I.

LEXICO-GRAMMAR: Choose the best option to complete the following sentences:

1. My life was in when I came face to face with a bear at the campsite.
A. threat B. risk C. peril ( in peril: D. demand
đang gặp nguy
hiểm, sth đang
tấn công mình )
2. The teacher threatened to their phones if the students kept using them in class.
A. contract B. conceal: che C. conflate: kết D. confiscate:
giấy việc gì đó hợp= combine tịch thu
3. I found it difficult to read my book in the candlelight.
A. blinking B. flashing C. flickering D. rattling
Flickering: nhấp
nháy
4. What you have just told me what she said earlier. Who of you is telling the truth?
A. conflicts B. concurs: C. contradicts: đối D. contrasts
lập nhau, tương
phản nhau
5. The customers who were displeased with the service provided at the restaurant a complaint the
next day.
A. generated B. submitted C. forged D. lodged
Lodge a
complaint:
đưa ra lời
phàn nàn
( phr )
6. Anna at the idea of milking a cow when her father first took her to a farm.
A. hindered B. shrunk: co lại C. baulked : không D. dodged
sẵn sàng làm 1 thứ
gì đó
7. She looked at me with a(n) expression on her face when she learnt that I was competing in the
triathlon. She knew I had never liked outdoor activities.
A. untrustworthy B. cautious C. incredulous: hoài D. unwilling
nghi, không tin việc
gì đó
8. When the sailors came back home after 2 weeks, all of the villagers a sigh of relief.
A. hissed ( tiễng B. heaved ( vác, C. suppressed = D. whooped :
con rắng kêu dài nhấc cái gì đó lên, prevent la hét, hò reo
ra ) thường thứ đó rất
nặng ) , cảm giác
nhẹ bụng lại
9. We packed just about everything, but probably left some behind.
A. odds and ends: B. pins and needles: C. ins and outs: thứ D. facts and figures:
những thứ lặt vặt cảm giác lo lắng, căng gì đó phức tạp thông tin chính xác
thẳng đến từng chi tiết
10. After a nice rest last night, all of the problems look different in the of day.
A. cold light: bình B. new cast C. new leaf ( turn D. good light
yên, êm đẹp into a new leaf :
bước sang 1 trang
mới )
11. It was not long before he decided to his property to his youngest son.
A. give on B. hold out C. put through D. make over:
để lại tài sản
12. I am afraid that I cannot believe it. It is a(n) _ lie.
A. up-and-about: cảm B. out-and-out: lời C. round-and-round D. on-and-off
giác rất là ổn để rời nói dối khiến người
khỏi giường và di khác khó chịu
chuyển
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13. The question whether I can afford a full-time course at university.
A. brings up to B. comes down to : đi C. gets on to D. makes out for
đến cấu hỏi cuối cùng

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14. I know that you have given enough explanations, but it is not easy to .
Explain
Explanation
A. take your point : B. make sense of C. make a grab: cố D. get your grip:
xem xét quan điểm sth: hiểu ra cái gì đó gắng đạt được điều kìm nén cảm xúc
gì
15. There’s been a bomb scare and the police have the area.
A. mooched down B. jostled for C. rambled on D. cordoned off
16. What could it be the foreground of the picture? A figure?
A. on B. at C. in D. off
17. Don’t worry! I have for an appointment on Tuesday afternoon.
A. papered you over: che giấu tình B. jotted you down
cảnh buồn
C. registered you up D. penciled you in: sắp xếp một
cuộc hẹn cho ai đó
18. It has been the lawyer’s requirement that each of us on every page of the contract.
A. signed B. would sign C. had to sign D. sign
( should
sign )
19. The later you come to the orientation session, from the lecturers.
A. the less you receive guidance B. the fewer guidance you receive
C. the less guidance you receive D. the fewer you receive guidance
20. I sometimes look back on the time when I was ten. I home from school together with 4 other
girls.
A. am used to walking ( có thói quen ở B. have been walking
hiện tại )
C. would walk D. were to walk
21. They’ve set up a plan you can spread the cost over a period.
A. whereby: bằng B. wherein: tại cái C. whereupon ; ngay D. wherefore:
một cách nào đó nơi mà sau khi vì một lí do
nào đó
22. The strong protest from the local people , the authorities continued to build a by-pass.
A. despite B. notwithstanding: C. though D. however
mặc dù là
23. I didn’t expect anyone to spill the beans, you!
A. not least: nhấn B. in the least = not C. the least bit: not D. least of all:
mạnh in anyway at all especially not
24. that you cannot read it in one day.
A. The book is too thick B. So thick is the book
( So + adj + be + N )
C. Such thick book is it ( such + be + N D. So thick a book
) S + be + too + adj + to
V
25. The crops _ much better now carefully in early spring.
A. would have been - had ploughed B. could be - if we were ploughing
C. will be - were we to plough D. could be - had we been ploughing
26. On no account you a refund because the product is no longer guaranteed.
A. I can offer B. can I offer C. offering D. I will offer
27. So, you’re going to get married next month, ?
A. will you B. won’t you C. aren’t you D. are you
28. The rainy weather has set in for days, little Katie always leaves her umbrella home.
A. however B. nevertheless C. yet: song, tuy D. whereas
vậy
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29. The new boss, , is very strict and unapproachable.
A. up to par B. by reputation: C. in earnest D. by words
mang tiếng
30. It was not something serious to worry about. He said it with .
A. cheek by jowl B. tongue in cheek: C. lie through teeth D. words by mouth
nois theo kiểu đùa giỡn
31. If found guilty, she could face detention.
A. unlimited B. indeterminate C. infinite D. indefinite
32. In order to find more clues for the murder, the policemen are searching for .
A. back copies: bài B. home truths: C. picket lines: xếp D. back benches
báo được bán ở hàng
những ngày trước
33. The sales figures have become better than ever. Everything is roses.
A. brightening up B. going up C. coming up : D. getting up
thành công ngoài
sức mong đợi
34. , the cake does not look attractive as it should be.

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 A. Cheese is melting B. the cake melts C. Melted cheese D. Cheese melting
cheese
35. It is not easy to a place for yourself in the show business.
A. grasp B. etch C. edge D. carve (
get sth ,
especicall
y in a
work
position )
II. GUIDED CLOZE: Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space.
Most adult humans around the world are lactose-intolerant, meaning that, once they were (41)
from breast milk, they gradually lost the ability to consume animal milk and certain other dairy products without
having digestive problems. However, the majority of people of European descent, especially those of northern
and central European descent, are able to digest milk (42) infancy. This lactose tolerance is thought
to be due to a genetic mutation leading to a (43) gene for lactase persistence (the enzyme lactase
breaks down the milk sugar lactose in the small intestine).
There are several theories as to how this mutation became common enough to (44) in a
population. One idea has to do with famines and liquid milk. Thousands of years ago, millennia before
refrigeration, animal milk would quickly turn to yogurt in warm climates, allowing lactose-intolerant humans to
eat a nutritious and calorie-rich food (bacteria break down the lactose in yogurt, so even lactose-intolerant
people can usually enjoy it). However, in the cool climates that prevail in northern Europe, the milk would have
stayed fresh longer (45) into yogurt. In times of famine there, desperate people may have consumed the
milk and, being unable to digest the lactose, suffered from diarrhea, possibly dying as a result of the
combination of starvation and the (46) of lactose intolerance. Those lucky few in the
population who had the lactase mutation would have survived with the (47) of
nutrition from milk and then would have (48)
the gene for lactase persistence to their offspring. It is possible that, with enough (49) _
of famine, death, and the survival of milk drinkers, the lactase mutation became less rare in the population. If
you can drink milk as an adult, (50) a milkshake to your genetically lucky ancestors who may have lived
through some very scary times to make lactose tolerance possible.
41. A. waned B. inhibited C. hindered D. weaned
42. A. past B. throughout C. beyond D. post
43. A. principal B. key C. dominant D. essential
44. A. keep up B. persist C. develop D. hold on
45. A. if fermented B. but ferment C. than ever fermenting D. rather than fermenting
46. A. ravages B. savages C. sabotages D. declines
47. A. growth B. boost C. upgrade D. enhancement
48. A. given off B. carried over C. passed on D. handed down
49. A. circles B. rounds C. cycles D. recurrence
50. A. raise B. toast C. grant D. bow
A. WRITTEN TEST (100 PTS)
I. READING COMPREHENSION (40 PTS)
Passage A: Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question.
CAFFEINE
It isn’t known precisely why two runners died while running in 2011, one in the full marathon and one in the
half-marathon. The full marathoner fell right before reaching the finish line; the half-marathoner collapsed after
passing beyond the line. This specific form of death has become common enough that it’s now reported in the
same format: name, age, where they collapsed, and race experience.
Most studies about why these deaths occur have focused on the heart, and how it changes during strenuous
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activity. But the packets handed out by those race volunteers could be another factor as to why these deaths are
so similar, and why heart attacks claim runners who’d had no prior cardiac problems and who’d previously
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 Caffeine is the most commonly used psychoactive drug in the world. Yes, it is a drug, and it can be
addictive. Caffeine stimulates the central nervous system and increases heart rate. It also boosts dopamine
levels in the same way as heroin, but at a much lower level. If taken in moderate doses, caffeine typically isn’t
dangerous.
Studies have shown that caffeine can also do a body good. It can increase brain function, lower the risk of
cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and reduce the risk or onset of certain Parkinson’s disease. It’s also an
antioxidant. I drink coffee every day, as do 63 percent of Americans.
Endurance athletes rely on caffeine for specific purposes. Coffee has a laxative effect, which is important
before heading out on a long run, and research has shown that taking in some caffeine before or during exercise
can improve finish times in races. A lot of runners use caffeine before and during races and handle it fine.
As headline-grabbing as these deaths are, they aren’t common. A New England Journal of Medicine study
looked at marathon deaths from January 1, 2000, through May 31, 2010, and found the rate of cardiac death to
be extremely low: one per every 259,000 runners who complete marathons and half-marathons.
That seems like an awfully small number, subject to statistical chance and not a direct cause-and-effect
relationship. But the basis for a direct connection has become increasingly sound, and people are consuming
caffeine before and during races at a rate far above anything considered safe. And because it’s preventable and
avoidable, each of these deaths could be seen as one too many.
Starting three years ago, the International Marathon Medical Directors Association (IMMDA) has warned
runners to ingest no more than 200 mg of caffeine before and during any race, based on research that has shown
that during exercise, caffeine affects the heart in ways that can send someone into cardiac arrest. “Every
incident is disturbing,” says Dr. Lewis G. Maharam, chairman of the board of governors for the IMMDA and
medical director of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training.
Despite the IMMDA recommendation and the regular reporting on race deaths, caffeine remains a safe
energy boost in the eyes of many runners. I found no evidence to suggest that the companies that make these
caffeine- laden products are encouraging unsafe levels of consumption, but neither are all of these products
labeled to indicate appropriate limits during endurance events. Nor is there much education by the companies,
running magazines, races, or government about how to track one’s total intake of caffeine during extended
exertion. Every individual is left to his or her own calculations.
And running is a big business now. Marathons had about 500,000 finishers last year; half-marathons had
1.85 million. A good business plan for any of these companies would have their product appealing to these
runners, especially when some studies show that caffeine can make you faster.
But that research has been extrapolated too far, in both how these products are marketed and how we, the
runners, take them in. I’m tired of hearing about dead runners. We should start treating caffeine for what it is: a
drug that, during exercise, could affect your heart.
1. What is the writer implying in the second paragraph?
A. There is no connection between these deaths and the consumption of caffeine.
B. That caffeine products given by race organizers could play a part in these deaths.
C. The people involved in the business of marathons have hushed things up.
D. The government would prefer this subject was not publicized too much.
2. According to the writer in the fourth paragraph, there are two sides to caffeine because _
A. the consumption of caffeine can have some beneficial effects.
B. caffeine can make a runner faster.
C. caffeine can relax the mind and help increase concentration.
D. caffeine can help fight infections.
3. In the fifth paragraph, the writer suggests that runners have an affinity for caffeine because
A. it makes running more exciting. B. it makes running more demanding.
C. it makes running more stimulating D. it makes running more comfortable.
4. What is the writer’s opinion in the seventh paragraph of the propensity of marathon deaths?
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 A. The number is surprisingly low. B. The number is much too high.
C. The number is difficult to believe. D. The number is not surprising.
5. What dilemma does the writer highlight in paragraph 9?
A. Caffeine can be both healthy and harmful for the human body.
B. The companies making caffeine products did nothing to aggravate the problem, but neither did they do
anything to alleviate it.
C. Runners who want to avoid caffeine cannot because they become addicted.
D. That though adults are reducing their caffeine intake, young people are consuming more.
6. What advice is the writer giving by writing this article?
A. People should understand the true nature of caffeine.
B. People should avoid caffeine at all costs.
C. That the dangers of caffeine are exaggerated.
D. That caffeine can improve running performance.
7. The word ‘extrapolated’ is closest in meaning to .
A. discovered B. guessed C. exaggerated D. anticipated
Passage B: Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question.
IS OBJECTIVE REALITY A MYTH
It’s easy to think that our visual experience or the fundamental concepts within society are objectively true,
and there is good cause for this way of thinking to be desirable. It helps us to realise that we are not alone and
have a shared experience, and it aids us in organising the abundance of information we receive as human
beings. However, the idea of one objective reality is more debateable than you may think. Throughout history,
shared beliefs have been disproved, and that we can perceive images moving on a television screen, when really
it is a series of dots changing colour, indicates that visual perception can be deceiving.
Our shared realities, certainly in the modern Western world, are centred on material things that we can touch,
the objectivity of science and humans, and our individual growth. Historian Greg Anderson claims that these
principles are essentially an exception in the history of civilization. Before the Industrial Revolution, almost all
western societies saw reality as quite a different set of concepts. Their worlds depended on things that today we
might consider ‘unreal’, such as entities that control nature, and humans’ lives were dictated by this. It was
considered in the same way that we regard science today. In addition, many societies held little belief in ‘the
individual’, as the individual was deemed inseparable from the family unit, which worked together as a whole
to survive. And as these civilisations, in some form or other, continued in this way for several centuries, we
should be sceptical that we, with our modern perception of life, know better.
However, reality is deeper than just a set of shared beliefs – reality is also a set of truths. The idea that there
are ‘known facts’ and ‘unknown facts’ is something with which we all should probably reconcile ourselves in
the modern world. Take the internet, for instance. While it is useful for looking up undisputed knowledge, for
example that Paris is the capital of France, or that the Sun is our nearest star, there is also much more dubious
information out there. This is evidenced in doctored photos or misrepresented figures that are placed online, and
some people take this misinformation as fact, simply because they have blindly trusted it to be true, or because
it has confirmed a belief that they already held.
Even our senses do not escape from this controversy surrounding an objective reality. One key example of
this is the placebo effect, which not only occurs in medical or clinical trials, but in everyday situations too.
Placebos
– in other words medicines that appear to be a real but in reality aren’t – are often used in clinical trials as a way
to measure drug effects, yet sometimes patients’ symptoms appear to improve when taking placebos and not the
real drugs. Even our vision, as cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman explains, often misrepresents the truth to us
because our brains have to make sense of the received visual data. He uses the example of a train to show how
this works. We think we all know what a train is exactly, but physicists would tell you a train is merely a
collection of moving particles, particles that we have given a label in order to attach shared, and indispensable,

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meaning that is essentially false. Such illusions include the Ponzo depth-perception illusion, in which two
identical lines appear to be different sizes when viewed in conjunction with converging track lines going into
the distance.
So, whatever our experience of the world, the signs are that it is filled with subjectivity in a way that perhaps
we didn’t quite imagine before. Science moves on and theories that once were taken as fact are disproved, our
beliefs are subject to the modern world we live in and its values, the internet is littered with untruths, and our
minds can play tricks on us. Therefore, to be as bold as to say ‘our way is best’ is perhaps a little conceited. We
know as much as our brains allow and our physical context tells us.
8. In the first paragraph, what does the writer suggest about the human relationship with objective truth?
A. It is something we subconsciously know is largely inaccurate.
B. It helps us to construct common meaning from what we experience.
C. It is a tool for bonding with other humans around us.
D. It is hard for us to tell whether something is objectively real.
9. What does the article tell us about past views of common realities in paragraph 2?
A. They were inaccurate.
B. They slowly evolved.
C. They had longevity.
D. They became illogical.
10. In the third paragraph, how does the writer feel about information on the internet?
A. We should attempt to establish the accuracy of information.
B. We believe only what we choose to believe.
C. We need to be less trusting of what we read
D. We should live with the varied quality of information.
11. The writer uses the placebo effect to show us _
A. the limits of our senses.
B. the benefits of thinking positively.
C. the drawbacks of medical trials.
D. the power of pure belief.
12. What does Donald Hoffman think about the way we interpret reality?
A. It serves a purpose.
B. It aids communication.
C. It is a brain deficiency.
D. It impedes our understanding.
13. How does the writer summarise their attitude to what we think is real?
A. We need to try to understand the environment around us.
B. We aren’t as all-knowing as we deem ourselves to be.
C. We still have a lot to learn about objective reality.
D. We should give ourselves up to life’s ambiguities.
Passage C: You are going to read an extract. Seven paragraphs have been removed from it. Choose from
the paragraphs A - H the one which fits each gap. There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to
use.
Tropical Cyclones
My dad didn’t have to tell me the storm could have killed him. Instead, I heard it in his details: water was
leaking into the plane’s tail section, crewmen were lighting cigarettes for pilots too focused to light up
themselves, and the aircraft was bucking like a jeep driving over the rutted roads back in Guam.
14.

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My dad was sitting in the plane’s midsection recording wind speed, barometric pressure, and temperature from
the shaking dials and gauges. In the cockpit, the pilots were fighting to reach the storm’s eye to pinpoint its
location.
15.
What a sensation! Was I dreaming? It was calm with just the noise of the plane’s engines. The ceiling of cirrus
clouds was very high. There was a ring of thick clouds forming the eye of the storm. Unfortunately, reaching
the center of the storm was only half the flight. The pilots had to head back to Guam, and the plane was running
low on fuel.
16.
It’s now possible to call up the predicted paths of active tropical cyclones on a Web site; knowing when one
storm will fizzle but another will become a Hurricane Katrina remains tricky.
17.
As I stand on the tarmac of the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, a strong breeze sends the Atlantic’s warm and
humid salt air across an almost empty runway. In front of me is a 50-foot-long gloss-white plane that is a
mishmash of parts. A turbofan engine on top of the aircraft splits a V-shaped rear tail.
18.
Of course, no one has to worry about the view. The plane is a Global Hawk unmanned autonomous vehicle, better
known as a drone. NASA received its two drones as hand-me-downs from the large Air Force surveillance
fleet. Instead of loading the planes with payloads to watch over North Korea or track terrorists in Afghanistan,
NASA reworked the drones to observe tropical cyclones.
19.
The drone can also reach altitudes almost three times as high as the Orion. That’s about five miles higher than a
typical cruising altitude for a passenger airliner. From that altitude, the scientists back at Wallops can see the
entirety of the storms.
The Hawk’s altitude, reach, and flight time over the storm enable scientists to claw deeper into tropical cyclones
to find out why and how they evolve. The bullet points of storm formation are well known to researchers.
20.
My father and his crew did make it out of that storm, but, without enough fuel to fly back to Guam, the pilot
diverted to Tokyo. After landing, the crew headed downtown. Meanwhile, back over the darkened Pacific, nature
was still churning the ocean, daring future flyers to discover the tropical cyclone’s secrets.
List of paragraphs:
A. Attached on each side are long, lean wings that remind me of blades from a wind farm turbine. The front is
ugly, a bulbous nose with no windows - just a blank slate.
B. But the wind and rain kept punching back like a heavyweight champ, jabbing at the plane’s aluminum skin.
Then the winds stopped; the plane was in the eye. The image painted by my father in his diary was accurate.
C. A tropical cyclone begins in the Atlantic with a few gusts of wind over warm equatorial water. From there it
grows from disturbance to depression to storm, and finally, when sustained winds hit 74 mph, it’s labeled a
hurricane.
D. There is no wheel to fly the plane like in my father’s aircraft. Instead, at the pilots’ station, Neuhaus and his
fellow flyers control the Global Hawk with a keyboard and a mouse. The pilots select the flight plan by clicking
waypoints on the screen like measuring distance on Google Maps. This instructs the plane to fly from Point A
to Point B to Point C. The pilots do not operate the plane’s control flaps; onboard software does that.
E. From an airstrip on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, scientists are continuing to try to solve that riddle. This
time, they are using technology better known from the battlefields of Afghanistan than from broadcasts of the
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F. Earlier that day in July 1947, my father and his fellow US Navy typhoon chasers had taken off from Naval
Air Station Agana on a mission to track a growing tropical cyclone. After flying several hundred miles north,
their converted World War II bomber bounced in the air just 500 feet over a roiling Pacific.
G. That was the mission of the typhoon chasers: go into and get out of the types of storms that kill. Tropical
cyclones - the strongest of which are called typhoons in the Pacific, hurricanes in the Atlantic, and just cyclones
in the Indian Ocean - have taken the lives of over a million people since the time of my dad’s flight in 1947.
H. The planes joined five other types of hurricane hunting aircraft - these managed by NOAA - including the P-
3 Orion, a ‘60s-era propeller-driven aircraft, and the Gulfstream IV jet, a private plane of the type Tom Cruise
uses to dart around the world.
II. OPEN CLOZE (20 PTS): Fill in each gap with ONE word to make a meaningful passage.
Arrival at a destination is often thought to be the prime purpose of travel these days. (1) Taken in this
way, the journey itself is not the point; (2) rather it is the serious business of transporting our bodies from
one place to another. Getting to the end location as quickly as possible is the requirement and nowadays this is
possible almost instantaneously thanks to travelling tubes called aeroplanes. In other words, it is only since
flying became the most popular means of long-distance travel for both leisure and business purposes (3) _ that
journeys have ceased to be of intrinsic (4) position
to the majority of those travelling. While we no longer
need to worry about food, accommodation or changes of clothing during today’s journeys, we are no longer in a
(5) position to enjoy the geographical and cultural differences between the places we pass through on our
journeys.
Of course there are those for whom travel is an end in (6) , a minority, who enjoy the journey to
their destination more than their (7) . These people might deliberately choose a sea voyage lasting
two weeks in (8) to a long-haul flight. These travellers belong to a generation of romantics from a
bygone age. Sadly, the many cultural differences that once (9) our world and made it a fascinating
place to travel through have now all (10) disappeared.
III. WORD FORMATION (20 PTS)
PART A: Supply the correct form of the words in the brackets.
1. As many young people are interested in playing games, has been used by some supermarkets to
make shopping online fun. (GAME) gamification : mô hình trò chơi
2. Her book is a hilarious send-up: chế tại of a conventional detective story. She funnily copied it. (SEND)
3. ‘South London’ is a phrase for anywhere south of the river. (CATCH) catch-all : gộp lại
4. Birdwatching is a activity, allowing enthusiasts to observe and appreciate birds without
disturbing their natural habitats. (CONSUME) non-consumptive
5. All of the interviewers were taken aback when the young candidate could answer all of the questions clearly
and . (AMBIGUITY) unambiguously ( adv ) : rõ rành, rành mạch
6. The sculpture earned great acclaim from almost every critic for its incomparability: . (COMPARE)
7. When the little boy recited the poem in the wrong order, all of his classmates giggled . (MANIA)
maniacally : cười lớn
8. Harry must be a high-flyer with all of his ambitions and expectations for great successes in his future. (FLY)
High-flyer: những người có quyết tâm lớn
9. Nothing could be done in this office without the manager’s . (SAY) say-so = permission
10. Parents’ natural desire to protect their children should be by the child’s need for independence.
(BALANCE) counterbalance : phản lại tác dụng ( mặc dù có sự cân bằng )
PART B: Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words given in the box.
solve repair draw epitomize break
stand mount way communicate consolidation

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 For some days after the earthquake, things seemed to be at a (11) . There had been an almost
total breakdown in the country’s (12) systems and much of the infrastructure had suffered (13)
damage. Fears of a serious (14) _ of disease were rising by the hour. Attempts to rescue,

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help, and salvage had met with (15) obstacles and each new initiative had encountered one (16)
after another. And then the rains had come, making any rescue schemes already (17) _
quite unworkable. For some days television pictures had relayed to the world the (18) of a(n) (19)
problem, mothers clinging to their offspring in metre-high waters, homeless, and totally (20)
. Etched on their faces was the certain knowledge that the setback of killer diseases was imminent.
IV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20 PTS): Rewrite the following sentences in such a way
that they have the same meaning as the original ones, using the given words.
1. It is very likely that her family will have some financial difficulties. EMBARRASSED
 The odds
2. When we raised the issue of overtime at the meeting, we did not expect it to be so controversial. BONE
 When we brought
3. In order to attract more customers, the restaurant is looking for a new set of methods. BOX
 With
4. Although the interpreter worked hard, the two sides seemed unable to understand each other’s aims. CROSS
 Hard
5. Helen was not lucky enough; that is why she didn’t perform as well as me. SHADE
 Had
6. When Janet was informed of her father’s death, she dissolved into tears. WATERWORKS
 On
7. On Monday they had secured permissions, they started their new venture. MOTION
 Permissions
8. Right after Robert moved to the new school, he could effortlessly socialize with the new friends. FIT
 Scarcely
9. He became famous, but it cost him his privacy. EXPENSE
 His rise
10. The young lawyer had no idea what was going to happen to him. STORE
 Little
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TẠO TỈNH BÀ RỊA VŨNG 4 LẦN THỨ XXVIII - NĂM 2024
TÀU Ngày thi: 06/04/2024
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÊ QUÝ MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH - KHỐI: 11
ĐÔN Thời gian: 180 phút
Hình thức làm bài: Trắc nghiệm và tự luận
Đề thi có 09 trang
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE (50 PTS)

I.LEXICO-GRAMMAR
1.C. peril 21.D. penciled you in
2. D. confiscate 22. D. sign
3. C. flickering 23. C. the less guidance you receive
4. A. deducible 24. C. would walk
5. C. thunderous 25. A. whereby
6. C. contradicts 26. B. notwithstanding
7. D. delved 27. D. least of all
8. D. lodged 28. B. So thick is the book
9. C. baulked 29. D. could be - had we been ploughing
10.C. incredulous 30. B. can I offer
11. B. heaved 31.D. are you
12.A. odds and ends 32. C. yet
13.A. cold light 33. B. by reputation
14.C. denigrated 34. B. tongue in cheek
15.D. make over 35. D. indefinite
16.B. out-and-out 36. A. back copies
17. B. comes down to 37. C. hype
18.A. take your point 38. C. coming up
19.D. cordoned off 39. D. Cheese melting
20. C. in 40. D. carve
II. GUIDED CLOZE
41.D. weaned 46. A. ravages
42. A. past 47. B. boost
43. C. dominant 48. C. passed on
44. B. persist 49. C. cycles
45. D. rather than fermenting 50. A. raise
B. WRITTEN TEST (100 PTS)
I. READING COMPREHENSION (40 PTS) (2.0
PTS EACH) Passage A
1.B. that caffeine products given by race organisers could play a part in these deaths.
2. A. the consumption of caffeine can have some beneficial effects
3. D. it makes running more comfortable
4. A. The number is surprisingly low
5. B. The companies making caffeine products did nothing to aggravate the problem, but neither did they
do anything to alleviate it.
6. A. People should understand the true nature of caffeine.
7. D. anticipated
Passage B
8. B. It helps us to construct common meaning from what we experience.
9. C. They had longevity.
10.D. We should live with the varied quality of information.
11. D. the power of pure belief.
12. A. It serves a purpose.
13.B. We aren’t as all-knowing as we deem ourselves to be.
Passage C
14.F
15.B
16.G
17. E
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19.H
20. C
II. OPEN CLOZE (20 PTS) (2.0 PTS EACH)
1.Taken
2. rather
3. that
4. interest
5. position
6. itself
7. arrival
8. preference
9. characterized
10.but
III. WORD FORMATION (20 PTS) (1.0 PT
EACH) PART A PART B
1.gamification 11. standstill
2. send-up 12.communications
3. catch-all 13.irreparable
4. non-consumptive 14.outbreak
5. unambiguously 15.insurmountable
6. incomparability 16.drawback
7. maniacally 17. underway
8. high(-)flyer/ high(-)flier 18.epitome
9. say-so 19.unsolved
10.counterbalanced 20. unconsolable/ inconsolable

IV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20 PTS) (2.0 PTS EACH)

1. The odds are that // her family will be financially embarrassed.
2. When we brought up the issue of overtime at the meeting, // we did not expect it to be a bone of
contention.
3. With a view to attracting more customers, // the restaurant is looking for a new box of tricks.
4. Hard as/ though the interpreter worked/ might work, // the two sides seemed to talk/ to be at
cross purposes.
5. Had Helen been luckier/ lucky enough, she could/ would have put me in the shade.
6. On being informed of her father’s death, // she turned on the waterworks.
7.Permissions secured, // they (started to) put/ set their new venture in motion.
8. Scarcely had Robert moved to the new school when // he could fit in with the new friends.
9. His rise to fame/ stardom // was/ came at the expense of his privacy.
10. Little did the young lawyer know // what lay in store/ was held in store/ was in store for him.
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