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A42
I. LISTENING:
A. Listen to the conversation carefully and fill in the missing words. The conversation will be
heard twice.
Holly: That was _______( 1)______, Scott
All: Yes, it was. Really good.
Scott: Thank you
Rob: You really enjoy ___(2)_________
Scott: Yes, I do. It’s not a ______(3)_____ for me at all. In fact I enjoy it! But I hate doing
the ________(4)_____. I never want to do the dishes.
Marie: I’m the _____(5)_____. I can’t stand cooking, but I don’t _____(6)______doing the
dishes.
Rob: The chore I really hate is ______(7)_____. Ugh!
Holly: Oh I don’t mind ironing at all. I usually ____(8)_____ to watch TV at the same time.
It’s not so bad.
Scott: It’s funny how different people ____(9)____ about different chores.
Holly: Yes but no one like taking out the ____(10)______, right?
All: Not me! I don’t!
B. Listen to the passage and answer the questions below:
11. Is Sport a popular part of school life for many young people?
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12. When are matches often played?
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13.Why does a sport team have to travel to other town?
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14. Do players always go by themselves?
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15. Who feels proud when a school team wins?
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II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE:
A. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence:

16. Most of the major thoroughfares in New York City run north and south.
A. rivers B. parks C. streets D. bridges
17. Buddhism is a(n) _____________.
A. group B. association C. religion D. imagination
18. Her landlord gave her two months’ _________ to quit.
A. notice B. allowance C. note D. warn
19. He __________as if he had never lived in England before.
A. made B. did C. conducted D. behaved
20. He calls at every house in the street. He __________ everyone
A. shouts B. calls C. cries out D. visits
21. She was out of breath. She _____________
A. wasn’t breathing B. was breathing with difficulty
C. couldn’t breath D. stopped breathing
22.That was a family of ___________
A. a prosperity B. the prosperity C .the prosperous D. prosperity
23.She was at the edge of the forest. She was ___________the forest.
A. inside B. near C. at the end of D. at the tip of
24.The city was founded by the Dutch in 1624
A. originated B. produced C. engineered D. established
25. It developed at the point where the Hudson and Passaic rivers mingle with the water of
the Atlantic Ocean.
A. mix B. associate C. socialize D. participate
26. In those days, my biggest dream was a red hat- a floppy cotton hat like the one my pop
star idol wore in her video clip .
A. image B. god C. pet D. icon
27. I couldn’t tell you what time it is because the workman had removed the _______ of the
clock.
A. arms B. fingers C. hands D. feet
28.I thought I _________him come in __________we were having dinner.
A. heard- when B. look- while C. looked-when D. heard- while

29.The dinosaurs died _______65 million years __________
A. out - ago B. away- before C. down - afterD. off - next
30. “ __________,it’s my turn to be served – I was ________
A. Excuse me - next B. Sorry – after
C. Pardon me - following D. Hello - coming
31. Officially, Mrs Lan’s in charge, but in _______Mrs Khoa runs the office
A. practice B. practise C. practical D. practically
32. I _________through the booklet but couldn’t find the address.
A. scanned B. scan C. have scanned D. am scanning
33. Make sure your hands _________ clean before you have your dinner.
A. are B. have been C. will be D. should be
34. “Did you check you paper?” _ “ No, I ___________ it”
A. was checking B. am checking C. check D. checked
35. I have nothing ________common __________Jane.
A. on / with B. in / of C. in / with D. on / of
36. I __________that you won’t be inviting that awful woman to the meeting.
A. assume B. instruct C. entrust D. rely
37. He has put is car entirely at our ____________ for the holiday
A. usage B. disposal C. pleasure D. disposition
38. His bank has never been __________of his change of address.
A. contacted B. notified C. acquainted D. communicated
39. The police were very __________in their examination of the building.
A. exhausting B. intense C. thorough D. concentrated
40. The roadworks made _________ to the hotel from the main road difficult.
A. entrance B. approach C. access D. ways in
41. After he set a fire to the library, the boy was ____________ from school.
A. expelled B. excluded C. exiled D. extracted
42. The museum wishes to ___________ an assistant curator for its fossil collection.
A. appoint B. commission C. authorize D. assign
43.They can’t ____________on a name for the baby.

A. conclude B. decide C. consent D. assent
44. They could find no ___________of the missing car despite an extensive search.
A. clue B. remnant C. indication D .trace
45. I am never free on Tuesday evening as I have a __________arrangement to go to the
cinema with a friend
A. long-standing B. long-lived C. long-range D. long-lasting
46. After the accident, there was considerate doubt _________ exactly what had happened.
A. in the question of B. as toC. in the shape of D. for
47. Price increases are no running at a(n) ____________level of thirty percent.
A. highest B. record C. uppermost D. top
48. The police _______________ a good deal of criticism over their handling of the
demonstration.
A. came in for B. brought about C. went down with D. opened up
49. The house consists _________ five rooms.
A. of B. in C. on D. with
50. When I realized I was wrong. I apologized ________ them _________my mistake
A. to / for B. for / to C. for / for D. to / to
51. You must always be ___________. Lies will always be discovered in the end.
A. true B. truth C. truthful D. untrue
52. It was very _____________of you to turn down the radio while I was studying my lesson.
A. thoughtful B thoughtless C. thinking D. careful
53. In recent years, more and more people __________for things with credit cards.
A. pay B. paid C. are paying D. have been paying
54. A: Hello. Is that Mary Cooper? _ Yes, ______________ ?
A. go ahead B. speaking C. come on D. I am
55. Total weight of all the ants in the world is much bigger than ________
A. all human beings B. all human beings is that
C. that of all human beings D. of all human beings
56. Helen has just bought _______________
A. two scarves new wool black B. some new black wool two scarves

C. two new black wool scarves d. two black wool new scarves
57. She is saving to buy one of ______________
A. impressive Italian dining wood square tables
B. that square Italian wood impressive dining tables
C. those impressive square Italian wood dining tables
D. impressive square wood Italian dining tables
58. A group of __________cleaners will keep the building __________
A. working-hard / cleaner B. hard-working / clean
C. hard / cleanly D. hardly-working / more cleanly
59. She has just ended _______________for 6 months.
A. being sent into prison B. with sending herself to prison
C. up being sent to prison D. up to be sent for prison
60. Let’s go to the station to see her _____________
A. through B. back C. to D. off
61. What lovely flowers __________!
A. have B. do you haveC. you have D. do you have
62. I’m sorry about __________their feeling.
A. hurt B. hurting C. to hurt D. I hurt
63. Our basic ___________is that the customers is always right.
A. expertise B. policy C. profession D. specialty
64. In ________dirty neighborhood, children can not grow up healthily.
A. so B. such C. those D. such a
65. __________did they realize the danger they faced
A. Much B. Little C. Really D. Not only
66. It’s not worth ___________money on this product. It’s completely useless.
A. to spend B. spend C. spending D. you spend
67. “ Do we need more drinks for the party?” _ No, the drinks __________
A. have already bought B. have been bought yet
C. have bought yet D. have already been bought
68. I disapprove ________people whispering to each other in a meeting.

A. with B. of C. at D. on
69. Scarcely had I had time to take my coat off ___________the boss came in.
A. and B. then C. when D. than
70. This is __________ ! What do you put in it?
A. such wonderful soup B. a such wonderful soup
C. such a wonderful soup D. a so wonderful soup
71. Her children look very healthy, because she’s careful to give them ____________ food.
A. indulgent B. ambitious C. harmonious D. nutritious
72. If the level of VAT is ________ this year, small business will be affected.
A. raised B. risen C. arisen D.raising
73. She had fainted, but we managed to ___________her round by splashing water on
her face.
A. take B. bring C. turn D. hang
74. The teacher gave __________
A. the class a tough assignment B. a tough assignment
C. to the class a tough assignment D. for the class a very tough assignment
75. We’re from London” “ ________________”
A. how interesting B. Not at all C. Yes, please D. Yes, it is
B. Choose the underlined part ( A,B,C or D) that is incorrect:
76. In generally, the rule is very simple: a singular subject requires a singular verb.
A B C D
77. Never before I have visited this fascinating place.
A B C D
78.According with Gardner, it is motivation that plays an important role in his success.
A B C D
79. The hard out surface of the tooth is called enamel.
A B C D
80. We had to eat standing up because we didn’t have anything to sit and the grass was
A B C
too wet

D
81. My files are all over the place. I wish I had a box keeping them in.
A B C D
82. The person from whom Sue bought her bike was a 82 year- old woman from Germany.
A B C D
83. Something was strange happened yesterday has been worrying me. I really don’t know
A B C
what to do
D.
84.Workers training for a specific job have a strong possibility of being replaced by a
A B C D
machine.
85. Nothing can stop him from trying to win the girl’s heart, can they?
A B C D
III.READING:
A. Read the text and choose the best answer ( A,B,C or D)to each of the questions that follow.
Charles Eliot, taking over at Harvard in 1869 at the age of 35, pioneered a break with the
traditional curriculum. The usual course of studies at American universities emphasized classical and
humanistic courses, classical languages, mathematics, ethics, and rhetoric; and each institution
prescribed a rigid program of required courses. Under Eliot’s leadership, Harvard dropped most of its
required courses in favour of an elective system and increased its course offerings to stress the physical and
social sciences, the fine arts and modern languages. Soon other institutes in all sections of the country were
following Harvard’s lead. Eliot was also influential in bringing about important reforms in professional
education. He renovated the Harvard medical and law schools, raising the requirements and lengthening the
residence period, and again the Harvard model affected the other schools. Improved technical training in
other professions accompanied the advances in medicine and law. Both state and private universities
hastened to established schools of architecture, engineering, education, journalism and business.
Although Harvard was one of the first universities to found a graduate school, the recognized
center for graduate study, based on the German system with the highest award, was John Hopkins.
1.What did Charles Eliot do at Harvard?

A. He started studies under a rigid program
B. He introduced modern studies.
C. He removed all classical studies.
D. He selected students under an elective system.
2.According to the passage, after 1869 students at Harvard were _____________
A. given a wide selection of subjects to choose from
B. allowed to choose any subject at all to study
C. required to study physical and social sciences
D. unable to follow classical and humanistic courses
3. Under Charles Eliot’s influence at Harvard, students who wished to become doctors and
lawyers had to __________
A. study for longer hours
B. conform to a required Harvard model
C. reach a higher academic level
D. act in a professional way.
4. We understand from the passage that John Hopkin University ____________
A. offers the best graduate prizes.
B. provides an excellent German education
C. offers the most prestigious graduate education
D. has the oldest established graduate school
5. The overall effect of Charles Eliot’s reforms was to ___________
A. standardize professional education
B. diminish the other universities
C. lower the prestige of classical and humanistic studies
D widen the academic curriculum
B. Read the test below and decide which answer ( A,B,C or D) best fits each space:
The Pyramids of Egypt were built on the _____(6)____ bank of the Nile River at Giza
during the 4
th
Dynasty ( about 2575 to about 2467 BC ) . The oldest of the seven ___(7)______ ,

the pyramids are the only one remaining nearly intact today. Their white stone facing was later
removed for use as building _____(8)____in Cairo. The largest of the pyramids is that of King
Khufu, which is sometimes known as the Great Pyramids. It ___(9)______an area of over 4,8
hectares( 12 acres ).According to the Greek historian Herodotus, ten years were required to
prepare the ______(10)____and 100,000 laborers worked thereafter for 20 years to complete the
pyramids, which contains the king’s ______(11)____. Some lists include only the Great Pyramid,
rather than all the pyramids .
The Hanging Garden of Babylon, perhaps built by King Nebuchadnezzar II about 600 BC, were a
mountainlike ____(12)______ of planted terraces. Ancient historians report that Babylon at that
time was _____(13)_____in the splendor of its palace and temple buildings, fortification walls, and
paved processional ____(14)_______. The Hanging Gardens consisted of several tiers of platform
terraces built upon arches and extending to a ___(15)______ height. Accounts of their height range
from about 24m ( 80 ft ) to a less reliable estimate of more than 90m ( 300 ft ) . Trees and colorful
plants and flowers grew on the terraces, irrigated with water brought up from the Euphrates River.
Archaeologists have discovered remains of walls along the Euphrates that may have belonged to
the Hanging Gardens.
6.A. east B. west C. south D. north
7.A. places B. pyramids C. rivers D. wonders
8.A material B. equipment C. tool D. thing
9.A. has B. includes C. owns D. covers
10.A.place B. region C. site D. area
11.A. house B. building C. tomb D. tavern
12.A. ranches B. ranks C. branches D. series
13.A. interesting B. exciting D. dazzling D. shining
14.A. paths B. ways D. streets D. roads
15.A. big B. great D. immense D. huge
C .Supply each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word:
The ____(16)______ of those who constantly play video games are very important to people
working in video game industry. If video games are going to one of the most attractive features
of future interactive _____( 17)______, it is essential for producers to know what types of games to

make, how best to _____(18)______ such games on interactive video, and how to ensure that such
games maintain their fascination for people. Above all, it is vital to build ____(19)_____ detailed
profiles of people who are ____(20)_____ to video games.

Until recently, the chief market for video games has been boys aged eight to fifteen.