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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.(From Question to 7)
Southern Thailand was hit Thursday by the most severe haze ever from forest fires in Indonesia, forcing all schools in a province to close and disrupting flights in a popular tourist area, officials said
The haze that has shrouded parts of Malaysia and Singapore for nearly two months reached hazardous levels in the southern Thai city of Songkhla, with the pollution index hitting a record-high reading of 365 (A reading of 101-200 is unhealthy, 201-300 is very unhealthy and above 300 is hazardous.)
“This is a crisis,” said Halem Jemarican, head of the Southern Environment Office He said the pollution index in southern Thailand has never exceeded 300 before
Halem said his office has worked with other authorities to have all schools in Songkhla province send students home and all outdoor sports stadiums to close temporarily Warnings have been issued
to vulnerable people such as children, the elderly and people with illnesses not to go out of their
homes
“The wind speed is very low this year in the south, causing haze to stay in our skies longer,” Halem said by telephone
An airport official in Hat Yai, a popular tourist area, said three flights bound for Bangkok were delayed Thursday morning because of the haze A flight from Bangkok to Hat Yai was diverted to Surat Thani on Wednesday evening The official declined to be identified because of working rules
Local media reported that cloud seeding has been discussed as a way to dispel the haze in southern
Thailand, which is hundreds of kilometers (miles) from the forest fires in Indonesia’s Sumatra island
Southern Thailand boasts tropical beaches popular among tourists in Surat Thani and Phuket, two of the seven provinces suffering from the haze
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Question 1: The haze stayed longer in southern Thailand because of ………
A The low speed of the wind B The tropical weather in the area C The fine particles of dust in the air D The high pollution index
Question 2: The word “dispel” in the passage is closest in meaning to ………
A solve B eliminate C discourage D lessen
Question 3: The following actions are taken by the authorities in response to the haze EXCEPT …………
(2)A disrupting flights B closing sports stadiums C issuing warnings D sending students home Question 4: The word “their” in the passage refers to …………
A vulnerable people B the elderly
C stadiums D students
Question 5: What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A The haze reached a dangerous level.
B People living in Songkhla a lot of reading. C Thailand is the most polluted country in Asia. D Thailand’s pollution index reads 201-300.
Question 6: Which statement is NOT true, according to the passage?
A Seven provinces in Thailand suffered from the haze. B The local authorities warned the citizens against going out. C The pollution index in southern Thailand used to exceed 300. D The haze reached a hazardous level in the city of Songkhla. Question 7: What is the event reported in the news?
A The haze from Indonesia was the worst ever last year. B Southern Thailand was hit by the haze from Indonesia. C People suffered because of the haze from Indonesia. D The flights were disrupted by the haze on Thursday.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 8: Many people perished in the Kobe earthquake because they were not prepared for it
A declined B suffered C survived D departed
Question 9: A salesman finally managed to persuade her into buying a skirt that she really didn’t like
A turn down her B talk her out of
C convince her of D look upon on her
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions
Question 10:
A repentance B stimulate C implement D windowpane Question 11:
A worksheet B solemn C announce D sculpture
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 (From 12 to 19)
There is a strange paradox to the success of the Asian education model On the one hand, class
sizes are huge by Western standards with between 30 and 40 students per class, in countries like Japan and Korea On the other hand, school children in developed Asian economies rank among the highest in the world for academic achievement in the areas of science and mathematics, especially on standardised tests Meanwhile, British secondary school students fail to shine in conditions most educational researchers would say are far more likely to help them succeed
(3)standards in our own school: belligerent and disrespectful students appear to be the norm these days Teachers in Britain seem powerless to control what happens anymore Surely this situation cannot create a very effective learning environment, so perhaps the number of students is far less relevant than is the manner in which they conduct themselves
But there are other factors to consider, too There is the home environment The traditional family unit still remains relatively intact in Korea Few children come from broken homes, so there is a sense of security, safety and trust both at home and at school In Britain meanwhile, one in every
two marriages fails and divorce rates are sky high Perhaps children struggle to cope with unstable
family conditions and their only way to express their frustration is by misbehaving at school
But while the Japanese, Korean and Asian models generally seem to produce excellent results, the statistics don’t tell the whole truth You see, behind those great maths and science scores, there is a quite remarkable work ethic Asian students tend to put their education before literally
everything else They very few extracurricular activities and devote far more time to their studies
than their British peers
There has been a lot of attention and praise given to these Asian models and their “impressive” statistics of late And without question, some of this praise is justified, but it seems to be a case of two extremes in operation here At one end, there is the discipline and unbelievably hard work ethic of the Asian students – success in education before all else At the other end, British students at times appear careless and extremely undisciplined by comparison, but at least they have the free time to enjoy their youth and explore their interests Is either system better outright? Or is it perhaps about time we stopped comparing and started trying to combine the best bits of both, so that we can finally offer our students a balanced, worthwhile education
Question 12: The word “They” in paragraph refers to ………
A British students B Asian students C Japanese students D Korean students Question 13: British secondary school students ………
A have larger class sizes
B fail at school more than they succeed C enjoy better classroom conditions D better on standardised tests
Question 14: The word “unstable” in paragraph can be best replaced by ………
A unchangeable B unpredictable C unimportant D unsteady Question 15: What can be implied from the writer’s opinion of the two educational systems discussed?
A The British system is too strict B The Asian system is clearly better.
C Both systems are quite satisfactory for different reasons. D Neither system is perfect.
Question 16: What does the writer mean when he says there is a “paradox” in the Asian education model?
(4)C Class sizes are much smaller in other parts of the world
D You would expect larger classes to get poorer results but they not Question 17: The traditional family unit ………
A is bad for children that come from broken homes B is more common in Korean than in Britain
C is unstable in Korean due to conditions in the home D is disappearing in Korean due to high divorce rates
Question 18: What does the writer suggest might make lessons in Korean schools more successful than in Britain?
A Better discipline B Better teachers
C More effective lesson planning D Better school Boards of Management
Question 19: According to the writer, Asian students ………
A don’t have as good a work ethic as British ones B make a big deal of their good results
C don’t allow themselves much time to relax and have fun D focus too much on recreational activities
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 20: He has not been offered the job because he cannot meet the requirements of the company
A encounter B See C satisfy D qualify
Question 21: The natives were very angry when the foreigners came to their country and took over their land
A members B migrants C tourists D locals
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 22: The poor weather may have ……… the small population
A accounted for B Backed down C brought in D let down Question 23: The girls and flowers ………… he painted were vivid
A who B whose C that D which
Question 24: The conflict between the two countries should be settled by ………… means, not fighting
A diplomacy B diploma C diplomatic D diplomatically Question 25: Women's employment rate is getting …………
A high and higher B higher and the highest
C higher and higher D high and high
Question 26: …………., I realize I should have applied to the university
A In remembrance B By and large C With hindsight D As I call Question 27: He was ………… from the competition for using drugs
A omitted B sacked C disqualified D prevented
(5)A to ask B asking C be asking D ask Question 29: Light ……… faster than sound
A travelled B is travelling C travels D travel Question 30: Had you told me that he was going to drop out of college, I ……… it
A would have never believed B will never believe
C Hadn’t believed D can’t believe
Question 31: As a student, you envied your friends who were working and earning their own money, ……… ?
A weren’t they B were you C were they D didn’t you
Question 32: In general, Japanese people believe that shoes must be worn outside, so ………… before coming into their houses
A take them off B put them off C put off them D take off them Question 33: So little………….about mathematics that the lecture was completely beyond me
A I knew B I have known C I know D did I know
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following question.
Question 34: The little boy not only read the book, but also remembered what he had read
A To remember what he had read from the book, the boy reread it. B Instead of reading the book, the little boy remembered the book. C The little boy could remember what he had read from the book. D The little boy read the book in order that he could remember it.
Question 35: She didn’t eat anything but small pieces of bread and butter
A She ate small pieces of bread and butter but didn’t like them. B She didn’t touch the bread and butter, but she ate other things. C She didn’t eat anything, not even the bread and butter.
D She only ate some small pieces of bread and butter.
Question 36: The only members of the cat family that can roar are lions, leopards, tigers, and jaguars but lions are by far the loudest
A Lions, leopards, tigers, and jaguars are the only four cats that can roar, however, the others can’t roar as loudly as lions
B Lions, leopards, tigers, and jaguars can roar, however the roar of a lion is not as frightening as the roar of the others
C Like leopards, tigers, and jaguars, lions are among the members of the cat family that can roar.
D Since lions come from the same cat family as leopards, tigers, and jaguars do, they can roar as loud as the others
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges
Question 37: - “I’ve got some amazing news.” - “ ………”
A That’ll teach you. B Get a life!
C No way! You’re pulling my leg! D Fire away, I’m all ears.
(6)A Hands off! B Oh, what a shame!
C In your dream! D Yes, take care!
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 39:
A scenic B pesticide C fertilizer D survive
Question 40:
A respect B repent C extinct D celebrate
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 41:
The longest advertising poster ever produced which was for the Rome Opera House
A B C
was nearly 300m length D Question 42:
Mrs Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the
A B C D
festivities
Question 43:
The funny thing about Chinese food is that it seems to taste different in every country
A B
you eat them and yet nothing like the Chinese food you eat in China
C D
Question 44:
The English language is complete different from the Korean language
A B C D
Question 45:
The teacher asked him why hadn’t he done his homework, but he said nothing
A B C D
(7)content such as vitamin C is diminished upon cooking, processing of tomatoes increases the concentration of lycopene Lycopene in tomato paste is four times ( 48 ) in fresh tomatoes This is because lycopene is insoluble in water and is tightly bound to vegetable fiber Thus _(49 ) tomato products such as pasteurized tomato juice, soup, sauce, and ketchup contain the highest concentrations of lycopene Cooking and crushing tomatoes as in the canning process and serving in oil-rich dishes such as spaghetti sauce or pizza ( 50 ) increase assimilation from the digestive tract into the bloodstream Lycopene is a fat-soluble substance, so the oil is said to help absorption to a great extent
Question 46:
A off B against C out D away
Question 47:
A responsible B pressed C original D attributed Question 48:
A as many as B much more C as much as D further than Question 49:
A raw B processed C fresh D contained
Question 50:
A greatly B largely C chiefly D mainly
HẾT
(8)ĐÁP ÁN GIẢI THÍCH GHI CHÚ
1 A Sương mù lâu miền nam Thái Lan tốc độ gió thấp.
“The wind speed is very low this year in the south, causing haze to stay in our skies longer,” Halem said by telephone
R E A D IN G C O M P R E H E N S IO N
2 B Từ “dispel” đoạn văn gần nghĩa với từ “eliminate” (loại bỏ/ xua đi)
“cloud seeding has been discussed as a way to dispel the haze in
southern Thailand”
3 A Những hành động sau thực nhà chức trách để ứng phó với sương mù, ngoại trừ việc làm gián đoạn các chuyến bay.
“his office has worked with other authorities to have all schools in Songkhla province send students home and all outdoor sports stadiums to close temporarily Warnings have been issued to vulnerable people such as children, the elderly and people with
illnesses not to go out of their homes.”
4 A Từ “their” đoạn văn ám người dễ bị tổn thương/ gặp nguy hiểm.
“Warnings have been issued to vulnerable people such as children, the elderly and people with illnesses not to go out of
their homes.”
5 A Ý đoạn là: Sương mù đạt đến mức độ nguy hiểm.
“The haze that has shrouded parts of Malaysia and Singapore for nearly two months reached hazardous levels in the southern Thai city of Songkhla”
6 C Theo đoạn văn, câu phát biểu sai? Chỉ số ô nhiễm miền Nam Thái Lan vượt 300.
“He said the pollution index in southern Thailand has never exceeded 300 before.”
7 B Sự kiện tường thuật tin gì? Miền Nam Thái Lan bị công/ bao phủ sương mù từ Indo.
“Southern Thailand was hit Thursday by the most severe haze ever from forest fires in Indonesia, forcing all schools in a province to close and disrupting flights in a popular tourist area, officials said.”
8 C Perished ≠ survived (chết ≠ sống sót) ANTONYMS
9 B Persuade her into… ≠ talk her out of… (thuyết phục cô làm đó… ≠ nói / bàn để khơng làm đó…)
10 A B,C,D nhấn vần 1; A nhấn vần 2. Stress
patterns 11 C A,B,D nhấn vần 1; C nhấn vần 2.
12 B Từ “they” đoạn ám “ Các HS châu Á”
“Asian students tend to put their education before literally
everything else They very few extracurricular activities and
devote far more time to their studies than their British peers.”
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13 C Các HS THCS Anh hưởng điều kiện học tập lớp tốt hơn.
“Meanwhile, British secondary school students fail to shine in conditions most educational researchers would say are far more likely to help them succeed.”
14 B Từ “unstable” đoạn thay tốt từ “unpredictable” (không ổn/ đoán trước được)
“Perhaps children struggle to cope with unstable family
conditions and their only way to express their frustration is by misbehaving at school.”
15 D Từ quan điểm tác giả hệ thống giáo dục thảo luận đoạn văn, tác giả có ngụ ý gì? Khơng có hệ thống nào hoàn hảo cả.
“Is either system better outright? Or is it perhaps about time we stopped comparing and started trying to combine the best bits of both, so that we can finally offer our students a balanced,
worthwhile education.”
16 D Tác giả muốn nói ơng nói có “nghịc lý” trong mơ hình giáo dục Châu Á? Bạn nghĩ rắng lớp học đông đạt kết thực tế khơng như vậy.
“There is a strange paradox to the success of the Asian
education model On the one hand, class sizes are huge by Western standards with between 30 and 40 students per class, in countries like Japan and Korea On the other hand, school children in developed Asian economies rank among the highest in the world for academic achievement in the areas of science and mathematics, especially on standardised tests.”
17 B Kiểu gia đình truyền thống phổ biến Hàn Quốc Anh.
“The traditional family unit still remains relatively intact in Korea.” “In Britain meanwhile, one in every two marriages fails and divorce rates are sky high.”
18 A T/giả cho khiến cho học/ học các trường học Hàn Quốc thành công (các học/ giờ học trường học ) Anh? Kỷ luật tố (Par.2) 19 C Theo t/giả, HS Châu Á không cho phép họ thư giãn
vui chơi nhiều.
“Asian students tend to put their education before literally
everything else They very few extracurricular activities and
devote far more time to their studies than their British peers.”
20 C Meet = satisfy (đáp ứng/ làm thỏa mãn) SYNONYMS
21 D Natives = locals (những gười địa phương / xứ)
22 A Accounted for : giải thích cho / nguyên nhân của… Idiom
23 C That: thay cho người vật relative
pronoun
24 C Diplomatic (a) means: phương thức ngoại giao Word
form 25 C Higher and higher (so sánh kép tính từ ngắn) Double
(10)26 C With hindsight (ngẫm lại) Idiom 27 C Disqualified: bị truất quyền dự thi/ loại không cho thi, tuyên
bố không đủ tư cách Vocab.
28 D Daren’t + bare inf.(không dám…) Verb form
29 C Present simple (chỉ thật hiển nhiên) tense
30 A Câu ĐK loại đảo ngữ. Conditionals
( III)
31 D Câu hỏi đuôi Tag
question
32 A Take them off: cởi giày Phrasal
verb
33 D Đảo ngữ ( Vì So + adj đặt đầu câu) Inversion
34 C Liên quan đến từ nối “not only….but also” Câu đồng
nghĩa
(Paraphrase)
35 D Liên quan đến từ nối “but” (ngoại trừ)
36 A Từ hình thức so sánh với từ “by far” So sánh thể phủ định.
37 D Fire away, I’m all ears: Này nói đi, tơi muốn nghe đây.(đang căng tai lên mà nghe này)
Conversational exchanges
38 C In your dreams!( 'In your dreams' cách nói khác câu 'I don't believe you' 'there's no way that's true.';'In your dreams' cụm từ sử dụng ngữ cảnh thân mật, gần gũi, dùng với bạn bè, người bạn biết rõ, người thân Khi bạn nói câu này, điều quan trọng bạn phải nói với kiểu đùa giỡn, kèm theo nụ cười, không bị coi thô lỗ.)
39 A A: /I/; B,C,D : /aI/ Pronunciation
(vowels) 40 D A,B,C: / I /; D: /e/
41 D Length long (word form) Error
identification
42 C Are is ( S-V agreement: Vì S1, along with S2, … V phải phù
hợp với S1)
43 C Them it (pronoun: “it” ám “Chinese food”)
44 B Complete completely (word form: adv bổ nghĩa cho adj.)
45 B Hadn’t he done he hadn’t done : vì MĐ danh từ S đứng trước V)
46 B Protect against : bảo vệ tránh / chống lại … ( pre.) Cloze test 47 D Have been attributed to…: được gán cho… ( Vocab )
48 C Four times as much as …( nhiều gấp lần): so sánh có kèm bội số…
49 B Processed tomato products : sản phẩm cà chua chế
biến (đóng hộp)
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