Câu hỏi trắc nghiệm (70 câu):
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SECTION A: Multiple choice questions
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the following numbered blanks.
Early writing and Alphabets
When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (1) ________ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for (2) ________ word.
The Ancient Egyptians had a (3) ________ of picture writing that was (4) ________ hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (5) ________ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (6) ________ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.
An alphabet is quite different (7) ________ picture writing. It (8) ________ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, (9) ________ lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (10) ________ throughout the world.Câu 1: Mã câu hỏi: 16754
- A. notice
- B. show
- C. appear
- D. mark
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Câu 2: Mã câu hỏi: 16758
- A. some
- B. all
- C. every
- D. any
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Câu 3: Mã câu hỏi: 16765
- A. practice
- B. manner
- C. plan
- D. system
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Câu 4: Mã câu hỏi: 16769
- A. known
- B. called
- C. described
- D. referred
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Câu 5: Mã câu hỏi: 16932
- A. discovered
- B. realized
- C. delivered
- D. invented
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Câu 6: Mã câu hỏi: 16934
- A. quite
- B. more
- C. over
- D. already
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Câu 7: Mã câu hỏi: 16935
- A. at
- B. from
- C. before
- D. between
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Câu 8: Mã câu hỏi: 16937
- A. consists
- B. includes
- C. contains
- D. involves
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Câu 9: Mã câu hỏi: 16938
- A. which
- B. whose
- C. what
- D. who
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Câu 10: Mã câu hỏi: 16939
- A. broadly
- B. widely
- C. deeply
- D. hugely
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 11: Mã câu hỏi: 16942
- A. disappearance
- B. conversation
- C. contaminate
- D. governmental
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Câu 12: Mã câu hỏi: 16943
- A. eradicate
- B. technology
- C. incredible
- D. pessimist
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Câu 13: Mã câu hỏi: 16944
- A. conical
- B. sacrifice
- C. approval
- D. counterpart
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Câu 14: Mã câu hỏi: 16946
One difference between mathematics and language is that mathematics is precise ________.
- A. language is not
- B. while language is not
- C. but language not
- D. while is not language
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Câu 15: Mã câu hỏi: 16949
Seldom ________ far enough north to disturb South Pacific shipping lanes.
- A. Antarctic icebergs will move
- B. will Antarctic icebergs move
- C. will move Antarctic icebergs
- D. move Antarctic icebergs will
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Câu 16: Mã câu hỏi: 16950
________ the United States consists of many different immigrant groups, many sociologists believe there is a distinct national character.
- A. Even though
- B. Despite
- C. Whether
- D. In spite of
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Câu 17: Mã câu hỏi: 16983
The article analyzes the impact of the tax base ________ real estate prices and sales.
- A. in
- B. on
- C. at
- D. with
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Câu 18: Mã câu hỏi: 16984
She ________ drive to the station every day but then she suddenly decided to walk instead.
- A. used to
- B. was used to
- C. had used to
- D. didn't use to
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Câu 19: Mã câu hỏi: 16986
If I ________ following that other car too closely, I would have been able to stop in the time instead of running into it.
- A. wasn’t
- B. weren’t
- C. hadn’t been
- D. would have been
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Câu 20: Mã câu hỏi: 16987
Our village had ________ money available for education that the schools had to close.
- A. so little
- B. such little
- C. so much
- D. such much
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Câu 21: Mã câu hỏi: 16988
Fort Niagara was built by the French in 1762 on land ________ the Seneca Indians.
- A. they buy from
- B. bought from
- C. buying from
- D. was bought from
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Câu 22: Mã câu hỏi: 16989
Experts ________ feel that they are related to the deep wishes and fears of the dreamer.
- A. study dreams
- B. who dream study
- C. who study dreams
- D. whose dreams study
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Câu 23: Mã câu hỏi: 16991
Art critics and historians alike claim that Van Gogh’s art ________ from that of his contemporaries.
- A. is a considerable difference
- B. is considerably different
- C. the difference is considerable
- D. is considerably and differently
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Câu 24: Mã câu hỏi: 16992
Most countries spend a large portion of their budgets ________ for their citizens.
- A. education provided
- B. provide education
- C. to educational provides
- D. providing education
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Câu 25: Mã câu hỏi: 16993
Renoir is one of the most popular French impressionist painters. His paintings ________ masterpieces all over the world.
- A. have considered
- B. are considering
- C. considered
- D. are considered
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Câu 26: Mã câu hỏi: 16994
Sheila Hammond, who was only twenty-three when she was elected as a Member of Parliament, said she owed her success all to the way she had been ________ by her mother, Margaret.
- A. brought up
- B. taken after
- C. looked for
- D. caught for
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Câu 27: Mã câu hỏi: 16997
Ken and Tom are high-school students. They meet each other at a gallery but Ken is in a hurry.
Ken: "I’ve got to go, Tom. So long."
Tom: "So long, Ken. And ________ ."- A. be careful
- B. take care
- C. don’t hurry
- D. don’t take it seriously
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Câu 28: Mã câu hỏi: 16998
We need ________ actions and interventions of the local authorities to prevent national parks from being destroyed by pollution.
- A. excitedly
- B. approximately
- C. threateningly
- D. timely
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Câu 29: Mã câu hỏi: 16999
Mike and Lane are neighbors. They are talking about Lane’s party.
Mike: Thank you for a lovely evening.
Lane: ________.- A. It depends on you
- B. Thank you very much indeed
- C. Yeah. I’m really looking forward to it
- D. You are welcome
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Câu 30: Mã câu hỏi: 17000
We all seem to have a different opinion, so let’s Joey decide, ________ ?
- A. will we
- B. do we
- C. shall we
- D. are we
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Câu 31: Mã câu hỏi: 17001
No one can decline the ________ of the Alaskan wildness.
- A. breathtaking scene
- B. breath-taken view
- C. breath-to-take scene
- D. breathtaking view
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Câu 32: Mã câu hỏi: 17003
A quick look would reveal that France has twice ________ computers.
- A. more television than
- B. as many television as
- C. as many as television
- D. many as television as
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Câu 33: Mã câu hỏi: 17006
- A. academic
- B. grade
- C. behave
- D. examination
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- A. humor
- B. honest
- C. hotel
- D. hurry
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 35: Mã câu hỏi: 17009
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was established in 1946.
- A. set up
- B. found out
- C. run through
- D. put away
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Câu 36: Mã câu hỏi: 17010
Paris is the ideal place to learn French; it’s a beautiful and hospitable city with Institutions for high quality linguistic teaching.
- A. friendly
- B. natural
- C. affectionate
- D. noticeable
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Câu 37: Mã câu hỏi: 17011
Species that have already lost habitat because of deforestation are given higher priority in the plan because of their greater risk of extinction.
- A. a thing that you do often and almost without thinking
- B. the place where a particular type of animal or plan is normally found
- C. a subject that student don’t understand
- D. a theme that everyone likes to discuss
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 38: Mã câu hỏi: 17014
The scholarship that Wilson received to study history at Cambridge presented an unique opportunity.
- A. that
- B. history
- C. at Cambridge
- D. an
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Câu 39: Mã câu hỏi: 17018
Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, disappeared on June 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
- A. to fly
- B. the Atlantic
- C. on
- D. attempting
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Câu 40: Mã câu hỏi: 17020
The closer it gets to December 21, the first day of winter, the short the days become.
- A. gets to
- B. first day
- C. short
- D. become
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 41: Mã câu hỏi: 17022
Alice in Wonderland, first published in 1865, has since being translated into thirty languages.
- A. published
- B. has
- C. being
- D. languages
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Câu 42: Mã câu hỏi: 17023
Modern art is on display at the Guggenheim Museum, a building with an unusually design.
- A. Modern art
- B. display
- C. a building
- D. unusually
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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 following questions.
A rather surprising geographical feature of Antarctica is that a huge freshwater, one of the world’s largest and deepest, lies hidden there under four kilometers of ice. Now known as Lake Vostok, this huge body of water is located under the ice block that comprises Antarctica. The lake is able to exist in its unfrozen state beneath this block of ice because its waters are warned by geothermal heat from the earth’s core. This thick glacier above Lake Vostok actually insulates it from frigid temperatures (the lowest ever recorded on Earth) on the surface.
The lake was first discovered in the 1970s while a research team was conducting an aerial survey of the area. Radio waves from the survey equipment penetrated the ice and revealed a body of water of indeterminate size. It was not until much more recently that data collected by satellite made scientists aware of the tremendous size of the lake; satellite-borne radar detected an extremely flat region where the ice remains level because it is floating on the water of the lake.
The discovery of such a huge fresh water lake trapped under Antarctica is of interest to the scientific community because of the potential that the lake contains ancient microbes that have survived for thousands upon thousands of years, unaffected by factors such as nuclear fallout and elevated ultraviolet light that have conducting research on the lake in such a harsh climate and in the problems associated with obtaining uncontaminated sampled from the lake without actually exposing the lake to contamination. Scientists are looking for possible ways to accomplish this.
Câu 43: Mã câu hỏi: 17024
The purpose of the passage is to ________ .
- A. explain how Lake Vostok was discovered
- B. provide satellite data concerning Antarctica
- C. discuss future plans for Lake Vostok
- D. present an unexpected aspect of Antarctica’s geography
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Câu 44: Mã câu hỏi: 17026
The word “lies” in the first paragraph could be best be replaced by ________ .
- A. sleeps
- B. sits
- C. tells falsehoods
- D. inclines
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Câu 45: Mã câu hỏi: 17027
What is true of Lake Vostok?
- A. It is completely frozen.
- B. It is not a saltwater lake.
- C. It is beneath a thick slab of ice.
- D. It is heated by the sun.
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Câu 46: Mã câu hỏi: 17028
Which of the following is closest in meaning to “ Frigid” in the first paragraph?
- A. extremely cold
- B. never changing
- C. quite harsh
- D. rarely recorded
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Câu 47: Mã câu hỏi: 17029
All of the following are true about the 1970 survey of Antarctica EXCEPT that it ________ .
- A. was conducted by air
- B. made use of radio waves
- C. did not measure the exact size of the lake
- D. was controlled by a satellite
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Câu 48: Mã câu hỏi: 17030
It can be interfered from the passage that ice would not be flat if ________ .
- A. there were no lake
- B. the lake were not so big
- C. Antarctica were not so cold
- D. radio waves were not used
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Câu 49: Mã câu hỏi: 17032
The word “microbes” in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by which of the following?
- A. pieces of dust
- B. trapped bubbles
- C. tiny organism
- D. rays of light
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Câu 50: Mã câu hỏi: 17033
The passage mentions which of the following as a reason for the importance of Lake Vostok to scientists?
- A. It can be studied using radio waves.
- B. It may contain uncontaminated microbes.
- C. It may have elevated levels of ultraviolet light.
- D. It has already been contaminated.
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Câu 51: Mã câu hỏi: 17034
The word “downside” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________ .
- A. bottom level
- B. negative aspect
- C. underside
- D. buried section
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Câu 52: Mã câu hỏi: 17035
The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses ________ .
- A. further discoveries on the surface of Antarctica
- B. problems with satellite-borne radar equipment
- C. ways to study Lake Vostok without contaminating it
- D. the harsh climate of Antarctica
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 53: Mã câu hỏi: 17036
There have been significant changes in women’s lives since the women’s liberation movement.
- A. unimportant
- B. controlled
- C. political
- D. disagreeable
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Câu 54: Mã câu hỏi: 17038
In 1989, a ban was given on all international trade in ivory.
- A. a destruction
- B. an allowance
- C. an exploitation
- D. a prohibition
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your anwser sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Harvard University, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the world’s universities, came from very inauspicious and humble beginning.
This oldest of American universities was founded in 1636, just sixteen years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Included in the Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of England’s prestigious Oxford and Cambridge universities, and these university graduates in the New World were determined that their sons would have the same educational opportunities that they themselves had had. Because of this support in the colony for an institution of higher learning, the General Court of Massachusetts appropriated 400 pounds for a college in October of 1636 and early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school; this land was in an area called Newe Towne, which was later renamed Cambridge after its English cousin and is the site of the present-day university.
When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighboring town of Charlestown, died from tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the fledgling college. In spite of the fact that only half of the bequest was actually paid, the General Court named the college after the minister in appreciation for what he had done. The amount of the bequest may not have been large, particularly by today’s standard, but it was more than the General Court had found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the college.
Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted that in addition to serving as president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshmen class of four students. Although the staff did expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence the entire teaching staff consisted of the president and three or four tutors.
Câu 55: Mã câu hỏi: 17039
The main idea of this passage is that__________.
- A. Harvard is one of the world’s most prestigious universities
- B. what is today a great university started out small
- C. John Harvard was key to the development of a great universities
- D. Harvard University developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts
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Câu 56: Mã câu hỏi: 17040
The passage indicates that Harvard is ________.
- A. one of the oldest universities in the world
- B. the oldest university in the world
- C. one of the oldest universities in America
- D. the oldest university in America
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Câu 57: Mã câu hỏi: 17041
It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who traveled to the Massachusetts colony were ________ .
- A. rather well educated
- B. rather rich
- C. rather supportive of the English government
- D. rather undemocratic
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Câu 58: Mã câu hỏi: 17042
The pronoun “they” in the second paragraph refers to ________ .
- A. Oxford and Cambridge universities
- B. university graduates
- C. sons
- D. educational opportunities
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Câu 59: Mã câu hỏi: 17043
The word “pounds” in the second paragraph are probably ________ .
- A. types of books
- B. college students
- C. units of money
- D. school campuses
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Câu 60: Mã câu hỏi: 17044
The “English cousin” in the second paragraph refers to a ________ .
- A. city
- B. relative
- C. person
- D. court
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Câu 61: Mã câu hỏi: 17045
Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard?
- A. What he died of
- B. Where he came from
- C. Where he was buried
- D. How much he bequeathed to Harvard
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Câu 62: Mã câu hỏi: 17046
The word “fledgling” in the third paragraph could be best replaced by which of the following?
- A. newborn
- B. flying
- C. winged
- D. established
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Câu 63: Mã câu hỏi: 17048
The passage implies that ________ .
- A. Henry Dunster was an ineffective president
- B. someone else really served as president of Harvard before Henry Dunster
- C. Henry Dunster spent much of his time as president managing the Harvard faculty
- D. The position of president of Harvard was not merely an administrative position in the early years
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Câu 64: Mã câu hỏi: 17049
The word “somewhat” in the last paragraph could best be replaced by ________ .
- A. back and forth
- B. to and pro
- C. side by side
- D. more or less
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SECTION B: Writing
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
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“I don’t know what you are talking about,” George said to me.
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They have just sold the last ticket for the performance to a student.
⇒ The last ticket __________________________________.
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Câu 67: Mã câu hỏi: 17056
The school children sowed some seeds, but they forgot to water them so they didn’t grow.
⇒ If the school children __________________________________.
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Câu 68: Mã câu hỏi: 17057
Collecting stamps from foreign countries is one of Jane’s interests.
⇒ Jane is __________________________________.
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The Roman coins are now on display in the national Museum. A local farmer came across them in a field.
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II. Parapraph Writing
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In about 140 words, write a paragraph about an important choice you had to make in your life.
The following questions might be helpful to you:
* When did you have to make this choice?
* Was it a good choice?
* When did you have to make this choice?
