TEACHER: THANH LOAN ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA SỐ 91

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part
Question 1: The Rocky Mountains stretch all the way from Mexico to the Arcitic
A. unite B. spread C. extend D. develop
Question 2: Currently, there are more deer in the United Sates than at any other time in our history
A. At present B. At once C. Before long D. Up to now
Mark the letter to indicate the word that differs in the pronunciation in each of the following
questions.
Question 3. A. distribute B. public C. manufacture D. assume
Question 4: A. alike B. sign C. billboard D. hire
Read the following passage and mark the letter to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 7 to 16
The penny press, which emerged in the United States during the 1830’s, was a powerful agent of mass communication.
These newspapers were little dailies, generally four pages in length, written for the mass taste. They differed from the staid, formal
presentation of the conservative press, with its emphasis on political and literary topics. The new papers were brief and cheap,
emphasizing sensational reports of police courts and juicy scandals as well as human interest stories. Twentieth- century journalism
was already fore shadowed in the penny press of the 1830’s.
The New York Sun, founded in 1833, was the first successful penny paper, and it was followed two years later by the New
York Herald, published by James Gordon Bennett. Not long after, Horace Greeley gave space to the issues that deeply touched the
American people before the Civil War-abolitionism temperance, free homesteads, Utopian cooperative settlements, and the
problems of labor. The weekly edition of the Tribune, with 100, 000 subscribers, had a remarkable influence in rural areas,
especially in Western communities.
Americans were reputed to be the most avid readers of periodicals in the world. An English observer enviously calculated
that, in 1829, the number of newspapers circulated in Great Britain was enough to reach only one out of every thirty-six inhabitants
weekly; Pennsylvania in that same year had a newspaper circulation which reached one out of every four inhabitants weekly.
Statistics seemed to justify the common belief that Americans were devoted to periodicals. Newspapers in the United States
increased from 1,200 in 1833 to 3,000 by the early 1860’s, on the eve of the Civil War. This far exceeded the number and
circulation of newspapers in England and France.
Question 5: What is the author’s main point in the first paragraph?
A. The penny press became an important way of disseminating information in the first half of the nineteenth century
B. The penny press was modeled on earlier papers C. The press in the nineteenth century reached only a small proportion of the population
D. The penny press focused mainly on analysis of politics
Question 6: What does the author mean by the statement in the first paragraph that twentieth century journalism was
foreshadowed by the penny press?
A. The penny press darkened the reputation of news writing B. Modern news coverage is similar to that done by the penny press
C. Twentieth-century journalism is more important than the nineteenth century newspapers
D. Penny-press news reporting was more important than the nineteenth century journalism
Question 7: Which of the following would LEAST likely be in a penny press paper?
A. A report of theft of union funds by company officials
B. An article about a little girl returning a large amount of money she found in the street
C. A story about land being given away in the West D. A scholarly analysis of an economic issue of national importance
Question 8: Who was Horace Greeley (paragraph 2)?
A. The founder of penny press paper that did the most to influence the thinking of the public
B. The publisher of the first penny - press paper to make a profit C. The most successful write for the penny press
D. The man who took over James Gordon Bennett’s penny-press paper and made it successful
Question 9: The word “remarkable” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _______
A. discussable B. remote C. significant D. uneven
Question 10: The figures concerning newspaper circulation in Pennsylvania in 1829 are relevant because they ____
A. explain why so may different periodicals were published B. support the belief that Americans were enthusiastic readers of periodicals
C. prove that weekly periodicals were more successful than daily papers D. Show the difference between reading habits before and after the Civil War
Question 11: The third paragraph is developed primarily by means of _______
A. descriptions B. analysis of a process C. contrasts D. ordering events in time sequence
Question 12: It can be inferred that penny-press newspapers were all of the following EXCEPT ________
A. inexpensive B. profitable C. informal D. thorough
Read the following passage and mark the letter to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 13 to 19
Overland transport in the United States was still extremely primitive in 1790. Roads were few and short, usually
extending from inland communities to the nearest river town or seaport. Nearly all interstate commerce was carried out by sailing
ships that served the bays and harbors of the seaboard. Yet, in 1790 the nation was on the threshold of a new
era of road development. Unable to finance road construction, states turned for help to private companies, organized by merchants
and land speculators who had a personal interest in improved communications with the interior. The pioneer in this move was the
state of Pennsylvania, which chartered a company in 1792 to construct a turnpike, a road for the use of which a toll, or payment, is
collected, from Philadelphia to Lancaster. The legislature gave the company the authority to erect tollgates at points along the road
where payment would be collected, though it carefully regulated the rates. (The states had unquestioned authority to regulate
private business in this period.)

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 The company built a gravel road within two years, and the success of the Lancaster Pike encouraged imitation. Northern
states generally relied on private companies to build their toll roads, but Virginia constructed a network at public expense. Such
was the road building fever that by 1810 New York alone had some 1,500 miles of turnpikes extending
from the Atlantic to Lake Erie.
Transportation on these early turnpikes consisted of freight carrier wagons and passenger stagecoaches. The most common
road freight carrier was the Conestoga wagon, a vehicle developed in the mid-eighteenth century by German immigrants in the area
around Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It featured large, broad wheels able to negotiate all but the deepest ruts and holes, and its round
bottom prevented the freight from shifting on a hill. Covered with canvas and drawn by four to six horses, the Conestoga wagon
rivaled the log cabin as the primary symbol of the frontier. Passengers traveled in a variety of stagecoaches, the most common of
which had four benches, each holding three persons. It was only a platform on wheels, with no springs; slender poles held up the
top, and leather curtains kept out dust and rain.
Question 13: Paragraph 1 discusses early road building in the United States mainly in terms of the
(A) popularity of turnpikes (B) financing of new roads (C) development of the interior (D) laws governing road use
Question 14: The word "primitive" in line 1 is closest in meaning to
(A) unsafe (B) unknown (C) inexpensive (D) undeveloped
Question 15: In 1790 most roads connected towns in the interior of the country with
(A) other inland communities (B) towns in other states (C) river towns or seaports (D) construction sites
Question 16: The phrase "on the threshold of" in line 3 is closest in meaning to
(A) in need of (B) in place of (C) at the start of (D) with the purpose of
Question 17: According to the passage, why did states want private companies to help with road building?
(A) The states could not afford to build roads themselves. (B) The states were not as well equipped as private companies.
(C) Private companies could complete roads faster than the states. (D) Private companies had greater knowledge of the interior.
Question 18: Virginia is mentioned as an example of a state that __________
(A) built roads without tollgates (B) built roads with government money
(C) completed 1,500 miles of turnpikes in one year (D) introduced new law restricting road use
Question 19: The "large, broad wheels" of the Conestoga wagon are mentioned in line 16 as an example of a feature of wagons that was
(A) unusual in mid-eighteenth century vehicles (B) first found in Germany
(C) effective on roads with uneven surfaces (D) responsible for frequent damage to freight
Mark the letter A, D, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Question 20: Because he had started a fight in the playground, he was in _______ for the rest of that day
A. disgrace B. exile C. dishonor D. punishment
Question 21: It was not until she told me her name __________ to know who she was
A. was I getting B. that I was getting C. was getting D. I was getting
Question 22: Should he have cheated, he ______ be punished
A. will have to B. would have to C. would have had to D. would have had
Question 23: I thought, ___________, that the recession would be soon over
A. as did my colleagues B. as my colleagues C. like my colleagues D. the same as my colleagues
Question 24: There were no tickets left ________
A. whatever B. somewhat C. whatsoever D. nothing simply
Question 25: The committee asks that the school _________ next year
A. to be to close B. will be close C. be to close D. will be closing
Question 26: I am sure the timing won’t be difficult at all. The band starts playing the moment you
_________
A. are seeing they will be enteringB. seeing them being entering C. will be seeing them entering D. see them entering
Question 27: It ______ a disaster but fortunately he ______ fast
A. might be/ didn’t drive B. must be/ won’t be driving
C. was supposed to be/ hadn’t driven D. could have been/ wasn’t driving
Question 28: The explosion of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima was __ _ powerful as to kill 80,000 people and destroy 90%
of the property of the city
A. so B. once C. much D. rather
Question 29: The snow is very thick on the ground, _____ I will try to go to work today anyway
A. even so B. notwithstanding C. but D. whereas
Question 30: Without the Council’s subsidy we can’t afford _______
A. having all the texts translated B. to have all the texts translated
C. having all the texts to be translated D. to have translated all the texts
Question 31: What the company needs is a ___________ actor who can take on a variety of roles
A. variable B. changeable C. versatile D. diverse
Mark the letter to indicate the word that differs in the position of the main stress in each of the
following questions.
Question 32. A. satisfactory B. alterative C. military D. generously
Question 33: A. apprehension B. preferential C. convention D. calculation
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that need correction.
Question 34: Because of the availability of trucks and easy access to modern highways, the locate of farms has become relatively
unimportant with respect to their distance from the markets
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Question 35: By selectively breeding plants, researchers have created strains of plants that are more resistance to disease
Question 36: Logic, whether modern, tradition, or ancient, limits its concern strictly to problems of validity
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word (s) for each of the
blanks from 37 to 41 TEENAGE AIRLINE BOSS
Martin Halstead is a young entrepreneur, best known for having managed to launch his own airline at the age of eighteen.
Martin had started his first business venture, making flight simulators for use in pilot training, while he was still a fifteen-year-old
schoolboy, and at seventeen he left school to train as a pilot. It was whilst on the course that Martin realized that instead of just
being a pilot, he’d like to run an airline business, and so he (37) _____ up with the idea for AlphaOne Airways. Martin (38) _____
planned to fly between Oxford and Cambridge, and there was considerable public (39) _____ in the idea. But when a big investor
pulled out at tile last minute, Martin was left with no option but to think again. But he was not to be (40) _____. In November
2005, he relaunched the company, this time planning flights from the Isle of Man to Edinburgh. A first flight departed on
November 7th, carrying invited guests and media in an aircraft Martin had leased from another company. Although the airline
suspended operations in January 2006, AlphaOne Airways had carried some forty fare-paying passengers on the route, and Martin
had (41) _____ his dream. It was perhaps his naivety and youth that allowed him to ignore the problems and barriers that someone
older may have seen as a brick wall standing in the way of achievement.
Question 37: A. thought B. came C. hit D. dreamt
Question 38: A. initially B. largely C. primarily D. principally
Question 39: A. attraction B. attention C. support D. interest
Question 40: A. put off B. caught out C. sent back D. turned down
Question 41: A. reached B. fulfilled C. obtained D. completed
Mark the letter to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.
Question 42: “You stole my best cassette, Bob” said Willy
A. Willy accused Bob for having stolen his best cassette B. Willy accused Bob of having stolen his best cassette
C. Willy accused Bob on having stolen his best cassette D. Willy accused Bob to have stolen his best cassette
Question 43: It is more than one hundred years since the birth of Charles Dicken, the famous Novelist
A. It is more than one hundred years when Charles Dicken, the famous novelist, born
B. More than one hundred years, Charles Dicken, the famous born
C. Since Charles Dicken is a famous novelist, he was born more than one hundred years ago
D. Charles Dicken, the famous novelist, was born more than one hundred years ago
Question 44: When he asked me which one I wanted, I said I didn’t mind
A. He wanted me to choose for him and I agreed to do so B. He said I could choose between them, but I said it didn’t matter to me
C. I would have done the choosing if they had asked me to D. It was up to me to choose between them, but I didn’t want to
Mark the letter to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 45: Lan didn’t apply for the job in the library. She regrets now
A. Lan wishes she had applied for the job in the library B. Lan wishes she have applied for the job in the library
C. Lan wishes she has applied for the job in the library D. Lan wishes she applied for the job in the library
Question 46: It was barking. Iit wanted someone to let it out.
A. It was barking so that someone would let it out. B. It was barking in order that someone would let it out.
C. It was barking for someone let it out. D. All are correct.
Mark the letter to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part
Question 47: The price of the hotel room excludes meals, but there are a lot of good restaurants and bars nearby.
  A.  omits              B.  excepts           C.  includes       D. involves
Question 48: In this town there are only a couple of restaurants that to my knowledge serve good food.
  A. ignorance        B. experience      C. memory        D. misunderstanding
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 49: “Do you mind the door being open?” “_______________. It is much too cold
A. Yes, please B. I’m afraid I don’t C. I would rather you didn’t D. No, I don’t
Question 50: “What kind of vegetable dishes do you have?” “__________”
A. Stir-fried or steamed B. Do you like vegetables? C. They aren’t expensive D. Just vegetables
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teacher: thanh loan
Read the following passage and mark the letter to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks form 1 to 10.
Each advance in microscopic technique has provided scientists with new perspectives on the function of living
organisms and the nature of matter itself. The invention of the visible-light microscope late in the sixteenth century
introduced a previously unknown realm of single-celled plants and animals. In the twentieth century, electron microscopes
have provided direct views of viruses and minuscule surface structures. Now another type of microscope, one that utilizes x-
rays rather than light or electrons, offers a different way of examining tiny details; it should extend human perception still
farther into the natural world.
      The dream of building an x-ray microscope dates to 1895 ; its development, however, was virtually halted in the
1940`s because the development of the electron microscope was progressing rapidly. During the 1940`s, electron
microscopes routinely achieved resolution better than that possible with a visible-light microscope, while the performance of
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of advances such as the development of new sources of x-ray illumination. As a result, the brightness available  today is
millions of times that of x-ray tubes, which, for most of the century, were the only available sources of soft x-rays
The new x-ray microscopes considerably improve on the resolution provided by optical microscopes. They can also
be used to map the distribution of certain chemical elements. Some can form pictures in extremely short times ; others hold
the promise of special capabilities such as three-dimensional imaging. Unlike conventional electron microscopy, x-ray
microscopy enables specimens to be kept in air and in water, which means that biological samples can be studied under
conditions similar to their natural state. The illumination used, so-called soft x-rays in the wavelength range of twenty to
forty angstroms (an angstrom is one ten-billionth of a meter) , is also sufficiently penetrating  to image intact biological cells
in many cases. Because of the wavelength of the x-rays used, soft x-ray microscopes will never match the highest resolution
possible with electron microscopes. Rather, their special properties will make possible investigations that will complement
those performed with light- and electron-based instruments.
Question 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The detail seen through a microscope B. Sources of illumination for microscopes
C. A new kind of microscope D. Outdated microscopic techniques
Question 2: According to the passage, the invention of the visible-light microscope allowed scientists to
A. see viruses directly B. develop the electron microscope late on
C. understand more about the distribution of the chemical elements
D. discover single-celled plants and animals they had never seen before
Question 3: The word "minuscule" in line 5 s closest in meaning to _____________
A. circular B. dangerous C. complex D. tiny
Question 4: The word "it" in line 7 refers to ________________
A. a type of microscope B. human perception C. the natural world D. light
Question 5: Why does the author mention the visible-light microscope in the first paragraph?
A. To begin a discussion of sixteenth-century discoveries B. To put the x-ray microscope in a historical perspective
C. To show how limited its uses are D. To explain how it functioned
Question 6: Why did it take so long to develop the x-ray microscope?
A. Funds for research were insufficient. B. The source of illumination was not bright enough until recently.
C. Materials used to manufacture x-ray tubes were difficult to obtain D. X-ray microscopes were too complicated to operate.
Question 7: Based on the information in the passage, what can be inferred about x-ray microscopes in the future?
A. They will probably replace electron microscopes altogether. B. They will eventually be much cheaper to produce than they are now.
C. They will provide information not available from other kinds of  microscopes
D. They will eventually change the illumination rage that they now use.
Mark the letter to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to original sentence in following questions.
Question 8: “If you practice more, you might be able to make a career out of music”, Her teacher said
A. Her teacher said that if she practiced more, she might be able to make a career out of music
B. Her teacher said that if she practiced more, she might have been able to make a career out of music
C. Her teacher said that if she had practiced more, she might be able to make a career out of music
D. Her teacher said that if she had practiced more, she might have been able to make a career out of music
Question 9: It was not as far to the town as we thought
A. As we thought, the town wasn’t far away B. We thought the town was far, and it was
C. The town was nearer than we thought D. We thought the town was nearer than we thought
Question 10: He decided to repair the thing himself and not to take it back to the shop
A. Rather than take it back to the shop, he decided to repair the thing himself
B. He decided to repair the thing himself as he couldn’t take it back to the shop
C. He took the thing back to the shop because he wanted to have it repaired
D. He decided to have the thing repaired and not to take it back to the shop
Read the following passage and mark the letter to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks form 11 to 20.
One of the factors contributing to the intense nature of twenty-first-century stress is our continual exposure to media
– particularly to an overabundance of news. If you feel stressed out by the news, you are far from alone. Yet somehow many
of us seem able to prevent ourselves from tuning in to an extreme degree.
The further back we go in human history, the longer news took to travel from place to place, and the less news we
had of distant people and lands altogether. The printing press obviously changed all that, as did every subsequent
development in transportation and telecommunication.
When television came along, it proliferated like a population of rabbits. In 1950, there were 100,000 television sets in North
American homes; one year later there were more than a million. Today, it’s not unusual for a home to have three or more
television sets, each will cable access to perhaps over a hundred channels. News is the subject of many of those channels,
and on several of them it runs 24 hours a day.
What’s more, after the traumatic events of September 11, 2001, live newscasts were paired with perennial text
crawls across the bottom of the screen – so that viewer could stay abreast of every story all the time.
Needless to say, the news that is reported to us is not good news, nut rather disturbing images and sound bytes alluding to
disaster (natural and man-made), upheaval, crime, scandal, war, and the like. Compounding the problem is that when actual
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finance, relationships, waistline, hairline, or very existence in the future. This variety of story tends to treat with equal alarm
a potentially lethal flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream that overpromises smooth skin.
Are humans meant to be able to process so much trauma – not to mention so much overblown anticipation of potential
trauma – at once? The human brain, remember, is programmed to slip into alarm mode when danger looms. Danger looms
for someone, somewhere at every moment. Exposing ourselves to such input without respite and without perspective cannot
be anything other than a source of chronic stress.
(Extracted from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Beating Stress by Arlene Matthews Uhl-Penguin Group)
Question 11: According to the passage, which of the following has contributed to the intense nature
of twenty-first-century stress?
A. The degree to which stress affects our life B. Our inability to control ourselves
C. An overabundance of special news D. Our continual exposure to the media
Question 12: In the past, we had less news of distant people and lands because ___________.
A. printing, transportation, and telecommunications were not developed
B. means of communication and transportation were not yet invented
C. most people lived in distant towns and villages D. the printing press changed the situation too slowly
Question 13: What is probably the best title for this passage?
A. Development in Telecommunications B. The Media – A Major Cause of Stress
C. More Modern Life – More Stress D. Effective Ways to Beat Stress.
Question 14: The word “traumatic” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _____________.
A. fascinating B. upsetting C. exciting D. boring
Question 15: According to the passage, when there is not enough actual breaking news, broadcast ______________.
A. are full dangerous diseases such as flu B. send out live newscasts paired with text across the screen
C. are forced to publicize an alarming increase in crime D. send out frightening stories about potential dangers
Question 16: As stated in the passage, a flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream tend to _____________.
A. be scare breaking news B. involve natural and man-made disasters
C. be treated with equal alarm D. be warmly welcomed by the public
Question 17: Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The only source of stress in our modern life is the B. Many TV channels supply the public with breaking news.
media.
C. Many people are under stress caused by the media. D. The news that is reported to us is not good news.
Question 18: According to the passage, our continual exposure to bad news without perspective is obviously __________.
A. the result of an overabundance of good news B. the result of human brain’s switch to alarm mode
C. a source of defects in human brain D. a source of chronic stress
Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of following exchanges
Question 19: “Thank you very much!”. “______”
A. Nothing B. Please C. Not at all D. Of course
Question 20: “_________” “Ok. I’ll join you in ten minutes.”
A. Would you like to go out for lunch? B. Let’s go and have lunch now
C. Why don’t you stop to have lunch? D. You can have lunch in our new canteen
Mark the letter A, D, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Question 21: My friend has _______ for a bargain
A. a sharpener ear B. a strong head C. a keen eye D. a keen ear
Question 22: The Southeast Asian Games ______ its origin to the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
A. has B. owes C. returns D. date back
Question 23: Owing to the fog, his flight from Karachi was _______
A. belated B. overdue C. unscheduled D. unpunctual
Question 24: We might have to change our plan for the weekend and, _______, we will let you know as soon as possible
A. in case B. if so C. providing D. supposing
Question 25: The taxi _______ at 9.30 but it didn’t turn up
A. should arrive B. had to arrive C. ought to have arrived D. must have arrived
Question 26: After the guest had left, we were allowed to eat the ________ cakes
A. remaining B. left C. missed D. additional
Question 27: Don’t worry. I have ______tire at the back of my car
A. the other B. another C. other D. others
Question 28: I ______ happy to see him, but I didn’t have time
A. would have been B. will be C. would be D. will have been
Question 29: Fire screws have been operating at full ______
A. effort B. power C. strength D. energy
Question 30: I’ve been planning to sort out my files but I haven’t _________
A. got round to it B. got away with it C. managed doing it D. got at it
Question 31: Most of the diseases are caused by the unhygienic surroundings _______ people live.
A. which B. in that C. in where D. in which
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Question 32: My farther usually has a ______egg and bread for breakfast
A. soft-boiled B. soft-boiling C. boiled-soft D. boiling-soft
Mark the letter to indicate the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in the following question
Question 33: More than 15,000 species of ants have been identified by scientists
A. chosen B. grouped C. named D. seen
Question 34: Pioneers crossing the continent on the Oregon Trail carved their names on Independence Rock
A. penned B. scratched C. buried D. described
Mark the letter to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in the
following questions.
Question 35: A. conservative B. equalize C. extraordinary D. astronomer
Question 36: A. approach B. particular C. respect D. property
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that need correction.
Question 37: On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-topped mountains more than a mile beneath sea level
Question 38: Not until much later did she realize her long-known partner had been lying her
Question 39: Justice is often personified as a blindfolded woman to hold a pair of scales
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word (s) for each
of the blanks THE HISTORY OF WRITING
The development of writing (40)___a huge difference to the world and we might see it as the beginning of the
(41)____. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around
4000BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of “picture writing” developed in the area around Mesopotamia (modern- day Iraq),
where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used
by the Phoenicians around 1050BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first
two signs were called “alepth” and “beth”, which in Greek became “alpha” and “beta”, which gave us the modern word
“alphabet”.
The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and (42)_____ to other European countries under the Romans.
A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added three letters G, and the letter J and V which were
(43)_____ to people in Shakespeare’s time.
If we (44)______ the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. The Romans used to write quaesto
at the end of a sentence in order to show that it was a question. They started to write Qo in place of the whole word,
and then put Q above the o. In the end, that became the question mark “?”.
Question 40: A. did B. had C. made D. took
Question 41: A. media B. bulletin C. programme D. journalism
Question 42: A. spread B. appeared C. was D. occurred
Question 43: A. infamous B. unpopular C. unknown D. hidden
Question 44: A. look into B. bring on C. make off D. hold up
Mark the letter to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 45: “Make good use of your time. You won’t get such an opportunity”
A. He let me make use of my time, knowing that I wouldn’t get an opportunity again
B. He ordered me to make use of my time, saying that wouldn’t get an opportunity again
C. He advised me to make good use of my time as I wouldn’t get such an opportunity again
D. He offered me such an opportunity so that I could make good use of my time
Question 46: There is an important difference between humans and chimpanzees. Chimpanzees walk on four legs
A. There is an important difference between humans and chimpanzees that walk on four legs
B. Chimpanzees walk on four legs, so they are importantly different from humans
C. An important difference between humans and chimpanzees is that chimpanzees walk on four legs
D. There are important difference between humans and chimpanzees one of which is that chimpanzees walk on four legs
Mark the letter to indicate the word that differs in the pronunciation in each of the following
questions.
Question 47: A. apologize B. absorb C. arrive D. absence
Question 48: A. moved B. checked C. pushed D. stepped
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part
Question 49: He was so insubordinate that he lost his job within a week
A. fresh B. disobedient C. obedient D. understanding
Question 50: Children must sit on parents’ lap unless an empty seat is available
A. occupied B. booked C. disused D. abandoned

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Fun Corner: A mother took her little boy to church. While in church the little boy said” “Mommy, I have to pee.”
The mother said to the little boy, “It’s not appropriate to say the word ‘pee’ in church. From now on when you have to ‘pee’
just tell me that you have to whisper.” The following Sunday, the little boy went to church with his father and during the

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service said to his father, “Daddy, I have to whisper.” The father looked at him and said, “Okay, why don’t you whisper in
my ear.”
Romantic words: I wrote your name in the sand, but the waves took it away.
I wrote your name in the sky, but the wind blew it away.
So I write your name in my heart, where no one can take it away and it'll be forever

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