Đề thi minh họa VSTEP Reading 2026 kèm đáp án chi tiết (Đề số 20)
Ngày: 21/01/2026
ĐỀ THI MINH HỌA VSTEP READING 20
Time permitted: 60 minutes
Number of questions: 40
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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.
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PASSAGE 1 – QUESTIONS 1-10
Martin Luther King, Jr. is well known for his work in civil rights and for his many famous speeches, among them his moving “I Have A Dream” speech. But fewer people know much about King’s childhood. M.L., as he was called, was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the home of his maternal grandfather. M.L.’s grandfather, the Reverend A.D. Williams, purchased their home on Auburn Avenue in 1909, twenty years before M.L. was born. The Reverend Williams, an eloquent speaker, played an important role in the community since so many people’s lives centered around the church. He allowed his church and his home to be used as a meeting place for a number of organizations dedicated to the education and social advancement of blacks. M.L. grew up in this atmosphere, with his home being used as a community gathering place, and was no doubt influenced by it.
M.L.’s childhood was not especially eventful. His father was a minister and his mother was a musician. He was the second of three children, and he attended all-black schools in a black neighborhood. The neighborhood was not poor, however. Auburn Avenue was the main artery through a prosperous neighborhood that had come to symbolize achievement for Atlanta’s black people. It was an area of banks, insurance companies, builders, jewelers, tailors, doctors, lawyers, and other black-owned black-operated businesses and services. Even in the face of Atlanta’s segregation, the district thrived. Dr. King never forgot the community spirit he had known as a child, nor did he forget the racial prejudice that was a seemingly insurmountable barrier that kept black Atlantans from mingling with whites.
M.L.’s childhood was not especially eventful. His father was a minister and his mother was a musician. He was the second of three children, and he attended all-black schools in a black neighborhood. The neighborhood was not poor, however. Auburn Avenue was the main artery through a prosperous neighborhood that had come to symbolize achievement for Atlanta’s black people. It was an area of banks, insurance companies, builders, jewelers, tailors, doctors, lawyers, and other black-owned black-operated businesses and services. Even in the face of Atlanta’s segregation, the district thrived. Dr. King never forgot the community spirit he had known as a child, nor did he forget the racial prejudice that was a seemingly insurmountable barrier that kept black Atlantans from mingling with whites.
- What is this passage mainly about?
A. the prejudice that existed in Atlanta
B. Martin Luther King’s childhood
C. M.L.’s grandfather
D. The neighborhood King grew up in - The word eloquent in line 7 means most nearly _______.
A. powerful
B. active
C. romantic
D. fascinating - The word gathering in line 12 could be best replaced by _______.
A. picking
B. learning
C. exciting
D. meeting - As used, the word eventful in line 13 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. valued
B. memorable
C. admirable
D. emotional - In line 18, the word It refers to which of the following?
A. achievement
B. neighborhood
C. segregation
D. services - According to the author, blacks in King’s neighborhood were involved in all the following businesses and services EXCEPT _______.
A. dentistry
B. medicine
C. law
D. banking - The word tailors in line 19 describes people who are associated with which of the following trades?
A. flower arranging
B. shoe making
C. garment making
D. book binding - According to the author, King was influenced by _______.
A. community spirit
B. black lawyers
C. his mother
D. his speeches - The word thrived in line 20 refers to which of the following?
A. achieved
B. surrendered
C. flourished
D. held - According to the author, M.L. _______.
A. had a difficult childhood
B. was a good musician as a child
C. loved to listen to his grandfather speak
D. grew up in a relatively rich area of Atlanta
PASSAGE 2 – QUESTIONS 11-20
Choosing a career may be one of the hardest jobs you ever have, and it must be done with care. View a career as an opportunity to do something you love, not simply as a way to earn a living. Investing the time and effort to thoroughly explore your options can mean the difference between finding a stimulating and rewarding career and moving from job to unsatisfying job in an attempt to find the right one. Work influences virtually every aspect of your life, from your choice of friends to where you live. Here are just a few of the factors to consider.
Deciding what matters most to you is essential to making the right decision. You may want to begin by assessing your likes, dislikes, strengths, and weaknesses. Think about the classes, hobbies, and surroundings that you find most appealing. Ask yourself questions, such as “Would you like to travel? Do you want to work with children? Are you more suited to solitary or cooperative work?” There are no right or wrong answers; only you know what is important to you. Determine which job features you require, which ones you would prefer, and which ones you cannot accept. Then rank them in order of importance to you.
The setting of the job is one factor to take into account. You may not want to sit at a desk all day. If not, there are diversity occupation – building inspector, supervisor, real estate agent – that involve a great deal of time away from the office. Geographical location may be a concern, and employment in some fields is concentrated in certain regions.
Advertising job can generally be found only in large cities. On the other hand, many industries such as hospitality, law education, and retail sales are found in all regions of the country. If a high salary is important to you, do not judge a career by its starting wages. Many jobs, such as insurance sales, offers relatively low starting salaries; however, pay substantially increases along with your experience, additional training, promotions and commission.
Deciding what matters most to you is essential to making the right decision. You may want to begin by assessing your likes, dislikes, strengths, and weaknesses. Think about the classes, hobbies, and surroundings that you find most appealing. Ask yourself questions, such as “Would you like to travel? Do you want to work with children? Are you more suited to solitary or cooperative work?” There are no right or wrong answers; only you know what is important to you. Determine which job features you require, which ones you would prefer, and which ones you cannot accept. Then rank them in order of importance to you.
The setting of the job is one factor to take into account. You may not want to sit at a desk all day. If not, there are diversity occupation – building inspector, supervisor, real estate agent – that involve a great deal of time away from the office. Geographical location may be a concern, and employment in some fields is concentrated in certain regions.
Advertising job can generally be found only in large cities. On the other hand, many industries such as hospitality, law education, and retail sales are found in all regions of the country. If a high salary is important to you, do not judge a career by its starting wages. Many jobs, such as insurance sales, offers relatively low starting salaries; however, pay substantially increases along with your experience, additional training, promotions and commission.
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Don’t rule out any occupation without learning more about it. Some industries evoke positive or negative associations. The traveling life of a flight attendant appears glamorous, while that of a plumber does not. Remember that many jobs are not what they appear to be at first, and may have merits or demerits that are less obvious. Flight attendants must work long, grueling hours without sleep, whereas plumbers can be as highly paid as some doctors.
Another point to consider is that as you get mature, you will likely develop new interests and skills that may point the way to new opportunities. The choice you make today need not be your final one.
- The author states that There are no right or wrong answers in order to _______.
A. emphasize that each person’s answers will be different.
B. show that answering the questions is a long and difficult process.
C. indicate that the answers are not really important.
D. indicate that each person’s answers may change over time. - The word them in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. questions
B. answers
C. features
D. jobs - The word assessing in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by _______.
A. discovering
B. considering
C. measuring
D. disposing - According to paragraph 3, which of the following fields is NOT suitable for a person who does not want to live in a big city?
A. plumbing
B. law
C. retail sales
D. advertising - Those are all the factors you should take into account when choosing a job EXCEPT _______.
A. your likes and your dislikes
B. the atmosphere at work
C. geographical location
D. your strengths and weaknesses - The word that in paragraph 6 refers to _______.
A. occupation
B. the traveling life
C. a flight attendant
D. commission - It can be inferred from the paragraph 4 that _______.
A. jobs in insurance sales are generally not well-paid.
B. insurance sales people can earn high salary later in their career.
C. people should constantly work toward the next promotion.
D. a starting salary should be an important consideration in choosing a career. - In paragraph 5, the author suggests that _______.
A. you may want to change careers at some time in the future
B. as you get older, your career will probably less fulfilling
C. you will be at your job for a lifetime, so choose carefully
D. you will probably jobless at some time in the future - Why does the author mention long, grueling hours without sleep in paragraph 6?
A. to emphasize the difficulty of working as a plumber.
B. to contrast the reality of a flight attendant’s job with most people’s perception.
C. to show that people must work hard for the career they have chosen.
D. to discourage readers from choosing a career as a flight attendant. - According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. To make a lot of money, you should not take a job with a low starting salary.
B. To make lots of money, you should rule out all factory jobs.
C. If you want an easy and glamorous lifestyle, you should consider becoming flight attendant.
D. Your initial view of certain careers may not be accurate.
PASSAGE 3 – QUESTIONS 21-30
In the world today, particular in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe, recycling is the big news. People are talking about it, practicing it, and discovering new ways to be sensitive to the environment. Recycling means finding ways to used products a second time. The motto of the recycling movement is “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”.
The first step is to reduce garbage. In stores, a shopper has to buy products in blister packs, boxes and expensive plastic wrappings. A hamburger from a fast food restaurant comes in lots of packaging: usually paper, a box and a bag. All that packaging is wasted resources. People should try to buy things that are wrapped simply, and to reuse cups and utensils. Another way to reduce waste is to buy high-quality products. When low-quality appliances break, many customers throw them away and buy new ones – a loss of more resources and more energy. For example, if a customer buys a high-quality appliance that can be easily repaired, the manufacturer receives an important message. In the same way, if a customer chooses a product with less packaging, that customer sends an important message to the manufacturers. To reduce garbage, the throw-away must stop.
The second step is to reuse. It is better to buy juices and soft drinks in returnable bottles. After customers empty the bottles, they return them to the stores. The manufacturers of the drinks collect bottles, wash them, and then fill them again. The energy that is necessary to make new bottles is saved. In some parts of the world, returning bottles for money is a common practice. In those places, the garbage dumps have relatively little glass and plastic from throw-away bottles.
The third step being environmentally sensitive is to recycle. Spent motor oil can be cleaned and used again. Aluminum cans are expensive to make. It takes the same amount energy to make one aluminum can as it does to run a color TV set for three hours. When people collect and recycle aluminum (for new cans), they help save one of the world’s precious resources.
The first step is to reduce garbage. In stores, a shopper has to buy products in blister packs, boxes and expensive plastic wrappings. A hamburger from a fast food restaurant comes in lots of packaging: usually paper, a box and a bag. All that packaging is wasted resources. People should try to buy things that are wrapped simply, and to reuse cups and utensils. Another way to reduce waste is to buy high-quality products. When low-quality appliances break, many customers throw them away and buy new ones – a loss of more resources and more energy. For example, if a customer buys a high-quality appliance that can be easily repaired, the manufacturer receives an important message. In the same way, if a customer chooses a product with less packaging, that customer sends an important message to the manufacturers. To reduce garbage, the throw-away must stop.
The second step is to reuse. It is better to buy juices and soft drinks in returnable bottles. After customers empty the bottles, they return them to the stores. The manufacturers of the drinks collect bottles, wash them, and then fill them again. The energy that is necessary to make new bottles is saved. In some parts of the world, returning bottles for money is a common practice. In those places, the garbage dumps have relatively little glass and plastic from throw-away bottles.
The third step being environmentally sensitive is to recycle. Spent motor oil can be cleaned and used again. Aluminum cans are expensive to make. It takes the same amount energy to make one aluminum can as it does to run a color TV set for three hours. When people collect and recycle aluminum (for new cans), they help save one of the world’s precious resources.
- Which area is considered one of the most industrialized?
A. South America
B. Middle East
C. Europe
D. Asia - What does the word sensitive in line 3 means?
A. cautious
B. logical
C. friendly
D. responding - The word motto is closest in meaning to _______.
A. meaning
B. value
C. belief
D. reference - It is a waste when customers buy low-quality products because _______.
A. they have to be repaired many times.
B. they will soon throw them away
C. customers always change their idea
D. they are very cheap. - What is the topic of the passage?
A. How to live sensitively to the environment.
B. How to reduce garbage disposal.
C. What is involved in the recycling movement.
D. What people understand the term “recycle”. - People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT _______.
A. buy high-quality products
B. buy simply-wrapped things
C. reuse cups
D. buy more hamburgers - What best describe the process of reuse?
A. The bottles are collected, washed, returned and filled again.
B. The bottles are washed, returned, filled again and collected.
C. The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and washed.
D. The bottles are collected, returned, filled again and washed - The word practice in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. training
B. exercise
C. deed
D. belief - Garbage dumps in some areas have relatively little glass and plastic because _______.
A. people are ordered to return bottles
B. returned bottles are few
C. each returned bottle is paid
D. few bottles are made of glass or plastic - What are the two things mentioned as examples of recycling?
A. TV sets and aluminum cans
B. Hamburger wrappings and spent motor oil
C. Aluminum cans and spent motor oil
D. Aluminum cans and plastic wrappings
PASSAGE 4 – QUESTIONS 31-40
Man claims he was misled over nutritional content of meals
Adapted from the Guardian
If Caesar Barber dreamed of winning fame, he probably didn’t think it would be due to his obesity. However, since the 120kg maintenance worker filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Burger King last month – seeking damages for selling him food that made him obese – Barber’s 15 minutes of fame are proving as painful as the two heart attacks he has already had.
“Does anyone really believe that Mr. Barber was too dumb to know that eating saturated fat was less healthy than having, say, a fruit dish or a chef salad?” said Steve Dasbach, who is the executive director of the Libertarian party. Barber says that he was in the dark about the nutritional content of the fast food he was eating up to five times a week from the 1950s onwards. Incredibly, he didn’t give up burgers and salty friesafter he had his first heart attack in 1996. He is now a diabetic with high blood pressure.
In his lawsuit – the first of its kind in the United States – he contends that deceptive advertising misled him about the nutritional value of the food, until a doctor pointed it out. “Those people in the advertisements don’t tell you what’s in the food,” he says. “Now I’m obese. The fast-food industry has ruined my life. They said 100% beef. I thought that meant it was good for you.” Attacks on Barber’s character and perceived IQ became a sport in the US media. Barber wasn’t stupid, columnists and radio hosts joked, just too make money failing to take responsibility for his diet. More than 75 million Americans eat fast food every day. But who, the journalists asked, doesn’t know that too much will make you overweight?
“Mr. Barber honestly didn’t know what the dangers were when he started eating fast food in the 50s,” says his lawyer, Samuel Hirsch. “The fast-food chains made no effort then, and little today, to inform consumers about the dangerously high fat, cholesterol or salt content of their food.” Hirsch says that his client, who has now gone into hiding, is not trying to make money but to get the chains to inform customers that their food is guilty of expanding their waistlines.
Barber and his lawyer are following hard on the heels of a series of lawsuit wins over some tobacco companies for the addictive nature of nicotine and subsequent diagnosis of cancer. It actually seems that Hirsch believes that there might be similarities between tobacco and fast food products as he claims that both nicotine and fast food products create a craving.
Adapted from the Guardian
If Caesar Barber dreamed of winning fame, he probably didn’t think it would be due to his obesity. However, since the 120kg maintenance worker filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Burger King last month – seeking damages for selling him food that made him obese – Barber’s 15 minutes of fame are proving as painful as the two heart attacks he has already had.
“Does anyone really believe that Mr. Barber was too dumb to know that eating saturated fat was less healthy than having, say, a fruit dish or a chef salad?” said Steve Dasbach, who is the executive director of the Libertarian party. Barber says that he was in the dark about the nutritional content of the fast food he was eating up to five times a week from the 1950s onwards. Incredibly, he didn’t give up burgers and salty friesafter he had his first heart attack in 1996. He is now a diabetic with high blood pressure.
In his lawsuit – the first of its kind in the United States – he contends that deceptive advertising misled him about the nutritional value of the food, until a doctor pointed it out. “Those people in the advertisements don’t tell you what’s in the food,” he says. “Now I’m obese. The fast-food industry has ruined my life. They said 100% beef. I thought that meant it was good for you.” Attacks on Barber’s character and perceived IQ became a sport in the US media. Barber wasn’t stupid, columnists and radio hosts joked, just too make money failing to take responsibility for his diet. More than 75 million Americans eat fast food every day. But who, the journalists asked, doesn’t know that too much will make you overweight?
“Mr. Barber honestly didn’t know what the dangers were when he started eating fast food in the 50s,” says his lawyer, Samuel Hirsch. “The fast-food chains made no effort then, and little today, to inform consumers about the dangerously high fat, cholesterol or salt content of their food.” Hirsch says that his client, who has now gone into hiding, is not trying to make money but to get the chains to inform customers that their food is guilty of expanding their waistlines.
Barber and his lawyer are following hard on the heels of a series of lawsuit wins over some tobacco companies for the addictive nature of nicotine and subsequent diagnosis of cancer. It actually seems that Hirsch believes that there might be similarities between tobacco and fast food products as he claims that both nicotine and fast food products create a craving.
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The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine applauded the lawsuit. The committee’s research coordinator, Brie Turner-McGrievy, says that whether Barber wins or loses, the hype surrounding the case has been good for doctors, spotlighting America’s obesity epidemic and the role that fast food plays in it.
One might consider Mr. Barber’s case an act of stupidity or an attempt to make some quick money, but Caesar Barber definitely takes credit for initiating the discussion about whether obesity is a matter of personal responsibility or if fast food chains are also to blame for failure to inform consumers, and fighting obesity has become one of the priorities of American health organizations.
- Why is Caesar Barber famous?
A. Because he sued fast food chains for making him obese.
B. Because he is a top lawyer.
C. Because he has been eating fast food for more than 40 years.
D. Because he has serious health problems due to eating fast food. - What does Caesar Barber say about fast food?
A. He used to eat fast food five days a week.
B. He didn’t know what the content of fast food was.
C. In the 50s fast food wasn’t fattening.
D. He started to eat fast food before 1950. - After the first heart attack, Caesar Barber _______.
A. became very ill
B. started to eat even more fast food
C. carried on eating fast food
D. stopped eating all fast food except for burgers and fries - When did he have his first heart attack?
A. 1996
B. 1969
C. 1998
D. 1999 - How did the America media react to this lawsuit?
A. Some media started a sports campaign against eating hamburgers.
B. Barber was offered to host his own radio show.
C. The media suggested that Caesar Barber should go on a diet.
D. The media made fun of Caesar Barber. - Caesar Barber’s lawyer argues that _______.
A. fast food chains are expanding too quickly
B. Caesar Barber is trying to force fast food chains to better inform their customers
C. Caesar Barber is in hiding because he is worried about his life
D. He is only trying to make money just like other lawyers - What is meant by the expression hard on the heels?
A. very persistently
B. in a very difficult way
C. with a lot of problems
D. immediately after - What is Mr. Turney-McGrievy’s opinion about the publicity surrounding Caesar Barber’s case?
A. It is good for doctors because it will bring them more patients.
B. It is good because it raises awareness about the connection between fast food and obesity.
C. It is good because it has shown that Americans are overweight.
D. It is bad because it has shown that fast food is high in saturated fat. - The writer concludes that Mr. Barber _______.
A. is just looking for ways to make money as fast as possible
B. raised awareness about the problem of obesity
C. should take responsibility for his eating habits
D. proved that fast food chains are responsible of the obesity epidemic - What is the similarity between nicotine products and fast food?
A. Both of them do no harm to our health.
B. Both of them are cheap.
C. Both of them are easy to resist.
D. Both of them create the craving.
ĐÁP ÁN
Xem lời giải chi tiết: TẠI ĐÂYPassage 1
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B – 2. A – 3. D – 4. B – 5. B – 6. A – 7. C – 8. A – 9. C – 10. D
Passage 2
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A – 12. C – 13. B – 14. D – 15. B – 16. A – 17. B – 18. A – 19. B – 20. D
Passage 3
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C – 22. C – 23. C – 24. B – 25. A – 26. D – 27. C – 28. C – 29. C – 30. C
Passage 4
31. A – 32. B – 33. B – 34. A – 35. D – 36. B – 37. D – 38. B – 39. C – 40. D
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