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Thi Thử Vstep Online Đề 1 – Reading Test 1 part 1
Câu 1
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B: READING
Time permitted: 60 minutes
Number of questions: 40
Directions:
In this section you will read FOUR different passages. Each one is followed by 10 questions about it. For questions 1–40, you are to choose the best answer A, B, C, or D, to each question. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage.
You have 60 minutes to answer all the questions, including the time to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.
PASSAGE 1 – Questions 1–10
A new study, conducted by scientists from Oxford University, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the Chinese Center for Disease Control, has warned that a third of all men currently under the age of 20 in China will eventually die prematurely if they do not give up smoking.
The research, published in The Lancet medical journal, says two-thirds of men in China now start to smoke before 20. Around half of those men will die from the habit, it concludes.
In 2010, around one million people in China died from tobacco usage. But researchers say that if current trends continue, that will double to two million people – mostly men – dying every year by 2030, making it a "growing epidemic of premature death".
But co-author Richard Peto said there was hope – if people can be persuaded to quit. "The key to avoid this huge wave of deaths is cessation, and if you are a young man, don’t start," he said.
In many parts of China, meals often fit a comfortable pattern. After putting down their chopsticks, men commonly push their chairs back from the table and light cigarettes. No wonder China has struggled to impose a smoking ban in public places. Here, relationships are often built amid clouds of smoke.
Expensive brands of cigarettes, often decorated with gold detailing on the cartons, are given as gifts. And ordinary brands are affordable to all but the very poor, costing just 2.5 yuan (50¢; £0.25) a pack.
In a country where smoking is so ingrained in daily life, few understand the harmful effects of tobacco use. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 25% of Chinese adults can list the specific health hazards of smoking, from lung cancer to heart disease.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that only 10% of Chinese smokers quit by choice. Instead, most are forced to give up their cigarettes because they’re too sick to continue.
While smoking rates have fallen in developed countries – to less than one in five in the US – they have risen in China, as cigarettes have become more available and consumers richer.
Authorities have shown concern over the rise, with Beijing even introducing a public smoking ban. But efforts have been hampered by the habit’s popularity, and its usefulness as a source of tax – the government collects about 428 billion yuan (£44 billion, $67 billion) in tobacco taxes each year.
Globally, tobacco kills up to half of its users, according to the World Health Organization.
How many Chinese men start to smoke before the age of 20?
- A. one-third
- B. two-thirds
- C. half
- D. all of them
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Câu 2
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What does the word “those men” in paragraph 2 refer to?
- A. Men who smoke under the age of 20
- B. Men who smoke above the age of 20
- C. Men who give up smoking
- D. Men who smoke in public
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Câu 3
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By 2030, how many men in China may die from smoking every year?
- A. one million
- B. two million
- C. three million
- D. four million
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Câu 4
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In many areas of China, when do men usually smoke?
- A. Before a meal
- B. After a meal
- C. Before they go to sleep
- D. When they get up
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Câu 5
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According to WHO, only ______ of Chinese adults can list bad effects of smoking.
- A. one-third
- B. one-fourth
- C. one-fifth
- D. a half
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Câu 6
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“Beijing” refers to ________.
- A. China
- B. The city of Beijing
- C. The Chinese government
- D. People who live in Beijing
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Câu 7
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What is Richard Peto’s attitude toward smoking in China?
- A. He doesn’t believe that people will give up smoking.
- B. He is disappointed with the Chinese government.
- C. He thinks that people possibly stop smoking if they see reasons.
- D. He is sure about the rise of future deaths in China.
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Câu 8
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Which of the following words does the word “hamper” have closest meaning to?
- A. assist
- B. support
- C. restrict
- D. prohibit
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Câu 9
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What is the writer’s purpose?
- A. To argue over smoking policy in China
- B. To support smoking in China
- C. To warn and prevent smoking in China
- D. To report the result of a research paper
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Câu 10
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What does the writer imply about Chinese government?
- A. They do not want to stop people from smoking.
- B. They have tried to stop people from smoking in public but with little success.
- C. They have tried to close tobacco companies.
- D. They do not care about smoking.
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Câu 11
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PASSAGE 2 – Questions 11–20
The evidence that humans are causing global warming is strong, but the question of what to do about it remains controversial. Economics, sociology, and politics are all important factors in planning for the future.
Even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases (GHGs) today, the Earth would still warm by another degree Fahrenheit or so. But what we do from today forward makes a big difference. Depending on our choices, scientists predict that the Earth could eventually warm by as little as 2.5 degrees or as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
A commonly cited goal is to stabilize GHG concentrations around 450–550 parts per million (ppm), or about twice pre-industrial levels. This is the point at which many believe the most damaging impacts of climate change can be avoided. Current concentrations are about 380 ppm, which means there isn’t much time to lose. According to the IPCC, we’d have to reduce GHG emissions by 50% to 80% of what they’re on track to be in the next century to reach this level.
Is this possible?
Many people and governments are already working hard to cut greenhouse gases, and everyone can help.
Researchers Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow at Princeton University have suggested one approach that they call “stabilization wedges.” This means reducing GHG emissions from a variety of sources with technologies available in the next few decades, rather than relying on an enormous change in a single area. They suggest 7 wedges that could each reduce emissions, and all of them together could hold emissions at approximately current levels for the next 50 years, putting us on a potential path to stabilize around 500 ppm.
There are many possible wedges, including improvements to energy efficiency and vehicle fuel economy (so less energy has to be produced), and increases in wind and solar power, hydrogen produced from renewable sources, biofuels (produced from crops), natural gas, and nuclear power. There is also the potential to capture the carbon dioxide emitted from fossil fuels and store it underground — a process called “carbon sequestration.”
In addition to reducing the gases we emit to the atmosphere, we can also increase the amount of gases we take out of the atmosphere. Plants and trees absorb CO2 as they grow, “sequestering” carbon naturally. Increasing forestlands and making changes to the way we farm could increase the amount of carbon we’re storing.
Some of these technologies have drawbacks, and different communities will make different decisions about how to power their lives, but the good news is that there are a variety of options to put us on a path toward a stable climate.
The word “we” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.
- A. humans
- B. economists, sociologists, and politicians
- C. animals
- D. animals
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Câu 12
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According to paragraph 2, how many degrees could the Earth warm up?
- A. 2.5
- B. 2.5 or 10
- C. 10
- D. from 2.5 to 10
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Câu 13
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According to paragraph 3, why should we stabilize GHG concentrations around 450–550 parts per million?
- A. to avoid the most serious effects of climate change
- B. to avoid all damaging impacts of climate change
- C. to mend the most damaging impacts of climate change
- D. to stop climate change
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Câu 14
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What does “which” in paragraph 3 refer to?
- A. current concentrations
- B. that current concentrations are about 380 ppm
- C. 380 ppm
- D. ppm
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Câu 15
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Why does the author mention Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow?
- A. To introduce two researchers in the field
- B. To prove that researchers are working to reduce GHG emission
- C. To introduce one way to reduce GHG emission
- D. To introduce Princeton University
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Câu 16
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What stabilization wedges are NOT mentioned in the passage?
- A. create environment-friendly materials
- B. capture and store carbon dioxide underground
- C. increase the use of renewable energy
- D. grow more trees
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Câu 17
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What does “them” refer to?
- A. researchers
- B. humans
- C. renewable resources
- D. wedges
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Câu 18
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What is the best title for this passage?
- A. Arguments over Global Warming
- B. Global Warming and its Causes
- C. Global Warming Solutions
- D. Global Warming’s Effect on Earth
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Câu 19
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“Sequestering” has closest meaning to ________.
- A. absorb
- B. isolate
- C. release
- D. emit
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Câu 20
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Why does the writer mention “drawbacks” in the last paragraph?
- A. To introduce the disadvantages of solutions in the following paragraph
- B. To emphasize the disadvantages of solutions in the previous paragraph
- C. To recommend readers not to use the solutions
- D. To emphasize the advantages of the solutions in different contexts
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Thi Thử Vstep Online Đề 1 – Reading Test 1 part 1
Số câu: 20 câu
Thời gian làm bài: 30 phút
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