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THỪA THIÊN HUẾ lỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011
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ĐÈ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - (VÒNG 1)
Thời gian: 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề)

I. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR ( 35 points)
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to
the correct word or phrase.
1. The social services are chiefly ……… with the poor, the old and the sick.
A. Influenced B. related C. suffered D. concerned
2. I know you’re annoyed, but you must try to control your…………
A. blood B. storm C. explosion D temper
3. It was a hot day, and many people were………….their way to the beach.
A. taking B. hitting C. making D. setting
4. After a lot of difficulty, he ………….to open the door.
A. managed B. succeeded C. obtained D. realized
5. The car was badly smashed up, but the driver escaped without serious…………
A. damage B. pain C. wound D. injury
6. The country’s annual……… of coffee beans has increased each year since 1977
A. produce B. growth C. outcome D. production
7. he kept his marriage a secret for years ,but eventually the truth……………
A came out B. came through C. went out D turned out
8. Jo was shocked when I disagreed with her . She’s so used to getting her own…………
A. mind B. way C. opinion D. views
9. When he sings, he has the ability to make songs sound good.
A. sparse B. rare C. infrequent D. scarce
10. The management are making to increase the company's efficiency.
A. measures B. steps C. moves D. deeds
11. I know this is a big disappointment but don't take it to
A. soul B. mind C. spirit D. heart

12. I was told yesterday that the car had been fixed but it's broken down again!
A. even B. still C. yet D. right
13. Simon in me on the understanding that I wouldn't tell anyone else.
A. confided B. intimated C. confessed D. disclosed

Part 2: 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.
Unusual beliefs
Despite the fact that this is now the 21st century an
(1) number of English people appear INCREASE
to (2) in the paranormal. What is BELIEF
the (3) for this? EXPLAIN
(4) have found the answers to many of SCIENCE
our questions, but the more (5) we make, DISCOVER
the more we want to know. The (6) need PSYCHOLOGY
for (7) that we have appears to be very SECURE
strong. For this reason, a belief in the (8) EXIST
of aliens. and especially, the (9) of contact POSSIBLE
with alien life forms is (10) common. EXTREME

Part 3: Put the verbs in brackets into the suitable tenses, including passives if necessary
The mystery of the Mary Celeste is one of the greatest mysteries of the sea. An American sailing ship,
the Mary Celeste set sail from New York on 5 November 1872 - bound for Genoa in Italy, with a cargo of 1,700
barrels of commercial alcohol.
A month later - on 5 December - she (1 sight) east of the Azores, in the eastern Atlantic,
by a British ship, the Dei Gratia. By an amazing coincidence, the master of the British ship, Captain David
Reed Morehouse, and the master of the Mary Celeste , captain Benjamine Spooner Briggs (2 dine)
together in New York the night before the Mary Celeste (3 set sail)
So Morehouse (4 realize) , that the Mary Celeste (5 sail)
in the wrong direction. What could be the ship doing, he (6 wonder)

? Having hailed his friend's ship and got no reply, he (7 go) to
investigate. There (8 be) nobody on board. Captain Briggs, his wife and two-year-old
daughter (9 all vanish) The last entry in the ship's log was for 25 November, on which
day the Mary Celeste (10 be) within six miles of the Azores.
An enquiry (11 hold later) in Gibraltar, but to this day the mystery of the Mary Celeste (
12 never solve)
II. READING (35 points)
Part 1 Fill in each gap with ONE appropriate word. The first gap has been done as an example.
EVOLUTION
It is generally accepted that present-day animals and plants differ from those of the past, (0) having
changed by a general process called evolution. But this theory has been widely accepted for little (1)
than a hundred years. The present theory of evolution was developed (2) two naturalists – Charles
Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace – working independently.
When he was a young man (3) 22, Darwin went as naturalist on a round-the-world, map-
making cruise aboard a British naval survey ship, HMS Beagle. The cruise began in 1831 and lasted (4)
1836. In the Galapagos islands, Darwin came (5) a group of birds, later to become known
(6) “Darwin’s finches”. They were similar to one (7) in their colour, song, nests and eggs,
and were clearly descended (8) the same finch stock, (9) each had a different kind of beak
and was adapted (10) a different way of life. (11) were seed-eaters, fly-catchers,
woodpeckers and various other types.
Darwin assumed that the ancestors of all (12) types had been blown to the islands in bleak
weather, had survived and changed somehow (13) the various forms. In the years after the voyage,
Darwin gradually came to the conclusion that individuals better suited (14) their environment would
tend to leave more offspring while those (15) well adapted would die out.

Part 2: Read the following passages and choose the best answers to the comprehension questions.

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The word laser was coined as an acronym for Light Amplification by the stimulated Emission of
Radiation. Ordinary light, from the Sun or a light bulb, is emitted spontaneously, when atoms or
molecules get rid of the excess energy by themselves, without any outside intervention. Stimulated
emission is different because it occurs when an atom or molecule holding onto excess energy has been
stimulated to emit it as light.
Albert Einstein was the first to suggest the existence of stimulated emission in a paper published
in 1917. However, for many years, physicists thought that atoms and molecules always were much more
likely to emit light spontaneously and that stimulated emission thus always would be much weaker. It was
not until after the Second World War that physicists began trying to make stimulated emission dominate.
They sought ways by which one atom or molecule could stimulate many others to emit light, amplifying
it to much higher powers.
The first to succeed was Charles H. Townes, then at Columbia University in New York. Instead of
working with light, however, he worked with microwaves, which have a much longer wavelength, and
built a device he called a “maser”, for Microwave Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
Although he thought of the key idea in 1951, the first maser was not completed until a couple of years
later. Before long, many other physicists were building masers and trying to discover how to produce

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stimulated emission at even shorter wavelengths.
The key concepts emerged about 1957. Townes and Arthur Schawlow, then at Bell Telephone
Laboratories, wrote a long paper outlining the conditions needed to amplify stimulated emission of visible
light waves. At about the same time, similar ideas crystallized in the mind of Gordon Gould, then a 37-
year-old graduate student at Columbia, who wrote them down in a series of notebooks. Townes and
Schawlow published their ideas in a scientific journal, Physical Review Letters, but Gould filed a patent
application. Three decades later, people still argue about who deserves the credit for the concept of the
laser.

1. The word “coined” in line 1 could best be replaced by
A. Created B.mentioned C.understood D.discovered
2. The word “intervention” in line 4 can best be replaced by
A. Need B.device C.influence D.source
3. The word “it” in line 6 refers to
A. light bulb B.energy C.molecule D.atom
4. Which of the following statements best describes a laser?
A. A device for stimulating atoms and molecules to emit light B.An atom in a high-energy state
C.A technique for destroying atoms or molecules D.An instrument for measuring light waves
5. Why was Towne’s early work with stimulated emission done with microwaves?
A. He was not concerned with light amplification. B.It was easier to work with longer wavelengths.
C.His partner Schawlow had already begun work on the laser.DThe laser had already been developed.
6. In his research at Columbia University, Charles Townes worked with all of the following EXCEPT

A. stimulated emission B.microwaves C.light amplification D.a maser
7. In approximately what year was the first maser built?
A. 1917 B.1951 C.1953 D.1957
8. The word “emerged” in line 23 is closest in meaning to
A. Increased B.concluded C.succeeded D.appeared
9. The word “outlining” in line 24 is closest in meaning to
A. Assigning B.studying C.checking C.summarizing
10. Why do people still argue about who deserves the credit of the laser?
A. The researchers’ notebooks were lost.B.Several people were developing the idea at the same time.
C.No one claimed credit for the development until recently.D.The work is still incomplete.

Part 3: Read the article. Six sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from sentences A-G the one
which best fits each gap 1-5. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an example
(0) at the beginning.

A. Because of this, cotton T-shirts are not a particular good idea.
B. But each year, hundred of people get into trouble and the reason is always the same.
C. Everybody knows what it means.
D. He repeated this until he reached the village.
E. How had he managed to get down off the mountain?
F. If you visit almost any town in Britain, you will be struck by the number of shops selling outdoor equipment.
G. The greatest threat to your survival comes from hypothermia.

How to survive the cold
It seems that the popularity of outdoor sports is growing. Britons are taking to the hills in increasing
numbers in their free time, perhaps influenced by the growing interest in the environment. The fact that there
are more and more of these shops is evidence of this trend. Going for a walk in the mountains of Scotland may
seem a safe and gentle way to spend your time (the highest peak is just over 1,300 m).

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Some time this winter, you can be sure that you will see it on the news: " Hope is fading for a missing
climber." Somewhere, in some frozen corner of Scotland, a mountain rescue team is looking for
someone - and they know, the chances are, it's already too late.

On 4 January last year it was Richard Antrim, a computer programmer from Newcastle, who did not
return to his car after a walking weekend. Weather conditions were terrible and the search team, trying to rescue
him feared the worst. However three days later, Antrim walked into the ski resort of Glensee.

Trapped by strong winds and deep snow, Antrim had made a hole in the snow and crawled into a
survival bag. The next day, he walked two kilometres before digging another hole. He celebrated his
survival in British style with a hot cup of tea, But his story is unusual.

4 The blood gets thicker as it loses water, limiting the body's ability to keep warm, so it's important to
drink a lot. You also need to keep up your body temperature by eating high-energy food like chocolate and
Antrim was lucky because he had some available. He also had a kettle which meant he could boil water.
Protecting yourself against the cold will also be a key to survival The wind can lower temperatures by
more than 20oC so wind- and water-proof clothing is essential. Underneath this you need at least two layers of
clothing that do not absorb water.

But however well prepared you are what you need more than anything else is a lot of luck. If it's
your lucky day, the weather and visibility will improve and you will have a little chance of avoiding unseen
dangers and finding your way home. But if conditions get worse you could find yourself in a very dangerous
situation.
III. WRITING (30 points)
Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
1.They intend to travel round the world when they retire. go
They are……………………………………………………………………………….
2.The weather forecast predicts a drop in temperature tomorrow. will
They say tomorrow…………………………………………………………………
3.I can’t come at eleven on Saturday, as I have an appointment with the

hairdresser. having
I can’t come …………………………………………………………………………
4.The time of departure for your flight to Rio is six o’clock. takes
The plane to Rio ……………………………………………………………………
5.It looks like that old bridge is ready to fall down. is
It looks like that old bridge ………………………………………………………….

6.I suppose you are very tired after your long walk. must
You ……………………………………………………………………………… ….
7.’I won’t come home late from late the party.’ she said. promised
She…………………………………………………………………………
8.It would have been better if you had gone to bed earlier. should
You……………………………………………………………………………….……
9.We were allowed to stay up late if there was a good film on television.
let
My parents…………………………………………………………………………
10.’Don’t swim just after you have eaten,’ she said to them. warned
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2

3

4

5

She………………………………………………………………………………….…
11. The police accused him of stealing the wallet. charged
He

12. He would not stop talking although no one was listening. insisted
He
13. The house was in darkness except for a light in the kitchen. apart
The house was completely
14. I have had enough of tidying after you every day. tired
I
15. They continued to look for the girl till it got dark. search
The
Part 2: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a
word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (). If a line has a word which should not
be there, write the word.
Brain training
Do you remember how at school certain subject seemed be impossible 0…be
to understand? However much the teacher tried to explain geography, 00…
for example, you still did not grasp even though the basics? Now some 1……
psychologists are suggesting that learning difficulties may be in the way 2……
the subjects are been presented rather than being a failure on the part 3……
of the children. According to a method that called NLP ( Don’t worry what 4……
the letters stand for now), people fall into groups depending on how they 5……
do learn best – through sight, sound or feeling. For example, a visual 6……
child will to learn best through diagrams, an auditory child through spoken 7……
words, while a kinesthetic child will benefit most from and practical 8……
examples. It is easy to find out at which group your child belongs to. 9……
All you have to do is ask him or her a question such as “ What was your 10…. .
day at school like?”. According to the new theory of NLP, the way the child 11……
will answers will tell you whether they learn through sight, sound or feeling. 12……
So, a visual child, when answering, will look up to your right, whereas 13……
an auditory child will look from left to right. A child that has learns best 14 …
through feeling will look down to the left and right before giving an answer. 15…
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