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380/ Represent
1. These blue lines ……….…. our growth rate on the graph. We’ve really made great leaps.
(tượng trưng cho)
2. Don’t worry. We’ll get all these problems out of our way in no time. They …………..…. only a minor
challenge to our efforts.
(chỉ đại diện)
3. I’m sure that you all agree that Mr Gerstt is the right person to ……….…… our company in talks with our
business partners.
(đại diện)
381/ Conducted: mang lại
1. Their groundbreaking experiment they ……….…… two years ago won them a Nobel Prize and recognition
in the scientific world.
2. A group of German tourists were on a ……..……… tour of Olsztyn, a small town in the north east of Poland,
when this incident occurred.
3. The concert will be held on 2nd July and the orchestra will be ……………… by Roger Blake.
382/ Dry: khô
1. They rounded off a lovely lunch with a glass of ……....…… Spanish wine.
2. It can be really embarrassing when you ………...… up in mid-sentence during an interview and you can’t
produce a single word.
(dry up: khô hạn, cạn nước)
3. ‘What’s wrong with you?’ ‘I have a ……….….. cough and an awful headache, doctor.’
383/ Favour: ủng hộ
1. There is no point in currying …….……… with him by saying blandishments. He’s a man of integrity.
2. All the MPs voted in …………….. of the new regulations aimed at improving safety on the roads.
3. Jack, can you do me a ……………… and give me a lift to the centre?
384/ Left: trái
1. When Daniel went to a new school he felt …………….... out. The teachers and his peers didn’t seem to take
any interest in him.
(felt left out: cảm thấy buồn vì không được chào đón)
2. It took only 30 minutes to crack the case as the burglar had ……………… hundreds of fingerprints all over
the place.
3. The hurricane …………..… a trail of devastation and mayhem on its way through the southern states.
385/ Space: không gian
1. I can’t carry on any longer. I beg you, give me some breathing ……..………. before I drop.
Breathing space: không gian thở
2. Back then, NASA was seriously thinking of setting up a ……..……. station in cooperation with its Russian
counterpart.
Set up a space station: thiết lập trạm vũ trụ
3. Garry, can you clear a …………... on the table? I’ve got to put these groceries somewhere.
386/ Welcome: chào đón
1. It’s high time we went home. We don’t want to overstay our …..…….…….., do we?
2. I’m confident that the singer’s new record will be a ……..……… addition to your collection.
3. Regular guests say the Japanese hotel always tries hard to make all its visitors feel …………….….. .
387/ Badly: tệ
1. The seafront was ……………….. damaged in the aerial attack. Very few buildings remained intact.
2. Nothing spelled the disaster. But things began to go ………..…….. wrong when civilians got caught up in the
line of fire.
3. She has been …….……….. treated all her life. Even now, she’s suffering from her violent husband.
388/ Sit: ngồi
1. It’s not fair to ……..……….. in judgement over somebody you don’t know very well.
2. Frank was revising the whole year to ………………... for the entrance exams.
3. Do you really think I’m going to …………..…… by and watch you treat women like that? No way!
389/ Easy: dễ dàng
1. During the breeding season, the male constitutes an ………..… prey for predators as it can’t defend itself.
2. If you think you are going to make ……... money here, you’re wrong. It takes a lot of hard work to get it.
3. You’d better go ………..…… on Terry. Your draconian methods don’t work at all.
390/ Win: chiến thắng
1. When you’re an invader, you can’t …………..…. the people’s hearts by using strong tactics. A completely
different approach is recommended.
2. Let me put it this way. Our offer is by far the best and it is only a formality to…....… this lucrative contract.
3. Football experts agree that the team will ……………. hands down. It’s a sure thing, believe me.

TEST 2
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1: PHONOLOGY
A. Choose a word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. remonstrance/ɒ/ B. debonair/ə/ C. contraband/ə/ D. autopsy/ə/
2. A. garage/ːʒ/ B. massage/ːʒ/ C. sabotage/ːʒ/ D. vintage/ʤ/
3. A. tempera/ə/ B. manifesto/æ/ C. acrimony/æ/ D. exasperate/æ/
4. A. devilish/ɛ/ B. repugnant/ɪ/ C. embezzle/ɛ/ D. trespass/ɛ/
5. A. placard/æ/ B. splatter/æ/ C. carcass/ɑ/ D. spatula/æ/
B. Choose a word with a different stress pattern.
6. A. mean‘der B. ‘arable C. ‘subtlety D. ‘cultivate
7. A. ‘wobble B. ‘bigot C. ‘premise D. con‘geal
8. A. ‘tributary B. cy‘lindrical C. sym‘posium D. col‘laborate
9. A. con‘stituency B. acri‘monious C. inar‘ticulate D. crema‘torium
10. A. peni‘cillin B. pro‘liferate C. salmo‘nella D. refe‘rendum
QUESTION 2: VOCABULARY
Choose a word or a phrase that best completes each sentence.
1. The building is ______ . It’s been ruined and abandoned for years.
A. destabilized B. derelict C. defunct D. despondent
Destabilized: mất ổn đinh
Derelict: vô chủ
Defunct: không còn tồn tại
Despondent: tuyệt vọng
2. The British National Orchestra is delighted with the government’s promise of a £500,000______.
A. subsidiary B. subsidy C. subpoena D. substitute
3. The actors gave a very ______ performance, and the critics expressed their disapproval in their reports the
following day.A. pie-in-the-sky B. run-of-the-millC. good-for-nothing D. behind-the-scene
4. He was ______ devastated by the news. A. utterly B. extremely C. deeply D. immensely
5. The bank will ______ your account with any withdrawals made using your payment card.
A. castrate B. shear C. hydrate D. debit
6. The wool is coloured using only natural ______ dyes.
A. canvas B. stencil C. pastel D. pigment
7. Some scientific discoveries have been ______ to create weapons of destruction.
A. diverted B. changed C. perverted D. transformed
8. A hundred years ago, sundials were a vital time-keeping ______, essential for anyone who hoped to keep
their clocks working accurately.A. device B. utensil C. piece D. item
9. In one chamber ______, he found over forty distinct species of butterfly.
A. exclusively B. only C. alone D. solely
10. Picking up the book the other day for the first time in many years, I found myself torn between the urge to
race through the story and an ______ to linger on the visual detail.
 A. impetus B. incentive C. impulse D. intuition
QUESTION 3: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES
Choose a word or a phrase that best completes each sentence.
1. When the plane was diverted, it ______ from London to Frankfurt.
A. flew B. was flying C. had flown D. had been flying
2. The manual says that the computer ______ be disconnected from the mains.
A. should B. could C. may D. must
3. She ______ have played really well to win. I wish I’d seen the match.
A. should B. could C. might D. must
4. It’s a pity you don’t like my cooking. But ______ to their own, I suppose.
A. every B. each C. any D. none
5. They arrived on ______ Saturday as far as I can remember. A. Ø B. a C. the D. either
6. ______ the minister will quit over the issue remains to be seen.
A. Providing B. Supposing C. Whether D. If
7. It’s not quite ______ straightforward a problem as it might at first seem. A. too B. as C. so D. as so
8. He made______ that he had caught the huge fish himself.
A. believe B. to believe C. believing D. to be believing
9. Get the work finished by lunchtime ______ you can go home.A. so that B. hence C. so D. and
10. She was said ______ her third novel before she was twenty.
A. to write B. to have written C. to be writing D. to have been writing
QUESTION 4: PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS
Choose a word or a phrase that best completes each sentence.
1. He agreed______ the idea of a barbecue on condition that he could do the cooking.
A. with B. to C. on D. about
Agree with sb/sth: đồng ý với ai, với điều gì
2. Local authorities backed ______ on their threats to build on that part of the beach
A. down B. out C. up D. away
Back down: Rút lại ý kiến, quan điểm
Back out: không giữa đúng hẹn, nuốt lời
Back up: sao dữ liệu máy tính
Back away: lùi lại, rút lui (vì sợ hãi, không thích)
3. The politician came ______ as a complete fool during the TV interview.
A. in B. up C. forward D. across
Come up: dc đưa ra, đề xuất, xuất hiện
Come forward:  hành động của việc tiến lên phía trước để giúp đỡ, tham gia, hoặc cung cấp thông tin quan trọng
trong một vấn đề cụ thể.
Come across: tình cờ, bắt gặp, thấy cái gì, gây ấn tượng
4. What are you getting ______? Do you think I’m to blame?
A. away B. at C. into D. off
Get away: trốn thoát, rời khỏi
Get at: Có thể tiếp cận, tìm kiếm, truy cập.
Get into: hứng thú với một điều gì đó.
Get off: rời khỏi, đi khỏi một nơi nào đó
5. The two countries met at the conference to______ their differences.
A. leave out B. put out C. iron out D. get out
Iron out: Loại bỏ các vấn đề nhỏ hoặc bất thường
Leave out: rời khỏi, bỏ sót, bỏ qua, không bao gồm.
Put out:  Làm phiền hoặc gây rắc rối cho ai đó
Get out: rời khỏi
6. My big brother always stuck ______ for me when I got into a fight.
A. in B. out C. up D. on
Stuck on sth: không thể trả lời hoặc hiểu một cái gì đó
7. If you don’t want to take part in the game you can ______ for now.
A. look on B. put on C. hold on D. get on
Look on: đứng xem
Put on: mặc
Hold on: nắm chặt
Get on: đi lên, tiến bộ
8. He suddenly saw Sue ______ the room. He pushed his way______ the crowd of people to get to her.
A. across…through B. over…through C. across…across D. over…along
9. ‘What do you think ______ my car? I’ve just bought it.’
‘It’s really good. Actually, I’m thinking ______ my motorbike and getting a car, too.’
A. about…to sell B. of…to sell C. about…about selling D. of…of selling
10. ‘John has looked tired recently, and I’ve started to wonder ______ his health.’
‘You’re right. And he doesn’t seem to care ______ the effect smoking has on him.’
A. at…for B. about…for C. about…about D. at…about
QUESTION 5: READING
A. PASSAGE 1 Read the passage and choose the correct answers to the questions that follow.
The tide means the rising and falling of ocean levels that are affected by the moon, the sun, and the
earth’s own rotation. Although the sun gives about 200 times the gravitational force on the earth as the moon
does, the moon exerts more than twice the tidal force. As the closer astronomical body, the moon has greater
influence on the earth’s tides. Although other factors do affect the tide, the positions of these two bodies have
by far the greatest determinant roles.
It is easy to imagine that the ocean level closest to the moon bulges upward. However, a bulge occurs on
the opposite side of the earth as well. ■ (A) As the moon’s tidal force counteracts the earth’s gravitational
force, water bulges on both sides. Because there are two major oceanic bulges, there are two high tides in a
daily cycle. ■ (B) A lunar day, not a solar day, must be used in this calculation. It takes the earth 24 hours and
48 minutes to make one rotation. As with a solar day, the earth rotates once in 24 hours. ■ (C) Thus, high tides
generally occur every 12 hours and 24 minutes, an interval of half a lunar day. ■ (D) Exact intervals will vary
depending on local land features.
The sun has a similar but less visible effect on water levels. Oceanic bulges occur on the sides of the
earth. While these bulges resulting from the sun’s tidal forces are smaller than the greatest swells caused by the
moon, they can amplify the moon’s effect. Furthermore, the bulges in water levels caused by the sun can make
predicting the tides tricky, since both the sun and the moon must be taken into consideration.
When the moon and the sun are aligned – that is, when both are on the same side of the earth or on
opposite sides of the earth – the oceanic bulges are at their greatest size. Known as spring tide, this powerful
phenomenon results in abnormally high tides, abnormally low tides, and abnormally strong tidal currents. In
general, seven days after the spring tide comes, the neap tide comes. The results are weaker tidal currents
and less variation in water levels between high tide and low tide.
Because the moon and the sun are major factors in tide formation, researchers have tried to investigate
these factors under assumptions of the earth with no land masses, smooth ocean floors, constant distances from
the moon and the sun, and an unchanging environment. Even under these simplified imaginary conditions, it has
been difficult to construct complete and conclusive models of tidal phenomena. With the additional factors of
huge land masses, wildly variable underwater terrain, the elliptical orbits of the moon and the earth, and climate
change, tidal analysis become increasingly more complex.
Land masses block tidal ebbs and flows, affecting the timing, volume, and strength of the tides.
Submarine terrain also has great effects on tides and their movements and variation. As for the principal
astronomical bodies, one must remember that the moon’s orbit around the earth and the earth’s orbit around the
sun are elliptical. Therefore, tidal forces vary with changing relative distances between the earth and the moon
and between the earth and the sun. Finally, weather and climate change always pose challenges to tidal
prediction. Now, with global warming, rising ocean levels, and weather phenomena, study of the tides is
becoming more challenging than ever before.
1. According to the passage, all of the following are true of tides EXCEPT
A. The earth’s rotation affects water depth.
 B. Solar gravitational force is the biggest influence on tidal flow.
C. The moon is a more important factor than the sun.
D. Tidal force is related to distance from the earth.
2. The word “counteracts” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. stops B. intensifies C. offsets D. resists
3. Look at the four squares [■] that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage.
However, the moon is constantly moving around the earth, so an additional 48 minutes is required for the
moon to complete the rotation.
Where would the sentence best fit? Choose the square where the sentence should be added to the passage.
A. 1st square B. 2nd square C. 3rd square D. 4th square
4. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. bulges B. forces C. swells D. bodies
5. The author uses the word “abnormally” three times in order to ______.
A. emphasize the power of spring tides
B. accentuate unpredictability of tidal movement
C. note how infrequently spring tides occur
D. highlight the complexities of tidal formation
6. Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the bold sentence in paragraph 4?
A. Neap tide features weaker water currents and less difference between high and low tide levels.
B. Lower current speeds result in little change in water levels between high tide and low tide.
C. As a result, neap tide is difficult to detect due to little tidal variation and slow-moving tidal currents.
D. The effects of these tidal bulges are less water movement between tides.
7. In the passage, what does the author say about simplified conditions?
A. They are unnecessary for a complex understanding of tides.
B. They have been inadequate factors in tidal models.
C. Even they have not helped scientists make models of tides.
D. They were created to study major factors in tidal behavior.
8. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as something that complicates study of the tides?
A. Land formations change the way tidal waters move.
B. Underwater land formations affect changes in tidal levels.
C. The orbit between the sun and the earth affects tidal phenomena.
D. Increasing water depths may be causing unusual weather.
9. The word “volume” in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. duration B. sound C. size D. direction
10. An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below.
“Several factors make the tide a complicated phenomenon.”
Which of the following DOES NOT belong in the summary?
A. The moon is the major cause of high and low tides.
B. The sun exerts much more gravitational force than the moon does.
C. The moon and the sun create conditions for spring tide and neap tide.
D. Land formations, orbital irregularities, and climate change complicate tidal study.