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.According to anthropologists, people in pre-industrial societies spent 3 to 4 hours per day or about 20 hours per week doing the work necessary for life. Modern comparison of the amount of work performed per week, however, began with the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) when 10 to 12-hour workdays with six workdays per week were the norm. Even with extensive time devoted to work, however, both incomes and standards of living were low. As incomes rose near the end of the Industrial Revolution, it became increasingly common to treat Saturday afternoons as a half-day holiday. The half- day holiday had become standard practice in Britain by the 1870s, but did not become common in the United States until the 1920s. In the United States, the first third of the twentieth century saw the workweek move from 60 hours per week to just under 50 hours by the start of the 1930s. In 1914 Henry Ford reduced daily work hours at his automobile plants from 9 to 8. In 1926 he announced that henceforth his factories would close for the entire day on Saturday. At the time, Ford received criticism from other firms such as United States Steel and Westinghouse, but the idea was popular with workers. The Depression years of the 1930s brought with them the notion of job sharing to spread available work around; the workweek dropped to a modem low for the United States of 35 hours. In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act mandated a weekly maximum of 40 hours to begin in 1940, and since that time the 8-hour day, 5-day workweek has been the standard in the United States. Adjustments in various places, however, show that this standard is not immutable. In 1987, for example, German metalworkers struck for and received a 37.5-hour workweek; and in 1990 many workers in Britain won a 37-hour week. Since 1989, the Japanese government has moved from a 6 to a 5-day workweek and has set a national target of 1,800 work hours per year for the average worker. The average amount of work per year in Japan in 1989 was 2,088 hours per worker, compared to 1,957 for the United States and 1,646 for France.
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?  


A. Why people in preindustrial societies worked few hours per week


B. Changes that have occurred In the number of hours that people work per week


C. A comparison of the number of hours worked per year in several industries


D. Working conditions during the Industrial Revolution
Câu 2: Compared to preindustrial times, the number of hours in the workweek in the nineteenth century


A. remained constant     


B. decreased slightly


C. decreased significantly 


D. increased significantly
Câu 3: The word "henceforth" in line 11 is closest in meaning to


A. in the end     


B. for a brief period   


C. from that time on     


D. on occasion
Câu 4: The "idea" mentioned in line 13 refers to  


A. the 60-hour workweek


B. the reduction in the cost of automobiles


C. the reduction in the workweek at some automobile factories


D. the criticism of Ford by United States Steel and Westinghouse
Câu 5: What is one reason for the change in the length of the workweek for the average worker in the United States during the 1930's?  


A. Several people sometimes shared a single job.


B. Labor strikes in several countries influenced labor policy in the United states.


C. Several corporations increased the length of the workweek.


D. The United States government instituted a 35-hour workweek.
Câu 6: Which of the following is mentioned as one of the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Art of 1938?


A. To discourage workers from asking for increased wages


B. To establish a limit on the number of hours in the workweek    


C. To allow employers to set the length of the workweek for their workers


D. To restrict trade with countries that had a long workweek
Câu 7: The word "immutable" in line 18 is closest in meaning to


A. unmatched   


B. irregular     


C. unnecessary    


D. unchangeable

A.
B.
C.
D.

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


A. cursed      


B. ragged     


C. sacred   


D. compiled
Câu 2:


A. desperate                  


B. irritate 


C. grateful    


D. frustrate

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.Since the time of Nostradamus, meteorologists have been trying to decipher the mystery of climatic changes. Their objective has been to be able to precisely (15)______ the weather for the days to come. In the past, meteorologists looked skywards to find hints in the clouds. At present, their eyes are directed at the spots (16)______the most intriguing climatic transformations (17)______about, namely, the ultimate depths of the oceans where swirls, whirlpools and waves generate the patterns for the future weather.The most efficient way of (18)_____ hold of the ever changing map of the swirling currents circulating their heat around the planet is from space. Weather satellites equipped (19)_____ complicated instruments examine the surface and the bottom of the oceans and determine the exact height of water. The impressive advantage offered by satellite scanning is that measurements can be (20)_____ even in the most inaccessible parts of the oceans and can provide daily pictures of the water surface together with the calculated wave height and wind speed.
Câu 1: (15)______


A. unravel         


B. perceive


C. forecast  


D. explore
Câu 2: (16)______


A. when 


B. where 


C. what  


D. why
Câu 3: (17)______


A. come         


B. turn       


C. bring  


D. get
Câu 4: (18)_____


A. getting    


B. coming    


C. finding        


D. making
Câu 5: (19)_____


A. by         


B. with  


C. in 


D. of
Câu 6: (20)_____


A. done            


B. formed


C. fulfilled  


D. taken

A.
B.
C.
D.

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


A. emotional           


B. capacity


C. opinion 


D. instrument
Câu 2:


A. documentary 


B. contemporary


C. complementary


D. contradictory

A.
B.
C.
D.

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.BOOKSNearly all the discoveries that have been made through the ages can (31)_                in books. The invention of the book is one of humankind's (32)              achievements, the importance of which can not be evaluated . Books are very useful, providing us with both entertainment and information. The production of books began in Ancient Egypt, though not in  the  form  that  is  accessible  to  us  today.The  books  read  by  Romans,  (33)                 , have some similarities to the ones we read now. Until the middle of the 15th century, in Europe, all books were written by hand.  They (34)          often beautifully illustrated and always rare and expensive. With printing came the possibility of cheap, large publication and distribution of book making (35)            more widespread and reliable.
Câu 1:


A. found                     


B. find                                    


C. founded                 


D.  be found
Câu 2:


A. greatest                  


B. greatly                    


C. great                      


D. greater
Câu 3:


A. Because                 


B. So                          


C. So that         


D. However
Câu 4:


A. are                         


B. have                       


C. were                      


D. have been
Câu 5:


A. known                   


B. know                     


C. knowledge             


D. knowledgeable

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: " If I were you, I wouldn't make a fuss, " he said.


A. He accused me of making a fuss.  


B. He advised me not to make a fuss.


C. He refused to make a fuss.    


D. He denied making a fuss.
Câu 2: The burglar was caught red- handed by the police when he broke into the flat.


A. The police caught the burglar to break into the flat .


B. The police caught the burglar when breaking into the flat.


C. When the burglar had broken into the flat, the police caught him at once.


D. The police caught the burglar breaking into the flat.
Câu 3: It is reported that the prisoners escaped by means of a helicopter.


A. The prisoners is reported to have escaped by means of a helicopter.


B. The prisoners are reported to have escaped by means of a helicopter.


C. The prisoners are reported to escape by means of a helicopter.


D. The prisoners are reported to have been escaped by means of a helicopter.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: As a government official, Benjamin Franklin often traveled abroad.


A. overseas                                             


B. alone                         


C. widely                       


D. secretly
Câu 2: It is required for all students to take the entrance examination in oder to attend the university.


A. useful 


B. compulsory 


C. optional 


D. important

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Câu 1: "What a great haircut, Lucy!"
-"                "


A. Thank you. That's a nice compliment. 


B. It's my pleasure.


C. Thanks. It's very kind of you to do this


D. Oh, yes. That's right.
Câu 2: James :  "Where will you  go on vacation?"
Thomson "                                 "


A. The beach is nice, isn't it? 


B. Probably I won't think of.


C. Probably to the beach. 


D. I have a four-day vacation.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Japanese (A) initially used (B) jeweled objects to decorate (C) swords and ceremonial items. (D)


A. Japanese 


B. used 


C. decorate 


D. items
Câu 2: Last week Mark told (A) me that he got (B) very bored with his present job and is looking (C) for a new one. (D)


A. told 


B. got 


C. is looking


D. new one
Câu 3: There are (A) many (B) single mothers and single fathers which (C) are raising children by themselves. (D)


A. are 


B. many 


C. which 


D. themselves

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Weather (A) and geographical (B) conditions may determine the type of (C) transportation using in (D) a region.


A. Weather


B. geographical


C. the type of


D. using in
Câu 2: Commercial airliners do not fly in the vicinity (A) of volcanic eruptions because even a small amount (B) of volcanic ash (C) can damage its (D) engines.


A. in the vicinity


B. amount


C. ash


D. its

A.
B.
C.
D.