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GIÁO VIÊN: TRIỀU

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( NGHIÊM CẤM
SAO CHÉP DƯỚI
MỌI HÌNH THƯC )

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I. READING

1. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 13-27 which are based on
Reading Passage 63 below.

MIGRATORY BEEKEEPING

Taking Wing

To eke out a full-time living from their honeybees, about half the nation’s 2,000
commercial beekeepers pull up stakes each spring, migrating north to find more
flowers for their bees. Besides turning floral nectar into honey, these hardworking

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insects also pollinate crops for farmers -for a fee. As autumn approaches, the
beekeepers pack up their hives and go south, scrambling for pollination contracts in
hot spots like California’s fertile Central Valley.

Of the 2,000 commercial beekeepers in the United States about half migrate This pays
off in two ways Moving north in the summer and south in the winter lets bees work a
longer blooming season, making more honey — money — for their keepers. Second,
beekeepers can carry their hives to farmers who need bees to pollinate their crops.
Every spring a migratory beekeeper in California may move up to 160 million bees to
flowering fields in Minnesota and every winter his family may haul the hives back to
California, where farmers will rent the bees to pollinate almond and cherry trees.

Migratory beekeeping is nothing new. The ancient Egyptians moved clay hives,
probably on rafts, down the Nile to follow the bloom and nectar flow as it moved
toward Cairo. In the 1880s North American beekeepers experimented with the same
idea, moving bees on barges along the Mississippi and on waterways in Florida, but
their lighter, wooden hives kept falling into the water. Other keepers tried the railroad
and horse-drawn wagons, but that didn’t prove practical. Not until the 1920s when
cars and trucks became affordable and roads improved, did migratory beekeeping
begin to catch on.

For the Californian beekeeper, the pollination season begins in February. At this time,
the beehives are in particular demand by farmers who have almond groves; they need
two hives an acre. For the three-week long bloom, beekeepers can hire out their hives
for $32 each. It’s a bonanza for the bees too. Most people consider almond honey too
bitter to eat so the bees get to keep it for themselves.

By early March it is time to move the bees. It can take up to seven nights to pack the
4,000 or so hives that a beekeeper may own. These are not moved in the middle of the
day because too many of the bees would end up homeless. But at night, the hives are
stacked onto wooden pallets, back-to-back in sets of four, and lifted onto a truck. It is
not necessary to wear gloves or a beekeeper’s veil because the hives are not being
opened and the bees should remain relatively quiet. Just in case some are still lively,
bees can be pacified with a few puffs of smoke blown into each hive’s narrow
entrance.

In their new location, the beekeeper will pay the farmer to allow his bees to feed in
such places as orange groves. The honey produced here is fragrant and sweet and can

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be sold by the beekeepers. To encourage the bees to produce as much honey as

possible during this period, the beekeepers open the hives and stack extra boxes called
supers on top. These temporary hive extensions contain frames of empty comb for the
bees to fill with honey. In the brood chamber below, the bees will stash honey to eat
later. To prevent the queen from crawling up to the top and laying eggs, a screen can
be inserted between the brood chamber and the supers. Three weeks later the honey
can be gathered.

Foul smelling chemicals are often used to irritate the bees and drive them down into
the hive’s bottom boxes, leaving the honey-filled supers more or less bee free. These
can then be pulled off the hive. They are heavy with honey and may weigh up to 90
pounds each. The supers are taken to a warehouse. In the extracting room, the frames
are lilted out and lowered into an “uncapper” where rotating blades shave away the
wax that covers each cell. The uncapped frames are put in a carousel that’s on the
bottom of a large stainless steel drum. The carousel is filled to capacity with 72
frames. A switch is flipped and the frames begin to whirl at 300 revolutions per
minute; centrifugal force throws the honey out of the combs. Finally, the honey is
poured into barrels for shipment.

After this, approximately a quarter of the hives weakened by disease, mites, or an

ageing or dead queen, will have to be replaced. To create new colonies, a healthy
double hive, teeming with bees, can be separated into two boxes. One-half will hold
the queen and a young, already mated queen can be put in the other half, to make two
hives from one. By the time the flowers bloom, the new queens will be laying eggs,
filling each hive with young worker bees. The beekeeper’s family will then migrate
with them to their summer location.

[Adapted from “America’s Beekeepers:

Hives for Hire” by Alan Mairson,
National Geographic.]

Questions 13-19
The flow chart below outlines the movements of the migratory beekeeper as described
in Reading Passage 126.
Complete the flow chart Choose your answers from the box at the bottom of the page
and write your answers in boxes 13-19 on your answer sheet.

                                                        BEEKEEPER MOVEMENTS

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Example                                                                                    Answer

In February, Californian farmers hire bees to help ………pollinate……………….almond trees.

In March, beekeepers …… (13) ….. for migration at night when the hives are ……
(14) …… and the bees are generally tranquil. A little …… (15) …… can ensure that
this is the case.

They transport their hives to orange groves where farmers ……. (16) …… beekeepers
for placing them on their land. Here the bees make honey.

After three weeks, the supers can be taken to a warehouse where ……. (17) …… are
used to remove the wax and extract the honey from the …… (18) ….. .

After the honey collection, the old hives are rejected. Good double hives are …… (19)
….. and re-queened and the beekeeper transports them to their summer base.
List of Words/Phrases

smoke               chemicals                     pay

barrels               protection                     charge
set off                light                             split
pollinate             machines                     supers
combs               screen                          prepare
full                     empty                          queens

Questions 20-23
Label the diagram below Choose ONE OR TWO WORDS from the Reading
Passage for each answer Write your answers in boxes 20-23 on your answer sheet.

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Questions 24-27
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage
126? In boxes, 24-27 write –

YES if the statement agrees with the information given

   NO if the statement contradicts the information given
NOT GIVEN if there is no information about this

24. The Egyptians keep bees on the banks of the Nile.

25. First attempts at migratory beekeeping in America were unsuccessful.
26. Bees keep honey for themselves in the bottom of the hive.
27. The honey is spun to make it liquid.

2.

Zoo Conservation Programmes

One of London Zoo’s recent advertisements caused me some irritation, so patently did
it distort reality. Headlined “Without zoos, you might as well tell these animals to get

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stuffed”, it was bordered with illustrations of several endangered species and went on
to extol the myth that without zoos like London Zoo these animals “will almost
certainly disappear forever”. With the zoo world’s rather mediocre record on
conservation, one might be forgiven for being slightly sceptical about such an
advertisement.

Zoos were originally created as places of entertainment, and their suggested

involvement with conservation didn’t seriously arise until about 30 years ago, when
the Zoological Society of London held the first formal international meeting on the
subject. Eight years later, a series of world conferences took place, entitled “The
Breeding of Endangered Species”, and from this point onwards conservation became
the zoo community’s buzzword. This commitment has now been clearly defined in
The World Zoo Conservation Strategy (WZGS, September 1993), which although an
important and welcome document does seem to be based on an unrealistic optimism
about the nature of the zoo industry.

The WZCS estimates that there are about 10,000 zoos in the world, of which around
1,000 represent a core of quality collections capable of participating in co-ordinated
conservation programmes. This is probably the document’s first failing, as I believe
that 10,000 is a serious underestimate of the total number of places masquerading as
zoological establishments. Of course, it is difficult to get accurate data but, to put the
issue into perspective, I have found that, in a year of working in Eastern Europe, I
discover fresh zoos on almost a weekly basis.

The second flaw in the reasoning of the WZCS document is the naive faith it places in
its 1,000 core zoos. One would assume that the calibre of these institutions would
have been carefully examined, but it appears that the criterion for inclusion on this
select list might merely be that the zoo is a member of a zoo federation or association.
This might be a good starting point, working on the premise that members must meet
certain standards, but again the facts don’t support the theory. The greatly respected
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA) has had

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extremely dubious members, and in the UK the Federation of Zoological Gardens of

Great Britain and Ireland has

Occasionally had members that have been roundly censured in the national press.
These include Robin Hill Adventure Park on the Isle of Wight, which many
considered the most notorious collection of animals in the country. This
establishment, which for years was protected by the Isle’s local council (which viewed
it as a tourist amenity), was finally closed down following a damning report by a
veterinary inspector appointed under the terms of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981. As it
was always a collection of dubious repute, one is obliged to reflect upon the standards
that the Zoo Federation sets when granting membership. The situation is even worse
in developing countries where little money is available for redevelopment and it is
hard to see a way of incorporating collections into the overall scheme of the WZCS.

Even assuming that the WZCS’s 1,000 core zoos are all of a high standard complete
with scientific staff and research facilities, trained and dedicated keepers,
accommodation that permits normal or natural behaviour, and a policy of co-operating
fully with one another what might be the potential for conservation? Colin Tudge,
author of Last Animals at the Zoo (Oxford University Press, 1992), argues that “if the
world”s zoos worked together in co-operative breeding programmes, then even
without further expansion they could save around 2,000 species of endangered land
vertebrates’. This seems an extremely optimistic proposition from a man who must be
aware of the failings and weaknesses of the zoo industry the man who, when a
member of the council of London Zoo, had to persuade the zoo to devote more of its
activities to conservation. Moreover, where are the facts to support such optimism?

Today approximately 16 species might be said to have been “saved” by captive

breeding programmes, although a number of these can hardly be looked upon as
resounding successes. Beyond that, about a further 20 species are being seriously
considered for zoo conservation programmes. Given that the international conference
at London Zoo was held 30 years ago, this is pretty slow progress and a long way off
Tudge’s target of 2,000.

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Question 1-7
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 3?
Y   if the statement agrees with the writer
N   if the statement contradicts the writer
NG if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
1    London Zoo’s advertisements are dishonest.
2    Zoos made an insignificant contribution to conservation up until 30 years ago.
3   The WZCS document is not known in Eastern Europe.
4    Zoos in the WZCS select list were carefully inspected.
5    No-one knew how the animals were being treated at Robin Hill Adventure Park.
6    Colin Tudge was dissatisfied with the treatment of animals at London Zoo.
7   The number of successful zoo conservation programmes is unsatisfactory.
Questions 8-10
Choose the appropriate letters A-D.
8/ What were the objectives of the WZCS document?
A    to improve the calibre of zoos worldwide
B    to identify zoos suitable for conservation practice
C    to provide funds for zoos in underdeveloped countries
D    to list the endangered species of the world
9/ Why does the writer refer to Robin Hill Adventure Park?
A    to support the Isle of Wight local council
B    to criticise the 1981 Zoo Licensing Act
C    to illustrate a weakness in the WZCS document
D    to exemplify the standards in AAZPA zoos
10/ What word best describes the writer’s response to Colin Tudges’ prediction on
captive breeding programmes?
A    disbelieving
B    impartial
C    prejudiced
D    accepting
Questions 11-13
The writer mentions a number of factors which lead him to doubt the value of the
WZCS document. Which THREE of the following factors are mentioned?
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List of Factors:
A the number of unregistered zoos in the world
B the lack of money in developing countries
C the actions of the Isle of Wight local council
D the failure of the WZCS to examine the standards of the “core zoos”
E the unrealistic aim of the WZCS in view of the number of species “saved” to date
F the policies of WZCS zoo managers

3.

Obama Focuses on Criminal Justice Reform in Weekly Address

The United States is the world's largest jailer.

U.S. President Barack Obama said in a weekly address that he is encouraged by

congressional efforts and other endeavors to change the fact that while the U.S. is
home to five percent of the world's population, it has 25 percent of the world's
prisoners. The president said, "Every year, we spend $80 billion to keep people locked
up."

Obama said the "real reason" for the soaring prison population is over the last few
decades, the U.S. had "locked up more non-violent offenders than ever before, for
longer than ever before."

He said "in too many cases, our criminal justice system is a pipeline from underfunded
schools to overcrowded jails."

The president said he has taken steps to reverse that trend by investing in schools that
at-risk youths attend, signing a bill reducing the 100 to 1 sentencing disparity between
crack and powder cocaine, and commuting the sentence of dozens of people
"sentenced under old drug laws we now recognize were unfair."

President Obama said he will travel around the country over the next few weeks "to
highlight some of the Americans who are doing their part to fix our criminal justice

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system." His itinerary will include a visit to a community battling prescription drug
and heroin abuse, and talks with law enforcement leaders "determined to lower the
crime rate and the incarceration rate." The president is also scheduled to meet with
former prisoners.

Earlier this year, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit a federal
prison, as part of his push for a fairer justice system and prison reform. He met with
both law enforcement officials and inmates at the El Reno prison in the central U.S.
state of Oklahoma.
Obama said in his weekly address he was encouraged by the bipartisan effort in the
Senate earlier this month, resulting in an agreement on a criminal justice reform bill.
The president said the bill would reduce mandatory minimums for non-violent drug
offenders and reward prisoners with shorter sentences, if they complete programs that
make them less likely to commit a repeat offense.

The harsh sentences were handed down in an era when a "tough on crime" stance
resulted in the prison population surge. The mandatory minimums were joined by a
law called "three strikes, you're out" which mandated life sentences without parole for
a third felony involving drugs.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker said recently that the Senate bill is "a moment
where, after decades of our country moving in the wrong direction, after decades of
seeing our federal prison population explode 800 percent, we have gotten our criminal
justice system - with this piece of legislation - moving this country forward."

"From the halls of Congress to the classrooms in our schools, we pledge allegiance to
one nation under God with liberty and justice for all," President Obama said Saturday.
"Justice means that every child deserves a chance to grow up safe and secure, without
the threat of violence. Justice means that the punishment should fit the crime. And
justice means allowing our fellow Americans who have made mistakes to pay their
debt to society, and re-join their community as active, rehabilitated citizens."

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Obama said "Justice has never been easy to achieve, but it's always been worth
fighting for. And it's something I'll keep fighting for as long as I serve as your
president."

1. What facts support the statement that "The United States is the world's largest
jailer."?

    A. The U.S. has five percent of the world's population but 25 percent of the world's
prisoners.

    B. The U.S. spends 80 billion dollars a year to keep prisoners locked up.

    C. The prison population has surged.

2. In the second paragraph, what does "we" refer to?

    A. President Obama

    B. the prisons

    C. the United States

3. In the seventh paragraph, what is the meaning of the word "bipartisan"?

    A. congressional

    B. supported by both parties

    C. presidential

4. In the seventh paragraph, what is the meaning of the word "mandatory"?

    A. unmanned

    B. voluntary

    C. required

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5. In the eight paragraph, what is NOT the meaning of the word "harsh"?

    A. light

    B.long

    C. severe

6. In the last paragraph, what does the word "it's" refer to?

    A. achievement is

    B. justice is

    C. punishment is

7. Where does the sentence -- "The House of Representatives is also working on a

criminal justice reform bill." -- best belong?

    A. after the last paragraph

    B. between the eighth and ninth paragraphs

    C. between the ninth and tenth paragraphs

8. What is NOT a reason given for the increase in prison population?

    A. mandatory sentencing

    B. increase in violent crimes

    C. underfunded schools

9. What can be inferred from President Obama's actions and weekly address?

    A. He is serious about criminal justice reform.

    B. He has given up on accomplishing criminal justice reform.

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    C. He believes that criminal justice reform can be easily accomplished.

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II. LISTENING

BÀI 1:

1. The Bell Jar was  

 A. about her father
 B. her first novel
 C. a very successful collection of poems
 D. her last poem

2. Sylvia Plath’s ‘Collected poems’  

 A. won the Pulitzer Prize twenty years after it was published
 B. were written during the last year of her life
 C. won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982
 D. were never published

3. Sylvia’s husband  
 A. made movies
 B. died in 2003
 C. was also a poet
 D. had a movie made about him

4. Susan Bassnett thought Sylvia’s work  

 A. was about her husband
 B. wasn’t very good
 C. was about work life
 D. was of great interest to women

5. Sylvia’s brother  
 A. was two years older than her
 B. was born two years after her
 C. was a professor at Boston University
 D. was a highly educated academic

6. Sylvia Plath’s time at college was difficult because  

 A. she got bad grades
 B. she won a scholarship
 C. boys didn’t like her
 D. she was short of money

7. In 1953 Sylvia  

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 A. left New York to get a job as an editor

 B. rejected an offer to teach creative writing
 C. worked as a guest editor in New York
 D. returned to new York because she was depressed

8. What does the lecturer imply when she says “Very few modern poets have captured
the popular imagination as much as Plath”  
 A. Plath was able to understand the hopes of ordinary people.
 B. Plath has become very popular
 C. It is unusual for a modern poet to become popular with ordinary people.
 D. Plath’s writing was about modern people and their imagination.

9. What does the lecturer imply when she says “This domineering father figure
became a common theme that recurred throughout Plath’s writing.”  
 A. The image of her father appears in many of her poems.
 B. Plath often wrote of her love for her father.
 C. Plath writings were dominated by the image of her father.
 D. Plath’s father often told her what to write about.

10. Which THREE sentences best summarise the passage?

 A What's remarkable about Plath's work is that it addresses many women's issues that
were ahead of her time.
 B Plath's father was one of her guiding influences and he supported and mentored her
until he died in 1940.
 C Plath's early life was spent living happily by the sea with her mother who had a part
time job to support the family.
 D The real significance and the greatness of work was never recognised within in her
lifetime.
 E Plath's academic path to success was secured by winning an early scholarship.
After this she never looked back.
 F Plath's work reflects the many of the personal difficulties that she had whilst
growing up and later as a wife and mother.

BÀI 2:

1. Which of the following is defined as the number of children born per 1000 people
per year?  
 A. Replacement Level
 B. Fertility Rate
 C. Birth Rate
 D. Fertility Level

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2. Which of the following countries in the UK has the highest fertility rate?  
 A. England
 B. Scotland
 C. Wales
 D. Northern Ireland

3. Why is fertility rate in the UK higher than it was twenty years ago?  
 A. Couples are choosing to have larger families.
 B. A higher proportion of women are having children.
 C. Women who delayed childbirth are having children now.
 D. Fewer women are interested in their careers.

4. What proportion of women in their mid-forties do not have children nowadays?  

 A.10%
 B. 4%
 C. 25%
 D. 40%

5. What do French couples who have eight children receive?  

 A    B 

 C    D 
6. Which of the reasons for low fertility rates is NOT mentioned?  

A. Women are increasingly focused on their jobs.

B. People want to enjoy their lives before taking on responsibility.
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C. Parents do not have time to have many children.

D. Children are considered to cost a lot of money.

BÀI 3:

Questions 1-3.
Complete the table. Write no more than three words in each space.

The Origin of Superstitions

(1) Represents the people dining at Christ’s
last supper

(2) Represents taking power from Tree

Gods
walking under a ladder The ladder forms a (3)  which
represents the Holy Trinity.
Questions 4-6
Complete the Summary below.  Write no more than three words in each space.
Student Mark Levin wanted to test whether a having a (4)  walk across your path
brings good or bad luck. He invited people to play a game which involved (5) .  The
cat was encouraged to walk across their path, and the players continued with their
game. As a control, Mark repeated the experiment with a (6) .  Results showed that
the superstition had no effect on the game.

7. The story of Barnett Helzberg illustrates that:  

 A. The success of Helzberg’s jewellery stores was due to luck

 B. Helzberg’s luck started with a chance meeting
 C. It was lucky that Helzberg recognised Warren Buffett

8. In his newspaper experiment, Wiseman noticed that...  

 A. ‘Lucky’ people really are luckier than ‘unlucky’ people
 B. Some unlucky people are luckier than they think they are.
 C. There was no difference between the results of lucky people and unlucky people

9. Wiseman concluded that lucky people...  

 A. Are more anxious than unlucky people
 B. Have more varied lives than unlucky people

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 C. Are more fixed on their goals than lucky people

10. Wiseman’s work shows that...  

 A. There is some truth in superstitions
 B. It is possible to learn how to be lucky
 C. There are no ‘lucky’ people and ‘unlucky’ people

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III. SPEAKING

1. Describe your most favorite subject.

2. Do you think students should go to vocational training courses or university

after graduating from high school?

3: What are the significant features of cafe or restaurant you like

4: Do you think we should keep or save the old building in the city?

5: Describe a place, for example a seashore park in your city, you often go to.
6: Describe an important gift you have, tell us why it is important.

7: Did you have any work experiences before? Describe any of your work.
8: Describe the most impressive moment in your life.

9: How do you acquire knowledge? Give us some examples.

10: Do you prefer to choose profession that requires you to work in a group?

11: Is there any kind of invention that changed your life most recently?

12: Which study method do you prefer, online courses or traditional classroom?

13: Describe a painting you have seen before. Why do you like it or dislike it?

14: What kind of friends do you like? Tell the main reason.

15: What do you like to read in your free time? For example, magazine,
newspaper, or book.

16: Do you like to live with roommates or live alone?

17: Someone focuses on one job throughout life; others like to change from one
job to others. Which one do you think is better, why?

18: Some people think life in modern time is easier than our grandparents, do
you agree with?

19: Do you agree that childhood is the happiest time in life?

20: How do you think about university education? Some people think it's
important, some don't.

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21: Describe one of your favorite song or one of your favorite movie.

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IV. GRAMMAR

Question 1: My father used to giving me some good advice whenever I had a

problem.
Question 2: The woman of whom the red car is parked in front of the bank is a
famous pop star.
Question 3: The better you are at English, more chance you have to get a
job with international organizations.
Question 4: There are differences and similarities between Vietnamese and
American culture.
Question 5: Society will be having to change radically to keep pace with the
technology available.
Question 6: George hasn’t completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t
too.
Question 7: There are many frequently mentioned reasons why one out of four
arrests involve a juvenile.
Question 8: Even though they are among the smallest carnivores, weasels will
attack animals that are double their size.
Question 9: The price of gold depends on several factor, including supply and
demand in relation to the value of the dollar.
Question 10: Today was such beautiful day that I couldn’t bring myself to
complete all my chores.

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