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READING (ĐỌC HIỂU) Read the following passages and choose the best answer to the questions (đọc và chọn đáp án phù hợp nhất) Passage 1: (đoạn văn 1) In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to

READING (ĐỌC HIỂU)

Read the following passages and choose the best answer to the questions

(đọc và chọn đáp án phù hợp nhất)

Passage 1: (đoạn văn 1)

In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how

sensational The Beatles were at that time They were four boys from the

north of England and none of them had any training in music They started byperforming and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular The Beatles changed pop music They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs The Beatles did not have a long career Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970 They stopped doing live performances

in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs!However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them

1 The passage is mainly about

A How the Beatles became more successful than other groups

B Why the Beatles split up after 7 years

C The Beatles’ fame and success

D Many people’s ability to sing a Beatles song

2 The four boys of the Beatles

A Came from the same family

B Were at the same age

C Came from a town in the north of EnglandD

D Received good training in music

3 The word “sensational” is closest in meaning to

B Broadcast on the radio

C Paid a lot of money

D Written by black Americans

5 What is not true about the Beatles?

A The members had no training in music

B They had a long stable career

C They became famous when they wrote their own songs

D They were afraid of being hurt by fans

6 The Beatles stopped their live performances because

A They had earned enough money

B They did not want to work with each other

C They spent more time writing their own songs

D They were afraid of being hurt by fans

7 The year 1970 was the time when

A They split up

B They changed pop music

C They started their career

D They stopped singing live

8 What the fans of the Beatles often did was

A Sing together with them

B Take their clothes as souvenirs

C Ask them to write more songs

D Ask them why they should separate

9 Some songs of the Beatles now

A Are still famous as they used to be

B Became too old to sing

C Are sung by crazy fans

D Are the most famous

10 The tone of the passage is that of

Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania Shestudied biology at college and zoology at Johns Hopkins University, whereshe received her master’s degree in 1933 In 1936, she was hired by the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.

Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941 It

received excellent reviews, but sales were poor until it was reissued in 1952

In that year she published The Sea Around Us, which provided a fascinating

look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well asgeology and marine biology Her imagery and language had a poetic quality.Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printed sources She had voluminouscorrespondence and frequent discussions with experts in the field However,she always realized the limitations of her nontechnical readers

In 1962, Carson published Silent Spring, a book that sparked

considerable controversy It proved how much harm was done by the

uncontrolled, reckless use of insecticides She detailed how they poison the

food supply of animals, kill birds and fish, and contaminate human food Atthe time, spokesmen for the chemical industry mounted personal attacksagainst Carson and issued propaganda to indicate that her findings

were flawed However, her work was proved by a 1963 report of the

President’s Science Advisory Committee

11 The passage mainly discusses Rachel Carson’s work

A as a researcher

B at college

C at the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service

D as a writer

12 According to the passage, what did Carson primarily study at Johns

B became more popular than her other books

C was praised by critics

D sold many copies

15 Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage as a source of information for The Sea Around Us?

16 Which of the following words or phrases is LEAST accurate in describing The Sea Around Us?

18 According to the passage, Silent Spring is primarily

A an attack on the use of chemical preservatives in food

B a discussion of the hazards insects pose to the food supply

C a warning about the dangers of misusing insecticides

D an illustration of the benefits of the chemical industry

19 The word “flawed” in line 14 is closest in meaning to

A faulty

B deceptive

C logical

D offensive

20 Why does the author of the passage mention the report of the

President’s Science Advisory Committee ?

A To provide an example of government propaganda

B To support Carson’s ideas.

C To indicate a growing government concern with the environment

D To validate the chemical industry’s claims

Passage 3: (đoạn văn 3)

In the world today, particularly in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe, recycling is big news People are talking about it,

practicing it, and discovering new ways to be sensitive to the environment Recycling means finding ways to use products a second time The motto of

the recycling movement is "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle"

The first step is to reduce garbage In stores, a shopper has to buy

products in blister packs, boxes and expensive plastic wrappings A

hamburger from a fast food restaurant comes in lots of packaging: usually paper, a box, and a bag All that packaging is wasted resources People

should try to buy things that are wrapped simply, and to reuse cups and

utensils Another way to reduce waste is to buy high-quality products When low quality appliances break, many customers throw them away and buy newones - a loss of more resources and more energy For example, if a customer buys a high-quality appliance that can be easily repaired, the manufacturer receives an important message In the same way, if a customer chooses a product with less packaging, that customer sends an important message to themanufacturers To reduce garbage, the throwaway must stop

The second step is to reuse It is better to buy juices and soft drinks in returnable bottles After customers empty the bottles, they return them to the store The manufacturers of the drinks collect the bottles, wash them, and then fill them again The energy that is necessary to make new bottles is

saved In some parts of the world, returning bottles for money is a common

practice In those places, the garbage dumps have relatively little glass and

plastic from throwaway bottles

The third step is being environmentally sensitive is to recycle Spent motor oil can be cleaned and used again Aluminum cans are expensive to make It takes the same amount of energy to make one aluminum can as it does to run a color TV set for three hours When people collect and recycle

aluminum (for new cans), they help save one of the world's precious

resources

21: What is the main topic of the passage?

A how to reduce garbage disposal

B what people often understand about the term 'recycle'

C what is involved in the recycling movement

D how to live sensitively to the environment

22 What does the word “sensitive” in the phrase “sensitive to the

23 Why is it a waste when customers buy low-quality products?

A Because they produce less energy

B Because they have to be repaired many times

C Because customers change their ideas all the time

D Because people will soon throw them away

24 What does it mean “Customers can vote with their wallets”?

A they can choose the cheapest products

B they can ask people to choose products with less packaging

C they can tell the producers which products are good for

environment by buying them

D they can cast a lot to praise a producer

25 The word “motto” is closest in meaning to _

A belief

B value

C meaning

D reference

26 What best describes the process of reuse?

A The bottles are washed, retuned, filled again and collected

B The bottles are collected, washed, returned and filled again

C. The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and

washed.

D The bottles are collected, returned, filled again and washed

27 The word “practice” is closest in meaning to _

A deed

B drill

C belief

D exercise

28 What are the two things mentioned as examples of recycling?

A Hamburger wrappings and spent motor oil

B Aluminum cans and plastic wrappings

C Aluminum cans and spent motor oil

D TV sets and aluminum cans

29 People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT

A buy simply-wrapped things

B buy high-quality product

C reuse cups

D buy fewer hamburgers

30: The word “precious” is closest in meaning to _

A invaluable

B substantial

C natural

D first

Passage 4: (đoạn văn 4)

Composers today use a wider variety of sounds than ever before,

including many that were once considered undesirable noises Composer Edgard Varese (1883-1965) called thus the "liberation of sound the right to make music with any and all sounds." Electronic music, for example—made with the aid of computers, synthesizers, and electronic instruments—may include sounds that in the past would not have been considered musical Environmental sounds, such as thunder, and electronically generated hisses and blips can be recorded, manipulated, and then incorporated into a musical

composition But composers also draw novel sounds from voices and

nonelectronic instruments Singers may be asked to scream, laugh, groan, sneeze, or to sing phonetic sounds rather than words Wind and string playersmay lap or scrape their instruments A brass or woodwind player may hum while playing, to produce two pitches at once;a pianist may reach inside the

piano to pluck a string and then run a metal blade along it In the music of the

Western world, the greatest expansion and experimentation have involved percussion instruments, which outnumber strings and winds in many recent compositions Traditional percussion instruments are struck with new types

of beaters; and instruments that used to be couriered unconvennonal in

Western music—tom-toms, bongos, slapsticks, maracas—are widelv used

In the search for novel sounds, increased use has been made in Western

music of Microtones Non-Western music typically divides and interval

between two pitches more finely than Western music does, thereby

producing a greter number of distinct tones, or micro tones, within the same interval Composers such as Krzysztof Pmderecki create sound that borders

on electronic noise through tone clusters—closely spaced tones played

together and heard as a mass, block, or band of sound The directional aspect

of sound has taken on new importance as well Loudspeakers or groups of instruments may be placed at opposite ends of the stage, in the balcony, or at the back and sides of the auditorium Because standard music notation makes

no provision for many of these innovations, recent music scores may contain graphlike diagrams, new note shapes and symbols, and novel ways of

arranging notation on the page

31 What does the passage mainly discuss?

A The use of nontraditional sounds in contemporary music

B How sounds are produced electronically

C How standard musical notation has beer, adapted for

A criticized electronic music as too noiselike

B modified sonic of the electronic instruments he used in his music

C believed that any sound could be used in music

D wrote music with environmental themes

34 The word "it" refers to .

A Piano

B String

C Blade

D Music

35 According to the passage, which of the following types of

instruments has played a role in much of the innovation in Western music?

38 According to the passage, Krzysztof Penderecki is known for which

of the following practices?

A Using tones that are clumped together

B Combining traditional and non-traditional instruments

C Seating musicians in unusual areas of an auditorium

D Playing Western music for non-Western audiences

39 According to the passage, which of the followings would be considered traditional elements of Western music?

A chart the history of innovation in musical notation

B explain the logic of standard musical notation

C design and develop electronic instruments

D in dicate how particular sounds should be produced

LISTENING (PHẦN NGHE)

Part 1 : You’ll hear people talking in three different situations, each

with 1 question For each question, choose the answer which you think it’s best according to what you hear

(Bạn sẽ được nghe 3 tình huống giao tiếp khác nhau Với mỗi câu hỏi hãy chọn câu trả lời phù nhất sau khi nghe nội dung từng tình huống)

1 Francesca Meyer must :

A go to gate 23 right away

B take a different flight

C board her plane in five minutes’ time

2 Someone is talking about travelling abroad

Which option did he choose?

A The most convenient option

B The quickest option

C The cheapest option

3 A teacher talking to a student

Why is the teacher talking to the student?

A To give a warning

B To make a suggestion

C To correct a mistake

Part 2 : You are going to listen to four short conversations, each with 3

questions For each question, choose the answer which you think fits best according to what you hear

(Bạn sẽ nghe 4 đoạn trò chuyện ngắn, mỗi đoạn tương ứng với 3 câu hỏi Mỗi câu với bạn hãy tìm ra câu trả lời đúng với nội dung từng đoạn trò chuyện)

2 What information does that man ask for?

A the woman’s name

B the registration number of the bike

C the make of the bike

3 What is the man going to do?

A telephone the suppliers

B call the woman back

C order a new part

5 Where is the manager’s office?

A on the second floor

B near the restaurant

C next to the changing rooms

6 What is on the lower ground floor?

A the household goods department

B the staff kitchen

C the restaurant

Conversation 3 :

7 Where did the woman go at the weekend?

A to a city

B hold documents together

C print out documents

Part 3 : You will hear an interview with Pamela Green, a young

fashion designer

For questions 13-19, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

(Bạn sẽ nghe 1 bài phỏng vấn và chọn câu trả lời đúng)

13 What helped Pamela to decide to become a fashion designer?

A working as an assistant in a fashion shop

B doing research into the fashion industry

C attending a course on fashion design

14 What does Pamela say about having a degree in fashion?

A It's essential for promotion

B It's evidence of your ability

C It guarantees you a better income

15 Pamela says that when starting your own fashion label, it's most

important to

A enjoy the creative process

B contact shops that might sell it

C have a business plan

16 Where does Pamela usually find inspiration for her fashion designs?

A in the work of other designers

B in the styles of other countries

C in the clothes her friends wear

17 What aspect of her work does Pamela find most difficult to deal

with?