Đề thi thử tiếng anh THPTQG cho khối chuyên anh

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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that
differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following
questions.
Câu 1:
Mã câu hỏi: 7683
A. reservation
B. communicate
C. dictation
D. occasion

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Câu 2:

Mã câu hỏi: 7692
A. religion
B. preserve
C. mechanic
D. hospitality

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Câu 3:

Mã câu hỏi: 7694
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A. immense
B. purity
C. accompany
D. advantage
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently from others.
Câu 4:
Mã câu hỏi: 7695
A. attacked
B. diminished
C. naked
D. remarked

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Câu 5:

Mã câu hỏi: 7696


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A. knowledge
B. flower
C. shower
D. coward
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 6:
Mã câu hỏi: 7697
____, we tried our best to complete it.
A. Difficult as the homework was
B. Thanks to the difficult homework
C. As though the homework was difficult
D. Despite the homework was difficult

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o
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Câu 7:

Mã câu hỏi: 7724
She listened so attentively that not a word ____.
A. she had missed
B. she missed
C. she didn’t miss
D. did she miss

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Câu 8:

Mã câu hỏi: 7727
The success of the party was mainly due to the presence of several________.
A. celebrations
B. celebrities
C. celebrated
D. celebrates

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Câu 9:

Mã câu hỏi: 7728
____ the hotel rooms are reserved throughout peak season.
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A. Almost


B. Almost of
C. Almost all of
D. Most of all

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Câu 10:

Mã câu hỏi: 7736
____ was caused by breathing impure air was once a common belief.
A. Malaria
B. That malaria
C. Although malaria
D. Because malaria

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Câu 11:

Mã câu hỏi: 7742
- I am really sorry, but I won’t be able to come to your party.
- _____________________________________________.
A. Just fine, thanks.
B. Oh that’s too bad of you.
C. I’m sorry, too. But that’s OK.
D. What’s the matter?

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Câu 12:

Mã câu hỏi: 7745
Three-quarters of the day ____ in idleness.
A. was spent
B. were spent
C. was going
D. were going

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o

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Câu 13:

Mã câu hỏi: 7756
We can’t compete ____ overseas films unless we improve the quality of our goods.
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A. on
B. against
C. to


D. in

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Câu 14:

Mã câu hỏi: 7761
Alex painted his bedroom black. It looks dark and dreary. He ____ a different color.
A. must have been choosing
B. must have chosen
C. should have chosen
D. may have chosen

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Câu 15:

Mã câu hỏi: 7762
The announcement about job losses has ____ consequences for the firm.
A. wide-ranging
B. never-ending
C. hard-hitting
D. far-reaching

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Câu 16:

Mã câu hỏi: 7773
____, he remained optimistic.
A. Badly wounded as he was
B. Although badly wounded he was
C. As he was badly wounded
D. As badly wounded he was

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Câu 17:

Mã câu hỏi: 7779
Did you really pay $1.000 for that normal painting? I think you were ____.
A. robbed off
B. ripped off
C. turned off
D. broken off

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Câu 18:


Mã câu hỏi: 7780
We saw ____ wild animals while on vacation.
A. quite much
B. quite many
C. quite some

D. quite a few

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Câu 19:

Mã câu hỏi: 7781
They have sent Bob to ____ prison for hitting ____ policeman on ____ head. I will go to
____ prison tomorrow to bring him some clothes.
A. a/a/his/the
B. Ø/a/the/the
C. Ø/a/his/Ø
D. the/the/Ø/the

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Câu 20:

Mã câu hỏi: 7786
In order to enjoy fine wine, one should drink it slowly - __________ a little at a time.
A. sniff it
B. spill it

C. sip it
D. stir it

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Câu 21:

Mã câu hỏi: 7789
I would like to thank my publisher, my editor, and ____ but not least, my husband.
A. after that
B. last
C. lastly
D. finally

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o
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Câu 22:

Mã câu hỏi: 7791
Elderly people, ____, require constant attention.

A. a larger number’s depending on government aid
B. who are dependent many of them on the financing from the government
C. and many of them depend on the government to finance them
D. many of whom are financially dependent on the government

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Câu 23:

Mã câu hỏi: 7800
- Daughter: Thank you. I couldn’t have finished my presentation without your help.
- Father:
_____________________________________.
A. Forget about it. I didn’t mean so.
B. I highly appreciate what you did.
C. It doesn’t matter anyway.
D. Never mind.

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Câu 24:

Mã câu hỏi: 7944
I was interested in buying the car, but a friend of mine__________.
A. turned me down
B. gave me away
C. put me off
D. showed me around

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Câu 25:

Mã câu hỏi: 7949
The __________ north we go, the _______ we are to meet high temperatures.
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A. further/less alike
B. farther/less likely
C. farther/more likely
D. further/more alike
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.

Câu 26:
Mã câu hỏi: 7961


The industrial Revolution effected a drastic change in the British Standard of living in the
I8th century.
A. caused
B. eliminated
C. prevented
D. denied

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Câu 27:

Mã câu hỏi: 7968
In astronomy, a scale of magnitude from one to six denotes the brightness of a star.
A. predicts
B. signifies
C. contrasts
D. examines

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Câu 28:

Mã câu hỏi: 7972
His physical conditions were no impediment to his career as a violinist.
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A. help
B. impatience
C. hindrance
D. impossibility
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
Câu 29:
Mã câu hỏi: 7981
I’d love to come, but I am snowed under at the moment.
A. am busy
B. have free time
C. have a bad cold
D. am on the move

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Câu 30:

Mã câu hỏi: 7986


Ill-gotten wealth is disgusting.
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A. admiring
B. distasteful
C. praise worthless
D. admirable
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
from 31 to 50.
READING
PASSAGE
l
(1) In the exploration of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult
to learn a second language in adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults
never completely master a foreign language, especially in phonology - hence the
ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often "fossilizes" into permanent error
patterns that no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great individual

differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching, and
plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances.
(7) Many explanations have been advanced for children’s superiority: they exploit
Motherese (the simplified, repetitive conversation between parents and children), make
errors unselfconsciously, are more motivated to communicate, like to conform, are
not set in their ways, and have no first language to interfere. But some of these accounts
are unlikely, based on what is known about how language acquisition works. Recent
evidence is calling these social and motivation explanations into doubt. Holding every other
factor
constant,
a
key
factor
stands
out:
sheer
age.
(13) Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elisa Newport and her colleagues.
They tested Korean and Chinese-born students at the University of Illinois who had spent at
least ten years in the United States. The immigrants were given a list of 276 simple English
sentences, half of them containing some grammatical errors. The immigrants who came to
the United States between the ages of 3 and 7 performed identically to American-born
students.Those who arrived between the ages 8 and 15 did worse the later they arrived,
and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all, and showed huge
variability unrelated to their age of arrival.
Câu 31:
Mã câu hỏi: 7997
The passage mainly discusses_______.

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A. adult differences in learning a foreign language
B. children’s ability to learn a language
C. the age factor in learning languages fast


D. research into language acquisition

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Câu 32:

Mã câu hỏi: 8026
From the passage, it can be inferred that "phonology" is the study of ________ .
A. the grammar of a language
B. the rules of a language
C. the vocabulary of a language
D. the sound system of a language

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Câu 33:

Mã câu hỏi: 8051
The word "cap" in the first paragraph is closet in meaning to __________.
A. prize
B. limit
C. covering
D. level

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o
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Câu 34:

Mã câu hỏi: 8069
According to the passage, young children learn languages quickly for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT ________ .
A. they make many mistakes
B. they want to talk
C. their approach is flexible
D. they frequently repeat words

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Câu 35:

Mã câu hỏi: 8074
The word "set" in the second paragraph could best be replaced by________.
A. fixed
B. changed
C. stable
D. formed

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Câu 36:

Mã câu hỏi: 8080


The word "unrelated" in the third paragraph is closet in meaning to __________.
A. unfamiliar
B. unclassified
C. unidentified
D. unconnected

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Câu 37:

Mã câu hỏi: 8087
In the experiment in the passage, the psychologists discovered that _______ .
A. most students have lived in the U.S for more than 10 years
B. older students were unable to learn English
C. young students learned English best
D. students who arrived late were worst of all

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Câu 38:

Mã câu hỏi: 8093
The word "who" in the third paragraph refers to_______ .
A. Elisa Newport
B. Koreans
C. immigrants
D. colleagues

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Câu 39:

Mã câu hỏi: 8095
According to the passage, what was the purpose of examining a sample number of
immigrants?
A. To compare different age groups
B. To detect differences in nationalities
C. To confirm different language characteristics
D. To measure the use of grammar

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Câu 40:

Mã câu hỏi: 8098
Where in the passage does the author mention that children acquire their own language
easily?
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A. lines 1-2


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B. lines 7-10
C. lines 14-16
D. lines 17-18
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
READING
PASSAGE
2
(1) Broad-tailed hummingbirds often nest in quaking, slender deciduous trees with smooth
gray-green bark found in the Colorado Rockies of the Western United States. After flying
some 2,000 kilometers north from where they have wintered in Mexico, the hummingbirds
need six weeks to build a nest, incubate their eggs, and raise the chicks. A second nest is
feasible only if the first fails early in the season. Quality, not quantity, is what counts in
hummingbird
reproduction.
(6) A nest on the lowest intact branch of an aspen will give a hummingbird a good view, a
clear flight patch, and protection for her young. Male hummingbirds claim feeding territories
in open meadows where, from late May through June, they mate with females comiing to
feed but take no part in nesting. Thus when the hen is away to feed, the nest is
unguarded. While the smooth bark of the aspen trunk generally offers a poor grip for the
claws of a hungry squirrel or weasel, aerial attacks, from a hawk, owl, or gray jay, are more
likely.
(12) The choice of where to build a nest is based not only on the branch itself but also on
what hangs over it. A crooked deformity in the nest branch, a second, unusually close
branch overhead, or proximity to part of a trunk bowed by a past ice storm are features
that provide shelter and make for an attractive nest site. Scarcely larger than a halved golf
ball, the nest is painstaking constructed of spider webs and plant down, decorated and
camouflaged outside with paper-like bits of aspen bark held together with more strands of

spider silk. By early June it will hold two pea-sized eggs, which each weigh one-seventh of
the mother’s weight, and in sixteen to nineteen days, two chicks.
Câu 41:
Mã câu hỏi: 8101
What aspect of broad-tailed hummingbird behavior does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Mating habits
B. Selection of nest sites
C. Caring for the young
D. Migration routes

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Câu 42:

Mã câu hỏi: 8155


According to the passage, in what circumstances do hummingbirds build a second nest?
A. If there is an unusually large supply of food
B. If the eggs are destroyed early in the season.
C. If the winner is unusually warm
D. If the chicks in the first nest hatch early

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Câu 43:

Mã câu hỏi: 8161
The word "counts" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.
A. numbers
B. estimates
C. weighs
D. matters

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o
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Câu 44:

Mã câu hỏi: 8168
According to the passage, which of the following is true of the male broad-tailed
hummingbird?
A. It protects the nest while the female searches for food.
B. It is not involved in caring for the chicks.
C. It shares nesting duties equally with the female.
D. It finds food for the female and the chicks.

o
o

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Câu 45:

Mã câu hỏi: 8182
It can be inferred from the passage that the broad-tailed hummingbirds’ eggs and chicks
are most vulnerable to attack by________ .
A. humans
B. insects
C. birds
D. squirrels

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Câu 46:

Mã câu hỏi: 8190


Which of the following would be a good location for a broad-tailed hummingbird to build its
nest?
A. A thick branch
B. The longest branch of a tree
C. A branch near the top of a tree

D. A protected branch

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Câu 47:

Mã câu hỏi: 8199
The word "Scarcely" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to__________ .
A. obviously
B. barely
C. consistently
D. needlessly

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Câu 48:

Mã câu hỏi: 8203
Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage as a nest-building material of
the broad- tailed hummingbird?
A. Plant down
B. Paper

C. Spider webs
D. Tree bark

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o
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Câu 49:

Mã câu hỏi: 8206
The author compares the size of the broad-tailed hummingbird’s nest to ________ .
A. a golf ball
B. a spider web
C. an egg
D. a pea

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Câu 50:

Mã câu hỏi: 8208


According to the passage, how long does it take for broad-tailed hummingbird egg to

hatch?
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A. More than six weeks
B. Two to three weeks
C. One month
D. Less than a week
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks.
Sugar tastes sweet because of thousands of receptors on the tongue which connect the
substance with the brain. The taste of sweetness is (51) ____ accepted as the most
pleasurable known although it is a fructose Abundant is the most common occurring sugar,
(52) ____of which include fruit and honey. Sucrose which supplies glucose to the body, is
(53) ____ from the sugar cane plant, and white sugar (pure sucrose) is used by food
technologists to (54) ____ sweetness in other substances. Approximately a dozen artificial
(55) ____ have been discovered; one of the earliest was Sorbitol from France.
Manufacturers (56) ____ large amounts of sugar to foodstuffs but never more than the
(57) ____ required to produce the optimum pleasurable taste. Surprisingly, this (58) ____
is similar for different people and in different cultures. No one has (59) ____ discovered a
way to predict whether a substance will taste sweet, and it was by (60) ____ alone that all
the man-made chemical sweeteners were found to be sweet.
Câu 51:
Mã câu hỏi: 8319
A. universally
B. wide
C. commonly

D. largely

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Câu 52:

Mã câu hỏi: 8325
A. origins
B. places
C. sources
D. roots

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Câu 53:


Mã câu hỏi: 8331
A. cited
B. extracted
C. drawn
D. made

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Câu 54:

Mã câu hỏi: 8335
A. detect
B. smell
C. taste
D. measure

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Câu 55:

Mã câu hỏi: 8371
A. sweeteners
B. sweets
C. candy
D. substances

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o
o
o
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Câu 56:

Mã câu hỏi: 8376
A. provide
B. supply
C. add
D. give

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o
o
o
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Câu 57:

Mã câu hỏi: 8384
A. excess
B. maximum
C. limit
D. extremity

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Câu 58:

Mã câu hỏi: 8397


A. amount
B. number
C. sum
D. total

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Câu 59:

Mã câu hỏi: 8402
A. already
B. yet
C. still
D. just

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Câu 60:

Mã câu hỏi: 8404
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A. chance
B. ability
C. luck
D. time
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined
part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 61:
Mã câu hỏi: 8433
It’s high time the government does something about air pollution.
A. It's
B. does
C. something
D. pollution

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o
o
o

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Câu 62:

Mã câu hỏi: 8434
It’s no use to advise him to stop smoking.
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o
o
o

A. no use
B. to advise
C. to stop
D. smoking


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Câu 63:

Mã câu hỏi: 8435
One of the students who are being considered for the scholarship are from this university.
A. One of
B. are being
C. for the
D. are

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Câu 64:

Mã câu hỏi: 8436
In recent years, automobile emissions have disfigured stone carvings, corroded bronze
monuments, and spoil ancient buildings.
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A. years
B. have disfigured
C. carvings
D. spoil
WRITING
Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the
same as the sentence printed before it.
Câu 65:
Mã câu hỏi: 8437
He is the most generous headmaster I’ve ever worked with.
⇒ I have never ____________________________________.
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Câu 66:

Mã câu hỏi: 8438
No students in my class can speak English as fluently as Alice does.
⇒ Alice _________________________________________.
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Câu 67:

Mã câu hỏi: 8439
Since our advertisement for our product was so bad, fewer people bought it.
⇒ Had___________________________________________.
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Câu 68:

Mã câu hỏi: 8440


As soon as Alice registered for the course, she received the scholarship.
⇒ No sooner _____________________________________.
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Câu 69:

Mã câu hỏi: 8441
"You’re always making terrible mistakes," said the teacher.
⇒ The teacher complained__________________________.
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Part II. Paragraph Writing
Câu 70:

Mã câu hỏi: 8442
In about 150 words, write about one of your most favorite hobby. The following
ideas may be helpful to you:
- What is your most favorite hobby? (cooking, listening to music, reading books, playing
sports, etc.)
- What are the reasons for that hobby? (help to relax, improve knowledge, etc.