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ĐỀ TỰ LUYỆN 1
A. LISTENING (20 PTS)
Part 1.
1. taught 6. computer-literate
2. 21/ twenty one 7. crash programmes/ programs
3. lecturers 8. restorers, conservationists
4. restoration 9. printing machines
5. mechanism of printing 10. applications
Part 2.
1. Footage 2. Air farming 3. 580 ml 4. Hong Kong 5. A valley
( of pollution )
Part 3.
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T
Part 4.
1C 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B
B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (30 POINTS)
I. (15 POINTS)
1. B 2.A 3.B 4.C 5. C 6. D 7. D 8. D 9. D 10. C
11. D 12. D 13. D 14. C 15. D 16. D 17. C 18. C 19. D 20. B
II. (10 POINTS)
1. meaningful 2. therapeutic 3. stressful 4. uneventful 5. atmospheric
6. distasteful 7. enthusiastic 8. resent 9. unrealistic 10. hypocritical
III. (5 POINTS)
No Line Mistake Correction
1 2 At In
2 4 Distributing Distributed
3 5 (information) to (information) on/about
4 8 Which That
5 9 Identity Identify
C. READING (30 POINTS)
I. (10 POINTS)
1. A 2.D 3.C 4.B 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. D
II. (5 POINTS)
1. B 2.B 3.A 4.C 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. B 9. B 10. A
III. (10 POINTS)
1. in 2. use 3. miss / omit 4. have 5. working
6. up 7. forgotten 8. full 9. fingers 10. load
IV. (5 POINTS)
1. B 2. D 3. G 4. A 5. F
D. WRITING (20 POINTS)
I. (5 POINTS)
1. We will get his tounge tied with this sum of money.
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3. She ate a bar of chocolate in spite of herself.
4. I’ve met her just about 20 minutes ago so I’m not really on a first( -)name basis with her.
5. That’s not funny to pronounce upon/on someone’s body like that.
II. (15 POINTS)

ĐỀ TỰ LUYỆN 2
A. LISTENING
I.
1. C 2.D 3.A 4.D 5. B 6. F 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F
11. film 12. inbuilt 13. settings 14. hole 15. described
16. crucial 17. instant 18. speed 19. more light 20. shadows
B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I.
1. B 2.D 3.C 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. D 9. D 10. C
II.
1. wide-eyed 2. notably 3. bemoaning 4. mind-boggling 5. unsolicited
6. figure-head 7. cynicism 8. dressing-down 9. perfidous 10.
accompaniment
11. misnomer 12. homophobes 13. besotted 14. ironically 15. spread-betting
III.
Mistakes Corrections
1. On To
2. costly-effective cost-effective
3. Case the case
4. Rather rather,
5. Last Once
6. What How
7. Heat Heating
8. Device Devices
9. So so that
10. is used Used
C. READING
I.
1. D 2.A 3.C 4.D 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. D
11. C 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. C
II. (i;iv;vii;ii;iii;ix;vi;viii)
III.
1. A 2. B 3.B 4.C 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. C
IV.
1. 2. those 3. different 4. anything 5. themselves
proportion/part/portion/percentage
6. lurk/hide 7. 8. sense 9. to 10. keep/hold
dead/middle
V.
1. B 2. H 3. A 4. G 5. C 6. E
D. WRITING
I.
1. tiring me OUT by singing the same song (8 words)
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2. is your ability to think on your FEET (8 words)
3. bring/take sb down a peg or TWO (7 words)
4. is under the gun to (5 words)
5. our children will fall prey to (6 words)
II. (ESSAY WRITING: HS TỰ LÀM)

ĐỀ TỰ LUYỆN 3
A. PHONOLOGY
1. D 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. D
B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I.
1. B 2. D 3.C 4.D 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. A
II.
1. undergo 2.irrational 3.anxiety 4.full-blown
5.accustomed
6.lifestyle 7.disregard 8.undesirable 9.overcome
10.alternative
III.
Mistake Correction
1. Diverging Divergent
2. for To
3. It Them
4. Many Much
5. Widespreading Widespread
IV.
1. to 2. in 3. off 4. over 5. out
C. READING
I.
1. C 2. C 3.B 4.A 5. D 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. B
11. A 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. A
II.
1. C 2. B 3.D 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. Before
1815: - ii –
vi
1815-
1850: - iii –
v – vii
III.
1. 2. forms 3. vary 4. values 5. for
custom/practice
D. WRITING
1. She roared with laughter in SPITE of herself.
2. Studying in the CRACK of dawn was a thorn in the flesh.
3. Not a word passes my LIPS when/whenever he says.
4. Don’t take it as read that you are DOOMED to failure when you have just started.
5. Turner is a long SHOT to win next month's mayoral election.
ĐỀ TỰ LUYỆN 4
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A. LISTENING
I. 1. C 2. B 3.A 4.B 5. A 6. C
II. 7. disease 8.visibility 9. stimulation10. works of art 11. connecting
12. toys 13. tolerance 14. stress reduction 15. chains
B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I. 1.A 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. A
6. A 7. B 8. D 9. D 10. C
II. 1. breakthroughs 2. workshy 3. uplifted 4. thorough 5. evaluate
6. mixed-up 7. unwinding 8. reunion 9. unbearable 10. subscribes
III. 1. equally → equal 6. glamour → glamorous
2. principle → principal 7. exploit → exploitation
3. super → superior 8. were → are
4. militancy → militant 9. male-dominate → male-dominated
5. sexy → sexist 10. moreover → however

C. READING
I. 1C 2C 3D 4D 5D 6C 7C 8B 9B 10C
II. 1C 2B 3B 4C 5A 6A 7B 8C 9A 10C
III.
1. condemn 2. campaign 3. backed 4. suffer 5. claiming
6. abide 7. formed 8. early 9. march 10. describe
D. WRITING
I. 1. Under no circumstances should you use this button unless the machine goes haywire.
2.
3. The roof of her house caving in suddenly petrified her.
4.
5.

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ĐỀ TỰ LUYỆN 7
PART A. PHONETICS (10 points)
1. D 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. A
PART B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (30 points)
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I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. (10 points)
1. C 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. C
6. B 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. D
II. Supply the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the passage. (10 points)
1. likeness 2. masterpiece 3. unsettling 4. enduring 5. numerous/
innumerable
6. academics 7. acknowledged 8. extraordinary 9. imaginative 10. revival
III. In the paragraph before some lines are correct and some have a word should not be there. Indicate the
correct lines with a tick (√). For the incorrect lines, underline or write the word. (10 points)
Line 1: this Line 2. on Line 3. forward Line 4. that Line 5. which
Line 6. √ Line 7: √ Line 8. away Line 9. √ Line 10: therefore
PART C. READING (30 points)
I. You are going to read an extract from a book about comedy. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D which you
think fits best according to the text. (5 points)
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. D 5.A
II. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete. (10 points)
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. D
6. B 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. A
III. Think of ONE word that best fits in the blank in the following passage. (8 points)
1. not 2. with 3. his 4. went 5. although
6. their 7. none 8. say 9. where 10. to
11. as 12. first 13. let 14. Only 15. come
IV. You will read a text about career success in sales. There are 6 sentences had been removed from the text.
Read and decide to fill in the sentences (A-G) correspondingly into the blank from (1-6). There is one
sentence you won't need. (6 points)
1. H 2. C 3. G 4. A 5. D
6. B
PART D. WRITING (30 points)
I. Complete the second sentence without changing the meaning of the given one. (5 points)
1. The umbrella can come in handy in London.
2. He still can not make amends for what he had done to his family.
3. On account of the fact that/that my teacher is standing behind me, I can’t say it out loud.
4. Little did I know that it was you having my back at that moment.
5. She roared with laughter despite/in spite of herself.
II. Complete the second sentence without changing the meaning of the given one. Do not change the form of
the word in bracket in any way.
6. Unless he puts AWAY the cigarette/does AWAY with smoking, my parents will complain.
7. It was not until five years had ELAPSED that the whole truth about the murder came out.
8. Had he not said that word in front of my family, I wouldn’t have been made my TOES curling.
9. He had made heavy WEATHER of the project (since he came down to it).
10. Under no circumstances are your pets ALLOWED to come into this hotel.

ĐỀ TỰ LUYỆN 8
A. LISTENING
I. 1. B 2. F 3. D 4. A 5. D
II. 1. Iron Age 2. ruling families 3. colonization 4. the advent
5. myths, legends
B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I. 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. C
6. A 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. A

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II. 1. masculinity 2. stereotypes 3. rhetoric 4. encountered 5. entrenched 6. polarising
7. shortlisted 8. derogatory 9. rightwing 10. abruptly
III. metamorphosis (5) plummet (8) fearsome (2) entombed (9) intrepid (1)
fastened (7) abandoned (4) eventually (10) conceived (3) breezy (6)
IV.
“12 Years a Slave” isn’t the first movie about slave slavery in the United States — but it may be
the one that finally makes it possible for American cinema to continue to sell the ugly lies it’s been
hawking for more than a century. Written by John Ridley and direct directed by Steve McQueen, it tells
the true story of Solomon Northup, an African -American freeman who, in 1841, was snatched on off the
streets of Washington, and sold. It’s at once a familiar, utterly strange and deeply American story in
which the period trappings long beloved by Hollywood — the paternalistic gentry with their pretty
plants plantations, their genteel manners and all the fiddle-dee-dee rest — are the backdrop for an
outrage.
The story opens with Solomon (Chiwetel Ejiofor) already slaved enslaved and cutting sugar cane
on a plantation. A series of flashbacks shifts the story to an earlier time, when Solomon, live living in
New York with his wife and children, accepts a job from a pair of white men to play violin in a circus.
Soon the three are enjoying a civiling civilized night out in Washington, sealing their camaraderie with
heaping plates of food, flowing wine and the unstated conviction — if only on Solomon’s part — of a
shared humanity, a fiction that evaporates when he wakes the next morning s hackled and discovers that
he’s been sold. Thereafter, he is passed among from master to master.
It’s a desperate path and a story that seizes you almost immediately with a visceral force. But Mr.
McQueen keeps everything moving so fluidly and efficiently that you’re too busy worried worrying
about Solomon, following him as he travels from auction house to plantation, to linger long in the
emotions and ideas that the movie churns up.
C. READING
I.
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. A
6. C 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. B
11. C 12. A 13. D 14. A 15. C
II.
1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D
6. B 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. C
III.
1. above 2. each 3. as 4. level 5. made
6. which 7. well 8. 9. possible (NOT ever/ 10. about
ourselves before)
D. WRITING
1. Now that he arrived at the party, it didn’t go with a swing.
2. She chomped/champed/chafed at the bit though feeling off color.
3. There’s no danger of your teacher’s inveighing against you about your essay.
4. This picture jogs my mind about that day when the storm cut a swathe through my village .
5. Yesterday when she was off, the teacher took her name in the vain.
ĐỀ TỰ LUYỆN 9
A. LISTENING
I.
1. D 2. F 3. C 4. B 5. A
6. G 7. H 8. E 9. C 10. D
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1. health resort 2. burnout 3. entities 4. skin type 5. moderate
6. bitter 7. mood swings 8. guilt 9. discomfort
B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I.
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. D
6. B 7. A 8. D 9. D 10. C
II.
1. enviously 2. advancement 3. static 4. amorphous 5. multitasking
6. exacerbated 7. co-opted 8. projected 9. forefront 10. yearnings
11. cyber- 12. sublimination 13. mishandling 14. oblivion 15. self-assembly
sovereignty
III.
1. over>out 2. minding>reminding
3. phase>span 4. openly with him or > and
5. as much as>many 6. either>both
7. maternity>paternity 8. freebies>samples
9. encumbers>incubates 10. finish up>end up
C. READING
I.
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A
6. D 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. A
II.
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A
6. D 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. A
III.
1. act 2. means 3. into 4. Burning 5. Volcanic
6. between 7. meant 8. warmer 9. out 10. account
D. WRITING
I.
1. On account of low profit-making, the shop had gone liquidation.
2. My exam was a blessing in disguise.
3. The film studio had cashed in on the singer’s death, which infuriated fans from all over the
world.
4. Tim gives every appearance of having the time of his life at every party we come to.
5. Rather than laying/pinning/putting the blame on fate for anything wrong, one should take the
rough with the smooth.

CONSOLIDATION TEST 1
A. LISTENING
B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I.
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. D
6. B 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. D
II.
1. lampooned 2. unearthed 3. manuscript 4. brandishing 5. freakish

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III.
instant (dislike) to me
talking about me (behind) my back
to (win/gain/earn) his respect
put a strain (on) me
and (confide) in
he (resented) the fact that
really (tough/hard)
to stick (up)
as time has gone (by)
that (things) are
C. READING
I.
1. A 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. B
6. D 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. A
II.
1. A 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. D
6. C 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. C
III.
1. B 2. I 3. A 4. E 5. G
6. C 7. F
IV.
1. C 2. E 3. A 4. F 5. B
V.
1. only 2. With 3. window 4. coupled 5. against
6. side 7. on 8. round 9. as 10. purpose
D. WRITING
Despite putting his nose to the grindstone, he couldn’t/was unable to make ends meet.
Had the the quirks of the antiques business beyond my ken, I could have given you (some) advice.
The teacher, by dint of draconian disciplinary measures, has struck terror into students’ heart.
Overcome with emotion, she passed out when she heard the result.
For most of the match, Brazil were a different league/ in a league of their own, and won 4-0.
The course becoming more complicated, many students simply fall by the wayside.
It is vital that you (should) not shoot your bolt until the last lap.
I was worn to a frazzle due to the painstaking race.
His off the chat scores fuelled speculation from the press.
Try as/though he might to fob us off with an inferior brand, he did not succeed.

ĐỀ TỰ LUYỆN 11

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE (100 POINTS)

A.I.1. READING PASSAGE #1 (10 POINTS)
IMAGE AND THE CITY
In the city, we are barraged with images of the people we might become. Identity is presented as plastic,
a matter of possessions and appearance; and a very large proportion of the urban landscape is taken up by
slogans, advertisements, flatly photographed images of folk heroes – the man who turned into a sophisticated
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with a squirt of cheap scent. The tone of the wording of these advertisements is usually pert and facetious,
comically drowning in its own hyperbole. But the pictures are brutally exact: they reproduce every detail of a
style of life, down to the brand of cigarette-lighter, the stone in the ring, and the economic row of books on the
shelf.
Even in the business of the mass-production of images of identity, this shift from the general to the
diverse and particular is quite recent. Consider another line of stills: the back-lit, soft-focus portraits of the first
and second generations of great movie stars. There is a degree of romantic unparticularity in the face of each
one, as if they were communal dream-projections of society at large. Only in the specialized genres of
westerns, farces and gangster movies were stars allowed to have odd, knobby cadaverous faces. The hero as
loner belonged to history or the underworld: he spoke from the perimeter of society, reminding us of its
dangerous edges.
The stars of the last decade have looked quite different. Soft-focus photography has gone, to be replaced
by a style which searches out warts and bumps, and emphasizes the uniqueness not the generality of the face.
Voices, too, are strenuously idiosyncratic; whines, stammers and low rumbles are exploited as features of “star
quality”. Instead of romantic heroes and heroines, we have a brutalist, hard -edged style in which isolation and
egotism are assumed as natural social conditions.
In the movies, as in the city, the sense of stable hierarchy has become increasingly exhausted; we no
longer live in a world where we can all share the same values, and the same heroes. (It is doubtful whether this
world, so beloved of nostalgia moralists, ever existed; but lip-service was paid to it, the pretence, at last, was
kept up.) The isolate and the eccentric push towards the centre of the stage; their fashions and mannerisms are
presented as having as good a claim to the limelight and the future as those of anyone else. In the crowd on the
underground platform, one may observe a honeycomb of fully-worked-out worlds, each private, exclusive,
bearing little comparison with its nearest neighbour. What is prized in one is despised in another. There are no
clear rules about how one is supposed to manage one’s body, dress, talk, or think. Though there are elaborate
protocols and etiquettes among particular cults and groups within the city, they subscribe to no common
standard.
For the new arrival, this disordered abundance is the city’s most evident and alarming quality. He feels
as if he has parachuted into a funfair of contradictory imperatives. There are so many people he might become,
and a suit of clothes, a make of car, and a brand of cigarettes, will go some way towards turning him into a
personage even before he has discovered who that personage is. Personal identity has always been deeply
rooted in property, but hitherto the relationship has been a simple one – a question of buying what you could
afford, and leaving your wealth to announce your status. In the modern city, there are so many things to buy,
such a quantity of different kinds of status, that the choice and its attendant anxieties have created a new
pornography of state.
The leisure pages of the Sunday newspapers, fashion magazines, TV plays, popular novels, cookbooks,
window displays all nag at the nerve of our uncertainty and snobbery. Should we like American cars, hard -rock
hamburger joints, Bauhaus chairs…? Literature and art are promoted as personal accessories, the paintings of
Mondrian or the novels of Samuel Beckett “go” with certain styles like matching handbags. There is in the city
a creeping imperialism of taste, in which more and more commodities are made over to being mere expressions
of personal identity. The piece of furniture, the pair of shoes, the book, the film, are important not so much in
themselves but for what they communicate about their owners; and ownership is stretched to include what one
likes or believes in as well as what one can buy.
1. What does the writer say about advertisements in the first paragraph?
A. They often depict people that most other people would not care to be like.
B. The pictures in them accurately reflect the way that some people really live.
C. Certain kinds are considered more effective in cities than others.
D. The way in which some of them are worded is cleverer than it might appear.
2. What does a “femme fatale” refer to?
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A. a beautiful woman who spends her time enjoying herself
B. a gorgeous woman who realizes most men’s dream
C. a potential good wife
D. an attractive woman who may bring unhappiness to men
3. The word “facetious” is closest in meaning to _____.
A. flippant B. prevalent C. impudent D. complacent
4. The writer says that if you look at a line of advertisements on a tube train, it is clear that ___.
A.city dwellers have very diverse ideas about what image they would like to have
B. some images in advertisements have a general appeal that others lack
C. city dwellers are more influenced by images on advertisements than other people are
D. some images are intended to be representative of everyone’s aspirations
5. What does the writer imply about portraits of old movie stars?
A. They reflected an era in which people felt basically safe.
B. They made people feel that their own faces were rather unattractive.
C. They tried to disguise the less attractive features of their subjects.
D. Most people did not think they were accurate representations of the stars in them.
6. What does the writer suggest about the stars of the last decade?
A . Most people accept that they are not typical of society as a whole.
B. They make an effort to speak in a way that may not be pleasant on the ear.
C. Some of them may be uncomfortable about the way they come across.
D. They make people wonder whether they should become more selfish.
7. The writer uses the crowd on an underground platform to exemplify his belief that _____.
A. no one in a city has strict attitudes towards the behavior of others
B. no single attitude to life is more common than another in a city
C. people in cities would like to have more in common with each other
D. views of what society was like in the past are often accurate
8. The writer implies that new arrivals in a city may _____.
A. acquire a certain image without understanding what that involves
B. underestimate the importance of wealth
C. decide that status is of little importance
D. change the image they wish to have too frequently
9. The novels of Samuel Beckett is an example of _____.

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B. literature works of high artistic value
C. possessions that show owners’ identity
D. what is wanted by the majority in the society
10. What point does the writer make about city dwellers in the final paragraph?
A. They are unsure as to why certain things are popular with others.
B. They are keen to be the first to appreciate new styles.
C. They want to acquire more and more possessions.
D. They are aware that judgments are made about them according to what they buy.

A.I.2. READING PASSAGE #2 (15 POINTS)

METEORITE IMPACT AND DINOSAUR EXTINCTION
There is increasing evidence that the dramatically of meteorites have had important effects on Earth,
particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such disastrous continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth.
Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth.
If an impact is large enough, it can disturb the environment of the entire Earth and cause an ecological
catastrophe. The best-documented such impact took place 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period
of reviewing history. This break in Earth’s history is marked by a mass extinct ion, when as many as half the
species on the planet became extinct. While there are a dozen or more mass extinctions in the diverse record, the
Cretaceous mass extinction has always intrigued paleontologists because it marks the end of the age of the
dinosaurs. For tens of millions of years, those great creatures had flourished. Then, suddenly, they disappeared.
The body that impacted Earth at the end of the Cretaceous period was a meteorite with a mass of more than
a trillion tons and a diameter of at least 10 kilometers. Scientists first identified this impact in 1980 from the
worldwide layer of sediment deposited from the dust cloud that enveloped the planet after the impact. This
sediment layer is enriched in the rare metal iridium and other elements that are relatively abundant in a meteorite
but very rare in the crust of Earth. Even diluted by the terrestrial material excavated from the crater, this
component of meteorites is easily identified. By 1990 geologists had located the impact site itself in the Yucatán
region of Mexico. The crater, now deeply buried in sediment, was originally about 200 kilometers in diameter.
This impact released an enormous amount of energy, excavating a crater about twice as large as the lunar
crater Tycho. The explosion lifted about 100 trillion tons of dust into the atmosphere, as can be determined by
measuring the thickness of the sediment layer formed when this dust varied to the surface. Such a quantity of
material would have blocked the sunlight completely from reaching the surface, plunging Earth into a period of
cold and darkness that lasted at least several months. The explosion is also calculated to have produced vast
quantities of nitric acid and melted rock that sprayed out over much of Earth, starting vast fires t hat must have
consumed most terrestrial forests and grassland. Presumably, those environmental ages could have been
responsible for the mass extinction, including the death of the dinosaurs.
Several other mass extinctions in the repeated record have been tentatively identified with large large, but
none is so dramatic as the Cretaceous event. But even without such specific documentation, it is clear that
potentially of this size do occur and that their results can be catastrophic. What is a catastrophe for one group of
living things, however, may create opportunities for another group. Following each mass extinction, there is a
sudden evolutionary burst as new species develop to fill the ecological niches opened by the event.
Impacts by meteorites represent one mechanism that could cause global catastrophes and seriously
influence the evolution of life all over the planet. [A] According to some estimates, the majority of all extinctions
of species may be due to such harmful. [B] Such a perspective fundamentally changes our view of biological
evolution. [C] The standard criterion for the survival of a species is its success in competing with other species and
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adapting to slowly changing environments. [D] Yet an equally important criterion is the ability of a species to
survive random global ecological catastrophes due to promising.
Earth is a target in a cosmic shooting gallery, subject to random violent events that were unsuspected a few
decades ago. In 1991 the United States Congress asked NASA to investigate the hazard posed today by large
potentially on Earth. The group Perform the study concluded from a detailed analysis that potentially from
meteorites can indeed be hazardous. Although there is always some risk that a large impact could occur, careful
study shows that this risk is quite small.
11. The word “pose” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. claim B. model C. assume D. present
12. In paragraph 2, why does the author include the information that dinosaurs had flourished for tens of
millions of years and then suddenly disappeared?
A. To support the claim that the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous is the best -documented of the dozen
or so mass extinctions in the geological record
B. To explain why as many as half of the species on Earth at the time are believed to have become extinct at the
end of the Cretaceous
C. To explain why paleontologists have always been intrigued by the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous
D. To provide evidence that an impact can be large enough to disturb the environment of the entire planet and
cause an ecological disaster
13. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 3 about the location of the meteorite impact in
Mexico?
A. The location of the impact site in Mexico was kept secret by geologists from 1980 to 1990.
B. It was a well-known fact that the impact had occurred in the Yucatán region.
C. Geologists knew that there had been an impact before they knew where it had occurred.
D. The Yucatán region was chosen by geologists as the most probable impact site because of its climate.
14. According to paragraph 3, how did scientists determine that a large meteorite had impacted Earth?
A. They discovered a large crater in the Yucatán region of Mexico.
B. They found a unique layer of sediment worldwide.
C. They were alerted by archaeologists who had been excavating in the Yucatán region.
D. They located a meteorite with a mass of over a trillion tons.
15. The word “excavating” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. digging out B. extending C. destroying D. covering up
16. The word “consumed” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. changed B. exposed C. destroyed D. covered
17. According to paragraph 4, all of the following statements are true of the impact at the end of the
Cretaceous period EXCEPT ________.
A. A large amount of dust blocked sunlight from Earth.
B. Earth became cold and dark for several months.
C. New elements were formed in Earth’s crust.
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 18. The phrase “tentatively identified” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. identified after careful study B. identified without certainty
C. occasionally identified D. easily identified
19. The word “perspective” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. sense of values B. point of view C. calculation D. complication
20. Paragraph 6 supports which of the following statements about the factors that are essential for the
survival of a species?
A. The most important factor for the survival of a species is its ability to compete and adapt to gradual changes in
its environment.
B. The ability of a species to compete and adapt to a gradually changing environment is not the only ability that is
essential for survival.
C. Since most extinctions of species are due to major meteorite impacts, the ability to survive such impacts is the
most important factor for the survival of a species.
D. The factors that are most important for the survival of a species vary significantly from one species to another.
21. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the following sentence?
Earth is a target in a cosmic shooting gallery, subject to random violent events that were unsuspected a few
decades ago.
Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A. Until recently, nobody realized that Earth is exposed to unpredictable violent impacts from space.
B. In the last few decades, the risk of a random violent impact from space has increased.
C. Since most violent events on Earth occur randomly, nobody can predict when or where they will happen.
D. A few decades ago, Earth became the target of random violent events originating in outer space.
22. According to the passage, who conducted investigations about the current dangers posed by large
meteorite impacts on Earth?
A. Paleontologists B. Geologists C. The United States Congress D. NASA
23. Look at the four letters (A, B, C, and D) that indicate where the following sentence could be added to
the passage.
This is the criterion emphasized by Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.
A. [A] B. [B] C. [C] D. [D]
24/25. An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below. Complete the
summary by selecting the TWO answer choices that express the most important ideas in the passage. Some
sentences do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage or are
minor ideas in the passage.
Scientists have linked the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous with a meteorite impact on Earth.

Answer choices
(1) Scientists had believed for centuries that meteorite activity influenced evolution on Earth.
(2) The site of the large meteorite impact at the end of the Cretaceous period was identified in 1990.
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(4) An iridium-enriched sediment layer and a large impact crater in the Yucatán provide evidence that a large
meteorite struck Earth about 65 million years ago.
(5) Large meteorite impacts, such as one at the end of the Cretaceous period, can seriously affect climate,
ecological niches, plants, and animals.
A.II. GUIDED CLOZE TEST 1 (15 POINTS)
CHINESE HACKERS
There are (26) _____ fears about Chinese cyber attacks on Western media outlets after two of America’s
largest newspapers said Chinese hackers had (27) _____ their computer systems. A statement said: “Evidence
shows that infiltration efforts target the monitoring of the Journal’s (28) _____ of China. Earlier, the New York
Times said it had faced repeated hacking attacks as it prepared a story tracing the hidden (30) _____ of the family
of Wen Jiabao, the country’s premier.
The (31) _____ came just weeks after Chinese authorities forced a NYT reporter to leave the country.
Two months after the paper’s Shanghai bureau chief David Barboza authored the account of the billions (32)
_____ by Mr Wen’s relatives, Beijing refused to (33) _____ a visa for his colleague Chris Buckley. The paper said
that as Mr Barboza was working on the piece, hackers had broken into its systems and cracked passwords for
every employee. They (34) _____ the email accounts of Mr Barboza.
“Security experts (35) _____ by The New York Times to detect and block the computer attacks gathered
digital (36) _____ that Chinese hackers, using methods that some consultants have associated with the Chinese
military in the past, breached The Times’ network,” the paper said.
Last year, hackers who according to WikiLeaks were linked to the Chinese military, infiltrated European
Union computers, (37) _____ the emails of Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the European Council. China’s
Ministry of National Defence has (38) _____ any role in the hacking.
26. A. enlarging B. growing C. spreading D. inflating
27. A. broken B. injured C. hurt D. infiltrated
28. A. covering B. covers C. coverage D. covered
29. A. loot B. prizes C. abundance D. riches
30. A. revelations B. betrayal C. exhibition D. display
31. A. amassed B. gathered C. aggregated D. assembled
32. A. refresh B. renew C. resume D. transform
33. A. broke down B. broke away C. broke through D. broke into
34. A. rented B. leased C. hired D. borrowed
35. A. evidence B. signs C. witnesses D. tokens
36. A. relating B. associating C. connecting D. accessing
37. A. refused B. prohibited C. denied D. vetoed
A.III. GUIDED CLOZE TEST 2 (10 POINTS)
For many people doing physical exercise may (38)_____ a painful torturing of the body. Therefore, there’s
usually something we come up with that is of bigger importance t han putting one’s muscles through their paces.
Unless we are forced to go in for a physical training, we are (39)_____ to treat it as something of a lower (40)_____
than staying in front of the TV set, spending time in a pub (41)_____ alcoholic beverages or consuming excessive
quantities of fattening confectionery in a café. We need to be considerably motivated to take up a body workout and
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the fear of fatigue, discomfort or even the (44)_____ of being outdone by true fitness zealots.
However, getting fit is fully a matter of common sense. Different forms of exercise may be of great (45)_____
to the human body increasing its strength, flexibility and endurance. When supported by a nutritious diet, much
better performance of the heart and the lungs improves the blood circulation making an individual more resistant to
stressful situations as well as more (46)_____ to infections and diseases.
In the first place, self-discipline that is requisite for proceeding with such physical effort ought to be attained
to ensure that the intention of becoming healthier and more vigorous isn’t (47)_____ by any (48)_____ impediments.
38. A. incorporate B. entail C. administer D. correspond
39. A. tended B. implied C. affirmed D. inclined
40. A. superiority B. privilege C. advantage D. priority
41. A. smacking B. sipping C. seething D. sniffing
42. A. repels B. denies C. opposes D. rejects
43. A. commiting B. absorbing C. involving D. engrossing
44. A. hindrances B. impairments C. preventions D. inhibitions
45. A. liking B. benefit C. appreciation D. gain
46. A. irresistible B. preventative C. immune D. wary
47. A. persecuted B. tormented C. harassed D. suppressed
48. A. short B. minor C. trivial D. frivolous
A.IV. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (25 POINTS)
A.IV.1. WORD CHOICE (10 POINTS)
49. Angela’s work was praised for its ______ attention to detail.
A. meticulous B. significant C. subtle D. concentrated
50. Losing his entire business to the flood, Bill’s only ______ was to file bankruptcy.
A. dross B. enigma C. fervor D. recourse
51. The team was _____ devastated by the result.
A. deeply B. utterly C. thoroughly D. accutely
52. We ______ up a friendship the very first time we met.
A. struck B. launched C. cropped D. settled
53. The man’s choice to run away virtually _____ to an admission of guilt.
A. resulted B. came C. amounted D. added
54. After sitting in the contentious board meeting for two hours, Allen’s necktie began to feel like a ______ around
his neck.
A. decorum B. garland C. noose D. renegade
55. The heat was absolutely ______, making everyone irritable, sweaty, and uncomfortable.
A. oppressive B. taciturn C. salient D. prosaic
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A. heading B. crowning C. inducting D. tipping
57. It should be ________ clear that we are all under pressure.
A. conspicuously B. immensely C. fully D. abundantly
58. I can’t imagine what I’ve done to make him let loose such a _________ of abuse at me.
A. shower B. storm C. torrent D. flood
A.IV.2. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES (7 POINTS)
59. If ___ in the shopping malls, the restaurants with similar price ranges and menus can make profits.
A. each uncluttered next to the other B. each cluttering next to the other
C. each cluttered next to another D. each decluttered next to the other
60. _____, creative interests are put to one side as we struggle with our academic subjects.
A. As often happens with young people B. Often happening with young people
C. Often does it happen to young people D. Often happening to young people
61. Probably no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in the US, _____.
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.
62. _____, many people are very optimistic about economic growth in the next year.
A. Despite the fact that the economy is going down B. But for the economy is going down
C. On account of the fact that the economy is going down D. Before entering the water
63. The endless parade of _____ on television has made today’s young girls obsessed with their bodie.
A. celebrities enhancing surgically B. surgically enhanced celebrities
C. surgical celebrities enhanced D. enhanced surgically celebrities
64. Janice’s parents did when she was just a baby, so I _____ family she ever had.
A. was all the B. was the whole C. have the whole D. have all the
65. We talked just as easily as we had in the past, when we would sit ____ and discuss our friends and our hopes
for the future.
A. in the field behind Joan’s house atop the rabbit hutch
B. in the field atop the rabbit hutch behind Joan’s house
C. atop the rabbit hutch in the field behind Joan’s house
D. behind Joan’s house in the field atop the rabbit hutch
A.IV.3. PHRASAL VERB AND IDIOMS (8 POINTS)
66. He managed to ____ his team with high spirits.
A. imbue B. inculcate C. ingrain D. instill
67. ____ by their new finds, the archeologists said they had made dramatic new finds of Viking settlements.
A. Buoyed up B. Irked out C. Sounded off D. Perked up
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69. Robbing an old man is ____ contempt.
A. under B. sub C. below D. beneath
70. Be careful The young horse hasn’t been ____.
A. got round B. broken in C. taken over D. set up
71. The woman in the hospital bed next to me talked a ____ streak all day. I don’t where she got the energy from
A. white B. golden C. blue D. red
72. I am ready to eat ____. My prediction about the game was completely wrong.
A. raven B. crow C. starling D. magpie
73. The film got a lot of hype, but I thought it was a bit of a(n) ___.
A. all mouth and no trousers B. Bob’s your uncle
C. Earworm D. damp squib
74. I forgot to water my flowers, and now they’re as dead as a ____.
A. doornail B. ditchwater C. churchmouse D. millpond
75. John has a memory like a _____—I had to leave him three separate reminders about the play tomorrow night.
A. bunny B. goldfish C. sieve D. deuce
A.V. PHONETICS (10 POINTS)
A.V.1. DIFFERENT PRONUNCIATION (5 POINTS)
76. A. STRINGER B. HANGER C. STRONGER D. BANGER
77. A. ARCHITECTURE B. IMMATURE C. MANUFACTURED. STRUCTURE
78. A. CONGREGATION B. CONDOMINIUM C. CONCLAVE D. CONCOURSE
79. A. LEARNED B. RUGGED C. DOGGED D. PRICKED
80. A. NOTORIOUS B. POSTULATE C. POTASH D. OBLIGATION
A.V.2. STRESS PATTERN (5 POINTS)
81. A. PARALYSIS B. DIAGONAL C. EUPHEMISM D. RAMBUTAN
82. A. TRIATHLON B. PRESENTIMENT C. CALLIGRAPHY D. LUNATIC
83. A. PNEUMONIA B. DISINTER C. ANTENNA D. INTERPOLATE
84. A. INAMORATA B. ARACHNOPHOBIA C. ERGONOMICALLY D. EMANCIPATION
85. A. AMBIDEXTROUS B. ABNORMALITY C. ADVANTAGEOUS D. AGRICULTURE
(AMBROSIA)
A.VI. SYNONYM & ANTONYM (5 POINTS)
86. The pea-souper made it impossible to go mountaineering. (SYN.)
A. rain B. fog C. typhoon D. snow
87. They lived in a house adjacent to the railway. (SYN.)
A. far away B. isolated C. juxtapositional D. off the beaten track
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88. I found a sequestered place and laid down with my book. (SYN.)
A. placid B. boisterous C. tumultuous D. rowdy
89. When he was drinking, Ken was hell on wheels. (ANT.)
A. cantankerous B. irascible C. dour D. cordial
90. Adam says he's an open book, but I've seen him sneaking out of his house late at night. (ANT.)
A. forthright B. disingenuous C. candid D. fair and square
A.VII. ERROR RECOGNITION (10 POINTS)
91. The fish called menhaden are silvery in color and (A) a distinct black shoulder spot behind (B) their gill
opening and a variable (C) number of smaller spots on (D) their sides. (A)
92. She was wandering (A) around (B) on (C) a daze (D) this morning. (C)
93. Probably the most disputed (A) piece of clothing (B) during this period was the corset. Both physicians and
early feminists (C) subscribed to (D) their use. (D)
94. I was rather (A) surprised by her elemental (B) and unique (C) talent in bending (D) fingers. (B)
95. Participating (A) in camp fire songs, fighting off hungry mosquitoes and bursting (B) many blisters on his
feet quickly squelched (C) Giorgio’s desire camping (D). (D)
96. Periods (A) of glaciation (B) have extended (C) the whole of human existence (D) for the past 2 million
years. (C)
97. He thinks it is my duty to bring (A) up the kids and doesn’t see why he should bring (B) himself out to take
them (C) to school and help (D) them with their homework. (B)
98. At the moment, which species survive (A), which decline (B) to threatened or even status (C) and which
succumb for (D) extinction is something of a lottery. (D)
99. When Bloomfield tried to dispute (A) the point, the doctor had no thoughts of losing (B) down. He turned (C)
away and refused (D) to listen. (B)
100. As the carriage (A) of expressions, the head (B) of puppets is the most important position (C) to show
personalities of characters (D). (A)

B. WRITTEN TEST (100 POINTS)

B.I. WORD FORMATION (20 POINTS)
B.I.1. WORD FORMATION 1 (10 POINTS)
1. The emergency aids have been sent to ___famine-stricken__ places in the world. (FAMINE)
2. We all find him really _good-natured__ and amicable. He’s a good person to talk with. (NATURE)
3. The government have been taking enormous effort to __de-escalate_ the conflict. (ESCALATION)
4. However, it is astonishing that no mention is made of the ___epoch-making____ phenomenon of globalisation
and of the consequences that arise with respect to the study of international monetary questions. (MAKE)
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6. Fitzwater struck a _conciliatory__ tone, saying he didn’t think anybody was to blame. (CONCILE)
7. You have to stop your ___petulant__ attitude. Your complaints won’t do you any good. (PET)
8. Your running away is a(n) _quintessence_ of your guilt. (ESSENTIAL)
9. She finds herself to not be so _streetwise_. Though having been robbed and pickpocketed for many times, she
still doesn’t know what to do or gain any more experience while she’s in the city. (WISDOM)
10. (TIME)
[10.1] In particular, manufacturers of _time-realese__ fentanyl patches have come under scrutiny for
defective products.
[10.2] Our _time-poor_ project was severely cricticized as no one had enough time to fully dedicated to it.
[10.3] The developers dealt with the problem in the _time-honoured_ fashion, burying the industrial waste
in landfill sites.
[10.4] Although it would be _time-consuming_ to undertake, an analysis of such cases might throw light
upon the circumstances in which he preferred the reiterated note.
B.I.2. WORD FORMATION 2 (10 POINTS)
SHIP FREEZER
INTREPIDITY FEAR CONCEPTION BAN MORPH
BREEZE FAST PLUMTOMB EVENT
Every autumn the Arctic undergoes a radical (11)_metamorphosis___. As the sun dips below the horizon one last
time—not to rise again until spring—the icy seascape darkens, the temperatures (12)_plummet_, and the sea ice
swells into a brutal fortress, so thick that no icebreaker can penetrate it. Research vessels flee south, desperate to
avoid getting trapped during the (13)_fearsome_ season. But this year scientists—and a few lucky journalists,
including me—will dare to do just the opposite.
In late September we will set sail from Tromsø, Norway, heading east along Siberia, then north toward the North
Pole. Our captain will steer us into a massive ice floe and kill the ship’s engines—dooming it to freeze in place as
the ice quickly thickens. The ship will remain (14)_entombed__ for a full year as we float in the clutches of the
Arctic Ocean.
The goal of the mission, called MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate),
is to better understand why the top of the world is warming at such an alarming rate—twice as fast as lower
latitudes. “The Arctic is the epicenter of global warming,” says Markus Rex, a climate scientist at the Alfred
Wegener Institute in Germany and MOSAiC coordinator. Yet researchers do not completely underst and why. This
$150-million mission—the first to study the central Arctic over an entire year—intends to change that situation.
A few (15)_intrepid_ adventurers have attempted such a fate, only to falter. In 1893 Norwegian explorer Fridtjof
Nansen (16)_fastened_ his ship, the Fram, into the ice in the hope that it would carry him toward the North Pole.
But when it became clear he would never reach the pole, he (17)_abandoned_ the mission and skied hundreds of
miles to land. Still, the Fram made it across the Arctic ice cap intact, (18)_eventually__ reaching the open North
Atlantic Ocean. “We’re following in the footsteps of giants, if you will,” says Matthew Shupe, an atmospheric and
oceanic scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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This excursion will be, by far, the largest in history. At any one time, around 60 scientific personnel will be
working onboard the research icebreaker Polarstern; they will be shuttled back and forth by sea, when possible, or
air. In all, some 300 people from across the world will have conducted studies on the ice. They will observe every
aspect of the Arctic system: the wandering ice, the drifting snow, the swirling ocean, the (20)_breezy_ atmosphere,
the life that calls it home and the ways these attributes interact.
B.II. OPEN CLOZE (20 POINTS)
B.II.1. OPEN CLOZE 1
CAN SKYSCRAPERS PREVENT TORNADOES?
The reason Tornado Alley, the area (21) stretching from Texas to South Dakota and from the Rocky Mountains to
Kansas, is the most active tornado spot in the U.S.—it sees hundreds a year—is not because it's flat farmland. It's
because tornadoes form when two opposite weather systems collide (22) under certain conditions, and this occurs
with great (23) regularity in Tornado Alley. During springtime in that region, a constant stream of cool, dry air
blowing southeast from Canada runs into a similarly steady stream of warm, moist air moving northwest (24) from
the Gulf of Mexico. As these weather fronts interact, they build high-intensity thunderstorms that, if they're strong
enough, can create a powerful updraft of air. Low pressure at the ground and in the middle or upper atmosphere
interacts with the rising air to create a (25) swirling vortex that can eventually extend a tornado funnel to the
ground.
It just so (26) happens that most cities with a lot of skyscrapers are situated in places where tornado-feeding
conditions evolve less frequently. But tornadoes do in (27) fact sometimes hit cities, says Gary Conte, a warning
coordination meteorologist at the Upton, New York, outpost of the National Weather Service, citing recent
touchdowns in Dallas, Memphis, Miami and four of New York City's five boroughs (Manhattan has been spared,
so far). Skyscrapers and topography don't (28) matter. "Tornadoes form thousands of feet above building tops,"
Conte says. "Skyscrapers won't prevent the funnel from coming down, but they might (29) influence/affect its
shape so that it doesn't look as nice and neat as it does on a flat surface like the plains. That doesn't make it any
(30) less of a tornado, though."-
(Source: Popsci)
B.II.2. OPEN CLOZE 2
When I was a child, it was fairly unusual to go on a foreign holiday. The prices of international flights were
exorbitant (31) _compared_ to those offered by today’s budget airlines. Package holiday to tropical resorts were
pretty much unheard -of. Instead my parents would (32) _pack_ our aged car with the necessary belongings, and
our family holiday would begin with a twelve-hour drive through the night. Our (33) _destination_ was always the
same: exotic Scotland.
Each year, my parents booked a different (34) _self-catering/self-supplying_ cottage, usually next to an
isolated beach and invariably with no mod cons (35) _whatsoever_. The beds were always lumpy and damp. There
wouldn’t be even a washing machine, never mind a TV.
No doubt we were surrounded by spectacular scenery, but this meant (36) _little_ to me or my sister.
Plastic buckets and spades were the (37) _basis_ of all our holiday entertainments. Armed with these and a towel,
we would tear (38) __down_ to the beach every morning. We built extravagant sandcastles, we burried my father
alive, we saved the lives of stranded jellyfish, we collected jewels, and we dug to Australia. Summer holidays
lasted at least a year back then.
I pity the kids today with their two-week breaks in the sun. Who wants (39) _all-inclusive_ resorts boasting
restaurants serving authentic (40) _local_ cuisine? Who needs artificial lagoons featuring wave machines and
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what real holiday fun is all about.
B.III. ERROR RECOGNITION (10 POINTS)
There are 10 mistakes in the passage. Find and correct them.
INDUSTRY 4.0
Digitally connected manufacturing, often referred as (referred to as) “Industry 4.0”, encompasses a wide
variety of technologies, ranging from 3D printing to robotics, new materials and production systems.
A move towards Industry 4.0 would benefit the private section (sector). Large, integrated manufacturers
would find in it a way to optimise and shorten its (their) supply chain, for example via flexible factories. A more
digitalised manufacturing would also open new market opportunities for SMEs providing so (such) specialised
technologies as sensors, robotics, 3D printing or machine-to-machine communications.
For developed nations, Industry 4.0 – a term initially coining (coined) in Germany – could be a way to
regain manufacturing competition (competitiveness). This is particularly relevant in the case of Western Europe,
which, unlike the US, does not currently enjoy reduced energy costs.
As for emerging markets, Industry 4.0 could provide the much-needed route to moving up the chain,
something that has become increasingly important to achieve in the teeth of rising labour costs. For example,
China’s new ten-years (ten-year) plan, issued last May and aptly named “Made in China 2025”, targets key
sectors such as robotics, information technology and energy in the hope to turn (turning) the country from a
“manufacturing giant” into a “world manufacturing power”.
As promising as it is, much more work remains to be done to make Industry 4.0 a large scale reality. On the
regulatory side, for instance, policy makers will have to assure (ensure) that data – the part and parcel of Industry
4.0 - can move freely and securely through (throughout) the supply chain, including across borders. This is an
effort that is likely to take some time.
(T.E.H.F.S)
B.IV. GAP FILLING (20 POINTS)
B.IV.1. GAP FILLING 1 (10 POINTS)
Choose the correct phrase in the box to complete the sentences. Only 10 words will be used.
51. Nobody likes Peter very much because he's so annoying. He's a right __pain in the neck__!
52. Andy is so boring. Did you know that his idea of a perfect day is going to the station to collect train registration
numbers? What a / an __anorak__!
53. I know that you don't like your job very much, but I wish you would stop complaining about it all the time.
Don't be such a / an ___moaning Minnie___!
54. Imelda loves working here: she's a real __happy camper__.
55. Alan is an excellent and intelligent manager who runs the department well and deals effectively with any
problems that come up. Everyone agrees that he's a / an __smart cookie__.
56. You've been sitting in front of the television for almost four hours. Why don't you turn it off and go for a walk?
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57. We were having a wonderful evening until Anne joined us. Why does she have t o be so negative about
everything all the time? She's such a / an ___wet blanket___!
58. Don't be such a /an __chatter box__! If you concentrated instead of speaking all the time, you would get more
work done.
59. If you want some help, ask Imelda. She's always happy and willing to help out: she's a real _eager beaver__!
60. I hope Rick comes out with us tonight. He's such good fun, always the _life and soul of the party_.
(Extracted from “Check for your Idioms and Phrasal Verbs” by Rawdon Wyatt)
B. IV. 2. PREPOSITION (10 POINTS)
Fill in the blank with no more than ONE preposition/particle.
61. The accusation that we have wasted public money on this project is entirely ________ foundation. [without]
62. The new version of the software is laden _________ useful features. [with]
63. He's well _____ with the boss, these days. [in]
64. Even after all these years, I still hanker ____ a motorbike. [for/after]
65. Nobody has yet come ____ with any information relating to the girl's death. [forward]
66. Britain is having to contend with an ageing population, the implications of which could impinge ______ almost
all of us in one way or another. [to]
67. She galloped ______ her speech as if she wanted to finish as soon as possible. [through]
68. The conflict ate ____ ______ their relationship and led to divorce. [away/at]
69. He was elbowed ______ before he had been intent to resign. [aside/out]
70. She usually dreams her life ____ but actually doesn’t lift a finger to achieve it. [away]
B.V. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (10 POINTS)
71. Many children in the world lack of attention and care and under the threat of many serious diseases. (VICTIM)
→ Many children slip through the cracks and fall VICTIM to many serious disease.
72. With a view to taking over the position, Jack cleverly talked the boss into resigning. (JOCKEYED)
→ So as to take over the position, Jack JOCKEYED the boss into resigning.
73. I was allowed to give her a hand on her project. (SERVICE)
→ I was given the green light to be at her service on her project.
74. After making fun of me, he was in my bad books. (PEEVE)
→ After making a monkey out of me, he was my PEEVE pet.
75. There are so many stellar applicants for the job that we can't choose between them. (RICHES/AS)
→ It’s truly an embarassment of RICHES AS there are so many stellar applicants for the job.
76. My mom always praise the next door kids’ well-behaviour which is really infuriating. (VIRTUES)
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77. It came as a surprise that the government haven’t lifted any finger to do away with burglary.
(CRACKDOWN)
→ It took me by surprise that there has been no (governmental) CRACKDOWN on burglary (by the
government). (Must use one of the word/phrase though)
78. The party won’t be less enjoyable by a nasty guy like you. (DAMPER)
→ A nasty piece of work won’t put a DAMPER on the party.
79. The movie star’s unacceptable behaviour at the red carpet was a hot issue. (CONDUCT/PALE)
→ It was the movie star’s CONDUCT that/which is beyond the PALE was a hot potato.
80. Her thought of her higher class than us makes us really infrustrating. (CUT)
→ What extremely infrustrates me is that she thinks she is a CUT above us.
B.VI. ESSAY WRITING (20 POINTS)
“Can people who are not famous be better role models than people who are famous?”
What extent do you agree or disagree?
Use specific reasons and examples in your essay.

PART C. LISTENING (50 POINTS)

I. Listen to a piece of news about India’s development and fill in the missing information with NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS. (20 POINTS)
The reporter uses the phrase “(1) emerging superpower” to depict the status of India today.
Some domains that show India’s increasing power:
• Economy: multiple (2) neoliberal economic policies were implemented.
→ considerable GDP rise
→ having the third strongest (3) purchasing power
• (4) Military might is another factos.
+ Threefold increase in (5) defense expeditures
+ Intentions to augment (6) arms production
+ Bring among a few (7) nuclear-ready countries
→ the fourth most powerful military
→ Strong geopolitical alliances, exemplified by India’s intervention in the (8) (ongoing) counter-
terrorism efforts
• Greater role in the United Nations.
• Large population
• The largest single democratic nation
Some issue that India needs to adress:
• Corruption and bribery
• (9) sweeping nepotism
• Acute (10) income inequality
• Social class division.
(extracted from Master The Art Of NEC by Ambrosia)
II. For questions 11-15, listen to a discussion on the subject of attitudes to work and choose the correct answer
A, B, C, or D which fits best according to what you hear. (From HSGQG 2018). (10 POINTS)
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11. Lois agrees with John's point that _______.
A. the psychological effects of unemployment can be overstated
B. some people are better equipped to deal with unemployment than others
C. problems arise when unemployment coincides with other traumatic events
D. most people dread the prospect of unemployment
12. Lois agrees with the listener who suggested that _______. .
A. people should prepare for redundancy as they would for retirement
B. voluntary work may be more rewarding than paid work
C. not everybody can expect a high level of job satisfaction
D. work is only one aspect of a fulfilling life
13. What Is John’s attitude towards people who see work as a "means to an end"?
A. He accepts that they have made a valid choice.
B. He feels they may be missing out on something important
C. He doubts their level of commitment to the job.
D. He fears it will lead to difficulties for them later.
14. When asked about so-called "slackers" at work, John points out that _______.
A. their views are unacceptable in a free labour market
B. such an attitude has become increasingly unacceptable
C. people often jump to unfair conclusions about them
D. they accept the notion that work is a necessary evil
15. Lois quotes the psychologist Freud in order to _______.
A. provide a contrast to the ideas of Bertrand Russell
B. question the idea that a desire to work is a natural thing
C. show how intellectual ideas have shifted over time
D. lend weight to John's ideas about increased social mobility
III. For questions 16-20, listen to a news report predicting the winner of the 2018’s World Cup and match each
number (16-20) in A with one corresponding letter (A-I) in B. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes provided. (10 POINTS)
16. Brazil F A. may gain an advantage due to its high investment capabilities.
17. Pakistan G B. has the most abundant pool of grassroots players.
18. Switzerland A C. is expected to excel at this year’s game after a period of downfall.
19. Russia E D. has the highest funding towards top-notch training and facilities.
20. England C E. increases its chance of winning by playing host this year.
F. is forecasted to win this year’s game with a success rate of nearly 30 percent.
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H. stands the highest chance of victory due to home advantage.
I. possibly makes it to the final thanks to an outstanding player.

IV. Listen to the recording and label the diagram of the bike below. Choose five answer from the box and write
the correct answer A-H next to each one. (10 POINTS)

A. soft material gives extra comfort E. made from old kitchen equipment
B. uses a standard design F. allow riders to change position
C. special shape reduces weight G. exceptionally light
D. relatively narrow H. recycled from old bikes
[21. D 22.G 23.H 24.B 25. E]

ĐỀ TỰ LUYỆN 12
I. (15 points)
1. He was rather ____ me. He just said ‘No ’
A. short with B. crude to C. rude with D. tactless to
2. _______ when they learned that the chairman would not be able to join the meeting.
A. When they realized why they were all there in that early time of the day
B. Hardly had the committee learned the reason of the meeting
C. However professional they tried to be seen
D. It wasn’t until they got a phone call about an urgent meeting the next day
3. He agreed to accept the position _______ that he would be given a share of the company’s profit.
A. in the agreement B. on the understanding C. with the purpose D. with the aim
4. Remember not to cough or sneeze at the table. ______, excuse yourself.
A. For necessary B. As necessary C. With all need D. If need be

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5. The scientists _____ the festival of Ramadan, but they were too busy with their research in the
laboratory.
A. would have liked to commemorate B. would have loved to have observed
C. would prefer to have obeyed D. would sooner have celebrated
6. Police have warned people to be ______ when strangers call at the door and to ask to see proof of
identity.
A. choosy B. cagey C. wary D. scarey
7. New consumer protection legislation comes into ____ next April.
A. law B. force C. statute D. act
8. The factory is working below ______ because of the shortage of essential materials.
A. range B. scope C. capacity D. denstiy
9. If the work-force respected you, you wouldn't need to ____ your author ity so often.
A. assert B. affirm C. maintain D. inflict
10. Jonelle is a(n) ______ of the kind of student we seek: someone who is both academically strong and
actively involved in the community.
A. paradox B. mandate C. catalyst D. exemplar
11. Abdul found his ten-hour shifts at the paper clip factory repetitive and ______.
A. fatuous B. nebulous C. wearisome D. malleable
12. I’m not all that well ____ the ways of the world in economic terms.
A. off with B. up to C. on with D. up on
13. This old jacket of mine is _____.
A. wearing out B. throwing out C. fallen out D. worked out
14. Martin just loves to ______ his teeth into a really challenging crossword.
A. grind B. get C. put D. sink
15. I kept trying to convince him that it was a good idea until I _____, but he’s so stubborn, he just kept
disagreeing with me!
A. was blue in the face B. lent color C. was beet red D. had a yellow streak
II. (3 points)
16. A. scissor B. dessertspoon C. connoisseur D. disposses
17. A. plush B. glands C. calf D. splinter
18. A. epitome B. eloquence C. perishable D. essence
III. (2 points)
19. A. world-famous B. peace-loving C. well-founded D. best-seller
20. A. honorable B. intimacy C. participate D. interviewer
IV. (10 points)
BACK TO NATURE
While I was walking through my neighborhood park recently, I was (0)___B. pleasantly____ surprised to
find that I was not alone in my desire to get out and see nature at its finest. The autumn sea son and its
accompanying (21) _____ of leaves had brought us city-dwellers out in (22) _____.

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a way of attracting crowds. Even travel agents have (24) _____ and each year sees more and more 'eco -
holidays' on (25) _____ for those wishing to 'reunite' themselves with the great outdoors. It is fact, too,
that the world's zoos and aquariums attract more people annually than all professional events (26) _____.
According to Edward O. Wilson, a Harvard ecologist, humans have an (27) _____ love of nature and an
actual need to (28) _____ themselves in it. Children are the greatest examples of what Wilson has termed
'biophilia' or love of life. Point out a butterfly or an anthill to almost any child and watch their eyes (29)
_____ up with interest and curiosity. Or, for that matter, just watch grown-ups as they stroll through the
park on a lovely autumn day. Their relaxed expressions are enough to show that they are truly
appreciative of their (30) _____, but beneficial, contact with nature.
(0) A. utterly B. pleasantly C. constantly D. congenially
21. A. throwing B. letting C. dropping D. shreddings
22. A. flocks B. schools C. mobs D. droves
23. A. retrospect B. review C. hindsight D. recollection
24. A. worked out B. caught on C. noted D. understood
25. A. show B. display C. sale D. offer
26. A. combined B. mixed C. added D. totaled
27. A. inner B. inherited C. innate D. deep-seated
28. A. drown B. boggle C. plunge D. huddle
29. A. glow B. light C. gleam D. shine
30. A. swift B. little C. tiny D. puny
V. (10 points).
YOU ARE WHAT YOU SPEAK
Does the language you speak influence the way you think? Does it help define your world view?
Anyone who has tried to master a foreign tongue has at least considered the possibility. As have those
who have ever had a close foreign friend.
At first glance, the idea that language influences thought seems perfectly plausible. [A] Conveying
even simple messages requires that you make completely different observations depending on your
language. Imagine being asked to count some pens on a table. [B] Let’s say there are eleven. [C] But a
Russian also has to consider what gender the pe ns are (neuter) and then use the neuter form of the word
for eleven. [D] And a Japanese speaker has to take into account their shape (long and cylindrical) as well,
and use the word for eleven designated for items of that form.
On the other hand, surely pens are just pens, no matter what your language compels you to specify
about them. Little linguistic peculiarities, though amusing, don't change the objective world we are
describing. So how can they alter the way we think?
Scientists and philosophers have been grappling with this thorny question for centuries. There have
always been those who argue that our picture of the universe depends on our native tongue. Since the
1960s, however, with the ascent of thinkers like Noam Chomsky and a host of cognitive s cientists, the
consensus has been that linguistic differences don't really matter, that language is a universal human trait
and that our ability to talk to one another owes more to our shared genetics than to our varying cultures.
But now the pendulum is beginning to swing the other way as psychologists re-examine the question.
The new generation of scientists is not convinced that language is innate and hard -wired into our brain.
“Language is not just notation.” says Dan Slobin of the University of Califor nia. “The brain is shaped by
experience." Slobin and others say that small, even apparently insignificant differences between languages
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do effect the way speakers perceive the world. “Some people argue that language just changes what you
attend to,” says Lera Boroditsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “But what you attend to
changes what you encode and remember.”
This is what Slobin calls ‘thinking for speaking and he argues that it can have a huge impact on
what we deem important. For instance, about a third of the world's languages describe location in
'absolute' terms: speakers of many Pacific Island languages would say north of the tree or ‘seaward from
the tree' rather than ‘beside the tree , as we might in English. In these languages, you always need to know
where you are in relation to fixed external reference points, says Slobin. “Even when you are in a dark
windowless room, or travelling on a bus in the dark.” he says, you must know your location relative to
the fixed points in order to talk about events and locations.” So, even if you didn’t use the word north in
conversation, you would always know where it was.
Whether your language emphasises an object's shape, substance or function also seems to effect
your relationship with the world, according to John Lucy, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for
Psycholinguistics. He has compared American English with Yucatec Maya, spoken in Mexico’s Yucatan
Peninsula. Among the many differences between the two languages is the wa y objects are classified. In
English, shape is implicit in many nouns. We think in terms of discrete objects; and it is only when we
want to quantify amorphous things like sugar that we employ units such as ’cube’ or cup . But in Yucatec,
objects tend to be defined by separate words that describe shape. So, for example, a short flat leather’ is a
wallet. Likewise, 'long banana' describes the fruit, while 'flat banana' means banana leaf and a 'seated
banana' is a banana tree.
Boroditsky also argues that even artificial classification systems, such as gender, can be important.
The word ‘sun’ is neuter in Russian, feminine in German and masculine in Spanish. Some psychologists
claim that these inconsistencies suggest gender is just a meaningless tag, but Boro ditsky disagrees. “To
construct sentences in these languages,” she says. “involves thinking about gender - even if it’s arbitrary -
thousands of times every day.”
To test how this affects the way people think, she presented Spanish and German -Speaking
volunteers with nouns that happened to have opposite genders in their native tongues. 'Key', for instance,
is feminine in Spanish and masculine in German and 'bridge' is masculine in Spanish and feminine in
German. Boroditsky asked the volunteers to come up with adjectives - in English - to describe these items.
German speakers described keys as ‘awkward’, worn , ‘jagged’ and ‘serrated’, while Spanish speakers
saw them as little’, lovely , 'magic' and 'intricate'. To Germans, bridges were 'awesome', 'fragile ',
‘beautiful’ and elegant’, whereas Spanish speakers considered them big , solid , ‘dangerous’, strong and
‘sturdy’.

31. A positive answer to the questions in the first paragraph would most probably be given by _______ .
A. a student at an advanced stage of foreign language learning
B. a person who has worked abroad but has not learned a second language
C. a person who has been involved in an intimate relationship with a foreigner
D. a foreigner who has many close friends
32. Which of the following square brackets [A], [B], [C], or [D] best indicates where in the paragraph the
sentence “As an English speaker, you only have to count them and give the number .”can be inserted?
A. [A] B. [B] C. [C] D. [D]
33. Which of the following sentences best expresses the meaning of the sentence in bold in paragraph 3?
A. Objective as it may seem, the world we are depicting is almost susceptible to intriguing linguistic
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B. No matter how intriguing they are, minor peculiar linguistic features have no impacts on the objective
world depicted.
C. The objective world being described is too amusing to be altered by any peculiar linguistic features.
D. However amusing it is, the world being depicted is not subject to any impacts of little linguistic
peculiarities.
34. The question in paragraph 4 is described as thorny because _______.
A. nobody knows the answer B. the answer varies according to the language analysed
C. it is difficult to answer D. it has only recently been considered important
35. What is the purpose of the reference to the pendulum? (paragraph 4)
A. to show that genetic differences among races are insignificant
B. to suggest that Chomsky’s theory is no longer accepted as correct
C. to suggest that human speech patterns are hereditary
D. to state that cultural differences account for linguistic differences
36. According to Lera Boroditsky, what a person pays closest attention to reflects their_______.
A. linguistic prowess B. thought processes
C. powers of observation D. intellectual abilities
37. In a typical Pacific Island language _______.
A. orientation is vitally important B. recognition of every type of vegetation is essential
C. descriptions of journeys are relatively brief D. north is always the point of reference
38. According to John Lucy, English speakers think of objects as_______.
A. needing units of measurement B. not having a dear shape
C. separate and distinct D. masculine or feminine
39. An amorphous object in paragraph 7 is one which has _______.
A. an indefinite shape B. an indistinct smell
C. a strong flavor D. a dense texture
40. The presence of gender in a language _______.
A. leads to confusion for native English speakers
B. determines the way complex sentences are constructed
C. determines the order in which adjectives appear
D. affects the way objects are perceived
VI. (10 points).
Which review
41. uses more than one contradiction to make its point? [C]
42. neglects to identify the powerful role played by music in this film? [A]
43. is critical of the rhythm of the film? [D]
44. suggests the film contains elements which are hard to believe? [D]
45. feels an actors contribution was not appreciated as much as it should have been? [B]
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46. makes the point that the story on which the film was based is distasteful? [A]
47. offers the suggestion that this film has become a cinematical reference? [C]
48. looks at the film from different points in time? [B]
49. offers a fleeting glimpse into the unfair way male and female behaviour is judged in society? [B]
50. seems unnecessarily preoccupied by the timing of various elements of the film? [D]
“THE GRADUATE”
(A) [THE NEW YORK TIMES]
The Graduate, the pungent story of the sudden confusions and dismays of a bland young man fresh out of
college who is plunged headlong into the intellectual vacuum of his affluent parents' circle of friends, it
fashions a scarifying picture of the raw vulgarity of the swimming-pool rich, and it does so with a lively
and exciting expressiveness through vivid cinema. Further, it offers an image of silver -spooned,
bewildered youth, standing expectantly out with misgiving where the brook and the swimming-pool meet,
that is developed so wistfully and winningly by Dustin Hoffman, an amazing new young star, that it
makes you feel a little tearful and choked-up while it is making you laugh yourself raw. That's all. And yet
in pursuing this simple story line, which has been adorned with deliciou s incidents and crackling dialogue
in the screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry, based on a novel by Charles Webb, the still
exploring Mr. Nichols has done such sly and surprising things with his actors and with his came, or,
rather, Robert Surtees's camera, that the overall picture has the quality of a very extensive and revealing
social scan. Funny, outrageous, and touching, The Graduate is a sophisticated film that puts Mr. Nichols
and his associates on a level with any of the best satirists wor king abroad today.
(B) [THE GUARDIAN]
If ever a movie captured the audience's imagination with its musical soundtrack, it was The Graduate,
that irresistibly watchable 1967 classic. Simon and Garfunkel's eerie and sublime The Sound of Silence
perfectly captures both Ben's alienation and bewilderment about what he should do with his life, and then
his postcoital disenchantment and self-loathing. The Graduate itself does not seem the same in 2017 as it
did in 1967. Then the emphasis was on sophi sticated black comedy with a hint of 60s radicalism and
student discontent, mediated through the older generation of suburbanites. Watched in the present day, the
element of predatory abuse is inescapable. You cannot see it without wondering how it might l ook and
feel if the sexual roles were reversed. But a modern audience might also, paradoxically, be much less
content with the villainous role the film finally assigns to Mrs Robinson, be more sympathetic to her
midlife crisis, and remember the pathos of h er abandoned interest in art. Calder Willingham and Buck
Henry's screenplay, adapted from Charles Webb's 1963 novel, cleverly allows you to wonder if Mr
Robinson was, in some conscious or subconscious way, complaisant in his wife's adventure. The
excellence of Katherine Ross as Mrs Robinson's daughter, Elaine, is often overlooked. A hugely
pleasurable film.
(C) [THE TELEGRAPH]
The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft and directed by Mike Nichols, is actually a
very nasty film, and a very, very funny one. As the benchmark for every inter-generational relationship
film since, it tends to live in the male public imagination largely as a reference point for cheeky forbidden
fantasies regarding older women the world over. It takes about three minut es, roughly the length of time it
takes Hoffman to get down the moving walkway to Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence and from the
airport to the suffocating atmosphere of his graduation party, where he gets gradually trapped into a
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a very, very funny one. Directorially, it is as cutting-edge late-Sixties as you can get, all fish-bowl
juxtapositions, dappled light and pensive close -ups. But the world we're in here is essentially a Fifties
hangover, a staid, suburban one still ruled over by The Old Folk, a place where the reason you get
together with a seductively smoking alcoholic in her forties is not so much because you find her attractive
but because she's the only person in the vicinity as bored as you. The result is an exercise in
claustrophobia that makes Panic Room look like a western by comparison. By the end, it doesn't matter
that the lesson he's learned is the one that the old folks were telling him in the first place, that he should
find a nice girl his own age. The feeling of freedom is immense.
(D) [VARIETY]
The Graduate is a delightful, satirical comedy-drama about a young man's seduction by an older woman,
and the measure of maturity which he attains from the experience. An excellent screenplay by Calder
Willingham and comedy specialist Buck Henry, based on the Charles Webb novel, focuses on Hoffman,
just out of college and wondering what it's all about. Predatory Miss Bancroft, wife of Murray Hamilton,
introduces Hoffman to mechanical sex, reaction to which evolves into true love with Miss Ross, Miss
Bancroft's daughter. In the 70 minutes which elapse from Hoffman's arrival home from school to the
realization by Miss Ross that he has had an affair with her mother, pic is loaded with hilarious comedy
and, because of this, the intended commentary on materialistic society is most effective. Only in
retrospect does one realize a basic, but not overly damaging, flaw that Hoffman's achievements in school
are not credible in light of his basic shyness. No matter, or not much, anyway. Only in the final 35
minutes, as Hoffman drives up and down the LA-Frisco route in pursuit of Miss Ross, does the film falter
in pacing, result of which the switched-on cinematics become obvious, and therefore tiring, although the
experience is made tolerable by the excellent music of Simon and Garfunkle.
VII. (10 points)
A MUSLIM HERO
In Algiers Barbarossa took over as the (0) __leader__ (LEAD). In the face of (51)_renewed_
(NEW) Spanish pressure Barbarossa showed his political cunning and sought help from S leyman the
Magnificent, the Islamic sultan of the vast Ottoman Empire centered in Constantinople (present -day
Istanbul, Turkey). S leyman sent him 2,000 janissaries, the elite of the Ottoman army. In exchange,
Algiers became a new Ottoman sanjak, or district, which allowed Barbarossa to carry on his (52)_piracy_
(PIRATE) while conquering additional strongholds. Nevertheless, the main threat remained right on his
doorstep: the Spanish still occupied the Pe� n of Algiers. In 1529 he (53)_bombared_ (BOMB) the
garrison into surrender before beating its commander to death.
Barbarossa’s (54)_fame_ (FAMOUS) spread throughout the Muslim world. Experienced corsairs,
such as Sinan the Jew and Ali Caraman, came to Algiers, drawn by the prospects of making their fortunes.
But Barbarossa fought for (55)_politics_ (POLICY) as well. When Charles V’s great Genovese
(56)_admiral_ (ADMIRATION) Andrea Doria captured ports in Ottoman Greece, S leyman
(57)_summoned_ (SUM) Barbarossa, who quickly answered the call. To impress the sultan, he loaded his
ships with luxurious gifts: tigers, lions, camels, silk, cloth of gold, silver, and gold cups, and 200
(58)_enslaved_ (SLAVERY) women for the harem in Istanbul. S leyman was delighted and made
Barbarossa admiral in (59)_chief_ (MISCHIEF) of the Ottoman fleet. (Explore the pages of a pirate's
pilfered atlas.) Barbarossa now commanded over a hundred galleys and galliots, or half galleys, and
started a strong (60)_naval_ (NAVY) campaign all around the Mediterranean.
(Source: National Geographic)
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VIII. (10 points).
Face-to-face conversation is a (61)_two-way_ process: You speak to me, I reply to you and so on. Two -
way (62)__communication__ depends on having a coding system that is understood by both
(63)_sender_ and receiver, and an agreed convention about signaling the beginning and end of the
(64)__message __. In speech, the coding system is the language like English or Spanish; the convention
that one person speaks at a time may seem too obvious to (65)_mention_. In fact, the signals that people
use in conversation and meetings are often non -verbal. For example, lowering the pitch of the (66)_voice_
may mean the end of a sentence, a sharp intake of breath (67)_may_ signal the desire to interrupt,
catching the chairman’s (68)_eye_ may indicate the desire to speak in a formal (69)_setting/situation_
like a debate, a clenched fist may indicate anger. When these (70)_visual/outer_ signals are not possible,
more formal signals may be needed.
IX. (10 points)
1 Unlike many other species of turtle, the red -ear terrapin is not rare. In fact, four to five
million hatchings are exported annually from American farms. About 200,000 are sold in the
United Kingdom.
It is ranked that as many as 90 per cent of the young terrapins die in their first year because
5 of the poor conditions in which they are kept. Those which survive may live for 20 years and
arrive the size of a dinner plate. At this staging they require a large tank with heat and specialized
lightning.
Terrapins carry salmonella bacteria which can poison people. This is why the sale of
terrapins was banished in the United States in 1975. They are still, however, exported to the
United Kingdom.
10 Modern turtles come from a very antique group of animals that lived over 200 million
years ago. At this time dinosaurs were just beginning to establish them.
Different types of turtles have interesting features: some box turtles are known to have
lived for over 100 years, since other species of turtles can remain underwater for more than 24
hours. And the green turtle is the most prolific of all reptiles, lying as many as 28,000 eggs each
15 year.
If unwanted pet turtles are unleased into the wild, many will die and those which survive
will threaten the lives of native plants and animal.

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11 antique ancient
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X. (5 points)
81. They tried to pull the door instead of pushing it. (IN)
They tried to ____pull the door in lieu of pushing_______it.
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There’s ___little likelihood that he will turn up on time_______ on time.
83. Her special ability is fast thinking which is the main factor to her success. (OF)
She is ___successful because she is capable of on________ her feet.
84. It’s not difficult to be well-trained in organizing your timetable. (OFF)
You can ___have organizing timetable/timetable organization off to a fine art __ with no difficulties.
85. The team trained hard so as to make it through the final round. (ADVANCING)
The team trained hard with ___an aim for/a view to advancing to the final round___ .
XI. (5 points)
86. Because of her carelessness, she failed miserably in the final exam.
Now that she was careless, she failed miserably in the final exam.
87. It has been rumored that you would get married soon.
I have heard on the grapevine that you would get married soon.
88. Her singing career has stopped forever since the scandal.
It was the scandal that ground her singing career to a standstill.
89. Because of my lacking concentration on studying, I had failed.
If I had applied myself to studying more, I wouldn’t have failed.
90. The boy exaggerated himself on wearing luxurious clothes.
The boy was vain about luxurious clothes .
XII. “Are non-famous figures real inspiration for children’s development?”
Write a paragraph of at least 140 words discussing about the statement. (20 points)
Organisation: 20%
Content : 40%
Language use : 30%
Spelling and grammar : 10%

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01 A B C D 21 A B C D 41 A B C D 61 A B C D

02 A B C D 22 A B C D 42 A B C D 62 A B C D

03 A B C D 23 A B C D 43 A B C D 63 A B C D

04 A B C D 24 A B C D 44 A B C D 64 A B C D

05 A B C D 25 A B C D 45 A B C D 65 A B C D

06 A B C D 26 A B C D 46 A B C D 66 A B C D

07 A B C D 27 A B C D 47 A B C D 67 A B C D

08 A B C D 28 A B C D 48 A B C D 68 A B C D

09 A B C D 29 A B C D 49 A B C D 69 A B C D

10 A B C D 30 A B C D 50 A B C D 70 A B C D

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11 A B C D 31 A B C D 51 A B C D 71 A B C D

12 A B C D 32 A B C D 52 A B C D 72 A B C D

13 A B C D 33 A B C D 53 A B C D 73 A B C D

14 A B C D 34 A B C D 54 A B C D 74 A B C D

15 A B C D 35 A B C D 55 A B C D 75 A B C D

16 A B C D 36 A B C D 56 A B C D 76 A B C D

17 A B C D 37 A B C D 57 A B C D 77 A B C D

18 A B C D 38 A B C D 58 A B C D 78 A B C D

19 A B C D 39 A B C D 59 A B C D 79 A B C D

20 A B C D 40 A B C D 60 A B C D 80 A B C D

ĐỀ TỰ LUYỆN 14
A. LISTENING (10 POINTS)
I. (0.5 point/correct answer)
1. (100%) terminal 2. emaciated 3. normal lifespan 4. primates 5. pneumonia
illness
6. a trashed 7. chronic 8. retrovirus 9. complacent 10. 1/33 OR 1 to 3
immune system
II. (1 point/ correct answer)
1. D 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. B
B. PHONETICS (5 POINTS)
I. (0,5 point/ correct answer)
1. A 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. B
II. (0,5 point/ correct answer)
1. D 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C
C. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (30 POINTS)
I. (1 point/correct answer)
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. C
6. B 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. D
II. (1 point/correct answer)
1. anticlimatic 2. novelty 3. loggerheads 4. egocentric 5. superficiality
6. bookmarked 7. devotees 8. fast-paced 9. life-threatening 10. apologetically
III. (1 point/correct answer)
1. releases -> release 2. the second -> a second
3. is functioned -> functions 4. presenter -> representative
5. promised -> promising 6. signature -> signing
7. to investigate -> investigating 8. to -> in
9. reciprocates -> reciprocate 10. personnel - > personal
D. READING (40 POINTS)
I. (1 point/correct answer)
1. B 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. C
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11. C 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. B
II. (1 point/ correct answer)
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C
6. D 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C
III. (1 point/ correct answer)
1. set 2. served 3. long 4. rid 5. interior

6. however 7. lease 8. each 9. in 10. lies

IV. (1 point/correct answer)

1. E 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. F
E. WRITING (15 POINTS)
I. (1 point/ correct answer)
1. We did not have to put pressure on him for (too) long (0.5) | before he agreed.
2. Returning from the battle, they didn’t have two pennies/half pennies/ beans to rub together.
3. His career has been put in jeopardy/is in jeopardy (0.5) | because of his irresponsible attitude.
4. He may add a suggestion of English accent in his American accent.
5. In hindsight/retrospect, I shouldn’t have jogged my teacher mind (0.75) | about the exam.
II. (10 points)
1. Content: (35% of total mark)
a. providing all main ideas and details as required.
b. communicating intentions sufficiently and effectively
2. Organization & Presentation (30% total mark )
a. Ideas are well- organized and presented with coherence, cohesion, and clarify
b. The essay is well- structured
3. Language: (30% of total mark)
a. Demonstration of a variety vocabulary and structures appropriate to the level of English language gifted
school students
b. Good use and control of grammatical structures
4. Punctuation, spelling, and handwriting (5% of total mark)
a. Good punctuation and no spelling mistakes
b. Legible handwriting
THE END
GIVEAWAY TEST
A. LISTENING
Part 1: (10pts)
1. quality education
2. written responses
3. organizational/ organizational skills
4. work ethnic
5. teaching styles

Part 2 (10pts)

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

Part 3: (20pts)

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11. lighting a candle 16. carols
12. religious 17. Christmas decorations
13. September or October 18. nuts and snacks
14. over £ 600 19. counting down
15. cheesy Christmas songs 20. christmassy picture
B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
Part 1. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.
21. Mr. Six tried to be close with Thu but it seemed that Thu was frustrated by his trying-to-be-close and remained
__________.
A. accomodating B. aloof C. cognizant D. assiduous
22. Stop using your _______, kid It’s not good to offend others and even in those words.
A. studious B. indigenous C. libelous D. obsequious
23. The CFO of the company has been reportedly witnessed to be involved in ______ activities.
A. nefarious B. tractable C. impetinent D. inexorable
24. He is pretentiously a good person. But all that _______ is not gold.
A. sheens B. zaps C. glitzs D. glitters
25. I regretted having ______ the whole time. I was so indecisive.
A. muddled along B. abstracted away C. keyed into D. ploughed on
26. This will probably be the ______ achievement of her career.
A. itemised B. uncanny C. damaging D. crowning
27. Laos has a land area ______ are members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys
of the north.
A. about the same as Great Britain but a population of only four million people, many of them
B. comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of only four million people, many of whom
C. comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only four million in population, and many of them
D. of about the same size as Great Britain is, but only four million in population, and many of whom
28. The outbreak of Corona virus with the “collusion” of H1N1 and H5N1 ________ people.
A. rubs the fear of God into B. hammers away
C. is at it hammer and tongs with D. pounds away
29. They paid a ____ visit to my house at 23:50 and ruined my dreams.
A. sunset B. nocturnal C. quotidian D. diurnal
30. Some culprits are sentenced to ____ servitude and labour all the day.
A. disciplinary B. penal C. punitive D. correctional
Part 2. Supply the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the sentence.
31. [cloak-and-dagger]
32. [contralateral]
33. [consanguinity]
34/35. [vanguard/preordained]
36. [tenderfeet]
37. [careworn]
38. [breadline]
39. [killjoy]
40. [meltdown]
Part 3. There are 10 mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. There is ONE example.
Line 1. chronicle > sequence Line 8. part > piece
Line 2. required > acquired Line 9. short > shortly
Line 4. has > is Line 10. to > for
Line 6. starter > start Line 12. freezing > frozen
Line 7. nativites > natives Line 12. hostilely > hostile
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Part 1. Read the passage and choose the correct option that best fits in the numbered blank.
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C
6. D 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. C
Part 2. Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
1. C 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. B
6. B 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B | A,F | C, E
Part 3. Read the passage and think of ONE word that best fits in the numbered blank.
1. beamed 2. conclusive 3. mounting 4. sediments 5. skip/miss
6. in 7. within/into 8. provided 9. really/very/truly/… 10. lunar
Part 4. You will be reading an article. 5 paragraphs have been removed from the text. Choose from the
paragraph (A-F) that fits in the numbered blank (1-5). There is ONE paragraph that you won’t use. And
there is ONE exmple.
1. B 2. E 3. D 4. A 5. G
D. WRITING
Part 1. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
1. It’s a forgone conclusion that after your mother saw you had done such thing, she will fly into fury.
2.
3. Unless the girl hadn’t spared some money, she wouldn’t have eked out for a living.
4. Many a time has the catastrophe cut swathe through the town.
5. Only after all luggage has been checked do the passengers disembark.

Part 2. HS Tự làm

ĐỀ THI MẪU 1
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT DUYÊN HẢI BẮC BỘ
2018-2019
TỈNH VĨNH PHÚC
Part 1.
1. taught 6. computer-literate
2. 21/ twenty one 7. crash programmes/ programs
3. lecturers 8. restorers, conservationists
4. restoration 9. printing machines
5. mechanism of printing 10. applications
Part 2.
1. Footage 2. Air farming 3. 580 ml 4. Hong Kong 5. A valley
( of pollution )
Part 3.
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T
Part 4.
1C 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B

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LEXICO-GRAMMAR (40 points)
Part 1
1. D 2B 3D 4C 5C 6A 7B 8D 9D 10C
11D 12A 13A 14B 15D 16C 17B 18C 19B 20A

Part 2.
1. belatedly 2. preview 3.preconceived 4. erroneously 5. paranormal

6. unabridged 7. outstretched 8. provisionally 9. 10. cover-up

counterproductive

Part 3.
Number Line Mistake Correction
1 1 red-ear red-eared
2 4 ranked estimated
3 6 arrived reach
4 6 staging stage
5 9 banished banned
6 11 antique ancient
7 13 them themselves
8 15 since while
9 17 lying laying
10 18 unleased released

READING (50 points)

Part 1. (1pt/ one correct item)
1C 2C 3D 4D 5D 6C 7C 8B 9B 10C
Part 2. (1pt/ one correct item)
1. above 2. each 3. as 4. level 5. made

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ourselves before)
Part 3. (1pt/ one correct item)
1. D 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. B

Part 4. (2pt/ one correct item)

1. vi 2.v 3. viii 4. i 5. iv
6. vii 7. 8. nest-building 9. webbed feet 10. blood
skypointing vessels

WRITING (60 POINTS)

ĐỀ THI MẪU 2
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT TRẠI HÈ HÙNG VƯƠNG LẦN THỨ XII
TRƯỜNG PT VÙNG CAO VIỆT BẮC
PART I: LISTENING (40 points)
Question 1: You are going to hear a talk on Canada. As you listen to the talk, complete the notes below by writing
no more than three words in the spaces provided. (20 points: 2 points/ correct answer)
1.the midnight sun 2. never sets 3. covered 4. Eskimos 5. fishing

6. far west 7. tourists 8. beautiful 9. eastern 10. 18th century

forests

Question 2: Listen to the recording and complete the table below with ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for
each answer. (10 points: 2 points/ correct answer)

1. 94635550 2. University 3. March 4. Thursday 5. month

Question 3: Choose the correct letter A, B, C, or D. (10 points: 2 points/ correct answer)
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C
PART II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (50 points)
Question 1: Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank (20 points: 1
point/ correct answer)

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

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Question 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the number space provided in the column on the
right. (10 points: 1 point/ correct answer)

1. antiquity 2. dominant 3. customizing 4. kingdom 5. kinship

6. extraordinary 7. practical 8. significance 9. Arguably 10. infinite

Question 3: Each of the following sentences contains a mistake. Identify the mistake and then correct it. (10
points: 1 point/ correct answer)
1. common → commonly 6. their → its

2. are →do 7. were→ was

3. are → is 8. confusing →confused

4. a great deal → a great number 9. found → founded

5. speaking words →spoken words 10. worthy → worth

Question 4: Complete each sentence with a suitable form of the phrasal verbs in the box. Use each one once only.
(10 points: 1 point/ correct answer)

1. didn’t live up to 2. wore off 3. live out 4. get on with 5. started off

6. take up 7.go along with 8. cut down on 9. looked up to 10. come in for

PART III: READING (60 points)

Question 1: Choose the best word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following
passage. (15 points: 1 point/ correct answer)

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. B
6. B 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. D
11. B 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A

Question 2: Read the following passage and choose one of four options A, B, C, or D to answer each question.
(10 points: 1 point/ correct answer)
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6. A 7.C 8. B 9. A 10. B

Question 3: Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (15 points: 1 point/ correct answer)

1. that 2. are 3. about 4. . among 5. performer

6. at 7. same 8. known 9. invited 10. a
11. with 12. dropped 13. later 14. into 15. producing

Question 4: Match each of the following headings with its suitable paragraph. The first one (0: H) as an example
has been done for you. There are two extra headings which you do not need to use. (5 points: 1 points/ correct
answer)

1. D 2. A. 3. B 4. F 5. E

Question 5: You are going to read a magazine article. Eight sentences have been removed from the article. Choose
from the sentences A-K the one which fits each gap (1-10). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to
use. (10 points: 1 point/ correct answer)

1. I 2. F 3. D 4. K 5. J
6. G 7. H 8. A 9. B 10. E

PART IV: WRITING (50 points)

Question 1: Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the given word. (5 points: 1.5 point/ correct answer)
1. At no time has the English language been in a state of change.

2. The minister sacked was clearly felt by the president not to have acted swiftly enough.

3. The climber was on the point of death when they found him.

4. Precious little useful information is given in the brochure.

5. Our son is excited at the thought of going to Disney world.

Question 2: Rewrite the following sentences, using the word given in brackets. You must not alter the word in any
way. (5 points: 1.5 point/ correct answer)
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1. At first I was a bit in awe of the new computer.

2. If things go wrong, James, do not lose your head.

3. The world press got wind of the story from a government official.

4. The police caught the thieves red-handed.

5. He took to the new job like duck to water.

Question 3: (35 points)

1. Completion: 5 pts
- Consist of three parts
- Neither too long nor too short
2. Content: 9 pts
Provide relevant and convincing ideas about the topic, supported by specific example and/or reasonable justification.
3. Organization: 7 pts
- Present the right form of a paragraph
- Ideas are well organized and presented with unity, cohesion and coherence.
4. Language: 9 pts
- Demonstrate of a wide range of vocabulary and structures.
- Good use of grammatical structures.
- Present the ideas with clarity.
- Easy to follow.
5. Punctuation and spelling: 5 pts

.....................HẾT.....................

ĐỀ THI MẪU 3
ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO TRƯỜNG TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG CHUYÊN NĂM 2019
CHUYÊN SƯ PHẠM HÀ NỘI
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ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI DUYÊN HẢI BẮC BỘ KHỐI 10
NĂM HỌC: 2017 - 2018

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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG 9 THÀNH PHỐ HCM 2018 2019
1. adult females 2. bond groups 3. co-ordination / 4. hearing 5. broadcast it
co-ordination
between
families
6. a female / a 7. hear it 8. C 9. F 10. B
female elephant
11. D 12. A 13. C 14. D 15. C
16. C 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. A

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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI THPT CẤP QUỐC GIA 2018

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ĐỀ THI DUYÊN HẢI BẮC BỘ ĐỀ XUẤT
TRƯỞNG THPT QUỐC HỌC HUẾ
2017-2018
A. LISTENING (50 points):
Part 1. Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. China 2. (the) ruling 3. colonisation 4. tourism 5. everyday life
families

Part 2. You will hear a radio discussion about children who invent imaginary friends. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D)
which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. C

Part 3. You will hear an interview which takes place on a show between the interviewer, Michaela Robinson, a leading
psychologist, Duncan Stone, and a former patient, Ian Smith. Write T (for True) or F (for False). Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F

Part 4. You will hear part of an interview with an explorer. Complete the sentences and write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (20 points)

1. failed/ been failures 2. no deaths 3. the planning 4. the 5. the training/ the
equipment/ the equipment
training
6. disease research 7. without (having) 8. the physical 9. the South 10. more food
centre enough food/ challenge Pole
without eating
enough

B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (50 points)

Part 1. Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences and write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (20 points)
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C
6. D 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. C
11. B 12. D 13. B 14. D 15. B
16. B 17. B 18. A 19. A 20. D

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corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)

Line Mistakes Corrections

1. 2 Thus However
2. 4 discover discovered
3. 6 other another
4. 8 to for
5. 10 which when
6. 12 humid humidity
7. 14 better rather
8. 15 gallery galleries
9. 16 delayed was delayed
10. 19 supervision supervising

Part 3. Complete each sentence with one suitable particle or preposition. Write your answer in the box provided. (10
points)
1. off 2. on 3. over 4. in 5. with
6. for 7. from 8. through 9. away 10. back

Part 4. Write the correct form of the words given in the brackets. Write your answers in the spaces provided below. (10
points)
1. analysts 2. shelved 3. materialsed 4. irreparably 5. spacious
6. residents 7. habitable/ 8. objections 9. densely 10. architectural
inhabitable

C. READING (50 points)

Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your answers in
corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)

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

Part 2. Read the following text and fill in the blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in corresponding
numbered boxes. (15 points)
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1. just 2. other 3. what 4. from/ after 5. if
6. or 7. someone/ somebody 8. into 9. Such 10. made
Part 3. Read the following passage and circle the best answer to each of the following questions. Write your answers in
corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. D
6. C 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. B
Part 4. Read the following text and do the tasks that follow. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (15
points)
1. ii 2. ix 3. viii 4. iv 5. v
6. J 7. D 8. C 9. H 10. F

D. WRITING (50 points)

Part 1. Rewrite each sentence using the word in brackets so that the meaning stays the same. You must use between
TWO and SIX words, including the word given. (10 points)
1. a far cry from
2. whose parents are up in arms
3. is getting on top of
4. lock horns with
5. caught in the act of driving
Part 2. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before
it, beginning as shown. (10 points)
1. than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
2. limit/ restriction on how much/ what you (can) eat at the new lunch-bar.
3. to our regret, we have to/ are obliged to inform you that your application has not been successful.
4. the whole idea as (being) ridiculous.
5. intention of resigning.
ĐỀ THI MẪU 9
KỲ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG THPT CẤP QUỐC GIA QUẢNG BÌNH 2016
SECTION ONE: LISTENING (40/ 200 điểm)
Mỗi chỗ đúng được 2 điểm, tổng 40 điểm.
Part 1.
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. C
Part 2.
7. chains 8. ninety-eight percent/ 98% 9. a few/ several hours 10. flour

11. (rather) tasteless 12. stale 13. allergies 14. lose money

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15. B 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. D

SECTION TWO: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (50/200 points)

Mỗi chỗ đúng được 1 điểm, tổng 50 điểm.
Part 1.
21. A. twisted 22. B. doubt 23. C. paediatrician 24 . A. detention
25. A. press 26 . A. choppy 27 .C. plug 28 . A. shy

29. C. emitted 30 . B. justice 31. D. lining 32 . A. limped

33 .C. anaesthetics 34. A. culminating 35 . A. vocation

Part 2.
36. notoriety 37. forgeries 38. ignorance 39. authenticated 40. deceptions

41. supposed 42. acquisitions 43. execution 44. disbelief 45. mastery

Part 3.
46. in 47. into 48. of 49. to 50. at/on
Part 4.
51. at all costs 52. cows 53. on the shelf 54. stomach 55. tall

Part 5.
56. Both 57. come 58. been 59. though/ if 60. but

61. their 62. based 63. together 64. insects 65. do

66. what 67. inseparable 68. derived 69. mean 70. Most

SECTION THREE: READING COMPREHENSION (75/200 points)

Mỗi đáp án đúng được 1.5 điểm, tổng 75 điểm.
Part 1.
71. B. fundamental 72. A. extensive 73. D. dates 74. B. inland

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79. A. disuse 80. B. choked 81. D. monuments 82. A. done
83. D. powered

Part 2.
84. viii 85. vi 86. ix 87. iv

88. i 89. iii 90. ii

91.Y 92. NG 93. Y 94. N 95. NG

96. video camera 97. database 98. (tiny/small) pressure pads

Part 3.
99. D 100. F 101. E 102. G 103. B 104. C

Part 4.
105. B 106. E 107. A 108. C 109. D 110. F

111. C 112. A 113. D 114. E 115. B 116. F

117. A 118. B 119. E 120. F

SECTION FOUR: WRITING (35/200 points)

Part 1. Mỗi câu viết lại đúng được 1.0 điểm, tổng 05 điểm.
121. That guy was a snake in the grass.
122. This car is a cut above the other models.
123. Assembling the furniture is child’s play.
124. I think his theory stands to reason.
125. Generosity is his middle name.

Part 2. Bài viết hoàn thiện được 30 điểm.

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ĐỀ THI TRẠI HÈ PHƯƠNG NAM 2019

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ĐỀ THI LUYỆN TẬP ÔN THI HSG 10,11 BẮC GIANG 2013 – 2014

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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI
KHU VỰC DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ
NĂM HỌC 2014 – 2015
QUỐC HỌC HUẾ
I. LISTENING (40 points)

Part 1: You will hear an extract from a radio programme in which a film critic, Dan Sheldon, is
interviewed about Hollywood and the part it has played in the film industry. Choose the answer
(A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. (10 points)

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

Part 2: You will hear the minister talking about crime. Are these statements true or false?
Write T (true) or F (false). (10 points)

1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F

Part 3: You will hear part of a radio programme about toys, in which the development of a famous
toy called Meccano is described. Complete the sentences with a word or short phrase. (20 points)

1. meat importer 2. Self-help 3. submarine 4. Interchangeable

5. series of holes 6. piece of copper 7. crane

8. Mechanics Made Easy 9. Extension pack 10. electric trains

Il. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (60 points)

Part 1: Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)

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1. C spectators 2. B public 3. A acting 4. B room 5. D see

6. A refused 7. B in four 8. D cater 9. C realize 10. D drifted

11. B. closely 12. A. make a stand 13. B. spiral 14. A. falling over

15. D. exacerbate 16. C. entirely 17. B. view 18. D. showered

19. B. disturb 20. B. knack

Part 2: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. UNDERLINE the mistakes and WRITE
THEIR CORRECT FORMS in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done
as an example. (10 points)

Barbara left university armed with a good degree of advertising and a (0) in .
desire to fulfill her dream of working in PR. But three months after
sending score of letters in response to adverts, she was still looking
1.__scores__
for that elussive job.

Nowadays it’s not just the traditionally popular profesions like the
media and law that are difficult to enter. To make sure you get notice, 2._ elusive _
you have to be prepared to pull out all stops. And here’s how you can
do it.
3._ professions_
You should identify your skills and what you want out of your job.
The core skills employees are looking for are communication,
teamwork and IT skills; seek help with this from careers advisors and 4._ noticed _
consultants. Send out speculative letters, but make sure your letter
stand out – you want the reader to stop and taking notice. Once you
5._employers _
reach the interview stage, beware of pitfalls that can trip you up. Your
performance here is crucial. Blunders can cost you the job; make sure
you’re well-versed in as many of the company’s products and services
6.__ stands __
as possible. Dress smartly but comfortably, as you will be judged in
some respects by how you wear. When in doubt, dress conservatively.

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primary importance – and remember to listen as well as say.
Communication is a two-way street – talk too much and you may miss
8.__ what __
clues concerning what the interviewer feels is important.

9.__ confident _

10.__ talk ___

Part 3: Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition(s) or particle(s).
(10 points)

1. down 2. about 3. with 4. behind with 5. Up

6. off 7. out of 8. out 9. off 10. off

Part 4: Fill in the spaces with an appropriate form of the verbs in brackets. (0) has been done
as an example. (15 points)

1. explained 2. had been held up 3. had been blowing 4. was lying

5.had been driving 6. was wearing 7.had tied 8.was pulling

9.jumped 10.had swum

Part 5: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the
column on the right. (0) has been done as an example. (15 points)

1. undergo 2.irrational 3.anxiety 4.full-blown 5.accustomed

6.lifestyle 7.disregard 8.undesirable 9.overcome 10.alternative

lll. READING (60 points)

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Part 1: Read the text and choose the word that best fits each of the spaces. (0) has been done as
an example. (15 points)

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

9.B, 10.C, 11.D, 12.A, 13.C, 14.B, 15.B

Part 2: Read the following text and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE
word in each gap. (0) has been done as an example. (15 points)

1. after (NOT during) 2.behind 3.having (NOT had) 4.on

5.with (NOT the) 6.at 7.from 8.first (NOT last)

9.before (NOT until) 10.did

Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. (15
points)

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

Part 4: Read the following passage and answer the questions. (15 points)

1. v 2. iii 3. i 4. viii 5. vi

6. solution 7. advertising 8. 5,000 9. extensions 10. chip

lV. WRITING (40 points)

Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the sentence given,
beginning as shown. (7.5 points)

1. … him (as he was) climbing over the garden wall.

2. … though / as it is, unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.

3. … believed to have escaped in a stolen car.

4. … nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk.

5. … refused to sleep in the /that haunted house.

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sentence. Do NOT change the word given. You must use between three and eight words,
including the word given. (0) has been done as an example. (7.5 points)

1. … are resigned to life being / the fact that life is …

2. … attempts / efforts were to no avail in securing …

3. … dropping litter is fined on the spot …

4. …clamping down on …

5. …put your life in jeopardy …

ĐỀ THI MẪU 13
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT DHBB 2018 – 2019
QUẢNG NAM
SESSION I: LISTENING ( 50 pts)
Part 1:

1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T
Part 2:

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. A
Part 3:

1 the earthquake or shock waves

2. the explosion

3 sand

4 the huge waves

5. hardened into rock

Part 4

1 accountant

2 (rather) relieved

3 math(s)/mathematics

4 professional

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5 more/ very supportive

6 traditional

7. all the difference.

8 drawing/to draw (like a painter)

9. a sculptor draws

10 abstract (art)

SECTION II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points)

Part 1:

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

Mistake Correction

kinds Sorts

into in

sweetened sweet

away down

long far

Part 3:

at off on off out

Part 4:

1.intergovernmental 2.reappraise 3.unequivocally 4.concentrations 5.cattle-raising

6.decomposing 7. livelihood 8.unanimity 9.emissions 10.enact

SECTION III. READING COMPREHENSION (60 points)

Part 1: (Source: English advanced vocabulary and structure practice-Test 29)

1D 2B 3A 4C 5B

6A 7C 8B 9D 10D

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1. Combine 2. In 3. Enough 4. Out 5. It

6. Rather 7. Elements 8. At 9. Being/getting 10. Another

Part 3:

1C 2A 3D 4A 5B

6D 7A 8C 9B 10D

Part 4: ( Source: Ielts practice test- British council)

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

6. PRUDENT PRACTICE
7.PRIVATISATION POLICY
8.INCENTIVES
9.PERMIT
10.REGULATORY AGENCY
Part 5: ( Source: CPE 1- 2013)
1A 2C 3A 4C 5B

6D 7A 8C 9D 10A

ĐỀ THI MẪU 14
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT THHV TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÊ HỒNG PHONG, NAM ĐỊNH
Part 1: (10pts)
1. quality education
2. written responses
3. organizational/ organizational skills
4. work ethnic
5. teaching styles

Part 2 (10pts)

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

Part 3: (20pts)
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11. lighting a candle 16. carols
12. religious 17. Christmas decorations
13. September or October 18. nuts and snacks
14. over £ 600 19. counting down
15. cheesy Christmas songs 20. christmassy picture

II.LEXICO- GRAMMAR (50/200pts)

Part 1:

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

Part 2: WORD FORM (10pts)

1.correlation 2.meaningful 3.fearlessness 4. visual 5.indicative

6.conductive 7.beholder 8. interpersonal 9. assertiveness 10.unwanted

Part 3: Identify mistakes (10pts)

1. 1920-> 1920s 6. although-> however

2. moved-> moving 7.recording-> recorded
3. closely-> close 8.narrative-> narratives
4. in-> between 9.originally-> original
5. historic-> historical 10.startle-> startling

Part 4: preposition/ Particles (10pts)

1.up 2. after 3. off 4. on 5. up with

6.for 7. at 8. about 9. round to 10. Out on

III.READING (50/200pts)

Part 1: (10pts)

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

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

Part 2 (10pts)

1. evidence 2. such 3.and 4.ruled 5.aslo

6.the 7.available 8.written 9. came 10.complete/ whole/ entire

Part 3: (10pts)
1. B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.C
6.D 7.B 8.C 9.C 10.A

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1. x 2. Xi 3. Ix 4.viii 5.v
6.i 7.vii 8. Iii 9. Iv
10. sell (more) quickly
11. (South Limberg) planners
12. (road/ noise) embarkments
13. (Olivetti) employees
14. adapt to
15. his bakery busmess / a cool room
ĐỀ MẪU 15
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT DHBB
THPT CHUYÊN TRẦN PHÚ HẢI PHÒNG
2018 – 2019

I. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1 (10 points – 2 point/correct answer)

1. False 2. True 3. True 4. False 5. Not Given

Part 2 (14 points – 2 points/correct answer)

6. map (out) 7. humid 8. coach park 9. an underground stream

10. (loose) stones 11. leg 12. tour guide

Part 3 (10 points – 2 point/correct answer)

13. B 14. A 15. C 16. D 17. D

Part 4 (16 points – 2 points/correct answer)

18. fat(s) 19. (brand) names 20. cheese 21. life (expectancy) or lives

22. furniture 23. natural 24. herbal 25. mind/body or body/mind

II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (70 points)

Part 1: (20 points – 1 point/correct answer)

26. C 27. C 28. B 29. C 30. D

31. C 32. D 33. C 34. C 35. A

36. B 37. D 38. B 39. D 40. B

41. A 42. C 43. A 44. A 45. C

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Part 2: (5 points – 1 point/correct answer)

46. successor 47. impenetrable 48. commissioned 49. peculiarities50. playfully

III. READING

Part 1: (10 points – 1 point/correct answer)

51. few/no 52. belong 53. yet 54. repeating 55. ours

56. tend 57. minds 58. writing 59. most/very/highly 60. does

Part 2: (10 points – 1 point/correct answer)

61. C 62. D 63. B 64. D 65. A

66. F 67. C 68. D 69. C 70. A

Part 3: (5 points – 1 point/correct answer)

71. D 72. F 73. A 74. B 75. E

Part 4: (10 points – 1 point/correct answer)

76. D 77. C 78. A 79. A 80. B

81. C 82. C 83. B 84. D 85. C

Part 5: (10 points - 1 point/correct answer)

86. C 87. E 88. D 89. C 90. A

91. B 92. C 93. A 94. E 95. D

ĐỀ MẪU 16
ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC 30/4 LỚP 10
2018 – 2019

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ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC 30/4 LỚP 11
2018 – 2019

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ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HSG THPT HỒ CHÍ MINH
2017 – 2018

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ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HSGQG TỈNH ĐẮK LẮK
2018 – 2019

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ĐỀ THI MẪU 20
ĐỀ THI DHBB 2019
CHUYÊN SƯ PHẠM HÀ NỘI
PART A. LISTENING
Section 1
1. D 13. Education, father, mother./ Education,
2. B (and) parents.

3. C 14. After high school.

4. A 15. (A) primary school.

5. D Section 4
Section 2 16. sweeping victory
6. True 17. conservative majority
7. False 18. binding arbitration
8. False 19. labor-management disputes
9. True 20. verdicts
10. True 21. plaintiff
Section 3 22. collective bargaining
11. 25 years. 23. rare oral dissent
12. Shelter for orphans./ (An) orphanage. 24. race, gender and religion
25. non-disclosure provisions
PART B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
26. C 35. A
27. B 36. Line 5. confining → confined
28. D 37. Line 6. out → on
29. D 38. Line 8. proof → proven
30. A 39. Line 11. intellectual → intellectually
31. C 40. Line 13. which → where
32. D 41. off/ away
33. B 42. up
34. B 43. in
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45. down 51. supremacy
46. unconventional 52. pretentiousness
47. commonplace 53. comprehensible
48. iconography 54. discriminatory
49. universally 55. unfavorable

PART C. READING

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56. B 81. C
57. B 82. B
58. A 83. A
59. C 84. C
60. C 85. C
61. A 86. iv
62. D 87. ix
63. B 88. iii
64. A 89. vi
65. A 90. v
66. sense 91. i
67. melting 92. vii
68. to 93. Yes
69. stands 94. Not Given
70. included 95. No
71. rare 96. F
72. as 97. A
73. undergone 98. E
74. curriculum 99. E
75. born 100. A
76. D 101. C
77. C 102. B
78. D 103. F
79. A 104. D
80. A 105. D

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