How does Professor Atkins feel about the frequency of health scares in the media?. Read the passage below and answers the questions 10 points The presence or absence of water has a direc
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I LISTENING (50 points)
PART 1 (10 points)
You will hear Alice Brown interviewing Professor Robert Atkins about health scares For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C, D) which fits best according to what you hear.
1 How does Professor Atkins feel about the frequency of health scares in the media?
A irritated that the media print nonsense
B reconciled to health scares being a necessary evil
C resigned to the media misunderstanding science
D worried that the health scares might be real
2 What is Alice’s attitude to the threat of the lethal diseases?
A She worries that new ones will occur
B She is doubtful that they can be contained
C She is concerned that they are spread more easily today
C She believes they pose less of danger today
3 Professor Atkins believes that the concerns people have today arise from _.
A a lack of spiritual belief
B being misled by scientists and doctors
C bewilderment when their assumptions are challenged
D worry about how diseases are communicated
4 What do Alice and Professor Atkins agree about when it comes to health scares?
A some businesses have a vested interest in promoting them
B some manufacturers see them as the best form of publicity
C some doctors are at fault for not criticizing them sufficiently
D some researchers are looking for publicity
5 What worries Professor Atkins about health scares?
A They could lead to people taking too many pills
B They are more damaging than real diseases
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D They are difficult to disprove
1 Sasha is currently unemployed
2 Jim understands now why Sasha had problems in her previous apartment
3 The problem with the television is that Sasha has sometimes forgotten to turn the TV off
4 Sasha didn’t know that Jim used the lights in the apartment as an anti-crime measure
5 Sasha never realized the different cleaner was causing a problem in the shower
1 What stimulates Africa’s economic boom?
2 What will become heavily dependent on AI in Europe?
3 What have fossil fuels been considered in the Middle East?
4 What will substitute for oil disputes in the future?
5 What will come to the throne by 2039?
Trang 3- The proposed opening of the new Burger World has provoked (1) _ in the localcommunity.
- Mr Brownlea thinks it will harm the young people and the (2) _
- He would prefer a new restaurant offering (3) _
- He admits that Burger World prices are (4) _
- He believes that fast food chains are causing the disappearance of (5) _ around theworld
- Mrs Masters argues that preventing the new outlet’s opening in Manley will not (6) _ of changing food habit worldwide
- Mr Brownlea is worried that the new fast food will increase the problem of (7) _
- This will make older residents feel (8) _
- Mrs Masters feels that it will be beneficial for young people to use Burger World as a (9) _
- She believes the new restaurant will boost (10) _ of the town
Your answers
II GRAMMAR AND LEXICOLOGY (30 points)
1 Choose the best answer (20 points)
1 The athlete was _ in defeat and praised his opponent's skill, for which he received
a lot of praise
A abrasive B valiant C chivalrous D magnanimous
2 I wish you’d stop _ with that watch It needs to be repaired by a professional
A dabbling B striving C tinkering D preserving
3 His driving is so bad that I always turn _ when I am sitting with him in the car
C off his trolley D green around the gills
4 He _ denied the accusations, saying they were totally false
A excessively B superficially C strenuously D unstintingly
5 The runner was far ahead for most of the race, but at the end she won only _
A larger than life B on the dot C by a whisker D a notch above
6 She’s raising two kids, holding down a full-time job, and trying to maintain some _ of a personal life
A semblance B vestige C inkling D portent
Trang 47 Negotiations went _, but we did manage to reach an agreement on the contract bythe deadline.
A down to the short strokes B down for the count
8 Given the competitiveness of the National Contest, I have to knock it out of the _
or I won’t be able to win any prizes
9 She was extremely elegant and obviously very _
A entitled B upheld C upstanding D well-heeled
10 I know it’s hard at first when you start a new job, but you’ll soon
A show your teeth B find your feet C follow your nose D try your hand
11 The preparations by the time the guests
A bad been finished/ arrived B have finished I arrived
C had finished/ were arriving D have been finished/ were arrived
12 , playing music is an effective way for them to open their heart to theoutside world
A Being visually impaired people B Such were their visual impairments
C Having been visually impaired D For those with visual impairments
13 One day, , she announced that she was leaving
A in the red B in the pink C over the moon D out of the blue
14 John was out of his in the advanced class, so he moved to the intermediate class
15 One of the most important things you have to remember when you join this game is thatyou should
A go to your head B keep your wits about you
C keep your head in the clouds D gather your wits
16 Sailing is not an art
A more science than B so much a science as C as scientific as
D worth science for
17 you cut down your carbohydrate intake, you _ weight by now
Trang 5A Had I would have lost B Were/ would have lost C If/ will Jose
D Did/ would
18 It's very important that we as soon as there’s any change in the patient’s condition
A be notified B being notified C are notified · D were notified
19.There are words in English having more than one meaning Pay close attention to this fact
A a large many B quite many C a great many D quite a lot
20 motivate learning is well documented
A That is computers B Computers that C That computers D It is those
1 Unfortunately the game was cancelled because of a pitch (WATER)
2 People in coastal areas live mainly on the _, which allows them to
earn a great deal of money from the sea products (CULTURE)
3 She made a _ return to the stage after several years working in
television (TRIUMPH)
4 Antiseptics and are widely used in hospital to kill the bacteria (INFECT)
5 Thanks to the _ policy, more and more forests have been formed on
locations that used to be treeless (FOREST)
6 Both are _, extravagant in character, highly lyrical and immediately establish the
soloist as a romantic protagonist (CLAIM)
7 We might have to employ someone temporarily as a _ measure until we can hire
someone permanently (STOP)
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_ subjective and impure elements (REDEEM)
9 _ should summarize the main facts about their performance based on the staff
evaluation criteria of the company (APPRAISE)
10 It encouraged experimenters to propose or novel approaches to problems
(BEAT)
Your answers
III READING (60 points)
Part 1: In the passage below, seven paragraphs have been removed Choose from paragraphs (A-H) the one which fits each gap (1-7) There is one extra paragraph you
do not need to use Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (7 points)
The white and silver buildings of the VLT or Very Large Telescope at the ESO (EuropeanOrganisation for Astronomical research in the Southern Hemisphere) stand tall andimposing on top of a mountain shining brightly under the desert sun At night they comealive, the outer walls open up and silently slide through 360 degrees, allowing anuninterrupted view of the Southern Hemisphere sky Inside, a giant eye looks deep into thestars and beyond, looking for life, mysteries and making sense out of the darkness
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Getting to the place is a journey of discovery in itself After leaving the Pacific Ocean, youhead south and hook up with the Panamericana Highway and into the desert, the driest onEarth It's a two-hour drive to the observatory, but it feels longer as the harsh light, therocky, dusty desert, the complete absence of any form of life, except for the giant trucksplying their trade along the highway, is unsettling
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The reason, we are told, is simple Astronomers need a clear view of the sky at night.Optimal conditions are to be found in deserts; there are fewer of the negative factors likelight pollution that can make the four telescopes which form VLT work less effectively
Trang 7Here no lights are allowed after dark, all windows are screened, and even the mainresidence where 108 people sleep, leaks no more than 40W when the lights are turned on.3.
These monsters and their smaller auxiliaries bring to mind the set of Star Wars But at
sunset, they take on another look This could be Stonehenge, another magic circle whereour forefathers tried to make sense of the stars Soon after arriving, we are taken to see theinside of one of the telescopes They have all been named in the indigenous Mapuchelanguage following a competition among Chilean schoolchildren
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Once these have been completed, the telescope is handed over to the team who will operateone or more of the telescopes from a control room All night long these giants will bemoving and pointing to the sky helping the scientists unravel new problems Fourteencountries contribute around 160 million euros to their joint astronomical cause, and Paranal
is allocated 20% of that figure Standing in the shadow of the VLT, one wonders what allthis taxpayers' money buys
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They all answered with the usual 'finding out where we came from, where we are going, are
we alone in the universe ?' And, as the ESO has no commercial use and is a not-for-profitorganization, it's easy to imagine these scientists indulging in their research and being cutoff from reality
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One of Paranal's great achievements was the discovery of a planet outside our solar system
It is huge: five times bigger than Jupiter, and the work being done now is aimed atunderstanding the physical and chemical composition of this, and other, giant Earth-likeplanets Truly a quest for life in outer space
Trang 8is to know about our world on the Earth, astronomy looks at the vast Terra Incognitawhich surrounds us These scientists see themselves very much as a mixture ofRenaissance men and women: all questing for further knowledge.
B Every evening an engineer is assigned to one of these telescopes and his or her job is to
get it ready so that it can then be taken over at night by a three-person team Theengineer runs through a series of tests in preparation for the work which will be donelater that night
C The central unit inside weighs 450 tonnes and houses the main 8.5 m mirror A second,
smaller mirror is made from beryllium, a rare metal The external walls can all slideopen to allow the telescope to point in any direction as it rotates soundlessly on its base
D As we drive further into the desert, the road starts to rise gradually, with hills and steep
valleys all around us The environment is harsh in the extreme and it's hard to imaginethat a community of European scientists have chosen this place to establish a world-leading laboratory
E It is a question that many in Paranal find a little difficult to answer Maybe because
scientists, due to the nature of their research and also, maybe, their mindsets, tend tofocus on very specific areas of competence and therefore are not required to have abroader 'strategic' view
F The other big consideration in the desert is the absence of cloud cover and, higher up,
the lack of atmospheric dust and all the other interference caused by humans or naturewhich contributes to partially hiding the secrets of the universe 'Twinkle, twinkle littlestar' is just what astronomers do not want to hear, as this means there is debris betweenthe eye, the telescopes and the stars
Astronomers have also used the data from VLT for another purpose - to attempt to findout how old the universe is It seems that the oldest star is 13.2 billion years old, whichmeans the universe must be even older They also use VLT to look into galaxies beyondours, and where they continue to find evidence of supermassive black holes, where allkinds of violent activity occur
Trang 9The pandemic has impacted almost every corner of life, causing global economies tostall, changing the way we work and interact (2) our loved ones, and stretching healthcare(3) to the limit Governments around the world have been forced to implement harshrestrictions (4) human activity to curb the spread of the virus.
COVID-19 vaccination is now offering a way to transition out of this phase of thepandemic Without them, many scientists believe that natural herd (5) would not have beensufficient to restore society to its normal (6) quo and that it would have resulted in extremefatality This is something that has been echoed by many health (7) including the WHO In
a scenario (8) access to vaccines, strict behavioral measures may have had to remain for theforeseeable future
Fortunately, the beginning of 2021 saw numerous vaccines given emergency (9) and begintheir roll out in countries across the world As of March 2021, just shy of 300 millionvaccine doses had been administered worldwide The figures give (10) of a return to
‘normal’ However, global COVID-19 vaccination faces several challenges which mayimpact its success
Your answers
Part 3 Read the passage below and answers the questions (10 points)
The presence or absence of water has a direct bearing on the possibility of life on otherplanets In the nineteenth century, it was commonly accepted that life, perhaps evenintelligent life, was widespread in the solar system, and Mars was an obvious target in the
Trang 10search for life New photographic technology offered a way for astronomers to learn moreabout the red planet In 1888, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli produced imagesthat showed a network of long, thin, dark lines crossing the surface of Mars He called these
features canali in Italian, which became “canals” or “channels” in English The strange
appearance of the canals suggested to some scientists that they had been formed artificiallyrather than naturally The mystery deepened when Schiaparelli observed that many of thecanals in the photographs were actually double
Other photographic images of Mars revealed its seasonally changing polar ice capsand features that appeared to be ancient islands located in what was now a dry streambed.When the islands were first discovered, some scientists speculated that a thick water-ladenatmosphere capable of generating heavy rains and had once existed on Mars However,others remained unconvinced of the presence of water Then, in 1963, a team ofastronomers obtained a good photographic plate of the near-infrared spectrum of Mars Thephotograph showed that, faintly but definitely, water vapor lines could be seen Thisphotograph established that there really was water on Mars, though the amount was verysmall Today, the presence of water vapor in the Martian atmosphere is generally accepted,
as is the belief that the atmosphere was once much denser than it is now, with a muchgreater abundance of water vapor
The surface of Mars is dry today, but it does contain significant amounts of ice andsigns that liquid water once flowed over the planet All of the locations where evidence ofwater has been found are ancient, probably formed every early in Martian history Datatransmitted from spacecraft on Mars in 2004 have revealed that water was once commonacross a vast region of the planet, possibly as shallow lakes or seas that dried out and thenfilled up again There are signs that the wind blew debris around during dry stages Theseseas and lakes extended across hundreds of thousands of square miles, creating habitableconditions during long stretches of time billions of years ago
Evidence of water includes the presence of various minerals known as evaporates,deposits left behind when liquid water turns to vapor Small areas of mineral deposits havebeen found in Valles Marineris, a huge hole on Mars that is larger than the Grand Canyon
on Earth The minerals there contain water, so they had to be formed in the presence ofwater Geologic research has also turned up clay and gypsum deposits that were formed by
Trang 11water in the soil Rocks that clearly formed in water extend throughout 300 meters oflayered materials in several locations across the Martian plains The layers were built upover time, which means water was present, at least temporarily, for extended periods onancient Mars.
Besides the ice packs at Mars’s poles, astronomers have discovered a frozen sea nearits equator This frozen sea is the size of the North Sea on Earth and appears similar to theice packs on Antarctica Scientists have also detected evidence of lava flows 20 millionyears ago as well as signs that some volcanoes may still be active Several recently formedvolcanic cones near Mars’s North Pole indicate that the planet’s core may interact with thesurface, meaning there was both warmth and moisture in the recent past – circumstancesthat might have supported life
Liquid water is the key ingredient for life as we know it Of all the other planets in thesolar system, Mars is most like Earth In 20111 a team of researchers used computermodeling to compare data on temperature and pressure conditions on Earth with those onMars to estimate how much of Mars could support Earth- like organisms Their resultsshowed that three percent of Mars could sustain life, although most of these regions areunderground Below the planet’s surface, conditions are right for water to exist as a liquid.Additional evidence of water on the planet’s surface came in 2012, when a robot landed onMars and transmitted hig-resolution images showing a streambed with coarse gravel thathad likely been deposited by flowing water All of this evidence of water does notnecessarily mean life ever emerged there; however, it does suggest that Mars meets all therequirements that are needed for life to exist
1 The word ‘target’ in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to .
A watery planet B symbol of strength C missing link D object ofinterest
2 According to the passage, what has been a major focus of research about Mars?
A How Mars compares to other planets in the solar system
B Who built the network of canals on the surface of Mars
C Whether signs of water indicate that life has existed on Mars
D How soon astronauts from Earth will be able to go to Mars