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1 Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D.

HOPES AND DREAMS

Some years ago, my daughter was studying English at a university on the south coast One evening she phoned to tell me that what she really wanted to do was (1) _ round the world, so she was looking into the possibility of working in another country She had seen several (2) _ in the newspaper for student teachers of English abroad, and she was interested in one in Italy, which she was desperate to visit She decided that this would be a good (3) _ to achieve her ambition, so she was writing to (4) _ for the job The reply (5) _ a long time to arrive, but eventually she received a letter asking if she would go for an interview in London the

•following week She was so excited that she immediately (6) _ in touch with the school owner and agreed to attend the interview She was determined that nothing would prevent her (7) _ doing what she had set out to do A few days before the interview she had a very strange dream in which she (8) _ birth to a beautiful baby She was a little nervous and (9) _ about the dream and phoned to ask me what I thought it might mean As I knew something about dreams, I was able to assure her that it only symbolized her (10) _ to do well in her interview

1 A journey B travel C voyage D trip

2 A notices B posters C advertisements D announcements

4 A claim B inquire C request D apply

9 A bored B worried C offended D annoyed

10 A desire B request C want D demand

THE RUINS OF POMPEII

In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending out a huge cloud of dust and rock that darkened the sky It came without warning, and the (1) _ of the explosion was so great that it was felt from hundreds of miles away

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In the town of Pompeii, at the foot of the volcano, the inhabitants picked up whatever belongings they (2) _ carry and made for the open countryside In the terrible storm that followed, dust and rock from the volcano rained down onto the town, filling the streets with deep layers of ash and poisonous gas, (3) _ it impossible for the people to get away The town of Pompeii was completely destroyed by the rain of death, and (4) _ lost to the world for centuries

Excavation work did not begin (5) _ 1748, when Rocco Alcubierre found some wall paintings while he was digging at the site In the years that followed, archaeologists realized that they had (6) _ one of the most astonishing ruins of all time Almost everything in Pompeii had been (7) _ preserved Several houses still had their roofs, and inside the furniture and the decorations were (8) _ as they had been centuries earlier There were also the remains of over 2,000 people Some of the (9) _ had made the mistake of sheltering in their cellars, where they were killed by poisonous gases from the volcano Others had been (10) _ from escaping, and in the prison were men who had been chained to the wall and left to die

2 A managed B succeeded C achieved D could

3 A having B leaving C making D turning

6 A come up B come across C come over D come on

7 A exactly B perfectly C accurately D precisely

9 A injured B victims C sufferers D deaths

10 A avoided B blocked C arrested D prevented

AN AUSTRALIAN MYSTERY

Interest in undiscovered human-like creatures continues to be widespread Everyone has (1) _ of the Yeti, and its North American “cousin” Bigfoot, but since the last century there have been (2) _ of the existence in Australia of another, less famous creature - the Yahoo In 1912, a Sydney newspaper (3) _ an account by Charles Harper of a strange, large animal he observed (4) _ the light of his campfire: “Its

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body, legs, and arms were covered with long, brownish-red hair, but what struck me at most extraordinary was its shape, which was human in some ways, yet at the same time very different The body was enormous, (5) _ great strength The arms were extremely long and very muscular.”

Harper continued: “All this observation (6) _ a few minutes while the creature stood there, as if frightened by the firelight After a few growls, and beating his breast, he (7) _, the first few metres upright, then on all four limbs through the low bushes Nothing would persuade my companions (8) _ the trip, a fact at which I must admit I was rather pleased.”

What could Harper and his companions (9) _ have seen? Such a creature was mentioned in south-eastern Australia in the 1800s, but no specimen was ever obtained for scientific (10) _, and all we are left with today is an historical puzzle

1 A understood B known C heard D noticed

2 A statements B reports C arguments D proofs

3 A delivered B typed C declared D printed

5 A announcing B pointing C indicating D describing

6 A lasted B covered C involved D engaged

7 A set back B set up C set in D set off

8 A continue B to continue C continuing D having continued

9 A probably B likely C possibly D doubtless

10 A arrangements B designs C plans D purposes

DREAMS

Everyone can dream Indeed, everyone does dream Those who (1) _ that they never dream at all actually dream just as frequently as the rest of us, (2) _ they may not remember anything about it Even those of us who are perfectly (3) _ of dreaming night (4) _ night very seldom remember those dreams in great detail but merely retain an untidy mixture of seemingly unrelated impressions Dreams are not simply visual - we dream with all our (5) _, so that we appear to experience sound, touch, smell, and taste

One of the world’s oldest (6) _ written documents is the Egyptian Book of

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Dreams This volume is about five thousand years old, so you can (7) _ that dreams were believed to have a special significance even then Many ancient civilisations believed that you should never wake a sleeping person as, during sleep, the soul had left the body and might not be able to return (8) _ time if the sleeper were suddenly awoken

From ancient times to the present day, people have been (9) _ attempts to interpret dreams and to explain their significance There are many books available on the subject of dream interpretation, although unfortunately there are almost as many meanings for a particular dream (10) _ there are books

2 A though B besides C however D despite

3 A familiar B accustomed C aware D used

5 A feelings B emotions C impressions D senses

6 A considered B known C regarded D estimated

9 A doing B putting C making D: taking

In the U.S., industries that generate hazardous wastes want to dispose of them as cheaply as possible Private companies hired to dispose of this waste compete with each other to offer the lowest prices to these industries The government does not get involved, beyond setting minimum safety standards

Unfortunately, the (1) _ of companies that generate and dispose of waste is to save money, (2) _ to guarantee safety These companies usually send waste to landfills because this is cheaper than recycling or incineration Disposal firms who want

to increase their business must cut corners to lower costs and _ (3) customers At the same time, relatively _ (4) is done to reduce the volume of waste generated, because disposal costs _ (5) relatively modest

Things are different in Denmark There the government _ (6) in the waste disposal process beginning _ (7) the front end Together with industry, the

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government formed a corporation to establish and _ (8) waste disposal facilities This company, called Kommunichem, has a (9) on waste disposal Generators

of hazardous waste _ (10) ship their waste to one of Kommunichem’s disposal facilities In this system, there is no price competition in the waste disposal business

1 A solution B license C importance D goal

2 A not B just C besides D something

3 A survive B efficient C gain D prosper

4 A more B this C recycling D little

6 A interferes B participates C involves D control

8 A operate B found C prepare D generate

9 A power B profit C monopoly D responsibility

10 A help B disposal C take D must

The complexities involved in captive breeding of an animals are evident in the case of the golden marmoset Since 1965 scientists have been trying to improve the breeding success of the golden marmosets at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park in Washington, D C

In (1) _ attempts at the National Zoo and :other institutions, the zoologists found that captive-born (2) _ ignored,.abused, and sometimes inadvertently (3) _ their off spring After considerable observation, the scientists (4) _ that’ bath the mate and female have to have experience (5) _ with and helping to care for younger siblings (6) _.they themselves become sexually mature - that is, marmosets can successfully rear their young (7) _ if they have had early experience in the family situation

The researchers learned that if young marmosets are left with their family groups for too long - four or five years - they are (8) _ to breed Other research showed that the animals needed special diets if they were to produce offspring (9) _ of the carbohydrate rich fruit diet they were (10) _ fed, they required a menu high in protein

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2 A marmosets B which C was D were

4 A thought B experience C feel D teamed

5 A captive B mature C breeding D living

S A when B before C therefore D and

7 A only B since C siblings D animals

8 A unlikely B incapable C supposed D able

9 A Instead B Because C Some D Most

In the heat of summer in the eastern United States and Canada, monarch butterflies hatch, mature, mate and die in tees than two months The cycle repeats three or four times

in the season, (1) _ the last generation to find its way south in winter head of the killing cold At the end of the journey, they converge in the mountain of central Mexico

at a handful of sites, some of (2) _ measure not more than an acre

Ranging from Canada to Argentina, the monarch is a North American pioneer; it is the (3) _ species in a family of tropical (4) _ to gain a foothold in the temperate climate of the northern United States and southern Canada These (5) _ provide a rich supply of milkweed, a broadly diversified plant upon which the adult monarch depends for nectar

But during the winter, the Mexican sites (6) _ a niche for the species, giving it

a tenuous yet vital lease on life in the midst of the forbidding (7) _ At 10,000 feet

in the mountains of Mexico, the January nights can grow cold enough to (8) _ several million monarchs But the insects (9) _ in a forest so dense that the _ (10)touch to form a blanket If the dense forest is even selectively logged, it loses its insulating properties and dooms the butterfly

4 A ones B able C butterflies ‘ D zone

5 A butterflies B areas C are D species

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9 A grow B lost C gather D that

THE DRIVING INSTRUCTOR

I’m a driving test examiner I ran my own driving school for twelve years before applying to become an examiner in 1996 Since then I’ve (1) _ to examine lorry and bus drivers and instruct trainee examiners I (2) _ that I’ve assessed 16,000 people and passed around half of them The first lorry driver I passed (3) _ tears However, the most (4) _ reasons for failing are not being ready and being too (5) _ Inwardly I’m telling the candidates not to do something stupid like (6) _ out into moving traffic, but I’m not (7) _ to tell them how to drive

When I (8) _ my own test I was extremely nervous and had to (9) _ with a very strict and unfriendly examiner We’re taught nowadays to put people at their (10) _ We pass everyone who’s up to (11) _, but people often present themselves too soon I’ve never been offered money to pass anyone, (12) _ one man asked me if he could make me change my (13) _ I then (14) _ him to the police My ambition is to be a supervising examiner in (15) _ of test centers in

a large area

1 A resulted B succeeded C qualified D mastered

3 A burst into B turned back C carried on D set off

4 A simple B regular C average D common

5 A tense B tight C stretched D stiff

7 A admitted B let C allowed D enabled

8 A took B performed C achieved D effected

9 A suffer B meet C experience D deal

11 A limit B test C measure D standard

12 A while B even C although D despite

13 A mind B thoughts C attitude D view

14 A reported B declared C announced D notified

15 A responsibility B care C duty D charge

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Can you imagine what life would be (1) _ if there were no telephone? You could not call (2) _ your friends on the phone and talk to them If fire broke (3). _ in your house you could not call the fire department If somebody was sick, you could not call a doctor

(4) _ our daily life we need to communicate with (5) _ We need do this mostly by speaking to other people and listening to (6) _ they have to say to

us, and when you are close (7) _ them we can do this very easily However, our voices will not travel very far even when we shout

The man who (8) _ this possible was Alexandre Graham Bell, a Scotsman, born (9) _ Edinburgh in 1847 Bell, a teacher of visible speech who later moved to Canada, (10) _ all his spare time experimenting (11) _ enthusiastic was he

in his research _ (12) a means for sending speech (13) _ electricity that he left (14) _ time for his day-to-day work and at one time (15) _ almost penniless

5 A you B one another C them D other

10 Hãy đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất trong số A, B, C và D

THE THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT

Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (1) _ Many (2) _ of animals are threatened, and could easily become (3) _ if we

do not make an effort to (4) _ them There are many reasons for this In some

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cases, animals are (5) _ for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies Some birds, (6) _ as parrots, are caught (7) _, and sold as pets For many animals and birds, the problem is that their habitat – the (8) _ where they live - is (9) _ More (10) _ is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open (11) _ than there once were Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better (12) _ but these chemicals pollute the environment and (13) _ wild life The most successful animals on earth - human beings - will soon be the only ones (14) _, unless we can (15) _ this problem

1 A danger B threat C problem D vanishing

3 A disappeared B vanished C empty D extinct

7 A lively B alive C for life D for living

9 A exhausting B departing C escaping D disappearing

12 A products B fields C herbs D crops

14 A survived B over C missing D left

15 A answer B calculate C solve D explain

When the Moscow State Circus goes on its annual tour of Europe, the young members

of the circus are still expected to (1) _ with their education The circus usually (2) _ for a few days in each town, so how do the young performers manage?

One twelve-year- old gets up at the crack of (3) _ to practise her act before (4) _ off to school She returns at lunchtime to her family’s caravan and more practice Not only does she work (5) _, but she also has to make a whole new (6) _ of friends each time she moves on “It’s exhausting work but I like the circus (7) _ she says “The worst (8) _ is when I make new friends and have to leave them, although I try to (9) _ by letter.”

The Russian who runs the circus makes (10) _ that all the children get a proper

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education When the circus first arrives in Britain, he (11) _ the traveler education service and gives them the (12) _ of all the children, and when they will be in certain towns and cities “It’s a fantastic (13) _ he says “I receive a (14) _ when we reach the next town telling us where to meet We are then accompanied to school and introduced to the head teacher It works like (15) _

1 A progress B continue C maintain D further

4 A following B leaving C heading D directing

5 A strict B difficult C strong D hard

6 A form B gathering C set D collection

9 A keep in view B keep in touch C keep in mind D keep in line

10 A sure B definite C important D time

11 A”, connect B notices C reaches D contacts

12 A facts B details C quantities D demands

13 A system B habit C plan D order

14 A sign B signal C message D word

15 A lightning B clockwork C new D wildfire

It all happened rather quickly - the doctor realized that I needed to have my appendix out immediately, to (1) _ things from getting any (2) _ and they operated (3) _ me straight away But I’m not feeling too bad and I’m getting (4) _ all the time The doctors say it will take about a week for me to (5) _ the operation completely

I’m in quite a large ward with about 20 other people, and (6) _ I would (7) _ to be somewhere a bit smaller, we all (8) _ with each other quite well Still, I do find it a bit (9) _ here - there’s nothing to do They say I (10) _ get up unless it’s absolutely necessary, so I can’t even get to the TV room Unfortunately I didn’t have the (11) _ to get home before coming in, so I haven’t got any money (12) _ I’m sure one of the nurses would probably (13) _

me enough to buy a paper I’d (14) _ not ask as I’d (15) _ it a bit embarrassing

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