SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH YÊN ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ OLYMPIC

BÁI DUYÊN HẢI BẮC BỘ

NĂM HỌC 2023-2024
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN
NGUYỄN TẤT THÀNH
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 10
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT

(Đề thi gồm 14 trang)

SECTION I. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1. For questions 1-5, listen to a conversation between the receptionist of a language school and a
student who has just arrived for the first morning of his English course. Fill the gap with NO
MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer (10 points)
PROGRAM ACTIVITES
Time Place Event
- At 10:00 am (1) __________ - meet the Principal and staff
- At 10:15 am - talk by (2)___________
- At 10:45 am - talk by (3)___________

(4)__________ Classroom 5 (5)__________

Your Answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a talk about Open AI decide whether these statements are
True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10
points)
6. OpenAI's initially struggles to draw attention from companies and individuals
7. Microsoft's investment in OpenAI valued the company at 29 billion dollars, which demonstrates the
high confidence placed in Chat GPT's potential.
8. OpenAI's Chat GPT technology, despite its advancements in natural language processing, is still
unable to generate realistic and innovative video content for businesses.
9.The ethical considerations of AI technology, such as Chat GPT, primarily revolve around the
potential misuse and manipulation of users.
10.The detrimental effects of AI on the economy, such as large-scale job losses, can be completely
avoided through proper regulation and oversight.
Your answers:
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3: You will hear an interview with a student called Liam, who talks about the financial
difficulties he faced during his first year at university.
For questions 11-15, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fit best what you hear. (10 points)

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11. Liam’s choice of bank account was based on __________.
A. the availability of interest-free overdrafts.
B. the gift from the bank to new student customer.
C. the location of the nearest branch of the bank.
D. the high credit limit on credit cards for students.
12. Liam believes the most useful student discounts are for __________.
A. travelling by rail
B. going to the cinema
C. eating out
D. online shopping
13. Following the theft of his laptop, Liam wished he had__________.
A. taken his possessions with him during the vacation
B. thought about the need for insurance cover
C. made sure his room on campus was more secure
D. used a stronger password to protect his data
14. When he got into debt, he felt__________.
A. confident he could deal with the situation on his own
B. annoyed that nobody had warned him that could happen
C. unconcerned as he knew his parents would help him
D. apprehensive about what the lenders might do next
15. What advice does Liam give to others who are in debt __________.
A. take out a longer term loan to pay off the immediate debt.
B. spend nothing until you have saved enough to clear the debt.
C. set up a regular repayment plan for a fixed period of time.
D. Negotiate a lower interest rate with those you owe money to
Your answers:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a talk about the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Write
NO MORE THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided
(20 points)

16. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is the fastest growing city on the planet, located
nearly________kilometers away from the Everest and the Himalayas
17. The continuous influx of melting snow and water from the Himalayas results in the formation of
the world’s largest __________
18. A significant number of the country’s population become displaced during the __________ season.
19. The ________ industry is the engine of the Bangladeshi economy, accounting for 80% of its
exports.
20. Numerous workers without specialized skills find employment in the __________ economy
21. Informal occupations such as vegetable salesmen, barber shop keepers, boat men and
________account for four out of five jobs in this city.

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22. The report on Dhaka emphasizes that in order to enhance development, the country need to
formalize working condition of workers, which is a __________task
23. In the 17th century, Dhaka, know as Jahangir Nagada, thrived as a global center for the trade
of___________
24. Dhaka became the capital of eastern Pakistan until Bangladesh gained its __________ in 1971.
25. Dhaka's infrastructure and services are overwhelmed due to the overwhelming __________ from
the entire region.
Your answers:
16. 17.
18. 19.
20. 21.
22. 23.
24. 25.
Section II. LEXICO - GRAMMAR
Part 1. For questions 26-45, choose one of the words marked A, B, C, or D which best completes
each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (20
pts)
26. Companies are joining forces with governments in Africa to ________ regional campaigns against
malaria.
A. fabricate B. originate C. mount D. produce
27. The authorities have ________ their original decision to allow development of this rural area.
A. dispensed B. detached C. refrained D. revoked
28. The integrity of a marine ecosystem could be ________ due to the impact of coastal reclamation.
A. compromised B. conceded C. conciliated D. confronted
29. I don’t like turning down work, but I will have to, I am afraid. I’ve far too much _______ at the
moment.
A. up my sleeve B. on my plate C. on my mind D. in effect
30. John will never buy you a drink- he’s far too _______
A. tight-fisted B. pigheaded C. highly strung D. easy going
31.Even a few drops of this liquid would present a _________ dose for a small child.
A. mortal B. terminal C. killing D. lethal
32. Can you recite the alphabet ________?
A. around B. reverse C. backwards D. returned
33. The damage was far more serious than ________ believed.
A. primarily B. initially C. precedingly D. prior
34.__________ a teacher in New England, Webster wrote the Dictionary of the American language.
A. It was while B. When C. When was D. While
35. By no stretch of imagination____________
A. the trip was described as relaxing B. the trip be described to be relaxing
C. could thee trip be described as relaxing D. did the trip describe as relaxed
36. _________, creative interests are are put to one side as we struggle with our academic subjects.
A. As often happens with young people B. Often happening with young people
C. Often does it happen to young people D. Only happening to young people
37. _________ appear, they are really much larger than the Earth.
A. Small as the stars B. The star as small
C. As the small stars D. Despite the small stars
38.________ the fifth largest among the nine planets that make up our solar system is not surprising to
me.
A. The earth being B. The earth is C. That the earth is D. Being the earth

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39. This shirt is__________ that one
A. much far expensive than B. a bit less expensive
C. as much expensive as D. not nearly as expensive as
40. ________ a man of genius could pass the exam with high distinction.
A. None short of B. Far from C. Nothing near D. None but
41. _________ everything else, his heart always came back to her.
A. Concentrated though he grew on B. Concentrate as much as he might on
C. Concentrate as he might on D. Concentrate may he on
42. A: “Did you enjoy the movie?” B: “No, I __________home”
A. would rather to have stayed B. had better stay
C. had rather be staying D. would sooner have stayed
43. It rained every day of our holiday – but we had a good time_______
A. despite that B. all the same C. Even though D. in contrast
44. During the earthquake, the land dropped ________ down to the rocky shore.
A. precipitously B. immaculately C. categorically D. unequivocally
45. The candidate _________ nervously up and down waiting to be called for the interview.
A. marched B. paced C. strutted D. plodded

Your answers:
26. 30. 34. 38. 42.

27. 31. 35. 39. 43.

28. 32. 36. 40. 44.

29. 33. 37. 41. 45.

Part 3. For questions 56-65, fill each gap with the correct form of the words in brackets. Write
your answer in the boxes provided. (10 pts)
56. Teachers should not educate students by giving lots of (tick) ___________ but help them learn from
their mistakes.
57. For public health policies to be realized,(paternal) _________must be replaced by active
encouragement of patients to participate in their own care.
58. Almost all women after childbirth are naturally (criticize) __________ of their appearance.
59. This book will be of interest to urban historians and quantitative historians as well as students and
scholars of (criminal) _________ and policy studies.
60. Men of science come up with a brilliant, (epoch)__________ idea that should, by rights, change the
course of human history.
61. The mayor was determined that he would do everything in his power to (mystery) _________ the
murder case.
62. The tax rise has (flame) _________ the citizens of the country to such an extent that there would
likely be some demonstrations.
63. The president of this company is merely a (head) _________ - the Chief Executive is the one who
is truly in control.
64. There’s little hope that Maurice’s behaviour will ever improve. It will probably remain so (correct)
__________ till he grows up.
65. I’m afraid one committee won’t be enough to investigate all the (grief) ______ of the dissatisfied
clients.
Your answers:
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
61. 62. 63. 64. 65.

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SECTION III. READING (60 POINTS)
Part 1. For questions 66-75, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits
each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 pts)
THE MYSTERIOUS ISLE
In the early morning of 23th January, 2009, the most powerful storm for a decade hit western France.
With wind speeds in (66) _______ of 120 miles per hour, it flattened forests, (67) _______ down power
lines and caused massive destruction to buildings and roads. But it also left behind an extraordinary
creation. Seven miles out to sea at the (68) _______ where the Atlantic Ocean meets the estuary of the
River Gironde, a small island had (69) _______ out of water. Locals soon gave it the name The
Mysterious Isle.What was so remarkable, (70) _______its sudden apparition, was the fact that the
island (71) _______ in tact in what is often quite hostile sea environment. It could well become a
permanent feature.
Scientists (72) _______ realised that the island’s appearance (73) _______ a unique opportunity to
study the creation and development of a new ecosystem. Within months, it had been colonized by
seabirds, insects, and vegetation. Unfortunately, however, they were not alone in (74) _______ the
island attractive. It became increasingly difficult to (75) _______ the site from human visitors. In its
first year, day trippers came in powered dinghies, a parachute club used it as a landing strip, a rave
party was even held there one night.
66. A. surplus B. advance C. excess D. put
67. A. fetched B. brought C. carried D. sent
68. A. scene B. mark C. stage D. point
69. A.risen B. raised C. lifted D. surfaced
70. A. in spite of B. instead of C. apart from D. on account of
71. A. prolonged B. remained C. resided D. preserved
72. A. quickly B. briskly C. hastily D. speedily
73. A. delivered B. awarded C. proposed D. offered
74. A. regarding B. finding C. seeking D. deciding
75. A. prevent B. preserve C. protect D. prohibit

Your answers

66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

71. 72. 73. 74. 75.

Part 2. For questions 76-85, fill each gap in the passage below with ONE appropriate word. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 pts)
2022 could be the year when we find out whether mRNA vaccine technology can be used for a lot more
than just making vaccines. The hope is that it can also get our bodies to produce drugs that are (76)
___________ very expensive to make, opening the door to (77) _________ a vast number of
conditions. mRNAs are essentially genetically coded recipes that tell cells in our body how to (78)
__________ proteins, the large molecules that form most of the (79) ___________ of life. In the case
of mRNA vaccines, the mRNAs (80) ____________ for viral proteins that provoke an immune
response. When the coronavirus (81) _________ began, mRNA vaccines were still an experimental
technology. There had been only a (82) _________ small trials and no vaccines had ever been
approved. Now, hundreds of millions of people have received the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA
vaccines, and these have been (83) ___________ to be very safe and effective. This success has given a
big boost to efforts to develop (84) _________ mRNA vaccines for everything from cancers to herpes.
But mRNAs can code for just about any protein, so the same basic (85) ___________ might also allow
us to develop all kinds of treatments.

Your answers:
76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

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 81. 82. 83. 84. 85.

Part 3. For questions 86-95, read the following passage and choose the best answer to each
question. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15pts)
SIMPLE – IT’S ALL IN THE MIND
Tony Buzan is his own best advertisement when he claims that his latest book can teach you not only
how to be brilliant with words, but also to be fitter, live longer and be happier. He has transformed
himself from a promising but not outstanding schoolboy into a man with an IQ at genius level, who has
contributed to more than 80 books on the brain and is consulted by universities, business organisations
and governments. Some 250 million people worldwide have already benefited from his Mind Maps, a
diagrammatic learning tool that helps the brain to store and recall information. [A]
In his latest book, Head First, subtitled, ‘10 ways to tap into your natural genius’, he redefines
intelligence to include not only the familiar verbal, numerical and spatial benchmarks measured by IQ
tests, but other skills such as creative, social, spiritual and physical intelligence, to which he gives equal
weight. Developing these, he claims, will bring confidence, self-awareness and personal fulfilment.
And with this transformation will come physical benefits – less stress, a stronger immune system and
even a longer life. It is estimated that we use around one per cent of our brain, so there is plenty of
scope for improvement. ‘I have fallen into the usual traps of thinking that IQ was the be-all and end-all,
that being academic was better than being artistic and that art and music were unteachable gifts,’ admits
Buzan, 58. “Bit by bit, I have come to know better. This book is a compact history of my revelations”.
The first moment of truth came when Buzan was at primary school. After scoring 100 per cent in a
nature test, he found himself top of the A-stream. His best friend knew far more about ecology than
Buzan, but was bottom of the D-stream. ‘That started me wondering. Later, I became aware that many
of the so-called intelligent people I knew did not seem very bright at all. [B] They were brilliant at
words and numbers, but not particularly interesting to be with, or happy with themselves or even
successful. [C] I began working with children and found that many were like my best friend. [D] For
instance, I spoke to a boy of eight who had been marked down in an ‘intelligence test’ for ticking a
picture of the earth when asked which image was the odd one out – sun, moon, lemon or earth. When I
asked him why he had done this, he looked at me as if I were an idiot and said: ‘Because the earth is the
only one that is blue.’ At that point I wondered who was the fool – the eight-year-old ‘slow learner’ or
the university lecturer. If we had measured the process by which the child had reached his answer –
instead of the expected response – we would have realised the beautiful, sophisticated intelligence
behind it.’

Identifying and developing this kind of undervalued intelligence is Buzan’s mission. His starting point
is that all people have the potential to excel if they can only rid themselves of the barriers placed in
their way by upbringing, education and society’s belief systems and expectations. The first obstacle to
overcome is lack of selfbelief. Buzan describes how his marks in maths soared at secondary school
after he was told he was in the top one per cent of the population in the subject. ‘I realised that what I
thought about my ability in a subject affected how well I did.’ The second hurdle is the conviction most
of us have that certain skills – art, music and numerical ability – are gifts from heaven, conferred only
on the naturally talented few. Buzan disputes this, claiming that all we have to do is learn the
appropriate ‘alphabet’. If we can learn to copy, he insists, we can learn to draw. ‘It is the same with
music. The most sophisticated musical instrument is the human voice. Many people think they cannot
sing. But everybody sings without realising it. It’s called talking. Listen to somebody speaking a
foreign language of which you know no vocabulary; it is pure music.’ Buzan’s third lesson is the
recognition that we are all intelligent; otherwise, we could not survive. ‘There is only one true
intelligence test,’ he says, ‘and that is life on planet Earth. Sitting in a room answering questions is not
as difficult as survival. Every day, we are confronted with new problems that we learn to handle.’

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Head First offers a template for each of the 10 kinds of intelligence, including a definition, an outline of
its benefits and lots of exercises. ‘Think of each of your multiple intelligences as a finger on a pair of
wonderfully adept and agile piano-playing hands. You can play life’s music with just two fingers, but
if you use all 10 you can play a concerto where each one supplements and enhances the others. The
Moonlight Sonata will sound OK with two fingers. But it sounds much better with 10.

86. What is implied about Tony Buzan in the first paragraph?

A. His views have caused a certain amount of controversy.
B. Some of the claims he makes are rather exaggerated.
C. It is hard to understand why he has been so successful.
D. His theories are supported by his own life story.
87. What is said about the book Head First in the second paragraph?
A. Buzan accepts that some people may disagree with some of the views expressed in it.
B. In it Buzan argues against beliefs he previously held.
C. It suggests that IQ tests are of no real value.
D. Its main focus is on the relationship between intelligence and physical condition.
88. The phrases “verbal, numerical and spatial benchmark” in paragraph 2 are mentioned to
_________.
A. analyze the contents of his latest book “Head First”.
B. question the template for kinds of intelligence
C. illustrate some of the criteria of intelligence
D. appreciate the value of the book “Head First”.
89. What does the phrase “tap into” in paragraph 2 mostly mean___.
A. boost B. scour C. sift D. unravel
90. Buzan uses the boy who ticked a picture of the earth as an example of_____.
A. People who are more interesting than many people considered to be intelligent.
B. People whose intelligence is not allowed to develop fully.
C. People with an attitude that prevents them from being considered intelligent.
D. People whose intelligence is likely to develop later in life.
91. Which of the following square brackets [A],[B],[C] and [D] best indicates where in the
paragraph the sentence “They were amazing, but they were not able to express their brilliance at
school.” can be inserted?
A.[B] B. [C] C.[D] D. [A]
92. Buzan thinks that one thing that prevents people from excelling is_____.
A. their habit of focusing too much on trivial aspects of everyday life.
B. their belief that too much effort is required to acquire certain skills.
C. their failure to realize how much natural intelligence they have.
D. their tendency to be easily discouraged by the comments of others.
93. Buzan uses the Moonlight Sonata to illustrate his belief that_____.
A. his book can benefit everyone who reads it.
B. some things are not as difficult to learn as they may seem.
C. it is desirable but not essential for people to develop their intelligence.
D. his definitions of intelligence are simple enough for everyone to understand.
94. Which of the following best summarises the view expressed by Tony Buzan in the article as a
whole?
A. Too much emphasis in life is placed on how intelligent people are.
B. Most people are inclined to underestimate their own intelligence.
C. Intelligence is something that it is unwise to generalise about.
D. Conventional views on what constitutes intelligence are inaccurate.
95. What does the word “adept” mentioned in paragraph 5 pertain to?
A. skillful B. awkward C. advisable D. skittish

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Your answer
86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
91. 92. 93. 94. 95.

Part 4. For questions 96-105, read the text and do the tasks followed. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 pts)
EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS
A brain-damaged patient suffering from prosopagnosia cannot recognize familiar faces although her
vision is other intact. She has awareness without recognition. A patient with blindsight is blind in parts
of his visual field, but if asked to guess the location of objects in those “blind” spots, he is more than
likely to guess right. He has recognition without awareness. Are both these patients conscious?
How the brain produces consciousness is a question that has puzzled philosophers and scientists for
millennia, and many of them have looked to brain-damaged patients for the answer. Consider a patient
with Parkinson’s disease who wants to move his legs but cannot. His thoughts have become severed
from his actions, and that dissociation seems to be related to the lack of a certain chemical, dopamine,
in one area of his brain. But why dopamine should perform that particular function in that particular
area nobody knows.
What studies of brain damage reveal is that consciousness has many facets. But it can be a dangerous
approach because it rests on the assumption that each part of the brain that contributes to consciousness
does so consistently over time. Yet, if consciousness is dynamic rather than static, if the conscious
functions performed by a certain body of neurons in the brain are transient, then the functions lost
when a brain receives a blow at a specific point in time could differ from that might have been lost a
moment later.
In the past, scientists have searched for discrete switches at the neuronal level- singular, all-or-nothing
events which when put together give rise to a global sensibility. But how and where the translation
from physical to mental takes place remains a mystery, not least because those on/off neuronal
mechanisms seem so incompatible with the diffuse and indefinable property of consciousness.
In Journey to the Centers of the Mind, neuroscientist Susan Greenfield suggests that the underlying
physical processes are no less complex and diffuse than consciousness itself. Consciousness is not
located in one region of the brain, one neuron or one molecule, and it does not necessarily go hand in
hand with stimulation of the senses. But each conscious experience is singular in time. She describes
shades of subtlety in the activities of neurons: they can be biased to respond in certain ways and in the
sense that their behavior is shaped by past experience; they even have memory. The action potential,
the firing of a cell in response to stimulation, might be an all-or-nothing event, but the threshold at
which a neuron produces an electrical signal can be lowered or raised incrementally.
By the same token, consciousness is better viewed as a continuum rather than as an all-or-nothing
phenomenon. Greenfield suggests that it is the product of large interacting groups of neurons which
form and reform rapidly around a triggering stimulus like concentric ripples on the surface of a pond.
And the size of each neuronal assembly or “gestalt” is determined by the brain’s level of arousal at a
particular moment in time. Arousal is, in turn, controlled by chemicals called amines
(neuromodulators) that are produced in the most primitive part of the brain. According to Greenfield’s
theory, fountains of these neuromodulators diffuse upwards and outwards from neurons in the
brainstem, and it is these chemicals which bias the firing threshold of neurons in the rest of the brain –
even in the sophisticated outer cortex. By so doing, they dictate the number of neurons that will be
incorporated in each gestalt, and so determine the depth of the emerging consciousness. In this way,
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The idea of neuronal assemblies is not new. But the concept of consciousness as something that shrinks
and expands, growing in depth as the brain grows physically, is a new departure. Very young children
have no sense of other people’s thought processes – their consciousness is egocentric. But by the age of
about four they have begun to project mental states onto others. And brain-damaged patients, whose
brains have effectively been reduced in size, have something in common with children. Both function
at a shallower level of consciousness because stimuli trigger relatively small gestalts in their brains.
Greenfield does not pretend to have uncovered the secret of consciousness. Her theory cannot answer
all the questions, but it may have brought us a small step closer to a physical explanation of what it is
to be human.

Questions 96 - 100. Complete the gaps in the following summary by using NO MORE THAN
TWO WORDS taken from the Reading Passage.
Consciousness is a state of mind that has interested philosophers and scientists for thousands of years.
However, our understanding of it has remained fairly basic. For example, scientists do not know
whether the (96.)____________ of a prosopagnosia patient means the same as consciousness and
whether dopamine in the brain is linked with dissociation of the thoughts and actions of someone with
Parkinson’s disease.
Susan Greenfield’s theory has added a new dimension to our understanding of consciousness. She feels
that consciousness and stimulation of the senses are not attached to each other and the responses of
(97.) ____________, which are closely related to a global sensitivity of the body, have patterns which
may have been conditioned by (98.) ____________. Consciousness is not a yes-or-no state of mental
and physical condition; it is a (99.) ____________ that has a range. Within this range, there is a chain
of interactions between the quantity of amines and (100.) ____________, between gestalt and the depth
of consciousness. These interactions ultimately determine the level of consciousness.
Questions 101 - 105. Do the following statements agree with the writer in the Reading Passage?
YES if the statements agrees with the claims of the writer
NO if the statements contradicts with the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

101. Consciousness is a state of mind that has multi-fold dimensions.

102. A man is either conscious or unconscious of what is happening around him.
103. Excessive amount of dopamine in the brain may be one of the reasons that cause Parkinson’s
disease.
104. Arousal level is controlled by the quantity of amines.
105. Cases of blindsight and prosopagnosia disease support Greenfield’s theory.

Your answer
96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
101. 102. 103. 104. 105.

SECTION IV: WRITING (50 POINTS)

Part 1: Graph writing (20 points)
The table below shows the number of motor vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants in eight countries in
1990 and 2000.
Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons
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The table illustrates changes that took place in the number of motor vehicles for every 1000 citizens in the
period 1990-2000.

As can be seen from the table, Brazil by far had the most vehicles while Cambodia had the fewest. In addition,
the Bahamas was the only country that witnessed a decrease in vehicle numbers.

To commence with, in 1990, there were only 55 vehicles per 1000 people in Brazil, which was almost 10 times
fewer than that in Luxembourg (548) and New Zealand (531). In the next decade, however, the figure surged
tremendously to 13,580 and remained the largest number on the table. Similarly, Romania initially possessed
relatively few vehicles at 68, but after ten years, the number swole significantly and ended up at 8,012.
Meanwhile, although Chile and Jordan also started out at around 50 to 68 vehicles, they did not grow as
much as Brazil and Romania and only had 88 and 157 respectively by 2000.

Regarding the Bahamas, there were 235 motor vehicles in the country in 1990. However, they seemed to
decrease over the next 10 years, leaving only 187 in 2000. Nevertheless, its figure was nowhere near
Cambodia's, which had only 1 motor vehicle per 1000 dwellers in both throughout the 10-year time span.

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