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 1 to 5.
The world is getting smaller, at least when it comes to language. More and more people speak the three most common languages: English, Spanish, and Mandarin. As a result, local languages are being forgotten. As cultures adjust to these changes, and languages aren't taught to children or spoken at home, these local languages are slowly disappearing.
A language is said to be in trouble when less than 30 percent of children in the community speak it. It is considered a dying language. If children no longer learn to use a language, it will have fewer and fewer speakers over time and, eventually, the language will be gone. Why keep languages alive? Languages hold the key to understanding a culture's beliefs and values. According to Dr. Cumberland, who is working to save Assiniboine, a Native American language, a dying language needs a dictionary and people to understand and record its grammar. Most importantly, you need to listen to those who still speak the language. This can be very difficult, especially if there are very few speakers of the language left. For example, when researchers were working to save the language Ayapaneco in Mexico, it was hard for them to record anything because the last two people on Earth who could speak the language refused to speak to each other! Today, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists more than 3,000 languages that may disappear by the end of this century. Some of the languages still have a few million speakers and may survive. Unfortunately, hundreds of languages have fewer than 25 speakers remaining and may soon be lost forever.
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Câu 1. What is the main idea of this reading?
Câu 2. Why are local languages being spoken less and less?
Câu 3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
Câu 4. The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to
Câu 5. When is a language considered to be dying?
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.
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Câu 6. Two students, Anna and Linda, are talking about cyberbullying.
Anna: I believe that children should be provided guidance on how to deal with cyberbullying.
Linda: ______ . This can help them have more enjoyable experiences on the Internet.
Câu 7. Mike meets Mary in their class after Mary has had her hair cut.
- Mike: What an attractive hairstyle you have got, Mary!
- Mary: ______
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.
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Câu 8. It used to be assumed that jellyfish were among the simplest life forms, as it had no brain or central nervous system.
Câu 9. She attends a close friend’s party in a luxurious restaurant yesterday.
Câu 10. Many distinguishable scholars agreed that the strategic decision the government had made to help curb the spread of the virus was unreasonable.
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 11 to 17.
Due to the nature of our business, it's sometimes necessary that our staff work at night. Night shifts can be particularly demanding on employees’ well-being and health. This can include disruption to the body clock, fatigue, sleeping difficulties, disturbed appetite and digestion, reliance on sedatives or stimulants, and other symptoms of ill health. To combat this, we do not have employees on night shifts for extended periods. This is because workers’ bodies will just have started to adapt to the new pattern.
We find rotation shifts every two to three days are best for workers and weekly or fortnightly rotations are the least comfortable for workers. Forward-rotating programs (moving from morning to afternoon to night shifts) are better than backward-rotating ones in terms of sleep loss and tiredness.
If someone works at night, there are rules covering the hours they work. Night-time working hours are usually between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. – but this can be flexible and should be discussed between you and us. To qualify as night working, the night time period must be no more than 8 hours long and include the period between midnight and 5 a.m. Any of our staff under 18 years are not allowed to be night workers.
We must make sure that you don't work more than an average of 8 hours in a 24-hour period. We must also keep records of any night workers’ working hours to prove they aren't exceeding night working limits, and we must keep the records for at least 2 years. These records can be inspected by you at any time on request.
If you agree to working at night for us, the agreement will be put in writing. If you are to begin working at night, we must perform a health assessment before you become a night worker and on a regular basis after that. Usually, this is just done with a questionnaire, which was created in collaboration with qualified health professionals. If there are any health questions regarding your health and night work, we will offer you a follow-up examination by a health professional if you still wish to work nights.
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Câu 11. The word “sedatives" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________
Câu 12. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
Câu 13. Which of the following could best serve as the topic of the passage?
Câu 14. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to _______
Câu 15. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
Câu 16. The word “exceeding” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______
Câu 17. In paragraph 5, who were consulted when creating the health assessment questionnaire?
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.
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Câu 18. Although he had prepared carefully for the IELTS speaking test, he got cold feet when asked an array of questions with abstract concepts.
Câu 19. Urbanization has many adverse effects on the structure of society as gigantic concentrations of people compete for limited resources.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
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Câu 20. His mother won’t let him watch his favourite program ______.
Câu 21. A new government policy is designed to help people on low ______.
Câu 22. I love my aunt, but she'll talk your ______ off if you let her!
Câu 23. During the emergency, many staff volunteered ______ through the weekend.
Câu 24. They used to have some ______ rows over bringing up children.
Câu 25. He seldom goes to bed late, ______?
Câu 26. I reported to the police that my stamp collection ______ the week before.
Câu 27. Nam runs ______ than other boys in his class.
Câu 28. Measures are being ______ to reduce crime in the city.
Câu 29. The local council has decided to ______ a concert to raise money for cancer charities.
Câu 30. He became accustomed ______ living in the countryside.
Câu 31. The leader of the explorers had the great ______ in his native guide.
Câu 32. All the candidates ______ were given a second interview.
Câu 33. When she ______homework in her room, her phone rang.
Câu 34. We need to be at ______ airport in just over an hour.
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.
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Câu 35. “What will you do this evening, John?” Mark asked.
Câu 36. It is impossible for you to buy a penthouse with little money.
Câu 37. It’s ten years since I came back to my hometown.
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.
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Câu 38. Joe is not here with us. He will know how to fix this technical issue.
Câu 39. The food was disgusting. We complained to the manager.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
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Câu 40.
Câu 41.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
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Câu 42.
Câu 43.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
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Câu 44. The union is up in arms over the reduction in health benefits.
Câu 45. Humans depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture.
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 other with numbered blanks.
With the widespread availability of the internet and the development of social media, communication consumption has a decidedly personal character, (46) ______ the Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells calls mass self-communication. Apart from this, people have also studied computer-mediated communication since the technology first became available in the 1970s. Early studies focused on teleconferencing, and how interactions between large groups of strangers differ from interactions with known partners. (47)
______studies were concerned with whether communication methods lacking nonverbal cues could influence the meaning and quality of social interactions. Today, people have (48) _______ to both text-based and visual information, so those studies are no longer useful. Information is now (49) ______in many directions and methods, and audiences can vary from one person to many thousands. (50) ______, everyone with an internet connection can be a content creator and media source. As a result, social interaction has been becoming more individualized than ever before.
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Câu 46. (46) _____
Câu 47. (47) _____
Câu 48. (48) _____
Câu 49. (49) _____
Câu 50. (50) _____