STAR EDUCATION THI THU TUYEN SINH 10 PTNK 2022 - DOT 1 DE CHINH THUC M6n thi: TIENG ANH (CHUYEN) (Dé thi gom 07 trang) Negay thi: 12/03/2022 Théi gian lam bai: 90 phiit (Khong ké thai gian phat dé) Part 1: Reading (16 points) Passage 1: You are going to read a magazine article. For questions 1-10, choose the answer which you think is best according to the article. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered box provided. An Unlikely Muse ‘A new wave of music and arts projects has emerged, focusing on someone who may seem for some ‘a dubious source of inspiration, Imelda Marcos, former first lady of the Philippines, is currently becoming the subject of musicals, song cycles and shows on a worldwide arena. ‘When the Marcos regime collapsed in 1986, and Imelda and her husband Ferdinand were exiled in Hawaii, they carried with them allegations of embezzlement, corruption and human rights abuses. Imelda had spent the last twenty years living off a seemingly endless supply of funds, living an exotic and glamorous lifestyle and rubbing shoulders with powerful figures worldwide. In 1972, when the superstar couple's popularity was fading and they were at risk of losing their power, Ferdinand Marcos instated martial, leading to an era of chaos and plunder, and what is described by some as the second most corrupt regime of the ‘twentieth century. Ferdinand and Imelda fled in 1986 to escape the People’s Power Revolution, Imelda leaving behind some 2000 pairs of shoes. After her husband died in Hawaii due to ill health, Imelda stood trial in the United States on behalf of her husband, Following that, she returned to the Philippines to face seventy more counts of corruption and tax evasion. She has now returned to congress in the Philippines, her make-up and gowns as flawless as ever. (1)So what makes Imelda Marcos such an appealing muse? Undoubtedly, Imelda Marcos’s resolute character has withstood exile, legal battles and the wrath of her enemies makes her an appealing heroine, but film-maker Fenton Bailey attributes her iconicity to her sense of glamor and style, and her role as a cultural trend-setter. And like so many women who let nothing come between them and their goals, she has gained a certain iconic status, particularly among homosexuals, not unlike that of Judy Garland and Lady Gaga. ‘And now the story of Imelda Marcos can be seen in the format of a musical, an artistic genre which is quite befitting for this flamboyant, entertaining figure of beauty and glamor. “Imelda — A new musical’ has played in Los Angeles and New York. The artistic director of the musical, Tim Dang, realizes that the musical glosses over the darker aspects of the Marcos regime, but wanted to portray Imelda as a person with all her faults on display, leaving the audience to come to a verdict. However, despite the glitz of the show, reviews ‘were mixed, stating that ‘the serio-comic spoof... had a vacuum at its center’. (2) The story of Imelda Marcos has also been immortalized as a song cycle, ‘Here Lies Love’ written by David Byme and Norman Cook, in which Imelda comes across as both a hero and villain. Their reasoning ‘was to try to understand the story of how people can attain positions of such power and greed. They were also inspired by Imelda’s love of dancing and clubbing, and how her own style of music could be incorporated into their own. Byme adds that their story is not black and white ~ the couple were very popular at first, and Imelda headed a lot of public works in the Philippines and added much to the nation’s sense of culture and identity. () At the Cultural Center of the Philippines, a tour named ‘La Vida Imelda’ led by Carlos Sedran describes the life of Imelda Marcos, the cold war and martial law, while also portraying the glamor of the Imelda lifestyle. Scanned with CamScannerHe describes it as an eternal story, in which her extravagance can be seen as either distasteful or in some ways estimable. (4) There is a danger that these new art forms airbrush out the atrocities which accompanied the ostentation and glamor. It was a time when democracy was suppressed, political enemies disappeared, and billions of dollars which could have helped the poverty-stricken country were spent on the Marcos’s extravagant lifestyle. However, the artists involved are keen to make clear that the regime also resulted in great leaps forward in the country’s culture, architecture and infrastructure, The Marcos legacy remains in the form of hospitals, Heart and Lung Centres, Folk Art theaters and homes for children and the elderly, notwithstanding that the Marcos couple set their war-ravaged, poverty-stricken land onto the world stage. What is the meaning of the word “plunder” in the second paragraph? A. drug dealing B. pillage C. arson D. burglary 2. Why are Imelda’s shoes mentioned in the second paragraph? A. To illustrate how little she cared for her personal possessions B. To illustrate her love of fashion and beauty C. To indicate how quickly she had to flee the country D. To illustrate the extravagance of her lifestyle 3. What aspect of Imelda’s character is emphasized in paragraph 3? A. her flamboyance B. her kindness C._ her resolution D. her beauty 4, Why is Imelda compared with Judy Garland and Lady Gaga? ‘A. Due to her status as a gay icon B. Due to her ambition and drive C. Because she has created new fashions D. Because she has triumphed over legal battles 5. Why was the musical of Imelda’s life criticized? ‘A. Because it did not portray Imelda’s faults B. Because the show was too shallow C. Because it was too glamorous and showy D. Because it was both serious and comedic 6. What was it about Imelda’s story that interested David Byme and Norman Cooke? A. The ongoing themes of power, greed and music B. The fact that the story had both a clear hero and villain C. The reasoning why people such as Imelda become who they are D. The fact that her musical taste was similar to theirs 7. According to Carlos Sedran, how do people tespond to Imelda’s expensive lifestyle? A. Most people are shocked by it B. It evokes both positive and negative feelings C. People want to be like her D. People realize why she di 8. At which of the numbered points in the passage would the following sentence best fit? “And of course, to many, it was sheer for entertainment, with little or no musical values.” Scanned with CamScannerA) B.Q) ce) dD 9. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text as something Imelda Marcos did for the Philippines? ‘A. She made health services available to the people. B. She gave the country a cultural identity C. She reduced the levels of poverty for Filipino people. D. She drew the world’s attention to the country. 10, Which of the following is part of the Macro’s inheritance? A. Cultural Center of the Philippines B. The Caring Center C. La Vida Imelda D, Folk Art theaters Passage 2: Read the text and fill the gaps with the correct sentences (A-H). Write the letter of the missing sentence in the corresponding numbered box provided. There are two extra sentences you will not need. A tropical tree-dwelling lizard has succeeded in a problem-solving test by leaming to associate the color of cap with a food reward, contesting the stereotype that reptiles are extremely limited cognitively compared to birds and mammals, [1] In a color discriminating task, the lizards learned to flip over the correctly colored cap to reveal a worm hidden underneath. The experiment was conducted at Duke University and the results, published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, suggest that the problem-solving abilities of reptiles may be greater than previously thought. ‘The Puerto Rican lizard, (an anole), used in the study, is a well-studied species, known to excel at foraging for food by being acutely aware of movement. (2). Researchers first wanted to determine if the six lizards used in the study were able to figure out how to flip off the cap to obtain the food. The agile reptiles quickly learned to use one of two ways to move the cap: they closed their jaws on the edge of the cap and dragged it off the food, or ran into the cap with their heads, tipping it over and grabbing the food. ‘The lizards were then given a choice between two caps; one was blue and the other was yellow and blue; under only one was the food reward of a worm. [3]. "They leamed to associate the color of the cap with a food reward," said Manual Leal, the Duke University researcher who led the study. [4], The lizards solved the problem in fewer tries than birds needed to flip the correct cap and pass the test, Leal explained. Lizards get just one chance per day because they eat less, while birds usually get up to six chances a day. [5]- ‘And when the color of the caps was switched, after a few mistakes two of the lizards were able to figure out the trick. [6]. Jonathan Losos, a biologist at Harvard University ‘not involved in the’ study, said Leal's experiment demonstrates that when faced with a new situation, most of the lizards were able to solve the problem. They had the ability to figure out the trick and disregard their previous learning; a sign of a cognitively advanced animal that some mammatian species cannot easily do. The results "should cause researchers to re-evaluate what they think they know about the evolution of animal cognition," Losos said. A) Their success on a test that is based on worms and usually used on birds was "completely unexpected,” he said. Scanned with CamScanner4of B) Several lizards of this species were collected from Puerto Rico for the experiment. C) "We named these two Plato and Socrates," said Leal. D) The cognitive abilities of reptiles have rarely been studied. E) i a mistake by a lizard means it must remember until the next day how to correct the mistake, Leal said. F) Many of them are on the brink of extinction, with less than 200 individuals remaining, G) They quickly learned to distinguish which cap had the reward. H) In response to the question, they claimed that it took them neatly three months just to find out the best experimental subjects, Part 2. Phonology (10 points) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three. 1.a. residue b. hesitancy c. herpes 4. capsicum 2a, facsimile b. Anglophobe . apostrophe 4. hyperbole 3..a. pesto ». legionary c. sesame dd. menace 4. a, debris b. islet c. dermis d.ascendency 5.a. seizure b. putz ©. pizza d. blitz Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other three. 6a. puppeteer b. acropolis . antenna 4. contributory 7.a. mischievous b. algorithm c. calligraphy 4. heliograph 8.a. magnifier b. preferable c. jeopardy 4. interpolate 9.2. elite b. consul ¢, obscure 4. baboon 10. a. triathlon b. maidservant . pragmatic 4d, precarious Part 3. Grammar and Vocabulary (24 points) Write the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet questions. 1. By the time you're my age, you your mind, 10 indicate the correct answer to each of the following ‘A. will probably change B. will probably have changed C. would probably change D. are probably changing 2 ‘with being so busy at work, she became increasingly bad-tempered- ‘A. Where B. Which c. What D. How Try as 1 -Feouldn't get admitted to my dream company. ° A. mae B. should C. could D. would 4, No offense intended T think you haven't understood the root ofthe problem correctly. A. when B. Cas D. but 5. Thad no sooner told Maria what I thought of her | wished I'd held my tongue. A. than B. when C. that D.as 6. Allthe boys in my class are good at cooking , but is as good as the girls. A. either B. neither Cevery D. none Scanned with CamScanneri 9. 10. M. 12 1B. 14. 15. 16. 7. 19. 20. 2. 2. 2B. 24, The man Thought this package was my acquaintance. A. whom B. for whom C.who D. for who It was only last month the government decided to let the children go back to on-site leaming, A. when B. until C. that D. where am so proud to be the first one the degree in Forensic Psychology among my peers. A. getting B.to get C.tohave gotten get The country’s polities ‘a mystery to me since I first came to settle down here. A. have remained B. remained C. has remained D. remains I think he isn’t going to blame me for keying in the wrong data, A. isn’the B.ishe C.dol D. don't I Nurses and physicians can also function as genetic counselors, and clergy and others will also have roles to play, limited roles. A. despite B. albeit C. given D.even so ‘The President resigned; the whiff of scandal remained , A. therefore. othenwise C. immediately D. nevertheless When Anna phoned, she sounded like she quite a shock. A. has had B. had had Chad D. have had I'm afraid that you've had a trip, most of the people have left already, A. vain B. wasted C. pointless D. unnecessary The setting suggests a construction with three levels of scaffolding. A. venue B. location C.site D. point Marie Curie, one of the best-known in working with radiation, died in 1934, ‘A. debutants B. revolutionaries C. pioneers D. rebels The man escaped out of the museum by A. the hair's breadth B. ahair’s breadth C. the breadth of a hair D, abreadth of a hair Were stuck ina = let’s move abroad for the summer and shake things up! AL nut B. box C. comer Dz jar She started to buta loud crash was heard from downstairs, startling her awake. A. doze off B. back off C.let out D. roam around After being in charge of the conference for three years. ; Tm more than ready to tur it over to someone else? A. passing B. turning C. running D. circling Theard the of buckets as my father went to milk the cows. ‘A. squelch B. chirp C. clank D.hish I can’t even understand the technical in this manual. Somebody, please help! A. slang B. speech . jargon D. tongue He decided to paddle his own and set up his own company amid the COVID-19 chaos. Scanned with CamScannerA. boat B. cruiser C. ship D. canoe Part 4: Guided cloze (10 points) Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following passage. If we can’t be celebrities ourselves, we at least like to think we know one, “He's a really nice person,’ we say, with great authority, (1) some little detail to confirm our familiarity. Such information is what the TV programme Through the Keyhole provides. Whispering in confidential (2) , the presenter takes us through a celebrity's house in their absence, @) spotlights on their lifestyle and personality that reveal their taste, or lack of it. His manner alternates between admiration and (4) superiority. The person is then unveiled to a studio audience and joins in the discussion. All of this is intended to let the viewers feel they are on (5) terms with the celebrity and (6) toall kinds of personal details. First you see their music collection, bookshelves and curtains, and then hear (7) conversation. This, of course, is not the first show in which we've been invited to fraternize with the famous in their own @) Indeed, the proliferation of such series would tend to confirm that TV has found a way of (9) further extending that central role it has come to play in our social relations. Having created the Celebrities in the first place, it now allows us to spend time in their company; these surrogate acquaintances taking the (10) of the real people we might just meet if we had the courage to hit the switch and venture forth into society. Sometimes we marvel at the opulence of their existence, more often we are reassured to find they are just ordinary people, much like us in fact. But most of all, we are able to say, “They are really nice people.” 1. A.shedding B. venting C. divulging D. tattling 2. A. insinuations B. connotations CC. undercurrents D. delineations 3. A. casting B. imposing C. exerting D. projecting 4, A. stinging B. slurring C. snarling, D. sneering 5. A. binding B. intimate C. attached D. bosom 6. A.privy B. cognizant C. apprised D. conversant 7. A.congruous B. convivial C. concordant D. congenital 8, A. reservoirs B. territories C. habitats D. zones 9. A. yet B. shortly C. late D. better still 410. A. spot B. place C. space D. room Part 5. Error correction: (10 points) Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting in each of the following sentences: 1. Taking these considerations for account, I believe that itis still a problem for many women to A B assert themselves, irrespective of their educational background. c D 2, Food prices have raised so rapidly in the past few months that some families have been forced A B c D to alter their eating habits, 3. Computers, a fastly growing industry, are affecting the everyday lives of most people in A B Cc justrialized cor Scanned with CamScanner 6 of7 of D 4. They asked us, Henry and I, whether we thought that the statistics had been presented fairly A B Cc D and accurately. 5. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester. aa ic 6. Nuclear powers production in the U.S. is controlled by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. A BOC D 7. Asevery other nation, the United States used to define its unit of currency, the dollar, in terms of A B c D the gold standard. 8. Louis Braille designed a form of communication enabling people to convey and preserve their A B thoughts to incorporate a series of dots which were read by the finger tips. c D 9. Accalorie is the quantity of heat required to rise one gallon of water one degree centigrade at AB c oD one atmospheric pressure. 10. The flag of the original first colonies may or may not have been made by Betsy Ross during A B Cc D 1e Revolution, Part 6. Word formation (10 points) Use the words on the right of the text, listed 1-10, to form ONE word that fits in the same numbered space in the text. Write your answers on the answer sheet. Spelling mistakes will be penalized. Utilitarianism ‘The great advantage of (0) happiness as a benefit is that it is universal. Itis common knowledge about what happiness feels like, and everyone feels it at least some of the time; thus, we are not simply (1) some people’s desires | CODE as being the things that matter, but working off a physical human good. Moreover, in essence, the (2) of happiness guides all human action; for that reason, } PURSUE ‘we should seek to promote it for others as we do ourselves. Utilitarianism allows us to make (3) - Arights-based or duty-based ethical | TRADE theory probably leave us with (4) ‘conflicts; when the right to life and the | SOLVE. right to (5) autonomy conflict in the case of torturing a terrorist for | BODY potentially life-saving information, how are we to decide which one is more important? By contrast, utilitarianism is simply just a matter of totting up the numbers,and this,at least in principle, gives us an answer. Moreover, work in (6) economics and psy-chology has given us a much better idea of how to | BEHAVE, actually measure happiness; now, more than ever, utilitarianism can guide real- world choice making, Scanned with CamScannerUtilitarianism is a highly (7) doctrine; it treats happiness as of equal | EQUAL worth, regardless of who possesses it. Moreover, because people who are worse off tend to gain more happiness from small (8) increases in their | INCREASE resources, utilitarianism is also radically (9) . Tequiting us to give money | DISTRIBUTE to the poorest until each transfer does not make them happier than the (10) loss of happiness for the rich. CORRESPOND Part 7. Cloze test: (10 points) Complete the texts. Write ONE WORD in each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered spaces provided. Passage A The Global Warming Debate The debate about how to (0) tackle global warming presents a true paradox. On the one hand, most of the deleterious damage (1) to the environment historically was by Western nations, which industrialized first, and reaped the economic (2) On the other hand, many of the world’s most significant producers of CO2 today are developing countries, and (3) role in CO2 emissions is only growing. (4) to the statistics, China is the largest single (5) (though it pollutes less per person than the USA), with 16.4 percent of the global emissions total in 2011, with America a close (6) with 15.7 per cent, Brazil, Indonesia, Russia and India (all developing as middle-income nations) ‘occupy places three to six in the league (7)___of carbon producers (though if the EU is counted (8) ‘one entity rather than 27 separate countries, it rises to third place). This paradox therefore presents a difficult question: should developed nations (9) ‘more of the burden for reducing emissions and preventing global warming or should this task be (10) in the hands of the developing countries? Part 8: Key Word Transformation (10 points) Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the words given. Do NOT change the words given. You must write between THREE and EIGHT words, including the words given. 41. The reason why my son has been studying hard is that he wants to apply for a scholarship. (EYE) > My son has been pulling, applying for a scholarship. 2. ‘The manufacturing process was delayed by problems no one had foreseen. (HELD) The manufacturing process problems. 3. Police arrested Johnson because they think he was involved in the robbery. (SUSPICION) Johnson was detained, in the robbery. 4, Phil stopped being unrealistic when he lost his job. (BROUGHT) > The Earth, 5. I've been racking my brains to remember where I've seen that man before. (FINGER) > Tryast where I’ve seen that man before. 6. I've been informed that you've been late to the office every day this week, (BROUGHT) > Ithas that you've been late to the office every day this week. 7. Mr. Edwards was sacked partly because of his arriving late to work. (CONTRIBUTED) Mr. Edwards’ constant lateness from the company. 8. You shouldn't be surprised at Kevin winning the tournament. 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