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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 1 A contain B purchase C reflect D suggest
Question 2 A facilitate B dimensional C historical D instrumental
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 3 A change B generous C gear D jealous
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5 The small, farms of New England were not appropriate for the Midwest
C supporting themselves D they supported themselves
Question 6 The access education and the change economic statushave given women more freedom
Question 7 He really deserved the award because he performed _ what was expected
of him
Question 8 _the phone rang later that night did Anna remember the appointment
A No sooner B Just before C Not until D Only
Question 9 Everything is you I cannot make my mind yet
A.out off / on B up to /up C away from / for D on for / off
Question 10 his brother, Mike is active and friendly
A Alike B Unlike C Dislike D Liking
Question 11 It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver _in thecrash
A are injured B was injured C were injured D have been injured
Trang 2Question 12 I phoned the company, who me that my goods had been dispatched.
Question 13 When the car was invented, I don’t think anyone could have predicted itwould change the world
Question 14 Dry salt lakes _ 70 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide lie _long dunes crests 20 meters high
A up to / between / with B up with / for / to
Question 15 He acted in an extremely manner, which made him very unpopular
A dictatorial B dictate C dictation D dictatorship
Question 16 Have they the "No Smoking" sign?
A caught sight of B taken care of C put an end to D made fun of
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 17 Daisy: “What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary!” - Mary: “ _”
A Thank you very much! I am afraid B You are telling a lie
C Thank you for your compliment! D I don't like your sayings
Question 18 Dick: “Sorry, Brian is not here.” - Peter: “ _”
A Would you like to leave a message? B Can I take a message then?
C Can I speak to Brian, please? D Can I leave a message then?
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheets to indicate the word (s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word (s) in each of the following questions.
Question 19 By the end of the storm, the hikers had depleted even their emergency stores.
A greatly dropped B lost C destroyed D used almost all of
Question 20 Originally the builders have me a price of $5,000, but now they say they
underestimated it, and now it’s going to be at least $8,000.
A misjudged B underrated C undervalued D outnumbered
Trang 3Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.
School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of test we take They find out howmuch knowledge we have gained But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all,isn’t it a fact that some people who are very academically successful don’t have any commonsense
Intelligence is the speed _(21) _ which we can understand and react to newsituations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles Although scientist are now preparing _(22) _ computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, for the present testsare still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence
A person’s IQ is their intelligence as it is measured by a special test The most common ITtests are _(23) _ by Mensa, an organization that was found in England in 1946 By 1976,
it had 1,300 members in Britain Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwidelargely in the US
People taking the tests are judged in _(24) _ to an average score of 100, and thosewho score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa This works out at 2 percent of the population.Anyone from the age of six can take tests All the questions are straightforward and most peoplecan answer them if allowed enough time But that’s the problem; the whole _(25) _ ofthe test is that they’re against the clock
Question 22 A ahead B upper C forward D advanced
Question 23 A steered B commanded C run D appointed
Question 24 A relation B regard C association D concern
Question 25 A reason B question C matter D point
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
At 7 pm on a dark, cold November evening, thousands of people are making their wayacross a vast car park They're not here to see a film, or the ballet, or even the circus They areall here for what is, bizarrely, a global phenomenon: they are here to see Holiday on Ice Giventhat most people don’t seem to be acquainted with anyone who's ever been, the show'sstatistics are extraordinary: nearly 300 million people have seen Holiday on Ice since it began in1943; it is the most popular live entertainment in the world
Trang 4But what does the production involve? And why are so many people prepared to spendtheir lives travelling round Europe in caravans in order to appear in it? It can't be glamorous,and it's undoubtedly hard work The backstage atmosphere is an odd mix of gym class andworkplace A curtained-off section at the back of the arena is laughably referred to as the girls'dressing room, but is more accurately described as a corridor, with beige, cracked walls andcheap temporary tables set up along the length of it Each girl has a small area littered with pots
of orange make-up, tubes of mascara and long false eyelashes
As a place to work, it must rank pretty low down the scale: the area round the ice-rink isgrey and mucky with rows of dirty blue and brown plastic seating and red carpet tiles It's anunimpressive picture, but the show itself is an unquestionably vast, polished global enterprise:the lights come from a firm in Texas, the people who make the audio system are in California,but Montreal supplies the smoke effects; former British Olympic skater Robin Cousins is nowcreative director for the company and conducts a vast master class to make sure they're readyfor the show's next performance
The next day, as the music blares out from the sound system, the case start to go through
their routines under Cousins' direction Cousins says, 'The aim is to make sure they're all stillgetting to exactly the right place on the ice at the right time - largely because the banks of lights
in the ceiling are set to those places, and if the skaters are all half a metre out they'll beilluminating empty ice Our challenge, ' he continues, 'is to produce something they can sell in anumber of countries at the same time My theory is that you take those things that people want
to see and you give it to them, but not in the way they expect to see it You try to twist it Andyou have to find music that is challenging to the skaters, because they have to do it every night.'
It may be a job which he took to pay the rent, but you can’t doubt his enthusiasm 'Theyonly place you'll see certain skating moves is an ice show,' he says, 'because you're not allowed
to do them in competition It's not in the rules So the ice show word has things to offer which
the competitive world just doesn't Cousins knows what he's talking about because he skatedfor the show himself when he stopped competing - he was financially unable to retire He learnt
the hard way that you can't put on an Olympic performance every night I'd be thinking, these
people have paid their money, now do your stuff, and I suddenly thought, "I really can't cope.I'm not enjoying it".' The solution, he realized, was to give 75 per cent every night, rather thanstriving for the sort of twice-a-year excellence which won him medals
To be honest, for those of us whose only experience of ice-skating is watching top-classOlympic skaters, some of the movements can look a bit amateurish, but then, who are we tojudge? Equally, it's impossible not to be swept up in the whole thing; well, you'd have to trypretty hard not to enjoy it
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A how much fun the cast have during their work
B how much preparation is needed for a performance
C the type of skater that the show attracts
D the conditions that the skaters put up with
Question 27 The word blares out in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A seeps out B sounds beautifully C resounds loudly D rings
Question 28 What does the writer highlight about the show in the third paragraph?
A the difficulty of finding suitable equipment
B the need for a higher level of professional support
C the range of companies involved in the production
D the variety of places in which the show has been staged
Question 29 The word them in paragraph 5 refers to
C things that people want to see D the skaters
Question 30 For Robin Cousins, the key point when rehearsing skating routines is
A keeping in time with the music B the skaters' positions on the ice
C the movement of the lights D filling all available space on the ice
Question 31 Cousins believes that he can meet the challenge of producing shows for differentaudiences
A by adapting movements to suit local tastes
B by presenting familiar material in an unexpected way
C by selecting music that local audiences will respond to
D by varying the routines each night
Question 32 What is meant by 'the hard way'?
A through making a lot of errors
B through difficult personal experience
C by misunderstanding the expectations of others
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Question 33 What conclusion does the writer draw about Holiday on Ice?
A.It is hard to know who really enjoys it
B It requires as much skill as Olympic ice-skating
C It is more enjoyable to watch than formal ice-skating
The women had primary responsibility for the fields They had to exercise considerableskill to produce the desired results, for their northern location meant fleeting growing seasons.Winter often lingered; autumn could be ushered in by severe frost For good measure, duringthe spring and summer, drought, heat, hail, grasshoppers, and other frustrations might awaitthe wary grower
Under such conditions, Mandan women had to grow maize capable of weatheringadversity They began as early as it appeared feasible to do so in the spring, clearing the land,using fire to clear stubble from the fields and then planting From this point until the first greencorn could be harvested, the crop required labor and vigilance
Harvesting proceeded in two stages In August the Mandans picked a smaller amount ofthe crop before it had matured fully This green corn was boiled, dried and shelled, with some ofthe maize slated for immediate consumption and the rest stored in animal – skin bags Later inthe fall, the people picked the rest of the corn They saved the best of the harvest for seeds orfor trade, with the remainder eaten right away or stored for alter use in underground reserves.With appropriate banking of the extra food, the Mandans protected themselves against the
disaster of crop failure and accompany hunger.
The woman planted another staple, squash, about the first of June, and harvested it nearthe time of the green corn harvest After they picked it, they sliced it, dried it, and strung the
slices before they stored them Once again, they saved the seeds from the best of the year’s
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Question 34 What is the main topic of the passage ?
A The agricultural activities of a North American Society
B Various ways corn can be used
C The problems encountered by farmers specializing in growing once crop
D Weather conditions on the western plains
Question 35 The Mandans built their houses close together in order to
A share farming implements
B guard their supplies of food
C protect themselves against the weather
D allow more room for growing corn
Question 36 Why does the author believe that the Mandans were skilled farmers?
A They developed new varieties of corn
B They could grow crops despite adverse weather
C They developed effective fertilizers
D They could grow crops in most types of soil
Question 37 Which of the following processes does the author imply was done by both menand women?
A clearing fields B Harvesting corn C Harvesting squash D Planting corn
Question 38 The word “disaster” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .
Question 39 The word “them” in the last paragraph refers to _.
Question 40 Throughout the passage, the author implies that the Mandans _
A valued individuality B were very adventurous
C were open to strangers D planned for the future
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Question 41 Economists have tried to discourage the use of the phrase “underdeveloped nationand encouraging the more accurate phase “developing nation” in order to suggest an ongoingprocess
Question 44 Why are you being so arrogant?
Question 45 Strongly advocating health foods, Jane doesn’t eat any chocolate.
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 46Nobody is helping me, so I can’t finish my science project on time
A I could finish my science project on time if I were being helped by someone
B I needed help with my science project, but everyone just ignored me
C My science project will be difficult to do alone, so I should ask someone for help
D No one had time to help me, so I couldn’t finish my science project on time
Question 47 Although they taste nearly the same, both Sprite and Mountain Dew are twoseparate citrus – flavoured soft drinks made by different companies
A Although Sprite has a stronger citrus taste than Mountain Dew, basically they are thesame soft drink, though made by different companies
B Sprite and Mountain Dew are both manufactured by the same company, though theyare similarly tasting citrus – flavoured soft drinks
C Produced by two different companies, Sprite and Mountain Dew, which are both citrus– flavoured soft drinks, taste practically no different
Trang 9D Not made by the same company, Sprite and Mountain Dew are different from oneanother in the amount of their citrus flavouring
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 48 I had no idea Clark spoke French until we went to Bordeaux
A I first realized that Clark knew French when we were in Bordeaux
B Before we went to Bordeaux, Clark had never tried to speak French
C While we were traveling to Bordeaux, Clark suddenly started to speak French
D It was difficult to understand the French that Clark was speaking in Bordeaux
Question 49 One of the things I hate is noisy children
A I hate being in a place where there are noisy kids
B Children who make a lot of noise are terrible
C Among other things, I can’t stand children who make noise
D I hate both children and the noise they make
Question 50 People who are unhappy sometimes try to compensate by eating too much
A Unhappy people are usually overweight because they tend to eat too much
B Eating too much occasionally makes people unhappy and depressed
C For some people, eating too much is a reason to be miserable
D When depressed, people occasionally attempt to offset their misery by overeating
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1 B Trọng âm nhấn âm số 1, âm còn lại nhấn âm số 2
5 A Chúng ta thấy vị trí cần điền là một ADJ
Self supporting (a) tự cung tự cấp Self supported (a) tự lập, tự cung cấp, tự kiếm sống
Trang 11Change in: sự thay đổi, hoặc trở nên khác so với trước đây
7 A Câu này thuộc về dạng so sánh hơn
S1 + V + much/less+ short adjective + ER + than + S2
8 C Đảo ngữ của Not until
Not until + time / S + Ved/2 + did + S + Vbare infinitive
9 B Tobe up to smb: Tùy thuộc vào ai
Make up one’s mind = Decide + to V: quyết định làm gì
10 B A Alike (pre) : giống nhau, như nhau, khuôn đúc
B Unlike (pre): khác với, không giống như
C Dislike (v) : không thích
D Linking(n): sự nối, sự kết nối
“ anh trai của anh ấy, Mike năng động và thân thiện”
Đáp án B thích hợp nhất vì câu mang tính chất so sánh đối lập giữa hai đốitượng
11 B Câu trên tình huống ở thì quá khứ đơn và mang tính chất bị động
Ta thấy: neither + S1 + nor + S2 + V ( chia theo S2) Đáp án đúng: B
12 B A guarantee that (v) hứa chắc chắn, đảm bảo
B Assure smb that (v) quả quyết, đảm bảo
C reassure smb that (v) cam đoan, đảm bảo 1 lần nữa để khiến ai đó đỡ lolắng, sợ hãi
D confime that (v) xác nhận
“Tôi gọi điện tới công ty, người đảm bảo với tôi rằng hàng hóa của tôi đã đượcgửi đi”
Đáp án B đúng và hợp với nôi dung câu nhất
13 A “Khi xe ô tô được phát minh, tôi không nghĩ rằng bất cứ ai có thể tiên đoán
được nó sẽ thay đổi thế giới như thế nào”
