Man is a unique being. He is different from all other creatures because he does not merely take part in the environment. Man reshapes his environment (56) ________ will to some purposes. He does not have a (57) ________ habitat and is able to adapt himself to living in different environments. Among the many ways in which Man has changed his environment (58) ________ the building of cities and roads, the utilization of (59) ________ for farming and the reclaiming of land from the sea. While some of the changes are harmless, some are extremely harmful to the environment.

An example of a harmful result of Man’s actions is that of pollution. Through the use of scientific knowledge and (60) ________ technology. Man has (61) ________ his well-being and life expectancy in the process, however, he has also (62) ________ about the growing problem of worldwide pollution. One of the main sources of air pollution is motor vehicles. Fumes emitted from the car (63) ________ contain many chemicals which are harmful to people, animals and plants. Industry also (64) ________ significantly to the pollution of the atmosphere. There is no major city in the world today in which we can enjoy clean air.

It is important for us to be environment-conscious and (65) ________ actions which cause harmful effects to our environment.

Câu 67

Man reshapes his environment (56) ________ will to some purposes.

A. at

B. by

C. from

D. for

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Câu 68

He does not have a (57) ________ habitat and is able to adapt himself to living in different environments.

A. reliable

B. natural

C. primitive

D. permanent

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Câu 69

Among the many ways in which Man has changed his environment (58) ________ the building of cities and roads,

A. has

B. have

C. is

D. are

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Câu 70

the utilization of (59) ________ for farming and the reclaiming of land from the sea.

A. field

B. land

C. ground

D. soil

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Câu 71

Through the use of scientific knowledge and (60) ________ technology.

A. promoted

B. advantaged

C. advanced

D. heightened

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Câu 72

Man has (61) ________ his well-being and life expectancy in the process, however,

A. increased

B. lengthened

C. enlarged

D. promoted

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Câu 73

however, he has also (62) ________ about the growing problem of worldwide pollution.

A. come

B. seen

C. heard

D. brought

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Câu 74

Fumes emitted from the car (63) ________ contain many chemicals which are harmful to people, animals and plants.

A. waste

B. exhaust

C. garbage

D. trash

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Câu 75

Industry also (64) ________ significantly to the pollution of the atmosphere.

A. contributes

B. devotes

C. looked forward

D. adjusts

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Câu 76

It is important for us to be environment-conscious and (65) ________ actions which cause harmful effects to our environment.

A. escape

B. deny

C. refuse

D. avoid

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Part 2. Questions 66 – 75 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each)

Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.

Television’s contribution to family life in the United States has been an equivocal one. For while it has, indeed, kept the members of the family from dispersing, it has not served to bring them together. By dominating the time families spend together, it destroys the special quality that distinguishes one family from another, a quality that depends to a great extent on what a family does, what special rituals, games, recurrent jokes, familiar songs, and shared activities it accumulates.

“Like the sorcerer of old,” writes Urie Bronfenbrenner, “the television set casts its magic spell, freezing speech and action, turning the living into silent statues so long as the enchantment lasts. The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces — although there is danger there — as in the behavior it prevents : the talks, games, the family festivities, and arguments through which much of the child’s learning takes place and through which character is formed. Turning on the television set can turn off the process that transforms children into people.”

Of course, families today still do special things together at times : go camping in the summer, go to the zoo on a nice Sunday, take various trips and expeditions. But the ordinary daily life together is diminished — that sitting around at the dinner table, that spontaneous taking up of an activity, those little games invented by children on the spur of the moment when there is nothing else to do, the scribbling, the chatting, the quarreling, all the things that form the fabric of a family, that define a childhood.

Instead, the children have their regular schedule of television programs and bedtime, and the parents have their peaceful dinner together. But surely the needs of adults are being better met than the needs of children, who are effectively shunted away and rendered untroublesome.

If the family does not accumulate its backlog of shared experiences, shared everyday experiences that occur and recur and change and develop, then it is not likely to survive as anything other than a caretaking institution.

Câu 77

Which of the following best represents the author’s argument in the passage?

A. Television has negative effects on family life.

B. Television has advantages and disadvantages for children.

C. Television should be more educational.

D. Television teaches children to be violent.

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Câu 78

The word it in the passage refers to ________.

A. dominating

B. time

C. television

D. quality

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Câu 79

Why is Urie Bronfenbrenner quoted in paragraph 2?

A. To present a different point of view from that of the author

B. To provide an example of a television program that is harmful

C. To expand the author’s argument

D. To discuss the positive aspects of television

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Câu 80

The word freezing in the passage is closest in meaning to ________.

A. controlling

B. halting

C. dramatizing

D. encouraging

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Câu 81

Urie Bronfenbrenner compares the television set to ________.

A. a statue

B. an educator

C. a family member

D. a magician

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Câu 82

Which of the following would be an example of what the author means by a special thing that families do?

A. Going on vacation in the summertime

B. Playing cards together in the evening

C. Reading to the children at bedtime

D. Talking to each other

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Câu 83

The thing that “form the fabric of a family” in paragraph 3 are________.

A. special things

B. ordinary things

C. television programs

D. children

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Câu 84

The word it in the passage refers to ________.

A. the television

B. the family

C. its backlog

D. an institution

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Câu 85

According to the author, what distinguishes one family from another?

A. Doing ordinary things together

B. Watching television together

C. Celebrating holidays together

D. Living together

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Câu 86

It can be inferred from the passage that a caretaking institution is one in which care is given ________.

A. charitably

B. lovingly

C. constantly

D. impersonally

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Đoạn văn 3

Part 3: Questions 76 – 85. (2.0 points- 0.2/ each).

Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap.

English was first written down in the 6^th century. At that time, writers had to use the twenty-three letters of the Latin (76)_{………..…………….} to write down what they heard. Because English has sounds that do not (77)_{………..…………….} in Latin, they added letters to represent the forty-four sounds of English. This resulted (78)_{………..…………….} some irregular spelling. After the Norman invasion of England in 1056, French became the language spoken by the king and other people in positions of power (79) _{………..…………….} influence. Many French words introduced and the spelling of many English words (80)_{………..…………….} to follow French patterns. The result was a rich and irregular mix of spellings.

The (81)_{………..…………….} press was invented in the 15^th century. Many early printers of English texts spoke other first languages, especially Dutch. They often paid little attention to how English words spelled. Sometimes technical decisions were (82) _{………..…………….} to give columns of print straight edges. To do this, letters were taken off the ends of words and sometimes added to words. With time, people became (83) _{………..…………….} to seeing words spelled the same way. Fixed spellings were therefore created by the printers’ decisions. Spoken English, however, was not fixed. It continued to change, as it still does. It is no (84) _{………..…………….} that English spelling seems irregular. Words such as although, through and cough, for example, all have the same spelling at the end, but are (85) _{………..…………….} differently. Words such as feet, meat and seize, on the other hand, are spelled differently but have the same sound in the middle.