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TRƯỜNG THCS – THPT ĐÔNG DU LẦN THỨ VII - NĂM 2024

Đề thi môn: Tiếng Anh - Khối: 11
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ Ngày thi:
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (Không tính thời
gian phát đề)
(Đề thi gồm có 00 trang)
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE (40 pts)
I. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES: Choose the best options to complete the following sentences. (5 pts)
1. _________ , the balcony chairs will be ruined in this weather.
A. Leaving uncovered B. Having left uncovered
C. Left uncovered D. Been left uncovered
2. It was _________ that even Smith’s fans couldn’t believe it.
A. such surprising victory B. so surprising a victory
C. too surprising D. surprising
3. That book is by a famous anthropologist. It’s about the people in Samoa_________ for two years.
A. that she lived B. that she lived among them
C. among whom she lived : nhan manh D. where she lived among them
4. _________ about the dealine, I would have prioritized my tasks differently.
A. If I knew B. Had I known
C. If I were to know D. Had I been to know
5. By the time she finishes her doctorate, she _________ a decade studying mediaeval literature.
A. has spent B. will have spent C. is going to spend D. will spend
6. It’s incredibly that they _________ the deadlines without any prior notice.
A. are constantly changing B. have been constantly changing
C. will constantly changing D. constantly change
7. On a free afternoon, she would _________ curl up with a good book _________ go out with friends.
A. like to/ than B. as much/ rather than C. prefer to/ to D. as soon/ as
8. They bought a(n) _________ villa nestled in the hills of Tuscany.
A. small charming Italian old B. old small Italian charming
C. charming old small Italian D. charming small old Italian
9. _________ the weather forecast for the weekend, I thought we _________ go hiking in the national park.
A. Given/ might B. Provided/ could : chỉ dùng với câu đk 1 C. Seeing/ must D.
Considering/ shall
10. The students _________ their final projects _________ an exceptional level of dedication throughout the
semester.
A. completing/ have demonstrated B. who complete/ demonstrate
C. who have completed/ are demonstrating D. have completed/ demonstrating
1. C 2.B 3.C 4. B 5. B
6. A 7. D 8. D 9. A 10. A
II. PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS: Choose the best options to complete the following
sentences. (5 pts)
11. Sales are up _________ last year.
A. on B. upon C. against D. to
A. on : compared with somebody/something
12. The government is _________ spending to address the budget deficit: sự thâm hụt.
A. warding off: đẩy lùi, ngăn chặn B. ladling out: cung cấp 1 số lượng lớn ( tiền, sự giúp đỡ
C. reining in D. toning down: to make a speech, an opinion, etc. less extreme or offensive
to start to control somebody/something more strictly
13. Don’t you _________ the tranquility of the countryside amidst the hustle and bustle of the city?
A. miss out B. revel in C. hark at D. long for: to want something very
much
14. We had to queue ______ before we could get into the cinema last night.
A. on B. up C. along D. in
15. He ______ up a lot of debts in the town and then disappeared without a trace.
A. put B. ran C. brought D. made
16. If the rain doesn’t ______ soon, we shall have to look for a taxi.
A. turn in B. let up C. die down D. go off
17. Bad living conditions ______ social and welfare problems.
A. give rise to B. give into C. rise through D. take the rise out of
18. The weather was fine and everyone was ______ the coast.
A going in for B making for: to go in the direction of a place or thing: C joining in
D seeing about
19. A general amnesty: sự ân xá for political prisoners may be ______ the offing.
A. on B. at C. in D. through
20. Our teacher tends to ______ certain subjects which she finds difficult to talk about
A. boil down: tinh gian B. string along deceive sb long time C. skate over D.
track down: theo doi, tim kiem
11. A 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. B
16, B 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. C

III. VOCABULARY: Choose the best options to complete the following sentences. (10 pts)
21. We managed to _______ together a shelter to protect ourselves from the storm.
A. wrestle + with: to try very hard to deal with a problem or to make a difficult decision: B. huddle
C. grapple: tranh giành D. cobble: to do or make something quickly and not very carefully:
22. When the boat's engine failed, they were left _____ until help arrived.
A. spick and span: tidy B. hard and loose C. thick and thin: kien dinh D. high and dry: in a very
difficult situation without any help:
23. The CEO believed that cutting costs was the _____ to boosting profits.
A. sweet spot B. silver bullet : a simple solution to a complicated problem: C. straight arrow
D. smoke signal
24. Many thought his success was a _____, but he proved them wrong by consistently
delivering exceptional work.
A. flash in the pan B. nail in the coffin C. storm in a teacup D. shot in the arm: cú hít
25. "Will you be able to come to the party tonight?" "_____, I can’t."
A. Huzzah = hooray B. Egad C. Phwoar D. Alas
26. The spread of misinformation online can have detrimental effects if left _____.
A. unlimited B. untapped C. unchecked D. unsolicited: khong mong muon
27. The book was filled with personal _____ that brought the author's experiences to life.
A. analogies B. anecdotes C. euphemisms: nói giảm nói tránh D. metaphors
28. The party planning went _____, and the guests had a fantastic time enjoying the
festivities.
A. flyingly B. runningly C. soaringly D. swimmingly
29. The candidate's _______ during the debate impressed the audience.
A. eloquence B. inarticulateness C. verbosity: su dai dong D. succinctness: su ngan
gon
30. Despite facing numerous setbacks, her _______ determination drove her to pursue her dreams
relentlessly.
A. indomitable B. submissive C. compliant D. docile
31. The mayor's decision to implement new policies was met with widespread _______ from the
public.
A. dissent B. consensus C. concord: sự hòa thuận, hòa hợp (ý nghĩa chỉ sự đồng lòng,
hòa hợp giữa các cá nhân hoặc nhóm). D. harmony
32. The best travel books of this year fall into three main categories: _________ informational, narrative, and
anecdotal.
A. truly B. fully C. literally D. purely
D. purely: đơn thuần là cung cấp thông tin
33. Let me know of any pertinent developments, keep me in the ______.
A. sphere B. ring C. circle D. loop
34. “How did you know that he was lying?” – “It was just a ________ feeling.”
A. faint B. gut C. slight D. vain
35. Mike decided that election to the local council would provide a ________ for a career
in national politics.
A. milestone B. launchpad C. highway D. turning point
36. Not being able to find my phone number is a pretty_________excuse for not
contacting me.
A. fragile B. frail C. faint D. feeble: duoi ly, thieu thuyet phuc
37. We don’t want him to suspect we’re giving him a surprise party. Make sure you don’t
____________.
A. break the ice B. kick the bucket C. spill the beans D. sweep the board
38. He was a farmer who had been working in the fields for more than sixty years, but was still
_______________.
A. all the bit kicking B. alive and well-being
C. all the better D. alive and kicking
39. Once a major politician endorsed the young man’s candidacy, everyone _______ on the
bandwagon and started supporting him, too.
A. walked B. stepped C. jumped D. climbed
40.
We have a _______ tradition in my house of opening one present the night before Christmas.
A. level-headed: binh tinh B. deep-seated : an sau vao mau C. time-honored D. sharp-
tongued: cay nghiet
21. D 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. D
26. C 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. A
31. A 32. D 33. D 34. B 35. B
36. D 37. C 38. D 39. C 40. C

IV. GUIDED CLOZE: Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space. (10 pts)
FOOTBALL AS AN ART FORM
When filmmakers Douglas Gordon and Phillipe Parreno set out to make an art house movie about the legendary
French footballer Zinedine Zidane, they chose to film just one match between Real Madrid, the club for which
he was playing at the (41) ….................., and their great rivals Villareal. But instead of following the progress
of the match, the ninety-minute film would show something that had not been seen before; the (42)
….................... detailed movements of one man during an entire top-level football match. They hoped that the
audience would disengage from the match itself, and focus on this portrait of greatness. Every (43)
….................... gesture would be captured and they would see all of the player’s grace, athleticism and
competitiveness in great detail.
The film (44) ….................... is a fascinating work. Those who are not regular watchers of football will be
astonished at how (45) ….................... Zidane becomes actively involved in the game. For much of the ninety
minutes he moves around the field relatively slowly; saying nothing, expressing even less, and only
occasionally (46) ….................... into a lethargic jog. And then the ball arrives at his feet, and there is a flurry of
bewildering activity. The cameras (and there are seventeen of them (47) ….................... on him) struggle to
keep up. The defenders don’t (48) ……................. a chance. In a few touches, a couple of checks and feints,
Zidane has (49) ….................... them all behind. He crosses from the tightest of (50) ….................... and his
teammate is left with simplest of headers to score a goal.
(Adapted from CAE Practice Tests Plus/88)
41. A. point B. moment C. time D. occasion
42. A. clear B. steady C. precise D. slow
43. A. one B. single C. lone D. sole
44. A. following B. resulting C. concluding D. arising
45. A. partly B. scarcely C. rarely D. hardly
46. A. breaking B. changing C. opening D. starting
47. A. trained B. looking C. pointed D. staring
48. A. gain B. hold C. stand D. earn
49. A. missed B. left C. lost D. dropped
50. A. places B. positions C. areas D. angles
41. C 42. C 43. B 44. B 45. C
46. A 47. A 48. C 49. B 50. D

V. READING COMPREHENSION: Read the text and choose the best answer A, B, C or D. (10 pts)
The painted smile
Smiles make us smile, they are infectious. We are certain we understand what a smile means.
It's an expression of happiness or pleasure, easy to spot and easy to understand, and it charms
us. People seem at their most natural and spontaneous when they smile - we all know what a
forced smile looks like. We smile automatically when someone points a camera at us; it’s a
social and cultural reflex, and what we expect of a picture portrait. Yet the smile, like
everything else, has a history. If you walk around any art gallery and look at the portraits you'll
find very few genuine smiles. The same is true of early photograph portraits. They were, it
seems, unfashionable for a long period in the history of portraiture.
Physically, a smile itself is not complex - it comes when we contract the zygornotic major, a
muscle in the face - but the meaning of smiles changes with the mood of the times, and can
even be different for men and women in the same culture. Still walking around the gallery, you
will find more smirks than smiles. One reason for this may be that with a smile, what you see is
what you get, a frozen moment of happy unselfconsciousness. A smirk is more ambiguous,
allowing for several interpretations - condescension, flirtatiousness, boredom, and so on - and
forces a longer and deeper engagement with the painting from the viewer.
The most famous smile/smirk in portraiture 15, of course, Leonardo's Mona Lisa. Artists great
and small have been obsessed by it, critics too. It became a cult in the 19th century, and
millions of words have been written about what it might mean and what she represents. There is
something in it that draws us back to either confirm or revise our interpretation, always
demanding further examination. At first look she seems to be welcoming, inviting you to join
her; look again and she's changed her mind about you. Some she attracts, others she repels. To
the critic John Ruskin the painting was merely a caricature: to Walter Pater it contained
everything. To some it is romantic, to others it can illustrate that withering look women
sometimes bestow on obtuse men that illustrates the adage, 'He that will not when he may/Shall
not when he would'.
So the smirk allows for a wider range of interpretation than the smile, but that doesn't really
explain why the smile was so rare for so long. One theory, is that back then everybody had
terrible teeth and didn't want to reveal a gap-toothed, black-toothed mouth to the world. But can
this really be the reason? At a time when everybody had bad teeth, would it have made people
particularly shy or embarrassed, or others less attractive? Yet, both painters and sitters did have
a number of reasons for being disinclined to encourage the smile.
The first consideration is practical - smiles are hard to do, for both painter and sitter. For the
sitter's point of view, you can use your own experience of having your photograph taken. [■]
When someone gets out their camera and asks you to smile, you do so quite easily; but if they
start fiddling about with focus and angles and depth of field, the smile freezes on your face. [■]
Imagine having to produce the same smile on demand when you go through the process of
having your portrait painted. [■] Besides, a smile isn't really an expression, it's a response, so
cannot easily be maintained or recorded. [■]
We have to remember what a portrait was for; what it meant and represented. Nowadays, we all
take thousands of pictures of friends and family, and they of us, often smiling, so we have a
record of ourselves in almost every mood and context, and we don't have to worry about being
defined by one picture. We also have to remember that smiling has a large number of discrete
cultural and historical significances, few of them being in line with our idea of it being a sign of
warmth, enjoyment or happiness. In fact, by the 17th century it was generally agreed that the
only people who smiled, in life and in art, were the poor, the simple, the drunk or the mad. You
wouldn't catch an aristocrat doing it.
You needed money to have your portrait painted by a known artist, and the portraits that hang in
the galleries are usually of prominent people: royals, politicians, generals, high society, Portraits
are for posterity. A smile would detract from their gravitas - these are serious people. The idea
was not to capture a mood, let alone a frivolous one, nor even a record of a certain person at a
certain time, but to provide an example, a moral certainty.
51. In the first paragraph, the writer suggests that
A. people in the past didn't smile as much as we do. B. portraiture wasn't as popular as it is
now
C. what makes us smile is culturally determined. D. historically, the smile was a social
reflex.
52. Why might an artist prefer to paint a smirk to a smile?
A. People will spend more time looking at the painting.
B. It is physically more complex to do than a smile.
C. A smile does not convey the personality of a sitter.
D. Because artists like to confuse their spectators.
53. Which statement best expresses the writer's view of the Mona Lisa?
A. Too much has been written about it. B. It defies any fixed interpretations.
C. It has become a cult object. D. It represents missed opportunities.
54. Why doesn't the writer believe the 'bad teeth' theory?
A. Smiling was generally frowned upon in those days.
B. People weren't so self-conscious in those days
C. In the past bad teeth weren't considered unattractive.
D. Sitters and artists had their own reasons for not smiling.
55. Why is it difficult to paint smiles?
A. Smiles elicit the wrong response from spectators.
B. They always look more natural in photographs.
C. People find it difficult to smile if not in the right mood.
D. It's hard to maintain a smile for the length of a sitting.
56. What does the writer say about portrait painting in the last two paragraphs?
A. Artists had to depict a serious expression for future generations.
B. Poor people never used to be chosen as subjects.
C. Sitters sometimes smiled to show they had a warm personality.
D. People cannot be represented by only one picture.
57. Look at the four squares [■] that indicate where the following sentence could be added to
the passage.
Not as a smirk, but a grimace.
Where would the sentence best fit?
A. First square B. Second square C. Third square D. Fourth square
58. The word ‘cult’ in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to:
A. mysterious portrait B. controversial topic
C. popular painting D. peerless masterpiece
59. A “withering look” in paragraph 3 is one that is intended to make someone feel
A. delighted B. exasperated C. enchanted D. ashamed
60. The word ‘discrete’ in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to:
A. separate B. interdependent C. abysmal D. unfathomable

B. WRITTEN TEST: (60 pts)

I. READING: (30 pts)
Part 1: Cloze test (10 pts)
Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE WORD
for each space.

We are all living in the past: the 61. _____ of 'now' is an illusion. The discovery, reported by a
team of scientists, has the bizarre consequence that your brain is collecting information about
the future of an event before it puts together what it thinks it saw at the 62. _____ of the event.
Our brains seem to work in a similar way to the slightly delayed 63._____ of live TV shows to
provide an opportunity for fast editing changes. The delay 64._____ which our brains process
visual information has now been measured by scientists, providing new insights into 65._____
we use vision to make sense of the world.
Human 66._____ of the outside world seems to be delayed by a minimum of 80 thousandths
of a second. This is comparative to live television, which can be broadcast after a delay of about
three seconds to 67._____ for editing. 'What you think you're seeing at any given moment is
68. _____ influenced by events in the near future’, the scientists say in their report. They used
a technique called 'the flash-lag phenomenon', which 69. _____ as a visual illusion to the brain.
They discovered that human brains seem to develop conscious awareness in an 'after-the-fact
fashion', 70. _____ information from both before and after an event before committing to a
decision about what happened
61. idea 62. time 63. broadcast 64. with 65. how
66. perception 67. allow 68. actually 69. acts 70. analyzing/ analysing/ processing
Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentence from A to G on the list for each
gap from 71 to 77. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.(7pts)
 Freddy's Flight
It was a Sunday afternoon in June of 1936, the day after her graduation from high school, and
Freddy was off alone on a cross-country flight, the longest she had ever made, from Dry
Springs to San Luis Obispo and back. The most direct route lay north, over Big Pine Mountain
In the San Rafael Range, across the valley to the east of Santa Maria, past the Twitchell
Reservoir, and over the Arroyo Grande, directly Into the airport at San Luis.
71
Pinpoint accuracy and precision in this department was, once you could fly, the next essential
key to becoming a true pilot it wasn't as mysterious, Freddy thought, as she'd first expected it
would be. Basically, it meant flying with a knowledge of where she was at all times, knowledge
gained by constantly reading the earth and its landmarks, instantly comparing that knowledge
with the chart on her knee and resolutely staying on the magnetic compass headings she decided
on before she set out.
72
As she passed over the little town of Ojal, which was exactly where It should be, Freddy
allowed her mind to tum to the future. Starting tomorrow, she would begin her summer job,
working six days a week at the Van de Kamp bakery at Beverly and Western. The chain of
bakeries owned a hundred windmill-shaped shops all over Los Angeles. Her job began at six In
the morning, when the bakery opened, and ended at two in the afternoon, when the next shift
took over.
73
Freddy groaned. Her destiny was obviously bound to selling cookies and cakes, which she
loathed but these sweet things were one of the few businesses that seemed to be doing well in
these hard times. Still, daily suffocation in the smell of warm sugar became a minor matter
when it meant money for her summer flying time and enough left over to begin, only to begin,
worse luck, to save for a down-payment on a plane.
74
She was determined to own her own plane. Even the cheapest of the leading low-priced planes,
the Taylor, the Porterfield Zephyr, and the Aeronanca Highwing, each cost a fortune. Her sister,
Delphine, had received a new car for her eighteenth birthday, and all her friends had said how
lucky she was. In car terms wanting to buy an inexpensive aeroplane was like wanting to own a
Packard, the most expensive car in the country. Obviously, she had to find a second-hand
machine that she could put into shape, on terms that would let her pay for it over a long time.
75
She knew that she didn't stand a chance in any of the speed dashes that covered a short distance,
with the planes going full out. Only planes of far greater horsepower than one she could dream
of owning stood a chance in the various speed competitions, and then, only when they were
flown by pilots with greater experience. During the past few years, Interest in speed flying had
grown so rapidly that some records only stood for a few days before another pilot managed to
surpass them.
76
Now that was more like real flying. Freddy brooded. Sometimes she felt that she'd been born
too late, and everything worthwhile in flying terms had already been done. Amy Johnson had
flown a smaller and far less powerful plane than this Ryan more than halfway round the world
eight years earlier, and where was she, Freddy, but right on course over the Twitchell Reservoir,
a lousy man-made body of water, not an ocean or a sea or even a big river? At this rate she'd
never get out of California!
77
(CPE Past Examination Papers December 2008)

She couldn't help the way she felt about flying, but all this made it such an expensive passion.
Wasn't there someone somewhere who would like to advance the cause of American aviation by
paying her bills? No, there was not, Freddy answered herself, the great days of the pioneers
were past. Well, she might be too late for fame, but there had to be something left to do, and she
was going to find it!

A. Her father had given her a string of real pearls for graduation, but her mother, bless her, had
come through with hard cash. The pearls were the first valuable jewellery Freddy had ever
owned. Maybe, she speculated, she could pawn them."
B. Freddy cautiously put the plane into a dive, and as soon as she'd reached a proper speed, she
began to pull the hose of the plane upward. Gradually, she pushed the throttle until it was fully
advanced. What bills, after hours of meticulous navigation, to make this final rushing, heart-
pounding leap into the sky.
C. A far easier Idea would have been to simply follow the coast north and tum east at Pismo
Beach. But that wouldn't have given her any practice in navigation, and during the months she'd
been working with Mac toward her private pilot's license, which she obtained just over a month
ago, Freddy had been studying navigation as hard as she could.
D. Because of the inconvenient hours, she would be well-paid-twenty-five dollars a week, as
much as a trained secretary could hope to make. To Freddy, It meant that she would be able to
fly several afternoons a week as well as on weekends.
E. At the small airport, Freddy ate the sandwich lunch she'd brought along, and had the plane
refilled, anxiously noting the price of aviation fuel. Her mother paid for the insurance, without
which she wouldn't have been able to continue to fly, but Freddy had to pay for fuel herself.
F. However, there were cross-country races held around the Los Angeles area, in which planes
flew from one refuelling stop to another, toward a goal that might be hundreds of kilometres
away. Each plane carried a handicap, based on its own best possible performance, so that the
winner was the pilot who flew the smartest race, the most precise plot, the most resourceful
pilot-and sometimes the luckiest.
G. This was crucial as winds aloft could push a plane off course in a few minutes of inattention,
so Freddy watched with vigilance for checkpoints on the ground that should be coming up on
the right, to the left or directly underneath her wings. If there was the slightest deviation, she
immediately made a correction for the wind.
H. If she didn't own a plane of her own, Freddy asked herself, spying the peak of Big Pine
Mountain right on course, and beginning to gain altitude, what future was there for her in
flying? Or, more precisely, in racing.
71. C 72. G 73. D 74. A 75. H 76. F 77. E

Part 3: IELTS TEST (13 pts)

 WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
The prospects for humanity and for the world as a whole are somewhere between
glorious and dire. It is hard to be much more precise. By ‘glorious’, I mean that our descendants
– all who are born on to this Earth – could live very comfortably and securely, and could
continue to do so for as long as the Earth can support life, which should be for a very long time
indeed. We should at least be thinking in terms of the next million years. Furthermore, our
descendants could continue to enjoy the company of other species – establishing a much better
relationship with them than we have now. Other animals need not live in constant fear of us.
Many of those fellow species now seem bound to become extinct, but a significant proportion
could and should continue to live alongside us. Such a future may seem ideal, and so it is. Yet I
do not believe it is fanciful. There is nothing in the physical fabric of the Earth or in our own
biology to suggest that this is not possible.
‘Dire’ means that we human beings could be in deep trouble within the next few
centuries, living but also dying in large numbers in political terror and from starvation, while
huge numbers of our fellow creatures would simply disappear, leaving only the ones that we
find convenient – chickens, cattle – or that we can’t shake off, like flies and mice. I’m taking it
to be self-evident that glory is preferable.
Our future is not entirely in our own hands because the Earth has its own rules, is part of
the solar system and is neither stable nor innately safe. Other planets in the solar system are
quite beyond habitation, because their temperature is far too high or too low to be endured, and
ours, too, in principle could tip either way. Even relatively unspectacular changes in the
atmosphere could do the trick. The core of the Earth is hot, which in many ways is good for
living creatures, but every now and again, the molten rock bursts through volcanoes on the
surface. Among the biggest volcanic eruptions in recent memory was Mount St Helens, in the
USA, which threw out a cubic kilometre of ash – fortunately in an area where very few people
live. In 1815, Tambora (in present-day Indonesia) expelled so much ash into the upper
atmosphere that climatic effects seriously harmed food production around the world for season
after season. Entire civilisations have been destroyed by volcanoes.
Yet nothing we have so far experienced shows what volcanoes can really do.
Yellowstone National Park in the USA occupies the caldera (the crater formed when a volcano
collapses) of an exceedingly ancient volcano of extraordinary magnitude. Modern surveys show
that its centre is now rising. Sometime in the next 200 million years, Yellowstone could erupt
again, and when it does, the whole world will be transformed. Yellowstone could erupt
tomorrow. But there’s a very good chance that it will give us another million years, and that
surely is enough to be going on with. It seems sensible to assume that this will be the ease.
The universe at large is dangerous, too: in particular, we share the sky with vast numbers
of asteroids, and every now and again, they come into our planet’s atmosphere. An asteroid the
size of a small island, hitting the Earth at 15,000 kilometres an hour (a relatively modest speed
by the standards of heavenly 6 bodies), would strike the ocean bed like a rock in a puddle, send
a tidal wave around the world as high as a small mountain and as fast as a jumbo jet, and propel
us into an ice age that could last for centuries. There are plans to head off such disasters
(including rockets to push approaching asteroids into new trajectories), but in truth it’s down to
luck. On the other hand, the archaeological and the fossil evidence shows that no truly
devastating asteroid has struck since the one that seems to have accounted for the extinction of
the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. So again, there seems no immediate reason for despair. The
Earth is indeed an uncertain place, in an uncertain universe, but with average luck, it should do
us well enough. If the world does become inhospitable in the next few thousand or million
years, then it will probably be our own fault. In short, despite the underlying uncertainly, our
own future and that of our fellow creatures is very much in our own hands.
Given average luck on the geological and the cosmic scale, the difference between glory
and disaster will be made, and is being made, by politics. Certain kinds of political systems and
strategies would predispose us to long-term survival (and indeed to comfort and security and the
pleasure of being alive), while others would take us more and more frenetically towards
collapse. The broad point is, though, that we need to look at ourselves – humanity – and at the
world in general in a quite new light. Our material problems are fundamentally those of
biology. We need to think, and we need our politicians to think, biologically. Do that, and take
the ideas seriously, and we are in with a chance. Ignore biology and we and our fellow creatures
haven’t a hope.
For questions 78-83, decide whether the following statements are True (T), False (F) or Not
Given (NG). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided on the
answer sheet.
78. It seems inevitable that some species will disappear.
79. The nature of the Earth and human biology make it impossible for human beings to survive
another million years.
80. An eruption by Yellowstone is likely to be more destructive than previous volcanic
eruptions.
81. There is a greater chance of the Earth being bit by small asteroids than by large ones.
82. If the world becomes uninhabitable, it is likely to be as a result of a natural disaster.
83. Politicians currently in power seem unlikely to change their way of thinking.
For questions 84-89, write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken front the passage to
complete the following paragraph. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes
provided on the answer sheet.
The Earth could become uninhabitable, like other planets, through a major change in the (84)
______________. Volcanic eruptions of (85) ______________ can lead to shortages of (86)
______________ in a wide area. An asteroid hitting the Earth could create a (87)
______________. that would result in a new (88) ______________. Plans are being made to
use (89) ______________ to deflect asteroids heading for the Earth.
90. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
What is the writer’s purpose in the reading passage?
A. to propose a new theory about the causes of natural disasters
B. to prove that generally held beliefs about the future are mistaken
C. to present a range of opinions currently held by scientists
D. to argue the need for a general change in behavior
78. TRUE 79. 80. TRUE 81. NOT 82. 83. NOT 84.
FALSE GIVEN FALSE GIVEN temperature
 85. 86. food 87. tidal wave 88. ice 89. 90. D
(motton) age rockets
rock / ash

II. WORD FORMATION: (10 pts)

Part 1. Complete each sentence, using the correct form of the word in parentheses. (5 pts)
91. We were amazed by her wonderful skill in the __________ of crying infants. (PEACE)
pacification (n): the act of making somebody who is angry or upset become calm and quiet
- Trong ngữ cảnh này, ta có thể hiểu đó là kĩ năng tuyệt vời người phụ nữ trong việc xoa dịu, dỗ dành
những em bé đang khóc
92. The woman's laugh is _________ and not very hearty, and she is the only one of her
company, who is laughing. (MIRTH)
mirthless (adj) : buồn, rầu rĩ, không được vui
- Trong ngữ cảnh này, ta có thể hiểu được người phụ nữ chỉ cười trừ chứ không thực sự vui vẻ
93. . After shooting to fame in a movie, Oliver became a ______, squandering his money on
parties. (SOCIAL)
socialite (n) : người thuộc tầng lớp thượng lưu (người nổi tiếng…)
94. The building's name, El Centro, ____________(SPEAK) this identity, as do its exuberant
shape and bright colors.
bespeaks
Từ gốc là bespeak (v) : chứng tỏ, tỏ ra, cho biết
Hàm ý của câu này muốn nói rằng cái tên “El Centro” nói lên tòa nhà như thế nào
95. 2. People in coastal areas live mainly on the ________, which allows them to earn a great deal
of money from the sea products. (CULTURE)
aquaculture (n) : nghề nuôi trồng thủy sản
96. The mayor was determined that he would do everything in his power to ________ the murder
case. (MYSTERY)
demystify (v) : làm sáng tỏ
- Trong câu này, chúng ta lại học được thêm tiền tố “de” mang hàm ý “ngược lại”, “loại bỏ”,
“phân tách”
Một số từ liên quan đến tiền tố này : “devalue”, “deconstruct”, “decriminalize”, “denude”
97. William was ready to leave everything behind and start (NEW) ______ in California.
anew (adv) : một lần nữa, theo một cách khác
- Trong câu này, “start anew” có nghĩa là “bắt đầu lại từ đầu”,”khởi đầu mới”
98. It was very disrespectful of you to speak (HAND)__________to your grandfather, even when
he does know little about your problem
offhandedly (adv) : theo một cách tự nhiên, thoải mái, không khách sáo
- Trong ngữ cảnh này, “offhandedly” được dùng với hàm ý là “thô lỗ, không biết kính trên
nhường dưới, nói ngang hàng…”
99. Since his bad habits were never broken when he was a child, they are now __________ (CORRECT).
incorrigible: (adj) having bad habits that cannot be changed or improved (hết cứu)
100. We were chatting informally when we noticed someone was __________ (DROP) our conversation.
eavesdropping: (v) to listen secretly to what other people are saying (nghe lén, nghe trộm)

Part 2. Complete the passage with appropriate forms from the words given in the box. (5 pts)

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MAN TAX MARK WISH ROCK

At the age of sixteen, Dutch teen Laura Dekker has become the youngest person ever to single-handedly
(101)__________ the globe. Since she was little, Laura has displayed a natural (102)__________ to pick up
sailing skills with ease, having finished her first solo sail at six. Ten years later, she departed from the St
Maarten yacht club in the presence of her close family and many (103)__________ to embark on her (104)
__________ world-crossing journey. Over the next few months, Laura learnt to become (105)__________,
enjoying the company of only her ship through various obstacles that would prove to be (106) __________ for
many of her peers. Despite her (107)__________ accomplishments, her journey was met with a
(108)__________ start full of resistance from the Dutch authorities. Laura found the multiple court sessions
she had to attend to be even more draining than the responsibilities she had to shoulder during her (109)
__________ voyage. Having experienced such (110)__________ events, Laura is now considering the
possibility of settling in New Zealand after she fulfils her personal goals.

101. circumnavigate
102. (pre)disposition
103. well-wishers
104. long-awaited
105. self-reliant
106. taxing/overtaxing
107. remarkable
108. rocky
109. one-man/one-woman
110. disquieting

III. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20 PTS)

111. There is no question of me lending you my mobile phone.
On …………………………………………………………………...............................................................
112. I have frequently made stupid mistakes like that.
Many's ……………………………………………………………………………………………………....
113. If anyone succeeds in solving the problem, it will probably be him.
He is the most …………………………………………………………………............................................
114. Mr. Foster asked me to write this letter to you.
It is at ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
115. I don’t think he can work out the answer to the problem in 30 seconds.
I doubt …………………………………………………………………........................................................
116. He owed his life to that surgeon. (INDEBTED)
He …………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
117. There wasn’t a single ticket left for the concert so we couldn’t go (SELL-OUT)
The ………………………………………………………………………………………………couldn't go.
118. None of us was expecting to have a test this morning. (BLUE)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
119. No one listened to what the politician was saying last night. (EARS)
What the politician was saying ………………………………………………………………….....
120. Initially, I think you develop the plot very convincingly. (UNFOLDS)
………………………………………………………………….....................................................................

111. On no account will I lend you my mobile phone.

There's no question of Noun/V-ing : Không còn nghi ngờ gì nữa, ý chỉ sự khẳng định,
không bao giờ xảy ra
On no account : Dưới bất kì trường hợp, hoàn cảnh nào cũng không thể xảy ra
= Under no circumstances, Without a doubt, There is no doubt,..
112. Many's the time that I've made stupid mistakes like that.
Many's the time that I've made stupid mistakes like that.
Frequently (adv) : thường xuyên
Many's the time : ý chỉ việc gì thường xuyên xảy ra, phổ biến
113. He is the most likely person to succeed in solving the problem
likely person to succeed in solving the problem
Be the most likely to V = In all likelihood, S + V : Khả năng cao ai đó sẽ làm gì/như
nào
114. It is at Mr. Foster’s request that I am writing this letter to you
Mr. Foster’s request that I am writing this letter to you
at sb's request : theo yêu cầu của ai
115. I doubt whether/if he can work out the answer to the problem in 30 seconds
. doubt whether/if + Clause : nghi ngờ, nghi vấn liệu rằng, nếu chuyện gì có thể xảy
ra/ai đó có thể làm gì
work out solution/key/answer to sth : tìm ra giải pháp cho cái gì
116. He is indebted to that surgeon for saving his life.
Owe sth to sb / Owesbsth : Nợ ai cái gì
 Be indebted to sb for sth : Cảm thấy mắc nợ ai vì cái gì
117. The concert was a complete sell-out, so we couldn’t go.
concert was a complete sell-out, so we
Sell-out (noun) : Tình trạng “cháy” vé; không còn vé thừa
Adjective : sold-out; fully-booked; out of stock : hết hàng, “cháy” hàng
118. This morning's test came out of the blue for every one of us.
Out of the blue (idiom) : xảy ra đột ngột, bất ngờ; không có thông báo hay dấu hiệu
cảnh báo trước đó
Additional synonym :
Adv : unexpectedly; suddenly; out of nowhere
Noun : a bolt from the blue (một sự kiện bất ngờ, đột ngột)
119. What the politician was saying fell on deaf ears last night.
120. Initially, I think the plot unfolds convincingly