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 from 33 to 37.NOISE POLLUTIONNoise is more than a mere nuisance. At certain levels and durations of exposure, it can cause physical damage to the eardrum, and (33) ___________ in temporary or permanent hearing loss. In addition to causing hearing loss, (34) __________ noise exposure can also (35) ___________ blood pressure and pulse rate, cause irritability, anxiety, and mental fatigue, and interfere with sleep, recreation, and personal communication. Noise pollution control is, (36) _________, of importance in the workplace and in the community.Noise effects can be (37) ___________ by a number of techniques, for example, increasing the distance or blocking the path between the noise source and the recipient, reducing noise level at the source, and protecting recipients with earplugs or earmuffs.
Câu 1: (33)


A. bring                                


B. result                       


C. create            


D. affect
Câu 2: (34)


A. exceedingly           


B. excess                       


C. excessively  


D. excessive
Câu 3: (35)


A. enlarge          


B. maximize       


C. raise              


D. rise
Câu 4: (36)


A. therefore         


B. however                 


C. meanwhile       


D. in spite of
Câu 5: (37)


A. minimized            


B. created                


C. brought           


D. done

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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: “Why I haven’t thought of this before?” Tony said to himself.


A. Tony advised himself not to have thought of that before.


B. Tony suggested himself not thinking of that before.


C. Tony said that why he hasn’t thought of that before.


D. Tony wondered why he hadn’t thought of that before.
Câu 2: She is the most intelligent woman I have ever met.


A. I have never met a more intelligent woman than her.


B. She is not as intelligent as the women I have ever met.


C. I have ever met such an intelligent woman.


D. She is more intelligent than I am.
Câu 3: She broke down the moment she heard the news.


A. She was broken for a moment when she heard the news.


B. She broke her leg when hearing the news.


C. On hearing the news, she broke down.


D. When she heard the news, she was sick.

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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.
Câu 1: Population growth rate vary among regions and even among countries within the same region.


A. restrain              


B. stay unchanged


C. remain unstable  


D. fluctuate
Câu 2: The US troops are using much more sophisticated weapons in the Far East.


A. expensive              


B. complicated                      


C. difficult to operate   


D. simple and easy to use

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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: “Can I have a look at that pullover, please?” - “___________________________.”          


A. Sorry, it is out of stock.    


B. Which one? This one?


C. It’s much cheaper.        


D. Can I help you?
Câu 2: “Thanks for helping me with my homework, John.” - “_______________________.”


A. Don’t mention it.   


B. Please, don’t blame yourself.


C. No harm done.  


D. I don’t mean so.

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B.
C.
D.

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: Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking _____ accepting opinions without questioning them.


A. in addition             


B. for instance    


C. instead of              


D. because of
Câu 2: When his alarm went off, he shut it off and slept for __________ 15 minutes.


A. another      


B. others                      


C. the others            


D. other
Câu 3: We received a call from the teacher _______ charge of the course.


A. at              


B. in         


C. on                           


D. to
Câu 4: Factories are not allowed to pump their industrial ______      into the sea.


A. garbage                   


B. litter                      


C. waste                


D. rubbish
Câu 5: I must go to the dentist and __________.      


A. get my teeth to take care of   


B. take care of my teeth


C. my teeth be taken care of            


D. get my teeth taken care of
Câu 6: “What would you do in my place?” “Were ___________ treated like that, I would complain to the manager.”


A. I to had been     


B. I to be          


C. I have been  


D. to I be
Câu 7: Hair colour is ______       characteristics to use in identifying people.


A. one of the most obvious that art              


B. obviously one of the most


C. one of the most obvious            


D. most obvious one of
Câu 8: Not until a monkey is several years old ______      to exhibit signs of independence from his mother.


A. does it begin      


B. beginning     


C. and begin           


D. it begins
Câu 9: As a child, I had an_________ friend called Polly.


A. image             


B. imagine           


C. imaginative  


D. imaginary
Câu 10: Dick _______ moustache, but he doesn’t any more. He shaved it off because his wife didn’t like it.


A. got used to have   


B. is used to have


C. used to have   


D. used to having
Câu 11: Neither the students nor their lecturer ______   English in the classroom.


A. use           


B. uses      


C. are using             


D. have used
Câu 12: Jenny is an early riser and she doesn’t object ______      the trip before 7 a.m.


A. to starting               


B. against starting      


C. to have to start     


D. to start
Câu 13: Be sure not to rely too ______ on your mother tongue when you are learning a foreign language.


A. abundantly           


B. severely


C. numerously        


D. heavily
Câu 14: In the last match, Sabella changed his information at half-time, introducing Fernando Gago in midfield and Higuain in attack, but in the end it was Messi’s magic that ______ the difference.


A. made                    


B. gave


C. did               


D. took
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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: By measuring the color of a star, astronomers can tell how hot is it.


A. measuring         


B. the                 


C. how          


D. is it
Câu 2: A £100 award has been offered for the return of the necklace.


A. award                   


B. has been offered  


C. for                       


D. the
Câu 3: After teaching English in Vietnam for ten years, Nicolas decided to buy a house and spending the rest of his life there.


A. teaching             


B. to buy                  


C. spending            


D. rest of his

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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 primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. example


B. happiness           


C. advantage         


D. disaster
Câu 2:


A. interview             


B. essential               


C. comfortable         


D. industry

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B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.According to the World Health Organization (WHO) research, the emission from car exhausts causes more deaths than road accidents. The research found that one third of all harmful air pollution was caused by road transport, and that long term exposure to pollution caused estimated 21,000 premature deaths a year across the three countries, France, Austria and Switzerland. This is much higher than the 9,947 who died that year as a result of road accidents.In addition, the researchers calculated that the car fumes caused 300,000 extra cases of bronchitis in children, and 15,000 extra hospital admissions for heart
Câu 1: What is the main idea of the text?


A. Pollution and road accidents


B. Bad effects of car exhausts


C. the necessity of making cars safer


D. The toll of road accidents
Câu 2: According to the passage,______


A. air pollution causes more deaths than road accidents.


B. road accidents cause more deaths than car fumes.


C. long term exposure to pollution is harmless.


D. car fumes cause one third of premature deaths.
Câu 3: Which of the following is not true?


A. Car exhausts cause bronchitis and heart disease.


B. Car fumes cause one third of all harmful air pollution.


C. Each year road accidents cause 9,947 deaths.


D. More people died as a result of air pollution than road accidents.
Câu 4: The money spent solving air pollution is_______


A. 27 billion Euros per year


B. not able to calculate


C. more than making cars safer


D. less than to make car safer
Câu 5: Which of the following is not mentioned as the bad effect of air pollution?


A. Causing illness in children


B. Causing premature deaths


C. Causing road accidents


D. Causing heart diseases

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B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C, D best fits each spaceMan has always depended on plants ______(1) food and many other useful products. For this reason, farming is one of the world's most important industries. At first, _____(2) man did not know how to plant seeds and raise crops. He _____(3) wild fruits and vegetables where he found them. Then man discovered how to grow his own food. He_____ (4) seeds and waited for the crop to grow. For the first time, he could be reasonably sure of his food supply. He could settle down and set up shelters in the places_____ (5) he grew food. As populations began to increase, the ______(6) for food became greater. Old-fashioned tools and farming methods were insufficient in _____(7) the demand, so man cultivated more and more land and invented complicated machines to make his work easier. Tractors replaced horses and other farm animals. Scientists studied and _____(8) with plants. They told farmers how to control plant diseases, and how to grow bigger and better crops. Now one man, _______(9) a wide knowledge of plants and the help of machines, can cultivate hundreds of acres. He can raise plants which did not originally grow in the soil or ______(10) of his community.
Câu 1: _______(1)


A. about


B. with


C. for


D. to
Câu 2: ______(2)


A. early


B. initial


C. primary


D. original
Câu 3: ______(3)


A. collected


B. gathered


C. assembled


D. amassed
Câu 4: _______(4)


A. brought up


B. raised


C. grew


D. planted
Câu 5: ______(5)


A.  which


B. where


C. that


D. when
Câu 6: _______(6)


A. demand


B. request


C. requirement


D. necessity
Câu 7: _______(7)


A. taking


B. getting


C. meeting


D. achieving
Câu 8: _______(8)


A. practiced


B. tried on


C. tested


D. experimented
Câu 9: ______(9)


A. on


B. in


C. at


D. with
Câu 10: _____(10)


A. situation


B. condition


C. climate


D. weather
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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 from 43 to 50.Aging is the process of growing old. It occurs eventually in every living thing provided, of course, that an illness or accident does not kill it prematurely. The most familiar outward signs of aging may be seen in old people, such as the graying of the hair and the wrinkling of the skin. Signs of aging in a pet dog or cat include loss of playfulness and energy, a decline in hearing and eyesight, or even a slight graying of the coat. Plants age too, but the signs are much harder to detect.Most body parts grow bigger and stronger, and function more efficiently during childhood. They reach their peak at the time of maturity, or early adulthood. After that, they begin to decline. Bones, for example, gradually become lighter and more brittle. In the aged, the joints between the bones also become rigid and more inflexible. This can make moving very painful.All the major organs of the body show signs of aging. The brain, for example, works less efficiently, and even gets smaller in size. Thinking processes of all sorts are slowed down. Old people often have trouble in remembering recent events.One of the most serious changes of old age occurs in the arteries, the blood vessels that lead from the heart. They become thickened and constricted, allowing less blood to flow to the rest of body. This condition accounts, directly or indirectly, for many of the diseases of the aged. It may, for example, result in heart attack.Aging is not a uniform process. Different parts of the body wear out at different rates. There are great differences among people in their rate of aging. Even the cells of the body differ in the way they age. The majority of cells are capable of reproducing themselves many times during the course of a lifetime. Nerve cells and muscle fibers can never be replaced once they wear out.Gerontologists - scientists who study the process of aging-believe this wearing out of the body is controlled by a built-in biological time-clock. They are trying to discover how this clock works so that they can slow down the process. This could give man a longer life and a great number of productive years.
Câu 1: What is the main idea of the first paragraph?


A. Signs of aging are easier to detect in animals than in plants.


B. Aging occurs in every living thing after it has reached maturity.


C. Not all signs of aging are visible.


D. The outward signs of aging may be seen in old people.
Câu 2: What does the word “it” in paragraph 1 refer to?


A. aging                 


B. a living thing 


C. an illness          


D. an accident
Câu 3: When does the human body begin to lose vigor and the ability to function efficiently?


A. Soon after reaching adulthood        


B. During childhood


C. Early adulthood       


D. In old age
Câu 4: What happens to memorization when the brain begins to age?


A. It works less.              


B. It becomes forgetful.


C. It declines.             


D. It slows down.
Câu 5: The word “brittle” in paragraph 2 means _______________.


A. soft and easily bent                       


B. hard and endurable


C. hard but easily broken   


D. rigid and inflexible
Câu 6: According to the passage, what condition is responsible for many of the diseases of the old?


A. The arteries have become thickened and constricted.      


B. The blood vessels lead from the heart.


C. The brain gets smaller in size.


D. Bones become lighter and brittle.
Câu 7: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?


A. All living things grow old.


B. Aging is unavoidable in any living things.        


C. Plants show less signs of aging than any other living things.


D. Most body parts wear out during the course of a lifetime.
Câu 8: What is the main idea of the last paragraph?


A. Gerontologists have controlled the process of aging.


B. Gerontologists are working hard to help people live longer and more healthily.


C. Gerontologists are trying to give people an eternal life.


D. Gerontologists are now able to slow down the process of aging.
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