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Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined word that is pronounced differently from the rest in each of the following questions.

Question 1: A. most B. coast C. lost D. whole

Question 2: A. reach B. chemistry C. architecture D. Christmas

Question 3: A. fertile B. mother C. further D. heard

Question 4: A. turn B. fun C. under D. current

Question 5: A. mouth B. mountain C. southern D. count

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 6: That book looks like an advanced________ text to me.

A. economic B. economist C. economical D. economics

Question 7: The Chinese produced tea from ________ of the tea plant and brewed it into a beverage about 2000 BC

A. the drying leaves B. the dried leaves C. the leaves are dried D. its dried leaves

Question 8: The discovery was a major________ for research workers.

A. breakout B. break-in C. breakdown D. breakthrough

Question 9: Public television stations are different from commercial stations ________ .

A. because they receive money differently and different types of show.

B. because the former receives money and has programs differently from the latter.

C. in the areas of funding and programming.

D. for money and program types

Question 10: Carbon dioxide may be absorbed by trees or water bodies, or it may stay in the atmosphere when________ , while it is only in the atmosphere that chlorofluorocarbons find their home.

A. cars that release emissions B. released from car emissions

C. emissions are released by cars D. by releasing emissions from cars

Question 11: John: “What kind of job would you like?”Mike: “________”

A. I heard it was very good.

B. Anytime after next week

C. Anything to do with computers

D. Is there a good chance of promotion?

Question 12: John:“ A new Japanese restaurant just opened downtown. Let’s eat there tonight.”

Sue:“ ________”

A. Yes, it did B. Great idea! I’d like some sushi

C. Yes, I will D. No, we shan’t

Question 13: He never expected his prophecy to be________ .

A. fulfilled B. accomplished C. realised D. achieved

Question 14: I ________ several musicians around that time.

A. made the acquaintance of B. made friends to

C. got back to D. came up with

Question 15: ________ children were injured. They all came back unharmed.

A. None of B. Not any of the C. Not any of D. None of the

Question 16: It takes a great deal of ________ for the class to make a trip abroad.

A. organization B. arrangement C. expense D. business

Question 17: He traveled ________ for 20 years and then he decided to return home.

A. farthest of all B. farther away C. far from it D. far and wide

Question 18: Joe : “ Your tie looks good on you!” Sam: “________ ”

A.Thanks. It’s my birthday present.

B.Certainly. Do you like it, too?

C.I like to hear that again.

D.Yes, of course. It’s expensive.

Question 19: It is necessary to be careful ________your career.

A. when you will choose B. when choosing

C. when you chose D. when you have chosen

Question 20: It says $5.60 on the label, but you’ve ________ me at $6.50.

A. reduced B. taken C. charged D. deducted

Question 21: ________ be needed, the water basin would need to be dammed.

A. Hydroelectric power should B. When hydroelectric power

C. Hydroelectric power D. Should hydroelectric power

Question 22: Potential dehydration is ________ that a land animal faces.

A. the often greatest hazard B. the greatest often hazard

C. often the greatest hazard D. often the hazard greatest

Question 23: The quantum theory states ________ , such as light, is given off and absorbed in tiny definite units called quanta or photons.

A. that energy B. that it is energy C. it is energy D. energy that

Question 24: Trung: “Why do you think most people learn English?” Phong: “________”.

A. Because I like it

B. All of them are

C. I heard it was very good

D. Very often it’s to get a better job

Question 25: It was ________ easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player.

A. purposefully B. exceedingly C. relatively D. normally

Question 26: These men were appointed by the directors and are ________ only to them.

A. dependable B. privileged C. controlled D. accountable

Question 27: There was no panic among the villagers who knew they ________ to the mainland before sunset.

A. were to airlift B. would be airlifting C. were to be airlifted D. should have airlifted

Question 28: When I told the doctor that I had had earache for nearly a month, he gave me a _________ for ear-drops.

A. ticket B. recipe C. receipt D. prescription

Question 29: The judge ________ the murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.

A. accused B. prosecuted C. sentenced D. convicted

Question 30: A:“ ________” – B:“ Oh, thanks. I’m glad you like it.”

A. What does your house cost? B. I like your house. It has a nice view

C. I don’t know how to get to your house D. Who designed this beautiful house?

Question 31: But for their help, he ________.

A. would have failed B. has failed C. has not failed D. wouldn’t have failed

Question 32: The horn of the rhinoceros consists of a cone of tight bundles of keratin________ from the epidermis.

A. growing B. grows C. grow D. they grow

Question 33: As a newspaper reporter she always wanted to get information at first hand.

A. easily B. slowly C. directly D. quickly

Question 34: The students got high marks in the test but Mary stood out.

A. got the most marks of all B. got very good marks

C. got higher marks than someone D. got a lot of marks

Question 35: I cannot understand why she did that, it really doesn't add up.

A. doesn't make sense B. doesn't calculate

C. isn't mathematics D. makes the wrong addition new policies.

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 36: I will get home at about seven, and I’ll give you a ring then.

A. I’ll give you a ring when I get home at about seven.

B. I’ll give a ring when I’ll get home at about seven.

C. I’ll give you a ring and then I get home at about seven.

D. I’ll give you a ring after I’ll get home at about seven.

Question 37: It is possible that we won’t have to take an entrance exam this year.

A. We mightn’t take an entrance exam this year.

B. We mustn’t take an entrance exam this year.

C. Perhaps we don’t have to take an entrance exam this year.

D. It is very likely that we will take an entrance exam this year.

Question 38: Friendly though he may seem, he’s not to be trusted.

A. He may have friends, but he’s not to be trusted.

B. However he seems friendly, he’s not to be trusted.

C. He’s too friendly to be trusted.

D. However friendly he seems, he’s not to be trusted.

Question 39: The Prime Minister set up a committee of financial experts. They were to help him discuss and formulate new policies.

A. A committee consisting of financial experts who were helped by the Prime Minister discussed and formulated new policies.

B. A committee consisting of financial experts was set up by the Prime Minister to help him discuss and formulate new policies.

C. The Prime Minister, who is a financial expert, set up a committee to discuss and formulate new policies.

D. The Prime Minister, who was helped by financial experts, set up a committee to discuss and formulate new policies.

Question 40: This quarrel is likely to lead to a fight.

A. This quarrel is somewhat like a fight.

B. This quarrel is likely to result from a fight.

C. This quarrel is likely to result in a fight.

D. The result of this quarrel is likely to lead to a fight.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer that best completes each of the following sentences.

Question 41: The chairman requested that _________ .

A. with more carefulness the problem could be studied.

B. the members studied more carefully the problem.

C. the members study the problem more carefully

D. the problem was more carelessly studied.

Question 42: The more challenging the job is,_________ .

A. he finds it more interesting B. the more interesting it is to him

C. more interesting he finds it D. the more he finds it interesting

Question 43: It was his cheerful disposition__________ .

A. that made him successful as a group leader B. that he succeeded as a group leader

C. which helped him a successful group leaderD. who made him successful as a group leader

Question 44: Published in July 2007, _________ .

A. Dang Thuy Tram wrote a Diary and soon became popular with Vietnamese young people.

B. Vietnamese young people soon people soon became interested in Dang Thuy Tram’s Diary.

C. Dang Thuy Tram soon became popular with Vietnamese young people for her Diary.

D. Dang Thuy Tram’s Diary soon became popular with Vietnamese young people.

Question 45: Thanks to the British Channel, _________ .

A. they did not invade England for some time.

B. it saved England from being invaded for some time.

C. which helped England not to be invaded for some time.

D. England was not invaded for some time.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks in the following passage.

Most people feel that when they dream , they are (46)________ off to another world. On the (47)________ , dreams are often connected to our daily lives. When our whole (48) ________is filled with something, when we are either very upset (49)________when we are in good spirit, a dream will represent this reality in symbols. It is often (50)________that we benefit from dreams because they help the spirit to heal itself, when things (51)________wrong. Dreams are therefore a kind of escape, almost a holiday from (52)________life, with its fears and responsibilities. It is, however, a strange kind of holiday because whether we have a wonderful time or whether it turns (53) ________ to be a nightmare, we quickly forget it. Most dreams disappear forever, (54) ________ you are one of those people disciplined enough to write them down as soon as you (55)________.

Question 46: A. brought B. guided C. taken D. carried

Question 47: A. other side B. opposite C. contrast D. contrary

Question 48: A. brain B. mind C. spirit D. soul

Question 49: A. or else B. but also C. or D. unless

Question 50: A. spoken B. declared C. said D. started

Question 51: A. become B. turn C. get D. go

Question 52: A. factual B. real C. actual D. genuine

Question 53: A. up B. down C. out D. off

Question 54: A. except that B. unless C. thus D. therefore

Question 55: A. awake B. rise up C. arise D. wake up

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.

Staggering tasks confronted the people of the United States, North and South, when the Civil War ended. About a million and a half soldiers from both sides had to be demobilized, readjusted to civilian life, and reabsorbed by the devastated economy.

Civil government also had to be put back on a peacetime basis and interference from the military had to be stopped. The desperate plight of the South has eclipsed the fact that reconstruction had to be undertaken also in the North, though less spectacularly. Industries had to adjust to peacetime conditions: factories had to be retooled for civilian needs.

Financial problems loomed large in both the North and the South. The national debt had shot up from a modest $ 65 million in 1861, the year the war started, to nearly $3 billion in 1865, the year the war ended. This was a colossal sum for those days but one that a prudent government could pay. At the same time, war taxes had to be reduced to less burdensome levels.

Physical devastation caused by invading armies, chiefly in the South and border states, had to be repaired. This Herculean task was ultimately completed, but with discouraging slowness.

Other important questions needed answering. What would be the future of the four million Black people who were freed from slavery? On what basis were the Southern states to be brought back into the Union?

What of the Southern leaders, all of whom were liable to charges of treason? One of these leaders, Jefferson Davis, president of the Southern Confederacy , was the subject of an insulting popular Northern song, “Hang Jeff Davis from a Sour Apple Tree”, and even children sang it. Davis was temporarily chained in his prison during the early days of his two –year imprisonment. But he and the other Southern leaders were finally released, partly because it was unlikely that a jury from Virginia, a Southern Confederate state, would convict them. All the leaders were finally pardoned by President Johnson in 1868 in an effort to help reconstruction efforts proceed with as little bitterness as possible.

Question 56: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The results of government efforts to revive the economy.

B. Wartime expenditures

C. Problems facing the United States after the war.

D. Methods of repairing the damage caused by the war.

Question 57: The word “Staggering” in line 1 is closest in meaning to ________ .

A. overwhelming B. various C. specialized D. confusing

Question 58: The word “devastated ” in line 3 is closest in meaning to ________ .

A. complicated B. ruined C. fragile. D. developing

Question 59:According to the passage, which of the following statements about the damage in the South is correct?

A. The cost was less than expected B. It was remedied rather quickly.

C. It was worth than in the North D. It was centered in the border sates

Question 60:The passage refers to all of the following as necessary steps following the Civil War EXCEPT________ .

A. returning government to normal B. increasing taxes

C. helping soldiers readjust D. restructuring industry

Question 61: The word “ task” refers to________ .

A. wise decisions about former slaves B. raising the tax level

C. sensible financial choices D. reconstruction of damage areas.

Question 62: Why does the author mention a popular song?

A. To compare the Northern and Southern presidents.

B. To give an example of a Northern attitude towards the South.

C. To illustrate the Northern love of music.

D. To emphasize the cultural differences between the North and the South.

Question 63: The word “ them” refers to________ .

A. days B. irons C. leaders D. charges

Question 64: Which of the following can be inferred from the phrase “….is was unlikely that a jury from Virginia, a Southern Confederate state, would convict them”?

A. A popular song insulted Virginia.

B. Virginian were loyal to their leaders

C. All of the Virginia military leaders had been put in chains.

D. Virginian felt betrayed by Jefferson Davis

Question 65: It can be inferred from the passage that President Johnson pardoned the Southern leaders in order to________ .

A. raise money for the North.

B. repair the physical damage in the South.

C. prevent Northern leaders from punishing more Southerners.

D. help the nation recover from the war.

Mark the letter A,B, C, or d on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 66: The most visible changes physical of aging take place in the skin.

A B C D

Question 67: The Panama Canal provides a crucial shipping link between Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

A B C D

Question 68: The powerful, destroy force of hurricanes, common in Caribbean and Southeastern

A B

United States, sometimes reaches as far as the North of New England.

C D

Question 69: The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen is smelling delicious.

A B C D

Question 70 :Aspirin seems helpfully in reducing the risk of stroke in people whose upper heart

A B C

chambers beat irregularly.

D

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.

According to the best evidence gathered by space probes and astronomers, Mars is an inhospitable planet, more similar to Earth’s Moon than to Earth it self – a dry , stark , seemingly lifeless world. Mars’ air pressure is equal to Earth’s at an altitude of 100,000 feet. The air there is 95 percent carbon dioxide.

Mars has no ozone layer to screen out the sun’s lethal radiation.Daytime temperatures may reach above freezing, but because the planet is blanketed by the mere wisp of an atmostphere, the heat radiates back into space . Even at the equator, the temperature drops to -50C ( -60F ) at night.Today there is no liquid water, although valleys and chnnels on the surface show evidence of having been carved by running water. The polar ice caps are made of frozen water and carbon dioxide , and water may be frozen in the ground as permafrost.

Despite these difficult conditions, certain scientists believe that there is a possibility of trans-forming Mars into a more Earth-like planet. Nuclear reactors might be used to melt frozen gases and eventually build up the atmostphere. This in turn could create a “ greenhouse effect ” that would stop heat from radiating back into space. Liquid water could be thawed to from a polar ocean. Once enough ice has melted, suitable plants could be introduced to build up the level of oxygen in the atmostphere so that, in time, the planet would support animal life from Earth and even permanent human colonies. “ This was once thought to be so far in the future as to be irrelevant,” said Christopher Mckay, a research scientist at NASA . “ But now it’s starting to look practical. We could begin word in four or five decades.”

The idea of “ terra-forming” Mars, as enthusiasts call it, has its roots in science fiction. But as researchers develop a more profound understanding of how Earth's ecology supports life, they have begun to see how it may be pssible to create similar conditions on Mars. Don’t plan on homesteading on Mars any time soon, though. The process could take hundreds or even thousands of years to complete and the cost would be staggering.

Question 71: With which of the following is the passage primarity concerned?

A. The need to study the Martian ecology.

B. The challenge of interplanetary travel.

C. The advantages of establishing conlonies on Mars.

D. The possibility of changing the Martian environment.

Question 72: The word “stark”in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________ .

A. unknown B. distant C. harsh D. dark

Question 73: The word “there” in paragraph 2 refers to ________ .

A. a point 100 miles above the Earth B. Mars

C. outer space D. the Earth’s Moon

Question 74: Which of the following does the author NOT list as a chrateristic of the planet Mars that would make colonization difficult?

A. There is little liquid water. B. Night time temperatures are extremely.

C. The sun’s rays are deadly. D. Daytime temperatures are dangerously high.

Question 75: According to passage, the Martian atmostphere today consist mainly of ________ .

A. oxygen B. carbon dioxide C. water vapour D. ozone

Question 76: It can be inferred from the passage that the “greenhouse effect” mentioned in paragraph 3 is________ .

A. caused by the introduction of green plants. B. the direct result of nuclear reactions.

C. possible means of warming Mars. D. the cause of low temperatures on Mars.

Question 77: The word “suitable”in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________ .

A. altered B. resistant C. native D. appropriate

Question 78: According to Christopher Mckay, the possibility of transforming Mars________ .

A. could only occour in science fiction stories.

B. is completely impractical.

C. will not begin for hundreds, even thousands of years.

D. could be started in forty to fifty years.

Question 79: The phrase “ more profound” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________ .

A. more up-to-date B. deeper C. more practical D. brighter

Question 80: According to the article, the basic knowledge need to transform Mars comes from ________ .

A. data from space probes B. the science of astronomy

C. the knowledge of Earth’s ecology D. science fiction stories

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