Part 12: 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.Biological diversity has become widely recognized as a critical conservation issue only in the past two decades. The rapid destruction of the tropical rain forests, which are the ecosystems with the highest known species diversity on Earth, has awakened people to the importance and fragility of biological diversity. The high rate of species extinctions in these environments is jolting, but it is important to recognize the significance of biological diversity in all ecosystems. As the human population continues to expand, it will negatively affect one after another of Earth’s ecosystems. In terrestrial ecosystems and in fringe marine ecosystems (such as wetlands), the most common problem is habitat destruction. In most situations, the result is irreversible. Now humans are beginning to destroy marine ecosystems through other types of activities, such as disposal and runoff of poisonous waste; in less than two centuries, by significantly reducing the variety of species on Earth, they have irrevocably redirected the course of evolution.Certainly, there have been periods in Earth’s history when mass extinctions have occurred. The extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by some physical event, either climatic or cosmic. There have also been less dramatic extinctions, as when natural competition between species reached an extreme conclusion. Only 0.01 percent of the species that have lived on Earth have survived to the present, and it was largely chance that determined which species survived and which died out.However, nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world and demolishing the environment. In fact, there is wide agreement that it is the rate of change humans are inflicting, even more than the changes themselves, that will lead to biological devastation. Life on Earth has continually been in flux as slow physical and chemical changes have occurred on Earth, but life needs time to adapt-time for migration and genetic adaptation within existing species and time for the proliferation of new genetic material and new species that may be able to survive in new environments.
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?  


A. The cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs


B. The variety of species found in tropical rain forests


C. The time required for species to adapt to new environments


D. The impact of human activities on Earth’s ecosystems
Câu 2: The word “critical” is closest in meaning to                      .


A. complicated                      


B. interesting                 


C. negative                    


D. essential
Câu 3: The author mentions the extinction of the dinosaurs in the 2nd paragraph to emphasize that                      .  


A. the cause of the dinosaurs’ extinction is unknown


B. actions by humans could not stop the irreversible process of a species’ extinction


C. not all mass extinctions have been caused by human activity


D. Earth’s climate has changed significantly since the dinosaurs’extinction
Câu 4: The word “jolting” is closest in meaning to                      .


A. shocking                           


B. unknown                  


C. illuminating              


D. predicted
Câu 5: The author mentions all of the following as examples of the effect of humans on the world’s ecosystems EXCEPT                      .


A. habitat destruction in wetlands       


B. the introduction of new varieties of plant species


C. damage to marine ecosystems           


D. destruction of the tropical rain forests
Câu 6: With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?


A. Human influence on ecosystems should not be a factor in determining public policy.


B. Humans should be more conscious of the influence they have on ecosystems.


C. The extinction of a few species is an acceptable consequence of human progress.


D. Technology will provide solutions to problems caused by the destruction of ecosystems.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Part 10: 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 blanksNew cycling schemesThe County Council has decided to give a  higher (31)                     to cycling and agreed a new strategy to guide the way ahead in East Sussex.Cycling is a (32)              , healthy and environmentally friendly form of transport. It is (33)             to make it safer, more convenient, and to increase the proportion of journeys made by bicycle.Cycling is being encouraged both for utility purposes (such as journeys to work, school and the shops) and for recreation trips for exercise and enjoyment, including longer trips by tour. Recent cycle schemes carried out in conjunction with District Councils and other bodies (34)                  the Brighton and Hove seafront route and the Cross Levels Way cycle route, in Eastbourne.Local people will be consulted as the strategy is implemented. The County council will work with local cycling and other groups, and a countrywide Cycling Forum will be formed to (35)                    that all bodies concerned with cycling are in regular (36)                   . The (37)                    of the Cycling strategy are given in a leaflet, and a copy of the full strategy document can be seen in County Council Public Libraries.
Câu 1: (31) 


A. advantage               


B. benefit                     


C. priority                    


D. income
Câu 2: (32)


A. low-cost   


B. dangerous               


C. shortcut                   


D. high-speed
Câu 3: (33) 


A. written                    


B. convinced               


C. spoken                    


D. intended
Câu 4: (34) 


A. consist                    


B. include                    


C. improve


D. participate
Câu 5: (35) 


A. improve                  


B. ensure                     


C. maintain                  


D. assert
Câu 6: (36) 


A. basis                                   


B. touch                       


C. contact                    


D. account
Câu 7: (37) 


A. rights                      


B. cyclists


C. objectives               


D. vehicles

A.
B.
C.
D.

Part 9: 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: Mr.Smith is a professor. His car was stolen yesterday.


A. His car was stolen yesterday, he is a professor.


B. Mr.Smith, who his car was stolen yesterday, is a professor.


C. Mr.Smith, who is a professor, his car was stolen yesterday.


D. Mr.Smith, whose car was stolen yesterday, is a professor.
Câu 2: I never received the letter. It was sent to the wrong address.


A. Since it was sent to the wrong address, I have never received the letter.


B. I never received the letter because it was sent to the wrong address.


C. I never received the letter because of sending to the wrong address.


D. Sent to wrong address, I never received the letter.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following text then answer the questions that followed by circling its corresponding letter marked A, B, C or D from 33 to 37.How can a person offend people just because they cross their legs? In Thailand, it is rude for a person to show other people the bottom of their feet. This is considered unclean, and Thais can (33) ………….. serious offense at it. Another thing people do in the West is to touch people on the head especially children. It is very normal to see an old woman walking up to a young boy and (34) …………… his hair tenderly while saying what a handsome young man he is.      In Thailand, touching a person’s head is strictly taboo because that is the (35) …………… part of the body, and it is where the (36) ……………. is thought to reside in a person. Although very close family members might touch a child on the head, even this is considered rude after a child grows up.      In the Middle East and some parts of Asia, the left hand is used to wash oneself after using a toilet. (37) ………….., the left hand can never offered to another person or used to eat with. Food must always be passed with the right hand, and it is considered polite to always use the right hand for social interactions.
Câu 1: (33) 


A. give                                    


B. commit                               


C. take                                    


D. cause
Câu 2: (34) 


A. do                                      


B. tidy up  


C. mess up         


D. spoil
Câu 3: (35) 


A. tallest                                 


B. most distant         


C. highest                               


D. most remote
Câu 4: (36) 


A. brain           


B. personality  


C. quality        


D. soul
Câu 5: (37) 


A. But 


B. However     


C. Therefore    


D. Moreover

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following text then answer the questions that followed by circling its corresponding letter marked A, B, C or D from 43 to 50.       Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare. And since man’s inexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can scarcely comprehend that many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop. Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not a limited life but only those forms unable to withstand its desiccating effects. No moist skinned, water-loving animals can exist there. Few large animals are found. The giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the tangled forest. Its population is largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth. Yet they are not emaciated. Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in the world. The secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology.        None could survive, like mad dogs and Englishmen, if they went out in the midday sun, many would die in a matter of minutes. So most of them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the ground, emerging to hunt only by night. The surface of the sun-baked desert averages around 150 degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60 degrees.
Câu 1: The title for this passage could be _______.
        


A. “Desert Plants”       


B. “Man’s Life in a Desert Environment”


C. “Life Underground” 


D. “Animal Life in a Desert Environment”
Câu 2: The word “tissues” in the passage mostly means _______.
 


A. “very small living things that cause infectious disease in people, animals and plants”


B. “collections of cells that form the different parts of humans, animals and plants”


C. “the simplest forms of life that exist in air, water, living and dead creatures and plants”


D.  “the smallest units of living matter that can exist in their own”
Câu 3: Man can hardly understand why many animals live their whole life in the desert, as __________.
 


A. very few large animals are found in the desert


B. sources of flowing water are rare in a desert


C. water composes the greater part of the tissues of living things


D. water is an essential part of his existence
Câu 4: The phrase “those forms” in the passage refers to all of the followings EXCEPT___________.
       


A. moist-skinned animals     


B. the coyote and the bobcat


C. water-loving animals           


D. many large animals
Câu 5: The author mentions all the following as examples of the behavior of desert animals EXCEPT _______.


A. they are noisy and aggressive  


B. they dig home underground


C. they sleep during the day        


D. they are watchful and quiet
Câu 6: The word “emaciated” in the passage mostly means ________.


A. “thin and weak because of lack of food and water” 


B. “living or growing in natural conditions, not kept in a house or on a farm”


C. “large and strong, difficult to control or deal with”


D.  “able to get what one wants in a clever way, especially by tricking or cheating”
Câu 7: According to the passage, one characteristic of animals living in the desert is that ________.
  


A. they live in an accommodating environment


B. they can hunt in temperature of 150 degrees


C. they are smaller and fleeter than forest animals


D. they are less healthy than animals living in other places
Câu 8: We can infer from the passage that _________.


A. living things adjust to their environment  


B. desert life is colorful and diverse


C. water is the basis of desert life   


D. healthy animals live longer lives
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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: Technological changes have rendered many traditional skill obsolete.


A. outdated             


B. impractical        


C. unappreciated         


D. undeveloped
Câu 2: By being thrifty and shopping wisely, housewives in the city can feed an entire family on as little as 500.000 VND a week.


A. luxurious             


B. economical          


C. sensible                  


D. miserable

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: The babysitter has told Billy's parents about his _______ behavior and how he starts acting as soon as they leave home.


A. focus-seeking         


B. meditation-seeking      


C. attention-seeking    


D. concentration-seeking
Câu 2: _______as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in which it was created.


A. In order to be ranking       


B. Ranking


C. Being ranked                   


D. To be ranked
Câu 3: Every _______ piece of equipment was sent to the fire.


A. disposable             


B. consumable           


C. spendable               


D. available
Câu 4: Smith had a lucky escape. He _______ killed.


A. shouldn’t have been         


B. should have been 


C. must have been     


D. could have been
Câu 5: Neither of the boys came to school yesterday, __________?


A. didn’t they            


B. does they             


C. did they          


D. doesn’t they
Câu 6: A good leader in globalization is not to impose but                      change.


A. facilitate         


B. show             


C. cause                      


D. oppose
Câu 7: The old man warned the young boys _______ in the deep river.


A. not to swimming    


B. don’t swim            


C. to swim              


D. against swimming
Câu 8: His father used to be a _______ professor at the university. Many students worshipped him.


A. distinguishing   


B. distinct               


C. distinctive               


D. distinguished
Câu 9: If Tim _______ so fast, his car wouldn't have crashed into a tree.


A. haven’t driven      


B. didn’t drive         


C. drives                


D. hadn’t driven
Câu 10: Most of the_______ in this workshop do not work very seriously or productively.


A. rank and file      


B. tooth and nail      


C. eager beavers         


D. old hands
Câu 11: Not only _______ in the field of psychology but animal behavior is examined as well.


A. is human behavior studied         


B. is studied human behavior


C. human behavior               


D. human behavior is studied
Câu 12: Luckily, the rain ______ so we were able to play the match.


A. watered down      


B. gave out            


C. got away             


D. held off
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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. terrified                 


B. influenced          


C. averaged                


D. accompanied
Câu 2:


A. identify          


B. final               


C. applicant                 


D. decide

A.
B.
C.
D.

 Mỗi câu sau có 1 lỗi sai, gạch chân chỗ sai đó rồi sửa lại cho đúngIn June, 1835, John Batman, after sailed a few miles up the Yam river, stepped shore where busy Flinder Street is now run. “This will be the place for a village”, he wrote in his diary. The spot is marking today by a plaque in the foot path outsides me old Custom House. Why did Batman chose that place? Why did the village grow so quick and come to dominate the whole of Victoria. If you had been in Batman’s shoes, how would you have make your decision? 
Câu 1: In June, 1835, John Batman, after sailed a few miles up the Yam river,


A. in


B. sailed


C. few


D. up
Câu 2: stepped shore where busy Flinder Street is now run.


A. stepped


B. shore


C. run


D. Both B & C are mistakes
Câu 3: The spot is marking today by a plaque in the foot path outsides me old Custom House.


A. marking


B. outsides


C. Custom


D. A, B and C are mistakes
Câu 4: Why did Batman chose that place?


A. why


B. did


C. chose


D. that
Câu 5: Why did the village grow so quick and come to dominate the whole of Victoria.


A. quick


B. to dominate


C. of


D. A & C are mistakes
Câu 6: If you had been in Batman’s shoes, how would you have make your decision?


A. had


B. been


C. would


D. make

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions below.            Since the early 1980s, we began to worry about the bad effects of environmental pollution. It is the result of industrialization and of the careless use of the natural resources. Avoiding pollution is not easy. Many people try not to inhale traffic fumes and keep away from chemical waste by wearing mask when they get out of their house. Actually, indoor pollution is becoming more and more serious. They have found that dishwasher, washing machines, air conditioners, freezers, and refrigerators emit some certain toxic chemicals into the air. We surely inhale these chemicals when doing housework. Using gas cookers and burning candles produce carbon monoxide.            Therefore, before worrying about environmental pollution when going out, we should consider the problems of indoor pollution.
Câu 1: Environmental pollution ________.


A. was not known in 1908s           


B. is carelessly used       


C. has bad effects


D. is the use of natural resources
Câu 2: Industrialization and the careless use of natural resources ________.
  


A. have good effects on environment    


B. do no harm to environment   


C.   lead to environmental pollution


D. happened in 1980s
Câu 3: Pollution _______.


A. can be avoided easily     


B. can’t be avoided easily         


C. has no relation to industrialization


D. is not caused by traffic
Câu 4: When we stay at home, _______.


A. we are not affected by pollution        


B. we always wear a mask      


C. we do not inhale dangerous chemicals


D. we are still influenced by indoor pollution
Câu 5: Inside house ________.
 


A. there is no pollution    


B. there are no toxic chemicals          


C. carbon monoxide is produced by gas cookers


D. there is no carbon monoxide

A.
B.
C.
D.