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.. How do [r]
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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 takes B decides C completes D talks
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A procedure B financial C enormous D recommend
Question 4: A tremendous B flexible C validity D commercial
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: Mrs Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, areplanning to attend
A B C D
the festivities
Question 6: Alice wishes she had more time last night to finish her work.
A B C D
Question 7: A cure for the common cold, causing by a virus, has not been found.
A B C D
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: Ha Phuong’s parents were very pleased when they read her school
Question 9: He hardly helps anybody, _?
Question 10: When I grow up I want to be an _and make a time machine to visit the future
A invention B invent C inventive D inventor
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A so as not to be punished B so that not to be punished.
C so as to be punished D in order that not to be punished
Question 12: He is tired now He _for a long time.
A learned B learns C has learned D has been learning
Question 13: Under no circumstances _phone the police.
A you should B shouldn’t you C should you D you shouldn’t
Question 14: He showed me a photo of the museum _I had visited some months before.
Question 15: While I _the letter, the phone rang
A opened B was opening C would open D have opened
Question 16: Your house needs _.
A redecorating B redecorated C be redecorated D to redecorate
Question 17: I'm reading a Stephen King's novel It's really exciting and I couldn't put it _
A off B down C on D up
Question 18: Why is she so late? She _here 2 hours ago.
A must be B might be C should have been D must have been
Question 19: Pencils _at the test, so please bring your own
A will be provided B will provide C won’t be provided D won’t provide
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: Nam: “What an interesting football match Vietnam had!”
Toan: “ _”
C I completely agree with you! D Thanks
Question 21: Two friends Jane and Jack are talking about Jack’s new hair.
- Jane: “Wow! You look great with your new hair ”
- Jack: “ _”
C It’s a pleasure D Thanks It’s nice of you to say so
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 sentences
Question 22: That competition was sponsored by the host country.
Question 23: On completion of the activities you will have to continue answering some questions.
A Completing of the activities
B When you have completed the activities
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D As if you completed the activities
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences
Question 24: He was asked to account for his presence at the scene of crime.
A complain B exchange C explain D arrange
Question 25: They have not made any effort to intergrate with the local community.
A cooperate B put together C separate D connect
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: "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 suggested giving Janet the answer by the end of the week
C Tom insisted on letting Janet know the answer by the end of the week
D Tom offered to give Janet the answer by the end of the week
Question 27: He survived the operation thanks to the skillful surgeon.
A He survived because he was a skillful surgeon
B Though the surgeon was skillful, he couldn’t survived the operation
C There was no skillful surgeon, so he died
D He wouldn’t have survived the operation without the skillful surgeon
Question 28: People believe that 13 is an unlucky number.
A People are believed that 13 is an unlucky number
B 13 are believed to be an unlucky number
C It’s believed that 13 is an unlucky number
D It’s believed 13 to be an unlucky number
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 church is over 500 years old Our class visited it last summer.
A The church where our class visited last summer is over 500 years old.
B The church that our class visited it last summer is over 500 years old.
C The church our class visit last summer is over 500 years old.
D The church which our class visited last summer is over 500 years old.
Question 30: Tom took a taxi He was still late for the party.
A Because of taking a taxi, Tom was still late for the party
B Although taking a taxi, Tom was still late for the party
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D Because Tom took a taxi, he was still late for the party
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.
How do you feel when you (31) _an exam? Do you always succeed in getting all your ideas down on paper, or do you sometimes feel that you’re (32) a mess of it? Apart form those lucky few who (33) _through exams, most secondary school pupils find them very stressful Many teachers are aware of the problems their students face and use a different method for measuring their progress: continuous assessment With continuous assessment, students are given various (34) to
do through the year All their marks are added together to produce a total mark at the end of the year Students have to take more responsibility for their education because they can’t rely on doing well on just one day Also they have more time to (35) over their work, meaning that they’re able to do their best
Question 35: A imagine B consider C think D examine
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 from 36 to 42.
Increasing numbers of parents in the U S are choosing to teach their children at home In fact, the U.S Department of Education has estimated that in 1999, about 850,000 children were being
homeschooled Some educational experts say that the real number is double this estimate, and the ranks of
homeschooled children seem to be growing at the average rate of about eleven percent every year
At one time, there was a theory accounting for homeschooling: it was traditionally used for students
who could not attend school because of behavioral or learning difficulties Today, however, more parents are taking on the responsibility of educating their own children at home due to their dissatisfaction with the educational system Many parents are unhappy about class size, as well as problems inside the classroom Teacher shortages and lack of funding mean that, in many schools, one teacher is responsible for thirty or forty students The children are, therefore, deprived of the attention they need Escalating classroom violence has also motivated some parents to remove their children from school
Although there have been a lot of arguments for and against it, homeschooling in the U.S has
become a multi-million dollar industry, and it is growing bigger and bigger There are now plenty of websites, support groups, and conventions that help parents protect their rights and enable them to learn
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Question 36: The past participle “homeschooled” in the first paragraph is best equivalent to “ _ at
home”
A taught B self – learned C untaught D self-studied
Question 37: This estimated number was presented by
Question 38: According to some experts, the exact number of homeschooled children then must be
_
A 1,600,000 B 850,000 C 1,900,000 D 1,700,000
Question 39: The closest synonym of the participle phrase “accounting for” in the second paragraph is
A explaining B calculating documents of C counting for D reasoning
Question 40: More parents teach their children because they completely _the current educational
system
A please with B object to C appeal to D approve of
Question 41: The word “arguments” at the beginning of the third paragraph can be best replaced by
“ _”
Question 42: The attitude of the author towards homeschooling can be best described as _
A acceptable B favorable C remarkable D unfavorable
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 43 to 50
Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the country’s impressive population growth For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966 In September 1966 Canada’s population passed the 20 million mark Most of this surging growth came from natural increase The depression of the 1930’s and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after 1945 The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950’s, producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956 This rate of increase had been exceeded only once before settle Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950’s supported
a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world
After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline It continued falling until in
1966 it stood at the lowest level in 25 years Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the
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at school longer; more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families.It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution
Although the growth in Canada’s population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase in the first half
of the 1960’s was only nine percent), another large population wave was coming over the horizon It would
be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957
Question 43: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A Educational changes in Canadian society
B Canada during the Second World War
C Population trends in postwar Canada
D Standards of living in Canada
Question 44: According to the passage, when did Canada’s baby boom begin?
A In the decade after 1911 B After 1945
C During the depression of the 1930’s D In 1966
Question 45: The word “five” in line 2 refers to
A Canadians B years C decades D marriages
Question 46: The word “trend” in line 8 is closest in meaning to
A tendency B aim C growth D directive
Question 47: The author suggests that in Canada during the 1950’s
A the urban population decreased rapidly B fewer people married
C economic conditions were poor D the birth rate was very high
Question 48: When was the birth rate in Canada at its lowest postwar level?
A 1966 B 1957 C 1956 D 1951
Question 49: The author mentions all of the following as causes of declines in population growth after 1957 EXCEPT
A people being better educated B people getting married earlier
C better standards of living D couples buying houses
Question 50: It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution
A families were larger
B population statistics were unreliable
C the population grew steadily
D economic conditions were bad
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