LISTENING 15pts Question 1: You will hear a radio interview with a woman who is organizing a training weekend for people interested in the theatre.. • WHERE: Mostly in the two meeting ro
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TỔ: NGOẠI NGỮ
ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi: tháng năm 2013 (Thời gian làm bài 180 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)
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Name:………
A LISTENING (15pts) Question 1: You will hear a radio interview with a woman who is organizing a training weekend for people interested in the theatre For question 1 - 10, complete the note ONE WORD or NUMBER ONLY LISTEN TWICE (5pts) TRAINING WEEKEND • WHEN: beginning of (1)………
• CONTENT: - SAT: two groups run by professionals - Subjects: (2)……… OR (3)………
- SUN: two groups - Subjects: (4)………….OR press and (5)………
• WHERE: Mostly in the two meeting rooms (at the theatre) • COST: Whole weekend course (it booked): (6) ……… (includes lunches) • COURSE LEADERS: have training as (7) ……….
MAIN AGE GROUP: (8)………
LAST YEAR’S TRAINING DAY: concentrated on (9)……….
• HOW TO APPLY: Name of person to phone: Claire (10)……….
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CHILDREN’S ART AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS
Workshops organized every: Saturday
• Adults must accompany children under: (1)………
• Cost: £ 2.50
• Workshops held in: Winter house, (2)……… street
• Security device: must push the (3)……….to open the door
• Should leave car behind the (4)………
• Book workshops by phoning the (5)……… (on 200765)
Question 3: You will hear an interview in which Tina White, a magazine editor, talks about her life and work For questions 1-5, choose the best answer A, B, C
or D LISTEN TWICE (5pts)
1 In her first column, Tina chose to write about people who
A were very well-known
B had interesting ideas
C lived in luxury
D inspired her
2 She took up journalism because of
A her family connection
B her father’s support
C her dream
D her love for books
3 She believes people are more likely to read an article if
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B its content is challenging
C it is mentioned in the cover
D its title is impressive
4 When she started her present job five years ago, she
A organized her ideal team
B had more time to read everything
C lacked confidence in her staff
D was interested in her job
5 In the future, she would like to
I Choose the option that best fits the blank of each sentence (10pts)
1 I could probably ………… out the answer if I had a pencil, some paper and acalculator
2 When facing problems, it is important to keep a sense of ………
A proportion B introspection C relativity D comparison
3 I ………….in to see Chris on my way home
A joined B dropped C plugged D put
4 I love to do things for children because I get a ………out of it
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6 I wouldn’t do it for all the ………….in China
7 I offer you my most ………….apologies for offending you as I did
A repentant B servile C abject D candid
8 I utterly ……… your argument In my opinion, you have distorted the facts
A confound B refute C dispute D decline
9 Once the story ………… the headlines, everyone was talking about it
A crashed B struck C smashed D hit
10 I don’t want to be too …………on Alice, but I think I should tell her that herwork isn’t good enough
11 He started talking about the cost of a new computer, which was a ……… herring because we’ve got plenty of computers
12 It is already 3 o’clock Can you ………….time to catch the bus
A have enough B have it in C make in D make it in
13 If I’m late for work again, I’ll be ………… a severe warning from my boss
14 With so many games to play in such a short time, it’s going to be a very ………time for the team
A testing B thorny C uphill D steep
15 The whole movie was filmed on ………… in southern India
16 I’m afraid that I don’t ………… your view on this matter, but let’s not quarrelabout it
A correspond B equate C accord D share
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A sparse B rare C infrequent D scare
18 Eventually the list of candidates for the job was ……… down to three
A narrowed B lowered C wound D dropped
19 The doctor gave the patient a(n) ………… examination to discover the cause of his collapse
A thorough B universal C exact D whole
20 You will have to ………… your holiday if you are too ill to travel
A call off B cut down C back out D put aside
Your answers:
II Identify 10 errors in the following passage and correct them (5pts)
The market for tourism in remote areas is booming as ever
before Countries all across the world are active promoting
their ‘wilderness’ regions – such as mountains, Arctic lands,
deserts, small islands and wetlands – to highly spending
tourists The attraction of these areas is obvious: by
defining, wilderness tourism requires little or no initial
investment But that does not mean that there is no cost
Like the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and
Development recognized, these regions are fragile (i.e
highly vulnerable of abnormal pressures) not just in terms
of the culture of their inhabitation The three most
significant types of fragile environment in these respects
Never
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character is their marked seasonality Consequently, most
human acts, including tourism, are limited to clearly
defined parts of the year
Tourists are drawn to these regions by their natural beauty
and the unique culture of its people And poor governments
in these areas have welcomed the adventure tourists’,
grateful for the currency they bring For several years,
tourism is the prime source of foreign exchange in Nepal
and Bhutan Tourism is also a key element in the economics
of Arctic zones such as Lapland and Alaska and in desert
areas such as Ayres Rocks in Australia and Arizona’s
Monument Valley
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III Fill in the blank with suitable prepositions or particles (5pts) 1 He decided to make a claim ………….damages to his car 2 We lay in the sun until our bodies felt saturated ………… the heat 3 Some very important issues was taking ………….all his attention 4 He started ……….by pointing out the dangers involving in rock climbing 5 Demand for the product is expected to peak five years from now on and then to taper ………
6 Old Mr Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will pull………
7 I’m so tired that I can’t take ………….what you’re saying
8 Of course I didn’t break it ………purpose – it was an accident
9 John refused to put his career ………… jeopardy by opposing his boss
10 I didn’t set …… to start an argument, it just happened
Your answers:
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IV Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the given words (5pts)
1 The Vietnamese people are happy to talk about their past and show an amazingresilience and ……… (FORGIVE)
2 Sam was accused of stealing some ……….documents from the safe.(CONFIDENCE)
3 I’m completely ……….with the poor results of your work.(SATISFY)
4 The evidence in this case is entirely ……… (CIRCUMSTANCE)
5 Please complete and return the enclosed ……… (QUESTION)
6 We ……… all the doors of the lab before leaving (SECURITY)
7 There is no simple ………… for the ills of society (CURATIVE)
8 Artists are generally considered to be ……… but moody people.(IMAGINE)
9 Good role models don’t think about being rewarded ………….for their charitywork (FINANCE)
10 Family relationships need to be ……….otherwise they are very one-sided.(RECIPROCATE)
Trang 8Vitamins are good for our health, aren’t they? Perhaps not New research suggeststhat rather than ward off disease, high doses of certain vitamins may (1)
………….more harm than good and could even put you in an early grave A variety
of recent studies suggest that (2) ……… from improving health, thesevitamins, (3)………….taken in very high doses, may actually increase the risk ofcancer and a range (4)………… debilitating diseases, a discovery that has sentmedical world into a spin Scientists are unsure (5) ……….to why vitamins, soessential to health, can be toxic in high doses The most likely explanation is thatthe body is only equipped to deal with the levels found naturally in theenvironment If the intake is too far (6) ……….the normal range, then the body’sinternal chemistry can be shunted out of alignment (7)……… this means is thatthe commercially sold vitamins and (8)………… provided by nature are notalways compatible The commercial forms may interfere with the body’s internalchemistry (9) …………’crowding out’ the (10) ……….natural and beneficialforms of nutrients
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Nature programmes on television have become more popular than ever over thepast few years Part of the reason for this is the involvement of Hollywood moviestars in the programmes Recently we have seen the actor Timothy Dalton on the(1)……… of artic wolves, and Robin Williams diving with dolphins
The most memorable example of this style of programme came several years agowhen Julia Roberts tracked through the jungles of Borneo in search of orang-utans.The (2)……….of this beautiful actress, normally so elegant, making herway on foot through the rainforest, made a great impression on the viewing public.One special moment came when a baby orang-utan who was cuddling Julia (3)
…………to leave her That scene (4) ……… that the programme was a huge(5) ……… A new TV genre was (6) ……….TV companies are keen
to (7) ………that by sending celebrities into the wild they are trying to dosome good in the world For example, a movie star can make people aware of thedestruction of certain animal species and their habitats The bigger the celebrity, themore people tend to (8) ……… note of any environmental message in theprogramme For the celebrities, the trip is often a dream come true and they arecertainly not doing it for the money They are given a small (9) ……….fortheir services, which they usually (10) ………… to charity
3 A refused B denied C rejected D failed
4 A enforced B encouraged C enabled D ensured
7 A come forward B see to C point out D think over
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10.A subscribe B contribute C grant D donate
of organisms, from plants, bacteria, and insects to ‘simple’ vertebrates, to continue
to flourish for millions of years Such organisms have their mode of adaptation
‘wired in’ and, as such, have minimal need for learning or memory The secondinvolves the production of an organism which is adaptable Here, there is much lesspreprogramming, and the organism is left to modify its behavior in response to itsenvironment This allows for considerably greater complexity and variability ofbehavior It also demands a larger brain and is heavily dependent on the capacity tolearn and remember The human race is the obvious example of this form ofevolution – our ability to learn and remember has allowed us to develop tools andlanguage, technologies which in turn vastly increased our ability to store andcommunicate yet more information through writing, and subsequently films,videos, computers, all of which can be regarded as an extension of the memory.However, without the individual’s memory, the vast storage of information in thelibraries all over the world would be incomprehensible Accordingly, the ability to
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11.What is the main idea of the passage?
A Evolution B Memory C Adaptation D Behavior
2 The word ‘the first’ refers to ………
A classes B adaptation C preprogramming D organisms
3 The author mentions all of the following in connection with the first class ofadaptation EXCEPT:
A ability to deal with the environment
B state of being programmed in advance
C process of being wired into equipment
D possession of the requisite instincts
4 According to the passage, many organisms have existed for millions of yearsbecause they:
A have inbuilt resources B continually adapt to the environment
C have no memory D are unable to learn
5 From the author’s use of ‘simple’, it can be inferred that the vertebrates were:
A natural B thoughtless C uncomplicated D plain
6 The word ‘mode’ is the closest in meaning to which of the following?
7 According to the passage, the organisms of the second class:
A changes the behavior constantly B relies upon its memory
C modifies the environment D learn very quickly
8 The author suggests that human being’s memory is:
A partly responsible for the growth of the language
B a tool used for understanding
C supported by technological advances
D dependent upon the storage of writing
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A the ability to speak B the capacity to remember
C the skill of storing information D an aptitude for writing
10 The word ‘crucial’ is closest meaning to ………
A basic B vital C serious D effective
is an example at the beginning (5pts)
A – Repetitive flights
B – Thoughts at the top of the mountain
C – Discovering the secret
D – A nervous landing
E – Floating above
F – Some personal attention
G – Heading for the take-off site
H – Obeying the command
I – An interest in a new sport
FLY LIKE AN EAGLE
In the first report in our special ACTIVITY HOLIDAYS WITH A DIFFERENCE, Anna Wootton takes to the air to experience the pleasures of paragliding.
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1The first of the five days of instruction is spent in a field learning the characteristics
of the wing and everything which goes with it Having spent some time untanglinglines and preparing to take off, you are then ready to put out the wing You soonfind out that forcing it does not work and that there is a technique to putting air intothe cells, allowing the wing to rise above your head This launch technique ispracticed again and again to teach you the importance of a clean take off, as this iswhere the majority of accidents occur
2The following day is again spent practicing blowing up the wing, but this time on asmall hill Applying the techniques, you take off and fly about 100 meters, thenland gently below Flying, landing and collecting the wing over your shoulder andwalking back up the hill become exhausting, but eventually everything starts tocome together Your ability and confidence rise until you are informed that all thecourse students are ready to make the first major flight
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At 1,000 meters above the town, which now looks very small below, you certainlyhave doubts about why you are here No-one in your group is pushing to go first;everyone takes their time laying out their wings and preparing to fly Havingchecked and rechecked everything, you put your helmet on, switch on the radio andstrap yourself in
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