VI- Complete each numbered blank in the passage by ONE word from the list.. Long ago prehistoric man began to domesticate a number of wild plants and animals for his own use.. We tend to
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ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian thi: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề này gồm 04 trang) I- Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others
II- Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
1 Can you please _that everyone has got a ticket?
2 Katie really takes _her mother, she has got the same character
3 _teenagers copy popular idols, the stars have to understand what the young really want
A However B Despite C In spite of D Although
4 Drunkenness is _for many road accidents
5 The United States is _big that there are five time zones
6 Members of aristocracy don’t _a great deal of power nowadays
7 For people with hearing difficulties, telephones with volume controls provide the best _
8 The little boy was left in _his grandmother during his parents’ absence
9 A local charity benefited from the _of the annual summer fête
10 You’ve been overworking recently, and would find a holiday _
A benevolent B beneficial C essential D profitable
11 He spent his entire life round the world, never settling down anywhere
A scattering B scrambling C transporting D roaming
12 I have absolutely no _of the conversation you refer to
A reminiscence B reminder C recollection D recall
13 Owing to the fog, his flight from Karachi was _
A belated B overdue C unscheduled D unpunctual
14 The government clearly had not the slightest _of changing the legislation, in spite of the continued protest
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
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15 In his absence, I would like to thank all concerned on my brother’s _
16 I must get to bed early tonight; I sat up till the hours to finish that report
17 The air in the town center was _with petrol fumes
18 The development company _approval from the council for their plans for a new shopping center
19 I think it would be _to take an umbrella
A sensitive B thoughtful C understanding D sensible
20 With every _he took, he got more and more tired
21 What time does the 4.50 train from Manchester _to London?
A reach B get C come D arrive
22 The company _half its work-force
A unemployed B turned down C retired D dismissed
23 These jeans will _when you wash them
A decrease B reduce C shrink D lessen
24 She gave _doing her shopping in town because it was too crowded
25 I’m afraid the supplies you requested last week are out of _
26 The crime _is constantly rising in inner city area
27 He was called upon to _evidence against his sister
28 While the policeman wasn’t looking, he _knowing looks at his accomplice
29 There is a(n) _to the number of burglaries we can tolerate before moving out
30 The defendant had been _with robbery and assault
III- Complete each sentence below with a suitable preposition
1 Port comes _Portugal
2 He talked to me _the problem
3 I prefer to pay _cheque rather than cash
4 The movie was boring from beginning _end
5 The room measured three meters _five
6 The train is not _time so we will be late
7 Through the holidays it rained day _day
8 He lied _the police when he arrested for drunken driving
9 In the floods there were ten thousand square kilometers _water
10 The goods do not have to be paid for in advance but can be sent cash _ delivery
IV- Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
1 I have never been here before
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2 He has no cause to complain There is no reason
3 Try as he might, he could never manager to get an accurate balance in his checkbook
Although
4 “I’m sorry, Angela” said Martin.” I’m afraid I’ve damaged your bike.”
Martin apologized
5 He was unable to take up the post until early the following year
Not until
V- Fill each numbered blank with the correct form of the word given below.
1 industry 2 cancer 3 water 4 regulate 5 ship
6 hazard 7 astronomy 8 introduce 9 dispose 10 oppose
TOXIC WASTE
Domestic waste is one thing; (1) waste is another Waste from factories may contain such nasty things as compounds of heavy metals and dioxins and PCBS Nobody, but, wants that (2) stuff in their own backyard So what do you do? According to one man in the business: “It’s simple- you go to Senegal, Djibouti or somewhere like Mauritania, all poor and semi-desert countries You contact the local authorities and they take you somewhere really crazy, out in the middle of nowhere, just scorpions and snakes You pay well, and then you start to dig your pit, some 30 meters down, all (3) and according to the US, Swiss and EC (4) Finally, you can start your (5) ”
In Europe it costs about $500 a ton to dispose of (6) waste; in Africa, it can cost as little as $2.50 a ton The sums of money involved in the business are (7) according to a report in The Independent, an African diplomat in London said he was offered $3 million by a company dealing in toxic waste for an (8) to his country’s president
A properly organized waste (9) trade could easily wipe out the country’s national debt From Benin comes the story of the shipment of two cargoes of radioactive waste from France Reports that it has been buried in an area known for its (10) to the government have been denied
VI- Complete each numbered blank in the passage by ONE word from the list There are more words than you need.
A stutter makes it difficult to speak For example, a st-st-stutter m-m-makes it d-d-d-difficult to speak
At the speech clinic of a university, the lecturer (1) an idea for helping his stuttering students He decided to give (2) some practical exercises He knew that stuttering is often caused by shyness, (3) he sent them to shops to ask for things which the shop did not usually have in stock He told them to ask for the object, then to ask (4) it could be found, and then (5) to get there
One result was a lot of requests for p-p-p-p-ping-p-p-pong or t-t-t-table t-t-t-t-tennis balls (6) the university bookshop At (7) the early customers were sent off somewhere (8) However, (9) the fifth student arrived, he found that the bookshop had (10) ping- pong balls in stock to supply everyone in the university
The shop manager was (11) He said, “I don’t know what’s going (12) Why should people expect a bookshop to stock ping-pong balls? Well, we (13)
puzzled at so many in had how when last
enough on up plays have where them what first else
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VII- Read the passage below and choose the best answer from the 4 options marked A, B,
C, or D.
Long ago prehistoric man began to domesticate a number of wild plants and animals for
his own use This not only provided more abundant food but also allowed more people to live
on a smaller plot of ground We tend to forget that all of our present- day pets, livestock, and food plants were taken from the wild and developed into the forms we know today
As centuries passed and human cultures evolved and blossomed, humans began to
organize their knowledge of nature into the broad field of natural history One aspect of early natural history concerned the use of plants for drugs and medicine The early herbalists
sometimes overworked their imaginations in this respect For instance, it was widely believed
that a plant or part of a plant that resembled an internal organ would cure ailments of that
organ Thus, an extract made from a heart-shaped leaf might be prescribed for a person
suffering from heart problems
Nevertheless, the overall contributions of these early observers provided the rudiments
of our present knowledge of drugs and their uses
1 What does this passage mainly discuss?
A Cures from plants B The beginning of natural history
C Prehistoric man D Early plants and animals
2 According to the passage, domestication of plants and animals probably occurred because of _
A need for more readily available food B lack of wild animals and plants
C early man’s power as a hunter D the desire of historic man to be nomadic
3 The word “this” refers to
A providing food for man
B man’s domestication of plants and animals
C man’s ability to live on a smaller plot of land
D the earliest condition of prehistoric
4 The word “blossomed” is closest in meaning to _.
A produced flowers B changed C learned D flourished
5 It can be inferred from the passage that an herbalist is which of the following?
C Someone who uses plants in medicine D A farmer
6 The phrase in this respect refers to _.
A the development of human culture B the development of the field of natural history
C the use of plants for drugs and medicine D the origin of knowledge of nature
7 The word “extract” is closest in meaning to _.
8 Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
A The shape of a plant is indicative of its ability to cure ailments of a similar shaped organ
B Early herbalists were unimaginative
C The work of early herbalists has nothing to do with present day medicine
D There is little relation between a cure for illness and the physical shape of a plant
9 The word “rudiments” is closest in meaning to _.
A beginnings B history C requirements D protocol
10 This passage would be most likely lead to a more specific discussion in the field of
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