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TEST 1
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………

Mark

Mơn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút
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PART 1: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best option to complete each of the sentences.
1. Neil Armstrong was the first man to ___________ foot on the moon.
A. try
B. step
C. set
D. walk
2. Thomas Edison ________ many new appliances using electricity during his long career.
A. invented
B. inventing
C. who invented
D. was invented
3. _________ further riot to occur, the government would be forced to use its emergency powers.
A. Should
B. Did
C. Were
D. Had
4. Jack doesn’t like ________ such gossip and fallacy in sport.
A. to take himself on
B. to get himself along

C. engage himself in
D. indulge himself of
5. New York and Tokyo are two of the most _______ populated cities in the world.
A. greatly
B. densely
C. variously
D. closely
6. My cousin was nervous about being interviewed on television, but she rose to the ___ wonderfully.
A. event
B. performance
C. incident
D. occasion
7. New York and Tokyo are two of the most _______ populated cities in the world.
A. greatly
B. densely
C. variously
D. closely
8. It can take up to more than six months to _______ a man to do this specialized work.
A. raise
B. train
C. learn
D. practise
9. The longest movie I have ever seen in this cinema ________ for three hours.
A. stayed
B. got
C. lasted
D. spent
10. James was looking for a(n) ________ to visit that wonderful island once again.
A. opportunity
B. necessity

C. destiny
D. possibility
11. “Who is Susan getting married to?” _ “Some guy__________ since her childhood.”
A. who she has known
B. have known her
C. that have known her
D. she has been known
12. The noise of the typewriter really ______ me off. I just couldn’t concentrate.
A. put
B. pulled
C. set
D. took
13. Please leave the space _______ on the enrolment form.
A. absent
B. blank
C. missing
D. undone
14. I would like to thank you, _______ my colleagues, for the welcome you have given us.
A. on account of
B. on behalf of
C. because of
D. instead of
15. If I were you, I would regard their offer with considerable _________ because it seems too good to be true.
A. doubt
B. suspicion
C. reservation
D. disbelief
16. You’ve lived in the city for most of your life, so ___ you’re used to the noise.
A. apparently
B. presumably

C. allegedly
D. predictably
17. Complete the form as ________ in the notes below.
A. insisted
B. specified
C. implied
D. devised
18. You are under no obligation ________ to accept this offer.
A. indeed
B. eventually
C. apart
D. whatsover
19. The longest movie I have ever seen in this cinema ________ for three hours.
A. stayed
B. got
C. lasted
D. spent
20. All three TV channels provide extensive ____ of sporting events.
A. broadcast
B. network
C. coverage
D. vision
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
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II. Read the passage below. Use the word given in bold to form a word that fits in the numbered gap.
Interviews are an imperfect method of choosing the best people
for jobs, yet human (1) ...........................like to examine each other in
BE
this way. One of the many problems of (2) ...........................as it is
SELECT
commonly practised is that the forms filled in by (3) ...........................
APPLY
often fail to show people as they really are. This means that you can
follow all the best (4) ........................... when completing your form and
ADVISE
still find that you are (5) ........................... at the next stage - the interview.

SUCCESS
(6) ..........................., in the rare cases where interviewers are automatic, a
SIMILAR
candidate with an (7) ........................... form may do surprisingly well.
ADEQUATE
Of course, your forms need to show that you have (8) ...........................
CONFIDENT
in your (9) ........................... to do the job, but don’t try to turn yourself
ABLE
into someone else – a person you have to pretend to be at the
interview. Realism and (10) ........................... are definitely the best
HONEST
approach.
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
III. The following passage has some grammar as well as spelling errors. Underline the errors and
write the correct forms in the space provided in the column on the right. Put a tick if there is no error
on that line.
A well-known scientist once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described
Line 1.
how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun in turn, orbit around

Line 2.
the centre of a vast collection of stars calling our galaxy. At the end of the lecture,
Line 3.
a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: “That you have told us
Line 4.
is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant
Line 5.
tortoise.” The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, “What is the tortoise
Line 6.
standing on?” “You’re very clever, young man, very clever,” said the old lady.
Line 7.
“But its tortoises all the way down!”
Line 8.
Many people would find the picture of our universe as an infinite tower of
Line 9.
tortoises rather ridiculous, but why do we think we know better? What do we
Line 10.
know about the universe and how do we know it? Recently breakthroughs in
Line 11.
physic, made possible in part by fantastic new technologies, suggest answers to
Line 12.
some of our oldest questions. One day these answers may seem as obviously to
Line 13.
us as the earth orbitting the sun – or perhaps as ridiculous as a tower of tortoises.
Line 14.
Only time (whatever that maybe) will tell.
IV. Choose the correct prepositional phrase from the box to complete the following
sentences. You may not use one phrase.
on good terms
independent of

tired of
out of tune
ashamed of
on the whole
capable of
at most
for safe keeping
out of order
for a change
1. She was .................................... her poor exam results.
2. He gave his watch and wallet to me ................................. while he went for a swim in the lake.
3. You are ........................................ better work than this.
4. The piano is ........................................ again. It sounds terrible.
5. She is old enough to be ........................................ her parents.
6. Despite many disagreements, they’re now ........................................with their next-door
neighbours.
7. I’m ..........................................doing the same thing every day.
PART II: READING COMPREHENSION.
I. Fill each blank with ONE suitable word from the box. Changes in word forms can be made
where necessary. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below.
SKILL
AGREE
BELIEF
PHOTOGRAPH
VALUE
UNDERSTAND
FAIL
EXPECT
SUCCESS
IMAGINE

REPAIR
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How a hobby can make you angry! Recently I decided to take up (0)_________ as a hobby. I like taking
snaps, but I am not very (1)__________. My snaps are often a complete (2) _________ for technical
reasons, or sometimes are just not very (3)__________. First I decided that to be (4) _________, I would
have to buy new equipment. Just then I had an (5) __________ piece of good luck. A friends who works
in a camera shop said he could sell me a (6) __________ camera. A customer had left it at the shop to be
(7)________, but there had been a (8) _________, and it was actually for sale. I thought this was a rather
(9) _________ explanation and so I asked him some more questions. He said he had had some (10)
_________ with the customer and she had thrown the camera at him because he disliked her photos!
Your answers:
0. photography
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
II. Read the following article about ice-skating. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-I for each
part (1-8) of the article. Write your answers in the space in the numbered boxes below. There is one extra
heading that is not to be used.
A. Prepare yourself

F.
The right attitude
B. The benefits of the sport
G. Moving off
C. When things go wrong
H. Holding your body correctly
D. Different skating techniques
I.
How it all started
E.
A change in approach
1…………………………….
Ice skating has a history of thousands of years. Archaeologists have discovered skates made from animal
bone. It seems that bone skates were used until the introduction of iron into Scandinavia about the year 200 AD.
Among the Scandinavian upper classes, skating was seen as an essential skill.
2. …………………………….
In the early twentieth century, skating was stylish and reserved, but at the 1924 Winter Olympics, 11-yearold Sonja Hinnies introduced a more athletics attitude which inspired a new wave of popularity. Nowadays art and
athletics are combined and modern skating is both graceful and physically demanding.
3. …………………………….
For beginners, balance and control are all important and speed can only increase with proficiency. The
position of your body plays a great part in balance. Legs slightly bowed and the knees bent keep the body weight
centered; in effect the body leans slightly forward in this position. For skating, probably more than any other sport
or recreation, relaxation is vital.
4. …………………………….
For the skating position, the heels should almost be touching and the feet should be turned out wards. While
pushing toward with a back foot, you make a very small movement with the other foot. Fairly easy, isn’t it? If you
can keep this up for a while, you can then slowly increase the length of your movements as you gain experience.
5. …………………………….
Knowing how to fall must be learnt among the skater’s first skills. Even the best of the professionals fall. In
order to fall without injury, you should be as relaxed as possible. In this way the sock of hitting the ice is lessened.

To get up, use your hands to get into a kneeling position, then stand.
6. …………………………….
One you have learnt to move on the ice with confidence, there are various styles to be practised-figure
skating, free styles, distance, speed, skating pairs, and so on- but the basics of them all, and by far the best
approach, it first to learn figures can soon be learn figure skating and then elementary freestyle. With proper
guidance available at most of the ice rinks, the basic figures can soon be learnt and the turns, jumps, and spins or
elementary free style will so follow.
7. …………………………….
If you look at any good of professional skater, you will see how relaxed they are and how easily they move.
To achieve this, an exercise program should be regularly practised. It can be dangerous to skate with a stiff body
and warm up exercises should at least include those for the legs, back and shoulders, with special emphasis on the
ankles and the knees. After a long or intense session, the same exercises should be used afterwards to avoid
stiffness.
8…………………………….
Skating improves balance, co-ordination, relaxation and movement. It improves heart and lung activity and
generally strengthens the body. Combined with swimming or jogging, it provides a great program for all-round
health and fitness.
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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.
6.
7.
8.
III. Read the following passage and circle A, B, C or D that indicates the best answers for each of the
questions below.
Our growing need for food, goods and energy has had many harmful effects on the environment.
Gases produced by cars, power stations and factories cause acid rain, which kills trees and damages buildings. By
using more environmentally-friendly forms of transport, we help reduce this form of pollution.
A layer of carbon dioxide and other gases traps heat and keeps the earth at the right temperature. This is called the
green-house effect. By burning fossil fuels we are producing too much carbon dioxide, which is causing
temperatures to rise gradually. This global warming could lead to dramatic changes in climate.
A layer of gas called ozone protects the earth from harmful ultra-violet radiation. Certain chemicals used in
industry, such as CFCs have caused a hole to develop in the ozone layer. The increased levels of ultra-violet
radiation damage plants and sea life, and increase the risk of skin cancer.
Most of the energy we use to heat and light building, run machines etc. is made by burning fossil fuels. This
energy source will eventually get exhausted, so we need to use more alternative sources of energy such as wind
and solar power that are renewable and do not pollute the air. We also avoid wasting energy but using less
electricity and water and insulating our new houses.
We are destroying our forests, which produce oxygen and provide habitats – natural environments – for animals
and birds. Deforestation also allows rain to wash away the soil, making land useless for growing things. We
pollute water by dumping waste from factories and houses, and by accidentally spilling chemicals and oil.
Chemical fertilizers damage rivers and lakes by causing a layer of tiny plants, called algal to cover the surface of
water. Organic farming does not harm water supply.
Burying rubbish in landfills cam make chemicals leak through the ground into rivers, and it uses a lot of land.
Burning rubbish adds to global warning. By sorting out rubbish for recycling we can cut down on waste.
1. The passage is mainly about ____________.
A. Man and Nature
B. how we should use the existing sources of energy

C. environmental problems
D. rubbish recycling
2. Acid rain is caused by ____________.
A. gases emitted from cars and factories
B. the burning of rubbish
C. the burying of rubbish
D. ultra-violet radiation
3. Skin cancer may be caused by ____________.
A. the global warming
B. acid rain
C. air pollution
D. ultra-violet radiation
4. We should use more alternative sources of energy such as wind and solar power because they
____________.
A. are cheaper
B. will not be used up and do not pollute the air
C. are easier to get
D. can be recycled
5. If we destroy forest ____________.
A. animals and birds will have no place to live
B. rivers and lakes will be polluted
C. wildlife and farming will be affected
D. our wood supply will decrease.
IV. Read the following passage and circle A, B, C, or D that corresponds to the answer which
best fits each blank space.
Throughout history, man has developed (1) ________ of energy to do his work. Primitive man had only
the strength of his arms and the use of fire. He later (2) ________ how to use the energy of the wind to
move his sailing vessels. He used the energy of water to (3) ________ his mills. He tamed animals as new
sources of energy. They pulled plows and wagons. A new stage in the development of the use of energy
came with the (4) ________ of steam engine. Steam could be used to develop energy to run machines.

The discovery of electricity created an even more important way of using energy. So did the invention of
gasoline engines. Man entered into a new (5) ________ of the use of energy with the application of
nuclear energy.
Man finds many ways to release energy to do work. (6) ________, he changes the energy in a waterfall
into electricity. He can turn this electrical current into radio waves that can carry his ideas for thousands
of miles. He can release the energy in gasoline by burning it and using it to (7) _________ automobiles.
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He can (8) _________ use of coal to turn water into steam and in return use the steam to (9) ________
electrical energy. The nucleus of certain atoms can produce millions of times more energy per pound of
material than can be made (10) _________ by chemical means.
1. A. sources
B. resources
C. invention
D. use
2. A. found
B. showed
C. discovered
D. distinguished
3. A. turn
B. take
C. cycle
D. move
4. A. finding
B. production
C. construction
D. invention

5. A. time
B. era
C. history
D. step
6. A. For Example
B. However
C. As a result
D. Nevertheless
7. A. equip
B. provide
C. feed
D. power
8. A. make
B. get
C. take
D. learn
9. A. generate
B. invent
C. supply
D. bring
10. A. usable
B. available
C. possible
D. capable
PART III: WRITING.
I. Complete each of the sentences so that it has similar meaning to the given one, using the word given in
bold. Do NOT change the form of the word given.
1. Although Joe kept on attempting to contact his cousin, he didn't manage to speak to her until the next day.
TOUCH
 Despite repeated ........................................... his cousin, Joe didn't manage to speak to her until the next day.

2. When it comes to computer games, Jack is a real expert.
CONCERNED
 As far ............................................................................., Jack is a real expert.
3. David said that the accident was his fault.
TOOK
 David .................................................................. the accident.
4. If he doesn’t get that job, who knows what he’ll do.
KNOWING
 If he doesn’t get that job, ........................................................... what he’ll do.
5. The stranded climber would never have been rescued if his brother hadn’t had an ingenious plan.
INGENUITY
 But .......................................................... plan, the stranded climber would never have been rescued.
II. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it.
1. The keeper had no sooner opened the cage door than the lion attacked him.
Hardly _______________________________________________________.
2. No other city in Vietnam is so large as Ho Chi Minh City.
Ho Chi Minh City is ______________________________.
3. They produce a lot of paper, so they need a lot of wood pulp.
The more _________________________________________.
4. We spent our childhood in that beautiful mountain resort, and we always remember it.
We always ____________________________________________________________.
5. She insisted that she should be called Joyce.
She insisted on ______________________.
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TEST 2
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………

Mark

Mơn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút
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PART 1: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best option to complete each of the sentences.
1. __________ to Jim myself, I can’t tell why he would do such terrible things.
A. Not to be speaking
B. Not to have spoken
C. Because of not being spoken
D. Not having spoken
2. Assembly lines are useful for producing a large _______ of identical products.
A. quality
B. quantity
C. quandary
D. qualification
3. Only the _______ of the building is going to be remodeled.
A. insides
B. interior
C. indoors
D. inner
4. Whether the sports club survives is a matter of complete _______ to
A. indifference
B. disinterest

C. importance
D. interest
5. After years of neglect there was a huge _______ program to return the city to its former glory.
A. restoration
B. preservation
C. conservation
D. refurbishment
6. She came to the airport only to find out that she _______ her passport at home.
A. would have left
B. has left
C. was leaving
D. had left
7. “Is it difficult to keep fish as pets?” _ “No, there isn’t much _________ care of them.”
A. to taking
B. having taken
C. to have taken
D. taking
8. The jury _______ the defendant “not guilty”.
A. gave
B. returned
C. subscribed
D. found
9. All fossil fuels are ________ resources that can not be replaced quickly.
A. unlimited
B. non-renewable
C. renewable
D. available
10. Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have _______ any solutions.
A. thought over
B. come up with

C. looked into
D. got round to
11. The taxi was so late reaching the station that my father .................. missed his train.
A. rarely
B. immediately
C. entirely
D. almost
12. The doctor gave the patient ................examination to discover the cause of his collapse.
A. a thorough
B. an exact
C. a universal
D. a whole
13. Henry: " ................ "
John: "Nothing."
A. What do you do?
B. What's new?
C. How are you?
D. Are you a newcomer?
14. The injured man was taken to hospital and ............ for internal injuries.
A. cured
B. healed
C. operated
D. treated
15. It’s time we .............. this old car and bought a new one.
A. will
B. had sold
C. have sold
D. sold
16. She ............ her husband’s job for his ill health.
A. accused

B. blamed
C. caused
D. claimed
17. The project was rejected because of .............. funds.
A. unavailable
B. inconsiderable
C. incomplete
D. insufficient
18. The sheep were huddled into a _______ to protect them from overnight frosts.
A. cage
B. kennel
C. hutch
D. pen
19. Whether the sports club survives is a matter of complete _______ to me.
A. indifference
B. disinterest
C. importance
D. interest
20. I must take this watch to be repaired; it _______ over 20 minutes a day.
A. increases
B. gains
C. accelerates
D. progresses
II. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets to complete the blank space. Write your answers
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1. Among recognized ________, maps are rarer than stamps but they have their avid enthusiasts and admirers.
(COLLECT)
2. _________ about the company’s future meant that few people wanted to invest money in it. (CERTAIN)
3. A holiday in America can be ________ cheap. (SURPRISE)
4. Everyone likes him because he has a really good sense of __________. (HUMOROUS)
5. That was one of the most ________ situation in my life. (EMBARRASSMENT)
6. In their last summer vacation, they went to rural areas to help _________ children learn to read and write.
(ADVANTAGE)
7. There will be totally twenty five _________ to participate in the game show. (CONTEST)
8. There is a great _________ of food and medicine in those underdeveloped African countries. (SHORT)
9. ___________, Vietnamese kids say best wishes to their grandparents and they would give the kids lucky money
in red envelopes at Tet. (TRADITION)
10. The heat from the sun is a clean and __________ source of energy, which can not be used up. (LIMIT)
III. In the passage below some lines are correct but some have a word that should not be there.
Indicate the correct lines with a tick (√). For the incorrect lines, write the words that should not
be there.
Line 1.
Many species of animals, birds and even that insects are in danger
Line 2.
of disappearing from the earth off. Every day construction in
Line 3.
the rainforests destroys the habitats of these creatures. They
Line 4.
cannot survive in other environments. They rely on about the food
Line 5.
and shelter being in their own habitats. Each time a habitat is
Line 6.
destroyed, the animals must have search for a new place. Luckily,
Line 7.
there are some people who they are doing something about this

Line 8.
situation. Animal protection societies are helping for the world
Line 9.
to learn more than about endangered species. When people know
Line 10.
more, they can fight to protect and save the animals.
IV. Choose the correct prepositional phrase from the box to complete the following sentences.
You may not use one phrase.
jealous of
by heart
for a change
content with
In common
afraid of
in captivity
similar to
in charge
good at
capable of
1. Gold is ................................... brass in color.
2. I must speak to someone responsible. Who’s ............................... here?
3. She is very .................................. swimming.
4. Jane’s new friend is a Scorpio, and he likes cats, so they have a lot ................................
5. He was ................................ his brother’s success.
6. Zoos were very popular, but now many people think it’s wrong to keep animals
...................................
7. As there’s no cream, so we have to be .................................. milk.
8. I’m tired of staying at home on Sundays. Let’s go out ...................................
9. I’m very ................................ snakes. I can’t go near them.
10. At school we used to have to learn bits of Shakespeare ..................................

PART II: READING COMPREHENSION.
I. Read the following passage. Circle the best answers (A, B, C or D) to complete the passage.
Smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, and breathing problems. Worldwide, about three million people die
every year because of smoking - that's about one .......(1)........ every ten seconds ! In fact, smoking is the .........
(2)........ of almost 20 percent of all deaths in the developed countries of the world. Smoking doesn't just ........
(3).......... the smoker, it hurts other people, too. When a pregnant ....(4)...... smokes, she is hurting her
developing.........(5)......... When a man .........(6)......... at home, his wife and children are also breathing in smoke
and can become sick. Even though most people understand the ........(7)........... effects of smoking, they continue to
smoke. The .........(8)........of women and teenagers who smoke is increasing. Cigarette companies make
advertisements that..........(9)..........these groups of people so that they.......(10)......to buy cigarettes.
1. A. death
B. end
C. loss
D. decrease
2. A. origin
B. reason
C. cause
D. basis
3. A. injure
B. danger
C. destroy
D. hurt
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4. A. child
B. man
C. woman

D. wife
5. A. baby
B. children
C. love
D. youth
6. A. relax
B. enjoy
C. cigarettes
D. smokes
7. A. beneficial
B. harmful
C. harmed
D. profitable
8. A. number
B. amount
C. quantity
D. total
9. A. interest
B. concern
C. matter
D. worry
10. A. retain
B. maintain
C. continue
D. preserve
II. Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen
traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned.
The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected
to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the
“Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States,
the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it
would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar
bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could
imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all
winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made
them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass,
not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains.
They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be
cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground. When they dried in this way, they remained
naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay.
And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly
into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air
cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. A type of wild vegetation
B. Western migration after Civil War
C. The raising of cattle
D. The climate of the Western United States
2. What can be inferred by the phrase “Legend has it” in line 1?
A. Most history book include the story of the train.
B. The story of the train is similar to other ones from that time period.
C. The driver of the train invented the story.
D. The story of the train may not be completed factual.
3. The word “they” in line 4 refers to________.
A. plains
B. skeletons
C. oxen
D. Americans

4. What can be inferred about the “Great American Desert” mentioned in line 7?
A. Many had settled there by the 1860’s.
B. It was not originally assumed to be a fertile area.
C. It was a popular place to raise cattle before the Civil War.
D. It was not discovered until the late 1800’s.
5. The word “barren” in line 7 is closed in meaning to________.
A. lonely
B. uncomfortable
C. infertile
D. dangerous
66. The word “preferred” in line 8 is closed in meaning to________.
A. favored
B. available
C. ordinary
D. required
67. Which of the following can be inferred about the cultivated grass mentioned in the second paragraph?
A. Cattle raised in the Western United States refused to eat it.
B. It had to be imported into the United States.
C. It would probably not grow in the western United States.
D. It was difficult for cattle to digest.
68. Which of the following was NOT one of the names given to the western grasses?
A. Mesquite grass
B. Bluejoint grass C. Buffalo grass
D. Grama grass
69. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a characteristic of western grasses?
A. They contain little moisture
B. They have tough stems
C. They can be grown indoors
D. They are not affected by dry weather
70. According to the passage, the cattle help promote the growth of the wild grass by________.

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A. eating only small quantities of grass.
B. continually moving from one grazing area to another.
C. naturally fertilizing the soil.
D. stepping on and pressing the seeds into the ground.
III. Read the text below carefully and then do the exercise below.
Lotte and Wytze Hellinga
A. As a student at the University of Amsterdam after the second World War, Lotte found herself stimulated first
by the teaching of Herman de la Fontain Verwey and then by that of the forceful personality of Wytze Hellinga, at
that time Professor of Dutch Philology at the University. Wytze Hellinga’s teaching was grounded in the idea of
situating what he taught in its context. Obliged to teach Gothic, for example, he tried to convey a sense of the
language rooted in its own time and environment.
B. Study of the book was becoming increasingly important at the University of Amsterdam at this period, as the
work of de la Fontain Verwey and Gerrit Willem Ovink testifies. Wytze Hellinga’s interests, formerly largely in a
socio-linguistic direction, were now learning more towards texts and to the book as the medium that carried
written texts.
C. Much of the Wytze’s teaching followed his own research interests, as he developed his ideas around the sense
that texts should properly be understood in the context of their method of production and dissemination. He was
this time increasingly turning to codicology and to the classic Anglo- Saxon model of bibliography in the
realization that the plan to produce a proper critical edition of the works of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, the
seventeenth-century poet, dramatist and historian, depended on the application of the skills of analytical
bibliography.
D. Encouraged by his work, Lotte produced an undergraduate thesis on the printer’s copy of the Oria of
Constantijn Huygens (the Hague, 1625). This work, incidentally, has never been published, although an article
was regularly announced as forthcoming in Quaerendo during the early 1970s.
E. On graduation in 1958, events took a turn that was to prove fateful. Lotte was awarded a postgraduate

fellowship by the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Zuiver – Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (or Z.W.O) to go to
England to study the fifteenth- century printing, and Marie Kronenberg, the doyenne of Dutch bibliographers,
arranged for her to be “taught in incunabulizing” (as she put it) by Victor Scholderer at the British Museum.
F. As an honorary Assistant Keeper at the Museum, then, she came to England in 1959, assisting among other
things with the preparation of BMC volume IX (concerning the production of Holland and Belgium) while
studying the texts of the Gouda printer Gerard Leeu to see if the sources (and hopefully printer’s copy) for his
editions could be identified. Although the subject proved difficult to define immediately so as to lead in a
productive direction, most of this work was nonetheless to find its way into print in such collaborative publications
as the Hellingas’ Fifteenth century printing types, the edition of the Bradshaw correspondence and the 1973
Brussels catalogue, to each of which we shall return. But during her time at the Museum, Lotte’s attention was
also attracted by such things as
English provenances on early-printed continental books, an interest which has stayed with her throughout her
career.
Questions 1 – 5: This reading passage has 6 paragraphs (A-F). Choose the most suitable heading
for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the appropriate number (1-6) next to
the paragraph. One of the headings has been done for you.
List of Headings
1. Lotte to go to England
2. Wytze’s interest in texts and books
3. Lotte unpublished
4. Lotte’s first influences at university
5. Lotte’s work in England
6. The development of Wytze’s research
Your answer:
Paragraph A ___4____ Paragraph B _________ Paragraph C _________
Paragraph D_________ Paragraph E _________ Paragraph F _________
Question 6- 10: Read the passage again and then decide whether the following statements agree
with the information in the Reading or not. Write:
Yes if the statement agrees with the information in the passage.
No if the statement contradicts the information in the passage

No Information if there is no information about the statement in the passage.
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rooted in its own time and environment.
Answer: Yes
6. Lotte studied at the University of Amsterdam after the Second World War.
7. Prior to his interests in the book, Wytze’s interest was mainly in socio-linguistic.
8. According to Wyzte Hellinga, the production and dissemination of books were not really matters of
importance.
9. When Lotte moved to England, she found it difficult to settle in initially.
10. Lotte’s undergraduate thesis on the printer’s copy of the Oria of Constantijn Huygens was widely
disseminated.
Your answer:
6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
IV. Read the following passage and circle A, B, C or D that indicates the best answers for each of the
questions below.
Our growing need for food, goods and energy has had many harmful effects on the environment.
Gases produced by cars, power stations and factories cause acid rain, which kills trees and damages buildings. By
using more environmentally-friendly forms of transport, we help reduce this form of pollution.
A layer of carbon dioxide and other gases traps heat and keeps the earth at the right temperature. This is called the
green-house effect. By burning fossil fuels we are producing too much carbon dioxide, which is causing
temperatures to rise gradually. This global warming could lead to dramatic changes in climate.
A layer of gas called ozone protects the earth from harmful ultra-violet radiation. Certain chemicals used in
industry, such as CFCs have caused a hole to develop in the ozone layer. The increased levels of ultra-violet
radiation damage plants and sea life, and increase the risk of skin cancer.
Most of the energy we use to heat and light building, run machines etc. is made by burning fossil fuels. This

energy source will eventually get exhausted, so we need to use more alternative sources of energy such as wind
and solar power that are renewable and do not pollute the air. We also avoid wasting energy but using less
electricity and water and insulating our new houses.
We are destroying our forests, which produce oxygen and provide habitats – natural environments – for animals
and birds. Deforestation also allows rain to wash away the soil, making land useless for growing things. We
pollute water by dumping waste from factories and houses, and by accidentally spilling chemicals and oil.
Chemical fertilizers damage rivers and lakes by causing a layer of tiny plants, called algal to cover the surface of
water. Organic farming does not harm water supply.
Burying rubbish in landfills cam make chemicals leak through the ground into rivers, and it uses a lot of land.
Burning rubbish adds to global warning. By sorting out rubbish for recycling we can cut down on waste.
1. The passage is mainly about ____________.
A. Man and Nature
B. how we should use the existing sources of energy
C. environmental problems
D. rubbish recycling
2. Acid rain is caused by ____________.
A. gases emitted from cars and factories
B. the burning of rubbish
C. the burying of rubbish
D. ultra-violet radiation
3. Skin cancer may be caused by ____________.
A. the global warming
B. acid rain
C. air pollution
D. ultra-violet radiation
4. We should use more alternative sources of energy such as wind and solar power because they
____________.
A. are cheaper
B. will not be used up and do not pollute the air
C. are easier to get

D. can be recycled
5. If we destroy forest ____________.
A. animals and birds will have no place to live
B. rivers and lakes will be polluted
C. wildlife and farming will be affected
D. our wood supply will decrease.
V. Read the passage bellow and fill in the blank with ONE suitable word
Today in China (1) …………….……large scale destruction of forests has occurred, the government has required
that every citizen (2)……………..the age of 11 and 60 plant three to five trees (3) ……………...year or do the
equivalent amount of work in other forest services. The government claims that at ( 4) ……………..1000 million
trees have been planted in China every year (5) ……………..1982. In Western countries, increasing consumer
demand for wood products that have been produced cause forest land-owners and forest industries to become
increasingly accountable for their forest management and timber harvesting practices. The Arbor Day
Foundation’s Rain Forest Rescue programme is a charity that helps to (6) ………………deforestation. The charity
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uses money to buy up (7) ……………preserve rainforest land before the lumber companies can buy it. The Arbor
Day Foundation then (8)……………. the land from deforestation
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
PART III: WRITING
I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. Customs officials are stopping more travelers than usual this week.
→ An increased_________________________________________________.
2. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
→ Rather _______________________________________________________.
3. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band’s decision to stop playing.
→ The moment_________________________________________________.
4. He never suspected that the bicycle had been stolen.
→ At no time ___________________________________________________.
5. How could I help, except to offer to lend her some money?
→ Other ________________________________________________________?
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Use and
don’t change the word given. Write 2-5 words in total.
1. Please do not eat crisps in the classroom! RATHER
I'd ________________________________________ crisps in the classroom.
2. I wish I hadn't bought that expensive watch! BUYING
I ________________________________________ expensive watch.
3. The boss wouldn't object to you going early today. OBJECTION
The boss would not ________________________________________ you going early today.
4. I regret not taking your advice. FOLLOWED
If only ________________________________________ your advice.
5. You must do exactly what the teacher tells you. CARRY
You must ________________________________________ instructions exactly.
6. Joanne, do you know anything about Chaos Theory? FAMILIAR
Joanne, _________________________________________ Chaos Theory?
7. Charles often phones up TV stations to complain about programmes. TENDENCY
Charles _____________________________________ up TV stations to complain about programmes.

8. Alice seemed tired to me. IMPRESSION
Alice _____________________________ she was tired.
9. I can understand what Gary was saying but I don’t agree with him. POINT
I can _____________________________________ but I don’t agree with him.
10. I can’t go to the party as I don’t have anything to wear. SOMETHING
I’d go to the party _____________________________________ to wear.
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TEST 3
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………

Mark

Mơn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút
Kỳ thi học sinh giỏi

PART 1: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best option to complete each of the sentences.
1. There are not thing special about his clothes__________ from his flowery tie.
A. but
B. except
C. other
D. apart
2. I’d__________ you explained to her why we can’t go.
A. better
B. rather
C. want
D. need
3. I__________ we meet outside the cinema tomorrow at 8.30.

A. think
B. suggest
C. consider
D. introduce
4. I walked away as calmly as I could__________ .they thought I was the thief.
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A. or else
B. to avoid
C. owing to
D. in case
5. __________ the step when you go in.
A. Consider
B. Mind
C. Attend
D. Look
6. ________ every industry in our modern world requires the work of engineers.
A. Wholly
B. Hardly
C. Most
D. Virtually
7. Jane had a problem with her finances, so we talked _______ and now it's fine.
A. over
B. it over
C. over it
D. over and over
8. When the electricity failed, he ________ a match to find the candles.

A. rubbed
B. scratched
C. struck
D. started
9. Profits have declined________the recent drop in sales.
A. as a result
B. as a result of
C. resulting in
D. resulting from
10. The train slowed down and then stopped________.
A. all together
B. together
C. altogether
D. all are correct
11. Because of international treaty obligations, the Government is legally________to consider every asylum
claim.
A. about
B. due
C. just
D. bound
12. Sharon always sticks her ________into everyone else’s business.
A. head
B. lips
C. nose
D. mouth
13. In Florida, the temperature drops below freezing only once in a ________moon.
A. green
B. purple
C. blue
D. middle

14. Brady’s surprise party is going to be great if you don’t let the ________out of the bag.
A. dog
B. mouse
C. bat
D. cat
15. We were ________ by the officers' decision to divert the whole traffic from the main route.
A. rambled
B. baffled
C. stumbled
D. shuffled
16. The book says that the revolution was _______ off by the assassination of the state governor.
A. launched
B. cropped
C. triggered
D. prompted
17. To our__________ his illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.
A. anxiety
B. eyes
C. belief
D. judgement
18. She refused to eat meat under any__________.
A. circumstances
B. occasion
C. opportunity
D. reason
19. He looks very aggressive and threatening, and so his soft, gentle voice is rather………….
A. disembodied
B. disconcerting
C. dismissive
D. discordant

20. Your grandfather is rather tired so do not………….your visit. Let him have a rest.
A. prolong
B. lengthen
C. delay
D. shorten
II. Put the words in brackets into the correct forms.
Computers have had the ability to play chess for many years now, and their (1. PERFORM)__________ in
games against the best players in the world has shown steady improvement. However, it will be years before the
designers of computer games machines can beat their (2. BIG)__________ challenge yet – the ancient board
game called “Go”. The playing area is (3. CONSIDERABLE)__________ larger than in chess and there are far
more pieces, so that the combination of movies is almost endless. The game involves planning so many moves
ahead that even the impressive calculations of the fastest modern computers are (4. SUFFICIENT)__________ to
deal with the problems of the game. In a recent competition for computer “Go” machines, the best machine beat
all its rivals, but lost (5. HEAVY)__________ to three young schoolchildren, so there is obviously still a lot of
work to do.
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
III. The passage below contains 11 mistakes. (0) has been done for you as an example. IDENTIFY and
CORRECT the other ten.
0. all complete --> completely
Things started to go wrong as soon as we got to the hotel. We were all complete exhausted after our long journey

and looking forward to shower and a rest. However, we found that our room has not ready, which was very annoy,
although the manager was extremely apologetic. While we were waiting, we asked about the excursions to places
of an interest which we had read about in brochure. Imagine how we felt when we were told they had all
cancelled! Apparently, the person responsible for organise them had left suddenly and had not been replaced. Then
Sally saw a notice pinning to the door of the restaurant, saying it has closed for redecoration, and Peter discovered
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that the swimming pool was empty. When we eventually got to our room we were horrified find that it was at the
back of the hotel, and we had a view of a car park, which seemed to be used as a rubbish dump. We seriously
began to wonder whether or not to stay. Your answers:
1…………...……… --> . ………………........
2. ………………… -->. ……....……………
3. ……..…………..... --> . ………….…........
4. . ……………….. -->. ……………...…....
5. ……………..….. --> ………….…........
6.………...……… --> . ………………........
7. ……………..….… -->. …….....……………
8. ……..………….. --> . ……….….…........
9. ……………...….. -->. …………….....…....
10. ……………..…. --> . . ………….…........
IV. Choose the correct words.
sooner
break
appreciation
live on
withdraw
drive

walk
wear
tolerate
1. As the love chemicals start to _____________ off, the couple stars fighting, arguing and sometimes separate
to __________ their own.
2. ____________ or later, you realise and focus on the differences between you and the other’s behaviours, which
compromises your sex ___________ and satisfaction.
3. One possible outcome is that one of the lovers ____________ and __________ while the other chases and
reminds them of all the emotional memories they have had together, which may result in ___________ up.
4. Another way is that either one or two the lovers ___________ each others’ flaws, and makes a sacrafice and
show their ____________ to advances this relationship to the next stage of love.
PART II: READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers in the numbered blanks
provided below the passage.
In addition to the great ridges and volcanic chains, the oceans conceal another form of undersea
mountains: the strange guyot, or flat-topped seamount. No marine geologist even suspected the existence of these
isolated mountains until they were discovered by geologist Harry H. Hess in 1946. He was serving at the time as
naval officer on a ship equipped with a fathometer. Hess named these truncated peaks for the nineteenth-century
Swiss-born geologist Arnold Guyot, who had served on the faculty of Princeton University for thirty years. Since
then, hundreds of guyots have been discovered in every ocean but the Arctic. Like offshore canyons, guyots
present a challenge to oceanographic theory. They are believed to be extinct volcanoes. Their flat tops indicate that
they once stood above or just below the surface, where the action of waves leveled off their peaks. Yet today, by
definition, their summits are at least 600 feet below the surface, and some are as deep as 8,200 feet. Most lie
between 3,200 feet and 6,500 feet. Their tops are not really flat but slope upward to a low pinnacle at the center.
Dredging from the tops of guyots has recovered basalt and coral rubble, and that would be expected from the
eroded tops of what were once islands. Some of this material is over 80 million years old. Geologists think the
drowning of the guyots involved two processes: The great weight of the volcanic mountains depressed the sea
floor beneath them, and the level of the sea rose a number of times, especially when the last Ice Age ended, some
8,000 to 11.000 years ago.
1. What is the author's main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To trace the career of Arnold Guyot.
B. To describe feature of the undersea world.
C. To present the results of recent geologic research.
D. To discuss underwater ridges and volcano chain
2. The word “conceal” is closest in meaning to which of the following
A. Contain
B. Erode
C. Hide
D. Create
3. The passage implies that guyots were first detected by means of________.
A. a fathometer
B. computer analysic
C. a deep-sea diving expedition
D. research submarines
4. The author indicates that Arnold Guyot________.
A. was Harry Hess's instructor
B. invented the fathometer
C. named the guyed after himself
D. taught at Princeton University
5. What does the passage say about the Arctic Ocean?
A. The first guyot was discovered there.
B. No guyots have ever been found there.
C. There are more guyots there than in any other ocean.
D. It is impossible that guyots were ever formed there.
6. The author states that offshore canyons and guyots have which of the following characteristics in common?
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A. Both are found on the ocean floor near continental shelves.
B. Both present oceanographers with a mystery.
C. Both were formed by volcanic activity.
D. Both were, at one time, above the surface of the sea.
7. According to the passage, most guyots are found at a depth of________.
A. less than 600 feet.
B. between 600 and 3,200 feet.
C. between 3,200 and 6,500 feet
D. more than 8,200 feet
8. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “rubble”?
A. Fragments
B. Mixture
C. Columns
D. Core
9. According to the passage, which of the following two processes were involved in the submersion of guyots?
A. Erosion and volcanic activity.
B. The sinking of the sea floor and the rising of sea level.
C. Mountain building and the action of ocean currents
D. High tides and earthquakes
10. According to the passage, when did sea level significantly rise?
A. In 1946
B. In the nineteenth century
C. From 8,000 to 11,000 years
D. 80 million years ag
II. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Write your answers in the
numbered blanks provided below the passage. (0) has been done as an example.
Vietnamese generally shake hands when greeting and parting. Using both hands shows respect as does a
(1)________ bow of the head. In rural areas, elderly people do not extend their hand are greeted with a bow.
Women are more (2)________ to bow the head than to shake hands. Vietnamese names begin with the family
name and are (3)________ by a given name. For example, in the name Nguyen Van Due, Nguyen is the family

name. People address (4)________ by their given names, but add a title that indicates their perceived
(5)________ to the other person. These titles are family related rather than professional. Among colleagues, for
example, the (6)________ of the two might combine the given name with the title of Anh ("Older Brother").
A(n) (7)________ greeting combined with the given name and title is Xin chao ("Hello."). Classifiers for gender
and familiarity are also combined with the greeting. In formal meetings, business cards are sometimes
(8)________ on greeting.
Vietnamese people have a strong (9)________ of hospitality and feel embarrassed if they cannot show
their guests full respect by preparing for their arrival. Therefore, it (10)________ to visit someone without
having been invited. Gifts are not required, but are appreciated. Flowers, incense, or tea may be proper gifts for the
hosts. Hosts also appreciate a small gift for their children or elderly parents
1. A. light
B. slight
C. lightly
D. lighted
2. A. possible
B. capable
C. probable
D. likely
3. A. continued
B. chased
C. followed
D. taken
4. A. each one
B. one other
C. one the other
D. one another
5. A. relation
B. relationship
C. relation
D. relatives

6. A. younger
B. most young
C. youngest
D. young
7. A. easy
B. basic
C. fundamentally
D. elementary
8. A. changed
B. transferred
C. reserved
D. exchanged
9. A. sense
B. sensation
C. sensitivity
D. sensible
10. A. inactive
B. inaccurate
C. inappropriate
D. inexact
III. Read the text below and give the word which best fits each space.
One of the greatest problems with holidays, (1)__________ from the usual travel complications and
accommodation difficulties, (2)__________ the expectations people have of them. When we go on holiday we
expect to leave all the stresses and strains of our daily lives (3)__________ us. We imagine we will be able to
escape to (4)__________ a degree that we even tend to believe, consciously or not, that we can change our own
personalities and become completely different people. The average business-person, tense, preoccupied, shorttempered (5)__________ to relax, envisages herself/himself (6)__________ from the moment of locking the
office door, a radically different (7)__________ of person: carefree, good-humoured, ready to relax and enjoy
whatever adventures present (8)__________. In practice, we take ourselves with us (9)__________ we go, and the
personality that is shaped over years of stress and tension is almost impossible to shake off at a moment’s notice.
It is no wonder so many holidays are a disappointment, no matter how smoothly they go or how lovely the

weather is. In fact, the frequent problems that crop (10)__________ during the average holiday are probably a
welcome distraction from the nagging feeling that we are not enjoying ourselves as much as we should.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
IV. Read the passage and answer the questions. Use your predicting skills. Note the type of questions. Read
the following extract and answer questions 1–10.
TERROR IN THE MOUNTAINS
A. What is incredibly beautiful yet absolutely terrifying and deadly at the same time? For anyone above the
snowline in the mountains, there is little doubt about the answer. Avalanche – the word strikes fear into the heart
of any avid skier or climber. For those unfortunate enough to be caught up in one, there is virtually no warning or
time to get out of danger and even less chance of being found. The „destroyer‟ of the mountains, avalanches can
uproot trees, crush whole buildings, and bury people metres deep under solidified snow. Around the world, as
more and more people head to the mountains in winter, there are hundreds of avalanche fatalities every year.
B. A snow avalanche is a sudden and extremely fast-moving „river‟ of snow which races down a
mountainside (there can also be avalanches of rocks, boulders, mud, or sand). There are four main kinds. Loose
snow avalanches, or sluffs, form on very steep slopes. These usually have a „teardrop‟ shape, starting from a point

and widening as they collect more snow on the way down. Slab avalanches, which are responsible for about 90%
of avalanche-related deaths, occur when a stiff layer of snow fractures or breaks off and slides downhill at
incredible speed. This layer may be hundreds of metres wide and several metres thick. As it tends to compact and
set like concrete once it stops, it is extremely dangerous for anyone buried in the flow. The third type is an
isothermal avalanche, which results from heavy rain leading to the snowpack becoming saturated with water. In
the fourth type, air mixes in with loose snow as the avalanche slides, creating a powder cloud. These powder snow
avalanches can be the largest of all, moving at over 300kmh, with 10,000,000 or more tonnes of snow. They can
flow along a valley floor and even a short distance uphill on the other side.
C. Three factors are necessary for an avalanche to form. The first relates to the condition of the snowpack.
Temperature, humidity, and sudden changes in weather conditions all affect the shape and condition of snow
crystals in the snowpack which, in turn, influences the stability of the snowpack. In some cases, weather causes an
improvement in avalanche conditions. For example, low temperature variation in the snowpack and consistent
below-freezing temperatures enable the crystals to compress tightly. On the other hand, if the snow surface melts
and refreezes, this can create an icy or unstable layer.
D. The second vital factor is the degree of slope of the mountain. If this is below 25 degrees, there is little
danger of an avalanche. Slopes that are steeper than 60 degrees are also unlikely to set off a major avalanche as
they „sluff‟ the snow constantly, in a cascade of loose powdery snow which causes minimal danger or damage.
This means that slabs of ice or weaknesses in the snowpack have little chance to develop. Thus, the danger zone
covers the 25- to 60-degree range of slopes, with most avalanches being slab avalanches that begin on slopes of 35
to 45 degrees.
E. Finally, there is the movement or event that triggers the avalanche. In the case of slab avalanches, this
can be a natural trigger, such as a sudden weather change, a falling tree or a collapsing ice or snow overhang.
However, in most fatal avalanches, it is people who create the trigger by moving through an avalanche-prone area.
Snowmobiles are especially dangerous. On the other hand, contrary to common belief, shouting is not a big
enough vibration to set off a landslide.
For questions 1–5, choose the correct heading for each paragraph A–E from the list of headings below (i- viii).
There are more headings than paragraphs. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
List of headings
Examples of Major Avalanches
Stability of the Snowpack

What Sets Off an Avalanche?
An Expert‟s Comments
Steepness of Mountains
Avalanche Peril
An Avalanche Risk Table
Types of Avalanche
1. Paragraph A

2. Paragraph B

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Your answers
1.

5. Paragraph E

2.

3.

4.

5.

For questions 6–10, Complete the table below. Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the reading
passage for each answer. Write your answers in the spaces provided. There is an example at the beginning
(0).
Type of avalanche

Characteristics

(0)….valanches …

also known as sluffs; steep slopes; (6)..............shape; minor risk

Slab avalanches

thick layer of snow breaks off; set very hard once they stop; cause about
90% of (7)…………….
caused by weight of (8)......................................mixed in with the snow

Isothermal avalanches
Powder snow avalanches

Develop a cloud of loose snow mixed with air; (9)………… of all types
of avalanche; more fast and cover a huge distance, even travelling (10)
……………..

PART III: WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed
before it.
1. In my opinion you are not telling the truth.
→ I suggest that .................................................................................................................

2. They reported that she was a policewoman.
→ She .....................................................................................................................................
3. “I’m sorry I didn’t ring you to say I’d be late”, he said.
→ He...................................................................................................................................
4. Everyone started complaining the moment the announcement was made.
→ No sooner .........................................................................................................................
5. The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime Minister.
→ Had it not ..........................................................................................................................
II. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word given. Do not
change the word given.
1. These two makes of computer are practically the same. (hardly)
→ ......................................................................................................................................................
2. His smooth manner didn‟t deceive us. (taken)
→ ......................................................................................................................................................
3. Everyone who spoke to the victim is a suspect. (under)
→ ......................................................................................................................................................
4. Do you have to wear a uniform at school? (compulsory)
→ .................................................................................................................................................
5. The way many sportsmen behave in public influences their young fans. (impression)
→ .................................................................................................................................................
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TEST 4
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PART I: LEXICO - GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best option to complete each of the sentences.
1. Only after the atomic bomb ________ and development in the air travel _______, ______ science fiction really
become popular.
A. had created/ had taken off/ was
B. had been created/ had been taken off/ has
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C. had been created/ had taken off/ did
D. had been created/ / had taken off/ had
2. We’ve bought some ________ chairs for the garden so that they are easy to store away.
A. adapting
B. adjusting
C. bending
D. folding
3. I don’t think she can get her message _______ to the students. She seems too nervous.
A. across
B. around
C. out
D. over
4. _______, it is obvious that the whole thing was a waste of time and effort.
A. None of us wanted to go in the first place
B. Staff meetings are often boring and have no apparent point to them
C. Since the results were far more satisfactory than anyone had expected
D. Seeing that we couldn’t solve anything in the end
5. Salt and ice can be used to _______ food.

A. contaminate
B. pollute
C. include
D. preserve
6. Ask Tom to give you a hand lifting the suitcase. He is as strong as _______.
A. an elephant
B. a buffalo
C. a gorilla
D. a horse
7. Have you sold ______ of those shirts yet?
A. out
B. off
C. on
D. for
8. ______I to have known there is such an appropriate curriculum, I would have registered for it at
the beginning.
A. If
B. Do
C. Were
D. Providing
9. The replacement of shops such as the groceries and chemists’ by the café _______ the housewives with
insufficient facilities for shopping.
A. leave
B. have left
C. has left
D. to have left
10. Your argument _______ that Britain is still a great power, but this is no longer the case.
A. outlines
B. presupposes
C. concerns

D. presents
11. They are happily married although, of course, they argue _______.
A. most times
B. from day to day
C. every now and then
D. on the occasion
12. He promised to mend the broken wheel soon without ___________ .
A. fail
B. failure
C. trouble
D. mistake
13. Salt and ice can be used to _______ food.
A. contaminate
B. pollute
C. include
D. preserve
14. Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a __________ writer.
A. fruitful
B. fertile
C. virile
D. prolific
15. The handwriting is completely ______ . This note must have been written a long time ago.
A. inedible
B. indelible
C. illegible
D. unfeasible
16. Athletes need to have a higher _________ of protein and vitamins in order to stay heathy
A. intake
B. increase
C. infection

D. production
17. He claimed _____ from military service because he was a foreign national
A. liability
B. exception
C. demobilization
D. exemption
18. It’s Prime Minister’s right to ______ an election at any time he likes
A. summon
B. nominate
C. call
D. submit
19. The footballer never really recovered from the injury ______ at the beginning of the season.
A. got
B.struck
C.endured
D.sustained
20. If the work-force respected you, you wouldn't need to _________ your authority so often.
A. assert
B. affirm
C. maintain
D. inflict
II. Supply the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the passage.
The signal broke a seven-hour wait of (1. AGONY) __________ intensity and sparked scenes of (2.
JUBILEE)_________ at the European Space Agency’s mission control in Darmstadt. The team in charge of the
Rosetta mission achieved what at times seemed an impossible task by landing a (3. ROBOT)__________
(4. CRAFT) __________ on a comet for the first time in history. The moment the tension broke came shortly after
1600 GMT when the Philae called home. “We are there. We are sitting on the surface. Philae is talking to us,” said
a (5. JUBILEE) __________ Stephan Ulamec, Philae lander manager at the DLR German space centre. “We are
on the comet.” Andrea Accomazzo, the Rosetta flight operations director, added: “We cannot be happier than we
are now.” But celebrations were tempered by the later discovery that the probe’s two harpoons had not fired to

fasten the craft down in the (6. LOW) __________ gravity. Scientists now think the probe may have bounced after
first coming into contact with the surface. Ulamec said: “Maybe today we didn’t just land once, we landed twice.”
The safe, if (7. CARE) __________, (8. TOUCH) __________ of the lander gives scientists a unique chance to
ride (9. BOARD) __________ a comet and study from the surface what happens as its activity ramps up as it gets
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closer to the sun. The first images beamed back from the lander’s descent revealed a dramatic (10. SCAPE)
__________ of pits and precipices, craters and boulders. However, there have been gaps in its radio link with the
orbiting Rosetta mothership.
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
III. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them.
It seems that the mystery of why the Pyramids were built may have solved. Until quite recently people got
used to think that they were just tombs for pharaohs. Instead, the connection with astronomy seems much more
important. Egyptologists have often asked them how long it spent to build them and why people built them in first
place. Experts came up with a suggestion that the Egyptians may have believed in the River Nile was the earthly
equivalent of the Milky Way. Many agree that the sizes of the three Giza Pyramids are in promotion to the three
stars of Orion. Nothing, then, was by the chance. Rather, the souls of dead pharaohs were deliberately being

project through shafts to reach at their goal of the Orion constellation.
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
IV. Choose and give correct form of the verbs in column A with particles in column B to make phrasal verbs to
complete the sentences. There are some extra.

A
B
give fall step go
get hold
off down
in
up through
come
on
1. Let’s hope the rain will ___________ long enough for them to finish the cricket match.
2. He twisted my arm to make me tell what I knew, but I refused to ___________.
3. Some people think that the Queen should ___________ and allow the Prince to become King.
4. Whenever the subject of holidays _______________, Ruth and her husband have an argument.
5. They were planning to hold a Pop Concert in one of the parks but it ___________ owing to opposition from the
local residents.

PART II: READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the options that best complete the blanks.
The heart has long been considered to be (1)……… feelings of love dwell. In love songs throughout the ages, love
almost always goes together (2)…….. the heart. The heart has continuously been viewed (3)……….. the place
where love begins and develops. Even the Bible gives (4)……… to love and the heart. The role of the heart in
love must come from what happens to it when a person feels strongly (5) to someone. The strong feelings (6)
……… the other person, especially in the early stages of a relationship, have the results that the heart starts
beating faster and breathing starts speeding (7)……... According to psychologists, a love relationship is a situation
that (8)
a lot of stress and the body reacts to this by getting ready to face the unknown. This has been called
the "fight or flight" (9)………, meeting danger by fighting it or running away. So with love, the heart accelerates
and
(10) …………. becomes quick.
1. A. when
B. where
C. that
D. what
2. A. to
B. from
C. with
D. at
3. A. like
B. as though
C. as
D. as if
4. A. reference
B. citation
C. preference
D. quote
5. A. attracting

B. attractive
C. attract
D. attracted
6. A. of
B. for
C. to
D. with
7. A. up
B. forward
C. on
D. upon
8. A. comprises
B. arouses
C. involves
D. includes
9. A. reactionary
B. reactor
C. reaction
D. reacting
10. A. exhaling
B. breathing
C. inhaling
D. sweating
II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers in the numbered blanks
provided below the passage.
In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on the economy than did the
federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining, and transportation firms and participated in
the construction of various internal improvements such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged
internal improvements in two distinct ways; first, by actually establishing state companies to build such
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improvements; second, by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a
profit.
In the early nineteenth century, state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large amount of direct regulatory
activity, including extensive licensing and inspection programs. Licensing targets reflected both similarities and
differences between the economy of the nineteenth century and that of today: in the nineteenth century, state
regulation through licensing fell especially on peddlers, innkeepers, and retail merchants of various kinds. The
perishable commodities of trade generally came understate inspection, and such important frontier staples as
lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control. Finally, state governments experimented with direct
labor and business regulation designed to help the individual laborer or consumer, including setting maximum
limits on hours of work and restrictions on price-fixing by businesses.
Although the states dominated economic activity during this period, the federal government was not inactive. Its
goals were the facilitation of western settlement and the development of native industries. Toward these ends, the
federal government pursued several courses of action. It established a national bank to stabilize banking activities
in the country and, in part, to provide a supply of relatively easy money to the frontier, where it was greatly
needed for settlement. It permitted access to public western lands on increasingly easy terms, culminating in the
Homestead Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone. Finally, it set up a
system of tariffs that was basically protectionist in effect, although maneuvering for position by various regional
interests produced frequent changes in tariff rate
throughout the nineteenth century.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. States's rights versus federal rights.
B. The participation of state governments in railroad, canal, and turnpike construction.
C. The roles of state and federal governments in the economy of the nineteenthcentury.
D. Regulatory activity by state governments.
2. The word “effect” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __________.
A. value

B. argument
C. influence
D. restraint
3. All of the following are mentioned in the passage as areas that involved statevernments in the nineteenth
century EXCEPT _________.
A. mining
B. banking
C. manufacturing
D. higher education
4. The word “distinct” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_________.
A. separate
B. innovative
C. alarming
D. provocative
5. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that in the nineteenth century canals and railroads were _________.
A. built with money that came from the federal government
B. much more expensive to build than they had been previously
C. built predominantly in the western part of the country
D. sometimes built in part by state companies
6. The regulatory activities of state governments included all of the following EXCEPT_______.
A. licensing of retail merchants
B. inspecting materials used in turnpike maintenance
C. imposing limits on price-fixing
D. control of lumber
7. The word “setting” in bold in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. discussing
B. analyzing
C. establishing
D. avoiding
8. The word “ends” in bold in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. benefits
B. decisions
C. services
D. goals
9. According to the passage, which of the following is true of the Homestead Act of 1862?
A. It made it increasingly possible for settlers to obtain land in the West.
B. It was a law first passed by state governments in the West.
C. It increased the money supply in the West.
D. It established tariffs in a number of regions.
10. Which of the following activities was the responsibility of the federal government in the nineteenth century?
A. Control of the manufacture of gunpowder.
B. Determining the conditions under which individuals worked.
C. Regulation of the supply of money.
D. Inspection of new homes built on western lands.
III. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage.
British parents are always complaining that their children spend too much time glued to the telly and not
enough time on other activities (1)_________ sports and reading. A survey recently (2)_________ on people’s
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viewing habits does not disprove this. It shows that young people in Britain spend on average 23 hours a week in
front of the television, (3)_________ works out at over three hours every day.
(4)__________ is surprising, however, is the fact that the average adult watches even more: incredible 28
hours a week. We (5)__________ to have become a nation of addicts. Just about every household in the country
has a television and over half have two or more. According to the survey, people nowadays don’t just watch
television sitting in their living-rooms, they watch it in the kitchen and in bed (6)_________.
The Education Minister said a few weeks ago that Britain’s pupils (7)_________ spend more time reading.
Unfortunately, parents are not setting a good example: adults do (8)_________ reading than young people. In fact,

reading is at the (9)_________ of their list of favourite pastimes. They would (10)_________ listen to the radio,
go to the cinema or hire a video to watch on their televisions at home.
1.
A. such
B. like
C. as
D. alike
2.
A. investigated
B. researched
C. carried
D. carried out
3.
A. that
B. which
C. this
D. it
4.
A. What
B. It
C. The thing
D. This
5.
A. seem
B. ought
C. used
D. would like
6.
A. in addition
B. as well

C. more
D. moreover
7.
A. might
B. could
C. should
D. would
8.
A. more
B. less
C. little
D. fewer
9.
A. tail
B. top
C. beginning
D. bottom
10. A. better
B. rather
C. prefer
D. like
IV. Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below
the passage. (0) has been done as an example.
Cell Phones
Cell phones have been popular in Japan (0. since) the early 1990s, but it was (1)________ until 1999 that their use
really took off. The age of cell phones has emerged, but with it come problems.
Cell phones are used on buses and trains, in restaurants, and in all areas of (82)________. They cause problems
when they (2)________ during meetings, concerts, weddings, or even funerals. What's more, people speak
loudly in public, and students read and text messages during lessons. (3)________ seriously, when a cell phone is
used near a person (4)________ a pacemaker to fegulate his heartbeat, its radio waves (5) _________ may

interfere with the functioning of the pacemaker.
Now, something is being done to solve these (6)________. In many places, new technology is being used to
block cell phone calls. Airline (7)________ are requested to stop using cell phones while on board. Concert halls
ask their audience to switch their phones to the (8)________ mode. However, phone users fear that if they do not
(9)________ their phones, they will lose valuable business opportunities. That's why many do not (10)________
off their phones even when they are asked to.
V. Read the passage and do the tasks followed
At any given time, more than a million international students around the world are engaged in the study of the
English language in a predominantly English-speaking country. The five most popular destinations, in order of
popularity, are the U. S., Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. The reasons for choosing to study English
abroad differ with each individual, as do the reasons for the choice of destination.
Numerous studies conducted in Britain and the United States show that the country of choice depends to a large
extent on economic factors. While this should not provoke much surprise, careful analysis of the data suggests that
students and their parents are most influenced by the preconceptions they have of the countries considered for
study abroad, which, in turn, influence the amount they or their parents are prepared to outlay for the experience.
The strength of international business connections between countries also gives a good indication of where
students will seek tuition. In the main, students tend to follow the traditional pattern of study for their national
group. The United States attracts the most diverse array of nationalities to its English language classrooms, this
heterogeneity being largely due to its immense pulling power as the world's foremost economy and the resulting
extensive focus on U.S. culture. Furthermore, throughout the non-European world, in Asia and North and South
America especially, the course books used to teach English in most elementary and high schools introduce
students to American English and the American accent from a very early age. Canada also benefits from
worldwide North American exposure, but has the most homogenous group of students - most with French as their
first language. Before furthering their English skills, students in Europe study from predominantly British English
material; most Europeans, naturally, opt for neighboring Britain, but many Asian, Middle-Eastern, and African
students decide upon the same route too.
Australia and New Zealand are often overlooked, but hundreds of thousands of international students have
discovered the delights of studying in the Southern Hemisphere. The majority are Asian for reasons that are not
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