TT B I Dư NG Văn Hóa
TT B I Dư NG Văn Hóa
TT B I Dư NG Văn Hóa
THPT
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PART A: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in
each group.(5 pts.)
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others in
each group. (5 pts.)
I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answer (A, B,
C or D) in the box provided. (20 pts.)
2. Before the invention of the Internet, people couldn’t..... of such universal access to information.
3. .... , Americans eat a light breakfast. They don’t eat a lot of food in the morning.
A. By and large B. Fair and square C. Ins and outs D. Odds and ends
4. There has been a recommendation that Peter _ the president of the country.
A. will be elected B. be elected C. is elected D. was elected
5. For a whole month, Muslims eating and drinking during daylight hours.
A. abstain from B. keep from C. stay from D. stand from
6. TV advertising in the late afternoon tends to young children.
7. He traveled for 20 years and then he decided to return home.
A. farther away B. far from it C. far and wide D. farthest of all
8. No matter how angry he was, he would never _ to violence.
9. Simon .............................in me on the understanding that I wouldn't tell anyone else.
10. If you want to be a rock star, talent helps, but what it really ……..….. down to is luck.
A. hold water B. blossom C. make water D. pass water
A. break out B. break up C. break D. break down
A. down a drain B. on a tin roof C. into the river D. off a duck’s back
14. Go to the Chinese ………………and bring back a grilled pork chop.
16. No one knows precisely how much he earns a month, but $ 5.000 can’t be ................ of the
target.
17. She insisted that the reporter her as his source of information.
A. not mention B. doesn’t mention C. hadn’t mentioned D. didn’t mention
18. Look, will you stop in and let me finish my sentence!
19. We put his rude manner ignorance of our British customs.
A. up to B. down to C. off at D. up with
20. I would rather you the office phone for personal purpose.
A. shouldn’t have used B. shouldn’t use C. not to use D. didn’t use
II. Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following passage. Write your
answer in the box provided. (5 pts.)
Mount Mulanje in Malawi is the highest mountain in (1. CENTRE) Africa, part of a range which
comprises no fewer than twenty peaks over 2,500 meters. The range is readily (2. ACCESS) by road
and a day’s drive allow a (3. LEISURE) circumnavigation. More energetic visitors, particularly walkers
and climbers, are rewarded with an experience that is (4.FORGET).
Mulanje is a (5. BREATH) sight, visible for miles around. The giant slab of rock appears to protrude
almost vertically from the plain. This impression is borne out by the existence of the longest sheer rock-
face in Africa, demanding for even the most skilled (6. MOUNTAIN). The explanation for this dramatic
geography lies in the rock: hard granite, very (7. RESIST) to erosion, which contrasts with the softer
rocks of the plains.
Most visitors remain on the lower, gentler slopes, making use of forest huts for overnight
accommodation. The trek up the foothills, along clearly defined paths, is not overly (8. CHALLENGE)
but may take up to a week. As the climate cools gradually, almost (9. PERCEPTIBLE), with every few
meters of altitude gained, so the full diversity of fauna and flora is revealed in all its (10. SPLENDID).
4. When she sets an examination, she always tries to avoid crossing the part of a woman.
8. This service is free charge. 9. the devil and the deep blue sea.
10. We cannot afford to take risks when people’s lives are stake.
IV. Underline and correct ten mistakes in the following passage. Write the corrections in the
column on the right. (10 pts.)
PART C: READING
I. Read the following passage and answer the questions by choosing the options A, B, C or D.
Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. (10 pts.)
When you hear someone bubbling enthusiastically about an exotic species, you can safely bet the
speaker isn’t an ecologist. This is a name for a resident of an established community that was
deliberately or accidentally moved from its home range and became established elsewhere. Unlike
most imports, which can’t take hold outside their home range, an exotic species permanently
insinuates itself into a new community.
Sometimes the additions are harmless and even have beneficial effects. More often, they make native
species endangered species, which by definition are extremely vulnerable to extinction. Of all species
on the rare or endangered lists or that recently became extinct, close to 70 percent owe their
precarious existence or demise to displacement by exotic species. Two examples are included here to
illustrate the problem.
During the 1800s, British settlers in Australia just couldn’t bond with the koalas and kangaroos, so they
started to import familiar animals from their homeland. In 1859, in what would be the start of a
wholesale disaster, a northern Australian landowner imported and then released two dozen wild
European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Good food and good sport hunting – that was the idea. An
ideal rabbit habitat with no natural predators was the reality.
Six years later, the landowner had killed 20,000 rabbits and was besieged by 20,000 more. The rabbits
displaced livestock, even kangaroos. Now Australia has 200 to 300 million hippityhopping through the
southern
half of the country. They overgraze perennial grasses in good times and strip bark from shrubs and
trees during droughts. You know where they’ve been; they transform grasslands and shrub lands into
eroded deserts. They have been shot and poisoned. Their warrens have been plowed under,
fumigated, and dynamited. Even when all-out assaults reduced their population size by 70 percent, the
rapidly reproducing imports made a comeback in less than a year. Did the construction of a 2,000-
mile-long fence protect Western Australia? No. Rabbits made it to the other side before workers
finished the fence.
In 1951, government works introduced a myxoma virus by way of mildly infected South American
rabbits, its normal hosts. This virus causes myxomatosis. The disease has mild effects on South
American rabbits that coevolved with the virus but nearly always had lethal effects on O. cuniculus.
Biting insects, mainly mosquitoes and flenses against the novel virus, the European rabbits dies in
droves. But, as you might expect, natural selection has since favored rapid growth of populations of O.
cuniculus resistant to the virus.
A vine called kudzu (Puerarialobata) was deliberately imported from Japan to the United States, where
it faces no serious threats from herbivores, pathogens, or competitor plants. In temperate parts of Asia,
it is a well
– behaved legume with a well – developed root system. It seemed like a good idea to use it to control
erosion on hills and highway embankments in the southeastern United States. (A) With nothing to stop
it, though, kudzu’s shoots grew a third of a meter per day. Vines now blanket stream banks, trees,
telephone poles, houses, and almost everything else in their path. Attempts to dig up or burn kudzu are
futile. Grazing goats and herbicides help, but goats eat other plants, to, and herbicides contaminate
water supplies. (B) Kudzu could reach the Great Lakes by the year 2040.
On the bright side, a Japanese firm is constructing a kudzu farm and processing plant in Alabama. The
idea is to export the starch to Asia, where the demand currently exceeds the supply. (C) Also, kudzu
may eventually help reduce logging operations. (D) At the Georgia Institute of Technology, researchers
report that kudzu might become an alternative source for paper.
1. Based on the information in paragraph 1, which of the following best explains the term “exotic
species”?
D. An import that fails to thrive outside of its home range
A. most imports B. new community C. home range D. exotic species
4. According to the author, why did the plan to introduce rabbits in Australia fail?
A. The rabbits were infected with a contagious virus. B. Most Australians did not like the rabbits.
C. No natural predators controlled the rabbit population. D. Hunters killed the rabbits for sport and
for food.
5. All of the following methods were used to control the rabbit population in Australia EXCEPT
6. Why does the author mention mosquitoes and fleas in paragraph 5?
A. Because they are the origin of the myxoma virus B. Because they carry the myxoma virus
to other animals
C. Because they die when they are infected by myxoma D. Because they have an immunity to
the myxoma virus
7. According to paragraph 6, the Spencer Gulf experiment was dangerous because
A. insect populations were exposed to a virus B. rabbits on the island died from a virus
C. the virus may be a threat to humans D. some animals are immune to the virus
8. Why does the author give details about the kudzu farm and processing plant in paragraph 8?
B. To argue that the decision to plant kudzu was a good one
9. Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the author’s opinion about exotic
species?
10. Look at (A), (B), (C), (D) in the last two paragraphs. Where the following sentence could be
best inserted in the passage (A), (B), (C), or (D)? Asians use a starch extract from kudzu in
drinks, herbal medicines, and candy.
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II. Read the text below and write one word in each space to complete it. Write your answer in the
box provided. (10 pts.)
Society has changed in many ways since the introduction of computers, and people's lives at home
and at the office have been (1) . Most people are working for fewer hours per week than they
(2) to, and manufacturers and advertising agencies are becoming much more interested in (3)
people spend this extra leisure time. One recent report stated that (4) the number of hobbies had
not increased; each hobby had become more specialized.
A second (5) is that nowadays, many managers would rather spend time with their families than
stay (6) in the office every day. Home life seems to be just as important as working. Some companies
now make managers (7) their annual holidays even if they don't want to, because this leads to such
an (8) in their performance if they have some rest.
In spite of these changes, some people are working harder than ever before. The standard of exams is
getting higher, and increased competition is (9) _ it harder to get into university than it was 20
years ago. School children and students are now having to work so hard that in many cases they work
(10) hours than their parents.
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PART D: WRITING
I. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays the
same. (10 pts.)
=> Many's............
3. You think that fat people are always jolly, but you are wrong.
6. My grandfather had completely forgotten that he phoned me last night. (RECOLLECTION)
7. Many customs restrictions within the EC have been abolished. (AWAY)
9. Students at the school are not allowed to go into the Rainbow Disco. (BOUNDS)
10. When they broke the news, she stayed perfectly calm and controlled. (HAIR)
Food-safety violations, including using improved fertilizers and toxic chemicals to produce
foods, are increasing at an alarming rate. What suggestions would you give to solve these
problems?
You should write about 250 words. (20 pts.)
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PART A
PART B
I. (20 pts.)
11A 12A 13D 14C 15B 16C 17A 18C 19B 20D
1.to 2.off 3.about/ of 4. out, for 5.about/ for 6. to 7.to 8. of 9.between 10. at
PART C
I. (10 pts.)
PART D
1. Many's the time that I have made stupid mistakes like that .
3. Contrary to your thought/ belief/ opinion/what you think, fat people are not always jolly.
4. Not for another five years did the the whole truth about the murder come out.
6. My grandfather didn’t have any recollection of phoning me last night.
7. Many customs restrictions within the EC have been done away with.
8. At the moment me / my buying a new car is out of the question.
10. When they broke the news, she did not turn a hair.
1. Content: 10 pts - a provision of all main ideas and details as appropriate.