KY THI HOC SINH GIOI CAC TRUONG THPT CHUYEN KHU VC DUYEN HAI VA DONG BANG BAC BQ. LAN THU Xi, NAM 2018 ‘DE THI MON: TIENG ANH - KHOI 11 Thoi gian: 180 phat (Khéng ké thdi gian giao dé) Ngay thi: 14/4/2018 ‘DE CHINH THUC (88 thi gdm 15 trang) Shared by: Angels| of Otto Channel Luru y: Thi sinh lam bai vao dé thi nay. A. LISTENING (5.0 pts) HUONG DAN PHAN THI NGHE HIEU + Bai nghe gdm 4 phan, mi phén due nghe 2 Id, méin cach nhau 15 giay, més cu va két thie ‘mbiphdn nghe 06 tin higu. + Mé ddu va két thiic bai nghe cé tin higu nhac. Thi sinh 06 3 phat dé hoan chinh bai trade tin hig nhac két thie bai nghe. + Moi huténg dn cho thi sinh (bang tiéng Anh) dod trong bai nghe. Part 1. For question 1-5, listen to the recording and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided. (1.0 pt) 1. The speaker has come from the Theosophical Society. 2. One of the main points of the talk is to save money. 3 She thinks students should do more housework. 4, She argues that plastic containers won't biodegrade quickly. 5. She wars that asthma sufferers should be careful with her recipes. Your answers i zi Part 2: For question 6-10, you will hear part of a lecture on the lost city of Machu Picchu. ‘Answer the following questions with NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS. Write your answers in the ‘space provided. (1.0 pt) 6. According to Professor Harrington, what does the name Machu Picchu denote? 4 & 77. What did the Incas construct covering the mountain's slopes? 8. What are the andenes constructed by the Incas called? 9. By what were the compounds of different shapes and sizes linked? 10. What was the Intihuatana used for? Trang 1114Part 3: For questions 11-16, listen to the discussion on a radio talk show between a professor, Max Mantle, a representative of students, Pauline O'Boyle, and their host with regard to a recent increase in university fee. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to What you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided. (1.0 pt) 114, How does Pauline O'Boyle feel about the official announcement on university fees? ‘A. She is relieved that they are finally growing up. B. She is surprised that the announcement was not made months ago. ©. She is pleased that the news was not as bad as some had predicted, D. It was pretty much along the lines of what she had expected. 42, What does Max Mantle think the public is not aware of? ‘A. the considerable amount of government funding universities receive B. how much universities rely on students fee G. the lack of grant aid offered to third- level students D. the extent to which the U.K. education system is mocked in Europe 413. What does Pauline O'Boyle say about student grants? ‘A. only grammar- and- private- school students may apply for them B. applicants from grammar and private schools are given preference . very few state- schoo! manage to qualify for them D. they should be made grade- dependent so as to be fairer, 14, Pauline believes that universities ‘A. should do more to look after the interests of their professors, B. offer terms of employment that are counterproductve. . should ask the government for more hand- outs. D. will only become more efficiently run i salaries and conditions improve, 18. What is the last point made by Max Mantle? ‘A. lecturers’ salaries and terms of employment have been reviewed B. lecturers need to review their selarice and terms of employment carefully . reducing lecturers’ pay by one or two thousand pounds will help to solve the problem D. the existence of overpaid lecturers is not a significant part ofthe problem Your answers 11. 12. pe [me 15. Shared by: Angels of Otto Channel Part 4. For questions 16 ~ 26, listen to a piece of news about the three countries with the best healthcare and complete the summary using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBER for each gap. Write your answers in the space provided. (2.0 pts) 2017 witnessed the latest failure of the United States in the move (16.) Meanwhile, citizens in the rest of the world enjoy higher quality care, with higher life expectancy and lower (17.) Spain was one of the top (18.) in the world with roughly $ 2600 spent on each person. In its (19.) * ” system, most citizens see no out-of-pocket expenses when they visit public hospitals, Unlike Spain, only 1,6% of (20.) goes towards healthcare costs. In addition to price controls, there is Medisave system — a (21.) where employees are required to deduct and set aside 9% of their salaries for personal or family care. In the autonomous territory of Hong Kong, both (22.) and ‘are used, The combination makes Hong Kong's system difficult (23.) While these three countries are successful with very high standards of care and life expectancy, applying worldwide is difficult. Singapore and Hongkong have uniform (24) throughout the region because of small populations. By comparison, that the United States owning an enormous population makes centralized payer healthcare harder to implement without (25.) Trang 214B, LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (3.0 pts) Part 1: Choose the answer A, B, C, or D that best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 pt) 4. Annabel and insidious 3 are not James Wan’s best movies by far and those would be between any of the other sequels on air, but they are pretty incredible. A. kiss-offs B. summings-up C. tip-offs D. toss-ups 2. What stands out from The Voice Kids is that many young children are with natural talent for music A. bestowed B. conferred C. endowed D. vouchsafed 3. I've got such a headache that | can't concentrate on the lecture. A. beating B. drumming C. hammering D. throbbing 4. When | got stuck in the elevator, | was scared out of my A. brains B. head ©. wits D. nerves 5. Having gained a victory in the general elections, they proceeded with their ambitious programme A. galloping B, staunch . landslide D. close-up 6. ‘if you implement this scheme, we shall have no choice but to go on strike. i _ we must implement the scheme. A. Be that as it may B. May that be as it is Shared by: Angels €. Though it be thus . While that be 50 of Otto Channel 7. Idon't want to burden my daughter with my problems; she's got too much ‘A.up her sleeve B.inhermind C. ineffect. D. on her plate I haven't seen Jane for nearly ten years, Thad got married and hed two children A. during which time B. at that point C. for that duration D. in that time 9, The inconsiderate driver was for parking his vehicle in the wrong place A. infictes B. harassed . condemned D. confined 40. You can buy goods on the Internet with @ credit card, but there is a danger of it someone else obtains the number. ‘A. corruption B. fraud C. embezzlement D. cisruption Your answers: 1s. a | 70. 1s 2 a ie & 6 Part 2: The passage below contains § mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. There is an example at the beginning, (0.6 pt) Line 1 | Original written work and information is protected by copyright laws, like original inventions. Therefore, when you refer or use information you find while making research, you should always give credit to the person or organization which produced it. To plagiarize is to use ideas that are not your own without giving credit to the original source, or to claim 5 that someone else's ideas are your own. It is akin to steal someone else’s work. Intemet-related plagiarism has become such a problem because it is so easy to find and copy information online. There are thousands of resources for students who wish only to copy or cheat. Moreover, the Internet also makes it easier for educators to check for plagiarism. Often a simple Internet search for a quote will be enough to expose copying. 40 | Some educators are more concerned about unintended plagiarism. Because copying and pasting is $0 easy, itis becoming more and more common for well-meaning students to mix up material source with their original ideas. While this kind of plagiarism usually happens innocently, itis still an offense. Trang 914Mistake Correction are Part 3. Complete each of the foliowing sentences with a suitable preposition or particle. Write your answers in the space provided. (0.6 pt) 4. Directed by a hypoertcal, the organization is rotten thecore. [Shared by: Angels 2. Investors have taken heart the improving economie situation ree: 3. Allher hard work paid inthe end and she's now successful of Otto Channel 4, The prospective buyer had decided to look. the property before committing himself. 6. The statements that she gave were borne by the other witnesses, so the suspect was found guilty by the magistrate. Your answers ft 2 i [ EE Part 4: Give the correct form of each bracketed word in the following passage. Write your answers in the space provided. (1.0 pt) In January 2001, the (1. GOVERN) Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its latest report on climate change. Climate models worked out by giant super-computers had become far more reliable since the previous report in 1995 and allowed them to (2. PRAISE) the earlier projections for global warming. Their conclusions were that something very serious is happening and that it cannot be a natural process. The 1990s was the hottest decade for 1,000 years and the Earth is warming faster than at any time in the last 10,000 years. According to the report, human activities are (3. EQUIVOCATE) to blame for the temperature rise. The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide and, due to (4. FOREST), there are fewer trees to absorb this gas and recycle it back into oxygen Methane (6. CONCENTRATE) have also gone up dramatically because of increases in rice culture and cattle - raising, both of which generate methane from (6. COMPOSE) vegetation. These greenhouses gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and cause the temperature to rise. In the worst case, the resulting melting of ice-caps and glaciers would cause sea levels to rise by up to 8 ‘cm, endangering the homes and (7. LIVE) of tens of millions of people who live in low-ying regions. Unfortunately, there is far greater unanimity among the world's scientists over the issue than among politicians. As long ago as 1990, the IPCC recommended a 60% reduction in carbon dioxide (8. EMIT), as the basic level required to return the planet's climate to a healthy level. Govemments globally failed to (9. ACT) these proposals. Now that the dangers have been reaffirmed by the latest report, it is high time that govemments took an active interest in exploring altemative, (10. NEW) energy sources. Your answers 1 pr z 7 | [3 : 8 4 8. 5 a Trang 4/14.Il READING (6.0 pts): Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 pt) DIAGNOSING DYSLEXIA ‘Approximately five per cent of the population suffer from dyslexia. The cause of the disorder is unknown and it is (1) found in people of otherwise normal intectual ability. The condition is @) by severe reading difficulties, with dyslexics frequently confusing letters or words. They may, for example, read or write letters, words or sentences in the wrong (3) Although the problem can be overcome with intensive instruction, sufferers usually continue to read and write poorly throughout their li Traditionally, diagnosis has been made by reading experts, which means that many (4) are not formally (6) until a child is around ten years of age. Now, however, @ group of psychologists in the United States believe that they have found a way of identifying in their first days of life children who will develop dyslexia. This is exciting news as early identification and (6) make early instruction possible, perhaps avoiding later problems altogether. The research team has identified (7) differences between the brain (8) as pattems of dyslexics and those of better readers. Attaching electrodes to the heads of babies just 36 hours old, they measured the size and speed of their brain responses to selected stimuli. The children were (9) and given IQ and comprehension tests every two years. At eight, reading tests were administered to identify those who were dyslexic. More than $0 percent diagnosed as dyslexic could have been singled out at birth. This research is stil in its (10) but may result in a future in which dyslexia no longer causes life long distress 1. naturally B. commonly C. customarily D. actually a 2.A characterized B. distinguished C. marked D. identified a 3.A.arangement —_B. series ©. sequence D. order og 4. A. instances B. cases, ©. times D. occurrences | 5. A. picked up B.noted down ——_C. shown up D. put down acy 6. A interference intrusion 6. intervention D. recognition eS 7. frank B. evident C. distinct D. precise aS 8. A. pace B. wave ©. pulse D. signal 5 a 9. A. monitored B. viewed C. followed D. inspected ee 40. A. beginnings —_—B. infancy ©. outset D. origins cL 3 a a(S ie a 8 10. Part 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Write your answers in the space provided. (1.5 pts.) ‘One rather unlikely word that has recently entered the language is ‘blog’, a shortened (a) of 'web lob’. A biog is a diary posted on the Intemet by the person writing it~ the ‘blogger’ — who presumably expects other people to read it. It is ironical that modem technology is being used to (2) new life into such an old-fashioned form as the personal journal. ‘And now, as the technology (3) video camera is making them easier to use, we have the video log, or 'viog’. Viogging does not require highly sophisticated equipment: a digital video ‘camera, a high-speed Intemet connection and a host are all that is needed. Vloggers can put anything that’ (4) their fancy onto their personal website. Some vioggers have no ambitions (5) than to show films they have while on holiday in exotic places. However, viogs can also (6) more ambitious purposes. For instance, amateur film- makers who want to make a (7) for themselves might publish their work on the Intemet, eager to receive advice or criticism. And increasingly, viogs are being used to publicize political and social issues that are not newsworthy enough to warrant (8) by the mass media. It is still too early to predict (9) viogging will ever take off in a major way or if itis just a passing fad, but (10) potential is only now becoming apparent. Trang 5114Shared by: Angels| of Otto Channel Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 pt) COMMUNICATING WITH THE FUTURE In the 1980s the United States Department of Energy was looking for suitable sites to bury radioactive waste material generated by its nuclear energy programs. The govemment was ‘considering burying the dangerous wastes in deep underground chambers in remote desert areas. ‘The problem, however, was that nuclear waste remains highly radioactive for thousands of years. The commission entrusted with tackling the problem of waste disposal was aware that the dangers posed by radioactive emissions must be communicated to our descendants of at least 10,000 years hence. So the task became one of finding a way to tell future societies about the risk posed by these deadly deposits, ‘Of course, human society in the distant future may be well aware of the hazards of radiation “Technological advances may one day provide the solutions to this dilemma. But the belief in constant technological advancement is based on our perceptions of advances made throughout history and prehistory. We cannot be sure thalt society won't have slipped backward into an age of barbarism due to any of several catastrophic events, whether the result of nature such as the onset of a new ice age or pethaps mankind's failure to solve the scourges of war and pollution. In the event of global catastrophe, it is quite possible that humans of the distant future will be on the far side of a broken link of communication and technological understanding, The problem then becomes how to inform our descendants that they must avold areas of potential radioactive seepage given that they may not understand any currently existing language and may have no historical or cultural memory. So, any message indicated to future reception and decipherment must be as universally understandable as possible. it was soon realized by the specialists assigned the task of devising the communication system that material in which the message was written might not physically endure the great lengths of time demanded. The second law of thermodynamics shows that all material disintegrates over time. Even ‘computers that might carry the message cannot he expected to endure long enough. Besides. electricity ‘supplies might not be available in 300 generations. Other media storage methods were considered and rejected for similar reasons. The task force under the linguist Thomas Sebeok finally agreed that no foolproof way would be found to send a message across so many generations and have it survive physically and be decipherable by a people with few cultural similarties to us. Given this restriction, Sebeok suggested the only possible solution was the formation of a committee of guardians of knowledge. Its task would be to dedicate itself to maintaining and passing the knowledge of the whereabouts and dangers of the nuclear wasté deposits. This so-called atomic priesthood would be entrusted with keeping knowledge of this tradition alive through millennia and developing the tradition into a kind of mythical taboo forbidding people to tamper in a way with the nuclear waste sites. Only the initiated atomic priesthood of experts would have the scientific knowledge to fully understand the danger. Those outside the priesthood would be kept away by a combination of rituals and legends designed to war off intruders. This proposal has been criticized because of the possibilty of a break in continuity of the original message. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that any warning or sanction passed on for millennia would be obeyed, nor that it could survive with its original meaning intact. To counterbalance this possibility, Sebeok's group proposed a “relay system” in which information is passed on over relatively short periods of time, just three generations ahead. The message then to be renewed and redesigned if necessary for the following three generations and so on over the required time span. In this way information could be relayed into the future and avoid the possibility of physical degradation. ‘A second defect is more difficult to dismiss, however. This is the problem of social exclusiveness brought about through possession of vital knowledge. Critics point out that the atomic priesthood could use its secret knowledge to control those who are scientifically ignorant. The establishment of such an association of insiders holding powerful knowledge not available except in mythic form to nonmembers would be a dangerous precedent for future social developments. Trang 6/141. The word "chambers" in the passage is closest in meaning to A. partitions B. openings C. cavities D. fissures 2. What problem faced the commission assigned to deal with the burial of nuclear waste? ‘A. How to reduce the radioactive life of nuclear waste materials B. How to form a committee that could adequately express various nuclear risks C. How to notify future generations of the risks of nuclear contamination D. How to choose burial sites so as to minimize dangers to people. 3. In paragraph 2, the author explains the possible circumstances of future societies ‘A. to warn about the possible natural catastrophe B. to question the value of advances C. to highlight humankina's inabilty to resolve problems D. to demonstrate the reason nuclear hazards must be communicated 4. The word "scourges" in the passage is closest in meaning to A. pressures. B. afflictions C. worries D. annoyances 5. In paragraph 4, the author mentions the second law of thermodynamics ‘A. to support the view that nuclear waste will disperse with time B. to show that knowledge can be sustained over millennia C. to give the basic scientific reason behind the breakdown of material objects D. to contrast the potential life span of knowledge with that of material objects 6. The word "Its" in the passage refers to ‘A. knowledge B. committee . solution D. guardians 7. In paragraph 5, why is the proposed committee of guardians referred to as the "atomic priesthood”?, ‘A. Because they would be an exclusive group with knowledge about nuciear waste sites, B. Because they would use rituals and legends to maintain their exclusiveness ©. Because they would be an exclusive religious order D. Because they would develop mythical taboos surrounding their traditions '8. According to the author, why did the task force under Sebeok propose @ relay system for passing on information? ‘A. To show that Sebeok 's ideas created more problems than they solved B. To support the belief that breaks in communication are inevitable over time C. To contrast Sebeok's ideas with those proposed by his main critics . To compensate for the fact that meaning will not stable over long periods of time ‘9. According to paragraph 7, the second defect of the atomic priesthood proposal is that it could lead to ‘A. the nonmembers turning knowledge into dangerous mythical forms B. the possible misuse of exclusive knowledge C. the establishment of a scientifically ignorant society D. the priesthood's criticism of points conceming vital knowledge 10. All of the following are mentioned in the passage as difficulties in devising a communication system with the future EXCEPT ‘A. the failure to maintain communication link B. the loss of knowledge about today's civilization C. the inability of materials to endure over time D. the exclusiveness of priesthood 2hq paseys yjauuey) on0 Jo sjaduy Your answers: 1 [2 1s: | | Trang 714Part 4: Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. (1.0 pt) Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings below. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. List of Headings Example Answer ‘The prevalence of numerical codes’ in modern Iie Paragraph A. i a i How RSA works 4. Paragraph B 2z iA bret history of keeping things safe oo iv New math’ vs ‘medieval math’ 2..ParagmphG est Proof that RSA is effective 3, Paragraph D Be Vi The illusion of security Atemenbil es vil Cryptography: the modem key for the lock Sb vill Why RSA is effective 5. Paragraph F Zé ix in defence of medieval security systems 6. Paragraph G 2p | x Anew approach to system security Using Mathematics to Secure Our Money A Up until very recently people's wealth, mostly coins and jewels, was kept safe under lock and key. Rich medieval families would keep a strong box with a large key, both of which were carefully hidden in different places. Later the box may have been kept in a bank. In either case, potential thieves would need to find both the box and the key. A similar principle was used for sending secret diplomatic and military messages. The messages were written in code with both the sender and the receiver having the key to the code. Thus, while the message could be discovered its nearing could only be found if the ‘key’ was also known. And so began a long-running battle between code-makers ‘who tried to make better Keys, and code-breakers who sought ways of finding them. Nowadays, cryptography is central to how our money is kept secure, even though we may not be aware of it. Gur money is no longer in a tangible form, but in the form of information kept with our banks. To keep everyone involved happy, the messages initiated by our plastic cards have to be sent and received safely and the entire operation must be carried out with a high level of confidentiality and security, c (On a practical level, it is clear that the work of code-makers has been introduced into our daily financial lives. Our credit cards have 16-digit numbers on the front and a 3-digit number on the back. They also contain a ‘chip’ that can do all sorts of mysterious operations with these numbers. Finally, we also have a Personal Identification Number which we all need to memorize. All these numbers form a type of cryptographic key. However, as we shall see, the modern crypto systems are very different in the way the keys are used. D The main feature of the traditional systems was that only one key was needed by both the sender and the receiver to understand the message. However the main problem was that the key itself needed to be communicated to both parties before they could use it. Obviously a major security risk ‘A very different approach was developed in the 1970s, based on a different way of using the keys. Now the main idea is that the typical user, let us call him Amir, has two keys; a ‘public key’ and a ‘private key’ The public key is used to encrypt messages that other people wish to send to Amir, and Trang 8/14the private key is used by Amir to decrypt these messages. The security of the system is based on keeping Amirs private key secret. This system of public-key cryptography, known as RSA- from the names of the developers (Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman) - was developed in the late 1970s and is based on a collection of several mathematical algorithms. The first is a process that allows the user, Amir, to calculate two numerical Keys: private and public, based on two prime numbers. To complete the RSA system, two more algorithms are then needed: one for encrypting messages and one for decrypting them. F The effectiveness of RSA depends on two things. It is efficient, because the encryption and decryption algorithms used by participants are easy, in a technical sense they can be made precise. On the other hand, itis believed to be secure, because no one has fund an easy way of decrypting the encrypted message without knowing Amirs private ey. s When the RSA system was first written about in Scientife American, the strength of the system was shown by challenging the readers to find the prime factors -the two original numbers - of a certain number with 129 digits. It took 17 years to solve this problem, using the combined efforts of over 600 people. So clearly it is a very secure system. Using mathematics in this way, scientists and technologists have enabled us to keep our money as secure as the rich medieval barons with their strong boxes and hidden keys. Do the following statements agree with tne views of the writer in Reaving Passage? In boxes 7-10, write YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer NOTGIVEN ‘fit is impossible to say what the writer thank about this, 7. Online banking makes most people nerous 8. The way keys are used in modern cryptograph is quite different from the past 9. The main problem with traditional cryptography systems is that neither party can decode the message. 40. The RSA system represents the most secure cryptography we are ever likely to develop Your answers: Trang 9/14