Read the passage, then choose the best answers.One of the most famous monuments in the world, the Statute of Liberty, was presented to the United States of America in the nineteenth century by the people of France. The great statute, which was designed by the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, took ten years to complete. The actual figure was made of copper supported by a metal framework which had been especially constructed by Eiffel. Before it could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built. The site chosen was an island at the entrance of New York Harbour. By 1884, a statute which was 151 feet tall, had been erected in Paris. The following year, it was taken to pieces and sent to America. By the end of October 1886, the statute had been put together again and it was officially presented to the American people by Bartholdi. Ever since then, the great monument has been a symbol of liberty for the millions of people who have passed through New York Harbour to make their home in America.
Câu 1: The Statute of Liberty.............


A. is the most famous monument in the world.


B. was designed and constructed by the American sculptors.


C. is located in the centre of New York.


D. is among the most famous monuments in the world.
Câu 2: The Statute of Liberty.............


A. was sent to America in 1884.


B. was sent to America in 1885.


C. was sent to America in 1886.


D. was never sent to America.
Câu 3: The Statute of Liberty was.............


A. sold to the USA by the French people.


B. given to the American people as a present by the French people.


C. presented to the USA in the 18"‘ century by the people of France.


D. designed and constructed according to the order placed by the French sculptors
Câu 4: The Statute of Liberty was first erected.............


A. in New York.


B. on an island at the entrance of New York Harbour.


C. in Paris


D. in Eiffel Tower.
Câu 5: The Statute of Liberty was made of.....


A. copper


B. copper with metal framework.


C. concrete


D. concrete with metal framework.

A.
B.
C.
D.

II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
Câu 1:


A. water                                  


B. football                   


C. begin                      


D. meter
Câu 2:


A. personal                  


B. penalty                    


C. defensive                


D. vertical
Câu 3:


A. overtime                 


B. decision                  


C. period                     


D. penalize

A.
B.
C.
D.

III. Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
Câu 1: No _______ water polo player except _______ goalie can hold the ball with both hands.


A. a / the      


B. the / Ø   


C. the / a      


D. Ø / the
Câu 2: The main task of a defender in a sport game is to _______ the opponents from scoring.


A. prevent


B. preventing                           


C. prevention             


D. preventable
Câu 3: Many young men prefer scuba-diving because it is _______.


A. adventure                            


B. adventurous                        


C. adventurously         


D. adventurist
Câu 4: I _______ think that scuba diving is more of danger than adventure.


A. person                                 


B. personal                              


C. personally               


D. personalize
Câu 5: What kind of sport one chooses to play mostly depends _______ his preference and health.


A. with


B. for                                      


C. in                            


D. on
Câu 6: Most referees often wears _______ black.


A. in                                        


B. for                                       


C. with                        


D. on
Câu 7: In water polo game, only the goalie can hold the ball _______ two hands.


A. at                                        


B. in                                        


C. with                        


D. from
Câu 8: If the score is tied at the end of regulation play, two _______ periods of three minutes each are played.


A. half                                     


B. halftime                               


C. quarter


D. overtime
Câu 9: A water polo cap is used to ____ the players' heads and to identify them.


A. tie                                       


B. penalize                              


C. protect                    


D. move
Câu 10: If a defender _______ with a free throw, holds or sinks an attacker, he is excluded from the game for twenty seconds


A. punches                              


B. passes                                 


C. plays                       


D. interferes
Câu 11: Water polo is a team water game, with six field players and one goalie in each team. The winner of the game is the team that scores more _____.


A. nets                                     


B. goals                                   


C. plays                       


D. balls
Câu 12: As all field players are only allowed to touch the ball with one hand at a time, they must develop the ability to catch and _______ the ball with either hand.


A. throw                                  


B. point                                   


C. score                       


D. cross
Câu 13: _______ is the activity of swimming underwater using special breathing equipment.


A. Synchronized swimming


B. Rowing                               


C. Water polo     


D. Scuba diving
Câu 14: When the offense takes possession of the ball, the strategy is to _______ the ball down the field of play and to score a goal.


A. create                                  


B. ride                                                 


C. advance                  


D. eject
Câu 15: The referee signals with a whistle and by lowering his arm, and the player taking the penalty _______ must immediately throw the ball with an uninterrupted motion toward the goal.


A. arm                                     


B. shot                                     


C. net                                      


D. goal
Câu 16: Some of the students began to fall asleep _______ the lecture was boring and irrelevant.


A. as                                        


B. due to   


C. because of   


D. on account of
Câu 17: Tommy joined the English Club _______ to increase his circle of friends.


A. because his desire


B. because of his desire           


C. because of he desired


D. due to he desired
Câu 18: _______, I do not consider this composition acceptable.


A. Because of so many errors


B. Because of there were so many errors


C. On account of there were so many errors           


D.  As so many errors
Câu 19: The prisoner was given a harsh sentence ______ the nature of his crime.


A. since                                   


B. as                                        


C. because                   


D.  due to
Câu 20: The burglar _______.


A. has been disappeared with the cash   


B. disappeared the cash


C.  disappeared with the cash   


D. was disappeared with the cash
Câu 21: Ellen _______ and sang her song.


A. nodded to the audience  


B. nodded the audience


C. was nodding the audience       


D. was nodded to the audience
Câu 22: Our teacher _______ to take the exam.


A. gave another chance each of us     


B. was given each of us by another chance


C. gave each of us another chance        


D. was given each of us another chance
Câu 23: If Charlie _______, he could have been injured.


A. had been run the street     


B. had been run into the street


C. had run the street             


D. had run into the street
Câu 24: The turtle _______ of Arizona.


A. may be lived a small area        


B. may be lived in a small area


C. may live in a small area   


D. may live a small area
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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.
Câu 1: He didn't take his father's advice. That's why he is out of work now.


A. If he had taken his father's advice, he would not have been out of work now.


B. If he had taken his father's advice, he would not be out of work now.


C. If he took his father's advice, he would not be out of work now.


D. If he takes his father's advice, he will not be out of work now.
Câu 2: The old man is working in this factory. I borrowed his bicycle yesterday.


A. The old man whose bicycle I borrowed yesterday is working in this factory.


B. The old man whom I borrowed his bicycle yesterday is working in this factory.


C. The old man whom is working in this factory I borrowed his bicycle yesterday.


D. The old man is working in this factory which I borrowed his bicycle yesterday.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34.The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (30)_______ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by virtually all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK independent school before (31)_______ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English and mathematics, and you can select (32)_______, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education that you can build on at college and eventually at university.AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (33)_______ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in vocational subjects such (34)_______  engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at the same time for two years.
Câu 1: (30) 


A. big 


B. small           


C. long


D. short 
Câu 2: (31)


A. reach                                    


B. reaching                     


C. being reached 


D. to reach
Câu 3: (32) 


A. other           


B. another        


C. each other       


D. others
Câu 4: (33) 


A. wide           


B. widen          


C. widely                    


D. width
Câu 5: (34) 


A. for                                        


B. as                               


C. like                                 


D. so

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker.The first is the broad area of communication, which includes imparting information by use of language, communicating with a group or an individual and specialized communication through performance. A person conveys thoughts and ideas through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant, gentle or harsh, by the rhythm that is inherent within the language itself, and by speech rhythms that are flowing and regular or uneven and hesitant, and finally, by the pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a group, a person's tone may indicate uncertainty or fright, confidence or calm. At interpersonal levels, the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen, or may believe them. Here, the participant's tone can consciously or unconsciously reflect intuitive sympathy or antipathy, lack of concern or interest, fatigue, anxiety, enthusiasm or excitement, all of which are usually discernible by the acute listener. Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly specialized with its own techniques for obtaining effects by voice and /or gesture. The motivation derived from the text, and in the case of singing, the music, in combination with the performer's skills, personality, and ability to create empathy will determine the success of artistic, political, or pedagogic communication. Second, the voice gives psychological clues to a person's self-image, perception of others, and emotional health. Self-image can be indicated by a tone of voice that is confident, pretentious, shy, aggressive, outgoing, or exuberant, to name only a few personality traits. Also the sound may give a clue to the facade or mask of that person, for example, a shy person hiding behind an overconfident front.       How a speaker perceives the listener's receptiveness, interest, or sympathy in any given conversation can drastically alter the tone of presentation, by encouraging or discouraging the speaker. Emotional health is evidenced in the voice by free and melodic sounds of the happy, by constricted and harsh sound of the angry, and by dull and lethargic qualities of the depressed.
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?


A. Communication styles.    


B. The function of the voice in performance.


C. The production of speech.            


D. The connection between voice and personality.
Câu 2: According to the passage, an exuberant tone of voice may be an indication of a person's ______.


A. vocal quality     


B. general physical health   


C. ability to communicate 


D. personality
Câu 3: The word "evidenced" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.


A. indicated     


B. questioned  


C. exaggerated            


D. repeated
Câu 4: The word "derived" in paragraph one is closest in meaning to ______.                


A. obtained


B. discussed    


C. registered    


D. prepared
Câu 5: Why does the author mention "artistic, political, or pedagogic communication" in paragraph 1?


A. To contrast them to singing        


B. As examples of public performance


C. As examples of basic styles of communication  


D. To introduce the idea of self-image
Câu 6: According to the passage, an overconfident front may hide ______.


A. shyness       


B. strength       


C. hostility                   


D. friendliness
Câu 7: The word "that" in paragraph 2 refer to ______.


A. self-image      


B. personality                 


C. tone of voice     


D. psychological
Câu 8: What does the author mean by staring that "At interpersonal levels, the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen"?


A. Feelings are more difficult to express than ideas.


B. A high tone of voice reflects an emotional communication.


C. The tone of voice can carry information beyond the meaning of words.


D. Feelings are expressed with different words than ideas are.
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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D in your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: The first postage stamps issued in New York City in 1842.


A. issued                                   


B. stamps                        


C. the first 


D. in
Câu 2: When I will see her tomorrow, I will tell her the truth. I'm sure she will be very happy.


A. truth


B. happy                         


C. will tell    


D. will see
Câu 3: She said her father that she would go shopping with him the following day.


A. him                                       


B. that                             


C. would go     


D. said

A.
B.
C.
D.

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 the following question
Câu 1: Pointing at someone is considered rude in communication.


A. impolite      


B. humorous    


C. polite                      


D. generous
Câu 2: This point has been dealt with in the preceding paragraph.


A. following


B. heading                      


C. previous                         


D. before

A.
B.
C.
D.

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.
Câu 1:


A. employ       


B. effort           


C. express       


D. reduce
Câu 2:


A. engage                                  


B. maintain                     


C. verbal                         


D. attract

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Despite his cries, no one came to his assistance.


A. help                                      


B. suggestion                  


C. hindrance                   


D. belief 
Câu 2: If it's raining tomorrow, we'll have to postpone the match till Sunday.


A. play                                      


B. put off      


C. put away 


D. cancel

A.
B.
C.
D.