sure that you have a copy of the

syllabus or course handbook. Check the

format of your exam. How many papers?

How many questions must be answered?

Are there any compulsory sections? Sort out

any external or personal problems that may

hamper your progress. If necessary talk with

your tutor, student counseling service or

doctor. From Easter cut out or cut down

your weekend employment until after the

exams.

3.

Listen to your teacher’s advice on important

areas or likely questions. Select topics for

revision. Decide what number you need to

know about: for example if you are required

to answer four questions, go through the

papers of the last few years and make sure

you can answer five or six of them. If you

can answer them all, take care- you are

probably working too hard.

4.

Do not work from poor materials. Improve

your notes by comparison with a friend’s or

read them alongside a textbook, making any

additions and modifications needed. Make

sure that you understand them before you try

to commit them to memory- if you don’t, the

ideas simply will now stick. Underline, color

or highlight headings and key points.

5.

The more your notes are rewritten, the better

you will remember them. Summarize key

information on each topic on one A4 page.

Abbreviate again on small index cards: carry

them round with you and learn them

whenever you have a few spare minutes. If

you are having difficulty remembering key

quotes or the dates, write them out and put

them in places around the house where you

see them frequently. Perhaps, record them

on tape. But remember to think actively

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about key issues as well as memorizing

information. Your aim should be to look at

old, so familiar materials in a new way.

6.

Working with a group (the right group for

you) will enable you to share ideas, notes

and books and can help alleviate boredom

and stress. Revising in pairs is good, but

working in group of three or four is better.

The ideal is to meet for two or three hour

sessions two or three times a week at home,

school or college- looking for a working

environment with minimum distractions,

read out answers for group criticism, test

each other, prepare outline answers.

7.

When your teachers give you practice exams

to do in class time, enter into these

wholeheartedly. They will help you assess

your progress and familiarize you with

working under strict exam conditions.

Afterwards, take notes of the feedback you

receive. Pinpoint the errors you made. Did

you include too little information, misread

the questions, run out of time? What does

your mark tell you about your revision

techniques?

8.

Far more exams are failed because of too

little work than too much. But often the

brightest students work too hard at revision

and worry unnecessarily. So take regular

exercises, get plenty of sleep, and maintain a

sensible social life. If you are an arch-

worrier, then by all means carry gentle

revision until last moment: you can’t worry

if your mind is occupied with something

else. But remember that the aim is to reach

your peak at the right time, so be sure not to

go into the exam room exhausted from

overwork. Frenetic late-night cramming can

be easily avoided by the short of revision

techniques outlined above.

Choose the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D), based on the above reading:

9. According to the passage, what is the main cause of poor performance in exams?

A. tiredness due to overwork

B. not study enough

C. not getting enough exam practice

D. worrying about the exam

10. According to the passage, when should you continue revising right up to the exam?

A. when you have not been working hard enough

B. if you suffer from exam nerves

C. when you cannot remember vital information

D. if your tutor advises you to do.

Your answers:

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

IV. WRITING (12/40 points)

PART 1 (2 points):

Use the word(s) given in brackets and make any necessary additions to complete a new

sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence.

Do NOT change the form of the given word (s).

Look at the example in the box.

Example:

Immediately after winning the race, Sandy began training for the next one. (had)

 No sooner had Sandy won the race than she began training for the next one.

1. Without a loan from the bank, we would have gone bankrupt. ( borrowed)

Had . ………………………………. , we would have gone bankrupt.

2. The only calls we've made have been local ones, so our bill can't possibly come to this

much. (run)

We can't .. ........ …………………..when we've only made local calls.

3. Could you take a quick look at my essay before I hand it in? (eye)

Would you mind………………………………………………….my essay before I hand

it in?

4. Harry wanted to be famous so much that he participated in a reality show. (desire)

So great………………………………………….fame that he participated in a reality

show

5. There is no need to feel superior to everyone else. (nose)

You shouldn’t………………………………………………………

6. When she sold the jewellery at such a low price, she was cheated. (ride)

When she sold……………………………………………………………

7. We should not continue the experiments because we have encountered serious problems.

(halt)

Since we have encountered……………………………………………………………….

8. The best solution was thought of by Sally. (came)

Sally……………………………………………………………………………………

9. When Tony has to face with the crisis, he panics. (faced)

……………………………………………, he panics.

10. Anne’s dedication to her work has always been exemplary. (herself)

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Anne…………………………………………………………………………………….

Your answers:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

PART 2 (4 points)

The pie graphs below show the result of a survey of students’ activities. The first graph shows

the cultural and leisure activities that boys participate in, whereas the second graph shows the

activities in which girls participate.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons

where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

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Girls' Cultural & Leisure Activities

Your answer:

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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………………………………………………………………………………………………………

PART 3: COMPOSITION (6 points)

Some people believe that college or university education should be available to all students.

Others believe that higher education should be available only to good students.

Write a composition (250 – 300 words) to express which view you agree with and explain your

reasons.

Your answer:

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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………………………………………………………………………………………………………

-THE END-

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO

LONG AN

(Đề chính thức)

KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 VÒNG 2

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

Ngày thi: 10/ 11/ 2011

Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể phát đề)

ANSWER KEY



I. LISTENING (6/40 points): 0.3 x 20

PART 1:

1. B 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. A

6. C 7. B 8. A 9. E 10. D

PART 2:

1. composer 2. concert halls/

concerts

3. 9500 4. contacts 5. mending

6. wood

7. school/

schoolroom

8. (small)

museum

9. heating (bills) 10. dry

I. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (14/ 40 points):0.2 x 70

Part 1:

1. D 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. D

6. A 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. D

Part 2

1. in spite of

2. colleagues’

3. 

4. thinking?

5. 

2

6. according

7. 

8. 

9. it’s

10.piece

11. 

12. whether

13. 

14.self- conscious

15. impression

Part 3

1.

characteristic

2.

recognizable

3.

unceremoniously

4.

independent

5.

extraordinary

6.

rigidity

7.

zealous

8.

conservative

9.

surrounding

10.

increasingly

Part 4

1. swot up 6. kick you out

2. dropped out of 7. drag on

3. count towards 8. dumbed down

4. clamp down on 9. messing around

5. suck up to 10. picked up

Part 5

1.no 2. with

3. has 4. but 5. by

6. to 7. (Al)though/

While/ Whilst/

Whereas

8. as 9. goes 10. that

11. so 12. one

13. having 14. what 15. of

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Part 6

1.(a). increase

(b). consequence

2. (a) arrest

(b) reach

3. (a) face

(b) means

4. (a) praise

(b) stage

5. (a). lead

(b). intention

READING (8/40 points): 0.2 x 40

Part 1

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. B

6. D 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. D

11. C 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. D

Part 2

1. D 6. B 11. NOT GIVEN

2. C 7. YES 12. NOT GIVEN

3. D 8. NOT GIVEN 13. YES

4. D 9. NO 14. IN RECYCLED PAPER

5. A 10. YES 15. MOST TO LOSE

Part 3

1. I 5.D 9. B

2. B 6. G 10. B

3. F 7. E

4. C 8. A

IV. WRITING

Part

1 (2/40 points): 0.2 x10

1. we not borrowed money from the bank

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2. run up such a high bill

3. casting an eye over

4. was Harry’s desire for

5. look down your nose at everyone (else)

6. When she sold the jewellery at such a low price, she was taken in for a ride.

7. Since we have encountered serious problems, we should call/ put a halt to the

experiments

8. Sally came up with the best solution

9. Faced with the crisis

10. Anne has (always) dedicated herself to her work

PART 2: 4/40 points

Bài viết của thí sinh phải thỏa mãn được các yêu cầu sau:

- Đảm bảo thỏa mãn được giới hạn số lượng từ đưa ra (0.25đ)

- Thể hiện được 3 phần của bài viết

 Phần introduction: thể hiện được xu hướng chung (trend) và nêu bật được mục

đích của 2 biểu đồ (0.25)

 Phần nội dung:

+ Trình bày, sắp xếp thông tin hợp lý, dễ theo dõi (0.25đ)

+ Miêu tả được thông tin trên mỗi biểu đồ (1đ)

+ So sánh được thông tin giữa 2 biểu đồ. (0.5đ)

 Phần kết: tóm tắt và đánh giá được xu hướng chung rút ra từ 2 biểu đồ (0.25đ)

- Chuẩn về spelling, punctuation, grammar (0.5đ)

- Grammar, sentence structures, word choice đa dạng và theo lối văn phong của miêu tả

biểu đồ (1đ).

Ví dụ: thí sinh sử dụng được các lối diễn đạt sau:

 The graphs show/ indicate / illustrate / reveal / represent

 It is clear from the graph(s)

 It can be seen from the graph(s)

 As the graph shows

 As can be seen from the graph(s)

 As is shown by the graph(s)

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 The graphs compare

 Account for (21%)

 There is a similar number of

 The opposite is true of…….

 more double than/ less than

 compared to/ in comparison with

Part 3 (6/40 points):

Bài viết của thí sinh phải thỏa mãn được các yêu cầu sau:

- Đảm bảo thỏa mãn được giới hạn về số lượng từ theo yêu cầu của bài (0.25đ)

- Nội dung bài biết phải đảm bảo trả thích hợp và liên quan đến nội dung câu hỏi đưa ra

(0.75đ)

- Thể hiện được 3 phần của bài viết

 Phần mở đầu: phải có câu chủ đề (topic sentence) và nêu lên được ý kiến bản thân

(0.5đ)

 Phần thân bài: (2đ) : Làm rõ được ý kiến đã nêu ở phần mở bài; có ví dụ, chứng

minh cụ thể..

 Phần kết luận: đánh giá chung và đưa ra suy nghĩ riêng (0.5đ)

- Chuẩn về spelling, punctuation, grammar (1đ)

- Sử dụng đa dạng về structures, từ vựng (0.5đ)

- Nội dung được trình bày, sắp xếp khoa học, hợp lý, dễ theo dõi (0.5) (có thể chú ý đến

cách sử dụng các từ liên kết (linking words) giữa các đoạn/câu.

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1. Answer: D. The answer is in the first paragraph. The author does not say

what he believes. A and B are incorrect, because the writer says: ...

we hear

about

...; not that he believes it one way or the other. Nor does the text state

whether he is sure or not as in C. Also, look at the last paragraph.

2. Answer: C. The answer is in the last sentence of the first paragraph. The

key phrase is

as is so often the case

. Therefore, A and B are not possible. As

for D, the text does not tell you this.

3. Answer: D. The answer is in the second paragraph, in the last sentence.

A does not relate to what the meteorologists believe. See earlier in the

paragraph. B is not correct, because it is the opposite. C is incorrect, because

the meteorologists do not say that the results will be devastating.

4. Answer: D. The answer is in the first part of paragraph 3, in the first

sentence. A is the opposite of the correct answer. B and C appear in the text,

but in a different context.

5. Answer: A. The answer is in the second part of paragraph 3:

using

artificial models of climate as a way of predicting change is all but impossible

.

B is incorrect, because this is what Dr. Hansen said in the past; the same is

true for C. D is incorrect, because Dr. Hansen does not say anything about

Earth getting colder, only greener.

6. Answer: B. The writer wrote the passage to show that the issue of global

warming is often exaggerated by the press. The other titles refer to only parts

of the text. You would be wise to leave this question until you have answered

all the other questions, so that you have a better feel for the text.

Questions 7 – 13

7. Computer-based weather models have become more sophisticated.

Answer : Yes.

8. Answer: Not Given. The answer can be found in paragraph 4. The text

does not say anything about the weather forecaster's expertise.

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9. Answer: No. The answer is in the second part of the fourth paragraph.

The opposite is true, as most of the increase happened before the second half

of the twentieth century.

10. Answer: Yes. The answer can be found in the first sentence of the fifth

paragraph. Also see paragraph 1.

11. Answer: Not Given. This is not mentioned in the passage. Look in

paragraph 5.

12. Answer: Not Given. The is not mentioned in the passage. Look in

paragraph 6.

13. Answer: Yes. The answer can be found in the second part of the last

paragraph.

Questions 14 and 15

14. Answer: in recycled paper. The answer is in the last paragraph. The

elements of the sentence have been changed around.

15. Answer: most to lose. The answer can be found in the last paragraph.

Again the elements of sentence have been changed around.

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG I

LONG AN Ngày thi: 2-10-2013

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG A

Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

LƯU Ý: THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI TRÊN PHIẾU TRẢ LỜI (ANSWER SHEET),

KHÔNG LÀM BÀI TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY

A. LISTENING

You will hear people talking in five different situations. For questions 1-5, choose the best answer (A,

B, or C). (20 points)

1. You hear a radio announcement about a job vacancy.

What skill must you have if you want the job?

(A) an ability to deal with complaints

(B) an ability to work with numbers

(C) an ability to write well

2. You overhear a conversation about evening classes.

Why did the girl decide to register for a photography course?

(A) She wanted to take better holiday snaps.

(B) She thought it would help her in her career.

(C) She needed a relaxing change from her studies.

3. You overhear two people talking about a new café.

What did they both approve of?

(A) the size of the proportions

(B) the originality of the food

(C) the efficiency of the service

4. You hear a man talking about exploring underground caves.

What is he?

(A) an experienced caver

(B) a journalist

(C) a student

5. You overhear a woman talking about a job interview she had.

What does she say about it?

(A) Some of the questions were unfair.

(B) She felt she was insufficiently prepared.

(C) The interviewers put her under pressure.

B. READING AND WRITING

I. Answer questions 1-5 by choosing the correct option, A, B, C or D. Give only one answer to each

question. Put a cross on A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show your choice. (10 points)

ARE YOU READING ME?

Catherine Cassidy has every reason to be proud. This summer she graduated with a 2:1 honors degree

in zoology and biological sciences from Queen’s University, Belfast, where she won awards for water-

polo and swimming. She is going on to study for an MSc and has ambitions to be a scientific

journalist. She is also profoundly deaf.

Catherine is oral-deaf, which means she can lip-read. Deaf students who cannot lip-read need

interpreters to translate speech into sign language, while partially deaf students can benefit from

various different types of hearing aid.

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I interviewed Catherine via e-mail. Given the patchy nature of special needs provision in British

schools, she told me getting to university was an achievement in itself. Disabled students need an

enormous amount of determination to succeed, and there are few role models. She says: ‘You have to

work considerably harder than your peer and have to be prepared to commit yourself. Luckily, I have a

phenomenal level of support from my family.’ Catherine is one of 22 deaf students at Queen’s.

The Disability Discrimination Act insists that universities increase their intake of special needs

students to reflect the numbers of disabled in the community, and all now set targets for admissions.

But there are difficulties. First, there are no reliable figures on the numbers of disabled in the

community, hence universities are unsure of the percentages they should be aiming to recruit.

Second, definitions of disability are hard to pin down. Some students on the edges of disability

with conditions such as dyslexia might require very little extra provision, while others might have a

severe physical handicap requiring specially adapted computers, or online learning support.

Of all the disabilities, deafness is probably the one that is hardest to cope with at university. Dr

Roddie Cowie, a senior lecturer in psychology at Queen’s, explains: ‘Universities run on talk.

Knowledge is communicated in lectures, seminars, talking to fellow students – reading is only

secondary. For deaf students, casual spontaneous discussions are out.’

Fortunately for Catherine, Queen’s is a center of excellence for the teaching of deaf students on

account of a special project. Succeed, set up in 1995 with a grant of £95,000. The Joint Universities

Deaf Education center (JUDE) organized a special phonic earpiece that enabled Catherine to listen to

lectures.

Now self-financing, JUDE has been extended to the other further and higher education institutions

of Northern Ireland. JUDE is setting an example in what can be achieved. Sharon Easton, deaf student

support officer, says: ‘One of our officers visits schools to make deaf people aware that higher

education is a possibility. Another part of our role is to talk with employers. We’re offering them deaf

awareness training – how to adapt to the needs of deaf employees, and where to apply for grants.

There is no reason why a deaf person shouldn’t manage any job within reason.’

JUDE’s funding may be secure but there are no universally agreed standards of provision and no

handy funding formulae. The Higher Education Funding Council for England, HEFCE, is currently

working with the UK Department for Education and Employment and local authorities to draw up

funding proposals. A spokesman for HEFCE says: ‘Robust data on numbers and types of disability is

unbelievably difficult to come by. The cost of provision for an individual student could be anything

from £50 to £3,000. We are committed to removing cost barriers.’

Support and encouragement was an essential part of JUDE’s offering. Catherine says: ‘Having a

tailor-made service gave me independence that was a key element to my enjoying university life.’ But

Catherine presented a major challenge for the staff at JUDE: her skill in lip-reading made

communicating with her seem so effortless that many people did not believe she had a problem. At

times this experience has been painful. Catherine says: ‘People have labeled me “not really deaf”. It is

like telling me I don’t count. And this can be very disheartening, very demoralizing.’

At the end of the day, Catherine believes that excellent and well-focused special needs support

should be available to all disabled students at university whatever the cost. She says: ‘You are

accepted by a university on the basis of your ability to learn and carry out mental tasks. You have a

right to be there – people should not judge the mental capability of a person by any physical

disability.’

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1. Catherine believes that deaf students who want to get to university must

(A) have a good role model.

(B) have a lot of support from their family.

(C) be able to lip-read.

(D) work harder than other students.

2. The main problem for deaf students at university is that

(A) it is difficult to get phonic earpieces.

(B) most learning takes place through the spoken word.

(C) very little extra provision can be made for them.

(D) fellow students won’t talk to them.

3. According to the writer, The Joint Universities Deaf Education center

(A) sends teachers out to schools to teach deaf people.

(B) collects comprehensive facts and figures about disabled people.

(C) finances deaf people through higher education.

(D) encourages businesses to employ deaf people.

4. At university Catherine found it depressing that

(A) her difficulties often went unnoticed.

(B) it was difficult for her to be independent.

(C) her deafness gave her a lot of pain.

(D) the staff found it difficult to talk to her.

5. Catherine believes that

(A) it should be easier for deaf people to get to university.

(B) disabled students should help with the cost of any special support.

(C) everyone who is intelligent enough has the right to be at university.

(D) universities already provide excellent support for the disabled.

II. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the box. Use only ONE word for each space. There

are more words than you need. Write your answer in the numbered gaps on your answer sheet. (10

points)

close confidently deeply exasperating extremely familiar

healthy immeasurably impossible opening playful undesirable

OURSELVES AND OUR FRIENDS

Most of us have friends as (1)........ as family, who, at a pinch, we’d call at 3 am for consolation or

congratulations because we know they won’t resent us. They’re almost part of us, and we regale them

(2)........ with our troubles and triumphs. But while I love these Pour Your Heart Out friends, I also

need the energy of my Let’s Party friends. These friends care on a different level – less intense, less

deep – but they still care.

And such friendships are important. ‘With some friends, you want to be (3)........ rather than

(4)........ disclosing,’ says psychotherapist Susie Orbach. ‘It’s not just a relief to them that you won’t

give chapter and verse, it’s a relief to you. It’s (5)........ to have lots of different friends at different

levels of intimacy because not only is it (6)........ to be close to everyone, it’s also (7)........ . You need

the full spectrum. This is the only way you can experiment with different parts of yourself.’

Of course, it’s (8)........ to feel stranded with friends who can’t – or won’t – allow you to open up

when there’s (9)........ up to be done. But if we accept our ‘lite’ friends for what they do want to offer

us – fun, laughter, full stop – then enrich our lives (10)........ .

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III. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Put a cross on A,

B, C or D on your answer sheet to show your choice. (15 points)

YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS ...

Sometimes you might feel that if you had a perfect memory, all your problems with learning would be

solved. You would be able to (1)...... through exams without much revision. You would never again

(2)...... the embarrassment of forgetting someone’s name. But imagine, for a moment, not forgetting

anything – not even last year’s shopping (3)...... you would be (4)...... with information.

With hard work you can recall the parts of a verb or the layout of a town as you need them, so that

you can learn a foreign language or (5)...... a taxi driver’s license. But the memory (6)...... called for by

some professions are only one of the roles memory plays in our lives. Memory covers a (7)...... range

of actions and needs. What we (8)...... about the brain is far from complete, so philosophers and

scientists find it difficult to be (9)...... about the nature of memory. Remembering and forgetting can be

understood in many different (10)...... but broadly, three distinct classes of memory have been

established: personal, cognitive and habit memory.

Personal memories are those acts of remembering which (11)...... specifically to each person’s life

history. If you say, ‘I remember the first time I traveled by train’, you will probably have an image in

your mind of the (12)...... and be able to describe things in it. Cognitive memory helps us learn, for

example, stories, a speech or a (13)...... of music. Habit memory (14)...... those abilities needed to

perform actions such as typing or driving. All these actions must be learned but once they have been,

you will rarely remember anything (15)...... as you perform them.

1. (A) sail (B) walk (C) run (D) float

2. (A) encounter (B) face (C) realize (D) accept

3. (A) receipts (B) notes (C) lists (D) bills

4.

(A)

overweight

(B)

stuffed

(C)

burdened

(D)

overloaded

5. (A) win (B) gain (C) earn (D) award

6. (A) concepts (B) choices (C) feats (D) methods

7.

(A)

wide

(B)

large

(C)

long

(D)

big

8. (A) study (B) learn (C) discover (D) know

9. (A) precise (B) explanatory (C) correct (D) aware

10. (A) ways (B) concepts (C) forms (D) types

11. (A) connect (B) appear (C) have (D) refer

12. (A) occasion (B) happening (C) process (D) thought

13. (A) piece (B) tune (C) sound (D) instrument

14.

(A)

means

(B)

covers

(C)

enables

(D)

directs

15. (A) totally (B) hardly (C) knowingly (D) consciously

IV. Complete the text below by writing each missing word in the gaps on your answer sheet. Use only

ONE word for each space. (15 points)

EFFECTS OF TELEVISION ON CHILDHOOD LITERACY

Television occupies a large portion of children’s time. Starting in preschool, children spend more time

watching television (1)........ participating in any other activity (2)........ sleeping. Children also have

extensive experience of television before (3)........ exposed to many socializing agents, (4)........ as

schools and peers. Because television has this important role, it is important to understand its potential

positive and negative effects (5)........ most children.

The results of recent research suggest that there is considerable overlap (6)........ the

comprehension processes that take place while reading and the processes activated (7)........ a period of

television viewing. If (8)........ , it may very well (9)........ the case that children who learn

comprehension skills from television viewing before they are ready to read are equipped (10)........

some very important tools when they later learn to read.

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Clearly, television viewing is not the sole context providing important foundations for literacy.

(11)........ that most parents are positive about the value of stories, many children may be read

(12)........ at bedtime. Television, however, is an ideal medium in (13)........ to cultivate some of the

skills and knowledge needed for later reading. Television is also a visual medium, and thus presents

information more concretely than written and spoken text. This content difference across media seems

to account (14)........ the fact that preschool children are frequently better (15)........ recalling televised

stories they have watched compared to those they have simply heard.

V. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence below that needs correcting. Put a cross on

A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show your choice. (10 points)

1. Although most of the wild horses in the western range have already been rounded up,

(A) (B)

the most remote the area, the greater the possibility that wild horses can still be found.

(C) (D)

2. Only rarely sound waves are of a single frequency encountered in practice.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

3. She asked why Peter looked so embarrassing when he saw Jane.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

4. The Girl Scouts, found by Juliette Gordon Low in 1992, has grown to a current membership of

(A) (B) (C)

more than three million girls.

(D)

5. Ted went asleep when he was reading his book because it was too boring to read.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

6. She felt unexpressible joy when she managed to pass her driving test at the first attempt.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

7. The shop manager didn’t even apologize us for the rude behavior of his staff.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

8. Now when they’ve bought a much better car, they can go to Croatia in July.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

9. As I’m a little bit confused right now I wouldn’t rather argue the point at the moment.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

10. Not only he came late, but he was also completely unprepared and looked as though he

(A) (B) (C)

had never seen that kind of task before.

(D)

VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word

given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the

word given. Write your sentences on the answer sheet. (20 points)

1. Martina was very annoyed that her son had borrowed her new bike.

great

To ........................ borrowed her new bike.

2. If you want to save your eyesight, we must operate immediately.

operating

Only ........................ save your eyesight.

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3. Many people died because of the lack of medical facilities.

caused

It was because of the lack of medical facilities ........................ .

4. Although he studies hard, Derek never does well in his exams.

matter

Derek never does well in his exams, ........................ he studies.

5. The town council rarely seem to consider the wishes of the residents.

into

The wishes of the residents rarely ........................ by the town council.

6. There were a lot of people at the resort, but Mandy still had a great time.

fact

Mandy had a great time at the resort ........................ crowded.

7. We get on well with Laura’s parents.

terms

We ........................ Laura’s parents.

8. They are decorating our living room, so the house is a mess.

done

We are ........................ , so the house is a mess!

9. I really hate it when people speak to me like that!

being

I really object ........................ like that!

10. I was just about to call him when he rang me instead.

point

I was ........................ when he rang me instead.

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LONG AN Ngày thi: 2-10-2013

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG A

A. LISTENING

(20 points, 4 points each)

1. (C) an ability to write well

2. (C) She needed a relaxing change from her studies.

3. (B) the originality of the food

4. (C) a student

5. (B) She felt she was insufficiently prepared.

B. READING AND WRITING

I. (10 points, 2 points each)

1. (D) work harder than other students.

2. (B) most learning takes place through the spoken word.

3. (D) encourages businesses to employ deaf people.

4. (A) her difficulties often went unnoticed.

5. (C) everyone who is intelligent enough has the right to be at university.

II. (10 points, 1 point each)

(1) close (6) impossible

(2) confidently (7) undesirable

(3) playful (8) exasperating

(4) deeply (9) opening

(5) healthy (10) immeasurably

III. (15 points, 1 point each)

1. (A) sail 9. (A) precise

2. (B) face 10. (A) ways

3. (C) lists 11. (D) refer

4. (D) overloaded 12. (A) occasion

5. (B) gain 13. (A) piece

6. (C) feats 14. (B) covers

7. (A) wide 15. (D) consciously

8. (D) know

IV. (15 points, 1 point each)

(1) than (9) be

(2) except (10) with

(3) being (11) Given

(4) such (12) to

(5) on

(13) which

(6) between / in / among / amongst (14) for

(7) by / during (15) at

(8) so

V. (10 points, 1 point each)

1. C 6. B

2. B 7. B

3. C

8. A

4. A 9. C

5. A 10. A

VI. (20 points, 2 points each)

1. To ............ Martina’s great annoyance her son had............ borrowed her new bike.

2. Only ............by operating immediately can you............ save your eyesight.

3. It was because of the lack of medical facilities ............that caused many people die............ .

4. Derek never does well in his exams, ............no matter how hard............ he studies.

5. The wishes of the residents rarely ..........seem to be taken into consideration.............. by the town

council.

6. Mandy had a great time at the resort ...........despite the fact that it was............. crowded.

7. We ............are on very good terms with............ Laura’s parents.

8. We are ..........having our living room done up.............. , so the house is a mess!

9. I really object ...........to being spoken to............. like that!

10. I was ............on the point of calling him............ when he rang me instead.

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO LONG AN KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG B

Ngày thi: 02/10/2013

Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)

(Đề thi có 6 trang)

LƯU Ý: THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI TRÊN PHIẾU TRẢ LỜI (ANSWER SHEET)

KHÔNG LÀM BÀI TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY.

A. LISTENING (20 points)

You will hear people talking in 5 different situations. For questions 1-5, choose the best answer (A, B, or

C). Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

1. You hear a young man talking.

What is he?

A a parent

B a student

C a teacher

2. You hear a man and a woman talking.

Where are they?

A in a film studio

B in a radio studio

C in a TV studio

3. You hear a man and a woman talking.

What is the relationship between them?

A She is one of his customers.

B She is his business partner.

C He is her boss.

4. You hear a young couple talking about moving house.

What do they think about the move?

A It would cause huge problems.

B It would be a good idea.

C It would be much too expensive.

5. You hear a man talking about his holiday.

How did he travel?

A on foot

B by bike

C by car

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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

B. READING AND WRITING (80 points)

I. For questions 6-10, read the passage and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think best fits

according to the text. (10 points)

I have had just about enough of being treated like a second-class citizen, simply because I happen to be

that put-upon member of society-customers. The more I go into shops and hotels, banks and post offices,

railway stations, airports and the like, the more I’m convinced that things are being run solely to suit the

firm, the system, or the union. There seems to be an insidious new motto for so-called “service”

organizations – Staff Before Service.

How often, for example, have you queued for what seems like hours at the Post Office or the

supermarket because there weren’t enough staff on duty to man all the service grilles or checkout counters?

Surely in these days of high unemployment it must be possible to recruit cashiers and counter staff? Yet

supermarkets, hinting darkly at higher prices, claim that unshrouding all their cash registers at any time

would increase overheads. And the Post Office says we cannot expect all their service grilles to be occupied

“at times when demand is low”.

It’s the same with hotels. Because waiters and kitchen staff must finish when it suits them, dining rooms

close earlier or menu choice is curtailed. As for us guests (and how the meaning of that word has been

whittled away), we just have to put up with it. There is also the nonsense of so many friendly hotel night

porters having been phased out in the interests of “efficiency” (i.e. profits) and replaced by coin-guzzling

machines which dispense everything from lager to laxatives. Not to mention the creeping menace of the tea-

making kit in your room: a kettle with an assortment of teabags, plastic milk cartons and lump sugar. Who

wants to wake up to a raw teabag? I don’t, especially when I am paying for “service”.

Can it be halted, this erosion of service, this growing attitude that the customer is always a nuisance? I

fervently hope so because it’s happening, sadly, in all walks of life.

Our only hope is to hammer home our indignation whenever and wherever we can and, if all else fails,

resurrect that order, older slogan – and Take Our Custom Elsewhere.

6. The writer feels that nowadays a customer is

(A) the recipient of privileged treatment.

(B) unworthy of proper consideration.

(C) classified by society as inferior.

(D) the victim of modern organizations.

7. In the writer’s opinion, the quality of service is changing because

(A) the customers’ demand has changed.

(B) the staff receive more consideration than the customers.

(C) The customers’ needs have increased.

(D) the staff are less considerate than their employers.

8. According to the writer, long queues at counters are caused by

(A) difficulties in recruiting staff.

(B) inadequate staffing arrangement.

(C) staff being made redundant.

(D) lack of co-operation staff.

9. Service organizations claim that keeping the checkout counters manned would result in

(A) a rise in the price for providing service.

(B) demands by cashiers for more money.

(C) insignificant benefits for the customers.

(D) the need to purchase expensive equipment.

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10. The disappearance of old-style hotel porters can be attributed to the fact that

(A) few people are willing to do this type of work.

(B) machines are more reliable than human beings.

(C) the personal touch is appreciated less nowadays.

(D) automation has provided cheaper alternatives.

II. For questions 11-20, fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word from the box. There are

more words than needed. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered gaps on the answer sheet. (10

points).

SLEEP AND DREAMS

Although they have been a topic of speculation throughout human history, the content and purpose of

dreams are not (11)......... It is now (12)........ that dreams are strongly (13)........ to the rapid eye movement

that takes place during the first stage of sleep. Over the full course of a typical human lifespan, a total

approaching six years may be spent dreaming. Yet, despite this, it has not been (14)........ where in the brain

dreams originate, or whether they have a common cause.

Philosophers and artists have for centuries been (15)........ by sleep and dreams. Yet they are often

(16)........ as a dark and often disturbing sphere of human existence, despite the fact that it has been known

for many years that both physical survival and mental wellbeing depend upon them.

Two thousand years ago, dreams were regularly (17)........ as supernatural or divine communication, and

they were therefore (18)........ to foretell the future. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the

interpretation of dreams was most commonly (19)........ with psychoanalysis and its famous practitioners,

Freud and Jung, who regarded dreams as the bridge between the unconscious and conscious mind, a tool

with which the secrets of the human mind could finally be (20)......... But the key to those secrets has yet to

be found.

III. For questions 21-35, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. (15 points)

HOW TO RESEARCH YOUR FAMILY TREE

Creating a family tree can be an absorbing and rewarding pastime, and who knows where it might

(21)...... ? You might discover you have royal (22)...... , a hereditary title and a coat of arms, a forgotten

legacy or even an infamous mass murderer in the family. You’ll be creating a(n) (23)...... and valuable

resource to share and a fascinating insight into your own life and times for future (24)...... . Before you

begin, ask around to see if any of the (25)...... research has already been done. Most families have at least

one (26)...... historian whose records may be able to get you off to a good (27)...... . Older family members

can give you a first-hand (28)...... of recent family history, though remember to (29)...... some tact and

always be sensitive to any skeletons and scandals that you may uncover. Official documents such as old

birth, marriage and death certificates are an invaluable (30)...... and family photo albums can provide a(n)

(31)...... of information. Postcards and letters also often contain useful historical snippets and even (32)......

photographs of places and buildings can provide additional (33)...... of exploration. Start with an Internet

search of your family name. You may come (34)...... a family home page providing a link to long-lost

relations or overseas (35)...... of the family.

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acknowledged announced associated established fascinated interpreted

linked noticed portrayed thought understood unlocked

21. (A) guide (B) follow (C) lead (D) direct

22. (A) ancestry (B) lineage (C) pedigree (D) descent

23. (A) sole (B) unique (C) only (D) single

24. (A) offspring (B) generations (C) ages (D) progeny

25. (A) inaugural (B) beginning (C) introductory (D) initial

26. (A) amateur (B) beginner (C) apprentice (D) unskilled

27. (A) beginning (B) initiation (C) start (D) outset

28. (A) way (B) access (C) account (D) entrance

29. (A) exercise (B) have (C) apply (D) practice

30. (A) fount (B) origin (C) root (D) source

31. (A) wealth (B) abundance (C) profusion (D) richness

32. (A) indistinguishable (B) obscure (C) unknown (D) nameless

33. (A) courses (B) passages (C) avenues (D) ways

34. (A) around (B) to (C) across (D) through

35. (A) branches (B) portions (C) sections (D) parts

IV. For questions 36-50, read the text below and think of a word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE

word in each gap. Write your words in the corresponding numbered gaps on the answer sheet. (15 points)

Traffic jams are nothing new

In the age before the motor car, what was travelling in London like? Photographs taken 100 years ago

showing packed streets indicate that it was much the (36)…………… as it is now. It has (37) …………….

calculated that, even with new anti-congestion systems in place, commuters who choose the car to get to

work travel at (38) …………… average speed of 17 kph from their homes (39) …………. the suburbs to

offices in the centre. This is virtually the same (40) …………. that they (41) …………. have travelled at in

a horse and carriage a century ago.

As towns and cities grow, (42) ………….. does traffic, whether in the form of the horse and carriage (43)

……………. the modern motor car. It would seem that, wherever (44) ……….. are people who need to go

somewhere, they would (45) …………… be carried than walk or pedal. The photographs show that, in

terms (46) …………….. congestion and speed, traffic in London hasn’t changed over the past 100 years.

London has had traffic jams ever (47) ………….. it became a huge city. It is only the vehicles that have

changed.

However, apart (48) …………… the congestion which affected London long (49) …………… the car came

along, the age of the horse produced relatively (50) …………….. unpleasantness. This age, for example,

saw none of the exhaust fumes which city dwellers have to live with today.

V. In each of the questions from 51 to 60, identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed

in order for the sentence to be correct. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. (10 points)

51. All the developed countries of the West have a high level of living which makes life a lot more

(A) (B) (C) (D)

comfortable there.

52. However people are rich, they always seem to want more and more.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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53. Persons who smoke cigarettes don’t seem to realize it is a serious hazard to health.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

54. Smiles and grimace can be very effective used in conversations, but more commonly, we do not

(A) (B) (C)

tend to think that nonverbal physical response may be communicating.

(D)

55. The progress was made in space travel in the early 1960s is remarkable.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

56. As many as 50 per cent of the income from motion pictures produced in the United States comes

(A) (B) (C)

from marketing the films abroad.

(D)

57. Tom suggests that she looks for another job.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

58. The audience watching the rock concert obviously do not satisfy with the way the band played.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

59. As you approach to the town the first building you see is the church.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

60. The moment she smiled to him he knew instinctively that she’d be his wife.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

VI. For questions 61-70, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,

using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words,

including the word given. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet.

(20 points)

61. He didn’t remember about the gun until he got home.

DID

Not …………………………………………………………..……remember about the gun.

62

.

The Prime Minister resigned because of his sudden illness.

RESULTED

The Prime ............................................................................................... his sudden illness.

63. Please check for the damage before signing the delivery note.

SIGN

Do not ………………………………………………………………………for the damage.

64. Although the children weren’t listening, the teacher didn’t get angry.

ATTENTION

Although the children weren’t ……………………...…saying, the teacher didn’t get angry.

65. The house collapsed because of faulty building work.

CAUSED

It was because of faulty building work …….………………………………….....................

66. Never have I seen an eclipse of the sun.

TIME

This …………………………………………………………have seen an eclipse of the sun.

67

.

One day she’s going to become a famous film star.

MATTER

It’s only ..................................................................................................... becomes a famous film star.

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68. The students regretted that they had missed the lecture.

REGRETTED

The students ……………………………………………………………………….the lecture.

69. He’s likely to lose his job if he keeps disagreeing with his boss.

DANGER

If he keeps disagreeing with his boss, he’s………………….……………………from his job.

70. My slow progress was due to bad teaching.

MADE

As a result ..…………………………………………………………………………..progress.

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO LONG AN KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG B

Ngày thi: 02/10/2013

Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC BẢNG B

A. LISTENING

20 points (4 points each)

1 C a teacher

2 C in a TV studio

3 C He is her boss.

4 B It would be a good idea.

5 B by bike

B. READING AND WRITING 80 points

I. 10 points (2 points each)

6 D the victim of modern organizations.

7 B the staff receive more consideration than the customers.

8 B inadequate staffing arrangement.

9 A a rise in the price for providing service.

10 D automation has provided cheaper alternatives.

II. 10 points (1 point each)

(11) understood (16) portrayed

(12) acknowledged (17) interpreted

(13) linked (18) thought

(14) established (19) associated

(15) fascinated (20) unlocked

III. 15 points (1 point each)

21. (C) 29. (A)

22. (A) 30. (D)

23. (B) 31. (A)

24. (B) 32. (B)

25. (D) 33. (C)

26. (A) 34. (C)

27. (C) 35. (A)

28. (C)

IV. 15 points (1 point each)

(36) same (44) there

(37) been (45) rather/ sooner

(38) an (46) of

(39) in (47) since

(40) speed (48) from

(41) would/ must (49) before

(42) so (50) little

(43) or

V. 10 points (1 point each)

51. B 56. A

52. A 57. C

53. A 58. B

54. B 59. B

55. A 60. B

VI. 20 points (2 points each)

61. Not ………… until he got home did he ………..……remember about the gun.

62. The Prime ..............Minister’s resignation resulted from.................. his sudden illness.

63. Do not ……… sign the delivery note without checking ……….……for the damage.

64. Although the children weren’t …………… paying attention to what he/ she was

………...…saying, the teacher didn’t get angry.

65. It was because of faulty building work……. ………that caused the house to collapse.

66. This ………… is the first time (that) I ………………have seen an eclipse of the sun.

67. It’s only ........... a matter of time until/before she................ becomes a famous film star.

68. The students ……… regretted not attending/ having attended …………….the lecture.

69. If he keeps disagreeing with his boss, he’s…… in danger of being/ getting dismissed/ sacked/

fired ………from his job.

70. As a result ..………… of bad teaching I made slow ………………..progress.

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12-VÒNG 1

LONG AN Ngày thi: 23/10/2012

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH- Bảng A

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút

(Không kể thời gian phát đề)

Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài trên giấy thi, không làm trên đề thi này.

A. LISTENING (20 points)

You will hear the conversation and the questions twice. Each question in this part

has four answer choices. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D (there is one that has 2

answers). Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet.

1. What can be implied from the student’s initial request?

A. A student is seeking guidance for his thesis project.

B. The student is seeking advice on how to become a TA.

C. The professor is giving a student the school’s new rules and regulations.

D. The professor is advising the student on how to get into a tutoring program.

2. What can be inferred about how the student feels about himself?

A. The student feels he is very capable.

B. The student feels sorry for the professor.

C. The student feels hungry and will talk later.

D. The student feels the new rules can be a problem.

3. What does the professor tell the student?

A. He tells the student all about a TA’s duties.

B. He tells the student to study hard for the TA exam.

C. He tells the student that they don’t need anymore TAs.

D. He tells the student that TAs get low pay and no respect.

4. According to the professor, what are some of the duties a teaching assistant

performs? Choose 2 answers.

A. Grader B. Test writer

C. Lecture writer D. Tutorial leader

5. Listen again to part of the conversation. Then answer the question.

What does the professor imply about a teaching assistant position?

A. The student should have more credentials.

B. The department is not interested in hiring TAs.

C. The department can always use bright grad students as TAs.

D. The student should reapply when he starts the next semester.

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B. READING AND WRITING (80 points)

I. Read the following passage and answer the questions. Write your answer(s)

on your answer sheet. (20 points)

In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to

environmental problems and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized.

Ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public

transportation and parking lot capacities.

Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power. In one

recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York

City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120, 000 kilowatts-enough to supply

the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day.

Glass- walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss (or gain)

through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical

masonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-

conditioning equipment builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double glazed panels

of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare as

well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the

surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings.

Skyscrapers put a severe strain on a city’s sanitation facilities, too. If fully

occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate

2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year-as much as a city the size of Stamford,

Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109,000.

Skyscrapers also interfere with television reception, block bird flyways, and

obstruct air traffic. In Boston in the late 1960's, some people even feared that shadows

from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common.

Still, people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always

built them – personal ambition, civic pride, and the desire of owners to have the largest

possible amount of rentable space.

1. What is the main purpose of the passage?

2. What is one disadvantage of skyscrapers that have mirrored walls?

3. Which aspect of skyscrapers were some residents of Boston concerned with in the late

1960’s?

4. Why do people keep on building skyscrapers despite their disadvantages?

5. Where in the passage does the author compare the energy consumption of skyscrapers

with that of a city?

II. Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.

Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet. (10 points)

THE PRICE OF FAME

Charlotte Church looks like a normal teenager, but she is far from average. She

has an amazing voice. Her fans stand in (1)_______ for hours to get tickets for her

concerts and she is often on television. Charlotte’s singing (2)_______ began when she

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performed on a TV show at the age of 11. The head of a record company was so

impressed by her voice that he (3)_______ her up on the spot. Her first album rose to

number one in the charts.

Charlotte still attends school in her home town when she can. (4)_______, she is

often away on tour for weeks at a time. She doesn’t miss out on lessons, though, because

she takes her own tutor with her! She (5)_______ three hours every morning with him.

Her exam results in all the (6)________ she studies are impressive.

But how does she (7)_______ with this unusual way of life? She (8)_______that

she has the same friends as before. That may be true, but she can no longer go into town

with them because everybody stops her in the streets to ask for her (9)________. It seems

that, like most stars, she must learn to (10)________these restrictions and the lack of

privacy. It’s the price of fame!

1. A. rows B. queues C. ranks D. files

2. A. professions B. job C. labour D. career

3. A. signed B. wrote C. made D. picked

4. A. Although B. While C. For D. However

5. A. takes B. utilises C. spends D. uses

6. A. titles B. materials C. subjects D. lessons

7. A. cope B. adjust C. bear D. tolerate

8. A. denies B. refuses C. insists D. complains

9. A. signature B. autograph C. sign D. writing

10. A. look down on B. make do with C. put up with D. run out of

III. Read the text and choose the option best fits each of the spaces. Write your

answer(s) on your answer sheet. (10 points)

for facts inform however other occupy called defined absent leaders

THINKING ABOUT THE FAMILY LIFE

Family life continues to (1)_____ a somewhat ambiguous position in public debate

and policy in Britain today. On the one hand, references to the importance of the family,

however (2)_____ or understood, are rarely (3)_____ from speeches at political party

conferences or statements from religious (4)_____ . On the (5)______ hand, in contrast to

some other European countries, we do not have a minister with special responsibilities

(6)______ “the family” and nor do we have anything like a coherent programme that

could be (7)______ a family policy.

Some sociologists might lend their support to particular programmes or social

policies, on the basis of the evidence as they see it. More often, (8)_______, the popular

impression would seem to be that the sociologists provide the (9)______ about family life

and that these facts, thus “discovered”, provide the basis for public statements or,

possibly, public policy. For instance, sociologists may provide facts about the

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circumstances of lone mothers and their children and these studies may (10)______

policy-makers.

IV. Read the text and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only

one word in each space. Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet. (30 points)

PANAMA HATS

When summer (1)______ and the sun appears, it’s (2)______ to have a hat. Many

people have traditionally gone for the panama hat. Stylish, light and cool on the head,

these palm leaf hats are flexible enough to roll up and (3)______ in a pocket or bag.

Nowadays, panamas can be found in fashionable shops (4)______ over the world,

sometimes at exorbitant (5)_______ . However, the hat itself originated in rather humble

(6)______ in the jungles of South America. In a long tradition (7)_______ down from

generation to generation, the palm leaves are (8)______ by the men and the hats are

woven by the women. It can (9)______ up to 12 palm leaves to make a (10)______

quality hat. Each leaf is split up to 25 times to obtain a straw that is fine enough to be

woven into a hat. The women’s job is dictated by the weather and visibility : there must

be enough light for them to (11)______ the fine straw, but the air must be moist enough

for it to (12)______ flexible. This means that the women can usually only work in the

(13)______ morning. (14)______ panama hats are expensive, back in the villages the

craftsmen and women are struggling to keep the tradition (15)______ and often receive

only a fraction of the price you pay in the shops.

V. Read the text and find 10 mistakes in the text. Write your answer(s) on

your answer sheet. (10 points)

Sample answer: 0. Line 1: by

A TIDY HOME

There were eight of us in my family. We lived by in a very small house. It was

always untidy because we left our toys lying down around. At first our parents picked our

things up of for us. But eventually they decided not to put up with our untidiness any

longer. They worked out an original way to make us tidier. They placed one big box by

on the front door for all the things that we dropped by on our way into the house from the

garden. Each of us had our own personal box indoors, too. So when anyone tidied the

house, they could put by things into boxes instead of taking them upstairs. Our parents

made us pay a fine if we didn’t pick up to our things. We hated this punishment more

than being told it off. We didn’t get much pocket money and didn’t want to waste it on

fines. So, we sat down and worked out a schedule for tidying the house. We took off

turns cleaning and made out sure the house was tidy when our parents came home. We

have all grown it up and left home now but we agree that our parents definitely had the

right idea.

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12-VÒNG 1

LONG AN Ngày thi: 23/10/2012

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH- Bảng A

ĐÁP ÁN CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút

(Không kể thời gian phát đề)

A. LISTENING 20 points (4 points/each)

1. B 2. A 3. A 4. A, D (2 points/each) 5. C

B. READING AND WRITING (80 points)

I. 20 points (4 points/each)

1. The main purpose of the passage is to describe people’s attention to

environmental problems and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers/ skyscrapers and their

effect on the environment/ disadvantages of skyscrapers.

2. One disadvantage of skyscrapers that have mirrored walls is to raise the

temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings.

3. In Boston in the late 1960’s, some people even feared that shadows from

skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common./ Some residents of Boston

were concerned with the harmful effects on the city’s grass.

4. People keep on building skyscrapers for personal ambition, civic pride,

and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space./

Because of personal ambition, civic pride, and the desire of owners to have the

largest possible amount of rentable space.

5. The author compares the energy consumption of skyscrapers with that of a

city in line 5 to line 8./ Line 5-8./ It’s in the second paragraph.

II. 10 points (1 point/each)

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. C

III. 10 points (1 point/each)

1. occupy 6. for

2. defined 7. called

3. absent 8. however

4. leaders 9. facts

5. other 10. inform

IV. 30 points (2 points/each)

1. comes 6. surroundings/ places 11. see

2. good/ nice… 7. handed 12. remain/ maintain

3. put 8. gathered/ collected 13. early

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4. all 9. take 14. Although

5. prices 10. top/high / good 15. alive

V. 10 points (1 point/each)

1. Line 2: down 6. Line 8: to

2. Line 3: of 7. Line 9: it (1)

3. Line 5: on 8. Line10: off

4. Line 5: by 9. Line 11: out

5. Line 7: by 10. Line 12: it

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1

LONG AN Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG B

Ngày thi: 23/10/2012

Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)

LƯU Ý: THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI TRÊN GIẤY THI, KHÔNG LÀM BÀI TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY.

A. LISTENING: (20 marks)

You will hear a short conversation twice. Each question in this part has four answer

choices. Choose the correct answer(s) A, B, C or D. (There is one question that has two

answers). Write your answer(s) on your answer sheet.

1. Why does the woman say it is stressful to choose clothes? (Choose 1 answer)

A. To indicate that uniforms are bad.

B. To give an example of her daily routine.

C. To mention a good point about uniforms.

D. To change to another discussion topic.

2. According to the discussion, what are the reasons schools make students wear

uniforms? (Choose 2 answers)

A. Uniforms stop students from wasting time on clothes.

B. Uniforms are cheaper than other clothes.

C. Uniforms designs fit all students in schools.

D. Uniforms prevent students from showing off with expensive clothes.

3. What does the man imply about the students wearing school uniforms?

(Choose 1 answer)

A. He thinks that everyone must wear uniforms.

B. He agrees that school uniforms can be a good idea.

C. He thinks that school uniforms are helpful to students.

D. He does not like school uniforms.

4. Listen again to part of the discussion. Then answer the question you will hear.

(Choose 1 answer)

A. To say that he thinks the woman is right.

B. To say that he still does not like wearing uniforms.

C. To make a point about wearing uniforms.

D. To correct the woman about the uniforms.

B. READING AND WRITING: (80 marks)

I- Read the passage carefully and then answer the following questions. (20 marks)

Perhaps it was his own lack of adequate schooling that inspired Horace Mann to work so

hard for the important reforms in education that he accomplished. While he was still a boy, his

father and older brothers died, and he became responsible for supporting his family. Like most

of the children in his town, he attended school only two or three months a year. Later, with the

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC

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help of several teachers, he was able to study law and become a member of the Massachusetts

bar, but he never forgot those early struggles.

While serving in the Massachusetts legislature, he signed a historic education bill that

set up a state board of education. Without regret, he gave up his successful legal practice and

political career to become the first secretary of the board. There he exercised an enormous

influence during the critical period of reconstruction that brought into existence the American

graded elementary school as a substitute for the older district school system. Under his

leadership, the curriculum was restructured, the school year was increased to a minimum of six

months, and mandatory schooling was extended to age sixteen. Other important reforms

included the establishment of state normal schools for teacher training, institutes for inservice

teacher education, and lyceums for adult education. He was also instrumental in improving

salaries for teachers and creating school libraries.

Mann’s ideas about school reform were developed and distributed in twelve annual

reports to the state of Massachusetts that he wrote during his tenure as secretary of education.

Considered quite radical at the time, the Massachusetts reforms later served as a model for the

nation. Mann was recognized as the father of public education.

During his lifetime, Horace Mann worked tirelessly to extend educational opportunities

to agrarian families and the children of poor laborers. In one of his last speeches he summed up

his philosophy of education and life: “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for

humanity.” Surely, his own life was an example of that philosophy.

1. What does the sentence “…but he never forgot those early struggles.” in the first paragraph

tell you about Horace Mann’s early childhood?

2. In the passage, how many Mann’s careers are mentioned? What are they?

3. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

4. Was Horace Mann’s influence on American education great?

5. What is Horace Mann’s philosophy?

II- Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each

space. (20 marks)

Millions of people are using cell phones today. In many places, it is actually considered

unusual not to use one. In many countries, cell phones are very popular with young people.

They find that the phones are more than a (1) ______ of communication – having a mobile

phone shows that they are cool and connected.

The explosion in mobile phone use around the world has made some health

professionals worried. Some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may (2)

______ health problems from the use of mobile phones. In England, there has been a serious

dabate about this issue. Mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity of

such ideas. They say that there is no (3) ______ that mobile phones are bad for your health. On

the other hand, medical studies have shown changes in the brain cells of some people who use

mobile phones. Signs of change in the tissues of the brain and head can be detected with

modern scanning equipment. In one case, a traveling salesman had to retire at young age

used – loss – means – even – suffer – especially – harmful – proof – warning – too

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because of serious memory (4) ______. He couldn’t remember (5) ______ simple tasks. He

would often forget the name of his own son. This man (6) ______ to talk on his mobile phone

for about six hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of years. His family

doctor blamed his mobile phone use, but his employer’s doctor didn’t agree.

What is it that makes mobile phones potentially (7) ______? The answer is radiation.

High-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation, but they say the amount is (8)

______ small to worry about. As the discussion about their safety continues, it appears that it’s

best to use mobile phones less often. Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time.

Use your mobile phone only when you really need it. Mobile phones can be very useful and

convenient, (9) ______ in emergencies. In the future, mobile phones may have a (10) ______

label that says they are bad for your health. So for now, it’s wise not to use your mobile phone

too often.

III- Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in

each space. (20 marks)

CHILD LABOUR

Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile (1) ______ in

conditions described as close to slavery to (2) ______ clothes that appear destined for one of

the major high street (3) ______.

Speaking to a British newspaper, the children described long hours of (4) ______ work

and threats and beatings. The company said it was unaware that clothing intended for its stores

had been (5) ______ outsourced to a sweatshop that used child labour. It further announced it

had withdrawn the garments involved until it had investigated the alleged breaches of the

ethical code it imposed on manufacturers three years ago.

The discovery of these children working in appalling conditions in the Shahpur Jat area

of Delhi has renewed concerns (6) ______ the outsourcing by some large retail chains of their

garment production to India, recognized by the United Nations (7) ______ one of the world’s

hot spots for child labour. According to one (8) ______, over 20 percent of India’s economy is

(9) ______ on children, which comes to a total of 55 million youngsters under 14 working.

Consumers in the West should not only be demanding answers from retailers about how

their (10) ______ are produced but also should be looking into their consciences at how they

spend their money and whether cheap prices in the West are worth the suffering caused to so

many children.

IV- Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the

sentence to be correct. (20 marks)

1. It is essential that cancer is diagnosed and treated as early as possible in order to assure

A B C D

a successful cure.

improperly – as – unpaid – retailers – dependent –

factory – estimate – produce – goods – about

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2. Since lighting was probably significant in the formation of life, understanding it might

A B

help us to understanding life itself.

C D

3. Some underground water is enough safe to drink, but all surface water must be treated.

A B C D

4. Chemical engineering is based on the principles of physics, chemists, and mathematics.

A B C D

5. Computers are often used to control, adjustment, and correct complex industrial

A C C D

operations.

6. The University of Wisconsin was the first school to do a serious effort to teach students

A B C

public administration.

D

7. The wooden fence surrounded the factory is beginning to deteriorate from rain.

A B C D

8. Because it was structurally unsafe and too expensive to repair, the 75-years-old building

A B C

had to be demolished.

D

9. Commercial honey is heated and filtered in order to stabilize and clarify itself.

A B C D

10. Many of the important products obtained from trees, one of the most important is wood

A B C

pulp, which is used in paper-making.

D

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – VÒNG 1

LONG AN Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – BẢNG B

Ngày thi: 23/10/2012

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH

Tổng số điểm các phần bài thi môn Tiếng Anh là 100. Sau khi chấm từng phần của bài

làm, giám khảo cộng và ghi tổng điểm bài làm trên hệ 100 vào khung điểm số ghi bằng chữ, sau

đó chia điểm này cho 20 để có điểm bài thi trên hệ 20. Ghi điểm bài thi trên hệ 20 này (không

làm tròn số) vào khung điểm số ghi bằng chữ.

A. PHẦN THI NGHE

Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng được 4 điểm.

1. ( C ) To mention a good point about uniforms. (4 điểm)

2. ( A ) Uniforms stop students from from wasting time on clothes. (4 điểm)

( D ) Uniforms prevent students from showing off with expensive clothes. (4 điểm)

3. ( D ) He does not like school uniforms. (4 điểm)

4. ( B ) To say that he still does not like wearing uniforms. (4 điểm)

B. PHẦN THI ĐỌC – VIẾT

I- Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm này

được 4 điểm.

1. He had a difficult time/ difficult times in his childhood/a his difficult childhood. (4 điểm)

2. ( There are) two. A barrister/ lawyer and a secretary of the board of education. (4 điểm)

3. It is about Mann’s (significant/ important/ great) educational reforms. (4 điểm)

4. Yes, it was. (4 điểm)

5. Help others/ everyone (4 điểm)

II- Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm này

được 2 điểm.

1. means 6. used

2. suffer 7. harmful

3. proof 8. too

4. loss 9. especially

5. even 10. warning

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC

III- Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm

này được 2 điểm.

1. factory 6. about

2. produce 7. as

3. retailers 8. estimate

4. unpaid 9. dependent

5. improperly 10. goods

IV- Số điểm tối đa của phần này là 20. Mỗi câu trả lời đúng như hướng dẫn chấm

này được 2 điểm.

1. A.

2. C.

3. B.

4. C.

5. B.

6. B.

7. B.

8. C.

9. D.

10. A.

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B. PHẦN ĐỀ THI

(Lưu ý: Phần đề thi gồm 18 trang, thí sinh làm bài ngay trên đề thi này)

Từ phần này trở xuống, thí sinh không được viết hay đánh dấu gì khác với hướng dẫn.

Phách của Hội đồng chấm phúc khảo

Chữ ký Giám khảo I: ………………………….

Chữ ký Giám khảo II: …………………………

Số phách phúc khảo:

Điểm của từng phần:

I ……………..

II …………….

III …………...

IV ……………

( Speaking ) V …………....

Tổng điểm bằng số: …………..

Tổng điểm bằng chữ: ………….

Phách của Hội đồng chấm thi

Chữ ký Giám khảo I: ………………………….

Chữ ký Giám khảo II: …………………………

Số phách chấm thi:

Điểm của từng phần:

I ……………..

II …………….

III …………...

IV ……………

( Speaking ) V ………….....

Tổng điểm bằng số: …………..

Tổng điểm bằng chữ: ………….

I. LISTENING (50/200 points)

Part 1: Questions 1-11

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD or circle the correct answer.

1. What is the subject of this morning’s lecture?

…………………………………………………

2. What time does the lecture begin?

A. 8. 45

B. 9.00

C. 8.15

D. 9.15

2

Listen to the directions and find the Bradley Building. Choose the appropriate letter.

3. Where is the Bradley Building?

lawn

William and Mary

THÍ SINH KHÔNG ĐƯỢC VIẾT TRONG KHUNG NÀY

A B

C

D

E

F

G

Student

Union

Physics

Building

3

Circle the appropriate letter A, B, C or D as you listen.

4. Which floor is Lecture Theater H on?

A. fourth

B. sixth

C. eighth

D. tenth

5. How do William and Mary go to Lecture Theater H?

A. escalator, then lift

B. lift, then stairs

C. stairs only

D. stairs, then lift

6. What does the sign say?

A. C.

B. D.

Complete the table below:

Mary’s timetable

Class Day of week Time

Chemistry lecture

Chemistry lab

Genetics lecture

Microbiology lecture

Microbiology tutorial

Plant pathology lecture

Plant pathology lab

Plant pathology tutorial

Example: Tuesday Example: 10 o’clock

Wednesday

(8)………………….

(9)………………….

Wednesday

Friday

Tuesday

Wednesday

(7)……………….. o’clock

5 o’clock

2 o’clock

(10)………………. o’clock

(11)………………. o’clock

3 o’clock

12 o’clock

Lecture postponed

until 10.00 today

Lecture change-

Professor Smith to

present today’s lecture

Dr. Jones ill-lecture

canceled today

Lecture to be held in

Theater C today

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Part 2: Questions 12-20

Complete the notes below: Write a NUMBER or ONE WORD for each answer.

The Island of Astoria

12. . Distance from New Zealand: ……………………………………km

13. . Direction from New Zealand: ……… ………………….………km

. Size compared to New Zealand: Example: 25% larger

14. . Shape of island: ……………………………....……………………..

15. . Climate: ………………………………………………….………….

Complete the table. Write a NUMBER or NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

The provinces of Astoria

Province Part of island Population Language

Main tourist

attraction

Hornchurch (16)…………..

Example

2.5 million

Example

English

Example

culture

New Devon

Example

northeast

(17)…………. English (18)…………..

Anglezark (19)………….. English

(20)…………..

Write your answers here:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

II. LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (20/200 points)

Part 1:

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A,

B, C, or D ) in the corresponding numbered boxes.

21. He couldn’t find two that matched, so he was forced to wear …………. socks.

A. old B. mixed C. uneven D. unlike

22. Social workers admitted feeling utterly …………. when faced with the problemof drugs and violence.

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A. aimless B. helpless C. pointless D. clueless

23. ……………, Phil was a pregarious individual who enjoyed the company of others enormously.

A. Psychologically B. Technically

C. Physically D. Socially

24. Why did you …………….. and mention the party to Roger? It was supposed to be a surprise.

A. let the cat out of the bag B. put the cat among the pigeons

C. have kittens D. kill two birds with one stone

25. “I’m looking my best today, am I?” She asked, obviously fishing ………………. compliments.

A. up B. for C. with D. in

26. Three people were captured at the …………… today trying to get into the country.

A. line B. equator C. border D. edge

27. He managed to ………… the branch of a tree and avoid being swept away by the flood waters.

A. grasp B. clutch C. hug D. munch

28. She ………….. the tablecloth carefully and put it away in a drawer.

A. bent B. creased C. folded D. pleated

29. The judge’s ruling …………… a wave of protest campaigns across the country.

A. instigated B. launched C. provoked D. commenced

30. Add the essence …………….. until the teaspoonful is beaten into the mixture.

A. drop by drop B. inch by inch

C. leaf by leaf D. spot by spot

Write your answers here:

21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Part 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the

column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

A UNIQUE MUSEUM

Given its reputation as a (0) ……………. (HIGH) fashion-conscious city, it seems fitting that

Milan should be the site of a unique testament to man’s (31) …………… (VAIN): the world’s only

museum of shaving. The collection of razors and other items related to shaving was put together by three

generations of the Lorenzi family, who first opened a shop there sixty-eight years ago. Originally, the shop

dealt in scissors, knives and other items of (32) ……… (CUT), but today it has become a center for (33)

………….. (FINE) crafted sharp instruments of all types. In the museum, there is an exhibition which

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charts the history of shaving equipment from the earliest prehistoric blades right through to the modern

electric razor. Along the way, we see a number of (34) …………. (CURIOUS) including razors with

lights attached and others which spray jets of water (35) …………….. (AUTOMATION) at the

appropriate moment.

Write your answers here:

0. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

highly

Part 3: The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Find and correct them. Write your answers in the

space provided in the box below. (0) has been done as an example.

ONE JOKE TOO MANY

My boyfriend Pete is a real joker. He is always playing tricks on me and usually I find them funny, if a bit

much annoying. But his most recent trick involved so many of other people and made me look so silly that

I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to forgive him. Last month, I was lucky enough to reach up the finals of a

karaoke competition. Then a few days later, I received a letter from a big television company, saying that

one of their staff had seen me perform and that they wanted me to appear on a future television show. I

was so thrilled that I rang all my friends with the news. Pete didn’t seem very interested in, however, and

although I thought this was strange, I imagined he was just shocked, as what I was, or possibly even

jealous. Then I noticed an identical copy of the letter sitting on the back seat of his car and when I realized

that Pete had actually typed the letter himself and it was all a joke! What kind a fool I had been! The letter

wasn’t even written on company notepaper. And then, of course, I had to ring all my friends back and tell

them the truth, which was really embarrassing.

Write your answers here:

0. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

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III. READING (50/ 200 points)

Part 1: Fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in

the corresponding numbered boxes.

Psychology: the science of the mind

Psychology is the study of the mind, by far the most sophisticated machine (41)……… Earth. But how

can something as inaccessible as the mind be studied? Even (42)……… we were to open someone’s skull

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and look inside, we would only see the brain, not the mind in action. (43) ………. we cannot observe the

mind directly, it controls everything we do. Therefore, psychologists study human behaviour in order to

discover (44) ……….the mind works. The behaviour that interests them ranges from simple acts such as

feeding, to much more complex skills (45) ………. language. Psychologists measure behaviour, and often

use statistics to show that what they find is reliable evidence and not just down to chance. The scientific

knowledge gained from this research is then used by practising psychologists. For example, clinical

psychologists- (46) ………. make up the largest group of specialists – help people with emotional

problems (47) ………with their difficulties. Research findings are not only used by psychologists, but also

by other professionals who are concerned with the ways people interact-doctors, teachers and judges, to

name just a (48)………. A substantial body of psychological knowledge has been built up since the

nineteenth century. Nevertheless, the enormous complexity of the mind (49) ………. that there will

always be more to learn about it, (50) …………. much research is undertaken.

Write your answers here:

41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

Part 2:

You are going to read an article about someone who does not have a computer. Six paragraphs have

been removed from the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A-G the one which fits each gap (51-

56). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need use. Write your answers in the

corresponding numbered boxes.

UNPLUGGED

Martin Newell explains why he shuns computers and remains a devotee of ‘snail mail’. I am an Internot.

That is, I have no desire to be on the Internet. I am, of course, well aware of the Internet. Boy, am I aware

of the Internet! The world is being overrun by people setting up websites, talking www-slash-dot.coms

and worrying about updating and upgrading.

51.

In fact, if I wanted to, I could sit in front of the computer, ordering whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted,

24 hours a day, and play for it all electronically. But I don’t have a computer. My friends, who look upon

me as a ‘technological oddity’, find it hard to believe that I can still find work. I can’t drive a car, won’t

fly and won’t travel abroad any more. I don’t even have a mobile phone.

52.

As a congenital sender and receiver of snail mail, I can only remember about two occasions in twenty-odd

years when a letter has gone astray. Exactly how many bits of info has your machinery swallowed this

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month, brave internaut? There is the access to information, though. While doing some research on a fairly

esoteric subject earlier this year, I was told by a friend that 37 Internet pages existed upon the matter. He

downloaded them for me.

53.

As for the actual equipment itself, computers are so unattractive and bulky. Buying a laptop I can

understand, because you can put it away. But all that dreadful grey-white office junk in your living space?

54.

I almost upgraded to a computer once but decided that a piano would be more fun, so I spent the money

having one fork-lifted up into my first-floor living room. While others are getting neck-ache and

headaches and running up their phone bills, I’ve almost figured out how to play the first few bars of

‘Return to Sender.’

55.

It strikes me, though, that the main reason the Internet exists is not as a medium for spreading the joys of

music, but more for the purpose of shopping and advertising. Now I know a little bit about shopping,

because I get on my bicycle and go to the greengrocer’s every once in a while.

56.

But perhaps by doing things in this quaint, old-fashioned way, I’m missing out on some of the financial

benefits of the whole computer culture. Companies are constantly undercutting each other. Full-page

newspaper ads are currently offering me the whole kit and caboodle and telling me that I can get myself

connected and surfing, all for under a thousand pounds. Wow! What a bargain, I could get an electric

organ fork-lifted up here for that.

Seriously, though, there is, I suppose, an outside chance I will be forced onto the Internet one day. By that

time, however, it will have devolved into one tiny little module about the size of an answering machine,

cost about fifty quid, and be instant, as well as idiot-proof for people like me.

A. There’s also this marvellous little alternative to buying books on the Net: it’s called my local bookshop.

It has human beings working in it. Whenever I want a particular book, I just walk down there or telephone

them, and they find it for me. Within a day or two I always have it.

B. The information was largely superficial and in one or two cases, written by someone who I suspect was

not entirely of this planet. In the end I went to the local reference library, where a reassuringly stern

librarian plonked a huge pile of books on the table in front of me and said: ‘That should be a start.’ I had

everything I needed within an hour.

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C. It has not escaped my attention that you can buy and sell houses on the Internet. You can book

holidays, buy a pool-table and, so I hear, even get a divorce on the Internet. Were my dog to fall seriously

ill, I could even consult a vet on the Internet. Or maybe he’s called the Internet.

D. Friends like these will spend hours, days even, in front of their ugly state-of-the-art computers. As they

listen to music being broadcast online from all four corners of the globe, they are subjected to a constant

bombardment of advertisements encouraging them to buy, buy, buy. Well, bye bye, friends.

E. While we are on the subject, I hear that we can now download our music from the Net. I have only

recently completed the costly operation of replacing my vinyl record collection with CDs. I hope this does

not mean that these, too, will soon be obsolete.

F. My own word-processor, with VDU, keyboard and printer all in one unit, is much more compact. It can

be quickly shoved in the cupboard when I’m not using it. In fact, even this is too ugly for me so I glued a

piece of tapestry on the space between the keyboard and the screen to make it look more homely.

G. ‘But how will we get hold of you?’ people ask, in a tone I usually associate with anguished parents

pleading with a runaway daughter calling from a phone-box. Well, you can telephone me. Or fax me. Or

you could try writing me a letter.

Write your answers here:

51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56.

Questions 57-61: You are going to read an extract from a novel. For questions 57-61, choose the

answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Write your answers in the

corresponding numbered boxes.

It’s a commonplace of parenting and modern genetics that parents have little or no influence on the

characters of their children. As a parent, you never know who you are going to get. Opportunities, health,

prospects, accent, table manners – these might lie within your power to shape. But what really determines

the sort of person who’s coming to live with you is chance. Cheerful or neurotic, kind or greedy, curious

or dull, expansive or shy and anywhere in between; it can be quite an affront to parental self-regard, just

how much of the work has already been done. On the other hand, it can let you off the hook. The point is

made for you as soon as you have more than one child; when two entirely different people emerge from

their roughly similar chances in life.

Here in the cavernous basement kitchen at 3.55 a.m., in a single pool of light, as though on stage,

is Theo Perowne, eighteen years old, his formal education already long behind him, reclining on a tilted-

back kitchen chair, his legs in tight black jeans, his feet in boots of soft black leather (paid for with his

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own money) crossed on the edge of the table. As unlike his sister Daisy as randomness will allow. He’s

drinking from a large tumbler of water. In the other hand he holds the folded-back music magazine he’s

reading. A studded leather jacket lies in a heap on the floor. Propped against a cupboard is his guitar in its

case. It’s already acquired a few steamer trunk labels – Triesta, Oakland, Hamburg, Val d’lsère. There’s

space for more. From a compact stereo player on a shelf above a library of cookery books comes the

sound, like soft drizzle, of an all-night pop station.

Henry Perownw sometimes wonders if, in his youth, he could ever have guessed that he would one

day father a blues musician. He himself was simply processed, without questions or complaint, in a

polished continuum from school, through medical school, to the dogged acquisition of clinical experience,

in London, Southend-on-Sea, Newcastle, Bellevue Emergency Department in New York and London

again. How have he and Rosalind, such dutiful, conventional types, given rise to such a free spirit? One

who dresses, with a certain irony, in the style of the bohemian fifties, who won’t read books or let himself

be persuaded to stay on at school, who’s rarely out of bed before lunchtime, whose passion is for mastery

in all the nuances of the blues guitar tradition, Delta, Chicago, Mississippi, and for the success of his band,

New Blue Rider. In the confined, gossipy world of British blues, Theo is spoken of as a man of promise,

already mature in his grasp of the idiom, who might even one day walk with the gods, the British gods that

is – Alexis Korner, John Mayall, Eric Clapton. Someone has written somewhere that Theo Perowne plays

like an angel.

Naturally, his father agrees, despite his doubts about the limits of the form. He likes the blues well

enough – in fact, he was the one who showed the nine-year-old Theo how it worked. After that,

grandfather took over. But is there a lifetime’s satisfaction in twelve bars of three obvious chords? Perhaps

it’s one of those cases of a microcosm giving you the whole world. Like a Spode dinner plate. Or a single

cell. Or, as Daisy says, like a Jane Austen novel. When player and listener together know the route so

well, the pleasure is in the deviation, the unexpected turn against the grain…

And there’s something in the loping authority of Theo’s playing that revives for Henry the

inexplicable lure of that simple progression. Theo is the sort of guitarist who plays in an open-eyed trance,

without moving his body or ever glancing down at his hands. He concedes only an occasional thoughtful

nod. Now and then, during a set he might tilt back his head to indicate to the others that he is ‘going

round’ again. He carries himself on stage as he does in conversation, quietly, formally, protecting his

privacy within a shell of friendly politeness. If he happens to spot his parents at the back of a crowd, he’ll

lift his left hand from the fret in a shy and private salute.

57. In the first paragraph, the writer suggests that parents

A. are often disappointed by their children’s behaviour.

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B. have relatively little impact on their children’s personality.

C. sometimes leave too many aspects of child development to chance.

D. often make the mistake of trying to change their children’s character.

58. Which phrase is used to suggest that parents are not to blame for how their children turn out?

A. ‘anywhere in between’ (line 5)

B. ‘an affront to…..self-regard’ (line 5)

C. ‘let you off the hook’ (line 6)

D. ‘roughly similar chances’ (line 8)

59. What do we learn about Theo Perowne in the second paragraph?

A. He has successfully completed his studies.

B. He is not particularly interested in travel.

C. He is not making a living as a musician.

D. He has little in common with his sister.

60. With regard to his music, we learn that Theo is

A. dedicated to one particular style.

B. planning to form a band of his own.

C. unable to take it comletely seriously.

D. already admired by some famous people.

61. From the text as a whole, we understand that Henry is

A. proud of his son’s musical ability.

B. puzzled by his son’s attitude to music.

C. envious of his son’s great skill as a guitarist.

D. sorry that he introduced his son to blues music.

Write your answers here:

57. 58. 59. 60. 61.

Part 3: Read the following texts about some famous walls around the world. For questions 62-75,

choose from the four texts about walls (A-D). The texts may be chosen more than once.

A GUIDE TO GREAT WALLS

A.

Erected in 1961 to prevent East German citizens crossing to the West, the Berlin Wall initially consisted

mainly of barbed wire and armed guards. Within months a concrete wall began to appear, to be replaced

on three separate occasions by ever more sophisticated versions, increasingly resistant to breakthroughs.

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On the east side of the wall, tank traps and ditches were built as protection against attack, and as a further

deterrent to would-be escapees.

Although over 170 people lost their lives in Berlin trying to flee to the West, human will and ingenuity

often prevailed, with a number of successful escape attempts via tunnels and, on one occasion, in a home-

made hot air balloon. The 107-kilometre-long structure lost its relevance in 1989, when Hungary allowed

East Germans to pass through their country on their way to Austria and West Germany, and after travel

restrictions were lifted, people began to demolish whole sections of the wall. Now very little of it remains

and the land has been used for housing and other property development.

B.

Stretching for several thousand kilometres from the east coast of the country to the Gobi Desert, the Great

Wall of China is said to be the only man-made structure visible from outer space. The oldest section was

begun in 221 BC, using soldiers and local people, as well as intellectuals who had been sentenced to

forced labour under the repressive Qing dynasty. Not surprisingly, the layers of compacted earth used to

construct the wall soon began to crumble, and it was left to the later Han dynasty to restore and add to it.

By now the wall had evolved from a mere defence system for keeping out marauding tribes into a safe

haven where trade could flourish, and bustling market towns sprang up at the many busy gates. But the

ornate and imposing structure with which we are familiar from photographs was not added until the

fourteenth century by Ming, using advanced brick-building technology. It was he who joined the three

separate walls to create this truly impressive feat of construction.

C.

Situated in the north of England at one of the narrowest parts of the country, Hadrian’s Wall is arguably

the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain. Construction of the wall began in 120 AD

on the orders of Emperor Hadrian, who wanted to mark the northernmost boundary of his Empire. The

117-kilometre wall was manned by thousands of troops, who kept watch from numerous turrets and

milecastles, and who lived in a series of forts situated at strategic locations.

In the centuries following its abandonment around 400 AD, its stones were used by local people to build

houses, walls and even churches. Nevertheless, spectacular stretches of the wall remain and a number of

forts and museums along its length can be visited, providing a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the

Roman soldiers who patrolled it. Although built of stone, the wall itself is vulnerable to erosion and

visitors are discouraged from walking on it. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987,

Hadrian’s Wall ranks alongside some of the more famous architectural treasures in the world.

D.

Originally known as Ebotacum, York served as a military base for the Romans, who were the first to build

a set of defences on the site. However, most of the 3.5 kilometres of wall – the longest town walls in

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England – date from the Middle Ages. Throughout their length one can still see a number of medieval

gateways, or ‘bars’, which acted as control points. Non-residents and those who were not members of a

guild were charged a toll on items brought into the city.

As York’s status as England’s second city dwindled in the nineteenth century, York Corporation began

dismantling sections of the walls, blaming their decision on the high cost of maintenance. They also

argued that the walls were of no historical value and that they caused disease by preventing the free

circulation of air. Local people protested vehemently and the York Footpath Association set about

restoring parts of the wall, confident that their work would help to attract tourists. The city and its walls

now receive a million visitors every year.

According to the information given in the texts, which wall ….

62. can be seen from a great distance?

63. is susceptible to damage?

64. was considered a threat to health?

65. quickly fell into disrepair?

66. is no longer very much in evidence?

67. is a series of different walls which were connected?

68. required certain people to pay money when passing through?

69. was built with the help of prisoners?

70. is compared favourably with other ancient monuments?

71. became unnecessary as a result of events elsewhere?

72. was partly demolished by the authorities?

73. proved to be an ideal site for commercial activity?

74. did not always achieve its purpose?

75. offers visitors an insight into the lives of the original guards?

Write your answers here:

62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68.

69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75.

Questions 76 - 80: Do the statements below agree with the information in the reading passage?

Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.

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Y if the statement agrees with the information in the passage,

N if the statement contradicts the information in the passage, or

NG if there is no information about the statement in the passage.

JOB SHARING

Job sharing refers to a situation in which two people divide the responsibility of one-full time job.

The two people willingly act as part-time worker, working enough hours between them to fulfil the duties

of a full-time worker. If they each work half the hours of the job, for exaple, they each receive 50 percent

of the job’s wages, its holidays and its other benefits. Of course, some job sharers take a smaller or larger

share of the responsibilities of the position, receiving a lesser or greater share of the benefits.

Job sharing differs from conventional part-time work in that it is mainly (although not exclusively)

occurring in the more highly skillled and professional areas, which entail higher levels of responsibilitty

and employee commitment. Until recently, these characteristics were not generally seen as compatible

with anything less than full-time employment. Thus, the demands of job sharing are reciprocated by better

pay and conditions and, ideally, more satisfaction than conventional part-time work.

Job sharing should not be confused with the term work sharing, which pertains to increasing the

number of jobs by reducing the number of hours of each existing job, thus offering more positions to the

growing number of unemployed people. Job sharing, by contrast, is not designed to address

unemployment problems; its focus, rather, is to provide well-paid work for skilled workers and

professionals who want more free time for other pursuits.

As would be expected, women comprise the bulk of job sharers. A survey carried out in 1988 by

Britain’s Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) revealed that 78 percent of sharers were female, the

mojority of whom were between the ages of 20 and 40 years of age. Subsequent studies have come up

with similar results. Many of these women were re-entering the job market after having had children, but

they chose not to seek part-time work because it would have meant reduced wages abd lower status. Job

sgaring also offered an acceptable transition back into full-time work after a long absence.

Although job sharing is still seen as too radical by many companies, those that have chosen to

experiment with it include large businesses with conservative reputations. One of Britain’s major banks,

the National Westminter Bank, for example, offers a limite number of shared positions intended to give

long-serving employees a break from full-time work. British Telecom, meanwhile, maintains 25 shared

posts because, according to its personnel department, ‘Some of the job sharers might otherwise have left

the company and we are now able to retain them.’ Two wide-ranging surveys carried out in the country in

1989 revealed the proportion of large and medium-sized private-sector businesses that allow job sharing to

be between 16 and 25 percent. Some 78 percent of job sharers, however, work in public-sector jobs.

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The types of jobs that are shared vary, but include positions that involve responsibility for many

subordinates. Research into shared ssenoir management positions suggests that even such high-pressure

work can be shared between two people with little adjustment, provided the personalities and

temperaments of the sharers are not vastly different from one another. A 1991 study of employees

working under supervisory positions shared by two people showed that those who prefer such a situation

do so for several reasons. Most prevalent were those who felt there was less bias in the evaluation of their

work because having two assessments provided for a greater degree of fairness.

The neccessity of close cooperation and collaboration when shaing a job with another person

makes the actual work quite different from conventional one-position, one-person jobs. However, to

ensure a greater chance that the partnership will succeed, each person neeeds to know the strengths,

weaknesses and preferences of his or her partner before applying for a position. Moreover, there must be

an equitable allocation of both routine tasks and interesting ones. In sum, for a position to be job-shared

well, the two individuals must be well-matched and must treat each other as equals.

76. The majority of male job sharers are between 20 and 40 years of age.

77. Job sharers have no intention of later resuming full-time work.

78. Employers may allow job sharing to keep or attract good workers.

79. Fewer job sharers are employed in the private sector than in the public sector.

80. Most employees prefer to work under a shared supervisory position.

Write your answers here:

76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

IV. WRITING (60/200 points)

Part 1: Read the following extract and use your own words to summarize it (in about 80 words)

You MUST NOT copy or re-write the original. (20 points)

It is commonly believed that in the United States that school is where people to get an education.

Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction

between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It

can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It

includes both the formal learning that takes place in school and the whole universe of informal learning.

The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio,

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from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite

often produces surprises. A chance conversation with stranger may lead a person to discover how little is

known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very

broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one

that should be an integral part of one's entire life.

Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from

one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time,

take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on.

The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the

workings of governments, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For

example, high schools students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about

political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are

definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.

Write your answer here:

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Part 2: The table below gives information about the underground railway systems in six cities.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons

where relevant. You should write at least 150 words. (20 points)

UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SYSTEMS

City Date opened Kilometers of route Passengers per year (in millions)

London 1863 394 775

Paris 1900 199 1191

Tokyo 1927 155 1927

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Washington DC 1976 126 144

Kyoto 1981 11 45

Los Angeles 2001 28 50

Write your answer here:

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Part 3: Write about the following topic: (20 points)

“Knowledge is not gained only from the university.” Do you agree with this statement? Use specific

reasons and examples to support your opinion. You should write at least 250 words.

Write your answer here:

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LONG AN VÒNG 2 NĂM 2013

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Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút ( không kể thời gian phát đề )

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM

(gồm 3 trang)

I. LISTENING (50/200 points) 2,5 x 20

1.

history

2.

B

3.

F

4.

D

5.

D

6.

C

7.

9/nine

8.

Wednesday

9.

Tuesday

10.

3/three

11.

10/ten

12.

1100

13.

northeast

14.

rectangle

/rectangular//square

15.

warm

16.

northeast

17.

2/two

million

18.

beach(es)

19.

250 000

20.

hot springs//mineral

baths//bushwalking//

mountains

II. LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (20/200 points) 1 x 20

Part 1:

21. A 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. B

26. C 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. A

Part 2:

0. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

highly vanity

cutlery finely curiosities automatically

Part 3:

0. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Line 2: of→× Line 3:

up→×

Line 6: in→× Line 7:

what→×

Line 8:

when→×

Line 9:

kind→×

III. READING (50/200 points)

Part 1: (12,5/50 points) 1,25 x 10

41. on 42. if 43. Although/ While 44. how 45. like

46. who 47. cope/ deal 48. few 49. means 50. however

ĐỀ DỰ BỊ

2

Part 2: (7,5/50 points) 1,25 x 6

51. C 52. G 53. B 54. F 55. E 56. A

(6,25/50 points) 1,25 x 5

57. B 58. C 59. D 60. A 61. A

Part 3: (23,75/50 points) 1,25 x 19

62. B 63. C 64. D 65.B 66. A 67.B 68. D

69. B 70. C 71. A 72. D 73. B 74. A 75. C

76. NG 77. N 78. Y 79. Y 80. NG

IV. WRITING (60/200 points)

Part 1:

Điểm tối đa cho bài viết tóm lược là 20. Chia ra như sau:

- Phải có 2 nội dung dưới đây. Có đề cập mỗi nội dung được 5 điểm:

+ Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling.

+ Schooling is a specific, formalized process which has patterns varying little from each other.

- Điểm tối đa cho kỹ thuật diễn đạt, cú pháp, từ vựng là 15.

Part 2:

Điểm tối đa cho bài viết mô tả biểu đồ này là 20. Các yếu tố cần xem xét để cho điểm gồm:

- Tính lô-gích trong lập luận và sự kết nối mạch lạc:

+ Có lô-gích trong suy diễn, quy nạp.

+ Có sử dụng nhiều từ, ngữ liên kết ý tưởng, câu, đoạn văn và sử dụng các thành tố này phù hợp tạo sự

mạch lạc.

- Sử dụng chính xác và phù hợp các từ vựng liên quan thể loại bài viết mô tả biểu đồ.

- Viết câu đúng cú pháp.

Part 3:

Điểm tối đa cho bài viết này là 20. Điểm số chia ra cho từng mục như sau:

1. Kỹ thuật triển khai nội dung (7 điểm)

- Triển khai đúng kỹ thuật: topic sentence, clearly appropriate explanations, exemplifications, và/hoặc

details.

- Các details, examples và reasons phải củng cố vững vàng các luận điểm.

3

- Phần mở bài không bị rườm rà, dài dòng.

2. Yếu tố mạch lạc, nhất quán, bám sát ý tưởng chính (7 điểm)

- Nội dung trình bày không bị rối rắm.

- Diễn đạt mạch lạc, không bị trùng lặp ý tưởng.

- Không nêu ý tưởng lạc khỏi nội dung đang triển khai.

3. Kỹ thuật sử dụng ngôn ngữ (6 điểm)

- Sử dụng nhiều dạng cấu trúc câu.

- Sử dụng từ vựng phù hợp.

- Không sử dụng lặp lại nhiều lần một cấu trúc câu đơn. Không mắc quá nhiều lỗi cú pháp dẫn đến nội

dung khó hiểu hoặc gây hiểu lầm.

----HẾT----

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B. PHẦN ĐỀ THI

(LƯU Ý: PHẦN ĐỀ THI GỒM 14 TRANG, THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI NGAY TRÊN ĐỀ THI NÀY)

TỪ PHẦN NÀY TRỞ XUỐNG, THÍ SINH KHÔNG ĐƯỢC VIẾT HAY ĐÁNH DẤU GÌ KHÁC VỚI HƯỚNG DẪN

Phách của Hội đồng chấm phúc khảo

Chữ ký Giám khảo I: …………………………

Chữ ký Giám Khảo II: …………………………

Số phách phúc khảo:

Điểm của từng phần:

I. ……………..

II. …………….

III. …………...

IV. ……………

( Speaking ) V. …………....

Tổng điểm bằng số: …………..

Tổng điểm bằng chữ: ………….

Phách của Hội đồng chấm thi

Chữ ký Giám khảo I: …………………………

Chữ ký Giám Khảo II: …………………………

Số phách chấm thi:

Điểm của từng phần:

I. ……………..

II. …………….

III. …………...

IV. ……………

( Speaking ) V. …………....

Tổng điểm bằng số: …………..

Tổng điểm bằng chữ: ………….

I. LISTENING (50 points)

PART 1: Listen to a conversation between an accommodation officer and a student.

Questions 1 – 4: Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ OR

NUMBERS for each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.

1.

Martina Bila’s appointment with the accommodation officer is at _____________.

2.

Martina’s current accommodation is _____________ from the university than she expected.

3.

The landlady is a _____________.

4.

The _____________ to the university isn’t good.

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Questions 5 – 7: Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D. Write your answers in the corresponding

numbered boxes.

5.

Martina is looking for

A.

catered accommodation.

B.

self-catering accommodation.

C.

a place with a landlady.

D.

catered or self-catering university accommodation.

6.

The accommodation officer received details of some accommodation

A.

the day before Martina made the appointment.

B.

the day Martina made the appointment.

C.

the day after Martina made the appointment.

D.

the day before he met Martina.

THÍ SINH KHÔNG ĐƯỢC VIẾT TRONG KHUNG NÀY

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7.

When does the accommodation officer think other accommodation will be available?

A.

In the next few days.

C.

Not for a long while.

B.

In the next few weeks.

D.

He doesn’t know.

Questions 8 – 10: Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/

OR NUMBERS for each answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.

8.

How much do students pay for

catered accommodation during term-time?

9.

What nationality are Martina’s new flatmates?

10.

What will Martina lose?

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7.

8. 9. 10.

PART 2: Listen to an introductory lecture on the geography of the United Kingdom.

Questions 11-15: Complete the information in the table, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

for each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.

UK

Parts Geography Industries

11. __________ England mostly lowland

upland in 12. __________

manufacturing

farming

services

Scotland mountains

lochs (13. __________)

glens (valleys)

oil

electronics

biotechnology

fishing

forestry

Wales 14. __________

mountains

lakes

electronics

auto parts

15. __________

health care

professional services

Northern Ireland beautiful countryside tourism

Your answers:

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

PART 3: Listen to a recording about treatments for migraine.

Questions 16-20: Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS each answer to complete the summary.

Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.

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Migraine is a growing problem, particularly among people who (

16

) _________. A migraine can

also be brought on by certain foods and wine, or if a person doesn’t get enough sleep.

Painkillers are a conventional way to treat migraine, but they don’t always work. In alternative

therapy, the use of (

17

) _________ relieves mild attacks. During acupuncture, (

18

) _________four

needles to the face has a quick effect. To keep a patient free from attacks, it is usually sufficient to

have (

19

) _________.

Many people don’t understand hypnosis. The intense relaxation causes the attack to (

20

) _________.

Your answers:

16. 19.

17. 20.

18.

II. LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (20 points)

PART 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence. Write

your answer (A, B, C, or D ) in the corresponding numbered boxes.

21.

The manager complained that unfortunately many people in this country think that serving others

is _________them.

A.

under

B

. underneath

C

. beneath

D

. behind

22.

Emily managed to talk to the politician by _________ herself off as a journalist.

A.

passing

B

. talking

C

. putting

D

. calling

23.

It must be true. I heard it straight from the _________ mouth.

A.

dog’s

B

. horse’s

C

. camel’s

D

. cat’s

24.

The puppy was_________ so much I nearly dropped him.

A.

sniggering

B

. giggling

C

. chuckling

D

. wriggling

25.

I work in a government department where every document is packed with technical_________.

A.

cliché

B

. jargon

C

. phrase

D

. euphemism

26.

Poor visibility hampered rescue efforts to such a(n) _________ that the search for the fishing boat

had to be called off.

A.

demand

B

. emergency

C

. extend

D

. degree

27.

On entering the duty-free shop, she made _________ for the perfume counter.

A

. a mountain

B

. no odds

C

. no bones

D

. a beeline

28.

In addition to being _________ beautiful, she is also a very talented actress.

A.

stunningly

B

. perfectly

C

. hysterically

D

. patently

29.

These new measures have been introduced to _________the flow of illegal goods entering the

country.

A

. level

B

. allay

C

. stem

D

. pluck

30.

I know you’re upset about breaking up with Tony but there are plenty more _________.

A.

tigers in the zoo

B

. horses in the stable

C

. cows in the field

D

. fish in the sea

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Yo u r a n s w e r s :

21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

PART 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in

the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

The capacity to communicate openly and (0. honest)

________ in a relationship does not guarantee

(31.vulnerable) _________ to distress. At times, one

person may (32. value) _________ the other, causing

frustration and conflict. A compromise is normally

reached, but this amounts to an avoidance strategy.

Perhaps people should abandon the tendency to smooth

things over, in favour of an (33. explore) _________

process, where more fundamental questions are asked.

Though this may be very unpleasant at the time, the airing

of basic (34. grief) _________ often leads each person to

view the other more (35. sympathy) _________ in the

long run.

0

. ….

honestly

……………….

31

. ……………………………

32

. ……………………………

33

. ……………………………

34

. ……………………………

35

. ……………………………

PART 3: The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write their

correct forms in the space provided in the right column in any oder (36 - 40). (0) has been done

as an example.

A newspaper makes its money from the price people pay

for it and also from the advertisings it carries. A popular

newspaper with a circulation of over five millions daily

makes a lot of money. Less seriously newspapers are

probably read just for entertainment. They have big

headings above the new stories, funny cartoons to look at

and sensational photos of violence. The gossip columns

are full of stories of private lives of famous people. No

one takes the political views of such papers seriously. In

the other hand, in the free country where there is no

censorship, serious papers are read principally for their

news, sent to them by their correspondents round the

world and by the big news agencies. People also read

these papers for their revisions of news books, films and

plays and for their editorials what represent the opinion of

the newspaper itself about the important events and issues

of the moment.

0

. ……

advertising

…………

36

. ……………………………

37

. ……………………………

38

. ……………………………

39

. ……………………………

40

. ……………………………

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III. READING (50 points)

PART 1: Fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. Write your

answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.

Drift diving is diving with a difference. Are you already an experienced diver who fancies a change

(

41

) _________ splashing around a reef or wreck? If so, then drift diving may be worth trying.

Basically, drift diving (

42

) _________ use of the prevailing current in the ocean to propel you along

underwater. Depending on the speed of the current, which is measured in knots, drift diving can

either be like flying underwater, (4

3

) _________ simply the lazy person’s approach to diving. A slow

drift would involve travelling at about one knot, equivalent (

44

) _________ just under two

kilometres per hour, (

45

) _________ it feels much faster when you’re down at depth.

With drift diving, of course, there’s (

46

) _________ need to kick. You’re being carried along, and

can view all the local sealife as you float by. It feels quite surreal to begin with; you float along as if

you were on a conveyor belt. What’s (

47

) _________, you often cover (

48

) _________ much greater

distance than on a conventional dive.

If the current is running fast, say four knots, it can be a very different experience, however,

comparable only really to flying. Travelling underwater at speed (

49

) _________ your heart

pumping as the plants, rocks and sea life suddenly pop (

50

) _________ in front of you and whiz past.

Your answers:

41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

PART 2:

Read the following passage and then answer the accompanying questions.

A neuroscientist reveals how to think differently

In the last decade a revolution has occurred in the way that scientists think about the brain. We

now know that the decisions humans make can be traced to the firing patterns of neurons in specific

parts of the brain. These discoveries have led to the field known as

neuroeconomics

,which studies

the brain’s secrets to success in an economic environment that demands innovation and being able to

do things differently from competitors. A brain that can do this is an iconoclastic one. Briefly, an

iconoclast

is a person who does something that others say can’t be done.

This definition implies that iconoclasts are different from other people, but more precisely, it is

their brains that are different in three distinct ways: perception, fear response, and social intelligence.

Each of these three functions utilizes a different circuit in the brain. Naysayers might suggest that the

brain is irrelevant, that thinking in an original, even revolutionary, way is more a matter of

personality than brain function. But the field of neuroeconomics was born out of realization that the

physical workings of the brain place limitations on the way we make decisions. By understanding

these constraints, we begin to understand why some people march to a different drumbeat.

The first thing to realize is that the brain suffers from limited resources. It has a fixed energy

budget, about the same as a 40 watt light bulb, so it has evolved to work as efficiently as possible.

This is where most people are impeded from being an iconoclast. For example, when confronted

with information streaming from the eyes, the brain will interpret this information in the quickest

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way possible. Thus it will draw on both past experience and any other source of information, such as

what other people say, to make sense of what it is saying. This happens all the time. The brain takes

shortcuts that work so well we are hardly ever aware of them. We think our perceptions of the world

are real, but they are only biological and electrical rumblings. Perception is not simply a product of

what your eyes or ears transmit to your brain. More than the physical reality of photons or sound

waves, perception is a product of the brain.

Perception is central to iconoclasm. Iconoclasts see things differently to other people. Their

brains do not fall into efficiency pitfalls as much as the average person’s brain. Iconoclasts, either

because they were born that way or through learning, have found ways to work around the perceptual

shortcuts that plague most people. Perception is not something that is hardwired into the brain. It is a

learned process, which is both a curse and an opportunity for change. The brain faces the

fundamental problem of interpreting physical stimuli from the senses. Everything the brain sees,

hears, or touches has multiple interpretations. The one that is ultimately chosen is simply the brain’s

best theory. In technical terms, these conjectures have their basis in the statistical likelihood of one

interpretation over another and are heavily influenced by past experience and, importantly for

potential iconoclasts, what other people say.

The best way to see things differently to other people is to bombard the brain with things it has

never encountered before. Novelty releases the perceptual process from the chains of past experience

and forces the brain to make new judgments. Successful iconoclasts have an extraordinary

willingness to be exposed to what is fresh and different. Observation of iconoclasts shows that they

embrace novelty while most people avoid things that are different.

The problem with novelty, however, is that it tends to trigger the brain’s fear system. Fear is a

major impediment to thinking like an iconoclast and stops the average person in his tracks. There are

many types of fear, but the two that inhibit iconoclastic thinking and people generally find difficult to

deal with are

fear of uncertainty

and

fear of public ridicule

. These may seem like trivial phobias. But

fear of public speaking, which everyone must do from time to time, afflicts one-third of the

population. This makes it too common to be considered a mental disorder. It is simply a common

variant of human nature, one which iconoclasts do not let inhibit their reactions.

Finally, to be successful iconoclasts, individuals must sell their ideas to other people. This is

where

social intelligence

comes in. Social intelligence is the ability to understand and manage

people in a business setting. In the last decade there has been an explosion of knowledge about the

social brain and how the brain works when groups coordinate decision making. Neuroscience has

revealed which brain circuits are responsible for functions like understanding what other people

think, empathy, fairness, and social identity. These brain regions play key roles in whether people

convince others of their ideas. Perception is important in social cognition too. The perception of

someone’s enthusiasm, or reputation, can make or break a deal. Understanding how perception

becomes intertwined with social decision making shows why successful iconoclasts are so rare.

Iconoclasts create new opportunities in every area from artistic expression to technology to

business. They supply creativity and innovation not easily accomplished by committees. Rules aren’t

important to them. Iconoclasts face alienation and failure, but can also be a major asset to any

organization. It is crucial for success in any field to understand how the iconoclastic mind works.

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Questions 51-55: Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D, and write the correct letter in the

given boxes (51-55).

51.

Neuroeconomics is a field of study which seeks to

A.

cause a change in how scientists understand brain chemistry.

B.

understand how good decisions are made in the brain.

C.

understand how the brain is linked to achievement in competitive fields.

D.

trade the specific firing patterns of neurons in different areas of the brain.

52.

According to the writer, iconoclasts are distinctive because

A.

they create unusual brain circuits.

B.

their brains function differently.

C.

their personalities are distinctive.

D.

they make decisions easily.

53.

According to the writer, the brain works efficiently because

A.

it uses the eyes quickly.

B.

it interprets data logically.

C.

it generates its own energy.

D.

it relies on previous events.

54.

The writer says that perception is

A.

a combination of photons and sound waves.

B.

a reliable product of what your senses transmit.

C.

a result of brain processes.

D.

a process we are usually conscious of.

55.

According to the writer, an iconoclastic thinker

A.

centralises perceptual thinking in one part of the brain.

B.

avoids cognitive traps.

C.

has a brain that is hardwired for learning.

D.

has more opportunities than the average person.

Questions 56-60: Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in the above

reading passage?

In boxes 56-60, write

YES

if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO

if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NOT GIVEN

if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

56.

Exposure to different events forces the brain to think differently.

57.

Iconoclasts are unusually receptive to new experiences.

58.

If you think in an iconoclastic way, you can easily overcome fear.

59.

When concern about embarrassment matters less, other fears become irrelevant.

60.

Fear of public speaking is a psychological illness.

Your answers:

51. 52. 53. 54.

55.

56. 57. 58. 59.

60.

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PART 3:

Choose which of the paragraphs A – G fits into the numbered gaps in the following newspaper article.

There is one extra paragraph which does not fit in any of the gaps. (0) has been done as an example.

Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.

No Longer Blowing in the Wind

Plastic bags disfigured South Africa’s landscape until a small town decided to act.

They have been called the national flower of South Africa. Outside every city, town and village,

hundreds of them flutter and rustle in the thorn bushes with the evening breeze. They come in red,

green, blue and black, and even in multi-coloured stripes. Plastic bags. Lots of them. For South

Africa consumes eight billion per year, or nearly two hundred for every man, woman and child in the

country. But the country is not uniquely cursed. From the deserts of Yemen to the mangrove swamps

of Thailand, the discarded plastic supermarket bag disfigures the landscape of much of the

developing world.

0

“Our town was filthy,” says Sheila Joseph whose family has run the local general store for ninety

years. “Our park looked as though there had been a snowstorm every weekend. It was littered with

plastic bags and rubbish. We had lots of clean-up campaigns, but they didn’t work. After two or three

weeks, the town was filthy again.”

61

There are so many plastic bags blowing around the Northern Cape that a job-creation project in the

provincial capital employs 38 people to wash discarded bags, cut them into strips and knit them

together into brightly-coloured hats, carpets, doormats, bags and even picture frames for sale.

62

“The biggest businesses have been with us from the start, and haven’t given a plastic bag out since,”

says the polite but steely Joseph, whose advice is now eagerly sought by other litter-strewn towns

across South Africa. “Within two weeks, our park was clean. It’s definitely brought the community

of Douglas together.”

63

As a representative explained: “We all want Douglas clean, but I will give a plastic bag instead of

talking about it for ten minutes if a customer moans.” But if the government has its way, the store

and others like it across the country may soon be banned from handing out the bags.

The argument put forward by the authorities is that thicker bags would not only be used again and

again, but would also be easier to collect and recycle. Supply of bags with a thickness of less than 80

microns (a micron is a million of metre) is therefore likely to be outlawed.

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Plastic manufacturers and retailers have reacted to the plans with predictable outrage. They warn that

thousands of people would lose their jobs and that the new rules are likely to be unenforceable as

importers would almost certainly ignore them. They pointed out that old-fashioned heavy-duty bags

use more plastic, not less. Consumers, they insisted, would be greatly inconvenienced.

64

The proposals may eventually need to be softened to allow manufacturers more time to adapt. The

determination to eradicate the plastic scourge of the countryside has already galvanised some of the

culprits into action, however.

65

Indeed, on the clean streets of Douglas it is difficult to believe that South Africans really ever needed

those eight billion plastic bags. “It’s not that much of a hardship to remember to bring a shopping

bag,” says one elderly resident getting into her car outside Joseph’s store. “Is it, dear?”

A

Eager to fend off even more draconian legislation, however, many retailers are now promising to

help with a nationwide recycling programme for the bags they give away.

B

She blamed the mess on the thin bags handed out free to shoppers. Douglas’s 15,000 residents

did not like the litter. Nor did the tourists who came to see the confluence of the Vaal and Orange,

two of southern Africa’s greatest rivers. Farmers were unhappy too. Livestock sometimes ate the

bags and died.

C

Someone, of course, had to spoil the party. At the small Orange Vaal store down the road from

Joseph’s, they’re still giving out free plastic bags to customers who want them, although demand

has halved since the campaign began.

D

First inspired by the people of Douglas, they are equally passionate in their hatred of the bags.

They nonetheless remain somewhat sceptical about the practicalities of such a solution.

E

South Africans, however, have decided to do something. And it was the hither to unremarkable

town of Douglas in the arid Northern Cape region that took the lead.

F

“It won’t work,” said a spokesperson. “The problem is not the plastic bags, the problem is litter,

it’s a question of attitude. What worries me is that instead of having cheap plastic bags cluttering

up the streets, we’ll have expensive ones.”

G

So it was that the people of Douglas, rejoicing in the slogan “Fantastic – no plastic” came to

ceremonially execute an effigy made up from old plastic bags by the project staff. Since then,

shoppers bring their own, reusable baskets and bags, including those made from locally recycled

plastic.

Your answers:

0

.

E

61.

62. 63. 64.

65.

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IV. WRITING (60 points)

PART 1: Read the following extract and use your own words to summarize it (in about 80

words). You MUST NOT copy or re-write the original.

The development of the horse has been recorded from the beginning, through all of its evolutionary

stages, to the modern form. It is, perhaps, one of the most complete and well-documented chapters of

paleontological history. Fossil finds provide us not only with detailed information about the horse

itself but also with valuable insights into the migration of herds and even evidence for the

speculation about the climatic conditions that could have instigated their migratory behaviour.

Now geologists believe that the first horses appeared on Earth about sixty million years ago as

compared with only two million years ago for the appearance of human beings. There is evidence of

early horses on both the American and European continents, but it has been documented that, almost

twelve million years ago at the beginning of the Pliocene Age, a horse about midway through its

evolutionary development crossed a land bridge where the Bering Strait is now located. It travelled

from Alaska into the grasslands of Asia and all the way to Europe. So, this early horse was a

hipparion, about the size of a modern-day pony with three toes and specialized cheek teeth for

grazing. In Europe, the hipparion encountered another less advanced horse called the anchitheres,

which had previously invaded Europe by the same route, probably during the Miocene Period. Less

developed and smaller than hipparion, the anchitheres was eventually completely replaced by it.

By the end of the Pleistocene Age, both the anchitheres and the hipparion had become extinct in

North America where they orginated, as fossil evidence clearly demonstrates. In Europe, they

evolved into the larger and stronger animal that is very similar to the horse as we know it today. For

many years, this horse was probably hunted for food by early tribes of human beings. Then the

qualities of the horse that would have made it good servant were recognized – mainly its strength and

speed. It was time for the horse to be tamed, used as a draft animal at the dawning of agriculture, and

then ridden as need for transportation increased. It was the descendant of this domesticated horse that

was brought back across the ocean to the Americas by European colonists.

Your answers:

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PART 2:

The charts below give information on the ages of the populations of Yemen and Italy in

2000 and projections for 2050.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make

comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

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Your answers:

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PART 3:

Write about the following topic:

Nowadays, some people like to give help to the local community or provide people with

direct help. Other people prefer to give money to national and international

organizations.

Discuss both methods and give your own opinion on which is better.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or

experience. Write at least 250 words.

Your answers:

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NGÀY THI: 8/11/2013 (Buổi thi thứ nhất)

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM VÀ BIỂU ĐIỂM

I. LISTENING

(50/200 points; 2,5 each)

PART 1

1. ten/10 o’clock 2. farther 3. heavy smoker 4. bus connection

5. D 6. C 7. D

8. £ 37.50 9. British and Indian 10. (her) deposit

PART 2

11. Great Britain

12. north and west

13. lakes

14. coastline

15. food processing

PART 3

16. live in cities 19. six treatment sessions

17. homeopathic remedies 20. disappear

18. the application of

II. LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (

20/ 200 points; 1 each

)

PART 1

21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. B

26. C 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. D

PART 2

31. invulnerability

32. undervalue

33. exploratory

34. grievances

35. sympathetically

PART 3

36. over five millions million

37. Less seriously serious

38. In the other hand On

39. for their revisions  reviews

40. what represent the opinion  which/that

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III. READING (

50/200 points, 2,0 each

)

PART 1:

41.from 42. makes 43. or 44. to 45. although/ but

46. no 47. more 48. a 49. gets 50. up

PART 2

51. C 52. B 53. D 54. C

55. B

56. YES 57. YES 58. NO 59. NOT GIVEN

60. NO

PART 3

61. B 62. G 63. C 64. F

65. A

IV. WRITING

(60/200 points)

PART 1: (15 points)

Rate students’s response based on the following criteria

1.

Be brief 1 2 3

2.

Use the same organization as the original and include the major points

3.

Report the content accurately

1

2

3

4.

Retain the original emphasis and maintain an objective point of view

5.

Paraphrase using their own words

1

2

3

Sample response

According to the writer, fossils document the evolution of the horse, providing information

about the climate and migration patterns. Geologists claim that horses appeared on Earth

millions of years before human beings. A horse known as the anchitheres had migrated to

Europe in the Miocene from North America. Following the same route, the hipparion

migrated to Europe later in the Pliocene. When the hipparion invaded Europe, the

anchitheres did not survive. In contrast, the hipparion developed into a sturdy animal, like

modern breeds of horses. Ironically, horses were already extinct in North America by the

Pleistocene, and Europeans returned the horse to the American colonies on ships.

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PART 2: (15 points)

Rate students’s response based on the following criteria

1.

Describe the purpose of the chart and say what overall trends can be

seen.

1 2 3

2.

Identify significant trends or obvious differences, and small

changes or no changes.

3.

Point out the source of information, using appropriate language for

proportions or percentage.

4.

Not have spelling mistakes; use correct grammartical structures and

time preference.

1

2

3

4

PART 3: (30 points)

Rate students’s response based on the following criteria

Introduction

1.

Is the topic understood correctly, and is there a clear thesis statement? 1 2 3

Body

2.

Is there a topic sentence for each paragraph?

3.

Are there clear and sufficient supporting details for the topic sentences?

4.

Does each paragraph appropriately support the thesis statement, and without

redundant or irrelevant supporting details?

5.

Are the ideas linked with appropriate transition words?

1

2

3

Conclusion

6.

Is there a restatement of the thesis and does the conclusion sum up the main

ideas of the essay properly?

1

2

3

Grammar and vocabulary

7.

Are all the sentences grammartically correct?

8.

Are various sentences structures used?

9.

Are various words and expressions used?

10.

Are all the words spelled correctly, and are the punctuation marks used

correctly?

1

2

3

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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM VÀ BIỂU ĐIỂM

SPEAKING (20 points/ 200)

Rate students’s response based on the following criteria

Delivery

1.

How clearly did the students speak their response? 1 2 3

4

Language use

2.

How well did the students control language structures to convey their

ideas?

3.

How appropriately did the students use vocabulary to convey their ideas?

1

2

3

4

Topic Development

4.

How fully did the students answer the question?

5.

How coherently did the students present their ideas?

1

2

3

4

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12

LONG AN VÒNG 2 NĂM 2013

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH

NGÀY THI: 09/11/2013 (Buổi thi thứ hai)

PHẦN THI NÓI ( SPEAKING)

You have 7 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of

full sentences and try to SPEAK as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 3

minutes.

Question # 1 Some people think that it is important to use leisure time for activities that improve the

mind, such as reading and doing crossword puzzles. Others feel that it is important to rest

the mind during leisure time. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Question # 2 Some people say that education is the only critical factor to development of a country. To

what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Question # 3 Today our communications, medicine and transport systems all depend on computer

technology. Our reliance on computer technology has created a dangerous situation. To

what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Question # 4 The best way to solve the world’s environmental problems is to increase the cost of fuel. To

what extent do you agree or disagree?

Question # 5 Success is something which most people try to achieve. What can success mean to different

people? What is your view of success?

Question # 6 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Many countries have compulsory military service for men after they leave school. It would

be a good idea for all countries to adopt this system for men and possibly women.

Question # 7 Studying the English language in an English-speaking country is the best but not the only

way to learn language. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Question # 8 Internet when used as a source of information, has more drawbacks than advantages. To

what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Question # 9 Disruptive school students have a negative influence on others. Students who are noisy and

disobedient should be grouped together and taught separately. Do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answer.

Question # 10 With the rise in popularity of the internet, newspapers will soon become a thing of the past.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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LONG AN VÒNG 2 NĂM 2013

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH

NGÀY THI: 09/11/2013 (Buổi thi thứ hai)

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM PHẦN THI NÓI

Điểm tối đa cho phần thi nói là 20. Giám khảo chấm điểm dựa vào các yếu tố sau:

1. Tính lưu loát và mạch lạc:

- Diễn đạt trôi chảy.

- Biết sử dụng các từ ngữ liên kết để kết nối ý tưởng, câu, đoạn.

2. Sử dụng từ vựng:

Biết linh hoạt sử dụng các từ ngữ phù hợp chủ đề và biết cách thay đổi từ ngữ làm đa dạng ngôn ngữ khi

diễn đạt.

3. Sự tuân thủ ngữ pháp và mức diễn đạt chính xác:

- Biết sử dụng nhiều cấu trúc câu.

- Giám khảo hiểu được ý kiến dù diễn đạt có chứa lỗi.

4. Về kỷ năng phát âm:

- Mức độ giám khảo hiểu được nội dung diễn đạt.

- Mức độ thích đáng và phù hợp của ngữ âm và trọng âm khi thí sinh diễn đạt.

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MÔN THI:

TIẾNG ANH

NGÀY THI: 9/11/2013 (Buổi thi thứ hai)

PHẦN THI NÓI ( SPEAKING)

You have 7 minutes to sketch out what you are going to say. You should prepare notes instead of

full sentences and try to SPEAK as naturally as possible. Your talking time should not exceed 3

minutes.

Question # 1 Describe how your life will be different five years from now. Please include specific

examples and details in your explanation.

Question # 2 What characteristics of a house or an apartment do you think are the most important?

Please include specific examples and details in your explanation.

Question # 3 What is a challenging experience you have overcome, and how did you overcome it? Please

include specific examples and details in your explanation.

Question # 4 In which kind of natural environment (the mountains, the sea, etc.) would you like to live?

Please include specific examples and details in your explanation.

Question # 5 What kinds of job do you think will be the most popular in the future? Please include

specific examples and details in your explanation.

Question # 6 Some schools have all of their first-year students live together in dormitories. Other schools

have first-year students live together with students from other years. Which housing

arrangement do you think is better and why? Use specific reasons and examples to support

your preference.

Question # 7 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Students should take classes during

the day and work part-time jobs at night or on the weekend. Give specific reasons and

examples to support your opinion.

Question # 8 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People in modern society live

more comfortable lives than their grandparents’ generation did. Give specific reasons and

examples to support your opinion.

Question # 9 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People cannot learn important

lessons about life in classrooms. Give specific reasons and examples to support your

opinion.

Question # 10 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Having money and power is the

best way to measure success. Give specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

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VÒNG 2 NĂM 2013

MÔN THI:

TIẾNG ANH

NGÀY THI: 8/11/2013 (Buổi thi thứ nhất)

HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM VÀ BIỂU ĐIỂM

I. LISTENING

(50/200 points; 2,5 each)

PART 1

1. ten/10 o’clock 2. farther 3. heavy smoker 4. bus connection

5. D 6. C 7. D

8. £ 37.50 9. British and Indian 10. (her) deposit

PART 2

11. Great Britain

12. north and west

13. lakes

14. coastline

15. food processing

PART 3

16. live in cities 19. six treatment sessions

17. homeopathic remedies 20. disappear

18. the application of

II. LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (

20/ 200 points; 1 each

)

PART 1

21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. B

26. C 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. D

PART 2

31. invulnerability

32. undervalue

33. exploratory

34. grievances

35. sympathetically

PART 3

36. over five millions million

37. Less seriously serious

38. In the other hand On

39. for their revisions  reviews

40. what represent the opinion  which/that

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC