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          Simply being bilingual doesn’t qualify someone to interpret. Interpreting is not only a mechanical process of converting one sentence in language A into the same sentence in language B. Rather, its a complex art in which thoughts and idioms that have no obvious counterparts from tongue to tongue _ or words that have several meanings must be quickly transformed in such a way that the message is clearly and accurately expressed to the listener.         At one international conference, an American speaker said, “You cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear”, which meant nothing to the Spanish audience. The interpretation was, “A monkey in a silk dress is still a monkey” _ an idiom the Spanish understood and that expressed the same idea.         There are 2 kinds of interpreters, simultaneous and consecutive. The former, sitting in a separated booth, usually at a large multilingual conference, speaks to listeners wearing headphones, interpreting what a foreign language speaker says _ actually a sentence behind. Consecutive interpreters are the ones most international negotiations use. They are employed for smaller meetings without sound booths and headphones. Consecutive interpretation also requires two-person teams. A foreign speaker says his piece while the interpreter, using a special shorthand, takes notes and during a pause, tells the client what was said. 
Câu 1: What is the purpose of the passage?


A. To differentiate between simultaneous and consecutive interpreters.


B. To state the qualifications of an interpreter.


C. To point out the importance of an interpreter.


D. To explain the scope of interpreting. 
Câu 2: What is a difference mentioned between a simultaneous interpreter and a consecutive interpreter?


A. The size of group with whom they work.


B. Their proficiency in the language.


C. The type of dictionary they use.


D. The money they are paid. 
Câu 3:  The word “converting” is closest in meaning to…


A.  changing   


B. concluding    


C. understanding  


D. reading 
Câu 4: The author implies that most people have the opinion that the skill of interpreting is …..


A. very complex and demanding


B. based on principles of business


C. simpler than it really is


D. highly valued and admired
Câu 5: The phrase “the former“ refers to…


A. simultaneous interpreters    


B. the conference


C. consecutive interpreters


D. the booth
Câu 6: The example “You cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear” is used to...


A. point out the difference in attributes of animals in English and Spanish


B. emphasize the need for translation of the meaning of what is said 


C.  show the differences in language A and language B


D. stress the importance of word for word translation
Câu 7: The word “rather” is closest in meaning to….


A.  in brief   


B. on the contrary      


C. in general    


D. as a result
Câu 8: Which of the following would a consecutive interpreter be used for?


A. An interpretation of a major literary work.


B. A business transaction between 2 foreign speakers.


C.  A large meeting of many nations.


D. A translation of a foreign book.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: When the protestor entered the meeting clad only in a beach tower, the audience was dumbfounded.


A. speechless  


B. excited    


C. content


D. applauding
Câu 2: She is always diplomatic when she deals with angry students.
 


A.  strict       


B.  outspoken


C. tactful    


D.  firm
Câu 3: The dog saw his reflection in the pool of water.


A. imagination  


B. bone 


C. leash 


D.  image 

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete sentences.
Câu 1: Sean is very talented.......... playing guitar.


A. on


B. at


C. in


D. to
Câu 2: Could you............ in the paper and see what’s on TV tonight?


A. see


B. watch


C. look


D. examine
Câu 3: I’m reading a............ set in Greeced uring the Second World War.


A. novel


B. fiction


C. literature


D. writing
Câu 4: Harry kept us.............. throughout the journey with his non – stop jokes.


A. enjoyed  


B. entertained


C. articles    


D. investigations 
Câu 5: You can always trust Uncle Colin to cheer you up when you’re feeling miserable.


A. rely in


B. rely at


C. rely with


D. rely on
Câu 6: I’d love to work in a show.............. It’s so glamourous!


A. industry


B. commerce       


C. business  


D. trade
Câu 7: Jow told me a joke today but I didn’t............... it at all.


A. get


B. bring


C. fetch


D. collect
Câu 8: I felt so disappointed when my parents don’t come to watch me in the school play.


A. let in  


B. let off


C. let down


D. let out

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete sentences.
Câu 1: My little brother, Carl takes............ our dad in that they both like to sing. 


A. care


B. after


C. over


D. off
Câu 2: He starts working as soon as he wakes up, and doesn’t stop until he drops............ at night.


A. out


B. in


C. by


D. off
Câu 3: My mum and dad are talking to some friends, and then suddenly the conversation is completely drowned............ by his singing at the top of his lungs.


A. on


B. through


C. out


D. over
Câu 4: Marlon Brando will............... in history as one of the greatest actors of all time.


A. go down


B. go up


C. go around


D. go into
Câu 5: I didn’t really like Madonna’s new single when it came out, but it’s starting to........... me now.


A. grow up


B. grow in


C. grow on


D. grow away
Câu 6: The band have really............... since appearing on the Video Music Awards show last month.


A. taken up


B. taken off


C. taken away


D. taken over
Câu 7: The audience........... their appreciation for the cast by giving them a standing ovation.


A. gave


B. performed


C. expressed


D. showed
Câu 8: ............ your opinion on a live TV or radio discussion programme is not as easy as it sounds.


A. Voicing


B. Speaking


C. Telling


D. Talking

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete sentences.
Câu 1: I got a/an............... for the school play tomorrow. I really hope I get a main part!


A. rehearsal 


B. practice


C. audition


D. performance 
Câu 2: Did you read that ............... of the new Lloyd – Rice musical? It said it was awful!             


A. review


B. criticism  


C. report


D. summary  
Câu 3: We really........... ourselves at the party! Thanks so much for inviting us!


A. entertained 


B. had fun


C. enjoyed    


D. occupied
Câu 4: Ellie does a/an.............. each week for the local newspaper. It’s usually quite funny.


A. comic


B. comedian 


C. animation  


D. cartoon
Câu 5: The water park we went to yesterday was fantastic, but the entrance.............. was a bit expensive. 


A. ticket


B. fee


C. charge 


D. cost
Câu 6: Vanilla Sky............. Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz. 


A. acts


B. plays


C. stars


D. contains
Câu 7: The play wasn’t supposed to be a comedy, but everyone started laughing when some of the........... fell over and hit one of the actors.


A. scenery 


B. scenes


C. stages


D. acts
Câu 8: Being the conductor of a large............ is an extremely demanding job. You have to make sure about a hundred musicians are playing in time.


A. group


B. band


C. company


D. orchestra

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read and choose the best answer.There are books with fairy tails in many countries. Often the same stories are known and repeated in many languages. Some of the things that happens in these stories are remarkable, although not as remarkable as things that are truly happening in medicine and science today.Most fairy tails begin with “Once upon a time” and end with “They lived happily ever after”, so we will begin in the same way.Once upon a time there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sister did nothing.One night, her sister went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, very sad. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball- but to return home by midnight.So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress in a wonderful coach. She danced with the prince but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. She and the prince were married and lived happily ever after.
Câu 1: Books with fairy are found  in ________________.                    
    


A. our country only          


B. few countries


C. all countries except ours   


D. many countries
Câu 2: According to the passage, things truly happening in medicine and science today are_________ things that happened in some fairy tails,
       


A. more remarkable than     


B.  less remarkable than


C. as remarkable as     


D. not as remarkable as
Câu 3: The word “ball” in the first sentence means ________________.
        


A. a sport equipment   


B. a dancing hall


C. a balloon 


D. sphere
Câu 4: Cinderella was very sad because ________________.


A.  her sister did nothing      


B. her sister went to a ball and left her at home


C. she did all the work in the kitchen  


D. her sister was invited to a hall
Câu 5: At the end of the story ________________.


A. Cinderella could go to the ball and it was so happened that she and the prince was married


B. Cinderella’s godmother came to comfort her


C. one of Cinderella’ sisters was married to the prince


D. the prince invited Cinderella to the hall

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B.
C.
D.

Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (36)______ there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take boos from one village to (37)______. But in the days when books were copied by hand (38)______ than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (39)______ all, that in Alexandia, had 54,000 books.In the ancient world, this number (40)______ considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had collected so many books from all around the world (41)______ one roof. There are many theories about why these books were lost. (42)______is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. (43)______ happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever-some books were (44)______ recovered. We cannot even know (45)______ what the library contained.
Câu 1: (36)


A. where 


B.  who


C. the place   


D. which
Câu 2: (37)


A. other    


B.  others   


C.  the other  


D. another
Câu 3: (38)


A. rather   


B. else 


C. more


D. much
Câu 4: (39)


A. of     


B.  about   


C. in    


D. over
Câu 5: (40)


A. is      


B. was    


C.  were 


D. has been
Câu 6: (41)


A. in        


B.  under   


C. over 


D. below
Câu 7: (42)


A. One 


B. A theory  


C. None    


D.  All
Câu 8: (43)


A. Whoever          


B. Whichever 


C. whatever 


D.  wherever
Câu 9: (44)


A. almost             


B. never   


C. already 


D. yet
Câu 10: (45)


A. exactly         


B. really


C.  detailedly 


D. yet
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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest  
Câu 1:


A. same    


B. taste   


C. swallow 


D.  page
Câu 2:


A. sleep    


B. keep 


C. pleasure 


D. people
Câu 3:


A. too       


B. book 


C. look


D. good
Câu 4:


A. described        


B. picked   


C. swallowed


D.  informed
Câu 5:


A. words                  


B. reviewers    


C. describes


D. types

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B.
C.
D.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.Researchers in communication show that more feelings and intentions are (41)_______ and received nonverbally than verbally. Mehrabian and Wienerfollowing have stated that only 7% (42)_______ message is sent through words, with remaining 93% sent nonverbal (43)_______. Humans use nonverbal communication because:Words have limitations: There are (44)_______ areas where nonverbal communication is more (45)_______ than verbal, especially when we explain the shape, directions, personalities which are expressed nonverbally.Nonverbal signal are powerful: Nonverbal cues primarily express inner (46)_______ while verbal messages deal basically with outside world. Nonverbal message are likely (47)_______ more genuine: because nonverbal behaviors cannot be controlled as easily as spoken words.Nonverbal signals can express feelings inappropriate to state: Social etiquette limits (48)_______ can be said, but nonverbal cues can communicate thoughts.A separate communication channel is necessary to (49)_______ send complex messages: A speaker can add enormously to the complexity of the verbal message through simple nonverbal (50)_______.
Câu 1: (41) 


A. sent             


B. posted         


C. mailed         


D. thrown
Câu 2: (42) 


A. through 


B. in 


C. of 


D. for
Câu 3: (43) 


A. thought                               


B. expressions                         


C. gestures                              


D. postures
Câu 4: (44)


A. sum             


B. great deal


C. amount       


D. numerous
Câu 5: (45)


A. effect          


B. effective      


C. effectively   


D. effectiveness
Câu 6: (46) 


A. feelings       


B. words          


C. shows         


D. sorrows
Câu 7: (47)


A. be 


B. being                        


C. to be  


D. been
Câu 8: (48) 


A. what 


B. that 


C. why 


D. when
Câu 9: (49) 


A. get 


B. have            


C. make           


D. help
Câu 10: (50)  


A. signs           


B. signals


C. sight            


D. signatures
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Error Identification.
Câu 1: According to Mehrabian in1971, only 7% of the information we communicate to others depends upon the words we saying; 93% of that depends on non-verbal communication.


A. According to 


B. only 7% 


C. we saying


D. to others
Câu 2: Body language is quiet and secret, but most powerful language of all.


A. most                                   


B. and secret 


C. Body language


D. of all
Câu 3: Our bodies send out messages constantly and sometimes we do not recognize that we are using many nonverbal language.


A. send out   


B. messages                             


C. we do not 


D. many 
Câu 4: Our understanding and use of non-verbal cues in facial expressions and gestures are familiar to us nearly in birth.


A. Our understanding 


B. in facial expressions 


C. in                                         


D. are familiar
Câu 5: 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

A.
B.
C.
D.