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LẦN THỨ XVI, NĂM 2024 (Đề thi đề xuất)
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 11 Thời gian: 180 phút
(Đề thi gồm có 20 trang, gồm . . .câu) Ngày thi: 16/7/2024
SECTION 1: LISTENING (50 points)
Part 1. You will hear part of a radio discussion about iris recognition system. Decide whether following
statements are True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG). (10 pts)
1. To treat a variety of ailments, the biohackers have officially used poo of other people as medicine.
2. The immune system is an organ whose components can move around your body.
3. Our body automatically sends clear signals for us to improve our immune systems.
4. There are certain pills that can restore and boost our immune response for us to stay healthy.
5. Vaccination allows us to effectively and safely manipulate our immune responses.
Part 2. Listen to the recording and answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
taken from the recording for each answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 pts)
1. What made people wait for eight hours to spend a short time with?
____________________________________________________________
2. Who did the Prince and Princess of Wales said thank you to?
____________________________________________________________
3. Besides the feeling of grief, what were the other feelings that King Charles have to face in public?
____________________________________________________________
4. Besides the audience, ministers who else did the reporter also see?
____________________________________________________________
5. What would King Charles host with the presence the world's leaders at the Adrian Buckingham Palace?
____________________________________________________________
Part 3. You will hear part of a radio discussion with Ellen Harrington of the Meadow Lane Residents
Group, and Tim Barlow from Carton Town Planning Department. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C
or D) which fits best according to what you hear. (10 pts)
1. What was Ellen's first reaction when the town centre was closed to traffic? 1 A. She was terrified. B. She was miserable. C. She was delighted. D. She was suspicious.
2. The mood of the Meadow Lane residents can best be described as ____________. A. resigned B. dissatisfied C. furious D. dejected
3. How does Tim feel about the changes in the town centre?
A. He regrets they were made so quickly.
B. He believes they were inevitable.
C. He thinks the town council should have foreseen the problem.
D. He is proud the town council went forward with them.
4. What does Tim think about the protest Ellen's group is planning?
A. He doesn't think it will accomplish anything.
B. He thinks it is not aimed at the right people.
C. He doesn't think drivers will be affected.
D. He thinks it will be dangerous.
5. What does Ellen think will make the protest effective?
A. the amount of publicity it will generate
B. the inconvenience it will cause to drivers
C. the number of demonstrators who will take part D. the forthcoming election
Part 4. Listen to a piece of news and fil in the gaps using no more than THREE WORDS OR
NUMBER for each blank. (20 pts)
Recently in the Great Pyramids, a 100-feet long space, which is called a (1) ____________, has been
discovered lately. According to “The Nature”, this is a significant discovery to archaeology because since the
1800s, there has been no other significant discovery like this (2) ____________. However, whether this can
help to unravel the ancient mysteries is (3) ____________. There is no proof that a/an (4) ____________ or
burial chamber can be found from this space. There may be more others like this in the pyramid and this
discovery is expected to help the researchers find out how it was built. To identify this space, not allowed to
(5) ____________ or use cameras, they had to take use of some appliances to track (6) ____________ inside
the structure. That’s not the only way the modern technology is helping archaeologists.
Adam Low, an archaeologist, admitted to being a man with (7) ____________ the tomb of a Pharaoh,
Seti I. It can be learnt from the tomb how ancient people have different thoughts, different values and (8)
____________. He can read the way they thought through the (9) ____________ on the walls. With the help
of technology, a dialogue crossing time can be built and become one of the most exciting moment. “The Hall 2
of Beauties” is, in fact, only a (10) ____________ built in a museum in Switzerland.
SECTION 2: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points)
Part 1: Choose the answer that best completes each sentence. (20 pts)
1. Although the conditions weren't ideal for a walk, we decided to ____________ a go of it. A. make B. do C. run D. carry
2. She’s so ____________; you really have to watch you say or she’ll walk out of the room. A. high and dry B. prim and proper C. rough and ready D. sick and tired
3. We can’t speed up production ____ the expense of quality. A. in B. at C. on D. of
4. It never ____________ my head that such a terrible thing would happen. A. struck B. dawned C. occured D. entered
5. My car was so old that I could only sell it for ____________. A. rubbish B. scrap C. debris D. waste
6. After years of being exposed to the sun and rain, the sign had become completely ____________. A. unreadable B. misread C. readable D. illegible
7. Man: “I heard you have a part in the school play tonight.” Woman: Yes, and I’m on ____________ and needles.” A. bins B. pins C. tins D. rins
8. You need to stop sweeping your problems under the ____________. Nothing will get resolved like that! A. curtain B.pillow C.blanket D. carpet
9. Can I have a glass of water? I have got a ____________ in my throat. A. frog B. goat C. chick D. duck
10. Winning the cup in 1998 was just a ____________ in the pan – they haven’t won the match since then. A. blaze B. flash C. flame D. light
11. Unless we do everything by the ____________, we'll get into trouble. A. government B. law C. book D. police
12. I agreed that the shop treated you very badly. But just write a polite letter of complaint. It's not worth
making a ____________ about it. A. tooth and nail B. song and dance C. pins and needles D. length and breadth
13. She traveled ____________ of Ireland looking for her missing brother. A. from far and wide B. the ins and outs C. the length and breadth D. ups and downs 3
14. I usually buy my clothes ____________. It's cheaper than going to the dress maker. A. off the peg B. in public C. on the shelf D. on the house
15. After six months of convalescence in the nursing home, Tim is finally on the ____________. A. go B. run C. mend D. top
16. You really dropped ____________ the other day when you told Brian you'd seen his wife at the cinema.
He thought she was at her mother's. A. a log B. a brick C. a plank D. a stone
17. Riley is between a ____________ and a hard place as he accidentally set up his doctor's appointment on
the same day as his son's first soccer game at school. A. rock B. stone C. ball D. dirt
18. He always tries to ____________, but his excuses are never believable. A. cry over spilt milk B. pull the wool over our eyes C. bite the bullet D. hit the ground running
19. When he found out he had been lied to, he really ____________. A. blew a fuse B. broke the ice
C. killed two birds with one stone
D. made a mountain out of a molehill
20. When the market crashed, many investors found themselves ____________. A. in the same boat B. holding the bag C. over the moon D. on cloud nine
Part 2. Give the correct form of the word in the brackets. (10 pts)
1. Their local story of ____________ marriage, upward mobility and wealth was attached to an evolving
taxonomy of identity, being instituted by the courts. (RACE)
2. They paid little attention to the ____________ of the pieces. (FRAGMENT)
3. Questions were asked at the eye clinic but these are said to have brought merely a brisk and
____________ response. (OFFICE)
4. The unresponsive audience made the lecturer somewhat ____________. What a shame. (HEART)
5. When the child makes a grammatical mistake, it is normally clear that the error arises from a partial
understanding or ____________ of the rules of the target grammar. (APPLY)
6. They exchanged ____________ for a few minutes before saying goodbye. (PLEASANT)
7. In this view, what an agent intends depends on how the agent ____________ her action, specifically, on
what she says she was aiming at. (CONCEIVE)
8. The new policy only serves to ____________ the inadequacy of help for the homeless. (ACCENT)
9. Restraining agencies include countervailing institutions such as the ____________, parliamentary 4