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ĐÁP ÁN CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC 2021-2022

1. F
2. NG
3. T
4. NG
5. T
6. Stoke division
7. Parliament was dissolved
8. Laggards
9. Amplify inflammatory content
10. Accountability
11. B
12. D
13. C
14. C
15. B
16. pontificating about
17. perfect evolutionary design
18. World Economic Forum
19. interdependent and interrelated
20. mass murder
21. ecowarriors
22. value of nature
23. ESG number crunchers
24. a trillion dollars
25. private finance…business
26. D
27. A
28. C
29. B
30. B
31. B
32. B
33. C
34. D
35. A
36. D
37. B
38. B
39. D
40. B
41. fortuitous
42. emasculated
43. entourage
44. afoot
45. asymptomatic
46. treating
47. seats
48. meaning
49. afford
50. few
51. began/ started
52. allies
53. inspired
54. ideal
55. adhere
56. F
57. T
58. F
59. NG
60. F
61. NG
62. seniority
63. youthful traits
64. demographic data
65. blurred
66. standard retirement age
67. tax burden
68. relatively benign
69. F
70. E
71. D
72. H
73. B
74. A
75. G
76. C
77. B
78. A
79. D
80. C
81. A
82. A
83. B
84. D
85. C
86. D
87. A
88. B
89. A
90. D
91. B
92. C
93. C
94. A
95. E

TRANSCRIPT
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw6UCwCt4bE&list=WL&index=22
Metaverse. You’ve probably started to hear this word being thrown around lately. If you’re lost, you’re in
the right place. Here, we’ll try to answer some big questions from Microsoft’s point of view. What is a
metaverse? Does it already exist? And are you already in it? Let’s dig in.
(Q1) Simply put, a metaverse is a digital space inhabited by digital representations of people and things.
Think of it like a new version, or maybe a new vision, of the Internet. Many people talk about the Internet
as a place. Now we can actually go into that place to communicate, share, and work with others. It’s an
internet that you can actually interact with - like we do in the physical world. And it’s not just a vision
anymore. Right now, you can go to a concert and experience a show with other real people inside a video
game. You can walk a factory floor from your own home. (Q3) You can join a meeting remotely but be in
the room to collaborate with your co-workers. Those are metaverses. The future is already here. Now, I
can already hear some skepticism. “But an avatar of me isn’t ME. My digital self is not my physical self.”
Well, that is technically true. But Microsoft is working to help you better represent your whole self in the
digital space, while also ensuring that you can bring your humanity and your agency over that
representation with you. If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that we need that flexibility.
(Q5) The world has never been more connected, but lately, we’ve often needed to distance ourselves
physically. The closer we can reflect our physical selves in the digital realm, the more of these barriers
we can break down. Teammates can join meetings from anywhere. Real-time translation allows people
from diverse cultures to collaborate in real-time. This is what takes this from a cool idea to a critical one.
The metaverse has the ability to stretch us beyond the barriers and limitations of the physical world.

Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1ThMlDCB1I&list=WL&index=8&t=1s
There's entire teams of engineers whose job is to use your psychology against you.
Narrator: What was once social media's great secret is now out in the open. Last September, Facebook
whistleblower, Francis Haugen provided evidence, proof she says the company knew its platforms
prioritized profits over its users’ well-being and that its products harm children and (Q6) stoke division.
Facebook rebranded itself as Meta in late October. A spokesperson for the company's Canadian division
tells Global News: “For years, Meta has done extensive work in bullying, suicide, self-injury and eating
disorder prevention and will continue to look for opportunities to help people struggling. Sulemaan Ahmed
coaches businesses to leverage social media for bottom line results but he worries about the influence
social media has on his three children.
Sulemaan Ahmed, Digital Educator: I think that that needs to be more carefully scrutinized by
government and regulators and other people, not just left to the whims of social media platforms.
Narrator: In the last parliament, the liberal government introduced bills to address online hate and privacy
concerns but they died when (Q7) parliament was dissolved for the 2021 election. During the campaign,
the liberals pledged to bring back new bills within their government's first 100 days to combat harmful
content on social media. So far, nothing new, just the heritage department saying it will continue to consult
Canadians, experts and stakeholders on how best to tackle these complex issues while upholding
fundamental rights.
Natasha Tusikov, Internet Governance Researcher: We're (Q8) laggards, we're behind Australia, we're
behind Germany, we're behind the United Kingdom.
Narrator: Cracking down on foreign tech giants isn't easy.
Tusikov: It's really difficult to compel them to do what they don't want to do, what they can't do because
it goes against their business models.
Narrator: The root of the problem – the more we click, the more we engage, the more they earn, that's
given rise to algorithms that (Q9) amplify inflammatory content. It's a global concern and Canada
opposition MPs say they want a measured collaborative approach that brings tech titans to the table.
John Nater, Conservative Heritage Critic: We want to see an approach. We’re not unduly restricting,
you know, the freedom of speech, freedom of expression of Canadians who want to be able to express
themselves.
Charlie Angus, NDP Deputy Ethics Critic: Online algorithms are driving extremist content, the
breakdown of social discourse. There has to be (Q10) accountability.
Anne Gaviola: Many observers are calling for immediate action after a quarter century of inaction. Donna?
Donna: All right Anne Gaviola in Toronto, thanks!

Part 3:
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Interviewer: Yet another record has been set this week in the art world, and it seems that works of art
have been established as a genuine commodity. How and why has all this come about?
Marion: The simple answer is contemporary art and contemporary economics. Before the addition of
contemporary art to the list of collectible art forms, the buying and selling of works of art was traditionally
conducted in one-to-one dealings or in dour, routine auctions attended only by professionals. The tradition
of art being collected quietly had been the norm for centuries until a few events changed the face of
dealing in art forever. (Q11) It went from being a low-key affair to a media attention-grabbing spectacle
almost overnight. The first event that transformed the art market was the 1973 auction of fifty
contemporary artworks belonging to Robert and Ethel Scull, who had actually become famous on the
back of their Pop and Minimal Art collection. These artworks, for which the couple had paid relatively little,
fetched much higher prices. But instead of being congratulated for cashing in on their collection, they were
castigated by critics and artists. There was even a protest outside the auction house before the sale. After
the sale, (Q12) Robert Scull was accused of profiteering and a lack of loyalty before being allegedly
punched by one of his accusers! These incidents, however, did nothing to curb the change in the way art
was to be perceived.

Kenny: It was indeed a momentous occasion, and it certainly signalled the full-scale emergence of
contemporary art in the art market. But it wasn't until 1997 that prices skyrocketed. In May of that year,
there was a forced sale at Sotheby's of contemporary artworks. (Q12) This collection had been acquired
by a cardiologist with funds intended for children's heart surgeries which he had been convicted of
embezzling. For some reason or other, his actions helped usher in a period when contemporary works by
in-fashion artists joined the high-stakes auction lots. (Q13) Previously, such work had been afforded a
lower status, but after this auction, the definition of what constituted valuable, expensive art changed. As
a result, auction prices continually set individual artist records and took young artists to a whole new level.

Marion: Yes, and in doing so, it laid the foundations for artworks to become a commodity just like wheat
or coffee. This was something that had been foreseen years earlier by Andy Warhol, who geared up an
artwork being offered in a limited series to industrial-scale production. He saw art as a means of
generating capital. It was a vision that became a reality as illustrated by the sale of his work '200 one-
dollar bills', which sold for $385,000 in 1986, and for a staggering S43,762,500 twenty-three years later
in 2009. Where else could you get such a return on an investment?

Kenny: Nowhere, and that's exactly the way art is currently seen - as an investment. (Q14) In today's
global macro-economic market with its low interest rates and poor returns, art offers something of a safe
haven against a backdrop of economic uncertainty. The recent well-documented astronomical returns
have led to art audience figures increasing more rapidly over the past decade than over the previous
century. And now that investors have arrived on the scene, they expect art to offer healthy, fair trading
opportunities, which it does. So, art is no longer simply bought and sold, but it has all the attributes of a
fully-fledged commodity market in which it is actively traded in high volumes in public forums with such
organisations as Artnet, Artprice and Artinfo providing reliable pricing histories for investors. The way we
perceive art has effectively changed beyond recognition.

Marion: It has, but there are still those who see the limitless supply as a negative development and
complain. (Q15A) These people have simply not moved with the times, and they fail to understand that in
order to sustain growth, this healthy market needs neither fewer works nor constant innovation or
originality. It simply needs more of the same to meet demand. Just look around. (Q15C) We live in a
brand-driven world where everyone wants what their pals have, something easily recognised for what it
is, what it looks like and how much it costs. (Q15D) Globalisation has also played a part in transforming
the art market. Multinational galleries, worldwide branches of auction houses and the proliferation of art
fairs have all made valuable contributions to the elevation of the market to another level altogether and
the change in perception of how art is transacted.

Presenter: Thank you both for that insightful ...

Part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcroh-o2ZpU&list=WL&index=5
When Prince Charles and Elon Musk are on the same side, you know the world is changing. The world’s
oldest teenager and once, it’s youngest billionaire, have one thing in common. Charlie’s been (Q16)
pontificating about it for years, Elon, has just ditched Bitcoin for it, it’s the environment. Today the 95-year
old David Attenborough is all the rage on You Tube while investors have taken the Prince's message to
heart, and into their spreadsheets. The reason is the planet is a (Q17) perfect evolutionary design without
a design and you mess with that design at your peril. COVID-19 shows how (Q18) interdependent and
interrelated we all are because pandemics are, in some way, it wages up environmental degradation. It’s
easier for viruses to jump from animals to humans if we mess with the earth’s natural design. And
businesses are now realizing how much we and they rely on natural resources like water or soil. Indeed,
the (Q19) World Economic Forum reckons that half of global GDP or $44tn depends on nature.
Companies used to assume that these assets would always exist and be free, not any more. (Q20) Mass
murder of species in on-going. We have lost 60 percent of our birds, mammals and fish over the last four
decades, and 30 to 50 percent of all species may be lost by the middle of the 21st century without action.
That is scary. So what can business do? Two things. First, executives can become (Q21) ecowarriors –
getting involved in political lobbying over biodiversity issues and/or taking direct action themselves.
Second, what you can measure you can manage. Calculate the (Q22) value of nature, realizing what we
need to protect is important. Now that’s hard. Boffins can measure some aspects of "E" – the environment,
like carbon emissions in a fairly standard, scientific way. But tracking the economic value of, say, a bee
is more subjective. But (Q23) ESG number crunchers are now trying: if the world lost all its “pollinators”,
say, like those bees, we’ll lose $217bn from annual global agricultural output. A big price. Collectively, we
need to spend (Q24) a trillion dollars a year to stop biodiversity loss, they reckon, and that's such a big
number that (Q25) private finance and business needs to get involved. So when people talk about the "E"
of ESG, it is now more than just about emissions, but about our planet and every living creature in the
widest possible sense.