Error Identification.
A person's body postures, movements but positions more often tell us exactly what they mean.
A.person's    
B.exactly                                
C.what                                   
D.but

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
I prefer secure jobs because I don’t like keeping on moving and changing all the time.
A.challenging
B.demanding
C.stable
D.safe

Sit down everybody. The film is ...........to start
A.ready for
B.about to
C.coming to
D.already

II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group.

A.consumer                               

Kiến thức : trọng âm các từ có 3 âm tiết
Giải thích :



A. consumer /kənˈsuːmər/    
B. festival /ˈfestɪvl/   
C. tornado /tɔːrˈneɪdoʊ/
D. effective/ɪˈfektɪv/


Câu B trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ nhất, còn lại là thứ 2.
Đáp án B
 
B.festival
C.tornado 
D.effective

Trees were planted along the streets_______
A. when you go into a pub.
B.shouting in the distance.
C.so as to reduce traffic noise.
D. when you drive a car.

Task 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

A.bought
B.nought
C.plough
D.thought

"Let me go!" the boy said to the policeman.
A.The boy asked the policeman to let him going.
B.The boy asked the policeman to ask him go.
C.The boy asked the policeman to let him to go.
D.The boy asked the policeman to let him go.

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 35 to 42.
Cambridge University is considering axing compulsory written exams, allowing students to use laptops or iPads instead, after tutors complained that students' handwriting is becoming illegible. Academics say the move, which would bring an end to over 800 years of tradition, has come about because students rely too heavily on laptops in lectures, and are losing the ability to write by hand.
Dr Sarah Pearsall, a senior lecturer at Cambridge University, said handwriting is becoming a ''lost art'' among the current generation of students. She added, ''It's increasingly hard for our examiners to read students' scripts. Those with illegible writing are forced to come back to their college during the summer holidays to read their answers aloud in the presence of two university administrators. It's extraordinarily commendable that the University is considering reforms to its examination practices.''
Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, said it is inevitable that universities will move to computers as handwriting deteriorates in the coming years. ''We have to accept the reality. Handwriting has now become an optional, not a necessary, part of education. There simply isn't the same time in the curriculum for learning elegant, beautiful handwriting. Life is so quick now. Everybody writes as if they were a doctor writing a prescription,'' he said. ''Handwriting is not necessary for great thought, great English, or great intelligence. Some of our finest wordsmiths today write using laptops, and we have to fight to preserve what is really important, such as the use of great English or great sentence structures.''
Others, however, were not very positive about the move. Tracey Trussell, a handwriting expert, urged Cambridge to ensure that students continue to write by hand. She said, ''It's vital that people continue to write by hand. Writing by hand improves memory and equates to a higher rate of comprehension and information retention.'' There is also concern that schools could follow Cambridge's example by moving away from handwriting. Dr Jane Medwell, Associate Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham, is concerned that scrapping handwritten exams in universities could prompt ''downward curriculum pressure'' on primary and secondary schools to follow suit.
(Adapted from http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
It can be inferred from what Sir Anthony Seldon said in paragraph 3 that ______.
A.schools in the country used to have more time for handwriting practice
B.schools in the country have failed to preserve the beauty of English
C.people's handwriting generally reflects their intelligence and linguistic competence
D.the majority of doctors these days no longer write prescriptions by hand

My brother has to walk ten miles to buy some gas last weekend.
A.has to walk
B.to buy
C.some gas
D.weekend

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions, from questions 47 to questions 50.
            Students working for their first degree at university are called undergraduates. Then they take their degree we say they graduate, and then they are called graduates. If they continue studying at university after they have graduated, they are called post-graduates. Full-time university students spend all their free time studying. They have no other employment. Their course usually lasts for three or four years. Medical students have to follow a course lasting for six or seven years. Then they graduate as doctors. In Britain, full-time university students have three terms of about ten weeks in each year. During these terms they go to lectures or they study by themselves. Many students become members of academic societies and sports clubs and take part in their activities. Between the university terms they have vacations (or holiday periods). Their vacations are long, but of course they can use them to study at home.
Which of the following is NOT correct?
A.Full time university students don’t have other employment.
B.Medical students spend six or seven years studying at university.
C.A university course usually lasts for three or four years.
D.Students in Britain have no holiday periods.