Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions from 49 to 50.
Câu 1: We didn’t want to spend a lot of money. We stayed in a cheap hotel.


A. Rather than spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.


B. We didn’t stay in a cheap hotel as we had a lot of money to spend.


C. We stayed in a cheap hotel, but we had to spend a lot of money.


D. In spite of spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.
Câu 2: Societies doubted about women’s intellectual ability. Therefore, they could not get access to education.


A. Failure to get access to education resulted in the doubt about women’s intellectual ability.


B. The denial of education to women was caused by societies’ doubt about their intellectual ability.


C. Not getting access to education, societies showed their uncertainty to women’s intellectual ability.


D. Women’s intellectual ability was doubted about due to their lack of education.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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 from 35 to 42.What unusual or unique biological train led to the remarkable diversification and unchallenged success of the ants for over 50 million years? The answer appears to be that they were the first group of predatory eusocial insects that both lived and foraged primarily in the soil and in rotting vegetation on the ground. Eusocial refers to a form of insect society characterized by specialization of tasks and cooperative care of the young; it is rare among insects. Richly organized colonies of the land made possible by eusociality enjoy several key advantages over solitary individuals.Under most circumstances groups of workers are better able to forage for food and defend the nest, because they can switch from individual to group response and back again swiftly and according to need. When a food object or nest intruder is too large for one individual to handle, nestmates can be quickly assembled by alarm or recruitment signals. Equally important is the fact that the execution of multiple-step tasks is accomplished in a series-parallelsequence. That is, individual ants can specialize in particular steps, moving from one object (such as a larva to be fed) to another (a second larva to be fed). They do not need to carry each task to completion from start to finish - for example, to check the larva first, then collect the food, then feed the larva. Hence, if each link in the chain has many workers in attendance, a sense directed at any particular object is less likely to fail. Moreover, ants specializing in particular labor categories typically constitute a caste specialized by age or body form or both. There has been some documentation of the superiority in performance and net energetic yield of various castes for their modal tasks, although careful experimental studies are still relatively few.What makes ants unusual in the company of eusocial insects is the fact that they are the only eusocial predators(predators are animals that capture and feed on other animals) occupying the soil and ground litter. The eusocial termites live in the same places as ants and also have wingless workers, but they feed almost exclusively on dead vegetation.(Source: TOEFL Reading)
Câu 1: Which of the following questions does the passage primarily answer?


A. Why have ants been able to thrive for such a long time?


B. What are the differences between social and solitary insects?


C. How do individual ants adapt to specialized tasks?


D. Why are ants predators?
Câu 2: The word "rotting" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.


A. cultivated


B. expanding


C. collected


D. decaying
Câu 3: All of the following terms are defined in the passage EXCEPT ______ .


A. predators


B. eusocial


C. caste


D. series-parallel sequence
Câu 4: The word "unique" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______ .


A. natural


B. habitual


C. inherited


D. singular
Câu 5: According to the passage, one thing eusocial insects can do is rapidly switch from ______ .


A. a defensive to an offensive stance


B. a solitary task to a group task


C. one environment to another      


D. one type of food consumption to another
Câu 6: It can be inferred from the passage that one main difference between termites and ants is that termites ______ .


A. protect their nests        


B. eat almost no animal substances


C.  live above ground   


D. are eusocial
Câu 7: The task of feeding larvae is mentioned in the passage to demonstrate ______.


A.  the advantages of specialization            


B. the type of food that larvae are fed


C. the different stages of ant development


D. the ways ant colonies train their young for adult tasks
Câu 8: The word "they" in bold in the last paragraph refers to ______ .


A. termites


B. places


C. ants


D. predators
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A.
B.
C.
D.

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 25 to 29.RED NOSE DAYIn 1985, there was a terrible famine in the African country of Sudan. Richard Curtis, a British comedy writer, and his friend, Alexander Mendis saw the news reports and wanted to make (25)______. They began a charity called Comic relief, with the help of charity worker Jane Tewson. In 1988, the charity had an idea of selling red plastic noses to raise money. It was the (26) ______ success and selling red noses became a regular part of the Britain’s charity to organize sponsored events. In 1997, BBC television supported Comic Relief with a whole afternoon and evenings of special TV programmes, calling it Red Nose Day. People around Britain organized fund-raising events around the same time and sent their money to Red Nose Day. In (27) ______, the event raised over £27 million for charity. Since it began, Comic Relief has raised more than £600 million, (28) ______ the generosity of the British public and the help of the celebrities (29)_____ take part. The charity produces books, CDs and other items help to raise money. In 2001, JK Rowling wrote two books for Comic Relief based on famous Harry Potter novels and all the money from the sales went to the charity.(Source: Solutions – Oxford University Press)
Câu 1: (25) 


A. differently


B. difference


C. differ


D. differentiate
Câu 2: (26)


A. giant


B. wide


C. large


D. huge
Câu 3: (27) 


A. whole


B. total


C. sum


D. together
Câu 4: (28) 


A. as a result     


B. in consequent   


C. thanks to    


D. in effect
Câu 5: (29) 


A. what


B. who


C. which


D. whose

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: What (A) the woman was saying (B) were (C) so important that I asked everyone to stop talking (D) and listen.


A. What


B. was saying


C. were


D. to stop talking
Câu 2: Some (A) snakes have holow teeth are called (B) fangs that they use (C) to poison their (D) victims.


A. Some


B. are called


C. use


D. their
Câu 3: Dams are used to control flooding (A), provide water for irrigation (B) and generating (C) electricity for the surrounding area (D).


A. to control flooding


B. irrigation


C. generating


D. surrounding area 

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: The student service centre will try their best to assist students in finding a suitable part-time job.


A. allow


B. make


C. help


D. employ
Câu 2: You should pat yourself on the back for having achieved such a high score in the graduation exam. You had studied very hard.


A. wear a backpack    


B. check up your back


C. prasie yourself              


D. criticize yourself

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: He showed himself a good student. He proved himself a good athlete.


A. He showed himself a good student but he proved himself a good athlete.


B. Not only did he show himself a good student but he also proved himself a good athlete.


C. He did not show himself a good student but he proved himself a good athlete.


D. A good student not only showed him but he also proved himself a good athlete.
Câu 2: The old man is working in this factory. I borrowed his bicycle yesterday.


A. The old man is working in this factory which I borrowed his bicycle yesterday.


B. The old man who is working in this factory I borrowed his bicycle yesterday.


C. The old man whose bicycle I borrowed yesterday is working in this factory.


D. The old man whom I borrowed his bicycle yesterday is working in this factory.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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. On the fourth Thursday in November, in houses around the United States, families get together for a feast, or a large meal. Almost all families eat turkey and cranberry sauce for this meal, and have pumpkin pie for dessert. This feast is part of a very special day, the holiday of Thanksgiving. In 1620 the Pilgrims made a difficult trip across the ocean from England. They landed in what is now Massachusetts. In England the Pilgrims had not been allowed to freely practice their religion. So they went to the New World in search of religious freedom. The Pilgrims' first winter was very hard. Almost half the group died of cold, hunger and disease. But the Indians of Massachusetts taught the Pilgrims to plant corn, to hunt and to fish. When the next fall came, the Pilgrims had plenty of food. They were thankful to God and the Indians and had a feast to give thanks. They invited the Indians to join them. This was the first Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving became a national holiday many years later because of the effort of a woman named Sarah Hale. For forty years Sarah Hale wrote to each president and asked for a holiday of Thanksgiving. At last she was successful. In 1863 President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday. How much is Thanksgiving today like the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving? In many ways they are different. For example, historians think that the Pilgrims ate deer, not turkey. The idea of Thanksgiving, though, is very much the same: Thanksgiving is a day on which we celebrate and give thanks.                                  (Adapted from http:www.Amrican heritage.co.us)
Câu 1: When did the the Pilgrims make a difficult trip to across the ocean from England?


A. in 1830   


B. in 1620     


C. in 1863 


D. in 1621
Câu 2: The Pilgrims immigrated to the New World because ............


A. they wanted to have more land to cultivate    


B. they wanted to make a difficult trip


C. they wanted to search for religious freedom   


D. they wanted to be taught how to plant corn
Câu 3: According to the passage, Thanksgiving today is................


A. a day on which the Pilgrims eat deer         


B. only celebrated in Massachusetts


C. different from the Pilgrims's Thanksgiving in many ways


D.  just like the Pilgrims's Thanksgiving         
Câu 4: Which of the following is NOT true about Thanksgiving?


A. It became a national holiday thanks to President Lincoln's 40-year efforts.


B. Americans usually have turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie for this occasion.


C. It is a day on which Americans celebrate and give thanks.


D. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday on November.
Câu 5: The word “they” in line 8 refer to ...


A. families


B.  the Indians  


C. the Native Americans   


D. the Pilgrims

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: The 12th-grade students are studying very hard. They want to pass the entrance exam.


A. The 12th-grade students are studying very hard so as pass the entrance exam.


B. The 12th-grade students are studying very hard in order that to pass the entrance exam.


C. The 12th-grade students are studying very hard so to pass the entrance exam.


D. The 12th-grade students are studying very hard so that they can pass the entrance exam.
Câu 2: Peter heard a strange sound on the roof. He became very frightened.


A. On hearing a strange sound on the roof, Peter became very scared.


B. He became very frightened after he heard a strange sound on the roof.


C. He heard a strange sound on the roof and then becoming very terrified.


D.  Peter became very frightened so he heard a strange sound on the roof.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: “Cigarette?” he asked. “No, thanks.” I said.


A. He asked for a cigarette, and I immediately refused.


B. He mentioned a cigarette, so I thanked him.


C. He offered me a cigarette, but I promptly declined.


D. He asked if I was smoking, and I denied at once.
Câu 2: Women still cover their heads in some countries. They did so in the past.


A.  Women still cover their heads in some countries as they did in the past.


B. Women still cover their heads in some countries as they did so in the past.


C. Women cover their heads in some countries similar to what they did so in the past.


D. In the past, women covered their heads but they do so today in some countries.
Câu 3: They say that the visitors were killed by terrorists.


A. It was said that the visitors were killed by terrorists.


B. The visitors are said to have killed by terrorists.


C. The visitors are said to have been killed by terrorists.


D. The visitors were said to have been killed by terrorists.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: The (A) hotel where we stayed in it (B) for (C) a week was (D) very comfortable.


A. The 


B. in it


C. for


D. was
Câu 2: These exercises (A) look easy (B), but they are very relatively (C) difficult for us (D).


A. These exercises


B. easy 


C. very relatively 


D. for us 
Câu 3: Just as (A) the performance ended (B), all the concertgoers raised (C) to their feet (D) and applauded.


A. Just as


B. ended


C. raised 


D. their feet

A.
B.
C.
D.