Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 1 to 10.
The warming of the Pacific Ocean has created weather patterns (1)______ strongly affect the world. When the water is warm, the (2)______ of rainfall in Indonesia and the surrounding regions decreases. Australia could (3)______ experience a drought in many parts. On (4)______ hand, Chile (which borders the Pacific Ocean) is preparing for (5)______ rainstorms. In Pakistan and northwestern India, the weather pattern makes the rainy season weaker and makes the area much drier.
This happening is called El Nino and is used (6)______ weather forecasters to make long-range weather predictions. They also know that El Nino will (7)______ unusually heavy rains to the southwestern part of the United States and make the central part of the country drier at the same time.
According to research, weather forecasters (8)______ know about the coming weather with certainty. Now everything has become completely different.
El Nino itself used to be (9)______. It would occur every two to seven years. But now, this weather pattern is becoming more frequent. We cannot say when and how often tornadoes or cyclones occur. Scientists are unsure of the reason for this (10)______ on a global scale either
Câu hỏi số 1: Chưa xác định
A. that
B. what
C. when
D. whether
Câu hỏi số 2: Chưa xác định
A. amount
B. figure
C. number
D. deal
Câu hỏi số 3: Chưa xác định
A. even
B. ever
C. nevertheless
D. however
Câu hỏi số 4: Chưa xác định
A. others
B. other
C. the other
D. another
Câu hỏi số 5: Chưa xác định
A. severe
B. cruel
C. strict
D. angry
Câu hỏi số 6: Chưa xác định
A. on
B. by
C. to
D. at
Câu hỏi số 7: Chưa xác định
A. carry
B. fetch
C. bring
D. take
Câu hỏi số 8: Chưa xác định
A. used to
B. get used to
C. are used to
D. used to be
Câu hỏi số 9: Chưa xác định
A. notable
B. remarkable
C. predictable
D. incredible
Câu hỏi số 10: Chưa xác định
A. change
B. transfer
C. transformation
D. shift
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu hỏi số 11: Chưa xác định
__________ entering the hall, he found everyone waiting for him.
A. On
B. At
C. With
D. Of
Câu hỏi số 12: Chưa xác định
That pipe ______ for ages - we must get it mended.
A. has been leaking
B. is leaking
C. had been leaking
D. leaks
Câu hỏi số 13: Chưa xác định
- “Is it all right if I use your bike?” - “______”
A. I don’t care.
B. Sure, go ahead.
C. Oh, forget it.
D. I accept it.
Câu hỏi số 14: Chưa xác định
You need more exercise - you should ______ jogging.
A. try on
B. take up
C. carry out
D. hold up
Câu hỏi số 15: Chưa xác định
- “You look nervous! ______” - “This thunder scares me to death.”
A. How are you?
B. Why’s that?
C. Come on!
D. What’s wrong?
Câu hỏi số 16: Chưa xác định
Car crashes are almost always accidental, but on rare occasions they may be ______.
A. deliberate
B. determined
C. aware
D. meant
Câu hỏi số 17: Chưa xác định
- “Today’s my 20th birthday.” - “______”
A. Take care!
B. Many happy returns!
C. Have a good time!
D. I don’t understand.
Câu hỏi số 18: Chưa xác định
The car had a(n) ______ tyre, so we had to change the wheel.
A. bent
B. flat
C. cracked
D. injured
Câu hỏi số 19: Chưa xác định
There’s little ______ of foreign news in today’s paper.
A. information
B. coverage
C. column
D. article
Câu hỏi số 20: Chưa xác định
You should make a(n) ______ to overcome this problem.
A. trial
B. impression
C. effort
D. apology
Câu hỏi số 21: Chưa xác định
Don’t touch that wire or you’ll get an electric ______.
A. shock
B. fire
C. charge
D. current
Câu hỏi số 22: Chưa xác định
“Can you ______ me a favor, Bill?” Peter said.
A. make
B. get
C. put
D. do
Câu hỏi số 23: Chưa xác định
My brother ______ his driving test when he was 18.
A. has passed
B. passes
C. was passing
D. passed
Câu hỏi số 24: Chưa xác định
- “Would you like beer or wine?” - “______”
A. No, I've no choice.
B. I couldn’t agree more.
C. I'd prefer beer, please.
D. Yes, I'd love to.
Câu hỏi số 25: Chưa xác định
If you don’t know when that important football match takes place, look it ______ in the World Cup timetable.
A. after
B. up
C. into
D. out
Câu hỏi số 26: Chưa xác định
Thanks to my friends’ ______ remarks, my essays have been improved.
A. constructive
B. construction
C. constructor
D. construct
Câu hỏi số 27: Chưa xác định
You look tired. Why don't we ______ and have a good rest?
A. call its name
B. call on
C. call off
D. call it a day
Câu hỏi số 28: Chưa xác định
The manager ______ him for a minor mistake.
A. accused
B. charged
C. complained
D. blamed
Câu hỏi số 29: Chưa xác định
I ______ hurry. It’s nearly 8.00, and my first class starts at 8.15.
A. would prefer
B. can’t help
C. would rather
D. had better
Câu hỏi số 30: Chưa xác định
He managed to keep his job ______ the manager had threatened to sack him.
A. although
B. despite
C. unless
D. therefore
Câu hỏi số 31: Chưa xác định
I clearly remember ______ you about this before.
A. telling
B. to tell
C. told
D. tell
Câu hỏi số 32: Chưa xác định
- “______” - “He's tall and thin with blue eyes.”
A. What does John like?
B. How is John?
C. Who does John look like?
D. What does John look like?
Câu hỏi số 33: Chưa xác định
Why is everybody ______ him all the time?
A. critical
B. criticize
C. criticism
D. criticizing
Câu hỏi số 34: Chưa xác định
We didn’t go to the zoo yesterday ______ the heavy rain.
A. because of
B. in spite of
C. so
D. because
Câu hỏi số 35: Chưa xác định
She ______ me a very charming compliment on my painting.
A. A. showed
B. paid
C. made
D. took
Câu hỏi số 36: Chưa xác định
______ stamps, my brother collects coins.
A. Except
B. Besides
C. Near
D. Beside
Câu hỏi số 37: Chưa xác định
You shouldn't have criticized him in front of the class. It was extremely ______ of you.
A. sensible
B. insensitive
C. insensible
D. sensitive
Câu hỏi số 38: Chưa xác định
There were some rainy days, but it was a nice holiday ______.
A. by no means
B. by all means
C. in particular
D. in general
Câu hỏi số 39: Chưa xác định
I'm really looking forward ______ to university.
A. to going
B. go
C. to go
D. going
Câu hỏi số 40: Chưa xác định
All of us won't go camping ______ the weather stays fine.
A. however
B. but
D. so
Câu hỏi số 41: Chưa xác định
He climbed the tree ______ before the wind blew them off.
A. in order that to pick the apples
B. so as to pick the apples
C. so that to pick the apples
D. in order for the apples to pick
Câu hỏi số 42: Chưa xác định
______ but he also proved himself a good athlete.
A. Not only he showed himself a good student
B. He did not show himself only a good student
C. Not only did he show himself a good student
D. A good student not only showed him
Câu hỏi số 43: Chưa xác định
The new manager explained ______ new procedures to save time and money.
A. with the staff that he hoped to establish
B. to the staff that he hopes to establish
C. to the staff that he hoped to establish
D. with the staff that he hopes to establish
Câu hỏi số 44: Chưa xác định
When reaching the top of the hill, ______.
A. we suddenly caught sight of the sea
B. it was the sea that extended below us
C. we extended the sea below us
D. the sea came into view
Câu hỏi số 45: Chưa xác định
Yesterday my mother bought ______.
A. beautiful Italian some cotton hats
B. Italian some beautiful cotton hats
C. some beautiful Italian cotton hats
D. some hats beautiful Italian cotton
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Câu hỏi số 46: Chưa xác định
A. tennis
B. into
C. between
D. country
Câu hỏi số 47: Chưa xác định
A. country
B. simplicity
C. discovery
D. commodity
Câu hỏi số 48: Chưa xác định
A. traditional
B. residential
C. expectation
D. competition
Câu hỏi số 49: Chưa xác định
A. command
B. secure
C. pretend
D. leisure
Câu hỏi số 50: Chưa xác định
A. family
B. attractive
C. attractive
D. industry
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Câu hỏi số 51: Chưa xác định
Each of the beautiful cars in the shop was quickly sold to their owner.
A. Each of
B. cars
C. quickly
D. their
Câu hỏi số 52: Chưa xác định
It was a six-hours journey; we were completely exhausted when we arrived.
A. a six-hours
B. completely
C. exhausted
D. we arrived
Câu hỏi số 53: Chưa xác định
Being that he was a good swimmer, John managed to rescue the child .
A. that he was
B. swimmer
C. rescue
D. child
Câu hỏi số 54: Chưa xác định
I’d like to see him in my office the moment he will arrive.
A. to see
B. in
C. office
D. will arrive
Câu hỏi số 55: Chưa xác định
Professor Jones said that a good way to improve your language are learning to practise it frequently.
A. said
B. to improve
C. are
D. to practise
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions .
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.
Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys.
She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone.
Câu hỏi số 56: Chưa xác định
The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means ______.
A. a house with no people inside
B. a house with no furniture
C. a house with nothing inside
D. a house with too much space
Câu hỏi số 57: Chưa xác định
One thing that the children in the passage share is that ______.
A. A. they all watch TV
B. they spend part of each day alone
C. they are from single-parent families
D. they all wear jewelry
Câu hỏi số 58: Chưa xác định
The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who ______.
A. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
B. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
C. are locked inside houses with latches and keys
D. look after themselves while their parents are not at home
Câu hỏi số 59: Chưa xác định
The main problem of latchkey children is that they ______.
A. are also found in middle-class families
B. watch too much television during the day
C. suffer a lot from being left alone
D. are growing in numbers
Câu hỏi số 60: Chưa xác định
What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. How kids spend free time.
B. Why kids hate going home.
C. Bad condition of latchkey children.
D. Children’s activities at home.
Câu hỏi số 61: Chưa xác định
Why did a lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached?
A. They had to use the keys to open school doors.
B. Schools didn’t allow them to wear jewelry, so they wore keys instead.
C. They were fully grown and had become independent.
D. They would use the keys to enter their houses when they came home.
Câu hỏi số 62: Chưa xác định
What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone?
A. Fear.
B. Tiredness.
C. Boredom.
D. Loneliness.
Câu hỏi số 63: Chưa xác định
Lynette Long learned of latchkey children’s problems by ______.
A. visiting their homes
B. delivering questionnaires
C. interviewing their parents
D. talking to them
Câu hỏi số 64: Chưa xác định
What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears?
A. Hiding somewhere.
B. Talking to the Longs.
C. Having a shower.
D. Lying under a TV.
Câu hỏi số 65: Chưa xác định
It’s difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because ______.
A. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone
B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons
C. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds
D. there are too many of them in the whole country
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Câu hỏi số 66: Chưa xác định
“Be careful! Don't do that again,” he said.
A. He encouraged me to do that again.
B. He advised me to be careful and do that again.
C. He warned me not to do that again.
D. He told me to be careful, so I didn't do that again.
Câu hỏi số 67: Chưa xác định
It is a basic requirement in the modern world to be able to deal with figures.
A. Being able to deal with figures is a basic requirement in the modern world.
B. Dealing with the modern world requires a basic knowledge of figures.
C. The world requires us to have a basic understanding of figures.
D. Dealing with figures requires a basic knowledge of the modern world.
Câu hỏi số 68: Chưa xác định
Their chances of success are small.
A. They will certainly be successful.
B. It’s possible that they will achieve success.
C. They have no chances of being successful.
D. It’s not very likely that they will succeed.
Câu hỏi số 69: Chưa xác định
The way to get the best out of me is to make me work very hard.
A. My work is under consideration, so I do my best.
B. If you make me work hard, I can't get the best.
C. Don't make me work hard or I can’t make the best out of me.
D. I work best when I am under pressure.
Câu hỏi số 70: Chưa xác định
I found myself at a loss to understand my closest friend’s words.
A. I found my closest friend's words easy to understand.
B. I understood my closest friend’s words completely.
C. I lost heart and didn't understand my closest friend's words.
D. I found my closest friend's words quite incomprehensible.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The difference between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no limits. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in the kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in school and the whole universe of informal learning. The agent (doer) of education can vary from respected grandparents to the people arguing about politics on the radio, from a child to a famous scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People receive education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term; it is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at about the same time, take the assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of governments, have been limited by the subjects being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their society or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are clear and undoubted conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
Câu hỏi số 71: Chưa xác định
This passage is mainly aimed at ______.
A. giving examples of different schools
B. telling the difference between the meaning of two related words
C. listing and discussing several educational problems
D. telling a story about excellent teachers
Câu hỏi số 72: Chưa xác định
In the passage, the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school” mostly implies that ______.
A. education is totally ruined by schooling
B. all of life is an education
C. schooling takes place everywhere
D. schooling prevents people discovering things
Câu hỏi số 73: Chưa xác định
The word “all-inclusive” in the passage mostly means ______.
A. A. going in many directions
B. involving many school subjects
C. allowing no exceptions
D. including everything or everyone
Câu hỏi số 74: Chưa xác định
According to the passage, the doers of education are ______.
A. mostly famous scientists
B. mainly politicians
C. only respected grandparents
D. almost all people
Câu hỏi số 75: Chưa xác định
What does the writer mean by saying “education quite often produces surprises”?
A. Educators often produce surprises.
B. It’s surprising that we know little about other religions.
C. Success of informal learning is predictable.
D. Informal learning often brings about unexpected results.
Câu hỏi số 76: Chưa xác định
Which of the following would the writer support?
A. Without formal education, people won’t be able to read and write.
B. Schooling is of no use because students do similar things every day.
C. Our education system needs to be changed as soon as possible.
D. Going to school is only part of how people become educated.
Câu hỏi số 77: Chưa xác định
The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ______.
A. workings of governments
B. political problems
C. newest filmmakers
D. high school students
Câu hỏi số 78: Chưa xác định
Because the general pattern of schooling varies little from one setting to the next, school children throughout the country ______.
A. do similar things
B. have the same abilities
C. are taught by the same teachers
D. have similar study conditions
Câu hỏi số 79: Chưa xác định
From the passage, we can infer that a high school teacher ______.
A. is free to choose anything to teach
B. is not allowed to teach political issues
C. has to teach social issues to all classes
D. is bound to teach programmed subjects
Câu hỏi số 80: Chưa xác định
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The more years students go to school, the better their education is.
B. The best schools teach a variety of subjects.
C. Education and schooling are quite different experience.
D. Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework.