THPT CHUYÊN CAO BẰNG ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT TRẠI HÈ HÙN VƯƠNG NĂM 2022

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP: 11

Thời gian:180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi gồm 24 trang

A. LISTENING (50 pts)

Part 1. Listen to a talk about pandemic diseases and supply the blanks with the
missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the
recording for each answer in the space provided. (20 pts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nULJpyBbqpw
TOP 5 DEADLIEST PANDEMIC DISEASES

1. Smallpox
• first emerged around 400BC
• caused 1.______________________ all over the body
• the only disease declared to be 2.______________________
2. Bubonic Plague
• also known as the 3.______________________
• caused by a bacterium spread by 4.______________________
• 5.______________________, called buboes, occurred in the body
3. The Spanish Flu
• began and ended in a 6.______________________
• filled the lungs of patients with 7.______________________
4. Malaria
• categorized as a blood disease
• caused by 8.______________________
• Anopheles mosquitoes would 9.______________________ infected blood and pass
it on to the next person they bite
5. HIV/AIDS
• often sexually transmitted
• HIV 10.______________________ the immune system

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Part 2. Listen to the introduction about Manham Port and answer the questions. Write
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. (10pts)-
IELTS 10- Listening Test 4
1. What caused Manham’s sudden expansion during the Industrial Revolution?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Why did rocks have to be sent away from Manham to be processed?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. What happened when the port declined in the twentieth century?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. What did the Manham Trust hope to do?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. What is the name of the beautiful old sailing ketch near the school?
……………………………………………………………………………….
Your answers

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 3. Listen to a talk about ethical concerns with artificial intelligence and decide
whether these statements are True (T), False (F). Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
(10 pts)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LyacmzB1Og
1. People tend to be oblivious to the moral issues associated with artificial intelligence in
the research stage.
2. Video tracking can be deployed to speed up recovery from injuries.
3. A handful of giants have become the dominant overlords in the realm of artificial
intelligence.
4. Artificial intelligence is intended to harm human society as it does not share human
values.
5. Machines are vulnerable to biases from the data introduced by their human makers.
Your answers

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Part 4. Listen to an interview with someone who consulted a 'life coach' to improve her
life and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10pts)
(Proficiency Test Builder 4th)
1. Brigid says that she consulted a life coach because
A she had read a great deal about them.
B both her work and home life were getting worse.
C other efforts to improve her life had failed.
D the changes she wanted to make were only small ones.
2. What did Brigid's coach tell her about money?
A It would be very easy for Brigid to get a lot of it.
B Brigid's attitude towards it was uncharacteristic of her.
C Brigid placed too much emphasis on it in her life.
D Few people have the right attitude towards it.
3. What does Brigid say about her reaction to her coach's advice on money?
A She felt silly repeating the words her coach gave her.
B She tried to hide the fact that she found it ridiculous.
C She felt a lot better as a result of following it.
D She found it difficult to understand at first.
4. What does Brigid say happened during the other sessions?
A She was told that most people's problems had the same cause.
B Her powers of concentration improved.
C Some things she was told to do proved harder than others.
D She began to wonder why her problems had arisen in the first place.
5. What has Brigid concluded ?
A The benefits of coaching do not compensate for the effort required.
B She was too unselfish before she had coaching.
C She came to expect too much of her coach.
D It is best to limit the number of coaching sessions you have.
Your answers

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (30 pts)

Part 1: Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. Write your answers
in the corresponding numbered boxes (15 pts) (WORD PERFECT + OLYMPIC 30-4)
1. The science teacher asked the class to _____ the results of their experiment on a graph.
A. draw B. illustrate C. plot D. sketch
2. She's such a ______ of strength that everyone relies on her in a crisis.
A. tower B. pillar C. post D. support
3. Tom was able to ______ a pretty picture of the situation and impressed his manager.
A. paint B. draw C. present D. make
4. It is far too easy to lay the blame ______ on the shoulders of the management.
A. flatly B. willingly C. squarely D. perfectly
5. David has a(n) ______ to fainting at the sight of blood.
A. inclination B. predilection C. predisposition D. penchant
6. The school committee paid ______ to their famous former pupil by naming the new
gym after her.
A. esteem B. homage C. honour D. respect
7. After his long illness, the old man appeared so thin and ______ that a gust of wind
might have blown him away.
A. flimsy B. faint C. withered D. frail
8. You could tell that she wasn't happy about the news by the way she ______ her face in
disapproval.
A. came on B. brought round C. settled for D. screwed up
9. Going to the unemployment office and having to wait there for hours is a ______
experience.
A. soul-destroying B. heart-stopping C. power-sharing D. thought-provoking
10. ______ a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar
vocabulary, grammar, and sound systems.
A. Linguists call it B. It is called by linguists

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 C. What linguists call D. What do linguists call
11. ________, the balcony chairs will be ruined in this weather.
A. Leaving uncovered B. Having left uncovered
C. Left uncovered D. Been left uncovered
12. The contemporary dialogue for me struck a slightly _______ note.
A. disembodied B. discordant C. dismissive D. disconcerting
13. Both of the jobs I’ve been offered are fantastic opportunities – I’m in such _______!
A. a constituency B. a deviation C. an arrhythmia D. a quandary
14. Sharon is such a positive person – she _______ her problems, whatever they are.
A. goes light on B. throws light to C. makes light of D. sheds light upon
15. The brother and sister were ________ over who would get to inherit the beach house.
A. at large B. at odds C. at a standstill D. at a loose end
Part 2: Use the word given in bold capitals to form a word that fits in the space.
(10 pts)
Very little in our lives prepares us for (1)____________________ PARENT.
Suddently, your life is turned upside down and all sorts of (2)____________________
FAMILIAR demands are placed on you. How we ourselves were treated by our parents in
our (3) ____________________ YOUNG can have an (4)____________________
APPRECIATE effect on who we become as parents. Our own (5) ____________________
OBSERVE of how our parents responded to us creates a model of parenting that is (6)
____________________ INTIMATE connected to the kind of parents we become. It’s not
uncommon for people to show the same child-rearing (7) ____________________
CHARACTER as their own parents. If your father was an (8) (1)____________________
SYMPATHY figure who always seemed too busy to care about how you felt, then there’s a
chance you will repeat the same behaviour. If your mother was utterly (9)
____________________ SELF in her devotion to her children, there’s a chance that you
too will be equally giving and do all that is (10)____________________ HUMAN possible
for your offspring.
Part 3: There are five mistakes in the following passage. Find out and correct them.
(5.0 pts)
Television lie at the heart of American culture, offer a combination of news and
amusement. It is not surprising, therefore, that daytime talk shows, the ultimate blend of
information and entertainment, are earning top rate. Talk show producers and hosts claim
that the purpose of air all sorts of problems on national television is to benefit viewers. They
say they provide useful information and have helped to create a more sensitive and
educational public. Many of those who have appeared as guests say doing so changed their

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lives, and the shows can certainly take the credit for giving a lot of people information they
would not otherwise have had. So do the shows provide a service by allowing people to
work through issues that would otherwise be swept under the carpet? Or is there a danger
that viewers will regard the self-centered and thoughtful behavior they see in these
programs as a model of how to live their own lives?
Your answer:

Mistakes Corrections
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

C. READING (60 pts)

Part 1: Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
Circle A, B, C or D to indicate your answer. (10 pts)
Jean Piaget, the pioneering Swiss philosopher and psychologist, became famous for
his theories on child development. A child (1) ____ , he became interested in the scientific
study of nature at an early age. He developed a special fascination for biology, having some
of his work published before graduating from high school. When, (2) ____ 10, his
observations led to questions that could be answered only by access to the university library,
Piaget wrote and published some notes on the sighting of an albino sparrow in the (3) ____
that this would persuade the librarian to stop treating him like a child. It worked. Piaget was
(4) ____ on a path that led to his doctorate in zoology and a lifelong conviction that the way
to understand anything is to know how it evolves.
Piaget went on to spend much of his (5) ____ life listening to and watching
children, and poring over reports of researchers who were doing the same. He found, to put
it (6) ____, that children don’t think like adults. After thousands of interactions with young
people often barely old enough to talk, Piaget began to suspect that behind their cute and
seemingly illogical (7) ____ were thought processes that had their own kind of order and
their own special logic. Albert Einstein, the renowned physicist, deemed this a discovery
“so simple that only a genius could have thought of it.”.
Piaget’s insight opened a new window into the inner workings of the mind. Several
new fields of science, among them developmental psychology and cognitive theory, came
into being as a result of his research. Although not an educational reformer, he championed
a way of thinking about children that provided the foundation for today’s education reform
movements. One might say that Piaget was the first to (8) ____ children’s thinking
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seriously. Others who shared this respect for children may have fought harder for immediate
change in schools, but Piaget’s influence on education remains deeper and more pervasive.
Piaget has been (9) ____ by generations of teachers inspired by the belief that
children are not empty vessels to be filled with knowledge, as traditional academic thinking
had it, but active builders of knowledge - little scientists who are constantly creating and
testing their own theories of the world. And while he may not be as famous as Sigmund
Freud, Piaget’s contribution to psychology may be longer lasting. As computers and the
Internet give children greater autonomy to explore ever larger digital worlds, the ideas he
(10) ____ become ever more relevant.
1. A. prodigy B. talent C. genius D. gifted
2. A. aging B. age C. be aged D. aged
3. A. purpose B. target C. hope D. aim
4. A. launched B. introduced C. led D. initiated
5. A. professional B. academic C. vocational D. whole
6. A. shortly B. succinctly C. clearly D. simply
7. A. sentences B. speech C. words D. utterances
8. A. get B. take C. make D. have
9. A. respected B. revered C. venerated D. adored
10. A. created B. believed C. pioneered D. propagandized
Your answer:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2: Read the text below and think of one word which best fits each space. Use only
ONE WORD for each space. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes. (10 pts) – Toward proficiency
SEASON AND BABY SIZE
People born in certain months of the year tend to be taller than those born in others.
This discovery was (1) __________ in a recent study carried out at the Danish
Epidemiology Science Centre in Copenhagen.
The researchers looked at the height and weight details (2) __________birth of over a
million Danes born in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and found that a child born in April is,
on average, nearly two centimeters taller than one born in December. As (3) __________ as
being taller, the April baby is also likely to be heavier, and the odds (4) __________ that he
or she will remain bigger throughout life.

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 The study also shows that (5) __________ children born in December tend to be the
smallest, the size of those born in June and July is also well below (6) __________ of the
April babies. In these two midsummer months, however, the difference in height and weight
is only half as much as in midwinter.
Similar results (7) __________ these emerged from a separate study in Australia.
There they found that by the time children reached 18, the gap between the April and the
December ones had increased to about five centimeters.
Another seasonal variation that (8) __________ to light concerned actual birth dates.
Winter babies, it was discovered, were born an average of one day earlier than spring,
summer or autumn babies.
In (9) __________ of these studies were scientists able to explain these differences.
In both cases they called (10) __________ further research into the subject.
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3. For questions 1-10, read an extract from an article and choose the answer A, B,
C or D that fits best according to the text. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes provided. (10 pts)- Toefl IBT Practice Test 2
Green Iceberg Icebergs are massive blocks of ice, irregular in shape; they float with only
about 12 per cent of their mass above the sea surface. They are formed by glaciers—large
rivers of ice that begin inland in the snows of Greenland, Antarctica, and Alaska—and move
slowly toward the sea. The forward movement, the melting at the base of the glacier where
it meets the ocean, and waves and tidal action cause blocks of ice to break off and float out
to sea.
Icebergs are ordinarily blue to white, although they sometimes appear dark or opaque
because they carry gravel and bits of rock. They may change colour with changing light
conditions and cloud cover, glowing pink or gold in the morning or evening light, but this
colour change is generally related to the low angle of the Sun above the horizon. However,
travellers to Antarctica have repeatedly reported seeing green icebergs in the Weddell Sea
and, more commonly, close to the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica.

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One explanation for green icebergs attributes their colour to an optical illusion when blue
ice is illuminated by a near-horizon red Sun, but green icebergs stand out among white and
blue icebergs under a great variety of light conditions. Another suggestion is that the colour
might be related to ice with high levels of metallic compounds, including copper and iron.
Recent expeditions have taken ice samples from green icebergs and ice cores—vertical,
cylindrical ice samples reaching down to great depths—from the glacial ice shelves along
the Antarctic continent. Analyses of these cores and samples provide a different solution to
the problem.
The ice shelf cores, with a total length of 215 meters (705 feet), were long enough to
penetrate through glacial ice—which is formed from the compaction of snow and contains
air bubbles—and to continue into the clear, bubble-free ice formed from seawater that
freezes onto the bottom of the glacial ice. The properties of this clear sea ice were very
similar to the ice from the green iceberg. The scientists concluded that green icebergs form
when a two-layer block of shelf ice breaks away and capsizes (turns upside down), exposing
the bubble-free shelf ice that was formed from seawater.
A green iceberg that stranded just west of the Amery Ice Shelf showed two distinct layers:
bubbly bluewhite ice and bubble-free green ice separated by a onemeter-long ice layer
containing sediments. The green ice portion was textured by seawater erosion. Where cracks
were present, the colour was light green because of light scattering; where no cracks were
present, the colour was dark green. No air bubbles were present in the green ice, suggesting
that the ice was not formed from the compression of snow but instead from the freezing of
seawater. Large concentrations of single-celled organisms with green pigments (colouring
substances) occur along the edges of the ice shelves in this region, and the seawater is rich
in their decomposing organic material. The green iceberg did not contain large amounts of
particles from these organisms, but the ice had accumulated dissolved organic matter from
the seawater. It appears that unlike salt, dissolved organic substances are not excluded from
the ice in the freezing process. Analysis shows that the dissolved organic material absorbs
enough blue wavelengths from solar light to make the ice appear green.
Chemical evidence shows that platelets (minute flat portions) of ice form in the water and
then accrete and stick to the bottom of the ice shelf to form a slush (partially melted snow).
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from water high in soluble organic substances. When an iceberg separates from the ice shelf
and capsizes, the green ice is exposed.
The Amery Ice Shelf appears to be uniquely suited to the production of green icebergs.
Once detached from the ice shelf, these bergs drift in the currents and wind systems
surrounding Antarctica and can be found scattered among Antarctica’s less colourful
icebergs.
1. According to paragraph 1, all of the following are true of icebergs EXCEPT:
A. They do not have a regular shape.
B. They are formed where glaciers meet the ocean.
C. Most of their mass is above the sea surface.
D. Waves and tides cause them to break off glaciers.
2. According to paragraph 2, what causes icebergs to sometimes appear dark or
opaque?
A. A heavy cloud cover
B. The presence of gravel or bits of rock
C. The low angle of the Sun above the horizon
D. The presence of large cracks in their surface
3. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the the
bolded sentence in paragraph 3?
A. One explanation notes that green icebergs stand out among other icebergs under a great
variety of light conditions, but this is attributed to an optical illusion.
B. One explanation for the colour of green icebergs attributes their colour to an optical
illusion that occurs when the light from a near-horizon red Sun shines on a blue iceberg.
C. One explanation for green icebergs attributes their colour to a great variety of light
conditions, but green icebergs stand out best among other icebergs when illuminated by a
near-horizon red Sun.
D. One explanation attributes the colour of green icebergs to an optical illusion under
special light conditions, but green icebergs appear distinct from other icebergs under a great
variety of light conditions.
4. According to paragraph 4, how is glacial ice formed?
A. By the compaction of snow

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B. By the freezing of seawater on the bottom of ice shelves
C. By breaking away from the ice shelf
D. By the capsizing of a two-layer block of shelf ice
5. Ice shelf cores helped scientists explain the formation of green icebergs by showing
that
A. the ice at the bottom of green icebergs is bubble-free ice formed from frozen seawater
B. bubble-free ice is found at the top of the ice shelf
C. glacial ice is lighter and floats better than sea ice
D. the clear sea ice at the bottom of the ice shelf is similar to ice from a green iceberg
6. Why does the author mention that “The green ice portion was textured by seawater
erosion”?
A. To explain why cracks in the iceberg appeared light green instead of dark green
B. To suggest that green ice is more easily eroded by seawater than white ice is
C. To support the idea that the green ice had been the bottom layer before capsizing
D. To explain how the air bubbles had been removed from the green ice
7. Which of the following is NOT explained in the passage?
A. Why blocks of ice break off where glaciers meet the ocean
B. Why blocks of shelf ice sometimes capsize after breaking off
C. Why green icebergs are commonly produced in some parts of Antarctica
D. Why green icebergs contain large amounts of dissolved organic pigments
8. The passage supports which of the following statements about the Amery Ice Shelf?
A. The Amery Ice Shelf produces only green icebergs.
B. The Amery Ice Shelf produces green icebergs because its ice contains high levels of
metallic compounds such as copper and iron.
C. The Amery Ice Shelf produces green icebergs because the seawater is rich in a particular
kind of soluble organic material.
D. No green icebergs are found far from the Amery Ice Shelf.
9. Scientists have differed as to whether icebergs appear green as a result of light
conditions or because of something in the ice itself. Where would the sentence best fit?
A. Icebergs are ordinarily blue to white, although they sometimes appear dark or opaque
because they carry gravel and bits of rock. They may change colour with changing light

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conditions and cloud cover, glowing pink or gold in the morning or evening light, but this
colour change is generally related to the low angle of the Sun above the horizon. Scientists
have differed as to whether icebergs appear green as a result of light conditions or because
of something in the ice itself. However, travellers to Antarctica have repeatedly reported
seeing green icebergs in the Weddell Sea and, more commonly, close to the Amery Ice
Shelf in East Antarctica. One explanation for green icebergs attributes their colour to an
optical illusion when blue ice is illuminated by a near-horizon red Sun, but green icebergs
stand out among white and blue icebergs under a great variety of light conditions. Another
suggestion is that the colour might be related to ice with high levels of metallic compounds,
including copper and iron. Recent expeditions have taken ice samples from green icebergs
and ice cores—vertical, cylindrical ice samples reaching down to great depths—from the
glacial ice shelves along the Antarctic continent. Analyses of these cores and samples
provide a different solution to the problem.
B. Icebergs are ordinarily blue to white, although they sometimes appear dark or opaque
because they carry gravel and bits of rock. They may change colour with changing light
conditions and cloud cover, glowing pink or gold in the morning or evening light, but this
colour change is generally related to the low angle of the Sun above the horizon. However,
travellers to Antarctica have repeatedly reported seeing green icebergs in the Weddell Sea
and, more commonly, close to the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica. Scientists have
differed as to whether icebergs appear green as a result of light conditions or because of
something in the ice itself. One explanation for green icebergs attributes their colour to an
optical illusion when blue ice is illuminated by a near-horizon red Sun, but green icebergs
stand out among white and blue icebergs under a great variety of light conditions. Another
suggestion is that the colour might be related to ice with high levels of metallic compounds,
including copper and iron. Recent expeditions have taken ice samples from green icebergs
and ice cores—vertical, cylindrical ice samples reaching down to great depths—from the
glacial ice shelves along the Antarctic continent. Analyses of these cores and samples
provide a different solution to the problem.
C. Icebergs are ordinarily blue to white, although they sometimes appear dark or opaque
because they carry gravel and bits of rock. They may change colour with changing light
conditions and cloud cover, glowing pink or gold in the morning or evening light, but this

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colour change is generally related to the low angle of the Sun above the horizon. However,
travellers to Antarctica have repeatedly reported seeing green icebergs in the Weddell Sea
and, more commonly, close to the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica. One explanation for
green icebergs attributes their colour to an optical illusion when blue ice is illuminated by a
near-horizon red Sun, but green icebergs stand out among white and blue icebergs under a
great variety of light conditions. Scientists have differed as to whether icebergs appear green
as a result of light conditions or because of something in the ice itself. Another suggestion is
that the colour might be related to ice with high levels of metallic compounds, including
copper and iron. Recent expeditions have taken ice samples from green icebergs and ice
cores—vertical, cylindrical ice samples reaching down to great depths—from the glacial ice
shelves along the Antarctic continent. Analyses of these cores and samples provide a
different solution to the problem.
D. Icebergs are ordinarily blue to white, although they sometimes appear dark or opaque
because they carry gravel and bits of rock. They may change colour with changing light
conditions and cloud cover, glowing pink or gold in the morning or evening light, but this
colour change is generally related to the low angle of the Sun above the horizon. However,
travellers to Antarctica have repeatedly reported seeing green icebergs in the Weddell Sea
and, more commonly, close to the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica. One explanation for
green icebergs attributes their colour to an optical illusion when blue ice is illuminated by a
near-horizon red Sun, but green icebergs stand out among white and blue icebergs under a
great variety of light conditions. Another suggestion is that the colour might be related to ice
with high levels of metallic compounds, including copper and iron. Scientists have differed
as to whether icebergs appear green as a result of light conditions or because of something
in the ice itself. Recent expeditions have taken ice samples from green icebergs and ice
cores—vertical, cylindrical ice samples reaching down to great depths—from the glacial ice
shelves along the Antarctic continent. Analyses of these cores and samples provide a
different solution to the problem.
10. Several logical suggestions have been offered to explain why some icebergs appear
green EXCEPT
A. Ice cores were used to determine that green icebergs were formed from the compaction
of metallic compounds, including copper and iron.

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B. Green icebergs form when a two-layer block of ice breaks away from a glacier and
capsizes, exposing the bottom sea ice to view.
C. Ice cores and samples revealed that both ice shelves and green icebergs contain a layer of
bubbly glacial ice and a layer of bubble-free sea ice.
D. In a green iceberg, the sea ice contains large concentrations of organic matter from the
seawater.
Your answers

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 4: Read the text below and do the tasks that follow. (20 pts)

Changing our understanding of health

A
The concept of health holds different meanings for different people and group. These
meanings of health have also changed over time. This change is no more evident then in
Western society today, when notions of health and health promotion are being challenged
and expanded in new ways.
B
For much of recent Western history, health has been viewed in the physical sense only. That
is, good health has been connected to the smooth mechanical operation of the body, while ill
health has been attributed to a breakdown in this machine. Health in this sense has been
defined as the absence of disease and illness and is seen in medical terms. According to this
view, creating health for people means providing medical care to treat or to prevent disease
and illness. During this period, there was an emphasis on providing clean water, improved
sanitation and housing.
C
In the late 1940s the World Health Organisation challenged this physically and medically
oriented view of health. They stated that “health is a complete state of physical, mental and
social well – being and is not merely the absence of disease” (WHO, 1946). Health and the
person were seen more holistically (mind/body/spirit) and not just in physical terms.
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D
The 1970s was a time of focusing on the prevention of disease and illness by emphasising
the importance of the lifestyle and behaviour of the individual. Specific behaviours which
were seen to increase risk of disease, such as smoking, lack of fitness and unhealthy eating
habit, were targeted. Creating health meant providing not only medical health care, but
health promotion programs and policies which could help people maintain healthy
behaviours and lifestyles. While this individualistic healthy lifestyle approach to health
worked for some (the wealthy members of society), people experiencing poverty,
unemployment, underemployment or little control over the conditions of their daily lives
benefited little from this approach. This was largely because both the healthy lifestyles
approach and the medical approach to health largely ignored the social and environmental
conditions affecting the health of people.
E
During the 1980s and 1990s there has been a growing swing away from seeing lifestyle
risks as the root cause of poor health. While lifestyle factors still remain important, health is
being viewed also in term of the social, economic and environmental contexts in which
people live. This broad approach to health is called the socio-ecological view of health. The
broad socio-ecological view of health was endorsed at the first International Conference of
Health Promotion held in 1986, Ottawa, Canada, where people from 38 countries agreed
and declared that:
The fundamental conditions and resources for health are peace,
shelter, education, food, a viable income, a stable eco-system,
sustainable resources, social justice and equity. Improvement in
health requires a secure foundation in these basic requirements. (WHO, 1986)
It is clear from this statement that the creation of health is about much more than
encouraging healthy individual behaviours and lifestyles and providing appropriate
medical care. Therefore, the creation of health must include addressing issues such as
poverty, pollution, urbanisation, natural resource depletion, social alienation and poor
working conditions. The social, economic and environmental contexts which contribute
to the creation of health do not operate separately or independently of each other. Rather,
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 them which determine the conditions that promote health. A broad socio-ecological view
of health suggests that the promotion of health must include a strong social, economic
and environmental focus.
F
At the Ottawa Conference in 1986, a charter was developed which outlined new
directions for health promotion based in the socio-ecological view of health. This
charter, known as the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, remains as the backbone of
health action today. In exploring the scope of health promotion it states that:
Good health is a major resource for social, economic and
personal development and an important dimension of
quality of life. Political, economic, social, cultural,
environmental, behavioural and biological factors can all
favour health or be harmful to it. (WHO, 1986)
The Ottawa Charter brings practical meaning and action to this broad notion of health
promotion. It presents fundamental strategies and approaches in achieving health for all.
The overall philosophy of health promotion which guides these fundamental strategies
and approaches is one of “enabling people to increase control over and to improve their
health” (WHO, 1986).
A. Choose the most suitable headings for paragraph B –F from the list of headings below.
Write the appropriate number (1 - 9) in boxes
List of headings
1. Ottawa International Conference on Health promotion
2. Holistic approach to health
3. The primary importance of environmental factors
4. Healthy lifestyles approach to health
5. Changes in concepts of health in Western society
6. Prevention of diseases and illness
7. Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
8. Definition of health in medical terms
9. Socio-ecological view of health

Your answer:
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 Answer
0. Paragraph A Example 5
1. Paragraph B ……………..
2. Paragraph C ……………..
3. Paragraph D ……………...
4. Paragraph E ……………….
5. Paragraph F ……………….

B. Do the following statements agree with the information in Reading text? In boxes 1 -5
write:
YES: if the statement agrees with the information
NO: if the statement contradicts the information
NO INFORMATION (NI): if there is no information on this in the passage
1. Doctors have been instrumental in improving living standard in Western society.
2. The approach to health during the 1970s included the introduction of health
awareness programs.
3. The socio-ecological view of health recognises that lifestyle habits and the provision
of adequate health care are critical factors governing health.
4. The principles of the Ottawa Charter are considered to be out of date in the 1990s.
5. In recent years a number of additional countries have subscribed to the Ottawa
Charter.
Your answers

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 5. The passage below consists of four sections marked A, B, C and D. For
questions 1 - 10, read the passage and do the task that follows. Write your answers (A,
B, C or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 pts)
Source: Objective Proficiency Workbook.
Page: 68-69
CHEER UP: LIFE ONLY GETS BETTER
Human’s capacity for solving problems has been improving out lot for 10,000 years, says
Matt Ridley
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A. The human race has expanded in 10,000 years from less than 10 million people to around
7 billion. Some live in even worse conditions than those in the Stone Age. But the vast
majority are much better fed and sheltered, and much more likely to live to old age than
their ancestors have ever been. It is likely that by 2110 humanity will be much better off
than it is today and so will the ecology of our planet. This view, which I shall call rational
optimism, may not be fashionable but it is compelling. This belief holds that the world will
pull out of its economic and ecological crises because of the way that markets i goods,
services and ideas allow human beings to exchange and specialise for the betterment of all.
But a constant drumbeat of pessimism usually drowns out this sort of talk. Indeed, if you
dare to say the world is going to go on being better, you are considered embarassingly mad.

B. Let me make a square concession at the start: the pessimists are right when they say that
if the world continues as it is, it will end in disaster. If agriculture continues to depend on
irrigation and water stocks are depleted, then starvation will ensue. Notice the word “if”.
The world will not continue as it is. It is my proposition that the human race has become a
collective problem – solving machine which solves problems by changing its ways. It does
so through invention driven often by the marker: scarcity drives up price and that in turn
encourages the development of alternatives and efficiencies. History confirms this. When
whales grew scarce, for example, petroleum was used instead as a source of oil. The
pessimists’ mistake is extrapolating: in other words, assuming that the future is just a bigger
version of the past. In 1943 IBM’s founder Thomas Watson said there was a world market
for just five computers – his remarks were true enough at the time, when computers
weighed a ton and cost a fortune.

C. Many of today’s extreme environmentalists insist that the world has reached a ‘turning
point’ – quite unaware that their predecessors have been making the same claim for 200
years. They also maintain the only sustainable solution is to retreat – to halt economic
growth and enter progressive economic recession. This means not just that increasing your
company’s sales would be a crime, but that the failure to shrink them would be too. But all
this takes no account of the magical thing called the collective human brain. There was a

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time in human history when big-brained people began to exchange things with each other,
to become better off as a resut. Making and using tools saved time – and the state of being
‘better off’ is, at the end of the day, simply time saved. Forget dollars of gold. The true
measure of something’s worth is indeed the hours it takes to acquire it. The more humans
diversified as consumers and specified as producers, and the more they exchanged goods
and services, the better off they became. And the good news is there is no inevitable end to
this process.

D. I am aware that an enormous bubble of debt has burst around the world, with all that
entails. But is this the end of growth? Hardly. So long as somebody allocates sufficient
capital to innovation, then the credit crunch will not prevent the relentless upward march of
human living standards. Even the Great Depression of the 1930s, although an appalling
hardship for many, was just a dip in the slope of economic progress. All sorts of new
products and industries were born during the depression: by 1937, 40% of Dupont’s sales
came from products that had barely existed before 1929, such as enamels and cellulose film.
Growth will resume – unless it is stifled by the wrong policies. Somebody, somewhere, is
still tweaking a piece of software, testing a new material, of transferring a gene that will
enable new varieties of rice to be grown in African soils. The latter means some Africans
will soon be growing and and selling more food, so they will have more money to spend.
Some of them may then buy mobile phones from a western company. As a consequence of
higher sales, an employee of that western company may get a pay rise, which she may spend
on a pair of jeans made from cotton woven in an African factory. And so on. Forget wars,
famines and poems, This is history’s greatest theme: the metastasis of exchange and
specialisation.

In which section does the writer Your answers:

exemplify how short-term gloom tends to lift? 1.
mention a doom-laden prophecy that is obvious? 2.
express his hope that progress is not hindered by abominable 3.
decisions?
acknowledge trying to find common ground with his potential 4.

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identify unequivocally how money needs to be invested? 5.
suggest that his views are considered controversial? 6.
indicate an absurd scenario resulting from an opposing view to his 7.
own?
mention the deplorable consequences of taking a positive stance? 8.
define prosperity in life in an original approach? 9.
give an example of well-intentioned ongoing research? 10.

D. WRITING (60 pts)

Part 1: Read the following text and use your own words to summarize it. Your summary
should be about 120 words long. You MUST NOT copy the original. (10 pts)
PROMISING RESULTS FROM CANCER STUDY
A new experiment vaccine has shown promising results in the fight against lung
cancer. In a small Texas-based study, a vaccine developed by scientists at Baylor University
Medical Centre in Dallas, USA cured lung cancer in some patients and slowed the progress
of the disease in others. Researchers have reported encouraging findings from this small
study. Forty-three patients suffering from lung cancer were involved in these trials. Ten of
these patients were in the early stages and thirty-three in the advanced stages of the disease.
They were injected with the vaccine every two weeks for three months, and were carefully
monitored for three years. In three of the patients in the advanced stages of cancer, disease
disappeared and in the others, it did not spread for five to twenty-four months. However, no
great difference was seen in the patients in the early stages of the illness. This new vaccine
uses the patient’s own immune system. It is made specifically for each patient and is
injected into the arm or leg. It stimulates the body’s immune system, which then recognizes
that the cancer cells are harmful, and attacks and destroys them. The vaccine could be
effective against other forms of cancer. It offers great hope for the treatment of cancer in
general, although further studies are needed before such treatment can be widely used.
Source: Dakin, F.P. (2007) Promising results from cancer study. New Medical Journal,
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Part 2. Chart description.(20 pts)

https://www.ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2017/09/ielts-writing-task-1-two-
charts-answer.html
The charts below show reasons for travel and the main issues for the travelling public in the US in 2009.

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comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
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Part 3: Write an essay of at least 350 words to express your opinion on the following
topic: (30 pts)

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Many countries face dilemma between pursuing economic growth and protecting the
environment. In your opinion should governments in theses countries give priority to
economic growth or environmental protection?
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