40 CÂU HỎI
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different
A. different
B. tradition
C. opera
D. capital
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different
A. individual
B. unemployment
C. difficult
D. Population
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different
A. apply
B. appear
C. visit
D. attend
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different
A. kindergarten
B. conventional
C. contaminate
D. curriculum
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different
A. corporate
B. different
C. engineer
D. difficult
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different
A. adorable
B. ability
C. entertainment
D. impossible
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different
A. company
B. customer
C. atmosphere
D. employment
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different
A. university
B. institution
C. preferential
D. indicative
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different
A. environment
B. difficulty
C. inhabitant
D. community
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different
A. impossible
B. entertainment
C. adorable
D. ability
Complete each of the following sentences with the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
The audience couldn’t listen to the lengthy and pointless speech _________.
A. far any more
B. any longer
C. any more far
D. any lengthier
He missed two most important lectures. He _________very ill.
A. had to be
B. must be
C. was to be
D. must have been
Allan: “Do you mind if I use your dictionary?” Nick: “_______.”
A. I’m afraid not
B. Without doubt
C. No, feel free
D. Straight ahead
Oh, I’m always forgetting _______ these medicines. Is that before or after meal, Ron?
A. when to take
B. what I will take with
C. on which I should take
D. when I take
We rang the doorbell again _______ they hadn’t heard it the first time.
A. because
B. although
C. for fear of
D. in case
How boring the lecture was! I _______ just in the first half of it.
A. dropped off
B. fell out
C. called off
D. came out
Will it make any _______ to them if we deliver their equipment tomorrow?
A. displeasure
B. alteration
C. difference
D. conflict
What time are you _______ duty? Let’s have a coffee after that.
A. over
B. on
C. off
D. out of
Don’t give up your harboring dream. _______ working harder and harder.
A. Try out
B. Keep on
C. Speed up
D. Go off
It’s been a good year. I’ve written two books and a couple of articles, and _______ are now in print.
A. both of which
B. both of them
C. all of which
D. all of them
What is the topic of the passage?
A. how the modern calendar was named and developed
B. how the months were named
C. how the leap year system was developed
D. how accurate the modern day is calendar
It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that the author think the names of the months are __________.
A. odd
B. difficult to pronounce
C. inappropriate
D. none of the answers
The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______________.
A. calendars
B. days
C. astronomers
D. years
The word “accurate” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. interesting
B. informative
C. correct
D. simple
Which of the following will be a leap year?
A. 2300
B. 2400
C. 2200
D. 2500
Which of the following is true of the Gregorian calendar?
A. It needs major improvements.
B. It was so well designed, it needs little adjusting today.
C. It copied the Roman calendar’s formula of leap years.
D. none of the answers
Why is Caesar important in calendar making?
A. He changed the length of the year
B. He extended summer.
C. He has a month named for him
D. He altered the number of days in the year.
In what order is the information in the passage presented?
A. Caesar’s calendar, the Gregorian calendar, the modern calendar
B. Roman Gods, important festivals, original numbers of months
C. names of months, Caesar’s calendar, the Gregorian Calendar
D. none of the answers
The word “refined” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. studied
B. invented
C. observed
D. improved
Why is the number of 364 and a quarter important?
A. It is the length of time from the beginning of spring to the end of winter.
B. It is the length of a planetary year.
C. It is the most accurate number for calendars.
D. It was a number randomly chosen by Caesar for his calendar.
(1) ________ human activities are making the planet less fit to live on.
A. Although
B. Still
C. Yet
D. Despite
As the western world (2) _______ on consuming two- thirds of the world’s resources
A. continues
B. repeats
C. carries
D. follows
on consuming two- thirds of the world’s resources while half of the world’s population do so (3) ________ to stay alive we are rapidly destroying
A. already
B. just
C. for
D. entirely
to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the (4) _______resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper.
A. alone
B. individual
C. lone
D. only
Everywhere fertile soil is (5) ___________built on or washed into the sea.
A. sooner
B. neither
C. either
D. rather
Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (6) ______.
A. quite
B. greatly
C. utterly
D. completely
As a result the planet’s ability to support people is being (7) _______ at the very time when rising human numbers
A. stopped
B. narrowed
C. reduced
D. cut
at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (8) _______ increasingly heavy demands on it.
A. doing
B. having
C. taking
D. making
We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (9) _______ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active.
A. hold
B. maintain
C. stay
D. keep
If we are sensible in how we use the resources they will (10) _______ indefinitely.
A. last
B. stand
C. go
D. remain