Question III: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer by writing the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.. Before the mid-nineteenth century, people in the United S[r]
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NĂM HỌC 2017-2018
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi này gồm 06 trang
PART A : LISTENING
There is a piece of music at the beginning and at the end of the listening part.
You have 30 seconds to read each question before listening.
Each recording is played twice with an interval of 10 seconds.
Question I: Listen to a telephone conversation and complete the notes below
a Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer
TRANSPORT FROM AIRPORT TO MILTON
Distance: 147 miles
Options:
Car hire: don't want to hire
(1)………… …: expensive
Greyhound bus: direct to the (2)………….……, long (3)……… ………
Airport Shuttle: (4)……….… service Need to (5) ………… ………
b Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer:
AIRPORT SHUTTLE BOOKING FORM
Bus Time: (7)……… Type of ticket: Single
Name: Janet (8)……….
Flight No: (9)……… From: London Heathrow
Address: Vacation Motel, 24, Kitchener Street
Credit Card No: (Visa) (10)……….
Question II: Listen and fill in the gaps Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer
John Frank Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln lived in different times Kennedy was born
in (1) _, whereas Lincoln was born more than 100 years earlier As for their family backgrounds, Kennedy came from a rich family He was able to attend expensive private schools He graduated from (2) University Lincoln only had one year
of formal schooling In spite of his lack of (3) _, he became a well-known lawyer He was a (4) _ man In spite of these differences in their backgrounds, some interesting (5) between the two men are evident For example, take their political careers Both of them began their political careers as a (6) _ They went to the Congress just (7) _ apart Another interesting coincidence is that each man was elected President of the United States in a year ending with the number 60 Furthermore, both men were presidents during the years of civil (8) _ in the country Both of them were (9) _ while in office They were shot while they were sitting next to (10)
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Trang 2PART B: LEXICO - GRAMMAR
Question I: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence by choosing the letter A, B, C or D next to the correct word or phrase.
1 I'm afraid a rise in the salary is out of just now
2 Mr Black supposes, , that he will retire at the age of 60
A like most people do B like most people did
C as do most people D as did most people
3 Please come to us sometimes You are always welcome
4 He set the alarm clock at 5 a.m so as to he did not oversleep
5 The Sun and the Moon are often in poetry
A personified B personalized C personal D privatized
6 I finished my homework 3 days ahead the deadline
7 The government is expected to steps against the unemployment
8 he loved her, he didn't forgive what she had done
A Much as B Because C However D No matter
9 He spent his entire life round the world, never settling down anywhere.
A roaming B scattering C scrambling D transporting
10 She tries to set 15 minutes everyday to do some aerobics
11 the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished
12 He refused to give up work , he had won a million pounds
A despite B however C even though D as though
13 The new system didn’t expectations
A catch up with B bring about C come across D come up to
14 She had no of selling the clock It had belonged to her grandmother
A intention B meaning C interest D opinion
15 Yuri Gagarin was the first person into space
16 saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen
A What the woman was B The woman was
C That the woman was D What was the woman
17 We were so late that we had time to catch the train
A nearly B almost C hardly D simply
18 Only when you grow up the truth
A you will know B you know C do you know D will you know
19 earlier, I would have done it for you
A Had I known B If I knew C Should I know D Were I to know
20 We delayed our departure the weather condition
A in spite of B on account of C instead of D on behalf of
Trang 3Question II: The following passage contains 10 unnecessary words Find and write the word(s) on your answer sheet
line
1
5
10
11
As you will see from my curriculum vitae, I have attended university, where I studied English and Law After finishing my course, I took a job in a travel agency in Paris and now I organise few hours for people who wanting to go to Australia and the United States Although I enjoy this very much, I feel I need to get more experience and it would seems to me that working as a specialised tour guide in England would help me for do that I would rather work in an English-speaking country, as I need to practise my English I spend one year at London University, which it was most useful
I did much conversation classes and at first I thought that I would find them difficult However, they turned out to be very enjoyable I will have no any difficulty in coming
to England for an interview if you will let me know in plenty of the time I enclose details of my present employer who will be too pleased to send you a reference
Question III : Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words.
THE SKY AT NIGHT For anyone with a fascination for the study of the night sky, Hawaii is one of the best places in the world to get a clear view of the stars and planets This is because of the island’s geographical setting Because it is a (1) mountain………… …… area, situated in the middle of a large expanse of ocean, Hawaii is much less affected by light (2) pollute……… than most others parts of the world
If you are (3) fortune……… … enough to go to the top of the dormant volcano known as Mauna Kea, the view is even more (4) impress……… The volcano, which rises to a (5) high………… of 4205 meters is one of the best places in the world to get (6) interrupt ……… views of the night sky and therefore is the location for more than
a dozen of the world’s finest telescopes
Of special significance is the WM Keck Observatory where there are a pair of extremely large and (7) power……….…… telescopes have been responsible for the (8) discover………… of around forty new planets beyond our solar system By proving the (9) exist……… of these planets, astronomers have increased the (10) probable
………….……… that one day another inhabited planet like our own will be found
PART C: READING
Question I: Choose a suitable word to fill in each blank
Nobody knows for certain what the origin of music was Music is certainly older than poetry and painting but as early man had no way of (1) _ it, we can only guess what it sounded like Watching a child (2) _ on a drum with his hands or a piece of wood, it is easy to see that this is the simplest of instruments It does not (3) much effort to produce a rhythm on it
Wall paintings show what some of the instruments looked like Early civilizations had already discovered three basic (4) of producing music, blowing into a tube, striking an object and scraping a string We know that western music comes from the (5) _ Greeks The musical scale we now use is (6) _ on a certain sequence of notes which the Greeks used to create a particular (7) _
Trang 4Until the sixteenth century, most players of instruments were single performers, but as music became more (8) , orchestras and musical groups began to (9) This (10) _ about the writing of music to be played by several musicians at a time This can certainly be called the birth of modern music
1 A recording B playing C producing D performing
2 A hitting B knocking C crashing D banging
6 A raised B based C established D supported
8 A widespread B enlarged C expanded D extended
10 A produced B affected C caused D brought
Question II: Read the passage carefully and use a suitable word to fill in each blank
In the 1960s women tennis players received little or no prize money at all In the 1990s, (1) _, the top players could earn twice as much in a fortnight as a successful company director did in a whole year And (2) most young people of their age were still studying for exams, players like Monica Seles and Jenifer Capriatia (3) _ earning thousands of pounds a week When she was only sixteen, Seles was rich (4) _ to buy any cars she wanted
Nowadays, most of a leading tennis player’s income comes from sponsorship contracts with fashion or sportswear companies rather (5) _ from major championships Players (6) _paid huge sums of money to wear anything from tennis shoes (7) a wristwatch Official prize money, in fact, only accounts for fractions of total earnings
But with so (8) _ money in the bank, and the world of their feet, it will be surprising if these young stars are not affected by success (9) _ Seles and Capriati are coached by their fathers, (10) _ do their best to protect their daughters from the pressure fame which has brought Only time will tell whether this is enough
Question III: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer by writing the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Before the mid-nineteenth century, people in the United States ate most foods only in season Drying, smoking, and salting could preserve meat for a short time, but the availability
of fresh meat, like that of fresh milk, was very limited; there was no way to prevent spoilage.
But in 1810, a French inventor named Nicolas Appert developed the cooking-and-sealing process of canning And in the 1850s, an American named Gail Borden developed a means of condensing and preserving milk Canned goods and condensed milk became more common during the 1860s, but supplies remained low because cans had to be made by hand By 1880, however, inventors had fashioned stamping and soldering machines that mass-produced cans from tinplate Suddenly all kinds of food could be preserved and bought at all times of the year
Other trends and inventions had also helped make it possible for Americans to vary their daily diets Growing urban populations created demand that encouraged fruit and vegetable farmers to raise more productivity Railroad refrigerator cars enabled growers and meat
packers to ship perishables great distances and to preserve them for longer periods Thus, by
Trang 5the 1890s, northern city dwellers could enjoy southern and western strawberries, grapes, and tomatoes, previously available for a month at most, for up to six months of the year In addition, increased use of iceboxes enabled families to store perishables An easy means of producing ice commercially had been invented in the 1870s, and by 1900, the nation had more than two thousand commercial ice plants, most of which made home deliveries The icebox
became a fixture in most homes and remained so until the mechanized refrigerator replaced it
in the 1920s and 1930s
Almost everyone now has a more diversified diet Some people continue to eat mainly foods that are heavy in starches or carbohydrates, and not everyone can afford meat
Nevertheless, many families can take advantage of previously unavailable fruits, vegetables,
and dairy products to achieve more varied fare
1 What does the passage mainly discuss?
A Causes of food spoilage
B Commercial production of ice
C Inventions that led to changes in the American diet
D Population movements in the nineteenth century
2 The phrase in season refers to .
A a kind of weather B a particular time of year
C an official schedule D a method of flavoring food
3 The word prevent is closest in meaning to _.
4 During the 1860s, canned food products were
A unavailable in rural areas B shipped in refrigerator cars
C available in limited quantities D a staple part of the American diet
5 The word them refers to _.
A refrigerator cars B perishables C growers D distances
6 The word fixture is closest in meaning to .
C commonplace object D mechanical device
7 The author implies that in the 1920s and 1930s home deliveries of ice _
A decreased in number B were on an irregular schedule
C increased in cost D occurred only in the summer
8 The word Nevertheless is closest in meaning to _.
A Therefore B Because C Occasionally D However
9 Which of the following types of food preservation was NOT mentioned in the passage?
A Drying B Canning C Cold storage D Chemical additives
10 Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
A Tin cans and iceboxes helped to make many foods more widely available
B Commercial ice factories were developed by railroad owners
C Most farmers in the United States raised only fruits and vegetables
D People who lived in cities demanded home delivery of foods
PART D: WRITING
Question I: Rewrite the sentences so that the new one has a similar meaning as the given one.
1 We have never seen more people turn to the traditional herbal remedies than now
It's _
Trang 62 The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime Minister Had it not
3 They have reported that the number of people using acupuncture is increasing
The number of
4 "Let's go out for a change," said Andrew
Andrew suggested _
5 Their dog was so fierce that nobody would visit them
They had
Question II: Write an essay (200-250 words) on the following topic:
It is a fact that many species of animals are in danger of extinction What do you think are the causes of the problem and what measures could be taken to solve it?
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NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
ĐÁP ÁN+ HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
Tổng điểm 20 điểm.
(Gồm 02 trang) PART A: LISTENING (4 points)
Question I: (2 points)
a 1 cab/ taxi 2 city center 3 wait 4 door-to-door 5 reserve a seat
b 6 17th October 7 12.30 8 Thomson 9 AC 936 10 3303 8450 2045 6837
Question II: (2 points)
1 1917 2 Harvard 3 formal schooling 4 self-educated 5 similarities
6 congressman 7 100 years 8 unrest 9 assassinated 10 their wives
PART B: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (6 points)
Question I: (2 points)
Question II: (2 points).
D
Question III: (2 points).
1 mountainous 2 pollution 3 fortunate 4 impressive 5 height
6 uninterrupted 7 powerful 8.discovery 9.existence 10 probability
PART C: READING (6 points)
Question I: (2 points)
Question II (2 points)
Question III (2 points)
PART D: WRITING (4 points)
Question I: (1 point)
1 It's the first time we have ever seen more people turn to the traditional herbal remedies
Trang 82 Had it not been for the death of the Prime Minister, the bill would have been passed/ they would have passed the bill
3 The number of people using acupuncture has been reported to be increasing
4 Andrew suggested going out for a change/ that we (should) go out for a change
5 They had such a fierce dog that nobody would visit them
They had so fierce a dog that nobody would visit them
Question II Essay Writing (3 points)
Correct form of
essay writing
(3 points)
- Contents: a provision of all main reasons and appropriate supporting ideas and relevant examples (1,5 pts)
- Language: a variety of vocabulary and appropriate structures (0,8 pts)
- Presentation: coherence, cohesion, and appropriate style (0,7 pts)
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