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1 As interesting and lively as it is, included in your story are several historical inaccuracies, i.e your hero
Miss Swinton might not have offered shelter under his umbrella, for they weren’t invented until a
hundred years later
2 At ground level, it is dangerous enough a substance, but in the upper atmosphere, it bonds with free ions
to create deadening smog particles
3 Having unshakeable confidence in his ability, he carried off the role of Hamlet with faultless skill
4 In winning the 1998 Kentucky Derby, Swiftilocks showed a burst of speed not unlike that of Man
o’War, who had been winning 20 of 21 races in 1919 and 1920
5 That the time spent in transit by the average traveller was widely anticipated to decrease was owing to
automobiles’ replacing horses as the primary means of transportation
6 Likewise the power-generating apparatus of a conventional car, that of a hybrid car depends on a
combustible fuel to generate power
D
7 Rising tides of unemployment claims across the state has led the governor to declare the economy to be
in a state of emergency
D
8 The outpatient department of Cho Ray Hospital has been through a momentous year since the doctors
sticking to tried and tested methods has brought about desirable outcomes
9 Their family having conflicts over personal properties, neither Kath nor Bill wants to make a permanent
commitment to the other despite having been seeing each other on and on for the last five years
10 Utter willpower enabled her to win the heat and qualify for the final of the 400 meters final
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions
Trang 2Read the following article about environment and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 16 to 25
BRITAIN’S OILMEN TRAMPLE ON LAST GREAT WILDERNESS
Anthony Browne, The Observer, Sunday 20 August 2000 Above ground are the caribou, essential to the livelihood of Alaska’s Gwich’in tribe Below ground lies
up to 16 billion barrels of oil Britain’s BP is the invader and the battlefield is one of the most ecologically fragile sites on earth Anthony Browne reports from inside the Arctic Circle
1 They hiked over mountains and canoed along crashing Arctic rivers They were guided by a sun that set for only an hour a night and braced by freezing winds For 800 miles across the wilderness they trekked, from the Yukon in Canada to remotest Alaska, far above the Arctic Circle When they finally made it to the log cabins of Arctic Village on Friday, their cries of joy and their dancing and singing for a moment drowned out the deep fear that drove them on their odyssey The 100,000-strong Gwich’in tribe’s
‘millennium trek’ was a desperate plea for survival One of the last tribes of native Americans to live by subsistence, they fear that they – and the caribou on which they depend – are about to lose a 25-year battle that could end in one last Klondike-like scramble for oil It is a battle that has pitched Alaska against the rest
of America and the Indians and environmentalists against Britain’s biggest oil company
2 The age-old conflict between development and environment has nowhere been so stark as in this fragile corner of the world Nowhere are man’s thirst for oil – and the effects of global warming – having such an impact The remote Gwich’in community of Arctic Village, 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle and with no access by road, nestles against the southern edge of the vast Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The refuge is the last true wilderness in North America, so abundant in wildlife it has been dubbed America’s Serengeti Here are 20 million acres of soaring snow-capped mountains, marshy coastal plains, Arctic tundra and forests of stunted trees, with no signs of man: no roads nor car parks, no visitor centres nor hiking trails
3 In the short summers the tundra explodes into vibrant reds and yellows In winter it is smothered in snow Visitors talk about a primal landscape that takes them back to a time before man, but to the environmentalists and the Gwich’in, it is the wildlife that makes it unique It has the only population of Alaskan polar bears that live on land; it has the near-extinct shaggy musk ox, the regal moose, grizzly bears, wolverine and lynx The refuge is the breeding ground for 150 species of birds that migrate to the US, Asia and South America for the bitter winters, when for three months the sun does not rise and temperatures drop below minus 50 centigrade
4 Above all, it is the 130,000 caribou which dominate the landscape and on which the Gwich’in depend for much of their food Each year the caribou go on one of the last great mammal migrations on the planet, trekking from 1,000 miles away in Canada, through the 9,000ft Brooks range and swimming precariously across sweeping rivers, to the narrow coastal strip of the refuge Here, in the calving grounds sacred to the Gwich’in, the caribou fatten up with cotton grass to get them through the Arctic winter and, protected from predators, the cows give birth But amid the majestic scenery are a few oil seeps, a tell-tale sign of what is underneath: below the feet of the grazing caribou lies enough crude oil to fill up to 16 billion barrels – worth many tens of billions of pounds – and the oil companies are pushing hard to start drilling
5 Oil is already produced along much of the rest of the Alaskan coast but is starting to dry up At the Prudhoe Bay field, just along from the refuge, production has fallen from two million barrels a day a decade ago to a million now And the momentum to raid the refuge for oil, which will further promote global warming, is building Although not all shareholders are enthusiastic, preferring money to be spent on renewable energy sources, the oil industry can count on the support of the majority Alaskans Oil has made this once poor and punishing state rich and far more comfortable, and now accounts for 85 per cent of its economy Anchorage, not so long ago a small, insignificant town, now boasts soaring, mirrored office blocks, and every village now has a million-dollar school Oil has also brought many thousands of well-paid jobs, and opening up the refuge will create up to 700,000 more, and with current oil fields drying up, pressure for new jobs is intense
Trang 36 Prudhoe Bay is one of the largest industrial developments in the world, with hundreds of miles of pipelines snacking across the damp tundra, disappearing off to the horizon in every direction There are hundreds of well heads and processing facilities, flares, landing strips, roads, sea water processing plants and accommodation blocks In between, the land is indeed clean and major oil spills have been avoided However, the company’s record here is far from unblemished: earlier this year it had to pay a $15m fine for toxic waste dumping
7 For the Gwich’in, there is a far more fundamental issue Faith Gemmill, their spokeswoman, showed me around her ancestors’ cemetery, on a bend in a river overlooked by the mountains She then declared: “This
is how we have lived for thousands of years No one has a right to take this away from us for money or greed This is what they did to the Sioux when they killed the buffalo When is this country going to learn they can't do that to a people?”
16 The Gwich’in tribe seem to have
A travelled to gain publicity
17 What is meant by the phrase “live by subsistence” in paragraph 1?
A People depend only on the natural resources available to them in their immediate environment for their survival
B People deal with a clash between industrial and environmental interest
C People live in an area where the caribou breed – perhaps one which is being threatened by oil pollution
D People suffer one of the various forms of anti-environmental activity which threaten the caribou’s habitat
18 Their destination, Arctic Village
A falls within a wildlife reserve
19 According to the article, locals and tourists
A are struck by the diverse natural surroundings
20 The caribou are unusual in that
A they survive in an oil field
21 Greatest support for the drilling to begin comes from
A oil companies
22 The writer implies that the installation at Prudhoe Bay
A is a taste of things to come
23 The word “unblemished” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “ ”
24 What point is Faith Gemmill making when she mentions the Sioux and the buffalo in the last paragraph?
A Just as the traditional life of the Sioux depended on the survival of the buffalo, the traditional life of the Gwich’in will be destroyed if the oil company destroys he habitat of the caribou
B The local population will support the oil industry because drilling has brought wealth and prosperity
to other Alaskan communities
C The Sioux are a tribe of North American Indians famed for their struggle to protect their territories and buffalo from the white settlers in the mid-nineteenth century
D The benefits of drilling for oil in the area where caribou graze is: the huge quantity of crude oil which lies beneath the caribou grazing ground; and the wealth which would greatly improve the quality of life for thousands of people living and working in the area
25 Regarding the clash between the environmentalists and the oil companies, the writer’s attitude can best
be described as
Trang 4Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 26 to 35
THE RAVEN
A very large fierce black bird, the raven has always been (26) with evil omen But the myths and stories that surround ravens also take account of their unusual intelligence, their ability to (27) sounds and voices and the way they seem to (28) up a situation The fact is, people have never known quite how to (29) the raven In many northern myths he was creator of the world, bringer of daylight, but also an aggressive trickster Many traditional stories (30) the unpleasant ways in which Raven gets the (31) of a human adversary
Legend (32) it that when there are no more ravens in the Tower of London, the monarchy will fall In the seventeenth century King Charles II (33) that at least six ravens should always
be kept in the Tower Today there are seven; six to preserve the monarchy, and a seventh in (34) To the amusement of tourists, the ravens are officially enlisted as defenders of the kingdom, and, as is the (35) with soldiers, can be dismissed for unsatisfactory conduct
Read the following extracts from How I Got My First Class Degree by Mark McArdle and mark the letter A,
B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 45
HOW I GOT MY FIRST-CLASS DEGREE
1 “Don’t spend too much time at the student lounge, do turn up for most lectures and tutorials and do submit all coursework – eventually.” That, I was told by a PhD student during freshers’ week, was all I needed to do to get a 2:2 For a 2:1, I’d require a better attendance record and have to work harder, but not at the expense of being cut off from civilisation And for a First, I would have to become some sort of social outcast, go to every lecture and tutorial (scribbling notes madly), spend every waking moment immersed in academic books, and he among the last to be thrown out of the university library at 10pm closing time
2 Well, I did not give up my life for study I didn’t attend every lecture and tutorial I didn't write down every word spoken in lectures I didn’t get 80% or more in every essay, project, test or exam I was usually behind with my reading and occasionally mystified by the syllabus Sometimes I couldn’t be bothered to go
to university and stayed at home instead But I always knew where I was, what I had to do, and what not to bother with And I always worked hard on the things that counted: assignments and exams
3 Getting a degree is about learning, but it isn’t just about learning biology, history, English or whatever It’s about understanding what you need to succeed – what, in fact, the university wants from you and what you will get in return You have to have a feel for the education market and really sell your inspirations What does the lecturer want? What is the essay marker searching for? Some students try to offer something not wanted Others want to give very little – they steal the thoughts of others and submit them as their own But they all want to be rewarded Exchange, but don’t steal, and you’ll get a degree
4 I saw lecturers as customers who fell into two broad categories There were those for whom lecturing was an unwelcome interruption to their research work After all, we were students and what did we know? I
Trang 5that I had read and understood the key contributions to the debate, rather than as an attempt to pull down monuments The other type of academic were those who enjoyed teaching and discussing new ideas They wanted more They wanted something different inspirational, iconoclastic I would present my arguments to show that I had done my reading and understood the key concepts, but I would also try to add something more to the issue rather than rake over familiar ground Essentially, it was a case of working out what was wanted and then delivering it I can’t state exactly how successful this tactic was, except to say that I sold more essays than I had returned as faulty
5 I could guarantee every book on my reading list was out on long loan from the university library within five seconds of the list being issued This was worrying at first, but I quickly learned that it was impossible
to read all of the books on an average reading list anyway I sought shortcuts Collections of selected readings or journal articles were excellent sources that often saved me the bother of reading the original texts References in books dragged me all over the place but, with all the courses I had to do, there wasn’t enough time to be dragged too far I would flick through the book, read the introduction, note any summaries, look at diagrams, skim the index, and read any conclusions I plucked out what was needed and made my escape
6 I revised by discarding subject areas I could not face revising; reading; compiling notes; and then condensing them onto one or two sheets of A4 for each subject area Leading up to the exam, I would concentrate on just the condensed notes and rely on my memory to drag out the detail behind them when the time came I didn’t practise writing exam questions, although it was recommended I prefer to be spontaneous and open-minded I don’t want pre-formed conclusions filling my mind
7 And nor should you; there is no secret to getting a First – this is just an account of how I got my First Be
a happy student by striking the right balance between working and enjoying yourself Take what you do seriously and do your best And, no matter what you do, don’t forget to appreciate every day of your university studies: it is one of the greatest periods of your life
36 The PhD student who spoke to the writer
A exaggerated the need to work hard
37 What does the writer mean by the phrase “being cut off from civilisation” in the first paragraph?
A It means having so much coursework that your life consists of nothing but study
B It means you don’t go out with your friends, watch little or no TV, and just spend time at home or in the university library preparing for exams
C It means arguing against theories or beliefs that are already well-established with the public
D It means being a real procrastinator and leave studying for exams until the last minute
38 According to the writer, an important factor in success at university is
A the ability to understand the market
39 In the third paragraph, the writer warns against
A trying to second-guess lecturers
40 In his relationship with his lecturers, the writer tried to
A show them that he would make a good salesman
B do his work in a style which matched their expectations
C always have some new ideas to impress them with
D never upset them by submitting ground-breaking work
41 How did the writer cope with long lists of required reading?
A He ignored them
42 The word “flick through” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “ ”
43 What does the writer mean by the phrase “plucked out what was needed” in paragraph 5?
Trang 6A This means dredging up things from memory, recalling from the author’s memory information that was essential to him passing the exams
B This means taking out exactly what is important or the information the author felt would help him the most in preparing for the exams
C This means reading everything that might be in the exams, instead of just skimming texts for information
D It means trying to study in advance of exams instead of waiting until the last minute, and making a study plan is a good idea as it helps him to be organised and focused on what needs to be done
44 Why did the writer not practise writing exam questions?
A He was advised not to
B He thought the practice was rather boring
C He wanted to answer exam questions critically
D He thought it might prejudice staff against him
45 The writer concludes by advising students to
A follow his recipe for success
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 46 to 55
PICTURE IMPERFECT
A couple who arranged a second wedding ceremony after photographs of the (46) ceremony were ruined are claiming compensation from the photographer who captured their special day on film The bride, Sophie Wright, broke into tears when she was given the initial (47) of her ‘big day’ Most of the photographs were out of focus and in some her lace was actually (48)
She and her husband David are currently in dispute with the company that took the wedding photographs Two days after the ceremony, the Wrights had to (49) the ceremony again with a different photographer The final product was perfect, but they (50) that the distress ruined their honeymoon They have already (51) the offer of a refund of three hundred pounds The new Mrs Wright said, ‘I was absolutely (52) I couldn’t believe that it had happened to us after we had saved up for so long It was supposed to be a perfect day, but the photographs were more like holiday (53) that had been taken by a real amateur.’ Her husband added, ‘The second set of pictures is excellent but the company gave the false (54) that everything went well the first time around Now all those magic moments from the first ceremony have (55) They are something you can never bring back.’
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions
Trang 7Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
61 Business has been thriving in the past year Long it continue to do so
62 What the accused has done is confidently that he is innocent
63 She was so ungrateful for my help that I the problems for her
A could well not have tackled
64 Come in We are dinner in two minutes
A due to start
65 Whenever he read the letter, tears in his eyes
A had weighed down
66 In the director’s opinion, it was high time the actress
A began acting her age
67 Being very frustrated by his behaviour, she has no alternative but the boat
68 in one leg, I wasn’t able to swim for a few weeks
A Inasmuch as I got stitch
69 All Jane’s friends visited her in hospital to wish her
70 The winds changes abruptly and it looks as if our sailing team out on top
71 Sandra’s unpleasant suggested that she knew about Amanda’s terrible secret
72 The student’s rude interruption brought a sharp from his teacher
73 Their discussion quickly developed into a argument over who should receive the money
74 The salesman demonstrated how a push of the button would case the aerial to
75 Students are rarely able to all the information given in one of the professor’s lectures
76 She is usually courteous to strangers
77 The idea of locking twelve strangers in a house and letting millions of the viewing public watch the minutiae of their daily routine must have seemed to some producers a idiotic way of eating into their budget
78 It’s clear that television is taking us down roads that no one in their right mind would wish for the medium
79 It will make a(n) change to meet someone who is so dedicated to their work for once
80 The Government has announced plans to make changes to the tax system next year
81 My watch is several minutes a day
82 As time , the power of newspapers seems to be on the increase
Trang 883 “ It was the first time in two years that I didn't buy a lottery ticket, and four of my usual numbers came up – I would have won a thousand pounds or more!”
A I could have kicked myself
84 The book you’re looking for is right there under your !
85 There was a real panic behind the before the wedding!
86 House prices seem to have gone through the recently
87 It’s just on me that it’s my mum’s birthday tomorrow and I haven’t bought her anything!
88 I’ll a bargain with you If you do my homework, I’ll pay for the movie tickets
89 When I tried to apologise to my friend, I was met with a blank
90 Sandra’s been a real this week, helping me like that
91 Paul is a real introvert in contrast his brother Andrew
92 Flats which are both comfortable and reasonably priced are few and far nowadays
93 They are not studying the pigeon for what it’s traditionally famed , which is its navigation ability from unfamiliar areas
94 The new dress code everyone, except those who have to wear protective clothing
95 In the face of police questioning, the suspect and said nothing
96 I regret to inform you that you are not a scholarship Your marks just aren’t high enough
97 I wish he’d stop about how much money he earns!
98 I tried to reserve a table at the restaurant, but it’s from now until the New Year
99 This skirt was knee-length, but I had it taken and now it’s fashionable again
100 The journalist was that the actress would be at the film premiere, so he was able to get an interview
PHẦN TỰ LUẬN (5 điểm)
A Complete the passage below by writing one word in each gap
(2) _ the lead in consumerism By 2003, personal consumption (3) _ for 70% of the nations’ gross domestic product In 1950, the trend for families in the US was to own one car and save for a second In 2000, nearly one in five families owned three cars or more And while some other countries (4) _ themselves on thriftiness, the converse would appear to be true for the US, where people spend more on garbage bags than 90 of the world’s 210 countries spend on everything
Why is our appetite for ‘stuff’ so insatiable? For one thing, we have come to think that buying is an essential (5) _ of freedom and individualism The normal pattern is: ‘You get more money, you spend more money,’ says Cornell economist Robert Frank And (6) _, since the mid-1970s, when
Trang 9the disposable income of 80% of the US population (7) _ stopped growing, our spending patterns have bewilderingly (8) _ expanding
Much of our ferocious consumption (9) _ simply from the sheer (10) _ of goods available But, according to Professor James Twitchell, mass branding also (11) _ us to shop Take, for example, Ralph Lauren’s (12) _ of the Polo philosophy: ‘What began with a tie… has grown into an entire world that has redefined how American style and quality is perceived.’ Now, says Twitchell, to (13) _ our acquisitiveness we would have to de-brand: ‘It’s a scarf; it’s not a Hermes scarf It’s a car; it’s not a Lexus You put it around your neck or you drive it.’
And after you get all the loot home, then what? Just as American as the need to buy, social observers say, is buyer’s remorse The backlash (14) _ American consumerism (15) _ nearly to its conception These days, our ambivalence and need to purge come in slick, packaged form: a magazine called Real Simple that specialises in de-cluttering It can be yours for just $3.95
B Use the words given in capitals at the end of each sentence to form a word that fits in the space
2 He argued _ when he said to himself that her heart was not indexed in the honest freshness of
5 My friends started going out late to nightclubs so I decided to _ myself from the group
SOCIAL
6 She looked absolutely _ when I told her what had happened She could hardly say a word
DUMB
7 Some critics say that 21st modern Vietnamese literature portraits a generation of _ youths
ANGST
C Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it
1 She is prohibited from importing animal products for fear of spreading infectious diseases
Lest
2 He is a complete hypocrite; in public he condemns smokers, yet he smokes a packet a day himself
So _
3 I know you’ll find it hard to believe, but I’ve never travelled abroad
Unlikely
4 I made friends immediately with Jane but I didn’t like her husband
Jane and I hit
5 If the school basketball team hadn’t performed badly in the semi-finals, they would have won the prize Theirs
6 It wasn’t Susan’s fault that the dog chewed your slipper
Susan wasn’t
7 She’s forever warning her husband about driving too fast, but he doesn’t listen to her
No _
8 Twenty push-ups is my limit, then my arms give out
Before my arms give out, I can’t _
9 We had to go home early from our holiday because of a strike threat from airport workers
We had to cut
10 You must not enter this area unless you are wearing protective clothing
Entry to this area _
Trang 10D For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but using the word given This word must not be altered in any way
E Write at least 250 words giving your opinions on the following question
All education and healthcare should be funded by the government and free for everyone