Anh 10 - de Thi
Anh 10 - de Thi
Anh 10 - de Thi
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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Question 3: You are going to listen to an interview with a linguist about a language called
Esperanto. Listen and answer questions. (10 Points)
1. Zamenhof invented his language because he felt_______.
A. there was too much linguistic rivalry C. familiar languages had been rejected
B. it would promote world understanding D. so many languages were dying out
2. The first book written on Esperanto__________.
A. was of an academic nature C. was published by a student
B. was written very quickly D. concerned medical matters
3. The name of the language, Esperanto,_______.
A. can be translated as inspiration C. was Zamenho’s pen name
B. was originally a book title D. changed several times
4. Bahasa Indonesian__________.
A. is widely spoken in Holland C. has been used in films
B. was created by a language specialist D. was intended to be an international
language
5. Compared with other planned languages, Esperanto is___________.
A. more effective B. inferior C. better known D. more personal
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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A. beat by B. defeat with C. tie with D. win
7. Your painting stands a good _______________ of winning the prize.
A. possibility B. opportunity C. certainty D. chance
8. You have failed to pay the outstanding bills and ____________, we have been forced to take the
matter further.
A. finally B. consequently C. subsequently D. eventually
9. In ___________, Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo found it tactless to criticize Iceland small
mentality.
A. hindsight B. consideration C. retrospect D. knowledge
10. _____ the ISIS terror attack to occur in Vietnam, the government would be forced to use its
emergency powers.
11. Closure of many vocational schools took place ___________ falling numbers of pupils.
A. in the context of B. with regard to C. with a concern for D. in consideration of
12. Pasta in its various forms is the _________diet in Italy.
A. common B. staple C. usual D. obvious
13. We were shocked when we discovered that our foreman betrayed us and________with the
management in the dispute.
A. sided B. approached C. supported D. aided
14. The singer Thanh Lam may still have a few fans nationwide, but she is detinitely past
her________.
A. fame B. abilities C. prime D. fortune
15. It ___________without saying that winners never quit and quitters never win.
A. comes B. means C. is D. goes
16. Soon after Christina Grimmie’s death, her parents __________seriously ill.
A. droppred B. come C. fell D. set
17. ___________ without electricity?
A. How will human life be like B. What will human life be like
C. How would human life be for D. What would human life be like
18. It was not until ________ home _________ that he had taken someone else's bike.
A. he reached/ that he realized B. he got/ did he realize
C. did he come/ he realized D. he moved/ when he realized
19. It’s amazing. I’ve never been given _________before.
A. so a good information B. so good an information
C. such good informations D. such good information
20. A:”I’m sorry, but I forgot to do my homework again.”
B:” Again. It’s time you pulled your___________up,”
A. socks B. trousers C. pants D. shirts
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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Question 2: Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 points)
Whenever a salary increase for top league footballers is announced, there is an (1. CRY) from a
section of the public. While they agree it’s undeniable that these players are highly skilled and talented
and should be (2. SUIT) rewarded, many people feel that the constant increases will result in the (3.
EVENT) destruction of the games as we know it today.
However, the footballers themselves hold the opinion that the public’s views are based on a (4.
CONCEPT), as most of income generated by a football club goes not to the players but the directors
and shareholders. The players feel these protestations are based on middle-class (5. SNOB),
pointing the finger at newspaper articles claiming that the salary levels are just too high for (6. MERE)
‘kicking a ball round’. In order to strengthen the arguments (7. JUSTIFICATION) their salaries,
footballers cite the far high remunerations of golfers and boxers, who can earn ten times an average
footballer’s wage.
Perhaps a more valid (8. CRITIC) could be directed at the tremendous difference in salaries
between (9. FLIGHT) footballers and those in lower categories. The average weekly wage of
footballers playing for last year’s top five Premiership teams was $ 14,770 compared to $4,120 which
were the average weekly (10. EARN) of their colleagues in Division 1.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 3: There are 10 mistakes in the text below. Underline the mistakes and correct them.
(10 points)
Simply being bilingual does not qualify anyone to interpreting. Interpreting does not merely a
mechanical process of converting one sentence in language A into a same sentence in language B.
Rather, it is a complex art in that thoughts and idioms which have multiple meanings-must quickly
be transformed in many a way that the message is clearly and accurately expressing to the listener.
There are two kinds of interpreters, simultaneous and consecutive, each requires separate talents.
The former, sitting in an isolated booth, usually at a large multilingual conference, speaks to
listeners wearing headphones, interpreting that a foreign language speaker says as he says it-
actually a sentence afterwards. Consecutive interpreters are the one most international negotiators
use. They are mainly employed for smaller meetings without sound booths, headphones, and
another high-tech gear.
Your answers:
Mistakes Corrections
1.
2.
3.
4.
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5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Question 4: Fill in blanks with suitable prepositions or particles. (10 points)
1. According to the temporary chief constable of West Yorkshire police, a murder investigation was
_____way into the killing of MP Jo Cox.
2. Andy Murray forced to dig deep in Queen’s Club victory ______Kyle Edmund.
3. UEFA have imposed a strict ban _____all flares being taken into stadiums and Turkey are
expected to be the latest country to face disciplinary action.
4. Russian president Vladimir Putin expressed anger over the ban of Russian athletes from
competition. He said "The people who have nothing to do _____violations, why should they suffer
for those who committed the violations?"
5. The green tea has been used for centuries as a means to relieve people _____various ailments.
6. The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is said to approve ____diplomats’ critical memo on Syria
7. President Obama put pressure on the Assad government to abide _____a cease-fire
8. Buyers priced _____ New York City are heading for the burbs, driving up demand in places with
reputations for good schools and lively downtowns.
9. I liked that green jacket, but it was the exorbitant price that put me_____.
10. Van Gogh had an eye _____detail and many of his works were mistaken for photographs.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Social skills may benefit too. Researchers in Chicago think that fans of first-person shooter games
(11)_____. Counterstrike are better than non-players when it (12)____to building trust and
cooperation, and that this (13)____them to make good friendships and become strong members of their
communities. So rather than (14)_____up computer games, perhaps young people (15)____to spend
more time on them?
1. A. necessarily B. certainly C. fully D. nearly
2. A. speaking B. informing C. telling D. saying
3. A. product B. result C. reason D. conclusion
4. A. worked B. thought C. turned D. carried
5. A. exact B. true C. fact D. precise
6. A. repair B. advance C. improve D. amend
7. A. make B. force C. push D. keep
8. A. realizing B. noticing C. imagining D. solving
9. A. means B. asks C. brings D. causes
10. A. surely B. probable C. likely D. possible
11. A. in order to B. such as C. due to D. as well as
12. A. requires B. goes C. involves D. comes
13. A. supports B. helps C. shows D. serves
14. A. giving B. ending C. taking D. stopping
15. A. bound B. should C. due D. need
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE
word in each gap. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (15 points)
Communication
Throughout our lives, right from the moment when as infants we cry to express hunger, we are
engaging in social interaction of one form or (1)_______. Each and (2)__________ we encounter
fellow human beings, some kind of social interaction will take place (3)________it’s getting on a bus
and paying the fare for the journey, or socializing with friends. It goes without (4)_______,therefore,
that we need the ability to communicate. Without some method of transmitting intentions, we would
be (5)________a complete loss when it (6)________to interacting socially.
Communication involves the exchange of information, which can be (7)________from a gesture to
a friend signaling boredom to the presentation of a university thesis which may (8)________ever be
read by a handful of others, or it could be something in (9)______the two.
Our highly developed languages set us (10)_____from animals. (11)______for these languages,
we could not communicate sophisticated or abstract ideas. (12)______could we talk or write about
people or objects (13)______immediately present. (14)_____we restricted to discussing objects
already present, we would be (15)______to make abstract generalisations about the world.
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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 3: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question. (10 points)
Researchers in the field of psychology have found that one of the best ways to make an
important decision, such as choosing a university to attend or a business to invest in, involves the
utilization of a decision worksheet. Psychologists who study optimization compare the actual decisions
made by people to theoretical ideal decisions to see how similar they are. Proponents of the worksheet
procedure believe that it will yield optimal, that is, the best decisions. Although there are several
variations on the exact format that worksheets can take, they are all similar in their essential aspects.
Worksheets require defining the problem in a clear and concise way and then listing all possible
solutions to the problem. Next, the pertinent considerations that will be affected by each decision are
listed, and the relative importance of each consideration or consequence is determined. Each
consideration is assigned a numerical value to reflect its relative importance. A decision is
mathematically calculated by adding these values together. The alternative with the highest number of
points emerges as the best decision.
Since most important problems are multifaceted, there are several alternatives to choose from,
each with unique advantages and disadvantages. One of the benefits of a pencil and paper decision-
making procedure is that it permits people to deal with more variables than their minds can generally
comprehend and remember. On the average, people can keep about seven ideas in their minds at
once. A worksheet can be especially useful when the decision involves a large number of variables
with complex relationships. A realistic example for many college students is the question "What will I
do after graduation?" A graduate might seek a position that offers specialized training, pursue an
advanced degree, or travel abroad for a year.
A decision-making worksheet begins with a succinct statement of the problem that will also help
to narrow it. It is important to be clear about the distinction between long-range and immediate goals
because long-range goals often involve a different decision than short-range ones. Focusing on long-
range goals, a graduating student might revise the question above to "What will I do after graduation
that will lead to a successful career?"
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. A tool to assist in making complex decisions.
B. A comparison of actual decisions and ideal decisions
C. Research on how people make decisions
D. Differences between long-range and short-range decision making
2. The word "essential" in line 6 is closest in meaning to__________.
A. introductory B. changeable C. beneficial D. fundamental
3. The word "pertinent" in line 8 is closest in meaning to__________.
A. relevant B. preceding C. insightful D. responsive
4. Of the following steps, which occurs before the others in making a decision worksheet?
A. Listing the consequences of each solution
B. Calculating a numerical summary of each solution
C. Deciding which consequences are most important
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D. Writing down all possible solutions
5. According to decision-worksheet theory, an optimal decision is defined as one that__________.
A. has the fewest variables to consider B. uses the most decision worksheets
C. has the most points assigned to it D. is agreed to by the greatest number of people
6. The author develops the discussion in paragraph 1 by means of_________.
A. describing a process B. classifying types of worksheets
C. providing historical background D. explaining a theory
7. The author states that "On the average, people can keep about seven ideas in their minds at once to
explain that_________.
A. most decisions involve seven steps
B. human mental capacity has limitations
C. some people have difficulty making minor as well as major decisions
D. people can learn to keep more than seven ideas in their minds with practice
8. The word "succinct" is closest in meaning to_________.
A. creative B. satisfactory C. personal D. concise
9. Which of the following terms is defined in the passage?
A. Proponents (line 4) B. Optimal (line 5)
C. Variables (line 17) D. Long-range goals (line 23)
10. The word "it" in line 22 refers to_________.
A. worksheet B. problem C. distinction D. decision
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 4: Read the passage and do the following tasks. (20 points)
Choose the most suitable headings ( i –vi ) for paragraph A, B, C and D
List of Headings
i The reaction of the Inuit community to climate change
ii Understanding of climate change remains limited
iii Alternative sources of essential supplies
iv Respect for Inuit opinion grows
v A healthier choice of food
vi A difficult landscape
vii Negative effects on well-being
viii Alarm caused by unprecedented events in the Arctic
ix The benefits of an easier existence
Example Paragraph A Answer viii
1. Paragraph B ___________
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2. Paragraph C ___________
3. Paragraph D ___________
4. Paragraph E ___________
5. Paragraph F ___________
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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By no means_________________________________________________________________
2. The Japanese missing boy Yamato was found healthy and hungry in a military hut by a soldier.
The moment a_______________________________________________________________
3. You were not supposed to tell anyone about my news.
I would rather my_____________________________________________________________
4. Bill Gate’s friends used to persuade him not to drop out of university.
Bill Gate’s friends talked_______________________________________________________
5. In spite of her initial reluctance to take the job, she’s got on very well.
Reluctant____________________________________________________________________
Question 2: Rewrite the sentences using the given forms so that they retain their original
meaning. (7.5 points)
1. One day Vietnam will become an affluent developed country. (MATTER)
It’s only ____________________________________________________________________
2. Everyone found it absolutely astonishing that Leicester won the Premier League. (UTTER)
To ________________________________________________________________________
3. Because of the appalling weather condition, many Vietnam's Mekong Delta provinces
have suffered the most serious fresh water shortage in the last 100 years. (SUBJECT)
Owing______________________________________________________________________
4. I don’t mind which make of car you choose. (CONSEQUENCE)
It _________________________________________________________________________
5. Do you have any idea about how Jack made enough money to buy his new house? (LIGHT)
Can you ____________________________________________________________________
Question 3: Paragraph writing (35 points)
The sea is in danger. What can be done to protect the sea? Write a paragraph (about 150 words) on the
topic using examples and details in your answer.
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