9 CH 20.6.

BH

PART I. PRONUNCIATION (5pts)

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other
words.
1. A. compulsory B. suggestion C. summary D. agriculture
2. A. leisure B. measure C. failure D. pleasure
3. A. attraction B. congestion C. passion D. construction
4. A. mileage B. license C. kite D. wilderness
5. A. faces B. horses C. houses D. places
. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same
line
6. A. al’ternative B. ‘guitarist C. ecosystem D. se’mester
7. A. ‘heritage B. my’sterious C. historical D. particular
8. A. shortcoming B. category C. eventually D. applicant
9. A. interview B. compulsory C. inhabitant D. contribute
10. A. schedule B. orbit C. promise D. report
PART II : LEXICO-GRAMMAR ( 10 pts)
Choose the answer A, B, C or D which best fits the space in each of the following sentences.
1. He's really shy _______ girl.
A. by B. at C. for D. with
2. The teacher _______ her to improve her drawing.
A. insisted B. encouraged C. made D. persisted
3. I couldn't quite ______ what they were doing because they were so far away.
A. bear out B. make out C. think out D. try out
4. The meal Mary cooked tastes_______.
A. well B. nice C. good D. worse
5. ______ at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone.
A. Arriving B. We arrived C. Arrived D. We were arriving
6. The people who______ the survey said that they had examined over 1,000 accidents.
A. gave B. proceed C. set D. conducted
7. The judge found him ______ of stealing and sent him to prison.
A. evil B. innocent C. guilty D. wicked
8. The house we have rented is______. So we will have to buy some beds, chairs, tables, etc.
A. unrestored B. unrepaired C. unfurnished D. undecorated
9. He was turned down for the job because he is ________.
A. qualified B. qualifying C. unqualified D. qualification
10. The trouble started only______ the other man came into the room.
A. when B. until C. and then D. too soon
11. _______, the disaster would not have happened.
A. Had you have obeyed the orders B. You had obeyed the orders
C. You obeyed the orders D. Had you obeyed the orders
12. _______ had booked in advance were allowed in.
A. Only who B. Only those who
C. Only who were those D. Only were those who
13. Traveling alone to a jungle is adventurous, ________.
A. if not impossible B. if it not impossible
C. when not impossible D. when it not impossible

14. I ______ the hot weather in the south.

A. use to B. used to C. am use to D. am used to
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15. The meat looked very _______ to the dog.
A. invited B. invite C. inviting D. invitingly
16. His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else’s point of view. He is very_________.
A. open-minded  B. kind-hearted    C. narrow-minded  D. absent-minded
17. There is _________ in my bedroom.
A. a square wooden old table              B. an old square wooden table
C. a wooden old square table             D. an old wooden square table
18. “I am sorry. I broke the vase”. - “ _________.”
A. OK. Go ahead                 B. Yes, certainly                 
C. Don’t worry. Things break                D. I’d rather not.
19. One’s fingerprints are _________ other person.
A. different from                        B. different from any
C. differ from any                       D. different from those of any
20. He is very happy because he passed his exam with __________ colours.
A. flying B. failing C. imagining D. changing
Complete each sentence with the correct form of ONE of the phrasal verbs below. Write your
answer in the numbered box. Each verb is used only once. (5 pts)

slip up run out of get into figure out drink up

wear off fall into cut down on egg on take off

1. I just can’t __figure out_________ why President Clinton did that! What a stupid thing to do!
2. If you plan the project well, then everything should __take off________ place.
3. At first the guys were just having a small argument, but their friends __egg on_____ them
__wear off_______ until they started fighting.
4. The doctor told me to __cut down on________ sugar and fat in my diet.
5. I’m sorry, I just can’t __run out of________ the game right now. I’m thinking about work.
6. You __slip up_______ when you told Sara about her surprise party. You shouldn’t have done
that.
7. In many cultures, it is appropriate __take off_______ your shoes when entering a house.
8. Most patients find that the numbness from the injection _fall into________ after about an
hour.
9. We __drink up________ milk this morning, so we need to go to the store.
10. __get into________ everyone! The pub is closing in five minutes.
READING
PART I. Read the following passage carefully, then choose the ONE best answer to each
question.
Water scarcity is fast becoming one of the major limiting factors in world crop production. In
many areas, poor agricultural practices have led to increasing desertification and the loss of
formerly arable lands. Consequently, those plants species that are well adapted to survival in dry
climates are being looked at for an answer in developing more efficient crops to grow on
marginally arable lands.
Plants uses several mechanisms to ensure their survival in desert environments. Some involve
purely mechanical and physical adaptations, such as the shape of the plant’s surface, smaller leaf
size, and extensive root systems. Some of the adaptations are related to chemical mechanisms.
Many plants, such as cacti, have internal gums and mucilages which give them water-retaining
properties. Another chemical mechanism is that of the epicuticular wax layer. This wax layer acts
as an impervious cover to protect the plant. It prevents excessive loss of internal moisture. It also
protects the plant from external aggression, which can come from inorganic agents such as gases,
or organic agents which include bacteria ant plant pets.
Researchers have proposed that synthetic waxes with similar protective abilities could be
prepared based on knowledge of desert plants. If successfully developed, such a compound could
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be used to greatly increase a plant’s ability to maintain health in such adverse situations as
inadequate water supply, limited fertilizers availability, attacked by pets, and poor storage after
harvesting.
1.This passage deals mainly with
A. desertification B. decreasing water supply
C. factors limiting crop production D. developing efficient plants
2. The word “arable” is closest in meaning to
A. fertile B. parched C. barren D. marsh
3. Which of the following is a mechanical or physical mechanism that desert plants use?
A. The plant’s shape B. The small root system
C. The vast leaf size D. The high water system
4. The word “extensive” is closest in meaning to
A. spongy B. shallow C. widespread D. comprehensive
5. Which is one of the ways in which the epicuticular wax protects the plant?
A. It helps the plant to avoid excessive moisture intake
B. It helps the plant to attack aggressors.
C. It releases gases against plant pets.
D. It guards against bacteria.
6. The word “it” refers to
A. another chemical mechanism B. the epicuticular wax layer
C. an impervious plantlike cover D. the loss of internal moisture
7. The word “aggression” is closest in meaning to
A. attack B. agitation C. conditions D. surroundings
8. What is an example of an inorganic agent that may attack plants?
A. Bacteria B. Insects C. GasD. Pets
9. It can be inferred that synthetic simulated waxes
A. have not been developed yet B. have not succeeded
C. have been determined to be impervious to organic and inorganic agents.
D. have the quality of causing bacteria.
10. All of the following are examples of an adverse situation for crops except
A. inadequate water B. insufficient fertilize C. pest aggression D. proper storage
2: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question from the four choices marked
(A , B , C or D). Write your answer in the numbered box. ( 5 pts)
The three phrases of human memory are the sensory memory, the short-term memory, and
the long - term memory. This division of the memory into phases is based on the length of time
of the memory.
Sensory memory is instantaneous memory. It is an image or memory that enters your mind
only for a short period of time; it comes and goes in under a second. The memory will not last
longer than that unless the information enters the short-term memory .
Information can be held in the short-term memory for about twenty seconds or as long as
you are actively using it. If you repeat a fact to yourself, that fact will stay in your short- term
memory as long as you keep repeating it. Once you stop repeating it, either it is forgotten or
moves into long -term memory .
Long -term memory is the huge memory tank that can hold ideas and images for years and
years . Information can be added to your long-term memory when you actively try to put it there
through memorization or when an idea or image enters your mind on its own .

1. The best title for this passage would be ____________

A. The Difference Between Sensory memory and Short-term memory.
B. How long It Takes to Memorize.
C. The Stage of Human Memory.
D. Human Phases.
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2. The three phases of memory discussed in the passage are differentiated according to ________
A. the location in the brain.
B. the period of time it takes to remember something .
C. how the senses are involved in the memory.
D. how long the memory lasts.
3. The expression “is based on” could be best replaced by ___________
A. is on top of . B. is at the foot of.
C. depends on. D. is below.
4. According to the passage, which type of the memory is the shortest?
A. Sensory memory. B. Active memory.
C. Short-term memory. D. Long-term memory.
5. According to the passage, when will information stay in your short-term memory?
A. For as long as twenty minutes.
B. As long as it is being used .
C. After you have repeated it many times .
D. When it has moved into long-term memory .
6. The word “keep” could be best replaced by __________.
A. hold B. continue
C. retain D. save
7. The word “Once” could be best replaced by which of the following?
A. Just after B. Although
C. Just before D. Because
8. All of the following are true about long-term memory EXCEPT that ___________
A. it has a very large capacity.
B. it can hold information for a long time .
C. it is possible to put information into it through memorization.
D. memorization is the only way that information can get there.
9. The expression “on its own” could be best replaced by ____________.
A. by itself. B. in its own time.
C. with its possessions. D. in only one way.
10. It can be inferred from the passage that if a person remembers a piece of information for two
days , this information is probably in _____________.
A. three phases of memory. B. the sensory memory.
C. the short-term memory. D. the long-term memory
PART II. Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
( 5 pts)
When you read something in a foreign language, you frequently (1)______ across words you
do not fully understand. Sometimes you check the meaning in a dictionary and sometimes you
(2)______. The strategy you adopt depends very much upon the (3)______ of accuracy you
require and the time at your disposal.
If you are the sort of person who tends to turn to the dictionary frequently, it is worth
remembering that every dictionary has its (4)______. Each definition is only an approximation
and one builds up an accurate picture of the meaning of a word only after meeting it in a
(5)______ of contexts. It is also important to recognize the special dangers of dictionaries that
translate from English into your native language and vice versa. If you must use a dictionary, it is
usually far safer to (6)______ an English-English dictionary.
In most exams you are not permitted to use a dictionary. (7)______ you are allowed to use
one, it is very time-consuming to look up words, and time in exams is usually limited. You are,
(8)______ , forced to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words.
When you find unknown words in an exam text, it is very easy to panic. However, if you
develop efficient techniques for guessing the meaning, you will (9)______ a number of possible
problems and help yourself to understand far more of the text than you at first thought likely.
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 Two strategies which may help you guess the meaning of a word are: using contextual clues,
both within the sentence and outside, and making use of clues (10)______ from the formation of
the word.
1. A. put B. drop C. see D. come
2. A. look B. guess C. examine D. inspect
3. A. extent B. range C. degree D. level
4. A. limitations B. values C. advantages D. entry
5. A. multiple B. variety C. variation D. diversity
6. A. survey B. consult C. refer D. inquire
7. A. or else B. Provided C. Although D. Even if
8. A. so B. therefore C. completely D. so that
9. A. surpass B. get over C. go over D. overcome
10. A. derived B. extracted C. coming D. originated
PART III.
I. Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D to fill in each blank. ( 5 pts)
In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase into happiness. The researchers have
come up a number of factors which contribute to a definition of happiness.
First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to be happy, in
other words, happiness (1)_______ in families. And happiness seems to correlate quite strongly
with the main dimensions of personalities: extroverts are generally happier, neurotics are less so.
Second, people often report good social relations as a reason for their happiness. In
particular, friends are a great (2) ______ of joy, partly because of the agreeable things they do
together, partly because of the way friends use positive non-verbal (3) ______ such as caressing
and touching, to affirm their friendship. Marriage and similar (4) ______ relationships can also
form the basis of lasting happiness.
Third, job satisfaction undoubtedly (5) ______ overall satisfaction, and vice versa -
perhaps this is why some people are happy in boring jobs: it (6) ______ both ways. Job
satisfaction is caused not only by the essential nature of the work, but (7)_____ by social
interactions with co-workers. Unemployment, on the contrary, can be a serious cause of
unhappiness.
Fourth, leisure is important because it is more under individual (8) ______ than most other
causes of happiness. Activities (9) _____ sport and music, and participation in voluntary work
and social clubs of various kinds, can give great joy. This is partly because of the (10)
______themselves, but also because of the social support of other group members – it is very
strong in the case of religious groups.

1. A. runs B. arrives C. goes D. descends

2. A. source B. origin C. base D. meaning
3. A. movements B. signals C. slogans D. motions
4. A. near B. tight C. close D. heavy
5. A. consists of B. applies to C. counts on D. contributes to
6. A. works B. effects C. makes D. turns
7. A. too B. as well C. also D. plus
8. A. check B. power C. choice D. control
9. A. so B. such C. like D. thus
10. A. facilities B. activities C. exercises D. Amenities
II. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN

PART I. Read the passage carefully then fill in the blank a suitable word. ( 10pts)
As swimming became a popular recreation in England during the 1860s and 1870s, several
(1) ______ sports developed, roughly patterned after land sports. (2) ______ them were water

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football (or soccer), water rugby, water handball, and water polo, in which players rode on
floating barrels, painted to look (3) ______ horses, and struck the ball with a stick.
Water rugby became most popular of these sports, but somehow the water polo name
became attached to it, and it's been attached (4) ______ since.
As played in England, the object of the sport was for a player to touch the ball, with both
(5) ______, at the goal end of the pool. The goaltender stood on the pool deck, ready to dive on
any opponent who was about to score.
Water polo quickly became a very rough sport, filled (6) ______ underwater fights away
from the ball, and it wasn't unusual for players to pass out for lack of air.
In 1877, the sport was tamed in Scotland by the addiction of goalposts. The Scots also
replaced (7) ______ original small, hard rubber ball with a soccer ball and adopted (8) ______
that prohibited taking the ball under the surface or, "tackling" a player unless he had the ball.
The Scottish game, which emphasized swimming speed, passing, and (9) ______ work,
spread to England during the early 1880s, to Hungary in 1889, to Austria and Germany in 1894,
to France in 1895, and (10) ______ Belgium in 1900.
Water polo was the first team sport added to the Olympic program, in 1900.
Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in
each space. ( 10pts)
The worry about salt is that it may (1)__________ high blood pressure. Chemically,
salt (2) __________of sodium and chloride ions, both of (3)__________are common in
the human (4)__________and are important for many physiological and biochemical (5)
__________. We not only need salt, we eat salt, but too (6) __________ may still be bad
for us. Although the idea of a (7)__________between salt and high blood pressure (8)
__________back to 2000 BC, there is still no scientific (9)__________as to whether this
so or not. One reason for this (10) __________to agree is that individual salt intake varies
enormously from day to day, and so reliable measures of intake are hard to come by.
PART III: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in
the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example. ( 10pts)

The mysteries of the skies

Three hundred and fifty years before the first men looked down on
the amazingly beautiful surface of the moon from close quarters,
Galileo’s newly built telescope (1) _____________ him to look at the 1. ABLE
edge of the hitherto mysterious sphere. He saw that the apparently
(2) _____________ surface was not divinely smooth and round, but 2. LIVE
bumpy and imperfect. He realized that although the moon might appear
(3) _____________, resembling a still life painted by the hand of a 3. ACT
cosmic (4) ____________, it was a real world, perhaps not very different 4. ART
from our own. This amounted to a great (5) _____________ hardly to be 5. ACHIEVE
expected in his day and age, although nowadays his (6) _____________ 6.
may appear to some to be trivial and (7) _____________. CONCLUDE
Not long after Galileo lunar’s observations, the skies which had 7. SIGNIFY
previously been so (8) _____________ revealed more of their
extraordinary mysteries. Casting around for further wonders, Galileo 8. ELUDE
focused his lens on the (9) _____________ planet of Jupiter. Nestling
next to it, he saw four little points of light circling the distant planet. Our 9. STRIKE
moon it appeared, perhaps (10) ____________ in the eyes of those fearful
of what the discovery might mean, was not alone! 10.
FORTUNE
PART V. In the following passage, some numbered lines contain a word that shouldn’t be
there. Tick (√) the sentences that are correct and write the words that shouldn’t be there in
the numbered space. ( 10pts)
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 KEEPING YOUR DISTANCE
Personal space is a term that refers to the distance we like to keep between ourselves and other
people. When someone we do not know well gets too close that we usually begin to feel
uncomfortable. If such a business colleague comes closer than 1.2 meters, the most common
response is to move away. Some interesting studies have been done in libraries. If strangers will
come too close, many people get up and leave the building, others use to different methods such
as turning their back on the intruder. Living in cities has made people to develop new skills for
dealing with situations where they are very close to strangers. Most people on so crowded trains
try not to look at strangers; they avoid skin contract, and apologize if hands touch by a mistake.
People use newspapers as a barrier between themselves and other people, and if they do not have
one, they stare into the distance, making sure they are not looking into anyone’s eyes.
WRITING
1. They have discovered some interesting new information. (LIGHT)
2. They suspended Jack for the next two matches. (BANNED)
3. I really want to see her again. (DYING)
4. She was so beautiful that I couldn't stop looking at her. (EYES)
5. We are looking forward to watching the program. (WAIT)
1. If you changed your mind, you would be welcomed to join our class.
→ Were you______________________________________________________
2. Adeles tries hard, but she doesn't get anywhere.
→ However______________________________________________________
3. It is thought that the boss is considering raising wages.
→ The boss______________________________________________________
4. I'd prefer you not to smoke.
→ I'd rather______________________________________________________
5. The noise next door did not stop until after midnight.
→ It was not ______________________________________________________
PART IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets (10 points).
Give the correct form the word provided to fill each gap. (5 pts)
1. Deforestation and excessive farming have ……………………... the soil. (POOR)
2. The damage caused by the terrible storm two days ago (ESTIMATE)
was……………………... by the government. The real figures go up every
minute. (RACE)
3. Barack Obama is the first President of the United States with ……………….
…... background. (BREATH)
4. From the hotel there is a……………………...view across the canyon. (SUSPECT)
5. The policeman examined the parcel ……………………... as he had no idea
what it could be. (OBSERVE)
6. It was very ……………………...of you to notice that. (FURIOUS)
7. In his …………………….., Mike smashed all the breakable items in the (VALID)
kitchen.
8. Before enrolling on a course, you should first ensure that it has been (ATTEND)
……………………... by an officially recognized body.
9. Mr. John, who teaches us Latin, usually stresses the need for regular (PRONOUNCE)
……………………...
10. The government has yet to make an official ……………………...on the issue.

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