Đề ôn luyện ĐTQG THPT 2021 - Overall practice test 03 AUG 2021

OVERALL PRACTICE TEST 03/ AUG 2021
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I. LISTENING (40 points)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU •
Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 15 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc đều có tín hiệu. •
Thí sinh có 3 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài nghe. •
Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1: Listen to a man who runs a recruitment agency talking a young woman. For questions 1-5,
complete the Employee Record using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS and/or A NUMBER for each
blank. Write your answers in the spaces provided. PRIME RECRUITMENT EMPLOYEE RECORD Example Answer Surname Riley
1. _______________________________ Position applied Email edwinari@worldnet.com Nationality
2. ___________________________________ Reference Name: John Keen (professional) Job: manager of a play center Reference Name: Eileen Dorsini (personal)
Job: 3. ___________________________________ Special qualifications
Current 4. ___________________________________ certificate
Certificate of competence in 5. ________________________________
Part 2: Listen to part of a radio discussion about graphology, the study of handwriting. For questions
6-10, 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. 6.
According to Richard, comments on a client’s personality traits should only be made if the graphologist ______.
A. is sure that the sample of handwriting is genuine.
B. is sure his results are supported by the rest of his team.
C. can back up his initial findings with further evidence.
D. can confirm his findings in different handwriting samples. 7.
What is Maria’s view of the conclusions which graphologists arrive at?
A. The connections have not been proved.
B. The rules of interpretation are not clear.
C. More detailed interpretation is needed.
D. Research is needed into the way writing is taught. 8.
What, in Richard’s view, is the key to an understanding of a client’s personality?
A. the way in which the client learnt to write
B. the variations in the client’s individual letters
C. the way the client’s handwriting has developed
D. the influence of current trends on the client’s handwriting Trang 1/8 9.
According to Richard, some businesses with North American links ______.
A. use graphology reluctantly in recruitment.
B. are unwilling to disclose that they use graphology.
C. are sceptical about the value of graphology.
D. are trading more successfully because of graphology.
10. What does Maria conclude about the use of graphology?
A. It has become a source of discontent.
B. It is not appropriate for use as a recruitment tool.
C. It is used by few serious psychologists.
D. Its educational value has not been proved. Your answers: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3: Listen to a piece of news from the CNN about hosting the FIFA World Cup. For questions 11-
20, supply the blanks with the missing information using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER taken from the recording for each answer in the spaces provided.
The focus of the news bulletin is the (11) _________________________ in the world of international soccer.
According to U.S. prosecutors, some officials of FIFA have accepted more than $150 million in (12)
_______________ over the past 24 years.
They were expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest and to protect the integrity of the game.
However, they corrupted the business of soccer to (13) __________________________________ and to enrich themselves.
The Department of Justice is determined to end these practices, to root out corruption and to bring (14)
_______________________________ to justice.
FIFA has been investigated for corruption for years. However, it’s repeatedly denied that its top officials are
(15) _______________________________.
The reporter says whichever nation hosts the World Cup potentially receives a (16)
___________________________________ economic boost.
The decision to select Qatar to host the World Cup in 2022 has become a (17) _______________________ one.
Officials have been under (18) _________________________________ amid allegation of corruption in the
selection process for both the 2022 Cup and the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
FIFA’s (19) ___________________________________ hired an independent investigator later announcing
no evidence of corruption and no reason to reopen the (20)____________________________________.
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points)
Part 1: For questions 21-40, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following questions
and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
21. David’s hard-working when supervised; left to his own______, he becomes lazy. A. means B. instruments C. tools D. devices
22. Business these days are looking for people who are ______, or in other words, are able to fulfil more than one role if necessary. A. ever-changing B. resourceful C. action-oriented D. versatile
23. The vote on the anti-bullying policy was______and it wll be put into effect immediately at the school. A. unanimous B. united C. undoutbed D. undivided
24. The sports complex is likely to become a ______after the championships are over. A. white elephant B. wild goose C. fat cat D. black sheep
25. He’d be an excellent candidate for promotion______his hot temper. A. if not B. if it wasn’t C. if only D. if it weren’t for
26. You will save money if you buy the large, ______ size of the shampoo. A. economy B. economical C. economic D. economized Trang 2/8
27. The installation of CCTV across the city center will hopefully act as a strong ______ to anyone tempted to commit vandalism. A. constraint B. restriction C. deterrent D. boundary
28. Without experience, she’s got ______ to come for an interview.
A. little chance of being asked B. little chance for asking C. a little chance to ask D. a little chance in asking
29. The list of the sources for the information in this book is contained in the book’s______. A. acknowledgements B. bibliograhpy C. appendix D. contents
30. Having some volunteer work on your CV can be a real ______ in your cap when it comes to applying to university. A. feather B. hair C. beard D. sideburn
31. The company was taken to court and fined for not______with local environmental regulations. A. wrestling B. complying C. experiencing D. collaborating
32. As the two seminars are running ______, I will have to make a choice on which one to attend. A. continually B. concurrently C. continuously D. currently
33. Advertisers often aim their campaigns at young people as they have considerable spending ______. A. force B. energy C. power D. ability
34. Exercise can be classified as active or passive with the former ______ effort and the latter the use of
machines or training assistants . A. involves physical B. physics is involved C. involving physical D. physically involved
35. We all hope that the boss is going to ________ the bill for the staff party. A. arm B. leg C. foot D. head
36. Gobal warming has progressed ______ glaciers everywhere are shrinking. A. too much that B. enough to cause C. to such an extent that D. so great an extent that
37. Mary has been abroad for two months, but she will be home______ the next few days. A. between B. among C. within D. by
38. He went to great lengths to ______ the details of the intricate plans to his co-workers. A. spell out B. stand up C. take in D. measure out
39. Peter needs to learn how to put limits to his ______ otherwise nothing and nobody will ever be good enough for him. A. diligence B. introspection C. procrastination D. perfectionism
40. ______ martial arts, Mike now has considerably more free time to dedicate to his new business venture. A. Having been dropped B. Having dropped C. Dropping D. Dropped Your answers: 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
Part 2: For questions 41-50, write the correct form of each bracketed word answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
41. The account of his trips is rather repetitive and uninspired, ______ only by his humorous dealing with locals
who could not speak English. (LIVE)
42. The company decided to hire an ______ with marketing experience in an effort to revive its business after
the economic reccession. (SIDE)
43. The high abstention rate at the election reflected the voters' growing ______ with politics. (ILLUSION)
44. The teacher was careful not to show ______ to any one student because this may cause discontentment
among students. (FAVOR)
45. Both suspects refused to answer any questions before their lawyers arrived, in fear that they might
______themselves. (CRIME)
46. The employer knows that he cannot recover worthwhile damages and is in any case unwilling
to _____ relations with his employees by taking legal action. (BITTER)
47. In factories where workers are required to perform only a single set of actions, the work is repetitive and _______. (TONE) Trang 3/8
48. Improved safety measures in cars can be ______ as they encourage people to drive faster. (PRODUCE)
49. Recovering from the serious car accident will be an ______battle for her, but she’s doing well. (HILL)
50. The journalist uncovered proof that the government had ______ the public about the source of the funding. (LEAD) III. READING (40 points)
Part 1: For questions 51–60, read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best
fits each gap. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in corresponding numbered boxes.
THE FULFILLING GAP YEAR
Gap years are quite common in many parts of the world and most young people, upon leaving high school,
feel (51) ________ to one. It’s plain to see how the idea would be (52) ________; taking a year off from studies
to travel the world and consider your future sound like bliss. Adverts for gap years contain (53) ________ that
read ‘The best year of my life’ and ‘Total adventure, Totally rewarding’, and offer the newly (54) ________
student the opportunity to learn more about themselves while learning about the world.
Of course, a gap year shouldn’t be (55) ________ as just a time to party, and as attractive as it may sound,
one must not get (56) ________ in by that notion. One way to make the most of this time is to get involved
(57) ________ some inspiring voluntary work abroad. There is more than a (58) ________ of truth in the idea
that (59) ________ in a new culture will teach you more about yourself than any classroom ever would. It will
allow you to reach a level of emotional (60) ________ that will stay with you for a lifetime. 51. A. permitted B. entitled C. designated D. allowed 52. A. teasing B. touting C. tempting D. taunting 53. A. editions B. billboards C. jingles D. captions 54. A. emancipated B. liberated C. independent D. sovereign 55. A. dismissed B. denied C. denounced D. dissuaded 56. A. pulled B. sucked C. forced D. swept 57. A. in B. on C. at D. about 58. A. mark B. grade C. degree D. notch 59. A. immersion B. diversion C. compulsion D. emersion 60. A. wisdom B. ripeness C. adulthood D. maturity Your answers: 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
Part 2: For questions 61-70, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word and
write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED
It is no coincidence that people who (61) ______ risks are far more likely to make progress in life and
accomplish their goals. The reason why is simple: in embracing (62) ______, big or small, one also embraces opportunities.
Even though we realise this, many of us are often (63) _______ of taking a chance, (64) ______ because of
the fear of failure or the uneasiness of being pushed out of our comfort zone. Having been disappointed by
past failures, many people have trouble embracing new risks as their feelings of vulnerability can lead to
avoidance-type behaviours. This is apparent (65) ______ many individuals whose primary reaction after such
an experience is, understandably, to protect themselves from (62) ______ disappointment by simply avoiding
(67) ______ caused the disappointment. Although this is a logical reaction, it definitely (68) ______ us back
from fulfilling our potential. Undoubtedly, reaching a point at (69) ______ we feel we have achieved at least
some of our life goals is integral to our happiness; (70) ______ taking a chance every now and then, this may never be possible. Your answers: 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
Part 3: For questions 71–80, read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D)
according to the text. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes. WORK, WORK, WORK!
Stress, sleeplessness, depression, heart disease, shortness of temper, memory loss, anxiety, marital
breakdown, child delinquency, rudeness, suicide - a mere shortlist of some of the symptoms of the postmodern
malaise. The cause of all our woes? An avalanche of surveys, polls and expert commentaries show that we Trang 4/8
all work too long, too hard, that our bosses are beastly; that we are insecure and afraid. You know all this stuff.
We seem to be workers on the verge of a nervous breakdown. So far, so bad. But there's plenty of good news
about work, too - even if it is not always shared with the same enthusiasm as the 'Work is Terrible' stories.
Four out of 10 UK workers declare themselves 'very satisfied' with their jobs, more than in France, Germany, Italy or Spain.
Work has become our national obsession. Whether we are damning the impact of work on our health, our
families, our time, or celebrating its new-found flexibility, rewards and opportunities, we are talking, writing and
thinking about work like never before. As with so many obsessive relationships, the one with work is a love-
hate one. Mixed messages are everywhere - on the one hand, the government emphasises the importance of
paid work, and then cautions about the impact of too much paid work on families. Women celebrate the
economic independence work brings, then are made to feel guilty about their children. Salaries go up, but few
of us feel richer. We find a job we love and so work long hours at it, and then feel that we are failing to get our 'work/life' balance right.
Why is work under the microscope? Perhaps because our work simply occupies a more important place
in our lives than it did. Maybe we care, and worry, more about work for the same reason we care and worry so
much about our children or our health - because it is important to us. Men and (for the first time in centuries)
women are placing work closer to the centre of their lives. And maybe that's no bad thing. The 'leisure society'
would probably have been a boring place in any case.
Our work fixation springs from a series of profound changes in the nature of employment, all of which push
work more deeply into our individual lives, our families and our communities. Work has become a more
important element of our personal identity; we have greater control and choice over the shape of our working
lives; women have entered and transformed the workplace; the nine-to-five has become more sociable; more
of us want or need the financial independence that a wage offers; and the economic rewards of working have increased - work pays.
Work has become a more important personal identity tag, supplanting the three traditional indicators of our
uniqueness - place, faith and blood. As geographical roots have weakened, religious affiliations have
diminished and the extended family has dispersed, how we spend our labouring hours has become a more
important window into our souls. This trend reflects and reinforces a desire for work which brings personal
fulfilment, for work we are proud of. If work means not just income but identity, then the choice of job becomes
critical. This is why tobacco companies find it so hard to hire people - to work for them would be to taint your own identity.
But the new salience of work has come with a price; fewer people are able to feel secure; the need to keep
pace with change is tiring and stressful; white-collar workers are putting in longer hours to try and keep a
toehold - with potentially damaging consequences for the children; and the deification of work threatens to
push those who are outside the paid workforce further towards the margins of society. This would not matter
so much if work did not matter so much. Not just in terms of income, but in terms of identity. When work
becomes more than simply a passport to a pay cheque, when it opens the door to friends, purpose, satisfaction
and a place in the world, its absence is more keenly felt. Once we admit the centrality of work to our lives, it
might be harder to kid ourselves that we are doing older employees a favour by 'letting them go'.
But we dare not admit work’s importance to us. We like to moan about it, preferably with work colleagues
just after work. The love of your job is now the only one that dare not speak its name. The idea of work as
intrinsically bad has poisoned us for too long. The poet and mystic Kahlil Gibran said that work was “love
made visible”. Wouldn't it be great if we could capture a bit of that spirit, even if just for a while?
71. In the first paragraph the writer implies that ______.
A. workers suffer from mental problems
B. modern lifestyles can sometimes make us ill
C. working people are generally insecure people
D. we exaggerate the negative effects of work
72. The word “damming” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. A. criticizing strongly B. discussing widely C. debating fiercely D. appreciating greatly
73. In the second paragraph, the writer gives the impression that ______.
A. people have ambivalent attitudes to work
B. women should not continue to work
C. people need a more balanced approach to life
D. work has made us feel better about ourselves Trang 5/8
74. How does the writer answer the question "Why is work under the microscope?" in the third paragraph?
A. Because we worry about it all the time
B. Because it is as important as our children
C. Because it is a large part of our lives
D. Because it can affect our health
75. The function of the fourth paragraph is ______.
A. explain the constant need of people to work
B. examine the changes in the nature of employment
C. show how work has become a focal point in our lives
D. summarise the changes in the workplace
76. The term “window into our souls” in the fifth paragraph can be best described as ______.
A. something that we really like and want
B. something that we earn for a living
C. something that we don’t want to have
D. something that we don’t care about
77. In talking about the jobs we choose, the writer says that ______.
A. our families have become less important to us
B. social change has made work more significant
C. the type of job is becoming less relevant
D. money has become a more important factor
78. According to the article, people who lose their jobs ______.
A. generally welcome the change
B. may have fewer social relationships
C. identify strongly with each other D. have higher stress level
79. The word “intrinsically” in the seventh paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. A. significantly B. fundamentally C. temporarily D. profoundly
80. From the article as a whole, we understand that the writer believes ______.
A. we should rethink our attitudes to work
B. we should admit that work is a necessary evil
C. home life should pay a more important role
D. we should widen our social circles Your answers: 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
Part 4: For questions 81-90, read the text and do the tasks that follow.
THE ROBOTS ARE COMING – OR ARE THEY?
What is the current state of play in Artificial Intelligence?
A. Can robots advance so far that they become the ultimate threat to our existence? Some scientists say no,
and dismiss the very idea of Artificial Intelligence. The human brain, they argue, is the most complicated system
ever created, and any machine designed to reproduce human thought is bound to fail. Physicist Roger Penrose
of Oxford University and others believe that machines are physically incapable of human thought. Colin
McGinn of Rutgers University backs this up when he says that Artificial Intelligence ‘is like sheep trying to do
complicated psychoanalysis. They just don’t have the conceptual equipment they need in their limited brains’.
B. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is different from most technologies in that scientists still understand very little
about how intelligence works. Physicists have a good understanding of Newtonian mechanics and the quantum
theory of atoms and molecules, whereas the basic laws of intelligence remain a mystery. But a sizeable number
of mathematicians and computer scientists, who are specialists in the area, are optimistic about the
possibilities. To them it is only a matter of time before a thinking machine walks out of the laboratory. Over the
years, various problems have impeded all efforts to create robots. To attack these difficulties, researchers tried
to use the ‘top-down approach’, using a computer in an attempt to program all the essential rules onto a single
disc. By inserting this into a machine, it would then become self-aware and attain human-like intelligence.
C. In the 1950s and 1960s great progress was made, but the shortcomings of these prototype robots soon
became clear. They were huge and took hours to navigate across a room. Meanwhile, a fruit fly, with a brain
containing only a fraction of the computing power, can effortlessly navigate in three dimensions. Our brains,
like the fruit fly’s, unconsciously recognise what we see by performing countless calculations. This unconscious
awareness of patterns is exactly what computers are missing. The second problem is robots’ lack of common
sense. Humans know that water is wet and that mothers are older than their daughters. But there is no Trang 6/8
mathematics that can express these truths. Children learn the intuitive laws of biology and physics by
interacting with the real world. Robots know only what has been programmed into them.
D. Because of the limitations of the top-down approach to Artificial Intelligence, attempts have been made to
use a ‘bottom-up’ approach instead – that is, to try to imitate evolution and the way a baby learns. Rodney
Brooks was the director of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence laboratory, famous for its lumbering ‘top-down’ walking
robots. He changed the course of research when he explored the unorthodox idea of tiny ‘insectoid’ robots that
learned to walk by bumping into things instead of computing mathematically the precise position of their feet.
Today many of the descendants of Brooks’ insectoid robots are on Mars gathering data for NASA (The National
Aeronautics and Space Administration), running across the dusty landscape of the planet. For all their
successes in mimicking the behaviour of insects, however, robots using neural networks have performed
miserably when their programmers have tried to duplicate in them the behaviour of higher organisms such as
mammals. MIT’s Marvin Minsky summarises the problems of AI: ‘The history of AI is sort of funny because the
first real accomplishments were beautiful things, like a machine that could do well in a maths course. But then
we started to try to make machines that could answer questions about simple children’s stories. There’s no
machine today that can do that.’
E. There are people who believe that eventually there will be a combination between the top-down and
bottom-up, which may provide the key to Artificial Intelligence. As adults, we blend the two approaches. It has
been suggested that our emotions represent the quality that most distinguishes us as human, that it is
impossible for machines ever to have emotions. Computer experts Hans Moravec thinks that in the future
robots will be programmed with the emotions such as fear to protect themselves so that they can signal to
human when their batteries are running low, for example. Emotions are vital in decision-making. People who
have suffered a certain kind of brain injury lose the ability to experience emotions and become unable to make
decisions. Without emotions to guide them, they debate endlessly over their options. Moravec points out that
as robots become more intelligent and are able to make choices, they could likewise become paralysed with
indecision. To aid them, robots of the future might need to have emotions hardwired into their brains.
F. There is no universal consensus as to whether machines can be conscious, or even, in human terms, what
consciousness means. Minsky suggests the thinking process in our brain is not localised but spread out, with
different centres competing with one another at any given time. Consciousness may then be viewed as a
sequence of thoughts and images issuing from these different, smaller ‘minds’, each one competing for our
attention. Robots might eventually attain a ‘silicon consciousness’. Robots, in fact, might one day embody an
architecture for thinking and processing information that is different from ours – but also indistinguishable. If
that happens, the question of whether they really ‘understand’ becomes largely irrelevant. A robot that has
perfect mastery of syntax, for all practical purposes, understands what is being said.
Questions 81-87: The reading passage has six paragraphs marked A-F. Which paragraphs contain the
following information? Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
81. an insect that proves the superiority of natural intelligence over Artificial Intelligence
82. robots being able to benefit from their mistakes
83. many researchers not being put off believing that Artificial Intelligence will eventually be developed
84. an innovative approach that is having limited success
85. the possibility of creating Artificial Intelligence being doubted by some academics
86. no generally accepted agreement of what our brains do
87. robots not being able to extend their intelligence in the same way as humans Your answers: 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87.
Questions 88–90: Complete the summary below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for
each answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
When will we have a thinking machine?
Despite some advances, the early robots had certain weaknesses. They were given the information they
needed on a (88) ______. This was known as the ‘top-down’ approach and enabled them to do certain tasks
but they were unable to recognise (89) ______ . Nor did they have any intuition or ability to make decisions Trang 7/8
based on experience. Rodney Brooks tried a different approach. Robots similar to those invented by Brooks
are to be found on (90) ______ where they are collecting information. IV. WRITING (30 points)
Part 1: Read the following extract and use your own words to summarise it. Your summary should be
between 70 and 80 words long. Write your summary in the space provided.
The social and economic importance of tourism has been more and more significant. In most industrialised
countries over the past few years the fastest growth has been seen in the area of services. One of the largest
segments of the service industry, although largely unrecognised as an entity in some of these countries, is
travel and tourism. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (1992), ‘travel and tourism is the largest
industry in the world on virtually any economic measure including value-added capital investment, employment
and tax contributions’. In 1992, the industry’s gross output was estimated to be $3.5 trillion, over 12 per cent
of all consumer spending. The travel and tourism industry is the world’s largest employer the almost 130 million
jobs, or almost 7 per cent of all employees. This industry is the world’s leading industrial contributor, producing
over 6 per cent of the world’s national product and accounting for capital investment in excess of $422 billion
in direct, indirect and personal taxes each year. Thus, tourism has a profound impact both on the world
economy and, because of the educative effect of travel and the effects on employment, on society itself.
However, the major problems of the travel and tourism industry that have hidden, or obscured, its economic
impact are the diversity and fragmentation of the industry itself. The travel industry includes: hotels, motels
and other types of accommodation; restaurants and other food services; transportation services and facilities;
amusements, attractions and other leisure facilities; gift shops and a large number of other enterprises. Since
many of these businesses also serve local residents, the impact of spending by visitors can easily be
overlooked or underestimated. In addition, Meis (1992) points out that the tourism industry involves concepts
that have remained amorphous to both analysts and decision makers. Moreover, in all nations this problem
has made it difficult for the industry to develop any type of reliable or credible tourism information base in order
to estimate the contribution it makes to regional, national and global economies. However, the nature of this
very diversity makes travel and tourism ideal vehicles for economic development in a wide variety of countries, regions or communities.
Part 2: Write an essay of about 300 words on the following topic:
Although it is generally prohibited, corporal (physical) punishment still persists in many schools and
families. Do you think corporal punishment is an acceptable way to help modify children’s behavior?
Give reasons and specific examples to support your opinion(s). Write your essay in the space provided. Trang 8/8