Câu hỏi trắc nghiệm (50 câu):
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Câu 1: Mã câu hỏi: 278562
Indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: announced, evaluated, enunciated, demanded
- A. announced
- B. evaluated
- C. enunciated
- D. demanded
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Câu 2: Mã câu hỏi: 278563
Indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: queue, quarter, quadruple, questionnaire
- A. queue
- B. quarter
- C. quadruple
- D. questionnaire
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Câu 3: Mã câu hỏi: 278564
Indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress: record, mentor, timber, bother
- A. record
- B. mentor
- C. timber
- D. bother
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Câu 4: Mã câu hỏi: 278565
Indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress: catastrophe, millennium, acknowledgement, photograph
- A. catastrophe
- B. millennium
- C. acknowledgement
- D. photograph
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Câu 5: Mã câu hỏi: 278566
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Peter ordered a pizza and salad.__________pizza was nice but__________salad was disgusting.
- A. A/a
- B. The/ ∅
- C. ∅/∅
- D. The/the
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Câu 6: Mã câu hỏi: 278567
Since the end of the war, the Government __________over five thousand of prisoners.
- A. have released
- B. released
- C. has released
- D. has been released
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Câu 7: Mã câu hỏi: 278568
The suspect was seen__________the building by at least a dozen witnesses.
- A. enter
- B. to entering
- C. entering
- D. entered
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Câu 8: Mã câu hỏi: 278569
The four men are widely believed__________by their captors because their family did not agree to pay the ransom.
- A. to kill
- B. to have been killed
- C. to have killed
- D. to be killed
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Câu 9: Mã câu hỏi: 278570
Having counted all the students on the bus, __________
- A. the vehicle started moving
- B. the vehicle was driven
- C. they were allowed to play
- D. the driver started to drive
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Câu 10: Mã câu hỏi: 278571
Many exam candidates lose marks simply__________they do not read the questions properly.
- A. because of
- B. because
- C. due to
- D. owing that
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Câu 11: Mã câu hỏi: 278572
What__________to your family if you were to die in an accident?
- A. happens
- B. would happen
- C. will happen
- D. happened
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Câu 12: Mã câu hỏi: 278573
Those Americans are looking for a place where they can exchange their dollars__________pounds.
- A. into
- B. to
- C. for
- D. with
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Câu 13: Mã câu hỏi: 278574
All attempts at__________were stamped on by senior officials.
- A. modernise
- B. modernisers
- C. modernisation
- D. modernising
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Câu 14: Mã câu hỏi: 278575
NATO has finally arrived at an important decision to__________cruise missiles in the battle.
- A. employ
- B. deploy
- C. defeat
- D. withdraw
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Câu 15: Mã câu hỏi: 278576
The woman crying in front of the burning house has lost her most__________possession in the fire.
- A. valued
- B. appreciated
- C. recognised
- D. prized
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Câu 16: Mã câu hỏi: 278577
The woman was confused about whether or not to__________the pregnancy.
- A. stop
- B. terminate
- C. eradicate
- D. dismiss
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Câu 17: Mã câu hỏi: 278578
His voice had a freshness that would make many tenors under the age of 40 go green with__________.
- A. jealousy
- B. hatred
- C. envy
- D. arrogance
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Câu 18: Mã câu hỏi: 278579
This band normally__________their album with an instrumental track.
- A. closes off
- B. closes up
- C. closes down
- D. closes out
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Câu 19: Mã câu hỏi: 278581
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.
What was once a great and powerful empire have effectively ceased to be.
- A. to be
- B. have effectively
- C. powerful
- D. was once
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Câu 20: Mã câu hỏi: 278582
One of the boys kept laughing, this annoyed Jane intensely.
- A. this
- B. one of the boys
- C. intensely
- D. laughing
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Câu 21: Mã câu hỏi: 278584
I’m trying to cut down on diary product intake and it’s difficult because I adore cheese.
- A. I adore cheese
- B. diary product intake
- C. difficult
- D. trying to cut
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Câu 22: Mã câu hỏi: 278585
Mark 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.
This country wouldn’t have much income without tourism.
- A. Tourism is developing very quickly in this country.
- B. Tourism development is going up in this country.
- C. This country depends on its tourism for making its income.
- D. In order to develop, this country invests into tourism.
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Câu 23: Mã câu hỏi: 278587
Many people were severely critical of the proposal for the new motorway.
- A. There was severe criticism of the proposal for the new motorway.
- B. The proposals for the new motorway was severely criticized.
- C. There was the proposal for the new motorway, but many people were criticised.
- D. Many people were severely criticised by the new motorway that was proposed.
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Câu 24: Mã câu hỏi: 278588
There was no precedent for the President’s resignation in the country.
- A. The President resigned in the country, which seemed strange.
- B. Never before had any President resigned in the country.
- C. That the President resigned becomes a scandal in the country.
- D. Never before there was an event that President resigned in the country.
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Câu 25: Mã câu hỏi: 278589
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
His friends supported and encouraged him. He did really well in the competition.
- A. If his friends had given him support and encouragement, he could have done really well in the competition.
- B. No matter how much his friends supported and encouraged him, he couldn't do well in the competition.
- C. Such were his friends' support and encouragement that he couldn't do really well in the competition.
- D. Had it not been for his friends' support and encouragement, he couldn't have done so well in the competition.
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Câu 26: Mã câu hỏi: 278590
Joe has finished his first-aid course. He proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.
- A. Although Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker, he hasn't finished his first-aid course.
- B. Without finishing his first-aid course, Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.
- C. However helpful Joe proves as a rescue worker, he hasn't finished his first-aid course.
- D. Having finished his first-aid course, Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.
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Câu 27: Mã câu hỏi: 278591
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Tim: “__________”
Laura: “Oh, thank you. I just got it yesterday.”
- A. When have you got this beautiful dress?
- B. You’ve just bought this beautiful dress, haven’t you?
- C. How a beautiful dress you’re wearing!
- D. That’s a beautiful dress you have on!
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Câu 28: Mã câu hỏi: 278592
Tim: “Would you like to have dinner with me?” -
Steve: “__________.”
- A. Yes, so do I
- B. Yes, it is
- C. Yes, I’d love to
- D. I’m very happy
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Câu 29: Mã câu hỏi: 278593
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.
Within their home country, National Red Cross and Red Crescent societies assume the duties and responsibilities of a national relief society.
- A. get off
- B. take on
- C. go about
- D. put in
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Câu 30: Mã câu hỏi: 278595
I had tried to sketch an aspect of life that I had seen and known, and that was very well indeed, and I had wrought patiently and carefully in the art of the poor little affair.
- A. a nature
- B. a part
- C. a character
- D. an appearance
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Câu 31: Mã câu hỏi: 278597
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions
She was brought up in a well-off family. She cant understand the problems we are facing
- A. broke
- B. wealthy
- C. kind
- D. poor
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Câu 32: Mã câu hỏi: 278599
He fell foul of me when I asked him to apologize to his teacher.
- A. quarrelled with me
- B. made friends with me
- C. attacked me
- D. showed appreciation for me
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Câu 33: Mã câu hỏi: 278602
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or Don your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37.
The wildlife of the Juan Fernandez Archipelago remained undisturbed until the arrival of European settlers, who introduced their animals to the Islands. Amongst these were goats and cows to be bred for meat and milk, but also rats and mice which had jumped ship. Cats later brought over to kill these pests also quickly escaped into the (33) __________. Little did the settlers understand the impact this would have on local species. The rabbits they'd brought over too, could not be held in captivity for long, and their numbers rapidly expanded. But it was not just fauna that arrived but also (34) __________. Plants such as the blackberry bramble flourished in the tropical climate and spread throughout the native forest.
In the past, the islands’ birds had no natural predators. Many therefore evolved to lay their eggs in ground nests. This habit now makes them incredibly (35) __________as rats and mice destroy their eggs and cats devour the newly hatched chicks. Meanwhile grazing goats, rabbits and cows have turned once fertile valleys into wasteland. One now rare tree species is known as the Luma, in which firecrown hummingbirds nests. Today the Luma is being covered over by spiky blackberry brambles, the hummingbird’s natural habitat is disappearing and the fear is that they will soon (36) __________. Conservationists from Chile and around the world are uniting to show the urgent need for preservation of these islands' original and unique species. They know the best way to do this is to (37) __________the plants and animals that are alien species.
(33).....................
- A. landscape
- B. surroundings
- C. scenery
- D. wild
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Câu 34: Mã câu hỏi: 278605
(34).....................
- A. crops
- B. flora
- C. vegetation
- D. weeds
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Câu 35: Mã câu hỏi: 278607
(35)..................
- A. susceptible
- B. risky
- C. incapable
- D. vulnerable
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Câu 36: Mã câu hỏi: 278610
(36)..................
- A. wipe out
- B. die out
- C. pass away
- D. go through
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Câu 37: Mã câu hỏi: 278613
(37).....................
- A. ban
- B. abolish
- C. eradicate
- D. demolish
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Câu 38: Mã câu hỏi: 278616
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 38 to 42.
TEENAGE FICTION
Teenagers have their own TV channels, websites and magazines. So, what about books? Last year one publisher, Martins, started publishing a series called Waves. We spoke to the director Julia Smith. She explained, “Teenage fiction has been published since the 1970s but publishers have never been particularly successful in getting teenagers to buy and read books. Now they’re realizing that teenagers aren’t just older children but they’re not adults either and often aren’t interested in adult fiction. For this series we’re looking for new writers who write especially for teenagers.”
Athene Gorr’s novel was published in the series last year and is selling well. Its title is The Purple Ring, she says, “The important thing is to persuade teenagers to pick up your book. I’m a new writer so, although I’ve got an unusual name which people might remember, nobody knows it yet! But my book has a fantastic cover which makes people want to look inside. Then they realize what a brilliant story it is!”
And what do teenagers themselves think about the series? We talked to Sophie Clarke, aged 15. She said, “I’ve read a few books in the Waves series. They say they’re for 14 - 19 year-olds and I agree with that. We’re not interested in the same things as people in their twenties and thirties. I like them and I think they look really good too. The only thing is that because bookshops put them in the children’s section, lots of teenagers won’t find them so they may not do very well. And it’s a shame there’s no non-fiction in the series as I think lots of teenagers, especially boys, might buy that.”
What is the writer trying to do?
- A. give information about a new series of books
- B. explain why teenager fiction is easier to write than adult fiction
- C. persuade authors to write more teenager fiction
- D. compare different series of teenager fiction
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Câu 39: Mã câu hỏi: 278618
Julia Smith says publishers now recognize that teenagers__________.
- A. can enjoy the same kind of stories as adults
- B. are more interested in reading nowadays
- C. grow up more quickly nowadays
- D. are neither children nor adults
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Câu 40: Mã câu hỏi: 278620
Athene Gorr thinks teenagers were attracted to her book because of__________
- A. its cover
- B. the story
- C. its title
- D. her name
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Câu 41: Mã câu hỏi: 278622
What does Sophie Clarke say about the books in the Waves series?
- A. They shouldn’t be kept with children’s books.
- B. She would prefer to read adult fiction.
- C. They will be bought by lots of teenagers.
- D. She isn’t keen on the design.
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Câu 42: Mã câu hỏi: 278626
Which of these paragraphs could be used to advertise the Waves series?
- A. “This series is for all teenagers and those who are nearly teenagers, whether you’re 10 or 19, you’ll find something here to please you.”
- B. “Choose a book from the Waves series. It includes both fiction and non-fiction and is aimed at teenagers aged 14+.”
- C. “The Waves series has been popular with teenagers since the 1970s. This year we have added 20 new writers to our list.”
- D. “If you’re aged between 14 and 19, don’t miss the Waves series which has novels by new authors.”
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Câu 43: Mã câu hỏi: 278630
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 43 to 50.
SPORTS COMMENTARY
One of the most interesting and distinctive of all uses of language is commentary. An oral reporting of ongoing activity, commentary is used in such public arenas as political ceremonies, parades, funerals, fashion shows and cooking demonstrations. The most frequently occurring type of commentary may be that connected with sports and games. In sports there are two kinds of commentary, and both are often used for the same sporting event. “Play-by-play” commentary narrates the sports event, while “colour -adding” or “colour” commentary provides the audience with pre-event background, during-event interpretation, and post¬event evaluation. Colour commentary is usually conversational in style and can be a dialogue with two or more commentators.
Play-by-play commentary is of interest to linguists because it is unlike other kinds of narrative, which are typically reported in past tense. Play-by-play commentary is reported in present tense. Some examples are “he takes the lead by four” and “she’s in position.” One linguist characterizes radio play-by-play commentary as “a monologue directed at an unknown, unseen mass audience who voluntarily choose to listen...and provide no feedback to the speaker.” It is these characteristics that make this kind of commentary unlike any other type of speech situation.
The chief feature of play-by-play commentary is a highly formulaic style of presentation. There is distinctive grammar not only in the use of the present tense but also in the omission of certain elements of sentence structure. For example, “Smith in close” eliminates the verb, as some newspaper headlines do. Another example is inverted word order, as in “over at third is Johnson.” Play-by-play commentary is very fluent, keeping up with the pace of the action. The rate is steady and there is little silence. The structure of the commentary is cyclical, reflecting the way most games consist of recurring sequences of short activities---as in tennis and baseball---or a limited number of activity options---as in the various kinds of football. In racing, the structure is even simpler, with the commentator informing the listener of the varying order of the competitors in a “state of play” summary, which is crucial for listeners or viewers who have just tuned in.
The word “that” in paragraph 1 refers to?
- A. commentary
- B. an ongoing activity
- C. language
- D. sporting event
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Câu 44: Mã câu hỏi: 278633
Which of the following statement is true of colour commentary?
- A. It narrates the action of the event in real time, using the present tense.
- B. It is a monologue given to an audience that does not respond to the speaker.
- C. It is steady and fluent because it must keep up with the action of the event.
- D. It gives background on the event, and interprets and evaluates the event.
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Câu 45: Mã câu hỏi: 278636
How is play-by-play commentary distinct from other types of narrative?
- A. It is not published in magazines.
- B. It involves only one reporter.
- C. It is not spoken in past tense.
- D. It takes place after the event.
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Câu 46: Mã câu hỏi: 278638
Why does the author quote a linguist in paragraph 2?
- A. To give examples of play-by-play commentary.
- B. To show how technical sports commentary is.
- C. To describe the uniqueness of radio play-by-play.
- D. To criticize past trends in sports commentary.
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Câu 47: Mã câu hỏi: 278639
The word “pace” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to?
- A. speed
- B. score
- C. cause
- D. plan
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Câu 48: Mã câu hỏi: 278641
The word “crucial” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to?
- A. fascinating
- B. important
- C. confusing
- D. generous
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Câu 49: Mã câu hỏi: 278643
It can be inferred from the passage that the author most likely agrees with H which of the following statements about sports commentary?
- A. Sports commentators should work hard to improve their grammar.
- B. Sports commentators do not need special knowledge of the sport.
- C. Colour commentary is more important than play-by-play commentary.
- D. Commentary enhances the excitement and enjoyment of sports.
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Câu 50: Mã câu hỏi: 278645
What mainly makes play-by-play commentary special?
- A. a highly formulaic style of presentation
- B. the distinctive use of present tense
- C. the omission of certain sentence elements
- D. the inverted word order
