ĐỀ CHUẨN MINH HỌA SỐ 09 (Đề thi có 05 trang ) KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2022 Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút không kể thời gian phát đề Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1. A. emerged B. explored C. realised D. cherished Question 2. A. i nstruct B. di rect C. i mmerse D. i gnite Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions. Question 3. A. country B. nature C. balloon D. language Question 4. A. relevant B. essential C. attractive D. successful Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 5. Finishing a heavy-going task before a certain deadline truly gives me a _______ of accomplishment. A. focus B. sense C. judgement D. frame Question 6. She specialises in business administration, _______? A. does she B. isn't she C. doesn't she D. is she Question 7. _______ he travelled for business for many years, he never got used to the feeling of jetlag. A. Because of B. Although C. Because D. In spite of Question 8. Once _______ for its efficacy, the latest vaccine will be readily available. A. tested B. to test C. testing D. to be tested Question 9. Christmas markets are popular in Europe and have recently begun to _______ in Britain. A. catch up B. fall behind C. catch on D. set off Question 10. Vaccinating 80% of the population could _______ the progression of the contagious disease. A. withhold B. dwindle C. waver D. retard Question 11. The higher the temperature is, _______ I feel. A. the more uncomfortable B. the most uncomfortable C. more and more uncomfortable D. as uncomfortable as Question 12. The two men _______ when they were trying to shoplift a brand-new pair of glasses. A. are arrested B. arrested C. had arrested D. were arrested Question 13. The coronavirus is so _______ that all citizens in this city contract it. A. infection B. infected C. infectious D. infect Question 14. After he _______ the dense forest, he was struck by the sheer volume of natural sounds surrounding him. A. entered B. had entered C. has entered D. enters Question 15. Falsely arrested and charged, in a strange country and all alone, Mark was truly at his _______' end. A. legs B. wits C. knacks D. arms Question 16. My older sister, now 35, is never satisfied _______ what she has achieved. A. for B. by C. to D. with Question 17. Jane will submit her assignment electronically _______. A. as soon as she finishes it B. when she had finished it C. until she finished it D. by the time she is finishing it Question 18. My aunt puts aside some money on a monthly basis to buy a ________ house. A. new blue spacious B . Spacious blue new C. new spacious blue D. spacious new blue Question 19. In the volleyball match last night, Thong Tin FLC ________ defeated Vietinbank by 3-2. A . Narrowly B . Tightly C. finely D. thinly Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word (s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined bold word (s) in each of the following questions. Question 20. After 3 hours of argument, my mother grudgingly admitted that she was wrong. A. calmly B. unwillingly C. readily D. tiredly Question 21. The mayor was very angry with a few locals because they tried to heckle him throughout his speech. A. invite B. worry C. attack D. interrupt Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word (s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word (s) in each of the following questions. Question 22. After the ferocious storm last night, the highway was made impassable by fallen trees. A. inaccessible B. blocked C. reachable D. decorated Question 23. After having a poor performance in the mid-term test, I decided to put my shoulder to the wheel to achieve better results in the final test. A. refuse to work hard B. pay much attention C. keep anxious D. work diligently Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. Question 24. Linda and Peter are at the school gate, Linda: "_______" Peter: "Sorry I can't make it today. I'm quite busy." A. Your parents must be proud of you. B. Come one, you can do better. C. How about going to the zoo? D. You must be kidding. Question 25. Mark and Dave are talking about the vaccination programme. Mark: "If vaccinated, people will be less prone to the virus." Dave: "_______. They can be reinfected with it." A. You bet. B. Actually, you can be wrong. C. Sorry to hear that. D. I couldn't agree with you more. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30. THE RETURN OF EXTREME POVERTY Two decades of progress in the reduction of extreme poverty, the elimination of (26) _______ is one of the sustainable development goals, have been pushed into a sharp (27) ______ by a combination of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the growing climate emergency and increasing debt. With the World Bank warning of a "truly unprecedented increase" in levels of poverty this year, and renewing calls for debt forgiveness, experts are warning of a growing crisis in multiple areas from education to employment, likely to be felt for years to come. While the World Bank was already pessimistic, in January it updated its forecast for the expected number of newly (28) _______ people this year from between 88 and 115 million to the new range of between 119 and 124 million. Global poverty has seen a spectacular decline since the 1960s – when about 80% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty. Today that number has been reduced to nearer 10%, with hundreds of millions of people removed from the extremes of hardship. (29) _______ the numbers are forecast to rise in the coming year. Experts have noted a worrying rise in (30) _______ of people living on less than $3.20 between June last year and January 2021. (Adapted from theguardian.com ) Question 26. A. whom B. that C. where D. which Question 27. A. contrary B. reverse C. contradiction D. switch Question 28. A. affluent B. enriched C. impoverished D. victimised Question 29. A. And B. So C. But D. Or Question 30. A. sizes B. wealth C. amount D. numbers Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35. Travel at the North and South Poles has become an expensive leisure activity, suitable for tourists of all ages. The poles may be inhospitable places, but they are seeing increasing numbers of visitors. Annual figures for the Arctic, where tourism has existed since the 19th century, have increased from about a million in the early 1990s to more than 1.5 million today. This is partly because of the lengthening summer season brought about by climate change. The global economic downturn may have affected the annual 20.6 percent rate of increase in visitors to the Antarctic - last season saw a drop of 17 percent to 38, 200 - but there has been a 760 percent rise in land-based tourism there since 1997. More people than ever are landing at fragile sites, with light aircraft, helicopters and all-terrain vehicles increasingly used for greater access. Although polar tourism is widely accepted, there have been few regulations up until recently. At the meeting of the Antarctic Treaty in Baltimore, the 28 member nations adopted proposals for limits to tourist numbers. These included safety codes for tourist vessels in Antarctic waters, and improved environmental protection for the continent. They agreed to prevent ships with more than 500 passengers from landing in Antarctica, as well as limit the number of passengers going ashore to a maximum of 100 at any one time, with a minimum of one guide for every 20 tourists. These days, rarely a week passes without a negative headline in the newspapers. The suffering polar bear has become a symbol of a warming world, its plight a warning that the clock is ticking. It would seem that this ticking clock is a small but growing factor for some tourists.'There's an element of "do it now", ' acknowledges Prisca Campbell, Marketing director of Quark Expeditions, which takes 7, 000 people to the poles annually. Leaving the trip until later, it seems, may mean leaving it too late. (Adapted from Complete IELTS by Guy Brook-Hart and Vanessa Jakeman) Question 31. Which could be the best title for the passage? A. Poles apart – How the world is different today. B. Tourism is changing as we know it. C. Here today, gone tomorrow. D. Do it now - before it's too late. Question 32. The word 'inhospitable ' in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______. A. inhabitable B. unwelcoming C. generous D. negative Question 33. The word 'they ' in paragraph 3 refers to _______. A. member nations B. tourist vessels C. proposals D. passengers Question 34. According to the passage, what does Prisca Campbell say about the trend of Arctic tourism? A. Tourists are excited about the prospect of Arctic tourism more than they were in the past. B. Tourists have very little concern about the endangered polar bears suffering potential extinction. C. Tourists believe that opportunities to visit the Arctic may soon become scarce. D. Tourists believe that they are living in a great era for Arctic exploration. Question 35. Which of the following is true, according to the passage? A. The number of tourists to the Arctic circle has more than doubled since the 1990's. B. Climate change has played no part in accelerating the growth of tourism in Antarctica. C. Various restrictions have been introduced recently to limit the growing polar tourist numbers. D. The polar bears which are still alive today face an enormous amount of suffering at the hands of tourists. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42. Forget global terrorism - for most of the world's population, ticking time bombs like earthquakes, supervolcanoes and hurricanes pose a far greater threat. Natural disaster expert Bill McGuire reveals a few of the top catastrophes waiting to happen. With NASA's eminent climate scientist, Jim Hansen, concerned that collapsing polar ice sheets could result in sea levels rising 1-2m this century and several more in the next, prospects for the Earth's coastal zones are bleak. A 1m rise would threaten one third of the world's agricultural land, while a 4m rise would maroon Miami 60km offshore. Rising sea levels is not the only threat to coastal regions. The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma is slowly creeping seawards. During a future eruption, this gigantic landslide will plunge into the ocean, pushing up a bulge of water close to a kilometre high, spawning a mega-tsunami capable of devastating all the coastal areas surrounding the North Atlantic. Coastal regions also face the menace of desertification. By 2030, over half a billion people living around the shores of the Mediterranean will be viewing the encroaching desert with increasing panic. An area bigger than the UK, and home to 16 million people, is threatened - by the end of the century- with transformation from a green and pleasant land to a baking wilderness of sand and rock. However, these disasters seem pale in comparison to the mega-catastrophes waiting to happen like supervolcanoes, for instance. Every 50 millennia or so, a colossal volcanic blast expels sufficient ash and gas to cover a continent and block the Sun's rays for years on end, heralding a bitter volcanic winter. At Yellowstone in Wyoming, US, two such super-eruptions have shattered the crust in the last 2.1 million years and the volcano there remains restless. An asteroid attack is another threat which would have devastating consequences. A total of 713 asteroids with diameters of 1km or more, and the potential to clobber the Earth at some future date, have been identified. A 2km asteroid would load the atmosphere with dust and trigger a sustained global freeze. Harvests would fail and billions would die. Fortunately, such collisions only happen every couple of million years. (Adapted from Traveller by H. Q. Mitchell) Question 36. Which best serves as the title for the passage? A. Disasters in waiting. B. A one in a million chance. C. The end is nigh. D. Suffering from supervolcanoes. Question 37. According to Jim Hansen, what is an outcome of polar ice caps melting? A. The majority of the world's farming resources will be severely affected. B. Many major coastal cities in the US will be wiped out. C. Sea levels may hit their peak in this century. D. The future for the Earth's coastal zones seems dismal. Question 38. The word 'maroon ' in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______. A. soar B. escape C. engulf D. abandon Question 39. The word 'menace ' in paragraph 3 mostly means _______. A. threat B. possibility C. alert D. sign Question 40. The word 'there ' in paragraph 4 refers to _______. A. The Earth's crust B. Yellowstone C. The Mediterranean D. Miami Question 41. Which of the following is true, according to the passage? A. A volcano in the Canary Island of La Palma is poised to erupt at any moment in time. B. Volcanic eruptions may have an adverse effect on seasonal temperature. C. More than 713 asteroids have been examined closely which may strike the Earth some day. D. The ferocity of all natural disasters which threaten humans' survival are considered the same. Question 42. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? A. Rising sea-levels are the main threat to humanity at this present moment in time. B. Desertification is largely overlooked as a threat to mankind. C. A volcanic blast would be significantly less damaging than other contemporary problems. D. The chance of an asteroid hitting Earth any time soon is extremely unlikely. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. Question 43. The unprecedented pandemic has caused massive disruptions to the country and the government is waiting until economic conditions are more favourite . A. unprecedented B. disruptions C. economic D. favourite Question 44. The temperature was constantly changing, and the elderly in my village come down with the flu. A. constantly B. changing C. come D. the Question 45. People started to collect ancient paintings because they thought that they could make a fortune with it . A. to collect B. because C. make D. it Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. Question 46. "I think you should revise your notes before the exam," said my father. A. My father suggested revising my notes before the exam. B. My father asked me to revise my notes before the exam. C. My father advised me to revise my notes before the exam. D. My father reminded me to revise my notes before the exam. Question 47. The last time I paid a visit to the Great Wall of China was a few years ago. A. I haven't paid a visit to the Great Wall of China for a few years. B. I last pay a visit to the Great Wall of China a few years ago. C. I never liked visiting the Great Wall of China a few years ago. D. I no longer visited the Great Wall of China since a few years ago. Question 48. It is required by law for men aged 18 and over to join the army. A. Men aged 18 and over should join the army. B. Men aged 18 and over need to join the army. C. Men aged 18 and over can join the army. D. Men aged 18 and over must join the army. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. Question 49. The weather is not good. I have to cancel my trip to Da Nang. A. I wish the weather were good and I could have a trip to Da Nang. B. If only the weather were good and I could cancel my trip to Da Nang. C. If it weren't for the good weather, I could continue my trip to Da Nang. D. I have to cancel my trip to Da Nang as long as the weather is good. Question 50. The party was a great success. The sporting celebrity attended the party. A. Had it not been for the attendance of the sporting celebrity, the party wouldn't have been successful. B. Only after the party was a great success did the sporting celebrity attend the party. C. Hardly had the sporting celebrity attended the party when it was a great success. D. Successful as the party was, the sporting celebrity still attended it. The end
Đáp án đề số 09 Bấm để xem Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1. A. emerged B. explored C. realised D. Cherished Question 2. A. i nstruct B. Di rect C. i mmerse D. i gnite Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions. Question 3. A. country B. nature C. Balloon D. language Question 4. A. Relevant B. essential C. attractive D. successful Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 5. Finishing a heavy-going task before a certain deadline truly gives me a _______ of accomplishment. A. focus B. Sense C. judgement D. frame Question 6. She specialises in business administration, _______? A. does she B. isn't she C. Doesn't she D. is she Question 7. _______ he travelled for business for many years, he never got used to the feeling of jetlag. A. Because of B. Although C. Because D. In spite of Question 8. Once _______ for its efficacy, the latest vaccine will be readily available. A. Tested B. to test C. testing D. to be tested Question 9. Christmas markets are popular in Europe and have recently begun to _______ in Britain. A. catch up B. fall behind C. Catch on D. set off Question 10. Vaccinating 80% of the population could _______ the progression of the contagious disease. A. withhold B. dwindle C. waver D. Retard Question 11. The higher the temperature is, _______ I feel. A. The more uncomfortable B. the most uncomfortable C. more and more uncomfortable D. as uncomfortable as Question 12. The two men _______ when they were trying to shoplift a brand-new pair of glasses. A. are arrested B. arrested C. had arrested D. Were arrested Question 13. The coronavirus is so _______ that all citizens in this city contract it. A. infection B. infected C. Infectious D. infect Question 14. After he _______ the dense forest, he was struck by the sheer volume of natural sounds surrounding him. A. entered B. Had entered C. has entered D. enters Question 15. Falsely arrested and charged, in a strange country and all alone, Mark was truly at his _______' end. A. legs B. Wits C. knacks D. arms Question 16. My older sister, now 35, is never satisfied _______ what she has achieved. A. for B. by C. to D. with Question 17. Jane will submit her assignment electronically _______. A. As soon as she finishes it B. when she had finished it C. until she finished it D. by the time she is finishing it Question 18. My aunt puts aside some money on a monthly basis to buy a ________ house. A. new blue spacious B . Spacious blue new C. new spacious blue D. spacious new blue Question 19. In the volleyball match last night, Thong Tin FLC ________ defeated Vietinbank by 3-2. A . narrowly B . Tightly C. finely D. thinly Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word (s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined bold word (s) in each of the following questions. Question 20. After 3 hours of argument, my mother grudgingly admitted that she was wrong. A. calmly B. unwillingly C. readily D. tiredly Question 21. The mayor was very angry with a few locals because they tried to heckle him throughout his speech. A. invite B. worry C. attack D. interrupt Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word (s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word (s) in each of the following questions. Question 22. After the ferocious storm last night, the highway was made impassable by fallen trees. A. inaccessible B. blocked C. Reachable D. decorated Question 23. After having a poor performance in the mid-term test, I decided to put my shoulder to the wheel to achieve better results in the final test. A. Refuse to work hard B. pay much attention C. keep anxious D. work diligently Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. Question 24. Linda and Peter are at the school gate, Linda: "_______" Peter: "Sorry I can't make it today. I'm quite busy." A. Your parents must be proud of you. B. Come one, you can do better. C. How about going to the zoo? D. You must be kidding. Question 25. Mark and Dave are talking about the vaccination programme. Mark: "If vaccinated, people will be less prone to the virus." Dave: "_______. They can be reinfected with it." A. You bet. B. Actually, you can be wrong. C. Sorry to hear that. D. I couldn't agree with you more. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30. THE RETURN OF EXTREME POVERTY Two decades of progress in the reduction of extreme poverty, the elimination of (26) _______ is one of the sustainable development goals, have been pushed into a sharp (27) ______ by a combination of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the growing climate emergency and increasing debt. With the World Bank warning of a "truly unprecedented increase" in levels of poverty this year, and renewing calls for debt forgiveness, experts are warning of a growing crisis in multiple areas from education to employment, likely to be felt for years to come. While the World Bank was already pessimistic, in January it updated its forecast for the expected number of newly (28) _______ people this year from between 88 and 115 million to the new range of between 119 and 124 million. Global poverty has seen a spectacular decline since the 1960s – when about 80% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty. Today that number has been reduced to nearer 10%, with hundreds of millions of people removed from the extremes of hardship. (29) _______ the numbers are forecast to rise in the coming year. Experts have noted a worrying rise in (30) _______ of people living on less than $3.20 between June last year and January 2021. (Adapted from theguardian.com ) Question 26. A. whom B. that C. where D. Which Question 27. A. contrary B. Reverse C. contradiction D. switch Question 28. A. affluent B. enriched C. Impoverished D. victimised Question 29. A. And B. So C. But D. Or Question 30. A. sizes B. wealth C. amount D. Numbers Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35. Travel at the North and South Poles has become an expensive leisure activity, suitable for tourists of all ages. The poles may be inhospitable places, but they are seeing increasing numbers of visitors. Annual figures for the Arctic, where tourism has existed since the 19th century, have increased from about a million in the early 1990s to more than 1.5 million today. This is partly because of the lengthening summer season brought about by climate change. The global economic downturn may have affected the annual 20.6 percent rate of increase in visitors to the Antarctic - last season saw a drop of 17 percent to 38, 200 - but there has been a 760 percent rise in land-based tourism there since 1997. More people than ever are landing at fragile sites, with light aircraft, helicopters and all-terrain vehicles increasingly used for greater access. Although polar tourism is widely accepted, there have been few regulations up until recently. At the meeting of the Antarctic Treaty in Baltimore, the 28 member nations adopted proposals for limits to tourist numbers. These included safety codes for tourist vessels in Antarctic waters, and improved environmental protection for the continent. They agreed to prevent ships with more than 500 passengers from landing in Antarctica, as well as limit the number of passengers going ashore to a maximum of 100 at any one time, with a minimum of one guide for every 20 tourists. These days, rarely a week passes without a negative headline in the newspapers. The suffering polar bear has become a symbol of a warming world, its plight a warning that the clock is ticking. It would seem that this ticking clock is a small but growing factor for some tourists.'There's an element of "do it now", ' acknowledges Prisca Campbell, Marketing director of Quark Expeditions, which takes 7, 000 people to the poles annually. Leaving the trip until later, it seems, may mean leaving it too late. (Adapted from Complete IELTS by Guy Brook-Hart and Vanessa Jakeman) Question 31. Which could be the best title for the passage? A. Poles apart – How the world is different today. B. Tourism is changing as we know it. C. Here today, gone tomorrow . D. Do it now - before it's too late. Question 32. The word 'inhospitable ' in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______. A. inhabitable B. Unwelcoming C. generous D. negative Question 33. The word 'they ' in paragraph 3 refers to _______. A. Member nations B. tourist vessels C. proposals D. passengers Question 34. According to the passage, what does Prisca Campbell say about the trend of Arctic tourism? A. Tourists are excited about the prospect of Arctic tourism more than they were in the past. B. Tourists have very little concern about the endangered polar bears suffering potential extinction. C. Tourists believe that opportunities to visit the Arctic may soon become scarce. D. Tourists believe that they are living in a great era for Arctic exploration. Question 35. Which of the following is true, according to the passage? A. The number of tourists to the Arctic circle has more than doubled since the 1990's. B. Climate change has played no part in accelerating the growth of tourism in Antarctica. C. Various restrictions have been introduced recently to limit the growing polar tourist numbers . D. The polar bears which are still alive today face an enormous amount of suffering at the hands of tourists. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42. Forget global terrorism - for most of the world's population, ticking time bombs like earthquakes, supervolcanoes and hurricanes pose a far greater threat. Natural disaster expert Bill McGuire reveals a few of the top catastrophes waiting to happen. With NASA's eminent climate scientist, Jim Hansen, concerned that collapsing polar ice sheets could result in sea levels rising 1-2m this century and several more in the next, prospects for the Earth's coastal zones are bleak. A 1m rise would threaten one third of the world's agricultural land, while a 4m rise would maroon Miami 60km offshore. Rising sea levels is not the only threat to coastal regions. The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma is slowly creeping seawards. During a future eruption, this gigantic landslide will plunge into the ocean, pushing up a bulge of water close to a kilometre high, spawning a mega-tsunami capable of devastating all the coastal areas surrounding the North Atlantic. Coastal regions also face the menace of desertification. By 2030, over half a billion people living around the shores of the Mediterranean will be viewing the encroaching desert with increasing panic. An area bigger than the UK, and home to 16 million people, is threatened - by the end of the century- with transformation from a green and pleasant land to a baking wilderness of sand and rock. However, these disasters seem pale in comparison to the mega-catastrophes waiting to happen like supervolcanoes, for instance. Every 50 millennia or so, a colossal volcanic blast expels sufficient ash and gas to cover a continent and block the Sun's rays for years on end, heralding a bitter volcanic winter. At Yellowstone in Wyoming, US, two such super-eruptions have shattered the crust in the last 2.1 million years and the volcano there remains restless. An asteroid attack is another threat which would have devastating consequences. A total of 713 asteroids with diameters of 1km or more, and the potential to clobber the Earth at some future date, have been identified. A 2km asteroid would load the atmosphere with dust and trigger a sustained global freeze. Harvests would fail and billions would die. Fortunately, such collisions only happen every couple of million years. (Adapted from Traveller by H. Q. Mitchell) Question 36. Which best serves as the title for the passage? A. Disasters in waiting. B. A one in a million chance. C. The end is nigh. D. Suffering from supervolcanoes. Question 37. According to Jim Hansen, what is an outcome of polar ice caps melting? A. The majority of the world's farming resources will be severely affected. B. Many major coastal cities in the US will be wiped out. C. Sea levels may hit their peak in this century. D. The future for the Earth's coastal zones seems dismal. Question 38. The word 'maroon ' in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______. A. soar B. escape C. engulf D. Abandon Question 39. The word 'menace ' in paragraph 3 mostly means _______. A. Threat B. possibility C. alert D. sign Question 40. The word 'there ' in paragraph 4 refers to _______. A. The Earth's crust B. Yellowstone C. The Mediterranean D. Miami Question 41. Which of the following is true, according to the passage? A. A volcano in the Canary Island of La Palma is poised to erupt at any moment in time. B. Volcanic eruptions may have an adverse effect on seasonal temperature . C. More than 713 asteroids have been examined closely which may strike the Earth some day. D. The ferocity of all natural disasters which threaten humans' survival are considered the same. Question 42. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? A. Rising sea-levels are the main threat to humanity at this present moment in time. B. Desertification is largely overlooked as a threat to mankind. C. A volcanic blast would be significantly less damaging than other contemporary problems. D. The chance of an asteroid hitting Earth any time soon is extremely unlikely. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. Question 43. The unprecedented pandemic has caused massive disruptions to the country and the government is waiting until economic conditions are more favourite . A. unprecedented B. disruptions C. economic D. Favourite Question 44. The temperature was constantly changing, and the elderly in my village come down with the flu. A. constantly B. changing C.come D. the Question 45. People started to collect ancient paintings because they thought that they could make a fortune with it . A. to collect B. because C. make D. It Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. Question 46. "I think you should revise your notes before the exam," said my father. A. My father suggested revising my notes before the exam. B. My father asked me to revise my notes before the exam. C. My father advised me to revise my notes before the exam. D. My father reminded me to revise my notes before the exam. Question 47. The last time I paid a visit to the Great Wall of China was a few years ago. A. I haven't paid a visit to the Great Wall of China for a few years. B. I last pay a visit to the Great Wall of China a few years ago. C. I never liked visiting the Great Wall of China a few years ago. D. I no longer visited the Great Wall of China since a few years ago. Question 48. It is required by law for men aged 18 and over to join the army. A. Men aged 18 and over should join the army. B. Men aged 18 and over need to join the army. C. Men aged 18 and over can join the army. D. Men aged 18 and over must join the army. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. Question 49. The weather is not good. I have to cancel my trip to Da Nang. A. I wish the weather were good and I could have a trip to Da Nang. B. If only the weather were good and I could cancel my trip to Da Nang. C. If it weren't for the good weather, I could continue my trip to Da Nang. D. I have to cancel my trip to Da Nang as long as the weather is good. Question 50. The party was a great success. The sporting celebrity attended the party. A. Had it not been for the attendance of the sporting celebrity, the party wouldn't have been successful. B. Only after the party was a great success did the sporting celebrity attend the party. C. Hardly had the sporting celebrity attended the party when it was a great success. D. Successful as the party was, the sporting celebrity still attended it. The end
