ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG 11

(Đề thi gồm có 06 trang) NĂM HỌC 2018-2019

LULLUWUW Môn: Tiếng Anh
LƯƠNG ĐẮC BẰNG Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: Ngày 07 tháng 03 năm 2019

Họ và tên thí sinh: .......................................................Số báo danh: ..............

SECTION A: LISTENING (15 pts)

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
 Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần.
 Thí sinh có 3 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài sau khi kết thúc 3 phần nghe.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh đã có trong đề thi.
PART I. Listen to a tourist office assistant’s talking about a City Bus Tour and fill in the missing
information in the numbered space. NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR NUMBERS
NEEDED. (5pts)
City Bus Tour Booking Form:
Number of passengers: 2
Passenger name(s): Susan Field and James (1)____________
Contact telephone number: 07988 (2) ____________________
Hotel: (3) ______________________
Bus tour time: (4)____________________ p.m
Bus tour date: (5) _______________

PART II. Listen to a teenager talking about looking for a house and decide whether each of the
following statements is True (T) or False (F).(5 pts)
6. The speaker and her friend decided to look for another housemate because their house
was too big for them. T/F
7. Melanie was one of the three people who replied to the advert. T/F
8. The speaker complains that she has to cook every evening. T/F
9. The girls don’t enjoy looking after the garden. T/F
10. The girls are going to look for a house together next year. T/F

PART III. Listen to three short scenes and choose the correct answers. (5pts)
11. The phone call between Zara and Libby ends at ________________.
A. three o’clock. B. ten past three.
C. ten to three. D. three minutes to ten.
12. How does Zara describe the relationship between Anna and Mike?
A. They don’t see each other very often. B. They are going out together.
C. They’ve split up. D. They argue a lot, but they like each other.
13. Who is Zara expecting to receive a text message from after the rehearsal?
A. Libby. B. Mike. C. The director of the show. D. Her dad.
14. What did Libby ask Mike when they spoke on the phone?
A. Whether he liked ballet. B. Whether he wanted to meet up for a coffee.
C. Why he had phoned her. D. Whether he had heard from Anna.
15. How many times has Mike seen ballet shows?
A. He has seen once. B. He has seen twice.
C. He has seen three times. D. He has never seen.

SECTION B: PHONETICS (5 pts)

Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the
same line. Write the answers on your answer sheet. (3pts)
16. A. hauteur B. haulier C. haughty D. haulage
17. A. external B. expurgate C. extenuating D. expunge
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18. A. fermentation B. eureka C. fervidly D. circumvention
Question II. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each
question. Write the answers on your answer sheet. (2pts)
19. A. astronomy B. legislature C. repository D. magnificent
20. A. trigonometry B. explanatory C. immediately D. democracy

SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts)

Question I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. Write the answers on
your answer sheet. (10 pts)
21. The new regime determined to phrase _______ compulsory military service.
A. off B. in C. out D. up
22. __________ as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in which it was
created.
A. Ranking                  B. To be ranked
C. Being ranked                  D. In order to be ranking
23. ___________ from being embarrassed by his mistake, the lecture went on confidently with his talk.
A. Distant B. Far C. A long way D. Miles
24. Tax ________ deprives the state of several million pounds a year.
A. retention B. desertion C. escapism D. evasion
25. You’ve been overworking recently, and would find a holiday _______.
A. benevolent B. essential C. beneficial D. profitable
26. Many road accidents occur because motorists cannot ________ the speed of approaching vehicles.
A. assume B. count C. assess D. value
27. It’s hard to believe that anyone would purposely harm a child, ___________ of all its own mother.
A. first B. least C. worst D. best
28. In bacteria and in other organisms, _______ is the nucleic acid DNA that provides the genetic
information.
A. it B. which C. there D. what
29. The early railroads were ________ the existing arteries of transportation: roads, turnpikes, canals,
and other waterways.
A. those short lines connected B. short lines that connected
C. connected by short lines D. short connecting lines
30. I can’t write that kind of letter unless I’m in the right _______ of mind.
A. frame B. way C. set D. turn
Question II. The passage below contains 5 mistakes (from 31 to 35). Recognise the mistakes and write
their correct forms in your answer sheet. (5 pts)
Line
1 Tony had always wanted to explore the foothills of the Himalayas. So when he was offered an
2 early retirement package by his firm, he decided to take advantage of the opportunity. First, he
3 needed to get really fit, so he spent a month training in the Lake District. When he could run up
4 Buttermore Fell without stopping, he considered he was ready. He booked a trip with a well-
5 known trekking company and flew out to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
6 His group were planning to trek in Annapurra region, but unfortunately the Neplese were
7 beginning to get worried about the amout of damage being made to their acient mountains by
8 the constant pummelling of climbers feet. So they temporarily suspended permission for
9 foreigners to climb or use footpaths in the area. The group leader was very apologetic, but he
10 laid in rafting on the River Trisuli and sightseeing in the cappital.
11 After a few days, the authorities lifted their ban, and Tony was able to trek through some of the
12 world's most beautiful sceneries, with breathtaking views of Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga.
13 At night, the group accommodated in the simple village rooms and ate with the Nepalese.
14 Most of the group were more experienced trekkers than Tony, and several of them had visited
15 this region before. All in all, Tony reckoned it was the most exciting experience he'd ever had
16 and vowed to returned to Nepal at the very first opportunity.

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Example: Line 1: the Himalayas → Himalayas
Question III. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form. Write the answers on your answer
sheet. (8pts)

36. We eventually arrived at the a solution, but not the one we (envisage) _________.
37- 38. “It is silly of you (make) ______ such a big fuss in public. It was none of your business. You
(not/ behave) ________ like that.
39-40-41. (Attract) ________ visitors from around the globe, Casa Batllú (design) _______ by Gaudi
(make) ________ Barcelona proud.
42. Don’t worry. We (finish) ________ the report by November.
43. The highway patrol advised (take) _______ the old route through the city.
Question IV. Put each word in brackets into an appropriate form. Write the answers on your answer
sheet. (5pts)
44. Please ______ our letter of the 15th. We have not had a reply. (KNOW)
45. Never leave your luggage ______. (GUARD)
46. The bank’s _____ demands for repayment nearly gave Mr Wilkes a nervous breakdown.
(CEASE)
47. The student failed the math exam because he forgot the ______________. (FORMULAIC)
48. The troops were thoroughly ________ by this set-back. (MORAL)
49. Those who oppose the legalization of drugs feel that ______________ drugs would be a surrender in
a drug war. (CRIME)
50. Those corrupted officials tried to establish a ________ for the shameful transaction with the Mafia.
(COVERAGE)

SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts)

Question I. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word to complete the text below. Write the answers on
your answer sheet. (10 points)
Cabbage is a very (51) _____ vegetable native to England and northwestern France but now (52)
________ in many parts of Europe, Asia, and the American continents. There are three kinds of cabbage,
and all have the common (53) _______ of leaves grown very close together, (54) _______ a hard, roud
head.
The three types are white, Savoy, and red. (55) ______ the white and red cabbage have prominent
veins in their leaves, the Savoy has wrinkled and blistered leaves. Cabbage seeds are quite small.
Farmers normally sow the seed in (56) ______ that are about 36 inches apart. After (57) ________
plants have sprouted, the rows are thinned to allow a space of 18 to 24 inches (58) ______ between
plants. Cabbage is a biennial.
Farmers nomarlly grow it one year, store it during the (59) _____, and replant it in the spring to
produce seeds. By (60) __________ the temperature to which the plant is subjected in this way, famers
can produce either heads or seeds.
Question II. Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each
space. Write the answers on your answer sheet. (10pts)
PICTURE IMPERFECT
A couple who arranged a second wedding ceremony after photographs of the original ceremony
were ruined is claiming (61)_____from the photographer who captured their special day on film. The
bride, Tracey Lloyd, burst into tears when she was given the initial (62)_____of her ‘big day’. Most of
the photographs were out of focus and in some her face was actually obscured. She and her husband
Gary are (63)_____in dispute with the company that took the wedding photographs. Two days after the
ceremony, the Lloyds had to (64)_____the ceremony again with a different photographer. The final
(65)_____was perfect, but they insist that the distress ruined their honeymoon. They have already
(66)_____the offer of a refund of three hundred pounds. The new Mrs Lloyd said, “I was absolutely
(67)_____. I couldn’t believe that it had happened to us after we had saved up for so long. It was
supposed to be a perfect day, but the photographs were more like holiday snaps that had been taken by a
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real (68)_____.” Her husband added, “The second set of pictures is excellent but the company gave the
(69)_____ impression that everything went well the first time around. Now all those initial moments
have passed. They are something you can never (70)_____.
61. A. compensation B. refunds C. damage D. repayments
62. A. copy B. record C. model D. likeness
63. A. currently B. at first C. momentarily D. at once
64. A. go over B. pass over C. go through D. pass through
65. A. work B. output C. effect D. product
66. A. dropped B. dismissed C. rejected D. denied
67. A. demolished B. overpowered C. overwhelmed D. devastated
68. A. apprentice B. newcomer C. trainee D. amateur
69. A. untrue B. wrong C. false D. imitation
70. A. take back B. take in C. bring in D. bring back

Question III. Read the passage and choose the best answers to questions below. Write the answers on
your answer sheet. (10 pts)

Before 1815 manufacturing in the United States had been done in homes or shops by skilled
artisans. As master craftworkers, they imparted the knowledge of their trades to apprentices and
journeymen. In addition, women often worked in their homes part-time, making finished articles from
raw material supplied by merchant capitalists. After 1815 this older form of manufacturing began to give
way to factories with machinery tended by unskilled or semiskilled laborers. Cheap transportation
networks, the rise of cities, and the availability of capital and credit all stimulated the shift to factory
production.
The creation of a labor force that was accustomed to working in factories did not occur easily.
Before the rise of the factory, artisans had worked within the home. Apprentices were considered part of
the family, and masters were responsible not only for teaching their apprentices a trade but also for
providing them some education and for supervising their moral behavior. Journeymen knew that if
they perfected their skill, they could become respected master artisans with their own shops. Also, skilled
artisans did not work by the clock, at a steady pace, but rather in bursts of intense labor alternating with
more leisurely time.
The factory changed that. Goods produced by factories were not as finished or elegant as those
done by hand, and pride in craftsmanship gave way to the pressure to increase rates of productivity. The
new methods of doing business involved a new and stricter sense of time. Factory life necessitated a
more regimented schedule, where work began at the sound of a bell and workers kept machines going at
a constant pace. At the same time, workers were required to discard old habits, for industrialism
demanded a worker who was alert, dependable, and self-disciplined. Absenteeism and lateness hurt
productivity and, since work was specialized, disrupted the regular factory routine. Industrialization not
only produced a fundamental change in the way work was organized; it transformed the very nature of
work.
The first generation to experience these changes did not adopt the new attitudes easily. The
factory clock became the symbol of the new work rules. One mill worker who finally quit complained
revealingly about "obedience to the ding-dong of the bell—just as though we are so many living
machines." With the loss of personal freedom also came the loss of standing in the community. Unlike
artisan workshops in which apprentices worked closely with the masters supervising them, factories
sharply separated workers from management. Few workers rose through the ranks to supervisory
positions, and even fewer could achieve the artisan's dream of setting up one's own business. Even well-
paid workers sensed their decline in status.
In this newly emerging economic order, workers sometimes organized to protect their rights and
traditional ways of life. Craftworkers such as carpenters, printers, and tailors formed unions, and in 1834
individual unions came together in the National Trades' Union. The labor movement gathered some
momentum in the decade before the Panic of 1837, but in the depression that followed, labor's strength
collapsed. During hard times, few workers were willing to strike or engage in collective action. And
skilled craftworkers, who spearheaded the union movement, did not feel a particularly strong bond with
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semiskilled factory workers and unskilled laborers. More than a decade of agitation did finally bring a
workday shortened to 10 hours to most industries by the 1850's, and the courts also recognized workers'
right to strike, but these gains had little immediate impact.
Workers were united in resenting the industrial system and their loss of status, but they were
divided by ethnic and racial antagonisms, gender, conflicting religious perspectives, occupational
differences, political party loyalties, and disagreements over tactics. For them, the factory and
industrialism were not agents of opportunity but reminders of their loss of independence and a measure
of control over their lives. As United States society became more specialized and differentiated, greater
extremes of wealth began to appear. And as the new markets created fortunes for the few, the factory
system lowered the wages of workers by dividing labor into smaller, less skilled tasks.

71. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage 1 about articles manufactured before 1815?
A. They were primarily produced by women.
B. They were generally produced in shops rather than in homes.
C. They were produced with more concern for quality than for speed of production.
D. They were produced mostly in large cities with extensive transportation networks.
72. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in
the passage 2? Incorrect answer choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential
information.
A. Masters demanded moral behavior from apprentices but often treated them irresponsibly.
B. The responsibilities of the master to the apprentice went beyond the teaching of a trade.
C. Masters preferred to maintain the trade within the family by supervising and educating the younger
family members.
D. Masters who trained members of their own family as apprentices demanded excellence from them.
73. The word "disrupted" in the passage 3 is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. prolonged B. established C. followed D. upset
74. In paragraph 4, the author includes the quotation from a mill worker in order to __________.
A. support the idea that it was difficult for workers to adjust to working in factories
B. show that workers sometimes quit because of the loud noise made by factory machinery
C. argue that clocks did not have a useful function in factories
D. emphasize that factories were most successful when workers revealed their complaints
75. All of the following are mentioned in paragraph 4 as consequences of the new system for workers
EXCEPT a loss of _________.
A. freedom B. status in the community
С. opportunities for advancement D. contact among workers who were not managers
76. The phrase "gathered some momentum" in the passage 5 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. made progress B. became active
C. caused changes D. combined forces
77. The word "spearheaded" in the passage 5 is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. led B. accepted C. changed D. resisted
78. Which of the following statements about the labor movement of the 1800's is supported by paragraph
5?
A. It was most successful during times of economic crisis.
B. Its primary purpose was to benefit unskilled laborers.
C. It was slow to improve conditions for workers.
D. It helped workers of all skill levels form a strong bond with each year
79. The author identifies political party loyalties, and disagreements over tactics as two of several factors
that ________________.
A. encouraged workers to demand higher wages
B. created divisions among workers
C. caused work to become more specialized
D. increased workers' resentment of the industrial system
80. The word "them" in the passage 6 refers to ___________.
A. workers B. political party loyalties
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SECTION E: WRITING (20 pts)

Question I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the sentence printed before it. Write the answers on your answer sheet. (5 pts)
81. I feel completely exhausted when I’ve listened to Marion for half an hour.
Half an hour _______________________________________________ .
82. Sally is very disorganized so she has no chance of getting that secretarial job.
Were it _____________________________________________________.
83. Success in the acedemic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications.
The more _____________________________________________________.
84. Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.
Without ______________________________________________________.
85. The inhabitants were far worse-off twenty years ago than they are now.
The inhabitants are nowhere ______________________________________.

Question II. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the sentence printed before it but using the word given. Do not change the form of the
given word. Write the answers on your answer sheet. (5pts)
86. I’m sure that he missed the eleven o’clock train. (CAN’T)
____________________________________________________.
87. From the educational point of view his childhood years had been well spent. (TERMS)
 ___________________________________________________.
88. A goverment official leaked the story to the world press. (WIND)
____________________________________________________.
89. The terrible scream frightened me. (BLOOD)
____________________________________________________.
90. We never purchase small quantities as we would make less profit. (BULK)
____________________________________________________.

Question III. Essay writing (10 pts)

“Parents and other adult relatives should make important decisions for their older (15-18
year-old) teenaged children.” Do you agree or disagree with the quotation above? Write an essay of
about 200 - 250 words to support your opinion.

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