45 CÂU HỎI
SECTION I: LISTENING
(You will hear twice for each part)
Part 1. Listen to the recording twice. Choose the correct answer for each of the following blanks.
What is the main topic of this conversation?
A. computer sales negotiations
B. a preliminary interview
C. an Internet seminar meeting
From the discussion, what did Mr. Taylor probably do for his previous company?
A. He managed the sales department.
B. He gave seminars on the Internet.
C. He worked as a custodian.
Mr. Taylor thinks that Java is _________.
A. a Web page authoring program.
B. a kind of beverage.
C. a computer game software.
What does the man mean when he says, "We'll be in touch" at the end of the conversation?
A. He will call Mr. Taylor in the next few days.
B. He talk over their discussion with others.
C. He will not contact him for further consideration.
Choose the best word(s) to describe Mr. Taylor:
A. on the ball
B. high achiever
C. uninformed
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 36.
Choose the best answer to each question.
You have never been to Nha Trang ________?
A. have you
B. haven’t
C. you have
D. you haven’t
When ________ a dictionary, you need to be able to understand the symbols and the abbreviations it contains
A. having used
B. use
C. to use
D. using
How can I know ________ book is yours?- They are so alike.
A. what
B. which
C. this
D. the
You’d better take his proposal _______ before _______ your final decision.
A. by surprise/ making
B. by surprise/ doing
C. into account/ making
D. into account/ doing
She will visit us as soon as she arrives ________ Paris.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. to
The secretary to ________ I talked didn’t know where the meeting was.
A. which
B. who
C. that
D. whom
I find the time of English meals very strange. I’m not used ________ dinner at 5 pm.
A. to have
B. to having
C. having
D. have
If I ________ you, I’d take some rest before the game tomorrow.
A. am
B. could be
C. were
D. would be
I have to be present at eight o’ clock and so ________.
A. are you
B. have you
C. do you
D. you do
The smaller the room is, the ________ furniture it needs.
A. fewer
B. small
C. more
D. less
________ paul brings the money for lunch, we’ll go right down to the cafeteria.
A. Since
B. As soon as
C. Now that
D. Until
It is recommended that he _______ this course
A. took
B. takes
C. take
D. taking
Various societies define _______ in many rather complex ways.
A. that is successful
B. what success is
C. that success is
D. what is success
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
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
The stolen jewels were ________ a lot of money.
A. valued
B. cost
C. priced
D. worth
I don’t see any________ in arriving early at the theatre.
A. cause
B. point
C. reason
D. aim
The children loved ________ the old castle.
A. discovering
B. exploring
C. hunting
D. detecting
These figures show a ________ in the number of unemployed people in England and Wales.
A. loss
B. lessening
C. reduction
D. lowering
After he had broken his leg, Henry could only go up and down stairs ________.
A. hardly
B. in difficulties
C. with difficulty
D. hard
British space scientists are planning to join the American in the race to find evidence of life on (56)_______ planets.
A. another
B. other
C. others
D. the other
Known as ‘Darwin’, his telescope could tell if planets 50 (57)_______ years away have any kind of life on them.
A. light
B. lighten
C. lightening
D. lighting
Two days (58)_______, NASA scientists had shown a proof that one of Jupiter’s moons could support life, Penny announced that his telescope may be included in a European Space Agency mission.
A. following
B. after
C. next
D. later
The Darwin project, with a (59)_______ of 500 million, is on a short list of two proposals
A. price
B. schedule
C. charge
D. budget
If approved it will probably be (60)_______ around 2015, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter.
A. driven
B. fetched
C. launched
D. taken
The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters apart in space, slowly circling a (61)_______ processing station.
A. central
B. centre
C. middle
D. heart
Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (62)_______, but Penny believes a second- generation telescope could be sent up to do this.
A. invents
B. searches
C. discovers
D. looks
He claims it is worthwhile mapping the universe around our (63)_______ galaxy
A. alone
B. same
C. one
D. own
even though these planets lie (64)_______ our reach for the moment.
A. out
B. toward
C. beyond
D. over
The European Space Agency will make its decision (65) ______ Darwin within three years.
A. of
B. on
C. about
D. with
With which of the following topics is the passage primarily concerned?
A.The advantages of telecommuting.
B.A definition of telecommuting.
C.An overview of telecommuting.
D.The failure of telecommuting.
How many Americans are involved in telecommuting?
A.More than predicted in Business Week.
B.More than 8 million.
C.Fewer than estimated in USA Today.
D.Fewer than last year.
The phrase “of no consequence” means ________.
A.of no use
B. of no good
C.unimportant
D. irrelevant
The author mentions all of the following as concerns of telecommuting, EXCEPT________.
A.the opportunities for advancement.
B.the different system of supervision.
C.the lack of interaction with a group.
D.The work place is in the home.
The word “executives” in line 10 refers to ________.
A.telecommuters
B.managers
C.employees
D. most people
The word “them” in line 11 refers to ________.
A.systems
B.telecommuters
C.executives
D. responsibilities
The reason why telecommuting has not become popular is that the employees ________.
A.need regular interaction with their families.
B.are worried about the promotion if they are not seen at the office.
C.feel that a work area in their home is away from the office.
D.are ignorant of telecommuting.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author is________.
A.a telecommuter
B. the manager
C.a statistician
D. a reporter
The word “reluctant” in line 13 can best be replaced by________.
A.opposite
B.willing
C.hesitate
D. typical
When Business Week published “The Portable Executive”, it implied that________.
A.systems for managing telecommuters were not effective.
B.there was resistance on the part of many managers about telecommuting.
C.the trend for telecommuting was optimistic.
D.most telecommuters were satisfied with their work.