Exercise 5: 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
A YEAR WITH OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERS
I was with Overseas Volunteers (OV) for a year after leaving university, and I was sent to an isolated village in Chad, about 500 kilometers from the capital N'Djamena. Coming from a rich country, I got quite a shock, as conditions were much harder than I had expected. But after a few days I got used to (11)_______ there. The people were always very friendly and helpful, and I soon began to appreciate how beautiful the countryside was.
One of my jobs was to supply the village (12)______ water. The well was a long walk away, and the women used to spend a long time every day (13)______ heavy pots backwards and forwards. So I contacted the organization and arranged to have some pipes delivered. (14)______ these pipes were not really perfect, they still made a great difference to the villagers.
All in all, I think my time with OV was a good experience. Although it was not paid, it was well worth doing and I would recommend it to anyone (15)______ was considering working for a charity.
(13)
A.holding
B.drinking
C.wearing
D.carrying

Exercise 5: 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
A YEAR WITH OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERS
I was with Overseas Volunteers (OV) for a year after leaving university, and I was sent to an isolated village in Chad, about 500 kilometers from the capital N'Djamena. Coming from a rich country, I got quite a shock, as conditions were much harder than I had expected. But after a few days I got used to (11)_______ there. The people were always very friendly and helpful, and I soon began to appreciate how beautiful the countryside was.
One of my jobs was to supply the village (12)______ water. The well was a long walk away, and the women used to spend a long time every day (13)______ heavy pots backwards and forwards. So I contacted the organization and arranged to have some pipes delivered. (14)______ these pipes were not really perfect, they still made a great difference to the villagers.
All in all, I think my time with OV was a good experience. Although it was not paid, it was well worth doing and I would recommend it to anyone (15)______ was considering working for a charity.
(11)
A.live
B.living
C.lively
D.lived

Tìm một từ có phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác so với các từ còn lại
A.object
B.collect
C.select
D.project

Exercise 4: 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.
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.In spite of spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.
C.We didn't stay in a cheap hotel as we had a lot of money to spend.
D.We stayed in a cheap hotel, but we had to spend a lot of money.

Exercise 4: 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.
I left the office. There was a power cut just then.
A.I left the office after there was a power cut.
B.Hardly I had left the office when there was a power cut.
C.No sooner had I left the office than there was a power cut.
D.I left the office long before there was a power cut.

Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part the needs correction in each of the following questions.
Sam found it hard to concentrate on his work because the noise.
A.it
B.concentrate
C.work
D.because

Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
They have been forced to live in marginal environments, such as deserts and arctic wastelands.
A.suburban
B.forgotten
C.abandoned
D.disadvantaged

Exercise 1: 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 sentences.
He survived the operation thanks to the skillful surgeon.
A.He wouldn't have survived the operation without the skillful surgeon.
B.Though the surgeon was skillful, he couldn't survive the operation.
C.He survived because he was a skillful surgeon.
D.There was no skillful surgeon, so he died.

Exercise 1: 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 sentences.
"Stop smoking or you'll be ill," the doctor told me.
A.The doctor advised me to give up smoking to avoid illness.
B.The doctor suggested smoking to treat illness.
C.I was warned against smoking a lot of cigarettes.
D.I was ordered not to smoke to recover from illness.

Tìm một từ có phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác so với các từ còn lại
A.tropical
B.collection
C.occasion
D.comprise