VIII: 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 61 to 70.                                  HarvardUniversity, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the world’s universities, came from very inauspicious and humble beginnings.This oldest of American universities was founded in 1636, just sixteen years after The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Included in the Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of England’s prestigious Oxford and Cambridge universities, and these university graduates in the New World were determined that their sons would have the same educational opportunities that they themselves had had. Because of this support in the colony for an institution of higher learning, the General Court of Massachusetts appropriated 400 pounds for a college in October of 1636 and early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school; this land was in an area called Newtown, which was later renamed Cambridge after its English cousin and is the site of the present - day university.When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighboring town of Charlestown, died from tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the fledgling college. In spite of the fact that only half of the bequest was actually paid, the General Court named the college after the minister in appreciation for what he had done. The amount of the bequest may not have been large, particularly by today’s standards, but it was more than the General Court had found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the college.Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted that in addition to serving as president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshman class of four students. Although the staff did expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence the entire teaching staff consisted of the president and three or four tutors.
Câu 1: The main idea of this passage is that _________.
 


A. John Harvard was key to the development of a great University


B. What is today a great university started out small


C. HarvardUniversity developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts


D. Harvard is one of the world’s most prestigious universities
Câu 2: The passage indicates that Harvard is _________.


A. the oldest university in America            


B. one of the oldest universities in the world


C. one of the oldest universities in America      


D. the oldest university in the world
Câu 3: It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who traveled to the Massachusetts colony were _________.
 


A. rather undemocratic   


B. rather rich


C. rather well educated               


D. rather supportive of the English government
Câu 4: The underlined pronoun “they” refer to _________.


A.  sons 


B. educational opportunities


C. university graduates                


D. Oxford andCambridge universities
Câu 5: The “pounds” are probably _________.


A. school campuses    


B. types of books   


C. college student 


D. units of money
Câu 6: The “English cousin” refers to a _________.


A. relative  


B.  city       


C. court     


D.  person
Câu 7: Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard?
 


A. How much he bequeathed to Harvard.   


B. Where he came from.


C. Where he was buried.   


D.  What he died of.
Câu 8: The underlined word “fledgling” could best be replaced by which of the following?


A. winged   


B. newborn   


C. established  


D. flying
Câu 9: The passage implied that _________.
 


A. Henry Dunster spent much of his time as president managing the Harvard faculty


B. Henry Dunster was an effective president


C.  Someone else really served as president of Harvard before Henry Dunster


D. The position of president of Harvard was not merely an administrative position in the early years
Câu 10: The underlined word “somewhat” could best replaced by _________.
 
 
 


A. side by side


B. more or less   


C.  to and from  


D. back and forth
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: You are obliged to stop when the lights turn red.


A. You must stop when the lights turn red.   


B. You have to stop when the lights turn red.


C. You should stop when the lights turn red.  


D. You are allowed to stop when the lights turn red.
Câu 2: You will only be able to find the answer when you have read the report in detail.


A. Only when you have read the report in detail will you be able to find the answers.


B. Only when have you read the report in detail will you be able to find the answer.


C. Only when you have read the report in detail will you be able to find the answer.


D. You will not be able to find the answer until you read the report in detail.
Câu 3: If he had known the road was icy, he wouldn’t have been driving very fast.


A. He was driving very fast because he didn’t know the road was icy.


B. He has been driving very fast because he doesn’t know the road was icy.


C. If only he knew the road was icy, he wouldn’t be driving very fast.


D. He had been driving very fast because he didn’t know the road was icy.
Câu 4: In the end, I felt I had been right to leave the club.


A. I had no regrets about leaving the club in the end.     


B. I regretted to leave the club in the end.


C. It’s a pity that I had left the club in the end.                                               


D. I don’t regret to leave the club in the end.
Câu 5: The police don’t get anyone cross the area.


A. We are not let to cross the area


B. We are not allowed to cross the area.


C. We are not let crossing the area


D. We are not allowed crossing the area.

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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 question.  Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on group organization and attitudes.In the first form, known as primary cooperation, groups and individuals fuse. The group contains nearly all of each individual’s life. The rewards of the group’s works are shared with each member. There is an interlocking identity of individual, group, and task performed. Means and goals become one, for cooperation itself is valued.While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of preliterate societies, secondary cooperation is characteristic of many modern societies. In secondary cooperation, individuals devote only part of their lives to the group. Cooperation itself is not a value. Most members of the group feel loyalty, but the welfare of the group is not the first consideration. Members perform tasks so that they can separately enjoy fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power. Business offices and professional athletic teams are examples of secondary cooperation.In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the shared work. The attitudes of the cooperating parties are purely opportunistic; the organization is loose and fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals; it breaks when the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals. This is not, strictly speaking, cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes used for this relationship.
Câu 1: What is the author’s main purpose in the first paragraph of the passage?


A. To explain how cooperation differs from competition and conflict


B. To show the importance of group organization and attitudes


C. To offer a brief definition of cooperation


D. To urge readers to cooperate more often
Câu 2: The word “cherished” is closest in meaning to


A. prized


B. agreed on


C. defined


D. set up
Câu 3: The word “fuse” is closest in meaning to


A. react


B.  unite


C. evolve


D. explore
Câu 4: Which of the following statements about primary cooperation is supported by information in the passage?


A. It was confined to prehistoric times


B. It is usually the first stage of cooperation achieved by a group of individuals attempting to cooperate.


C. it is an ideal that can never be achieved.


D. It is most commonly seen among people who have not yet developed reading and writing skills.
Câu 5: According to the passage, why do people join groups that practice secondary cooperation?


A. To experience the satisfaction of cooperation


B. To get rewards for themselves


C. To associate with people who have similar backgrounds


D. To defeat a common enemy
Câu 6: Which of the following is an example of the third form of cooperation as it is defined in the fourth paragraph?


A. A students form a study group so that all of them can improve their grades.


B. A new business attempts to take customers away from an established company.


C. Two rival political parties temporarily work together to defeat a third party.


D. Members of a farming community share work and the food that they grow.
Câu 7: Which of the following is NOT given as a name for the third type of cooperation?


A. Tertiary cooperation


B. Accommodation


C. Latent conflict      


D. Antagonistic cooperation
Câu 8: The word “fragile” is closest in meaning to


A. inefficient


B. easily broken        


C. poorly planned


D. involuntary
Câu 9: As used throughout the passage the term “common” is closest in meaning to which of the following?


A. ordinary


B. shared


C. vulgar


D. popular
Câu 10: Which of the following best describes the overall organization of the passage?


A. The author describes a concept by analyzing organization its three forms.


B. The author compares and contrasts two types of human relations.


C. The author presents the points of view of three experts on the same topic.


D. The author provides a number of concrete examples and then draws a conclusion.    
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III: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: Susan: “Tom says he doesn’t like you!” – Lucy: “ _________”  


A. It makes nothing     


B. So do I 


C. I know he isn’t     


D. I don’t care
Câu 2: “I am sorry you failed the examination”. “Frankly, I wish I ___________ harder”.  


A. studied


B. had studied   


C. was studying 


D. did study
Câu 3: - Laura: “What a lovely house you have!” – Maria: “_________”.


A. Of course not, it ‘s not costly    


B. Thank you. Hope you will drop in


C. I think so        


D.  No problem
Câu 4: If I __________ 10 years younger, I ___________ the job.


A. am/will take   


B. was/have taken


C. had been/ will have taken  


D. were/ would take.
Câu 5: ___________ instructed me how to make a good preparation for a job interview.


A. John Robbins to that I spoke by telephone,


B. John Robbins, that I spoke to by telephone,


C. John Robbins I spoke to by telephone,


D. John Robbins, whom I spoke to by telephone,
Câu 6: __________ the book, please return it to me.


A. Should you find     


B. Will you be finding             


C.  Will you find 


D. Will you have found
Câu 7: Many children are under such a high __________ of learning that they do not feel happy at school  


A. recommendation  


B.  interview  


C. pressure   


D. concentration
Câu 8: This ticket __________ one person to the show.  


A. permits       


B. admits  


C.  allows  


D. includes
Câu 9: The preparations __________ by the time the guests __________.  


A. had been finished/ arrived      


B. have finished/ arrived


C. had finished/ were arriving       


D. have been finished/ were arrived
Câu 10: More than ten victims ___________ missing in the storm last week.  


A.  are reported to be      


B. are reported to have been


C. are reporting to have been


D. are reporting to be
Câu 11: Nothing ___________ I do seems to please her.


A. which      


B. that      


C. who


D. whom
Câu 12: The man _________ under oath at court was charged with perverting the course of justice.


A. lied       


B. lain       


C. lay


D. lying
Câu 13: ________ we dislike him, he is efficient and we can’t dismiss him.  


A. However much     


B.  Much 


C. As much   


D. Although much as
Câu 14: Try something sharp-smelling under her nose, that might __________ if she ‘s still unconscious.  


A. get her over    


B. put her forward 


C.  calm her down   


D. bring her to
Câu 15: It is __________ opportunity to see African wildlife in its natural enviroment.


A. an unique          


B. a unique 


C. the unique     


D.  unique
Câu 16: ___________ that I tore up the letter.  


A.  I was such an annoyed  


B.  So was I annoyed


C. I was so annoying       


D. Such was my annoyance
Câu 17: When I __________ at my suitcase, I could see that someone _________ to open it.


A. look/try


B.  looked/tried   


C. looked/had tried 


D. looked/trying
Câu 18: We __________ busy for a few months


A. were   


B.  are   


C. have been 


D. would be
Câu 19: This is the first time my friend _____________ this old machine.  


A. Used       


B.  had used 


C. has used  


D. have used
Câu 20: That house needs ___________


A. repainting  


B.  to be repainted    


C.  be repainted   


D. A&B  are correct
Câu 21: At the centre of the Earth ‘s solar system ___________.


A.  lies the Sun    


B. is where the Sun lies    


C. the Sun lies  


D. does the Sun lie
Câu 22: Unfortunately not all of us obtain our just ________ in this life.  


A. wins


B. gains     


C. demands


D. deserts
Câu 23: Anyone who ________ his work can not go.


A. has not finished    


B. don’t finish


C. doesn’t finish  


D. not finish
Câu 24: It is the recommendation of many psychologists __________ to associate words and remember names.


A. that a learner uses mental images    


B. that a learner must use mental images


C. that a learner use mental images  


D. mental images are used
Câu 25: How long ago _________ to learn French?  


A. have you started


B. would you start 


C. were you starting 


D. did you start
Câu 26: Hardly ___________ Tom gone out _______ the phone rang  


A. had/than      


B. did/than    


C.  did/when    


D. had/when
Câu 27: I enjoy __________ to the radio while I am driving.  


A. hearing    


B. watching


C. seeing       


D. listening
Câu 28: There is a good film _______ TV tonight. Will you watch it?


A. in 


B. from  


C. at     


D. on
Câu 29: I ‘ve never really enjoyed going to the ballet or the opera; they ‘ve not really my __________.  


A. cup of tea      


B. sweets and candy


C. biscuit


D. piece of cake
Câu 30: ___________ for running a red light, Jane decided it was not in her best interest to argue since she was not wearing her seat belt.


A. The police stopped her   


B. When stopping by the police


C. Having been stopped by the police    


D. Being stopped by the police
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V:Choose the word or phrase CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each  of the following sentences.
Câu 1: Traffic began to flow  normally again after the accident.
 


A.  in the usual or ordinary way   


B. repeatedly in different modes


C.  strangely and irregularly        


D. with the same speed
Câu 2: I think we have solved this problem once and for all
 


A. temporarily    


B. in the end  


C. for goods    


D. forever
Câu 3: Her style of dress accentuated her extreme slenderness.


A. revealed     


B. emphasized 


C. disfigured   


D. betrayed

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Read the following passage adapted from Understanding Rural America - Info USA and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 19 to 28.The well-being of America's rural people and places depends upon many things - the availability of good-paying jobs; (19)______ to critical services such as education, health care, and communication; strong communities; and a healthy natural environment. And, (20)______ urban America is equally dependent upon these things, the challenges to well-being look very different in rural areas than in urban areas. Small-scale, low-density settlement (21)______ make it more costly for communities and businesses to provide critical services. Declining jobs and income in the natural resource-based industries that many rural areas depend on (22)______ workers in those industries to find new ways to make a living. Low-skill, low-wage rural manufacturing industries must find new ways to challenge the increasing number of (23)______ competitors. Distance and remoteness impede many rural areas from being connected to the urban centers of economic activity. Finally, changes in the availability and use of natural resources located in rural areas (24)______ the people who earn a living from those resources and those who (25)______ recreational and other benefits from them.Some rural areas have met these challenges successfully, achieved some level of prosperity, and are ready (26)______ the challenges of the future. Others have neither met the current challenges nor positioned themselves for the future. Thus, concern for rural America is real. And, while rural America is a producer of critical goods and services, the (27)______ goes beyond economics. Rural America is also home to a fifth of the Nation's people, keeper of natural amenities and national treasures, and safeguard of a/an (28)______ part of American culture, tradition, and history.
Câu 1: _______(19)


A. advantage


B. key


C. challenge


D. access
Câu 2: _________(20)


A. because


B. when


C. since


D. while
Câu 3: __________(21)


A. means


B. patterns


C. tools


D. styles
Câu 4: _________(22)


A. turn


B. make


C. offer


D. force
Câu 5: __________(23)


A. rural


B. lateral


C. abroad


D. foreign
Câu 6: ___________(24)


A. effect


B. encourage


C. affect


D. stimulate
Câu 7: ____________(25)


A. involve


B. evolve


C. bring


D. derive
Câu 8: __________(26)


A. in


B. for


C. with


D. of
Câu 9: ____________(27)


A. research


B. stimulus


C. concern


D. impatience
Câu 10: ____________(28)


A. unique


B. incredible


C. simple


D. abnormal
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Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Câu 1: We(A) really enjoyed the (B) children’s (C) imaginative and (D) excited play last Saturday


A. really


B. children’s


C. imaginative


D. excited play
Câu 2: (A) Believed that Jack (B) had got home (C) safely , we  felt (D) relieved.


A. Believed


B. had got


C. safely


D. relieved
Câu 3: The need (A) for (B) a well rounded  education was an idea  (C) espoused by the Greeks (D) in time of Socrates


A. for


B. a well rounded  education


C. espoused


D. in time of 
Câu 4: Those  (A) who have never been (B ) abroad (C) is eager to see how (D) different the other cultures are.


A. who have


B. abroad


C.  is eager


D. different
Câu 5: With its (A)(B)strong claws and its many (C) protruding tooth a gopher(D) is an excellent digger.


A. With


B. trong claws


C. protruding tooth


D. is

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D.

Make the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: George Stephenson , an English engineer , ____ to haul coal from mines.


A. traveling engine that he constructed 


B. constructed a traveling engine


C. which was constructed in a traveling engine


D. he was constructed in a traveling engine
Câu 2: ___, they continue to overeat  and to eat the wrong food


A. Many overweight people realizing that they are threatening their health


B. Because of  the fact that many overweight people are threatening their health


C. However many overweight people realize that they are threatening their health


D. even though many overweight people realize that they are threatening their health
Câu 3: We can determine the family that a bird falls in to by____like.


A. what the shape and behaviour of a bird are


B. what the bird’s shape and behaviour


C. the shape and  behaviour of a bird           


D. what are the shape and behaviour of a bird
Câu 4: if you want to travel in July,____


A. Your ticket will be advanced buying well in advance


B. I’ll advise buy your ticket well in advance


C. I’ll advise you buying your ticket well in advance


D. I’ll advise buying your ticket well in advance
Câu 5: ___,the Emperor Justinian had overseen the building of more than a thounsand churches and monuments in Constantinople


A. By the time of his death in A.D.565


B. Being the time of death in A.D.565


C. Throughout the time of his death in A.D.565


D. The time of his death in A.D.565

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C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is best-built from the prompts given.
Câu 1: I /  strong / advise / you / take part / volunteer works /


A. I am strong advise that you should take part in volunteer works


B. I stronlyg advise that you might  take part for volunteer works


C. I strongly advise that you should take part in volunteer works


D.  I am strong  in  advising  you to  take part in  volunteer works
Câu 2: only when /   general’s  personal  diaries / publish / truth / come out//


A. only when the general’s  personal diaries were published  the truth come out.


B. only when the   general’s   personal diaries  had been   published   the truth come out.


C. only when the   general’s   personal  diaries  were   published  had   the truth come out.


D. only when the   general’s   personal  diaries  were   published   did the truth come out.
Câu 3: be/ doctor / she / know / what /side- effects / medicine / have //


A. be a doctor , she knows what side – effects the medicine can have


B. being a  doctor , she knew  what side – effects the medicine could have


C. have  been a   doctor , she  had known  what side – effects the medicine could have


D. to be a doctor , she knows what side – effects  the medicine might have
Câu 4: we / listen / old man / say / his story / beginning / end  //


A. we listened to the old man saying his story from beginning to end


B. we listened  the old man say  his story from  the beginning to  the end


C. we listened to the old man say his story from beginning to end


D. we listened to the old man to say his story from beginning to end
Câu 5: man/ sentence /  15 years /  prison / he prove /  guilty //


A. the man will get a sentence for himself to 15 years in prison if he proves himself guilty.


B. the man was  sentenced  about  15 years in prison and  proves himself guilty.


C. the man was  sentenced   to 15 years in prison  because he  had been proved guilty.


D. the man should make his final  sentence  after   15 years in prison as he  proved  himself guilty

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B.
C.
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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 question.The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the  Arctic Ocean. It stretches southward across the largest and northernmost state in the United States, ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly 800 miles from where it begins .It is massive in size and extremely complicated to operate.The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of delicate tundra that tops the frozen group. It weaves through crooked canyons ,  climbs sheer mountains, plunges over rocky crags , make  its way through thick forests , and passes over or under hundreds of rivers and streams . The pipe is 4 feet in diameter and up to 2 million barrels or 84 million gallons of crude oil can be pumped through it daily.Resting on H-shaped steel racks called “ bents ,” long sections of the pipeline follow a zigzag course high above the frozen earth .Other long sections drop out of  sight beneath spongy or rocky ground and return  to the surface later on. The pattern of the  pipeline’s up-and-down  route is determined  by the often harsh demands of the arctic and subarctic climate , the tortuous lay of the land , and the varied compositions of soil , rock , or permafrost  permanently  frozen ground .A little more than half of the pipeline is elevated above the ground .The  remainder is buried anywhere from 3 to 12 feet , depending largely upon the type of terrain and the properties of the soil.One of the largest in the world , the pipeline cost approximately $8 billion and is by far the biggest and most  expensive construction  project ever  undertaken by private  industry . In fact , no single business could raise that much money , so 8 major oil companies formed a consortium in order to share the cost .Each company controlled oil rights to particular shares of land in the oil fields and paid into the pipeline –construction fund according to the size of its holdings. Today , despite enormous problems of climate, supply shortages , equipment breakdowns, labor disagreements, treacherous  terrain , a certain amount of mismanagement , and even theft, the Alaska pipeline has been completes and is operating.
Câu 1: The word “it ” in line 1 refers to__________


A. ocean   


B. state 


C. village


D. pipeline
Câu 2: Where in the passage dose the author provide a term for an earth covering that always remains frozen ?


A. line 15   


B. line 3                    


C. line 12                          


D. line 7
Câu 3: Which of the following determined what percentage of the construction costs each member of the consortium would pay ?


A. how many people worked for each company


B. how much oil field land each company owned


C. how long each company has owned land in the oil fields


D. how many oil wells were located on the company’s land
Câu 4: The phrase ” Resting on” in line 9 is closest in meaning to_____.


A. passing under


B. consisting of     


C. supported  by


D. protected with
Câu 5: The passage primarily discusses the pipeline’s__________


A. operating costs  


B. construction  


C. employees 


D. consumers
Câu 6: the word “ undertaken” in line 17 is closest in meaning to __________.


A. transported   


B. removed 


C. selected


D. attempted
Câu 7: The word “ particular ” in line 19 is closest in meaning to ________.


A. peculiar


B. specific    


C. exceptional  


D. equal
Câu 8: According to the passage , 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline each___.


A. month


B. day 


C. week   


D. year
Câu 9: the author mentions all of the following as important in determining the pipeline’s route EXCEPT the _________.


A. lay of the land itself


B. kind of soil and rock


C. local vegetation             


D. climate
Câu 10: how many companies shared the cost of constructing  the pipeline ?


A. 12


B. 3


C. 4


D. 8
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