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REVISION

I Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

10) a athlete b wrestling c appreciate d freestyle

11) a nature b danger c scatter d race

12) a houses b conclusion c measure d pleasure

13) a honest b hour c habit d honor

14) a raised b organized c caused d laughed

15) a gravity b spacious c astronaut d manned

16) a tunes b efforts c tanks d roofs

17) a precisely b venture c tension d telegram

18) a hobby b accompany c simply d occupy

19) a accomplished b practiced c stamped d indulged

20) a geothermal b wealthy c weather d growth

21) a subscribe b graphics c service d noisy

22) a stamped b talked c accomplished d indulged

23) a sword b swam c swimming d swallow

24) a although b month c think d earth

25) a gigantic b avid c otherwise d profit

26) a titles b snacks c readers d follows

27) a cause b source c exhaust d enormous

28) a gather b athlete c enthusiasm d through

29) a brother b breathing c either d death

30) a athletic b average c aquatic d avid

II Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others

31) a agriculture b extinction c environment d establishment

32) a offsprings b maintenance c fertilizer d interference

33) a eliminate b participate c competitor d comprehensive

34) a playwright b theater c appeal d actor

35) a accomplished b discarded c successfully d profitably

36) a interfered b devastate c dangerous d natural

37) a variety b mission c conquest d venture

38) a gigantic b ignorant c continual d destructive

39) a energy b plentiful c natural d exhausted

40) a acquaintance b easily c capable d quality

41) a constancy b attraction c changeable d mutual

42) a rumor b believe c common d number

43) a loyalty b uncertain c sympathy d influence

44) a gossip b interest c between d friendship

45) a video b exactly c carefully d serious

46) a inside b father c table d dollar

47) a happen b nothing c pretty d about

48) a nobody b embarrass c exciting d expensive

49) a student b involve c summer d cottage

50) a floppy b idol c cotton d decide

51) a extremely b excited c personal d imagine

52) a sneaky b notice c open d around

53) a birthday b reply c schoolbag d money

54) a embarrassing b appreciate c experience d memorable

55) a party b birthday c candle d divorce

56) a celebrate b together c family d special

57) a American b anniversary c activities d librarian

58) a begin b silver c dinner d people

59) a couple b wedding c quiet d receive

60) a ordinary b celebration c virtually d prominently

III Choose a, b, c or d that best completes each unfinished sentence; best substitutes the underlined part; or has the same meaning to the sentence above.

61) Do you know ? I myself have no idea

62) She hid the present

63) The staffs are working at weekend delay the project any further

64) do you prefer, love story films or thrillers?

65) My son prefers cartoon films horror films

66) I bought this new software Chinese

67) That film is only 90 minutes length but it is very interesting

68) the early days of film development, films were short and silent

69) I sometimes dream of becoming _ actor actors often get a lot of money and popularity

70) is traditional music from a particular country, region or community

71) Van Cao is one of the most well – known in Viet Nam

72) The wind was so strong that the cottage collapsed

a The wind was too strong to collapse the cottage

b If the wind were not so strong, the cottage would not collapse

c Due to the strong wind, the cottage collapsed

d It is the strong wind made the cottage collapsed

73) Do not leave here

74) It wasn’t until they have to find a job that they learned English

a They had learned English before they had to find a job

b None of them learned English until they had to find a job

c None of them did not learn English until they had to find a job

d They learned English until they had to find a job

75) I’ll post the card today there on my mother’s birthday

76) Although we need more energy, we should consider the of a nuclear power station

77) Old Ted twenty cigarettes a day till he gave up

78) Historian Barbara Tuchman was the first woman president of the Academy of Art and Sciences

79) Which of these is used to make an offer?

a Excuse me, do you know what time the museum open?

b Would you like some coffee?

c Well, to be honest, I think you should go to the police

d I’ll definitely make you some coffee

80) A species of animal or plant that is no longer has any living members, either in the world

or in a particular place

81) The farmer and their cattle had been trapped in the storm were fortunately rescued

82) That is the woman

83) that the capital of South Carolina was moved from Charleston to Columbia

84) Any stamps that were common I gave to my friends

85) There are some hobbies that I in for a while besides reading and collecting

86) Nobody knew that news until he arrived, _?

87) Has she bought the dress ?

88) who was elected the first woman mayor of Chicago in 1979

89) The man showed us the cage he kept a fierce lion

90) Arizona, to be a useless desert, is today a rapidly growing industrial and agricultural state

91) What exactly is the influence of air pollution human beings?

94) The health of our children is being by exhaust fumes

95) The first nuclear reactor in Japan releases which is dangerous to the environment

96) is the way of life, especially of the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time

97) All fossil fuels are resources that can’t be replaces after use

98) My brother doesn’t like cycling, and my sister doesn’t

99) Which one would you choose, the pink dress or the white dress? – “ ” They’re terrible

100) My wife had never been to Hue, and !

101) She is a very accomplished pianist

102) The manager had some letter to sign

103) The father is the one that I can share both joys and sorrows

104) She wore a mask so that nobody recognized her

105) Whispers can never influence good friends

106) I was extremely excited when I first enjoyed a football match in the stadium

107) We had never experienced this kind of holiday before and ad no idea what to expect

108) The boy glanced at me and turned away

109) We really do not like his sneaky behavior, which has made us feel uncomfortable

110) The lifeboat was launched at once to rescue the four fishermen

111) Children often receive presents from their parents at Christmas

112) Fortunately, our work was finished as scheduled

113) Numerous marriages now end in divorce

114) He was so happy that he kept grinning all the time

115) All of them are virtually tired after a good time to enjoy the party together

116) Peter is busy mowing the lawn so he cannot answer the phone

117) Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas

118) John no longer wants to live in the city He decides to move to the countryside

119) The number of illiterate people in the remote and mountainous areas is gradually decreasing

120) Gradually, she legalized that he wasn’t telling her the truth

IV Identify the one underlined word or phrase – A, B, C or D – that must be changed for the sentence

132) True friendship can offer a gentle haven where you can be relaxed and feeling safe

force impossible own emigrated admission

determined physician finally education medical

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821 and (141) to New York City when she was ten years old One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor That was nearly (142) for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century After many letters seeking (143) to medical schools,

she was (144) accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia So (145) was she that she taught school

and gave music lessons to earn money for her tuition

In 1849, after graduation form medical school, she decided to further her (146) in Paris She wanted

to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection (147) her to abandon the idea

Upon returning the United States, she found it difficult to start her (148) practice because she was a

woman By 1857, Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open

a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first female (149) in the United States and founding her own hospital, she also established the first (150) school for woman

few everyone both nothing either (x2) lot

nobody every any some little (x2) all

century Almost (152) seems to believe that cubism was created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, who were (153) painters However, (154) can be further than the truth In the late

which greatly influenced Braque and Picasso (157) of these two painters ever tried to hide this fact Yet, in the past almost (158) book about cubism tended to concentrate only on Picasso’s and

Braque’s achievements, not making (159) reference to Cézanne’s influence Over the years (160)

authors have tried to correct this inaccuracy, but to (161) effect; most people know very (162) about Cézanne himself, let alone his work Nowadays, however, (163) can dispute (164) Cézanne’s influence on early cubism or the importance of this art movement

to a classroom

With a computer, they can more readily attract and retain students’ (168) Computer can speed up the teaching process and make difficult – to – explain ideas to straight forward This (169) that

teachers can spend more time answering students’ questions and catering for other needs

Computerization also has had a good (170) on students’ learing CD-ROM and the Internet can

(171) students with a lot of data resources that can be got by simple keystrokes or mouse-clicks

This increases the speed (172) which students learn by minimizing the time spent on searching for

information

To sum up, computerization has already (173) high school teachers as well as students to teach or learn in faster, easier and more (174) ways

165) a education b term c rule d training

166) a Therefore b Moreover c However d Besides

167) a create b bring c insert d move

168) a attention b attraction c impression d situation

169) a implies b means c refers d says

170) a affect b efficiency c effect d effort

171) a access b inform c provide d receive

172) a on b at c in d up

173) a qualified b prevented c encountered d enabled

174) a important b obvious c efficient d proper

Paragraph 2

I was raised on a farm in a remote village in the 1950s The winter months were endless and everything was

covered in snow I was always (175) for the warmer weather to come When spring (176) ,

everything came alive – flowers would bloom and the animals would come out of hibernation I’d follow the

bear tracks and search for them Once, however, I (177) an angry mother bear who saw me (178)

a threat (179) the sight of the bear I did what my father had told me I stood still until she

stopped growing and walked away The trick was effective, but looking back now, I realize that the situation

was (180) more serious than I thought at the time

By the age of twelve, I had lots of camping (181) , as I used to go camping with my dog on my school holidays We would spend days (182) the forest, catching fish for dinner, (183) at the frogs and the (184) of birds and the insects hopping up and down on the surface of the water

Of course, this was possible only during the warm months When autumn came, everything went quiet,

which was quite (185) in those parts It wasn’t long (186) the animals disappeared, the birds

flew south and the snow took over The place became deserted once again

175) a keen b eager c willing d enthusiastic

176) a approached b reached c appeared d arrived

177) a dealt with b came across c reached d found out

178) a like b as c same as d such as

179) a in b by c at d on

180) a very b quite c so d far

181) a qualifications b skills c qualities d experience

182) a exploring b detecting c researching d investigating

183) a looking b noticing c watching d observing

184) a swarms b bunches c flocks d sets

185) a ordinary b usual c familiar d regular

186) a until b after c since d before

VII Choose the best answer: a, b, c or d.

REUNIFICATION CONFERENCE HALL

Previously on the ground of present structure was Norodom Palace built in1868 as a residence of the French Governor General of Cochinchina In September 7, 1954 Norodom Palace was renamed the Independence Palace and became the Presidential Palace in which President Ngo Dinh Diem of the Sai Gon administration and his family lived and worked In February 1962, a dissent of the Diem regime launched an air

bombardment of the palace and heavily damaged it After that, Diem decided to demolish the damaged structure and built a new one which was designed by Western-trained architect Ngo Viet Thu

The construction was undertaken by Sai Gon sappers and completed in 1966 At 11:30 on April 30, 1975,

tanks of the Liberation Army overran the palace The Sai Gon President, Mr Duong Van Minh, who had

just assumed the post of president together with his 45-member cabinet surrendered unconditionally After the Liberation of Sai Gon, the Independence Palace was turned into the Headquarter of Municipal Military Administrative Committee

In December 1975, the palace was the venue of a consultative conference for national reunification To mark the historical significance of that event, the building was renamed Reunification Conference Hall

187) Reunification Conference Hall

a is also called Norodom Palace

b is on the ground of Norodom Palace

c was built in 1873

d was a residence of the French Governor General of Cochinchina

188) What happened to the original structure?

a It was named the Independence Palace

b It was designed by architect Ngo Viet Thu

c It was demolished by a dissident of the Diem regime

d It was heavily damaged by an air bombardment

189) According to the passage,

1975

b The Independence Palace was built by the army

c The Independence Palace used to be the place from which military action was controlled

d All are correct

190) The word “overran” in line 10 means

191) Which of the following is not true?

a The Independence Palace used to be the president’s home

b After 1975, the Independence Palace was renamed Reunification Conference Hall

c The US-backed government of South Viet Nam surrendered without conditions

d Reunification Conference Hall marked the historical significance of the Liberation of Sai Gon