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Blacken 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.

Câu 1: Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking

A . attempt

B. help

C . prepared

D. be busy

Câu 2: Unless I miss my guess , your computer needs a new hard drive.

A . you are my guess

B. I break the soft drive

C . I make a mis take

D. you lack money

Câu 3: Relaxation therapy teaches one not to fret over small problems.

A . worry about

B. look for

C . get involved in

D. get angry about

Read the following passage and blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to

the following questions.

In the A merican colonies there was little money. England did not supply the colonies with coins and did not allow the colonies to

make their own coins, except for the Massachusetts Bay C olony, which received permiss ion for a short period in 1652 to make

several kinds of s ilver coins. England wanted to keep money out of A merica as a means of controlling trade: A merica was forced to

trade only with England if it did not have the money to buy produc ts from other countries. The result during this pre -revolutionary

period was that the colonists used various goods in place of money: beaver pelts , Indian wampum, and tobacco leaves were all

commonly used substitutes for money. The colonists also made use of any foreign coins they could obtain. Dutch, Spanish, Fren ch,

and English coins were all in use in the A merican colonies .

During the Revolutionary War, funds were needed to finance the world, so each of the individual s tates and the C ontinental

C ongress is sued paper money. So much of this paper money was printed that by the end of t he war, almost no one would accept it.

A s a result, trade in goods and the use of foreign coins s till flourished during this period.

By the time the Revolutionary War had been won by the A merican colonists, the monetary system was in a s tate of total dis array.

To remedy this s ituation, the new C ons titution of the United States , approved in 1789, allowed C ongress to is sue money. The

individual s tates could no longer have their own money supply. A few years later, the C oinage A c t of 1792 made the dollar the

offic ial currency of the United States and put the country on a bimetallic s tandard. In this bimetallic sys tem, both gold and s ilver

were legal money, and the rate of exchange of s ilver to gold was fixed by the government at s ixteen to one.

Câu 4: The passage mainly discusses

A . the effec t of the Revolution on A merican money.

B. A merican money from pas t to present.

C . the A merican monetary sys tem of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries .

D. the English monetary polic ies in colonial A merica.

Câu 5: The passage indicates that during the colonial period, money was

A . used extens ively for trade.

B. scarce.

C . supplied by England.

D. coined by colonis ts .

Câu 6: The Massachusetts Bay C olony was allowed to make coins

A . for a short time during one year.

B. throughout the seventeenth century.

C . continuous ly from the inception of the colonies .

D. from 1652 until the Revolutionary War.

Câu 7: The express ion “a means of” in paragraph 1 could be bes t replaced by.

A . a result of

B. a method of

C . a punishment for

D. an example of

Câu 8: Which of the following is NO T mentioned in the passage as a s ubs titute for money during the colonial period?

A . Wampum

B. C otton

C . Beaver furs

D. Tobacco

Câu 9: The pronoun “it” in paragraph 2 refers to which of the following

A . The C ontinental C ongress

B. T rade in goods

C . The War

D. P aper money

Câu 10: I t is implied in the passage that at the end of the Revolutionary War, a paper dollar was worth

A . exac tly one dollar

B. jus t over one dollar

C . jus t under one dollar

D. almost nothing

Câu 11: The word “remedy” in paragraph 3 is c loses t in meaning to

A . resolve

B. medicate

C . renew

D. unders tand

Câu 12: How was the monetary sys tem arranged in the C ons titution?

A . The US offic ially went on a bimetallic monetary sys tem.

B. The dollar was made offic ial currency of the US.

C . O nly the US C ongress could is sue money.

D. V arious s tate governments , inc luding Massachusetts , could is sue money.

Câu 13: A ccording to the passage, which of the following is NO T true about the bimetallic monetary sys tem?

A . E ither gold or s ilver could be used as offic ial money.

B. I t was es tablished in 1792.

C . Gold could be exchanged for s ilver at the rate of s ixteen to one.

D. The monetary sys tem was based on two matters .

Blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the

following questions.

Câu 14: You’re not to blame for what happened.

A . You are not accused of what happened.

B. What happened is not your fault.

C . You’re respons ible for what happened.

D. We blame you for what happened

Câu 15: Tom ac ts as if he knew every thing.

A . Tom knows every thing so he ac ts that way.

B. The way Tom ac ts shows that he knows every thing.

C . Tom ac ts like that he knew every thing.

D. Tom doesn’t know every thing but he wants to appear he does .

Câu 16: Jim is my bes t friend. I borrowed his car yes terday.

A . Jim, whose car I borrowed yes terday, is my bes t friend.

B. Jim, whose car I borrowed yes terday is my bes t friend.

C . Jim, who is my bes t friend, borrowed my car yes terday.

D. Jim, whose car I lent yes terday, is my bes t friend.

Câu 17: T im is likely to fail if he takes the exam without s tudying.

A . T im will fail if he takes the exam without s tudying.

B. I t’s probable that T im will fail the exam if he doesn’t s tudy.

C . I t’s certain that T im will pass the exam if he s tudies .

D. I t’s certain that T im will fail because he doesn’t s tudies .

Câu 18: A t this time tomorrow, hopefully, I 'll be relaxing at home rather than working this hard.

A . Tomorrow, rather than relaxing at home as I 'd hoped to do, I 'll be working quite hard.

B. I hope that, ins tead of working so hard at this time tomorrow, I 'll be at home res ting.

C . I 'm planning to relax at home tomorrow, ins tead of working so hard.

D. Res ting at home is something I hope to be doing at this time tomorrow, but I 'll probably be working quite hard ins tead.

Câu 19: I ’ve been here for two hours , and I ’m s till waiting.

A . I ’m s till waiting here in two hours .

B. I was s till here waiting two hours .

C . I s till waited here tow hours ago.

D. I ’ve been waiting here for two hours .

Câu 20: In spite of doing well in the c ontes t, Jane didn’t win.

A . Jane did well in the contes t, but she didn’t win so.

B. Jane did well in the contes t. However, she didn’t win.

C . Jane did well in the contes t. Therefore, she didn’t win.

D. Jane didn’t win because she did well in the contes t.

Câu 21: “Where were you las t night, Mr. Jenkins?” he said.

A . He asked Mr. Jenkins where was he las t night.

B. He wanted to know where Mr. Jenkins was the night before.

C . He wanted to know where Mr. Jenkins had been the following night.

D. He asked Mr. Jenkins where he had been the previous night

Câu 22: I think you should revise for the exam.

A . I f I were you, I would revise for the exam.

B. I f I am you, I will revise for the exam.

C . I f I would be you, I revised for the exam.

D. I f I will be you, I revise for the exam.

Câu 23: No sooner had gold been discovered in C alifornia than thousands of people set out for the wes tcoas t of North A merica.

A . I t was not soon after the time that gold had been uncovered in C alifornia that thousands of people departed for North A merica’s

west coas t.

B. The wes t coas t of North A merica became the des tination of thousands of people the moment that gold was found in C alifornia .

C . Thousands of people had already begun their journey to the wes t coas t of North A merica by the time gold was found in

C alifornia.

D. Thousands of people were heading for C alifornia on the wes t coas t of North A merica when the news of the discovery of gold

there reached them.

Read the following passage and blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to

the following questions.

A small but growing group of scholar, evolutionary, psychologists, are being to sketch the contours of the human mind as des i gned

by natural selection. Some of them even antic ipate the coming of a field called "mismatch theory", which would s tudy maladies

resulting from contras ts between the modern environment and the "ances tral environment". The one we were des igned for.

There is no shortage of such maladies to s tudy, Rates of depression have been doubling in some industrial countries roughly every

10 years . Suic ide is the third most common cause of death among young adults , after car wrecks and homic ides .

Evolutionary psychology is a long way from explaining all this with prec ision, but it is already shedding enough light to cha llenges

some conventional wisdom. I t sugges ts , for example, that the nos talgia for the nuc lear family of the 1950s is in some way

misguided - that the model family of husband at work and wife at home is hardly a "natural" and healthful living arrangement,

espec ially for the wives . Moreover, the bygone lifes tyles that do look fairly natural in light of evolutionay psychology appe ar to have

been eroded largely by commercialism. P erhaps the biggest surprise from evolutionary psychology it its depiction of the "anim al" in

us . Freud, and various thinkers s ince, saw "c ivilization" as an oppress ive force that thwarts bas ic animal ins tinc ts an d urges and

transmutes them into psychophathology. However, evolutionary psychology sugges ts that a larger threat to metal health may be

the way c ivilization thwarts c ivility. There is a gentler, kinder s ide of human nature, and it seems inc reas ingly to be a vic tim of

repress ion in modern soc iety.

Câu 24: Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A . How evolutionary psychology manages modern soc iety.

B. The problems of illness caused by modern soc iety.

C . The iportance of ances tral environment.

D. Evolutionary psychologis ts ' views on the nuc lear family.

Câu 25: The word "contour" in line 1 is c loses t in meaning to

A . outlines

B. limits

C . ac tions

D. s truc tures

Câu 26: A ccording to the pasage, the death of many young people in indus trial countries is mainly caused by

A . traffic acc idents

B. murder

C . depress ion

D. suic ide

Câu 27: The word "one" in line 4 refers to the

A . mismatch theory

B. field

C . ances tral environment

D. modern environment

Câu 28: I t can be inferred from the passage that evolutionary psycgologis ts dis like nos talgia for the 1950s because

A . family life was seen to be unnatural.

B. I t was an unhealthy time to live

C . the nuc lear family provided an unsatis fac tory lifes tyle.

D. women who wished to go out to work were misguided.

Câu 29: The word "bygone" in line 11 could be replaced by

A . pas t

B. forgotten

C . overlooked

D. original

Câu 30: A ccording to the passage, Freud and other psychologis ts thought c ivilzation

A . encouraged people to use the bas ic ins tinc ts

B. showed that people have animal ins tinc ts .

C . caused madness in some people.

D. greatly improved people's lives .

Câu 31: In this passage, the word "c ivility" in line 16 is c loses t in meaning to

A . politeness

B. morality

C . courtesy

D. formality

Câu 32: In the passage, evolutionary psychologis ts sugges t that in modern soc iety

A . people's better natures are denied

B. repressed people are kind and gentle

C . people suffer from repress ion

D. vic tims are always punished

Câu 33: Where in the passage does the author sugges t a conflic t between the ways of living?

A . lines 13-14

B. lines 9 -12

C . lines 2 -4

D. lines 16 -17

Blacken the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronouned

dif ferently from the other three in each question.

Câu 34: A . tables B. books C . roots D. roofs

Câu 35: A .s topped B.packed C .parked D. wicked

Câu 36: A .teacher B.chore C .children D. school

Blacken the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Câu 37: I ________ there once a long time ago and ________ back s ince.

A . went/have not been

B. go/am not

C . have gone/was

D. was going/had not been

Câu 38: The s tudents __________ by Mrs . Monty. However, this week they _______ by Mr. Tanzer.

A . have usually been taught / have been teaching

B. usually teach / are teaching

C . are usually taught / are being taught

D. were usually teaching / are teaching

Câu 39: T im looks so frightened and upset. He ____________ something terrible.

A . must experience

B. can have experienced

C . should have experienced

D. must have experienced

Câu 40: Thousand of antibiotic s _______, but only about thirty are in common use today.

A . are developing

B. have been developed

C . have been developing

D. have developed

Câu 41: Mos t children enjoy _____ with their parents and s iblings .

A . play

B. to play

C . playing

D. played

Câu 42: Doc tors are supposed to _______ respons ibility for humman life.

A . take

B. do

C . rush

D. join

Câu 43: Many young people have objec ted to ________ marriage, which is dec ided by the parents of the bride and groom.

A . agreed

B. shared

C . sac rificed

D. contrac tual

Câu 44: A re you sure you can do it on_______?

A . youself

B. sec ret

C . your own

D. date

Câu 45: He spent __________ dollars on food and drinks .

A . very a few

B. only a few

C . only a little

D. only few

Câu 46: I t’s essential that every s tudent ____ the exam before attending the course.

A . passes

B. pass

C . would pass

D. passed

Câu 47: Mos t of the computers in the laboratory are ____________ now.

A . out of work

B. out of order

C . out of func tion

D. out of working

Câu 48: _______ she was watering the flowers , it began to rain.

A . Besause

B. While

C . For

D. Since

Câu 49: This is Henry, ____ works for your father.

A . that

B. whom

C . A & B are correc t

D. who

Câu 50: Mary always takes great care………….her children.

A . for

B. to

C . of

D. with

Câu 51: You have to drive very carefully if a road is full of _________.

A . bends

B. corners

C . winding

D. angles

Câu 52: “A re you free this coming Sunday?” “____________”

A . I think so. Why?

B. Yes , I can

C . Yes , I will

D. No, thank you

Câu 53: “Would you like some more tea?” “____________”

A . I t doesn’t matter

B. I ’m O K

C . Yes , please

D. Here you are

Câu 54: “Hello, I ’d like to speak to Mr. Green, please.” “________________”

A . I ’m sorry. I ’ll call again later.

B. I ’m afraid I don’t know

C . Sorry. C an you take the message?

D. Sorry. C an you say that again?

Câu 55: “A nything else?” “_____________________”

A . No, it isn’t

B. Right now

C . Not at all.

D. Not today, thanks

Câu 56: “ Thank you very much for the wonderful gift.” – “ …………………………”

A . O h, no

B. C ongratulations

C . Good luck

D. You are welcome

Câu 57: From the hotel there is a good ___________ of the mountain.

A . pic ture

B. s ight

C . view

D. vis ion

Câu 58: This is the firs t time I…………..Japanese food.

A . am eating

B. had eaten

C . ate

D. have eaten

Câu 59: H is flat looks so ___________ that it is difficult tp believe he had jus t had a party las t night.

A . safe and sound

B. s ick and tired

C . spick and span

D. by and large

Câu 60:Not until a monkey is several years old _____ to exhibit s igns of independence from its mother.

A . is it begin

B. and begin

C . does it begin

D. it begins

Câu 61: _______ was caused by breathing impure air over was once a common belief.

A . Why malaria

B. That malaria

C . The reason malaria

D. Malaria

Read the following passage and blacken the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for

each of the blanks in the following question.

C ultural diversity can be such a cool thing. I gew up in a predominantly white private school, (62)_______ teaching in a plac e that

is extremely diverse has been a joy. I can s tand in the hall and (63)_______ Spanish, Russ ian, P olish, Korean, Mandarin, H indu,

etc . the lis t can go on and on. What weneed to be careful of is not to make (64) _______ a big deal out of cutural diversity. I think

that whenwe place too much (65) _______ on the divers ity it can become a polarizing ac t. Many s tudents arevery aware (66)

_______ their differences, and most jus t don’t care.I think that cultural diversity is something that needs (67) _______ addressed

be teachers in theschools as something that is possitive. O ften in rural areas there is not a lot of cultural divers ity. (68)_______ a

result, when a s tudent is from a different culture there is a ques tion of what do I do to (69)_______ their learning needs . I t is

important before a teacher can teach diverse population they need to(70) _______ that they are also multicultural. In addition,

how much of a role will these beliefs (71)_______ within the education on the child.

Câu 62: A . however B. therefore C . but D. so

Câu 63: A .see B.look C .lis ten D. hear

Câu 64: A .such B.emphas is C .so D. much

Câu 65: A .s tress B.at C .concern D. focus

Câu 66: A .of B.being C .about D. on

Câu 67: A .be B.A s C .are D. to be

Câu 68: A .Like B.rise C .With D. More

Câu 69: A .push B.receive C .comment D. support

Câu 70: A .recognize B.do C .observe D. expec t

Câu 71: A .make B.do C .c reate D. play

Blacken the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word with the main stress dif ferent from that of

the other three words in each question.

Câu 72: A . whenever B. family C . obedient D. solut ion

Câu 73: A .attrac tiveness B.generation C .traditional D. A merican

Blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

Câu 74: I didn’t see Marry s ince she went to live in the capital

A B C D

Câu 75: Ice always melts if the air temperature will be warm enough

A B C D

Câu 76: Even on the most careful prepared trip, problems will sometimes happen.

A B C D

Câu 77: P eople today use aspirin to relieve pain, alike pas t genaretions , who used the bark of the white A B C willow tree in

powder form.

A BC D

Câu 78: O ur supervisor advised to take a course in reseach methods .

A B C D

Blacken the letter A , B, C , or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is O PPOSITE in meaning to the under lined

part in each of the following ques tions .

Câu 79: Thousands are going s tarving because of the failure of this year's harves t.

A . rich

B. poor

C . full

D. hungry

Câu 80: I ’d like to pay some money into my bank account.

A . leave some money as ide

B. put some money into

C . withdraw some money from

D. give some money out

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