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K THI CHN HC SINH GII CP TNH LP 12

NM HC 2010 2011

Kha ngy 14, 15 thng 12 nm 2010

CHNH THC

MN: TING ANH

Thi gian: 180 pht (Khng k thi gian giao )

SECTION I. LISTENING (3points)

Part 1. Listen to the Professor Mckenzie giving a lecture on the future of the English language and
fill in the gaps from 1-5. Write your answers in the space provided (1point)
Very soon English will be the (1) ____________language of all the people in the world. This is
happening while I am speaking to you. We cant be (2) _____________of how long the process will
take but there is no doubt that it will happen and my bet is that it will happen sooner rather than later.
First of all English will be an obligatory subject on every school (3) _____________ throughout the
world. By the year 2010 around two billion people that about a third of the worlds population will
speak English as their second language. This isnt my prediction by the way. This is what the experts
say. We can see evidence of these changes all the time. Lets take the Eurovision Song Contest as an
(4) ____________ Whatever we might think of the contest (5) ___________, one thing that has
changed recently is that now countries can opt to sing in English.
Your answers:
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Part 2. Listen to the conversation about a cultural heritage site and decide if these statements are T
(true) or F (false). Put the tick in the box (1point)
T
1. Lynn was working in Western Europe for more than a month.
2. A university paid for her to go there.
3. She didnt feel positive about the work experience.
4. She found a small clay figure.
5. Lynn hasnt to be careful when shes excavating.

Part 3. Listen to a part of a talk about global workforce development and circle the best answer for
question 1-5. (1point)
1. What is the main theme of this talk?
A. How companies can help their employees become global- ready.
B. What students can do to become global- ready.
C. How universities can help students to become global- ready.
D. Students want to become global- ready.
2. What do the universities do to prepare students for the twenty- first century?
A. Extend to all corners of the world.
B. Promote international educational experiences.
C. Give good programs.
D. Operate within Europe.
3. What program in the US enables graduated students to study an conduct research abroad?
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A. Fulbright
B. Europe
C. Erasmus
D. Workshop
4. What do we need to do to enable many more students to study abroad?
A. travel abroad
C. evaluate other cultures
B. analyse other cultures
D. expand and add to some schemes
5. How is the marketplace to day?
A. national
C. nolonger national or regional
B. regional
D. nolonger national
SECTION II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (7points)
Part 1. Choose the word or phrase which best completes these sentences. Write your answers in the
space provided (2points):
1. I cant seem to get . to him that hes making a terrible mistake.
A. across
B. over
C.through
D. off
2. They took consideration the experience of each candidate before deciding who to offer
the job.
A. into
B. up
C. after
D. down
3. I was so .. before the exams that I couldnt sleep for two weeks.
A. worrying
B. nervous
C. shocked
D. uncomfortable
4. To end or.. greatly pollution immediately, people have to stop using many things
that benefit them.
A. reduce
B. decrease
C. shorten
D. lessen
5. Three years ago, there were two million people without jobs. Now there are over three million
.
A. unbusied
B. workless
C. jobless
D. unemployed
6. To practice a foreign language, it is best to with native speakers of that language.
A. communicate
B. contact
C. inform
D. give word
7. I havent seen your aunt recently.
- Oh, she _____ out of her house since she _____ her color TV.
A. hasnt been bought
B. hadnt been bought
C. hasnt been has bought
D. hadnt been had bought
8. They worked hard ________ they could pass the final examination.
A. since
B. because
C. in case
D. so that
9. The weather is terrible. I wish it ________ warmer.
A. were
B. was
C. has been
D. had been
10. Up to now, I ________ a lot of information about her.
A. will learn
B. learnt
C. would learn
D. have learnt
11. Dien Bien Phu is the place ________ our army won a resounding victory in 1954.
A. where
B. that
C. what
D. which
12. He had no ________ of selling the clock it had belonged to hes grandfather.
A. interest
B. intend
C. intention
D. meaning
13. Wait here until I ________ you.
A. am going to call B. call
C. will call
D. am calling
14. He talked about the books and the authors________interested him.
A. which
B. who
C. that
D. when
15. When his alarm went off, he shut it off and slept for _______ 15 minutes.
A. another
B. others
C. other
D. the others
16. Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have ________ any solutions.
A. looked into
B. thought over
C. got round to
D. come up with
17. Ill_________ the idea with the other members in the family and let you know.
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A. discuss
B. argue
C. explain
D. talk
18. Are you sure you told me ? I dont recall _________ about it .
A. having told
B. having been told
C. to have told
D. to have been told .
19. I gave up the job, ...........................the attractive salary.
A. because
B. because of
C. although
D. despite
20. The girl .............................. is our neighbour.
A. talks to the lady over there
B. is talking to the lady over
C. was talking to the lady over there
D. talking to the lady over there
Your answers:
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Part 2. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the space provided
(1point):
Brenda (1. join).our firm ten years ago. She (2. work)for the previous five years with
an advertising company and (3. acquire)..much useful experience. For the first eight years
with us she (4. work).in the Sales Department, and (5. work).there when I (6. become)
.the Managing Director. Since then she (7. work) .as my personal assistant, and she
(8. prove)..herself to be outstandingly capable on many occasions. She (9. work)on the
top floor, in an office next to mine, but at the moment she (10. work).in London on a special
assignment.
Your answers:
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2
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10.
Part 3. Supply the correct article or preposition to complete the passage. Write your answers in the
space provided (1point):
The Communist Party of Vietnam is the ruling, as well as (1) only legal political party in
Vietnam. It is a Marxist-Leninist Communist Party supported (2) the Vietnamese
Fatherland Front. (3) most of the cases, the Vietnamese press and people refer (4)..
the Communist Party (5) Vietnam as "ng" (Party) or "ng ta" (our Party). The Party
was founded by H Ch Minh and other exiles living in China as (6) Vietnamese
Communist Party (7) a conference in Hong Kong in February 1930. (8) First
National Party Congress was held (9) secret in Macau in 1935. The Third National
Congress, held in Hanoi in 1960, formalized the tasks of constructing socialism in what was by then
North Vietnam, or (10) Democratic Republic of Vietnam and committed the party to
carrying out the revolution of liberation in the South.
Your answers:
1
2
3
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5
6
7
8
9
10..
Part 4. Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word in block
capitals. Write your answers in the space provided. (0) has been done as an example (1point):
The 2010 Asian Games, also (0) KNOW as the XVI Asiad, was

0known
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a multi-sport event in Guangzhou, China that began on 12 November and

finished on 27 November 2010. A total of 476 (1) EVENT in
42 sports was contested by athletes, making it the (2)LARGE event
in the history of the Games. It was also the last (3)ITERATE of the
Games to have featured such big events, as the Olympic Council of Asia has
enforced new hosting rules for future games, (4) BEGIN with the
2014 Games. The games were co-hosted by Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei,
the three (5) NEIGHBOUR cities.The opening and closing
(6) CEREMONY were held along the Pearl River in Haixinsha
Island, and was the first time in (7) HISTORICAL that the opening
ceremony for a major sports event was not (8) HOLD inside a stadium.
The Badminton men's singles gold (9) MEDAL Lin Dan was voted
as Most Valuable Player. The President of Olympic Council of Asia hailed the
Games as "outstanding" and "one of the (10) GOOD ever".

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Part 5. Complete the sentences with a verb from the box. Put the verb into the correct tense form.
Write your answers in the space provided (1point):
take after
wake up

look round
look out

come across get over

get on
ring up

look after
break down

1. .. ..! he said. This is not the time for sleeping!

2. .! You're going to hit that car.
3. The bus was moving too fast and I couldn't .. it.
4. I'm going to . the station and ask about the trains.
5. My washing machine .. this morning so I had to do all the washing by hand.
6. He was very unhappy after his girlfriend left him but I think he is starting to .. it now.
7. We're going on holiday next month. We must find someone to . the cat and the plants.
8. I know you've seen the new part of the town but you should ..................... the old part , it's very
interesting.
9. We were on our way to college when we .. some dancers. They were doing a beautiful
dance in the street.
10. He's very good at sport and his mother is, too. He her.
Your answers:
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6

2
7

3
8

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9

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10.

Part 6. Read the following passage. One word has been omitted from each line. Put an oblique
stroke (/) where the word should be and write the missing word in each blank. (0) has been done as
an example (1point):
International Women's Day, originally called International Working Womens
Day / marked on the 8th of March every year. It is a major day of global
0is
celebration women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges
1...
from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women a
2...
celebration women's economic, political and social achievements.Started as
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a Socialist political event, the holiday blended the culture of many countries,
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primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and former Soviet bloc. In many regions,
the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men express
their love for women in way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and
St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political human rights
theme designated the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness
of the struggles of women worldwide brought out in a hopeful manner.

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SECTION III: READING (4points)

Part 1. Choose the best options to complete the following passage. Write your answers in the space
provided (2 points):
In 1973, when the tiger appeared to be facing extinction, the World Wide Fund for Nature and
(1)........... Indian Government agreed to set (2)................... "Operation Tiger" - a campaign
(3).........save this threatened creature. They started by creating nine special parks (4).......... that tigers
could live in safety. The first was at Ranthambhore, a region (5)......... was quickly turning into a desert
(6)........... too much of the grass was being eaten by the local people's cattle. At the time there
(7) ............... just fourteen tigers left there. The government had to clear twelve small villages, which
meant moving nearly 1,000 people and 10,000 cattle so the land (8)........ . be handed back to
nature.
Today, Ranthambhore is a very different place, with grass tall (9)...... for tigers to hide in, and there are
now at I (10).......... forty of them (11)........ the park, wandering freely about. Other animals have also
benefited. For example, there are many (12)....... deer and monkeys than before. The people
(13)........were moved are now living in better conditions. They live in new villages away (14) ....... the
tiger park, with schools, temples and fresh water supplies. There are now sixteen such tiger parks in
India and the animal's future looks (15)...... little safer.
1. A. the
B.a
C. with
D. of
2. A.in
B.down
C. up
D.on
3. A. in order
B. to
C. so that
D. for
4. A- for
B. order
C. such
D. so
5. A. in which
B. with which
C. for which D. which
6. A. because
B. although
C. despite
D. but
7. A. only
B. was only
C. were
D. were little
8. A. can
B. could
C. will
D. might
9. A. much
B. enough
C. too
D. so
10. A. least
B. all
C. first
D. times
11. A. near
B. outside
C. within
D. leaving
12. A. fewer
B. more
C. better
D. less
13. A. that
B. which
C. whose
D. by whom
14. A. off
B. to
C far
D. from
15.A.more
B. a
C. the
D. an
Your answers:
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Part 2. Read the following passage and choose the answer which is most accurate according to the
information given in the passage. Write your answers in the space provided (1point):
Miss Earth 2010, the 10th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, will be held in Nha Trang,
Vietnam in November. The announcement was made in a ceremony at the Legend Saigon Hotel
in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on January 28, 2010. This event is being organized by Thanh Nien
newspaper, Thanh Nien Media Corp. and Carousel Production Inc. After a month of competition,
delegates from 84 countries and territories competed for the title of Miss Earth 2010 in beautiful
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Vietnam. Miss India, Nicole Faria was announced as Miss Earth 2010, taking over the reign of
Larissa Ribeiro Ramos, Miss Earth 2009. Unlike other pageants, there was no "runner-up" in that
sense. Instead the titles of Miss Earth-Air, Miss Earth-Water and Miss Earth-Fire are bestowed on
the next three contestants. Tonight, the titles went to Miss Ecuador, Jennifer Pazmio, Miss
Thailand, Watsaporn Wattanakoon and Miss Puerto Rico, Yeidy Bosques, respectively.Miss
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Japan Marina Kishira, Miss South Africa Nondyebo Dzingwa and Miss Venezuela Maria Angela
Bonanni completed the final seven who competed in the final interview competition, where
questions from the previous Miss Earth finals were asked. Included in the semi-finals were: Miss
Czech Republic Carmen Justova, Miss Italy Ilenia Arnolfo, Miss Netherlands Desire van den
Berg, Miss Russia Victoria Schukina, Miss Ukraine Valentyna Zhytnyk, Miss USA Danielle
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Bounds and Miss Vietnam Luu Thi Diem Huong. The contest comes with the theme Beauties
For a Cause, which means not just admiring beauty but raising awareness of environmental
protection as well.
1. What does the massage mainly discuss?
A. The beauty of Miss Earth 2010.
B. The image of the beauty contest.
C. The announcement about Miss Earth contest.
D. Name of the contestants in final competition.
2. Who is Miss Earth 2010?
A. Miss Puerto Rico
B. Miss Ecuado
C. Miss India
D. Miss Ukraine
3. Who gives the questions to the contestants the final interview competition?
A. Valentyna Zhytnyk
B. Ilenia Arnolfo
C. Larissa Ribeiro Ramos
D. Jennifer Pazmio
4. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. The contest helps us raising awareness of environmental.
B. Thanh Nien newspaper organized the event.
C. Nicole Faria received the reign of Larissa Ribeiro Ramos.
D. Delegates from around 90 countries and territories competed for the title of Miss Earth 2010.
5. The phrase taking over in line 6 is used to illustrate the idea that Miss India
A. performing admirably.
B. getting over the situation.
C. having something.
D. winning the contest.
6. How long does the contest last?
A. for a month
B. for two months
C. for a week
D. for two weeks
7. When was the competion taken place?
A at the beginning of 2010.
B. at the end of 2010.
C. in the middle of 2010.
D. on January 28, 2010.
8. The phrase completed the final seven in line 12 means that Miss Japan Marina Kishira, Miss
South Africa Nondyebo Dzingwa and Miss Venezuela Maria Angela Bonanni...........
A. were completed the final interview competition .
C. competed the final seven constestants.
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B. were the last three of seven.

D.competed in the final interview competition.
9. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Thanh Nien newspaper, Thanh Nien Media Corp. and Carousel Production Inc are three sponsors of
the contest.
B. This contest has no "runner-up".
C. Luu Thi Diem Huong was in the final fourteen who completed the competition.
D. The phrase Beauties For a Cause means not admiring beauty.
10. The word where in line 12 could be best replaced by which of the following?
A. that
B. when
C. which
D. in which
Your answers:
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Part 3. Some parts of the following passage have been removed. Read and fill in the blanks. Write
your answers in the space provided (1point):
Parents often have dreams for (1)........... childrens future. (2)........... hope their children will have a
(3)........... life than they had. They dream that their (4)........... will do things that they couldnt
(5)............ Parents (6)........... come to (7)........... U.S from foreign countries hope their children will
have better education here. They think their children will (8)........... more career choices (9)...........
more successful lives. They make many sacrifices (10)........... their children will have more
opportunities. They think their children will remain close to them because (11)........... this. Some
children understand (12)........... appreciate these sacrifices and remain close (13)........... their parents.
However, other (14)........... feel ashamed that their parents (15)........... so different from other
Americans.
Your answers:
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SECTION III: WRITING (4points)
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it (1point):
1. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
The man............................................... .................................................. ...................
2. We dont have to do so many things to please him.
It is .................................................. .................................................. .................................
3. He cant afford to go to America this summer.
He doesnt .................................................. .................................................. ......................
4. Timmy has become confident as a result of his success .
Timmys success has turned............................................ ................................................
5. I haven't seen my uncle for a long time.
It's a long time .................................................. ..................................................
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Part 2. Rewrite the sentence, use the given word and other words as necessary. Write your answers
in the space provided. (1point):
1. My sister/ keen/ do/ her/ household chores/.
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2. I/ sorry/ I/ not/ finish/ assignment/ yet/.
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3. It/ English language/ that/ used/ as/ language/aviation/ international sport/ pop music/.
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4. Written English/ not/ systematical/ phonetic/ cause/ difficulty/ foreigners/.
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5. If/ they/ do their homework / last night/ they/ not/get/ bad/ marks/.
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Part 3: Composition (3 points)

Traffic accidents, one of the problems which cause great loss to human life, have been
increasing recently. Write a composition of about 300 words to present your opinions about
this problem?; (do not include your personal information)
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