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 from 34 to 38.

CULTURE SHOCK FOR LANGUAGE EXCHANGE STUDENTS

Students going to stay with a host family in another country usually have to make a number of cultural adjustments. They may find it difficult to (34) _______ friendships with the children in the family and they will certainly have to get used to a variety of new things, including food, the climate and the language. An extra difficulty may be the different expectations (35) __________ the host parents have of them in comparison with their own parents. They may be (36) __________ for the fact that they are expected to help with the housework, or come home earlier in the evenings than they ever would at home. They may not have as (37) __________ independence as they are used to, and they may sometimes be surprised by the behaviour of the children in the family who, although usually friendly and welcoming may sometimes seem a little immature. (38) __________, language exchange students generally enjoy themselves and often form lasting friendships. (Adapted from Complete First for Schools by Guy Brook-Hart and Helen Tiliouine)

Câu 34:

They may find it difficult to (34) _______ friendships with the children in the family and they will certainly have to get used to a variety of new things, including food, the climate and the language.

A. force

B. shape

C. form

D. land

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Câu 35:

An extra difficulty may be the different expectations (35) __________ the host parents have of them in comparison with their own parents.

A. whose

B. which

C. whom

D. where

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Câu 36:

They may be (36) __________ for the fact that they are expected to help with the housework, or come home earlier in the evenings than they ever would at home.

A. illegal

B. irresponsible

C. impolite

D. unprepared

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Câu 37:

They may not have as (37) __________ independence as they are used to, and they may sometimes be surprised by the behaviour of the children in the family who, although usually friendly and welcoming may sometimes seem a little immature.

A. many

B. a few

C. each

D. much

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Câu 38:

(38) __________, language exchange students generally enjoy themselves and often form lasting friendships.

A. However

B. Therefore

C. Otherwise

D. For example

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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 answer to each of the questions from 39 to 43.

Florists, personal trainers, professors, and nutritionists all have healthy jobs according to research. There are many reasons for this. A florist, for example, sells flowers and plants to customers. This is very relaxing work. A personal trainer, on the other hand, is usually very fit. He or she trains other people to lose weight and to keep fit. However, research also shows that some jobs are ‘unhealthy’. They cause a lot of stress and worry. For example, a taxi driver drives all day. He often faces traffic jams and difficult passengers too. A firefighter puts out dangerous fires and sometimes saves people from burning buildings. Most people are looking for the perfect job. They want a job that is interesting, with a good salary and not much stress. However, it is difficult to get everything. Healthy, relaxing jobs are usually not very well paid. On the other hand, people with stressful jobs often get good salaries. For example, the head of a big company gets a lot of money, but he or she does not always have good health, or the time to enjoy life. (Adapted from New Headway Academic Skills by Richard Harrison)

Câu 39:

What does the passage mainly about?

A. Ways to find a healthy job

B. New evidence about stress

C. Work and stress

D. Jobs with good salaries

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Câu 40:

The word “trains” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.

A. shares

B. copies

C. sings

D. teaches

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Câu 41:

According to paragraph 2, unhealthy jobs _______.

A. make people stressed

B. aren’t very dangerous

C. are quite relaxing

D. cause traffic congestion

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Câu 42:

The word “They” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.

A. Jobs

B. Salaries

C. People

D. Buildings

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Câu 43:

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

A. A personal trainer always follows a healthy diet.

B. Only difficult passengers travel by taxi.

C. People with relaxing jobs often get high salaries.

D. A president of a large company often have insufficient free time.

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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 44 to 50.

The next time you’re out in a public place, like a park or a restaurant, look around you. What is happening? Some people are surfing the internet on their phones. Others are wearing headphones, listening to music on their MP3 players. That’s just the way life is today. We all spend a fair amount of our time connected to technology. Now imagine living in a world without smartphones, tablets or any of the electronic gadgets we take for granted these days. There’s no internet and you go to the library and look at a book when you want to find anything out. You play outside with friends in the real world instead of playing online video games in virtual worlds. There are no texts, no DVDs and no email. Welcome to 1986! That’s the world the McMillan family from Ontario, Canada, decided to live in for a year. Blair, 27, Morgan, 28, and their two sons Trey and Denton, aged five and three, got rid of their cable TV, smartphones, internet, new games console, digital camera, DVD player and sat nav, and instead used an old TV, a radio, old telephones, a VHS video player, an old games console and maps. They decided to try it after seeing how their young children were becoming dependent on technology. They aren’t alone. More and more parents today worry about the effect technology is having on their children, particularly very young children. The McMillans decided to get back to basics to see how things have changed. So how did they find their year without modem technology? ‘I thought Blair was mad when he suggested doing this whole thing,’ says Morgan, but it’s made me realise how much time we wasted. We seem much more relaxed now, not checking in on email or Facebook all the time.’ The McMillans are now back in the present with a different attitude to today’s technology. Blair said, ‘I’m not anti-technology. I wanted to taste, and I wanted my kids to taste what it would be like without it, and to see if we could actually do it.” (Adapted from Optimise by Malcolm Mann and Steve Taylore-Knowles)

Câu 44: