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ĐỀ THI DEMO THPT QG 2018_SỐ 01 50 câu trắc nghiệm – Thời gian: 60 phút Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the othe

ĐỀ THI DEMO THPT QG 2018_SỐ 01 (50 câu trắc nghiệm – Thời gian: 60 phút)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

Question 1: A chamber B ancient C danger D ancestor Question 2: A smoothly B southern C breath D airworthy

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions

Question 3: A operation B supervision C reinforce D committee Question 4: A overlook B influential C furniture D oceanic

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

Question 5: The skin receives nearly (A) the (B) third of the blood pumped out (C) by (D) the

Question 9: Too many factories dispose ……… their waste by pumping it into rivers

and the sea

Question 10: Why did Berth ask you ……… a bicycle?

Question 11: She wondered if they ……… her jeweler and rather hoped that they

Question 12: I cannot bear the noise of my brother’s radio; it ……… me from my

work

Question 13: -“Is swimming under water very difficult?”

-“No, it’s just a matter ……… able to control your breathing.”

Question 14: I am going to the dentist’s tomorrow I hope I don’t need to ………

Question 15: A young girl came on to the stage with a bouquet ……… to the

conductor

Question 16: ……… I love you, I can’t let you do whatever you like

Question 17: He ……… alone a month ago, and ……… of since

Question 18: His ……… of the school regulations really can’t be ignored any longer

Question 19: Beaches were ……… as police searched for canisters of toxic waste

from the damaged ship

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges

Question 20: Peter: “………”

Tim: “What happened?”

Question 21: “Don’t fail to look after yourself, Mary!” – “………”

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined ones

Question 22: When you cross the street, be careful and be on the alert for the bus

Question 23: He was asked to account for his presence at the scene of crime

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE

in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

Question 24: In remote communities, it’s important to replenish stocks before the winter sets

in

Question 25: There has been no discernible improvement in the noise levels since lorries were

banned

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

Question 26: Were it not for the money, this job wouldn’t be worthwhile

A This job is not rewarding at all

B This job offers a poor salary

C Although the salary is poor, the job is worthwhile

D The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money

Question 27: At no time did the two sides look likely to reach an agreement

A The two sides had no time to reach an agreement

B The two sides never looked likely to reach an agreement

C If the two sides had had time, they would have reached an agreement

D The two sides never look like each other Question 28: No matter how hard Fred tried to start the car, he didn’t succeed

A Fred tried very hard to start the car, and succeeded

B However hard Fred tried, he couldn’t start the car

C It’s hard for Fred to start the car because he never succeeded

D Fred tried hard to start the car, and with success

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions

Question 29: The new restaurant looks good However, it seems to have few customers

A In order to get more business, the new restaurant should improve its appearance

B The new restaurant would have more customers if it looked better

C If it had a few more customers, the new restaurant would look better

D In spite of its appearance, the new restaurant does not appear to attract much business

Question 30: No one but the experts was able to realize that the painting was an imitation It

greatly resembled the original

A It was obvious that only a person with great talent could fake a painting so successfully

B It was almost impossible for amateurs to realize that the painting was not authentic,

though the experts could judge it quite easily

C The painting looked so much like the authentic one that only the experts could tell it wasn’t

genuine

D It was hard for ordinary people to judge between the fake painting and the real one

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35

There has been an outbreak of avian influenza, better known as bird flu in Asia recently

The first (31) _ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been the cases reported since in Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia as well as

Wild birds are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as the humans and other animals are, but they are normally exclusive to birds If the viruses manage to mutate, they can

to jump the species barrier and infect human beings The first case (32) _ someone died was in Hong Kong in 1997

There are the several different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (33) _ infections, which spreading rapidly and kill many of the birds they infect It is spread

by wild birds-ducks, in particular – which carry the virus, but aren't killed by it They can spread the virus to farm birds through (34) _ contact or by the contaminating water supplies

World Health Organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with the

droppings of infected birds and (35) _ sanitation There was no evidence at first that the virus spread from person to person, though there has been a case of this happening being investigated by scientists

Question 31: A victim B casualty C sufferer D infector

Question 33: A strict B severe C serious D heavy Question 34: A direct B straight C immediate D square

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 from 36 to 42

DESERTIFICATION Desertification is the degradation of once-productive land into unproductive or poorly productive land Since the first great urban-agricultural centers in Mesopotamia nearly 6,000 years ago, human activity has had a destructive impact on soil quality, leading to gradual desertification in virtually every area of the world

It is a common misconception that desertification is caused by droughts Although drought does make land more vulnerable, well-managed land can survive droughts and recover, even in arid regions Another mistaken belief is that the process occurs only along the edges of deserts In fact, it may take place in any arid or semiarid region, especially where poor land management is practiced Most vulnerable, however, are the transitional zones between deserts and arable land; wherever human activity leads to land abuse in these fragile marginal areas, soil destruction is inevitable

[1] Agriculture and overgrazing are the two major sources of desertification [2]

Large-scale farming requires extensive irrigation, which ultimately destroys lands by depleting its nutrients and leaching minerals into the topsoil [3] Grazing is especially destructive to land because, in addition to depleting cover vegetation, herds of grazing mammals also trample the fine organic particles of the topsoil, leading to soil compaction and erosion [4] It takes about 500 years for the earth to build up 3 centimeters of topsoil However, cattle ranching and agriculture can deplete as much as 2 to 3 centimeters of topsoil every 25 years - 60 to 80 times faster than it can be replaced by nature

Salination is a type of land degradation that involves an increase in the salt

content of the soil This usually occurs as a result of improper irrigation practices The greatest Mesopotamian empires- Sumer, Akkad and Babylon- were built on the surplus of the enormously productive soil of the ancient Tigris- Euphrates alluvial plain After nearly a thousand years of intensive cultivation, land quality was in evident decline In

response, around 2800 BC the Sumerians began digging the huge Tigris-Euphrates canal system to irrigate the exhausted soil A temporary gain in crop yield was achieved in this way, but over-irrigation was to have serious and unforeseen consequences From as early as 2400

BC we find Sumerian documents referring to salinization as a soil problem It is believed that the fall of the Akkadian Empire around 2150 BC may have been due to a catastrophic failure

in land productivity; the soil was literally turned into salt Even today, four thousand years later, vast tracks of salinized land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers still resemble rock-hard fields of snow

Soil erosion is another form of desertification It is a self-reinforcing process;

once the cycle of degradation begins, conditions are set for continual deterioration As the vegetative cover begins to disappear, soil becomes more vulnerable to raindrop impact Water runs off instead of soaking in to provide moisture for plans This further diminishes plan cover

by leaching away nutrients from the soil As soil quality declines and runoff is increased,

floods become more frequent and more severe Flooding washes away topsoil, the thin, rich, uppermost layer of the earth’s soil, and leaves finer underlying particles more vulnerable

to wind erosion Topsoil contains the earth’s greatest concentration of organic matter and microorganisms, and is where most of the earth’s land-based biological activity occurs

Without this fragile coat of nutrient-laden material, plan life cannot exist An extreme case of its erosion is found in the Sahel, a transitional zone between the Sahara Desert and the tropical African rain forests; home to some 56 million people Overpopulation and overgrazing have opened the hyperarid land to wind erosion, which is stripping away the protective margin of the Sahel, and causing the desert to grow at an alarming rate Between 1950 and 1975, the Sahara Desert spread 100 kilometers southward through the Sahel

Question 36: Which of the following statement is true about desertification?

A It has a history as long as that of civilization

B It was just as serious in the past as it is today

C It is a fairy recent problem

D Ancient societies managed the problem well

Question 37: The word “arable” in paragraph 2 is closet in meaning to _

Question 38: According to the passage, many people’s understanding of desertification is

B they see it as being reversible

C they do not see it as being caused by human activity

D they think of it as a very slow process Question 39: According to the passage, agriculture furthers desertification through which

of the following activities

Question 40: The word “degradation” in paragraph 4 is closet in meaning to _

Question 41: Paragraph 4 of the passage serves mainly to do which of the following?

A Show the progress of desertification down through history

B Propose a method for dealing with the desertification problem

C Describe one progress that leads to desertification

D Describe the main cause of desertification in one particular area

Question 42: The word “leaching” in paragraph 5 is closet in meaning to _

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50

(1) Iron production was revolutionized in the early eighteenth century when coke was first used instead of charcoal for refining iron ore Previously the poor quality of the iron had restricted its use in architecture to items such as chains and tie bars for supporting arches, vaults, and walls With the improvement in refining ore, it was now possible to make cast-iron beams, columns, and girders During the nineteenth century further advances were made, notably Bessemer’s process for converting iron into steel, which made the material more commercially viable

(2) Iron was rapidly adopted for the construction of bridges, because its strength was far greater than that of stone or timber, but its use in the architecture of buildings developed more slowly By 1800 a complete internal iron skeleton for buildings had been developed in industrial architecture replacing traditional timber beams, but it generally remained concealed Apart from its low cost, the appeal of iron as a building material lay in its strength, its resistance to fire, and its potential to span vast areas As a result, iron became increasingly popular as a structural material for more traditional styles of architecture during the nineteenth century, but it was invariably concealed

(3) Significantly, the use of exposed iron occurred mainly in the new building types spawned by the Industrial Revolution: in factories, warehouses, commercial offices, exhibition hall, and railroad stations, where its practical advantages far outweighed its lack

of status Designers of the railroad stations of the new age explored the potential of iron, covering huge areas with spans that surpassed the great vaults of medieval churches and cathedrals Paxton’s Crystal Palace, designed to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, covered an area of 1.848 feet by 408 feet in prefabricated units of glass set in iron frames The Paris Exhibition of 1889 included both the widest span and the greatest height achieved so far with the Halle Des Machines, spanning 362 feet, and the Eiffel Tower 1,000 feet high

However, these achievements were mocked by the artistic elite of Paris as expensive and ugly follies Iron, despite its structural advantages, had little aesthetic status The use of an exposed iron structure in the more traditional styles of architecture was slower to develop

Question 43: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A Advances in iron processing in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

B The effects of the Industrial Revolution on traditional architectural styles

C Advantages of stone and timber over steel as a building material

D The evolution of the use of iron in architecture during the 1800’s

Question 44: According to the passage, iron was NOT used for beams, columns, and girders

prior to the early eighteenth century because _

A all available iron was needed for other purposes

B limited mining capability made iron too expensive

C iron was considered too valuable for use in public buildings

D the use of charcoal for refining ore produced poor quality iron Question 45: Iron replaced stone and timber in the building of bridges because iron was

considered _

Question 46: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to _

Question 47: The word “surpassed” is closest in meaning to _

Question 48: According to paragraph 3, the architectural significance of the Halle Des

Machines was its _

A wide span B great height

Question 49: How did the artistic elite mentioned in the passage react to the buildings at the

Paris Exhibition?

Question 50: It can be inferred that the delayed use of exposed iron structures in

traditional styles of architecture is best explained by the _

A impracticality of using iron for small, noncommercial buildings

B association of iron architecture with the problems of the Industrial Revolution

C general belief that iron offered less resistance to fire and harsh weather than traditional

ancestor/ˈænsestə(r)/, chamber /ˈtʃeɪmbə(r)/, ancient/ˈeɪnʃənt/, danger/ˈdeɪndʒə(r)/

Question 2: Đáp án C

breath /th/ trong breath được phát âm là /θ/, các âm /th/ trong các từ còn lại phát âm là /θ/

breath /breθ/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/, southern /ˈsʌðən/, airworthy /ˈeəwɜːði/

Be on the alert for = watch out for: trông chừng

Tạm dịch: Không có cải thiện rõ nét nào về mức độ tiếng ồn kể từ khi xe tải bị cấm

Question 26: Đáp án D

The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money

“Nếu không phải vì tiền, công việc này không đáng làm chút nào”

Đáp án D là sát nghĩa với câu gốc nhất: “Điều duy nhất khiến công việc này đáng để làm đó là tiền.” Các phương án khác nghĩa không giống với câu gốc

Phương án A: “công việc này không đáng làm chút nào”, phương án B: “Công việc này trả lương thấp”, phương án C: “mặc dù lương bèo bọt nhưng việc này đáng làm”

Question 27: Đáp án B

The two sides never looked likely to reach an agreement

“Hai bên trông có vẻ không thể nào đạt được thỏa thuận”

Đáp án B là sát nghĩa với câu gốc nhất: “Hai bên có vẻ không thể đạt được thỏa thuận” Các phương án khác nghĩa không giống với câu gốc Phương án A: “Hai bên không có thời gian để đạt được thỏa thuận”, phương án C: “Nếu hai bên đã có thời gian, họ sẽ đạt được thỏa thuận”, phương án D: “hai bên trông không giống nhau”

Question 28: Đáp án B

However hard Fred tried, he couldn’t start the car

“Dù Fred có cố gắng khởi động xe như thế nào, anh ấy vẫn không thể làm được”

Đáp án B là sát nghĩa với câu gốc nhất: “Dù cho Fred cố gắng thế nào, anh ấy vẫn không thể khởi động xe” Các phương án khác nghĩa không giống với câu gốc Phương án A: “Fred đã

cố gắng rất nhiều để khởi động xe và anh ấy là thành công”, phương án C: “Rất khó cho Fre

để khởi động xe vì anh ấy chưa bao giờ làm được”, phương án D sai cấu trúc ngữ pháp ở “and with success” vì không song song với mệnh đề đằng trước

Question 29: Đáp án D

In spite of its appearance, the new restaurant does not appear to attract much business

“Nhà hàng mới trông có vẻ ổn Mặc dù dường như chỉ có vài khách”

Đáp án D là sát nghĩa với câu gốc nhất: “Dù là có vẻ ngoài trông ổn nhưng nhà hàng mới dường như không thu hút được nhiều khách Các phương án khác nghĩa không giống với câu gốc

Phương án A: “Để có thêm nhiều khách, nhà hàng mới nên cải thiện bề ngoài của nó”, phương

án B: “nhà hàng mới sẽ có thêm nhiều khách nếu nó trông tốt hơn”, phương án C: “nếu có thêm một vài khách, nhà hàng mới trông sẽ tốt hơn”

Question 31: Đáp án A

victim Victim (n): nạn nhân, casualty (n): tai nạn, sufferer (n): người bị thiệt hại, infector (n): tác nhân gây nhiễm

Đáp án A phù hợp với nghĩa của câu Tạm dịch : Nạn nhân đầu tiên đã chết cách đây 2 tuần ở Việt Nam

Đáp án C – serious (nghiệm trọng) phù hợp với nghĩa của câu: “Có rất nhiều loại bệnh cúm khác nhau, từ những loại lây nhiễm nhẹ cho đến những loại lây nhiễm nghiêm trọng” Các phương án khác là strict (nghiêm khắc), severe (khốc liệt), heavy (nặng, thường dùng để nói

về khối lượng)

Question 34: Đáp án A

direct Đáp án A phù hợp với nghĩa của câu : (direct contact: tiếp xúc trực tiếp): "Chúng có thể lây lan virus đến các loài gia cầm trhoong qua tiếp xúc trực tiếp hoặc qua nguồn nước bị nhiễm virus"

Các phương án khác là straight (thẳng), immediate (ngay lập tức), square (thẳng thắn)

Question 35: Đáp án D

poor Collocation: poor sanitation: vệ sinh kém Tạm dịch: “Tổ chức Y Tế Thế Giới cho rằng việc lây lan của bệnh cúm là do tiếp xúc của con người với các chất thải của các con chim bị bệnh và do vệ sinh kém

Question 36: Đáp án A

It has a history as long as that of civilization

Thông tin nằm ở đoạn 1: “Since the first great urban-agricultural centers in Mesopotamia nearly 6,000 years ago, human activity has had a destructive impact on soil quality,

leading to gradual desertification in virtually every area of the world.”

Question 37: Đáp án A

cultivate

- arable: (a) trồng trọt được = cultivate : (a) có thể trồng trột được

Question 38: Đáp án C

they do not see it as being caused by human activity

Thông tin nằm ở đoạn 2: “It is a common misconception that desertification is caused by

droughts

Although drought does make land more vulnerable, well-managed land can survive droughts

and recover, even in arid regions Another mistaken belief is that the process occurs only

along the edges of deserts.”

Question 40: Đáp án B

deterioration

- degradation: (n) sự thoái hóa, sự xuống cấp = deterioration: (n) sự hư hỏng, xuống cấp

Question 41: Đáp án C

Describe one progress that leads to desertification

Thông tin nằm ở đoạn 4: “Salination is a type of land degradation that involves an increase in

the salt content of the soil.”

Question 42: Đáp án A

washing

- leach: (v) làm sói mòn = wassh: (v) cuốn, rửa trôi

Question 43: Đáp án D

The evolution of the use of iron in architecture during the 1800’s

Đoạn văn chủ yếu thảo luận về cái gì? – Sự phát triển và việc sử dụng sắt trong kiến trúc suốt những năm 1800

Thông tin nằm ở câu chủ đề đầu đoạn 1: “Iron production was revolutionized in the early

eighteenth century when coke was first used instead of charcoal for refining iron ore.”

Question 44: Đáp án D

the use of charcoal for refining ore produced poor quality iron Thông tin nằm ở đoạn 1: “…instead of charcoal for refining iron ore Previously the poor quality of the iron had restricted its use in architecture…”

Theo đoạn văn, sắt đã không được sử dụng cho xà, cột và dầm trước khi đến đầu thế kỷ 18 bởi việc sử dụng than củi để luyện quặng tạo ra sắt chất lượng kém

Question 45: Đáp án C

much stronger Thông tin nằm ở câu đầu đoạn 2: “Iron was rapidly adopted for the construction of bridges,

because its strength was far greater than that of stone or timber,…

Question 46: Đáp án B

internal iron skeleton

Thông tin nằm ở đoạn 2: “By 1800 a complete internal iron skeleton for buildings had been

developed in industrial architecture replacing traditional timber beams, but it generally remained concealed.”

=> it = internal iron skeleton

They ridiculed them

Thông tin nằm ở đoạn 3: “…these achievements were mocked by the artistic elite of Paris…”

(mock = ridicule) – Tầng lớp nghệ sĩ được đề cập trong đoạn văn đã phản ứng như thế nào đối với kiến trúc xây dựng tại triển lãm Paris Họ đã chế giếu chúng…

Question 50: Đáp án D

general perception that iron structures were not aesthetically pleasing

Thông tin nằm ở đoạn 3: “Iron, despite its structural advantages, had little aesthetic status.”

Có thể suy ra việc sử dụng những kết cấu bằng sắt trong kiểu kiến trúc truyền thống được giải thích tốt nhất bởi… Sự nhận thức chung rằng các kết cấu bằng sắt không làm hài lòng về mặt thẩm mỹ

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

Question 5: Upon reaching (A) the destination, a number of personnel is (B) expected to

change (C) their reservations and proceed (D) to Hawaii

Question 6: The attribution (A) of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects

appears (B) in the mythologies of many cultures (C) is a literary device called (D) anthropomorphism

Question 7: That inventors in the stock market enjoys (A) increases and suffer declines (B) is

simply a fact of the financial market, and a small inventor is not too excited about the former (C) or crestfallen (D) about the latter

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:

Question 8: Hurry up, or they ……… serving meals by the time we get to the

restaurant

A stop B will have stopped C are stopping D will stop

Question 9: Whatever we expect from………future, it is noted that progress has never

moved in straight lines

Question 10: The more challenging the exercises are,……….we feel

A the less bored B the least bored C the less boring D the least boring

Question 11: 3 August 1998, the day on ………… my sister was born, is the first day I

remember

Question 12: If your mobile phone ……… to get water in it, it’ll stop working

A will happen B should happen C would happen D happen

Question 13: It was lovely ……… you to invite me to your birthday meal

Question 14: Does Mr.Ba bring his farm……… to the local market every day?

A product B productivity C production D produce

Question 15: It’s a good idea in theory, but it’s going to be hard to put it into ………

Question 16: A number of young teachers nowadays………themselves to teaching

disadvantaged children

Question 17: Before you started cooking, you should gather together all the

necessary…………

A ingredients B substances C elements D factors

Question 18: At first he didn’t agree, but in the end we managed to bring him …… to out point

view

Question 19: His business is growing so fast that he must take ……… more workers

C Is 6.30 all right? D I’d like to go to the concert

Question 21: Customer: ………

Salesman: It’s over there, next to the dry fruit section

A I’m sorry I didn’t buy the tea and coffee

B Can you help me? I can’t carry the tea and coffee

C How much is a kilo of tea and coffee?

D Excuse me, where’s the tea and coffee?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined ones

Question 22: When you cross the street, be careful and be on the alert for the bus

A Look for B watch out for C search for D watch for

Question 23: He seems to make the same mistake over and over again

A for good B by the way C repeatedly D in vain

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined ones

Question 24: Because Jack defaulted on his loan, the bank took him to court

C had a bad personality D was paid much money

Question 25: In the final match between Liverpool and Manchester United, viewers witnessed

the deadly strike’s 11th goal of the season

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one

Question 26: "Leave my house now or I'll call the police!" shouted the lady to the man

A The lady threatened to call the police if the man didn’t leave her house

B The lady said that she would call the police if the man didn’t leave her house

C The lady told the man that she would call the police if he didn’t leave her house

D The lady informed the man that she would call the police if he didn’t leave her house

Question 27: He last had his eyes tested ten months ago

A He had tested his eyes ten months before

B He had not tested his eyes for ten months then

C He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten

D He didn't have any test on his eyes from ten months

Question 28: "You should have finished the report by now," John told his secretary

A John reproached his secretary for not having finished the report

B John said that his secretary had not finished the report

C John reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time

D John scolded his secretary for not having finished the report

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate sentence that sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions

Question 29: Ben made all attempts to carry out the project Finally, he completed it with

satisfactory result

A But for his attempts, the project could not have been completed with satisfactory result

B If he had not attempted to carry out the project, it wouldn’t have been completed

C His attempts made the project complete

D He did not make any attempt because he knew that the project could never be completed

Question 30: We should quickly find the solution to the problem Otherwise, its impact on

those concerned will increase

A If we can solve this problem soon, we’ll lower the impact on all of our concerns

B By the time we solve this problem, the impact on those concerned will have been lowered

C If all those concerned lower their impact, the problem will be better solved

D The sooner we find the solution to the problem, the lower the impact it has on those concerned

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks:

The heart has long been considered to be (31)………….feelings of love dwell In love songs throughout the ages, love almost always goes together (32)…….the heart The heart has continuously been viewed as the place where love begins and develops Even the Bible gives preference to love and the heart

The role of the heart in love must come from what happens to it when a person feels strongly (33)…… to someone The strong feelings (34)………the other person, especially in the early stages of a relationship, have the results that the heart starts beating faster and breathing starts speeding up

According to psychologists, a love relationship is a situation that (35)………a lot of stress and the body reacts to this by getting ready to face the unknown This has been called the "fight or flight" reaction, meeting danger by fighting it or running away So with love, the heart accelerates and breathing becomes quick

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42

(1) Interest is the sum charged for borrowing money for a fixed period of time Principal is the

term used for the money that is borrowed, and the rate of interest is the percent per year of the

principal charged for its use Most of the profits for a bank are derived from the interest that

they charge for the use of their own or their depositor’s money

(2) All problems in interest may be solved by using one general equation that may be stated as follows:

Interest = Principal X Rate X Time (3) Any one of the four quantities – that is, interest, principal, rate, or time – may be found when the other three are known The time is expressed in years The rate is expressed as a decimal fraction Thus, 6 percent interest means six cents charged for the use of $1 of principal borrowed for one year Although the time may be less than, equal to, or greater than one year,

most applications for loans are for periods of less than one year For purpose of computing

interest for short periods, the commercial year or 360 days is commonly used, but when large sums of money are involved, exact interest is computed on the basis of 365 days

Question 36: With what topic is this passage primarily concerned?

(A) Profits (B) Rate (C) Interest (D) Principal

Question 37: The word “fixed” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to

(A) Definite (B) short (C) repeated (D) trial

Question 38: At 4 percent interest for the use of $1 principal, how much would one pay?

(A) Six cents per year (B) Twenty-five cents per year (C) Four cents per year (D) One cent per year

Question 39: Which of the following would be a correct expression of an interest rate as stated

in the equation for computing interest?

Question 40: Most applications for loans are for

(A) one year (B) less than one year (C) more than one year (D) 360 days

Question 41: The word “periods” in paragraph 3 refers to

(A) time (B) loans (C) applications ( D) interest

Question 42: A commercial year is used to compute

(A) exact interest (B) interest on large sums of money (C) interest on a large principal (D) interest for short periods of time

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50

(1) The protozoans, minute, aquatic creatures each of which consists of a single cell of

protoplasm, constitute a classification of the most primitive forms of animal life They are

fantastically diverse, but three major groups may be identified on the basis of their motility

The Mastigophora have one or more long tails, which they use to project themselves forward

The Ciliata, which use the same basic means for locomotion as the Mastigophora, have a larger number of short tails The Sarcodina, which include amoebae, float or row themselves about

on their crusted bodies

(2) In addition to their form of movement, several other features discriminate among the three

groups of protozoans For example, at least two nuclei per cell have been identified in the Ciliata, usually a large nucleus that regulates growth but decomposes during reproduction, and

a smaller one that contains the genetic code necessary to generate the large nucleus

(3) Protozoans are considered animals because, unlike pigmented plants to which some

protozoans are otherwise almost identical, they do not live on simple organic compounds Their

cell demonstrates all of the major characteristics of the cells of higher animals

(4) Many species of protozoans collect into colonies, physically connected to each other and

responding uniformly to outside stimulate Current research into this phenomenon, along with

investigations carried out with advanced microscopes may necessitate a redefinition of what constitutes protozoans, even calling into question the basic premise that they have only one cell Nevertheless, with the current data available, almost 40,000 species of protozoans have been identified No doubt, as the technology improves our methods of observation, better models of classification will be proposed

Question 43: Where do protozoans probably live?

Question 44: What is protoplasm?

(A) A class of protozoan (B) The substance that forms the cell of a protozoan (C) A primitive animal similar to a protozoan (D) An animal that developed from a protozoan

Question 45: To which class of protozoans do the amoebae belong?

(A) Mastigophora (B) Ciliata (C) Sarcodina (D) Motility

Question 46: What is the purpose of the large nucleus in the Ciliata?

(A) It generates the other nucleus

(B) It contains the genetic code for the small nucleus

Question 47: Why are protozoans classified as animals?

(A) They do not live on simple organic compounds

(B) They collect in colonies

(C) They respond uniformly to outside stimulate

(D) They may have more than one cell

Question 48: The word “uniformly” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to

(A) in the same way (B) once in a while (C) all of a sudden (D) in the long run

Question 49: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to

(A) protozoans (B) microscopes (C) investigations (D) colonies

Question 50: Which of the following statements are NOT true of protozoans?

(A) There are approximately 40,000 species

(B) They are the most primitive forms of animal life

(C) They have a large cell and a smaller cell

(D) They are difficult to observe

The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects

S (appears in the mythologies of many cultures) MDDQH dạng rút gọn: appears -> appearing/ which appears

is (Verb) a literary device called anthropomorphism (O)

S (noun clause bắt đầu bằng that: việc….)

is (V) simply a fact of the financial market (O), and a small inventor (S) is not (V) too excited about the former or crestfallen about the latter (O) Vậy nên động từ enjoy phải chia theo chủ ngữ inventors, còn động từ is chia theo noun clause (động từ theo sau noun clause luôn phải là

ở dạng số ít) Ngoài ra ta thấy trong mệnh đề danh từ còn có động từ suffer không bị gạch chân

và đã chia ở dạng số nhiều theo đúng inventors, nếu học sinh nào nhanh mắt có thể để ý ngay đến động từ này và phát hiện lỗi sai ở enjoys vì enjoys lại chia ở dạng số ít

Câu 11: Đáp án B

Sử dụng mệnh đề quan hệ (relative clause)

On which <-> when Không dùng that sau giới từ

Collocation: put sth into practice (ứng dụng, áp dụng)

Câu 19: Đáp án C

Take sb on: thuê mướn ai Take st on: chấp nhận làm điều gì Take up st: chiểm một khoảng thời gian hay không gian Take over: kiểm soát hay chịu trách nhiệm về cái gì Take sb out: đi ra ngoài với ai

Take st out: lấy bộ phận cơ thể nào ra (nhổ răng, mổ ruột thừa) Take it out on sb: giận dữ với ai theo kiểu giận cá chém thớt

by the way: tiện thể

in vain: vô ích, không thành công

Câu 24: Đáp án B

default ≠ paid in full: không thể trả nợ ≠ trả đầy đủ nợ

Câu 25: Đáp án D

Deadly: đã chết ≠ immortal: bất tử Lethal: gây chết người

Câu 26: Đáp án A

Câu tường thuật dạng câu hỏi mệnh lệnh có dạng: S + threaten + to inf

Câu 27: Đáp án C

Đổi từ quá khứ đơn sang hiện tại hoàn thành, ngoài ra câu có sử dụng cấu trúc nhờ ai làm gì:

have something done: Lần cuối anh ấy nhờ người kiểm tra mắt cho anh ấy là cách đây 10 tháng

C Nỗ lực của anh ấy đã giúp dự án hoàn tất -> đúng về mặt ngữ pháp nhưng chưa sát nghĩa

D Anh ấy đã không nỗ lực vì anh ấy biết rằng dự án không bao giờ có thể được hoàn tất

B Trước lúc chúng ta giải quyết vấn đề này, ảnh hưởng của nó lên các đối tượng có liên quan

sẽ được giảm xuống -> cấu trúc ngữ pháp chia thì đúng nhưng ngữ nghĩa không giống với câu gốc

C Nếu tất cả các đối tượng liên quan làm giảm tác động của chúng, vấn đề sẽ được giải quyết tốt hơn -> cấu trúc câu điều kiện loại 1 đúng nhưng ngữ nghĩa không giống với câu gốc

D Chúng ta càng nhanh chóng tìm ra giải pháp cho vấn đề này, thì tác động của nó lên các đối tượng có liên quan càng giảm -> Cấu trúc ngữ pháp so sánh càng càng đúng và đúng với nghĩa của câu gốc

Dịch bài

Tiền lãi là phí phải trả cho 1 khoản tiền vay trong 1 khoảng thời gian xác định Gốc là số tiền vay, còn lãi suất là tỷ lệ người vay phải trả trong mỗi năm cho việc sử dụng số tiền gốc Hầu hết lợi nhuận của ngân hàng là từ số tiền lãi họ nhận được khi cho người khác vay chính tiền của mình hoặc của các khách hàng gửi tiền

Công thức để tính tiền lãi là:

Số tiền lãi = Số tiền gốc x Lãi suất cho vay x Thời gian vay

Có thể tìm ra 1 đại lượng bất kì nếu biết 3 đại lượng còn lại Thời gian vay được tính bằng năm

Lãi suất cho vay được thể hiện bằng số thập phân

Do đó, nếu thấy tỉ lệ lãi suất là 6%, nghĩa là với 1$ tiền gốc, người vay phải trả 6 cents tiền lãi trong 1 năm Dù thời gian vay có thể ngắn hăn, bằng hoặc dài hơn 1 năm, đa số các đơn xin

vay đều có thời gian ngắn hơn 1 năm Với khoản vay ngắn hạn, 1 năm sẽ được tính là 360 ngày, nhưng nếu khoản vay lớn, 1 năm sẽ được tính chính xác là 365 ngày

Câu 36: Đáp án C

A Profits: Lợi nhuận

B Rate: lãi suất

C Interest: Tiền lãi

D Principal: Tiền gửi

A time <-> period: khoảng thời gian

B loans: tiền cho vay

chế di chuyển Nhóm Mastigophora có một hoặc nhiều đuôi dài, giúp đẩy cơ thể về phía trước

Nhóm Ciliata, có cùng cơ chế vận động như Mastigophora, nhưng nhiều đuôi ngắn hơn Nhóm Sarcodina, bao gồm trùng amip, trôi nổi hoặc di chuyển trong nước bằng chính cơ thể có lớp bảo vệ bên ngoài của mình

(2) Ngoài hình thức di chuyển, có một số các đặc điểm khác giúp phân biệt 3 nhóm sinh vật đơn bào Ví dụ, nhóm Ciliata có ít nhất 2 nhân mỗi tế bào, thường một nhân lớn quy định đặc điểm tăng trưởng nhưng phân hủy trong quá trình sinh sản, và một nhân nhỏ hơn có chứa mã

di truyền cần thiết để tạo ra nhân lớn

(3) Sinh vật đơn bào được coi là động vật bởi vì, không giống thực vật có sắc tố mà một số loài sinh vật đơn bào giống y hệt, chúng không sống bằng các hợp chất hữu cơ đơn giản Tế bào của chúng thể hiện tất cả các đặc điểm chính của tế bào ở động vật bậc cao

(4) Nhiều loài sinh vật đơn bào tập hợp các cá thể lại với nhau, gọi là các “tập đoàn trùng roi”

với mối liên kết chặt chẽ của các bộ phận và phản ứng đồng nhất với kích thích từ bên ngoài

Những nghiên cứu gần đây về hiện tượng này, cùng với những quan sát bằng kính hiển vi cao cấp có lẽ sẽ buộc chúng ta phải định nghĩa lại thế nào là sinh vật đơn bảo, thậm chí phải xem lại định nghĩa cơ bản nhất rằng chúng có thực sự có 1 tế bào hay không Dù vậy, với các dữ liệu hiện có, các nhà khoa học đã xác định được khoảng 40,000 loại sinh vật đơn bào Chắc chắn, khi các phương thức quan sát của chúng ta được cải thiện nhờ công nghệ, sẽ có thêm nhiều các mô hình phân loại ưu việt hơn được đưa ra

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

Câu 3: A reliable B liquid C revival D final

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

Câu 5: Both Mr and Mrs Smith are explaining the children the rules of the game

Câu 6: A child of noble birth, his name was famous among the children in that school

Câu 7: Unlike many writings of her time, she was not preoccupied with morality

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Câu 8: I'm sure you'll have no _ the exam

Câu 9: The referee the coin to decide which team would kick the ball first

Câu 10: Increasing _ of fruit in the diet may help to reduce the risk of heart disease

Câu 11: - "Why wasn't your boyfriend at the party last night?"

- "He the lecture at Shaw Hall I know he very much wanted to hear the speaker."

C may have attended D should have attended Câu 12: I am considering my job Can you recommend a good company?

Câu 13: The price of fruit has increased recently, _ the price of vegetables has gone

down

Câu 14: I’m afraid I’m not really _ to comment on this matter

Câu 15: I accidentally _ Mike when I was crossing a street downtown yesterday

Câu 16: It is blowing so hard We _ such a terrible storm

Câu 17: My computer is not _ of running this software

Câu 18: The room needs _for the wedding

Câu 19: When the old school friends met, a lot of happy memories _ back

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges

Câu 20: - Laura: “What a lovely house you have!”

- Maria: “ _.”

Câu 21: - Janet: "Do you feel like going to the cinema this evening?"

- Susan: " _."

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined ones

Câu 22: In many countries people who are jobless get unemployment benefit

Câu 23: Computers are recent accomplishments in our time

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined ones

Câu 24: Because Jack defaulted on his loan, the bank took him to court

C had a bad personality D was paid much money Câu 25: His career in the illicit drug trade ended with the police raid this morning

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one

Câu 26: "I will let you know the answer by the end of this week,” Tom said to Janet

A Tom promised to give Janet the answer by the end of the week

B Tom insisted on letting Janet know the answer by the end of the week

C Tom offered to give Janet the answer by the end of the week

D Tom suggested giving Janet the answer by the end of the week

Câu 27: "Why don’t we go out for dinner?” said Mary

Câu 28: We've run out of tea

Câu 29: The sooner we solve this problem, the better it will be for all concerned

A If all concerned are better, we can solve this problem soon

B It would be better for all concerned if we can solve this problem soon

C If we could solve this problem soon, it would be better for all concerned

D If we can solve this problem soon, it will be better for all concerned

Câu 30: My friend told me, “If I were you, I would not smoke so much.”

A My friend prohibited me from smoking so much

B My friend warned me against smoking so much

C My friend advised me not to smoke so much

D My friend suggested not smoking so much

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35

The heart has long been considered to be (31) _feelings of love dwell In love songs throughout the ages, love almost always goes together (32) _the heart The heart has continuously been viewed as the place where love begins and develops Even the Bible gives preference to love and the heart

The role of the heart in love must come from what happens to it when a person feels strongly (33) _ to someone The strong feelings (34) _the other person, especially in the early stages

of a relationship, have the results that the heart starts beating faster and breathing starts speeding (35)

Câu 31: A what B when C where D that

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42

Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term “reading”

undoubtedly meant reading aloud Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading

become commonplace

One should be wary, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud was a distraction to others Examinations of factors related to the historical development of silent reading have revealed that it became the usual mode of reading for most adults mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character

The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of readers

As the number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers

Towards the end of the century, there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening Indeed, this argument remains with

us still in education However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for

a specialised readership on the other

By the end of the twentieth century, students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to

books and to use reading skills which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader

The social, cultural and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term

“reading” implied

Câu 36: Reading aloud was more common in the medieval world because

A few people could read to themselves

B there were few places available for private reading

C silent reading had not been discovered

D people relied on reading for entertainment Câu 37: The word “commonplace” in the first paragraph mostly means “ _ ”

Câu 38: The development of silent reading during the last century indicated

Câu 39: Silent reading, especially in public places, flourished mainly because of _

Câu 40: It can be inferred that the emergence of the mass media and specialised reading

materials was an indication of _

Câu 41: The phrase “a specialised readership” in paragraph 4 mostly means “ ”

A a status for readers specialised in mass media

B a limited number of readers in a particular area of knowledge

C a requirement for readers in a particular area of knowledge

D a reading volume for particular professionals Câu 42: All of the following might be the factors that affected the continuation of the old

shared literacy culture EXCEPT

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50

The Sun today is a yellow dwarf star It is fueled by thermonuclear reactions near its center that convert hydrogen to helium The Sun has existed in its present state for about four billion six hundred million years and is thousands of times larger than the Earth

By studying other stars, astronomers can predict what the rest of the Sun’s life will be like

About five billion years from now, the core of the Sun will shrink and become hotter The surface temperature will fall The higher temperature of the center will increase the rate of thermonuclear reactions The outer regions of the Sun will expand approximately 35 million