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.         Space is important to Americans. When two people talk to each other, they usually stand about two and a half feet away and at an angle, so they are not facing each other___25___. Americans get uncomfortable when a person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person ___26____ accident, they say, "Pardon me." or "Excuse me." Americans like to look the other person in the eyes when they are talking. If you don't do so, it means you are bored, hiding something, or are not interested. ___27___, when you stare at someone, it is not polite. For Americans, thumbs-up means yes, very good, or well done. Thumbs-down means the opposite.            To call a waiter, raise one hand to head level or above. To show you want the check, make a movement with your hands as if you are signing a piece of paper. It is all right ___28___ at things but not at people with the hand and index finger. Americans ___29___ their index finger at children when they scold them and pat them on the head when they admire them. Learning a culture's body language is sometimes confusing. If you don't know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile.
Câu 1: (25) 


A. direct                      


B. directed                   


C. direction                 


D. directly
Câu 2: (26) 


A. by                           


B. in                            


C. on                           


D. with
Câu 3: (27) 


A. But                         


B. Therefore                


C. However                


D. So
Câu 4: (28) 


A. point                                   


B. to point    


C. pointed                   


D. pointing
Câu 5: (29) 


A. put                          


B. wave                      


C. use                          


D. shake

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C.
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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: Electric motors range in size from the tiny mechanisms that operate sewing machines to the great engines in heavy locomotives.


A. fail to work  


B. ready to work 


C. easy to work


D. simple to work
Câu 2: As far as I am concerned, that Minh Duc can pass the Entrance Examination is  as easy as a pie because he is very excellent students in our school.


A. simple                     


B. complex                  


C. difficult                   


D. normal

A.
B.
C.
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: When the laser strikes the chemicals, it releases a form of oxygen that kills cancer cells.


A. gives out 


B. contains                  


C. vaporizes                


D. omits
Câu 2: Leaders of a number of schools should carry out reasonable timetable for final year students in such a way they have more time to revise.


A. renovate                  


B. execute                   


C. perform                   


D. display

A.
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: If you  _______ me to the meeting yesterday, I would have helped you.


A. had invited  


B. have invited   


C. would have invited                    


D. invited
Câu 2: He is _______ most intelligent person I have ever seen so far.


A. x ( no article) 


B. an                            


C. the                          


D. a
Câu 3: At home my parents often criticized me _______ being negligent, but when I came to class I was very careful.      


A. for                           


B. to                            


C. from                        


D. of
Câu 4: My mom were cooking when I _______home yesterday afternoon.


A. come                       


B. was coming 


C. came                       


D. had come
Câu 5: _______ I did not make a mistake, he scolded me out of the blue.    


A. In spite of 


B. Because                  


C. But                         


D. Although
Câu 6: _______  her mother after so many years away, she ran to hug her and sobbed.


A. On seeing     


B. To be seen   


C. Having seen       


D. To see
Câu 7: Although  _______   about the dangers, many people continue to ride at too fast speeds.


A. warned                   


B. warning                  


C. to be warned 


D. being warned
Câu 8: She admitted _______ by several hundred dollars, but in return, she won the lawsuit.          


A. to disadvantage         


B. disadvantaging       


C. being disadvantaged                 


D. to be disadvantage
Câu 9: When songs have been subjected to these processes their _______ is usually impossible to trace.


A. origin                      


B. originally                


C. original                   


D. originality
Câu 10: The police spokesman said he was _______ to believe that the arrested man was the serial killer they had been looking for.


A. supposed                


B. seemed                    


C. suspected                


D. inclined
Câu 11: It is regretted that there can be no _______ to this rule.


A. exclusion                


B. alternative               


C. exception                


D. déviation 
Câu 12: They live in a very_______ populated area of Italy.


A. sparsely                  


B. scarcely                   


C. hardly                     


D. barely
Câu 13: _______ some non-cultural people like Khá Bảnh is unacceptable in today's young children.


A. Accepting               


B. Idolizing                 


C. Knowing                


D. Realizing
Câu 14: When you are dealing with so many problems, mistakes are _______   to happen.


A. found                      


B. ground                    


C. around                    


D. bound
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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: Many people think that Steve stole the money.


A. It was Steve who stole the money.


B. Steve is thought to have stolen the money.


C. The money is thought to be stolen by Steve.


D. Many people think that the money is stolen by Steve.
Câu 2: Right after the boy got out of his house, it started to rain heavily.


A. It had rained heavily before the boy got out of his house.


B. Not until it started to rain heavily did the boy got out of his house.


C. No sooner had the boy got out of his house than it started to rain heavily.


D. Hardly had it started to rain heavily when the boy got out of his house.
Câu 3: "Have a drink!" said Mr Smith.


A. Mr Smith asked me for a drink.            


B. Mr Smith offered me a drink.


C. Mr Smith recommended me with a drink.   


D. Mr Smith said that I should have a drink.

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.      In the history of technology, computers and calculators were innovative developments. They are essentially different from all other machines because they have a memory. This memory stores instructions and information. In a calculator, the instructions are the various functions of arithmetic, which are permanently remembered by the machine and cannot be altered or added to. The information consists of the numbers keyed in.            An electronic pocket calculator can perform almost instant arithmetic. A calculator requires an input unit to feed in numbers, a processing unit to make the calculation, a memory unit, and an output unit to display the result. The calculator is powered by a small battery or by a panel of solar cells. Inside is a microchip that contains the memory and processing units and also controls the input unit, which is the keyboard, and the output unit, which is the display.               The input unit has keys for numbers and operations. Beneath the key is a printed circuit board containing a set of contacts for each key. Pressing a key closes the contacts and sends a signal along a pair of lines in the circuit board to the processing unit, in which the binary code for that key is stored in the memory. The processing unit also sends the code to the display. Each key is connected by a different pair of lines to the processing unit, which repeatedly checks the lines to find out when a pair is linked by a key.            The memory unit stores the arithmetic instructions for the processing unit and holds the temporary results that occur during calculation. Storage cells in the memory unit hold the binary codes for the keys that have been pressed. The number codes, together with the operation code for the plus key, are held in temporary cells until the processing unit requires them.           When the equals key is pressed, it sends a signal to the processing unit. This takes the operation code-for example, addition-and the two numbers being held in the memory unit and performs the operation on the two numbers. A full adder does the addition, and the result goes to the decoder in the calculator's microchip. This code is then sent to the liquid crystal display unit, which shows the result, or output, of the calculation.
Câu 1: What is the main purpose of the passage?


A. To explain how a calculator works


B. To summarize the history of technology


C. To discuss innovative developments in the technology


D. To compare computers and calculators with other machines
Câu 2: What can be inferred about machines that are not calculators or computers?


A. They have simple memory and processing units.


B. They cannot store information in a memory.


C. They are less expensive than computers.


D. They are older than computers.
Câu 3: The word "innovative" in paragraph 1 could best replaced by______.


A. recent                      


B. important                


C. complicated            


D. revolutionary
Câu 4: In what part of the calculator are the processing and memory units? 


A. The output unit  


B. The microchip  


C. The battery  


D. The solar cells
Câu 5: According to the passage, one function of the memory unit is______.


A. to send codes to the display unit


B. to store temporary results during calculation


C. to alter basic arithmetic instructions


D. to control the keyboard
Câu 6: The word "This" in paragraph 5 refers to______.


A. the plus key   


B. the processing unit  


C. the equal key     


D. the memory unit
Câu 7: The word "contacts" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to______.


A. connections                        


B. locations                 


C. commands              


D. codes
Câu 8: Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about calculators?


A. Sending codes takes place only in the memory unit of a calculator.


B. Calculators require a lot of instructions to operate quickly.


C. Calculators and computers have a memory.


D. Pressing a key activates a calculator.
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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.Our position in the family is one of the factors (28) _________ strongly affect our personality. The eldest or first-born children get maximum (29) _________ from their parents and the result is that they are usually self-confident and ambitious people. Firstborns are also responsible because they often have to look after their younger brothers or sisters. (30) _________, they can be quite bossy and dominant as they often give orders and are fearful of losing position. Middle children are usually sociable since they have other children to play with. They are good at peacemaking and compromising. Yet, on the negative side, (31) _________ children can be jealous and moody ones. The youngest in a family is probably quite a relaxed person and some are often lazy. This is because they always have someone in the family to help them. Yet, they are charming and (32) _________, have good sense of humor and know how to manipulate others when they want to get their way.
Câu 1: (28) 


A. which                     


B. where                      


C. who                                    


D. what
Câu 2: (29) 


A. awareness               


B. attention                  


C. attraction                 


D. willingness
Câu 3: (30) 


A. Whenever               


B. In addition   


C. Therefore                


D. However
Câu 4: (31) 


A. elder                                   


B. middle                     


C. younger                  


D. youngest
Câu 5: (32) 


A. create                      


B. creation                  


C. creative                   


D. creature

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable to complete each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Jack and Jill are talking about Jill’s trip.

Jack: “How was your trip to Denmark?”

Jill: “ __________ . Everything was perfect.”


A. I couldn’t dream about it      


B. I couldn’t be so sure


C. I couldn’t agree more            


D. I couldn’t feel better about it
Câu 2: John and Tim are talking about future jobs.

John: “What kind of job would you like?”

Tim: “ _____________.”


A. Any of them are OK   


B. Anything to do with computers


C. That will do             


D. Anytime after next week   

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 product that you bought at the lower price is the more inferior to the one that we sell at a slightly higher price.


A. the more inferior 


B. that you bought 


C. the one  


D. at a slightly
Câu 2: Digital clocks, however precise, they cannot be perfectly accurate because the earth’s rotation changes slightly over years.


A. slightly                    


B. perfectly                  


C. they                        


D. the
Câu 3: Because there were so few women in the early Western states, the freedom and rights of Western women were more extensive than Eastern ladies.


A. Because                  


B. so few women   


C. Eastern ladies   


D. more extensive

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 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
A.
B.
C.
D.