On thi hsg tinh Question 1: (C) Choose the best answer. 1. A child’s first five years are important as far as learning is (hit, touched, worried, concerned, affected. 2. Many students find it difficult to make meet on their small grants. A. ends B. points C. circles D. edges E. sides 3. At parties people (A. habit B. accustom C. tend D. keep E. behave) to talk about jobs and money. 4. He the bank manager that he could replay the loan. A. assured B. ascertained C. ensured D. insured E. certified 5. He considers shares to be a good long investment. A. term B. age C. run D. time E. length 6. He drank very little the police caught him as he drove home. A. in the event B. despite C. otherwise D. in case E. unless 7. The pub was so crowded that he could get to the bar. A. almost B. barely C. quite D. merely E. slightly 8. He lost all his money through on cards and horses. A. playing B. risking C. gambling D. speculating E. chancing 9. All the (A. results B. proceeds C. rewards D. finances E. leftovers) of the dance went to charity. 10. Being a teacher, she shops at stores which offer a to teachers. A. discount B. subtraction C. subsidy D. rebate E. deduction 11. You should be very to your teachers for their help. A. thankful B. thanking C. grateful D. considerate E. gracious. 12. When can the students for next year’s evening classes. A. assist B. enroll C. join D. inscribe E. subscribe 13. I shall never beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same A. set B. band C. group D. class E. order 14. The curtains have because of the strong sunlight. A. dulled B. fainted C. lightened D. weakened E. faded 15. The policeman stopped him when he was driving home and him of speeding. A. charged B. accused C. blamed D. warned E. arrested 16. His new appointment takes from the beginning of next month. A. place B. effect C. post D. possession E. position 17. In a low voice, she that someone was moving about upstairs. A. screamed B. shouted C. told D. spoke E. whispered 18. When he was at school, he won first for good behavior. A. reward B. prize C. price D. present E. praise 19. If you don’t mind, I should like to a suggestion. A. make B. show C. say D. reach E. place 20. Papermaking began in China and from there it to North Africa and Europe. A. sprang B. spilled C. carried D. flowed E. spread 21. That cupboard must always be (A. guarded B. shut C. closed D. kept E. held) carefully locked. 22. He (A. arrested B. entered C. paused D. hung E. settled) in the doorway in order to light his cigarette. 23. His of the aero plane was correct in every detail and could ready fly. A. shape B. pattern C. design D. plan E. model 24. His name was on the of my tongue, but I just couldn’t remember it. A. end B. point C. edge D. tip E. top 25. An early typewriter produced letters quickly and neatly; the typist, couldn’t see his work on this machine. A. however B. therefore C. yet D. although E. anywhere 26. Because of the low ceiling, the bookcase was much too to go into the room. A. tall B. grand C. lengthy D. deep E. great 27. John (A. worries B. prepares C. troubles D. annoys E. works) a great deal about examinations. 28. The garden (A. advances B. extends C. lies D. develops E. enlarges) as far as the river. 29. A narrow road the stream to the other side of the park. A. joins B. crosses C. unites D. passes E. jumps 30. She tried to out of the window to see the procession more clearly. A. bend B. curve C. bow D. slope E. lean Question 2: 7: A. abruptly B. as C. because D. benefit E. discharge F. exhaust G. garbage H. gradually I. individuals J. or k. protects L. provides M. purify N. require O. too Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem is 1 complicated (phức tạp) as it is serious. It is complicated 2 much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, 3 from automobiles (=cars) cause a large percentage of all air pollution. But the automobile 4 transportation for millions of people. Factories 5 much of the material that pollutes air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people. Thus, to end 6 greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop using many things that 7 them. Most people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be 8 reduced in several ways. Scientist and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce (buộc phải thi hành) laws that 9 businesses and 10 to stop, or cut down on certain polluting activities. 8: Almost B. cracks C. it D. its E. Most F. peaks G. raise H. repeated I. rise J. spectacularK. Such M. themselves N. violent O. where P. which A volcano is an opening in the earths surface through 1 lava, hot gases, and rock fragments erupt. 2 an opening occurs when melted rock from deep within the earth blasts through the surface. 3 volcanoes are atop mountains, particularly cone-shaped mountains. The mountains 4 are also called volcanoes. Eruptions of volcanic mountains are 5 sights. In some eruptions, huge fiery clouds 6 over the mountain, and glowing rivers of lava flow down 7 sides. In other eruptions, red-hot ash and blasted high into the air. A few eruptions are so 8 that they blow the mountain apart. Some eruptions occur on volcanic islands. Such islands are the top of volcanic mountains that have been built up from the ocean floor by 9 eruptions. Other eruptions occur along narrow 10 in the ocean floor. Peak (v) đạt tới đỉnh fragment (v) vỡ vụn erupt (v) phun ra spectacular (a) có ấn tợng/đẹp mắt Occur (v) xẩy ra blast (v) phá nổ cone (n) hình nón crack(n) vết nứt/ (v) nứt /rạn . works) a great deal about examinations. 28. The garden (A. advances B. extends C. lies D. develops E. enlarges) as far as the river. 29. A narrow road the stream to the other side of the park. A On thi hsg tinh Question 1: (C) Choose the best answer. 1. A child’s first five years are important as far as learning is (hit, touched, worried, concerned, affected. 2. Many students find. his cigarette. 23. His of the aero plane was correct in every detail and could ready fly. A. shape B. pattern C. design D. plan E. model 24. His name was on the of my tongue, but I just couldn’t