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

A surgeon flying; from Hong Kong to London on a jumbo (1) _ a fellow passenger s life by operating on her with a’ pair of scissors, a coat hanger, and a bottle of; brandy

Pauline Dixon was involved in a motorcycle (2) _ on the way to Hong Kong, airport; but she didn’t want’ to see a doctor (3) _ she missed her, flight Soon after boarding the plane; since complained about a pain in her arm The pilot asked (4) _ or, not there were any doctors on board, and Professor Wallace and Dr Tom Wong came forward

At first they thought her arm was broken; but within minutes they saw that her condition was (5) _ worse They realized that one of her lungs (6) _ have collapsed and was filling up with liquid Professor Wallace said “I felt we had (7) _ operate as soon as we could; but of course we didn’t have (8) _ right equipment, so we had to use what was there: I’ cut a hole in her chest with a pair of scissors and then we had to find something, to push, a tube into the lung One of the cabin crew (9) _ using, a coat hanger which worked quite well and we (10) _ to get the tube in quite easily

Normally, it is not a complicated operation (11) _ you, have the right: equipment, but we had to be very (12) _ We sterilized everything with five star brandy When the operation was over It had a few (13) _ myself; I can tell you, I needed it.”

After the plane landed safely, in London., Miss Dixon went to the hospital to recover Although, the operation had been very (14) _ she was very grateful to the doctors for saving her life, and was full of (15) _ fen what, they had done

1 A rescued: B: recovered G: saved D freed

2 A accident B disaster C emergency D breakdown

3 A in case B unless C except D without

5 A changing B getting C turning D growing

7 A sooner B: greater C rather D better

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8 A a B some C the D any

9 A advised B persuaded C suggested D convinced

10 A succeeded B managed C arrived D could

11 A if B unless C in case D except

12 A carefree B careless C caring D careful

13 A bites B sips C swallows D licks

14 A painful B harmful C hurtful D aching

15 A friendship B dedication C admiration D liking

Have you ever noticed how compulsive shoppers are never in a (1) _ when they are hunting for something to buy? Now, I don’t want to be (2) _ to these people, but it has always struck me that this sort of person must, in (3) _ ways, be able to put up (4) _ the most incredible boredom I, myself, am an extremely reluctant shopper I only have to (5) _ a glimpse of the window of a large department (6) _ as I flash past in a taxi and I am immediately seized by a desire

to be a million miles away

To be (7) _, I think it has something to (8) _ with the fact that I was once wrongly (9) _ of shop-lifting It goes without saying that I was completely innocent of the charge of (10) _ anything, but the experience (11) _ me with the feeling that I wanted to (12) _ the manager for wrongful arrest I (13) _ to think what might have happened (14) _ I had actually been wrongly convicted Even now I sometimes have nightmares about (15) _ in vain to ruthless detectives that I was not a shop-lifter

2 A violent B severe C stem D unkind

5 A see B catch C notice D look

6 A store B shop C market D stall

7 A true B decent C reliable D honest

9 A charged B accused C blamed D criticized

10 A robbery B theft C stealing D robbing

11 A gave B left C made D caused

12 A claim B sue C try D compensate

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13 A fear B worry C dread D resist

14 A whether B unless C when D if

15 A expressing B opposing C protesting D arguing

Janet got married to Pedro last Saturday, and we went to the (1) _, which (2) _ place in a lovely little church in the country Janet, the (3) _, wore a beautiful white dress; it had a long train made of silk, and it was carried by a young (4) _, who was the daughter of her elder sister At the start, her husband-to-be, the (5) _, was waiting for her at the front of the church She walked down the aisle to the front with her father, and after the (6) _, she came back down again with her husband

Afterwards, people (7) _ photos outside the church, and all the (8) _ were invited to a (9) _ in a hotel nearby, where we all had a meal During the meal, the (10) _ man, who was Pedro’s oldest friend, made a lovely (11) _, and told everyone about how they had met, what it was like when they first started (12) _ out, and what Pedro had said when he had (13) _ Then a few hours later, they set off on their (14) _, which they were going to (15) _ in Bali

1 A engagement B proposal C marriage D wedding

4 A bridesmaid B bridegroom C bride D groom

6 A ceremony B party C celebration D custom

8 A guests B members C spectators D viewers

9 A reception B meeting C greeting D date

11 A talk B lecture C story D speech

12 A leaving B setting C going D dating

13 A proposed B engaged C suggested D intended

14 A holiday B honeymoon C festival D carnival

CLIMBER WHO ‘DIED’ IN MONT BLANC STORM IS BROUGHT

BACK TO LIFE

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A climber whose heart had stopped beating in a snowstorm on Mont Blanc was revived by French doctors during a five-hour operation yesterday Alan Haywood, 41, had set off with three friends on Saturday to climb Mont Blanc Early on Sunday morning the (1) _ had set off for the summit, and although the skies were (2) _ at first, it soon began to snow heavily As the storm got worse, they (3) _ see where they were going They had no (4) _ but to dig a hole in the snow to keep the (5) _ in and wait for the storm to pass They were (6) _ for 24 hours During the night, Mr Haywood’s body temperature began to fall, and when it dropped, to below,

25oC, his heart, stopped, beating, His friends feared; the worst; and thought he was (7) _

The men were found the following day by the Chamonix mountain (8) _ team, who had been sent up the mountain to find two other climbers who had also- disappeared All six were then lifted1 off the mountain by helicopter and taken to Chamonix hospital, where doctors (9) _ to get Mr Haywood’s heart beating again (10) _ in time A doctor said there was a good chance that he would (11) _, and; explained that the erects of the extreme cold would have helped to (12) _ serious brain damage

So far this year there has been a (13) _ number of emergencies in Chamonix The mountains around the town have (14) _ 93 lives and left 726 people injured Eleven people are still (15) _

3 A didn’t manage B couldn’t C didn’t succeed D didn’t achieve

4 A possibility B choice C occasion D opportunity

5 A temperature B warmth C fever D hot

6 A caught B held C trapped D closed

8 fit, rescue Bi release C delivery D repair

9 A, could B managed1 C achieved D succeeded

11 A save B repair C recover D rescue

12 A avoid B prevent C escape D obstruct

13 A record B greatest C largest D highest

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14 A claimed B: removed C killed D died

ACTION SCENES IN FILMS

Modern cinema audiences expect to see plenty of thrilling scenes in action films These scenes, which are (1) _ as stunts, are usually (2) _ by stuntmen who are specially trained to do dangerous things safely (3) can crash a car but if you’re shooting a film, you have to be extremely (4) _, sometimes stopping (5) _ in front of the camera and film crew At an early (6) _ in the production

an expert stuntman is (7) _ in to, work out the action scenes and form a team He

is the only person who can go (8) _ the wishes of the director, (9) _ he will usually only do this in the (10) _ of safety

Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, which produces better shots, since stuntmen don’t have to (11) _ in for the actors Actors like to become (12) _ in all the important aspects of the character they are playing, but without fie recent progress in safety equipment, insurance companies would never (13) _ them; take the risk To do their own stunts, actors need to be good athletes, but they must also be sensible and know their (14) _ If they were, to be hurt, the film would (15) _ to be sudden halt

1 A remarked B known C referred D named

2 A performed B given: C fulfilled D displayed

3 A Everyone B Someone C Anyone D Noone

4 A detailed B plain C straight D precise

5 A right B exact C direct D strict

6 A period B minute C part D stage

8 A over B against C through D across

9 A despite B so C although D otherwise

10 A interests B needs C purposes D regards

12 A connected B arranged C involved D affected

14 A limits B ends C frontiers D borders

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A VISITOR FOR MISS DREDGER

Every summer Miss Dredger took in visitors at Clos de Joi It was a square house with

a (1) _ across the island to the sea, with the island of Jersey on the (2) _, Miss Dredger had (3) _ a carnage to take her down the harbor hill (4) _ it was a steep descent, she would (5) _ have taken it in her purposeful stride, and would even have returned (6) _ foot up the long slope, for Miss Dredger scorned all physical! (7) _

Nevertheless, she had (8) _ on a carriage this (9) _ morning, for she had a gentleman to meet at the harbour Bath he and his luggage must be got up the harbour hill It was (10) _ that the luggage could not walk up on its own and from what she knew about men, it was ten (11) _ one that her new lodger (12) _

be as helpless as his luggage

And so, as the carriage had to go down the hill before it could come up again, Miss Dredger, with her sharp (13) _ of logic, decided that, in order to (14) _ use

of this fact, it would be as well to be (15) _ for at Clos de Joi

2 A distance B background C outskirts D horizon

3 A ordered B required’ C commanded D asked

4 A However B Although C Despite D Even

5 A commonly B actually C mostly D normally

7 A weakness B lightness C tenderness D softness

8 A decided B chosen C arranged D considered

9 A definite B certain C particular D individual

10 A honest B simple C direct D plain

12 A should B would C ought D could

13 A sense B idea C feeling D impression

15 A looked B visited C sent D called

HELEN AND MARTIN

With a thoughtful sigh, Helen turned away from the window and walked back to her

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favourite armchair (1) _ her brother never arrive? For a brief moment, she wondered if she really cared that much

Over the years Helen had given (2) _ waiting for Martin to take an interest in her Her feelings for him had gradually (3) _ until now, as she sat waiting for him, she experienced no more than a sister’s (4) _ to see what had (5) _ of her brother

Almost without (6) _, Martin had lost his job with a busy publishing company after spending the last eight years in New York as a key figure in the US office Somehow the two of them hadn’t (7) _ to keep in touch and, left alone, Helen had slowly found her (8) _ in her own judgement growing (9) _ the wishes of her parents, she had left university halfway (10) _ her course and now, to the astonishment of the whole family, she was (11) _ a fast-growing reputation in the pages of respected art magazines and was actually earning enough to live (12) _ from her paintings

Of course, she (13) _ no pleasure in Martin’s sudden misfortune, but she couldn’t (14) _ looking forward to her brother’s arrival with (15) _ satisfaction at what she had achieved

3 A depressed B weakened C lowered D fainted

4 A wonder B idea C curiosity D regard

5 A become B developed C arisen D changed

6 A caution B warning C advice D signal

7 A minded B concerned C worried D bothered

8 A dependence B confidence C certainty D courage

9 A Ignoring B Omitting C Avoiding D Preventing

10 A along B down C through D across

11 A gaining B reaching C starting D opening

ANGER ON THE ROADS

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The anger that descends on people when they get behind the steering wheel of a car used to be (1) _ as a joke But the laughter is getting noticeably quieter (2) _ that the problem has become increasingly widespread

(3) _ in a traffic jam, with family cars inching their (4) _ past, the driver of a fast sports car begins to lose his temper (5) _ the capacities of his car, there is nothing he can do The (6) _ is anger

Many people live in (7) _ of losing control This is true of many situations but driving is a good example People think that the car might not start, it might break (8) _, or someone might run into it Before anything even happens, people have worked themselves up into a (9) _ of anxiety And when something does happen, they’re (10) _ to explode In fact, it’s their very anxiety about losing control that (11) _ them lose control

This isn’t to (12) _ that all offenders have psychological problems or drive powerful sports cars In fact, most of them are (13) _ ordinary human beings who have no history of violence There is (14) _ something deep in our nature that (15) _ when we start up a car engine

5 A However B Besides C Although D Despite

14 A openly B directly C clearly D frankly

15 A excites B awakens C disturbs D upsets

FAMILY HISTORY

In an age when technology is developing fester than ever before, many people are

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being (1) _ to the idea of looking back into the past One way they can do this is toy investigating their own family history They can try to (2) _ out more about where their families came from and what they did This is now a fast-growing hobby, especially in countries with a (3) _ short history, like Australia and the United States

It is (4) _ thing to spend some time (5) _ through a book on family history and to take Hue (6) _ to investigate your own family’s past It is (7) _ another to carry out the research work successfully, ft is easy to set about it In a disorganised way and (8) _ yourself many problems which could have been (9) _ with a little forward planning

If your own family stories tell you that you are (10) _ with a famous character, whether hero or criminal; do not let this idea take over your research Just (11) _ it

as an interesting possibility A simple system (12) _ collecting and storing your information will be adequate to Start with, a more complex one may only get in your( 13) _ The most important Sing, though, is to (14) _ started Who knows what you (15) _ find?

1 A pushed B attracted C: fetched D brought

3 A fairly B greatly C mostly D widely

5 A seeing B moving C going D living

6 A idea B plan C purpose D decision

8 A produce B cause C build D create

9 A missed B lost C avoided D escaped

10 A connected B joined C attached D related

11 A treat B control C contact D direct

15 A should B might G ought D must

I don’t want to alarm you There is still enough’ sand left in the world to satisfy most holidaymakers but in many parts of the world beaches are literally being (1) _

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away and have to be regularly (2) _.

First much of the sand for beaches (3) _ from cliffs which crumble away.as they are pounded by the waves To (4) _ them, sea waifs are often erected With cliffs no (5) _ crumbling, the ‘beaches are robbed of the material which would (6) _ feed them

Beaches are also (7) _ with sand and gravel by rivers which bring it down from the mountains and hills In some places rivers are being dammed and (8) _ built to retain water They trap more off fee sediment so the rivers (9) _ less sand and gravel to the sea This is happening in California, for example, and in Scotland ‘In Egypt the (10) _ of the Aswan Dam has (11) _ the Mite sift, so much less silt is being fed towards coastal (12) _ That has meant the delta is now eroding instead of (13) _ as before

Thirdly, to improve access to the beach many holiday resorts build a promenade along the sea front Like some of the fortifications of cliff (14) _, this usually has a flat vertical surface off which the waves (15) _ This helps wash the sand away down.the beach and most of it is lost

2 A removed B replaced C rebuilt D redrawn

4 A protect B prepare C surround D cover

6 A normally B often C sometimes D occasionally

7 A presented B given C filled D supplied

8 A reservoirs B canals G wells D locks

10 A designing B engineering C building D forming

11 A kept B trapped C sealed D solidified

12 A beaches B resorts C areas D parts

13 A growing B shrinking C swelling D reducing

14 A tops B faces C features D hangings

15 A bounce B jump C splash D ripple

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