DE THI THU SO 22 (bộ cơ bản)

SECTION I: LISTENING (3.0 points) (You will hear twice for each part)
Part 1. You will hear a radio interview with a ballet dancer called Elena Karpov, who is talking about
her life and career. For each question, put a tick in the correct box.
1. Elena decided to become a dancer when she was ________.
A. seven

B. nine

C. eleven

2. At ballet school in New York, Elena ________.
A. was the only student from Bulgaria.
B. found learning the language hard.
C. learned to be independent.
3. What does Elena say about the ballet called Cinderella?
A. Children will enjoy it.
B. The music was unfamiliar to her.
C. She saw it when she was a child.
4. In her free time, Elena likes to ________.
A. go sightseeing

B. go to clubs

C. go shopping

5. What does Elena often do for her fans?
A. She gives them a flower.
B. She signs one of her photographs.
C. She sends them a free ticket.
6. What does Elena like best about her job?
A. appearing on television

B. doing something she loves
C. travelling to different countries

Part 2. You will hear a group leader talking to some students who are going to visit an important
athletics event in Birmingham. For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered
space.
Athletics Championships
* Date of college trip: 15th of (7) …………………………….
* It’s the largest single sports competition in (8) …………………………….
* The number of national teams take part in is: (9) …………………………….
* Number of sports people who will compete: (10) …………………………….
* How the group will travel to Birmingham: by (11) …………………………….
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* They don’t hire coach because of the (12) …………………………….
* What group members must take on that day: (13) …………………………….
* Name of the website page: (14) …………………………….
* The day that other details will be available to students is on: (15) …………………………….
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 points)
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 36. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each)
Choose the best answer to each question.
16. The family could not ______ because they had forgotten their passports.
A. check up

B. check out

C. check through

D. check in

17. You’d better drive. I’m too ______ for such traffic.
A. experienced

B. experiencing

C. inexperienced

D. inexperiencing

18. ______ during the storm.
A. They were collapsed the fence

B. the fence was collapsed

C. They collapsed the fence

D. The fence collapsed

19. The reviewer ______ Mathew's new novel as a new style of modern science fiction.
A. chewed

B. digested

C. described

D. drew

20. She is wearing a/an ______ ring.
A. expensive nice gold

B. nice gold expensive

C. gold nice expensive

D. nice expensive gold

21. Mary has trouble ______ her homework.
A. to remember

B. to remembering

C. remember

D. remembering

22. She ________ her neighbor’s children for the broken window.
A. accused

B. blamed

C. denied

D. complained

23. Children should be taught that they have to________ everything after they use it.
A. put away

B. pick off

C. collect up

D. catch on

24. Whenever problems________ we discuss frankly and find solutions quickly.
A. make up

B. come up

C. put up

D. turn up

25. Many young people nowadays are prepared to________ getting married to pursue their
professional careers.
A. satisfy

B. sacrifice

C. prefer

D. confide

26. ________, we tried our best to complete it.
A. Thanks to the difficult homework

B. Despite the homework was difficult

C. Difficult as the homework was

D. As though the homework was difficult

27. A learner driver must be ________ by a qualified driver.
A. connected

B. accompanied

C. involved

D. associated
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28. A wedding is a good opportunity for ________ off new clothes.
A. wearing

B. carrying

C. showing

D. putting

C. on behalf of

D. in front of

29. He retired early ________ ill-health.
A. on account of

B. ahead of

30. I have had some summer jobs but I have never been________employed.
A. ever

B. occasionally

C. rarely

D. permanently

31. Mary attempted to ________herself with her new boss by volunteering to take on extra work.
A. gratify

B. please

C. ingratiate

D. commend

32. The injured man was taken to hospital and ________for internal injuries.
A. cured

B. healed

C. operated

D. treated

33. The soldier was punished for ________to obey his commanding officer’s orders.
A. refusing

B. regretting

C. objecting

D. resisting

34. I love this painting of an old man. He has such a ________ smile.
A. childhood

B. childish

C. childless

D. childlike

35. Nowadays children would prefer history _________ in more practical ways.
A. to be taught

B. teach

C. be taught

D. to be teaching

Part 2: Questions from 36 to 45. (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences.
36. Reduction in government spending will ……………………….………further cuts in public

NECESSARY

services.
37. Good hygiene helps to …………………………………..the risk of infection.

MINIMUM

38. She at first wanted to be a …………………………………..but now she works as a doctor.

LAW

39. In many countries it is ………………………………..to smoke cigarettes under the age of

LEGAL

sixteen.
40. An investigation has been under way for several days into the ……………………………..

APPEAR

of a thirteen-year-old boy.
41. Nicholas …………………………………..admitted that the report was a pack of lies.

FRANK

42. There's a high …………………………………..that the children will follow a different career. PROBABLE
43. The northern part of our country was slow to …………………………………...

INDUSTRY

44. She has always been …………………………………..on our educational issues recently.

SPEAK

45. The …………………………………..of the trains and the buses causes frustration and

FREQUENT

annoyance.
Part 3: Questions from 46 to 50.(1 point - 0.2/ each)
Each of the following sentences has an error. Find the errors and correct them.
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46. The equipment in the office was badly in need of to be repaired.
47. The governor has not decided how to deal with the new problems already.
48. Insulin, using treat diabetes and is secured chiefly from the pancreas of cattle and hogs.
49. The people tried of defend their village, but they were finally forced to retreat.
50. The president refuses to accept either of the four new proposals made by the contractors.
Part 4: Questions from 51 to 55.(1 point - 0.2/ each)
Fill in each of the sentences with correct prepositions.
51. They enjoyed a popularity scarcely commensurate …………………… their actual merits.
52. You are …………………… no obligation to buy the product. Take it home and try it out for a week.
53. she was very sad because her father passed …………………… last week.
54. But I am surprised …………………… how much money they want to pay him!
55. I'm afraid; we have run …………………… of apple juice. Will an orange juice do?
SECTION III: READING (6.0 points)
Part 1. Questions 56 – 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
CAREERS
Work should be a meaningful and (56) __________ part of one’s life. The (57) _______ of a

career is, therefore, one of the most serious decision anyone can (58) __________. It is important
to take in consideration your (59) _______ and personal preferences. For instance, adventurous
people who enjoy an outdoor life shouldn’t choose a (60) _______ in an office. If you like to work alone,
you shouldn’t look for employment which requires working with the public. If you enjoy working with
people, you may like a career in a (61) __________ such as human resources. You should (62)
__________ about finding out as much as possible about intended career before you finish your
education. It may take time to (63) __________ for the career you want. Don’t accept a job if you
haven’t got a clue what your working conditions will be or how much you can expect to (64)
__________. Future disappointment can be avoided by talking to professionals with (65) __________
in the career you are interested in as well as visiting different companies and institutions.
56. A. comfortable

B. productive

C. exported

D. efficient

57. A. thought

B. advice

C. choice

D. interest

58. A. do

B. set

C. have

D. make

59. A. facilities

B. skills

C. references

D. contracts

60. A. work

B. job

C. pension

D. business

61. A. branch

B. department

C. workplace

D. firm

62. A. set

B. work

C. look

D. find

63. A. run

B. practise

C. train

D. learn
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64. A. bring

B. earn

C. obtain

D. win

65. A. reputation

B. employment

C. experience

D. experiment

Part 2. Questions 66 – 75 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question
One of the factors contributing to the intense nature of twenty-first-century stress is our continual
exposure to media – particularly to an over abundance of news. If you feel stressed out by the news,
you are far from alone. Yet somehow many of us seem unable to prevent ourselves from tuning in to
an extreme degree.
The further back we go in human history, the longer news took to travel from place to place, and
the less news we had of distant people and lands altogether. The printing press obviously changed all
that, as did every subsequent development in transportation and telecommunication.
When television came along, it proliferated like a population of rabbits. In 1950, there were 100,000
television sets in North American homes; one year later there were more then a million. Today, it’s not
unusual for a home to have three or more television sets, each with cable access to perhaps over a
hundred channels. News is the subject of many of those channels, and on several of them it runs 24
hours a day.
What’s more, after the traumatic events of September 11, 2001, live newscasts were paired with
perennial text crawls across the bottom of the screen – so that viewers could stay abreast of every story
all the time.
Needless to say, the news that is reported to us is not good news, but rather disturbing images and
sound bytes alluding to disaster (natural and man-made), upheaval, crime, scandal, war, and the like.
Compounding the problem is that when actual breaking news is scarce, most broadcasts fill in with
waistline, hairline, or very existence in the future. This variety of story tends to treat with equal alarm
a potentially lethal flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream that over promises smooth
skin.
Are humans meant to be able to process so much trauma – not to mention so much overblown
anticipation of potential trauma – at once? The human brain, remember, is programmed to slip into
alarm mode when danger looms. Danger looms for someone, somewhere at every moment. Exposing
ourselves to such input without respite and without perspective cannot be anything other than a source
of chronic stress.

66. According to the passage, which of the following has contributed to the intense nature of twentyfirst-century stress?
A. An overabundance of special news

B. The degree to which stress affects our life

C. Our inability to control ourselves

D. Our continual exposure to the media

67. In the past, we had less news of distant people and lands because ______.
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A. means of communication and transprotation were not yet invented.
B. the printing press changed the situation to slowly
C. printing, transportation, and telecommunications were not developed
D. most people lived in distant towns and villages
68. The pronoun “them” in paragraph 3 refers to _________.
A. TV channels

B. television sets

C. TV news

D. cable access

69. The word “traumatic” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. boring

B. fascinating

C. upsetting

D. exciting

70. According to the passage, when there is not enough actual breaking news, broadcasts _________.
A. are full of dangerous diseases such as flu.
B. send out live newscasts paired with text across the screen
C. send out frightening stories about potential dangers
D. are forced to publicize an alarming increase in crime
71. As stated in the passage, a flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream tend to ________.
A. involve natural and man-made disasters B. be treated with equal alarm
C. be scarce breaking news

D. be warmly welcomed by the public

72. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The news that is reported to us is not good news.
B. Many people are under stress caused by the media.
C. Many TV channels supply the public with breaking news.
D. The only source of stress in our modern life is the media.
73. The word “slip” in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. release

B. bring

C. fail

D. fall

74. According to the passage, our continual exposure to bad news without perspective is obviously
________.
A. the result of human brain’s switch to alarm mode.
B. a source of chronic stress.
C. the result of an overabundance of good news.
D. a source of defects in human brain.
75. What is probably the best title for this passage?
A. Effective Ways to Beat Stress

B. More Modern Life - More Stress

C. The Media - A Major Cause of Stress

D. Developments in Telecommunications

Part 3: Questions 76 – 85 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the text and fill in one word which best fits each gap.
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The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. (76) …………………… other insects which live alone,
the honey bee lives as a member of a community. These bees live (77) …………………… in what is known
as a bee colony. The head of the colony is called the (78) …………………… bee. She is larger than the rest of
the bees. Her main task in the colony is to (79) …………………… eggs. Most of the other bees are the worker
bees. These bees collect nectar and pollen (80)

……………………

flowers. The nectar thatis carried by the

worker bees is deposited on the hive and then converted into honey. The worker bees also help
look (81) …………………… the young bees. as soon as the eggs are hatched, the worker bees feed the young
bees (82) …………………… pollen and nectar. The third (83) …………………… of bee found in the colony is the
drone or male bee. The main task of such a bee is to mate with a new queen. The queen bee has a
life span of about three years. During this period, she would have laid more than (84) …………………… a
million eggs. When the queen bee is dying, a new queen would be groomed. This new queen would
eventually take (85) …………………… the 'duties' of the old queen when the latter dies.
SECTION IV: WRITING (4.0 points)
Part 1: Questions from 86 to 90.(2 point- 0.4/ each)
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed
before it.
86. He told me that it was wrong of me to leave early.
 He criticized ...................................................................................................................................................................................................
87. It is believed that his father died in a car accident.
 His father .........................................................................................................................................................................................................
88. When the Minister was asked about the strike, he declined to comment.
 On .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
89. As she grows older, she becomes increasingly cheerful.
 The older ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................
90. Although Jack took a taxi, He still arrived late for the conference.
 In spite ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................
Part 2: Questions from 91 to 92. (2 points - 0.4/ each)
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word
given. Do not change the word given.
91. In the end, I felt I had been right to leave the club. regrets
 In the end, I ……………………………………………………………………. left the club.
92. The company didn’t decide to replace this model. no
 The company had ……………………………………………………………………. this model.
93. Paula said I had caused the accident. for
 Paula ……………………………………………………………………. the accident.

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94. She has always had a good relationship with her children. got
 She has ……………………………………………………………………. her children.
95. You can get Tim to lend you his car but you won't succeed. point
 There is ……………………………………………………………………. Tim to lend you his car.
Part 3. Essay writing
“Deforestation one of the main causes that lead to global warmings.”
To what extend to you agree with this and state your solution to this problem. You should write at
least 150 words.

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