80 GIAO DUC VA DAO TAO. KY THI CHON HQC SINH GIOL GIA LAL TRUNG HOC PHO THONG CAP TINH (BANG B) NAM HQC 2022 ~ 2023 DE THI CHINH THUC Mén: TLENG ANH Thoi gian lam bai: 180 pluit (khong ké thai gian giao dé) (Bé thi cé 13 trang) Negay thi: 17/ 12/ 2022 Shared by Angels of Otto Channel Luu §: - Thi sinh khong duge ghi bat ky théng tin gi vao phn nay. - Thi sinh lam bai trén dé thi nay (hay doc kj cdc phan hwéng din Kam bai). DIEM BAI THI HQ TEN VA CHU Ki GIAM KHAO. SO PHACH GKL: .| G2: 1 LISTENING (4 points) HUONG DAN PHAN THI NGHE HIEU © Bai nghe gam 3 phan: mdi phan dugc nghe 2 lan. #-Mé dl ve ket shite bai nghe c6 tin higu nhac. # Moi luring din cho thi sinh (bang tiéng Anh) da c6 trong bai nghe. Part 1: For questions 1-10, you will hear a conversation between Joe and Sally Baker. Listen carefully and complete the table below. Write ONE WORD AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer. EMPLOYMENT AGENCY: POSSIBLE JOBS (ielt 15-part 1) Need a (an) (1) assistant in a company that produce furniture (North London) Responsil ~data (2) - 20 10) and take notes -) admin 3) of city Requirements - good computer skill including (6) good (7) attention to (8) _ -need a minimum of 9) of experience of (10) Trang 1/13 — Dé HSG Tieng Anh B ~ 2022-2023IL. USE OF ENGLISH (5,0 points) Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 1. A clouds reservoir of negative charge extends upward from the altitude at the freezing point. A. temperatures hit B. hit temperatures C. which temperatures hit D. which hit temperatures Shared by Angels of, 2. Located behind the two lacrimal glands. Otto Channel A. each eyelid B. is each eyelid C. each eyelid are D. each eyelid which is 3.1t's been at the school this week — we're exhausted! A. on the go. B. going on and on C.all go D. on and off 4. Lused to be able to solve the Rubik cube very quickly but I seem to have lost the A. hang B. knack C. habit D. use 5. His ball control skills really set him from the rest of the players. A. aside B. apart C. back D. out 6. Do not yourself; you must pass the last exam of the semester to graduate. A. depreciate B. delude C. relinquish D. prohibit 7. Ihave to dress up a lot for work, so at the weekend I prefer to wear something more A.chie B, mundane C.trendy D. elegant 8. Understanding the world economic conditions, the recent graduates spoke about job prospects for the future. A. warily B. luxuriously C. measurably D. narrowly 9. All medical students are doctors ; A. forthe most part B. in the making C. in the mind’s eyes D. to the life 10. The president differs from the past president on healthcare reform issues. A. talkative B. accomplished C. artificial D. incumbent 1. Jack never cheats or tricks anybody when he plays. He always goes by the A. book B. instructions C. principles D. method 12. The team suffered a major when their best player retired, due to ill health. A. setback B. throwback C. comeback D. fallback 13. Nearly everyone was at the village meeting, but the Planning Officer from the council was by his absence. A. conspicuous B. remarkable Ce significant D, noticeable 14, Most students live on limited budgets and have to cut _ whenever possible. A. down B. short C. comers D. edge 15. Tom and Tim are alike. It is impossible to tell the twins apart. A. realistically B. extremely C. virtually D. closely 16, Even though it had 2 great deal of support, the political party suffered a resounding defeat. A. flinched B. endowed C. downplayed D. rallied 17. It’s important for the judges to remain the judging is complete. A. biased B. prejudiced C. impartial D. subjective Trang 3/13 — Dé HSG Tiéng Anh B — 2022-2023POWER NAPS Power napping is an (0) EFFECTIVE and under-used tool. It is a giuck, intense sleep which (31) improve alertness. These naps are especially useful for those whose sleep is (32) bya demanding schedule: for example, mothers of small children or travelling business (33) However, the conditions must be right and practice is required for maximum effect. Power naps should be short, between ten and twenty-five minutes, to prevent (34) on awakening. Some people believe it is impossible to fall asleep in such a short time, but (35) of the habit is simply a question of practice. At the (36) iis more important to relax for a while than actually fall asleep. Power napping is not good idea if you find it difficult to wake up at the (37) time or have problems sleeping at night after a power nap in the day. The kind of dozing that can (38) a sensation of overwhelming (39) is nota true power nap, but a desperate attempt to compensate for a poor sleep routine However, with practice, you will find that power naps can lead to a welcome (40) of your performance when you need it most. 0. EFFECT 31. DRAMA 32. CONSTRAINT. . EXECUTE 33, EXECU Shared by Angels of Otto Channel 34. ORIENTATE 35. ACQUIRE, 36.0UT 37. DESIGN 38. COMPANY 39. SLEEP 40. ENHANCE, Your answers: 31. 36. 32, 37. 33. 38. 34. 39. 35. 40. Part 4: Some of the lines in the following text are correct, and some have a word which SHOULD NOT BE THERE, Ifa line is correct, put a tick (7). If a line has a word which should not be there, underline the word and write it in the numbered space at the end of the line, There are two examples at the beginning (0) and (00). Are Human Beings Getting Smarter? Do you think you are more smarter than your parents or grandparents? According to James Flynn, a professor at a New Zealand university, you might be. Over the course of all the last century, IQ test scores of people in some countries have got increasingly better than - on average, three points better for every decade that has passed down. This trend of improving scores is known as “the Flynn effect,” and scientists want to know what is happened behind it IQ tests and other similar to tests are designed to measure general intelligence rather than knowledge. Flynn knew that intelligence is partly inherited from our parents and partly from the result of our environment 0, more Trang 5/13 — Dé HSG Tieng Anh B 2022-2023Part 2: For questions 11-15, listen to part of an interview with two students and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. 11. What point is made about a good sense of smell? A. It is a natural ability that is hard to improve. B, Some people have a far better one than others. CC. It can be developed in a similar way to other abilities. D. Some people exaggerate how poor theirs is, Shared by Angels of 12. What does Jolie say about describing perfumes? Otto Channel ‘A. Experts use a vocabulary that is hard for people to understand. B. Some perfumes are too complex to be described. C. Ordinary people sometimes fail to use words appropriately. D. Some perfumes require a particularly specialist vocabulary. 13. What does Alan say about synthetic smells? A. They are able to mislead people into believing they are natural. B. They have a greater effect on people than natural ones. C. They are seen as more unpleasant than natural ones. D. They vary in their popularity with the public. 14. When talking about smell and the brain, Alan reveals A. his belief that humans have superior smelling abilities to some animals B. his doubts about whether humans and animals should be compared C. his suspicion of those who report on experiments in the media D. his awareness of the problems of conducting accurate studies 15. Alan and Jolie agree that listening to music while studying A. is beneficial if the music chosen is not too emotional B. has an undesirable effect on their powers of concentration C. helps the mind to focus on things that are important D. has different effects depending on the material being studied Your answers: [ A. 12. 15, Part 3: For questions 16 — 20, listen to a radio news report about ‘Google’, a popular Internet search engine and answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer, 16. What way did Google rely on to market its product? = 17. What position did Google achieve last week as the Internet search engine for America Online? a 18. What group of people was mentioned to favour Google as a search engine? = 19, What verb is the word ‘Google’ said to be replacing? = 20, Who invented the original term “Gogol”? = Trang 2/13 — Dé HSG Tiéng Anh B — 2022-202318. Asa , politicians and other public figures should avoid making direct statements that could be used against them, A. show of hands B. head to foot C.rule of thumb D. change of heart 19. The administrative law is intended to__ spending costs. A. acquaint B. bash C.coin D. curb 20. We would like to pay to all the artists who made this wonderful festival possible. A. praise B. reward C. tribute D. thanks Your answers: 1 2 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 9. 10. l. 12. 13, 14. 15, 16. 17. 18, 19. | 20, Part 2: Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases given in the box below. Change their form if necessary. Write your correct answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. act up put across play with count towards carry off sit on sift through spark off bargain for swot up 21. You give the computer a command and it will the data for you until it finds the information you need. 22. He my letter for months, why doesn't he answer it? 23. His comment a quarrel between them. 24. He the speech well despite feeling very nervous. 25. I've got tests all next week - I've really got to 26. Does this term's test mark our final grade? 27, Just because Jilly cleaned the blackboard, it doesn’t mean she is trying with the teacher. 28. She’s the idea of starting her own business. 29. When the politician agreed to answer questions on television, he got more than he 30, My sprained ankle has been badly all week. Your answers: 21. 26. 22, 27. 23. 28. 24, 29. 25. 30. Part 3: Read the text below. Use the word in CAPITALS at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Write your answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. The first word (0) has been done as an example. Trang 4/13 — Dé HSG Tiéng Anh B — 2022-2023and experiences, but the improvement in which test scores was happening 49. too quickly to be explained by the heredity, So what happened in the 20" $0, century that led to higher test scores? Shared by Angels of Otto Channel IIL. READING (5,0 points) Part 1: Read the passage and fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. The first blank (0) has been dane as an example. Music: Language We All Speak Music is one of the (0) human species’ relatively few universal abilities. Without formal training, any individual, from Stone Age tribesman to suburban teenager, has the (1) to recognise music and, in some fashion, to make it. (2) this should be so is a mystery. After all, music isn’t necessary for getting (3) the day, and if it aids in reproduction, it does so only in highly indirect ways. Language, by (4) , is also everywhere — but for reasons that are (5) obvious. With language, you and the members of your tribe can organise a migration (6) Africa, buid reed boats and cross the seas, and (7) at night even when you can't see each other. Modern culture, in all (8) technological extravagance, springs directly from (9) _ human talent for manipulating symbols (10) systax, Scientists have always been intrigued by the (11) between music and language. Yet over the years, words and melody (12) acquired a vastly different status in the lab and the seminar room. (13) Janguage has Tong been considered essential to unlocking the mechanisms (14) human intelligence, music is (15) treated as an evolutionary frippery — mere uditory cheesecake”, as the Havard cogintive scientist Steven Pinker puts (16) Your answers: 1. 2, 3. 4, 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. i. 12, 1B. 14. 15, 16. Part 2: Read the passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each blank. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. ‘THE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT Personal assistants are no more. They have been replaced with a much more (17) version called virtual assistants (VAs). VAs do not work in big city offices dressed in (18) black suits. Nor do they work (19) for one boss. The VA works from home and may help to run the lives of up to 30 business people simultaneously. They are self-employed and paid by the hour allowing great flexibility on both sides. VAs have more equality than (20) PAs; they have customers rather than bosses. There are a few disadvantages to the job; you work alone all day and so have no colleagues to chat to over coffee and you can (21) the social interaction, But on the (22)__ side no day is ever the same. There is no boring routine or rigid timetable and the variety of jobs you might be asked to do means it is never (23) . Clients who employ a VA benefit from being able to (24) Their VA can do the tasks they don’t have time to do; typing, filing, booking flights, uploading a blackberry and even (25) to clients. VAs are perfect for the self-employed and small businesses, they don’t need annual (26) and can be employed for one-off days or week: Trang 6/13 — Dé HSG Tiéng Anh B — 2022-2023and experiences, but the improvement in which test scores was happening 49. too quickly to be explained by the heredity, So what happened in the 20" $0, century that led to higher test scores? Shared by Angels of Otto Channel IIL. READING (5,0 points) Part 1: Read the passage and fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. The first blank (0) has been dane as an example. Music: Language We All Speak Music is one of the (0) human species’ relatively few universal abilities. Without formal training, any individual, from Stone Age tribesman to suburban teenager, has the (1) to recognise music and, in some fashion, to make it. (2) this should be so is a mystery. After all, music isn’t necessary for getting (3) the day, and if it aids in reproduction, it does so only in highly indirect ways. Language, by (4) , is also everywhere — but for reasons that are (5) obvious. With language, you and the members of your tribe can organise a migration (6) Africa, buid reed boats and cross the seas, and (7) at night even when you can't see each other. Modern culture, in all (8) technological extravagance, springs directly from (9) _ human talent for manipulating symbols (10) systax, Scientists have always been intrigued by the (11) between music and language. Yet over the years, words and melody (12) acquired a vastly different status in the lab and the seminar room. (13) Janguage has Tong been considered essential to unlocking the mechanisms (14) human intelligence, music is (15) treated as an evolutionary frippery — mere uditory cheesecake”, as the Havard cogintive scientist Steven Pinker puts (16) Your answers: 1. 2, 3. 4, 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. i. 12, 1B. 14. 15, 16. Part 2: Read the passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each blank. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. ‘THE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT Personal assistants are no more. They have been replaced with a much more (17) version called virtual assistants (VAs). VAs do not work in big city offices dressed in (18) black suits. Nor do they work (19) for one boss. The VA works from home and may help to run the lives of up to 30 business people simultaneously. They are self-employed and paid by the hour allowing great flexibility on both sides. VAs have more equality than (20) PAs; they have customers rather than bosses. There are a few disadvantages to the job; you work alone all day and so have no colleagues to chat to over coffee and you can (21) the social interaction, But on the (22)__ side no day is ever the same. There is no boring routine or rigid timetable and the variety of jobs you might be asked to do means it is never (23) . Clients who employ a VA benefit from being able to (24) Their VA can do the tasks they don’t have time to do; typing, filing, booking flights, uploading a blackberry and even (25) to clients. VAs are perfect for the self-employed and small businesses, they don’t need annual (26) and can be employed for one-off days or week: Trang 6/13 — Dé HSG Tiéng Anh B — 2022-202327. Why does the author mention the use of fossil fuels by humans in paraghrap 1? A. To introduce a factor that affects chemical weathering B. To support the idea that chemical weathering is natural C. To argue that it is normal for stone buildings to disintegrate D. To reveal the trne causes of chemical weathering 28. According to paragraph 2, which of the following is true of dissolution? A. Salt partially dissolves when placed in pure water. B. Water is responsible for only a small amount of chemical weathering. Sheed by Anaaienh i ‘ ‘ Otto Channel C.A large majority of rocks and minerals dissolve in water alone. D, Small amounts of acid greatly increase water's ability to dissolve minerals. 29, The word dissipates in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to A. emerge B. dissolve Calter D. corrode 30."The word they in paragraph 2 refers to A. organic acids B. these acids C. sulfide minerals D. rocks 31. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE about the process of chemical weathering? A. Man does not play a part in how rocks weather. B, Natural acid production assists in the process. C. Stones are slowly worn away over many yeat D. Acid often contaminates groundwater. 32. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE of acid precipitation? A. It is a natural part of the weathering process. B. Acid rain does not affect areas where there is no pollution. C. The acid in acid rain is due to man’s use of fossil fuels. D. It seems not to affect desert areas where there is no rain 33. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 2 about acid? A, Most acids in the atmosphere result from man-made byproducts. B, Even unpolluted rain may contain acid. C. Carbonic acid is the most common acid found in the atmosphere. D, Natural acids seriously damage the environment, 34. The author uses factories and vehicles as examples of A. the largest producers of acid rain B. contributors to the production of acid rain C. items that are corroded by chemics D. man-made byproducts that have disrupted nature 35. All of the following are true about acid absorption in the environment EXCEPT. A. Acid is absorbed into groundwater and affects rivers B. Preci C. Acid from the air directly corrodes stones and rock D. Natural carbonic acid wears stone away over years 36. The author implies in paragraph 3 that A. at this rate, future buildings will need stronger building materials B. man cannot do anything to prevent acid rain from weathering rock C. most of the acid in acid rain is absorbed into the groundwater D. man has permanently disrupted one of nature’s balanced cycles. Trang 8/13 — Dé HSG Tieng Anh B — 2022-2023 over tie tation takes in the majority of acid from the airYour answers: a. jas. fa. [30 fat. | 32. Part 4: You are going to read a short story. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the story. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap 1-7. There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. Stead by Angel’ et Beginner Takes All Otto Channel Even before it was published, The Horse Whisperer was the hottest book of the year. A first novel by British screenwriter Nicholas Evans, it has earned its author record-breaking sums. He talks here about his inspiration and his triumph. The first months of the year were not kind 40, to Nicholas Evans, screenwriter, producer and aspiring director. The year began badly when Life and Limb, a film project he had been working on for months, fell through “almost overnight”. His disappointment mingled with stomach- churning worry: it had been two years since he had earned any money and the promise of that film had been the only buffer between him and an increasingly irate bank manager. 37. Although he was acting very much on impulse, the seeds for the story had been with him for some time, sown by a farrier hhe met on Dartmoor while staying with a friend. Evans’ imagination was captured. He began researching the subject with a view to writing a screenplay - he was, after all, a film-maker. But disillusionment with the film world following the demise of Life and Limb prompted him to write the story asa book, 39. “Itwas a funy time,” he says now, “I was observing people, but essentially I was alone and I really felt as though my life was falling apart. I'd tried for ten years to make a go of it as a film-maker, and here T ‘was, hugely in debt and wondering how I was going to feed the children, and thinking maybe it was all just folly.” 41. 42. 43. When pushed, he ventured that Evans might get $30,000 as an advance on the book. “I had in mind how much I needed to payoff a bit of the overdraft and keep us going, and it was more than that. I'd spent seven months on The Horse Whisperer, and there were at least another two to go. $30,000 was a really difficult figure. | was also advised to write a 12-page synopsis of the remainder of the book.” ‘The events that followed have become publishing history. Within a week ~a week of hotly contested auctions - the novel had been sold to Transworld Publications in the UK for $550,000 and to Delacorte in the US for $3.15 million, both record- breaking advances for a first novel As they all agreed to this sum, it was decided that they should each “pitch” to Evans. And so, one night in October, he sat in his study while four great film- makers rang, one after the other, to beg for the privilege of paying $3 million for an unfinished novel. Evans told me all this as we sat drinking coffee on a wooden verandah perched above the leafy garden of his home. He said that he had since tured down an offer to write the screenplay of The Horse Whisperer. He would be involved, he said, but at arm's length. The success of his novel had inevitably brought forth the offer of new backing for Life and Limb, but he was no longer sure that he wanted to make it. “I think that would be foolish not to write another novel,” he said. Trang 9/13 — Dé HSG Tiéng Anh B — 2022-2023A. And so throughout the spring he drove across the US, stopping at ranches and learning about horses and the men who work with them, . “It's all been such a fairy tale so far. Idon't want to spoil it. Writing at that level is a very tough business, and I don't want to become an employee of these people who T like and who have paid me so much money, I'd hate to find myself writing a draft or two and then have them say, ‘Thanks Nick, but now we'll bring in so- and-so"." C. “We couldn't believe it; we sat there with our jaws gaping. We'd never sent the manuscript to New York, we still don't know how it got there,” Evans says. did they send it to Hollywood, but wit that same week the major studios were fighting over it. “My agent in the UK wisely involved an agent over there and when he phoned us to say, "I think we can get $3 million outright,” we laughed in disbelief.” D. As a screenwriter, he had yearned for the freedom of novelists and, when he had it, found himself “in the middle of this immense and terrifying plain without the support of screenplay rules to guide me.” But he carries us smoothly through. Even so, he remains bafiled as to why the story has captured imaginations in the mind- blowing way that it has. Your answers: E. KR G. He thought that again towards the end of August, by which time he had returned home and written the first half of the book. “At that point the bank manager was getting really very heavy with us, and I needed to know whether it was worth going on. I plucked up the courage 0 show it to a friend who was a literary ‘agent; he read it and said it was "fine".” A wise man, finding himself in Evans’ position, would have got a job. He could have gone back to being a television executive, or begun a television project that had been on hold. Instead, he made a decision that most people, Evans included, would consider insane. He bought a ticket to America and set off for three months to research his first novel. In October, together with the first two thundred pages of the novel, this was sent to seven UK publishers on the eve of their departure for the annual spending spree at the intemationally renowned Frankfurt Book Fair. Within days his agent was on the telephone to report that he had just turned down the first offer of $75,000. “I said, "You what?" And he said, "I's OK, I just sense something is happening.” The farrier had told him the story of a docile horse that had turned, no one knew why, into a fiend. Its owners were desperate until they heard of a gypsy who, simply by talking to the animal, transformed its temperament in a matter of hours. Such men, the farrier said, were known as “horse whisperers”. 37. 38. 39. 40. 4. 42. 43. TV. WRITING (6 points) Part 1 : Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. The first sentence (0) has been done as an example. 0, Something must be done quickly to solve the problem of homeless. % Urgent action must be taken to solve the problem of homelessness. Otto Channel 1. The boy does whatever his father wants in an obedient way. ss The boy dances Trang 10/13 ~ Bé HSG Tieng Anh B ~ 2022-2023 Shared by Angels ofShared by Angels of Otto Channel 2. As far as I know, there’s no reason for Lisa to be so unhappy. ws To the 3. The welfare state almost eliminated poverty. = The welfare state came 4. The plan may be ingenious, but > Ingenious 5. The boy was about to cry when he was reprimanded by his mother. 33 The boy was on 6. No team stands a chance of defeating France in thi ws It's a foregone ___ 7. Just thinking about his face at that moment makes me laugh. x3 The very 8. Scientists have tried very hard to find a cure for that disease +» Enormous 9. As no one has disapproved of the scheme, I suggest we go ahead. = As no one has raised will never work in practice. i's FIFA World Cup. 10. You must remember to lock the drawer whatever you do. On Part 2: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given in CAPITALS. Do not change the form of the given word. You must use between three and six words, including the word given. The first sentence (0) has been done as an example. 0. The project received unanimous approval of the committee. (FAVOUR) = The whole committee was/were in favour of the project. 11. I suddenly realized the meaning of a “freebie”. (DAWNED) = It suddenly the meaning of a “freebie” was. 12. She is going to be really angry when she finds out that her son has lost the car key. (WALL) % She is going when she finds out that her son has lost the car key. 13. The senior students believe that they are old enough to choose which classes to attend, (REGARD) +3 The senior students old enough to choose which classes to attend. 14. You couldn’t do anything more stupid than to give up your job now. (HEIGHT) ~ It would be to give up your job now. 15. I don’t think this record will ever be popular. (CATCH) 2% [don’t think this record 16. Organic vegetables are said to be very healthy. (WONDERS) % Organic vegetables are said one’s health, 17. Mr. Park Young Seo received a gold medal for his service to the country. (RECOGNITION) = Mr, Park Young Seo received a gold medal his service to the country. Trang 11/13 ~ Bé HSG Tieng Anh B ~ 2022-202318. Ngoc Mai singer became known throughout the country as a result of her involvement in popular TV series. (HOUSEHOLD) >» Ngoe Mai singer became _ _ oo as a result of her involvement in popular TV series. 19. The manager told his staff that he was pleased, but she could do better. (ROOM) ~ The manager told his staff that he was pleased, but Hprovenien._ Shared by Angels of 20. It’s uncertain whether the band’s tour will take place. (BALANCE) Gite channel ~ The band’s tour Part 3: Some people think that universities should not provide so much theoretical knowledge but give more practical training throughout their courses. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? In about 250 ~ 300 words, write an essay to express your opinion on the statement, Trang 12/13 — Dé HSG Tieng Anh B ~ 2022-2023Shared by Angels of Otto Ghannel --- THE END Trang 13/13 — Dé HSG Tieng Anh B ~ 2022-2023