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12 Nghệ An 20-21
12 Nghệ An 20-21
Part 2. You will hear a radio review by a man called Graham Woodson, who recently tested the
Wii Fit software. For questions 13-22, decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false
(F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
13. The people that Graham works with enjoy food like energy bars and vegetable juice.
14. Graham tried out Wii Fit in his office.
15. Some people think that the boxing game on Wii Fit makes players look silly.
16. Both Graham and his mum have played tennis on Wii Fit.
17.
When he was young, Graham liked reading science fiction.
Part 3. You will hear part of an interview with Harold Mackenzie, who has written a book about
early adolescence. For questions 23-30, choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best
according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
23. When is Harold’s book “Talking to Pre-teens” coming out?
A. This month B. This year C. Next month D. Next year
24. According to Harold, a pre-teen is a child aged between _______.
A. eight and nine B. eight and ten C. eight and eleven D. eight and twelve
25. According to Harold, what is the main reason pre-teens are receiving more publicity?
A. Psychologists now understand the importance of the pre-teen years.
B. A great deal of research is being done into the way children develop.
C. Pre-teens are now demanding more attention from the media.
D. People now realize pre-teens have economic power.
26. Harold suggests that pre-teens ______
A. cannot keep up with their peers. B. start to choose their own clothes.
C. develop unusual tastes. D. become more aware of their image.
27. Harold claims friendships are important to pre-teens because ______
A. these relationships help them establish their identities.
B. the children are beginning to rebel against their families.
C. friends are starting to replace family members.
D. the children are now capable of reacting to other people.
28. He suggests that an alternative method of academic evaluation would ______
A. enable parents to be more supportive. B. be more effective than examinations.
C. mean less stress for pre-teens. D. delay the onset of tension in adolescence.
29. How does he suggest parents can help pre-teens develop confidence?
A. by allowing them to buy whatever they like
B. by allowing them a certain degree of independence
C. by allowing them to make decisions about their spare time
D. by allowing them to control unimportant aspects of their lives
30. According to Harold, what is the greatest challenge facing parents of pre-teens?
A. deciding what kinds of toys to buy for their children
B. developing the correct approach to material possessions
C. establishing a way of communicating effectively with their children
D. discovering what kind of help their children really need
Your answers:
23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Part 2. Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes. (8/15)
BROKE AGAIN
It’s a standing joke that most university students invariably have nearly empty bank accounts! If
you are (16) ______ the age of 17 or 18, you probably don’t have a keen sense of money management.
Plus, university years are full (17) ________ enticing activities that require money: get involved in this
book society; go on that trip or the other concert and whatnot. So, (18) _______ surprisingly, it’s only
the first week of the month and you are broke. Again. Well, it doesn’t have to be this way. There are a
zillion ways to put money (19) ________ while on campus. The (20) _______ readily available solution
is to get a part-time job. More and (21) _______ students now occupy positions on every campus and in
most cases the money is not bad; not to (22) _______ you don’t have to commute. Another alternative
is to buy used books (23) ______ of brand new ones and sell your old books as well. Most student
unions organize regular bazaars, (24) ______ you can sell things you don’t need; CDs, video games,
even used clothes. Remember: one man’s trash is (25) ______ man’s treasure! The bottom line is either
earn more or spend (26) _______. This means that you have to (27) _______ down on unnecessary
costs.
Unless you change your big-spender habits, there is no (28) ______ in striving to make an extra
income. So, (29) _______ track of your expenses, everything from supermarket shopping to transport
and entertainment. Ask yourself questions like: Do I really need that expensive All about Hairstyles
magazine subscription? If the answer is no, you are on the right (30)______ .
Your answers:
Part 3. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. Write
your answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes.
VARIATIONS IN THE CLIMATE
One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of
the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability
of the climate. We know that over the past millennia the climate has undergone major changes without
any significant human intervention. We also know that the global climate system is immensely
complicated and that everything is in some way connected, and so the system is capable of fluctuating in
unexpected ways. We need therefore to know how much the climate can vary of its own accord in order
to interpret with confidence the extent to which recent changes are natural as opposed to being the result
of human activities.
Instrumental records do not go back far enough to provide us with reliable measurements of
global climatic variability on timescales longer than a century. What we do know is that as we include
longer time intervals, the record shows increasing evidence of slow swings in climate between different
regimes. To build up a better picture of fluctuations appreciably further back in time requires us to use
proxy records.
Over long periods of time, substances whose physical and chemical properties change with
the ambient climate at the time can be deposited in a systematic way to provide a continuous
record of changes in those properties over time, sometimes for hundreds or thousands of years.
Generally, the layering occurs on an annual basis, hence the observed changes in the records can be
dated. Information on temperature, rainfall, and other aspects of the climate that can be inferred from the
systematic changes in properties is usually referred to as proxy data. Proxy temperature records have
been reconstructed from ice core drilled out of the central Greenland ice cap, calcite shells embedded in
layered lake sediments in Western Europe, ocean floor sediment cores from the tropical Atlantic Ocean,
ice cores from Peruvian glaciers, and ice cores from eastern Antarctica. While these records provide
broadly consistent indications that temperature variations can occur on a global scale, there are
nonetheless some intriguing differences, which suggest that the pattern of temperature variations in
regional climates can also differ significantly from each other.
What the proxy records make abundantly clear is that there have been significant natural changes
in the climate over timescales longer than a few thousand years. Equally striking, however, is the
relative stability of the climate in the past 10,000 years (the Holocene period).
To the extent that the coverage of the global climate from these records can provide a measure of
its true variability, it should at least indicate how all the natural causes of climate change have
combined. These include the chaotic fluctuations of the atmosphere, the slower but equally erratic
behavior of the oceans, changes in the land surfaces, and the extent of ice and snow. Also included will
be any variations that have arisen from volcanic activity, solar activity, and, possibly, human activities.
One way to estimate how all the various processes leading to climate variability will
combine is by using computer models of the global climate. They can do only so much to
represent the full complexity of the global climate and hence may give only limited information about
natural variability. Studies suggest that to date the variability in computer simulations is considerably
smaller than in data obtained from the proxy records.
31. According to paragraph 1, which of the following must we find out in order to determine the impact
of human activities upon climate?
Part 5. Read the following passage and answer the questions from 51 to 60.
ESTABLISHING YOUR BIRTHRIGHTS
Position in the famlily can play a huge role in shaping character, finds Clover Stroud
A.
Last week I was given a potent reminder of how powerful birth order might be in determining a child’s
character. My son, Jimmy Joe, nine, and my daughter, Dolly, six, were re-enacting a TV talent show.
Jimmy Joe elected himself judge and Dolly was a contestant. Authoritative and unyielding, he wielded a
clipboard, delivering harsh criticisms that would make a real talent show judge flinch. Initially Dolly
loved the attention, but she soon grew tired of his dominance, instigating a pillow fight, then a fist fight.
It ended, inevitably, in tears. A visiting friend, with an older, more successful sister, declared it ‘classic
first child behaviour of dominance and supposed authority'. Dolly's objection to her brother's self-
appointed role as leader was justified, he announced, while Jimmy Joe’s superiority was characteristic of
the forceful personality of firstborns. Birth order, he said, wasn’t something they could just shrug off.
B.
Debate about the significance of birth order goes right to the heart of the nature versus nurture argument
and is, consequently, surrounded by huge controversy. This controversy has raged since the 19 th
century, when Austrian psychiatrist Alfred Adler argued that birth order can define the way someone
deals with life. He identified firstborns as driven and often suffering from a sense of having been
‘dethroned’ by a second child. Younger children, he stated, were hampered by having been more
pampered than older siblings. It’s a view reiterated by Professor Frank Sulloway’s influential work,
Born to Rebel. Sulloway, a leading proponent of the birth- order idea, argued it has a definitive effect on
the ‘Big Five' personality traits of openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and
neuroticism.
C.
Your answers:
51. Paragraph A ___vii___ 52. Paragraph B ___v___ 53. Paragraph C ___ix___
54. Paragraph D ___iv___ 55. Paragraph E ___vi___ 56. Paragraph F ___ii___
Questions 57 – 60
Complete the sentences below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer. Write your answers A, B, C or D
in the corresponding numbered boxes.
57. First-born children have expectations that are too high with regard to __________.
58. Middle children are often considered __________ by their parents.
59. Youngest children may be described as __________ by other people.
60. According to Bayliss, adults can get over any negative __________ around birth order.
Your answers:
57. __entitlement____ 58. __easy____ 59. ___selfish___ 60.
__connotations____
Part 2. The central region of Vietnam has suffered from torrential downpours that triggered severe
flooding. You plan to do charity to help the inhabitants there. Write a letter (80- 100 words) to the local
authorities to ask them how to get to the area safely and what should be provided for the local people.
Use your name and address as Hoang Van Nam – 37 Nguyen Van Cu Street, Vinh City, Nghe An
Province.
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