50 CÂU HỎI
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
A. accountancy
B. diversity
C. category
D. curriculum
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
A. effort
B. precede
C. college
D. partner
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheer to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
They may refuse to negotiate with terrorists who were accused of inhumanity in the treatment of the hostages.
A. violence
B. kindness
C. justice
D. hospitality
To some extent, those who we think are strong-willed desperately need our support and care.
A. determined
B. indefinite
C. diffident
D. pleased
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.
At a group discussion.
Andrew: Volunteer activities are good for teenagers.
Mary: “___________.”
A. I quite agree with you
B. Never mind
C. That's all right
D. I don't hope so
In a restaurant.
Waiter: Would you like to see the dessert menu?
Jason: “____________”
A. No, thanks. Can we have the bill, please?
B. Yes, please. Two more glasses of lemonade.
C. Sorry! I don't see it.
D. Great! I'll have the fish.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Almost every part of our lives ______ computerized over the past 20 years.
A. have been
B. was
C. had been
D. has been
I ______ that I'd meet him that evening.
A. told
B. said to him
C. told to him
D. said him
It's a school with a reputation for ______ and sporting excellence.
A. educated
B. educational
C. sociable
D. schooling
She ______, feeling sick at heart, even though she knew she should be glad.
A. turned down
B. turned against
C. turned away
D. turned on
He always advises me to ask some questions ______ the close of the interview to show that I'm interested ______ the job.
A. on/for
B. in /in
C. at/in
D. at / with
She plays ______ violin fairly well and makes a living by teaching ______violin.
A. x / x
B. a /x
C. the / x
D. a / a
______ the Christmas season, everybody prepared for the traditional Tet holiday.
A. To finish
B. Finish
C. Having been finished
D. Having finished
The stranger shook my hand warmly ______ he had known me for years.
A. provided that
B. as if
C. in case
D. even if
Marissa is thought ______ with her daughter at the present time.
A. to be living
B. living
C. to live
D. to have lived
I never used to like new clothes as a kid, but I've ______ them as I've grown older.
A. kept an eye on
B. put an end to
C. had a hand in
D. taken a fancy to
As long as you're enjoying your job, ______.
A. you should have tried moving to another city for a change
B. it was rewarding both emotionally and financially
C. so many people are unable to achieve real happiness
D. it really doesn't matter how much money you make
He was one of the people who came instantly ______ awake and fell asleep with equal speed.
A. full
B. easy
C. wide
D. hard
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 19 to 26.
LIFE IN THE FUTURE
By the end of the third millennium, people will have access to basic utilities like electricity and the internet. As a type of civilization, the overall energy consumption of everyone in the 30th century will be at a level of around 4x1026 watts. In other words, the energy utilization in a world full of working class consumers will be comparable to the luminosity of our parent star. So, the people of the future will inevitably need to fully harness the output of the Sun through the use of a vast array of satellite mega - structures that encircle the celestial body and capture the radiation it emits.
In requiring everyone to work together, the inclusive attitude of the future will cause everyone to grow much closer to one another, improving interpersonal relationships in neighborhoods the world over. By the year 3000, the whole of humanity will become a sort of poly-amorous society of mono-ethnic global citizens, living in a complex egalitarian intercontinental cooperative. Everyone will be part of multicultural communities within communities. Companies and credit unions will even be owned by their employees. People will be very conscientious. Everyone will support the global economy, as well as ecology, of the world.
Humans will inhabit artificial urban jungles filled with buildings and sidewalks, while the other animals will inhabit natural rural jungles filled with wilderness and trails, Friends will walk through the crowded streets of the mega-cities of the future holding hands with one another. Public displays of affection will be customary among everyone. Casual bisexual encounters will be the norm. Everyone will care about everyone else. People will all accept each other, and help each other out, more and more as time goes on.
The point is that eventually, everyone will finally get along. Humanity will progress to a point of collective compatibility as everyone sufficiently integrates and assimilates. From now until the year 3000, the several thousand languages currently spoken will reduce down to only about a hundred. More importantly, the nation state members of the UN will all use the same form of electronic currency. As the countries of the world unify more and more, the metric system will become the universal standard of measurement. Things will become increasingly more common among everyone. This will bring everyone closer and closer together, each step of the way. In the end, cultural memes will all eventually just blend together in the great melting pot that is the world.
People will also change physically, along with mentally, too though. For instance, there will be an increase in both height and longevity, among people in general. In the year 3000, people will be about six feet tall, and live to be 120 years old, on average. They will experience a slight reduction in the size of their mouths, too. Improvements in nutritional science will revolutionize the world of medicine and alter the course of human evolution. Everyone will be genetically screened as an embryo to weed out defects and correct mistakes in their personal genome. 8th scale transhuman cyborgs will even go so far as to have 7th scale robotic integrations, with microscopic machines making them better. This will be terribly important because there will be very little diversity in the gene pool of the superhumans of the future, who are all bred to be what is considered ideal.
Which of the following could be best the title of the passage?
A. The energy consumption in the third medium
B. The change of humans in the far future
C. The way people live in the 30th century
D. The life in the year 3000
The word "harness" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A. absorb
B. exploit
C. separate
D. replace
According to the paragraph 2, how can the attitude of the future affect the world?
A. It enhances the diversity of cultures in the society.
B. It brings people closer to others both in nations and in the world.
C. It improves the distance in the relationship of neighborhood.
D. It supports the global economy and ecology of the world.
The word "conscientious" in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by _______.
A. careless
B. indolent
C. dishonest
D. careful
According to paragraph 3, which of the following is NOT true?
A. People will not express their emotion in public.
B. People and animals will live in their favourite environment.
C. It is not strange for men and women to compete with each other.
D. People are safe to walk through the crowded streets with their friends.
The word "that" in paragraph 4 refers to _______.
A. the great melting pot
B. the metric system
C. each step of the way
D. cultural memes
The author described the reduction in number of languages in paragraph 4 as an evidence of _______.
A. the standard of measurement
B. the popularity of things
C. the compatibility of humans in the future
D. the development of electronic currency
What can be the main idea of the last passage?
A. People's longevity will be increase in the future.
B. Robots will be advanced to be superhumans of the future.
C. Science is the main factor to the change of human's appearance.
D. Humans' physicality and mentality will alter in the future.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
When he receives the money from the insurance company two days ago, he had already rebuilt the house.
A. receives
B. from
C. had already rebuilt
D. insurance company
The coffee turned bitter when it left on the stove for so long.
A. on
B. turned
C. for so long
D. left
I have long supported the idea of education not only provides us with a tool for making money but also helps us figure out how we want to live.
A. figure out
B. of
C. have long supported
D. for making
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the pronunciation of the underlined part.
A. attitudes
B. devices
C. vacancies
D. interviews
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the pronunciation of the underlined part.
A. sacrifice
B. campus
C. attention
D. parallel
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.
There are criticisms of the problem. It is that the campaign is too expensive to carry out.
A. Because there are criticisms of the problem, it is that the campaign is too expensive to carry out.
B. There are the criticisms of the problem, which the campaign is too expensive to carry out.
C. The problem, according to the criticisms, is that the campaign is too expensive to carry out.
D. Despite the criticisms of the problem, it is that the campaign is too expensive to carry out.
They could succeed in their work. It was thanks to our assistance.
A. Although we had helped them, they did not succeed in their work.
B. We had assisted them but they did not succeed in their work.
C. Without our assistance, they could not have succeeded in their work.
D. They could not succeed in their work even with our assistance.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 34 to 38.
Jobs in the time of Covid-19
The impact of this deadly virus and actions taken by governments are affecting businesses and industries across the globe. Some, like the travel industry, are staring at one of the worst crises of their time. Countries and cities ...34... go through a long shutdown period will force many out of business for good, especially micro and small firms and others to ...35... employees. Many corporations have already initiated a lockdown-like state with mandatory work-from-home exercise.
An ongoing job-hunt and a pandemic make for a heavy combination. How so? By now, ...36... is pretty evident that this virus has not just attacked our bodies, but also shaken our economies and stock markets. If an economy plummets into a recession, almost all of us are at risk of losing our jobs. Especially if you are a job-seeker, searching for a job in a recession will be a Herculean task and you need a battle plan.
Your job search strategy in a recession should focus on applying to fewer job openings, not more. Confused? In trying times, you need to narrow down to companies that you want to work for and then find a reasonable opening in just those firms. The logic is to direct your energies towards ...37... quality job applications, the ones that stand out from the multitude of mediocre job applications. Do not try to spread yourself too ...38... by applying anywhere and everywhere in the market. This is one of the most ill-suited times for that.
A. that
B. where
C. when
D. whose
Countries and cities ...34... go through a long shutdown period will force many out of business for good, especially micro and small firms and others to ...35... employees.
A. lay aside
B. take on
C. lay off
D. take over
By now, ...36... is pretty evident that this virus has not just attacked our bodies, but also shaken our economies and stock markets.
A. it
B. there
C. nobody
D. someone
The logic is to direct your energies towards ...37... quality job applications, the ones that stand out from the multitude of mediocre job applications.
A. little
B. few
C. a few
D. a little
Do not try to spread yourself too ...38... by applying anywhere and everywhere in the market.
A. close
B. thin
C. near
D. far
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 39 to 45.
Black Friday
The day after Thanksgiving has become America's biggest shopping day. Closed all day on Thursday, shopping centres all across the nation open early on Friday. Some of them open at 12:01 Friday morning, while others open at 4 a.m. Some "sleepyhead" shopping centres, like Target this year, don't open their doors on Friday until 6 a.m. From Friday to the day before Christmas, this is the season when businesses make nearly 25 per cent of what they earn in a year. This season puts many businesses “in the black", that is, they make the money they need for the year.
Reporters from local TV stations interview people who sleep in tents in front of the shops a day or two before the doors open on Friday. These people patiently wait in queue to get products that are 50 per cent cheaper or more.
"Oh, we have fun," said one of the persons queuing, "We sometimes bring games to play, we watch TV and order lots of pizza, and we often meet interesting people. And, most important of all, we save a lot!" The problem, of course, is that only a very small number of products have big reductions in their prices. Apart from a few big discounts, each shop has other things that are reduced from 10 to 50 per cent, saving shoppers from 10 to 400 dollars per item, and so Americans want to go shopping.
Not all Americans enjoy shopping. Reverend William Graham wants to change Black Friday's name. "We want to call it Remember Jesus Friday. People should start the season with the right attitude, Christmas has become a Season of Shopping. We want to make it a Season of Giving. And we don't mean giving material things. We mean giving your back, your mind, and your hands. Help an old lady clean up her house. Teach a kid how to read. Visit sick people in the hospital or in nursing homes....
According to the text, Black Friday is ______.
A. the beginning of a shopping period
B. the Friday before Christmas
C. an important holiday in The United States
D. a time to relax and have fun after Thanksgiving
On these days some businesses make _______ for the rest of the year.
A. enough money
B. half the money
C. nearly all the sales
D. the final sales
According to the text, the expression "sleepyhead” refers to shops that ______.
A. open early in the morning
B. open later than others
C. don't open until late in the morning
D. open at 12:00 a.m on Friday
The phrase "in the black” in the first paragraph implies that people or companies ______.
A. have money and are not in debt
B. have an unsuccessful business
C. do not reach expected sales
D. make money by having illegal promotions
Reverend William Graham thinks shopping so much at this time of the year ______.
A. needs a new name
B. is not right
C. is the right attitude
D. costs your valuable time
Which of these sentences is TRUE?
A. Most products are reduced nearly half price.
B. Shoppers only queue to get the products that are 50 percent cheaper or more.
C. In general, most discounts in prices are quite big.
D. Just a few selected products have large discounts.
Which of the following activities is NOT mentioned when people queue to get products?
A. Playing games
B. Watching TV
C. Sleeping in tents
D. Bargaining for the discounts
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.
Unless they comply with the rules, they won't be allowed back into the club.
A. They can't enter the club because they have violated the rules.
B. They can only enter the club again if they behave in accordance with the rules.
C. They can go to the club once more, but only if they obey the rules.
D. As long as they refuse to behave, it doesn't seem possible for them to be accepted into the club.
The playground, which the local children used to enjoy so much, has been turned into a car park.
A. If a car park hadn't been needed so much, the children would have had a park to play in.
B. The children have nowhere to play in now that the playground has been turned into a car park.
C. Although the children used to enjoy playing in the playground so much, it is more efficient to use it as a place to park cars.
D. Once so much enjoyed by the children of the neighborhood, the playground has become a parking lot.
"I didn't see the strange man breaking into our office yesterday," Dominic said.
A. Dominic denied seeing the strange man breaking into their office the day before yesterday.
B. Dominic refused to see the strange man breaking into their office the previous day.
C. Dominic admitted having seen the strange man breaking into their office the day before.
D. Dominic denied having seen the strange man breaking into their office the day before.
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.
The judge made some complimentary remarks about the contestant's performance.
A. criticisms
B. suggestions
C. praises
D. recommendations
Her son, who was reported dead more than three years ago, came out of the blue.
A. apparently
B. suddenly
C. expectedly
D. purposely