Read the passage and choose the best answerAfter inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to mankind. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first awards ceremony. Nobel's original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary from $30,000 to $125,000. Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, the awards (gold medal, illuminated diploma, and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judges' decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes. No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes. No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War 11. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes. 
Câu 1:  The word "foresaw" in the first paragraph is nearest in meaning to ________.
   


A. prevailed      


B. postponed                     


C. prevented                       


D. predicted
Câu 2: The Nobel prize was established in order to ________.
   


A. recognize worthwhile contributions to humanity


B. resolve political differences


C. honor the inventor of dynamite


D.  spend money
Câu 3: In which area have Americans received the most awards?


A. Literature                   


B. Peace                             


C. Economics


D. Science
Câu 4:  All of the following statements are true EXCEPT ________.


A. Awards vary in monetary value


B. ceremonies are held on December 10 to commemorate Nobel's invention


C. Politics plays an important role in selecting the winners


D. A few individuals have won two awards
Câu 5: In how many fields are prizes bestowed?
 


A. 2


B. 5


C. 6


D. 10
Câu 6: It is implied that Nobel's profession was in ________.


A. chemistry                   


B. medicine                       


C. literature                       


D. science
Câu 7: In the first paragraph, "worthwhile" is closest in meaning to ________.


A. economic                   


B. prestigious                    


C. trivial                             


D. valuable
Câu 8: How much money did Nobel leaves for the prizes?


A. $30,000     


B. $125,000


C. $155,000    


D. from $30,000 to $125,000
Câu 9: What is the main idea of this passage?


A. Alfred Nobel became very rich when he invented dynamite.


B. Alfred Nobel created awards in six categories for contributions to humanity.


C. Alfred Nobel left all of his money to science


D. Alfred Nobel made a lasting contribution to humanity
Câu 10: The word "legacy" in the second paragraph means most nearly the same as ________.


A. legend                        


B. bequest                          


C. prize                              


D. debt
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Read the passage and choose the best answerIn the United States, presidential elections are held in years evenly divisible by four (1888, 1900, 1964, etc.). Since 1840, American presidents elected in years ending with zero have died in office, with one exception. William H. Harrison, the man who served the shortest term, died of pneumonia only several weeks after his inauguration.Abraham Lincoln was one of four presidents who were assassinated. He was elected in 1860, and his untimely death came just five years later. James A. Garfield, a former Union army general from Ohio, was shot during his first year in office (1881) by a man to whom he wouldn't give a job. While in his second term of office (1901), William McKinley, another Ohioan, attended the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. During the reception, he was assassinated while shaking hands with some of the guests. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas only three years after his election.Three years after his election in 1920, Warren G, Harding died in office. Although it was never proved, many believe he was poisoned. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times (1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944), the only man to serve so long a term. He had contracted polio in 1921 and eventually died of the illness in 1945.Ronald Reagan, who was elected in 1980 and reelected four years later, suffered an assassination attempt but did not succumb to the assassin's bullets. He was the first to break the long chain of unfortunate events. Will the candidate in the election of 2020 also be as lucky?
Câu 1: All of the following were election years EXCEPT ________.


A. 1960                           


B. 1930                              


C. 1888                               


D. 1824
Câu 2: Which president served the shortest term in office?


A. Abraham Lincoln 


B. Warren G. Harding


C. William McKinley


D. William H. Harrison
Câu 3: Which of the following is true?
        


A. All presidents elected in years ending in zero have died in office.


B. Only presidents from Ohio have died in office.


C. Franklin D. Roosevelt completed four terms as president.


D. Four American presidents have been assassinated.
Câu 4: How many presidents elected in years ending in zero since 1840 have died in office?


A. 7


B. 5


C. 4


D. 3
Câu 5: The word "inauguration" in the first paragraph means most nearly the same as ________.
         


A. election                                                                   


B. acceptance speech


C. swearing-in ceremony      


D. campaign
Câu 6: All of the following presidents were assassinated EXCEPT ________.
 


A. John F. Kennedy                      


B. Franklin D. Roosevelt


C. Abraham Lincoln   


D.   James A. Garfield
Câu 7: The word "whom" in the second paragraph refers to ________.


A. Garfield                     


B. Garfield's assassin 


C. a Union army general


D. McKinley
Câu 8: The word "assassinated" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to


A. murdered                   


B. decorated                      


C. honored                         


D. sickened
Câu 9: In the third paragraph, "contracted" is closest in meaning to ________.


A. communicated about


B. developed                    


C. agree about       


D. notified
Câu 10: How long did Warren G, Harding work as a president?


A. 2 years   


B. 3 years                    


C. 5 years                           


D. 4 years
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Identify one mistake in the following sentences:
Câu 1: Mined over 2,000 years ago, copper is one of the earliest know metals.


A. mined


B. ago


C. the


D. know
Câu 2: The average adult has got from two to five colds each year.


A. the


B. has got


C. to


D. colds
Câu 3: Computers have made access to information instantly available just by push a few buttons.


A. have


B. access


C. instantly available


D. by push
Câu 4: Some gorillas beat their chests as an express of high spirits


A. beat


B. as


C. express


D. high
Câu 5:  Because vitamins contained in a wide variety of foods, people seldom lack most of them.


A. contained


B. in a


C. variety of


D. lack

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Read the passage and choose the best answer:Clean freshwater resources are essential for drinking, bathing, cooking, irrigation, industry, and for plant and animal (36)_______. Unfortunately, the global supply of freshwater is (37)_______ unevenly. Chronic water shortages (38)_______ in most of Africa and drought is common over much of the globe. The (39)_______ of most freshwater supplies - groundwater (water located below the soil surface), reservoirs, and rivers - are under severe and (40)_______ environmental stress because of overuse, water pollution, and ecosystem degradation. Over 95 percent of urban sewage in (41)_______ countries is (42)_______ untreated into surface waters such as rivers and harbors.About 65 percent of the global freshwater supply is used in (43)_______ and 25 percent is used in industry. Freshwater (44)_______ therefore requires a reduction in wasteful practices like (45)_______. irrigation, reforms in agriculture and industry, and strict pollution controls worldwide.
Câu 1: _______(36)


A. survive                      


B. survived                        


C. surviving                       


D. survival
Câu 2: _____(37)


A. delivered                           


B. distributed                    


C. provided                       


D. given
Câu 3: _____(38)


A. exist  


B. lie  


C. show         


D. stay
Câu 4: ______(39)


A. resources          


B. springs                           


C. sources                          


D. starting
Câu 5: ______(40)


A. increasing


B. growing    


C. climbing   


D. ascending
Câu 6: _____(41)


A. growing        


B. miserable


C. poverty     


D. developing
Câu 7: ________(42)


A. recharged      


B. discharged           


C. charged    


D. discharging
Câu 8: ______(43)


A.  farming                            


B. planting                         


C. agriculture      


D. growing
Câu 9: _______(44)


A. reservation 


B. conservation       


C. preservation        


D. retention
Câu 10: _____(45)


A. ineffective      
 


B. illogical                         


C. irrational                       


D. inefficient
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Read the passage and choose the best answer:Within the last century the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (26)_______dramatically, largely (27)_______people burn vast amounts of fossil fuels, coal and petroleum and its derivatives. Average global temperature also has increased - by about 0.6 Celsius degree within (28)_______ past century.Atmospheric scientists (29)_______found that at least half of that temperature increase (30)_______attributed to human activity. They predict that (31)_______dramatic action is taken, global temperature will continue (32)_______by between 1o C and 3.5o C (between 1.8° and 6.3° F) over the next century. Although (33)_______increase may not seem like a great difference, during The Last Ice Age the global temperature (34)_______only 2.2 Celsius degrees cooler than it (35)_______presently.
Câu 1: ______(26)


A. has risen     


B. rose           


C. has raised


D. raised
Câu 2: _______(27)


A. because of  


B. although   


C. despite      


D. because
Câu 3: _______(28)


A.  a                                        


B. some                              


C. the                                  


D. any
Câu 4: ______(29)


A. had                                  


B. have                               


C. are                                  


D. ought to
Câu 5: ______(30)


A. should be      


B. is being


C. had been


D. can be
Câu 6: _____(31)


A. unless         


B. if    


C. provided  


D. as long as
Câu 7: _____(32)


A. be rising                     


B. to rise                    


C. to be risen


D. to be rising
Câu 8: ______(33)


A. so much               


B. so                                   


C. such an


D. such
Câu 9: ______(34)


A. had been                 


B. has been                                              


C. is


D. was
Câu 10: ______(35)


A. is       


B. has been 


C. was            


D. will be
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Choose the sentence among A, B, C or D that has the same meaning as the original one
Câu 1: We started working here three years ago.


A. We worked here for three years.


B. We have no longer worked here for three years.


C. We have worked here for three years.


D. We will work here in three years.
Câu 2: “ John left here an hour ago,” said Jane.


A. Jane told me that John had left there an hour before.


B. Jane said John left  here an hour before.


C. Jane told John to have left there an hour before.


D. Jane told me that John to leave there an hour before.
Câu 3: No one has opened this box for a hundred years .


A. This box hasn’t been opened for a hundred years.


B. This box has been opened for a hundred years.


C. This box has belonged to nobody for a long time.


D. Someone opened this box a hundred years ago.

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B.
C.
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In these sentences, each one has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one word or phrase that must be changed in order to the sentence to be correct
Câu 1: She must have her reasons where she doesn’t want to tell.


A. must have


B. reasons


C. where


D. wants to
Câu 2: In spite of my father is old, he still goes to work.


A. in spite of


B. old


C. goes


D. work
Câu 3: If you listen to the questions carefully, you would answer them easily


A. to


B. carefully


C. would answer


D. easily
Câu 4: Dave was crossing the road when Jane was calling out to him.


A. was crossing


B. when


C. was calling


D. to him
Câu 5: He is enough strong   to carry the heavy luggage.


A. enough strong


B. to carry


C. heavy


D. luggage

A.
B.
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Rewrite the following sentences, beginning each sentences with the cues
Câu 1: He is on the fifteenth page of the report he's typing.


A. So far he has typed fifteen pages of the report.


B. So far he typed fifteen pages of the report


C. So far he had typed fifteen pages of the report


D. So far he has been typed fifteen pages of the report
Câu 2: My English friend finds using chopsticks difficult


A. My English friend isn't used to using chopsticks


B. My English friend isn't used to use chopsticks


C. My English friend isn't used to used chopsticks


D. My English friend isn't used for using chopsticks
Câu 3: That car's so expensive, I don’t think I can buy it


A. It's such an expensive car nor I don’t think I can buy it


B. It's such an expensive car that I don’t think I can buy it


C. It's such an expensive car and I don’t think I can buy it


D. It's such an expensive car so I don’t think I can buy it
Câu 4: I've never heard a more amusing story than this one


A. This is the most amusing story that I had ever heard


B. This is the most amusing story that I've never heard


C. This is the most amused story that I've ever heard


D. This is the most amusing story that I've ever heard
Câu 5: I was on the point of leaving the house when the telephone rang


A. I was about to leave the house when the telephone rang


B. I was about to left the house when the telephone rang


C. I was about leaving the house when the telephone rang


D. I was about  leave the house when the telephone rang
Câu 6: I never intended to help such a man


A. I never had  intention of helping such a man


B. I never had any intention such a man


C. I never had intention so as a man


D. Both A and B
Câu 7: "I've seen the film three times, Mary", said George


A. George told Mary that he had seen the film three times


B. George told Mary that he has seen the film three times


C. George told Mary that he saw the film three times


D. George told Mary that he had been seen the film three times
Câu 8: I don’t really like her, even though I admire her achievement


A. Much than I admire her achievement, I don’t really like her


B. Much as I admire her achievement, and I don’t really like her


C. Much as I admire her achievement, I don’t really like her


D. Much more I admire her achievement, I don’t really like her
Câu 9: If people deliberately start a fire, they should be punished


A. I think anyone who starts a fire must be punished


B. I think anyone whose starts a fire should be punished


C. I think anyone whom starts a fire should be punished


D. I think anyone who starts a fire should be punished
Câu 10: I'd like to have more time to study, but I haven't


A. I wish I had more time to study


B. I wish I have more time to study


C. I wish I had had more time to study


D. I wish I would have more time to study
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Read the following passage and choose the correct answerIt is a characteristic of human nature that people like to get together and have fun, and people living during America's frontier days were no exception. However, because life was hard and the necessities of day-to-day living took up their time, it was common for recreation to be combined with activities necessary for survival. One example of such a form of recreation was logrolling. Many frontier areas were heavily wooded, and in order to settle an area it was necessary to remove the trees. A settler could cut down the trees alone, but help was needed to move the cut trees. After a settler had cut a bunch of trees, he would then invite his neighbors over for a logrolling.A logrolling is a community event where families got together for a combination of work and fun. The women would bring food and have a much needed and infrequent opportunity to relax and chat with friends, the children would play together exuberantly, and the men would hold lively competitions that involved rolling logs from place to place as quickly as possible. This was a day of fun for everyone involved, but as its foundation was the need to clear the land.
Câu 1: The main idea of the passage is that in America's frontier days _________.


A.  people combined work with creation


B. people cleared land by rolling logs


C. a logrolling involved the community


D. it was necessary for early settlers to clear the land
Câu 2: The expression day-to-day could best be replaced by which of the following?


A. daytime 


B. every day  


C. day after day


D. today
Câu 3: According to the passage, what did people have to do first to settle an area?


A. Invite neighbors over    


B. Develop recreation ideas


C.  Build farms     


D. Get rid of the trees
Câu 4: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE about a logrolling?


A. It could be enjoyable.      


B. It was rather quiet.


C.  It involved a lot of people. 


D.  There could be a lot of movement
Câu 5: Who go to a logrolling?


A. children


B.  women


C.  families  


D. men

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B.
C.
D.

 Read the text and choose the words or phrase that best fits each spaceWe are all slowly destroying the earth. The seas and rivers are (19)……… dirty to swim in . There is so much smoke  in the air that it is (20)…… to live in many  of the world’s cities. In one well- known city, for example,(21)……. gases from cars pollute the air so much that traffic policemen have to (22)………………. Oxy masks.We have cut down (23)……..  many trees that there are now vast areas of (24)…… all over the world . As a (25)… ,farmers in parts of Africa can’t grow enough to eat .In certain countries  in Asia, there is too (26)….. rice. Moreover, we do not take enough(27)……… of the countryside. Wild animals are  quickly (28)…… .For instance , tigers are rare in India now (29)…. We have killed too many for them to (30)………. However, it isn’t enough simply to talk about the problem. We must act now before it is too late to do anything about it .Join us now .Save the earth .  
Câu 1: ______(19)


A. very         


B. too                     


C. much              


D. enough
Câu 2: ________(20)


A. unfit             


B. inappropriate     


C. unlikely          


D. unhealthy
Câu 3: ______(21)


A. poisonous 


B. serious               


C. bad                 


D. evil
Câu 4: ______(22)


A. take     


B. bring                


C. wear              


D. carry
Câu 5: _______(23)


A. so        


B. much                


C. too                 


D. enough
Câu 6: ______(24)


A. ground        


B. wasteland       


C. fields              


D. meadows
Câu 7: ______(25)


A. fact              


B. matter                


C. problem           


D.  result
Câu 8: ________(26)


A. little              


B. few                    


C. much                      


D. fewer
Câu 9: ________(27)


A. attention            


B. care                   


C. time                        


D. deny
Câu 10: _____(28)


A. escaping  


B. hiding             


C. running                     


D. disappearing
Câu 11: _______(29)


A. because   


B. when                


C. and              


D. so
Câu 12: ________(30)


A. die   


B. preserve                   


C. survive           


D. continue
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