VI. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.A MORE COMMERCIAL TUNE  Roger Press, 40, has changed his career. After spending five years (26)                a concert pianist he has gone into business, recently (27)                up his own company. "After leaving university, I decided to (28)                myself to a career in music. I loved performing but it was very hard (29)                I played at concerts in Europe and America, made recordings got good reviews. But after a while, I felt I had gone as (30)                as I could. Unless you are one of the world's top pianists, it's difficult to earn a good (31)                and I wasn't one of the greatest.   When I gave up my performing career, people around me were more sad and disappointed than I was. But I felt free and (32)                I knew I was getting serious about life. After getting a (33)                in business administration I joined the recording company EMI and started their classical video division, producing programs about famous artists. A year ago I left EMI and formed a new company, New Media System, which (34)                in multimedia programs.   Now that I run my own business, I'm in control of my life and I feel proud of my achievements. Although the stress is high and I work (35)                hours, the stress involved in piano playing was much worse. It took physical, emotional and mental skills. I prefer the pressures I live with now.
Câu 1: (26)


A. like                         


B. working                  


C. how                                    


D. as
Câu 2: (27) 


A. giving                     


B. setting                     


C. forming                   


D. bringing
Câu 3: (28) 


A. devote                     


B. take                         


C. assign                     


D. employ
Câu 4: (29) 


A. job                          


B. effort                       


C. work                       


D. career
Câu 5: (30)


A. soon                                    


B. often                       


C. far                           


D. much
Câu 6: (31)


A. life                          


B. living                      


C. money                    


D. payment
Câu 7: (32) 


A. lastly                       


B. at last 


C. at the end         


D. lately
Câu 8: (33) 


A. qualification                        


B. title                          


C. graduate                  


D. grade
Câu 9: (34) 


A. specializes              


B. focuses                    


C. concentrates            


D. dedicates
Câu 10: (35) 


A. overtime                 


B. large                        


C. long                        


D. bonus
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IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: He (A) complained (B) with his friends (C) about the terrible working condition grass (D) at that factory.


A. complained 


B. with 


C. about


D. at
Câu 2: She refused (A) to tell me (B) what was the director's salary was because (C) that information was (D) confidential.


A. to tell


B. what was


C. that information


D. confidential
Câu 3: You (A) had better (B) learning (C) a foreign language before (D) applying for a job.


A. had better


B. learning 


C. a foreign 


D. applying 

A.
B.
C.
D.

II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that dfffers from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. experience              


B. apprenticeship         


C. administration         


D. prioritize
Câu 2:


A. advertisement                     


B. probation               


C. competitive             


D. relevant
Câu 3:


A. organization                        


B. enthusiastic             


C. compassionate        


D. qualification
Câu 4:


A. encourage               


B. interview                 


C. graduate                  


D. organize
Câu 5:


A. successful               


B. significant               


C. experienced            


D. challenging

A.
B.
C.
D.

IX. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 1: We don't have to wash the dishes any more. We have just bought a new dishwasher.


A. It is not necessary for us to wash the dishes, even when we have bought a new dishwasher.


B. No longer do we have to wash the dishes because we have just bought a new dish washer.


C. The new dishwasher we have just bought needs doing the washing-up.


D. With the help of the new dishwasher, we won't have to do the washing-up very often.
Câu 2: My piano makes unsatisfactory sound. Someone is going to tune it tomorrow.


A. I'm going to have my piano tuned tomorrow due to the unsatisfactory sound it makes.


B. If my piano makes unsatisfactory sound, someone is going to tune it tomorrow.


C. My piano makes unsatisfactory sound, so I am going to tune it tomorrow.


D. The piano which makes unsatisfactory sound is going to be tuned tomorrow.
Câu 3: Many industries today use highly automated vehicles. They can drive with almost no human.


A. Although many industries today use many automated vehicles, they can drive without human intervention.


B. Many industries today use highly automated vehicles which can drive with almost no human intervention.


C. With almost no human intervention, many industries today can run highly automated vehicles.


D. When vehicles are highly automated in many industries, humans do not have to intervene in their operation.
Câu 4: I did not dare to turn on the television. I was afraid of waking the baby up.


A. I did not dare to turn on the television for fear of waking the baby up.


B. I decided not to turn on the television in order to wake the baby up.


C. I decided to turn the television volume down to avoid waking the baby up.


D. Waking up the baby, I could not continue watching the television.
Câu 5: I have narrowed it down to two computer games. I can't make up my mind.


A. Although I have narrowed it down to two computer games, I still can't make up my mind.


B. Having narrowed it down to two computer games, I can make up my mind.


C. I have narrowed it down to two computer games, which helps me make up my mind.


D. If I don't narrow it down to two computer games, I won't be able to make up my mind.

A.
B.
C.
D.

VIII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Why don't we get someone to fix our computer?


A. Fixing our computer is someone else's duty.  


B. Let's have someone to fix our computer.


C. Someone will have our computer fixed.  


D. Why don't we have our computer fixed?
Câu 2: My car needed servicing, so I took it to a garage.


A. I took my car to a garage to have it serviced.


B. I took my car, which needed to be servicing, to a garage.


C. I had a garage get serviced my car.


D. My car was taken to a garage to have it serviced.
Câu 3: Someone stole my dad's iPad last night.


A. My dad had his iPad stolen last night.       


B. My dad got someone steal his iPad last night.


C. My dad asked someone to steal his iPad last night.


D. My dad was robbed of his iPad last night.
Câu 4: Someone is checking my car tyres for me.


A. I'm getting my car tyres checked.   


B. I'm having my car to be checked by someone.


C. I have my car tyres checked regularly.           


D. My car tyres are being checked by myself.
Câu 5: Why don't you get someone to update the new computer program for me?


A. I suggest that you update the new computer program for me.


B. Shall I have the new computer program updated for you?


C. Why don't you ask someone to update the new computer program for me?


D. Why don't you have the new computer program updated by yourself?

A.
B.
C.
D.

VII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.SCIENCE FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRAVITY  It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964, a Boeing KC-135 refuelling tanker, based on the 707. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.  Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded from floor to ceiling; it looked a bit like a lunatic asylum. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls eerily illuminated it. Most of the seats had been taken out apart from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of apprehension.  For 12 months, science student from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weightless conditions. For the next two hours, the Boeing's flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lost its reason, shooting upwards towards the heavens before hurtling towards Earth. The intention was to achieve weightlessness for a few seconds.  The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane into a 45-degree climb which lasted around 20 seconds. Then the engine cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused, and left or right, up or down no longer had any meaning. After 10 seconds of free-fall descent, the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a bump.  After two hours of going up and down in the plane doing experiments, the predominant feeling was one of exhilaration rather than nausea. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
Câu 1: What does the writer say about the plane?


A. It had no seats.    


B. It had no windows.


C. The inside was painted white.    


D. The outside was misleading.
Câu 2: What does the word "eerily" in paragraph 2 mean?


A. badly                      


B. brightly                   


C. clearly                     


D. strangely
Câu 3: What did the pilot do with the plane?


A. He climbed and made the plane turn over.


B. He climbed and made the plane fall slowly.


C. He quickly climbed and stopped the engines.


D. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.
Câu 4: What does the word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?


A. the exhilaration  


B. the opportunity 


C. the plane         


D. the trip
Câu 5: Why was this passage written?


A. To encourage young people to to take up science.


B. To describe the outcome of scientific competition.


C. To report on a new scientific technique.


D. To show scientists what young people can do.

A.
B.
C.
D.

VI. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.MODERN SCIENCE  It seems entirely (26)              to us that there are teams of scientists in universities and (27)              institutions around the world, attempting to (28)              the way the world works. However, it hasn't always been that way. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could work out the (29)              of natural events just by the power of thought.   During the 17th century, more and more people began to realize that they could test their scientific ideas by designing a relevant (30)              and seeing what happened. A lot of (31)              was made in this way by individual scientists. These men and women often worked alone, carrying out (32)              into many different areas of science, and they often received very little (33)              for their hard work. (34)              the start of the 20th century, though, it became (35)              that science was becoming more complicated amd more expensive. This individual scientist disappeared, to be replaced by flighty qualified teams of experts. Modern science was a boom.
Câu 1: (26) 


A. natural                    


B. physical                  


C. unreal                     


D. typical
Câu 2: (27)


A. another                   


B. every                       


C. other                       


D. whole
Câu 3: (28)


A. construct                 


B. create                      


C. discover                  


D. invent
Câu 4: (29)


A. aims                        


B. causes                     


C. purposes                 


D. reasons
Câu 5: (30) 


A. analysis                   


B. attempt                    


C. experiment             


D. event
Câu 6: (31) 


A. development           


B. evolution                 


C. movement               


D. progress
Câu 7: (32) 


A. discovery                


B. education                


C. experiment             


D. research
Câu 8: (33) 


A. present                    


B. gift                          


C. prize                       


D. reward
Câu 9: (34) 


A. At                           


B. In                            


C. On                         


D. For
Câu 10: (35) 


A. accurate                  


B. actual                      


C. clear                        


D. true
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Task 6. Read the following passages and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 26 to 30.Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over two centuries ago by a man(26) ____Charles Babbage. Babbage was born in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But despite the fact that he (27) building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over the years, people have argued (28) ____his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building (29) ___engine based on one of Babbage's designs. (30) ____has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work.
Câu 1: (26) 


A. called


B. written


C. recognized


D. known
Câu 2: (27) 


A. wanted


B. made


C. missed


D. started
Câu 3: (28)


A. whether


B. why


C. though


D. until
Câu 4: (29) 


A. an


B. the


C. some


D. that
Câu 5: (30) 


A. They


B. It


C. One


D. He

A.
B.
C.
D.

Task 3. Read the following passages and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 11 to 15.After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers from the (11)             of the previous day. The rest that you get while sleeping enables your body to prepare itself for the next day. There are four levels of sleep, each being a   little (12) __        _than the one before. As you sleep, your muscles relax little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you (13)_____ the fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to the other. Although your mind slows down, you will dream from time to time. Scientists who study sleep state  that  when dreaming (14)_         __            ,  your  eyeballs  begin  to move more quickly. This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for Rapid Eye Movement. If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend breathing very slowly and deeply. Other people believe that drinking warm milk will make you (15)______. There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep!
Câu 1: (11) 


A. actions


B. activities


C. acts


D. activeness
Câu 2: (12) 


A. higher


B. shorter


C. deeper


D. lighter
Câu 3: (13) 


A. reach


B. attain


C. arrive


D. achieve
Câu 4: (14) 


A. exists


B. occurs


C. survives


D. appears
Câu 5: (15)


A. dizzy


B. drowsy


C. tired


D. awake

A.
B.
C.
D.

Task 1. Read the following passages and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 1 to 5.Nowadays people are more  aware  that  wildlife  all  over  the  world  is  in (1) _______.  Many species of animals  are  threatened,  and  could  easily  become (2)_________if we do not make an effort to protect them. In some cases, animals are hunted for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, are caught (3)_________and sold as pets. For many animals and birds the problem is that their habitat - the place where they live - is disappearing. More land is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open spaces than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them to grow better crops, but these chemicals pollute the environment and (4)_______wildlife. The most successful animals on earth – human beings - will soon be the only ones (5)__           _, unless we can solve this problem.
Câu 1: (1) 


A. threat


B. problem


C. danger


D. vanishing
Câu 2: (2) 


A. disappeared


B. vanished


C. extinct


D. empty
Câu 3: (3) 


A. for life 


B. alive


C. lively


D. for living
Câu 4: (4) 


A. spoil


B. wound


C. wrong


D. harm
Câu 5: (5) 


A. left


B. over


C. staying


D. survive

A.
B.
C.
D.