Đề khảo sát học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Năm học 2019-2020 - Nguyễn Đức Anh

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1. MOCK TEST SP1 By SPS Nguyen Duc Anh SPECIALIZED EVALUATION TEST FOR GIFTED STUDENTS always been deeply rooted in property, but hitherto the relationship has been a simple one – a question of buying what you could afford, and leaving your wealth to announce your status. In the modern city, there SUBJECT: ENGLISH 10, 11 (SPECIALIZED) are so many things to buy, such a quantity of different kinds of status, that the choice and its attendant TIME ALLOTED: 180 minutes anxieties have created a new pornography of state. YEAR: 2019 – 2020 The leisure pages of the Sunday newspapers, fashion magazines, TV plays, popular novels, ___ cookbooks, window displays all nag at the nerve of our uncertainty and snobbery. Should we like American cars, hard-rock hamburger joints, Bauhaus chairs ? Literature and art are promoted as A. MULTIPLE CHOICE (100 POINTS) personal accessories, the paintings of Mondrian or the novels of Samuel Beckett “go” with certain styles like matching handbags. There is in the city a creeping imperialism of taste, in which more and more A.I.1. READING PASSAGE #1 (10 POINTS) commodities are made over to being mere expressions of personal identity. The piece of furniture, the IMAGE AND THE CITY pair of shoes, the book, the film, are important not so much in themselves but for what they communicate about their owners; and ownership is stretched to include what one likes or believes in as well as what In the city, we are barraged with images of the people we might become. Identity is presented as one can buy. plastic, a matter of possessions and appearance; and a very large proportion of the urban landscape is taken up by slogans, advertisements, flatly photographed images of folk heroes – the man who turned 1. What does the writer say about advertisements in the first paragraph? into a sophisticated dandy overnight by drinking a particular brand of drink, the girl who transformed A. They often depict people that most other people would not care to be like. herself into a femme fatale with a squirt of cheap scent. The tone of the wording of these advertisements B. The pictures in them accurately reflect the way that some people really live. is usually pert and facetious, comically drowning in its own hyperbole. But the pictures are brutally C. Certain kinds are considered more effective in cities than others. exact: they reproduce every detail of a style of life, down to the brand of cigarette-lighter, the stone in the D. The way in which some of them are worded is cleverer than it might appear. ring, and the economic row of books on the shelf. 2. What does a “femme fatale” refer to? A. a beautiful woman who spends her time enjoying herself Even in the business of the mass-production of images of identity, this shift from the general to B. a gorgeous woman who realizes most men’s dream the diverse and particular is quite recent. Consider another line of stills: the back-lit, soft-focus portraits C. a potential good wife of the first and second generations of great movie stars. There is a degree of romantic unparticularity in D. an attractive woman who may bring unhappiness to men the face of each one, as if they were communal dream-projections of society at large. Only in the 3. The word “facetious” is closest in meaning to ___. specialized genres of westerns, farces and gangster movies were stars allowed to have odd, knobby A. flippant B. prevalent C. impudent D. complacent cadaverous faces. The hero as loner belonged to history or the underworld: he spoke from the perimeter 4. The writer says that if you look at a line of advertisements on a tube train, it is clear that ___. A.city dwellers have very diverse ideas about what image they would like to have of society, reminding us of its dangerous edges. B. some images in advertisements have a general appeal that others lack The stars of the last decade have looked quite different. Soft-focus photography has gone, to be C. city dwellers are more influenced by images on advertisements than other people are replaced by a style which searches out warts and bumps, and emphasizes the uniqueness not the D. some images are intended to be representative of everyone’s aspirations generality of the face. Voices, too, are strenuously idiosyncratic; whines, stammers and low rumbles are 5. What does the writer imply about portraits of old movie stars? exploited as features of “star quality”. Instead of romantic heroes and heroines, we have a brutalist, hard- A. They reflected an era in which people felt basically safe. edged style in which isolation and egotism are assumed as natural social conditions. B. They made people feel that their own faces were rather unattractive. C. They tried to disguise the less attractive features of their subjects. In the movies, as in the city, the sense of stable hierarchy has become increasingly exhausted; we D. Most people did not think they were accurate representations of the stars in them. no longer live in a world where we can all share the same values, and the same heroes. (It is doubtful 6. What does the writer suggest about the stars of the last decade? whether this world, so beloved of nostalgia moralists, ever existed; but lip-service was paid to it, the A . Most people accept that they are not typical of society as a whole. pretence, at last, was kept up.) The isolate and the eccentric push towards the centre of the stage; their B. They make an effort to speak in a way that may not be pleasant on the ear. fashions and mannerisms are presented as having as good a claim to the limelight and the future as those C. Some of them may be uncomfortable about the way they come across. of anyone else. In the crowd on the underground platform, one may observe a honeycomb of fully- D. They make people wonder whether they should become more selfish. 7. The writer uses the crowd on an underground platform to exemplify his belief that ___. worked-out worlds, each private, exclusive, bearing little comparison with its nearest neighbour. What is A. no one in a city has strict attitudes towards the behavior of others prized in one is despised in another. There are no clear rules about how one is supposed to manage one’s B. no single attitude to life is more common than another in a city body, dress, talk, or think. Though there are elaborate protocols and etiquettes among particular cults and C. people in cities would like to have more in common with each other groups within the city, they subscribe to no common standard. D. views of what society was like in the past are often accurate For the new arrival, this disordered abundance is the city’s most evident and alarming quality. He 8. The writer implies that new arrivals in a city may ___. feels as if he has parachuted into a funfair of contradictory imperatives. There are so many people he A. acquire a certain image without understanding what that involves B. underestimate the importance of wealth might become, and a suit of clothes, a make of car, and a brand of cigarettes, will go some way towards C. decide that status is of little importance turning him into a personage even before he has discovered who that personage is. Personal identity has D. change the image they wish to have too frequently 1
2. MOCK TEST SP1 By SPS Nguyen Duc Anh 9. The novels of Samuel Beckett is an example of ___. A. classic literature works that make their owners feel superior to other people Following each mass extinction, there is a sudden evolutionary burst as new species develop to fill the B. literature works of high artistic value ecological niches opened by the event. C. possessions that show owners’ identity D. what is wanted by the majority in the society Impacts by meteorites represent one mechanism that could cause global catastrophes and 10. What point does the writer make about city dwellers in the final paragraph? seriously influence the evolution of life all over the planet. [A] According to some estimates, the A. They are unsure as to why certain things are popular with others. majority of all extinctions of species may be due to such harmful. [B] Such a perspective fundamentally B. They are keen to be the first to appreciate new styles. changes our view of biological evolution. [C] The standard criterion for the survival of a species is its C. They want to acquire more and more possessions. success in competing with other species and adapting to slowly changing environments. [D] Yet an D. They are aware that judgments are made about them according to what they buy. equally important criterion is the ability of a species to survive random global ecological catastrophes due to promising. A.I.2. READING PASSAGE #2 (15 POINTS) Earth is a target in a cosmic shooting gallery, subject to random violent events that were METEORITE IMPACT AND DINOSAUR EXTINCTION unsuspected a few decades ago. In 1991 the United States Congress asked NASA to investigate the hazard posed today by large potentially on Earth. The group Perform the study concluded from a detailed There is increasing evidence that the dramatically of meteorites have had important effects on analysis that potentially from meteorites can indeed be hazardous. Although there is always some risk Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such disastrous continue to pose a natural hazard that a large impact could occur, careful study shows that this risk is quite small. to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth. 11. The word “pose” is closest in meaning to ___. A. claim B. model C. assume D. present If an impact is large enough, it can disturb the environment of the entire Earth and cause an ecological catastrophe. The best-documented such impact took place 65 million years ago at the end of 12. In paragraph 2, why does the author include the information that dinosaurs had flourished the Cretaceous period of reviewing history. This break in Earth’s history is marked by a mass extinction, for tens of millions of years and then suddenly disappeared? when as many as half the species on the planet became extinct. While there are a dozen or more mass A. To support the claim that the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous is the best-documented of extinctions in the diverse record, the Cretaceous mass extinction has always intrigued paleontologists the dozen or so mass extinctions in the geological record because it marks the end of the age of the dinosaurs. For tens of millions of years, those great creatures B. To explain why as many as half of the species on Earth at the time are believed to have become had flourished. Then, suddenly, they disappeared. extinct at the end of the Cretaceous The body that impacted Earth at the end of the Cretaceous period was a meteorite with a mass of C. To explain why paleontologists have always been intrigued by the mass extinction at the end of the more than a trillion tons and a diameter of at least 10 kilometers. Scientists first identified this impact in Cretaceous 1980 from the worldwide layer of sediment deposited from the dust cloud that enveloped the planet after D. To provide evidence that an impact can be large enough to disturb the environment of the entire the impact. This sediment layer is enriched in the rare metal iridium and other elements that are planet and cause an ecological disaster relatively abundant in a meteorite but very rare in the crust of Earth. Even diluted by the terrestrial 13. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 3 about the location of the meteorite material excavated from the crater, this component of meteorites is easily identified. By 1990 geologists impact in Mexico? had located the impact site itself in the Yucatỏn region of Mexico. The crater, now deeply buried in sediment, was originally about 200 kilometers in diameter. A. The location of the impact site in Mexico was kept secret by geologists from 1980 to 1990. B. It was a well-known fact that the impact had occurred in the Yucatỏn region. This impact released an enormous amount of energy, excavating a crater about twice as large as the lunar crater Tycho. The explosion lifted about 100 trillion tons of dust into the atmosphere, as can be C. Geologists knew that there had been an impact before they knew where it had occurred. determined by measuring the thickness of the sediment layer formed when this dust varied to the surface. D. The Yucatỏn region was chosen by geologists as the most probable impact site because of its climate. Such a quantity of material would have blocked the sunlight completely from reaching the surface, 14. According to paragraph 3, how did scientists determine that a large meteorite had impacted plunging Earth into a period of cold and darkness that lasted at least several months. The explosion is Earth? also calculated to have produced vast quantities of nitric acid and melted rock that sprayed out over A. They discovered a large crater in the Yucatỏn region of Mexico. much of Earth, starting vast fires that must have consumed most terrestrial forests and grassland. Presumably, those environmental ages could have been responsible for the mass extinction, including the B. They found a unique layer of sediment worldwide. death of the dinosaurs. C. They were alerted by archaeologists who had been excavating in the Yucatỏn region. Several other mass extinctions in the repeated record have been tentatively identified with large D. They located a meteorite with a mass of over a trillion tons. large, but none is so dramatic as the Cretaceous event. But even without such specific documentation, it 15. The word “excavating” is closest in meaning to ___. is clear that potentially of this size do occur and that their results can be catastrophic. What is a A. digging out B. extending C. destroying D. covering up catastrophe for one group of living things, however, may create opportunities for another group. 16. The word “consumed” is closest in meaning to ___. 2
3. MOCK TEST SP1 By SPS Nguyen Duc Anh A. changed B. exposed C. destroyed D. covered Some sentences do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the 17. According to paragraph 4, all of the following statements are true of the impact at the end of passage or are minor ideas in the passage. the Cretaceous period EXCEPT ___. Scientists have linked the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous with a meteorite impact A. A large amount of dust blocked sunlight from Earth. on Earth. B. Earth became cold and dark for several months. Answer choices C. New elements were formed in Earth’s crust. (1) Scientists had believed for centuries that meteorite activity influenced evolution on Earth. D. Large quantities of nitric acid were produced. (2) The site of the large meteorite impact at the end of the Cretaceous period was identified in 1990. 18. The phrase “tentatively identified” is closest in meaning to ___. (3) There have also been large meteorite impacts on the surface of the Moon, leaving craters like Tycho. A. identified after careful study B. identified without certainty (4) An iridium-enriched sediment layer and a large impact crater in the Yucatỏn provide evidence that a C. occasionally identified D. easily identified large meteorite struck Earth about 65 million years ago. 19. The word “perspective” is closest in meaning to ___. (5) Large meteorite impacts, such as one at the end of the Cretaceous period, can seriously affect A. sense of values B. point of view C. calculation D. complication climate, ecological niches, plants, and animals. 20. Paragraph 6 supports which of the following statements about the factors that are essential A.II. GUIDED CLOZE TEST 1 (15 POINTS) for the survival of a species? CHINESE HACKERS A. The most important factor for the survival of a species is its ability to compete and adapt to gradual There are (26) ___ fears about Chinese cyber attacks on Western media outlets after two of changes in its environment. America’s largest newspapers said Chinese hackers had (27) ___ their computer systems. A statement B. The ability of a species to compete and adapt to a gradually changing environment is not the only said: “Evidence shows that infiltration efforts target the monitoring of the Journal’s (28) ___ of China. ability that is essential for survival. Earlier, the New York Times said it had faced repeated hacking attacks as it prepared a story tracing the C. Since most extinctions of species are due to major meteorite impacts, the ability to survive such hidden (30) ___ of the family of Wen Jiabao, the country’s premier. impacts is the most important factor for the survival of a species. The (31) ___ came just weeks after Chinese authorities forced a NYT reporter to leave the D. The factors that are most important for the survival of a species vary significantly from one species to country. Two months after the paper’s Shanghai bureau chief David Barboza authored the account of the another. billions (32) ___ by Mr Wen’s relatives, Beijing refused to (33) ___ a visa for his colleague Chris Buckley. The paper said that as Mr Barboza was working on the piece, hackers had broken into its 21. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the following systems and cracked passwords for every employee. They (34) ___ the email accounts of Mr Barboza. sentence? “Security experts (35) ___ by The New York Times to detect and block the computer attacks Earth is a target in a cosmic shooting gallery, subject to random violent events that were unsuspected gathered digital (36) ___ that Chinese hackers, using methods that some consultants have associated a few decades ago. with the Chinese military in the past, breached The Times’ network,” the paper said. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information. Last year, hackers who according to WikiLeaks were linked to the Chinese military, infiltrated A. Until recently, nobody realized that Earth is exposed to unpredictable violent impacts from space. European Union computers, (37) ___ the emails of Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the B. In the last few decades, the risk of a random violent impact from space has increased. European Council. China’s Ministry of National Defence has (38) ___ any role in the hacking. C. Since most violent events on Earth occur randomly, nobody can predict when or where they will 26. A. enlarging B. growing C. spreading D. inflating happen. 27. A. broken B. injured C. hurt D. infiltrated D. A few decades ago, Earth became the target of random violent events originating in outer space. 28. A. covering B. covers C. coverage D. covered 22. According to the passage, who conducted investigations about the current dangers posed by 29. A. loot B. prizes C. abundance D. riches large meteorite impacts on Earth? 30. A. revelations B. betrayal C. exhibition D. display A. Paleontologists B. Geologists C. The United States Congress D. NASA 31. A. amassed B. gathered C. aggregated D. assembled 23. Look at the four letters (A, B, C, and D) that indicate where the following sentence could be 32. A. refresh B. renew C. resume D. transform added to the passage. 33. A. broke down B. broke away C. broke through D. broke into This is the criterion emphasized by Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. 34. A. rented B. leased C. hired D. borrowed A. [A] B. [B] C. [C] D. [D] 35. A. evidence B. signs C. witnesses D. tokens 24/25. An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below. Complete the summary by selecting the TWO answer choices that express the most important ideas in the passage. 36. A. relating B. associating C. connecting D. accessing 3
4. MOCK TEST SP1 By SPS Nguyen Duc Anh 37. A. refused B. prohibited C. denied D. vetoed 50. Losing his entire business to the flood, Bill’s only ___ was to file bankruptcy. A.III. GUIDED CLOZE TEST 2 (10 POINTS) A. dross B. enigma C. fervor D. recourse For many people doing physical exercise may (38)___ a painful torturing of the body. 51. The team was ___ devastated by the result. Therefore, there’s usually something we come up with that is of bigger importance than putting A. deeply B. utterly C. thoroughly D. accutely 52. We ___ up a friendship the very first time we met. one’s muscles through their paces. Unless we are forced to go in for a physical training, we are A. struck B. launched C. cropped D. settled (39)___ to treat it as something of a lower (40)___ than staying in front of the TV set, spending 53. The man’s choice to run away virtually ___ to an admission of guilt. time in a pub (41)___ alcoholic beverages or consuming excessive quantities of fattening A. resulted B. came C. amounted D. added confectionery in a cafộ. We need to be considerably motivated to take up a body workout and build 54. After sitting in the contentious board meeting for two hours, Allen’s necktie began to feel like a ___ around his neck. our physical fitness. What usually (42)___ individuals from (43)___ themselves to strenuous A. decorum B. garland C. noose D. renegade exercise in the fear of fatigue, discomfort or even the (44)___ of being outdone by true fitness 55. The heat was absolutely ___, making everyone irritable, sweaty, and uncomfortable. zealots. A. oppressive B. taciturn C. salient D. prosaic However, getting fit is fully a matter of common sense. Different forms of exercise may be 56. Becoming a CEO was the ___ glory of her career. of great (45)___ to the human body increasing its strength, flexibility and endurance. When A. heading B. crowning C. inducting D. tipping 57. It should be ___ clear that we are all under pressure. supported by a nutritious diet, much better performance of the heart and the lungs improves the A. conspicuously B. immensely C. fully D. abundantly blood circulation making an individual more resistant to stressful situations as well as more 58. I can’t imagine what I’ve done to make him let loose such a ___ of abuse at me. (46)___ to infections and diseases. A. shower B. storm C. torrent D. flood In the first place, self-discipline that is requisite for proceeding with such physical effort A.IV.2. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES (7 POINTS) ought to be attained to ensure that the intention of becoming healthier and more vigorous isn’t 59. If ___ in the shopping malls, the restaurants with similar price ranges and menus can make profits. A. each uncluttered next to the other B. each cluttering next to the other (47)___ by any (48)___ impediments. C. each cluttered next to another D. each decluttered next to the other 38. A. incorporate B. entail C. administer D. correspond 60. ___, creative interests are put to one side as we struggle with our academic subjects. 39. A. tended B. implied C. affirmed D. inclined A. As often happens with young people B. Often happening with young people 40. A. superiority B. privilege C. advantage D. priority C. Often does it happen to young people D. Often happening to young people 41. A. smacking B. sipping C. seething D. sniffing 61. Probably no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in the US, ___. A. as Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production. 42. A. repels B. denies C. opposes D. rejects B. rather than Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production. 43. A. commiting B. absorbing C. involving D. engrossing C. than did Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production. 44. A. hindrances B. impairments C. preventions D. inhibitions D. more than Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production. 45. A. liking B. benefit C. appreciation D. gain 62. ___, many people are very optimistic about economic growth in the next year. 46. A. irresistible B. preventative C. immune D. wary A. Despite the fact that the economy is going down B. But for the economy is going down C. On account of the fact that the economy is going down D. Before entering the water 47. A. persecuted B. tormented C. harassed D. suppressed 48. A. short B. minor C. trivial D. frivolous 63. The endless parade of ___ on television has made today’s young girls obsessed with their bodie. A.IV. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (25 POINTS) A. celebrities enhancing surgically B. surgically enhanced celebrities A.IV.1. WORD CHOICE (10 POINTS) C. surgical celebrities enhanced D. enhanced surgically celebrities 49. Angela’s work was praised for its ___ attention to detail. 64. Janice’s parents did when she was just a baby, so I ___ family she ever had. A. meticulous B. significant C. subtle D. concentrated A. was all the B. was the whole C. have the whole D. have all the 4
5. MOCK TEST SP1 By SPS Nguyen Duc Anh 65. We talked just as easily as we had in the past, when we would sit ___ and discuss our friends and A.V.2. STRESS PATTERN (5 POINTS) our hopes for the future. 81. A. PARALYSIS B. DIAGONAL C. EUPHEMISM D. RAMBUTAN A. in the field behind Joan’s house atop the rabbit hutch 82. A. TRIATHLON B. PRESENTIMENT C. CALLIGRAPHY D. LUNATIC B. in the field atop the rabbit hutch behind Joan’s house C. atop the rabbit hutch in the field behind Joan’s house 83. A. PNEUMONIA B. DISINTER C. ANTENNA D. INTERPOLATE D. behind Joan’s house in the field atop the rabbit hutch 84. A. INAMORATA B. ARACHNOPHOBIA C. ERGONOMICALLY D. EMANCIPATION A.IV.3. PHRASAL VERB AND IDIOMS (8 POINTS) 85. A. AMBIDEXTROUS B. ABNORMALITY C. ADVANTAGEOUS D. AGRICULTURE 66. He managed to ___ his team with high spirits. (AMBROSIA) A. imbue B. inculcate C. ingrain D. instill A.VI. SYNONYM & ANTONYM (5 POINTS) 67. ___ by their new finds, the archeologists said they had made dramatic new finds of Viking settlements. 86. The pea-souper made it impossible to go mountaineering. (SYN.) A. Buoyed up B. Irked out C. Sounded off D. Perked up A. rain B. fog C. typhoon D. snow 68. Cheap electricity was soon ___ from nuclear reactors. 87. They lived in a house adjacent to the railway. (SYN.) A. calling back B. popping out C. issuing forth D. phasing in A. far away B. isolated C. juxtapositional D. off the beaten track 69. Robbing an old man is ___ contempt. A. under B. sub C. below D. beneath 88. I found a sequestered place and laid down with my book. (SYN.) 70. Be careful! The young horse hasn’t been ___. A. placid B. boisterous C. tumultuous D. rowdy A. got round B. broken in C. taken over D. set up 89. When he was drinking, Ken was hell on wheels. (ANT.) 71. The woman in the hospital bed next to me talked a ___ streak all day. I don’t where she got the A. cantankerous B. irascible C. dour D. cordial energy from! A. white B. golden C. blue D. red 90. Adam says he's an open book, but I've seen him sneaking out of his house late at night. (ANT.) 72. I am ready to eat ___. My prediction about the game was completely wrong. A. forthright B. disingenuous C. candid D. fair and square A. raven B. crow C. starling D. magpie A.VII. ERROR RECOGNITION (10 POINTS) 73. The film got a lot of hype, but I thought it was a bit of a(n) ___. 91. The fish called menhaden are silvery in color and (A) a distinct black shoulder spot behind (B) their A. all mouth and no trousers B. Bob’s your uncle gill opening and a variable (C) number of smaller spots on (D) their sides. C. Earworm D. damp squib 92. She was wandering (A) around (B) on (C) a daze (D) this morning. 74. I forgot to water my flowers, and now they’re as dead as a ___. 93. Probably the most disputed (A) piece of clothing (B) during this period was the corset. Both A. doornail B. ditchwater C. churchmouse D. millpond physicians and early feminists (C) subscribed to (D) their use. 75. John has a memory like a ___—I had to leave him three separate reminders about the play tomorrow night. 94. I was rather (A) surprised by her elemental (B) and unique (C) talent in bending (D) fingers. A. bunny B. goldfish C. sieve D. deuce 95. Participating (A) in camp fire songs, fighting off hungry mosquitoes and bursting (B) many A.V. PHONETICS (10 POINTS) blisters on his feet quickly squelched (C) Giorgio’s desire camping (D). A.V.1. DIFFERENT PRONUNCIATION (5 POINTS) 96. Periods (A) of glaciation (B) have extended (C) the whole of human existence (D) for the past 2 million years. 76. A. STRINGER B. HANGER C. STRONGER D. BANGER 97. He thinks it is my duty to bring (A) up the kids and doesn’t see why he should bring (B) himself out 77. A. ARCHITECTURE B. IMMATURE C. MANUFACTURE D. STRUCTURE to take them (C) to school and help (D) them with their homework. 78. A. CONGREGATION B. CONDOMINIUM C. CONCLAVE D. CONCOURSE 98. At the moment, which species survive (A), which decline (B) to threatened or even status (C) and 79. A. LEARNED B. RUGGED C. DOGGED D. PRICKED which succumb for (D) extinction is something of a lottery. 80. A. NOTORIOUS B. POSTULATE C. POTASH D. OBLIGATION 99. When Bloomfield tried to dispute (A) the point, the doctor had no thoughts of losing (B) down. He turned (C) away and refused (D) to listen. 5
6. MOCK TEST SP1 By SPS Nguyen Duc Anh 100. As the carriage (A) of expressions, the head (B) of puppets is the most important position (C) to to freeze in place as the ice quickly thickens. The ship will remain (14)___ for a full year as we float show personalities of characters (D). in the clutches of the Arctic Ocean. The goal of the mission, called MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate), is to better understand why the top of the world is warming at such an alarming rate—twice as B. WRITTEN TEST (100 POINTS) fast as lower latitudes. “The Arctic is the epicenter of global warming,” says Markus Rex, a climate B.I. WORD FORMATION (20 POINTS) scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany and MOSAiC coordinator. Yet researchers do not completely understand why. This $150-million mission—the first to study the central Arctic over an B.I.1. WORD FORMATION 1 (10 POINTS) entire year—intends to change that situation. 1. The emergency aids have been sent to ___ places in the world. (FAMINE) A few (15)___ adventurers have attempted such a fate, only to falter. In 1893 Norwegian explorer 2. We all find him really ___ and amicable. He’s a good person to talk with. (NATURE) Fridtjof Nansen (16)___ his ship, the Fram, into the ice in the hope that it would carry him toward the North Pole. But when it became clear he would never reach the pole, he (17)___ the mission and 3. The government have been taking enormous effort to ___ the conflict. (ESCALATION) skied hundreds of miles to land. Still, the Fram made it across the Arctic ice cap intact, (18)___ 4. However, it is astonishing that no mention is made of the ___ phenomenon of globalisation and reaching the open North Atlantic Ocean. “We’re following in the footsteps of giants, if you will,” says of the consequences that arise with respect to the study of international monetary questions. (MAKE) Matthew Shupe, an atmospheric and oceanic scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who (19)___ the MOSAiC mission more than 10 5. Yet he proves to be far from the ___ wealthy gentleman they were expecting. (URBAN) years ago. 6. Fitzwater struck a ___ tone, saying he didn’t think anybody was to blame. (CONCILE) This excursion will be, by far, the largest in history. At any one time, around 60 scientific personnel will 7. You have to stop your ___ attitude. Your complaints won’t do you any good. (PET) be working onboard the research icebreaker Polarstern; they will be shuttled back and forth by sea, when possible, or air. In all, some 300 people from across the world will have conducted studies on the ice. 8. Your running away is a(n) ___ of your guilt. (ESSENTIAL) They will observe every aspect of the Arctic system: the wandering ice, the drifting snow, the swirling 9. She finds herself to not be so ___. Though having been robbed and pickpocketed for many times, ocean, the (20)___ atmosphere, the life that calls it home and the ways these attributes interact. she still doesn’t know what to do or gain any more experience while she’s in the city. (WISDOM) B.II. OPEN CLOZE (20 POINTS) 10. (TIME) B.II.1. OPEN CLOZE 1 [10.1] In particular, manufacturers of ___ fentanyl patches have come under scrutiny for CAN SKYSCRAPERS PREVENT TORNADOES? defective products. The reason Tornado Alley, the area (21)___ from Texas to South Dakota and from the Rocky [10.2] Our ___ project was severely cricticized as no one had enough time to fully dedicated to Mountains to Kansas, is the most active tornado spot in the U.S.—it sees hundreds a year—is not it. because it's flat farmland. It's because tornadoes form when two opposite weather systems collide (22)___ certain conditions, and this occurs with great (23)___ in Tornado Alley. During springtime in [10.3] The developers dealt with the problem in the ___ fashion, burying the industrial waste in that region, a constant stream of cool, dry air blowing southeast from Canada runs into a similarly steady landfill sites. stream of warm, moist air moving northwest (24)___ the Gulf of Mexico. As these weather fronts [10.4] Although it would be ___ to undertake, an analysis of such cases might throw light upon interact, they build high-intensity thunderstorms that, if they're strong enough, can create a powerful the circumstances in which he preferred the reiterated note. updraft of air. Low pressure at the ground and in the middle or upper atmosphere interacts with the rising air to create a (25)___ vortex that can eventually extend a tornado funnel to the ground. B.I.2. WORD FORMATION 2 (10 POINTS) It just so (26)___ that most cities with a lot of skyscrapers are situated in places where tornado-feeding SHIP FREEZER conditions evolve less frequently. But tornadoes do in (27)___ sometimes hit cities, says Gary Conte, INTREPIDITY FEAR CONCEPTION BAN MORPH a warning coordination meteorologist at the Upton, New York, outpost of the National Weather Service, BREEZE FAST PLUM TOMB EVENT citing recent touchdowns in Dallas, Memphis, Miami and four of New York City's five boroughs Every autumn the Arctic undergoes a radical (11)___. As the sun dips below the horizon one last (Manhattan has been spared, so far). Skyscrapers and topography don't (28)___ . "Tornadoes form time—not to rise again until spring—the icy seascape darkens, the temperatures (12)___, and the sea thousands of feet above building tops," Conte says. "Skyscrapers won't prevent the funnel from coming ice swells into a brutal fortress, so thick that no icebreaker can penetrate it. Research vessels flee south, down, but they might (29)___ its shape so that it doesn't look as nice and neat as it does on a flat desperate to avoid getting trapped during the (13)___ season. But this year scientists—and a few surface like the plains. That doesn't make it any (30)___ of a tornado, though." lucky journalists, including me—will dare to do just the opposite. (Source: Popsci) In late September we will set sail from Tromsứ, Norway, heading east along Siberia, then north toward B.II.2. OPEN CLOZE 2 the North Pole. Our captain will steer us into a massive ice floe and kill the ship’s engines—dooming it 6
7. MOCK TEST SP1 By SPS Nguyen Duc Anh When I was a child, it was fairly unusual to go on a foreign holiday. The prices of international Choose the correct phrase in the box to complete the sentences. Only 10 words will be used. flights were exorbitant (31) ___ to those offered by today’s budget airlines. Package holiday to tropical resorts were pretty much unheard-of. Instead my parents would (32) ___ our aged car with the necessary belongings, and our family holiday would begin with a twelve-hour drive through the night. Our (33) ___ was always the same: exotic Scotland. Each year, my parents booked a different (34) ___ cottage, usually next to an isolated beach and invariably with no mod cons (35) ___. The beds were always lumpy and damp. There wouldn’t be even a washing machine, never mind a TV. 51. Nobody likes Peter very much because he's so annoying. He's a right ___! No doubt we were surrounded by spectacular scenery, but this meant (36) ___ to me or my sister. Plastic buckets and spades were the (37) ___ of all our holiday entertainments. Armed with these 52. Andy is so boring. Did you know that his idea of a perfect day is going to the station to collect train and a towel, we would tear (38) ___ to the beach every morning. We built extravagant sandcastles, we registration numbers? What a / an ___! burried my father alive, we saved the lives of stranded jellyfish, we collected jewels, and we dug to 53. I know that you don't like your job very much, but I wish you would stop complaining about it all the Australia. Summer holidays lasted at least a year back then. time. Don't be such a / an ___! I pity the kids today with their two-week breaks in the sun. Who wants (39) ___ resorts boasting 54. Imelda loves working here: she's a real ___. restaurants serving authentic (40) ___ cuisine? Who needs artificial lagoons featuring wave machines and plastic waterfalls? Show me an eight-year-old girl on a Scottish beach with a bucket and spade. I will 55. Alan is an excellent and intelligent manager who runs the department well and deals effectively with show you what real holiday fun is all about. any problems that come up. Everyone agrees that he's a / an ___. B.III. ERROR RECOGNITION (10 POINTS) 56. You've been sitting in front of the television for almost four hours. Why don't you turn it off and go for a walk? You're turning into a / an ___. There are 10 mistakes in the passage. Find and correct them. 57. We were having a wonderful evening until Anne joined us. Why does she have to be so negative INDUSTRY 4.0 about everything all the time? She's such a / an ___! Digitally connected manufacturing, often referred as “Industry 4.0”, encompasses a wide variety 58. Don't be such a /an ___! If you concentrated instead of speaking all the time, you would get of technologies, ranging from 3D printing to robotics, new materials and production systems. more work done. A move towards Industry 4.0 would benefit the private section. Large, integrated manufacturers 59. If you want some help, ask Imelda. She's always happy and willing to help out: she's a real ___! would find in it a way to optimise and shorten its supply chain, for example via flexible factories. A more digitalised manufacturing would also open new market opportunities for SMEs providing so 60. I hope Rick comes out with us tonight. He's such good fun, always the ___. specialised technologies as sensors, robotics, 3D printing or machine-to-machine communications. (Extracted from “Check for your Idioms and Phrasal Verbs” by Rawdon Wyatt) For developed nations, Industry 4.0 – a term initially coining in Germany – could be a way to B. IV. 2. PREPOSITION (10 POINTS) regain manufacturing competition. This is particularly relevant in the case of Western Europe, which, unlike the US, does not currently enjoy reduced energy costs. Fill in the blank with no more than ONE preposition/particle. As for emerging markets, Industry 4.0 could provide the much-needed route to moving up the 61. The accusation that we have wasted public money on this project is entirely ___ foundation. chain, something that has become increasingly important to achieve in the teeth of rising labour costs. 62. The new version of the software is laden ___ useful features. For example, China’s new ten-years plan, issued last May and aptly named “Made in China 2025”, targets key sectors such as robotics, information technology and energy in the hope to turn the country 63. He's well ___ with the boss, these days. from a “manufacturing giant” into a “world manufacturing power”. 64. Even after all these years, I still hanker ___ a motorbike. As promising as it is, much more work remains to be done to make Industry 4.0 a large scale 65. Nobody has yet come ___ with any information relating to the girl's death. reality. On the regulatory side, for instance, policy makers will have to assure that data – the part and parcel of Industry 4.0 - can move freely and securely through the supply chain, including across borders. 66. Britain is having to contend with an ageing population, the implications of which could impinge This is an effort that is likely to take some time. ___ almost all of us in one way or another. (T.E.H.F.S) 67. She galloped ___ her speech as if she wanted to finish as soon as possible. B.IV. GAP FILLING (20 POINTS) 68. The conflict ate ___ ___ their relationship and led to divorce. B.IV.1. GAP FILLING 1 (10 POINTS) 69. He was elbowed ___ before he had been intent to resign. 7
8. MOCK TEST SP1 By SPS Nguyen Duc Anh 70. She usually dreams her life ___ but actually doesn’t lift a finger to achieve it. → having the third strongest (3) ___ B.V. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (10 POINTS) • (4) ___ is another factos. + Threefold increase in (5) ___ 71. Many children in the world lack of attention and care and under the threat of many serious diseases. + Intentions to augment (6) ___ (VICTIM) + Bring among a few (7) ___ → Many children slipp ___. → the fourth most powerful military → Strong geopolitical alliances, exemplified by India’s intervention in the (8)___ 72. With a view to taking over the position, Jack cleverly talked the boss into resigning. (JOCKEYED) • Greater role in the United Nations. → So as ___. • Large population • The largest single democratic nation 73. I was allowed to give her a hand on her project. (SERVICE) Some issue that India needs to adress: → I was given ___. • Corruption and bribery • (9) ___ 74. After making fun of me, he was in my bad books. (PEEVE) • Acute (10) ___ → After making a ___. • Social class division. 75. There are so many stellar applicants for the job that we can't choose between them. (RICHES/AS) (extracted from Master The Art Of NEC by Ambrosia) → It’s truly ___. II. For questions 11-15, listen to a discussion on the subject of attitudes to work and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D which fits best according to what you hear. (From HSGQG 2018). (10 76. My mom always praise the next door kids’ well-behaviour which is really infuriating. (VIRTUES) POINTS) → That my mom ___ side. 11. Lois agrees with John's point that ___. 77. It came as a surprise that the government haven’t lifted any finger to do away with burglary. A. the psychological effects of unemployment can be overstated (CRACKDOWN) B. some people are better equipped to deal with unemployment than others → It took ___. C. problems arise when unemployment coincides with other traumatic events 78. The party won’t be less enjoyable by a nasty guy like you. (DAMPER) D. most people dread the prospect of unemployment → A nasty piece ___. 12. Lois agrees with the listener who suggested that ___. . 79. The movie star’s unacceptable behaviour at the red carpet was a hot issue. (CONDUCT/PALE) A. people should prepare for redundancy as they would for retirement → It was ___ potato. B. voluntary work may be more rewarding than paid work 80. Her thought of her higher class than us makes us really infrustrating. (CUT) C. not everybody can expect a high level of job satisfaction → What extremely ___. D. work is only one aspect of a fulfilling life B.VI. ESSAY WRITING (20 POINTS) 13. What Is John’s attitude towards people who see work as a "means to an end"? “Can people who are not famous be better role models than people who are famous?” A. He accepts that they have made a valid choice. What extent do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples in your essay. B. He feels they may be missing out on something important C. He doubts their level of commitment to the job. PART C. LISTENING (50 POINTS) I. Listen to a piece of news about India’s development and fill in the missing information with NO D. He fears it will lead to difficulties for them later. MORE THAN THREE WORDS. (20 POINTS) 14. When asked about so-called "slackers" at work, John points out that ___. The reporter uses the phrase “(1)___” to depict the status of India today. A. their views are unacceptable in a free labour market Some domains that show India’s increasing power: • Economy: multiple (2) ___ were implemented. B. such an attitude has become increasingly unacceptable → considerable GDP rise C. people often jump to unfair conclusions about them 8
9. MOCK TEST SP1 By SPS Nguyen Duc Anh D. they accept the notion that work is a necessary evil 15. Lois quotes the psychologist Freud in order to ___. A. provide a contrast to the ideas of Bertrand Russell B. question the idea that a desire to work is a natural thing C. show how intellectual ideas have shifted over time D. lend weight to John's ideas about increased social mobility III. For questions 16-20, listen to a news report predicting the winner of the 2018’s World Cup and match each number (16-20) in A with one corresponding letter (A-I) in B. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 POINTS) 16. Brazil A. may gain an advantage due to its high investment capabilities. 17. Pakistan B. has the most abundant pool of grassroots players. 18. Switzerland C. is expected to excel at this year’s game after a period of downfall. 19. Russia D. has the highest funding towards top-notch training and facilities. 20. England E. increases its chance of winning by playing host this year. F. is forecasted to win this year’s game with a success rate of nearly 30 percent. G. shows the least interest in the competition according to a source. H. stands the highest chance of victory due to home advantage. I. possibly makes it to the final thanks to an outstanding player. IV. Listen to the recording and label the diagram of the bike below. Choose five answer from the box and write the correct answer A-H next to each one. (10 POINTS) THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK A. soft material gives extra comfort E. made from old kitchen equipment B. uses a standard design F. allow riders to change position C. special shape reduces weight G. exceptionally light D. relatively narrow H. recycled from old bikes THE END BEST OF LUCK 9