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NĂM HỌC 2021-2022

(ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT) MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – KHỐI 11

(Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút)

Đề này gồm có 19 trang

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HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU

• Bài nghe gồm 4 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 30 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi
phần nghe có tín hiệu.
• Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Thí sinh có 3 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước tín hiệu
nhạc kết thúc bài nghe.
• Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.

I. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1: You will hear a woman talking about caffeine. Listen and decide whether the following
sentences are true (T) or false (F). (10 points)
1. The desired effects of caffeine are brought by its role in enabling the proper function of specific
receptors in the brain.
2. Daily consumption of caffeine products has a long history, only at irregular intervals.
3. The local popularity Chinese tea enjoyed was preceded by its global reputation.
4. Caffeine consumption has become a part of the US beverage culture.
5. Caffeine has a risk warning, which led to a ban on the bulk sale of caffeine-infused beverages by the
US government.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: You will hear part of the lecture about the history of fireworks in Europe. Write NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER taken from the recording. (10 points))

1. What did the European emperors use fireworks to celebrate?

__________________________________________________________
2. In the late 17th century, what could be deployed to enable sailors to navigate at sea?
__________________________________________________________

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3. Where was the contribution of fireworks specialists overlooked?
__________________________________________________________
4. What were featured in Grand displays in Paris, composed by Giovanni Servandoni, an architect and
stage designer?
__________________________________________________________
5. Whom did the Italian specialists desire to appeal during their journey around Europe?
__________________________________________________________

Part 3: Listen to a radio discussion about children who invent imaginary friends and choose the
correct answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 points)
10. In the incident that Liz describes
A. her daughter asked her to stop the car.
B. she had to interrupt the journey twice.
C. she got angry with her daughter.
D. her daughter wanted to get out of the car.
11. What does the presenter say about the latest research into imaginary friends?
A. It contradicts other research on the subject.
B. It shows that the number of children who have them is increasing.
C. It indicates that negative attitudes towards them are wrong.
D. It focuses on the effect they have on parents.
12. How did Liz feel when her daughter had an imaginary friend?
A. always confident that it was only a temporary situation
B. occasionally worried about the friend's importance to her daughter
C. slightly confused as to how she should respond sometimes
D. highly impressed by her daughter's inventiveness
14. Karen says that the teenager who had invented a superhero is an example of
A. a very untypical teenager.
B. a problem that imaginary friends can cause.
C. something she had not expected to discover.
D. how children change as they get older.
15. According to Karen, how should parents react to imaginary friends?
A. They should pretend that they like the imaginary friend.
B. They shouldn't get involved in the child's relationship with the friend.
C. They should take action if the situation becomes annoying.
D. They shouldn't discuss the imaginary friend with their child.

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Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 4: Listen to a recording about a growth mindset and complete the summary by writing NO
MORE THAN THREE words and/or a number in each gap. (20 points)
Growth mindset has acquired 1.________ these days with studies indicating greater success for those
who embrace efforts and learning than those who are merely supportive of 2. __________. Similarly,
deceptive behaviours are found in companies encouraging talent game while higher rates of innovative
developments, greater 3. _________ as well as more dedicated staff are reported in companies
supporting growth. However, a growth mindset can also be misinterpreted.

One common misconception is to dismiss the evolutionary nature of growth and to mistake features such
as a 4.________ or receptiveness for a growth mindset. Next, people might misinterpret endeavors as a
sure component of a growth mindset while not attaching enough significance to 5. _______ which
involve the lessons learnt, progress made and processes engaged in. Finally, organisations may solely
announce their goals to achieve 6. _________ without 7. ______ and _________.

All in all, organisations that encourage a growth zone value learning and support certain levels of 8.
________. In such environments, not 9._________ but ________ is espoused, and the concept of
“growth” must be truly delivered to employees through actions. The fixed mindset that triggers
10.__________ in response to negative feedback might be an obstacle to growth thinking; therefore, the
key is to get insight into what a growth mindset truly means and how to put it into practice.

Your answers:
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

II. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (3 points)

Part 1. Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences. (20 points)
1. Beneath the streets of a modem city_______ of walls, columns, cables, pipes,and tunnels required to
satisfy the needs of its inhabitants.
A. where exists B. the existing network
C. the network’s existence D. exists the network

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2. Everything looks very positive for the company, _______ the current investors do not default on their
agreements.
A. assuming that B. whether C. whereas D. as if
3. Probably no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in the United States_______
A. as Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production.
B. rather than Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production.
C. than did Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production.
D. more than Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production.
4. I would rather _______ my holiday in Egypt than in Turkey. I really couldn’t stand the food.
A. take B had taken C. to have taken D. have taken
5. According to a recent report, the disease is rare, affecting _______ ten thousand adults.
A. out of every one B. the only one of
C. every one from D. only one out of every
6. I feel a bit wary that people seem so eager to make a _______ of faith about driverless cars being free
to drive in our street.
A. hop B. jerk C. leap D. twitch
7. He has secured a loan for a new building by ______ upon the resources of two existing tenants.
A. dwelling B. training C. playing D. drawing
8. They worked _______ all weekend, trying to get it finished on time.
A. ferociously B. furiously C. indignantly D. outrageously
9. Individuals are being arrested and detained for lengthy periods, often without trial, for disseminating
information judged to be ______ via the Internet.
A. frolicsome B. unpropitious C. pedestrian D. Seditious
10. The sun ______ down with merciless intensity on the six men adrift in the life boat.
A. shone B. scared C. glared D. flared
11. He was found to have provided the court with ______ evidence.
A. doctored B. tampered C. feigned D. shammed
12. The story _____ well, indicating that sports obsession is a universal quality.
A. travels B. carries C. sails D. crosses
13. Her legs were starting to grow tired and sore, and a _____ of pain was ______ in her side.
A. stitch / erupting B. crick / arousing C. prick / bursting D. throb / surging
14. Some find it hard to _____ themselves to the new working condition.
A. apply B. accommodate C. habituate D. conduct
15. She deliberately _____ the waters by constantly referring to other irrelevant cases.
A. sullied B. muddied C. blemished D. shrouded
16. The president claims the new media is _____ hostile to his initiatives.

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A. impalpably B. implacably C. impeccably D. implausibly
17. Talking about the quality of your work behind your back was a _____ tactic on her part!
A. know-how B. look-out C. low-down D. show-down
18. Research in this field is of relatively recent _____; that’s why I’m not conversant with it.
A. progress B. caliber C. vantage D. vintage
19. He said my novel showed promise. He liked the style and the story-line, and he was ____ just to be
kind.
A. getting his bearings B. flexing his muscles C. pulling his punches D. spreading his wings
20. How am I expected to _____ a meal for six of his friends with almost nothing in the fridge?
A. conjure up B. eke out C. hack down D. roll in

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Part 2: Write the correct form of word in each blank. (10 points)
1. Sometimes I'm really shocked by the (CONTEMP) behaviour of shop assistants.
2. The police (EXAMINE) the accusing man about how the accident had occurred.
3. The thing you have done makes a player in your team feel that he or she is being (LINE) . Give
everyone a chance to play.
4. The chairman of this company is merely a (HEAD), the Chief Executive is the one who is truly in
control.
5. The total (TON) of the bombs flopped in the Vietnam War increases every year as more bombs are
unearthed.
6. He looked at the policeman with (DEFY), as if he were asking for a fight.
7. She received a (PLENTY) of presents on her birthday - it would surely take the whole day to open
them.
8. The sides are bluish green above, violet in the middle, red beneath, (VARIANT) with oval spots of
brilliant silver.
9. When going on business trip, Henry enjoys staying in luxurious hotels that offer (POINT) suites.
10. He was born into a (BLOOD) family; therefore, he had an opportunity to attend the most prestigious
private school in the country.

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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

III. READING (60 points)

Part 1: Fill in each blank with ONE word. (15 points)

We’ve all been there and come back with a T-shirt bearing a slogan about it – The Failed Holiday. The
kids are bored stiff you can’t find a decent restaurant for love nor 1.______, the cafes are all full and you
are fed up. Tempers fray and you are left wondering why you went away in the first place 2.______ a
good way to spend precious holiday time. But there is a way of escaping the stresses of being away from
home. Staying in an all-inclusive hotel 3.______ you don’t have to 4.______, meals, activities or night
life, as everything is catered for, leaving you to 5.______ back, relax and enjoy your holiday. Most
importantly, all-inclusive holidays 6.______ at all-inclusive prices, so you pay for everything before you
go away. And don’t think you’ll be 7.______ to one or two resorts. These days, holiday companies offer
all-inclusive deals in every main resort around the Mediterranean, as well as more exotic locations such
as the Caribbean or the Maldives. If you think this is the sort of holiday you are after, there are a few
things to keep in 8.______. Firstly, remember that you’ll be spending most of your time in the hotel, so
make sure you choose one which has the facilities you require. If you’re travelling as a family 9.______,
many hotels offer excellent children’s facilities such as kid’s clubs, playgrounds and crèches. For older
children, there are a number of hotels offering supervised activities for teens while others offer
10.______ sport facilities including team games, water sports and gym facilities.

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question. (10 points)

I have been asked what I think about the idea of ‘Investing in People’. The best answer I can give is that
I think that what it tries to achieve - basically making the link between business improvement and
focusing on the needs of the people who work for an organisation - is great. My problem is with
organisations who subscribe to it as a way to help them 'get better', when they don't bother to
understand where they went wrong in the first place. They need to ask what explicit and implicit policies
and procedures they have in place that prevent their people from being able
to do the right thing for the right reasons.

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I am sure that there are managers out there who don't know any better, and assume that to manage they
simply need to put pressure on their people to perform. [A] But people don't demonstrate high
performance because they are told to. [B] They do it because they see the need to do it, and make the
choice to do so. They do it because they are connected to the business goals and they see how their
contributions can help achieve them. [C] But simply putting ticks in boxes is no good if it doesn't reflect
reality. [D]
I know of a company that was so concerned that its people were doing the 'right thing' that it put in place
a series of metrics to measure their effectiveness. So far, so good. But one of the objectives - making
successful sales calls - manifested itself in the metric 'Number of potential customers seen in one day'.
The sales people obviously focused their efforts on going from one customer's office to another, and not
on closing deals. Instead of the employees becoming more effective,they focused on getting the boxes
ticked. Good intent; poor thinking.
Another company wanted to improve the speed with which it was able to introduce new products.
Competition was beating it to the market place, and consequently the company was losing market share.
Senior management sent out the message to reduce the time spent in getting products into customers'
hands, with the explanation that they couldn't afford delays. This was a relatively easy task,especially
since the time spent testing the products was cut in half to accomplish the time reduction. The result was
new products were introduced in less time than those of the competition - but soon rejected by customers
for poor quality. Good intent; reckless implementation.
A third company I know is trying hard to help employees see that they have some control over their
future. The company instituted a programme with a title like 'Creating our own future' or something like
that. A good idea; get the people involved in the future of the company. But instead of the employees
becoming motivated to contribute, they saw it as a hollow exercise on the part of senior management
who, in the past, had paid little attention to anything other than getting the job done so they could report
great earnings. Yes, the programme was a big 'tick the box' effort, but that was all it was in the minds of
the people that it was designed for.
A final example is of a company that brought in one of these 'Investing in People' programmes to change
the way the company was run. Assessors were running around like crazy, helping managers examine
how they managed. They told managers how they could manage better. And when the programme was
over, the company was able to say they had done it- it had invested in its people and life was now good.
But after all, the assessors were gone, and they again had targets to hit.
All these examples are representative of senior management who see the need to improve things in their
organisation, but don't see how to do it. For a start, a programme targeted at improving things is only as
good as management's ability to motivate their people. And when the employees simply see the
programme as a box-ticking exercise, then it's hopeless.
1. The writer thinks that putting the concept of 'Investing in People' into practice _______.

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 A. frequently results in confusion among the people it is supposed to help
B. involves more effort than some organizations are prepared to make
C. may create problems where previously there had not been any problems
D. is something that some organizations should attempt to do
2. What is the writer's attitude when using the phrase 'get better' in the first paragraph?
A. ironic B.humorous C. indignant D.practical
3. The writer's main point in the second paragraph is that the performance of employees _______.
A. may be very good even if management is poor
B. cannot be accurately measured by any box-ticking exercise
C. is related to their knowledge of the organization as a whole
D. is not as unpredictable as some managers believe it to be
4. Which of the following square brackets [A], [B], [C] or [D] best indicates where in the second
paragraph the sentence “Such managers may tell themselves they can put a 'tick' in the 'we care about
people' box.” can be inserted?
A. [A] B. [B] C. [C] D. [D]
5. What point does the writer make about the first company he describes?
A. It was not really interested in measuring the effectiveness of employees.
B. The targets that it set for staff were unrealistic.
C. It failed to understand the real needs of its employees.
D. The data that it collected did not measure what it was supposed to measure.
6. What point does the writer make about the second company he describes?
A. It made what should have been an easy task into a complicated one.
B. It failed to foresee the consequences of an instruction.
C. It misunderstood why a new approach was required.
D. It refused to take into account the views of employees.
7. What does the writer say about the programme introduced by the third company he mentions?
A. Employees did not believe that it had been introduced for their benefit.
B. Employees felt that it was in fact a way of making their jobs even harder.
C. The reason given for introducing it was not the real reason why it was introduced.
D. It was an inappropriate kind of programme for this particular organization.
8. The writer says that the programme in his final example.
A. was too demanding for managers to maintain long-term
B. was treated as a self-contained exercise by managers
C. involved some strange ideas on how managers could improve
D. caused managers to believe that their previous methods had been better
9. What does the writer mean by using the phrase 'they again had targets to hit'?

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 A. Setting targets and achieving them are a common thing in the mentioned company.
B. Despite the programme, the company did not deviate from conventional business practices.
C. The company were made up of goal-oriented managers and staff members.
D. Managers in the company were quite oblivious to change and innovation.-
10. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Box ticking requires a coordination of efforts.
B. Box ticking is being misinterpreted by businesses.
C. Box ticking will need further revision along the way.
D. Box ticking has become obsolete for businesses.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3: For questions 1-13, read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (13 points)

Assessing the risk

A. As a title for a supposedly unprejudiced debate on scientific progress, “Panic attack: interrogating our
obsession with risk” did not bode well. Held last week at the Royal Institution in London, the event
brought together scientists from across the world to ask why society is so obsessed with risk and to call
for a “more rational” approach. “We seem to be organising society around the grandmotherly maxim of
‘better safe than sorry’,” exclaimed Spiked, the online publication that organised the event. “What are
the consequences of this overbearing concern with risks?”

B. The debate was preceded by a survey of 40 scientists who were invited to describe how awful our
lives would be if the “precautionary principle” had been allowed to prevail in the past. Their response
was: no heart surgery or antibiotics, and hardly any drugs at all; no aeroplanes, bicycles or high-voltage
power grids; no pasteurisation, pesticides or biotechnology; no quantum mechanics; no wheel; no
“discovery” of America. In short, their message was: no risk, no gain.

C. They have absolutely missed the point. The precautionary principle is a subtle idea. It has various
forms, but all of them generally include some notion of cost-effectiveness. Thus the point is not simply
to ban things that are not known to be absolutely safe. Rather, it says: “Of course you can make no
progress without risk. But if there is no obvious gain from taking the risk, then don’t take it.”

D. Clearly, all the technologies listed by the 40 well-chosen savants were innately risky at their
inception, as all technologies are. But all of them would have received the green light under the
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precautionary principle because they all had the potential to offer tremendous benefits – the solutions to
very big problems – if only the snags could be overcome.

E. If the precautionary principle had been in place, the scientists tell us, we would not have antibiotics.
But of course, we would – if the version of the principle that sensible people now understand had been
applied. When penicillin was discovered in the 1920s, infective bacteria were laying waste to the world.
Children died from diphtheria and whooping cough, every open drain brought the threat of typhoid, and
any wound could lead to septicaemia and even gangrene.

F. Penicillin was turned into a practical drug during the Second World War when the many pestilences
that result from were threatened to kill more people than the bombs. Of course antibiotics were a
priority. Of course, the risks, such as they could be perceived, were worth taking.

G. And so with the other items on the scientists’ list: electric light bulbs, blood transfusions. CAT scans,
knives, the measles vaccine – the precautionary principle would have prevented all of them, they tell us.
But this is just plain wrong. If the precautionary principle had been applied properly, all these creations
would have passed muster, because all offered incomparable advantages compared to the risks perceived
at the time.

H. Another issue is at stake here. Statistics are not the only concept people use when weighing up risk.
Human beings, subtle and evolved creatures that we are, do not survive to three-score years and ten
simply by thinking like pocket calculators. A crucial issue is the consumer’s choice. In deciding whether
to pursue the development of new technology, the consumer’s right to choose should be considered
alongside considerations of risk and benefit. Clearly, skiing is more dangerous than genetically modified
tomatoes. But people who ski choose to do so; they do not have skiing thrust upon them by portentous
experts of the kind who now feel they have the right to reconstruct our crops. Even with skiing, there is
the matter of cost-effectiveness to consider: skiing, I am told, is exhilarating. Where is the exhilaration in
GM soya?

I. Indeed, in contrast to all the other items on Spiked’s list, GM crops stand out as an example of a
technology whose benefits are far from clear. Some of the risks can at least be defined. But in the present
economic climate, the benefits that might accrue from them seem dubious. Promoters of GM crops
believe that the future population of the world cannot be fed without them. That is untrue. The crops that
really matter are wheat and rice, and there is no GM research in the pipeline that will seriously affect the
yield of either. GM is used to make production cheaper and hence more profitable, which is an extremely
questionable ambition.

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J. The precautionary principle provides the world with a very important safeguard. If it had been in
place in the past it might, for example, have prevented insouciant miners from polluting major rivers
with mercury. We have come to a sorry pass when scientists, who should above all be dispassionate
scholars, feel they should misrepresent such a principle for the purposes of commercial and political
propaganda. People at large continue to mistrust science and the high technologies it produces partly
because they doubt the wisdom of scientists. On such evidence as this, these doubts are fully justified.

Questions 1-6
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage ?
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 The title of the debate is not unbiased.

2 All the scientists invited to the debate were from the field of medicine.
3 The message those scientists who conducted the survey were sending was people shouldn’t take risks.
4 All the 40 listed technologies are riskier than other technologies.
5 It was worth taking the risks to invent antibiotics.
6 All the other inventions on the list were also judged by the precautionary principle.

Questions 7-13: Complete the following summary of the paragraphs of Reading Passage Using NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the Reading Passage for each answer.

When applying the precautionary principle to decide whether to invent a new technology, people should
also the consideration of the 7_________________, along with the usual consideration of
8_________________For example, though risky and dangerous enough, people still enjoy
9_________________for the excitement it provides. On the other hand, experts believe that future
population desperately needs 10_________________in spite of their undefined risks. However, the
researchers conducted so far have not been directed towards increasing the yield of
11_________________ , but to reduce the cost of 12_________________and to bring more profit out of
it. In the end, such selfish use of the precautionary principle for business and political gain has often led
people to 13_________________science for they believe scientists are not to be trusted.

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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13.

Part 4. You are going to read an article about graphology. Seven paragraphs have been removed
.from the extract. 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 (7 points)

Graphology is the study and analysis of handwriting in order to assess the personality and other traits of
the writer. As a means of providing in-depth details of personality, graphology is based on the principle
that most people write differently to the way they were taught at school. A unique pattern is formed on
the page in the way a writer combines characters from left to right and from top to bottom.
1______

Physical, mental and emotional characteristics are revealed. Handwriting is an exposure of a person's
current state of mind, feelings and body. An experienced graphologist can also detect past influences and
perhaps, future potential.
2______
When Michon published the results of his many years of research into handwriting movements, the
subject began to arouse public interest. His method was popular, owing to its simplicity. He studied
certain elements in handwriting, namely the 'stroke', the letters, words, paragraphs and free movements
(dots on i's and bars on t's).
3______
Crepieux-Jamin spent his life collating and improving upon Michon's observations and is credited with
founding the School of Isolated Signs, which linked specific handwriting elements to specific traits. He
defined the various elements of handwriting and divided them into seven categories: dimension, form ,
pressure, speed , direction , layout and continuity.
4______
At around the same time, in Germany, William T. Preyer recognised the fact that handwriting is, in fact,
brainwriting. He theorised that should a writer lose his writing arm, as did Nelson, for example, and have
to use the opposite hand, or even the foot or mouth in the case of paralysis, the same basic tendencies
will appear in the script, although obviously executed with less fluency at first.
5______

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Dr Max Pulver, a renowned psychologist with a deep interest in graphology, was to make a further
contribution. He divided handwriting into three 'zones' - vertical movement, horizontal movement and
depth. This clarified aspects of handwriting previously misunderstood.
6______
At that time, many graphologists came to Britain hoping to continue their profession, only to find the
subject virtually unknown. In order to bring it to public attention, several graphologists produced books
for the layman. This was a breakthrough for graphology, and public reaction indicated there was a
demand for more information on the subject.
7______
Since graphology can give an all-round accurate specific handwriting elements to specific traits. He
profile, there is a deeper insight into a person's whole defined the various elements of handwriting and
character. There is also an elimination of the divided them into seven categories: dimension, form,
problem of premeditated candidate responses and any attempts at deception are detectable to the
graphologists. Strengths and weaknesses are emphasized, as well as many other features that are relevant
to the appointment.

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7.

Part 5: The passage below consists of five sections marked A-E. Read the passage and do the task
that follows. Write your answers (A-E) in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 points)

A. There are now five times as many cases of food poisoning as there were 20 years ago. It's partly down
to the fact that we eat out more often. Consider that one in men and one in three five women admit that
they don't wash their hands after going to the toilet or before preparing food; it's enough to put you off
popping out for a quick bite on a Friday night. And before you reach for one of those mints sitting on the
counter by the till, think how many non-hand-washers have dipped their fingers into that bowl. But the
problem isn't restricted to grubby eateries. More than half of food poisoning infections are acted in the
home. This may be because people are eating more pre-prepared food and shopping less often, so is
stored for longer. But most food poisoning is preventable if you know what you're doing.

B. Next time you have a headache, don't automatically reach for painkillers. Using them too often could
be more dangerous than you think. For a vulnerable minority, the route to addiction can be alarmingly
fast. It's thought that overusing painkillers leads to changes in the way the handles pain signals, so it
becomes oversensitive to stimuli that wouldn't normally cause pain. As the pain threshold lowers, people

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seek out stronger medication and increase the dosage and soon they are hooked. Somewhere along the
line we have become blasé about the dangers of these medicines which are available in petrol stations,
news agents and supermarkets. People must not assume that over the counter drugs are safe because
clearly this is not the case.

C. The basic premise of detox is that we need to clear the toxic waste from our bodies every so often in
order to stay healthy. It sounds a reasonable idea, but nutrition experts are quick to point out that there's
no evidence to support it. Detoxing is a concept that underestimates the abilities of our liver and kidneys.
Any toxins that do get absorbed are very efficiently dealt with and secreted by our bodies. The concept
of detox diets is irrational and unscientific. Those promoting detox diets often claim that in order to
detoxify, we should avoid foods such as wheat and dairy products. The reality is that these foods provide
us with important nutrients, and it is unnecessary potentially harmful to exclude them from the diet.

D. There is a lot of publicity about the dangers of having 'high cholesterol' at the moment - mainly
coming from companies that make special foods that claim to lower it for you. It is a widespread
problem though: according to the British Heart Foundation around two thirds of British people have a
blood cholesterol level above the suggested healthy target figure. And as there are no symptoms until it
causes disease, many people with high cholesterol may not be aware that they have it. However we need
some cholesterol because the body wouldn't function without it! It is a key part of cell membranes and it
is also found in bile, which is important for digestion and absorption of fat.

E. Just like a real-time personal trainer (PT), an online coach discusses personal goals, tailors exercise
schedules and offers advice to clients of all abilities. Instead of face-to face guidance, however, the
virtual trainer gives feedback via emails and texts - perfect for the self-conscious exerciser! While critics
say that it is impossible to effectively rain clients without meeting them, online coaches offer a valuable
compromise when it comes to training. First they are a cost-effective alternative. Second, they represent
a more flexible option, especially if your work takes up much of your time or makes it difficult for you
to commit to regular sessions. And just because your coach is in cyberspace, it doesn't mean he won't be
keeping tabs on you. The mere thought of the next email should have you racing to put on your sports
kit.

F. Most of us are unclear as to where social drinking stops and alcohol dependency starts. A heavy-
drinking student is fairly normal, but a 40-year-old party animal? A sozzled 60- year-old? At what point
do the questions demand a serious answer? Recommendations from the government are that men should
consume no more than three to four units of alcohol a day and women only two to three units. Of course,
committed social drinkers of all ages often ignore units, taking comfort from the fact that they are not

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reaching for the bottle before lunchtime, and their friends are drinking as much as they are so it must be
alright. But you can even test yourself online by looking at Alcohol Concern's website to determine if
alarm bells should be ringing. Most people can reduce their alcohol consumption without professional
help but it's not just about cutting down, it's about editing your life to remove the reasons you are
drinking too much.

In which extract is the following mentioned?

1. People may be unaware of something that is causing disease in their body.
2. Cutting back too much can be harmful.
3. If you feel self-conscious, this could be for you.
4. A shocking hygiene confession is made.
5. This could be a flexible way to monitor your activity and performance levels.
6. A change in body reaction could be dangerous.
7. Drastic measures may not achieve the expected results.
8. You should reassess your lifestyle to see if it is causing a bad habit.
9. People need to be aware of the dangers of something that seems safe.
10.A high-profile health problem boosts manufacturers' turnover.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

IV. WRITING (60 points)

Part 1: Read the following extract and use your own words to summarise it. Your summary
should be 120 words long. (15 points)
The extraordinary system, language, allows us to communicate about anything whatsoever, whether it is
present, absent, or even non-existent. This is quite strange, compared with the communication systems of
other animals, which are mostly confined to messages about everyday events, such as food, danger,
mating and territorial rights. Humans are the odd ones out. We humans are strange, because language
with its fast and precise sounds has more in common with birdsong than with the vocal signals of our ape
relatives.

So how did it all begin, this powerful, weird communication system of ours? Frustratingly, we do not
know. Our earliest written records are around 5,000 years old, though most are more recent. Yet
language must have evolved at least 50,000 years ago, and most researchers propose a date around
100,000 years ago. Until recently, how it all began was an unfashionable question, a playground for
cranks.

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Curious theories abounded. Take the views of Lord Monboddo, a Scottish aristocrat, who in 1773
published a book claiming that humans learned how to spin and weave from spiders, how to construct
dams from beavers, and how to sing and speak from birds. The cuckoo, the raven and the parrot, he
noted, produced almost alphabetical sounds. Therefore in his view human articulation was the result of
imitating such birds.

As absurd claims mushroomed, the question of language origin was shunned by serious scholars. In
1866, a ban on the topic was even imposed. Yet scholarly disapproval did not stop speculation. One
academic, in fact, has counted twenty-three 'principal theories' of language origin. Another acidly
commented: The very fact ... that human animals are ready to engage in a great "garrulity" over the
merits and demerits of essentially unprovable hypotheses, is an exciting testimony to the gap between
humans and other animals.'

The origin of language is like a juicy fruit dangling just out of reach. Human beings have a natural
curiosity about it seemingly built into their minds: 'Few questions in the study of human language have
attracted so much attention, provoked so much controversy, or resisted so resolutely their answers as that
of the origin of language,' noted a recent writer.

Source: Aitchison (1996) - Seeds of Speech (language origin and evolution)

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and make comparisons where relevant. (15 points)

Increase/decrease in world oil prices and average prices of products and services over the years
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It is time to recognize the growing importance of teenagers’ mental well-being .Some people say
that so as to lead a healthy lifestyle, students should maintain a balanced diet and regular
workouts. Others, however, believe that courses to promote their mental condition are more
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TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BẮC NINH KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CÁC TRƯỜNG THPT
TỔ TIẾNG ANH CHUYÊN KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG
BẮC BỘ

(ĐÁP ÁN) NĂM HỌC 2021-2022

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – KHỐI 11

I. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1: (10 points)
1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F

Part 2: (10 points))

1. royal occasions
2. Rockets
3. in Russia
4. Temples, triumphal arches.
5. (The) (growing) middle classes
Part 3: (10 points)
10. B 11. C 12. A 14. C 15. B

Part 4: (20 points)

1. buzzword proportions 6. lofty values

2. innate gifts 7. real, attainable policies (real and attainable are
in EITHER order)
3. organizational support 8. risk taking
4. positive outlook 9. competition, collaboration (the order of two
words is fixed)
5. outcomes 10. insecurity or defensiveness (in EITHER order)

II. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (30 points)

Part 1. (20 points)
1.D 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.D 6.C 7.D 8.B 9.D 10.C
11.A 12.A 13.A 14.B 15.B 16.B 17.C 18.D 19.C 20.A
Part 2: (10 points)

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1. contemptuous 2. cross-examined 3. Sidelined 4. Figurehead 5. tonnage
6. defiance 7. Plenitude 8. Variegated 9. well-appointed 10. blueblood
III. READING (60 points)
Part 1: (15 points)
1.money 2. hardly 3. means 4. plan 5. sit
10.
6.come 7. limited 8. mind 9. unit comprehensive

Part 2: (10 points)

1.A 2. A 3.B 4. C 5. D
6. B 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. A

Part 3: (13 points)

1. T 2. NG 3. F 4. NG 5. T
7. consumer’s
right /
consumer’s
6. NG choice 8. risk and benefit 9. Skiing 10. GM crops
11. wheat and
rice 12. production 13. mistrust

Part 4. (7 points)
1.D 2. F 3.A 4. E 5. G
6. H 7. B

Part 5: (15 points)

1.D 2.C 3.E 4.A 5.E

6.B 7.C 8.F 9.B 10.D

IV. WRITING (60 points)

Part 1: (15 points)
Contents (10 pt)
The summary MUST cover the following points:

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Main topic: human language as an advantage compared to animals and human’s curiosity over the
origin of language (2 points)
Suggested main ideas (1 pt for each correct/ paraphrased main idea)
- Human differs from animals in terms of communication method (language).
- Human language is used for various purposes, not just for everyday events like animals.
- Human language has existed for so long.
- There were absurd theories on the issue, including human learned language from bird.
- Speculation about its origin was once an eccentric one.
- Serious scholars avoided the question but speculation continued.
- One admitted that humans’ curiosity and controversy over the origin of language set them apart from
animals.
- The origin of language has been the most controversial topic in the study of human language as noted
by a recent writer.
Language use (5 pt)
The summary:
- should show attempts to convey the main ideas of the original text by means of paraphrasing
(structural and lexical use)
- should demonstrate correct use of grammatical structures, vocabulary, and mechanics (spelling,
punctuations, ...)
- should maintain coherence, cohesion, and unity throughout (by means of linkers and
transitional devices)
Part 2:
Contents (10 pts)
The report MUST cover the following points:
- Introduce the charts (0.2 pt) and state the overall trends and striking features (0.2 pt)
- Describe main features with relevant data from the charts and make relevant comparisons (0.6 pts)
Language use (5 pts)
The report:
- should demonstrate a wide variety of lexical and grammatical structures,
- should have correct use of words (verb tenses, word forms, voice...) and mechanics (spelling,
Part 3: (30 points)
The mark given to part 3 is based on the following criteria:
1. Organization (5 pts)
a. Ideas are well organized and presented with coherence, cohesion and unity.
b. The essay is well-structured:
* Introduction is presented with clear thesis statement.
* Body paragraph are written with unity, coherence and cohesion.
Each body paragraph must have a topic sentence and supporting details and examples when

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necessary.
* Conclusion summarizes the main points and offers personal opinions (prediction,
recommendation, consideration ...) on the issue.
2. Content (15 pts)
a. All requirements of the task are sufficiently addressed.
b. Ideas are adequately supported and elaborated with relevant and reliable explanations,
examples, evidence....
3. Language use (10 pts)
a. Demonstration of a variety of topic-related vocabulary.
b. Excellent use and control of grammatical structures (verb tenses, word forms, voice...) and
mechanics (spelling, punctuations...)
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 TAPESCRIPT – ANH 11- CBN- DHBB 2022
Part 1:

Source: National Geographic: https://youtu.be/o0W_0MuvlwQ

For morning coffee to afternoon tea, caffeine is so thoroughly entrenched in our daily routines and has
become the worlds most widely used psychoactive substance.

Caffeine is a chemical compound that stimulate the central nervous system. It accomplishes this by
attaching itself to adenosine receptors in the brain. In doing so, it blocks adenosine molecules, which are
responsible for slowing down the central nervous system before we sleep. The result? Adenosine cannot
regulate and neurons start firing. This results in a person's reduced fatigue and increased alertness and
cognitive performance. Side effects many seek by consuming caffeine.

Caffeine occurs naturally in coffee beans, tea leaves, cacao beans and some tree nuts. People have been
consuming it for centuries. But daily consumption took off sporadically at different times in different
places around the world. Coffee became popular in the 15th and 16 centuries. But Cacao was used
among early Mesoamerican civilizations hundreds of years earlier. Tea became popular by the 14th
century in China during the Ming dynasty, but didn't catch on in Britain until almost 400 years later.

Today, caffeine can be found nearly everywhere and more and more caffeine-infused products are hitting
the shelves everyday. In the United States, nearly 90% of the population has at least one caffeinated
beverage everyday.

Up to 400 milligrams of caffeine per day or about four cups of coffee is considered safe for an adult. Too
much caffeine for any one person can cause side effects, such as migraines, insomnia, nervousness and
muscle tremors. One tablespoon of pure caffeine equivalent to drinking 75 cups of coffee at once can
have lethal consequences. Due to this risk of caffeine overdoses, in 2018, the United States Food and
Drug Administration banned the bulk sale of products containing pure or highly concentrated caffeine.

While caffeine may provide great benefits, such as increased focus, alertness and energy, it comes with
considerable risks just like any other substance.

Part 2:

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ADAPTED FROM TEST 2- IELTS RECENT ACTUAL TEST MAY- AUGUST 2021
An interesting aspect of fireworks is that their history tells us a lot about the changing roles of scientists
and technicians in Europe. Fireworks were introduced from China in the 13th century. Up to the 16th
century, they were generally used for military purposes with rockets and fire tubes being thrown at the
enemy, but they were also sometimes a feature of plays and festivals where their chief purpose was
related to religion. By the 17th century, the rulers of Europe had started using fireworks as a way of
marking royal occasions. Technicians were employed to stage spectacular shows which displayed
aspects of nature with representations of the sun, snow and rain. These shows were designed for the
enjoyment of the nobility and to impress ordinary people. But fireworks also aroused the interest of
scientists who started to think of new uses for them. After seeing one firework display where a model of
a dragon was propelled along a rope by rockets, scientists thought that in a similar way humans might be
able to achieve flight. A dream of many scientists at that time. Other scientists such as the chemist
Robert Boyle noticed how in displays, one firework might actually light another and it occurred to him
that fireworks might provide an effective way of demonstrating how stars were formed.

Scientists at the time often depended on the royal courts for patronage, but there was considerable
variation in the relationships between the courts and scientists in different countries. This was reflected
in attitudes towards fireworks and the purposes for which they were used. In London, in the middle of
the 17th century, there was general distrust of fireworks among scientists. However, later in the century,
scientists and technicians started to look at the practical purposes for which fireworks might be
employed such as using rockets to help sailors establish their position at sea. It was a different story in
Russia where the Saint Petersburg Academy of Science played a key role in creating fireworks displays
for the court. Here, those in power regarded fireworks as being an important element in the education of
the masses and the displays often included a scientific message. Members of the academy hoped that this
might encourage the royal family to keep the academy open at a time, when many in the government
were considering closing it. In Paris, the situation was different again. The Paris Academy of Sciences
played no role in staging fireworks displays. Instead the task fell to members of the Royal Academy of
Painting and Sculpture. As in Russia the work of the technicians who created the fireworks was given
little attention. Instead, the fireworks and the spectacle they created were all designed to encourage the
public to believe in the supreme authority of the king. However, science was also enormously popular
among the French nobility and fashionable society flocked to demonstrations such as Nickel Al Emery's
display representing an erupting volcano. The purpose of scientists was basically to offer entertainment
to fashionable society and academicians delighted in amazing audiences with demonstrations of the
universal laws of nature.

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In the course of the 18th century, the circulation of skills and technical exchange led to further
developments. Firework specialists from Italy began to travel around Europe staging displays for many
of the European courts. The architect and stage designer Giovanni Servandoni composed Grand displays
in Paris featuring colorfully painted temples and triumphal arches.

A fireworks display staged by Servandoni would be structured in the same way as an opera and was even
divided into separate acts. Italian firework specialists were also invited to perform in London,
St.Petersburg and Moscow. As these specialists circulated around Europe, they sought to exploit the
appeal of fireworks for a wider audience including the growing middle classes. As in the previous
century, fireworks provided resources for demonstrating scientific laws and theories as well as new
discoveries and displays now showed a fascinated public, the curious phenomenon of electricity. By the
mid 18th century fireworks were being sold for private consumption. So the history of fireworks shows
us the diverse relationships which existed between scientists, technicians and the rest of society.

Part 3:
CPE PRACTICE TESTS
Presenter: Today we're talking about children and their tendency to have imaginary friends. Liz
McManus has a daughter called Caitlin, who's eight now. When she was three, she had an imaginary
friend called Tytner. Liz, tell us about Caitlin and Tytner.
Mother: Well, give you an example. One day I was driving Caitlin and Greg, her baby brother, home
when she solemnly informed me that Tytner was hitting the baby. So I said: 'You tell Tytner that if he
does that again, he'll be walking home.' Fifteen seconds later came the inevitable news: 'He's just done it
again, Mummy.' So I found myself in the embarrassing position of having to pull over, open the
back door and say to this imaginary little boy. `Tytner, out, now!' And of course, as we drove off,
Caitlin started crying because her friend was standing on the pavement all alone. I had to turn back and
go through the rigmarole of pulling over and opening the door to pick him up again.
Presenter: Wow, that's some story! But in fact, Caitlin is no different from many children and her
invented, make-believe friend is far from unusual. As many as 65% of children have had an
imaginary friend at some point in their lives. The latest research suggests that invisible friends, far
from being a cause for concern, should be welcomed by parents because they can help children to
be more creative, confident and articulate, and have more advanced communication skills. It is
thought that these findings will help reverse misconceptions about children with imaginary friends and
that they will come to be seen as having an advantage, rather than a problem that needs to be worried
about. Did it worry you, Liz?
Mother: I know it does lots of parents but I never fretted about it, I think I was just amused. I'd be
reading to her and I'd say, 'Is Tytner around?' and she'd say, 'Yes, he's just sitting at the end of the bed.'
He became the centre of her life. She'd have tea parties with him, and he'd go to bed with her. She was
shy and this was her answer. I knew she would grow out of it.
Presenter: Now Liz is one of 15 people taking part in a study of imaginary friends at the Institute of
Education in London, run by Karen Majors, an education psychologist and lecturer at the institute.
Karen, should parents worry about it?
Expert: Well, parents sometimes think, 'Is this healthy and how long should it go on for?' But it is a
normal phenomenon for normal children. And it's very healthy.
Presenter: Why do children invent imaginary friends?

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Expert: I think that children create pretend friends for many reasons: as safe, trustworthy best friends at
a time when they are just starting to make real friends; as someone to confide in; and as someone to play
with. Sometimes it is about wish fulfilment; children who cannot have a pet, for example, will
invent one. I interviewed one little girl, aged six, who had a pony called Minty for several years. It went
to school with her and the teachers knew all about it. It was a really strong relationship.
Presenter: Presumably, when they get older, children no longer have these imaginary friends. Karen?
Expert: Well, my most surprising finding is that children don't always stop having these made-up
playmates when they start school. The imaginary friends often stay with them through their
teenage years, providing comfort and escape - although in secret. One teenager I talked to had
invented a superhero to help him through tricky patches. When things hadn't gone well at school,
he would come home and play with the superhero, for whom everything always went well.
Presenter: How should parents treat these invisible people, Karen?
Expert: Well, sometimes of course, parents get irritated by them - for instance, if a child insists on
having the playmate at the dinner table with an imaginary setting and glass. Actually I myself had a
friend called Tiger when I was young, who would sit beside me at mealtimes. But I don't think parents
should tell children off for this kind of thing, or tell them that their friends are not real. Perhaps
the best way is Liz's down-to-earth approach.
Presenter: How did you handle it, Liz?
Mother: Well, I patiently acknowledged Caitlin's playmate but I tried not to get involved. I never used
to have to get out of the friend's way or anything. Other than that one incident in the car, Caitlin's
imaginary friend didn't impinge on my life.
Expert: Yes, I agree that parents should recognize imaginary friends, but they shouldn't try to overly
influence the friendship. Parents who interfere too much risk driving their children's playmates away. If
they try to direct the friends, they could spoil the fantasy altogether.
Presenter: Fascinating subject, thanks for coming in to talk about it, Liz and Karen.

Part 4:
Source: Harvard Business Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0qpJxEhOP4&t=3s

The term growth mindset has reached buzzword proportions and its true meaning has become distorted.
Research shows that people who believe their talents can be developed through hard work good
strategies and input from others. Have a growth mindset they tend to achieve more than people with a
more fixed mindset that is those who believe their talents are innate gifts. When companies embrace a
growth mindset their employees feel more empowered and committed they also receive greater
organizational support for collaboration and innovation. In contrast people that primarily fixed mindset
companies report more cheating and deception among employees most likely to gain an advantage in the
talent race.

But people have a limited grasp of growth mindset concepts. Here are three common misconceptions.
The first is the belief that you already have a growth mindset and always have people often confuse a
growth mindset with being flexible open-minded or with having a positive outlook. This is a false
growth mindset. Everyone is a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets, and that mixture continually
evolves with experience. We must acknowledge that a pure growth mindset doesn't exist to attain the
benefits we seek. Another belief is that a growth mindset is just about praising and rewarding effort but

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the truth is outcomes matter it's critical to reward, not just effort but learning and progress; and to
emphasize the processes that yield these things such as seeking help from others,trying new strategies
and capitalizing on setbacks to move forward effectively. Outcomes follow from deeply engaging in

these processes. And third, people think that just espousing a growth mindset will make good things
happen. For instance organizations often think they embody a growth mindset by creating mission
statements that include lofty values like growth empowerment or innovation but they mean little to
employees if the company doesn't implement policies to make them real and attainable.

Organizations that exhibit a growth mindset encourage appropriate risk taking they reward employees
for useful lessons learned. Even if a project does not meet its original goals they support collaboration
across organizational boundaries rather than competition among employees. They are committed to the
growth of every member not just in words but in deeds. And they continually reinforce growth mindset
values with concrete policies.

But even if we correct these misconceptions it's still not easy to attain a growth mindset in part because
we all have our own fixed mindset triggers facing challenges criticism and being compared with others
can push us into insecurity or defensiveness a response that inhibits growth. Companies that play the
talent game make it tough for people to practice growth mindset thinking and behavior like collaborating
innovating, seeking feedback or admitting errors. To stay in a growth zone we must identify and work
with these triggers. It's hard work but if people and organizations deepen their understanding of growth
mindset concepts and the processes for putting them into practice, they'll gain a richer sense of who they
are, what they stand for and how they want to move forward you.

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