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Đề số 15

ĐỀ SỐ 15
Giáo viên: ĐẶNG VĂN MẠNH
Đây là đề thi đi kèm với Bài giảng luyện đề số 15 (Phần 1) thuộc khóa học Luyện đề thi ĐH-CĐ
môn Tiếng Anh – thầy Đặng Văn Mạnh tại website Hocmai.vn. Để có thể nắm vững kiến thức
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Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question.
1. A. laborious
2. A. product
3. A. intent
4. A. citizen
5. A. relevant

B. geological
B. purpose
B. patent
B. circular
B. descendant

C. delicious
C. postpone
C. competent
C. citadel
C. redundant

D. experiment
D. postcard

D. moment
D. civilian
D. consultant

Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C, D) to complete the sentence.
6. A large number of staff in my office ________ English quite fluently.
A. speak
B. speaks
C. is speaking
D. has spoken
7. Why don’t you ________ this old broken bicycle? It’s useless now.
A. get away
B. wear out
C. recycle
D. discard
8. Some children have to suffer from lifetime________.
A. nerves
B. abnormalities
C. laser treatment
D. dedicate bones
9. Only if I had known the difference ________ the more expensive car.
A. would I bought
B. I would have bought
C. would I buy
D. would I have bought
10. Everyone in the house woke up when the burglar alarm ________.
A. got up
B. went off
C. went out
D. got off

11. I’m not very ________ with the subject.
A. well-acquainted
B. well-known
C. aware
D. hopeful
12. He refused to give up work, ________ he’d won a million pounds.
A. despite
B. however
C. even though
D. as though
13. - How many files would you like?
- ________.
A. It cost two dollars twenty
B. I’ll take four, please
C. They’re all very good
D. Thank you, sir
14. Besides the roadside ________.
A. a horse stood
B. stood a horse
C. did a horse stand
D. does a horse stand
15. I’d rather you ________ to her why we can’t go.
A. would explain
B. explained
C. to explain
D. will explain
16.________ from John, all the students said they would take the examination.
A. Except
B. Apart
C. Separate

D. Only
17. It is a good idea to get ________ dressed when you go for a job interview.
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A. boldly

B. finely

C. clearly

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D. smartly

18. I am not sure, but ________ I know there will be a new director in our company soon.
A. as long as
B. as far as
C. according
D. on the whole
19. I thought that your ________ of that problem was excellent.
A. handling
B. conduct
C. running

D. approach
20. Judy prefers to be her own boss and ________ her own business.
A. form
B. charge
C. make
D. run
21. Captain Scott’s ________ to the South Pole was marked by disappointment and tragedy.
A. excursion
B. visit
C. tour
D. expedition
22. Washington is one of the five states of the USA with borders on the Pacific Ocean. What are
________ states?
A. other
B. others
C. the other
D. the others
23. Up ________ , and the people cheered.
A. went the balloon
B. did the balloon go
C. does the balloon go
D. goes the balloon
24. He always takes full ________ of the mistake made by these competitors.
A. benefit
B. advantage
C. profit
D. advice
25. On hearing the news she fainted and it was half an hour before she ________ again.
A. came up
B. came round

C. came over
D. came forward
26. - Are you good at math?
- ________ .
A. I’m taking my driving test next week
B. Yes, about fifty words a minute
C. I think so. I’ve got a lot of friends
D. I came top in my class in the last test
27. The room was full of people and ________ were speaking.
A. neither of them
B. all of them
C. none of them
D. each of them
28. Those interested in the post of Assistant manager are requested to apply ________.
A. as a person
B. in person
C. as persons
D. by person
29. They each drank from ________ glass to see what the contents tasted like.
A. the other’s
B. the one’s
C. the other
D. one’s
30. Don’t leave your clothes ________ about on the bed room floor.
A. lie
B. lay
C. lying
D. laying
Read the passage and the questions or unfinished sentences. Then choose the answer - A, B, C, or D that you think fits best.
An Ounce of Prevention

There are some diseases for which we know no cure. For many of these, however, scientists have
been able to discover a means of prevention. Smallpox is such a disease. In the 18th century, millions of
people died of smallpox, while many others who recovered from the disease were left scarred for life.
Today, it is rare to find a case at all:
By 1780, doctors had noticed that once a person had smallpox, he became immune to it. From this
observation, the theory of inoculation was developed. Inoculation is a way of deliberately giving a person
a disease by placing diseased matter under the skin. When this is done, the person may develop a mild
case of the disease, but from then on he is safe from a severe attack.
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Using this principle, an English doctor named Edward Jenner set to work against smallpox. He found
that persons who had had a milder disease called cowpox could not catch smallpox. The cowpox seemed
to make them immune. By taking some bacteria from the arm of a person who was ill with cowpox, and
giving it to a healthy person, Jenner found that he could transfer the immunity. Jenner's process came to be
known as vaccination, from the Latin word vacca, meaning "cow." Because of vaccination, smallpox, one
of man's greatest enemies, has been practically wiped out.
31. While not directly stated, it may be inferred from the article that ________ .
A. there is no good cure for smallpox.
B. smallpox has almost disappeared
C. smallpox and cowpox are similar diseases
D. smallpox can disfigure people who suffer from it.

32. This article as a whole tells us ________.
A. about an English doctor named Edward Jenner.
B. all about inoculation.
C. all about vaccination.
D. how a terrible disease was conquered.
33. Vaccination means ________.
A. wiping out smallpox.
B. preventing diseases by prescribing medicine.
C. transferring immunity from one person to another.
D. protecting cows from cowpox.
34. Inoculation against smallpox means ________.
A. giving a person some medicine to take.
B. placing diseased matter under his skin.
C. injecting him with some drugs.
D. deliberately coming into contact with smallpox patients.
35. Which sentence is NOT true?
A. The principle of inoculation was well-known before 1700.
B. People who have been ill with cowpox are immune to smallpox.
C. Vaccination can prevent smallpox.
D. In the 18th century, millions of people died of smallpox.
Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be
correct.
36. Farm animals have been regardless by nearly all societies as a valuable economic resource.
A
B
C
D
37. Liquid lubricants contrast widely in weighing, thickness, and boiling point.
A
B

C
D
38. Objects falling freely in a vacuum have the same rate of speed is regardless of differences in size and
weight.
A
B
C
D
39. A paragraph is a portion of a text consists of one or more sentences related to the same idea.
A
B
C
D

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Đề số 15

40. The unit of measurement known as a “foot” has originally based on the average size of the human
foot.
A
B
C

D
Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space.
The California Gold Rush (1848—1855) began in January 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutter’s
Mill. As news of the discovery (41) ________ some 300,000 people came to California from the (42)
________ of the United States and abroad.
These early gold-seekers, (43) ________ “forty-niners”, traveled to California by sailing ship and in
covered wagons across the continent, often facing substantial (44)________ on the trip. (45) ________
most of the newly arrived were Americans, the Gold Rush also attracted tens of thousands from Latin
America, Europe, Australia and Asia. (46)________, the prospectors retrieved the gold from streams and
riverbeds using simple techniques, such as panning, and later developed more sophisticated methods of
gold recovery which were adopted around the world. Gold (47) ________ billions of today’s dollars was
recovered, leading to great wealth for a few; many, however, returned home with (48) ________ more
than they started with. Some made it rich. It was all (49) ________ chance.
The effects of the Gold Rush were substantial. San Francisco (50) ________ from a tiny hamlet of tents to
a boomtown, and roads, churches, schools and other towns were built. A system of laws and a government
were (51)________, leading to the (52)________ of California as a state in 1850. New methods of
transportation developed as steamships came into (53) ________ service and railroads were bui1t. The
business of agriculture, California’s next major growth field, was started (54) ________ a wide scale
throughout the state. (55)________, the Gold Rush also had negative effects: Native Americans wer e
attacked and pushed off traditional lands, and gold mining caused environmental harm.
41. A. extended
42. A. rest
43. A. as
44. A. obstacles
45. A. Although
46. A. At first
47. A. valued
48. A. little
49. A. according to
50. A. turned

51. A. made
52. A. integration
53. A. regular
54. A. by
55. A. In addition

B. expanded
B. remainder
B. called
B. drawbacks
B. As
B. Firstly
B. estimated
B. a little
B. by
B. transformed
B. created
B. addition
B. normal
B. on
B. Therefore

C. spread
C. parts
C. known
C. hindrance
C. While
C. Initially
C. equivalent
C. few

C. with
C. grew
C. done
C. inclusion
C. steady
C. with
C. However

D. broadcast
D. whole
D. reputed
D. hardships
D. When
D. Primarily
D. worth
D. a few
D. under
D. changed
D. founded
D. admission
D. ordinary
D. under
D. Thus

Read the passage and the questions or unfinished sentences. Then choose the answer - A, B, C, or D that you think fits best.
In the last third of the nineteenth century a new housing form was quietly being developed. In 1869
the Stuyvesant, considered New York’s first apartment house, was built on East Eighteenth Street. The
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building was financed by the developer Rutherfurd Stuyvesant and designed by Richard Morris Hunt, the
first American architect to graduate from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Each man had lived in Paris,
and each understood the economic and social potential of this Parisian housing form. But the Stuyvesant was at best a limited success. In spite of Hunt’s inviting facade, the living pace was awkwardly arranged.
Those who could afford them were quite content to remain in the more sumptuous, single-family homes,
leaving the Stuyvesant to young married couple and bachelors.
The fundamental problem with the Stuyvesant and the other early apartment buildings that quickly
followed, in the late 1870’s and early 1880’s, was that they were confined to the typical New York
building lot. That lot was a rectangular area 25 feet wide by 100 feet deep - a shape perfectly suited for a
row house. The lot could also accommodate a rectangular tenement, though it could not yield the square,
well-lighted, and logically arranged rooms that great apartment buildings require. But even with the
awkward interior configurations of the early apartment buildings, the idea caught on. It met the needs of a
large and growing population that wanted something better than tenements but could not afford or did not
want row houses.
So while the city’s newly emerging social leadership commissioned their mansions apartment houses
and hotels began to sprout on multiple lots, thus breaking the initial space constraints. In the closing
decades of the nineteenth century, large apartment houses began dotting the developed portions of New
York City, and by the opening decades of the twentieth century, spacious buildings, such as the Dakota
and the Ansonia finally transcended the tight confinement of row house building lots. From there it was
only a small step to building luxury apartment houses on the newly created Park Avenue, right next to the
fashionable Fifth Avenue shopping area.
56. The new housing form discussed in the passage refers to ________ .
A. single-family homes

B. apartment buildings
C. row houses
D. hotels
57. The word “inviting” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________ .
A. open
B. encouraging
C. attractive
D. asking
58. Why was the Stuyvesant a limited success?
A. The arrangement of the rooms was not convenient.
B. Most people could not afford to live there.
C. There were no shopping areas nearby.
D. It was in a crowded neighborhood.
59. The word “sumptuous” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________ .
A. luxurious
B. unique
C. modem
D. distant
60. It can be inferred that the majority of people who lived in New York’s first apartments were
________.
A. highly educated
B. unemployed
C. wealthy
D. young
61. It can be inferred that a New York apartment building in the 1870’s and 1880’s had all of the
following characteristics EXCEPT:
A. Its room arrangement was not logical.
B. It was rectangular.
C. It was spacious inside
D. It had limited light.

62. The word “yield” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. harvest
B. surrender
C. amount
D. provide
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63. Why did the idea of living in an apartment become popular in the late 1800’s?
A. Large families needed housing with sufficient spate.
B. Apartments were preferable to tenements and cheaper than row houses.
C. The city officials of “New York wanted housing that was centrally located.
D. The shape of early apartments could accommodate a variety of interior designs.
64. The author mentions the Dakota and the Ansonia in paragraph 3 because ________.
A. they are examples of large, well-designed apartment buildings
B. their design is similar to that of row houses
C. they were built on a single building lot.
D. they are famous hotels
65. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. A new formation of housing.
B. Apartment buildings.
C. Apartment house.

D. Single family homes.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct and natural combination of each pair of sentences
given.
66. Mercury is always seen near the sun just before sunrise and soon after sunset. It is called the morning
or evening star.
A. Mercury which is always seen near the sun just before sunrise and soon after sunset is called the
morning or evening star.
B. Mercury, that is always seen near the sun just before sunrise and soon after sunset, is called the
morning or evening star.
C. Mercury, which is always seen near the sun just before sunrise and soon after sunset, is called the
morning or evening star.
D. Mercury is always seen near the sun just before sunrise and soon after sunset which is called the
morning or evening star.
67. George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright. A photo of him smiles impishly at me from the wall of
my study.
A. George Bernard Shaw, the photo of whom smiles impishly at me from the wall of my study, was an
Irish playwright.
B. George Bernard Shaw, the photo of him smiles impishly at me from the wall of my study, was an
Irish playwright.
C. George Bernard Shaw, whose photo smiles impishly at me from the wall of my study, was a n Irish
playwright.
D. George Bernard Shaw, of whom the photo smiles impishly at me from the wall of my study, was an
Irish playwright.
68. I thought they might be hungry. I offered them something to eat.
A. Thinking they might be hungry, I offered them something to eat.
B. Thought they might be hungry, I offered them something to eat.
C. I thought they might be hungry, offering them something to eat.
D. Having thought they might be hungry, I offered them something to eat.
69. I whispered I didn’t want anybody else to hear our conversation.
A. I whispered so nobody could hear our conversation.

B. I whispered so that nobody could hear our conversation.
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C. I whispered so that nobody could not hear our conversation.
D. I whispered so that somebody could not hear our conversation.
70. He has a box. He plans to put his savings in it.
A. He has a box putting his savings in.
B. He has a box to put his savings in.
C. He has a box to put his savings in it.
D. He has a box planning to put his savings in.
71. The bed has no mattress. I sleep on this bed.
A. The bed on which I sleep has no mattress.
B. The bed has no mattress which I sleep on.
C. I sleep on this bed, that has no mattress.
D. The bed on that I sleep has no mattress.
72. He was suspected to have stolen credit cards. The police have investigated him for days.
A. He has been investigated for days, suspected to have stolen credit cards.
B. Suspecting to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
C. Having suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
D. Suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
73. We had spent nearly all our money. So we couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel.

A. Having spent nearly all our money, so we couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel.
B. Spent nearly all our money, we couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel.
C. Having spent nearly all our money, we couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel.
D. After having spent nearly our all money, we couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel.
74. He wore glasses and a false beard. He wanted nobody to recognize him.
A. He wore glasses and a false beard in order to avoid being recognizing.
B. He wore glasses and a false beard in order to avoid recognizing.
C. He wore glasses and a false beard in order that avoid being recognized.
D. He wore glasses and a false beard in order to avoid being recognized.
75. The girl packed the vase in polyester foam. She didn’t want it to get broken in the post.
A. The girl packed the vase in polyester foam so that it didn’t get broken in the post.
B. The girl packed the vase in polyester foam so it didn’t get broken in the post.
C. The girl packed the vase in polyester foam so as it didn’t get broken in the post.
D. The girl packed the vase in polyester foam for it didn’t get broken in the post.
Mark A, B, C, or D to choose the best way of making up the sentence from the words and phrases given.
76. in order/ make/ good impression/ job interview, you need/ prepare yourself/ interview/ carefully.
A. In order to make a good impression on a job interview, you need to prepare yourself to be
interviewed carefully.
B. In order to make a good impression during a job interview, you need to prepare yourself for the
interview carefully.
C. In order to make good impression during a job interview, you need to be prepared yourself for the
interview carefully.
D. In order to make a good impression on a job interview, you need to prepare by yourself for the
interview carefully.

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77. you/ ask/ many things/ yourself, and especially/ reason/ you decide/ apply/job.
A. You may ask many things by yourself, and especially about the reason you decide to apply for a job.
B. You may ask many things yourself, and especially the reason why you have decided to apply for the
job.
C. You may be asked many things about yourself, and especially the reason why you have decided to
apply for the job.
D. You may be asked many things about yourself, and especially about the reason why you decide to
apply for the job.
78. you/ ask/ interviewer/ salary/ you expect,/position you/ apply/ and/ duties you have/ do/ job.
A. You can ask the interviewer what salary you expect, what position you apply and what duties you
have to do in the job.
B. You can ask the interviewer what salary you expect, what position you are applying and what duties
you have to do for the job.
C. You can ask the interviewer about the salary you expect, the position you are applying and the duties
you have to do in the job.
D. You can ask the interviewer about the salary that you are expecting, the position that you have
applied and about the duties you will have to do in the job.
79. children learn/ native language/ so that/ they/ he able/ communicate/ other people/ them.
A. Children learn the native language so that they can be able to communicate to other people around
them.
B. Children learn their native language so that they will be able to communicate with other people
around them.
C. The children learn the native language so that they can be able to communicate with other people
around them.

D. The children learn their native language so that they will be able to communicate to other people
around them.
80. education give/ knowledge/ things around us and it/ preserve/ national noble traditions and customs/
generation/ generation.
A. Education gives us knowledge of things around us and it preserves the national noble traditions and
customs from generation to generation.
B. Education gives us the knowledge of things around us and preserves national noble traditions and
customs for generation and generation.
C. Education has given us knowledge about the things around us and it preserves the national and noble
traditions and customs for generation and generation.
D. Education is giving us knowledge of things around us and it preserves the national noble traditions
and customs from generation to generation.
Giáo viên : Đặng Văn Mạnh
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ĐỀ SỐ 16
Giáo viên: ĐẶNG VĂN MẠNH
Đây là đề thi đi kèm với Bài giảng luyện đề số 16 (Phần 1) thuộc khóa học Luyện đề thi ĐH-CĐ
môn Tiếng Anh – thầy Đặng Văn Mạnh tại website Hocmai.vn. Để có thể nắm vững kiến thức
trong đề thi, Bạn cần kết hợp xem tài liệu đính kèm với bài giảng này.

I. Choose the word A, B, C, or D in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the rest.
1. A. coward
B. tower
C. powerful
D. mow
2. A. alumni
B. identify
C. idiom
D. pi
II. Find the word with the stress on the first syllable in each line.
3. A. region
B. rely
C. relax
4. A. behavior
B. broadcaster
C. beneficial
5. A. linguistics
B. logical
C. limitation
6. A. experience
B. efficient
C. extensive
7. A. ancient

B. advance
C. account

D. resource
D. experiment
D. lemonade
D. evidence
D. appear

III. Circle the best option (A, B, C, or D) for each gap in the following sentences.
8. It’s ________ for people to get depressed if they are out of work.
A. normal
B. everyday
C. ordinary
D. typical
9. He deals with the ________ matters in the office, his boss deals with the important ones.
A. everyday
B. average
C. usual
D. standard
10. House prices ________ greatly from one area to the next.
A. contrast
B. vary
C. distinguish
D. differentiate
11. Eighty kilometers is the ________ fifty miles.
A. equivalent of
B. equivalent from
C. equal of
D. equal to

12. Having finished the report, ________.
A. it was submitted to his boss by him
B. he submitted it to his boss
C. his boss was submitted it by him
D. he had submitted it to his boss
13. ________ the fire brigade found our mountain house, we had put out the fire ourselves with the garden
hosepipe.
A. With time
B. By the time
C. At the same time
D. In time
14. Modern buildings should ________ with the surrounding area.
A. blend
B. fit
C. match
D. join
15. The Government has ________ an inquiry to investigate bribery in local elections.
A. set out
B. set to
C. set about
D. set up
16. The water workers’ claim for a 10 percent pay rise has been under ________ by the Government.
A. application
B. consideration
C. inquiry
D. regard
17. A man’s pay usually ________ from the number of hours he works in a week.
A. results
B. depends
C. starts

D. earns

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Đề số 16

18. Dentists will always try to save teeth rather than take them ________ .
A. off
B. over
C. out
D. down
19. What he told me was a ________ of lies.
A. load
B. pack
C. mob
D. flock
20. We can only give you the ________ number of refugees crossing the border at the moment.
A. suggestive
B. indefinite
C. approximate
D. unclear
21. This ticket ________ two persons to the show.
A. delivers

B. includes
C. admits
D. enters
22. Trains stop here to ________ passengers only.
A. get off
B. pick up
C. get past
D. get on
23. It isn’t quite ________ that he will turn up at the meeting.
A. certain
B. exact
C. right
D. sure
24. Many difficulties have ________ as a result of the changeover to the new system.
A. raised
B. been raised
C. arisen
D. experienced
25. The ________ of the lake is covered with reeds and rushes.
A. beach
B. coast
C. shore
D. bank
26. I was not ________ by his many arguments so finally we agreed to differ.
A. convinced
B. persuaded
C. concerned
D. assured
27. All the children have gone ________ mumps.
A. along with

B. down with
C. out with
D. through with
28. After waiting an hour he realized that the bus was ________ to come.
A. improbable
B. impossible
C. uncertain
D. unlikely
29. When Rosemary is concentrating, she ________ me of her grandmother.
A. reminds
B. recalls
C. revises
D. remembers
30. He refused to give up work, ________ he had won a million dollars.
A. even though
B. despite
C. as though
D. however
31. ________ you called I was at the conference.
A. At the time
B. By the time
C. In the time
D. For the time
32. Yes, we do eat out ________, but not very often. It’s so expensive nowadays.
A. in time
B. from time to time
C. against time
D. at one time
33. We didn’t much like the new neighbours at first, but ________ we grew quite fond of them.
A. by the time

B. in time
C. at the same time
D. against time
34. ________, his secretary wears the most extraordinary clothes.
A. With time
B. At one time
C. At times
D. In time
35. We’re fighting ________ to finish the job for you before the end of the week.
A. in time
B. on time
C. by the time
D. against time
IV. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistakes (A, B, C, or D).
36. Card Anderson discovered two atomic particles that he identified while studied cosmic rays.
A
B
C
D
37. Michigan’s rivers, inlets, and lakes attract tourists who derive pleasure from canoeing and water-ski.
A
B
C
D
38. Analysts have translated clay tablets that demonstrate that the Babylonians were high skilled in Arithmetic.
A
B
C
D
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39. The visual nerves of the brain interprets wave-lengths of light as perceptions of color.
A
B
C
D
40. When a criminal case goes to trial, the defendant may election to have it heard either by a jury or by a judge.
A
B
C
D
V. Choose the sentence A, B, C, or D that is similar in meaning to the original sentence given in italic.
41. She said it had nothing to do with me.
A. She told me that it was none of my business.
B. She told me that it had done nothing for me.
C. She said I did nothing about it.
D. She said she had done nothing for me.
42. His personal problems have an influence on his ability to do his job.
A. His personal problems enable him to do his job.
B. His ability influences his personal problems and his job.
C. His ability affects his personal problems in his job.

D. His personal problems affect his ability to do his job.
43. Only if you work hard now have you any chance of success.
A. Your chance of success affects your working hard.
B. Your chance of success depends on your working hard.
C. Working hard lessens your chance of success.
D. The harder you work, the more chances you have.
44. “Let’s organize a club meeting on Saturday.”
A. She offered to organize a club meeting on Saturday.
B. She suggested organizing a club meeting on Saturday.
C. We have to organize a club meeting on Saturday.
D. We are suggested to organize a club meeting on Saturday.
45. If you didn’t cheat in the exam, you wouldn’t be punished.
A. You were not punished as you didn’t cheat in the exam.
B. You didn’t cheat in the exam so as not to be punished.
C. Don’t cheat in the exam and you won’t be punished.
D. You never cheat in the exam, so you are not punished.
46. “Shall I post the letter for you?”
A. He asked me if I should post the letter for him.
B. He offered to post the letter for me.
C. He wanted me to post the letter myself.
D. I wanted him to post the letter for me.
47. “I would suggest that we should try to get local support for the new motorway.”
A. I suggested they should try to get local support for the new motorway.
B. I wanted to know why shouldn’t we try to get local support for the new motorway.
C. My suggestion was that we try to get local support for the new motorway.
D. I suggested we should try getting local support for the new motorway.
48. “Waiter! This soup is too cold.”
A. The customer called the waiter to try the cold soup.
B. The customer complained that the soup was too cold.
C. The customer called the waiter, and said that the soup was too cold for him.

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D. The waiter called the customer to give the cold soup.
49. If you refuse to carry out my orders you will get the sack.
A. If you refuse to carry out my orders, you will be given a sack of clothes.
B. If you carry out my orders, you will be made redundant.
C. If you refuse to carry out my orders, you will be criticized.
D. If you don’t carry out my orders you will be dismissed.
50. The decision is none of your business.
A. The decision is not covered in your business.
B. You are not busy with the decision.
C. The decision doesn’t concern you.
D. Your business doesn’t affect the decision.
VI. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D)) for each of the questions.
Quite different from storm, surges are the giant sea waves called tsunamis, which derive their name
from the Japanese expression for “high water in a harbor”. These waves are also referred to by the general
public as tidal waves, although they have relatively little to do with tides. Scientists often refer to them as
seismic sea waves, far more appropriate in that they do result from undersea seismic activity.
Tsunamis are caused when the sea bottom suddenly moves, during an underwater earthquake or
volcano, for example, and the water above the moving earth is suddenly displaced. This sudden shift of
water sets off a series of waves. These waves can travel great distances at speeds close to 700 kilometers

per hour. In the open ocean, tsunamis have little noticeable amplitude, often no more than one or two
meters. It is when they hit the shallow water the coast that they increase in height, possibly up to 40 meters.
Tsunamis often occur in the Pacific because the Pacific is an area of heavy seismic activity. Two
areas of the Pacific well accustomed to the threat of tsunamis are Japan and Hawaii. Because the seismic
activity that causes tsunamis in Japan often occurs on the ocean bottom quite close to the islands, the
tsunamis that hit Japan often comes with little warning and can therefore prove disastrous. Most of the
tsunamis that hit the Hawaiian Islands, however, originate thousands of miles away near the coast of
Alaska, so these tsunamis have a much greater distance to travel and the inhabitants of Hawaii generally
have time for warning of their imminent arrival.
Tsunamis are certainly not limited to Japan and Hawaii. In 1755, Europe experienced a calamitous
tsunami, when movement along the fault lines near the Azores caused a massive tsunami to sweep onto the
Portuguese coast and flood the heavily populated area around Lisbon. The greatest tsunami on record
occurred on the other side of the world in 1883 when the Krakatoa volcano underwent a massive explosion,
sending waves more than 30 meters high onto nearby Indonesian islands; the tsunami from this volcano
actually traveled around the world and was witnessed as far away as the English Channel.
51. The paragraph preceding this passage most probably discusses ________.
A. tidal waves
B. tides
C. storm surges
D. underwater earthquakes
52. According to the passage, all of the following are true about tidal waves EXCEPT that ________.
A. they are the same as tsunamis
B. they are caused by sudden changes in high and low tides
C. this terminology is not used by the scientific community
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D. they refer to the same phenomenon as seismic sea waves
53. The world “displaced” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.
A. located
B. not pleased
C. filtered
D. moved
54. It can be inferred from the passage that tsunamis ________.
A. cause severe damage in the middle of the ocean.
B. generally reach heights greater than 40 meters.
C. are far more dangerous on the coast than in the open ocean.
D. are often identified by ships on the ocean.
55. As used in the passage, water that is “shallow” isn’t ________.
A. clear
B. deep
C. tidal
D. coastal
56. A main difference between tsunamis in Japan and in Hawaii is that tsunami in Japan are more likely to
________.
A. arrive without warning.
B. be less of a problem.
C. come from greater distances.
D. originate in Alaska.
57. The possessive ‘their” in the third paragraph refers to ________.
A. the Hawaiian islands
B. thousands of miles

C. these tsunamis
D. the inhabitants of Hawaii
58. A “calamitous” tsunami in the last paragraph is one that is ________.
A. expected
B. at fault
C. extremely calm
D. disastrous
59. From the expression “on record” in the last paragraph, it can be inferred that the tsunami that
accompanied the Krakatoa volcano ________.
A. occurred before efficient records were kept.
B. was not as strong as the tsunami in Lisbon.
C. was filmed as it was happening.
D. might not be the greatest tsunami ever.
60. The passage suggests that the tsunami resulting from the Krakatoa volcano ________.
A. caused volcanic explosions in the English Channel.
B. was far more destructive close to the source than far away.
C. was unobserved outside of the Indonesian islands.
D. resulted in little damage.
VII. Read the following text and choose the correct option for each of the numbered gap.
THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
The hanging gardens of Babylon were considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the (61)________
World. They are believed to have been built by King Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth (62) ________ BC as a
present for his wife, Amytis.
The gardens were (63) ________ in layers - one on top of the other, much like a modern multi-storey car
(64) ________ although a lot more (65)________ to look at. Each layer was a large terrace (66) ________
with tropical flowers, plants and trees. The large (67)________ of water which these plants required was
(68) ________ from the river Euphrates nearby. It is said that Nebuchadnezzar and his wife would sit in the
(69) ________ of the gardens and (70) ________ down on the city of Babylon below.
The gardens’ fame quickly (71) ________, and travelers would come from far and wide to (72) ________
them. Even thousands of years ago, people used to go (73) ________! The city of Babylon itself was also

famous throughout the whole (74) ________ for its beautiful buildings, huge tiled walls and magnificent
gates made of brass.
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Sadly, nothing (75) ________ today of the beautiful hanging gardens, and the city of Babylon lies in ruins
in what is modern-day Iraq.
61. A. antique
62. A. decade
63. A. constructed
64. A. park
65. A. good-looking
66. A. included
67. A. total
68. A. dragged
69. A. shadow
70. A. look
71. A. distributed
72. A. approve
73. A. glimpsing
74. A. planet
75. A. remains

B. ancient
B. period
B. assembled
B. stop
B. attractive
B. contained
B. sum
B. pulled
B. shade
B. see
B. spread
B. respect
B. sightseeing
B. globe
B. stays

C. historical
C. era
C. collected
C. station
C. handsome
C. filled
C. amount
C. pushed
C. gloom
C. watch
C. extended
C. admire
C. glancing

C. earth
C. waits

D. traditional
D. century
D. invented
D. garage
D. adorable
D. consisted
D. number
D. pumped
D. glow
D. observe
D. moved
D. assess
D. staring
D. world
D. continues

VIII. Each of these sentences is followed by four suggested explanations but only one is correct.
76. He was such a wet blanket at the party tonight!
A. He brought a blanket to the party.
B. He was wet through after the party.
C. He made people at the party wet through. D. He spoiled other people’s pleasure.
77. We are going to get into hot water when we arrive home.
A. We are going to have a nice hot bath.
B. We are going to have trouble.
C. We have to boil water when we arrive home.
D. The water will have become hot by the time we get home.
78. The Jacksons are terribly hard up.

A. They live a long way up the hill.
B. They are cruel people.
C. They are extremely poor.
D. They work very hard
79. I’ll lay my cards on the table.
A. I’ll have no secrets from you.
B. I want to stop playing.
C. I’ll be back in a moment or two.
D. Let’s continue playing cards.
80. The boss is like a bear with a sore head today.
A. He badly needs a haircut.
B. He has a very bad headache.
C. He is in a bad mood.
D. He likes a teddy bear.
Giáo viên : Đặng Văn Mạnh
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ĐỀ SỐ 17
Giáo viên: ĐẶNG VĂN MẠNH
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I. Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each question.
1. A. brush

B. custom

C. cushion

D. mushroom

2. A. brown

B. flown

C. drown

D. frown

3. A. era

B. eminent

C. emblem

D. emerald

4. A. hear
5. A. excursion

B. deer
B. further

C. mere
C. occur

D. rehearse
D. occurrence

II. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question.
6. A. surgeon

B. surface

C. suburb

D. surround

7. A. compare
8. A. reckon
9. A. inability
10. A. ingenious

B. compose

B. protein
B. personality
B. principle

C. company
C. sanguine
C. potentially
C. generous

D. consist
D. technique
D. territorial
D. mineral

III. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be
correct.
11. The Canadian province of Newfoundland has a rocky coast, a moisture climate, and probably the best
A

B

C

cod-fishing areas in the world.
D
12. The eight stripes of red, white, and blue on state flag of Hawaii represent Hawaii’s eight major islands.
A

B

C

D

13. The ability to talk is one of the skill that make humans different from the rest of the animal world.
A

B

C

D

14. With the discovery of gold in the Kiondike in Canada’s Yukon Territory in 1896, people flocked
A

B

C

soon there from all parts of the world.
D
15. In the United States among 60 percent of the space on the pages of newspapers is reserved for
advertizing.

A

B

C

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IV. From the four words or phrases (A), (B), (C), or (D), choose the one that best completes the
sentence.
16. With the start for the penny papers in the 1830’s, the number of people ________ a newspaper rose
considerably.
A. who reading regularly

B. were reading regularly

C. regularly reading what

D. regularly reading

17. The amount of lapsed time between the thunder and lightning can be used to determine ________ .
A. how the thunder and lightning are far away
B. how far away are the thunder and lightening
C. the thunder and lightning are how far away
D. how far away the thunder and lightning are

18. After the great blizzard of 1988 in the northeastern United States, it took some ________ the snow
away from their homes.
A. people several days to shovel

B. days to shovel people several

C. several days people to shovel

D. people to shovel several days

19. The store ________.
A. that had the recently big sale went bankrupt
B. that had the big recently sale went bankrupt
C. that had the big sale went recently bankrupt
D. that recently had the big sale went bankrupt
20. Upon returning from class ________.
A. a letter was in the mailbox
B. a letter was found in the mailbox
C. the mailbox had a letter in it
D. he found a letter in the mailbox
V. Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the one in bold.
21. Jill was walking to school when she found the purse.
A. Jill was walking to school with her purse.
B. Jill bought the purse when she was walking to school.
C. Jill found the purse on the way to school.
D. Jill found the purse at the school.
22. I had to stand in line for two hours to get first-row seat for the performance.
A. The performance lasted two hours.
B. The man got a seat in the front row.
C. The man got a seat in the second row.

D. The man failed to get a ticket to the performance.
23. Dave had to take a cut in pay to keep from losing his job.
A. Dave’s salary was lowered.
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C. Dave had an accident on the job.

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D. Dave was given a salary increase.

24. I would rather you stopped talking about her.
A. I would rather stop talking about her.

B. I would rather you not talk about her.

C. I want you to talk about her.

D. I prefer you not to talk about her any more.

25. He acts as though nothing matters to him.
A. He acts when there’s no matter for him.

B. He acts although nothing matters to him.

C. He seems not to care about anything.

D. Nothing matters to him when he acts.

VI. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
26. The police are said to be looking ________ the matter.
A. for
B. into
C. up
D. over
27. Please take a message ________ he call.
A. should
B. when
C. will
D. if
28. I would have met you at the bus terminal if I ________ that you ________.
A. knew / were arriving
B. knew / had arrived
C. had known / were arriving
D. would know/ had arrived
29. – “Are you going to visit him?”
- “If she goes ________.”
A. I do so
B. so will I
C. so I go
D. so I do
30. If my aunt had not fallen down yesterday,________.

A. her legs would not be hurting now
B. she can walk normally now
C. she does not have to use a support now
D. she would not have been painful now
31. As________ as a mouse.
A. fast
B. wise
C. quiet
D. poor
32. It turned out that the treasurer along with the secretary ________ held responsible for the
mismanagement of the funds.
A. was
B. were
C. has been
D. have been
33. The advertisements on the front part of a newspaper ________ usually the most expensive.
A. is
B. have been
C. has been
D. are
34. The ________ wounded ________ immediately taken to the hospital.
A. seriously/ were
B. serious / was
C. serious / were
D. seriously / was
35. He found the trousers but ________ clean.
A. it wasn’t
B. they weren’t
C. they wasn’t
D. it weren’t

36. In many homes, ________ children is great problem.
A. disciplinary
B. disciplining
C. discipline
D. disciplined
37. Please describe one of your ________.
A. embarrassed incident
B. embarrassing incidents
C. embarrassed incidents
D. embarrassing incident

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38. I saw a ________ look on his face as he was wheeled into the operating room.
A. frightened
B. frightening
C. frightful
D. fright
39. Most of my friends detest ________ early.
A. to get up
B get up

C. to getting up
D. getting up
40. They ________ a list of all the people interested in the idea.
A. drew up
B. took up
C. called up
D. turned up
41. If she hadn’t gone out in the rain without a raincoat, she ________ in bed now with flu.
A. weren’t
B. wouldn’t have been
C. wouldn’t been
D. wouldn’t be
42. I haven’t had a very ________ week. I seem to have done nothing at all!
A. extensive
B. productive
C. enthusiastic
D. economic
43. It wasn’t ________ she left college that she realized how much she had enjoyed her time there.
A. by the time
B. when
C. until
D. while
44. According to my ________ the meeting starts at ten tomorrow morning.
A. opinion
B. knowledge
C. belief
D. information
45. “I’m very ________ to you for putting in so much hard work,” the boss said.
A. grateful
B. thanking

C. considerate
D. courteous
46. For my birthday I was given a writing set ________ two pens, envelopes and notepapers.
A. comprising
B. involving
C. holding
D. consisting
47. One condition of this job is that you must be ________ to work at weekends.
A. available
B. capable
C. acceptable
D. accessible
48. I am going to ________ my dress dry- cleaned.
A. make
B. send
C. get
D. take
49. Don’t ________ to bring a hairdryer. I’ll lend you mine.
A. mind
B. bother
C. forget
D. worry
50. If you park there, you will have to pay a ________.
A. fee
B. ticket
C. fare
D. fine
VII. Read the following text and choose the correct answer for each question.
The Empire State Building and its occupants suffered a serious trauma one Saturday morning in 1945.
The Empire State Building was, quite suddenly and without warning, struck by an airplane.

That morning, an experienced army pilot named Bill Smith took off from Bedford, Massachusetts in a
B-25 bomber with two passengers on board. He was headed for Newark, New Jersey in very foggy
condition. About an hour into the flight, the plane was in the middle of New York City rather than at its
intended destination. The pilot was able to maneuver the plane around several skyscrapers before it
crashed into the 79th floor of one of the tall buildings, the 102-floor Empire State Building.
When the plane hit the building, there was a huge amount of destruction. There was a big hole in the
outside of the building, and parts of the plane crashed through interior walls on the 78th and 79th floors.
Then, when the fuel tank exploded, six floors of the building went up in flames.
There was also a human toll. Fourteen lives were lost in the crash; the number would have been far
greater, however, if the accident had occurred on a weekday rather than on a Saturday. During working

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hours, there might have 25,000 people in the building.
51. The subject of this passage is ________.
A. an unusual accident
C. a scheduled flight
B. a military attack
D. a visit to a famous building
52. When did this event occur?
A. In the middle of the 19th century.

C. In the middle of the last century.
B. In late 19 century.
D. In late 20th century.
53. Look at the word “struck’ in paragraph 1. This word could be best replaced by ________.
A. flown
B. landed
C. constructed
D. hit
54. How many people, as implied in the passage, were in the plane?
A. l
B.2
C.3
D.4
55. It can be inferred from the passage that fire ________.
A. did not break out anywhere.
B. only engulfed part of the building.
C. spread throughout the whole building.
D. burned down the complete building.
VIII. Choose from the alternatives A, B, C, and D the best way to make meaningful sentences from the
words given about Jack London.
56. Jack London/ life and writings/ represent/ American/ love/ adventure.
A. Jack London’s life and writings represent the American love of adventure.
B. Jack London’s life and writings represents the American love of adventure.
C. Jack London’s life and writings represent for the American love of adventure.
D. Jack London’s life and writings represents for the American love of adventure.
57. He/ quit/ school / fourteen/ become / sailor/.
A. He quitted a school when he was fourteen to become a sailor.
B. He quitted school at the age of fourteen becoming a sailor.
C. He quit school at the age of fourteen and became a sailor.
D. He quit the school at the age of fourteen and became a sailor.

58. He/ travel/ many place/ Europe/ United States/ Far East/.
A. He travelled to many places in Europe, United States and the Far East.
B. He travelled to many places in Europe, the United States and the Far East.
C. He travelled to many places of Europe, the United States and the Far East.
D. He travelled to many places in Europe, the United State and the Far East.
59. experiences/ wild/ northern country provide/ material/ many/ later/ stories/ novels/.
A. His experiences in the wild northern country provided material for many of his later stories and
novels.
B. His experiences in the wild northern country provided with material for many of his later stories and
novels.

C. His experiences in the wild northern country provided material for many from his later stories
and novels.
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D. His experiences of the wild northern country provided material for many of his later stories and
novels.
60. best-known/ novels/ include/ The Call of the Wild/ The Sea-wolf/.
A. His best-known novels include The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf.
B. His best-known novels include with The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf.
C. His best-known novels includes in The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf.

D. His best-known novels include of The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf.
VII. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space.
SALTY OR SQUARE
We know little about how (61) ________ people came to use money, but we (62)________ know
some of the articles which have been used as money. During the days of ancient Rome, salt was hard to
(63)________. Salt for the preparation of food was considered so precious that soldiers were paid
(64)________ it. This salt money was (65)________ as salarium, and from it we get our word salary.
In some regions of Asia, tea was used for money; and the American Indian used a (66) ________ of
shell beads which he called wampum. Perhaps the most common money of all was an animal of some
kind. In some places today, cows are still used as a kind of money. So you see, things highly valued by
everybody may (67)________ as money.
Probably the Greeks or the Chinese began using coins as money. Some scientists think the Chinese
(68) ________ have been first; but it is certain that the Greeks (69)________ coined money over 2,650
years ago.
Today (70)________ coins are round; but the coins of ancient peoples were of many shapes. Some
were round, some were square or rectangular, and (71)________ were even egg-shaped or had square hole
(72) ________ in their centers.
61. A. primary

B. principal

C. primitive

D. antique

62. A. actually

B. indeed

C. can

D. do

63. A. obtain

B. fetch

C. attain

D. acquire

64. A. for

B. with

C. by

D. from

65. A. called

B. named

C. known

D. accepted

66. A. variety

B. shape

C. number

D. form

67. A. act

B. serve

C. make

D. perform

68. A. would

B. should

C. must

D. may

69. A. had

B. have

C. were

D. has

70. A. most of

B. almost

C. most

D. almost of

71. A. another

B. others

C. other

D. the others

72. A. pierced

B. drilled

C. punched

D. cut

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VIII. Read the passage and the questions or unfinished sentences. Then choose the answer - A, B, C, or
D - that you think fits best.
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair—better known to its participants and to history simply as
“Woodstock”—should have been a colossal failure. Just a month prior to its August 15, 1969 opening, the
council of Wailkill, New York, informed the fair’s organizers that it was withdrawing its permission to
hold the festival.
Amazingly, the organizers found a new site, a large field in Woodstock, New York, owned by a local
dairy farmer. Word spread to the public of the fair’s new location. The event drew a larger audience than
the organizers had expected. On the first day of the fair, crowd estimates of 30,000 kept rising, traffic jams
blocked most roads Leading to the area. Some musicians could not reach the site to appear at their
scheduled times. In addition, fences that were supposed to facilitate ticket collection never materialized,
so the organizers abandoned all attempts at taking tickets.
But that was not all: as the large crowd gathered, so did summer storm clouds. It started raining on
opening night and continued for much of the three-day event. To deal with the crowd, which reached an
estimated 500,000 by the third day, helicopters flew in food, doctors, and medical supplies.
Despite all of its problems, the festival featured some of the greatest musicians of the 1960s,
including Janis Joplin; Joan Baez; Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young; Sly and the Family Stone; Creedence
Clearwater Revival; and Jimi Hendrix. Today many people think of Woodstock not only as a milestone for
rock music but as the defining moment for an entire generation.
73. The main idea of this passage is best expressed in which sentence?
A. Most Americans think of Woodstock as a bunch of kids dancing to music in the mud.
B. The organizers underestimated how many people the festival would attract.
C. Despite poor planning, Woodstock was a success and a high point for a generation of Americans.
D. The organizers succeeded in their goal of creating a historically significant event.
74. What was the final crowd estimate?
A. 20,000

B. 500,000

C. 30,000

D. 50,000

75. Which of the following was NOT a problem faced by the event’s organizers?
A. attracting musical talent.

B. blocked access to the site

C. bad weather

D. finding a location for the festival

76. The phrase “defining moment” in paragraph 4 could best be replaced by which word or phrase?
A. belief

B. anecdote

C. fun time

D. symbol

77. Where in the passage does the author describe the weather conditions during the event?
A. at the end of paragraph 2.

B. at the beginning of paragraph 3

C. at the end of 7aragraph 3.

D. at the beginning of paragraph 4

78. The word “facilitate” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. make easier
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B. make more difficult
C. build a facility
D. increase
79. What does the author mean by the statement “the Woodstock Music and Art Fair ... should have been a
colossal failure”?
A. Woodstock should not have happened.
B. Woodstock was a financial failure because the organizers did not collect tickets.
C. When you mix dairy farmers with your g rock fans, you are asking for trouble.
D. The large crowd and other problems could easily have resulted in a crisis.
80. The passage suggests that ________.
A. a free concert would never happen today.
B. area residents thought the rock fans were weird.
C. the impact of the event exceeded expectations.

D. music brings people together in a way other art forms cannot.
Giáo viên : Đặng Văn Mạnh
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ĐỀ SỐ 18
Giáo viên: ĐẶNG VĂN MẠNH
Đây là đề thi đi kèm với Bài giảng luyện đề số 18 (Phần 1) thuộc khóa học Luyện đề thi ĐH-CĐ
môn Tiếng Anh – thầy Đặng Văn Mạnh tại website Hocmai.vn. Để có thể nắm vững kiến thức
trong đề thi, Bạn cần kết hợp xem tài liệu đính kèm với bài giảng này.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 1: Many workers can’t use computers; _______, training is required.
A. on the whole
B. besides

C. consequently
D. for example
Question 2: It’s important that the clients ______ interested.
A. are seeming
B. will seem
C. is seeming
D. seem
Question 3: Mr. Dalla would like the invoices ________ directly to Milan.
A. fax
B. faxing
C. be faxed
D. faxed
Question 4: Feel free to ______ the engineer for more assistance.
A. call on
B. call to
C. call forward
D. call at
Question 5: Costs should be cut; _______, the number of staff positions will be reduced.
A. however
B. therefore
C. meanwhile
D. but
Question 6: The company offers a ________ plan for its workers.
A. retirement
B. retiring
C. retire
D. retired
Question 7: Could you have the assistant ________ my office before he leaves today?
A. stop off
B. stop for

C. stop to
D. stop by
Question 8: The ________ was settled on Saturday.
A. dispute
B. disputing
C. disputable
D. disputant
Question 9: Make sure to use an _______ dealer.
A. authority
B. authorization
C. authorized
D. authoritarian
Question 10: - “Did you know Jim’s getting married next week?”
- “ ________ Who to? ”
A. Really?
B. Is he?
C. Never
D. All are correct
Question 11: - How do you say the following time? 2:57
A. It’s nearly 3 o’clock
B. It’s just before 3 o’clock
C. It’s just coming up to 3 o’clock
D. All are correct
Question 12: Which option is NOT correct? “________ I can’t hear myself think.”
A. Turn it down
B. Turn the music down
C. Turn down the music
D. Turn down it
Question 13: Which of the following ways of saying 6x3 is NOT correct?
A. Six time three

B. Six multiplied by three
C. Six add three
D. Six by three
Question 14: - “When can you get it all done? ”
- “________”
A. “How does next Monday sound?
B. Two hours ago
C. I used to do it on Monday
D. How much time do I need?
Question 15: Which of the following is the function of this sentence:
“I’d love to come, but I’m already going out that evening.”
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A. Offering to do something
B. Apologizing
C. Declining an invitation
D. Giving advice
Question 16: “Jane didn’t look well today, did she?” -“________”
A. I am afraid not
B. No, she seemed ill
C. Yes, she seemed sick

D. A and B
Question 17: After so many years, it is great to see him ________ his ambitions.
A. get
B. realize
C. possess
D. deserve
Question 18: Yes, we went away on holiday last week, but it rained day in day out.
A. every single day
B. every other day
C. every second day
D. every two days
Question 19: “I am very much obliged to you for helping my family.” - “________”
A. My pleasure.
B. That’s all right
C. You’re welcome
D. A & C are correct
Question 20: Yes, I agree, but at the same time it’s not the end of the world.
A. worth worrying about
B. worth talking about
C. worth looking at
D. worth speaking about.
Question 21: Which of these is the opposite of straight?
A. beautiful
B. crooked
C. definite
D. self - conscious
Question 22: - “________” - “It’s not likely.”
A. How important is it to attend university?
B. Is it possible to get a good job without attending university?
C. Would you be interested in attending university in a foreign country?

D. Is it very important to attend a university in a foreign country?
Question 23: You ________ us about the changes in the plans. We need time to prepare for everything.
A. should have told
B. must have told
C. can’t have told
D. might tell
Question 24: Occasionally dolphins ________ to the surface of the water to take in the oxygen.
A. need to raise
B. need to rise
C. raise
D. are swimming
Question 25: - “Would you mind turning your stereo down?”
- “________.”
A. I’m really sorry! I’m not paying attention.
B. Oh, I’m sorry! I didn’t realize that
C. No, I don’t
D. Yes, I do
Question 26: His father prefers ________________.
A. that he attends a different university.
B. that he attend a different university
C. he attends a different university
D. he attend a different university
Question 27: Not until ________ himself seriously ill.
A. he had completed the task did he find
B. had he completed the task did he find
C. had he completed the task he found
D. did he completed the task he had found
Question 28: Before eating ________ thoroughly with soap and clean water.
A. your hands should be washed
B. you should wash your hands

C. you need washing your hands
D. your hands need washed
Question 29: I should be grateful if you would let me keep myself to myself.
A. be quiet
B. be private
C. be lonely
D. be special
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Question 30: Unfortunately, they ________ us in the auction to the tune of 500 pounds.
A. outbid
B. outweighed
C. overdid
D. underwrote
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is closest in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions
Question 31. The famous racehorse Secretariat had to be destroyed because of a painful, incurable hoof
disease.
A. disabling
B. vexatious
C. dangerous

D. irreparable
Question 32. The aircraft carrier is indispensable in naval operations against sea or shore based enemies.
A. unique
B. novel
C. exotic
D. vital
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest
in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions
Question 33:
A. undisturbed

B. another

C. pessimistic

D. epidemic

B. retirement

C. appear

D. implement

B. exhilarate

C. precaution

D. rigorous

Question 34:

A. release
Question 35:
A. transform

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correcting
Question 36: Several developed countries have had a rapid (A) decline in (B) fertility (C) because many
women there have delayed (D) to have children.
Question 37: Since the world was (A) industrialized, (B) the number of animal species that (C) has
become extinct (D) has increased.
Question 38: Man (A) is damaging the balance of nature (B) which regulates climate and the
atmosphere, produces and (C) maintain healthy soils, provides food (D) from the seas.
Question 39: From bones (A) finding in the United States, we (B) have learned that many animals which
(C) no longer existed in the world once (D) made their homes there.
Question 40: (A) Although they are (B) an inexpensive supplier of vitamins, minerals, and high quality
protein, eggs (C) contain a high level of blood cholesterol, one of the major (D) cause of heart disease.
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 41: Henry should have done his homework last night, but he watched TV instead.
A. Henry watched TV last night instead of doing his homework.
B. Henry did not do his homework last night because lie was busy fixing the TV set.
C. Henry did not watch TV last night because lie had to do his homework.
D. Henry did his homework while watching TV.
Question 42: There seems to be nothing in common between the two theories.
A. It’s common to have two different theories.
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