DE DAP AN BAI THI THU TNPT 2017 SO 3

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the
following questions.
Question 1: A. charity
B. chaos
C. champion
D. chin
Question 2: A. through
B. thought
C. enormous
D. taught
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs
from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following
questions.
Question 3: A. computer
B. domestic
C. substantial
D. dominate
Question 4: A. difficulty
B. participate C. appropriate
D. relationship
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part
that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 5: It is believed that in the near future robots will be used to doing things such
as cooking.
A. in the near future
B. It is believed
C. such as
D. be used to doing
Question 6: Students suppose to read all the questions carefully and find out the answers

to them.
A. out
B. suppose
C. all the questions D. them
Question 7: After driving for twenty miles, he suddenly realised that he has driven in the
wrong direction.
A. suddenly realised
B. has driven
C. After driving
D. in
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.
Question 8: He lost in the election because he is a weak and.....leader.
A. decision
B. undecided
C. undecisive
D. indecisive
Question 9: Only in Japan.....the high levels of western countries.
A. industrialization has reached
B. industrialization is reached
C. has industrialization reached
D. is industrialization reached
Question 10: Staying in a hotel costs.....renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. twice more than
B. as much twice
C. more than twice as
D. twice as much as
Question 11:.....increases in population in underdeveloped countries, a lot of problems
arise including health care and social evils.
A. In spite of

B. In stead of
C. Despite
D. Due to
Question 12: Lorie is very thin, .....her young sister, who is quite fat.
A. unlike
B. dissimilar
C. dislike
D. unlikely
Question 13: I’d rather you.....in here.
A. don’t smoke
B. shouldn’t smoke
C. didn’t smoke
D. not smoke
Question 14: He did not share his secrets with other people but he.....in her.
A. confessed
B. concealed
C. confided
D. consented
Question 15: The new magazine about women.....tomorrow.
A. comes down
B. comes off
C. comes on
D. comes out
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Question 16: I do not remember.....anyone that kind of message. It must have been
someone else.
A. to have sent

B. sending
C. having sending
D. to send
Question 17: I think you must be.....me for someone else.
A. confusing
B. reminding
C. mistaking
D. considering
Question 18: The reason why this game attracts so many youngsters is that.....other video
games, this one is far more interesting.
A. comparing to
B. in compared with
C. on comparison to
D. in comparison with
Question 19: Population explosion seems to surpass the ability of the earth to
meet.....food.
A. the demanding of
B. the demand of C. the demand for
D. the demanding for
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable
response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 20: The waitress is apologizing to her customer for her carelessness.
~ Waitress: “Oop! I'm sorry for stepping on your foot.”
~ Customer: “......”
A. You don't mind
B. You’re welcome C. That's fine
D. Never mind
Question 21: John is disappointed with the result of his job interview.
~ John: “That's the 16th job interview I've failed. What should I do?"
~ Anna: “......”

A. Don't give over
B. Don't give out
C. Don't give up D. Don't give on
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 22: In most countries, compulsory military service does not apply to women.
A. superior
B. mandatory
C. beneficial
D. constructive
Question 23: Corn, domesticated by the American Indians, was brought to Europe by
Columbus.
A. trained
B. cultivated
C. implanted
D. reared
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 24: She could not hide her dismay at the result.
A. disappointment
B. depression C. happiness
D. pessimism
Question 25: “Please speak up a bit more, Jason. You’re hardly loud enough to be heard
from the back,” the teacher said.
A. visible
B. edible
C. eligible
D. inaudible
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is
closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 26: It was not only cold but it also snowed a few days ago.
A. Was it not only cold but it also snowed a few days ago.
B. It was not only cold but did it also snow a few days ago.
C. Not only it was cold but did it also snow a few days ago.
D. Not only was it cold but it also snowed a few days ago.
Question 27: I would rather you wore something more formal to work.
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A. I’d prefer you wearing something more formal to work.
B. I’d prefer you should wear something more formal to work.
C. I’d prefer you to wear something more formal to work.
D. I’d prefer you wear something more formal to work.
Question 28: "Cigarette?" he asked. "No, thanks," I said.
A. He asked if I was smoking, and I denied at once.
B. He mentioned a cigarette, so I thanked him.
C. He asked for a cigarette, and I immediately refuse.
D. He offered me a cigarette, but I promptly declined.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that
best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 29: What has happened? You look as if you have been in the wars.
A. You look like an old soldier.
B. You are wearing many medals.
C. You look as though something unpleasant has happened to you.
D. You look as though you have been fighting.
Question 30: The agreement ended six-month negotiation. It was signed yesterday.
A. The agreement which ends six-month negotiation was signed yesterday.
B. The agreement which was signed yesterday lasted six months.

C. The negotiation which lasted six months was signed yesterday.
D. The agreement which was signed yesterday ended six-month negotiation.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet
to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Why do people like to chew gum? Some people say they like the taste. (31).....say they
can think better if they chew gum. Some people chew it when they have some boring
work to do. Others chew gum when they are nervous. Gum is a mixture of things. For
many years, gum companies made gum from chicle. Chicle is a natural gum from a tree
in Mexico and Central America. Now companies use plastic and rubber made from
petroleum (32).....of chicle.
Gum must be soft so that you can chew it. A softener keeps it soft. The gum company
makes the softener from vegetable oil. A sweetener makes the gum sweet. The sweetener
is usually sugar. Then the company (33).....the flavour.
Thomas Adams made the first gum from chicle in 1836. (34)....., chewing gum was not
new. The Greeks chewed gum from a tree more than 2,000 years ago. Mayan Indians in
Mexico chewed chicle. Indians in the Northeastern United States taught Europeans to
chew gum from a tree there. People first made bubble gum in 1928. Children like to
(35).....bubble with bubble gum. Some university students do too.
Question 31: A. The other
B. Others
C. The others
D. Other
Question 32: A. aside
B. apart
C. inside
D. instead
Question 33: A. puts
B. places
C. adds
D. fits

Question 34: A. However
B. Moreover C. But
D. Though
Question 35: A. turn
B. set
C. pass
D. blow
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 questions from 36 to 42.
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Telecommuting is a form of computer communication between employees’ homes and
offices. For employees whose jobs involve sitting at a terminal or word processor
entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence. If the
machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees
can dial the office computer and transmit the material to their employers. A recent
survey in USA Today estimates that there are approximately 8,7 million telecommuters.
But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as
significant as predicted when Business Week published “The Portable Executive” as its
cover story a few years ago. Why hasn’t telecommuting become more popular?
Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on
the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters
in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least,
systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager’s
responsibilities. It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting
are reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular
interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same
consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some

people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never
really get away from the office.
Question 36: How many Americans are involved in telecommuting?
A. More than predicted in Business Week.
B. More than 8 million.
C. Fewer than estimated in USA Today.
D. Fewer than last year.
Question 37: The phrase "of no consequence" means......
A. of no use
B. of no good
C. unimportant D. irrelevant
Question 38: The author mentions all of the following as concerns of telecommuting,
EXCEPT......
A. the opportunities for advancement
B. the different system of supervision
C. the lack of interaction with a group
D. The work place is in the home
Question 39: The word "them" which is bold and italic refers to......
A. systems
B. telecommuters
C. executives D. responsibilities
Question 40: The reason why telecommuting has not become popular is that the
employees......
A. needn't regular interaction with their families
B. are worried about the promotion if they are not seen at the office
C. like that a work area in their home is away from the office
D. are ignorant of telecommuting
Question 41: It can be inferred from the passage that the author is......
A. a telecommuter
B. the manager

C. a statistician D. a reporter
Question 42: When Business Week published "The Portable Executive", it implied
that......
A. systems for managing telecommuters were not effective
B. there was resistance on the part of many managers about telecommuting
C. the trend for telecommuting was optimistic
D. most telecommuters were satisfied with their work
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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 questions from 43 to 50.
Marianne Moore (1887-1972) once said that her writing could be called poetry only
because there was no other name for it. Indeed, her poems appear to be extremely
compressed essays that happen to be printed in jagged lines on the page. Her subjects
were varied: animals, labourers, artists, and the craft of poetry. From her general reading
came quotations that she found striking or insightful. She included these in her poems,
scrupulously enclosed in quotation marks, and sometimes identified in footnotes. Of this
practice, she wrote, "Why many quotation marks?" I am asked ... When a thing has been
so well that it could not be said better, why paraphrase it? Hence, my writing is, if not a
cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of flies in amber." Close observation and
concentration on detail and the methods of her poetry.
Marianne Moore grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri, near St. Lois. After graduation from
Bryn Mawr College in 1909, she taught commercial subjects at the Indian School in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Later, she became a librarian in New York City. During the
1920’s she was editor of The Dial, an important literary magazine of the period. She
lived quietly all her life, mostly in Brooklyn, New York. She spent a lot of time at the
Bronx Zoo, fascinated by animals. Her admiration of the Brooklyn Dodgers - before the

team moved to Los Angeles - was widely known.
Her first book of poems was published in London in 1921 by a group of friends
associated with the Imagist movement. From that time on, her poetry has been read with
interest by succeeding generations of poets and readers. In 1952, she was awarded the
Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems. She wrote that she did not write poetry for
money or fame. To earn a living is needful, but it can be done in routine ways. ‘One
writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's
happiness to express.”
Question 43: What is the passage mainly about?
A. The influence of the imagists on Marianne Moore.
B. Essayists and poets of the 1920's.
C. The use of quotations in poetry.
D. Marianne Moore's life and work.
Question 44: Which of the following can be inferred about Moore's poems?
A. They are better known in Europe than the United States.
B. They do not use traditional verse forms.
C. They were all published in The Dial.
D. They tend to be abstract.
Question 45: According to the passage Moore wrote about all of the following
EXCEPT......
A. artists
B. animals
C. fossils
D. workers
Question 46: Where did Marianne Moore grow up?
A. In Carlisle, Pennsylvania
B. In Kirkwood
C. In New York City
D. In Los Angeles
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Question 47: The author mentions all of the following as jobs held by Moore
EXCEPT......
A. commercial artist
B. teacher
C. magazine editor
D. librarian
Question 48: Where did Moore spend most of her adult life?
A. In Kirkwood
B. In Brooklyn C. In Los Angeles
D. In Carlisle
Question 49: The word "succeeding" is closest to......
A. inheriting
B. prospering C. diverse
D. later
Question 50: The word "it" refers to......
A. writing poetry
B. becoming famous
C. earning a living
D. attracting readers
(*||*)
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Chicle tree (to make chewing gum)

Marianne Moore, the poet
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