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(Đề thi gồm 13 trang) (Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, không kể giao đề)
Ngày thi: 22/10/2014
Thí sinh làm bài ngay trên đề thi này.
I LEXICO – GRAMMAR: (40/ 200 points)
Part 1: For questions 1 - 10, choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1 Doesn't it you as strange that it's the middle of May and it's snowing?
2 If you can't make what's written, change the zoom level and it'll become clearer
3 The rain will for most of the morning, but we are expecting a brighter afternoon
4 Deep sea oil exploration is a dirty and dangerous
5 Much of the neighborhood was demolished in the 1940s when living _ haddeteriorated
A situations B conditions C circumstances D states
6 In the mating season, the male of the species calls out with a gu-gu sound
A separate B distinctive C contrasting D individual
7 He said that if I looked back far enough in my family tree, I would see that I was _related to Charles Darwin
8 It is often only through long experiments of trial and _ that scientific progress ismade
9 I am trying to lose weight by bread and sweet things
A cutting down on B cutting up on C cutting down at D stopping down at
10 Just keep on the baby while I cook the supper, will you?
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A BALLOON EXPEDITION
In 1897 three Swedes set out from Svalbard on an (0) _ (EXPEDITE) to the NorthPole by hot air balloon under the (11) (LEAD) of S.A Andree Although all three menwere experienced (12) _ (BALLOON), they continued to have (13) _ (QUESTION)faith in the effectiveness of their equipment despite considerable evidence ofthe (14) _(EFFECT) of the balloon's steering system which Andree had designed himself.Also, the polar balloon had not (15) _ (GO) the normal testing procedure for hydrogenballoons but none of the three men, would in any way (16) _ (KNOW) the serious(17) _ (IMPLY) that this had for the likely fate of their voyage Soon after their departure
on July 7th, it was noticed that (18) _ (CONSIDER) amounts of hydrogen were escapingfrom the balloon but the three men were unconcerned by the amount of (19) _(LEAK) Unfortunately, as the balloon gained altitude, this loss of gas soon (20) _(QUICK) and
so, after a brief flight of ten hours and twenty-nine minutes the balloon crash-landed on ice where the three explorers attempted to continue their journey on foot Their bodies wereeventually recovered from the ice thirty-three years later
Unfortunately, as a result of living in today competitive world, we are underconstant strain and have difficulty in coping, feeling alone nurturing our body'sabilities That needs to be rediscovered is conscious relaxation With this in mind
we must apply ourselves to understanding stress and the nature of its causes,however deep-seated
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Part 4: For questions 31 - 40, fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable particles Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (0) has been done as an example.
0 John takes his mother in many ways They are very similar
31 My mother turned last night without warning and told me she was going tostay for a month! I'm sleeping on the sofa now
32 If Jacob dressed more smartly for his job interviews, he wouldn't be turned allthe time!
33 Don't worry about the argument you had with your sister It will soon blow
34 The wet clay fell into the sink and fell in the water The pot was ruined andshe had to start again
35 Sue has very low blood pressure When she stands up too quickly, she can pass _
36 The police in the west of the town blocked _ four blocks to prevent the publicgetting too close to the fire
37 The group leader stayed calm when the weather got bad and told everyone to make
the red light they could see on the horizon
38 I've used all my credit at the local bank I don't know how I'm going to
afford rent next month I should e-mail the bank manager
39 On hearing the news of his mother's death, the boy broke _and couldn't be consoled
40 To help your heart Mr Jones, I suggest you keep _ all fatty foods for a few months
Your answers
II READING: (50/200 points)
Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes.
THE CHANGING EARTHAlthough the earth was formed about 4,500 million years ago, human beings haveinhabited it for less than half a million years Within this time, population has increased hugelyand people have had a vast impact upon the earth They have long been able to (41) the forces of nature to use Now, with modern technology, they have the power to alter thebalance of life on earth
Reports back from the first astronauts helped dispel the dangerous (42) that theworld had no boundaries and had limitless resources (43) , ecologists have shown thatall forms of life on earth are interconnected, so it (44) that all human activity has aneffect on natural environment
In recent years, people have been putting the environment under stress As a result, certain(45) _ materials such as timber, water and minerals are beginning to (46) short.Population and the (47) _ of waste are already critical issues, and the state of theenvironment is fast becoming the most pressing problem (48) us all The way werespond to the challenge will have a profound effect on the earth and its life support (49)
However, despite all these threats there are (50) signs Over the past few decades,the growth in population has been more than matched by food production, indicating that weshould be able to feed ourselves for some time yet
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LANGUAGE VARIETYThe fact that English has been spoken in England for 1,500 years but in Australia for only
200, explains (0) we have a great wealth of regional dialects in England that is more orless totally lacking in Australia It is often possible to tell where an English person comes from
to (51) _ about 15 miles or less In Australia, where there has not been enough time forchanges to bring about (52) _ regional variation, it is almost impossible to tell wheresomeone comes from (53) _ all, although very small differences are now beginning toappear It is unlikely, however, that there will (54) _ be as much dialectal variation inAustralia as there is in England This is because modern transport and communicationconditions are very different from what they were 1,500 or (55) _ 100 years ago Eventhough English is now spoken in many different parts of the world many thousands of milesapart, it is very unlikely that English will ever break up into a number of different non-intelligible languages in the same way that Indo-European and Germanic (56) _ Germanand Norwegian became different languages because the ancestors of the speakers of these twolanguages moved apart geographically, and were no (57) _ in touch and communicatingwith one another In the modern world, barring unforeseen catastrophes, (58) _ will nothappen at least in the near future As long as Americans and British people, for instance, are intouch with one another and want to communicate with one another, it is most unlikely thattheir dialects (59) _ drift so far apart (60) _ to become different languages
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STAYING HEALTHY IN SPACEThe range of food available to astronauts is vast, and great care is taken to ensure that itlooks and smells appetising Meals are organised to provide an average of 3,000 calories a day,which seem high for living in an enclosed environment in which there is no gravity Butastronauts can expend a great deal of energy in doing the simplest things For example, if theytry to turn a handle, they turn themselves as well If they bend down to do up a shoelace, (61) Finding unusual ways of doing such ordinary things uses up the excess calories Thespace diet is balanced rather differently from a terrestrial diet This is to try and compensatefor changes that take place in the body during space flight Bodily changes begin as soon asastronauts go into space (62) Among the most serious is calcium loss, which causes amarked reduction in the mass and strength of bones There is also a progressive loss of redblood cells What causes these effects is not known, (63) The heart muscles, with nogravity to battle against, start to waste away The leg muscles start to waste away too, sincewalking, as done on Earth, (64) Exercise also helps to reduce muscle wastage (65)
No one yet knows the limit of human endurance in space If astronauts can withstand twoyears or more of continuous weightlessness, then mankind's dream of visiting other planets(66) _
A and the question must be answered before long-duration space-flight is
really safe
B and are quite noticeable after even a week
C they start turning somersaults
D and will never be known
E which is rather more than astronauts really need
F and is vital on very long flights
G could become reality in the early decades of the next century
H can only be done if astronauts put on their heavy spacesuits
I but they do not seriously threaten the health of astronauts
Your answers
Part 4: Read the following passage and answer questions 67 - 80.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSEUMS
A. The conviction that historical relics provide infallible testimony about the past is rooted
in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when science was regarded as objective and
value free As one writer observes: ‘Although it is now evident that artefacts are as easily
altered as chronicles, public faith in their veracity endures: a tangible relic seems ipso facto real.’ Such conviction was, until recently, reflected in museum displays Museums used
to look — and some still do — much like storage rooms of objects packed together inshowcases: good for scholars who wanted to study the subtle differences in design, but not forthe ordinary visitor, to whom it all looked alike Similarly, the information accompanying theobjects often made little sense to the lay visitor The content and format of explanations datedback to a time when the museum was the exclusive domain of the scientific researcher
B. Recently, however, attitudes towards history and the way it should be presented havealtered The key word in heritage display is now 'experience', the more exciting the better and,
if possible, involving all the senses Good examples of this approach in the UK are the JorvikCentre in York; the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford; andthe Imperial War Museum in London In the US the trend emerged much earlier Williamsburg
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has been a prototype for many heritage developments in other parts of the world No one canpredict where the process will end On so-called heritage sites the re-enactment of historicalevents is increasingly popular, and computers will soon provide virtual reality experiences,which will present visitors with a vivid image of the period of their choice, in which theythemselves can act as if part of the historical environment Such developments have beencriticised as an intolerable vulgarization, but the success of many historical theme parks andsimilar locations suggests that the majority of the public does not share this opinion
C. In a related development, the sharp distinction between museum and heritage sites onthe one hand, and theme parks on the other, is gradually evaporating They already borrowideas and concepts from one another For example, museums have adopted story lines for
exhibitions, sites have accepted 'theming’ as a relevant tool, and theme parks are moving
towards more authenticity and research-based presentations In zoos, animals are no longerkept in cages, but in great spaces, either in the open air or in enormous greenhouses, such asthe jungle and desert environments in Burgers' Zoo in Holland This particular trend isregarded as one of the major developments in the presentation of natural history in thetwentieth century
D. Theme parks are undergoing other changes, too, as they try to present more serioussocial and cultural issues, and move away from fantasy This development is a response tomarket forces and, although museums and heritage sites have a special, rather distinct, role tofulfill, they are also operating in a very competitive environment, where visitors make choices
on how and where to spend their free time Heritage and museum experts do not have to inventstories and recreate historical environments to attract their visitors: their assets are already inplace However, exhibits must be both based on artefacts and facts as we know them, andattractively presented Those who are professionally engaged in the art of interpreting historyare thus in a difficult position, as they must steer a narrow course between the demands of'evidence' and 'attractiveness' especially given the increasing need in the heritage industry forincome-generating activities
E. It could be claimed that in order to make everything in heritage more 'real', historical
accuracy must be increasingly altered For example, Pithecanthropus erectus is depicted in an
Indonesian museum with Malay facial features, because this corresponds to public perceptions.Similarly, in the Museum of Natural History in Washington, Neanderthal man is shownmaking a dominant gesture to his wife Such presentations tell us more about contemporaryperceptions of the world than about our ancestors There is one compensation, however, for theprofessionals who make these interpretations: If they did not provide the interpretation, visitorswould do it for themselves, based on their own ideas, misconceptions and prejudices And nomatter how exciting the result, it would contain a lot more bias than the presentations provided
by experts
F. Human bias is inevitable, but another source of bias in the representation of history has
to do with the transitory nature of the materials themselves The simple fact is that noteverything from history survives the historical process Castles, palaces and cathedrals have alonger lifespan than the dwellings of ordinary people The same applies to the furnishings andother contents of the premises In a town like Leyden in Holland, which in the seventeenthcentury was occupied by approximately the same number of inhabitants as today, people livedwithin the walled town, an area more than five times smaller than modern Leyden In most ofthe houses several families lived together in circumstances beyond our imagination Yet inmuseums, fine period rooms give only an image of the lifestyle of the upper class of that era
No wonder that people who stroll around exhibitions are filled with nostalgia; the evidence inmuseums indicates that life was so much better in the past This notion is induced by the bias
in its representation in museums and heritage centers