80 GIAO DUC VA BAO TAO KY THI CHON HSG GI01 LOP 12 CAP TINH BINH THUAN NAM HQC: 2021 - 2022 Mén thi. : TIENG ANH . Thi gian : 180 phut (khéng ké thoi gian phat dé) DE CHINH THUC Ngay thi : 14/01/2022 (86 nay 06 06 trang) Shared by Angels of Cho y: Otto Channel + Hoc sinh lam bai trén PHIEU TRA LO}; va n6p lai BE THI kém theo PHIEU TRA LOI. + Thi sinh khéng dugc str dung tai ligu, ké od tir dién. bE SECTION A. USE OF LANGUAGE AND READING (135pts) Part |. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (30pts) 1. It was proposed that the president for a period of two years. A. elected B. were elected C. should elect D. be elected 2. By the time his daugter graduates from the college, Mr Brown A. retired B. will have retired — C. willbe retiring __D. has tired 3. While in the capital, we paid a visit to the school founded our grandfather, a famous scientist. A. inline with B. in favor of C. in honor of D. in place of 4, ‘Ann by phone, James decided to email her. ‘A. Having failed to contact B. Having failed contacting C. He failed to contact D. That he failed contacting 5. There isn't any sugar, I'm afraid. You'l have to it A. run out B. go beyond C. do without D. make up 6. He agreed to accept the position a share of the company’s profits. ‘A. in agreement that he would be giving _B. with the aim that he would be received C. with the purpose that he would give __D. on condition that he would be given 7. Itis really hard to on such low salary. ‘A. make ends meet B.makeamess —C. make up your mind D. make a fuss 8. My wallet at the station while | for the train. ‘A. must have been stolen - was waiting B. should have stolen — had been waiting C. could have stolen — was waiting D. needn't have been stolen — waited 9. the issue was debated, the more people became involved. ‘A The more longer B.Thelonger —_C. The longest D. The long 10. | shall do the job to the best of my : ‘A. capacity B. ability C. experience D. talent 11. Everyone would go into the hall for assembly, and then they would go to their classes. ‘A. respected B. respectful C. respective D. respectable 12. She would always a clear impression of the incident. ‘A. rebuke B. retain C. reconcile D. reflect 13. Daughter: ‘What should | do if someone rings the doorbell?” Mom: “ should you open the door to strangers.” A. Under these circumstances B. Under any circumstances C. Not under circumstances D. Under no circumstances 14. When you the exam tomorrow, try to stay calm and relaxed. A. make B. take C. write D. answer 15. If you believe ____in the newspapers, you will not be wiser than people who read nothing at all. ‘all that published B. all what is published C. all that is published D. all that which is published 16. When D.H Lawrence died, most of what was written about him was hostile; , today he is widely recognized as an important writer. A. in spite of B. what is more C. all the same D. as a result 17. You anything to me. if you want to spend virtually your entire wages on lottery tickets, then that's up to you. ‘A. couldn't have explained B. weren't supposed to explain C. don't have to explain D. shouldn't have explained 18. We took part in a sponsored walk to support the poor. ‘Ahad organized 8, thatorganized __C. organizing D. organized 8 thi chon HSG I6p 12 cdp Tinh — Nam hoc 2021 - 2022 Mén Tiéng Anh Trang 1. Shared by Angels of Your answers: "i 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. SECTION B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (20 points) Part 1. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences, Write A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes. 1. The new curriculum has been designed to students’ learning by combining theory with hands- on practice. A alleviate B. optimize C. sharpen D. exaggerate 2. Plastic pollution is currently one of the biggest problems the marine environment with an estimated 8 million tonnes of plastic entering the ocean annually. A affecting B. affected C. having affected —_D. to have affected 3. In spite of working their fingers to the. . all the staff were made redundant. A. nail B. edge C. flesh D. bone 4. It is not fair the way my sister is always for special treatments. A. singled out B. picked off C. taken on D. laid aside 5. At the press conference, the Minister clearly stated that medical research would precedence over space projects. A. make B. take C.give D.do 6. The consultant called in by the firm had a of experience bearing on the problem. A. wealth B. carton C. bank D. hoard 7. When I started to study archaeology, I knew no Latin, but within a year I could read it rather well A. barely B. entirely C. scarcely D. virtually 8. During exploration, problems that we can’t solve on our own can arise, 2 A.do they B. don’t they C. can’t they D. can they 9. more points to discuss, the meeting has now come to an end. A.On account of B. Regardless of | C. Not having D. There being no Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 10. When two people get married, it is with the assumption that their feelings for each other are immutable and will never alter. A. constantly B. alterable C. everlasting D. unchangeable Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 11, He was jumping the gun when he gave up his job to start university. Now he has found out he can't get a grant. A. shooting someone with his gun B. finishing something too soon C. doing something at the right time D. doing something with enthusiasm Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges 12. Mary is talking to David about the benefits of volunteering. Mary: “As far as 1 know, doing charity is a really beneficial work which helps a lot for individuals and society as a whole” David: * ” A. Ltake part in this campaign. B, You have a point there. C. That sounds great. D. That's fine for me. Tiéng Anh THPT — Bang A 3Shared by Angels of 19. This car is it f f tank of petrol. is car is very___as it goes so far on one of tank of petrol Rae eHecal ‘A financial B. economical C. costly D. endless 20. We're if we continue with genetic modification of our food. ‘A. playing with fire B. playing out of our skin C. adding fuel to the fire D. playing over Part Il Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following passage. An example has been done for you. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (15pts) Despite the suggestions by many (0.)__ (CRITICIZE) that reality shows would be a very short-lived phenomenon, it is stil increasing in (1)___ (POPULAR). Several reality shows are (2) (CURRENT) watched by millions of viewers each night, and it's clearly a form of entertainment that here to stay. Indeed, a number of people have become (3)___ (FAME) because of their (4)__ (INVOLVE) in reality TV shows, and have gone on to have successful careers as singers, actors or TV presenters. We can watch with (5)___ (EXCITE) each night the “goings-on" in the house (or jungle, or bar, or school of arts). The conversations between the contestants are interesting, so we don't get (6)___ (BORE) and there are frequently (7)__ (VARY) conflicts, which provide further amusement. The contestants have to give some kind of (8) __ (PERFORM) at the end of the week, which is even more appealing. But there's a (9)__ (SAY) in the TV industry: “Its all in the editing” and this is (10)___ (SPECIAL) true of reality shows. Example: (0.) critics Part Ill, There are some mistakes in the following passage. Identify and correct them. One mistake has been identified and corrected for you as an example. Find the other 10 mistakes. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (20pts) Though most organizations search for employees whom wil ft in with the company culture, showing that they have skills and qualities that are unusual putting candidates at the top of the pile when it comes to the screening process. Here are some ways for applicants to jump of the page. 5 Can you cooperate with anybody, no matter where they come from or what they believe? Companies, particularly global companies, look for people who have worked with another who are different from themselves. That difference could be as obvious as ethnicity, but could also include those who have a similar educational level or natural culture. Are you good at disagreeing? This can be a difficult idea to get cross well about the ability to 10 manage conflict. Though the phrase “conflict management” has the potential to sound very negative, it is nevertheless an important skill. The more talented and diverse your team, the most opportunities for disagreement will be presented. Those recruiters look for is an ability to deal with disagreement in a positive way and examples where you have taken it upon yourself to sort it out. 15 Finally, creativity can be an asset in jobs where you might not expect to be. Even when you work for a small entrepreneurial company, creativity and initiative are specially important. "We are always looking for new ideas and we can implement these the next day, like a big corporation, which it may take months," says a human resource manager. Example: Line 1: whom —> who Part IV. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the following passage. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (15pts) In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a constant stream of news is being (1)___ every day. Every news channel and website is filed with data on the (2)__of cases, deaths, ICU admissions, and government restrictions and guidelines. What the future holds may seem grim. (3)___, one thing that has struck us during this pandemic is how, through hardship, the positive aspects of human nature—kindness and resilience—shine through. It shows glimpses of hope in this challenging battle @). the virus. We may not know what someone else has experienced during the pandemic. They may have lost their job or have a loved one affected by the illness, fighting (5)__their life in the hospital. We've each (6)____our own experiences, but one thing we can all hope to achieve is to spread kindness. We've leamed about lots of medical students (7) clinical clerkship experiences have been affected but who have chosen to use their time to help health care workers with groceries and child care. We've learned about restaurants providing and delivering free meals in order to (8)__health care workers. There are, of course, the health care workers who are going above and beyond to spread kindness to their patients—nurses setting up FaceTime for their dying patients to see family one last time, or doctors (9)__reassurance and care for patients who are fighting this iliness. It is the acts of kindness and resilience (10)__will be this pandemic’s lasting legacy. 8 thi chon HSG I6p 12 cdp Tinh — Nam hoc 2021 - 2022 Mén Tiéng Anh Trang 2Part V. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each of the following gaps. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (15pts) ‘The planet Jupiter is named after the mythical king of the Roman gods. In many ways, itis the king of the planets. Jupiter is the largest of the planets circling the sun, big enough to contain all the others with room to(1)___. Its immense gravity controls a family of 16 moons, and it is surrounded by radiation belts powerful enough to kill a visiting astronaut. If one looks at Jupiter through even the smallest of telescopes, one can make (2) bands of cloud in (3) of yellow and white. It may even be possible to (4) a glimpse of the “Great Red Spot’, which in reality is a storm that is three (5) the size of planet Earth. (6) a good pair of binoculars, if they are well-supported, one can See Jupiter's four largest moons. They appear as tiny dots of light on either side of Jupiter, endlessly changing (7) as they orbit their parent world. Four spacecrafts have sent back fleeting glimpses of Jupiter, as they travelled past the planet and its moons. But the (8) scrutiny will come soon from the first man-made object to join Jupiter's family of moons — the spacecraft Galileo, which will (9) thousands of (10) shots and video sequences. 1. A sell B. go C. rent D. spare 2. Ain B. from C.up D.out Shared by Angels of 3. A. covers B. shades C. shadows D.shapes Otto Channel 4. A take B. see C. catch D. save 5. A. objects B. amounts —_C. extras D.times 6. A Through —_B. Over Cin D.On 7. A. post B. status C. possession D. position 8 Arnearest —_B. closest C. nearby D. approximate 9. A.transcend B. transform —_C. transpose D. transmit 40.A.close-up _B. nearly C. down-to-earth D. everyday Part VI. Read the following text. Match sentences A-H with gaps 1-7 to complete the passage. There is one extra sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (14pts) A calamity to be endured — this was how | first reacted to the idea of teaching to rows of faces inside squares on a screen. It was March of 2020 when my university shut down in-person classes. a) . Has something about me changed? (2)__? A few weeks ago | paid attention as | taught what was to be my last class on Zoom. What was | actually enjoying? (3) ___. Many students have told me they like to replay portions of the class session, having gotten distracted by a train of thought the discussion had evoked or anxieties robbing them of their concentration on the subject at hand. (4) ___. One international student described how she kept a dictionary ready and paused the recording often to look up words that were new to her, becoming more confident about what she was leaming as a result. For me, the recordings contained the added treat of getting to see students’ faces filing the entire screen when they spoke. While leading discussions, | had to keep Gallery View going so that | could keep track of the whole class — was engagement evident in the faces or did | need to inject further provocation? (5)_. All along, students choosing Speaker View had been able to see the nuances of their classmates’ facial expressions and gestures, amplifying their knowledge of each other. More than anything else, hearing from the shy students on Chat has been transformational. (6)__- When they typed their remarks into the box at the side of the screen, visible to all, I would find the right ‘moment to read aloud what they had written. (7)___. I loved when their fellow students would later refer to these contributions, sometimes reading the Chat remarks out loud again for emphasis. A. Thanking them by name and calling out their observations, | was able to bring them directly into the exchange of ideas as never before B. Later, when the recordings arrived from Zoom in Speaker View, | could get a close look each student who had told a personal story or recounted an insight that had influenced their view of life C. The value of the class recordings must be emphasized here D. 1 was also able to replay my blunders that | had barely handled adequately but still werent as awful as I'd feared E, Like having a microphone placed in the ocean depths, what these silent students were thinking had become audible F. Almost two years later, | find myself thinking about aspects of the virtual classroom that | am going to miss . My students for whom English is a second language would often replay sections that they hadn't understood the first time around H. Has my comfort with face-to-face contact eroded with so much isolation 8 thi chon HSG I6p 12 cdp Tinh — Nam hoc 2021 - 2022 Mon Tiéng Anh Trang 3Shared by Angels of Part VIl. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow Sash Decision, Decision! Research explores when we can make a vital decision quickly and we need to proceed more deliberately. A ‘A widely recognised legend tells us that in Gordium (in what is now Turkey) in the fourth century BC an oxcart was roped to a pole with a complex knot. It was said that the first person to untie it would become the king of Asia. Unfortunately, the knot proved impossible to untie. The story continues that when confronted with this problem, rather than deliberating on how to untie the Gordian knot, Alexander, the famous ruler of the Greeks in the ancient world, simply took out his sword and cut it in two — then went on to conquer Asia. Ever since the notion of a ‘Gordian solution’ has referred to the attractiveness of a simple answer to an otherwise intractable problem. B ‘Among researchers in the psychology of decision making, however, such solutions have traditionally held little appeal. In particular, the ‘conflict model’ of decision making proposed by psychologists Irving Janis and Leon Mann in their 1977 book, Decision Making, argued that a complex decision-making process is essential for guarding individuals and groups from the peril of ‘group-think’. Decisions made without thorough canvassing, surveying, weighing, examining and reexamining relevant information and options would be suboptimal and often disastrous. One foreign affair decision made by a well- known US political leader in the 1960s is typically held us as an example of the perils of inadequate thought, whereas his successful handling of a water crisis is cited as an example of the advantages of careful deliberation. However, examination of these historical events by Peter Suedfield, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia, and Roderick Kramer, a psychologist at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, found litte difference in the two decision-making processes; both crises required and received complex consideration by the political administration, but later only the second one was deme tebe the effective. In general, however, organizational and politcal science otters litle evidence that complex decisions fare better than simpler ones. In fact, a growing body of work suggests that in many situations simply ‘snap’ decisions with being routinely superior to more complex ones — an idea that gained widespread public appeal with Malcolm Gladwell's best-selling book Blink (2005). D {An article by Ap Dijksterhuis of the University of Amsterdam and his colleagues, Making the Right Choice: the Deliteration-without.attention Effect’, runs very much in the spirit of Gladwell’s influential text. Its core argument is that to be effective, conscious (deliberative) decision making requires cognitive resources. Because increasingly complex decisions place increasing strain on those resources, the quality of our decisions declines as their complexity increases. In short, complex decisions overrun our cognitive powers. On the other hand, unconscious decision making (what the author refer to as ‘deliberation without attention’) requires no cognitive resources, so task complexity does not effectiveness. The seemingly counterintuitive conclusion is that although conscious thought enhances simple decisions, the opposite holds true for more complex decisions. E Diksterhuis reports four simple but elegant studies supporting this argument. In one, participants assessed the quality of four hypothetical cars by considering either four attributes (a simple task) or 12 attributes (a complex task). Among participants who considered four attributes, those who were allowed to engage in uncistracted deliberative thought did better at discriminating between the best and worst cars. Those who were distracted and thus unable to deliberate had to rely on their unconscious thinking and did less well. The opposite pattern emerged when people considered 12 criteria. In this case, conscious deliberation led to inferior discrimination and poor decisions. F In other studies, Dijksterhuis surveyed people shopping for clothes (‘simple’ products) and furniture ‘complex’ products). Compared with those who said they had deliberated long and hard, shoppers ‘who bought with litle conscious deliberation felt less happy with their simple clothing purchase but happier with the complex furniture purchases. Deliberation without attention actually produced better results as the decisions became more complex. G From there, however, the researchers take a big leap. They write: There is no reason to assume that the deliberation-without-attention effect does not generalize to other types of choices — political, 8 thi chon HSG I6p 12 cdp Tinh — Nam hoc 2021 - 2022 Mén Tiéng Anh Trang 4managerial or otherwise. In such cases, it should benefit the individual to think consciously about simple matters and to delegate thinking about more complicated matters to the unconscious. H This radical inference contradicts standard political and managerial theory but doubtless comforts those in politics and management who always find the simple solution to the complex problem an attractive proposition. Indeed, one suspects many of our political leaders already embrace this wisdom. Shared by Angels of Otto Channel its there, in the realms of society and its governance, that the more problematic implications of deliberation without attention begin to surface. Variables that can be neatly circumscribed in decisions about shopping lose clarity in a world of group dynamics, social interaction, history and politics. Two Pertinent questions arise. First, what counts as a complex decision? And second, what counts as a good outcome? J As social psychologist Kurt Lewin (1890 - 1947) noted, a ‘good’ decision that nobody respects is actually bad, his classic studies of decision making showed that participating in deliberative processes makes people more likely to abide by the results. The issue here is that when political decision- makers make mistakes, itis their politics, or the relationship between their politics and our own, rather than psychology which is at fault. K Gladwell’s book and Dijksterhuis's paper are invaluable in pointing out the limitations of the conventional wisdom that decision quality rises with decision-making complexity. But this work still tempts us to believe that decision making is simply a matter of psychology, rather than also a question of politics, ideology and group membership. Avoiding social considerations in a search for general appeal rather than toward it. Questions 1-5 Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D. Write your answers on the answer sheet. 1. The legend of the Gordian knot is used to illustrate the idea that ‘A. anyone can solve a difficult problem B. dificult problems can have easy solutions C. the solution to any problem requires a lot of thought, D. people who can solve complex problems make good leaders 2. The ‘conflict mode’ of decision making proposed by Janis and Mann requires that A. opposing political parties be involved B. all-important facts be considered C. people be encouraged to have different ideas D. previous similar situations be thoroughly examined 3. According to recent thinking reinforced by Malcolm Gladwell, the best decisions A involve consultation B. involve complex thought C. are made very quickly D. are the most attractive option 4, Dijksterhuis and his colleagues claim in their article that A. our cognitive resources improve as tasks become more complex B. conscious decision making is negatively affected by task complexity C. unconscious decision making is a popular approach D. deliberation without attention defines the way we make decisions 5. Dijksterhuis's car study found that, in simple tasks, participants ‘A. were involved in lengthy discussions B. found it impossible to make decisions quickly C. were unable to differentiate between the options D. could make a better choice when allowed to concentrate Questions 6-9 Complete the summary using the list of words A, in the box given. There are MORE words than needed. Write your answers on the answer sheet. Dijksterhuis’s shopping study and its conclusions Using clothing and furniture as examples of different types of purchases, Diksterhuis questioned shoppers on their satisfaction with what they had bought. People who spent 6 time buying simple clothing items were more satisfied than those who had not. However, when buying furniture, shoppers made 7____ purchasing decisions if they didn’t think too hard. From this, the researchers 8 thi chon HSG I6p 12 cdp Tinh — Nam hoc 2021 - 2022 Mén Tiéng Anh Trang 5concluded that in other choices, perhaps more important than shopping. 8____ decisions are best made by the unconscious. The writer comments that Dijksterhuis's finding is apparently 9__ but nonetheless true. A. more B. counterintuitive C. simple. better._—_-E. concious F. obvious __G. complex H. less I. worse Questions 10-13 Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in the passage given? On the answer sheet, write YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer ae aac a NO ifthe statement contradicts the views of the writer Ose Shane NOT GIVEN it itis impossible to say what the writer thinks about this 10. Dijksterhuis's findings agree with existing political and management theories. 11. Some political leaders seem to use deliberation without attention when making complex decisions. 42. We judge political errors according to our own politcal beliefs. 13. Social considerations must be taken into account for any examination of decision making to prove useful. SECTION B. WRITING (65pts) Part |. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (15pts) 4. Just after solving one problem, | was faced with another. Hardly 2. I won't sell the painting, no matter how much you offer me. Whatever , won't sell it. 3. Fleming discovered penicillin as a result of a little luck. Altteluck discovering penicilin. 4, Everyone was surprised that the singer had very little money when he died. The singer had 5. tis thought that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in a pub. The prisoner Part Il. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do NOT change the words given. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (10pts) 1. If take that job, Ill have to do a lot more travelling. (MEAN) Taking that job to do a lot more travelling, 2. The government has been reviewing their tax policy for some time. (REVIEW) The government's for some time. 3. I didn't know about the meeting until Tracy rang. (DID) Not until about the meeting. 4. Nobody approved of the new law when it was introduced. (APPROVAL) The new law didn't when it was introduced. 5. We were shocked by the news and didn’t know what to do. (SO) The news didn't know what to do. Part Ill. Essay writing (40pts) Under the shadow of COVID-19, the study of millions of students has temporarily shrunk to their screens. Some parents and educators think that online learning works whereas other ones believe that threats are ahead. Write an essay of 200-250 words to discuss both views and express your Viewpoint on this issue. Give reasons and specific examples to support your opinion. Write your essay on the answer sheet. ner 8 thi chon HSG I6p 12 cdp Tinh — Nam hoc 2021 - 2022 Mon Tiéng Anh Trang 6