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KỲ THI OLYMPIC TRUYỀN THỐNG 10-3 TỈNH ĐẮK LẮK NĂM 2021
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 A. MULTIPLE CHOICE (40 PTS)
I. Grammar and Structures (5 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1. Her excellent grades in college led _________ a high-paying job after graduation.
A. to get her B. in getting herC. to her gettingD. her getting
2. - “Are you working late again tonight?”
- “Yes, I’ll be here _________ the report.”
A. until I finish B. since I’ve finished C. when I’ve finished D. by the time I’ve finished
3. If we have to pay a £1,000 fine, then ________. We’re not going to win a fight with the Tax Office.
A. so be it B. be it so C. thus be it D. be it thus
4. He came into the room and sat down without _________ a word to anyone.
A. as far as B. too much of C. very much ofD. so much as
5. Should gravity, the pull of the Earth, be zero, everything ________.
A. will float B. floated C. would be floating D. would float
6. ____ I can't understand is _________he wants to change his mind.
A. That/that B. Which/what C. What/why D. What/that
7. All the boys are good at cooking, but ___ is as good as the girls.
A. none B. either C. neither D. every
8. ___________ exhausted, he won the marathon by nearly three minutes.
A. Although B. Despite C. In spite of the fact that D. As
9. She __________ regretted having been so unkind.
A. bitterly B. awfully C. fully D. severely
10. Having been served dinner, ____________.
A. the problem was discussed by the members of the committee
B. the committee members discussed the problem
C. it was discussed by the committee members the problem
D. a discussion of the problem was made by the members of the committee
Đáp án:
1. C 2.A 3.A 4.D 5.A
6.D 7.A 8.A 9.A 10.B
II. Phrasal verbs and Prepositions (5 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1. Unless you return the money quickly, you will risk being charged ______ theft and getting into serious
trouble.
A. on B. with C. of D. for
2. Her enthusiasm___ her lack of experience.
A. makes up for B. makes off C. makes out at D. makes up
3. If you are finding it difficult to ______ on your salary, why don’t you ask for a rise?
A. get by B. turn down C. go up D. pass by
4. If you ______, you’ll get into trouble.
A. turn on B. slip up C. pay off D. come about
5. People had been turned ________ by both candidates in the election. They refused to hear more.
A. off B. on C. away D. down
6. The finance company seized his car because he ___________ behind in his payments.
A. came B. broke C. fell D. ran
7. ‘Why didn’t you ____________ at the traffic light?’ asked the policeman.
A. pull up B. stop off C. stand by D. halt by
8. It was so foggy that the climbers couldn't ____________ the nearest shelter.
A. make out B. break out C. take out D. run out
9. It is very easy for the undereducated to be ________ by slick-talking salesmen,
A. put aside B. put up C. taken in D. taken away
10. I don’t think this fashion will __________.
A. catch on B. catch up C. catch out D. catch over

Đáp án:
1.B 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.A
6.C 7.A 8.A 9.C 10.A

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III. Vocabulary (10 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1. You can buy goods on the Internet with a credit card, but there is a danger of _____ if someone else obtains
the number.
A. corruption B. fraud C. embezzlement D. disruption
2. As he accepted the award from the organization, his voice _____ with emotion.
A. quivered B. flinched C. cringed D. winced
3. The party was already _____ by the time we arrived. Everyone was singing and dancing.
A. in full swing B. up in the air C. in the red D. under a cloud
4. Hats like this may have been fashionable in the 60’s, but now they are _____ the times.
A. beneath B. under C. over D. behind
5. You say that this small spare part cost you $100? I am sure you paid through the _____ for it.
A. eye B. nose C. ear D. lips
6. It was mindless of you to _____ Sam in the face. You should never have done it if you expect him to love you.
A. slam B. clap C. slap D. clasp
7. The train service has been a _____ since they introduced the new schedules.
A. shambles B. rumpus C. chaos D. fracas
8. Fiona’s offered to help you. Don’t ask why – never look a gift _____ in the mouth.
A. horse B. cow C. deer D. dog
9. Sandra’s unpleasant _____ suggested that she knew about Amanda’s terrible secret.
A. grimace B. smirk C. wince D. snort
10. Few people can do creative work unless they are in the right _____ of mind.
A. frame B. trend C. attitude D. tendency
11. Little did I imagine The Amazing Race would entail long-winded journey and ups and downs ____.
A. aplenty B. inexhaustibly
C. profusely D. superabundant
12. I haven’t seen Jane for nearly ten years, ____ I had got married and had two children.
A. for that duration B. at that point
C. during which time D. in that time
13. It stands to reason that a touch of humor and optimism can work ____.
A. on all cylinders B. spectacles
C. wonders D. your fingers to the bone
14. Researchers have made a(n) ____ plea for more sponsorship so that they can continue their project.
A. compassionate B. dispassionate
C. encompassed D. impassioned
15. At first, she was ____ dumbfounded to hear that he wanted to break up, and then came the stirring of
autohypnotic perturbation.
A. exceedingly B. out-and-out
C. somewhat D. utterly
16. In the hands of a reckless driver, a car becomes a ____ weapon.
A. lethal B. fatal C. mortal D. venal
17. It’s a shame they did not pick you, but it does not ____ out the possibility that you might get a job in a
different department.
A. rule B. strike C. cancel D. draw
18. There’s a small hard ____ on my wrist. I think I’d better see the doctor.
A. swelling B. lump C. bruise D. rash
19. The inconsiderate driver was ____ for parking his vehicle in the wrong place.
A. inflicted B. harassed C. condemned D. confined
20. At first Tom insisted he was right, but then began to ____.
A. back down B. follow up C. drop off D. break up

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

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IV. Guided Cloze (10 pts)
Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space
Passage A: 10 câu
Is hypnosis a mystification or an ideal way of treating many diseases? The fact that a hypnotized individual will
_____ (1) the hypnotist's commands to perform even the most illogical actions has always excited both the
psychologists and their clients _____ (2) for getting rid of different ailments, be it mental or physical, by means
of responding to persuasive suggestions while in the altered state of consciousness.
This trance may usually be _____ (3) by repeating monotonous commands thus introducing an individual
into a subconscious sphere of his personality, which in the state of full wakefulness may be suppressed or
concealed. A hypnotized person appears to be more _____ (4) to imposed orders and more motivated to _____
(5) his deep-rooted anxieties and worries. Controversial though this approach may seem to be, it does contribute
to curing people of their emotional distresses in the _____ (6) of positive suggestions. Hypnosis can _____ (7)
establishing a more profound contact with a patient's emotional life even reviving the forgotten events from a
remote past where the root cause of an affliction may originate from.
It doesn't necessarily aim at confronting the psychological problems only. Hypnosis can also be of great
assistance in treating many addictions, _____ (8) various kinds of pains or even fighting skin diseases.
Without _____ (9), hypnosis is a most useful tool in the hands of physicians and faith healers even though
the extraordinary phenomena that it _____ (10) cannot always be accounted for by any scientific or logical
means.

1. A. tackle B. concede C. operate D. follow

2. A. eager B. keen C. resolute D. intent
3. A. conjured B. applied C. fixed D. evoked
4. A. answerable B. responsive C. reactionary D. perceptible
5. A. disclose B. depose C. delete D. disperse
6. A. use B. means C. way D. manner
7. A. help B. implement C. facilitate D. entitle
8. A. depleting B. shrinking C. alleviating D. declining
9. A. fail B. miss C. guess D. word
10. A. enacts B. provokes C. breeds D. induces

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

Passage B: 10 câu
Jean Piaget, the pioneering Swiss philosopher and psychologist, became famous for his theories on child
development. A child (1) ____ , he became interested in the scientific study of nature at an early age. He
developed a special fascination for biology, having some of his work published before graduating from high
school. When, (2) ____ 10, his observations led to questions that could be answered only by access to the
university library, Piaget wrote and published some notes on the sighting of an albino sparrow in the (3) ____
that this would persuade the librarian to stop treating him like a child. It worked. Piaget was (4) ____ on a path
that led to his doctorate in zoology and a lifelong conviction that the way to understand anything is to know how
it evolves.
Piaget went on to spend much of his (5) ____ life listening to and watching children, and poring over
reports of researchers who were doing the same. He found, to put it (6) ____, that children don’t think like
adults. After thousands of interactions with young people often barely old enough to talk, Piaget began to
suspect that behind their cute and seemingly illogical (7) ____ were thought processes that had their own kind of
order and their own special logic. Albert Einstein, the renowned physicist, deemed this a discovery “so simple
that only a genius could have thought of it.”.
Piaget’s insight opened a new window into the inner workings of the mind. Several new fields of
science, among them developmental psychology and cognitive theory, came into being as a result of his
research. Although not an educational reformer, he championed a way of thinking about children that provided
the foundation for today’s education reform movements. One might say that Piaget was the first to (8) ____
children’s thinking seriously. Others who shared this respect for children may have fought harder for immediate
change in schools, but Piaget’s influence on education remains deeper and more pervasive.

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 Piaget has been (9) ____ by generations of teachers inspired by the belief that children are not empty
vessels to be filled with knowledge, as traditional academic thinking had it, but active builders of knowledge -
little scientists who are constantly creating and testing their own theories of the world. And while he may not be
as famous as Sigmund Freud, Piaget’s contribution to psychology may be longer lasting. As computers and the
Internet give children greater autonomy to explore ever larger digital worlds, the ideas he (10) ____ become ever
more relevant.
1. A. prodigy B. talent C. genius D. gifted
2. A. aging B. age C. be aged D. aged
3. A. purpose B. target C. hope D. aim
4. A. launched B. introduced C. led D. initiated
5. A. professional B. academic C. vocational D. whole
6. A. shortly B. succinctly C. clearly D. simply
7. A. sentences B. speech C. words D. utterances
8. A. get B. take C. make D. have
9. A. respected B. revered C. venerated D. adored
10. A. created B. believed C. pioneered D. propagandized
Đáp án:
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. B 10. C

V. Reading Comprehension (10 pts)

Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question
Passage A: 5 câu
When people learn to play video games, they are learning a new literacy. Of course, this is not the way
the word "literacy" is normally used. Traditionally, people think of literacy as the ability to read and write. Why,
then, should we think of literacy more broadly, in regard to video games or anything else, for that matter? There
are two reasons.
First, in the modem world, language is not the only important communicational system. Today images,
symbols, graphs, diagrams, artifacts, and many other visual symbols are particularly significant. Thus, the idea
of different types of "visual literacy" would seem to be an important one. For example, being able to “read” the
images in advertising is one type of visual literacy. And, of course, there are different ways to read such images,
ways that are more or less aligned with the intentions and interests of the advertisers. Knowing how to read
interior designs in homes, modernist art in museums, and videos on MTV are other forms of visual literacy.
Furthermore, very often today words and images of various sorts are juxtaposed and integrated in a
variety of ways. In newspapers and magazines as well as in textbooks, images take up more and more of the
space alongside words. In fact, in many modem high school and college textbooks in the sciences images not
only take up more space, they now carry meanings that are independent of the words in the text. If you can’t read
these images, you will not be able to recover their meanings from the words in the text as was more usual in the
past. In such multimodal texts (texts that mix words and images), the images often communicate different things
from the words. And the combination of the two modes communicates things that neither of the modes does
separately. Thus, the idea of different sorts of multimodal literacy seems an important one. Both modes and
multimodality go far beyond images and words to include sounds, music, movement, bodily sensations, and
smells.

None of this news today, of course. We very obviously live in a world awash with images. It is our first
answer to the question why we should think of literacy more broadly. The second answer is this: Even though
reading and writing seem so central to what literacy means traditionally, reading and writing are not such general
and obvious matters as they might at first seem. After all, we never just read or write; rather, we always read or
write something in some way.
So there are different ways to read different types of texts. Literacy is multiple, then, in the sense that the
legal literacy needed for reading law books is not the same as the literacy needed for reading physics texts or
superhero comic books. And we should not be too quick to dismiss the latter form of literacy. Many a superhero
comic is replete with post-Freudian irony of a sort that would make a modem literary critic's heart beat fast and
confuse any otherwise normal adult.
Literacy, then, even as traditionally conceived to involve only print, is not a unitary thing but a multiple
matter. There are, even in regard to printed texts and even leaving aside images and multimodal texts, different
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 Once we see this multiplicity of literacy (literacies), we realize that when we think about reading and
writing, we have to think beyond print. Reading and writing in any domain, whether it is law, rap songs,
academic essays, superhero comics, or whatever, are not just ways of decoding print, they are also caught up
with and in social practices... Video games are a new form of art. They will not replace books; they will sit
beside them, interact with them, and change them and their role in society in various ways, as indeed, they are
already doing strongly with movies. (Today many movies are based on video games and many more are
influenced by them.) We have no idea yet how people "read" video games, what meanings they make from them.
Still less do we know how they will "read" them in the future.

1. According to the first paragraph, the traditional definition of ’’literacy” is ______.

A. the ability to analyze literature B. the ability comprehend basic cultural cues
C. the ability to read and write D. the ability to compose poetry
2. All are mentioned as being types of "visual literacy” EXCEPT ______.
A. musical tones B. interior design
C. diagrams D. Modem Art
3. An example from a science textbook of the phenomenon the author describes in the third paragraph could be
______.
A. a genetic tree that coincides with the discussion of specific mammal classes in the text
B. a diagram of a specific chemical reaction that is used to explain a broad definition in the text
C. an illustration of a plant cycle that accompanies a chapter on photosynthesis
D. a cartoon that references the same methods discussed in the text about laboratory safety
4. The phrase "beyond print” is closest in meaning to ______.
A. reading to understand the underlying meanings and themes of the author's words-not just a literal
interpretation
B. reading text that defines different types of wheat and grains
C. to read the text from right to left rather than left to right
D. to read books that use recycled paper and other green alternatives
5. What would be the most logical information for the next paragraph to contain if the article continued?
A. A technological definition of video games, how they are made, and how they are played
B. A historical explanation of the very first video game and its evolution
C. Examples of the way that some people currently interpret video games and what they mean to them
D. A price comparison of video game consoles and whether or not quality has a direct impact on literacy

Đáp án:
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. C

Passage B: 5 câu
The Hydrologic Cycle
The hydrologic cycle is the transfer of water from the oceans to the atmosphere to the land and back to
the oceans. The processes involved include evaporation of water from the oceans; precipitation on land;
evaporation from land; and runoff from streams, rivers, and subsurface groundwater. The hydrologic cycle is
driven by solar energy, which evaporates water from oceans freshwater, bodies, soils, and vegetable. Of
the total 1.3 billion km water on Earth, about 97% is in oceans, and about 2% is in glaciers and ice caps. The
rest is in freshwater on land and in the atmosphere. Although it represents only a small fraction of the water on
Earth, the water on land is important in moving chemicals, sculpturing landscape, weathering rocks, transporting
sediments, and providing our water resources. The water in the atmosphere only 0.001% of the total on Earth—
cycles quickly to produce rain and runoff for our water resources.
Especially important from an environmental perspective is that rates of transfer on land are small
relative to what’s happening in the ocean. For example, most of the water that evaporates from the ocean falls
again as precipitation into the ocean. On land, most of the water that falls as precipitation comes from
evaporation of water from land. This means that regional land-use changes, such as the building of large dams
and reservoirs, can change the amount of water evaporated into the atmosphere and change the location and
amount of precipitation on land—water we depend on to raise our crops and supply water for our urban
environments. Furthermore, as we pave over large areas of land in cities, storm water runs off quicker and in
greater volume, thereby increasing flood hazards. Bringing water into semi-arid cities by pumping groundwater
or transporting water from distant mountains through aqueducts may increase evaporation, thereby increasing
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 Approximately 60% of water that falls by precipitation on land each year evaporates to the atmosphere.
A smaller component (about 40%) returns to the ocean surface and subsurface runoff. [A] This small annual
transfer of water supplies resources for rivers and urban and agricultural lands. [B] Unfortunately, distribution of
water on land is far from uniform. [C] As human population increases, water shortages will become more
frequent in arid and semi-arid regions, where water is naturally nonabundant. [D]
At the regional and local level, the fundamental hydrological unit of the landscape is the drainage basin
(also called a watershed or catchment). A drainage basin is the area that contributes surface runoff to a particular
stream or river. The term drainage basin is usually used in evaluating the hydrology of an area, such as the
stream flow or runoff from hill slopes. Drainage basins vary greatly in size, from less than a hectare (2.5 acres)
to millions of square kilometers. A drainage basin is usually named for its main stream or river, such as the
Mississippi River drainage basin.
The main process in the cycle is the global transfer of water from the atmosphere to the land and oceans
and back to the atmosphere. Together, the oceans, ice caps and glaciers account for more than 99% of the total
water, and both are generally unsuitable for human use because of salinity (seawater) and location (ice caps and
glaciers). Only about 0.001% of the total water on Earth is in the atmosphere at any one time. However, this
relatively small amount of water in the global water cycle, with an average atmospheric residence time of only
about 9 days, produces all our freshwater resources through the process of precipitation.
On a global scale, then, total water abundance is not the problem; the problem is water’s availability in
the right place at the right time in the right form. Water can be found in either liquid, solid, or gaseous form at a
number of locations at or near Earth’s surface. Depending on the specific location, the residence time may vary
from a few days to many thousands of years. However, as mentioned, more than 99% of Earth’s water in its
natural state is unavailable or unsuitable for beneficial human use. Thus, the amount of water for which all the
people, plants, and animals on Earth compete is much less than 1% of the total.
As the world’s population and industrial production of goods increase, the use of water will also
accelerate. The world per capita use of water in 1975 was about 185,000 gal/ yr. And the total human use of
water was about 1015 gal/yr. Today, world use of water is about 6,000, which is a significant fraction of the
naturally available freshwater.
1. Which of the sentences below best expresses the information in the highlighted statement in the
passage?
A.  It is the hydrologic cycle that causes water to evaporate from plants, soil, and bodies of water inland as well
as from the oceans.
B. Solar energy is the source of power for the hydrologic cycle, which begins by evaporating water from plants,
soil, oceans, and freshwater sources.
C. The evaporation of water from the oceans, freshwater sources, plants, and soils is the natural process, which
we call the hydrologic cycle.
D. Energy from the sun and the hydrologic cycle are power sources for plants that require water from the oceans
and freshwater sources.
2. The phrase “The rest” in the passage refers to
A. oceans B. ice caps C. glaciers D. water
3. The word “component” in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. error B. part C. estimate D. source
4. According to paragraph 5, which of the following is true about the global transfer of water?
A. Most rainwater stays in the atmosphere for less than a week.
B. Glaciers are a better source of water than the oceans.
C. Most of the water in the world is currently in the water cycle.
D. Less than 1 percent of the water can be used for human consumption.
5. Look at the four spaces that show where the following sentence could be inserted in the passage. Where
could the sentence best be added?
As a result, water shortages occur in some areas.
[A] [B] [C] [D]

Đáp án:
1. B 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. C

Passage C: 10 câu: Dạng bài IELTS

THE BIRTH OF SUBURBIA
A. There is no single pivotal moment that could be separated out from any other as the conception of the
suburban lifestyle; from the early 1800s, various types of suburban development have sprung up and evolved in

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their own localised ways, from the streetcar suburbs of New York to the dormitory towns outside of London. It
is William Levitt, however, who is generally regarded as the father of modern suburbia. During World War II,
Levitt served in the United States Navy where he developed expertise in the mass construction of military
housing, a process that he streamlined using uniform and interchangeable parts. In 1947, the budding developer
used this utilitarian knowledge to begin work with his father and architect brother constructing a planned
community on Long Island, New York. With an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and cost-effective production,
the Levitts were soon able to produce over 30 units a day.
B. William Levitt correctly predicted the demand for affordable, private, quiet, and comfortable homes from
returning Gls after World War II and with the baby boom starting to kick in. All the original lots sold out in a
matter of days, and by 1951, nearly 18,000 homes in the area had been constructed by the Levitt & Sons
Company. Levittown quickly became the prototype of mass-produced housing, spurring the construction of
similar projects in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and even Puerto Rico, followed by a new industry, and soon a new
way of life and a new ideal for the American family.
C. One of the major criticisms of suburbia is that it can lead to isolation and social dislocation. With properties
spread out over great swathes of land, sealed off from one another by bushes, fences and trees, the emphasis of
suburban life is placed squarely on privacy rather than community. In the densely populated urban settlements
that predated suburbs (and that are still the foremost way of life for some people), activities such as childcare and
household chores as well as sources of emotional and moral support were widely socialised. This insured that
any one family would be able to draw on a pool of social resources from their neighbours, building cohabitants
and family on nearby streets. Suburbia breaks these networks down into individual and nuclear family units
resulting in an increase in anti-social behaviour even amongst the wealthy. Teens from wealthy suburban
families, for example, are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol, and use drugs than their poorer urban peers, and
are also more likely to experience depression and anxiety.
D. Another major problem with the suburban lifestyle is its damaging ecological impact. The comparison of
leafy, quiet, and low-density suburbs with life in the concrete towers of sooty, congested urban conurbations is
actually quite misleading; as it turns out, if you want to be kind to the natural environment, the key is to stay
away from it. Suburbia fails the environmental friendliness test on a number of counts. Firstly, due to their low
population density, suburbs consume natural land at a much higher rate than high-density row housing or
apartment buildings. Secondly, they encourage the use of personal motor vehicles, often at a rate of one per
family member, at the expense of public transport. It is also much less efficient to provide electricity and water
to individual suburban houses instead of individual units in an apartment building. In his comparison of urban
and suburban pollution, Edward L. Glaeser concluded that we need to “build more sky towers – especially in
California”. Virtually everywhere, he found cities to be cleaner than suburbs. And the difference in carbon
dioxide emissions between high-density cities and their suburbs (for example, in New York) was the highest.
Urban residents of New York can claim on average to produce nearly 15,000 pounds of carbon dioxide less than
their suburban peers.
E. Another negative aspect of suburban life is its stifling conformity and monotony of social experience. It was
not just the nuts and bolts and the concrete foundations of suburban houses that got replicated street upon street,
block upon block, and suburb upon suburb; it was everything from the shops and cultural life to people’s hopes,
dreams, and aspirations. Suburbia gave birth to the “strip mall”, a retail establishment that is typically composed
of a collection of national or global chain stores, all stocked with a centrally dictated, homogenous array of
products. The isolation and lack of interaction in suburbs has also encouraged the popularity of television, a
passively receptive medium for the viewer that, in the early days at least, offered an extremely limited scope of
cultural exposure compared with the wealth of experiences available in the inner city. Meanwhile, much of the
inner-city “public sphere” has been lost with suburban flight. The public sphere is the area of social life in which
people come together to freely discuss and identify social problems. In the city, this has traditionally occurred
around newsstands, in coffee houses, salons, theatres, meeting halls, and so on. Suburbia has not found a way to
replace this special type of social experience, however. Social meeting points in the suburbs tend to be based
exclusively around specific interests such as sports or cultural clubs, with no broad forms of daily social
interaction.
F. These points do not suggest the idea of suburbia itself is flawed, but that it has not been executed in a way that
takes into account the full spectrum of human needs and desires. This likely reflects the hasty, thrown-together
nature of early suburban development. With the baby boom rippling across Western countries and demand for
family-friendly housing skyrocketing, developers and city planners were unable to develop sophisticated models.
Now, however, we should take time to consider what has gone wrong and how we can reconfigure the suburb.
How can we imbue suburban life with the lost sphere of public discussion and debate? How can people maintain
their sought-after privacy without sacrificing a sense of community? How can we use new technologies to make

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suburbs environmentally friendly? These are questions for which the developers of tomorrow will have to find
answers in case the dream of suburbia becomes the nightmare of disturbia.

For questions 1–5, locate the paragraph in which the following information is mentioned. Write the letter of
each paragraph in the corresponding boxes.
1. A motive in constructing taller buildings
2. Where people might discuss issues of societal concern in urban locations
3. The founder of what is broadly understood as contemporary ‘suburbs’
4. Examples of problems suffered by the youth that suburban lifestyle can make worse
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5. A model for suburban development in the latter half of the 20 century
For questions 6-10, decide whether each of the following statements is
T if the statement agrees with the information or
F if the statement contradicts the information or
NG if there is no information on this

6. A good principle for ecological preservation is to avoid human interference.

7. Suburban development fosters the use of both public and private forms of transport.
8. People cannot relate to each other in suburbs because their lives are too different.
9. There is not much variety amongst the goods at a strip mall.
10. There are no ways for people to get together and interact in suburbs.
Your answer:
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10

Đáp án:
1. D 2. E 3. A 4. C 5. B
6. T 7. F 8. F 9. T 10. F

B. WRITTEN TEST (70 PTS)

I. Cloze test (20 pts)
Passage A: 10 câu
SEASON AND BABY SIZE
People born in certain months of the year tend to be taller than those born in others. This discovery was
(1) __________ in a recent study carried out at the Danish Epidemiology Science Centre in Copenhagen.
The researchers looked at the height and weight details (2) __________birth of over a million Danes
born in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and found that a child born in April is, on average, nearly two centimeters
taller than one born in December. As (3) __________ as being taller, the April baby is also likely to be heavier,
and the odds (4) __________ that he or she will remain bigger throughout life.
The study also shows that (5) __________ children born in December tend to be the smallest, the size of
those born in June and July is also well below (6) __________ of the April babies. In these two midsummer
months, however, the difference in height and weight is only half as much as in midwinter.
Similar results (7) __________ these emerged from a separate study in Australia. There they found that
by the time children reached 18, the gap between the April and the December ones had increased to about five
centimeters.
Another seasonal variation that (8) __________ to light concerned actual birth dates. Winter babies, it
was discovered, were born an average of one day earlier than spring, summer or autumn babies.
In (9) __________ of these studies were scientists able to explain these differences. In both cases they
called (10) __________ further research into the subject.
Đáp án:
1. made 2. at 3. well 4. are 5. although/ while
6. that 7. to 8. came 9. neither 10. for

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Population growth increased significantly as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace _________ (1) 1700
onwards. The last 50 years have seen a yet _________ (2) rapid increase in the _________ (3) of population
growth due to medical advances and substantial increases _________ (4) agricultural productivity, particularly
beginning in the 1960s, made by the Green Revolution. In 2007 the United Nations Population Division
projected that the world's population will likely surpass 10 billion in 2055. In the future, world population has
been expected to _________ (5) a peak of growth, from there it will decline due to economic reasons, health
concerns, land _________ (6) and environmental hazards. According to one report, it is very likely that the
world's population will stop growing before the end of the 21st century. Further, there is some likelihood that
population will actually decline before 2100. Population has already declined in the last decade or two in Eastern
Europe, the Baltics and in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
The population _________. (7) of less-developed regions of the world in recent years has been marked by
gradually declining birth rates following an earlier sharp reduction in death rates. This transition from high birth
and death rates to _________ (8) birth and death rates is often _________ (9) to _________ (10) the
demographic transition.
Đáp án:
1. from
2. more
3. rate
4. in
5. reach
6. exhaustion
7. pattern
8. low
9. referred
10. as
II. Word formation (20 pts)
Part 1: 10 câu đơn lẻ
1. I was under the ______ that the course was for complete beginners. (APPREHEND)
2. He demanded _______ sentences for those behind the violence. (EXAMPLE)
3. It was very _______ of you to do the shopping for her. (NEIGHBOUR)
4. He was sentenced to four months’ _______________ for possession of cocaine. (PRISON)
5. _________or not, his father should pay some of the costs of repairing the damage. (BLAME)
6. They will go to ____________out in commemoration of their marriage. (DINNER)
7. It seems ______ to have people like that representing us. They didn’t speak on our viewpoint. (PRODUCT)
8. These shoes have been ________, so we need to clean and have them on sale. (SHOP)
9. She won an Oscar for the movie’s _________. (SCREEN)
10. She's having an operation on an _________ toenail. (GROW)

Đáp án:
1. misapprehension
2. exemplary
3. neighborly
4. imprisonment
5. Blameworthy
6. dine
7. counterproductive
8. shopworn
9. screenplay
10. ingrowing

Part 2: 10 câu trong đoạn văn

SPECIES DIVERSITY
While people are generally most familiar with (1) __________(CELL) organisms such as plants and
animals, these organisms form only small branches on the tree of life. The greatest metabolic
(2)__________(DIVERSE) is found among the prokaryotic organisms of the Eubacteria and Archaea. Although
some of these microbes use oxygen for respiration, or (3)___________ (SYNTHESIS) like plants, others have
the extraordinary ability to derive energy from (4)____________(ORGAN) chemicals such as hydrogen sulfide
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Organisms that we consider extremophiles can survive in saturated salt (5)_____________(CONCENTRATE)
(36% (6)____________(COMPARE) to approximately 3% for seawater), or in superheated water in deep-sea
vents and geysers.
Because people have ventured to all parts of the globe, one might expect that the new species being
(7)____________(DISCOVERY) each year would be microscopic organisms that can only be distinguished at a
(8)___________(DEFINITION) level. While it is true that most new species identified are insects, microbes and
fungi, we are still discovering new vertebrates such as Baleen whale and a (9)___________(CLOUD) leopard. A
conservation focus on preserving ecosystems not only saves large numbers of species (including
(10)__________(CHARISMA) species that do not receive public support) but also preserves the support systems
that maintain life.
Đáp án:
1. multicellular/ 2. diversity 3. photosynthesize 4. inorganic 5. concentrations
multi-cellular
6. compared 7. discovered 8. definite 9. clouded 10. non-
charismatic

III. Error correction (10 pts)

How noisy do you like a car to be? For me, the quieter the better, but evidently not everyone feels like I
do. Recent research in the US and Europe has shown that 80% of motorists like to hear some noises - especially
from the engine - since they drive.
Approximately 60% welcomed the blinking of indicators which provide audible as well as visible
confirmation that these are working. Other noise resources - among them the horn and the sound of braking -
were rated relatively unimportant, as indeed was tyre rumble, which I find very surprising. Cars have become so
quiet mechanically and far little prone to create wind noise, that the boom and roar made by tyres running on
coarsely-textured road surfaces is now firmly at the top of my list of motoring dislike.
In the aforementioned research, participants were asked to listen to sound samples obtained from a
variety of engines running below different conditions. The researchers wanted to know which engine-produced
sounds pleased drivers most. The result clearly showed that scientifically measured and subjective perceived
sound qualities are not the same thing. The difficulty facing car designers must be in deciding just how such
consumer tastes vary according to the kinds of cars they have in mind. The buyer of a top-of-the-range sports car
would, they conclude, feel cheating if the powerful engine did not sing like an operatic tenor with
moderate speeds and below like a wild animal when the needle neared the red line. So noises
might, I suppose, be anathema to the driver of a luxury saloon car, however.
Mistakes Correction
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Đáp án:
How noisy do you like a car to be? For me, the quieter the better, but evidently not everyone feels like I
do. Recent research in the US and Europe has shown that 80% of motorists like to hear some noises - especially
from the engine - since they drive.
Approximately 60% welcomed the blinking of indicators which provide audible as well as visible
confirmation that these are working. Other noise resources - among them the horn and the sound of braking -
were rated relatively unimportant, as indeed was tyre rumble, which I find very surprising. Cars have become so
quiet mechanically and far little prone to create wind noise, that the boom and roar made by tyres running on
coarsely-textured road surfaces is now firmly at the top of my list of motoring dislike.
In the aforementioned research, participants were asked to listen to sound samples obtained from a
variety of engines running below different conditions. The researchers wanted to know which engine-produced
sounds pleased drivers most. The result clearly showed that scientifically measured and subjective perceived
sound qualities are not the same thing. The difficulty facing car designers must be in deciding just how such

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consumer tastes vary according to the kinds of cars they have in mind. The buyer of a top-of-the-range sports car
would, they conclude, feel cheating if the powerful engine did not sing like an operatic tenor with moderate
speeds and below like a wild animal when the needle neared the red line. So noises might, I suppose, be
anathema to the driver of a luxury saloon car, however.
1. like → as 2. since → when/ as 3. resources → sources 4. little → less
5. dislike → dislikes 6. below → under 7. subjective → subjectively
8. cheating → cheated 9. with → at 10. So → such

IV. Sentence Transformation (20 pts)

Complete the new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence.
1. His efforts to find a solution didn’t deserve such savage criticism.
He shouldn’t ________________________________________________________.
2. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.
But for his command _______________________________________________.
3. Julia soon calmed down and explained her problem.
Julia soon pulled ______________________________________________________.
4. He declared his disapproval of the behavior of some of his supporters.
He let _______________________________________________________________.
5. I didn’t realize how much he was influenced by his brother.
I didn’t realize the extent ________________________________________________________.
Use the word(s) given in brackets and make any necessary additions to complete a new sentence in such a way
that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given
word (s).
6. This bottle – opener is completely useless. ( DEAD)
_________________________________________________________________.
7. Since she met that boy, she’s been thinking only about him. ( WRAPPED )
____________________________________________________________
8. There's nothing new about crimes of passion. (HILLS)
________________________________________________________.
9. She will probably be elected. (STANDS)
________________________________________________________.
10. There is no need to feel superior to everyone else. (NOSE)
________________________________________________________.

Đáp án:
1. He shouldn’t have been (so) savagely criticized for his efforts to find a solution.
2. But for his command of the local dialect, we could have been put into prison / jail.
3. Julia soon pulled herself together and explained her problem
4. He let it be known that he disapproved of the behavior of his supporters.
5. I didn’t realize the extent to which he was influenced by his brother.
6. This bottle – opener is a dead loss.
7. Since she met that boy, she’s been wrapped up in him.
8. Crimes of passion are as old as the hills.
9. She stands a (good) chance of being elected.
10. You shouldn't look at other people with your nose in the air.

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