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: _______ what she prepared for the job interview, Megan didn’t pass it.


A. Despite of     


B. In spite of  


C. Though


D. However
Câu 2: His speech _______ little or no relation to the topic given.


A. was


B. reflected


C. gave


D. bore
Câu 3: Why are you always so jealous _______ other people?


A. in


B. of


C. below


D. on
Câu 4: I was enjoying my book, but I stopped ______________________ a programme on TV.


A. reading to watch     


B. to read to watch  


C. to read for watching      


D. reading for to watch
Câu 5: To solve this problem, it is advisable ________.


A. a drastic measure to be adopted     


B. that a drastic measure be adopted


C. that a drastic measure is adopted  


D. that a drastic measure to be adopted
Câu 6: There are _______ that not only governments but also individuals should join hand to tackle.


A. such a lot of environmental problems       


B. too numerous environmental problems


C. so fewer environmental problems      


D. such many environmental problems
Câu 7: The incredible thing about telephone _______ across the continents, but that you can recognize the other person's voice.


A. is it provides instant talking to each other


B. is it allows people to talk instantly


C. is not that people can instantly talk to each other


D. is that people can talk instantly
Câu 8: ______, no one was absent from the farewell party last night.


A.  As it rained heavily 


B. In spite of heavily rain


C. Though it rains heavily     


D. Heavily as it rained
Câu 9: I have left my book in _______ kitchen and I would like you to get it for me.


A. the


B. a 


C. Ø  


D. an
Câu 10: The last time Jimmy ______ a training course was when he was an undergraduate.


A. had attended   


B. has attended 


C. attended


D. was attending
Câu 11: With very high price of oil, people have to ______ on petrol.


A. economy


B. economize


C. economic


D. economically
Câu 12: The workers hope there will be a peaceful ______ to the new system.


A. transmission


B. transition


C. transaction


D. transformation
Câu 13: Betty knows she needs exercise, but finds going to the gym a ______.


A. job


B. task


C. work


D. chore
Câu 14: Martin was behind all the brilliant marketing schemes – he is really the ______ of the company.


A. brains


B. head


C. heart


D. backbones
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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: All of the courses I have taken, this one is the hardest but most interesting.


A. All of the courses I have taken are easier than and as interesting as this one.


B. All of the courses I have taken are tougher and more fascinating than this.


C. No other course I have taken was harder nor less fascinating than this.


D. No other course I have taken was as tough nor as fascinating as this one.
Câu 2: “Let’s give her more information about our plan next week,” said Michael.


A. Michael suggested giving her more information about their plan the following week.


B. Michael proposed that he would give her more information about their plan next week.


C. Michael blamed them for not giving her more information about their plan the following week.


D. Michael wanted to have permission to give her more information about next week’s plan.
Câu 3: It was wrong of you to criticize her in front of her colleagues.


A. You are wrong about criticizing her in front of her colleagues.


B. You shouldn’t have criticized her in front of her colleagues.


C. You didn’t need to criticize her in the presence of her colleagues.


D. You must be mistaken about criticizing her with her colleagues.

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D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Using public transportation means not having to hunt for a parking space when you go downtown.


A. gain                                    


B. search                                 


C. discover                  


D. purchase
Câu 2: I intended to spend a romantic weekend in Bali but the weather forecast was appalling enough to put me off.


A. stop me from going  


B. disappoint me        


C. discourage me from going 


D. interrupt me

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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. antique                    


B. brilliant                   


C. casual                     


D. humid
Câu 2:


A. career                      


B. neighborhood         


C. opinion                   


D. supporter

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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C. or D on your answer other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. duck                       


B. luck                         


C. nurse                       


D. pub
Câu 2:


A. climbed                   


B. failed                       


C. laughed                   


D. saved

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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: When a country in an early stage of development, investments in fixed capital are vital.


A. country in 


B. investments


C. fixed


D. are vital
Câu 2: Bacteria that live in soil and water play a vital role in recycling carbon, nitrogen sulfur, and another chemical elements used by living things.                        


A. soil and water


B. a vital role 


C. another


D.  living things
Câu 3: Psychological experiment is indicated that people remember more math problems that they can’t solve than those they are able to solve.                                   


A. is indicated 


B. more


C. those


D.  to solve

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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 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-parallel sequence. 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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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 30 to 34.Genetic modification of foods is not a new practice. It has been practiced for thousands of years under the name of "selective breeding". Animals and plants were chosen because they had traits that humans found useful. Some animals were larger and stronger than others, or they yielded more food, or they had some other trait that humans valued. Therefore, they were bred because of those traits. Individuals with those traits were brought together and allowed to breed in the hope that their offspring would have the same traits in greater measure.Much the same thing was done with plants. To produce bigger or sweeter fruit, or grow more grain per unit of land, strains of plants were combined and recombined to produce hybrids, or crossbreeds that had the desired traits in the right combinations. All the while, however, biologists wondered: is there a more direct and versatile way to change the traits of plants and animals? Could we rewrite, so to speak, the heredity of organisms to make them serve our needs better?In the 20th century, genetic modification made such changes possible at last. Now, it was possible to alter the genetic code without using the slow and uncertain process of selective breeding. It even became possible to blend plants and animals genetically: to insert animal genes into plants, for example, in order to give the plants a certain trait they ordinarily would lack, such as resistance to freezing. The result was a tremendous potential to change the very nature of biology.
Câu 1: What is the passage mainly about?


A. The arguments against genetic modification


B. The benefits brought about by genetic modification


C. The reasons behind selective breeding of plants                                        


D.  The development of genetic modification
Câu 2: The word "them" in paragraph 2 refers to ______.


A. organisms


B. traits


C. animals


D. plants
Câu 3: The word "blend" in paragraph 3 mostly means ______.                                          


A. combine


B. collect


C. gather


D. carry
Câu 4: According to the passage, selective breeding ______.                             


A.  is slower and uncertain than genetic modification


B. works much better on plants than on animals


C. helps change the traits of plants rather than animals


D. has a huge potential to change the nature of biology
Câu 5: Which of the following IS NOT achieved by genetic modification?


A. Giving plants necessary traits taken from animals’ genes


B. Producing hybrids or crossbreeds from many animals and plants   


C. Encouraging people to give up selective breeding completely                                          


D. Making big changes to the very nature of biology

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B.
C.
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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 word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29.   In many countries of Northern Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, Northern Russia, and the Baltic states, ice swimming is closely connected with the tradition of sauna, (25)______ has led to the creation of a new activity where stays in the sauna are (26)______ with quick 'pauses' in ice water. In Russia, ice swimmers are called what can be literally translated as 'walruses '. The north of Europe, (27) ______, is not the only place where winter swimming is practised regularly. A large ice swimming movement exists in the UK, based in a famous location: the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park in London. In Harbin, Northern China, about 200,000 people ice-swim in the Songhua River every winter. The oldest ice swimming club in the United States, the Coney Island Polar Bear Club of New York, organises an annual (28) ______ on New Year's Day. In Canada, 'Polar Bear Swims; 'Plunges' or 'Dips' are a New Year's Day tradition in (29)______ communities as well, the biggest one taking place in Vancouver since 1920.
Câu 1: (25) 


A. who


B. that


C. where


D. which
Câu 2: (26) 


A. interdependent


B. intermingled


C. interactive


D. interrelated
Câu 3: (27)  


A. moreover


B. therefore


C. however


D. otherwise
Câu 4: (28) 


A. plunge


B. drainage


C. withdrawal


D. bathing
Câu 5: (29)  


A. numbering


B. numerate


C. numerable


D. numerous

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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: The play is tolerably amusing, but it is let down by the actor’s weak performance.


A. made more successful        


B. shortened and simplified    


C. brought about to failure  


D. allowed to be performed
Câu 2: Even as a child Thomas Edison had a very inquisitive mind; at the age of three he performed his first experiment.


A. indifferent


B. determined


C. brilliant


D. curious

A.
B.
C.
D.