AN EXTENSIVE COURSE GRADE 12 ADVANCED – 21-9-2008 A. GRAMMAR I. Give correct form of the verbs in brackets. (Viết dạng thích cho động từ trong ngoặc.) 1. I couldn't understand the problem until the teacher (explain) it again. 2. Jo must have believed fares (go) up or he (not buy) a season ticket. 3. Any photograph from outer space immediately (prove) that the earth is round. 4. Everyone's future depends on the whole world (concern) about the ozone layer. 5. Suppose you (not know) where your next meal was coming from? 6. We'd better (start) early. We don't want to risk (get) caught in a traffic jam. II. Supply the missing prepositions in these sentences. 1. She tongue-lashed him a virtuosity that threw her classes ecstasy. 2. Who will compensate me my loss? 3. We heard that Bill wasn't arrest but was helping the police their enquiries. The police are interested in a bank robbery which took place Bill's last holiday. 4 . a suit like that and a moustache, you'll look at least ten years older. III. Sometimes an unnecessary word has been added. Sometimes a necessary word has been omitted. Delete the unnecessary words or supply the necessary ones. Some lines need no change at all. The first is done for you as an example. (Bài văn sau có một số từ thêm vào không cần thiết, và có khi một từ cần thiết bị bỏ đi. Hãy xóa từ không cần thiết và thêm từ cần đến. Một số dòng không có lỗi. Dòng đầu tiên làm mẫu.) Decision - thinking is not poker - it often not only what 1 you think, but also what others think you think Interestingly poker, 2 that most subjective of games, has often been of considerable interest 3 to people who they are, by any standards, good thinkers. 4 The great mathematician John von Neumann, among his many other 5 accomplishments, one of the originators of games theory. Particular, 6 he showed that all games fall into one of two classes: there are 7 what he was called "games of perfect information", games like chess 8 which are meant to involve no any element of concealment, bluff or 9 luck - games where the players can, in principle, discover the best 10 . move by the application pure logic to the available data. 11 Then there are "games of imperfect information", like poker, which 12 it is impossible to know, in advance, that one course of action is 13 better than another. 14 One of the most dangerous illusions about business (indeed), 15 any activity involving in human beings and human institutions) is 16 that it can be treated a game of perfect information. 17 Quite the reverse. Business, politics, life itself are games 18 which we must normally to play with very imperfect information. 19…. Many business decision involves odds that would make a 20 professional poker player to shudder, for the number and extent 21 of the unknown and unknowable factors are themselves often incalculable. 22 B o Thoa ả 1 Answer: 1. is not unlike B. VOCABULARY I. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below: (Chọn từ/ cụm từ dưới đây điền vào vị trí thích hợp.) cosmopolitan pollution congestion to breed crime metropolis urban cost of living irresistible lure stimulation commuter city-dwellers anonymity Most people in developed countries are (1) , many drawn by the (2) of the (3) .The attractions of the city are many: the (4) atmosphere (foreign restaurants, different languages, international companies), the (5) of cultural events or the simple hope of finding work. All too many find, however, that the glamorous facade is false. One can be very alone in the city and the (6) which at first seems to give freedom and protection later leaves just loneliness. There is a lot to do but everything is expensive. The (7) is high. There is (8) not only of the physical but also of the moral environment and the various pressures of (9) life cause cities (10) Above all, perhaps, it is the daily stresses and strains of the city which make life there a matter urvival rather than of enjoyment. Many a (11) struggling to work through the rush - hour (12) asks. "Is it worth it?" II. In each of the following extracts from a newspaper there is a misprint. Find the word which is wrong and also write down which word should have been used instead. (Trong từng dòng trích ra từ báo sau đây có một lỗi in ấn. Tìm từ lỗi đó và thay bằng từ khác.) Example: Gardens dug, widows washed, and chimneys swept, in Swansea area. Answer: widows  windows 1. He told police officers that he had met a man with a ginger bear in the pub who had offered him £.100. 2. We should all take care of our wildlife as, with the treat of a nuclear war hanging over us, we should be happy while we can and try to protect all birds. 3. With escalating fuel bills it is essential that your home is properly insulted. 4. Forecast: some bright intervals with shattered showers. 5. Have your Christmas dinner with us in our intimate restaurant with log fires burning and good wood being served. 6. Unlike most cats, Mrs. P. explained, hers-owing to an eye injury-could hardly pee at all in the dark. 7. Enjoy our large airy rooms for small families. Home-type food, diets catered for Scandinavian pastries, home-made pies, country fresh eggs. Hospital is the aim here. 8. She lectures on nutrition and health. But they say she is inconsistent and will eat five deserts in a sitting. III. Choose the word which is closest in meaning to the first three words in each line. (Chọn từ sát nghĩa nhất với BA từ đâu tiên của mỗi dòng.) Example: LOVE, LIKE, ENJOY hope, hate, adore, raise Answer: adore B o Thoa ả 2 1. KILL, SLAY, ASSASSINATE load, slaughter, die, lead, off 2. REGION, AREA, ZONE district, neighbour, suburb, border 3. DECEIVE, FOOL, CHEAT swindle, lose, lyre, drop 4. EAGER, KEEN, ENTHUSIASTIC careful, interesting, strong, zealous 5. DEPARTURE, WITHDRAWAL, RETREAT arrival, entry, exodus, loss 6. WHOLE, TOTAL, SUM amount, number, entirety, figure 7. WEAK, FEEBLE, POWERLESS stark, slow, impotent, able 8. DISLIKE, HATE, LOATHE vomit, scour, abhor, stand C. WRITING I. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences that together make a complete letter. (Thay đổi hoặc bổ sung cần thiết để viết các câu sau thành một bức thư hoàn chỉnh.) Dear Ms. Mai Duc Binh, 1. I be/ headmaster/ International English School/ you study/ 1970 - 74 2. We just finish build/ new swimming pool. 3. I write/ ask you if you perform/ official opening 4. This be/ Friday October 10th/ three o'clock/ afternoon. 5. I not know if you be/Ho Chi Minh City/ date/ whether you have time. 6. I realize you be/ extremely busy man/ I be most grateful if you be able/ attend. 7. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Allen Dookhali. ANSWER KEY A. I. 1. had explained 2. were going – wouldn’t have been buying 3. proves / will prove 4. being concerned 5. didn’t know 6. start getting II. 1. with-into 2. for 3. under-with-during/ in 4. in-with III. 1. not unlike 2. Correct 3. Correct 4. who are 5. Neumann was, among 6. In particular/ Particularly 7. correct 8. What he called 9. no element/ which are not meant to involve any element 10. Correct 11. by application of pure/ by applying pure/ they can apply pure/ It's the application of pure 12. in which 13. Correct 14. Correct 15. (or, indeed, ) 16. involving human 17. can be treated as a game 18. Correct 19. normally play 20. Many business decision involve/ Many a business decision involves B o Thoa ả 3 21. player shudder 22. correct B I. 1. city-dwellers 2. irresistible lure 3. metropolis 4. cosmopolitan 5. stimulation 6. Anonymity 7. cost of living 8. Pollution 9. Urban 10. to breed crime 11. commuter 12. Congestion II. 1. bear  beard 2. treat threat 3. insulted  insulated 4. shattered  scattered 5. wood  food 6. pee  see 7. hospital  hospitality 8. deserts  desserts III. 1. slaughter 2. district 3. swindle 4. zealous 5. exodus 6. Entirety 7. Impotent 8. abhor C. 1. I am the headmaster of International English where you studied from 1960 - 67 2. We have just finished building a/ the new swimming pool. 3. I am writing to ask you if you would/ could perform the official opening. 4. This is on Friday October 10th at three o'clock in the afternoon. 5. I do not know if you will be in Ho Chi Minh City on that date or whether you will have time. 6. I realize you are an extremely busy man and / but I would be most grateful if you were able to attend. B o Thoa ả 4 . Some lines need no change at all. The first is done for you as an example. (Bài văn sau có một số từ thêm vào không cần thiết, và có khi một từ cần thiết