Read the following text and circle the best answer among A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet for the questions from 44 to 50

      Buying a house is the single largest financial investment an individual makes. Yet, in India this act is fraught with risk and individuals depend on weak laws for justice. Occasionally, deviant promoters are called to account as was the case in the detention of Unitech's promoters. This incident shows up the fallout of an absence of proper regulation to cover contracts between buyers and real estate promoters. A real estate bill, which is presently pending in Rajya Sabha, seeks to fill this gap. It has been debated for over two years and should be passed by Parliament in the budget session.

      India is in the midst of rapid urbanization and urban population is expected to more than double to about 900 million over the next three decades. Unfortunately, even the current population does not have adequate housing. A government estimate in 2012 put the shortage at nearly 19 million units. If this shortage is to be alleviated quickly, India's messy real estate sector needs reforms.

      The real estate bill seeks to set standards for contracts between buyers and sellers. Transparency, a rare commodity in real estate, is enforced as promoters have to upload project details on the regulators' website. Importantly, standard definitions of terms mean that buyers will not feel cheated after taking possession of a house. In order to protect buyers who pay upfront, a part of the money collected for a real estate project is ring-fenced in a separate bank account. Also, given India on land titles, the real estate bill provides title insurance. This bill has been scrutinized by two parliamentary committees and its passage now brooks no delay.

      This bill is an important step in cleaning up the real estate market, but the journey should not end with it. State government play a significant role in real estate and they are often the source of problems. Some estimates suggest that real estate developers have to seek approvals of as many as 40 central and state departments, which lead to delays and an escalation in the cost of houses. Sensibly, NDA government's project to provide universal urban housing forces states to institute reforms to access central funding. Without real estate reforms at the level of states, it will not be possible to meet the ambition of making housing accessible for all urban dwellers.

The word alleviated in the second paragraph is OPPOSITE in meaning to __________.

A. deaden

B. aggravated

C. diminished

D. relieved

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Chọn đáp án B

Kiến thức: Từ vựng

Từ “alleviated’’ trong đoạn hai trái nghĩa với

A. chết đi B. trầm trọng thêm C. giảm bớt D. giảm bớt

• Alleviate: giảm bớt >< aggravate

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Câu 1

Reading the following passage and mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blank from 34 to 38

Le Bijou, a high-end Swiss hospitality company, has recently launched a new package for guests in ___ (34) to the coronavirus outbreak and the country's lockdown. Guests looking to practice social _ (35), which basically means staying far enough away from others to prevent person to-person transmission of the coronavirus or any other virus for that _ (36), can do so in Le Bijou’s hotel-like apartments, which rely on modern technology for most of its operations. "You don't need to interact with anyone you don't want to," says Alexander Hübner, CEO and co-founder of Le Bijou. Additionally, Le Bijou also (37) on-site coronavirus testing to those who can afford _______ (38) it still remains unclear how many tests they have or how long Le Bijou could run the Covid-19 package.

A. concern

B. response

C. regard

D. account

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Chọn đáp án B

Kiến thức: Cụm từ

• In response to: để đáp lại, để đối phó

Tạm dịch: Le Bijou, a high-end Swiss hospitality company, has recently launched a new package for guests in response to the coronavirus outbreak and the country's lockdown. (Le Bijou, một công ty khách sạn cao cấp của Thụy Sĩ, gần đây đã tung ra một tua du lịch trọn gói mới dành cho khách để đối phó với sự bùng phát virus coronavirus và tình trạng đóng cửa của đất nước

Câu 2