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 46 to 55.Archimedes' Principle is a law of physics that states that when an object is totally or partially immersed in a fluid, it experiences an upthrust equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. The principle is most frequently applied to the behaviour of objects in water, and helps to explain floating and sinking, and why objects seem lighter in water. It also applies to balloons.   The key word in the principle is “upthrust”, which refers to the force acting upward to reduce the apparent weight of the object when it is under water. If, for example, a metal block with a volume of 100 cm3 is dipped in water, it displaces an equal volume of water, which has a weight of approximately 1 N (3.5 oz). The block therefore seems to weigh about 1 N less.   An object will float if its average density is less than that of water. If it is totally submerged, the weight of the water it displaces (and hence the upthrust on it) is greater than its own weight, and it is forced upward and out of the water, until the weight of the water displaced by the submerged part is exactly equal to the weight of the floating object. Thus a block of wood with a density six tenths that of water will float with six tenths of its volume under water, since at that point the weight of fluid displaced is the same as the block’s own weight. If a dense material is made into a suitable shape, it will float because of Archimedes’ principle. A ship floats, whereas a block of iron of the same mass sinks.   It is also because of Archimedes’ principle that ships float lower in the water when they are heavily loaded (more water must be displaced to give the necessary upthrust). In addition, they cannot be so heavily loaded if they are to sail in fresh water as they can if they are to sail in the sea, since fresh water is less dense than sea water, and so more water must be displaced to give the necessary upthrust. This means the ship is lower in the water, which can be dangerous in rough weather.   From "Archimedes' Principle", Microsoft® Student 2008 [DVD]. Microsoft Corporation, 2007.
Câu 1: What happens when something is immersed in a fluid?


A. It will be pushed further down with a force, equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.


B. It receives an upward force, equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.


C. It receives a downward force, equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.


D. The fluid will expand the object and overflow to the floor.
Câu 2: The word “volume” in the passage refers to ______.


A. loudness


B. quantity


C. frequency


D. length
Câu 3: The word “displaces” in the passage almost means “______”.


A. takes the place of


B. takes place


C. replaces with a new one


D. puts in position
Câu 4: If an object’s average density is less than that of water, the object will ______.


A. sink


B. float


C. inflate


D. drift
Câu 5: A block of wood with a density seven tenths that of water will ______.


A. go up and down then sink


B. float with a half of its volume under water


C. float with an equal volume of its volume under water


D. sink immediately when submerged
Câu 6: A ship floats, whereas a block of iron of the same mass sinks because the ship ______.


A. is made of wood


B. is lighter


C. has buoys


D. has a special shape
Câu 7: The phrase “six tenths” in the passage means “______”.


A. 6 and 10


B. 10/6


C. 10 of 6


D. 6/10
Câu 8: The word “upthrust” in the passage refers to the ______.


A. upward push


B. upper side of an object


C. upturned force


D. upside-down turn
Câu 9: Ships cannot be so heavily loaded if they want to sail in fresh water as they sail in the sea, because ______.


A. fresh water is ‘lighter’ than sea water


B. there’s too much salt in sea water


C. sea water is ‘saltier’ than fresh water


D. fresh water is more polluted
Câu 10: Archimedes' Principle explains why ______.


A. all objects will float


B. Archimedes became famous


C. objects seem lighter in water


D. humans can swim
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IX: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 from 66 to 75.The Eighth Wonder of the WorldThe Thames Barrier is a major part of the flood defence scheme for protecting London (66)____________ rising water levels. The defenses (67)__________ include raised river embankments and additional flood gates at strategic points, including the Barking Baưier. The unique structure that is the Barrier spans the 520-metre wide Woolwich reach and consists of 10 separate movable gates, each pivoting and supported between concrete structures which house the operating machinery.When raised, the four main gates (68)_____________ stand as high as a five-storey building and as (69)_________ as the opening of Tower Bridge. Each (70)_____________ 3700 tonnes. During the first twelve years of (71)_________ , the Barrier has been closed twenty nine times to protect London.(72)__________ the Barrier from the comfortable Cafeteria. Picnic on the riverside embankment. Enjoy beautiful views from the riverside walk. Visit the shop which stocks a large selection of souvenirs, books and Barrier information.There is a children’s play (73) ________ suitable for 4 – to 12-year olds, (74) __________ adjacent to the riverside walk. A visit to the spectacular Thames Barrier is a (75) ___________ experience.
Câu 1:


A. against   


B.  for 


C. between   


D. with
Câu 2:


A. and  


B. also  


C. still 


D. too
Câu 3:


A. which


B. every   


C. each 


D. none
Câu 4:


A. thick    


B. heavy


C.  wide   


D. fat
Câu 5:


A. measures


B. costs  


C. calculates


D. weighs
Câu 6:


A. operation


B. surgery  


C. vocation


D. profession
Câu 7:


A. Slight   


B. View


C. Hear 


D. Explore
Câu 8:


A. region   


B. country


C. area


D. farm
Câu 9:


A. discovered 


B. founded  


C. visited     


D.  located
Câu 10:


A. forgettable 


B. memorable  


C. forgetful  


D. memorised
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 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 .Getting fit and slimYou started the year in fine form, made a promise to yourself to get fit and slim, joined a gym and started a diet. But what happened to those gym visits and the lettuce diet? At least half of us who try to get fit and thinner give up after less than a month. Many people blame their failure on lack of time. Lack of willpower was highly important too.Much of this is down to the way we set unrealistic fitness goals — a flat stomach in eight weeks and a celebrity diet plan - instead of trying the boringly practical long-term fix of exercising a bit more and eating a bit less. Most fitness clubs get an influx of new members from January to March, but their use of the gym tends to decline after that. So how do you beat the temptation to give up? First, don’t expect to fail as soon as you start - be positive, even if you’ve failed before. Many people are fooled into believing that they need to follow an expensive eating plan. This is simply not true. The answer is to soul-search for the thing that really interests and motivates you. It’s fine to have small motivations, but you should write them down and put them together to make a list of things to keep you going.You also need to change the way you think about things. Women feel particularly guilty about doing the three-hour-a-week exercise routine, thinking it ‘selfish time’ that takes them away from responsibilities to family and friends. It is better to regard this as vital ‘self-care’ time. People also think three hours is a lot of time out of their week, but we spend around 98 hours a week awake - and the other 95 we are just sitting around.
Câu 1: Where might this text be found?


A. In a novel.     


B. In a diary. 


C. In a newspaper.


D. In a proposal.
Câu 2: How would you describe this text?  


A. entertaining 


B. sarcastic  


C. informative


D. aggressive
Câu 3: People tend to give up a fitness regime because _________ .


A. they have achieved their goals.   


B. they expect too much of themselves,


C. they become too tired. 


D.  they can’t afford to continue.
Câu 4: In order to continue a successful fitness programme _________ .


A. you need to find a strong and lasting reason.  


B. you need a soul-mate to exercise with,


C. you can’t avoid suffering.         


D. your friends and family will have to suffer.
Câu 5: Which headline would best suit the text?  


A. Exercise - it’s not worth the effort. 


B. Don’t overtire yourself.


C. Going to the gym is a waste of time.     


D. You can get fit if you really want to.

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B.
C.
D.

VII:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best way to complete each of the following sentences with the words or phrases provided.
Câu 1: She wanted to serve some coffee to her guests;__________ .


A. however, she did not have much sugar


B. although she hadn't many sugar


C. therefore, there was not a great amount of the sugar


D. so, she was lacking in amount of the sugar
Câu 2: Having been served lunch,_________ .


A. the problem was discussed by the members of the committee


B. the committee members discussed the problem


C. it was discussed by the committee members the problem


D. a discussion of the problem was made by the committee
Câu 3: George would certainly have come to my party________ .


A. if he didn’t get a flat tire    


B. if the flat tire hadn’t happened


C. had he not had a flat tire    


D. hadn’t the tire flattened itself
Câu 4: It was not until she had arrived home__________ her appointment with the doctor.  


A. when she remembered      


B. that she remembered


C. did she remember  


D. and she remembered
Câu 5: Santa Claus presented Mary with a__________ watch last Christmas.


A. new round face blue Japanese metal wrist


B. round face new Japanese blue metal wrist


C. new blue round face Japanese wrist metal


D. round face new blue metal Japanese wrist

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B.
C.
D.

V: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 from 46 to 50.Long ago, Chinese people didn’t say, ‘How are you?’ when they met each other or saw their friends. They said, ‘(46)________ you eaten your rice today?’ Eating rice (47) ________ such an important part of daily life in China!Rice is still one of the (48)________ important kinds of food in the modern world. Nearly half the people that live on our planet eat it every day and in some countries, an adult eats more than 100 kilos of rice each year.We think that people first (49)________ rice in India. In China, people began eating rice about 5,000 years ago. Rice wasn’t eaten in North America until the 17th century, but many Americans prefer to eat pasta these days (50)_________ only eat about 2 kilos of rice per year.
Câu 1: __________ (46)


A. Did     


B. Have    


C. Were     


D. Are
Câu 2: __________ (47)


A. been 


B. was 


C. be  


D. is
Câu 3: __________ (48)


A. most  


B. both 


C. much  


D. best
Câu 4: __________ (49)


A. grew    


B.  grown


C. grow     


D. growing
Câu 5: __________ (50)


A. if      


B.  because 


C. and 


D. but

A.
B.
C.
D.

II:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on  your answer sheet to indicate the word whose stress is placed differently from that of the others in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. caring   


B. maintain


C. require  


D. oblige
Câu 2:


A. biologist


B. curriculum


C. compulsory 


D. centenarian

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage on commuting, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions .Commuting is the practice of travelling a long distance to a town or city to work each day, and then travelling home again in the evening. The word commuting comes from commutation ticket, a US rail ticket for repeated journeys, called a season ticket in Britain. Regular travellers are called commuters.The US has many commuters. A few, mostly on the East Coast, commute by train or subway, but most depend on the car. Some leave home very early to avoid the traffic jams, and sleep in their cars until their office opens. Many people accept a long trip to work so that they can live in quiet bedroom communities away from the city, but another reason is ‘white flight’. In the 1960s most cities began to desegregate their schools, so that there were no longer separate schools for white and black children. Many white families did not want to send their children to desegregated schools, so they moved to the suburbs, which have their own schools, and where, for various reasons, few black people live.Millions of people in Britain commute by car or train. Some spend two or three hours a day travelling, so that they and their families can live in suburbia or in the countryside. Cities are surrounded by commuter belts. Part of the commuter belt around London is called the stockbroker belt because it contains houses where rich business people live. Some places are becoming dormitory towns, because people sleep there but take little part in local activities.Most commuters travel to and from work at the same time, causing the morning and evening rush hours, when buses and trains are crowded and there are traffic jams on the roads. Commuters on trains rarely talk to each other and spend their journey reading, sleeping or using their mobile phones, though this is not popular with other passengers. Increasing numbers of people now work at home some days of the week, linked to their offices by computer, a practice called telecommuting.Cities in both Britain and the US are trying to reduce the number of cars coming into town each day. Some companies encourage car pooling (called car sharing in Britain), an arrangement for people who live and work near each other to travel together. Some US cities have a public service that helps such people to contact each other, and traffic lanes are reserved for car-pool vehicles. But cars and petrol/gas are cheap in the US, and many people prefer to drive alone because it gives them more freedom. In Britain many cities have park-and-ride schemes, car parks on the edge of the city from which buses take drivers into the centre.(Extracted from Oxford Guide to British and American Culture, Oxford University Press, 2000)
Câu 1: Which of the following definitions of commuting would the author of this passage most probably agree with?
 


A. Travelling for hours from a town or city to work in the countryside every day.


B.  Travelling to work and then home again in a day within a rural district.


C.  Using a commutation ticket for special journeys in all seasons of the year.


D.  Regularly travelling a long distance between one’s place of work and one’s home.
Câu 2: The word “repeated” in paragraph 1 most probably means ______.


A.  buying a season ticket again


B. doing something once again


C. saying something again


D. happening again and again
Câu 3: The passage mentions that many Americans are willing to travel a long distance to work in order to be able to live in ______.
 


A.   A. comfortable bedrooms


B. quiet neighbourhoods


C. city centres


D. noisy communities
Câu 4: Which of the following is true according to the passage?


A. Britain has considerably more commuters than the US.


B. The US has considerably more commuters than Britain.


C. Both the US and Britain have a great number of commuters.


D. Commuting helps people in the US and Britain save a lot of time.
Câu 5: Which of the following is NOT true about the London commuter belt?
 


A. It is home to some wealthy business people. 


B. It is like “bedroom communities” in the US.


C. It is in central London.


D. It surrounds London.
Câu 6: It can be inferred from the passage that dormitory towns in Britain are places where people ______.
 


A. contribute to the local community


B. are employed locally


C.  take part in local activities  


D. stay for the night
Câu 7: As mentioned in the passage, commuters usually ______.


A.  talk to each other during train journeys


B. cause traffic congestion on the roads


C. go home from work at different hours


D. go to work at different hours
Câu 8: The phrase “linked to” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.


A.  satisfied with


B.  connected to  


C. shared with


D. related to
Câu 9: All of the following are measures to reduce the number of cars coming into town each day in the US and/or Britain EXCEPT ______.
 


A.   A. car pooling/sharing


B. traffic lanes for car pooling


C. park-and-ride schemes


D. free car parks in the city centre
Câu 10: The word “it” in the last paragraph refers to ______.
 
 


A.  car pool


B.  travelling together 


C. driving alone  


D.  petrol/gas  
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XI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best way to complete each of the following sentences.
Câu 1: The temperature inversions often occur when ________ in the late afternoon.


A. the earth's surface is cooled 


B. the earth's surface is cooling


C.  the surface of earth cooled


D. cooling the earth's surface
Câu 2: The children sing loudly _________.  


A. as though they are the winners 


B. though they are the winners


C. as if they were the winners


D. were they the winners
Câu 3: ______________ , but it also filters out harmful sun rays.  


A. Not only does the atmosphere give us air to breathe


B. Not only the atmosphere gives us air to breathe


C. The atmosphere gives us air to breathe


D. The atmosphere which gives us air to breathe
Câu 4: The economists in the world highly appreciate the economic situation of the U.S, ____.  


A. pumping millions of dollars by the president.        


B. where is pumped millions of dollars by the president.


C. pump millions of dollars by the president.      


D.  which is pumped millions of dollars by the president.
Câu 5: The instruction from the train traffic control was not consistent with the train drivers,_______.     


A. so that the drivers made an error and crashed     


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


C. therefore the drivers made it crash        


D. resulting from the drivers crashing the plane.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Câu X:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest  in meaning to the given one. 
Câu 1: I didn’t listen to him and I didn’t succeed.  


A. If I listened to him, I would have succeed 


B. If I had listened to him , I would have succeeded.


C. If I had listened to him , I would succeed.           


D.  If I listened to him I would succeed.
Câu 2: Calling Jim is pointless because his phone is out of order.


A. It’s useless calling Jim because his phone is out of order.


B. It’s no use to call Jim because his phone is out of order.


C. There’s no point in calling Jim because his phone is out of order.


D. It’s worth not calling Jim because his phone is out of order.
Câu 3: I’m like my mum, whereas my brother looks like my dad.


A. I’m like my mum, whereas my brother takes after my dad.


B.  I’m like my mum, whereas my brother takes over my dad.


C. I’m like my mum, whereas my brother takes to my dad.


D. I’m like my mum, whereas my brother takes in my dad.
Câu 4: People on Jeju Island have a unique culture.  


A. People on Jeju Island have the same culture as other people in the world.


B. The culture of the people on Jeju Island differs from that of any other people in the world.


C.  No people in the world have the same culture.    


D. Only the people on Jeju Island have a unique culture.
Câu 5: Paul fell ill, so he didn't attend the conference.  


A. Paul was supposed to have gone to the conference, but he fell ill.


B. Although Paul fell ill, he didn't attend to the conference.


C. Because of he was ill, Paul didn't attend the conference.  


D. Paul didn't attend the conference as a result of his ill.

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B.
C.
D.

IX. 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: Dogs that are trained to lead the blind must be loyalty, intelligent and calm.


A. Dogs that


B. trained


C. the


D. loyalty
Câu 2: Paulo has learnt English for five years ago.


A. Paulo


B. has learnt


C. English


D. ago
Câu 3: Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities.


A. with


B. her cousins


C. are 


D. to attend 
Câu 4: A thunder usually follows lightning by five seconds for every mile between the flash and the observer.


A. A thunder 


B. seconds


C. for every mile


D. between
Câu 5: 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

A.
B.
C.
D.