ON THI TNPT 2017 53 10 ma de

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MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 142
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TNPT 53

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation
in each of the following questions.
Question 1:A. leaves
B. practices
C. wishes
D. introduces
Question 2:A. dough
B. doubt
C. county
D. blouse
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 3: Preceding by four nice children, the bride and the groom entered the wedding hall.
A. Preceding
B. entered
C. children
D. the
Question 4: Not until I got on the taxi to the airport I realized that I had left my passport at home.
A. I realized

B. got on
C. that I had left
D. at home
Question 5: Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation and generating electricity for the surrounding
area.
A. surrounding area
B. irrigation
C. to control flooding
D. generating
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 6: ~ Tom: " Sorry, I forgot to phone you last night." ~ Mary: "........"
A. You were absent-minded.
B. Oh. Poor me!
C. I have nothing to tell you.
D. Never mind!
Question 7: ~ Teacher: "Tom, you’ve written a much better essay this time." ~ Tom: "......."
A. Writing? Why?
B. Thank you. It’s really encouraging.
C. What did you say? I’m so shy.
D. You’re welcome.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 8:..........is to give strangers your address.
A. That you must never do
B. What you must never do
C. What must never you do
D. That must never you do
Question 9: I’m afraid a rise in salary is.......just now.
A. out of the question
B. out of control
C. out of sight

D. out of date
Question 10: Your grades are coming down. You should try to......the other students in your class.
A. keep up with
B. get along with
C. get out of
D. keep away from
Question 11: He’d prefer.......chicken soup rather than.......eel soup.
A. have - have
B. having - to have
C. to have - have
D. to have - having
Question 12: Safety should take.........over all other matters in the workplace.
A. precedence
B. preceding
C. precedent
D. precede
Question 13: If he had tried his best, he......accepted to that university.
A. would have been
B. will be
C. would have
D. would be
Question 14:.........with your friends and give me your answer tomorrow.
A. Look into it
B. Talk over it
C. Talk it over
D. Work it out
Question 15: Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972.......
A. the realization of its full extent
B. when was its full extent realized
C. that its full extent was realized

D. was its full extent realized
Question 16: After the test papers......to the students in class tomorrow, the students.......their next assignment.
A. will return - will be given
B. are returned - will be given
C. are returning - are giving
D. will be returned - are given
Question 17: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid.....we asked.
A. four time as many as
B. four times much as
C. four times as much as
D. four time much than.
Question 18: I admired the cars at the car show.
A. new German expensive
B. expensive new German
C. German expensive new
D. new expensive German
Question 19: ......signals such as waving, nodding or shaking of the head also have cultural meanings.
A. Non-verbal
B. Verbal
C. Oral
D. Visual
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each
of the numbered blanks.
CRITICISM
It can take along time to become successful in your chosen field, however talented you are. One thing you have to be ...
(20)... of is that you will face criticism along the way. The world is full of people who would rather say something negative
than positive. If you’ve made up your mind to achieve a certain goal, such as writing a novel, don’t let the negative criticism
of others prevent you from reaching your ...(21)... and let constructive criticism have a positive ...(22)... on your work. If

someone says you’re totally lacking in talent, ignore them. That’s negative criticism. If, however, someone advises you to
revise your work and gives you good reasons for doing so, you should consider their suggestions carefully. There are many
film stars who were once out of work. There are many famous novelists who made a complete ...(23)... of their first novel - or
who didn’t, but had to keep on approaching hundreds of publishers before they could get it published. Being successful does
depend on luck, to a certain extent. But things are more likely to ...(24)... well if you persevere and stay positive.
Question 20:A. intelligent B. aware
C. clever
D. kept in mind
Question 21:A. destination B. target
C. purpose
D. objectives
Question 22:A. affect
B. result
C. effect
D. change
Question 23:A. money
B. mess
C. success
D. effort
Question 24:A. turn out B. carry out
C. get out
D. bring out
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in
each of the following questions.
Question 25:A. important B. necessary
C. confiding
D. component
Question 26:A. obedience B. embarrass
C. apparent
D. attitude

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 27: Whatever the activity level, all types of hobbies can require high levels of expertise.
A. incompetence
B. expertness
C. skillfulness
D. incapable
Question 28: I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
A. carelessness
B. attentions
C. unconcern
D. unawareness
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 29: By the end of the storm, the hikers had depleted even their emergency stores.
A. lost
B. greatly dropped
C. destroyed
D. used almost all of
Question 30: Every woman who had enough criteria can join the beauty contest irrespective of their background.
A. on account of
B. under guarantee
C. regardless of
D. in consideration of
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following
questions.
Question 31: Everyone was watching the dolphin. They were greatly fascinated with it.
A. The dolphin was greatly fascinated by the way everyone was watching it.
B. The dolphin was watching everyone with great fascination.
C. Everyone felt great and fascinated when the dolphin was watching them.

D. Everyone was greatly fascinated with the dolphin they were watching.
Question 32: I like Robinson Crusoe. He is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
A. I like Robinson Crusoe, who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
B. I like Robinson Crusoe, who are the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
C. I like Robinson Crusoe because he is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
D. I like Robinson Crusoe and who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 33 to 39.
The penny press, which emerged in the United States during the 1830's, was a powerful agent of mass communication.
These newspapers were little dailies, generally four pages in length, written for the mass taste. They differed from the staid,
formal presentation of the conservative press, with its emphasis on political and literary topics. The new papers were brief
and cheap, emphasizing sensational reports of police courts and juicy scandals as well as human interest stories. Twentiethcentury journalism was already foreshadowed in the penny press of the 1830's.
The New York Sun, founded in 1833, was the first successful penny paper, and it was followed two years later by the New
York Herald, published by James Gordon Bennett. Not long after, Horace Greeley issued the New York Tribune, which was
destined to become the most influential paper in America. Greeley gave space to the issues that deeply touched the American
people before the Civil War - abolitionism, temperance, free homesteads, Utopian cooperative settlements, and the problems
of labour. The weekly edition of the Tribune, with 100,000 subscribers, had a remarkable influence in rural areas, especially
in Western communities.
Americans were reputed to be the most avid readers of periodicals in the world. An English observer enviously calculated
that, in 1829, the number of newspapers circulated in Great Britain was enough to reach only one out of every thirty-six
inhabitants weekly, Pennsylvania in that same year had a newspaper circulation which reached one out of every four
inhabitants weekly. Statistics seemed to justify the common belief that Americans were devoted to periodicals. Newspapers in
the United States increased from 1,200 in 1833 to 3,000 by the early 1860's, on the eve of the Civil War. This far exceeded
the number and circulation of newspapers in England and France.
Question 33: The figures concerning newspaper circulation in Pennsylvania in 1829 are relevant because they.....
A. explain why so many different periodicals were published
B. support the belief that Americans were enthusiastic readers of periodicals
C. prove that weekly periodicals were more successful than daily papers
D. show the difference between reading habits before and after the Civil War
Question 34: The word "justify" is closest in meaning to.....

A. modify
B. generate
C. prove
D. calculate
Question 35: Who was Horace Greeley?
A. The man who took over James Gordon Bennett's penny-press paper and made it successful
B. The most successful writer for the penny press
C. The publisher of the first penny-press paper to make a profit
D. The founder of the penny-press paper that did the most to influence the thinking of the public
Question 36: What is the author's main point in the first paragraph?
A. The penny press was modeled on earlier papers.
B. The penny press became an important way of disseminating information in the first half of the nineteenth century.
C. The penny press focused mainly on analysis of politics.
D. The press in the nineteenth century reached only a small proportion of the population.
Question 37: The word "avid" is closest in meaning to.....
A. eager
B. critical
C. thrifty
D. intelligent
Question 38: What does the author mean by the statement that twentieth-century journalism was foreshadowed by the
penny press?
A. Twentieth-century journalism is more important than nineteenth-century journalism.
B. Modem news coverage is similar to that done by the penny press.
C. The penny press darkened the reputation of news writing.
D. Penny-press news reporting was more accurate than that in twentieth-century newspapers.
Question 39: It can be inferred that penny-press newspapers were all of the following EXCEPT.....
A. inexpensive
B. profitable

C. informal
D. thorough
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 40 to 47.
The first flying vertebrates were true reptiles in which one of the fingers of the front limbs became very elongated,
providing support for a flap of stretched skin that served as a wing. These were the pterosaurs, literally the "winged lizards."
The earliest pterosaurs arose near the end of the Triassic period of the Mesozoic Era, some 70 million years before the first
known fossils of true birds occur, and they presumably dominated the skies until they were eventually displaced by birds.
Like the dinosaurs, some the pterosaurs became gigantic; the largest fossil discovered is of an individual that had a wingspan
of 50 feet or more, larger than many airplanes. These flying reptiles had large, tooth-filled jaws, but their bodies were small
and probably without the necessary powerful muscles for sustained wing movement. They must have been expert gliders, not
skillful fliers, relying on wind power for their locomotion.
Birds, despite sharing common reptilian ancestors with pterosaurs, evolved quite separately and have been much more
successful in their dominance of the air. They are an example of a common theme in evolution, the more or less parallel
development of different types of body structure and function for the same reason - in this case, for flight. Although the fossil
record, as always, is not complete enough to determine definitively the evolutionary lineage of the birds or in as much detail
as one would like, it is better in this case than for many other animal groups. That is because of the unusual preservation in a
limestone quarry in southern Germany of Archaeopteryx, a fossil that many have called the link between dinosaurs and birds.
Indeed, had it not been for the superb preservation of these fossils, they might well have been classified as dinosaurs. They
have the skull and teeth of a reptile as well as a bony tail, but in the line-grained limestone in which these fossils occur there
are delicate impressions of feathers and fine details of bone structure that make it clear that Archaeopteryx was a bird.
All birds living today, from the great condors of the Andes to the tiniest wrens, trace their origin back to the Mesozoic
dinosaurs.
Question 40: In paragraph 2, the author discusses the development of flight in birds as resulting from.....
A. a separate but parallel development process to that of pterosaurs
B. an evolution from pterosaurs
C. the dominance of birds and pterosaurs over land animals
D. a similarity in body structure to pterosaurs
Question 41: The author mentions airplanes in the passage in order to.....
A. demonstrate the differences between mechanized flight and animal flight

B. illustrate the size of wingspans in some pterosaurs
C. establish the practical applications of the study of fossils
D. compare the energy needs of dinosaurs with those of modem machines
Question 42: What is the significance of the discovery that was made in southern Germany?
A. It is thought to demonstrate that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
B. It suggests that dinosaurs were dominant in areas rich in limestone.
C. It supports the theory that Archaeopteryx was a powerful dinosaur.
D. It is proof that the climate and soils of Europe have changed over time.
Question 43: According to the passage, pterosaurs were probably "not skillful fliers" (lines 7-8) because.....
A. of their disproportionately large bodies
B. climate conditions of the time provided insufficient wind power
C. they lacked muscles needed for extended flight
D. of their limited wingspan
Question 44: Which of the following is true of early reptile wings?


A. They required fingers of equal length.
B. They connected the front and back limbs.
C. They evolved from strong limb muscles.
D. They consisted of an extension of skin.
Question 45: It can be inferred from the passage that birds were probably dominant in the skies.....
A. after the decline of pterosaurs
B. before dinosaurs could be found on land.
C. before the appearance of pterosaurs
D. in the early Triassic period
Question 46: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Characteristics of pterosaur wings
B. The development of flight in reptiles and birds
C. The discovery of fossil remains of Archaeopteryx
D. Reasons for the extinction of early flying vertebrates

Question 47: Which of the following helped researchers determine that Archaeopteryx was not a dinosaur?
A. Its teeth
B. Details of its bone structure C. The shape of its skull
D. Its tail
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 48: I believe that only rarely will I need your help.
A. I am sure that I will need your help only in special circumstances.
B. I will not need your help as I believe.
C. I believe that I will never ask you for help.
D. I am sure that your help will be needed by me only.
Question 49: As an excuse for being late, she made up a whole story.
A. A whole story was her excuse for being late.
B. An excuse for being late was her whole story.
C. Making up a whole story, she said sorry for being late.
D. She apologized for being late by inventing a whole story.
Question 50: The boy who was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
A. The boy waited in the hall and expecting a phone call.
B. The boy someone was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
C. The boy waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
D. The boy was waiting in the hall and expected a phone call.


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Mã Phách ……….

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation
in each of the following questions.
Question 1:A. dough
B. county
C. doubt
D. blouse
Question 2:A. wishes
B. practices
C. introduces
D. leaves
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 3: By the end of the storm, the hikers had depleted even their emergency stores.
A. destroyed
B. used almost all of
C. greatly dropped
D. lost
Question 4: Every woman who had enough criteria can join the beauty contest irrespective of their background.
A. on account of
B. in consideration of
C. under guarantee
D. regardless of
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each
of the numbered blanks.
CRITICISM
It can take along time to become successful in your chosen field, however talented you are. One thing you have to be ...(5)...

of is that you will face criticism along the way. The world is full of people who would rather say something negative than
positive. If you’ve made up your mind to achieve a certain goal, such as writing a novel, don’t let the negative criticism of
others prevent you from reaching your ...(6)... and let constructive criticism have a positive ...(7)... on your work. If someone
says you’re totally lacking in talent, ignore them. That’s negative criticism. If, however, someone advises you to revise your
work and gives you good reasons for doing so, you should consider their suggestions carefully. There are many film stars
who were once out of work. There are many famous novelists who made a complete ...(8)... of their first novel - or who
didn’t, but had to keep on approaching hundreds of publishers before they could get it published. Being successful does
depend on luck, to a certain extent. But things are more likely to ...(9)... well if you persevere and stay positive.
Question 5:A. clever
B. aware
C. intelligent
D. kept in mind
Question 6:A. destination B. objectives
C. purpose
D. target
Question 7:A. effect
B. affect
C. change
D. result
Question 8:A. effort
B. mess
C. success
D. money
Question 9:A. bring out
B. carry out
C. get out
D. turn out
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 10: ......signals such as waving, nodding or shaking of the head also have cultural meanings.
A. Non-verbal

B. Visual
C. Verbal
D. Oral
Question 11: He’d prefer.......chicken soup rather than.......eel soup.
A. have - have
B. having - to have
C. to have - having
D. to have - have
Question 12: Safety should take.........over all other matters in the workplace.
A. precede
B. preceding
C. precedent
D. precedence
Question 13:.........with your friends and give me your answer tomorrow.
A. Work it out
B. Talk over it
C. Talk it over
D. Look into it
Question 14: I’m afraid a rise in salary is.......just now.
A. out of date
B. out of the question
C. out of control
D. out of sight
Question 15: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid.....we asked.
A. four time much than.
B. four time as many as
C. four times as much as
D. four times much as
Question 16: After the test papers......to the students in class tomorrow, the students.......their next assignment.
A. are returned - will be given

B. are returning - are giving
C. will return - will be given
D. will be returned - are given
Question 17: Your grades are coming down. You should try to......the other students in your class.
A. get out of
B. keep away from
C. keep up with
D. get along with
Question 18:..........is to give strangers your address.
A. That you must never do
B. What you must never do
C. That must never you do
D. What must never you do
Question 19: If he had tried his best, he......accepted to that university.
A. would have
B. will be
C. would have been
D. would be
Question 20: Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972.......
A. the realization of its full extent
B. that its full extent was realized
C. was its full extent realized
D. when was its full extent realized
Question 21: I admired the cars at the car show.
A. new German expensive
B. expensive new German


C. new expensive German
D. German expensive new

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 22: ~ Tom: " Sorry, I forgot to phone you last night." ~ Mary: "........"
A. Never mind!
B. Oh. Poor me!
C. You were absent-minded.
D. I have nothing to tell you.
Question 23: ~ Teacher: "Tom, you’ve written a much better essay this time." ~ Tom: "......."
A. Thank you. It’s really encouraging.
B. You’re welcome.
C. Writing? Why?
D. What did you say? I’m so shy.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 24: I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
A. attentions
B. unconcern
C. carelessness
D. unawareness
Question 25: Whatever the activity level, all types of hobbies can require high levels of expertise.
A. skillfulness
B. incapable
C. incompetence
D. expertness
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 26: Preceding by four nice children, the bride and the groom entered the wedding hall.
A. entered
B. children
C. the
D. Preceding
Question 27: Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation and generating electricity for the surrounding

area.
A. generating
B. irrigation
C. surrounding area
D. to control flooding
Question 28: Not until I got on the taxi to the airport I realized that I had left my passport at home.
A. got on
B. at home
C. I realized
D. that I had left
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 29: The boy who was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
A. The boy was waiting in the hall and expected a phone call.
B. The boy waited in the hall and expecting a phone call.
C. The boy waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
D. The boy someone was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
Question 30: I believe that only rarely will I need your help.
A. I am sure that I will need your help only in special circumstances.
B. I believe that I will never ask you for help.
C. I am sure that your help will be needed by me only.
D. I will not need your help as I believe.
Question 31: As an excuse for being late, she made up a whole story.
A. Making up a whole story, she said sorry for being late.
B. A whole story was her excuse for being late.
C. She apologized for being late by inventing a whole story.
D. An excuse for being late was her whole story.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in
each of the following questions.
Question 32:A. apparent

B. embarrass
C. attitude
D. obedience
Question 33:A. component B. important
C. confiding
D. necessary
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following
questions.
Question 34: Everyone was watching the dolphin. They were greatly fascinated with it.
A. Everyone was greatly fascinated with the dolphin they were watching.
B. The dolphin was greatly fascinated by the way everyone was watching it.
C. Everyone felt great and fascinated when the dolphin was watching them.
D. The dolphin was watching everyone with great fascination.
Question 35: I like Robinson Crusoe. He is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
A. I like Robinson Crusoe because he is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
B. I like Robinson Crusoe, who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
C. I like Robinson Crusoe, who are the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
D. I like Robinson Crusoe and who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 36 to 43.
The first flying vertebrates were true reptiles in which one of the fingers of the front limbs became very elongated,
providing support for a flap of stretched skin that served as a wing. These were the pterosaurs, literally the "winged lizards."
The earliest pterosaurs arose near the end of the Triassic period of the Mesozoic Era, some 70 million years before the first
known fossils of true birds occur, and they presumably dominated the skies until they were eventually displaced by birds.
Like the dinosaurs, some the pterosaurs became gigantic; the largest fossil discovered is of an individual that had a wingspan
of 50 feet or more, larger than many airplanes. These flying reptiles had large, tooth-filled jaws, but their bodies were small


and probably without the necessary powerful muscles for sustained wing movement. They must have been expert gliders, not
skillful fliers, relying on wind power for their locomotion.

Birds, despite sharing common reptilian ancestors with pterosaurs, evolved quite separately and have been much more
successful in their dominance of the air. They are an example of a common theme in evolution, the more or less parallel
development of different types of body structure and function for the same reason - in this case, for flight. Although the fossil
record, as always, is not complete enough to determine definitively the evolutionary lineage of the birds or in as much detail
as one would like, it is better in this case than for many other animal groups. That is because of the unusual preservation in a
limestone quarry in southern Germany of Archaeopteryx, a fossil that many have called the link between dinosaurs and birds.
Indeed, had it not been for the superb preservation of these fossils, they might well have been classified as dinosaurs. They
have the skull and teeth of a reptile as well as a bony tail, but in the line-grained limestone in which these fossils occur there
are delicate impressions of feathers and fine details of bone structure that make it clear that Archaeopteryx was a bird.
All birds living today, from the great condors of the Andes to the tiniest wrens, trace their origin back to the Mesozoic
dinosaurs.
Question 36: What is the significance of the discovery that was made in southern Germany?
A. It is thought to demonstrate that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
B. It supports the theory that Archaeopteryx was a powerful dinosaur.
C. It suggests that dinosaurs were dominant in areas rich in limestone.
D. It is proof that the climate and soils of Europe have changed over time.
Question 37: Which of the following is true of early reptile wings?
A. They evolved from strong limb muscles.
B. They consisted of an extension of skin.
C. They required fingers of equal length.
D. They connected the front and back limbs.
Question 38: Which of the following helped researchers determine that Archaeopteryx was not a dinosaur?
A. Its teeth
B. The shape of its skull
C. Details of its bone structure D. Its tail
Question 39: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Reasons for the extinction of early flying vertebrates
B. The development of flight in reptiles and birds
C. The discovery of fossil remains of Archaeopteryx
D. Characteristics of pterosaur wings

Question 40: The author mentions airplanes in the passage in order to.....
A. demonstrate the differences between mechanized flight and animal flight
B. compare the energy needs of dinosaurs with those of modem machines
C. establish the practical applications of the study of fossils
D. illustrate the size of wingspans in some pterosaurs
Question 41: In paragraph 2, the author discusses the development of flight in birds as resulting from.....
A. a similarity in body structure to pterosaurs
B. an evolution from pterosaurs
C. a separate but parallel development process to that of pterosaurs
D. the dominance of birds and pterosaurs over land animals
Question 42: According to the passage, pterosaurs were probably "not skillful fliers" (lines 7-8) because.....
A. of their disproportionately large bodies
B. of their limited wingspan
C. they lacked muscles needed for extended flight
D. climate conditions of the time provided insufficient wind power
Question 43: It can be inferred from the passage that birds were probably dominant in the skies.....
A. in the early Triassic period
B. before dinosaurs could be found on land.
C. after the decline of pterosaurs
D. before the appearance of pterosaurs
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 44 to 50.
The penny press, which emerged in the United States during the 1830's, was a powerful agent of mass communication.
These newspapers were little dailies, generally four pages in length, written for the mass taste. They differed from the staid,
formal presentation of the conservative press, with its emphasis on political and literary topics. The new papers were brief
and cheap, emphasizing sensational reports of police courts and juicy scandals as well as human interest stories. Twentiethcentury journalism was already foreshadowed in the penny press of the 1830's.
The New York Sun, founded in 1833, was the first successful penny paper, and it was followed two years later by the New
York Herald, published by James Gordon Bennett. Not long after, Horace Greeley issued the New York Tribune, which was
destined to become the most influential paper in America. Greeley gave space to the issues that deeply touched the American
people before the Civil War - abolitionism, temperance, free homesteads, Utopian cooperative settlements, and the problems

of labour. The weekly edition of the Tribune, with 100,000 subscribers, had a remarkable influence in rural areas, especially
in Western communities.
Americans were reputed to be the most avid readers of periodicals in the world. An English observer enviously calculated
that, in 1829, the number of newspapers circulated in Great Britain was enough to reach only one out of every thirty-six
inhabitants weekly, Pennsylvania in that same year had a newspaper circulation which reached one out of every four
inhabitants weekly. Statistics seemed to justify the common belief that Americans were devoted to periodicals. Newspapers in


the United States increased from 1,200 in 1833 to 3,000 by the early 1860's, on the eve of the Civil War. This far exceeded
the number and circulation of newspapers in England and France.
Question 44: The figures concerning newspaper circulation in Pennsylvania in 1829 are relevant because they.....
A. prove that weekly periodicals were more successful than daily papers
B. support the belief that Americans were enthusiastic readers of periodicals
C. explain why so many different periodicals were published
D. show the difference between reading habits before and after the Civil War
Question 45: The word "avid" is closest in meaning to.....
A. intelligent
B. critical
C. thrifty
D. eager
Question 46: The word "justify" is closest in meaning to.....
A. calculate
B. generate
C. modify
D. prove
Question 47: What is the author's main point in the first paragraph?
A. The press in the nineteenth century reached only a small proportion of the population.
B. The penny press was modeled on earlier papers.
C. The penny press focused mainly on analysis of politics.
D. The penny press became an important way of disseminating information in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Question 48: It can be inferred that penny-press newspapers were all of the following EXCEPT.....
A. inexpensive
B. thorough
C. profitable
D. informal
Question 49: What does the author mean by the statement that twentieth-century journalism was foreshadowed by the
penny press?
A. Modem news coverage is similar to that done by the penny press.
B. The penny press darkened the reputation of news writing.
C. Twentieth-century journalism is more important than nineteenth-century journalism.
D. Penny-press news reporting was more accurate than that in twentieth-century newspapers.
Question 50: Who was Horace Greeley?
A. The most successful writer for the penny press
B. The man who took over James Gordon Bennett's penny-press paper and made it successful
C. The publisher of the first penny-press paper to make a profit
D. The founder of the penny-press paper that did the most to influence the thinking of the public


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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the

underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 1: Whatever the activity level, all types of hobbies can require high levels of expertise.
A. incapable
B. skillfulness
C. incompetence
D. expertness
Question 2: I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
A. unawareness
B. carelessness
C. attentions
D. unconcern
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D 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. confiding
B. important
C. component
D. necessary
Question 4:A. apparent
B. attitude
C. embarrass
D. obedience
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 5: ~ Tom: " Sorry, I forgot to phone you last night." ~ Mary: "........"
A. You were absent-minded.
B. I have nothing to tell you.
C. Never mind!
D. Oh. Poor me!
Question 6: ~ Teacher: "Tom, you’ve written a much better essay this time." ~ Tom: "......."
A. Writing? Why?
B. What did you say? I’m so shy.

C. Thank you. It’s really encouraging.
D. You’re welcome.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 7: ......signals such as waving, nodding or shaking of the head also have cultural meanings.
A. Visual
B. Oral
C. Verbal
D. Non-verbal
Question 8: After the test papers......to the students in class tomorrow, the students.......their next assignment.
A. will be returned - are given
B. are returned - will be given
C. are returning - are giving
D. will return - will be given
Question 9: I’m afraid a rise in salary is.......just now.
A. out of control
B. out of sight
C. out of date
D. out of the question
Question 10: Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972.......
A. that its full extent was realized
B. when was its full extent realized
C. was its full extent realized
D. the realization of its full extent
Question 11: Safety should take.........over all other matters in the workplace.
A. precede
B. precedent
C. preceding
D. precedence
Question 12: If he had tried his best, he......accepted to that university.
A. would have been

B. would have
C. would be
D. will be
Question 13: He’d prefer.......chicken soup rather than.......eel soup.
A. have - have
B. to have - having
C. having - to have
D. to have - have
Question 14: I admired the cars at the car show.
A. expensive new German
B. new German expensive
C. German expensive new
D. new expensive German
Question 15: Your grades are coming down. You should try to......the other students in your class.
A. get out of
B. get along with
C. keep up with
D. keep away from
Question 16:.........with your friends and give me your answer tomorrow.
A. Talk over it
B. Talk it over
C. Work it out
D. Look into it
Question 17:..........is to give strangers your address.
A. What you must never do
B. That must never you do
C. That you must never do
D. What must never you do
Question 18: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid.....we asked.
A. four times much as

B. four time much than.
C. four time as many as
D. four times as much as
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each
of the numbered blanks.
CRITICISM
It can take along time to become successful in your chosen field, however talented you are. One thing you have to be ...
(19)... of is that you will face criticism along the way. The world is full of people who would rather say something negative
than positive. If you’ve made up your mind to achieve a certain goal, such as writing a novel, don’t let the negative criticism
of others prevent you from reaching your ...(20)... and let constructive criticism have a positive ...(21)... on your work. If
someone says you’re totally lacking in talent, ignore them. That’s negative criticism. If, however, someone advises you to
revise your work and gives you good reasons for doing so, you should consider their suggestions carefully. There are many


film stars who were once out of work. There are many famous novelists who made a complete ...(22)... of their first novel - or
who didn’t, but had to keep on approaching hundreds of publishers before they could get it published. Being successful does
depend on luck, to a certain extent. But things are more likely to ...(23)... well if you persevere and stay positive.
Question 19:A. kept in mind
B. intelligent
C. clever D. aware
Question 20:A. purpose
B. destination
C. objectives
D. target
Question 21:A. result
B. change
C. effect
D. affect
Question 22:A. effort
B. success

C. money
D. mess
Question 23:A. turn out
B. bring out
C. get out
D. carry out
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 24: Every woman who had enough criteria can join the beauty contest irrespective of their background.
A. regardless of
B. under guarantee
C. on account of
D. in consideration of
Question 25: By the end of the storm, the hikers had depleted even their emergency stores.
A. used almost all of
B. destroyed
C. lost
D. greatly dropped
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation
in each of the following questions.
Question 26:A. wishes
B. introduces
C. practices
D. leaves
Question 27:A. blouse
B. county
C. dough
D. doubt
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 28: Not until I got on the taxi to the airport I realized that I had left my passport at home.

A. at home
B. I realized
C. got on
D. that I had left
Question 29: Preceding by four nice children, the bride and the groom entered the wedding hall.
A. the
B. children
C. entered
D. Preceding
Question 30: Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation and generating electricity for the surrounding
area.
A. generating
B. surrounding area
C. irrigation
D. to control flooding
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following
questions.
Question 31: Everyone was watching the dolphin. They were greatly fascinated with it.
A. The dolphin was greatly fascinated by the way everyone was watching it.
B. The dolphin was watching everyone with great fascination.
C. Everyone was greatly fascinated with the dolphin they were watching.
D. Everyone felt great and fascinated when the dolphin was watching them.
Question 32: I like Robinson Crusoe. He is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
A. I like Robinson Crusoe because he is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
B. I like Robinson Crusoe, who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
C. I like Robinson Crusoe, who are the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
D. I like Robinson Crusoe and who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
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 33: The boy who was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.

A. The boy was waiting in the hall and expected a phone call.
B. The boy waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
C. The boy someone was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
D. The boy waited in the hall and expecting a phone call.
Question 34: I believe that only rarely will I need your help.
A. I am sure that your help will be needed by me only.
B. I am sure that I will need your help only in special circumstances.
C. I will not need your help as I believe.
D. I believe that I will never ask you for help.
Question 35: As an excuse for being late, she made up a whole story.
A. A whole story was her excuse for being late.
B. An excuse for being late was her whole story.
C. Making up a whole story, she said sorry for being late.
D. She apologized for being late by inventing a whole story.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 36 to 43.
The first flying vertebrates were true reptiles in which one of the fingers of the front limbs became very elongated,
providing support for a flap of stretched skin that served as a wing. These were the pterosaurs, literally the "winged lizards."
The earliest pterosaurs arose near the end of the Triassic period of the Mesozoic Era, some 70 million years before the first
known fossils of true birds occur, and they presumably dominated the skies until they were eventually displaced by birds.
Like the dinosaurs, some the pterosaurs became gigantic; the largest fossil discovered is of an individual that had a wingspan
of 50 feet or more, larger than many airplanes. These flying reptiles had large, tooth-filled jaws, but their bodies were small


and probably without the necessary powerful muscles for sustained wing movement. They must have been expert gliders, not
skillful fliers, relying on wind power for their locomotion.
Birds, despite sharing common reptilian ancestors with pterosaurs, evolved quite separately and have been much more
successful in their dominance of the air. They are an example of a common theme in evolution, the more or less parallel
development of different types of body structure and function for the same reason - in this case, for flight. Although the fossil
record, as always, is not complete enough to determine definitively the evolutionary lineage of the birds or in as much detail

as one would like, it is better in this case than for many other animal groups. That is because of the unusual preservation in a
limestone quarry in southern Germany of Archaeopteryx, a fossil that many have called the link between dinosaurs and birds.
Indeed, had it not been for the superb preservation of these fossils, they might well have been classified as dinosaurs. They
have the skull and teeth of a reptile as well as a bony tail, but in the line-grained limestone in which these fossils occur there
are delicate impressions of feathers and fine details of bone structure that make it clear that Archaeopteryx was a bird.
All birds living today, from the great condors of the Andes to the tiniest wrens, trace their origin back to the Mesozoic
dinosaurs.
Question 36: According to the passage, pterosaurs were probably "not skillful fliers" (lines 7-8) because.....
A. climate conditions of the time provided insufficient wind power
B. they lacked muscles needed for extended flight
C. of their limited wingspan
D. of their disproportionately large bodies
Question 37: Which of the following is true of early reptile wings?
A. They required fingers of equal length.
B. They evolved from strong limb muscles.
C. They connected the front and back limbs.
D. They consisted of an extension of skin.
Question 38: It can be inferred from the passage that birds were probably dominant in the skies.....
A. after the decline of pterosaurs
B. before the appearance of pterosaurs
C. before dinosaurs could be found on land.
D. in the early Triassic period
Question 39: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Characteristics of pterosaur wings
B. Reasons for the extinction of early flying vertebrates
C. The discovery of fossil remains of Archaeopteryx
D. The development of flight in reptiles and birds
Question 40: What is the significance of the discovery that was made in southern Germany?
A. It suggests that dinosaurs were dominant in areas rich in limestone.
B. It is proof that the climate and soils of Europe have changed over time.

C. It supports the theory that Archaeopteryx was a powerful dinosaur.
D. It is thought to demonstrate that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
Question 41: In paragraph 2, the author discusses the development of flight in birds as resulting from.....
A. the dominance of birds and pterosaurs over land animals
B. a similarity in body structure to pterosaurs
C. a separate but parallel development process to that of pterosaurs
D. an evolution from pterosaurs
Question 42: The author mentions airplanes in the passage in order to.....
A. illustrate the size of wingspans in some pterosaurs
B. compare the energy needs of dinosaurs with those of modem machines
C. establish the practical applications of the study of fossils
D. demonstrate the differences between mechanized flight and animal flight
Question 43: Which of the following helped researchers determine that Archaeopteryx was not a dinosaur?
A. Its tail
B. The shape of its skull
C. Details of its bone structure
D. Its teeth
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 44 to 50.
The penny press, which emerged in the United States during the 1830's, was a powerful agent of mass communication.
These newspapers were little dailies, generally four pages in length, written for the mass taste. They differed from the staid,
formal presentation of the conservative press, with its emphasis on political and literary topics. The new papers were brief
and cheap, emphasizing sensational reports of police courts and juicy scandals as well as human interest stories. Twentiethcentury journalism was already foreshadowed in the penny press of the 1830's.
The New York Sun, founded in 1833, was the first successful penny paper, and it was followed two years later by the New
York Herald, published by James Gordon Bennett. Not long after, Horace Greeley issued the New York Tribune, which was
destined to become the most influential paper in America. Greeley gave space to the issues that deeply touched the American
people before the Civil War - abolitionism, temperance, free homesteads, Utopian cooperative settlements, and the problems
of labour. The weekly edition of the Tribune, with 100,000 subscribers, had a remarkable influence in rural areas, especially
in Western communities.
Americans were reputed to be the most avid readers of periodicals in the world. An English observer enviously calculated

that, in 1829, the number of newspapers circulated in Great Britain was enough to reach only one out of every thirty-six
inhabitants weekly, Pennsylvania in that same year had a newspaper circulation which reached one out of every four
inhabitants weekly. Statistics seemed to justify the common belief that Americans were devoted to periodicals. Newspapers in


the United States increased from 1,200 in 1833 to 3,000 by the early 1860's, on the eve of the Civil War. This far exceeded
the number and circulation of newspapers in England and France.
Question 44: What does the author mean by the statement that twentieth-century journalism was foreshadowed by the
penny press?
A. Penny-press news reporting was more accurate than that in twentieth-century newspapers.
B. Modem news coverage is similar to that done by the penny press.
C. Twentieth-century journalism is more important than nineteenth-century journalism.
D. The penny press darkened the reputation of news writing.
Question 45: Who was Horace Greeley?
A. The man who took over James Gordon Bennett's penny-press paper and made it successful
B. The founder of the penny-press paper that did the most to influence the thinking of the public
C. The most successful writer for the penny press
D. The publisher of the first penny-press paper to make a profit
Question 46: It can be inferred that penny-press newspapers were all of the following EXCEPT.....
A. informal
B. thorough
C. inexpensive
D. profitable
Question 47: The word "avid" is closest in meaning to.....
A. critical
B. intelligent
C. eager
D. thrifty
Question 48: What is the author's main point in the first paragraph?
A. The penny press became an important way of disseminating information in the first half of the nineteenth century.

B. The penny press focused mainly on analysis of politics.
C. The penny press was modeled on earlier papers.
D. The press in the nineteenth century reached only a small proportion of the population.
Question 49: The word "justify" is closest in meaning to.....
A. prove
B. modify
C. calculate
D. generate
Question 50: The figures concerning newspaper circulation in Pennsylvania in 1829 are relevant because they.....
A. show the difference between reading habits before and after the Civil War
B. support the belief that Americans were enthusiastic readers of periodicals
C. prove that weekly periodicals were more successful than daily papers
D. explain why so many different periodicals were published


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MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 965
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Mã Phách ……….

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following
questions.
Question 1: Everyone was watching the dolphin. They were greatly fascinated with it.
A. Everyone felt great and fascinated when the dolphin was watching them.

B. The dolphin was greatly fascinated by the way everyone was watching it.
C. The dolphin was watching everyone with great fascination.
D. Everyone was greatly fascinated with the dolphin they were watching.
Question 2: I like Robinson Crusoe. He is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
A. I like Robinson Crusoe, who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
B. I like Robinson Crusoe, who are the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
C. I like Robinson Crusoe and who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
D. I like Robinson Crusoe because he is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D 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. component B. important
C. confiding
D. necessary
Question 4:A. embarrass B. apparent
C. attitude
D. obedience
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 5: Preceding by four nice children, the bride and the groom entered the wedding hall.
A. children
B. the
C. Preceding
D. entered
Question 6: Not until I got on the taxi to the airport I realized that I had left my passport at home.
A. that I had left
B. I realized
C. at home
D. got on
Question 7: Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation and generating electricity for the surrounding
area.
A. generating

B. irrigation
C. surrounding area
D. to control flooding
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 8: He’d prefer.......chicken soup rather than.......eel soup.
A. to have - have
B. have - have
C. having - to have
D. to have - having
Question 9:..........is to give strangers your address.
A. What you must never do
B. That must never you do
C. What must never you do
D. That you must never do
Question 10: I’m afraid a rise in salary is.......just now.
A. out of the question
B. out of control
C. out of sight
D. out of date
Question 11: ......signals such as waving, nodding or shaking of the head also have cultural meanings.
A. Verbal
B. Oral
C. Non-verbal
D. Visual
Question 12: Your grades are coming down. You should try to......the other students in your class.
A. get along with
B. keep away from
C. get out of
D. keep up with
Question 13: I admired the cars at the car show.

A. new expensive German
B. German expensive new
C. new German expensive
D. expensive new German
Question 14:.........with your friends and give me your answer tomorrow.
A. Talk it over
B. Look into it
C. Talk over it
D. Work it out
Question 15: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid.....we asked.
A. four time as many as
B. four time much than.
C. four times as much as
D. four times much as
Question 16: Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972.......
A. that its full extent was realized
B. the realization of its full extent
C. when was its full extent realized
D. was its full extent realized
Question 17: Safety should take.........over all other matters in the workplace.
A. precedence
B. precede
C. precedent
D. preceding
Question 18: After the test papers......to the students in class tomorrow, the students.......their next assignment.
A. are returning - are giving
B. will be returned - are given
C. are returned - will be given
D. will return - will be given
Question 19: If he had tried his best, he......accepted to that university.

A. would have been
B. would have
C. would be
D. will be
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation
in each of the following questions.


Question 20:A. county
B. dough
C. blouse
D. doubt
Question 21:A. wishes
B. introduces
C. leaves
D. practices
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 22: As an excuse for being late, she made up a whole story.
A. A whole story was her excuse for being late.
B. She apologized for being late by inventing a whole story.
C. Making up a whole story, she said sorry for being late.
D. An excuse for being late was her whole story.
Question 23: The boy who was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
A. The boy someone was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
B. The boy waited in the hall and expecting a phone call.
C. The boy was waiting in the hall and expected a phone call.
D. The boy waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
Question 24: I believe that only rarely will I need your help.
A. I will not need your help as I believe.

B. I am sure that I will need your help only in special circumstances.
C. I believe that I will never ask you for help.
D. I am sure that your help will be needed by me only.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 25: I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
A. carelessness
B. attentions
C. unconcern
D. unawareness
Question 26: Whatever the activity level, all types of hobbies can require high levels of expertise.
A. incapable
B. incompetence
C. expertness
D. skillfulness
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 27: ~ Teacher: "Tom, you’ve written a much better essay this time." ~ Tom: "......."
A. Thank you. It’s really encouraging.
B. You’re welcome.
C. Writing? Why?
D. What did you say? I’m so shy.
Question 28: ~ Tom: " Sorry, I forgot to phone you last night." ~ Mary: "........"
A. I have nothing to tell you.
B. You were absent-minded.
C. Oh. Poor me!
D. Never mind!
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 29 to 36.
The first flying vertebrates were true reptiles in which one of the fingers of the front limbs became very elongated,
providing support for a flap of stretched skin that served as a wing. These were the pterosaurs, literally the "winged lizards."

The earliest pterosaurs arose near the end of the Triassic period of the Mesozoic Era, some 70 million years before the first
known fossils of true birds occur, and they presumably dominated the skies until they were eventually displaced by birds.
Like the dinosaurs, some the pterosaurs became gigantic; the largest fossil discovered is of an individual that had a wingspan
of 50 feet or more, larger than many airplanes. These flying reptiles had large, tooth-filled jaws, but their bodies were small
and probably without the necessary powerful muscles for sustained wing movement. They must have been expert gliders, not
skillful fliers, relying on wind power for their locomotion.
Birds, despite sharing common reptilian ancestors with pterosaurs, evolved quite separately and have been much more
successful in their dominance of the air. They are an example of a common theme in evolution, the more or less parallel
development of different types of body structure and function for the same reason - in this case, for flight. Although the fossil
record, as always, is not complete enough to determine definitively the evolutionary lineage of the birds or in as much detail
as one would like, it is better in this case than for many other animal groups. That is because of the unusual preservation in a
limestone quarry in southern Germany of Archaeopteryx, a fossil that many have called the link between dinosaurs and birds.
Indeed, had it not been for the superb preservation of these fossils, they might well have been classified as dinosaurs. They
have the skull and teeth of a reptile as well as a bony tail, but in the line-grained limestone in which these fossils occur there
are delicate impressions of feathers and fine details of bone structure that make it clear that Archaeopteryx was a bird.
All birds living today, from the great condors of the Andes to the tiniest wrens, trace their origin back to the Mesozoic
dinosaurs.
Question 29: It can be inferred from the passage that birds were probably dominant in the skies.....
A. before dinosaurs could be found on land.
B. after the decline of pterosaurs
C. before the appearance of pterosaurs
D. in the early Triassic period
Question 30: The author mentions airplanes in the passage in order to.....
A. compare the energy needs of dinosaurs with those of modem machines
B. illustrate the size of wingspans in some pterosaurs
C. establish the practical applications of the study of fossils
D. demonstrate the differences between mechanized flight and animal flight
Question 31: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Reasons for the extinction of early flying vertebrates

B. Characteristics of pterosaur wings
C. The development of flight in reptiles and birds
D. The discovery of fossil remains of Archaeopteryx
Question 32: What is the significance of the discovery that was made in southern Germany?
A. It suggests that dinosaurs were dominant in areas rich in limestone.
B. It is proof that the climate and soils of Europe have changed over time.
C. It is thought to demonstrate that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
D. It supports the theory that Archaeopteryx was a powerful dinosaur.
Question 33: Which of the following helped researchers determine that Archaeopteryx was not a dinosaur?
A. Its tail
B. Details of its bone structure C. Its teeth
D. The shape of its skull
Question 34: Which of the following is true of early reptile wings?
A. They consisted of an extension of skin.
B. They evolved from strong limb muscles.
C. They connected the front and back limbs.
D. They required fingers of equal length.
Question 35: According to the passage, pterosaurs were probably "not skillful fliers" (lines 7-8) because.....
A. they lacked muscles needed for extended flight
B. of their limited wingspan
C. climate conditions of the time provided insufficient wind power
D. of their disproportionately large bodies
Question 36: In paragraph 2, the author discusses the development of flight in birds as resulting from.....
A. the dominance of birds and pterosaurs over land animals
B. an evolution from pterosaurs
C. a similarity in body structure to pterosaurs
D. a separate but parallel development process to that of pterosaurs
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.

Question 37: Every woman who had enough criteria can join the beauty contest irrespective of their background.
A. regardless of
B. under guarantee
C. on account of
D. in consideration of
Question 38: By the end of the storm, the hikers had depleted even their emergency stores.
A. greatly dropped
B. lost
C. destroyed
D. used almost all of
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each
of the numbered blanks.
CRITICISM
It can take along time to become successful in your chosen field, however talented you are. One thing you have to be ...
(39)... of is that you will face criticism along the way. The world is full of people who would rather say something negative
than positive. If you’ve made up your mind to achieve a certain goal, such as writing a novel, don’t let the negative criticism
of others prevent you from reaching your ...(40)... and let constructive criticism have a positive ...(41)... on your work. If
someone says you’re totally lacking in talent, ignore them. That’s negative criticism. If, however, someone advises you to
revise your work and gives you good reasons for doing so, you should consider their suggestions carefully. There are many
film stars who were once out of work. There are many famous novelists who made a complete ...(42)... of their first novel - or
who didn’t, but had to keep on approaching hundreds of publishers before they could get it published. Being successful does
depend on luck, to a certain extent. But things are more likely to ...(43)... well if you persevere and stay positive.
Question 39:A. aware
B. intelligent
C. kept in mind
D. clever
Question 40:A. purpose
B. target
C. objectives
D. destination

Question 41:A. effect
B. result
C. affect
D. change
Question 42:A. success
B. effort
C. mess
D. money
Question 43:A. turn out
B. carry out
C. get out
D. bring out
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 44 to 50.
The penny press, which emerged in the United States during the 1830's, was a powerful agent of mass communication.
These newspapers were little dailies, generally four pages in length, written for the mass taste. They differed from the staid,
formal presentation of the conservative press, with its emphasis on political and literary topics. The new papers were brief
and cheap, emphasizing sensational reports of police courts and juicy scandals as well as human interest stories. Twentiethcentury journalism was already foreshadowed in the penny press of the 1830's.
The New York Sun, founded in 1833, was the first successful penny paper, and it was followed two years later by the New
York Herald, published by James Gordon Bennett. Not long after, Horace Greeley issued the New York Tribune, which was
destined to become the most influential paper in America. Greeley gave space to the issues that deeply touched the American
people before the Civil War - abolitionism, temperance, free homesteads, Utopian cooperative settlements, and the problems
of labour. The weekly edition of the Tribune, with 100,000 subscribers, had a remarkable influence in rural areas, especially
in Western communities.
Americans were reputed to be the most avid readers of periodicals in the world. An English observer enviously calculated
that, in 1829, the number of newspapers circulated in Great Britain was enough to reach only one out of every thirty-six
inhabitants weekly, Pennsylvania in that same year had a newspaper circulation which reached one out of every four
inhabitants weekly. Statistics seemed to justify the common belief that Americans were devoted to periodicals. Newspapers in

the United States increased from 1,200 in 1833 to 3,000 by the early 1860's, on the eve of the Civil War. This far exceeded
the number and circulation of newspapers in England and France.
Question 44: The figures concerning newspaper circulation in Pennsylvania in 1829 are relevant because they.....
A. show the difference between reading habits before and after the Civil War
B. support the belief that Americans were enthusiastic readers of periodicals
C. prove that weekly periodicals were more successful than daily papers
D. explain why so many different periodicals were published
Question 45: Who was Horace Greeley?
A. The publisher of the first penny-press paper to make a profit
B. The founder of the penny-press paper that did the most to influence the thinking of the public
C. The man who took over James Gordon Bennett's penny-press paper and made it successful
D. The most successful writer for the penny press
Question 46: The word "justify" is closest in meaning to.....
A. generate
B. modify
C. prove
D. calculate
Question 47: What is the author's main point in the first paragraph?
A. The penny press focused mainly on analysis of politics.
B. The press in the nineteenth century reached only a small proportion of the population.
C. The penny press became an important way of disseminating information in the first half of the nineteenth century.
D. The penny press was modeled on earlier papers.
Question 48: What does the author mean by the statement that twentieth-century journalism was foreshadowed by the
penny press?
A. The penny press darkened the reputation of news writing.
B. Penny-press news reporting was more accurate than that in twentieth-century newspapers.
C. Modem news coverage is similar to that done by the penny press.
D. Twentieth-century journalism is more important than nineteenth-century journalism.
Question 49: It can be inferred that penny-press newspapers were all of the following EXCEPT.....
A. inexpensive

B. profitable
C. thorough
D. informal
Question 50: The word "avid" is closest in meaning to.....
A. critical
B. thrifty
C. eager
D. intelligent


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MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 617
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Mã Phách ……….

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation
in each of the following questions.
Question 1:A. wishes
B. practices
C. introduces
D. leaves
Question 2:A. dough
B. blouse
C. doubt

D. county
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D 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. attitude
B. embarrass
C. apparent
D. obedience
Question 4:A. necessary
B. confiding
C. important
D. component
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 05 to 12.
The first flying vertebrates were true reptiles in which one of the fingers of the front limbs became very elongated,
providing support for a flap of stretched skin that served as a wing. These were the pterosaurs, literally the "winged lizards."
The earliest pterosaurs arose near the end of the Triassic period of the Mesozoic Era, some 70 million years before the first
known fossils of true birds occur, and they presumably dominated the skies until they were eventually displaced by birds.
Like the dinosaurs, some the pterosaurs became gigantic; the largest fossil discovered is of an individual that had a wingspan
of 50 feet or more, larger than many airplanes. These flying reptiles had large, tooth-filled jaws, but their bodies were small
and probably without the necessary powerful muscles for sustained wing movement. They must have been expert gliders, not
skillful fliers, relying on wind power for their locomotion.
Birds, despite sharing common reptilian ancestors with pterosaurs, evolved quite separately and have been much more
successful in their dominance of the air. They are an example of a common theme in evolution, the more or less parallel
development of different types of body structure and function for the same reason - in this case, for flight. Although the fossil
record, as always, is not complete enough to determine definitively the evolutionary lineage of the birds or in as much detail
as one would like, it is better in this case than for many other animal groups. That is because of the unusual preservation in a
limestone quarry in southern Germany of Archaeopteryx, a fossil that many have called the link between dinosaurs and birds.
Indeed, had it not been for the superb preservation of these fossils, they might well have been classified as dinosaurs. They
have the skull and teeth of a reptile as well as a bony tail, but in the line-grained limestone in which these fossils occur there
are delicate impressions of feathers and fine details of bone structure that make it clear that Archaeopteryx was a bird.

All birds living today, from the great condors of the Andes to the tiniest wrens, trace their origin back to the Mesozoic
dinosaurs.
Question 5: Which of the following helped researchers determine that Archaeopteryx was not a dinosaur?
A. The shape of its skull B. Its teeth
C. Its tail
D. Details of its bone structure
Question 6: In paragraph 2, the author discusses the development of flight in birds as resulting from.....
A. a similarity in body structure to pterosaurs
B. an evolution from pterosaurs
C. a separate but parallel development process to that of pterosaurs
D. the dominance of birds and pterosaurs over land animals
Question 7: What is the significance of the discovery that was made in southern Germany?
A. It supports the theory that Archaeopteryx was a powerful dinosaur.
B. It is thought to demonstrate that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
C. It suggests that dinosaurs were dominant in areas rich in limestone.
D. It is proof that the climate and soils of Europe have changed over time.
Question 8: According to the passage, pterosaurs were probably "not skillful fliers" (lines 7-8) because.....
A. climate conditions of the time provided insufficient wind power
B. of their disproportionately large bodies
C. they lacked muscles needed for extended flight
D. of their limited wingspan
Question 9: The author mentions airplanes in the passage in order to.....
A. compare the energy needs of dinosaurs with those of modem machines
B. demonstrate the differences between mechanized flight and animal flight
C. illustrate the size of wingspans in some pterosaurs
D. establish the practical applications of the study of fossils
Question 10: It can be inferred from the passage that birds were probably dominant in the skies.....
A. before dinosaurs could be found on land.
B. before the appearance of pterosaurs
C. in the early Triassic period

D. after the decline of pterosaurs
Question 11: Which of the following is true of early reptile wings?
A. They connected the front and back limbs.
B. They required fingers of equal length.


C. They consisted of an extension of skin.
D. They evolved from strong limb muscles.
Question 12: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The discovery of fossil remains of Archaeopteryx
B. The development of flight in reptiles and birds
C. Characteristics of pterosaur wings
D. Reasons for the extinction of early flying vertebrates
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 13: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid.....we asked.
A. four time as many as
B. four times as much as
C. four times much as
D. four time much than.
Question 14: I admired the cars at the car show.
A. new German expensive
B. expensive new German
C. new expensive German
D. German expensive new
Question 15: I’m afraid a rise in salary is.......just now.
A. out of control
B. out of sight
C. out of the question
D. out of date
Question 16: ......signals such as waving, nodding or shaking of the head also have cultural meanings.

A. Visual
B. Verbal
C. Oral
D. Non-verbal
Question 17:..........is to give strangers your address.
A. What must never you do
B. That you must never do
C. That must never you do
D. What you must never do
Question 18: Your grades are coming down. You should try to......the other students in your class.
A. keep away from
B. keep up with
C. get out of
D. get along with
Question 19:.........with your friends and give me your answer tomorrow.
A. Talk over it
B. Talk it over
C. Work it out
D. Look into it
Question 20: If he had tried his best, he......accepted to that university.
A. will be
B. would have
C. would be
D. would have been
Question 21: Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972.......
A. the realization of its full extent
B. that its full extent was realized
C. was its full extent realized
D. when was its full extent realized
Question 22: After the test papers......to the students in class tomorrow, the students.......their next assignment.

A. are returning - are giving
B. will be returned - are given
C. will return - will be given
D. are returned - will be given
Question 23: He’d prefer.......chicken soup rather than.......eel soup.
A. having - to have
B. have - have
C. to have - have
D. to have - having
Question 24: Safety should take.........over all other matters in the workplace.
A. precede
B. precedence
C. preceding
D. precedent
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 25: Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation and generating electricity for the surrounding
area.
A. surrounding area
B. irrigation
C. to control flooding
D. generating
Question 26: Preceding by four nice children, the bride and the groom entered the wedding hall.
A. entered
B. the
C. Preceding
D. children
Question 27: Not until I got on the taxi to the airport I realized that I had left my passport at home.
A. at home
B. I realized
C. that I had left

D. got on
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 28: Every woman who had enough criteria can join the beauty contest irrespective of their background.
A. under guarantee
B. regardless of
C. in consideration of
D. on account of
Question 29: By the end of the storm, the hikers had depleted even their emergency stores.
A. used almost all of
B. greatly dropped
C. destroyed
D. lost
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 30: ~ Teacher: "Tom, you’ve written a much better essay this time." ~ Tom: "......."
A. Writing? Why?
B. Thank you. It’s really encouraging.
C. You’re welcome.
D. What did you say? I’m so shy.
Question 31: ~ Tom: " Sorry, I forgot to phone you last night." ~ Mary: "........"
A. Oh. Poor me!
B. You were absent-minded.
C. I have nothing to tell you.
D. Never mind!
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 32: I believe that only rarely will I need your help.
A. I believe that I will never ask you for help.
B. I will not need your help as I believe.
C. I am sure that your help will be needed by me only.

D. I am sure that I will need your help only in special circumstances.
Question 33: As an excuse for being late, she made up a whole story.
A. An excuse for being late was her whole story.
B. She apologized for being late by inventing a whole story.
C. A whole story was her excuse for being late.
D. Making up a whole story, she said sorry for being late.
Question 34: The boy who was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
A. The boy someone was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
B. The boy waited in the hall and expecting a phone call.
C. The boy was waiting in the hall and expected a phone call.
D. The boy waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following
questions.
Question 35: Everyone was watching the dolphin. They were greatly fascinated with it.
A. Everyone felt great and fascinated when the dolphin was watching them.
B. The dolphin was watching everyone with great fascination.
C. The dolphin was greatly fascinated by the way everyone was watching it.
D. Everyone was greatly fascinated with the dolphin they were watching.
Question 36: I like Robinson Crusoe. He is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
A. I like Robinson Crusoe, who are the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
B. I like Robinson Crusoe and who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
C. I like Robinson Crusoe because he is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
D. I like Robinson Crusoe, who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each
of the numbered blanks.
CRITICISM
It can take along time to become successful in your chosen field, however talented you are. One thing you have to be ...
(37)... of is that you will face criticism along the way. The world is full of people who would rather say something negative

than positive. If you’ve made up your mind to achieve a certain goal, such as writing a novel, don’t let the negative criticism
of others prevent you from reaching your ...(38)... and let constructive criticism have a positive ...(39)... on your work. If
someone says you’re totally lacking in talent, ignore them. That’s negative criticism. If, however, someone advises you to
revise your work and gives you good reasons for doing so, you should consider their suggestions carefully. There are many
film stars who were once out of work. There are many famous novelists who made a complete ...(40)... of their first novel - or
who didn’t, but had to keep on approaching hundreds of publishers before they could get it published. Being successful does
depend on luck, to a certain extent. But things are more likely to ...(41)... well if you persevere and stay positive.
Question 37:A. clever
B. kept in mind
C. intelligent
D. aware
Question 38:A. destination B. target
C. objectives
D. purpose
Question 39:A. effect
B. result
C. change
D. affect
Question 40:A. success
B. effort
C. money
D. mess
Question 41:A. bring out B. carry out
C. turn out
D. get out
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 42: Whatever the activity level, all types of hobbies can require high levels of expertise.
A. incapable
B. skillfulness

C. expertness
D. incompetence
Question 43: I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
A. attentions
B. unconcern
C. carelessness
D. unawareness
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 44 to 50.
The penny press, which emerged in the United States during the 1830's, was a powerful agent of mass communication.
These newspapers were little dailies, generally four pages in length, written for the mass taste. They differed from the staid,
formal presentation of the conservative press, with its emphasis on political and literary topics. The new papers were brief
and cheap, emphasizing sensational reports of police courts and juicy scandals as well as human interest stories. Twentiethcentury journalism was already foreshadowed in the penny press of the 1830's.
The New York Sun, founded in 1833, was the first successful penny paper, and it was followed two years later by the New
York Herald, published by James Gordon Bennett. Not long after, Horace Greeley issued the New York Tribune, which was
destined to become the most influential paper in America. Greeley gave space to the issues that deeply touched the American
people before the Civil War - abolitionism, temperance, free homesteads, Utopian cooperative settlements, and the problems
of labour. The weekly edition of the Tribune, with 100,000 subscribers, had a remarkable influence in rural areas, especially
in Western communities.
Americans were reputed to be the most avid readers of periodicals in the world. An English observer enviously calculated
that, in 1829, the number of newspapers circulated in Great Britain was enough to reach only one out of every thirty-six
inhabitants weekly, Pennsylvania in that same year had a newspaper circulation which reached one out of every four
inhabitants weekly. Statistics seemed to justify the common belief that Americans were devoted to periodicals. Newspapers in


the United States increased from 1,200 in 1833 to 3,000 by the early 1860's, on the eve of the Civil War. This far exceeded
the number and circulation of newspapers in England and France.
Question 44: The word "avid" is closest in meaning to.....
A. eager
B. critical

C. thrifty
D. intelligent
Question 45: What does the author mean by the statement that twentieth-century journalism was foreshadowed by the
penny press?
A. Modem news coverage is similar to that done by the penny press.
B. Penny-press news reporting was more accurate than that in twentieth-century newspapers.
C. The penny press darkened the reputation of news writing.
D. Twentieth-century journalism is more important than nineteenth-century journalism.
Question 46: What is the author's main point in the first paragraph?
A. The penny press was modeled on earlier papers.
B. The press in the nineteenth century reached only a small proportion of the population.
C. The penny press became an important way of disseminating information in the first half of the nineteenth century.
D. The penny press focused mainly on analysis of politics.
Question 47: Who was Horace Greeley?
A. The founder of the penny-press paper that did the most to influence the thinking of the public
B. The most successful writer for the penny press
C. The publisher of the first penny-press paper to make a profit
D. The man who took over James Gordon Bennett's penny-press paper and made it successful
Question 48: The word "justify" is closest in meaning to.....
A. prove
B. generate
C. modify
D. calculate
Question 49: The figures concerning newspaper circulation in Pennsylvania in 1829 are relevant because they.....
A. explain why so many different periodicals were published
B. show the difference between reading habits before and after the Civil War
C. prove that weekly periodicals were more successful than daily papers
D. support the belief that Americans were enthusiastic readers of periodicals
Question 50: It can be inferred that penny-press newspapers were all of the following EXCEPT.....
A. profitable

B. inexpensive
C. informal
D. thorough


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Mark(s)

ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 385
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
Mã Phách ……….

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation
in each of the following questions.
Question 1:A. blouse
B. dough
C. county
D. doubt
Question 2:A. practices
B. leaves
C. wishes
D. introduces
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 3: I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
A. unawareness

B. attentions
C. carelessness
D. unconcern
Question 4: Whatever the activity level, all types of hobbies can require high levels of expertise.
A. expertness
B. incompetence
C. skillfulness
D. incapable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 5: ~ Tom: " Sorry, I forgot to phone you last night." ~ Mary: "........"
A. Never mind!
B. You were absent-minded.
C. I have nothing to tell you.
D. Oh. Poor me!
Question 6: ~ Teacher: "Tom, you’ve written a much better essay this time." ~ Tom: "......."
A. Writing? Why?
B. You’re welcome.
C. Thank you. It’s really encouraging.
D. What did you say? I’m so shy.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 7: I’m afraid a rise in salary is.......just now.
A. out of date
B. out of control
C. out of sight
D. out of the question
Question 8: Safety should take.........over all other matters in the workplace.
A. preceding
B. precedence
C. precedent
D. precede

Question 9: ......signals such as waving, nodding or shaking of the head also have cultural meanings.
A. Oral
B. Visual
C. Verbal
D. Non-verbal
Question 10: He’d prefer.......chicken soup rather than.......eel soup.
A. to have - having
B. having - to have
C. to have - have
D. have - have
Question 11: Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972.......
A. when was its full extent realized
B. that its full extent was realized
C. the realization of its full extent
D. was its full extent realized
Question 12: I admired the cars at the car show.
A. new German expensive
B. new expensive German
C. expensive new German
D. German expensive new
Question 13: Your grades are coming down. You should try to......the other students in your class.
A. get along with
B. keep up with
C. keep away from
D. get out of
Question 14:.........with your friends and give me your answer tomorrow.
A. Talk it over
B. Look into it
C. Talk over it
D. Work it out

Question 15:..........is to give strangers your address.
A. What you must never do
B. What must never you do
C. That you must never do
D. That must never you do
Question 16: After the test papers......to the students in class tomorrow, the students.......their next assignment.
A. are returning - are giving
B. are returned - will be given
C. will be returned - are given
D. will return - will be given
Question 17: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid.....we asked.
A. four time as many as B. four times as much as
C. four times much as
D. four time much than.
Question 18: If he had tried his best, he......accepted to that university.
A. will be
B. would be
C. would have been
D. would have
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 19 to 26.
The first flying vertebrates were true reptiles in which one of the fingers of the front limbs became very elongated,
providing support for a flap of stretched skin that served as a wing. These were the pterosaurs, literally the "winged lizards."
The earliest pterosaurs arose near the end of the Triassic period of the Mesozoic Era, some 70 million years before the first
known fossils of true birds occur, and they presumably dominated the skies until they were eventually displaced by birds.
Like the dinosaurs, some the pterosaurs became gigantic; the largest fossil discovered is of an individual that had a wingspan
of 50 feet or more, larger than many airplanes. These flying reptiles had large, tooth-filled jaws, but their bodies were small


and probably without the necessary powerful muscles for sustained wing movement. They must have been expert gliders, not

skillful fliers, relying on wind power for their locomotion.
Birds, despite sharing common reptilian ancestors with pterosaurs, evolved quite separately and have been much more
successful in their dominance of the air. They are an example of a common theme in evolution, the more or less parallel
development of different types of body structure and function for the same reason - in this case, for flight. Although the fossil
record, as always, is not complete enough to determine definitively the evolutionary lineage of the birds or in as much detail
as one would like, it is better in this case than for many other animal groups. That is because of the unusual preservation in a
limestone quarry in southern Germany of Archaeopteryx, a fossil that many have called the link between dinosaurs and birds.
Indeed, had it not been for the superb preservation of these fossils, they might well have been classified as dinosaurs. They
have the skull and teeth of a reptile as well as a bony tail, but in the line-grained limestone in which these fossils occur there
are delicate impressions of feathers and fine details of bone structure that make it clear that Archaeopteryx was a bird.
All birds living today, from the great condors of the Andes to the tiniest wrens, trace their origin back to the Mesozoic
dinosaurs.
Question 19: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Characteristics of pterosaur wings
B. Reasons for the extinction of early flying vertebrates
C. The development of flight in reptiles and birds
D. The discovery of fossil remains of Archaeopteryx
Question 20: Which of the following helped researchers determine that Archaeopteryx was not a dinosaur?
A. Its tail
B. The shape of its skull
C. Details of its bone structure
D. Its teeth
Question 21: The author mentions airplanes in the passage in order to.....
A. illustrate the size of wingspans in some pterosaurs
B. compare the energy needs of dinosaurs with those of modem machines
C. establish the practical applications of the study of fossils
D. demonstrate the differences between mechanized flight and animal flight
Question 22: According to the passage, pterosaurs were probably "not skillful fliers" (lines 7-8) because.....
A. of their limited wingspan
B. they lacked muscles needed for extended flight

C. climate conditions of the time provided insufficient wind power
D. of their disproportionately large bodies
Question 23: Which of the following is true of early reptile wings?
A. They required fingers of equal length.
B. They connected the front and back limbs.
C. They consisted of an extension of skin.
D. They evolved from strong limb muscles.
Question 24: It can be inferred from the passage that birds were probably dominant in the skies.....
A. before dinosaurs could be found on land.
B. after the decline of pterosaurs
C. before the appearance of pterosaurs
D. in the early Triassic period
Question 25: In paragraph 2, the author discusses the development of flight in birds as resulting from.....
A. an evolution from pterosaurs
B. the dominance of birds and pterosaurs over land animals
C. a similarity in body structure to pterosaurs
D. a separate but parallel development process to that of pterosaurs
Question 26: What is the significance of the discovery that was made in southern Germany?
A. It suggests that dinosaurs were dominant in areas rich in limestone.
B. It is thought to demonstrate that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
C. It supports the theory that Archaeopteryx was a powerful dinosaur.
D. It is proof that the climate and soils of Europe have changed over time.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 27: Every woman who had enough criteria can join the beauty contest irrespective of their background.
A. under guarantee
B. on account of
C. in consideration of
D. regardless of
Question 28: By the end of the storm, the hikers had depleted even their emergency stores.

A. lost
B. greatly dropped
C. destroyed
D. used almost all of
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following
questions.
Question 29: Everyone was watching the dolphin. They were greatly fascinated with it.
A. Everyone felt great and fascinated when the dolphin was watching them.
B. The dolphin was greatly fascinated by the way everyone was watching it.
C. The dolphin was watching everyone with great fascination.
D. Everyone was greatly fascinated with the dolphin they were watching.
Question 30: I like Robinson Crusoe. He is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
A. I like Robinson Crusoe and who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
B. I like Robinson Crusoe, who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
C. I like Robinson Crusoe because he is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.


D. I like Robinson Crusoe, who are the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
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 31: The boy who was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
A. The boy waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
B. The boy waited in the hall and expecting a phone call.
C. The boy someone was waiting in the hall expected a phone call.
D. The boy was waiting in the hall and expected a phone call.
Question 32: As an excuse for being late, she made up a whole story.
A. An excuse for being late was her whole story.
B. Making up a whole story, she said sorry for being late.
C. A whole story was her excuse for being late.
D. She apologized for being late by inventing a whole story.

Question 33: I believe that only rarely will I need your help.
A. I believe that I will never ask you for help.
B. I will not need your help as I believe.
C. I am sure that I will need your help only in special circumstances.
D. I am sure that your help will be needed by me only.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 34 to 40.
The penny press, which emerged in the United States during the 1830's, was a powerful agent of mass communication.
These newspapers were little dailies, generally four pages in length, written for the mass taste. They differed from the staid,
formal presentation of the conservative press, with its emphasis on political and literary topics. The new papers were brief
and cheap, emphasizing sensational reports of police courts and juicy scandals as well as human interest stories. Twentiethcentury journalism was already foreshadowed in the penny press of the 1830's.
The New York Sun, founded in 1833, was the first successful penny paper, and it was followed two years later by the New
York Herald, published by James Gordon Bennett. Not long after, Horace Greeley issued the New York Tribune, which was
destined to become the most influential paper in America. Greeley gave space to the issues that deeply touched the American
people before the Civil War - abolitionism, temperance, free homesteads, Utopian cooperative settlements, and the problems
of labour. The weekly edition of the Tribune, with 100,000 subscribers, had a remarkable influence in rural areas, especially
in Western communities.
Americans were reputed to be the most avid readers of periodicals in the world. An English observer enviously calculated
that, in 1829, the number of newspapers circulated in Great Britain was enough to reach only one out of every thirty-six
inhabitants weekly, Pennsylvania in that same year had a newspaper circulation which reached one out of every four
inhabitants weekly. Statistics seemed to justify the common belief that Americans were devoted to periodicals. Newspapers in
the United States increased from 1,200 in 1833 to 3,000 by the early 1860's, on the eve of the Civil War. This far exceeded
the number and circulation of newspapers in England and France.
Question 34: The word "justify" is closest in meaning to.....
A. modify
B. prove
C. calculate
D. generate
Question 35: The figures concerning newspaper circulation in Pennsylvania in 1829 are relevant because they.....
A. explain why so many different periodicals were published

B. support the belief that Americans were enthusiastic readers of periodicals
C. prove that weekly periodicals were more successful than daily papers
D. show the difference between reading habits before and after the Civil War
Question 36: The word "avid" is closest in meaning to.....
A. eager
B. intelligent
C. critical
D. thrifty
Question 37: Who was Horace Greeley?
A. The man who took over James Gordon Bennett's penny-press paper and made it successful
B. The founder of the penny-press paper that did the most to influence the thinking of the public
C. The most successful writer for the penny press
D. The publisher of the first penny-press paper to make a profit
Question 38: What is the author's main point in the first paragraph?
A. The penny press became an important way of disseminating information in the first half of the nineteenth century.
B. The penny press was modeled on earlier papers.
C. The press in the nineteenth century reached only a small proportion of the population.
D. The penny press focused mainly on analysis of politics.
Question 39: What does the author mean by the statement that twentieth-century journalism was foreshadowed by the
penny press?
A. Modem news coverage is similar to that done by the penny press.
B. Twentieth-century journalism is more important than nineteenth-century journalism.
C. The penny press darkened the reputation of news writing.
D. Penny-press news reporting was more accurate than that in twentieth-century newspapers.
Question 40: It can be inferred that penny-press newspapers were all of the following EXCEPT.....


A. inexpensive
B. profitable
C. thorough

D. informal
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each
of the numbered blanks.
CRITICISM
It can take along time to become successful in your chosen field, however talented you are. One thing you have to be ...
(41)... of is that you will face criticism along the way. The world is full of people who would rather say something negative
than positive. If you’ve made up your mind to achieve a certain goal, such as writing a novel, don’t let the negative criticism
of others prevent you from reaching your ...(42)... and let constructive criticism have a positive ...(43)... on your work. If
someone says you’re totally lacking in talent, ignore them. That’s negative criticism. If, however, someone advises you to
revise your work and gives you good reasons for doing so, you should consider their suggestions carefully. There are many
film stars who were once out of work. There are many famous novelists who made a complete ...(44)... of their first novel - or
who didn’t, but had to keep on approaching hundreds of publishers before they could get it published. Being successful does
depend on luck, to a certain extent. But things are more likely to ...(45)... well if you persevere and stay positive.
Question 41:A. clever
B. aware
C. intelligent
D. kept in mind
Question 42:A. purpose
B. destination
C. target
D. objectives
Question 43:A. change
B. effect
C. result
D. affect
Question 44:A. effort
B. money
C. mess
D. success
Question 45:A. carry out B. bring out

C. get out
D. turn out
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in
each of the following questions.
Question 46:A. embarrass B. attitude
C. apparent
D. obedience
Question 47:A. component B. confiding
C. necessary
D. important
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 48: Not until I got on the taxi to the airport I realized that I had left my passport at home.
A. that I had left
B. I realized
C. at home
D. got on
Question 49: Preceding by four nice children, the bride and the groom entered the wedding hall.
A. entered
B. children
C. Preceding
D. the
Question 50: Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation and generating electricity for the surrounding
area.
A. generating
B. irrigation
C. to control flooding
D. surrounding area


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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation
in each of the following questions.
Question 1:A. county
B. dough
C. blouse
D. doubt
Question 2:A. practices
B. introduces
C. leaves
D. wishes
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D 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. apparent
B. embarrass
C. attitude
D. obedience
Question 4:A. necessary
B. important
C. component
D. confiding

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 5: Preceding by four nice children, the bride and the groom entered the wedding hall.
A. the
B. Preceding
C. children
D. entered
Question 6: Not until I got on the taxi to the airport I realized that I had left my passport at home.
A. that I had left
B. I realized
C. at home
D. got on
Question 7: Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation and generating electricity for the surrounding
area.
A. to control flooding
B. surrounding area
C. irrigation
D. generating
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following
questions.
Question 8: I like Robinson Crusoe. He is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
A. I like Robinson Crusoe, who are the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
B. I like Robinson Crusoe and who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
C. I like Robinson Crusoe because he is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
D. I like Robinson Crusoe, who is the main character in a book by Daniel Defoe.
Question 9: Everyone was watching the dolphin. They were greatly fascinated with it.
A. The dolphin was greatly fascinated by the way everyone was watching it.
B. Everyone was greatly fascinated with the dolphin they were watching.
C. The dolphin was watching everyone with great fascination.
D. Everyone felt great and fascinated when the dolphin was watching them.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Question 10: ~ Tom: " Sorry, I forgot to phone you last night." ~ Mary: "........"
A. You were absent-minded.
B. Oh. Poor me!
C. I have nothing to tell you.
D. Never mind!
Question 11: ~ Teacher: "Tom, you’ve written a much better essay this time." ~ Tom: "......."
A. What did you say? I’m so shy.
B. Thank you. It’s really encouraging.
C. You’re welcome.
D. Writing? Why?
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each
of the numbered blanks.
CRITICISM
It can take along time to become successful in your chosen field, however talented you are. One thing you have to be ...
(12)... of is that you will face criticism along the way. The world is full of people who would rather say something negative
than positive. If you’ve made up your mind to achieve a certain goal, such as writing a novel, don’t let the negative criticism
of others prevent you from reaching your ...(13)... and let constructive criticism have a positive ...(14)... on your work. If
someone says you’re totally lacking in talent, ignore them. That’s negative criticism. If, however, someone advises you to
revise your work and gives you good reasons for doing so, you should consider their suggestions carefully. There are many
film stars who were once out of work. There are many famous novelists who made a complete ...(15)... of their first novel - or
who didn’t, but had to keep on approaching hundreds of publishers before they could get it published. Being successful does
depend on luck, to a certain extent. But things are more likely to ...(16)... well if you persevere and stay positive.
Question 12:A. kept in mind B. aware
C. clever
D. intelligent
Question 13:A. destination B. objectives
C. target
D. purpose
Question 14:A. affect
B. change

C. result
D. effect
Question 15:A. effort
B. money
C. success
D. mess
Question 16:A. bring out B. get out
C. carry out
D. turn out
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 17: I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
A. carelessness
B. unawareness
C. unconcern
D. attentions