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TIENG ANH 12
Nam 2020_ SECTION A: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (40 POINTS) I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence. (20points)
- He_________ his son of the dangers of driving too fast in his new car A. warned B. remembered C. threatened D. concerned
- The child was_________ by a lorry on the safety crossing in the main street. A. knocked out B. run across C. run out D. knocked down
- The independent arbitrator managed to_________ the confrontation between the union and the employers. A. refuse B. confuse C. refute D. defuse
- When I heard the footsteps behind me I was_________ that I would be attacked. A. horrified B. terror-struck C. terrorized D. terrified
- His illness made him_________ of concentration. A. incompetent B. unable C. incapable D. powerless
- Medieval travelers’ tales of fantastic creatures were often fascinating but not always________. A. credible B. creditable C. credulous D. imaginable
- An almost________ line of traffic was moving at a snail’s pace through the town. A. continuous B. constant C. continual D. stopping
- Somebody ran in front of the car as I was driving. Fortunately I________ just in time. A. could stop B. could have stopped C. managed to stop D. must be able to stop
- You are being thoroughly________ in refusing to allow this ceremony to take place. A. unrequited B. unrepresentative C. unreliable D. unreasonable 10 The sudden resignation of the financial director put the company in a very_________position. A. weak B. unsteady C. vulnerable D. collapsed
- David: Would you like fish or meat? Mary: I_________ fish, please. A. would rather B. would prefer C. suppose D. believe
- Many teenagers show signs of anxiety and_________ when being asked about their future. A. depress B. depression C. depressed D. depressing 13.. A part – time job gives me the freedom to_________ my own interests. A. pursue B. chase C. seek D. catch
- The new road currently under_________ will solve the traffic problems in the town. A. design B. progress C. construction D. work
- Daisy: “What a lovely house you have!” - Mary: “_______________.” A. Lovely, I think so B. Thank you. Hope you will drop in C. Of course not, it’s not costly D. No problem
- We were shocked to hear the news of your ________. A. having fired B. being fired C. having been fired D. to have been fired
- _______ 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
- They are happily married although, of course, they argue _______. A. most times B. from day to day C. every now and then D. on the occasion
check proved that he had been taking drugs. QUALIFY
- The trouble with Mr. Brown is that he’s so________. One minute he goes mad when you come late; the next he says nothing. You never know where you are! CONSIST III. Find one mistake in each sentence below by choosing the letter A, B, C or D. ( pts)?
- Jill mustn’t have arrived yet, otherwise she would have phoned me A B C D
- Not many people realize that apples have been cultivating for over 3,000 years A B C D
- The building manager is having all the windows and doors replace on the second and third floor as well as in the restaurant A B C D
- Having live here for seven years, my friend is used to speaking English with all her classmates. A B C D
- If only we knew all this information about the market many weeks ago A B C D
- Peter apologized me for not working hard for the final exam. A B C D
- John had so interesting and creative plans that everyone wanted to work with him. A B C D
- Species become extinct or endangered for the number of reasons, but the primary cause A B C is the destruction of habitat by human activities. D
- Were she be invite to their wedding nniversary, she would be very happy. A B C D
- Not until the end of prehistoric times that did the first wheeled vehicles appear.
A B C D
SECTION B: READING (40 POINTS)
I. Read the text below and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (10 pts) TSUNAMI IN JAPAN Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast,triggering a massive tsunami. Cars, ships and buildings were (1)________ away by a wall ofwater after the 8.9 - magnitude tremor, which struck about 400 kms (250 miles) north-east ofTokyo. A state of emergency has been declared at a nuclear power plant, (2)________pressure has exceeded normal levels. Officials say more than 10,000 people are dead and about 5,000 (3)________, but it is feared the final death toll will be (4)________ higher. Inone ward alone in Sendai, a port city in Miyagi prefecture, 200 to 300 bodies were found.“The quake has been the fifth-largest in the world (5)________ 1900 and nearly 8,000(6)________ stronger than the one which devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, last month”, said scientists. Thousands of people (7)________ near the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been ordered to evacuate. Japanese nuclear officials said that pressureinside a boiling water reactor at the plant was running much higher than normal after the cooling system failed. Officials said they might need to deliberately (8)________ some radioactive steam to relieve pressure, but that there would be no health risk. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had earlier said the US Air Force had flown emergency coolant to the site. But US officials later said (9)________ coolant had been handed over because the Japanese had decided to handle the situation (10)________.The UN's nuclear agency said four nuclear power plants had been shut down safely. 1._____________ 2._____________ 3._____________ 4._____________ 5.____________ 6._____________ 7._____________ 8._____________ 9._____________ 10.____________ II. Read the passage and choose the best option for each of the following blanks. ( pts) Women nowadays have more (1)________ than those in the past. For example, ourgreat grandmothers were not allowed to go to school or to work to earn their own living. (2)________, they had to depend on their husbands financially. Modern women, on thecontrary, can get good education, have their own careers, and (3)________ their interests.They can even take good positions in politics if they are competent (4)________
is in English. Two thirds of the world‟s science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are nonnative speakers, constituting the largest number of nonnative users of any language in the world.
- What is the main topic of the passage? A. The number of non-native users of English. B. The French influence on the English language. C. The expansion of English as an international language. D. The use of English for science and technology.
- English began to be used beyond England approximately............................. A. in 1066 B. around 1350 C. before 1600 D. after 1600
- According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world EXCEPT ..................................... A. the slave trade B. the Norman invasion C. missionaries. D. colonization
- Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Most of the information stored on computer systems is in English. B. Only one thirds of the world‟s science writing is in languages other than English. C. English is the only language used in technology, and advertising. D. International airports and air controllers use mostly English.
- According to the passage, approximately how many non-native users of English are there in the world today? A. A quarter million B. Half a million C. 350 million D. 700 million. Sustainable architecture - lessons from the ant Termite mounds were the inspiration for an innovative design in sustainable living
Africa owes its termite mounds a lot. Trees and shrubs take root in them. Prospectors mine them, looking for specks of gold carried up by termites from hundreds of metres below. And of course, they are a special treat to aardvarks and other insectivores. Now, Africa is paying an offbeat tribute to these towers of mud. The extraordinary Eastgate Building in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital city, is said to be the only one in the world to use the same cooling and heating principles as the termite mound. Termites in Zimbabwe build gigantic mounds inside which they farm a fungus that is their primary food source. This must be kept at exactly 30.5°C, while the temperatures on the African veld outside can range from 1.5°C at night- only just above freezing - to a baking hot 40°C during the day. The termites achieve this remarkable feat by building a system of vents in the mound. Those at the base lead down into chambers cooled by wet mud carried up from water tables far below, and others lead up through a flue to the peak of the mound. By constantly opening and closing these heating and cooling vents over the course of the day the termites succeed in keeping the temperature constant in spite of the wide fluctuations outside. Architect Mick Pearce used precisely the same strategy when designing the Eastgate Building, which has no air conditioning and virtually no heating. The building - the country's largest commercial and shopping complex - uses less than 10% of the energy of a conventional building its size. These efficiencies translated directly to the bottom line: the Eastgate's owners saved $3.5 million on a $36 million building because an air- conditioning plant didn't have to be imported. These savings were also passed on to tenants: rents are 20% lower than in a new building next door. The complex is actually two buildings linked by bridges across a shady, glass-roofed atrium open to the breezes. Fans suck fresh air in from the atrium, blow it upstairs through hollow spaces under the floors and from there into each office through baseboard vents. As it rises and warms, it is drawn out via ceiling vents and finally exits through fortyeight brick chimneys. To keep the harsh, high veld sun from heating the interior, no more than 25% of the outside is glass, and all the windows are screened by cement arches that jut out more than a metre. During summer's cool nights, big fans flush air through the building seven times an hour to chill the hollow floors. By day, smaller fans blow two changes of air an hour through the building, to circulate the air which has been in contact with the cool floors. For winter days, there are small heaters in the vents.
D to enable the termites to survive at night 2 Why was Eastgate cheaper to build than a conventional building? A Very few materials were imported. B Its energy consumption was so low. C Its tenants contributed to the costs. D No air conditioners were needed. 3 Why would a building like Eastgate not work efficiently in New York? A Temperature change occurs seasonally rather than daily. B Pollution affects the storage of heat in the atmosphere. C Summer and winter temperatures are too extreme. D Levels of humidity affect cloud coverage. 4 What does Ove Arup's data suggest about Eastgate's temperature control system? A It allows a relatively wide range of temperatures. B The only problems are due to human error. C It functions well for most of the year. D The temperature in the atrium may fall too low. 5 Pearce believes that his building would be improved by A becoming more of a habitat for wildlife. B even closer links with the history of Zimbabwe. C giving people more space to interact with nature. D better protection from harmful organisms.
The accidental rainforest According to ecological theory, rainforests are supposed to develop slowly over millions of years. But now ecologists are being forced to reconsider their ideas When Peter Osbeck, a Swedish priest, stopped off at the mid-Atlantic island of Ascension in 1752 on his way home from China, he wrote of 'a heap of ruinous rocks' with a bare, white mountain in the middle. All it boasted was a couple of dozen species of plant, most of them ferns and some of them unique to the island. And so it might have remained. But in 1843 British plant collector Joseph Hooker made a brief call on his return from Antarctica. Surveying the bare earth, he concluded that the island had suffered some natural calamity that had denuded it of vegetation and triggered a decline in rainfall that was turning the place into a desert. The British Navy, which by then maintained a garrison on the island, was keen to improve the place and asked Hooker's advice. He suggested an ambitious scheme for planting trees and shrubs that would revive rainfall and stimulate a wider ecological recovery. And, perhaps lacking anything else to do, the sailors set to with a will. In 1845, a naval transport ship from Argentina delivered a batch of seedlings. In the following years, more than 200 species of plant arrived from South Africa. From England came 700 packets of seeds, including those of two species that especially liked the place: bamboo and prickly pear. With sailors planting several thousand trees a year, the bare white mountain was soon cloaked in green and renamed Green Mountain, and by the early twentieth century the mountain's slopes were covered with a variety of trees and shrubs from all over the world. Modern ecologists throw up their hands in horror at what they see as Hooker's environmental anarchy. The exotic species wrecked the indigenous ecosystem, squeezing out the island's endemic plants. In fact, Hooker knew well enough what might happen. However, he saw greater benefit in improving rainfall and encouraging more prolific vegetation on the island. But there is a much deeper issue here than the relative benefits of sparse endemic species versus luxuriant imported ones. And as botanist David Wilkinson of Liverpool John
Conservationists have understandable concerns, Wilkinson says. At least four endemic species have gone extinct on Ascension since the exotics started arriving. But in their urgency to protect endemics, ecologists are missing out on the study of a great enigma. 'As you walk through the forest, you see lots of leaves that have had chunks taken out of them by various insects. There are caterpillars and beetles around,' says Wilkinson. 'But where did they come from? Are they endemic or alien? If alien, did they come with the plant on which they feed or discover it on arrival?' Such questions go to the heart of how rainforests happen. The Green Mountain forest holds many secrets. And the irony is that the most artificial rainforest in the world could tell us more about rainforest ecology than any number of natural forests. Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3? In boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this 1 When Peter Osbeck visited Ascension, he found no inhabitants on the island. 2 The natural vegetation on the island contained some species which were found nowhere else. 3 Joseph Hooker assumed that human activity had caused the decline in the island's plant life. 4 British sailors on the island took part in a major tree planting project. 5 Hooker sent details of his planting scheme to a number of different countries. 6 The bamboo and prickly pear seeds sent from England were unsuitable for Ascension. Complete each sentence with the correct ending A-G from the box below. Write the correct letter A-G in boxes 7-10 on your answer sheet.
7 The reason for modern conservationists' concern over Hooker's tree planting programme is that 8 David Wilkinson says the creation of the rainforest in Ascension is important because it shows that 9 Wilkinson says the existence of Ascension's rainforest challenges the theory that 10 Alan Gray questions Wilkinson's theory, claiming that SECTION C: WRITING (20 POINTS) I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (10 pts) A other rainforests may have originally been planted by man. B many of the island's original species were threatened with destruction. C the species in the original rainforest were more successful than the newer arrivals. D rainforests can only develop through a process of slow and complex evolution. E steps should be taken to prevent the destruction of the original ecosystem. F randomly introduced species can coexist together. G the introduced species may have less ecological significance than the original ones.
He prefers eating with friends to eating alone.
- He is too irresponsible to run the department. (charge) He is not responsible enough to be in charge.
- His arrival was completely unexpected. ( took ) His arrival took us by surprise.
- If I help you now, don’t assume I’ll help you next time. (count) If I help you now, don’t count on me to help you next time.
- He owes his life to that surgeon. (indebted) He is indebted to that surgeon for saving his life
- Don’t pay any attention when she complains. (notice) Don’t take any notice of her when she complains.
- A rejection of their offer would have been unwise. (accepted) Not to have accepted their offer would have been unwise.
ANSWER KEYS
SECTION A
I.
1.A
2.D
3.D
4.D
5.C
6.A
7.A
8.C
9.D
10.C
11.B
12.B
13.A
14.C
15.B
16.C
3. MISSING
4. MUCH
5. SINCE
6.TIMES
7.LIVING
8. RELEASE
9. NO
10. THEMSELVES
II.
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. B
10.D
III. READING COMPREHENSION
PASSAGE
1. C
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. C
PASSAGE 2
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. A
PASSAGE 3
1. NG
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. NG
6. F
7. B
8. F
9. D
10.G
