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Quynh Giang Nguyen Tel: 0815019575 Sdream English Center quynhgiang1013@gmail.com TEST Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions A swear B leave C tear D bear A crime B linear C criminal D principal Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions A material B official C pyramid D survival A lecture B inspire C figure D wonder Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions If you need (A) to keep fit, then why (B) not take (C) on (D) a sport such as badminton or tennis? When her dog (A) died, she (B) cried very (C) hardly for (D) half an hour If you have no (A) cash, you can charge (B) this dinner (C) of your (D) credit card Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions He felt when he failed the exams the second time A Discouraged B annoyed C undecided D determined Next week when there a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher A Will be B will have been C is being D is 10 David and Peter to live next door to each other at one time A Had used B used C were used D have used 11 It would have been a much more serious accident fast at the time A He drove B was he driving C had he been driving D he had driven 12 He promised to telephone I have never heard from him again A But B except C although D because 13 She came in quietly not to wake the baby A As if B so as C such as D if so 14 I had to get up early, I’d have missed the train A Despite B otherwise C or else D however 15 As the car is small, it’s much more on petrol A Expensive B poor C economical D economic 16 of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement A Instead B in place C on behalf D on account 17 You boy! Don’t walk when I’m speaking to you A On B to C away D out 18 Now, don’t tell anyone else what I’ve just told you Remember, it is A Confidence B confident C confidential D confidentially 19 I’m afraid that we don’t have any sizes in stock, madam A Higher B larger C greater D taller Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges 20 - Anne: “Make yourself at home.” - John: “ ” A Yes, can I help you? C Not at all Don’t mention it Quynh Giang Nguyen Tel: 0815019575 Sdream English Center quynhgiang1013@gmail.com B Thanks! Same to you D That’s very kind Thank you 21 - Thythy: “Oh no, I’m late for my appointment ” - Lyly: “ ” A Catch you now C Catch you later B Nice to see you again D Pleased to meet you Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions 22 Fifty per cent of road accidents results in head injuries A Examines B heals C causes D treats 23 Jean Henri Dunant was appalled by the almost complete lack of care for wounded soldiers A Dedicated B shocked C interested D excited Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions 24 Because Jack defaulted on his loan, the bank took him to court A Failed to pay B paid in full C had a bad personality D was paid much money 25 His career in the illicit drug trade ended with the police raid this morning A Elicited B irregular C secret D legal 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 questions 26 Drinks to take away A Don’t leave drinks here C Drinks are free here B There are no drinks left D You can buy drinks here 27 If we had left any later, we would have missed the trained A We left too late to catch the train B When we arrived, the train had already left C We missed the train because it was late D We almost missed the train 28 Do not climb on these rocks as they can be dangerous A Stay away because the rocks are unsafe B Be careful of these sharp rocks C Don’t climb these rocks without a guide D Mind you don’t fall off these rocks.’ 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 29 I had never seen her before However, I recognized her from a photograph A Although I had never seen her before, I recognized her from a photograph B I recognized her from a photograph before I had never seen her C Although I had never seen her before but I recognized her from a photograph D After I had seen her, I recognized her from a photograph 30 The human brain is ten times the size of a baboon’s It weighs about 1,400 grams A The size of human brain is ten times that of a baboon’s which is about 1,400 grams weigh B The human brain which weighs about 1,400 grams is ten times the size of a baboon’s C The size of a baboon’s brain is 1,400 grams, ten times that of the human one D The weight of a baboon’s brain is 1,400 grams, ten-fold than that of the human one 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 from 31 to 35 Quynh Giang Nguyen Tel: 0815019575 Sdream English Center quynhgiang1013@gmail.com British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19 th century The invention of the railways (31) this possible The first holidaymakers were quite rich and went for their health and education The seaside was a place to be (32) of illness, and doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water Also to (33) their knowledge, families attended concerts and read books from the library At that time, ordinary working people had very little time (34) work However, in 1871, the government introduced four “Banking Holidays”- national holiday days This (35) people to have a day or two out, which now and then gave them a taste for leisure and the seaside 31 A let B made C got D had 32 A cured B remedied C recovered D improved 33 A raise B spread C increase D add 34 A out B off C away D from 35 A allowed B provided C offered D opened 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 questions from 36 to 42 The first two decades of the20th century were dominated by the microbe hunters These hunters had tracked down one after another of the microbes responsible for the most dreaded scourges of many centuries: tuberculosis, cholera, diptheria But there remained some terrible diseases for which no microbe could be incriminated: scurvy, pellagra, rickets, beriberi Then it was discovered that these diseases were caused by the lack of vitamin, a trace substance in the diet The diseases coud be prevented or cured by consuming foods that contained the vitamins And so in the decades of the 1920’s and 1930’s, nutrition became a science and the vitamin hunters replaced the microbe hunters In the 1940’s and 1950’s, biochemists strived to learn why each of the vitamins was essential for health They discovered that key enzymes in metabolism depend on one or another of the vitamins as coenzymes to perform the chemistry that provides cells with energy for growth and function Now, these enzymes hunters occupied center stage You are aware that the enzyme hunters have been replaced by a new breed of hunters who are tracking genes – the blueprints for each of the enzymes – and are discovering the defective genes that cause inherited diseases – diabetes, cystic fibrosis These gene hunters, or genetic engineers, use recombinant DNA technology to identify and clone genes and introduce them into bacteria cells and plants to create factories for the massive production of hormones and vaccines for medicine and for better crops for agriculture Biotechnology has become a multibillion-dollar industry In view of the inexorable progress in science, we can expect that the gene hunters will be replaced in the spotlight When and by whom? Which kind of hunter will dominate the scene in the last decade of our warning century and in the early decades of the next? I wonder whether the hunters who will occupy the spotlight will be neurobiologists who apply the techniques of the enzyme and gene hunters to the functions of the brain What to call them? The head hunters I will return to them later 36 What is the main topic of the passage? A The microbe hunter B The potential of genetic engineering C The progress of modern medical research D The discovery of enzymes 37 The word “incriminated” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to A Investigated B blame C eliminated D produced 38 Which of the following can be cured by a change in diet? A Tuberculosis B cholera C cystic fibrosis D pellagra Quynh Giang Nguyen Tel: 0815019575 Sdream English Center quynhgiang1013@gmail.com 39 How vitamins influence health? A They protect the body from microbes B They are necessary for some enzymes to function C They keep food from spoiling D They are broken down by cells to produce energy 40 The phrase “occupy the spotlight” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to A Receive the most attention C Go to furthest B Conquer territory D lighten the load 41 The author implies that the most important medical research topic of the future will be A The functions of the brain C inherited diseases B The operation of vitamins D the structure of genes 42 With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree? A The focus of medical research will change in the next two decades B Medical breakthroughs often depend on luck C Medical research throughout the twentieth century has been dominated by microbe hunters D Most diseases are caused by defective genes 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 questions from 43 to 50 While many nineteenth-century reformers hoped to bring about reform through education or by eliminating specific social evils, some thinkers wanted to start over and remake society by founding ideal, cooperative communities The United States seemed to them a spacious and unencumbered country where models of a perfect society could succeed These communitarian thinkers hoped their success would lead to imitation, until communities free of crime, poverty, and other social ills would cover the land A number of religious groups, notably the Shakers, practiced communal living, but the main impetus to found model communities came from nonreligious, rationalistic thinkers Among the communitarian philosophers, three of the most influential were Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, and John Humphrey Noyes Owen, famous for his humanitarian policies as owner of several thriving textile mills in Scotland, believed that faulty environment was to blame for human problems and that these problems could be eliminated in a rationally planned society In 1825, he put his principles into practice at New Harmony, Indianna The community failed economically after a few years but not before achieving a number of social successes Fourier, a commercial employee in France, never visited the United States However, his theories of cooperative living influenced many Americans through the writings of Alben Brisbane, whose Social Destiny of Man explained Fourierism and its self-sufficient associations or “phalanxes” One or more of these phalanxes was organized in every Northern state The most famous were Red Bank, New Jersey, and Brook Farm, Massachusetts An early member of the latter was the author Nathaniel Hawthorne Noyes founded the most enduring and probably the oddest of the utopian communities, the Oneida Community of upstate New York Needless to say, none of these experiments had any lasting effects on the patterns of American society 43 The main topic of the passage is A Nineteenth-century schools C The philosophy of Fourierism B American reformers D model communities in the nineteenth century 44 Which of the following is NOT given in the passage as one of the general goals of communitarian philosophers? A To remake society B To spread their ideas throughout the U.S Quynh Giang Nguyen Tel: 0815019575 Sdream English Center quynhgiang1013@gmail.com C To establish ideal communities D To create opportunities through education 45 “The Shakers” are mentioned as an example of A Rationalistic thinkers C a communal religious group B An influential group of writers D radical reformers 46 Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “impetus”? A Stimulus B commitment C drawback D foundation 47 Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “thriving”? A Prosperous B famous C failing D pioneering 48 The “phalanxes” described in the second paragraph were an idea originally conceived by A Alben Brisbane B Robert Owen C Charles Fourier D John H Noyes 49 Why does the author mention Nathaniel Hawthorne? A He founded Brook Farm in Massachusetts B He was a critic of Charles Fourier C He wrote a book that led to the establishment of model communities D He was at one time a member of the Brook Farm community 50 The author implies that, for readers, the conclusion of the passage is A Obvious B surprising C absurd D practical THE END ... railways (31) this possible The first holidaymakers were quite rich and went for their health and education The seaside was a place to be (32) of illness, and doctors recommended bathing in the... personality D was paid much money 25 His career in the illicit drug trade ended with the police raid this morning A Elicited B irregular C secret D legal Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer... work However, in 1871, the government introduced four “Banking Holidays”- national holiday days This (35) people to have a day or two out, which now and then gave them a taste for leisure and