Margaret was upset because her husband ________ her birthday.
- A. forgets
- B. forgot
- C. had forgotten
- D. would forget
Scientists have put forward ______ causes to explain the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
- A. a great deal of
- B. a number of
- C. quite a lot
- D. a large amount of
Tam Chuc Pagoda is _________ tourist attraction in Ha Nam; hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to this area every year.
- A. the most popular
- B. more popular
- C. most of popular
- D. more and more popular
Their apartment looks nice. In fact, it’s ___________.
- A. extremely comfortable
- B. extreme comfortably
- C. extreme comfortable
- D. extremely comfortably
Mrs. Henderson doesn’t go to work today, because her son has a bad cold. She has to stay at home and _________ him.
- A. look up to
- B. look after
- C. look for
- D. look into
Halley’s comet, who was viewed through a telescope, was quite impressive.
- A. Halley’s
- B. who
- C. was
- D. impressive
If a student takes a course on Computer Science, it will take them four years to do it.
- A. takes
- B. on
- C. them
- D. it
After dogs, the cats have had the closest relationship with humans.
- A. After
- B. the cats
- C. the closest
- D. humans
The young can find a job any time of year and the best places to do so are Vietnams’ three largest cities: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.
- A. any
- B. the
- C. Vietnams’
- D. largest
The main cause of the current crisis in the party seem to be the deep division between its members.
- A. current
- B. seem
- C. division
- D. its
Scientists have not produced a miraculous drug which can cure SIDA.
- A. A miraculous drug has not been produce by scientists which can cure SIDA.
- B. A miraculous drug has not been produced by scientists who can cure SIDA.
- C. A miraculous drug which can cure SIDA has not been produced by scientists.
- D. A miraculous drug who can cure SIDA have not been produced by scientists.
Diana is the most intelligent woman I have ever met.
- A. Diana is not as intelligent as all the women I have ever met.
- B. I have never met a more intelligent woman than Diana.
- C. Diana is more intelligent than I am.
- D. I have ever met such an intelligent woman.
“Remember to pick me up at 5 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.” she said.
- A. She told me to remember to pick her up at 5 o’ clock tomorrow afternoon.
- B. She reminded me to remember to pick her up at 5 o’ clock the next afternoon.
- C. She reminded me to pick her up at 5 o’ clock the following afternoon.
- D. She told me to pick me up at 5 o’ clock tomorrow afternoon.
I don’t speak French, so I don’t understand most of what the tour guide is saying.
- A. If I knew French, I wouldn’t miss what the tour guide was saying.
- B. Were I to understand French, I would miss what the tour guide was saying.
- C. If I could speak French, I wouldn’t understand most of what the tour guide was saying.
- D. Without French, I wouldn’t understand most of what the tour guide was saying.
Nobody saw Peter at the year-end party of our company last night.
- A. Peter mustn’t have join the year-end party of our company last night.
- B. Peter can’t have join the year-end party of our company last night.
- C. Peter mightn’t have join the year-end party of our company last night.
- D. Peter shouldn’t have join the year-end party of our company last night.
Read the passage carefully
1. No matter who we are or where we are from, we only have 24 hours each day to get things done. Some people seem to make the most of their time, using it to achieve their goals and dreams. Others feel that life is passing them by and they aren’t accomplishing anything. If you are in the latter group, it is not too late to turn things around. By implementing a few simple hacks, you can start getting better results very quickly.
2. If you want to become more productive, it pays to learn about the Pareto principle (which is also known as the 80-20 rule). It states that for most tasks, 80 percent of the results we get come from 20 percent of the work we do. For example, 80 percent of the company sales usually come from 20 percent of customers. Therefore, the trick is to focus your efforts on the key 20 percent of actions that truly matter to greatly improve your results.
3. In some cases, people may be busy from morning to night but still seem to get nothing done. In this situation, the problem might be that clear goals haven’t been set. To fix this, set some time aside to list the things you want to achieve in life. Then, select the top three or four that you want to focus on for the next year. Look at your goals every night before bedtime and ask yourself what are the next actions to accomplish each day. Then, promise yourself that you will finish these tasks no matter how busy you get. If possible try completing the tasks first thing in the morning so you are assured of success.
4. Another common mistake regarding productivity is not considering our energy levels. If we try to work around the clock, we will eventually get tired and quit. Everyone needs time to sleep, eat, socialize with friends, and unwind from the stress of the day. To make sure you don’t burn out, be sure to schedule some time for breaks and fun activities into your schedule every day. Finally, no matter how difficult your goals may seem, remember the old saying that “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”.
Choose an option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each question from 16 to 22.
Câu 16: What is the word “accomplishing” in the first paragraph closest in meaning to?
- A. achieving
- B. attempting
- C. improving
- D. deciding
- A. If you work hard 80 percent of the time, you can relax for 20 percent.
- B. You need to do lots of work to increase sales by 20 percent.
- C. You prioritize the important tasks which produce most of the results.
- D. Companies don’t need to hire more than 80 people.
- A. Select the most important goals for each day and take the priority to achieve them within the day.
- B. Eat a lot to burn enough energy for our daily activities.
- C. Set the goals just before bedtime in order to remember them better.
- D. Set as many goals as possible so that we can achieve some of them or at least 20 percent.
- A. a lack of time
- B. setting no aims
- C. clear goals
- D. failing in business
- A. It is best to take a big first step.
- B. Start moving toward your dreams little by little.
- C. Think twice before taking any steps.
- D. People get their best ideas when traveling.
- A. How difficult our goals may seem, we should take steps to travel a thousand miles to achieve them.
- B. Reasonable goals and good techniques of time management may help you get great achievements.
- C. We try to work around the clock and set some time aside to list the things we want to achieve in life.
- D. We need time to sleep, eat, socialize with friends, and achieve our goals for 20 percent of the day’s time.
- A. Strategies for improving productivity
- B. Importance of working longer hours
- C. Avoiding socializing for success
- D. Dependence on the Pareto principle
Read the passage carefully
1. Do you find yourself yawning all day at school? You probably need more sleep. However, it is not just how much sleep you get that is important. What you do before bedtime also has a huge effect on how you feel the next day. If you spend time chatting to someone on social media, or reading a book on your e-reader, you are not alone.
2. All devices' screens give out a large amount of blue light, which affects the body's production of the sleep hormone, melatonin, which can change your sleep patterns. So it is not just getting to sleep that becomes hard, but the quality of your sleep also suffers. The result is that you can wake up several times during the night, and have difficulty getting up in the morning.
3. Sleep is food for the brain, so not sleeping well can be a severe problem for anyone, especially for teenagers, because their brains are still developing. When you do not sleep well, it can be difficult to concentrate at school, which makes it harder to learn and get good grades. It can also affect your mood, making you feel sad or anxious.
4. So, it is clear you should not use your phone before you go to sleep. Why not leave it in another room? Nothing on social media is so important that it cannot wait a few hours! You should rediscover paper books and enjoy feeling tired and sleepy before bedtime rather than wondering why your best friend has not liked your photo! How will you wake up? You do not have to use the alarm on your phone. Go and buy yourself an old-fashioned alarm clock! The negative effects that screen time is having on sleep have been in the news a lot recently, so manufacturers of smartphones and tablets have added a feature to the mobile devices that can help reduce these. Most new phones have a night-time setting that changes the colour of the screen so that it gives out less blue light. If you really cannot avoid going onto social media at bedtime, think about turning on this setting on your phone.
(Adapted from Prepare)
Choose an option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each question from 23 to 30.
Câu 23: Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
- A. New Devices - Old Functions
- B. Inventions before Social Media
- C. Screen Time before Bedtime
- D. Screen Time - Best Time
- A. the way people use their devices
- B. people's reading habits
- C. how people communicate
- D. the body's production of melatonin
- A. potential
- B. serious
- C. basic
- D. obvious
- A. Sleeping well is very important to the development of the brain.
- B. Reading printed books makes it difficult to fall asleep.
- C. Exposure to blue light before bedtime does harm to sleep quality.
- D. Poor sleep quality is likely to result in sadness and anxiety.
- A. alarm
- B. bedtime
- C. your phone
- D. your photo
- A. The effects of blue light on sleep are still controversial.
- B. Tech companies have taken users' health into consideration.
- C. An old-fashioned alarm clock is more popular than a new phone.
- D. Chatting to others on social media should be avoided, especially for teenagers.
- A. To encourage readers to buy an old-fashioned alarm clock.
- B. To question the importance of waking up on time.
- C. To suggest that people should stop using alarms altogether.
- D. To highlight the superiority of modern phone alarms.
- A. Use an old-fashioned alarm clock instead of relying on your phone to wake up.
- B. Keep your phone close in case you wake up during the night.
- C. Reduce the brightness on your phone’s screen if you must use it at night.
- D. Keep your phone by your bedside to check notifications as soon as you wake up.
