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.The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon. People of different cultures are more prone to contact certain illnesses because of the characteristic foods they consume.That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates nitrites (commonly used to preserve color in meat) as well as other food additives caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which ingredients on the packaging label of processed food are helpful or harmful.The additives that we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to cattle and poultry, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows.Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medical purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.A healthy diet is directly related to good health. Often we are unaware of detrimental substances we ingest. Sometimes well-meaning farmers or others who do not realize the consequences add these substances to food without our knowledge.
Câu 1: How has science done to disservice to people?


A. Because of science, disease caused by contaminated food has been virtually eradicated.


B. The scientists have preserved the color of meats, but not of vegetables.


C. It caused a lack of information concerning the value of food.


D. As a result of scientific intervention, some potentially harmful substances have been added to our food. 
Câu 2: The word "prone" is nearest meaning to ________ .


A. supine                                 


B. unlikely                               


C. healthy                    


D. predisposed
Câu 3: All of the following statements are TRUE except _______ .


A. Food may cause forty percent of the cancer in the world


B. Drug are always given to animals for medical reasons        


C. Researchers have known about the potential hazard of food additives for more than 45 years


D. Some of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some are given to the living animals
Câu 4: The word "additives" is closest meaning to _______ .


A. dangerous substance     


B. natural substance


C. begin substance           


D. added substance 
Câu 5: What is best title for this passage?


A. The food you eat can affect your health      


B. Harmful and Harmless substances in food


C. Avoiding injurious substances in food                


D. Improving health through a Natural Diet

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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 from 32 to 33.
Câu 1: Biologists long regarded it as an example of adaptation by natural selection, but for physicists it bordered on the miracle.


A. flexibility                            


B. agility                                  


C. adjustment                          


D. inflexibility
Câu 2: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.


A. implicit                               


B. explicit                                


C. odd                                     


D. obscure

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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 37 to 44.Life WritingsThe diary and the letter were the most extensively practiced forms of life writings in eighteenth-century America. From the numerous examples of these two types of writing from the period, a portrait of daily life of the period can be gleaned.Many of the diaries that were kept during this period were life diaries by authors interested in maintaining day-to-day records of reflective self-examination, but some of the most compelling were situational diaries; those prompted by and limited to lengthy descriptions of personal reflections about a particular event. Three of the many situational journals of this period are those written by Sarah Kemble Knight, William Burd II, and Dr. Alexander Hamilton. Sarah Kemble Knight's diary of her five-month trip at the end of 1704 and the beginning of 1705 from Boston to New Haven to New York and back again to Boston was published more than a century later as The Journal of Madam Knight. Though this diary does include an account of the hardship that she encountered along the way, it is principally composed of humorous descriptions of and commentary on the hospitality that she was offered and the manners of those that she encountered. William Burd II kept two diaries to describe his experiences on a 1729 surveying expedition to settle a border dispute between Virginia and North Carolina. One of the diaries, History of the Dividing Line between Virginia and North Carolina, was published in 1842, while its companion, Secret Diary, was published in 1929. In these diaries, Burd used a humorous and satirical approach to describe not just the day-to-day events of the trip but also the characteristics which set his beloved Virginia culture apart from the (in his opinion) decidedly less praiseworthy culture of those non-Virginians that he encountered in his trip. Dr. Alexander Hamilton's Itinerarium (1744) describes a four-month voyage of discovery undertaken by Hamilton through the mid-Atlantic and New England colonies; in the diary that he kept of this trip. Hamilton provides considerable commentary on the social customs of various areas, comparing the customs and culture of the better homes of the American colonies with those of the great salons of Europe.Letter-writing also held a place of importance in eighteenth-century America (indeed, the ability to produce cultured letters was considered a form of art), and many letters extant from that period provide insights into the culture, mores, and styles of written communication of that era. Many of the letter writers employed devices in common usage in European models of the time, demonstrating that letter writers felt a sense of cohesiveness with the cultured classes of Europe: John and Abigail Adams signed the names Lysander and Constantia to their early letters, while Thomas Jefferson created an elaborate dialogue between his head and his heart to discuss the nature of friendship in a 1786 letter to Maria Cosway. The variety of purposes that these letters served provides additional insight into the priorities of the society of the time. The letters were used to cement love matches and friendships, as the previously mentioned letters did; they were the primary method for relaying news among family and friends who were scattered across various geographic locations; they were often used as a means of carrying out business in this era before more rapid long-distance communication; they were often used used as a way of sharing professional, social, or political ideas among leaders in various fields who perhaps had no other way to get together and exchange ideas.
Câu 1: The word “gleaned” in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by ______.


A. left out        


B. pulled up           


C. taken back 


D. put together
Câu 2: What is stated in the passage about the works by Knight, Burd, and Hamilton?


A. Each gave details about business ventures


B. Each provided insight into the culture


C. Each was published soon after it was written


D. Each described visits to nice homes
Câu 3: Which of the following is NOT listed in paragraph 3 as a purpose served by eighteenth century letters?


A. Conducting business  


B. Maintaining relationships


C. Discussing various ideas              


D. Developing newspapers
Câu 4: The phrase “extant from” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______ .


A. created during      


B. written about          


C. existing from 


D. prepared since 
Câu 5: The word “companion” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by _______ .


A. associated product      


B. faithful pet


C. longtime friend 


D. respected colleague
Câu 6: The phrase in parentheses (in his opinion) is included in paragraph 2 in order to indicate ____.


A. that Burd had not actually made the trip


B. that the author might not share Burd's opinion


C. that the non-Virginians shared the opinion of the Virginians


D. that Burd had little knowledge of the culture of Virginia
Câu 7: Which of the sentences below expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in paragraph 3?  


A. Examples from the time show that American letter writers were interested in following the style of letters that was fashionable in Europe.


B. European letter writers were greatly influenced by Americans such as John and Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson.


C. The use of letter-writing devices by some American authors was criticized by cultured Europeans.


D. The devices used in letter writing from the period made the writing appear more cultivated and cohesive. 
Câu 8: What can be inferred from the passage about situational diaries?


A. They were limited to reflective self-examination.


B. They were not ongoing journals of the details of daily life.


C. Very few of them still exist.


D. They were the only type of eighteenth-century diary.
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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.
Câu 1: If that was done on a national scale, we would wipe out this infectious disease.


A. establish        


B. retain               


C. maintain              


D. eliminate
Câu 2: You’re not trying to suggest I should turn a blind eye and forget all about it?


A. criticize for    


B. investigate


C. ignore


D. praise

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C.
D.

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.
Câu 1: “Is it alright if I use your bike?” – “                                .”


A. Please accept it with my best wishes.  


B. Sorry, no, I won’t do it    


C. I don’t want to use your bike.   


D. Sure, go ahead.
Câu 2: “I think listening to music while learning is good.” – “                       .”


A. Sorry, but I’m not in agreement with you.            


B. I’m sorry I couldn’t agree more.                


C. Me neither.


D. I don’t agree. You can say that again.

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C.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: I found the lecture about environment very ______     .


A. informing


B. informative


C. informational 


D. informant
Câu 2: He didn’t want to risk ______ late for the interview.


A. arrive               


B. arriving           


C. to arrive 


D. having arrived
Câu 3: You should concentrate ___________ what the interviewer is saying and make a real effort to answer all the questions.


A. to                    


B. at        


C. on


D. in
Câu 4: My parents lent me the money. ________, I couldn’t have afforded the trip.


A. Therefore          


B. Otherwise         


C. Only             


D. However
Câu 5: It is essential that he __________. His illness seems worse.            


A. needed operating


B. need to operate  


C. need an operation


D. needs an operate
Câu 6: “Don’t stay up late any longer, ___________?”


A. do you             


B. won’t you       


C. will you        


D. should you
Câu 7: Jane wasn’t in when I arrived. I supposed she ______       I was coming.


A. must have forgotten  


B. must forget


C. may forget             


D. can’t have forgotten
Câu 8: I ______      on this project for many consecutive days without success.


A. had been working


B. had worked      


C. have been working       


D. have been worked
Câu 9: ________ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an illusion.


A. The Moon which  


B. The Moon 


C. When the Moon       


D. That the Moon
Câu 10: ______      she could not say anything.


A. Therefore upset was she that


B. However upset was she that


C. So upset was she that            


D. So upset was that
Câu 11: It is stated that we are now in the first stages of a battle for the ______ of life on the earth.


A. responsibility     


B. reservation        


C. sustainability     


D. purification
Câu 12: Tony and Toby have a lot in ________ with each other.


A. common   


B. competition  


C. regard      


D. similar
Câu 13: She spent her free time _______ the crossword puzzles in the newspapers.


A. filing            


B. making          


C. doing            


D. answering
Câu 14: The taxi was so late reaching the airport that I ______ missed the plane.


A. almost              


B. rarely             


C. immediately 


D. entirely
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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.
Câu 1:


A. complete      


B. command                


C. common                


D. community
Câu 2:


A. smooth           


B. path                     


C. month


D. depth

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C.
D.

Make any changes and addition to build the sentences from the cues given.
Câu 1: I/ tired / that/ able / go out / tonight.


A. I am so tired that I won’t be able to go out tonight.


B. I am such tired therefore I won’t be able to go out tonight.


C. I am too tired that I won’t be able to go out tonight.


D. I am so tired that I will be able to go out tonight.
Câu 2: Some / our electricity / now / come / nuclear power.


A. Some of our electricity has now come from nuclear power.


B. Some our electricity now is coming from nuclear power.


C. Some of our electricity now comes from nuclear power.


D. Some our electricity now come from nuclear power.
Câu 3: We / lucky / catch / last bus / arrive / home / very late / last night.


A. We were lucky to catch the last bus to arrive home very late last night.


B. We were lucky to catch the last bus and arrived home very late last night.


C. We have been lucky to catch the last bus and arrived home very late last night.


D. We were lucky to catch the last bus and to arrive home very late last night.
Câu 4: Football / said / be / good / games / play.


A. Football is said to be one of the best games for playing


B. Football is said as to be one of the best games to play.


C. Football is said to be one of the best games to play.


D. Football is said that it was one of the best games to play.
Câu 5: Students / spend / much time / learn / English/ a day’s time.


A.  Students should spend much time to learn English in a day’s time.


B.  Students should spend much time learning English in a day’s time.


C.  Students (should) spend much time to have learning English in a day’s time.


D.  Students must spend much time to learning English in a day’s time.
Câu 6: Paul / not / tall / reach / top / cupboard.


A. Paul is not tall enough to reach the top of the cupboard.


B. Paul is not enough tall to reach the top of the cupboard.


C. Paul is not tall enough reaching the top of the cupboard.
 


D. Paul is not tall enough to reach the top in the cupboard.
Câu 7: We / often / have / difficulty / finish / work / weekend.


A. We often have difficulty in finishing the work on the weekend.


B. We often have had difficulty in finishing the work on the weekend.


C. We often have difficulty to finish the work on the weekend.


D. We often have difficulty for finishing the work on the weekend.
Câu 8:  Of all / hotels / town / the Royal Hotel / expensive.


A. Of all the hotels in town, the Royal Hotel is the expensive.


B. Of all the hotels in town, the Royal Hotel is the most expensive.


C. Of all the hotels of town, the Royal Hotel is the most expensive.


D. Of all the hotels in town, the Royal Hotel has been the most expensive.
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Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.As soon as my father had booked his flight to Cairo he had a (0) funny feeling, a kind of foreboding. It was not his first business trip to Cairo but it was certainly his _____(1) eventful. To begin with, his_____ (2) was delayed for two hours due to mechanical failure and when it finally arrived, the plane door wouldn’t open. When he got his suitcase from the baggage area it had_____ (3) torn down one side, and then the first taxi he took ran _____(4) of petrol. Feeling a little annoyed, he caught another taxi and made it ______(5) his usual hotel.At the reception he was told that his reservation could not be found and there was no chance of finding a _____(6) for him as they were fully booked, so he had to settle ______(7) another hotel. When he finally got to his room, the lights ____(8) off as he walked in. By now he was very upset. He called Mr.Fekesh, wanting to have a _____(9) with him about their meeting and they told him he had had to leave on urgent business. Hurriedly, my father went back to the _______(10) and caught the first flight home just hoping the plane wouldn’t crash on the way back.
Câu 1: _____(1)


A. most


B. more


C. much


D. few
Câu 2: _____(2)


A. business


B. flight


C. work


D. trip
Câu 3: ______(3)


A. to be


B. be


C. been


D. been being
Câu 4: ______(4)


A. out


B. on


C. off


D. in
Câu 5: ______(5)


A. by


B. along


C. with


D. to
Câu 6: _____(6)


A. key


B. ticket


C. room


D. suitcase
Câu 7: _____(7)


A. by


B. for


C. on


D. in
Câu 8: _____(8)


A. went


B. going


C. to go


D. have gone
Câu 9: _____(9)


A. voice


B. word


C. mouth


D. language
Câu 10: ______(10)


A. plane


B. airport


C. home


D. company
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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 from 49 to 50.
Câu 1:


A. distinguished                      


B. anonymous             


C. diagnose                 


D. achievement 
Câu 2:


A. centralise                            


B. candidate                


C. applicant                 


D. motivation

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