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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from that of others in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. subsidy B. substantial C. undergraduate D. drugstore
Question 2: A. preface B. gazelle C. surface D. flamingo
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 ofprimary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. interestingly B. surprisingly C. provincially D. annoyingly
Question 4: A. mislead B. cover C. correct D. involve
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: Jane is very about her career.
A. single-handed B. single-minded C. fresh-face D. bare-faced
Question 6: Light are small planes with seats for no more than about six passengers.
airplane B. airship C. aircraft D. aircrafts
Question 7: A: How much is this car?
B: 15,000 dollars. My uncle paid for it by .
A. cash B. credit C. installments D. hire purchase
Question 8: She’s certainly a writer, she has written quite a few bools this year.
A. fruitful B. prolific C. fertile D. successful
Question 9: Husha and Honish are talking about Trishie after watching her music performance.
Husha: “Trishie’s the best singer in our school.”
Honish: “ ”
A. Yes, please. B. I couldn’t agree with you more.
C. That’s OK! D. Yes, tell me about it.
Question 10: They were accused of treating the country’s flag with .
A. respect B. irrespect C. disrespect D. non-respect
Question 11: What measures have been to control traffic jam at rush hours?
A. imagined B. taken C. done D. carried
Question 12: A teacher is talking to the principal about their school plan.
The teacher: “Why are the renovations being
delayed?” The principal: “ .”
A. Yes, but it should be changed B. We must get a permit first
C. It was delayed over two hours D. The building really needs renovating
Question 13: “I can’t remember us ever ,” replied the stranger.
A. being met B. to have met C. having met D. cooks
Question 14: If Mr. David at the meeting, he would make a speech.
A. were B. had been C. was D. has been
Question 15: the food before, Tom didn’t want to eat it again.
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A. Having eaten B. To eat C. Eaten D. Eating
Question 16: Leave it in the oven until it brown.
A. turns B. colours C. changes D. cooks
Question 17: ? Your eyes are red.
A. Did you cry B. Have you been cried
C. Were you crying D. Have you been crying
Question 18: After seeing the film Memoir of a Geisha, .
A. Have you been cried B. the book made many people want to read it
C. many people wanted to read the book D. the reading of the book interested people
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.
It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of
work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano
practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or
have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you’re older.
Over the years, I’ve done my share of adult learning. At 30,1 went to a college and did courses in
History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to
be late - I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the other way round.
Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn’t
frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had
passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely
personal.
Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty. But the joy
is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were
young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another.
What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the maturity department.
In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you’re older, you get less frustrated.
Experience has told you that, if you’re calm and simply do something carefully again and again,
eventually you’ll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas - from being able to drive a
car, perhaps - means that if you can’t, say, build a chair instantly, you don’t, like a child, want to destroy
your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will, with application, eventually get there.
I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a teacher who
could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age of ten, I could
never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that I’d played for my
school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended as I’d had all those years
before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from my fingers, and suddenly I could
understand why practice makes perfect.
Question 19: It is implied in paragraph 1 that .
A. young learners are usually lazy in their class
B. teachers should give young learners less homework
C. young learners often lack a good motivation for learning
D. parents should encourage young learners to study more
Question 20: The writer’s main point in paragraph 2 is to show that as people grow up, .
A. they cannot learn as well as younger learners
B. they have a more positive attitude towards learning
C. they tend to leam less as they are discouraged
D. they get more impatient with their teachers
Question 21: While doing some adult learning courses at a college, the writer was surprised .
A. to have more time to leam B. to be able to leam more quickly
C. to feel learning more enjoyable D. to get on better with the tutor
Question 22: In paragraph 3, the word “rusty” means .
A. not as good as it used to be through lack of practice
B. impatient because of having nothing to do
C. covered with rust and not as good as it used to be
D. staying alive and becoming more active
Question 23: The phrase “get there” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “ ”.
A. have the things you have long desired
B. achieve your aim with hard work
C. arrive at an intended place with difficulty
D. receive a school or college degree
Question 24: All of the following are true about adult learning EXCEPT
A. experience in doing other things can help one’s learning
B. young people usually feel less patient than adults
C. adults think more independently and flexibly than young people
D. adult learners have fewer advantages than young learners
Question 25: It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that maturity is a positive plus in the learning process
because adult learners .
A. pay more attention to detail than younger learners
B. have become more patient than younger learners
C. are less worried about learning than younger learners
D. are able to organize themselves better than younger learners
Question 26: It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you .
A. should expect to take longer to learn than when you were younger
B. find that you can recall a lot of things you leamt when younger
C. can sometimes understand more than when you were younger
D. are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Working mothers
Because an increasing number of people are opting to work outside the traditional office, notebook PCs
are becoming more and more popular. However, you should know that notebook PCs aren't for everyone.
As you (27) up the pros and cons of your desktop PC with a new system, you should bear
(28) mind that you may get better profit for your money by investing in a faster, more
powerful desktop PC.
Portability comes at a price. Leave your laptop unattended for any length of time in any sort of public
place and you will quickly discover that it has been stolen. You could even lose it without any intentional
neglect on your area; laptops (and all the business and personal information they contain) are easy (29)
for skilled thieves. So, yes, there are definitely serious security issues. Also, if you are
prone to tossing your laptop around as you do your purse, workout bag or umbrella, you’ll probably break
it before you get your money's worth. Guarantees are getting better and longer, but they still won’t cover
a simple slip, let alone (30) carelessness. So, before you (31) out to get
yourself the latest technological appliance, think long and hard as to whether a notebook PC is really
suitable for you.
Question 27: A. measure B. weigh C. even D. count
Question 28: A. on B. in C. over D. of
Question 29: A. aims B. objects C. targets D. goals
Question 30: A. usual B. normal C. regular D. habitual
Question 31: A. rush B. speed C. move D. walk
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 32: If carefully doing, the experiment will be successful.
A B C D
Question 33: The new computer chip is the smallest one than has ever been developed.
A B C D
Question 34: Although this car appears to be manufactured by a different company, it has the same body
A B C
style, size, and perform as that one.
D
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.
Scientists have developed a new bionic computer chip that can be mated with human cells to combat
disease. The tiny device, smaller and thinner than a strand of hair, combines a healthy human cell with an
electronic circuitry chip. Doctors can control the activity of the cell by controlling the chip with a
computer.
It has long been established that cell members become permeable when exposed to electrical impulses.
Researchers have conducted genetic research for years with a trial-and-error process of bombarding cells
with electricity in an attempt to introduce foreign substances such as new drug treatments or genetic
material. They were unable to apply a particular level of voltage for a particular purpose. With the new
invention, the computer sends electrical impulses to the chip, which triggers the physicians to open a
cell’s pores with control.
Researchers hope that eventually they will be able to develop more advanced chips whereby they can
choose a particular voltage to activate particular tissues, whether they be muscle, bone, brain, or others.
They believe that they will be able to implant multiple chips into a person to deal with one problem or
more than one problem.
Question 35: The word “strand” in the second sentence is closest in meaning to .
A. chip B. type C. color D. thread
Question 36: The author implies that scientists are excited about the new technology because .
A. it is possible to kill cancer with a single jolt.
B. It is less expensive than current techniques.
C. It allows them to be able to shock cells for the first time.
D. It is more precise than previous techniques.
Question 37: The word “eventually” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to .
A. in the future B. especially C. possibly D. finally
Question 38: The author implies that up to now, the point of applying electric impulse to cells was to
.
A. open their walls to introduce medication B. kill them
C. combine cells D. stop growth
Question 39: The author states that scientists previously were aware that .
A. electric impulses could affect cells
B. electric charges could harm a person
C. cells interact with each other through electrical charges
D. they could control cells with a separate computer
Question 40: The word they in the first sentences of the third paragraph refers to .
A. chips B. tissues C. voltages D. researchers
Question 41: The author indicates that it is expected doctors will be able to .
A. place more than one chip in a single person
B. place one large chip in a person to control multiple problems
C. place a chip directly inside a cell
D. place a chip inside a strand of hair
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 42: One of the fundamentals of education, mathematics is taught from the earliest grades in
school.
A. basics B. understandings C. needs D. points
Question 43: In 1969, the Beatles officially broke up after playing together as a band for more than a
decade.
A. separated B. united C. worked together D. cooperated
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 44: One of our group’s main goals is to discourage the use of chemical fertilizers
A. prevent B. encourage C. avoiding D. expect
Question 45: Many people lost out when the new regulations were enforceD.
A. were at an advantage B. were at a disadvantage
C. lost their jobs D. became fainted
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the
following questions.
Question 46: You need not have washed the sheets. The hotel staff does the cleaning.
A. It is good that you washed the sheets.
B. It was not necessary to wash the sheets, even though you did.
C. It was necessary to wash the sheets, but you did not do it.
D. It was necessary to wash the sheets, and you did not do it.
Question 47: You’d better take the keys. It’s possible I’ll come home late.
A. You’d better take the keys as I possibly come home late.
B. You’d better take the keys in case I come home late.
C. I’ll probably come home late so that you’d better take the keys.
D. If I come home late, you’d better take the keys.
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: He was annoyed because his secretary came late to work.
A. His secretary came late to work made him annoyed.
B. His secretary’s coming late to work made him annoying.
C. He objected to his secretary’s coming late to work.
D. He objected to that his secretary came to work late.
Question 49: “I don’t think Janet will win this time”- said Tony.
A. Tony wondered if Janet would win this time.
B. Tony believed that Janet would win that time.
C. Tony doubted whether Janet would win that time.
D. Tony suggested that Janet should try to win that time.
Question 50: I have learnt never to take sides in any arguments between my close friends.
A. I support neither side in my close friends’ arguments.
B. I don’t encourage my close friends to argue.
C. If I support one side in arguments, the other will be upset.
D. I don’t support any of my close friends.
ĐÁP ÁN
1.B 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.B 6.C 7.C 8.B 9.B 10.C
11.B 12.B 13.C 14.A 15. A 16. A 17.D 18.C 19.C 20.B
21.C 22.A 23.B 24.D 25.B 26.C 27.B 28.B 29.C 30.D
31.A 32.B 33.B 34.D 35.D 36.D 37.A 38.A 39.A 40.D
41.A 42.A 43.A 44.B 45.A 46.B 47.B 48.C 49.C 50.A
HƯỚNG DẪN
Question 1: Đáp án B.
A. subsidy /'sʌbsədi/ (n): tiền bao cấp, tiền trợ giá, tiền trợ cấp, tiền trợ giúp
B. substantial /səb'stæn∫l/ (adj): đáng kể
Ex: There are substantial differences between the two groups.
C. undergraduate /,ʌndə'grædʒuət/ (n): sinh viên chưa tốt nghiệp
D. drugstore /'drʌgstɔ:(r)/ (n): hiệu thuốc
Phần được gạch chân trong đáp án B được đọc là /ə/, khác với các đáp án còn lại đọc là /ʌ/.
Question 2: Đáp án C.
A. preface /'prefəs/ (n): phần mở đầu (của cuốn sách, bài viết...)
B. gazelle /gə'zel/ (n): linh dương (động vật).
C. surface /'sə:fɪs/ (n): bề mặt.
D. flamingo /ftə'mɪηgəu/ (n): chim hồng hạc.
Phần được gạch chân trong đáp án C được đọc là /ɪ/, khác với các đáp án còn lại đọc là /ə/.
Question 3: Đáp án A.
A nhấn trọng âm ở âm tiết đầu tiên, các đáp án còn lại nhấn âm thứ 2.
A. interestingly /'ɪntrɪstɪηli/ (adv): thú vị.
B. surprisingly /sə'praɪzɪηli/ (adv): làm ngạc nhiên.
C. provincially /prə'vɪn∫əli/ (adv): mang tính chất tỉnh lẻ
D. annoyingly /ə'nɔɪ-ɪη/ (adv) = irritatingly: gây khó chịu.
Question 4: Đáp án B.
B nhấn trọng âm ở âm tiết đầu tiên, các đáp án còn lại nhấn âm thứ 2.
A. mislead /,mɪs'li:d/ (v): chỉ sai đường, đưa sai thông tin.
Ex: He deliberately misled US about the nature of their relationship: Anh ấy cố tình chỉ sai cho chúng tôi
về bản chất của mối quan hệ của họ.
B. cover /'kʌvə/ (v): che phủ.
Ex: She covered her face with her hands: Cô ấy dùng tay để che mặt.
C. correct /kə'rekt/ (v): sửa lỗi, chữa.
Ex: Some eyesight problems are relatively easy to correct: một số vấn đề về thị lực khá là dễ chữa.
D. involve /ɪn'vɔlv/ (v); bao gồm, chứa đựng.
Ex: Any investment involves an element of risk: Bất kỳ vụ đầu tư nào cũng chứa đựng một yếu to rủi ro.
Question 5: Đáp án B.
Tạm dịch: Cô ấy rất về sự nghiệp của cô.
B. to be single-minded about sth (adj): chuyên tâm về việc gì, có quyết tâm.
Ex: a tough, single-minded lady.
Các lựa chọn còn lại không phù hợp vì:
A. single-handed (adj): một mình, không có sự trợ giúp của ai.
Ex: She brought up three children single-handedly: Cô ấy một mình nuôi 3 đứa con.
C. fresh-faced (adj): mặt mày tươi tỉnh.
D. bare-faced (adj): trơ tráo, không che mặt nạ.
MEMORIZE
Tính từ ghép với minded:
absent-minded: đãng trí
bloody-minded: tàn bạo, khát máu
narow-minded: hẹp hòi
open-minded: phóng khoáng, cởi mở
single-minded: chỉ có một mục đích, chuyên tâm
Question 6: Đáp án C.
C. aircraft (n): máy bay nhỏ
Các lựa chọn còn lại không phù hợp:
A. airplane (n): máy bay cỡ lớn.
B. airship (n): khí cầu.
D. aircrafts: sai (dạng số nhiều vẫn là aircraft).
Question 7: Đáp án C.
- to pay for sth by installments: trả tiền mua cái gì nhưng trả bằng nhiều lần.
Các lựa chọn khác sai vì không kếp họp với giới từ “by”:
A. to pay in cash: trả bằng tiền mặt.
Ex: Will you pay by credit card or in cash?
B. to buy sth on credit: mua chịu.
Ex: We bought the dishwasher on credit.
D. hire purchase (n) = installment plan: phương thức mua trả góp nhưng chỉ khi nào trả hết được tiền
thì vật đã mua mới chính thức thuộc sở hữu của
bạn. Ex: We're buying a new cooker on hire
purchase. Question 8: Đáp án B.
Tạm dịch: Cô chắc chắn là một nhà văn ; cô đã viết khá nhiều cuốn sách trong năm nay
A. fruitful /'fru:tfl/ (adj): ra quá nhiều, tốt, màu mỡ, sinh sản nhiều
B. prolific /prə'lɪfɪk/ (adj): sáng tác nhiều (nhà văn, hoạ sĩ...)
C. fertile /'fɜ:taɪl/ (adj): màu mỡ, mắn đẻ
D. successful /sək'sesfl/ (adj): thành công
- quite a few: khá nhiều
Question 9: Đáp án B.
Chỉ sự đồng ý hoàn toàn với 1 ý kiến nào đó ta dùng:
I couldn’t agree with you more >< I couldn’t agree with you less.
Question 10: Đáp án C.
- disrespect (n): sự thiếu tôn kính, bất lễ.
Ex: disrespect for the law: sự thiếu tôn trọng luật pháp.
Loại respect vì: respect (n): sự tôn kính/tôn kính, tôn trọng, ngưỡng mộ.
Ex: I have the greatest respect for Jane's work.
Các lựa chọn còn lại: tiền tố “ir” và “non” không kết hợp được với “respect”.
Question 11: Đáp án B.
Cụm từ: to take measures: áp dụng các biện pháp.
Do đó đáp án chính xác là B.
Question 12: Đáp án B.
Tạm dịch: Tại sao việc sửa chữa nâng cấp bị trì hoãn?
- Chúng ta cần phải có giấy phép trước đã.
- permit (n): giấy phép
- work permit (n): giấy phép lao động (để được làm ở nước ngoài)
- renovation /,renə'veɪ∫n/ (n): sự nâng cấp, sự cải tiến, đổi mới
Question 13: Đáp án C.
remember + V-ing/ having done: nhớ rằng đã làm gì.
Các lựa chọn còn lại không phù hợp vì:
A: dạng bị động không phù hợp với nghĩa của câu.
B, D: sai ý nghĩa: remember + to V: nhớ phải làm gì
FOR REVIEW
To remember + V-ing/ having done (nhấn mạnh hành động đã xảy ra): nhớ rằng đã làm gì.
Ex: I remember sending her a note.
To remember + to V: nhớ phải làm gì đó (trong tương lai).
Ex: Remember to brush your teeth before going to bed.
MEMORIZE
probably (adv): hầu như chắc chắn (xảy ra)
probability (n): sự có thể có, khả năng có thể xảy ra
in all probability: rất có thể