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 that followLegend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter?         But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.  When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?
 


A. A type of wild vegetation     


B.  Western migration after Civil War


C.  The raising of cattle


D. The climate of the Western United States
Câu 2: What can be inferred by the phrase “Legend has it” in line 1?


A.  Most history book include the story of the train.


B. The story of the train is similar to other ones from that time period.


C. The driver of the train invented the story.    


D. The story of the train may not be completed factual.
Câu 3: The word “they” in line 5 refers to _____.
 


A. plains       


B.  skeletons 


C.  oxen   


D. Americans
Câu 4: What can be inferred about the “Great American Desert” mentioned in line 7?
 


A. Many had settled there by the 1860’s.       


B. It was not originally assumed to be a fertile area.


C. It was a popular place to raise cattle before the Civil War.  


D. It was not discovered until the late 1800’s.
Câu 5: The word “barren” in line 8 is closed in meaning to _____.
 


A.  lonely            


B. uncomfortable        


C.  infertile   


D. dangerous
Câu 6: The word “preferred” in line 8 is closed in meaning to _____.


A.  favored      


B. available       


C. ordinary    


D. required
Câu 7: Which of the following can be inferred about the cultivated grass mentioned in the second paragraph?
 
 


A. Cattle raised in the Western United States refused to eat it.    


B. It had to be imported into the United States.


C. It would probably not grow in the western United States.        


D. It was difficult for cattle to digest.
Câu 8: Which of the following was NOT one of the names given to the western grasses?  


A. Mesquite grass        


B. Bluejoint grass  


C. Buffalo grass   


D.  Grama grass
Câu 9: Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a characteristic of western grasses?  


A. They contain little moisture  


B. They have tough stems


C. They can be grown indoors  


D. They are not affected by dry weather
Câu 10: According to the passage, the cattle help promote the growth of the wild grass by ________ .


A. eating only small quantities of grass.   


B. continually moving from one grazing area to another.


C.  naturally fertilizing the soil.          


D. stepping on and pressing the seeds into the ground.
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VII:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the one that best completes each sentence.
Câu 1: After seeing the movie “Pride and Prejudice”,                                   .
 


A. many people wanted to read the book  


B. the reading of the book interested many people          


C. the book was read by many people                      


D. the book made many people want to read it
Câu 2: We got on well when we shared a flat,_______ .


A. in spite of the different in our old   


B. although the difference in our age       


C. in spite that fact that I was much older than her


D. despite her being much older than me
Câu 3: The instructions from air traffic control were not fully explicit, and            .


A. so that the pilot made an error and crashed          


B. as a result, the pilot made an error and crashed


C.  therefore the pilot made it crash                        


D. resulting from the pilot crashing the plane
Câu 4: In bacteria and other organisms,                     .


A. it is the DNA that provides the genetic information


B. which is the DNA that provides the genes


C.  the DNA providing the genetic information


D. the DNA that provides the genetic information
Câu 5: Recent evidence makes it possible for the investigators to conclude that                  .
 
 


A. some paintings by Rembrandt were faked           


B. some paintings by Rembrandt must be faked


C. Rembrandt was attituded to some paintings        


D. some paintings by Rembrandt to be faked

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B.
C.
D.

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 in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. artificial 


B. inhabitant


C. mausoleum


D. intergration
Câu 2:


A. justice  


B. workforce   


C. compete  


D. capture
Câu 3:


A. insufficient


B. material


C. superficial  


D.  observation  

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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from other three in pronunciation  in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. please 


B. measure


C. rise 


D. pause
Câu 2:


A.  stuffy  


B. clarify  


C. defy 


D.  style

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XIII:Choose the best answer for each sentence
Câu 1: You should’t read that file; it contains _________ information.


A. constructive      


B. preferential    


C. confidential     


D. inclusive
Câu 2: A: “Trudy sure did a good job of decorating your department.” B: “ Yes, but I’d _________ some of the work myself.”


A. better have done        


B. prefer having done     


C. rather done      


D. rather have done
Câu 3: It’s been a good year. I’ve been written two books and a couple of articles, and _________  are now in print.  


A. both of which     


B. both of them    


C. all of which   


D. all of them
Câu 4: Alex: “ I’ve had my purse stolen” Bill: “ Oh, really? _________  How did that happen?”  


A. Poor you!        


B. Bad luck, so         


C. Never mind    


D. It’s a pity
Câu 5: _________  failing, the new car was a great success.  


A. Far from          


B. Despite  


C. Apart from    


D. In view of
Câu 6: _________ all the workers in the company, they talked to the manager in person, asking for a better working condition.  


A. At the expense of   


B. On behalf of    


C.  Instead of                     


D. In the aspect of
Câu 7: It is the recommendation of many psychologists _________  to associate words and remember names.  


A. that a learner uses mental images   


B. that a learner use mental images


C.  that a learner must use mental images   


D. mental images are used
Câu 8: I don't think anyone understood what I was saying at the meeting, did they? I totally failed to get my point _________ .


A. around       


B. along         


C. across  


D. about
Câu 9: Are you thinking of flying business class?" "______"  


A. I'm flying there to attend a party.                    


B. No, I'm just on business.


C. No, I'd like an aisle seat.         


D. No, economy.
Câu 10: The amount of gravitational attraction between two objects depends on the mass of the objects and _________ .  


A. what is the distance between them        


B. the distance between them is


C. the distance between them              


D. the distance what is between them
Câu 11: The more you study during the semester, _________  the week before exam.  


A. the less you have to study                        


B. you have to study the less


C. the less have you to study    


D. the study less you have
Câu 12: He objected to _________ .


A. his mistakes being laughed at           


B. laughing his mistakes at    


C. his mistakes laughing at           


D.  his mistakes at laughing
Câu 13: A few hours after the infection the feeling of numbness in your arm will _________ .


A. wear off     


B. fade out       


C. drop away         


D. fall through
Câu 14: Across the Chesapeake Bay from the rest of the state _________ , whose farms produce beans, tomatoes, and other garden vegetables.  


A. there lies Marylan’s Eastern Shore   


B. lies Marylan’sEastern Shore


C.  Marylan’s Eastern Shore lies there       


D. Marylan’sEastern Shorelies
Câu 15: When I dropped that tray behind her, she got a shock. She almost _________ .    


A. jumped out of her skin   


B. had a lump in her throat     


C. took her breath away   


D. kept her head  
Câu 16: I’m sure your bank manager will lend you a _________  ear when you explain the situation to him.  


A. merciful      


B. sympathetic  


C. pitiful     


D. compassionate
Câu 17: _________  have made communication faster and easier through the use of email and the Internet is widely recognized.


A. It is that computers  


B. That computers     


C. Computers that            


D. That it’s computers
Câu 18: If you are at a _________  end, you could help me in the garden.  


A.  lose           


B.  open   


C. free        


D. loose
Câu 19: The total production of bushels of corn in the United States is _________  all other cereal crops combined.    


A. more as   


B.  more than that of  


C. more than those of       


D. more than
Câu 20: _________  in 1756, Nassau Hall is the oldest building now standing on the campus of Frinceton University.  


A.  When it completed  


B. Completing        


C. Completed     


D. Which was completed
Câu 21: First designed in 1970, Earth Day has become an international event _________  concerns about environmental issues such as pollution.  


A. dedicated to rising   


B. dedicated rising    


C. dedicates to raise    


D. that dedicates to rasing
Câu 22: Seldom _________  games been of practical use in playing real games.  


A.  do theories of mathematics                


B. have theorized as mathematics   


C. has the mathematical theory of            


D. the mathematical theory has
Câu 23: Although findings are inconclusive,  _________  that new solar systems are currently evolving around a number of stars in the universe.    


A. there is evidence       


B. the evidence   


C. there are evidently     


D. it is evidence
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Câu 1: __________ , many animals can still survive and thrive there.
 


A. Athough the weather conditions in the desert  severe        


B.  Severe though the weather conditions in the desert are


C.  Even though the weather conditions in the desert is severe


D. Severe as the weather conditions in the desert
Câu 2: After 116 million dollars had been spent, the Supreme Court stopped construction of the dam because of a little fish, __________ .
 


A. it was the famous endangered snail darter               


B. being the famous endangered snail darter


C. to be the famous endangered snail darter  


D. the famous endangered snail darter
Câu 3: Certain Paleolithis artifacts are given special terms __________ .


A. whose locations are indicating their discovery.  


B. which indicating their location of discovery


C. indicating the location of their discovery 


D. what the location of their discovery is
Câu 4: Founded in 1967 in Bangkok,  __________ .


A. the ASEAN success in promoting peace and stability gained


B.  the peace and stability in the region has been successfully promoted by the ASEAN


C.  the ASEAN’s promotion of peace and stability has been successful


D. the ASEAN has successfully promoted peace and stability in the region

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VII:Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences 
Câu 1: Despite his seeming control over nature, there are still some points where man remains helpless against her.  


A. Man is defenceless against nature, because he cannot have any influence on her.


B. Although man has an apparent control over nature, he hasn't fully conquered her yet.


C. Man believes he has complete control over nature, but in many respects, this isn't so.


D. Even though man can affect her, in many areas nature still does things better.
Câu 2: We know that animals need vitamins for growth and development. Plants need them, too.


A. Plants are known to need the same vitamins for growth and development as do animals.


B. In order to grow and develop, plants are known to need the vitamins that are produced by animals.


C. Animals need vitamins to grow and develop like plants need them for growth and development.


D. What we know is that both animals and plants can produced vitamins for growth and development.
Câu 3: The teacher gave some instructions. I don’t understand any of them.


A. The instructions the teacher gave are not understanding to me


B. It was the instructions the teacher gave that confused me


C. It hasn’t been clear to me about the constructions given


D. I’m finding it difficult to figure out what the teacher required according to his instructions

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B.
C.
D.

V:Read the following passage and mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer.Before photography was invented in 1839, painted portraits, and engravings based on them, were one of the few ways to record likenesses. From the Colonial era through the 1820s, portraiture was the most widely practiced genre of American art, and it continued to be a significant form through the 19th century. The demand for likenesses was incessant, and portraiture was often the primary source of income for artists. Artists frequently made portraits of famous people to attract interest and potential patrons. For example, in 1834 Chester Harding painted frontiersman Davy Crockett, then a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, for display in hisBoston gallery.A consistent belief through most of the 18th and 19th centuries was that character could be read from a person's face, or the bumps on his or her head, or from facial expressions, and that portraits should convey these indicators of character. These theories of physiognomy and phrenology have since been debunked, but they were important considerations in depicting the nation's leaders, since such portraits were often made for posterity. Most people had only one portrait painted in their lifetime, if at all, so artists were selected with great care, and expectations were high.Before the 1840s, American portraiture was influenced primarily by English techniques, poses, compositions and gestures, and many artists received at least part of their training inEngland. Even canvas sizes followed the British example. Portraits made on commission were priced according to canvas size and the materials and labor involved.In the late 19th century as European portraitists began traveling to the United States to acquire commissions from the growing upper class, American artists increasingly felt they needed to train abroad in order to succeed at home.Paris continued to be the main lure. as painters such as Eakins, Whistler, Beaux and Sargent went to study there. Some ofAmerica's best-known portraitists, in fact, became expatriates.
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discussed?
 


A. art in 19th centuryAmerica        


B. portraiture in 19th centuryAmerica


C.  the early years of photography          


D. the influence of other countries on American art
Câu 2: Which of the following statements best represents the meaning of the first sentence (lines1 and 2) before photography was invented in 1839?
 
 


A. painted portraits and engravings were very lifelike.


B. there was no accurate way to record a likeness before photography was invented. 


C. there were not many ways other than painted portraits and engravings if you wanted to record what somebody looked like.


D. engravings were based on portraits and not as lifelike
Câu 3: Why does the author mention Davy Crocket in paragraph 1?
 


A. as an example of an artist using a famous person to gain attention to his work    


B. because Crocket was also a famous artist


C. as an example of the types of people who could afford to pay for their portrait to be painted


D. because gallery owners often had famous people as patrons
Câu 4: In paragraph 2, what did people look for in a good portrait?


A.  clear facial expressions                           


B.  an accurate likeness


C. indicators of character          


D. every detail, including bumps on the head
Câu 5: Physiognomy and phrenology are theories _________ .
 


A. that are no longer as popular


B. that were used to enable people to select artists with the best characteristics in their appearance


C. that meant people usually only needed one portrait     


D. that were used to try to get the closet likeness possible
Câu 6: The word poses is closest in meaning to _________ .


A. stance            


B. height    


C. weight       


D.  manner
Câu 7: The word acquire is closest in meaning to ___________ .


A. steal       


B. borrow     


C. ask 


D. get
Câu 8: In what ways did American artists try to gain greater success?


A. by inviting European artists toAmerica 


B. by traveling abroad


C. by becoming expatriates     


D. by not only painting portraits
Câu 9: The final paragraph of the passage will probably continue with a discussion of _________ .
 


A. artists moving between countries      


B. other ways artists tried to gain local


C. artists from other countries   


D. other lesser known artists
Câu 10: Where in the passage does the author draw a comparison of American and English practices in producing commission portraits?
 


A. the first paragraph                                    


B. the second paragraph


C.  the third paragraph               


D. the fourth paragraph
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Câu 1: Every time he opens his mouth, he immediately regrets what he said. He is always putting his foot in his mouth.
 


A. speak indirectly   


B. making a mistake      


C. doing things in the wrong order   


D. saying embarrassing things
Câu 2: The question of why prehistoric animals became extinct has not been conclusively answered.
 
 


A. predominantly       


B. extensively      


C. especially        


D. decisively   
Câu 3: To everyone’s fury, misconduct by doctors and nurses is found out and ends up in media.
 
 


A. demoralisation


B. misdemeanour           


C. malpractice         


D. malevolence

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I :Read the following passage and mark on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.Feminism, collective term for systems of belief and theories that pay special (1) _____to women’s rights and women’s position in culture and society. The term tends to be used for the women’s rights movement, which began in the late 18th century and continues to campaign for complete political, social, and economic equality between women and men. This article (2)____specifically with the development of the ideas behind that movement and their  (3) ____ and impact.Feminists are united by the idea that women’s position in society is unequal to (4)____ of men, and that society is structured in such a way as to benefit men to the political, social, and economic (5) _____ of women. However, feminists have used different theories to explain these (6) ____ and have advocated different ways of redressing inequalities, and there are marked geographic and historical variations in the nature of feminism.Historically, feminist thought and activity can be divided into two waves. The first wave, which began in about 1800 and (7) _____ until the 1930s, was largely concerned with gaining equal rights between women and men. The second wave, which began in the late 1960s, has continued to fight for (8) ____ but has also developed a (9)_____ of theories and approaches that stress the difference between women and men and that draw attention to the (10) __ needs of women.
Câu 1: _________ (1)


A. notice  


B. attention        


C. benefit    


D. equality
Câu 2: _________ (2)


A. deals  


B. provide 


C. familiar     


D. initiates
Câu 3: _________ (3)


A. pressure     


B.  problem        


C. variation       


D. influence
Câu 4: _________ (4)


A. most              


B.  those            


C.  that  


D. which
Câu 5: _________ (5)


A. detriment


B. deviance       


C. dismalness 


D. diffusion
Câu 6: _________ (6)


A. difference   


B. unequalities       


C. equalities      


D. inequalities
Câu 7: _________ (7)


A. widened   


B. spent  


C. lasted    


D. lengthened
Câu 8: _________ (8)


A. freedom           


B. independence      


C. tradition  


D.  equality
Câu 9: _________ (9)


A. kind       


B. sort       


C. range    


D. type
Câu 10: _________ (10)


A. definite   


B. specific          


C. vague       


D. general
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