\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0N\u1ebfu b\u1ea1n \u0111ang t\u00ecm ki\u1ebfm t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u \u00f4n luy\u1ec7n thi Ti\u1ebfng Anh \u0111\u1ec3 chu\u1ea9n b\u1ecb cho k\u1ef3 thi Olympic truy\u1ec1n th\u1ed1ng 30 th\u00e1ng 4, th\u00ec t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u m\u00e0 ch\u00fang t\u00f4i gi\u1edbi thi\u1ec7u h\u00f4m nay s\u1ebd l\u00e0 l\u1ef1a ch\u1ecdn ho\u00e0n h\u1ea3o cho b\u1ea1n. \u0110\u00f3 l\u00e0 \u0110\u1ec1 thi ch\u00ednh th\u1ee9c k\u1ef3 thi Olympic truy\u1ec1n th\u1ed1ng 30 th\u00e1ng 4 L\u1ea7n Th\u1ee9 XXIV n\u0103m 2018 m\u00f4n Ti\u1ebfng Anh 11 c\u00f9ng v\u1edbi \u0111\u00e1p \u00e1n ch\u00ednh th\u1ee9c.<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0110\u1ec1 thi n\u00e0y bao g\u1ed3m nhi\u1ec1u d\u1ea1ng c\u00e2u h\u1ecfi kh\u00e1c nhau v\u1ec1 t\u1eeb v\u1ef1ng, ng\u1eef ph\u00e1p, \u0111\u1ecdc hi\u1ec3u v\u00e0 vi\u1ebft. N\u00f3 cung c\u1ea5p cho b\u1ea1n m\u1ed9t c\u00e1ch th\u1ee9c \u00f4n luy\u1ec7n thi hi\u1ec7u qu\u1ea3 v\u00e0 gi\u00fap b\u1ea1n c\u1ea3i thi\u1ec7n k\u1ef9 n\u0103ng Ti\u1ebfng Anh c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh. \u0110\u1eb7c bi\u1ec7t, \u0111\u00e1p \u00e1n ch\u00ednh th\u1ee9c c\u00f9ng v\u1edbi c\u00e1c gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch chi ti\u1ebft s\u1ebd gi\u00fap b\u1ea1n hi\u1ec3u r\u00f5 h\u01a1n v\u1ec1 c\u00e1ch gi\u1ea3i \u0111\u00e1p c\u00e2u h\u1ecfi.<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0T\u00e0i li\u1ec7u n\u00e0y \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c thi\u1ebft k\u1ebf \u0111\u1ec3 gi\u00fap b\u1ea1n trau d\u1ed3i ki\u1ebfn th\u1ee9c v\u00e0 k\u1ef9 n\u0103ng c\u1ea7n thi\u1ebft \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111\u1ea1t \u0111i\u1ec3m cao trong k\u1ef3 thi Olympic truy\u1ec1n th\u1ed1ng. H\u01a1n n\u1eefa, \u0111\u1ec1 thi n\u00e0y c\u0169ng s\u1ebd gi\u00fap b\u1ea1n l\u00e0m quen v\u1edbi c\u1ea5u tr\u00fac \u0111\u1ec1 thi v\u00e0 c\u00e1ch th\u1ee9c tr\u1ea3 l\u1eddi c\u00e1c c\u00e2u h\u1ecfi.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\n\r\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0N\u1ebfu b\u1ea1n \u0111ang t\u00ecm ki\u1ebfm t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u \u00f4n luy\u1ec7n thi Ti\u1ebfng Anh cho k\u1ef3 thi Olympic truy\u1ec1n th\u1ed1ng 30 th\u00e1ng 4, h\u00e3y c\u00e2n nh\u1eafc s\u1eed d\u1ee5ng \u0110\u1ec1 thi ch\u00ednh th\u1ee9c k\u1ef3 thi Olympic truy\u1ec1n th\u1ed1ng 30 th\u00e1ng 4 L\u1ea7n Th\u1ee9 XXIV n\u0103m 2018 m\u00f4n Ti\u1ebfng Anh 11<\/b> c\u00f9ng v\u1edbi \u0111\u00e1p \u00e1n ch\u00ednh th\u1ee9c.<\/p>\r\n\n\n
L\u00d3 P 111\n\u0110\u1ec0 CH\u00cdNH TH\u1ee8C\nA. multiple choice (40 PTS)\nI. GRAMM AR AND STRUCTURES (5PTS):\nChoose the best options to complete the following sentences.\n1. – Jack: Did you know Jim\u2019s car broke down on the highway late at night?\n– Jane: Unfortunately, that’s a situation anyone______ .\nA. might have to confront with ‘ B. might be confronted with\nc. might be confronted D. might have been confronted\n2. ______, 1 haven\u2019t seen Catherine all day.\nA. Come to think of it B. To come to think of it\nc. Coming to think it D. Coming to think of it\n3. ______ earning a great deal of money as a painter, Ivan Aivazovsky opened\nan art school and gallery in his hometown of Feodosiya.\nA. Rather B. Since c. Upon D. Until\n4. In your place, I – to others for help. There\u2019s no way of getting the\nproject finished yourself.\nA. would have turned B. must have turned\nc. will turn D. would turn\n5. ______chair the meeting.\nA. John was decided to\nB. It was decided that John should\nc. There was decided that John should\nD. John had been decided to\n6. We all wished to be treated______.\nA. as equals B. as equally c. as equals D. equals\n7. The great French novelist Honor\u00e9 de Balzac would make _____ revision\nwhen he was proofreading his work th at ______was left o f the original text\nin the end.\nA. too many I not enough B. such a lot of \/ a few\nc. plenty o f \/ not many D. so much \/ little\n8. She *______fainted when she heard that her son had died.\nA. rather than B. nothing but c. all but D. near\n9. I’ll be kind to her.______ she decide to leave me.\nA. in case B. whereas c. so as not D. lest\n10. Jasmine\u2019s parents died when she was just a baby, so I ______ family she\never had.\nA. was all the – B. was the whole\nc. have the whole D. have all the\n244\nII. PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS (5 PTS)\n11. H e\u2019s a tough politician – he knows how to ______the storm.\nA. run down B. keep up c. push back D. ride out\n12. D on’t tak e______ your bad friends any more or you’ll regret it.\nA. up with B. in for c. down at D. for\n13. He was unaware that he was being______ with out-of-date stock.\nA. faded away B. clamped down c. petered out D. fobbed off\n14. I was so tired that I ju st ______ in the armchair.\nA. flaked out B. broke up c. dropped out D. fell over\n15.1 thought she was being serious, but she was only having m e______ \u00bb\nA. up B. on c. over D. round\n16. Peter: How old do you think Perkins is?\nPatrick: Oh, he must be getting______ eighty, I\u2019d say.\nA. away with B. about at c. down to D. on for\n17. Nobody from the President down should imagine they a re _____ the law.\nA beyond B over c within D above\n18. At first the children enjoyed the game but quite soon the novelty______ .\nA. went off B. died out c. died down D. wore o ff\n19. When attacked by his opponents, the g ene ral___2. with a\n strong justification\nfor his policy.\nA. hit back B. struck up c. leapt up D. pushed forward\n20. The free tickets for the band\u2019s concert w er e______ within seconds by the\nenthusiasts flocking at the hall door.\nA. run up B. broken up c. drawn up D. snapped up\nIII. VO CABULARY (10 PTS):\nChoose the best options to complete the following sentences.\n21.1 found the information for the project in the encyclopedia but 1 couldn’t give\n and verse on it.\nA. chapter B. unit c. poem D. extract\n22. During the riots, hundreds of people broke into the city’s main department\nstore a nd_____ it. There was almost nothing left after the night had finished.\nA. mugged B. looted c. conned D. stole\n23. When his manager went on a business trip, Smith stepped into th e ______\nand chaired the meeting.\nA. hole B. pool c. breach D. crack\n24. The country has few natural resources and its economy has be en ______ for\nsome time now.\nA. diseased B. unwell c. sickening D. ailing\n25. Every time the government meets their demands, the union leaders shift the\nA. goalposts B. lamp-posts c. bus stops D. roadblocks\n26. They worked from dawn to dusk with s uch_____ that they were exhausted.\nA. boredom B. zeal c. crack D. debility\n245\nTl. The Prime Minister will decide whether to release the prisoner or not; that ‘s\nhis ______ .\nA. prerogative B. contortion c. derogatory D. abdication\n28. The sheep were huddled into a _____ to protect them from overnight frosts.\nA. pen B. hutch c. kennel D. barn\n29. That human rights ar e______ is unacceptable in a civilized society.\nA. infringed B. impeached c. abrogated D. quashed\n<\/p>\n
30. \u00cc overslept this morning and caught the last bus to school by ______ .\nA. the hair o f my head B. the skin of my teeth\nc. the nail of my finger D. the skin of my heels\n31. Since he is too old to be a porter, they have decided to put him out t o ____.,\nA. the door B. grounds c. grass D. the kerb\n32. Andrew Johnson was the first president of the US ever to be ______ ,\nprimarily because of his violent temper and unyielding stubbornness.\nA. impeached B. overthrown c. overpowered D. dethroned\n33. If she wins the prize again this year, it’ll be a rea l______ in her cap.\nA. nutshell B. gemstone c. feather D. landmark\n34. Maggie is so moody and unpredictable. She\u2019s apt to fly off th e ______\nwithout any real cause.\nA. handle B. strap c. catch D. belt\n35. Despite a string o f_____ performances he retained his place in the side.\nA. promising B. reasonable c. satisfactory D. moderate\n36. The earthquake_____ 6.5 on the Richter scale.\nA. weighed B. measured c. achieved . D. counted\n37. It w as ___clear to me what they meant by their cold manner.\nA. blatantly B. fully c. abundantly D. acutely\n38. The international conference of the Cardiological Association has been\n_____ in Cairo to discuss the revolutionary discovery of doctor Gonzales\nfrom Mexico.\nA. deployed B. collected c. mobilized D. summoned\n3 9 .1 had a small accident with the car. One of the wings is a li ttle _____ _.\nA. stained B. jamm ed c. dented D. cracked\n40. I’ve only been here for a week so 1 haven’t got into th e_______ yet.\nA. swings of things B. groove o f things\nc. rut of things D. swing o f routine\nIV. GUIDED CLOZE (10 PTS):\nRead the text below and decide which answer best fits each space.\nPASSAGE A:\nPlants are (41) ______ to attack and infection by a remarkable variety of\nsymbiotic species and have evolved a diverse array of mechanisms designed to\n246\nfrustrate the potential colonists. These can be divided into preformed or passive\ndefense mechanisms and (4 2)______ or active systems. Passive plant defense\ncomprises physical and chemical barriers that prevent entry of pathogens, such\nas bacteria, or (43) ____ _ tissues unpalatable or toxic to the invader. The\nexternal surfaces of plants, in addition to being covered by an epidermis and a\nwaxy cuticle, often carry spiky hairs known as trichomes, which either prevent\nfeeding by insects or may even puncture and kill insect (4 4 )______ . Other\ntrichom es are sticky and glandular and effectively trap and (4 5) ______ insects.\nIf the physical barriers of the plant are breached, then preformed chemicals may\ninhibit or kill the intruder, and plant tissues contain a diverse array of toxic or\npotentially toxic substances, such as resins, tannins, glycosides, and alkaloids,\nmany of which are highly effective (4 6) ______to insects that feed on plants.\n<\/p>\n
The success of the Colorado beetle in infesting potatoes, for example, seems to\nbe correlated with its high tolerance (4 7)______ alkaloids that normally repel\npotential pests. Other possible chemical defenses, while not directly toxic to the\nparasite, may inhibit some essential step in the establishment of a parasitic\nrelationship. For example, glycoproteins in plant cell walls may inactivate\nenzymes that degrade cell walls. These enzymes are often produced by bacteria\nand fungi. Active plant defense mechanisms are comparable to the immune\nsystem of vertebrate animals, although the cellular and molecular bases are\n(4 8 )______ different. Both, however, are triggered in reaction to intrusion.\nimplying that the host has some means of recognizing the presence of a foreign\norganism. The most dramatic example of an inducible plant defense reaction is\nthe hypersensitive response. In the hypersensitive response, cells undergo rapid\nnecrosis \u2014 that is, they become diseased and die \u2014 after being penetrated by a\nparasite ; the parasite itself ( 49)__________ ceases to grow and is therefore\nrestricted to one or a few cells around the entry site. Several theories have been\n(50)______ to explain the bases o f hypersensitive resistance.\n41. A. likely B. inclined c. flexible D. subject\n42. A. inducible B. causative c. influential D. medicinal\n43. A. convert B.render c. alternate D. reimburse\n44. A. embryos B. larvae c. larva D. caterpillars\n45. A. immobilize B. demobilize c, deactivate D. depreciate\n46. A. hindrances B. repellents c. deterrents D. expurgations\n47. A. io B. for c. within D.u nder\n48. A. efficaciously B. phenomenally c. fundamentally D. originally\n49. A. following B. substantially c. procedurally D. subsequently\n50. A. brought about B. worked out c. put forward D. laid down\n247\nPASSAGE B:\nMOUND-BUILDER THEORIES\nSome o f the most impressive geographical features in North America are the\nmany earth mounds (5 1 )______ around the continent. These earthworks are\nenormous artificial hills constructed by various Native American civilizations for\n(52) _ _ _ _ _ purposes, such as burials worship, and they are thousands of years\nold, with the latest ones being finished hundreds of years before Europeans\nexplored America. Upon their arrival, European explorers were impressed with\nthe structures, but prejudice against the native tribes prevented them from (53)\n______Native Americans with their construction. Instead, American settlers\ndeveloped several theories that claimed a superior but (54) ______ “moundbuilder” civilization made the earthworks. Moreover, particular details of\ndifferent mound-builder theories reflected the specific prejudices of the people\nwho supported them. For example, devout Christian groups like the Mormons\nargued that a (5 5)______ Israeli society was responsible, and white Americans\nargued that only the Vikings could have built such mounds because they\nbelieved that their European (5 6)<\/p>\n
______was far superior to Native Americans.\nThe (57 )______ of these myths showed how for centuries Americans selectively\nexamined evidence and distorted science in order to support their own agendas\n(5 8) ______ the natives. Prior to the 20th century, many Americans accepted the\nmound-builder theories as despite the dubious evidence that supported them. For\ninstance, most believers argued that the presence of metal artifacts beneath the\nmounds showed that the natives couldn’t have them because they had no\nknowledge of metallurgy. Some tribes did in fact possess such skills, and the\npresence of defensive walls around tribal lands indicates that Native Americans\ncould indeed construct structures such as earth mounds. Nonetheless, most\nAmericans (5 9 )______ such evidence and instead considered other potential\ncandidates for the mound builders. Popular choices were ancient Chinese, Greek,\nor African civilizations, none of which were in prehistoric America. Other\npeople argued that mystical (6 0) ______, such as God or people from mythical\nAtlantis, built the mounds.\n51. A. scattered B. extended c. stretched D. covered\n52. A. philosophical B. infinite c. ritualistic D. opportunistic\n53. A. commemorating B. accrediting c. recognizing D. endowing\n54. A. bygone B. disrupted c. exhausted D. extinct\n55. A. secretive B. divine c. celestial D. sacred\n56. A. forefather B. ancestors c. foregoer D. ancestry\n57. A. persistence B. perseverance c. insistence D. determination\n58. A. for B. towards c. against D. from\n59. A. missed B. refuted c. dispatched D. disposed\n60. A. rites B. vigors c. powers D. motivations\n248\n<\/p>\n
V. READING COMPREHENSION (10 PTS):\nRead the texts below and choose the best answer to each question.\nPASSAGE A\nMUSICAL TALENT\nAmong all the abilities with which an individual may be endowed, musical\ntalent appears earliest in life. Very young children can exhibit musical precocity\nfor different reasons. Some develop exceptional skill as a result of a well –\ndesigned instructional regime, such as the Suzuki method for the violin. Some\nhave a good fortune to be bom into musical family in a household filled with\nmusic. In a number of interesting cases, musical talent is part of an otherwise\ndisabling condition such as autism or mental retardation. A musically gifted child\nhas an inborn talent, however, the extent to which the talent is expressed\npublicly will depend upon the environment in which the child lives.\nMusically gifted children master at an early age the principal elements of\nmusic, including pitch and rhythm. Pitch – or – melody – is more central in\ncertain cultures, for example, in Eastern societies that make use of tiny quarter –\ntone interval. Rhythm, sounds produced at certain auditory frequencies and\ngrouped according to a prescribed system, is emphasized in sub- Saharan Africa,\nwhere the rhythmic ratios can be very complex.\nAll children have some aptitude for making music. During infancy, normal\nchildren sing as well as babble, and they can produce individual sounds and\nsound pattern. Infants as young as two months can match their mother’s songs in\npitch, loudness, and melodic shape, and infants at four months can match\nrhythmic structure as well. Infants are especially predisposed to acquire these\ncore aspects of music, and they can also engage in sound play that clearly\nexhibits creativity.\nIndividual differences begin to merge in young children as they learn to sing.\nSome children can match segments of a song by the age of two or three. Many\nothers can only approximate pitch at this age and may still have difficulty in\nproducing accurate melodies by the age o f five or six. However, by the time they\nreach school age, most children in any culture have a schema of what a song\nshould be like and can produce a reasonably accurate imitation of the songs\ncommonly heard in their environment.\nThe early appearance of superior musical ability in some children provide\nevidence that musical talent may be separate and unique form of intelligence.\nThere are numerous tales of young artists who have a remarkable “ear” or\nextraordinary memory for music and a natural understanding of musical\nstructure. In many of these cases, the child is average in every other way but\ndisplays an exceptional ability in music. Even the most gifted child, however,\ntakes about ten years to achieve the levels of performance or composition that\nwould constitute mastery o f the musical sphere.\n249\nEvery generation in music history has it famous prodigies – individuals with\nexceptional musical powers that emerge at a young age. In the eighteenth\ncentury, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began composing and perform ing at the age\nof six. As a child, Mozart could play piano like an adult. He had perfect pitch,\nand at the age of nine he was also a master of the art o f modulation – transitions\nfrom one key to another – which became one of the hallmarks o f his style. By the\nage of eleven, he had composed three symphonies and 30 other major works.\nMozart’s well – developed talent was preserved into adulthood.\nUnusual musical ability is a regular characteristic o f certain anomalies such as\nautism. In one case, an autistic girl was able to play “Happy Birthday” in the\nstyle of various composers, including Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, and Schubert.\nWhen the girl was three, her mother called her by playing incomplete melodies,\nwhich the child would complete with the appropriate tone in the proper octave.\nFor the autistic child, music may be the primary mode of communication, and\nthe child may cling to music because it represents as a haven in a world that is\nlargely confusing and frightening.\n61. The word “precocity” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to \u25a0\n\u1ea0. strong interest B. good luck c. advanced skill D. personal style\n62. Which sentence below best expresses the essential information in the\nsentence printed in bold in paragraph 1?\nA. Children may be born with superior musical ability, but their environment\nwill determine how this ability is developed.\nB. Every child is naturally gifted, and it is responsibility o f the public schools\nto recognize and develop these talents.\n. c. Children with exceptional musical talent will look for the best way to\nexpress themselves through music – making.<\/p>\n
\nD. Some musically talented children live in an environment surrounded by\nmusic, while others have little exposure to music.\n63. The author makes the point that musical elements such as pitch and rhythm ‘\nA. distinguish music from other art forms\nB. vary in emphasis in different cultures\nc. make music difficult to learn\nD. express different human emotions\n64. The word “predisposed” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______ .\nA. inclined B. gifted c. pushed D. amused\n65. According the passage, when does musical talent usually begin to appear?\nA. When infants start to babble and produce sound patterns\nB. Between the ages of two and four months\nc. When children learn to sing at two or three years old\nD. Between ten years old and adolescence\n250\n66. According the passage, which o f the following suggests that musical talent is\nthe separate form o f intelligence?\nA. Exceptional musical ability in an otherwise average child\nB. Recognition of the emotional power o f music\nc. The ability of all babies to acquire core elements o f music\nD. Differences between learning music and learning language\n67. Why does the author discuss Mozart in paragraph 6?\nA. To compare past and present views o f musical talent\nB. To give an example of a well – known musical prodigy\nc. To describe the development of individual musical skill\nD. To list musical accomplishments of the eighteenth century\n68. All of the following are given as examples of exceptional musical talent\nEXCEPT\nA. a remarkable “ear” or perfect memory for music\nB. ability to compose major works at a young age\nc. appreciation for a wide variety o f musical styles –\nD. playing a single song in the style of various composers\n69. The word “haven” in paragraph 7 is closest meaning t o ______ .\nA. beautiful art B. safe place c. personal goal D. simple problem\n70. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about exceptional\nmusical ability?\nA. It occurs more frequently in some cultures than in others.\nB. It is evidence of a superior level of intelligence in other areas,\nc. It has been documented and studied but is little understood.\nD. It is the result o f natural talent and a supportive environment.\nPASSAGE B\nTHE BALANCE IN THE OCEANS\nThe oceans’ predators come in all shapes and sizes. For example, one of the\nless infamous ones is the colorful starfish, which feeds on plant life, coral, or\nother shellfish such as mussels for sustenance. A more bloodcurdling example,\nespecially to human beings and most other species of fish, is the shark, though\nmost scientists agree that only ten per cent o f the 450 plus species of sharks have\nbeen documented as actually attacking a human. Still, there is another predator\nlurking invisibly in the bodies of water of the world, one which poses one o f the\ngreatest threats to all species o f ocean life – bacteria. Though many types o f fish\nare continually stalking and evading one another for survival, they all band\ntogether in an attempt to keep bacteria levels at bay in order to allow, their\nown existence to continue.\nBacteria play a dual role in the ecosystems of the oceans. On the one hand, \u25a0\nthey are beneficial as they stimulate plant life through food decomposition,\nwhich releases the necessary chemicals for the growth of plant life. This is called\n251\nnutrient recycling and helps keep the oceans alive. But, on the other hand,\nbacteria are a major predator for all fish because the y’attack fragile, weaker\nindividuals. If they are allowed to run rampant and not kept in check, they could\nvirtually suffocate the oceans. Ill water, bacteria prove to be an even greater\nthreat than on land because, as they proliferate, they reduce the oxygen levels\nnecessary for organisms in the oceans to live. Further, when fish populations\nbecome depleted due to factors like overfishing, microbes such as algae expand\nand threaten the fragile ecosystems of the ocean. Therefore, ocean predators play\na critical role by thwarting bacteria growth and maintaining the oceans’\nequilibrium by reducing vulnerable links in the food chain.\nIn many ways, the balance within the oceans\u2019 ecosystems mirrors the human\nbody. That is, all of their components must work in harmony for them to stay\nhealthy, efficient, and alive. If one of them is missing or deficient, an entire\nsystem can be placed in jeopardy. In both the human body and the ocean,\nbacteria play a vital role because, at manageable levels, they aid in protecting\nand cleaning each system of foreign agents that can be of harm. On the other\nhand, if bacteria levels increase and become out of control, they can take hold o f\na system, overrun it, and become debilitating. Therefore, both oceans and the\nhuman body have a kind of custodian that maintains bacteria levels. In the\nhuman body, it is called a phagocyte. Phagocytes eat up sick, old, or dying cells,\nwhich are more prone to bacterial invasion, and thus keep the body healthy. Like\nin the human body, bacteria can prove fatal to the living organisms in the ocean.\nLike phagocytes in the human body ocean .predators work as antibacterial\ncustodians of the seas. In essence, they are the immune system and a vital link in\nthe food chain because they remove small, injured, or sickly fish from the ocean\nenvironment before bacteria can become too. comfortable and multiply. By\nridding the ocean of weaker fish, predators allow the stronger ones to multiply,\nmaking their species stronger and more resilient. Without their services and with\ntheir declining numbers, bacteria will blossom to levels that will eventually\noverpower and kill even the strongest species off ish because of the depletion of\ntheir number one source of life, all important oxygen.\n– While the greatest battle in the ocean may seem on the surface to be the\nsurvival of the fittest fish, a closer look reveals something completely different:\nfish versus microorganisms. Clearly, most living organisms in the oceans are\nhunters by nature, but this way o f life does not merely provide a food source for\na dominant species, It also maintains a healthy level of bacteria in an ocean’s\necosystem, thus ensuring the continuation of all species of life within. Major\npredators are necessary, like the antibacterial cells of the human body, to keep\nthis delicate balance in synch. If their numbers continue to decline and humans\nignore their vital role in the ocean, dire consequences will definitely result.\n71. The word \u201clurking \u201d in the passage is closest in meaning to \u25a0\nA. attacking B. increasing c. waiting D. approaching\n252\n72. According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true of ocean predators?\nA. The shark is the deadliest one for all other kinds of life in the oceans.\nB. One o f the most threatening to all fish populations is bacteria.\nc. Starfish do little damage to the population of mussels and shellfish.\n<\/p>\n
D. Most o f the killers that hide in the oceans are unknown to humans.\n73. Which ofthe following can be inferred from paragraph 1 about bacteria?\nA. They can be extremely detrimental to fish if their numbers increase.\nB. They are able to feed off themselves when other food sources are limited,\nc. They stimulate plant life, which in turn releases oxygen into the water.\nD. They present themselves in numerous shapes and forms as well as colors.\n74. The author discusses \u201cnutrien t recycling\u201d in paragraph 2 in o rderto______ .\nA. show how bacteria act similarly in the ocean and the human body\nB. explain the different roles of nutrients and oxygen for species of fish\nc. indicate that bacteria do have a positive impact in the oceans\nD. note how chemicals from bacteria are able to stimulate plant growth\n75. Which o f the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the\nsentence in bold (\u201cThough… con tinue\u201d)?\nA. Evasion tactics help fish escape from the threats posed by an increasing\nnumber o f bacteria.\nB. Various species of fish prey upon one another in order to lower bacteria\nlevels in the ocean.\nc. High bacteria levels in the ocean help most species of fish to survive by\nproviding them with food.\nD. Rivals or not, all fish help one another survive by preventing bacteria from\nproliferating.\n76. The word \u201cthwarting\u201d in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.\nA. encouraging B. preventing c. slowing D. sustaining\n77. According to paragraph 2, bacteria are dangerous to ocean life bec ause____.\nA. they have the capability to attack both strong and weaker fish\nB. they could monopolize the critical breathable gas in the ocean\nc. they get rid of vulnerable links, like dying fish, in the food chain\nD. they blossom out of control when overfishing becomes dominant\n78. The word \u201cdeb ilitating\u201d in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.\nA. stimulating B..hindering c. elevating D. weakening\n79. The author\u2019s description of phagocytes mentions all of the following\nEXCEPT\nA. They rid the human body of potentially dangerous organisms.\nB. They act in a similar manner as the predators of the ocean,\nc. They dispose o f bacteria to make weakened cells revive.\nD. They are cleaning agents in humans to maintain bacteria levels.\n80. The word \u201cIt\u201d in the passage refers t o ______.\nA. nature B. way of life c. food source D. dominant species\n253\nB. WRITTEN TEST\nI. <\/p>\n
CLOZE TEST (20 PTS):\nRead the texts below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use\nonly ONE WORD for each space.\nPASSAGE A\nBRAIN GEL\nA gel that helps brains recover from traumatic injuries has been developed by\nscientists at the Clemson University in South Carolina. The gel, which is injected\nin liquid (1 )______at the site where the injury was sustained, stimulates (2)\n______cell growth in the affected area. In terms of circumstances (3 )_______\nwhich it might be applied, the gel has the potential to treat a wide range of head\ninjuries, including those arising from car accidents, falls and gunshot wounds.\nSerious brain injuries are notoriously difficult to recover from on (4 )______\nof the fact that the affected tissue can swell ( 5 )______ considerably, which\ncauses additional collateral damage to the surrounding cells. Existing treatments\ndo (6 )______more than attempt to limit secondary damage and are relatively\nineffective, certainly when it comes to repairing the damaged cells, so the\ndiscovery of a gel which stimulates cell repair is being heralded (7) ______\nrevolutionary.\n(8 )______ the wave o f excitement now running through medical circles, it is\nimportant to note that results so far are based solely on observations of the\neffects of the gel on (9 )__ ___ rats. The development of the treatm ent is very\nmuch still in its preliminary stage and human testing is expected to be some three\nyears or more (10) ______ yet.\nPASSAGE B\nThe Dolby family gift is the largest philanthropic (1 1)______ ever made to\nUK science, and will support the Cavendish Laboratory, the world-leading centre\nfor physics (1 2) ______where Ray Dolby received his PhD in 1961. Thanks to\nthis exceptional gift, the University has now surpassed the \u00a31 billion milestone\nin its current \u00a32 billion fundraising campaign. This is the second generous gift to\nCambridge (1 3) ______the Dolby family, who donated \u00a335 million to Pembroke\nCollege, Cambridge in 2015. The Dolby family is now the largest donor to the\nfundraising campaign, and the (1 4) ______-largest donor to the University in its\n808-year history.\nRay Dolby, who died in 2013 at the age of 80, came to Cambridge as a\nMarshall Scholar in 1957. He received his PhD from the Cavendish in 1961, and\nwas a student and later a Fellow of Pembroke College. In 1965, he founded\nDolby Laboratories in London and invented the Dolby System, an analogue\naudio encoding system that forever improved the (15) _ _ _ _ _ of recorded sound.\nHe moved the company in 1976 to San Francisco, where it has been ( 16 )______\never since.\n254\nThe new Cavendish Laboratory will be its third home since its founding in\n1874, and was first announced by the government in its 2015 spendin g Review.\nit (12) ______ a \u00a375 million investment in the Cavendish, which has been\nconfirmed today, (1 8)______ maintain Britain’s position at the (1 9)______ of\nphysical sciences research. The funding will be delivered by the Engineering and\nPhysical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Work (20) ______ the new\nfacility is expected to begin in 2019.\nIL WORD FORMATION: (20PTS)\nPART 1: Complete each sentence, using the correct form of the word in\nparentheses.\n1. Since his bad habits were never broken when he was a child, they are now\n______ . (CORRECT)\n<\/p>\n
2. The ending was rather______ considering the fact that the film had been so\nintense throughout. (CLIMAX)\n3. Environmental quality will be th e______ for the 21 St century. (WORD)\n4. 1 found the last scene extremely moving and particularly______ . (DIRECT)\n5. At that time, package holidays to tropical resorts were pretty m uc h_____ _.\n(HEAR)\n6. There is a craze f or______ foods in our country these days. (CANCER)\n7. With free-market globalization, investment funds can mov e______ from the\nrich countries to the developing countries. (IMPEDIMENT)\n8. Airport officials said there had been no hint of trouble until radio contact was\nsuddenly lost three minutes fro m______ . (DOWN)\n9. Copyright is the _ ____ , legally secured right to publish, reproduce, and sell\nthe matter and form o f a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work. (ALIEN)\n10. ______ pain is the reason for around 5% of all emergency department visits.\n(ABDOMEN)\nPART 2: Complete the passage with appropriate forms from the words given\nin the box.\nin conscienti ous industry emergence imply\nperiphery development nation aboun d relent\nThe issues for (1 1 )________ economies are a little more straightforward.\nThe desire to build on (12). _____ land is not born out of desperation or.\nnecessity, but is a result of the (1 3 )________ march of the progress. Cheap\nlabour and a relatively highly-skilled workforce make these countries highly\ncompetitive and there is a flood of (14) ________ investment, particularly from\n(15) looking to take advantage of the low wages before the cost and\nstandard of living begin to rise, it is factors such as these that are making many\nAsian economies extremely attractive when viewed as investment opportunities\n255\nat the moment. Similarly, in Africa, the relative (16) ________ of preciousmetals and natural resources tends to attract a lot o f exploitation companies and a\nwhole sub-industry develops around and is completely dependent on this\nforeign-direct investment. It is understandable that countries that are the focus o f\nthis sort of attention can lose sight of the environmental (1 7) ________ of largescale industrial development, and this can have devastating consequences for the\nnatural world. And it is a vicious cycle because the more (1 8) ________ active a\nnation becomes, the greater the demand for and harvesting of natural resources.\nFor some, the environment issues, though they can hardly be ignored, are viewed\nas a ( 19)________ concern. Indeed.’having an environmental (2 0) _________or\ntaking environmental matters into consideration when it comes to decisions on\nwhether or not to build rubber-tree plantations or grow biofuel crops would be\nquite prohibitive indeed. For those involved in such schemes it is a pretty blackand-white issue. And, for vast tracts of land in Latin America, for example, it is\nclear that the welfare of the rainforests matters little to local governm ent when\nvast sums o f money can be made from cultivating the land.\nIII. ERROR CORRECTION: (10PTS)\nThe following passage contains 10 errors. Identify and correct them.\nSPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY\n1 Sport as a spectacle and photography as a way of recording action have\ndeveloped together. At the arrival of the 20th century, Edward Muybridge\nwas experimenting with photographs of movement. His pictures of a\nrunner feature in every history of photography. Another milestone was\n5 when the scientist and the photographer Harold Edgerton extended the\nlimits of photographic technology with his study of a drop of milk\nhitting the surface of a dish. Another advance was the development of\nminiature cameras in the late 1920s, that made it possible for photographers\nto put their cumbersome cameras behind.\n10 The an-ival of television was a significant development in the transmission\nof sport. Paradoxically, it was having benefit to still photographers.\nPeople who watched a sport event on TV, with all their movement and\naction, valued the still image as a reminder of the game.\nLooking back, we can see how radically sports photography has changed.\n15 Early sports photographers were so interested in the stories behind the\nsport as in the sport itself. Contemporary sports photography emphasizes\nthe glamour of sport, the colour and the action. But the best sports\nphotographers today do more than just simply tell the story of the event,\nor take a record of it. They capture in a single dramatic moment the real\n20 emotions of the participants, emotions which people looking at the\nphotographs can identify.\n256\n1.\n4.\n7.\n2.\n5.\n8.\n3.\n6.\n9.\n0.<\/p>\n
\nIV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION: (20 PTS)\nRewrite the following sentences using the words given.\n1. Frankly speaking, I do not think that nature and nurture are equally significant.\n(SUBSCRIBE)\nTo p u t……………………………………… ……………………………………….. significance.\n2. In the area, Thailand used to be much better than all other countries in\nfootball. (HEAD)\nIn the area, Thailand doesn’t ………… ……………………………………………. longer\n3. He hid the truth about the matter because he didn\u2019t want to lose his high\nposition. (CARPET)\nFor fear that ……… ………………………………………………………………………………….\n4. He indicated very clearly that he would do anything to obtain the contract.\n(LENGTHS)\nHe g ave…………………………………………………………………………………… -……………\n5 .1 d idn ‘t dare to tell the truth because my father was there. (GUTS)\nHad it ……. …………………………………………………………………………………………….\n6. It was not until five years had elapsed that the whole truth about the murder\ncame out.\n– Not f o r……………………… ……………………………………………………… ……………….. .\n7. She was surprised when he suddenly asked her to marry him. (TOOK)\nH is …………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………..\n8. He seems to find the way Mimi behaves more a source of amusement than\nembarrassment.\nFar from …………………………… ……………………….. ……… …………. amused by it.\n9. After the expedition, I realized that she was not an efficient researcher.\n(SHAKES)\nIt dawned ………………………………………. …………………………………a researcher.\n10. The accused may imagine a plan of killing the witness. (AWAY)\nThe accused may conceive ………….. ……………………………… ……………………….\n257
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B. WRITTEN TEST\n2. stem\n7. as\n12. research\n17. promised\n3. in\n8. Desp ite\n13. from\n18. helpin g\n4. account\n9. lab oratory\/lab\n14. second\n19. fo refront\n5. up\n10. aw ay\n15. quality\n20. on\n2. anticlimactic\n6. anti-carcinogen ic\n10. Ab dom inal\n14. inward\n18. industrially\n3. w atchword\n7. unim ped ed\n11. em erging\n4. well-d irecte d\n8. to uchdown\n12. unde velope d\nI. 1. form\n6. little\/no\nII . don atio n\n16. headquartere d\nII.\n1. incorrigible\n5. u nheard- of\n9. inaliena ble\n13. re lentless\n17. implica tion s\nIII.\n1. line 5: the photo gra pher \u2014\u00bb p hotographer\n3. line 9: put -\u00bb leave\n5. line 12: spoil \u2014\u00bb sports \/ sporting\n7. line 15: so \u2014> as\n8. line 18: tha n ju st simp ly \u2014\u00bb than simply\n10 line 20 : em otions w hich -> emotion s with which\n15. multinationals 16. ab und anc e\n19. periph eral 20. con scie nce\n2. line 8: th at \u2014> w hich\n4. line 11: having \u2014> o f\n6. line 12: the ir -\u00bb its\n9. line 19: take \u2014> mak e\nIV. 1. To put it bluntly, I do not sub scribe to the opinion that nature an d nurture\nare o f equal significa nce.\n2. In the area , Thaila nd do esn\u2019t sta nd he ad an d sho uld ers above all oth er\ncountries in fo ot ba ll an y longer\n3. For fear that he (should) lose his high position, he swept the matter under the carpet.\n4. He gave e very indication o f go ing to any lengths to obta in the contract, \/ that\nhe wo uld go to …\n5. Had it not bee n fo r my fa th er ‘s presenc e, I’ d have ha d the guts to tell the truth.\n6. N ot for anoth er fi ve yea rs did the whole truth ab out the mu rde r come out.\n7. His sud den m arr iag e proposal took her by s urp rise \/ aback.\n521\n8. Far from be ing e mba rras sed by M im i’s be hav ior, he se em s io he am used by it.\n9. It dawned on me aft er the e xp edition th at she w as no gre at sh ak es as a\nresearche r.\n10. Th e acc use d may conceiv e o f do ing a wa y with the witn ess.\n\u0128R\u01b0\u1edcNG \u0128H P \u0128 CHUY\u00caN NGUY\u1ec4N B\u1ec8NH KHI\u00caM – V\u0128NH LUNG\nA. MULTIPLE CHOICE\nI. 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. D 6.C 7. A 8. B 9. c 10. D\nII. l.D 2 A 3.C 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. c 9. D 10.C\nIII. 1 .C 2 .C 3.A 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. B 8. A 9 C 10. A\nIV. 1. C 2 C 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. B 9 C 10. c\nV. PASSAGE 1\n1. B 2. C 3.D 4. B 5.A 6.D 7.A 8.D 9.A 10.D\nPASSAGE 2:\nl. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. E\nIV. CLOZE TEST 1:\nl.D 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.A 10.B\nCLOZE TEST 2:\n1. C 2. c 3.D 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. c 9. B 10. D\nB. WRITTEN TEST\nI. OPEN CLOZE TEST 1\n1. as 2. bec ause 3. e xha ust 4. provides 5. d isc harge\n6. o r 7. ben efit 8. g radually 9. require 10. individu\nOPEN CLOZE TEST 2:\n1. spe cifica lly 2. sub scribe rs 3. w hich 4. out 5. righ\n6. basic 7. raise 8. milesto ne 9. primary 10. on\nIL WORD FORM 1:\n1. under estimated\n5. activat ed\n9. vis ual ize\nWORD FORM 2:\n1. Ty pic ally 2. dramatise d\n6. encouraging 7. professionalised\nIII. 1. L ine 3: ap plica tio n \u2014> a pp lie d\n3.’ Line 6: from \u2014> by\n5. Line 8: suc ks \u2014> sucking\n7. Line 9: w ith \u2014> in 8. L ine\n9. Line 14: and last \u2014> or last\n2. indefensible 3. lux iria ting 4\n6. a dditive s 7. dis rep air 8\n10. deforestati on \/ disaffore station\n3. g race ful\n8. departure\n2\nunilate ral\ninc essant ly\n4. prec eden ce 5. unhindered\n9. com mercial 10. spo nta nei ty\nLi ne 5: principle \u2014> p rin cip al\n4. Line 8: a rises \u2014* rises\n6. Line 9: ju st as \u2014> such as\n8. Line 12: d epe nd \u2014> depending\n10. Line 14: m otions \u2014> motion\n52 2
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