KEYS: ( HẠNH NVC- LẦN 1)

A. LISTENING:
Part 1: Listen to five short conversations and choose the correct answer to each question.
(5.0 points).
Question 1. What did the man buy at the store?
A. a shirt B. a sweater C. a suit D. Jeans
Question 2. How will the woman help the man?
A. to cook the meal for the party B. to buy some food
C. to choose some dishes from their rack D. to buy some books
Question 3. What will the students buy for their teacher?
A. A box of chocolate B. a bunch of flowers C. a bath towel D. a scraft
Question 4. Which exhibition is the busiest today?
A. The Rescue by Helicopter B. Pictures
C. Jewellery at the Ancient World. D. The Rainforest in Photo.
Question 5. What will the weather be like when the the festival starts?
A. sunny B. cloudy C. rainy D. snowy

Part 2. Listen and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each
answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (5 points)
Example:
Order taken by: Ms. Jones
Names: Harold (6) _________________
Address 58 Fulton Avenue, apartment 12
Type of service (7) ___________________
Employer Wrightsville Medical Group
Occupation (8)____________________
Work phone (9) ___________________
Time at current job 9 years
Special service (10) ________________ Internet.
Installation scheduled for Day: Friday - Time of the day: Morning
Part 2. You are going to listen to a radio interview the Channel Tunnel and choose the correct answer A, B, C or
D for each question. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (5 points)
11. Why did Mrs Jamieson first start campaigning against the tunnel ?
A. She realized at the start that the tunnel was unsafe.
B. She knew the tunnel would disrupt the village life
C. She thinks it is important to fight for what is right.
D. The construction work was interfering with normal life.
12. Why was it difficult to choose a suitable route for the tunnel limk?
A. The first route selected was considered too unsafe.
B. Most possible routes were inconvenient to passengers
C. Much of the south-east is covered by dense forest.
D. All possible routes passed through residential areas
13. Why are there still problems with the tunnel, according to Mrs Jamieson?
A. The construction work was never properly finished.
B. The construction company became short of money.
C. The normal safety checks were never carried out.
D. The operators did not spend enough money on the tunnel.
14. What does Mr Ashton say about the problems reported in newspapers?
 A. They were problems that have already been solve
B. Those responsible for the problems have been dismissed.
C. The reports do not affect his confidence in the tunnel.
D. The reports were untrue and designed to scare people.
15. Why does Mr Ashton find the idea of a rabies epidemic in Brita in “silly”?
A. It would be impossible for a rabid animal to enter the tunnel.
B. It is unlikely that a rabid animal could get to Britain via the tunnel.
C. No rabid animals have ever crossed the River Seine in France.
D. It would be impossible for one animal to cause a epidemic.
Part 3. You will hear a radio interview with Ryan Patterson, the inventor of a new device. Decide whether the
statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
(IELTS MASTERLCLASS)

16. The idea for the invention occurred to Ryan while waiting at a Burger King restaurant.
17. A cell phone is used as the reciever when using the Sign Language Translator.
18. The invention brought Ryan money to cover the costs of his further education.
19. Ryan had no previous experience of building electronic devices
20. Ryan has sold this invention to a deaf community centre.
KEYS:
A. LISTENING (50 points):
PART 1:
1.B 2.C 3. A 4. C 5. A
Part 2:
6.Kramer 7. Residential 8. Office manager 9. 637-555-9014 10. Long distance
Part 3:
11.D 12. D 13.C 14. C 15.B
Part 4:
16.T 17.F 18.T 19.F 20.F

B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the option A, B, C or D which best completes each question below. (10 points)
21. The play is very long but there are three _...._______
A. intervals B. breaks C. rests D. naps
22. Could I pick your ________ on the subject before the meeting?
A. brains B. head C. intellect D. mind
23. I ________ with the performances but I got flu the day before.
A. was to have helped B. helped C. was to help D. had helped
24. John refused to put his career in ________ by opposing his boss.
A. jeopardy B. hazard C. risk D. stake
25. After feeling off ________ for days, Tom finally went to see his doctor.
A. food B. color C. fitness D. balance
26. The ministered assured us that there were funds for this project.
A. rich B. financial C. ample D. deep
27. If you do not repay the money we will, as a last , taking you to court.
A. measure B. attempt C. act D. resort
28. ________, modelling is actually hard work.
A. Even it may seem glamorous B. Yet it may seem glamorous
C. However glamorous it may seem D. Glamorous as though it is
29. It’s amazing how Jenny acts as though she and Darren ___________ serious problems at
the moment.
A. aren’t having B. hadn’t had C. weren’t having D. hadn’t been having
Read the following advertisement/school announcements and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet
to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks form….

LESSON ABOUT WALT DISNEY’S BIOGRAPHY

Join us now to know more about the father of the biggest (30) ________ studio in the world!
After this lesson, you have more insights into:
● The life and legacy of one of the greatest animators and entrepreneurs in history, Walt Disney.
● The creation of some of Disney's most iconic characters and films, including Mickey Mouse, Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs, and Dumbo.
● The business strategies that (31) ________ Disney a global brand, including the expansion into theme parks,
television, and merchandising.
What are you waiting (32) ________ Register now!
● Email: waltdisneyclasses@gmail.com
● Website: www.waltdisney.com
● Telephone: +8409675904.

Question 30: A. animated B. animator C. animating D. animation

Question 31: A. make B. was making C. made D. was made
Question 32: A. on B. for C. to D. with

OUR RESPECTABLE CHAIRMAN

Dear esteemed colleagues,
With deep regret and heavy hearts, I want to announce that our respectable chairman (33) ________ at 3:00
PM yesterday.
Our chairman, a distinguished figure among us, was a heroic individual who endured the trials of the
Vietnamese (34) ________ war with exceptional valor, emerging as a beacon of resilience and fortitude. As our
respected chairman, he consistently exemplified unwavering dedication to our organization and displayed
genuine care for the well-being of his colleagues.
Tragically, a devastating (35) ________ disease took over his life yesterday. Therefore, his funeral will take place
at his residence from the 10th to the 13th of May.
During this somber period, we extend our sincerest condolences to his family, and we humbly invite all who
knew him to join us in paying homage to his remarkable legacy.
With deepest sympathy,

Question 33: A. passed over B. passed on C. passed down D. passed away

Question 34: A. resistance B. military C. enemy D. childhood
Giải thích:
Resistance war: cuộc kháng chiến
Question 35: A. biological B. animated C. pancreatic D. defeated
Giải thích: C. tuyến tụy

Part 2: Read the passage below which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections
in the corresponding numbered boxes. There is an example at the beginning. (5 POINTS)
Example: Line 1: Original -> Originally
THE NEW BRITISH LIBRARY
 Original commissioned 14 years ago, the new British Library was supposed to open in 1990. Thus, the project
has been delayed by political infighting, poor planning and financial problems. The most recent setback came in
June when inspectors discovered that 60 miles of new metal shelving had started to rust and needed to be replaced.
That would postpone the opening of the project’s first phase for yet other two years. “Things have gone from bad to
worse’, said Brian Lake, secretary of the Regular Readers, an association of writers and scholars who are not happy
with plans for the new library. “It is a grand nation project that has become a great scandal”.
It sounded like a splendid idea which the government unveiled its 164- million project in 1978. Sophisticated
electronic equipment would help keep the library’s irreplaceable stock at an optimal temperature and humid. A
computer-controlled delivery system would provide books to readers within minutes of a request rather than days.
And to serve other needs of the reading public, the library would also include exhibition galleries, a restaurant and a
conference hall.
That was the plan, anyway. The start of construction delayed until 1982 by arguments about planning and by
a change of government. Four years later, members of the cabinet ordered a progress report and discovered that the
committee responsible for supervising the project hadn’t met in four years.

Line Mistakes Corrections

36. 1
37 4
38 7
39 8
40 12

KEYS:
Line Mistakes Corrections
36 1 Thus However
37 4 other Another
38 7 which When
39 8 humid humidity
40 12 delayed was delayed

Part 2 (10 points): Provide the correct form of the words in brackets
41. Mind your language, you guys. It is ________ rude. (EXCUSE)
42. She is of mixed Australian and Japanese (PARENT) __________.
43. Being a career woman, Angelina devoted herself exclusively to ________ her career. (FAR)
44. Hopefully, patients infected with influenza A/H1N1 can be treated with ________ drugs like Tamiflu and Relenza.
(VIRUS)
45. The world champion was …… ………. by a younger Russian challenger. (THRONE)
KEYS:
41. INEXCUSABLY
42. PARENTAGE
43. FURTHERING
44. ANTIVIRAL
45. DETHRONED

B. READING

PART 1: Five sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-F
the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. (5.0
points)
 A. It’s not all stardom and glamour, though.
B. The attitude was: How much skill do you need to sit on a saddle and point a bike in the same
direction for a few minutes.
C. I’ve fallen off more times than I care to remember.
D. The courses were twice as long and the crowds were twice as big.
E. I usually have to stop during practice sessions.
F. I finished last, but I didn’t matter as I really enjoyed it.

Anna Jones tells of her move from skiing to downhill mountain biking and her rapid rise up the ranks to
her current position as one of the top five downhill racers in the country.
At the age of seven I had learnt to ski and by fourteen I was competing internationally. When I was
eighteen a close friend was injured in a ski race, and as a result, I gave up competitive skiing. To fill the
gap that skiing had left I decided to swap two planks of wood for two wheels with big tyres.
My first race was a cross-country race in 1995. It wasn't an amazing success. (41)……………..
After entering a few more cross-country races, a local bike shop gave me a downhill bike to try. I
entered a downhill race, fell off, but did reasonably well in the end, so I switched to downhill racing.
I think my skiing helped a lot as I was able to transfer several skills such as cornering and weight-
balance to mountain biking. This year I'm riding for a famous British team and there are races almost
every weekend from March through to September. (42)…………………….
In fact, there's quite a lot of putting up tents in muddy fields.
Last season I was selected to represent Great Britain at both the European and World Championships.
Both events were completely different from the UK race scene. (43)………………..
I was totally in awe, racing with the riders I had been following in magazines. The atmosphere was
electric and I finished about mid-pack.
Mountain biking is a great sport to be in. People ask me if downhill racing is really scary. I say, 'Yes it is,
and I love it.' Every time I race I scare myself silly and then say, 'Yeah let's do it again.
When you're riding well, you are right on the edge, as close as you can be to being out of control.
(44)……………
However, you quickly learn how to do it so as not to injure yourself. And it's part of the learning process
as you have to push yourself and try new skills to improve.
Initially, downhill racing wasn't taken seriously as a mountain-biking discipline. (45)………….. But things
are changing and riders are now realising that they need to train just as hard for downhill racing as they
would do for cross-country.

PART 2: Choose the most suitable heading from the box for each paragraph. There are THREE EXTRA
headings that you DO NOT need to use. (5 points)
QUESTION 51-55
List of Headings
i A misunderstanding in the history of science
ii Thomas Harriot’s biography
iii Unknown reasons for his unpublished works ( 54)
iv Harriot’s 1588 publication on North America studies
v Expedition to the New World ( 52)
vi Reluctant cooperation with Kepler
vii Belated appreciation of Harriot’s contribution ( 55)
viii Correspondence with Kepler ( 53)
ix Interests and researches into multiple fields of study (51)
 Example Answer
Para A: i
51. Paragraph B : …………..
52. Paragraph C ……………..
53. Paragraph D : ……………..
54. Paragraph E : ………………..
55. Paragraph G: …………………….

Part 2: Choose the most suitable heading from the box for each paragraph. There are TWO EXTRA headings that you
DO NOT need to use. (5 points)
Thomas Harriot
The Discovery of Refraction
A When light travels from one medium to another, it generally bends, or refracts. The law of refraction gives us a
way of predicting the amount of bending. Refraction has many applications in optics and technology. A lens uses
refraction to form an image of an object for many different purposes, such as magnification. A prism uses refraction
to form a spectrum of colors from an incident beam of light. Refraction also plays an important role in the formation
of a mirage and other optical illusions. The law of refraction is also known as Snell’s Law, named after Willobrord,
Snell, who discovered the law in 1621. Although Snell’s sine law of refraction is now taught routinely in
undergraduate courses, the quest for it spanned many centuries and involved many celebrated scientists. Perhaps the
most interesting thing is that the first discovery of the sine law, made by the sixteenth-century English scientist
Thomas Harriot (1560-1621), has been almost completely overlooked by physicists, despite much published material
describing his contribution.
➔ A-i A misunderstanding in the history of science
B A contemporary of Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Johannes Kepler and Galilei Galileo, Thomas Harriot (1560-1621)
was an English scientist and mathematician. His principal biographer, J. W. Shirley, was quoted saying that in his
time he was “England’s most profound mathematician, most imaginative and methodical experimental scientist”
. As a mathematician, he contributed to the development of algebra, and introduced the symbols of ”>” , and ”<”
for ”more than” and ”less than.” He also studied navigation and astronomy. On September 17, 1607, Harriot
observed a comet, later Identified as Hailey-s. With his painstaking observations, later workers were able to compute
the comet’s orbit. Harriot was also the first to use a telescope to observe the heavens in England. He made
sketches of the moon in 1609, and then developed lenses of increasing magnification. By April 1611, he
had developed a lens with a magnification of 32. Between October 17， 1610 and February 26, 1612，
he observed the moons of Jupiter, which had already discovered by Galileo. While observing Jupiter, s moons，
he made a discovery of his own: sunspots, which he viewed 199 times between December 8, 1610 and January
18, 1613. These observations allowed him to figure out the sun’s period of rotation.= Là một nhà toán học, ông đã
đóng góp vào sự phát triển của đại số và giới thiệu các ký hiệu của ”>” và “<” cho “nhiều hơn” và “ít hơn”. Ông
cũng nghiên cứu hàng hải và thiên văn học. Vào ngày 17 tháng 9 năm 1607, Harriot quan sát thấy một sao chổi, sau
này được xác định là Hailey-s. Với những quan sát tỉ mỉ của mình, các công nhân sau này đã có thể tính toán quỹ
đạo của sao chổi. Harriot cũng là người đầu tiên sử dụng kính viễn vọng để quan sát bầu trời ở Anh. Ông đã phác
thảo mặt trăng vào năm 1609, và sau đó phát triển các thấu kính có độ phóng đại ngày càng tăng. Đến tháng 4 năm
1611, ông đã phát triển một thấu kính có độ phóng đại 32. Trong khoảng thời gian từ ngày 17 tháng 10 năm 1610
đến ngày 26 tháng 2 năm 1612, ông đã quan sát các vệ tinh của Sao Mộc mà Galileo đã phát hiện ra. Trong khi quan
sát các mặt trăng của Sao Mộc, ông đã có một khám phá của riêng mình: các vết đen Mặt Trời, mà ông đã quan sát
199 lần trong khoảng thời gian từ ngày 8 tháng 12 năm 1610 đến ngày 18 tháng 1 năm 1613. Những quan sát này
cho phép ông tìm ra chu kỳ quay của mặt trời.
=>ix Interests and researches into multiple fields of study
C . He was also an early English explorer of North America. He was a friend of the English courtier and explorer Sir
Walter Raleigh, and travelled to Virginia as a scientific observer on a colonising expedition in 1585. On June 30,
1585, his ship anchored at Roanoke Island ，off Virginia=Ông là bạn của cận thần và nhà thám hiểm người Anh Sir
Walter Raleigh, và đã đến Virginia với tư cách là nhà quan sát khoa học trong chuyến thám hiểm thuộc địa vào năm
1585. Vào ngày 30 tháng 6 năm 1585, tàu của ông thả neo tại đảo Roanoke, ngoài khơi Virginia.. On shore，Harriot
observed the topography, flora and fauna, made many drawings and maps, and met the native people who spoke a
language the English called Algonquian. Harriot worked out a phonetic transcription of the native people’s speech
sounds and began to learn the language, which enabled him to converse to some extent with other natives the English
encountered. Harriot wrote his report for Raleigh and published it as A Briefe and True Report of the New Found
Land of Virginia in 1588. Raleigh gave Harriot his own estate in Ireland, and Harriot began a survey of Raleigh’s
Irish holdings. He also undertook a study of ballistics and ship design for Raleigh in advance of the Spanish Armada’s
arrival.
=>v Expedition to the New World
D Harriot kept regular correspondence with other scientists and mathematicians, especially in England but also in
mainland Europe, notably with Johannes Kepler. =Harriot giữ thư từ thường xuyên với các nhà khoa học và toán
học khác, đặc biệt là ở Anh cũng như ở lục địa châu Âu, đặc biệt là với Johannes Kepler.About twenty years before
Snell’s discovery, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) had also looked for the law of refraction, but used the early data of
Ptolemy. Unfortunately, Ptolemy’s data was in error, so Kepler could obtain only an approximation which he
published in 1604. Kepler later tried to obtain additional experimental results on refraction, and corresponded with
Thomas Harriot from 1606 to 1609 since Kepler had heard Harriot had carried out some detailed experiments. In
1606, Harriot sent Kepler some tables of refraction data for different materials at a constant incident angle, but didn’t
provide enough detail for the data to be very useful. Kepler requested further information, but Harriot was not
forthcoming, and it appears that Kepler eventually gave up the correspondence, frustrated with Harriot’s reluctance.
=>viii Correspondence with Kepler
E Apart from the correspondence with Kepler, there is no evidence that Harriot ever published his detailed
results on refraction.= Ngoài thư từ trao đổi với Kepler, không có bằng chứng nào cho thấy Harriot từng công bố
các kết quả chi tiết của ông về khúc xạ. His personal notes, however, reveal extensive studies significantly predating
those of Kepler, Snell and Descartes. Harriot carried out many experiments on refraction in the 1590s, and from his
notes it is clear that he had discovered the sine law at least as early as 1602. Around 1606, he had studied dispersion
in prisms (predating Newton by around 60 years), measured the refractive indices of different liquids placed in a
hollow glass prism, studied refraction in crystal spheres, and correctly understood refraction in the rainbow before
Descartes.
=>iii Unknown reasons for his unpublished works
F As his studies of refraction, Harriot’ s discoveries in other fields were largely unpublished during his lifetime, and
until this century, Harriot was known only for an account of his travels in Virginia published in 1588, ，and for a
treatise on algebra published posthumously in 1631. The reason why Harriot kept his results unpublished is unclear.
Harriot wrote to Kepler that poor health prevented him from providing more information, but it is also possible that
he was afraid of the seventeenth century’s English religious establishment which was suspicious of the work carried
out by mathematicians and scientists.
G After the discovery of sunspots, Harriot’ s scientific work dwindled. The cause of his diminished productivity
might have been a cancer discovered on his nose. Harriot died on July 2, 1621, in London, but his story did not end
with his death. Recent research has revealed his wide range of interests and his genuinely original discoveries. What
some writers describe as his “thousands upon thousands of sheets of mathematics and of scientific observations”
appeared to be lost until 1784, when they were found in Henry Percy’s country estate by one of Percy’s descendants.
She gave them to Franz Xaver Zach，her husband’s son’s tutor. Zach eventually put some of the papers in the hands
of the Oxford University Press, but much work was required to prepare them for publication, and it has never been
done. Scholars have begun to study them，, and an appreciation of Harriot’s contribution started to grow in the
second half of the twentieth century= Các học giả đã bắt đầu nghiên cứu chúng, và sự đánh giá cao về đóng góp của
Harriot bắt đầu tăng lên vào nửa sau của thế kỷ XX. Harriot’s study of refraction is but one example where his work
overlapped with independent studies carried out by others in Europe, but in any historical treatment of optics his
contribution rightfully deserves to be acknowledged.
=> vii Belated appreciation of Harriot’s contribution

Part 3. For questions 56-65, read the article below and then decide which answer best fits each space. (10
points)
WARWICKSHIRE – SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND
From Romeo and Juliet to Hamlet and Macbeth, the world-renowned Royal Shakespeare Company performs all year
(56) _________ in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of our most famous literary figure. With its rolling hills,
meandering rivers and canals, picturesque Warwickshire-Shakespeare’s England is the ideal place for a country
escape.

The Tudor house where the great playwright grew up is a shrine for Shakespeare fans all over the world. You can
wander (57) _____ the rooms and (58) ______ a glimpse of the world that shaped the man. Other (59) _______
Shakespeare family houses in Stratford-upon-Avon open to the public include the homes of his wife, Anne
Hathaway, and his mother. A stroll through the pretty town will take you to the River Avon, 60)__________ you
can take a relaxing boat cruise and let your mind (61) ________ the past.

Nearby, the magnificent Warwick Castle is one of the country’s (62) ______ medieval fortresses. A lavish interior
of state rooms and a great hall is complemented by beautifully landscaped gardens. You can climb to the top of
towers and ramparts to see breathtaking views and watch birds (63) _____, jousting tournaments and fireball
launching.

The market town of Warwick offers a mixture of old and new, with antique sellers, tea shops, fine dining, and literary
and folk festivals. After a day’s sightseeing, you could unwind (64) ____ style at the Ardencote Manor Hotel and
Spa or Wroxall Abbey Hotel and Estate, once (65) _______ to Sir Christopher Wren.

56. A. up B. about C. round D. down

57. A. around B. towards C. at D. by
58. A. give B. put C. make D. get
59. A. reserved B. conserved C. preserved D. observed
60. A. inclusive B. include C. including D. included
61. A. grow into B. drift into C. grow on D. drift on
62. A. better-kept B. best-kept C. better-keeping D. best-keeping
63. A. of prey B. of predator C. on prey D. on predator
64. A. on B. at C. for D. in
65. A. house B. homage C. home D. housing

56. A. up B. about C. round D. down

all (the) year round/long etc =throughout the whole year=suốt năm
57. A. around B. towards C. at D. by
Wander around = to walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction= lang thang nơi
nào đó
58. A. give B. put C. make D. get
to get (have) a glimpse of something =nhìn lướt qua cái gì
59. A. reserved B. conserved C. preserved D. observed
Reserve = dự trữ , cất dành conserve= bảo tồn, bảo vệ thường là môi trường
Preserve = giữ gìn, bảo tồn cái gì observe = qaun sát
60. A. that B. where C. what D. why
Kiến thức mệnh đề quan hệ - Where: Dùng để thay thế từ chỉ nơi chốn
61. A. grow into B. drift into C. grow on D. drift on
drift in(to) (something) = To move slowly into some thing or place.
62. A. better-kept B. best-kept C. better-keeping D. best-keeping
Best-kept = là khía cạnh/nơi (địa điểm du lịch) ít được biết đến nhưng đáng được quan tâm.
63. A. of prey B. of predator C. on prey D. on predator
bird of prey =a bird, such as an eagle or a hawk, that kills and eats small birds and animals
64. A. on B. at C. for D. in
in style =in a luxurious, elegant way without worrying about the expense=theo một cách sang trọng và lịch sự
65. A. house B. homage C. home D. housing
be home to= to be the place where that thing is located or, in the case of living things, where they live.
PART 4: Read the passage and choose the best options to answer the questions ( 10 points)
Vincent Van Gogh was born in Groot Zundert, in The Netherlands on March 30th 1853, to parents Theodorus
Van Gogh, a preacher, and Ana Cornelia Carbentus. In 1869 at the age of 16, Van Gogh began a career, not as a
painter, but as an art dealer with the firm Goupil & Cie. He spent 7 years at Goupil & Cie where daily contacts with
works of art kindled his appreciation of paintings and drawings. Gradually Vincent lost interest in his work and
decided to try his hand teaching at a Catholic School for boys. His growing interest religion and his desire to help
the poor eventually drove him to become a clergyman. In 1878, he became a lay preacher in one of the most
impoverished regions in Western Europe: the coal-mining district of the Borinage in Belgium. Vincent sympathized
with the poverty-stricken miners and gave away most of his food and clothing to ease their burdened lives. His
extreme commitment to the miners drew disfavor from the church, which dismissed him of his post. Vincent,
however, decided to remain with the miners and began to paint them and their families, chronicling their harsh
conditions.
Soon after, thanks to his brother’s financial help, Vincent decided to go to Brussels in 1880 to begin studies
in art. During the next 10 years, Vincent painted around 872 painting. In 1882, Vincent began living with Clasina
Maria Hoornik, also known as Sien, and her children, in the Hague. Their volatile personalities and the strain of
living in complete poverty created stormy relationship. Vincent was devoted to Sien and her children, but art always
came first. As his drawing and painting skills advanced, his relationship with Sien deteriorated and they parted
ways in September 1883.
In 1886, Vincent moved in with his brother-Theo in Paris where he met Paul Gauguin and various other
artists, who had a tremendous impact on his ongoing evolution as an artist. Never truly happy in large cities, Vincent
decided to move to Aries Province in the south of France, where he rented a studio and invited Paul Gauguin to live
with him. In December 1888, Vincent experienced a psychotic episode in which he cut off a piece of his left ear.
After his episode, he was in and out of asylums for the next year. It was thought that Van Gogh was actually epileptic
and that is why people thought he had fits of insanity throughout his life. He painted one of his best-known
painting, Starry Night, during one of his stays in the asylum. In mid-1890, Vincent left the asylum and spent the last
few months of his life in Auvers, France. On July 27th 1890, Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest. Two days
later he died with his younger brother-Theo by his side. He left behind a wonderful array of paintings that make him
one of the most influential painters of our time.
Question 66: The word "chronicling" in paragraph 1 is closest meaning to "_________".
A. recording B. classifying C. suffering D. colouring
Question 67: Van Gogh decided to become a clergyman due to ________.
A. his love of art B. his teachings at the Catholic School for boys
C. the Goupil & Cie art dealer firm D. his developing enthusiasm in Christianity
Question 68: Vincent's extreme commitment to the miners resulted in ________.
A. his painting the miners and their families
B. his sympathizing with the miners
C. the church discharging him of his duty
D. the church giving food and clothing to the miners
Question 69: The word "deteriorated" in paragraph 2 is closest meaning to "_________".
A. detested B. became worse and worse
C. developed D. turned down
Question 70: Vincent and Clasina's relationship was stormy because of ________.
A. his devotion to art B. the stress of living in poor conditions
C. her children D. their tame personalities
Question 71: Vincent first went into an asylum because ________.
A. he painted Starry Night B. he was epileptic
C. he cut off part of his ear D. he was insane throughout his life
Question 72: Vincent went to Aries because ________.
A. he did not get along with his brother, Theo
B. he wanted to live in Gauguin's house in Aries
C. he wanted to live in a bigger city
D. he disliked big cities
Question 73: Vincent moved to Paris ________.
A. in order to evolve as an artist B. to live with his brother
C. to meet other artists D. to live with Paul Gauguin
Question 74: Van Gogh was believed to be ________.
A. insane B. a loner C. epileptic D. an inadequate painter
Question 75: The word "episode" in paragraph 3 refers to "_________".
A. important event in his life B. unbelievable fact
C. unfortunate time D. one of several parts of a story on television

66: The word "chronicling" in paragraph 1 is closest meaning to "_________".

A. recording B. classifying C. suffering D. colouring
Chronicling= recording = ghi chép, ghi lại
Classifying = phân loại, xếp loại suffering = chịu đựng colouring= tô màu
67. Van Gogh decided to become a clergyman due to ________.
A. his love of art B. his teachings at the Catholic School for boys
C. the Goupil & Cie art dealer firm D. his developing enthusiasm in Christianity
Clue: His growing interest religion and his desire to help the poor eventually drove him to become a
clergyman.= Mối quan tâm ngày càng lớn của anh ấy đối với tôn giáo và mong muốn giúp đỡ người nghèo cuối cùng
đã thúc đẩy anh ấy trở thành một giáo sĩ.
68: Vincent's extreme commitment to the miners resulted in ________.
A. his painting the miners and their families
B. his sympathizing with the miners
C. the church discharging him of his duty
D. the church giving food and clothing to the miners
Clue: His extreme commitment to the miners drew disfavor from the church, which dismissed him of his post= . Sự
tận tụy sâu sắc của anh ta đối với những người thợ mỏ đã dấy lên sự phản đối của nhà thờ , họ đã cách chức anh ta
khỏi chức vụ của mình.
69: The word "deteriorated" in paragraph 2 is closest meaning to "_________".
A. detested B. became worse and worse
C. developed D. turned down
Deteriorated= became worse and worse= trở nên tồi tệ, trầm trọng hơn
Detest = ghét cay ghét đắng điều gì develop = phát triển turn down = từ chối
70: Vincent and Clasina's relationship was stormy because of ________.
A. his devotion to art B. the stress of living in poor conditions
C. her children D. their tame personalities
Clue: Their volatile personalities and the strain of living in complete poverty created stormy relationship= Tính cách
thất thường của họ và sự căng thẳng của cuộc sống hoàn toàn nghèo khó đã tạo ra mối quan hệ sóng gió
71: Vincent first went into an asylum because ________.
A. he painted Starry Night B. he was epileptic
C. he cut off part of his ear D. he was insane throughout his life
Clue: In December 1888, Vincent experienced a psychotic episode in which he cut off a piece of his left ear. After
his episode, he was in and out of asylums for the next year.= Vào tháng 12 năm 1888, Vincent trải qua một giai đoạn
loạn thần, trong đó anh ta cắt một phần tai trái của mình. Sau giai đoạn này , anh ấy thường xuyên phải vào viện tâm
thần trong năm tiếp theo.
72: Vincent went to Aries because ________.
A. he did not get along with his brother, Theo
B. he wanted to live in Gauguin's house in Aries
C. he wanted to live in a bigger city
D. he disliked big cities
Clue: Never truly happy in large cities, Vincent decided to move to Aries Province in the south of France,…= Chưa
bao giờ thực sự hạnh phúc ở các thành phố lớn, Vincent quyết định chuyển đến tỉnh Aries ở miền nam nước
Pháp…….
73: Vincent moved to Paris ________.
A. in order to evolve as an artist B. to live with his brother
C. to meet other artists D. to live with Paul Gauguin
Clue: In 1886, Vincent moved in with his brother-Theo in Paris where he met Paul Gauguin and various other
artists…= Năm 1886, Vincent chuyển đến sống cùng anh trai Theo ở Paris, nơi ông gặp Paul Gauguin và nhiều nghệ
sĩ khác
74: Van Gogh was believed to be ________.
A. insane B. a loner C. epileptic D. an inadequate painter
Clue: It was thought that Van Gogh was actually epileptic and that is why people thought he had fits of insanity
throughout his life.= Người ta cho rằng Van Gogh thực sự bị động kinh và đó là lý do tại sao mọi người nghĩ rằng
ông bị điên trong suốt cuộc đời.
75: The word "episode" in paragraph 3 refers to "_________".
A. important event in his life B. unbelievable fact
C. unfortunate time D. one of several parts of a story on television
Trong bài tác giá ám chỉ “ episode” đến a psychotic episode = giai đoạn loạn thân fkinh

D. WRITING
Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed
before it. (3 points)
Question 76. Tim insisted on being told the complete story.
→ Nothing but……………………………………………………………………………
Question 77. Jane’s husband will be returning from South America quite soon.
→ It won’t be……………………………………………………………………………… .
Question 78. The permit expires at the end of this month.
→The permit is not …………………………………………………………………………………
.
Part 2: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do
not change the word given. (2 points)
Question 79. Local residents said they were against the new traffic scheme. (DISAPPROVAL)
→ …………………………………………………………………………………
Question 80. I don’t think she was informed about the burglary. (BEEN)
→ …………………………………………………………………………………

Keys:
76.Tim insisted on being told the complete story.
→Nothing but the complete story would satisfy Tim.
Cấu trúc : nothing but + N = just; only= chỉ
77.Jane’s husband will be returning from South America quite soon.
→It won’t be long after Jane’s husband returns from S.A.
long after = within a short time (before a long time has passed) => It won’t be long after = Sẽ không lâu sau …
78.The permit expires at the end of this month.
→The permit is not valid after the end of this month.
Expire = be not valid = không còn hạn, hiệu lực
79.Local residents said they were against the new traffic scheme. (DISAPPROVAL)
→Local residents expressed their disapproval of the new traffic scheme.
Cấu trúc: express one’s disapproval of sth
Question 80. I don’t think she was informed about the burglary. (BEEN)
-> She can’t have been informed about the burglary.
=>Can’t/couldn’t have +PII: dùng diễn đạt điều gì đó chắc chắn không xảy ra trong quá khứ
II. write a letter of about 100-120 words to reply her. (5 points)
You wish to apply for a new college course, but you are unsure about the details of cost, duration and subjects
posted on the college website. Write an email to the relevant person in admissions at the college, asking them to
clarify these points for you. In this email ( about 120-150 words):
- Say what your interest is
- Explain why the website is unclear
- Request the information that you need.

Do not write any addresses.

You are required to begin and end your letter as followed:
Dear Sir/Madam,
…………………………………………………………….
Yours faithfully,
Nguyen Van A

III. Schools are no longer needed because children can find so much information on the Internet and study
at home. To what extent do you agree or disagree? In about 250 words, write an essay to express your
opinion. ( 15 points)