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ăm học: 2017-2017 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh - Lớp 11

Ngày thi: 10 tháng 1 năm 2018
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian : 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi gồm có 06 trang- Học sinh làm bài tr i o đề)

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PART I: PHONETICS
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
Write your answer in the box provided.(5pts)
1. A. arrived B. linked C. lived D. opened
2. A. explanation B. main C. faint D. paint …………….
3. A. copious B. obese C. drone D. clamorous
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4. A. germ B. gesture C. gene D. gear
5. A. manufacture B. mature C. pasture D. nature

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

II. Pick out the word that differs from the other words in the position of the main stress. Write your
answer in the box provided.(5pts)
6. .A. accelerate B. diverse C. integrate D. associate
7. A. enterprise B. statistic C. agriculture D. industry
8. A. intellectual B. political C. individual D. recognition
9. A. childbearing B. homemaking C. widespread D. discriminated
10. A. philosopher B. involvement C. educator D. humanity

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

PART II: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

I. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answer in the box
provided.(20pts)
11. Anyone caught throwing ____________ here should be fined.
A. rubbish B. bag C. money D. flowers
12. I can’t stand the car ____________ Therefore, I hate traveling by car.
A. illness B. sickness C. ailment D. disease
13. He decided to buy a computer ____________ he didn’t have much money.
A. because B. after C. although D. Despite
14. A person who is more beautiful in photographs is said to be ____________.
A. photogenic B. photography C. photograph D. photographic
15. I work as a ____________ tutor to earn money for a summer trip.
A. general B. private C. secret D. single
16. I wouldn’t waste time ___________that book if I were you.
A. to reading B. reading C. read D. to be read
17. She has got a bad ____________ for definition.
A. memory B. mind C. brain D. nerve
18. “How does Ann like her new school?” “Fine, she is doing ____________ in her course.”

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 A. extreme good B. extremely good C. extreme well D. extremely well.
19. We are planning to go on a ___________ holiday this summer.
A. packing B. pack C. packed D. package
20. The series is watched by millions of ___________
A. viewing B. viewees C. viewers D. views
21. If he ___________ late, he ____________sleepy now .
A. hadn’t stayed up/ wouldn’t have been B. didn’t stay up/ wouldn’t be
C. didn’t stay up/ wouldn’t have been D. hadn’t stayed up/ wouldn’t be
22. The park __________ hundreds of species of endangered animals.
A. contains B. consists C. composes D. holds
23. It’s 4 miles further if you don’t take the __________ cut.
A. narrow B. by C. short D. half
24. There are fast-growing __________ of fir tree here in this park.
A. varieties B. variances C. variants D. variations
25. “What are you doing?”
A. No B. Neither C. None D. Nothing
26. I like listen to sweet __________ in my free time.
A. guitar B. ballads C. pops D. jazz
27. These pills will __________ your pain.
A. prevent B. ease C. simplify D. avoid
28. He was a(n) __________ man who was determined to be rich by any means.
A. ambitious B. mature C. brilliant D. romantic
29. She study hard and got a degree with __________ colors.
A. scarlet B. red C. soaring D. flying
30. The old manager has just retired, so Jack takes __________ his position.
A. on B. out C. in D. up

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

II. Fill in each blank with a suitable PREPOSITION or PARTICLE. Write your answers in the
numbered spaces provided below the passage. (10 pts)

31. I'm very glad to get this awful business ______ with.
32. I can offer you a temporary job ________ a clerk.
33. Queen Victoria was not amused ________ naughty stories.
34. I think the chief let us go simply _____ ______ sympathy for our plight.
35. Everyone was shocked _______ hearing your bereavement.
36. Herbert was a man _______ few words but he was a man _______ a sense of when to say the
right thing.
37. Every vote ________ me will be a vote ________ the party I oppose.
38. I was totally baffled _________ Tim's behaviour.
39. Stop running everybody __________.
40. Guess who turned __________ at our party last night? Your ex-boyfriend, Harry.

31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

III. Read the passage below and put the words in capitals into the correct forms to complete the
passage. Write your answer in the box. (10 pts)

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 JOB INTERVIEWS

Interviews are an (0. PERFECT) method of choosing the best people for jobs, yet human (41.BE) like to
examine each other in this way.One of the many problems of (42. SELECT) as it is commonly practiced is
that the forms are filled in by (43. APPLY) often fail to show people as really they are. This means that you
can follow all the best (44. ADVISE) when completing your form and still find that you are (45.
SUCCESS)at the next stage-the interview. (46. SIMILAR) in the race cases where interviews are automatic,
a candidate with an (47.ADEQUATE) form may do surprisingly well. Of course, your form needs to show
that you have (48. CONFIDENT) in your (49. ABLE) to do the job, but don’t try to turn yourself into
someone else-a person you have to pretend to be at the interview. Realism and (50. HONEST) are definitely
the best approach.
0. imperfect
41. 46.
42. 47.
43. 48.
44. 49.
45. 50.

PART III: READING COMPREHENSION

I. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.Write your
answer in the box provided.10 pts)
The computer has brought nothing (51)______problems to the world of the twentieth century.
Chief among the problems has (52)____the dehumanization of society. People are no (53)____ human.
Each of us is a series of numbers, numbers to be fed into computers. There are our credit card numbers, our
bank account (54)______ , our social security numbers, our telephone and electricity numbers - the computer
number game is endless. What happens to these computerized numbers ? They are distributed to a network of
government agencies and business (55)______can use them to invade our privacy. The Internal Revenue
Service stores millions of facts about every citizen. Credit agencies exchange (56)____ on the spending and
saving practices of nearly every American adult. Mailing lists are (57)_____ available by computers to
dozens of organizations, public and private, who bombard us with unwanted mail. Just let the computer
which stores (58)______ concerning our accounts, let us say with a credit card company, make an error and it
is almost impossible to correct it. The result is an avalanche of bills, threads, and loss of credit standing. The
computer has thrown thousands of people out of (59)______ . The gamut of computer- generated
unemployed runs from highly skilled technicians to typists.
These are some of the reasons why I feel that the (60)______ of the computer has been detrimental to the
quality of our life in the twentieth century.

51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

56. 57. 58. 59. 60.

II. Read the passage and choose the best option for each space. Write your correct answer to each
of the following questions in the box provided. (10 pts)
HOW TRANSPORTATION AFFECTS OUR LIFE?
Without transportation, our modern society could not (61)………….We would have no metal, no coal
and no oil nor would we have any (62)………….made from these materials. (63)………….., we would have
to spend most of our time (64)….…….. food and food would be (65) ………….. to the kinds that could grow
in the climate and soil of our neighborhoods.
Transportation also (66) ……… our lives in other ways. Transportation can speed a doctor to the

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(67)…………... of a sick person, even if the patient lives on an isolated farm. It can take police to the (68)
…………………of a crime within moments of being notified. Transportation (69) …………….teams of
athletes to compete in national and international sports contests. In time of (70) ………….transportation
can rush aid to . person in areas stricken by floods, mines and earthquakes.
61. A. happen B. exist C. take place D. establish
62. A. production B. producers C. productivity D. product
63. A. Besides B. However C. Although D. Even
64. A. buying B. taking C. raising D. paying
65. A. related B. limited C. focused D. connected
66. A. makes B. influences C. affects D. effects
67. A. side B. way C. body D. part
68. A. location B. scene C. place D. site
69. A. brings B. gets C. fetches D. enables
70. A. disasters B. wars C. accidents D. problems

61. 62. 63. 64. 65.

66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

III. Read the passage and write your correct answer to each of the following questions in the box
provided. (10 pts)
An air pollutant is defined as a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in
such quantities as to affect humans, animals, vegetation, or materials adversely. Air pollution requires a
very flexible definition that permits continuous change. When the first air pollution laws were established
in England in the fourteenth century, air pollutants were limited to compounds that could be seen or
smelled - a far cry from the extensive list of harmful substances known today. As technology has
developed and knowledge of the health aspects of various chemicals has increased, the list of air pollutants
has lengthened. In the future, even water vapor might be considered an air pollutant under certain
conditions.
Many of the more important air pollutants, such as sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides,
are found in nature. As the Earth developed, the concentration of these pollutants was altered by various
chemical reactions; they became components in biogeochemical cycles. These serve as an air purification
scheme by allowing the compounds to move from the air to the water or soil. On a global basis, nature's
output of these compounds dwarfs that resulting from human activities.
However, human production usually occurs in a localized area, such as a city. In such a region, human
output may be dominant and may temporarily overload the natural purification scheme of the cycles. The
result is an increased concentration of noxious chemicals in the air. The concentrations at which the
adverse effects appear will be greater than the concentrations that the pollutants would have in the absence
of human activities. The actual concentration need not be large for a substance to be a pollutant; in fact,
the numerical value tells us little until we know how much of an increase this represents over the
concentration that would occur naturally in the area. For example, sulfur dioxide has detectable health
effects at 0.08 parts per million (ppm), which is about 400 times its natural level. Carbon monoxide,
however, has a natural level of 0.1 ppm and is not usually a pollutant until its level reaches about 15 ppm.
71. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The economic impact of air pollution.
B. What constitutes an air pollutant.
C. How much harm air pollutants can cause.
D. The effects of compounds added to the atmosphere.
72. The word "adversely" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A. negatively B. quickly C. admittedly D. considerably
73. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that _______.
A. water vapor is an air pollutant in localized areas

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 B. most air pollutants today can be seen or smelled
C. the definition of air pollution will continue to change
D. a substance becomes an air pollutant only in cities
74. The word "These" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to__________.
A. the various chemical reactions
B. the pollutants from the developing Earth
C. the compounds moved to the water or soil
D. the components in biogeochemical cycles
75. For which of the following reasons can natural pollutants play an important role in controlling air
pollution?
A. They function as part of a purification process.
B. They occur in greater quantities than other pollutants.
C. They are less harmful to living beings than other pollutants.
D. They have existed since the Earth developed.
76. According to the passage, human-generated air pollution in localized regions _______.
A. can be dwarfed by nature's output of pollutants
B. can overwhelm the natural system that removes pollutants
C. will damage areas outside of the localized regions
D. will react harmfully with natural pollutants
77. The word "localized" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A. specified B. circled C. surrounded D. encircled
78. According to the passage, the numerical value of the concentration level of a substance is only useful if
_______.
A. the other substances in the area are known B. it is in a localized area
C. the natural level is also known D. it can be calculated quickly
79. The word "detectable" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to__________.
A. beneficial B. special C. measurable D. separable
80. The word "noxious" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to__________.
A. poisonous B. natural C. known D. essential

71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78 79. 80.

PART IV: WRITING

I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before
it. (10 pts)
81. She never seems to succeed even though she works hard.
→ Hard_____________________________________________________________________________.
82. Do all the washing, please!
→ Let ______________________________________________________________________________.
83. I regret not going to the airport to say good bye to him.
→ I wish ____________________________________________________________________________.
84. Mick thought that we were married.
→ Mick was under ____________________________________________________________________.
85. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.
→ But for his command _______________________________________________________________.
86. My precious life was saved by the lifeguard.

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→ I owe ____________________________________________________________________________.
87. To the best of my knowledge, the building was set on fire deliberately.
→ As _______________________________________________________________________________.
88. I wanted to make sure that all my good work wasn't wasted in that way.
→ I wanted to prevent _________________________________________________________________.
89. I'm always inviting him for a weekend with us but he's always too busy.
→ No matter _________________________________________________________________________.
90. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.
→ Had it _____________________________________________________________________________.
II. Use the word given and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it
is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given
word(s).(10 pts)
91. I daren’t turn on the television because the baby might wake up. (FEAR)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
92. The teachers agreed to introduce the new methods. (AGREEMENT)
→ ________________________________________________________________________________
93. If interest rates are cut, the economic situation may improve. (REDUCTION)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
94. I don’t personally care if they come or not. (MATTER)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
95. Local residents said they were against the new traffic scheme. (DISAPPROVAL)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
96. I knew I had met him before, but I can’t remember his name. (TONGUE)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
97. His choice always followed what his wife decided. (STEP)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
98. Remember to write to us! (DROP)
→ _____________________________________________________________________________
99. John is very self-confident. (CONFIDENCE)
→_____________________________________________________________________________
100. His holiday is at exactly the same time as mine. (COINCIDES)
→_____________________________________________________________________________

-THE END-

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