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A. charity B. kindness C. donations D. distributions 17. One of the benefits of taking part in volunteering activities is ______ contact with other teenagers with similar interests. A. setting up B. coming into C. caring about D. focusing on 18. He ______ his homework. He is going to prepare lunch now. A. has just finished B. finished C. is finishing D. finishes 19. AI, which is one of the most important ______ of the 21 st century, has changed our daily work and life. A. invent B. inventor C. inventions D. inventive Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 20. Children rarely show any appreciation for what their parents do for them. A. gratitude B. valuation C. assessment D. enjoyment 21. These new regulations are only applicable to the old employees who have been working here for five years. A. suitable B. proper C. useful D. relevant Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 22. We had various problems on our journey, including a flat tyre. A. different B. similar C. few D. alike 23. I found her letter by accident while I was looking for my files on the bookshelf. A. for a price B. on purpose C. by mistake D. in need Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges. 24. Hoa is talking to Jane. - Hoa: "Do you have any plans for this weekend?" - Jane:" ______ A. Yes, I like doing something, B. No. Let's do something together. C. I don't really know how to do this. D. Not now. 25. Hoa is talking to Jane. - Hoa: "Volunteering made me feel happy." - Jane:" ______." A. It's great to hear that. B. It’s nice to do something. C. It's helpful for you. D. I’m a bit tired. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30. Today, many governments are promoting organic or natural farming methods (26) ______ avoid the use of pesticides and other artificial products. The aim is to show that they (27) ______ about the environment and about people's health. But is this the right approach?
Europe is now the biggest (28) ______ for organic food in the world, expanding by 25 percent a year over the past 10 years. Eating organic is (29) ______ way of defining oneself as natural, good, caring, different from the junk-food-scoffing masses. As a journalist puts it: "It feels closer to the source, the beginning, the start of things." The organic approach means farming natural, rather than man-made. Techniques such as crop rotation improve soil quality and help organic farmers compensate for the absence of manmade chemicals. (30) ______ , for its ineffective use of land and labour, there are severe limits to how much food can be produced. (Adapted from IELTS by Cambridge) 26. A. that B. how C. who D. why 27. A. bring B. account C. take D. care 28. A. agency B. market C. enterprise D. supermarket 29. A. most B. other C. one D. each 30. A. Moreover B. However C. Although D. Because Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35. "What we’re seeing in Australia, in a completely different environment, are fires that are approaching or even exceeding the magnitude of things that we only saw in the most remote forested regions in the world," said Ross Bradstock, the director of the Center for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales. The numbers from Australia dwarf those from some of the most high-profile fires in recent years. The bushfires in southeastern Australia this season have burned about eight times as much land as the 2018 fires in California, which covered nearly two million acres and were the worst in that state’s recorded history. In Australia's history, most bad fire seasons have coincided with the warming of an El Nino pattern. But that is not the case this time, showing how much this season stands out and the danger the country faces with more unpredictable weather patterns in the future. "While scientists have long predicted that climate change would bring longer and more intense fire seasons", Dr. Bradstock said, "Under his projections, Australia would not have seen this kind of devastation for another 40 to 50 years". “I guess I’m as shocked as anyone about what’s unfolding and, probably, like everyone else who's involved and affected, we’ll very quickly recalibrate thinking about what we're doing,” he said. Recalibrating means expecting these phenomenal fires to continue to occur, particularly as Australia’s drought shows few signs of ending and temperatures are expected to continue to climb after the warmest decade on record. "We would be extremely foolish, given all the evidence and the magnitude of this event, to just laugh it off as a one-off phenomenon,” Dr. Bradstock said. "I think we have to get ready to deal with a season like this again in the not-too-distant future." (Source: https://www.nytimes.com/) 31. Which best serves as the title for the passage? A. Here is What the Future Looks Like B. The Immense Amount of Land Being Burned
C. Climate Change Helped Set the Table D. Protecting the World's Biodiversity 32. According to paragraph 1, what can be concluded about the Australia's megafire? A. The scientists around the world are puzzled by the scale of the incidence. B. The natural habitats in Australia have been transformed beyond recognition. C. The modern world has never seen anything quite like these Australia fires. D. The accident offers the global citizens a chance to showcase their awareness. 33. According to paragraph 2, what did Dr. Bradstock imply about the bushfire? A. Human is the main catalyst for the Australian fires. B. The blazes were not expected to be this bad so soon. C. Megablaze of the same scale will happen in half a century. D. Climate change would bring more intense wildfires. 34. The word "unfolding" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______. A. evolving B. opening C. unravelling D. happening 35. The word "it" in paragraph 4 refers to ______. A. evidence B. event C. magnitude D. season Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42. An education pioneer born into rural poverty in Nepal has opened 30 schools in a bid to boost prospects for his country’s children. The World Bank ranks Nepal as the globe's 31 st poorest country, with almost 10 million people living on daily incomes between £1.48 and £2.50. Many rural villages remain unreached by government schooling and adult literacy stood at just 60 percent in 2011. Surya Karki and his charity United World Schools Nepal (UWS) are tackling high illiteracy and poverty rates by funding and improving education. The first school opened in 2015. Since then 92 percent of children have completed primary education, which finishes at age eight, and continued into secondary education with UWS schools, in comparison to 39 percent of students continuing education who attended government schools. Mr Karki was born into poverty in rural Nepal. Speaking to the Telegraph he said: "School is the only solution to the poverty cycle that we live in. I was raised by a single mother in a male- dominated society. The school that I went to was approximately two hours walk away. My house was on top of a hill and my mother had to drag me across rivers. We used to walk 10 miles a day. The schooling was really bad." Karki’s mother was a firm believer in education, and at age eight Karki secured a scholarship to study in the capital, Kathmandu. From there he won scholarships and completed Master’s degrees in China and the United States. He returned to Nepal in 2015 and decided to stay and develop the education system. Karki said: "Inequalities in a country can only be decreased if there is access to knowledge.” The devastating earthquake in 2015 damaged 9,300 schools, displacing hundreds of thousands of families and pushing 700,000 people into poverty. As of January 2018, only