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Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
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 01.
A. gorgeous
B. suggest
C. purchase
D. detail
Question 02.
A. nobody
B. atmosphere
C. gigantic
D. ignorant
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 03.
A. society
B. delegate
C. president
D. protection
Question 04.
A. packed

B. pleased
C. catched
D. finished
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 05. She wasn’t feeling very well; otherwise, she________ the meeting so early.
A. wouldn’t leave
B. didn’t leave
C. wouldn’t have left
D. hadn’t left
Question 06. The teacher told us that salt water________ at a lower temperature than fresh water.
A. froze
B. would freeze
C. freeze
D. freezes
Question 07. I’d as soon________ to another restaurant as wait for a table here.
A. go
B. going
C. to go
D. have gone
Question 08. I wish to pay a visit to the beach this summer, ________?
A. do I
B. don’t I
C. may I
D. am I
Question 09. Florida, ________ the sunshine state, attracts many tourists every year.
A. known as
B. which known as
C. is known as
D. that is known as

Question 10. A teacher’s________ to education is worth great respect of the whole society because it
brings benefits to the development of society.
A. guidance
B. principle
C. identity
D. devotion
Question 11. Years ago, black children were________ to discrimination in many schools.
A. subjective
B. subject
C. subjecting
D. subjected
Question 12. Cultural diversity supports the idea that every person can________ a unique and
positive contribution to the larger society because of, rather than in spite of, their differences.
A. take
B. make
C. pay
D. lead
Question 13. A new planet has been discovered recently. It’s________ Earth, and hopefully it can
support human life.
A. almost three times the size of
B. three times the size than
C. three times almost as large as
D. almost three times as larger as
Question 14. Air pollution poses a________ to both human health and our environment.
A. jeopardy
B. threat
C. difficulty
D. problem
Question 15. The Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics is getting________ and it marks the first time
that South Korea has hosted the Winter Olympics.

A. grounded
B. underway
C. bearings
D. comeuppance
Question 16. The physicians hope to________ the source of the infection which has been a mystery
for the medical community since its discovery.
A. trend down
B. back down
C. push down
D. track down
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. Not only is summer sea ice shrinking rapidly in the Arctic, but so is the average
thickness of sea ice.
A. getting larger
B. getting thinner
C. getting smaller
D. getting thicker


Question 18. What most prevents women from reaching the boardroom, say bosses and
headhunters, is lack of hands-on experience of a firm’s core business.
A. significant
B. practical
C. available
D. tested
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. It would be grievous to her to live without her maid.
A. pleasant

B. lacking
C. painful
D. obliged
Question 20. The wealthy man stood idly by while the poor people starved.
A. did something to help B. worked hard
C. indulged in medicines D. got nervous
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 21. Peter is telling Kyle about his mother’s health condition.
Peter: “My mother’s much better now.”
Kyle: “___________”
A. Oh, I’m pleased to hear it.
B. Wonderful! Congratulation!
C. Oh, really? The doctor must be very good.
D. Good news for you.
Question 22. The waiter asks Steven to order his food in a restaurant.
Waiter: “May I take your order now, sir?”
Steven: “Yes, ___________.”
A. let’s go Dutch
B. keep the change
C. a soup and a steak D. the food tastes really good
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 23 to 27.
Teaching English as a foreign language can be a great way to travel the world and earn
money at the same time. However, some graduates actually like the idea of (23)_______ a career in
teaching English long-term, and there are numerous courses at various (24)_______ of teaching,
from the fast-track TEFL to a diploma or masters.
To find the right course a good place to start is TEFL.com - a website with lots of relevant
information and helpful advice, including a comprehensive list of institutions in the UK offering
TEFL courses. The site also offers a job search facility to assist qualified students (25) _______

finding work.
When deciding which course to take, the best bet is to look at what your needs are. If you
want a career in teaching English then definitely find one designed for that (26)_______, like an MA
or diploma; but if you want to travel around the world, then do a shorter course which will supply
you with teaching skills.
Some countries, like Japan, will employ people without a teaching qualification as
(27)_______ as the teacher is a native speaker of English. However, most countries do now expect a
qualification.
(Adapted from “Earn after you learn” by Kate Harvey)
Question 23.
A. tracking
B. pursuing
C. hunting
D. chasing
Question 24.
A. levels
B. categories
C. groups
D. classes
Question 25.
A. to
B. for
C. at
D. in
Question 26.
A. function
B. use
C. aim
D. purpose
Question 27.

A. far
B. soon
C. long
D. well
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.
[1]
Widespread evidence links global warming to a series of environmental effects.
[2]
Starving polar bears are eating one another in the Arctic. Flowers are blooming too soon
and die. The ice caps are melting so fast that rising water levels will threaten coastal towns along
Florida within several decades. These are just a few examples of the terrible consequences of
climate change discovered by a new research in Nature that paints a dark portrait of what a
warming world will look like in the years to come.
[3]
The researchers analyzed 829 abnormal phenomena - including melting glaciers - along
with nearly 30,000 changes in plants and animals and found that about 90% of them are in sync
with scientists’ predictions about how global warming will change the planet.


[4]

“In the past three decades, average global temperatures have risen about 0.6 0C and are
projected to jump by about 1.70C by the end of the century,” says Cynthia Rosenzweig, who leads
the Climate Impacts Group at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University
in New York. “We’ve already seen that a relatively low amount of warming,” she says, “can result in
a broad range of changes.”
[5]
The unnatural warming caused by man-made greenhouse gases, especially carbon
dioxide produced by cars and coal-powered plants, brings trouble for entire ecosystems. In North

America alone, scientists have identified 89 species of plants, such as the American holly, which
have flowered earlier in the spring. In Spain, apple trees bloom 35 days ahead of schedule in
response to the higher temperatures. Other wildlife, like the insects that use certain plants for
food and the birds that feed on the insects, must then move forward their seasonal stirrings and
mating patterns to survive.
[6]
To try to follow this time shift, some birds such as robins, the classic symbol of winter’s
thaw, are returning to Colorado from their migrations some two weeks earlier than in years past.
All these changes can throw a food chain in disorder. Some bird species that arrive before the
insects reappear may starve to death.
[7]
“Around the world, plants and animals are waking up to an earlier alarm clock than they
used to,” says Terry Root, a biologist from Stanford University.
(Source: )
Question 28. The author describes some unnatural phenomena in paragraph 2 to________.
A. present the results of a recent research
B. call readers’ attention to the new research
C. indicate the earth is now in great danger
D. show a picture of the present world
Question 29. The analysis of abnormal phenomena on earth shows that________.
A. most changes agree with scientists’ previous predictions
B. scientists made wrong predictions about the future of earth
C. global warming has changed all the plants and animals
D. melting glaciers have caused the worst side effects
Question 30. The word “projected” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to________.
A. forced
B. indicated
C. presented
D. predicted
Question 31. Why must some birds move about earlier than usual?

A. Because the warm weather wakes them up earlier
B. Because they need to follow some insects for food
C. Because the plants they use to hunt food bloom late
D. Because certain trees bloom a month ahead of time
Question 32. The word “their” in paragraph 6 refers to________.
A. robins
B. species
C. insects
D. ecosystems
Question 33. What do we know about robins, the classic symbol of winter’s thaw?
A. They predict the change of weather
B. They migrate when seasons change
C. They used to come back when spring came D. Farmers depend on them to tell the time
Question 34. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. The Terrible Consequences of Climate Change
B. Man Is to Blame for Global Warming
C. Humans Are Causing the World to Heat Up
D. Global Warming Is Changing Nature’s Clock
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.
One of the most difficult questions to answer is how much a job is worth. We naturally
expect that a doctor’s salary will be higher than a bus conductor’s wage. But the question becomes
much more difficult to answer when we compare, say, a miner with an engineer, or an unskilled
man working on an oil-rig in the North Sea with a teacher in a secondary school. What the doctor,
the engineer and teacher have is many years of training in order to obtain the necessary
qualifications for their professions. We feel instinctively that these skills and these years, when
they were studying instead of earning money, should be rewarded. At the same time we recognize


that the work of the miner and the oil-rig laborer is both hard and dangerous, and that they must

be highly paid for the risks they take.
Another factor we must take into consideration is how socially useful a man’s work is,
regardless of the talents he may bring to it. Most people would agree that looking after the sick or
teaching children is more important than, say, selling secondhand cars or improving the taste of
toothpaste by adding a red stripe to it. Yet it is almost certain that the used car salesman earns
more than the nurse, and that research chemist earns more than the schoolteacher.
Indeed, this whole question of just rewards can be turned on its head. You can argue that a
man who does a job which brings him personal satisfaction is already receiving part of his reward
in the form of a so-called “psychic wage”, and that it is the man with the boring, repetitive job who
needs more money to make up for the soul-destroying monotony of his work. It is significant that
that those jobs which are traditionally regarded as “vocations” - nursing, teaching and the Church,
for example - continue to be poorly paid, while others, such as those in the world of sport or
entertainment, carry financial rewards out of all proportion to their social worth.
Although the amount of money that people earn is in reality largely determined by market
forces, this should not prevent us from seeking some way to decide what is the right pay for the
job. A starting point for such an investigation would be to try to decide the ratio which ought to
exist between the highest and the lowest paid. The picture is made more complicate by two
factors: firstly by the “social wage”, i.e, the welfare benefits which every citizen receives; and
secondly, by the taxation system, which is often used as an instrument of social justice by taxing
high incomes at a very high rate indeed. Allowing for these two things, most countries now regard
a ratio of 7:1 as socially acceptable. If it is less, the highly-qualified people carrying heavy
responsibilities become disillusioned, and might even end up by emigration (the so-called “braindrain” is an evidence that this can happen). If it is more, the gap between rich and poor will be so
great that it will lead social tensions and ultimately to violence.
(Adapted from:
“How much is job worth?”)
Question 35. According to the passage, the professional man, such as the doctor, should be well
paid because________.
A. he knows more than other people about his subject
B. he has to work much harder than most other people
C. his work involves much great intelligence than, say, a bus conductor’s

D. he has spent several years learning how to do his job
Question 36. As far as rewarding people for their work is concerned, the writer, believes
that________.
A. qualified people should be the highest paid
B. we should pay people according to their talents
C. we should pay for socially-useful work, regardless of the person’s talent
D. market forces will determine how much a person is paid
Question 37. The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to________.
A. society
B. work
C. salary
D. skill
Question 38. The argument of the “psychic wage” is used to explain why________.
A. people who do monotonous jobs are highly paid
B. you should not try to compare the pay of different professions
C. people who do socially important work are not always well paid
D. some professional people are paid more than others
Question 39. It can be inferred from the passage that a man who does a boring, repetitive
job________.
A. should receive more money as a compensation for the drudgery of his work
B. has no interest in his work apart from the money he receives for doing it
C. receives less money than he deserves
D. can only expect more money if his job is a highly-skilled one
Question 40. The author mentions “brain-drain” as an evidence to show that________.
A. high taxation is a useful and effective instrument of social justice
B. people with jobs or responsibility expect to be highly paid
C. the poor are generally more patriotic than the rich


D. well-educated people are prepared to emigrate whenever they can get a better paid job

Question 41. The word “ultimately” in the final paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.
A. dramatically
B. unfortunately
C. exceptionally
D. eventually
Question 42. Which of the following statements would the author agree?
A. Those receiving high salary should carry heavy responsibilities.
B. It’s difficult to define the social value of a job.
C. People should find a proper ratio between high and low pay.
D. The market will decide what the right pay is for a job.
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. If there’re a funnier person in the world than him, I don’t know who it will be.
A. there’re
B. funnier
C. than
D. will
Question 44. Rainforests are being cut and burning at such a speed that they will disappear from
the earth in the near future.
A. are being cut
B. burning
C. such a speed
D. from
Question 45. More than people there are, especially in poor countries with limited amounts of
land and the fewer resources there are to meet basic needs.
A. More than
B. limited
C. amounts of
D. to meet
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. You are in this mess right now because you didn’t listen to me in the first place.
A. If you listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
B. If you listen to my advice in the first place, you will not be in this mess right now.
C. If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
D. If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t have been in this mess now.
Question 47. John told his friend, “Let me give Toma lift to the train station if you can’t”.
A. John advised his friend to give Tom a lift to the train station if you couldn’t.
B. John asked his friend to give Tom a lift to the train station if his friend couldn’t.
C. John urged that he should give Tom a lift to the train station if his friend couldn’t.
D. John volunteered to give Tom a lift to the train station if his friend couldn’t.
Question 48. In the hope of finding the money, they didn’t call the police.
A. They found the money, so there was no need to call the police.
B. They thought they might find the money, so the police weren’t called.
C. They knew they would find the money, so they didn’t call the police.
D. If they found the money or not, they wouldn’t call the police.
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 Postal Service used the Roman god Mercury as its symbol. This was replaced in
1837 with a running pony.
A. The Postal Service, which used the Roman god Mercury as its symbol, was replaced in
1837 with a running pony.
B. The Postal Service used the Roman god Mercury as its symbol, which was replaced in 1837
with a running pony.
C. The Postal Service which was replaced in 1837 with a running pony used the Roman god
Mercury as its symbol.
D. The Postal Service used a running pony as its symbol, which was replaced in 1837 with the
Roman god Mercury.
Question 50. The most successful candidates are not always the best educated. They are the best
trained in the technique.

A. The most successful candidates are the best at training in the technique, if not they will need
education.
B. The most successful candidates are people who are trained well in the technique, although
well educated.


C. The most successful candidates are not only the best educated but also the best trained in the
technique.
D. The most successful candidates are not always the best educated, but the best trained in the
technique.
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đề

Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
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 01.
A. gorgeous
B. suggest
C. purchase
D. detail
Question 02.
A. nobody

B. atmosphere
C. gigantic
D. ignorant
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 03.
A. society
B. delegate
C. president
D. protection
Question 04.
A. packed
B. pleased
C. catched
D. finished
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 05. She wasn’t feeling very well; otherwise, she________ the meeting so early.
A. wouldn’t leave
B. didn’t leave
C. wouldn’t have left
D. hadn’t left
Question 06. The teacher told us that salt water________ at a lower temperature than fresh water.
A. froze
B. would freeze
C. freeze
D. freezes
Question 07. I’d as soon________ to another restaurant as wait for a table here.
A. go
B. going

C. to go
D. have gone
Question 08. I wish to pay a visit to the beach this summer, ________?
A. do I
B. don’t I
C. may I
D. am I
Question 09. Florida, ________ the sunshine state, attracts many tourists every year.
A. known as
B. which known as
C. is known as
D. that is known as
Question 10. A teacher’s________ to education is worth great respect of the whole society because it
brings benefits to the development of society.
A. guidance
B. principle
C. identity
D. devotion
Question 11. Years ago, black children were________ to discrimination in many schools.
A. subjective
B. subject
C. subjecting
D. subjected
Question 12. Cultural diversity supports the idea that every person can________ a unique and
positive contribution to the larger society because of, rather than in spite of, their differences.
A. take
B. make
C. pay
D. lead
Question 13. A new planet has been discovered recently. It’s________ Earth, and hopefully it can

support human life.
A. almost three times the size of
B. three times the size than
C. three times almost as large as
D. almost three times as larger as
Question 14. Air pollution poses a________ to both human health and our environment.
A. jeopardy
B. threat
C. difficulty
D. problem
Question 15. The Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics is getting________ and it marks the first time
that South Korea has hosted the Winter Olympics.
A. grounded
B. underway
C. bearings
D. comeuppance
Question 16. The physicians hope to________ the source of the infection which has been a mystery
for the medical community since its discovery.


A. trend down

B. back down

C. push down

D. track down

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. Not only is summer sea ice shrinking rapidly in the Arctic, but so is the average
thickness of sea ice.
A. getting larger
B. getting thinner
C. getting smaller
D. getting thicker
Question 18. What most prevents women from reaching the boardroom, say bosses and
headhunters, is lack of hands-on experience of a firm’s core business.
A. significant
B. practical
C. available
D. tested
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. It would be grievous to her to live without her maid.
A. pleasant
B. lacking
C. painful
D. obliged
Question 20. The wealthy man stood idly by while the poor people starved.
A. did something to help B. worked hard
C. indulged in medicines D. got nervous
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 21. Peter is telling Kyle about his mother’s health condition.
Peter: “My mother’s much better now.”
Kyle: “___________”
A. Oh, I’m pleased to hear it.
B. Wonderful! Congratulation!
C. Oh, really? The doctor must be very good.

D. Good news for you.
Question 22. The waiter asks Steven to order his food in a restaurant.
Waiter: “May I take your order now, sir?”
Steven: “Yes, ___________.”
A. let’s go Dutch
B. keep the change
C. a soup and a steak D. the food tastes really good
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 23 to 27.
Teaching English as a foreign language can be a great way to travel the world and earn
money at the same time. However, some graduates actually like the idea of (23)_______ a career in
teaching English long-term, and there are numerous courses at various (24)_______ of teaching,
from the fast-track TEFL to a diploma or masters.
To find the right course a good place to start is TEFL.com - a website with lots of relevant
information and helpful advice, including a comprehensive list of institutions in the UK offering
TEFL courses. The site also offers a job search facility to assist qualified students (25) _______
finding work.
When deciding which course to take, the best bet is to look at what your needs are. If you
want a career in teaching English then definitely find one designed for that (26)_______, like an MA
or diploma; but if you want to travel around the world, then do a shorter course which will supply
you with teaching skills.
Some countries, like Japan, will employ people without a teaching qualification as
(27)_______ as the teacher is a native speaker of English. However, most countries do now expect a
qualification.
(Adapted from “Earn after you learn” by Kate Harvey)
Question 23.
A. tracking
B. pursuing
C. hunting
D. chasing

Question 24.
A. levels
B. categories
C. groups
D. classes
Question 25.
A. to
B. for
C. at
D. in
Question 26.
A. function
B. use
C. aim
D. purpose
Question 27.
A. far
B. soon
C. long
D. well
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.
[1]
Widespread evidence links global warming to a series of environmental effects.


[2]

Starving polar bears are eating one another in the Arctic. Flowers are blooming too soon
and die. The ice caps are melting so fast that rising water levels will threaten coastal towns along

Florida within several decades. These are just a few examples of the terrible consequences of
climate change discovered by a new research in Nature that paints a dark portrait of what a
warming world will look like in the years to come.
[3]
The researchers analyzed 829 abnormal phenomena - including melting glaciers - along
with nearly 30,000 changes in plants and animals and found that about 90% of them are in sync
with scientists’ predictions about how global warming will change the planet.
[4]
“In the past three decades, average global temperatures have risen about 0.6 0C and are
projected to jump by about 1.70C by the end of the century,” says Cynthia Rosenzweig, who leads
the Climate Impacts Group at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University
in New York. “We’ve already seen that a relatively low amount of warming,” she says, “can result in
a broad range of changes.”
[5]
The unnatural warming caused by man-made greenhouse gases, especially carbon
dioxide produced by cars and coal-powered plants, brings trouble for entire ecosystems. In North
America alone, scientists have identified 89 species of plants, such as the American holly, which
have flowered earlier in the spring. In Spain, apple trees bloom 35 days ahead of schedule in
response to the higher temperatures. Other wildlife, like the insects that use certain plants for
food and the birds that feed on the insects, must then move forward their seasonal stirrings and
mating patterns to survive.
[6]
To try to follow this time shift, some birds such as robins, the classic symbol of winter’s
thaw, are returning to Colorado from their migrations some two weeks earlier than in years past.
All these changes can throw a food chain in disorder. Some bird species that arrive before the
insects reappear may starve to death.
[7]
“Around the world, plants and animals are waking up to an earlier alarm clock than they
used to,” says Terry Root, a biologist from Stanford University.
(Source: )

Question 28. The author describes some unnatural phenomena in paragraph 2 to________.
A. present the results of a recent research
B. call readers’ attention to the new research
C. indicate the earth is now in great danger
D. show a picture of the present world
Question 29. The analysis of abnormal phenomena on earth shows that________.
A. most changes agree with scientists’ previous predictions
B. scientists made wrong predictions about the future of earth
C. global warming has changed all the plants and animals
D. melting glaciers have caused the worst side effects
Question 30. The word “projected” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to________.
A. forced
B. indicated
C. presented
D. predicted
Question 31. Why must some birds move about earlier than usual?
A. Because the warm weather wakes them up earlier
B. Because they need to follow some insects for food
C. Because the plants they use to hunt food bloom late
D. Because certain trees bloom a month ahead of time
Question 32. The word “their” in paragraph 6 refers to________.
A. robins
B. species
C. insects
D. ecosystems
Question 33. What do we know about robins, the classic symbol of winter’s thaw?
A. They predict the change of weather
B. They migrate when seasons change
C. They used to come back when spring came D. Farmers depend on them to tell the time
Question 34. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. The Terrible Consequences of Climate Change
B. Man Is to Blame for Global Warming
C. Humans Are Causing the World to Heat Up
D. Global Warming Is Changing Nature’s Clock
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.


One of the most difficult questions to answer is how much a job is worth. We naturally
expect that a doctor’s salary will be higher than a bus conductor’s wage. But the question becomes
much more difficult to answer when we compare, say, a miner with an engineer, or an unskilled
man working on an oil-rig in the North Sea with a teacher in a secondary school. What the doctor,
the engineer and teacher have is many years of training in order to obtain the necessary
qualifications for their professions. We feel instinctively that these skills and these years, when
they were studying instead of earning money, should be rewarded. At the same time we recognize
that the work of the miner and the oil-rig laborer is both hard and dangerous, and that they must
be highly paid for the risks they take.
Another factor we must take into consideration is how socially useful a man’s work is,
regardless of the talents he may bring to it. Most people would agree that looking after the sick or
teaching children is more important than, say, selling secondhand cars or improving the taste of
toothpaste by adding a red stripe to it. Yet it is almost certain that the used car salesman earns
more than the nurse, and that research chemist earns more than the schoolteacher.
Indeed, this whole question of just rewards can be turned on its head. You can argue that a
man who does a job which brings him personal satisfaction is already receiving part of his reward
in the form of a so-called “psychic wage”, and that it is the man with the boring, repetitive job who
needs more money to make up for the soul-destroying monotony of his work. It is significant that
that those jobs which are traditionally regarded as “vocations” - nursing, teaching and the Church,
for example - continue to be poorly paid, while others, such as those in the world of sport or
entertainment, carry financial rewards out of all proportion to their social worth.
Although the amount of money that people earn is in reality largely determined by market

forces, this should not prevent us from seeking some way to decide what is the right pay for the
job. A starting point for such an investigation would be to try to decide the ratio which ought to
exist between the highest and the lowest paid. The picture is made more complicate by two
factors: firstly by the “social wage”, i.e, the welfare benefits which every citizen receives; and
secondly, by the taxation system, which is often used as an instrument of social justice by taxing
high incomes at a very high rate indeed. Allowing for these two things, most countries now regard
a ratio of 7:1 as socially acceptable. If it is less, the highly-qualified people carrying heavy
responsibilities become disillusioned, and might even end up by emigration (the so-called “braindrain” is an evidence that this can happen). If it is more, the gap between rich and poor will be so
great that it will lead social tensions and ultimately to violence.
(Adapted from:
“How much is job worth?”)
Question 35. According to the passage, the professional man, such as the doctor, should be well
paid because________.
A. he knows more than other people about his subject
B. he has to work much harder than most other people
C. his work involves much great intelligence than, say, a bus conductor’s
D. he has spent several years learning how to do his job
Question 36. As far as rewarding people for their work is concerned, the writer, believes
that________.
A. qualified people should be the highest paid
B. we should pay people according to their talents
C. we should pay for socially-useful work, regardless of the person’s talent
D. market forces will determine how much a person is paid
Question 37. The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to________.
A. society
B. work
C. salary
D. skill
Question 38. The argument of the “psychic wage” is used to explain why________.
A. people who do monotonous jobs are highly paid

B. you should not try to compare the pay of different professions
C. people who do socially important work are not always well paid
D. some professional people are paid more than others
Question 39. It can be inferred from the passage that a man who does a boring, repetitive
job________.
A. should receive more money as a compensation for the drudgery of his work


B. has no interest in his work apart from the money he receives for doing it
C. receives less money than he deserves
D. can only expect more money if his job is a highly-skilled one
Question 40. The author mentions “brain-drain” as an evidence to show that________.
A. high taxation is a useful and effective instrument of social justice
B. people with jobs or responsibility expect to be highly paid
C. the poor are generally more patriotic than the rich
D. well-educated people are prepared to emigrate whenever they can get a better paid job
Question 41. The word “ultimately” in the final paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.
A. dramatically
B. unfortunately
C. exceptionally
D. eventually
Question 42. Which of the following statements would the author agree?
A. Those receiving high salary should carry heavy responsibilities.
B. It’s difficult to define the social value of a job.
C. People should find a proper ratio between high and low pay.
D. The market will decide what the right pay is for a job.
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. If there’re a funnier person in the world than him, I don’t know who it will be.
A. there’re

B. funnier
C. than
D. will
Question 44. Rainforests are being cut and burning at such a speed that they will disappear from
the earth in the near future.
A. are being cut
B. burning
C. such a speed
D. from
Question 45. More than people there are, especially in poor countries with limited amounts of
land and the fewer resources there are to meet basic needs.
A. More than
B. limited
C. amounts of
D. to meet
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. You are in this mess right now because you didn’t listen to me in the first place.
A. If you listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
B. If you listen to my advice in the first place, you will not be in this mess right now.
C. If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
D. If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t have been in this mess now.
Question 47. John told his friend, “Let me give Toma lift to the train station if you can’t”.
A. John advised his friend to give Tom a lift to the train station if you couldn’t.
B. John asked his friend to give Tom a lift to the train station if his friend couldn’t.
C. John urged that he should give Tom a lift to the train station if his friend couldn’t.
D. John volunteered to give Tom a lift to the train station if his friend couldn’t.
Question 48. In the hope of finding the money, they didn’t call the police.
A. They found the money, so there was no need to call the police.
B. They thought they might find the money, so the police weren’t called.

C. They knew they would find the money, so they didn’t call the police.
D. If they found the money or not, they wouldn’t call the police.
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 Postal Service used the Roman god Mercury as its symbol. This was replaced in
1837 with a running pony.
A. The Postal Service, which used the Roman god Mercury as its symbol, was replaced in
1837 with a running pony.
B. The Postal Service used the Roman god Mercury as its symbol, which was replaced in 1837
with a running pony.
C. The Postal Service which was replaced in 1837 with a running pony used the Roman god
Mercury as its symbol.
D. The Postal Service used a running pony as its symbol, which was replaced in 1837 with the


Roman god Mercury.
Question 50. The most successful candidates are not always the best educated. They are the best
trained in the technique.
A. The most successful candidates are the best at training in the technique, if not they will need
education.
B. The most successful candidates are people who are trained well in the technique, although
well educated.
C. The most successful candidates are not only the best educated but also the best trained in the
technique.
D. The most successful candidates are not always the best educated, but the best trained in the
technique.
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