TỔNG hợp đề THI và đáp án THI HSG cấp TỈNH môn TIẾNG ANH lớp 12

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SỞ GD-ĐT BẠC LIÊU KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 12 CẤP TỈNH

NĂM HỌC 2014 - 2015

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC

Ngày thi: 19/10/2014

Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

ĐỀ

A LISTENING

I Listen and fill in the missing words Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each blanks Write your answers in the spaces provided (0) is an example You’ll hear twice (2 points) City Arts Festival

1 The opening night is on (0)………

2 Phone number: (1)………

Special events: When What Where How much Monday (2)……… City Hall (3) £……… for students (4)……… A jazz band (5)……… £ 2.50 for students Thursday A poetry evening (6)……… £ 1.25 for students Friday (7)……… The college (8) £……… for adults and £ 2.75 for students Saturday (9)……… City parks Only (10) £………

Your answers: 0 September 20th 1 ……… 6 ………

2 ……… 7 ………

3 ……… 8 ………

4 ……… 9 ………

5 ……… 10 ………

2 – Bảng A

II Listen and supply the blanks with the missing words Write your answers in the spaces provided (0) is an example You’ll hear twice (2 points)

Tokyo is very (0) …… It is the (1) …… city in the world Over (2) …… million people live there However, it’s just over (3) …… square kilometers in size

It was built in the (4) …… century and became the capital in the (5) …… century

Tokyo is a (6) …… city It’s on Honshu island, on the (7) …… in Tokyo bay

It can be very hot in summer, although it can be very (8) ……

Tokyo is a very (9) …… and dynamic city Of course, it is busier and (10) …… than Sydney Your answers: 0 overcrowded 1 ……… 6 ………

2 ……… 7 ………

3 ……… 8 ………

4 ……… 9 ………

5 ……… 10 ………

III Listen and choose the best option (A, B or C) to answer each question Write your answers in the spaces provided You’ll hear twice (1 point)

1 Where has the woman been?

2 Why can’t the woman’s husband go abroad?

A He has allergies

B He doesn’t like foreign food

C He can’t afford the money

3 Why can’t the woman’s husband spend a day on a train?

A He doesn’t like the toilets on the trains

B He doesn’t like water

C The trains are dirty

4 What kind of transport does the woman go to work?

A By car B By a rowing boat C By bus

5 What is the free gift?

A A magazine B A scarf C A bag

2 We found the delicious food _

3 Did you see Jonathan this morning? He looked like _ It must have quite a party lastnight

4 He's _ his health, and takes dozens of vitamins everyday

5 No evidence has _ doubt on the guilt of the man jailed for the crime

6 - "I hope they haven't forgotten."

- " I know They _ here an hour ago."

7 An employee who has a complaint or _ should take the matter to his or her manager

4 – Bảng A

8 Thankfully, the child was OK, having suffered _ a few scratches

9 I didn't take up his recommendation, as he sounded so _ about it

II Complete the paragraph with the correct forms of the CAPITAL words Write your answers

in the spaces provided (0) is an example (0.5 point)

PRECIOUS METALGold has several qualities that have made it a commodity of

(0) value throughout history It is attractive in EXCEPTION

colour, durable to the point of virtual (1) , and DESTROY

usually found in nature in a (2) pure form The COMPARE

history of gold is (3) by that of any other metal EQUAL

because of its value in the minds of men from earliest times

The era of gold production that followed the Spanish discovery

of the Americas in the 1490s was probably the greatest the

world had witnessed to that time The (4) of mines EXPLOIT

by slave labour and the looting of Indian palaces, temples, and

graves in Central and South America resulted in a(n) (5) PRECEDENT

influx of gold that literally unbalanced the economic structure

of Europe

Your answers:

0 exceptional 1 ……… 2 ………

3 ……… 4 ……… 5 ………

III Read the text and look carefully at each numbered line If the line is correct, put a tick (√) If the line has a word which should not be there, write the word There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00) (1 point) EARLY STONE TOOLS A recent discovery has led scientists to revise their ideas about the 0 √ old ancestors of early humans It seems they started to make use 00 old of stone tools nearly one million years earlier than had previously 1 ………

been thought Archaeologists revised from the date after spotting 2 ………

distinctive marks made by the stone tools on animal bones dating 3 ………

back nearly three and a half million years The remains, including a rib from a one cow-like creature and a thigh bone from an 4 ………

animal similar in size to a goat, were recovered from an old river 5 ………

bed on which was being excavated in Ethiopia 6

The use of simple stone tools to remove meat from their bones 7 ………

represents a crucial moment in human history As a result of turning to meat for sustenance, the early human developed larger 8 ………

brains, which in turn was enabled them to make more 9 ………

sophisticated tools The bones unearthed in Ethiopia may as well 10 ………

represent the very beginning of that process

IV Complete each of the following sentences with a phrasal verb from the list There is one extra phrasal verb which you do need to use (0.5 point)

6 – Bảng A

1 The details of cancellation charges are ……… in the table below

2 Violence ……… and a lot of people were injured

3 I'm too tired! I've been ……… with work this week!

4 The show is so popular that it's ……… for weeks ahead

5 When Howard saw the broken window, he ……… a rage

be _ (1) _ for meat and milk, but also rats and mice which had jumped ship Cats later broughtover to kill these pets also quickly escaped into the _ (2) _ Little did the settlers understand theimpact this would have on local species The rabbits they'd brought over too, could not be held in _(3) _ for long, and their numbers rapidly expanded But it was not just fauna that arrived but also _(4) _ Plants such as the blackberry bramble flourished in the tropical climate and spread throughoutthe _ (5) _ forest

In the past, the islands' birds had no natural _ (6) _ Many therefore evolved to lay theireggs in ground nests This habit now makes them incredibly _ (7) _ as rats and mice destroy theireggs and cats devour the newly hatched chicks Meanwhile grazing goats, rabbits and cows have _ (8) _ once fertile valleys into wasteland

Conservationists from Chile and around the world are uniting to show the urgent need for _(9) _ of these islands' original and unique species They know the best way to do this to _ (10) _ the plants and animals that are alien species

8 A adapted B altered C turned D made

9 A continuation B maintenance C duration D preservation

Your answers:

0 A

1 ………… 2 ………… 3 ………… 4 ………… 5 …………

6 ………… 7 ………… 8 ………… 9 ………… 10 …………

II Read the passage and fill in each blank with only ONE suitable word Write your answers in the spaces provided (0) is an example (1point) CHOOSING THE BEST SHADE Most of us buy a new pair _ (0) _ fashionable sunglasses each year To be honest, we probably _ (1) _ more thought into looking cool than we do into how suitable the sunglasses are for our needs It seems an obvious thing to say, but the main role of sunglasses is not actually to _ (2) _ your image It is rather to protect your eyes from the potentially harmful rays of the sun What's _ (3) _, price is not necessarily the best guide _ (4) _ the effectiveness of sunglasses _ (5) _ you may still want to choose a pair of sunglasses that look good on you, it's also crucial to check out just how effective they will be as protection for your eyes There are three types of light which can _ (6) _ the human eye They are known as ultra-violet light, visible light and infra-red light If you _ (7) _ the choice of sunglasses seriously, then you will want to protect yourself against all three Finally, don't forget to get a good carrying case, especially if you're going travelling A hard protective case may well be bulky to carry round, but there is _ (8) _ more annoying than pulling _ (9) _ your glasses and finding that one of the _ (10) _ has snapped off Your answers: 0 of 1 ……… 6 ………

2 ……… 7 ………

3 ……… 8 ………

4 ……… 9 ………

5 ……… 10 ………

8 – Bảng A

III Read a magazine article about childhood obesity Five sentences have been removed from thearticle Choose from the sentences A-F the one which fits each gap (1-5) There is one extrasentence which you do not to use Write your answers in the spaces provided (1 points)

CHILDHOOD OBESITY

If a child becomes obese, their body processes can change Some of these may be difficult oreven impossible to alter in adulthood Fat cells are created in the first few years of life If fat is storedquickly, more fat cells are created (1) _ Eventually, fat cells stop multiplying, and anadult has a fixed number for the rest of their life The existing cells simply swell or shrink toaccommodate more fat The amount of fat the body wants to store is thought to be proportional to thetotal number of fat cells So if you were overweight as a child, your body is programmed to carry morefat (2) _

Few health problems are observed in obese children, but they may develop conditions thatcause problems later in life, such as high blood pressure They may also suffer from "sleep apnoea".When this happens, soft tissue in the throat blocks the airway during sleep This can stop theirbreathing for up to a minute This process can happen hundreds of time a night, leading to heartdisease, memory problems, headaches, and tiredness Some obese children may develop diabetes (3) _ When it strikes, the body stop being able to process sugar properly, and the cells arestarved of energy Diabetes cannot be cured, but it can be treated It may lead to problems such as nervedamage, heart disease, kidney disease, and blindness (4) _

Negative body image can cause depression and social problems - overweight children are oftenteased Low self-esteem may not directly affect physical health, but it is actually the biggest problemobese children meet in everyday life (5) _

So, don't single out your child as the one with the problem Introduce healthy meals to thewhole family This way, everyone can make healthy changes to their lifestyle

A Normally, this condition only starts much later in life

B Children with this condition will have to live with it all their lives, increasing the chance ofproblems

C It may even lead to "comfort eating", making the situation even worse

D So an obese child can have up to three times as many as a normal child

E It is not worth forbidding fattening food, because forbidding certain foods can make them seemmore attractive to children

F This does not mean that you cannot lose weight through diet and exercise, but it will be harder

Your answers:

IV Read the passage below Then choose one best answer (A, B, C or D) before each option toeach question Write your answers in the spaces provided (2 points)

Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men Discrimination against women inbusiness, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number ofwomen entrepreneurs small Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s As CarolynDoppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was the decade

of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the womenentrepreneur."

What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanceddegrees in business and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles Women are still excludedfrom most executive suites Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted "In the 1970swomen believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board Nowthey've found out that isn't going to happen, so they go out on their own."

In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in "women's" fields - cosmetics and clothing, forexample But this is changing Consider ASK Computer Systems, a $22-million-a-year computersoftware business It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig, who was then a housewife with degrees

in math and engineering When Kurtzig, founded the business, her first product was software that ledweekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carries - and her office was a bedroom at home, with

a shoebox under the bed to hold the company's cash After she succeeded with the newspapersoftware system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs.When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow It now has 200 employees, and SandraKurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock

Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do They stillface hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money: the banking and financeworld is still dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard Most businesses owned by women are stillquite small But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzigs in the yearsahead

1 What is the main idea of this passage?

A Women today are better educated than in the past, making them more attractive to the businessworld

B The computer is especially lucrative for women today

C Women are better at small businesses than men are

D Women today are opening more businesses of their own

2 The word "excluded" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _

A not permitted in

B often invited to

A women are required to stay at home with their families.

B women lacked ability to work in business

C women faced discrimination in business

D women were not trained in business

4 In paragraph 2, "that" refers to _

A a woman becoming chairman of the board

B women working hard

C Women achieving advanced degrees

D women believing that business is a place for them

5 According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in the 1970s _

A were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management

B were still more interested in education than business opportunities

C had fewer obstacles in business than they do today

D were unable to work hard enough to succeed in business

6 The expression "keep tabs on" in paragraph 3 in order to _

A recognize the appearance of

B keep records of

C provide transportation for

D pay the salaries of

7 The author mentions the "shoebox under the bed" in paragraph 3 in order to _

A show the frugality of women in business

B show the resourcefulness of Sandra Kurtzig

C point out that initially the financial resources of Sandra Kurtzig's business were limited

D suggest that the company needed to expand

8 It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that businesses operated by women aresmall because _

A women prefer a small intimate setting

C women are not able to borrow money easily

D many women fail at large businesses

9 The author's attitude about the future of women in business is _

A skeptical

B optimistic

C frustrated

D negative

10 According to the author, although women earn advanced degrees in business, _

A they still meet some obstacles in business

B they don't like to develop their business

C they prefer to take care of their families

D they like to hire several bright computer-science graduates to develop their own businesses

1 He kept asking awkward questions and there was no reason for it

 He kept asking awkward questions without there

2 If seen from this angle, the picture looks rather good

12 – Bảng A

 He’s a cold

II The graph below shows data about the annual earnings of three beverage companies in Someland, 2000 – 2010 Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and making comparisons where relevant Write at least 150 words (2 points)

III Some people say that highschool students shouldn’t go to school by motorbikes To what extend do you agree or disagree? In 150 – 200 words, give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience

14 – Bảng A

-The

end -1 – Bảng B

NĂM HỌC 2014 - 2015

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC

Ngày thi: 19/10/2014

Thời gian: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

ĐỀ

A LISTENING

I Listen and fill in the missing words Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each blanks Write your answers in the spaces provided (0) is an example You’ll hear twice (2 points) City Arts Festival

1 The opening night is on (0)………

2 Phone number: (1)………

Special events: When What Where How much Monday (2)……… City Hall (3) £……… for students (4)……… A jazz band (5)……… £ 2.50 for students Thursday A poetry evening (6)……… £ 1.25 for students Friday (7)……… The college (8) £……… for adults and £ 2.75 for students Saturday (9)……… City parks Only (10) £………

Your answers: 0 September 20th 1 ……… 6 ………

2 ……… 7 ………

3 ……… 8 ………

4 ……… 9 ………

5 ……… 10 ………

II Listen and supply the blanks with the missing words Write your answers in the spacesprovided (0) is an example You’ll hear twice (2 points)

One day, Yossi Ghinsberg started a journey with (0) …… other men They were travelling throughthe (1) …… of Bolivia but, after a few days, they were (2) …… In the end, two of the group, Yossiand Kevin, built a raft so they could travel down the (3) ……… and find help For some time, theytravelled down the river, but (4) ……… they hit a rock Yossi fell off the raft and (5) ……… to theshore While Yossi was lost in the jungle, his friend Kevin was (6)……… He stayed on the raft andluckily some (7) ……… men found him Then they searched for Yossi and, (8) ……… , after threeweeks they found him (9) ……… Sadly, the other two men never (10) ………

1 Where has the woman been?

2 Why can’t the woman’s husband go abroad?

A He has allergies

B He doesn’t like foreign food

C He can’t afford the money

3 Why can’t the woman’s husband spend a day on a train?

A He doesn’t like the toilets on the trains

B He doesn’t like water

C The trains are dirty

4 What kind of transport does the woman go to work?

A By car B By a rowing boat C By bus

5 What is the free gift?

Your answer:

3 – Bảng B

B LEXICO - GRAMMAR

I Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence Write youranswers in the spaces provided (2 points)

1 - "Can you come away with me for the weekend?"

- "I can't as I'm decorating the kitchen , my mother is ill."

2 The of the family home following the divorce was a great shock to the children

A the material of inheritance B is inheritance material

C material is inherited D inherits material

6 She was so tired last night that she slept like until 10 o'clock this morning

8 John will never buy you a drink - he's far too

9 If this animal had escaped from its cage it could have killed or maimed severalpeople.

10 When wood, natural gas, oil, or any other fuel burns, with oxygen in the air toproduce heat

A combining substances in the fuel B substances in the fuel combine

C substances in the fuel that combine D a combination of substances in the fuel

Your answers:

II Complete the paragraph with the correct forms of the CAPITAL words Write your answers

in the spaces provided (0) is an example (0.5 point)

THE ART OF GIVING AND TAKINGGift exchange, which is also called _ (0) _ exchange, is the CEREMONY

transfer of goods or services that, although regarded as _ (1) _ VOLUNTEER

by people involved, is part of the expected social _ (2) _ The BEHAVE

exchange is an expression of an existing social relationship or of the

establishment of a new one that differs from _ (3) _ market PERSON

relationships; and the profit in gift exchange may be in the sphere

of social relationships and prestige rather than in material

advantage The gift-exchange cycle entails _ (4) _ to give, to OBLIGE

receive, and to return Sanctions may exist to induce people to give,

_ (5) _ or loss of prestige resulting from a failure to do so APPROVE

Refusal to accept a gift may be seen as rejection of social relations

and may lead to enmity

Your answers:

5 – Bảng B

0 ceremonial 1 ………

2 ……… 3 ………

4 ……… 5 ………

III Read the text and look carefully at each numbered line If the line is correct, put a tick (√) If the line has a word which should not be there, write the word There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00) (1 point) EARLY STONE TOOLS A recent discovery has led scientists to revise their ideas about the 0 √ old ancestors of early humans It seems they started to make use 00 old of stone tools nearly one million years earlier than had previously 1 ………

been thought Archaeologists revised from the date after spotting 2 ………

distinctive marks made by the stone tools on animal bones dating 3 ………

back nearly three and a half million years The remains, including a rib from a one cow-like creature and a thigh bone from an 4 ………

animal similar in size to a goat, were recovered from an old river 5 ………

bed on which was being excavated in Ethiopia 6

The use of simple stone tools to remove meat from their bones 7 ………

represents a crucial moment in human history As a result of turning to meat for sustenance, the early human developed larger 8 ………

brains, which in turn was enabled them to make more 9 ………

sophisticated tools The bones unearthed in Ethiopia may as well 10 ………

represent the very beginning of that process

IV Complete each of the following sentences with a phrasal verb from the list There is one extra phrasal verb which you do need to use (0.5 point)

1 When Mark saw how ridiculous he looked he ……… laughing

2 We had to pay a lot of money in damages after the verdict ……… us.

3 A car suddenly ……… in front of me and I couldn't stop in time

4 Terry's quite nice really Don't be ……… by his appearance

5 We have ……… our inquiries after receiving new information

C READING

I For questions 1 - 10, read the text below and circle which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits eachgap There is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers in the spaces provided (1point)

SLACKLININGSlacklining is a new outdoor _ (0) _ which has become quite popular in London's park Allyou need if you want to _ (1) _ a go at slacklining is two trees about fifteen metres _ (2) _ , afive centimetre-wide strap of around the same length and the equipment to _ (3) _ the strap to thetrees

The slackline is not a rope, but a flat piece of strong webbing material The _ (4) _ is thatyou try to walk along the line without _ (5) _ your balance As the line is usually _ (6) _about a metre or so above the ground, there is no _ (7) _ risk of injury if you don't _ (8) _ tostay on the line Other street sports, such as skateboarding and parkour are much more dangerous

Basically, slacklining _ (9) _ quite a lot of practice, but it is something that you can learn

to do At first, most people like to _ (10) _ on to a friend's hand until they get used to the feeling

of the moving line under their feet Typically, as soon as they let go of their friend, however, they falloff It's harder than it looks, but most people get there in the end, and more experienced slacklinerseven learn to do tricks

0 A activity B adventure C opportunity D enterprise

Although athletes are taught _ (5) _ to breathe, their chest muscles may not be able toachieve _ (6) _ maintain deep, efficient breathing _ (7) _, when they try to breathe as theyare told, they often _ (8) _ tired and breathless The most effective way to improve the breathing is _ (9) _ training the lungs and the rib cage muscles, not only to improve their strength, _ (10) _ also their resistance to fatigue and breathlessness.

CHILDHOOD OBESITY

If a child becomes obese, their body processes can change Some of these may be difficult oreven impossible to alter in adulthood Fat cells are created in the first few years of life If fat is storedquickly, more fat cells are created (1) _ Eventually, fat cells stop multiplying, and an

accommodate more fat The amount of fat the body wants to store is thought to be proportional to thetotal number of fat

cells So if you were overweight as a child, your body is programmed to carry more fat (2) _

Few health problems are observed in obese children, but they may develop conditions thatcause problems later in life, such as high blood pressure They may also suffer from "sleep apnoea".When this happens, soft tissue in the throat blocks the airway during sleep This can stop theirbreathing for up to a minute This process can happen hundreds of time a night, leading to heartdisease, memory problems, headaches, and tiredness Some obese children may develop diabetes (3) _ When it strikes, the body stop being able to process sugar properly, and the cells arestarved of energy Diabetes cannot be cured, but it can be treated It may lead to problems such as nervedamage, heart disease, kidney disease, and blindness (4) _

Negative body image can cause depression and social problems - overweight children are oftenteased Low self-esteem may not directly affect physical health, but it is actually the biggest problemobese children meet in everyday life (5) _

So, don't single out your child as the one with the problem Introduce healthy meals to thewhole family This way, everyone can make healthy changes to their lifestyle

A Normally, this condition only starts much later in life

B Children with this condition will have to live with it all their lives, increasing the chance ofproblems

C It may even lead to "comfort eating", making the situation even worse

D So an obese child can have up to three times as many as a normal child

E It is not worth forbidding fattening food, because forbidding certain foods can make them seemmore attractive to children

F This does not mean that you cannot lose weight through diet and exercise, but it will be harder

9 – Bảng B

women entrepreneurs small Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s As CarolynDoppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was the decade

of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the womenentrepreneur."

What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanceddegrees in business and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles Women are still excludedfrom most executive suites Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted "In the 1970swomen believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board Nowthey've found out that isn't going to happen, so they go out on their own."

In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in "women's" fields - cosmetics and clothing, forexample But this is changing Consider ASK Computer Systems, a $22-million-a-year computersoftware business It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig, who was then a housewife with degrees

in math and engineering When Kurtzig, founded the business, her first product was software that ledweekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carries - and her office was a bedroom at home, with

a shoebox under the bed to hold the company's cash After she succeeded with the newspapersoftware system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs.When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow It now has 200 employees, and SandraKurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock

Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do They stillface hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money: the banking and financeworld is still dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard Most businesses owned by women are stillquite small But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzigs in the yearsahead

1 What is the main idea of this passage?

A Women today are better educated than in the past, making them more attractive to the businessworld

B The computer is especially lucrative for women today

C Women are better at small businesses than men are

D Women today are opening more businesses of their own

2 The word "excluded" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _

A not permitted in

B often invited to

C decorators of

D charged admission to

except _.

A women are required to stay at home with their families

B women lacked ability to work in business

C women faced discrimination in business

D women were not trained in business

4 In paragraph 2, "that" refers to _

A a woman becoming chairman of the board

B women working hard

C Women achieving advanced degrees

D women believing that business is a place for them

5 According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in the 1970s _

A were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management

B were still more interested in education than business opportunities

C had fewer obstacles in business than they do today

D were unable to work hard enough to succeed in business

6 The expression "keep tabs on" in paragraph 3 in order to _

A recognize the appearance of

B keep records of

C provide transportation for

D pay the salaries of

7 The author mentions the "shoebox under the bed" in paragraph 3 in order to _

A show the frugality of women in business

B show the resourcefulness of Sandra Kurtzig

C point out that initially the financial resources of Sandra Kurtzig's business were limited

D suggest that the company needed to expand

8 It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that businesses operated by women aresmall because _

A women prefer a small intimate setting

B women can't deal with money

C women are not able to borrow money easily

11 – Bảng B

D many women fail at large businesses

9 The author's attitude about the future of women in business is _

A skeptical

B optimistic

C frustrated

D negative

10 According to the author, although women earn advanced degrees in business, _

A they still meet some obstacles in business

B they don't like to develop their business

C they prefer to take care of their families

D they like to hire several bright computer-science graduates to develop their own businesses

3 What does he want?

 I’d like to know

4 Thanh is a child, so he likes watching cartoons

 Being

5 After looking at the map, we tried to find the right street

 After we

13 – Bảng B

III Some people say that highschool students shouldn’t go to school by motorbikes

To what extend do you agree or disagree?

In 150 – 200 words, give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from yourown knowledge and experience

15 – Bảng B

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I LISTENING (3 points)

Part 1: Listen to three extracts and circle the correct answer Remember to listen to the recording twice.

Extract One: You will hear two friends talking about an experience one of them has as a volunteer.

1 Nigel joined the Blue Ventures project because …………

a a friend of his encouraged him to do volunteer work

b he had always dreamed of going to Madagascar

c he thought the experience would be useful to him

2 Which word best describes Jenny’s reaction to Nigel’s account?

Extract Two: You will hear two people talking about how to deal with a compulsive disorder.

3 When did Alice realize she had a problem?

a when she had a strong urge to go shopping all the time

b after she had got into serious financial difficulty

c once she had talked to a professional about how she felt

4 Alice now goes to a gym in order to ………

a stop herself spending money b get fit and lose a bit of weight c get to know new people

Extract Three: You will hear two friends talking about a football match they have just watched.

5 The woman thinks that England ………

a deserved to lose b were not confident enough c were unfortunate

6 According to the man ………

a Gerrard was unfairly treated b England played badly c Russia didn’t play well

Part 2: You will hear a writer talking about a book she has written on the subject of aspirin For question

7-15, fill in each blank with one word from the recording Remember to listen to the recording twice.

THE STORY OF ASPIRIN

Doctors in 7 ……… Egypt treated their patients with a medicine derived from the bark of thewillow Edward Stone believed that willow tree 8 ……… was similar to quinine The activeingredient of aspirin was 9 ……… in 1829 Unfortunately, salicylic acid can affect the 10

……… quite badly The first commercial available aspirins were made by Bayer, a 11

……… company However, there was little 12 ……….…… into the way aspirin works fornearly seventy years Some scientists think that people over 13 ……… should take aspirin toprevent certain diseases It appears that 14 ……… grown without artificial chemicals also contain theactive 15 ……… of aspirin

2 There is a ……… possibility I’ll get a pay rise in January

3 Hoping to ………… the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ………… toboth labor and management

a enforce / useful b end / divisive c extend / satisfactory d resolve / acceptable

4 I would be happy to contribute ……… the cost of the petrol

5 Diplomats receive a generous living allowance ………… and above their basic salaries

6 Could you lend me £50 to ………… until pay day?

7 Everything on the main menu looked very appetizing, but in the end we decided to ………… the salmon inchampagne sauce

8 The more expensive carpet is a good choice ………… it will last longer

9 …………., the people who come to our badminton club are in their twenties and thirties

10 ‘Can you come with me for the weekend?’

‘I can’t as I’m decorating the kitchen ……… , my mother is ill.’

III Provide the correct forms / or tenses of the verbs in brackets (1 point)

When we use the word Romeo for a romantic young man, we hardly think of the character from WilliamShakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet But a sure sign of an author (1 create) …….……… a successfulcharacter (2 be) ………….……… that the character’s name (3 enter) ….……… the language and (4.become) ……… a word Although only (5 write) …….……… in Spanish, Shakespeare’scontemporary Carvantes (6 achieve) ……… the feat of creating a new word in a different language

– English, the adjective quixotic This word (7 come) ……… from the title character of Carvantes’

Don Quixote

One author who was particularly successful in seeing his characters (8 enter) ……… the languagewas the novelist Charles Dickens In modern English a scrooge is used to describe someone who is mean andtries (9 avoid) ……… spending money at all As well as Scrooge, Dickens also (10 have)

……… success with Fagin, the villain of Oliver Twist In the novel Fagin controlled a group ofchild criminals His name is often used in the press to describe real-life adult leaders of youthful gangs

IV Provide the correct form of the word in brackets (1 point)

Playing is a serious business Children engrossed in a make-believe world, fox cubs play fighting, or kittensteasing a ball of string, aren’t just having fun Play may look like a (1 care) ……… and exuberantway to pass the time before the hard work of (2 adult) ……… comes along, but there is much more to

it than that For a start, play can be dangerous and cost some animals their lives It is also extremely (3 cost)

……… in terms of energy Nature tends not to waste energy, so there must be a reason for thisdangerous and strenuous activity Playing is a requirement for the development of intelligence Current

they do interact with their peers Children destined to suffer mental illnesses as adults engage in little socialplay early in life The effect of depriving normal children of play is still (7 know) ………, but theimplication is that (8 create) ……… and learning abilities could be adversely affected With (9 school)

……… beginning earlier and becoming (10 increase) ……… more exam-oriented, the timeafforded to play is obviously being reduced What the result will be is likely to cause concern

V Cloze test: fill in each blank with ONE suitable word (2 points)

These days commercial airliners are becoming larger, 1 ……… makes flying cheaper but in manyways more impersonal Perhaps 2 ……… a response to this, a more old-fashioned way of taking tothe air is gaining popularity in Britain A number of companies today offer charter flights in small aircrafts.You hire the plane and pilot, just as you might hire a chauffeur-driven car, and they are yours for the day

If you are flying on a short trip from Britain to the continent, a light plane can get you there 3

……… as quickly as a jet airliner In fact the whole journey takes far 4……… time, sinceyou don’t need to be at the airport hours in advance And if you share the cost with friends, it can be cheaperthan a scheduled flight

The atmosphere on board is relaxed and friendly, with formalities 5……… passport control andcustoms, if not entirely eliminated, at least kept 6……… a minimum Instead of walking for7……… seems like miles through a vast airport terminal, 8……… it’s time to take off,you simply stroll over and ease 9……… into the plane Even the flight itself is more fun as10……… as the weather is fine And if you want to descend and take a closer look at something onthe ground, just ask the pilot; you are the boss

VI IDENTIFY 10 errors in the following passage and CORRECT them (2 points)

IN TOUCH WITH MACHINE

Engineers are finally beginning to recognize the value of the human touch with regard to the operation ofmechanical devices Until recently, the makers of automated machinery seemed bent to rendering operatorsredundant by reducing its involvement with the machine to the touch of a button This theoretical made theuser’s job easier, but in practice, they felt they had no connection with machine or how it functioned

The relatively new field of haptics is changeable all that It focuses on ensuring that an operator can ‘feel’what a machine is doing Haptic principles, which have applied very successfully to cars and aircrafts, arenow being applied to earth-moving equipment with excellent results

By programming haptic feedback into the electronic control system, engineers are helping operators toenhance their understanding of how a machine is responding to a particularly terrain through feel, and bydoing so, achieving optimum performance It is also hoped that operators will be able to anticipate possiblehazards in the ground, such as hidden water or gas pipes, by means of haptic warned sensations transmittedthrough the controls and so do evasive action

=> 1…… ……… 2…… ……… 3…… ……… 4…… ……… 5…… ……… 6…… ……….7…… ……… 8…… ……… 9…… ……….10…… …………

to come In the past, meteorologists looked skywards to find hints in the clouds At present, their eyes are (3)

……… at the spots where the most intriguing climatic transformations (4) ……… about,namely, the (5) ……… depths of the oceans where swirls, whirlpools and waves (6)

………the patterns for the future weather,

The most efficient way of getting hold of the ever-changing map of the swirling currents circulating their heataround the planet is from space Weather satellites equipped with complicated instruments examine thesurface and the bottom of the oceans and determine the exact height of water The impressive advantageoffered by satellite scanning is that measurements can be (7) ……… even in the most inaccessibleparts of the oceans and can provide daily pictures of the water surface together with the (8) ………wave height and wind speed

Besides being a priceless device for predicting climatic conditions for tourists, farmers or aviators, weathersatellites also (9) ……… advance warnings against storms or typhoons which (10)

……… the coastal populations to protect themselves against these destructive forces of nature

VIII Reading comprehension: Read the following passage and then circle the best answer to each question (2 points)

The minister of education was interviewed on the radio last week about his plans for raising readingstandards He talked about the need to reach a wider public, speaking enthusiastically about new ways toachievethis, such as by advertising on television, by handing out books to babies at their nine-month healthchecks, and, most significantly, through the cooperation of three leading television soap opera producers, whohave been persuaded to weave into the plot the message that reading is good for you There was no mistakingthe radio interviewer’s disapproval – soap operas tailoring their storylines to government initiatives?

‘Indoctrination,’ he muttered

Television, however, is the obvious place to go in search of lost readers There is hardly much point using thepublic library or the local bookshop to promote reading, as those who don’t read rarely enter either, andprobably associate both with the school classroom, and consequently with activities which are boring Today,whether we like it or not, film and television are the point of entry for large numbers of people into thedelights of storytelling and the appreciation of a good plot Think how many people have bought copies of the

‘book of the TV drama’ This phenomenon took one nineteenth-century novel to number one in thebestsellers’ list recently

When I was a student in the 1960s, I was taught that popular culture – pulp fiction and romance – manipulatedthe working classes, persuading them to be obedient to those above them, making them want less in life and