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HCM KIỂM TRA HKI NĂM 2015-2016

TRƯỜNG TRUNG HỌC THỰC HÀNH Ngày kiểm tra:
ĐỀ 101CA Môn: TIẾNG ANH 10 CHUYÊN
Thời gian: 60 phút

I. PRONUNCIATION (0.5m)
Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. sour B. flour C. hour D. pour
2. A. chorus B. cherries C. chaos D. scholarship
Pick out the word which has the different stress.
3. A. bonus B. ancient C. technique D. desert
4. A. mysterious B. atmosphere C. develop D. enormous
5. A. appetite B. photocopy C. permanent D. recruitment

II. PREPOSTION (1m)

Fill each blank with a suitable preposition.
1. They offer help to victims of bullying. 7. Sometimes I go into overdraft at the end of the
2. Shall I talk you over the contract? month.
3. The sales are in on at the moment. 8. I’m in a lecture at the moment. I’ll call you
4. A job for life is a job that you can stay in all back.
your working life. 9. What will you do if they don’t accept you on
5. The restaurant looks out to the lake. the course.
6. The plates are made from of china. 10. I think they need to do up the restaurant to
attract more customers.

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 III. VOCABULARY (3.0ms)
Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
1960 saw the (1. form) performance formation of a pop group whose fame and sales remain (2. beat)
unbeatable/ unbeated. The group’s name was The Beatles and they achieved domination of the sixties music
scene. This was, in all (3. probable) probability, because they appeared at a time when young people in the
Western world were just beginning to establish an identity of their own. The group quickly (4. pass) surpass all
previous figures for concert (5.attend) attendances and sales rocketed after the success of their tour of the USA.
The most (6. strike) striking thing about their early songs was their (7. simple) simplification simplicity, but
their song-writing skills matured rapidly. They were (8.universe) universally acclaimed by the critics and
respected by serious (9. music) musicianship. They are recognized by many to have produced some of the most
(10. Influence) influential work in the history of pop music.
11. Look around any big city and you’re bound to find a wide range of specialist shops selling imported goods.
(special)
12. Don’t add too much chili. It will overpower the other flavours. (power)
13. If I was undercharged, I would ask the waiter to check it again. I don’t want to owe anyone. (charge)
14. Ian said ‘stinky tofu’ smells like sweaty socks and rotting fish and it’s really off-putting. (put)
15. People don’t usually leave tips here unless it was an exceptionally good meal. (except)
IV. READING
A. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D. (2.0ms)
Anorexia
Anorexia is a comparatively new illness and seems to be (1) ______ to the society we live in which increasingly
(2) ______ us on our appearances. The media encourages us to try to be (3) ______ and beautiful. Falling (4) ______ of
these criteria can put enormous (5) ______ on the majority of us who are less than (6) ______. Each year there are
estimated to be at least 2,000 new (7) ______ of anorexia. About one sufferer (8) ______ ten is male, but most anorexics
are females in their teens and twenties who suffer (9) ______ a distorted self-image, (10) ______ fat and ugly, (11)
______ slim and attractive they may appear to others. Though constantly hungry, anorexics attempt to gain (12) ______
of their lives by (13) ______ to eat. The problem commonly (14) ______ in teenage years, when responsibilities increase.
In (15) ______ cases, it can (16) ______ anemia, heart and kidney problems and, in (17) ______ a fifth of the cases, death
by starvation of secondary infection. Treatment (18) ______ encouraging patients to (19) ______ weight by providing
counselling and therapy which, in essence, guides the sufferers (20) ______ a normal life.

1. A. resulted B. linked C. caused D. developed

2. A. watches B. judges C. measures D. criticizes
3. A. thin B. slight C. light D. slim
4. A. long B. short C. wide D. high
5. A. pressure B. tension C. weight D. force
6. A. exact B. perfect C. excellent D. good
7. A. cases B. circumstance C. situations D. stories
8. A. by B. at C. on D. in
9. A. by B. from C. of D. for
10. A. to feel B. feeling C. felt D. to be felt
11. A. whether B. either C. moreover D. however
12. A. control B. direction C. power D. authority
13. A. forbidding B. refusing C. rejecting D. denying
14. A. develops B. delivers C. turns D. takes
15. A. enlarged B. extended C. prolonged D. expanded
16. A. lead B. catch C. cause D. give
17. A. all B. no C. most D. almost
18. A. considers B. involves C. concerns D. deals
19. A. put B. win C. earn D. regain
20. A. in B. from C. at D. towards

B. Read the passage and answer the following questions. (1.5ms)

 One of the most remarkable demographic events of the last half century was the dramatic influx of
women into the paid labour force. Although women have always worked in their homes and communities on an
unpaid basis and a proportion of women have always worked for pay outside the home, women’s rate of entry
in the paid labour force has increased markedly since the early 50s. In 1951, less than one quarter of women in
Canada (24%) were in the labour force. By 1999, the proportion had more than doubled to 55%. The most
notable increase in women’s participation rates has been among women with children. Between 1976 and 1999,
the participation rate for women with children under 16 grew from 39% to 71%. Women now maintain a strong
labour force attachment, including during their childbearing years, reflecting a commitment both to their family
roles and to their paid work.
Concomitant to this shift in the gender distribution of the labour force has been a shift in its age
structure. Like the population in general, the labour force is ageing. As the baby-boomers, now concentrated in
their mid to late career years, approach retirement age, labour shortages are forecast in a wide range of
occupations, including medicine and health, teaching, and public service. Forecasts indicate that the retirement
wave will continue until at least 2020. Beyond 2015, the Canadian labour force is projected to grow at a rate of
less than half a percent per year, under one third of its current growth rate. It is unlikely that all vacancies can
be filled by young people, as the traditional labour force entrant population (youth aged 15-24) itself is
shrinking. Labour shortages have already been noted in certain geographic locates and in selected fields such as
information technology, skilled trades and health care services.
As the labour force becomes more diverse demographically, it also becomes more diverse in term of
employees’ needs, family demands and potential caregiving responsibilities. Individuals with young children
may span a wide age range, especially if they have delayed children. Employees may face multiple caregiving
demands, with both children and ageing family members to care for. An increasing number are likely to provide
care for an immediate or extended family member with a health problem or long term disability, either on a
regular basis, or unexpectedly in times of acute need. Many will have family members in distant locales whose
needs will be of concern to them.
Projections indicate that 50% of the workforce of 2015 is already in the labour market. The combination
of a shrinking labour pool and skills shortages means that in order to meet their resource needs, organizations
will need to retain and develop an increasingly diverse workforce, comprising women and men, new
immigrants, visible minority groups, people with disabilities, young people and older workers looking for a post
retirement career. This workforce will have a wide range of obligations outside of the workplace and will not be
well served by ‘one size fits all’ human resource policies. Employers who provide flexibility, ‘balance’, and
opportunities for continuous learning and development will have a strategic advantage in a tight labour market,
and will make an important contribution to the well-being of employees, families and communities.
Do the statements below agree with the information given in the reading passage? Write
YES if the statement agrees with the information
NO if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage

1. In 1999 more than half of Canadian women were in paid employment. YES
2. Most women now continue to work when their children are young. YES
3. In the future, there is unlikely to be a shortage of teachers in the labour force. NO
4. More workers are likely to be sharing a house with both their children and their parents. NG
5. Employers will need to employ a wider range of people. YES

V. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION. (2.0ms)

Rewrite the sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one, using emphatic structures.
1. We can go on with the plan only if you agree.
Only if you agree with the plan can we go on.
2. Edna will never leave the house.
 Under no circumstances will Edna leave the house.
3. If the river rises any higher, the town will be flooded.
Should the river rises any higher, the town will be flooded.
4. If you’d paid on time, you wouldn’t have been cut off.
Had you paid on time, you wouldn’t have been cut off.
5. He had just recovered from flue when he caught a bad cold.
No sooner had he recovered from flue than he caught a bad cold.
6. The holiday he took was so long that he forgot how to do his job.
Such was the length of the holiday you took that he forgot how to do his job.
7. They managed to get our attention only by shouting and waving their arms.
Only by shouting and waving their arms did they manage to get our attention.
8. The army marched forward into battle.
Forward marched the army into battle.
9. We won’t tell anybody the good news until we’re certain it’s true.
Not until we certain the good news is true will we tell anybody,
10. I didn’t expect that they would throw a surprise party for my birthday.
Little did I expect that they would throw a surprise party for my birthday.

This is the end of the test.

GOOD LUCK!