READING (ĐỌC HIỂU) Read the following passages and choose the best answer to the questions (đọc và chọn đáp án phù hợp nhất) Passage 1: (đoạn văn 1) In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to
READING (ĐỌC HIỂU) Read the following passages and choose the best answer to the questions (đọc chọn đáp án phù hợp nhất) Passage 1: (đoạn văn 1) In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular The Beatles changed pop music They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs The Beatles did not have a long career Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970 They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them The passage is mainly about A How the Beatles became more successful than other groups B Why the Beatles split up after years C The Beatles’ fame and success D Many people’s ability to sing a Beatles song The four boys of the Beatles A Came from the same family B Were at the same age C Came from a town in the north of EnglandD D Received good training in music The word “sensational” is closest in meaning to A Notorious B Bad C Shocking D Popular The first songs of the Beatles were A Written by themselves B Broadcast on the radio C Paid a lot of money D Written by black Americans What is not true about the Beatles? A The members had no training in music B They had a long stable career C They became famous when they wrote their own songs D They were afraid of being hurt by fans The Beatles stopped their live performances because A They had earned enough money B They did not want to work with each other C They spent more time writing their own songs D They were afraid of being hurt by fans The year 1970 was the time when A They split up B They changed pop music C They started their career D They stopped singing live What the fans of the Beatles often did was A Sing together with them B Take their clothes as souvenirs C Ask them to write more songs D Ask them why they should separate Some songs of the Beatles now A Are still famous as they used to be B Became too old to sing C Are sung by crazy fans D Are the most famous 10 The tone of the passage is that of A Admiration B Criticism C Neutral D Sarcasm Passage 2: (đoạn văn 2) Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania She studied biology at college and zoology at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in 1933 In 1936, she was hired by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941 It received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952 In that year she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and marine biology Her imagery and language had a poetic quality Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources She had voluminous correspondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field However, she always realized the limitations of her nontechnical readers In 1962, Carson published Silent Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy It proved how much harm was done by the uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides She detailed how they poison the food supply of animals, kill birds and fish, and contaminate human food At the time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings were flawed However, her work was proved by a 1963 report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee 11 The passage mainly discusses Rachel Carson’s work A B C D as a researcher at college at the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service as a writer 12 According to the passage, what did Carson primarily study at Johns Hopkins University? A B C D oceanography zoology literature history 13 When she published her first book, Carson was closest to the age of A B C D 26 29 34 45 14 It can be inferred from the passage that in 1952, Carson’s book Under the Sea Wind A B C D was outdated became more popular than her other books was praised by critics sold many copies 15 Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage as a source of information for The Sea Around Us? A B printed matter talks with experts C D a research expedition letters from scientists 16 Which of the following words or phrases is LEAST accurate in describing The Sea Around Us? A B C D highly technical poetic fascinating well-researched 17 The word “reckless” is closest in meaning to A B C D unnecessary limited continuous irresponsible 18 According to the passage, Silent Spring is primarily A B C D an attack on the use of chemical preservatives in food a discussion of the hazards insects pose to the food supply a warning about the dangers of misusing insecticides an illustration of the benefits of the chemical industry 19 The word “flawed” in line 14 is closest in meaning to A B C D faulty deceptive logical offensive 20 Why does the author of the passage mention the report of the President’s Science Advisory Committee ? A B C D To provide an example of government propaganda To support Carson’s ideas To indicate a growing government concern with the environment To validate the chemical industry’s claims Passage 3: (đoạn văn 3) In the world today, particularly in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe, recycling is big news People are talking about it, practicing it, and discovering new ways to be sensitive to the environment Recycling means finding ways to use products a second time The motto of the recycling movement is "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" The first step is to reduce garbage In stores, a shopper has to buy products in blister packs, boxes and expensive plastic wrappings A hamburger from a fast food restaurant comes in lots of packaging: usually paper, a box, and a bag All that packaging is wasted resources People should try to buy things that are wrapped simply, and to reuse cups and utensils Another way to reduce waste is to buy high-quality products When low quality appliances break, many customers throw them away and buy new ones - a loss of more resources and more energy For example, if a customer buys a high-quality appliance that can be easily repaired, the manufacturer receives an important message In the same way, if a customer chooses a product with less packaging, that customer sends an important message to the manufacturers To reduce garbage, the throwaway must stop The second step is to reuse It is better to buy juices and soft drinks in returnable bottles After customers empty the bottles, they return them to the store The manufacturers of the drinks collect the bottles, wash them, and then fill them again The energy that is necessary to make new bottles is saved In some parts of the world, returning bottles for money is a common practice In those places, the garbage dumps have relatively little glass and plastic from throwaway bottles The third step is being environmentally sensitive is to recycle Spent motor oil can be cleaned and used again Aluminum cans are expensive to make It takes the same amount of energy to make one aluminum can as it does to run a color TV set for three hours When people collect and recycle aluminum (for new cans), they help save one of the world's precious resources 21: What is the main topic of the passage? A B C D how to reduce garbage disposal what people often understand about the term 'recycle' what is involved in the recycling movement how to live sensitively to the environment 22 What does the word “sensitive” in the phrase “sensitive to the environment” mean? A B C D responding friendly cautious logical 23 Why is it a waste when customers buy low-quality products? A B C D Because they produce less energy Because they have to be repaired many times Because customers change their ideas all the time Because people will soon throw them away 24 What does it mean “Customers can vote with their wallets”? A B they can choose the cheapest products they can ask people to choose products with less packaging C they can tell the producers which products are good for environment by D buying them they can cast a lot to praise a producer 25 The word “motto” is closest in meaning to _ A B C D belief value meaning reference 26 What best describes the process of reuse? A B C D The bottles are washed, retuned, filled again and collected The bottles are collected, washed, returned and filled again The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and washed The bottles are collected, returned, filled again and washed 27 The word “practice” is closest in meaning to _ A B C D deed drill belief exercise 28 What are the two things mentioned as examples of recycling? A B C D Hamburger wrappings and spent motor oil Aluminum cans and plastic wrappings Aluminum cans and spent motor oil TV sets and aluminum cans 29 People can the following to reduce waste EXCEPT A B C D buy simply-wrapped things buy high-quality product reuse cups buy fewer hamburgers 30: The word “precious” is closest in meaning to _ A B invaluable substantial C D natural first Passage 4: (đoạn văn 4) Composers today use a wider variety of sounds than ever before, including many that were once considered undesirable noises Composer Edgard Varese (1883-1965) called thus the "liberation of sound the right to make music with any and all sounds." Electronic music, for example—made with the aid of computers, synthesizers, and electronic instruments—may include sounds that in the past would not have been considered musical Environmental sounds, such as thunder, and electronically generated hisses and blips can be recorded, manipulated, and then incorporated into a musical composition But composers also draw novel sounds from voices and nonelectronic instruments Singers may be asked to scream, laugh, groan, sneeze, or to sing phonetic sounds rather than words Wind and string players may lap or scrape their instruments A brass or woodwind player may hum while playing, to produce two pitches at once;a pianist may reach inside the piano to pluck a string and then run a metal blade along it In the music of the Western world, the greatest expansion and experimentation have involved percussion instruments, which outnumber strings and winds in many recent compositions Traditional percussion instruments are struck with new types of beaters; and instruments that used to be couriered unconvennonal in Western music—tom-toms, bongos, slapsticks, maracas—are widelv used In the search for novel sounds, increased use has been made in Western music of Microtones Non-Western music typically divides and interval between two pitches more finely than Western music does, thereby producing a greter number of distinct tones, or micro tones, within the same interval Composers such as Krzysztof Pmderecki create sound that borders on electronic noise through tone clusters—closely spaced tones played together and heard as a mass, block, or band of sound The directional aspect of sound has taken on new importance as well Loudspeakers or groups of instruments may be placed at opposite ends of the stage, in the balcony, or at the back and sides of the auditorium Because standard music notation makes no provision for many of these innovations, recent music scores may contain graphlike diagrams, new note shapes and symbols, and novel ways of arranging notation on the page 31 What does the passage mainly discuss? A B C D The use of nontraditional sounds in contemporary music How sounds are produced electronically How standard musical notation has beer, adapted for nontraditional sounds Several composers who have experimented with the electronic production of sound 32 The word "wider” is closest in meaning to _ A B C D More impressive More distinctive More controversial More extensive 33 The passage suggests that Edgard Varese is an example of a composer who _ A B C D criticized electronic music as too noiselike modified sonic of the electronic instruments he used in his music believed that any sound could be used in music wrote music with environmental themes 34 The word "it" refers to A B C D Piano String Blade Music 35 According to the passage, which of the following types of instruments has played a role in much of the innovation in Western music? A B C D String Percussion Woodwind Brass 36 The word “unconventional” could be best replaced by _ A B C D Nontraditional Controversial Illogical Irregular 37 The word "thereby” is closest in meaning to A B C in return for in spite of by the way D by that means 38 According to the passage, Krzysztof Penderecki is known for which of the following practices? A B C D Using tones that are clumped together Combining traditional and non-traditional instruments Seating musicians in unusual areas of an auditorium Playing Western music for non-Western audiences 39 According to the passage, which of the followings would be considered traditional elements of Western music? A B C D Microtones Tom-toms and bongos Pianos Hisses 40 In paragraph 3, the author mentions diagrams as an example of a new way to A B C D chart the history of innovation in musical notation explain the logic of standard musical notation design and develop electronic instruments in dicate how particular sounds should be produced LISTENING (PHẦN NGHE) Part : You’ll hear people talking in three different situations, each with question For each question, choose the answer which you think it’s best according to what you hear (Bạn nghe tình giao tiếp khác Với câu hỏi chọn câu trả lời phù sau nghe nội dung tình huống) Francesca Meyer must : A B C go to gate 23 right away take a different flight board her plane in five minutes’ time Someone is talking about travelling abroad Which option did he choose? A B C The most convenient option The quickest option The cheapest option A teacher talking to a student Why is the teacher talking to the student? A B C To give a warning To make a suggestion To correct a mistake Part : You are going to listen to four short conversations, each with questions For each question, choose the answer which you think fits best according to what you hear (Bạn nghe đoạn trò chuyện ngắn, đoạn tương ứng với câu hỏi Mỗi câu với bạn tìm câu trả lời với nội dung đoạn trò chuyện) Conversation : Where is the woman calling? A B an office a garage C a doctor’s surgery What information does that man ask for? A B C the woman’s name the registration number of the bike the make of the bike What is the man going to do? A B C telephone the suppliers call the woman back order a new part Conversation : Where are they? A B C in a shop in a college in the street Where is the manager’s office? A B C on the second floor near the restaurant next to the changing rooms What is on the lower ground floor? A B C the household goods department the staff kitchen the restaurant Conversation : Where did the woman go at the weekend? A B C to a city to the beach to the countryside What was the weather like at the weekend? A B C sunny cloudy rainy What did the man at the weekend? A B C he got married he had a party he prepared for his wedding Conversation : 10 What does the man need? A B C red pens blue pens black pens 11 The man thought that stationery was kept A B C in a drawer in a desk in a cupboard 12 The man wants to order some equipment to A B C make corrections hold documents together print out documents Part : You will hear an interview with Pamela Green, a young fashion designer For questions 13-19, choose the best answer (A, B or C) (Bạn nghe vấn chọn câu trả lời đúng) 13 What helped Pamela to decide to become a fashion designer? A working as an assistant in a fashion shop B doing research into the fashion industry C attending a course on fashion design 14 What does Pamela say about having a degree in fashion? A B C It's essential for promotion It's evidence of your ability It guarantees you a better income 15 Pamela says that when starting your own fashion label, it's most important to A enjoy the creative process B contact shops that might sell it C have a business plan 16 Where does Pamela usually find inspiration for her fashion designs? A in the work of other designers B in the styles of other countries C in the clothes her friends wear 17 What aspect of her work does Pamela find most difficult to deal with? A the pressure to meet deadlines B the failure of some of her designs C the need to attend fashion shows 18 According to Pamela, successful designers need to be able to A predict future fashions B recognise all past styles C get their designs published 19 What advice does Pamela have for people who want a career in fashion? A Be aware of the options available B Don't be afraid of sudden fame C Learn from your own errors Part : You will hear a radio interview with a ghost hunter called Carlene Belfort For questions 20-26, choose the best answer (Bạn nghe vấn radio chọn câu trả lời đúng) 20 How did Carlene become a ghost hunter? A she wanted to contact her dead grandmother B she grew up in a haunted house C her parents encouraged her 21 What, according to Carlene, ghost hunters need most? A a special gift B equipment C an adventurous mind 22 Who does Carlene mostly work for? A B C people who want reassurance people who want to contact loved ones people who want to find a ghost 23 How does Carlene detect when ghosts are present? A She feels cold B She gets evidence from her equipment C She feels them touching her hair 24 When is Carlene most afraid? A when her equipment breaks B when things move on their own C when bad spirits are nearby 25 What does Carlene think about people who don’t believe her? A She doesn’t understand why they think that B She thinks they don’t have enough evidence C She wants them to experience it for themselves 26 What does Carlene feel about her business? A She realises she is taking advantage of customers B She feels she is providing a service C She wants to expand and make more money WRITING (PHẦN VIẾT) Part 1: Viết thư Đề thi đợt vừa rồi: One of your friends is planning to visit your country and asking you for some information Write a letter to him/her and say - When the best period to visit your country is - suggest a plan for the travel - recommend places to visit in your country • Một người bạn ghé thăm Việt Nam hỏi vài thơng tin, viết • thư cho anh ấy/ với nội dung là: Khi thời điểm tuyệt vời để thăm quốc gia bạn Đề xuất kế hoạch chơi thăm thú Gợi ý vài địa điểm để thăm quan Chú ý: Đây phần dễ nên em phải tập trung làm tốt, phần sau viết luận khó nhiều Làm phần khả qua Phần thi viết cao Part : are zoos necessary for education? Write an essay to give your opinion Đây phần viết luận, em phải nêu ý kiến chủ đề đưa SPEAKING (PHẦN NĨI) Phần thi nói em ôn Speaking, phần nói không khó vượt qua Em cần phát âm tương đối chuẩn, tự tin giới thiệu thân miêu tả vài chủ đề qua Quan trọng vui vẻ, tự tin để thầy cô có thiện cảm với mình, phần thi diễn nhanh 10-20’ ... master’s degree in 19 33 In 19 36, she was hired by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 19 41 It received excellent... wedding Conversation : 10 What does the man need? A B C red pens blue pens black pens 11 The man thought that stationery was kept A B C in a drawer in a desk in a cupboard 12 The man wants to order... breaks B when things move on their own C when bad spirits are nearby 25 What does Carlene think about people who don’t believe her? A She doesn’t understand why they think that B She thinks they