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50 BÀI TẬP ĐỌC HIỂU TIẾNG ANH ÔN

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16 BÀI TẬP TỰ HỌC ĐỘT PHÁ
– LUYỆN TƯ DUY ĐỌC HIỂU
PASSAGE 01

►Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer shect to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 10.
Plants and animals will find it difficult to escape from or adjust to the effect of global
warming, Scientists have already observerd shifts in the lifecycles of many plants and
animals, such as flowers blooming earlier and birds hatching earlier in the spring. Many
species have begun shifting where they live or their annual migration patterns due to warmer
temperatures.
With further warming, animals will tend to migrate toward the poles and up
mountainsides toward higher elevations. Plants will also attempt to shift their ranges, seeking
new areas as old habitats grow too warm. In many places, however, human development will
prevent these shifts. Species that find cities or farmland blocking their way north or south
may become extinct. Species living in unique ecosystems, such as those found in polar and
mountantop regions, are especially at risk because migration to new habitats is not possible.
For example, polar bears and marine mammals in the Arctic are already threatened by
dwindling sea ice but have nowhere farther to go.
Projecting species extinction due to global warming is extremely difficult. Some
scientists have estimated that 20 to 50 percent of species could be committed to extiction
with 2 to 3 Celsius degrees of further warming. The rate of warming, not just the magnitude,
is extremely important for plants and animals. Some species and even entire ecosystems,
such as certain types of forest, many not be able to adjust quickly enough and may disappear.
Ocean ecosystems, especially fragile ones like coral reefs, will also be affected by
global warming. Warmer ocean temperatures can cause coral to "bleach", a state which if
prolonged will lead to the death of the coral. Scientists estimate that even 1 Celsius degree of
additional warming could lead to widespread bleaching and death of coral reefs around the
world. Also increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enters the ocean and increases the
acidity of ocean waters. This acidification furter stresses ocean ecosystems.
(Đề thi tiếng Anh kì thi THPT quốc gia 2015)

Question 1: Scionlists have observed that warmer temperatures in the spring cause flowers to
_________.
A. die instantly B. bloom earlier C, become lighter D. lose color
Question 2: According to paragraph 2, when their habitats grow warmer, animali tend to
move ________.
A. south - eastwards and down mountainsides toward lower elevations.
B. north - westwards and up mountainsides toward higher elevations.
C. toward the North Pole and down mountainsides toward lower elevations.
D. toward the poles and up mountainsides toward higher elevations.
Question 3: The pronoun "those" in paragraph 2 refers to ________.
A. species B. ecosystems C. habitats D. areas
Question 4: The phrase "dwindling sea ice" in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. the frozen water in the Artie. B.the violent Arctic Ocean.
C. the melting ice in the Arctic. D.the cold ice in the Arctic.
Question 5: It is mentioned in the passage that if the global temperature rose by 2 or 3
Celcius degrees, ________.
A. half of the earth's surface would be flooded.
B. the sea level would rise by 20 centimeters.
C. water supply would decrease by 50 percent.
D. 20 to 50 percent of species could become extinct.
Question 6: According to the passage, if some species are not able to adjust quickly to
warmer temperatures, _______.
A. they may be endangered B.they can begin to develop
C. they will certainly need water. D.they move to tropical forests.
Question 7: The word “fragile” in paragraph 4 most probably means______.
A. very large B.easily damaged
C. rather strong D. pretty hard
Question 8: The bleaching of coral reefs as mentioned in paragraph 4 indicates ________.
A. the water absorption of coral reefs. B.the quick growth of marine mammals.
C. the blooming phase of sea weeds. D.the slow death of coral reefs.
Question 9: The level of acidity in the ocean is increased by _______.
A. the rising amount of carbon dioxide entering the ocean.
B. the decrease of acidity of the pole waters.
C. the extinction of species in coastal areas.
D. the lose of acidity in the atmosphere around the earth.
Question 10: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Influence of climate changes on human lifestyles.
B. Effects of global warming on animals and plants.
C. Global warming and possible solutions
D. Global warming and species migration.

ĐÁP ÁN
PASSAGE 01

Question 1: Scientists have observed that warmer temperatures in the spring cause
flower to _______.
Thông tin ở 2 câu đầu tiên:
Plants and animals will find it difficult to escape from or adjust to the effect of global
warming, Scientists have already observerd shifts in the lifecycles of many plants and animals,
such as flowers blooming earlier and birds hatching earlier in the spring.
Các nhà khoa học thấy rằng nhiệt độ ấm hơn vào mùa xuân khiến cho các loài hoa:
=> B. bloom earlier (nở sớm hơn)
Question 2:
According to paragraph 2, when their habitats grow warmer, animals tend to move
_______.
Thông tin ở câu đầu đoạn 2:
With further warming, animals will tend to migrate toward the poles and up
mountainsides toward higher elevations.
Khi môi trường sống của chúng trở nên ấm hơn, động vật có xu hướng di chuyển tới:
=> D. toward the poles and up mountainsides toward higher elevations, (về phía các
cực và lên các triền núi tới những nơi cao hơn.)
Question 3:
Thông tin ở dòng 5-6 của đoạn 2:
Species living in unique ecosystems, such as those found in polar and mountaintop
regions, are especially at risk because migration to new habitats is not possible.
=> A. species
 Question 4:
For example, polar bears and marine mammals in the Arctic are already threatened by
dwindling sea ice but have nowhere farther to go.
"dwindling sea ice" có thể đoán trong tình huống này là sự giảm dấn bẵng trên biển
Bắc Cưc do ảnh hưởng của sự nóng lên toàn cẩu.
=> C. the melting ice in the Arctic.
Question 5:
It is mentioned in the passage that if the global temperature rose by 2 or 3 Celcius
degrees.
Thông tin ở dòng 2-3 đoạn 3:
Some scientists have estimated that 20 to 50 percent of species could be committed to
extiction with 2 to 3 Celsius degrees of further warming.
Nếu nhiệt độ toàn cầu tăng thêm 2 hoặc 3 độ C:
=> D. 20 to 50 percent of species could become extinct. (20 đến 50% các loài có thể tuyệt
chủng)
Question 6:
According to the passage, if some species are not able to adjust quickly to warmer
temparatures.
Thông tin ở câu cuối đoạn 3:
Some species and even entire ecosystems, such as certain types of forest, many not be
able to adjust quickiy enough and may disappear.
Nếu một vài loài khổng thể thích nghi nhanh với nhiệt độ nóng lên.
=> A. they may be endangered (chứng có thế gặp nguy hiểm)
Question 7:
"fragile": easily broken or damaged (theo từ điển Oxford learners'dictionaries)
A. very large: rất lớn, rộng lớn
B. easily broken: mỏng manh, yếu ớt, dễ bị phá hủy
C. rather strong: khỏe
D. pretty hard: khá khó
=> B
Questions 8:
The bleaching of coral reefs as mentioned in paragraph 4 indicates.
Thông tin ở câu 2 đoạn 4:
 Warmer ocean temperatures can cause coral to "bleach", a state which if prolonged
will lead to the death of the coral.
=> D. the slow death of coral reefs, (cái chết từ từ của những rặng san hô)
Question 9:
The level of acidity in the ocean is increased by
Thông tin ở dòng 5-6 đoạn 4:
Also, increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enters the ocean and increases the
acidity of ocean waters
=> A. the rising amount of carbon dioxide entering the ocean. (Sự tăng lượng khí C02
trong không khí ảnh hưởng đến đại dương và tăng nồng độ axit trong nước.)
Question 10:
A. Ảnh hưởng của biến đối khí hậu đối với phong cách sống của con người.
B. Những tác động của sự nóng lên toàn cầu đối với động thực vật
C. Sự nóng lên toàn cầu và những giải pháp.
D. Sự nóng lên toàn cầu và sự di cư của các loài.
Plants and animals will find it difficult to escape from or adjust to the effect of global
warming.
With further warming, animals will tend to migrate toward the poles and up
mountainsides toward higher elevations.
Projecting species extinction due to global warming is extremely difficult.
Ocean ecosystems, especially fragile ones like coral reefs, will also be affected by
global warming.
Bài viết chủ yếu đề cập đến các ảnh hưởng của sự nóng lên toàn cầu đối với động vật
và thực vật.
=> B đúng
Vocabulary
- to escape from smt (v): thoát khỏi đâu
- lifecycle (n): vòng đời
- to bloorn (v): nở hoa
- to hatch (v): sinh, đẻ
- elevation (n): độ cao so với mực nước biển
- habitat (n): môi trường sống
- ecosystem (n): hệ sinh thái
- dwindle (v): thoái hóa, suy đi/ nhỏ lại, thu lại, teo đi
- magnitude (n): lượng, tầm lớn, độ lớn
- fragile (adj): mỏng manh, dễ bị tổn thương, dễ bị phá hủy
- coral reefs (n): rặng san hô
- to bleach (v): làm chuội đi, biến mất đi
- acidity (n): tính a xít
- acidification (n): sự a xít hóa
 PASSAGE 02

►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 1 to 10.
Overpopulation, the situation of having large numbers of people with too few resources
and too little space, is closely associated with poverty. It can result from high population
density, or from low amounts of resources, or from both. Excessively high population densities
put stress on available resources. Only a certain number of people can be supported o a given
area of land, and that number depends on how much food and other resources the land can
provide. In countries where people live primarily by means of simple farming, gardening,
herding, hunting, and gathering, even large areas of land can support only small numbers of
people because these labor - intensive subsistence activities produce only small amounts of
food.
In developed countries such as the United States, Japan and the countries of Western
Europe, overpopulation generally is not considered a major cause of poverty. These countries
produce large quantities of food through mechanized farming, which depends on commercial
fertilizers, large - scale irrigation, and agricultural machinery. This form of production
provides enough food to support the high densities of people in metropolitan areas.
A country's level of poverty can depend greatly on its mix of population density and
agricultural productivity. Bangladesh, for example, has one of the world's highest population
densities, with 1,147 persons per sq km. A large majority of the people of Bangladesh engage
in low - productivity manual farming, which contributes to the country's extremely high level
of poverty. Some of the smaller countries in Western Europe, such as the Netherlands and
Belgium, have high population densities as well. These countries practice mechanized farming
and are involved in high - tech indutries, however, are therefore have high standards of living.
At the other end of the spectrum, many countries in sub - Saharan Africa have population
densities of less than 30 persons per sq km. Many people in these countries practice manual
subsistence farming, these countries also have infertile land, and lack the economic resources
and technology to boost productivity. As a consequence, these nations are very poor. The
United States has both relatively low population density and high agricultural productivity; it
is one of the world's weathiest nations.
High birth rates contribute to overpopulation in many developing countries. Children are
assets to many poor families because they provide labor, usually for farming. Cultural norms
in traditionally rural societies commonly sanction the value of large families. Also, the
goverments of developing countries often provide little or no support, financial or political, for
farming planning; even people who wish to keep their families small have difficulty doing so.
For all those reasons, developing countries tend to have high rates of population growth.

(Đề thi tiếng Anh kì thi THPT quốc gia 2015)

Question 1: Which of tho following is given as a definition of paragraph 1?
A. Overpopulation B. Population density
C. Simple farming D. Poverty
Question 2: What will suffer when there are excessively high population densities?
A. Availabe resources B. Skilled labor C. Farming methods D. Land area
Question 3: The phrase "that number" in paragraph 1 refers to the number of______
A. people B. densities c. resources D. countries
Question 4: In certain countries, large areas of land can only yeild small amounts of food
because ______.
A. there is lack of mechanization B. there are small numbers of laborers
C. there is an abundance of resources D. there is no shortage of skilled labor.
Question 5: Bangladesh is a country where the level of poverty depends greatly on ______,
A. its population density only
B. both population density and agricultural productivity
C. population density in metropolitan areas.
D. its high agricultural productivity.
Question 6: The phrase "engage in" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. escape from B. look into c. give up D. participate in
Question 7: The word "infertile" in paragraph 4 probably means ________.
A. disused B. impossible c. unproductive D. inaccessible
Question 8: Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?
A. In certain developed countries, mechanized farming is applied.
B. In sub - Saharan African countries, productivity is boosted by technology,
C. There is no connection between a country's culture and overpopulation.
D. All small countries in Western Europe have high population densities.
Question 9: Which of the following is a contributor to overpopulation in many developing
countries?
A. High - tech facilities B. Economic resources
C. Sufficient financial support D. High birth rates
Question 10: Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. High Birth Rate and its Consequesces.
B. Overpopulation: A cause of poverty.
C. Overpopulation: A worldwide problem.
 D. Poverty in Developing Countries.

ĐÁP ÁN
PASSAGE 02

Question 1: Which ot the following is given as a definition of paragraph I?

Overpopulation, the situation of having large numbers of people with too few
resources and too little space, is closely associated with poverty.
It can result trom high population density, or from low amounts of resources, or from
both.
In countries where people live primarily by means of simple farming, gardening,
herding, hunting, arid gathering, ...
Trong đoạn 1, “overpopulation" là từ duy nhất được định nghĩa (Quá tải dân số, tình
trạng số lượng người quá lớn so với quá ít nguồn tài nguyên và quá ít nơi sinh sống)
=> A. Overpopulation
Question 2:
What will suffer when there are excessively high population densities?
Thông tin ở cầu 3 của đoạn 1:
Excessively high population densities put stress on available resources.
=> A. Availabe resources
Question 3:
Only a certain number of people can be supported o a given area of land, and that number
depends on how much food and other resources the land can provide.
that number <=> a certain number of people
=> A. people
Question 4:
In certain countries, large areas of land can only yeild small amounts of food because:
Thông tin ở câu cuối đoạn 1:
In countries where people live primarily by means of simple farming, gardening, herding
hunting, and gathering, even large areas of land can support only small numbers of people
because these labor - intensive subsistence activities produce only small amounts of food (Ở
những nước nơi con người chủ yếu sống bằng những phương pháp trồng trọt, sản bắn... đơn
giản, những vùng đất rộng chỉ đủ nuôi sống được ít người bởi việc canh tác chủ yếu bằng sức
người chỉ cung cấp một lượng nhỏ thức ăn.
 => A. there is lack of mechanization (thiếu sự cơ khí hóa nông nghiệp)
Question 5:
Bangladesh is a country where the level of poverty depends greatly on …
Thông tin ở câu 2 đoạn 3:
A country’s level of poverty can depend greatly on its mix of population density and
agricultural productivity Bangladesh, for example, has one of the world’s highest population
densities, with 1,147 persons per sq km. A large majority of the people of Bangladesh engage
in low - productivity manual farming, which contributes to the country's extremely high level
of poverty.
=> B. both population density and agricultural productivity (Sự đói nghèo phụ thuộc vào
cả mật độ dân số và hiệu suất nông nghiệp)
Question 6:
engage in: to take part in something (theo Từ điển Oxford Learners' Dictionaries) (tham
gia vào cái gì)
A. escape from smt: trốn thoát khỏi đâu
B. look into: điều tra, xem xét cái gì kĩ càng
C. give up: từ bỏ
D. participate in: tham gia vào
=> D
Question 7:
infertile: (of land) not able to produce good crops (theo Từ điển Oxford learners'dictionaries)
(không thể tạo ra mùa màng bội thu, không màu mỡ)
A. disused: không được sử dụng
B. impossible: không thể
C. unproductive: khóng có hiệu quả
D. inaccessible: không thể tiếp cận được
=> C đúng
Questions 8:
A. In certain developed countries, mechanized farming is applied. (đúng)
In developed countries such as the United States, Japan and the countries of Western
Europe, overpopulation generally is not considered a major cause of poverty. These
countries produce large quantities of food through mechanized farming, ...
B. in sub - Saharan African countries, productivity is boosted by technology. (sai)
At the other end of the spectrum, many countries in sub - Saharan Africa have
population densities of less than 30 persons per sq km. Many people in these
 countries practice manual subsistence farming, these countỉies also have infertile
land, and lack the economic resources and technology to boost productivity.
C. There ís no connection between a country's culture and overpopulation. (sai)
High birth rates contribute to overpopulation in many developing countries. Children
are assets to many poor families because they provide labor, usually for farming.
Cultural norms in traditionally rural societies commonly sanction the value of large
families.
D. All small countries in Western Europe have high population densities. (sai)
Some of the smaller countries in Western Europe, such as the Netherlands and
Belgium, have high population densities as well.
=> A
Question 9:
Which of the following is a contributor to overpopulation in many developing countries?
Thông tin ở câu đầu đoạn 5:
High birth rates contribute to overpopulation in many developing countries, (Tỉ lệ sinh cao
góp phần vào sự quá tải dân số ở rất nhiều nước đang phát triển).
=> D. High birth rates
Question 10:
A. Tỉ lệ sinh cao và những hệ quả của nó.
B. Sự qúa tải dân số: nguyên nhân của sự đói nghèo.
C. Sự quá tải dân số: một vấn nạn toàn cầu.
D. Sư đói nghèo ờ các nước đang phát triển.
Overpopulation, the situation of having large numbers of people with too few resources
and too little space, is closely associated with poverty.
In developed countries such as the United States, Japan and the countries of Western
Europe, overpopulation generally is not considered a major cause of poverty.
A country’s level of poverty can depend greatly on its mix of population density and
agricultural productivity.
High birth rates contribute to overpopulation in many developing countries.
Nội dung chính của bài viết chủ yếu coi sự quá tải dân số như là một nguyên nhân gây ra
sự đói nghèo.
=> B
Vocabulary
- overpopulation (n): sự quá t ả i dân s ố, tình trạng dân s ố quá đông
- be associated with (adj): liên hệ với, có quan hệ với
- population density (n): mật độ dân số
- excessively (adv): quá ch ừng, quá đáng
- to put stress on smt: đặ t áp l ực lên cái gì
- herding (n): sự nuôi theo b ầ y đàn
- intensive (adj): tập trung, c ườ ng độ cao
- subsistence (n): sự t ồn t ại, s ự đủ s ống
- mechanized (adj): đượ c cơ khí hóa
- irrigation (n): sự t ướ i tiêu
- metropolitan (n): đ ô thị / ngườ i dân th ủ đô
(adj): có tính chất thủ đô, thuộc thủ đô
- high - tech (adj): công nghệ cao
- spectrum (n): phổ quang
- manual (adj). bằ ng tay, làm b ằng tay
- infertile (adj): không màu mỡ
- to boost (v): tă ng giá, t ăng lên
- asset (n): củ a cải, tài s ản
- norm (n): ch ỉ tiêu/ chuẩ n m ực
- to sanction (v): phê chuẩn, thừa nhận, đồng ý
- to tend to do smt (v): có xu h ướng làm gì
 PASSAGE 03

►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 1 to 10.
Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the
classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term "reading"
undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during thenineleenthcenturydid silent reading become
commonplace.
One should be wary, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply
because reading aloud was a distraction to others. Examinations of factors related to the
historical development of silent reading have revealed that it became the usual mode of
reading for most adults mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.
The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of
readers. As the number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined and
thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners
grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public
places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction
to other readers.
Towards the end of the century, there was still considerable argument over whether books
should be used for information or treated respectfully and over whether the reading of
materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed, this argument
remains with us still in education. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy
culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books
and periodicals for a specialised readership on the other.
By the end of the twentieth century, students were being recommended to adopt attitudes
to books and to use reading skills which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral
reader. The social, cultural and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what
the term "reading" implied.

( thi tuy n sinh i h c n m 2008)

Question 1: Reading aloud was more common in the medieval world because:
A. people relied on reading for entertainment
B. silent reading had not been discovered
C. there were few places available for private reading
D. few people could read to themselves
 Question 2: The word "commonplace" in the first paragraph mostly means:
A. for everybody's use B. most preferable
C. attracting attention D. widely used
Question 3: The development of silent reading during the last century indicated ________
A. an increase in the average age of readers
B. an increase in the number of books
C. a change in the nature of reading
D. a change in the status of literate people
Question 4: Silent reading, especially in public places, flourished mainly because of:
A. the decreasing need to read aloud
B. the development of libraries
C. the increase in literacy
D. the decreasing number of listeners
Question 5 It can be inferred that the emergence of the mass media and specialised reading
materials was an indication of ________ _____.
A. a decline of standards of literacy
B. a change in the readers' interest
C. an alteration in educationalists’attitudes
D. an improvement of printing techniques.
Question 6: The phrase "a specialised readership" in paragraph 4 mostly means:
A. a requirement for readers in a particular area of knowledge
B. a limited number of readers in a particular area of knowledge
C. a reading volume for particular professionals
D. a status for readers specialised in mass media
Question 7: The phrase"oral reader" in the last paragraph mostly means a person who:
A. is good at public speaking
B. practises reading to an audience
C. takes part in an audition
D. is interested in spoken language
Question 8: All of the following might be the factors that affected the continuation of the old
shared literacy culture EXCEPT _______.
A. the inappropriate reading skills B. the specialised readership
C.the diversity of reading materials D. the printed mass media
Question 9: Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Reading aloud was more common in the past than it is today.
B. Not all printed mass media was appropriate for reading aloud.
C. The decline of reading aloud was wholly due to its distracting effect.
D. The change in reading habits was partly due to the social, cultural and technological
changes.
Question 10: The writer of this passage is attempting to ___________.
A. explain how reading habits have developed
B. change people's attitudes to reading
C. show how reading methods have improved
D. encourage the growth of reading.

ĐÁP ÁN
PASSAGE 03

Question 1:
Reading aloud was more common in the medieval world because:
c to ph bi n h n trong th i kì trung i b i vì
A. con ng i ch y u c gi i trí
B. c th m ch a c phát hi n
C. có r t ít n i c riêng t
D. ít ng i có th t c
Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of
the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term "reading"
undoubtedly meant reading aloud. (T c ( c th m) h u nh ch a c bi t n b i các
c gi c a: th i c i va trung i, n t n th k XV, thu t ng " c" v n mang ngh a
" c to” => ch ng t th i kì trung i r t ít ng i có th t c)
= D
Question 2:
commonplace (adj): done very often, or existing in many places, and therefore not
unusual - ph bi n, bình th ng, c s d ng r ng rãi (theo t i n Oxford Learner's
Dictionary)
= D
 A. dành cho m i ng i s dung
B. c a chu ng nh t
C. thu hút s chú ý
Question 3:
The development of silent reading during the last century indicated.
S phát tri n cùa vi c c th m trong su t th k tr c ch ra r ng
A. s t ng tr ng v s tu i trung bình c a ng i c
B. s t ng v s l ng sách
C. s thay í v cách c
D. s thay iv a v c a nh ng ng i bi t ch
The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of readers.
As the number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined and thus there
was some reduction in the need to read aloud.
= C (S t ng v s l ng ng i bi t ch d n n hình th c c th m t ng và hình th c
c to gi m => cách c thay i)
Question 4:
Silent reading, especially in public places, flourished mainly because of:
The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of
readers.
= C
Question 5:
It can be inferred that the emergence of the mass media and specialised reading materials
was an indication of _______.
S xu t hi n c a các ph ng ti n truy n thông i chúng và nh ng n ph m c bi t ch
ra r ng:
A. s gi m v các tiêu chu n c a vi c bi t c, bi t vi t
B. s thay i v m i quan tâm c a c gi
C. s thay i v thái c a các nhà giáo d c
D. s c i ti n v công ngh in n
However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced
by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialised
readership on the other, (v n hóa c c ã m t và c thay th b ng ph ng ti n truy n
thông i chúng c in n cùng v i sách và các n ph m => m i quan tâm c a c gi ã
thay i)
= B
Question 6:
A. m t yêu c u dành cho nh ng ng i c 1 l nh v c tri th c c th
B. môt l ng ôc gi nh t nh 1 l nh v c tri th c c th
C. m t kh i l ng c dành cho nh ng chuyên gia nào ó
D. m t ng c p dành cho nh ng ng i c t p trung vào truy n thông i chung
a specialised readership: m t it ng c gi riêng
= B
Question 7:
A. gi i nói chuy n tr c công chúng
B. th c hi n vi c c tr c khán gi
C. tham gia vào cu c th gi ng
D. h ng thú v i ngôn ng nói
oral reader: nh ng ng i làm ngh c các thông tin cho m t nhóm thính gi
= B
Questions 8:
Alt of the following might be the factors that affected the continuation of the old shared
literacy culture EXCEPT ________.
T t c các nhân t u nh h ng n v n hóa c c TR
the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on
the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialised readership on the other.
= A
Question 9: Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. c to ph bi n trong quá kh h n so v i ngày nay (Only during the nineteenth
century did silent reading become commonplace - ch n th k XIX vi c c th m
m i tr nên ph bi n).
B. Không ph i t t c các ph ng ti n truy n thông i chúng c in n u phù h p cho
vi c c to (students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use
reading skills which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader - h c
sinh c khuy n khích s d ng sách và k n ng c không thích h p cho nh ng
ng i làm ngh c)
C. Vi c c to gi m sút ch y u là do tác ng làm sao nhãng. (Examinations of factors
related to the historical development of silent reading have revealed that it became the
usual mode of reading for most adults mainly because the tasks themselves changed in
character. – vi c c th m tr nên ph bi n so v i vi c c to ch y u là do nh ng yêu
c u công vi c ã thay i, ch không ph i hoàn toàn (wholly) do c to làm sao nhãng
ng i khác).
 D. Vi c thay i thói quen c m t ph n do s thay i v xã h i, v n hóa và công
ngh . (However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was
replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a
specialised readership on the other. - v n hóa c chia s c ã m t, và nh ng ch
cho các ph ng ti n in n, sách, n ph m dành cho các i t ng c gi riêng)
=> C
Question 10: The writer of this passage is attempting to:
Trong bài vi t này, tác gi c g ng
A. gi i thích thói quen c phát tri n nh th nào
B. thay i thái c a m i ng i v vi c c
C. th hi n các ph ng pháp c ã thay i nh th nào
D. khuy n khích s phát tri n c a vi c c
T u n cu i bài tác gi u c p n s phát tri n c a v n hóa c trong ó có thói
quen c to t th i trung c cho n vi c c th m phát tri n n ngày nay.
= A
 PASSAGE 04

►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 1 to 10.
The Sun today is a yellow dwarf star. It is fueled by thermonuclear reactions near its
center that convert hydrogen to helium. The Sun has existed in its present state for about four
billion six hundred million years and is thousands of times larger than the Earth.

By studying other stars, astronomers can predict what the rest of the Sun's life will be like.
About five billion years from now, the core of the Sun will shrink and become hotter. The
surface temperature will fall. The higher temperature of the center will increase the rate of
thermonuclear reactions. The outer regions of the Sun will expand approximately 35 million
miles, about the distance to Mercury, which is the closest planet to the Sun. The Sun will then
be a red giant star. Temperatures on the Earth will become too high for life to exist.

Once the Sun has used up its thermonuclear energy as a red giant, it will begin to shrink.
After it shrinks to the size of the Earth, it will become a white dwarf star. The Sun may throw
off huge amounts of gases in violent eruptions called nova explosions as it changes from a red
giant to a white dwarf.

After billions of years as a white dwarf, the Sun will have used up all its fuel and will
have lost its heat. Such a star is called a black dwarf. After the Sun has become a black dwarf,
the Earth will be dark and cold. If any atmosphere remains there, it will have frozen over the
Earth’s surface.

( thi tuy n sinh i h c n m 2008)

Question 1: It can be inferred from the passage that the Sun________.

A. is approximately halfway through its life as a yellow dwarf star.

B. will continue to be a yellow dwarf for another 10 billion years.
C. has been in existence for 10 billion years.
D. is rapidly changing in size and brightness.
Question 2: What will probably be the first stage of change for the Sun to become a red
giant?

A. Its surface will become hotter and shrink.

 B. It will throw off huge amounts of gases.
C. Its central part will grow smaller and hotter.
D. Its core will cool off and use less fuel.

Question 3: When the Sun becomes a red giant, what will the atmosphere be like on the Earth?

A. It will be enveloped in the expanding surface of the sun.

B. It will become too hot for life to exist
C. It will be almost destroyed by nova explosions.
D. It will freeze and become solid.

Question 4: When the Sun has used up its energy as a red giant, it will ______.
A. get frozen B. cease to exist C. stop to expand D. become smaller
Question 5: Large amounts of gases may be released from the Sun at the end of its life as a
_________.

A. black dwarf B. white dwarf C. red giant D. yellow dwarf

Question 6: As a white dwarf, the Sun will be _________.

A. the same size as the planet Mercury

B. around 35 million miles in diameter
C. a cool and habitable planet
D. thousands of times smaller than it is today
Question 7: The Sun will become a black dwarf when_________.

A. the Sun moves nearer to the Earth

B. it has used up all its fuel as a white dwarf

C. the core of the Sun becomes hotter

D. the outer regions of the Sun expand

Question 8: The word "there" in the last sentence of paragraph 4 refers to __________ .
A. the planet Mercury

B. the core of a black dwarf

C. our own planet

D. the outer surface of the Sun

Question 9: This passage is intended to _____________.

A. describe the changes that the Sun will go through

B. present a theory about red giant stars
C. alert people to the dangers posed by the Sun
D. discuss conditions on the Earth in the far future
Question 10: The passage has probably been taken from __________ .
A. a scientific journal
B. a news report
C. a work of science fiction
D. a scientific chronicle.

ĐÁP ÁN
PASSAGE 04

Question 1: Có th d oán t bài vi t r ng M t Tr i:

A. ã tr i qua x p x m t n a i c a nó d i d ng m t hành tinh vàng nh .
B. ti p t c là m t hành tinh vàng nh kho ng 10 t n m n a
C. ãt nt i c 10 t n m
D. ang nhanh chóng thay i kích c và sáng.
The Sun today is a yellow dwarf star. The Sun has existed in its present state for about
four billion six hundred million years... About five billion years from now, ... The Sun will
then be a red giant star (M t Tr i ã t n t i tr ng thái hi n t i 4 ti 600 tri u n m... Kho ng 5
t n m t bây gi ... nó s tr thành hành tinh kh ng l .)
= A
Question 2:
What will probably be the first stage of change for the Sun to become a red giant?
About five billion years from now, the core of the Sun will shrink and become hotter...
The Sun will then be a red giant star. (Ph n lõi c a M t Tr i s co l i và tr nên nóng h n)
= C

Question 3:
When the Sun becomes a red giant, what will the atmosphere be like on the Earth?
 The Sun will then be a red giant star. Temperatures on the Earth will become too high for
life to exist. (Nhi t trên Trái t s tr nên quá nóng s s ng có th t n t i)
= B
Question 4:
When the Sun has used up its energy as a red giant, it will ______. (Khi M tTr i s d ng
h t n ng l ng d i d ng hành tinh kh ng l , nó s ______)
Once tho Sun has used up its thermonuclear energy as a red giant, it will begin to shrink.
After it shrinks to the size of the Earth, it will become a white dwarf star, (...nó s co l i. Sau
khi co l i b ng kích c c a Trái t, nó s tr thành m t hành tinh màu tr ng nh )
= D
Question 5:
Large amounts of gases may be released from the Sun at the end of its life as a _______,
The Sun may throw off huge amounts of gases in violent eruptions called nova explosions
as it changes from a red giant to a white dwarf, (M t Tr i s th i ra m t l ng l n khí ga ... khi
nó thay i t m t hành tinh kh ng l sang m t hành tinh nh màu tr ng)
= C
Question 6:
As a white dwarf, the Sun will be ________. .
The Sun … is thousands of times larger than the Earth. After it shrinks to the size of the
Earth, it will become a white dwarf star (M t tr i hi n nay có kích th c g p hàng ngàn l n
Trái t. Sau khi co lai b ng kích th c c a Trái t, nó s tr thành hành tinh nh màu tr ng
=> Là m t hành tinh nh màu tr ng, nó nh h n hàng nghìn l n so v i kích th c hi n t i)
= D
Question 7:
The Sun will become a black dwarf when _______.
After billions of years as a white dwarf, the Sun will have used up all its fuel and will have
lost its heat. Such a star is called a black dwarf (Sau hàng t n m là hành tinh nh màu tr ng,
M t Tr i s s d ng h t nhiên li u và m t i s c nóng. Hành tinh nh th tr thành hành tinh
en)
=> B
Questions 8:
After the Sun has become a black dwarf, the Earth will be dark and cold. If any atmosphere
remains there, it will have frozen over the Earth's surface.
=> there = the Earth
=> C
Question 9:
Bàì vi t ch y u
A. mô t s thay i c a M t Tr i s tr i qua
B. a ra m t nguyên lí v nh ng hãnh tinh
C. c nh báo con ng i v s nguy hi m n t M tTr i
D. th o lu n nh ng i u ki n trên Trái t trong t ng lai xa
Trong bài vi t tác gi ch y u c p n s thay i các i u ki n môi tr ng di n ra trên
M t Tr i.
=> A
Question 10:
Bài vi t là các nghiên c u và mô t mang tính khoa h c nên có th s c trích d n t
m t t p chí khoa h c
= A
B. M t b n tin th i s
C. M t tài li u khoa h c vi n t ng
D. Biên niên s khoa h c
Vocabulary

- dwarf (adj): nh xíu, nh

- fuel (v) n p nhiên li u
- thermonuclear (n): nhi t h ch
- reaction (n): s ph n ng
- convert (v): bi n i
- hydrogen (n): khí hi rô
- hetium (n): (hóa hoc) khí heli
- astronomer (n) nhà thiên v n h c
- core (n): lõi, c t lõi
- shrink (v): co l i, rút l i
- outer (adj): phía ngoài xa, xa h n
- approximately (adv): x p x
- Mercury (n): sao H a
- giant (adj). kh ng l
- throw off (v): ném ra, th i ra
- eruption (n): s phun trào