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MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12- NĂM HỌC: 2021- 2022

LẦN 3 Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

A. LISTENING:
Part I: You will hear people talking in 5 different situations. For questions 1-8, choose
the best answer (A, B or C). (5 points)
1. You hear a student talking to her tutor about studying history at university.
What does the student say about studying history?
A. it will provide her with some valuable skills.
B. it is necessary for the career she has chosen.
C. it wasn't her first choice of subject.
2. You hear a man talking about poetry. What is he doing?
A. describing differences between poetry and other literature
B. persuading people to get involved in writing poetry
C. explaining why a popular belief about poetry is incorrect
3. You hear a young woman talking about having studied abroad. What does she say about it?
A. it helped her get a job in the field she wanted.
B. it wasn't an easy thing to have done.
C. it gave interviewers an incorrect impression of her.
4. You hear two students talking about a lecture on choosing colours for websites. What do they agree about?
A. how important it is to keep a consistent image
B. how useful it is to adapt websites for different countries
C. how interesting it is to study the use of colour on websites
5. You hear a tutor discussing a student's work with him. What is the purpose of their conversation?
A. to discuss the student's ideas for an essay he's working on
B. to check the student understands the point of some feedback
C. to help the student think of ways to improve his work
Part II: You will hear part of an interview with a language expert called Rod Chambers, who is talking
about languages which are at risk of disappearing. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
(5 points)
6. How did Rod become interested in saving endangered languages?
A He studied endangered languages during his time at university.
B He met a group of people whose language was endangered.
C He saw the effects of the issue on his own family.
7. When talking about why languages become extinct, Rod says that
A parents tend not to consider the language choices they make.
B people recognise the need to be able to communicate widely.
C some schools refuse to continue teaching minority languages.
8. What does Rod say about the ways in which languages can be saved?
A Some of the ideas are less helpful than others.
B Promoting a minority language is easier than people think.
C The methods won't be successful without public support.
9. When talking about the importance of keeping languages alive, Rod says that
A languages can be compared to living creatures.
B there are more important global issues to deal with.
C the matter of culture loss isn't taken seriously enough.
10. What does Rod say about working on his current project?
A. He likes listening to people's life stories.

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 B. He prefers to focus on examples of natural speech.
C. He doesn't enjoy examining grammatical forms.
11. Rod says that data collected as part of language-saving projects can
A inform youngsters about their own family history.
B be used in teacher training courses.
C help a language come back into use.
12. What does Rod say listeners can do to help save languages?
A Encourage native speakers to use their language more.
B Attend foreign language classes in their local area.
C Approach experts for help on recording languages.
Part 2. You will hear a weather forecaster called Laura Armstrong talking about her work.
For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

Laura Armstrong: weather forecaster

Laura currently works as a weather forecaster at a (13) ______________ station.
Laura refers to what forecasters call weather (14) _____________ before she makes a forecast each day.
Part of Laura's job on 'big weather days' is to provide (15) __________ and maintain website information.
Laura's interest in the weather grew from a fear of (16) _____________. when she was younger.
Laura says the most important skill in weather forecasting is deciding what (17) ________ mean.
Laura initially did a business course, unlike many other weather forecasters.
Laura says forecasters are often criticised for not being (18) ______________ enough in their predictions.
Laura is interested in discovering more about (19) ________________ later in her career.
Laura says it is possible to gain work experience in the (20) __________ section of a weather organisation.
Laura has given weather forecasts at important sports events, like a tennis competition last year.

B. GRAMMAR- VOCABULARY- LANGUAGE FUNCTION (25 points)

Part I. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.
21. Stop making that terrible noise! You’re getting on my ………….. .
A. muscles B. nerves C. blood D. brains
22. If you are serious about a career in international business, you should………….. getting a job overseas .
B. recall B. contemplate C. imagine D. suggest
23. If you break the law, you will be ………….. trouble.
A. down at B. out for C. in for D. for
24. Not until he came to class ………….. had to submit the assignment.
A. that he realized B. had he realize C. that he had realized D. did he realized
25. Learning how to drive a car isn’t so difficult great once you …………...
A. got off it B. got on it C. got down to it D. got away with it
26. The jury………….. her compliments on her excellent knowledge of the subject .
A. paid B. gave C. made D.sad
27. Alan and Susie………….. an argument. They are not speaking to each other .
A. must have had B. might have
C. must have D. can’t have had
28. – “Have you got anything by Charles Dickens?” - “ ________”
A. No, I haven’t anything. B. Will you take it, please?
C. Have a look upstairs. D. Don’t worry about it, I’ve got some

Part II. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the
following questions from 29 to question 30.
29. With the final examinations coming very soon his apprehension was rising to almost unbearable limits.
A. eagerness B. confidence C. anxiety D. heartiness
30. She was a very placid child who slept all night and hardly ever cried.
A. lazy B. calm C. solemn D. devious
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Part III. Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
part in each of the following question from 31 to 32.
31. The long-dormant volcano has recently shown signs of erupting.
A. harmful B. dreamy C. active D. invisible
32. When you work here, you need to become fully conversant with the company's procedures.
A. conscious B. shy C. unpretentious D. inexperienced
Part IV. Choose the underlined part that needs correction from 33 to 35.
33. Woody Guthrie has written thousands of songs during her lifetime, many of which became classic folk song
A B C D
34. After analyzing the steep rise in profits according to your report, it was convinced that your analyses were
A B C D
correct.
35.The media have produced live covering of Michael Jackson’s fans around the world mourning for him.
A B C D
Part V. Use the given words in the brackets in the correct forms to complete the sentences.
36. For some ………………. reasons he gave up a fantastic job. (EXPLAIN)
37. This amendment ………… the president to declare an emergency for a wide range of reasons.(POWER)
38. The medical tests were………………., and will need to be repeated. (CONCLUSION)
39. The police showed commendable ……………….. in their handling of the case. (SENSE)
40. ……………… minded people have above average insight into mental life. (PSYCHOLOGY)

C. READING (30 points)

Part I: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word for each of the blanks from 41 to 45. There is ONE EXTRA option.
A concentrates all the way through D reach a much wilder audience
B if their particular interest isn’t featured E then a reporter summing everything up
C go into much more detail F struggle to do the impossible
THE PROBLEMS OF TELEVISION NEWS
The trouble with television news bulletins is that not only will they never please all the people all the time, they’ll
probably annoy most of the people a lot of time. In only half an hour, they cover the globe and (41) ____________.
All the words in one television bulletin would fit onto just the front page of one large newspaper. Yet viewers
expect to see as much as there is in a whole newspaper. No one reads a newspaper from cover to cover: Readers
can flick through and find the item they want On television, they have to sit through all the stories they don’t want
and may be disappointed (42) ____________.
The typical news story contains a twenty-second introduction from the presenter, two twenty – second quotes from
key people, forty seconds of commentary over pictures, and (43)____________. How much can you cram into that
tight format and still make sense .Television is the hardest, most demanding kind of journalism there is.
Some viewers complain that bulletins should be longer and (44)____________. However, it appears that a mass
audience will not watch for more than half an hour. And how much of the news do people really take in anyway? I
doubt if anyone ever watches the news from start to finish, and (45)____________. There is no right answer, no
perfect bulletin. Large numbers of viewers will always complain.

Part II: The passage has five paragraphs (1-5). Choose the correct Headings for paragraph 1-5 from the list
of heading (A-E) below.

LIST OF HEADINGS
A The probable effects of the new international trade agreement
B The environmental impact of modern farming
C Governments and management of the environment
D The effects of government policy in poor countries
E Farming and food output

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46. ________
The role of governments in environmental management is difficult but inescapable. Sometimes,the state
tries to manage the resources it owns, and does so badly. Often, however,governments act in an even more harmful
way. They actually subsidise the exploitation andconsumption of natural resources. A whole range of policies,
from farm-price support toprotection for coal-mining, do environmental damage and (often) make no economic
sense. Scrapping them offers a two-fold bonus: a cleaner environment and a more efficient economy.Growth and
environmentalism can actually go hand in hand, if politicians have the courage toconfront the vested interest that
subsidies create.
47. ______
No activity affects more of the earth's surface than farming. It shapes a third of the planet's landarea, not
counting Antarctica, and the proportion is rising. World food output per head has risenby 4 per cent between the
1970s and 1980s mainly as a result of increases in yields from landalready in cultivation, but also because more
land has been brought under the plough. Higheryields have been achieved by increased irrigation, better crop
breeding, and a doubling in theuse of pesticides and chemical fertilisers in the 1970s and 1980s.
48. __________
All these activities may have damaging environmental impacts. For example, land clearing foragriculture is
the largest single cause of deforestation; chemical fertilisers and pesticides maycontaminate water supplies; more
intensive farming and the abandonment of fallow periods tendto exacerbate soil erosion; and the spread of
monoculture and use of high-yielding varieties ofcrops have been accompanied by the disappearance of old
varieties of food plants which mighthave providedsome insurance against pests or diseases in future. Soil erosion
threatens theproductivity of land in both rich and poorcountries. The United States, where the most
carefulmeasurements have been done, discovered in 1982 that about one-fifth of its farmland waslosing topsoil at a
rate likely to diminish the soil's productivity. The country subsequentlyembarked upon a program to convert 11 per
cent of its cropped land to meadow or forest.Topsoil in India and China is vanishing much faster than in America.
49. ___________
In poor countries, governments aggravate other sorts of damage. Subsidies for pesticides andartificial
fertilisers encourage farmers to use greater quantities than are needed to get thehighest economic crop yield. A
study by the International Rice Research Institute of pesticideuse by farmers in South East Asia found that, with
pest-resistant varieties of rice, evenmoderate applications of pesticide frequently cost farmers more than they
saved. Such wasteputs farmers on a chemical treadmill: bugs and weeds become resistant to poisons, so nextyear's
poisons must be more lethal. One cost is to human health. Every year some 10,000people die from pesticide
poisoning, almost all of them in the developing countries, and another400,000 become seriously ill. As for artificial
fertilisers, their use world-wide increased by 40 percent per unit of farmed land between the mid 1970s and late
1980s, mostly in the developing countries. Overuse of fertilisers may cause farmers to stop rotating crops or
leaving their landfallow. That, in turn, may make soil erosion worse.
50. _____________
A result of the Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations is likely to be a reduction of 36 percent in the
average levels of farm subsidies paid by the rich countries in 1986-1990. Some ofthe world's food production will
move from Western Europe to regions where subsidies arelower or non-existent, such as the former communist
countries and parts of the developingworld. Some environmentalists worry about this outcome. It will undoubtedly
mean morepressure to convert natural habitat into farmland. But it will also have many desirableenvironmental
effects. The intensity of farming in the rich world should decline, and the use ofchemical inputs will diminish.
Crops are more likely to be grown in the environments to whichthey are naturally suited. And more farmers in poor
countries will have the money and theincentive to manage their land in ways that are sustainable in the long run.
That is important.To feed an increasingly hungry world, farmers need every incentive to use their soil and
watereffectively and efficiently.

Part III: Read the passage then choose A, B, C, or D to complete each blank (10 points)
Although the earth was formed about 4,500 million years ago, human beings have inhabitedit for less than half
a million years. Within this time, population has increased hugely andpeople have had a vast (1)...... upon the
earth. They have long been able to (2)...... the forcesof nature to use. Now, with modern technology, they have
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the power to alter the balance oflife on earth.
Reports back from the first astronauts helped dispel the dangerous (3)...... that the world hadnoboundaries and
had limitless resources. Moreover, ecologists have shown that all forms oflife on earth are interconnected, so it
(4)...... that all human activity has an effect on thenatural environment.
In recent years, people have been putting the environment under stress. As a result, certai(5)...... materials such
as timber, water and minerals are beginning to (6)...... short. Pollutionand the (7)...... of waste are already critical
issues, and the (8)...... of the environment is fastbecoming the most pressing becoming the most pressing problem
(9)...... us all. The way we respond to the challenge will have a profound effect on the earth and its life support
(10).......
51. A. imprint B. indication C. impression D. impact
52. A. put B. make C. place D. stand
53. A. judgment B. notion C. reflection D. concept
54. A. results B. follows C. complies D. develops
55. A. raw B. coarse C. crude D. rough
56. A. turn B. come C. go D. run
57. A. disposal B. displacement C. dismissal D. disposition
58. A. state B. situation C. case D. circumstance
59. A. encountering B. opposing C. meeting D. confronting
60. A. projects B. systems C. methods D. routines

Part IV: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions. (10 points)
Many people seem to believe that there is a magic diet formula that will guarantee weight loss. [1] This is a
fallacy. Most fad diet, if followed conscientiously, will result in weight loss due to the reduction in calories. [2]
However, they are nearly always too monotonous and sometimes too unhealthy to be followed in the long term. [3]
Worse, fad dieters who don't become physically active and learn to eat sensibly will eventually regain the weight
they lost, and often even more. [4]
Some of the most popular fad diet in recent years have been low-carbohydrate programs, which work by
making the body produce ketons. Ketons are normal and efficient source of energy for the human body. When the
intake of carbonhydrate is severely restricted, body fats are broken down into fatty acids that can be used as fuel.
The fatty acids may be incompletely metabolised, yielding ketons. When your body is producing ketons, and using
them as fuel, this is called ketosis. Most diets based on ketosis do not limit the consumption of protein, fat, or total
calories. As a result, their fat content tends to be very high. Promoters claim that ketosis will lead to increased
metabolism of unwanted fat, even if the calories are not reduced. This is not entirely true; calorie reduction is likely
to occur because of the diet's lack of appealing foods. This is not conductive to forming sensible eating habits.
The major widely used low-carbohydrate diet is the one advocated by the late Robert Atkins M.D, of New
York City. Under the Atkins program, the dieter is permitted to eat unlimited amounts of non-carbohydrate foods
"when hungry". The American Medical Association and many individual experts have warned that the unlimited
intake of saturated fat under Atkins food plan can increase the dieter's risk of heart disease. In 2000, researchers at
the University of Kentucky did a computer analysis of a week's worth of sample menus and reported several alarming
findings: the diet contained 59% fat; it provided fewer servings of grains, vegetables, and fruits than recommended
by most nutritionists, and while it can produce short-term weight loss, long-term use is likely to increase the risk of
both cardiovascular disease and cancer. The weight loss usually doesn't last, either. As ketosis begins, weight will
be shed quickly, giving the misleading impression that significant fat reduction is taking place. In fact, most of
the weight loss is water rather than fat; the lost water is regained quickly when a normal diet is resumed. Appetite,
which is often reduced during ketosis, also returns.
Atkins advocated his diet for more than 30 years and claimed that more than 60,000patients treated at his
centre had used his diet as their primary protocol for losing weight. Yet he never published any study in which people
who used this program were monitored over a period of several years. Besides the dubiousness of its effects in the
long term, the Atkins diet shares another shortcoming of all fad diets: inflexibility. People are different, with different
health problems and genetic characteristics, and no single diet is right for everyone.

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 An additional downside to the recent craze for low-carbohydrate diets is that it has encouraged food
companies to market low-carbohydrate foods for people who want to "watch their carbs". Most of these foods are
much higher in fat than the foods they are designed to replace. "Low carb" advertising is encouraging both dieters
and non-dieters to eat high-fat foods, which is exactly the opposite of medical and nutrition authorities have been
arguing for decades. Following a low-carbohydrate diet under medical supervision may make sense for some people,
but a population-wide increase in fat consumption would be a public health disaster.

61. What is the topic of the passage?

A. How to succeed with the Atkins Diet B. Weight loss through carbohydrate reduction
C. Problems with fad diets D. The dangers of a high-fat diet.
62. Which is the best place for the following sentence?
"In order to lose weight you must eat less, or exercise more, or do both"
A. [1] B. [2] C. [3] D. [4]
63. It can be inferred from the passage that the author thinks fad diets in general
A. are always bad for you because they contain too much fat.
B. can be unhealthy in the long term and have too little variety.
C. are effective and safe if used under a doctor's supervision . D. usually result in long-term weight loss.
64. Which of the following is an effect of ketosis?
A. Long-term weight loss B. Loss of water from the body
C. Increase in appetite D. Greater energy
65. The word their in paragraph 2 refers to
A. diets B. ketons C. calories D. ketosis
66. According to the passage, which of the following is true of the Atkins diet?
A. It is recommended by the American Medical Association. B. It calls for a restriction of fat intake.
C. It involves a low intake of fruits and vegetables. D. All of the above.
67. The word conscientiously in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by
A. consciously B. scientifically C.correctly D. severely
68. The phrase is not conductive to in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
A. does not prevent B. makes easier
C. is not consistent with D. does not encourage
69. It can be inferred that the author's biggest objection to the Atkins diet is that
A. it has led to "low-carb" advertising B. (s)he believes it causes cancer
C. it leads to higher fat consumption D. it has not been thoroughly studied
70.Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the underlined sentence in the passage?
A. Ketosis causes weight loss at first, leading people to wrongly believe that they are losing fat.
B. Ketosis causes the rapid loss of fat at first, which leads to a false belief that the loss will be permanent.
C. The process of ketosis quickly misleads people into thinking that they are losing weight.
D. Ketosis causes rapid weight loss, but only in the early days of the diet.

D. WRITING (30 points)

Part I:Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it (5 points).
76. All that stood between John and gold medal was Jim's greater speed.
=> But for ……………………………………………………………………
77. His efforts to find a solution didn't deserve such savage criticism.
=> He shouldn’t ……………………………………………………………..
78. If ever a student dared to ask a question, the professor would sigh wearily.
=>In the .......................................................................................................................................
79.I really like her voice but not her choice of songs.
=> Much……………………………………………………………………..
80. Do you have a good relationship with your boss?
=> Are you………………………………………………………………………
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Part II. This is an email you have received from your English-speaking friend, Dan. Write your letter to
reply him. You should write in 100- 120 words. (10.0 points).

Part III. Write an essay of at least 250 words on this topic (15 pts)
It is more important to spend public money on promoting a healthy lifestyle in order to prevent illness than to
spend it on treatment of people who are already ill. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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