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: She was the first woman in the Philippines. She was elected as the president of the country.


A. She was the first woman who is elected as the president of the Philippines.


B. She was the first woman elected as the president of the Philippines.


C. She was the first woman being elected as the president of the Philippines.


D. She was the first woman to be elected as the president of the Philippines.
Câu 2: We arrived at the conference. Then we realized that our reports were still at home.


A. No sooner had we realized that our reports were at home than we arrived at the conference.


B. Only after we arrived at the conference did we realize that our reports were still at home.


C. Not until we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still at home.


D. Hardly had we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still at home.

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D or your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Sometimes having professional assistance with your CV can increase your chance of finding a job.


A. Having your CV professionally prepared determines whether you'll get the job or not.


B. The prospects for finding employment can possibly be enhanced by a professionally produced CV.


C. Having a professional help you with your CV is a sure way to find a job.


D. Without a professional CV, it is impossible to find a job.
Câu 2: For reasons hygiene, it's forbidden to try on the earrings in the jewellery department.


A. Customers who care for hygiene are advised in the jewellery department not to try on any earrings.


B. Earrings are considered unhygienic and so forbidden for sale in this jewellery department.


C. Because it is not hygiene, customers in the jewellry department are not allowed to try on the earrings.


D. Being hygiene in the jewellery department is the decision of the customers and not the management. 
Câu 3: "You should have finished the report by now," the boss said to his secretary.


A. The boss scolded his secretary for not finishing the report on time.


B. The boss suggested his secretary should have finished the report on time.


C. The boss reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time.


D. The boss advised his secretary to finish the report on time.

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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 questionsBelgium is a very old country, with a fascinating mixture of old customs and modern laws. Belgium weddings may be performed as a civil ceremony or as a religious ceremony.Traditionally, when a couple in Belgium wishes to announce their marriage, the wedding invitations are printed on two sheets of paper, one from the bride's family and one sheet from the groom's family. These wedding invitations symbolize the union of the two families and the partnership of the new union.An ancient Belgium custom that is designed to unite the two families calls for the bride to stop as she walks up the isle and to hand her mother a single flower. The two then embrace. Then, during the recessional, the bride and groom walk to the groom's mother and the new bride hands her new mother-in-law a single flower and the two of them embrace, symbolizing the bride's acceptance of her new mother.One of the most important and enduring traditions of the Belgium wedding is for the bride to carry a specially embroidered handkerchief that has her name embroidered on it. After the wedding this handkerchief is framed and hung on the wall in a place of honor. When the next female member of the bride's family is to be wed, the handkerchief is removed from its frame, the new bride's name is embroidered onto it, and it is passed down. The wedding handkerchief is passed from generation to generation, and is considered an important family heirloom.During the wedding mass, the bride and the groom are enthroned in two large chairs placed near the altar, symbolizing that on this day and in this place they are the king and the queen. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the groom slips the wedding ring onto the third finger of his bride's left hand. The ring, being an endless circle, symbolizes never-ending love, and the third finger of the left hand is believed to hold the vein that travels to the heart, symbolizing love. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the bride and groom share their first kiss as husband and wife. The kiss is considered a symbolic act of sharing each other's spirit as the couple each breathes in a portion of their new mate's soul.The bridesmaids traditionally take up a collection of coins and as the bride and groom exit the church, the bridesmaids toss the coins to the poor outside the church. Giving gifts of money to the poor helps to insure prosperity for the new bride and groom.Following the wedding the bride and groom are off on their honeymoon. In ancient times the honeymoon, which was celebrated by the drinking of mead, or honey wine, would last 28 days, one complete cycle of the moon. This was to make sure that the bride's family did not try to steal their daughter back from her new husband.    (Adapted from http://www.best-country.com/)
Câu 1: Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?


A. Belgium's wedding ceremony


B. Belgium's wedding customs and traditions


C. The bride's and groom's traditional activities in their wedding day


D. The differences between an ancient wedding and a modern one in Belgium
Câu 2: What does the word "them" in the third paragraph refer to?


A. the bride and her mother 


B. the bride and the groom


C. the bride and her mother-in-law             


D. the groom and his mother-in-law
Câu 3: The following is true about Belgium's wedding, EXCEPT _______ .


A. The weddings in Belgium are not only a civil event but also a religious one


B. The wedding invitations are the symbol of both the bride's and the groom's families


C. Each mother of the couple is given a single flower in their children's wedding


D. The bride often hugs her mother-in-law before embracing her mother
Câu 4: It can be inferred from the passage that the wedding handkerchief _______ .


A. is prepared for the bride by her mother before the wedding


B. is highly appreciated in the home of Belgian people


C. is only replaced by another person in their house


D. is embroidered in most important occasions in Belgium
Câu 5: The word "heirloom" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______ .


A. dowry                                 


B. inheritance                          


C. representation                     


D. pride
Câu 6: According to paragraph 5, what is CORRECT about the wedding ring?


A. It is worn onto the third finger of the bride's right hand.


B. The groom wears the ring for his mate at the beginning of the ceremony.


C. The ring represents the boundless love of the couple.


D. The ring is presented by the queen and the king of their country.
Câu 7: The word "insure" in the paragraph 6 could be best replaced by _______ .


A. determine                            


B. indemnify                           


C. express                               


D. affirm
Câu 8: The author mentioned honeymoon in the past in the last paragraph as a period that ________


A. the bride and the groom live far from each other


B. lasts for a fortnight after wedding


C. protects the new bride from her family's effort to take her back


D.  the new couple serves the guests honey wine
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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.
Câu 1: Urbanization is the shift of people moving from rural to urban areas, and the result is the growth of cities.


A. movement                           


B. maintenance                        


C. variation                 


D. transposition
Câu 2: Salish's point of view was correct but his behavior with his father was quite impertinent.


A. inadequate                          


B. smooth                                


C. healthy                    


D. respectful

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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.
Câu 1: When a country in an early stage of development, investments in fixed capital are vital.


A. country in 


B. investments 


C. fixed 


D. are vital
Câu 2: Bacteria that live in soil and water play a vital role in recycling carbon, nitrogen sulfur, and another chemical elements used by living things.
                      


A. soil and water 


B. a vital role 


C. another 


D. living things
Câu 3: Genes have several alternative form, or alleles, which are produced by mutations.
                                                       


A. several alternative


B. form


C. which 


D. produced by 

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B.
C.
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.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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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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