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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. dates
Question 2: A. coughed

B. matches
B. phoned

C. boxes
C. stopped

D. cases
D. booked

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. suitable
B. secondary
C. responsible
D. confidence
Question 4: A. carefree
B. nomadic
C. courageous
D. ambitious
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: For thousands of years, man has used rocks as main materials for building houses, made
A
B
C
fences, pavements or even roofs for houses.
D
Question 6: Never before has so many people in the United States been interested in soccer.
A
B
C
D
Question 7: Teenagers is greatly influenced by not only their parents but also their peers .

A
B
C
D
Question 8: Tom like to gossip about other people, so he doesn’t like them to gossip about him.
A
B
C
D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 9: Which of the following sentences has the correct word order?
A. She walks usually past my house in the morning.
B. She walks usually in the morning past my house.
C. She in the morning walks usually past my house.
D. She usually walks past my house in the morning.
Question 10: There were some problems during the__________ even before the spacecraft got into space.
A. off lift
B. lift-off
C. off lifting
D. lifting- off
Question 11: I think you’ve played very splendidly in the match, Nam!
Nam: Thank you. That’s a nice compliment. I wish I could do _________ you. I’m still terrible.
A. as badly as
B. double as well as
C. half as well as
D. far worse than
Question 12: A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing ___________ damage.
A. prophetic
B. scientific

C. energetic
D. catastrophic
Question 13: By far _____________ of Saudi Arabia is oil.
A. the most important export
B. that is the most important export
C. the most important export is
D. it is the most important export
Question 14: I first met her four years ago when we _____________ at a middle school.
A. had been studying
B. are studying
C. were studying
D. have been studying
Question 15: I am surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have ___________, they seemed very happy together.
A. broken up
B. fallen out
C. gone off
D. counted on
Question 16: My neighbor really gets on my nerves. She_________the washing machine on late at night.
A. has always been putting B. had always put
C. has always put
D. is always putting
Question 17: My handbag was stolen ____________we were playing tennis.
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A. before
B. during
C. while
D. after
Question 18: Milk used ____________ early in the morning.

A. to be delivering
B. be delivered
C. to be deliver
D. to be delivered
Question 19: The U.S. spent a lot of money trying to catch up with the Soviet Union in space ___________.
A. explorer
B. exploring
C. explore
D. exploration
Question 20: The Wodaabe are not ashamed of being thought to be vain and they consider themselves the
most beautiful people in the world.
A. modest
B. weakness
C. arrogant
D. Dull
Question 21: Onwas is around 60 years old and quite short at 1.5 metres, but he is ___________ and fit.
A. lean
B. athletic
C. powerful
D. strong
Question 22: They don’t____ track of time: hours, weeks, months and years have no meaning to them.
A. take
B. hold
C. leave
D. keep
Question 23: Apollo 13, with a crew of three people, was the third_____________ mission to the Moon.
A. manning
B. man
C. men
D. manned

Question 24: I have to sleep with the window closed because there is___________ noise outside.
A. plenty of
B. too much
C. too many
D. some of
Question 25: Now, he'll go down in __________ as the guy who lost two entirely winnable Senate races in
Virginia.
A. history
B. time
C. memory
D. industry
Question 26: I can’t stand _____________people who are not tolerant of new ideas.
A. narrow-mind
B. minded-narrow
C. narrow-minded
D. narrow-minding
Question 27: The existence of many stars in the sky________ us to suspect that there may be life on another
planet.
A. lead
B. leads
C. leading
D. have led
Question 28: He usually travels to ____________ Philadelphia by ______________ train.
A. Ø / Ø
B. Ø / a
C. the / the
D. the / a
Question 29: Two days into the mission, the ____________ crew faced catastrophe.
A. three men
B. three-man

C. three- mans
D. three-men
Question 30: The Inuit wear ____________coats in the winter.
A. fur, beautiful, long
B. beautiful, fur, long C. beautiful, long, fur D. long, beautiful, fur
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
Question 31: Two students are talking about the school curriculum.
-Ted: “Swimming should be made part of the school curriculum.”
-Kate: “_______________.It is an essential life skill.”
A. Not at all
B. You can make it
C. I can’t agree with you more
D. Oh, that’s a problem
Question 32: - "I wonder if I could possibly use your car for tonight?"
- "__________ . I'm not using it anyhow."
A. Yes, indeed
B. sure, go ahead
C. I don't care
D. I don't know
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 33: You should concentrate on what the interviewer is saying and make a real effort to answer all
the questions.
A. try your best
B. look at
C. listen to
D. focus your attention on
Question 34: I have come to the Hadza homeland of Tanzania for a few days with an interpreter.
A. native land

B. city
C. town
D. countryside
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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 35: I prefer secure jobs because I don't like keeping on moving and changing all the time.
A. demanding
B. stable
C. safe
D. challenging
Question 36: They were not prepared for the humid heat of the tropical forest.
A. watery
B. soaked
C. moist
D. arid
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 37: No one in the family is more sympathetic than Laura.
A. Laura is more sympathetic than many people in the house.
B. The people in the house is not sympathetic at all.
C. Laura is the most sympathetic of all the people in the house.
D. Laura is very sympathetic.
Question 38: We do not need much furniture because the room is very small
A. The smaller the room is, the fewer furniture we need.
B. The smaller the room is, the less furniture we need.
C. The small room makes the furniture less and less.
D. Much furniture is needed for a small room.

Question 39: The children ran to the field to see the dragon, but it was no longer there.
A. The dragon had gone by the time the children ran to the filed.
B. The dragon went by the time the children ran to the filed.
C. When the children ran to the filed, the dragon went.
D. The dragon had gone after the children ran to the filed.
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 40 to 44.
Nowadays there are many good reasons for using bicycles _(40)_____ cars to travel in city centres. First of
all, bicycles are both silent and clean, and easy to park. Secondly, using a bicycle also __(41)____ people fit.
However, city centres must either have cycle lanes _____(42)___ be free of private cars completely. Some
large cities, such as Amsterdam in (43) __________Netherlands, are already organized in this way. (44)
_______ a combination of the use of bicycles with very cheap or free public transport solves the problem of
traffic jams and makes the city centre a more pleasant place.
Question 40: A. but
B. except for
C. instead of
D. such as
Question 41: A. keeps
B. causes
C. helps
D. becomes
Question 42: A. such as
B. yet
C. also
D. or
Question 43: A. the
B. a
C. an
D. no article
Question 44: A. personally

B. finally
C. for example
D. actually
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 45 to 50.
As many as one thousand years ago in the Southwest, the Hopi and Zuni Indians of North America were
building with adobe-sun-baked brick plastered with mud. Their homes looked remarkably like modern
apartment houses. Some were four stories high and contained quarters for perhaps a thousand people, along
with storerooms for grain and other goods. These buildings were usually put up against cliffs, both to make
construction easier and for defense against enemies. They were really villages in themselves, as later
Spanish explorers must have realized since they called them “pueblos”, which is Spanish for towns. The
people of the pueblos raised what are called “the three sisters”- corn, beans, and squash. They made
excellent pottery and wove marvelous baskets, some so fine that they could hold water. The Southwest has
always been a dry country, where water is scarce. The Hopi and Zuni brought water from streams to their
fields and gardens through irrigation ditches. Water was so important that it played a major role in their
religion. They developed elaborate ceremonies and religious rituals to bring rain. The way of life of less –
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settled groups was simpler and more strongly influenced by nature. Small tribes such as the Shoshone and
Ute wandered the dry and mountainous lands between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. They
gathered seeds and hunted small animals such as rabbits and snakes. In the Far North the ancestors of
today’s Inuit hunted seals, walruses, and the great whales. They lived right on the frozen seas in shelters
called igloos built of blocks of packed snow. When summer came, they fished for salmon and hunted the
lordly caribou. The Cheyenne, Pawnee and Sioux tribes, known as the Plains Indians, lived on the grasslands
between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. They hunted bison, commonly called the buffalo.
Its meat was the chief food of these tribes, and its hide was used to make their clothing and the covering of
their tents and tips.
Question 45: The word “They” refers to ____________.
A. buildings

B. cliffs
C. goods
D. enemies
Question 46: The author uses the phrase “the three sisters” refers to___________.
A. family members
B. Hopi women
C. important crops
D. rain ceremonies
Question 47: Which of the following animals was the most important to the Plains Indians?
A. The seal
B. The caribou
C. The salmon
D. The buffalo
Question 48: Which of the following is TRUE of the Shoshone and Ute?
A. They built their homes with adobe.
B. They hunted caribou.
C. They were not as settled as the Hopi and Zuni
D. They did not have many religious ceremonies.
Question 49: It can be inferred from the passage that the dwellings of the Hopi and Zuni were _________.
A. very small
B. highly advanced
C. difficult to defend
D. quickly constructed
Question 50: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Ceremonies and rituals of American Indians.
B. The way of life of American Indian tribes in early North America.
C. The architecture of early America Indian buildings.
D. The movement of American Indians across North America
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ĐÁP ÁN _ ANH 12
Mã đề 132
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Mã đề 209
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Mã đề 485
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