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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. Câu 1:Mã câu hỏi: 7683 A. reservation B. communicate C. dictation D. occasion Câu 2: Mã câu hỏi: 7692 A. religion B. preserve C. mechanic D. hospitality Câu 3: Mã câu hỏi: 7694 A. immense B. purity C. accompany D. advantage Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently from others. Câu 4:Mã câu hỏi: 7695 A. attacked B. diminished C. naked D. remarked Câu 5: Mã câu hỏi: 7696 A. knowledge B. flower C. shower D. coward Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Câu 6:Mã câu hỏi: 7697 ____, we tried our best to complete it. A. Difficult as the homework was B. Thanks to the difficult homework C. As though the homework was difficult D. Despite the homework was difficult Câu 7: Mã câu hỏi: 7724 She listened so attentively that not a word ____. A. she had missed B. she missed C. she didn’t miss D. did she miss Câu 8: Mã câu hỏi: 7727 The success of the party was mainly due to the presence of several________. A. celebrations B. celebrities C. celebrated D. celebrates Câu 9: Mã câu hỏi: 7728 ____ the hotel rooms are reserved throughout peak season. A. Almost B. Almost of C. Almost all of D. Most of all Câu 10: Mã câu hỏi: 7736 ____ was caused by breathing impure air was once a common belief. A. Malaria B. That malaria C. Although malaria D. Because malaria Câu 11: Mã câu hỏi: 7742 I am really sorry, but I won’t be able to come to your party. _____________________________________________. A. Just fine, thanks. B. Oh that’s too bad of you. C. I’m sorry, too. But that’s OK. D. What’s the matter? Câu 12: Mã câu hỏi: 7745 Threequarters of the day ____ in idleness. A. was spent B. were spent C. was going D. were going Câu 13: Mã câu hỏi: 7756 We can’t compete ____ overseas films unless we improve the quality of our goods. A. on B. against C. to D. in Câu 14: Mã câu hỏi: 7761 Alex painted his bedroom black. It looks dark and dreary. He ____ a different color. A. must have been choosing B. must have chosen C. should have chosen D. may have chosen Câu 15: Mã câu hỏi: 7762 The announcement about job losses has ____ consequences for the firm. A. wideranging B. neverending C. hardhitting D. farreaching Câu 16: Mã câu hỏi: 7773 ____, he remained optimistic. A. Badly wounded as he was B. Although badly wounded he was C. As he was badly wounded D. As badly wounded he was Câu 17: Mã câu hỏi: 7779 Did you really pay 1.000 for that normal painting? I think you were ____. A. robbed off B. ripped off C. turned off D. broken off Câu 18: Mã câu hỏi: 7780 We saw ____ wild animals while on vacation. A. quite much B. quite many C. quite some D. quite a few Câu 19: Mã câu hỏi: 7781 They have sent Bob to ____ prison for hitting ____ policeman on ____ head. I will go to ____ prison tomorrow to bring him some clothes. A. aahisthe B. Øathethe C. ØahisØ D. thetheØthe Câu 20: Mã câu hỏi: 7786 In order to enjoy fine wine, one should drink it slowly __________ a little at a time. A. sniff it B. spill it C. sip it D. stir it Câu 21: Mã câu hỏi: 7789 I would like to thank my publisher, my editor, and ____ but not least, my husband. A. after that B. last C. lastly D. finally Câu 22: Mã câu hỏi: 7791 Elderly people, ____, require constant attention. A. a larger number’s depending on government aid B. who are dependent many of them on the financing from the government C. and many of them depend on the government to finance them D. many of whom are financially dependent on the government Câu 23: Mã câu hỏi: 7800 Daughter: Thank you. I couldn’t have finished my presentation without your help. Father: _____________________________________. A. Forget about it. I didn’t mean so. B. I highly appreciate what you did. C. It doesn’t matter anyway. D. Never mind. Câu 24: Mã câu hỏi: 7944 I was interested in buying the car, but a friend of mine__________. A. turned me down B. gave me away C. put me off D. showed me around Câu 25: Mã câu hỏi: 7949 The __________ north we go, the _______ we are to meet high temperatures. A. furtherless alike B. fartherless likely C. farthermore likely D. furthermore alike Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. Câu 26:Mã câu hỏi: 7961 The industrial Revolution effected a drastic change in the British Standard of living in the I8th century. A. caused B. eliminated C. prevented D. denied Câu 27: Mã câu hỏi: 7968 In astronomy, a scale of magnitude from one to six denotes the brightness of a star. A. predicts B. signifies C. contrasts D. examines Câu 28: Mã câu hỏi: 7972 His physical conditions were no impediment to his career as a violinist. A. help B. impatience C. hindrance D. impossibility 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 29:Mã câu hỏi: 7981 I’d love to come, but I am snowed under at the moment. A. am busy B. have free time C. have a bad cold D. am on the move Câu 30: Mã câu hỏi: 7986 Illgotten wealth is disgusting. A. admiring B. distasteful C. praise worthless D. admirable 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 following questions from 31 to 50. READING PASSAGE l (1) In the exploration of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a second language in adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master a foreign language, especially in phonology hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often fossilizes into permanent error patterns that no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching, and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances. (7) Many explanations have been advanced for children’s superiority: they exploit Motherese (the simplified, repetitive conversation between parents and children), make errors unselfconsciously, are more motivated to communicate, like to conform, are not set in their ways, and have no first language to interfere. But some of these accounts are unlikely, based on what is known about how language acquisition works. Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation explanations into doubt. Holding every other factor constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age. (13) Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elisa Newport and her colleagues. They tested Korean and Chineseborn students at the University of Illinois who had spent at least ten years in the United States. The immigrants were given a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some grammatical errors. The immigrants who came to the United States between the ages of 3 and 7 performed identically to Americanborn students.Those who arrived between the ages 8 and 15 did worse the later they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all, and showed huge variability unrelated to their age of arrival. Câu 31:Mã câu hỏi: 7997 The passage mainly discusses_______. A. adult differences in learning a foreign language B. children’s ability to learn a language C. the age factor in learning languages fast D. research into language acquisition Câu 32: Mã câu hỏi: 8026 From the passage, it can be inferred that phonology is the study of ________ . A. the grammar of a language B. the rules of a language C. the vocabulary of a language D. the sound system of a language Câu 33: Mã câu hỏi: 8051 The word cap in the first paragraph is closet in meaning to __________. A. prize B. limit C. covering D. level Câu 34: Mã câu hỏi: 8069 According to the passage, young children learn languages quickly for all of the following reasons EXCEPT ________ . A. they make many mistakes B. they want to talk C. their approach is flexible D. they frequently repeat words Câu 35: Mã câu hỏi: 8074 The word set in the second paragraph could best be replaced by________. A. fixed B. changed C. stable D. formed Câu 36: Mã câu hỏi: 8080 The word unrelated in the third paragraph is closet in meaning to __________. A. unfamiliar B. unclassified C. unidentified D. unconnected Câu 37: Mã câu hỏi: 8087 In the experiment in the passage, the psychologists discovered that _______ . A. most students have lived in the U.S for more than 10 years B. older students were unable to learn English C. young students learned English best D. students who arrived late were worst of all Câu 38: Mã câu hỏi: 8093 The word who in the third paragraph refers to_______ . A. Elisa Newport B. Koreans C. immigrants D. colleagues Câu 39: Mã câu hỏi: 8095 According to the passage, what was the purpose of examining a sample number of immigrants? A. To compare different age groups B. To detect differences in nationalities C. To confirm different language characteristics D. To measure the use of grammar Câu 40: Mã câu hỏi: 8098 Where in the passage does the author mention that children acquire their own language easily? A. lines 12 B. lines 710 C. lines 1416 D. lines 1718 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 following questions. READING PASSAGE 2 (1) Broadtailed hummingbirds often nest in quaking, slender deciduous trees with smooth graygreen bark found in the Colorado Rockies of the Western United States. After flying some 2,000 kilometers north from where they have wintered in Mexico, the hummingbirds need six weeks to build a nest, incubate their eggs, and raise the chicks. A second nest is feasible only if the first fails early in the season. Quality, not quantity, is what counts in hummingbird reproduction. (6) A nest on the lowest intact branch of an aspen will give a hummingbird a good view, a clear flight patch, and protection for her young. Male hummingbirds claim feeding territories in open meadows where, from late May through June, they mate with females comiing to feed but take no part in nesting. Thus when the hen is away to feed, the nest is unguarded. While the smooth bark of the aspen trunk generally offers a poor grip for the claws of a hungry squirrel or weasel, aerial attacks, from a hawk, owl, or gray jay, are more likely. (12) The choice of where to build a nest is based not only on the branch itself but also on what hangs over it. A crooked deformity in the nest branch, a second, unusually close branch overhead, or proximity to part of a trunk bowed by a past ice storm are features that provide shelter and make for an attractive nest site. Scarcely larger than a halved golf ball, the nest is painstaking constructed of spider webs and plant down, decorated and camouflaged outside with paperlike bits of aspen bark held together with more strands of spider silk. By early June it will hold two peasized eggs, which each weigh oneseventh of the mother’s weight, and in sixteen to nineteen days, two chicks. Câu 41:Mã câu hỏi: 8101 What aspect of broadtailed hummingbird behavior does the passage mainly discuss? A. Mating habits B. Selection of nest sites C. Caring for the young D. Migration routes Câu 42: Mã câu hỏi: 8155 According to the passage, in what circumstances do hummingbirds build a second nest? A. If there is an unusually large supply of food B. If the eggs are destroyed early in the season. C. If the winner is unusually warm D. If the chicks in the first nest hatch early Câu 43: Mã câu hỏi: 8161 The word counts in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _________. A. numbers B. estimates C. weighs D. matters Câu 44: Mã câu hỏi: 8168 According to the passage, which of the following is true of the male broadtailed hummingbird? A. It protects the nest while the female searches for food. B. It is not involved in caring for the chicks. C. It shares nesting duties equally with the female. D. It finds food for the female and the chicks. Câu 45: Mã câu hỏi: 8182 It can be inferred from the passage that the broadtailed hummingbirds’ eggs and chicks are most vulnerable to attack by________ . A. humans B. insects C. birds D. squirrels Câu 46: Mã câu hỏi: 8190 Which of the following would be a good location for a broadtailed hummingbird to build its nest? A. A thick branch B. The longest branch of a tree C. A branch near the top of a tree D. A protected branch Câu 47: Mã câu hỏi: 8199 The word Scarcely in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to__________ . A. obviously B. barely C. consistently D. needlessly Câu 48: Mã câu hỏi: 8203 Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage as a nestbuilding material of the broad tailed hummingbird? A. Plant down B. Paper C. Spider webs D. Tree bark Câu 49: Mã câu hỏi: 8206 The author compares the size of the broadtailed hummingbird’s nest to ________ . A. a golf ball B. a spider web C. an egg D. a pea Câu 50: Mã câu hỏi: 8208 According to the passage, how long does it take for broadtailed hummingbird egg to hatch? A. More than six weeks B. Two to three weeks C. One month D. Less than a week Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks. Sugar tastes sweet because of thousands of receptors on the tongue which connect the substance with the brain. The taste of sweetness is (51) ____ accepted as the most pleasurable known although it is a fructose Abundant is the most common occurring sugar, (52) ____of which include fruit and honey. Sucrose which supplies glucose to the body, is (53) ____ from the sugar cane plant, and white sugar (pure sucrose) is used by food technologists to (54) ____ sweetness in other substances. Approximately a dozen artificial (55) ____ have been discovered; one of the earliest was Sorbitol from France. Manufacturers (56) ____ large amounts of sugar to foodstuffs but never more than the (57) ____ required to produce the optimum pleasurable taste. Surprisingly, this (58) ____ is similar for different people and in different cultures. No one has (59) ____ discovered a way to predict whether a substance will taste sweet, and it was by (60) ____ alone that all the manmade chemical sweeteners were found to be sweet. Câu 51:Mã câu hỏi: 8319 A. universally B. wide C. commonly D. largely Câu 52: Mã câu hỏi: 8325 A. origins B. places C. sources D. roots Câu 53: Mã câu hỏi: 8331 A. cited B. extracted C. drawn D. made Câu 54: Mã câu hỏi: 8335 A. detect B. smell C. taste D. measure Câu 55: Mã câu hỏi: 8371 A. sweeteners B. sweets C. candy D. substances Câu 56: Mã câu hỏi: 8376 A. provide B. supply C. add D. give Câu 57: Mã câu hỏi: 8384 A. excess B. maximum C. limit D. extremity Câu 58: Mã câu hỏi: 8397 A. amount B. number C. sum D. total Câu 59: Mã câu hỏi: 8402 A. already B. yet C. still D. just Câu 60: Mã câu hỏi: 8404 A. chance B. ability C. luck D. time Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. Câu 61:Mã câu hỏi: 8433 It’s high time the government does something about air pollution. A. Its B. does C. something D. pollution Câu 62: Mã câu hỏi: 8434 It’s no use to advise him to stop smoking. A. no use B. to advise C. to stop D. smoking Câu 63: Mã câu hỏi: 8435 One of the students who are being considered for the scholarship are from this university. A. One of B. are being C. for the D. are Câu 64: Mã câu hỏi: 8436 In recent years, automobile emissions have disfigured stone carvings, corroded bronze monuments, and spoil ancient buildings. A. years B. have disfigured C. carvings D. spoil WRITING Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Câu 65:Mã câu hỏi: 8437 He is the most generous headmaster I’ve ever worked with. ⇒ I have never ____________________________________. Câu 66: Mã câu hỏi: 8438 No students in my class can speak English as fluently as Alice does. ⇒ Alice _________________________________________. Câu 67: Mã câu hỏi: 8439 Since our advertisement for our product was so bad, fewer people bought it. ⇒ Had___________________________________________. Câu 68: Mã câu hỏi: 8440 As soon as Alice registered for the course, she received the scholarship. ⇒ No sooner _____________________________________. Câu 69: Mã câu hỏi: 8441 You’re always making terrible mistakes, said the teacher. ⇒ The teacher complained__________________________. Part II. Paragraph Writing Câu 70:Mã câu hỏi: 8442 In about 150 words, write about one of your most favorite hobby. The following ideas may be helpful to you: What is your most favorite hobby? (cooking, listening to music, reading books, playing sports, etc.) What are the reasons for that hobby? (help to relax, improve knowledge, etc.