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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 894
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other
three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1:A. miracle
B. company
C. employment
D. atmosphere
Question 2:A. aspiration
B. approximate
C. invaluable
D. accommodate
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 3: We were so stupefied by the news that we all sat in silence for a long time.
A. over-anxious
B. indifferent
C. exhausted
D. surprised
Question 4: It happens like this once in a blue moon.
A. often
B. rarely
C. frequently
D. now and again
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to

each of the questions from 05 to 11.
Man has long wanted to fly. He saw birds, envied them and tried to imitate them. Over the ages countless attempts were
made: men constructed wings, fastened them to their arms and legs and jumped off towers and hill tops. These "bird-men"
flapped their wings for a short space of time and then fell to the ground. What was not realised in those early years was that
birds have muscles very much stronger, in proportion to their size, than men. Human limbs cannot provide sufficient strength
to lift the body off the ground. The secret of flight did not lie in the making of wings, but in discovering the right kind of
power, and how to use it.
In the 18th century, the invention of the hot-air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers of France was seen as a great step
forward. In 1783, in the presence of the King and Queen, it took three passengers safely up into the air and down again. They
were sheep, a cock and a duck. Soon ballooning became a fashionable pastime. But balloons and the cigar-shaped airship,
which was invented slightly later, did not solve the problem of flying because they had no means of power or control: their
designers could not find an engine strong enough yet light enough to drive the aircraft. The airship went where the wind blew
it, could lose height and could easily catch fire. As a means of passenger transport, it turned out to be neither practical nor
safe. So the difficulty remained: a true flying machine which was heavier than air and capable of carrying people was still to
be invented. Experiments were carried out in many countries, sometimes with models driven by steam engine, but these were
too heavy to be used in an aeroplane with a pilot.
The answer finally came at the beginning of this century with the invention of the internal combustion engine - the kind
used in motor cars. Here at last was a powerful, yet comparatively light engine driven by petrol and capable of being fitted
into an aeroplane.
In 1903, two Americans, the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, flew a powered aeroplane for the first time. Their success
encouraged designers everywhere. Although there were now newer, different problems, mainly to do with safety and the
training of pilots, progress was rapid. These were exciting days and interest was intense. At Reims, 1909, a crowd of a
quarter of a million gathered at the first Air Display, and saw thirty-eight different aircraft take part. The age of the aeroplane
had arrived.
Question 5: The passage mainly reports…..
A. human dream of flying
B. the progress of manufacturing areoplanes.
C. famous pilots in the world
D. the develpoments in flying
Question 6: The word “intense” is closest in meaning to…..

A. superficial
B. over-whelming
C. lateral
D. strong and deep
Question 7: The "bird-men" failed to fly because.…..
A. their limbs were not strong enough
B. they were overweight
C. they did not attach their wings correctly
D. their arms and legs were too short
Question 8: The word “it” refers to…..
A. the engine
B. the air-ship
C. the wind
D. the design
Question 9: The hot-air balloon’s first passengers were…..
A. sheep, a cock and a duck
B. the King and Queen
C. the “bird-men” and a pilot
D. the Montgolfier brothers
Question 10: The best engine that can be fitted into an areoplane is…..
A. the internal combustion
B. the cigar-shaped airship
C. the motor car
D. the flying machine
Question 11: Which phrase can substitute for the word “envied” in the second sentence?
A. wish for the same ability B. raised and tamed
C. captured and used
D. kept as pets
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 12: Our new office is packed with cumbersome equipment.
A. too big and heavy
B. dilapidated
C. modern
D. too expensive
Question 13: These days, mum has been off her food.
A. away to buy food
B. out on her food business
C. vomiting
D. too ill to eat


Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position
of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 14:A. season
B. creature
C. reason
D. pleasant
Question 15:A. veneer
B. pioneer
C. sightseer
D. engineer
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 16: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Great! When is that possible?”
A. People say things are in the sale at Charlotte Tilbury’s? Shall we go?
B. People says the price of imported cars is increasing.
C. A new US satellite will enable us to surf the Internet at high speed.
D. Mum’s giving welcome-home party for Dad tomorrow.
Question 17: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Yes, almost every moment I was there.”

A. Did you enjoy your stay there?
B. How long were you there?
C. When did you spend your honeymoon?
D. Did you take a trip to the Valley of Nevada?
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.
ELEKTRON TO ELECTRICITY
The first discovery of electricity is over 2,600 years old. Does that surprise you? Of course, there were no lights, telephones,
refrigerators, radios, motion pictures, or television sets that long ago. ...(18)..., all of these modern conveniences are ...(19)...
such recent development that you might well wonder how; electricity could be any older than Thomas Edison's development
of the first practical electric light bulb in 1879.
The word electricity comes from the Greek word meaning amber, ...(20)... is elektron. The fossilized sap of a pine tree,
amber looks much like a hard lump of honey. In 600 B.C., a Greek philosopher named Thales rubbed a piece of amber against
his sleeve to shine it. ...(21)... his interest, he found that the rubbed amber attracted small bits of lint, feathers, and dried
leaves. This property of attraction was a strange characteristic which he thought only amber had. Today, our word electricity
still goes back to Thales' early discovery about amber.
More than two thousand years after Thales, an English physician discovered that other substances also had this characteristic
of electricity. Frorn then on, ...(22)... men added to the knowledge of electricity. They set off the many developments and
discoveries which have brought about our electrical era of today.
Question 18:A. On the contrary B. In fact
C. However
D. Moreover
Question 19:A. of
B. from
C. to
D. with
Question 20:A. and
B. which
C. this
D. that

Question 21:A. Despite
B. Much to
C. In addition to
D. Opposed to
Question 22:A. more and more B. time in time out
C. over and over
D. again and again
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 23: The World Health Organisation has stated that smallpox has been almost completely........
A. eradicated
B. obliterated
C. uprooted
D. extinguished
Question 24: As a result of......, the price of new cars has risen dramatically over the last few months.
A. inflation
B. escalation
C. distension
D. extension
Question 25: After ten unhappy years, Janice finally quit her job. She…...alone with her boss for a long time before she
finally decided to look for a new position.
A. isn't getting
B. didn't get
C. hadn't been getting
D. hasn't been getting
Question 26: There is a steady.......of young people from villages to the cities.
A. motion
B. stampede
C. current
D. drift
Question 27: News of the celebrity's arrival.......through the small town like wildfire.

A. spread
B. moved
C. grew
D. flared
Question 28: As he was caught in.......of an offensive weapon, he was immediately a suspect.
A. control
B. ownership
C. handling
D. possession
Question 29: Jack....... the map for several minutes, unable to believe his eyes.
A. watched
B. glimpsed
C. glanced
D. stared at
Question 30: After Mervyn's accident and his subsequent appearance in court, he was.......from driving for a year.
A. disqualified
B. dispossessed
C. forfeited
D. invalidated
Question 31: It's very cold in here. Do you mind if I........the heating?
A. put on
B. put down
C. put
D. put up with
Question 32: The Shorter Cambridge Dictionary consists of two......., A-L and M-Z.
A. editions
B. volumes
C. issues
D. tomes
Question 33: Tourism provides people with jobs - albeit often rather.......ones!

A. trivial
B. remedial
C. menial
D. superficial
Question 34: My country.......the pursuit of world peace.
A. is dedicated by
B. is dedicating by
C. is dedicated to
D. is dedicating to
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 35 to 42.


WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR WEATHER?
What is "extreme" weather? Why are people talking about it these days? Extreme weather is very unusual rain, heat, and
storms. For example, in 2010, 13 inches of rain fell in two days in Nashville, US. According to weather experts, that was a
"once in 1,000 years" event. But these days, extreme weather events are more frequent. Also in 2010, 11 inches of rain fell in
Rio de Janeiro in 24 hours, and there was record rainfall in Pakistan.
The effects of this kind of rain are dramatic. In Rio de Janeiro, landslides followed the rain. Hundreds of people died. In
Pakistan, it caused floods that affected 20 million people. The opposite situation is drought, when no rain falls. Australia,
Russia, and East Africa have suffered major droughts in the last ten years. Another example of extreme weather is a heat
wave, such as in the summer of 2003. In Europe, 35,000 people died from heat ‐related problems.
So, what is happening? Are these extreme events part of a natural cycle? Are they happening because human activity affects
the Earth’s climate? The answer, Peter Miller says, is probably a combination of both of these things. On the one hand, the
most important influences on weather events are natural cycles in the climate. Two of the most famous cycles are called El
Niño and La Niña. They start in the Pacific Ocean, but they affect weather all around the world.
On the other hand, the Earth’s oceans are changing: their temperatures are increasing. And this is a result of human activity.
The greenhouse gases we produce mean the atmosphere warms up. Warmer oceans produce more water vapour - think about
what happens when you heat a pan of water in your kitchen. Information from satellites tells us that there is four percent more
water vapour in the atmosphere than 25 years ago. This warm, wet air turns into rain, storms, hurricanes, and typhoons.

Michael Oppenheimer, a climate scientist, says that we need to accept reality. Our weather is changing and we need to act to
save lives and money.
Question 35: The article says extreme weather is…..
A. more common nowadays. B. not natural.
C. more unusual in the US.
D. caused by humans
Question 36: Why was the rain in Nashville an extreme event?
A. It happened a thousand years ago.
B. A lot of rain fell in a short time.
C. It rained more than 1,000 years ago.
D. A lot of rain fell over a long time period.
Question 37: Examples of extreme weather include…..
A. El Niño and La Niña. B. rainfall C. warm, wet air. D. very hot weather in Europe.
Question 38: What happened after the extreme rain in Rio de Janeiro?
A. There were major floods.
B. There were many deaths.
C. Millions of people were affected.
D. There were droughts.
Question 39: Satellites can measure......
A. the number of hurricanes.
B. the amount of water vapour in the air.
C. the temperature of the Pacific Ocean.
D. warm, and wet air
Question 40: The article says that extreme weather events are the result of…..
A. rain, heat, and storms
B. natural cycles.
C. human activity.
D. natural cycles and human activity.
Question 41: What caused many deaths in 2003?
A. heat wave

B. hot weather
C. a drought
D. floods
Question 42: One cause of extreme weather is…..
A. very hot summers.
B. the Pacifc Ocean
C. floods across large areas.
D. water vapour in the atmosphere.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Question 43: Hardly he had entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.
A. the office
B. Hardly he had
C. forgotten his
D. that he had
Question 44: Suzy had better to change her study habits if she hopes to be admitted to a good university.
A. had
B. to change
C. to a good university
D. hopes to be
Question 45: Until his last class at the university in 1978, Bob always turns in all of his assignments on time.
A. Until
B. turns
C. of
D. on
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 46: We really must leave the pary now if we are to catch the bus.
A. Unless we catch the bus, we really must leave the party now.
B. It’s time we left the party now if we are to catch the bus.

C. Without leaving the party now, we mustn’t catch the bus.
D. We cannot catch the bus on the condition that we really must leave now.
Question 47: They didn’t want to be late for the meeting so they left in plenty of time.
A. They left for the meeting because they had plenty of time not to be late.
B. They had plenty of time to be late for the meeting, so they left.
C. So as not to belate for the meeting they left in plenty of time.
D. They didn’t have plenty of time for the meeting, so they left.
Question 48: I cannot understand what he says.
A. What he says cannot be understood by anyone.
B. It is difficult for me to understand easily what he says.


C. I misunderstand what he says.
D. I find he is unable to understand when saying.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in
the following questions.
Question 49: Another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours. You should get the position
without any difficulties.
A. Get the position without any difficulties or another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight
hours.
B. Within forty-eight hours, you would get the position without any difficulties, if someone applies for it.
C. If another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position without
any difficulties.
D. Unless another .candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position
without any difficulties.
Question 50: The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis. He did not offer any solutions.
A. The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis, nor did he offer any solutions.
B. Without offering any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.
C. The president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis because he did not offer any solutions.
D. In order not to offer any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.

The End


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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 278
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 1: We were so stupefied by the news that we all sat in silence for a long time.
A. over-anxious
B. indifferent
C. surprised
D. exhausted
Question 2: It happens like this once in a blue moon.
A. rarely
B. frequently
C. now and again
D. often
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 3: Our new office is packed with cumbersome equipment.
A. modern
B. too big and heavy
C. dilapidated
D. too expensive

Question 4: These days, mum has been off her food.
A. too ill to eat
B. away to buy food
C. out on her food business
D. vomiting
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Question 5: Hardly he had entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.
A. the office
B. forgotten his
C. Hardly he had
D. that he had
Question 6: Until his last class at the university in 1978, Bob always turns in all of his assignments on time.
A. of
B. on
C. turns
D. Until
Question 7: Suzy had better to change her study habits if she hopes to be admitted to a good university.
A. hopes to be
B. to change
C. to a good university
D. had
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 08 to 14.
Man has long wanted to fly. He saw birds, envied them and tried to imitate them. Over the ages countless attempts were
made: men constructed wings, fastened them to their arms and legs and jumped off towers and hill tops. These "bird-men"
flapped their wings for a short space of time and then fell to the ground. What was not realised in those early years was that
birds have muscles very much stronger, in proportion to their size, than men. Human limbs cannot provide sufficient strength
to lift the body off the ground. The secret of flight did not lie in the making of wings, but in discovering the right kind of
power, and how to use it.

In the 18th century, the invention of the hot-air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers of France was seen as a great step
forward. In 1783, in the presence of the King and Queen, it took three passengers safely up into the air and down again. They
were sheep, a cock and a duck. Soon ballooning became a fashionable pastime. But balloons and the cigar-shaped airship,
which was invented slightly later, did not solve the problem of flying because they had no means of power or control: their
designers could not find an engine strong enough yet light enough to drive the aircraft. The airship went where the wind blew
it, could lose height and could easily catch fire. As a means of passenger transport, it turned out to be neither practical nor
safe. So the difficulty remained: a true flying machine which was heavier than air and capable of carrying people was still to
be invented. Experiments were carried out in many countries, sometimes with models driven by steam engine, but these were
too heavy to be used in an aeroplane with a pilot.
The answer finally came at the beginning of this century with the invention of the internal combustion engine - the kind
used in motor cars. Here at last was a powerful, yet comparatively light engine driven by petrol and capable of being fitted
into an aeroplane.
In 1903, two Americans, the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, flew a powered aeroplane for the first time. Their success
encouraged designers everywhere. Although there were now newer, different problems, mainly to do with safety and the
training of pilots, progress was rapid. These were exciting days and interest was intense. At Reims, 1909, a crowd of a
quarter of a million gathered at the first Air Display, and saw thirty-eight different aircraft take part. The age of the aeroplane
had arrived.
Question 8: The passage mainly reports…..
A. famous pilots in the world
B. human dream of flying
C. the progress of manufacturing areoplanes.
D. the develpoments in flying
Question 9: The hot-air balloon’s first passengers were…..
A. the “bird-men” and a pilot
B. the King and Queen
C. sheep, a cock and a duck
D. the Montgolfier brothers
Question 10: The "bird-men" failed to fly because.…..
A. their arms and legs were too short
B. they were overweight

C. they did not attach their wings correctly
D. their limbs were not strong enough
Question 11: The word “intense” is closest in meaning to…..
A. strong and deep
B. lateral
C. superficial
D. over-whelming
Question 12: The best engine that can be fitted into an areoplane is…..
A. the flying machine
B. the cigar-shaped airship
C. the motor car
D. the internal combustion


Question 13: The word “it” refers to…..
A. the wind
B. the engine
C. the air-ship
D. the design
Question 14: Which phrase can substitute for the word “envied” in the second sentence?
A. wish for the same ability B. raised and tamed
C. kept as pets
D. captured and used
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position
of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 15:A. pioneer
B. veneer
C. sightseer
D. engineer
Question 16:A. season

B. reason
C. pleasant
D. creature
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 17 to 21.
ELEKTRON TO ELECTRICITY
The first discovery of electricity is over 2,600 years old. Does that surprise you? Of course, there were no lights, telephones,
refrigerators, radios, motion pictures, or television sets that long ago. ...(17)..., all of these modern conveniences are ...(18)...
such recent development that you might well wonder how; electricity could be any older than Thomas Edison's development
of the first practical electric light bulb in 1879.
The word electricity comes from the Greek word meaning amber, ...(19)... is elektron. The fossilized sap of a pine tree,
amber looks much like a hard lump of honey. In 600 B.C., a Greek philosopher named Thales rubbed a piece of amber against
his sleeve to shine it. ...(20)... his interest, he found that the rubbed amber attracted small bits of lint, feathers, and dried
leaves. This property of attraction was a strange characteristic which he thought only amber had. Today, our word electricity
still goes back to Thales' early discovery about amber.
More than two thousand years after Thales, an English physician discovered that other substances also had this characteristic
of electricity. Frorn then on, ...(21)... men added to the knowledge of electricity. They set off the many developments and
discoveries which have brought about our electrical era of today.
Question 17:A. However B. On the contrary
C. In fact
D. Moreover
Question 18:A. to
B. of
C. from
D. with
Question 19:A. this
B. which
C. and
D. that
Question 20:A. Much to

B. Despite
C. Opposed to
D. In addition to
Question 21:A. again and again B. time in time out
C. more and more
D. over and over
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the
following questions.
Question 22: They didn’t want to be late for the meeting so they left in plenty of time.
A. So as not to belate for the meeting they left in plenty of time.
B. They didn’t have plenty of time for the meeting, so they left.
C. They left for the meeting because they had plenty of time not to be late.
D. They had plenty of time to be late for the meeting, so they left.
Question 23: We really must leave the pary now if we are to catch the bus.
A. It’s time we left the party now if we are to catch the bus.
B. We cannot catch the bus on the condition that we really must leave now.
C. Without leaving the party now, we mustn’t catch the bus.
D. Unless we catch the bus, we really must leave the party now.
Question 24: I cannot understand what he says.
A. What he says cannot be understood by anyone.
B. I find he is unable to understand when saying.
C. I misunderstand what he says.
D. It is difficult for me to understand easily what he says.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other
three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 25:A. accommodate B. approximate
C. aspiration
D. invaluable
Question 26:A. company
B. employment

C. miracle
D. atmosphere
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 27 to 34.
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR WEATHER?
What is "extreme" weather? Why are people talking about it these days? Extreme weather is very unusual rain, heat, and
storms. For example, in 2010, 13 inches of rain fell in two days in Nashville, US. According to weather experts, that was a
"once in 1,000 years" event. But these days, extreme weather events are more frequent. Also in 2010, 11 inches of rain fell in
Rio de Janeiro in 24 hours, and there was record rainfall in Pakistan.
The effects of this kind of rain are dramatic. In Rio de Janeiro, landslides followed the rain. Hundreds of people died. In
Pakistan, it caused floods that affected 20 million people. The opposite situation is drought, when no rain falls. Australia,
Russia, and East Africa have suffered major droughts in the last ten years. Another example of extreme weather is a heat
wave, such as in the summer of 2003. In Europe, 35,000 people died from heat ‐related problems.
So, what is happening? Are these extreme events part of a natural cycle? Are they happening because human activity affects
the Earth’s climate? The answer, Peter Miller says, is probably a combination of both of these things. On the one hand, the


most important influences on weather events are natural cycles in the climate. Two of the most famous cycles are called El
Niño and La Niña. They start in the Pacific Ocean, but they affect weather all around the world.
On the other hand, the Earth’s oceans are changing: their temperatures are increasing. And this is a result of human activity.
The greenhouse gases we produce mean the atmosphere warms up. Warmer oceans produce more water vapour - think about
what happens when you heat a pan of water in your kitchen. Information from satellites tells us that there is four percent more
water vapour in the atmosphere than 25 years ago. This warm, wet air turns into rain, storms, hurricanes, and typhoons.
Michael Oppenheimer, a climate scientist, says that we need to accept reality. Our weather is changing and we need to act to
save lives and money.
Question 27: Examples of extreme weather include…..
A. rainfall
B. El Niño and La Niña.
C. very hot weather in Europe. D. warm, wet air.
Question 28: What happened after the extreme rain in Rio de Janeiro?

A. There were major floods.
B. There were many deaths.
C. Millions of people were affected.
D. There were droughts.
Question 29: The article says extreme weather is…..
A. caused by humans
B. more unusual in the US.
C. not natural.
D. more common nowadays.
Question 30: Why was the rain in Nashville an extreme event?
A. It happened a thousand years ago.
B. A lot of rain fell over a long time period.
C. It rained more than 1,000 years ago.
D. A lot of rain fell in a short time.
Question 31: What caused many deaths in 2003?
A. heat wave
B. floods
C. a drought
D. hot weather
Question 32: One cause of extreme weather is…..
A. floods across large areas.
B. water vapour in the atmosphere.
C. very hot summers.
D. the Pacifc Ocean
Question 33: Satellites can measure......
A. the number of hurricanes.
B. the amount of water vapour in the air.
C. warm, and wet air
D. the temperature of the Pacific Ocean.
Question 34: The article says that extreme weather events are the result of…..

A. human activity.
B. natural cycles.
C. rain, heat, and storms
D. natural cycles and human activity.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 35: Tourism provides people with jobs - albeit often rather.......ones!
A. superficial
B. menial
C. trivial
D. remedial
Question 36: It's very cold in here. Do you mind if I........the heating?
A. put on
B. put
C. put down
D. put up with
Question 37: There is a steady.......of young people from villages to the cities.
A. stampede
B. current
C. motion
D. drift
Question 38: My country.......the pursuit of world peace.
A. is dedicated to
B. is dedicated by
C. is dedicating by
D. is dedicating to
Question 39: After ten unhappy years, Janice finally quit her job. She…...alone with her boss for a long time before she
finally decided to look for a new position.
A. didn't get
B. isn't getting
C. hadn't been getting

D. hasn't been getting
Question 40: The World Health Organisation has stated that smallpox has been almost completely........
A. eradicated
B. extinguished
C. obliterated
D. uprooted
Question 41: After Mervyn's accident and his subsequent appearance in court, he was.......from driving for a year.
A. forfeited
B. invalidated
C. disqualified
D. dispossessed
Question 42: News of the celebrity's arrival.......through the small town like wildfire.
A. grew
B. moved
C. flared
D. spread
Question 43: The Shorter Cambridge Dictionary consists of two......., A-L and M-Z.
A. editions
B. tomes
C. issues
D. volumes
Question 44: As he was caught in.......of an offensive weapon, he was immediately a suspect.
A. ownership
B. handling
C. possession
D. control
Question 45: Jack....... the map for several minutes, unable to believe his eyes.
A. glimpsed
B. watched
C. glanced

D. stared at
Question 46: As a result of......, the price of new cars has risen dramatically over the last few months.
A. extension
B. distension
C. escalation
D. inflation
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 47: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Great! When is that possible?”
A. People says the price of imported cars is increasing.
B. People say things are in the sale at Charlotte Tilbury’s? Shall we go?
C. Mum’s giving welcome-home party for Dad tomorrow.
D. A new US satellite will enable us to surf the Internet at high speed.
Question 48: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Yes, almost every moment I was there.”


A. When did you spend your honeymoon?
B. Did you enjoy your stay there?
C. How long were you there?
D. Did you take a trip to the Valley of Nevada?
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in
the following questions.
Question 49: Another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours. You should get the position
without any difficulties.
A. Get the position without any difficulties or another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight
hours.
B. Unless another .candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position
without any difficulties.
C. Within forty-eight hours, you would get the position without any difficulties, if someone applies for it.
D. If another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position without

any difficulties.
Question 50: The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis. He did not offer any solutions.
A. Without offering any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.
B. The president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis because he did not offer any solutions.
C. The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis, nor did he offer any solutions.
D. In order not to offer any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.
The End


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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 725
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position
of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1:A. engineer
B. pioneer
C. veneer
D. sightseer
Question 2:A. reason
B. season
C. pleasant
D. creature
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 3: It's very cold in here. Do you mind if I........the heating?
A. put up with

B. put
C. put on
D. put down
Question 4: The World Health Organisation has stated that smallpox has been almost completely........
A. extinguished
B. uprooted
C. obliterated
D. eradicated
Question 5: As he was caught in.......of an offensive weapon, he was immediately a suspect.
A. control
B. possession
C. ownership
D. handling
Question 6: The Shorter Cambridge Dictionary consists of two......., A-L and M-Z.
A. editions
B. volumes
C. issues
D. tomes
Question 7: Jack....... the map for several minutes, unable to believe his eyes.
A. glanced
B. stared at
C. watched
D. glimpsed
Question 8: There is a steady.......of young people from villages to the cities.
A. motion
B. stampede
C. drift
D. current
Question 9: My country.......the pursuit of world peace.
A. is dedicating by

B. is dedicated by
C. is dedicated to
D. is dedicating to
Question 10: News of the celebrity's arrival.......through the small town like wildfire.
A. moved
B. grew
C. spread
D. flared
Question 11: After Mervyn's accident and his subsequent appearance in court, he was.......from driving for a year.
A. disqualified
B. dispossessed
C. forfeited
D. invalidated
Question 12: As a result of......, the price of new cars has risen dramatically over the last few months.
A. extension
B. inflation
C. distension
D. escalation
Question 13: Tourism provides people with jobs - albeit often rather.......ones!
A. menial
B. superficial
C. trivial
D. remedial
Question 14: After ten unhappy years, Janice finally quit her job. She…...alone with her boss for a long time before she
finally decided to look for a new position.
A. isn't getting
B. hadn't been getting
C. hasn't been getting
D. didn't get
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other

three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 15:A. accommodate B. invaluable
C. approximate
D. aspiration
Question 16:A. employment B. atmosphere
C. company
D. miracle
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 17 to 21.
ELEKTRON TO ELECTRICITY
The first discovery of electricity is over 2,600 years old. Does that surprise you? Of course, there were no lights, telephones,
refrigerators, radios, motion pictures, or television sets that long ago. ...(17)..., all of these modern conveniences are ...(18)...
such recent development that you might well wonder how; electricity could be any older than Thomas Edison's development
of the first practical electric light bulb in 1879.
The word electricity comes from the Greek word meaning amber, ...(19)... is elektron. The fossilized sap of a pine tree,
amber looks much like a hard lump of honey. In 600 B.C., a Greek philosopher named Thales rubbed a piece of amber against
his sleeve to shine it. ...(20)... his interest, he found that the rubbed amber attracted small bits of lint, feathers, and dried
leaves. This property of attraction was a strange characteristic which he thought only amber had. Today, our word electricity
still goes back to Thales' early discovery about amber.
More than two thousand years after Thales, an English physician discovered that other substances also had this characteristic
of electricity. Frorn then on, ...(21)... men added to the knowledge of electricity. They set off the many developments and
discoveries which have brought about our electrical era of today.
Question 17:A. However B. On the contrary
C. Moreover
D. In fact
Question 18:A. from
B. with
C. of
D. to
Question 19:A. that

B. this
C. and
D. which
Question 20:A. Opposed to B. Much to
C. In addition to
D. Despite
Question 21:A. again and again B. over and over
C. more and more
D. time in time out
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 22: It happens like this once in a blue moon.
A. now and again
B. frequently
C. rarely
D. often
Question 23: We were so stupefied by the news that we all sat in silence for a long time.


A. over-anxious
B. indifferent
C. exhausted
D. surprised
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 24: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Yes, almost every moment I was there.”
A. When did you spend your honeymoon?
B. How long were you there?
C. Did you enjoy your stay there?
D. Did you take a trip to the Valley of Nevada?

Question 25: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Great! When is that possible?”
A. A new US satellite will enable us to surf the Internet at high speed.
B. People says the price of imported cars is increasing.
C. People say things are in the sale at Charlotte Tilbury’s? Shall we go?
D. Mum’s giving welcome-home party for Dad tomorrow.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 26: Our new office is packed with cumbersome equipment.
A. dilapidated
B. too expensive
C. too big and heavy
D. modern
Question 27: These days, mum has been off her food.
A. vomiting
B. away to buy food
C. out on her food business
D. too ill to eat
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 28 to 34.
Man has long wanted to fly. He saw birds, envied them and tried to imitate them. Over the ages countless attempts were
made: men constructed wings, fastened them to their arms and legs and jumped off towers and hill tops. These "bird-men"
flapped their wings for a short space of time and then fell to the ground. What was not realised in those early years was that
birds have muscles very much stronger, in proportion to their size, than men. Human limbs cannot provide sufficient strength
to lift the body off the ground. The secret of flight did not lie in the making of wings, but in discovering the right kind of
power, and how to use it.
In the 18th century, the invention of the hot-air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers of France was seen as a great step
forward. In 1783, in the presence of the King and Queen, it took three passengers safely up into the air and down again. They
were sheep, a cock and a duck. Soon ballooning became a fashionable pastime. But balloons and the cigar-shaped airship,
which was invented slightly later, did not solve the problem of flying because they had no means of power or control: their
designers could not find an engine strong enough yet light enough to drive the aircraft. The airship went where the wind blew

it, could lose height and could easily catch fire. As a means of passenger transport, it turned out to be neither practical nor
safe. So the difficulty remained: a true flying machine which was heavier than air and capable of carrying people was still to
be invented. Experiments were carried out in many countries, sometimes with models driven by steam engine, but these were
too heavy to be used in an aeroplane with a pilot.
The answer finally came at the beginning of this century with the invention of the internal combustion engine - the kind
used in motor cars. Here at last was a powerful, yet comparatively light engine driven by petrol and capable of being fitted
into an aeroplane.
In 1903, two Americans, the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, flew a powered aeroplane for the first time. Their success
encouraged designers everywhere. Although there were now newer, different problems, mainly to do with safety and the
training of pilots, progress was rapid. These were exciting days and interest was intense. At Reims, 1909, a crowd of a
quarter of a million gathered at the first Air Display, and saw thirty-eight different aircraft take part. The age of the aeroplane
had arrived.
Question 28: The hot-air balloon’s first passengers were…..
A. sheep, a cock and a duck
B. the King and Queen
C. the Montgolfier brothers
D. the “bird-men” and a pilot
Question 29: The "bird-men" failed to fly because.…..
A. their arms and legs were too short
B. their limbs were not strong enough
C. they were overweight
D. they did not attach their wings correctly
Question 30: The passage mainly reports…..
A. the develpoments in flying
B. the progress of manufacturing areoplanes.
C. famous pilots in the world
D. human dream of flying
Question 31: The word “intense” is closest in meaning to…..
A. strong and deep
B. lateral

C. over-whelming
D. superficial
Question 32: The word “it” refers to…..
A. the design
B. the air-ship
C. the engine
D. the wind
Question 33: The best engine that can be fitted into an areoplane is…..
A. the flying machine
B. the motor car
C. the cigar-shaped airship
D. the internal combustion
Question 34: Which phrase can substitute for the word “envied” in the second sentence?
A. kept as pets
B. captured and used
C. raised and tamed
D. wish for the same ability
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 35: I cannot understand what he says.


A. I find he is unable to understand when saying.
B. I misunderstand what he says.
C. It is difficult for me to understand easily what he says.
D. What he says cannot be understood by anyone.
Question 36: We really must leave the pary now if we are to catch the bus.
A. It’s time we left the party now if we are to catch the bus.
B. Without leaving the party now, we mustn’t catch the bus.
C. We cannot catch the bus on the condition that we really must leave now.

D. Unless we catch the bus, we really must leave the party now.
Question 37: They didn’t want to be late for the meeting so they left in plenty of time.
A. They didn’t have plenty of time for the meeting, so they left.
B. They had plenty of time to be late for the meeting, so they left.
C. So as not to belate for the meeting they left in plenty of time.
D. They left for the meeting because they had plenty of time not to be late.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Question 38: Hardly he had entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.
A. that he had
B. forgotten his
C. Hardly he had
D. the office
Question 39: Suzy had better to change her study habits if she hopes to be admitted to a good university.
A. to change
B. had
C. to a good university
D. hopes to be
Question 40: Until his last class at the university in 1978, Bob always turns in all of his assignments on time.
A. turns
B. on
C. Until
D. of
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 41 to 48.
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR WEATHER?
What is "extreme" weather? Why are people talking about it these days? Extreme weather is very unusual rain, heat, and
storms. For example, in 2010, 13 inches of rain fell in two days in Nashville, US. According to weather experts, that was a
"once in 1,000 years" event. But these days, extreme weather events are more frequent. Also in 2010, 11 inches of rain fell in
Rio de Janeiro in 24 hours, and there was record rainfall in Pakistan.

The effects of this kind of rain are dramatic. In Rio de Janeiro, landslides followed the rain. Hundreds of people died. In
Pakistan, it caused floods that affected 20 million people. The opposite situation is drought, when no rain falls. Australia,
Russia, and East Africa have suffered major droughts in the last ten years. Another example of extreme weather is a heat
wave, such as in the summer of 2003. In Europe, 35,000 people died from heat ‐related problems.
So, what is happening? Are these extreme events part of a natural cycle? Are they happening because human activity affects
the Earth’s climate? The answer, Peter Miller says, is probably a combination of both of these things. On the one hand, the
most important influences on weather events are natural cycles in the climate. Two of the most famous cycles are called El
Niño and La Niña. They start in the Pacific Ocean, but they affect weather all around the world.
On the other hand, the Earth’s oceans are changing: their temperatures are increasing. And this is a result of human activity.
The greenhouse gases we produce mean the atmosphere warms up. Warmer oceans produce more water vapour - think about
what happens when you heat a pan of water in your kitchen. Information from satellites tells us that there is four percent more
water vapour in the atmosphere than 25 years ago. This warm, wet air turns into rain, storms, hurricanes, and typhoons.
Michael Oppenheimer, a climate scientist, says that we need to accept reality. Our weather is changing and we need to act to
save lives and money.
Question 41: Satellites can measure......
A. warm, and wet air
B. the number of hurricanes.
C. the amount of water vapour in the air.
D. the temperature of the Pacific Ocean.
Question 42: The article says that extreme weather events are the result of…..
A. rain, heat, and storms
B. natural cycles.
C. human activity.
D. natural cycles and human activity.
Question 43: One cause of extreme weather is…..
A. floods across large areas.
B. the Pacifc Ocean
C. water vapour in the atmosphere.
D. very hot summers.
Question 44: Examples of extreme weather include…..

A. warm, wet air.
B. very hot weather in Europe. C. El Niño and La Niña.
D. rainfall
Question 45: Why was the rain in Nashville an extreme event?
A. A lot of rain fell in a short time.
B. A lot of rain fell over a long time period.
C. It rained more than 1,000 years ago.
D. It happened a thousand years ago.
Question 46: What caused many deaths in 2003?
A. floods
B. a drought
C. hot weather
D. heat wave
Question 47: The article says extreme weather is…..
A. more common nowadays. B. caused by humans
C. more unusual in the US.
D. not natural.
Question 48: What happened after the extreme rain in Rio de Janeiro?
A. There were major floods.
B. There were many deaths.


C. Millions of people were affected.
D. There were droughts.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in
the following questions.
Question 49: The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis. He did not offer any solutions.
A. In order not to offer any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.
B. Without offering any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.
C. The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis, nor did he offer any solutions.

D. The president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis because he did not offer any solutions.
Question 50: Another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours. You should get the position
without any difficulties.
A. Get the position without any difficulties or another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight
hours.
B. If another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position without
any difficulties.
C. Within forty-eight hours, you would get the position without any difficulties, if someone applies for it.
D. Unless another .candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position
without any difficulties.
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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 446
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position
of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1:A. reason
B. creature
C. pleasant
D. season
Question 2:A. sightseer
B. veneer
C. engineer

D. pioneer
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 3: We were so stupefied by the news that we all sat in silence for a long time.
A. surprised
B. over-anxious
C. exhausted
D. indifferent
Question 4: It happens like this once in a blue moon.
A. rarely
B. often
C. now and again
D. frequently
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: The World Health Organisation has stated that smallpox has been almost completely........
A. extinguished
B. eradicated
C. uprooted
D. obliterated
Question 6: As he was caught in.......of an offensive weapon, he was immediately a suspect.
A. possession
B. ownership
C. control
D. handling
Question 7: After Mervyn's accident and his subsequent appearance in court, he was.......from driving for a year.
A. forfeited
B. dispossessed
C. invalidated
D. disqualified
Question 8: Tourism provides people with jobs - albeit often rather.......ones!

A. superficial
B. trivial
C. remedial
D. menial
Question 9: As a result of......, the price of new cars has risen dramatically over the last few months.
A. extension
B. inflation
C. escalation
D. distension
Question 10: News of the celebrity's arrival.......through the small town like wildfire.
A. grew
B. spread
C. moved
D. flared
Question 11: There is a steady.......of young people from villages to the cities.
A. current
B. motion
C. drift
D. stampede
Question 12: Jack....... the map for several minutes, unable to believe his eyes.
A. watched
B. glimpsed
C. glanced
D. stared at
Question 13: After ten unhappy years, Janice finally quit her job. She…...alone with her boss for a long time before she
finally decided to look for a new position.
A. hadn't been getting
B. didn't get
C. isn't getting
D. hasn't been getting

Question 14: The Shorter Cambridge Dictionary consists of two......., A-L and M-Z.
A. editions
B. issues
C. volumes
D. tomes
Question 15: It's very cold in here. Do you mind if I........the heating?
A. put down
B. put up with
C. put
D. put on
Question 16: My country.......the pursuit of world peace.
A. is dedicating by
B. is dedicating to
C. is dedicated by
D. is dedicated to
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 17: These days, mum has been off her food.
A. away to buy food
B. too ill to eat
C. out on her food business
D. vomiting
Question 18: Our new office is packed with cumbersome equipment.
A. too big and heavy
B. too expensive
C. modern
D. dilapidated
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other
three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 19:A. employment B. company

C. atmosphere
D. miracle
Question 20:A. approximate B. aspiration
C. invaluable
D. accommodate
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 21: They didn’t want to be late for the meeting so they left in plenty of time.
A. So as not to belate for the meeting they left in plenty of time.
B. They left for the meeting because they had plenty of time not to be late.
C. They had plenty of time to be late for the meeting, so they left.
D. They didn’t have plenty of time for the meeting, so they left.
Question 22: I cannot understand what he says.
A. I find he is unable to understand when saying.
B. What he says cannot be understood by anyone.
C. I misunderstand what he says.
D. It is difficult for me to understand easily what he says.
Question 23: We really must leave the pary now if we are to catch the bus.


A. Unless we catch the bus, we really must leave the party now.
B. We cannot catch the bus on the condition that we really must leave now.
C. It’s time we left the party now if we are to catch the bus.
D. Without leaving the party now, we mustn’t catch the bus.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 24 to 28.
ELEKTRON TO ELECTRICITY
The first discovery of electricity is over 2,600 years old. Does that surprise you? Of course, there were no lights, telephones,
refrigerators, radios, motion pictures, or television sets that long ago. ...(24)..., all of these modern conveniences are ...(25)...
such recent development that you might well wonder how; electricity could be any older than Thomas Edison's development

of the first practical electric light bulb in 1879.
The word electricity comes from the Greek word meaning amber, ...(26)... is elektron. The fossilized sap of a pine tree,
amber looks much like a hard lump of honey. In 600 B.C., a Greek philosopher named Thales rubbed a piece of amber against
his sleeve to shine it. ...(27)... his interest, he found that the rubbed amber attracted small bits of lint, feathers, and dried
leaves. This property of attraction was a strange characteristic which he thought only amber had. Today, our word electricity
still goes back to Thales' early discovery about amber.
More than two thousand years after Thales, an English physician discovered that other substances also had this characteristic
of electricity. Frorn then on, ...(28)... men added to the knowledge of electricity. They set off the many developments and
discoveries which have brought about our electrical era of today.
Question 24:A. However B. In fact
C. Moreover
D. On the contrary
Question 25:A. to
B. from
C. with
D. of
Question 26:A. which
B. that
C. and
D. this
Question 27:A. Much to
B. Despite
C. Opposed to
D. In addition to
Question 28:A. time in time out B. more and more
C. over and over
D. again and again
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 29 to 36.
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR WEATHER?

What is "extreme" weather? Why are people talking about it these days? Extreme weather is very unusual rain, heat, and
storms. For example, in 2010, 13 inches of rain fell in two days in Nashville, US. According to weather experts, that was a
"once in 1,000 years" event. But these days, extreme weather events are more frequent. Also in 2010, 11 inches of rain fell in
Rio de Janeiro in 24 hours, and there was record rainfall in Pakistan.
The effects of this kind of rain are dramatic. In Rio de Janeiro, landslides followed the rain. Hundreds of people died. In
Pakistan, it caused floods that affected 20 million people. The opposite situation is drought, when no rain falls. Australia,
Russia, and East Africa have suffered major droughts in the last ten years. Another example of extreme weather is a heat
wave, such as in the summer of 2003. In Europe, 35,000 people died from heat ‐related problems.
So, what is happening? Are these extreme events part of a natural cycle? Are they happening because human activity affects
the Earth’s climate? The answer, Peter Miller says, is probably a combination of both of these things. On the one hand, the
most important influences on weather events are natural cycles in the climate. Two of the most famous cycles are called El
Niño and La Niña. They start in the Pacific Ocean, but they affect weather all around the world.
On the other hand, the Earth’s oceans are changing: their temperatures are increasing. And this is a result of human activity.
The greenhouse gases we produce mean the atmosphere warms up. Warmer oceans produce more water vapour - think about
what happens when you heat a pan of water in your kitchen. Information from satellites tells us that there is four percent more
water vapour in the atmosphere than 25 years ago. This warm, wet air turns into rain, storms, hurricanes, and typhoons.
Michael Oppenheimer, a climate scientist, says that we need to accept reality. Our weather is changing and we need to act to
save lives and money.
Question 29: The article says that extreme weather events are the result of…..
A. natural cycles.
B. human activity.
C. natural cycles and human activity.
D. rain, heat, and storms
Question 30: What caused many deaths in 2003?
A. hot weather
B. floods
C. a drought
D. heat wave
Question 31: Satellites can measure......
A. the amount of water vapour in the air.

B. the number of hurricanes.
C. warm, and wet air
D. the temperature of the Pacific Ocean.
Question 32: The article says extreme weather is…..
A. more common nowadays.
B. more unusual in the US.
C. not natural.
D. caused
by humans
Question 33: Examples of extreme weather include…..
A. warm, wet air.
B. very hot weather in Europe. C. rainfall
D. El Niño and La Niña.
Question 34: One cause of extreme weather is…..
A. water vapour in the atmosphere.
B. very hot summers.
C. the Pacifc Ocean
D. floods across large areas.
Question 35: What happened after the extreme rain in Rio de Janeiro?
A. There were major floods.
B. Millions of people were affected.


C. There were many deaths.
D. There were droughts.
Question 36: Why was the rain in Nashville an extreme event?
A. A lot of rain fell over a long time period.
B. A lot of rain fell in a short time.
C. It happened a thousand years ago.
D. It rained more than 1,000 years ago.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 37 to 43.
Man has long wanted to fly. He saw birds, envied them and tried to imitate them. Over the ages countless attempts were
made: men constructed wings, fastened them to their arms and legs and jumped off towers and hill tops. These "bird-men"
flapped their wings for a short space of time and then fell to the ground. What was not realised in those early years was that
birds have muscles very much stronger, in proportion to their size, than men. Human limbs cannot provide sufficient strength
to lift the body off the ground. The secret of flight did not lie in the making of wings, but in discovering the right kind of
power, and how to use it.
In the 18th century, the invention of the hot-air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers of France was seen as a great step
forward. In 1783, in the presence of the King and Queen, it took three passengers safely up into the air and down again. They
were sheep, a cock and a duck. Soon ballooning became a fashionable pastime. But balloons and the cigar-shaped airship,
which was invented slightly later, did not solve the problem of flying because they had no means of power or control: their
designers could not find an engine strong enough yet light enough to drive the aircraft. The airship went where the wind blew
it, could lose height and could easily catch fire. As a means of passenger transport, it turned out to be neither practical nor
safe. So the difficulty remained: a true flying machine which was heavier than air and capable of carrying people was still to
be invented. Experiments were carried out in many countries, sometimes with models driven by steam engine, but these were
too heavy to be used in an aeroplane with a pilot.
The answer finally came at the beginning of this century with the invention of the internal combustion engine - the kind
used in motor cars. Here at last was a powerful, yet comparatively light engine driven by petrol and capable of being fitted
into an aeroplane.
In 1903, two Americans, the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, flew a powered aeroplane for the first time. Their success
encouraged designers everywhere. Although there were now newer, different problems, mainly to do with safety and the
training of pilots, progress was rapid. These were exciting days and interest was intense. At Reims, 1909, a crowd of a
quarter of a million gathered at the first Air Display, and saw thirty-eight different aircraft take part. The age of the aeroplane
had arrived.
Question 37: The "bird-men" failed to fly because.…..
A. their limbs were not strong enough
B. they did not attach their wings correctly
C. their arms and legs were too short
D. they were overweight

Question 38: The word “it” refers to…..
A. the design
B. the air-ship
C. the wind
D. the engine
Question 39: The hot-air balloon’s first passengers were…..
A. sheep, a cock and a duck
B. the “bird-men” and a pilot
C. the Montgolfier brothers
D. the King and Queen
Question 40: Which phrase can substitute for the word “envied” in the second sentence?
A. kept as pets
B. raised and tamed
C. wish for the same ability
D. captured and used
Question 41: The passage mainly reports…..
A. the progress of manufacturing areoplanes.
B. the develpoments in flying
C. human dream of flying D. famous pilots in the world
Question 42: The best engine that can be fitted into an areoplane is…..
A. the motor car
B. the internal combustion
C. the cigar-shaped airship
D. the flying machine
Question 43: The word “intense” is closest in meaning to…..
A. superficial
B. over-whelming
C. lateral
D. strong and deep
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the

following questions.
Question 44: Suzy had better to change her study habits if she hopes to be admitted to a good university.
A. to change
B. hopes to be
C. to a good university
D. had
Question 45: Hardly he had entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.
A. forgotten his
B. Hardly he had
C. the office
D. that he had
Question 46: Until his last class at the university in 1978, Bob always turns in all of his assignments on time.
A. turns
B. of
C. Until
D. on
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 47: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Yes, almost every moment I was there.”
A. Did you enjoy your stay there?
B. Did you take a trip to the Valley of Nevada?
C. How long were you there?
D. When did you spend your honeymoon?
Question 48: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Great! When is that possible?”
A. People say things are in the sale at Charlotte Tilbury’s? Shall we go?
B. People says the price of imported cars is increasing.


C. A new US satellite will enable us to surf the Internet at high speed.
D. Mum’s giving welcome-home party for Dad tomorrow.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in
the following questions.
Question 49: Another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours. You should get the position
without any difficulties.
A. Get the position without any difficulties or another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight
hours.
B. If another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position without
any difficulties.
C. Unless another .candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position
without any difficulties.
D. Within forty-eight hours, you would get the position without any difficulties, if someone applies for it.
Question 50: The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis. He did not offer any solutions.
A. Without offering any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.
B. In order not to offer any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.
C. The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis, nor did he offer any solutions.
D. The president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis because he did not offer any solutions.
The End


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MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 632
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position
of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1:A. veneer

B. pioneer
C. engineer
D. sightseer
Question 2:A. season
B. reason
C. pleasant
D. creature
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in
the following questions.
Question 3: Another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours. You should get the position
without any difficulties.
A. Get the position without any difficulties or another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight
hours.
B. Within forty-eight hours, you would get the position without any difficulties, if someone applies for it.
C. If another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position without
any difficulties.
D. Unless another .candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position
without any difficulties.
Question 4: The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis. He did not offer any solutions.
A. Without offering any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.
B. In order not to offer any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.
C. The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis, nor did he offer any solutions.
D. The president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis because he did not offer any solutions.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 05 to 12.
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR WEATHER?
What is "extreme" weather? Why are people talking about it these days? Extreme weather is very unusual rain, heat, and
storms. For example, in 2010, 13 inches of rain fell in two days in Nashville, US. According to weather experts, that was a
"once in 1,000 years" event. But these days, extreme weather events are more frequent. Also in 2010, 11 inches of rain fell in
Rio de Janeiro in 24 hours, and there was record rainfall in Pakistan.

The effects of this kind of rain are dramatic. In Rio de Janeiro, landslides followed the rain. Hundreds of people died. In
Pakistan, it caused floods that affected 20 million people. The opposite situation is drought, when no rain falls. Australia,
Russia, and East Africa have suffered major droughts in the last ten years. Another example of extreme weather is a heat
wave, such as in the summer of 2003. In Europe, 35,000 people died from heat ‐related problems.
So, what is happening? Are these extreme events part of a natural cycle? Are they happening because human activity affects
the Earth’s climate? The answer, Peter Miller says, is probably a combination of both of these things. On the one hand, the
most important influences on weather events are natural cycles in the climate. Two of the most famous cycles are called El
Niño and La Niña. They start in the Pacific Ocean, but they affect weather all around the world.
On the other hand, the Earth’s oceans are changing: their temperatures are increasing. And this is a result of human activity.
The greenhouse gases we produce mean the atmosphere warms up. Warmer oceans produce more water vapour - think about
what happens when you heat a pan of water in your kitchen. Information from satellites tells us that there is four percent more
water vapour in the atmosphere than 25 years ago. This warm, wet air turns into rain, storms, hurricanes, and typhoons.
Michael Oppenheimer, a climate scientist, says that we need to accept reality. Our weather is changing and we need to act to
save lives and money.
Question 5: What caused many deaths in 2003?
A. a drought
B. floods
C. heat wave
D. hot weather
Question 6: Satellites can measure......
A. the amount of water vapour in the air.
B. the temperature of the Pacific Ocean.
C. warm, and wet air
D. the number of hurricanes.
Question 7: The article says extreme weather is…..
A. more unusual in the US. B. more common nowadays. C. caused by humans
D. not natural.
Question 8: One cause of extreme weather is…..
A. the Pacifc Ocean
B. very hot summers.

C. floods across large areas.
D. water vapour in the atmosphere.
Question 9: The article says that extreme weather events are the result of…..
A. human activity.
B. natural cycles.
C. rain, heat, and storms
D. natural cycles and human activity.
Question 10: Examples of extreme weather include…..
A. warm, wet air.
B. very hot weather in Europe.
C. rainfall
D. El Niño and La Niña.
Question 11: Why was the rain in Nashville an extreme event?
A. It rained more than 1,000 years ago.
B. A lot of rain fell over a long time period.
C. It happened a thousand years ago.
D. A lot of rain fell in a short time.


Question 12: What happened after the extreme rain in Rio de Janeiro?
A. There were many deaths.
B. There were major floods.
C. There were droughts.
D. Millions of people were affected.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 13: Our new office is packed with cumbersome equipment.
A. too big and heavy
B. dilapidated
C. too expensive

D. modern
Question 14: These days, mum has been off her food.
A. away to buy food
B. vomiting
C. out on her food business
D. too ill to eat
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 15: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Yes, almost every moment I was there.”
A. Did you take a trip to the Valley of Nevada?
B. When did you spend your honeymoon?
C. How long were you there?
D. Did you enjoy your stay there?
Question 16: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Great! When is that possible?”
A. People say things are in the sale at Charlotte Tilbury’s? Shall we go?
B. A new US satellite will enable us to surf the Internet at high speed.
C. Mum’s giving welcome-home party for Dad tomorrow.
D. People says the price of imported cars is increasing.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 17: It's very cold in here. Do you mind if I........the heating?
A. put down
B. put up with
C. put
D. put on
Question 18: My country.......the pursuit of world peace.
A. is dedicated to
B. is dedicating by
C. is dedicated by
D. is dedicating to
Question 19: As he was caught in.......of an offensive weapon, he was immediately a suspect.

A. ownership
B. possession
C. control
D. handling
Question 20: After ten unhappy years, Janice finally quit her job. She…...alone with her boss for a long time before she
finally decided to look for a new position.
A. hadn't been getting
B. didn't get
C. isn't getting
D. hasn't been getting
Question 21: News of the celebrity's arrival.......through the small town like wildfire.
A. grew
B. flared
C. spread
D. moved
Question 22: There is a steady.......of young people from villages to the cities.
A. stampede
B. drift
C. motion
D. current
Question 23: After Mervyn's accident and his subsequent appearance in court, he was.......from driving for a year.
A. dispossessed
B. invalidated
C. disqualified
D. forfeited
Question 24: Tourism provides people with jobs - albeit often rather.......ones!
A. menial
B. trivial
C. superficial
D. remedial

Question 25: As a result of......, the price of new cars has risen dramatically over the last few months.
A. extension
B. inflation
C. escalation
D. distension
Question 26: The World Health Organisation has stated that smallpox has been almost completely........
A. extinguished
B. obliterated
C. eradicated
D. uprooted
Question 27: The Shorter Cambridge Dictionary consists of two......., A-L and M-Z.
A. editions
B. volumes
C. issues
D. tomes
Question 28: Jack....... the map for several minutes, unable to believe his eyes.
A. stared at
B. glanced
C. glimpsed
D. watched
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 29 to 33.
ELEKTRON TO ELECTRICITY
The first discovery of electricity is over 2,600 years old. Does that surprise you? Of course, there were no lights, telephones,
refrigerators, radios, motion pictures, or television sets that long ago. ...(29)..., all of these modern conveniences are ...(30)...
such recent development that you might well wonder how; electricity could be any older than Thomas Edison's development
of the first practical electric light bulb in 1879.
The word electricity comes from the Greek word meaning amber, ...(31)... is elektron. The fossilized sap of a pine tree,
amber looks much like a hard lump of honey. In 600 B.C., a Greek philosopher named Thales rubbed a piece of amber against
his sleeve to shine it. ...(32)... his interest, he found that the rubbed amber attracted small bits of lint, feathers, and dried

leaves. This property of attraction was a strange characteristic which he thought only amber had. Today, our word electricity
still goes back to Thales' early discovery about amber.
More than two thousand years after Thales, an English physician discovered that other substances also had this characteristic
of electricity. Frorn then on, ...(33)... men added to the knowledge of electricity. They set off the many developments and
discoveries which have brought about our electrical era of today.
Question 29:A. Moreover B. In fact
C. On the contrary
D. However
Question 30:A. from
B. to
C. with
D. of
Question 31:A. that
B. this
C. which
D. and


Question 32:A. Despite
B. Much to
C. Opposed to
D. In addition to
Question 33:A. over and over B. again and again
C. more and more
D. time in time out
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 34: It happens like this once in a blue moon.
A. often
B. now and again

C. frequently
D. rarely
Question 35: We were so stupefied by the news that we all sat in silence for a long time.
A. exhausted
B. over-anxious
C. indifferent
D. surprised
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 36 to 42.
Man has long wanted to fly. He saw birds, envied them and tried to imitate them. Over the ages countless attempts were
made: men constructed wings, fastened them to their arms and legs and jumped off towers and hill tops. These "bird-men"
flapped their wings for a short space of time and then fell to the ground. What was not realised in those early years was that
birds have muscles very much stronger, in proportion to their size, than men. Human limbs cannot provide sufficient strength
to lift the body off the ground. The secret of flight did not lie in the making of wings, but in discovering the right kind of
power, and how to use it.
In the 18th century, the invention of the hot-air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers of France was seen as a great step
forward. In 1783, in the presence of the King and Queen, it took three passengers safely up into the air and down again. They
were sheep, a cock and a duck. Soon ballooning became a fashionable pastime. But balloons and the cigar-shaped airship,
which was invented slightly later, did not solve the problem of flying because they had no means of power or control: their
designers could not find an engine strong enough yet light enough to drive the aircraft. The airship went where the wind blew
it, could lose height and could easily catch fire. As a means of passenger transport, it turned out to be neither practical nor
safe. So the difficulty remained: a true flying machine which was heavier than air and capable of carrying people was still to
be invented. Experiments were carried out in many countries, sometimes with models driven by steam engine, but these were
too heavy to be used in an aeroplane with a pilot.
The answer finally came at the beginning of this century with the invention of the internal combustion engine - the kind
used in motor cars. Here at last was a powerful, yet comparatively light engine driven by petrol and capable of being fitted
into an aeroplane.
In 1903, two Americans, the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, flew a powered aeroplane for the first time. Their success
encouraged designers everywhere. Although there were now newer, different problems, mainly to do with safety and the
training of pilots, progress was rapid. These were exciting days and interest was intense. At Reims, 1909, a crowd of a

quarter of a million gathered at the first Air Display, and saw thirty-eight different aircraft take part. The age of the aeroplane
had arrived.
Question 36: Which phrase can substitute for the word “envied” in the second sentence?
A. captured and used
B. raised and tamed
C. kept as pets
D. wish for the same ability
Question 37: The "bird-men" failed to fly because.…..
A. they were overweight
B. they did not attach their wings correctly
C. their limbs were not strong enough
D. their arms and legs were too short
Question 38: The hot-air balloon’s first passengers were…..
A. the King and Queen
B. the “bird-men” and a pilot
C. the Montgolfier brothers
D. sheep, a cock and a duck
Question 39: The word “it” refers to…..
A. the engine
B. the air-ship
C. the design
D. the wind
Question 40: The passage mainly reports…..
A. famous pilots in the world
B. the progress of manufacturing areoplanes.
C. human dream of flying
D. the develpoments in flying
Question 41: The best engine that can be fitted into an areoplane is…..
A. the motor car
B. the cigar-shaped airship

C. the internal combustion
D. the flying machine
Question 42: The word “intense” is closest in meaning to…..
A. lateral
B. strong and deep
C. superficial
D. over-whelming
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Question 43: Suzy had better to change her study habits if she hopes to be admitted to a good university.
A. to change
B. had
C. hopes to be
D. to a good university
Question 44: Hardly he had entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.
A. Hardly he had
B. that he had
C. the office
D. forgotten his
Question 45: Until his last class at the university in 1978, Bob always turns in all of his assignments on time.
A. of
B. on
C. turns
D. Until
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 46: They didn’t want to be late for the meeting so they left in plenty of time.
A. They left for the meeting because they had plenty of time not to be late.

B. So as not to belate for the meeting they left in plenty of time.
C. They didn’t have plenty of time for the meeting, so they left.
D. They had plenty of time to be late for the meeting, so they left.
Question 47: I cannot understand what he says.
A. It is difficult for me to understand easily what he says.
B. What he says cannot be understood by anyone.
C. I misunderstand what he says.
D. I find he is unable to understand when saying.
Question 48: We really must leave the pary now if we are to catch the bus.
A. Unless we catch the bus, we really must leave the party now.
B. Without leaving the party now, we mustn’t catch the bus.
C. It’s time we left the party now if we are to catch the bus.
D. We cannot catch the bus on the condition that we really must leave now.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other
three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 49:A. invaluable B. accommodate
C. aspiration
D. approximate
Question 50:A. employment B. atmosphere
C. company
D. miracle
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MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 449
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position
of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1:A. season
B. creature
C. pleasant
D. reason
Question 2:A. engineer
B. veneer
C. pioneer
D. sightseer
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 3: As he was caught in.......of an offensive weapon, he was immediately a suspect.
A. possession
B. handling
C. control
D. ownership
Question 4: My country.......the pursuit of world peace.
A. is dedicating by
B. is dedicated by
C. is dedicating to
D. is dedicated to
Question 5: After Mervyn's accident and his subsequent appearance in court, he was.......from driving for a year.
A. invalidated
B. disqualified
C. dispossessed
D. forfeited
Question 6: There is a steady.......of young people from villages to the cities.
A. current

B. drift
C. stampede
D. motion
Question 7: News of the celebrity's arrival.......through the small town like wildfire.
A. moved
B. flared
C. spread
D. grew
Question 8: Tourism provides people with jobs - albeit often rather.......ones!
A. remedial
B. trivial
C. superficial
D. menial
Question 9: The World Health Organisation has stated that smallpox has been almost completely........
A. extinguished
B. uprooted
C. eradicated
D. obliterated
Question 10: It's very cold in here. Do you mind if I........the heating?
A. put on
B. put
C. put up with
D. put down
Question 11: As a result of......, the price of new cars has risen dramatically over the last few months.
A. inflation
B. escalation
C. extension
D. distension
Question 12: The Shorter Cambridge Dictionary consists of two......., A-L and M-Z.
A. volumes

B. issues
C. tomes
D. editions
Question 13: After ten unhappy years, Janice finally quit her job. She…...alone with her boss for a long time before she
finally decided to look for a new position.
A. isn't getting
B. hadn't been getting
C. hasn't been getting
D. didn't get
Question 14: Jack....... the map for several minutes, unable to believe his eyes.
A. watched
B. glanced
C. stared at
D. glimpsed
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other
three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 15:A. employment B. miracle
C. company
D. atmosphere
Question 16:A. accommodate B. invaluable
C. approximate
D. aspiration
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 17: These days, mum has been off her food.
A. too ill to eat
B. out on her food business
C. vomiting
D. away to buy food
Question 18: Our new office is packed with cumbersome equipment.

A. modern
B. dilapidated
C. too expensive
D. too big and heavy
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 19: We were so stupefied by the news that we all sat in silence for a long time.
A. indifferent
B. over-anxious
C. exhausted
D. surprised
Question 20: It happens like this once in a blue moon.
A. now and again
B. frequently
C. often
D. rarely
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 21: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Great! When is that possible?”
A. People says the price of imported cars is increasing.
B. A new US satellite will enable us to surf the Internet at high speed.
C. People say things are in the sale at Charlotte Tilbury’s? Shall we go?
D. Mum’s giving welcome-home party for Dad tomorrow.
Question 22: ~ A: “……….” ~ B: “Yes, almost every moment I was there.”
A. How long were you there?
B. When did you spend your honeymoon?
C. Did you take a trip to the Valley of Nevada?
D. Did you enjoy your stay there?
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 23 to 30.

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR WEATHER?
What is "extreme" weather? Why are people talking about it these days? Extreme weather is very unusual rain, heat, and
storms. For example, in 2010, 13 inches of rain fell in two days in Nashville, US. According to weather experts, that was a
"once in 1,000 years" event. But these days, extreme weather events are more frequent. Also in 2010, 11 inches of rain fell in
Rio de Janeiro in 24 hours, and there was record rainfall in Pakistan.
The effects of this kind of rain are dramatic. In Rio de Janeiro, landslides followed the rain. Hundreds of people died. In
Pakistan, it caused floods that affected 20 million people. The opposite situation is drought, when no rain falls. Australia,
Russia, and East Africa have suffered major droughts in the last ten years. Another example of extreme weather is a heat
wave, such as in the summer of 2003. In Europe, 35,000 people died from heat ‐related problems.
So, what is happening? Are these extreme events part of a natural cycle? Are they happening because human activity affects
the Earth’s climate? The answer, Peter Miller says, is probably a combination of both of these things. On the one hand, the
most important influences on weather events are natural cycles in the climate. Two of the most famous cycles are called El
Niño and La Niña. They start in the Pacific Ocean, but they affect weather all around the world.
On the other hand, the Earth’s oceans are changing: their temperatures are increasing. And this is a result of human activity.
The greenhouse gases we produce mean the atmosphere warms up. Warmer oceans produce more water vapour - think about
what happens when you heat a pan of water in your kitchen. Information from satellites tells us that there is four percent more
water vapour in the atmosphere than 25 years ago. This warm, wet air turns into rain, storms, hurricanes, and typhoons.
Michael Oppenheimer, a climate scientist, says that we need to accept reality. Our weather is changing and we need to act to
save lives and money.
Question 23: What happened after the extreme rain in Rio de Janeiro?
A. There were droughts.
B. There were many deaths.
C. There were major floods.
D. Millions of people were affected.
Question 24: Examples of extreme weather include…..
A. very hot weather in Europe. B. rainfall
C. El Niño and La Niña.
D. warm, wet air.

Question 25: The article says that extreme weather events are the result of…..
A. human activity.
B. natural cycles and human activity.
C. natural cycles.
D. rain, heat, and storms
Question 26: The article says extreme weather is…..
A. more unusual in the US.
B. caused by humans
C. not natural.
D. more common nowadays.
Question 27: Why was the rain in Nashville an extreme event?
A. A lot of rain fell in a short time.
B. It rained more than 1,000 years ago.
C. A lot of rain fell over a long time period.
D. It happened a thousand years ago.
Question 28: What caused many deaths in 2003?
A. hot weather
B. a drought
C. heat wave
D. floods
Question 29: Satellites can measure......
A. the temperature of the Pacific Ocean.
B. warm, and wet air
C. the amount of water vapour in the air.
D. the number of hurricanes.
Question 30: One cause of extreme weather is…..
A. very hot summers.
B. the Pacifc Ocean
C. water vapour in the atmosphere.
D. floods across large areas.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 31 to 37.
Man has long wanted to fly. He saw birds, envied them and tried to imitate them. Over the ages countless attempts were
made: men constructed wings, fastened them to their arms and legs and jumped off towers and hill tops. These "bird-men"
flapped their wings for a short space of time and then fell to the ground. What was not realised in those early years was that
birds have muscles very much stronger, in proportion to their size, than men. Human limbs cannot provide sufficient strength
to lift the body off the ground. The secret of flight did not lie in the making of wings, but in discovering the right kind of
power, and how to use it.
In the 18th century, the invention of the hot-air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers of France was seen as a great step
forward. In 1783, in the presence of the King and Queen, it took three passengers safely up into the air and down again. They
were sheep, a cock and a duck. Soon ballooning became a fashionable pastime. But balloons and the cigar-shaped airship,
which was invented slightly later, did not solve the problem of flying because they had no means of power or control: their
designers could not find an engine strong enough yet light enough to drive the aircraft. The airship went where the wind blew
it, could lose height and could easily catch fire. As a means of passenger transport, it turned out to be neither practical nor
safe. So the difficulty remained: a true flying machine which was heavier than air and capable of carrying people was still to
be invented. Experiments were carried out in many countries, sometimes with models driven by steam engine, but these were
too heavy to be used in an aeroplane with a pilot.
The answer finally came at the beginning of this century with the invention of the internal combustion engine - the kind
used in motor cars. Here at last was a powerful, yet comparatively light engine driven by petrol and capable of being fitted
into an aeroplane.
In 1903, two Americans, the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, flew a powered aeroplane for the first time. Their success
encouraged designers everywhere. Although there were now newer, different problems, mainly to do with safety and the
training of pilots, progress was rapid. These were exciting days and interest was intense. At Reims, 1909, a crowd of a


quarter of a million gathered at the first Air Display, and saw thirty-eight different aircraft take part. The age of the aeroplane
had arrived.
Question 31: The "bird-men" failed to fly because.…..
A. their arms and legs were too short
B. they were overweight

C. they did not attach their wings correctly
D. their limbs were not strong enough
Question 32: Which phrase can substitute for the word “envied” in the second sentence?
A. kept as pets
B. wish for the same ability
C. captured and used
D. raised and tamed
Question 33: The hot-air balloon’s first passengers were…..
A. the King and Queen
B. the “bird-men” and a pilot
C. sheep, a cock and a duck
D. the Montgolfier brothers
Question 34: The word “intense” is closest in meaning to…..
A. superficial
B. lateral
C. strong and deep
D. over-whelming
Question 35: The word “it” refers to…..
A. the air-ship
B. the engine
C. the design
D. the wind
Question 36: The passage mainly reports…..
A. human dream of flying
B. famous pilots in the world
C. the develpoments in flying
D. the progress of manufacturing areoplanes.
Question 37: The best engine that can be fitted into an areoplane is…..
A. the flying machine
B. the motor car

C. the internal combustion
D. the cigar-shaped airship
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 38: We really must leave the pary now if we are to catch the bus.
A. Unless we catch the bus, we really must leave the party now.
B. We cannot catch the bus on the condition that we really must leave now.
C. It’s time we left the party now if we are to catch the bus.
D. Without leaving the party now, we mustn’t catch the bus.
Question 39: They didn’t want to be late for the meeting so they left in plenty of time.
A. So as not to belate for the meeting they left in plenty of time.
B. They left for the meeting because they had plenty of time not to be late.
C. They didn’t have plenty of time for the meeting, so they left.
D. They had plenty of time to be late for the meeting, so they left.
Question 40: I cannot understand what he says.
A. It is difficult for me to understand easily what he says.
B. I misunderstand what he says.
C. I find he is unable to understand when saying.
D. What he says cannot be understood by anyone.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Question 41: Suzy had better to change her study habits if she hopes to be admitted to a good university.
A. had
B. to a good university
C. hopes to be
D. to change
Question 42: Until his last class at the university in 1978, Bob always turns in all of his assignments on time.
A. Until
B. turns
C. of

D. on
Question 43: Hardly he had entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.
A. the office
B. that he had
C. Hardly he had
D. forgotten his
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 44 to 48.
ELEKTRON TO ELECTRICITY
The first discovery of electricity is over 2,600 years old. Does that surprise you? Of course, there were no lights, telephones,
refrigerators, radios, motion pictures, or television sets that long ago. ...(44)..., all of these modern conveniences are ...(45)...
such recent development that you might well wonder how; electricity could be any older than Thomas Edison's development
of the first practical electric light bulb in 1879.
The word electricity comes from the Greek word meaning amber, ...(46)... is elektron. The fossilized sap of a pine tree,
amber looks much like a hard lump of honey. In 600 B.C., a Greek philosopher named Thales rubbed a piece of amber against
his sleeve to shine it. ...(47)... his interest, he found that the rubbed amber attracted small bits of lint, feathers, and dried
leaves. This property of attraction was a strange characteristic which he thought only amber had. Today, our word electricity
still goes back to Thales' early discovery about amber.
More than two thousand years after Thales, an English physician discovered that other substances also had this characteristic
of electricity. Frorn then on, ...(48)... men added to the knowledge of electricity. They set off the many developments and
discoveries which have brought about our electrical era of today.
Question 44:A. On the contrary B. In fact
C. Moreover
D. However
Question 45:A. with
B. to
C. from
D. of
Question 46:A. which
B. that

C. and
D. this


Question 47:A. Opposed to B. In addition to
C. Much to
D. Despite
Question 48:A. over and over B. again and again
C. more and more
D. time in time out
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in
the following questions.
Question 49: The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis. He did not offer any solutions.
A. The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis, nor did he offer any solutions.
B. In order not to offer any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.
C. Without offering any solutions, the president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis.
D. The president didn’t explain the cause of the crisis because he did not offer any solutions.
Question 50: Another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours. You should get the position
without any difficulties.
A. If another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position without
any difficulties.
B. Within forty-eight hours, you would get the position without any difficulties, if someone applies for it.
C. Unless another .candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight hours, you would get the position
without any difficulties.
D. Get the position without any difficulties or another candidate with more qualifications applies in the next forty-eight
hours.
The End