ĐỀ 6- LISTENING - TIENG ANH LỚP 11

Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút

(Đề thi gồm 23 trang)

SECTION 1. LISTENING (50 POINTS)

Part 1.For question 1-5, listen to two academics called John Farrendale and Lois
Granger taking part in a discussion on the subject of attitudes to work and choose the
best answer (A, B, C or D) according to what you hear. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. Lois concurred with John’s viewpoint that ____.
A. most people tremble at the prospect of unemployment.
B. problems surface when unemployment coincides with other harrowing events.
C. some people are better equipped to tackle unemployment than others.
D. the psychological effects of unemployment can be overplayed.
2. Lois agrees with the listener who insinuated that ____.
A. not everybody can expect a high level of job satisfaction.
B. people should make provisions for redundancy as they would for retirement.
C. voluntary work may be more gratifying than paid work.
D. work is only one facet of a contented life.
3. What is John’s outlook on people who deem work as a ‘means to an end’? A. He defers
to the fact that they have chosen a viable alternative.
B. He feels they may be missing out on something important.
C. He is inclined to think it will instigate predicaments for them later.
D. He suspects their level of allegiance to the job.
4. On being asked about so-called ‘slackers’ at work, John points out that _______.
A. people often jump to uncalled-for conclusions about them

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B. such a perspective has become progressively beyond the pale
C. their stances are deplorable in a free labour market
D. they accept the notion that work is a necessary evil
Lois quotes the psychologist Freud in such a way as to _______.
A. dispute that an aspiration to work is understandable
B. lend weight to John’s concepts about increased social mobility
C. provide a dissimilitude to the hypothesis of Bertrand Russell
D. substantiate how erudite postulations have shifted over time

Your answer:

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Part 2. For question 1-5, listen to a radio news bulletin about dogs and decide whether
the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answer in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. In French advertisements, dogs are being used in lieu of models.
2. Parisian dog-owners take their pets for beauty treatments.
3. The popularity of a film is instrumental in the appetite for dogs as models.
4. French people are well-known to be dog-lovers.
5. The bulletin is aimed at amusing its audience.

Your answer:

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Part 3. Listen to a part of a lecture about farming practices and complete the notes with
the missing information. Write no more than three words taken from the recording for
ech answer in the spaces provided. (10 points)

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Problems:
- (1) _______
- pollution from various sources, including chemical fertilizers.

Conventional farming methods Organic farming methods

- (2) _______ - (4) _______

- synthetic fertilizer and chemicals used - covering crops
for (3) _______ - use of insects as natural (5) _______
- genetically-modified seeds - addition of manure and green waste
- pesticide and fungicide sprayed on
crops after picking.
- no need for documentation of
production practices

Your answer:

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Part 4. For questions 6–15, listen to a piece of news from the BBC about technology
development in New York and fill in the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the spaces provided. (20
points)
· The project New York Wi-fi Orchestra:
o aims at connecting various people as well as turning New York into an
unparalleled, outlandish (1) _______.
o successful mainly due to free access to municipal wi-fi.
o inspires New York government to plan a project to provide high speed wireless
connection across the (2) _______.

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· 2015: the introduction of a new product that is capable of
o displaying advertisements.
o allowing people to (3) _______, find their best route, and even make free phone
call.
· The grand plan is also expected to play a role in (4) _______ the Big Apple producing
the gigabit
network.
· The authority is also working with the (5) _______ of specialist companies including
New York
Control Group that invents the (6) _______ used in the project.
· Despite this good news
o New Yorkers seem to be of concern regarding how good the speed and
coverage will be in some areas. o people with less (7) _______ might not be interested in
the project.
o those that are not living within New York wouldn’t be happy.
· The new system also contributes to address the (8) _______.
o A lot of (9) _______ will be able to make use of a bigger data plan.
o It is hoped that the project will make New York become the most (10) _______
city in the world.

Your answer:

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