In 1914, the first air-conditioning device was installed in a private

house. However, its size, similar to that of an early computer, meant it

took up too much space to come into widespread use, and later
models, such as the Weathermaker, which Carrier brought out in the
1920s, cost too much for most people. Cooling for human comfort,
rather than industrial need, really took off when three air conditioners
were installed in the J.L. Hudson Department Store in Detroit, Michigan.
People crowded into the shop to experience the new invention. The
fashion spread from department stores to cinemas, whose income rose
steeply as a result of the comfort they provided.
Home air conditioners were not popular at first because they were
___________.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: too big and expensive.

To start with, money-conscious employers regarded air conditioning as

a luxury. They considered that if they were paying people to work, they
should not be paying for them to be comfortable as well. So in the
1940s and ’50s, the industry started putting out a different message
about its product: according to their research, installing air
conditioning increased productivity amongst employees. They found
that typists increased their output by 24% when transferred from a
regular office to a cooled one. Another study into office working
conditions, which was carried out in the late ’50s, showed that the
majority of companies cited air conditioning as the single most
important contributor to efficiency in offices.
What was the purpose of the research done in the 1940s and ’50s?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: to persuade businesses to buy air conditioners

And what about artists such as Mondrian, whose paintings consist

exclusively of horizontal and vertical lines encasing blocks of colour?
Mondrian’s works are deceptively simple, but eye-tracking studies
confirm that they are meticulously composed, and that simply rotating
a piece radically changes the way we view it. With the originals,
volunteers’ eyes tended to stay longer on certain places in the image,
but with the altered versions they would flit across a piece more
rapidly. As a result, the volunteers considered the altered versions less
pleasurable when they later rated the work.
What do the experiments described in the fifth paragraph suggest
about the paintings of Mondrian?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: They are more carefully put together than they appear.
In a team project, miscommunication between members leads to
misunderstandings and delays. This situation is called ________.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: communication breakdown

Non-verbal communication relies on ________ such as gestures and

body language.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: nonverbal communication cues

Could the same approach also shed light on abstract twentieth-century

pieces, from Mondrian’s geometrical blocks of colour, to Pollock’s
seemingly haphazard arrangements of splashed paint on canvas?
Sceptics believe that people claim to like such works simply because
they are famous. We certainly do have an inclination to follow the
crowd. When asked to make simple perceptual decisions such as
matching a shape to its rotated image, for example, people often
choose a definitively wrong answer if they see others doing the same. It
is easy to imagine that this mentality would have even more impact on
a fuzzy concept like art appreciation, where there is no right or wrong
answer.
The writer refers to a shape-matching test in order to illustrate
________.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: our tendency to be influenced by the opinions of others.

Willis Carrier designed the first air-conditioning unit in 1902, just a year
after graduating from Cornell University with a Masters in Engineering.
At a Brooklyn printing plant, fluctuations in heat and moisture were
causing the size of the printing paper to keep changing slightly, making
it hard to align different colours. Carrier’s invention made it possible to
control temperature and humidity levels and so align the colours. The
invention also allowed industries such as film, processed food, textiles
and pharmaceuticals to improve the quality of their products.
When Willis Carrier invented air conditioning, his aim was to
_________.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: solve problems in a factory.

Email ___________ are often necessary to join social networking sites,

online, and virtual worlds.
Đáp án đúng là: accounts

________ refers to the form of communication that does not involve

speaking.
Đáp án đúng là: Non-verbal communication

We only communicate ________ email.

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: by

READ THIS TEXT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS:

Humans are driving mammals including deer, tigers and bears to
hide under the cover of darkness, jeopardising the health of the
creatures that are only supposed to be active by day, new research
found. The presence of people can instil strong feelings of fear in
animals and as human activities now cover 75 percent of the land, we
are becoming increasingly harder to avoid. Unable to escape during the
day, mammals are forced to emerge during the night.
A team led by Kaitlyn Gaynor at the University of California,
Berkeley arrived at this conclusion after analysing nearly 80 studies
from six continents that monitored the activity of various mammals
using GPS trackers and motion-activated cameras. The scientists used
this data to assess the night time antics of the animals during periods
of low and high human disturbance.
Such disturbances ranged from relatively harmless activities like
hiking to overtly destructive ones like hunting, as well as larger scale
problems like farming and road construction. Overall, the researchers
concluded that from beavers to lions, there was an increase in
nocturnal behaviour when humans were in the vicinity.
They showed that human activities, ranging from hiking to ______ to
road building, made it more likely that mammals would be active at
night.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: hunting

Choose a word that has similar meaning to the underlined word below:
Activists complain about the glacial pace of change.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: slow

These pronghorn are notable for the invariance of their migration route
and the severity of its constriction at three bottlenecks. If they can’t
pass through each of the three during their spring migration, they can’t
reach their bounty of summer grazing; if they can’t pass through again
in autumn, escaping south onto those windblown plains, they are likely
to die trying to overwinter in the deep snow. Pronghorn, dependent on
distance vision and speed to keep safe from predators, traverse high,
open shoulders of land, where they can see and run. At one of the
bottlenecks, forested hills rise to form a V, leaving a corridor of open
ground only about 150 metres wide, filled with private homes.
Increasing development is leading toward a crisis for the pronghorn,
threatening to choke off their passageway.
COMPLETE THE SUMMARY BELOW.
Pronghorns rely on their eyesight and (1)……………. to avoid predators.
One particular population’s summer habitat is a national park, and their
winter home is on the (2)……………… where they go to avoid the
danger presented by the snow at that time of year. However, their route
between these two areas contains three (3)……………… One problem is
the construction of new homes in a narrow (4)……………… of land on
the pronghorns’ route.
(2) Which of the following can be filled in the gap:
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: plains

He was responsible for hiring and _____ staff.

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: firing

He quickly moved into management roles as an area sales leader,

______ manager and regional sales manager.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: merchandising

One is that internal contracts may be cheaper if employees are willing

to take lower _________ in return for tenure of employment.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: salaries

READ THIS TEXT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS:

Humans are driving mammals including deer, tigers and bears to
hide under the cover of darkness, jeopardising the health of the
creatures that are only supposed to be active by day, new research
found. The presence of people can instil strong feelings of fear in
animals and as human activities now cover 75 percent of the land, we
are becoming increasingly harder to avoid. Unable to escape during the
day, mammals are forced to emerge during the night.
A team led by Kaitlyn Gaynor at the University of California,
Berkeley arrived at this conclusion after analysing nearly 80 studies
from six continents that monitored the activity of various mammals
using GPS trackers and motion-activated cameras. The scientists used
this data to assess the night time antics of the animals during periods
of low and high human disturbance.
 Such disturbances ranged from relatively harmless activities like
hiking to overtly destructive ones like hunting, as well as larger scale
problems like farming and road construction. Overall, the researchers
concluded that from beavers to lions, there was an increase in
nocturnal behaviour when humans were in the vicinity.
Scientists reached these findings by ______ and analysing the
movements of mammals in areas with different levels of ______.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: tracking / disturbance

READ THE SUMMARY BELOW, PREDICT ANSWERS:

The importance of language
The wheel is one invention that has had a major impact on (1) …………
aspects of life, but no impact has been as (2)………… as that of
language. Language is very complex, yet composed of just a small
number of sounds. Language appears to be (3)………… to use.
However, its sophistication is often overlooked.
(3) Which of the following can be filled in the gap:
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: adjective describing how language appears to us

READ THE SUMMARY BELOW, PREDICT ANSWERS:

The importance of language
The wheel is one invention that has had a major impact on (1) …………
aspects of life, but no impact has been as (2)………… as that of
language. Language is very complex, yet composed of just a small
number of sounds. Language appears to be (3)………… to use.
However, its sophistication is often overlooked.
(2) Which of the following can be filled in the gap:
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: adjective describing the impact of language

These pronghorn are notable for the invariance of their migration route
and the severity of its constriction at three bottlenecks. If they can’t
pass through each of the three during their spring migration, they can’t
reach their bounty of summer grazing; if they can’t pass through again
in autumn, escaping south onto those windblown plains, they are likely
to die trying to overwinter in the deep snow. Pronghorn, dependent on
distance vision and speed to keep safe from predators, traverse high,
open shoulders of land, where they can see and run. At one of the
bottlenecks, forested hills rise to form a V, leaving a corridor of open
ground only about 150 metres wide, filled with private homes.
Increasing development is leading toward a crisis for the pronghorn,
threatening to choke off their passageway.
COMPLETE THE SUMMARY BELOW.
Pronghorns rely on their eyesight and (1)……………. to avoid predators.
One particular population’s summer habitat is a national park, and their
winter home is on the (2)……………… where they go to avoid the
danger presented by the snow at that time of year. However, their route
between these two areas contains three (3)……………… One problem is
the construction of new homes in a narrow (4)……………… of land on
the pronghorns’ route.
(4) Which of the following can be filled in the gap:
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: corridors

We should use different _______, such as face-to-face conversations,

phone calls, and emails.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: channels of communication

The main elements required for survival are food, fire, shelter and
water. Their order of importance will depend upon where you happen to
be. In the desert water will head the list; in polar regions shelter and
fire will be the main concerns. Ordering your priorities is the first step
to survival.
The factor which decides the order of importance or the main elements
required for ____________.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: your location

Angelina Hawley-Dolan, of Boston College, Massachusetts, responded

to this debate by asking volunteers to view pairs of paintings – either
the creations of famous abstract artists or the doodles of infants,
chimps and elephants. They then had to judge which they preferred. A
third of the paintings were given no captions, while many were labelled
incorrectly - volunteers might think they were viewing a chimp’s messy
brush strokes when they were actually seeing an acclaimed
masterpiece. In each set of trials, volunteers generally preferred the
work of renowned artists, even when they believed it was by an animal
or a child. It seems that the viewer can sense the artist's vision in
paintings, even if they can't explain why.
Angelina Hawley-Dolan’s findings indicate that people ___________.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: have the ability to perceive the intention behind works of art.

And what about artists such as Mondrian, whose paintings consist

exclusively of horizontal and vertical lines encasing blocks of colour?
Mondrian’s works are deceptively simple, but eye-tracking studies
confirm that they are meticulously composed, and that simply rotating
a piece radically changes the way we view it. With the originals,
volunteers’ eyes tended to stay longer on certain places in the image,
but with the altered versions they would flit across a piece more
rapidly. As a result, the volunteers considered the altered versions less
pleasurable when they later rated the work.
What do the experiments described in the fifth paragraph suggest
about the paintings of Mondrian?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: They are more carefully put together than they appear.

Non-verbal communication relies on ________ such as gestures and

body language.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: nonverbal communication cues

Willis Carrier designed the first air-conditioning unit in 1902, just a year
after graduating from Cornell University with a Masters in Engineering.
At a Brooklyn printing plant, fluctuations in heat and moisture were
causing the size of the printing paper to keep changing slightly, making
it hard to align different colours. Carrier’s invention made it possible to
control temperature and humidity levels and so align the colours. The
invention also allowed industries such as film, processed food, textiles
and pharmaceuticals to improve the quality of their products.
When Willis Carrier invented air conditioning, his aim was to
_________.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: solve problems in a factory.

In a team project, miscommunication between members leads to

misunderstandings and delays. This situation is called ________.

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: communication breakdown

Could the same approach also shed light on abstract twentieth-century

pieces, from Mondrian’s geometrical blocks of colour, to Pollock’s
seemingly haphazard arrangements of splashed paint on canvas?
Sceptics believe that people claim to like such works simply because
they are famous. We certainly do have an inclination to follow the
crowd. When asked to make simple perceptual decisions such as
matching a shape to its rotated image, for example, people often
choose a definitively wrong answer if they see others doing the same. It
is easy to imagine that this mentality would have even more impact on
a fuzzy concept like art appreciation, where there is no right or wrong
answer.
The writer refers to a shape-matching test in order to illustrate
________.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: our tendency to be influenced by the opinions of others.

________ refers to the form of communication that does not involve

speaking.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Non-verbal communication

Email ___________ are often necessary to join social networking sites,

online, and virtual worlds.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: accounts

Choose a word that has similar meaning to the underlined word below:
The building industry is experiencing a severe downturn in its
workload.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: recession

These pronghorn are notable for the invariance of their migration route
and the severity of its constriction at three bottlenecks. If they can’t
pass through each of the three during their spring migration, they can’t
reach their bounty of summer grazing; if they can’t pass through again
in autumn, escaping south onto those windblown plains, they are likely
to die trying to overwinter in the deep snow. Pronghorn, dependent on
distance vision and speed to keep safe from predators, traverse high,
open shoulders of land, where they can see and run. At one of the
bottlenecks, forested hills rise to form a V, leaving a corridor of open
ground only about 150 metres wide, filled with private homes.
Increasing development is leading toward a crisis for the pronghorn,
threatening to choke off their passageway.
COMPLETE THE SUMMARY BELOW.
Pronghorns rely on their eyesight and (1)……………. to avoid predators.
One particular population’s summer habitat is a national park, and their
winter home is on the (2)……………… where they go to avoid the
danger presented by the snow at that time of year. However, their route
between these two areas contains three (3)……………… One problem is
the construction of new homes in a narrow (4)……………… of land on
the pronghorns’ route.
(1) Which of the following can be filled in the gap:
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: speed

If you do not like the editorial comments, this will give you a(n)
________ to respond in the letters section.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: opportunity
These pronghorn are notable for the invariance of their migration route
and the severity of its constriction at three bottlenecks. If they can’t
pass through each of the three during their spring migration, they can’t
reach their bounty of summer grazing; if they can’t pass through again
in autumn, escaping south onto those windblown plains, they are likely
to die trying to overwinter in the deep snow. Pronghorn, dependent on
distance vision and speed to keep safe from predators, traverse high,
open shoulders of land, where they can see and run. At one of the
bottlenecks, forested hills rise to form a V, leaving a corridor of open
ground only about 150 metres wide, filled with private homes.
Increasing development is leading toward a crisis for the pronghorn,
threatening to choke off their passageway.
COMPLETE THE SUMMARY BELOW.
Pronghorns rely on their eyesight and (1)……………. to avoid predators.
One particular population’s summer habitat is a national park, and their
winter home is on the (2)……………… where they go to avoid the
danger presented by the snow at that time of year. However, their route
between these two areas contains three (3)……………… One problem is
the construction of new homes in a narrow (4)……………… of land on
the pronghorns’ route.
(2) Which of the following can be filled in the gap:
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: plains

Choose a word that has similar meaning to the underlined word below:
Activists complain about the glacial pace of change.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: slow

READ THE SUMMARY BELOW, PREDICT ANSWERS:

The importance of language
The wheel is one invention that has had a major impact on (1) …………
aspects of life, but no impact has been as (2)………… as that of
language. Language is very complex, yet composed of just a small
number of sounds. Language appears to be (3)………… to use.
However, its sophistication is often overlooked.
(2) Which of the following can be filled in the gap:
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: adjective describing the impact of language

READ THIS TEXT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS:

Humans are driving mammals including deer, tigers and bears to
hide under the cover of darkness, jeopardising the health of the
creatures that are only supposed to be active by day, new research
found. The presence of people can instil strong feelings of fear in
animals and as human activities now cover 75 percent of the land, we
are becoming increasingly harder to avoid. Unable to escape during the
day, mammals are forced to emerge during the night.
A team led by Kaitlyn Gaynor at the University of California,
Berkeley arrived at this conclusion after analysing nearly 80 studies
from six continents that monitored the activity of various mammals
using GPS trackers and motion-activated cameras. The scientists used
this data to assess the night time antics of the animals during periods
of low and high human disturbance.
Such disturbances ranged from relatively harmless activities like
hiking to overtly destructive ones like hunting, as well as larger scale
problems like farming and road construction. Overall, the researchers
concluded that from beavers to lions, there was an increase in
nocturnal behaviour when humans were in the vicinity.
Scientists reached these findings by ______ and analysing the
movements of mammals in areas with different levels of ______.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: tracking / disturbance

READ THIS TEXT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS:

Humans are driving mammals including deer, tigers and bears to
hide under the cover of darkness, jeopardising the health of the
creatures that are only supposed to be active by day, new research
found. The presence of people can instil strong feelings of fear in
animals and as human activities now cover 75 percent of the land, we
are becoming increasingly harder to avoid. Unable to escape during the
day, mammals are forced to emerge during the night.
A team led by Kaitlyn Gaynor at the University of California,
Berkeley arrived at this conclusion after analysing nearly 80 studies
from six continents that monitored the activity of various mammals
using GPS trackers and motion-activated cameras. The scientists used
this data to assess the night time antics of the animals during periods
of low and high human disturbance.
Such disturbances ranged from relatively harmless activities like
hiking to overtly destructive ones like hunting, as well as larger scale
problems like farming and road construction. Overall, the researchers
concluded that from beavers to lions, there was an increase in
nocturnal behaviour when humans were in the vicinity.
They showed that human activities, ranging from hiking to ______ to
road building, made it more likely that mammals would be active at
night.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: hunting
He quickly moved into management roles as an area sales leader,
______ manager and regional sales manager.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: merchandising

One is that internal contracts may be cheaper if employees are willing

to take lower _________ in return for tenure of employment.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: salaries

Choose the option that can NOT replace the underlined clause:
Despite his best efforts, his performance did not cut the mustard and
he was not selected for the job.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: his performance did not cut the corner

A new advertising campaign has recently been launched, aiming to

promote a brand's latest product. The article discusses the unique
features and target audience of the campaign but does not provide
specific statistics or success rates. Instead, it focuses on the creative
approach and the potential impact of the campaign on consumer
engagement and brand recognition.
Does the following statement agrees with the writer’s claims (Yes);
contradicts the writer’s claims (No); or it is impossible to say what the
writer thinks about this (Not given)?
Does the article suggest that the new advertising campaign will gain
big success with a specific rate of progress?
Đáp án đúng là: Not Given

Recent economic changes have brought about a wave of optimism in

the business community. The article discusses how these changes
have created new opportunities and increased market competitiveness.
It emphasises the resilience of small businesses and their ability to
adapt to evolving market conditions, suggesting that they can navigate
the economic changes effectively.
Does the following statement agrees with the writer’s claims (Yes);
contradicts the writer’s claims (No); or it is impossible to say what the
writer thinks about this (Not given)?
Does the article suggest that the recent economic changes will
negatively impact small businesses?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: No

By setting goals, seeking continuous growth, and embracing new

challenges, you can _____.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: achieve your full potential

Choose the option that can NOT replace the underlined clause:
After years of playing the lottery, she finally hit the jackpot and became
an overnight millionaire.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: she finally hit the roof

Throughout history, there have been numerous inventions and

discoveries that have revolutionised the way we live. One such
invention is the "telegraph," which allowed people to send messages
over long distances using electrical signals.
Based on the passage, what is the most likely meaning of the word
"revolutionised"?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: transformed

Global warming is a serious environmental issue that requires urgent

attention. Scientists have gathered extensive evidence showing that
human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation, are
contributing to the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
These gases trap heat and lead to a rise in global temperatures,
causing detrimental effects on ecosystems and weather patterns.
Decide if the statement below is True, False, or Not Given in the text.
Human activities have no impact on global warming
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: False

The telegraph was a groundbreaking invention that paved the way for
modern communication systems.
What does the prefix "tele-" in the word "telegraph" suggest about its
function?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Long-distance

The telegraph was a groundbreaking invention that paved the way for
modern communication systems.
Based on the passage, what is the likely meaning of the word
"groundbreaking"?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: revolutionary or pioneering

In order to ________, it is crucial to create a clear and actionable plan.

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: meet your objectives

Through perseverance and determination, she was able to make her

dream of starting her own business ______.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: come true
It takes a healthy person quite a long time to die of starvation, for the
body can use up its stored resources, but exposure to wind, rain and
cold can be fatal even in mild climates and death comes in only
minutes in the icy waters of the poles. Food is rarely the first priority.
Even in those places where it is difficult to find, there are usually other
problems to facefirst. Shelter will often be the prime necessity in
extremes of climate or temperatures such as in the frozen polar regions
or in the baking deserts. The need for fire is closely linked.
Water is something that most people in the modern world take for
granted. They are so used to turning on a tap that until an extreme
drought causes water rationing they seldom think about it. Yet the
survivor at sea, or after a flood, though surrounded by water, may be
desperate for drinkable water. And there are many places where, unless
it rains, no obvious water is available. Although there could be other
survival necessities to deal with, water is always universally important.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: People may die quickly in the water of polar regions.

After years of saving and planning, all their efforts _________ when the
unexpected economic crisis hit.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: went down the drain

A new advertising campaign has recently been launched, aiming to

promote a brand's latest product. The article discusses the unique
features and target audience of the campaign but does not provide
specific statistics or success rates. Instead, it focuses on the creative
approach and the potential impact of the campaign on consumer
engagement and brand recognition.
Does the following statement agrees with the writer’s claims (Yes);
contradicts the writer’s claims (No); or it is impossible to say what the
writer thinks about this (Not given)?
Does the article suggest that the new advertising campaign will gain
big success with a specific rate of progress?
Đáp án đúng là: Not Given

Choose the option that can NOT replace the underlined clause:
After years of playing the lottery, she finally hit the jackpot and became
an overnight millionaire.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: she finally hit the roof

In order to ________, it is crucial to create a clear and actionable plan.

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: meet your objectives
Throughout history, there have been numerous inventions and
discoveries that have revolutionised the way we live. One such
invention is the "telegraph," which allowed people to send messages
over long distances using electrical signals.
Based on the passage, what is the most likely meaning of the word
"revolutionised"?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: transformed

Choose the option that can NOT replace the underlined clause:
Despite his best efforts, his performance did not cut the mustard and
he was not selected for the job.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: his performance did not cut the corner

Recent economic changes have brought about a wave of optimism in

the business community. The article discusses how these changes
have created new opportunities and increased market competitiveness.
It emphasises the resilience of small businesses and their ability to
adapt to evolving market conditions, suggesting that they can navigate
the economic changes effectively.
Does the following statement agrees with the writer’s claims (Yes);
contradicts the writer’s claims (No); or it is impossible to say what the
writer thinks about this (Not given)?
Does the article suggest that the recent economic changes will
negatively impact small businesses?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: No

The telegraph was a groundbreaking invention that paved the way for
modern communication systems.
What does the prefix "tele-" in the word "telegraph" suggest about its
function?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Long-distance

I am also not surprised to hear calls for the Government to introduce an

industry levy - frankly, just another tax - to "protect" standards. We
should keep in mind that foreign students are happy to come here
because of our stable Government, virtually non-existent corruption,
and education standards. For the Government to come to our support
with an extra levy imposition reminds me of an old saying: When a
sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of
each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.
What does the government want to bring in?
Sai. Đáp án đúng là: A. An industry levy
The principal is responsible for providing _______________ leadership
to the school community.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: inspirational

Long-term planning usually begins with a vision agreed by the industry

and I will support any immediate efforts in this area. We now have an
industry that is arguably our country's third largest export earner. We
need to know where we can take this industry, how it fits with society
and its place in an increasingly systemic world where people move
more freely and technology drives a global economy.
What does the ongoing preparation usually start with?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: a vision

Their condition hasn’t been helped by recent dry spells: southern

Rajasthan suffered an eight-year drought between 1996 and 2004.
What type of serious climatic event, which took place in southern
Rajasthan, is mentioned in the article?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: draught

This type of care begins in the students' home country, ensuring they
have correct information about our country and how different it will be
in many small and large ways. Our company, intent on achieving this,
is introducing marketing programmes in three continents. Performance
regulation will be vital in our leap to adulthood. We cannot leave it up to
the Government; it will mean a private sector-Government partnership.
What will be very important in the education sector's rise to maturity?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Performance regulation

The __________________ of a company is responsible for overseeing

its operations.
Đáp án đúng là: manager

Today, following years of neglect, many of these monuments to

mediaeval engineering have been saved by the Archaeological Survey
of India, which has recognised the importance of preserving them as
part of the country’s rich history. Tourists flock to wells in far-flung
corners of northwestern India to gaze in wonder at these architectural
marvels from 1,000 years ago, which serve as a reminder of both the
ingenuity and artistry of ancient civilisations and of the value of water
to human existence.
Who are frequent visitors to stepwells nowadays?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Tourists
Built from stone and supported by pillars, they also included pavilions
that sheltered visitors from the relentless heat.
Which part of some stepwells provided shade for people?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: pavilions

I really enjoy attending music____

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: performance

The use of technology in the classroom can _______________ student

engagement and participation.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: stimulating

What is the potential for robots and computers in the near future? 'The
fact is we still have a way to go before real robots catch up with their
science fiction counterparts.’ Gates says. So what are the stumbling
blocks? One key difficulty is getting robots to know their place. This
has nothing to do with class or etiquette, but concerns the simple issue
of positioning. Humans orient themselves with other objects in a room
very easily. Robots find the task almost impossible. 'Even something
as simple as telling the difference between an open door and a window
can be tricky for a robot,’ says Gates. This has, until recently, reduced
robots to fairly static and cumbersome roles.
For a long time, researchers tried to get round the problem by
attempting to recreate the visual processing that goes on in the human
cortex. However, that challenge has proved to be singularly exacting
and complex. So scientists have turned to simpler alternatives: 'We
have become far more pragmatic in our work,' says Nello Cristianini,
Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bristol in England
and associate editor of the journal of Artificial Intelligence Research.
'We are no longer trying to recreate human functions. Instead, we are
looking for simpler solutions with basic electronic sensors, for
example.' This approach is exemplified by vacuuming robots such as
the Electrolux Trilobite.
The Trilobite scuttles around homes emitting ultrasound signals to
create maps of rooms, which are remembered for future cleaning.
Technology like this is now changing the face of robotics, says
philosopher Ron Chrisley, director of the Centre for Research in
Cognitive Science at the University of Sussex in England.
Last year, a new Hong Kong restaurant, Robt Kitchen, opened with a
couple of sensor-laden humanoid machines directing customers to
their seats. Each possesses a touch-screen on which orders can be
keyed in. The robot then returns with the correct dishes. In Japan,
University of Tokyo researchers recently unveiled a kitchen 'android’
that could wash dishes, pour tea and make a few limited meals. The
ultimate aim is to provide robot home helpers for the sick and the
elderly, a key concern in a country like Japan where 22 percent of the
population is 65 or older. Over US$1 billion a year is spent on research
into robots that will be able to care for the elderly. 'Robots first learn
basic competence - how to move around a house without bumping into
things. Then we can think about teaching them how to interact with
humans,’ Chrisley saiMachines such as these take researchers into the
field of socialised robotics: how to make robots act in a way that does
not scare or offend individuals, 'We need to study how robots should
approach people, how they should appear. That is going to be a key
area for future research,’ adds Chrisley.
READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND DECIDE THE STATEMENT
BELOW IS STATED BY WHOM, CHOOSE A, B, C, OR D FOR THE
CORRECT PERSON:
It will take considerable time for modern robots to match the ones we
have created in films and books.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Bill Gates

Product placement is the practice of featuring a product or brand in a

movie or TV show. Which of the following options is an antonym
(opposite) of "product placement"?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: product removal

According to archaeological evidence, at least 5, 000 years ago, and

long before the advent of the Roman Empire, the Babylonians began to
measure time, introducing calendars to co-ordinate communal
activities, to plan the shipment of goods and, in particular, to regulate
planting and harvesting. They based their calendars on three natural
cycles: the solar day, marked by the successive periods of light and
darkness as the earth rotates on its axis; the lunar month, following the
phases of the moon as it orbits the earth; and the solar year, defined by
the changing seasons that accompany our planet's revolution around
the sun [..]
Centuries before the Roman Empire, the Egyptians had formulated a
municipal calendar having 12 months of 30 days, with five days added
to approximate the solar year. Each period of ten days was marked by
the appearance of special groups of stars called decans. At the rise of
the star Sirius just before sunrise, which occurred around the all-
important annual flooding of the Nile, 12 decans could be seen
spanning the heavens. The cosmic significance the Egyptians placed in
the 12 decans led them to develop a system in which each interval of
darkness (and later, each interval of daylight) was divided into a dozen
equal parts. These periods became known as temporal hours because
their duration varied according to the changing length of days and
nights with the passing of the seasons. Summer hours were long,
winter ones short; only at the spring and autumn equinoxes were the
hours of daylight and darkness equal. Temporal hours, which were first
adopted by the Greeks and then the Romans, who disseminated them
through Europe, remained in use for more than 2500 years.
The advent of the mechanical clock meant that although it could be
adjusted to maintain temporal hours, it was naturally suited to keeping
equal ones. With these, however, arose the question of when to begin
counting, and so, in the early 14th century, a number of systems
evolved. The schemes that divided the day into 24 equal parts varied
according to the start of the count: Italian hours began at sunset,
Babylonian hours at sunrise, astronomical hours at midday and 'great
clock' hours, used for some large public clocks in Germany, at
midnight. Eventually these were superseded by 'small clock', or French
hours, which split the day into two 12-hour periods commencing at
midnight.
To address this, a variation on the original escapement was invented in
1670, in England. It was called the anchor escapement, which was a
lever-based device shaped like a ship’s anchor. The motion of a
pendulum rocks this device so that it catches and then releases each
tooth of the escape wheel, in turn allowing it to turn a precise amount.
Unlike the original form used in early pendulum clocks, the anchor
escapement permitted the pendulum to travel in a very small arc.
Moreover, this invention allowed the use of a long pendulum which
could beat once a second and thus led to the development of a new
floor-standing case design, which became known as the grandfather
clock.
DECIDE THE STATEMENT BELOW BELONGS TO WHICH NATIONALITY
AMONG A, B, C, AND D:
They created a calendar to organise public events and work schedules.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Babylonians

Which is different from the other words/phrases?

Sai. Đáp án đúng là: bear a resemblance
Which is different from the other words/phrases?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: there's no comparison

Understanding ___________ is crucial for businesses to develop

effective marketing strategies and tailor their offerings to target
customers.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: consumer behaviour

Cinnamon is a sweet, fragrant spice produced from the inner bark of

trees of the genus Cinnamomum, which is native to the Indian
subcontinent.
Choose the paraphrase of the phrase “which is native to” from the text.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: which originates from

What is the potential for robots and computers in the near future? 'The
fact is we still have a way to go before real robots catch up with their
science fiction counterparts.’ Gates says. So what are the stumbling
blocks? One key difficulty is getting robots to know their place. This
has nothing to do with class or etiquette, but concerns the simple issue
of positioning. Humans orient themselves with other objects in a room
very easily. Robots find the task almost impossible. 'Even something
as simple as telling the difference between an open door and a window
can be tricky for a robot,’ says Gates. This has, until recently, reduced
robots to fairly static and cumbersome roles.
For a long time, researchers tried to get round the problem by
attempting to recreate the visual processing that goes on in the human
cortex. However, that challenge has proved to be singularly exacting
and complex. So scientists have turned to simpler alternatives: 'We
have become far more pragmatic in our work,' says Nello Cristianini,
Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bristol in England
and associate editor of the journal of Artificial Intelligence Research.
'We are no longer trying to recreate human functions. Instead, we are
looking for simpler solutions with basic electronic sensors, for
example.' This approach is exemplified by vacuuming robots such as
the Electrolux Trilobite.
The Trilobite scuttles around homes emitting ultrasound signals to
create maps of rooms, which are remembered for future cleaning.
Technology like this is now changing the face of robotics, says
philosopher Ron Chrisley, director of the Centre for Research in
Cognitive Science at the University of Sussex in England.
Last year, a new Hong Kong restaurant, Robt Kitchen, opened with a
couple of sensor-laden humanoid machines directing customers to
their seats. Each possesses a touch-screen on which orders can be
keyed in. The robot then returns with the correct dishes. In Japan,
University of Tokyo researchers recently unveiled a kitchen 'android’
that could wash dishes, pour tea and make a few limited meals. The
ultimate aim is to provide robot home helpers for the sick and the
elderly, a key concern in a country like Japan where 22 percent of the
population is 65 or older. Over US$1 billion a year is spent on research
into robots that will be able to care for the elderly. 'Robots first learn
basic competence - how to move around a house without bumping into
things. Then we can think about teaching them how to interact with
humans,’ Chrisley saiMachines such as these take researchers into the
field of socialised robotics: how to make robots act in a way that does
not scare or offend individuals, 'We need to study how robots should
approach people, how they should appear. That is going to be a key
area for future research,’ adds Chrisley.

READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND DECIDE THE STATEMENT

BELOW IS STATED BY WHOM, CHOOSE A, B, C, OR D FOR THE
CORRECT PERSON:
We have stopped trying to enable robots to perceive objects as
humans do.
Đáp án đúng là: Nello Cristianini

According to archaeological evidence, at least 5, 000 years ago, and

long before the advent of the Roman Empire, the Babylonians began to
measure time, introducing calendars to co-ordinate communal
activities, to plan the shipment of goods and, in particular, to regulate
planting and harvesting. They based their calendars on three natural
cycles: the solar day, marked by the successive periods of light and
darkness as the earth rotates on its axis; the lunar month, following the
phases of the moon as it orbits the earth; and the solar year, defined by
the changing seasons that accompany our planet's revolution around
the sun [..]
Centuries before the Roman Empire, the Egyptians had formulated a
municipal calendar having 12 months of 30 days, with five days added
to approximate the solar year. Each period of ten days was marked by
the appearance of special groups of stars called decans. At the rise of
the star Sirius just before sunrise, which occurred around the all-
important annual flooding of the Nile, 12 decans could be seen
spanning the heavens. The cosmic significance the Egyptians placed in
the 12 decans led them to develop a system in which each interval of
darkness (and later, each interval of daylight) was divided into a dozen
equal parts. These periods became known as temporal hours because
their duration varied according to the changing length of days and
nights with the passing of the seasons. Summer hours were long,
winter ones short; only at the spring and autumn equinoxes were the
hours of daylight and darkness equal. Temporal hours, which were first
adopted by the Greeks and then the Romans, who disseminated them
through Europe, remained in use for more than 2500 years.
The advent of the mechanical clock meant that although it could be
adjusted to maintain temporal hours, it was naturally suited to keeping
equal ones. With these, however, arose the question of when to begin
counting, and so, in the early 14th century, a number of systems
evolved. The schemes that divided the day into 24 equal parts varied
according to the start of the count: Italian hours began at sunset,
Babylonian hours at sunrise, astronomical hours at midday and 'great
clock' hours, used for some large public clocks in Germany, at
midnight. Eventually these were superseded by 'small clock', or French
hours, which split the day into two 12-hour periods commencing at
midnight.
To address this, a variation on the original escapement was invented in
1670, in England. It was called the anchor escapement, which was a
lever-based device shaped like a ship’s anchor. The motion of a
pendulum rocks this device so that it catches and then releases each
tooth of the escape wheel, in turn allowing it to turn a precise amount.
Unlike the original form used in early pendulum clocks, the anchor
escapement permitted the pendulum to travel in a very small arc.
Moreover, this invention allowed the use of a long pendulum which
could beat once a second and thus led to the development of a new
floor-standing case design, which became known as the grandfather
clock.
DECIDE THE STATEMENT BELOW BELONGS TO WHICH NATIONALITY
AMONG A, B, C, AND D:
They devised a civil calendar in which the months were equal in length.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Egyptians

According to archaeological evidence, at least 5, 000 years ago, and

long before the advent of the Roman Empire, the Babylonians began to
measure time, introducing calendars to co-ordinate communal
activities, to plan the shipment of goods and, in particular, to regulate
planting and harvesting. They based their calendars on three natural
cycles: the solar day, marked by the successive periods of light and
darkness as the earth rotates on its axis; the lunar month, following the
phases of the moon as it orbits the earth; and the solar year, defined by
the changing seasons that accompany our planet's revolution around
the sun [..]
Centuries before the Roman Empire, the Egyptians had formulated a
municipal calendar having 12 months of 30 days, with five days added
to approximate the solar year. Each period of ten days was marked by
the appearance of special groups of stars called decans. At the rise of
the star Sirius just before sunrise, which occurred around the all-
important annual flooding of the Nile, 12 decans could be seen
spanning the heavens. The cosmic significance the Egyptians placed in
the 12 decans led them to develop a system in which each interval of
darkness (and later, each interval of daylight) was divided into a dozen
equal parts. These periods became known as temporal hours because
their duration varied according to the changing length of days and
nights with the passing of the seasons. Summer hours were long,
winter ones short; only at the spring and autumn equinoxes were the
hours of daylight and darkness equal. Temporal hours, which were first
adopted by the Greeks and then the Romans, who disseminated them
through Europe, remained in use for more than 2500 years.
The advent of the mechanical clock meant that although it could be
adjusted to maintain temporal hours, it was naturally suited to keeping
equal ones. With these, however, arose the question of when to begin
counting, and so, in the early 14th century, a number of systems
evolved. The schemes that divided the day into 24 equal parts varied
according to the start of the count: Italian hours began at sunset,
Babylonian hours at sunrise, astronomical hours at midday and 'great
clock' hours, used for some large public clocks in Germany, at
midnight. Eventually these were superseded by 'small clock', or French
hours, which split the day into two 12-hour periods commencing at
midnight.
To address this, a variation on the original escapement was invented in
1670, in England. It was called the anchor escapement, which was a
lever-based device shaped like a ship’s anchor. The motion of a
pendulum rocks this device so that it catches and then releases each
tooth of the escape wheel, in turn allowing it to turn a precise amount.
Unlike the original form used in early pendulum clocks, the anchor
escapement permitted the pendulum to travel in a very small arc.
Moreover, this invention allowed the use of a long pendulum which
could beat once a second and thus led to the development of a new
floor-standing case design, which became known as the grandfather
clock.
DECIDE THE STATEMENT BELOW BELONGS TO WHICH NATIONALITY
AMONG A, B, C, AND D:
They divided the day into two equal halves.
Đáp án đúng là: French

I am also not surprised to hear calls for the Government to introduce an

industry levy - frankly, just another tax - to "protect" standards. We
should keep in mind that foreign students are happy to come here (New
Zealand) because of our stable government, virtually non-existent
corruption, and education standards. For the Government to come to
our support with an extra levy imposition reminds me of an old saying:
When a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on
top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.
Which is NOT the reason why students are content to study in New
Zealand?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: an industry levy

Another significant discovery was the "penicillin," a type of antibiotic

that revolutionised medicine and saved countless lives. These
examples illustrate how advancements in science and technology have
shaped our world.
What is the main benefit of penicillin mentioned in the passage?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: medical breakthrough

The _______________ of this experimental music composition

combined dissonant harmonies, unconventional instrumentation, and
avant-garde techniques.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: proponents

Built from stone and supported by pillars, they also included pavilions
that sheltered visitors from the relentless heat.
Which part of some stepwells provided shade for people?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: pavilions

I really enjoy attending music____

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: performance

This type of care begins in the students' home country, ensuring they
have correct information about our country and how different it will be
in many small and large ways. Our company, intent on achieving this,
is introducing marketing programmes in three continents. Performance
regulation will be vital in our leap to adulthood. We cannot leave it up to
the Government; it will mean a private sector-Government partnership.
What will be very important in the education sector's rise to maturity?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Performance regulation

Today, following years of neglect, many of these monuments to

mediaeval engineering have been saved by the Archaeological Survey
of India, which has recognised the importance of preserving them as
part of the country’s rich history. Tourists flock to wells in far-flung
corners of northwestern India to gaze in wonder at these architectural
marvels from 1,000 years ago, which serve as a reminder of both the
ingenuity and artistry of ancient civilisations and of the value of water
to human existence.
Who are frequent visitors to stepwells nowadays?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Tourists

I am also not surprised to hear calls for the Government to introduce an

industry levy - frankly, just another tax - to "protect" standards. We
should keep in mind that foreign students are happy to come here
because of our stable Government, virtually non-existent corruption,
and education standards. For the Government to come to our support
with an extra levy imposition reminds me of an old saying: When a
sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of
each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.
What does the government want to bring in?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: A. An industry levy

The __________________ of a company is responsible for overseeing

its operations.
Đáp án đúng là: manager

Their condition hasn’t been helped by recent dry spells: southern

Rajasthan suffered an eight-year drought between 1996 and 2004.
What type of serious climatic event, which took place in southern
Rajasthan, is mentioned in the article?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: draught

In the broadcasting industry, free airtime is a valuable ___________

provided to organisations for promotional purposes.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: commodity
At a banquet, a host would offer guests a plate with various spices
piled upon it as a sign of the wealth at his or her disposal.
Choose the paraphrase of the phrase “at his or her disposal” from the
text.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: available to use

Which is different from the other words/phrases?

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: discrepancy between

What is the potential for robots and computers in the near future? 'The fact is
we still have a way to go before real robots catch up with their science fiction
counterparts.’ Gates says. So what are the stumbling blocks? One key difficulty
is getting robots to know their place. This has nothing to do with class or
etiquette, but concerns the simple issue of positioning. Humans orient
themselves with other objects in a room very easily. Robots find the task almost
impossible. 'Even something as simple as telling the difference between an
open door and a window can be tricky for a robot,’ says Gates. This has, until
recently, reduced robots to fairly static and cumbersome roles.
For a long time, researchers tried to get round the problem by attempting to
recreate the visual processing that goes on in the human cortex. However, that
challenge has proved to be singularly exacting and complex. So scientists have
turned to simpler alternatives: 'We have become far more pragmatic in our
work,' says Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University
of Bristol in England and associate editor of the journal of Artificial Intelligence
Research. 'We are no longer trying to recreate human functions. Instead, we are
looking for simpler solutions with basic electronic sensors, for example.' This
approach is exemplified by vacuuming robots such as the Electrolux Trilobite.
The Trilobite scuttles around homes emitting ultrasound signals to create maps
of rooms, which are remembered for future cleaning. Technology like this is now
changing the face of robotics, says philosopher Ron Chrisley, director of the
Centre for Research in Cognitive Science at the University of Sussex in
England.
Last year, a new Hong Kong restaurant, Robt Kitchen, opened with a couple of
sensor-laden humanoid machines directing customers to their seats. Each
possesses a touch-screen on which orders can be keyed in. The robot then
returns with the correct dishes. In Japan, University of Tokyo researchers
recently unveiled a kitchen 'android’ that could wash dishes, pour tea and make
a few limited meals. The ultimate aim is to provide robot home helpers for the
sick and the elderly, a key concern in a country like Japan where 22 percent of
the population is 65 or older. Over US$1 billion a year is spent on research into
robots that will be able to care for the elderly. 'Robots first learn basic
competence - how to move around a house without bumping into things. Then
we can think about teaching them how to interact with humans,’ Chrisley
saiMachines such as these take researchers into the field of socialised robotics:
how to make robots act in a way that does not scare or offend individuals, 'We
need to study how robots should approach people, how they should appear.
That is going to be a key area for future research,’ adds Chrisley.
READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND DECIDE THE STATEMENT BELOW IS
STATED BY WHOM, CHOOSE A, B, C, OR D FOR THE CORRECT PERSON:
It will take considerable time for modern robots to match the ones we have
created in films and books.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Bill Gates

Understanding ___________ is crucial for businesses to develop

effective marketing strategies and tailor their offerings to target
customers.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: consumer behaviour

According to archaeological evidence, at least 5, 000 years ago, and

long before the advent of the Roman Empire, the Babylonians began to
measure time, introducing calendars to co-ordinate communal
activities, to plan the shipment of goods and, in particular, to regulate
planting and harvesting. They based their calendars on three natural
cycles: the solar day, marked by the successive periods of light and
darkness as the earth rotates on its axis; the lunar month, following the
phases of the moon as it orbits the earth; and the solar year, defined by
the changing seasons that accompany our planet's revolution around
the sun [..]
Centuries before the Roman Empire, the Egyptians had formulated a
municipal calendar having 12 months of 30 days, with five days added
to approximate the solar year. Each period of ten days was marked by
the appearance of special groups of stars called decans. At the rise of
the star Sirius just before sunrise, which occurred around the all-
important annual flooding of the Nile, 12 decans could be seen
spanning the heavens. The cosmic significance the Egyptians placed in
the 12 decans led them to develop a system in which each interval of
darkness (and later, each interval of daylight) was divided into a dozen
equal parts. These periods became known as temporal hours because
their duration varied according to the changing length of days and
nights with the passing of the seasons. Summer hours were long,
winter ones short; only at the spring and autumn equinoxes were the
hours of daylight and darkness equal. Temporal hours, which were first
adopted by the Greeks and then the Romans, who disseminated them
through Europe, remained in use for more than 2500 years.
The advent of the mechanical clock meant that although it could be
adjusted to maintain temporal hours, it was naturally suited to keeping
equal ones. With these, however, arose the question of when to begin
counting, and so, in the early 14th century, a number of systems
evolved. The schemes that divided the day into 24 equal parts varied
according to the start of the count: Italian hours began at sunset,
Babylonian hours at sunrise, astronomical hours at midday and 'great
clock' hours, used for some large public clocks in Germany, at
midnight. Eventually these were superseded by 'small clock', or French
hours, which split the day into two 12-hour periods commencing at
midnight.
To address this, a variation on the original escapement was invented in
1670, in England. It was called the anchor escapement, which was a
lever-based device shaped like a ship’s anchor. The motion of a
pendulum rocks this device so that it catches and then releases each
tooth of the escape wheel, in turn allowing it to turn a precise amount.
Unlike the original form used in early pendulum clocks, the anchor
escapement permitted the pendulum to travel in a very small arc.
Moreover, this invention allowed the use of a long pendulum which
could beat once a second and thus led to the development of a new
floor-standing case design, which became known as the grandfather
clock.
DECIDE THE STATEMENT BELOW BELONGS TO WHICH NATIONALITY
AMONG A, B, C, AND D:
They divided the day into two equal halves.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: French

According to archaeological evidence, at least 5, 000 years ago, and

long before the advent of the Roman Empire, the Babylonians began to
measure time, introducing calendars to co-ordinate communal
activities, to plan the shipment of goods and, in particular, to regulate
planting and harvesting. They based their calendars on three natural
cycles: the solar day, marked by the successive periods of light and
darkness as the earth rotates on its axis; the lunar month, following the
phases of the moon as it orbits the earth; and the solar year, defined by
the changing seasons that accompany our planet's revolution around
the sun [..]
Centuries before the Roman Empire, the Egyptians had formulated a
municipal calendar having 12 months of 30 days, with five days added
to approximate the solar year. Each period of ten days was marked by
the appearance of special groups of stars called decans. At the rise of
the star Sirius just before sunrise, which occurred around the all-
important annual flooding of the Nile, 12 decans could be seen
spanning the heavens. The cosmic significance the Egyptians placed in
the 12 decans led them to develop a system in which each interval of
darkness (and later, each interval of daylight) was divided into a dozen
equal parts. These periods became known as temporal hours because
their duration varied according to the changing length of days and
nights with the passing of the seasons. Summer hours were long,
winter ones short; only at the spring and autumn equinoxes were the
hours of daylight and darkness equal. Temporal hours, which were first
adopted by the Greeks and then the Romans, who disseminated them
through Europe, remained in use for more than 2500 years.
The advent of the mechanical clock meant that although it could be
adjusted to maintain temporal hours, it was naturally suited to keeping
equal ones. With these, however, arose the question of when to begin
counting, and so, in the early 14th century, a number of systems
evolved. The schemes that divided the day into 24 equal parts varied
according to the start of the count: Italian hours began at sunset,
Babylonian hours at sunrise, astronomical hours at midday and 'great
clock' hours, used for some large public clocks in Germany, at
midnight. Eventually these were superseded by 'small clock', or French
hours, which split the day into two 12-hour periods commencing at
midnight.
To address this, a variation on the original escapement was invented in
1670, in England. It was called the anchor escapement, which was a
lever-based device shaped like a ship’s anchor. The motion of a
pendulum rocks this device so that it catches and then releases each
tooth of the escape wheel, in turn allowing it to turn a precise amount.
Unlike the original form used in early pendulum clocks, the anchor
escapement permitted the pendulum to travel in a very small arc.
Moreover, this invention allowed the use of a long pendulum which
could beat once a second and thus led to the development of a new
floor-standing case design, which became known as the grandfather
clock.
DECIDE THE STATEMENT BELOW BELONGS TO WHICH NATIONALITY
AMONG A, B, C, AND D:
They created a calendar to organise public events and work schedules.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Babylonians

Which is different from the other words/phrases?

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: there's no comparison

Product placement is the practice of featuring a product or brand in a

movie or TV show. Which of the following options is an antonym
(opposite) of "product placement"?
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: product removal

Cinnamon is a sweet, fragrant spice produced from the inner bark of

trees of the genus Cinnamomum, which is native to the Indian
subcontinent.
Choose the paraphrase of the phrase “which is native to” from the text.
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: which originates from

These pronghorn are notable for the invariance of their migration route and the severity of its
constriction at three bottlenecks. If they can’t pass through each of the three during their spring
migration, they can’t reach their bounty of summer grazing; if they can’t pass through again in
autumn, escaping south onto those windblown plains, they are likely to die trying to overwinter in the
deep snow. Pronghorn, dependent on distance vision and speed to keep safe from predators, traverse
high, open shoulders of land, where they can see and run. At one of the bottlenecks, forested hills rise
to form a V, leaving a corridor of open ground only about 150 metres wide, filled with private homes.
Increasing development is leading toward a crisis for the pronghorn, threatening to choke off their
passageway.

COMPLETE THE SUMMARY BELOW.

Pronghorns rely on their eyesight and (1)……………. to avoid predators. One particular population’s
summer habitat is a national park, and their winter home is on the (2)……………… where they go to
avoid the danger presented by the snow at that time of year. However, their route between these two
areas contains three (3)……………… One problem is the construction of new homes in a narrow (4)
……………… of land on the pronghorns’ route.

(2) Which of the following can be filled in the gap:

D. plains

Vì: “If they (pronghorns) can’t pass through again in autumn, escaping south onto those windblown
plains, they are likely to die trying to overwinter in the deep snow.”

Tạm dịch: Nếu pronghorn không thể vượt qua một lần nữa vào mùa thu, trốn thoát về phía nam trên
những đồng bằng đầy gió, chúng có khả năng chết khi cố gắng vượt qua mùa đông trong lớp tuyết dày
=> nghĩa là mùa đông chúng phải di cư đến đồng bằng nếu không chúng sẽ chết bởi tuyết.

The ___________ communication services, along with chat rooms, continue to be an important part of
children's online interactions.

Đáp án đúng là: online

Vì: chat rooms, children's online interactions liên quan đến giao tiếp online.
How can you ensure ________ when giving a presentation? Pay attention to your tone of voice, use
clear gestures, and make eye contact with the audience.

Đáp án đúng là: effective communication

Vì: Để đảm bảo effective communication (giao tiếp hiệu quả) trong khi thuyết trình, bạn cần chú ý đến
giọng điệu, sử dụng cử chỉ rõ ràng và duy trì ánh mắt với khán giả.

Graduates of four-year universities still ________ their peers with only a high school degree and are
less likely to face unemployment.

Đáp án đúng là: outearn

Vì: Tạm dịch: Sinh viên tốt nghiệp các sau 4 năm đại học vẫn có thu nhập cao hơn các bạn cùng lứa chỉ
với bằng cấp ba và ít có khả năng phải đối mặt với tình trạng thất nghiệp.

Despite her hard work and dedication, her talent for singing _______ by the music industry.

Đáp án đúng là: went unrecognised

Vì: Tạm dịch: Bất chấp sự chăm chỉ và cống hiến của cô ấy, tài năng ca hát của cô ấy không được ngành
công nghiệp âm nhạc công nhận.

Effective time management is a valuable skill that can greatly enhance productivity. By prioritising
tasks, setting clear goals, and eliminating distractions, individuals can make the most of their time and
achieve better results. Time management techniques, such as creating schedules and breaking tasks
into smaller manageable parts, can help individuals stay organised and focused.

Decide if the statement below is True, False, or Not Given in the text.

Time management techniques are useful for improving productivity.

Đáp án đúng là: True

Vì: Đoạn văn nêu rõ rằng quản lý thời gian hiệu quả là một kỹ năng có giá trị có thể nâng cao năng suất
rất nhiều. Nó cung cấp các ví dụ về các kỹ thuật quản lý thời gian, chẳng hạn như ưu tiên các nhiệm vụ,
đặt mục tiêu rõ ràng và tạo lịch trình, giúp các cá nhân luôn ngăn nắp và tập trung. Do đó, câu trả lời là
True (Đúng).

To start with, money-conscious employers regarded air conditioning as a luxury. They considered that
if they were paying people to work, they should not be paying for them to be comfortable as well.

Employers refused to put air conditioning in workplaces at first because they ___________.

Đáp án đúng là: did not want to spend money improving working conditions.

Vì: Ban đầu, những người quản lý cho rằng điều hòa là xa xỉ, và họ đã trả tiền cho công nhân làm việc thì
họ không nên trả thêm tiền cho công nhân được thoải mái. Đáp án “could not afford to pay for it” có vẻ
đúng nhưng thực tế đoạn văn không nói họ có đủ tiền trả hay không, có thể họ vẫn đủ tiền trả, nhưng
họ thấy điều đó là xa xỉ và không cần thiết.

He worked tirelessly to _________ of becoming a doctor, overcoming numerous obstacles along the
way.

Đáp án đúng là: fulfil an ambition

Vì: Tạm dịch: Anh ấy đã làm việc không mệt mỏi để thực hiện ước mơ trở thành bác sĩ của mình, vượt
qua vô số trở ngại trên đường đi.

Đáp án B “to make a dream come true of becoming a doctor” sai, nếu đúng phải là “to make a dream of
becoming a doctor come true ”

The new government policy on environmental conservation has received widespread acclaim. Many
experts believe that this policy is a crucial step towards a sustainable future. In the article, the author
expresses strong support for the government's efforts and highlights the positive impact it can have
on the environment.

Does the following statement agrees with the writer’s claims (Yes); contradicts the writer’s claims
(No); or it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this (Not given)?

Did the author of the article express support for the new government policy?

Đáp án đúng là: Yes

Vì: Trong bài viết, tác giả diễn đạt sự ủng hộ đối với chính sách mới của chính phủ. Các thông tin và lời
diễn đạt trong bài viết cho thấy tác giả đồng ý với chính sách và có sự đồng tình với các quyết định được
đưa ra.

These pronghorn are notable for the invariance of their migration route and the severity of its
constriction at three bottlenecks. If they can’t pass through each of the three during their spring
migration, they can’t reach their bounty of summer grazing; if they can’t pass through again in
autumn, escaping south onto those windblown plains, they are likely to die trying to overwinter in the
deep snow. Pronghorn, dependent on distance vision and speed to keep safe from predators, traverse
high, open shoulders of land, where they can see and run. At one of the bottlenecks, forested hills rise
to form a V, leaving a corridor of open ground only about 150 metres wide, filled with private homes.
Increasing development is leading toward a crisis for the pronghorn, threatening to choke off their
passageway.

COMPLETE THE SUMMARY BELOW.

Pronghorns rely on their eyesight and (1)……………. to avoid predators. One particular population’s
summer habitat is a national park, and their winter home is on the (2)……………… where they go to
avoid the danger presented by the snow at that time of year. However, their route between these two
areas contains three (3)……………… One problem is the construction of new homes in a narrow (4)
……………… of land on the pronghorns’ route.

(3) Which of the following can be filled in the gap:

Đáp án đúng là: bottlenecks

Vì: “These pronghorns are notable for the invariance of their migration route and the severity of its
constriction at three bottlenecks.”

READ THE SUMMARY BELOW, PREDICT ANSWERS:

The importance of language

The wheel is one invention that has had a major impact on (1) ………… aspects of life, but no impact
has been as (2)………… as that of language. Language is very complex, yet composed of just a small
number of sounds. Language appears to be (3)………… to use. However, its sophistication is often
overlooked.

(1) Which of the following can be filled in the gap:

Đáp án đúng là: adjective describing the impact on aspects of life

Vì: an impact on + danh từ / cụm danh từ

aspect là một danh từ, trước nó là một tính từ để bổ nghĩa

Robert Pepperell, an artist based at Cardiff University, creates ambiguous works that are neither
entirely abstract nor clearly representational. In one study, Pepperell and his collaborators asked
volunteers to decide how powerful they considered an artwork to be, and whether they saw anything
familiar in the piece. The longer they took to answer these questions, the more highly they rated the
piece under scrutiny, and the greater their neural activity. It would seem that the brain sees these
images as puzzles, and the harder it is to decipher the meaning, the more rewarding is the moment of
recognition.

Results of studies involving Robert Pepperell’s pieces suggest that people ____________.

Đáp án đúng là: find it satisfying to work out what a painting represents.

Vì: “It would seem that the brain sees these images as puzzles, and the harder it is to decipher the
meaning, the more rewarding is the moment of recognition.”

Ở đây đề cập đến nghiên cứu liên quan đến bức tranh của Robert Pepperell cao thấy rằng mọi người
cảm thấy nó đáp ứng cho việc tìm ra những gì một bức tranh thể hiện.

READ THIS TEXT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS:

 Humans are driving mammals including deer, tigers and bears to hide under the cover of darkness,
jeopardising the health of the creatures that are only supposed to be active by day, new research
found. The presence of people can instil strong feelings of fear in animals and as human activities now
cover 75 percent of the land, we are becoming increasingly harder to avoid. Unable to escape during
the day, mammals are forced to emerge during the night.

A team led by Kaitlyn Gaynor at the University of California, Berkeley arrived at this conclusion
after analysing nearly 80 studies from six continents that monitored the activity of various mammals
using GPS trackers and motion-activated cameras. The scientists used this data to assess the night
time antics of the animals during periods of low and high human disturbance.

Such disturbances ranged from relatively harmless activities like hiking to overtly destructive ones
like hunting, as well as larger scale problems like farming and road construction. Overall, the
researchers concluded that from beavers to lions, there was an increase in nocturnal behaviour when
humans were in the vicinity.

A recent study has shown that many mammals are being forced to become ______ due to the
presence of humans.

Đáp án đúng là: nocturnal

Vì: “Unable to escape during the day, mammals are forced to emerge during the night.”

emerge during the night = nocturnal: hoạt động về đêm

The division between the public and private areas of a hotel preserves the expectations of
management and guests about the form of ______ being provided.

Đáp án đúng là: hospitality

Vì: Tạm dịch: Sự phân chia giữa các khu vực công cộng và riêng tư của một khách sạn duy trì sự mong
đợi của ban quản lý và khách hàng về hình thức tiếp đón được cung cấp.

Dịch vụ khách sạn (hotel service) là một loại hình thuộc ngành hospitality

Despite their initial enthusiasm, the project ultimately _______ due to lack of funding and support.

Đáp án đúng là: came to nothing

Vì: Tạm dịch: Bất chấp sự nhiệt tình ban đầu của họ, dự án cuối cùng chẳng đi đến đâu do thiếu kinh phí
và hỗ trợ.

By the 1970s, marketing strategies that appealed to housewives no longer

sustained downtown real _______ values.
B. estate
Vì: Tạm dịch: Đến những năm 1970, các chiến lược tiếp thị thu hút các bà nội trợ không còn duy trì giá
trị bất động sản (real estate) ở trung tâm thành phố.
Choose a word that has similar meaning to the underlined word below:
It is usually more profitable to sell directly to the public.

A. lucrative
Câu 1:
[A] The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led
by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others
arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911, five weeks ahead of a
British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova
Expedition. Amundsen and his team returned safely to their base,
and later learned that Scott and his four companions had died on
their return journey.
[B] Amundsen’s plans had focused on the Arctic and the conquest
of the North Pole by means of an extended drift in an icebound
ship. He obtained the use of Fridtjof Nansen’s polar exploration
ship Fram, and undertook extensive fundraising. Preparations for
this expedition were disrupted when, in 1909, the rival American
explorers Frederick Cook and Robert E. Peary each claimed to have
reached the North Pole. Amundsen then changed his plan and
began to prepare for a conquest of the South Pole; uncertain of the
extent to which the public and his backers would support him, he
kept this revised objective secret. When he set out in June 1910,
even most of his crew believed they were embarking on an Arctic
drift.
[C] The expedition’s success was widely applauded. The story of
Scott’s heroic failure overshadowed its achievement in the United
Kingdom, unable to accept that a Norwegian had been the first
person to set foot in the South Pole, but not in the rest of the
world. Amundsen’s decision to keep his true plans secret until the
last moment was criticised by some.
[D] Recent polar historians have more fully recognised the skill and
courage of Amundsen’s party; the permanent scientific base at the
pole bears his name, together with that of Scott.
WHICH SECTION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFaORMATION?
The success of Roald Amundsen was celebrated worldwide, except
in one country.
D. paragraph C
Vì: “The story of Scott’s heroic failure overshadowed its achievement in the United
Kingdom, unable to accept that a Norwegian had been the first person to set foot in the
South Pole, but not in the rest of the world.”
Câu 2:
[A] The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led
by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others
arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911, five weeks ahead of a
British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova
Expedition. Amundsen and his team returned safely to their base,
and later learned that Scott and his four companions had died on
their return journey.
[B] Amundsen’s plans had focused on the Arctic and the conquest
of the North Pole by means of an extended drift in an icebound
ship. He obtained the use of Fridtjof Nansen’s polar exploration
ship Fram, and undertook extensive fundraising. Preparations for
this expedition were disrupted when, in 1909, the rival American
explorers Frederick Cook and Robert E. Peary each claimed to have
reached the North Pole. Amundsen then changed his plan and
began to prepare for a conquest of the South Pole; uncertain of the
extent to which the public and his backers would support him, he
kept this revised objective secret. When he set out in June 1910,
even most of his crew believed they were embarking on an Arctic
drift.
[C] The expedition’s success was widely applauded. The story of
Scott’s heroic failure overshadowed its achievement in the United
Kingdom, unable to accept that a Norwegian had been the first
person to set foot in the South Pole, but not in the rest of the
world. Amundsen’s decision to keep his true plans secret until the
last moment was criticised by some.
[D] Recent polar historians have more fully recognised the skill and
courage of Amundsen’s party; the permanent scientific base at the
pole bears his name, together with that of Scott.
WHICH SECTION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFaORMATION?
Amundsen only heard about the death of Scott after he had
reached the South Pole.
D. paragraph A
Vì: “Amundsen and his team returned safely to their base, and later learned that Scott and
his four companions had died on their return journey.”
Câu 3:
The new museum in the city has a unique architecture. It is a
____________ of ____________.
A. showcase / distinctive building
Vì: a museum is a building, rather than mobilisation, a campaign, or a space.
Hơn nữa, việc xuất hiện của một tòa bảo tàng mới giữa thành phố có thể được diễn đặt
bằng từ “showcase”, ‘unique’ cũng đồng nghĩa với ‘distinctive’
Câu 4:
The company decided to __________ for the conservation of
endangered species in collaboration with a wildlife organisation.
C. back a campaign
Vì: Chỉ có đáp án back a campaign (ủng hộ một chiến dịch) được cho là mang nghĩa tích
cực, còn lại mang nghĩa tiêu cực (abandon - từ bỏ, reject - từ chối, oppose - phản đối) và
đều không phù hợp với văn cảnh.
Tạm dịch: Công ty đã quyết định hỗ trợ một chiến dịch bảo tồn các loài có nguy cơ tuyệt
chủng với sự cộng tác của một tổ chức động vật hoang dã.
Câu 5:
[A] While fatigue, drowsiness or boredom easily bring on yawns,
scientists are discovering there is more to yawning than most
people think. Not much is known about why we yawn or if it serves
any useful function. People have already learned that yawning can
be infectious. “Contagious yawning” is the increase in likelihood
that you will yawn after watching or hearing someone else yawn,
but not much is known about the under-lying causes, and very little
research has been done on the subject. However, scientists at the
University of Albany, as well as the University of Leeds and the
University of London have done some exploration.
[B] It is commonly believed that people yawn as a result of being
sleepy or tired because they need oxygen. However, the latest
research shows that a yawn can help cool the brain and help it
work more effectively, which is quite different from the popular
belief that yawning promotes sleep and is a sign of tiredness. Dr.
Andrew Gallup and his colleagues at the University of Albany in
New York State said their experiments on 44 students showed that
raising or lowering oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the blood
did not produce that reaction.
In the study participants were shown videos of people laughing and
yawning, and researchers counted how many times the volunteers
responded to the “contagious yawns”. The researchers found that
those who breathed through the nose rather than the mouth were
less likely to yawn when watching a video of other people yawning.
The same effect was found among those who held a cool pack to
their forehead, whereas those who held a warm pack yawned while
watching the video. Since yawning occurs when brain temperature
rises, sending cool blood to the brain serves to maintain the best
levels of mental efficiency.
[C] Yawning is universal to humans and many animals. Cats, dogs
and fish yawn just like humans do, but they yawn spontaneously.
Only humans and chimpanzees, our closest relatives in the animal
kingdom, have shown definite contagious yawning. Though much
of yawning is due to suggestibility, sometimes people do not need
to actually see a person yawn to involuntarily yawn themselves:
hearing someone yawning or even reading about yawning can
cause the same reaction.
[D] However, contagious yawning goes beyond mere suggestibility.
Recent studies show that contagious yawning is also related to our
predisposition toward empathy— the ability to understand and
connect with others’ emotional states. So empathy is important,
sure, but how could it possibly be related to contagious yawning?
Leave it up to psychologists at Leeds University in England to
answer that. In their study, researchers selected 40 psychology
students and 40 engineering students.
Generally, 57 psychology students are more likely to feel empathy
for others, while engineering students are thought to be concerned
with objects and science. Each student was made to wait
individually in a waiting room, along with an undercover assistant
who yawned 10 times in as many minutes. The students were then
administered an emotional quotient test: students were shown 40
images of eyes and asked what emotion each one displayed. The
results of the test support the idea that contagious yawning is
linked to empathy.
The psychology students—whose future profession requires them
to focus on others—yawned contagiously an average of 5.5 times in
the waiting room and scored 28 out of 40 on the emotional test.
The engineering students—who tend to focus on things like
numbers and systems—yawned an average of 1.5 times and scored
25.5 out of 40 on the subsequent test. The difference doesn’t
sound like much, but researchers consider it significant. Strangely
enough, women, who are generally considered more emotionally
attuned, didn’t score any higher than men.
WHICH SECTION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION?
Scientists discovered some evidence disproving the early
understanding of yawning.
B. paragraph B
Sai. Đáp án đúng là: paragraph B
Vì: “However, the latest research shows that a yawn can help cool the brain and help it
work more effectively, which is quite different from the popular belief that yawning
promotes sleep and is a sign of tiredness”. Điều này đồng nghĩa với việc các nhà khoa học
đã tìm ra bằng chứng chứng minh những hiểu biết đời đầu của chúng ta về hiện tượng
ngáp.
Tham khảo:
Câu 6:
[A] While fatigue, drowsiness or boredom easily bring on yawns,
scientists are discovering there is more to yawning than most
people think. Not much is known about why we yawn or if it serves
any useful function. People have already learned that yawning can
be infectious. “Contagious yawning” is the increase in likelihood
that you will yawn after watching or hearing someone else yawn,
but not much is known about the under-lying causes, and very little
research has been done on the subject. However, scientists at the
University of Albany, as well as the University of Leeds and the
University of London have done some exploration.
[B] It is commonly believed that people yawn as a result of being
sleepy or tired because they need oxygen. However, the latest
research shows that a yawn can help cool the brain and help it
work more effectively, which is quite different from the popular
belief that yawning promotes sleep and is a sign of tiredness. Dr.
Andrew Gallup and his colleagues at the University of Albany in
New York State said their experiments on 44 students showed that
raising or lowering oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the blood
did not produce that reaction.
In the study participants were shown videos of people laughing and
yawning, and researchers counted how many times the volunteers
responded to the “contagious yawns”. The researchers found that
those who breathed through the nose rather than the mouth were
less likely to yawn when watching a video of other people yawning.
The same effect was found among those who held a cool pack to
their forehead, whereas those who held a warm pack yawned while
watching the video. Since yawning occurs when brain temperature
rises, sending cool blood to the brain serves to maintain the best
levels of mental efficiency.
[C] Yawning is universal to humans and many animals. Cats, dogs
and fish yawn just like humans do, but they yawn spontaneously.
Only humans and chimpanzees, our closest relatives in the animal
kingdom, have shown definite contagious yawning. Though much
of yawning is due to suggestibility, sometimes people do not need
to actually see a person yawn to involuntarily yawn themselves:
hearing someone yawning or even reading about yawning can
cause the same reaction.
[D] However, contagious yawning goes beyond mere suggestibility.
Recent studies show that contagious yawning is also related to our
predisposition toward empathy— the ability to understand and
connect with others’ emotional states. So empathy is important,
sure, but how could it possibly be related to contagious yawning?
Leave it up to psychologists at Leeds University in England to
answer that. In their study, researchers selected 40 psychology
students and 40 engineering students.
Generally, 57 psychology students are more likely to feel empathy
for others, while engineering students are thought to be concerned
with objects and science. Each student was made to wait
individually in a waiting room, along with an undercover assistant
who yawned 10 times in as many minutes. The students were then
administered an emotional quotient test: students were shown 40
images of eyes and asked what emotion each one displayed. The
results of the test support the idea that contagious yawning is
linked to empathy.
The psychology students—whose future profession requires them
to focus on others—yawned contagiously an average of 5.5 times in
the waiting room and scored 28 out of 40 on the emotional test.
The engineering students—who tend to focus on things like
numbers and systems—yawned an average of 1.5 times and scored
25.5 out of 40 on the subsequent test. The difference doesn’t
sound like much, but researchers consider it significant. Strangely
enough, women, who are generally considered more emotionally
attuned, didn’t score any higher than men.
WHICH SECTION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION?
Humans’ imaginations can cause yawning.
C. paragraph C
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: paragraph C
Vì: “Though much of yawning is due to suggestibility, sometimes people do not need to
actually see a person yawn to involuntarily yawn themselves: hearing someone yawning or
even reading about yawning can cause the same reaction”. Câu văn này ám chỉ rằng việc
con người chỉ cần tưởng tượng đến việc ngáp cũng có thể khiến họ làm theo như vậy.
Câu 7:
[A] The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led
by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others
arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911, five weeks ahead of a
British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova
Expedition. Amundsen and his team returned safely to their base,
and later learned that Scott and his four companions had died on
their return journey.
[B] Amundsen’s plans had focused on the Arctic and the conquest
of the North Pole by means of an extended drift in an icebound
ship. He obtained the use of Fridtjof Nansen’s polar exploration
ship Fram, and undertook extensive fundraising. Preparations for
this expedition were disrupted when, in 1909, the rival American
explorers Frederick Cook and Robert E. Peary each claimed to have
reached the North Pole. Amundsen then changed his plan and
began to prepare for a conquest of the South Pole; uncertain of the
extent to which the public and his backers would support him, he
kept this revised objective secret. When he set out in June 1910,
even most of his crew believed they were embarking on an Arctic
drift.
[C] The expedition’s success was widely applauded. The story of
Scott’s heroic failure overshadowed its achievement in the United
Kingdom, unable to accept that a Norwegian had been the first
person to set foot in the South Pole, but not in the rest of the
world. Amundsen’s decision to keep his true plans secret until the
last moment was criticised by some.
[D] Recent polar historians have more fully recognised the skill and
courage of Amundsen’s party; the permanent scientific base at the
pole bears his name, together with that of Scott.
WHICH SECTION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFaORMATION?
Amundsen had originally planned an expedition to the North Pole.
C. paragraph B
Vì: “Amundsen’s plans had focused on the Arctic and the conquest of the North Pole by
means of an extended drift in an icebound ship.”
Câu 8:
[A] While fatigue, drowsiness or boredom easily bring on yawns,
scientists are discovering there is more to yawning than most
people think. Not much is known about why we yawn or if it serves
any useful function. People have already learned that yawning can
be infectious. “Contagious yawning” is the increase in likelihood
that you will yawn after watching or hearing someone else yawn,
but not much is known about the under-lying causes, and very little
research has been done on the subject. However, scientists at the
University of Albany, as well as the University of Leeds and the
University of London have done some exploration.
[B] It is commonly believed that people yawn as a result of being
sleepy or tired because they need oxygen. However, the latest
research shows that a yawn can help cool the brain and help it
work more effectively, which is quite different from the popular
belief that yawning promotes sleep and is a sign of tiredness. Dr.
Andrew Gallup and his colleagues at the University of Albany in
New York State said their experiments on 44 students showed that
raising or lowering oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the blood
did not produce that reaction.
In the study participants were shown videos of people laughing and
yawning, and researchers counted how many times the volunteers
responded to the “contagious yawns”. The researchers found that
those who breathed through the nose rather than the mouth were
less likely to yawn when watching a video of other people yawning.
The same effect was found among those who held a cool pack to
their forehead, whereas those who held a warm pack yawned while
watching the video. Since yawning occurs when brain temperature
rises, sending cool blood to the brain serves to maintain the best
levels of mental efficiency.
[C] Yawning is universal to humans and many animals. Cats, dogs
and fish yawn just like humans do, but they yawn spontaneously.
Only humans and chimpanzees, our closest relatives in the animal
kingdom, have shown definite contagious yawning. Though much
of yawning is due to suggestibility, sometimes people do not need
to actually see a person yawn to involuntarily yawn themselves:
hearing someone yawning or even reading about yawning can
cause the same reaction.
[D] However, contagious yawning goes beyond mere suggestibility.
Recent studies show that contagious yawning is also related to our
predisposition toward empathy— the ability to understand and
connect with others’ emotional states. So empathy is important,
sure, but how could it possibly be related to contagious yawning?
Leave it up to psychologists at Leeds University in England to
answer that. In their study, researchers selected 40 psychology
students and 40 engineering students.
Generally, 57 psychology students are more likely to feel empathy
for others, while engineering students are thought to be concerned
with objects and science. Each student was made to wait
individually in a waiting room, along with an undercover assistant
who yawned 10 times in as many minutes. The students were then
administered an emotional quotient test: students were shown 40
images of eyes and asked what emotion each one displayed. The
results of the test support the idea that contagious yawning is
linked to empathy.
The psychology students—whose future profession requires them
to focus on others—yawned contagiously an average of 5.5 times in
the waiting room and scored 28 out of 40 on the emotional test.
The engineering students—who tend to focus on things like
numbers and systems—yawned an average of 1.5 times and scored
25.5 out of 40 on the subsequent test. The difference doesn’t
sound like much, but researchers consider it significant. Strangely
enough, women, who are generally considered more emotionally
attuned, didn’t score any higher than men.
WHICH SECTION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION?
Research shows that yawning is closely related to occupations.
D. paragraph D
Vì: Một thí nghiệm về tần suất ngáp với các sinh viên đến từ hai chuyên ngành khác nhau
là Tâm lý học (Psychology) và Kỹ thuật (Engineering). Kết quả đã cho thấy, các sinh viên
Tâm lý học có tần suất ngáp cao hơn sinh viên ngành Kỹ thuật do đặc thù công việc trong
tương lai của họ.
Câu 9:
[A] The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led
by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others
arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911, five weeks ahead of a
British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova
Expedition. Amundsen and his team returned safely to their base,
and later learned that Scott and his four companions had died on
their return journey.
[B] Amundsen’s plans had focused on the Arctic and the conquest
of the North Pole by means of an extended drift in an icebound
ship. He obtained the use of Fridtjof Nansen’s polar exploration
ship Fram, and undertook extensive fundraising. Preparations for
this expedition were disrupted when, in 1909, the rival American
explorers Frederick Cook and Robert E. Peary each claimed to have
reached the North Pole. Amundsen then changed his plan and
began to prepare for a conquest of the South Pole; uncertain of the
extent to which the public and his backers would support him, he
kept this revised objective secret. When he set out in June 1910,
even most of his crew believed they were embarking on an Arctic
drift.
[C] The expedition’s success was widely applauded. The story of
Scott’s heroic failure overshadowed its achievement in the United
Kingdom, unable to accept that a Norwegian had been the first
person to set foot in the South Pole, but not in the rest of the
world. Amundsen’s decision to keep his true plans secret until the
last moment was criticised by some.
[D] Recent polar historians have more fully recognised the skill and
courage of Amundsen’s party; the permanent scientific base at the
pole bears his name, together with that of Scott.
WHICH SECTION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFaORMATION?
When Amundsen decided to aim for the South Pole, he did not
reveal his intentions.
A. paragraph B
Vì: “Amundsen then changed his plan and began to prepare for a conquest of the South
Pole; uncertain of the extent to which the public and his backers would support him, he
kept this revised objective secret”
Câu 10:
[A] While fatigue, drowsiness or boredom easily bring on yawns,
scientists are discovering there is more to yawning than most
people think. Not much is known about why we yawn or if it serves
any useful function. People have already learned that yawning can
be infectious. “Contagious yawning” is the increase in likelihood
that you will yawn after watching or hearing someone else yawn,
but not much is known about the under-lying causes, and very little
research has been done on the subject. However, scientists at the
University of Albany, as well as the University of Leeds and the
University of London have done some exploration.
[B] It is commonly believed that people yawn as a result of being
sleepy or tired because they need oxygen. However, the latest
research shows that a yawn can help cool the brain and help it
work more effectively, which is quite different from the popular
belief that yawning promotes sleep and is a sign of tiredness. Dr.
Andrew Gallup and his colleagues at the University of Albany in
New York State said their experiments on 44 students showed that
raising or lowering oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the blood
did not produce that reaction.
In the study participants were shown videos of people laughing and
yawning, and researchers counted how many times the volunteers
responded to the “contagious yawns”. The researchers found that
those who breathed through the nose rather than the mouth were
less likely to yawn when watching a video of other people yawning.
The same effect was found among those who held a cool pack to
their forehead, whereas those who held a warm pack yawned while
watching the video. Since yawning occurs when brain temperature
rises, sending cool blood to the brain serves to maintain the best
levels of mental efficiency.
[C] Yawning is universal to humans and many animals. Cats, dogs
and fish yawn just like humans do, but they yawn spontaneously.
Only humans and chimpanzees, our closest relatives in the animal
kingdom, have shown definite contagious yawning. Though much
of yawning is due to suggestibility, sometimes people do not need
to actually see a person yawn to involuntarily yawn themselves:
hearing someone yawning or even reading about yawning can
cause the same reaction.
[D] However, contagious yawning goes beyond mere suggestibility.
Recent studies show that contagious yawning is also related to our
predisposition toward empathy— the ability to understand and
connect with others’ emotional states. So empathy is important,
sure, but how could it possibly be related to contagious yawning?
Leave it up to psychologists at Leeds University in England to
answer that. In their study, researchers selected 40 psychology
students and 40 engineering students.
Generally, 57 psychology students are more likely to feel empathy
for others, while engineering students are thought to be concerned
with objects and science. Each student was made to wait
individually in a waiting room, along with an undercover assistant
who yawned 10 times in as many minutes. The students were then
administered an emotional quotient test: students were shown 40
images of eyes and asked what emotion each one displayed. The
results of the test support the idea that contagious yawning is
linked to empathy.
The psychology students—whose future profession requires them
to focus on others—yawned contagiously an average of 5.5 times in
the waiting room and scored 28 out of 40 on the emotional test.
The engineering students—who tend to focus on things like
numbers and systems—yawned an average of 1.5 times and scored
25.5 out of 40 on the subsequent test. The difference doesn’t
sound like much, but researchers consider it significant. Strangely
enough, women, who are generally considered more emotionally
attuned, didn’t score any higher than men.
WHICH SECTION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION?
Yawning is used to regulate brain temperature.
paragraph B
Vì: “Since yawning occurs when brain temperature rises, sending cool blood to the brain
serves to maintain the best levels of mental efficiency”, ám chỉ rằng việc ngáp giúp điều
chỉnh nhiệt độ của não.

Câu 1:
The city government is planning to create more __________ to
enhance the quality of life for its residents.
D. open spaces
Câu 2:
The __________ group played a crucial role in organising events and
activities to engage the residents in community development.
A. civic

Câu 3: The organisation aims to engage the community in social

projects. They want to ____________.
A. mobilise the community
Câu 4: He actively participates in community events and initiatives.
He plays a ____________ in a ____________.
B. significant role / civic group

Câu 4:
However, air conditioning has its critics. Jed Brown, an
environmentalist, complains that air conditioning is a factor in
global warming. Unfortunately, he adds, because air conditioning
leads to higher temperatures, people have to use it even more.
However, he admits that it provides a healthier environment for
many people in the heat of summer.
What does Jed Brown say about air conditioning?
B. It is good for people, but bad for the environment.

Câu 5:
The fact that two people avoiding eye _______ means avoiding
looking directly at each other.
C. contact

Câu 15:
Many studies have shown that regular exercise is beneficial for
overall health. It can help reduce the risk of chronic diseases, such
as heart disease and diabetes, improve cardiovascular fitness, and
enhance mental well-being. Exercise also plays a crucial role in
maintaining a healthy weight and promoting better sleep patterns.
Decide if the statement below is true, false, or not given in the
text.
Regular exercise has no impact on reducing the risk of chronic
diseases.
A. False
Câu 14:
With careful preparation and execution, the event _______ plan,
leaving the attendees satisfied and impressed.
B. went according to
Câu 1:
The _______________ of this experimental music composition combined
dissonant harmonies, unconventional instrumentation, and avant-
garde techniques.
A. followers
B. scientists
C. interpreters
D. proponents

Giải thích kết quả :

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: proponents
Vì: “proponents" có nghĩa là những người ủng hộ hoặc tán thành một ý kiến, một phong
cách, hoặc một ý tưởng. Trong câu này, người ủng hộ đề cập đến những người tán thành
việc kết hợp các yếu tố âm nhạc không hòa âm, nhạc cụ không thông thường và các kỹ
thuật tiên tiến trong sáng tác âm nhạc thử nghiệm.
Câu 2:
Long-term planning usually begins with a vision agreed by the
industry and I will support any immediate efforts in this area. We
now have an industry that is arguably our country's third largest
export earner. We need to know where we can take this industry,
how it fits with society and its place in an increasingly systemic
world where people move more freely and technology drives a
global economy.
What does the ongoing preparation usually start with?
A. immediate efforts
B. global economy
C. technology
D. a vision

Giải thích kết quả :

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: a vision
Vì: “Long-term planning usually begins with a vision agreed by the industry…”
Tạm dịch: Lập kế hoạch dài hạn thường bắt đầu với một tầm nhìn (a vision) đã được ngành
đồng thuận
Câu 3:
Today, following years of neglect, many of these monuments to
mediaeval engineering have been saved by the Archaeological
Survey of India, which has recognised the importance of preserving
them as part of the country’s rich history. Tourists flock to wells in
far-flung corners of northwestern India to gaze in wonder at these
architectural marvels from 1,000 years ago, which serve as a
reminder of both the ingenuity and artistry of ancient civilisations
and of the value of water to human existence.
Who are frequent visitors to stepwells nowadays?
A. Tourists

B. India
C. Artists
D. Monuments
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Tourists
Vì: “Tourists flock to wells in far-flung corners of northwestern India to gaze in wonder at
these architectural marvels from 1,000 years ago…”
Tạm dịch: Khách du lịch đổ xô đến các giếng ở những nơi xa xôi của Tây Bắc Ấn Độ… =>
D. tourists (khách du lịch)
Câu 4:
I really enjoy attending music____
A. performer
B. perfume
C. performance

D. performed
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: performance
Câu 5:
The main elements required for survival are food, fire, shelter and
water. Their order of importance will depend upon where you
happen to be. In the desert water will head the list; in polar
regions shelter and fire will be the main concerns. Ordering your
priorities is the first step to survival.
Fire is described as:
D. the prime necessity.
Câu 6:
The _______________ implemented a comprehensive restructuring plan
that involved streamlining operations, optimising efficiency, and
diversifying revenue streams.
A. strategist

B. strategy
C. facilitator
D. facility
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: strategist
Vì: "strategist" có nghĩa là người có khả năng lập kế hoạch chiến lược và định hướng hoạt
động. Trong câu này, người chiến lược đã triển khai một kế hoạch toàn diện bao gồm việc
tối ưu hóa hoạt động, tăng cường hiệu suất và đa dạng hóa nguồn thu.
Câu 7:
Education plays a crucial role in _______________ the minds of young
learners.
A. shaping

B. making
C. creating
D. colouring
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: shaping
Vì: Tạm dịch: Giáo dục đóng vai trò quan trọng trong việc hình thành tư duy của những
học sinh trẻ.
“Shape the mind” là một cụm từ thường được sử dụng với nghĩa này.
Câu 8:
What is the potential for robots and computers in the near future?
'The fact is we still have a way to go before real robots catch up
with their science fiction counterparts.’ Gates says. So what are
the stumbling blocks? One key difficulty is getting robots to know
their place. This has nothing to do with class or etiquette, but
concerns the simple issue of positioning. Humans orient
themselves with other objects in a room very easily. Robots find
the task almost impossible. 'Even something as simple as telling
the difference between an open door and a window can be tricky
for a robot,’ says Gates. This has, until recently, reduced robots to
fairly static and cumbersome roles.
For a long time, researchers tried to get round the problem by
attempting to recreate the visual processing that goes on in the
human cortex. However, that challenge has proved to be singularly
exacting and complex. So scientists have turned to simpler
alternatives: 'We have become far more pragmatic in our work,'
says Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the
University of Bristol in England and associate editor of the journal
of Artificial Intelligence Research. 'We are no longer trying to
recreate human functions. Instead, we are looking for simpler
solutions with basic electronic sensors, for example.' This approach
is exemplified by vacuuming robots such as the Electrolux Trilobite.
The Trilobite scuttles around homes emitting ultrasound signals to
create maps of rooms, which are remembered for future cleaning.
Technology like this is now changing the face of robotics, says
philosopher Ron Chrisley, director of the Centre for Research in
Cognitive Science at the University of Sussex in England.
Last year, a new Hong Kong restaurant, Robt Kitchen, opened with
a couple of sensor-laden humanoid machines directing customers
to their seats. Each possesses a touch-screen on which orders can
be keyed in. The robot then returns with the correct dishes. In
Japan, University of Tokyo researchers recently unveiled a kitchen
'android’ that could wash dishes, pour tea and make a few limited
meals. The ultimate aim is to provide robot home helpers for the
sick and the elderly, a key concern in a country like Japan where 22
percent of the population is 65 or older. Over US$1 billion a year is
spent on research into robots that will be able to care for the
elderly. 'Robots first learn basic competence - how to move around
a house without bumping into things. Then we can think about
teaching them how to interact with humans,’ Chrisley saiMachines
such as these take researchers into the field of socialised robotics:
how to make robots act in a way that does not scare or offend
individuals, 'We need to study how robots should approach people,
how they should appear. That is going to be a key area for future
research,’ adds Chrisley.

READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND DECIDE THE STATEMENT

BELOW IS STATED BY WHOM, CHOOSE A, B, C, OR D FOR THE
CORRECT PERSON:
We have stopped trying to enable robots to perceive objects as
humans do.
A. Nello Cristianini

B. Ron Chrisley
C. Bill Gates
D. The Trilobite
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Nello Cristianini
Vì: “For a long time, researchers tried to get round the problem by attempting to recreate
the visual processing that goes on in the human cortex.”
“We have become far more pragmatic in our work, [...] We are no longer trying to recreate
human functions”
Câu 9:
What is the potential for robots and computers in the near future?
'The fact is we still have a way to go before real robots catch up
with their science fiction counterparts.’ Gates says. So what are
the stumbling blocks? One key difficulty is getting robots to know
their place. This has nothing to do with class or etiquette, but
concerns the simple issue of positioning. Humans orient
themselves with other objects in a room very easily. Robots find
the task almost impossible. 'Even something as simple as telling
the difference between an open door and a window can be tricky
for a robot,’ says Gates. This has, until recently, reduced robots to
fairly static and cumbersome roles.
For a long time, researchers tried to get round the problem by
attempting to recreate the visual processing that goes on in the
human cortex. However, that challenge has proved to be singularly
exacting and complex. So scientists have turned to simpler
alternatives: 'We have become far more pragmatic in our work,'
says Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the
University of Bristol in England and associate editor of the journal
of Artificial Intelligence Research. 'We are no longer trying to
recreate human functions. Instead, we are looking for simpler
solutions with basic electronic sensors, for example.' This approach
is exemplified by vacuuming robots such as the Electrolux Trilobite.
The Trilobite scuttles around homes emitting ultrasound signals to
create maps of rooms, which are remembered for future cleaning.
Technology like this is now changing the face of robotics, says
philosopher Ron Chrisley, director of the Centre for Research in
Cognitive Science at the University of Sussex in England.
Last year, a new Hong Kong restaurant, Robt Kitchen, opened with
a couple of sensor-laden humanoid machines directing customers
to their seats. Each possesses a touch-screen on which orders can
be keyed in. The robot then returns with the correct dishes. In
Japan, University of Tokyo researchers recently unveiled a kitchen
'android’ that could wash dishes, pour tea and make a few limited
meals. The ultimate aim is to provide robot home helpers for the
sick and the elderly, a key concern in a country like Japan where 22
percent of the population is 65 or older. Over US$1 billion a year is
spent on research into robots that will be able to care for the
elderly. 'Robots first learn basic competence - how to move around
a house without bumping into things. Then we can think about
teaching them how to interact with humans,’ Chrisley saiMachines
such as these take researchers into the field of socialised robotics:
how to make robots act in a way that does not scare or offend
individuals, 'We need to study how robots should approach people,
how they should appear. That is going to be a key area for future
research,’ adds Chrisley.
READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND DECIDE THE STATEMENT
BELOW IS STATED BY WHOM, CHOOSE A, B, C, OR D FOR THE
CORRECT PERSON:
It will take considerable time for modern robots to match the ones
we have created in films and books.
A. Ron Chrisley
B. Nello Cristianini
C. The Trilobite
D. Bill Gates
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Bill Gates
Vì: Đoạn Câu 2
'The fact is we still have a way to go before real robots catch up with their science fiction
counterparts.’ Gates says.
fiction counterparts ~ films and books
Câu 10:
At a banquet, a host would offer guests a plate with various spices
piled upon it as a sign of the wealth at his or her disposal .
Choose the paraphrase of the phrase “at his or her disposal” from
the text.
A. available to use

B. available to take away

C. available to share
D. available to dispose
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: available to use
Vì: at his or her disposal = available to use: sẵn sàng sử dụng
Câu 11:
Understanding ___________ is crucial for businesses to develop
effective marketing strategies and tailor their offerings to target
customers.
A. marketing campaign
B. consumer behaviour

C. income bracket
D. brand identity
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: consumer behaviour
Vì: Tạm dịch: Việc hiểu hành vi của người tiêu dùng là rất quan trọng đối với các doanh
nghiệp để phát triển các chiến lược tiếp thị hiệu quả và điều chỉnh các dịch vụ của họ cho
khách hàng mục tiêu.
Câu 12:
According to archaeological evidence, at least 5, 000 years ago,
and long before the advent of the Roman Empire, the Babylonians
began to measure time, introducing calendars to co-ordinate
communal activities, to plan the shipment of goods and, in
particular, to regulate planting and harvesting. They based their
calendars on three natural cycles: the solar day, marked by the
successive periods of light and darkness as the earth rotates on its
axis; the lunar month, following the phases of the moon as it orbits
the earth; and the solar year, defined by the changing seasons that
accompany our planet's revolution around the sun [..]
Centuries before the Roman Empire, the Egyptians had formulated
a municipal calendar having 12 months of 30 days, with five days
added to approximate the solar year. Each period of ten days was
marked by the appearance of special groups of stars called decans.
At the rise of the star Sirius just before sunrise, which occurred
around the all-important annual flooding of the Nile, 12 decans
could be seen spanning the heavens. The cosmic significance the
Egyptians placed in the 12 decans led them to develop a system in
which each interval of darkness (and later, each interval of
daylight) was divided into a dozen equal parts. These periods
became known as temporal hours because their duration varied
according to the changing length of days and nights with the
passing of the seasons. Summer hours were long, winter ones
short; only at the spring and autumn equinoxes were the hours of
daylight and darkness equal. Temporal hours, which were first
adopted by the Greeks and then the Romans, who disseminated
them through Europe, remained in use for more than 2500 years.
The advent of the mechanical clock meant that although it could be
adjusted to maintain temporal hours, it was naturally suited to
keeping equal ones. With these, however, arose the question of
when to begin counting, and so, in the early 14th century, a
number of systems evolved. The schemes that divided the day into
24 equal parts varied according to the start of the count: Italian
hours began at sunset, Babylonian hours at sunrise, astronomical
hours at midday and 'great clock' hours, used for some large public
clocks in Germany, at midnight. Eventually these were superseded
by 'small clock', or French hours, which split the day into two 12-
hour periods commencing at midnight.
To address this, a variation on the original escapement was
invented in 1670, in England. It was called the anchor escapement,
which was a lever-based device shaped like a ship’s anchor. The
motion of a pendulum rocks this device so that it catches and then
releases each tooth of the escape wheel, in turn allowing it to turn
a precise amount. Unlike the original form used in early pendulum
clocks, the anchor escapement permitted the pendulum to travel in
a very small arc. Moreover, this invention allowed the use of a long
pendulum which could beat once a second and thus led to the
development of a new floor-standing case design, which became
known as the grandfather clock.
DECIDE THE STATEMENT BELOW BELONGS TO WHICH NATIONALITY
AMONG A, B, C, AND D:
They devised a civil calendar in which the months were equal in
length.
A. English
B. Babylonians
C. Egyptians

D. Greeks
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: Egyptians
Vì: “Centuries before the Roman Empire, the Egyptians had formulated a municipal
calendar having 12 months of 30 days, with five days added to approximate the solar
year.”
=> The Egyptians had a calendar in which the months were equal in length of 30 days.
Câu 13:
Which is different from the other words/phrases?
A. unique
B. unlike
C. in contrast
D. identical

Giải thích kết quả :

Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: identical
Vì: Từ “identical” chỉ sự giống nhau, các từ / cụm từ còn lại chỉ sự khác nhau.
Câu 14:
A strong and distinctive ___________ helps a brand stand out and
build a loyal customer base.
A. free airtime
B. brand identity

C. product removal
D. advertising campaign
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: brand identity
Vì: Tạm dịch: Bản sắc thương hiệu mạnh mẽ và khác biệt giúp thương hiệu nổi bật và xây
dựng cơ sở khách hàng trung thành.
Câu 15:
Which is different from the other words/phrases?
A. tell apart
B. huge contrast
C. similarity

D. by contrast
Giải thích kết quả :
Đúng. Đáp án đúng là: similarity
Vì: Từ “similarity” chỉ sự giống nhau, các từ / cụm từ còn lại chỉ sự khác nhau.
sensor-laden humanoid machines directing customers to
their seats. Each possesses a touch-screen on which orders
can be keyed in. The robot then returns with the correct
dishes. In Japan, University of Tokyo researchers recently
unveiled a kitchen 'android’ that could wash dishes, pour
tea and make a few limited meals. The ultimate aim is to
provide robot home helpers for the sick and the elderly, a
key concern in a country like Japan where 22 percent of the
population is 65 or older. Over US$1 billion a year is spent
on research into robots that will be able to care for the
elderly. 'Robots first learn basic competence - how to move
around a house without bumping into things. Then we can
think about teaching them how to interact with humans,’
Chrisley saiMachines such as these take researchers into
the field of socialised robotics: how to make robots act in a
way that does not scare or offend individuals, 'We need to
study how robots should approach people, how they should
appear. That is going to be a key area for future research,’
adds Chrisley.
READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND DECIDE THE
STATEMENT BELOW IS STATED BY WHOM, CHOOSE A, B, C,
OR D FOR THE CORRECT PERSON:

We need to enable robots to move freely before we think about

trying to communicate with them.
A. Ron Chrisley