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People often picture diagnosing losses across food supply chains as simply weighing leftovers in restaurants. In reality, responsible practice is distinctly (1) ______. A university partnership has launched the (2) ______ project ‘Value Before Waste’. Its induction workshop (3) ______ the assumptions hidden in routine procedures, and supervision is calibrated (4) ______ individual experience. Participants ready to (5) ______ join live casework; anyone not accustomed to (6) ______ starts with annotated examples.

Choose the option that best fits blank (1).

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Cách sử dụng Đề luyện thi tốt nghiệp THPT môn Tiếng Anh nâng cao số 24

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1Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 1
People often picture diagnosing losses across food supply chains as simply weighing leftovers in restaurants. In reality, responsible practice is distinctly (1) ______. A university partnership has launched the (2) ______ project ‘Value Before Waste’. Its induction workshop (3) ______ the assumptions hidden in routine procedures, and supervision is calibrated (4) ______ individual experience. Participants ready to (5) ______ join live casework; anyone not accustomed to (6) ______ starts with annotated examples.

Choose the option that best fits blank (1).
  • A. administratively effortless
  • B. logistically complex
  • C. conceptually superficial
  • D. technically routine

Đáp án: B

Giải thích: Sau trạng từ nhấn mạnh cần một cụm tính từ; ‘logistically complex’ phù hợp với ý bài.
2Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 2
People often picture diagnosing losses across food supply chains as simply weighing leftovers in restaurants. In reality, responsible practice is distinctly (1) ______. A university partnership has launched the (2) ______ project ‘Value Before Waste’. Its induction workshop (3) ______ the assumptions hidden in routine procedures, and supervision is calibrated (4) ______ individual experience. Participants ready to (5) ______ join live casework; anyone not accustomed to (6) ______ starts with annotated examples.

Choose the option that best fits blank (2).
  • A. initiating
  • B. initiative-led
  • C. initiatively designed
  • D. farm-to-market

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: ‘farm-to-market’ là tính từ ghép tự nhiên bổ nghĩa cho programme/project.
3Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 3
People often picture diagnosing losses across food supply chains as simply weighing leftovers in restaurants. In reality, responsible practice is distinctly (1) ______. A university partnership has launched the (2) ______ project ‘Value Before Waste’. Its induction workshop (3) ______ the assumptions hidden in routine procedures, and supervision is calibrated (4) ______ individual experience. Participants ready to (5) ______ join live casework; anyone not accustomed to (6) ______ starts with annotated examples.

Choose the option that best fits blank (3).
  • A. brief
  • B. distinguishesed
  • C. distinguishes
  • D. distinguishesing

Đáp án: C

Giải thích: Chủ ngữ số ít ở hiện tại đơn cần động từ chia phù hợp: ‘distinguishes’.
4Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 4
People often picture diagnosing losses across food supply chains as simply weighing leftovers in restaurants. In reality, responsible practice is distinctly (1) ______. A university partnership has launched the (2) ______ project ‘Value Before Waste’. Its induction workshop (3) ______ the assumptions hidden in routine procedures, and supervision is calibrated (4) ______ individual experience. Participants ready to (5) ______ join live casework; anyone not accustomed to (6) ______ starts with annotated examples.

Choose the option that best fits blank (4).
  • A. with
  • B. on
  • C. to
  • D. for

Đáp án: C

Giải thích: Cụm cố định là tailored/adapted/matched to something.
5Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 5
People often picture diagnosing losses across food supply chains as simply weighing leftovers in restaurants. In reality, responsible practice is distinctly (1) ______. A university partnership has launched the (2) ______ project ‘Value Before Waste’. Its induction workshop (3) ______ the assumptions hidden in routine procedures, and supervision is calibrated (4) ______ individual experience. Participants ready to (5) ______ join live casework; anyone not accustomed to (6) ______ starts with annotated examples.

Choose the option that best fits blank (5).
  • A. make an evidence
  • B. advance the deeply
  • C. redesign storage systems
  • D. take deeper into

Đáp án: C

Giải thích: Cụm ‘redesign storage systems’ đúng ngữ pháp và hợp nghĩa.
6Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 6
People often picture diagnosing losses across food supply chains as simply weighing leftovers in restaurants. In reality, responsible practice is distinctly (1) ______. A university partnership has launched the (2) ______ project ‘Value Before Waste’. Its induction workshop (3) ______ the assumptions hidden in routine procedures, and supervision is calibrated (4) ______ individual experience. Participants ready to (5) ______ join live casework; anyone not accustomed to (6) ______ starts with annotated examples.

Choose the option that best fits blank (6).
  • A. record where spoilage occurs
  • B. to recording where spoilage occurs
  • C. have recording where spoilage occurs
  • D. recording where spoilage occurs

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: Sau ‘accustomed/unaccustomed to’ dùng danh động từ hoặc cụm danh từ.
7Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 7
Look Beyond the Most Visible Problem

When organisations repeatedly engage in harvesting, storing, and selling food without measuring losses, they may (7) ______ risks that remain hidden for years. They sometimes (8) ______ useful materials or data rather than redesigning the system. Use seasonal food when doing so limits unnecessary pressure. (9) ______ waiting for damage to become obvious, intervene earlier. This can reduce the (10) ______ of preventable harm. Document organic scraps, reusable crates, and packaging (11) ______ and manage each stream (12) ______.

Choose the option that best fits blank (7).
  • A. wasted
  • B. wasteing
  • C. has been wasteing
  • D. waste

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: Sau động từ khuyết thiếu ‘may/can’ cần động từ nguyên mẫu không ‘to’.
8Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 8
Look Beyond the Most Visible Problem

When organisations repeatedly engage in harvesting, storing, and selling food without measuring losses, they may (7) ______ risks that remain hidden for years. They sometimes (8) ______ useful materials or data rather than redesigning the system. Use seasonal food when doing so limits unnecessary pressure. (9) ______ waiting for damage to become obvious, intervene earlier. This can reduce the (10) ______ of preventable harm. Document organic scraps, reusable crates, and packaging (11) ______ and manage each stream (12) ______.

Choose the option that best fits blank (8).
  • A. look over
  • B. look after
  • C. oversee to
  • D. overlook

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: ‘Overlook’ trong ngữ cảnh này nghĩa là bỏ sót/không chú ý đến.
9Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 9
Look Beyond the Most Visible Problem

When organisations repeatedly engage in harvesting, storing, and selling food without measuring losses, they may (7) ______ risks that remain hidden for years. They sometimes (8) ______ useful materials or data rather than redesigning the system. Use seasonal food when doing so limits unnecessary pressure. (9) ______ waiting for damage to become obvious, intervene earlier. This can reduce the (10) ______ of preventable harm. Document organic scraps, reusable crates, and packaging (11) ______ and manage each stream (12) ______.

Choose the option that best fits blank (9).
  • A. In view of
  • B. Instead of
  • C. As far as
  • D. On behalf of

Đáp án: B

Giải thích: ‘Instead of’ diễn đạt sự thay thế một cách làm bằng cách làm khác.
10Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 10
Look Beyond the Most Visible Problem

When organisations repeatedly engage in harvesting, storing, and selling food without measuring losses, they may (7) ______ risks that remain hidden for years. They sometimes (8) ______ useful materials or data rather than redesigning the system. Use seasonal food when doing so limits unnecessary pressure. (9) ______ waiting for damage to become obvious, intervene earlier. This can reduce the (10) ______ of preventable harm. Document organic scraps, reusable crates, and packaging (11) ______ and manage each stream (12) ______.

Choose the option that best fits blank (10).
  • A. standard
  • B. quality
  • C. number
  • D. amount

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: ‘amount’ kết hợp tự nhiên với ‘preventable harm’ trong ngữ cảnh.
11Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 11
Look Beyond the Most Visible Problem

When organisations repeatedly engage in harvesting, storing, and selling food without measuring losses, they may (7) ______ risks that remain hidden for years. They sometimes (8) ______ useful materials or data rather than redesigning the system. Use seasonal food when doing so limits unnecessary pressure. (9) ______ waiting for damage to become obvious, intervene earlier. This can reduce the (10) ______ of preventable harm. Document organic scraps, reusable crates, and packaging (11) ______ and manage each stream (12) ______.

Choose the option that best fits blank (11).
  • A. altogether
  • B. randomly
  • C. temporarily
  • D. properly

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: Trạng từ ‘properly’ mô tả phù hợp cách ghi nhận hoặc sắp xếp dữ liệu/vật liệu.
12Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 12
Look Beyond the Most Visible Problem

When organisations repeatedly engage in harvesting, storing, and selling food without measuring losses, they may (7) ______ risks that remain hidden for years. They sometimes (8) ______ useful materials or data rather than redesigning the system. Use seasonal food when doing so limits unnecessary pressure. (9) ______ waiting for damage to become obvious, intervene earlier. This can reduce the (10) ______ of preventable harm. Document organic scraps, reusable crates, and packaging (11) ______ and manage each stream (12) ______.

Choose the option that best fits blank (12).
  • A. responsive
  • B. responsibly
  • C. responsible
  • D. responsibility

Đáp án: B

Giải thích: Cần trạng từ bổ nghĩa cho động từ manage.
13Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 13
a. Linh: I thought food loss and waste was mainly about weighing leftovers in restaurants.
b. Minh: The new evidence suggests the issue is far more logistically complex.
c. Linh: Then I should read the briefing before making that assumption again.

Choose the best arrangement to make a meaningful exchange or paragraph.
  • A. a – c – b
  • B. a – b – c
  • C. c – b – a
  • D. b – c – a

Đáp án: B

Giải thích: Linh nêu quan niệm ban đầu, Minh phản hồi bằng bằng chứng, sau đó Linh thay đổi cách tiếp cận.
14Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 14
a. Researcher: We need to decide whether the pilot on food loss and waste should expand.
b. Analyst: What outcome matters most to the affected groups?
c. Researcher: Not just speed; measurement helps organisations target the stage where prevention will save the most food and resources.
d. Analyst: Then the evaluation must include distributional effects, not only averages.
e. Researcher: Agreed. We will revise the indicators before the next phase.

Choose the best arrangement to make a meaningful exchange or paragraph.
  • A. e – d – c – b – a
  • B. a – b – c – d – e
  • C. a – c – d – e – b
  • D. b – c – d – e – a

Đáp án: B

Giải thích: Trình tự tự nhiên: nêu quyết định → hỏi tiêu chí → xác định lợi ích → suy ra cách đánh giá → thống nhất hành động.
15Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 15
a. First, our team reviewed the assumption that weighing leftovers in restaurants.
b. We then compared that assumption with observations from several settings.
c. The comparison revealed an important limitation: weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.
d. Consequently, we redesigned the study to include contextual evidence.
e. The revised design produced conclusions that were narrower but more defensible.

Choose the best arrangement to make a meaningful exchange or paragraph.
  • A. a – c – d – e – b
  • B. a – b – c – d – e
  • C. e – d – c – b – a
  • D. b – c – d – e – a

Đáp án: B

Giải thích: Đoạn văn phát triển theo tiến trình nghiên cứu: giả định → đối chiếu → phát hiện hạn chế → điều chỉnh → kết quả.
16Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 16
a. My interest in food loss and waste began with a local question rather than a grand theory.
b. During university, I learned that the issue involved farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.
c. I therefore combined technical training with community-based fieldwork.
d. That combination eventually led me to coordinate the ‘Value Before Waste’ programme.
e. I now value the role because it joins analysis with practical accountability.

Choose the best arrangement to make a meaningful exchange or paragraph.
  • A. a – c – d – e – b
  • B. b – c – d – e – a
  • C. a – b – c – d – e
  • D. e – d – c – b – a

Đáp án: C

Giải thích: Tiểu sử đi theo thời gian và quan hệ nhân quả: khởi đầu → nhận thức → đào tạo → nghề nghiệp → đánh giá hiện tại.
17Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 17
a. The town first treated food loss and waste as a narrow technical issue.
b. A series of disruptions then exposed links to public services and local livelihoods.
c. Officials responded by creating a cross-sector working group.
d. The group tested better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together.
e. Although results improved, the programme retained monitoring because weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.

Choose the best arrangement to make a meaningful exchange or paragraph.
  • A. a – c – d – e – b
  • B. b – c – d – e – a
  • C. a – b – c – d – e
  • D. e – d – c – b – a

Đáp án: C

Giải thích: Trình tự: cách nhìn ban đầu → sự kiện làm lộ vấn đề → phản ứng tổ chức → biện pháp → đánh giá thận trọng.
18Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 18
A public discussion about food loss and waste often begins with a simplified claim. (18) ______. The project did not accept that framing without investigation. (19) ______. Once responsibilities had been agreed, the team moved from consultation to analysis. (20) ______. This prevented a single dramatic case from dominating the conclusions. (21) ______. The aim was not to promise a universal solution but to identify defensible actions. (22) ______.

Choose the sentence that best fits blank (18).
  • A. The next stage examined the mechanism: damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages.
  • B. Evidence was then compared across settings rather than treated as universally identical.
  • C. The final recommendations followed a broader principle: better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together.
  • D. That simplification is risky: weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: Câu được chọn nối đúng quan hệ ý nghĩa và tham chiếu tại vị trí (18); các phương án khác thuộc bước khác hoặc trái với lập luận.
19Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 19
A public discussion about food loss and waste often begins with a simplified claim. (18) ______. The project did not accept that framing without investigation. (19) ______. Once responsibilities had been agreed, the team moved from consultation to analysis. (20) ______. This prevented a single dramatic case from dominating the conclusions. (21) ______. The aim was not to promise a universal solution but to identify defensible actions. (22) ______.

Choose the sentence that best fits blank (19).
  • A. In response, the ‘Value Before Waste’ team began by consulting farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.
  • B. The next stage examined the mechanism: damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages.
  • C. That simplification is risky: weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.
  • D. By contrast, the project abandoned all measurements and relied entirely on intuition.

Đáp án: A

Giải thích: Câu được chọn nối đúng quan hệ ý nghĩa và tham chiếu tại vị trí (19); các phương án khác thuộc bước khác hoặc trái với lập luận.
20Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 20
A public discussion about food loss and waste often begins with a simplified claim. (18) ______. The project did not accept that framing without investigation. (19) ______. Once responsibilities had been agreed, the team moved from consultation to analysis. (20) ______. This prevented a single dramatic case from dominating the conclusions. (21) ______. The aim was not to promise a universal solution but to identify defensible actions. (22) ______.

Choose the sentence that best fits blank (20).
  • A. That simplification is risky: weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.
  • B. Evidence was then compared across settings rather than treated as universally identical.
  • C. The next stage examined the mechanism: damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages.
  • D. The final recommendations followed a broader principle: better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together.

Đáp án: C

Giải thích: Câu được chọn nối đúng quan hệ ý nghĩa và tham chiếu tại vị trí (20); các phương án khác thuộc bước khác hoặc trái với lập luận.
21Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 21
A public discussion about food loss and waste often begins with a simplified claim. (18) ______. The project did not accept that framing without investigation. (19) ______. Once responsibilities had been agreed, the team moved from consultation to analysis. (20) ______. This prevented a single dramatic case from dominating the conclusions. (21) ______. The aim was not to promise a universal solution but to identify defensible actions. (22) ______.

Choose the sentence that best fits blank (21).
  • A. Evidence was then compared across settings rather than treated as universally identical.
  • B. The final recommendations followed a broader principle: better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together.
  • C. That simplification is risky: weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.
  • D. In response, the ‘Value Before Waste’ team began by consulting farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.

Đáp án: A

Giải thích: Câu được chọn nối đúng quan hệ ý nghĩa và tham chiếu tại vị trí (21); các phương án khác thuộc bước khác hoặc trái với lập luận.
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A public discussion about food loss and waste often begins with a simplified claim. (18) ______. The project did not accept that framing without investigation. (19) ______. Once responsibilities had been agreed, the team moved from consultation to analysis. (20) ______. This prevented a single dramatic case from dominating the conclusions. (21) ______. The aim was not to promise a universal solution but to identify defensible actions. (22) ______.

Choose the sentence that best fits blank (22).
  • A. By contrast, the project abandoned all measurements and relied entirely on intuition.
  • B. The final recommendations followed a broader principle: better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together.
  • C. In response, the ‘Value Before Waste’ team began by consulting farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.
  • D. The next stage examined the mechanism: damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages.

Đáp án: B

Giải thích: Câu được chọn nối đúng quan hệ ý nghĩa và tham chiếu tại vị trí (22); các phương án khác thuộc bước khác hoặc trái với lập luận.
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Paragraph 1. Food loss generally occurs before retail through problems in production, storage, processing, or transport, whereas food waste often occurs in shops, restaurants, and homes. Public debate, however, often reduces the issue to weighing leftovers in restaurants. That narrow view overlooks the technical, social, and institutional relationships that determine real outcomes.

Paragraph 2. Damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages. These processes explain why isolated observations can be misleading and why changes may differ among places or groups.

Paragraph 3. Studies across commodities show that causes vary sharply by product and region, so broad global estimates cannot replace local diagnosis. The evidence therefore supports careful action, but not mechanical conclusions. Weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.

Paragraph 4. Better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together. Digital tracking and improved reporting standards are making it easier to compare interventions while preserving local context. In this sense, progress depends on both technical capacity and accountable cooperation among farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.

Which of the following is NOT presented as a central feature of the issue?
  • A. Cooperation among multiple stakeholders
  • B. A mechanism that produces varied outcomes
  • C. A universal solution that works identically in every setting
  • D. The need to interpret evidence in context

Đáp án: C

Giải thích: Đoạn đọc nhấn mạnh tính phụ thuộc bối cảnh, không khẳng định có một giải pháp giống nhau cho mọi nơi.
24Xem đáp án và giải thích câu 24
Paragraph 1. Food loss generally occurs before retail through problems in production, storage, processing, or transport, whereas food waste often occurs in shops, restaurants, and homes. Public debate, however, often reduces the issue to weighing leftovers in restaurants. That narrow view overlooks the technical, social, and institutional relationships that determine real outcomes.

Paragraph 2. Damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages. These processes explain why isolated observations can be misleading and why changes may differ among places or groups.

Paragraph 3. Studies across commodities show that causes vary sharply by product and region, so broad global estimates cannot replace local diagnosis. The evidence therefore supports careful action, but not mechanical conclusions. Weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.

Paragraph 4. Better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together. Digital tracking and improved reporting standards are making it easier to compare interventions while preserving local context. In this sense, progress depends on both technical capacity and accountable cooperation among farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.

The word ‘overlooks’ in paragraph 1 is OPPOSITE in meaning to ______.
  • A. misses
  • B. neglects
  • C. ignores
  • D. recognises

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: ‘Overlook’ nghĩa là bỏ sót; từ trái nghĩa là ‘recognise’.
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Paragraph 1. Food loss generally occurs before retail through problems in production, storage, processing, or transport, whereas food waste often occurs in shops, restaurants, and homes. Public debate, however, often reduces the issue to weighing leftovers in restaurants. That narrow view overlooks the technical, social, and institutional relationships that determine real outcomes.

Paragraph 2. Damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages. These processes explain why isolated observations can be misleading and why changes may differ among places or groups.

Paragraph 3. Studies across commodities show that causes vary sharply by product and region, so broad global estimates cannot replace local diagnosis. The evidence therefore supports careful action, but not mechanical conclusions. Weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.

Paragraph 4. Better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together. Digital tracking and improved reporting standards are making it easier to compare interventions while preserving local context. In this sense, progress depends on both technical capacity and accountable cooperation among farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.

The phrase ‘These processes’ in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
  • A. Better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together.
  • B. Damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages.
  • C. weighing leftovers in restaurants
  • D. Digital tracking and improved reporting standards are making it easier to compare interventions while preserving local context.

Đáp án: B

Giải thích: Cụm chỉ định quay lại cơ chế vừa được trình bày ngay trước đó.
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Paragraph 1. Food loss generally occurs before retail through problems in production, storage, processing, or transport, whereas food waste often occurs in shops, restaurants, and homes. Public debate, however, often reduces the issue to weighing leftovers in restaurants. That narrow view overlooks the technical, social, and institutional relationships that determine real outcomes.

Paragraph 2. Damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages. These processes explain why isolated observations can be misleading and why changes may differ among places or groups.

Paragraph 3. Studies across commodities show that causes vary sharply by product and region, so broad global estimates cannot replace local diagnosis. The evidence therefore supports careful action, but not mechanical conclusions. Weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.

Paragraph 4. Better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together. Digital tracking and improved reporting standards are making it easier to compare interventions while preserving local context. In this sense, progress depends on both technical capacity and accountable cooperation among farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.

The word ‘mechanical’ in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by ______.
  • A. automatic and uncritical
  • B. socially negotiated
  • C. carefully calibrated
  • D. physically engineered

Đáp án: A

Giải thích: Trong ngữ cảnh, ‘mechanical conclusions’ là kết luận áp dụng tự động, thiếu phê phán.
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Paragraph 1. Food loss generally occurs before retail through problems in production, storage, processing, or transport, whereas food waste often occurs in shops, restaurants, and homes. Public debate, however, often reduces the issue to weighing leftovers in restaurants. That narrow view overlooks the technical, social, and institutional relationships that determine real outcomes.

Paragraph 2. Damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages. These processes explain why isolated observations can be misleading and why changes may differ among places or groups.

Paragraph 3. Studies across commodities show that causes vary sharply by product and region, so broad global estimates cannot replace local diagnosis. The evidence therefore supports careful action, but not mechanical conclusions. Weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.

Paragraph 4. Better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together. Digital tracking and improved reporting standards are making it easier to compare interventions while preserving local context. In this sense, progress depends on both technical capacity and accountable cooperation among farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.

Which option best paraphrases the final sentence of paragraph 3?
  • A. Once evidence exists, the same action should be taken everywhere.
  • B. Context matters only when no scientific observations are available.
  • C. Evidence is too uncertain to support any practical response.
  • D. The evidence should guide action, but its limits and context must still be considered.

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: Đáp án giữ đủ hai ý: bằng chứng hữu ích nhưng không được bỏ qua giới hạn và bối cảnh.
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Paragraph 1. Food loss generally occurs before retail through problems in production, storage, processing, or transport, whereas food waste often occurs in shops, restaurants, and homes. Public debate, however, often reduces the issue to weighing leftovers in restaurants. That narrow view overlooks the technical, social, and institutional relationships that determine real outcomes.

Paragraph 2. Damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages. These processes explain why isolated observations can be misleading and why changes may differ among places or groups.

Paragraph 3. Studies across commodities show that causes vary sharply by product and region, so broad global estimates cannot replace local diagnosis. The evidence therefore supports careful action, but not mechanical conclusions. Weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.

Paragraph 4. Better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together. Digital tracking and improved reporting standards are making it easier to compare interventions while preserving local context. In this sense, progress depends on both technical capacity and accountable cooperation among farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
  • A. The passage treats all affected groups as experiencing identical conditions.
  • B. The passage argues that technical monitoring is unnecessary.
  • C. Digital tracking and improved reporting standards are making it easier to compare interventions while preserving local context.
  • D. The issue can be solved by changing individual behaviour alone.

Đáp án: C

Giải thích: Nội dung này được nêu trực tiếp ở đoạn 4.
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Paragraph 1. Food loss generally occurs before retail through problems in production, storage, processing, or transport, whereas food waste often occurs in shops, restaurants, and homes. Public debate, however, often reduces the issue to weighing leftovers in restaurants. That narrow view overlooks the technical, social, and institutional relationships that determine real outcomes.

Paragraph 2. Damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages. These processes explain why isolated observations can be misleading and why changes may differ among places or groups.

Paragraph 3. Studies across commodities show that causes vary sharply by product and region, so broad global estimates cannot replace local diagnosis. The evidence therefore supports careful action, but not mechanical conclusions. Weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.

Paragraph 4. Better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together. Digital tracking and improved reporting standards are making it easier to compare interventions while preserving local context. In this sense, progress depends on both technical capacity and accountable cooperation among farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.

In which paragraph does the writer explain a causal mechanism?
  • A. Paragraph 2
  • B. Paragraph 4
  • C. Paragraph 1
  • D. Paragraph 3

Đáp án: A

Giải thích: Đoạn 2 trình bày cơ chế tạo ra hoặc truyền dẫn vấn đề.
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Paragraph 1. Food loss generally occurs before retail through problems in production, storage, processing, or transport, whereas food waste often occurs in shops, restaurants, and homes. Public debate, however, often reduces the issue to weighing leftovers in restaurants. That narrow view overlooks the technical, social, and institutional relationships that determine real outcomes.

Paragraph 2. Damage, poor temperature control, market standards, forecasting errors, and consumer behaviour can remove edible food from the value chain at different stages. These processes explain why isolated observations can be misleading and why changes may differ among places or groups.

Paragraph 3. Studies across commodities show that causes vary sharply by product and region, so broad global estimates cannot replace local diagnosis. The evidence therefore supports careful action, but not mechanical conclusions. Weight alone does not capture nutritional value, environmental cost, or whether a discarded material was avoidable.

Paragraph 4. Better storage, cold chains, date-label communication, donation systems, and purchasing practices can work together. Digital tracking and improved reporting standards are making it easier to compare interventions while preserving local context. In this sense, progress depends on both technical capacity and accountable cooperation among farmers, processors, retailers, households, charities, and local authorities.

In which paragraph does the writer discuss future-oriented methods and cooperation?
  • A. Paragraph 1
  • B. Paragraph 4
  • C. Paragraph 2
  • D. Paragraph 3

Đáp án: B

Giải thích: Đoạn 4 nêu chính sách, xu hướng tương lai và phối hợp giữa các bên.
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[I] Efforts to address food loss and waste have expanded as its links to wider social, environmental, and institutional outcomes have become clearer. [II] Yet expansion has also exposed a recurring mistake: success is often measured through a single convenient indicator. [III] For that reason, an apparently efficient intervention may fail when it ignores who bears the costs and who can influence decisions. [IV]

Paragraph 2. Several forces encourage narrow decision-making. Agencies may face short funding cycles, incomplete data, fragmented responsibilities, and pressure to announce rapid results. These constraints can privilege visible outputs over durable outcomes.

Paragraph 3. The consequences are not merely technical. A measure may improve an average while worsening conditions for a vulnerable group; it may solve one stage of a problem while transferring costs to another; or it may create dependence on systems that local institutions cannot maintain.

Paragraph 4. A more credible approach begins by defining the problem with affected people, testing assumptions, comparing alternatives, and monitoring unintended effects. Although this process is slower, it makes adaptation possible when conditions change. In complex systems, the quality of learning can be as important as the apparent certainty of an initial plan.

Where in paragraph 1 does the following sentence best fit?
‘A broader evaluation must therefore examine distribution, governance, and long-term capacity.’
  • A. [IV]
  • B. [III]
  • C. [I]
  • D. [II]

Đáp án: A

Giải thích: Câu này kết luận từ câu trước và mở sang phân tích rộng hơn, phù hợp nhất ở vị trí [IV].
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[I] Efforts to address food loss and waste have expanded as its links to wider social, environmental, and institutional outcomes have become clearer. [II] Yet expansion has also exposed a recurring mistake: success is often measured through a single convenient indicator. [III] For that reason, an apparently efficient intervention may fail when it ignores who bears the costs and who can influence decisions. [IV]

Paragraph 2. Several forces encourage narrow decision-making. Agencies may face short funding cycles, incomplete data, fragmented responsibilities, and pressure to announce rapid results. These constraints can privilege visible outputs over durable outcomes.

Paragraph 3. The consequences are not merely technical. A measure may improve an average while worsening conditions for a vulnerable group; it may solve one stage of a problem while transferring costs to another; or it may create dependence on systems that local institutions cannot maintain.

Paragraph 4. A more credible approach begins by defining the problem with affected people, testing assumptions, comparing alternatives, and monitoring unintended effects. Although this process is slower, it makes adaptation possible when conditions change. In complex systems, the quality of learning can be as important as the apparent certainty of an initial plan.

The phrase ‘privilege visible outputs’ in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ______.
  • A. give priority to results that are easy to display
  • B. guarantee that benefits will last
  • C. remove every measurable result
  • D. hide outcomes from public review

Đáp án: A

Giải thích: ‘Privilege’ ở đây nghĩa là ưu tiên; ‘visible outputs’ là kết quả dễ nhìn thấy/trình bày.
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[I] Efforts to address food loss and waste have expanded as its links to wider social, environmental, and institutional outcomes have become clearer. [II] Yet expansion has also exposed a recurring mistake: success is often measured through a single convenient indicator. [III] For that reason, an apparently efficient intervention may fail when it ignores who bears the costs and who can influence decisions. [IV]

Paragraph 2. Several forces encourage narrow decision-making. Agencies may face short funding cycles, incomplete data, fragmented responsibilities, and pressure to announce rapid results. These constraints can privilege visible outputs over durable outcomes.

Paragraph 3. The consequences are not merely technical. A measure may improve an average while worsening conditions for a vulnerable group; it may solve one stage of a problem while transferring costs to another; or it may create dependence on systems that local institutions cannot maintain.

Paragraph 4. A more credible approach begins by defining the problem with affected people, testing assumptions, comparing alternatives, and monitoring unintended effects. Although this process is slower, it makes adaptation possible when conditions change. In complex systems, the quality of learning can be as important as the apparent certainty of an initial plan.

The word ‘These’ in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
  • A. durable outcomes
  • B. complex systems
  • C. short funding cycles, incomplete data, fragmented duties, and pressure for quick results
  • D. affected people

Đáp án: C

Giải thích: Đại từ chỉ toàn bộ danh sách các ràng buộc ở câu trước.
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[I] Efforts to address food loss and waste have expanded as its links to wider social, environmental, and institutional outcomes have become clearer. [II] Yet expansion has also exposed a recurring mistake: success is often measured through a single convenient indicator. [III] For that reason, an apparently efficient intervention may fail when it ignores who bears the costs and who can influence decisions. [IV]

Paragraph 2. Several forces encourage narrow decision-making. Agencies may face short funding cycles, incomplete data, fragmented responsibilities, and pressure to announce rapid results. These constraints can privilege visible outputs over durable outcomes.

Paragraph 3. The consequences are not merely technical. A measure may improve an average while worsening conditions for a vulnerable group; it may solve one stage of a problem while transferring costs to another; or it may create dependence on systems that local institutions cannot maintain.

Paragraph 4. A more credible approach begins by defining the problem with affected people, testing assumptions, comparing alternatives, and monitoring unintended effects. Although this process is slower, it makes adaptation possible when conditions change. In complex systems, the quality of learning can be as important as the apparent certainty of an initial plan.

According to paragraph 2, which of the following is NOT a force behind narrow decisions?
  • A. Short funding cycles
  • B. Fragmented responsibilities
  • C. Pressure for rapid results
  • D. Long-term institutional learning

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: Ba phương án còn lại được nêu trực tiếp; học hỏi dài hạn không phải nguyên nhân của quyết định hẹp.
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[I] Efforts to address food loss and waste have expanded as its links to wider social, environmental, and institutional outcomes have become clearer. [II] Yet expansion has also exposed a recurring mistake: success is often measured through a single convenient indicator. [III] For that reason, an apparently efficient intervention may fail when it ignores who bears the costs and who can influence decisions. [IV]

Paragraph 2. Several forces encourage narrow decision-making. Agencies may face short funding cycles, incomplete data, fragmented responsibilities, and pressure to announce rapid results. These constraints can privilege visible outputs over durable outcomes.

Paragraph 3. The consequences are not merely technical. A measure may improve an average while worsening conditions for a vulnerable group; it may solve one stage of a problem while transferring costs to another; or it may create dependence on systems that local institutions cannot maintain.

Paragraph 4. A more credible approach begins by defining the problem with affected people, testing assumptions, comparing alternatives, and monitoring unintended effects. Although this process is slower, it makes adaptation possible when conditions change. In complex systems, the quality of learning can be as important as the apparent certainty of an initial plan.

Which option best summarises paragraph 3?
  • A. Technical measures always benefit vulnerable groups first.
  • B. Maintenance capacity is unrelated to policy effectiveness.
  • C. Average improvement proves that no one is disadvantaged.
  • D. A seemingly successful measure can redistribute harm or create new weaknesses.

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: Đoạn 3 nêu các hệ quả ngoài ý muốn và sự chuyển dịch chi phí/rủi ro.
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[I] Efforts to address food loss and waste have expanded as its links to wider social, environmental, and institutional outcomes have become clearer. [II] Yet expansion has also exposed a recurring mistake: success is often measured through a single convenient indicator. [III] For that reason, an apparently efficient intervention may fail when it ignores who bears the costs and who can influence decisions. [IV]

Paragraph 2. Several forces encourage narrow decision-making. Agencies may face short funding cycles, incomplete data, fragmented responsibilities, and pressure to announce rapid results. These constraints can privilege visible outputs over durable outcomes.

Paragraph 3. The consequences are not merely technical. A measure may improve an average while worsening conditions for a vulnerable group; it may solve one stage of a problem while transferring costs to another; or it may create dependence on systems that local institutions cannot maintain.

Paragraph 4. A more credible approach begins by defining the problem with affected people, testing assumptions, comparing alternatives, and monitoring unintended effects. Although this process is slower, it makes adaptation possible when conditions change. In complex systems, the quality of learning can be as important as the apparent certainty of an initial plan.

The word ‘credible’ in paragraph 4 is OPPOSITE in meaning to ______.
  • A. trustworthy
  • B. reliable
  • C. defensible
  • D. unconvincing

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: ‘Credible’ là đáng tin; trái nghĩa là ‘unconvincing’.
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[I] Efforts to address food loss and waste have expanded as its links to wider social, environmental, and institutional outcomes have become clearer. [II] Yet expansion has also exposed a recurring mistake: success is often measured through a single convenient indicator. [III] For that reason, an apparently efficient intervention may fail when it ignores who bears the costs and who can influence decisions. [IV]

Paragraph 2. Several forces encourage narrow decision-making. Agencies may face short funding cycles, incomplete data, fragmented responsibilities, and pressure to announce rapid results. These constraints can privilege visible outputs over durable outcomes.

Paragraph 3. The consequences are not merely technical. A measure may improve an average while worsening conditions for a vulnerable group; it may solve one stage of a problem while transferring costs to another; or it may create dependence on systems that local institutions cannot maintain.

Paragraph 4. A more credible approach begins by defining the problem with affected people, testing assumptions, comparing alternatives, and monitoring unintended effects. Although this process is slower, it makes adaptation possible when conditions change. In complex systems, the quality of learning can be as important as the apparent certainty of an initial plan.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
  • A. Consultation should occur only after a programme has ended.
  • B. Rapid announcements usually produce durable outcomes.
  • C. A single indicator is sufficient in complex systems.
  • D. Monitoring unintended effects helps programmes adapt when circumstances change.

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: Đoạn 4 khẳng định việc kiểm tra hệ quả ngoài ý muốn hỗ trợ điều chỉnh khi điều kiện thay đổi.
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[I] Efforts to address food loss and waste have expanded as its links to wider social, environmental, and institutional outcomes have become clearer. [II] Yet expansion has also exposed a recurring mistake: success is often measured through a single convenient indicator. [III] For that reason, an apparently efficient intervention may fail when it ignores who bears the costs and who can influence decisions. [IV]

Paragraph 2. Several forces encourage narrow decision-making. Agencies may face short funding cycles, incomplete data, fragmented responsibilities, and pressure to announce rapid results. These constraints can privilege visible outputs over durable outcomes.

Paragraph 3. The consequences are not merely technical. A measure may improve an average while worsening conditions for a vulnerable group; it may solve one stage of a problem while transferring costs to another; or it may create dependence on systems that local institutions cannot maintain.

Paragraph 4. A more credible approach begins by defining the problem with affected people, testing assumptions, comparing alternatives, and monitoring unintended effects. Although this process is slower, it makes adaptation possible when conditions change. In complex systems, the quality of learning can be as important as the apparent certainty of an initial plan.

Which option best paraphrases the final sentence of the passage?
  • A. Learning is useful only when an initial plan completely fails.
  • B. In complicated situations, the ability to learn may matter as much as confidence in the first design.
  • C. Initial plans should never be revised once implementation begins.
  • D. Complex systems become simple when enough indicators are collected.

Đáp án: B

Giải thích: Đáp án giữ nguyên so sánh giữa năng lực học hỏi và sự chắc chắn ban đầu.
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[I] Efforts to address food loss and waste have expanded as its links to wider social, environmental, and institutional outcomes have become clearer. [II] Yet expansion has also exposed a recurring mistake: success is often measured through a single convenient indicator. [III] For that reason, an apparently efficient intervention may fail when it ignores who bears the costs and who can influence decisions. [IV]

Paragraph 2. Several forces encourage narrow decision-making. Agencies may face short funding cycles, incomplete data, fragmented responsibilities, and pressure to announce rapid results. These constraints can privilege visible outputs over durable outcomes.

Paragraph 3. The consequences are not merely technical. A measure may improve an average while worsening conditions for a vulnerable group; it may solve one stage of a problem while transferring costs to another; or it may create dependence on systems that local institutions cannot maintain.

Paragraph 4. A more credible approach begins by defining the problem with affected people, testing assumptions, comparing alternatives, and monitoring unintended effects. Although this process is slower, it makes adaptation possible when conditions change. In complex systems, the quality of learning can be as important as the apparent certainty of an initial plan.

What can be inferred from the passage?
  • A. The slowest programme is always the most effective.
  • B. Programmes that look efficient in the short term may be fragile if they ignore governance and maintenance.
  • C. Affected groups necessarily agree on every policy choice.
  • D. Quantitative indicators should be eliminated from evaluation.

Đáp án: B

Giải thích: Lập luận toàn bài cho thấy hiệu quả bề ngoài chưa bảo đảm tính bền vững nếu bỏ qua quản trị và năng lực duy trì.
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[I] Efforts to address food loss and waste have expanded as its links to wider social, environmental, and institutional outcomes have become clearer. [II] Yet expansion has also exposed a recurring mistake: success is often measured through a single convenient indicator. [III] For that reason, an apparently efficient intervention may fail when it ignores who bears the costs and who can influence decisions. [IV]

Paragraph 2. Several forces encourage narrow decision-making. Agencies may face short funding cycles, incomplete data, fragmented responsibilities, and pressure to announce rapid results. These constraints can privilege visible outputs over durable outcomes.

Paragraph 3. The consequences are not merely technical. A measure may improve an average while worsening conditions for a vulnerable group; it may solve one stage of a problem while transferring costs to another; or it may create dependence on systems that local institutions cannot maintain.

Paragraph 4. A more credible approach begins by defining the problem with affected people, testing assumptions, comparing alternatives, and monitoring unintended effects. Although this process is slower, it makes adaptation possible when conditions change. In complex systems, the quality of learning can be as important as the apparent certainty of an initial plan.

Which option best summarises the passage?
  • A. Technical expertise alone can resolve food loss and waste without attention to distribution or institutions.
  • B. The best way to address food loss and waste is to select the fastest measurable intervention and avoid later changes.
  • C. Because food loss and waste is complex, governments should postpone action until complete data are available.
  • D. Addressing food loss and waste requires broader evaluation, participation, comparison of alternatives, and continuous learning rather than reliance on one convenient indicator.

Đáp án: D

Giải thích: Đáp án bao quát các ý chính: đánh giá rộng, tham gia, so sánh phương án và học hỏi liên tục.