SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II

TP. HỒ CHÍ MINH Năm học: 2020-2021

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN Môn: Tiếng Anh - Khối 11
TRẦN ĐẠI NGHĨA Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
Ngày Kiểm tra: ___/___/2021

Học sinh làm bài trên ANSWER SHEET

PHẦN BẮT BUỘC CHO TẤT CẢ HỌC SINH:
A. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM
I. LISTENING: Listen to the recording. Choose the best answer. (1.0 pt)
1. The organizers expected to sell 2.6 million tickets.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
2. Judo has been less popular than boxing in the Games.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
3. The Doha Organizing Committee will organize school field trips to sell more tickets.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
4. The semi-final between South Korea and Indonesia was delayed due to a walkout.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
5. The Indonesian badminton players disagreed with the judge’s decisions.
A. TRUE B. FALSE

II. GRAMMAR – STRUCTURE - VOCABULARY:

Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence:(1.0 pt)
6. If you _______, you see or hear things that are not really there because of illness or drugs.
A. pollute B. hallucinate C. confuse D. illuminate
7. A ______ is a strong metal container containing gas or a chemical substance.
A. canister B. backpack C. dump D. base
8. Her boss fired her, ______ made her angry.
A. that B. what C. which D. it
9. Mary was believed to have been the last applicant ______ in this recruitment campaign of the big tech
company last year.
A. to interview B. to be interviewing C. to be interviewed D. to have interviewed
10. A _________ is an athletic competition in which each competitor takes part in three events, usually
swimming, cycling, and running.
A. chess B. triathlon C. boxing D. weightlifting

III. GUIDED CLOZE: Choose the best answer. (1.0 pt)

Read the text and then decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each blank.
Most people accept global warming as a scientific fact, we need look no (11)______ than the melting
polar ice caps, and ever more violent hurricanes. So what has caused this rise in temperature? The dramatic
increase in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil
fuels (12)_______ the most likely candidate. The challenge facing us is how to reduce such emissions.
There are a few measures that governments and individual can (13)_______. First of all, governments
should commit themselves to reducing the level of greenhouse gas emissions. Nevertheless, they should avoid
the temptation of nuclear energy (14)_______ its associated risks are too great. Instead, governments should
favour greener ways of energy production. For instance, China’s ‘Three Gorges’ dam provides masses of
hydro-electric power while the Netherlands satisfy many of their energy needs from wind-turbines. In
addition, our leaders should make us less dependent on fossil fuels by copying Brazil’s example. There, ‘flex-

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fuel’ vehicles can run on both petrol and alcohol from sugarcane. Furthermore, they should tax gas-guzzling
vehicles and get them off the road.
What can we do (15)________ a personal level? First, the biggest step is to end our love affair with
our cars and switch to public transport. Or, at the very least, car-share with colleagues or classmates. Next, we
should shop locally and make sure that we eat locally produced food. Last but not least, we should remember
to turn off the lights – every little bit helps!
11. A. more farther B. the farthest C. much far D. further
12. A. were B. was C. are D. is
13. A. take B. do C. make D. pose
14. A. because of B. despite C. but D. because
15. A. in B. of C. on D. with

IV. READING COMPREHENSION: Choose the best answer. (1.0 pt)

A report from the United Nations given at the conference unveils how worrying the pollution caused
by plastic utensils, especially plastic bags, is becoming. In a single minute, the world consumes one million
plastic bottles; in a year, the world consumes five billion single-use plastic bags, according to Vietnamplus.
The scary fact is that such plastic bottles and bags are not properly treated, as each year, the world discharges
300 million tons of plastic waste, accounting for some 10% of all solid waste, putting the environment and
human health under tenterhooks, according to the news site.
The conference also drew attention to another fact: “For a plastic bag that can be used for five minutes,
it takes five seconds to produce, one second to discard, but 500 to 1,000 years to become totally decomposed,”
says Vietnamplus.
In another message given by the UN General Secretary and delivered at the conference, it is reported
that since more than eight million tons of plastic bags end up in the oceans each year, “microplastics in the
seas now outnumber stars in our galaxy.” “If present trends continue, by 2050 our oceans will have more
plastic than fish,” Dan Tri reports, quoting Caitlin Wiesen, country director of the UN Development
Programme in Vietnam.
These above-mentioned fearful facts, however, are not merely global issues, but domestic problems as
well, according to local media. Many local news outlets, when relating data from the conference, point out
that white pollution – a term used to indicate the overwhelming discharge of plastic bags into the environment
– is even getting worse in Vietnam than elsewhere.
(Source: https://english.thesaigontimes.vn)
16. Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage?
A. White pollution is getting worse and worse.
B. White pollution – a new type of pollution.
C. The facts about plastic bags are scarier than what we can see.
D. The problems caused by white pollution are increasing.
17. The word “unveils” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _________ .
A. covers B. hides C. reveals D. conceals
18. The following are the facts about white pollution, EXCEPT ___________.
A. Five billion is the number of single-use plastic bags consumed by the world population in one year.
B. Plastic waste makes up about one tenth of the solid waste on the Earth.
C. It is as effortless to decay plastic bags as to manufacture them.
D. Every year over eight million tons of plastic bags are littered in the oceans.
19. What does the phrase “present trends” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Microplastics in the seas now are much more than the stars in the sky.
B. Million tons of plastics bags are discharged into the oceans.
C. It takes 500 to 1,000 years to decompose the whole plastic bags.
D. There are more plastic bags in the oceans than fish.
20. What does the author imply in the last paragraph?
A. White pollution in Vietnam is almost out of control.
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 B. Vietnamese should solve this environmental problem themselves.
C. The state of plastic pollution in Vietnam is becoming the worst in the world.
D. To reduce pollution, every country in the world has to join hands together.

B. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN
V. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets: (1.6 pts)
1. I would never have believed that spectacular feat was possible if I _______ (not, see) it with my own
eyes yesterday.
2. We don’t let employees __________ (use) the office telephone for personal calls.
3. The police have just found the luxurious MINI Cooper Convertible _____(steal) by the most
notorious thief in the region five years ago.
4. Tran Dai Nghia High School, _____ (locate) at 53 Nguyen Du Street, is one of the most famous
schools in Ho Chi Minh City.
5. If you do not understand the topics in the writing section of the exam, ask the examiner
______(explain) them.
6. The company has so little money left that it can hardly _________(operate) anymore.
7. I ___________ (not, see) this kind of excitement about a US election for a long time. It is the biggest
in my lifetime.
8. The world is scrutinizing the campaigns _________(lead) up to the November 4 US election with
unprecedented interest.

VI. Rearrange the words to make complete sentences: (1.2 pts)

1. failed / university entrance exam, / relativity. / Einstein, who / his / discovered
 ___________________________________________________________
2. of / I / useful information. / talked to / could / me / any / the people / give / None
____________________________________________________________
3. the / things / down on. / These / unnecessary / should / cut / are / that / you
____________________________________________________________

 PHẦN RIÊNG: Dành cho HS không chuyên:

VII. WORD FORM: (1.2 pts)
1. After more than a year away from the game, Federer made it clear he would play _________in 2021.
(compete)
2. Most people are opposed to using the nuclear weapons in the light of its ________power. (destroy)
3. Mark has taken up his new ________ job at Oxford University. (administer)
4. More people showed up than I had expected. It was one of the most _________conferences on wildlife
conservation. (attend)
5. Environmentally friendly elements in this project will help ______the air. (pure)
6. It is a great _________to welcome you all here this evening. (please)

VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. You must use
between TWO and FIVE WORDS, including the word given. DO NOT CHANGE the word given. (2.0
pts)
1. It was said that Eddie Murphy was the best actor in the world. (to)
 Eddie Murphy ________________________________________ the best actor in the world.
2. Peter read the book and remembered what he had read. (only)
 __________________________________ the book, but he also remembered what he had read.
3. Luckily, the pilot could recover so quickly. (which)
 The pilot could recover so quickly_________________________
4. The volunteers rescued the elephant. It could be released back into the wild. (by)
 The elephant _______________________could be released back into the wild.
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 5. Our students made these souvenirs. (Use cleft sentence in the passive voice)
 It was these souvenirs __________________________________ students.

 PHẦN RIÊNG: Dành cho HS chuyên:

VII. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the words in brackets (1.2 pts)
1. My grandmother started a pottery hobby when she retired and she has advised all her friends to do
________. (like)
2. When I was a child, I used to wear my sister’s ______________ clothes. (cast)
3. People sometimes choose partners who compensate for their own ____________. (short)
4. Being four nil down, the team is now in ___________ circumstances. (reverse)
5. So-called scientific ___________can sometimes become misleading. (break)
6. The number of __________from junior high school is increasing in a worrying way. (drop)

VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. You must use
between TWO and FIVE WORDS, including the word given. DO NOT CHANGE the word given. (2.0
pts)
1. The new building will be far more spacious than our present premises. (nothing)
 Our present premises _____________________________ as the new building.
2. Jason is doing very well here, especially if you consider that he is younger than the others in our
company. (that)
 Given _____________________________ the others in our company, he is doing very well here.
3. I didn’t see my sister for 10 years. She got married and had five children during these years. (Use a
Relative Clause)
 I didn’t see my sister for __________________________ she got married and had five children.
4. The idea of travelling abroad after the pandemic had gone really excited me. (appetite)
 That the pandemic had ended ______________________ foreign travel.
5. The papers report that the police got a lot of criticism from the public after the riots. (in)
 The police are reported _____________________ a lot of criticism from the public after the riots.

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 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II
TP. HỒ CHÍ MINH Năm học: 2020-2021
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN Môn: Tiếng Anh - Khối 11
TRẦN ĐẠI NGHĨA Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
Ngày Kiểm tra: ___/___/2021

ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

PHẦN BẮT BUỘC CHO TẤT CẢ HỌC SINH:
A. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM
I. LISTENING: Listen to the recording. Choose the best answer. (1.0 pt)
1. The organizers expected to sell 2.6 million tickets.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
2. Judo has been less popular than boxing in the Games.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
3. The Doha Organizing Committee will organize school field trips to sell more tickets.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
4. The semi-final between South Korea and Indonesia was delayed due to a walkout.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
5. The Indonesian badminton players disagreed with the judge’s decisions.
A. TRUE B. FALSE

Listening audio: Unit 11. THE ASIAN GAMES

Recording 1:
Tickets are still slow. After the first week of the Games, around 43% of the tickets - 1.1 million of an
available 2.6 million - had been sold. Boxing has been the least popular sport in the Games with just 8% of the
tickets sold. Judo was sold out for the games. The Doha Organizing Committee has asked Qatar’s Education
Ministry to promote school field trips to the Games to help boost ticket sales and attendance.
Recording 2:
In Asian Games badminton, a judging dispute caused a walkout that delayed the men’s team final between
South Korea and Indonesia. Indonesia left the playing floor after several disputed calls decided in favor of the
South Korea’s, by a judge from South Korea.

II. GRAMMAR – STRUCTURE - VOCABULARY:

Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence:(1.0 pt)
6. If you _______, you see or hear things that are not really there because of illness or drugs.
A. pollute B. hallucinate C. confuse D. illuminate
7. A ______ is a strong metal container containing gas or a chemical substance.
A. canister B. backpack C. dump D. base
8. Her boss fired her, ______ made her angry.
A. that B. what C. which D. it
9. Mary was believed to have been the last applicant ______ in this recruitment campaign of the big tech
company last year.
A. to interview B. to be interviewing C. to be interviewed D. to have interviewed
10. A _________ is an athletic competition in which each competitor takes part in three events, usually
swimming, cycling, and running.
A. chess B. triathlon C. boxing D. weightlifting

III. GUIDED CLOZE: Choose the best answer. (1.0 pt)

Read the text and then decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each blank.

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 Most people accept global warming as a scientific fact, we need look no (11)______ than the melting
polar ice caps, and ever more violent hurricanes. So what has caused this rise in temperature? The dramatic
increase in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil
fuels (12)_______ the most likely candidate. The challenge facing us is how to reduce such emissions.
There are a few measures that governments and individual can (13)_______. First of all, governments
should commit themselves to reducing the level of greenhouse gas emissions. Nevertheless, they should avoid
the temptation of nuclear energy (14)_______ its associated risks are too great. Instead, governments should
favour greener ways of energy production. For instance, China’s ‘Three Gorges’ dam provides masses of
hydro-electric power while the Netherlands satisfy many of their energy needs from wind-turbines. In
addition, our leaders should make us less dependent on fossil fuels by copying Brazil’s example. There, ‘flex-
fuel’ vehicles can run on both petrol and alcohol from sugarcane. Furthermore, they should tax gas-guzzling
vehicles and get them off the road.
What can we do (15)________ a personal level? First, the biggest step is to end our love affair with
our cars and switch to public transport. Or, at the very least, car-share with colleagues or classmates. Next, we
should shop locally and make sure that we eat locally produced food. Last but not least, we should remember
to turn off the lights – every little bit helps!
11. A. more farther B. the farthest C. much far D. further
12. A. were B. was C. are D. is
13. A. take B. do C. make D. pose
14. A. because of B. despite C. but D. because
15. A. in B. of C. on D. with

IV. READING COMPREHENSION: Choose the best answer. (1.0 pt)

A report from the United Nations given at the conference unveils how worrying the pollution caused
by plastic utensils, especially plastic bags, is becoming. In a single minute, the world consumes one million
plastic bottles; in a year, the world consumes five billion single-use plastic bags, according to Vietnamplus.
The scary fact is that such plastic bottles and bags are not properly treated, as each year, the world discharges
300 million tons of plastic waste, accounting for some 10% of all solid waste, putting the environment and
human health under tenterhooks, according to the news site.
The conference also drew attention to another fact: “For a plastic bag that can be used for five minutes,
it takes five seconds to produce, one second to discard, but 500 to 1,000 years to become totally decomposed,”
says Vietnamplus.
In another message given by the UN General Secretary and delivered at the conference, it is reported
that since more than eight million tons of plastic bags end up in the oceans each year, “microplastics in the
seas now outnumber stars in our galaxy.” “If present trends continue, by 2050 our oceans will have more
plastic than fish,” Dan Tri reports, quoting Caitlin Wiesen, country director of the UN Development
Programme in Vietnam.
These above-mentioned fearful facts, however, are not merely global issues, but domestic problems as
well, according to local media. Many local news outlets, when relating data from the conference, point out
that white pollution – a term used to indicate the overwhelming discharge of plastic bags into the environment
– is even getting worse in Vietnam than elsewhere.
(Source: https://english.thesaigontimes.vn)
16. Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage?
A. White pollution is getting worse and worse.
B. White pollution – a new type of pollution.
C. The facts about plastic bags are scarier than what we can see.
D. The problems caused by white pollution are increasing.
17. The word “unveils” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _________ .
A. covers B. hides C. reveals D. conceals
18. The following are the facts about white pollution, EXCEPT ___________.
A. Five billion is the number of single-use plastic bags consumed by the world population in one year.
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 B. Plastic waste makes up about one tenth of the solid waste on the Earth.
C. It is as effortless to decay plastic bags as to manufacture them.
D. Every year over eight million tons of plastic bags are littered in the oceans.
19. What does the phrase “present trends” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Microplastics in the seas now are much more than the stars in the sky.
B. Million tons of plastics bags are discharged into the oceans.
C. It takes 500 to 1,000 years to decompose the whole plastic bags.
D. There are more plastic bags in the oceans than fish.
20. What does the author imply in the last paragraph?
A. White pollution in Vietnam is almost out of control.
B. Vietnamese should solve this environmental problem themselves.
C. The state of plastic pollution in Vietnam is becoming the worst in the world.
D. To reduce pollution, every country in the world has to join hands together.

B. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN
V. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets: (1.6 pts)
1. I would never have believed that spectacular feat was possible if I HADN’T SEEN (not, see) it with
my own eyes.
2. We don’t let employees USE (use) the office telephone for personal calls.
3. The police have just found the luxurious MINI Cooper Convertible STOLEN (steal) by the most
notorious thief in the region five years ago.
4. Tran Dai Nghia High School, LOCATED (locate) at 53 Nguyen Du Street, is one of the most famous
schools in Ho Chi Minh City.
5. If you do not understand the topics in the writing section of the exam, ask the examiner TO
EXPLAIN (explain) them.
6. The company has so little money left that it can hardly OPERATE (operate) anymore.
7. I HAVEN’T SEEN (not, see) this kind of excitement about a US election for a long time. It is the
biggest in my lifetime.
8. The world is scrutinizing the campaigns LEADING (lead) up to the November 4 US election with
unprecedented interest.

VI. Rearrange the words to make complete sentences: (1.2 pts)

1. failed / university entrance exam, / relativity. / Einstein, who / his / discovered
 Einstein, who failed his university entrance exam, discovered relativity.
2. of / I / useful information. / talked to / could / me / any / the people / give / None
 None of the people I talked to could give me any useful information.
3. the / things / down on. / These / unnecessary / should / cut / are / that / you
 These are the unnecessary things that you should cut down on.

 PHẦN RIÊNG: Dành cho HS không chuyên:

VII. WORD FORM: (1.2 pts)
1. After more than a year away from the game, Federer made it clear he would play COMPETITIVELY
in 2021. (compete)
2. Most people are opposed to using the nuclear weapons in the light of its DESTRUCTIVE power.
(destroy)
3. Mark has taken up his new ADMINISTRATIVE job at Oxford University. (administer)
4. More people showed up than I had expected. It was one of the most WELL-ATTENDED conferences
on wildlife conservation. (attend)
5. Environmentally friendly elements in this project will help PURIFY the air. (pure)
6. It is a great PLEASURE to welcome you all here this evening. (please)

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VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. You must use
between TWO and FIVE WORDS, including the word given. DO NOT CHANGE the word given. (2.0
pts)
1. It was said that Eddie Murphy was the best actor in the world. (to)
Eddie Murphy was said to be the best actor in the world.
2. Peter read the book and remembered what he had read. (only)
 Not only did Peter read the book, but he also remembered what he had read.
Peter not only read the book, but he also remembered what he had read.
3. Luckily, the pilot could recover so quickly. (which)
 The pilot could recover so quickly, which was (so) lucky.
4. The volunteers rescued the elephant. It could be released back into the wild. (by)
 The elephant rescued by the volunteers could be released back into the wild.
5. Our students made these souvenirs. (Use cleft sentence in the passive voice)
 It was these souvenirs that were made by our students.

 PHẦN RIÊNG: Dành cho HS chuyên:

VII. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the words in brackets: (1.2 pts)
1. My grandmother started a pottery hobby when she retired and she has advised all her friends to do
LIKEWISE. (like)
2. When I was a child, I used to wear my sister’s CAST-OFF clothes. (cast)
3. People sometimes choose partners who compensate for their own SHORTCOMINGS. (short)
4. Being four nil down, the team is now in IRREVERSIBLE circumstances. (reverse)
5. So-called scientific BREAKTHROUGHS can sometimes become misleading. (break)
6. The number of DROPOUTS from junior high school is increasing in a worrying way. (drop)

VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. You must use
between TWO and FIVE WORDS, including the word given. DO NOT CHANGE the word given. (2.0
pts)
1. The new building will be far more spacious than our present premises. (nothing)
 Our present premises are / is nothing like as spacious as the new building.
2. Jason is doing very well here, especially if you consider that he is younger than the others in our
company. (that)
 Given that Jason is younger than the others in our company, he is doing very well here.
3. I didn’t see my sister for 10 years. She got married and had five children during these years. (Use a
Relative Clause)
 I didn’t see my sister for 10 years, during which time she got married and had five children.
4. The idea of travelling abroad after the pandemic had gone really excited me. (appetite)
 That the pandemic had ended really whetted my appetite for foreign travel.
5. The papers report that the police got a lot of criticism from the public after the riots. (in)
 The police are reported to have come in for a lot of criticism from the public after the riots.

THE END