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Tổng hợp đề thi thử THPT quốc gia môn tiếng anh có lời giải chi tiết (Đề số 11)

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Câu 1:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

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Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Phát âm “-ate”

Giải thích:

educate /ˈedʒukeit/                   eliminate /i'limineit/

certificate /sə'tifikət/                 dedicate /'dedikeit/

Phần gạch chân câu C được phát âm là /ət/ còn lại là /eit/


Câu 2:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

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Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Phát âm “-t”

Giải thích:

initiate /ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/             substantial /səb'stæn∫l/

attention /ə'ten∫n/           particular /pə'tikjʊlə[r]/

Phần gạch chân câu D được phát âm là /t/ còn lại là /∫/


Câu 3:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

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Đáp án B

Kiến thức: Trọng âm của từ có 3 âm tiết trở lên

Giải thích:

represented /ˌreprɪˈzentɪd/                 biography /bai'ɒgrəfi/

indirectly /,indi'rektli/                        entertainment /,entə'tainmənt/

Câu B trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 2, còn lại là thứ 3


Câu 4:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

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Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Trọng âm của từ có 3 âm tiết trở lên

Giải thích:

obligatory /ə'bligətri/               geographical /dʒiə'græfikl/

international /,intə'næ∫nəl/       undergraduate /,ʌndə'grædʒʊət/

Câu A trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 2, còn lại là thứ 3


Câu 5:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Food prices have raised so rapidly in the past few months that some families have been forced to alter their eating habits.

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Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Nội động từ, ngoại động từ

Giải thích:

have raised => have risen

Phân biệt rise và raise:

- rise là một nội động từ, phía sau không có tân ngữ

- raise là một ngoại động từ, phía sau cần có tân ngữ

Tạm dịch: Giá thực phẩm đã tăng nhanh chóng trong vài tháng qua đến mức mà một số gia đình đã buộc phải thay đổi thói quen ăn uống của họ.


Câu 6:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Having finished his term paper before the deadline, it was delivered to the professor before the class.

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Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Dạng chủ động, bị động

Giải thích:

it was delivered => he delivered it

Chủ ngữ trong câu này phải là người thực hiện hành động “finish” ở vế trước, vì thế chủ ngữ không thể là “it” được. Phải chuyển sang thể chủ động

Tạm dịch: Sau khi hoàn thành bài thi học kỳ của mình trước thời hạn, cậu ấy giao cho giáo sư trước lớp.


Câu 7:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Since vitamins are contained in a wide variety of foods, people seldom lack of most of them.

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Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Từ vựng, từ loại

Giải thích:

lack of => lack

"lack" vừa là danh từ vừa là động từ.

Trong câu này ta cần 1 động từ chính và được bổ nghĩa bởi trạng từ 'seldom': lack something (v) (không có giới từ đi kèm)

lack (n) thường đi kèm với giới từ 'of': lack of something ≈ shortage of something (n)

Tạm dịch: Vì vitamins được chứa trong nhiều loại thức ăn nên mọi người hiếm khi thiếu chúng.


Câu 8:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

We should participate in the movements ______ the natural environment.

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Đáp án B

Kiến thức: Quá khứ phân từ

Giải thích:

Ta dùng quá khứ phân từ tạo mệnh đề quan hệ rút gọn với dạng bị động (dạng chủ động ta dùng hiện tại phân từ). Trong câu này, “organized” được hiểu là which are organized. => A, D loại

Ta dùng giới từ to: để, chỉ mục đích

Tạm dịch: Chúng ta nên tham gia vào các phong trào được tổ chức để bảo vệ môi trường tự nhiên.


Câu 9:

______ number of boys were swimming in the lake, but I didn’t know ______ exact number of them

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Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Hoà hợp giữa chủ ngữ và động từ

Giải thích:

 “A number of + N” động từ phía sau được chia như với danh từ số nhiều

“The number of + N” động từ phía sau được chia như với danh từ số ít

Vế sau ta dùng "the" khi danh từ chỉ đối tượng được cả người nói lẫn người nghe biết rõ

Tạm dịch: Một số chàng trai đang bơi trong hồ, nhưng tôi không biết chính xác số người họ.


Câu 10:

John forgot ______ his ticket so he was not allowed ______ the club.

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Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Phase, từ vựng

Giải thích:

Có 2 cấu trúc với “forget”

- forget doing sth: quên đã làm gì

- forget to do sth: quên làm gì

Trong câu này ta dùng forget to do sth

To be allowed to do sth: được phép làm gì

Tạm dịch: John quên mang theo vé vì vậy anh ấy không được vào quán bar.


Câu 11:

Snow and rain ______ of nature.

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Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Từ vựng

Giải thích:

phenomenon (n): hiện tượng

Số nhiều của “phenomenon” là phenomena

Trong câu này ta phải dùng danh từ số nhiều, và to be là “are”

Tạm dịch: Tuyết và mưa là hiện tượng của tự nhiên.


Câu 12:

Her outgoing character contrasts ______ with that of her sister.

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Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Từ vựng

Giải thích:

thoroughly (adv): [một cách] hoàn toàn, hết sức fully (adv): [một cách] đầy đủ

sharply (adv): [một cách] rõ nét, sắc nét              coolly (adv): mát mẻ, điềm tĩnh

Tạm dịch: Tính cách dễ gần của cô ấy hoàn toàn đối lập với chị gái.


Câu 13:

It turned out that we ______ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours.

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Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Modal verb

Giải thích:

had not done sth: đã không làm gì (thì quá khứ hoàn thành)

should have done sth: nên đã làm gì (nhưng thực tế đã không làm)

must not do sth: không được làm gì

need not have done sth: không cần đã làm gì (nhưng thực tế là đã làm)

Tạm dịch: Hóa ra chúng ta không cần phải vội vã đến sân bay vì máy bay đã bị trì hoãn vài giờ.


Câu 14:

When I was a child, I loved to splash through the ______ after rain.

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Đáp án B

Kiến thức: Từ vựng

Giải thích:

pool (n): vực sông, bể bơi                 puddle (n): vũng nước (nước mưa ở mặt đường…)

pond (n): cái ao                       river (n): sông

Tạm dịch: Khi còn nhỏ, tôi thích lướt qua các vũng nước sau khi mưa.


Câu 15:

Learning Spanish isn’t so difficult once you ______.

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Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Phrasal verb

Giải thích:

To get away with: không bị bắt, bị trừng phạt vì đã làm sai điều gì đó.

To get off: xuống (tàu, xe…)

To get down to: bắt đầu nghiêm túc làm vịêc gì.

To get on: bước lên

Tạm dịch: Học tiếng Tây Ban Nha không quá khó một khi bạn nghiêm túc với nó.


Câu 16:

Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.

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Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Câu so sánh

Giải thích:

Cấu trúc so sánh gấp nhiều lần: số nhân (twice, three times…) + as +… + as

Tạm dịch: Ở trong khách sạn tốn kém gấp đôi so với thuê một căn phòng trong ký t c xá trong một tuần.


Câu 17:

Please don’t ______ a word of this to anyone else, it’s highly confidential.

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Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Từ vựng

Giải thích:

speak (v): nói, nói chuyện

pass (v): qua, đi qua

mutter (v): nói thì thầm

breathe (v): thở; to breathe/ say a word: Nói/ tiết lộ cho ai đó biết về điều gì đó

Tạm dịch: Đừng tiết lộ cho ai về điều này, nó rất bí mật.


Câu 18:

In spite of his abilities, Peter has been ______ overlooked for promotion.

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Đáp án B

Kiến thức: Từ vựng, từ loại

Giải thích:

repeat (v): lặp lại                               repeatedly (adv): một cách lặp lại    

repetitiveness (n): tính chất lặp đi lặp lại    repetitive (a): có đặc trưng lặp đi lặp lại

Ở đây ta cần một trạng từ để bổ sung nghĩa cho động từ “overlook” ở phía sau.

Tạm dịch: Dù cho có khả năng, Peter đã bị bỏ qua nhiều lần thăng chức.


Câu 19:

I wish you ______ me a new one instead of having it ______ as you did.

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Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Cấu trúc với wish, have sth done

Giải thích:

Trong câu là ước cho một việc trong quá khứ, cấu trúc wish cho quá khứ: wish + S + quá khứ hoàn thành

Cấu trúc have sth done: có cái gì được làm (bởi ai đó, bản thân mình không làm)

Tạm dịch: Tôi ước rằng bạn đã cho tôi một cái mới thay vì sửa chữa nó như bạn đã làm.


Câu 20:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Jim invited Helen to visit his gardens:

- Helen: "I love your gardens. The plants are well taken care of!"

- Jim : “Thanks. Yes, I suppose I've always ____.”

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Đáp án B

Kiến thức: ăn hoá giao tiếp, idioms

Giải thích:

Tạm dịch: Jim mời Helen đi thăm vườn của mình:

- Helen: "Tôi yêu khu vườn của bạn. Cây cối được chăm sóc cẩn thận!"

- Jim: "Cảm ơn. âng, tôi cho rằng tôi đã luôn luôn ____. "

have green fingers: giỏi làm vườn

let nature take its course : để cái gì diễn ra, tiến hành tự nhiên

down on one's luck: gặp vận rủi, gặp cơn đen

draw the short straw: được chọn làm công việc mà chả ai muốn cả


Câu 21:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Mrs. Skate’s in a fashion store. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange:

- Mrs. Skate: “How can this dress can be so expensive?”

- The shop assistant: “________.”

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Đáp án B

Kiến thức: ăn hoá giao tiếp

Giải thích:

Tạm dịch: Bà Skate đang ở trong một cửa hàng thời trang. Chọn câu trả lời phù hợp nhất để điền vào chỗ trống trong trao đổi sau:

- Bà Skate: "Sao chiếc váy này có thể đắt đến thế?"

- Trợ lý cửa hàng: "________".

A. âng, nó đắt nhất                           C. Thật là một chiếc váy đắt tiền

B. Bà đang trả tiền cho thương hiệu.          D. Đó là một ý tưởng hay


Câu 22:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Adding a garage will enhance the value of the house

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Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Từ vựng, từ đồng nghĩa

Giải thích:

enhance (v): làm tăng, nâng cao

stabilize (v): làm ổn định                  

alter (v): thay đổi, đổi

increase (v): tăng lên                        

diminish (v): làm giảm, hạ bớt

=> enhance = increase

Tạm dịch: Thêm một nhà để xe sẽ làm tăng giá trị ngôi nhà.


Câu 23:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

You never really know where you are with her as she just blows hot and cold.

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Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Từ vựng, từ đồng nghĩa

Giải thích:

blow hot and cold: hay thay đổi ý kiến, dao động.

keep going: luôn đi                                               keep taking things: luôn lấy các thứ

keep changing her mood: luôn thay đổi tâm trạng keep testing: luôn kiểm tra

=> blow hot and cold = keep changing her mood

Tạm dịch: Bạn không bao giờ thực sự biết mình đang ở đâu với cô ấy vì cô ấy hay thay đổi ý kiến.


Câu 24:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Are you looking for a temporary or a permanent job?

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Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Từ vựng, từ trái nghĩa

Giải thích:

permanent (a): dài hạn

fierce (a): hung dữ; dữ tợn                

stable (a): ổn định, bền vững

fleeting (a): lướt nhanh, thoáng qua

loose (a): lỏng lẻo, không sát

=> permanent >< fleeting

Tạm dịch: Bạn đang tìm kiếm một công việc tạm thời hoặc lâu dài?


Câu 25:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Constant correction of speaking ‘errors’ by a teacher is often counter-productive, as student may become afraid to speak at all.

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Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Từ vựng, từ trái nghĩa

Giải thích:

counter-productive (a): phản tác dụng

desolate (a): hoang vắng, tiêu điều             

fruitless (a): không có kết quả, thất bại

barren (a): không đem lại kết quả; vô bổ   

effective (a): có hiệu quả

=> counter-productive >< effective

Tạm dịch: Sự thay đổi liên tục của việc nói "lỗi" của một giáo viên thường phản tác dụng, vì học sinh có thể trở nên sợ nói.


Câu 26:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Jack has won a jackpot prize. 10% of it was donated to flooded areas.

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Đáp án B

Kiến thức: Mệnh đề quan hệ

Giải thích:

Khi mệnh đề thứ hai có sở hữu dùng danh từ chỉ người thì ta dùng từ "whose", còn chỉ vật thì ta dùng "of which”

Tạm dịch: Jack đã giành được một giải thưởng jackpot, 10% trong đó đã được tặng cho các khu vực bị ngập lụt.


Câu 27:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Had she read the reference books, she would have been able to finish the test.

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Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Viết lại câu

Giải thích:

Tạm dịch: Nếu cô đã đọc cuốn sách tham khảo, cô đã có thể hoàn thành bài kiểm tra. (trong quá khứ đã không thể qua bài kiểm tra)

A. Nếu cô đã đọc cuốn sách tham khảo, cô có thể hoàn thành bài kiểm tra. (hiện tại không thể qua)

B. Bởi vì cô đã đọc cuốn sách tham khảo, cô đã có thể hoàn thành bài kiểm tra.

C. Mặc dù không đọc cuốn sách tham khảo, nhưng cô đã có thể hoàn thành bài kiểm tra.

D. Không đọc cuốn sách tham khảo, cô không thể hoàn thành bài kiểm tra.


Câu 28:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

My advice is that you get straight to the point in the next report.

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Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Viết lại câu, phrase

Giải thích:

get straight to the point: đi thẳng đến vấn đề

beat about the bush: lòng vòng, lảng tránh, không đi vào vấn đề

Tạm dịch: Nếu tôi là bạn, tôi sẽ không đi lòng vòng ở bản báo cáo tiếp theo.


Câu 29:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

I whispered as I didn't want anybody to hear our conversation

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Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Viết lại câu

Giải thích:

Tạm dịch: Tôi thì thầm vì tôi không muốn ai nghe câu chuyện của chúng tôi.

A. Vì không ai muốn nghe cuộc nói chuyện của chúng tôi, tôi thì thầm.

B. Để không nghe cuộc nói chuyện của chúng tôi, tôi thì thầm.

C. Bởi vì tôi thì thầm, ai cũng nghe thấy cuộc nói chuyện của chúng tôi.

D. Tôi hạ thấp giọng để cuộc trò chuyện của chúng tôi không thể được nghe thấy.


Câu 30:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Tim graduated with a good degree. He joined the ranks of the unemployed.

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Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Viết lại câu

Giải thích:

Tạm dịch: Tim tốt nghiệp với tấm bằng giỏi. Anh gia nhập hàng ngũ những người thất nghiệp.

A. Tim gia nhập hàng ngũ những người thất nghiệp vì anh tốt nghiệp với tấm bằng giỏi.

B. Nếu Tim tốt nghiệp với một tấm bằng giỏi, anh sẽ gia nhập hàng ngũ những người thất nghiệp.

C. Mặc dù Tim đã tốt nghiệp với tấm bằng giỏi, anh gia nhập hàng ngũ những người thất nghiệp.

D. Việc Tim tốt nghiệp với tấm bằng giỏi đã gi p anh gia nhập hàng ngũ những người thất nghiệp.


Câu 31:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Prime Minister's comments yesterday on education spending miss the point, as the secondary education system also needs a major overhaul. Firstly, the system only views the weakest learners as having special needs. The brightest and most conscientious students are not encouraged to develop to their full (31)_____. Secondly, there's too much testing and not enough learning. My fifteen-year-old daughter, for example, has just spent the last month or so (32)_____ for exams. These aren't even real, important exams, as her GCSEs will be next year. They're just mock exams. Is the work she's been doing really going to make her more knowledgeable about her subjects, or will she forget it all tomorrow? I suspect the (33)_____.

Thirdly, the standard (34)_____ doesn't give students any tuition in developing practical work-related, living and social skills, or in skills necessary for higher education. How many students entering university have the first idea what the difference is between plagiarising someone else's work and (35)_____ good use of someone else's ideas? Shouldn't they have been taught this at school? How many of them are really able to go about self-study skill that's essential at university because there are no teachers to tell you what to do - in an efficient way? Indeed, hoe many students graduate from university totally unable to spell even simple English words correctly? The system is letting our children down.

Điền ô số 31

Xem đáp án

Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Từ vựng, đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

plan (n): kế hoạch                             fame (n): danh tiếng, tiếng tăm

potential (n, a): tiềm lực; tiềm năng   achievement (n): sự đạt được, thành tựu


Câu 32:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Prime Minister's comments yesterday on education spending miss the point, as the secondary education system also needs a major overhaul. Firstly, the system only views the weakest learners as having special needs. The brightest and most conscientious students are not encouraged to develop to their full (31)_____. Secondly, there's too much testing and not enough learning. My fifteen-year-old daughter, for example, has just spent the last month or so (32)_____ for exams. These aren't even real, important exams, as her GCSEs will be next year. They're just mock exams. Is the work she's been doing really going to make her more knowledgeable about her subjects, or will she forget it all tomorrow? I suspect the (33)_____.

Thirdly, the standard (34)_____ doesn't give students any tuition in developing practical work-related, living and social skills, or in skills necessary for higher education. How many students entering university have the first idea what the difference is between plagiarising someone else's work and (35)_____ good use of someone else's ideas? Shouldn't they have been taught this at school? How many of them are really able to go about self-study skill that's essential at university because there are no teachers to tell you what to do - in an efficient way? Indeed, hoe many students graduate from university totally unable to spell even simple English words correctly? The system is letting our children down.

Điền ô số 32

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Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Từ vựng, đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

read (v): đọc                           

lecture (v): giảng dạy

cheat (v): lừa, gian lận   

cram (v): nhồi, nhét


Câu 33:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Prime Minister's comments yesterday on education spending miss the point, as the secondary education system also needs a major overhaul. Firstly, the system only views the weakest learners as having special needs. The brightest and most conscientious students are not encouraged to develop to their full (31)_____. Secondly, there's too much testing and not enough learning. My fifteen-year-old daughter, for example, has just spent the last month or so (32)_____ for exams. These aren't even real, important exams, as her GCSEs will be next year. They're just mock exams. Is the work she's been doing really going to make her more knowledgeable about her subjects, or will she forget it all tomorrow? I suspect the (33)_____.

Thirdly, the standard (34)_____ doesn't give students any tuition in developing practical work-related, living and social skills, or in skills necessary for higher education. How many students entering university have the first idea what the difference is between plagiarising someone else's work and (35)_____ good use of someone else's ideas? Shouldn't they have been taught this at school? How many of them are really able to go about self-study skill that's essential at university because there are no teachers to tell you what to do - in an efficient way? Indeed, hoe many students graduate from university totally unable to spell even simple English words correctly? The system is letting our children down

Điền ô số 33

Xem đáp án

Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Từ vựng, đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

the latter: cái sau                    

frontier (n): biên giới

later (so sánh hơn): muộn hơn

latest: gần đây


Câu 34:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Prime Minister's comments yesterday on education spending miss the point, as the secondary education system also needs a major overhaul. Firstly, the system only views the weakest learners as having special needs. The brightest and most conscientious students are not encouraged to develop to their full (31)_____. Secondly, there's too much testing and not enough learning. My fifteen-year-old daughter, for example, has just spent the last month or so (32)_____ for exams. These aren't even real, important exams, as her GCSEs will be next year. They're just mock exams. Is the work she's been doing really going to make her more knowledgeable about her subjects, or will she forget it all tomorrow? I suspect the (33)_____.

Thirdly, the standard (34)_____ doesn't give students any tuition in developing practical work-related, living and social skills, or in skills necessary for higher education. How many students entering university have the first idea what the difference is between plagiarising someone else's work and (35)_____ good use of someone else's ideas? Shouldn't they have been taught this at school? How many of them are really able to go about self-study skill that's essential at university because there are no teachers to tell you what to do - in an efficient way? Indeed, hoe many students graduate from university totally unable to spell even simple English words correctly? The system is letting our children down.

Điền ô số 34

Xem đáp án

Đáp án B

Kiến thức: Từ vựng, đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

timetable (n): thời khoá biểu                       curriculum (n): chương trình giảng dạy

lecture (n): bài thuyết trình; bài lên lớp     

seminar (n): cuộc thảo luận chuyên đề


Câu 35:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Prime Minister's comments yesterday on education spending miss the point, as the secondary education system also needs a major overhaul. Firstly, the system only views the weakest learners as having special needs. The brightest and most conscientious students are not encouraged to develop to their full (31)_____. Secondly, there's too much testing and not enough learning. My fifteen-year-old daughter, for example, has just spent the last month or so (32)_____ for exams. These aren't even real, important exams, as her GCSEs will be next year. They're just mock exams. Is the work she's been doing really going to make her more knowledgeable about her subjects, or will she forget it all tomorrow? I suspect the (33)_____.

Thirdly, the standard (34)_____ doesn't give students any tuition in developing practical work-related, living and social skills, or in skills necessary for higher education. How many students entering university have the first idea what the difference is between plagiarising someone else's work and (35)_____ good use of someone else's ideas? Shouldn't they have been taught this at school? How many of them are really able to go about self-study skill that's essential at university because there are no teachers to tell you what to do - in an efficient way? Indeed, hoe many students graduate from university totally unable to spell even simple English words correctly? The system is letting our children down.

Điền ô số 35

Xem đáp án

Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Phrasal verb, đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

To make use of sth: tận dụng, sử dụng cái gì


Câu 36:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

Lead poisoning in children is a major health concern. Both low and high doses of paint can have serious effects. Children exposed to high doses of lead often suffer permanent nerve damage, mental retardation, blindness, and even death. Low doses of lead can lead to mild mental retardation, short attention spans, distractibility, poor academic performance, and behavioral problems.

This is not a new concern. As early as 1904, lead poisoning in children was linked to lead-based paint. Microscopic lead particles from paint are absorbed into the bloodstream when children ingest flakes of chipped paint,plaster,or paint dust from sanding. Lead can also enter the body through household dust, nailbiting, thumb sucking, or chewing on toys and other objects painted with lead-based paint. Although American paint companies today must comply with strict regulations regarding the amount of lead used in their paint, this source of lead poisoning is still the most common and most dangerous. Children living in older, dilapidated houses are particularly at risk.

What is the main topic of the passage?

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Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Chủ đề chính của đoạn văn là gì?

A. các vấn đề với sơn trong gia đình

B. mối quan tâm sức khỏe nghiêm trọng đối với trẻ em

C. ngộ độc chì ở trẻ em

D. sơn có chì trong nhà

Thông tin: Lead poisoning in children is a major health concern.


Câu 37:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

Lead poisoning in children is a major health concern. Both low and high doses of paint can have serious effects. Children exposed to high doses of lead often suffer permanent nerve damage, mental retardation, blindness, and even death. Low doses of lead can lead to mild mental retardation, short attention spans, distractibility, poor academic performance, and behavioral problems.

This is not a new concern. As early as 1904, lead poisoning in children was linked to lead-based paint. Microscopic lead particles from paint are absorbed into the bloodstream when children ingest flakes of chipped paint,plaster,or paint dust from sanding. Lead can also enter the body through household dust, nailbiting, thumb sucking, or chewing on toys and other objects painted with lead-based paint. Although American paint companies today must comply with strict regulations regarding the amount of lead used in their paint, this source of lead poisoning is still the most common and most dangerous. Children living in older, dilapidated houses are particularly at risk.

The phrase "exposed to" in line 2 could best be replaced by which of the following?

Xem đáp án

Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Cụm từ "exposed to" ở dòng 2 có thể được thay thế bằng?

A. tiếp xúc với               B. quen với

C. hiển thị                      D. tiến hành

"exposed to" = in contact with: tiếp xúc với

Children exposed to high doses of lead often suffer permanent nerve damage, mental retardation, blindness, and even death.

Trẻ tiếp xúc với chì ở liều lượng cao thường bị tổn thương lâu dài về thần kinh, thiểu năng trí tuệ, mù mắt, thậm chí mất mạng.


Câu 38:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

Lead poisoning in children is a major health concern. Both low and high doses of paint can have serious effects. Children exposed to high doses of lead often suffer permanent nerve damage, mental retardation, blindness, and even death. Low doses of lead can lead to mild mental retardation, short attention spans, distractibility, poor academic performance, and behavioral problems.

This is not a new concern. As early as 1904, lead poisoning in children was linked to lead-based paint. Microscopic lead particles from paint are absorbed into the bloodstream when children ingest flakes of chipped paint,plaster,or paint dust from sanding. Lead can also enter the body through household dust, nailbiting, thumb sucking, or chewing on toys and other objects painted with lead-based paint. Although American paint companies today must comply with strict regulations regarding the amount of lead used in their paint, this source of lead poisoning is still the most common and most dangerous. Children living in older, dilapidated houses are particularly at risk.

Which of the following does the passage infer?

Xem đáp án

Đáp án B

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:         

Câu nào suy ra từ đoạn văn?

A. Các công ty sơn không còn có thể sử dụng chì trong sơn.

B. Các công ty sơn phải hạn chế lượng chì trong sơn.

C. Các công ty sơn không bắt buộc phải hạn chế lượng chì trong sơn.

D. Các công ty sơn luôn tuân thủ các hạn chế về lượng chì trong sơn.

Thông tin: Although American paint companies today must comply with strict regulations regarding the amount of lead used in their paint, this source of lead poisoning is still the most common and most dangerous.


Câu 39:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

Lead poisoning in children is a major health concern. Both low and high doses of paint can have serious effects. Children exposed to high doses of lead often suffer permanent nerve damage, mental retardation, blindness, and even death. Low doses of lead can lead to mild mental retardation, short attention spans, distractibility, poor academic performance, and behavioral problems.

This is not a new concern. As early as 1904, lead poisoning in children was linked to lead-based paint. Microscopic lead particles from paint are absorbed into the bloodstream when children ingest flakes of chipped paint,plaster,or paint dust from sanding. Lead can also enter the body through household dust, nailbiting, thumb sucking, or chewing on toys and other objects painted with lead-based paint. Although American paint companies today must comply with strict regulations regarding the amount of lead used in their paint, this source of lead poisoning is still the most common and most dangerous. Children living in older, dilapidated houses are particularly at risk.

The word "ingest" could best be replaced by which of the following?

Xem đáp án

Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Từ "ingest" có thể được thay thế bằng từ nào?

A. hít vào             B. đầu tư

C. tiêm                 D. ăn

"ingest" = eat: ăn vào, nuốt vào

Microscopic lead particles from paint are absorbed into the bloodstream when children ingest flakes of chipped paint,plaster,or paint dust from sanding.

Hạt chì li ti trong sơn sẽ thấm vào máu khi trẻ nuốt phải những mảnh sơn, vữa bị tróc hoặc bụi sơn trong cát.


Câu 40:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

Lead poisoning in children is a major health concern. Both low and high doses of paint can have serious effects. Children exposed to high doses of lead often suffer permanent nerve damage, mental retardation, blindness, and even death. Low doses of lead can lead to mild mental retardation, short attention spans, distractibility, poor academic performance, and behavioral problems.

This is not a new concern. As early as 1904, lead poisoning in children was linked to lead-based paint. Microscopic lead particles from paint are absorbed into the bloodstream when children ingest flakes of chipped paint,plaster,or paint dust from sanding. Lead can also enter the body through household dust, nailbiting, thumb sucking, or chewing on toys and other objects painted with lead-based paint. Although American paint companies today must comply with strict regulations regarding the amount of lead used in their paint, this source of lead poisoning is still the most common and most dangerous. Children living in older, dilapidated houses are particularly at risk.

The word "dilapidated" is closest in meaning to which of the following?

Xem đáp án

Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Từ "dilapidated" có ý nghĩa gần nhất với từ nào sau đây?

A. không được sơn                 

B. trang trí

C. hỏng hóc                            

D. được sơn một cách rất tệ

"dilapidated" = broken down: đổ nát, hỏng hóc

Children living in older, dilapidated houses are particularly at risk.

Đặc biệt là trẻ sống trong những ngôi nhà cũ đổ nát thì càng dễ bị nhiễm chì hơn nữa.


Câu 41:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

Lead poisoning in children is a major health concern. Both low and high doses of paint can have serious effects. Children exposed to high doses of lead often suffer permanent nerve damage, mental retardation, blindness, and even death. Low doses of lead can lead to mild mental retardation, short attention spans, distractibility, poor academic performance, and behavioral problems.

This is not a new concern. As early as 1904, lead poisoning in children was linked to lead-based paint. Microscopic lead particles from paint are absorbed into the bloodstream when children ingest flakes of chipped paint,plaster,or paint dust from sanding. Lead can also enter the body through household dust, nailbiting, thumb sucking, or chewing on toys and other objects painted with lead-based paint. Although American paint companies today must comply with strict regulations regarding the amount of lead used in their paint, this source of lead poisoning is still the most common and most dangerous. Children living in older, dilapidated houses are particularly at risk.

According to the passage, what is the most common source of lead poisoning in children?

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Đáp án B

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Theo đoạn văn, nguồn gây ngộ độc chì ở trẻ em là gì?

A. bụi trong gia đình                        

B. sơn có chì

C. đồ chơi được sơn                         

D. nhà đổ nát

Thông tin: Lead can also enter the body through household dust, nailbiting, thumb sucking, or chewing on toys and other objects painted with lead-based paint.


Câu 42:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

Lead poisoning in children is a major health concern. Both low and high doses of paint can have serious effects. Children exposed to high doses of lead often suffer permanent nerve damage, mental retardation, blindness, and even death. Low doses of lead can lead to mild mental retardation, short attention spans, distractibility, poor academic performance, and behavioral problems.

This is not a new concern. As early as 1904, lead poisoning in children was linked to lead-based paint. Microscopic lead particles from paint are absorbed into the bloodstream when children ingest flakes of chipped paint,plaster,or paint dust from sanding. Lead can also enter the body through household dust, nailbiting, thumb sucking, or chewing on toys and other objects painted with lead-based paint. Although American paint companies today must comply with strict regulations regarding the amount of lead used in their paint, this source of lead poisoning is still the most common and most dangerous. Children living in older, dilapidated houses are particularly at risk.

What does the author imply in the final sentence of the passage?

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Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Tác giả có ý gì trong câu cuối cùng của đoạn văn?

A. Nhà cũ được sơn bằng sơn có chì.

B. Các loại sơn có chì dễ bị mẻ hơn các loại sơn mới hơn.

C. Người nghèo không tuân thủ các quy định

D. Những ngôi nhà cũ cần được xây dựng lại để an toàn cho trẻ em.


Câu 43:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

China - Missing Women

1. In China the growing difference between the genders is giving signals of alarm to Government authorities. According to the latest census figures, 119 boys are born for every 100 girls. This striking difference is expected to shoot up by the year 2020 with almost 40 million unsettled bachelors. This distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future. The social leaders are trying to pressurize the masses into producing more females. The Government has embarked on policies extending innumerable incentives to the families bearing girls. Monetary support, free education, guaranteed employment is being gifted to parents who gift the country with a girl child. The Government is trying to persuade people to suppress their personal preferences and regulate their community behavior according to the new blueprint to stimulate the girl ratio. [A■] Sometimes the Government tries to woo them and sometimes it uses stem policies to force them into it

2. Consequent to the population explosion, the Government introduced, in the 80’s, one child policy in China. Any additional pregnancy had to be terminated. This was aimed to put a check on the teeming millions. The policy had no relation to extermination of girl child in the womb. But the policymakers had no idea about its long term impact. People, with a patriarchic mindset, came up with their preference for a single male child. The idea of a happy family became ‘parents with a single male child’.

3. The Chinese culture has always promoted sons over daughters because the society has been dominated by males. In villages, where hard work is needed to sustain the agriculture, a boy is always preferable due to his superior physical strength compared to that of a girl. [B■] In such circumstances, looking forward to a male baby seems justified. If people have to limit their families, it is obvious they would prefer a boy over a girl child. This problem has been accentuated by the use of ultrasound scanning which helps determine the sex of the fetus. This technology has played a crucial role in creating gender imbalance.

4. Sociologists consider this imbalance as the aftermath of Government’s poorly thought and short-sighted policy. The Government's intentions notwithstanding, China came to develop a markedly lopsided sex ratio. Nobel Laureate Hayek feels that when Government tries to dominate the social system by making people forcibly inculcate a certain habit, such a condition is bound to happen. People try to find ways which not only fulfill their preferences but also satisfy the law makers. The Government damaged the dynamics of a healthy society and was now bearing the brunt of its past deeds.

5. Hayek argues that by no means should a centralized bureaucracy be allowed to design preferences for hundreds of thousands of people, without even consulting them. In such a system, with the passage of time, unforeseen consequences spring up. Government can bind people to its chosen course for a time but the impositions cannot limit their options for long. [C■] The quarter century that has passed since commencement of the effort to redesign the Chinese family is leaving behind its own trail.

6. The Government needs to be careful now. It has to invent new remedies to address this problem. It needs to redesign the social fabric so that programs like ‘Care for Girls’ get support of the masses, who seem to have little faith in the system. They view the new program for the girl child in the same resigned manner as the program that was forced on them in the past. Some women social workers are of the view that the fall of sex ratio has been an advantage for the women of China, as their social value has increased. [D■] The Government policy has in a way helped uplift the status of females. The real fear now is that China will soon be faced with hordes of bachelors at war with their brethren over finding their brides. The “surplus sons” of China need to stop interfering with the social system.

The word "havoc" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to

Xem đáp án

Đáp án B

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Từ "havoc" trong đoạn 1 gần nhất có nghĩa là

A. vấn đề bất thường              

B. hủy hoại lớn và rắc rối

C. tranh chấp nghiêm trọng    

D. một bệnh truyền nhiễm

"havoc" = great destruction and trouble: tàn phá, huỷ hoại nghiêm trọng

This distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future.

Sự phân bố này của hệ sinh thái xã hội sẽ tạo ra sự tàn phá trong tương lai.


Câu 44:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

China - Missing Women

1. In China the growing difference between the genders is giving signals of alarm to Government authorities. According to the latest census figures, 119 boys are born for every 100 girls. This striking difference is expected to shoot up by the year 2020 with almost 40 million unsettled bachelors. This distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future. The social leaders are trying to pressurize the masses into producing more females. The Government has embarked on policies extending innumerable incentives to the families bearing girls. Monetary support, free education, guaranteed employment is being gifted to parents who gift the country with a girl child. The Government is trying to persuade people to suppress their personal preferences and regulate their community behavior according to the new blueprint to stimulate the girl ratio. [A■] Sometimes the Government tries to woo them and sometimes it uses stem policies to force them into it

2. Consequent to the population explosion, the Government introduced, in the 80’s, one child policy in China. Any additional pregnancy had to be terminated. This was aimed to put a check on the teeming millions. The policy had no relation to extermination of girl child in the womb. But the policymakers had no idea about its long term impact. People, with a patriarchic mindset, came up with their preference for a single male child. The idea of a happy family became ‘parents with a single male child’.

3. The Chinese culture has always promoted sons over daughters because the society has been dominated by males. In villages, where hard work is needed to sustain the agriculture, a boy is always preferable due to his superior physical strength compared to that of a girl. [B■] In such circumstances, looking forward to a male baby seems justified. If people have to limit their families, it is obvious they would prefer a boy over a girl child. This problem has been accentuated by the use of ultrasound scanning which helps determine the sex of the fetus. This technology has played a crucial role in creating gender imbalance.

4. Sociologists consider this imbalance as the aftermath of Government’s poorly thought and short-sighted policy. The Government's intentions notwithstanding, China came to develop a markedly lopsided sex ratio. Nobel Laureate Hayek feels that when Government tries to dominate the social system by making people forcibly inculcate a certain habit, such a condition is bound to happen. People try to find ways which not only fulfill their preferences but also satisfy the law makers. The Government damaged the dynamics of a healthy society and was now bearing the brunt of its past deeds.

5. Hayek argues that by no means should a centralized bureaucracy be allowed to design preferences for hundreds of thousands of people, without even consulting them. In such a system, with the passage of time, unforeseen consequences spring up. Government can bind people to its chosen course for a time but the impositions cannot limit their options for long. [C■] The quarter century that has passed since commencement of the effort to redesign the Chinese family is leaving behind its own trail.

6. The Government needs to be careful now. It has to invent new remedies to address this problem. It needs to redesign the social fabric so that programs like ‘Care for Girls’ get support of the masses, who seem to have little faith in the system. They view the new program for the girl child in the same resigned manner as the program that was forced on them in the past. Some women social workers are of the view that the fall of sex ratio has been an advantage for the women of China, as their social value has increased. [D■] The Government policy has in a way helped uplift the status of females. The real fear now is that China will soon be faced with hordes of bachelors at war with their brethren over finding their brides. The “surplus sons” of China need to stop interfering with the social system.

What is the main thrust of paragraph 1?

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Đáp án D

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích: 

Nọi dung chính của đoạn 1 là gì?

A. Chính phủ đang tạo ra các ưu đãi cho trẻ em gái.

B. Chính phủ đang cố gắng để giải mã các hàm ý của các hồ sơ điều tra dân số.

C. Chính phủ đang xây dựng các chính sách để làm suy yếu vị trí của con trai trong xã hội.

D. Chính phủ đang mở rộng ưu đãi để khuyến khích cha mẹ có con gái.

Thông tin: The Government has embarked on policies extending innumerable incentives to the families bearing girls. Monetary support, free education, guaranteed employment is being gifted to parents who gift the country with a girl child


Câu 45:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

China - Missing Women

1. In China the growing difference between the genders is giving signals of alarm to Government authorities. According to the latest census figures, 119 boys are born for every 100 girls. This striking difference is expected to shoot up by the year 2020 with almost 40 million unsettled bachelors. This distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future. The social leaders are trying to pressurize the masses into producing more females. The Government has embarked on policies extending innumerable incentives to the families bearing girls. Monetary support, free education, guaranteed employment is being gifted to parents who gift the country with a girl child. The Government is trying to persuade people to suppress their personal preferences and regulate their community behavior according to the new blueprint to stimulate the girl ratio. [A■] Sometimes the Government tries to woo them and sometimes it uses stem policies to force them into it

2. Consequent to the population explosion, the Government introduced, in the 80’s, one child policy in China. Any additional pregnancy had to be terminated. This was aimed to put a check on the teeming millions. The policy had no relation to extermination of girl child in the womb. But the policymakers had no idea about its long term impact. People, with a patriarchic mindset, came up with their preference for a single male child. The idea of a happy family became ‘parents with a single male child’.

3. The Chinese culture has always promoted sons over daughters because the society has been dominated by males. In villages, where hard work is needed to sustain the agriculture, a boy is always preferable due to his superior physical strength compared to that of a girl. [B■] In such circumstances, looking forward to a male baby seems justified. If people have to limit their families, it is obvious they would prefer a boy over a girl child. This problem has been accentuated by the use of ultrasound scanning which helps determine the sex of the fetus. This technology has played a crucial role in creating gender imbalance.

4. Sociologists consider this imbalance as the aftermath of Government’s poorly thought and short-sighted policy. The Government's intentions notwithstanding, China came to develop a markedly lopsided sex ratio. Nobel Laureate Hayek feels that when Government tries to dominate the social system by making people forcibly inculcate a certain habit, such a condition is bound to happen. People try to find ways which not only fulfill their preferences but also satisfy the law makers. The Government damaged the dynamics of a healthy society and was now bearing the brunt of its past deeds.

5. Hayek argues that by no means should a centralized bureaucracy be allowed to design preferences for hundreds of thousands of people, without even consulting them. In such a system, with the passage of time, unforeseen consequences spring up. Government can bind people to its chosen course for a time but the impositions cannot limit their options for long. [C■] The quarter century that has passed since commencement of the effort to redesign the Chinese family is leaving behind its own trail.

6. The Government needs to be careful now. It has to invent new remedies to address this problem. It needs to redesign the social fabric so that programs like ‘Care for Girls’ get support of the masses, who seem to have little faith in the system. They view the new program for the girl child in the same resigned manner as the program that was forced on them in the past. Some women social workers are of the view that the fall of sex ratio has been an advantage for the women of China, as their social value has increased. [D■] The Government policy has in a way helped uplift the status of females. The real fear now is that China will soon be faced with hordes of bachelors at war with their brethren over finding their brides. The “surplus sons” of China need to stop interfering with the social system.

What is the "blueprint" as discussed in paragraph 1?

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Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

"Kế hoạch chi tiết" như đã thảo luận trong đoạn 1 là gì?

A. Đó là một danh sách các quy tắc để người dân Trung Quốc làm theo để duy trì kiểm soát dân số.

B. Đó là một kế hoạch sơ bộ để điều chỉnh hành vi của cộng đồng.

C. Chính sách của Chính phủ bao gồm chi tiết về các quy định và khuyến khích để cải thiện tỷ lệ trẻ em gái.

D. Đó là hướng dẫn được in ra để thực hiện các quy tắc về tỷ lệ giới tính.


Câu 46:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

China - Missing Women

1. In China the growing difference between the genders is giving signals of alarm to Government authorities. According to the latest census figures, 119 boys are born for every 100 girls. This striking difference is expected to shoot up by the year 2020 with almost 40 million unsettled bachelors. This distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future. The social leaders are trying to pressurize the masses into producing more females. The Government has embarked on policies extending innumerable incentives to the families bearing girls. Monetary support, free education, guaranteed employment is being gifted to parents who gift the country with a girl child. The Government is trying to persuade people to suppress their personal preferences and regulate their community behavior according to the new blueprint to stimulate the girl ratio. [A■] Sometimes the Government tries to woo them and sometimes it uses stem policies to force them into it

2. Consequent to the population explosion, the Government introduced, in the 80’s, one child policy in China. Any additional pregnancy had to be terminated. This was aimed to put a check on the teeming millions. The policy had no relation to extermination of girl child in the womb. But the policymakers had no idea about its long term impact. People, with a patriarchic mindset, came up with their preference for a single male child. The idea of a happy family became ‘parents with a single male child’.

3. The Chinese culture has always promoted sons over daughters because the society has been dominated by males. In villages, where hard work is needed to sustain the agriculture, a boy is always preferable due to his superior physical strength compared to that of a girl. [B■] In such circumstances, looking forward to a male baby seems justified. If people have to limit their families, it is obvious they would prefer a boy over a girl child. This problem has been accentuated by the use of ultrasound scanning which helps determine the sex of the fetus. This technology has played a crucial role in creating gender imbalance.

4. Sociologists consider this imbalance as the aftermath of Government’s poorly thought and short-sighted policy. The Government's intentions notwithstanding, China came to develop a markedly lopsided sex ratio. Nobel Laureate Hayek feels that when Government tries to dominate the social system by making people forcibly inculcate a certain habit, such a condition is bound to happen. People try to find ways which not only fulfill their preferences but also satisfy the law makers. The Government damaged the dynamics of a healthy society and was now bearing the brunt of its past deeds.

5. Hayek argues that by no means should a centralized bureaucracy be allowed to design preferences for hundreds of thousands of people, without even consulting them. In such a system, with the passage of time, unforeseen consequences spring up. Government can bind people to its chosen course for a time but the impositions cannot limit their options for long. [C■] The quarter century that has passed since commencement of the effort to redesign the Chinese family is leaving behind its own trail.

6. The Government needs to be careful now. It has to invent new remedies to address this problem. It needs to redesign the social fabric so that programs like ‘Care for Girls’ get support of the masses, who seem to have little faith in the system. They view the new program for the girl child in the same resigned manner as the program that was forced on them in the past. Some women social workers are of the view that the fall of sex ratio has been an advantage for the women of China, as their social value has increased. [D■] The Government policy has in a way helped uplift the status of females. The real fear now is that China will soon be faced with hordes of bachelors at war with their brethren over finding their brides. The “surplus sons” of China need to stop interfering with the social system.

The word “teeming” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to

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Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Từ "teeming" trong đoạn 2 gần nhất có nghĩa là

A. đầy tràn                    B. dân số nữ

C. cặp vợ chồng   D. dân số nói chung

"teeming" = overflowing: đông đ c, nhiều, tràn đầy


Câu 47:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

China - Missing Women

1. In China the growing difference between the genders is giving signals of alarm to Government authorities. According to the latest census figures, 119 boys are born for every 100 girls. This striking difference is expected to shoot up by the year 2020 with almost 40 million unsettled bachelors. This distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future. The social leaders are trying to pressurize the masses into producing more females. The Government has embarked on policies extending innumerable incentives to the families bearing girls. Monetary support, free education, guaranteed employment is being gifted to parents who gift the country with a girl child. The Government is trying to persuade people to suppress their personal preferences and regulate their community behavior according to the new blueprint to stimulate the girl ratio. [A■] Sometimes the Government tries to woo them and sometimes it uses stem policies to force them into it

2. Consequent to the population explosion, the Government introduced, in the 80’s, one child policy in China. Any additional pregnancy had to be terminated. This was aimed to put a check on the teeming millions. The policy had no relation to extermination of girl child in the womb. But the policymakers had no idea about its long term impact. People, with a patriarchic mindset, came up with their preference for a single male child. The idea of a happy family became ‘parents with a single male child’.

3. The Chinese culture has always promoted sons over daughters because the society has been dominated by males. In villages, where hard work is needed to sustain the agriculture, a boy is always preferable due to his superior physical strength compared to that of a girl. [B■] In such circumstances, looking forward to a male baby seems justified. If people have to limit their families, it is obvious they would prefer a boy over a girl child. This problem has been accentuated by the use of ultrasound scanning which helps determine the sex of the fetus. This technology has played a crucial role in creating gender imbalance.

4. Sociologists consider this imbalance as the aftermath of Government’s poorly thought and short-sighted policy. The Government's intentions notwithstanding, China came to develop a markedly lopsided sex ratio. Nobel Laureate Hayek feels that when Government tries to dominate the social system by making people forcibly inculcate a certain habit, such a condition is bound to happen. People try to find ways which not only fulfill their preferences but also satisfy the law makers. The Government damaged the dynamics of a healthy society and was now bearing the brunt of its past deeds.

5. Hayek argues that by no means should a centralized bureaucracy be allowed to design preferences for hundreds of thousands of people, without even consulting them. In such a system, with the passage of time, unforeseen consequences spring up. Government can bind people to its chosen course for a time but the impositions cannot limit their options for long. [C■] The quarter century that has passed since commencement of the effort to redesign the Chinese family is leaving behind its own trail.

6. The Government needs to be careful now. It has to invent new remedies to address this problem. It needs to redesign the social fabric so that programs like ‘Care for Girls’ get support of the masses, who seem to have little faith in the system. They view the new program for the girl child in the same resigned manner as the program that was forced on them in the past. Some women social workers are of the view that the fall of sex ratio has been an advantage for the women of China, as their social value has increased. [D■] The Government policy has in a way helped uplift the status of females. The real fear now is that China will soon be faced with hordes of bachelors at war with their brethren over finding their brides. The “surplus sons” of China need to stop interfering with the social system.

What was the vision behind the government's policy discussed in paragraph 2?

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Đáp án B

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Tầm nhìn phía sau chính sách của chính phủ được thảo luận trong đoạn 2 là?

A. Tầm nhìn về Trung Quốc với phụ nữ ở các vị trí hàng đầu trong chính phủ

B. Tầm nhìn cho Trung Quốc để kiểm soát dân số đang phát triển trong tương lai gần

C. Tầm nhìn về một xã hội phụ nữ thống trị

D. Tầm nhìn mà các thanh thiếu niên nam nữ Trung Quốc sẽ tìm được bạn đời

Thông tin: Consequent to the population explosion, the Government introduced, in the 80‟s, one child policy in China. Any additional pregnancy had to be terminated.


Câu 48:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

China - Missing Women

1. In China the growing difference between the genders is giving signals of alarm to Government authorities. According to the latest census figures, 119 boys are born for every 100 girls. This striking difference is expected to shoot up by the year 2020 with almost 40 million unsettled bachelors. This distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future. The social leaders are trying to pressurize the masses into producing more females. The Government has embarked on policies extending innumerable incentives to the families bearing girls. Monetary support, free education, guaranteed employment is being gifted to parents who gift the country with a girl child. The Government is trying to persuade people to suppress their personal preferences and regulate their community behavior according to the new blueprint to stimulate the girl ratio. [A■] Sometimes the Government tries to woo them and sometimes it uses stem policies to force them into it

2. Consequent to the population explosion, the Government introduced, in the 80’s, one child policy in China. Any additional pregnancy had to be terminated. This was aimed to put a check on the teeming millions. The policy had no relation to extermination of girl child in the womb. But the policymakers had no idea about its long term impact. People, with a patriarchic mindset, came up with their preference for a single male child. The idea of a happy family became ‘parents with a single male child’.

3. The Chinese culture has always promoted sons over daughters because the society has been dominated by males. In villages, where hard work is needed to sustain the agriculture, a boy is always preferable due to his superior physical strength compared to that of a girl. [B■] In such circumstances, looking forward to a male baby seems justified. If people have to limit their families, it is obvious they would prefer a boy over a girl child. This problem has been accentuated by the use of ultrasound scanning which helps determine the sex of the fetus. This technology has played a crucial role in creating gender imbalance.

4. Sociologists consider this imbalance as the aftermath of Government’s poorly thought and short-sighted policy. The Government's intentions notwithstanding, China came to develop a markedly lopsided sex ratio. Nobel Laureate Hayek feels that when Government tries to dominate the social system by making people forcibly inculcate a certain habit, such a condition is bound to happen. People try to find ways which not only fulfill their preferences but also satisfy the law makers. The Government damaged the dynamics of a healthy society and was now bearing the brunt of its past deeds.

5. Hayek argues that by no means should a centralized bureaucracy be allowed to design preferences for hundreds of thousands of people, without even consulting them. In such a system, with the passage of time, unforeseen consequences spring up. Government can bind people to its chosen course for a time but the impositions cannot limit their options for long. [C■] The quarter century that has passed since commencement of the effort to redesign the Chinese family is leaving behind its own trail.

6. The Government needs to be careful now. It has to invent new remedies to address this problem. It needs to redesign the social fabric so that programs like ‘Care for Girls’ get support of the masses, who seem to have little faith in the system. They view the new program for the girl child in the same resigned manner as the program that was forced on them in the past. Some women social workers are of the view that the fall of sex ratio has been an advantage for the women of China, as their social value has increased. [D■] The Government policy has in a way helped uplift the status of females. The real fear now is that China will soon be faced with hordes of bachelors at war with their brethren over finding their brides. The “surplus sons” of China need to stop interfering with the social system.

The word "inculcate" as used in paragraph 4 means

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Đáp án C

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Từ “inculcate” được sử dụng trong đoạn 4 có nghĩa là

A. tính toán các ưu và nhược điểm

B. khiến ai tuân theo lệnh của ai đó

C. bắt đầu một thói quen về

D. gây ấn tượng bằng sự thúc giục liên tục

Nobel Laureate Hayek feels that when Government tries to dominate the social system by making people forcibly inculcate a certain habit, such a condition is bound to happen.

Nobel Laureate Hayek cảm thấy rằng khi Chính phủ cố gắng thống trị hệ thống xã hội bằng cách buộc người ta

phải khắc sâu vào não một thói quen nhất định, chuyện như vậy chắc chắn sẽ xảy ra.


Câu 49:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

China - Missing Women

1. In China the growing difference between the genders is giving signals of alarm to Government authorities. According to the latest census figures, 119 boys are born for every 100 girls. This striking difference is expected to shoot up by the year 2020 with almost 40 million unsettled bachelors. This distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future. The social leaders are trying to pressurize the masses into producing more females. The Government has embarked on policies extending innumerable incentives to the families bearing girls. Monetary support, free education, guaranteed employment is being gifted to parents who gift the country with a girl child. The Government is trying to persuade people to suppress their personal preferences and regulate their community behavior according to the new blueprint to stimulate the girl ratio. [A■] Sometimes the Government tries to woo them and sometimes it uses stem policies to force them into it

2. Consequent to the population explosion, the Government introduced, in the 80’s, one child policy in China. Any additional pregnancy had to be terminated. This was aimed to put a check on the teeming millions. The policy had no relation to extermination of girl child in the womb. But the policymakers had no idea about its long term impact. People, with a patriarchic mindset, came up with their preference for a single male child. The idea of a happy family became ‘parents with a single male child’.

3. The Chinese culture has always promoted sons over daughters because the society has been dominated by males. In villages, where hard work is needed to sustain the agriculture, a boy is always preferable due to his superior physical strength compared to that of a girl. [B■] In such circumstances, looking forward to a male baby seems justified. If people have to limit their families, it is obvious they would prefer a boy over a girl child. This problem has been accentuated by the use of ultrasound scanning which helps determine the sex of the fetus. This technology has played a crucial role in creating gender imbalance.

4. Sociologists consider this imbalance as the aftermath of Government’s poorly thought and short-sighted policy. The Government's intentions notwithstanding, China came to develop a markedly lopsided sex ratio. Nobel Laureate Hayek feels that when Government tries to dominate the social system by making people forcibly inculcate a certain habit, such a condition is bound to happen. People try to find ways which not only fulfill their preferences but also satisfy the law makers. The Government damaged the dynamics of a healthy society and was now bearing the brunt of its past deeds.

5. Hayek argues that by no means should a centralized bureaucracy be allowed to design preferences for hundreds of thousands of people, without even consulting them. In such a system, with the passage of time, unforeseen consequences spring up. Government can bind people to its chosen course for a time but the impositions cannot limit their options for long. [C■] The quarter century that has passed since commencement of the effort to redesign the Chinese family is leaving behind its own trail.

6. The Government needs to be careful now. It has to invent new remedies to address this problem. It needs to redesign the social fabric so that programs like ‘Care for Girls’ get support of the masses, who seem to have little faith in the system. They view the new program for the girl child in the same resigned manner as the program that was forced on them in the past. Some women social workers are of the view that the fall of sex ratio has been an advantage for the women of China, as their social value has increased. [D■] The Government policy has in a way helped uplift the status of females. The real fear now is that China will soon be faced with hordes of bachelors at war with their brethren over finding their brides. The “surplus sons” of China need to stop interfering with the social system.

How has "One Child Policy" supposedly improved the value of females? (Refer paragraph 6)

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Đáp án A

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

"Chính sách một đứa trẻ" được cho là có thể cải thiện được giá trị của phụ nữ như thế nào? (Tham khảo đoạn 6)

A. Do sự khan hiếm của phụ nữ trẻ, có nhận thức về "giá trị".

B. Chính phủ đã làm việc tích cực để th c đẩy chính sách.

C. Tỷ lệ nữ giới thấp giúp sức khoẻ của bé gái.

D. Phụ nữ có thể nhận được nền giáo dục tốt vì chi tiêu gia đình bị hạn chế.


Câu 50:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

China - Missing Women

1. In China the growing difference between the genders is giving signals of alarm to Government authorities. According to the latest census figures, 119 boys are born for every 100 girls. This striking difference is expected to shoot up by the year 2020 with almost 40 million unsettled bachelors. This distribution of the social ecology would create havoc in the future. The social leaders are trying to pressurize the masses into producing more females. The Government has embarked on policies extending innumerable incentives to the families bearing girls. Monetary support, free education, guaranteed employment is being gifted to parents who gift the country with a girl child. The Government is trying to persuade people to suppress their personal preferences and regulate their community behavior according to the new blueprint to stimulate the girl ratio. [A■] Sometimes the Government tries to woo them and sometimes it uses stem policies to force them into it

2. Consequent to the population explosion, the Government introduced, in the 80’s, one child policy in China. Any additional pregnancy had to be terminated. This was aimed to put a check on the teeming millions. The policy had no relation to extermination of girl child in the womb. But the policymakers had no idea about its long term impact. People, with a patriarchic mindset, came up with their preference for a single male child. The idea of a happy family became ‘parents with a single male child’.

3. The Chinese culture has always promoted sons over daughters because the society has been dominated by males. In villages, where hard work is needed to sustain the agriculture, a boy is always preferable due to his superior physical strength compared to that of a girl. [B■] In such circumstances, looking forward to a male baby seems justified. If people have to limit their families, it is obvious they would prefer a boy over a girl child. This problem has been accentuated by the use of ultrasound scanning which helps determine the sex of the fetus. This technology has played a crucial role in creating gender imbalance.

4. Sociologists consider this imbalance as the aftermath of Government’s poorly thought and short-sighted policy. The Government's intentions notwithstanding, China came to develop a markedly lopsided sex ratio. Nobel Laureate Hayek feels that when Government tries to dominate the social system by making people forcibly inculcate a certain habit, such a condition is bound to happen. People try to find ways which not only fulfill their preferences but also satisfy the law makers. The Government damaged the dynamics of a healthy society and was now bearing the brunt of its past deeds.

5. Hayek argues that by no means should a centralized bureaucracy be allowed to design preferences for hundreds of thousands of people, without even consulting them. In such a system, with the passage of time, unforeseen consequences spring up. Government can bind people to its chosen course for a time but the impositions cannot limit their options for long. [C■] The quarter century that has passed since commencement of the effort to redesign the Chinese family is leaving behind its own trail.

6. The Government needs to be careful now. It has to invent new remedies to address this problem. It needs to redesign the social fabric so that programs like ‘Care for Girls’ get support of the masses, who seem to have little faith in the system. They view the new program for the girl child in the same resigned manner as the program that was forced on them in the past. Some women social workers are of the view that the fall of sex ratio has been an advantage for the women of China, as their social value has increased. [D■] The Government policy has in a way helped uplift the status of females. The real fear now is that China will soon be faced with hordes of bachelors at war with their brethren over finding their brides. The “surplus sons” of China need to stop interfering with the social system.

Look at the four squares [■] that indicate where the following sentence can be added to the passage:

“Another reason is that daughters have to leave their parents after marriage to enrich their husband's family.”

Where would the sentence best fit?

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Đáp án B

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Nhìn vào bốn ô vuông [■] cho biết câu sau có thể được thêm vào ở đâu trong đoạn văn:

"Một lý do khác là con gái phải rời cha mẹ sau khi kết hôn làm giàu gia đình chồng họ."

Câu nào phù hợp nhất?

Đoạn văn này đang nói về lý do con trai được ưa thích hơn con gái, cho nên điền vào chỗ trống B là phù hợp.


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