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I/ Red Rock Canyon, part of the Red Rock Recreation Lands in Nevada, is an escarpment of crimson Aztec sandstone cliffs and canyon walls that (1) ……………………the geologic history of the area Bands of sediment layers tell of a deep-sea bed that 400 million years ago (2)…………………………… eastward to a shoreline in present-day western Utah As the ancient sea grew (3)………………………… more shallow, about 225 million years ago, marine limestone and shales were overlaid by sediments washed in from emerging land areas As the water in the shallow inland seas evaporated, salts and minerals were deposited in thick beds and fluctuating shorelines created intermixed beds of limestone, shales, and minerals Sediments from this period gave the canyon its name Their red colour was created from the weathering of (4)…………………… within About 180 million years ago, the area became arid and was covered in sand dunes more than 2,000 feet deep, which became cemented into the Aztec sandstone that is (5)…………………………… in the canyon today Its alternating hues of red, yellow, and white are believed to have resulted from groundwater percolating through the sand and leaching (6)……………………… the oxidized iron The most significant geologic (7)…………… of the area is the Keystone Thrust fault, a fracture in the earth’s crust Sixty-five million years ago, (8)…………… pressure thrust one rock plate over another, a (9)………………… that can clearly be seen in the contrasting bands of gray limestone and red sandstone, where the gray limestone cap is actually older than the sandstone beneath it The Keystone is one of the most easily identifiable thrust faults to be (10)………… anywhere A enclose A grew A progressively A complexities A dominating A out A character A tense A event 10 A found B give B evolved B painstakingly B compounds B sufficient B into B feature B intensive B incident B located C mention D mention C rose D stood Cconstantly D precedingly C combinations D composites C prominent D principle C against D with C trait D proverty C intense D extreme C phenomenon D occurrence C noted D realized II/ The changing face of Britain It seemed to the generation of Britons alive before the Second World War that their way of life would last for many years to come However, the war caused a (11) …………… in British life that completely changed the status quo What had been a fairy (12) …………… society up to that point, with people sharing many basic beliefs and values, underwent (13) …………… changes after the war The (14) …………… was away from fixed social roles and towards a more (15) …………….society Britain began to (16) ……………………….into its present form and many ideas that are accepted today, such as a large amount of freedom for teenagers, were at the time (17)……………… and exciting New and (18)………………… music and fashion had a great (19)……………… on young people and the whole of Britain became less (20)………………… 11 A revolution 12 A uniform 13 A refined 14 A reform 15 A revised 16 A refine 17 A novel 18 A internal 19 A substitute 20 A conservative B revision B same B potential B trend B amended B progress B mature B incoherent B progress B concerned C rotation C similar C alternative C fashion C dynamic C substitute C alternate C innate C influence C convinced D rejection D identical D radical D decay D different D evolve D steady D innovative D innovation D contained II/ Horses for courses American psychologists have been looking into how a child’s position in the family can affect his or her selected career It would appear that first born and only children are more likely to be high achievers, (21) ………… professions such as law, finance, engineering or medicine According to Professor Frederick Leong, co-author of the psychologists’ report, their (22) …………… is to head towards ‘cognitive and analytical’ work Professor Leong puts this (23)…………… to the fact that parents are more likely to be more over (24)…………… towards first born or only children Examples of famous names demonstrating this principle include Anthony Scrivener QC, Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Edward Heath Younger siblings, on the other hand, are more likely to be (25)………….to take up more creatively based or outdoor based occupations, such as landscape gardening, fashion, music and art as (26)…………… by Oscar Wilde, Yehudi Menuhin and Madonna Professor Leong’s overall explanation is that, ‘Parents typically (27)…………… different demands and have different (28)…………… of children, depending on their birth order Parents of only children may discourage pursuit of physical or outdoor activities because they are more fearful of physical harm to their child That may be why only children are more likely to show interest in academic pursuits rather then physical or outdoor activities And those who are only children will tend to get more time and attention from their parents than children with siblings.’ He goes on to point out how the (29)…………… tends to happen in larger families, ‘As they have more children, parents tend to become more open and relaxed, and that may allow younger children to be more risk-taking If the first born or only child wants to be a poet, that may concern parents But by the fourth child parents may not (30)…………… as much.’ 21 A pursuing B chasing C driving D tracking 22 A trend B direction C bias D tendency 23 A on B up C don D over 24 A guarding B protective C covering D watchful 25 A destined B intended C designed D fated 26 A exhinbited B displayed C depicted D exemplified 27 A rest B plant C fix D place 28 A prospects B expectations C outlook D possibilities 29 A alternative B counter C converse D contrast 30 A oppose B mind C dispute D contend Đáp án D 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 C A B C A B C C A A A D B C D A D C A A D C B A D D 28 29 30 B C B thank for watching