Unit 7: Further education

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Unit 7: Further education

Quesstion 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress

A. analytical B. opportunity C. qualification D. university Đáp án C

Giải thích: Đáp án A, B, D trọng âm 3. Đáp án C trọng âm 4.

A. commentator B. prehistory C. preferable D. practicable Đáp án B

Giải thích: Đáp án A, C, D trọng âm số 1. Đáp án B trọng âm số 2.

A. insecure B. scenario C. inaccurate D. infrequent Đáp án A

Giải thích: Đáp án B, C, D trọng âm số 2. Đáp án A trọng âm số 3.

A. property B. surgery C. vacation D. nitrogen Đáp án C

Giải thích: Đáp án A, B, D trọng âm số 1. Đáp án C trọng âm số 2.

A. college B. degree C. language D. subject Đáp án B

Giải thích: Đáp án A, C, D trọng âm 1. Đáp án B trọng âm 2.

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Question 6. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation

A. bachelor B. chapter C. chemistry D. teacher Đáp án C

Giải thích: Đáp án A, B, D phát âm là /tʃ/. Đáp án C phát âm là /k/

A. academic B. apply C. apology D. achieve Đáp án A

Giải thích: Đáp án C, B, D phát âm là /ə/. Đáp án A phát âm là /æ/

A. degree B. doctorate C. graduate D. kindergarten Đáp án C

Giải thích: Đáp án A, B, D phát âm là /d/. Đáp án C phát âm là /dʒ/

A. appreciate B. psychology C. programme D. respectively Đáp án B

Giải thích: Đáp án C, A, D phát âm là /p/. Đáp án B là âm câm.

Question 10. It is not easy at all to get a good job without any ____ qualifications.

A. academic B. social C. great D. favourite Đáp án A

Dịch: Không dễ chút nào để có được một công việc tốt mà không cần bằng cấp học thuật.

Question 11. Hugh is quite worried because he hasn't ____ for the end-of-term test.

A. examined B. researched C. studied D. read Đáp án C

Dịch: Hugh khá lo lắng vì anh ta chưa học bài kiểm tra cuối kỳ.

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Question 12. A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants ____ degrees at all levels in a variety of subjects.

A. secondary B. optional C. academic D. vocational Đáp án C

Dịch: Một trường đại học là một tổ chức giáo dục và nghiên cứu đại học, nơi cấp bằng đại học ở tất cả các cấp trong nhiều môn học.

Question 13. Pete ____ at Midfield Secondary School since 2006, but he ____ music in his lessons twice.

A. has been teaching/has only played B. has been teaching/has only been playing C. has taught/has only been playing

D. has taught/has only played Đáp án A

Dịch: Pete đã giảng dạy tại trường trung học Midfield từ năm 2006, nhưng anh chỉ chơi nhạc hai lần trong các bài học của mình.

Question 14. Jimmy can go out when he ____ for the exam.

A. has been studyingB. has been studied C. has studied D. studied Đáp án C

Dịch: Jimmy có thể ra ngoài khi anh ấy đã học cho kỳ thi.

Question 15. I ____ the latest Harry Potter book all day. I'm dying to know what happens in the end!

A. am reading B. have been reading C. have read D. had read Đáp án B

Dịch: Tôi đã đọc cuốn sách Harry Potter mới nhất cả ngày. Tôi sắp chết để biết những gì xảy ra cuối cùng!

Question 16. My brother graduated from Vietnam National University, Hanoi last month and ____ for a job since then.

A. has been looking B. has looked C. was looking D. had looked Đáp án A

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Dịch: Anh trai tôi đã tốt nghiệp Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội vào tháng trước và đã tìm kiếm một công việc kể từ đó.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions (Questions 17 –

Do you think education is better now than it was in your grandparents' time? Many older people in the UK believe the opposite. “Schools were better in our day,” they complain.

“There isn't enough discipline these days. Kids don't work as hard as we did, either. The syllabus isn't as challenging, so clever students aren't being stretched enough. They need to study things in greater depth. Exams are much, much easier now as well.”

Were schools better years ago? Some British teenagers travelled back in time to a 1950s boarding school. They got a big surprise! The first shock came when the teenagers met their new teachers. Dressed in traditional black gowns, they look so frosty and uncaring!

They were really authoritarian, too, so anyone caught breaking the rules - talking in classes, mucking about in the playground or playing truant – was in big trouble!

Punishments included writing 'lines' or staying after class to do detention. The naughtiest kids were expelled.

Things were just as bad after class. At meal times the students had to endure a diet of plain, no-nonsense, healthy food. Homework was obligatory and it took ages! Copying essays off the Internet wasn't an option, as personal computers didn't exist in the 1950s!

At the end of 'term' everyone sat 1950s-style exams. The old exams were much longer than their twenty-first century equivalents and involved learning huge amounts of facts by heart. History papers were all dates and battles. Maths papers were trickier, too;

calculators weren't around in the 1950s, so the students had to memorise multiplication tables and master long division. Our candidates found this really difficult.

The exam results surprised a lot of people. Students predicted to do well in their real-life, twenty-first century exams often got low grades in the 1950s exams. Does this prove modern exams are too easy? Do twenty-first century kids rely too much on modern technology, like calculators and computers?

The TV series of That 'll teach 'em! focused on a 1960s vocational school. UK school- kids study a range of academic subjects these days. But in the 1960s, children judged to be less ‘able' went to vocational schools. These helped them learn job skills. Boys studied subjects like metalwork, woodwork or gardening. In some classes, they even learned how to milk goats! The girls' timetables included secretarial skills. They also learned to cook, clean and sew - probably not much fun for most girls.

Question 17. What criticism is sometimes made about modern education in the first paragraph?

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A. Teachers aren't strict enough.

B. The syllabus is out of date.

C. There's too much stress on exams.

D. The teaching methods are not good enough.

Đáp án A

Thông tin: There isn't enough discipline these days. Kids don't work as hard as we did, either. The syllabus isn't as challenging, so clever students aren't being stretched enough

….

Dịch: Không có đủ kỷ luật những ngày này. Trẻ em cũng không làm việc chăm chỉ như chúng tôi. Giáo trình không phải là thử thách, vì vậy học sinh thông minh không bị kéo dài đủ…

Question 18. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the food the students ate at school?

A. It wasn't cooked properly. B. It wasn't delicious.

C. It wasn't nutritious. D. There wasn't much of it.

Đáp án B

Thông tin: At meal times the students had to endure a diet of plain, no-nonsense, healthy food.

Dịch: Trong bữa ăn, các sinh viên phải chịu đựng một chế độ ăn uống đơn giản, vô nghĩa, thực phẩm lành mạnh.

Question 19. The word "obligatory” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.

A. compulsory B. difficult C. long D. complicated Đáp án A

Obligatory = compulsory (bắt buộc)

Question 20. The word "authoritarian” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.

A. inexperienced B. impolite C. unreasonable D. strict Đáp án D

Authoritarian = Strict (độc đoán)

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Question 21. According to the passage, how did exams in the 1950s differ from those in the twenty-first century?

A They covered more subjects. B. It took students less time to do them.

C. There was more to remember. D. They were less difficult.

Đáp án C

Thông tin: Maths papers were trickier, too; calculators weren't around in the 1950s, so the students had to memorise multiplication tables and master long division. Our candidates found this really difficult.

Dịch: Các bài toán cũng khó hơn; máy tính không có trong những năm 1950, vì vậy các sinh viên phải ghi nhớ các bảng nhân và làm chủ phép chia dài. Các ứng cử viên của chúng tôi thấy điều này thực sự khó khăn.

Question 22. The word “these” in the last paragraph refers to ____.

A. school-kids B. subjects C. series D. vocational schools Đáp án D

Thông tin: But in the 1960s, children judged to be less ‘able' went to vocational schools.

These helped them learn job skills.

Dịch: Nhưng vào những năm 1960, trẻ em được đánh giá là ít có khả năng đi đến các trường dạy nghề. Những điều này đã giúp họ học các kỹ năng công việc.

Question 23. What was surprising about the students' results after taking the 1950s-style exams?

A. All the students found the exams difficult.

B. Students didn't do as well as expected.

C. Students who were predicted to fail did rather well.

D. Students did better than twenty-first century exams.

Đáp án B

Thông tin: Students predicted to do well in their real-life, twenty-first century exams often got low grades in the 1950s exams.

Dịch: Các sinh viên dự đoán sẽ làm tốt trong các kỳ thi thế kỷ hai mươi mốt của họ trong thế kỷ hai mươi thường có điểm thấp trong các kỳ thi những năm 1950.

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Question 24. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning

"I have never been to Russia. I think I shall go there next year.” said Bill.

A. Bill said that he had never been to Russia and he thought he would go there the next year.

B. Bill said that he would have never been to Russia and he thinks he would go there the next year.

C. Bill said that he had never been to Russia and he thinks he will go there the next year.

D. Bill said that he has never been to Russia and he thinks he would go there the next year.

Đáp án A

Dịch: Bill nói “Tôi chưa đến nước Nga bao giờ. Tôi nghĩ tôi sẽ đến đó vào năm tới.”

Đáp án B, C, D đều sai về mặt ngữ pháp vì khong lùi thì động từ “think” khi chuyển từ câu trực tiếp sang gián tiếp.

Question 25. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning

Charles would have won the essay contest if he had typed his paper.

A. Charles won the essay contest in spite of not typing his paper.

B. Charles did not win the essay contest because he did not type his paper.

C. Typing his paper made Charles win the essay contest.

D. Charles did not win the essay contest even though he typed his paper.

Đáp án B

Dịch: Charles đã thắng cuộc thi viết văn nếu như anh ấy gõ bài của mình.

Đáp án A, C và D bị loại do sai nghĩa so với câu ban đầu.