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Thầy Lương Huy Khang
(GV Anh trường Phổ Thông Năng Khiếu và trung tâm NQH - IELTS 8.5 - TOEIC 990)

Giải thưởng:
ü Thủ khoa mỗi môn: 500.000 VND
ü Thủ khoa mỗi khối: 1.000.000 VND
Ngày thi: Chủ Nhật, 10/06/2018
Lệ phí thi:
ü 10k/ 1 môn cho các học viên tại trung tâm
ü 20k/ 1 môn cho các học viên không phải tại trung tâm
Địa điểm: Trung Tâm NQH (12B Nguyễn Thái Học, P. Tân Thành, Q. Tân Phú)
Lịch thi:
ü Môn Văn: Sáng 8h-10h
ü Môn Lý: Sáng 10h15-11h15
ü Môn Toán: Chiều 3h-4h30
ü Môn Anh:
Ca 1: Chiều 4h45-5h45
Ca 2: Tối 6h-7h
Các em đến trung tâm để đăng ký thi nhé!
ĐỀ THI THỬ TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN KỲ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA 2018
LÊ HỒNG PHONG

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
(Đề thi có 04 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

Sưu tầm đề và chú giải đáp án: Thầy Lương Huy Khang
(IELTS 8.5, TOEIC 990)

Họ, tên thí sinh: ………………………………………………………………………….

Số báo danh: ………………………………………………………………………………
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 1. Martha __________ three high schools before she could finally graduate.
A. is said to attend B. was said that she attended
C. is said to have attended D. says to be attended
Question 2. It is time the local residents _________ their disapproval of the construction noise.
A. voiced B. voice C. have to voice D. should voice
Question 3. The audience all stood up to give a big _______ of applause to the artists.
A. bunch B. roar C. round D. hand
Question 4. Though they have effectively worked in a team for years, they have ________.
A. few in between B. none in contact C. rarity in touch D. little in common
Question 5. We chose ten big oranges, _______ were still not ripe enough.
A. half of them B. half of which C. them half D. they half
Question 6. Once Peter __________ us the invitation, we will decide how to get to the ceremony
A. sent B. has sent C. had sent D. will send
Question 7. Mom suggested _______ the garage every three months.
A. I tidy up B. I would tidy up C. me to tidy up D. me tidy up
Question 8. It was only after another sales promotion campaign ___________.
A. did the sales figures rise B. had the sales figures risen
C. that the sales figures rose D. that the sales figures had risen
Question 9. ________ wrong, please call the number printed on this card.
A. Were anything to go B. Should anything go
C. If something would go D. Had something gone
Question 10. Presumably, the letter __________ to the wrong address, for we have not received it yet.
A. had gone B. must have gone C. should have gone D. might have gone
Question 11. Stricter rules should be ________ to prevent cheating tenneants.
A. put out B. called for C. come by D. laid down
Question 12. _________ than hundreds of teenagers cheered and took photographs of them.
A. No sooner had the stars come out B. Scarcely had the stars come out
C. The stars had just come out D. As soon as the stars came out

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the bold and underlined word(s) or phrase(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 13. After getting out of prison, Bob had to earn his living by doing menial jobs.
A. boring B. expensive C. badly-paid D. important
Question 14. The Green Party showed their dissent from the government’s decision to cut down budgets on
wildlife protection.
A. anger B. disagreement C. approval D. happiness

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 15. A. enter B. enlarge C. envisage D. enlist
Question 16. A. humanitarian B. documentary C. environmental D. determination
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 17. A. copy B. only C. tone D. known
Question 18. A. clashed B. relaxed C. laughed D. bridged

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer that best fits the blank
space in the following passage.
Zoology, branch of biology that (19) ______________ the members of the animal kingdom and animal
life in (20) _____________. It includes both the (21) __________ look at individual animals and their
constituent parts, even to the molecular level, and the inquiry (22) ______________ animal populations, entire
faunas, and the relationships of animals to each other, to plants, and to the nonliving environment. Though this
(23) _____________ range of studies results in some isolation of specialities within zoology, the conceptual
integration in the contemporary study of living things that has occurred in recent years emphasizes the structural
and functional unity of life (24) __________________ than its diversity.
Question 19. A. learns B. looks on C. deals D. studies
Question 20. A. common B. full C. general D. particular
Question 21. A. close B. deep C. real D. strong
Question 22. A. into B. on C. with D. in
Question 23. A. great B. large C. vast D. wide
Question 24. A. better B. more C. rather D. greater

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the bold and underlined word(s) or phrase(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 25. The wine made him bold enough to stand up and introduce himself to the crowd.
A. sober B. brave C. strong D. risky
Question 26. The climbers face certain death if the rescue today is unsuccessful.
A. meet with B. oppose C. experience D. struggle

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.
The beaver is North America’s largest rodent. As such, it is a close relative of two creatures that are not
held in particularly high regard by most connoisseurs of wildlife, the porcupine and the rat. Even so, the beaver
has several qualities that endear it to people: ii is monogamous and lives in a family unit; it is gentle and clean;
it is absolutely industrious.

The beaver's legendary capacity for hard work has produced some astonishing results. In British
Columbia, for example, one ambitious creature felled a cottonwood tree that was 11.1 feet tall and more than
five feet thick. In New Hampshire, beavers constructed a darn that was three fourths of a mile long and the
body of water it created contained no fewer than 40 lodges In Colorado, beavers were responsible for the
appearance of a canal that was a yard deep and ran for 7511 feet. Each adult beaver in Massachusetts, according
to one researcher’s calculations, cuts down more than a ton of wood every year.

Beavers appear to lead exemplary lives. But the beaver's penchant for building dams, lodges, and canals
has got it into a lot of hot water lately. People who fish in the Midwest and New England are complaining about
beaver dams that spoil streams for trout and. in the Southeast, loggers object whenever the animals flood out
valuable stands of commercial timber. But some beaver experts champion a more charitable view. Historically,
they say, this creature's impact on the environment has been tremendously significant, and its potential as a
practical conservation resource is receiving more and more attention.
Question 27. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Characteristics and habits of the beaver B. Forest animals as conservation resources
C. Rodents of North America D. The beavers role in building canals
Question 28. In the first paragraph, the author implies that the porcupine and the rat are ___________.
A. gentle and clean B. not found in North America
C. disliked by connoisseurs of wildlife D. monogamous and live in a family unit
Question 29. According to the passage. a beaver in British Columbia was responsible for ________.
A. cutting down a ton of wood B. constructing a 750- foot canal
C. building a dam almost a mile long D. felling a 110- foot cottonwood tree
Question 30. To what does the word "it" refer?
A. A dam B. New Hampshire C. A cottonwood tree D. Colorado
Question 31. According to the passage, beavers have been the subject of complaints because they ______.
A. contribute to soil erosion by cutting down so many trees
B. build dams that ruin popular fishing areas
C. attack people who trespass on beaver territory
D. destroy log cabins by gnawing on the wood
Question 32. The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses ____________.
A. examples of destructive forest-dwelling rodents
B. favorite trout streams in New England
C. reasons for the beaver's popularity among loggers
D. ways in which the beaver acts as a conservation resource

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 33. “_______?” – “I am looking for a silk tie.”
A. What can I do for you, sir B. What’s your matter, sir
C. Can I do you a favor, sir D. How do you do, sir
Question 34. “Have you got plans for your week-end?” - “_______.”
A. Nothing special B. No, I don’t mind C. I have to something to decide D. Not exactly

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 35. Anthropology (A) Jane Godall has contributed (B) a wealth of information (C) concerning
primate behavior through her studies (D) of chimpanzees.
Question 36. The discovery (A) of gold in 1848 transformed (B) San Francisco suddenly from a quiet (C)
port into one of the world’s richest and most famous city (D).
Question 37. The outermost part (A) of the Sun’s atmosphere is very (B) hot that its (C) gases continually
(D) expand away from the Sun.

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.
Icebergs are among nature's most spectacular creations, and yet most people have never seen one. A
vague air of mystery envelops them. They come into being -- somewhere -- in faraway, frigid waters, amid
thunderous noise and splashing turbulence, which in most case no one hears or sees. They exist only a short
time and then slowly waste away just as unnoticed.
Objects of sheerest beauty they have been called. Appearing in an endless variety of shapes, they may
be dazzlingly white, or they may be glassy blue, green or purple, tinted faintly or in darker hues. They are
graceful, stately, inspiring -- in calm, sunlight seas.
But they are also called frightening and dangerous, and that they are -- in the night, in the fog, and in
storms. Even in clear weather one is wise to stay a safe distance away from them. Most of their bulk is hidden
below the water, so their underwater parts may extend out far beyond the visible top. Also, they may roll over
unexpectedly, churning the waters around them.
Icebergs are parts of glaciers that break off, drift into the water, float about awhile, and finally melt.
Icebergs afloat today are made of snowflakes that have fallen over long ages of time. They embody snows that
drifted down hundreds, or many thousands, or in some cases maybe a million years ago. The snows fell in
polar regions and on cold mountains, where they melted only a little or not at all, and so collected to great
depths over the years and centuries.
As each year's snow accumulation lay on the surface, evaporation and melting caused the snowflakes
slowly to lose their feathery points and become tiny grains of ice. When new snow fell on top of the old, it too
turned to icy grains. So blankets of snow and ice grains mounted layer upon layer and were of such great
thickness that the weight of the upper layers compressed the lower ones. With time and pressure from above,
the many small ice grains joined and changed to larger crystals, and eventually the deeper crystals merged into
a solid mass of ice.
Question 38. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. The Melting of Icebergs B. The Nature and Origin of Icebergs
C. The Size and Shape of Icebergs D. The Dangers of Icebergs
Question 39. The author states that icebergs are rarely seen because they are _______.
A. surrounded by fog B. hidden beneath the mountains
C. located in remote regions of the world D. broken by waves soon after they are formed
Question 40. The passage mentions all of the following colors for icebergs EXCEPT ________.
A. yellow B. blue C. green D. purple
Question 41. According to the passage, icebergs are dangerous because they ________.
A. usually melt quickly B. can turn over very suddenly
C. may create immense snowdrifts D. can cause unexpected avalanches
Question 42. According to the passage, icebergs originate from a buildup of _________.
A. turbulent water B. feathers C. underwater pressure D. snowflakes
Question 43. The formation of an iceberg is most clearly analogous to which of the following activities?
A. Walking on fluffy new snow, causing it to become more compact and icy
B. Plowing large areas of earth, leaving the land flat and barren
C. Skating across a frozen lake and leaving a trail behind
D. Blowing snow into one large pile to clear an area
Question 44. The expression "from above" refers to ________.
A. sunlit seas B. polar regions C. weight of mountains D. layers of ice and snow
Question 45. The attitude of the author toward icebergs is one of _________.
A. disappointment B. humor C. disinterest D. wonder

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 46. They offer a better price than they did last week due to the summer sales.
A. The summer sales are the reason why the price becomes half as much as last week.
B. They offer a summer price which is not as good as what they offered last week.
C. The price they offer is higher than that of last week because of summer sales.
D. Summer sales make it possible for them to offer a better price than that of last week.
Question 47. Patience has accounted for his success in scientific research.
A. He has been successful in scientific research, which he explains with patience.
B. Patience is his only success in scientific research.
C. Being patient, he has made success in scientific research. 

D. On account of patience, he was not succeeded in scientific research.
Question 48. Being recognized wherever you go is the price you pay for being famous.
A. Being famous, you enjoy the price of being recognized wherever you go.
B. The price of being famous is recognized wherever you go.
C. Wherever you go, you may be recognized and pay for being famous. 

D. You have the disadvantage of being recognized wherever you go if you are famous. 

Question 49. The firm promised a wage increase to the workers, but it went back on its promises.
A. The firm did not give workers a wage increase as It had promised.
B. The firm promised to go back on a wage increase for the workers.
C. Workers who went back on their promises were not given a wage increase.
D. Promising a wage increase to the workers, the firm went back.
Question 50. He refused to accept help out of a false sense of pride.
A. He was so false in pride that he refused to accept help.
B. He was too unnecessarily proud to accept help.
C. He could not accept help due to his lack of sense of pride.
D. A false sense of pride prevented him from refusing to accept help.
 ANSWER KEY
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 1. Martha __________ three high schools before she could finally graduate.
A. is said to attend B. was said that she attended
C. is said to have attended D. says to be attended
Đáp án: C. is said to have attended
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc thể bị động dùng với động từ tường thuật (dùng với chủ ngữ chính):
S + be (am/is/are) + said/claimed/thought/believed, … + to have V3/ed (dùng khi động từ tường thuật và động
từ chính so le về thì với nhau)

Câu gốc (câu chủ động): People say that Martha had attended 3 high schools before she could finally graduate.
Câu bị động: Martha is said to have attended 3 high schools before she could finally graduate.
Dịch nghĩa: Người ta nói Martha đã học 3 trường cấp 3 trước khi cô ta có thể tốt nghiệp.

Question 2. It is time the local residents _________ their disapproval of the construction noise.
A. voiced B. voice C. have to voice D. should voice
Đáp án: A. voiced
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc:
It is (high/about) time somebody did sth: đã đến lúc ai đó làm việc gì đó
Dịch nghĩa: Đã đến lúc người dân địa phương bày tỏ sự không đồng tình của họ về tiếng ồn công trường.

Question 3. The audience all stood up to give a big _______ of applause to the artists.
A. bunch B. roar C. round D. hand
Đáp án: C. round
Giải thích:
A round of applause: một tràng pháo tay
Dịch nghĩa: Toàn bộ khán giả đứng dậy để vỗ tay thật to cho những người nghệ sĩ.
Các lựa chọn khác không tạo thành cụm từ “tráng pháo tay”:
A. bunch (n): chùm, bó (hoa)
B. roar (n): tiếng gầm
D. hand (n): bàn tay

Question 4. Though they have effectively worked in a team for years, they have ________.
A. few in between B. none in contact C. rarity in touch D. little in common
Đáp án: D. little in common
Giải thích:
To have something in common (with sb): có điểm chung (với ai đó)
Dịch nghĩa: Mặc dù họ đã làm việc nhóm rất hiệu quả nhiều năm, họ có rất ít điểm chung
Các lựa chọn khác không tạo thành cụm đúng nghĩa.

Question 5. We chose ten big oranges, _______ were still not ripe enough.
A. half of them B. half of which C. them half D. they half
Đáp án: B. half of which
Giải thích:
Đại từ quan hệ “which” dùng để thay thế cho vật.
Câu gốc: We chose ten big oranges. Half of them were still not ripe enough.
Dịch nghĩa: Chúng tôi chọn 10 quả cam to, phân nửa trong số đó vẫn chưa đủ chín.
 Question 6. Once Peter __________ us the invitation, we will decide how to get to the ceremony
A. sent B. has sent C. had sent D. will send
Đáp án: B. has sent
Giải thích:
Once (một khi/Ngay sau khi) + mệnh đề 1 (dùng với thì hiện tại đơn/hiện tại hoàn thành), mệnh đề 2 (dùng
với will).
Đằng sau những liên từ sau đây không dùng với Will:
Before, after, until, as soon as, when, once
Dịch nghĩa: Một khi Peter đã gửi cho chúng tôi thiệp mời, chúng tôi sẽ quyết định cách đi đến buổi lễ.

Question 7. Mom suggested _______ the garage every three months.

A. I tidy up B. I would tidy up C. me to tidy up D. me tidy up
Đáp án: A. I tidy up
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD (Bàng thái cách – Giả định ở hiện tại)
S + suggest/require/demand/order, … + that + S + (should) + Verb-bare (ở mọi ngôi và mọi thì)

Dịch nghĩa: Mẹ đề nghị tôi dọn dẹp ga-ra mỗi ba tháng.

Question 8. It was only after another sales promotion campaign ___________.

A. did the sales figures rise B. had the sales figures risen
C. that the sales figures rose D. that the sales figures had risen
Đáp án: C. that the sales figures rose
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc:
It was only after + mệnh đề 1/cụm từ + that + mệnh đề 2.
à Mãi cho tới sau khi…thì…
Lưu ý: Mệnh đề 2 không bao giờ chia thì quá khứ hoàn thành.
Nếu chọn câu A thì sẽ là:
Only after another sales promotion campaign did the sales figures rise.
Dịch nghĩa: Mãi cho tới khi sau khi có một chiến dịch quảng cáo bán hàng nữa thì danh số bán hành mới
tăng.

Question 9. ________ wrong, please call the number printed on this card.
A. Were anything to go B. Should anything go
C. If something would go D. Had something gone
Đáp án: B. Should anything go
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc đảo ngữ IF LOẠI 1:
Should + S + Verb = If + S + Verb
Dịch nghĩa: Nếu có trục trặc, hãy gọi đến số được in trên tấm thẻ này.

Question 10. Presumably, the letter __________ to the wrong address, for we have not received it yet.
A. had gone B. must have gone C. should have gone D. might have gone
Đáp án: D. might have gone
Giải thích:
Might have V3/ed: có lẽ đã làm điều gì đó (dùng để đưa ra suy đoán trong quá khứ, mức độ chắc chắn không
cao)
Manh mối: từ “Presumably”: hẳn là, chắc là
Dịch nghĩa: Có lẽ là lá thư đã có thể được gửi đến địa chỉ nhầm, vì chúng tôi chưa nhận được nó.
Các lựa chọn khác không đúng chức năng:
A. had gone: đã gửi đến địa chỉ nhầm (sự thật trong quá khứ, có từ “presumably” à không chọn A)
B. must have gone: ắt hẳn đã gửi đến địa chỉ nhầm (suy đoán với mức độ tự tin cao nhất, có từ “presumably
à không chọn B)
C. should have gone: đáng lẽ ra đã nên gửi đến địa chỉ nhầm (trách móc một việc đã không diễn ra trong quá
khứ à không đúng ngữ cảnh)
 Question 11. Stricter rules should be ________ to prevent cheating tenneants.
A. put out B. called for C. come by D. laid down
Đáp án: D. laid down
Giải thích:
To lay down rules: đặt ra luật
Dịch nghĩa: Người ta nên đặt ra những luật nghiêm khắc hơn để ngăn chặng nạn “ở chùa”.
Tenant (n): người thuê nhà
Cheating (a): gian lận

Các lựa chọn khác:

A. put out a fire: dập tắt một ngọn lửa
B. call for sth: kêu gọi cái gì đó
C. come by: lấy được. Ví dụ: Jobs are hard to come by these days.
Question 12. _________ than hundreds of teenagers cheered and took photographs of them.
A. No sooner had the stars come out B. Scarcely had the stars come out
C. The stars had just come out D. As soon as the stars came out
Đáp án: A. No sooner had the stars come out
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc:
No sooner + had + S + V3/ed + than + S + V2/ed: Vừa mới…thì…
Dịch nghĩa: Những ngôi sao (điện ảnh/ca nhạc gì đó) vừa mới bước ra thì hàng trăm ngàn thanh thiếu niên
reo hò và chụp ảnh.
Các lựa chọn khác:
Nếu chọn B thì câu sẽ là:
Scarcely had the stars come out when hundreds of teenagers cheered and took photographs of them.
Nếu chọn D thì câu sẽ là:
As soon as the stars came out, hundreds of teenagers cheered and took photographs of them.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the bold and underlined word(s) or phrase(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 13. After getting out of prison, Bob had to earn his living by doing menial jobs.
A. boring B. expensive C. badly-paid D. important
Đáp án: D. important (Tìm từ trái nghĩa nha)
Giải thích:
Menial (a): không có trình độ/kỹ năng/quan trọng > < important (a): quan trọng
Dịch nghĩa: Sau khi ra tù, Bob phải kiếm sống bằng cách làm những câu việc nhỏ nhặt/không cần nhiều kỹ
năng.
Các lựa chọn khác:
A. boring (a): chán
B. expensive (a): mắc
C. badly-paid (a): được trả tiền thấp

Question 14. The Green Party showed their dissent from the government’s decision to cut down budgets on
wildlife protection.
A. anger B. disagreement C. approval D. happiness
Đáp án: C. approval
Giải thích:
Approval (n): sự đồng tình > < dissent (n): sự không đồng tình
Dịch nghĩa: Nhóm “Môi Trường Xanh” (dịch đại vậy nhé) đã bày tỏ sự không đồng tình của họ về quyết định
giảm ngân sách cho việc bảo vệ các loài vật hoang dã bởi chính phủ.
Các lựa chọn khác:
A. anger (n): sự giận dữ
B. disagreement (n): sự không đồng ý (bằng nghĩa câu đề)
D. happiness (n): sự hạnh phúc
 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 15. A. enter 1 B. enlarge 2 C. envisage 2 D. enlist 2
Question 16. A. humanitarian 4 B. documentary 3 C. environmental 4 D. determination 4

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 17. A. copy /ɒ/ B. only /əʊ/ C. tone /əʊ/ D. known /əʊ/
Question 18. A. clashed /t/ B. relaxed /t/ C. laughed /t/ D. bridged /d/

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer that best fits the blank
space in the following passage.
Zoology, branch of biology that (19) ______________ the members of the animal kingdom and animal
life in (20) _____________. It includes both the (21) __________ look at individual animals and their
constituent parts (thành phần cấu tạo), even to the molecular level (mức độ phân tử), and the inquiry (22)
______________ animal populations, entire faunas (loài động vật), and the relationships of animals to each
other, to plants, and to the nonliving environment. Though this (23) _____________ range of studies results in
some isolation (sự cô lập) of specialities (tính chuyên môn) within zoology, the conceptual (dựa trên khái niệm,
ý tưởng) integration (sự hoà nhập, tích hợp) in the contemporary (đang diễn ra, đương thời) study of living
things that has occurred in recent years emphasizes the structural and functional unity of life (24)
__________________ than its diversity.
Question 19. A. learns B. looks on C. deals D. studies
Đáp án: D. studies
Giải thích:
To study: nghiên cứu
Dịch nghĩa: “Động vật học”, một nhánh của sinh học mà nghiên cứu thành viên của vương quốc động vật
và…
Các lựa chọn khác:
A. To learn: học
B. To look on sb/sth as sth: xem ai/cái gì đó như là…
C. To deal with sth: đối mặt với/xử lý

Question 20. A. common B. full C. general D. particular

Đáp án: C. general
Giải thích:
In general: nói chung
Dịch nghĩa: …vượng quốc động vật và đời sống động vật nói chung.
Các lựa chọn khác:
A. have something in common: có điểm chung
B. in full: toàn bộ
D. in particular: chi tiết/cụ thể

Question 21. A. close B. deep C. real D. strong

Đáp án: A. close
Giải thích:
Close (a): gần gũi, sâu sát, chi tiết, kỹ lưỡng à A close look (collocation): một cái nhìn chi tiết
Dịch nghĩa: Nó gồm cả cái nhìn sâu sát/chi tiết vào những con vật riêng lẻ và thành phần cấu tạo của chúng,
…
Các lựa chọn khác:
B. deep (a): sâu
C. real (a): thật
D. strong (a): mạnh

Question 22. A. into B. on C. with D. in

Đáp án: A. into
Giải thích:
Inquiry/enquiry into sth: điều tra/xem xét kỹ lưỡng cái gì đó
Dịch nghĩa: …và sự điều tra/xem xét toàn bộ dân cư và mối quan hệ của những loài động vật với nhau…

Question 23. A. great B. large C. vast D. wide

Đáp án: D. wide
Giải thích:
A wide range/variety of sth: một sự đa dạng những cái gì đó
Dịch nghĩa: Mặc dù sự đa dạng của những cuộc nghiên cứu này dẫn đến sự phân chia chuyên môn trong
ngành động vật học …
Các lựa chọn khác:
Câu A và câu B thường đi chúng với cụm “a number of” hoặc “an amount of”
à a great/large number of sth hoặc a great/large amount of sth
Câu C thì đi chung với từ “majority” à a vast majority (đại đa số)
Question 24. A. better B. more C. rather D. greater
Đáp án: C. rather
Giải thích:
Rather than something: thay vì
Dịch nghĩa: … nhấn mạnh đơn vị cấu trúc và chức nay thay vì sự đa dạng của nó
Ơ đây không có so sánh hơn giữa vật này và vật khác nên không dùng A, B, D

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the bold and underlined word(s) or phrase(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 25. The wine made him bold enough to stand up and introduce himself to the crowd.
A. sober B. brave C. strong D. risky
Đáp án: B. brave
Giải thích:
Brave (a): gan dạ = bold (a)
Dịch nghĩa: Rượu làm anh ta đủ gan dạ để đứng lên và giới thiệu bản thân mình trước đám đông
Các lựa chọn khác:
A. sober (a): không say rượu
C. strong (a): mạnh
D. risky (a): mạo hiểm

Question 26. The climbers face certain death if the rescue today is unsuccessful.
A. meet with B. oppose C. experience D. struggle
Đáp án: A. meet with
Giải thích:
To meet with sth: gặp phải, đối mặt với = To face sth
Dịch nghĩa: Những người leo núi đối mặt với cái chết nếu như đội cứu hộ hôm nay không thành công.
Các lựa chọn khác:
B. oppose (v): phản đối
C. experience (v): trãi nghiệm
D. struggle (v): vật lộn

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.
The beaver is North America’s largest rodent. (28) As such, it is a close relative of two creatures that are
not held in particularly high regard by most connoisseurs of wildlife, the porcupine and the rat. Even so, the
beaver has several qualities that endear it to people: ii is monogamous and lives in a family unit; it is gentle and
clean; it is absolutely industrious.
The beaver's legendary capacity for hard work has produced some astonishing results. (29) In British
Columbia, for example, one ambitious creature felled a cottonwood tree that was 11.1 feet tall and more than
five feet thick. In New Hampshire, beavers constructed a dam that was three fourths of a mile long and the
body of water it created contained no fewer than 40 lodges In Colorado, beavers were responsible for the
appearance of a canal that was a yard deep and ran for 7511 feet. Each adult beaver in Massachusetts, according
to one researcher’s calculations, cuts down more than a ton of wood every year.
Beavers appear to lead exemplary lives. But the beaver's penchant for building dams, lodges, and canals
has got it into a lot of hot water lately. (31) People who fish in the Midwest and New England are complaining
about beaver dams that spoil streams for trout and. in the Southeast, loggers object whenever the animals flood
out valuable stands of commercial timber. But some beaver experts champion a more charitable view. (32)
Historically, they say, this creature's impact on the environment has been tremendously significant, and its
potential as a practical conservation resource is receiving more and more attention.

Question 27. What does the passage mainly discuss? (Bài đọc này chủ yếu bàn bạc về việc gì?)
A. Characteristics and habits of the beaver (Đặc điểm và thói quen của loài hải ly)

Question 28. In the first paragraph, the author implies that the porcupine and the rat are ___________.
(Ở đoạn 1, tác giả ngụ ý rằng loài nhím và loài chuột …)
C. disliked by connoisseurs of wildlife
(…không được ưa chuộng bởi những người thành thạo về đời sống hoang dã)

Question 29. According to the passage. a beaver in British Columbia was responsible for ________.
(Theo như bài đọc, một con hải ly ở vùng British Columbia cần phải chịu trách nhiệm cho…)
D. felling a 110- foot cottonwood tree
(…việc làm đổ một cái cây dương cao 110 foot)

Question 30. To what does the word "it" refer?

A. A dam (một cái đập ngăn nước)

Question 31. According to the passage, beavers have been the subject of complaints because they ______.
(Theo như bài đọc, loài hải ly là đối tượng của những lời phàn nàn bởi vì chúng…)
B. build dams that ruin popular fishing areas
(…xây lên những cái đập mà phá hoại khu vực câu cá)

Question 32. The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses ____________.
(Đoạn văn theo sau bài đọc này nhiều khả năng sẽ bàn luận về…)
D. ways in which the beaver acts as a conservation resource
(những cái cách mà loài hải ly đóng vai trò như là một tài nguyên đáng được bảo tồn)

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 33. “_______?” – “I am looking for a silk tie.”
A. What can I do for you, sir B. What’s your matter, sir
C. Can I do you a favor, sir D. How do you do, sir
Question 34. “Have you got plans for your week-end?” - “_______.”
A. Nothing special B. No, I don’t mind C. I have to something to decide D. Not exactly

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 35. Anthropology (A) Jane Godall has contributed (B) a wealth of information (C) concerning
primate behavior through her studies (D) of chimpanzees.
Sửa thành: Anthropologist (n): nhà nhân chủng học
Dịch nghĩa: Nhà nhân chủng học Jane Godall đã đóng góp rất nhiều thông tin liên quan đến hành vi linh
trưởng qua những nghiên cứu của cô ấy về con tinh tinh.

Question 36. The discovery (A) of gold in 1848 transformed (B) San Francisco suddenly from a quiet (C)
port into one of the world’s richest and most famous city (D).
Sửa thành: cities
Giải thích:
One of the + noun (số nhiều)
Dịch nghĩa: Việc khám phá ra vàng vào năm 1848 đã biến San Francisco từ một bến cảng yên bình thành một
trong những thành phố giàu có và nổi tiếng nhất thế giới.
Question 37. The outermost part (A) of the Sun’s atmosphere is very (B) hot that its (C) gases continually
(D) expand away from the Sun.
Sửa thành: so
Giải thích:
Cấu trúc: So + adj/adv + that + clause: quá…đến nỗi mà…
Dịch nghĩa: Phần ngoài cùng của bầu khí quyển Mặt trời quá nóng đến nỗi mà những loại khí của nó tiếp tục
nở ra từ Mặt Trời.

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.
Icebergs are among nature's most spectacular creations, and yet most people have never seen one. A
vague air of mystery envelops them. (39) They come into being -- somewhere -- in faraway, frigid waters, amid
thunderous noise and splashing turbulence, which in most case no one hears or sees. They exist only a short
time and then slowly waste away just as unnoticed.
Objects of sheerest beauty they have been called. Appearing in an endless variety of shapes, they may
be dazzlingly white, (40b, c, d) or they may be glassy blue, green or purple, tinted faintly or in darker hues.
They are graceful, stately, inspiring -- in calm, sunlight seas.
But they are also called frightening and dangerous, and that they are -- in the night, in the fog, and in
storms. Even in clear weather one is wise to stay a safe distance away from them. Most of their bulk is hidden
below the water, so their underwater parts may extend out far beyond the visible top. (41) Also, they may roll
over unexpectedly, churning the waters around them.
Icebergs are parts of glaciers that break off, drift into the water, float about awhile, and finally melt. (42)
Icebergs afloat today are made of snowflakes that have fallen over long ages of time. They embody snows that
drifted down hundreds, or many thousands, or in some cases maybe a million years ago. The snows fell in polar
regions and on cold mountains, where they melted only a little or not at all, and so collected to great depths over
the years and centuries.
As each year's snow accumulation lay on the surface, evaporation and melting caused the snowflakes
slowly to lose their feathery points and become tiny grains of ice. (43s) When new snow fell on top of the old,
it too turned to icy grains. So blankets of snow and ice grains mounted layer upon layer and were of such great
thickness that the weight of the upper layers compressed the lower ones. With time and pressure from above,
the many small ice grains joined and changed to larger crystals, and eventually the deeper crystals merged into
a solid mass of ice.

Question 38. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
(Cái nào sau đây sẽ là tựa đề tốt nhất cho bài đọc?)
B. The Nature and Origin of Icebergs (Bản chất và nguồn gốc của núi băng trôi)

Question 39. The author states that icebergs are rarely seen because they are _______.
(Tác giả khẳng định rằng núi băng trôi ít được thấy bởi vì..)
C. located in remote regions of the world (…chúng ở những khu vực hẻo lánh của thế giới.)

Question 40. The passage mentions all of the following colors for icebergs EXCEPT ________.
(Tác giả đề cập những màu sau đều là màu của núi băng trôi NGOẠI TRỪ màu..)
A. yellow (vàng)

Question 41. According to the passage, icebergs are dangerous because they ________.
(Theo như bài đọc, núi băng trôi nguy hiểm vì chúng..)
B. can turn over very suddenly (…có thể lộn nhào rất bất thình lình.)

Question 42. According to the passage, icebergs originate from a buildup of _________.
(Theo như bài đọc, núi băng trôi được tạo thành từ sự tồn đọng của…)
D. snowflakes (bông tuyết)

Question 43. The formation of an iceberg is most clearly analogous to which of the following activities?
(Sự tạo thành của núi băng trôi thì giống nhất với hoạt động nào sau đây?)
A. Walking on fluffy new snow, causing it to become more compact and icy (Đi bộ trên lớp tuyết mới mềm
mượt và khiến cho chúng trở nên đặc và đông lại)
Question 44. The expression "from above" refers to ________.
(Cách diễn đạt “from above” diễn tả cho…)
D. layers of ice and snow (những lớp băng và tuyết)

Question 45. The attitude of the author toward icebergs is one of _________.
(Thái độ của tác giả đối với núi băng trôi là…)
D. wonder (…ấn tượng mạnh)

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 46. They offer a better price than they did last week due to the summer sales.
(Họ đưa ra một cái giá tốt hơn vào tuần trước vì đang có một mùa giảm giá mùa hè)

A. The summer sales are the reason why the price becomes half as much as last week.
(Giảm giá mùa hè là lý do tại sao giá thấp hơn một nửa so với tuần trước)
à sai vì đề không nói giá thấp hơn bao nhiêu, chỉ nói giá tốt hơn.

B. They offer a summer price which is not as good as what they offered last week.
(Họ đưa ra một mức giá mùa hè mà không tốt bằng những gì họ đã đề nghị vào tuần trước.)
à sai vì giá tuần này tốt hơn tuần trước.

C. The price they offer is higher than that of last week because of summer sales.
(Giá mà họ đưa ra cao hơn giá tuần trước vì giảm giá mùa hè)

à sai vì câu đề nói giá tuần này tốt hơn giá tuần trước (giá tốt hơn đương nhiên là rẻ hơn gòi)
D. Summer sales make it possible for them to offer a better price than that of last week.
(Giảm giá mùa hè làm cho họ có thể đưa ra giá tốt hơn giá tuần trước)

Question 47. Patience has accounted for his success in scientific research.
(Kiên nhẫn là lý do anh ta thành công trong nghiên cứu khoa học)
To account for sth: là lời giải thích cho cái gì đó

A. He has been successful in scientific research, which he explains with patience.

(Anh ta đã thành công trong nghiên cứu khoa học và anh ta giải thích điều đó với sự kiên nhẫn.)
à Sai vì theo câu đề thì anh ta chả có giả thích gì cả.

B. Patience is his only success in scientific research.

(Sự kiên nhẫn là sự thành công duy nhất của anh ta trong nghiên cứu khoa học)
à Đọc vô là biết sai liền gòi.

C. Being patient, he has made success in scientific research. (Là người kiên nhẫn, anh ta đã có những thành
công trong nghiên cứu khoa học)
Dùng Verb-ing để rút gọn 2 mệnh đề cùng chủ ngữ.
Câu gốc: He is patient, so he has made success in scientific research.

D. On account of patience, he was not succeeded in scientific research.
(Bởi vì kiên nhẫn, anh ta chưa thành công trong nghiên cứu khoa học)
à Đọc vô là biết sai liền gòi.
On account of sth = because of sth: bởi vì …

Question 48. Being recognized wherever you go is the price you pay for being famous.
(Bị nhận ra ở bất kỳ nơi đâu bạn đi đến là cái giá bạn phải trả cho việc nổi tiếng.)

A. Being famous, you enjoy the price of being recognized wherever you go.
(Vì nổi tiếng, bạn đang tận hưởng cái giá của việc bị nhận ra ở mọi nơi mà bạn đi đến.)
B. The price of being famous is recognized wherever you go.
(Cái giá của việc nổi tiếng được nhân ra ở biết kỳ nơi đâu mà bạn tới.)

C. Wherever you go, you may be recognized and pay for being famous.
(Cho dù bạn đi đâu, bạn có thể bị nhận ra và trả tiền cho sự nổi tiếng.)

D. You have the disadvantage of being recognized wherever you go if you are famous.
(Nếu bạn nổi tiếng, bạn gặp bất lợi là sẽ bị nhận ra ở bất kỳ nơi đâu bạn đi.)

Question 49. The firm promised a wage increase to the workers, but it went back on its promises.
(Công ty đã hứa tăng lương cho công nhân, nhưng công ty đã thất hứa)
To go back on one’s promises: thất hứa

A. The firm did not give workers a wage increase as It had promised.
(Công ty đã không có tăng lương cho công nhân như nó đã hứa)

B. The firm promised to go back on a wage increase for the workers.

à sai cấu trúc cmnr.

C. Workers who went back on their promises were not given a wage increase.
(Những người công nhân thất hứa đã không được tăng lương)

D. Promising a wage increase to the workers, the firm went back.

(Hứa tăng lương cho công nhân, công ty trở lại)

Question 50. He refused to accept help out of a false sense of pride.

(Anh ta từ chối sự giúp đỡ vì sự tự cao không đúng chổ)
To do sth out of sth: làm bởi vì cái gì đó…
False (a): wrong or mistaken, because it is based on something that is not true or correct
False sense of pride: tự hào/tự cao một cách nhầm lẫn/không đúng chổ

A. He was so false in pride that he refused to accept help.

(Anh ta quá sai trong sự tự hào của mình đến nỗi anh ta từ chối giúp đỡ)

B. He was too unnecessarily proud to accept help.

(Anh ta quá tự cao một cách không cần thiết đến nỗi anh ta không thể chấp nhận sự giúp đỡ)

C. He could not accept help due to his lack of sense of pride.

(Anh ta không thể chấp nhận sự giúp đỡ vì anh ta thiếu lòng tự hào.)

D. A false sense of pride prevented him from refusing to accept help.

(Một sự tự hào sai làm đã ngăn anh ta từ chối nhận giúp đỡ)
à Sai. Đúng là: A false sense of pride prevented him from accepting help.