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Đ Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. hospital
A. family
A. biologist
A. confident
A. possible.

B. mischievous
B. whenever
B. generally
B. important
B. university

C. supportive
C. obedient
C. responsible
C. together
C. secondary

D. special
D. solution
D. security
D. exciting
D. suitable

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each sentence.
6. Each of us must take ______ for our own actions.
A. probability
B. ability

C. possibility

D. responsibility

7. These quick and easy _______ can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost.
A. solve
B. solvable
C. solutions
D. solvability
8. John is _______ only child in his family so his parents love him a lot.
A. a
B. an
C. the

D. no article

9. According to the boss, John is the most _______ for the position of executive secretary.
A. supportive
B. caring
C. suitable
D. comfortable
10. She got up late and rushed to the bus stop.
A. came into
B. went leisurely

C went quickly.

D. dropped by

11. Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking.
A. help
B. prepared

C. be busy

D. attempt

12. Whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.
A. happen
B. encounter
C. arrive

D. clean

13. What are the _______ of that country? - I think it is some kinds of cheese and sauces.
A. drinks
B. beverages
C. grains
D. special dishes
14. Peter tried his best and passed the driving test at the first _______.
A. try
B. attempt
C. doing

D. aim

15. Where is Jimmy? - He is ____ work. He is busy ____ his monthly report.
A. on / for
B. in / about
C. to / through

D. at / with

16. With greatly increased workloads, everyone is _______ pressure now.
A. under
B. above
C. upon

D. out of

17. We are not allowed _______ jeans at school.
A. wear
B. to wear

D. worn

C. wearing

18. Sometimes I do not feel like _______ to my sibling about my troubles.
A. talk
B. to talk
C. talking

D. talked

19. The worker was _______ his boss expected, so he was offered a raise.
A. more hard-working
B. as hard-working than
C. more hard-working than
20. John _______ a respectful and obedient student.
A. said to be
B. is said

D. more hard-working as
C. is said being

21. I love _______ films but I seldom find time to go the cinema.
A. see
B. saw
C. seen

D. is said to be
D. seeing


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22. In the last hundred years, traveling _______ much easier and more comfortable.
A. becomes
B. has become
C. became

D. will become

23. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.

A. took
B. had taken
C. had taken
D. was taking

24. In the past the trip _______ very rough and often dangerous, but things _______ a great deal in the last
hundred and fifty years.
A. was / have changed
B. is / change
C. had been / will change

D. has been / changed

25. Now you _______ from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. [not more than]
A. are flying
B. would fly
C. will fly
D. can fly
26. When Carol _______ last night, I ______ my favorite show on television.
A. was calling / watched
B. called / have watched
C. called / was watching

D. had called / watched

27. By this time next summer, you _______ your studies.
A. completes
B. will complete
C. are completing

D.

will

completed
28. Right now, Jim _______ the newspaper and Kathy _______ dinner.
A. reads / has cooked B. is reading / is cooking
C. has read / was cooking

D. read / will be cooking

29. Last night at this time, they _______ the same thing. She _______ and he_______ the Newspaper.
A. are doing / is cooking / is reading
B. were doing / was cooking / was reading
C. was doing / has cooked / is reading
D. had done / was cooking /read
30. When I _______ home last night, I _______ that Jane _______ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
A. had arrived / discovered / prepared
B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing
C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared
D. arrived / discovered / was preparing
Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
31. They are not allowed to go out in the evening by their parents.
A. Their parents do not want them to go out in the evening.
B. Their parents never let them to go out in the evening.
C. Going out in the evening is permitted by their parents.
D. Although their parents do not allow, they still go out in the evening.
32. Although my parents are busy at work, they try to find time for their children.
A. My parents are so busy at work that they cannot find time for their children.

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B. Busy at work as my parents are, they try to find time for their children.
C. My parents are too busy at work to find time for their children.
D. My friends rarely have time for their children because they are busy at work.
33. His eel soup is better than any other soups I have ever eaten.
A. Of all the soups I have ever eaten, his eel soup is the best.
B. I have ever eaten many soups that are better than his eel soup.
C. His eel soup is the worst of all soups I have eaten.
D. His eel soup is good but I have ever eaten many others better.
34. She gets up early to prepare breakfast so that her children can come to school on time.
A. Despite her getting up early to prepare breakfast, her children cannot come to school on time.
B. Because she wants her children to come to school on time, she gets up early to prepare breakfast.
C. If she does not get up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on time.
D. Unless she gets up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on time.
35. The last time I went to the museum was a year ago.
A. I have not been to the museum for a year.
B. A year ago, I often went to the museum.
C. My going to the museum lasted a year.
D. At last I went to the museum after a year.
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Jean spent her first few years in Hooper and her family moved to Otsego early in her life. She was only ten
when her father died unexpectedly, leaving her mother to raise and support their family alone. Her mother soon
went to work outside the home to provide for the family, and Jean, being one of the oldest, had to help care for
her younger siblings. Although she had much responsibility at home, Jean thoroughly enjoyed school and was
an excellent student. She went on to graduate 10th in her class at Otsego High School in 1953.
While still in high school, Jean met a young man named Charles "Chuck" Holly, at a dance in Alamo; and
they were quite taken with each other. Over the next few years, their love for each other blossomed and they

were married on February 24, 1953, while Jean was still in school. At the time, Chuck was serving his country
in the military, and had come home on leave to marry his sweetheart. Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, he was
sent overseas to serve in Korea for the next fifteen months.
Upon his discharge, the couple settled into married life together in the Plainwell, Otsego area. To help
make ends meet, Jean went to work at the collection bureau in Kalamazoo for a while, before taking a job at the
cheese company in Otsego. In 1964, Chuck and Jean were overjoyed with the birth of their son, Chuck, who
brought great joy into their lives. Jean remembered how her mother was always gone so much working after her
father died and she did not want that for her son, so she left her job to devote herself to the role of a mother. [be
taken with sb/sth: find sb/sth attractive or interesting;


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on leave: absent with permission; blossom: develop; make (both) ends meet: earn enough money to live
without getting into debt]
36. After Jean's father passed away, her mother used to _______.
A. work outside the home
B. be a housewife
C. support the family alone

D. work as a secretary

37. Which is not referred to Jean?
A. She was a responsible girl.
B. She never helped her mother with household chores.
C. She often did well at school.
D. She went to high school.
38. Jean's husband was a _______.
A. teacher
B. dancer

C. soldier

39. Jean _______.
A. served in the military

B. lived in Korea for fifteen months

C. had a daughter

D. servant

D. got married when she was a student

40. Which is not TRUE about Jean?
A. She disliked staying at home and taking care of her child.
B. She worked outside the home before she had a child.
C. She was very happy when she got a baby.
D. She quit her job to look after her baby.
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
On December 10, 2006, I was going through some hard time. The landlady did not want to release the
house any more so I had to (41) _____ and only had one month to find a place. Because Christmas was coming
and it was difficult for me to (42) _____ a suitable accommodation. I had only some money (43) _____. I could
not buy a Christmas tree and some presents for my three boys, (44) _____ I had to use the money to find a place
to live. Tome, it broke my heart as I could not prepare the Christmas for my three boys. I have been their only
parent since my husband (45) _____ away two years ago. I was so sad and everything was getting on my
nerves. Although I managed to solve the problem myself I could not help (46) _____ my sons about the things.
When I suddenly woke up at midnight, I found my eldest son was sitting (47) _____me. He kissed me and said,
"Don't worry, Mum. We love you very much and always stand by you (48) ____ happens." At the moment I
started weeping, grabbed him and kissed him. His words and love made me (49) _____ all about what I was
stressing about.

In fact ever since that moment, I have realized that I can overcome any problems thanks to my sons' love.
The most important thing of my life is that my boys are safe and healthy, and they bring me joy all the time. The
memory (50) _____ me that nothing really matters, when I have the love of my children.
41.

A. transfer

B. convert

C. move

D. change


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42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.

A. notice
A. leave
A. because
A. passes
A. tell

A. by
A. whenever
A. forget
A. remembers

B. watch
B. to leave
B. although
B. passed
B. to tell
B. next
B. whatever
B. to forget
B. minds

C. find
C. leaving
C. as though
C. has passed
C. told
C. over
C. whoever
C. forgot
C. reminds

D. see
D. left
D. if
D. was passing
D. telling

D. up
D. however
D. forgetting
D. misses

đề thi thử THPTQG_lần 3_năm 2017 trường THPT chuyên Thái Bình
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: The players’ protests _____ no difference to the referee’s decision at all
A. did

B. made

C. caused

D. created

Question 2: Peter, Harry and Chuck were the first, second and third _____ in the school cross-country race.
A. respectively

B. actively

C. responsively

D. tremendously

Question 3: By using all the latest technology, the yacht-man managed to cross the Altanlic in _____ time
A. record

B. lightning

C. top

D. quickest

Question 4: Why _____ Peter to the party? He is always making trouble
A. don’t we invite

B. don't you invite

C. not invite

D. invite

Question 5: The speaker fails to get his message _____ to his audience
A. around

B. in

C. across

D. out

Question 6: You are under no obligation _____ to accept this offer.
A. whatsoever

B. eventually

C. apart

D. indeed

Question 7: There’s a lot more to Willie than one would think: still waters run _____.
A. deep

B. deeply

C. deepness

D. depth

Question 8: The ideas _____ to nothing because I couldn’t afford to do it.
A. went

B. came

C. turned

D. changed

Question 9: You can always _____ Ann to give you sound advice.
A. bank of

B. bank for

C. bank at

D. bank on

Question 10: His emotional problems _____ from the attitudes he encountered as a child, I think.

A. stem

B. flourish

C. root

D. sprout

Question 11: _____ no money would be wasted, we will use energy more efficiently.
A. so that

B. in order that

C. in order to

D. A & B


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Question 12: Interpreting is not a mechanical process of converting a sentence in language A into a sentence in
language B. _____, it is a comlex art.
A. But

B. In addition

C. Rather

D. However

Question 13: “Shall we eat out tonight?” – “_____.”

A. That’s understandable

B. That’s a great idea.

C. It is very kind of you to invite me.

D. You are very welcome.

Question 14: “You have a wonderful garden!” – “_____.”
A. I can’t believe it!

B. It’s my pleasure.

C. Yours is great too! D. Don’t mention it!

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 main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 15:

A. permanent

B. continue

C. complete

D. relationship

Question 16:

A. endanger

B. geometry

C. opposite

D. geography

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions
Question 17: Nancy concurred with her boss about the new direction the company was taking.
A. disagreed

B. agreed

C. surrendered

D. confessed

Question 18: “We strongly believe that he’s innocent of the crime. We do not think that he did it.”
A. clean

B. guilty

C. faultless

D. crimeless

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions
Question 19:

A. oases

B. goose

C. horse

D. crisis

Question 20:

A. capable

B. angle

C. danger

D. ancient

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
Question 21: Not until 1946 did the world chess governing body, FIDE, assert its control over international
championship play.
A. declare

B. relinquish

C. petition

D. decrease

Question 22: All classifications of human societies and cultures are arbitrary.
A. useful

B. haphazard

C. insufficient

D. ambiguous


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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 23: Refusal to give a breath sample to the police could lead to your arrest.
A. If you refused to be arrested, you have to give a breath sample.
B. You could be arrested for not giving a breath sample to the police.
C. If a breath sample is not given, the police will refuse to arrest you.
D. The police could cause you to give a breath sample to decide whether to arrest you or not.
Question 24: The student was very bright. He could solve all the math problems.
A. He was such bright student that he could solve all the math problems.
B. The student was very bright that he could solve all the math problems.
C. He was so bright a student that he could solve all the math problems.
D. Such bright was the student that he could solve all the math problems.
Question 25: I spent a long time getting over the disappointment of losing the match.
A. It took me long to stop disappointing you
B. Getting over the disappointment took me a long time than the match.
C. Losing the match disappointed me too much.
D. It took me long to forget the disappointment of losing the match.
Question 26: They don’t let the workers use the office telephone for personal calls.

A. They don’t allow using the office telephone to call personal secretaries.
B. They don’t allow workers to use the office telephone.
C. the office telephone is used by workers personally.
D. They don’t let the office telephone be used for personal purpose by workers
Question 27: He said that listening to loud music through headphones for too long caused my headache.
A. listening to loud music through headphones for too long resulted from my headache.
B. My headache resulted in listening to loud music through headphones for too long.
C. listening to loud music through headphones for too long was said to cause my headache
D. My headache is said to cause by listening to loud music through headphones for too long

Read the following pasage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34.
Some animal behaviorists argue that certain animals can remember past events, anticipate future ones,
make plans and choices, and coordinate activities within a group. These scientists, however, are cautious about
the extent to which animals can be credited with conscious processing. Explanations of animal behavior that
leave out any sort of consciousness at all and ascribe actions entirely to instinct leave many questions


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unanswered. One example of such unexplained behavior: Honeybees communicate the sources of nectar to one
another by doing a dance in a figure-eight pattern. The orientation of the dance conveys the position of the food
relative to the sun's position in the sky, and the speed of the dance tells how far the food source is from the hive.
Most researchers assume that the ability to perform and encode the dance is innate and shows no special
intelligence. But in one study, when experimenters kept changing the site of the food source, each time moving
the food 25 percent farther from the previous site, foraging honeybees began to anticipate where the food source
would appear next. When the researchers arrived at the new location, they would find the bees circling the spot,
waiting for their food. No one has yet explained how bees, whose brains weigh four ten-thousandths of an
ounce, could have inferred the location of the new site. Other behaviors that may indicate some cognition
include tool use. Many animals, like the otter who uses a stone to crack mussel shells, are capable of using
objects in the natural environment as rudimentary tools. One researcher has found that mother chimpanzees

occasionally show their young how to use tools to open hard nuts. In one study, chimpanzees compared two
pairs of food wells containing chocolate chips. One pair might contain, say, five chips and three chips, the other
our chips and three chips. Allowed to choose which pair they wanted, the chimpanzees almost always chose the
one with the higher total, showing some sort of summing ability. Other chimpanzees have learned to use
numerals to label quantities of items and do simple sums.
Question 28: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Observations that suggest consciousness in animal behavior.
B. The use of food in studies of animal behavior.
C. The role of instinct in animal behavior.
D. Differences between the behavior of animals in their natural environments and in laboratory experiments.
Question 29: Which of the following is NOT discussed as an ability animals are thought to have?
A. Communicating emotions

B. Remembering past experiences

C. Selecting among choices

D. Anticipating events to come

Question 30: What did researchers discover in the study of honeybees discussed in paragraph 2?
A. Bees are able to travel at greater speeds than scientists thought.
B. The bees were able to determine in advance where scientists would place their food.
C. Changing the location of food caused bees to decrease their dance activity.
D. The bees could travel 25% farther than scientists expected.
Question 31: It can be inferred from the passage that brain size is assumed to ___________.
A. be an indicator of cognitive ability

B. be related to food consumption

C. correspond to levels of activity

D. vary among individuals within a species

Question 32: Why are otters and mussel shells included in the discussion in paragraph 3?
A. To provide that certain species demonstrate greater ability in tool use than other species.


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B. To provide an example of tool use among animals.
C. To show that animals are very good at using objects in their habitat.
D. To provide an example of the use of weapons among animals.
Question 33: The word “rudimentary” is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. technical

B. basic

C. superior

D. original

Question 34: Scientists concluded from the experiment with chimpanzees and chocolate chips that
chimpanzees __________.
A. prefer to work in pairs or groups
B. have difficulty selecting when given choices
C. lack abilities that other primates have
D. exhibit behavior that indicates certain mathematical abilities

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word for each of the blanks
Television has changed the lifestyle of people in every industrialized country in the world. In the United

States, where sociologists have studied the effects, some interesting observations have been made. TV, although
not essential, has become a(n) (35) ______ part of most people’s lives. It has become a babysitter, an initiator of
conversations, a major transmitter of culture, and a keeper of traditions. Yet when what can be seen on TV in
one day is critically analyzed, it becomes evident that TV is not a teacher but a sustainer. The poor quality of
programs does not elevate people into greater (36) ______, but rather maintains and encourages the status quo.
The (37) ______ reason for the lack of quality in American TV is related to both the history of TV development
and the economics of TV. TV in American began with the radio. Radio companies and their sponsors first
experimented with TV. Therefore, the close relationship, which the advertisers had with radio programs, but
many actually produced the programs. Thus, (38) ______ from the capitalistic, profit- oriented sector of
American society, TV is primarily concerned with reflecting and attracting society (39) ______ than innovating
and experimenting with new ideas. Advertisers want to attract the largest viewing audience possible; to do so
requires that the programs be entertaining rather than challenging. TV in America today remains, to a large
extent, with the same organization and standards as it had thirty years ago. The hope for some evolution and
true achievement toward improving society will require a change in the entire system
Question 35:

A. integral

B. mixed

C. fractional

D. superior

Question 36:

A. preconception B. knowledge

C. understanding D. feeling

Question 37:

A. adequate

B. unknown

C. inexplicable

D. primary

Question 38:

A. going

B. leaving

C. come from

D. getting

Question 39:

A. more

B. rather than

C. less

D. better

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Read the following pasage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions
In the very distant geological past, all animals were aquatic. The very first vertebrates or animals with
backbones, of which we have any fossil record, lived in water. These vertebrates, the fish, were adapted to
underwater living. Their streamlined bodies were covered with scales to reduce surface friction: they had
muscular tails so that they could swim swiftly in such a dense medium as water; and they were endowed with
gills for breathing underwater. Descendants of fish-type ancestors crossed the seashore barrier and
accommodated themselves to life on land. As amphibians, they possessed limbs instead of fins and lungs
instead of gills. But they never became completely free of the bonds that tied them to the water; even today
many amphibians return to the water to lay their eggs. Millions of years after the first clumsy amphibians
crawled over the land, newer types of land dwellers appeared, these animals give rise to the present-day reptiles
and mammals. They were completely converted for land dwelling, with bodies and biological activities far
different from those of fish. With these special adaptations, mammals have been able to colonize the woods and
meadows, the deserts and high mountains, often far removed from the sea.
Question 40: Of the animals with backbones, the first to appear were……
A. fish

B. amphibians

C. birds

D. mammals

Question 41: Fish are suited to underwater life because of their………
A. Gills

B. All of the answers C. Streamlines shapes D. Scales

Question 42: The passage suggests that the first amphibians used their limbs to……..
A. jump

B. run

C. swim

D. crawl

Question 43: The word “descendants” is closest in meaning to _____.
A. Grandchildren

B. Ancestors

C. Descenders

D. Off spring

Question 44: An example of an amphibian’s incomplete adaptation to land life is…….
A. need to keep its skin wet

B. return to water to lay eggs

C. inability to breathe air.

D. Scales-covered skin

Question 45: Animals found desert living possible only……….
A. when they were fully adapted to land

B. after they could walk on two feet

C. when they became amphibious

D. if they migrated to sea periodically

Question 46: The seashore was a barrier for descendants of fish-type because………
A. crossing it required bodily changes.
B. every attempt to cross it ended in death.
C. the land once rose much higher above the sea.
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Question 47: The adaptation process described in the article was completed……
A. By the receding of the sea
B. Through biological changes
C. Over millions of years and Through biological changes
D. Over millions of years
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part needs correction in
each of the following questions.
Question 48: The woman of whom the red car is parked in front of the bank is a famous pop star
A. of whom

B. parked

C. in front of the bank D. famous pop star

Question 49: Neither of the men arresting as terrorists would reveal information about his group.
A. Neither

B. arresting

C. would reveal

D. his group.

Question 50: The most visible remind of the close relationship between the United States and France is the
famous Statue of Liberty, which stands in New York habor.
A. remind

B. between

C. is

D. which

Đáp án
1-B

2-A

3-A

4-D

5-C

6-A

7-A

8-B

9-D

10-A

11-D

12-C

13-B

14-C

15-A

16-C

17-A

18-B

19-A

20-B

21-A

22-B

23-B

24-C

25-D

26-D

27-C

28-A

29-A

30-D

31-A

32-B

33-B

34-D

35-A

36-C

37-D

38-C

39-B

40-A

41-B

42-D

43-D

44-B

45-A

46-A

47-C

48-A

49-B

50-A

LỜI GIẢI CHI TIẾT
Question 1: Đáp án B

Giải thích: Cấu trúc: make no different to sb/sth: Không có gì khác biệt với ai/cái gì, không ảnh hưởng tới ai/cái
gì.
Đáp án còn lại:
do (v) làm
cause (v) gây ra
create (v) tạo ra
Dịch nghĩa: Sự phản đối của các cầu thủ không ảnh hưởng chút nào tới quyết định của trọng tài cả.
Question 2: Đáp án A
Giải thích: respectively (adv) theo trình tự riêng từng người/từng cái một; một cách tương ứng.
Đáp án còn lại:


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actively (adv) một cách năng động
responsively (adv) một cách nhanh nhạy
tremendously (adv) rất lớn, vô cùng
Dịch nghĩa: Peter, Harry và Chuck là người đầu tiên, thứ hai và thứ ba tương ứng trong cuộc đua xuyên quốc
gia.
Question 3: Đáp án A
Giải thích: Cụm từ: in record time: nhanh chóng, (hoàn thành cái gì) trong thời gian nhanh chóng.
Đáp án còn lại:
lightning (n) tia chớp
top (n) đầu
quickest (adj) nhanh nhất
Dịch nghĩa: Bằng các sử dụng tất cả các công nghệ mới nhất, người đàn ông đi du thuyền thành công vượt Đại
Tây Dương trong thời gian kỉ lục.
Question 4: Đáp án D
Giải thích: Trong văn nói, không cần ngữ pháp hoàn toàn chính xác, nhưng người nghe vẫn hiểu được. Xét
nghĩa của câu, ta thấy đáp án D hợp lí.
Why invite Peter to the party? = Why did/do you invite Peter to the party? Dịch nghĩa: Tại sao lại mời Peter đến

bữa tiệc? Anh ta luôn gây rắc rối.
Question 5: Đáp án C
Giải thích: Cấu trúc: get (sth) across (to sb) (phrV): (làm cho) được hiểu rõ, làm cho ai hiểu rõ về vấn đề gì.
Đáp án còn lại:
get around (phrV): đi vòng qua; tránh, lách
get in (phrV): vào, len vào
get out (phrV): đi ra, ra ngoài
Dịch nghĩa: Người diễn thuyết thất bại trong việc truyền tải thông điệp đến người nghe.
Question 6: Đáp án A
Giải thích: whatsover = whatever: bất cứ cái gì, mọi cái
Đáp án còn lại:
eventually (adv) cuối cùng
apart (prep) tách biệt
indeed (adv) quả thực, thành thực
Dịch nghĩa: Bạn không có nghĩa vụ nào phải chấp nhận đề nghị này.
Question 7: Đáp án A


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Giải thích: Still waters run deep (idm): Những người kín đáo mới là những người sâu sắc; tẩm ngẩm tầm ngầm
mà đấm chết voi.
Đáp án còn lại: Không đúng cấu trúc thành ngữ.
Dịch nghĩa: Có rất nhiều điều về Willie hơn người ta nghĩ: tẩm ngẩm tầm ngầm mà đấm chết voi.
Question 8: Đáp án B
Giải thích: Cụm từ: come to nothing: không đi đến đâu, không được gì, ... Đáp án còn lại: Không đúng cấu trúc
Dịch nghĩa: Những ý tưởng này không đi đến đâu cả vì tôi không đủ khả năng thực hiện nó.
Question 9: Đáp án D
Giải thích: Cấu trúc: bank on sb/sth (phrV): trông mong vào ai/điều gì Đáp án còn lại: Không có “bank
of/for/at”
Dịch nghĩa: Bạn luôn trông mong Ann đưa ra lời tư vấn cho bạn.

Question 10: Đáp án A
Giải thích: Sterm from (phrV): bắt nguồn từ
Đáp án còn lại:
flourish (v) thành công, phát triển tốt
root (v) bén rễ, cắm sâu vào
sprout (v) nhú lên, nảy mầm, phát triển
Dịch nghĩa: Tôi nghĩ, vấn đề cảm xúc của anh bắt nguồn từ thái độ anh gặp phải khi còn bé.
Question 11: Đáp án D
Giải thích: Cấu trúc: So that/In order that + clause: để mà (chỉ mục đích) Đáp án còn lại:
In order to do sth: để làm gì
Dịch nghĩa: Để tiền không bị lãng phí, chúng ta sẽ sử dụng năng lượng một cách hiệu quả.
Question 12: Đáp án C
Giải thích: Rather: thay vào đó
Đáp án còn lại:
But: nhưng
In addition: thêm vào đó
However: tuy nhiên
Dịch nghĩa: Phiên dịch không phải là một quá trình cơ học chuyển đổi một câu trong ngôn ngữ A thành một câu
ngôn ngữ B. Thay vòa đó, nó là một nghệ thuật phức tạp.
Question 13: Đáp án B
A. That’s understandable: Điều đó có thể hiểu được
B. That’s a great idea: Đó là một ý tưởng tuyệt vời
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D. You are very welcome: Không có gì (đáp lại lời cảm ơn)
Dịch nghĩa: “Chúng ta sẽ ăn ngoài tối nay chứ?”
Question 14: Đáp án C
A. I can’t believe it! Tôi không thể tin được

B. It’s my pleasure: Đó là vinh hạnh của tôi.
C. Yours is great too: Của bạn cũng vậy.
D. Don’t mention it! Đừng nhắc đến nó!
Dịch nghĩa: “Bạn có một khu vườn thật tuyệt vời” – “Vườn của bạn cũng thế”.
Question 15: Đáp án A
Đáp án A permanent /ˈpɜːmənənt/, trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ nhất, các đáp án còn lại rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai.
A. permanent /ˈpɜːmənənt/ (adj) vĩnh cửu
B. continue /kənˈtɪnjuː/ (v) tiếp tục
C. complete /kəmˈpliːt/ (v) hoàn thành
D. relationship /rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/ (n) mối quan hệ
Question 16: Đáp án C
Đáp án C opposite /ˈɒpəzɪt/, trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ nhất, các đáp án còn lại rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai.
A. endanger /ɪnˈdeɪndʒə(r)/ (v) trong huy hiểm, gặp nguy cơ bị đe dọa
B. geometry /dʒiˈɒmətri/ (n) hình học
C. opposite /ˈɒpəzɪt/ (adj) đối diện
D. geography /dʒiˈɒɡrəfi/ (n) địa lí
Question 17: Đáp án A
Giải thích: concur (v) đồng ý, nhất trí >< disagree (v) không đồng ý Đáp án còn lại:
agree (v) đồng ý
surrender (v) đầu hàng
confess (v) thú nhận
Dịch nghĩa: Nancy đồng ý với ông chủ của cô về hướng đi mới của công ty đang dùng.
Question 18: Đáp án B
Giải thích: innocent (adj) vô tôi, ngây thơ >< guilty (adj) có tội
Đáp án còn lại:
clean (adj) sác, trong sạch
faultless (adj) không có thiếu sót
Không có “crimeless”
Dịch nghĩa: Chúng tôi tin tưởng anh ta vô tội trong vụ này. Chúng tôi không tin anh ta đã thực hiện nó.
Question 19: Đáp án A

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oases /əʊˈeɪsɪz/, phát âm là /z/, các đáp án còn lại phát âm là /s/.
A. oases /əʊˈeɪsɪs/(số ít) và /əʊˈeɪsɪz/(số nhiều) (n) ốc đảo
B. goose /ɡuːs/ (n) ngỗng
C. horse /hɔːs/ (n) ngựa
D. crisis /ˈkraɪsɪs/(n) bạo loạn
Question 20: Đáp án B
angle /ˈæŋɡl/, phát âm là /æ/, các đáp án còn lại phát âm là /eɪ/.
A. capable /ˈkeɪpəbl/ (adj) có thể
B. angle /ˈæŋɡl/ (n) góc
C. danger /ˈdeɪ ndʒə(r)/ (n) sự nguy hiểm
D. ancient /ˈeɪ nʃənt/ (adj) cổ đại
Question 21: Đáp án A
Giải thích: assert (v) khẳng định, tuyên bố, đòi (quyền lợi) = declare (v) tuyên bố
Đáp án còn lại:
B. relinquish (v) thôi, từ bỏ
C. petition (n) kiến nghị, thỉnh cầu
D. decrease (v) giảm, cắt giảm
Dịch nghĩa: Cho mãi đến tận năm 1946, cơ quan chủ quản cờ vua thế giới, FIDE, khằng định quyền kiểm soát
luật chơi vô địch quốc tế.
Question 22: Đáp án B
Giải thích: arbitrary (adj) tùy tiện = haphazard (adj) bừa bãi, vô tổ chức
Đáp án còn lại:
A. useful (adj) có ích
C. insufficient (adj) không đủ
D. ambiguous (adj) tối nghĩa, nhập nhằng
Dịch nghĩa: Tất cả các phân loại của xã hội và nên văn hóa của con người là tùy ý.
Question 23: Đáp án B

Dịch nghĩa: Từ chối cung cấp mẫu hơi thở cho cảnh sát có thể dẫn đến việc bạn bị bắt giữ.
B. Bạn có thể bị bắt giữ vì không cung cấp mẫu hơi thở cho cảnh sát. Đáp án còn lại:
A. Nếu bạn từ chối việc bị bắt giữ, bạn phải cung cấp mẫu hơi thở.
C. Nếu mẫu hơi thở không được đưa ra, cảnh sát sẽ từ chối việc bắt giữ bạn.
D. Cảnh sát có thể bắt bạn cung cấp mẫu hơi thở để quyết định có bắt giữ bạn hay không.
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Giải thích: Cấu trúc: S + to be + so + adj + that +clause = S + to be + such + a/an + adj + N + that + clause: Ai
quá như thế nào đến nỗi mà ...
Dịch nghĩa: Học sinh đó rất thông minh. Cậu ấy có thể giải quyết tất cả các vấn đề toán học.
C. Cậu ấy thông minh đến mức có thể giải quyết tất cả các vấn đề toán học.
Đáp án còn lại:
A. Thiếu mạo từ “a”
B. Không đúng cấu trúc
D. Thiếu mạo từ “a”
Question 25: Đáp án D
Giải thích: Cấu trúc: It takes/took sb + time + to do sth: Mất bao lâu của ai để làm gì
Dịch nghĩa: Tôi dành một thời gian dài vượt qua sự thất vọng của việc thua trận đấu.
D. Tôi mất một thời gian dài để quên đi sự thất vọng của việc thua trận đấu.
Đáp án còn lại:
A. Tôi mất thời gian dài để ngừng làm bạn thất vọng.
B. Vượt qua sự thất vọng khiến tôi mất thời gian hơn cả trận đấu.
C. Thua trận đấu làm tôi thất vọng rất nhiều.
Question 26: Đáp án D
Dịch nghĩa: Họ không cho công nhân sử dụng điện thoại văn phòng cho mục đích cá nhân của công nhân.
D. Họ không cho phép điện thoại văn phòng được sử dụng cho mục đích cá nhân của công nhân.
Đáp án còn lại:
A. Họ không cho phép sử dụng điện thoại văn phòng để gọi thư ký riêng.

B. Họ không cho công nhân sử dụng điện thoại văn phòng.
C. Điện thoại văn phòng được sử dụng bởi công nhân một cách cá nhân.
Question 27: Đáp án C
Giải thích: result from sth (v) gây ra điều gì
Dịch nghĩa: Anh ấy nói nghe nhạc quá to qua tai nghe trong thời gian dài gây ra chứng đau đầu của tôi.
C. Nghe nhạc quá to qua tai nghe trong thời gian dài được cho là đã gây ra chứng đau đầu của tôi.
Đáp án còn lại:
A. Nghe nhạc quá to trong thời gian dài là kết quả từ chứng đau đầu của tôi.
B. Chứng đau đầu của tôi để lại kết quả trong việc nghe nhạc to qua tai nghe trong thời gian dài.
D. Không đúng thì.
Question 28: Đáp án A
Giải thích: Đoạn văn chủ yếu đề cập đến những quan sát mà từ đó cho thấy ý thức trong hành vi cảu động vật.
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“Some animal behaviorists argue that certain animals can remember past events,”
“Explanations of animal behavior that leave out any sort of consciousness at all”
“Other behaviors that may indicate some cognition include tool use. Many animals, like the otter who uses a
stone to crack mussel shells, are capable of using objects in the natural environment as rudimentary tools.”
Dịch nghĩa: Đoạn văn chủ yếu là thảo luận về gì?
A. Các quan sát cho thấy ý thức trong hành vi của động vật.
B. Sử dụng thức ăn trong các nghiên cứu về hành vi của động vật.
C. Vai trò của bản năng trong hành vi của động vật.
D. Sự khác nhau giữa hành vi của động vật trong môi trường tự nhiên của chúng và trong các thí nghiệm trong
phòng thí nghiệm.
Question 29: Đáp án A
Thông tin nằm ở: “Some animal behaviorists argue that certain animals can remember past events, anticipate
future ones, make plans and choices, and coordinate activities within a group.”
Dịch nghĩa: Câu nào dưới đây KHÔNG được thảo luận là một động vật được nghĩ là có?

A. Giao tiếp cảm xúc
B. Nhớ lại những trải nghiệm trong quá khứ
C. Lựa chọn giữa các lựa chọn
D. dự đoán các sự kiện sắp tới
Question 30: Đáp án D
Giải thích: Thông tin nằm ở: “But in one study, when experimenters kept changing the site of the food source,
each time moving the food 25 percent farther from the previous site”
Dịch nghĩa: Các nhà nghiên cứu đã khám phá ra gì trong nghiên cứu về ong mật đã thảo luận trong đoạn 2?
A. Con ong có thể di chuyển ở tốc độ lớn hơn các nhà khoa học nghĩ.
B. Những con ong có thể xác định trước nơi các nhà khoa học sẽ đặt thức ăn của chúng.
C. Thay đổi vị trí của thực phẩm gây ra ong để giảm hoạt động bước nhảy của chúng.
D. Những con ong có thể đi 25% xa hơn các nhà khoa học mong đợi.
Question 31: Đáp án A
Giải thích: Thông tin nằm ở: “No one has yet explained how bees, whose brains weigh four ten-thousandths of
an ounce, could have inferred the location of the new site.”
Dịch nghĩa: Có thể suy luận từ đoạn văn rằng kích thước não được giả định là ___________.
A. Là một chỉ số về khả năng nhận thức
B. có liên quan đến tiêu thụ thực phẩm
C. tương ứng với các mức hoạt động
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Question 32: Đáp án B
Giải thích: Thông tin nằm ở: “Other behaviors that may indicate some cognition include tool use.”
Dịch nghĩa: Tại sao những con rái cá và vỏ ốc được bao gồm trong cuộc thảo luận ở đoạn 3?
A. Để cung cấp một số loài cho thấy khả năng sử dụng dụng cụ cao hơn các loài khác.
B. Để cung cấp một ví dụ về việc sử dụng dụng cụ trong động vật.
C. Để chứng minh rằng động vật rất tốt khi sử dụng vật thể trong môi trường sống của chúng.
D. Cung cấp một ví dụ về việc sử dụng vũ khí trong động vật.

Question 33: Đáp án B
Giải thích: rudimentary (adj) cơ bản = basic (adj) cơ bản, nền tảng Đáp án còn lại:
A. technical (adj) kỹ thuật
C. superior (adj) vượt trội
D. original (adj) ban đầu
Dịch nghĩa: Từ “rudimentary” gần nghĩa nahast với _____.
Question 34: Đáp án D
Giải thích: Thông tin nằm ở: “Allowed to choose which pair they wanted, the chimpanzees almost always chose
the one with the higher total, showing some sort of summing ability. Other chimpanzees have learned to use
numerals to label quantities of items and do simple sums.”
Dịch nghĩa: Các nhà khoa học kết luận từ thí nghiệm với tinh tinh và kẹo socola rằng tinh tinh __________.
A. thích làm việc theo cặp hoặc nhóm
B. gặp khó khăn khi lựa chọn khi đưa ra lựa chọn
C. thiếu khả năng mà các loài linh trưởng khác có
D. biểu hiện hành vi cho thấy một số khả năng toán học
Question 35: Đáp án A
Giải thích: integral (adj) thiết yếu
Đáp án còn lại:
B. mixed (adj) hỗn hợp
C. fractional (adj) rất nhỏ
D. superior (adj) vượt trội
Question 36: Đáp án C
Giải thích: understanding (n) sự hiểu biết
Đáp án còn lại:
A. preconception (n) ý kiến tiện định
B. knowledge (n) kiến thức
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Question 37: Đáp án D
Giải thích: primary (adj) chủ yếu, chính
Đáp án còn lại:
A. adequate (adj) thỏa đáng, thích đáng
B. unknown (adj) không biết
C. inexplicable (adj) không thể giải thích được
Question 38: Đáp án C
Giải thích: come from (v) đến từ
Đáp án còn lại:
A. going (v) đi
B. leaving (v) dời khỏi
D. getting (v) đạt được
Question 39: Đáp án B
Giải thích: Rather than: hơn là, hơn
Đáp án còn lại:
A. more
C. less : Cấu trúc so sánh hơn và kém hơn
D. better: tốt hơn
Question 40: Đáp án A
Giải thích: Thông tin nằm ở: “The very first vertebrates or animals with backbones, of which we have any fossil
record, lived in water. These vertebrates, the fish, were adapted to underwater living.”
Dịch nghĩa: Trong số các động vật có xương sống, đầu tiên xuất hiện _____
A. fish (n) cá
B. amphibians (n) lưỡng cư
C. birds (n) chim
D. mammals (n) động vật có vú
Question 41: Đáp án B
Giải thích: Thông tin nằm ở: “Their streamlined bodies were covered with scales to reduce surface friction: they
had muscular tails so that they could swim swiftly in such a dense medium as water; and they were endowed
with gills for breathing underwater.”

Dịch nghĩa: Cá phù hợp dưới nước vì .... của chúng.
A. Gills (n) mang
B. All of the answers: tất cả đáp án
C. Streamlines shapes (n) hình dạng hợp lí


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D. Scales (n) vảy
Question 42: Đáp án D
Giải thích: Thông tin nằm ở: “Millions of years after the first clumsy amphibians crawled over the land, ....”
Dịch nghĩa: Đoạn văn cho thấy động vật lưỡng cư đầu tiên sử dụng chân tay để ....
A. jump (v) nhảy
B. run (v) chạy
C. swim (v) bơi
D. crawl (v) bò
Question 43: Đáp án D
Giải thích: descendants (n) thế hệ sau, con cháu
Dịch nghĩa: Từ “descendants” gần nghĩa nhất với ____.
A. Grandchildren (n) cháu
B. Ancestors (n) tổ tiên
C. Descenders (n) phần thấp của ký tự
D. Off spring (n) con cháu
Question 44: Đáp án B
Giải thích: Thông tin nằm ở: “But they never became completely free of the bonds that tied them to the water;
even today many amphibians return to the water to lay their eggs.”
Dịch nghĩa: Một ví dụ về sự thích ứng không đầy đủ của lưỡng cư đối với cuộc sống đất đai là ...
A. cần giữ da ẩm ướt
B. trở lại với nước để đẻ trứng
C. không có khả năng hít thở không khí.
D. vảy bao phủ da

Question 45: Đáp án A
Giải thích: Thông tin nằm ở: “They were completely converted for land dwelling, with bodies and biological
activities far different from those of fish. With these special adaptations, mammals have been able to colonize
the woods and meadows, the deserts ....”
Dịch nghĩa: Động vật nhận thấy trên sa mạc có thể sống được ...
A. Khi chúng đã được thích nghi hoàn toàn với mặt đất.
B. sau khi chúng có thể đi bộ bằng hai chân.
C. khi chúng trở thành lưỡng cư
D. nếu chúng di cư ra biển định kỳ
Question 46: Đáp án A


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Giải thích: Thông tin nằm ở: “These vertebrates, the fish, were adapted to underwater living. Their streamlined
bodies were covered with scales to reduce surface friction: they had muscular tails so that they could swim
swiftly in such a dense medium as water; and they were endowed with gills for breathing underwater.
Descendants of fish-type ancestors crossed the seashore barrier and accommodated themselves to life on land.”
Dịch nghĩa: Bờ biển là rào chắn cho con cháu của loài cá vì ......
A. băng qua nó yêu cầu những thay đổi của cơ thể.
B. mọi cố gắng để vượt qua nó đã kết thúc bằng cái chết.
C. đất đã tăng cao hơn nhiều so với mực nước biển.
D. khi chúng vượt qua, không có sự trở lại.
Question 47: Đáp án C
Giải thích: Quá trình thích ứng hình thành qua thời gian dài và thông qua những biến đổi sinh học của cơ thể để
thích ứng. Thông tin nằm ở: “Millions of years after the first clumsy amphibians crawled over the land, newer
types of land dwellers appeared, these animals give rise to the present-day reptiles and mammals.”
“These vertebrates, the fish, were adapted to underwater living. Their streamlined bodies were covered with
scales to reduce surface friction: ...”
Dịch nghĩa: Tiến trình thích ứng được mô tả trong bài viết đã được hoàn thành ......
A. Bởi sự thoái lùi của biển

B. Qua những thay đổi sinh học
C. Qua hàng triệu năm và qua những thay đổi sinh học
D. Qua hàng triệu năm
Question 48: Đáp án A
Giải thích: of whom --> whose
Chủ ngữ chính của câu là “the women”, chủ ngữ của mệnh đề quan hệ là “the red car” nên cần một đại từ quan
hệ nói lên mối quan hệ giữa hai chủ ngữ này. --> Dùng “whose”
Dịch nghĩa: Người phụ nữ mà có chiếc xe đỏ đỗ trước ngân hàng là một ca sĩ nhạc pop nổi tiếng.
Question 49: Đáp án B
Giải thích: arresting --> arrested
Rút gọn mệnh đề quan hệ dùng động từ dạng quá khứ phân từ khi câu trong mệnh đề quan hệ ở dạng bị động
(the men who were arrested ... --> the men arrested)
Dịch nghĩa: Không ai trong số hai người đàn ông bị bắt giữ khi mà những tên khủng bố tiết lộ thông tin về
nhóm của mình.
Question 50: Đáp án A
Giải thích: remind --> reminder
Cần dạng danh từ của từ “remind” (the most + adj + N of ...)


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reminder (n) vật gợi nhớ
Dịch nghĩa: Lời nhắc nhở rõ ràng nhất về mối quan hệ chặt chẽ giữa Hoa Kỳ và Pháp là Tượng Nữ thần tự do,
được đặt ở bến cảng New York.

UNIT 2: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Choose the word whose main stress syllable is put differently.
1. A. maintain
B. attitude
C. determine
D. develop

2. A. brilliant
B. different
C. secretary
D. attractive
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
3. A. bride
B. fridge
C. bridge
D. driven
4. A. borrow
B. neighbour
C. stapler
D. harbour
5. A. booked
B. pushed
C. caused
D. matched
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
6. ________, women are responsible for the chores in the house and taking care of the
children.
A. With tradition B. On tradition
C. Traditional
D. Traditionally
7. All of the students are __________to pass the entrance examination in order to attend the
university.
A. obsessed
B. obliged
C. obtained
D. observed
8. It is important to have someone that you can__________in.

A. talk
B. speak
C. confide
D. know
9. Most adjectives can be used to __________a noun.
A. precede
B. advance
C. occur
D. stand
10. Which of the following sentences has the correct word order?
A. She walks usually past my house in the morning.
B. She in the morning walks usually past my house.
C. She usually walks past my house in the morning.
D. She walks usually in the morning past my house.
11. I'm very tired now because __________ more than 800 kilometers today.
A. I'm driving
B. I've driven
C. I drive
D. I've been driving
12. When she returned home from work, she __________a bath.
A. takes
B. took
C. has taken
D. was taking
13. Your car is quite old. It's the same as__________.
A. us
B. our
C. ours
D. we're
14. My father didn't go to college; __________did my mother.

A. none
B. either
C. so
D. neither
15. Our English teacher would like __________.
A. that we practicing our pronunciation
B. us practicing our pronunciation
C. us to practice our pronunciation
D. we to practice our pronunciation
16. Our relatives__________meet us at the station this evening.


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A. are being
B. are going to
C. go to
D. will be to
17. He __________for that company for five months when it went bankrupt.
A. has been worked
B. has worked
C. had been working
D. was working
18. At this time next week, all of the students__________for their examinations.
A. will be sat
B. have been sitting
C. have sat
D. will be sitting
19. Rachel is good at badminton. She__________ every game.
A. wins
B. winning

C. have won
D. is able win
20. -"Let's have a pizza." -"__________"
A. Not again
B. It doesn't matter
C. It’s a good idea
D. Not really
21. I didn't need __________anything. I just sat there and listened.
A. say
B. saying
C. to say
D. having said
22. She prefers carnations __________roses. In fact, she dislikes roses.
A. to
B. from
C. over
D. than
23. My mother made a birthday cake__________.
A. about me
B. for me
C. to me
D. to I
24. He can't go out because he __________his work.
A. doesn't finish
B. hasn't finished
C. didn't finish
D. hadn't finished
25. Our neighbours are normally very noisy, but they're__________this evening.
A. unusual quiet
B. unusual quietly

C. unusually quiet
D. unusually quietly
26. I saw him hiding something in a __________bag.
A. plastic small black
B. small plastic black
C. black small plastic
D. small black plastic
27. If Tan Son Nhat Airport __________clear of fog we'll land there.
A. is
B. was
C. will be
D. could be
28. Did he tell you __________?
A. where could we meet him
B. we would be able to meet him where
C. where would be able to meet him
D. where we would meet him
29. If she had known how awful this job was going to be, she__________it.
A. would accept
B. wouldn't accept
C. wouldn't have accepted
D. would have accepted
30. I'll see you __________.
A. at the moment B. in an hour
C. last night
D. usually
31. You__________write to her for she'll be here tomorrow.
A. don't
B. mustn't
C. needn't

D. haven't
32. You__________to spend more time in the library.
A. must
B. should
C. had better
D. ought
33. Carol is excited__________her new job.
A. for starting
B. to starting
C. about starting
D. for start
34. __________if they had feathers instead of hair?
A. Can people possibly fly
B. Could people be able to fly
C. Will people possibly fly
D. Would people be able to fly
35. The jeans are too long; you should have them__________.
A. shorten
B. to shorten
C. shortened
D. being shortened


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Choose the underlined part in each sentence that should be corrected.
36. Caroline refused taking the job given to her because the salary was not good.
A
B
C
D

37. I finished college last year, and I am working here for only eight months now.
A
B
C
D
38. If you think carefully before making your decision, you will avoid to get into trouble later.
A
B
C
D
39. Each of the members of the group were made to write a report every week.
A
B
C
D
40. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new
one.
A
B
C
D
Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the folloeing sentences.
My aunt is one of those people who can talk to anyone about anything. If she goes to a
party where she doesn't know any of the people, she just walks up to the first person that she
sees and introduces herself. And yet she doesn't seem to talk about deeply important things like
politics or religion. She always starts off on something very obvious like the other person's job.
Very soon she's talking as if she's known the other person for years. I asked her once what her
secret was. She said that the most important thing in a conversation was listening. People love
to talk about themselves, so if you allow them to do so, it's very easy to keep a conversation
going. You have to listen very carefully and ask questions. And you have to look interested, too.

So don't keep looking at other things in the room while you're talking to someone.
Another thing that I've noticed is that she only pays people compliments. She says: “I like
your hair. Which hairdresser do you go to?” or “You look very well. Have you been on
holiday?” Friendly messages like this seem to provide an easy way into a conversation.
41. According to my aunt, the most important thing in a conversation was__________.
A. speaking
B. discussing
C. looking
D. listening
42. At parties where she does not know anybody, my aunt normally__________.
A. feels embarrassed and stays away from people
B. asks people to introduces themselves to her
C. comes over to the first person and introduces herself
D. sits alone and avoids talking to other people
43. My aunt thinks that it's very easy to keep a conversation going if you__________.
A. let people talk about themselves
B. let people hear about yourself
C. talk about politics or religion
D. ask people about their secrets
44. What should you NOT do when you have a conversation with someone?
A. Looking very interested in his or her story
B. Looking at other things in the room
C. Listening very carefully and asking questions
D. Paying him or her compliments
45. According to the passage, my aunt often starts a conversation by talking about__________.
A. the other person's wealth


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B. the other person's health

C. the other person's daily activities
D. the other person's job
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each space in the following
passage.
In Germany, it's important to be serious in a work situation. They don't mix work and play
so you shouldn't make jokes (46)_______you do in the UK and USA when you first meet
people. They work in a very organized way and prefer to do one thing at a time. They don't like·
interruptions or (47)_______changes of schedule. Punctuality is very important so you should
arrive on time for appointments. At meeting, it's important to follow the agenda and not
interrupt (48)_______speaker. If you give a presentation, you should focus (49)_______facts
and technical information and the quality of your company's products. You should also prepare
well, as they may ask a lot of questions. Colleagues normally use the family names, and title for example 'Doctor' or 'Professor', so you shouldn't use first names (50)_______a person asks
you to.
46. A. while
B. as if
C. such as
D. as
47. A. sudden
B. suddenly
C. abruptly
D. promptly
48. A. other
B. others
C. another
D. the other
49. A. on
B. to
C. at
D. in
50. A. if only

B. as
C. unless
D. since