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ĐỌC HIỂU CHUYÊN SÂU 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. Global sea level has been rising over the past century, and the rate has increased in recent decades. In 2014, global sea level was 2.6 inches above the 1993 average - the highest annual average in the satellite record (1993-present). Sea level continues to rise at a rate of about one- eighth of an inch per year. Higher sea levels mean that deadly and destructive storm surges push farther inland than they once did, which also means more frequent nuisance flooding. Disruptive and expensive, nuisance flooding is estimated to be from 300 percent to 900 percent more frequent within U.S. coastal communities than it was just 50 years ago. The two major causes of global sea level rise are thermal expansion caused by warming of the ocean since water expands as it warms and increased melting of land-based ice, such as glaciers and ice sheets. The oceans are absorbing more than 90 percent of the increased atmospheric heat associated with emissions from human activity. With continued ocean and atmospheric warming, sea levels will likely rise for many centuries at rates higher than those of the current century. In the United States, almost 40 percent of the population lives in relatively high-population-density coastal areas, where sea level plays a part in flooding, shoreline erosion, and hazards from storms. Globally, eight of the world's 10 largest cities are near a coast, according to the U.N. Atlas of the Oceans. Question 1: Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage? A. Sea level within U.S. coastal communities B. Sea level and emissions from human activity C. An increasing rate of sea level rise D. Sea level and its effects on the world’s 10 largest cities Question 2: The word “deadly” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______. A. huge B. toxic C. fast D. lethal Question 3: The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to______. A. water B. sea level C. ocean D. ice Question 4: Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last paragraph? A. Sea levels will likely rise for many centuries at rates of the current century. B. Nearly 40 percent of the population of the U.S lives in densely populated coastal areas. C. Sea level has no relation to flooding, shoreline erosion, and hazards from storms. D. Sea level rise will only affect the world’s largest cities near the coast. Question5: The passage is likely to be extracted from______. A. a sci-fi document B. a personal essay C. a weather forecast D. a scientific magazine 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 6 to 12. Developing a vaccine to Sars-CoV-2 is seen as the fast way to a return to normal life. That’s why the health secretary, Matt Hancock, said the UK was “throwing everything at it”. However, while trials have been launched, ministers and their advisers have become noticeably more cautious in recent days. Earlier this week, England’s deputy chief medical officer said the words nobody wanted to hear: “We can’t be sure we will get a vaccine.” More than 30 years after scientists isolated HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, we have no vaccine. The dengue fever virus was identified in 1943, but the first vaccine was approved only last year. The fastest vaccine ever developed was for mumps. It took four years. Scientists have worked on coronavirus vaccines before, so they are not starting from scratch. Two coronaviruses have caused

years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100.000. Many young students want to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world. Question 13. Why did people name Cambridge the “city of Cambridge”? A. Because the river was very well-known. B. Because it was a developing town. C. Because there is a river named Granta. D. Because there is a bridge over the Cam. Question 14. From what we read we know that now Cambridge _______. A. a city without wall B. visited by international tourists C. a city that may have a wall around D. a city of growing population Question 15. Around what time did the university begin to appear? A. In the 8th century B. In the 15th century C. In the 13th century D. In the 9th century Question 16. Why do most visitors come to Cambridge? A. To see the university B. To find the classroom buildings C. To study in the colleges in Cambridge D. To use the libraries of the university Question 17. After which year did the town really begin developing? A. 875 B. 1845 C. 1951 D. 800 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 following questions. It's often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of work because they're crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano practice because it's so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you're older. Over the years, I've done my share of adult learning. At 30, I went to a college and did courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to be late - I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn't frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal. Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty. But the joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the maturity department. In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you're older, you get less frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you're calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you'll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas - from being able to drive a car, perhaps - means that if you can't, say, build a chair instantly, you don't, like a child, want to destroy your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will, with application, eventually get there. I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a teacher who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age of
ten, I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that I'd played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended as I'd had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from my fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect. Question 18. What is the writer's main purpose in the passage? A. To describe adult learning methods. B. To encourage adult learning. C. To show how fast adult learning is. D. To explain reasons for learning. Question 19. The word “they” in paragraph 1 refers to ______. A. teams B. university students C. works D. children Question 20. The writer's main point in paragraph 2 is to show that as people grow up, ______. A. they cannot learn as well as younger learners B. they get more impatient with their teachers C. they tend to learn less as they are discouraged D. they have a more positive attitude towards learning Question 21. The phrase “For starters” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ______. A. At the starting point B. For beginners C. First and foremost D. At the beginning Question 22. In paragraph 3, the word “rusty” means ______. A. not as good as it used to be through lack of practice B. impatient because of having nothing to do C. staying alive and becoming more active D. covered with rust and not as good as it used to be Question 23. All of the following are true about adult learning EXCEPT ______. A. adults think more independently and flexibly than young people B. experience in doing other things can help one's learning C. young people usually feel less patient than adults D. adult learners have fewer advantages than young learners Question 24. It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you ______. A. can sometimes understand more than when you were younger B. should expect to take longer to learn than when you were younger C. are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger D. find that you can recall a lot of things you learnt when younger