Đề 11: Bắc Ninh 2015-2016 (Túần Kiều) - Exam Paper PDF

**ĐỀ 11: BẮC NINH 2015 -- 2016 (TUẤN KIỀU)** **PART TWO: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (7.0 POINTS)** ***I. Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences. (2.5 pts)*** 1\. Only after the atomic bomb:bom nguyên tử \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and development in the air travel \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\...

**ĐỀ 11: BẮC NINH 2015 -- 2016 (TUẤN KIỀU)** **PART TWO: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (7.0 POINTS)** ***I. Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences. (2.5 pts)*** 1\. Only after the atomic bomb:bom nguyên tử \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and development in the air travel \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\_ science fiction really **become** popular. A. had created/ had taken off/ was B. had been created/ had been taken off/ has ----------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- C. had been created/ had taken off/ did D. had been created/ / had taken off/ had 2\. We've bought some \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ chairs for the garden so that they are easy to [store away.] ------------- -------------- ------------ ------------ A. adapting B. adjusting C. bending D. folding ------------- -------------- ------------ ------------ 3\. I don't think she can get her message \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to the students. She seems too nervous. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- -------- --------- A. across: get sth across to sb: truyền đạt để cho sb hiểu B. around C. out D. over ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- -------- --------- 4\. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, [it is obvious that the whole thing was a waste of time and effort.] A. None of us wanted to go in the first place B. Staff meetings are often boring and have no apparent point to them C. Since the results were far more [satisfactory] than anyone had expected D. Seeing that we couldn't solve anything in the end 5\. There are \_\_\_\_\_\_ words in English having more than one meaning. Pay close attention to this fact. ----------------- --------------- ---------------------------- ---------------- A. a large many B. quite many C. a great many: rất nhiều D. quite a lot ----------------- --------------- ---------------------------- ---------------- 6\. This car has many ***features*** including \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. stereo, safety devices, air condition, **and** ~~it saves gas~~ ~~B. good music, safety devices, air conditioning, and gas~~ C. stereo, safety devices, ~~air conditioned~~, and ~~good gas~~ D. stereo, safety devices, air condition**ing**, and low gas mileage 7\. ***Round and round*** \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. **By the window sits the woman. Here comes Linda.** ~~A. the wheels of the engine went~~ B. did the wheels of the engine go -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- C. went the wheels of the engine D. ~~going~~ the wheels of the engine 8\. **The replacement** [of shops such as the groceries and chemists' by the café quán, tiệm bán cà phê] \>\< coffee \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ the housewives with insufficient facilities for shopping. ---------- -------------- ------------- ----------------- A. leave B. have left C. has left D. to have left ---------- -------------- ------------- ----------------- 9\. Your **argument** \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ that Britain is still a great power, but this **is no longer the case.** ------------- ----------------------------------------------------- ------------- ------------- A. outlines B. presupposes: *giả định, cho là / bao hàm, hàm ý* C. concerns D. presents ------------- ----------------------------------------------------- ------------- ------------- 10\. They are happily married although, of course, they argue \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. --------------- -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- A. most times B. from day to day C. every now and then: thỉnh thoảng, không thường xuyên D. on the occasion --------------- -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 11\. He promised to mend the broken wheel soon without \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. --------- ------------ ------------ ------------ A. fail B. failure C. trouble D. mistake --------- ------------ ------------ ------------ 12\. One of the first exercises in math class **is** \_\_\_\_\_\_ measure the radius of a circle. ----------------- -------------------- -------------------- ------------- A. to learn and B. to learn how to C. **learning** to D. learn to ----------------- -------------------- -------------------- ------------- 13\. We **were shocked** to hear the news of your \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ----------------- ---------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- A. having fired B. being fired C. having been fired D. to have been fired ----------------- ---------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- 14\. I don't know French, but I'll \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. get Tom to translate it B. have it translate ----------------------------- ---------------------- C. have Tom to translate it D. make it translate 15\. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ as taste **is** really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell. A. **That** we refer to B. What we refer to -------------------------- ------------------------ C. **To which** we refer D. What do we refer to 16\. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ have settled: an cư, sinh sống ổn định , one of their first concerns has been to locate an adequate water supply. A. Wherever people B. There are people who -------------------- ------------------------- C. Where people D. People 17\. Politicians should never lose \_\_\_\_\_\_ of **to [forget](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/forget) about an [important](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/important) [idea](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/idea) or [fact](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/fact) because you are [thinking](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/thinking) too much about other things** the needs of the people they represent. --------- -------------- ----------- ------------- A. view **B. sight** C. regard D. prospect --------- -------------- ----------- ------------- 18\. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ team sports **require (requirement)** cooperation: sự hợp tác. ----------- --------------------- -------------------- -------- A. Of all ~~B. They are all~~ ~~C. Why all are~~ D. All ----------- --------------------- -------------------- -------- 19\. **Studies** indicate: chỉ ra \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ collecting art today **than ever before.** A. there are that more people B. more people that are -------------------------------------- -------------------------- C. that (rằng) there are more people D. people there are more 20\. Doctors advise people who are **deficient** \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables. --------- ------- ------- -------- A. from B. of C. in D. for --------- ------- ------- -------- 21\. Dick put \_\_\_\_ ball in \_\_\_\_ net in \_\_\_\_\_ second half but \_\_\_\_ **goal** was disallowed. A. a - a - a - a B. the - the - the - the ----------------------- -------------------------- C. the - the - a -- a D. a - a - the - the 22\. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ a sudden loud noise. ---------------- -------------------- -------------- -------------------- A. being there B. should there be C. there was D. there have been ---------------- -------------------- -------------- -------------------- 23\. The computer [has dramatically affected] \_\_\_\_\_\_ photographic lenses are constructed. --------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------ A. is the way B. that the way C. which way do D. the way --------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------ 24\. Six novels a year, you say? He's certainly a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ writer. ------------- ------------ ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------ A. fruitful B. fertile C. virile D. prolific: sinh nhiều (cây cối, động vật)/sáng tác nhiều ------------- ------------ ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------ 25\. The handwriting is completely \_\_\_\_\_\_. This note must have been written a long time ago. ------------- --------------- ------------------------------------------- --------------- A. inedible B. indellible C. illegible: khó đọc, không thể đọc được D. unfeasible ------------- --------------- ------------------------------------------- --------------- ***III. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. (1.5 pt)*** (It seems) **that** ***the mystery*** (**of** [why the Pyramids *were built*)] **may have solved**. ~~Until quite recently~~ **people (S)** **got used to sth/Ving: quen với sth** (V) think that they were just [tombs] for pharaohs. ~~Instead,~~ the connection with astronomy seem much more important. Egypt-ologists have often asked them how long it spent ***to build*** them and why people built them in first place. Experts came up with a suggestion that the Egyptians may have believed in the River Nile **was** the earthly equivalent: sự tương đồng/tương đương of the Milky Way. Many (egyptologists/**people**) agree **that** the siz**es** of the three Giza Pyramids are in propotion to the three stars of Orion. **Nothing~~, then,~~ was by ~~the~~ chance**. ~~Rather,~~ the soul**s** of dead pharaohs were ~~deliberatedly~~ being project **through** shafts: **tia sáng** to **reach at** their goal of the Orion constellation. ***Your answers:*** ***No*** ***Line*** ***Mistake*** ***Correction*** ---------- ------------ --------------- -------------------- **1** 1 Have solved Have been solved **2** 2 Think Thinking **3** 3 Seem Seems **4** 3 Them themselves **5** 3 Spent took **6** 4 First place The first place **7** 5 Believe in Believe that **8** By the chance By chance: tình cờ **9** Project projected **10** Reach at reach ***IV. Give the correct form of the word in each of the following brackets. (1.5 pt)*** It was not so long ago that we dealt with colleagues through face-to-face **(1. INTERACT)** \_**INTERACTION**\_ and with counterparts and customers by phone or letter. But the world of communication has undergone: TRẢI QUA a dramatic transformation, not for all the good. Email, while (**2. DOUBT**) \_***UNDOUBTEDLY***\_ a swift: NHANH CHÓNG **means of communication** providing=IF your server is fully (**3. FUNCTION**) \_**FUNCTIONAL**\_\_ and that the (EMAIL) address you have contains no (**4. ACCURATE**) \_***INACCURACIES***\_, has had a (**5. SIGNIFY**) \_**SIGNIFICANT**\_ **effect on** certain people's behaviour**,** both at home and business. ~~For those people~~, the use of email has become ~~irresistibly~~ (**6. ADDICT**) \_**ADDICTIVE**\_ to the extent **that** it **is** (**7. THREAT**) \_**THREATENING**\_ their mental and physical health. Addicts spend their day (**8. COMPULSION - COMPULSORY SUBJECTS**) \_**COMPULSIVELY**\_ checking for email and have **a** (**9. TEND**) \_**TENDENCY**\_\_ to panic if their server goes down. It is estimated that one in six people spend four hours a day sending and receiving messages, the equivalent to more than two working days a week. The negative effect **on** (**10. PRODUCE**) \_**PRODUCTION**\_ is something employers: NGƯỜI THUÊ -- EMPLOYEES: NGƯỜI ĐƯỢC THUÊ are well aware of. INTERVIEWER: NGƯỜI PHỎNG VẤN \>\< INTERVIEWEED: NGƯỜI ĐC PV **[PART THREE]: READING** ***II. Read the text below and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0 pts)*** The British are ~~widely~~ **(1)** CONSIDERED to be a very polite nation, and in **(2)\_\_\_SOME\_\_\_** aspects this is true. An Italian journalist ~~once~~ commented of the Btitish that they **need (3)** \_NO fewer than four "thank yous" ~~merely: ĐƠN THUẦN~~ to buy a bus ticket. The first~~, from the bus conductor,~~ means "I'm here.". The second accompanies the handling over of the money. The third~~, again from the conductor,~~ **(4)** \_\_\_\_ "Here is your ticket.", and then the passenger **utters** a **final one** as he accepts the tickets. Such transactions in most **(5)** \_\_\_\_ parts of the world are usually conducted in total silence. ~~In sharp contrast to this excessive politeness with strangers,~~ the British are ~~strangely~~ lacking **(6)** \_\_\_\_\_ ritual phrases for social interaction. The exhortation "Good appetite", uttered in so **(7)** \_\_\_\_\_\_ other languages to fellow-diners before a meal, does not exist in English. The nearest equivalent -- *Enjoy your dinner*! -- is said only by people who will not be pataking of the meal in question. ~~What's more,~~ the British **(8)** \_\_\_\_ happiness to their friends or acquaintances only at the start of a new year and at **(9)**\_\_\_\_\_ such as birthdays, **(10)** \_\_\_\_\_ the Greeks ~~routinely~~ wish all and sundry a "good week" or a "good month". ***Your answers:*** +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **1. | **2. SOME** | **3. NO** | **4. | **5. OTHER | | KNOWN/** | | | MEANS** | (A)** | | | | | | | | **CONSIDERE | | | | | | D** | | | | | +=============+=============+=============+=============+=============+ | **6. IN** | **7. MANY** | **8. WISH** | **9. | **10. | | | | | CELEBRATION | WHILE** | | | | | S** | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ ***III. Read the passage and choose the best option for each of the following blanks. (2.0 pts)*** **Media and advertising** After more than fifty years of television, it might seem only obvious to conclude that **it** is here to (**1**) \_\_\_\_\_\_. There have been many **objections**: sự phản đối to it during this time, ~~of course,~~ and (**2**) \_\_\_**on\_\_\_ a variety of grounds**. Did it cause eye-strain? Was the (**3**) \_\_\_\_\_\_ bombarding us with: *dồn dập/khủng bố ai đó bởi cái gì đó* radioactivity*: sự phóng xạ*? Did the advertisements contain **subliminal messages**, persuading us to buy more? Did children turn to violence through watching it, **either** because so (**4**) \_\_\_\_\_\_ programm**es** taught them how to shoot, rob, and kill, **or** because they had to do something to counter-act the hours they had spent glued to the tiny screen? Or did it simply create a vast passive (**5**) \_\_\_\_\_\_ **drugged by** glamorous serials and inane situation (**6**) \_\_\_\_\_\_ **situation comedy = sitcom**? On the other hand did it increase anxiety by **sensationalizing the news**: **giật tít** \[or the news which was (**7**) \_\_\_\_\_\_ by suitable pictures\] and filling our living rooms with war, famine and **political unrest**? (**8**) \_\_\_\_\_\_ in all, television proved to be the all-purpose scapegoat: vật tế thần for the second half of the century, blamed for everything, but above all, eagerly watched. For **no (9) \_\_\_matter\_\_\_ how** much we despised: *xem thường/khinh miệt* it, feared it, were bored by it, or felt that it took us away from the old paradise of family conversation and hobbies such as collecting stamps, we never turned it off. We kept staring at the screen, aware that our own tiny (**10**) \_\_\_\_\_\_ was in if we looked carefully. 1\. A. be B. stay C. exist D. prolong ------------------ --------------------------------------- --------------- ------------------ 2\. A. with B. over C. by D. on 3\. A. screen B. danger C. machine D. reason 4\. A. that B. far C. many D. what 5\. A. programme B. personality C. audience D. tense 6\. A. comedies B. programmes C. perhaps D. consequently 7\. A. taken B. presented C. capable D. accompanied 8\. A. Taken B. All C. Somewhat D. Thus 9\. A. one B. matter C. difference D. reason 10\. A. fault B. reflection: sự phản chiếu/cái bóng C. situation D. consciousness **PART FOUR: WRITING (6.0 POINTS)** ***I**. **Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (2.0 pts)*** 1\. If the work is finished by lunchtime, you can go home. ***Get* THE WORK FINISHED BY LUNCHTIME [AND] YOU CAN...** 2\. You haven't done your HOMEwork, have you? ***It's about* TIME YOU DID YOUR homeWORK.** 3\. The fourth time he asked her to marry him, she accepted. **[*Only on his* FOURTH PROPOSAL/ATTEMPT] DID SHE ACCEPTED TO MARRY HIM** 4\. He said that he had won as a result of good luck. ***He attributed* HIS SUCCESS TO GOOD LUCK** 5\. That reminds me of the time I climbed to the top of Mount Fuji. ***That [takes me ]*[BACK] TO THE TIME I CLIMBED...** 6\. People rumour that he is rich but stingy: KEO KIỆT, BỦN XỈN. ***What* PEOPLE RUMOUR (ABOUT HIM) IS THAT HE IS RICH BUT STINGY** 7\. Such a ridiculous proposal isn't **worth** serious consideration. ***There is* NO POINT IN CONSIDERING SUCH A RIDICULOUS PROPOSAL** 8\. Just thinking about his face at that moment makes me laugh. ***The very* THOUGHT OF HIS FACE AT THAT MOMENT MAKES ME LAUGH.** 9\. We cannot see animals in a vast area after the forest fire. ***There is an* ABSENCE** OF ANIMALS IN A VAST... 10\. The staff hated Frank's new policies so intensely that they went on strike. ***So intense*** **WAS THE HATRED** (N: SỰ CĂM GHÉT) FOR FRANK'S NEW POLICITIES THAT THEY WENT... ***II. Write a new sentence similar in meaning to the given one, using the word given in the brackets. Do not alter the word in any way. (2.0 pts)*** 1\. I suddenly realized the meaning of a "freebie". (**dawned**) IT'S SUDDENLY DAWNED ON ME WHAT THE MEANING OF A 'FREEBIE' WAS 2\. After the scandal, he was asked to resign. **(hand)** AFTER THE SCANDAL, HE WAS ASKED TO HAND IN HIS RESIGNATION. 3\. Bruce said that the situation at work was like a family argument. **(likened: SO SÁNH, VÍ NHƯ**) BRUCE LIKENED THE SITUATION AT WORK TO A FAMILY ARGUMENT 4\. My father is not feeling well these days. (**weather**)BE UNDER THE WEATHER: NOT FEELING WELL MY FATHER IS FEELING (A BIT) UNDER THE WEATHER THESE DAYS 5\. I don't think this record will ever be popular. (**catch**) I DON'T THINK THIS RECORD WILL EVER **CATCH ON** 6\. His arrival was completely unexpected. **(took)** HIS ARRIVAL COMPLETELY TOOK US BY SURPRISE 7\. The success of our local theater has made our city **famous**. **(map)** **THE SUCCESS OF OUR LOCAL THEATER** HAS **PUT OUR CITY ON THE MAP.** 8\. He is certainly not a reliable witness. (**means**) HE IS BY NO MEANS A RELIEABLE WITNESS 9\. Our company is the only company allowed to import these chemicals. (**monopoly: SỰ ĐỘC QUYỀN**) OUR COMPANY HAS GOT THE MONOPLY OF/IN/ON IMPORTING THESE CHEMICALS 10\. It's uncertain whether the band's tour will take place = HAPPEN. **(balance)** THE BAND TOUR **IS IN THE BALANCE** IN BALANCE: SPENDING NO MORE THAN PLANNED IN THE BUDGET IN THE BALANCE: **UNCERTAIN**; **If a [situation](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/situation) is in the [balance](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/balance), it has [reached](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/reach) a [stage](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/stage) where it will [soon](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/soon) be [decided](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/decided) one way or another:** *The [game](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/game) [**hung**](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/hung) in the [balance](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/balance) until the last [minute](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/vi/dictionary/english/minute)*.