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MÔN: TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 12

Thơi gian lam bai: 180 phut (không kê thơi gian giao đê) (Đê thi có 11 trang)

Ngày thi: 14 tháng 9 năm 2020

Full name: ________________________________ Class: _________________

PART A. LISTENING (40 pts) I. Questions 1 – 10 Complete the table below Write ONE WORD AND / OR A NUMBER ONLY for

each answer. You will listen to the recording ONCE only. (10pts)

Kingstown Tours

Name of

tour

Price Main activities Other information

Cave

Explorers

Example:

$93

• go in a small 1._____________ to the

other side of the lake

• explore the caves

• minimum age of

2._____________ years

Silver Fjord

$220

• travel by 3._____________ to the fjord

• at Easten go for a 4._____________

• cruise on the fjord

• see mountains and a large 5.____________

• eat a barbecue lunch

• see marine life such as seals

and 6.___________

High

Country

$105 • visit a historic home

• lunch is in the 7._____________

• in the afternoon visit a 8._____________

• this tour has excellent

reviews

Zipline $75

• travel on a zipline above an old

9._____________

• reach speeds of

10._________ miles per hour

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

II. You will hear part of an interview with Paul Wrightsman, the director of ‘Scubatours’ a tour

company which specializes in diving holidays. He is discussing the contents of a recent environment

report about coral reefs. For questions 1-5, decide which statements are True(T) or False(F). You will

listen to the recording TWICE. (10 pts):

1. Fish are inevitably threatened with extinction as a result of tourists visiting coral reefs.

2. Many countries with coral reefs earn most of their income from tourism.

3. Irresponsible tourists might be tempted to damage coral reefs.

4. Tour operators are unable to influence hotels’ environmental policies,

5. Cleaning up the environment in areas with coral reefs is not cost – effective in the long term.

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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III. You will hear a radio programme about the giant panda. For questions from 1 to 10, complete the

notes with a number, word or short phrases (no more than five words). You will listen to the recording

TWICE. (20 pts)

The giant panda

China estimates that the number of pandas alive outside zooz is about 1.__________________

Many panda cubs do not survive because 2._______________________________________

Pandas are threatened by the destruction of 3. _____________________________ and by

4. ________________________

Cloning involves

- removing the nucleus from 5._________________________________

- replacing it with the nucleus from 6. ______________________________

- implanting the embryo in 7. ___________________________________

In contrast to the cloning of Dolly the sheep, the Chinese plan to use an egg shell and a host mother which

are from 8._________________________________

Dolly was successful cloned after 9.__________________________

Many people believe the money for the Chinese panda cloning project should instead be spent on

10.____________

Your answers:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.


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PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I. Choose the correct answer. (10 pts)

1. Please don’t talk in the ______________ because there is an examination in the lecture hall.

A. way B. lane C. promenade D. corridor

2. There’s an old saying, “It’s the double gins that cause the______________.”

A. crossed eyes B. double chins C. flat feet D. knock knees

3. When dieting, eat only to satisfy your hunger ______________, not to gratify your desire to eat.

A. aches B. spasms C. pangs D. twinges

4. The weather is going to change soon; I feel it in my______________.

A. body B. legs C. skin D. bones

5. Before the invention of the Internet, people couldn’t ______________ of such universal access to

information.

A. reminisce B. conceive C. contemplate D. access

6. Look at the seagulls ______________ up and down on the waves near the fishing boats.

A. bobbing B. bouncing C. hopping D. jerking

7. I frequently find myself in ______________ with the board of directors.

A. rivalry B. friction C. odds D. conflict

8. The label said, “It is dangerous to ______________ the stated dose.”

A. infringe B. exceed C. overdo D. repeat

9. I couldn’t open the wine as I didn’t have a ______________.

A. lever B. cork driver C. cock screw D. screwdriver

10. ___________, Americans eat a light breakfast. They don’t eat a lot of food in the morning.

A. By and large B. Fair and square C. Ins and outs D. Odds and ends

11. For a whole month, Muslims ___________ eating and drinking during daylight hours.

A. abstain from B. keep from C. stay from D. stand from

12. “Can you come to the office early tomorrow?” “______________”

A. Yes, I don’t usually get up early. B. I’m sorry. I can’t arrive before half past eight.

C. I don’t think the office is open tomorrow. D. Me too, I’m not quite early.

13. Her hair was wet from the ______________ tossed up by the huge waves.

A. foam B. lather C. surf D. spray

14. There is often so much traffic on the main thoroughfares that motorists may be able to travel faster on

______________ roads.

A. subordinate B. local C. side D. minor

15. An artist has to ___ his imagination and experience when he is engaged in artistic creation.

A. make up B. draw on C. stick on D. follow up

16. The gunshot ______________ the birds from their hiding places

A. separated B. flushed C. spread D. dispersed

17. “Mary hardly ate her dinner” “____”

A. She ate too much. B. She usually eats much.

C. No, she didn’t eat much, it’s true. D. No, she usually ate much.

18. Frank hurt himself doing ____ exercise.

A. paramount B. headlong C. speedy D. strenuous

19. If you want to be a rock star, talent helps, but what it really ______________ down to is luck.

A. boils B. revolves C. centers D. refines

20. That argument is no good: it won’t ______________.

A. hold water B. blossom C. make water D. pass water

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II. There are TEN mistakes in this paragraph. Write them down & give the correction. Write your

answers in the space provided. (10 pts)

e.g.: Line 1 sustaining => sustainable

Line 1

5

10

15

Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustaining resource:

trees. Unlike the mineral and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable. Paper is

also biodegraded, so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. While

45 out of every 100 tonnes of wood fibre is used to make paper in Australia comes from waste

paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fibre from forests and plantations. By world’s standards,

this is a good performance since the worldwide average is 33 percent waste paper. Governments

have encouraged waste paper collection and sorting schemes and at the same time, the paper

industry has replied by developing new recycling technologies that have paved the room for even

greater utilization of used fibre. As a result, industry’s use of recycled fibres is expected to increase

at twice the rate of virgin fibre over the coming years.

Already, waste paper constitutes of 70% of paper used for packaging and advances in the

technology required to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled contents in

newsprint and writing paper. To achieve the benefits of recycling, the community must also

contribute. We need to accept a change in the quality of paper products; for example, stationary

may be less white and of a rougher texture. There also needs to support from the community for

waste paper collection programs. Not only do we need to make the paper available to collectors

but it also needs to be separated into different types and sorted from contaminants such as staples,

paperclips, string and other miscellanous items.

III. Read the text below. Use the words given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word

that fits in the gap in the same line. (10 pts)

Western Sahara, Africa’s last colony, was taken over by Morocco when the Spanish

withdrew in 1976. This was followed by a brutal 16-year war, during which time tens

of thousands of Sahrawis fled across the Algerian border to refugee camps. In 1991, a

(1) __________________ agreement was drawn up, in which a referendum on

(2)__________________ was promised to decide the fate of the country and its

people. However, almost twenty years later, the gears of (3)__________________ have

turned slowly and nothing has happened. Meanwhile the refugees have been left

(4)__________________ in five refugee camps dotted around the vast,

(5)__________________ desert.

Dakhla, home to nearly 30,000 of these refugees, is the most remote of these camps,

being located 175 km from the nearest city. Unlike its (6)__________________, the

beautiful coastal city in Western Sahara, this Dakhla has no paved roads and is entirely

dependent on outside supplies for food and water. Despite these obvious

(7)______________, the town is clean and well organised, with wide sandy

streets. Houses and tents are grouped in neat family compounds. There are hospitals,

funded by aid agencies, and a good standard of education. More than 500 visitors flew

into Tindouf on charter planes to take part in The Sahara film festival there and braved

the rough drive to the (8)__________________. All the visitors to the festival stay with

Sahrawi families, sharing their homes and partaking of their food. Living with these

(9)______________ people gives (10)___________________ participants an

invaluable insight into the conditions in which the refugees live.

FIRE

DETERMINE

DIPLOMAT

STRAND

HOSPITALITY

NAME

BACK

SETTLE

PLACE/SEA

IV. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each

space. (10 pts)

RED ALERT

The colour red plays a vital role in our everyday life, and (1)__________ symbolic value is used in a

variety of situations without us (2)____________ being aware of it.

The importance of the colour for us humans must derive primarily from the colour of blood,

(3)____________ there is also a natural occurrence in plants and animals to (4)____________ as a warning

(of poison, for example or imminent attack). In addition, red is the colour you see in the depths of a fire, and

in the sun (5)_________ it sets in the sky.

In modern life, red denotes warning and danger, and the sight of it automatically (6)___________ us

more alert. It is used for road signs showing prohibition, on taps for hot water, for buttons that will produce

radical results if pressed and teachers’ corrections.

It is also the colour of love, anger and (7)_______ passions. The blood and the heart have always been

seen as closely connected with feelings, (8)____________ the extent that people with emotional disturbances

were often bled by doctors in the Middle Ages in the mistaken belief that they had (9)____________ much

blood in them. Here, however, we can perhaps see another source of red as danger; if you see a person growing

red in the face, it is often best to beat a hasty retreat, (10)_______ they explode.

PART C: READING I. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank. (10 pts)

IMPROVING THE BUSINESS PROCESS

Improving business is the holy grail of any company’s operations. Improvements translate directly to

better profits by reducing expenditure and increasing competitiveness at the same time. In many (1)________,

this has an accelerated cumulative effect on the company’s bottom (2) __________. If an insurance company

can underwrite policies or (3) __________ claims faster, they can provide better service, compete better with

nimbler, smaller online competitors, and (4) __________costs, which again help them compete better!

Unfortunately, any company has a (5)________ amount of money to spend on business process

improvement, and those in charge of budgets have to (6) __________ carefully. If the management were ready

to (7)_________ more money, the HR department would (8) __________ better qualified people, provide them

with more training, and have a better working condition. However, practical considerations always force

companies to pick and choose the best things to spend money on. But how do you know that a training course

on skills will actually (9) __________ a difference to customer satisfaction? How do you know which one to

do first? This is where our system of process modelling with cause-and-effect analysis (10) __________ in.

We can help any company make the best decisions possible.

1.A. places B. parts C. cases D. ways

2.A. line B. side C. figure D. total

3.A. end B. cope C. settle D. deal

4.A. cut B. break C. lessen D. decline

5.A. short B. controlled C. minor D. limited

6.A. prioritise B. guess C. control D. list

7.A. bring in B. put in C. set in D. take in

8.A. hire B. rent C. lease D. utilise

9.A. mean B. tell C. make D. see

10.A. involves B. goes C. comes D. gets

II. You are going to read an article about a work policy of unlimited leave time. For questions 1-6, choose

the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. (6 pts)

Unlimited Time Off Work Barnaby Spence considers a new idea from the world of big business

The founder of a multinational corporation recently announced that his company would no longer be

keeping track of its employees’ paid holiday time. The move was apparently inspired by an internet company

which has instigated a similar policy. According to the founder of the multinational corporation, the idea came

to him via a cheery email (reproduced in many newspapers) from his daughter. In it she sounds suspiciously

like a copywriter from her father’s media team. Setting aside the fact that the means by which the

announcement was made seems like a hollow attempt at ‘humanising’ what may turn out to be a less than

generous policy decision, let us ask: is the idea practical?

The internet company and the multinational corporation are fundamentally distinct – the former has

2,000 employees and provides a single service, while the latter has 50,000 employees with dozens of subsidiary

companies providing services as diverse as financial services, transport, and healthcare. The approach of ‘take

as much time off as you want as long as you’re sure it won’t damage the business’ seems better suited to a

smaller company where employees have a better idea of each other’s workloads and schedules, and so may be

more comfortable in assessing whether their absence would harm the business – in any case a problematically

abstract notion.

The founder of the multinational has stated that his employees may take as much leave as they want,

as long as they ‘feel a hundred percent comfortable that they and their team are up to date on every project and

that their absence will not in any way damage the business – or, for that matter, their careers.’ Is it possible to

be that sure? No matter how many loose ends you manage to tie up in advance of a holiday, there is always a

mountain of work to come back to. That is simply the nature of leave; you put your work on hold, but its

accumulation is inevitable and beyond your control. Someone who follows these guidelines would likely not

go at all, or, at the very least, would feel overly guilty about going. Increased levels of guilt lead to stress and

this, together with workers not taking sufficient leave, would lead to a decrease in productivity in the long run.

The situation could be compounded by pressure from colleagues and office gossip concerning who was

off when, and for how long. Such pressure already affects decisions such as when to start and end the working

day. Particularly in the corporate sector, there is a culture of working late, and it is easy to see how this could

translate into a ‘no holiday’ culture in a company with unlimited leave, where workers compete for promotion.

Similarly, if the feelings of safety and entitlement that statutory leave provides are removed, people may feel

unable to take the leave they require for fear of appearing lazy. Essentially, they would no longer have their

legal entitlement to fall back on. Perhaps then, the policy would result in a sort of paralysis, where workers did

not feel able to take their entitled leave, or, they might continue to use their statutory rights as a guideline,

leaving the policy obsolete.

Modern technology, which allows us to receive work messages whenever and wherever we are, has

blurred the distinction between work and leisure time. The internet company apparently began their unlimited

leave policy when their employees asked how this new way of working could be reconciled with the company’s

old-fashioned time-off policy. That is to say, if their employer was no longer able to accurately track

employees’ total time on the job, why should it apply a different and outmoded standard to their time away

from it? However, a potentially problematic corollary of having no set working hours is that all hours are

feasibly working hours. Employees can never be sure whether or not their working hours are being monitored

by their employer, causing them to internalise this scrutiny and become self-disciplining, with possibly

destructive effects. Employment law exists for a reason. Workers are entitled to a minimum amount of statutory

paid annual leave because periods of rest and leisure are critical to their mental and physical health. The

increased morale, creativity and productivity which are cited as the desired results of the unlimited leave policy

can all exist independently of worker well-being. I remain doubtful, therefore, as to whether being ‘able to

take as much holiday as they want’ is either the true intention or the probable outcome of this policy.

1. What does the writer imply about the founder of the multinational corporation?

A. He is unwise to employ his daughter in his company.

B. He is dishonestly copying an idea from another company.

C. He is using his daughter to make a planned change appear more acceptable.

D. He is merely trying to increase his personal popularity.

2. Which phrase could correctly replace ‘Setting aside’ in the last sentence of Paragraph One?

A. As an example of B. Because we accept

C. If we ignore for now D. Taking as a starting point

3. The writer compares the multinational corporation and the internet company in order to demonstrate that

A. unlimited leave is more likely to work in a more diverse company.

B. employees in a smaller company have more loyalty to each other.

C. it is difficult for workers to assess what is best for their company.

D. what works in one company may be unsuitable for another.

4. What does the writer state about the unlimited leave policy in the third paragraph?

A. It increases the employees’ workloads.

B. It sets unreasonable criteria to consider before leave can be taken.

C. It could harm the employees’ careers in the long term.

D. It makes them feel under an obligation to take leave at inappropriate times.

5. What generalisation does the writer make about office workers in the fourth paragraph?

A. They can often be unaware of their legal rights.

B. They can have a strong influence on each other’s behaviour.

C. They tend to be more productive when there is a promotion on offer.

D. They prefer to have fixed guidelines regarding terms and conditions.

6. In the last paragraph, the writer questions whether

A. it was really the staff at the internet company who had the idea for an unlimited leave policy.

B. employees can be trusted to keep track of their working hours.

C. abolishing a fixed work timetable actually gives workers more freedom.

D it is time to update the employment laws relating to paid leave.

III. Read the following passage then do the tasks that follow. (14 pts)

Team Building If you thought ancient monuments were built in honour of gods and kings, think again, says Laura Spinney

At Poverty Point in the US state of Louisiana, a remarkable monument overlooks the Mississippi river.

Built around 3,500 years ago entirely from earth, it consists of six semi-circular ridges and five mounds.

'Mound A', as archaeologists refer to it, is the largest at 22 metres high. The earth mounds at Poverty Point are

not just impressive, they are also intriguing. Ancient monuments have always been regarded as products of

large, hierarchical societies, built as tributes to gods and kings. But the creators of the Poverty Point monument

were hunter-gatherers, who functioned in more democratic way. They may have looked to elders for guidance,

but these would not have exerted a commanding influence over their small groups. So who, or what, motivated

building on such a grand scale?

Archaeologists have been excavating Poverty Point for more than a century. However, the truly

remarkable nature of Mound A only emerged a few years ago. This was when a team led by Tristram Kidder

of Washington University drilled into the mound. They saw for the first time that it consisted of neat layers of

differently coloured earth. It rains a lot around Poverty Point, and we know that fluctuations in temperature

and increased flooding eventually led to its abandonment. But Kidder could see no sign that the layers had

combined as you might expect if it had rained during construction. Kidder reached a startling conclusion:

Mound A must have been built in one short period, perhaps in as little as 30 days, and probably no more than

90.

Mound A contains nearly 240,000 cubic metres of earth; the equivalent of 32,000 truckloads. There

were no trucks, of course, nor any other heavy machinery, animals like mule to carry the earth, or

wheelbarrows. Assuming it did take 90 days, Kidder's group calculated that around 3,000 basket-carrying

individuals would have been needed to get the job done. Given that people probably travelled in family groups,

as many as 9,000 people may have assembled at Poverty Point during construction. 'If that's true, it was an

extraordinarily large gathering,' says Kidder. Why would they have chosen to do this?

Another archaeologist, Carl Lipo, thinks he has the answer: the same reason that the people of Easter

Island built their famous stone heads. When Lipo first went to Easter Island, the prevailing idea was that the

enormous statue had been rolled into place using logs, and the resulting deforestation contributed to the human

population's collapse. But Lipo and fellow archaeologist Terry Hunt showed the statues could have been

'walked' upright into place by cooperating bands of people using ropes, with no need for trees. They argue

further that by making statues, people's energy was directed into peaceful interactions and information-sharing.

They ceased crafting statues, Lipo claims, precisely because daily existence became less of a challenge, and it

was no longer so important that they work together.

An ancient temple known as Gobekli Tepe in south-east Turkey is another site where a giant team-

building project might have taken place. Since excavations started, archaeologists have uncovered nine

enclosures formed of massive stone pillars. Given the vast size of these pillars, a considerable workforce would

have been needed to move them. But what archaeologists have also discovered is that every so often the

workers filled in the enclosures with broken rock and built new ones. The apparent disposability of these

monuments makes sense if the main aim was building a team rather than a lasting structure. Indeed, the many

bones from animals such as gazelle found in the filled-in enclosures suggest people held feasts to celebrate the

end of collaborative effort.

A number of researchers share Lipo's view that the need to cooperate is what drove monument makers.

But as you might expect when a major shift in thinking is proposed, not everyone goes along with it. The

sceptics include Tristram Kidder. For him, the interesting question is not 'Did cooperative building promote

group survival' but 'What did the builders think they were doing?' All human behaviour comes down to a

pursuit of food and self-preservation, he says. As for why people came to Poverty Point, he and his colleagues

have suggested it was a pilgrimage site.

If Lipo is right, have we in any inherited our ancestor's tendency to work together for the sake of social

harmony? Evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson thinks we have. Wilson cites the Burning Man festival,

promoted as an experiment in community and art, which draws thousands of people to Nevada's Black Rock

Desert each summer. Among the ten principles laid down by co-founder Larry Harvey ate 'inclusion' and

'community effort'. Another is 'leaving no trace', meaning that whatever festival-goers create they destroy

before departing. In this way, the desert landscape is only temporarily disturbed. Wilson says there is evidence

that such cooperative ventures matter more today than ever because we are dependent on a wider range of

people than our ancestors were. Food, education, security: all are provided by people beyond our family group.

Recently, as part of his Neighbourhood Project in Binghamton, Wilson and his colleagues helped locals create

their own parks. 'This brought people together and enabled them to cooperate in numerous other contexts,' he

explains. This included helping with repair after a series of floods in 2011. Social psychologist Susan Fiske of

Princeton University also sees value in community projects. Her research shows, for example, that they can

help break down the ill-informed views that people hold towards others they have observed but do not usually

interact with. So if modern projects really help build better communities, that will surely be a monumental

achievement.

Questions Questions 1-6: Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in the reading passage?

Write:

YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

1. The whole monument at Poverty Point was made out of earth.

2. The monument at Poverty Point was the first of its kind to be built in the US.

3. The older members of the tribes at Poverty Point had great power over their people.

4. It is surprising that archaeologists took so long to discover the existence of Mound A.

5. Tristram Kidder's work at Mound A revealed something previously unknown to researchers.

6. A change in weather patterns forced people living around the Poverty Point monument to move away.

Questions 7-10: Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.

7. The writers refers to trucks, mules and wheelbarrows in order to

A. highlight the technical ability of the Poverty Point inhabitants.

B. emphasise the number of workers required to build the mound.

C. question the logic of choosing Poverty Point as a place for construction.

D. challenge the idea that the mound could have been made so quickly.

8. Archaeologists Carl Lipo's research at Easter Island has led him to believe that

A. people had to cut down trees in order to transport larger statues.

B. remote communities faced greater environmental challenges than other societies.

C. islanders stopped making statues when their lives became easier.

D. methods of making the statues varied amongst different groups.

9. According to the writer, excavations at Gobekli Tepe suggest that

A. there was disagreement between groups over the temple's design.

B. human occupation drove certain animal populations into decline.

C. each of the enclosures that were built served a different purpose.

D. the builders had no intention of creating permanent structures.

10. In the sixth paragraph, what are we told about Tristram Kidder?

A. He feels the academic community should support Carl Lipo's theory.

B. He has changed his mind about the purpose of the Poverty Point monument.

C. He doubts that Carl Lipo has identified the key reason for monument making.

D. He believes that most people recognise the need to help each other to survive.

Questions 11-14: Complete the summary using the list of words, A-H, below.

A. basic needs B. different generations C. new infrastructure

D. human activities E. negative impressions F. emergency situations

G. commercial advertising H. economic growth

Examples of cooperation in modern times

David Wilson believes that events such as the Burning Man festival encourage social harmony. For example,

participants in the festival cooperate so 11. _____________________ won't permanently affect the desert

environment. In Wilson's opinions, cooperation is especially important today because we now rely on many

people for our 12. ____________________. Wilson points to how community projects such as park creation

can lead to improved group efforts in 13._________________ . Psychologist Susan Fiske has also shown how

14._________________can change when community projects encourage interaction between strangers.

IV. Read the following passage then do the tasks that follow. (10 pts)

The Changing Faces of Captain Cook A.

In the painting by Johann Zoffany which depicts the death of Captain James Cook – the tireless eighteenth-

century explorer – the captain is shown lying on the ground, mortally wounded and surrounded by an angry

group of half-naked warriors. The painting, in keeping with others of the late eighteenth century, contributed

to the growing demand for stylised depictions of heroic deaths of British officers. This fashion reinforced the

viewpoint that the British elite, at that time, were selflessly willing to sacrifice themselves in the name of

enlightenment and progress. During his career in the navy, Cook made three important voyages into the Pacific.

A quick look at a map of that area today will show reminders of that time – for example, the Cook Islands, and

Mount Cook on the South Island of New Zealand.

B.

There is some controversy as to whether Cook should be regarded simply as part of the process which led to

Europe spreading its influence and strength into the Pacific or whether he played a more active role. Either

way, the significance of his discoveries remains immense. His expeditions contributed greatly to the study of

botany, anthropology, navigation, exploration, cartography, and medicine. In fact, his greatest

accomplishments probably stemmed from his thorough approach to whatever he undertook, which led him to

be able to consolidate the work of earlier explorers. Cook’s first two voyages into the Pacific were

characterised by his tolerance and forbearance towards the inhabitants of the islands he visited and the

importance he placed on the physical well-being of his crew. His recognition of the fact that there was a huge

cultural difference between his men and the islanders influenced his dealings with the latter and the commands

issued to the former. By contrast, his third and last voyage saw a different, more irritable Cook, a man who

frequently punished his own men for minor misdemeanors. Flogging became a relatively common event and

some crew members even began to plot mutiny.

C.

On 16th January, 1779, Cook’s ships put in at Kealakekua Bay on Hawaii having first slowly circumnavigated

the island. He had decided that they should pass the winter in a warm region before sailing to the west coast

of America to restock the ships. The arrival of the ships coincided with the rituals surrounding the worship of

the god Lono. By landing at the bay where the temple of the god was situated in this particular season, the

expedition managed to fulfil with amazing precision the various legends associated with Lono. Even the ship’s

masts and sails bore some resemblance to the emblem of the god. Speculation has it that the inhabitants of the

island may have supposed Cook to actually be the god, visiting them in human form, or that he was a human

representative of the god. Either way, they welcomed him with open arms and gave him help in stocking his

ships with food.

D.

The expedition’s departure happened to coincide with the end of this season of worship, no doubt further

adding to the islanders’ conviction that Cook was a man of importance to them. Unfortunately, the expedition

had to return to the bay after one of the ships suffered storm damage. On the island, it was now a period

dedicated to the worship of the god Ku, a deity opposed to Lono. Cook’s return was therefore contradictory

and confusing, and potentially upset the delicate relationship that had been previously established. Events took

a turn for the worse with his decision to confront the Hawaiian king after the theft of one of his boats. This

served to incur the wrath of the islanders and triggered a series of events that led to his being killed by them

on the beach of the bay while trying to flee from the island.

You are going to read an article about Captain Cook. For questions 1 - 10, choose from the sections (A

- D). The sections may be chosen more than once. In which section are the following mentioned?

1. Cook’s voyages enhancing knowledge in a range of fields.

2. Cook’s fateful decision to challenge a figure of authority.

3. the concept of giving up one’s life for a greater good.

4. meticulous methodology being crucial to Cook’s achievements.

5. remarkable coincidences facilitating Cook’s purpose.

6. a change in circumstances clouding a situation.

7. the abandonment of an enlightened approach.

8. the privileged seeking to reinforce an image.

9. the possibility of Cook being passed for a divinity.

10. asking if Cook merely performed his duty or actively shaped regional policy.

PART D: WRITING I. Write the second sentence, using the word in bold so that the second sentence has exactly the same

meaning. You cannot change the word in bold in ANY way. (5 pts)

1. You're far more practical than I am.(nowhere)

=> _______________________________________________________

2. We suddenly decided to go away for the weekend. (spur)

=> _______________________________________________________

3. I was there when he admitted the truth. (presence)

=> _______________________________________________________

4. He is unlikely to carry out the plan. (practice)

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

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II. Summary (10 pts):

Read the following extract and use your own words to summarize it. Your summary should be between

100 and 120 words long:

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

The English education system is unique due to the fact that there are still dozens of schools which are

known as private schools and they perpetuate privilege and social division. Most countries have some private

schools for the children of the wealthy; England is able to more than triple the average number globally.

England has around 3,000 private schools and just under half a million children are educated at them whilst

some nine million children are educated at state schools. The overwhelming majority of students at private

schools also come from middle-class families.

The result of this system is evident and it has much English history embedded within it. The facts seem

to speak for themselves. In the private system almost half the students go on to University, whilst in the state

system, only about eight per cent make it to further education. However, statistics such as these can be

deceptive due to the fact that middle-class children do better at examinations than working class ones, and

most of them stay on at school after 16. Private schools, therefore, have the advantage over state schools as

they are entirely ‘middle class’, and this creates an environment of success where students work harder and

apply themselves more diligently to their school work.

Private schools are extortionately expensive, being as much as £18,000 a year at somewhere such as

Harrow or Eton, where Princes William and Harry attended, and at least £8,000 a year almost everywhere else.

There are many parents who are not wealthy or even comfortably off but are willing to sacrifice a great deal

in the cause of their children’s schooling. It baffles many people as to why they need to spend such vast

amounts when there are perfectly acceptable state schools that don’t cost a penny. One father gave his

reasoning for sending his son to a private school, ‘If my son gets a five-percent-better chance of going to

University then that may be the difference between success and failure.” It would seem to the average person

that a £50,000 minimum total cost of second level education is a lot to pay for a five-percent-better chance.

However, some say that the real reason that parents fork out the cash is prejudice: they don’t want their little

kids mixing with the “workers”, or picking up an undesirable accent. In addition to this, it wouldn’t do if at

the next dinner party all the guests were boasting about sending their kids to the same place where the son of

the third cousin of Prince Charles is going, and you say your kid is going to the state school down the road.

III. Graph description. (15 points)

The pie graphs below show the result of a survey of children's activities. The first graph shows the cultural and

leisure activities that boys participate in, whereas the second graph shows the activities in which the girls

participate.

Write a report for a university lecturer and report the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

You should write 150 - 180 words.

IV. Write an essay of about 350 words to express your opinion on the following issue (30 points)

Some people say that in our modern age, it is unnecessary to teach children about the skills of handwriting.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

You should write 250 - 280 words.

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PART A. LISTENING(40 pts) I. Questions 1 – 10 Complete the table below Write ONE WORD AND / OR A NUMBER ONLY for each

answer.(10pts)

1. train 2. 5/five 3. coach/bus 4. walk 5. waterfall

6. whales 7. Garden 8. farm 9. forest 10. 43

II. You will hear part of an interview with Paul Wrightsman, the director of ‘Scubatours’ a tour

company which specializes in diving holidays. He is discussing the contents of a recent environment

report about coral reefs. For questions 1-5, decide which statements are True(T) or False(F) (10 pts):

1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F

III. You will hear a radio programme about the giant panda. For questions from 1 to 10, complete the

notes with a number, word or short phrases (no more than five words)(20 pts)

1. 1000

2. their mother sit on them/their mother squash them/they are squashed

3. their natural habitat 4. poaching

5. an egg cell

6. an adult cell 7. a host mother

8. a different species(of mammal)

9. 276 attempts

10. restoring the panda’s natural habitat

PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the correct answer. (10 pts)

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

11. A 12. B 13. D 14. D 15. B 16. B 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. A



Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. Unlike the 1.

minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable. Paper is also 2. biodegradable, so it

does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. While 45 out of every 100 tonnes of

wood 3. fibre used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin

fibre from forests and plantations. By 4. world standards, this is a good performance since the worldwide

average is 33 percent waste paper. Governments have encouraged waste paper collection and sorting schemes

and at the same time, the paper industry has 5. responded by developing new recycling technologies that have

paved the 6. way for even greater utilization of used fibre. As a result, industry’s use of recycled fibres is

expected to increase at twice the rate of virgin fibre over the coming years.

Already, waste paper 7. constitutes 70% of paper used for packaging and advances in the technology required

to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled 8. content in newsprint and writing paper. To

achieve the benefits of recycling, the community must also contribute. We need to accept a change in the

quality of paper products; for example, 9. stationery may be less white and of a rougher texture. There also

needs to support from the community for waste paper collection programs. Not only do we need to make the

paper available to collectors but it also needs to be separated into different types and sorted from contaminants

such as staples, paperclips, string and other 10. miscellaneous items.

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1. ceasefire 2. self-determination 3. diplomacy 4. stranded 5. inhospitable

6. namesake 7. setbacks 8. settlement 9. displaced 10. overseas


space. (10 pts)

1. its 2. even 3. though / although 4. act 5. as / when

6. makes 7. other 8. to 9. too 10. before

PART C: READING

I. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank. (10 pts)

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



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


1. Yes 2. Not Given 3. No 4. Not Given 5. Yes 6. Yes

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

11. D 12. A 13. F 14. E


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

PART D: WRITING

I. Write the second sentence, using the word in bold so that the second sentence has exactly the same meaning.

You cannot change the word in bold in ANY way. (5 pts)

1. I’m nowhere near as/so practical as you (are).

2. We decided on the spur of the moment to go away for the weekend.

3. He admitted the truth in my presence.

4. He is unlikely to put the plan into practice. / It is unlikely that he will put the plan into practice.

5. Bruce likened the situation at work to a family argument

II. Summary (10 points)


IV. Write an essay of about 350 words to express your opinion on the following issue (30 points)


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Thơi gian lam bai: 180 phut (không kê thơi gian giao đê) Ngày thi: 14 tháng 9 năm 2020

Full name: _________________________ Class: _________________

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I. Choose the correct answer. (10 pts)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.



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8.

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1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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PART C: READING

I. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank. (10 pts)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.



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


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

7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14.


1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

PART D: WRITING

I. Write the second sentence, using the word in bold so that the second sentence has exactly the same

meaning. You cannot change the word in bold in ANY way. (5 pts)

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