Théng tin |. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate ae the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. eee 5 cau hdi 1 Question 01: Chufa tra 181 ¥ Bat cd a. cosy b. occasion c. leisure d. pleasure ST . Cau hai 2 Question 02: Chufa tra 161 F Dat cbs a. mausoleum b. audience c. restaurant d. causeII, 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 the primary stress in each of the following questions. Question 03: O a. interviewer O b. experience O c.certificate O d. enthusiasm Question 04: O a. mischievous © b. conspicuous O c. considerate © d. ambassador Question 05: © a. dormitory O b biology © ce. community O d. photography Théng tin ¥ Bat ob cau hoi 3 Chua tr F Bat cbs cau nai 4 Chua tra 161 F Bat cd cau hoi 5 Chua tra 161 F Dat cdIll. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your an: indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 06: You're the first person I've met views are more left-wing than mine. O a. whose O b.who's O ¢.who has O d. with whom Question 07: No one appreciated his work during his lifetime, but it is clear that he is a great artist. O a. inthe aftermath O b. by the time © c.in this eventuality O d.inretrospect Question 08: | wouldn't call her a close friend. She's more of a/an really. O a. successor © b.peer O c. ancestor O d. acquaintance Question 09: The senior manager error in the report. O a. pulled O b. took O c.led O d. drew swer sheet to political my attention to an Théng tin ¥ Dat cbs cau hoi 6 Chufa tra 161 F Dat cbs Cau hoi 7 Chufa tra 161 F Dat cd cau hoi 8 Chufa tra 161 F Dat cbs cau hi 9 Chua tra léi F Dat cdQuestion 10: leaves of the rare weeping tree even though the sky may be cloudless. © a. Great drops of water drip from the © b. Great drops of water dripping from the © c. That great drops of water are dripping from O d. Water dripping in great drops from the Question 11: Looking down at the coral reef, we saw of tiny, multi - colored fish. © a. shoals O b. teams O c. flocks © d. swarms Question 12: | didn't know my guess was going to be right — it was just O a.gamble O b. pot luck Oc. draw O d. odds Question 13: Imagine when the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. How your life have been different? O a. you were living / will © b. you would have lived / should O c. you'd been living / would O d. you'd lived / may cau hoi 10 Chufa tra Ibi F dat cbs cau ndi 11 Chua tra ldi F Dat bs cau hoi 12 Chufa tra 161 F Dat bs cau hoi 13, Chufa tra 161 F Dat cdQuestion 14: 'm my brother is. © a.nothing near as ambitious as b. nothing as ambitious than O c. nowhere like so ambitious © d. nowhere near as ambitious as Question 15: In no way tha from organizing peaceful protests. O a. this law means O b. do this law means O ¢. does this law mean O d. this law does mean Question 16: Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is t people will be prevented ; if it was destroyed no amount of money could ever replace it. O a. invaluable O b. worthless O c.priceless O d. valueless Question 17: Ted loved being competition. O a.ina tight squeeze O b. from scratch O c.at the drop of a hat O d. in the limelight after he won the talent cau hoi 14 Chua tra Ibi F Bat cd cau hoi 15, Chufa tra 161 F Dat cd cau hoi 16 Chua tra Wi ¥ Bat cbs cau hoi 17 Chua tra 161 ¥ Bat cbsQuestion 18: The elaborate bridal costumes of the coastal Indians are from mother to daughter. O a. put through O b. taken after O c. handed down O d. parted with Question 19: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony next week. O a.will have been performed © b.is going to be performed c.is performing O d.will be performing es Question 20: Tony and Bob are talking with each other in their classroom. -Tony: We are going to buy Lily a graduation present. Bob: © a.|'m raking in money now. O b. Could | chip in? O c. Can you all be more down-to-earth? O d. She's out of my league. cau hoi 18 Chua tra Ibi ¥ Dat obs cau hoi 19 Chufa tra Ibi F Dat cd. cau hoi 20 Chufa tra 161 F Dat cd:Théng tin IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to & Bat cd indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 2 ‘ s : cau hai 21 Question 21: Camerata revived the style of musical history that had ‘ been used in Greek tragedy taking most of the plots for their Se operas from Greek and Roman history, writing dramas for music. eco O a. location © b. inspiration O c. instrument O d. stories 8,8, . 7 cau hai 22, Question 22: He and his older son are like peas in a pod, but he i Chufa tra 161 and his younger son are like chalk and cheese. Bat cd O a.to have grown up in the same place © b. able to read each other's thoughts O c. very similar and able to talk easily O d. to be fan of something in commonThéng tin V. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to F Dito’ indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined phrase in each of the following questions. cau noi 23 Question 23: Aren't you putting the cart before the horse by is me . deciding what to wear for the wedding before you're invited to it? oe FF Bat ed O a. doing things in the right order © b. doing things in the wrong order O c. knowing the horse cart O d. upsetting the horse cart cs 7 ; cau noi 24 Question 24: I'm not an impulsive person. | don't generally do nav things on the spur of the moment. ce el F Bat cd O a. intentionally © b. quickly O c. industriously O d.attentivelyVI. Read the article about ‘Psychic Paul’, an octopus who predicted football results. Decide which word (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. The octopus who predicted a World Cup final Our interest in animals’ intelligence and possible psychic powers spans the centuries. For some people, Paul the Octopus proved conclusively, beyond all (25). , that animals have intelligence. Spain's victory over Germany in the 2010 World Cup came as no (26). to many football fans, because the result had already been (27) by Paul. This was a creature that had achieved celebrity status with its incredibly (28). predictions. Known as the ‘psychic octopus’ Paul seemed to demonstrate above-average intelligence. It seemed he could predict all of Germany's World Cup results every time he was asked. Such was the popularity of his selections that, just before the final, a German news channel broadcast Paul's prediction live on TV. Paul's handlers, at an aquarium in the city of Oberhausen, turned him into an international superstar. A simple (29). was followed each time. Mussels were placed into two glass boxes. One box carried Germany's flag while the other had the flag of the opposing team. Paul then made his ‘prediction’ by swimming towards one of the boxes and eating the tasty mussel inside. Aquarium staff never claimed that this was a carefully controlled scientific (30), . There did indeed seem to be a lack of concrete (31), that Paul was making intelligent choices. The day before the World Cup final, Paul at first swam towards the Spanish flag, before moving and hovering over the German box. After a few moments, the octopus eventually returned to his first choice. Occurrences like this (32). some doubt over whether Paul really did have ‘psychic’ powers. Not everyone appreciated Paul. When Argentina lost to Germany in the quarter-final, Argentina fans threatened to put him in a paella. The newspaper E/ Dia even printed a recipe for anyone who captured Paul: ‘All you need are some potatoes, olive oil and a little salt! Théng tin F Bat cdThe octopus sometimes erred in his predictions, although not often. His most famous mistake was when he wrongly picked Germany over Spain in the 2008 European Championship. Spain won 1-0. Proof, perhaps, that he was capable of (33), from his mistakes. Paul lived a happy and celebrated life and died naturally in 2010. The world awaits the next animal oracle. Question 25. O a. doubt O b. question O c. disbelief O d. shadow Question 26. O a. miracle © b. shock © c. amazement O d. surprise Question 27. O a. foretold O b. projected O c.envisaged O d. forecast Question 28. O a.accurate O b. strict O ¢. detailed O d. correct cau hoi 25 Chua tra Ibi ¥ Bat cbs cau hoi 26 Chufa tra 161 F Dated: cau hoi 27 Chufa tra Ibi F Dated: cau ni 28 Chua tra 161 F Dat ed:Question 29. O a. procedure O b.action O c. performance O d. program ed Question 30. O a.check O b.analysis O c. experiment O d. examination —————————— === Question 31. O a. figures O b.evidence O . grounds O d. information ——— Question 32. O a. had O b. cast O ¢. gave O d. made eee Question 33. O a. knowing O b.learning e. discovering O d. studying = Chua tra Ibi ¥ Bat cbs cau hoi 30 Chua tra ii Bat cd cau hoi 31 Chufa tra 161 F Dat cd cau hoi 32 Chufa tra 161 F Bat cd cau hoi 33 Chua tra i F Dat cbsDeas VII. Read the following newspaper article and choose the Bat cd correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the questions about it. MY CONSTANT FIGHT TO STAY AWAKE Dan Butler-Morgan tells Bryony Gordon about the difficulties of living with narcolepsy. As a teenager, Dan Butler-Morgan used to nod off during lessons at school. He thought it was just what every rebellious schoolboy did, But when Dan left school, got a job as a mechanic and continued to fall asleep during the day, he realized this wasn’t normal. None of his colleagues dozed off while servicing a car or spent their Junch break snoozing in a corner. When his boss threatened him with the sack, he knew he had to find out what made him so different from everybody else. Dan’s GP was equally baffled and immediately sent him to a sleep center, where he was diagnosed as suffering from narcolepsy, an incurable sleep disorder that is known to affect at least 2,500 people in the UK. Narcoleptics fall asleep at irregular and unexpected times. ‘Most people,’ says Dan, ‘however tired, can stay awake if need be. But with me, it’s like a blind is drawn. | can be having a conversation with the most interesting person, but inside, |am fighting a constant battle to stay awake. It’s like someone switches the lights off.’ Dan once fell off his bike due to an attack and has been thrown out of nightclubs by bouncers who thought he was drunk — sufferers are often mistakenly considered to be inebriated or lazy. This, coupled with the fact that nobody is quite sure what causes narcolepsy, makes it hard to diagnose. It is widely believed to be the result of a genetic mutation, and research has shown that sufferers have a deficiency of hypocretin, a small hormone produced in the brain which regulates the body’s state of arousal. Most narcoleptics also experience cataplexy, a sudden loss of muscular control that can cause them to fall to the floor, their heads to slump or their jaws to drop, usually after a sudden surge of emotion such as happiness, anger or fear. During the night, narcoleptics can also suffer from sleep paralysis — an inability to move just before falling asleep or just after waking up — and hallucinations. Dan suffers from alll of these symptoms. When | arrive for our interview he holds onto the door for support as his legs buckle inan attack of cataplexy, because ‘I walked in and didn’t recognize you, and | was a bit taken aback: He finds it hard to describe the sleep paralysis and hallucinations, but says he begins ‘to go cold from the toes up, and then get these horrible noises in my head — babies crying and a high-pitched squeal. Then | start to see things, either figures in the room or big hands coming at me from behind the curtains.’ The only person who can help Dan to snap out of the hallucinations is his 25-year-old wife, Claire, who is frequently tired as she is woken by the attacks. ‘I put a hand on his shoulder and he will come round, but it can happen again and again during the night,’ she says. At their worst, she estimates, the attacks can occur around 50 times a night. Dan is remarkably fresh-faced for someone who is supposed to feel overwhelming fatigue. He puts this down to the new tables he takes to control his condition. He used to take an amphetamine- based form of medication, but found that his moods fluctuated too much. But since he started taking amphetamine-free Modafinil, his moods have levelled out and his attacks have decreased to just five or six times a night, three or four nights a week. He thinks that keeping busy also helps his condition. The couple have recently bought a house and Dan works on it every night after work until midnight. ‘It’s when I'm sitting still for any period of time that | know I'm going to go.’ The couple recently went to see a horror movie, and Dan slept through most of it. ‘Tiny little things that most people take for granted have been affected by my narcolepsy,’ he says. ‘Socially, we can never really plan anything. We go out to dinner, and | can just fall asleep in my food.’ He is amazed at people's lack of knowledge about the condition, and has often encountered prejudice. He desperately wanted to join the police force, but was sent a rejection letter, saying he would be a health-and-safety risk. Another potential employer turned him down, telling him the sales assistant in his local chemist had told him Dan would probably turn up late for work all the time. “t's not a disability,’ he says, forlornly. ‘But people’s perceptions of it as one have led me to be a bit scared of trying to pursue any other career opportunities, in case | get turned down. And | sometimes feel like | am bringing other people down with it. It can make you feel like a nothing, a nobody.’ His attempts to control the cataplexy have changed his personality. ‘I used to be this happy-go-lucky person, who was always cracking jokes, but now | can’t really laugh because it sets off the cataplexy.’ Despite all the obstacles that he has faced, though, Dan still manages to look on the bright sight. ‘Fortunately, I don’t think I'll ever go back to being the teenager who slept whole weekends without ever waking up. This morning, | got up at 5 am and I'll go to the house this evening and work on it until late.In fact, he says, grinning at his wife, ‘I think Chine’s more tired nowadays than | am.’ Question 34. Dan first knew he suffered from narcolepsy O a. during a visit to his doctor. O b.when he was still at school. O c. when he became unemployed O d. shortly after an incident at work. Question 35. What do we learn about narcolepsy in the third paragraph? O a. It often makes sufferers lazy. © b. The symptoms are not always correctly identified. O c. It can seriously affect the brain. O d.Itcan be brought on by drinking too much. Question 36. When he first met the writer, Dan © a.was very angry. O b, fell over. O c. feel asleep. O d. was a little surprised. Question 37. The writer expresses her surprise at a.his wife's ability to cope with the situation. O b. the frequency with which he suffers attacks. O c. the form of medication he is taking. O d.his apparent lack of tiredness. cau hoi 34 Chufa tra 161 ¥ Bat cb cau hoi 35 Chufa tra 161 F Dat cd cau hoi 36 Chufa tra Ibi F Dat cd cau ni 37 Chua tra ldi F Dat cd:Question 38. Dan says he is most likely to fall asleep © a. in social situations. O b. when he is inactive. O c.at the cinema. © d. when he works late. Question 39. What, according to Dan, has been the main obstacle to him finding work? © a. The dangers involved in employing him. © b. People's attitudes towards the disease. O c.His fear of letting others down. O d. His low self-esteem. Question 40. What do we learn about his feelings in the last paragraph? O a.Heis considered about his wife. O b.He finds his situation amusing. O c.He wishes he could sleep like he used to. O d. He is able to remain positive. cau hoi 38 Chua tra ii F Bat cbs cau hoi 39 Chua tra i F Bat ob cau hoi 40 Chua tra i F Dat obsThéng tin Vill. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. F Dat cd THE RISE AND FALL OF YOUTH SUBCULTURES A. Ask anyone British in their 50s, 60s and 70s to look back at their youth and they will doubtless name a plethora of different subcultures. There were the Mods (Modernists) with their tailor- made suits, motor scooters and R&B music, and their great rivals, the Rockers, a biker subculture, who wore leather jackets and listened to Rock and Roll. Hippies, who emerged in America and spread across the world, represented a more peaceful group. With their long hair and garish clothes, they opposed all forms of violence and the ‘establishment’, as they called mainstream society. Jumping forward to the 1970s, we see the rise of Punk. Instantly recognizable with their drainpipe jeans, kilts, safety pins and Mohicans, they perhaps more than any of their predecessors embodied youth rebellion, sometimes literally spitting in the face of ‘the world in which they had grown up. B. These days, the average 15-year-old has probably never seen a Mod or Rocker in the flesh. These youth subcultures from that era have all but disappeared, existing only in films and television for today’s young people. Sadly, today’s youth, at first glance at least, look more homogenous, seemingly having lost their tribalism. So what happened? Where have all the colourful youth subcultures gone? It was in the 1990s that many older commentators started to point out that the youth movements had lost their fire and had become conventional. The colourful ‘tribes’ of the previous years were disappearing, and the young appeared to have stopped rebelling. why conditions were ripe for the emergence of youth cultures inthe mid-twentieth century. It was the post-war period that saw the rise of distinctive subcultures. Elvis Presley and the advent of Rock and Roll generated the Teddy Boys in the UK, who in turn influenced both Mods and Rockers. It was a time when conventional social values were being questioned and after the austerity of the war, young people found themselves with more freedom. Fuelled by Amercican culture, Britain's youth suddenly had something to say and a desire to express themselves. D. These days American culture is still a dominant force, but in many ways the world is so different. Rises in levels of prosperity have robbed many young people of something to rebel against, and the development of the internet and its widespread availability from the 1990s onwards has fundamentally changed how young people interact with the world. Things change so quickly that young people no longer commit to one look and style of music in order to find their identity. Influences from all over the world — not just America - mean that young people have a vast array of choices in terms of fashion, music and even attitudes and beliefs. Although the younger generation of today has been called ‘identity-less; that is not actually the case. The identities they create are more individual and subtle, with a wider range of influences. Teenagers today spend a lot of their time developing their own sense of self through social media. They are free to slip in and out of identities and scenes, which is more liberating than being tied to a specific tribe. E. Common to all those subcultures of the mid-to late twentieth century was a desire to rebel: against parents, government policies and established society. Marking yourself out as different and separate through your clothes and hairstyle is something that does not chime so resonantly with the globalised generation born in the nineties and noughties. Today's young people are more tolerant and international thanks to globalization, but that does not mean they are apathetic. In fact, it can be argued that they are more likely to contribute towards actual change, which again has been made possible by the internet. They set up and sign online petitions and share information about demonstrations on social media. They take part in charity events such as sponsored runs or shave their heads to raise awareness as well as money. The global phenomenon which was the Ice Bucket Challenge”, for example, raised over $100 million for motor neuron disease and raised awareness of that terrible condition which affects, among others, world renowned physicist, Stephen Hawking. F. There is one subculture that seems to have endured better than the others: the bikers. Characterized by their long hair, scruffy denim jeans, leather jackets and Harley Davidson motorbikes, the most marked feature of the group nowadays is that they are nolonger young. At biker rallies in the 2010s, the average age is probably around 50. What sets them apart is that they never grew out of the identity of their youth. Seeing them gathered together invokes a strong sense of nostalgia in those of us who remembered the days of youth subcultures. G. While it is sad in many ways to see the vibrant cultures of our youth consigned to the history books, it is, when examined closely, a development which is as positive as it is inevitable. Young people today are free to adopt aspects from a huge range of cultures and continually reinvent themselves. The symbolic rebellions of dress and hairstyle have been replaced by meaningful action which impacts on political and social decision-making at the highest levels. Rather than being without identity as a generation, today’s youth are typically broad-minded and well informed, each individual having created their own unique style and set of beliefs, which they are free to change at any moment. But those of us who recall the heady days of the Mods and Rockers, the Punks and Teddy Boys, will always feel a slight regret at their passing. * Ice Bucket Challenge — a charity action that involved filming yourself pouring ice cold water over your head in order to raise money for charities related to Motor Neurone Disease.Théng tin Task 1. The reading passage has seven paragraphs, A-G. Dat eb Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings. Write the correct number, i-x. There are three headings you won't need. List of headings Out with the old and in with the new and improved ji. The decline of youth subcultures ili, Regret for a lost era iv. Youth subcultures in the second half of the 20" century v. The ice bucket challenge raises millions vi. Why young people formed their own social groups vii. Identity-less youth of today viii. A different type of identity ix. Survivors of a lost age x. Fighting for change in new ways cau noi 41 Kéo tha nhan ctia cdc Heading vao cac 6 tréng trong Question Chua tra [ei 41-46: 3 At cb Question 41. Paragraph A Question 42. Paragraph B Question 43. Paragraph C Question 44. Paragraph D Question 45. Paragraph E Question 46. Paragraph F Question 47. Paragraph G i || ix |} viii} iii }] iv |} x | ii |] vif] vif} vThéng tin Task 2. Do the following statements agree with the claims of F Bato’ the writer in the text? write YES: if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer NO: if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer NOT GIVEN: if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this ES . cau hoi 42 Question 48. 20th-century youth movements had their own oe : Chura tra 161 distinct way of dressing. Bat cd O a.NO © b.NOT GIVEN Oc. YES ES Si i i ; cau ndi 43 Question 49. Today’s youth are less effective at changing society 4 Chua tra 161 than their predecessors. Bat cd O a.NO © b. NOT GIVEN Oc. YES SY . . ‘ . cau hai 44 Question 50. Young people waste too much time on social media. Chua tra 181 © a.NOT GIVEN 7 O b. YES Oc.NO eee i 7 cau hoi 45 Question 51. It is unfortunate that many of the sub-cultures are : Chua tra 161 disappearing. Bat cd O a.NOT GIVEN oO O b.NO O c. YES