Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage from 41 to 45.            Paparazzi are freelance photographers (41) ______ take photographs of celebrities. Their actions are sometimes criticized because they often go to extreme extents to get unusual shots. At times, their actions may actually be (42) _______, and in some countries they may be prosecuted. Wherever celebrities and stars are found, paparazzi are not usually far behind.            The term paparazzi comes from the name of the character in the Italian film La Dolce Vita. Signo Paparazzi is a photographer who is (43) _______ looking for his next photo opportunity and, at one point, photographs a woman who has recently (44) ______ a personal tragedy. His tactics are remarkably similar to those used by real-life celebrity photographers today, which is why they came to be known as paparazzi. A single representative of this intriguing business is known as a paparazzo, although it is rare to see a paparazzo alone, (45) _____ these photographers often follow each other as well as famous people.
Câu 1: (41) ______


A. who        


B. which                      


C. what                       


D. when
Câu 2: (42) ______


A. acceptable    


B. wicked                    


C. defective                


D. dishonest
Câu 3: (43) ______


A. constantly  


B. consistently            


C. generally                 


D. particularly
Câu 4: (44) ______


A. suffered    


B. felt                          


C. underwent              


D. tolerated
Câu 5: (45) ______


A. so            


B. nevertheless


C. but                          


D. since

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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: We couldn’t get a babysitter. That’s why we couldn’t join you at the restaurant.


A. If we could get a babysitter, we would have joined you at the restaurant.


B. We could have joined you at the restaurant, but we couldn’t get a babysitter.


C. The reason for our absence at the restaurant was not that we could get a babysitter.


D. We couldn’t get a babysitter so that we couldn’t join you at the restaurant.
Câu 2: The president failed to explain the cause of the crisis. He did not offer any solutions.


A. The president couldn’t explain the cause of the crisis, nor did he offer any solutions.


B. The president was not able to explain the cause of the crisis as well as any solutions.


C. The president’s solution was not offered because he couldn’t give any explanation for the crisis.


D. The president’s explanation for the crisis was such a failure that he couldn’t offer any solutions.

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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 questions from 29 to 36.            Every day, millions of shoppers hit the stores in full force - both online and on foot - searching frantically for the perfect gift. Last year, Americans spent over $30 billion at retail stores in the month of December alone. Aside from purchasing holiday gifts, most people regularly buy presents for other occasions throughout the year, including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and baby showers. This frequent experience of gift-giving can engender ambivalent feelings in gift-givers. Many relish the opportunity to buy presents because gift-giving offers a powerful means to build stronger bonds with one’s closest peers. At the same time, many dread the thought of buying gifts; they worry that their purchases will disappoint rather than delight the intended recipients.            Anthropologists describe gift-giving as a positive social process, serving various political, religious, and psychological functions. Economists, however, offer a less favorable view. According to Waldfogel (1993), gift-giving represents an objective waste of resources. People buy gifts that recipients would not choose to buy on their own, or at least not spend as much money to purchase (a phenomenon referred to as ‘‘the deadweight loss of Christmas”). To wit, givers are likely to spend $100 to purchase a gift that receivers would spend only 80 USD to buy themselves. This ‘‘deadweight loss” suggests that gift-givers are not very good at predicting what gifts others will appreciate. That in itself is not surprising to social psychologists. Research has found that people often struggle to take account of others’ perspectives - their insights are subject to egocentrism, social projection, and multiple attribution errors.            What is surprising is that gift-givers have considerable experience acting as both gift-givers and gift-recipients, but nevertheless tend to overspend each time they set out to purchase a meaningful gift. In the present research, we propose a unique psychological explanation for this - that is, that gift-givers equate how much they spend with how much recipients will appreciate the gift (the more expensive the gift, the stronger a gift-recipient’s feelings of appreciation). Although a link between gift price and feelings of appreciation might seem intuitive to gift-givers, such an assumption may be unfounded. Indeed, we propose that gift-recipients will be less inclined to base their feelings of appreciation on the magnitude of a gift than givers assume.            Why do gift-givers assume that gift price is closely linked to gift-recipients’ feelings of appreciation? Perhaps givers believe that bigger (that is, more expensive) gifts convey stronger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration. According to Camerer (1988) and others, gift-giving represents a symbolic ritual, whereby gift-givers attempt to signal their positive attitudes toward the intended recipient and their willingness to invest resources in a future relationship. In this sense, gift-givers may be motivated to spend more money on a gift in order to send a “stronger signal” to their intended recipient. As for gift‑recipients, they may not construe smaller and larger gifts as representing smaller and larger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration.
Câu 1: What is the main idea discussed in the passage?


A. Gift-giving, despite its uneconomical downsides, cultivates a positive social process.


B. Gifts can serve as implicit signals of thoughtfulness and consideration.


C. Gift-giving may have certain drawbacks alongside its positive qualities.


D. Gift-recipients are widely acknowledged as considerably experienced in gift-giving.
Câu 2: In paragraph 1, the word “ambivalent” is closest in meaning to _____.


A. unrealistic               


B. conflicted                           


C. apprehensive                      


D. supportive
Câu 3: The author indicates that people value gift-giving because they feel it _______.


A. functions as a form of self-expression 


B. is an inexpensive way to show appreciation


C. requires the gift-recipient to reciprocate  


D. can serve to strengthen a relationship
Câu 4: The word “this” in paragraph 3 refers to gift-givers’ ________.


A. struggling                                                               


B. overspending         


C. buying meaningful gifts    


D. having considerable experience
Câu 5: The passage indicates that the assumption made by gift-givers in paragraph 3 may be ______.


A. incorrect                 


B. unreasonable                       


C. insincere                             


D. substantiated
Câu 6: The word “convey” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.


A. transport                 


B. counteract                           


C. communicate                      


D. exchange
Câu 7: The authors refer to work by Camerer and others (paragraph 4) in order to _______.


A. offer an explanation   


B. introduce an argument


C. support a conclusion        


D. question a movie
Câu 8: Which of the following best describes the tone of the author?


A. criticizing               


B. pessimistic                          


C. informative                         


D. ironic
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from te other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. selfish


B. famine                    


C. police                      


D. target
Câu 2:


A. ancestor           


B. transistor                 


C. equator                   


D. compressor

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Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. (0,4)
Câu 1: People say that they bought this shop last year.           


A. They are said  to buy this shop last year.


B. They are said  to have bought this shop last year.


C.  It is  said that they bought this shop last year.  


D. Both B and C
Câu 2: "How much do you think it will cost?" he said to me.   


A. He asked me how much I thought it would cost.


B. He asked me how much I had thought it would cost.


C. He asked me how much I thought it will cost.


D. He asked me how much you thought it would cost.
Câu 3: Mr.Brown's team has lost the game.He looks very sad. 


A. Mr. Brown whom team has lost the game looks very sad. 


B. Mr. Brown that team has lost the game looks very sad. 


C. Mr. Brown whose team has lost the game looks very sad. 


D. Mr. Brown whom team has lost the game looks very sad. 
Câu 4: Do you know the man who sat next to me at Nam’s birthday party last night?


A. You know the man who sat next to me at Nam’s birthday party last night, won’t you?


B. You know the man who sat next to me at Nam’s birthday party last night, don’t you?


C. You know the man who sat next to me at Nam’s birthday party last night, doesn’t you?


D. You know the man who sat next to me at Nam’s birthday party last night, didn’t you?
Câu 5: It takes Minh 2 hours to do his homework every day.


A. Minh spends 2 hours doing his homework every day.


B. Minh spends 2 hours do his homework every day.


C. Minh spends 2 hours do his homework every day.


D. Minh spends 2 hours having done his homework every day.
Câu 6: We were late for school because of the heavy rain.


A. Because it  rained heavily, we were late for school.
 


B. Because it rained heavily, we was late for school.


C. Because it  rained heavily, we would be late for school.


D. Because it rained heavy, we were late for school.
Câu 7: My mother used to make us clean the house. 


A. We used to be made to clean the house by my mother.


B. We used to make to clean the house by my mother.


C. We used making  to clean the house by my mother.


D. We used to be made clean the house by my mother.
Câu 8: "I'm working in a restaurant, and don't care much for it."she said


A. She said that she was working in a restaurant and wasn't caring much for it.


B. She said that she was working in a restaurant and didn’t care much for it.


C. She said that she has been working in a restaurant and didn’t care much for it.


D. She said that she was working in a restaurant and didn’t care many for it.
Câu 9: It’s two years since I last spoke to her.            


A. I haven’t spoken to her since two years.


B. I haven’t been speaking to her for two years.


C. I haven’t spoken to her for two years.


D. I haven’t spoken to her about two years.
Câu 10: Going swimming in the river in the summer is interesting.


A. It is interesting to go to swim in the river in the summer.


B. It is interesting to go swim in the river in the summer.


C. It is interested to go swimming in the river in the summer.


D. It is interesting to go swimming in the river in the summer.
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Read the 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. The time when humans crossed the Arctic land bridge from Siberia to Alaska seems remote to us today, but actually represents a late stage in prehistory of humans, an era when polished stone implements and bows and arrows were already being used and dogs had already been domesticated.When these early migrants arrived in North America, they found woods and plains dominated by three types of American mammoths. Those elephants were distinguished from today’s elephants mainly by their thick, shaggy coats and their huge, upward-curving tusks. They had arrived on the continent hundreds of thousands of years before their human followers. The woolly mammoth in the North, the Columbian mammoth in middle North America, and the imperial mammoth of the South together with their distant cousins the mastodons, dominated the land. Here, as in the Old World, there is evidence that humans hunted these elephants, as shown by numerous spear points found with mammoth remains.Then, at the end of the Ice Age, when the last glaciers had retreated, there was a relatively sudden and widespread extinction of elephants. In the New World, both mammoths and mastodons disappeared. In the Old World, only Indian and African elephants survived.Why did the huge, seemingly successful mammoths disappear? Were humans connected with their extinction? Perhaps, but at the time, although they were hunters, humans were still widely scattered and not very numerous. It is difficult to see how they could have prevailed over the mammoth to such an extent.
Câu 1: With which of the following is the passage primarily concerned?


A. Techniques used to hunt mammoths.


B. Migration from Siberia Alaska.


C. The prehistory of humans.   


D. The relationship between man and mammoth in the New World.
Câu 2: The word “implements” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.


A. carvings                             


B. ornaments                     


C. houses                      


D. tools
Câu 3: The phrase “these early migrants” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.


A. humans                              


B. dogs                              


C. mammoths               


D. mastodons
Câu 4: Where were the imperial mammoths the dominant type of mammoth?


A. Alaska    


B. the central portion of North America


C. the southern part of North America    


D. South America
Câu 5: It can be inferred that when humans crossed into the New World, they _______


A. had previously hunted mammoths in Siberia.       


B. had never seen mammoths before.


C. brought mammoths with them from the Old World.


D. soon learned to use dogs to hunt mammoths.
Câu 6: The passage supports which of the following conclusions about mammoths?


A. Competition with mastodons caused them to become extinct.   


B. Humans hunted them to extinction.           


C. The cause of their extinction is not definitely known.      


D. The freezing temperatures of the Ice Age destroyed their food supply.
Câu 7: Which of the following is NOT true about prehistoric humans at the time of the mammoths’ extinction?


A. They were relatively few in number.       


B. They were concentrated in a small area.


C. They knew how to use bows and arrows.            


D. They were skilled hunters.
Câu 8: Which of the following types of the elephants does the author discuss in the most detail in the passage?


A. the Indian elephant          


B. the mammoth


C. the African elephant        


D. the mastodon
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Exercise 3. Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in the blank.Are you planning your next trip? Then why not visit London? London is one of the most exciting cities in the world.Sights and attractions: There are lots of things to see and do in London. Walk around the centre and see famous (31)_________ like Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. Visit the Tower of London where England’s kings and queens lived. Go to Buckingham Palace at 11:30 and (32)_________ the famous ‘Changing of the Guard’ ceremony. And don’t miss London’s art galleries and museums - (33)_________ are free to get into!Shopping: There are over 40,000 shops in London. Oxford Street is Europe’s (34)_________ high street with over 300 shops.Eating: With over 270 nationalities in London, you can try food from just about (35)_________ country in the world. Make sure you try the UK’s most famous dish - fish and chips!Getting around: London has a quick underground train system (the ‘tube’ as the locals call it). There are also the famous red ‘double-decker’ buses. The tube is quicker, but you will see more of London from a bus!
Câu 1: (31)_________


A. sights       


B. landscapes              


C. landmarks               


D. facts
Câu 2: (32)_________


A. notice  


B. see                          


C. realize                     


D. take
Câu 3: (33)_________


A. lots            


B. much                       


C. more                       


D. most
Câu 4: (34)_________


A. busy        


B. busier                      


C. busiest                    


D. the busiest
Câu 5: (35)_________


A. every            


B. all                            


C. one                         


D. many

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Exercise 1. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
Câu 1:


A. prize          


B. excite                      


C. design                     


D. capital
Câu 2:


A. cold       


B. photo                      


C. continent                


D. poster
Câu 3:


A. motor      


B. money                     


C. show                       


D. robot
Câu 4:


A. wish            


B. price                        


C. high                        


D. mind
Câu 5:


A. dish      


B. fish                         


C. city                         


D. kite

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each of the pair of sentences in the following questions from 49 to 50.
Câu 1: The basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.


A. Not only did the basketball team lose the match but they blamed each other as well.


B. Hardly had the basketball team known they lost the match when they started to blame each other.


C. No sooner had the basketball team started to blame each other than they knew they lost the match.


D. As soon as they blamed each other, the basketball team knew they lost the match.
Câu 2: I invited Rachel to my party, but she couldn’t come. She had arranged to do something else.


A. Without having arranged to do something else, Rachel would have come to my party as invited.


B. If it hadn’t been for her arrangement for something else, Rachel would come to my party as invited.


C. Rachel would have come to my party, unless she hadn’t arranged to so something else.


D. If Rachel hadn’t arranged to do something else, she would come to my party as invited.

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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 word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 30 to 34. Having a relationship with someone is important to people around the world; (30) _______, dating is different from culture to culture. Here are some examples.Group dating is popular among young people in Europe and Australia. Groups as large as 30 people take part in events, such as going camping or having a party. This is seen as a (31) _______ way to spend time together, and to help to (32) _______ tension because people feel more comfortable in the company of friends before deciding whether to go on a one-to-one date.In Singapore, since many young people stay single, the government has tried its best to encourage dating. Dating services are offered to single people. One of them is speed dating, in (33) _______ singles will spend a few minutes talking to one person before moving on to meet the next one.Online dating is a common way of (34) _______ in the United States. Internet companies are now offering a service called ‘online dating assistant’ to help busy people to find a partner. An assistant helps customers to build their profiles, selects potential matches, and then sends several emails to the possible matches until the two people agree to meet face to face.
Câu 1: (30) _______


A. although  


B. and 


C. however     


D. despite
Câu 2: (31) _______


A. safe  


B. savings        


C. safely          


D. save
Câu 3: (32) _______


A. deteriorate     


B. ease 


C. refrain         


D. escape
Câu 4: (33) _______


A. when   


B. that 


C. which         


D. whom
Câu 5: (34) _______


A. matchtaking   


B. matchgoing 


C. matchcatching        


D. matchmaking

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