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Họ, tên thí sinh: ..........................................................
Số báo danh: ...............................................................
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. struggle
B. anxious
C. confide
D. comfort
Question 2. A. national
B. establish
C. tropical
D. interest
Mark the letter At B, Ct 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.
B. threaten
C. great
D. healthy
Question 3. A. breath
Question 4. A. borrowed
B. conserved

C. complained
D. approached
Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of
the following exchanges.
Question 5. John and Tim are talking about future jobs.
John: “What kind of job would you like?”
Tim: “ ................. .”
A. Any of them are OK
B. Anything to do with computer
C. That will do
D. Any time after next week
Question 6. John and Jill are talking about Jill’s trip.
Jack: “How was your trip to Denmark?”
Jill: “ ....... . Everything was perfect.”
A. I couldn’t be so sure
B. I couldn’t agree more
C. I couldn’t dream about it
D. I couldn’t feel better about it
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 7. He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the
annual meeting in May.
A. politeness
B. rudeness
C. encouragement
D. measurement
Question 8. I’ll spend the weekends hitting the books as I have final exams next week.
A. reviewing the books
B. studying in a relaxing way
C. damaging the books

D. studying in a serious way
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 9. If you are at a loose end this weekend, I will show you round the city.
A. occupied

B. reluctant

C. confident

D. free

Question 10. Adverse reviews in the New York press may greatly change the prospects of a new
product on the market and lead to its failure.
A. complementary
B. additional
C. comfortable
D. favorable
Mark the letter A, B, Cf or I) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 11. Many reliable methods of storing information tended _______ when computers arrived.
A. to forget
B. to be forgotten
C. forgetting
D. being forgotten
Question 12. Once as the World Natural Heritage by UNESCO, Phong Nha – Ke Bang National
Park attracts a great number of visitors worldwide.
A. having recognized
B. recognized
C. recognizing

D. is recognized
Question 13. Henry _______ into the restaurant when some his friends were having dinner.
A. went

B. was going

C. has gone

D. did go

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Question 14. This part of the country is famous ____ its beautiful landscapes and fine cuisine.
A. about
B. with
C. of
D. for
Question 15. John's ______ and efficiency at the company led to his promotion to Sales Manager.
A. punctuality
B. punctual
C. punctuate
D. punctually
Question 16. Solar energy is not widely used
it is friendly to the environment
A. since
B. although
C. despite
D. because
Question 17. Drinking too much alcohol is said to ___

harm to our health
A. do
B. make
C. lead
D. take
Question 18. It is estimated that about 640 women remain illiterate in ____ world, mostly in developing
countries.
A. an
B. a
C. the
D. Ø
Question 19. I am interested in
for the position of chief financial officer which was advertised in
yesterday’s Daily Post.
A. requesting
B. applying
C. asking
D. demanding
Question 20. __________, he received great support from his fans.
A. Having been announced
B. On his announcement
C. He has announced
D. Despite his announcement
Question 21. You should be very to your teachers for their help
A. considerate
B. thankful
C. gracious
D. grateful
Question 22. If they had seen the red light at the crossroads, they _____ their car.
A. stopped

B. had stopped
C. would have stopped D. would stop
Question 23. Having understood all things happened, he didn’t want to _____ a fuss, he acted silently
as much as possible.
A. take
B. do
C. make
D. change
Question 24. It’s me who is at
, so I’ll pay for the damage.
A. guilt
B. responsibility
C. error
D. fault
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 25 to 29.
It is true that keeping fit will benefit a person’s health in many ways. It has become clear in
recent years, that a large number of people are doing less and less exercise and this is now causing
many serious illnesses, putting a strain on doctors and hospitals. However, some experts believe that too
much exercise can do just as much (25)
____.
Although it is true that moderate exercise such as walking can be very beneficial to a person’s
health, it is not the only one factor (26)
keeps us healthy. Diet is also extremely important and I
would argue that it is probably even more important than exercise, although the ideal is for both of these
factors to work together. It seems to me that many people are unwilling to put in the effort required to
become fitter.
(27)
, too much exercise can also cause problems. So people are urged to take moderate
exercise and eat moderately healthily rather than embarking on extreme diets and training. In too many

instances, ultra–fit people have had heart attacks or dropped down dead.
In all, governments need to find ways of (28)
people to take responsibility for their own
health. People need to realize that eating healthy food does not have to cost a (29)
, nor is it
difficult to prepare healthy meals themselves. People need to be better educated about their health.
B. destruction
C. damage
D. hurt
Question 25. A. ruin
Question 26.

A. who

B. when

C. which

D. what

Question 27.

A. For example

B. However

C. Therefore

D. In fact

Question 28.

A. motivating

B. motivational

C. motivate

D. motivation

Question 29.

A. benefit

B. wealth

C. treasure

D. fortune

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to incorrect
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answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34.
After 1785, the production of children's books in the Untied States increased but remained
largely reprints of British books, often those published by John Newbery, the first publisher to produce
books aimed primarily at diverting a child audience. Ultimately, however, it was not the cheerful,
commercial-minded Newbery, but Anglo-Irish author Maria Edgeworth who had the strongest influence
on this period of American children's literature. The eighteenth century had seen a gradual shift away

from the spiritual intensity of earlier American religious writings for children, toward a more
generalized moralism. Newbery notwithstanding, Americans still looked on children's books as
vehicles for instruction, not amusement, though they would accept a moderate amount of fictional
entertainment for the sake of more successful instruction. As the children's book market expanded, then,
what both public and publishers wanted was the kind of fiction Maria Edgeworth wrote: stories
interesting enough to attract children and morally instructive enough to allay adult distrust of fiction.
American reaction against imported books for children set in after the War of 1812 with the
British. A wave of nationalism permeated everything, and the self-conscious new nation found foreign
writings (particularly those from the British monarchy) unsuitable for the children of a democratic
republic, a slate of self-governing, equal citizens. Publishers of children's books began to encourage
American writers to write for American children. When they responded, the pattern established by
Maria Edgeworth was at hand, attractive to most of them for both its rationalism and its high moral
tone. Early in the 1820's, stories of willful children learning to obey, of careless children learning to
take care, of selfish children learning to "tire for others," started to flow from American presses,
successfully achieving Edgeworth's tone, though rarely her lively style. Imitative as they were, these
early American stories wee quite distinguishable from their British counterparts. Few servants appeared
in them, and if class distinctions had by no means disappeared, there was much democratic insistence
on the worthiness of every level of birth and work. The characters of children in this fiction were
serious, conscientious, self-reflective, and independent-testimony to the continuing influence of the
earlier American moralistic tradition in children's books.
Question 30. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Basic differences between British and American literature for children
B. Successful publishers of children's books in Britain and North America
C. The development of children's literature in the United States
D. The career of Maria Edgeworth as an author of children's books
Question 31. The publisher John Newbery is principally known for which of the following reasons?
A. He had more influence on children American children's literature than any other publisher
B. He published books aimed at amusing children rather than instructing them.
C. He was commercially minded and cheerful.
D. He produced and sold books written by Maria Edgeworth.

Question 32. The word "they" in line 8 refers to________
A. Americans
B. books
C. children
D. vehicles
Question 33. The word "allay" in line 12 is closest in meaning to ________
A. reduce
B. confirm
C. clarify
D. attack
Question 34. According to the passage, American children's stories differed from their British
equivalents in that the characters in American stories were ______
A. rarely servants
B. generally not from a variety of social classes
C. children who showed a change of behavior
D. children who were well behaved
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.
In the history of technology, computers and calculators were innovative developments. They are
essentially different from all other machines because they have a memory. This memory stores
instructions and information. In a calculator, the instructions are the various functions of arithmetic,
which are permanently remembered by the machine and cannot be altered or added to. The information
consists of the numbers which are keyed in.
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An electronic pocket calculator can perform almost instant arithmetic. A calculator requires an
input unit to feed in numbers, a processing unit to make the calculation, a memory unit, and an output
unit to display the result. The calculator is powered by a small battery or by a panel of solar cells. Inside
is a microchip that contains the memory and processing units and also controls the input unit, which is

the keyboard, and the output unit, which is the display.
The input unit has keys for numbers and operations. Beneath the key is a printed circuit board
containing a set of contacts for each key. Pressing a key closes the contacts and sends a signal along a
pair of lines in the circuit board to the processing unit, in which the binary code for that key is stored in
the memory. The processing unit also sends the code to the display. Each key is connected by a
different pair of lines to the processing unit, which repeatedly checks the lines to find out when a pair is
linked by a key.
The memory unit stores the arithmetic instructions for the processing unit and holds the temporary
results that occur during calculation. Storage cells in the memory unit hold the binary codes for the keys
that have been pressed. The number codes, together with the operation code for the plus key, are held in
temporary cells until the processing unit requires them.
When the equals key is pressed, it sends a signal to the processing unit. This takes the operation
code - for example, addition - and the two numbers being held in the memory unit and performs the
operation on the two numbers. After the addition is done, the result goes to the decoder in the
calculator's microchip. This code is then sent to the liquid crystal display unit, which shows the result,
or output, of the calculation.
Question 35. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To summarize the history of technology
B. To explain how a calculator works
C. To discuss innovative developments in technology
D. To compare computers and calculators with other machines
Question 36. What can be inferred about machines that are not calculators or computers?
A. They are older than computers.
B. They are less expensive than computers.
C. They cannot store information in a memory.
D. They have simple memory and processing units.
Question 37. The word “innovative” in paragraph 1 could best replaced by
_____.
A. revolutionary
B. complicated

C. important
D. recent
Question 38. In what part of the calculator are the processing and memory units?
A. The output unit
B. The solar cells
C. The battery
D. The microchip
Question 39. According to the passage, one function of the memory unit is
.
A. to control the keyboard
B. to send codes to the display unit
C. to alter basic arithmetic instructions
D. to store temporary results during calculation
Question 40. The word “This” in paragraph 5 refers to
___.
A. the equal key
B. the plus key
C. the memory unit D. the processing unit
Question 41. The word “contacts” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____.
A. connections
B. commands
C. locations
D. codes
Question 42. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE about calculators?
A. Sending codes takes place only in the memory unit of a calculator.
B. Calculator and computers have a memory.
C. Calculators require a lot of instructions to operate quickly.
D. Pressing a key activates a calculator.
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 43. I regret going to his party last night.
A. I didn’t go to his party last night.
B. I refused to go to his party last night.
C. I wish I didn’t go to his party last night.
D. I wish I hadn’t gone to his party last night.
Question 44. They left the concert hall. The fire alarm went off right afterwards.
A. They left the concert hall just as the fire alarm went off.
B. The fire alarm had gone off before they left the concert hall.
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C. They were leaving the concert hall when the fire alarm went off.
D. No sooner had they left the concert hall than the fire alarm went off.
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 45. Harry sat there waiting for Lucy, which was not necessary.
A. Harry might not have sat there waiting for Lucy.
B. Harry needn’t have sat there waiting for Lucy.
C. Harry couldn’t have sat there waiting for Lucy.
D. Harry may not have sat there waiting for Lucy.
Question 46. He only feels happy whenever he doesn’t have much work to do.
A. The more he works, the happier he feels.
B. He feels happier and happier with his work.
C. His work makes him feel happy.
D. The less he works, the happier he feels.
Question 47. Mary said : “ What will you do this evening, John ?”
A. Mary asked John what would he do that evening.
B. Mary asked John what John did that evening.
C. Mary wanted to know what she and John would do that evening.
D. Mary wanted to know what John would do that evening

Mark the letter A, B, c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction ỉn each of the following questions.
Question 48. It took the mayor over an hour explanation to the other members of the board why he had
missed the last meeting
A. over an
B. explanation
C. of
D. he had missed
Question 49. The federal government recommends that all expectant women will not only refrain
from smoking but also avoid places where other people smoke.
A. recommends that

B. expectant

C. will not only refrain D. smoke

Question 50. Information on the Romans can find not only in these books but also on the Internet.
A. Information

B. can find

C. in

D. the Internet

.

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1. C. 2. B.
6. D. 7. B.
11. B . 12. B.
16. B. 17. A.
21. D. 22. C.
26. C 27. B
31. B 32. A
36. C 37. A
41. A 42. A
46. D 47. D.

3. C.
8. D.
13.A.
18. C.
23. C.
28. A
33. A
38. D

43. D
48. B

4.D.
9. A.
14.D.
19. B.
24. D.
29. D
34. A
39. D
44. D
49. B

5. B.
10. D.
15. A.
20. B.
25. C
30.C
35. B
40. D
45. B
50. B.

.

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ĐỀ THI THỬ TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA
NĂM 2019
Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

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Họ, tên thí sinh: ..........................................................
Số báo danh: ...............................................................
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. struggle
B. anxious
C. confide
D. comfort
Question 2. A. national
B. establish
C. tropical
D. interest
Mark the letter At B, Ct 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.
B. threaten
C. great
D. healthy
Question 3. A. breath
Question 4. A. borrowed

B. conserved
C. complained
D. approached
Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of
the following exchanges.
Question 5. John and Tim are talking about future jobs.
John: “What kind of job would you like?”
Tim: “ ................. .”
A. Any of them are OK
B. Anything to do with computer
C. That will do
D. Any time after next week
Question 6. John and Jill are talking about Jill’s trip.
Jack: “How was your trip to Denmark?”
Jill: “ ....... . Everything was perfect.”
A. I couldn’t be so sure
B. I couldn’t agree more
C. I couldn’t dream about it
D. I couldn’t feel better about it
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 7. He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the
annual meeting in May.
A. politeness
B. rudeness
C. encouragement
D. measurement
Question 8. I’ll spend the weekends hitting the books as I have final exams next week.
A. reviewing the books
B. studying in a relaxing way

C. damaging the books
D. studying in a serious way
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 9. If you are at a loose end this weekend, I will show you round the city.
A. occupied

B. reluctant

C. confident

D. free

Question 10. Adverse reviews in the New York press may greatly change the prospects of a new
product on the market and lead to its failure.
A. complementary
B. additional
C. comfortable
D. favorable
Mark the letter A, B, Cf or I) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 11. Many reliable methods of storing information tended _______ when computers arrived.
A. to forget
B. to be forgotten
C. forgetting
D. being forgotten
Question 12. Once as the World Natural Heritage by UNESCO, Phong Nha – Ke Bang National
Park attracts a great number of visitors worldwide.
A. having recognized
B. recognized

C. recognizing
D. is recognized
Question 13. Henry _______ into the restaurant when some his friends were having dinner.
A. went

B. was going

C. has gone

D. did go

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Question 14. This part of the country is famous ____ its beautiful landscapes and fine cuisine.
A. about
B. with
C. of
D. for
Question 15. John's ______ and efficiency at the company led to his promotion to Sales Manager.
A. punctuality
B. punctual
C. punctuate
D. punctually
Question 16. Solar energy is not widely used
it is friendly to the environment
A. since
B. although
C. despite
D. because

Question 17. Drinking too much alcohol is said to ___
harm to our health
A. do
B. make
C. lead
D. take
Question 18. It is estimated that about 640 women remain illiterate in ____ world, mostly in developing
countries.
A. an
B. a
C. the
D. Ø
Question 19. I am interested in
for the position of chief financial officer which was advertised in
yesterday’s Daily Post.
A. requesting
B. applying
C. asking
D. demanding
Question 20. __________, he received great support from his fans.
A. Having been announced
B. On his announcement
C. He has announced
D. Despite his announcement
Question 21. You should be very to your teachers for their help
A. considerate
B. thankful
C. gracious
D. grateful
Question 22. If they had seen the red light at the crossroads, they _____ their car.

A. stopped
B. had stopped
C. would have stopped D. would stop
Question 23. Having understood all things happened, he didn’t want to _____ a fuss, he acted silently
as much as possible.
A. take
B. do
C. make
D. change
Question 24. It’s me who is at
, so I’ll pay for the damage.
A. guilt
B. responsibility
C. error
D. fault
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 25 to 29.
It is true that keeping fit will benefit a person’s health in many ways. It has become clear in
recent years, that a large number of people are doing less and less exercise and this is now causing
many serious illnesses, putting a strain on doctors and hospitals. However, some experts believe that too
much exercise can do just as much (25)
____.
Although it is true that moderate exercise such as walking can be very beneficial to a person’s
health, it is not the only one factor (26)
keeps us healthy. Diet is also extremely important and I
would argue that it is probably even more important than exercise, although the ideal is for both of these
factors to work together. It seems to me that many people are unwilling to put in the effort required to
become fitter.
(27)
, too much exercise can also cause problems. So people are urged to take moderate

exercise and eat moderately healthily rather than embarking on extreme diets and training. In too many
instances, ultra–fit people have had heart attacks or dropped down dead.
In all, governments need to find ways of (28)
people to take responsibility for their own
health. People need to realize that eating healthy food does not have to cost a (29)
, nor is it
difficult to prepare healthy meals themselves. People need to be better educated about their health.
B. destruction
C. damage
D. hurt
Question 25. A. ruin
Question 26.

A. who

B. when

C. which

D. what

Question 27.

A. For example

B. However

C. Therefore

D. In fact

Question 28.

A. motivating

B. motivational

C. motivate

D. motivation

Question 29.

A. benefit

B. wealth

C. treasure

D. fortune

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to incorrect
answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34.
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After 1785, the production of children's books in the Untied States increased but remained
largely reprints of British books, often those published by John Newbery, the first publisher to produce
books aimed primarily at diverting a child audience. Ultimately, however, it was not the cheerful,
commercial-minded Newbery, but Anglo-Irish author Maria Edgeworth who had the strongest influence

on this period of American children's literature. The eighteenth century had seen a gradual shift away
from the spiritual intensity of earlier American religious writings for children, toward a more
generalized moralism. Newbery notwithstanding, Americans still looked on children's books as
vehicles for instruction, not amusement, though they would accept a moderate amount of fictional
entertainment for the sake of more successful instruction. As the children's book market expanded, then,
what both public and publishers wanted was the kind of fiction Maria Edgeworth wrote: stories
interesting enough to attract children and morally instructive enough to allay adult distrust of fiction.
American reaction against imported books for children set in after the War of 1812 with the
British. A wave of nationalism permeated everything, and the self-conscious new nation found foreign
writings (particularly those from the British monarchy) unsuitable for the children of a democratic
republic, a slate of self-governing, equal citizens. Publishers of children's books began to encourage
American writers to write for American children. When they responded, the pattern established by
Maria Edgeworth was at hand, attractive to most of them for both its rationalism and its high moral
tone. Early in the 1820's, stories of willful children learning to obey, of careless children learning to
take care, of selfish children learning to "tire for others," started to flow from American presses,
successfully achieving Edgeworth's tone, though rarely her lively style. Imitative as they were, these
early American stories wee quite distinguishable from their British counterparts. Few servants appeared
in them, and if class distinctions had by no means disappeared, there was much democratic insistence
on the worthiness of every level of birth and work. The characters of children in this fiction were
serious, conscientious, self-reflective, and independent-testimony to the continuing influence of the
earlier American moralistic tradition in children's books.
Question 30. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Basic differences between British and American literature for children
B. Successful publishers of children's books in Britain and North America
C. The development of children's literature in the United States
D. The career of Maria Edgeworth as an author of children's books
Question 31. The publisher John Newbery is principally known for which of the following reasons?
A. He had more influence on children American children's literature than any other publisher
B. He published books aimed at amusing children rather than instructing them.
C. He was commercially minded and cheerful.

D. He produced and sold books written by Maria Edgeworth.
Question 32. The word "they" in line 8 refers to________
A. Americans
B. books
C. children
D. vehicles
The
word
"allay"
in
line
12
is
closest
in
meaning
to
________
Question 33.
A. reduce
B. confirm
C. clarify
D. attack
Question 34. According to the passage, American children's stories differed from their British
equivalents in that the characters in American stories were ______
A. rarely servants
B. generally not from a variety of social classes
C. children who showed a change of behavior
D. children who were well behaved
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.
In the history of technology, computers and calculators were innovative developments. They are
essentially different from all other machines because they have a memory. This memory stores
instructions and information. In a calculator, the instructions are the various functions of arithmetic,
which are permanently remembered by the machine and cannot be altered or added to. The information
consists of the numbers which are keyed in.
An electronic pocket calculator can perform almost instant arithmetic. A calculator requires an
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input unit to feed in numbers, a processing unit to make the calculation, a memory unit, and an output
unit to display the result. The calculator is powered by a small battery or by a panel of solar cells. Inside
is a microchip that contains the memory and processing units and also controls the input unit, which is
the keyboard, and the output unit, which is the display.
The input unit has keys for numbers and operations. Beneath the key is a printed circuit board
containing a set of contacts for each key. Pressing a key closes the contacts and sends a signal along a
pair of lines in the circuit board to the processing unit, in which the binary code for that key is stored in
the memory. The processing unit also sends the code to the display. Each key is connected by a
different pair of lines to the processing unit, which repeatedly checks the lines to find out when a pair is
linked by a key.
The memory unit stores the arithmetic instructions for the processing unit and holds the temporary
results that occur during calculation. Storage cells in the memory unit hold the binary codes for the keys
that have been pressed. The number codes, together with the operation code for the plus key, are held in
temporary cells until the processing unit requires them.
When the equals key is pressed, it sends a signal to the processing unit. This takes the operation
code - for example, addition - and the two numbers being held in the memory unit and performs the
operation on the two numbers. After the addition is done, the result goes to the decoder in the
calculator's microchip. This code is then sent to the liquid crystal display unit, which shows the result,
or output, of the calculation.
Question 35. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To summarize the history of technology
B. To explain how a calculator works
C. To discuss innovative developments in technology
D. To compare computers and calculators with other machines
Question 36. What can be inferred about machines that are not calculators or computers?
A. They are older than computers.
B. They are less expensive than computers.
C. They cannot store information in a memory.
D. They have simple memory and processing units.
Question 37. The word “innovative” in paragraph 1 could best replaced by
_____.
A. revolutionary
B. complicated
C. important
D. recent
Question 38. In what part of the calculator are the processing and memory units?
A. The output unit
B. The solar cells
C. The battery
D. The microchip
Question 39. According to the passage, one function of the memory unit is
.
A. to control the keyboard
B. to send codes to the display unit
C. to alter basic arithmetic instructions
D. to store temporary results during calculation
Question 40. The word “This” in paragraph 5 refers to
___.
A. the equal key
B. the plus key

C. the memory unit D. the processing unit
Question 41. The word “contacts” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____.
A. connections
B. commands
C. locations
D. codes
Question 42. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE about calculators?
A. Sending codes takes place only in the memory unit of a calculator.
B. Calculator and computers have a memory.
C. Calculators require a lot of instructions to operate quickly.
D. Pressing a key activates a calculator.
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 43. I regret going to his party last night.
A. I didn’t go to his party last night.
B. I refused to go to his party last night.
C. I wish I didn’t go to his party last night.
D. I wish I hadn’t gone to his party last night.
Question 44. They left the concert hall. The fire alarm went off right afterwards.
A. They left the concert hall just as the fire alarm went off.
B. The fire alarm had gone off before they left the concert hall.
C. They were leaving the concert hall when the fire alarm went off.
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D. No sooner had they left the concert hall than the fire alarm went off.
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 45. Harry sat there waiting for Lucy, which was not necessary.
A. Harry might not have sat there waiting for Lucy.

B. Harry needn’t have sat there waiting for Lucy.
C. Harry couldn’t have sat there waiting for Lucy.
D. Harry may not have sat there waiting for Lucy.
Question 46. He only feels happy whenever he doesn’t have much work to do.
A. The more he works, the happier he feels.
B. He feels happier and happier with his work.
C. His work makes him feel happy.
D. The less he works, the happier he feels.
Question 47. Mary said : “ What will you do this evening, John ?”
A. Mary asked John what would he do that evening.
B. Mary asked John what John did that evening.
C. Mary wanted to know what she and John would do that evening.
D. Mary wanted to know what John would do that evening
Mark the letter A, B, c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction ỉn each of the following questions.
Question 48. It took the mayor over an hour explanation to the other members of the board why he had
missed the last meeting
A. over an
B. explanation
C. of
D. he had missed
Question 49. The federal government recommends that all expectant women will not only refrain
from smoking but also avoid places where other people smoke.
A. recommends that

B. expectant

C. will not only refrain D. smoke

Question 50. Information on the Romans can find not only in these books but also on the Internet.

A. Information

B. can find

C. in

D. the Internet

.

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