Đề thi tổng ôn tốt nghiệp THPT Tiếng Anh (Đề số 9)

University of Brickerry’s Top Chosen Programmes

VOCATIONAL PROGRAMMES

When the demand for (1) ______ workers has risen, our vocational programmes provide practical courses and hands-on experience (2) ______ students to master their targeted skills within a period of 12-24 months.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

All the courses are carefully designed to help students acquire academic achievements and qualities for their future careers. Besides, two (3) ______ equip students with valuable work experience.

TRY-AND-FIND PROGRAMMES

For those (4) ______ if they might not have chosen the right programme, this 6-8-week programme is for you. There are preliminary sessions so that students can (5) ______ a closer look at the sectors they are planning (6) ______ in.

(Adapted from C-21 Smart)

Explore the Eco World

SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK, TANZANIA

Tanzania safari is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. From the wild natural landscapes to the magnificent animals that roam the land, Tanzania (7) ______ those looking for adventure like no (8) ______.

Safari

Home to colossal (9) ______ of animals like zebras, gazelles, and gnu. Take a ride with us around the park and behold upon the glorious (10) ______.

Local Guidance

The local guides go out of their way with (11) ______ laying emphasis on the importance of wildlife preservation and ensuring visitors cause the least (12) ______ to the ecosystem.

Witnessing the great migration

It is the only place in Africa where land-animal migrations still take place.

(Adapted from THiNK)

Steve Jobs’ Life and Achievements

Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February, 1955 in San Francisco, USA. His biological parents were not married and gave him up for adoption. He was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs. In 1971, Jobs met Steve Wozniak, who was five years older than him, but they bonded over their love of electronics. After high school, Jobs attended Reed College in Oregon, (18) ______.

When Jobs was 21, he and Wozniak started Apple Computers in Jobs’ family garage with money they got by selling Jobs’ van and Wozniak’s scientific calculator. By making computers smaller, cheaper, and accessible to everyday users, (19) ______.

Although Jobs left Apple in 1985, he returned to his post in 1997 when the company needed new ideas. He helped invent new products such as the iMac, the iBook for students, the iPod music player, and iTunes music software. In 2007, he introduced the touch-screen iPhone which changed the way phones were used. (20) ______, but also to be stylish and easy to use.

In addition, Jobs contributed to computer animation. In 1986, he bought a small company, which later became Pixar Animation Studios. It produced the first full-length computer-animated film Toy Story (1995), (21) ______, and received critical acclaim. Over the course of his life, the studio released other blockbusters like Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), Ratatouille (2007), just to name a few.

In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, which he fought for several years. (22) ______. He had four children, three with his wife of 20 years and one from a previous relationship. On an Apple web page, a statement reads, “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.”

(Adapted from Global Success)

Living sculptures

Gregory Kloehn is a sculptor with a difference. Not only are his sculptures created from bits of rubbish, but each of his distinctive creations offers a homeless person somewhere to live. Gregory works in California, where there are a lot of people living on the streets. Each of his sculptures is no bigger than the average sofa, but the tiny, one-roomed shelters are as wonderful as mansions for a person who is sleeping rough. Gregory searches on rubbish dumps to find pieces to use. A washing machine door is as good as a normal window. A fridge door can make a fine front door, and has useful shelves on the inside. And each home is on wheels so that it can be pushed around easily.

The Crazy House

With a desire to bring humans closer to nature, architect Dang Viet Nga created this surreal artistic guesthouse in Da Lat, Viet Nam. The Crazy House has gained recognition for its creative and unique architecture. There are almost no straight lines and no right angles at all. The structure of the house does not follow any rules, but everything looks harmonious. This weird structure is a maze of winding flights of stairs, dangerous-looking bridges, and sculptural rooms, each of which is named after an animal. In one room, guests are watched over by the glowing red eyes of a kangaroo. In another room, the window looks like the cobweb of a giant spider and the fireplace is in the form of an eagle’s egg.

Well-contained housing

If you heard that they were putting homeless people into shipping containers, you might be shocked. But that’s exactly what is happening in Brighton, England. The Brighton Housing Trust has been inspired by a similar housing estate in the Netherlands. It is developing 36 studio flats in the town centre, using old shipping containers. The flats will have a window at each end and a toilet and shower room in the middle. On one side there’ll be a kitchen and small dining table, and on the other side a living room with a sofa bed. At 24 square metres, they are smaller than a shared room in a homeless hostel. But they are much more desirable and certainly spacious enough for one person. They are also stackable. The containers will sit on top of one another with stairs connecting them.

(Adapted from Friends Global)

THE POWER OF IMAGES

It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. There’s something appealing about images that makes them a powerful tool for communication.

[I] As you scroll through your social media feed or browse a news website, what is it that prompts you to read on? [II] Online content that is accompanied by an image is more likely to evoke engagement, in the form of clicks, likes and shares, than straightforward text [III]. This phenomenon is something digital marketers have really picked up on. [IV]

They will tell you that on average people only read around 20 percent of the text on a web page. When it comes to remembering information, it is said that we retain around 80 percent of what we see versus only 20 percent of what we read and just 10 percent of what we hear. Although these figures are criticised by experts as an oversimplification, visuals do play an important role in how we deal with content in an information-rich world. Producing attention-grabbing visuals to attach to digital content is a decisive step for anyone who wants to get their message across to the maximum number of people.

It’s not only in the commercial world that the power of the image is being recognised. Governments and NGOs such as the World Health Organisation are acknowledging the importance of social media in communicating public health messages. Research into social media engagement during one recent disease outbreak, for example, found that it was image-based platforms such as Instagram that were most effective in conveying imperative health messages. Whilst there is some concern amongst healthcare professionals that what starts off as helpful messages can easily get distorted as they are shared and reshared, specialists say that social media has huge potential for promoting public health.

Political journalists and campaigners have also long understood the power of an image. In a social media age, though, simply posting a striking image that is sure to go viral has been labelled by some as ‘slacktivism’. That is the idea that people will like and share an image without really thinking about the ideas behind it or engaging with the political message. The challenge for activists, journalists, marketers and governments is to develop a social media strategy that includes eye-catching visuals but is also more than skin deep.

(Adapted from English Discovery)