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Ki thi Olympic 30 thang 4 do S6 Giao due va Dao tao, Tracing Trung hoc
pho thong Chuyen Le Hong Phong Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh to chifc da
di§n ra daoc 19 ki (1995 - 2013). KI thi da nhan diidc siJ tin cay va hdp
tac cua cac tradng Trung hoc pho thong chuyen 6 cac tinh phia Nam
cung nhu cac trudng Trung hoc pho thong cua Thanh pho Ho Chf Minh.

Nham giup giao vien c6 them tai lieu tham khao trong viec boi
dudng, ren luyen nang khieu cho hoc sinh gioi va giup cac em hQC sinh
CO tai lieu tiJ nang cao kien thCfc, trong nhufng nam qua, Ban To chifc ki thi
da phoi hdp v6i Nha xuat ban Giao due va Nha xuat ban Dai hoc Su Pham
xuat ban bo sach "Tuyen tap de thi Olympic 30 thang 4" hang nam.
Bo sach da dUdc siJ ung ho cua cac thay giao, c6 giao va cac em hoc sinh.
De nang cao chat lUdng cua bo sach, nam hpc 2014, cac giao vien
cua Trudng Trung hpc pho thong Chuyen Le Hong Phong Thanh pho
Ho Chi Minh da tuyen chpn cac de thi chi'nh thufc va cac de thi de nghj
cua cac trudng tham gia 19 ki thi Olympic vC/a qua thanh bp "Tuyen tgp
20 nam de thi Olympic 30 thang 4". Bp sach nay gom 15 cuon lien
quan den 8 mon hpc: Toan, Vat If, Hoa hpc, Sinh hpc, Van hpc, Ljch sCf,
Dia If, Tieng Anh.
Gidi thieu bp sach nay, chiing toi ton trpng npi dung, ket cau va dap
an hoac hudng d i n giai cua cac trudng de nghj.
Chung toi mong nhan dupe sU dong gop cua quy thay c6 va cac em
hpc sinh de bp sach se hoan chinh hdn, cho Ian tai ban sau.
TM. BAN TO CHLfC KI THI
HIEU TRUdNG
TRlTClNG THPT CHUYEN L E HONG PHONG, TP. HO CHI MINH
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PHAN I

C A C D E THI CHINH THU^C

DETHI NAM 1998

PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
A. Pick out the word whose sound of the bold parts is pronounced
differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. food

B. look

C. took

D.good

2. A. than

B. theatre

C. theory

D. thorough

3. A. nourish

B. flourish

C.courageous

D.courage

4. A. orchestra

B. orchard

C. chasm

D. chemical

5. A. mouths

B. cloths

C. booths

D. months

6. A. vanish

B. vapid

C. valve

D. various

7. A. bought

B. sought

C. drought

D. fought

8. A. comfortable

B. come

C. some

D. comb

9. A. whistle

B. little

C. gentle

D. battle

10. A. subtle

B. plumber

C.doubt

D. herbage

B. Underline the stressed syllable of the following words.
demonstrative

preferential

extravagant

prejudice

monopoly

personnel

legitimate

horoscope

impetus

sabotage

PART TWO: VOCABULARY
A. Multiple choices
Choose the best answers.
1. The charges brought against the government official finally hurt nothing
but his vanity.
A. family

B. prospects

C. pride

D. image
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2. During the war, the shipping lanes proved vulnerable to be attacked.

A. susceptible B. dangerous
C. futile
D. feasible
3. The manager told his assistant to
the mistake immediately.
A. rectify
B. maltreat
C. sanction
D. banish
4. Peter, Harry, and Chuck were first, second, and third in the
school cross-country race.
A. respectively
B. actively
C. responsively
D. tremendously
5. Children can be difficult to teach because of their short attention
.
A. limit
B. span
C. duration
D. time
6. The ticket
one person to the museum.
A. allows
B. admits
C. permits
D. accepts
7. The lamp is
to the ceiling by means of a hook.
A. attached

B. related
C. connected
D. installed.
8. The company director's asked the government to
in the dispute
and prevent a strike.
A. intervene
B. interact
C. intercept
D. interpose
9. People believe there is a
between the two crimes.
A. joint
B. chain
C. link
D. connector
10. Some people feel that television should give less
to sport.
A. programs
B. coverage
C. concern
D. involvement
B. Word formation
Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Meiling signed up for the
course, (.economy)
2. Various
by police officers were brought to light by the enquiry.
(practice)
3. She took the job to be

independent, (finance)
4. We can look forward to a period of
. (prospects)
5. You must forgive my
in these matters, (experience)
6. I've never known such a
person, (quarrel)
7. She uses a good-quality oil for proper
. (lubricate)
8. Like oil, gas is a fossil fuel and is thus a
source of energy.
(renew)
9. When Jean made up for the play, she was
. (recognize)
10. Sam was accused of stealing some documents
. (confidence)
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PART THREE: GRAMMAR
A. Prepositions and particles
a. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbial particles.
1. Write in pencil then if you make a mistake you can easily rub it
2. She was
the point
saying something, but, changing her
mind, remained silent.
3. My name is WiUiam, they call me Bill
short.
4. The bus was held

because a tree had fallen
the road.
5. You'll have to work very hard today to make
the time you
wasted yesterday.
6. The police broke
the demonstration.
7. A new magazine has just come
.
8. She was converted
Catholicism
near death-bed.
9. Don't try to cheat in my class, it's useless and you'll never get
it.
10.1 was
the impression that I had paid you the
work
you did
for me.
b. Complete the following sentences, using the verbs and particles provided.
Verbs:
show, draw, go, make
Prepositions: through, up, for, off
1. A red car has just
in front of our house.
2. Some women invited to a wedding party always try to
their
figures.
3. It was 10 o'clock when he
finally

.
4. My father
the two world wars.
5. It's getting late; we'd better turn round and
home.
B. Verb tenses and forms
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense or form.
1. By the time you (finish)
your twelfth grade this summer, I
(graduate)
from my university.
2. I could tell from the (frighten)
look on her face that
somethingterribele (happen)
.
3. You (know)
nothing (move)
since you (send)
_ _ _ _ _ _ away (cure)
.
4. He resented (ask)
(wait)
. He (expect) the minister
(see)
him at once.
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5. Once (bite)
6. I ' d rather (live)

, twice shy.
in the eighteenth century than in the nineteenth

century.
7. The students requested that the test (postpone)

, but the

instructor decided against a postponement.
8. Next time we go (house-hunt)

, remember (ask)

the

agent for clear directions.
9. It was our fault to keep Mary (wait)

so long. We (inform)

her in advance.
P A R T FOUR: WRITING
A. Sentence transformation

^

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as
the printed one.
1. He is more a lecturer than a teacher.

He
2. You won't find a school anywhere whose pupils get such results.
Nowhere
3. You may be very intelligent, but you should be careful about this.
No matter
4. Even though I admire his courage, I think he's foolish.
Much

.

5. They are soon accustomed to swimming.
It is
6. Customs officials are stopping more travelers than usual this week.
An incf^ased
7. The police arc advising vigilance as there have been more robberies
lately.
8. I ' m the only child in my family.
My mother gave
9. He never suspected that the money had been stolen.
At no time
lO.I don't understand a single word of this letter.
/ can't make
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B. Key-word transformation
Rewrite the following sentences as directed by using exactly the words in
brackets.
1. I can nearly remember the word, (tongue)
2. She was smoking in the bathroom, I went in to the bathroom and knew

that, (caught)
3. Many people nowadays find it increasingly difficult to exist on the money
they earn, (ends)
4. He was forced to apologize, (choice)
5. I f it costs too much, we'll have to consider, (event)
6. The explorers disregarded the mosquitoes, (notice)
7. Try not to panic even if you don't know what is going to happen, (your head)
8. John inflated the tires of his bicycle, (blew)
9. The first sign of the disease is a feeling of faintness. (onset)
P A R T F I V E : READING
A. Cloze test
Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
In British English this standard accent is known as R.P. or Received
Pronunciation. This coupled with the sort of English described in grammar books
is the accepted (1)

. Its use, however, is restricted (2)

geographically and socially; it is most (3)

used among the middle

classes in the south of England. Its speakers, (4)
geographical and (5)

, carry both a

label, as do the speakers of all its variants,

although the more socially mobile someone is the more complex his accent

becomes, and so the more (6)
vary, from the parents (7)
(8)

he is to label. Attitudes towards this
train their children not to speak with a local

so that "they will have a better chance in life", to the liberal,

trendy young manager who adopts a local accent (9)

a form of

inverted snobbery. But these stances are extreme, but, nevertheless, the (10)
between language and social status is a potentially explosive subject
in British society.
B. Reading comprehension
Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
A Japanese construction company plans to create a huge independent city-state,
akin to the legendary Atlantis in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The city.


dubbed "marin-nation", would have about one million inhabitants, two airports,
and possibly even a space port. Marin-nation, i f built, would be a separate
country but could serve as a home for international organizations such as the
United Nations and the World Bank.
Aside from the many political social problems that would
solved,

have

to

be

the engineering task envisaged is monumental. The initial stage

requires the building of a circular dam 18 miles in diameter attached to the bed
in relatively shallow place in international waters. Then, several hundred
powerful pumps, operating for more than a year, would suck out the sea water
from within the dam. When empty and dry, the area would have a city
constructed on it. The actual land would be about 300 feet below sea level.
According to designers, the hardest task from engineering point of view would
be to ensure that the dam is leak proof and earthquake proof.
I f all goes well, it is hoped that marin-nation could be ready for habitation at
the end of the second decade of the twenty-first century. Whether anyone would
want to live in such an isolated and artificial community, however, it will remain
an open question until that time.
1. To what does the underlined phrase "the city" refer?
D. A future city

C. The United Nations

B. Atlantis

A. A Japanese construction company
2. What kind of city will marin-nation be?

D. Legendary

C. marine

B. underwater

A. underground
3. The tone of the passage is

.
D. informative

C. judgmental

B. humorous

A. sarcastic

4. The problem of Marin-nation focused on here is mainly
D. social

C. political

B. engineering

A. human

.

5. By referring to Atlantis in the passage, the author is saying that
A. marin-nation will never be built.
B. marin-nation is a city in the ocean.

C. even i f built, marin-nation will fail.
D. marin-nation is only a dream.

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DETHI NAM 1999
PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
A. Pick out the word whose sound of the bold parts is pronounced
differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. tickled

B. published

C. produced

D.replaced

2. A. baths

B. speeds

C.forgoes

D. drags

3. A. break

B. weight

C. plane

D. said

4. A. watch

B. want

C. bank

D. what

5. A. gaiety

B. gene

C. gesture

D ."margarine

6. A. says

B. bays

C.days

D.rays

7. A. choke

B.churen

C. chirp

D. choir

8. A. foot

B.shoot

C.cook

D. shook

9. A. keen

B. deep

C.sheer

D. meet

Underline the stressed syllables of the following words.
photographer
documentary
ancestor
improvement

premium

abyss

prosecute

sympathetically

necessary

employee

PART TWO: VOCABULARY
A. Multiple choices
Choose the best answers.

1. A person who has drunk too much alcohol would
A. stagger

B. swagger

.

C. tramp

D. prowl

2. It takes roughly 4,000 pounds of petals to make a single pound of rose oil.
A. as much as

B. amazingly

C. more or less

3. Six novels a year, you say? He's certainly a
A. fruitful

B. fertile

4. The party's election
A. campaign

D. relatively
writer.

C. virile

D. prolific

proved to be successful.

B. movement

C. struggle

5. No one appreciated his work during his lifetime, but

D. fight
it is clear

that he is a great artist.
A. in the aftermath

B. by the time

C. in retrospect

D. in this eventuality
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6. Who would take the Hippocratic oath?
A. a barrister

B. a priest

C. a doctor

D. a soldier

7. Nations that live in concord are nations that live together in peace.
A. war
8.

B. harmony

C. conformity

D. happiness

receipt of your instructions, I immediately sent a telex message
to Algeria.

A. On

B. In

9. My passport
A. elapsed

C. With

D. By

last month, so I will have to get a new one.
B. expired

C. ended

D. terminated

10.1 am never free on Tuesday evening as I have a
arrangement to go to the cinema with a friend.
D. long-lasting

C. long-range

B. long-lived

A. long-standing
B. Word formation

Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets.

1. The student failed the math exam because he forgot the
2. My car is too much
3. The new

. (formulaic)

to take on a long journey, (rely)
has certainly made things a lot easier in the town

center since it has taken away the through traffic, (pass)
4. Nobody gets

treatment in this office, (prefer)

5. He's more

than expected, (tolerate)

6. The museum doesn't charge for

on Sundays, (admit)

7. We can look forward to a period of
8. This kind of activity can be

. (prosper)
. (benefit)

9. Our education must put an end to
10. Please

. (literate)

our letter of the 14th. We have not had a reply, (know)

P A R T T H R E E : GRAMMAR
A. Prepositions
Fill in each blank with a correct preposition.
1. After the operation, he had to get

on crutches.

2. I want you to copy carefully
3. I turned

the model.

at the meeting but the others didn't come.

4. My shoes wear
5. The African

very quickly since I started walking to the office.
elephant

will be extinct within twenty years i f an

international campaign

the ivory trade is not started immediately.

6. The ship was bound

Japan when it ran into typhoon.

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7. The gun went

in his hand while he was cleaning it.

8. This is a very important decision. A l l our lives are

stake.

9. It always pays to buy high-quality goods

the long run it's

cheaper.
B. Verb tenses and forms
Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. Does that road need

(broad).

2. It's obHgatory that the voyage
3. Were I

(cancel).

(know) the truth, I would tell you about it.

4. I ' d rather you

(keep) your mouth

5. He suggested that a petition
6. We must take an umbrella. It
7. She

(be) here but she

8. Without your assistant, we
project in our allotted time.

(shut).

(draw) up.
-

(rain).
(go) down with flu.
(not be) able to complete our last

PART FOUR: WRITING
A. Sentence transformation
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same
as the printed one.

1. Alternative medicine is a complete mystery to some people.
Some people are
2. The number of people killed in industrial accidents this year is now
fifteen.
Already this year
3. You may be disqualified i f you don't obey the regulations.
Failure
4. He tried hard so that he would win the first prize.
With
5. Having made all the arrangements, they decided to go any way.
Since
6. Most students can work very hard when they feel hke it.
Most students are capable
7. I only recognized him when he came into the light.
Not until

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8. They declared war on the pretext of defending their territorial rights.
The excuse
9. You needn't make an appointment to see the personnel manager.
There's
10. Can I speak to someone about my problem?
Would it
B. Key-word transformation
Rewrite the following sentences using the given words. Do not alter these
words.
1. 1 found the story she told me very interesting, (fascinated)
2. I've lost interest in going to the same place all the time, (fed up)

3. Mass tourism has been one of the causes of the problems,

(blame)

4. The rain was coming down in torrents, (cats)
5. People's race, creed or color is not taken into account when they apply for
a job with us. (irrespective)
6. A l l teachers like Kate, (popular)
7. That jumper you knitted for my daughter no longer fits her. (grown)
8. He is said to be a very hard bargainer, (reputation)
9. He doesn't appreciate his wife, (granted)
10. The amount the firm spent on the project initially was $15,000. (outlay)
PART F I V E : R E A D I N G COMPREHENSION
A. Cloze test
Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
"Being in space is an exhilarating experience", recalls astronaut Buzz
Aldrin, member of the three-man (1)
(2)

which made history 25 years ago

they succeeded in (3)

the first men ever to set (4)

on the moon. Just being (5)

to float around IS amazing.

Unfortunately, the space suits were very restrictive so we weren't (6)

to move about very easily". They made the job of (7)
soil to bring (8)

moon rock and

to Earth, we were put in quarantine. It was still not
be there until it is disturbed by other visitors.

should (10)

life existed on the Moon, Neil's famous first footprint

known (9)

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B, Reading comprehension
Read the following passage and decide whether the statements are TRUE (T)
or FALSE (F).
The plan to join the British Isles to the European continent by boring a tunnel
under the sea between Dover, England, and Calais, France, was originally
proposed in the second half of the nineteenth century. The bill authorizing the
work was rejected in 1883. The plan was again proposed in 1930 by many
enthusiastic supporters. The tunnel was to be the longest ever made and an
engineering wonder. However, the estimated cost, the military risks, and the
doubt as to the feasibility of construction lead to the rejection of the proposal in
June 1930. Finally, in the 1980s, the proposal was accepted and tunnehng began.
1

The plan to unite the British Isles with the European continent
has been proposed three times.

2

The plan to unite the British Isles with the European continent
has been rejected three times.

3

It was believed by some that the tunnel posed a threat to national
security.

4

Some people did not beheve that the tunnel was a viable idea in
the 1930s.

5

Tunneling originally began in Calais,

6

The plan was rejected in 1883 because the people were bored.

7

The construction of the tunnel led to the rejection of the proposal

France.

in 1930.
8

The tunnel made in 1930 was the longest ever made.

9

The supporters of the tunnel wanted to hire a onderful engineer.

10

The estimated cost of the tunnel was prohibitive in 1930.

DE THI NAM 2000
PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
A. Pick out the word whose sound of the bold parts is pronounced
differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. canary

B.share

C. baron

D. pharaoh

2. A. pug

B. puke

C. pumice

D. pustule

3. A. chaperon

B. charity

C. challenge

D. Charlie

4. A. this

B. mother

C. think

D.that

5. A. furl

B. fur

C. furze

D. furrier
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B. sob

10. A. nib

B. command

9. A. complete

B.resound

8. A. resign

B. telemetry

7. A. telecast

B. telemetry

6. A. course

C. telefilm
C. telefilm
C. resonant
C. common
C. comb

D. teleology
D. teleology
D.resource

D. community
D. curb

B. Underline the stressed syllables of the following words.
tarpaulin

revenue

decimeter

ambuscade

abacus
fertile

synonymous
epticaemia

formica
comparable

P A R T TWO: VOCABULARY
A. Multiple choices
Choose the best answers.
1. They began constructing the bridge in 1960, but several years
before the project was completed.
A. advanced

B. clasped

2. The pointed
A. dome

C. proceeded

D. progressed

of the church could be seen from miles away.
B. building

C. summit

D. steeple

3. 1 wish we'd never bought him a TV. A l l he ever does is sit

to

the box.
A. fixed

B. stuck

C. glued

D. sealed

out for special praise for my performance.

4. 1 was proud to be

B. singled

A. selected

C. separated

D. distinguished

_ out of 115 applicants for the position of Managing

5. She was
Director.

D. short-handed

C. short-sighted

B. short-listed

A. short-changed

6. You'll feel better after you have taken a
A. ration

B. helping

of cough medicine.

C. dose

7. In recent years, many hills have been
A. demolished

B. levelled

D. portion

to give way to buildings.
C.

8. The house possesses extensive

flattened

D. felled

with gardens, tennis courts, and

an orchard.
A. grounds

B. property

C. fields

D. surroundings

9. The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people
into icy water.

A. drowned

B. emerged

C. plunged

D. repulsed

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lO.No one knows precisely how much he earns a month, but $2,500 can't be
of the mark.
A. wide
B. far
C. broad
D. distant
B. Word formation
Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets.
1. I was late because I
how much time I would need, (estimate)
2. I don't care if you'd had too much to drink. Your behaviour last night was
quite
. (defend)
3. The cat is in the sunshine
. (luxury)
4. Don't judge the matter by my opponent's
statement, but wait
till you have heard the other side, (lateral)
5. Some phones can recognize your voice and be

by it. (act)
6. Are all those
they put in food really necessary? (add)
7. The bicycle I lent Tom had been in good condition, but he returned it in
. (repair)
8. She complained about his rudeness
. (cease)
9. I try to an occasion when I might be 600 feet below sea level
.
(vision)
10.
and overpopulation are two of the most difficult problems in the
Third World countries, (forest)
PART THREE: GRAMMAR
A. Prepositions
Fill in each blank with a correct preposition.
1. He lost his job
no fault of his own.
2. Her bright red hair made her stand
from the others.
3. There should be some news
the hour.
4. Stop wasting time! Get to my office
the double.
5. Ihaveakeady told her that I won't go to Spain, but she's still trying to talk
me
.
6. Before they hire anyone they should check
his background.
7. You must account

the manager for the money you used.
8. I met him at the party and he asked
you.
9. I applied for a part-time job at the supermarket. They're going to take me
10. He had taken over an old compatty_y£i:giiig.
liquidation.
THU ViHN TIMHBiNHTHUAM
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B. Verb tenses and forms
Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. Congress has decreed that the gasoline tax (abolish)

.

2. I could tell at a glance that the pile of letters on my desk
(disturb) while I (be)

out.

3. He took a risk investing money with them. I'd rather he (not do)

it.

4. - He had two bottles of Coke and got drunk.
- He (not gel)

drunk on Coke.

5. The laundry has a nice fresh smell from (dry).

. in the sun.

6. He was far from satisfied with the way things (turn)
(lose) :^

out. He sat

in thoughts.

7. Before changing hfestyles (begin)

to separate modern families,

several generations of the same family (often live)

together.

PART FOUR: WRITING
A. Sentence transformation
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same
as the printed one.
1. It was a red-letter day.
That day
2. Our present financial problems will soon be a thing of the past.
We shall
3. Fancy you and I meeting in the middle of Africa like this.
It's really odd
4. We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.

Much to
5. You've got a nerve, implying that it was all my fault.
How dare
6. He made no bones about helping me.
He didn 't
7. Its lack of irregular verbs makes Esperanto a unique language.
Unlike
8. He never thought of telling her
It never
9. The dress was so tempting that I bought it.
/ couldn't resist
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10. The idea no longer interests her.

She has f>one
B. Key-word transformation
Rewrite the following sentences using the given words. Do not alter these
words.
1. Very Httle money was raised by the charity appeal, (response)
2. His irresponsible attitude is endangering his career as a doctor, (jeopardy)
3. That wasn't what I meant at all. You've completely misunderstood me as
usual, (stick)
4. I don't like him because he boasts a lot. (mouth)
5. He liked the new job straight away, (duck)
6. Your attitude will have to change i f you want to succeed, (leaf)
7. The new musical has delighted theatre audiences throughout the country,
(storm)
8. Even though the election is tomorrow, many voters still haven't decided

on the candidate they are going to vote for. (fence)
9. He's not sure whether to go or not. (minds)
lO.She has extensive knowledge of ancient Egypt, (very)
PART F I V E : READING
A. Cloze test
Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
Society does not encourage crying as a form of (1)

expression.

The shedding of tears to make people feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. The
(2)

race is the only species that sheds emotional tears. What (3)
does crying serve?
It has been suggested that emotional tears play a role in the (4)

of

stress. Scientific studies have revealed that emotional tears contain a chemical
which is one of the body's natural (5)
found in tears (6)
tears may (7)

killers. The chemical is not

as a response to slicing onions. Scientists think that
to remove substances that accumulate in the body under

stress. This would explain why many people feel much better after crying. As a

result of the view that it is not (8)

to cry, men tend to hold back their

tears. This may explain when men develop more stress - related diseases than
women.
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(9)

emotion, be if a feeling of sadness or happiness, is stressful. Tears

are therefore shed as a response to sorrow, anger or joy. It is natural to cry. Indeed,
it may be (10)

to hold back tears.

B. Reading comprehension
Rearrange the following sentences into the correct order to make a passage.
E Y E W I T N E S S GUIDES
1. It all started just six years ago with Birds. Since then. Eyewitness Guides
have become a publishing sensation - 50 subjects covered, 40 countries
conquered, 15 million copies sold.
2. We live in an age of television, video and interactive computing, in which
children are skilled at absorbing data from images at a glance. While this
makes them respond favourably to visual learning, the disadvantage is that
they sometimes lack confidence with words.
3. One of the main reasons behind the books' success is the discovery that,
against a white background, even the most famiUar objects can look

wonderful.
4. Eyewitness Guides are the outcome of a unique approach, in which
photographs, models, maps and diagrams are specially produced.
5. But the success of Eyewitness Guides cannot be measured in statistics
alone, for these high-quality reference

books have

established a

completely original way of presenting information.
6. Everything is done to make certain that they compete with the impact of
television images.
7. So, what the Eyewitness Guides have done is to combine the two
elements,

words and pictures, treating them as just one thing -

entertainment.
8. Often a single photographic image will take up an entire double page
spread grabbing your attention.
9. But these books have one major advantage children can return to them again
and again, finding something fresh to read every time.
10. Whatever the image, you'll always find the text right along side, building
your understanding of the subject.

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DE THI NAM 2001

PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
A. Pick out the word whose sound is different from that of the others in
each group.
1. A. ransom

B. ancient

C.danger

D. change

2. A. putsch

B. putt

C. pussy

D. pulpit

3. A. debt

B. nib

C. absorb

D. absent

4. A. fluoride

B. hide

C. arid

D. miserly

5. A. wicked

B. hatred

C. sacred

D. looked

6 A. laugh

B. plough

C.enough

D. cough

7. A. delicate

B. concentrate

C. private

D. accurate

8. A. thunderstorm B. greengrocer

C. prefer

D. louder

9. A. carriage

B.voyage

C. massage

D. dosage

10. A. months

B. paths

C. wreaths

D. youths

B. List the words given in each column according to their stress patterns.
petrof>enecist,
gastronomy,

cumulative,
educator,

demonstrative,

cinematof^rapher,

memorabilia,

suffragette,

chivalrous,

luxuriance,

voluntary, personify, presidium, ascertain,

monetarism,
pharmaceutical,

tattoo,

documentary,

triangle, incomprehensible

PART TWO: VOCABULARY
A. Multiple choices
Choose the best word from A, B, C, or D that fits each blank.

1. The drivers have rejected proposals to end the strike and the other
workers have come out in
.
A. consent
B. return

C. sympathy
D. collaboration
2. If you make her laugh while she's eating, she'll
A. choke

B. gasp

C. sneeze

3. The ending of the joke was so
A. predictable

B. potential

B. easy

D. swallow

that no one laughed.
C. foreseen

4. Her allergy to fish is so severe that the
feel sick.
A. simple

.

C. plain

D. anticipated

sight of it makes her
D. mere
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5. After leaving school, Nigel decided to
A. enlist

B. enroll

C. register

6. Unless you give up smoking, you'll

in the army.
D. sign
the risk of damaging your

health.
A. bear
7. I ' m not
A. objected
8. The audience
A. clapped

B. suffer

C. make

D. run

to your plan, but it needs modifying.
B. disputed

C. opposed

D. conflicted

his appearance on stage with thunderous applause.
B. protested

C. rewarded

9. The shop assistant was arrested

D. hailed

thefts from the store.
D. with regard to

C. referring to

B. in connection with

A. in response to
10. For a while I was at a
A. blank

to know what to say.

B. pain

C. loss

D. crisis

B. Word formation
Use the correct form of the word given in parentheses to fill in the blank in
each sentence.
1. The unresponsive audience made the lecturer somewhat
(heart). What a shame!
2. A list of

(come) events will be posted on the notice board.

3. She's quite an

(eye)!

4. Listening to that doctor's talk was a very
5. His family suffered from his
6. We have

(rich) experience.
(expend).

(zero) temperatures every night in mid-winter.

7. The

(edit) staff consists of ten experienced journalists.

8. The Iwo nations finally agreed to sign a(n)

(aggressive) pact to

normalize their diplomatic relations.
9. This leads to more pressure being put on the

(adequate) public

transport system.
10.

(accompany) children will not be allowed to cross busy roads.

P A R T T H R E E : GRAMMAR
A. Prepositions and particles
Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition or particle to make
meaningful sentences.
1. He was punctual

the minute.

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2. Paul won't do anything without asking his wife first. She's really got him
her thumb.
3. You need to show that picture

4. I ' l l keep your application

a dark background.
file

for the time being.

5. Now that everybody is here. Let's come
6. He looks like his father

to business.

appearance.

7. Geology is a science I am not conversant
8. I ' m always so shy

.

strangers. I know I should have more

confidence myself but I can't help it.
9. The milk smells horrible. It must have gone

, so you have to

put lemon in your tea.
10.1 think he's not serious

becoming a teacher. He just plays

the idea.
11. His aunt just died, so he will come
12.

first,

a lot of money.

they couldn't make

who was

the plan.

13. Nowadays, many youngsters try to keep

the Joneses.

14. I f you have any difficulty, I will help you

.

15. He still-worked although it was well

in the night.

B. Verb tenses and forms
Put the verbs given in brackets into their appropriate tense or form.
1. The accident

(report)

(cause) by a reckless motorist.

2. When I get my degree, I

(study) at this school for four years.

3. I don't know why you always

(talk) in class, boys.

4. I didn't do the test well. I

(prepare) it very carefully at home.

5. Who was that girl you

(talk) to when I

(pass) you in

the street?
6. Today is the first anniversary of Grandpa Max's death, and I
(think) about him all day. How fortunate I

(be)

(have) a Grandpa like him!

7. - I found that everything I said on the phone had been reported to the
police.
- Your phone (tap)
8. This time next year I probably

.
(live) on the other side of the

world.
9. By the time the war was over, thousands of innocent people

(kill).

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10. My uncle would rather that I
11. When I see my sister again, she
12. The weather

(not, leave) yesterday.
(finish) all her exam.

(be) bad, they couldn't but

(cancel)

the camping trip.
(not, come) to Brighton with us last

13. It's a great pity you
Sunday. As you

(never, see) the sea before, it

(be) a new experience.
P A R T FOUR: WRITING
A. Sentence transformation (structure)
Complete the sentences in such a way that each of the sentences means
almost the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. We were very impressed by the new camera but found it rather expensive.
Impressed
2. He brought the umbrella along but it didn't rain.
He needn 't
3. " I ' m innocent," she said, and the court believed her.
She convinced
4. Under no circumstances should you phone the poHce.
The last
5. I would like, moreover, to choose my own clothes.
What's
6. The team is the same as it was for last Saturday's match.
There have
7. Couldn't you have got a bus to the station?
Wasn 7
8. You were so gullible! How could you believe the lies he told you?
Weren 't
9. Success in the academic

field

depends on your ability to amass

qualifications.
The more
10. While I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, I will help you this time.
Despite
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B. Key-word transformation
Rewrite the sentences by using the words given in bold type, keeping the
meaning of each sentence as close to that of the sentence printed before it.
Do not alter the word given in any way.
1. It was obvious that the old house was past its time, (days)
2. I ' m telling you this for you not to make a mistake, (fear)
3. They have security guards so that people won't try to steal, (discourage)
4. 500 pounds is too much to pay for that painting, (worth)
5. This government has changed its taxation policy completely since the last
general election, (undergone)
6. We won't get to the airport in less than 30 minutes. (least)
7. Claire suddenly realized what a blunder she had made, (dawned)
8. Collecting stamps is Peter's great passion, (crazy)
9. Don't run away with the idea tnat this job is easy, (conclusion)
10. Every possible effort was made by the boy to find the missing photo of
his mother, (stone)
PART F I V E : READING
A. Cloze test
Fill each numbered blank with ONE suitable word.
Some hundred years ago there was no equality between men and women
because people then

This

(1)

(2)

mankind's

women to be the weaker sex.

against women had its origin in the dawn of
(3)

when men lived in caves and went

for food. The task of food gathering and hunting needed great

hunting
(4)

of body. Therefore, the best place for women was not in the forest,
but at home

(5)

namely

they could satisfactorily do their job,

(6)

their children and looking after them.

Things havechanged much since those early days. In the modern life of the 20th
century, more
muscle.

It's

(7)
a

consequence

important role in the

are needed not more strength of the
that

women

play
(9)

have proved repeatedly they are equal and often

an

(8)
society. They

(10)

to men in almost every field.
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