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ĐỀ THI VÀ ĐÁP ÁN
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE (40 PTS)
I. Grammar and Structures (5 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1. It is our duty to care for _______ sick. A. a B. an C. the D. no article
2. I’m sorry. The book _______ by Barrack Obama is out of stock. A. written B. writing C. which written D. was written
3. When I arrived at the party, Tom _______. A. left B. had left C. was left D. has left
4. _______ the rise in unemployment, people still seem to spend more. A. Although B. Despite C. Because D. Because of
5. _______ you study for these examinations, _______ you will do. A. The harder/ the better B. The harder/ the best C. The hardest/ the best D. The hardest/ the better
6. When we came, a party _________ in the hall. A. is being held B. had being held C. will be held D. was being held
7. They worked for two hours and then they stopped _______ a rest. A. having B. to have C. to having D. had
8. He asked me, "Why didn't you come to class yesterday?"
A. He asked me why hadn't I come to the class the previous day.
B. He asked me why you hadn't come to the class yesterday.
C. He asked me why I didn't come to the class yesterday.
D. He asked me why I hadn't come to the class the previous day.
9. Candidates _______ bring books into the examination room. A. must B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. couldn’t
10. _______ the entrance examination last year, he would have gone to the university. A. If John passed
B. John had passed C. Had John passed D. Unless John had passed
KEY Grammar and Structures (5 pts) 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A 1. C 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. C 6. D
II. Phrasal verbs and Prepositions (5 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
11. We’ve nearly run _______money. We’ve got very little left. A. out of B. off C. away of D. out with
12. Will you take responsibility _______ arranging the food? A. from B. on C. for D. with
13. The Blacks live in the house _____ the green doors. A. for B. with C. to D. on
14. I’d like to get some information about apply ______ universities in the UK. A. to B. for C. from D. on
15. If it’s raining tomorrow, we shall have to _______ the match until next Sunday. A. put off B. call off C. keep on D. carry out
16. After missing a term through illness, he had to work hard to catch ______ the others. A. with up B. up with C. on with D. up to
17. My husband and I take turns cleaning _______ the kitchen depending _______ who gets home from work earlier.
A. away / to B. from / in C. up / on D. with / for
18. The plane from Dallas ________ two hours late, so I missed my connecting flight from Frankfurt to London. A. took on B. took in C. took over D. took off
19. It took me a long time to _______ the shock of her death. A. go off B. look up C. get over D. turn on
20. You can look _______ this word in the dictionary. A. up B. to C. for D. after
KEY Phrasal verbs and Prepositions (5 pts) 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. A 11. A 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. A 16. B III. Vocabulary (10 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
21. They live happily although it is hard to make ends ______. A. gather B. visit C. meet D. come
22. A______ is a film or a radio or television program giving facts about something. A. news B. cartoon C. documentary D. comedy
23. The ______ of the rainforests is an ecological disaster that threatens the future of life on Earth. A. protection B. destruction C. extinction D. diversity
24. The panda’s natural ______is the bamboo forest. A. environment B. conservation C. habitat D. population
25. Buckingham Palace is a major tourist ________ in London. A. attract B. attraction C. attractive D. attractiveness
26. She used to ______ her living by working as a typist. A. win B. earn C. raise D. support
27. The factory has over 1000 _____, most of whom are skilled workers. A. employees B. employments C. employers D. employs
28. Can you give me a hand to do the household _________? A. work B. job C. chores D. items
29. The shop is opposite the hospital. You can't _______ it. A. avoid B. miss C. forget D. leave
30. Mary is revising for her coming _______ .
A. sixty-minutes test B. sixty-minute test C. test sixty-minutes D. sixty-minutes with test
31. Carnivores are animals which _______. A. eat meat B. eat plants C. swim very fast D. live on the bottom
32. My home village is _______ 40 kilometres north of the capital. A. held B. laid C. located D. surrounded
33. Trees and shrubs ______ an important part in preserving land. A. make B. keep C. have D. play
34. A(n) ______ is used to cook rice, meat, fish and vegetables or keep the food warm.
A. air conditioner B. television C. fax machine D. electric cooker
35. She is a _______ student. She has a fully developed mind.
A. bad B. old C. young D. mature
36. She is writing a letter to tell her brother a _____ of news. A. piece B. group C. bar D. couple
37. The blind child_______a great effort to learn “Braille”. A. did B. created C. got D. made
38. He passed his exams with flying colour. A. successfully B. difficultly C. badly D. easily
39. The introduction of new farming methods has resulted in “bumper crops”. The phrase “bumper
crops” is closest meaning to _____.
A. cash crops B. unusual crops C. good crops D. added crops
40. The miraculous invention of telephone has revolutionized the way people communicate.
A. disturbing B. normal C. surprising D. magical
KEY Vocabulary (10 pts) 22. C 23. B 24. C 25. B 21. C 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. B 26. B 33. C 33. D 34. D 35. D 31. A 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. D 36. A
IV. Guided Cloze (10 pts)
Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space Passage A:
Thomas Edison was born in Ohio, the seventh and (41) ______ child of Samuel and Nancy
Edison. Even (42) ______ a small child he was curious about everything. He always asked questions
like. "Why is the sky blue?" or " What makes it rain?" When he was (43) ______ to school at the age of
seven, he asked so many questions (44) ______ the school teacher beat him with a leather strap and
(45) ______ that Tom was "dull". When Tom told his mother, she took him out of school and taught
him (46) ______. His total education in public school (47) ______ three months. Because of his
curiosity to (48) ______ out what made things happen, he developed a(n) (49) ______ in electricity and
experimented constantly. Eventually, his experiments led (50) ______ many inventions including the
photograph, the electric light and motion pictures. 41. A. young B. younger C. youngest. D. youth 42. A. as B. like C. Nor D. with 43. A gone B. been C. sent D. come 44. A. that B. which C. who D. what 45. A. talked B. promised C. told D. said 46. A. himself B. herself C. itself D. themselves 47. A. was B. longed C. lasted D. spent 48. A. find B. look C. watch D. search 49. A. interest B. interesting C. hobby D. career 50. A. with b. on C. to D. about
KEY Guided Cloze (10 pts) Passage A: 42. A 43. C 44. A 45. D 41. C 47. C 48. A 49. A 50. C 46. B Passage B:
Kevin teaches (51) ______ at a high school. He enjoys his teaching very much, and he always feels
very (52) ______ and proud when he is standing on the teaching platform. Some of his ex-classmates
have just (53) ______ him a chance (54) ______ them in a new company (55) ______ computer
software for businesses. Everyone thinks that it (56) ______ very well. Kevin will probably earn more
money than he (57) ______ at the high school. The new company is (58) ______, and the money may be good
(59) ______ deed. (60) ______, Kevin can hardly quit his teaching job! He loves it. 51. A. mathematics B. mathematic C. mathematical D. mathematician 52. A. shy B. embarrassed C. self-confident D. unhappy 53. A. offered B. taken C. gave D. got 54. A. joining B. join C. joins D. to join 55. A. to prepare B. to produce C. to work D. to get 56. A. was done B. does C. did D. will do 57. A. do B. doing C. does D. did 58. A. excited B. exciting C. excitedly D. excitement 59. A. in B. on C. at D. with 60. A. However B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. Consequently
KEY Guided Cloze (10 pts) Passage B: 52. C 53. A 54. D 55. B 51. A 57. C 58. B 59. A 60. A 56. D
V. Reading Comprehension (10 pts)
Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question Passage A:
People have been hunting whales for at least a thousand years, and there were no real problems
until 20th century. What happened was that fishing technology became much more efficient and the
ships were much faster, so more and more whales were caught. In the 1960s the main whaling
countries were killing more than sixty thousand whales a year, and everyone began to realize that
something had to be done. It was environmental groups like Greenpeace that really made things
change. They set out to make people aware of the fact that whales were fast becoming extinct. But even
now we don’t know if all this interest has become too late. Let’s take the great blue whale for example,
which at thirty to forty metres long is the biggest animal there has ever been – now there are perhaps
about two thousand or so left. In fact they have been protected for quite a long time, but there is no sign
that the population is growing.
61. Which of the following statements is NOT true about blue whale?
A. They can grow up to forty metres long. B. They are the biggest animal on the earth.
C. Their population is growing fast. D. They have been protected for quite a long time.
62. What makes people aware of the fact that whales were fast becoming extinct? A. Greenpeace B. Environmental groups C. Main whaling countries D. International agreement.
63. The 20th century has brought many dangers to whales due to ________ . A. faster ships
B. improved methods of technology C. longer nets D. both A and B
64. Appropriately how many blue whales are there on the earth now? A. 2,000 B. 30,000 C. 40,000 D. 60,000
65. How long have people been hunting whales? A. for over 1,000 years B. since the 20th century C. for nearly 200 years D. since the 1960s
KEY Reading Comprehension (10 pts) Passage A: 62. B 63. D 64. A 65. A 61. C Passage B:
Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people cannot
imagine life without them. One the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Gates.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent
him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Alien. When they were in the eighth
grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making mores.
In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he
would get over his obsession with computers and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later,
Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked
eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run
one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.
Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and
started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of
thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the "King of
Software". He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he worked
sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will to succeed. By 1997, he was the
richest man in the United States. 66. According to the writer,
A. people cannot live without personal computers
B. computers play an important part of our lives
C. Bill Gates invented personal computers
D. Bill Gates is the most important people in computer science
67. The words “dropped out of” mean A. graduated from B. got over C. took part in D. stopped taking class at 68. According to the passage,
A. Bill Gate's parents wanted him to become a computer programmer.
B. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft because they want to sell their program for personal computers
C. Paul Alien left Microsoft because he wanted to start his own company.
D. Bill Gates met his business partner at Harvard.
69. How old was Bill Gates when he became the richest man in the United States? A. 34 B. 51 C. 42 D. 44
70. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text?
A. In a few years, Microsoft became a very large company.
B. Bill Gates and Paul Allen first wrote programs for business computers when they were about fifteen.
C. Bill Gates earned his success by working very hard.
D. Bill Gates is the richest man in the United States
KEY Reading Comprehension (10 pts) Passage B: 67. D 68. B 69. C 70. D 66. A Passage C:
Choose the most suitable paragraph headings from the list of headings. LIST OF HEADINGS
A. FASHIONS GO ROUND AND ROUND
B. HOW ARE BALLET DANCERS TRAINED? C. EDUCATION IN CUBA
D. MOON ROCKS HOLD HIGH PRIORITY E. TELEVISION F. HOW CAN A PLANT KILL?
G. THE TRUTH BEHIND THE DA VINCI CODE H. COLORS AND EMOTIONS I. HOW DO THEY SHOOT A MOVIE? J. ROUTINES 71. PARAGRAPH 1
Girls who study ballet generally begin by age eight to ten. Boys often start later. Ballet training
is hard work. Ballet students must develop strength, balance, and flexibility as well as grace. They must
learn a set of movements and gestures. Girls also learn to dance on their toes. They usually begin pointe
(tip-of-the-toes) work after three years of training. All ballet students practice five basic positions of the
feet. These five positions form the basis of almost all ballet steps. All of these positions are performed
with the legs turned outward at the hip. The feet should be able to form a straight line on the floor. 72. PARAGRAPH 2
Shortly after stepping onto the surface, Armstrong took a “grab sample,” or contingency
sample, scooping it up into a Teflon bag on the end of a light collapsible rod. The pole he discarded,
but the bag of soil he rolled up and—with some difficulty—tucked into a pocket above his left knee.
With a specially made aluminum scoop on an extension handle, and with a pair of long aluminum
tongs, Armstrong later gathered a larger quantity of the dark lunar soil and representative samples of
the lunar rocks. These he put into two boxes, each formed from a single piece of aluminum. A ring of
soft metal, indium, lined the lip of each box; when the box was closed and the straps drawn tight
around it, a knifelike strip around the edge of the lid bit deeply into the indium, thus helping to seal the
samples in a vacuum and to protect them against contamination. 73. PARAGRAPH 3
Lots of work has to be done before the filming begins. The producer and director plan how and
when they will film each scene. A movie is filmed scene by scene, and a scene is filmed shot by shot.
The scenes are not usually filmed in the order that you see them in the movie. Sometimes the weather is
bad and an outdoor scene cannot be filmed. Big, fancy sets take a long time to build. Scenes using these
sets are often shot later even though you may see them at the beginning of the film. 74. PARAGRAPH 4
Think about your daily life. Do you follow the same read :o work every day? Do you sit in the
same place in class? When you get dressed, do you always put the same leg or arm in first? You
probably do, because we all have routines in our lives. Routines save time and energy because you do
them without thinking, that's why they are so important in the morning when your brain isn't active.
Here's Jo talking about her morning routine. 75. PARAGRAPH 5
An American TV network has had an international hit with the drama “24”, a thriller known for its
suspense and often graphic violence. Over the past year, controversy has surrounded the series because
of its portrayal of Muslim terrorists and its frequent scenes of torture. But the content of “24” is not the
only thing that would have been unthinkable on prime−time television 20 years ago. Its form also
represents a major change in modem TV: during each episode’s 44 minutes − a real−time hour, minus
16 minutes for commercials – the show connects the lives of 21 different characters, each with their
own personalities and specific relationships with other characters. Nine different story lines (or
“threads") arc depicted, each involving events and information revealed in previous episodes. 76. PARAGRAPH 6
Colors are one of the most exciting experiences in life. I love them, and they are just as
important to me as emotions are. Have you ever wondered how the two are so intimately related? Color
directly affects your emotions. Color both reflects the current state of your emotions, and is something
that you can use to improve or change your emotions. The color that you choose to wear either reflects
your current state of being or reflects the color or emotion that you need. 77. PARAGRAPH 7
One of the interesting things about Cuba is its educational system. As in many other countries schools
are free. What is unusual is that schools combine study with manual work. Each school has a plot of
land where children work for a few hours each day. They plant vegetables, which they weed and water
and later they harvest the crop. In this way they develop good working habit and learn how important it
is to produce. Usually, children do not like growing vegetables such as spinach, Cuba children soon
develop a taste for them. During the summer, older children also go to the country to help the farmers
with the crops. In this system, the children spend part of their school time studying and the rest working
in the open air helping increase the nation’s production. 78. PARAGRAPH 8
People kill. Animals kill. Animals and people kill for food, or they kill their enemies. People and
animals can move around and find something to kill. They can run away from an enemy. They
can kill it if it is necessary. Many kinds of animals eat plants. The plants cannot run away from
their enemies. Some plants make poison. If an animal eat part of the plant, it gets sick or dies.
Animals learn to stay away from these plants. There are many kinds of plants that make poison.
Most of them grow in the desert or in the tropics. Today farmers use kinds of poison come from
petroleum , but petroleum is expensive. Scientists collect poisonous plants and study them.
Maybe farmers can use cheap poison from plants instead of expensive poison from petroleum. 79. PARAGRAPH 9
In 2006, Sony Pictures released a remarkable and intriguing film entitled The Da Vinci Code,
based on the novel of the same name by Dan Brown. In the film, religious leaders and professors are in
a race to discover the secrets of an organization called the Priory of Sion. The biggest secret kept by
this organization is supposedly that Jesus Christ and a woman whose name is recorded in the Bible as
Mary Magdalene had a child, and that their family 55 line continues to this day. In a TV interview, Dan
Brown stated that, in his book, "all of the art, architecture, secret rituals, secret societies, all of that is
historical fact." However, while the Priory of Sion did exist, it's nothing like the one which is so central to The Da Vinci Code. 80. PARAGRAPH 10
Fashions have always changed with time. No doubt Roman girls worried about having the
latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals that were cool and not the sensible
ones their mothers preferred. Look back over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the
way fashions have changed compared to earlier time. Firstly, far more people have a choice of clothes
available to them. There are few places in the world where the trainers, the caps or the T-shirts of
teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, styles are repeated within a much shorter
time than they used to be. For instance, in the 1960s, dresses had the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.
KEY Reading Comprehension (10 pts) Passage C: 72. D 73. I 74. J 75. E 71. B 77. C 78. F 79. G 80. A 76. H
B. WRITTEN TEST (70 pts) I. Cloze test (20 pts) Passage A:
The world’s oceans are (81) ________ vast that they can cope with the present levels of
pollution. However, little is known (82) ________ the long-term effects of such slow poisoning. The
(83) ________ serious problem of modern times is that man is destroying the earth’s natural (84)
________ and transforming huge area into wasteland. As (85) ________ result, it is becoming
extremely difficult to grow (86) ________ to feed the world rapidly increasing population. A way of
protecting all the wildlife on the earth must (87) ________ be found as
(88) ________ species are in danger (89) ________ disappearance completely from the face of the
earth. The dangers, (90) ________, are not confined solely to the land and the sea. The smoke in the
atmosphere, for example, is increasing so much that the amount of sunlight has been reduced in many
cities. Man’s whole environment is being changed in a serious way.
KEY Cloze test (20 pts) Passage A: 82. about 83. most 84. resources 85. a 81. so 87. also 88. many 89. of 90. however 86. enough Passage B:
How can you learn to swim? It is best to learn (91) ________ you are still quite young (92) ________
some parents even taught their six-month-old babies to swim. It is just a good (93) ________ just to
play round in the pool for a while until you get (94) ________ to being in the water. Try to find a good
teacher. You must learn to (95) ________ your balance in the water and then your teacher will show
(96) ________ to move your arms and legs so (97) ________ you move along smoothly and easily. As
(98) ________ as you feel confident in the pool you will quickly start making good progress. Most
people learn the breaststroke first and (99) ________ go on to backstroke and crawl. After that, you can
learn to dive. Diving is probably what I like doing most when I go to the pool. I am particularly
interested in swimming faster (100) ________ anyone else but I love trying to dive as gracefully as possible.
KEY Cloze test (20 pts) Passage B: 92. and 93. idea 94. used 95. keep 91. when 97. that 98. soon 99. then 100. than 96. how
II. Word formation (20 pts) Part 1:
101. She was extremely ............................................. about the history of China. KNOWLEDGE
102. The cost of .................................................... to the show is quite reasonable. ADMIT
103. It may be .................................................................to force them into making a decision,
and if you upset them they are quite likely to overact. PRODUCE
104. Tom spoke ....................................................... because he was so excited. BREAT
105. Even the most ............................... person ought to appreciate the beauty of this music. SENSE
106. This knife is very blunt. It needs ................................................ SHARP
107. Due to the clerk's ............................................... we missed the train. STUBBORN
108. The thing I hate about John is his .............................................. RELIABLE
109. She left school with good ................................................ QUALIFY
110. We walk in the streets where the noise of traffic is almost ........................................... DEAF
KEY Word formation (20 pts) Part 1: 102. admission 103. counter-
104. breathlessly 105. insensitive 101. productive knowledgeable 107. 108. unreliability 109. 106. sharpening 110. deafening stubbornness qualifications Part 2:
Before applying to a foreign university, one should consider the (111. advantage )
_____________ of studying abroad. First, a student may feel (112. alone ) _____________ by being
far home and friends. Also, difficulty in understanding a foreign language can be very (113.
disappoint ) _____________ and can (114. effect ) _____________ the student’s grades. It can be
very expensive to pay the costs of travel and housing in a different country. (115. Final )
_____________, if there is an emergency at home, it will be hard to get home in a hurry.
However, studying in another country is advantageous in many ways. A student is exposed to a
new culture. This culture teaches him or her about other people and other ways of (116. think )
_____________, which can be promoted (117. friend ) _____________ among countries. He can
learn a new language which may be (118. benefit ) _____________ for keeping up with research after
students has finished studying. He can learn experience not (119. availability ) _____________ in his
country. The student may also get the opportunity to study at a university where a leading expert in
his field may be teaching. The leading expert can introduce the student to the most up-to-date finding
of the tops (120. research) _____________ in the field. Exposure to such available knowledge and
insights into the field can aid the student in becoming an expert as well.
KEY Word formation (20 pts) Part 2: 112. lonely 113. 114. affect 115. Finally 111. disappointing disadvantages 117. friendships 118. beneficial 119. available 120. researchers 116. thinking
III. Error correction (10 pts)
Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have
a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (✓). If a line has a word which
should not be there, write the word.
Although most countries have official organizations to improve woman’s lives, 121……………
many of these organizations do not do anything. Women take up 50% of the 122……………
world’s population, but in nearly 66% of all working hours, the work done by 123……………
women. They do most of housework, for example, cook and washing and 124……………
so on. Million of women also work outside the home. Women hold almost 125……………
40% of all the world’s job. However, they get only about half as much as 126……………
men and of course, they earn nothing for their domestic work.10% of 127……………
positions in government are held by women. More than half the people 128……………
who cannot read and write are women. These women who are still illiterate 129……………
sometimes do not want improve their recent lives. Being illiterate does 130……………
not mean they are not intelligent. It means that is difficult for them to change their lives.
KEY Error correction (10 pts) 122. take => 123. done => is 124. cook => 125. Million => 121. woman => make done cooking Millions women 127. ✓ 128. half => half 129. ✓ 130. improve => 126. ✓ of to improve
IV. Sentence Transformation (20 pts)
131.We haven't been to the concert for two years.
→ The last _______________________________________________.
132. The phone stopped ringing the moment I got down stairs.
→ No sooner _______________________________________________.
133. She agreed to go out to dinner with him because she assumed he was not married.
→ Had she _______________________________________________ .
134. Although they were very poor, the children seemed happy.
→ Despite _______________________________________________ .
135. I bought a cell phone. I can use it to send and receive e-mail.
→ I bought _______________________________________________ .
136. I went home when I finished my job.
→ Before _______________________________________________ .
137. We were allowed to stay up late if there was a good film on television.
My parents_______________________________________________ .
138. In my opinion, it's better to talk calmly than to argue.
→ I prefer _______________________________________________ .
139. “Hand over the bag or I’ll shoot you!” said the robber to the security guard.
→ The robber threatened _______________________________________________ .
140. Nobody remained on the ship after the captain had left it.
→ The captain was_______________________________________________ .
KEY Sentence Transformation (20 pts)
131. The last time we went to the concert was two years ago.
132. No sooner had I got downstairs than the phone stopped ringing.
133. Had she known that he was married, she would not have agreed to go out to dinner with him.
134. Despite their poverty, the children seemed happy.
135. I bought a cell phone which I can use to send and receive e-mail.
136. Before I went home, I had finished my job.
137. My parents let us stay up late if there was a good film on television.
138. I prefer talking calmly to arguing/ having an argument.
139. The robber threatened to shoot the security guard if he didn’t hand over the bag.
140. The captain was the last person to leave the ship/ that left the ship.