TIẾNG ANH THẦY CHÍ CHÂU - KYS

THI THỬ KYS – LẦN 1

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

Ngày thi: 21/8/2021. Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1. A. athlete B. strength C. event D. wrestling
Question 2. A. stripped B. affected C. worked D. popped
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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3. A. soulmate B. swallow C. humane D. people
Question 4. A. additive B. mischievous C. hesitant D. enormous
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. I reckon that hockey is a dangerous sport, _______?
A. aren’t I B. is it C. isn’t it D. are I
Question 6. The bridge _______ over 10 years ago is in bad condition.
A. which built B. to build C. building D. built
Question 7. Each citizen _______ to abide by the new rules.
A. is expected B. expects C. are expected D. expect
Question 8. Chelsea was saved from bullies by the opportune arrival of Fred. They _______ close
friends since then.
A. become B. have become C. became D. will become
Question 9. After ________ every major judo title, Mark retired from international competitions.
A. won B. winning C. he has won D. being won
Question 10. When it comes to choosing what to buy, some consumers pay attention ________
the package while some focus on the price.
A. by B. to C. in D. on
Question 11. Nuclear power stations are notoriously _______ and their construction costs go way
over original estimates.
A. reliable B. reliance C. unreliable D. rely

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Question 12. That was the first time the doctors ________ such a difficult birth.
A. was meeting B. have met C. met D. had met
Question 13. The handle wouldn’t have fallen off if you _______ the door so violently.
A. wouldn’t slam B. haven’t slammed C. hadn’t slammed D. weren’t slammed
Question 14. The more money you get, _______ you have to take on.
A. more responsibility B. the more responsibility
C. the more responsible D. more responsible
Question 15. He made a toy as a birthday gift to his daughter. It is a _________ house.
A. beautiful big pinkish B. pinkish beautiful big
C. beautiful pinkish big D. big pinkish beautiful
Question 16. ________ about her traumatic childhood.
A. Hardly Lauren talks B. Hardly does Lauren never talk
C. Hardly does Lauren talk D. Hardly never does Lauren talk
Question 17. During courtship in the animal world, the female often ________ the lead, staking
her breeding territory and fighting with other females over potential mates.
A. appoints B. pursued C. takes D. follows
Question 18. Many deadly illnesses are ________ by poor diet and lack of exercise.
A. brought about B. cast aside C. come out D. got down
Question 19. Last week, I came to my friend's birthday party and stayed there until the ________
came home. That worried my parents a lot.
A. owls B. ducks C. ravens D. cows
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 20. Having finished his National examination, Mark decided to take a gap year and
become a compulsive traveller.
A. supportive B. mandatory C. avid D. self-opinionated
Question 21. Should you need any help in learning English, just call on Mr Chi Chau KYS. He
will help you at the drop of a hat.
A. independently B. immediately C. surely D. slowly
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is
OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 22. The garden path was so dirty as if it hadn’t been swept for many days.
A. clean B. messy C. polluted D. nasty

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Question 23. I can remember vividly the spiritless face of my mother after returning from work.
Therefore, I’m trying my best to enter a prestigious university.
A. sustainable B. trustworthy C. feeble D. energetic
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentences that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 24.
- Laura: “Would you mind making us some tea, Jack?”
- Jack: “________ Please wait a minute.”
A. Of course not. B. Sorry, I don’t.
C. Don’t worry. Go ahead! D. I’m afraid I can’t.
Question 25.
- Harry: “From my perspective, instant messaging and social networking are common today,
while emails are less popular.”
- Minh: “_________ There are many people who prefer to use emails.”
A. I’d prefer text messaging. B. That’s true!
C. To me, writing emails is time-consuming. D. I couldn’t completely agree with you.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
word(s) that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or

hundreds of thousands of years.
Within the next two decades, temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5C above pre-
industrial levels, breaching the ambition of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, (26) ________
bringing widespread devastation and (27) ________ weather.
Only rapid and drastic reductions in greenhouse gases in this decade can prevent such
climate breakdown, with (28) ________ fraction of a degree of further heating likely to compound
the accelerating effects, according to the International Panel on Climate Change, the world’s
leading authority on climate science.
The comprehensive assessment of climate science published on Monday, the sixth such
report from the IPCC since 1988, has been eight years in the making, marshalling the work of
hundreds of experts and peer-review studies. It represents the world’s full knowledge to date of
the physical basis of climate change, and found (29) ________ human activity was
“unequivocally” the cause of rapid changes to the climate, including sea level (30) ________,
melting polar ice and glaciers, heatwaves, floods and droughts.

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Question 26. A. yet B. and C. nor D. so
Question 27. A. extreme B. mild C. tranquil D. uncertain
Question 28. A. every B. some C. a lot of D. much
Question 29. A. which B. whose C. by whom D. that
Question 30. A. raises B. raising C. rises D. rising
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35.
Last year, Usain Bolt stunned athletics fans when he hacked 0.11 seconds off his previous
world record for the 100-metre sprint. But what’s the ultimate human speed limit?
Intrigued by this question, Mark Denny at Stanford University, California, decided to work
out how fast a human could possibly sprint 100 metres. He examined previous records for various
athletics competitions – and greyhound and horse races for good measure – since the 1920s, and
found that performances in many events followed a similar pattern, improving steadily until they
reached a plateau. Horses in the Kentucky Derby, for example, appeared to approach their speed
limit in 1949. Since then any improvements have become minimal and increasingly rare.
Human athletes, too, seem to follow this pattern. Timings for the women’s 100 metres
approached a plateau in 1977. Male sprinters are still improving, but having constructed a model
based on other events, Denny says they too seem on the verge of topping out. He predicts an
absolute limit of 9.48 seconds for the 100 metres, just 0.1 seconds under Bolt’s current record. “If
he keeps on course he will soon come close to the absolute limit,” says Denny.
What gives rise to this human speed limit? Denny reckons it’s as simple as the athlete’s
power-to-weight ratio. Beyond a certain point, the benefits of stronger muscles and longer limbs
will be offset by the increased energy required to shift the greater load.
Question 31. The word “ultimate” in the first paragraph could be best replaced by _______.
A. basic B. long-lasting C. maximum D. tight
Question 32. According to the passage, Mark Denny concluded that _______.
A. greyhound and horse races were good examples of athletics competitions since the 1920s
B. an unchanged pattern should be followed in order to measure accurate records
C. athletic records progressively increased and then reached a stable position
D. the standard of many sporting events improved steadily, breaking many records
afterwards
Question 33. The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. competitions B. performances C. events D. athletes
Question 34. The word “course” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.

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 A. schedule B. manner C. programme D. progress
Question 35. Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. Ways to Reach Expectedly High Speed Limit
B. Human’s Abilities: How Fast Can a Person Be?
C. Human Speed Limit – An Unresolved Issue
D. Mark Denny’s Estimation on Human Speed Limit
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
People collaborate when they work together to accomplish a task. Collaboration among
early humans helped to ensure their survival. They relied on collaboration in order to find food
and raise children. In the contemporary world, it is acknowledged that collaboration is a critical
characteristic of organizational settings such as businesses – most organizational behaviour
experts agree, for example, that collaboration increases productivity.
Workplace failures can happen when collaboration and team skills are absent. Your
business can end up as an incohesive collection of competing silos, departments, and individuals.
When people work together, they can use each other’s knowledge to advance new ideas and
rectify intricate problems.
In recent years, collaboration has been greatly enhanced by the advent of the Internet. In
the past, people had to be in the same place in order to work together. Today, online collaboration
allows people to accomplish a range of tasks collectively at any time and from any location.
Crowdsourcing, which uses a network of a large number of people to help solve a problem, is
increasing our scientific knowledge. Data collected from a crowdsourcing website called
Cerberus, for example, is helping astronomers analyze satellite images of Mars.
What makes humans want to collaborate? James K. Rilling, an anthropologist at Emory
University, looked at brain activity while participants were engaged in cooperative activities. His
study showed that the desire to cooperate with others may be innate in humans. Researchers are
also looking into ways to enhance human collaboration. Studies of the ways in which animal and
insect groups – such as ants – collaborate may help us figure out ways to work together even
more efficiently.
Question 36. Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. Human Collaboration B. The Era of Outsourcing
C. An Innovative Working Approach D. How Can Leadership Skills help us?
Question 37. The word “They” in paragraph 1 refers to _________.
A. organizational settings B. people using teamwork

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 C. people establishing businesses D. early humans
Question 38. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE about
teamworking?
A. Teamworking helped prehistoric humans survive and bring offspring up.
B. Without strong collaboration, businesses can lose productivity and money.
C. Via teamworking, individuals can rely on their seniors to create ideas.
D. By applying team-related activities, workplace failures are less likely to occur.
Question 39. The word “intricate” in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by _________.
A. knotty B. contractual C. unwise D. unresponsive
Question 40. According to the passage, “Crowdsourcing” is a network by which _________.
A. people can comfortably move to the same place to work
B. workloads could be completed anytime, anywhere
C. people could get a large amount of business information
D. tasks and problems can be completed by Cerberus
Question 41. Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. Research on human-animal cooperation helps us to work together better.
B. Modern anthropologists could cooperate better than the prehistoric ones.
C. People cannot engage in team-related activities without researchers’ cooperation.
D. People need to be trained to enhance their innate cooperative skills.
Question 42. The phrase “figure out” in the last paragraph mostly means _______.
A. pacify B. exemplify C. identify D. solidify
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 43. He applied for a job in a foreign country. He wanted to developed himself and earn
more money.
A. for B. developed C. earn D. more
Question 44. Ms Sally is sounding a sternal warning about an environmental calamity caused by
industrial polluters.
A. is sounding B. sternal C. calamity D. polluters
Question 45. Employees leave their jobs more because they can’t have a good relationship with
other co-worker.
A. leave B. because C. with D. co-worker
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.

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Question 46. “Would you mind turning down the TV, Michael? I don’t feel very well,” said Eliz.
A. Eliz reminded Michael to turn down the TV because she didn’t feel very well.
B. Eliz wanted to know Michael whether he could turn down the TV because she didn’t feel
very well.
C. Michael was asked to turn down the TV since he didn’t feel very well.
D. Eliz told Michael to turn down the TV since she didn’t feel very well.
Question 47. During social distancing period, it's obligatory for residents to stay indoors, and
they are only allowed to go outside for food, medicine, emergency medical services.
A. During social distancing period, residents needn’t stay indoors, and they are only allowed
to go outside for food, medicine, emergency medical services.
B. During social distancing period, residents should stay indoors, and they are only allowed
to go outside for food, medicine, emergency medical services.
C. During social distancing period, residents must stay indoors, and they are only allowed
to go outside for food, medicine, emergency medical services.
D. During social distancing period, residents ought to stay indoors, and they are only
allowed to go outside for food, medicine, emergency medical services.
Question 48. Thanks to the police dogs, the federal police found out over 400 pounds of cocaine
in a camper van.
A. If it weren’t for the police dogs, the federal police couldn’t find out over 400 pounds of
cocaine in a camper van.
B. Without the police dogs, the federal police couldn’t find out over 400 pounds of cocaine
in a camper van.
C. But for the police dogs, the federal police couldn’t have found out over 400 pounds of
cocaine in a camper van.
D. If the federal police hadn’t brought the police dogs, they couldn’t find out over 400
pounds of cocaine in a camper van.

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each
pair of sentences of the following questions.
Question 49. Covid-19 has already shaken much of human society. The threat posed by global
warming has not gone away.
A. Covid-19 has already shaken much of human society, so the threat posed by global
warming has not gone away.
B. Covid-19 has already shaken much of human society even if the threat posed by global
warming has not gone away.
C. Covid-19 has already shaken much of human society because the threat posed by global
warming has not gone away.
D. While Covid-19 has shaken much of human society, the threat posed by global warming
has not gone away.
Question 50. Nam applied for a job abroad. He wanted to broaden his horizons and earn more
money.
A. Nam applied for a job abroad so that he could broaden his horizons and earn more money.
B. Applied for a job abroad, Nam wanted to broaden his horizons and earn more money.
C. To broaden his horizons and earn more money, a job abroad is applied for by Nam.
D. Nam applied for a job abroad, which could help him to change his hard life and enhance
his knowledge.
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