Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Câu hỏi số 1: Chưa xác định
A. shown
B. flown
C. grown
D. crown
Câu hỏi số 2: Chưa xác định
A. complexion
B. examination
C. exaggerate
D. exhibit
Câu hỏi số 3: Chưa xác định
A. accountant
B. amount
C. founding
D. country
Câu hỏi số 4: Chưa xác định
A. missẹd
B. laughed
C. stopped
D. closed
Câu hỏi số 5: Chưa xác định
A. criteria
B. initiate
C. certificate
D. interactive
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 6: Chưa xác định
He is doing very badly but he tries to_______ appearances.
A. hold on
B. stick to
C. keep up
D. make out
Câu hỏi số 7: Chưa xác định
I regret going to the cinema. I wish I_________ .
A. didn’t go there
B. haven’t gone there
C. hadn’t gone there
D. would not go there
Câu hỏi số 8: Chưa xác định
Today's weather will be a__________ of yesterday.
A. continuing
B. continuation
C. continuity
D. continual
Câu hỏi số 9: Chưa xác định
The children had been________ of the danger, but had taken no notice.
A. wamed
B. explained
C. shown
D. prevented
Câu hỏi số 10: Chưa xác định
Our country has large areas of__________ beauty.
A. unharmed
B. undamaged
C. unspoilt
D. uninjured
Câu hỏi số 11: Chưa xác định
Scientists and engineers have invented devices to remove ________ from industrial wastes.
A. pollutions
B. pollute
C. polluting
D. pollutants
Câu hỏi số 12: Chưa xác định
The______________ polluted atmosphere in some industrial regions is called “smog”.
A. much
B. largely
C. fully
D. heavily
Câu hỏi số 13: Chưa xác định
Too many factories dispose ___________ their waste by pumping it into rivers and the sea.
A. out
B. of
C. away
D. off
Câu hỏi số 14: Chưa xác định
He was so mean that he could not bear to_________ the smallest sum of money for the charity appeal.
A. part with
B. pay off
C. give in
D. let out
Câu hỏi số 15: Chưa xác định
- Teacher: “John, you’ve written a much better essay this time.”
- John: " __________ "
A. Writing? Why?
B. Thank you. It’s really encouraging.
C. You’re welcome.
D. What did you say? I’m so shy.
Câu hỏi số 16: Chưa xác định
The _______________ north we go, the less likely we are to meet high temperatures.
A. far
B. furthest
C. farther
D. farthest
Câu hỏi số 17: Chưa xác định
Unlike the other Asian states, Singapore has _____ raw materials.
A. hardly any
B. any hardly
C. hardly no
D. hardly some
Câu hỏi số 18: Chưa xác định
Although the patient’s condition is serious, she seems to be out of ______ .
A. place
B. control
C. danger
D. order
Câu hỏi số 19: Chưa xác định
“ATM” stands for______________ .
A. automatic talking machine
B. automation telling mate
C. automobile teller mate
D. automated teller machine
Câu hỏi số 20: Chưa xác định
- “Do you feel like going to the stadium this atternoon?”
- " __________ "
A. I don’t agree. I’m afraid.
B. I feel very bored.
C. You’re welcomed.
D. That would be great.
Câu hỏi số 21: Chưa xác định
-“I don’t think I can do this.”
-“_____________ ”
A. Oh, come on! Give it a try!
B. Yeah. It’s not easy.
C. No, I hope not.
D. Sure, no way!
Câu hỏi số 22: Chưa xác định
If you want your children to play football well, you need to find a good ____ .
A. supervisor
B. teacher
C. coach
D. captain
Câu hỏi số 23: Chưa xác định
“Don’t count your chickens ___________ they are hatched.”
A. after
B. since
C. while
D. before
Câu hỏi số 24: Chưa xác định
- Cindy: “Your hairstyle is terrific. Mary!7'
- Mary: “_____ "
A. Yes, all right.
B. Thanks, Cindy. I had it done yesterday.
C. Never mention it
D. Thanks, but I’m afraid.
Câu hỏi số 25: Chưa xác định
The sports event was___________ and successfully organized.
A. good preparation
B. good job
C. well-done
D. well-prepared
Câu hỏi số 26: Chưa xác định
— “Make yourself at home.”
— “__________ ”
A. Not at all. Don't mention it.
B. Thanks. Same to you.
C. That’s very nice. Thank you.
D. Yes, can I help you?
Câu hỏi số 27: Chưa xác định
The country won't be__________ for re-election as non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
A. suitable
B. eligible
C. rightful
D. legal
Câu hỏi số 28: Chưa xác định
Michael could hardly wait to__________ his new motorbike.
A. sit down
B. turn back
C. try out
D. put on
Câu hỏi số 29: Chưa xác định
The child who was caught___________ was made to stand in the corner of the classroom.
A. behaving
B. misbehave
C. misbehavior
D. misbehaving
Câu hỏi số 30: Chưa xác định
_______________ the country joined the WTO, it has made big economic achievements.
A. After
B. Since
C. When
D. As soon as
Câu hỏi số 31: Chưa xác định
They are conducting a wide_________ of surveys throughout Vietnam.
A. collection
B. range
C. selection
D. group
Câu hỏi số 32: Chưa xác định
Thanks to the invention of labor-saving_______ , domestic chores are no longer a burden.
A. devices
B. things
C. equipment
D. furniture
Câu hỏi số 33: Chưa xác định
Only 65 per cent voted in the local election; the rest were completely ______ .
A. uninterested
B. disinterested
C. uninteresting
D. interested
Câu hỏi số 34: Chưa xác định
Slang can be defìned as a set of codes used in_____ language.
A. informal
B. unfamiliar
C. informative
D. uneducated
Câu hỏi số 35: Chưa xác định
The widespread use of pesticides and herbicides has led to the_____ of groundwater in many parts of the world.
A. corruption
B. infection
C. poison
D. contamination
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct and natural combination of each pair of the sentences given.
Câu hỏi số 36: Chưa xác định
The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.
A. The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.
B. The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.
C. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.
D. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.
Câu hỏi số 37: Chưa xác định
Transportation has been made much easier thanks to the invention of cars. However, cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution.
A. The invention of cars has made transportation much easier, but cars are among the greatest contributors of air pollution.
B. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, people use cars to contribute to the pollution of air.
C. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution.
D. However easier the invention of cars has made transportation, it is cars that are among the greatest contributors of air pollution.
Câu hỏi số 38: Chưa xác định
He was suspected to have stolen credit cards. The police have investigated him for days.
A. He has been investigated for days, suspected to have stolen credit cards.
B. Suspecting to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
C. Having suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
D. Suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
Câu hỏi số 39: Chưa xác định
The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room. He opened the window.
A. The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room because he opened the window.
B. The man opened the window in order to get some fresh air in the room.
C. The man got some fresh air in the room, even though he opened the window.
D. Having opened the window, the room could get some fresh air.
Câu hỏi số 40: Chưa xác định
The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.
A. Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.
B. Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.
C. The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.
D. The plan is as impractical as it is ingenious.
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 blanks from 36 to 45.
Many parents believe that they should begin to teach their children to read when they are (36)_____ more than toddlers. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but forcing a child could be counter-productive if she isn’t ready. Wise parents will have a (37)_____ attitude and take the lead from their child. What they should provide is a selection of (38) toys, books and other activities. Nowadays there is plenty of good (39)____ available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also (40) ____ them to read.
Of course, books are no longer the only source of stories and information. There is also a huge range of videos, which can be reinforce and extend the pleasure a child finds in a book and are (41)_____ valuable in helping to increase vocabulary and concentration. Television gets a bad review as far as children are concerned, mainly because too many spend too much time watching programmes not intended for their age (42)_____ . Too many television programmes induce an incurious, uncritical attitude that is going to make learning much more difficult. However, (43) _____ viewing of programmes designed for young children can be useful. Just as adults enjoy reading a book after seeing it serialised on television, so children will pounce on books which (44) their favourite television characters, and videos can add a new (45)____ to a story known from a book.
Câu hỏi số 41: Chưa xác định
_____ (36)
A. scarcely
B. rarely
C. slightly
D. really
Câu hỏi số 42: Chưa xác định
_____ (37)
A. cheerful
B. contended
C. relaxed
D. hopeful
Câu hỏi số 43: Chưa xác định
_____ (38)
A. bright
B. thrilling
C. eneraetic
D. stimulating
Câu hỏi số 44: Chưa xác định
_____ (39)
A. material
B. sense
C. produce
D. amusement
Câu hỏi số 45: Chưa xác định
_____ (40)
A. provoke
B. encourage
C. provide
D. attract
Câu hỏi số 46: Chưa xác định
_____ (41)
A. properly
B. worthily
C. perfectly
D. equally
Câu hỏi số 47: Chưa xác định
_____ (42)
A. set
B. band
C. group
D. limit
Câu hỏi số 48: Chưa xác định
_____ (43)
A. cautious
B. choice
C. approved
D. discriminating
Câu hỏi số 49: Chưa xác định
_____ (44)
A. illustrate
B. extend
C. feature
D. possess
Câu hỏi số 50: Chưa xác định
_____ (45)
A. revival
B. dimension
C. option
D. existence
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.
Herman Melville, an American author best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used the knowledge gained during his travels as the basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841, Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. rhis South Sea island sojourn vvas a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). Afler three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White Jackel (1850) described this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman.
With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of humanity against the universe. The public was not ready for Melville's lilerary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophicai symbolism. It is ironic that the novel that served to diminish Melville’s popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today.
Câu hỏi số 51: Chưa xác định
The main subject of the passage is___________ .
A. Melville’s travels
B. the popularity of Melville’s novels
C. Melville's personal background
D. Moby Dick
Câu hỏi số 52: Chưa xác định
According to the passage, Melville’s early novels were____ .
A. published whiỉe he was traveling
B. completely fictional
C. all about his work on whaling ships
D. based on his travel experience
Câu hỏi số 53: Chưa xác định
In what year did Melville’s book about his experience as a cabin boy appear?
A. 1837
B. 1841
C. 1847
D. 1849
Câu hỏi số 54: Chưa xác định
The word “basis” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to___ .
A. background
B. message
C. bottom
D. dissertation
Câu hỏi số 55: Chưa xác định
The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because ________ .
A. he had unofficially left his ship.
B. he was on leave while his ship was in port.
C. he had finished his term of duty.
D. he had received permission to take a vacation in Tahiti.
Câu hỏi số 56: Chưa xác định
A “frigate” in paragraph 1 is probably___________ .
A. an office
B. a ship
C. a troop
D. a fishing boat
Câu hỏi số 57: Chưa xác định
How did the publication of Moby Dick affect Melville’s popularity?
A. His popularity increased immediately.
B. It had no effect on his popularity.
C. lt caused his popularity to decrease.
D. His popularity remained as strong as ever.
Câu hỏi số 58: Chưa xác định
According to the passage, Moby Dick is__________ .
A. a romantic adventure
B. a single-faceted work
C. a short story about a whale
D. symbolic of humanity fighting the universe
Câu hỏi số 59: Chưa xác định
The word “metainorphosis” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____ :
A. circle
B. change
C. mysticism
D. descent
Câu hỏi số 60: Chưa xác định
The passage would most likely be assigned reading in a course on _____
A. nineteenth-century novels nineteenth-century novels B. American history c. oceanography D. modern American literature
B. American history
C. oceanography
D. modern American literature
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 .
An air pollutant is defined as a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in such quantities as to affect humans, anirnals, vegetation, or materials adversely. Air pollution requires a very flexible definition that permits continuous change.When the first air pollution laws were established in England in the fourteenth century, air pollutants were limited to compounds that could be seen or smelled — a far cry from the extensive list of harmful substances known today. As technology has developed and knowledge of the health aspects of various chemicals has increased, the list of air pollutants has lerngthened. In the future, even water vapor might be considered an air pollutant under certain conditions.
Many of the more important air pollutants, such as sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides, are found in nature. As the Earth developed. the concentration of these pollutants was altered by various chemical reactions; They became components in biogeochemical cycles. These serve as an air purification scheme by allowing the compounds to move from the air to the water or soil. On a global basis, nature’s output of these compounds dwarfs that resulting from human activities.
However, human production usually occurs in a localized arca, such as a city. In such a region, human output may be dominant and may temporarily overload the natural purification scheme of the cycles. The result is an increased concentration of noxious chemicals in the air. The concentrations at which the adverse effects appear will be greater than the concentrations that the pollutants would have in the absence of human activities. The actual concentration need not be large for a substance to be a pollutant; in fact, the numerical value tells us little until we know how much of an increase this represents over the concentration that would occur naturally in the area. For example, sulfur dioxide has detectable health effects at 0.08 parts per million (ppm), which is about 400 times its natural level of 0.1 ppm and is not usually a pollutant until its level reaches about 15 ppm.
Câu hỏi số 61: Chưa xác định
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The economic impact of air pollution.
B. What constitutes an air pollutant.
C. How much harm air pollutants can cause.
D. The effects of compounds added to the atmosphere.
Câu hỏi số 62: Chưa xác định
The word “adversely” in the first paraaraph is closest in meaning to _____ .
A. negatively
B. quickly
C. admittedly
D. considerably
Câu hỏi số 63: Chưa xác định
It can be inferred from the first paragraph that _______ .
A. water vapor is an air pollutant in localized areas
B. most air pollutants today can be seen or smelled
C. the definition of air pollution will continue lo change
D. a substance becomes an air pollutant only in cities
Câu hỏi số 64: Chưa xác định
The word “These" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______ .
A. the various chemical reactions
B. the pollutants from the developing Earth
C. the compounds moved to the water or soil
D. the components in biogeochemical cycles
Câu hỏi số 65: Chưa xác định
For which of the following reasons can natural pollutants play an important role in controlling air pollution?
A. They function as part of a purification process.
B. They occur in greater quantities than other pollutants.
C. They are less harmful to living beings than other pollutạnts.
D. They have existed since the Earth developed.
Câu hỏi số 66: Chưa xác định
According to the passage, human-generated air pollution in localized regions _____ .
A. can be dwarfed by nature’s output of pollutants
B. can overwhelm the natural system that removes pollutants
C. will damage areas outside of the localized regions
D. will react harmfully with natural pollutants
Câu hỏi số 67: Chưa xác định
The word “localized” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to ________ .
A. specified
B. circled
C. surrounded
D. encircled
Câu hỏi số 68: Chưa xác định
According to the passage, the numerical value of the concentration level of a substance is only useful if ________.
A. the other substances in the area are known
B. it is in a localized area
C. the natural level is also known
D. it can be calculated quickly
Câu hỏi số 69: Chưa xác định
The word “detectable” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A. beneficial
B. special
C. measurable
D. separable
Câu hỏi số 70: Chưa xác định
Which of the following is best supported by the passage?
A. To effectively control pollution, local government should regularly review their air pollution laws.
B. One of the most important steps in preserving natural lands is to better enforce air pollution laws.
C. Scientists should be consulted in order to establish uniform limits for all air pollutants.
D. Human activities have been effective in reducing air pollution.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Câu hỏi số 71: Chưa xác định
The root of the trees allows the water to go into the soil, that gradually releases it to flow down rivers.
A. to go into
B. that
C. releases
D. flow down
Câu hỏi số 72: Chưa xác định
I get quite depressed when I think about the damage we are making to the environment.
A. quite depressed
B. about
C. damage
D. making to
Câu hỏi số 73: Chưa xác định
Alike oxygen, which is chemically changed by our bodies into carbon dioxide, nitrogen is merely exhaled back into the air.
A. Alike
B. chemically
C. merely
D. into
Câu hỏi số 74: Chưa xác định
I think she will be suitable for the work because she has been working like a teacher for a long time.
A. will be
B. for
C. has been working
D. like
Câu hỏi số 75: Chưa xác định
Passengers are required to arrive to the gate fifteen minutes before departure time.
A. are required
B. arrive to
C. before
D. departure time
Câu hỏi số 76: Chưa xác định
The cyclist______________ he crossed the main street.
A. looked with caution after
B. had looked with caution before
C. was looked with caution then
D. looks with caution when
Câu hỏi số 77: Chưa xác định
The facilities of the older hospital are as good _______.
A. or better than the new hospital
B. as or better that the new hospital
C. as or better than those of the new hospital
D. as or better than the new hospital
Câu hỏi số 78: Chưa xác định
A study has been done to determine how the recent change in government policies _______ .
A. has affected the small business sector
B. have affected the small business sector
C. the small business sector was affected
D. affecting the small business sector
Câu hỏi số 79: Chưa xác định
______ , we would be rich by now.
A. If we invest in the telecommunications industry
B. Unless we had investment in the telecommunications industry
C. Had we invested in the telecommunications industry
D. Did we invest in the telecommunications industry
Câu hỏi số 80: Chưa xác định
When the personal director realized___________ , he immediately added two more staff to the project.
A. what a formidable task it was
B. what it was a formidable task
C. it was what a formidable task
D. how formidable was it a task