Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The ruined temples of Angkor are perhaps one of the most impressive Seven Wonders of the World. Located in modem day Cambodia near Lake Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Asia, Angkor was the seat of power for the Khmer Empire for the ninth to the fifteenth century. The ruins of Angkor are documented as some of the most impressive ones in the world, rivaling the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Why this mighty civilization died out is a question that archeologists are now only beginning to ponder. The answer, it turns out, may be linked with the availability of fresh water.
One possible explanation for the downfall of the Khmer Empire has to do with the inhabitant’s irrigation system. The temples and palaces of Angkor were constructed around a series of artificial reservoirs and canals which were annually flooded to capacity by the Mekong River. Once filled, they were used to irrigate the surrounding paddies and farmland during the course of the year. Farmers were completely dependent on the water for their crucial rice crop. Without consistent irrigation, the farmers would have been unable to maintain functional crop production.
Scientists speculate that toward the end of the Khmer Empire the hydraulic system of the reservoirs and canals broke down. The construction of hundreds of sandstone temples and palaces required an enormous amount of physical labor. In addition, as the capital of Khmer Empire, Angkor contained upwards of one hundred thousand people who resided in and around Angkor. In order to feed so many people, the local farmers were driven to grow food more quickly and more efficiently. After centuries of continual use, the irrigation system was pushed beyond its capacity. Soil erosion, nutrient depletion, and loss of water led to decrease in the food supply. With the less food available, the people of Angkor slowly began to migrate to other parts of Cambodia, thus leaving the marvelous city of Angkor to be swallowed by the jungle. Therefore, it is speculated that the Khmer Empire may have fallen victim to its own decrepit infrastructure.
Notes:
- to ponder (on/ upon/ over) = suy nghĩ về, cân nhắc về.
- reservoir (danh từ) = hồ chứa nước.
- hydraulic (tính từ) = thuộc về nước.
- nutrient depletion = sự cạn kiệt chất dinh dưỡng.
0Câu 1
What is the passage mainly about?
A. The essential role water plays in farming.
B.Religious temples of the ancient Khmer Empire.
C. Modem day agricultural procedures in Cambodia.
D. A possible explanation for the decline of a civilization.
Câu 2
The passage preceding most likely discusses_____
A. architecture of ancient Asian civilization
B.the form of government practiced by the Khmer Empire
C. religious practices of the people of Angkor
D. the other six wonders of the world
Câu 3
According to the passage, Lake Tonle Sap in Cambodia_________
A. is an enormous body of fresh water in Asia
B.was unable to supply fish for the people of Angkor
C. is one of the Seven Wonders of the World
D. became polluted due to a population explosion
Câu 4
The word “seat” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to________
A. location
B.summit
C. chief
D. battle
Câu 5
The hydraulic system of reservoirs ____
A. supplied irrigation from the Indian Ocean
B.became non-functional due to overuse
C. helped transport the sandstone for constructing temples
D. were destroyed by nearby warrior’s tribes
Câu 6
The word “artificial” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to___
A. man-made
B.insincere
C. numerous
D. natural
Câu 7
The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to ____
A. reservoirs and canals
B.rice paddles
C. farmland
D. temples and palaces
Câu 8
It can be inferred from the passage that the Khmer Empire _____
A. were intentionally starved by the farmers
B.supplemented their diets with meat hunted in the nearby jungles
C. lost their food source due to excess rainfall
D. depended upon rice as their main source of food
Câu 9
All of the following are mentioned as events that can affect food supply EXCEFT__
A. erosion of soil
B.loss of water supply
C. contamination of soil
D. reduction of nutrients
Câu 10
The word “decrepit” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to______.
A. beneficial
B.disorganized
C. deteriorated
D. incomplete
A.
B.
C.
D.

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The work of women has been economically vital since prehistory, although their contribution have varied according to the structure, needs, customs, and attitudes of society.
In prehistoric times, women and men participated almost equally in hunting and gathering activities to obtain food. With the development of agricultural communities, women’s work revolved more around the home. As urban centers developed, women sold or traded goods in the marketplace.
From ancient to modem times, four generalizations can be made about women’s paid work. (1) Women have worked because of economic necessity; poor women, in particular, worked outside the home whether they were unmarried or married, and especially if their husbands were unable to sustain the family solely through their own work. (2) Women’s indentured work has often been similar to their work at home. (3) Women have maintained the primary responsibility for raising children, regardless of their paid work. (4) Women have historically been paid less than men and have been allocated lower status work.
Some major changes are now occurring in industrial nations, including the steadily increasing proportion of women in the labour force; decreasing family responsibilities (due to both smaller family size and technological innovation in the home); higher levels of education for women; and more middle- and upper- income women working for pay or for job satisfaction. Statistically, they have not yet achieved parity of pay or senior appointments in the workplace in any nation.
Artisans working in their own homes did not frequently use the labour of their families. This custom was so prevalent during the Middle Ages, craft guilds of the period, including some that, otherwise, excluded women, often admitted to membership the widows of guild members, providing they met professional requirements. Dressmaking and lacemaking guilds were composed exclusively of women.
Gradually, the guilds were replaced by the putting-out system, whereby tools and materials were distributed to workers by merchants; the workers then produced articles on a piecework basis in their homes.
During the 18th and early 19th centuries, as the Industrial Revolution developed, the putting-out system slowly declined. Goods that had been produced by hand in the home were manufactured by machine under the factory system. Women competed more with men for some jobs, but were concentrated primarily in textile mills and clothing factories. Manufacturers often favoured women employees because of relevant skills and lower wages, and also because early trade union organization tended to occur first among men. Employees in sweatshops were also preponderantly women. The result was to institutionalize systems of low pay, poor working conditions, long hours, and other abuses, which along with child labour presented some of the worst examples of worker exploitation in early industrial capitalism. Minimum wage legislation and other protective laws, when introduced, concentrated particularly on the alleviation of these abuses of working women.
Women workers in business and the professions, the so-called white-collar occupations, suffered less from poor conditions of work and exploitative labour, but were denied equality of pay and opportunity. The growing use of the typewriter and the telephone after the 1870s created two new employment niches for women, as typists and telephonists, but in both fields the result was again to institutionalize a permanent category of low-paid, low-status women’s work.
Notes:
- revolve (around sth) (động từ) = tập trung vào cái gì
- sustain (động từ) = duy trì
- parity (danh từ) = sự bình đẳng
- prevalent (tính từ) = phổ biến, thông đụng
- guild (danh từ) = phường hội
- exclusively (phó từ) = dành riêng, độc quyền
- preponderantly (phó từ) = trội hon (về số lượng, ...)
- institutionalize (dộng từ) - thề chế hoá
- alleviation (danh từ) = sự làm giảm bớt
- niche (danh từ) = vai trò, công việc thích hợp
- mainstay/ breadwinner (danh từ) = (nghĩa bóng) chỗ dựa chính
0Câu 11
When the farming communities developed, women worked .
A. more outsite
B.in groups
C. more at home
D. less at home
Câu 12
With the development of urban centers, women_____.
A. traded cattle in the marketplace
B.worked more in the marketplace
C. sold cloth in the marketplace
D. stayed at home to take care of their children
Câu 13
With better education and less family burden, women______.
A. have not yet achieved high status in the workplace
B.have been respected at home and in the workplace
C. have become more influential in their companies
D. have enjoyed equal status in the workplace
Câu 14
The word “indentured” in paragraph 3 may mostly means ___________.
A. in the kitchen
B.inside the home
C. outside the home
D. outside the kitchen
Câu 15
Although women cannot avoid the task of bringing up children,
A. they have to amuse their men
B. are the mainstay of their families
C. they can be breadwinners as men
D. they have to work to feed their men
Câu 16
Under the “putting-out system”, the workers .
A. provide their factories with raw materials
B.turn their homes into factories
C. bought materials to manufacture goods
D. are provided with tools to produce goods at home
Câu 17
The word “sweatshops” suggests ________
A. factory work
B.Workshop
C. hard work
D. harmful work
Câu 18
Manufacturers tended to employ women because_______
A. they did not have to pay for high insurance
B.women demanded less than men
C. they did not have to pay high wages
D. they could cheat them more easily
Câu 19
During the time of Industrial Revolution, women were dominant in_ _______
A. broidery
B.toy industry
C. bakery
D. textile industry
Câu 20
What women have done for the economic development has changed over time due to_____
A. their role in the home
B.their marital status and their husbands
C. the different factors of the society
D. the Industrial Revolution
A.
B.
C.
D.

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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contribution of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the 17th century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history books.
Throughout the 19th century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most, of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.
During the 19th century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women’s organizations compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources form the core of the two greatest collections of women’s history in the United States: one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians.
Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the 19th century, most of the writing about women conformed to the “great women” theory of history, just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on “great men”. To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders, and wrote biographies, and important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women’s right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary women. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being published.
Notes:
- correspondence ( danh từ) = thư từ
- uncritical (tính từ) = thiếu óc phê bình, thiếu tính phê phán.
0Câu 1
The passage mainly discusses______
A. the place of American women in written histories
B.the “great women” approach to history used by American historians
C. the role of literature in early American histories
D. the keen sense of history shown by American women
Câu 2
The word “contemporary” in paragraph 1 means that the history was _______
A. written at that time
B.faultfinding
C. thoughtful
D. informative
Câu 3
In paragraph 1, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that_____
A. only three women were able to get their writing published
B. even the contribution of outstanding women were ignored
C. a woman’s status was changed by marriage
D. poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women
Câu 4
The word “celebratory” in paragraph 2 means that the writings referred to were ____
A. serious
B.religious
C. full of praise
D. related to parties
Câu 5
The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to__ .
A. authors
B.efforts
C. counterparts
D. sources
Câu 6
In paragraph 2, the author points out the weakness in 19th century histories that is ____
A. the sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate
B.they were printed on poor-quality paper
C. they put too much emphasis on daily activities
D. they left out discussion of the influence of money on politics
Câu 7
On the basis of information in paragraph 3, nineteenth-century feminist organizations would most likely collect ________
A. letters from a mother to a daughter advising her how to handle a family problem
B.books about famous graduates of the country’s first college
C. newspaper accounts of presidential election results
D. biographies of John Adams
Câu 8
The nineteenth-century women’s history materials in the Schlesinger Library and the Sophia Smith Collection_________.
A. formed the basis of college courses in the 19th century
B.were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia
C. provided valuable information for twentieth-century historical researchers
D. were shared among women’s colleges throughout the United States
Câu 9
In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth-century “great women” EXCEPT____ .
A. reformers
B.politicians
C. activists for women’s rights
D. authors
Câu 10
The word “representative” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ____
A. typical
B.satisfied
C. supportive
D. distinctive
A.
B.
C.
D.

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Most people think that lions only come from Africa. This is understandable because in fact most lions do come from there but this has not always been the case. If we went back ten thousand years, we would find that there were lions roaming vast sections of the globe. However now, unfortunately only a very small section of the lion’s former habitat remains.
Asiatic lions are sub-species of African lions. It is almost a hundred thousand years since the Asiatic lions split off and developed as a sub-species. At one time the Asiatic lion was living as far west as Greece and they were found from there, but in a band that spreads east through various, countries of the Middle East, all the way to India. In museums now, you can see Greek coins that have clear images of the Asiatic lion on them. Most of them are dated at around 500 B.C. However, Europe saw its last Asiatic lions roaming free to thousand years ago. Over the next nineteen hundred years the numbers of Asiatic lions in the other areas declined steadily, but it was only in the nineteenth century that they disappeared from everywhere but in India.
The Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in India was established especially to protect the Asiatic lion. There are now around three hundred Asiatic lions in India and almost all of them are in this sanctuary. However, despite living in a sanctuary, which makes them safe from hunters, they still face a number of problems that threaten their survival. One of these is the ever-present danger of disease. This is what killed more than a third of Africa’s Serengeti lions in 1994, and people are fearful that something similar could happen in the Gir Sanctuary and kill off many of the Asiatic lions there.
India’s lions are particular vulnerable because they have a limited gene pool. The reason for this is interesting - it is because all of them are descended from a few dozen lions that were saved by a prince who took a particular interest in them. He was very healthy, and he managed to protect them otherwise they would probably have died out completely.
When you see the Asiatic lion in India, what you sense is enormous vitality. They are very impressive animals and you would never guess that they this vulnerability when you look at them.
Notes:
- sanctuary (danh từ) = khu bảo tồn động vật hoang dã.
- gene pool = số gien chung của một loài.
- vitality (danh từ) = sinh khí, sinh lực.
0Câu 1
According to the passage, many people believe that lions come from___
A. Middle East
B. India
C. Europe
D. Africa
Câu 2
Ten thousand years ago _____.
A. lions came mainly from Africa
B.lions did not live in small forests
C. lions roamed much more than nowadays
D. there were much more lion habitats than nowadays
Câu 3
The phrase “split off’ in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________
A. spotted animals .
B.divided
C. developed into different species
D. changed the original species
Câu 4
According to the passage, nowadays we can find the Asiatic lion_____
A. in Africa and India
B.nowhere in the world
C. only in Greek museums
D. only in India
Câu 5
The word “vulnerable” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ____
A. cautious
B.easily protected
C. weak
D. careless
Câu 6
The Asiatic lion _______
A. was looking for food mainly in India
B.was looking for food mainly in the Middle East
C. was searching for food in a wide range of countries
D. was searching for food mainly in India and Africa
Câu 7
According to the author, the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary_____.
A. is among many places where the Asiatic lion is well protected
B.protects the Asiatic lion from hunters and diseases
C. cannot reduce the Asiatic lion’s risk of catching diseases
D. can make the Asiatic lion become weak
Câu 8
The author refers to all of the following as characteristics of the Asiatic lion EXCEPT that_____ .
A. strong
B. impressive
C. vital
D. vulnerable
Câu 9
The following statements are correct EXCEPT that ___
A. although the Asiatic lion looks strong from appearance they are easily attacked by diseases
B.the Asiatic lion was loved by a wealthy prince
C. a rich prince sponsored the protection of Asiatic lions
D. the current Asiatic lions come from a great number of lions
Câu 10
The passage was written to___ .
A. explain why the Gir Sanctuary is the best habitat for the Asiatic lions
B. describe the developmental history of the Gir Sanctuary
C. provide an overview of the existence of the Asiatic lions
D. persuade readers to protect the Asiatic lions
A.
B.
C.
D.

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No more Polar Bears?
We all know that the Earth is getting warmer and warmer. This problem is called “global warming”. We also know that global warming is causing a lot of problems. Oceans levels are getting higher and higher. Because ocean levels are getting higher, storm are getting stronger and stronger. This list of problems goes on and on.
Animals are suffering a lot because of global warming. Polar bears are suffering more than most animals. This is because polar bears live in the North Pole. In the North Pole, global warming is making ice melt. Polar bears hunt from large pieces of floating ice. They jumps off the ice and hunt for food. Polar bears have to swim ad find these floating pieces of ice. These day, they have to swim farther to find the floating ice. Many of them don’t have enough energy. They get too tired, and they die in the water.
Polar bears are suffering because of other problems, too. Pollution makes their water dirty. Many countries go to the North Pole to look for oil and gas, and they damage the environment of the bears. In addition, when ships sail through the North Pole, they cause a lot of damage. Finally, people hunt and kill too many polar bears. However, melting ice is definitely the biggest problem.
Right now, there are about 25 000 polar bears in the world. If global warming continues, there may be only about 12 000 in the year 20150. By the year 2080, that number might be much smaller.
It is important to study polar bears. When we learn about polar bears, we also learn about the health of the North Pole. If polar bears are doing well, then the environment in the North Pole is probably healthy. If polar bears are suffering, then there are probably serious problems in the North Pole.
Right now, governments around the world are working to help polar bears. There are new laws that protect polar bears. However, if global warming continues to get worse, polar bears may disappear forever.
0Câu 11
Which of the following has the same meaning as the last sentence of the first paragraph?
A. Global warming doesn't make any other problems.
B.Global warming makes many more problems.
C. We should make a list of the problems that global warming causes.
D. We don’t know all of the problems that global warming causes.
Câu 12
Why do polar bears have to swim farther?
A. They have to get away from people.
B.They have to find cleaner water.
C. They have to find floating ice
D. They have to look for other bears
Câu 13
Why is it important to study polar bears?
A. Polar bears tell us whether the North Pole is healthy or not.
B.Polar bears help us stop ice from melting
C. Polar bears tell us if there is oil nearby.
D. Polar bears are the world’s most important animal.
Câu 14
The word “this” in paragraph 2 refers to ____.
A. global warming
B.floating ice
C. the situation
D. ice melting
Câu 15
The word “dirty” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ___
A. salty
B.polluted
C. fresh
D. melted
Câu 16
What is the biggest problem for polar bears?
A. Melting ice
B.Ships sailing through the North Pole
C. People hunting polar bears
D. More countries looking for oil
Câu 17
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. According to studies, polar bears will become extinct soon.
B.Polar bears cannot swim well.
C. Polar bears are regarded as an indicator of the North Pole’s environment.
D. Polar bears live on food from floating ice.
A.
B.
C.
D.

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has 150 member countries. They are looking to improve trade. Trade means the buying and selling goods. The WTO provides a place where these countries can talk about what they need. The goal of the WTO is to make trade grow by removing legal barriers between countries.
The WTO helps trade in several ways. First, it asks countries to treat each other equally. They should not give special trade deals to one country and not to another. Also, these countries should not try to stop foreign products from any one country. The idea is that goods and services should be able to cross borders easily. A second way to improve trade is to lower tariffs. These are special taxes for things bought and sold. A third way to strengthen trade is to make sure that the rules will stay the same. In order for people to invest their money, they need to feel secure for the future. A fourth way is to allow greater competitions between countries. The central belief is that competitions make for a stronger economy. The last way to improve trade is to help countries that are poor. The need help coming up to the level of modem countries. They can be helped by allowing them extra time to get their systems in order. They can be given priority in making deals with other countries.
Free and easy trade is the WTO’s goal. It supports rich countries and helps poor ones get ahead. It is one way of improving the lives of more people in the world. It asks countries to make laws that help this process. Every year, more countries apply to be in the WTO. They see membership as a good thing.
Notes:
- make for sth = to help to make something possible (đem lại).
0Câu 1
According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT ______
A. he WTO wants to make trade better.
B.trade means the buying and selling of goods.
C. poor countries are not given priority
D. the WTO wants to improve trade by lowering taxes.
Câu 2
It can be inferred from the passage that_ ______
A. few countries want to become a member of the WTO
B.the WTO is a multi-national organization
C. the WTO helps remove political barriers between countries
D. the WTO’s goal is to trade with other organizations
Câu 3
The word “barriers” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______
A. borders
B.bans
C. documents
D. obstacles
Câu 4
Why does the author give details about how the WTO helps trade?
A. To distinguish between the WTO and the banks.
B.To complain about the actions of the WTO.
C. To promote discussion about the WTO.
D. To illustrate how the WTO improves international trade.
Câu 5
The word “tariffs” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______
A. expenses
B.incomes
C. goods
D. taxes
Câu 6
The word “priority” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______
A. importance
B. infiltration
C. fundamentalist
D. diversion
Câu 7
Paragraph 2 lists the ways in which the WTO helps trade. How many ways are mentioned?
A. 5
B.6
C. 3
D. 4
Câu 8
Which of the following is NOT correct?
A. The WTO supports poor countries.
B.The goal of the WTO is to improve trade.
C. Rich countries are given priority.
D. Many countries apply to be in the WTO every year.
Câu 9
According to paragraph 3, the WTO_______?
A. gives poor countries lots of food
B. asks rich countries to help poor ones
C. helps improve the lives of more people in the world
D. helps rich countries get ahead
Câu 10
Which of the following does NOT support the idea that the WTO provides a way for countries to improve trade?
A. Countries should allow goods and services to cross borders easily.
B.Countries should be fair to one another and help poor members.
C. Countries should allow time to raise taxes.
D. Countries should lower tariffs and make investors feel secure
A.
B.
C.
D.

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If you enjoy water sports, Hawaii is the place for you. You can go swimming all year round in the warm water. You can go sport fishing from the shore or from a boat. If you like boats, you can go sailing, canoeing, or windsurfing. Or, you can also try some other water sports that are especially popular in Hawaii: surfing, snorkeling and scuba diving.
Surfing is a sport which started in Hawaii many years ago. The Hawaiians called it “he’e nalu”, which means “to slide on a wave”. If you want to try surfing, you need, first of all, to be a good swimmer. You also have to have an excellent sense of balance. You must swim out from the beach with your surfboard under your arm. When you get to where the waves begin to break, you wait for a calm moment. Then you try to stand up on the board. The wave will begin to rise under you. You must try to steer the board with your feet so you stay on top of the wave. The important thing is to keep your balance and not fall down. If you can manage this, you will have an exciting ride all the way in to the shore.
Scuba diving and snorkeling are two ways to get a close look at the beauty lying below the surface of the ocean. The waters off the Hawaiian Islands arc clean, clear, and warm. They contain hundreds of kinds of colorful fish. The undersea world is made even more colorful by the coral reefs of red, gold, white, and light purple. Among these reefs there may be larger fish or sea turtles.
Scuba diving allows you to see the most interesting undersea sights. “Scuba” means “Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus”, that is, equipment for breathing and swimming around far under water. In Hawaii, you can take special courses to learn how to scuba dive. After the courses, you can get a certificate that will allow you to dive alone. Since it can be dangerous, proper instruction and great care are always necessary when you are scuba diving.
If you are less adventurous, you might try snorkeling instead of scuba diving. Less equipment is needed, just a face mask, a breathing tube (snorkel) and flippers for your feet. It only takes a few minutes to learn how to snorkel. Although you cannot dive deep into the water, you can swim with your face below the surface. Breathing through the tube, you float on the surface, and keep yourself moving with your flippers. Even from the surface like this, there will be plenty of color and beauty to see.
0Câu 1
This passage is about _______
A. tourist activities in Hawaii
B.surfing
C. water sports in Hawaii
D. water sports around the world
Câu 2
You can infer from this passage that _______
A. water sports are all expensive
B. everyone can find a way to enjoy sports in the water
C. swimming in Hawaii can be dangerous
D. you need to take a course for all water sports
Câu 3
You can go deep under water when you are ______
A. surfing
B.scuba diving
C. snorkeling
D. swimming
Câu 4
According to the passage, surfing________
A. requires expensive equipment
B. was invented by the native Hawaiians
C. began as a sport in 1943
D. is very dangerous
Câu 5
If you want to try surfing, you _____
A. need to wait for a windy day
B.should not go out into deep water
C. should go to Australia
D. need to be a good swimmer
Câu 6
The water around the Hawaiian Islands is ______
A. often quite cold
B.full of dangerous fish
C. full of colorful things to see
D. usually very dark
Câu 7
The word “this” in paragraph 2 refers to ____
A. keeping balanced and not falling down
B.an exciting ride
C. standing on the board
D. staying on top of the wave
Câu 8
According to the passage, scuba diving______ .
A. is an ancient Hawaiian water sport
B. is the only way to see the fish underwater
C. requires special equipment and training
D. requires good balance
Câu 9
The word “proper” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to___
A. enthusiastic
B.informative
C. short and clear
D. appropriate
Câu 10
According to the passage, snorkeling ______
A.
can be dangerous
B. is an easy way to see the underwater life
C. was invented in ancient times
D. requires more expensive equipment than scuba diving
A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, and D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.
The life of a Professional Gamer
Gordon Hayward has a pretty cool job – he plays basketball for the team Utah Jazz in the American National Basketball Association (NBA). But in his free time, he also works as a professional gamer, competing in StarCraft 2 tournaments. Even as a top – level athletes, Gordon is impressed with the amount of commitment needed for these competitions. “These guys are professionals”, he says. “They play this game for their job, so they take this as seriously as I take playing basketball for a living.”
Competitive gaming has been around for almost as long as video games themselves, but it’s only recently that people have started earning money from it. This is because companies sponsor gamers, and tournaments. The gaming industry is now worth about $6 billion, and it is growing every year. Michel Masquelier, President of IMG Media (one of the world’s largest entertainment companies), called gaming the number one activity in the world for men aged 18 to 24. Just as young people aspire to play in the NBA, many also dream of becoming professional gamer.
There are now big global tournaments like World Cyber Games and Major League Gaming Championships, where hundreds of gamers come to compete in popular game like StarCraft, WarCraft, Counterstrike, and the football game FIFA in front of an audience. The prize money in a tournament can reach a few million dollars.
One thing gamer, and athletes have in common is that they often play in teams. These “clans”, as gamers call them, usually play tournaments together and practise against one another. Professional gamers and their clans earn money through sponsorships, winning tournament, and teaching and training people to play video games better.
Like athletes, gamers must train long and hard to become the best at the game that they play. Most gamers only compete in one game, the same way that most professional athletes only play one sport. Adrian Kwong, a professional gamer, says that he usually practises StarCraft 2 for more than three hours a day. Some days he even plays for more than five hours. “To become a pro player, it takes determination, skill, and extensive practice,” says Katie Goldberg, who is vice – president of communications at Major’s League Gaming.
Gordon Hayward isn’t going to give up his basketball career anytime soon, but he says that athletes and gamers are not that different: “You have to train hard if you want to be the best, and that goes for everything, not just basketball. That also goes for video games like StarCraft”.
0Câu 11
What best describes the main idea of the passage?
A. More athletes are playing video games than ever before.
B.Professional gamers train and compete like athletes
C. While popular, video name sports are not real sports.
D. Professional gamer earn as much as athletes.
Câu 12
Why does the writer say in paragraph 1 that Gordon is impressed “even as a top – level athlete”?
A. Athletes enter lots of competitions as well.
B.Athletes don't have time to play video game.
C. Athletes generally don't like playing video games.
D. Athletes are used to training long and hard.
Câu 13
Why does the passage say gamers have recently started earning money?
A. Companies now sponsor gamers and competitions.
B.Gamers now work for video game companies
C. Competitive gaming is very new.
D. Young people pay to watch their favourite gamers.
Câu 14
What is a "clan"?
A. a team of gamers
B.a gamer who no longer competes
C. a club for fans of gamers
D. a person who is new to gaming
Câu 15
Which is true about gaming tournaments?
A. Fans watch gamers as they play
B.Winners receive trophies, but not money
C. Only the lop gamers compete.
D. Gamers play from their homes.
Câu 16
Professional gamers like Adrian Kwong _________.
A. do some physical exercise to help their gaming.
B.compete in many different games
C. practise for many hours a day
D. take part in gaming competitions on their own
Câu 17
The word “everything” in the last paragraph refers to ____
A. any tournament
B.any sport
C. any gamer
D. any game
Câu 18
The purpose of the final paragraph is to show____.
A. how athletes and gamers are the same
B.how athletes and gamers are different
C. why Gordon Hayward plays video games like StarCraft 2.
D. why Gordon Hayward chooses basketball over video games.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker. The first is the broad area of communication, which includes imparting information by use of language, communicating with a group or an individual, and specialized communication through performance. A person conveys thoughts and ideas through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant, gentle or harsh, by the rhythm that is inherent within the language itself, and by speech rhythms that are flowing and regular or uneven and hesitant, and finally, by the pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a group, a person’s tone may indicate uncertainty or fright, confidence or calm. At interpersonal levels, the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen, or may belie them. Here the speaker’s tone can consciously or unconsciously reflect intuitive sympathy, lack of concern or interest, fatigue, anxiety, enthusiasm or excitement, all of which are usually discernible by the acute listener. Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly specialized with its own techniques for obtaining effects by voice and/ or gesture. The motivation derived from the context, and in the case of singing, the music, in combination with the performer’s skills, personality, and ability to create empathy will determine the success of artistic, political or pedagogic communication.
Second, the voice gives psychological clues to a person’s self-image, perception of others, and emotional health. Self-image can be indicated by a tone of voice that is confident, pretentious, shy, aggressive, outgoing, or exuberant, to name only a few personality traits. Also the sound may give a clue to the facade or mask of the person, for example, a shy person hiding behind an overconfident front. How a speaker perceives the listener’s receptiveness, interest, or sympathy in any given conversation can drastically alter the tone of presentation, by encouraging or discouraging the speaker. Emotional health is evidenced in the voice by free and melodic sounds of the happy, by constricted and harsh sound of the angry, and by dull and lethargic qualities of the depressed.
Notes:
- belie (động từ) = gây một ấn tượng sai lầm, làm cho nhầm.
- intuitive (tính từ) = thuộc về trực giác.
- fatigue (danh từ) = sự mệt mỏi.
- discernible (tính từ) = có thề nhận thức rõ có thề thấy rõ.
- acute (tính từ) = sắc sào, nhạy bén.
- empathy (danh từ) = (tâm lí học) sự thấu cảm.
- pretentious (tính từ) = tự phụ, kiêu căng.
- aggressive (tính từ) = hay gây hấn, hung hăng.
- exuberant (tính từ) = cởi mở, hồ hởi.
- harsh (tính từ) = gay gát, cay nghiệt.
- perception (danh từ) = sự nhận thức.
0Câu 31
The passage mainly discusses _______
A. the function of the voice in performance
B. the connection between the voice and personality
C. the production of speech
D. communication styles
Câu 32
By stating: “At interpersonal levels, the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen... " the author means that_____ .
A. a high tone of voice reflects an emotional communication
B.the tone of voice can carry information beyond the meaning of words
C. feelings are expressed with different words than ideas are
D. feelings are more difficult to express than ideas
Câu 33
The word “here” in paragraph 1 refers to___ .
A. ideas and feelings
B.the tone
C. words chosen
D. interpersonal interactions
Câu 34
The word “derived” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to__ .
A. obtained
B.registered
C. prepared
D. discussed
Câu 35
The author mentions “artistic, political or pedagogic communication ” ____.
A. as examples of public performance
B. to introduce the idea of self-image
C. to contrast them to singing
D. as examples of basic styles of communication
Câu 36
According to the passage, a person’s exuberant tone of voice may indicate his/ her
A. personality
B.general physical health
C. ability to communicate
D. vocal quality
Câu 37
According to the passage, an overconfident front may hide__ .
A. shyness
B.hostility
C. strength
D. friendliness
Câu 38
The word “evidenced” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to__ .
A. indicated
B.questioned
C. exaggerated
D. repeated
Câu 39
According to the passage, a constricted and harsh voice may indicate__ .
A. depression
B.boredom
C. anger
D. exhaustion
Câu 40
According to the passage, during their presentation, speakers may change their tone of presentation as a result of their perception of
A. time allowance
B.listeners’ interest
C. the location of the presentation
D. their relationship with the listeners
A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they hear around them. Within the first month of their lives, babies’ responses to the sound of the human voice will be different from their responses to other sorts of auditory stimuli. They will stop crying when they hear a person talking, but not if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle. At first, the sounds that an infant notices might be only those words that receive the heaviest emphasis and that often occur at the end of utterances. By the time they are six or seven weeks old, babies can detect the difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections. Very soon, these differences in adult stress and intonation can influence babies’ emotional states and behavior. Long before they develop actual language comprehension, babies can sense when an adult is playful or angry, attempting to initiate or terminate new behavior, and so on, merely on the basis of cues such as the rate, the volume, and melody of adult speech.
Adults make it as easy as they can for babies to pick up a language by exaggerating such cues. One researcher observed babies and their mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in all six languages, the mothers used simplified syntax, short utterances and nonsense sounds, and transformed certain sounds into baby talk. Other investigators have noted that when mothers talk to babies who are only a few months old, they exaggerate the pitch, loudness, and intensity of their words. They also exaggerate their facial expressions, hold vowels longer, and emphasize certain words.
More significant for language development than their response to general intonation is observation that tiny babies can make relatively fine distinction between speech sounds. In other words, babies enter the world with the ability to make precisely those perceptual discriminations that are necessary if they are to acquire aural language.
Babies obviously derive pleasure from sound input, too; even as young as nine months old they will listen to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding. For babies, language is a sensory-motor delight rather than the route to convey meaning that it often is for adults.
Notes:
- rattle (danh từ) = cái lúc lắc (đồ chơi trẻ con).
- utterance (danh từ) = lời nói ra, lời phát biểu.
- inflection (danh từ) = (âm nhạc) sự chuyển điệu.
- syntax (danh từ) = (ngồn ngữ học) cú pháp.
- pitch (danh từ) = độ cao thấp (giọng nói, âm thanh...).
- note (động từ) = chú ý, lưu ý, nhận thấy.
0Câu 21
The passage mainly discusses _____
A. the response of babies to sounds other than the human voice
B.how babies differentiate between the sound of the human voice and other sounds
C. the differences between a baby’s and an adult’s ability to comprehend language
D. how babies perceive and respond to the human voice in their earliest stages of language development
Câu 22
The author mentions a bell and a rattle in paragraph 1 in order to ____
A. give examples of sounds that will cause a baby to cry
B.give examples of typical toys that babies do not like
C. explain how babies distinguish between nonhuman sounds
D. contrast the reactions of babies to human and nonhuman sounds
Câu 23
The author mentions syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflection in order to ____ .
A. demonstrate how difficult it is for babies to interpret emotions
B.illustrate that a six-week-old baby can already distinguish some language differences
C. provide an example of ways adults speak to babies
D. give a reason for babies’ difficulty in distinguishing one adult from another
Câu 24
The word “noted” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .
A. observed
B.disagreed
C. theorized
D. requested
Câu 25
The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to_______ .
A. mothers
B.words
C. babies
D. investigation
Câu 26
All of the following are mentioned as ways adults use to modify their speech when talking to babies EXCEPT_______.
A. using meaningless sounds
B.speaking more loudly than normal
C. speaking with shorter sentences
D. giving all words equal emphasis
Câu 27
It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that _____ .
A. the mothers observed by the researchers were consciously teaching their babies to speak
B.mothers from different cultures speak to their babies in similar ways
C. babies who are exposed to more than one language can speak earlier than babies exposed to a single language
D. babies ignores facial expressions in comprehending aural language
Câu 28
The point the author makes to illustrate that babies are born with the ability to acquire languages is that____ .
A. babies notice even minor differences between speech sounds
B.babies exaggerate their own sounds and expressions
C. babies begin to understand words in songs
D. babies are more sensitive to sounds than adults are
Câu 29
According to the author, babies listen to songs and stories even though they cannot understand them because____.
A. they understand the rhythm
B.they enjoy the sound
C. they focus on the meaning of their parents’ words
D. they can remember them easily
Câu 30
All of the following are true about young babies EXCEPT that they____.
A. use language the way adults do
B.consider language as a source of joy
C. find pleasure from what they hear
D. enjoy listening to music without understanding it
A.
B.
C.
D.