Bộ 5 đề thi chọn HSG môn Tiếng Anh 12 có đáp án năm 2021 Sở GD&ĐT Lâm Đồng

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BỘ 5 ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MƠN TIẾNG ANH 12

NĂM 2021 CĨ ĐÁP ÁN TRƯỜNG THPT SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO

TẠO LÂM ĐỒNG

1. Đề số 1

SECTION I: LISTENING (4 pts)

 Bài nghe gồm 3 phần. mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 15 giây.
 Mở đầu mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu nhạc, mỗi phần cách nhau 1 phút.

 Thí sinh đọc kỹ hướng dẫn trước khi làm bài.

Part 1: Listen and choose the correct information about each invitation. Write your
answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box.

1. A. Lynne refuses Dave’s invitation.
B. The invitation is for Saturday.

C. Lynne will meet Dave’s parents on Saturday.
D. Dave will meet Lynne’s parents on Saturday.
2. A. Paula already has plans.

B. They will meet at the bookstore.
C. The invitation is for Friday.

D. They will meet at the football stadium.
3. A. There will be free drinks and food.
B. Rose refuses the invitation.

C. Rose doesn’t think it will be fun.

D. Rose has something planned on Saturday.
4. A. Ron accepts the invitation.

B. Ron has to study for an important exam.
C. Ron has to work late

D. Ron has to go to an evening English class.
5. A. They will go downtown after class.

B. They both hate listening to music
C. The invitation is for next month.
D. They will go dancing after class.
6. A. The invitation is for Sunday

B. George likes those kinds of shows.
C. They will go to the show in the morning.
D. They won’t go to the show.

Your answers:

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Part 2: Listen to four conversations in which people are giving invitations. What events
are they talking about? Listen and choose the correct answer. Write your answer (A, B,
C, or D) in the numbered box.

1 2 3 4

A. art show
B. sports festival

C. children’s concert
D. flowers festival

A. craft fair
B. food fair
C. farm show
D. music show

A. movie premiere
B. restaurant opening
C. ice-skating

exhibition
D. art show

A. restaurant opening
B. book signing
C. fashion show
D. concert

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4.

Part 3:

A. Listen to people talking about what they think is fun . Complete the numbered blank
with no more than four words .

Name Where they live What they do Their idea of fun

Karen Chicago

(1)………

Staying at home and (2)………
………..
Paul

New York (3)……….. Going online and chatting.
Emi Taipei

(4)……… (5) ………..

B . Listen to the interview with three athletes . Complete the numbered blank with no
more than four words .

Name Sports Accident Yes _{/ No} Injury
Barbara

(1)……….. No .

Victor (2)………..

Yes. He (3)………
and……….
Lucy

(4) ……….. Yes She fell off her bike

and (5)………..

SECTION II : LEXICO-GRAMMAR ( 5 pts)

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer
(A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box.

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A. worthless B. worth C. worthwhile D. worthy
2. One ____________ of riding a bicycle is that it’s cheap.

A. credit B. advantage C. advance D. value

3. People who take on a second job inevitably _____________ themselves to greater stress.
A. offer B. subject C. field D. place
4. I keep putting __________ the decision because I can’t make up my mind.

A. up B. down C. off D. on

5. The new factory must be finished _________ as the profitability of the company depends on
it.

A. on time B. in times C. at time D. for a time

6. To prevent flooding in winter, the water flowing from the dam is constantly __________ by a
computer.

A. managed B. graded C. monitored D. conducted
7. I usually buy the clothes _____________ . It is cheaper than going to a dressmaker.
A. off the peg B. on the house C. in public D. on the shelf
8. I was already fed up with the job, but when the boss walked into my office and told me he
expected me to work overtime that was the _______________. I quit.

A. final curtain B. last straw C. end of the line D. last waltz
9. The doctor gave the patient _____________ examination to discover the cause of his
collapse.

A. a thorough B. a universal C. an exact D. a whole
10. After leaving school , Nigel decided to _____________ in the army.

A. register B. enrol C. sign D. enlist

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided
in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

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Interviews are an (0)__________ (perfect) method of choosing the
best people for jobs, yet human (1)________(be) like to examine
each other in this way. One of the many problems of

(2)________(select) as it is commonly practised is that the forms
filled in by the (3)_______(apply) often fail to show people as they
really are. This means that you can follow all the best

(4)__________(advise) when completing your form and still find
that you are (5) __________( success) at the next stage – the
interview. (6) ________(similar) in the rare cases where the
interviews are automatic, a candidate with an

(7)_________(adequate) form may do surprisingly well .
Of course, your form needs to show that you have

(8)_____(confident) in your (9) _________(able) to do the job ,
but don’t try to turn yourself into someone else – a person you
have to pretend to be at the interview. (10) _________ (real) and
honesty are definitely the best approach.

(0) imperfect

(1)……….
(2)……….
(3)………
(4)………
(5)……….
(6)……….
(7)………..
(8)……….
(9)……….
(10)………..

Part 3: Complete each sentence with the correct form of ONE of the phrasal verbs below.
Write your answer in the numbered box. Each verb is used only once.

slip up run out of get into figure out drink up
wear off fall into cut down on egg on take off
1. I just can’t ___________ why President Clinton did that! What a stupid thing to do!
2. If you plan the project well, then everything should __________ place.

3. At first the guys were just having a small argument, but their
friends _______ them _________ until they started fighting.
4. The doctor told me to __________ sugar and fat in my diet.

5. I’m sorry, I just can’t __________ the game right now. I’m thinking about work.

6. You _________ when you told Sara about her surprise party. You shouldn’t have done that.
7. In many cultures, it is appropriate _________ your shoes when entering a house.

8. Most patients find that the numbness from the injection __________ after about an hour.
9. We ___________ milk this morning, so we need to go to the store.

10. __________ everyone! The pub is closing in five minutes.

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 4: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes, correct them
and write your answers in the numbered box. (0) has been done as an example.

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competitions or even champion. But special training is hard works and most young people
don’t keep it up. Many of them drop out when they come up against tough competition.
To become a professional in sport, you have to go through with a strictness training
schedule. And it is not easy. It means doing without some of life’s pleasures, too. For
example, to build up your physical strong you may have to stick to a special diet and give
up some of your favour foods . Smoking and alcohol are out , and to keep fit you have to
work out regular every day .

Sometimes it all pays off, but the road to succeed is long and there are no
guarantees. No wonder that countless young talents decide to settle for a regular job
instead, and, as far as professional sport are concerned, prefer to look on as spectators.
Your answers: Example: 0. interest -> interested

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

SECTION III : READING (6 pts)

Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each
gap. Write your answer in the numbered box.

AUDIOBOOKS – BOOKS ON CASSETTE

In the modern world, there is a wealth of leisure activities to choose from. Entertainment
industries (1)________for your leisure time. You can watch TV, listen to music, go to an art
gallery or concert or, of course, read a book. Sometimes it seems that reading is (2)

__________ because, (3) ___________ you’re a faster reader, it can take a (4)________
amount of time to finish a novel, for example. But in the (5)_________world, time is something
that can be in short supply.

Book publishers haven’t been (6) _________ to realize this and are now selling a
product which needn’t (7)________ as much of your time but still tells you an excellent story.
The new product is the audiobook-cassette recordings of shortened novels, often read by
well-known personalities or the authors themselves. Audiobooks are (8)________ new but people
are becoming more aware of them and sales are increasing (9)_________.

One of the attractions of audiobooks is that they’re (10)_________ listening to the radio,
only better. You can listen to what you want when you want, and you won’t ever (11)_________
anything. Much of their appeal (12)___________ in their flexibility. They (13)__________ you to
do other things while you’re listening ,such as driving or (14)_________ the housework. For
some people , audiobooks can be a much more enjoyable way of (15)_________ knowledge
than reading.

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5. A. current B. new C. present D. modern
6. A. behind B. slow C. delayed D. overdue
7. A. take up B. fill out C. go through D. pass by
8. A. partly B. approximately C. roughly D. relatively
9. A. ever since then B. all the time C. up until now D. from then on
10. A. as B. same C. like D. both

11. A. pass B. lack C. miss D. lose
12. A. stands B. belongs C. bases D. lies
13. A. grant B. allow C. spare D. afford
14. A. doing B. running C. making D. cleaning
15. A. grasping B. catching C. gaining D. raising

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 2: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question from the four
choices marked (A , B , C or D). Write your answer in the numbered box.

The three phrases of human memory are the sensory memory, the short-term memory, and the
long - term memory. This division of the memory into phases is based on the length of time of
the memory.

Sensory memory is instantaneous memory. It is an image or memory that enters your mind only
for a short period of time; it comes and goes in under a second. The memory will not last longer
than that unless the information enters the short-term memory .

Information can be held in the short-term memory for about twenty seconds or as long as you
are actively using it. If you repeat a fact to yourself, that fact will stay in your short- term memory
as long as you keep repeating it. Once you stop repeating it, either it is forgotten or moves into
long -term memory .

Long -term memory is the huge memory tank that can hold ideas and images for years and
years . Information can be added to your long-term memory when you actively try to put it there
through memorization or when an idea or image enters your mind on its own .

1. The best title for this passage would be ____________

A. The Difference Between Sensory memory and Short-term memory.
B. How long It Takes to Memorize.

C. The Stage of Human Memory.
D. Human Phases.

2. The three phases of memory discussed in the passage are differentiated according to
________

A. the location in the brain.

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C. how the senses are involved in the memory.
D. how long the memory lasts.

3. The expression “is based on” could be best replaced by ___________
A. is on top of . B. is at the foot of.

C. depends on. D. is below.

4. According to the passage, which type of the memory is the shortest?
A. Sensory memory. B. Active memory.

C. Short-term memory. D. Long-term memory.

5. According to the passage, when will information stay in your short-term memory?
A. For as long as twenty minutes.

B. As long as it is being used .

C. After you have repeated it many times .
D. When it has moved into long-term memory .

6. The word “keep” could be best replaced by __________.

A. hold B. continue
C. retain D. save

7. The word “Once” could be best replaced by which of the following?
A. Just after B. Although

C. Just before D. Because

8. All of the following are true about long-term memory EXCEPT that ___________
A. it has a very large capacity.

B. it can hold information for a long time .

C. it is possible to put information into it through memorization.
D. memorization is the only way that information can get there.

9. The expression “on its own” could be best replaced by ____________.
A. by itself. B. in its own time.

C. with its possessions. D. in only one way.

10. It can be inferred from the passage that if a person remembers a piece of information for
two days , this information is probably in _____________.

A. three phases of memory. B. the sensory memory.
C. the short-term memory. D. the long-term memory .

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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A. Bargain prices B. Escaping the crowds C. In-flight comfort
D. Ensuring availability E. Save on taxi fares F. Cheap excess
baggage

G. Lost lugguage compensation H. Changing to a better seat
1

Membership of an airline loyalty club will guarantee you a seat on a flight, even when that flight
is fully booked for ‘normal passangers’. Air France, KLM, Scandinavian Airlines and Singapore
Airlines are just four carriers offering this facility to their very best customers. Others, like British
Airways, Lufthansa and Swissair, are not quite so bold with their claims but all will move heaven
and earth to secure a seat for their club members.

2

First-class and bussiness-class passengers get the pick of the seating, ‘up front’ away from all
the engine noise and vibration. Economy passengers are invariably seated in the noisier, back
rows of the aircraft, however, and airline seating plans ( displayed in timetables) enable you to
choose the best seat.

3

Traveling with overweight baggage can cost you dearly. On long-haul flights, the airlines give
you a free baggage allowance of between 20 and 64 kilos, depending on the class of travel and
the route. Every excess kilo is charged at one per cent of the first-class fare. One way round
this is to hand over your baggage to an excess company, which can save you as much as 70
per cent on airline fees. Your luggage will then travel to your destination unaccompanied, and

you can either collect it from the airport or have it delivered to your destination address. It won’t
usually arrive the same day, though.

4

Booking a first-class or business-class ticket usually entitles you to use the more peaceful
airline executive lounge at the airport. Regular passengers with an airline can also use the
lounges, even when flying on cut-price economy tickets.

5

The unthinkable has happened. You have arrived overseas but your luggage has not appeared
on the airport baggage carousel. Keep calm. In most cases your bags will turn up, eventually.
But, before you leave the airport, contact a member of staff and complete a Baggage

Irregularity Report, which ensures that you will receive compensation. However, airlines pay out
pitiful compensastion, so do read the small print on your ticket, and it’s essential to take out
adequate insurance beforehand.

6

Securing an upgrade is easier than ever before. Canadian Airlines will now seat some
transatlantic passengers who have paid the economy fare in business class, while
business-class passengers bound for New York, Toronto, Delhi or Bombay are automatically upgraded to
first-class if they have paid the full business-class fare. In addition, large companies are

increasingly negotiating an automatic upgrade with airlines.

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Part 4: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentence from the list
A to H for each gap. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use. Write
your answer in the numbered box.

A. A species is a recipe written in DNA; a theology is an idea written in human language;
a steam train is an engineer’s blueprint.

B. Natural selection creates diversity- a thousand different ways to solve the same problems
C. Even if we cannot yet recreate species from their genomes

D. But they’ve got taken exactly on schedule.

E. Despite the munch-vaunted web of ecological connections between all life
F. Mankind has now destroyed 90 per cent of Brazil’s coastal rainforest and not a
single endemic species of bird has died out.

G. Some pachyderms survived on an island.

H. But it is necessary for island to remain isolated if this is to happen

Island creatures are extremely vulnerable to extinction. Except in the island continents like
Australia, mankind has had a far less dramatic impact upon continental

creatures.(1)___________. The number of creatures known to have died out in the rainforest of
the world is still tiny. Nearly all of the extinctions mankind has caused have been on island, and
most of those have been achieved by introducing competitors. (Lakes are equivalent to islands.
When Nile perch were put in Lake Victoria, they quickly wiped out half the 300 species in fish in
the lake).

What harm is done? There is no diminution of biomass, no increase in the chances of a

collapse of all life. (2)__________, the invaders are often better adapted to survive than their
victims. So why does such extinction matter at all?

The answer is that it standardizes the world. (3)__________. It meant sheep and cattle
in Eurasia, giant birds in New Zealand and Madagascar, elephants in Africa, and bison in North
America . Now most of them are extinct or marginalized. The same also applied to other forms
of extinction. Where once there were hundreds of African theologies, now Christianity and Islam
dominate. Where once there were more than a thousand mutually unintelligible languages on
the island of new Guinea alone, soon there will be just pidgin. Where once there were different
kinds of cars in every country on earth, now everybody drives a clone. It is not so much

extinction itself that matters – does it matter that nobody speaks Linear B drives a Model T or
worships Ra? It is the standardizing of the world, the disappearance of diversity that matters.
True, nature flights back. Worldwide species are evolving into separate kinds; it could be
only a few thousand years before starlings in Hawaii cannot breed with starlings in London and
are therefore technically a different species. (4)___________. Islands have been called nature’s
laboratories: they take a few, monotonous, global species and fragment them into experimental
forms, a few of which later inherit the earth. In just the same way, for a new language to be born
the speakers must be isolated by a mountain range or a stretch of sea for several centuries;
that is impossible today.

How do you save diversity of species, theologies, languages and technologies? The answer
must lie in information technology. All of these things are really just chunks of unique

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(6)___________, we should save them for a time when our descendants can. Petrarch
grumbled that he was surrounded by books in Ancient Greek that neither he nor anybody else
could read. The skill was later reacquired.

Your answers:

SECTION IV: WRITING (5 pts)

Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the sentences printed before it.

1. It was overeating that caused his heart attack.

If ____________________________________________________________________
2. You’re under no obligation to accept their offer.

You can please _________________________________________________________
3. It seems as if there is a slight deterioration in his physical condition.

His ___________________________________________________________________
4. Everyone started complaining the moment the announcement was made.

No sooner ______________________________________________________________
5. As far as I know, there’s no reason for James to be so unhappy.

To the _________________________________________________________________

Part 2: Use the word(s) given in brackets and make any necessary additions to complete
a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original
sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given word(s).

1. I find it surprising that she didn’t like her present. (thought)

I would ____________________________________________________________________
2. The new plans for the school have been approved by the authorities. (met)

The new plans

_______________________________________________________________
3. Somehow no one found out he had stolen the technical design from another
company.( away)

Somehow he

________________________________________________________________
4. I want to know if you have finalised those delivery dates yet. (round)

Have you

___________________________________________________________________?
5. Don’t eat so many sweets and won’t have to visit the dentist so often. (save)

Eating fewer

_________________________________________________________________

Part 3: Write an essay (about 250 words) on the following topic: Why is education the
top priority of all people? (Do not include your personal information.)

………

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………
- HẾT-

ĐÁP ÁN
SECTION I: LISTENING (4đ)

Part 1: (1.2đ) Mỗi đáp án đúng 0.2 (0.2 x 6 = 1.2)

1.B 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.A 6.B

Part 2: (0.8đ) Mỗi đáp án đúng 0.2 (0.2 x 4 = 0.8)

1.C 2.B 3.A 4.B

Part 3: (2.0đ)

A. (1 đ) Mỗi đáp án đúng 0.2 (0.2 x 5 = 1)

Name Where they live What they do Their idea of fun

Karen 1. law student 2. watching DVDs

Paul 3. business student

Emi 4. actress 5. listening to her _{(favourite) CDs}

B. (1 đ) Mỗi đáp án đúng 0.2 (0.2 x 5 = 1)

Name Sport Accident ? Yes / No Injury
Barbara 1. hand gliding No .

Victor 2. free style skiing Yes. 3. ...broke his arm
and (his) leg

Lucy 4. triathlon Yes 5. …broke her hand

SECTION II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR ( 5đ )

Part 1: (1đ) Mỗi đáp án đúng 0.1 (0.1 x 10 = 1)

1.D 2.B 3.B 4.C 5.A

5.C 7.A 8.B 9.A 10.D

Part 2: (1đ) Mỗi đáp án đúng 0.1 (0.1 x 10 = 1)

(1) beings (6)Similarly

(2) selection (7) inadequate

(3) applicants (8) confidence

(4) advice (9) ability

(5)unsuccessful (10) Realism

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1. figure out 2. fall into 3. egged them _on 4. cut down on 5. get into
6. slipped up 7. to take off 8. wears off 9. ran out of 10. Drink up

Part 4 : (1.5đ) Mỗi đáp án đúng 0.15 (0.15 x 10 = 1.5)

Most of us are interest in one kind of sport or another , even if we don’t go in for it active . Lots
of people take up a particular sport at an early age, for example tennis, skiing or ice-skating. If
they get up to a suitable high standard, they may go in for local competitions or even champion.
But special training is hard works and most young people don’t keep it up. Many of them drop

out when they come up against tough competition.

To become a professional in sport, you have to go through with a strictness training
schedule. And it is not easy. It means doing without some of life’s pleasures, too. For example,
to build up your physical strong you may have to stick to a special diet and give up some of
your favour foods . Smoking and alcohol are out , and to keep fit you have to work

out regular every day .

Sometimes it all pays off, but the road to succeed is long and there are no guarantees.
No wonder that countless young talents decide to settle for a regular job instead, and, as far as
professional sport are concerned, prefer to look on as spectators.

(1) active - actively (6) strong - strength
(2) suitable - suitably (7) favour - favourite
(3) champion - championships (8) regular - regularly
(4) works - work (9) succeed - success
(5) strictness - strict (10) are - is

SECTION III: READING (6đ)

Part 1: (1.5đ) Mỗi đáp án đúng 0.1 ( 0.1 x 15 = 1.5)

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.D

6.B 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C

11.C 12.D 13.B 14.A 15.C

Part 2: (1.5đ) Mỗi đáp án đúng 0.15 (0.15 x 10 = 1.5)

1.C 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.B

6.B 7.A 8.D 9.A 10.D

Part 3: (1.5đ) Mỗi đáp án đúng 0.25 (0.25 x 6 = 1.5)

1.D 2.C 3.F 4. B 5. G 6. H

Part 4: (1.5đ) Mỗi đáp án đúng 0.25 (0.25 x 6 = 1.5)

1F 2E 3B 4H 5A 6C

SECTION IV: WRITING (5đ)

Part 1: (1đ) Mỗi câu đúng 0.2 (0.2 x 5 = 1)

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3. His physical condition seems to be deteriorating slightly.

4. No sooner had the announcement been made than everyone started complaining.
5. To the best of my knowledge, there’s no reason for James to be so unhappy.

Part 2: (1đ) Mỗi câu đúng 0.2 (0.2 x 5 = 1)

1. I would have thought that she would have liked her present.

2. The new plans for the school are have met with the approval of the authorities/ the
authorities’ approval

3. Somehow he managed to get away with the technical design from the company.

4. Have you got round to finalising those delivery dates yet?.

5. Eating fewer sweets will save you having to visit the dentist so often.

Part 3: (3đ)

Content and
format
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4

-3 main parts and four ideas –supporting ideas(and
example)

-3 main parts and three ideas –supporting ideas(and
example)

-3 main parts and two ideas –supporting ideas(and
example)

-3 main parts and one ideas –supporting ideas(and
example)
Length
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1

-About 250 words
-About 200 words
-About 150 words
-About 100 words

Fluency
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3

-Flowing style-very easy to understand –both complex
and simple sentences- very effective.

-Quite flowing style-mostly easy to understand –a few
complex sentences- effective.

-Reasonably smooth style-not to hard to understand –
mostly(but not all) simple sentences –fairly effective.
-Jerky style-and effort needed to understand-confusing
complex sentences – mostly simple sentences

-Very jerky –hard to understand –almost simple
sentences.
Grammar
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1

-Master grammar-only one or two minor mistakes
-A few minor mistakes (only prepositions, articles, etc.)
-Only one or two minor mistakes.

-Major mistakes which lead to difficulty in understanding-
lack of mastery of sentence constructions.

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0.3
0.2

0.1

-Good use of new words acquired –use of appropriate
synonyms, circumlocution, etc.

-Attempt to use words acquired- fairly appropriate

vocabulary on the whole but sometimes restricted –had to
resort to use synonyms ,circumlocution, etc.

-Restricted vocabulary- imprecise and vague-affects
meaning.

Spelling

0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1

-No error

-1 or two minor errors only

-Several errors –do not interfere significantly with
communication –not too hard to understand.
-Several errors- some interfere significantly with

communication –some words are very hard to recognize .
Suggested ideas:

The reason why education is important to life.

- main purpose is to help people to read and write and how to behave towards others and
society, provide people with relevant knowledge, widen knowledge,develop intelligence ,etc.
- a good education intends to get the young ready for life

- a key to many high positions in society, help to earn living more easily than the uneducated
people

- bring up intellectual ability and personal skills for people

- play a very important role to civilization, prosperity and power of a country,etc.

2. Đề số 2

I. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. (15 points)
1. These figures give you some idea of the cost of ….. your car for one year.

A. controlling B. handling C. managing D. maintaining
2. It can take up to three months to ….. a man to do this specialist work.

A. guide B. raise C. train D. learn
3. In today’s paper it ….. that we shall have an election this year.

A. says B. admits C. expresses D. proposes
4. I had to pay ….. on a carpet I bought in through the Customs today.

A. taxes B. rates C. fines D. duty
5. Tropical diseases are comparatively ….. in Europe.

A. scarce B. rare C. slight D. few

6. The ….. charged by the architect for the plans of the new building were unusually high.
A. hire B. price C. fees D. sum

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A. arrangement B. organisation C. expense D. business
8. You shouldn’t eat so many sweets. They’re ….. for you.

A. bad B. unhealthy C. unsuitable D. disagreeable
9. I wondered whether you would like to ….. to the theatre tomorrow.

A. visit B. go away C. go out D. walk out
10. Do you think he is ….. of doing the job?

A. capable B. competent C. able D. suited
11. I bought these shoes in the sale. They were a real ……….

A. cheap B. economy C. bargain D. purchase
12. If you put your money in the bank, it will earn ten per cent ……….

A. investment B. profit C. deposit D. interest
13. Edward was named after one of his father ‘s distant ……….

A. family B. brothers C. members D. relations
14. Jane and Brian got married a year after they got ……….

A. divorced B. proposed C. engaged D. separated
15. Julie had a terrible ………. with her parents last night.

A. row B. discussion C. argue D. dispute

Part 2: Read the text and use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a
word that fits in the space in the same line. (10 points)

Margaret started English Literature this term, and I’m afraid that

her (1) INTRODUCE ……… to the subject has not bee entirely (2) SUCCESS ………..
She has not show much enthusiasm and does not always pay (3) ATTEND ……...… in class.
Her assignments are often (4) READ…...… , because she is so untidy, and because of her
(5) FAIL...… to check her work thoroughly. She failed to do any (6) REVISE ...…...… before
the end of term test, and had poor results. She seems to have the (7) MISTAKE ……....… idea
that she can succeed without studying. She has also had many (8) ABSENT..…...… and has
frequently arrived late for class. This has resulted in several (9) PUNISH…... . Although
Margaret is a (10) GIFT ...…..… student in some respects, she has not had a satisfactory term.
Part 3: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the
sentence to be correct. Circle your answers. (5 points)

1. We sent a present for the children living next door.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

2. Penny took three exams and managed to succeed them all.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

3. Items of luggage whose weight exceed 50 kilograms will not be allowed on the ferry.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

4. The unemployment rate has increased considerably since last
year. Another two millions are jobless.

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5. The President often contradicts himself. He often says something which doesn’t
agree with what he says earlier.

(A) (B) (C)
(D)

Part 4: The following sentences are badly constructed. Rewrite them in better style and
correct any grammatical errors. (5 points)

1. All students must pay their fees, except foreigners, to the university bursar.

...
...

2. Swimming is a sport to any healthy person I would recommend.

...
...

3. The president said that the new education programme was essential addressing a large
audience in the provincial capital yesterday.

...
...

4. Talks have begun to plan a railway linking the provincial capitals between the representatives
of the provincial assemblies.

...
...

5. The advertisement said that they wished to employ a secretary for an expanding company
with good shorthand and typing speeds at their head office.

...
...

II. READING

Part 1: Read the passage and choose the correct answer for the following questions:
All at once Hazel was coming in through the French windows, pulling off gardening gloves, and
Bill was entering through the door, both at once. So I only had time to take one quick look at her
before I turned to face him. All very confusing. What that first glimpse showed me was that time
had thickened her figure but didn’t seem to have made much difference to her face. It still had
good skin and youthful outlines. She was holding a bunch of roses – must have been cutting
them in the garden while waiting for me. The gardening gloves lent a delightfully informal touch.
It was quite an entrance, though Bill spoilt it a bit by making his at the same time.

Bill seemed longer and thinner. His tightly massed hair had a tinge of grey. Apart from that,
twenty years had done nothing to him, except deepen the lines of thoughtfulness that had
already, when I knew him, begun to spread across his face. Or was that all? I looked at him
again, more carefully, as he looked away from me at Hazel. Weren’t his eyes different
somehow? More inward looking than ever? Gazing in not merely at his thoughts, but at
something else, something he was keeping hidden or perhaps protecting.

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talking earnestly about African education, and the strain of appearing to concentrate while
actually thinking about his wife proved so great that I decided it would be easier just to
concentrate. So I did. I let him hammer away for about ten more minutes, and then the
daughter, who seemed to be acting as parlourmaid, showed in another visitor. Evidently we
were to be four at lunch.

1. What effect had time had on Hazel and Bill?

A. They had both lost weight. B. They were more withdrawn.

C. They hadn’t changed at all. D. They had changed in subtle ways.
2. When they all started talking, the writer

A. relaxed at last. B. stopped dreaming.

C. spoke most to Hazel. D. began to remember things.
3. The writer found the first part of their conversation

A. sentimental. B. irritating. C. uninformative. D. trivial.
4. Why did Bill speak seriously?

A. He wanted some money from the writer. B. He did not remember the
writer.

C. His wife was present. D. He was talking about the
past.

5. In the end the writer found Bill’s conversation

A. monotonous B. convincing C. thought-provoking D. instructive
Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable word for each space.

According to a magazine article I read recently, we (1) ... live in an age of increasing
leisure. Not only are more and more people reaching (2) ... age with their taste for

enjoyment and even adventure relatively (3) ... but the working week is becoming shorter
and the opportunities for (4) ... are becoming greater and greater all the time. Not to mention
the fact that people (5) ...to spend less time travelling to work or may even be working from
home. What I can't understand, however, is who these people are. As far as I can (6) ... the
whole thing is another one of (7) ... journalistic fictions. I admit that there are a lot of retired
people (8) ... but I am not sure that all of them are dashing about learning hang-gliding or
sailing single-handed (9) ... the world. My own parents seem to (10) ... most of their time
gazing at the television. And as for the shorter working week, I wish someone (11) ...remind
my company about it. I seem to be working longer and longer hours (12) ... the time. The
little leisure time I have is eaten into by sitting in the traffic jams or waiting for trains to (13)
... up at rain-swept platforms. I haven't noticed any dramatic improvements in my (14) ...
either, but perhaps I just have to wait until I get my (15) ...

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8. A. in our days B. in these times C. nowadays D. now and again
9. A. round B. over C. through D. into

10. A. have B. use C. the D. spend
11. A. would B. to C. had D. might

12. A. at B. for C. take D. all
13. A. keep B. line C. show D. set
14. A. cost of living B. lifestyle C. lifeline D. livelihood
15. A. pension B. retirement C. insurance D. salary
Part 3: Read the text and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.

Our classes take place for three hours every morning from Monday to Friday. The maximum
class size is twelve (1) ... the average is ten. We use modern methods of (2)
... and learning, and the school has a language laboratory, a video camera and
recorders. You will only be successful in improving (3) ... English, however, if you
work hard and (4) ... speaking English as much as you can. You will take a short (5)
... in English as soon as you arrive. In this way, we can put you in a (6) ...
at the most suitable level.

There are two classes at the Elementary level; one is for complete (7) ... and
the other is for students who know only a little English, in both classes you will practise simple
conversations. In the class (8) ... the intermediate level you will have a lot of practice
in communication in real-life situation because we help you to use the English you have

previously (9) ... in your own country, You will also have the chance to improve your
(10) ... of English grammar and to build up your vocabulary...

III. PRONUNCIATION

Part 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others. (05 points)

1. a. technical b. change c. much d. exchange
2. a. weapon b. increase c. threat d. spread
3. a. requirements b. subject c. secondary d. levels

4. a. prohibit b. exhibit c. habit d. hunting
5. a. elephants b. decades c. poachers d. actions
Part 2: Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
1. a. continent b. however c. elephant d. tropical

2. a. represent b. intensive c. domestic d. employment
3. a. social b. proportion c. industry d. easily

4. a. habitat b. century c. difficult d. prohibit
5. a. generally b. secondary c. education d. specialize

III. WRITING

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2. "Why don't you leave now. That's what I'd do."

If ... .
3. Jill was the only person who came late.

Everyone ... .

4. This matter is so complicated that we don't know how to deal with it.
So ... .
5. It's a pity you didn't ask us to spend the time with you.

If only ... .

Part 2: For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in
meaning to the original sentence, but using the word given. This word must not be altered in
any way.

1. I'm afraid that we haven't got any eggs left. (run)

... .
2. Let me tell you what I think you should do. (advice)

... .
3. The numbers of cars on the roads must be reduced. (down)

... .
4. Come on Thursday or Friday. It' s all the same to me. (difference)
... .
5. Amanda has improved a lot this term. (progress)

... .
Part 3:

_____________________________________________________
THE END –

ĐÁP ÁN
I/ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

Part 1.

Q # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Key D C A D B C B A C A C D D C A

Part 2

1. introduction 2. successful 3. attention
4. unreadable 5. failure 6. revision

7. mistaken 8. absences 9. punishments 10. gifted

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Key B C C D D
Part 4

1. All students, except foreigners, must pay their fees to the university bursar.
2. Swimming is a sport I would recommend to any healthy person.

3. Addressing a large audience in the provincial capital yesterday, the president said that the
new education programme was essential.

4. Talks have begun between the representatives of the provincial assemblies to plan a railway
linking the provincial capitals.

5. The advertisement said that an expanding company wished to employ a secretary with good
shorthand and typing speeds at their head office.

II/ READING

Part 1:
Q # 1 2 3 4 5

Key D B C A A

Part 2. one point for each correct answer

Q # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Key C A D C B D B C A D A D C B A
Part 3.

1. and 3. your 5. test 7. beginners 9. learnt
2. teaching 4. practise 6. class 8. at 10.
knowledge

III/ PRONOUNCIATION
Part 1

Q # 1 2 3 4 5
Key A B D B A
Part 2

Q # 1 2 3 4 5
Key B A B D C
IV WRITING

Part 1:

1. We haven't spoken to your sister for a long time.
2. If I were you, I'd leave now.

3. Everyone was on time except for Jill.

4. So complicated is this matter that we don't know how to deal with it.
5. If only you had asked us to spend the time with you.

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1. I'm afraid we have run out of eggs.

2. Let me give you some advice on what you should do.
3. We must cut down on the numbers of cars on the roads.
The numbers of cars must be cut down on the roads.

4. Come on Thursday or Friday. It makes no difference to me.

5. Amanda has made good/great progress/ made a lot of progress this term.

3. Đề số 3

PART ONE: PHONETICS (1.0POINT)

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others.(0.5pt)

1. A. supposedly B. markedly C. allegedly D. determinedly
2. A. endure B. feature C. procedure D. measure
3. A. complete B. command C. common D. community
4. A. comb B. climb C. debt D. cable
5. A. neighbour B. height C. sleigh D. weight

Your answers:

1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.__
____

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.(0.5pt)

1. A. possibility B. disappointed C. manufacture D.
instrument

2. A. environment B. mystery C. contribute D. terrific
3. A. deficiency B. psychology C. ecological D. competitor

4. A. recommend B. difficulty C. admirable D. document
5. A. encouragement B. interviewer C. acknowledge D. miraculously

Your answers:

1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.__
____

PART TWO: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (7.0POINTS)

I. Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences. (2.5pts)

1. Only after the atomic bomb ________ and development in the air travel _______, ______
science fiction really become popular.

A. had created/ had taken off/ was B. had been created/ had been taken off/ has
C. had been created/ had taken off/ did D. had been created/ / had taken off/ had
2. We’ve bought some ________ chairs for the garden so that they are easy to store away.
A. adapting B. adjusting C. bending D. folding

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4. _______, it is obvious that the whole thing was a waste of time and effort.
A. None of us wanted to go in the first place

B. Staff meetings are often boring and have no apparent point to them
C. Since the results were far more satisfactory than anyone had expected
D. Seeing that we couldn’t solve anything in the end

5. There are ______ words in English having more than one meaning. Pay close attention to
this fact.

A. a large many B. quite many C. a great many D. quite a lot
6. This car has many features including _________.

A. stereo, safety devices, air condition, and it saves gas
B. good music, safety devices, air conditioning, and gas
C. stereo, safety devices, air conditioned, and good gas

D. stereo, safety devices, air conditioning, and low gas mileage
7. Round and round ___________.

A. the wheels of the engine went B. did the wheels of the engine go
C. went the wheels of the engine D. going the wheels of the engine
8. The replacement of shops such as the groceries and chemists’ by the café _______ the
housewives with insufficient facilities for shopping.

A. leave B. have left C. has left D. to have
left

9. Your argument _______ that Britain is still a great power, but this is no longer the case.
A. outlines B. presupposes C. concerns D.
presents

10. They are happily married although, of course, they argue _______.

A. most times B. from day to day C. every now and then D. on the
occasion

11. He promised to mend the broken wheel soon without ___________ .

A. fail B. failure C. trouble D. mistake
12. One of the first exercises in math class is ______ measure the radius of a circle.

A. to learn and B. to learn how to C. learning to D. learn to
13. We were shocked to hear the news of your ________.

A. having fired B. being fired C. having been fired D. to have been fired
14. I don’t know French, but I’ll ________.

A. get Tom to translate it B. have it translate
C. have Tom to translate it D. make it translate

15. _______ as taste is really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell.
A. That we refer to B. What we refer to

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16. _______ have settled, one of their first concerns has been to locate an adequate water
supply.

A. Wherever people B. There are people who
C. Where people D. People

17. Politicians should never lose ______ of the needs of the people they represent.
A. view B. sight C. regard D. prospect
18. _______ team sports require cooperation.

A. Of all B. They are all C. Why all are D. All
19. Studies indicate _________ collecting art today than ever before.

A. there are that more people B. more people that are
C. that there are more people D. people there are more

20. Doctors advise people who are deficient __________ vitamin C to eat more fruit and
vegetables.

A. from B. of C. in D. for

21. Dick put ____ ball in ____ net in _____ second half but ____ goal was disallowed.
A. a - a - a - a B. the - the - the - the

C. the - the - a - a D. a - a - the - the

22. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened _______ a sudden loud
noise.

A. being there B. should there be C. there was D. there have
been

23. The computer has dramatically affected ______ photographic lenses are constructed.
A. is the way B. that the way C. which way do D. the way

24. Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a __________ writer.

A. fruitful B. fertile C. virile D.
prolific

25. The handwriting is completely ______ . This note must have been written a long time ago.
A. inedible B. indellible C. illegible D.

unfeasible

Your answers:

1.____ 2.____ 3.____ 4.____ 5.____ 6.____ 7.____
8.____ 9.____

10.____ 11.___ 12.___ 13.___ 14._____ 15.___

16.___ 17.___ 18.___ 19.____ 20.____ 21.___ 22.___ 23._
__ 24.___ 25.____

II. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. (1.5pt)

a. The children were frightened because the lights suddenly (1. go) ________ out and they (2.
sit) ________ in the dark.

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c. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (5. wear) ________ her seat belt, she
(6. not hurt) ________ so badly.

d. It is vital that no one else (7. know) _______ about the secret government operation.
e. It seems strange to be standing here, (8. look) _______ out at Sydney Harbor.

f. Tom had a lucky escape. He (9. kill) ________ when a car crashed into the front of his
house.

g. _____ (10. Rank) as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in
which it was created.

Your answers:

1.____________________________ 2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________ 4. ____________________________
5. ____________________________ 6. ____________________________
7. ____________________________ 8. ____________________________
9. ____________________________ 10. ___________________________
III. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. (1.5 pt)

It seems that the mystery of why the Pyramids were built may have solved. Until quite recently
people got used to think that they were just tombs for pharaohs. Instead, the connection with
astronomy seem much more important. Egyptologists have often asked them how long
it spent to build them and why people built them in first place. Experts came up with a

suggestion that the Egyptians may have believed in the River Nile was the earthly equivalent of
the Milky Way. Many agree that the sizes of the three Giza Pyramids are in propotion to the
three stars of Orion. Nothing, then, was by the chance. Rather, the souls of dead pharaohs
were deliberatedly being project through shafts to reach at their goal of the Orion constellation.

Your answers:

No Line Mistake Correction

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

9
10

IV. Give the correct form of the word in each of the following brackets. (1.5pt)

It was not so long ago that we dealt with colleagues through face-to-face (1.

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DOUBT) _____ a swift means of communication providing your server is fully (3. FUNCTION)
______ and that the address you have contains no (4. ACCURATE) _____ has had a (5.
SIGNIFY) _____ effect on certain people’s behaviour, both at home and business. For those
people, the use of email has become irresistibly (6. ADDICT) _____ to the extent that it is (7.
THREAT) _____ their mental and physical health. Addicts spend their day (8. COMPULSION)
_____ checking for email and have a (9. TEND) ______ to panic if their server goes down. It is
estimated that one in six people spend four hours a day sending and receiving messages, the
equivalent to more than two working days a week. The negative effect on (10. PRODUCE)
________ is something employers are well aware of.

Your answers:

1.____________________________ 2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________ 4. ____________________________
5. ____________________________ 6. ____________________________
7. ____________________________ 8. ____________________________
9. ____________________________ 10. ___________________________
PART THREE: READING (6.0 POINTS)

I. Read the following passage and choose the option that indicates the correct answer to
each of the following questions.(2.0pts)

In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on

the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking,

mining, and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal
improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged internal

improvements in two distinct ways; first, by actually establishing state companies to build such
improvements; second, by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies
setting out to make a profit.

In the early nineteenth century, state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large
amount of direct regulatory activity, including extensive licensing and inspection programs.
Licensing targets reflected both similarities and differences between the economy of the
nineteenth century and that of today: in the nineteenth century, state regulation through
licensing fell especially on peddlers, innkeepers, and retail merchants of various kinds. The
perishable commodities of trade generally came understate inspection, and such important
frontier staples as lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control. Finally, state
governments experimented with direct labor and business regulation designed to help the
individual laborer or consumer, including setting maximum limits on hours of work and
restrictions on price-fixing by businesses.

Although the states dominated economic activity during this period, the federal government was
not inactive. Its goals were the facilitation of western settlement and the development of native
industries. Toward these ends, the federal government pursued several courses of action. It
established a national bank to stabilize banking activities in the country and, in part, to provide a
supply of relatively easy money to the frontier, where it was greatly needed for settlement. It
permitted access to public western lands on increasingly easy terms, culminating in the

Homestead Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone.
Finally, it set up a system of tariffs that was basically protectionist in effect, although

maneuvering for position by various regional interests produced frequent changes in tariff rates
throughout the nineteenth century.

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A. States's rights versus federal rights.

B. The participation of state governments in railroad, canal, and turnpike construction.
C. The roles of state and federal governments in the economy of the nineteenth century.
D. Regulatory activity by state governments.

2. The word “effect” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __________.

A. value B. argument C. influence D. restraint
3. All of the following are mentioned in the passage as areas that involved statevernments in
the nineteenth century EXCEPT _________.

A. mining B. banking C. manufacturing D. higher education

4. The word “distinct” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_________.

A. separate B. innovative C. alarming D.
provocative

5. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that in the nineteenth century canals and railroads
were _________.

A. built with money that came from the federal government
B. much more expensive to build than they had been previously
C. built predominantly in the western part of the country

D. sometimes built in part by state companies

6. The regulatory activities of state governments included all of the following EXCEPT _______.
A. licensing of retail merchants

B. inspecting materials used in turnpike maintenance
C. imposing limits on price-fixing

D. control of lumber

7. The word “setting” in bold in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________.

A. discussing B. analyzing C. establishing D. avoiding

8. The word “ends” in bold in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. benefits B. decisions C. services D.
goals

9. According to the passage, which of the following is true of the Homestead Act of 1862?
A. It made it increasingly possible for settlers to obtain land in the West.

B. It was a law first passed by state governments in the West.
C. It increased the money supply in the West.

D. It established tariffs in a number of regions.

10. Which of the following activities was the responsibility of the federal government in the
nineteenth century?

A. Control of the manufacture of gunpowder.

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D. Inspection of new homes built on western lands.

Your answers:

1.____ 2.____ 3.____ 4.____ 5.____ 6.____ 7.____ 8.____ 9.____ 10.____

II. Read the text below and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0pts)

The British are widely (1) _____ to be a very polite nation, and in (2)______ respects this is
true. An Italian journalist once commented of the British that they need (3) _____ fewer than
four “thank yous” merely to buy a bus ticket. The first, from the bus conductor means, “I’m
here.”. The second accompanies the handling over of the money. The third, again from the
conductor, (4) ____ “Here is your ticket.”, and then the passenger utters a final one as he
accepts the tickets. Such transactions in most (5) ____ parts of the world are usually conducted
in total silence. In sharp contrast to this excessive politeness with strangers, the British are
strangely lacking (6) _____ ritual phrases for social interaction. The exhortation “Good
appetite”, uttered in so (7) ______ other languages to fellow-diners before a meal, does not
exist in English. The nearest equivalent – Enjoy your dinner! – is said only by people who will
not be pataking of the meal in question. What’s more, the British (8) ____ happiness to their
friends or acquaintances only at the start of a new year and at (9)_____ such as

birthdays, (10) _____ the Greeks routinely wish all and sundry a “good week” or a “good
month”.

Your answers:

1._____________ 2._____________ 3._____________ 4._____________ 5._________
___

6._____________ 7._____________ 8._____________ 9._____________ 10.________
____

III. Read the passage and choose the best option for each of the following blanks.
(2.0pts)

Media and advertising

After more than fifty years of television, it might seem only obvious to conclude that it is
here to (1) ______ . There have been many objections to it during this time, of course, and (2)
______ a variety of grounds. Did it cause eye-strain? Was the (3) ______ bombarding us with
radioactivity? Did the advertisements contain subliminal messages, persuading us to buy more?
Did children turn to violence through watching it, either because so (4) ______ programs taught
them how to shoot, rob, and kill, or because they had to do something to counteract the hours
they had spent glued to the tiny screen? Or did it simply create a vast passive (5) ______
drugged by glamorous serials and inane situation (6) ______ ? On the other hand did it
increase anxiety by sensationalizing the news [or the news which was (7) ______ by suitable
pictures] and filling our living rooms with war, famine and political unrest? (8) ______ in all,
television proved to be the all-purpose scapegoat for the second half of the century, blamed for
everything, but above all, eagerly watched. For no (9) ______ how much we despised it, feared
it, were bored by it, or felt that it took us away from the old paradise of family conversation and
hobbies such as collecting stamps, we never turned it off. We kept staring at the screen, aware
that our own tiny (10) ______ was in if we looked carefully.

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5. A. program B. personality C. audience D. tense

6. A. comedies B. programs C. perhaps D. consequently
7. A. taken B. presented C. capable D.

accompanied

8. A. Taken B. All C. Somewhat D. Thus

9. A. one B. matter C. difference D. reason
10. A. fault B. reflection C. situation D.

consciousness

Your answers:

1.____ 2.____ 3.____ 4.____ 5.____ 6.____ 7.____ 8.____ 9.____ 10.____

PART FOUR: WRITING (6.0POINTS)

I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it. (2.0pts)

1. If the work is finished by lunchtime, you can go home.

Get _____________________________________________________________________
2. You haven’t done your work, have you?

It’s about ___________________________________________________________________

3. The fourth time he asked her to marry him, she accepted.

Only on

his __________________________________________________________________

4. He said that he had won as a result of good luck.

He

attributed _________________________________________________________________

5. That reminds me of the time I climbed to the top of Mount Fuji.
That takes

me _________________________________________________________________
6. People rumour that he is rich but stingy.

What _______________________________________________________________________
7. Such a ridiculous proposal isn’t worth serious consideration.

There

is _______________________________________________________________________
8. Just thinking about his face at that moment makes me laugh.

The

very ______________________________________________________________________
9. We cannot see animals in a vast area after the forest fire.

here is

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o

intense _____________________________________________________________________

_

II. Write a new sentence similar in meaning to the given one, using the word given in the
brackets. Do not alter the word in any way. (2.0pts)

1. I suddenly realized the meaning of a “freebie”. (dawned)

à___________________________________________________________________________
____

2. After the scandal, he was asked to resign. (HAND)

à___________________________________________________________________________
____

3. Bruce said that the situation at work was like a family argument. (likened)

____________________________________________________________________________
___

4. My father is not feeling well these days. (weather)

____________________________________________________________________________
___

5. I don’t think this record will ever be popular. (catch)

____________________________________________________________________________
___

6. His arrival was completely unexpected. (took)

____________________________________________________________________________
___

7. The success of our local theater has made our city famous. (map)

____________________________________________________________________________
___

8. He is certainly not a reliable witness. (means)

____________________________________________________________________________
___

9. Our company is the only company allowed to import these chemicals. (monopoly)

____________________________________________________________________________
___

10. It’s uncertain whether the band’s tour will take place. (BALANCE)

____________________________________________________________________________
___

III. Essay writing (2.0pts)

Some high schools require all students to wear school uniforms. Other high schools
permit students to decide what to wear to school. Which of these two school policies do

you think is better?

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(You may continue your writing on the back page if you need more space.)

……….
……….

----THE END---
ĐÁP ÁN
PART ONE: PHONETICS (1.0POINT)

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others. (0.5pt)

1. D 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.(0.5pt)

1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B
PART TWO: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (7.0POINTS)

I. Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.(2.5pts)

1. C 2. D 3. A 4. D 5.C 6. D 7. C
8. C 9. B 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. A
15. B 16. A 17. B 18.D 19. C 20. C 21. B
22. B 23. D 24. D 25. C

II. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. (1.5pt)

1. had gone 2. were sitting
3. was being played 4. came

5. had been wearing 6. wouldn’t have been hurt
7. (should) know 8. looking

9. could have been killed 10. To be ranked

III. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. (1.5pt)

It seems that the mystery of why the Pyramids were built may (1. have solvedà have been
solved). Until quite recently people got used (2. to thinkà to thinking) that they were just
tombs for pharaohs. Instead, the connection with astronomy (3. seem à seems) much more
important. Egyptologists have often asked (4. them à themselves) how long it (5.

spent à took) to build them and why people built them in (6. first place à the first place).
Experts came up with a suggestion that the Egyptians may have (7. believed inà believed
that) the River Nile was the earthly equivalent of the Milky Way. Many agree that the sizes of
the three Giza Pyramids are in propotion to the three stars of Orion. Nothing, then, was (8. by
the chance à by chance). Rather, the souls of dead pharaohs were deliberatedly being (9.
project à projected) through shafts to (10. reach at à reach) their goal of the Orion

constellation.

No Line Mistake Correction

1 1 have solved have been solved

2 2 to think to thinking

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4 3 them themselves

5 3 spent took

6 4 first place the first place

7 5 believed in believed that

8 7 by the chance by chance

9 7 project projected

10 8 reach at reach

IV. Give the correct form of the word in each of the following brackets. (1.5 pt)

1. INTERACTION 2. UNDOUBTEDLY 3. FUNCTIONAL
4. INACCURACIES 5. SIGNIFICANT 6. ADDICTIVE
7. THREATENING 8. COMPULSIVELY 9. TENDENCY
10. PRODUCTION

PART THREE: READING (6.0 POINTS)

I. Read the following passage and choose the option that indicates the correct answer to
each of the following questions.(2.0pts)

1. C 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. D
6. B 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. C

II. Read the text below and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0pts)

1. considered 2. some 3. no 4. means 5.
other

6. in 7. many 8. wish 9.
celebrations 10. while

III. Read the passage and choose the best option for each of the following blanks.
(2.0pts)

1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.C
6.B 7.D 8.B 9.B 10.B
PART FOUR: WRITING (6POINTS)

I. Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the given words. (2.0pts)
1. Get the work finished by lunchtime and you can go home.

2. It’s about time you did your homework.

3. Only on his fourth proposal did she accept to marry him.

4. He attributed his win/ victory/ success/ achievement/ triumph to good luck.
5. That takes me back to the timeI climbed to the top of Mount Fuji.

6. What people rumour is that he is rich but stingy.

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10. So intense was the hatred for Frank’s new policies that the staff went on strike.

II. Write a new sentence similar in meaning to the given one, using the word given in the
brackets. Do not alter the word in any way. (2.0pts)

1. It suddenly dawned on me what the meaning of a “freebie” was.
2. After the scandal, he was asked to hand in his resignation.
3. Bruce likened the situation at work to a family argument

4. My father is feeling (a bit) under the weather these days.
5. I don’t think this record will ever catch on.

6. His arrival took us (completely) by surprise.

7. The success of our local theater has put our city on the map.
8. He is by no means a reliable witness.

9. Our company has got the monopoly of/on/in importing these chemicals.
10. The band’s tour is in the balance.

III. Essay writing (2.0pts)

Marking scheme

The mark given to part III is based on the following scheme:

Mơ tả tiêu chí đánh giá Điểm tối đa

1. Bố cục 0.40

· Câu đề dẫn phải thể hiện được rõ ý kiến của người viết

· Bố cục hợp lí, rõ ràng phù hợp với yêu cầu của đề bài và đầy đủ 3
phần: mở bài, thân bài, kết luận.

· Bố cục uyển chuyển từ mở bài đến kết luận

0.10
0.15
0.15

2. Phát triển ý 0.40

· Phát triển ý có trình tự logic và mạch lạc

· Có giải thích, dẫn chứng, ví dụ xác thực đủ để bảo vệ ý kiến của
người viết

0.20
0.20

3. Sử dụng ngôn ngữ 0.40

· Sử dụng ngôn từ phù hợp với nội dung của bài viết

· Sử dụng ngôn từ đúng văn phong/ thể loại, đa dạng về từ vựng và
cấu trúc.

· Sử dụng từ nối các ý cho bài viết uyển chuyển

0.10
0.15
0.15

4. Nội dung 0.40

· Đủ thuyết phục người đọc
· Đủ dẫn chứng, ví dụ, lập luận

· Độ dài: Số từ khơng nhiều hơn hoặc ít hơn so với quy định 10 %

0.15
0.15
0.10

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· Sử dụng đúng dấu câu
· Chính tả: Viết đúng chính tả

- Lỗi chính tả gây hiểu nhầm/ sai lệch ý sẽ bị tính một lỗi (trừ 1%
điểm của bài viết)

- Cùng một lỗi chính tả lặp lại chỉ tính là một lỗi

· Sử dụng đúng thời, thể, cấu trúc câu đúng ngữ pháp. (Lỗi ngữ
pháp gây hiểu nhầm/ sai lệch ý sẽ bị trừ 1% điểm bài viết.)

0.10
0.10

0.20

Tổng 2.00

Markers should discuss the suggested answers and the marking scale thoroughly before

marking the papers.

4. Đề số 4

A. LISTENING

I. Listen to five short conversations and choose the correct answer to each question (5.0
points).

1. How will they book their flights?

A. on the Internet B. at the travel agent C. on the phone
2. What has the daughter forgotten to bring on holiday?

A. toothpaste B. hairbrush C. shampoo
3. What will the man and the woman do on Sunday?

A. do the housework B. go on a picnic C. watch DVDs and read
newspapers

4. Which blouse does the girl decide to buy?

A. a collar, long sleeves B. no collar, short sleeves C. a collar, without sleeves
5. When is the girl having a party?

A. 15th_{B. 14}th_{C. 13}th

II. Listen to the recording and choose the correct answer to each question (6.0 points).
6. What made Holly start writing when she was young?

A. keeping a diary each day

B. wanting to remember her dreams
C. completing a homework project

7. Holly tells the story about the starfish to show ______.
A. how to enjoy wildlife without hurting it

B. how to keep wild animals at home

C. how to find the most interesting animals in the wild`

8. What does Holly think is the most interesting thing about nature?
A. that animals live so close to us.

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C. that there is so much to learn.
9. What does Holly say about trees?
A. They have lots of uses.
B. They are often unnoticed.
C. They are everywhere.

10. Holly hopes that her young readers ______.
A. go on to study nature at college or university
B. improve their genneral reading skills

C. learn how to discover nature for themselves

11. What kind of books does Holly enjoy reading in her spare time?

A. classic novels B. cookery books C. field guides

III. Listen to the recording and fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS /

NUMBERS (5.0 points).

SUNNINGTON SPORTS CAMP
Choice of afternoon activity:

Sign list outside the (12) ______
Clothes:

Wear track suit, but also bring shorts and a T-shirt
(13) ______ sports shoes

Food:

Lunch served in canteen every half-hour bewteen 12.15 and (14)
______

Snack bar sells drinks, chocolate and biscuits
Certificate:

Marks given for:

- Attitude: (15) ______ and team-work
- Performance: strength, speeds and skill

- Level six certificate to anyone who gets (16) ______ or more.

IV. Listen to the recording and state whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) (4.0
points).

T F

17. Maria would like to travel a lot as part of her job.
18. Maria is confident she will be able to work for an airline.

19. Rolf intends to do a job connected with his degree.

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I. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence (8.0
points).

21. The answer Henry gave was so confusing that his lecturer could hardly make ______ of it at
all.

A. sense B. meaning C. interpretation D. intelligibility
22. Considered America’s first great architect, ______.

A. many of the buildings at Harvard University were designed by Henry Hobson Richardson
B. it was Henry Hobson Richardson who designed many of the buildings at Harvard

University

C. Henry Hobson Richardson designed many of the buildings at Harvard University
D. Harvard University has many buildings that were designed by Henry Hobson
Richardson.

23. “Jack, can you help me push the piano to the corner of the hall to ______ our party?” said
the teacher

A. give place to B. make place for C. take room for D. make room for
24. The surrealistic movement in art in the 1920s and 1930s placed ______ is pictured in the
unconscious and often incorporated dreamlike images.

A. to emphasize it B. an emphasis on what
C. an emphasis on it D. emphasize what

25. “Frankly, Ms. Adamson works ______ that her figures never need ______,” said the
General Manager.

A. such efficiently that / to check B. so efficient that / checking

C. such an efficient that / to be checked D. so efficiently that / to be checked

26. It is highly recommended that language learners in general and English learners ______
should learn the language in the native community so as to master it.

A. in particular B. on the whole C. in short D. on the other hand
27. Lama: “What’s your greatest phobia, Carolina?

Carolina: “______”

A. I’m afraid not. B. I haven’t made up my mind.
C. What an absurd idea! D. Worms, definitely.

28. Waiter: “How would you like your steak, sir?
Man: “______”

A. Not too bad B. Very good C. Rare, please D. Yes, of course I like it
II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets (5.0 points).

29. The (PREDICT) ______ weather in the mountains can make climbing extremely hazardous.
30. Both sides have shown a distinct lack of (ENTHUSIAST) ______ for discussion.

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33. Julie Johnson and Mark Thomas, aged 19 and 20 (RESPECT) ______, are taking part in
the competition.

III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting (3.0
points).

34. The American architect Frank Lloyd developed a theory of
architecture stressed the needs of the people who used it.

A B C D

35. Children subjected to violence, exploration, abuse, and neglect are in risk of death, poor
physical and mental

A B C
health, HIV/AIDS infection, and educational problems.

D

36. The works of early American woodcarvers had many artistic qualities, but these
craftsmen probably did not

A B
C

think of them as artists.
D

IV. Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in the following

sentences (2.0 points).

37. Sarah stood there, looking at his boyfriend without showing any reaction when he told her
the news.

A. caringly B. indifferently C. heartlessly D. impersonally
38. Martha decided to remain celibate and devoted her life to helping the homeless and
orphans.

A. married B. separated C. single D. divorced

V. Choose the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the following
sentences (2.0 points).

39. Written sources are considered absolutely indispensable for today’s history teaching.
A. unique B. unnecessary C. inexpensive D. affordable

40. The court concluded from the evidence that Mr. Smith was innocent and released him from
prison.

A. guilty B. benevolent C. innovative D. naive
C. READING:

I. There are FIVE blanks in the passage below. From the phrases / sentences in the box,
choose the most suitable for each blank. There is ONE EXTRA option that you DO NOT
need to use (5.0 points)

A. by attracting as many as several hundred thousand international students to their
countries

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C. as defined by the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
D. in accordance to its own national education system

E. preferred by international students are the United States, United Kingdom, Germany,
France, Canada and Australia

F. by sending hundreds of thousand students to study abroad

The definition of "international student" varies in each country (41) ______. In Australia,
international students are defined as those studying onshore only with visa subclasses 570 to
575, excluding students on Australian-funded scholarships or sponsorship or students

undertaking study while in possession of other temporary visas. New Zealand citizens do not
require a visa to study in Australia, (42) ______. In Japan, international students are defined as
foreign nationals who study at any Japanese university, graduate school, junior college, college
of technology, professional training college or university preparatory course on a “college
student” visa, (43) ______.

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in
their 2009 World Conference on Higher Education report, over 2.5 million students were

studying outside their home country. UNESCO also predicted that the number of international
students might rise to approximately 7 million by the year 2020. The main destinations (44)
______. Overall, the number of international students more than doubled to over 2 million
between 2000 and 2007.

However, the sharpest percentage increases of international students have occurred in New
Zealand, Korea, the Netherlands, Greece, Spain, Italy and Ireland. In recent years, some Asian
and Middle East countries have started to attract more international students. These regions
have entered the market with declared ambitions to become regional education centers (45)

______.

II. Choose the most suitable heading from the box for each paragraph below. There is
ONE EXTRA heading that you DO NOT need to use (5.0 points).

HEADINGS
A. The amount that American eat
B. Americans even getting fatter
C. Changing meal times everywhere
D. Why Americans love fast food
E. Unhealthy American schools

F. How American schools deal with obesity among
teenagers

46: ______

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47: ______

Many people blame for the fast food industry, along with sedentary life styles, for the
worrying increase. The average American now consumes about three hamburgers and four
portions of French fries every week. That’s 90 grams of fat and 2.250 calories (the average
person needs about 2.000 calories a day). A recent survey found that every month 90% of
America children eat at least one meal in fast food restaurant.

48: ______

Most Americans know that fast food isn’t good for them. It is high in calories, fat, salt
and sugar. Yet fast-food restaurants are part of American life. After World War II, higher salaries
and productivity, together with technological developments and increased consumerism, made

fast food restaurants popular. It presented a modern lifestyle, and is still a popular place for
teenagers to get together with friends. The food is cheap, and many say they love the taste.
The advertising is often aimed at children, with offers of entertainment and free gifts.

49: ______

Another in fast food sales – not only in the USA, but all over the world – is our
increasingly busy lifestyles. In the past, families ate a home-cooked meal together at dinner
time. These days, meals can be eaten at any hour of the day, and people rely on easy, instant
food – not always nutritious – that is available “24/7”. America invented the “TV dinner”, and it is
something most people around the world now enjoy.

50: ______

Finding nutritious food is also difficult in schools, which is often have contracts with fast
food supplies and drinks companies. Teenage boys in the US each drink an average of 868
cans of fizzy drinks per year. Exercise in school has become less important too. A recent report
showed that half of all US teens aged 12 – 21 got only America’s problem – Europe is also
getting faster. It is estimated that over one million children in the UK are obese and this number
has trebled over the past 20 years.

III. Read the passage below and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space (10
points).

Childhood is the time when there are (51) ______ responsibilities to make life difficult. If
a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, (52) ______ he may do. It is

improbable that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in
return. In (53) ______, life is always presenting new things to the child - things that have lost
their interest for older people because they are too well-known. A child finds pleasure playing in

the rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the seaside is a marvellous adventure. (54) ______, a
child has his pain. He is not so free to do as he wishes as he thinks older people are: he is
continually told not to do things, or being punished (55) ______ what he has done wrong. His
life is therefore not perfectly happy.

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his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of troubles and has
good health, he can have the greatest happiness of seeing himself make steady (58) ______ in
his job and of building up for himself his own position in society.

Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be, but it is not necessary for
the old to be unhappy. With old age (59) ______ wisdom and the ability to help others with
advice wisely given. The old can have the joy of seeing their children making progress in life:
they can watch their grandchildren growing up around them, and perhaps best of all, they can, if
their life has been a useful one, feel the happiness of having come (60) ______ the battle of life
safely and of having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, leaving others to continue
the fight.

51. A. little B. few C. a little D. a few
52. A. whenever B. wherever C. whatever D. whosoe
ver

53. A. short B. term C. reality D. addition
54. A. However B. But C. Therefore D. Moreov
er

55. A. because B. for C. at D. by
56. A. take B. have C. create D. earn
57. A. other B. another C. others D. someon
e

58. A. progress B. achievement C. improvements D. accomp
lishments

59. A. coming B. come C. came D. had
come

60. A. out B. across C. through D. back
IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question (10
points).

Line
(5)

(10)

Paul Bunyan is perhaps America’s best-known folk hero. A fictional logger of
incredible strength, he was most likely based on an actual nineteenth-century logger
from the northern United States or Canada. As a folk hero, he struck a chord with
Americans on some level, perhaps because he was incredibly strong but also
because he was hard-working and capable, ingenious in solving problems, and
fun-loving.

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(15)

(20)

(25)

the use of this character enhanced the name recognition of the Red River Lumber
Company inasmuch as the name of the folk hero and the name of the company had

become interwoven.

The Bunyan stories published by Red River and further circulated by others
were tall tales of gigantic proportions. In these tales, Banyan is depicted as a man of
superhuman proportions, who is strong, hard-working, entrepreneurial, and innovative.
In one story, for example, Paul is credited with digging the Great Lakes in order to
create a watering hole for his giant ox, Babe. In another of these tales, Paul caused
an entire winter of blue snow to fall by swearing a blue streak after he injured himself
by smashing his thumb with a large hammer. A third story in the series describes
Paul’s role in establishing the Mississippi River.

Fascination with Paul Bunyan has continued to grow, and today he is a

standard of American folklores. The prevalence of Bunyan as a figure of folklore today
is evidenced by references to him in countless stories, cartoons, poems, and songs
as well as the numerous community festivals and logging competitions featuring Paul
Bunyan that can be found throughout the sections of the country where logging has
strong tradition.

61. The purpose of this passage is to ______.

A. present the actual feats of a real-life logger
B. provide an overview of American folktales
C. describe logging in North America

D. discuss a “larger than life” folk hero

62. It is NOT stated in the passage that Paul Bunyan is known for his ______.
A. unusual strength B. dedication to work
C. ingenuity in difficult situations D. serious nature

63. The passage states that Paul Bunyan tales first appeared ______.

A. in oral stories B. in advertising C. in newspapers D. in a series of
essays

64. Which of the following CANNOT be inferred about the Red River Lumber Company’s
advertising campaign featuring Paul Bunyan?

A. It endured for quite a time.

B. The company did not protect its ownership of the stories.
C. The campaign did little to enhance the company’s profitability.

D. The company wanted the name Paul Bunyan to be known as widely as possible.
65. The pronoun “them” in line 14 refers to ______.

A. publications B. series C. decades D. writers
66. The word “interwoven” in line 17 could be best replaced by ______.

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A. Lines 3-5 B. Lines 14-17 C. lines 20-23 D. Lines 25-29
68. The word “countless” in line 27 could be best replaced by the expression ______.
A. an overestimated number of B. an insubstantial number of
C. a large number of D. a specified number of
69. Which paragraph describes the plots of some of the tales of Paul Bunyan?
A. The second paragraph B. The third paragraph
C. The fourth paragraph D. The fifth paragraph
70. The author’s tone in this passage is ______.

A. humorous B. neutral C. sarcastic D. pessimistic

D. WRITING:

I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the sentence printed before (5.0 points).

71. Something must be done to help the victims of the earthquake in Mexico.
Urgent

………
…..………

72. It was careless of you to allow your 16-year-old son to drive your car.
You should

………
….………

73. I shall never lend John any money, no matter what happens.
Under no

……….………
……….………

74. Someone has suggested abolishing income tax.
It

……….………
……….……….……….……
75. Thank you for reminding me about the timetable, otherwise I would have missed the last

train.

If………..……….………
……….……….……

II. This is a part of a letter that you have received from David, a pen friend from New
Zealand. In about 100 - 120 words, write a letter to answer his questions (10 points).
I cannot decide whether I should go to Vietnam to work after my graduation. Can you give me
some advice?

You are required to begin and finish your letter as followed:

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………
………..………
………
………..………
………
………..………
Yours,

Tran Thuy Hanh

III. Vietnamese society has changed significantly in the past decades. However, many
traditional values and practices have been lost, which is a pity. To what extent do you
agree or disagree with this statement? In about 230 - 250 words, write an essay to
support your opinion (15 points).

=== THE END ===
ĐÁP ÁN

A. LISTENING:

I. (5.0 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

1. B 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C
II. (6.0 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

6. A 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. C 11. C
III. (5.0 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

12. changing room 13. Two / 2 pairs of

14. 1.45 15. effort 16. 180 marks
IV. (4.0 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

17. T 18. F 19. F 20. T
B. GRAMMAR – VOCABULARY – LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
I. (8.0 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

21. A 22. C 23. D 24. B
25. D 26. A 27. D 28. C
II. (5.0 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

29. UNPREDICTABLE 30. ENTHUSIASM

31. AUTHORIZED / SED 32. EXPECTANCY 33. RESPECTIVELY
III. (3.0 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

34. C 35. C 36. D

IV. (2.0 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:
37. B 38. C

V. (2.0 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:
39. B 40. A

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I. (5 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

41. D 42. B 43. C 44. E 45. A
II. (5 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

46. B 47. A 48. D 49. C 50. E
III. (10 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

51. B 52. C 53. D 54. A 55. B
56. D 57. C 58. A 59. B 60. C
IV. (10 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

61. D 62. D 63. A 64. C 65. A
66. B 67. C 68. C 69. C 70. B
D. WRITING:

I. (5.0 points): 1.0 point for each correct answer:

71. Urgent actions must be taken to help the victims of the earthquake in Mexico.
72. You should not have allowed your 16-year-old son to drive your car.

73. Under no circumstances will / shall I lend John any money.
74. It has been suggested that income tax (should) be abolished.

75. If you had not reminded me about the timetable, I would have missed the last train.
II. (10 points):

1. Form:

- Informal letter (1.0 point)

2. Task fulfillment:

- Task completed with relevant information (2.0 points)
- Well-organized (2.0 point)

3. Language:

- Accurate grammar (2.0 points)
- Appropriate vocabulary (2.0 points)

- Correct spelling and punctuation (1.0 point)
III. (15 points):

Score of 14-15: An essay at this level:

 shows very effective writing skills

 is very well organized and well developed

 uses details clearly and properly to support a thesis or illustrate ideas

 displays consistent ability in the use of language

 demonstrates variety in sentence structure and proper word choice

Score of 11 - 13: An essay at this level:

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 is well organized and well developed

 uses details clearly and properly to support a thesis or illustrate ideas

 displays consistent ability in the use of language

 demonstrates variety in sentence structure and proper word choice

Score of 9 - 10: An essay at this level:

 may address some parts of the task more effectively than others

 is generally well organized and developed

 uses details to support a thesis or illustrate an idea

 displays ability in the use of the language

 shows some variety in sentence structure and range of vocabulary

Score of 7 - 8: An essay at this level:

 addresses the writing topic adequately but does not meet all of the goals of the task

 is adequately organized and developed

 uses some details to support a thesis or illustrate an idea

 shows adequate but possibly inconsistent ability with sentence structure

 may contain some usage errors that make the meaning unclear

Score of 5 - 6: An essay at this level may reveal one or more of the following
weaknesses:

 inadequate organization or development

 poor choice of details or does not provide enough details to support or illustrate

generalizations

 a noticeably improper choice of words or word forms

 numerous errors in sentence structure and/or usage

Score of 3 - 4: An essay at this level is seriously flawed by one or more of the following
weaknesses:

 serious disorganization or underdevelopment

 little or no detail, or irrelevant specifics

 serious and frequent errors in sentence structure or usage

 serious problems with focus

Score of 1- 2: An essay at this level:

 may be incoherent

 may be undeveloped

 may contain severe and persistent writing errors

Score of 0: An essay will be rated 0 if it:

 contains no response

 merely copies the topic

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5. Đề số 5

I. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each
sentence. (10 points)

1. The school was closed for a month because of serious________ of fever.
A. outcome B. outburst C. outset D. outbreak
2. The campaign raised far more than the________ of $20.000.

A. aim B. object C. goal D. target
3. We have a________ future ahead with little comfort, food or hope.

A. cruel B. pessimistic C. grim D. fierce
4. Only thoroughly unpleasant people leave the________ of their picnics to spoil the

appearance of the countryside.

A. rest B. remainder C. remains D. rester
5. An almost________ line of traffic was moving at a snail’s pace through the town.
A. continuous B. constant C. continual D. stopping
6. Medieval travelers’ tales of fantastic creatures were often fascinating but not
always________.

A. credible B. creditable C. credulous D. imaginable

7. Don’t be late for the interview, ________ people will think you are a disorganized person.
A. unless B. otherwise C. if not D. or so

8. My friends have just moved to a new flat in a residential area on the________ of Paris.
A. suburbs B. outside C. outskirts D. side

9. You are being thoroughly________ in refusing to allow this ceremony to take place.
A. unrequited B. unrepresentative C. unreliable D. unreasonable
10. “But so”, I told him, “you are my own ______________.”

A. heart and heart B. body and soul C. flesh and blood D. skin and bone

Part 2: Use the word in capitals at the end of these sentences to form a word that fits in
the blank space. (20 points)

1. How much does________ of this club cost? MEMBER
2. She is extremely________ about the history of art. KNOW
3. Traveling in big cities is becoming more and more________ every day. TROUBLE
4. He is completely________! Not only is he lazy but he is dishonest too. EMPLOY
5. His boss told him off because he had

behaved________ RESPONSIBLE

6. He won the discus event at the Olympic Games but was later________ when a medical
check proved that he had been taking

drugs. QUALIFY

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8. The trouble with Mr. Brown is that he’s so________ one minute he goes mad when you
come late; the next he says nothing. You never know where you

are! CONSIST

9. It is forbidden to hunt for that kind of bird. It has been listed as one of the________ species
(DANGER)

10. I didn’t know who it was – with a mask on she was
completely________. RECONGNISE

Part 3: Complete each sentence with one of the idiomatic phrases given. Use each
phrase once only. (8 points)

made her blood boil/ jumped out of her skin/ had a lump in her throat/ kept her head/
lost her head/ gave me the cold shoulder/ pulled her legs/ took her breath away
1. Pauline completely ignored me this morning. She________.

2. It really________ to see her friend copy a poem she had written and then present it to her
boyfriend as one that she had written for him.

3. Saying goodbye to her son was a very emotional occasion for her and she________ as she

watched him get on the train.

4. The view from the top of the mountain was absolutely fantastic. It really________.
5. Susan panicked when the fire broke out. She________.

6. When I dropped that tray behind her, she got a shock. She almost________.
7. My sister remained very calm. She________.

8. Sally didn’t believe us, did she? We only joked! We only________!

Part 4: Put each verb given in brackets into an appropriate tense or form. (17 points)
1. Mr. Pike, who is supposed (witness)_______ the accident, (leave)_______ the town.
2. At this time next week they (sit)_______ in the train on their way to Paris.

3. He said that he watered the plants every day. He (water)_______ them. If he (have)_______
, they wouldn’t have died.

4. No sooner the announcement (make)_______ than everyone started complaining.
5. They said they never (make)_______ to do anything they didn’t want to before.
6. We (watch)_______ the play for nearly thirty minutes when he came.

7. The pop star who (take)_______ part in over 25 films always avoids (recognise)_______ by
(wear)_______ dark glasses.

8. There’s no point (try)_______ to get Tim (lend)_______ you his car.

9. Not until John (receive)_______ the offer of promotion in writing he (celebrate)_______.
10. He (have)_______ trouble with the second-hand car since he bought it. He wishes he (not/
buy)_______ it.

II. READING

Part 1: Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each
question, circle letter A, B, C or D next to the answer you choose. (10 points)

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here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (2)_______ even
environmental ones. It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the environmental

(3)_______ – it’s the way society choose to use and (4)_______ them.

Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal –
non-renewable natural (5)_______ We (6)_______ well over three million tones of the stuff in
Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (7)_______ of our
annual consumption is in the (8)_______ of packaging, and this (9)_______ about seven per
cent by weight of our domestic (10)_______ Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it
is, though the plastic recycling (11)_______ is growing fast.

The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (12)_______
than coal and one (13)_______ of ‘recovery’ strongly (14)_______ by the plastic

manufacturers is the (15)_______ of waste plastic into a fuel.

1. A. evidence B. concern C. doubt D. likelihood
2. A. pleasures B. benefits C. savings D. profits
3. A. poison B. disaster C. disadvantage D. evil
4. A. dispose B. store C. endanger D. abuse
5. A. resources B. processes C. products D. fuels
6. A. remove B. import C. consign D. consume
7. A. portion B. amount C. proportion D. rate
8. A. way B. kind C form D. type

9. A. takes B. makes C. carries D. constitutes
10. A. refuse B. goods C. requirements D. rubble
11. A. manufacture B. plant C. factory D. industry
12. A. degree B. value C. demand D. effect
13. A. measure B. mechanism C. method D. medium
14. A. desired B. argued C. favored D. presented
15. A. conversion B. melting C. change D. replacement

Part 2: Read the following text and then fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. (10
points)

I was reading an article last week in (1)_______ the writer described (2)_______ her
children has changed as they (3)_______ up. When they were small she had to (4)_______ up
with noisy games in the house, or join in interminable games of football in the garden which
(5)_______ her out. If the house went quiet, she wondered what the monsters were getting up
to, or what crisis she would have to (6)_______ with next. She dreaded the fact that they might
(7)_______ after her husband, who admitted having (8)_______ an uncontrollable child who
(9)_______ most of the time showing off to his friends by breaking things or getting into fights.
What was worse was that (10)_______ else thought he was a sweet child, and he got away
with the most terrible things! However, she had experienced an even greater shocked with her
children. They had (11)_______ out of all their naughty behavior, and (12)_______ up serious
hobbies (13)_______ as chess and playing the piano. They never did anything without

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Part 3: The paragraphs of the magazine article are in the wrong order. Number the
paragraphs (A, B, C, D, E) (5 points)

A. On the ghost of Chaffin’s second visit to his son, he told him that he would find a will in the
overcoat pocket. The coat was actually in the possession of the third brother.

B. In 1921, a certain James Chaffin died, leaving his entire fortune to his third son, Marshal, in
a will which had been written a full fifteen years earlier, in 1905, and signed in front of

witnesses. His wife and two other sons were virtually cut off without a penny. Marshal was not
inclined to split up the inheritance he had come into any more fairly.

C. Once it was found, they came across a note sewn in the lining of one of the pockets saying
they should look in an old family Bible. This Bible was found in the keeping of Chaffin’s widow
and examined in front of independent witnesses. Sure enough, there in the Bible they

discovered a later version of the will, one which divided the property and money evenly

between the widow and the three sons. The will appeared to be genuine and Marshal was not
prepared to challenge it in court.

D. Some people believe that the dead still keep in touch with us through our dreams. One of
the most famous and extraordinary cases of contact with the dead was the so-called Chaffin
Will affair.

E. Four years went by and then, strangely, James Chaffin’s ghost started to appear before one
of his other two sons. The apparition had on an old overcoat which had often worn in life.

III. WRITING

Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the sentence printed before it. (20 points)

1. Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new editor fell ill.
Scarcely

...
...

2. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
Rather

...
...

3. The value of sterling has fallen considerably in the past week.
There has

...
...

4. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.
Had it not

...
...

5. Harriet was upset because she saw Peter with another woman.
It was

...
...

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Much to

...

...

7. People no longer smoke so many cigarettes as they used to.
The

...
...

8. Their relationship was doomed because of their incompatibility.
Had

...
...

9. You should admit that you are to blame, not to conceal it.
I’d rather

...
...

10. If she had been less determined she wouldn’t have been able to get better so quickly.
It was her

...
...

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