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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2020-2021 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12 (Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề)

SECTION TWO. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (12 pts)

Question 1.  Circle the letter of the best answer (5 pts)

1. Don’t be silly! That  .................. possibly be Madonna!

A. mustn’t

B. shouldn’t

C. won’t

D. can’t

2. No sooner had we started the picnic .................. the rain began pouring down!

A. than

B. when

C. that

D. and

3. You really shouldn't buy that car. I know the engine is fine, but most of the bodywork has been  ................. away by rust.

A. eaten

B. dissolved

C. crumbled

D. erased

4. Not only  ................. visit Japan but they plan to stop off in the USA as well?

A. they plan to

B. they must

C. will they

D. are they paying

5. I’ll hand over all my files to my assistant before I …………………….

A. am leaving

B. leave

C. will leave

D. shall leave

6. By the time Brown’s daughter graduates,  .................. retired.

A. he

B. he has

C. he’ll being

D. he’ll have

7. ……………… you try, you can never get them all right.

A. How hard

B. However hard

C. For as hard as

D. So hard as

8. On  .................. he had won, he jumped for joy.

A. telling

B. he was told

C. being told

D. having told

9. ..................  earlier, I would have done it for you.

A. Had I known

B. If I knew

C. Did I know

D. By knowing

10. Conservationists are worried that many potentially valuable ________ of plants and animals are threatened with extinction.

A. examples

B. brands

C. variations

D. species

11. He had an excellent grade in his examination _________ the fact that he hadn't worked particularly hard.

A. in spite of

B. although

C. because of

D. on account of

12. It was in this house ………………………………..

A. where I was born

B. in which I was born

C. that I was born

D. I was born in

13. Did the man  ................... by the committee accept the job?

A. appointing

B. appointed

C. was appointed

D. to appoint

14. I have two horses. ……………….. of them run very fast.

A. All

B. Each

C. Both

D. One

15. The child was told to ................... for being rude to his uncle.

A. excuse

B. apologize

C. confess

D. pardon

16. “John found it difficult to adjust to Libya.”

“For one thing, ……………… is a difficult language to learn.”

A. Arabic

B. the Arabic

C. the language Arabic

D. Arabics language

17. Some of you may have already completed section one. ………………., you can go on to section two .

A. If so

B. If you do

C. If you may

D. If not

18. When I was young, everyone in the family ................. gather together at home for Christmas.

A. would

B. used

C. was used

D. use

19. When his daughter returned after midnight for the third time, Henry decided to .................. down the laws and refused to allow her out at all.

A. set

B. put

C. hand

D. lay

20. Now ' s a .................... time to tell me you are going out this evening - I've spent the whole day preparing supper for you.

A. right

B. suitable

C. reasonable

D. fine

Question 2.  Use the proper tense/form of verbs in parentheses. Write your answer in the space provided (2,5 pts.)

The world is getting warmer and the oceans are rising. Why ………..  this (1. happen) ......................... One answer is that it could simply be part of a natural process. After all, there (2. be) ......................... ice ages and long periods of warmth, so we could just (3. experience) ......................... another warming trend. This kind of answer (4. have) ......................... more supporters a few years ago. What scientists now (5. believe) ......................... is that human activity is the cause. For more than two hundred years, human ……………….. gradually (6. change) ......................... the atmosphere, mainly as a result of industrial pollution. We (7. create) ......................... an atmosphere around the earth that, like a giant glass container, (8. let) ......................... heat from the sun through and then (9. hold) ......................... it in. …………… temperatures and sea levels (10. keep) ......................... rising? The general answer is unfortunately yes.  

Question  3. Correct the mistakes in the use of determiners and quantifiers in this text. There is an example for you (2pts):

I read a newspaper article about some of Spanish boys who got lost while they were hiking in Scotland. One of boys fell and twisted the ankle badly so he couldn’t move. Most them stayed with injured boy while two the older boys left to find help. However, this two boys didn’t know where to go and, after walking round in a big circle for a few hours, ended up back with his friends. Luckily, each boys had brought some water and food with him, so all them managed to survive a cold wet night out of doors. They were rescued the next day.

Example: some of Spanish boy → some Spanish boys

1. ………………………………… → ……………………………………………

2. ………………………………… → ……………………………………………

3. ………………………………… → …………………………………….……

4. ………………………………… → ……………………………………………

5. ………………………………… → ……………………………………………

6. ………………………………… → ……………………………………………

7. ………………………………… → ……………………………………………

8. ………………………………… → ……………………………………………

Question 4. Read the text below . Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.(2,5 pts)

One thing I know is that I wouldn't like to have an occupation                                OCCUPY

that has anything to do with physics,(1)........................ or maths;                             CHEMIST

I am not the(2)........................ type at all. In fact at school, I was a                          SCIENCE

complete(3)........................ in these subjects. Neither am I very                               FAIL

good at dealing with people, nor am I(4) ........................, so jobs in                         AMBITION

business, administration and (5)........................ don't really interest                         MANAGE

me either. Moreover I find it (6)........................ to be surrounded by                        IRRITATE

a lot of people; I would much rather have a job involving creative

work or (7)........................ skills of some sort. I would like to have the                    ART

chance of work outdoors (8)........................ and perhaps do a bit of                         OCCASION

traveling too. I am not (9)........................ concerned about becoming                       PARTICULAR

rich but I would like to have a (10)........................ income enough to                      REASON

live comfortably.

SECTION THREE. READING (12 pts.)

Question 1.  Fill each gap in the passage with one suitable word (5 pts)

Last Wednesday, Mary went to a concert with her friend Julia. The concert- hall was on the other side of the town and so they decided to (1) ......................... home early. They caught the bus and arrived long (2) ......................... the concert was due to start. There was a café nearby so they went in. Mary ordered a sandwich and coffee but Julia decided to have a hot meal. While they were waiting to (3) ......................... served, Mary looked (4) ......................... her handbag for the tickets to check what time the concert (5) ......................... begin.

To (6) ......................... dismay, she discovered that the tickets were not there! Then she remembered that she (7) ......................... left them on the table at home. She told Julia (8) .........................had happened and said she would go home to get the tickets. She promised to be (9) ......................... before the concert started.

Mary rushed (10) ........................ of the café and went to the bus-stop to catch a bus back to her house. Unfortunately, she had just (11) ......................... a bus and she (12) ......................... to wait a long time for (13) .........................one. She was just beginning to despair (14) ......................... she saw a taxi, which she signalled to stop. Giving her address to the driver, she jumped (15) ........................., and fifteen minutes later she was home. “Wait for me,” she said and ran into the house. Mary picked (16) ............... the tickets from the table and the taxi-driver drove her straight back to the café.

Julia had just finished her meal. Together they hurried out of the café and walked quickly to the concert-hall, (17) ......................... they arrived hot and (18) ......................... of breath. Mary showed the tickets to the man at the door, (19) ......................... looked at them carefully and then (20) ......................... them back. “I’m sorry,” he said. “”These are for next Wednesday.”

Question 2. Read the text and Table 1 below. Complete this text with these words plus of where necessary (2.5 pts)

            a great deal                 few                   many               most                 twelve times

            a third              fewest              more                ninety per cent            two-thirds

                  I read several studies about dating. In one American study, the researchers asked a large number of college students about arranging a date. They focused on dates arranged by women (see Table 1). (1) ……………………….. the students preferred hints. In a hint, for example, the woman mentions that she has noticed something about the man or seen him somewhere. If he talks to her, she can pay (2) ……………………….. attention to him and act as if he is very interesting. Then maybe she can say that she’d like to talk to him again. These types of hints were preferred by about (3) ……………………….. the students.

            About a third of the women said they wanted to wait for the man to ask. But only three per cent of the men wanted that. This means that almost (4) ……………………….. as many women as men think that this is a good idea. Such a large difference suggests that a lot of women are waiting and hoping for something that very (5) ……………………….. men will do. This may be one of the (6) ……………………….. reasons why students think it is hard to get a date.

            Another reason may be their different opinions about asking directly. “Asking directly” was chosen by the (7) ……………………….. women. More men, almost (8) ……………………….. them, liked this approach. In fact, in another study I read, (9) ……………………….. college men said that if they were asked directly, they would say “Yes.” An example of asking directly was: “I have some tickets for a concert. Would you like to go with me?” In my opinion, this example may not provide reliable evidence about dating. The man may want to go to the concert and say, “Yes,” but he may not like the woman. Is this a date? I don’t think so. I believe that we need (10) ……………………….. these studies to find out if men and women define “date” in the same way.

Table 1

If a woman is interested in going on a date with a man, the best thing for her to do is ………….
	Men agree	Women agree
........... ask him directly	30%	2%
………. give him a hint	67%	63%
……….. wait for him to ask her	3%	35%

Question 3. Read the following passage and circle the most suitable word for each space: (3 pts)

            According to a magazine article I read recently, we (1)______ live in an age of increasing  leisure. Not only are more and more people reaching retirement age with their taste for enjoyment and even adventure relatively (2)________  but the working week is becoming shorter and the opportunities for leisure are becoming greater and greater all the time. Not to mention the fact that people (3)_________  to spend less time traveling to work or may even be working from home. What I can't understand, however, is who these people are. As far as I can (4)________ the whole thing is another one of (5)________ journalistic fictions. I admit that there are a lot of retired people (6)_______ but I am not sure that all of them are dashing about learning hang- gliding or sailing single-handed (7)_________ the world. My own parents seem to (8)_______ most of their time gazing at the television. And as for the shorter working week, I wish someone (9)________ remind my company about it. I seem to be working longer and longer hours all the time. The little leisure time I have is eaten into by sitting in the traffic jams or waiting for trains to (10)_______ up at rain-swept platforms. I haven't noticed any dramatic improvements in my (11)_________ either, but perhaps I just have to wait until I get my (12)__________ .

1. A. presently             B. at the moment                     C. now                        D. at this time

2. A. present                B. survived                              C. free                         D. intact

3. A. use                      B. tend                                    C. have                        D. demand

4. A. concern               B. imagine                               C. expect                     D. tell

5. A. the                      B. those                                   C. these                       D. some

6.  A. in our days        B. in these times                      C. nowadays               D. now and again

7.  A. round                 B. over                                    C. through                   D. into

8.  A. have                   B. use                                      C. save                        D. spend

9.  A. would                B. to                                        C. had                         D. might

10.A. keep                   B. line                                      C. show                       D. set

11. A. cost of living    B. lifestyle                               C. lifeline                    D. livelihood

12. A. pension             B. retirement                           C. insurance                D. salary

Question 4. You are going to read a magazine article about pollution of the atmosphere. Choose the most suitable heading from the list (A-H) for each part (1-6) of the article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. There is an example for you (1.5 pts)

A. Before ozone existed

B. Repair gets slower

C. People ignore warnings

D. Ozone hole a certainty

E. The future is our responsibility

F. The function of the ozone layer

G. Delay reactions

H. Humans to blame

Strange results

In September 1982, Dr. Joe Farman, a British scientist working in the Antarctic, found that a dramatic change had taken place in the atmosphere above his research station on the ice continent. His instrument, set up to measure the amounts of a chemical called ozone in the atmosphere, seemed to go wild. Over just a few days they recorded that half the ozone had disappeared.

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ĐÁP ÁN

SECTION ONE. LISTENING (4 điểm)

Question 1. (2 điểm) Mỗi từ chọn đúng được 0,25 đ

	Event/ Activity	Day	Time	Accept? (Tick  (√)
Jake and Paula	Movie	(1) Wednesday	(2)  9 pm	….. X ……
Lucy and Chris	(3) Jazz	(4)  Thursday	(5)   8:30	(6)   √
Rich and Ed	(7) baseball	….. Saturday …..	(8)  2pm	…. √ ….

c. do not know each other

c. very healthy

5.  þ Music  þOther yoga

6.  þ Fish     þ Vegetables

7. þ Sometimes

9. þ 9:00-10:30

SECTION TWO. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY  (12 đ)

Question 1. 5 điểm. Mỗi câu chọn đúng được 0, 25 đ

1. D. can’t

2. A. than

3. A. eaten

4. C. will they

5. B. leave

6. D. he’ll have

7. B. However hard

8. C. being told

9. A. Had I known

10. D. species

11. A. in spite of

12. C. that I was born

13. B. appointed

14. C. Both

15. B. apologize

16. A. Arabic

17. A. If so

18. A. would

19. D. lay

20. D. fine      

Question 2. 2,5 điểm. Mỗi động từ chia đúng được 0,25 đ

1. is ............. happening

2. have been

3. be experiencing

4. had

5. believe

6. have …. been changing/ have been …. changing

7. have created

8. lets

9. holds

10. Will … keep

Question 3. 2 điểm. Mỗi câu sửa đúng được 0,25đ

1. One of boys → One of the boys

2. Most them stayed → Most of them

3. with injured boy → with the injured boy

4. while two the older boys left → two of the older boys

5. this two boys didn’t know → these two boys

6. back with his friends →  their friends

7. each boys had brought some water → each boy/ each of the boys

8. all them managed to survive → all of them/ they all

Question 4. 2,5 điểm. Mỗi từ đúng được 0,25 đ

1. chemistry                                         6. irritating

2. scientific                                           7. artistic

3. failure                                              8. occasionally

4. ambitious                                         9. particularly

5. management                                   10. reasonable

SECTION THREE: READING : 12 điểm

Question 1. 5 điểm. Mỗi từ điền đúng được 0,25 đ 

1. leave

2. before

3. be/ get

4. in/ inside/ through

5. would

6. her/ Mary’s/ their

7. had

8. what

9. back

10. out

11. missed

12. had

13. another

14. when

15. in/ inside

16. up

17. where/ so

18. out/ short

19. who

20. gave/ handed/ passed

 Question 2. 2,5 điểm. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25 đ

1. Most of

2. a great deal of (or more)

3. two-thirds of

4. twelve times

5. few

6. many

7. fewest

8. a third of

9. ninety per cent of

10. more of ( or a great deal of)

 Question 3. 3 điểm. Mỗi từ chọn đúng được 0,25 đ

1   C  now                   2.  D  intact                 3.  B  tend                   4.   D tell

5.  B  those                  6.  C nowadays           7.  A  round                 8. D  spend

9. A  would                 10. C  show                 11. B  lifestyle 12. A  pension

Question 4. 1,5 điểm. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,25 điểm

1. F

2. A

3. H

4. B

5. G

6. E

SECTION FOUR: WRITING (12 điểm )

Question I. 4  điểm. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,5 đ

1. Hardly had I put the phone down when the boss rang back.

2. Despite my strong disapproval of your behaviour, I will help you this time.

3. I’ve never known a more warm-hearted person than my mother (was).

4. She has no intention of giving up her hobby.

5. Nick admitted to one of the detectives that he had taken the cashbox.

6. By the time we sell the car, we will have spent $ 300 on repairs.

7. Not only was the room cold, but it was also very damp.

8. Contrary to what we had expected ( them to be) / our expectation, they were seasoned travellers

Question 2. 4  điểm. Mỗi câu đúng được 0,5 đ. Câu đề nghị:

1. Jane promised to keep in touch with us while she was in Australia.

2. My brother is working at a bank for the time being, but later he’ll try to find another job at an airport.Suggested answer.

3. They took advantages of my/ our hospitality and stayed a/ the whole week without paying.

4. I’m used to getting up early so I don’t mind leaving at 5 o’clock in the morning.

5. He used to go hunting in (the) forests when he was younger.

6. She was furious because he took no notice of her.

7. The/ that/ this castle dates back to/ from the 9^th century.

8. Sheep outnumber people in New Zealand by twenty to one.

Question 3. 4  điểm. 

Tổ chấm thống nhất điểm thành phần của bài luận theo những điểm đề nghị sau:

• Organization (Bố cục bài luận rõ ràng, đầy đủ 3 phần: mở bài, thân bài, kết luận) (0,5đ)
• Discourse     (Thể hiện khả năng viết mạch lạc, chặt chẽ; nối kết câu, chuyển mạch tốt) (1đ)
• Sentence structure (morphology, vocabulary, spelling): Cấu trúc câu, ngữ pháp, từ vựng; câu linh hoạt (đơn, phức..) (1đ)
• Ideas             (Ý hay, phong phú, biểu đạt nội dung liên quan chặt chẽ với chủ đề của đề thi) (1đ)
• Length          (Đảm bảo đủ số lượng từ qui định: không quá dài hoặc quá ngắn. (0,5đ)

I. Complete each sentence so that it means the same as the previous one.  (15 marks)

 1 “How long have you been learning English?” the teacher asked me.

 The teacher asked me how ................................................................

 2 My sister goes to bed later than my brother.

 My brother .........................................................................................

 3 Judy started working with us eight years ago.

 Judy has .............................................................................................

 4 The film wasn’t very interesting, but I’d like to see it again.

 Although ............................................................................................

5 It must be difficult to learn Chinese.

 It can’t ................................................................................................

 6 They’ll take the tourists on a sightseeing tour.

 The tourists .........................................................................................

 7 Pollution is killing many animals.

 Many animals .....................................................................................

 8 “I’m going to call the police,” Tom said to me.

 Tom told .............................................................................................

 9 I think you should take more exercise.

 If I .......................................................................................................

 10 I’d like to travel round the world but I don’t have enough money.

 If I .......................................................................................................

 11 He went back home in order to get his jacket.

 He went back home so.........................................................................

 12 It won’t be necessary for people to learn to write.

 People won’t .......................................................................................

 13 I plan to finish the book before the end of the week.

 By the end ...........................................................................................

 14 Somebody does Holly’s homework for her.

 Holly has .............................................................................................

 15 I didn’t write to you because I didn’t have your address.

 If I ........................................................................................................

II. Complete the sentences with the correct answer. (15 marks)

 1.  She hasn’t got a car, ............?

 A does she                 B has she         C hasn’t she

 2. I offered ............ her, but she wanted to try on her own.

 A to help        B help              C helping

 3 She’s been waiting ............ five o’clock.

 A since           B for                C from

 4. Did you enjoy ............ at the party?

 A you             B yourself       C by yourself

5. The wreck ............ a week ago.

 A was discovered       B was discovering       C has been discovered

 6. She had ............ beautiful voice!

A such             B so                 C such a

 7. I can hear someone ............ .

 A to scream                B screams        C screaming

 8. He ............ in Canada when he was a child.

 A used to live             B has been living        C was living

 9. She ............ me where she was going.

A told             B told to          C said

10. They didn’t allow us ............ out in the evening.

A going           B to go            C go

11. You ............ so much junk food.

A shouldn’t eat           B can’t be eating         C had better eat

12. The fourth time I tried I ............ break the record.

A could           B am able to                C managed to

13. If you ............ me I wouldn’t have gone there.

A have warned            B had warned              C would have warned

          14. She ............ me, because she was there too and she was wearing her glasses.

A can’t have seen        B couldn’t have seen              C must have seen

15. You ............ her that question — it was rude!

A shouldn’t have asked          B mustn’t have asked              C couldn’t have asked

III. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. (10 marks)

1. I knew he ............... (cry) when I saw him because his eyes were red.

2. What plans have you made for the summer? Where ............... (you /spend) the holiday?

3. I’m on a diet and by the end of the month I ............... (lose) six kilos.

4. They ............... (live) in the same house since they were born.

5. The film ............... (already/start) when we arrived at the cinema, so we missed the beginning.

6. Come on! We ............... (be) late for school.

7. This time tomorrow I ............... (watch) my favourite programme on TV.

8. He usually ............... (spend) most of the day talking on the phone.

9. In thirty years’ time people ............... (live) underwater.

10. If you ............... (give) me your number, I would have called you.

C. VOCABULARY

I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word. (10 marks)

 1. ..............., we didn’t have time to go sightseeing.                                     FORTUNE

 2. She’s still ...............; she’s been looking for a job for ages.                      EMPLOY

 3. When he saw the wreck he knew he had made an incredible................ . DISCOVER

 4. Musical ............... was provided in the evening.                                       ENTERTAIN

 5. The mystery is still ...............; nobody knows exactly what happened.    EXPLAIN

 6. He might come, but it is highly ............... that he will bring his girlfriend. LIKELY

 7. Don’t touch that mushroom! I think it is ………………….                     POISON

 8. We ............... go away at weekends, but we’re usually at home.              OCCASION

 9. There has been a lot of ............... recently about pollution of the sea.      DISCUSS

 10. He is very ............... of the young journalist.                                          SUSPICION

II. Complete the sentences with one word. (15 marks)

 1. Turtles don’t have babies; they l................. eggs.

 2. The scuba divers are e................. a shipwreck near those rocks.

 3. She never loses her t.................; she keeps calm whatever happens.

 4. Stop m................. about and come over here to help me.

 5. I can’t c................. on my work when you play that music so loud.

 6. This problem is too c................. — I can’t solve it.

 7. I love your new earrings. When did you have your ears p.................?

 8. Ricky Martin isn’t just a good singer, but also a t................. actor.

 9. This chair is very u.................; it’s given me a bad back.

 10. They’re t.................. an exam at school tomorrow.

 11. Don’t believe him! He’s only p................. to be in trouble.

 12. Someone has s................. fire to the computer lab! Call the fire brigade!

 13. Unicorns never existed; they’re just m................. creatures.

 14. Don’t tell anyone else about this; it’s a s................. between you and me.

 15. I need to take some t................. off work to relax a little.

D. PRONUNCIATION (20 ms)

Do they rhyme or not? If they rhyme write R in front of the number blank. If not, write N on the space provided. (10 marks)  e.g. _R_ night – light .    _N_light – late.

___ 1 date – late

___ 2 flood – should

___ 3 feed – read

___ 4 dare – repair

___ 5 slim – seem

___ 6 carry – scary

___ 7 rich – reach

___ 8 drown – brown

___ 9 wave – five

___ 10 keep – tip

___ 11 card – hard

___ 12 sail – fail

___13 pass – splash

___ 14 dirt – skirt

___15 lay – bay

___16 tide – hide

___17 shoot – put

___18 tip – keep

___19 pool – pull

___20 steer – clear

E. READING (20 ms)

Read this magazine article and do the exercises that follow.

THE FUTURE OF COMPUTERS

 1 It is becoming more and more difficult to imagine what our life would be like without computers. They have become essential everywhere: air travel depends on them, the publication of books and magazines depends on them, most communication systems cannot function without them. Computer chips even control your fridge, ___________________ (A).

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B/-Lexico and grammar (7.0ms)

Part 1 (2ms)

In these sentences, each one has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one word or phrase which must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct by circling letter A, B, C or D.

1. I went shopping  for buying  some fruits  this morning.

  A                   B                     C                    D

2. Why  didn’t you  came to   my party  last night?

   A            B               C                                   D

3. When  did you  last went  to  the theatre?

   A            B               C                     D        

4. I often  listen to  classical music   while I do  my homework.

   A            B                     C                      D             

5. My brother  prefers to go  to concerts  at weekends.

      A                       B       C                    D

6. Much  superstitions  and symbols are  connected  with  Halloween.

   A              B                             C                          D

7. Furniture makers use glue  to hold  joints together  and  sometimes  to reinforce  it

                                                     A                    B                       C

8. Sheep  have been  domesticated  for  over 5,000 years ago.

    A                                    B                C                               D                                            

9. The hard, out  surface  of  the tooth  is called  enamel.

       A                    B         C              D

10. Liquids take  the shape of any container  which in   they  are  placed.

       A                                                  B            C                D

Part 2 (2ms)

These are incomplete sentences. Choose A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence and then identify your answer by circling letter A, B, C or D.

1. In addition to their homes, the Pomo Indians or California built dance houses --------  religious ceremonies.

A. of                  B. for                  C. in which             D. were for

2. The wood of many pine species makes excellent pulp ------------   manufacture of paper.

A. in                  B. to                    C. for the                D. the

3. The photos of the American Civil War made by Matthew Brady and his assistants rank ------------ finest war pictures of all time.

A. the                B. in the               C. between the      D. among the

4. Albert Einstein’s contributions to scientific theory were ---------- those of Galileo and Newton.

A. important than                          B. more important

C. the most important                    D. as important as

5. Apart from Pluto, the outer planets -------------- the inner planets and are made mainly of lighter materials such as hydrogen and helium.

A. are larger than                           B. are the largest

C. larger than                                 D. are larger

6. ----------   our economic achievements, we are still a long way from being an “Asian Dragon”.

A. In spite         B. Though           C. Despite             D. Although.

7. When our country -------------- a full member of ASEAN, it will gain an important status in the whole world.

A. become        B. will become    C. becomes           D. became.

8. The new work of Japanese scientists on AIDS has been ------------ as a major breakthrough.

A. called          B. saluted              C. hailed              D. greeted

9. They can’t ---------   their son’s rudeness any longer.

A. release        B. ignore                C. torment           D. suffer.

10. The Russians have ----------  in controlling urban growth.

A. managed     B. attempted          C. succeeded       D. achieved

Part 3 (1m)

Use the right preposition

1. Stop wasting time! Get to my office ………... the double.

2. I met him at the party and he asked ………… you.

3. My mother never gives anyone a tip ……….. principle.

4. He gets up ……….. five.

5. Not until the office phoned me did I find out …………. the meeting.

1. -------------  2.-------------  3.-------------- 4.--------------- 5.---------------

Part 4 (2ms)

Fill in each of the following spaces with the correct form of one of the verbs provided. Use each verb only once.

do                    finish               cause               have                 start             say           meet                  use                   fail                   speak               occur               listen           make            result            identify        succeed

A student learning English occasionally (1).. the following problems when he (2)............. ……… to talks or lectures. It is difficult to decide where on word (3) .........  and the next one (4) ............. ….  .In speech, many sounds (5) ....  a student difficulty and he (6) ………................. to identify them. Some words in English, which (7) …………. very commonly, (8) .................. …… a weak form. An overseas student (9) …………… them with difficulty. In addition, many students sometimes (10) …………… not hear the unstressed syllable in a word. This problem never arises in print.

1. ………………  2……………………. 3. ……………… 4. ………………

5. ………………  6……………………. 7 ………………  8 ………………

9. ……………… 10. ………………….

C/-Reading (4.0ms)

Part 1 (2ms)

Read the passage about Education in the future . Then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the information in the passage.

EDUCATION IN THE FUTURE

Education is another area of social life in which information technology is changing the way we communicate. Today’s college students may not simply sit in a lecture or a library to learn about their field. Through their computers and the wonders of virtual reality they can participate in lifelike simulated experiences. Consider the following scenario of the future of education made possible through developments in information technology.

For children over the age of 10, daily attendance at schools is not compulsory.

Some of the older children attend school only once or twice weekly to get tutorial support or instruction from a teacher. For the most part, pupils are encouraged to work online from home. Students must complete a minimum number of study hours per year; however, they may make up these hours by studying at home at times that suit their family schedule. They can log on early or late in the day and even join live classes in other countries. In order to ensure that each student is learning adequately, computer software will automatically monitor the number of hours a week each student studies on-line as well as that students’ learning materials and assessment activities. Reports will be available for parents and teachers. The software can then identify the best learning activities and conditions for each individual student and generate similar activities. It can also identify areas of weak achievement and produce special programs adjusted to the student’s needs.

1. If students are under 10, they won’t have to go to school on a daily basis.

2. Sometimes students go to school to pay their tuition fees.

3. There are some requirements about the learning hours that students must complete in a year.

4. There is no way to find out whether students are learning adequately.

5. Students can be provided with learning programs that best suit them.

Part 2 (2ms)

Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space. Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D.

The Alexandra Palace in the north London was built with private funds as a “People’s Palace”. Serviced by its own station, it was opened in 1873 and was extremely well (1) ……... until, two weeks after its opening, it burnt down. It was (2)………………. by a slightly larger building which opened in 1875 and featured, (3)………………….. other things, a splendid organ and the Great Hall, which was the size of a football pitch . Despite the extraordinarily wide range of events (4)……………. there – from dog shows to great concerts and banquets, from elephant displays to bicycle matches – it always (5)…………… at a loss and by 1877 much of the park around it had been sold to speculative builders, (6) ………………only about half of the original land.

In 1900, a committee was appointed, whose principal duty was to (7)………. the Palace and park “for the free use of the people forever”. There were, however, (8) ………………..to charge for entry so that the substantial costs could be covered.

1. A. inhabited             B. attended                 C. crowded                 D. visited

2. A. installed              B. overtaken                C. renewed                  D. replaced

3. A. among                B. between                  C. from                        D. around

4. A. performed          B. set                           C. staged                     D. laid

5. A. conducted          B. acted                       C. operated                 D. maintained

6. A. letting                 B. remaining                C. leaving                    D. upholding

7. A. run                      B. handle                     C. lead                         D. overlook

8. A. powers                B. terms                       C. allowances              D. authorities

D/- Writing (6.5ms)

Part 1 (1.5ms)

Rewrite each sentence, starting as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.

1. If I had realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have  accepted the job.

- Had …………………………………………………..........................

…………………………………………………………………………

2. Harry broke his leg, and also injured his shoulder.

- Not only ……………………………………………………………………...

…………………………………………………………………………………

3. Because of the rough sea, the ferry couldn’t sail.

- The rough sea ………………………………………………………………...

………………………………………………………………………………….

Part 2  (2.0ms)

Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following eight sets of words or phrases, eight sentences which together make a letter. Write each sentence in the space provided.

                                                                                                            27 Poets Road

                                                                                                            Cambridge

                                                                                                            5 December 1989

The Personnel Officer

Cantab Export Ltd

1 Hill Street

Cambridge

CB1 2EU           

Dear Sir,

I write / reply / your advertisement / yesterday’s Evening Guardian.

a) ………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………..

In it you say / you look / secretary / good typing skills who be fluent / French / English.

b) ………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………..

I just complete / two-year bilingual secretarial course / my local college.

c) ……………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………….....

At / end / course I pass all / exam / good marks.

d) ………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………..

Before I start it / I spend  / year / France / living / French family.

e) …………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………

While I be there / I learn / speak French fluently.

f)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

I be very grateful / you send me more information about / job / application form.

g)………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………….

I look forward / hear  / you .

h) ……………………………………………………………………………….

                                                                                                      Yours faithfully,

                                                                                                            Janet Waters

Part 3 (3ms)

Write a composition (250 words) about the topic:

“A traffic accident you have witnessed”

......................................................................     

The end

ĐÁP ÁN

A/-Listening

Section 1 (1,25ms)

1. No.

2. Supermarkets are full of women giving up their lunch hour to do the family shopping.

3. women driver, sexy secretaries and mother- in-law

4. By altering the job description the films can avoid obeying the law on equal pay.

5. Magazines, TV, film and advertising portray women as sex objects, not people.

-  0.25m / each.

 Section 2 ( 1.25m).

B/-Lexico and grammar

Part 1 (2,0 ms)

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

0.20m / each.

Part 2  (2.0ms)

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

- 0.20m / each.

Part 3  (1.0m )

1/ at / on     2/ after    3/ on    4/ at    5/ about.

0.20m / each.

Part 4  (2.0ms )

1/ meets    2/ listens    3/ finishes    4/ stars            5/ cause.        6/ fails      7/ occur      8/ have         9/ identifies    10/ do.

0.20m / each.

 B. Reading 

Part 1 (2,0ms ).

1/ True     2/ False     3/ True     4/ False     5/ True. 0.4m / each.

Part 2 (2.0ms ).

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

0.25m / each.

C. Writing .

Part 1 (1.5ms)

1/ Had I realized what would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted the job.

2/ Not only did Harry break his leg but he also injured his shoulder.

3/ The rough sea prevented (stopped) the ferry from sailing.

OR:  The rough sea made it impossible for the ferry to sail.

0.5m / each.

Part 2 (2.0ms).

a/ I am writing in reply to your advertisement in yesterday’s ‘Everning Guardian’.

b/ In it you say  (said) (that) you are ( were) looking for a secretary with good typing skills who must be (is)  fluent in French and English.

c/ I have just completed the (a) two- year bilingual secretarial course at my local college.

d/ At the end of the ( my) course I passed the exams (all my exams) with good marks.

e/ Before I started It I (had) spent a (one) year in France living with a French family.

f/ While I was there I learned (how) to speak French fluently.

g/ I will (would) be grateful if you’d send me (some) more information about the (this) job (and) the application form.

h/ I look forward to hearing from you.

0.25m / each.

Part 3 ( 3ms).

A composition about  250 words.

- Form:  1.25ms   - content:  1.50ms    - Coherence:  0.25m..

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Section A: Grammar & Vocabulary (45 points)

Part 1

1. I don't think you can lift that case ........... I help you.

A. since                           B. without                               C. not                      D. unless        

2. Are you going to attend Dr Baker's ........... on "Brain Electronics"?

A. conference                 B. lecture                                 C. meeting               D. discussion

3. I cannot help ...........anxious about the exam results.

A. to feel                                     B. feel                                     C. feeling                D. felt 

4. “I’d like to be in one of that ...........”, Paul said.

A. teachers classes                                                          B. teacher classes                   

C. teacher’s class                                                            D. teacher’s classes

5. Every computer consists of a number of systems ..........work together.

A. if                                B. although                             C. that                     D. when              

6. Isaac Newton wasn’t very interested in Physics...........he grew older.

A. unless                         B. until                                    C. although             D. because

7. Who was the first person ...........the South Pole?

A. reaching                      B. who reaches                        C. reached               D. to reach

8. The evening was spent .............

A. to play and to talk                                                      B. to play and talk

C. playing and talking                                                     D. playing and to talk

9. Would you mind ...........your radio a little, please?

A. turning in                    B. turning down                      C. turning to            D. turning out  

10. I think he is ...........his time looking for a job there, they are not taking any staff on at present.

A. wasting                      B. losing                                  C. spending             D. missing

11. The injured ...........before help came.      

A. had died                      B. has died                              C. have died            D. would die

12. He was made ...........out all the truth by the police.

A. speak                          B. speaking                            C. spoke                  D. to speak

13. I cannot stand ...........around  ...........nothing.

A. to sit / to do                 B. sit / doing                         C. sitting / doing     D. sitting / do

14. I think he knew how to do it! He made the mistake just ...........purpose.

A. for                               B. in                                        C. from                    D. on

15. The room was ...........with strangers.

A. full                              B. complete                            C. crowded             D. bored

16. This is Mr. White, ...........invention has helped hundreds of deaf people.

A. whose                          B. which                                 C. that                     D. whom

17. It was clear that the young couple were ...........of taking charge of such a big restaurant.

A. able                             B. reliable                              C. capable                D. responsible

18. I would appreciate it ...........what I have told you a secret.

A. you can keep              B. that you kept                     C. you will keep       D. if you kept

19. There was an accident on the motorway and we were ...........for an hour.

A. held down                   B. held up                              C. put back               D. put up

20. The number of tourists ...........this year as a result of the good weather.

A. doubles                       B. have doubled                   C. has doubled           D. doubled    

21. .............the storm, the ship couldn’t reach its destination on time.

A. In case of                    B. In spite of                         C. Because of          D. But for

22. E-mail is an effective form of communication ...........many busy businesses rely.

A. on which                      B. on that                             C. which                   D. that

23. Florida, ...........as the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year.

A. being known               B. that is known                    C. known                 D. is known    

24. Let's eat out tonight, ...........?

A. shall we                       B. do we                                C. do us                    D. let us

25. There were very large rooms with ...........in the house.

A. beautiful decorating walls                                         B. beautiful walls decorating

C. beautifully decorated walls                                                   D. beautifully decorating walls

Part II

26. If he weren’t too old, he would apply to the job as a war reporter.

                A                              B                  C            D

27. The singer which performed live on VTV3 yesterday has always been the singer I admire most.    

                            A                         B                                               C                                                 D

28. Our Spanish professor would like us spending more time practicing our pronunciation.

                                                            A       B           C                  D

29. We thought our cameras were the same, but his is different than the one that I bought.  

                                                             A                  B                    C                             D

30. Even though she looks very young, she is twice older than my twenty-year-old sister.  

           A                       B                                                  C                        D

31. Kangaroos, that can be seen everywhere in Australia, have long tails.

                           A               B                                  C                       D

32. Linda has such many things to do that she has no time to go out .

                         A                           B                   C                  D

33. Although the quantity was small, we had supplies enough to finish the experiment.

           A                             B                                      C                 D.

34. It is difficult to get used to sleep in a tent after having a soft, comfortable bed to lie on.

                           A                   B                                C                                                D

35. Not only cigarettes and too alcohol is believed to be harmful to one's health.

      A                          B           C                        D

Part III:

36. It has become ..................... difficult to find a job nowadays.                      37. The boss got angry as her work result was ...........................                         38. Tom was so tired that he fell ......................... at his desk.                              39. For the rest of his life, the man lived in great ........................                            40. Pablo Picasso was a very .......................... artist.                                              41. Have you spent all your ......................... on the games?                                42. More and more women know how to .......................... themselves.                   43. Her ......................... include swimming and reading.                                      44. She is a highly- ......................... woman.                                                        45. They will go to ......................... out in commemoration of their marriage.

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Section B: Reading (25 points)

Part 1

      The first pictures of Mars taken by the Viking spacecraft show that there may once have been (46) ...... the planet. Mars seems red from Earth and in fact (47) .... . The probable reason (48) ...... this is that it is apparently covered with iron ore oxide, (49) .....means that there must be oxygen there. Viking also carried with it a machine to collect samples of the soil. The samples contain oxygen and there is no doubt, (50) ......., that nitrogen, a gas which is (51) .....essential to life as oxygen, also exists in the Martian atmosphere. One of the most remarkable discoveries is that (52) ....... that the oxygen is being turned into carbon dioxide. The latest theories about this have interested scientists to (53) ........extent that (54) ......... of them have begun experiments in the American desert to see if Earth soils will behave in the same way (55)  ........ ones.

46. A. the life in          B. the life on               C. life in                      D. life on        

47. A. there is              B. it is                          C. it's                           D. its                     

48. A. of                      B. to                            C. why                        D. for     

49. A. which               B. what                        C. that                         D. it                       

50. A. too                    B. however                  C. either                      D. neither            

51. A. like                   B. similar                     C. as                            D. so

52. A. there is evidence                                  B. it is evidence         

C. there are evidences                               D. they are evidences

53. A. a so great          B. a such                      C. so much                  D. such an

54. A. a big lot            B. a great deal             C. a number                D. an amount

55. A. like the Martian                                    B. as the Martian       

C. as the Martian's                                     D. like the Martian's

Part II

            In 1877, George Eastman, who worked in a bank in Rochester, wanted to take photographs on holiday. However, he was very disappointed to discover that the only cameras available (56).................. very large and heavy, and required the use of complicated equipment.

            Eastman realized that many other people were keen to take photographs but were prevented from (57) ................... so. What was needed was a simple, hand-held camera, and so, in (58) ................. spare time, he began to experiment.

            After a (59) .................. deal of work he was ready to open a factory and succeeded in producing his first camera in 1888. It was a small rectangular box and inside was a roll of special paper. This paper was sensitive (60) .................. light and replaced the heavy pieces of glass that had been used before. When the roll was finished, the camera had to (61) .................. sent back to the factory in New York (62) .................... the photographs to be developed and printed. The following year a transparent film was invented and was better than the paper roll. This could be removed by the photographer and taken to a local center for (63) .........................

            The new camera was an instant success and within a (64) ...................... years Eastman was very rich. But he was a generous man and during his lifetime, he gave away millions of dollars to support a number (65) ................. educational institutions.

Part III. (5 points) Em hãy chọn câu trả lời đúng.

             Walt Whitman, born in New York in 1819, was one of America’s unusual literary figures. An individualist, he rambled through the country seeing people and places, and making them his own. His experiences in earning a living were varied: at times he was a printer, a teacher, a carpenter, a nurse and a newspaper editor. He was a big-hearted man, open and accepting. He spent a lot of his time caring for the wounded during the Civil War. Though he lived in the city, he often spent time in the country, developing his strong sense of nature, which carried through his poems. In 1855, he collected the verses he had written, and published them in one thin volume, “Leaves of Grass”, a book which he revised and was generally ignored by other poets, probably because his verse forms were not traditional. He had felt that it was necessary to achieve a new poetic form in order to communicate his views. His reputation didn’t grow until after his death, and it reached a high point in the 1920s. Since then, Whitman’s style has greatly influenced modern poets.

66. The best title for this passage is ……............

A. Leaves of Grass                                          B. A Country Man     

C. Walt Whitman                                            D. A New Form of Poetry

67. Whitman’s big-heartedness is shown by his ……….......

A. visiting the country                                                B. being an individualist        

C. rewriting “Leaves of Grass”                       D. caring for the wounded

68. It can be understood from the passage that during Whitman’s lifetime, probably other poets  ……..

A. accepted him                                              B. praised him            

C. laughed at him                                            D. communicated with him

69. Probably, Whitman was ignored because he ………

A. wrote a new form                                       B. walked through the countryside

C. published his poems                                   D. rewrote his book

70. The word “rambled” in line 2 is most similar to the meaning of ………

A. stopped briefly       B. walked slowly        C. travelled quickly     D. marched excitedly

Section C: Writing (30 points)

Part I

71. A / where / a / laboratory / carried / experiments / are / is / place / out.

A. A place where are carried out experiments is a laboratory.

B. A place where is a laboratory experiments are carried out.

C. A place carried out are where experiments is a laboratory.

D. A place where experiments are carried out is a laboratory.

72. Darwin,  / theory of evolution / was / scientists / among / made / famous, / him / the / greatest / whose.

A. Darwin, whose theory of evolution was among the greatest, made him famous scientists.

B. Darwin, whose theory of evolution has made him famous, was among the greatest scientists.

C. Darwin, whose theory of evolution made him famous, was among the greatest scientists.

D. Darwin, made him famous whose theory of evolution, was among the greatest scientists.

73. the / are / easier / is / it / learn / the / to / you / younger.

A. The younger it is to learn, the easier you are.

B. The younger, the easier it is you are to learn.

C. The younger to learn, the easier you are it is.

D. The younger you are, the easier it is to learn.

74. I / on / the / both / was / and / long / which / boring / couldn’t / lecture / biology / understand.

A. I couldn’t understand on the biology lecture which was both long and boring.

B. I couldn’t understand which was both the long and boring lecture on biology.

C. I couldn’t understand which lecture on biology was both the long and boring.

D. I couldn’t understand the lecture on biology which was both long and boring.

75. the / a / in / of / in / has / years / changes / number / system /Vietnam / education /undergone/ recent.

A. The recent Vietnam in education system has undergone a number of years in changes.

B. The undergone education system in Vietnam has recent changes in a number of Vietnam.

C. The education system in Vietnam has undergone a number of changes in recent years.

D.  The number of recent years in a system has undergone education changes in Vietnam.

76. vehicles / the / morning / at / streets / crowded / the / in / are / 7.30 / with.

A. The streets are crowded at 7.30 in the morning with vehicles.

B. The streets are crowded at 7.30 with vehicles in the morning.

C. The streets are crowded with vehicles at 7.30 in the morning.

D. The streets are crowded at vehicles at 7.30 in the morning.

77.  they / rather / stay / home/ go/ see / film / would / that / at / to / than.

A. They’d rather to stay at home than to go to that film.

B. They’d rather stay at home than go to see film.

C. They’d rather stay at home than going to see that film.

D. They’d rather stay at home than go to see that film.

78. Susan / better / say/ “sorry”/ Peter/ late / party / had / for / to / coming /  to / the/ her.

A. Susan had better say “sorry” to Peter for her late to the party.

B. Susan had better say “sorry” to Peter for her coming late to the party.

C. Susan had better say “a sorry” with Peter for to come late to his party.

D. Susan had better say “sorry”  to Peter for she came late to his party.

79. no matter / door / the / hard / tried, / open / how / I / I / not / could.

A. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t open the door.

B. No matter how I tried hard, I couldn’t open the door.

C. No matter the hard I tried, I couldn’t open the door.

D. No matter very hard I tried, I couldn’t open the door.

80. English / widely / entertainment / is / in / the / used / language / most.

A. English entertainment in the most widely used is language.

B. English is the most widely used language in entertainment.

C. English is used in the most widely entertainment language.

D. English language is in the most widely used entertainment.

Part II

81. Working so much will make you tired.

If you ......................................................................................................................................... 

82. People think Columbus found America before others.

America ..................................................................................................................................... 

83. “Shall we go to the theatre tonight?” said one of the boys.

One of the boys .........................................................................................................................

84. They kept his passport so that he couldn't leave the country.

They prevented­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­..........................................................................................................................

85. I don’t have enough money with me now; otherwise I will buy that coat.

If I ..............................................................................................................................................

86. I’m sure he didn’t do it by himself.

He...............................................................................................................................................

87. She thought it was too difficult for her to finish her work by lunchtime.

She found...................................................................................................................................

88. We couldn’t go out because the weather was so cold.

It was .........................................................................................................................................

89. I haven't seen Anne for years.

It's years.....................................................................................................................................

90. I only realized what I had missed when they told me about it later.

Only when .................................................................................................................................

Part III

91. She / look / frighten / when / hear / the / terrify / news / last night.

........................................................................................................................................................

92. She / not mind / wash / dishes/ but / she / bored / cook / dinner.

........................................................................................................................................................

93. Bill Gates / name / famous / software engineers / one / richest men / in / world.

.........................................................................................................................................................

94. I / going / watch / “The Wheel of Fortune”  / VTV3 / which / on/ 12 p.m.

.........................................................................................................................................................

95. 1918 / Hemingway / work / driver / the Italian front / where / bad / wounded.

.........................................................................................................................................................

96. Psychiatrists / try  / stop / people  / smoke / but / they / not /successful.

.........................................................................................................................................................

97. My brother / sometimes / forget / turn off / stove / when / finish / cook.

.........................................................................................................................................................

98. Unless / save / water / we / have to  / suffer / water shortage.

............................................................................................................................................................

99. It / the English article / phrasal verb / that / puzzle / I / most.

.........................................................................................................................................................

100. Provide / your handwriting / legible / your answers / accept /.

.........................................................................................................................................................

– The end –

ĐÁP ÁN

Section a: (45 Đ)

Part I:         

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

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

21.C  22.A  23.C  24.A  25.C

Part II: 

26.C   27.A  28.B  29.C  30.C  31.A  32.A  33.C  34.B  35.A

Part III:

36. increasingly                    41. earnings

37. unsatisfactory                42. beautify

38. asleep                             43. interests

39. poverty                            44. educated

40. creative                           45. dine

Section B: 

Part I

46.D  47. B  48.D  49.A  50.C  51.C  52.A  53.D  54.C  55.B

Part II

56. were         57. doing       58. his                    59. great / good           60. to           61. be             62. for             63. developing      64. few                        65. of

Part III

66. C           67. D           68. C           69. A           70. C

Section C: writing (30 Đ)

Part I:

71.D  72.C  73.D  74.D  75.C  76.C  77.D  78.B  79.A  80.B

Part II:

81. If you work so much, you will be/feel/get tired.

82. America is thought to have been found by Columbus before others.

83. One of the boys suggested going to the theatre that night.

84. They prevented him from leaving the country by keeping his passport.

85. If I had enough money with me now, I would buy that coat.

86. He can’t have done it by himself.

87. She found it difficult to finish her work by lunchtime.

88. It was such cold weather that we couldn’t go out.

89. It’s years since I last saw Anne/ I saw Anne for the last time.

90. Only when they told me about it later did I realize what I had missed.

Part III:

91. She looked frightened when she heard the terrifying news last night.

92. She doesn’t mind washing the dishes but she is bored with cooking dinner.

93. Bill Gates, whose name is famous among the software engineers, is one of the richest men in the world.

94. I’m going to watch “The Wheel of Fortune” on VTV 3, which will be on at 12 p.m.

95. In 1918, Hemingway worked as a driver on the Italian front, where he was badly wounded.

96. Psychiatrists have tried/ been trying to stop people from smoking but they haven’t been (very) successful.

97. My brother sometimes forgets to turn off the stove when he finishes cooking.

98. Unless we save water, we will have to suffer from water shortage.

99. It’s the English articles and phrasal verbs that puzzle me most.

100. Provided / providing (that) your handwriting is legible, your answers will be accepted.

-The end-

Section one: Phonetics

Question 1: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:         

1. A. fond                               B. off                          C. follow                     D. honey

2. A. there                               B. appear                     C. wear                        D. prepare

3. A. though                            B. enough                    C. cough                      D. rough

4. A. storage                            B. encourage               C. garage                     D. shortage

5. A. fat                                   B. any                          C. land                        D. band

Question 2: Choose the word whose the main stress is placed differently from the others: 

6. A. evaporate                        B. consulate                C. contemplate            D. coordinate

7. A. interrupt                         B. interview                C. intervene                 D. interstellar

8. A. continent                        B. continue                  C. contention              D. contain

9. A. overweight                     B. overdevelop            C. overnight                D. overhead

10. A. demonstration              B. vegetation               C. generation               D. attraction

Section two: Grammar and vocabulary

Question 1: Circle the letter of the best answers:

1. Don't be silly! That ________ possibly be Madonna!

A. mustn't                               B. shouldn't                             C. won't                      D. can't

2. No sooner had we started the picnic _______ the rain began pouring down!

A. than                                    B. when                                   C. that                         D. and

3. You really shouldn't buy that car. I know the engine is fine, but most of the bodywork has been ____________away by rust.

A. eaten                                   B. dissolve                              C. crumbled                D. erases

4. Not only __________ visit Japan but they plan to stop off in the USA as well?

A. they plan to                        B. they must                            C. will they                 D. are they paying

5. I'll hand over all my files to my assistant before I _________

A. am leaving                          B. leave                                   C. will leave                D. shall leave

6. By the time Brown's daughter graduates, ________retired.

A. he                                       B. he has                                 C. He'll being              D. he'll have

7. _______ you try, you can never get them all right.

A. How hard                           B. however hard                     C. For as hard as         D. so hard as

8. On __________he had won, he jumped for joy

A. telling                                 B. he was told                         C. being told              D. having told

9. ________earlier, I would have done it for you.

A. Had I known                      B. If I knew                             C. did I know              D. by knowing

10. Conservationists are worried that many potential valuable _______of plants and animals are threatened with extinction.

A. examples                            B. brands                                 C. variations                D. species

11. He had an excellent grade in his examination ________the fact that he hadn't worked particularly hard.

A. in spite of                           B. although                             C. because of              D. on account of

12. It was in this house__________

A. where I was born                B. in which I was born            C. that I was born        D. I was born in

13. Was the man ______ by the committee accept the job?

A. appointing                          B. appointed                           C. was appointed        D. to appointed

14. I have two horses, _________ of them run very fast.

A. all                                       B. each                                                C. both                        D. one

15. The child was told to _______for being rude to his uncle.

A. excuse                                B. apologize                            C. confess                   D. pardon

16. " John found it  difficult to adjust to Libya."

" For one thing, __________is a difficult language to learn."

A. Arabic                                B. the Arabic                           C. the language Arabic   D. Arabics language

17. Some of you may have already completed section one __________ , you can go on to section two.

A. if so                        B. if you do                                         C. it you may              D. if not

18. When I was young, everyone in the family _________gather together at home for christmas.

A. would                                 B. used to                                C. was used                 D. use

19. When his daughter returned after midnight for the third time, Henry decided to _______down the laws and refused to allow her out at all.

A. set                                       B. put                                      C. hand                       D. lay

20. Now's a _________time to tell me you are going out this evening- I've spent the whole day preparing supper for you.

A. right                                    B. suitable                               C. reasonable               D. fine.

Question 2: Fill in each numbered space with one suitable word.The world of dreams

Most people feel that when they dream, they (0) are carried off to another world.  (1)...........................the contrary, dreams are often connected  (2) ................... our daily lives. 

(3) ......................... our whole mind (4)........................ filled with something, when we are either very upset (5)..................... when we are in good spirit, a dream will represent (6)...................... reality in symbols. It is often said that we benefit (7) ...................... dreams because they help the spirit to heal itself. when things (8)...............................wrong. Dreams are therefore (9) ....................... kind of escape, almost a holiday from (10) ...................... life, with its fears and responsibilities . It is, (11) ....................., a strange (12) ............................ of holiday because whether we have a wonderful time or whether it turns (13)  .................... to be a nightmare, we quickly forget it. Most dreams disappear forever, (14) ......................... you are one of those people disciplined enough to write (15) ........................ down as soon as you wake up.

Question 3: Read the text below. Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line

                                                My ideal job

One thing I know is that I wouldn't like to have an occupation                                  OCCUPY

that has anything to do with physics, (1) ............................ or maths;                       CHEMIST

I am not the (2) .................................. type at all. In fact at school, I was a              SCIENCE

complete (3) .................................. in these subjects. Neither am I very                   FAIL

good at dealing with people, nor am I (4) .................................., so jobs in              AMBITION

business, administration and (5) .................................. don't really interest              MANAGE

me either. Moreover I find it (6) .................................. to be surrounded by             IRRITATE

a lot of people; I would much rather have a job involving creative

work or (7) .................................. skills of some sort. I'd like to have the                 ART

chance to work outdoors (8) .................................. and perhaps do a bit of              OCCASION

travelling too. I am not (9) .................................. concerned

about becoming                                                                                                         PARTICULAR

rich but I would like to have a (10) .................................. income - enough             REASON

to live comfortably.   

Section three : Reading         

Question 1: Read the following passage and answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D which you think is correct.

The sun today is a yellow dwarf star. It is fueled by thermonuclear reactions near its center that convert hydrogen to helium. The sun has existed in its present state for about 4 billion, 600 million years and is thousands of times larger than the earth.

By studying other stars, astronomers can predict what of the rest of the Sun's life will be like. About 5 billion years from now, the core of the sun will shrink and become hotter. The surface temperature will fall. The higher temperature of the center will increase the rate of thermonuclear reactions. The outer regions of the Sun will expand appropriately 35 million miles, about the distance to Mercury, which is the closest planet to the Sun.  The Sun will be then a red giant star. Temperatures on the Earth will become too hot for life to exist.

Once the Sun has used up its thermonuclear energy as a red giant, it will begin to shirk. After it shirks to the size of the Earth, it will become a white dwarf star. The Sun may throw off huge amounts of gases in violent eruptions called nova explosion as it changes from a red giant to a white dwarf.

After billions of years as a white dwarf, the Sun will have lost its heat. Such a star is called a black dwarf. After the Sun has become a black dwarf, the Earth will be dark and cold. If any atmosphere remains there, it will have frozen onto the Earth's surface.

1. What is the primary purpose of this passage?

A. to alert people to the dangers of posed by the sun.

B. To discuss conditions on Earth in the far future.

C. To present a theory about the red giant stars.

D. To describe changes that the Sun will go through.

2. It can be inferred from the passage that the Sun

A. It approximately haftway through its life as a yellow dwarf.

B. has been in existence for 10 billion years.

C. is rapidly changing in size and brightness.

D. will continue as a yellow dwarf for another 10 billion years.

3. What will probably be the first stage of change as the Sun becomes a red giant?

A. Its core will cool off and use less fuel

B. Its surface will become hotter and shrink.

C. It will throw off huge amounts of gases.

D. Its center will grow smaller and hotter.

4. According to the passage, which of the following best describes the sequence of the stages that the Sun will probably pass through?

A. Yellow dwarf, white dwarf, red giant, black giant.

B. Red giant, white dwarf, red dwarf, nova explosion.

C. Yellow dwarf, red giant, white dwarf, black dwarf.

D. White dwarf, red giant, black dwarf, a yellow dwarf.

5. The word " there" in the last sentence of paragraph 4 refers to

A. our own planet

B. The outer surface of the Sun

C. the core of a black dwarf

D. the planet Mercury.

Question 2: Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition;

1. Valuable chemical products are obtained _____ volcanic substances, including gold and silver.

2. The company has laid _________strict procedures for this kind of situation.

3. You are perfectly capable _________ of making your own bed, I would have thought!

4. Keep away _____those electrical wires.

5. My friend, Howard, is very enthusiastic __________his new equipment.

6. That boy threw a piece of stone _______the old man.

7. The geese no longer had their freedom, but they were safe _______the other fowls.

Section four : Writing

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before.

1. I had only just put the phoned down when the boss rang back.

     Hardly ...................................................................................................................................

2. While I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, I will help you this time.

     Despite my ............................................................................................................................

3. My mother was the most warm-hearted person I've ever known.

    I've .........................................................................................................................................

4. Her hobby is one thing that she doesn't intend to give up.

    She has ...................................................................................................................................

5. Nick told one of the detectives that he had taken the cashbox.

    Nick admitted ........................................................................................................................

6. We are spending $ 300 on repairs before we sell the car.

    By the time we sell the car, ...................................................................................................

7. The room wasn't only cold, it was also very damp.

    Not ........................................................................................................................................

8. They were seasoned travelers, which we hadn't expected them to be!

    Contrary ................................................................................................................................

9. He not only failed in his exam but also had a road accident.

    Not only ................................................................................................................................

10. I will marry her and I don't care how old she is.

    No matter ...............................................................................................................................

Section five: There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it.

1. For such an experience and able teacher, discipline was not a problem.

2. He looks remarkable like his father.

3. They didn't seem to take any notice of that the teacher said.

4. Tom's very good at science when his brother is absolutely hopeless.

5. I watched the train to leave until it was out of sight.

6. Maria asked Sandra whether she knew the post office had been at strike for the past week.

7. Never before have so many people in the United States interested in soccer.

8. Despite the identity of the attacker is known to the police, no name has been released.

9. Nobody watched, so the little boy took the packet of sweets from the shelf and putting it in his pocket.

10. More and more women are now joining the pay labor force worldly.

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ĐÁP ÁN

Section 1: Phonetics ( 1p)

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

6. A                 7. B                 8. A                 9. C                 10. D

Section2: Grammar and vocabulary

Question1: ( 2p)

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

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

Question2: ( 1,5p)

1. on                2. to                 3. when                       4. is                  5. or                 6. its                7. from

8. go                9. a                  10. real                        11. however                            12. kind/sort/type       

13. out             14. unless                    15 .them

Question 3: ( 1p)

1. chemistry                             2. scientific                              3. failure                      4. ambitious

5. management                        6. irritating                              7. artistic                     8. occationally

9. particularly              10. reasonable

Section 3: Reading

Question 1: ( 1p)

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

Question 2: (1p)

1. from            2. down                       3. of                             4. from

5. about                       6. at                             7. as

Section 4: writing ( 1,5p)

1. Hardly had I put the phone down when the boss rang back

2. Despite my strongly disapprovement of your behaviour, I will help you this time

3. I've never known a more earm-hearted person than my mother.

4. She has never given up her hobby.

5. Nick admitted having taken the cashbox

6. By the time we sell the car, we will have spent $ 300

7. Not only was the room cold, it was very damp

8. Contrary to our expectation, they were seasoned travelers

9. Not only did he fail in his exam but had a road accident.

10. No matter how old she is, I will marry her.

Section 5: ( 1p)

	Mistakes	Correction		Mistakes	Correction
1	able	ability	6	past	previous
2	like	as	7	have	were
3	that	what	8	identity	identification
4	when	while	9	putting	put
5	to leave	leaving	10	worldly	worldwide

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