ĐỀ ÔN TỈNH (N021) – HLK - TN – 2018

A. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1: Listen and complete the table below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. (10 pts)
URBAN vs SUBURBAN LIVING
Advantages Disadvantages
Action – clubs, caféms etc. Noise
1.__________ More 2. __________ and pollution
Urban Arts & Culture – museums etc. Price of housing
Close to work
Peace & quiet Cost of 4. __________
Greener environment Time lost in daily 5. __________
Suburban Better for children
Homes larger with more
3.__________. – back yard etc.
Part 2: You will hear an interview with a man called Mike O’Toole, who works as a teacher trainer. For
questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. (10 points)
1. Why are many teachers leaving the profession, according to Mike?
A. They don’t feel it is financially rewarding any more.
B. They are not being given the respect they once were.
C. They are investing too much in it without getting enough back.
D. They find the subject matter they have to teach too difficult.
2. Mike believes that without radical changes
A. education in the UK will begin to get worse.
B. UK schools will lose their ability to compete with one another.
C. the UK will soon no longer be a leader in education.
D. the educational system in the UK can be transformed.
3. The main failing of the UK education system is
A. the inability of students to use computers.
B. the resistance within schools to the introduction of technology.
C. the failure of government to invest in hardware for schools.
D. the lack of training for teachers in the use of technology in the classroom.
4. Why is teacher training failing teachers, according to Mike?
A. It is not helping them to keep pace with developments.
B. It does not use technology in its training classrooms.
C. It uses hardware and software that are out of date.
D. It is suffering from a lack of trainers with specialist knowledge.
5. Teachers can only benefit from technology if
A. they cease to see it as a threat. B. they can combine it with traditional methods.
C. they are allowed to use it in their own way. D. they are willing to research its possibilities on their own.
Part 3: Listen to the recording twice. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Write T or F in the space provided. (10 points)
1. The speaker has come from the Theosophical Society. _____
2. One of the main points of the talk is to save money. _____
3. The woman thinks students should do more home work. _____
4. The woman argues that plastic containers won’t biodegrade quickly. _____
5. The woman warns that asthma sufferers should be careful with her recipes. _____
Part 4: Listen to the recording twice. You will hear part of a radio talk for young people about animals
communicating with each other. Complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. (20 pts)
Bees do a (1.__________) to communicate where to find food.
Although parrots seem to speak, they are only (2.__________) the human sounds.
Primates can communicate a few (3.__________) using simple sounds.
Monkeys have not been observed to use any kind of (4.__________).
Although dolphins can make vowel sounds, they cannot accurately imitate our (5.__________)
Amazingly, dolphins demonstrate an (6.__________) of when to use phrases.
The sounds made by whales contain (7.__________) than human speech.
The songs of the bottle-nosed whale have many of the (8.__________) of human speech.
The unique grammatical nature of human language arose due to life in (9.__________).
 Indeed, a young child needs enough (10.__________) with other people to develop speech.
B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (50 points)
Part 1 : Choose the correct option for each gap in the following sentences. (20 points)
1. Please accept our _____ congratulations!
A. finest B. warmest C. dearest D. deepest
2. You should _____ at least three days for the journey.
A. expect B. permit C. accept D. allow
3. I had no chance to defend myself: the dog _____ for me as soon as I opened the door.
A. went B. ran C. fell D. stood
4. Please _____ a copy of your application form for at least six months.
A. return B. revise C. retain D. refer
5. _____ , dolphins have no sense of smell.
A. As known as far B. It is known as far C. Known thus far as D. As far as is known
6. Alone in a deserted house, he was so busy with his research work that he felt _____ lonely.
A. nothing but B. everything but C. anything but D. all but
7. Good health enables people to enjoy life and have the _____ to achieve their gold.
A. chance B. opportunity C. occasion D. situation
8. The current political _____ of our country is favorable for foreign investments.
A. climate B. weather C. temperature D. state
9. They drove _____ the home when their car run out of oil.
A. in a mile to B. for a mile to C. within a mile to D. within a mile by
10. If the size of the workforce can be easily and rapidly altered ____ market fluctuations, profits will be maximized.
A. in terms of B. in response to C. in reply to D. with respect to
11. Leo was ________ from the meeting after he began objecting loudly to other people’s ideas.
A. ejected B. rejected C. dejected D. injected
12. He was completely ________, sleeping on the streets and begging for money.
A. down-and-out B. grin and bear C. prim and proper D. fits and starts
13. It was ________ whether the operation would go ahead because so many staff were on sick leave that week.
A. safe and sound B. touch-and-go C. pros and cons D. grin and bear
14. Everything was at ________ when we arrive, as they had only moved into the house the day before.
A. fits and starts B. safe and sound C. sixes and sevens D. song and dance
15. My toothache is worse but until I can get to the dentist, I’ll just have to ________ it.
A. grin and bear B. prim and proper C. get rid of D. cast a spell on
16. The play is simply a vehicle for its stars and falls ________ of having a decent plot.
A. fast B. short C. quick D. thin
17. Anna’s friend knew the casting director, so she pulled a few ________ to arrange an audition.
A. ropes B. wires C. threads D. strings
18. Only a few companies were found to be in ________ with the new laws.
A. submission B. obedience C. compliance D. fulfillment
19. Miguel felt he was being overlooked, which is why he ___ back rudely when his manager finally asked him what
he thought.
A. answered B. responded C. replied D. uttered
20. As Mary was an ___ member of the team, everyone was disappointed when she was announced her resignation.
A. intensive B. interior C. internal D. integral

Part 2: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and correct them in the space
provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example. (10 points)
Why I dislike computers
Most everyone says that computers are wonderful and that they are changing our Line 1……..
lives for the better by making everything faster and more reliable, but I’m not so Line 2……..
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sure that this is a case.
Line 4……..
The another day I was standing in a large department store waiting to pay for a
Line 5……..
couple of films for my camera while the assistant announced that the computer Line 6 ……..
which controlled the till had stopped working. I didn’t think this was a big problem Line 7……..
and I set up to find another counter, but of course, all the machines are part of the Line 8……..
same system. So there we were: a shop full of customers, money at the ready, Line 9……..
waiting to do our purchases, but it was quite clear that none of the assistants knew Line 10……..
Line 11……..
what to do. They weren’t allowed to take our money and give customers a written Line 12……..
receipt, so that the sales wouldn’t then have been recorded on the computer Line 13……..
system. Line 14……..
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At the end, like many other people, I left my shopping on the counter and walked
Line 16……..
out. Don’t you think that’s ridiculous? It will never have happened before
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computers, and that, for me, is the problem: we are beginning to depend on these Line 18……..
machines so completely that we simply can’t manage without them no more. Line 19……..

Part three: Fill each gap in the following sentences with only one suitable preposition particle. (10 pts)
1. His honesty _____ question; nobody can doubt it.
2. The building of the new road has been held _____ by bad weather.
3. We can get _____ with eight computers in the lab at the moment, but we’ll need a couple more when the new
staff arrive.
4. She established the school in 1960 and since then tens of thousands of children have passed _____ her school.
5. Judging _____ the time of the day when something is done, one can decide how important an event is.
6. Her business has gone _____, and she has lost everything.
7. I can’t concentrate on my work with the prospect of the court case hanging _____ me.
8. Peter was an inspirational politician, who put _____ his ideas with clarity.
9. His ball control skills really set _____ him from the rest of the players.
10. Can you check _____ these figures against last year’s figures. I’d like to know which year was more successful.

Part 4 : Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the passage. (10 points)
The upper layers of Earth’s oceans have cooled (1. SIGNIFY)__________ over the past two years, even though the
planet as a whole is warming up. While this may just be part of the natural (2. VARY) __________ of oceans, (3.
CLIMATE) __________ are still confounded by the massive uncountable loss of heat. Scientists have been (4.
INCREASE) __________ concerned by rising sea temperatures over the last 50 years but these new ( 5. FIND)
__________ tell a different story. Generally speaking, the (6. ABSORB) of heat by the oceans reduces atmospheric
warming. Now (7. MEASURE) __________ taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have
put a wrinkle in the trend. The researchers used data from 3000 floating buoys which monitor the oceans ( 8.
WORLD) __________.They found that the oceans dropped in temperature by an (9. BELIEVE) __________ 0.02
degrees centigrade between 2011 and 2013. Now, that may not seem like much, but trying to account for the
missing energy is proving to be enormously (10. PROBLEM) __________. It is possible that volcanic eruptions are
one main cause of the phenomenon, but no firm answers have yet been provided.

C. READING (50 points)

Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. (10 pts)
The money that some professional sportsmen earn shouldn’t impress anyone when you take into consideration the
fact that only a few of them manage to (1) ______ immorality and everlasting fame. And once they reach their
prime and display their talent at their best, they are (2) _____ conscious that their brilliant careers won’t last
forever. They live under a constant pressure of being (3) ______ and subsequently replaced by someone who is
younger, faster and more accomplished. For that reason, objectives like retirement benefits and pensions are of
great concern to all professional athletes.
Some of the retired competitors go as far as to organize strikes and rallies to (4) ______ their protest against any
policy unresponsive to their demands whereas the younger professionals seek more upgrading solutions to the
problem as more and more of them attach a proper significance to (5) ____ a solid education, even at university
level. Such an approach should help them find interesting and well-paid jobs (6) ____ their sports career is over.
A completely new strategy has been (7) _____ by the schools priding themselves (8) ____ supporting their own
teams. Their authorities insist that the sports club members achieve high academic standards or else they are
debarred from partaking in certain sports events, which may lead to further (9) _____ in their professional careers.
By these practical and most effective means, combining education with sports activity, the (10) ________ of the
professional athlete as being brainless and unintelligent may eventually be changing to the sportsmen’s benefit.
1. A. acquire B. fulfill C. attain D. succeed
2. A. fully B. extremely C. terribly D. very
3. A. outcast B. outshone C. outstayed D. outgrown
4. A. voice B. claim C. insist D. speak
5. A. mastering B. learning C. receiving D. attending
6. A. right away B. promptly C. barely D. once
7. A. assembled B. installed C. devised D. emerged
8. A. with B. on C. for D. in
9. A. disruption B. disturbance C. detachment D. damage
10. A. vision B. outlook C. image D. judgment

Part 2. Read the text & think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.
(15 pts)
Throughout history people have worn clothing of one description or another. Apart from protection against the
weather, clothes were also often used to show the wearer’s status and wealth. Over the years, numerous fashions in
clothing have come and gone. (1) ____________ some of these have been popular for relatively short periods,
others have lasted longer.
Until the first half of the 20th century, the ability to follow fashion was limited to those (2)  ____________ had the
money to (3) ____________ so. But following fashion did not only demand money, it also required large amounts of
leisure time. Wealthy people took fashion very seriously and close attention had to (4)  ____________ paid to detail.
Wearing the correct clothes for different occasions was very important, despite the (5)  ____________ that this
often meant changing clothes five or six (6) ____________ day.
More recently, fashionable clothes have come within the reach of ordinary people. The traditional craft of
dressmaking, (7) ____________ usually involved sewing (8) ____________   hand, was both costly and slow. But
today, large-scale manufacturing has made it easier for people to keep (9) ____________ with changes in fashion
(10) ____________ having to spend a great deal of money.

Part 3. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the questions. (10 points)
Tides are the periodic rise and fall of the Earth’s waters that are caused by the Moon’s and Sun’s forces of
gravity acting on the Earth. It is important to distinguish natural tidal phenomena from huge tsunamis, with the
later being caused by earthquakes and undersea volcanic eruptions.
The Moon is a main factor controlling ordinary tides. At the location on the Earth closest to the Moon, it
exerts a powerful gravitational pull on the water. The resulting rise in the water produces higher tides. The water on
the side of the Earth farthest away from the Moon also gets pulled by this lunar gravity, but not as strongly. The
Earth itself has its own gravitational force that is constantly pulling waters downward, which is why the oceans do
not simply bulge out toward the Moon. Ordinary tides usually feature high and low waters alternating in relation to
the Earth’s rotation. Most shores around the world have two high waters and two low waters for each day, which
last about 24 hours and 50 minutes. The difference in height between high water and low water is called the range
of tide, and it can be quite dramatic in narrower bays. Canada’s bays of Fundy, for example, commonly experiences
the world’s most extreme tidal ranges, with daily differences of 16 meters.
Two other types of tides are influenced by the Sun, which is much farther away from the Earth and exerts
less than half of the Moon’s gravitational force. When the Sun, the Moon and the Earth are directly in line, the solar
and lunar gravitational forces and up to produce higher spring tides. The range of spring tides is intensified, with
higher high water marks and lower low water marks. However, when the Moon is in the first or third quarter, it is at
a 90-degree angle with the Sun in relation to the Earth. The opposing solar and lunar forces partially cancel each
other out, and the result is a lower tide. This is called a neap tide, which comes twice a month and has lower high
water marks and higher low water marks. The range of neap tides is minimum.
Some tides do not occur over water at all. The solid body of the Earth has slight elasticity, so lunar and solar
gravity causes it to stretch very subtly. These changes in the Earth’s shape, although imperceptible to humans,
are known as Earth tides. Another tidal phenomenon, atmospheric tides, is caused by the Sun’s heating of the
Earth’s atmosphere. Like ordinary tides, they usually occur over 12- hour periods.
Question 1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Tides are influenced more by the Moon than by the Sun.
B. Tides are a natural phenomenon but are not a natural disaster.
C. Tides always occur over water and are usually predictable.
D. Tides are a phenomenon mainly caused by forces of gravity.
Question 2. Why does the author mention tsunamis in the passage?
A. To explain that not all tides are caused by gravity
B. To give an example of an extreme tidal phenomenon p
C. To show that they are not related to natural tides
D. To suggest that more categories for tides area needed
Question 3. The word “exerts” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
A. mixes with B. brings into use C. infers from D. connects with
Question 4. The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to
A. height B. the high water C. the low water D. the range of tide
Question 5. What can be inferred about Canada’s Bay of Fundy?
A. It may experience tsunamis because of its extreme tides.
B. It may have a longer tide cycle because of its wide variations.
C. It may be very narrow because it has wide tidal variations.
D. It may be influenced more by gravity than other places.
Question 6. The word “imperceptible” in the last paragraph could best be replaced by
A. not noticeable B. difficult to explain C. not generally known D. not able to be said
Question 7. According to paragraph 3, it is true that
A. neap tides are characterized by lower water during the low tide period.
B. spring tides occur when the Moon is in the first and the Third quarter.
C. the Sun has more gravitational force than the Moon because of its larger size.
D. the range of tide is greater in spring tides than in ordinary tides.
Question 8. What is true about the Moon’s gravitational force?
A. It pulls water on the far side of the Earth more strongly C. It is more than twice as powerful as that of the Sun.
B. It has reduced gravity when it is lined up with the Sun and the Earth.
D. Its force is strongest when it is located at 90 degrees to the Earth.
Question 9. Besides ordinary tides, how many other types of tide are mentioned in the passage?
A. two B. three C. four D. five
Question 10. Which of the following does not relate to ordinary tides?
A. receiving greatest influence from the Moon B. influenced by the Sun’s position relative to the Moon
C. taking turns the higher and lower water relating to the Earth’s rotation
D. having the striking range of tide in narrower bays

Part 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (15 points)
CLONING
A. The ethics of human cloning has become a great issue over the past few years. The advocates for both sides of
the issue have many reasons to clone or not to clone. A recent poll has shown the differences in opinions with half
as many women as men approving of the process. Many people find it strange to see such a clear difference
between men and women with twenty-six percent of men favouring cloning.
B. So, what is cloning? It has been defined as “the production of genetically identical organisms via somatic cell
nuclear transfer”. You take an egg and remove its nucleus, which contains the DNA/genes. Then you take the DNA
from an adult cell and insert it into the egg, either by fusing the adult cell with the enucleated egg, or by a
sophisticated nuclear transfer. You then stimulate the reconstructed egg electrically or chemically and try to make it
start to divide and become an embryo. You then use the same process to implant the egg into a surrogate mother
that you would use with artificial insemination. What cloning does is that it copies the DNA/genes of the person and
creates a genetic duplicate. The person will not be a Xerox copy. He or she will grow up in a different environment
than the clone, with different experiences and different opportunities. Genetics does not wholly define a person and
the personality.
C. In February 1997, when embryologist Ian Wilmut and his colleagues at Roslin Institute in Scotland were able to
clone a lamb named Dolly, the world was introduced to a new possibility and will never be the same again. Before
this, cloning was thought to be impossible, but now there is living proof that the technology and knowledge to clone
animals exist. Questions began to arise within governments and scientific organizations and they began to respond.
Are humans next? Is it possible to use this procedure to clone humans also? Would anyone actually try? What can
we learn if we clone humans? How will this affect the world? These are only a few of the questions that have
surfaced and need answering. A whole new concept in ethics was created when the birth of Dolly was announced.
D. When the cells used for cloning are stem cells, we are talking about cells that are pluripotential. This means that
they have the capacity to develop into any of the numerous differentiated cell types that make up the body. Early
embryonic cells are pluripotent and a limited number of stem cells are also found in adults, in bone marrow for
instance. There is an important distinction to be made between therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning.
Reproductive cloning would be exactly like Dolly; it would involve the creation of a cloned embryo which would then
be implanted into a womb to develop to term and the birth of a clone. On the other hand, therapeutic cloning
involves the use of pluripotent cells to repair damaged tissue, such as found after strokes, Parkinson’s disease and
spinal cord injuries.
E. There is evidence for the effectiveness of therapeutic cloning as shown by work involving the introduction of
stem cells into the brain of patients suffering from brain diseases, when the cells which have been added
differentiate to form nerve cells which can in turn then lead to recovery of the lost function. In the US, foetal human
cells have been similarly used though recent reports indicate that the results so far are disappointing. However,
apart from the ethical problems associated with the use of foetal cells in this way, there are simply not enough cells
available for it to be an effective treatment, since it needs the cells from three foetuses to treat one patient.
 F. After Dolly, governments began to take control and make laws before anything drastic could ever happen.
Several ethics committees were asked to decide whether scientists should be allowed to try to clone humans. In the
United States, the Bioethics Advisory Commission recommended a five-year moratorium on cloning a child through
somatic cell nuclear transfer. In the United Kingdom, the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority and the
Human Genetics Advisory Commission have approved human cloning for therapeutic purposes, but not to clone
children. Many organizations have come out and stated their opinions also. Amongst all this ethical defining, many
people are being ignored by the governments. People are speaking out about what they want done.
G. Historically, we find that many a great medical breakthrough, now rightly seen as a blessing, was in its own time
condemned by bio-conservative moralists. Such was the case with anesthesia during surgery and childbirth. People
argued that it was unnatural and that it would weaken our moral fibre. Such was also the case with heart
transplantations and with in vitro fertilization. It was said children created by IVF would be dehumanized and would
suffer grave psychological harm. Today, of course, anesthesia is taken for granted; heart transplantation is seen as
one of medicine’s glories and the public approval rate of IVF is up from 15% in the early seventies to over 70%
today.
* Task one: The passage has 7 paragraphs (A - G). Which paragraph offers information on the following
ideas? Write the appropriate letters (A - G) in the gaps for questions 1 - 6. One paragraph is used more
than once and two are not used at all.
1. Different types of cloning. _______
2. Protective legislation. _______
3. Similar situations _______
4. A survey on attitudes towards cloning. _______
5. Scientific reasons why cloning is currently not viable for medical cures. _______
6. Illness examples that cloning could help treat. _______
* Task two: Choose the correct answers.
7. Which of the following is a feature of cloning used for possible medical treatment?
A. A genetic duplicate is born through use of a surrogate mother. D. Genetic mutation of pluripotent cells.
B. The creation and implantation of an embryo. C. Implantation of differentiated pluripotent cells.
8. Which of the following is NOT a feature of cloning?
A. Reproduction of a genetic copy of the subject cloned.
B. Reproduction of exact personality characteristics of the subject cloned.
C. Reproduction of the pluripotential stem cells of the subject cloned.
D. Reproduction of the DNA of the subject cloned.
* Task three: Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage to answer the questions
9. In what part of an egg is found the DNA used for cloning? ________________
10. According to the text, what body wants to wait before cloning a human? _______________

D. WRITING (50 points)

Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the one printed
before it. (10 points)
1. Two men stole the old lady's handbag.
The old lady was ……………………………………………………………
2. The minister gave no precise figures about the casualties.
The minister didn't go ………………………………………………………
3. You just can’t compare the quality of her work with his.
There’s no …………………………………………………………………...
4. Fares will be very likely to go up again this autumn.
It looks ………………………………………………………………………
5. For further information, please send a self-addressed envelope to the above address.
Further information can ………………………………………………………
Part II. Rewrite the sentences below in such a way that their meanings stay the same. You must use the
words in capital without changing their forms. (10 points)
1. One of our philosophers is supposed to have said this. (ATTRIBUTED)
………………………………………………………………………………………
2. A government official leaked the story to the world press. (WIND)
………………………………………………………………………………………
3. He's becoming very successful. (PLACES)
………………………………………………………………………………………
4. They're faced with the choice of two alternatives. (HORNS)
………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Since the advertisement, we’ve had more applications than we can deal with. (SWAMPED)
………………………………………………………………………………………

Part 3. Paragraph writing. (30 points)

“Some people say that the best way to improve public health is by increasing the number of sports
facilities. Others, however, say that this would have little effect on public health and that other
measures are required” Do you agree with this statement? Write a paragraph of 150-200 words to state
your viewpoint.
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THE END