ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI & C2 PROFICIENCY TIẾNG ANH - 120 CÂU TOÀN DIỆN

PART 1. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

Câu 1. The newly appointed director was completely in the ______ about the internal financial audits until the whistle-blower came forward.

Câu 2. Despite hours of rigorous cross-examination, the defendant remained as bold as ______ and refused to concede any wrongdoing.

Câu 3. His first day as an air-traffic controller was a genuine ______ of fire, dealing with three concurrent emergency landings.

Câu 4. The failed infrastructure project turned into an absolute ______ around the incumbent mayor's neck during his re-election campaign.

Câu 5. She was ______ ignorant of the boardroom coup unfolding right behind her back, continuing to praise her deputies warmly.

Câu 6. After several rounds of tense arbitration, the aerospace conglomerate agreed to ______ the bill for the environmental cleanup.

Câu 7. Senior officials in the municipality were accused of abusing sovereign subsidies to ______ their own pockets.

Câu 8. When the corporate scandal erupted, the veteran CEO fell on his ______ and tendered his immediate resignation.

Câu 9. It took the young diplomat several months to find her ______ in the intricate world of international protocol.

Câu 10. In an act of sheer desperation to evade arrest, the embezzler tried to ______ across the border under an assumed moniker.

Câu 11. Far from being an authentic diamond, the gem proved on closer inspection to be an utter fake, completely ______ of commercial worth.

Câu 12. After five consecutive quarters of debilitating losses, the textile factory is currently on the ______ of bankruptcy.

Câu 13. The prosecutor argued ______ that there were no extenuating circumstances to justify such heinous atrocities.

Câu 14. His haughty remarks about the local traditions were like a red ______ to a bull among the indignant townsfolk.

Câu 15. The board of trustees voted unanimously to do ______ with the archaic dress code that had provoked student unrest.

Câu 16. Try as I ______, I simply could not fathom the convoluted mathematical proof devised by the visiting lecturer.

Câu 17. A single typo on the cover page does not in any discernible way ______ from the intellectual rigour of your dissertation.

Câu 18. Sensing unprecedented interest from overseas collectors, the auctioneer decided to ______ the ante by raising the opening bid.

Câu 19. The controversial politician found himself in ______ straits after his closest confidants leaked incriminating transcripts.

Câu 20. It is a well-established maxim in politics that mud ______, no matter how decisively the allegations are subsequently rebutted.

Câu 21. The minister ______ denied having any prior acquaintance with the fraudulent financier under investigation.

Câu 22. Confronted with the insurmountable evidence of espionage, the diplomat was forced to ______ the music.

Câu 23. Don't pay any attention to his grumbling; he is merely an inveterate ______ who finds fault with every petty detail.

Câu 24. His sudden announcement of early retirement was greeted with stunned ______ by fellow parliamentary delegates.

Câu 25. They bought an enormous, decrepit mansion in the countryside that turned out to be an exorbitant white ______.

Câu 26. The security personnel decided to ______ off the entire perimeter surrounding the abandoned industrial plant.

Câu 27. When questioned about the discrepancies in the ledger, the accountant could only offer an explanation as clear as ______.

Câu 28. To prevent copycats from abusing the proprietary software, the tech company resolved to ______ down on unauthorized piracy.

Câu 29. The prime minister's frank confession of policy failure was an act that ______ a chord with disillusioned working-class voters.

Câu 30. The two scientists, having pursued the same esoteric problem for decades, discovered they were true ______ spirits.

Câu 31. Despite several alluring counter-proposals, the dissident union leader stubbornly dug his ______ in.

Câu 32. The surgeon gave the patient's preliminary scans a ______ glance before rushing off to an emergency operation.

Câu 33. The young prodigy had a formidable ______ for solving cryptograms that stumped veteran codebreakers.

Câu 34. The derelict asylum stood ______ silent against the gloomy autumn skyline, unnerving everyone in the search party.

Câu 35. When asked directly whether he would stand for election again, the governor refused point-______.

Câu 36. The researcher has been ______ away at this decipherment project for upwards of six years without a breakthrough.

Câu 37. Although the committee members made all the right ______, it was clear that they harboured deep private reservations.

Câu 38. The company's brazen attempts to circumvent workplace regulations made them fall ______ of the health and safety executive.

Câu 39. After the devastating public critique of his latest monograph, the philosopher ______ himself to his study and shunned visitors.

Câu 40. The newly enacted legislation is expected to have far-reaching ______ effects across the entire tertiary education sector.

PART 2. GUIDED CLOZE TEXT

Read the following passages and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Passage 1 (Questions 41–48)

The preservation of pristine wilderness has ceased to be an esoteric hobby for conservationists; it has evolved into a societal (41)______ call. For decades, human encroachment and industrial agriculture have continued to (42)______ on indigenous habitats, leaving fragile ecosystems in an increasingly (43)______ position. Environmentalists argue that half-measures will no longer suffice; what is urgently required is a fundamental paradigm shift away from our modern (44)______ culture.

Instead of treating natural capital as an inexhaustible reservoir, statutory bodies must (45)______ laws that hold multinational polluters legally culpable. While sceptics contend that stringent environmental standards will play (46)______ with economic growth, empirical data suggest that sustainable tourism and green technologies can generate lucrative revenues into the (47)______. Far from being an economic encumbrance, biodiversity represents the very (48)______ upon which global welfare rests.

Passage 2 (Questions 49–55)

Biographies that purport to capture prominent historical figures are often fraught with subtle compromises. A biographer who adopts a purely reverent attitude risks producing a hagiography that glosses over conspicuous failings, while one driven by malice will (49)______ fault with every minor indiscretion. The most perceptive writers present their subjects warts and (50)______, refusing to sanitize complex personalities for the sake of public palatability.

They do not (51)______ to petty gossip, nor do they shy away from exploring moral ambiguities. Such authors recognize that genuine human greatness frequently coexists with astonishing (52)______ of character. Rather than trying to force contradictory evidence into an unyielding narrative mould, they allow nuances to (53)______ themselves. The reader is thus invited to appraise the subject on their own (54)______, arriving at an evaluation that is both empathetic and (55)______ objective.

PART 3. OPEN CLOZE TEXT

Read the texts below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word for each gap.

Passage 1 (Questions 56–63)

To the best of my (56)______, human memory does not function as an immutable digital archive. Rather, every time an event is recalled from the recesses of consciousness, it is subtly reconstructed in conjunction (57)______ our prevailing emotional disposition and immediate sensory inputs. Far (58)______ being an objective reproduction of past occurrences, recollection is a creative act fraught with vulnerabilities.

Extraneous suggestions whispered during an interview can effortlessly creep (59)______ an eyewitness's testimony, implanting pseudo-memories that feel unshakeably authentic. Psychologists have repeatedly demonstrated that even individuals possessing formidable intellects are prone to falling hook, (60)______ and sinker for fabricated narratives of their early childhood. This inherent fallibility serves as a salutary reminder that our subjective certitude has little bearing (61)______ objective veracity. Indeed, try as we (62)______ to maintain unimpeachable records of bygone years, time and cognitive bias invariably conspire to blur the boundary (63)______ fact and fantasy.

Passage 2 (Questions 64–70)

Urban planning in the twenty-first century has arrived at a critical crossroads. The rampant proliferation of private vehicles has brought arterial road networks to a virtual standstill, generating enervating congestion that costs the global economy billions in lost productivity. In (64)______ of constructing ever wider orbital motorways—a strategy that invariably induces further demand—visionary municipal leaders are advocating for a total revamping of public transport.

Pedestrianizing historical centres has proved singularly (65)______ in European metropolises, revitalizing local commerce and clearing polluted air. However, such sweeping structural interventions do not come without a hefty price tag. Municipalities already reeling from austerity measures must often cast their net far and (66)______ to secure private investment. Furthermore, planners must keep a tight (67)______ on public expenditure lest prestigious infrastructural schemes mutate into exorbitant white elephants. If cities are to remain livable spaces for future generations, civic leaders must firmly take the bull by the (68)______ and dismantle decades of automobile-centric hegemony once and for (69)______, regardless of how vociferously special interest groups may protest against such overdue (70)______.

PART 4. READING COMPREHENSION

Reading 1: Multiple Choice (Questions 71–80)

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each question.

The sociological phenomenon known as "conspicuous consumption," first theorized by Thorstein Veblen in the late nineteenth century, posited that the leisure class acquired costly goods primarily to broadcast social status and pecuniary prowess. In Veblen’s formulation, utility was decisively subservient to ostentation: an item's desirability escalated in direct proportion to its price tag and social visibility. For over a century, this socioeconomic paradigm provided an unassailable framework for understanding luxury brand dynamics, haute couture, and executive lifestyle preferences.

However, in the contemporary hyper-digital epoch, the mechanisms of cultural distinction have undergone a radical metamorphosis. The ubiquitous availability of cheap credit, coupled with the mass-market proliferation of counterfeit luxury apparel and accessible premium goods, has democratized superficial status symbols. When designer handbags and luxury watches are within reach of the upwardly mobile middle class, ostentatious logos lose their potency as reliable arbiters of elite provenance. Consequently, today’s cultural aristocracy has retreated into what sociologist Elizabeth Currid-Halkett terms "inconspicuous consumption."

Rather than flaunting branded sports cars or gold-encrusted trinkets, the new cosmopolitan elite channels its capital into intangible, highly exclusionary assets: elite preparatory schooling, bespoke wellness retreats, obscure artisanal foods, and subscriptions to highbrow periodicals. These choices do not merely telegraph wealth; they signify cultural capital, intellectual pedigree, and ethical discernment. Opting for unpasteurized heirloom apple cider or ethically sourced organic cotton garments communicates an ideological sophistication that cannot simply be purchased off the rack by an uninitiated newcomer with newly minted liquid assets.

Furthermore, this pivot toward subtle discernment serves as a formidable exclusionary barrier. Decoding the cryptic social cues of inconspicuous consumption requires years of immersion in privileged environments—what Pierre Bourdieu termed the habitus. It demands an instinctive grasp of contemporary socio-political discourse, an aesthetic aversion to vulgar excess, and an intimate acquaintance with the unwritten codes of progressive elite culture. In essence, the modern elite has constructed an intangible fortress of taste that protects its social hegemony far more effectively than any diamond necklace or luxury yacht ever could.

Câu 71. What is the author's primary purpose in the first paragraph?

Câu 72. According to the passage, why did ostentatious luxury items lose their status as definitive badges of elite status?

Câu 73. The word "pecuniary" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to:

Câu 74. What distinguishes "inconspicuous consumption" from its historical predecessor?

Câu 75. Which of the following is cited as an example of modern inconspicuous consumption?

Câu 76. The phrase "off the rack" in paragraph 3 is used metaphorically to suggest something that is:

Câu 77. In the context of the fourth paragraph, what role does Bourdieu's concept of habitus play?

Câu 78. The word "unassailable" in the first paragraph could best be replaced by:

Câu 79. What does the author imply about the newcomer with newly minted wealth?

Câu 80. Which of the following best summarizes the main thesis of the passage?

Reading 2: Gapped Text (Questions 81–88)

Read the following text about deep-sea exploration. Eight paragraphs have been removed from the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A–I the one which fits each gap (81–88). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.

The hadal zone, encompassing the ocean's deepest trenches plunging between 6,000 and 11,000 metres beneath the surface, remains one of the most hostile frontiers on Earth. At these unfathomable depths, hydrostatic pressure reaches crushing levels exceeding 1,000 atmospheres—equivalent to an elephant balancing on a postage stamp. Light is entirely absent, ambient temperatures hover just above freezing, and food resources are perpetually scarce.

(81)__________________________________________________

Yet, contrary to nineteenth-century assumptions that such an abyssal realm must be biologically sterile, modern robotic submersibles have unveiled an astonishing wonderland of life. Organisms inhabiting this extreme realm have evolved miraculous biochemical adaptations. Cell membranes are saturated with polyunsaturated fatty acids to maintain fluidity under pressure, while unique piezolytes prevent intracellular proteins from congealing.

(82)__________________________________________________

Chief among these abyssal inhabitants is the hadal snailfish, an ethereal, semi-translucent creature devoid of scales that thrives at depths where other vertebrates would instantaneously perish. Possessing exceptionally high concentrations of trimethylamine N-oxide, the snailfish effortlessly stabilizes its metabolic enzymes against the distorting grip of hadal pressures.

(83)__________________________________________________

Securing the data necessary to comprehend these physiological adaptations is an excruciatingly arduous endeavor. Conventional marine vessels and robotic platforms are routinely pushed beyond their mechanical tolerances. Cables snap, hydraulic fluids solidify, and optical lenses crack under relentless stress.

(84)__________________________________________________

Notwithstanding these staggering technological obstacles, the scientific impetus to explore hadal depths has intensified dramatically in recent years. Marine geologists hypothesize that hadal trenches, formed along tectonic subduction zones, play a pivotal yet poorly understood role in modulating the global carbon cycle. Organic debris sinking from the upper pelagic layers accumulates within these deep geological troughs, creating massive biological carbon sinks.

(85)__________________________________________________

Moreover, the extreme microbiomes flourishing around hadal hydrothermal vents and methane seeps possess enzymes of unparalleled stability. Pharmaceutical researchers believe that unlocking the genetic secrets of these piezophilic extremophiles could yield revolutionary biomedical compounds, ranging from novel broad-spectrum antibiotics to enzymes capable of breaking down toxic industrial pollutants.

(86)__________________________________________________

However, the dawn of deep-sea exploration is shadowed by an impending ecological hazard: the prospect of seabed mining. Vast deposits of polymetallic nodules, rich in battery metals such as cobalt, nickel, and copper, carpet vast swaths of the abyssal plain. Mining conglomerates are lobbying international bodies for commercial permits, arguing that these terrestrial minerals are essential to facilitate the green energy transition.

(87)__________________________________________________

Marine biologists adamantly counter that benthic dredging would unleash catastrophic plume clouds of toxic sediment, smothering sessile organisms and devastating fragile ecosystems that take millennia to recover. The noise pollution alone could disrupt the sensory systems of bathypelagic fauna across vast oceanic expanses.

(88)__________________________________________________

As international regulatory bodies convene to debate the future of the high seas, humanity finds itself at a profound moral juncture. Whether we treat the ocean’s deepest trenches as a pristine ecological sanctuary to be safeguarded or as another industrial quarry to be exploited will define our environmental stewardship for generations to come.

Paragraphs for selection:
A. In addition to these metabolic fortifications, many hadal organisms exhibit gigantism or dwarfism, alongside the complete loss of ocular pigmentation. In an environment devoid of solar radiation, natural selection favors sensory systems tuned to tactile and chemical gradients over useless eyesight.
B. In the absence of sunlight, primary production in these abyssal depths relies predominantly on chemosynthesis. Bacteria oxidize hydrogen sulfide and methane discharging from hydrothermal fissures, providing the fundamental trophic base for bizarre communities of tube worms and blind crustaceans.
C. For decades, the sheer difficulty of deploying hardware into this abyss meant that scientists could only catch tantalizing glimpses of the hadal seafloor via heavy trawl nets, which dragged up pulverized specimens stripped of contextual ecological data.
D. This geological funneling effect transforms trenches into benthic hotspots of biological activity, where microbial respiration rates frequently surpass those recorded on the surrounding abyssal plains.
E. Consequently, each deep-sea mission represents a colossal financial gamble, where multimillion-dollar remotely operated vehicles can be permanently lost in the blink of an eye.
F. For early naturalists like Edward Forbes, who propounded the "Azoic hypothesis" in 1843, life below a few hundred fathoms was deemed an absolute physical impossibility due to darkness, cold, and pressure.
G. The ethical dilemma boils down to a stark choice: do we defile the least disturbed habitat on our planet to construct electric vehicles, or do we prioritize circular recycling economies on land?
H. Commercial deep-sea mining technology has made staggering strides over the past decade, allowing robotic crawlers to operate autonomously for months on end under brutal atmospheric pressures.
I. Without rigorous baseline ecological surveys, scientists warn that commercial exploitation will inevitably drive unique endemic species to extinction before they are even formally described by science.

Reading 3: Multiple Matching (Questions 89–100)

You are going to read an article about four prominent cultural critics discussing the impact of artificial intelligence on artistic creativity. For questions 89–100, choose from the critics (A–D). The critics may be chosen more than once.

Critic A: Marcus Vance

The prevailing hysteria surrounding generative artificial intelligence in the fine arts is characterized by historical amnesia. When photography emerged in the mid-nineteenth century, academic painters cried foul, declaring that mechanical image capture signaled the inexorable death of authentic artistic vision. Baudelaire famously lamented that photography was art's most mortal enemy. Yet, rather than obliterating painting, photography liberated it from the pedestrian shackles of mimetic realism, directly catalyzing Impressionism, Cubism, and the glorious explosion of modern abstraction. Generative algorithms will function in precisely the same auxiliary manner: as an empowering digital brush. The human element—the spark of intention, curation, existential angst, and conceptual framing—remains irreplaceable. An algorithm may churn out thousands of pastiches in seconds, but it possesses neither personal trauma to sublimate nor moral convictions to articulate. To mistake algorithmic synthesis for true artistic genius is to conflate computational output with the sacred human impulse to create.

Critic B: Elena Rostova

I cannot share the blithe techno-optimism of those who dismiss the current algorithmic crisis as a mere recalibration of artistic tools. Generative AI is fundamentally distinct from previous mechanical aids because it operates via the industrial-scale appropriation and commodification of living artists' intellectual labour without consent, attribution, or remuneration. What tech evangelists herald as "creative democratization" is, in reality, a predatory extraction machine that flattens aesthetic diversity into a homogenised paste of statistical averages. By flooding digital platforms with synthetic mediocrity, algorithmic generation devalues the gruelling slog and monastic discipline essential to mastering a creative craft. When a society begins to privilege frictionless convenience over the agonizing, hard-won exertion of human spirit, artistic culture does not evolve; it withers. We are on the brink of an aesthetic wasteland dominated by synthetic simulacra, where the genuine artisan is pushed out into economic irrelevance.

Critic C: Julian Chen

To evaluate generative AI solely through the prism of intellectual property litigation or technological romanticism is to overlook a far deeper philosophical rupture. What artificial intelligence destabilizes is the enduring Romantic myth of the solitary genius—an ideological construct that has dominated Western aesthetics for barely two centuries. Throughout much of human history, art was profoundly collaborative, iterative, and communal; Renaissance masters operated bustling workshops where apprentices painted backdrops while the master added finishing flourishes. Generative models represent the ultimate communal workshop, digesting collective human cultural heritage and spitting back multifaceted permutations. The primary artistic task of the twenty-first century will not consist of technical execution, but of prompt ontology and discerning curation. The artist transforms into an algorithmic interlocutor, teasing out latent patterns from vast semantic spaces. Far from extinguishing human authorship, this relational paradigm expands creative horizons into uncanny territory.

Critic D: Sophia Al-Mansoor

The catastrophic flaw in contemporary artistic discourse is our stubborn refusal to decouple aesthetic appreciation from economic market dynamics. Generative AI will undoubtedly decimate commercial illustration, stock photography, and plodding formulaic scriptwriting—sectors that were already heavily industrialised and artistically compromised. But commercial commercialisation is not art; it is advertising masquerading as creativity. Authentic high art—that which challenges hegemony, evokes transcendence, and forces humanity to confront its mortality—has never been about efficient production. An algorithm can simulate the harmonic structures of a Bach cantata or the verbal cadences of a Shakespearean sonnet, but it can never experience the agonizing dread of death, the ecstatic rapture of spiritual redemption, or the visceral pain of bereavement. The coming tsunami of synthetic content will simply induce an acute cultural fatigue, prompting a massive public hunger for tactile, imperfect, and indisputably human artistic artifacts.

Which critic:
- Câu 89. draws an explicit historical parallel between AI and the emergence of photography?
- Câu 90. views generative models as an engine of exploitative appropriation that steals creative labour?
- Câu 91. suggests that AI will deconstruct the romanticized notion of the isolated artistic creator?
- Câu 92. predicts that widespread synthetic content will generate a reactionary desire for human imperfection?
- Câu 93. argues that algorithmic generation undermines the dedicated physical and mental effort needed to develop craft?
- Câu 94. believes that commercial creative industries were already artistically compromised prior to AI?
- Câu 95. asserts that intention, trauma, and moral conviction are prerequisites for genuine art that machines lack?
- Câu 96. conceptualizes the future role of the artist as that of a curator interacting with vast cultural datasets?
- Câu 97. characterizes generative algorithms as an empowering auxiliary tool rather than a replacement?
- Câu 98. forewarns of an impending aesthetic wasteland if frictionless convenience is prioritized?
- Câu 99. highlights that early artistic traditions were inherently communal and collaborative like AI systems?
- Câu 100. claims machines can replicate technical structures but can never experience mortal vulnerability?

PART 5. KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION (20 questions - 2.0 points)

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given.

Câu 101. It was only when the auditor explained the discrepancies that I realized the firm was on the brink of bankruptcy. (DAWNED)
$\rightarrow$ Not until the auditor explained the discrepancies __________________________________________________ firm was on the brink of bankruptcy.

Câu 102. His arrogant behaviour at the reception made several senior diplomats thoroughly offended. (EXCEPTION)
$\rightarrow$ Several senior diplomats __________________________________________________ arrogant behaviour at the reception.

Câu 103. You must strictly obey all company regulations, regardless of how unfair you consider them to be. (TOE)
$\rightarrow$ However unfair you consider the company regulations to be, you must __________________________________________________.

Câu 104. Nobody could have predicted that the local amateur play would be an overwhelming success. (ROARING)
$\rightarrow$ That the local amateur play proved to __________________________________________________ beyond everyone's expectations.

Câu 105. The sudden announcement of redundancies caught the factory workforce completely by surprise. (ABACK)
$\rightarrow$ The factory workforce __________________________________________________ the sudden announcement of redundancies.

Câu 106. We escaped being hit by the speeding truck by a tiny fraction of an inch. (BREADTH)
$\rightarrow$ We missed being hit by the speeding truck __________________________________________________.

Câu 107. Because of his stubborn refusal to apologize, he made himself deeply unpopular with his colleagues. (FOUL)
$\rightarrow$ Owing to his refusal to apologize, he __________________________________________________ his colleagues.

Câu 108. The local council tried hard to solve the traffic issue, but their measures only solved part of the problem. (HALF-MEASURES)
$\rightarrow$ Rather than tackling the traffic issue comprehensively, the local council resorted __________________________________________________.

Câu 109. I was on the point of resigning when the managing director offered me a substantial pay rise. (BRINK)
$\rightarrow$ I was __________________________________________________ my resignation when the managing director offered me a substantial pay rise.

Câu 110. The young executive was determined to persevere with his startup idea despite the harsh market conditions. (PLUG)
$\rightarrow$ Despite the harsh market conditions, the young executive resolved __________________________________________________ his startup idea.

Câu 111. He was completely unable to understand the advanced quantum physics lecture delivered by the professor. (HEAD)
$\rightarrow$ He could make __________________________________________________ advanced quantum physics lecture delivered by the professor.

Câu 112. She always pretends that she didn't want the scholarship anyway, but everyone knows she is just bitter. (GRAPES)
$\rightarrow$ Her indifference to missing out on the scholarship is nothing __________________________________________________ part.

Câu 113. The accountant tried to cover up the missing funds, but the external audit revealed the secret. (BAG)
$\rightarrow$ In spite of the accountant's cover-up, the external audit let __________________________________________________ the missing funds.

Câu 114. If you continue to provoke the manager like that, you are bound to face severe disciplinary action. (MUSIC)
$\rightarrow$ If you keep provoking the manager like that, you are __________________________________________________ sooner or later.

Câu 115. He didn't want to help us clean up the flooded basement at all. (FINGER)
$\rightarrow$ He did __________________________________________________ when we had to clean up the flooded basement.

Câu 116. The sudden cancellation of the sponsor's funding ruined all our carefully prepared plans. (HAVOC)
$\rightarrow$ The sudden withdrawal of the sponsor's funding __________________________________________________ all our carefully prepared plans.

Câu 117. As far as I know, the minister has never accepted gifts from foreign business consortiums. (KNOWLEDGE)
$\rightarrow$ To the __________________________________________________ the minister has never accepted gifts from foreign business consortiums.

Câu 118. We had to manage on a very tight budget during our backpacker excursion across South America. (SHOESTRING)
$\rightarrow$ We got __________________________________________________ budget during our backpacker excursion across South America.

Câu 119. The athlete's extraordinary comeback after such a devastating fracture was astounding. (SHORT)
$\rightarrow$ The athlete's extraordinary comeback after such a devastating fracture was nothing __________________________________________________.

Câu 120. The board of directors firmly rejected the trade union's demands for higher overtime rates. (FLATLY)
$\rightarrow$ The trade union's demands for higher overtime rates __________________________________________________ the board of directors.

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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM VÀ GIẢI THÍCH CHI TIẾT

PART 2. GUIDED CLOZE TEXT (15 câu × 0,1 điểm = 1,5 điểm)

PART 3. OPEN CLOZE TEXT (15 câu × 0,1 điểm = 1,5 điểm)

PART 4. READING COMPREHENSION (30 câu × 0,1 điểm = 3,0 điểm)

PART 5. KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION