Shoot for the Stars

AMBROSIA HSG Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN AMBROSIA KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA THPT
NĂM HỌC 2021-2022
ĐỀ THI THỬ
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
Ngày thi: 04/03/2022
Đề thi có 15 trang
A. LISTENING (50 pts)

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
● Bài nghe gồm 4 phần; mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 10 giây, mở đầu và kết
thúc mỗi phần có tín hiệu.
● Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có nhạc hiệu. Thí sinh có 02 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước khi
nhạc hiệu kết thúc bài nghe.
● Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1. For questions 1-5, listen to a news report talking about the fire that started on a
Greece-Italy ferry and decide whether the following statements are True (T), False (F) or
Not Given (NG). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. As soon as the ferry passed the Corfu Island, the fire broke out.
2. The smoke from the fire was so big that Albanians could see it from inland.
3. Nearby fishermen also took part in looking for who may still be trapped inside the fire.
4. The biggest concern was how to save the lorries that were stuck inside the garage of the ferry.
5. For fear that there might be refugees on board, an Italian vessel partook in the evacuation.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 2. For questions 1-5, listen to a talk about a video game company and fill in the blanks
with your answer to each question. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from
the recording for each answer.
6. What does ‘QA’ stand for?
____________________________________________________________________________
7. What was Jessica Gonzalez’s job at Blizzard Entertainment?
____________________________________________________________________________
8. What did Raven Software and the CWA fail to reach?
____________________________________________________________________________
9. What are employees of large corporations trying to achieve?
____________________________________________________________________________
10. Who do the companies employ to prevent the workers' movements?
____________________________________________________________________________
Part 3. You will hear a discussion in which two people, Sam Williamson and Kathleen
Smithson, talk about strategies to help the poor in resource-rich developing countries. For
questions 1 to 5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you
hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
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11. According to Sam, the “paradox of plenty” results in

A. a vastly unequal distribution of wealth.
B. the discovery of resources in developing countries.
C. a reduction in the variety of products reaching the market.
D. Communities losing interest in government activities.
12. The company Sam worked for in Ghana
A. caused severe problems for local companies.
B. was criticised for not being trustworthy.
C. adopted an approach that was innovative to the region.
D. did not receive full cooperation from the authorities.
13. What does Kathleen think about contracts between governments and companies being made
public?
A. It is not something business leaders want to do.
B. It is only part of the process of reducing poverty.
C. It is ineffective because of the public indifference.
D. It will never lead to any great changes.
14. What problem does Kathleen highlight about original government documents?
A. They are incomprehensible to ordinary citizens.
B. They are sometimes altered to hide the truth.
C. It can take years for them to be released.
D. They cost a great deal to distribute.
15. The agreement made in Australia that Sam mentions
A. focused solely on how to spread wealth.
B. involved talks between a company and the public.
C. resulted in compensation for pollution being accepted.
D. was made after citizens became ill.
Your answer:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a woman talking about fish and chips and complete
the sentences below using words or phrases taken from the recording. Write NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS in the spaces provided.
- Although the earliest use of “chips” mostly refers to (16) ________________ of orange peels in
the 18th century, potato chips would soon be (17) ________________ as potatoes became a widely
consumed food rather than (18) ________________ .
- Fried fish was well-known not only as street food but also as a delicacy in (19) ________________.
- The combination of fried fish and potato chips proved to be (20) ________________ , given the
popularity of both dishes.
- Quicker distribution of fish was made possible thanks to the development of (21) _____________
and railways in the late 1800s.
- The significance of fish and chips was evidenced by the fact that it stayed (22) ________________
during World War II.
- Despite the diversity of what can be served with fish and chips, its standard (23)______________
remain salt and vinegar.
- (24) ________________ and lard are no longer commonly used to fry fish and chips.
- By 1968, newspaper can only be used as wrapping provided it is (25) ________________ and
freshly printed.
B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (20 pts)

Part 1. For question 26-40, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the
following questions. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes
provided.
26. The ______ confirmed that his death was due to poisoning.
A. paramedic B. obstetrician C. veterinarian D. pathologist
27. The economist ______ that the company would soon be in financial trouble.
A. conjectured B. conjugated C. correlated D. corrugated
28. I don’t enjoy travelling by boat – it always makes me feel ______.
A. queasy B. spunky C. lousy D. dingy
29. The man was ______ for murder.
A. charged B. accused C. indicted D. alleged
30. Commuters are ______ like sardines on the evening train.
A. crushed B. packed C. pressed D. pushed
31. After working for her father for ten years, she felt it was time to ______ on her own.
A. strike off B. strike out C. hit off D. hit up
32. Since I’m feeling a bit unwell, my brother will be voting ______ proxy in the club elections.
A. of B. in C. off D. by
33. She was to regret her words before the day was ______.
A. up B. down C. off D. out
34. He ______ on many trivial matters at the meeting.
A. held out B. held off C. held about D. held forth
35. He had written a program that could translate from Japanese ______.
A. off the hook B. on the fly C. on the house D. off the peg
36. Sudden meltdowns in the economy can turn flourishing countries into ______ overnight.
A. white elephants B. lost causes C. basket cases D. false dawns
37. ______ as I know, there are no other complications for obtaining the building permit.
A. Nevertheless B. Insofar C. Albeit D. Notwithstanding
38. He always tries to hone his interpersonal skills and ______ lies his secret to success.
A. therein B. hereto C. thereon D. herein
39. Up ______, and the people cheered.
A. went the balloon B. goes the balloon
C. does the balloon go D. did the balloon go
40. By labeling patients as “delayers”, there ______ an attribution of blame to the individual,
which is potentially stigmatizing.
A. was felt being B. feels to be
C. is felt to be D. has been felt that there is
Your answer:
26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.
34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Part 2. For question 41-45, write the correct form of each bracketed word in each sentence
in the numbered space provided in the column on the right.
Your answer:
41. We all know how popular items of sports __________ are at 41. _______________
fundraising auctions. (MEMORY)
42. They had been __________ with information for so long that 42. _______________
they had lost the habit of independent inquiry. (FEED)
43. Jill is billed as the __________ of our friend group, given how 43. _______________
often he goes to parties. (SOCIETY)
44. There are many exotic plants in the hothouse, but the Japanese 44. _______________
lily pads are definitely the __________. (PIECE)
45. Anna is truly a __________, never willing to interact with 45. _______________
other people at social events. (FLOWER)
C. READING (50 pts)

Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
OK?
The word OK is ubiquitous in modern English but its origins remain (46) _______ in mystery.
Over the years, many theories have been (47) ______ regarding its derivation but none of them is
(48) _______ convincing. The first recorded written use of OK was in 1839, when it appeared in a
newspaper article in Boston, Massachusetts. There was a (49) _______ for wacky acronyms at the
time, just as today's text messages use things like 'LOL', and OK allegedly originated as a misspelling
of All Correct. But (50) ______ many of these acronyms flourished briefly and then gradually (51)
_______ out of use, OK has proved to be remarkably (52) _______. It first reached England in
1870, where it appeared in the words of a popular song, and today is in (53) _______ use across the
English-speaking world. As part of a phrase ' …. rules OK', it has been a mainstay of urban graffiti
since the 1930s and in 1969 it had the (54) ______ of being the first word spoken on the moon. In
short, it's a (55) _______ useful word.
46. A. shrouded B. smothered C. clothed D. draped
47. A. laid out B. put forward C. drawn up D. brought about
48. A. widely B. mainly C. wholly D. largely
49. A. hype B. craze C. rage D. whim
50. A. despite B. albeit C. whereas D. providing
51. A. slipped B. faded C. crept D. strayed
52. A. resolute B. stalwart C. steadfast D. resilient
53. A. staunch B. relentless C. durable D. constant
54. A. credit B. pride C. honour D. acclaim
55. A. phenomenally B. ordinarily C. conclusively D. controversially
Your answer:
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
Part 2. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes.
LOST FOR WORDS
Many minority languages are on the danger list.
In the Native American Navajo nation which sprawls across four states in the American south-west,
the native language is dying. Most of its speakers are middle-age or elderly. Although many students
take classes in Navajo, the schools are run in English. Street signs, supermarket goods and even their
own newspaper are all in English. Not surprisingly, linguists doubt that any native speakers of
Navajo will remain in a hundred years’ time.
Navajo is far from alone. Half the world’s 6,800 languages are likely to vanish within two generations
- that’s one language lost every ten days. Never before has the planet’s linguistic diversity shrunk at
such a pace. “At the moment, we are heading for about three or four languages dominating the
world”, says Mark Pagel, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Reading. “It’s a mass
extinction, and whether we will ever rebound from the loss is difficult to know.’
Isolation breeds linguistic diversity. As a result, the world is peppered with languages spoken by only
a few people. Only 250 languages have more than a million speakers, and at least 3,000 have fewer
than 2,500. It is not necessarily these small languages that are about to disappear. Navajo is
considered endangered despite having 150,000 speakers. What makes a language endangered is not
the number of speakers, but how old they are. If it is spoken by children it is relatively safe. The
critically endangered languages are those that are only spoken by the elderly, according to Michael
Krauss, director of the Alaska Native Language Centre, in Fairbanks.
Why do people reject the language of their parents? It begins with a crisis of confidence when a small
community finds itself alongside a larger, wealthier society, says Nicholas Ostler of Britain’s
Foundation for Endangered Languages, in Bath. ‘People lose faith in their culture’ he says. ‘When
the next generation reaches their teens, they might not want to be induced into the old tradition.’
The change is not always voluntary. Quite often, governments try to kill off a minority language by
banning its use in public or discouraging its use in school, all to promote national unity. The former
US policy of running Indian reservation in English, for example, effectively put languages such as
Navajo on the danger list. But Salikoko Mufwene, who chairs the Linguistics Department at the
University of Chicago, argues that the deadliest weapon is not government policy but economic
globalisation. ‘Native Americans have not lost pride in their language, but they have had to adapt to
socio-economic pressures’ he says. “They cannot refuse to speak English if most commercial activity
is in English". But are languages worth saving? At the very least, there is a loss of data for the study of
languages and their evolution, which relies on comparisons between languages, both living and dead.
When an unwritten and unrecorded language disappears, it is lost to science.
Language is also intimately bound up with culture, so it may be difficult to reserve one without the
other. ‘If a person shifts from Navajo to English, they lose something' Mufwene says. ‘Moreover, the
loss of diversity may also deprive us of different ways of looking at the world’, says Pagel. There is
mounting evidence that learning a language produces physiological changes in the brain. ‘Your brain
and mine are different from the brain of someone, who speaks French, for instance’ Pagel says, and
this could affect our thoughts and perceptions. ‘The patterns and connections we make among
various concepts may be structured by the linguistic habits of our community.’
So despite linguists’ best efforts, many languages will disappear over the next century. But a growing
interest in cultural identity may prevent the direst predictions from coming true. ‘The key to
fostering diversity is for people to learn their ancestral tongue, as well as the dominant language’ says
Doug Whalen, founder and president of the Endangered Language Fund in New Haven,
Connecticut. ‘Most of these languages will not survive without a large degree of bilingualism’ he
says. In New Zealand, classes for children have slowed the erosion of Maori and rekindled interest in
the language. A similar approach in Hawaii has produced about 8000 new speakers of Polynesian
languages in the past few years. In California, ‘apprentice’ programmes have provided life support to
several indigenous languages. Volunteer 'apprentices' pair up with one of the last living speakers of
Native American tongue to learn a traditional skill such as basket weaving, with instruction
exclusively in the endangered language. After about 300 hours of training, they are generally
sufficiently fluent to transmit the language to the next generation. But Mufwene says that preventing
a language from dying out is not the same as giving it new life by using it every day. ‘Preserving a
language is more likely preserving fruits in a jar’ he says.
However, preservation can bring a language back from the dead. There are examples of languages
that have survived in written form and then been revived by later generations. But a written form is
essential for this, so the mere possibility of revival has led many speakers of endangered languages to
develop systems of writing where none existed before.
For questions 56 to 61, read the following statements and decide if the author agrees with
them.
Write YES if the statement agrees with the view of the writer.
NO if the statement contradicts the view of the writer.
or NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.
56. The Navajo language will die out because it currently has too few speakers.
57. A large number of native speakers fails to guarantee the survival of a language.
58. The trend of global integration has not had any direct impacts on endangered languages.
59. Polynesians languages have escaped the grip of linguistic loss.
60. National governments could do more to protect endangered languages.
61. The loss of linguistic diversity is inevitable.
Your answer:
56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61.
For questions 62 to 68, read the following statements and the list of people below. Match
each statement with the correct person A to E.
62. Saving languages from extinction is not in itself a satisfactory goal.
63. Young people often reject the established way of life in their community.
64. The way we think may be determined by our language.
65. Languages used primarily by seniors are more at risk.
66. Endangered languages cannot be saved unless people learn to speak more than one language.
67. A change of language may mean a loss of traditional culture.
68. Many people are compelled to forsake their ancestral tongue due to changing circumstances.
A. Michael Krauss
B. Salikoko Mufwene
C. Nicholas Ostler
D. Mark Pagel
E. Doug Whalen
Your answer:
62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68.
Part 3. You are going to read an extract from an article about mental health. Seven
paragraphs have been removed from the extract. From question 69-75, read the passage and
choose from paragraphs A—H the one which fits each gap. There is one extra paragraph
which you do not need to use. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
A PILL FOR EVERYTHING
The world of psychiatry is questioning conventional wisdom regarding mental health and society's
reaction to people who suffer from mental health problems. It is not, as you might expect, about the
stigma attached to those with impaired mental health, but about definitions, and the treatment of
those who seek psychiatric help.
69.
Diseases and illnesses are treated by giving the patient medication, but how can the same treatment
be meted out to those suffering from anxiety, depression and conflict? The mind is not the brain,
and mental functions are not reducible to brain functions. Likewise, mental diseases are not brain
diseases; indeed, mental diseases are not diseases at all. In the strictest terms, we cannot speak of the
mind as becoming diseased.
70.
Regardless of these difficulties, if pundits are to be believed, one in five American children have a
'diagnosable mental illness', whilst more cautious government officials estimate that 9-13% of
American children suffer 'serious emotional disturbance with substantial function impairment.' The
number of people in the USA being treated for clinical depression rose from 1.7 million in 1987 to
6.3 million a decade later. This number continues to rise.
71.
Unsurprisingly, in the infamous school shootings, those who fired on their fellow pupils were found
to have been undergoing treatment, taking mood-altering drugs at the time of their murder sprees. It
is hard to say whether the drugs contributed to the violence or whether the violence was committed
in spite of the treatment.
72.
Granted, other treatment options are available. Psychosurgery is a possibility in extreme cases, talk
therapies have often proved effective, and electric shock treatment has made a somewhat worrying
return. But there's no doubt that many of the powerful new psychiatric drugs do appear to alleviate
depression, mood swings and a variety of other conditions.
73.
Today, we continue to try to find a way to make everyone 'normal'. Governments, foundations,
professional guilds and global pharmaceutical companies are convincing us that normal human
emotions can be 'cured' and so should be treated as diseases. Isn't this simply a variation on the
zombiemaking approach? We continue to try to make everyone equally but artificially happy.
74.
If we believe that normal emotional responses which are not pleasant should be eradicated, we are
denying ourselves opportunities for growth, learning and improving both the human and personal
conditions. These are the long-term benefits of pain and hardship, and we need not seek to eliminate
them.
75.
Of course, some serious mental disturbances have a biological cause and can be controlled by using
medication. What is dangerous in today's society is our somewhat surprising eagerness to label a
natural urge or function and, having labelled it, add it to the growing list of syndromes which are
'recognised' by the medical establishment as mental illnesses. The number of abnormal mental
conditions, as defined by a professional body, has mushroomed from 112 in 1952 to 375 at the
beginning of this millennium. These include 'oppositional defiant disorder rebellion against
authority), 'caffeine use disorder' (drinking too much coffee) and 'feeding disorder of infancy or early
childhood' (fussy eating). Because those with a mental 'illness' can claim diminished responsibility,
we hear of people who claim the voices in my head made me do it' and professional women who state
that mental illness (albeit a temporary aberration) caused them to shoplift designer label products.
Surely it is time to stand back and reassess our thinking and beliefs about what defines a mental
disorder.
Missing paragraphs:
A. Equally, there are problems in defining the word diagnosis, which the dictionary defines as: 'the
identification of a disease by means of its symptoms; a formal determining description.' In the case of
bodily illness, the clinical diagnosis is a hypothesis which can be confirmed or disproved through an
autopsy. However, it is not possible to die of a mental 'illness' or to find evidence of it in organs,
tissues, cells or body fluids during an autopsy, so how can we ever hope to be sure about a diagnosis?
B. Such incidents raise the question of cause and effect: which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Can a chemical in the brain cause a mental condition? Might the mood-altering drugs used to 'cure'
the 'disease' cause the release of chemicals in the brain triggering a real mental disorder which could
last a lifetime and have damaging physical effects?
C. This, according to the health establishment and the media, proves that psychiatry has become a
bona fide science, which has shaken off its early roots in guess-work, shamanism and inquisitorial
cruelty.
D. Some magazine accounts of 'clinical depression' begin, 'My husband died, my son had an
accident which left him paralysed...and then my doctor prescribed a new wonder drug.' Or, 'Jim's
wife left him, he lost his job and he was diagnosed with depression.' These situations are genuinely
misery-inducing and crushing, but they can only be defined as illnesses if we believe that anyone in
the midst of such tragedies can be happy.
E. Pharmaceutical companies have a vested interest in fostering our belief that drugs can help us to
feel better, but it's time we realised that if we are numb, complacent, compliant zombies then we are
not independent, thinking and critical. They like it better when we are dependent on them and
content with our lot. They want us to be happy in the same way that Huxley's Soma-fed,
tranquilised, corporate citizens of 'Brave New World' were happy; mere clones, without critical
faculties.
F. However, we can gain valuable insight into the implications of drug use if we look back to
previous types of 'treatment'. Once, surgeons removed 'the stone of madness' from the heads of
lunatics. In more recent times, frontal lobotomies and electroconvulsive therapy (electric shock
treatments) became the answers. Even after it was obvious that lobotomy 'cured' people by turning
them into zombies, it remained a worldwide tool for controlling unmanageable children and
political opponents.
G. The question of identifying and labelling is a serious one as, ultimately, it affects treatment. Is
someone suffering from a mental health problem suffering from a mental disorder or a mental illness
(where 'disease' and 'illness' are interchangeable)? The dictionary definition of 'disease' is: 'a
condition of the body, or some part or organ of the body, in which its functions are disturbed or
deranged; a morbid physical condition'. Given this definition, shouldn't the term 'mental illness' be
replaced by 'mental disorder'?

H. Such figures mean that psychiatric drugs which have been widely promoted have brought many
more sufferers into the medical fold. However, these drugs, touted as 'miracle cures', do little more
than dull the senses and inhibit normal brain function. At worst, they can cause crippling conditions
like Parkinson's disease, 'helping' victims by giving them real diseases which put them in wheelchairs.
Less powerful drugs can cause emotional disorders as bad as those they treat: jangled nerves,
hallucinations, lethargy, depression, memory loss and paranoia.
Your answer:
69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75.
Part 4. You are going to read a magazine article. For questions 76-85, choose the answer
which you think is best according to the article.Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
An Unlikely Muse
A new wave of music and art projects has emerged, focusing on someone who may seem for some a
dubious source of inspiration. Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, is currently
becoming the subject of musicals, song cycles, and shows on a worldwide arena.
When the Marcos regime collapsed in 1986, and Imelda and her husband Ferdinand were exiled in
Hawaii, they carried with them allegations of embezzlement, corruption, and human rights abuses.
Imelda had spent the last twenty years living off a seemingly endless supply of funds, living an exotic
and glamorous lifestyle and rubbing shoulders with powerful figures worldwide. In 1972, when the
superstar couple’s popularity was fading and they were at risk of losing their power, Ferdinand
Marcos instated martial, leading to an era of chaos and plunder, and what is described by some as the
second most corrupt regime of the twentieth century. Ferdinand and Imelda fled in 1986 to escape
the People’s Power Revolution, Imelda leaving behind some 2000 pairs of shoes.
After her husband died in Hawaii due to ill health, Imelda stood trial in the United States on behalf
of her husband. Following that, she returned to the Philippines to face seventy more counts of
corruption and tax evasion. She has now returned to congress in the Philippines, her make-up and
gowns as flawless as ever.
So what makes Imelda Marcos such an appealing muse? Undoubtedly, Imelda Marcos’s resolute
character which has withstood exile, legal battles, and the wrath of her enemies makes her an
appealing heroine, but film-maker Fenton Bailey attributes her iconicity to her sense of glamour and
style, and her role as a cultural trendsetter. And like so many women who let nothing come between
them and their goals, she has gained a certain iconic status, particularly among homosexuals, not
unlike that of Judy Garland and Lady Gaga.
And now the story of Imelda Marcos can be seen in the format of a musical, an artistic genre which is
quite befitting for this flamboyant, entertaining figure of beauty and glamour. ‘Imelda – A new
musical’ has played in Los Angeles and New York. The artistic director of the musical, Tim Dang,
realizes that the musical glosses over the darker aspects of the Marcos regime, but wanted to portray
Imelda as a person with all her faults on display, leaving the audience to come to a verdict. However,
despite the glitz of the show, reviews were mixed, stating the ‘the serio-comic spoof... had a vacuum
at its centre’.
The story of Imelda Marcos has also been immortalized as a song cycle, ‘Here Lies Love’ written by
David Byrne and Norman Cook, in which Imelda comes across as both a hero and villain. Their
reasoning was to try to understand the story of how people can attain positions of such power and
greed. They were also inspired by Imelda’s love of dancing and clubbing, and how her own style of
music could be incorporated into their own. Byrne adds that their story is not black and white – the
couple was very popular at first, and Imelda headed a lot of public works in the Philippines and
added much to the nation’s sense of culture and identity.
At the Cultural Centre of the Philippines, a tour named ‘La Vida Imelda’ led by Carlos Sedran
describes the life of Imelda Marcos, the cold war, and martial law, while also portraying the glamour
of the Imelda lifestyle. He describes it as an eternal story, in which her extravagance can be seen as
either distasteful or in some ways estimable.
There is a danger that these new art forms airbrush out the atrocities which accompanied the
ostentation and glamour. It was a time when democracy was suppressed, political enemies
disappeared, and billions of dollars that could have helped the poverty-stricken country were spent
on Marcos’s extravagant lifestyle. However, the artists involved are keen to make clear that the regime
also resulted in great leaps forward in the country’s culture, architecture, and infrastructure. The
Marcos legacy remains in the form of hospitals, Heart and Lung Centres, Folk Art theatres, and
homes for children and the elderly, notwithstanding that the Marcos couple set their war-ravaged,
poverty-stricken land onto the world stage.
76. Why are Imelda’s shoes mentioned in the second paragraph?
A. To illustrate how little she cared for her personal possessions.
B. To illustrate her love of fashion and beauty.
C. To indicate how quickly she had to flee the country.
D. To illustrate the extravagance of her lifestyle.
77. The word “figure” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to:
A. numbers C. individuals
B. silhouettes D. digits
78. What aspect of Imelda’s character is emphasized in paragraph 3?
A. her flamboyance C. her resolution
B. her kindness D. her beauty
79. Which word has the closest meaning with “wrath” in paragraph 4?
A. hatred C. distaste
B. anger D. contempt
80. Why is Imelda compared with Judy Garland and Lady Gaga?
A. Due to her status as a gay icon.
B. Due to her ambition and drive.
C. Because she has created new fashions.
D. Because she has triumphed over legal battles.
81. Why was the musical of Imelda’s life criticised?
A. Because it did not portray Imelda’s faults.
B. Because the show was too shallow.
C. Because it was too glamorous and showy.
D. Because it was both serious and comedic.
82. What was it about Imelda’s story that interested David Byrne and Norman Cooke?
A. The ongoing themes of power, greed and music.
B. The fact that the story had both a clear hero and villain.
C. The reasoning why people such as Imelda become who they are.
D. The fact that her musical taste was similar to theirs.
83. According to Carlos Sedran, how do people respond to Imelda’s expensive lifestyle?
A. Most people are shocked by it.
B. It evokes both positive and negative feelings.
C. People want to be like her.
D. People realize why she did it.
84. In which way does Carlos Sedran’s art affect people's view of the Imelda Marcos event?
A. It can overshadow the beauty and grace of her fashion sense.
B. It can make people think that Imelda Marcos is an important figure.
C. It can take the focus off the true meaning of his art.
D. It can result in the rise of extravagant spending.
85. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text as something Imelda Marcos did for the
Philippines?
A. She made health services available to the people.
B. She gave the country a cultural identity.
C. She reduced the levels of poverty for Filipino people.
D. She drew the world’s attention to the country.
Your answer:
76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
81. 82. 83. 84. 85.

Part 5. You are going to read an extract from an article about paintings. For questions
86-95, choose from the sections (A–E). The sections may be chosen more than once.
In which section are the following mentioned?
1. the inscrutable nature of the subjects 86. ______________
2. the artist’s ability to give an insight into temperament 87. ______________
3. the integrity of the image portrayed 88. ______________
4. the view that the artist was an innovator 89. ______________
5. delight in a painting’s ability to endure 90. ______________
6. the background to a painting being well documented 91. ______________
7. the view that a painting’s impact depends on its surroundings 92. ______________
8. a painting which gives an image of a lost world 93. ______________
9. admiration for an artist who dared to challenge conventional ideas 94. ______________
10. opinions about the subject of a painting 95. ______________
Paintings which inspire
Art experts give their opinions
A Luisa Sutton
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, by Edouard Manet
Manet was inviting some kind of response in the way in which he presented women in his work and
he succeeded in bridging the gap between classical traditions and painting modern life. Above all, I
have tremendous respect for the fact that he was a breakthrough artist: a champion of realist
modernism who was censured for breaking the mould. Through the medium of painting, Manet
constantly reassessed the prevailing attitudes of the world he was living in. Today we are used to
multiple perspective – seeing the same image from different angles. This was not so in Manet’s time,
and in this painting we see him crossing boundaries as he switches reality by employing a mirror to
reflect his subjects.
B Paul Harris
Henry VII, 29 October 1505, by unknown artist
Visually, this is a stunning portrait; Henry moves towards the viewer from the parapet wearing the
red robes of Lancaster, his hands on the ledge. It is immediately exciting and emotive. Henry VII was
on the lookout for a new bride and this was painted to be sent to the
court of Maximilian, much as we would send a photo today. So the provenance is clear. Portraits of
other English monarchs, Richard III in particular, are, in comparison, stiff and remote. Henry VII’s
portrait speaks in a very particular way. His eyes look at one. He is Renaissance Man but, at the same
time one sees a shrewd, wise and wily man who, throughout his reign, managed to amass the fortune
of the Tudor dynasty.
C Tom Newman
James VI and I, 1618, by Paul Van Somer
I used to work for an art handling company in New York, and I came to realise how wonderful
paintings are as entities. Old paintings last for so long because of the materials used – the oil is so
robust, it expands or contracts depending on the heat. They can be rolled up and taken around the
world, they’ll never die. This portrait, in particular, made a huge impression on me. Works of art
often lose their power as soon as they’re placed in a museum. This painting is where it belongs – in a
palace. Subject to who you speak to, James is either a buffoon or a tactical genius, but in this work he
looks so stately. The painting was clearly commissioned to convey regality –and it worked on me, 400
years later.
D Paula Smith
Mr and Mrs Andrews, by Gainsborough
I chose this painting as it has personal relevance for me. I grew up in my grandmother’s house in
London. She was an excellent copyist of Gainsborough. We had copies of all of his paintings, except
for this one, which my grandmother didn’t approve of. I’ve always found it incredibly beautiful
though. The two figures in this wonderful painting have very enigmatic expressions. What are they
up to? What are they thinking? And then what are we to make of the landscape? It’s an agricultural
scene, in the middle of the day, but there are no agricultural workers anywhere to be seen. Where on
earth is everybody? What a strange atmosphere the place has, a long ago era that will never be
recaptured.
E Lynn D’Anton
An Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618, by Velàzquez
What is most striking about this painting is surely its veracity. One gets the feeling that one is
looking into a room in which there are no obstacles to understanding. Nothing comes between the
subject and the observer. The artist here is the perfect observer. When I saw it a few years ago in the
National Gallery of Scotland, set alongside many other works from Velazquez’s youth, there was no
doubt in my mind that it was a masterpiece. I think that it is easy for many people to empathise with
this painting in one way or another.
D. WRITING (60 pts)

Part 1. Read the following extract and use your own words to summarise it. Your summary
should be between 110 and 120 words long.
After the New York Times published an op-ed calling Donald Trump “amoral” and “erratic,” his son
called the piece “disgusting.” Similarly, when it was reported that Trump had referred to U.S. war
casualties as “losers,” Joe Biden called the reported comments “disgusting.” It seems that in the
United States, the language of disgust is commonly used to describe political foes, on both the right
and the left. What conclusions can be drawn from these anecdotes? Does this political “disgust”
resemble the “disgust” of blood, feces, or rats? Or is “disgusting” used purely metaphorically to
reflect an internal state of anger or outrage, rather than any kind of genuine disgust?
Three studies have been carried out to investigate whether political outgroup members can elicit
physical, as opposed to just moral or metaphorical, disgust. 900 participants were presented with
faces of people depicted as Republican or Democrat. Which faces were presented as Democrats
versus Republicans was counterbalanced between participants. Researchers used a variety of

measures of disgust and they gave participants other, straightforward ways to express anger,
disapproval, and general negativity. In studies 1 and 2, researchers relied on self-report measures. For
example, asking participants how “gross” or “nauseating” they found the faces. In study 3,
researchers analyzed the micro facial expressions that participants spontaneously produced in
response to the faces. Results showed that participants did feel physical disgust, not just moral or
metaphorical disgust, in response to outgroup members. This demonstrates that political foes are
considered physically disgusting.
This new finding is important as it helps provide insights into the increasing division between
Republicans and Democrats. With the American congressional elections happening this year, it’s
helpful to understand the role of disgust in social and moral evaluations. More specifically, anger
tends to promote aggression, confrontation, and punishment, and it could play an important role in
generating political conflict. Disgust, on the other hand, tends to promote withdrawal, rejection, and
avoidance, which could underlie unwillingness to engage with political outgroups. Therefore, anger
may drive conflict between partisans, and disgust may keep them apart, preventing resolution, and
perpetuating disagreements.
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Part 2. The two pie charts below show the percentages of industry sectors' contribution to
the economy of Turkey in 2000 and 2016.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.
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entertainment industry, to suggest the contrary may result in adverse effects. Discuss the
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AMBROSIA HSG Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh

A. LISTENING (50 pts)

11. According to Sam, the “paradox of plenty” results in

B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (20 pts)

34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

C. READING (50 pts)

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replaced by 'mental disorder'?

81. 82. 83. 84. 85.

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