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I PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM : TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 64 (8 điểm)
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.
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 following questions
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today Thousands of these How-to books are useful In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words “How to” One book may tell you how to earn more money Another may tell you how
to save or spend it and another may explain how to give your money away
Many How-to books give advice on careers They tell you how to choose a career and how to
succeed in it If you fail, however, you can buy the book “ How to Turn Failure into Success” If you would
like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Millionaire” If you never make any money
at all, you may need a book called “How to Live on Nothing”
One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems If you want to have a better love of life, you can read “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life” If you are tired
of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or
enlarge a house
Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve How-to books help people deal with modern life
Question 3: What is the passage mainly about?
A How to succeed in love every minute of your life
B How to turn failure into success
C How to make a millionaire
D How-to books
Question 4: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to
A advice B instruction C. How-to books D. career
Question 5: Which of the following is NOT the type of books giving information on careers?
A “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life”
B “How to Live on Nothing”
C “How to Make a Millionaire”
D “How to Turn Failure into Success”
Question 6: The word “step-by-step” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _
A little by little B gradually C slower and slower D A and B
Question 7: It can be inferred from the passage that
A Today people are more bored with the modern life
B Modern life is more difficult to deal with
C Today people have fewer choices to make
D Today people are more interested in modern life
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in each of the following questions.
Question 8: All of the book were very interesting I am surprised you didn’t like it
A B C D
Question 9: Nutritionists recommend that foods from each of the four basic groups be eaten on a
A B
regularly daily basis
C D
Question 10: There were too many books on the shelves that I didn’t know which one to choose
A B C D Question 11: Rita enjoyed to be able to meet several Parliament members during her holiday
A B C D
Question 12: Before TV, the common man seldom never had the opportunity to see and hear his
A B C
leaders express their views
D
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 following questions
The National Automobile Show in New York has been one of the top auto shows in the United
States since 1900 On November 3 of that year, about 8,000 people looked over the “horseless carriages.”
It was the opening day and the first opportunity for the automobile industry to show off its wares to a large crowd; however, the black-tie audience treated the occasion more as a social affair than as a sales extravaganza It was also on the first day of this show that William McKinley became the first U.S president
to ride in a car
The automobile was not invented in the United States That distinction belongs to Germany Nikolaus Otto built the first practical internal-combustion engine there in 1876 Then, German engineer Karl Benz built what are regarded as the first modern automobiles in the mid-1880s But the United States pioneered the merchandising of the automobile The auto show proved to be an effective means of getting the public excited about automotive products
By happenstance, the number of people at the first New York show equaled the entire car
population of the United States at that time In 1900, 10 million bicycles and an unknown number of horse-drawn carriages provided the prime means of personal transportation Only about 4,000 cars were assembled in the United States in 1900, and only a quarter of those were gasoline powered The rest ran
on steam or electricity
After viewing the cars made by forty car makers, the show’s audience favored electric cars because they were quiet The risk of a boiler explosion turned people away from steamers, and the gasoline-powered cars produced smelly fumes The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, which launched the American
auto industry in 1895, offered a fragrant additive designed to mask the smells of the naphtha that it burned.
Many of the 1900 models were cumbersome—the Gasmobile, the Franklin, and the Orient, for example, steered with a tiller like a boat instead of with a steering wheel None of them was equipped with an automatic starter
These early model cars were practically handmade and were not very dependable They were basically toys of the well-to-do In fact, Woodrow Wilson, then a professor at Princeton University and later President of the United States, predicted that automobiles would cause conflict between the wealthy and the poor However, among the exhibitors at the 1900 show was a young engineer named Henry Ford But before the end of the decade, he would revolutionize the automobile industry with his Model T Ford The Model T, first produced in 1909, featured a standardized design and a streamlined method of production— the assembly line Its lower costs made it available to the mass market
Cars at the 1900 show ranged in price from $1,000 to $1,500, or roughly $14,000 to $21,000 in today’s prices By 1913, the Model T was selling for less than $300, and soon the price would drop even further “I will build cars for the multitudes,” Ford said, and he kept his promise
Question 13: The passage implies that the audience viewed the 1900 National Automobile Show primarily
as a(n) _
A chance to buy automobiles at low prices
B formal social occasion
C opportunity to learn how to drive
D chance to invest in one of thirty-two automobile manufacturers
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A Henry Ford B William McKinley C Nikolaus Otto D Karl Benz
Question 15: Approximately how many cars were there in the United States in 1900?
C 10 million D An unknown number
Question 16: The phrase “by happenstance ” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to .
A Generally B Coincidentally C By design D For example
Question 17: Approximately how many of the cars assembled in the year 1900 were gasoline powered?
A 2,000 B 32 C 4,000 D 1,000
A initiated B. designed C joined D anticipated
Question 19: The purpose of the “additive” mentioned in paragraph 4 was to _
A make engines run more efficiently B increase the speed of cars
C hide strong smells D make cars look better
Question 20: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as steering with a tiller rather than
with a steering wheel?
A A Gasmobile B A Duryea C A Franklin D An Orient
Question 21: It is clear from the passage that the early cars _
A were more spectacular B involved less expensive cars
C. involved fewer manufacturers D. were more formal
Question 22: What was the highest price asked for a car at the 1900 National Automobile Show in the dollars of that time?
A $21,000 B $300 C $1,500 D $14,000
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 23: The Rev.Dr.Martin Luther King fought to put an end to racial segregation in the United
States
A integration B separation C education D torture
Question 24: A wedding is a meaningful event.
Question 25: She was a devoted teacher She spent most of her time teaching and taking care of her
students
Question 26: He devised a computer game and sold it to Atari.
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 following blanks
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century Van Gogh’s paintings are sold at very high prices (27) many collectors want his paintings But unfortunately, when he was (28) , he did not have a happy life
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (29) his life at home He lived a rather sad and (30) life He drew things that he could see (31) around the quiet town of his parents’ home or outside his window This is why he painted things (32) the sky, his room and even himself
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself He cut it off to (33) the person that said the ear in Van Gogh’s painting was not correct It was very (34) him
to do such a thing
Van Gogh was also (35) a crazy man He really (36) become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37
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Question 34: A unfortunate thatB unfortunate to C unfortunate of D unfortunate
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.
Question 37: A communicate B computer C comfortable D flamingo
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 40: Paul realize that he was on the wrong flight
A No sooner had the plane taken off than B It was not until the plane had taken off that
C Only after the plane had taken off D Not until the plane had taken off did
Question 41: The sky was grey and cloudy. _, we went to the beach.
A However B In spite of C even though D Consequently
Question 42: I don’t mind _ much homework
Question 43: Nadine: “ ” Monica: “Good luck”
A I don’t like rock music B How do you do!
C Have a nice day! D I’m taking a test this afternoon
Question 44: I can’t walk in these high-heeled boots I keep
A falling off B falling back C falling over D falling out
Question 45: Old people are often looked by their children when they get older
Question 46: Education in Vietnam has improved since the government started a programme of educational _
Question 47: The plan was developed _by a team of experts
A system B systematical C systemized D systematically
Question 48: All of the food sold by the time we arrived at the restaurant.
Question 49: It was not until 1915 _ the cinema became an industry
Question 50: Yuri Gagarin was the first person into space
A travelling B has travelled C to travel D travelled
Question 51: Like everyone else, Sue has her _of course but on the whole, she’s quite satisfied with life.
A ups and downs B ins and outs C safe and sound D odds and ends
Question 52: The Prime Minister congratulated the team _winning the match
Question 53: He came when I _ the film “Man from the star”
A has watched B was watching C watched D am watching
Question 54: Peter _football when he was younger
A used to playing B is used to playing C is used to play D used to play
Question 55: with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all.
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Trang 5A A comparison B Compare them C If you compare D When compared
Question 56: Charles: “Do you mind if I smoke?” Lisa: “ _”
A Yes, I don’t mind B No, I don’t think so C Yes, go ahead D No, go right ahead
Question 57: Bill asked Tom _.
A where is he going B where he is going C where he was going D where was he going
Question 58: This is Sen village _Uncle Ho was born.
Question 59: Linda: I enjoy watching films in the evening Mary: “ ”
A I don’t B I am, too C So do I D No, I am not
Question 60: Medical researchers are continually looking for ways to control, and cure diseases.
A prevented B to prevent C prevent D preventing
Question 61: : It’s a big country with a _population.
Question 62: You will have to _if you want to pass the final exam
A pull up your socks B work miracles C take the trouble D keep your hand in
Question 63: If I were you, I _ that English course
Question 64: They have considered all the 100 applications, seem suitable for the position
A none of them B none of these C none of which D none of whom
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