Đề thi thử VSTEP Listening số 20
Thời gian: 40 phút | Tổng số câu: 35 câu trắc nghiệm
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PART 1 — Short Announcements (Câu 1–8)
Nghe 8 đoạn thông báo ngắn. Mỗi đoạn có 1 câu hỏi.
Câu 1. What new exhibition is opening?
A. A display of modern art
B. A permanent exhibition on the history of scientific discovery, from ancient astronomy to modern physics
C. A sports memorabilia display
D. A food festival
Câu 2. What is the university celebrating?
A. A new sports stadium
B. The 200th anniversary of its founding and contributions to scientific research
C. A merger with another university
D. A new cafeteria
Câu 3. What new book is being released?
A. A cookbook
B. A comprehensive biography of a pioneering female scientist who overcame significant obstacles to make groundbreaking discoveries
C. A romance novel
D. A travel guide
Câu 4. What grant program is being announced?
A. Grants for established scientists only
B. Research grants specifically for early-career researchers from underrepresented backgrounds in science
C. Athletic scholarships
D. Travel vouchers for tourists
Câu 5. What historical event is being commemorated?
A. A famous battle
B. The centenary of a landmark astronomical discovery that changed our understanding of the universe
C. A royal wedding
D. A sporting victory
Câu 6. What medical milestone is being celebrated?
A. The 100th anniversary of the discovery of penicillin and its life-saving impact on medicine
B. A new diet trend
C. A new hospital building
D. A fitness challenge
Câu 7. What award is being announced?
A. A sports trophy
B. A new annual award for science communication that recognizes researchers who excel at explaining complex topics to the public
C. A music prize
D. A reality TV show
Câu 8. What new educational program is being launched?
A. A sports academy
B. A STEM history program tracing how major scientific discoveries shaped the modern world
C. An art exhibition
D. A music festival
PART 2 — Conversations (Câu 9–20)
Nghe 3 đoạn hội thoại. Mỗi đoạn có 4 câu hỏi.
Câu 9. What is the student struggling with?
A. Memorizing dates
B. Understanding the scientific method and how to apply it in research
C. Choosing a major
D. Finding a job
Câu 10. How does the professor explain the scientific method?
A. It is about following rules exactly
B. It is a systematic process of observation, hypothesis formation, experimentation, and analysis to test ideas about the natural world
C. It is based on intuition
D. It is random trial and error
Câu 11. What example does the professor give?
A. A historical battle
B. How Pasteur's experiments disproved spontaneous generation and supported germ theory
C. A famous painting
D. A sporting event
Câu 12. What advice does the professor give the student?
A. Memorize everything
B. Practice applying the method to small questions, read about great experiments, and learn from both successes and failures
C. Avoid experiments
D. Choose a different field
Câu 13. What is the main topic of their discussion?
A. A new sports tournament
B. The often-overlooked contributions of women throughout the history of science
C. A new technology
D. A movie release
Câu 14. What example do they discuss?
A. A male scientist
B. Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray crystallography work was crucial to the discovery of DNA's structure but who was not properly credited during her lifetime
C. A politician
D. A musician
Câu 15. Why was Franklin not properly credited, according to the discussion?
A. She did not do the work
B. Gender bias in the scientific establishment, combined with her early death from cancer, meant her contributions were downplayed
C. She chose not to be credited
D. Her work was incorrect
Câu 16. What do they say is changing today?
A. Nothing has changed
B. There is increasing recognition of overlooked contributions, with more efforts to highlight women and scientists from diverse backgrounds in textbooks and historical accounts
C. Women are no longer interested in science
D. Science is becoming more biased
Câu 17. What is the main topic?
A. A cooking show
B. The impact of the printing press and the Scientific Revolution on the spread of scientific knowledge
C. A fashion trend
D. A sports event
Câu 18. What was the impact of the printing press, according to the historian?
A. It made books more expensive
B. It made scientific books and ideas accessible to a much wider audience, accelerating the spread of knowledge and enabling scientists to build on each other's work across Europe
C. It had no impact
D. It only affected literature
Câu 19. What period is referred to as the "Scientific Revolution"?
A. The 20th century
B. Roughly the 16th and 17th centuries, when figures like Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton fundamentally transformed our understanding of the natural world
C. The 19th century only
D. Ancient times
Câu 20. What does the historian say about modern science?
A. It is in decline
B. It builds on the foundations of the Scientific Revolution and continues to be shaped by global collaboration and the rapid spread of information through the internet
C. It is isolated
D. It has stopped progressing
PART 3 — Lectures (Câu 21–35)
Nghe 3 bài giảng. Mỗi bài có 5 câu hỏi.
Câu 21. What is one of the earliest known scientific achievements, according to the speaker?
A. The internet
B. The development of agriculture around 10,000 BCE, which allowed humans to settle in one place and develop more complex societies
C. Modern medicine
D. Space travel
Câu 22. What astronomical knowledge did ancient civilizations possess?
A. None
B. They could predict eclipses and track planets with remarkable accuracy, as evidenced by structures like Stonehenge and Mayan calendars
C. They thought the Earth was flat
D. They had telescopes
Câu 23. What did ancient Egyptians develop that influenced later science?
A. Computers
B. A 365-day calendar based on astronomical observations, which influenced later calendar systems including our own
C. The internet
D. Electricity
Câu 24. What does the speaker say about ancient Greek science?
A. It did not exist
B. Greek thinkers like Aristotle, Euclid, and Archimedes made foundational contributions to logic, geometry, and physics that remained influential for millennia
C. It was all wrong
D. It was only practical
Câu 25. What legacy did ancient science leave us, according to the speaker?
A. Nothing
B. A tradition of careful observation, mathematical reasoning, and the pursuit of natural explanations for natural phenomena
C. Only myths
D. Only medicine
Câu 26. What change in approach characterized the Scientific Revolution, according to the speaker?
A. A return to ancient authority
B. A shift from relying on ancient authorities like Aristotle to direct observation, experimentation, and mathematical description of natural phenomena
C. Increased reliance on religion
D. More superstition
Câu 27. Who is often considered the father of the modern scientific method?
A. Aristotle
B. Francis Bacon, who emphasized inductive reasoning and systematic experimentation
C. Plato
D. Socrates
Câu 28. What was Galileo's key contribution, according to the speaker?
A. He invented the telescope
B. He combined careful observation with mathematical analysis and was willing to challenge established authorities based on evidence
C. He discovered gravity
D. He invented calculus
Câu 29. Why was Galileo's work controversial, according to the speaker?
A. It was boring
B. His support for the Copernican heliocentric model challenged the prevailing geocentric view supported by the Catholic Church, leading to his trial and house arrest
C. It was too simple
D. No one read it
Câu 30. What impact did Newton have, according to the speaker?
A. He discovered America
B. His Principia unified terrestrial and celestial mechanics under the same laws, demonstrating the power of mathematical description of nature
C. He invented the steam engine
D. He discovered evolution
Câu 31. What does the speaker identify as a major barrier to women in science throughout history?
A. Lack of education for women
B. Systemic discrimination that excluded women from universities, laboratories, and professional societies
C. Women being less intelligent
D. Lack of interest from women
Câu 32. Which pioneering woman scientist does the speaker mention?
A. A modern politician
B. Marie Curie, who won two Nobel Prizes in different sciences (Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911) and remains the only person to have won in two different scientific fields
C. A famous athlete
D. A novelist
Câu 33. What other historical women in science does the speaker mention?
A. Only Marie Curie
B. Caroline Herschel, who discovered several comets; Lise Meitner, who contributed to the discovery of nuclear fission; and Barbara McClintock, who discovered transposons in genetics
C. Only modern women
D. None
Câu 34. What does the speaker say about women in science today?
A. Nothing has changed
B. Significant progress has been made, with more women in STEM than ever, though they remain underrepresented in leadership and certain fields
C. Women are no longer interested in science
D. All women are now in science
Câu 35. What initiatives does the speaker mention to support women in science?
A. None exist
B. Mentorship programs, scholarships specifically for women in STEM, awards recognizing women's contributions, and efforts to address bias in hiring and promotion
C. Bans on men in science
D. Forced quotas with no merit consideration