TRƯỜNG THPT CHU VĂN AN KỲ THI HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2014 – 2015 Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 11- Chương trình (Nâng cao) ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

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Trường THPT Chu Văn An
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ I (2014 – 2015)
Môn: Anh văn Lớp:11
Ban: Nâng cao
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
(Dành cho học sinh các lớp 11D1, 11D2, 11D3, 11Văn)
Đề thi gồm 04 trang, 50 câu. Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi này
A.PHONETICS
Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.
1. a. celebrate b. decorate c. entertain d. influence
2. a. polite b. popular c. pagoda d. agrarian
3. a. longevity b. calendar c. parade d. occasion
4. a. represent b. exchange c. receiving d. prepare
5. a. constancy b. festival c. activity d. comment
Your answers
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B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answer.
1.I've got lots of ______ but only a few really good friends.
a. best friends b. neighbors c. acquaintances d. partners
2.Scientists ______ a carefully controlled experiment on the mystery virus.
a. turned over b. put up c. carried out d. set in
3.I prefer staying at work late ______ work home with me.
a. to take b. taking c. than take d. to taking
4.You are under no obligation to help as assistance is purely ______.
a. free b. voluntary c. charitable d. donated
5.I don't remember ______ of the decision to change the company policy on vacation. When
was it decided?
a. telling b. being told c. to tell d. to be told

6.I couldn't find Jo at the party last night. If I ______ him, we'd have been happy.
a. .meet b. met c. have met d. had met
7.Big cities like New York and Tokyo are ______ populated.
a. greatly b. densely c. closely d. variously
8.______ in some developing countries may be the cause of poverty and hunger.
a. Modernization b. Literacy c. Pollution d. Overpopulation
9.______ Christmas Eve, people often have parties late at midnight.
a. On b. In c. At d. For
10.He got an excellent grade in his examination ______ the fact that he had not worked
particularly hard.
a. on account of b. because of c. in spite of d. Although
Your answers
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II. Give the correct form of the given words to complete the following passage.
DRESS CODE
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Mã đề: 101
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UK companies have received criticism from a business forum for what their report
refers to as a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress code for office workers. This
follows a case in which a male (1. EMPLOY) working in the post room of a large
organization in the United Kingdom received a suspension for wearing jeans to work.
Whilst the report accepts that there is a need for people dealing with customers to
look well dressed, it questions whether employees who work behind the scenes
(2.NECESSITY) need to dress formally. The authors of the report made a (3.COMPARE)
between UK and other European nations where employers seem (4. CONCERN) about the
need for their workers to wear smart clothes in the office. Their (5. ARGUE) is based on
research that claims workers are far more (6. PRODUCE) when they have the freedom to
dress in a way that they feel most (7. COMFORT) in.

Your answers
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6 7
III. Error identification
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 it out.
THE INTERVIEW
Suzane was very nervous about her interview. For at least three weeks before it she
was worried about it. She really wanted the job but she knew that there a lot of other
people wanted get it too. She had been told when she phoned the number in the advert
that there were a great many applicants for it, so as she prepared herself. She made
notes of what she might be asked and of what she wanted to ask. When the day it
came, she arrived half of an hour early. There were six other people waiting to be
interviewed. They all looked much more confident than her. She began to feel herself
even more nervous. One by one the others were called. Each of them came out and
looking satisfied. Suzane was the last one to be called into the interview room. She
had decided by then time that she had no chance of getting the job, so she felt relaxed
as she walked in.
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00. there
1.________
2.________
3.________
4.________
5.________
6.________
7.________
8.________
C. READING
1.The reading passage below has six paragraphs A-F. Choose the correct heading for

each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the correct number i-ix.
List of Headings
i. Indecision about a name
ii. Current problems with distribution
iii. Uncertainty about financial advantages
iv. The contrasts of cinema today
v. The history of cinema
vi. Integrating other events into cinema
vii. The plans for the future of films
viii. An unexpected advantage
ix. Too true to life
The end of the silver screen?
Cinema technology has remained much the same for a century, so when will it go digital?
Kelvin Hilton views the projections.
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A. Cinema is full of contradictions. It is high- tech and old- fashioned at the same time.
Today’s films are full of digital sound and computer- generated special effects. Yet they are
still stored on celluloid film, the basis of which is more than 100 years old. They are also
displayed with projectors and screens that seem to belong to our great- grandparents’
generation.
B. Now that we are in the second century of cinema, there are moves to bring the medium
right up to date. This will involve revolutionising not just how films are made but also how
they are distributed and presented. The aim is not only to produce and prepare films digitally,
but to be able to send them to movie theatres by digital, electronic means. High- resolution
digital projectors would then show the film. Supporters say this will make considerable
savings at all stages of this chain, particularly for distribution.
C. With such a major technological revolution on the horizon, it seems strange that the
industry is still not sure what to call itself. This may appear a minor point, but the choices,
‘digital’ cinema and ‘electronic’ cinema (e- cinema), suggest different approaches to, and

aspects of, the business. Digital cinema refers to the physical capture of images; e-cinema
covers the whole chain, from production through post- production (editing, addition of
special effects and construction of soundtrack) to distribution and projection.
D. And what about the effects of the new medium? The main selling point of digital cinema
is the high resolution and sharpness of the final image. But those who support the old-
fashioned approach to film point to the celluloid medium’s quality of warmth. A recurring
criticism of video is that it may be too good: uncomfortably real, rather like looking through
an open window. In 1989, the director of the first full- length American digital high-
definition movie admitted that the picture had a ‘stark, strange reality to it’.
E. Even the money–saving aspect of e-cinema is doubted. One expert says that exciting
cinema will have to show the new material and not all of them will readily or rapidly furnish
themselves with the right equipment. ‘E-cinema is seen as a way of saving money, because
print costs a lot,’ he says. ‘But for that to work, cinemas have to be showing the films
because cinemas are the engine that drives the film industry.’
F. This view has prompted some pro-digital entrepreneurs to take a slightly different
approach. HD Thames is looking at reinventing the existing cinema market, moving towards
e-theatre, which would use digital video and projection to present plays, musicals and some
sporting events to the public. This is not that different from the large-screen TV system that
was set up in New York in 1930 and John Logie Baird’s experiments with TV in the late
1920s and early 30s.
Your answers
1.Paragraph A_________
2.Paragraph B __________
3. Paragraph C _________
4. Paragraph D _________
5. Paragraph E _________
6.ParagraphF__________
2. Read the passage bellow and then choose a suitable word A, B, C or D to fill in each
blank.
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Secular festivals and feasts have many uses and values (1)____ the public enjoyment
of a celebration. In prehistoric societies, festivals provided an (2)____ for the elders to pass
on (3)____knowledge and the meaning of (4)____ lore to younger generations. Festivals
celebrating the founding of a nation or the date of withdrawal of foreign (5)____ from its
borders bind its citizens in a (6)____ that rises above personal concerns.
Modern festivals and feasts centering on the (7)____ of national or ethnic groups
enrich understanding of their heritage. Contemporary festivals related to regional
developments, such as westward (8)____ on the American continent, aid the local economy
by attracting visitors to a pageant of historic authenticity that also fulfill an informal (9)____
function.
1.A. under B. over C. beyond D. behind
2.A. opportunity B. occasion C. occurrence D. onset
3.A. human B. country C. folk D. homeland
4. A. clan B. group C. tribe D. tribal
5. A. intruders B. invaders C. attackers D. occupants
6. A. unity B. union C. collection D. group
7. A. habit B. routine C. practice D. custom
8. A. spreading B. enlarging C. expansion D. swelling
9. A. teaching B. explaining C. instructive D. educational
D. WRITING
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the sentence printed before it.
Ex: The film was so boring that I fell asleep.
It was such a boring film that I fell asleep.
1. Our opinions on the subject are identical.
We …………………………………………………………………………
2. It seems that Mary forgot about our meeting.
Mary ……………………………………………………………………….
3. It is useless to persuade him to do this.

There’s ……………………………………………………………………
4. The patient recovered more rapidly than expected.
The patient made …………………………………………………………
5. My father finds maps hard to follow.
My father has ………………………………………………………………
THE END
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ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ 1 KHỐI 11 NÂNG CAO (2014-2015)
Mã đề 101
A.PHONETICS
Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.
1 C 2B 3B 4A 5C
B.GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
1. Choose the best option.
1C 2C 3D 4B 5B
6D 7B 8D 9A 10C
2. Give the correct word form.
1. employee
2.necessarily
3.comparison
4.unconcerned
5.argument
6.productive
7.comfortable
3. Identify the error.
1.get
2.as
3.it
4.of

5.herself
6. and
7. √
8.time
C. READING
1. Headings
1.Paragraph A: iv
2.Paragraph B : vii
3. Paragraph C : i
4. Paragraph D : ix
5. Paragraph E : iii
6. Paragraph F : vi
2. Gap- fill
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B
6.A 7. D 8. C 9. D
D. WRITING
Transformation sentences
1.We have/share the same opinion on the subject.
2.Mary seems to have forgotten about our meeting.
3.There’s no need to persuade him to do this.
4.The patient made a more rapid recovery than expected
5.My father has difficulty (in) following maps.
THE END
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