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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 of the questions.It’s a sound you will probably never hear, a sickened tree sending out a distress signal. But a group of scientists has heard the cries, and they think some insects also hear the trees and are drawn to them like vulture to a dying animal. Researchers with the US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service fastened sensors to the bark of drought-stricken trees clearly heard distress calls. According to one of the scientists, most parched trees transmit their plight in the 50-hertz to 50-kilohertz range. (The unaided human ear can detect no more than 20 kilohertz). Red oak, maple, white pine, and birch all make slightly different sounds in the form of vibrations at the surface of the wood.The scientists think that the vibrations are created when the water columns insidc tubes that run along the length of the tree break, a result of too little water following through them. These fractured columns send out distinctive vibration pattems. Because some insects communicate at ultrasonic frequencies, they may pick up the trees' vibration and attack the weakened trees. Researchers are now running tests with potted trees that have been deprived of water to see if the sound is what attracts the insects. “Water-stressed trees also smell differently from other trees, arid they experience thermal changes, so insects could be responding to something other than sound,’' One scientist said.Notes:-          vulture (n): chim kền kền.-          potted (adj): mọc lên trong chậu.-          distress call (n): tiếng kêu báo tin nguy cấp.-          oak (n): cây sồi; maple (n): cây thích; birch (n): cây cáng lò, cây bulô.
Câu 1: Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?


A. The vibrations produced by insects. 


B. The sound made by trees. 


C. The mission of the us Forest Service.


D. The effect of insects on trees.
Câu 2: The word “them” in line 3 refers to  _________ .


A. scientists


B. trees


C. vultures 


D. insects
Câu 3: The word “parched” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to  _________  .


A. recovered 


B. burned 


C. damaged


D. dehydrated
Câu 4: It can be inferred from the passage that the sounds produced by the trees ________ .


A. are the same no matter what type of tree produces them


B. cannot be heard by the unaided human ear 


C. fall into the 1-20 kilohertz


D. serve as a form of communication among trees
Câu 5: The word “plight” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to  ________ .


A. condition


B. cry


C. agony


D. need
Câu 6: All the following are mentioned as possible factors in drawing insects to weakened trees EXCEPT  ________ .


A. thermal changes 


B. smells


C. sounds  


D. changes in colors
Câu 7: Which of the following could be considered a cause of the distress signals of trees?


A. lack of water  


B.  attacks by insects


C.  experiments by scientists


D. torn roots
Câu 8: The word “fractured” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________ .


A.  broken


B. hollow


C. long   


D.  blocked
Câu 9: It can be inferred from the passage that research concerning the distress signals of trees  _________ .


A. is no longer sponsored by the government


B. has been unproductive up to now


C. was conducted many years ago


D. is continuing
Câu 10: The phrase “pick up” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by which of the following?


A.  attack  


B. lift 


C. transmit


D. perceive
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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: If you hadn’t lost the pieces, we _________ a game of chess.


A. couldn’t have had 


B. can't have


C. may have 


D. could have
Câu 2: She could _____ in the garage when we came around, which would explain why she didn’t hear the bell.


A. work


B. be working


C. have been worked 


D. have been working
Câu 3: Kelly wanted to have a live band _________ at her wedding.


A. to be played 


B.  play


C. played


D. been playing
Câu 4: You should ________ a professional to check your house for earthquake damage.


A. have


B. make


C. take


D. get
Câu 5: We_______ today and I got into trouble because I hadn’t done it.


A. had checked our homework 


B. had our homework checked


C. were checked our homework


D. have our homework checking
Câu 6: I believe that judges should be independent _________  the government.


A. to


B. form


C. with


D. on
Câu 7: I think there’s a picture of the hotel ___________  the first page.


A. on


B. at


C. in


D. to
Câu 8: I‘m saving all my pocket money _________ to buy a new Playstation.  


A. out  


B. down


C. up 


D. away
Câu 9: The MP asked _________  the Prime Minister was aware of the growing social problem.


A. that


B. him


C. if


D. what
Câu 10: Remind Tony about the party __________ he forgets.


A. in case


B. unless


C. provided that


D. except
Câu 11: You're going to set up the equipment in a minute. ________ give you a hand?


A. Shall I


B. Will I


C.  Would I


D. Do I
Câu 12: They __________  have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead.


A. could


B. must


C. might


D. can't
Câu 13: I'm sorry, but I’ve got _________ much work to do to come to the beach today.


A. so


B. such


C. enough


D. too
Câu 14: "_____ ?” “About ten miles before we met him.”


A. How fast did he drive


B. How long did he drive


C. How often did he drive


D. How far did he drive
Câu 15: “What do you want to do this summer?" "I think we should go somewhere _________ has plenty of sun and sand.”


A. who


B. where


C. when


D. that
Câu 16: I gave the waiter a £50 note ad waited for my  _______ .


A. change    


B. supply


C. cash


D. cost
Câu 17: We usually do go by train, even though the car ________ is a lot quicker.


A. travel 


B. journey


C. move 


D. voyage
Câu 18: Do you have ________ to take that bicycle?


A. allowance


B. exception


C. willingness


D. permission
Câu 19: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely ________ for spaghetti carbonara.


A. recipe 


B. prescription 


C. receipt  


D. paper
Câu 20: People can become very _______ when they are stuck in traffic for a long time.


A. nervous


B.  bad-tempered


C. stressful 


D. pressed
Câu 21: The government should do more for _________ people.


A. usual


B. ordinary


C. everyday


D. typical
Câu 22: Dogs make very _________ pets. They’ll always stay by your side.


A. mental 


B. private


C. loyal


D. digital
Câu 23: The sign says that all shoplifters will be ________ .


A. persecuted 


B. disapproved


C. prosecuted  


D.  prohibited
Câu 24: The boy __________ that he had had anything to do with the break-in.


A. refused 


B. denied


C. objected


D. rejected
Câu 25: Going on this diet has really _____________me good. I've lost weight and I feel fantastic!


A. made


B. taken


C. done


D. had
Câu 26: I’m going to stay at university and try to _________ off getting a job for a few years.


A. stay


B. put


C. move


D. set
Câu 27: I know we had an argument, but now I’d quite like to  ________ .


A. look down


B. make up


C. fall out 


D. bring up
Câu 28: “Goodbye, Susie!” “  _________ !”


A. So so 


B. The same


C.  Yeah


D. So long
Câu 29: “You must be Jane’s sister. Glad to meet you.” “ ________  ”


A. I am, either. 


B. So I am. I’m glad.


C. What do you do?


D.  Me, too.
Câu 30: “How lovely your pets are?” “  _________ ”


A. Thank you. It’s nice of you to say so.


B. Really? They are always very nice.


C. Can you say that again? 


D. I love them, too.
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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: This quarrel is likely to lead to a fight.


A. This quarrel is likely to result from a fight.


B. The result of this fight is likely to lead to a quarrel.


C. This quarrel is somewhat like a fight.


D. This quarrel is likely to result in a fight.
Câu 2: He makes a better husband than father.


A. He tries to be a good husband than father.


B. His father is better than her husband.


C. He is more successful as a husband than a father.


D. Fathers are usually good husbands.
Câu 3: But for their help, we couldn’t have survived the famine.


A. If they didn’t help us, we couldn’t survive the famine


B. If they hadn’t helped us, we couldn’t have survived the famine.


C. We survived the famine without their help.


D. If only they had helped us, we could have survived the famine.
Câu 4: You will soon get used to the noise from the flat upstairs.


A. You will soon be familiar with the noise from the flat upstairs.


B. You used to hear the noise from the flat upstairs.


C. You will soon like the noise from the flat upstairs.


D. You will soon use the noise from the flat upstairs.
Câu 5: Jim came down with flu and had to stay in.


A. Jim came down to stay with flu.


B. Jim had to stay home in case he caught flu.


C. Jim came down and then had to stay home with flu.


D. Jim had to stay home because he had flu.
Câu 6: It is an undeniable fact that children watch too much TV.


A. It is undeniable that too many children watch TV.


B. It is undeniable that children don’t watch enough TV.


C. It can be denied that children watch too many TV programmes.


D. It is obviously true that children spend too much time watching TV.
Câu 7: She pretended not to see him.


A. She refused to see him.


B. She ignored him when she saw him.


C. She saw him but didn't say hello.


D. She admitted seeing him.
Câu 8: He seemed very reluctant to take my advice.


A. He seemed quite willing to take my advice.


B. He seemed very anxious to take my advice.


C. It seemed he was not ready to give me advice.


D. It seemed he was not willing to take my advice.
Câu 9: We’d never stayed in such an expensive hotel before.


A. The hotel was not more expensive than we had ever expected.


B. The hotel was more expensive than we had ever expected.


C. The hotel was as expensive as we had ever expected.


D. The hotel was less expensive than we had ever expected.
Câu 10: Immediately after her appearance, everything changed.


A. As soon as everything changed, she appeared.


B. Upon appearing, everything changed.


C. Soon after she appeared did everything change.


D. No sooner had she appeared did everything change.
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Câu 1: What does this passage mainly discuss?


A. the lasting effects of bluegrass music


B. the development of an American instrument


C. the life of a banjo


D. changes in music in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Câu 2: The banjo originally came from_____


A. southern plantations


B. folk and country music


C. minstrel shows


D. Africa
Câu 3: The word “plantations” in the first paragraph most probably refers to______


A. types of farms in the South


B. southern states


C. southern musical theaters


D. bands common in the South
Câu 4: Which of the following words is most similar to the word “pegs"' in the first paragraph?


A. holes


B. bars


C. pins


D. strings
Câu 5: The word “precise” in the first paragraph could best be replaced by which of the following?


A. accurate


B. confirmed


C. processed


D. forthcoming
Câu 6: According to the passage, all of the following are true of the five-string banjo EXCEPT___


A. it was used by Earl Scruggs


B. it was famous in the production of bluegrass music


C. it had an unfretted string


D. it was a tenor banjo
Câu 7: Which of the following is most similar to the meaning of "comeback" in the second paragraph?


A. performance


B. reappearance


C. gain


D. achievement
Câu 8: The word “renewed” in the second paragraph could be best replaced by which of the following?


A. rescued


B. remarkable


C. revived


D. renowned
Câu 9: Which of the following means most nearly the same as the word “forefront" in the second paragraph?


A. forecast


B. spotlight


C. footnote


D. record
Câu 10: Which of the following best indicates the author’s attitude toward the banjo?


A. It is a unique instrument.


B. It should be in a museum.


C. It should be used more.


D. It must be kept alive.
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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 of the questions.Are you interested in seeing the beautiful fall foliage of New England but tired of traffic jams and overbooked hotels? Then this year forget the crowds in New England and see the beautiful colors of autumn in the Catskills.These rugged mountains in New York State, just 90 miles northwest of New York City are famous for the legendary tales of Rip Van Winkle, and more recently for the summer hotels that sprang up in the region during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Families trying to escape the heat of New York City found the Catskills to be the perfect place to stay for a month or so each summer. By the late 1950s, there were over 500 resorts and hotels offering nighttime entertainments as well as all kinds of outdoor activities. Famous comedians like Jackie Gleason, Joan Rivers, and Sid Caesar all got their start touring the hotel clubs here. Since the introduction of air- conditioning and cheaper air travel, however, families have stopped coming to the Catskills in such large numbers, choosing instead more distant locations at different times of the year. Many of the Catskills hotels closed in the 1970s, but some remain and have expanded and changed their facilities to meet the needs of today‘s visitors.Currently, there are many activities available to the traveler besides witnessing the changing colors of the leaves. There is an all-organic sheep farm where visitors can see how a traditional sheep farm operates. There are also hundreds of miles of scenic drives in the area. Route 42, for instance, is an excellent site for spotting bald eagles. For more information on vacations in the Catskills, call the Office of Public Information.
Câu 1: What is the author’s main purpose in this passage?


A. to promote the Catskills as a vacation destination


B. to introduce visitors to famous Catskills entertainers


C. to describe the history of the Catskills region


D. to compare the Catskills to New England
Câu 2: The word “rugged” in the second paragraph could be best replaced by which of the following?


A. barren


B. rough


C. tall


D. lush
Câu 3: According to the passage. which of the following caused the decline in the number of resorts in the 1970s?


A. television


B. shorter vacations


C. affordable air travel


D. more traffic
Câu 4: The phrase “sprang up" in the second paragraph most probably refers to something that has_____


A. burst forth


B. spread out


C. operated vigorously


D. joined together
Câu 5: In what season would a tourist most likely have visited the Catskills in the 1950s?


A. fall


B. winter


C. spring


D. summer
Câu 6: Which of the following most reflects the author‘s tone in this passage?


A. light and encouraging


B. informative and scientific


C. humorous and sceptical


D. regretful and reminiscent
Câu 7: What does the passage imply that a visitor might be lucky enough to do?


A. see fall leaves in color


B. see a kind of bird


C. work on a sheep farm


D. drive on scenic roads
Câu 8: The word "drives" in the third paragraph refers to_____


A. excursions


B. tracks


C. paths


D. canyons
Câu 9: Which of the following could best replace the word “spotting” in the third paragraph?


A. photographing


B. seeing


C. painting


D. shooting
Câu 10: The author implies that in the Catskills there are few_____


A. leaves


B. eagles


C. people


D. sheep
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 1: My sister worries so much about fitness that she wastes a lot of time and money.


A. My sister wastes a lot of time and money though she worries so much about fitness.


B. Worrying too much about fitness, my sister wastes a lot of time and money.


C. My sister worries about fitness so that she wastes a lot of time and money.


D. Fitness worried, my sister wasted a lot of time and money.
Câu 2: My personal opinion doesn't really matter. We need to decide for the good of everyone


A. We need to decide for the good of everyone, so my personal opinion doesn't t really matter.


B. If my personal opinion doesn't really matter, we need to decide for the good of everyone.


C. Deciding for the good of everyone makes our personal opinion not really matter at all.


D. Though my personal opinion really matters, we need to decide for the good of everyone.

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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 of the questions.Marianne Moore (1887-1972) once said that her writing could be called poetry only because there was no other name for it. Indeed her poems appear to be extremely compressed essays that happen to be printed in jagged lines on the page. Her subjects were varied: animals, laborers, artists, and the craft of poetry. From her general reading came quotations that she found striking or insightful. She included these in her poems, scrupulously enclosed in quotation marks, and sometimes identified in footnotes. Of this practice, she wrote, "Why many quotation marks?" I am asked ... When a thing has been so well that it could not be said better, why paraphrase it? Hence, my writing is, if not a cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of flies in amber." Close observation and concentration on detail and the methods of her poetry.Marianne Moore grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri, near St. Lois. After graduation from Bryn Mawr College in 1909, she taught commercial subjects at the Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Later she became a librarian in New York City. During the 1920’s she was editor of The Dial, an important literary magazine of the period. She lived quietly all her life, mostly in Brooklyn, New York. She spent a lot of time at the Bronx Zoo, fascinated by animals. Her admiration of the Brooklyn Dodgers-before the team moved to Los Angeles-was widely known.Her first book of poems was published in London in 1921 by a group of friends associated with the Imagist movement. From that time on her poetry has been read with interest by succeeding generations of poets and readers. In 1952 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems. She wrote that she did not write poetry for money or fame. To earn a living is needful, but it can be done in routine ways. One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express.
Câu 1: What is the passage mainly about?


A. Essayists and poets of the 1920's.


B. The use of quotations in poetry.


C. Marianne Moore's life and work.


D. The influence of the Imagists on Marianne Moore.
Câu 2: Which of the following can be inferred about Moore's poems?


A. They were all published in The Dial.


B. They tend to be abstract.


C. They are better known in Europe than the United States.


D. They do not use traditional verse forms.
Câu 3: According to the passage, Moore wrote about all of the following EXCEPT


A. artists   


B. workers  


C. animals    


D. fossils
Câu 4: What does Moore refer to as "flies in amber" (paragraph 1)?


A. Concentration on detail.  


B. Poetry in the twentieth-century.


C. A common image in her poetry.      


D. Quotations within her poetry.
Câu 5: The author mentions all of the following as jobs held by Moore EXCEPT


A. librarian     


B. commercial artist


C. teacher    


D. magazine editor
Câu 6: Where did Moore spend most of her adult life?


A. In Carlisle.


B. In Kirkwood.    


C. In Los Angeles. 


D. In Brooklyn.
Câu 7: The word “it” in the third paragraph refers to   


A. writing poetry  


B. earning a living   


C. becoming famous


D. attracting readers
Câu 8: It can be inferred from the passage that Moore wrote because she


A. was dissatisfied with what others wrote     


B. wanted to win awards


C. wanted to raise money for the Bronx Zoo  


D. felt a need to express herself
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