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NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11
Ngày thi: 16 tháng 4 năm 2016
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi 18 gồm trang)
A. LISTENING (40 pts)
Part 1 (10 pts) You will hear an interview with Roland Brundy, the new chairman of the television channel GTV. 
For questions 1-5, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
1. According to Roland Brundy, what will be the result of competition within the media?
A. a narrower range of programmes on GTV
B. the development of new technology
C. an increase in GTV’s staff numbers 
D. greater potential for creativity
2. Roland feels that in order to have ‘artistic’ standing, a channel needs
A. an awareness of history.	B. to build up expertise.
C. accomplished actors.	D. to buy expensive programmes.
3. According to Roland, the main problem in reacting to competition is that
A. it is hard to avoid copying others.	
B. all solutions are open to criticism.
C. viewers object to change.
D. it is hard to interpret the market accurately.
4. How does Roland feel about the impact of technology?
	A. sceptical 	B. undecided 	C. negative 	D. fearful
5. Roland says that one problem with his type of work is that it is hard to
A. adapt to change.	B. operate objectively.
C. judge its importance.	D. measure your success.
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Part 2 (10 pts) For question 6-10, listen to a piece of BBC news 
Listen and decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1. The Child Well-Being Index has been going for over 75 years. 
2. The child death rate has halved since 1975. 
3. Children's health has got worse in the past two decades. 
4. The report says obesity causes an abundance of fast food. 
5. The number of kids below the poverty line hasn't changed for 20 years. 
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PART 3. For question 11-20, Complete the notes below. 
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Australian Aboriginal Art
ANCIENT ART
Rock and bark painting
Sand drawings
(1) ..................................... 
Decorations on weapons and tools 
Cave art
protected from (2) .........................	
styles include dot paintings (e.g. arrows, water holes and (3)............... ) and naturalistic art
main function: (4) .................................	
Use of ochre
	Reason
readily available
soil or rock contains (5) ......................
produces many colours and shades of red
artist's palette found that is (6)................... old
	Preparation
ochre collected
turned into a (7) ....................	
fluid binder, e.g. tree sap or (8) ............................... added
MODERN ART
Artists use acrylic colours and (9) .................... 	
Paint and decorate pottery and a range of (10) .........................

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B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (60 pts)
Part 1. Choose the word/ phrase that best completes each of the following sentences. (10 pts)
1. Jack has egg ______ because he couldn't remember how to spell "Batman"!
A. on his teeth	B. on his face	C. on his shirt	D. on his fingers
2. As the maestro lifted his baton the theater was so still you could hear ______ .
A. his heartbeat	B. a pin drop	C. bird wings	D. the drum beating
3. I don't agree with you, but your idea certainly gives me food _____.
A. for fun	B. for consider	C. for thought	D. for thinking
4. I think I understand the nuts and ______ of the operation.
A. screws	B. hammer	C. nails	D. bolts
5. I'll be back in the twinkling of ______ .
A. an eye	B. a lighting bolt	C. a smile	D. a laugh
6. Look, I will pay you back. Would you please call the ______?!
A. hunters off	B. tigers off	C. dogs off	D. apes off
7. Ever since he married Jane, he's had a new ______ on life.
A. rent	B. lease	C. title	D. loan
8. Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. I guess I really put my ______ in my mouth.
A. foot	B. hand	C. elbow	D. knee
9. You need to keep a stiff ______ no matter what! Don't get nervous!
A. nose	B. right arm	C. eyebrow	D. upperlip
10. I think you can take what he says at ______ value.
A. real	B. face	C. true	D. straight
11. I wish you'd be honest with me. Don't lead me down the ______ .
A. hiking path	B. garden path	C. hiking trail	D. garden trail
12. I'd like to start the meeting and get down to ______ tacks.
A. silver	B. brass	C. copper	D. gold
13. I've been working here for two months and have got into the ______.
A. swing of things	B. groove of things	 
C. rut of things	D. swing of routine
14. I really wasn't ready for the presentation, but was saved by the ______ when Jack took over for me.
A. tone	B. bang	C. bell	D. ring
15. We need to tighten our ______ and start saving some money.
A. shoes	B. tie	C. belt	D. shoelaces
16. Bob's so stupid. He doesn't know enough to come in out of the _____.
A. rain	B. snow	C. wind	D. sleet
17. I had to ______ the class all the answers to the test.
A. fork-feed	B. knife-feed	C. spoon feed	D. happily feed
18. She needs to take a vacation. She's been working her fingers to the _____.
A. bone	B. skin	C. blisters	D. nails
19. Ask Tom, he's got money to ______ .
A. throw	B. eat	C. burn	D. cut
20. I told you not to tell her! Now you've let the _____ out of the bag.
A. dog	B. mouse	C. fly	D. cat
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Part 2. Read the text and find 5 mistakes and correct them. You should indicate in which line the mistake is. (5 pts)
A newspaper makes its money from the price people pay for it and also from the advertisings it carries. A popular newspaper with a circulation of over five million daily makes a lot of money. Less serious newspapers are probably read just for entertainment. They have big headings above the new stories, funny cartoons to look at and sensational photos of violent. The gossip columns are full of stories of private live of famous people. No one takes the political views of such papers seriously. On the other hand, in a free country where there is no censorship, serious papers are read principle for their news, sent to them by their correspondents round the world and by the big news agencies. People also read these papers for their revisions of new books, films and plays, and for their editorials which represent the opinion of the newspaper itself about the important events and issues of the moment.
Part 3. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or particle. (5 pts)
1. The car was going _______ full speed when the accident happened.
2. He has already run _______ the money his father left him two years ago.
3. She averted her face _______ the sight of his suffering.
4. Well, the beautician did something to her face, and now she's _______ recognition.
5. Apparently a number of army officers were implicated_______ the plot
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Part 4 Complete the text by writing the correct form of the word in capitals. (10 pts)
No matter how well-(1) (intend) _____ their bosses may be, many smokers feel (2) (persecutor) _____ by their firms' (3) (smoke) _____, policies. “Just call me Sneaky Pete,” says a salesman of (4) (novel) _____ items who would face being fired if his smoking habit was discovered. Says he: “It’s (5) _____ (credit) unfair. I was a smoker when they hired me, and then, out of the blue, I’m supposed to stop just because the boss says so”. Some employees fear their chances for (6) (advance) may be choked off by their smoking habit though (7) (favor) _____ toward (8) (smoke) _____ is rarely (9) (explicate) _____. Len Bell, director of human resources at Pacific Northwest Bell, says a bias against smoking "could be in the back of a (10- management)'s mind when making decisions on a promotion. 
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C. READING COMPREHENSION (60 pts)
Part 1. For each gap, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which best fits the context. (15 pts)
One of the groups of consumers targeted by advertisers is, oddly enough, a group with very little money of its own, but which has a huge (1) ______ the way others spend their money. And in some ways, children and advertisers could have been made for (2)	 ______. After all, it is easy to fool younger children into believing (3) ______ anything and if an advertisement shows them how Biffo Breakfast Cereal will help them run faster than their friends, then (4) ______ they are concerned, that is the truth. They also have strong feelings of admiration for action heroes or cartoon characters or sports stars, and will want to be (5) ______their favourite star, and drink the same cola or eat the same sweets. And when children want something badly enough, they won't stop nagging their parents until they (6) ______ it. Advertisements will even (7) ______them with the arguments they can use when they are told that a water-firing robot or a giant chocolate bar is not good (8) ______, or too expensive, or not available in the supermarket. This is why most EU countries place (9) ______upon television advertising aimed at children. Some countries have (10) ______ban on ads promoting toys during children's programmes. Others restrict the advertising of unhealthy food, or ads involving anything dangerous. This seems to be a sensible way of preventing advertisers from taking (11) ______ of children, but in some ways it also helps to make a more damning (12) ______If it is generally agreed that children need (13) from some kinds of advertising, then this (14) ______to definite proof that advertising strongly influences children's behaviour. In that case, why should any advertising aimed at children be allowed? After all, isn't it just another form of brain-washing? Adults may (or may not) resist the (15) ______ claims of advertisers, but children clearly have not yet learnt to do this. This is why an EU-wide ban on advertising targeting children, or depicting children, is being called for in some quarters.
1. A. cause of	B. reason why	C. influence upon 	D. outcome which
2. A. each other	B. the worst	C. ever	D. the time being
3. A. more and more	B. all in all	C. as good as	D. just about
4. A. unless	B. whatsoever	C. as far as	D. supposing
5. A. just like	B. exactly the same	C. as is	D. in imitation
6. A. stop	B. achieve	C. gain	D. get
7. A. offer	B. explain	C. fill	D. supply
8. A. at it	B. for them	C. with them	D. to it
9. A. handicaps	B. rules	C. restrictions	D. conditions
10. A. a total	B. an utter	C. as sheer	D. a thorough
11. A. advantage	B. pity	C. an interest	 D. responsibility
12. A. change	B. profit	C. point	D. contribution
13. A. care	B. preservation	C. safeguards	D. protection
14. A. comes	B. amounts	C. indicates	D. refers
15. A. sceptical	B. suspicious	C. doubtful	D. questioning
Part 2. Fill ONE suitable word in each blank. (15 pts)
THE CULT OF CELEBRITY
Once, children had ambitions to be doctors, explorers, sportsmen, artists or scientists. Now taking their lead from TV, they just "want to be famous". Fame is no longer a reward for gallant service or great, perhaps even selfless endeavour. It is an end in (1) ______, and the sooner it can be achieved, the sooner the lonely bedroom mirror can be replaced by the TV camera and flash gun, the better. Celebrity is the profession (2 ______ the moment, a vainglorious vocation which, (3) ______ some 18th- century royal court, seem to exist largely so that the rest of us might watch and be amazed (4) ______ its members live out their lives in public, like self-regarding members of some glittering soap opera.
Today, almost (5) ______ can be famous. Never has fame (6) ______ more democratic, more ordinary, more achievable. (7)______ wonder it's modern ambition. It's easy to see why people crave celebrity, (8) ______ generations reared on the instant fame offered by television want to step out of the limousine (9) ______ the flashlights bouncing around them. Who doesn't want to be the centre of attention at some time in their lives?
Modern celebrity, peopled by the largely vain and vacuous, fills a need in our lives. It peoples talks shows, sells goods and newspapers and rewards the famous for-well, (10) ______famous. 
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Part 3. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions. (15 pts)
In the course of its history, human inventions have dramatically increased the average amount of energy available for use per person. Primitive peoples in cold regions burned wood and animal dung to heat their caves, cook food, and drive off animals by fire. The first step toward the developing of more efficient fuels was taken when people discovered that they could use vegetable oils and animal fats in lieu of gathered or cut wood. Charcoal gave off more intensive heat than wood and was more easily obtainable than organic fats. The Greeks first began to use coal for metal smelting in the 4th century, but it did not come into extensive use until the Industrial Revolution.
In the 1700s, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, most energy used in the United States and other nations undergoing industrialization was obtained from perpetual and renewable sources, such as wood, water streams, domesticated animal labor, and wind. These were predominantly locally available supplies. By mid-1800s, 91 percent of all commercial energy consumed in the United States and European countries was obtained from wood. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, coal became a major energy source and replaced wood in industrializing countries. Although in most regions and climate zones wood was more readily accessible than coal, the latter represents a more concentrated source of energy. In 1910, natural gas and oil firmly replaced coal as the main source of fuel because they are lighter and, therefore, cheaper to transport. They burned more cleanly than coal and polluted less. Unlike coal, oil could be refined to manufacture liquid fuels for vehicles, a very important consideration in the early 1900s, when the automobile arrived on the scene.
By 1984, non-renewable fossil fuels, such as oil, coal, and natural gas, provided over 82 percent of the commercial and industrial energy used in the world. Small amounts of energy were derived from nuclear fission, and the remaining 16 percent came from burning direct perpetual and renewable fuels, such as biomass. Between 1700 and 1986, a large number of countries shifted from the use of energy from local sources to a centralized generation of hydropower and solar energy converted to electricity. The energy derived from non-renewable fossil fuels has been increasingly produced in one location and transported to another, as is the case with most automobile fuels. In countries with private, rather than public transportation, the age of non-renewable fuels has created a dependency on a finite resource that will have to be replaced.
Alternative fuel sources are numerous, and shale oil and hydrocarbons are just two examples. The extraction of shale oil from large deposits in Asian and European regions has proven to be labor consuming and costly. The resulting product is sulfur-and nitrogen-rich, and large scale extractions are presently prohibitive. Similarly, the extraction of hydrocarbons from tar sands in Alberta and Utah is complex. Semi-solid hydrocarbons cannot be easily separated from the sandstone and limestone that carry them, and modern technology is not sufficiently versatile for a large-scale removal of the material. However, both sources of fuel may eventually be needed as petroleum prices continue to rise and limitations in fossil fuel availability make alternative deposits more attractive.
1.What is the main topic of the passage?
A. Application of various fuels	B. Natural resources and fossil fuels
C. A history of energy use	D. A historical review of energy rates
2.The phrase “per persion” is close in meaning to
A. per capita	B. per year	C. per family	D. per day
3.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ______.
A. coal mining was essential for primitive peoples
B. the Greeks used coal in industrial productions
C. the development of efficient fuel was a gradual process
D. the discovery of efficient fuels was mostly accidental 
4. The phrase “in lieu” is closest in meaning to
A. in spite	B. in place	C. in every way	D. in charge
5 .The author of the passage implies that in the 1700s, sources of energy were ______. 
A. used for commercial purposes 	
B. used in various combinations
C. not derived from mineral deposits	
D. not always easy to locate
6 .According to the passage, what was the greatest advantage of oil as fuel?
A. It was a concentrated source of energy.	
B. It was lighter and cheaper than coal.
C. It replaced wood and coal and reduced pollution.
D. It could be converted to automobile fuel.
7. According to the passage, the sources of fossil fuels will have to be replaced because _____ .
A. they need to be transported	B. they are not efficient
C. their use is centralized	D. their supply is limited.
8. It can be inferred from the passage that in the early 20th centurgy, energy was obtained primarily from______. 
A. fossil fuels	 	B. nuclear fission	
C. hydraulic and solar sources	D. burning biomass
9. The author of the passage implies that alternative sources of fuel are currently ______. 
A. being used for consumption	B. being explored
C. available in few locations	D. examined on a lar
10. The word “prohibitive” is closest in meaning to
A. prohibited	B. provided	
C. too expensive	D. too expedient
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Part 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (15 pts)
EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES
-A book review-
The title of Eats, Shoots and Leaves refers to a famously misplace comma in wildlife manual that ended up suggesting a panda rather violently "eats, shoots and leaves" instead of eating shoots and leaves. The author of this book, journalist Lynne Truss, is something akin to a militant linguist dedicating this “zero tolerance” manifesto on grammar to the striking Bolshevik printers of St. Petersburg who, in demanding the same remuneration for punctuation as they received for letters, ended up setting in motion the first Russian Revolution.
Some of the book involves humorous attacks on erroneous punctuation. There is the confused Shakespearian thespian who inadvertently turns a frantic plea: “Go, get him surgeons!” into the cheerful encouragement of “ Go get him, surgeons ! ” Street and shop signs have a ubiquitous presence. A bakery declares “FRESH DONUT’S SOLD HERE” and a florist curiously announces that “Pansy’s here!” (Is she?). The shameless title of a Hollywood film Two Weeks Notice is reeled in for criticism—“Would they similarly call it One Weeks Notice?", Truss enquires—and sometimes, as in the case of signs promoting “ANTIQUE’S” and “Potatoe’s”—one questions whether we are bearing witness to new depths of grammar ignorance, or a postmodern caricature of atrocious punctuation.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves is not just a piece of comedy and ridicule, however, and Truss has plenty to offer on the question of proper grammar usage. If you have ever wondered whether it is acceptable to simply use an “em dash”
 in place of a comma—the verdict from Truss is that you can. “The dash is less formal than the semicolon, which makes it more attractive,” she suggests. “It enhances conversational tone; and...it is capable of quite subtle effects.” The author concludes, with characteristic wry condescension, that the em dash’s popularity largely rests on people knowing it is almost impossible to use incorrectly. Truss is a personal champion of the semicolon, a historically contentious punctuation mark elsewhere maligned by