ĐỀ 5 (2023 – 2024)

I. LISTENING COMPREHENSION

PART ONE
You will hear a lecturer in a college talking about British history. For each of the questions 1-4, tick () one
of the boxes A, B, C or D to show the correct answer.

1 Which lecture in the series is this?

A first [ ]
B third [ ]
C fourth [ ]
D fifth [ ]
2 How long is each lecture?
A 5 minutes [ ]
B 15 minutes [ ]
C 50 minutes [ ]
D 55 minutes [ ]
3 This series of lectures covers British history up to
A the time of Julius Caesar. [ ]
B 410 AD. [ ]
C the time of Henry VIII. [ ]
D the present. [ ]
4 Why does the lecturer pause after saying " .........a long period in British history"?
A He wants to close the door. [ ]
B He loses his notes. [ ]
C There is a lot of noise. [ ]
D Someone comes in late. [ ]

PART TWO
You will hear a discussion on the radio about cable television. For each of the questions 5-12, tick () one of
the boxes to show whether the statement is true or false.

True False
5 Cable TV allows more channels to be broadcast.
6 More people can watch cable TV.
7 TV reception is improved with cable TV.
8 Cable TV companies will be able to transmit anything there is a market
for.
9 It offers better pictures at a higher price.
10 It is agreed that cable TV will improve programmer content.
11 The British are likely to use American technology.
12 British Cable will probably convey more than 100 channels.

PART THREE
You will hear an interview with the author of a new cookery book. For each of the questions 13-15, tick ()
one of the boxes A, B, C or D to show the best answer.

13 She says that the main difference between herbs and spices in cooking is that
A herbs enhance the flavor more than spices. [ ]
B the use of too much spice can spoil the food. [ ]
C spices are necessary for cooking, but herbs are not. [ ]
D spices have to be used in combination with oils and essences. [ ]

14 Why does she advise against using commercially-prepared curry powder?

 A It ruins the flavor of the food. [ ]
B There is too great a variety to choose from. [ ]
C It contains whole spices. [ ]
D It has no distinctive flavor. [ ]
15 What does she say about her recipes?
A She has suggested using a lot of spice in them. [ ]
B They do not need to be followed strictly. [ ]
C She recommends steaming curries. [ ]
D They are the result of a lot of experiment.

II. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY: (7ms)

1. Choose the best answer to finish each of the following sentences: (1.4ms)
1. ____________ human beings have relatively constant body temperature.
A. Alike all mammals B. Alike all mammals
C. Like all mammals D. Like all mammal
2. So far there is no vaccine ____________ in sight for the common cold.
A. or curing B. has cured
C. or cure D. having cured
3. The Louisiana Territory, an area ____________ the size of France, was bought by the United States from
France for $ 15,000,000 in 1803.
A. than more four times B. more than four times
C. four times than more D. is four times more than
4. Despite claims that filters and low-tar tobacco make smoking somewhat safer, in fact, they only marginally
reduce, ____________eliminate, the hazards.
A. none B. no C. not D. nor
5. “The reservations weren’t made on time.”
“Sorry, the computers were down: it____________.”
A. couldn’t be helped B. didn’t help C. couldn’t help D. wasn’t help
6. William Bonney, ____________ Billy The Kid, was a famous “Wild West gunman”.
A. bogus B. vesus C. alias D. ergo
7. Our plans to start our own business seem ____________to failure!
A. doomed B. fated C. compelled D. designed
8. No one can visit her because she has a very ____________ disease.
A. intoxicating B. contagious C. corporal D. exasperating
9. Today there are weather satellites that beam down information about the earth’ atmosphere. In the last two
decades, space exploration ____________ great contributions to weather forecasting.
A. is making B. has made C. made D. makes
10. He wrapped all his possessions up in a sheet and carried the ____________ on his back.
A. case B. rucksack
C. bundle D. bag
11. Sometimes very young children have trouble ____________ fact from fiction and may believe that dragons
actually exist.
A. to separate B. separating C. to be separated D. for separating
12. You can’t talk to him until you’re ____________ in the face, but still won’t understand.
A. white B. blue C. black D. pink
13. In the 1950s, many people believed that the more they produced and consumed ____________ .
A. they were the more affluent B. the more affluent they were
C. were they affluent D. they were affluent
14. After lunch we ____________ along the sea front for a while and the returned to the coach.
A. strolled B. crept C. shuffled D. waddled
2. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English:(1.4ms)
1. Because of different tree species
A B C D
2. adapting to different climates
A B C D
3. and soil types have evolved over millennium.
A B C D
4. many kinds of forests occupied the earth today
A B C D
5.The primitive forests of several hundred million years ago consisted of less kinds of trees.
A B C D
6. In fact, the earliest “trees”, which grow nearly 500 million years ago, were like giant club mosses.
A B C D
7. They lack true roots and consisted of a confused mass of specialized branches
A B C D
8. that climbed at rocky ground.
A B C D
9. Fifty millions years later came the dense forests of tree ferns
A B C D
10. that prevailed tropical climates of that era.
A B C D
11. The forerunners of modern conifers-trees that bear cones-were at the scene 300 million years ago,
A B C D
12. when plant life abundant colonized marshly land, building the tremendous coal and oil reserves so
important today. A B C D
13. By the time the dinosaurs roamed the earth some 180 million years before,
A B C D
14. seed-bearing trees that shed their leaves in winter evolved; from these have sprung our present deciduous
forests. A B C D
3. Use the correct forms of words in the brackets.(1.4ms)
When you read something in a foreign language, you frequently come across words you do not (1)
___________ understand. Sometimes you check the meaning in a dictionary and sometimes you guess. The
strategy you adopt depends very much upon the degree of (2) ___________ you require and the time at your
(3) ___________.
If you are the sort of person who tends to turn to the dictionary frequently it is (4)
___________remembering that every dictionary has its limitations. Each definition is only an (5)
___________ and one builds up an accurate picture of the meaning of a word only after meeting it in a (6)
___________ of contexts. It is also important to recognize the special dangers of dictionaries that translate
from English into your (7) ___________ language and vice versa. If you must use a dictionary, it is usually
far (8) ___________ to consult an English-English dictionary.
In most exams you are not permitted to use a dictionary. Even if you are allowed to use one, it is very
(9) ___________ to look up words, and time in exams is usually limited. You are therefore forced to guess
the meaning of (10) ___________ words.
When you come across unknown words in an exam text, it is very easy to panic. However if you
develop (11) ___________techniques for guessing the meaning, you will overcome a number of (12)
___________problems and help yourself to understand far more of the text than you at first thought (13)
___________
Two strategies which may help you guess the meaning of a word are: using contextual clues, both
within the sentence and outside, and making use of clues derived from the (14) ___________ of the word.
1. A. full B. fully C. fulfill D. fuller
2. A. accurate B. accurately C. accusative D. accuracy
3. A. dispose B. disposed C. disposal D. disposition
4. A. worthy B. worth C. worthless D. worthlessness
5. A. approximation B. approximate C. approximately D. appropriation
6. A. vary B. various C. variously D. variety
7. A. native B. nation C. natively D. national
8. A. safering B. safely C. safer D. safety
9. A. consuming-time B. time-consuming C. time-consumed D. consumed-time
10. A. infamiliar B. imfamiliar C. unfamiliar D. disfamiliar
11. A. efficiency B. effectively C. effect D. efficient
12. A. possible B. possibly C. possibility D. possibilities
13. A. alike B. likely C. likeable D. likeness
14. A. formation B. formative C. format D. form
4. Use the correct forms of verbs in the brackets.(1.4ms)
Coca-cola (1) ___________ in 1886 by John Pemberton, a 50-year-old chemist from Atlanta, USA.
He (2) ___________ a soft drink to sell as a “brain tonic”. Working tirelessly in the back room of his drugstore,
he produced a mixture (3) ___________, among other things, coca leaves, cola nut oil, sugar and caffeine.
(The exact recipe is still a secret, but the tiny cocaine content (4) ___________in 1903.) A few months later,
an assistant served a customer Coca-cola (5) ___________with soda water by mistake. It was this small
addition that (6) ___________to be the vital ingredient that made the drink a success.
Coke (7) ___________ cleverly marketed. The distinctive design of the bottle (8) ___________in
1915 to prevent imitations and a 1920s advertising campaign even gave the world Father Christmas as we
now know him-with a red and white costume rather than the blue, yellow or green he has often previously (9)
___________. Coca-cola was a major sponsor of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, as well as being
the Games’ “Official Drink”.
The red and white Coca-cola logo (10) ___________at once a powerful symbol of American way of
life. Coke was the most widely distributed mass-produced item in America when World War II (11)
___________and the war (12) ___________the opportunity to spread the product into Europe and Asia. When
conservative Europeans (13) ___________ the invasion of modern American values into their ancient
cultures, the act of drinking Coke became for the young a minor form of rebellion against tradition. Even
today, Coke (14) ___________ with the image of youth.
1. A. invented B. were invented C. had been invented D. was invented
2. A. decided to develop B. decided developing C. decided to developing D. deciding to
develop
3. A. contains B. containing C. contained D. to be contained
4. A. has been removed B. had been removed C. was removed D. removed
5. A. mixed B. mixing C. to be mixed D. mixes
6. A. turned up B. turned on C. turned out D. turned over
7. A. was always B. is always C. had always been D. has always been
8. A. introduced B. was introduced C. were introduced D. must be
introduced
9. A. worn B. wear C. wore D. wearing
10. A. can recognize B. could be recognized C. can be recognized D. could be
recognized
11. A. break into B. broke out C. broke down D. broke in
12. A. provided B. provides C. has provided D. had been
provided
13. A. complaining B. were complained C. had complained D. complained
14. A. still links B. has still linked C. is still linked D. was linked
5. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition or article: (1.4ms)
1. The play quite lived ____________ to my expectations.
2. He took it ____________ granted that they were happy.
3. Put ____________ the cigarette, please. I don’t like the smell of your tobacco.
4. What time did you turn ____________last night?
5. It never occurred ____________ me to ask him for proof of his identity.
6. You should comply ____________ the school rules.
7. Just smell this meat! It’s ____________.
- By this time I had come to (8) ____________ conclusion that he wasn’t genuine meter reader; and (9)
____________ he left (10) ____________ house I rang (11) ____________ police.
- I can’t remember (12) ____________ exact date of (13) ____________ storm, but I know it was (14)
____________Sunday because everybody was at church.

III. READING COMPREHENSION

1. Choose the best option to fill in the blanks.

Charges and Electricity

Atoms, the basic building blocks of matter, are made of three basic components: protons, neutrons and
electrons. The protons and neutrons cluster together to form the nucleus, the central part of the atom, and the
(1) __________ orbit about the nucleus. Protons and electrons both carry an electrical charge. The charges
they carry are opposite to each other; protons carry a (2) __________ electrical charge while electrons carry
a negative electrical charge. Neutrons are (3) __________ charged - they carry no charge at all.

Electricity is the movement of charged particles, usually electrons, from one place to another. Materials that
electricity can move through easily are called conductors. Most metals, such as iron, copper and (4)
__________, are good (5) __________ of electricity. Other materials, such as rubber, wood and glass, block
the flow of electricity. Materials which (6) __________ the flow of electricity are called insulators. Electrical
cords are usually made with both conductors and (7) __________. Electricity flows through a (8) __________
in the center of the cord. A layer of insulation (9) __________ the conductor and (10) __________ the
electricity from 'leaking' out.

Objects usually have equal numbers of positive and negative charges, but it isn't too hard to temporarily create
an imbalance. One way scientists can create an imbalance is with a machine called a/ an (11) __________
generator. It creates a large static charge by placing electrons on a metal dome using a motor and a big rubber
band. Since like charges (12) __________, the electrons push away from each other as they collect on the
dome. Eventually, too many electrons are placed on the dome and they leap (13) __________, creating a spark
that looks like a bolt of lightning.

Have you ever received a (14) __________ after having walked across a carpet? This shock was caused by
extra electrons you collected while walking (15) __________ the carpet. Your body became like the dome of
the Van de Graff generator, full of extra electrons looking for a way to get away. The path back to the carpet
was blocked by the (16) __________ you were wearing, but they were able to move through your hand and
into the object that you touched, (17) __________ the shock. So, the next time you shuffle across a carpet and
shock your friend on the (18) __________, tell them you were just trying to be a Van de Graff generator!

1. A. neutrons B. protons C. electrons D. quarks

2. A. negative B. positive C. neutral D. strong
3. A. negatively B. positively C. neutrally D. strongly
4. A. wood B. paper C. nitrogen D. aluminum
5. A. keepers B. protectors C. insulators D. conductors
6. A. allow B. create C. help D. prevent
7. A. conductors B. insulators C. metals D. lugs
8. A. conductor B. insulator C. neutron D. cord
9. A. surrounds B. warms C. looks at D. hears
10. A. speeds up B. replaces C. prevents D. allows
11. A. Rube Goldberg B. Van de Graf C. Big Bad D. Einstein
12. A. jump B. join C. repel D. attract
13. A. on B. for C. off D. toward
14. A. dollar B. book C. shock D. cat
15. A. along B. across C. on D. onto
16. A. freckle B. shirt C. pants D. shoes
17. A. causing B. making C. preventing D. Creating
18. A. eye B. nose C. ear D. mouth

2. Choose the best answer for each question.

 Since life began eons ago, thousands of creatures have come and gone. Some, such as the dinosaurs,
became extinct due to naturally changing ecologic conditions. More recent threats to life forms are humans
and their activities. Man has drained marshes, burned prairies, damned and diverted rivers. Some of the more
recent casualties of man's expansion have been the dodo, great auk, passenger pigeon, Irish elk, and Steller's
sea cow. Sadly, we can no longer attribute the increasing decline in our wild animals and plant species to
"natural" processes. Many species are dying out because of exploitation, habitat alteration or destruction,
pollution, or the introduction of new species of plants and animals to an area. As mandated by Congress,
protecting endangered species, and restoring them to the point where their existence is no longer jeopardized,
is the primary objective of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program.

1. In line 1, "eons" most nearly means

A. Ages
B. Particles
C. Animals
D. Conditions

2. Which of the following is a form of man's habitat alteration?

A. Glacial encroachment
B. Hurricanes
C. Damned rivers
D. Snow storms

3. Which of the following have become extinct due to man's destruction?

A. African elephants
B. Irish elk
C. Giant panda
D. White Bengal

4. Which of the following would be a likely theme for the next paragraph?

A. Naturally changing ecological conditions

B. Animals that have become extinct
C. Achievements of the government Endangered Species program
D. Programs that have destroyed natural habitats

5. In the second paragraph, "attribute" most nearly means

A. Assign.
B. Characteristic.
C. Introduce.
D. Change.

6. The tone of this passage is

A. Nationalistic
B. Pro-wildlife
C. Anti-wildlife
 D. Feminist

7. "Habitat alteration" as used in this paragraph means

A. Changing clothes.
B. Changing animals' environments.
C. Changing humans' environments.
D. Climate change.

8. According to this passage,

A. Man is the cause of some animal extinction.

B. Animals often bring about their own extinction.
C. Congress can absolutely end extinction of animals.
D. A law is more important than human responsibility.

9. Which of the following is NOT a cause of increasing decline of wild animal population?

A. Exploitation
B. Pollution
C. Habitat alteration
D. Congressional law

10. The primary objective of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program can be stated
as

A. Custodial care of endangered species.

B. Enforcement of Congressional law.
C. Education of the public.
D. Stopping pollution.

3. Read the test and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE.

A BETTER WORLD
Recently a group of Swedish research scientists carried out a survey of children’s attitudes to the future.
They were particularly interested in measuring the relevance of research to the children’s own fears and
fantasies” what aspects of the future were important to them, and what directions should scientific research
take? To find answers to these questions, they worked with 10- and 11-year-old children from ten schools
located in rural and urban areas over the whole of Sweden.
There were two main phases to the project. First, all the children were asked to write an essay, and
illustrate it, on the theme “The Future: 2000 AD”. Then the scientists went round to the different schools to
talk to the children, basing their discussions on the general question “What will the future be like?” and “What
can we do to ensure that the future is as we want it to be?”
A pattern soon emerged, showing that there was considerable agreement about which problems were
important and how the problems should be dealt with.
Pollution and the environment – This was the most important question for many of the children, and
they all agreed that we must do everything in our power to clean up the mess we have made – factories, nuclear
wastes, cars – and to make sure that we cause no further damage to our natural surroundings.
Energy and power – We must cut down on the use of fossil fuels and nuclear power, and find new
natural ways of producing energy (wind, sun, water, and so on)
 Automation – Here it was agreed that computers and robots will play and the increasingly important
part in our lives. Man will become lazy, and the resulting unemployment will make things very difficult for
us. However, many of the children were obviously excited by the prospect of new machines that would
perform routine tasks such as household chores.
Violence and War – Many children were frightened by the threat of a third world war. These were
several suggestions for putting an end to war, such as total disarmament and laws against research into
weapons.
The overall view of the world in the future was one of destruction, war, and natural or unnatural
catastrophe. There was a strong feeling of pessimism and helplessness in the face of adult stupidity. Summing
up the results of the project, one of its leaders, Per Stenson of Lulea Technical University, said, “We’ve
obviously got to pay more attention to our children. After all, apart from being the scientists of the future, they
are also the people who have got to live in the world we are creating.”

TRUE or FALSE?

1. The research scientists were particularly interested in the things the children were afraid of.
2. They worked with children who lived in the country only
3. The children were asked to draw pictures
4. The scientists drew patterns to describe the problems
5. The children agreed that we must use nuclear power to clean up the environment
6. We must cut down trees to produce energy
7. An increase in the use of robots will cause unemployment
8. The children had seen many new, exciting machines
9. Some children wanted all countries to get rid of their armies and weapons
10. Most children thought the future would be better than the present
11. They felt that adults behaved stupidly
12. Per Stenson thinks that children should be paid, since they are scientists

4/ WRITING
A/ REWRITE THESE SENTENCES AS SUGGESTED:
1. Jenny and Kate grew up happily. UPBRINGING
_____________________________________
2. When he was small, Jim used to collect stamps. AS
_____________________________________
3. If children don’t get affection, It is harmful. LACK
_____________________________________
4. I can’t understand the way hooligans think. MENTALITY
_____________________________________
5. Was she offended by what I said? TAKE
_____________________________________
6. Sue very closely resembles her mother. ALIKE
_____________________________________
7. Everybody in the office likes Harry. POPULAR
_____________________________________
8. Jannet hasn’t got married yet. SINGLE
_____________________________________
9. Graham spend all his time working. DEVOTED
_____________________________________
10. Michael and Elaine are very friendly. CLOSE

B/ The table below presents the achievements the government and the people of Tango have gained in some
branches of the economy after two decades of their economic reforms. Write a report of 150 words on the
economic development of Tango.

Before 1980 1980 1990 2000

 Agriculture -0.5% 3.5% 4.5% 5.4%
Fishery -0.4% 3.2% 4.0% 5.0%
Forestry -0.2% 2.7% 3.5% 4.5%
Industry -0.6% 2.3% 3.4% 4.5%
Construction -0.3% 4.5% 5.3% 6.4%
Export 0% 3.0% 4.1% 5.3%

C/ Write a composition ( 250- 300 words) about the following topic: (3đ)
Unemployment is a problem facing many countries today. Should the government take an active role in
reducing unemployment? Discuss, providing reasons.

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