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 questions from 3 to 7.

"Parents today want their kids to spend time on things that can bring them success, but (3)________ we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a developmental psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, (4)_________ co-author of the forthcoming book "Raising Can-Do Kids." Decades of studies show the benefits of chores - academically, emotionally, and even professionally. Giving children household chores at an early age helps to build (5)________ lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to a research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (6)_________ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives - in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (7)________ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. (Adapted from http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-children-need-chores)

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"Parents today want their kids to spend time on things that can bring them success, but (3)________ we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success and that's household chores,

A. especially

B. ironically

C. brutally

D. bitterly

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Câu 35:

"Parents today want their kids to spend time on things that can bring them success, but (3) we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a developmental psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, (4)_ co-author of the forthcoming book "Raising Can-Do Kids."

A. therefore

B. or

C. and

D. but

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Câu 36:

Giving children household chores at an early age helps to build (5)________ lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to a research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota.

A. many

B. every

C. much

D. a

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Câu 37:

In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (6)_________ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives - in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s.

A. that

B. whom

C. when

D. what

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Câu 38:

She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (7)________ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens.

A. compassed

B. compared

C. competed

D. reflected

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Đoạn văn 1

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 11 to 15.

Maria Alcalá of Madrid speaks for many Mediterranean people when she says that “a meal without olive oil would be a bore.” No one knows when the Mediterranean civilizations initially fell in love with olives. That occurred before recorded history. However, there is evidence that the cultivation of olive trees began in countries around the Mediterranean Sea in approximately 4000 B.C., and 2,000 years after that people in the eastern Mediterranean region began to produce oil from olives. The Mediterranean still accounts for 99 percent of all world olive oil production. From ancient times until today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. First, whole olives are crushed. Then, the liquid is separated from the solids. After that, the valuable oil is separated from the water. Many olive growers maintain their ancient traditions and still harvest the olives by hand. “We harvest in the traditional way,” says Don Celso, an olive farmer from Tuscany, Italy. "It would be less expensive to do it with machines, but it's more a social thing. Twenty people come to help with the harvest, and we pay them in oil." Olive oil has had a variety of uses through its long history. In ancient times, olive oil was used as money and as medicine. It was even used during war-heated up and dropped down on attackers. It is still used in religious ceremonies. It is great for protecting the freshness of fish and cheese. There are even olive oil lamps and olive oil soaps. Olive oil enhances the lives of people everywhere. Its benefits, recently confirmed by science, were already understood in ancient times. Mediterranean people are happy to share their secret with the world. (Adapted from Reading Explorer 2 by Paul Maclntyre)

Câu 39:

Which could be the best title for the passage?

A. The best kept secret.

B. Olive oil: A cure for every disease.

C. How to produce oil from indigenous trees?

D. An oil for all.

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Câu 40:

The word ‘civilisations’ in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.

A. societies

B. subcultures

C. empires

D. species

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Câu 41:

According to the passage, which of the following has olive oil NOT been used for?

A. currency

B. cosmetics

C. pharmaceuticals

D. weapons

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Câu 42:

The word ‘it’ in paragraph 2 refers to _______.

A. olive

B. machine

C. harvest

D.way

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Câu 43:

Which of the following is true, according to the passage?

A. There is strong evidence suggesting that the first olive trees were planted exactly 4,000 years BC.

B. The exact time that olives became popular among Mediterranean cultures remains unclear.

C. The way the oil is produced today is quite different from that in the past.

D. The Mediterranean accounts for all of the worlds’ olive oil consumption even to this day.

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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 questions from 24 to 30.

In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and social rituals. Although they are important, these visible expressions of culture, which are taught deliberately and learned consciously, are only the tip of the iceberg or culture. Much of culture is taught and learned implicitly, or outside awareness. Thus, neither cultural insiders nor cultural outsiders are aware that certain "invisible" aspects of their culture exist. Invisible elements of culture are important to us. For example, how long we can be late before being impolite, what topics we should avoid in a conversation, how we show interest or attention through listening behavior, what we consider beautiful or ugly. These are all aspects of culture that we learn and use without being aware of it. When we meet other people whose invisible cultural assumptions differ from those we have learned implicitly, we usually do not recognize their behavior as cultural in origin. Differences in invisible culture can cause problems in cross-cultural relations. Conflicts may arise when we are unable to recognize others’ behavioral differences as cultural rather than personal. We tend to misinterpret other people's behavior, blame them, or judge their intentions or competence without realizing that we are experiencing cultural rather than individual differences. Formal organizations and institutions, such as schools, hospitals, workplaces, governments, and the legal system are collection sites for invisible cultural differences. If the differences were more visible, we might have less misunderstanding. For example, if we met a man in a courthouse who was wearing exotic clothes, speaking a language other than ours, and carrying food that looked strange, we would not assume that we understood his thoughts and feelings or that he understood ours. Yet when such a man is dressed similarly to us, speaks our language, and does not differ from us in other obvious ways, we may fail to recognize the invisible cultural differences between us. As a result, mutual misunderstanding may arise.

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