VIII:Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (68) ______ there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to (69)______. But in the days when books were copied by hand (70)______ than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (71)______ all, that in Alexandia had 54,000 books.In the ancient world, this number (72)______ considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had collected so many books from all around the world (73)______ one roof. There are many theories about why these books were lost. (74)______is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. (75)______ happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever, some books were never recovered. We cannot even know exactly what the library contained.
Câu 1: __________ (68)


A. where  


B.  who  


C. the place         


D. which
Câu 2: __________ (69)


A. other  


B. the other  


C. others    


D. another
Câu 3: __________ (70)


A. rather 


B. else   


C. more        


D. much
Câu 4: __________ (71)


A. of     


B. about         


C. in


D. over
Câu 5: __________ (72)


A. is                             


B. was        


C. were place         


D. has been
Câu 6: __________ (73)


A. in    


B. under   


C. over


D. below
Câu 7: __________ (74)


A. One          


B. A theory        


C. None          


D. All
Câu 8: __________ (75)


A. Whoever


B. Whichever   


C. Whatever


D. Wherever

A.
B.
C.
D.

V: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the one that best completes each sentence.
Câu 1: I don’t think you are telling ______ lie.  


A. Φ


B. the


C. a


D.  an
Câu 2: She asked her nephew: “Can you guess what I bought for you?”


A. She asked her nephew to buy something for her.


B. She asked her nephew if he could guess what he could buy.


C. She asked her nephew if he could guess what she had bought for him.


D. She asked her nephew if he can guess what she had bought for him.
Câu 3: This room is ____________________ .  


A. such small room that we can’t work in it


B. so small that we can’t work in


C. not enough  big for us to work in it     


D. too small for us to work in
Câu 4: It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.


A.  The man was believed to be escaped in a stolen car.


B. The man is believed to be escaped in a stolen car.


C. They believed that the man stole the car.


D. The man is believed to have escaped in a stolen car.
Câu 5: Having been selected to represent the Association of American Engineers at the International Convention, __________.    


A.  the members congratulated him     


B.  the members applauded him


C. a speech had to be given by him 


D. he gave a short acceptance speech

A.
B.
C.
D.

IV: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 following questions.Telecommunicating is a form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For employees whose jobs involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer from a distant site and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are approximately 8.7 million telecommuters. But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published "The Portable Executive" as its cover story a few years ago. Why hasn't telecommuting become more popular?Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager's responsibilities.It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are often reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from the office.
Câu 1: The author mentions all of the following as concerns of telecommuters EXCEPT___
 


A. the opportunities for advancement     


B. the lack of interaction with a group


C. the different system of supervision  


D. the fact that the work space is in the home
Câu 2: The word "resistance" could best be replaced by_______.


A.  consideration   


B. alteration  


C. opposition  


D. participation
Câu 3: How many American workers are involved in telecommuting?


A. More than 8 million      


B. More than predicted in Business Week


C. Fewer than last year          


D. Fewer than estimated in USA Today
Câu 4: It can be inferred from the passage that the author is _______.
 


A. the manager of a group of telecommuters  


B. a reporter


C. a telecommuter            


D. a statistician

A.
B.
C.
D.

II:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underline is pronounced differently from the rest.
Câu 1:


A. unit


B. uniform      


C. umbrella 


D. unique
Câu 2:


A. near  


B. hear          


C. dear             


D. bear
Câu 3:


A. why  


B. when  


C.  which         


D. who
Câu 4:


A. stopped 


B. arrived           


C. laughed     


D. looked
Câu 5:


A. photographs     


B. thinks     


C. pens       


D. sits

A.
B.
C.
D.

I Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
Câu 1:


A. deforestation


B. endangerment


C. capacity


D. priority
Câu 2:


A. wonderful 


B. government


C.  temptation  


D. beautiful
Câu 3:


A. development


B. performance  


C. appearance


D. telephone

A.
B.
C.
D.

IV:Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet that is best made from the given prompts in the following sentences. 
Câu 1: fact/ her son/ out/ danger/ bring/ her/ some relief.


A. The fact that her son was out of danger brought her some relief.


B. The fact that her son was out of danger which brought her some relief.


C. The fact that her son is out of danger brought her some relief.


D. The fact that her son is out of danger has brought her some relief.
Câu 2: be sure/ good seat/ your tickets / should/ bought/ advance.
 
 


A.  I'm sure about a good seat for your tickets should be bought in advance.


B. To be sure of a good seat, your tickets should be bought in advance.


C. To be sure of a good seat for your tickets should be bought in advance.


D. To be sure of a good seat, your tickets should be bought advance.
Câu 3: there/ no point/ try/ explain/ it/ her/ she/ incapable/ understand.//
 


A. There is no point in trying to explaining it to her; she is incapable on understanding it.


B. There is no point trying to explain her to it; she is incapable in understanding it.


C. There is no point trying to explain it to her; she is incapable of understanding it.


D. There is no point in trying explaining it to her; she is incapable to understand it.
Câu 4: / feel / like / go out / this evening / ? /
 


A. Are you feel like going out this evening?


B. Do you feel like going out this evening?


C. Do you feel like to go out this evening?


D.  Do you feel to like going out this evening?
Câu 5: / I / look forward / start / work / you.
 


A. I look forward to starting to work for you.


B. I look forward to start to work for you.


C. I'm looking forward to start working for you.


D. I look forward to start working to you.

A.
B.
C.
D.

II:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. 
Câu 1: It is the writing English that causes difficulties to foreigners.


A.  the writing 


B. that


C. difficulties


D. foreigners
Câu 2: Foreign students who are doing a decision about which school to attend may not know exactly where the choices are located. 


A. are doing


B. about which


C. to attend


D. the choices
Câu 3: Mary found it hard to concentrate on her work because the noise.


A. hard 


B. to concentrate


C. work


D. because the noise
Câu 4: Rice is most important plant in Vietnam.


A. Rice


B. is


C. most important


D. in Vietnam
Câu 5: After George had returned to his house, he was reading a book


A. had returned


B. his house


C. he


D. was reading

A.
B.
C.
D.

IX: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 Very few people in the modern world obtain their food supply by hunting and gathering in the natural environment surrounding their homes. This method of harvesting from nature’s provision is the oldest known subsistence strategy and has been practiced for at least the last two million years. It was, indeed, the only way to obtain food until rudimentary farming and the domestication of wild animals were introduced about 10,000 years ago.Because hunter-gatherers have fared poorly in comparison with their agricultural cousins, their numbers have dwindled, and they have been forced to live in marginal environments, such as deserts and arctic wastelands. In higher latitudes, the shorter growing seasons have restricted the availability of plant life. Such conditions have caused a greater dependence on hunting, and on fishing along the coasts and waterways. The abundance of vegetation in the lower latitudes of the tropics, on the other hand, has provided a greater opportunity for gathering a variety of plants. In short, the environmental differences have restricted the diet and have limited possibilities for the development of subsistence societies.Contemporary hunter-gatherers may help us understand our prehistoric ancestors. We know from the observation of modern hunter-gatherers in both Africa and Alaskathat a society based on hunting and gathering must be very mobile. While the entire community camps in a central location, a smaller party harvests the food within a reasonable distance from the camp. When the food in the area has become exhausted, the community moves on to exploit another site. We also notice seasonal migration patterns evolving for most hunter-gatherers, along with a strict division of labor between the sexes. These patterns of behavior may be similar to those practiced by mankind during the Paleolithic Period.         
Câu 1: What does it mean “domestication” in the first paragraph?
 


A. adapting animals to suit a new working environment                        


B. hatching and raising new species of wild animals in the home


C. teaching animals to do a particular job or activity in the home   


D. making wild animals used to living with and working for humans
Câu 2: According to the passage, subsistence societies depend mainly on ________.


A. hunter-gatherers’ tools 


B. nature’s provision         


C. farming methods       


D. agricultural products
Câu 3: The word “marginal” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to “________”
 


A. disadvantaged      


B. suburban         


C. forgotten      


D. abandoned
Câu 4: In the lower latitudes of the tropics, hunter-gatherers ________.


A. can free themselves from hunting     


B. have better food gathering from nature


C. live along the coasts and waterways for fishing  


D. harvest shorter seasonal crops
Câu 5: According to the passage, studies of contemporary subsistence societies can provide a ________.
 
 


A. further understanding of prehistoric times           


B. broader vision of prehistoric natural environments


C.  further understanding of modern subsistence societies  


D. deeper insight into the dry-land farming
Câu 6: The word “conditions” in the second paragraph refers to ________.
 


A. the places where plenty of animals and fish can be found  


B. the situations in which hunter-gatherers can grow some crops


C. the environments where it is not favorable for vegetation to grow          


D. the situations in which hunter-gatherers hardly find anything to eat
Câu 7: A typical feature of both modern and prehistoric hunter-gatherers is that ________.                                                                    
 


A. they live in the forests for all their life                       


B. they don’t have a healthy and balanced diet


C. they don’t have a strong sense of community    


D. they often change their living places
Câu 8: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned?


A. Harvesting from the natural environment had existed long before farming was taken up.


B. Hunting or fishing develops where there are no or short growing seasons.


C. The number of hunter-gatherers decreases where farming is convenient.


D. The environmental differences produce no effect on subsistence societies.
Câu 9: According to the author, most contemporary and prehistoric hunter -gatherers share ________.
 
 


A. some methods of production                 


B. some patterns of behavior 


C. some restricted daily rules                           


D. only the way of duty division
Câu 10: Which of the following would serve as the best title of the passage? 


A. Hunter-gatherers and Subsistence Societies     


B. Evolution of Humans’ Farming Methods


C. A Brief History of Subsistence Farming  


D. Hunter-gatherers: Always on the Move
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VII: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.InBritain, greetings cards are sold in chain stores and supermarkets, in newsagents’ shops, corner shops and, increasingly, in shops that specialize in the sale of cards and paper for wrapping presents in.The most common cards are birthday and Christmas cards. Many Christmas cards are sold in aid of charity and special ‘charity card shops’ are often set up in temporary premises in the weeks before Christmas. A wide variety of birthday cards is available to cater for different ages and tastes. Some, especially ones for young children or for people celebrating a particular birthday, have the person’s age on the front. Many have comic, often risqué, messages printed on them, and cartoon-style illustrations. Others are more sober, with reproductions of famous paintings or attractive original designs. The usual greeting on a birthday card is ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘Many Happy Returns’ or ‘Best Wishes for a Happy Birthday’.Some people also send special cards for Easter and New Year. Easter cards either portray images of spring, such as chicks, eggs, lambs, spring flowers, etc, or have a religious theme.Cards are produced for every ‘milestone’ in a person’s life. There are special cards for an engagement, a marriage, a new home, a birth, success in an examination, retirement, a death in the family, etc. Some are ‘good luck’ or ‘congratulations’ cards. Others, for example ‘get well’  cards for people who are ill, express sympathy.
Câu 1: What is the passage mainly about?


A. Easter Cards        


B. Greetings Cards   


C. Christmas Cards   


D. Birthday Cards
Câu 2: The word ‘some’ in paragraph 2 refers to_______.


A. young children


B. ages and tastes      


C.  birthday cards       


D. card shops
Câu 3: Which of the following is NOT the usual greeting on a birthday card?
 


A. ‘Many Happy Returns’    


B. ‘Good luck’                                  


C. ‘Happy Birthday’        


D. ‘Best Wishes for a Happy Birthday’
Câu 4: The word ‘milestone’ in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to________.
 


A. a convenient way  


B. a positive view        


C. a special gift               


D. an important event
Câu 5: It can be inferred from the passage that________.


A. greetings cards are not very popular in Britain.       


B. greetings cards are for children only          


C. greetings cards are used on many different occasions 


D. there are few choices of birthday cards

A.
B.
C.
D.

III:Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three words in each question.
Câu 1:


A. reserved  


B. locked  


C. forced   


D. touched
Câu 2:


A. command   


B. compose        


C.  complain


D. comment

A.
B.
C.
D.