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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 8.

At 7pm on a dark, cold November evening, thousands of people are making their way across a vast car park They’re not here to see a film, or the ballet, or even the circus They are all here for what is, bizarrely, a global phenomenon: they are here to see Holiday on Ice Given that most people don’t seem to be acquainted with anyone who’s ever been, the show’s statistics are extraordinary: nearly 300 million people have seen Holiday on Ice since it began

in 1943; it is the most popular live entertainment in the world

But what does the production involve? And why are so many people prepared to spend their lives travelling round Europe in caravans in order to appear in it? It can't be glamorous, and it's undoubtedly hard work The backstage atmosphere is an odd mix of gym class and workplace A curtained-off section at the back of the arena is laughably referred to

as the girls' dressing room, but is more accurately described as a corridor, with beige, cracked walls and cheap temporary tables set up along the length of it Each girl has a small area littered with pots of orange make-up, tubes of mascara and long false eyelashes

As a place to work, it must rank pretty low down the scale: the area round the ice-rink

is grey and mucky with rows of dirty blue and brown plastic seating and red carpet tiles It's

an unimpressive picture, but the show itself is an unquestionably vast, polished global enterprise: the lights come from a firm in Texas, the people who make the audio system are in California, but Montreal supplies the smoke effects; former British Olympic skater Robin Cousins is now creative director for the company and conducts a vast master class to make sure they're ready for the show's next performance

The next day, as the music blares out from the sound system, the cast start to go through their routines under Cousins’ direction Cousins says, The aim is to make sure they're all still getting to exactly the right place on the ice at the right time - largely because the banks of lights in the ceiling are set to those places, and if the skaters are all half a metre out they'll be illuminating empty ice Our challenge, ‘he continues, ‘is to produce something they can sell in a number of countries at the same time My theory is that you take those things that people want to see and you give it to them, but not in the way they expect to see it You

“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings”

Water H Cottingham

-try to twist it And you have to find music that is challenging to the skaters, because they have to do it every night.’

It may be a job which he took to pay the rent, but you can't doubt his enthusiasm

“The only place you'll see certain skating moves is an ice show,” he says, “because you're not

allowed to do them in competition It's not in the rules So the ice show world has things to

offer which the competitive world just doesn't.” Cousin knows what he's talking about because he skated for the show himself when he stopped competing - he was financially

unable to retire He learnt the hard way that you can't put on an Olympic performance every

night “I'd be thinking, these people have paid their money, now do your stuff, and I suddenly thought”, “I really can't cope I'm not enjoying it” The solution, he realised, was to give 75 per cent every night, rather than striving for the sort of twice-a-year excellence which won him medals

To be honest, for those of us whose only experience of ice-skating is watching top-class Olympic skaters, some of the movements can look a bit amateurish, but then, who are

we to judge? Equally, it's impossible not to be swept up in the whole thing; well, you'd have

to try pretty hard not to enjoy it

Question 1: According to paragraph 1 the writer is surprised to see that although Holiday on

Ice is popular

A people often prefer other types of show

B most people consider it as a holiday

C few people know someone who has seen it

D people prefer to see a film, the ballet, or the circus

Question 2: Which of the following adjectives can be used to describe the backstage area?

Question 3: It is mentioned in paragraph 3 that

A the show has been staged in many places B many companies are involved in the production

C the show need financial support D it is difficult to find suitable equipment Question 4: For Robin Cousins, the aim of the rehearsal is

A to adjust the spotlights B to keep in time with the music

C to be acquainted with the stage D to position the skaters on the ice

Question 5: It is suggested in paragraph 5 that skating in shows

A enables skaters to visit a variety of places B is as competitive as other forms of skating

C allows skaters to try out a range of ideas D is particularly well paid

Question 6: The pronoun “them” in paragraph 5 refers to

A some live performances B some famous skaters

C certain ice shows D certain skating moves

Question 7: The phrase “the hard way” in paragraph 5 most likely means

A by working very hard B by having expectation of others

C through doing things again and again D through difficult personal experience Question 8: Which of the following is the writer’s conclusion of Holiday on Ice?

A It is more enjoyable than Holiday on Ice

B It is hard to know who really enjoys it

C It is difficult to dislike it

D It requires more skills than Olympic ice-skating

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Question 9: My mother me against staying late night after right to prepare for

exams

A warned B recommended C reprimanded D encouraged

Question 10: Cannon is telling Callie a bad news.

Cannon: “Mrs Brown passed away yesterday.”

Callie: “David has told me that ”

A God bless B God save the Queen C By God D God rest her

Question 11: They your money if you haven’t kept your receipt.

A won’t refund B didn’t refund C no refund D not refund

Question 12: That’s a nice coat, and the colour you well.

Question 13: Alice and Ann are preparing for their presentation at school.

Alice: “ .”

Ann: “Take it easy! We still have 15 minutes.”

A Try better We are going to have an exam B You can say that again

C Nothing more to say D Hurry up! We don’t have much time left Question 14: Although the new library service has been very successful, its future is

certain

A by all means B by any chance C at any rate D by no means Question 15: Van Gogh suffered from depression by overwork and ill-health.

A brought on B coming about C taken up D pull through

Question 16: The hall was very crowded with over a hundred people into it.

Question 17: a hotel, we looked for somewhere to have dinner.

A Finding B After finding C Having found D We found

Question 18: The move to a different environment brought about a significant in

my cousin’s state of mind

Question 19: In order to avoid boredom, the most important thing is to keep oneself

A occupation B occupied C occupant D occupational Question 20: You should at least three days for the journey.

Question 21: I don’t object to people being vegetarians, but it gets on my nerves when

they’re about it

A self-centered B self-righteous C self-deprecating D self-sufficient Question 22: After ancient Greek athletes won a race in the Olympic, they a

simple crown of olive leaves

A received B has received C were receiving D have received

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that nees correction in each of the following questions.

Question 23: Man is superior than the animals in that he uses language to communicate

Question 24: Abraham Lincoln’s boyhood home resembled that of many other mid-western

Pioneers, with its dirt floor, sleeping loft, and crude fireplace

Question 25: The basic elements of public-opinion research are interviewers, questionnaires,

tabulating equipment, and to sample population

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.

The human criterion for perfect vision is 20/20 for reading the standard lines on a Snellen eye chart without a hitch The score is determined by how well you read lines of

letters of different sizes from 20 feet away But being able to read the bottom line on the eye chart does not approximate perfection as far as other species are concerned Most birds would

consider us very visually handicapped The hawk, for instance, has such sharp eyes that it can spot a dime on the sidewalk while perched on top of the Empire State Building

It can make fine visual distinctions because it is blessed with one million cones per square millimeter in its retina And in water, humans are farsighted, while the kingfisher, swooping down to spear fish, can see well in both the air and water because it is endowed

with two foveae - areas of the eye, consisting mostly of cones, that provide visual

distinctions One fovea permits the bird, while in the air, to scan the water below with one eye at a time This is called monocular vision Once it hits the water, the other fovea joins in, allowing the kingfisher to focus both eyes, like binoculars, on its prey at the same time

A frog’s vision is distinguished by its ability to perceive things as a constant motion picture Known as “bug detectors”, a highly developed set of cells in a frog’s eyes responds mainly to moving objects So, it is said that a frog sitting in a field of dead bugs wouldn’t see them as food and would starve The bee has a “compound” eye, which is used for navigation

It has 15,000 facets that divide what it sees into a pattern of dots, or mosaic With this kind of vision, the bee sees the sun only as a single dot, a constant point of reference Thus, the eye is

a superb navigational instrument that constantly measures the angle of its line of flight in relation to the sun A bee’s eye also gauges flight speed And if that is not enough to leave our 20/20 “perfect vision” paling into insignificance, the bee is capable of seeing something

we can’t - ultraviolet light

Thus, what humans consider to be “perfect vision” is in fact rather limited when we look at other species However, there is still much to be said for the human eye Of all the mammals, only humans and some primates can enjoy the pleasures of color vision

Question 26: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A Limits of the human eye B Perfection vision

C Different eyes for different uses D Eye variation among different species Question 27: The phrase “without a hitch” is closet meaning to

A unaided B without glasses C with little hesitation D easily Question 28: According to the passage, why might birds and animals consider humans very

visually handicapped?

A Hunman can’t see very well in either air or water.

B Human eyes are not as well suited to our needs.

C The main outstanding feature of human eyes is color vision

D Human eyes can’t do what their eyes can do

Question 29: The word “that” in line 10 refers to

A foveae B areas of the eye C cones D visual distinctions Question 30: According to the passage, “bug detectors” are useful for

C avoiding bugs when getting food D avoiding starvation

Question 31: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A Kingfishers have monocular vision

B Bees see patterns of dots

C Hawks eyes consist mostly of cones that can allow it to scan with one eye at time

D Humans are farsighted in water.

Question 32: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A Eyes have developed differently in each speciesB Bees have the most complex eye

C Humans should not envy what they don’t need D Perfect vision is not perfect

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 33 to 37.

Easter

Easter is a holiday in late March or early April, the first Sunday after the first full moon after 21 March Many people (33) it with their family or have a short holiday/ vacation It is also an important Christian festival Easter Sunday, the day of the Resurrection, is the end of Lent and the most important date in the Christian year Many people who do not go to church at other times go on Easter Sunday It was once (34) for people to wear new clothes to church on this day Women (35) new hats, called Easter bonnets Today, people sometimes make elaborately decorated Easter bonnets for fun A few people send Easter (36) with religious symbols on them or pictures of small chickens, lambs, rabbits and spring flowers, all traditionally associated with Easter

The Friday before Easter Sunday is called Good Friday and is remembered as the day Christ was crucified (= hanged on a cross to die) On Good Friday many people eat hot cross buns (= fruit buns decorated with a simple cross) The Monday after Easter is called Easter Monday In Britain, Good Friday and Easter Monday are both bank holidays In the US, each company decides for itself (37) to close or remain open on those days

Question 33: A spend B use C take D expend

Question 34: A familiar B common C regular D ordinary

Question 35: A take on B bore C put on D wore

Question 36: A notes B cards C letters D envelopes

Question 37: A if B whether C why D how

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 38: To preserve anonymity, the contributors’s names were removed.

Question 39: Keeping animals in these conditions is unbelievably cruel The farmer ought to

prosecuted

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 40: One of the aims of most Lay Organizations is to disseminate knowledge about

Huntington’s disease to local doctors, social workers and nursing homes

Question 41: Cynthia was one edge all day about the important presentation she had to give

to the local citizens group

A nervous and excited B doing well C satisfied D working hard

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 primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 42: A particularly B photocopy C enthusiasm D.economy

Question 43: A computer B property C horizon D imagine

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 44: A bushes B wishes C researches D headaches

Question 45: A tool B spoon C foot D noon

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 46: It’s cold outside and my leg hurts I haven't been out for weeks.

A I haven't been out for weeks, which makes the weather cold and my leg bad.

B The weather is cold and my leg is bad as a result of my stay indoors for weeks.

C What with the cold weather and my bad leg, I haven't been out for weeks.

D What makes the weather cold and my leg bad is my stay indoors for weeks.

Question 47: Leaders are not allowed to attend festivals Also, they are not allowed to use

office cars, except for performing assigned tasks

A Leaders are not allowed to attend festivals until they use office cars for performing

assigned tasks

B Leaders are not allowed to both attend festivals and use office cars, except for performing

assigned tasks

C Leaders are allowed to either attend festivals or use office cars, except for performing

assigned tasks

D Leaders are allowed to neither attend festivals nor use office cars, except for performing

assigned tasks

Question 48: We missed the turning because we forgot to take the map with us.

A Without the right map with us, we missed the turning.

B If we were taking the map with us, we did not miss the turning.

C Without the map with us, we missed the turning.

D Had we taken the map with us, we would not have missed the turning.

Question 49: They rumour that she will get married to a foreign man

A She is rumoured to get married to a foreign man.

B She is rumoured to have got married to a foreign man.

C It is rumoured that she would have got married to a foreign man.

D It will be rumoured that she has got married to a foreign man.

Question 50: I’m sorry I interrupted your speech in the middle.

A Your speech is very sorry for being interrupted in the middle.

B I’m sorry to interrupt your speech in the middle.

C It’s my pity to interrupt your speech in the middle.

D I apologized for having interrupted your speech in the middle.

HƯỚNG DẪN GIẢI CHI TIẾT Question 1: Đáp án C.

Key word: paragraph 1, writer, surprised, Holiday on Ice, popular.

Clue: “ They're not here to see a film, or the ballet, or even the circus Given

that most people don't seem to be acquainted with anyone who's ever been, the show's statistics are extraordinary: nearly 300 million people have seen Holiday on Ice since it began in 1943; it is the most popular live entertainment

in the world”: Bọn họ không ở đây để xem phim, múa ba lê hay xem xiếc

Với việc hầu hết mọi người có vẻ như không hề quen biết ai đã từng ở đây, số liệu của chương trình vô cùng ấn tượng: gần 300 triệu người đã xem Kỳ nghỉ trên băng từ khi nó bắt đầu vào năm 1943; đây là một trong những chương trình giải trí trực tiếp nổi tiếng nhất thế giới.

A people often prefer other types of show: mọi người thường thích xem

những loại chương trình khác.

B most people consider it as a holiday: hầu hết mọi người xem nó như

một kỳ nghỉ.

C few people know someone who has seen it: ít người quen ai đó đã

xem chương trình này.

D people prefer to see a film, the ballet, or the circus: mọi người thích

xem phim, múa ba lê hoặc xiếc.

Đáp án đúng theo Clue là C

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Key word: suggested, paragraph 5, skating in shows.

Clue: “The only place you’ll see certain skating moves is an ice show,” he says, “because you’re not allowed to do them in competition It’s not in the rules So the ice show world has things to offer which the competitive world just doesn’t”

Dựa vào clue, đáp án chính xác là C allows skaters to try out a range of

ideas: trượt băng trong các chương trình biểu diễn cho phép người trượt thử

một loạt các ý tưởng.

Các đáp án còn lại không đúng:

EXTRA TIP

Consider sb/sth as: coi ai/

cái gì như là

EXTRA TIP

- skate (v): trượt băng

- skating (n): môn trượt

băng

- skater: người trượt băng

- roller-skate: patanh

- skateboard: ván trượt

- skate rink: sân băng

A enables skaters to visit a variety of places: cho phép người trượt

băng đến thăm nhiều nơi khác nhau.

B is as competitive as other forms of skating: cũng có tính cạnh tranh

như các hình thức trượt băng khác.

D is particularly well paid: đặc biệt được trả lương cao.

Question 6: Đáp án D.

Key word: them, paragraph 5.

Clue: “'The only place you'll see certain skating moves is an ice show,' he

says, because you're not allowed to do them in competition”: Nơi duy nhất

mà bạn có thể thấy những động tác trượt băng là ở trong một chương trình trượt băng bởi vì bạn không được phép làm chủng ở trong thi đấu.

Dựa vào clue ta thấy từ them dùng thay thế cho certain skating moves Đáp án chính xác là D

Question 7: Đáp án D.

Key word: the hard way, paragraph 5.

Câu này đòi hỏi kiến thức về từ vựng, không thể đoán theo ngữ cảnh, learn the

hard way: học từ kinh nghiệm cay đắng của bản thân.

Chọn đáp án D through difficult personal experience

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Tạm dịch: Alice: “ Nhanh lên! Chúng ta không còn nhiều thời gian đâu.”

Ann: “Cứ thoải mái đi! Chúng ta vãn còn 15 phút.”

Question 14: Đáp án D.

Tạm dịch: Mặc dù dịch vụ thư viện mới rất thành công nhưng tương lai của nó

chắc chắn chút nào cả.

A by all means: bằng đủ mọi cách, bằng bất cứ cách nào, bằng bất cứ

giá nào

B by any chance: có thể

Ex: Would you by any chance have change for $10: Anh cỏ thể cỏ tiền lẻ để

đổi cho 10 đô được không?

- by chance: tình cờ, ngẫu nhiên.

C at any rate: dù sao đi nữa

D by no means: không chút nào, không tỷ nào

Ex: It is by no means certain that the game will take place.