Hocmai.vn Đề thi số 05 Hocmai.vn – Ngôi trường chung của học trò Việt Tổng đài tư vấn: 1900 58-58-12 - Trang | 1 - ĐỀ THI SỐ 05 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 question. Question 1: A. misfortune B. illegal C. indifference D. discotheque Question 2: A. material B. maritime C. marathon D. masculine Question 3: A. participant B. accidental C. parentheses D. industrial Question 4: A. competent B. compliance C. commuter D. computer Question 5: A. contribute B. compliment C. bacteria D. procedure Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 6: His eyes were light blue and ______ in their innocence. A. childless B. childish C. childlike D. childhood Question 7: “Your kitchen is fantastic! Did you do it all yourself?” - “No, I ______ by a professional.” A. have it designed B. had designed it C. had it designed D. designed it Question 8: The copy machine was reduced to even ______ the sale price. A. least as B. as much as C. more than D. less than Question 9: Rewrite the important parts of the letter ______bold, will you? A. to B. in C. at D. on Question 10: The plane I intended to catch crashed and everyone was killed. If I______ that plane, I would be dead now. A. had caught B. caught C. catch D. am catching Question 11: We have orders ______ from all over the world. A. come B. coming C. to come D. to have come Question 12: I promise I will never tell him the truth about you. ________ my heart! A. Take B. Cross C. Beat D. Hold Question 13: Nothing is spoiled, ______? A. is it B. aren’t they C. isn’t it D. are they Question 14: We didn’t much like the new neighbors at first, but ______we grew quite fond of them. A. in time B. by the time C. against time D. at the same time Question 15: Much of the funding has come from international ______ agencies. A. relief B. aid C. support D. help Question 16: Thank you for your invitation which we are pleased to ______. A. reach B. accept C. compromise D. regard Question 17: 'This engine is really ______, it can run for 30 km on only 1 litre of fuel.' A. affective B. effective C. efficient D. affected Question 18: ________ your weapons on the table! A. Lie B. Lay C. Lied D. Lain Question 19: Do very young children really________foreign travel? A. delight B. evaluate C. benefit D. appreciate Question 20: “I’m having some friends over for dinner this evening. Would you like to join us?” -“_________.” A. Come on. It’s your turn B. As a matter of fact, I do C. Can I take a rain check? D. Thanks, but I mustn’t Question 21: Tom: “I thought your performance last Sunday was wonderful.” - Laura: “______________” Hocmai.vn Đề thi số 05 Hocmai.vn – Ngôi trường chung của học trò Việt Tổng đài tư vấn: 1900 58-58-12 - Trang | 2 - A. I completely agree with you. It was terrific. B. No doubt! C. Don’t tell a lie. I thought it was terrible. D. You must be kidding. It was not as good as I had expected. Question 22: Boy: “What is your greatest phobia?” Girl: “___________” A. Worms, definitely! B. I'm afraid not. C. Probably people who smoke. D. I haven't made up my mind. Question 23: He never had much property, and when his house was broken into by thieves, he had ________ still. A. less B. little C. a little D. few Question 24: ________, he would have been able to pass the exam. A. Studying more B. If he were studying to a greater degree C. If he studied more D. Had he studied more Question 25: The man you saw yesterday ________ Mr. Brown, because he went to London on business last week. A. couldn’t have been B. mustn’t be C. can’t be D. needn’t have been Question 26: “Were there many people waiting in line at the stadium?” – “Yes, I saw ____________.” A. quite many B. quite much C. quite a few D. quite some Question 27: "Could I speak to Alex, please?" - “ ____________” A. This is Joe speaking. B. Can I take a message? C. Just a moment. I'm coming. D. I'm sorry, Alex's not in. Question 28: ________ any employee be ill, they must call the office to inform their head of department. A. Were B. Should C. Had D. If Question 29: Tom denied ________ for speeding and drunk driving. A. that he had fined B. having been fined C. to be fined D. fining Question 30: The children are so looking forward to the holiday, they can ________ wait. A. never B. hardly C. rarely D. seldom Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 31 to 40 One of the most important (31) _______ of a standardized test is time. You'll only be allowed a certain number of minutes for each section, so it is very important that you use your time (32) _______. The most important time strategy is pacing yourself. Before you begin, take just a few seconds to survey the test, noting the (33) _______of questions and the sections that looks easier than the rest. Then, make a rough time schedule based on the amount of time (34) _______ to you. Mark the halfway point on your test and make a note beside that mark of the time when the testing period is half over. Once you begin the test, (35) _______moving. If you work slowly in an attempt to make fewer mistakes, your mind will become bored and begin to wander. You'll end up making far (36) _______mistakes if you're not concentrating. If you take too long to answer questions that stump you, you may end up (37) _______ out of time before you finish. So don't stop for difficult questions. Skip them and move on. You can come back to them later (38) _______ you have time. A question that takes you five seconds to answer counts as much as one that takes you several minutes, so pick up the easy points first. (39) _______, answering the easier questions first helps build your confidence and gets you in the testing groove. If you're a little ahead, you know you're on track and may even have a little time left to check your work. If you're a little behind, you have several choices. You can pick up the pace a little, but do this (40) _______if you can do it comfortably. Hocmai.vn Đề thi số 05 Hocmai.vn – Ngôi trường chung của học trò Việt Tổng đài tư vấn: 1900 58-58-12 - Trang | 3 - Question 31: A. factors B. issue C. concern D. information Question 32: A. quickly B. fast C. wisely D. hardly Question 33: A. lists B. numbers C. deal D. number Question 34: A. close B. similar C. available D. suitable Question 35: A. keep B. stop C. finish D. continue Question 36: A. more B. under C. from D. away Question 37: A. short B. running C. moving D. cutting Question 38: A. weather B. unless C. if D. how Question 39: A. Therefore B. However C. So D. Besides Question 40: A. only B. unless C. as D. even Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 41: You will need a sound understanding of basic teaching skills if you want to enter the classroom with great confidence. A. sufficient B. defective C. inadequate D. thorough Question 42: He was one of the most outstanding performers at the live show last night. A. easy- looking B. important C. well- known D. impressive Question 43: Although we argued with him for a long time, he stood his ground. A. changed his decision B. refused to change his decision C. felt sorry for us D. wanted to continue Question 44: Parents sometimes restrict the amount of time their children spend watching TV. They may allow them to watch only two or three hours a day. A. limit B. ignore C forget D. realize Question 45: Dr. Jones suggested that final examinations should be discontinued, an innovation I heartily support. A. inner part B. test C. entrance D. change Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 46: Get (A) in touch with me (B) when you need my help. You’ve got my phone number (C) and address, (D) have you? Question 47: I (A) managed to talk (B) to Carol just (C) while she was (D) leaving. Question 48: Polio, one of spinal (A) inflammations, (B) causes fever and paralysis often (C) resulting in (D) disabled and deformity. Question 49: For centuries, philosophers and (A) artists alike (B) have debated the meaning of beauty and questioned (C) whether it real or (D) only perceived. Question 50: (A) The very first night I (B) was in Australia, I (C) couldn't have slept until early (D) in the morning. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions. Question 51: Paul fell ill, so he didn't attend the conference. A. Paul was supposed to have gone to the conference, but he fell ill. B. Although Paul fell ill, he didn't attend to the conference. C. Because of he was ill, Paul didn't attend the conference. D. Paul didn't attend the conference as a result of his ill. Question 52: I should really be starting my own business. A. It's about time I be starting my own business. B. It's high time I was starting my own business. Hocmai.vn Đề thi số 05 Hocmai.vn – Ngôi trường chung của học trò Việt Tổng đài tư vấn: 1900 58-58-12 - Trang | 4 - C. It's time for me to have started my own business. D. I'd rather be starting my own business. Question 53: Tom shouldn't have left school so early. A. Tom left school early and that was necessary. B. It was not necessary for Tom to leave school early. C. It was necessary that Tom not leave school early but he did. D. Tom had better not leave school early. Question 54: I haven’t seen either James or his sister for a very long time now. A. Neither James nor his sister has been seen by anyone for ages. B. I know I’ve met James, but I don’t think I’ve met his sister before. C. It has been an awful long time since I saw either James or his sister. D. I’ve met both James and his sister before, but it was a long time ago. Question 55: Some economists argue that new technology causes unemployment. Others feel that it allows more jobs to be created. A. Arguing that new technology causes unemployment, other economists feel that it allows more jobs to be created. B. Besides the argument that new technology causes unemployment, some economists feel that it allows more jobs to be created. C. Some economists argue that new technology causes unemployment whereas others feel that it allows more jobs to be created. D. Some economists argue that new technology causes unemployment, so others feel that it allows more jobs to be created. Question 56: He felt very tired. However, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. A. He felt so tired that he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. B. Feeling very tired, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. C. As the result of his tiredness, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. D. Tired as he might feel, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. Question 57: One student failed because he completely ignored the instructions on the paper. The insrructions appeared at the top of every page. A. One student failed to ignore the instructions printed at the top of every page of the paper. B. No matter how completely one student ignored the instructions printed at the top of every page of the paper, he failed. C. One student failed because he completely ignored the instructions appearing at the top of every page of the paper. D. Even though one student ignored the instructions printed at the top of every page, he failed. Question 58: She heard the news of the death of her mother. She fainted. A. On hearing the news of her dead mother, she fainted. B. On hearing the news of her mother's death, she fainted. C. She fainted so she heard the news of the death of her mother. D. She fainted and then she heard the news of the death of her mother. Question 59: The Prime Minister set up a committee of financial experts. They were to help him discuss and formulate new policies. A. The Prime Minister, who is a financial expert, set up a committee to discuss and formulate new policies. B. A committee consisting of financial experts was set up by the Prime Minister to help him discuss and formulate new policies. C. The Prime Minister, who was helped by financial experts, set up a committee to discuss and formulate new policies. Hocmai.vn Đề thi số 05 Hocmai.vn – Ngôi trường chung của học trò Việt Tổng đài tư vấn: 1900 58-58-12 - Trang | 5 - D. A committee consisting of financial experts who were helped by the Prime Minister discussed and formulated new policies. Question 60: It was only when he saw her in private that he told her everything. A. Only when he saw her in private that he told her everything. B. He didn’t tell her everything until he saw her in private. C. Not until he saw her in private did he tell her all thing. D. It was not until he saw her in private that he told her everything. 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 61 to 70 The Roman alphabet took thousands of years to develop, from the picture writing of the ancient Egyptians through modifications by Phoenicians, Greek, Romans, and others. Yet in just a dozen years, one man, Sequoyah, invented an alphabet for the Cherokee people. Born in eastern Tennessee, Sequoyah was a hunter and a silversmith in his youth, as well as an able interpreter who knew Spanish, French and English. Sequoyah wanted his people to have the secret of the “talking leaves” as he called his books of white people, and so he set out to design a written form of Cherokee. His chief aim was to record his people’s ancient tribal customs. He began by designing pictographs for every word in the Cherokee vocabulary. Reputedly his wife, angry with him for his neglect of garden and house, burned his notes, and he had to start over. This time, having concluded that picture- writing was cumbersome, he made symbols for the sounds of Cherokee language. Eventually he refined his system to eighty-five characters, which he borrowed from the Roman, Greek, and Hebrew alphabets. He presented this system to the Cherokee General Council in 1821, and it was wholeheartedly approved. The response was phenomenal. Cherokees who had struggled for months to learn English lettering school picked up the new system in days. Several books were printed in Cherokee, and in 1828, a newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix, was first published in the new alphabet. Sequoyah was acclaimed by his people. In his later life, Sequoyah dedicated himself to the general advancement of his people. He went to Washington, D.C., as a representative of the Western tribes. He helped settled bitter differences among Cherokee after their forced movement by the federal government to the Oklahoma territory in the 1930s. He died in Mexico in 1843 while searching for groups of lost Cherokee. A statue of Sequoyah represents Oklahoma in the Statuary Hall in the Capitol building of Washington. D.C. However, he is probably chiefly remembered today because Sequoias, the giant redwood trees of California, are named of him. Question 61: The passage is mainly concerned with______. A. Sequoyah’s experiences in Mexico. B. the development of the Roman alphabet C. the pictographic system of writing D. the accomplishments of Sequoyah Question 62: According to the passage, a memorial statue of Sequoyah is located in ______. A. Tennessee B. Oklahoma C. Mexico D. Washington. D.C Question 63: According to the passage, how long did it take to develop the Cherokee’s alphabet? A. twelve years B. eighty-five years C. twenty years D. thousands of years Question 64: In the final version of the Cherokee alphabet system, each of the characters represents a ______. A. picture B. sound C. word D. thought Question 65: Why does author mention the giant redwood trees of California in the passage? A. The trees inspired Sequoyah to write a book. B. Sequoyah was born in the vicinity of the redwood forest. C. The trees were named in Sequoyah’s honor. D. Sequoyah took his name from those trees. Question 66: According to the passage, Sequoyah used the phrase “talking leaves” to refer to______. A. redwood trees B. newspaper C. books D. symbols for sounds Hocmai.vn Đề thi số 05 Hocmai.vn – Ngôi trường chung của học trò Việt Tổng đài tư vấn: 1900 58-58-12 - Trang | 6 - Question 67: There is no indication in the passage that, as a young man, Sequoyah______. A. served as a representative in Washington B. served as an interpreter C. made things form silver D. hunted game Question 68: What was Sequoyah’s main purpose in designing a Cherokee alphabet? A. to record Cherokee customs B. to write about his own life C. to publish a newspaper D. to write books in Cherokee Question 69: The word “cumbersome” is closest in meaning to______. A. radical B. awkward C. unfamiliar D. simplistic Question 70: All of the following were mentioned in the passage as alphabet systems that Squoyah borrowed from EXCEPT______. A. Egyptian B. Hebrew C. Roman D. Greek 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 71 to 80 Animals have an intuitive awareness of quantities. They know without analysis the difference between a number of objects and a smaller number. In his book “ The Natural History of Selboure ” (1786), the naturalist Gilbert White tells how he surreptitiously removed one egg a day from a plover’s nest , and how the mother laid another egg each day to make up for the missing one. He noted that other species of birds ignore the absence of a single egg but abandon their nests if more than one egg has been removed. It has also been noted by naturalists that a certain type of wasp always provides five – never four, never six - caterpillars for each of their eggs so that their young have something to eat when the eggs hatch. Research has also shown that both mice and pigeons can be taught to distinguish between odd and even numbers of food pieces. These and similar accounts have led some people to infer that creatures other than humans can actually count. They also point to dogs that have been taught to respond to numerical questions with the correct number of barks, or to horses that seem to solve arithmetic problems by stomping their hooves the proper number of times. Animals respond to quantities only when they are connected to survival as a species – as in the case of the eggs – or survival as individuals - as in the case of food. There is no transfer to other situations or from concrete reality to the abstract notion of numbers. Animals can “count” only when the objects are present and only when the numbers involved are small – not more than seven or eight. In lab experiments, animals trained to “count” one kind of object were unable to count any other type. The objects, not the numbers, are what interest them. Animals admittedly remarkable achievements simply do not amount to evidence of counting, nor do they reveal more than innate instincts, refined by the genes of successive generations, or the results of clever, careful conditioning by trainers. Question 71: The word “they” refer to______. A. numbers B. animals C. achievements D. genes Question 72: The word “odd” refers to which of the following? A. numbers such as 1, 3, 5 and so on B. unusual numbers C. lucky numbers D. numbers such as 2, 4, 6 and so on Question 73: The word “accounts” is closest in meaning to ______. A. reasons B. deceptions C. invoices D. reports Question 74: According to information in the passage, which of the following is LEAST likely to occur as a result of animals’ intuitive awareness of quantities? A. When asked by its trainer how old it is, a monkey holds up five fingers. B. A lion follows one antelope instead of the herd of antelopes because it is easier to hunt a single prey. C. When one of its four kittens crawls away, a mother cat misses it and searches for the kitten. D. A pigeon is more attracted by a box containing two pieces of food than by a box containing one piece. Question 75: The word “surreptitiously” is closest in meaning to ______. Hocmai.vn Đề thi số 05 Hocmai.vn – Ngôi trường chung của học trò Việt Tổng đài tư vấn: 1900 58-58-12 - Trang | 7 - A. stubbornly B. secretly C. quickly D. occasionally Question 76: What is the main idea of this passage? A. Of all animals, dogs and horses can count best. B. Careful training is required to teach animals to perform tricks involving numbers C. Although animals may be aware of quantities, they cannot actually count. D. Animals cannot “count” more than one kind of object. Question 77: Where in the passage does the author mention research that supports his own view of animals’ inability to count? A. “In his book …… the missing one.” B. “In lab experiments…….other type” C. “Research has shown that …… food pieces.” D. “These and similar accounts … count.” Question 78: Why does the author refer to Gilbert White’s book in line 2? A. To contradict the idea that animals can count. B. To provide evidence that some birds are aware of quantities. C. To show how attitudes have changed since1786. D. To indicate that more research is needed in this field. Question 79: How would the author probably characterize the people who are mentioned in the first line of the second paragraph? A. As mistaken B. As demanding C. As clever D. As foolish Question 80: The author mentions that all of the following are aware of quantities in some ways EXCEPT _____. A. caterpillars B. mice C. plovers D. wasps Hocmai.vn Đề thi số 05 Hocmai.vn – Ngôi trường chung của học trò Việt Tổng đài tư vấn: 1900 58-58-12 - Trang | 8 - Đáp án 1.D 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A 11.B 12.B 13.A 14.A 15.B 16.B 17.C 18.B 19.D 20.C 21.D 22.A 23.A 24.D 25.A 26.C 27.D 28.B 29.B 30.B 31.A 32.C 33.D 34.C 35.B 36.A 37.B 38.C 39.D 40.A 41.D 42.D 43.B 44.A 45.D 46.D 47.C 48.D 49.C 50.C 51.A 52.B 53.C 54.D 55.C 56.D 57.C 58.B 59.B 60.D 61.D 62.D 63.A 64.B 65.C 66.C 67.A 68.A 69.B 70.A 71.C 72.A 73.D 74.D 75.B 76.C 77.B 78.B 79.A 80.A . án 1.D 2.A 3.B 4.A 5. B 6.C 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A 11.B 12.B 13.A 14.A 15. B 16.B 17.C 18.B 19.D 20.C 21.D 22.A 23.A 24.D 25. A 26.C 27.D 28.B 29.B 30.B 31.A 32.C 33.D 34.C 35. B 36.A 37.B 38.C 39.D 40.A 41.D 42.D 43.B 44.A 45. D 46.D 47.C 48.D 49.C 50 .C 51 .A 52 .B 53 .C 54 .D 55 .C 56 .D 57 .C 58 .B 59 .B 60.D 61.D 62.D 63.A 64.B 65. C 66.C 67.A 68.A 69.B 70.A 71.C 72.A 73.D 74.D 75. B 76.C 77.B 78.B 79.A 80.A . Hocmai.vn Đề thi số 05 Hocmai.vn – Ngôi trường chung của học trò Việt Tổng đài tư vấn: 1900 58 -58 -12 - Trang | 1 - ĐỀ THI SỐ 05 Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your. wasps Hocmai.vn Đề thi số 05 Hocmai.vn – Ngôi trường chung của học trò Việt Tổng đài tư vấn: 1900 58 -58 -12 - Trang | 8 - Đáp án 1.D 2.A 3.B 4.A 5. B 6.C 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A 11.B 12.B 13.A 14.A 15. B 16.B 17.C 18.B 19.D 20.C 21.D 22.A 23.A 24.D 25. A 26.C 27.D 28.B 29.B 30.B 31.A 32.C 33.D 34.C 35. B 36.A 37.B 38.C 39.D 40.A 41.D 42.D 43.B 44.A 45. D 46.D 47.C 48.D 49.C 50 .C 51 .A 52 .B 53 .C 54 .D 55 .C 56 .D 57 .C 58 .B 59 .B 60.D 61.D 62.D 63.A 64.B 65. C 66.C 67.A 68.A 69.B 70.A 71.C 72.A 73.D 74.D 75. B 76.C 77.B 78.B 79.A 80.A