Title Đề-HSG- Huế 2020-2021.docx ✅

Questions 1-5 You will hear part of a conversation between a student and a professor on campus. For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (10 points). 1. What is the main subject of the conversation? A. The man’s last appointment. B. Professor Irwin’s office hours. C. Student advertisement during registration. D. The man’s health problems. 2. When is the man’s new appointment scheduled? This afternoon at three o’clock. B. Thursday at two o’clock. C. Tuesday at two o’clock. D. Now. 3. What should the man have done about his appointment? A. He should have made an appointment. B. He should have called to cancel his appointment. C. He should have come for his appointment. D. He should have stayed at home until he was well. 4. What’s the man’s excuse? A. He wasn’t well. B. He was out of town. C. He didn’t know what to do. D. He forgot the time. 5. Which word best describes Professor Irwin’s attitude toward the student? A. Uninterested. B. Apologetic. C. sick. D. Annoyed. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part 2: QUESTION 6-10 You will hear part of a lecture in an environment science class. For question 6-10, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. Write corresponding numbered boxes provided (10 points). 6. What is the main topic of today’s lecture. A. The climax association. B. Pioneer plants. C. A forest fire. D. A disturbance in the balance of nature.7. According to the lecturer, why is pioneer life important? A. It prepares the environment for the forms that will replace it. B. It is a stable environment that remains undisturbed in spite of conditions. C. It assures that planu, animals, and minerals are replaced by exactly the same flora and fauna. D. It is the only life that will ever be able to grow in areas where the balance of nature has been disturbed. 8. What is Dr. Green's opinion of a controlled bum* A. He agrees with using a cool fire to control wildfires. B. He disagrees with the author of the textbook they are using. C. He thinks that using a controlled bum is the only reasonable opinion. D. He does not think that fire-prevention strategies influence forest fires. 9. Pay attention to part of the lecture. Then answer the question. "That is, a series of transitional life forms successively appears, preparing the environment for the forms that will replace them." "Excuse me, Dr. Green, would that be what the book refers to as ecological succession?" Why did the student ask this question: "Excuse me, Dr. Green, would that be what the book refers to as ecological succession?" A. Because the book is difficult to understand. B. Because he is trying to relate the lecture to the book.
C. Because Dr. Green's lecture was not very clear. D. Because he wants to interrupt Dr. Green. 10. The professor describes the process of ecological succession that occurs after the balance of nature has been disturbed. Summarize the process by putting the events (A, B, C and D) in order. A. Pioneer flora and fauna appear. B. The climax association occurs. C. More stable plant and animal life is established D. Other forms of temporary plants and animals replace the early ones. 1. ___________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________ Your answers: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part 3: Questions 11-15 You will hear part of a radio interview with an economist. For questions 11-15, choose the answer (A, B, C or D), which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (10 points). 11. According to the Fawcett Society, A. women would need to work into their eighties to earn as much money as men. B. good qualifications aren't necessarily rewarded with high wages. C. women will never earn as much as men. D. more women have degrees than men. 12. What is said about careers advice in schools? A. It has been improved but it is still inadequate. B. It is now quite good for girls but boys are being neglected. C. There is no advice for girls that are ambitious. D. Girls are always encouraged not to be ambitious. 13. According to Jim, A. women are to blame for not insisting on higher wages. B. new government policies have solved most of the problems. C. there is nothing more the government can do. D. women shouldn't necessarily be encouraged to change their choice of career 14. A London School of Economics report showed that A. A women who worked part-time found it difficult to get a full-time job late B. after having children, women find it harder to earn as much money as men. C. women find it hard to find a job after having children. D. most women want a full-time job after having a child. 15. What does the 'stuffed shirt' policy mean? A. Women are being forced to choose between family commitments and work. B. Only men can have part-time senior positions. C. Women don't get the opportunity to train for high-powered jobs. D. No woman can have a senior position.
Your answers: 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Part 4: Questions 16-25 You are going to hear a lecture about the world's energy. For questions 16-25, listen carefully and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS to fill in each blank in the following summary. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (20 points). The world's energy can be broadly divided into two sources. The first sources, including fossil fuels and minerals, are (16.) __________ while the second sources, such as the winds, the waves and the sun, will last as long as the earth and the sun (17.) __________ most of this second source category remains (18.) __________. Scientists said most energy is produced today by (19.) __________ hydrocarbon fuels. But we are still not sure how much fuel (20.) __________ has hidden in the earth. They predicted that between now and the year (21.) __________ the quantity of energy required by the world will (22.) __________ almost 10% of its proven recoverable fossil fuels. And they even said (23.) __________ of the fossil fuels will have been used up by the year (24.) __________. So it is time for us to think about the ways and means of producing (25.) __________ oil or gas. Your answers: 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (20 points) Part 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 26. Who needs more than the __________ necessities of life? A. naked B. pure C. bare D. sole 27. The wanted criminal was that had been under __________ since his arrival. A. review B. consideration C. discussion D. surveillance 28. You have failed to pay the outstanding bill and, __________, we have been forced to take the matter further. A. finally B. consequently C. subsequently D. eventually 29. Don't make a(n) __________ decision. Think about it first. A. snap B. abrupt C. spontaneous D. carless 30. She __________ a few clothes into the case and hurried to the airport. A. shoved B. scattered C. piled D. heaved 31. He is always flying __________ the handle at the slightest thing. A. through B. around C. over D. off 32. Ansu Fati is a brilliant young footballer who is __________ the up and up. A. in B. through C. to D. on 33. A common cause of __________ is the use of untreated water in preparation for food, which is quite common in certain underdeveloped countries. A. displeasure B. dysentery C. eupepsia D. malnutrition 34. Unsalted butter is best for this recipe, but __________ that, margarine will do. A. except B. failing C. for all of D. given 35. It must be true. I heard it straight from the__________ mouth. A. horse's B. dog's C. camel's D. cat's 36. According to psychiatrists, many violent criminals harbor a feeling of __________ and insecurity. A. insufficiency B. shortage C. inadequacy D. scarcity
37. Thanks for lending me your umbrella; it really came in __________ A. used B. handy C. handful D. needy 38. I'd like to make __________ for crashing your car. Let me pay for the repairs. A. improvements B. corrections C. adjustments D. amends 39. According to the World Health Organization, __________ there to be an outbreak of any of the six most dangerous diseases, this could be cause for quarantine. A. were B. they were C. there were D. were they 40. No one knows precisely how much he earns a month, but $2500 can't be __________ of the mark. A. wide B. far C. broad D. distant Your answers: 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. Part 2: For questions 41-45, write the correct form of each bracketed word in the blank given. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. THE ART OF GIVING AND TAKING Gift exchange, which is also called (0) ceremonial (CEREMONY) exchange, is the transfer of goods or services that, although regarded as (41). __________ (VOLUNTEER) by people involved, is part of the expected social behavior. Gift exchange may be distinguished from other types of exchange in several respects: the first offering is made in a generous manner and there is no haggling between donor and (42). __________ (RECEIVE); the exchange is an expression of an existing social relationship or of the establishment of a new one that differs from impersonal market relationships, and the profit in gift exchange may be in the sphere of social relationships and prestige rather than in material advantage. The gift-exchange cycle entails (43). __________ (OBLIGE) to give, to receive, and to return. Sanctions may exist to induce people to give, disapproval or loss of prestige resulting from a failure to do so. (44) __________ (REFUSE) to accept a gift may be seen as rejection of social relations and may lead to enmity. The reciprocity of the cycle rests in the necessity to return the gift; the prestige associated with the appearance of generosity dictates that the value of the return be (45) __________ (APPROXIMATE) equal to or greater than the value of the original gift. Alongside its obvious economic functions, gift exchange is significant expression of social relations. Your answers: 41. __________ 42. __________ 43. __________ 44. __________ 45. ______ III. READING (60 points) Part 1: For questions 46-55, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (20 points). We all know that life on earth can be depressing at times, But if it's really (46) __________ you down, why not think about the possibility of moving to a different environment. It's assumed that by the year 2050 technological solutions will enable people to settle on other planets with a perfect potential for generating their own energy out of local (47) __________ However, there are plenty of (48) __________ to overcome until the first successful settlement on Mars, for example, is viable. Outer space is known to be a hostile environment with no oxygen to breathe and extremely low temperatures approaching absolute zero. The solar and cosmic (49) __________ can also prove to be lethal for fragile earthly organisms.