Exercise 1. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks. School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of test we take. They find out how much knowledge we have gained. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn't it a ___(1)_____ that some people who are very academically successful don't have any common sense. Intelligence is the speed ___(2)_____ which we can understand and react to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although scientist are now preparing ___(3)_____ computer technology that will be able to "read" our brains, ___(4)_____ tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence. A person's IQ is their intelligence ___(5)_____ it is measured by a special test. The most common IT tests are ___(6)_____ by Mensa, an organization that was found in England in 1946. By 1976, it had 1,300 members in Britain. Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 _____(7)______, largely in the US. People taking the tests are judged in ___(8)_____ to an average score of 100, and those who score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This works out at 2 percent of the population. Anyone from the age of six can take tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if ___(9)_____ enough time. But that's the problem; the whole ___(10)_____ of the test is that they're against the clock. Question 1: A. truth Question 2: A. on Question 3: A. forward Question 4: A. now and then Question 5: A. as Question 6: A. steered Question 7: A. worldly Question 8: A. association Questio n 9: A. spared Questio n 10: A. point B. case B. in B. ahead B. at this age B. that B. commanded B. nationwide B. relation B. provided B. question C. circumstances C. at C. upper C. at the time C. so C. run C. worldwide C. regard C. let C. matter D. fact D. to D. advanced D. for the present D . h o w D. ap poi nted D. world D. concern D. allowed D. reason Exercise 2. Read the following passage taken from Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 8th edition, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 1 to 10. John F Kennedy (John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917-1963) the 35th US President (1961-1963). He was the country's youngest president and the first Roman Catholic ever ___(1) ___. He was ___(2) ___ known informally as Jack Kennedy and JFK. His wife was Jackie Kennedy. He won a medal for ___(3) ___ during World War II, and was elected to the US House of Representatives (1947-53) and then ___(4) ___ the US Senate (1952-60). Kennedy's greatest success ___(5) ___ President was in ___(6) ____ the Cuban missile crisis and his worst failure was over the Bay of Pigs incident. He worked ___(7) ___ his brother, US Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to support the civil rights___(8) ___. He was murdered in Dallas, probably by Lee Harvey Oswald, in one of the most shocking events in US history. Some people believe that others were responsible for his murder, but ___(9) ___ has ever been ___(10) ___ proved. Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage (1956), won a Pulitzer Prize. "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." JOHN F KENNEDY Câu 1: A. to be electing B. elected C. electing D. to be elected Câu 2: A. either B. too C. also D. as well Câu 3: A. nerve B. audacity C. resolution D. courage Câu 4: A. for B. to C. about D. on Câu 5: A. the same B. like C. alike D. as Câu 6: A. work on B. dealing with C. get over D. face with Câu 7: A. beside B. upper C. with D. for Câu 8: A. moving B. moved C. movement D. move Câu 9: A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything Câu 10: A. deniably B. definitely C. positively D. categorically Exercise 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks. Market research has become more and more important in recent years. In some organizations, in fact, managers will not initiate any activity without market research to back them up. The first thing to be said about market research is that it is not an (1) to management decision making. No form of market research, no matter how deep, complicated and detailed, can ever be seen as a substitute (2)_____ creative decision-making by professional managers. At its very best, all it can do is (3) _____ some doubt and clarify the nature of the problem. It may even be seen as a tool which can improve the (4)_____ of decisions but it is not in itself a decision-making mechanism. Market research, in (5) with a number of other approaches in marketing, suffers from the frequent (6)_____ that it is not really accurate. Market research results can never be completely accurate because they (7) with a dynamic, ever-changing marketplace. It is vital that this is understood by everyone with an imagination when considering market research results and when making any (8)____ to apply them in the marketplace. Lastly, it should always be remembered that market research is not an end in itself but simply a (9) _____ by which some degrees of risk can be removed from marketplace activity. If no activity results from the research, then the entire exercise has been completely (10)_____. Question 1.A. option Question 2.A. at Question 3.A. reject Question 4.A. quality Question 5.A. association Question 6.A. complaint Question 7.A. work Question 8.A. attempt Question 9.A. mode Question 10.A. costless B. alternative B. from B. omit B. goodness B. common B. compliment B. manage B. venture B. means B. invaluable C. end C. for C. deny C. well- being C. addition C. refusal C. deal C. choice C. way C. priceless D. opening D. with D. remove D. virtue D. connection D. congratulation D. operate D. try D. progress D. pointless Exercise 4. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks. Our classes take place for three hours every morning from Monday to Friday. The (1) class size is twelve and the average is ten. We use modern methods (2) teaching and learning, and the school has a language laboratory, a video camera and recorders. You will only be successful in improving your English; however, if you work hard and practise (3) English as much as you can. You will take a short (4) in English as soon as you arrive. In this way, we can put you in a (5) at the most suitable level. There are two classes at the Elementary level: one is for complete (6) and the other is for students who know only a little English. In both classes you will practise simple conversations. In the class at the Intermediate level, you will have a lot of practice in communication in (7) situations because we help you to use the English you have previously (8) in your own country. You will also have the chance to improve your (9) of English grammar and to build up your vocabulary. The emphasis is on oral communication practice in a wide (10) of situations at the advanced knowledge. You will learn how to use language correctly and appropriately when you talk to native speakers. In addition, you will develop such study skills as reading efficiently, writing articles and reports, and note-taking from books and lectures. Question 1: A. maximum Question 2: A. in Questi on 3: A. speak Questi on 4: A. test Question 5: A. form Question 6: A. starters Question 7: A. life-real Question 8: A. got B. minimum B. of B. to speak B. exam B. class B. beginners B. real- life B. gained C. small C. on C. speaking C. course C. grade C. new- comers C. real lives C. studied D. large D. for D. of speaking D. lesson D. course D. learners D. lives-real D. learnt Question 9: A. knowing B. knowledge C. known D. acknowledgement Question 10: A. variety B. amount C. number D. lot 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 for each of the blanks. TV dinners? TV programmes with (1)__________ chefs are partly responsible for several positive effects on our eating habits. They have (2)__________ more people to cook at home, rather than rely on takeaways or (3)__________ meals. Additionally, as a result of these programmes, school canteens now offer healthier options and more schools are involved (4)__________ producing their own food in projects such as school farms. Problems remain, though, and many people blame our (5)__________ diets on pre-prepared meals bought in supermarkets. (6)__________, recent research suggests that (7)__________ presented on cookery programmes teach us to cook meals which (8)__________ more fat and less fibre than shop- bought meals, so they are actually worse for us. Even if the food we learn to cook from the television is healthy, the fact is that we eat too much of it. Experts say that we need less emphasis on food, not more. They (9)__________ eating a balanced diet of meals prepared at home with plenty of (10)__________ food like salad vegetables and fruits. Sadly, the healthiest option would not make for very interesting TV viewing. Câu 1: A. celebrity Câu 2: A. made Câu 3: A. accessible Câu 4: A. on Câu 5: A. poor Câu 6: A. Moreover Câu 7: A. recipes Câu 8: A. hold Câu 9: A. allow Câu 10: A. raw B. personality B. encouraged B. available B. in B. weak B. Therefore B. prescriptions B. possess B. recommend B. crude C. authority C. promoted C. ready C. at C. insufficient C. However C. receipts C. enclose C. prefer C. rough D. official D. suggested D. waiting D. with D. low D. Hence D. instructions D. contain D. enjoy D. elementary Exercise 6. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks. Modern marriage is in chaos. Most men and women seek a relationship with a member of the (1) sex and we will have the idea of a (2) partner. But that won't immunize you (3) the fact that marriage life is different in the late 20 th century. Society today no longer has a clear (4) of what marriage means. Most people would never enter a marriage if they didn't think there was (5) mystical in it. The trouble is, we have (6) the romantic notion and ideal of love. Modern couple talk about marriage as togetherness. Men and women use the same word but very often they (7) different things and they may want different things. Women want togetherness in the (8) of doing things together. Men like their wives somewhere for them, but not necessarily (9) them. The evidence is that such subtle differences are important. If they are not addressed they can (10) a gulf. Question 1: A. opposite B. other C. various D. diverse Question 2: A. complete B. perfect C. absolute D. thorough Question 3: A. about B. with C. for D. against Question 4: A. clarification B. notice C. concept D. meaning Question 5: A. something B. a thing C. nothing D. what Question 6: A. overestimated B. overplayed C. overstated D. overlooked Question 7: A. convey B. define C. state D. mean Question 8: A. sense B. notion C. aim D. purpose Question 9: A. for B. before C. with D. about Question 10: A. regenerate B. manufacture C. perform D. produce Exercise 7. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks. Any change in one part of an ecosystem can causes changes in other parts. Drought, storms, and fires can change ecosystems. Some changes (1) __________ ecosystems. If there is too little rainfall, plants will not have enough water to live. If a kind of plant dies (2) __________, the animals that (3) __________ it may also die or move away. Some changes are good for ecosystems. Some fine forests need (4) __________ for the pine trees to reproduce. The seeds are sealed inside pinecones. Heat from a forest fire melts the seal and lets the seeds (5) __________. Polluting the air, soil, water can harm ecosystems. Building (6) __________ on rivers for electric power and irrigation can harm ecosystems (7) __________ the rivers. Bulldozing wetlands and cutting down (8) __________ destroy ecosystems. Ecologists are working with companies and governments to find better ways of (9) __________ fish, cutting down trees, and building dams. They are looking for ways to get food, lumber, and other products for people (10) __________ causing harm to ecosystems. Câu 1: A. harmless B. harms C. harm D. harmful Câu 2: A. forever B. away C. over D. off Câu 3: A. fed with B. feed C. fed up with D. feed on Câu 4: A. flame B. blaze C. burning D. fires Câu 5: A. go B. in C. fly D. out Câu 6: A. dams B. moats C. bridges D. ditches Câu 7: A. around B. under C. over D. on Câu 8: A. forests B. jungle C. wood D. hills Câu 9: A. catching B. holding C. taking D. carrying Câu 10: A. avoid B. no C. without D. not Exercise 8. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks. Although most universities in the United States are on a semester system, which offers classes in the fall and spring, some schools (1)__________ a quarter system comprised of fall, winter, spring, and summer quarters. The academic year, September to June, is divided (2)__________ three quarters of eleven weeks each beginning in September, January, and March; the summer quarter, June to August, is composed (3)__________ shorter sessions of varying length. There are several advantages and disadvantages to the quarter system. On the (4)__________ side, students who wish to complete their degrees in less than the customary four years may (5)__________ advantage of the opportunity to study year round by enrolling in all four quarters. In addition, although most students begin their programs in the fall quarter, they may enter at the beginning of any of the (6)__________ quarters. Finally, since the physical facilities are kept in (7)________ year round, the resources are used efficiently to serve the greatest number of students. But there are several disadvantages as well. Many faculty (8)__________ that the eleven-week term is simply not long enough for them to cover the material required by most college courses. Students also find it difficult to complete the assignments in such a short (9)__________ of time. In order to combine the advantages of the quarter system with those of the semester system, some colleges and universities have instituted a three-term trimester system. In four weeks, faculty and students have more time to cover material and finish course requirements, but the additional term provides more options for admission during the year and (10)_________ the degree programs for those students who wish to graduate early. Câu 1: A. monitor B. observe C. detect D. examine Câu 2: A. by B. to C. into D. for Câu 3: A. by B. from C. of D. as Câu 4: A. other B. true C. plus D. right Câu 5: A. take B. make C. have D. win Câu 6: A. several B. other C. few D. every Câu 7: A. operating B. operation C. operate D. operational Câu 8: A. survey B. complain C. overlook D. threaten Câu 9: A. drop B. course C. pile D. slice