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VÕ ANH DŨNG

PART ONE: PHONOLOGY

A Pick out the word whose bold partis pronounced differently from those ofthe others s

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Tetra ieee rs tne rinse 1a ery re oan mm oo

Mr nh ome The agee tec "00lòm0)

290 sex HIẾ 0 DAI lào XU Ga cue) 2 Vaio kinds of oer owes pion oon

4A eee tel poner arat)

5 Robin Hood is a hero who lived in Sherwood Forest, in Nottingham, degen)

6 ‘about the company’s furure meant that few people wanted 10 invest money on it (certain)

1 The shop will change undamaged goods ifa

4 The cost of mwst he pal by the buyer (carry)

9, We had a marvelous holiday and our trip t Da Lat was forget)

10, The crow showed its hy shouting insults atthe players (approve)

1B Choose the correct answer

1 His personal problems seem to have been _ im from is work lately

Acdiscupting —B disturbing distracting dispersing

2 He was a very man; one day he would be happy, the nest

—

3 This cloth very thin

4, Alter allthis ime, John should take the bull by the horns and ask Mary to

A-eominue —B beseoretive C-buyabul - D.hcdelenminel

5 tye had of misfortune

6 The music aroused an {ecling of homesidkness in him,

A intense B.inlenioml C-imemdwe D,imendeu

7 What are the main ‘ofthis ilness?

A traces B symptoms ——-C, emblems tokens

4, Alter accident the injured eyelist was in great

A agony B pain C.wifeing — D.han

9 Although we argued with him for along time, he stood his ground

A changed his decision B felt srry for vs

refused to change his decision wanted to continue

10, He said, ~ ‘while the ion is hot.”

PART THREE: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES

A Uxe the correct form ar tense of the verbs in brackets

1 Its essential that he arrive) before six

2 This lovely beach won't exist forever Eventually, it (probably erode) ‘away hy the sea, and there wil be nothing ffl but bedrock

3 On the fis of ext month, he (be) in pison for five years

4 After I decided (have) a garage (build) next w the house, I hired a carpenter (do) the work

5 Freal was pleased (admit) to the college:

6, T rather you (not be) absent from class yesterday

7 John admitted (surprise) — ——_ by the unexpected birthday purty last, night

8 Thompson, (eateh) the hal, we would have Wom the game,

B Fill in each blank with one appropriate preposition

1 The play quite lived _y expectations

2, He wok it _ granted shat ey were happy

3, Put _ the eigaretteplease I don’ like the smell of your tobacco,

4, What time did you torn fast night?

5 Wnever ocurred me to ask him for proof of his identity

6 You should comply the schoo! rules

Just smell this meat! IC's ——_

8, I's time you looked ‘and made plan for your future

9,1 was taken hen I saw the bill

C Rewrite the following sentences in such a way thatthe second sentence has the same meaning as the frst one

| Although the dog appeared harmless it was infact, quite đangeroos

6, Keeping calm isthe seeret of passing your driving test

Aslong as

` The fox was unsuecessful in reaching the grapes

Phe fox tried in

8 ILis believed that the man eseaped ina stolen car

9, *[think that you've drawn up some excellent plans I must congratulate you." “1 must congratulate

10, The tities were steonely impressed by her performance

Her performance made

‘form of the words in brackets

1 1'm afraid our problems are only just beginning (ICEBERG)

2 would rather not see him tomorow (DESIRE)

3 This license is valid until December 31s, 1998, (EXPIRY)

“4 They had to dismante the vehicle to get them across the gorge (PIECES)

5 Ido wish you would stop biting your nals, Brian! It really annoys me (NERVES)

PART FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION

A Read the following passage and choose the correct answers

I-you were to stop people in the street and ask them t name a ship that had been sunk, i is likely that nearly all of them would say the Titanic For the sinking ofthe Titanic was, if not the most tragic, certainly the most famous sea disaster in the history of ocean travel

‘The Titanic was built a a luxury liner, intended tobe the fastest in the world, and a great deal of publicity had surrounded it, The last point probably explains

‘why s0 many important people from all walks of life were on the boat when it

‘wat dowa,

‘The Titanic was on its maiden voyage to America in 1912 whem it struck an Jewberg and sank OF its 2.300 passengers, more than two thirds were drowned Because the Titanicstas thought lo be vitally unsinkable, ao one was prepared for the tragedy There was total punic as very few of the passengers had hothered to learn the negessary drill in the event of trouble, There was severe shonage of lifeboats and those that were launched were sill half empty The one point of calm was to be found in the hallroom where the band carried on playing right tothe very end, ‘What makes the sinking of the

warning of icebergs had been sent, yot the liner was still continuing at full speed In addition, one ship was only ten miles away but did not receive the distress sig

One good thing did, however, result from the disaster The whole question of safety al sea was looked imc, resuling in much better safety measures incline stricter lifeboat regulations and establishment of an iceberg patrol

41 The sinking ofthe Titanie was

A the most inigic seu disaster,

B the mos historic sea disaster

CC the most famous sea disaster

D the frst great sea disaster

2 Why were so many important people on board?

‘A The Titanic had received a lot of publicity

BB, The Titanic was a luxury liner

Twas the fastest liner in the world

, They wanted to goto America,

tame even more tragie is the feet that

3 The lifeboats were

‘A100 short B launched too soon,

half Finished, D poorly equipped

4 The chances of disaster were increased because

‘Ano warnings had been seat

B, the dance band were playing too loud

the Titanic was traveling 10 fast

D there were no distress calls,

5 The positive result ofthe disaster was that

‘A full inquiry was made

B « programme of iceberg destruction was started

.ifebowts were made larger

D ea travel was made safer

1, Clace text: Fill n each numbered space with one appropriate word

— of comminieation,

‘Television is one of man's most important (1)

1 brings @) find sounds from around the world into millions of homes A person with & television set ean sit in his house and wateh the President (3) _ a speech or vista foreign country He ean see a war bing fought and watch statesmen try to (4) about peace (5)

{levision, Home viewers can see andiearn about people, places,

‘and things in faraway lands TV even kes itx viewers out of this world It rinssthem (6) ‘of America's astronauts as the astronauts explore out

of space In (7) {o all these things, television brings its viewers steady stream of programmes that are (8) to emertain, In fact, TV eosides many more (9) programmmes than any other kinds ‘The programmes include action packed dramas, light comedies, sporting (10)

and moon pictures

ĐỂ THỊ NĂM 1999 ~ PART ONE: PHONOLOGY

A Pick out the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the others

2 A luggage B fragile general generation 3.A nourish B.fourih — C.couageous _D southern 4A naked B, sacred C.nceded D.walked

6.A eisht B, freight height D, wefght

10

7.A.curriculum —B.eolncide — C.ewreney conception

B.A.divisible ——B design C ise D, excursion

9 A rather B.sucrifice C-hanl D father

10.4 hair 2B stairs © hele D alse

B Group the following words into columns according to their siress pateras

‘eylinder apartheid poliian industry although

fertile experimental understind scientific heroie

Tngyllable | 2ndsyllable | 3#Ưmlhble | 4th syllabic

PART TWO: VOCABULARY

A Supply the correct form of the word in the parentheses Llemay be

{o force Mem into making a decision, and if you upset them they're quite likely to overacl (produce)

2 Even the most person ought to appreciate the beauty of this music (sense)

3.In to doing the cleaning, make the coffee (add)

4, Unfortunately, you'll be at i you can't dive (advantage)

5, Tam was accused of stealing me documents (confidence)

6 The cost of _ tothe show is quite reasonable (admit)

7 Burning eoal isan ‘way of eating s house Gas is much cheaper (economy)

8 Tom spok because he was so excited, (breathe)

9 She was extremely about the history of China (knowledge)

10, The as so exciting and absorbing that she could not put the hook down, (thei)

B Choose the correct newer

1 Every house inthe sect has heen demolished A-exploded

B.lomaup Cremovel D.lomdewn 2.1 ạt the searl with my mother—_ ,imending1o pay lo iLon my way uc A-puehasts H.matedial C, objects D expenditures

3 She her hushand’s jb for his ill health

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4 This ring is only made of plastic so it's quite

‘A.valuable —Binvaluable —C, worthless priceless

5 He gotan exellent grade in his examination the fuer that he had

‘not worked particularly hard

A.onaccountof B.beeause C.inspiteof —_Dealthough

6, The government has recently the buildings in the old seetion of the hy A.rdlomed —Beadjusted Crooed iD modified

7 nore ws buy his house, he hadi obiain a large — _ fom his ak

A loan M.linanee —C capital D debt

Lon’ like w ask people for help but I wonder favour, if you could mea

9 There was ni in entinoing for him, The race was over

A value 5 worth © point D profit

10 This cloth very thin

A-feebt Btouches © holds D handles

PART THREE: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES

‘A Use the correct form or tense ofthe verbs in brackets

1 This building (be) finished by the end of 1999

21 distinctly remember (pay) im T gave him two dollars

4 Hfonly he (know) then that the disease was curable

5 The teller was made ie) down oa the Moc:

6 You risk (ose) {Your money when you put it into that business

7 Yesterday 1 (walk slong the sirect when {realized that a man witha black beard, whom I (see) three times already (follow)

1, Fill in each blank with one appropriate preposition or particle

1 The archeologists came tomb of the sixth century A.D

Robert, do your shoes _hefore leaving the house

lean never talk easily with him, We seem to have nothing common {have no respect at all for him, He isa real good nothing

‘Am l expected to know alle telephones heart?

Something went wrong my car yestonlay,

2

dD

70h! What's the word? Hknow tthe tip iy tongue!

8 Birds leave their nests dawn,

9 The factory smoke looked white the grey winter sky:

* Rewrite the following sentences in such a way thatthe second sentence has the same meaning as the fest one

1 They declared war om the pretext of defending thei teritorial rights

5, The sea was so ough that the ferry couldn’ sail

6, He got down to writing the feller as soon ashe returned from his walk, Nosooner

7, Vhave never read such a romantic ory

4 The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes

9 They had to wait for welve hours hefore their ight lef

1 will eortainly be there: (FAIL)

4 She couldn't believe tha she had finally found her brother (REACTION)

5 think eyeling is preferable to walking, (RATHER)

6 He said he disapproved of people who smoked (EXPRESSED)

7, Everyone but Jane failed to produce the comect answer SUCCEEDED)

A Jenny didn’ fe ike going to the party (MOOD)

9 You can’t possibly expect mie to have supper ready by 8 o'clock (QUESTION)

10, He speaks German extremely well (COMMAND)

PART FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION

A Fill each blank in the following passage with one suitable word The initial eater of each word has een given

WHY WE MUST FIGHT THE DESTRUCTION When rainforests are cleared and buried millions of tones of carbon dioxide sre (1) into the atmosphere affecting climatic conditions and threatening sll with severe Nooding, drought und crop failure

“The tainfrests contain at least (2) h _ of the Eanh's species At the current rate of devastation an estimated 50 species worldwide become extinct

‘One in four purchases fom our chemists is derived from the rainforests, Sciemists are eurcenly in race ugainst time 1 find rainforest (4)

| forcancer, AIDS and hean disease ~hefore they are los forever,

“Trial people in the rainforests have been shot, poisoned and infected with disease 10 (5) w they have no resisanee - (9 make room for logging, mining and dams

If this deqruclon coninues (6) © nine of the 33 counties currently

‘exponing rainforest timber will not have any (7)1 by Ube endothe decade

‘Almos everyone will have (8) p ofthe ainfresis i theit home, as DIY

‘stores sill supply and the construction (9) i sill uses tropieal hardwowuls for doors, window frames und even wilt seas

Please het

“ 1us(10}s the topical rainforests now, before it is too late

‘Rea the flloning passage and choose the correct answers 176 B.C, the fest Olympic Games wer held atthe foot of Mount Olympus

to bonoue the Groek’s chief god, Zeus The warm climate for outdoor actives, the need for preparedness in war, an hot lifewyle caused the Greeks to esate competitive sports, Only the ete and miliary could partiipste a Fist, bu ace the Games were open io all fece Greck males who had no criminal round The CGrecks emphasized physical fitness and seat in thei edveation of yout

‘Therefore comets in unin, jumping, discus and javelin throwing, boxing and on and chariot ring Were hel in individual ities, and the winners competed

«very four years at Mount Olympus Winnors were zrally honoured by having sive wavaths placed on their heads and having poots sting about their deeds Originally these contests were held as games of (ends and any wars in progress were halted w allow the game w tke place They als helped wo strengen fonds among competitors sid the dierent ctics represented The Grecks attached s9 uch imporuince to the Games that they calculated time in four-year cycles called “Olympiads” dating from 7% B.C The contests coincided wth religious festivities and consitted an allot effort on the part of the participants to please the gs Any who disobeyed the rules were dismissed and seriously punished These athletes hight shame not nly to themselves, bat ao {oAbe cies they represented

1 Which afte following is notrue? ‘A Winners place olive weeaths on their own heads

1B, The games were held in Greece every four yeurs

C Battles were interrupted to participate in the games

1D Poems glorified the winner in son,

2 The word “elite” i closest in the meaning 10

Acaristcracy —B.brave intellectuals muscular

3 Why were the Olympie held?

A To stop war B, To honour Zeus

C To erown the hes athletes D, To sing songs about athletes

“4 Approximately how many years ago did these games originate?

‘A 800 years B 1.200 years

© 2,300 years 2,800 years

5 What conclusion ¢an we draw abuut the ancient Greek?

A They are pacifist

1, They believed athletic events were important

© They were very simple

1D They couldn't count, so they used “Olympiads” for dates

6

6, What is the main idea of this passage?

‘A Physical fitness was an integral part of the lives of the ancient Grecks 1B The Greeks severely punished those who did not participate in physical fitness programs:

© The Greeks had always encouraged everyone to participate in the games

DD The Greeks had the games coinelde with religious festivities so that they could go hack to-war when the games were over

7 The word “deeds” iselosest in meaning 10

A accomplishments B ancestors

4, Which of the following was ultimately required of al athletes competing in

‘the Olympics?

‘A They must have completed military se

1B, They had to attend special raining sessions

They had to be Greek males with no eriminal reeoed

They had to he religions

9 The word “halted” means most nearly the same as

Acencouraged 1B started

10, What is an “Olympiad”? â

A The time it took to finish the game,

B The time between Games,

The time ittook fo finish a war

A Pick out the word whose bold partis pronounced differently from those of the others

1 A ginger B ginseng, € gipy D girl

3 A.bargain BL complain C ascertain —_D campaign

4 Accvasion ——B evasive C.desuetude —_D desultory

6, Acemblem —-B.electrifcation C.exaet Deentire

9.A.slaughter ——B, naughty draught =D plavait

B Group the following words into columns according to their stress patterns coincide speciality ecipe cylinder personify spectrometer melancholy altogether hereditary index

PART TWO: VOCABULARY

‘A Supply the correct form of the word inthe parentheses

1 You eannot enter the country without the documents

(require)

2 Theold man collapsed after doing some cexerises, (strain)

3 The of water is necessary (pure)

4 She is training to be & (beautiful

5 This houses the largest telescope in the country (observe)

6, Many beliefs ofa culture are presented in rituals, (symbol)

7, F'ye never known sich aperson, (quarrel)

{8 Thank you for your generosity; we shall always be ——— to you (debt)

9, Professor Smith has joined the company in an, advise) capacity 1o.Please ‘our Feuer of the 10th We have not had a reply (know) 1B Choose the correct answer

1 When the police examined the house, they found (hat (he lock had been

with, A.touched ——_B, tampered broken hindered

2 David's martied Elizabeth? ~ No, I don’t believe it! You're pulling my

Awe B.leg yy) Cemind ý NH Bi Th D-hair

———— ee + DVW /4z⁄4Z/ 44 i

3 Fimvafiaid {haven't go the {dea why he never turned up

Alea B.smallest—C, weakest —_D faitest

4 He was a very ‘man; one day he would be happy the next miserable

6, That book looks like an advanced texto me,

A.eeoomie _B eeonomical C economies economists

` Hệ điển share his secret with many people but he inher

A.confessed —-B concealed C.comided — D.consemel

‘8 was woken up by the sound of sheep, lin the meadows

Acneighing —-Beerowing—-C bleating croaking

9, The accusation left him quite with rage,

10, He bought a pair of sunglasses with silver

PART THREE: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES

A Fillin each blank with one appropriate preposition or particle,

1, Her husband was courteous ber,

2 You should comply the school rules

3, Be calm and don't make a fuss stich tiles

4, Jobn's very good his hands,

5, She knows how to get har father to buy her a new car

6, The police are looking the past record of the suspect

7 When she heard the news ofthe crash, she broke _ and erie

8 She always sides her som against her husband

9, In the warm sun, the grass dries quickly

10, You shouldn't look doven on people who aren't as well _ as you ae

B Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets

LT ean't bear the thought of you (go) home: without someone 1

3 Trather (ve)

3 Heinssed hat the new baby (mm) flrs gander

4, There the) 10 further busines, I declare the sieeting closed

5, The uncaten breakfast was sil on the able She eal)

dry

6.1 (te) to make them lege rihotographs very week, I promise, and 1 (ry)

7 Were 1 (know) tell you right away

8 tt'sno use erying over (pit) mie

© Revrite the following sentences with the given words in such a way thatthe second sentence has the same meaning as the frst one, Do mot change the form 1, Under no cireymstances should you phone the police of the word in brackes

The last

2 Sam did't celebrate unl he received he prize, Iewasnot

3 Nohody expecta hr to lose, hat she did

4, You'll ear the basi nus Thea youl find it easy w pay, ee fer I oe: ee

‘5 If nothing unfortunate happens, Pisce you next week All being

———

6 The government have heen reviewing their Gdcalion polices reset, ‘The government's

7 When policeman appeared tthe doo, Iwas prety ken ack Imagine

& My protests wore ignored Nobody

9 It's what people ea that betrays thor social background, not

What gives

10, The chances are w hundred Wo one against you Ws most

D Rewrite the fllowing sentences with the given words in such a way that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first one Do not change the form ofthe words in bracket,

1 Tasteful furniture made your room more attractive (GRACED)

away ina

”

‘The tain is S minutes late in leaving: (DUE)

3 We had a long discussion ahout the problem but we couldn't solve it (LENGTH)

4 The river Volta overflowed last year (BURST)

5, You didn’ think carefully enough before you desided (OUGHT)

6 T think you should try and be optimistic as you can, (SIDE)

7 Don't misquote: I never said I hated ballet (MOUTH)

8 While they were on leave, the sailors exploited their freedom fully (Most)

9, He shovldn’s have told her such things (UNWISE)

10 Teaching doesa’t suit her (CUT)

PART FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION

‘A, Cloze test: Fill in each numbered space with one appropriate word

‘According t an old (1), in the early sevenigemth century a Penvian was cured (2) 4 temtble fever by eating the bark of the cinchona twee: Quinine, the drug which can be (3) {rom cincbona bark, was (4)

widely used as medicine unil 1816

(Quinine has proved invaluable to modern medicine It is used in the (5)

of malaria, a (6) transmited by the anophcles mosquito and

‘common in the tropical (7) ‘of the world, Quinine preparation are also used to help cure typhoid fever, theumatic fever, and (8) icknesses,

‘The cinchona tree belongs to the evergreen family and, unlike “most

‘evergreens, (@) very fragrant flowers Cinchona trees are native to South America, but are now (10) in sich other places as India, Ceylon and Java,

B, Read the following passage and choose the correct answers

‘A new British medical instrament is about to change dramatically our ability lo

‘recopmise disease hidden inside the body Ij ealled the magnetic seanner, and it ives information about the body which current machines, such a the brain seanner

nd the more recent body scanner, eannot provide And unlike exising machines, the new machine does not use X-ray radiation waves, which makes it much safer for patients

Unlike existing scanners, a magnetic scanner can show the side or the back fof a suspect part of the body Used on, for example, a lung with suspected damage, it can turn the image of the lung to give a series of different views The {mage is not simply worked out in the computer's “imagination” the magnetic seanner aetually examines every side of the lung When examining the softer part of the body with existing scanners, doctors frequently have to use a

“contrast medium” 10 make a muscular organ show up to X-ray waves, the usual

“contrast medium” given to patients before a stomach X-ray scan takes place harmless, but for some brain scans so that it passes into the brain, this 3s

‘unpleasant and painful and ican be dangerous The magnetic scanner needs no

“contrast medivm”

“The new machine can also sce i greater deal than ever below Growths of all

‘kinds show up clekrhy on the rain and sa do the dead patches which are the signs of the disease, multiple sclerosis Until now patients complaining of double vision or an inability 4 control thee muscles from ime eau be saffering from some much more

‘easily cured diseases and a bean scanner could not distinguish between these with centainy, The docior ean now definitely say whether or not cancer of multiple sclerosis Is present, Previously, these diseases have been missed and patients have been given false information about thei heal The technique is sill improving with reat spect: pictures preduced couple of years ago Took very simple compared with those of today

1 What does the new magnetic scanner machine do? ‘A [looks at a diseased part ofthe body from all directions

B It.canJook right through a diseased part ofthe body

It sends sound waves to the diseased part ofthe body

1D Teuses a computer to “imagine” different views ofthe body

2, What disadvantage do existing machines have?

‘A Patients need an injection hefore they are used:

B, The eontrasts recorded are t00 strong

this often necessary to use a contrast medium

D The X-ray waves are sometimes painful

3 Jn what way isthe new machine an improvement?

‘A Ikean eure some diseases much more easily

B, It-will never give a double view

C The techniques involved can be learned quickly

Thean show all the details of a diseased part ofthe body,

4 The machine is useful in identifying the disease multiple sclerosis, because

itshows

A dark spots inthe eyes, B dead arcat in the brain

cancer like growths D damage to muscles

5 “Sclerosis” means

‘A adiscase tha causes an organ or sot pad of the body to hecore hard,

B a disease that eauses indigestion

tuberculosis,

D, bronchitis

ĐỀ THỊ NĂM 2001

PART ONE: PHONOLOGY

A Pick out the word whose bold partis pronounced differenty from those of the

‘others,

3, Achomonym —B dishonesty C honorable hourly

4A slauehter —B draught C-naughty — D.paulil

5 Awhistle thirst © shirt D reptile

6 A-adventure H.adtamage C-advelae T D.addilon

7 A chain H.enenain Chargain — D.eomplain

, Group the following words into columns according to thei stress patterns create jeopardize preferential invalid

cexiravagant —diametre elasticity misunderstand

accidental coincide reelpe ‘communism

guarantee economics nevertheless cinemaographer

2

PART TWO: VOCABULARY

A Choose the best answer

1 For peuple with hearing difficulties telephones with volume controls provide the best

Avreply B response C, solution D result

2 ve had two teeth taken out It was OK at the time, but now my mouth really

Acpains)—Beharms —C, hurts D injures

3 He got an excellent grade in his exam

particularly har

Ain spite of B-omsecount of -C beeause —_D although

4, There was a gteat seandal when” ittumed outthat the Bishop who

the fact that he worked

‘vas teat wo be shad a son,

A-singular B, celibate C immaculate D separated

5 Itisa tong from Tokyo to London

66, The acrobats atthe circus performed some very impressive _ A-deels C B.EQOS C-aeions D.eats

1, Em aimid Ttrather about existence of ghosts

‘Acskeptical B partial C adaptable D- incapable

8, His answer was so confusing that I could hardly make any

49, tf she can make up sue stories, she is certainly a very ie

‘A imaginable B imaginative

10 During the First World War, an 5 million peop lost their lives

‘B Supply the eorreet form of the word in the parentheses

Lt ‘wrote letters of application, but got no seply (end)

2, The thing | hate about John is his (rely)

3 Barter, however, wasa very system (satisfy)

4 Although be was not _ about helping, with the washing up he 4d so all the time enthusiasm)

5 Insome areas water has tobe boiled 10 it (pure)

6 ‘There was a heavy: ‘yesterday afternoon which completely ruined the church garden party (pour)

7, The man was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to 3-year —

(prison)

8, Some people claim to be able to the future (tell

9 While walking in the mountains in North Wales, we came across a

PART THRER: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES

A Use the correct form or tense ofthe verbs in brackets

1 1 ould rather (not be) absent from class yesterday,

2 Aneyewitness deseribed how ten people (kil inthe fire

3, Scareely they (move) — — — imo the house: when their friends (come) — _ im

4 Trade has gone from bad to worse and staff (day) off now

5 He became addicted to _ (smoke) He really regretied (not take) his father's advise

6, Ibis erucial that Dido (stop) ~ using Quang Hs,

7 She (not allow) anybody (read) her diary but yesterday she (find) her Mum (read) it she couldnt but more) the ideđenL

‘8 On the first of next month he (be) in prison for five years

9.1 look) through my old photograph album It's ful of photos of people whose names | completely (forget) 1 wonder what (happen) _— to them all,

10 He died of ung cancer He (smoke) aot

1 The last time he (see) in the public, he (wear) agny suit

1B Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that the second sentence has

‘the same meaning asthe first one

1 Everyone was surprise that the singer had very litle money when he died

4

2 John has not had his hair et for over six months

4 Although both his legs were broken inthe crash, he managed to get ou of the car hefore it exploded

44 She got down to writing the report as soon as she returned from her walk

5 They were all arested because of his incompetence,

‘he was very angry

* Rewrite the following sentences with the given words in such @ way that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first ome, Do not change the form ofthe words in brackets 1, Lust ean' decide where to 20 on holiday (MIND)

2, You could always stay with us for afew days if necessary (PUT)

3, It won't help if you worry about it (POINT)

4, Hes really keen to sar his new job, (FORWARD)

3 Everyone who comes to the city notices dhe beauty ofits architecture (FAIS)

6, She was so beautiful that ¥ couldn? Gop looking at her (EVES)

7, Vve lost interest in going tothe same place al he time (FED UP)

‘8, Liveas is ust working here temporarily, (BEING)

19, Everyone is sure that he will win the election (BOUND)

10 Ann was afraid the neighbours would despise her for not having a

‘washing machine (LOOK)

Bin each bank with one appropriate preposition or particle,

1 Psubseribe several magazines

2 The world is yearning ‘peace, but does not seem to know how

to win it

3 When did you check out the hotel?

4 He usually writes his essays ink ruled paper

5 Tcould hee the dircetorrebuking Jum —_ being late for work again,

6, Because she kept putting going to the dentist, her toothache

with this job?

How are you getting your study at school?

9, Passengers mustn't get off the bus whem is ti motion

10, Do you know of «eure Kdness?

11, Our education must put an end illiteracy

13 Without a fridge, fresh food Will go -very quickly

13, Something went weong my car yesterday

14, Her parcuts dont approve her

15, The completion ofthe new Town Hall has heen hed owing vo strike

16 ILlook me along time to get my illness

after three hours and everyone went fora

18, He’ independ his parents,

PART FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION

‘A Cloze test: Fill in each numbered space with one appropriate word

HOW TELEVISION WAS INVENTED

‘Television owes its origins (1) ‘many inventors, BUL it was the Single-minded determination of an amateur inventor, John Logie Baind, (2) 28

led to the fist ive television broadeast,

Born in Scotland in 1898 and educated in Glasgow, John Logie Baird (3)

living as razor-lade salesman In (4) 1890s Guglielmo Marconi showed that sound could be sent by radio waves Baird hecame

‘convinced that a similar system could transmit a(S) fof his spare time working on his ideas in his tiny workshop (6) He spemt most any

‘commercial support He had 10 use his own earnings to convince his research In

1924, Baird 7) transmit the general outline ofa igure over more than 3 metres He continued In experiment and on October 25, 1925 trinsmited a tecognisable image of a dol He ran doyyn t the office on the ground floor and persuaded one of the office oys to come upstais The hoy hecame the first Living image (8) by television, Overnight, Baird became famous and the money which ha needed to convince his research was at (9)

‘made available In 1927 he made a transmission from London lo Glasgow and in

1928 he made another from London w New York He eontinved experimenting and spent his last year exploring the (10) of colour television

1B Read the following passage and choose the correct ansivers

‘Many counties face a somewhat more serious ceonomic problem in the form

of an unfavorable trade balance with other nations Such an imbalance exists

‘when the total value of a country’s imports execeds tat of exports For example

if a country buys 10 BiNioh dollars in pede from cdher countries, yee sells 10 Fillion dollars of its own products overseas, its trade is 20 billion dollars Many tnderdeveloped nations find themselves in this position Because they lack ural resources oe the industrial capacity to use these resources, and thus have

to import raw mat ctured goods,

‘One effect of tae deficit isthe flow of eurency out of a country Inthe case

‘of an underdeveloped nation, this can cause many financial difficulties, including Faire to meet debt payments ann obstacles to ercation ofan indusal ase Even inthe case of « fully developed nation such as the United States « lage trade ofits eason for alarm Amercan products, made by well-paid workers in US industries, cost more to reduce than those made in places like Asia, where labor and material costs are much lower Money spent on foreign products is money rit spent on items produced by domestic industes

1, What does the passage mainly discuss?

‘A The causes and consequences of tad deficits,

B, Several worldwide ceonomic problems

Lack of resources in underdeveloped countries

2: According tothe passage, when docs a trade imbalance occur?

[A.A country sells more produets overseas than is imports

B, The value of the produets 8 county imports the products it expens, is greater than the value of A county cannot develop its natural resources

DA couniry has.a serious economic problem

4 The passage states that many underdeveloped nations have trade deficits Because

A they find themselves in this position

B they have failed 10 meet debt payments

they export most of their natural esourees i other "nations

1D they have to importmost of their natural resources or manufac-tured products

4 Which of the following is mot mentioned as a possible cause of a trade imbalance?

‘A The high cost of exported items,

1B An underdeveloped! industrial hase

© A lack of natural resources

DD Low labor and material costs in Asian countries

5 1t.can be inferred from this passage that Ameriean industries,

[A provide a strong indusrial hase that prevents a trade deficit,

import lor and materiaL{rom overseas,

are hurt by a trade imbalance

1D domnot pay their workers sufficient wages

* Read carefully and decide whether each ofthe following statement is true (T)

Anival

‘When the plane lands, you are requested to keep your seatbelt fastened until the light goes off and remain in your seat until the plane stops moving, This is for your own comfort and safety

Leaving the airport

If you are ending your journey at this airport, you should go up to the

‘escalator to passport control and customs If you are travelling further by rail of

‘couch, you will find an information desk oulside the eustoms bal as well as a hank where you can change money Catching another igh:

”

If you are’ planning to change planes, you should follow the signs t0 the waiting lounge, where you should check in and wat to board your éonneeting fight There will be an announcement when your flight is due to take off Our ground salf will be happy to help you

‘Leaving the plane’

{All passengers leaving the plane should make sure that they take everything with them Ifyou have checked in any lugeage, you should remember to collect

it from the baggage area inside the airpor

Continuing on this Dish

‘We regret that passengers who are continuing their journey on this Might may not get of the plane You may not smoke while the plane is onthe ground

‘Thank you foe flying with us We hope to be able to welcome you on board gain soon,

2 You must wait unl the light goes out before undoing your seat belt

3 Passengers who are leaving the airport must first go 10 passport

contrat

4, _ Passengers continningby another plane most go through customs

5, You cam change money before you go to passport contol

6 hanging plane ‘You must go up the escalatorto the waiting lounge if you are

1 Passengers in the waiting lounge will hear an announcement when their plane is ready to leave

8, Noone isallowed to smoke in the atport

9 “The aeroplane is going on to another place after some of the

passengers get off 10 Passengers who are leaving the plane should check that they have ‘ot left anything bebind

ĐỀ THỊ NĂM 2002

PART ONE: PHONOLOGY

A Pick out the word whose bold partis pronounced differently from those of the

4 Actaunely Bi digestion C pronunciation D, suagestion 5-A.donkey B.monkey ——C.tough D ious 6A nayal B canal € hai D mammal 7A, subtle B climb Cb Ð lanh

S-A.complain B.hagain — C,sseersin — D.campalgn 9A taugh "`" `'

10 A.honorable —B.honesty Chiuolc — D.hếr

B Group the following words into columns according to their sress patterns communism lemonade tuhereulosis finite ingenuity admirable police employee _although tatioo

Tiviatie | 2 SiMMe | #gHMaMe | #huhbe

PART-TWO: VOCABULARY

A Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets

| He’ very genennus and everyone admires his (sel)

2 Libwarians spend alot of thei ime bookx (elas)

3 There isan increasing

4 We hai

(expect)

‘There was a heavy

the garden party (pour)

to mvoreycle racing (courage)

4 bell ready in the spare roam in ease vistors arive

6 The manager handed in his iter being weeused of dishonesty (resign)

7 She lost the ease beeause of her evidence (admit)

8 He completely weat to pieces after the of his marriage (break)

9 Nicotine is responsible forte _effeet of smoking (behave)

10, Although the police suspected him of the crime, since they Id no defini that he was involved, they could nol arrest him (prove)

B Choose the best answer

1 Don’t worry about the lunch! 1' 10 it

Acsuceed —-Beapply Codevole, =D see

2 After leaving school, Nigel decided 10 inthe army,

3, He was a generous friend, but asa businessman he drove a hard

44 ENeryhodl is very anxious about the —_of the negotiations

A.oulbreak B.0ueOmE C,0upUU D outlook

5 How did Sheila

{6 Ahoogh he was completely asa furniture maker, he produced the most

tothe news of her award’?

beautiful ebairs,

A unable Deumiedined —C incapable uneducated

7 Some people enjoy training for others it is only a toanend

A means Bmethod ——C way D tool

B She her neighbour's ehikdren forthe broken window

A-aceused —B.complainedC blamed denied

9, Ifyou want good Mat in London, you have to pay through the

10 I don’t think we have very much, we aro very different people,

A together Beineommon C.the same similar

for

PART THRER: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES

A Rewrite the following sentences in such a way thatthe second sentence has

‘the same meaning as the frst one

| Uns shes really hungry, she never eats snacks between meals,

(6 My French friend finds driving on the eft dificult

My French friend isn’t

7 The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death ofthe Prime Minister

Had it

nd did the police believe her

48, Shes proud of being such 8 good cook

She prides

9 Hetty is very happy to look after handicapped people

Betty is devoted

10, Winning the foothall pols meant we could buy a mew car

Winning the football poots enabled

B Use the correct form or tense ofthe verbs in brackets

| On their next anniversary, Doris and Fred (be) —— mamied for fory years

2, Sony T did't mean (step) ‘on Your foot

3 His greatest amhiton i (choose, take) _part inthe Olympics,

4 If Linds (not stay) _up late last nigh, she (not be)

'5.- How about your holiday?

‘Twas allright, but rathe (g6)

6, He always talks as though he (address) _ a public meeting

7 Hardly he (plek) up tbe book whea the phone (ring) _

8 Do yow feet like (walk) or shall we take a taxi?

9, I's essential that she (arrive) _ before 6 o'clock

10 (Write) _the leter, she put it ia an envelope

11, Aman answered the phone I suppose it was her husband

= It(not be) _her husband Hie has bcen dead for ages

12 He will got Ho Chi Minh City witha view to (give)

promotion

13 'm likely to pass the exam, (be) _1?

14 This ime tomorrow, we lie) _ on a beach *

15.1 think your garden needs (weed) _, and you'd beuter have it (do)

16, The news about the earthquake in the Philippines (already broadcast)

‘on radio several times so fr

Pil in each blank with one appropriate preposition or particle

1 He took t granted that they were happy

2 The unpleasant smell in the restairant put me my inner

3 It's no use crying _ spilt mil

4 Don’t eta good chance g0

5 Many factories break the anippiluton law nlget — — —— ÍL

Dalat

‘a chance of

6 She resembles her father_ looks

7, Wealways make a point uying to make our ests feel comfortable

% absence of evidence, the police couldnt ake notion — _ the man

9, Hedidn't ust me He was-supicious my intentions

10, Three men have been arested and charged

11, My ncighboor's garage, whieh isadjacent robbery, my howse is fall of

1 Wh they pt hi fn th Sach Ul al bg fro oe

D Find the ten unnecessary words in the following passage For each answer,

‘underline the unnecessary word together with the word before it The frst

‘ome has been done for you

‘examination marking where how aa essay is writen may be nealy almost as {important as what the essay is ahout.”, sail Me Briggs Five essays which were double marked with the second marker he unaware of the marks of the First

‘marker, The essay scripts for the second marker had been copied out in three writing styles Two of the styles were ones which it had been the subject of

‘continual eiicism at schoo!

All the markers were practising teachers who were tld that the effectiveness DoF double marking was being checked The resus shoved that» twelve-yeur-ol

‘who cam present an exsay one way will do better perhaps far better more than a rind who ean present the same standard inthe tems of content but who doesnot

fr cannot make it look so that auractive, The eoncusion is that school children

‘may not do as well as perhaps they could if only their handwriting is untidy

E Rewrite the following sentences with the given words in such a way that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first one, Do not change the form ofthe words in brackets 1 The fox wits unsoscessful in rschng the esapes (VAIN)

2 The crops were badly affected hy the soon (EFFECT)

4 Nobody could possibly helieve the story he told us, (BEYOND)

4 The project revelved unanimous approval ofthe eommitee, (FAVOUR)

‘5 The personnel officer promised him that she wouldn't tell any one dha he

‘had been in prison (WORD)

(6 Thad losis phone num, so Louk! nok contact hi before, TOUCH

7 The hank robhers escaped in a olen war (GETAWAY)

8 enjoy being the bos smal company (FISH)

9 The suesess of or local theatre has made or city fagnous (MAP)

11), She isnot upset: she isonly pretending ACT)

PART FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION

A Rearrange the following paragraphs into a meaningful passage Begin the passage with paragraph C ‘A Today, radio and television serve many purposes besides pleasure and ‘entrainment They help us to find ish in dhe Sot and wo land airplanes in had weatber or at night They enn the work of large number of

‘ichines in ius, ana they can hold spaceships in thir cits, With the

help of radio and television, Russian scientists phetographed the far side of the moon,

1B Electrons do wonderful things in calculating machines, which besides working hundreds of thousands of times faster than any mathematician,

‘an feel touch, smell, hear and se Iti difficult to imagine how we could salenlle the orbits of sputaiks and spaceship without using electronic

‘afeuating machines,

‘CO contury has seen great changes in the life and living conditions of people, Less than a hundeed years ago, many of the things that we do

‘now seemed impossible No one could imagine that people evuld Ay,

‘or that we could listen to music thousands of miles way

D, Mote and more ofien, we hear of scientists using these machines in ew fields I was with the help of an electronic calculating machine

‘that scicntisis suecceded in reading the language of the Mayas, the

‘ancient people of Meio, The machines can tell us what to explain in the fields under đilerenL gmaie conditions: they can tell us whea an caringuae i coming and where: ‘Te progress of science is leading 1 better life for man, E- The litle elton isthe giant of our madera used during World War II to Jearn of coming airplane attacks, and times Electronic means were many lives were saved

F Imagine » man of Dickens's time in our modem world In the sy, he sees people lying in temendous "birds, we turn a switch and the dark room immediately hocomes light Hut he greatest surmise isthe radio and the television set standing in the corner ofthe room,

8, Read the following passage and choose the correct answers

Amy Tan, the Amerieanshom daughter of Chinese immigrants, received the

‘Commonwealth Club Gold Award in 1989 for her frst work of Fiction, the best selling Joy Luck Club The sixicen imerrelaied stories that consiute the work alternate between the tales of four Chinese: immigrant mothers and their Americanized daughters, in an exploration of the gencrutional and cultuea tensions experienced hy first-generation daughters of immigrants,

“Tan’s parents ike many, immigrants, had high expectations for their chien and olien set confusing standards, expecting Amy and her two brothers to think Tike Chinese but 10 speak perfect English, excel academically, and take advantage of every circumstance that might lead 0 success Tan, however, rwbelled against her parent's expectations, which included such exalted professions as neinosurgery and devoted herself to being thoroughly American and dreaming of being a fietion write

“Tan obtained a bachelor’s degree in English and linguistics anda’ master’s degree in linguistics and eventually established herself asx highly suecessful business writer, Tan, however, was not satistied despite her material success

‘Turing to her life long dream, she wrote er frst short, "Endgame": and then & second, “Waiting between the Trees" In 1987 Tan visited her haf sisters in Cina with her mother, «trip that proved to be a turning point in her Tie and career Tan felt ä sense of completeness, a bonding with the country and its

‘alte that she had never expected Returning from China, Tan was surprised to -arm tha on the sirength of her short stories she had received an advance from the publisher, Tan closed her business and wrote the remaining stories forthe Joy Luck Club, Tt was 4 resounding Success, well received by the erties and Appearing on the New York Times bestseller lis It has been translated into 17 and was made

languages, incloding Chines 19a movie in 1993,

1 What is the author's main purpose inthis passage?

A To analyze Amy Tan's literary works,

1B To support Amy Tan's decision to become a fietion writer

, To present biographical information about Amy Tan,

D To criticize Amy Tan's rebellion against her parents

2 According to the passage, Amy Tan's visit to China

A was disappointing

`8 had a profound effect on her,

(© was not surprising ithe Yeast,

1D, was tip she had alway® dreamed of taking

4 I can be inferred from the passage that

‘A Tan’s parents tinderstood her dilemma but wanted the best for her 'B, [took Tun a while to summon the courage to porsue her dreams

C Tun started writing fetion in order to make more money,

1D Tain had always wanted to return to China

4 The word “exalted” means

‘A highly respected 1B very difficult

€, common 1D established

$I can be concluded from this passage that

‘A, parents-don’t know what is best for their children

1B, Tan did not use personal experience in her writing

C Tan made the right decision when she closed her business

'D Tan always knew she Was Chinese foremost and American only in her imagination.

CLASSROOMS OF THE FUTURE: INTERNET WITHOUT WIRES

By Stephen A Booth

‘Computers snd the Internet ae giving rise tp viral universities, and the effects

‘of technology are heing fli in grade schools, Teachers now have 10 rethink their approach tothe subject and may nced retaining (2) Here's how computer science is changing the (3) ‘you and your ehikren lear,

‘When suidents go 10 class at California's Stanford University, they ean power up their laptop computers by (4) thom ito love soekets as numerous a the

"heanhies that pass fo funiture But (5) revrfiting telephone cables into lasseoome isnot easy oF inexpensive feat, especially in older buildings, stich case fof access (6) _ only dream for most schools One plan addresses the Infrastructure of schools and woul se low: power radio signals to distribute online text and video information within buildings or across an entre campus, A gous (7)

of this initiative isa program called Class Link, funded by the Cello

‘Telecommuniations Industry Association Foundation These wireles links (8)

the students with Internet access at (9) of up to 1.5 milion bis per second, roughly equivalent wo expensive fiber-optic lines bạt (10)

A Pick out the word whave bold part is pronounced differently from those ofthe

‘others

}.Acdevotion B.guedien nation D.ưadiin E.acio

3Amewume .ưemame CC emlul Dibmeabe E.beeakfsl

SA B pleasure C.nasal — D.television E.deeBiom 6A B.cacred C-kieked D.wicked E biloved

TA GANAgE B.YOyAEE C.message D.masege Edosage

%A sanh B-holh Cmyh D.uAth — E.somherm

9 A extraordinary Boexireme C exemplify

expertise E, exaggeration

1O.A.absor B.debi C-comb D.homb — E.lomb

8 Group the following words into columns according to tir stress patterns personnel marmalade ingenuity psychological patriotism geneticist coincide experimental prerequisite infamous

ghe | Satake | a aytable | syllable

A Choose the best answer

1 This ing is anly made of plastic sits quite

‘A.valuable B.imveloable priceless valueless

2, Roberts completely Im his new book on photography

Avabsorhed —-B interested exhausted ovcupied

5 Mig difficult for museums to find funds to protect the nation’s —

A inheritance B heritage © possessions —D legacy

4, There isa constant of vistors Wo this important historic ste

A-eurrent B lide © wave D stream

5 Yow shouldn't have criticized him infront of his friends It was extremely

‘ol you, Avunfortunate —B insensitive - C.insensible D.uAeusious

6, The of living goes up and up ICI! never go down,

11, ven aller you move to New York, We'd really appreciate iif you would take the time to with us

‘A keep in touch B keep in mind

To bo & good short story writer one needs, among other things, a very

ination,

A vivid B living bright D sparkling

9, We've gota very teacher wha docsa’t mind If we are abit late

‘A broad-minded B open-minded

10, Stop about the bush, James! Just tell me exactly what the problem is,

A.Phhing — — B.hiding Cheating D- moving

B, Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets

1, We ean’t depend on him; he's a very person, (rely)

2 Thave no excuses My actions were _, (explain)

3 Women who are slimmiag can never enjoy a meal without being afraid of

their diet (organize)

4, The cat looked at the new type of food on is plate , (suspect)

5, He suffered from constant -(sleep)

46, The doctor gave him an injection 0 the pain death)

7 The people whove houses are to be demolished when the new road is built

PART THREE: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES

A Use the correet form or tense ofthe verbs in brackets

Canning isa method of preserving foed over extended periods of time The press invotves (seal) food in containers and (2, heat)

in onder to kill acter that could eventually cause spoilage, While most canned food is produced by commercial companies, some (3 do) athome

Homegrown fruits und vegetables such as apples and tomatoes are the most popular foods (4 can) Even certain kinds of meats are suitable for canning However, i is not advisable to heat produce such as avocados because fof the changes in taste and texture that (5 occur) Other foods, including evcumbers and peppers, ean (6 can) _ only if they (7, first pickle) nd then cooked at very low temperatures

Properly canned food can be saved for as Jong as thee years IF (8 not seal / propery) _ the food ean he spoiled by the growth of organisms In severe eaves, bacteria can cause a fatal form of poisoning (9 call)

hoiulism For this reason, itis very important 10 check the seal of the jar or huaitle regularly 19 make sure it (10 remain) undisturbed

B Use the correct form or tense ofthe verbs in brackets

1, Were she (know) the truth, she would tell you about it

2 My boss is very angry with me, 1 didn't do all the work that I (do)

last week

3 Te Jooks as if this light (burn) all night: 1 forget)

(swlieb)- ‘off before went 1 bed lastnight

4 | visit new counties every year By the time I (he) siny, 1 (i0) all the mos interesting countries inthe word

‘5 Congress has deereed tha gasoline tax (abolish)

6, Ididn’t see anyone but I fet as though 1watch)

7 AET'd ken bis advice, I (still not do)

Flt in each blank with one appropriate preposition

1 She"s always the go T don’t know where she gets her energy from

2, Samples will be provided request

Wehave to go by ext account the bs strike,

“This pulloyer is a bargain $20.30,

‘The ease wis dismissed the absence

6 the law to leave your ear here,

7 They can only eure him his illness if they operate on him,

18 His name is Nicholas, but we cal bm Nick _ short,

any definite proof

) Compete the following sentences using the verbs given in the bax You have

to use the correct tenses of the verbs and the appropriate particles

3 The gun _inhis hand when he was cleaning it

4 He pretended to he an Englishman, but his foreign language

7 To-cover his absence, he decided

about being involved ina ear aeeiđen 4 complete false story

% We 1 specialist when be grew worse

9 The school fr 10, Looking after six kids all day has completely the holiday at the end of May me

, Rewrite the following sentences in such a way thatthe secoud sentence has the

same meaning as the firstone

1 “That's «lovely new dress, Jean,” said her mother,

Jean's mother complimented

2 Under no circumstances should you phone the police

The last

3 Lusn't abit surprised to hear that Karen had changed her joh

4, The cost of living has gone up considerably inthe last few years

5 Tmabsolutely sure be took the money on purpose

‘He couldn't possibly

6, He hd no idea how difficult the isk would be until he was half way through i

You shoulda’t take his help for granted (ASSUME)

Jenny didn’t feel lke going to the party (MOOD)