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1. SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC KỲ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2021 – LẦN 1 (Đề thi có 05 trang) Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ, Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề Họ, tên thí sinh: , Mã đề: 101 Số báo danh: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1: A. gambling B. graduate C. gravity D. gesture Question 2: A. influenced B. terrified C. realized D. averaged Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress of the following questions. Question 3: A. architect B. engineer C. understand D. entertain Question 4: A. answer B. pleasant C. prevent D. patient Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. Question 5: Perhaps the aspect of butterfly diversity that have received the most attention over the past century is the striking difference in species richness. A. is B. of C. the D. have Question 6: Nanotechnology might be able to help us save energy, reduce waste, and kept water clean. A. to help B. kept C. be D. energy Question 7: Educational psychologists claim that too much exposure to computers, especially for the very young, may negatively effect normal brain development. A. that B. effect C. for D. development Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 8: ___ for drugs or medicine to cure some diseases, some species of plants grow wildly in many parts of the country. A. Used B. Being used C. Using D. Having used Question 9: What I like best of him is his ___ . A. independent B. independable C. independence D. independently Question 10: The newspapers congratulated the writer ___ producing a very funny show. A. on B. for C. with D. of Question 11: I don't know how actors manage ___ all those lines. A. learn B. learning C. to learn D. to learning Question 12: In preparing to conduct ___ survey, sociologists must excercise great care in wording of question. A. an/ the B. a/ the C. the/ a D. Ø / a Question 13: When we arrived at the meeting place, the others ___ . A. will leave B. have left C. had left D. are leaving Question 14: Wild ducks always fly in a definite ___ . A. formula B. amount C. formation D. size Question 15: Professor Lan insisted that every student ___ their report by Friday. A. finish B. finished C. had finished D. finishes Question 16: Motorists ___ of speeding may be banned from driving for a year. A. charged B. judged C. convicted D. arrested Question 17: It's expected that all members will ___ to the rules of the club. 1
2. A. conform B. concede C. comply D. compromise Question 18: How many people do you think his car could ___ ? A. load B. occupy C. fit D. hold Question 19: ___ to reach his home before the storm, Joe had an accident on his bike. A. Until he attempts B. When he attempted C. As soon as he has attempted D. Once he will attempt Question 20: ___ the purpose of artistic property is usually public use and enjoyment, copyright establishes the ownership of the creator. A. Despite B. Although C. However D. Therefore Question 21: She is over eighty now, but ___ . A. cool as a cucumber B. as old as the hills C. as fit as a fiddle D. under the weather. Question 22: If you ___ the book, please return it to me. A. found B. have found C. had found D. find Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes the following exchanges. Question 23: David: "Would you please tell her that I'm waiting for her call?" Alex: " ___ " A. Sure. I'll tell her to call you. B. OK. Can you call her back? C. No problem. What time do you call her? D. Yes, I would call you about her. Question 24: Tiana: "This is really a nice dress. Thanks, Tom" Tom: " ___ " A. Thanks anyway. B. Not at all. I'm glad you like it. C. I apologize for this dress D. You're welcome. It was very nice of you. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSET in the meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions. Question 25: A number of programs have been initiated to provide food and shelter for the underprivileged in the remote areas of the country. A. poor inhabitants B. rich citizens C. active members D. enthusiastic people Question 26: I hadn't met my roommate since his marriage and was delighted to see him alive and kicking at a social event last week. A. humorous B. generous C. very wealthy D. very healthy Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in the meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions. Question 27: It was getting boring, so we wanted to break the mold in a new way. A. remain constant B. become popular C. stay infamous D. get excited Question 28: Only those who have made substantial contributions will be considered. A. in little amount B. effective C. abundant D. in great amount. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closet in meaning to each of the following questions. Question 29: I'm sure that Mark had practiced hard for the exam as he passed with flying colours. A. Mark couldn't have practiced hard for the exam as he passed with flying colours. B. Mark must have practiced hard for the exam as he passed with flying colours. C. Mark mustn’t have practiced hard for the exam as he passed with flying colours. D. Mark shouldn’t have practiced hard for the exam as he passed with flying colours. Question 30: "I wasn't there at that time" he said. A. He was criticized for having been there at that time. B. He denied having been there at that time. C. He regretted having been there at that time. D. He admitted having been there at that time. 2
3. Question 31: We know that the boys were in town on the night of the crime. A. It was known that the boys were in town on the night of the crime. B. The boys were known to have been in town on the night of the crime. C. The boys knew that they had been in town on the night of the crime. D. The boys are known to have been in town on the night of the crime. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. Question 32: Tommy had packed his luggage. He loaded it into the car and set off for the airport. A. Hardly had Tommy packed his luggage when he loaded it into the car and set off for the airport. B. Only after Tommy had packed his luggage, he loaded it into the car and set off for the airport. C. No sooner had had Tommy packed his luggage than did he load it into the car and set off for the airport. D. Not until Tommy loaded it into the car and set off for the airport had he packed his luggage. Question 33: Thua Thien Hue province was swamped with floodwater. It also suffered from massive landslides. A. Thua Thien Hue province not only was swamped with floodwater but suffered from massive landslides. B. Thua Thien Hue province neither was swamped with floodwater nor suffered from massive landslides. C. Thua Thien Hue province both was swamped with floodwater and neither suffered from massive landslides. D. Thua Thien Hue province either was swamped with floodwater or also suffered from massive landslides. 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 other numbered blanks. Clinicians and health care staff work tirelessly to care for their patients in an increasingly complex, inefficient, and stressful environment. (34) ___ , the structure, incentives, and culture of the system in which they work are often - perhaps usually - poorly aligned to support their efforts to respond to patients' needs as their core priority. Recognizing the imperative to center on the patient, a learning health care system is one in (35) ___ patients and their families are key drivers of the design and operation of the learning process. When patients, their families, (36) ___ caregivers, and the public are full, active participants in care, health, the experience of care, and economic outcomes can be substantially improved. Crossing the Quality Chasm underscores patient-centeredness as a core aim of the health care system, yet care often fails to (37) ___ this aim (IOM, 2001). Despite the Quality Chasm's call to action more than a decade ago, patient-centered care still is not the norm, and users continue to find the health care system uncoordinated and stressful to navigate. As the complexity of the system continues to grow with (38) ___ in science (Chapter 2), patient engagement takes on increased importance as a means of ensuring that patients can find the right care for their individual characteristics, needs, preferences, and circumstances. (Adapted from: Question 34: A. Consequently B. Although C. Therefore D. However Question 35: A. that B. whose C. which D. what Question 36: A. others B. one C. another D. other Question 37: A. fracture B. merge C. focus D. meet Question 38: A. increases B. fameC. promotion D. advances 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. The best explainer videos are realized by great background score. When was the last time you watched a silent movie? Never? Not for a while? A long while? Even if you remember watching one, it would still have had a background score, or you’ve accidentally pressed the mute button! 3
4. The importance of background music and sound effects for your explainer video, therefore, cannot be overstated. You may not need a full blown orchestra or classy jazz tones to create the mood, but whether going for a subtle effect, a professional demonstration or simply trying to attract customers, music is a must. Explainer videos have the emotional quotient working for them and music is just going to add more to make the viewers relate to the pain points you are highlighting in your video. Imagine if your favorite video game has no background music or sound effects to back the amazing graphics? Would you play it with the same feel and excitement? Nah! Same is the case with your explainer videos. They need to and should have apt sound effects to make them worth your viewer’s time. While the focus of explainer videos production is more on passing the desired information and explaining technical and complex procedures easily, it doesn’t mean you’ll be distracting your viewers with the background music. The sound effects and music is not going to take the message away from your explainer, it’s just going to enhance it and turn it more watchable and share-able. Even if your video doesn’t require a background score, it must include some sound effects or else it would be not so good an experience for those who choose to watch it. Question 39: Which best serves as the title for the passage? A. The influence of silence and background music on memory. B. The importance of background music and sound effects. C. Inside the booming business of background music. D. How to choose the background music for your explainer videos? Question 40: The word “score” in paragraph 1 can be replaced by ___ . A. mark B. grove C. instrument D. music Question 41: According to paragraph 2, what is the main purpose for using background music? A. A musical atmosphere can actually motivate people to do risky things. B. Sound helps build and sustain relationships between films and viewers. C. Background music can influence both everyone’s mood and choices D. Background music can control how the audience should react to a scene. Question 42: The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to ___ . A. background B. sound C. video D. score Question 43: According to paragraph 3, which statement is TRUE? A. Background music is designed as a means to take the message away from the video. B. Background music distracts the viewers with the technical and complex procedures. C. Presenting wanted information and complicated procedures is the explainer videos' main purpose. D. The music helps the customers with their daily life problems with scientific information. 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. More than 200 reindeer have died of starvation on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with scientists blaming their deaths on climate change. The wild deer carcasses were found on the Arctic islands this summer by researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), which said it had never logged so many deaths at once in 40 years of monitoring the animals’ population level. “It’s scary to find so many dead animals,” project leader Ashild Onvik Pedersen told state broadcaster NRK. “This is an example of how climate change affects nature. It is just sad.” Svalbard’s capital Longyearbyen, the northernmost town on earth, is thought to be warming quicker than any other settlement on the planet, climate scientists warned earlier this year. The milder temperatures in the region led to unusually heavy rainfall in December, leaving a thick layer of ice when the precipitation froze. This meant the reindeer could not dig through the hardened tundra to reach the vegetation they graze on in their usual pastures, the NPI said. Svalbard’s reindeer have been observed eating seaweed and kelp when food is scarce, but these are less nutritious and cause them stomach problems. 4
5. A relatively high number of calves born last year increased the death toll, as the youngest and weakest are often the first to die in harsh conditions. “Some of the mortality is natural because there were so many calves last year. But the large number we see now is due to heavy rain, which is due to global warming,” said Ms Onvik Pedersen. A team of three scientists spent 10 weeks investigating population of the Svalbard reindeer earlier this year. Researchers warned the decline of reindeer would cause unwanted plant species, currently kept in check by the animals’ grazing, to spread across Arctic ecosystems in Europe, Asia and North America. Arctic reindeer and caribou populations have declined 56 per cent in the last two decades, a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said last year. The report said food security was partly to blame for falling herd numbers, while warmer summers could also put the animals at greater risk of diseases spread by flies and parasites. The average temperature in Longyearbyen has risen by 3.7C since 1900, more than three times the global average increase of about 1C. In 2016, the entrance to the town’s “Doomsday” seed vault – which stores specimens of almost all the world’s seeds – was flooded following heavy rainfall. (Adapted from Question 44: Which could best serve as the title of the passage? A. Global warming – What are the effects on nature? B. Reindeer – The most vulnerable animals on the Arctic islands. C. Climate change – What are the reasons? D. Climate change – The main cause for the death of hundreds of reindeer. Question 45: The word “logged” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___ . A. discovered B. recorded C. damaged D. cut down Question 46: The following are true about capital Longyearbyen, EXCEPT ___ . A. The reindeer here couldn’t stand the low temperature when the precipitation froze. B. It is believed to be the most quickly warming settlement on earth. C. People in Longyearbyen suffered unusually heavy rain at the end of the year. D. It is the northernmost town on our planet. Question 47: The word “scarce” in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by ___ . A. inappropriate B. abundant C. insufficient D. unlimited Question 48: What does the word “these” in paragraph 2 refer to? A. Svalbard’s reindeer B. seaweed and kelp C. milder temperatures D. their usual pastures Question 49: According to Ms. Onvik Pedersen, why is the death rate of reindeer so high this year? A. Because of natural selection. B. Because of heavy rain. C. Because of the high number of calves born. D. Because of the shortage of vegetation. Question 50: It can be inferred from the passage that ___ . A. the Arctic ecosystems are altering worse because of the global warming. B. Arctic reindeer play the most important role in the Arctic ecosystems. C. the harsh weather in Arctic islands only damages the new-born calves. D. the clearest effect of climate change is the limit of food chain in the nature. ĐÁP ÁN Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1: A. gambling B. graduate C. gravity D. gesture Question 2: A. influenced B. terrified C. realized D. averaged 5
6. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress of the following questions. Question 3: A. architect B. engineer C. understand D. entertain Question 4: A. answer B. pleasant C. prevent D. patient Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. Question 5: Perhaps the aspect of butterfly diversity that have received the most attention over the past century is the striking difference in species richness. A. is B. of C. the D. have Question 6: Nanotechnology might be able to help us save energy, reduce waste, and kept water clean. A. to help B. kept C. be D. energy Question 7: Educational psychologists claim that too much exposure to computers, especially for the very young, may negatively effect normal brain development. A. that B. effect C. for D. development Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 8: ___ for drugs or medicine to cure some diseases, some species of plants grow wildly in many parts of the country. A. Used B. Being used C. Using D. Having used Question 9: What I like best of him is his ___ . A. independent B. independable C. independence D. independently Question 10: The newspapers congratulated the writer ___ producing a very funny show. A. on B. for C. with D. of Question 11: I don't know how actors manage ___ all those lines. A. learn B. learning C. to learn D. to learning Question 12: In preparing to conduct ___ survey, sociologists must excercise great care in wording of question. A. an/ the B. a/ the C. the/ a D. Ø / a Question 13: When we arrived at the meeting place, the others ___ . A. will leave B. have left C. had left D. are leaving Question 14: Wild ducks always fly in a definite ___ . A. formula B. amount C. formation D. size Question 15: Professor Lan insisted that every student ___ their report by Friday. A. finish B. finished C. had finished D. finishes Question 16: Motorists ___ of speeding may be banned from driving for a year. A. charged B. judged C. convicted D. arrested Question 17: It's expected that all members will ___ to the rules of the club. A. conform B. concede C. comply D. compromise Question 18: How many people do you think his car could ___ ? A. load B. occupy C. fit D. hold Question 19: ___ to reach his home before the storm, Joe had an accident on his bike. A. Until he attempts B. When he attempted C. As soon as he has attempted D. Once he will attempt Question 20: ___ the purpose of artistic property is usually public use and enjoyment, copyright establishes the ownership of the creator. A. Despite B. Although C. However D. Therefore Question 21: She is over eighty now, but ___ . A. cool as a cucumber B. as old as the hills C. as fit as a fiddle D. under the weather. 6
7. Question 22: If you ___ the book, please return it to me. A. found B. have found C. had found D. find Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes the following exchanges. Question 23: David: "Would you please tell her that I'm waiting for her call?" Alex: " ___ " A. Sure. I'll tell her to call you. B. OK. Can you call her back? C. No problem. What time do you call her? D. Yes, I would call you about her. Question 24: Tiana: "This is really a nice dress. Thanks, Tom" Tom: " ___ " A. Thanks anyway. B. Not at all. I'm glad you like it. C. I apologize for this dress D. You're welcome. It was very nice of you. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSET in the meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions. Question 25: A number of programs have been initiated to provide food and shelter for the underprivileged in the remote areas of the country. A. poor inhabitants B. rich citizens C. active members D. enthusiastic people Question 26: I hadn't met my roommate since his marriage and was delighted to see him alive and kicking at a social event last week. A. humorous B. generous C. very wealthy D. very healthy Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in the meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions. Question 27: It was getting boring, so we wanted to break the mold in a new way. A. remain constant B. become popular C. stay infamous D. get excited Question 28: Only those who have made substantial contributions will be considered. A. in little amount B. effective C. abundant D. in great amount. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closet in meaning to each of the following questions. Question 29: I'm sure that Mark had practiced hard for the exam as he passed with flying colours. A. Mark couldn't have practiced hard for the exam as he passed with flying colours. B. Mark must have practiced hard for the exam as he passed with flying colours. C. Mark mustn’t have practiced hard for the exam as he passed with flying colours. D. Mark shouldn’t have practiced hard for the exam as he passed with flying colours. Question 30: "I wasn't there at that time" he said. A. He was criticized for having been there at that time. B. He denied having been there at that time. C. He regretted having been there at that time. D. He admitted having been there at that time. Question 31: We know that the boys were in town on the night of the crime. A. It was known that the boys were in town on the night of the crime. B. The boys were known to have been in town on the night of the crime. C. The boys knew that they had been in town on the night of the crime. D. The boys are known to have been in town on the night of the crime. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. Question 32: Tommy had packed his luggage. He loaded it into the car and set off for the airport. A. Hardly had Tommy packed his luggage when he loaded it into the car and set off for the airport. B. Only after Tommy had packed his luggage, he loaded it into the car and set off for the airport. C. No sooner had had Tommy packed his luggage than did he load it into the car and set off for the airport. D. Not until Tommy loaded it into the car and set off for the airport had he packed his luggage. 7
8. Question 33: Thua Thien Hue province was swamped with floodwater. It also suffered from massive landslides. A. Thua Thien Hue province not only was swamped with floodwater but suffered from massive landslides. B. Thua Thien Hue province neither was swamped with floodwater nor suffered from massive landslides. C. Thua Thien Hue province both was swamped with floodwater and neither suffered from massive landslides. D. Thua Thien Hue province either was swamped with floodwater or also suffered from massive landslides. 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 other numbered blanks. Clinicians and health care staff work tirelessly to care for their patients in an increasingly complex, inefficient, and stressful environment. (34) ___ , the structure, incentives, and culture of the system in which they work are often - perhaps usually - poorly aligned to support their efforts to respond to patients' needs as their core priority. Recognizing the imperative to center on the patient, a learning health care system is one in (35) ___ patients and their families are key drivers of the design and operation of the learning process. When patients, their families, (36) ___ caregivers, and the public are full, active participants in care, health, the experience of care, and economic outcomes can be substantially improved. Crossing the Quality Chasm underscores patient-centeredness as a core aim of the health care system, yet care often fails to (37) ___ this aim (IOM, 2001). Despite the Quality Chasm's call to action more than a decade ago, patient-centered care still is not the norm, and users continue to find the health care system uncoordinated and stressful to navigate. As the complexity of the system continues to grow with (38) ___ in science (Chapter 2), patient engagement takes on increased importance as a means of ensuring that patients can find the right care for their individual characteristics, needs, preferences, and circumstances. (Adapted from: Question 34: A. Consequently B. Although C. Therefore D. However Question 35: A. that B. whose C. which D. what Question 36: A. others B. one C. another D. other Question 37: A. fracture B. merge C. focus D. meet Question 38: A. increases B. fameC. promotion D. advances 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. The best explainer videos are realized by great background score. When was the last time you watched a silent movie? Never? Not for a while? A long while? Even if you remember watching one, it would still have had a background score, or you’ve accidentally pressed the mute button! The importance of background music and sound effects for your explainer video, therefore, cannot be overstated. You may not need a full blown orchestra or classy jazz tones to create the mood, but whether going for a subtle effect, a professional demonstration or simply trying to attract customers, music is a must. Explainer videos have the emotional quotient working for them and music is just going to add more to make the viewers relate to the pain points you are highlighting in your video. Imagine if your favorite video game has no background music or sound effects to back the amazing graphics? Would you play it with the same feel and excitement? Nah! Same is the case with your explainer videos. They need to and should have apt sound effects to make them worth your viewer’s time. While the focus of explainer videos production is more on passing the desired information and explaining technical and complex procedures easily, it doesn’t mean you’ll be distracting your viewers with the background music. The sound effects and music is not going to take the message away from your explainer, it’s just going to enhance it and turn it more watchable and share-able. Even if your 8
9. video doesn’t require a background score, it must include some sound effects or else it would be not so good an experience for those who choose to watch it. Question 39: Which best serves as the title for the passage? A. The influence of silence and background music on memory. B. The importance of background music and sound effects. C. Inside the booming business of background music. D. How to choose the background music for your explainer videos? Question 40: The word “score” in paragraph 1 can be replaced by ___ . A. mark B. grove C. instrument D. music Question 41: According to paragraph 2, what is the main purpose for using background music? A. A musical atmosphere can actually motivate people to do risky things. B. Sound helps build and sustain relationships between films and viewers. C. Background music can influence both everyone’s mood and choices D. Background music can control how the audience should react to a scene. Question 42: The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to ___ . A. background B. sound C. video D. score Question 43: According to paragraph 3, which statement is TRUE? A. Background music is designed as a means to take the message away from the video. B. Background music distracts the viewers with the technical and complex procedures. C. Presenting wanted information and complicated procedures is the explainer videos' main purpose. D. The music helps the customers with their daily life problems with scientific information. 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. More than 200 reindeer have died of starvation on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with scientists blaming their deaths on climate change. The wild deer carcasses were found on the Arctic islands this summer by researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), which said it had never logged so many deaths at once in 40 years of monitoring the animals’ population level. “It’s scary to find so many dead animals,” project leader Ashild Onvik Pedersen told state broadcaster NRK. “This is an example of how climate change affects nature. It is just sad.” Svalbard’s capital Longyearbyen, the northernmost town on earth, is thought to be warming quicker than any other settlement on the planet, climate scientists warned earlier this year. The milder temperatures in the region led to unusually heavy rainfall in December, leaving a thick layer of ice when the precipitation froze. This meant the reindeer could not dig through the hardened tundra to reach the vegetation they graze on in their usual pastures, the NPI said. Svalbard’s reindeer have been observed eating seaweed and kelp when food is scarce, but these are less nutritious and cause them stomach problems. A relatively high number of calves born last year increased the death toll, as the youngest and weakest are often the first to die in harsh conditions. “Some of the mortality is natural because there were so many calves last year. But the large number we see now is due to heavy rain, which is due to global warming,” said Ms Onvik Pedersen. A team of three scientists spent 10 weeks investigating population of the Svalbard reindeer earlier this year. Researchers warned the decline of reindeer would cause unwanted plant species, currently kept in check by the animals’ grazing, to spread across Arctic ecosystems in Europe, Asia and North America. Arctic reindeer and caribou populations have declined 56 per cent in the last two decades, a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said last year. The report said food security was partly to blame for falling herd numbers, while warmer summers could also put the animals at greater risk of diseases spread by flies and parasites. The average temperature in Longyearbyen has risen by 3.7C since 1900, more than three times the global average increase of about 1C. In 2016, the entrance to the town’s “Doomsday” seed vault – which stores specimens of almost all the world’s seeds – was flooded following heavy rainfall. 9
10. (Adapted from Question 44: Which could best serve as the title of the passage? A. Global warming – What are the effects on nature? B. Reindeer – The most vulnerable animals on the Arctic islands. C. Climate change – What are the reasons? D. Climate change – The main cause for the death of hundreds of reindeer. Question 45: The word “logged” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___ . A. discovered B. recorded C. damaged D. cut down Question 46: The following are true about capital Longyearbyen, EXCEPT ___ . A. The reindeer here couldn’t stand the low temperature when the precipitation froze. B. It is believed to be the most quickly warming settlement on earth. C. People in Longyearbyen suffered unusually heavy rain at the end of the year. D. It is the northernmost town on our planet. Question 47: The word “scarce” in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by ___ . A. inappropriate B. abundant C. insufficient D. unlimited Question 48: What does the word “these” in paragraph 2 refer to? A. Svalbard’s reindeer B. seaweed and kelp C. milder temperatures D. their usual pastures Question 49: According to Ms. Onvik Pedersen, why is the death rate of reindeer so high this year? A. Because of natural selection. B. Because of heavy rain. C. Because of the high number of calves born. D. Because of the shortage of vegetation. Question 50: It can be inferred from the passage that ___ . A. the Arctic ecosystems are altering worse because of the global warming. B. Arctic reindeer play the most important role in the Arctic ecosystems. C. the harsh weather in Arctic islands only damages the new-born calves. D. the clearest effect of climate change is the limit of food chain in the nature. 10