PRACTICE TEST FOR GIFTED 2

LISTENING DHBB Chuyên Thái Nguyên 2019

LEXICO – GRAMMAR (I) OLYMPIC 30/4 G10 2019
LEXICO – GRAMMAR (II) THHV Chuyên Sơn La 2018
LEXICO – GRAMMAR (III) DHBB CNN 2019
LEXICO – GRAMMAR (IV) THHV HB 2016
READING (I) DHBB 2016 CVA
READING (II) Internet
READING (III) HSG VP 2014
WRITING DHBB ĐN 2016
A. LISTENING
Part 1. You will hear a radio interview with a road safety expert on the topic of road rage. For
questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.
1. James says that driver become angry if _______.
A. they think they will be delayed B. other drivers threaten them
C. other people don’t drive as well as they do D. they lose control of their car
2. Revenge rage can lead motorists to _______.
A. chase after dangerous drivers. B. become distracted whilst driving.
C. deliberately damage another car. D. take unnecessary risks.
3. James say that passengers become angry when buses are _______.
A. slow B. expensive C. crowded D. uncomfortable
4. According to James, what does the experiment with grass show?
A. People living in country areas are better drivers. B. Strong smells help us drive more safely.
C. Our surroundings can affect the way we drive. D. Regular breaks on a journey keep drivers calm.
5. James thinks the hi-tech car _______.
A. sounds less irritating than a passenger. B. is not very reliable.
C. could cause further danger. D. would be difficult to control.
Part 2: You will hear the historian, George Davies, talking about society and the theatre in England
in the time of William Shakespeare. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false
(F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
6. According to Professor Davies, the level of literacy in sixteen-century England matched his
expectations.
7. In Professor Davies’ opinion, the advantage of the usual method of communication in the sixteenth
century was that people absorbed more of what they heard.
8. Professor Davies believes that Shakespeare’s company developed their basic acting skills by attending
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9. In Professor Davies’ view, the advantage of sixteen-century theatres was that the performances were
complemented by everyday life.
10. Professor Davies thinks that sixteen-century plays were expected to deal with personal confessions.
Part 3. You will hear a talk about an investigation into obesity. For questions 11-15, listen and
answer the following questions with NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS. Write your answer in the
space provided.
11. What are less common within the family?
12. What can make people eat more than their need?
13. What kind of emotions can affect people’s eating habits?
14. Who are more likely to eat more due to negative emotions?
15. What will the researchers continue to investigate in the coming week?
Part 4: Listen to six pieces of BBC News. For questions 16–25, use NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS to complete each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered space.
The oil cartel OPEC’s decision to (16) ______ has led to a period of abnormally low prices that has (17)
________ of manufacturing countries.
Stephen O’Brien, a UN envoy, made a plea to help residents in the (18) __________.
The US president elect undertook to leave his business to avoid any (19) _________.
The plane crash might have been caused by a(n) (20) ______, not electricity blackout as reported, prior to
the pilots’ (21) _______ with the air traffic control.
Ukrainian missile tests by Russian (22) ______ would be conducted as planned in the peninsula (23)
______ two years ago.
Researchers believe the possibility that many families (24) ______ the birth of girls, which may have (25)
_______ of the gender gap in China.
B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.
36. -“I locked myself out of my apartment. I didn’t know what to do.”
-“You ______ your roommate.”
A. could have called B. may have called C. would have called D. must have called
37. -“Did the principal of the school answer you yet?”
-“No, but ______ I hear from him by 5pm, I’ll let you know.”
A. might B. could C. would D. should
38. ______ help me make this decision. I’m just so unsure of which direction to take for my future.
A. I’d sooner you will B. I wish you will C. If only you could D. I’d rather you
39. ______ we have enough money, where would you like to travel this summer?
A. So that B. Provided that C. Despite the fact that D. Unless
40. Twenty people were arrested during the demonstration, of ______ four were charged with obstruction.
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A. who B. whom C. which D. them
41. It is possible to ______ out of the pension scheme if you do not wish to participate.
A. back B. charge C. opt D. break
42. She always gets what she wants because she knows how to _____ the rules.
A. circumvent B. desert C. slack D. elicit
43. Anthropologists have spent years studying the social system of this ______.
A. breed B. caste C. tribe D. sect
44. I tried to catch the mouse, but it was too _______.
A. intentional B. obsolete C. uncommon D. elusive
45. I have no appetite and I am lethargic. I’ve been feeling under ______ for ages.
A. pair B. stress C. par D. threat
46. Peter does everything himself because he doesn’t like to ______ control.
A. extinguish B. relinquish C. vanish D. elicit
47. I don’t know how I can ______ up the courage to tell him the awful news.
A. pick B. pluck C. store D. set
48. Don’t be put ______ by his manner. He always acts that way.
A. on B. away C. off D. down
49. His proposal met ______ total opposition from the committee.
A. about B. by C. for D. with
50. You ought to stand ______ your little brother when others tease him.
A. over with B. by for C. about with D. up for
II. Supply the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the sentences.
51.There is a strong smell of ______ in the hospital. INFECT
52. He is a ______man who is loved by all friends. CONSIDER
53. Do you think these children are ______? They look very thin. NOURISH
54. For some people, the use of email has become ______addictive to the extent that is threatening their
mental and physical health. RESIST
55. I am afraid the world is full of ______. JUST
III. There are 5 mistakes in the passage. Find and correct them.
No educational media better serves as a means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases
deal with such valueless information as population distribution and density. One of the best,
Pennycooke’s World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and
photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact,
the very first map in the atlas is a clever designed population cartogram that projects the size of each
country if geographical size were proportional to population. Followed the proportional layout, a sequence
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increase and decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in terms of per capital
income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their
own country fits in with the global view, additional projections despite the world’s patterns in nutrition,
calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life
expectancy by region. Population density maps in a subcontinental scale, as well as political maps, convey
the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales.
IV. Fill in the blank with ONE preposition/particle.
61. I'm indebted _____ my husband for his support in my new business venture.
62. The computer in the reception is inferior _____ the one in my office.
63. She wasn't allowed in the cinema because she was _____age.
64. Several flights were delayed and so the departure lounge was jam-packed _____ angry travellers.
65. Many vegetarians argue that there is no justification _____ eating meat in this day and age.C.
READING
I. Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D that best fills in the blank.
GERARD MERCATOR: THE MAN WHO MAPPED THE PLANET
When Gerard Mercatorwas was born in 1512, the geography of the globe still remained a mystery. It was
unclear whether America was part of Asia, if there was a vast (66) __________ of sea at the top of the
world or if Australia was (67) ____ to Antarctica.
Mercator's childhood was spent chiefly in Rupelmonde, a Flemish trading town on the river, and it was
here that his geographical imagination was (68) ____ by the ships which passed to and from the rest of the
world. Alongside imagination, he developed two very different skills. The first was the ability to gather,
(69) ____ and co-ordinate the geographical information (70) ______explorers and sailors who frequented
the margins of the known. He also had to be able to imagine himself (71)_____from the heavens, to
achieve the visionary (72) ______of gods in the skies, (73) ______down on the world. The main reason
why Mercator's name is (74) ____ to us is because of the Mercator Projection: the solution he (75) ______
to represent the spheroidal surface of the globe on a two-dimensional plane. It is less well known that
Mercator was the first man to conceive of mapping the (76)___________ surface of the planet or that he
(77) _____the idea of multiple maps being presented in bound books, to which he gave the name 'Atlas'.
It is difficult for us now to be surprised by maps, so many are there, and of such detail and coverage, but
we should (78) ____ in mind that Mercator lived at a time when such knowledge was far from (79) _____
He was the man who (80)_____ our worldview forever.
66. A. territory B. distance C. range D. expanse
67. A. connected B. coupled C. united D. integrated
68. A. raise B. reared C. supplied D. nourished
69. A. congregate B. amass C. assimilate D. construct
70. A. granted B. conferred C. contributed D. provided
71. A. suspended B. located C. situated D. attached
72. A. inspection B. observation C. perspective D. assessment
73. A. glimpsing B. scrutinizing C. watching D. gazing

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74. A. familiar B. famous C. memorable D. recognizable
75. A. invented B. contrived C. devised D. schemed
76. A. sheer B. full C. entire D. utter
77. A. pioneered B. initiated C. lead D. prepared
78. A. carry B. hold C. take D. bear
79. A. typical B. common C. routine D. normal
80. A. converted B. substituted C. distorted D. altered
II. Read the passage and think of ONE word that best fits in the numbered blank.
NUCLEAR IMPACT
70 years ago, the nuclear bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki exploded and to (81)_____ day
remained the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare. But with around 50,000 (82)_____ remaining in
the world, what happens if we have a nuclear war?
The impact of a single nuclear bomb depends on many (83)_____ like the weather, weapon design and
geographical layout of where the bomb hits, and if it explodes in the air or on the ground. Approximately
35% of the energy comes in the form of thermal radiation or heat. Since thermal radiation travels at
approximately the speed of light. The flash of light and the heat come several seconds before the blast
wave. And this causes flashblindness to anyone looking. A (84)_____ blindness of a few minutes.
Thermal radiation burns happen closer to the burn with 1st degree burns occurring around 11km, 2nd
degree burns at 10km and 3rd degree burn destroying skin tissue at 8km. 3rd degree burn that covers over
24% of the body will likely be (85)_____ without quick medical care. The Hiroshima explosion was
estimated to be 300,000 degrees Celcius, which is 300 times harder than the process of (86)_____ (in
which dead bodies are incinerated)
When a 1 megaton bomb explodes, within a 6km radius, there would be an estimated 180 tons of force on
the wall of every two- (87)_____ buildings, with wind speed at around 255 km/ hour. Within a 1km
radius, the peak pressure is four times greater, and wind speed reaches 756 km/hour. The human body can
(88)_____ this amount of pressure, however, the wind would create fatal collisions with nearby objects.
So, deaths would largely be from collapsed buildings.
If you happen to survive all above, now you have to worry about radiation. Not all radiation are harmful,
we’re exposed to different forms of radiation everyday like our phones but ionizing radiation at the center
of a nuclear bomb has enough energy to rip electrons from atoms.
Then there is the fallout, when a bomb is detonated on or near the surface of the earth, the blast creates a
crater and the material that used to be deposited in the crater is carried up into the air as vaporized dirt
particles forming the familiar (89)_____ cloud. These particles become radioactive and eventually
condense, and come back down as fallout. Depending on wind conditions, radioactive fallout can travel
for hundreds of miles. For the most part, you can’t detect fallout with your (90)_____.
III. Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each question.
Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train
carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and
had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of
the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?
The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to
cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of
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the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain,
then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing
lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there
seemed risky or even hopeless.
Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to
feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully
convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo
grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually
preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses,
but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on
the ground. When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the
winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped
plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered
by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much
as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.
91. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. A type of wild vegetation B. Western migration after Civil War
C. The raising of cattle D. The climate of the Western United States
92. What can be inferred by the phrase “Legend has it” in line 1?
A. Most history book include the story of the train.
B. The story of the train is similar to other ones from that time period.
C. The driver of the train invented the story.
D. The story of the train may not be completed factual.
93. The word “they” in line 4 refers to _____.
A. plains B. skeletons C. oxen D. Americans
94. What can be inferred about the “Great American Desert” mentioned in line 7?
A. Many had settled there by the 1860’s.
B. It was not originally assumed to be a fertile area.
C. It was a popular place to raise cattle before the Civil War.
D. It was not discovered until the late 1800’s.
95. The word “barren” in paragraph 2 is closed in meaning to _____.
A. lonely B. uncomfortable C. infertile D. dangerous
96. The word “preferred” paragraph 2 is closed in meaning to _____.
A. favored B. available C. ordinary D. required
97. Which of the following can be inferred about the cultivated grass mentioned in the second paragraph?
A. Cattle raised in the Western United States refused to eat it.
B. It had to be imported into the United States.
C. It would probably not grow in the western United States.
D. It was difficult for cattle to digest.
98. Which of the following was NOT one of the names given to the western grasses?
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 A. Mesquite grass B. Bluejoint grass C. Buffalo grass D. Grama grass
99. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a characteristic of western grasses?
A. They contain little moisture B. They have tough stems
C. They can be grown indoors D. They are not affected by dry weather
100. According to the passage, the cattle help promote the growth of the wild grass by_____.
A. eating only small quantities of grass
B. continually moving from one grazing area to another
C. naturally fertilizing the soil
D. stepping on and pressing the seeds into the ground
D. WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence without changing the meaning of the given one.
101. We want justice and we need to see it carried out.
Justice must not _____________________________________________________________.
102. Should there be no qualified paramedic on the premises, call this number.
In the _____________________________________________________________.
103. Adrian doesn’t like living so far from the train station. REACH
Adrian wishes _____________________________________________________________.
104. You’ve done nothing but look miserable all day. MOON
You _____________________________________________________________.
105. Digging in the garden allows me to vent my frustrations. OUTLET
Digging _____________________________________________________________.
II. “One of the strongest influences on youngsters today is that of their peers.”
Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Your essay should be about 250 words.
THE END
BEST OF LUCK

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A. LISTENING
Part 1:

1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. C
Part 2:

6. T 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F
Part 3
11. formal eating times 12. emotional state 13. negative, (and) positive emotions
14. people who are overweight 15. serious eating disorders
Part 4:
16. cut production 17. strained finances 18. besieged rebel-held neighbourhoods
19. conflict of interest 20. low on fuel 21. losing contact
22. air defence forces 23. annexed 24. concealed
25. distorted official figures
B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I. ADCBBCACDCBBCDD
II. 51. disinfectant(s) 52. considerate 53. undernourished 54. irresistibly 55. injustice
Mistake Correction III.
valueless invaluable/ valuable
clever cleverly
Followed Following
capital capita
in on

IV. 1. to 2. to 3. under 4. with 5. for

C. READING
I. DADCDACDACCADBD
II. this; warhead; factors; temporary; fatal; cremation; storey; endure; mushroom; senses
III.
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. C
6. A 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. B
D. WRITING
1. Justice must not only be done/ carried out, it must also be seen to be done/ to be carried out.
2. In the event of there being no qualified paramedic on the premises, call this number.
3. Adrian wishes he lived within reach of the train station.
4. You’ve done nothing but moon about/ around all day.
5. Digging in the garden gives me the outlet for my frustrations

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