B GIO DC V O TO

S GDT TNH NG THP

THI OLYMPIC TRI H PHNG NAM

LN TH I - NM 2014

CHNH THC

THI MN: TING ANH

Ngy thi: 30/7/2014
Thi gian lm bi: 120 pht (khng k thi gian pht )

( thi gm c 12 trang)

Vit on vn
Em hiu ngha ca cu di y nh th no? Em c ng vi ngha ca cu khng?

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for

what you are not.
Hy vit mt on vn bng ting Anh (khong 150 t) v cch hiu ca em v kin ca
em c ng vi ngha ca cu khng vo giy thi.

STT do gim th ghi

H v tn th sinh: _________________________

Gim th 1: ______________________

S bo danh: ________________Phng thi _____

Gim th 2: ______________________
Hc sinh lp _____ trng___________________

S phch
(Do CT H chm thi ghi)

(K tn - Ghi h v tn)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------im tng phn

im bi thi
Bng s

H tn v ch k

Bng ch

Gim kho 1

S phch

Gim kho 2

..........................
..........................
..........................

STT do CT H
chm thi ghi

..........................
Tng:..............

NGHE HIU
Trong phn ny em s nghe mt Gio s ni v ni dung bi tp hc sinh phi lm khi
tham d mn hc ca gio s. Nghe v in vo ch trng nhng t cn thiu (1-5). Em
vit cu tr li vo cc trng c nh s cho pha di bi.
Your test on Friday will cover material from both of your textbooks, my lecture notes, and
your lab assignments. There will be (1) . multiple-choice questions and five short
answer essay questions. The multiple-choice questions will count half of your grade and the
essay questions will count half of your grade.
I will tell you right now that there wont be any (2) .. problems, but that doesnt mean
that you shouldnt review the (3) . and know what they are used for.
I wouldnt bother much with the notes from my first lecture since that was an (4) .of the
course, but youll probably want to look at them when you study for the final.
Oh yes, this test represents twenty-five percent of your total grade for the semester. The lab
reports are twenty-five percent, attendance ten, and your final (5) .
Em vit cu tr li vo y
1. .

2.

3. .

4.

5. .

Trong phn ny em s nghe mt on trong bi ging khc ca Gio s. Nghe v tr li

cc cu hi (6-10) bng cch chn mt phng n tr li ng nht A, B, C, hoc D trong
cc phng n cho sn. Em vit cu tr li vo cc trng c nh s cho pha di bi.
6. What is the main subject of this lecture?
A. Heredity

B. Environment

C. Birth order

D. Motivation
2

7: What should the students know before they hear this lecture?
A. Birth order may influence personality.
B. Heredity and environment play a role in the development of the personality.
C. There is research on birth order at the University of Texas at Arlington.
D. Firstborn children and only children have similar personalities.
8: Which one of the people would probably be the most comfortable interacting with a
member of the opposite sex?
A. A man with younger sisters.
B. A man with older sisters.
C. A woman with younger sisters.
D. A woman with older sisters.
9: What personality trait will first born children probably exhibit?
A. Likable

B. Ambitious

C. Sociable

D. Talkative

10: According to the research, what might be the dominant personality of trait of the youngest
child?
A. Charming

B. Shy

C. Motivated

D. Happy

Em vit cu tr li vo y
6. ..

7. ..

8. .

9. ..

10.

NG M, NG PHP V T VNG
Em hy nh trng m vo cc m tit c trng m trong cc t sau (11-15). V d:
compen'sation
11. legality

12. judgemental

14. criminology

15. defendant

13. eligibility

Em hy chn mt cu tr li ng nht A, B, C hoc D trong cc phng n cho sn

hon thnh cc cu sau (16-25). Em vit cu tr li vo cc trng c nh s cho pha
di bi.
3

16. Foreign trade in our country has . in recent years.

A. extended

B. expanded

C. exploited

D. widened.

17. A tourist is prevented from entering another country if he doesnt have a (an)
..passport.
A. cooperative

B. effective

C. valid

D. efficient

18. Social morality is and difficult to define; it involves not only mans intelligence
but his feelings and his total being.
A. imaginative

B. illogical

C. irrational

D. illusive

19. If the meaning of the psaage is stil .to you after my explanation, you may consult this
reference book.
A. dark

B. dim

C. obscure

D. indistinguishable

20. When I said goodbye to her, she .the door.

21. Among the materials used ------ reeds and straw.
A. to making thatched roofs

B. to make thatched roofs were

C. for making the thatched roofs

D. were thatched roofs made

22: _______ air is composed of about 78 percent nitrogen and only about 21 percent oxygen,
is a little known fact on the streets.
A. How that

B. That

C. When

D. However

23: A gifted scientist, Newton _______ some of the most fundamental laws in the history of
science.
A. keeps discovering

B. who discovered

C. the discoverer of

D. discovered

24: Over time the young students will perfect the art of piano playing. After all, such
________ needs delicate handling.
A. a tuned instrument finely
C. a finely instrument tuned

B.
an
instrument
tuned
D. a finely tuned instrument

finely

25: The process uses an innovative digital technology __________ the products with as many
colors as the image contains.
A. imprints
C. that imprints

B. that imprints it
D. that it imprints

Em vit cu tr li vo y
16..

17. ..

18. ..

19.

20.

21.

22.

23. ..

24..

25.

STT do gim th ghi

H v tn th sinh: _________________________

Gim th 1: ______________________

S bo danh: ________________Phng thi _____

Gim th 2: ______________________
Hc sinh lp _____ trng___________________

S phch
(Do CT H chm thi ghi)

(K tn - Ghi h v tn)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------im tng phn

im bi thi
Bng s

Bng ch

H tn v ch k
Gim kho 1

S phch

Gim kho 2

..........................
..........................
..........................

STT do CT H
chm thi ghi

..........................
Tng:..............

Mt s dng trong on vn sau c mt t tha. Em hy tm ra t v vit vo trng

bn tay phi (26-35). Em vit cu tr li vo trng c nh s bn phi. Cu no khng
c t tha em nh du ().
Our cities and towns are far from silent at the night. As most of us are
26..
going to bed, a battalion of workers is just stirring into action.
27......
It is being estimated that up to a fifth of the working population carries out 28..
its duties at night running hospitals and maintaining up power stations,
29..
for
example. There is one problem: they have the same as biological clock
30..
as day workers. Night workers often have trouble sleeping through the
31..
day, and sometimes find it harder than to stay awake on their shift,
32..
which means mistakes are more likely to happen. Dr Lawrence Smith, a
33..
psychologist, discovered that among peoplewho just carry out the
34..
same job, night workers suffered 20% more injuries than their day workers. 35..
Em hy hon thnh nhng cu sau (36-40) vi mt gii t (preposition) hoc mt tiu t
(particle) ph hp. Em vit cu tr li vo trng c nh s pha di bi.
36.Hary had to set .at dawn to catch the early train.
37. Sues bike passed me, and I had to ride fast to catch .with her.
38. We were making .Paris, but we were not in a hurry to get there.
39. Paul enjoyed camping, but couldnt put up the insects!
40. When we realized we had forgotten our passports, we turned .
Em vit cu tr li vo y
36. 37.

38.... 39.... 40 ...

5

Em hy hon thnh cc cu (41-50) trong on vn sau bng cch vit ng dng ng

php ca t in m trong ngoc. Em vit cu tr li vo nhng trng c nh s pha
di.
Just how (41- READ) should a popular science book be? This may seem an odd question, but
there is an important issue at stake here. This was made clear at the Aventis Science Book
Awards, when jury chairman Lewis Wolpert (42- PASSION) espoused the cause for making
the genre more demanding of readers. The biologist believes too many science writers are
now running scared of (43- COMPLEX). As he points out, the public does not expect great
(44- LITERATE) figures like James Jouyce or T. S. Eliot to be easy to follow. Indeed,
readers positively relish their intricate styles. So why then do we not have such (45EXPECT) of science writers?
Wolperts belief is (46- EXAMPLE) by his jurys choice of winner Brian Greenes long,
dense and extremely technical The Elegant Universe, a singularly (47- COMPROMISE)
treatise on cosmology. But how far should one go down this route? Although (48ELEGANCE) written, the book is so dense and opaque that it pushes the notion of popular
science writing close to the precipice of (49- COMPREHEND) and leaves one fearful that it
will only daunt, rather than attract (50- INITIATE) .
Em vit cu tr li vo y
41. ..

42. .. 43. 44... 45

46

47.... 48. 49... 50...

Em hy tm mt t thch hp in vo mi trng trong on vn sau (51- 60). Em vit cu

tr li vo cc trng c nh s ohias di bi.
Have you ever wondered what people generally fo for in a painting? In 1993, two artists set
(51 .) to discover what Americas favourite painting looked (52 ..) . They hired telephone
researchers to call 1, 001 Americans (53 .) all backgrounds and ask them a list of questions.
What sort of paintings do you like? Which colours do you prefer? There were 102 questions
(54 ) all.
Once equipped with (55 ..) information, the artists, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid,
set to (56.) to create two paintings Americas Most Wanted, and Americas Most
Unwanted. Eighty-eight percent of people questioned wanted (57.) landscape. Favourite
colours were blue and green.

Americas Most Unwanted, (58 ..) contrast, aimed to displease. It was different looking,
featured gold, orange, peach and teal, (59 ..) was very modern. But this was (60.) the
start of the artists scientific guide to taste. Komar and Melamid went on to do similar surveys
for another nine countries. Disturbingly, many of the respondents in these countries wanted
landscapes similar to the one American had chosen.
Em vit cu tr li vo y
52 .. 53.
..
56. .. 57. .... 58.
..
51...

54. . 55. ....

59. . 60. ....

STT do gim th ghi

H v tn th sinh: _________________________

Gim th 1: ______________________

S bo danh: ________________Phng thi _____

S phch

Gim th 2: ______________________
Hc sinh lp _____ trng___________________

(Do CT H chm thi ghi)

(K tn - Ghi h v tn)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------im tng phn

im bi thi
Bng s

Bng ch

H tn v ch k
Gim kho 1

S phch

Gim kho 2

..........................
..........................
..........................

STT do CT H
chm thi ghi

..........................
Tng:..............

C HIU
Em hy c bi vn di y. Chn mt t ng nht, A, B, C, hoc D in vo mi
trng c nh s (61-70). Em vit cu tr li vo cc trng cho sn di bi.
Its not just budding young entrepreneurs who start up new businesses. Fifty-year-old Jane
Owers, from London, has left her job in education to make her (61..) as a florist. Jane
believes she (62 .) a better chance of success than someone half her age, as she has life
experience and financial collateral in the form of (63..). As she explains, Its often the fear
of financial failure that (64 .) others from starting up on their own. With me, it was more of
a (65 .) risk. If the worst (66 .) to the worst, I can always (67..) losses and return to my
previous profession. Hopefully, though, thats just a worst-case (68 .).
Janes business plan was a modest one. Her bank manager was (69 .) over by her realistic
outlook and convinced that with Jane there would be no rash or self-indulgent spending (70
.). As a result he was happy to loan her the money she needed.
61. A mark
62. A represents
63. A poverty
64. A deters
65. A figured
66. A gets
67. A cut
68. A situation
69. A won
70. A binges

B stamp
B supports
B property
B avoids
B calculated
B takes
B count
B eventuality
B charmed
B sprees

C niche
C holds
C currency
C curbs
C weighed
C comes
C let
C occurrence
C swept
C revels

D sign
D stands
D cash
D cautions
D gauged
D puts
D lift
D scenario
D caught
D feasts

Em vit cu tr li vo y
61.

62..

63...

66...

67...

68 69 70

64...

65

Em hy c on vn di y v tr li cc cu hi (71-80) bng cch chn mt cu tr

li ng nht A, B, C hoc D theo ni dung ca bi. Em vit cu tr li vo cc trng cos
nh s phn di bi.
.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

Most languages have several levels of vocabulary that may be

used by the same speakers. In English, at least three have been
identified and described.
Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood,
used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any
situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these words
and expressions are well defined and listed in standard dictionaries.
Colloquialisms, on the other hand, are familiar words and idioms that
are understood by almost all speakers of a language and used in
informal speech or writing, but not considered acceptable for more
formal situations. Almost all idiomatic expressions are colloquial
language. Slang, however, refers to words and expressions
understood by a large number of speakers but not accepted as
appropriate formal usage by the majority. Colloquial expressions and
even slang may be found in standard dictionaries but will be so
identified. Both colloquial usage and slang are more common in
speech than in writing.
Colloquial speech often passes into standard speech. Some slang
also passes into standard speech, but other slang expressions enjoy
momentary popularity followed by obscurity. In some cases, the
majority never accepts certain slang phrases but nevertheless retains
them in their collective memories. Every generation seems to require
its own set of words to describe familiar objects and events.
It has been pointed out by a number of linguists that three
cultural conditions are necessary for the creation of a large body of
slang expressions. First, the introduction and acceptance of new
9

27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35

objects and situations in the society; second, a diverse population

with a large number of subgroups; third, association among the
subgroups and the majority population.
Finally, it is worth noting that the terms standard, colloquial,
and slang exist only as abstract labels for scholars who study
language. Only a tiny number of the speakers of any language will
be aware that they are using colloquial or slang expressions. Most
speakers of English will, during appropriate situations, select and use
all three types of expressions.

Questions
71. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
A. Standard speech

B. Idiomatic phrases

C. Different types of vocabulary

D. Dictionary usage

72. How is slang defined by the author?

A. Words and phrases accepted by the majority for formal usage.
B. Words and phrases understood by the majority but not found in standard
dictionaries.
C. Words and phrases that are understood by a restricted group of speakers.
D. Words and phrases understood by a large number of speakers but not accepted as
formal usage.
73. The word obscurity in line 20 could best be replaced by
A. disappearance

B. influence

C. qualification

D. tolerance

74. The word appropriate in line 14 is closest in meaning to

A. old

B. large

C. correct

D. important

75. The word them in line 22 refers to

A. words

B. slang phrases

C. memories

D. the majority

76. Where in the passage does the author explain where colloquial language and slang are
most commonly used?
A. Lines 4-6

B. Lines 16-17

B. Lines 24-26

D. Lines 33-35

77. What does the author mean by the statement in line 8-11 Colloquialisms, on the other
hand, are familiar words and idioms that are understood by almost all speakers of a language
and used in informal speech or writing, but not considered acceptable for more formal
situations?
A. Familiar words and phrases are found in both speech and writing in formal settings.
B. Familiar situations that are experienced by most people are called colloquialisms.
10

C. Informal language contains colloquialisms, which are not found in more formal
language.
D. Most of the speakers of a language can use both formal and informal speech in
appropriate situations.
78. Which of the following is true of standard usage?
A. It can be used in formal and informal settings.
B. It is limited to written language.
C. It is only understood by the upper classes.
D. It is constantly changing.
79. The author mentions all of the following as requirements for slang expressions to be
created EXCEPT
A. new situations

B. a new generation

C. interaction among diverse groups

D. a number of linguists

80. It can be inferred from the passage that the author

A. does not approve of either slang or colloquial speech in any situation.
B. approves of colloquial speech in some situations, but not slang
C. approves of slang and colloquial speech in appropriate situations
D. does not approve of colloquial usage in writing.
Em vit cu tr li vo y
71.

72.

73

74.

75.

76.

77.

78.

79.

80.

WRITING
Em hy hon thnh cc cu sau (81-85) vi cc t/ cm t cho sn sao cho ngha ca cu
khng thay i so vi ngha ca cu trc n. Em vit tip cu vo phn trng.
81. Theyll arrive soon.
It
82. Lets go home at the end of the second act.
As soon as
83. This will be the groups first concert in the Ho Chi Minh City.
This will be the first time .
84. There is a rumour that the rebels shot down the aircraft MH 17.
It .
85. Fancy you and I meeting in the middle of Africa like this !
Its really odd ..

11

Em hy hon thnh cc cu sau (86-90) sao cho cu c ngha tng t vi ngha ca cu

trc n, s dng t cho sn in m. Khng thay i dng thc t cho trc. Em vit vo
phn u trng trong mi cu.
86. Huong and I have been friends since 2008.
dates
My .. to 2008.
87. It wasnt my fault that the window got broken, Gary said.
responsibility
Gary denied the window.
88. My grandmother has finally got used to living alone.
terms
My grandmother . living alone.
89. I am not expecting an increase in summer sales this year.
upturn
I have . in summer sales this year.
90. The students were told to either keep quiet or leave the art gallery.
no
The students . keep quiet or leave the art gallery.

12