1. Each of the nurses report to the operating room when his or her name is called.

(A) of the
(B) report
(C) his or her name
(D) is called
Đáp án: B Each+ of+ Ns+ V(ít): mỗi cái trong những cái gì…-> “report”=> “reports”.

2. Species like snakes, lizards, coyotes, squirrels, and jack rabbits seems to exist quite happily in the
desert.
(A) like
(B) seems to
(C) quite happily
(D) the
Đáp án : B Chủ ngữ là “species” – các loài động vật ->danh từ số nhiều -> động từ không thêm
“s” -> seem

3. The freshman failed to follow the advice of her senior that he studied hard and did not go out too
much.
(A) freshman
(B) her
(C) studied
(D) go out
Đáp án : C Ở đây là lời khuyên (follow the advice) nên động từ ta chia ở nguyên thể, đồng thời
có thể thấy động từ song song sau and là nguyên thể -> tìm ra lỗi sai là studied -> study

4. Parks which are found in downtown areas where office workers and store employees can enjoy
their lunch hours sitting on the green grass in clean, fresh air.
(A) which
(B) employees
(C) lunch hours sitting
(D) fresh air
Đáp án A, bỏ which
câu thiếu động từ chính, nên không dùng mệnh đề quan hệ.

5. The guide told the tourists that it was a good restaurant specializing in seafood just round the
corner from the museum.
(A) The
(B) it was a
(C) specializing
(D) just round
Đáp án B => there was a
cấu trúc there + be + a/an N: có cái gì
6. Doctors believe there is better in this modern world of ours to try to prevent illnesses than to rely
on medicines to cure them.
(A) Doctors
(B) there is
(C) of ours
(D) to
Đáp án B => it is
cấu trúc it + be + adj + to V: thật là như thế nào khi làm gì

7. By the turn of the century, most of the inventions that were to bring in all the comforts of modern
living have already been thought of.
(A) By the turn of
(B) that
(C) were to
(D) have already been
Đáp án D => have already been
động từ trên thuộc về chủ ngữ “inventions” số nhiều

8. Mercury and alcohol are widely used in thermometers because their volume increases uniform
with temperature.
(A) are
(B) widely
(C) their volume
(D) uniform with
Đáp án D => uniformly with (sau động từ là trạng từ)

9. The Commitments of Traders Report is released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
on eleventh day of each month.
(A) released by
(B) on eleventh
(C) of
(D) month
Đáp án B => on the eleventh
trước số thứ tự là mạo từ “the”

10. Mary and her sister just bought two new winters coats at the clearance sale.
(A) her sister
(B) just bought
(C) two new
(D) winters
Đáp án D => winter
các mùa không có dạng số nhiều
11. It is the role of the National Bureau of Standards to establish accurate measurements for
science, industrial, and commerce.
(A) It is
(B) establish
(C) measurements
(D) industrial
D: Need noun

12. While verbalization is the most common form of language in existence, humans make use of
many others systems and techniques to express their thoughts and feelings.
(A) the most common form
(B) existence
(C) others systems
(D) to express
Chọn đáp án C
- Other + danh từ số nhiều/ danh từ không đếm được: vài/ những .. .khác
- Others : những.... khác
- Others = other ones/ other + N số nhiều: dùng khi nói đến những đối tượng nào đó không xác định.
Do đó: others systems => other systems
Dịch: Trong khi lời nói là hình thức ngôn ngữ tồn tại phổ biến nhất, con ngưởi sử dụng nhiều kĩ thuật
và hệ thống khác nhau để thể hiện suy nghĩ và cảm xúc của mình.

13. It is interesting to compare the early stylized art forms of ancient civilizations to the modern
abstract forms of art.
(A) interesting
(B) to compare
(C) of
(D) to
Chọn đáp án A
- tính từ tận cùng “ed”: miêu tả cảm xúc, tình cảm của con người đối với sự vật (bị động)
- tính từ tận cùng “ing”: miêu tả tính chất của sự vật, sự việc (chủ động)
Do đó: interested => interesting

14. For the first time in the history of the country, the person which was recommended by the
president to replace a retiring justice on the Supreme Court is a woman.
(A) which
(B) was recommended
(C) to replace
(D) retiring
Đáp án là D. who recommended = > recommended/ who was recommended
15. Although jogging is a good way to lose weight and improve one's physical condition, most
doctors recommend that the potential jogger begin in a correct manner by getting a complete
checkup.
(A) jogging
(B) most
(C) in a correct manner
(D) getting

16. The Greek historian Herodotus reported that one hundred thousand men are employed for
twenty years to build the Great Pyramid at Gizeh.
(A) are
(B) for
(C) to build
(D) at Gizeh
Đáp án A => were
Câu gián tiếp nên động từ phải lùi thời

17. It was her, Elizabeth I, not her father, King Henry, who led England into the Age of Empire.
(A) her
(B) her father
(C) who
(D) led
D
“King Henry, _______ was Elizabeth I,” trước từ “was” cần chủ ngữ cho mệnh đề ->daughter,
đứng giữa 2 danh từ, đại từ quan hệ thích hợp là “whose”.

18. Because blood from different individuals may be different in the type of antigen on the surface of
the red cells and the type of antibody in the plasma, a dangerous reaction can occur between the
donor and recipient in a blood transfusion.
(A) Because
(B) different
(C) can occur
(D) and
Đáp án B => differ
may + V nguyên thể. Different là tính từ nên ta chuyển nó về dạng danh từ

19. When mining for gold, you must first obtain the gold ore and then apart the gold from the ore.
(A) When mining
(B) must first
(C) and then
(D) apart
Đáp án B => must firstly
must + V nguyên thể, trước động từ obtain là trạng từ
20. The amount of women earning Master's Degrees has risen sharply in recent years.
(A) The amount of
(B) Master's
(C) has risen
(D) recent years
Đáp án A => the number of
vì women là danh từ đếm được chỉ người nên không dùng amount mà phải dùng number