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I. Choose the best answer for the following questions!

Text for questions no. 1 to 5
In the middle of feeling upset, someone might cheer you up by saying, “Stay positive!” Such behavior
motivates you to get used to hiding your true feelings, then you will be trapped in toxic positivity. Toxic positivity
is invalidating how you feel, and you will keep judging yourselves for experiencing certain emotions. However,
staying positive over pain could be unhelpful as well as harmful.
When someone shares a painful experience, the best response is empathy. Responding immediately with
“Let’s just look at the silver lining!” ignores their pain. People engaged in toxic positivity often try to drive away
from the negative emotion, for it makes them feel uncomfortable. This issue is often a problem for parents of
teens. For example, if your teenage daughter tells you she is depressed and explains everything in life is terrible,
she is not expecting you to say, “Your life is great! Let’s just look at all the good things you have going for you!”
Parents do this when their children are young, too. A parent might say, “Stop crying,” or “Don’t be sad!” That is
invalidating. Also, it teaches children, from toddlerhood onwards, that they need to repress their genuine feelings
to gain approval from others. A more appropriate response would be, “I can see you’re sad. I’m here for you,” and
it is perhaps accompanied by a hug. Listening deeply and responding with empathy is more appropriate than
giving an immediate response.
A child raised in an environment of toxic positivity, which is one example of an invalidating environment,
can grow up to develop mental health issues. Many mental health experts theorize that depression, borderline
personality disorder, anxiety, codependency, bipolar disorder, and other behavior issues are the result of chronic
invalidation by a parent. Parental invalidation can persist through adolescence. Children who are told to focus on
the good and repress their negative feelings may grow up to have difficulty with intimacy and vulnerability
around others. They have been told several times not to trust their own feelings and to cover them up with forced
cheerfulness and happiness.
Instead of introducing toxic positivity, encourage the use of mindfulness - in yourself, in teens, and in others.
In dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) the core skill of mindfulness teaches you to acknowledge sadness, instead
of judging yourself for feeling that way. DBT does not encourage dwelling on negative emotions, but it does not
encourage suppressing them, too. DBT believes emotions are like waves: instead of fighting the water, a DBT
therapist will advise you to ride the wave. Practicing honesty with themselves and others regarding their
emotions is a big part of mental health treatment. Learning to identify, process, and manage emotions can help
reduce the symptoms of mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder,
substance use, and other emotional or behavioral issues.
Adapted from: https://evolvetreatment.com

1. What is the topic of the text?

A. Dialectical behavior therapy
B. Toxic positivity
C. Staying positive in life
D. Mental health
E. Parental invalidation

2. What is the main idea of paragraph two?

A. Parental validation gives a bad effect on
children
B. Toxic positivity makes people keep judging
themselves for experiencing certain emotions.
C. The symptoms of mental health issues can be
reduced by learning to identify and manage

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emotions.
D. Suggestions for parents how to give best
respond over children’s problem
E. Many mental health issues are the result of
chronic invalidation by a parent.

3. According to the text above, what must parents do

to help their children avoid toxic positivity?
A. To avoid children from toxic positivity, parents
must support and always defend them by giving
a hug to their children
B. Parents must let them feel and express how they
are feeling to be keep away from toxic
positivity
C. Parents must tighten the family relationship and
make it more intimate to be more open to the
family
D. Parents must explain to children that toxic
positivity is harmful, and parents must introduce
the kinds of mental issues
E. To prevent children from toxic positivity,
parents must tell them that toxic positivity
affects mental health.

4. The phrase “ride the wave” in the last paragraph “…

a DBT therapist will advise you to ride the wave”
means…
A. overcome the pain
B. enjoy any emotions
C. express the pain
D. tell someone the pain
E. avoid the sadness

5. In which paragraph does the author persuade the

readers to be able to manage our emotions?
A. The first paragraph
B. The second paragraph
C. The third paragraph
D. The fourth paragraph
E. None of the paragraph

Text for questions no. 6 to 10

A manufacturer creates GMOs by introducing genetic material, or DNA, from a different organism through a
process called genetic engineering. Most currently available GMO foods are plants, such as fruit and vegetables.
All foods from genetically engineered plants on sale in the United States are regulated by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA). They must meet the same safety requirements as traditional foods.
There is some controversy over the benefits and risks of GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) foods. There
are some discussions of the pros and cons of GMO crops by considering their potential effects on human health
and the environment. Manufacturers use genetic modification to give foods desirable traits. For example, they
have designed two new varieties of apple that turn less brown when cut or bruised.
The reasoning usually involves making crops more resistant to diseases as they grow. Manufacturers, also
engineers, produce foods to be more nutritious or tolerant of herbicides. Crop protection is the main rationale
behind this type of genetic modification. Plants that are more resistant to diseases spread by insects or viruses
result in higher yields for farmers and a more attractive product. Genetic modification can also increase nutritional
value or enhance flavor. All these factors contribute to lower consumer costs. They can also ensure that more
people have access to quality food.
Adapted from: medicalnewstoday.com

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6. What is the best title for the text above?

A. Flavorful food
B. Manufactured genetic engineering
C. Food and its safety
D. Genetically modified organism
E. The benefits of modified crops

7. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

A. GMO foods contain extra nutrition compared to
non-GMO foods
B. People tend to buy fresh fruits even it is
expensive
C. The pros and cons of GMO foods for health and
environment
D. Many people believe that GMO could lead to
cancer
E. The other uses of genetic modification in foods
8. How genetic food can be able to sell on market in
United States?
A. The crops should be fresh and free from
pesticides
B. The farmers’ data must be recorded in the
governments’ office
C. The farmers took it inside the fridge for 24
hours earlier
D. The farmers must sell them both offline and
online
E. The farmers must apply the regulated standard
as the conventional
9. What is the author’s tone of the text?
A. Disapproving
B. Contradictive
C. Persuasive
D. Instructive
E. Cynical

10. The word “bruised” in the last sentence of the

second paragraph can be best replaced with…
A. decayed
B. corrupted
C. broken
D. effloresced
E. ripe

Text for questions no. 11 to 15

Ocean conservationists from watchdog group Oceana are hunting for illegal fishing activity, and one new
method they… (11) for catching offenders is satellite data. The data comes from a monitoring network called the
Automatic Identification System, or AIS. AIS was established … (12) large ships could broadcast their locations
and avoid collisions.
In a new report from Oceana, researchers detail examples of how they used AIS collected by conservation
group Global Fishing Watch to track four fishing vessels that were "going dark," or trying to avoid… (13). They
say the case studies are examples of how AIS data can be used to track illegal fishing activities in the future.
Illegal fishing also… (14) a number of marine protected areas that are set up to restrict fishing activities in order
to … (15) marine animal populations healthy, but which may be difficult for many countries to patrol.
Adapted from: nationalgeographic.com

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11. …
A. explorer
B. are exploring
C. explores
D. is exploring
E. explore

12. …
A. because
B. while
C. so
D. besides
E. and

13. …
A. detecting
B. detector
C. detect
D. detected by
E. detection

14. …
A. threaten
B. threatens
C. was threatened
D. is threatening
E. are threatening

15. …
A. sell
B. keep
C. throw
D. destroy
E. get

Text for questions no. 16 to 20

Astronomers announced on January 4, 2017, that they had pinpointed the source of an enigmatic form of
radio emission ... (16) a fast radio burst as a small dim galaxy more than three billion light-years from Earth.
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) were first announced in 2007. Astronomers were poring through data from 2001
from a search from pulsars undertaken by the radio telescope at Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. They found
a very bright burst lasting less than five milliseconds. This burst could not have come from an object in the Milky
Way Galaxy but had come from something much more distant. Since then, 17 more FRBs … (17).
One of these FRBs, FRB 121102 (named for the date on which it was first seen, November 2, 2012) is the
only one that has burst more than once. This allowed astronomers to detect it in follow-up observations with the
radio telescopes of the Very Large Array in New Mexico and eventually use the … (18) telescope at the Gemini
Observatory in Hawaii to localize it to a dwarf galaxy a little over three billion light-years away.
It is still not known what the FRBs are, and it has been jokingly said that there are more theoretical
explanations than actual objects. … (19) is surprising, since it would be expected that … (20) FRBs were objects
like neutron stars they would be found in large galaxies, which would have more neutron stars. Explanations for
FRBs are still wide open, ranging from gamma-ray bursts or very luminous supernovae (which are frequent in
dwarf galaxies) to the supermassive black holes found in active galactic nuclei to magnates (neutron stars with a
strong magnetic field).

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16. …
A. called
B. to be called
C. is calling
D. is called
E. calls

17. …
A. were discovered
B. had been discovered
C. have been discovered
D. are discovering
E. discovered

18. …
A. optic
B. optics
C. optical
D. optically
E. opticians
19. …
A. FRB 121102 is found in a small galaxy
B. That FRB 121102 is found in a small galaxy
C. FRB 121102 is found in a small galaxy that
D. That is FRB 121102 found in a small galaxy
E. In a small galaxy is found FRB 121102 that

20. …
A. hence
B. because
C. when
D. if
E. although