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Lê Hồng Phong LẦN XIX – NĂM 2013
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Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH - Khối : 11
Ngày thi : 06-04-2013

Thời gian làm bài : 180 phút
Chú ý:
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Đề thi này có 06 trang.
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Thí sinh làm phần trắc nghiệm (MULTIPLE CHOICE) trên phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm và phần tự luận
(WRITTEN TEST) trên phiếu trả lời tự luận.
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Trên phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm, thí sinh tô thêm 2 số 00 vào trước số báo danh (bằng bút chì).
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Phần mã đề thi trên phiếu trắc nghiệm, thí sinh tô vào ô 002.
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
I. PHONOLOGY (5pts)
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1. A. preface B. predatory C. prejudice D. premature
2. A. exaggerate B. exhort C. exhilaration D. exhale
3. A. apparatus B. comparable C. parabola D. canasta
4. A. sesame B. ridicule C. hyperbole D. catastrophe
5. A. champagne B. chlorine C. charisma D. archive
2. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others
6. A. infamous B. negligent C. discrepancy D. delicacy
7. A. influenza B. marinade C. rendezvous D. expertise
8. A. aborigine B. preparatory C. perimeter D. interpreter

A. However tired B. Tired as he might feel C. As he might feel tired D. He felt very tired though
24. ______ to interfere in your affairs but I would like to give you just one piece of advice.
A. It is far from clear B. Far from it for me C. Far and wide for me D. Far be it from me
25. You have cut the material in the wrong place. It ought ______ just here but it wasn’t.
A. to have been cut B. to be cut C. to have cut D. to cut
26. These measures have been ______ in order to increase the company’s profits.
A. carried B. taken C. tried D. done
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27. I’ve yet _____ a person as Theo.
A. to meet as infuriating B. to have met such infuriating
C. been meeting as infuriating D. been meeting such infuriating
28. Jack: This medicine tastes horrible! ~ Jill: ______, it will cure your cough.
A. Be that as it may B. Come what may C. How much horrible is it D. Whatever it tastes
29. ______ with about fifteen times its weight in air does gasoline allow the carburetor to run smoothly.
A. It is mixed B. Only when mixed C. When mixed D. To mix it
30. ______ are considered humorous is mainly due to his characters’ use of slang.
A. That Damon Ruyan’s stories B. Damon Ruyan’s stories, which
C. Damon Ruyan’s stories D. Because Damon Ruyan’s stories
III. PREPOSITIONS & PHRASAL VERBS (5 pts)
Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences
31. A general amnesty for political prisoners may be ______ the offing.
A. on B. at C. in D. through
32. Thomas is always flying ______ the handle at the slightest thing.
A. off B. over C. around D. through
33. Gareth Bale is a brilliant young footballer who is ______ the up and up.
A. in B. to C. through D. on
34. No agreement was reached. The strikers decided to ______ out for a better deal.
A. keep B. watch C. hold D. draw
35. That dietician is going to bring ______ a book on healthy eating next month.
A. on B. up C. forward D. out

infrastructure, providing gains throughout the economy, and the provision of a more sophisticated location-based services
for users. The report calls on government to put more effort into the delivery of services by mobile phone, with
suggestion including public transport and traffic information and doctors’ text messages to remind patients of
appointments. There are many possibilities. At a recent trade fair in Sweden, a mobile navigation product was launcheD.
When the user enters a destination, a route is automatically downloaded to their mobile and presented by voiced,
pictures and maps as they drive. In future, these devices will also be able to plan around congestion and road works in
real time. Third generation phones will also allow for remote monitoring of patients by doctors. In Britain scientists are
developing an asthma management solution using mobiles to detect early signs of an attack.
Mobile phones can be used in education. A group of teachers in Britain use third generation phones to provide fast
internet service to children who live beyond the reach of terrestrial broadband services and can have no access to online
information. ‘As the new generation of mobile technologies takes off, the social potential of the vastly increase,’ the report
argues.
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41. What does the writer suggest in the first paragraph about our attitudes to mobile phones?
A. We can’t live without them. B. We are worried about using them so much.
C. We have contradictory feelings about them. D. We need them more than anything else to deal with modern life.
42. What does “them” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. long-term effects B. new mobile technologies C. doubts D. benefits
43. What is the connection between social life and mobile phones?
A. Modern social life relies significantly on the use of mobile phones
B. Mobile phones make romantic communication easier.
C. Mobile phones encourage people to make friends.
D. Mobile phones enable people to communicate while moving around
44. Why do teenagers have such a close relationship with their mobile phones?
A. They use text messages more than any other group B. They are more inclined to be late than older people
C. They feel independent when they use them D. They tend to feel uncomfortable in many situations
45. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Mobile phone is considered as a means for the youth to show their characters.
B. Mobile phones are playing a wide range of roles in people’s life.
C. People can overcome shyness by using texting to communicating things that make them uncomfortable.

alteration. An important advantage of color stability is that tones and undertones are easy to blend, match, transpose,
and grade, and mistakes and smudges are simple to correct. Due to the creamy consistency of most mixtures, artists can
exploit their viscosity in thick applications, sprays, thin trickles, and three-dimensional blobs. The purification by boiling
and filtering and bleaching of oils can impart varied hues to powdered pigments, while drying time can be reduced by
adding metallic oxides.
Professional painters who mix their own medium usually have their own trademark methods of mixing materials that art
experts recognize as a part of an artist's creative work. The thickness of the paste also plays an important role in defining
the stages of painting a picture. After the basic design is sketched in pencil or charcoal, the broad background or
foreground areas of the canvas are covered with thin, diluted paint on top of the primer. A thicker paint, often with added
varnish, is subsequently used to refine and outline the foundation. The width of the brush depends on the type of paint
the artist chooses to use, and stiff bristles are usually found in narrow brushes for making sharp lines, while softer
brushes of animal hair can be employed in broad strokes.
51. What does the passage mainly discuss?
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A. The evolution and history of oil paintings and media B. The technology and development of drying oils
C. The recipes and ingredients for producing oil paints D. The composition and techniques for mixing oil paints
52. It can be inferred from the passage that oil paintings
A. supplanted the use of tempera and fresco B. took hold of the artistic choices in the Middle Ages
C. promoted artistic talent since the early times D. supported the usefulness of applying paints
53. In lines 4, the word "connoisseurs “ is closest in meaning to
A. explorers B. experts C. exporters D. experimenters
54. According to the passage, medieval monks extracted oil
A. from minerals B. in conjunction with pigments C. from plants D. in combination with medicines
55. In line 6, the phrase "the base" is closest in meaning to
A. paint B. oil C. chemicals D. pestle
56. The purpose of paragraph 2 is to illustrate
A. the laboriousness of making oil paints B. the durability of oil colors
C. the complexity of oil purification D. the superiority of oil paints
57. In line 13, the word "viscosity" is closest in meaning to
A. stiffness B. elasticity C. stickiness D. eloquence

66. A. explosion B. advent C. burst D. downcast
67. A. aware B. worthy C. conscious D. indicative
68. A. maintain B. retain C. remain D. behold
69. A. for B. on C. with D. up
70. A. item B. piece C. part D. score
Passage 2
One of the hazards that electronic media like the television, radio or computers (71) ______ these days is the decline in
book reading.
The concern (72) ______ mainly to the younger generations who are (73) ______ tempted by the glamour of the silver
screen and, consequently, don’t recognize the importance of acquiring first-hand information from books.
To encourage reading for pleasure and to propagate a wide (74) ______ of publications like encyclopedias, reference
books, manuals or fiction, (75) ______ solutions should be applied. Firstly, more emphasis ought to be (76) ______ on
the educational factor. Youngsters should be made to feel comfortable while reading either for information or self-
satisfaction in public places like airports, buses or on the beach. Secondly, libraries must be subsidized more accurately in
order to provide the potential reader with ample choice of publications and to become more publicly active so as to put
books at people’s disposal rather than keep them (77) ______ lock and key. Fund collecting actions organized by libraries
might also raise the public awareness of the advantages of becoming (78) ______ in a good book.
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Finally, the mass media themselves might contribute (79) ______ by recommending of purchase or valuable best-sellers
and inspiring their viewers to enrich their knowledge and erudition, (80) ______ helping them to develop the habit of
spontaneous everyday reading.
71. A. pose B. make C. emerge D. forge
72. A. refers B. applies C. attaches D. adheres
73. A. strongly B. firmly C. greatly D. consistently
74. A. wealth B. group C. majority D. array
75. A. austere B. radical C. thorough D. strict
76. A. placed B. lain C. exerted D. imposed
77. A. in B. on C. under D. within
78. A. obsessed B. implicated C. preoccupied D. involved
79. A. considerably B. vastly C. largely D. respectively

as an air purification scheme by
allowing the compounds to move from the air to the water or soil. (10)
__________
a global basis, nature’s output of
these compounds dwarfs that resulting from human activities.
Cloze test 2
“Technology” includes any machine, method or system which uses scientific knowledge (11)
__________
practical
purposes. Whether in the (12)
__________
of a primitive hand-held tool or the (13)
__________
computer, technology
gives us greater control over the world around us and makes our lives easier and happier. (14)
__________
the ability to
invent, discover and improve, we could still be living like cavemen, and civilization as we know it would be (15)
__________
.
Throughout history, technological progress has changed the way people live. Thousands of years ago, for instance,
people lived by hunting animals and (16)
__________
wild plans. In order to find food, they had to move from place to
place. The gradual development of agricultural tools and (17)
__________
methods meant that people no longer had to
wander in (18)
__________
of food, but would settle in villages.

(TIMID)
8. Fishing is said to be the most popular
__________
sport in the UK. (PARTICIPANT)
9. “Have you got any
__________
about the corporation?” ~ “Oh, no, I’m sure it will be successful.” (GIVE)
10. To the couple’s expectation, the birth of their
__________
baby lighted up the house with laughter. (LONG)
PART 2: Supply each gap with the correct form of the word given in the box.
DECORATE PROGRESS CONCEIVE SUCCEED APPEAR INCREASE DRAMA VACATE RESIDE COMPARE
The Winterthur Museum is a collection and a house. There are many museums devoted to the (11)
__________
arts and
many house museums, but rarely in the United States is a great collection displayed in a great country house. Passing
through (12)
__________
generations of a single family. Winterthur has been a private estate for more than a century.
Even after the extensive renovations made to it between 1929 and 1931, the house remained a family (13)
__________
.
This fact is of importance to the atmosphere and effect of the museum. The impression of a lived-in house is (14)
__________
to the visitor; the rooms look as if they were (15)
__________
only a short while ago whether by the
original owners of the furniture or the most recent residents of the house can be a matter of personal interpretation.
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Winterthur remains, then, a house in which a collection of furniture and architectural elements has been assembled. Like

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The traditional definition of literate is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use
language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing
at level suitable for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a
literate society, so as to take part in that society. The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition: “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand,
interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying
contexts. Literacy involves a continua of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or her goals, to
develop his, or her ability and potential, and to participate full in the wider society.”
Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region human capital. This claim is
done on the foundations that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate people,
generally have a higher socio-economic state and enjoy better health and employment prospects. Policy
makers also argue that literacy increases job opportunities and access to higher education. In Kerala,
India, for example, female and child mortality rates declined in the 1960s, when girls who were educated
in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families. Recent researchers, however, argue that
correlations such as, the one listed above may have more to do without the effects of schooling rather
than literacy in general. Regardless, the demand for educational systems worldwide include a basic
context around communication through test and print, that is the foundation of most definitions of
literacy.


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10. He is famous for his vast knowledge of primitive religion. (AUTHORITY)
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