Part 2: For questions 61-70, read the passage carefully. Then choose the item that best answers each of the questions below. llrite your onswers in the coruesponding...

Part 2: For questions 61-70, read the passage carefully. Then choose the item that best answer...

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17 tháng 2 2020

Port 3: The passage below contains 70 errors. For questions 41-50, UNDERLINE the errors ond WRITE THE CORRECTIONS in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (0) has been done as on example.Line I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 l0 1l t2 A newspaper makes it money from the price people pay for it and also from the advertisings it carries. A popular newspaper with a circulation of over five millions daily does a lot of money. Less seriously newspapers are probably...

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16 tháng 2 2020

SECTION III: READING (5.0 points) Part 1: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered boxes. Since ancient times, one of the most common materials people have utilized to make things with is wood. Wood is used to make houses, buildings, and other structures. People also make a large number of smaller objects with it. The desire to make finished products more...

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SECTION III: READING (5.0 points)
Part 1: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the following
questions. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered boxes.
Since ancient times, one of the most common materials people have utilized to make things
with is wood. Wood is used to make houses, buildings, and other structures. People also
make a large number of smaller objects with it.
The desire to make finished products more beautiful appears to be ingrained in huma n
nature. On account of this fact, for thousands of years, people have carved and shaped
wooden objects to make them more appealing to the eye. Humans have additionally tended
to create both religious and ceremonial objects from wood. In fact, all around the world,
countless cultures have made use of ceremonial wood carvings. These objects often reflect
the spirit of the people who made them, and each of them tends to hold a special
significance as well.
One of the most common types of wood carvings is the mask. People in many cultures in
Asia, Africa, and North America have made ceremonial wooden masks. In Africa, for
instance, large numbers of tribes use wooden masks for vari ous spiritual rituals. These
masks are often in the form of animals that are sacred to the tribes. In other cases, the masks
have human forms. The faces, however, may not be exactly humanlike. For instance, the
faces can be distorted, having wider, longer, smaller, or larger features than normal. The
masks may be carved to give them ugly or frightening appearances as well. And, on other
occasions, the masks are made to look as beautiful as possible.
While masks tend to be fairly small, other wood carvings can be enormous. Among the
largest of all ceremonial wood carvings is the totem p ole. Totem poles have been built by
several Native American tribes that reside in the northwestern part of North America. They
are normally made to represent families, or they may honor significant historical events.
Some even tell stories. A typical totem pole has several individual carvings on it. Each
carving represents a different part of the family history, event, or story. Most totem poles
have human or animal faces, as well as other figures, carved in them. They are so large that
they are made from e ntire trees. Once the trees are cut down, master craftsmen work on
them. When completed, they may or may not be painted. Then, the totem poles are
positioned in places of honor and placed upright.

1. What is this passage mainly about?
A. The ways wood can be used to make buildings B. The purposes of masks in some cultures
C. The types of wood carvings some people make D. Totem poles and their significance
2. In line 4, the word ingrained is closest in meaning to _________.
A. embedded B. disturbed C. initiated D. consistent
3. Why have some people carved wooden objects?
A. To give them to others as gifts B. To worship them as idols
C. To employ them as weapons D. To utilize them in ceremonies
4. In line 14, the phrase sacred to is closest in meaning to _________.
A. important to B. hunted by C. revered by D. necessary for
5. What does the author say about masks?
A. They always resemble human faces. B. It takes a great deal of effort to make them.
C. People make them on several continents. D. Animal masks are more popular than human ones.
6. The author uses totem poles as an example of _________.
A. wood carvings that are large in size B. a type of wood carving older than masks
C. the most impressive of all wood carvings D. the wood carvings favored by all Native Americans
7. In line 22, the word they refers to _________.
A. several Native American tribes B. totem poles C. families D. significant historical events
8. What does the author imply about wood carvings?
A. They take years to learn how to make. B. They are expensive to buy.
C. They need special types of wood. D. They may vary in size.
9. The author mentions all of the following about totem poles EXCEPT _________.
A. what they look like B. what they represent
C. which trees are used to make them D. who usually carves them

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15 tháng 2 2020

Part 2: Read the passage below. lArile the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column on the right. 0 has been done as an example. Port 3: The passage below contains 70 errors. For questions 41-50, UNDERLINE the errors ond WRITE THE CORRECTIONS in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (0) has been done as on example. THE EASY LIFE? It is easy to assume that (0. LIVE) as a top sports star is both easy and...

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Phúc

29 tháng 4 2022

It is easy to assume that life as a top sports star is both easy
and glamorous. But this is to completely misunderstand the UNDERSTAND
reality of what goes on behind the scenes. From a very early
age athletes must be absolutely committedto their sport. COMMIT
But determination on its own is not enough – they need to DETERMINE
be fiercely .ambitious in order to succeed, and must AMBITION
never allow themselves to be discouraged by setbacks. COURAGE
Successful sports stars can, of course, become very wealthy,
in addition to being world-famous, but can be at an ADD
severe disadvantage in their social development. It is therefore ADVANTAGE
important to ensure that they receive a reasonably SURE
balanced upbringing and to broaden their experience BROAD
beyond the daily grind of practice and competition in order
to enable them to deal with the constant pressures ABLE
that success can bring.

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23 tháng 8 2020

Task 3. Read the article. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (14-19). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. For questions 14 – 19 write the correct letter A – G on the answer sheet. Ever since the 1910s, when film-makers like Cecil B. DeMille first set up shop in Hollywood, mapmakers, the explorers of the city’s social terrain, have been compiling that only-in-Los Angeles fixture, maps showing...

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Task 3. Read the article. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the
sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (14-19). There is one extra sentence which you do not
need to use. For questions 14 – 19 write the correct letter A – G on the answer sheet.

Ever since the 1910s, when film-makers like Cecil B. DeMille first set up shop in
Hollywood, mapmakers, the explorers of the city’s social terrain, have been compiling
that only-in-Los Angeles fixture, maps showing the locations of the fabulous homes of
the stars. Collectively, they form an unofficial version of the Oscars, reflecting who’s in
and who’s out in the film world. ‘Each one looks different’, says Linda Welton, whose
grandfather and mother pioneered these maps. (14) ________. Former icons vanish from
them, new ones appear on them, and some of the truly greats are permanent fixtures on
them.
In 1933, noticing the steady stream of tourists drifting westward to follow the stars
from Hollywood to Beverly Hills, the nearby district where most of the stars went to
live, Ms. Welton’s grandfather, Wesley G Lake, obtained a copyright for his Guide to
Starland Estates and Mansions. (15) _________. For 40 years Ms. Welton’s mother,
Vivienne E. Welton sold maps just down the road from Gary Cooper’s place at 200
Baroda. The asterisk indicated that it was the actor’s final home, as opposed to a plus
sign (denoting a former home) or a zero (for no view from the street).
‘My grandfather asked Mom to talk to the gardeners to find out where the stars lived’,
Ms. Welton recalls. ‘She’d say: ‘Oh, this is a beautiful garden. Who lives here?’ Who
would suspect a little girl? Ms. Welton and her crew now sell about 10 000 maps a year
from a folding chair parked curbside six days a week. (16) __________.
The evolution of the maps mirrors both the Hollywood publicity machine and real
estate and tourism development. (17) __________. The first celebrity home, according to
Marc Wanamaker, a historian and a founder of the Westwood and Beverly Hills
Historical Societies belonged to the artist Paul de Longpre. He had a luxuriously landscaped house at Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood and real estate agents would
take prospective clients past it on tours.
Although it is not known for certain who published the first map, by the mid-1920s all
sorts of people were producing them. (18) ____________.
One of the most famous of the early maps was produced to show the location of
Pickfair, the sprawling home of the newly married stars Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks Sr, and the homes of some of their star friends. During World War I, they
opened their home to serve refreshments to soldiers. As Vivienne Welton once
explained in an interview with Mercator’s World, a map and cartography magazine,
‘She urged a few friends to do the same. (19) __________.
For over 40 years, people have marched toward the corner of Sunset and Baroda with
hand-painted yellow signs saying: ‘Star Maps, 2 blocks’, ‘Star Maps, 1 block’, ‘Star Maps
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here’. The maps reflect the shifting geography of stardom as celebrities, seeking escape
from over-enthusiastic fans, some with ill intentions, have moved out to other locations.
A. As they do so, they give advice to the tourists on star safaris through the lime
green landscape of Beverly Hills.
B. Studios like Paramount published the names and addresses of its stars on theirs,
and businesses distributed them as a promotional gimmick.
C. Others, however, say that the star maps are still an essential part of Hollywood
and the film world.
D. Early film stars like Lillian Gish lived in modest, somewhat grubby rooming
houses, taking street cars to and from the studio.
E. Updated regularly, they are still for sale at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and
Baroda Drive.
F. And so a map was needed.
G. It is the oldest continuously published star map and one of a half-dozen or so
maps of varying degrees of accuracy and spelling correctness sold today.

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NH

Nguyễn Hồng Nhung

24 tháng 4 2019

II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 1. “What would you like to drink, Ba?” –“______” A. Yes, please B. Milk, please C. No, thanks D. OK 2. The librarian asked us______so much noise. A. don't make B. to not make C. to make D. not to make 3. She can't go to the party because she will have to______her little sister. A. look up B. look for C. look after D. look at 4. My village is about 20 kilometers______the south of Bac Giang City. A. to B. at C. for...

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II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. “What would you like to drink, Ba?” –“______”
A. Yes, please B. Milk, please C. No, thanks D. OK
2. The librarian asked us______so much noise.
A. don't make B. to not make C. to make D. not to make
3. She can't go to the party because she will have to______her little sister.
A. look up B. look for C. look after D. look at
4. My village is about 20 kilometers______the south of Bac Giang City.
A. to B. at C. for D. with
5. The 2014 UN Day of Vesak attracted thousands of Buddhists from nearly 100
countries______the world.
A. on B. at C. around D. above
6. My family______ go to Sam Son Beach in summer when we lived in Thanh Hoa.
A. use B. were used to C. used D. used to
7. Linh is not______with her test result even though she's got good marks.
A. satisfied B. satisfying C. satisfactory D. satisfaction
8. Tomatoes should______in the spring.
A. plant B. be planting C. to be planted D. be planted

VI. Read the passage carefully then answer the questions.
Every culture and every country in the world celebrate New Year, but not everyone does it the
same way. The countries of America and Europe welcome the New Year on January 1st
. In the
Middle East, New Year is when spring begins. People in Vietnam celebrate it at Tet, which is the
first day of their calendar based on the moon. Tet usually comes between January 21st
and
February 19th
. Rosh Hashanah, which is the Jewish New Year, comes at the end of summer. The
Hindus in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years. In many
parts of Africa, New Year is the celebration of new water. It comes at the end of the dry season in
May. The new season will bring rain, and thus, life to the land. The people give thanks for the
water, which is to come.
1. When do Canada and French welcome the New Year?
2. Does Tet usually come between January 21st
and February 19th
?
3. Why do the Hindus have four New Years?
4. What will the new season bring to the land in many parts of Africa?
VII. Rewrite the sentence so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given
words.
1. The last time I saw him was 2 years ago.
→I haven't____________________________________________________________________
2. We should study hard for the final exam.
→ It's time_____________________________________________________________________
3. He isn't very rich but he always helps the poor.
→ Although____________________________________________________________________
4. "How old is your little girl now?" said the doctor.
→ The doctor asked me___________________________________________________________
VIII. Use the words and phrases provided to make meaningful sentences.
1. If/ today/ Sunday/ 1/ go/ for a picnic/ classmates.
___________________________________________________
2. Your children/ love/ go/ the sea/ summer?
___________________________________________________
3. We/ going/ visit/ home village/ this summer holiday.
___________________________________________________
4. I / wish/ I/ know/ answer key/ this test.
___________________________________________________

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27 tháng 4 2019

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Nguyễn Hồng Nhung

24 tháng 4 2019

II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 1. “What would you like to drink, Ba?” –“______” A. Yes, please B. Milk, please C. No, thanks D. OK 2. The librarian asked us______so much noise. A. don't make B. to not make C. to make D. not to make 3. She can't go to the party because she will have to______her little sister. A. look up B. look for C. look after D. look at 4. My village is about 20 kilometers______the south of Bac Giang City. A. to B. at C. for...

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II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. “What would you like to drink, Ba?” –“______”
A. Yes, please B. Milk, please C. No, thanks D. OK
2. The librarian asked us______so much noise.
A. don't make B. to not make C. to make D. not to make
3. She can't go to the party because she will have to______her little sister.
A. look up B. look for C. look after D. look at
4. My village is about 20 kilometers______the south of Bac Giang City.
A. to B. at C. for D. with
5. The 2014 UN Day of Vesak attracted thousands of Buddhists from nearly 100
countries______the world.
A. on B. at C. around D. above
6. My family______ go to Sam Son Beach in summer when we lived in Thanh Hoa.
A. use B. were used to C. used D. used to
7. Linh is not______with her test result even though she's got good marks.
A. satisfied B. satisfying C. satisfactory D. satisfaction
8. Tomatoes should______in the spring.
A. plant B. be planting C. to be planted D. be planted

VI. Read the passage carefully then answer the questions.
Every culture and every country in the world celebrate New Year, but not everyone does it the
same way. The countries of America and Europe welcome the New Year on January 1st
. In the
Middle East, New Year is when spring begins. People in Vietnam celebrate it at Tet, which is the
first day of their calendar based on the moon. Tet usually comes between January 21st
and
February 19th
. Rosh Hashanah, which is the Jewish New Year, comes at the end of summer. The
Hindus in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years. In many
parts of Africa, New Year is the celebration of new water. It comes at the end of the dry season in
May. The new season will bring rain, and thus, life to the land. The people give thanks for the
water, which is to come.
1. When do Canada and French welcome the New Year?
2. Does Tet usually come between January 21st
and February 19th
?
3. Why do the Hindus have four New Years?
4. What will the new season bring to the land in many parts of Africa?
VII. Rewrite the sentence so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given
words.
1. The last time I saw him was 2 years ago.
→I haven't____________________________________________________________________
2. We should study hard for the final exam.
→ It's time_____________________________________________________________________
3. He isn't very rich but he always helps the poor.
→ Although____________________________________________________________________
4. "How old is your little girl now?" said the doctor.
→ The doctor asked me___________________________________________________________
VIII. Use the words and phrases provided to make meaningful sentences.
1. If/ today/ Sunday/ 1/ go/ for a picnic/ classmates.
___________________________________________________
2. Your children/ love/ go/ the sea/ summer?
___________________________________________________
3. We/ going/ visit/ home village/ this summer holiday.
___________________________________________________
4. I / wish/ I/ know/ answer key/ this test.
___________________________________________________

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Hoaa

24 tháng 4 2019

II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. “What would you like to drink, Ba?” –“______”
A. Yes, please B. Milk, please C. No, thanks D. OK
2. The librarian asked us______so much noise.
A. don't make B. to not make C. to make D. not to make
3. She can't go to the party because she will have to______her little sister.
A. look up B. look for C. look after D. look at
4. My village is about 20 kilometers______the south of Bac Giang City.
A. to B. at C. for D. with
5. The 2014 UN Day of Vesak attracted thousands of Buddhists from nearly 100
countries______the world.
A. on B. at C. around D. above
6. My family______ go to Sam Son Beach in summer when we lived in Thanh Hoa.
A. use B. were used to C. used D. used to
7. Linh is not______with her test result even though she's got good marks.
A. satisfied B. satisfying C. satisfactory D. satisfaction
8. Tomatoes should______in the spring.
A. plant B. be planting C. to be planted D. be planted

VI. Read the passage carefully then answer the questions.
Every culture and every country in the world celebrate New Year, but not everyone does it the
same way. The countries of America and Europe welcome the New Year on January 1st
. In the
Middle East, New Year is when spring begins. People in Vietnam celebrate it at Tet, which is the
first day of their calendar based on the moon. Tet usually comes between January 21st
and
February 19th
. Rosh Hashanah, which is the Jewish New Year, comes at the end of summer. The
Hindus in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years. In many
parts of Africa, New Year is the celebration of new water. It comes at the end of the dry season in
May. The new season will bring rain, and thus, life to the land. The people give thanks for the
water, which is to come.
1. When do Canada and French welcome the New Year?

=>they welcome the New Year on the evening of December 31.
2. Does Tet usually come between January 21st
and February 19th
?

=>yes,it does
3. Why do the Hindus have four New Years?

=>The Hindus in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years
4. What will the new season bring to the land in many parts of Africa?

=>The new season will bring rain, and thus, life to the land
VII. Rewrite the sentence so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given
words.
1. The last time I saw him was 2 years ago.
→I haven't___seen him for 2 years_________________________________________________________________
2. We should study hard for the final exam.
→ It's time__we studied hard for the final exam___________________________________________________________________
3. He isn't very rich but he always helps the poor.
→ Although_he isn't very rich,he always helps the poor___________________________________________________________________
4. "How old is your little girl now?" said the doctor.
→ The doctor asked me__how old my little girl was then_________________________________________________________
VIII. Use the words and phrases provided to make meaningful sentences.
1. If/ today/ Sunday/ 1/ go/ for a picnic/ classmates.
___if today is sunday,i will go for a picnic with my classmates________________________________________________
2. Your children/ love/ go/ the sea/ summer?
_do your children love going to the sea in the summer__________________________________________________
3. We/ going/ visit/ home village/ this summer holiday.
_we are going to visit our home village this summer holiday__________________________________________________
4. I / wish/ I/ know/ answer key/ this test.
_i wish i knew the answer key about this test__________________________________________________

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5 tháng 1 2019

1 Choose the correct answer to complete the passage: Long ago a lot of people thought the moon was God. Other people thought it was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big ball cheese! The telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was really another world. They wondered what it was like. They dreamed of going there. On July 20h, 1969, that dream came true. Two American men landed on the moon. Their names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin...

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1 Choose the correct answer to complete the passage:
Long ago a lot of people thought the moon was God. Other people thought it was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big ball cheese!
The telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was really another world. They wondered what it was like. They dreamed of going there.
On July 20h, 1969, that dream came true. Two American men landed on the moon. Their names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered with dust. The dust is so thick that the men left footprints where they walked. Those were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could stay there for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off.
The two men walked on the moon for hours. They picked up rocks to bring back to earth for study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people wanted to know. Then they climbed back into their moon landing craft.
Next day the landing craft roared as the men took off the moon. They joined Michael Collins in the spaceship that wait for them above the moon. Then they were off on their long trip back to earth.
Behind them they left the plains and tall mountains of the moon. They left the machines they had-set up. And they left footprints that may last forever.
1. This story tells……………
A. about the first men to walk in the moon.
B. how men found footprints on the moon.
C. what the men brought back from their trip to the moon
D. who had left footprints on the moon before the two men landed there
2. telecope……………………
A. makes balls of light seem brighter.
B. turns the moon into another world.
C. makes many of men's dreams come true.
D. makes faraway things seem closer.
3. The men brought rocks and dirt from the moon because……………………..
A. they wanted something to show they were there.
B. people wanted to use them to learn about the moon.
C. they wanted to keep them as souvenirs.
D. they might sell them to the scientists.
4. The Americans' machines will most likely stay on the moon until……………….
A. someone takes them away
B. a storm covers them with dust
C. rain and wind destroy them
D. they become rusty and break to pieces
5. The next people who go to the moon most likely could.................
A. find that the machines have disappeared.
B. leave the first set of footprints on the moon.
C. find the places where Armstrong and Aldrin walked.
D. find that dust has wiped off the two men's footprints.

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Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Thơ

5 tháng 1 2019

1 Choose the correct answer to complete the passage:
Long ago a lot of people thought the moon was God. Other people thought it was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big ball cheese!
The telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was really another world. They wondered what it was like. They dreamed of going there.
On July 20h, 1969, that dream came true. Two American men landed on the moon. Their names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered with dust. The dust is so thick that the men left footprints where they walked. Those were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could stay there for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off.
The two men walked on the moon for hours. They picked up rocks to bring back to earth for study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people wanted to know. Then they climbed back into their moon landing craft.
Next day the landing craft roared as the men took off the moon. They joined Michael Collins in the spaceship that wait for them above the moon. Then they were off on their long trip back to earth.
Behind them they left the plains and tall mountains of the moon. They left the machines they had-set up. And they left footprints that may last forever.
1. This story tells……………
A. about the first men to walk in the moon.
B. how men found footprints on the moon.
C. what the men brought back from their trip to the moon
D. who had left footprints on the moon before the two men landed there
2. telecope……………………
A. makes balls of light seem brighter.
B. turns the moon into another world.
C. makes many of men's dreams come true.
D. makes faraway things seem closer.
3. The men brought rocks and dirt from the moon because……………………..
A. they wanted something to show they were there.
B. people wanted to use them to learn about the moon.
C. they wanted to keep them as souvenirs.
D. they might sell them to the scientists.
4. The Americans' machines will most likely stay on the moon until……………….
A. someone takes them away
B. a storm covers them with dust
C. rain and wind destroy them
D. they become rusty and break to pieces
5. The next people who go to the moon most likely could.................
A. find that the machines have disappeared.
B. leave the first set of footprints on the moon.
C. find the places where Armstrong and Aldrin walked.
D. find that dust has wiped off the two men's footprints.

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Đặng Huỳnh Trâm

4 tháng 3 2018

Giúp mình nhé The perception of today’s youngsters as media-savvy cynics could hardly be further from the truth. Instead, this generation of keen consumers may turn witty advertising into an endangered species. Julia Day reports The youth of today are cynical, media-savvy, seen it all, done it all, wouldn’t-be-seen-dead-in-the-T-shirt types who appreciate only the most achingly trendy adverts, TV shows and magazines, right? Wrong: that was so last...

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The perception of today’s youngsters as media-savvy cynics could hardly be further from the truth. Instead, this
generation of keen consumers may turn witty advertising into an endangered species. Julia Day reports

The youth of today are cynical, media-savvy, seen it all, done it all, wouldn’t-be-seen-dead-in-the-T-shirt types
who appreciate only the most achingly trendy adverts, TV shows and magazines, right? Wrong: that was so last generation.

Today’s youngsters don’t “get” clever ads, are not in the least suspicious of commercials ercials, don’t know the difference between newspapers’ political stances, or TV channels, and they don’t mind admitting it. In short, they are not half as media, marketing and advertising literate as we might have thought, according to new research
commissioned by five media groups – Guardian Newspapers, Channel 4, Carlton Screen Advertising, media buying
agency OMD, and Emap Advertising.

As a result media companies and advertisers are going back to basics to arouse the interest of 15- to 24-year-olds with instant impact messages, plain product pictures, bigger posters, annoying jingles, celebrity endorsements and repetitive ads. Today’s youth are a far cry from today’s thirtysomethings who grew up as commercially-naive kids weaned on the cold war, no national commercial radio, three national TV stations, grant-funded higher education, sponsorship-free Glastonbury festivals and regular strikes and student protests.

Now a lifetime of MTV, the internet, dawn-till-dusk advertising and PlayStation gaming has created a generation
so used to being bombarded with fast-turnover information, they filter it instantly without paying much attention to its meaning. This is a generation of “thoroughbred consumers” says Stuart Armon, managing director of 2cv: research, the company that conducted the so-called Roar research into the media habits of the nation’s youth. “Previous generations were suspicious of advertising, they might have liked ads, but they wouldn’t necessarily buy the product. But this generation has been consuming since they were born. They don’t see any reason to be suspicious,” says Armon.

One young panellist in the focus group research embodied this attitude: “If the advert is good, you think their
product will be good because the more they can spend on advertising, the more money they are obviously getting for
their product.” Armon says the trend has become more pronounced over the seven years that the continuous tracking
study has been running, but has reached a peak in the latest round of interviews with 600 youngsters.

“Advertising is accepted and expected. Young people don’t see anything wrong in being sold to and think that if a product is in a TV ad, it must be good. It’s a myth that they are interested in clever ads – they are not willing to decipher complicated mmessages, they want simple ones.” Many panellists dramatically illustrated this point by revealing they thought Budweiser’s “Real American Heroes” ad, ironically celebrating “Mr foot-long hot dog inventor”, was an ad for hot dogs rather than beer, even though the ad might not be aimed at them.

However, many loved Heineken’s ironic ad featuring Paul Daniels singing Close to You, purely because it made
them laugh. “They are looking for an instant message. If it’s not there, they don’t take any notice. And they literally,
and naively, believe celebrities in ads really use the products they are advertising,” says Armon. A girl panellist from Birmingham commented: “In some of the Nike ads they’ve got all these well-known footballers. You think, ‘Oh my God, they’ve got everybody famous there.’ You think it must be good if they want it.”

The youngsters only read newspapers for the celebrity gossip and sport, rather than news, and couldn’t distinguish between papers’ political stances. They also failed to distinguish between TV channels – they access TV through programmes, not channels, for example watching Sky because The Simpsons is on, not because it’s Sky.

The results of the research deeply worry Sid McGrath, planner at the ad agency that made the infamous “You’ve
been Tango’ed” ads, HHCL and Partners. But they do not surprise him. “My worry is that the youth of today are not
being called upon to flex their intellectual muscles enough,” he says.

“There is instant gratification everywhere – in food it’s Pot Noodles or vending machines, even their pop icons are one-dimensional figures delivered on a plate. Young people are living vicariously through other people’s lives and are not asking for much at the moment. A lot of stimulation is ‘lean back’ – it doesn’t require as much involvement as it used to.”

He says advertising is changing as a result: “Lots of the most popular ads at the moment are happy, clappy, fun.
Easy to digest. They’ve got notice or inclination to decode ads.” One reason behind the shift, McGrath believes, is that young people want relief from the traumas of real life: “Advertising is becoming the opium of the masses rather
than the educator.”

16. Research shows that, compared with the previous generation, young people today are _____.
A. less perceptive B. more sensitive C. more worldly-wise D. better informed
17. In paragraph 3, the word ‘stances’ is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. attitudes B. situations C. functions D. places

18. According to new research by five media groups, today’s youngsters are _____.
A. able to understand the language of advertising
B. unable to ‘read’ the messages in the many forms of advertising
C. bright enough to do some research before buying something
D. a bit wary of adverts
19. Advertisements aimed at the present young generation _____.
A. are using a variety of new techniques B. are technologically sophisticated
C. are making use of old techniques D. are becoming more subtle
20. It can be inferred that celebrity endorsements are advertisements _____.
A. that show viewers how to become famous
B. that famous people like watching
C. where famous people say they use and like certain products
D. where viewers are invited to take part in a phone-in progra e
21. Young people seem to believe that costly advertising _____.
A. makes no difference to the popularity of the product B. is the mark of a good quality product
C. means the product is probably overpriced D. does not inspire customer confidence
22. According to Stuart Armon, youngsters today pay more attention to an advert _____.
A. if its message is i ediately obvious B. if it is on their favorite TV channel
C. if it gives them something to think about D. if it has a witty element
23. Sid McGrath is concerned that young people these days _____.
A. are encouraged to eat too much B. are given too many choices
C. are not required to drink D. do not get enough exercise
24. The author uses the phrase ‘living vicariously’ in the penultimate paragraph to mean that young people _____.
A. want to become more sophisticated than other people
B. do not imitate people around the
C. do not rely on their own feeling or senses to understand the world around the
D. want to be independent of other people
25. According to McGrath, many advertisements today are adapting to satisfy youngsters’ desire to _____.
A. understand their problems B. see the funny side of their problems
C. forget their problems D. find solutions to their problems

BÀI 2:

There was nothing unusual about Wellington Street, or so I thought as I was growing up. The cobbled street, one
of four identical streets next to each other, was calm, apart from the occasional sound of raised voices from the pub on the corner. Everybody said hello to each other, although rarely much more than that. It was the kind of street that in the past had covered the whole of the north-west of England, affordable housing for the workers, the kind of street that used to be the heart of a community. Now it was a relic, unchanged while the modern world went on around it.

The first time I got a sense that my childhood world was not going to remain the same forever was when a letter
arrived from the local council saying that a meeting was being held locally to discuss the development of the area. I
remember wondering why areas had to be developed and I asked my father. He said that people just liked changing
things for the sake of it but my mum interrupted him and explained that the houses needed modernizing. Even then I
could see this as another move in their ongoing argument about money and location. Mum, with her keen sense of
social position and always very aware of what the neighbours thought, wanted to move into a better house, which Dad took to mean a more expensive house.

The evening of the meeting came around and my dad and I went along. It had already started when we got there
and one of the councilors was trying to explain the plans, although the general reaction from the audience was far from positive. I don’t remember the details, but I remember some shouting, until finally one of our neighbours stood up and said that he wasn’t giving his permission for any of it. I remember the councilor saying then, ‘We don’t need permission. We’re telling you, not asking you.’

The mood when we got home was tense. Although she tried to hide it, I think Mum was secretly quite pleased.

Dad sat and frowned at the TV for a while, before Mum brought him a cup of tea. I was surprised when it was he who broke the silence after a minute or two and said, ‘There are one or two nice places up around Ladybride.’ Mum said nothing. She just sipped her tea and looked at me and smiled.

46. The writer describes the street as a place where _____.
A. people felt they were part of a co unity B. people resisted the fast pace of motion life
C. everyone quietly got on with their own life D. everyone could afford their own house
47. Streets of this kind had been built in the past because they were _____.
A. comfortable B. long-lasting C. traditional D. cheap
48. What did the writer NOT understand when the letter arrived?
A. why things had to change B. why his parents were arguing
C. who had organised the meeting D. where they were going to live next
49. Why didn’t the writer’s father want to move house?
A. He knew why the area had to be developed.
B. He didn’t understand why they wanted to change things.
C. He didn’t want to live in a modern house.
D. It would cost them more.
50. Why did the mother’s mother want to move house?
A. She liked to impress other people. B. She didn’t like the neighbours.
C. She knew it would annoy the writer’s father. D. She thought the local council would help.
51. During the meeting, most people were _____.
A. shocked by what they learned B. unhappy about the proposals
C. sympathetic to the councilor D. confused by the explanation
52. Why was the writer surprised by what his father said?
A. He knew that his father was watching television.
B. He thought that it would upset his mother.
C. He knew that what his father said was wrong.
D. He thought his mother would have made the suggestion.
53. According to the passage, who would make a final decision on the development of the area?
A. People in the area B. The councilors C. Home owners D. The writer’s father
54. What would be the most suitable title for this extract?
A. An unhappy childhood B. A difficult marriage C. The wrong decision D. Changing times
55. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. people at the meeting supported the plan to develop the area
B. everybody in the area wanted to modernize their house
C. the writer said that he didn’t give permission for the development
D. the writer’s father finally agreed to move the house

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46. The writer describes the street as a place where _____.
A. people felt they were part of a co unity B. people resisted the fast pace of motion life
C. everyone quietly got on with their own life D. everyone could afford their own house
47. Streets of this kind had been built in the past because they were _____.
A. comfortable B. long-lasting C. traditional D. cheap
48. What did the writer NOT understand when the letter arrived?
A. why things had to change B. why his parents were arguing
C. who had organised the meeting D. where they were going to live next
49. Why didn’t the writer’s father want to move house?
A. He knew why the area had to be developed.
B. He didn’t understand why they wanted to change things.
C. He didn’t want to live in a modern house.
D. It would cost them more.
50. Why did the mother’s mother want to move house?
A. She liked to impress other people. B. She didn’t like the neighbours.
C. She knew it would annoy the writer’s father. D. She thought the local council would help.
51. During the meeting, most people were _____.
A. shocked by what they learned B. unhappy about the proposals
C. sympathetic to the councilor D. confused by the explanation
52. Why was the writer surprised by what his father said?
A. He knew that his father was watching television.
B. He thought that it would upset his mother.
C. He knew that what his father said was wrong.
D. He thought his mother would have made the suggestion.
53. According to the passage, who would make a final decision on the development of the area?
A. People in the area B. The councilors C. Home owners D. The writer’s father
54. What would be the most suitable title for this extract?
A. An unhappy childhood B. A difficult marriage C. The wrong decision D. Changing times
55. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. people at the meeting supported the plan to develop the area
B. everybody in the area wanted to modernize their house
C. the writer said that he didn’t give permission for the development
D. the writer’s father finally agreed to move the house

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16. Research shows that, compared with the previous generation, young people today are _____.
A. less perceptive B. more sensitive C. more worldly-wise D. better informed
17. In paragraph 3, the word ‘stances’ is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. attitudes B. situations C. functions D. places

18. According to new research by five media groups, today’s youngsters are _____.
A. able to understand the language of advertising
B. unable to ‘read’ the messages in the many forms of advertising
C. bright enough to do some research before buying something
D. a bit wary of adverts
19. Advertisements aimed at the present young generation _____.
A. are using a variety of new techniques B. are technologically sophisticated
C. are making use of old techniques D. are becoming more subtle
20. It can be inferred that celebrity endorsements are advertisements _____.
A. that show viewers how to become famous
B. that famous people like watching
C. where famous people say they use and like certain products
D. where viewers are invited to take part in a phone-in progra e
21. Young people seem to believe that costly advertising _____.
A. makes no difference to the popularity of the product B. is the mark of a good quality product
C. means the product is probably overpriced D. does not inspire customer confidence
22. According to Stuart Armon, youngsters today pay more attention to an advert _____.
A. if its message is i ediately obvious B. if it is on their favorite TV channel
C. if it gives them something to think about D. if it has a witty element
23. Sid McGrath is concerned that young people these days _____.
A. are encouraged to eat too much B. are given too many choices
C. are not required to drink D. do not get enough exercise
24. The author uses the phrase ‘living vicariously’ in the penultimate paragraph to mean that young people _____.
A. want to become more sophisticated than other people
B. do not imitate people around the
C. do not rely on their own feeling or senses to understand the world around the
D. want to be independent of other people
25. According to McGrath, many advertisements today are adapting to satisfy youngsters’ desire to _____.
A. understand their problems B. see the funny side of their problems
C. forget their problems D. find solutions to their problems

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Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions that follow. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D: The popularity of the movies began early in the 20th century and continues today. People of all ages find movies entertaining. Movies are a worldwide phenomenon, as the internationalism of movie distribution has helped to disperse ideas around the globe. One movie can quickly influence other movies. But why are movies so popular? Movies are a kind of...

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Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions that follow. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D:
The popularity of the movies began early in the 20th century and continues today. People of all ages find movies entertaining. Movies are a worldwide phenomenon, as the internationalism of movie distribution has helped to disperse ideas around the globe. One movie can quickly influence other movies. But why are movies so popular?
Movies are a kind of storytelling. They try to describe an idea or record an observation about our culture. These descriptions are recorded using moving visual images. Some movies portray the situation accurately and realistically, whereas other movies find visual symbols to represent those situations.
On the most simple level, movies are succession of moving images. These successive images are captured on film. Directors film a wide range of shots – long, medium, and close up – to created a visual composition. The visual images, along with plot, characterization, and sound, produce the desired narrative. The shots are joined together in any number of combinations in a process called editing.
Making a film is a massive, complex, and expensive task that combines art and business. Making a movie involves the talents of hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of artists, producers, and business people. It can take months, even years, for a film to be released into a movie theater.
1. According to the passage,
A. before the century of twenty, people don’t like movies because they’re boring in those days.
B. people of all ages find movies time- consuming.
C. movies are a worldwide plague.
D. movies are very popular in this day and age.
2. Which of the following does the word “ they” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. movies B. storytellers C. descriptions D. symbols
3. What does the word “shots” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. an act of firing a gun.
B. a view of something that you have because of the position of the camera in movies, television, etc.
C. a photograph
D. a picture
4. From reading the passage, it seems that movies
A. find visual symbols to represent situations.
B. are stories telling about novels.
C. are suitable for everybody.
D. are a time- consuming entertainment.
5. Which of the following sentence that isn’t mentioned in the passage?
A. Making a film is an expensive task because it combines art and business.
B. Making a film can be advertized to public.
C. Making a film can take a lot of time.
D. Making a film involves many people of every field.

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