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KỲ THI OLYMPIC TRUYỀN THỐNG 10-3 NĂM 2021
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ MÔN: TIẾNG ANH; LỚP 11
ĐỀ THI VÀ ĐÁP ÁN
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE (40 PTS)
I. Grammar and Structures (5 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
1. Last weekend, ________nothing to watch on television, we sang karaoke together. A. being B. having had C. there having D. there being
2. On the island___________ the only representation of the island’s handicraft. A. does it remain B. did it remain C. remain it D. remains
3. It is mandatory that smoking in public ___________. A. prohibited B. prohibit C. be prohibited D. is prohibited
4. The two boys were caught____________ the exam papers from the teaches’ room , so they
definitely deserved ____________ from school.
A. to be stealing- having suspended B. to steal- being suspended C. stealing- to be suspended D. having stolen- suspended
5. We've got two TVs, but ______ of them works properly. A. neither B. none C. either D. both
6. Ambrose had to take a job at a fast-food restaurant; ________he wouldn’t have been able to make his car payment. A. otherwise B. if so C. had he done so D. were that the case
7. Probably no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in the United States _________.
A. as Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production.
B. rather than Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production.
C. than did Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production.
D. more than Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production.
8. __________nocturnal creature(s). A. Owl is a B. An owl is a C. The owl is a D. The owls are
9. They turned down the proposal _________that it didn’t fulfill their requirement. A. by reason B. on the grounds C. as a cause D. allowing
10. We’ve decided to overlook this offence__________ your good record. A. in the light of B. thanks to C. with a view to D. with regard to Your answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Đáp án 1. D 2. D 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. A
II. Phrasal verbs and Prepositions (5 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences. 11.
I know you're stressed about the wedding, but can you please stop _________
me? I didn't intentionally bring the wrong box of place cards! A. hammering on B. turning to C. dumping on D. making up with
12. I really must ________ up my Japanese before we visit Japan next year. A. bottle B. brush C. dig D. tighten 13. I was about to pay for
the shopping when it suddenly ___________
me that I'd left my wallet at home. A. dawned on B. dawned up to C. came up to D. came on
14. Stringent measures were________ so that the government could balance its budget. A. call on B. brought in C. looked up to D. let through
15. Not knowing he had ________ his girlfriend, I made the mistake of inviting them both to the party. A. quarreled out with B. fallen out with C. went down with D. taken out with
16. Are you still ________ an illusion that Mr. Spike will agree to your conditions? A. in B. under C. on D. of
17. Father says he’s too ________after working the night shift and he won’t help us prepare the barbecue. A. run away B. worn out C. taken in D. pulled down
18. Most successful entrepreneurs are hard ________ themselves, in the sense that they are never easily satisfied. A. on B. with C. at D. to
19. We all tried to convince our teacher to change his mind about the school trip and he finally _______. A. set out B. got through C. caught on D. came round
20. His classmates are always _________ him for his oversized nose. A. lazing around B. picking on C. running down D. shrinking from Your answers 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Đáp án 11. C 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. B 16. B 17. B 18. A 19. D 20. B
III. Vocabulary (10 pts) Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
21. The house we have rented is______. So we will have to buy some beds, chairs, tables, etc. A. unrestored B. unrepaired C. unfurnished D. undecorated
22. Brain cancer requires _________ treatment such as surgery. A. aggressive B. malignant C. rigorous D. vigorous
23. To succeed in this job, you have to be utterly ___________ A. hot-blooded B. single-minded C. kind-hearted D. near-sighted
24. If somebody ________ something into question, then let’s stop and review it. A. makes B. does C. calls D. puts
25. If you wash that pullover in the boiling water, it will _______. A. crumple B. shrink C. contract D. dwindle
26. The design _________ marries the old and new styles. A. adroitly B. intensively C. abjectly D. slightly
27. Alex makes all the big decisions - that's his ________as company director. A. derogatory B. prerogative C. abdication D. humanity
28. He _______ the illusion that he will live to be a hundred. A. grows B. relishes C. develops D. cherishes
29. Documentation is required before the drug can get the seal of _______from world health authorities. A. assent B. consent C. approval D. permission
30. Jack accused Rob of being a liar and an angry argument _________. A. ensued B. eventuated C. supervened D. transpired
31. Mr. Putin won a fourth term as Russia's president, picking up more than three-quarters of the vote
with _________ of more than 67 percent. A. an outcome B. a turnup C. a turnout D. an output
32. His work ________ new ground in the treatment of cancer. It is now giving many cancer victims hope of complete recovery. A. broke B. found C. dug D. uncovered
33. It is said that a drizzle on the Phap Van - Cau Gie Expressway caused poor______ and
slippery road surface, leading to the vehicles, traveling at high speed, unable to respond safely. A. vision B. view C. visibility D. visionary
34. A true relationship is thought to be a friendship that may__________through changes in the lives of the friends. A. entail B. remain C. endure D. continue
35. I’m not going to go ice skating! I’d only fall over and __________ a fool of myself. A. create B. show C. do D. make
36. When the kids asked him about his girlfriend, he’d go as red as a __________. A. tomato B. chili C. strawberry D. beetroot
37. Until the situation has settled down, it is _____ to travel to that country. A. well-advised B. inadvisable C. advisable D. advised
38. The purpose of the survey was to ______ the inspector with local conditions. A. notify B. instruct C. acquaint D. inform
39. I can’t give you the answer on the _____; I’ll have to think about it for a few days. A. place B. minute C. scene D. spot
40. If oil supplies run out in 2050 then we need to find ______ energy sources soon. A. alternate B. alternating C. alternative D. altering Your answers 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. Đáp án 21. C 22. A 23B 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. C 32. A 33. C 34. B 35. D 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. C
IV. Guided Cloze (10 pts)
Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space. Passage A:
Stressful situations that (41)________ almost everyday in life seem to be unavoidable.
However, we can do little sometimes to avoid a misfortune or an unpleasant occurrence which may
(42)________ us unexpectedly as only it can. At such a moment, one may hit the (43)_______, give
in to the helplessness of the situation or, ideally, put a brave face on it trying to (44)_________ the burden.
Can you (45)_________ in your mind an hour spent in a traffic jam, say, this morning? Do
you light one cigarette after another? Do you sound the horn every few seconds like the other
neurotics? Or do you take a different (46)________ and make good use of the time drawing up a
schedule for the days to come? To withstand the stressful moment you can also do a crossword
puzzle, listen to your favorite music or even compose a menu for your Sunday dinner.
In fact, whatever way you (47)________ to the annoying situation, you can exert no impact
on it as the traffic jam will only reduce in due (48)_________. Nevertheless, your reaction might
considerably influence your mood for the rest of the day. The inability to confront a stressful
occurrence like that with a deal of composure and sensibility adds much more strain to your life and
in this way puts your well – being in (49)_________. Surprisingly, it is seemingly negligible
hardships we stumble on daily that run double the risk of developing serious health disorders rather
than our isolated tragedies however painful they may be. (50)_______that so many of those wretched
stresses and inducing troubles affect us in a day, we should, at best, try to avoid them or possibly
make radical alterations in the way we lead our daily lifestyles. 41. A. devise B. create C. originate D. emerge 42. A. arise B. happen C. befall D. occur 43. A. post B. roof C. bottom D. wall 44. A. subsist B. remain C. cow D. bear 45. A. envision B. observe C. picture D. image 46. A. manner B. stance C. practice D. mode 47. A. strike B. deal C. respond D. challenge 48. A. term B. course C. timing D. period 49. A. risk B. weakness C. insecurity D. jeopardy 50. A. Providing B. Given C. Hence D. As much Your answers 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Đáp án 41. D 42. C 43. B 44. D 45. A 46. B 47. C 48. B 49. D 50. B Passage B:
The Alexandra Palace in north London was built with private funds as a “People’s Palace”.
Serviced by its own station, it was opened in 1873 and was extremely well (51)_______ until, two
weeks after its opening, it burnt down. It was replaced by a slightly larger building which opened in
1875 and featured, (52)________other things, a splendid organ an Great Hall, which was the size of
a football pitch. Despite the extraordinarily wide range of events (53)_______ there – from dog
shows to great concerts and banquets, from elephant displays to bicycle matches – it always operated
at a loss and by 1877 much of the park around it had been sold to speculative builders, leaving only
about half of the original land.
In 1900, a committee was appointed, whose ______(54) duty was to run the palace and park
“for the free use of the people forever.” There were, however, powers to charge for entry so that the
substantial costs could be (55) _______ . The Palace continued, with (56) ________ degrees of
success, as an entertainment centre. In the 1930s, it was probably most (57) ________ for being the
home of the world’s first high definition television broadcasts.
In 1980 the building was once more devastated by fire and (58) _______ to a ruin. It was
then decided to (59) _________ it and to create a major exhibition centre with community
(50)_______, such as a restaurant and a health club. 51. A. inhabited B. attended C. crowded D. visited 52. A. among B. between C. from D. around 53. A. performed B. set C. staged D. laid 54. A. principal B. principle C. potential D. cognitive 55. A. fulfilled B. covered C. matched D. made 56. A. unsteady B. varying C. altering D. unsettled 57. A. distinct B. marked C. considerable D. notable 58. A. turned B. converted C. reduced D. wrecked 59. A. recover B. revise C. restore D. reform 60. A. facilities B. conveniences C. supplies D. appliances Your answers 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. Đáp án 51. B 52. A 53. C 54. A 55. B 56. B 57. D 58. C 59. C 60. A
V. Reading Comprehension (10 pts)
Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question. Passage A:
The history of clinical nutrition, or the study of the relationship between health and how the body
takes in and utilizes food substances, can be divided into four distinct eras: the first began in the
nineteenth century and extended into the early twentieth century when it was recognized for the first
time that food contained constituents that were essential for human function and that different foods
provided different amounts of these essential agents. Near the end of this era, research studies
demonstrated that rapid weight loss was associated with nitrogen imbalance and could only be
rectified by providing adequate dietary protein associated with certain foods.
The second era was initiated in the early decades of the twentieth century and might be called
"the vitamin period. " Vitamins came to be recognized in foods, and deficiency syndromes were
described. As vitamins became recognized as essential food constituents necessary for health, it
became tempting to suggest that every disease and condition for which there had been no previous
effective treatment might be responsive to vitamin therapy. At that point in time, medical schools
started to become more interested in having their curricula integrate nutritional concepts into the
basic sciences. Much of the focus of this education was on the recognition of deficiency symptoms.
Herein lay the beginning of what ultimately turned from ignorance to denial of the value of
nutritional therapies in medicine. Reckless claims were made for effects of vitamins that went far
beyond what could actually be achieved from the use of them.
In the third era of nutritional history in the early 1950's to mid-1960's, vitamin therapy began to
fall into disrepute. Concomitant with this, nutrition education in medical schools also became less
popular. It was just a decade before this that many drug companies had found their vitamin sales
skyrocketing and were quick to supply practicing physicians with generous samples of vitamins and
literature extolling the virtue of supplementation for a variety of health-related conditions.
Expectations as to the success of vitamins in disease control were exaggerated. As is known in
retrospect, vitamin and mineral therapies are much less effective when applied to health-crisis
conditions than when applied to long-term problems of under nutrition that lead to chronic health problems.
61. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The stages of development of clinical nutrition as a field of study
B. The history of food preferences from the nineteenth century to the present
C. The effects of vitamins on the human body
D. Nutritional practices of the nineteenth century
62. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following discoveries was made during the
first era in the history of nutrition?
A. Certain foods were found to be harmful to good health.
B. Vitamins were synthesized from foods.
C. Effective techniques of weight loss were determined.
D. Protein was recognized as an essential component of diet.
63. It can be inferred from the passage that medical schools began to teach concepts of nutrition in order to
A. encourage medical doctors to apply concepts of nutrition in the treatment of disease
B. support the creation of artificial vitamins
C. convince doctors to conduct experimental vitamin therapies on their patients
D. convince medical doctors to participate in research studies on nutrition
64. The word "Reckless" is closest in meaning to? A. recorded B. irresponsible C. informative D. urgent
65. The phrase "concomitant with" is closest in meaning to
A. in dispute with B. prior to
C. in conjunction with D. in regard to Your answers 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. Đáp án 61. A 62. D 63. A 64. B 65. C Passage B:
Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly
cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on
group organization and attitudes.
In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual fuse. The group contains
nearly all of each individual’s life. The rewards of the group’s work are shared with each member.
There is an interlocking identity of individual, group and task performed. Means and goals become
one, for cooperation itself is valued.
While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of preliterature societies, secondary
cooperation is characteristic of many modern societies. In secondary cooperation, individuals devote
only part of their lives to the group. Cooperation itself is not a value. Most members of the group
feel loyalty, but the welfare of the group is not the first consideration. Members perform tasks so that
they can separately enjoy the fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power.
Business offices and professional athletic teams are examples of secondary cooperation.
In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the shared
work. The attitudes of the cooperating parties are purely opportunistic: the organization is loose and
fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals: it breaks down
when the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals. This is not, strictly speaking,
cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is
sometimes used for this relationship.
66. What is the author’s main purpose in the first paragraph of the passage?
A. To urge readers to cooperate more often
B. To offer a brief definition of cooperation
C. To explain how cooperation differs from competition and conflict
D. To show the importance of group organization and attitudes
67. The word cherished in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______ A. defined B. agreed on C. prized D. set up
68. The word fuse in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______ A. explore B. unite C. evolve D. react
69. According to the passage, why do people join groups that practice secondary cooperation?
A. To experience the satisfaction of cooperation
B. To associate with people who have similar backgrounds
C. To get rewards for themselves D. To defeat a common enemy
70. Which of the following best describes the overall organization of the passage?
A. The author provides a number of concrete examples and then draws a conclusion
B. The author presents the points of view of three experts on the same topic
C. The author compares and contrasts two types of human relations
D. The author describes a concept by analyzing its three forms Your answers 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. Đáp án 66. B 67. C 68. B 69. C 70D Passage C:
The importance of children’s play
Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and
fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, she’s creating an enchanting world.
Although she isn’t aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards her capacity
for creativity and so it will have important repercussions in her adult life.
Minutes later, Alice has abandoned the kingdom in favour of playing schools with her younger
brother. When she bosses him around as his ‘teacher’, she’s practising how to regulate her
emotions through pretence. Later on, when they tire of this and settle down with a board game,
she’s learning about the need to follow rules and take turns with a partner.
‘Play in all its rich variety is one of the highest achievements of the human species,’ says Dr David
Whitebread from the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. ‘It underpins how
we develop as intellectual, problem-solving adults and is crucial to our success as a highly adaptable species.’
Recognising the importance of play is not new: over two millennia ago, the Greek philosopher
Plato extolled its virtues as a means of developing skills for adult life, and ideas about play-based
learning have been developing since the 19th century.
But we live in changing times, and Whitebread is mindful of a worldwide decline in play, pointing
out that over half the people in the world now live in cities. ‘The opportunities for free play, which
I experienced almost every day of my childhood, are becoming increasingly scarce,’ he says.
Outdoor play is curtailed by perceptions of risk to do with traffic, as well as parents’ increased
wish to protect their children from being the victims of crime, and by the emphasis on ‘earlier is
better’ which is leading to greater competition in academic learning and schools.
International bodies like the United Nations and the European Union have begun to develop
policies concerned with children’s right to play, and to consider implications for leisure facilities
and educational programmes. But what they often lack is the evidence to base policies on.
‘The type of play we are interested in is child-initiated, spontaneous and unpredictable – but, as
soon as you ask a five-year-old “to play”, then you as the researcher have intervened,’ explains Dr
Sara Baker. ‘And we want to know what the long-term impact of play is. It’s a real challenge.’
Dr Jenny Gibson agrees, pointing out that although some of the steps in the puzzle of how and why
play is important have been looked at, there is very little data on the impact it has on the child’s later life.
Now, thanks to the university’s new Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and
Learning (PEDAL), Whitebread, Baker, Gibson and a team of researchers hope to provide
evidence on the role played by play in how a child develops.
‘A strong possibility is that play supports the early development of children’s self control,’
explains Baker. ‘This is our ability to develop awareness of our own thinking processes – it
influences how effectively we go about undertaking challenging activities.’
In a study carried out by Baker with toddlers and young pre-schoolers, she found that children with
greater self-control solved problems more quickly when exploring an unfamiliar set-up requiring
scientific reasoning. ‘This sort of evidence makes us think that giving children the chance to play
will make them more successful problemsolvers in the long run.’
If playful experiences do facilitate this aspect of development, say the researchers, it could be
extremely significant for educational practices, because the ability to self regulate has been shown
to be a key predictor of academic performance.
Gibson adds: ‘Playful behaviour is also an important indicator of healthy social and emotional
development. In my previous research, I investigated how observing children at play can give us
important clues about their well-being and can even be useful in the diagnosis of
neurodevelopmental disorders like autism.’
Whitebread’s recent research has involved developing a play-based approach to supporting
children’s writing. ‘Many primary school children find writing difficult, but we showed in a
previous study that a playful stimulus was far more effective than an instructional one.’ Children
wrote longer and better-structured stories when they first played with dolls representing characters
in the story. In the latest study, children first created their story with Lego *, with similar results.
‘Many teachers commented that they had always previously had children saying they didn’t know
what to write about. With the Lego building, however, not a single child said this through the whole year of the project.’
Whitebread, who directs PEDAL, trained as a primary school teacher in the early 1970s, when, as
he describes, ‘the teaching of young children was largely a quiet backwater, untroubled by any
serious intellectual debate or controversy.’ Now, the landscape is very different, with hotly debated
topics such as school starting age.
‘Somehow the importance of play has been lost in recent decades. It’s regarded as something
trivial, or even as something negative that contrasts with “work”. Let’s not lose sight of its benefits,
and the fundamental contributions it makes to human achievements in the arts, sciences and
technology. Let’s make sure children have a rich diet of play experiences.’
* Lego: coloured plastic building blocks and other pieces that can be joined together Questions 71-75:
Complete the notes below
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer:
Write your answers in boxes 71-75 on your answer sheet. Children's play:
Uses of children’s play
· building a ‘magical kingdom’ may help develop 71 ....................
· board games involve 72 .................... and turn-taking
Recent changes affecting children’s play
· populations of 73 .................... have grown
· opportunities for free play are limited due to:
- fear of 74 ....................
- fear of 75 .................... Questions 76-80:
Do the following statements agree with the information given on the reading passage?
In boxes 76-80 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
76. Children with good self-control are known to be likely to do well at school later on.
77. The way a child plays may provide information about possible medical problems.
78. Playing with dolls was found to benefit girls’ writing more than boys’ writing.
79. Children had problems thinking up ideas when they first created the story with Lego.
80. People nowadays regard children’s play as less significant than they did in the past. Đáp án 71. creativity 72. rules 73. cities
74 &75. traffic, crime [In either order] 76. TRUE 77. TRUE 78. NOT GIVEN 79. FALSE 80. TRUE
B. WRITTEN TEST (70 pts)
I. Cloze test (20 pts)
Passage A: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
word in each space. (10pts) CORONAVIRUSES
Coronaviruses are a family of viruses known for containing strains that ________(81) potentially
deadly diseases in mammals and birds. In humans they're typically __________(82) via airborne
droplets of fluid produced by infected individuals. Some rare but notable strains, including Wuhan
coronavirus (2019-nCoV), and those responsible for _______ (83) acute syndrome (SARS) and
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), can cause death in humans.
Coronaviruses can give rise to a wide ________(84) of symptoms in different animals. While some
strains cause diarrhoea in pigs and in turkeys, most of the time infections can be compared to a bad
cold, causing mild to moderate upper respiratory problems such as a _______ (85) nose and sore throat.
There are a handful of lethal exceptions, which have had a devastating _______ (86) on livestock
and human health around the globe.
The death ______ (87) from the new coronavirus has exceeded that of the SARS outbreak in 2002
and 2003 in mainland China. But the number of people who have ______ (88) nationwide has also
risen in recent days, suggesting that the new virus’s fatality rate is relatively low.
Health experts say they are encouraged by the steady _______(89) in the number of recoveries. They
take it as evidence that the treatments meted out have been _______ (90) and that the virus does not
appear to be as deadly as SARS. Your answers 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. Đáp án 81 Cause 82 spread 83 severe 84 variety/range 85 runny 86 impact 87 toll
88 recovered 89 rise/ increase 90 effective
Passage B: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (10pts)
All tournament chess games are played with a chess clock – that is two clocks joined together. When
one player makes his move, he presses the button which stops his clock and starts his opponent’s
clock. (91)_________fails to keep the time limit, no (92)________ what the position on the board, loses the game.
Weekend tournaments with a fast time limit and long sessions of play of (93)________ to
twelve hours a day are very strenuous and result in fatigue and time troubles. The play is quite sharp.
Active, attacking chess is the (94)________ of the day and it is difficult to maintain (95)_________
sustained, precise defense against such play. A score of the game must be (96)_________ as play
goes on. Each move is written down on a score sheet, which has to be handed to the tournament
officials at the end of each round. The only thought in everybody’s head is to win. Talent and youth
– that’s (97)_________ is needed for success at chess, with the (98)________ on youth. Some
approach the board with a slow, purposeful manner (99)________ giving you a second glance – you
simply don’t count. The seem to imply that the outcome is a foregone conclusion for them; you
(100)_______ need to accept it with good grace. Your answers 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. Đáp án : 91 whoever/ who 92 matter 93 up 94 order 95 a/any 96 kept 97 what
98 emphasis 99 without 100 only
II. Word formation (20 pts)
Part 1: Supply the cprrect form of the words in brackets. (10pts)
91. All the judges gave her ten out of ten for her ________ (FLAW) performance.
92. His collections of plants contains many _________ (RARE).
93. At a certain levels and durations of ________ (EXPOSE) , noise can cause physical damage to the eardrum.
94. The woman detected her ________ (CANCER) conditions soon after she felt ill in her body.
95. Paying children too much attention when they misbehave can be ________ (DEFEAT) to achieve
but having an opposite effect.
96. Tom was accused of stealing some ___________ (CONFIDENCE) document.
97. He lost in the election because he was a weak and___________ (DECIDE) leader.
98. I think saying that all black people are lazy is a very ____________ (RACE) remark, to be honest.
99. Globalization is the ongoing process that deepens and broadens the relationship and __________ ( DEPEND) among countries.
100. These shoes are very nice, but they’re terribly __________ (PRICE). Your answers 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. Đáp án : 101. flawless 102. rarities 103. Exposure 104. Precancerous 105. Self- defeating 106. Confidential 107. Indecisive 108. Racist 109. Interdependence 110. Overpriced
Part 2: Put each word in brackets into an appropriate form. (10pts)
People are often put off meditation by what they see as its many mystical associations. Yet meditation
is a (111. STRAIGHT) _____ technique which merely involves sitting and resting the mind. In
addition to its (112. SIMPLE) ______, meditation offers powerful help in the battle against stress.
Hundreds of studies have shown that meditation, when undertaken in a principled way, can (113.
REDUCTION) ______ hypertension which is related to stress in the body. Research has proved that
certain types of meditation can (114. SUBSTANCE) ______ decrease key stress symptoms such
as (115. ANXIOUS) ______and irritability. In fact, those who practise meditation with any (116.
REGULAR) ______ see their doctors less and spend, on average, seventy per cent fewer days in
hospital. They are said to have more stamina, a happier (117. DISPOSE)______ and even enjoy better relationships.
When you learn to meditate, your teacher will give you a personal 'mantra' or word which you use
every time you practise the technique and which is (118. SUPPOSE) ______ chosen according to
your needs. Initial classes are taught (119. INDIVIDUAL) ______ but subsequent classes usually
consist of a group of students and take place over a period of about four days. The aim is to learn
how to slip into a deeper state of (120.CONSCIOUS) ______ for twenty minutes a day. The rewards speak for themselves. Your answers 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. Đáp án : 111. straightforward 112. simplicity 113. reduce 114. substantially 115. anxiety 116. regularity
117. disposition 118. supposedly
119. individually 120. consciousness
III. Error correction (10 pts)
The passage below contains 10 errors. Underline and correct them. Write your answers in the
space provided in the column on the right.
Australia was settled by Europeans in 1788, mainly to home criminals, but with a little independent
farmers and businessmen. The settlements were not wealthy, and there was little help available to
them in need: the poor, the sick, the unemploy, and the aged. To begin with, what little help was
availably came in the form of charity: donations of money, acommodation or medical treatment to
selected needy. A second approach that began to emerge in the last nineteenth century was that of
“universalism”. It stresses that all people in society should be entitle to certain benefits – up to a
minimum level and across a restricted range of services. This approach was eventually used to arguing for the introduction of a pension for the aged poor. Your answers Mistake Correction 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 117. 128. 129. 130. Đáp án : 121. home => house
126. acommodation => accommodation 122. little => few 127. last => late 123. them => those 128. stresses => stressed
124. unemploy => unemployed 129. entitle => entitled
125. availably => available
130. arguing => argue
IV. Sentence Transformation (20 pts)
Part 1: Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first one.
131. Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.
→ Without ____________________________________________
132. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
→ Rather___________________________________________
133. My new job is much more satisfying than any job I’ve ever had.
→ My new job is far and__________________________________
134. Your story is different from the facts.
→ Your story doesn’t tie__________________________________
135. You can eat as much as you like for $5 at the new luch-bar.
→ There_______________________________________________
Part 2: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Do not change the word given.
136. Don’t run away with the idea that this job is easy . (CONCLUSION)
→ __________________________________________________
137. The young actress was very nervous before the audition. (BUTTERFLIES)
→__________________________________________________
138. Most sores will accept a credit card instead of cash. (ALTERNATIVE)
→__________________________________________________
139. The day after I lost my job, I did not feel like getting out of bed ( INCLINATION)
→__________________________________________________
140. His analysis of the situation was far too complex for me to grasp. (HEAD)
→__________________________________________________ Đáp án : Part 1:
131. Without absolute secrecy, this mission would not have succeeded/been successful/ would have
failed/ would not have been a success.
132. Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye .
133. My new job is far and away the most satisfying one I’ve ever had.
134. Your story doesn’t tie in with the facts
135. There is no limit/ restriction on how much/ what you eat for $5 at the new luch-bar. Part 2:
136. Don’t come to/ draw the conclusion that this job is easy
137. The young actress had butterflies in her stomach before the audition.
138. Most sores will accept a credit card as an alternative to cash.
139. I had/ felt no inclination to get out of bed the day after losing my job.
140. His analysis of the situation went right over my head.