Online shopping is no longer just a fad, it’s a lifestyle. People everywhere are taking advantage of the convenience of ordering anything and having it delivered right to their doorstep. In order to capitalize on this shift in lifestyle, retailers have taken to the ecommerce world and are setting new norms for online businesses across the globe. Ecommerce is continuing to get more and more competitive. Websites are smarter, shipping is quicker, and expectations are higher. In order to keep up with the market, online stores have started to gravitate towards new trends. One way in which mobile devices are being utilized for shopping is through social media. Facebook and Instagram have opened up the ecommerce marketplace and made it easier for users to shop through their social media platforms. Instagram, for example, has started to offer a feature for direct product links to be tagged in posts that even include product and price details. Additionally, companies have taken to social media to advertise their brands and products. At this point, a company without a Facebook or Instagram account is, quite frankly, a step behind. People spend hours scrolling through their social media news feeds daily. Even if a company isn’t directly paying for advertisements, their own accounts serve as an effective self-promotion tool. (Source: https://www.entrepreneur.com)

Câu 34:

Retailers have taken to the ecommerce world because________.

A. shipping is quicker

B. websites are smarter

C. customers' expectations are higher

D. it becomes more competitive

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Câu 35:

Which of the following is NOT included in a product on social media platforms?

A. Promotion tool

B. Products details.

C. Product links

D. Manufacturer's brand.

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Câu 36:

The word "right" in the first paragraph________.

A. immediately

B. necessarily

C. exactly

D. completely

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Câu 37:

According to the passage, if companies don't create accounts to advertise their products on social media, ______.

A. they have to set up another marketing channel

B. there are still websites

C. they can't use the accounts for other purposes

D. they will be left behind

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Câu 38:

What can be concluded about the writer's attitude toward ecommerce?

A. neutral

B. uninvolved

C. supported

D. indifferent

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Đoạn văn 2

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

When corals are mentioned, many people think of rock-life forms in the sea filled with colorful fish. But corals are made up of hundreds of thousands of small organisms which live and feed like any other sea life. For the past five years, researchers in Hawaii and Australia have been engineering corals inside a lab to see if they could better resist the effects of climate change. They say it is now time to see how their creations perform in nature. The scientists say climate change linked to human causes has led to warming oceans that can harm sea life. They say if the more heat-resistant corals they developed do well in the ocean, the method can be used to help save suffering and dying reefs. The team tested three methods for making corals that would be strong and healthy in nature. One was the method of selective breeding. This method involves scientists choosing parents with desirable characteristics for reproductive purposes. A second method subjected the corals to increasing temperatures to condition them to be able to survive in warm ocean environments. The third involved making changes to the algae that provide corals with necessary nutrients. The leader of the project, University of Hawaii researcher Kira Hughes, said all the methods proved successful in the lab. She told The Associated Press that some scientists might worry that such methods go against the natural processes of nature. But with the planet continuing to warm more and more, she does not see any better options. "We have to intervene in order to make a change for coral reefs to survive into the future," Hughes said. When ocean temperatures rise, corals release algae that supplies nutrients and gives them color. This causes them to turn white, a process called bleaching. When this happens, corals can quickly become sick and die. But for years, scientists have been observing corals that have survived bleaching, even when others have died on the same reef. They are now centering on those healthy survivors and hoping to further increase their resistance to heat. Those corals were used as the parents for the newly created kinds. (https://eamingenglish.voanews.com)

Câu 39:

What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Scientists have created corals in lab to better resist climate change.

B. Bleaching, a process where coral reefs turn white and die.

C. There are many causes leading to climate change and loss of coral reefs.

D. A new kind of algae helps to bring more nutrients for corals.

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Câu 40:

The word “resist” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to______.

A. confuse

B. preserve

C. withstand

D. frighten

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Câu 41:

The word They in paragraph 1 refers to______.

A. the effects of climate change

B. Researchers

C. corals

D. organisms

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Câu 42:

According to paragraph 2,_______.

A. three methods, although contrasting, are tested effective in reality

B. the scientific community reach a consensus about making these new types of corals

C. the first method is concerned with selecting advantageous breeds

D. Kira Hughes is optimist about finding a quite number of choices to solve the loss of corals

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Câu 43:

The word bleaching in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______.

A. releasing algae

B. increasing resistance

C. supplying nutrient

D. becoming white

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Câu 44:

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The research has come to an end and new types of corals will soon be introduced in dying reefs.

B. The aim of the experiment is to make corals accustomed to warmer ocean environments.

C. Human activities lead to higher temperatures in oceans which do damage to coral reefs.

D. Coral reefs are comprised of not only corals but also a wide range of other creatures.

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Câu 45:

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. Hawaii and Australia have the most biodiverse coral reefs on Earth.

B. The scientists want to reduce the resistance ability of corals.

C. No corals can remain alive through the process of turning white.

D. Algae have a crucial role to play in maintaining the life of corals.

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Đoạn văn 3

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often picks up small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way (46)_______ very hard rocks are worn away by the wind. When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the (47)________. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea. Land (48)________is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very little of its soil. The roots of plants help to hold the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground. (49)_______, forests and grasslands help to slow down erosion. Even where the land is thickly covered with plants, some erosion goes on. In the spring, the melting snow turns into a large (50)________ of water that then runs downhill in streams. As a stream carries away some of the soil, the stream bed gets deeper and deeper. After thousands of years of such erosion, wide valleys are often formed.

Câu 46: