Sentence completion: Choose A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
Câu 01: This is the third time he’s been to Australia, ________?
- A. has he
- B. isn’t he
- C. hasn’t he
- D. isn’t it
- A. the/a
- B. Ø/the
- C. the/an
- D. the/the
- A. have
- B. has
- C. having
- D. had
- A. edge
- B. limit
- C. border
- D. boundary
- A. as cheap as
- B. much less expensive than
- C. much fewer than
- D. the cheapest of all
- A. variable
- B. variety
- C. vary
- D. variant
- A. did
- B. have
- C. will
- D. were
- A. have
- B. has
- C. are
- D. is
- A. ultimately
- B. abruptly
- C. recently
- D. profoundly
- A. tiger
- B. lion
- C. eagle
- D. ox
Synonyms: Choose A, B, C or D that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined word/phrase in each question.
Câu 11: The way Sam managed to learn so many languages is beyond me. That’s not just multilingualism anymore; that’s pure, adulterated sorcery!
- A. multilateral
- B. polyphonic
- C. polygamy
- D. polyglot
- A. in large quantities
- B. in morderation (moderation)
- C. every day
- D. to some extent
Antonyms: Choose A, B, C or D that has the OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined word/phrase in each question.
Câu 13: Rosalie surely takes after her mother. They look almost identical!
- A. is similar to
- B. is a carbon copy of
- C. is nothing like
- D. resembles
- A. at the top of their lungs
- B. their heads off
- C. with all their might
- D. under their breath
Dialogue completion: Choose A, B, C or D to complete each dialogue.
Câu 15: “If only I hadn’t said that to her.”
Mike: “________”
- A. No, you’ve don’t a good job!
- B. No worry, that’s nothing.
- C. Ah, well, that’s life.
- D. Yes, you mustn’t have done that.
Dad: “________ We don’t have much money.”
- A. You’re right.
- B. I have to think it up.
- C. It’s out of the question now.
- D. That’s a great idea.
Nic: “G’day mate. Did you catch the game last night?”
Matt: “________”
- A. I heard you do taekwondo
- B. Yes, you’re getting a bit closer
- C. You must be right after all
- D. No, who played?
Ben: “Do you have a temperature?”
Charlotte: “________”
- A. Yes I think so. It’s been a bit high.
- B. I have a sore back
- C. What seems to be the problem?
- D. I need a prescription, please
Dialogue arrangement: Choose A, B, C or D to make a complete dialogue for each question.
Câu 19:
a. We are situated on Sunset Avenue, north of the beach. Close to many scenic spots, it is an ideal choice for travellers interested in sightseeing.
b. It’s 77.50 euros during peak time, but the price would be much lower during off-peak season. Only 50 euros.
c. Good morning. Sunset Hotel. How may I help you?
d. Good morning. I just saw an advert in the paper about your hotel. Where exactly is it located?
e. That’s great. Is there a vacant four-bed room? We’ll be travelling with our two sons aged 9 and 11, so it’s best that we are able to stay in one room.
f. Oh, that’ll do. How much would the room cost me?
g. Let me check, just a moment...Um. We only have a few four-bed rooms, and I’m afraid they are fully booked at the moment. The earliest time available is August, but there might be some left in July if a previous customer cancels the reservation.
- A. d-f-c-e-g-a-b
- B. d-f-e-b-g-a-c
- C. a-d-f-e-g-c-b
- D. c-d-a-e-g-f-b
b. It sounds great. How much do you charge per month again? I want to stay for only two months.
c. This apartment has just been redecorated, and what's more, the neighbors are very quiet, too.
d. Oh, that’s a little expensive. Can I come back later? I want to go check out other places.
- A. c-b-a-d
- B. a-d-c-b
- C. c-a-d-b
- D. d-c-a-b
b. It’s great to be home!
c. It has its surprises, but I loved the parties.
d. Let’s plan for one next month.
e. Did you have a nice trip?
- A. e-b-a-c-d
- B. b-e-c-a-d
- C. a-d-e-b-c
- D. e-c-b-d-a
b. You mean Taming of the Shrew?
c. Do you have How to catch a mole?
d. What’s the difference?
e. It’s really famous. I think Dante wrote it.
- A. b-d-e-c-a
- B. c-d-a-e-b
- C. c-a-e-b-d
- D. b-e-a-d-c
Sentence rewriting: Choose A, B, C or D that has the CLOSEST meaning to the given sentence in each question.
Câu 23: Having prepared for the worst, they were pleasantly surprised to find themselves bypassed by the hurricane.
- A. Even if the hurricane had hit them, they wouldn’t have been affected much.
- B. It was such a relief when the hurricane did not strike them, though they had prepared for the worst.
- C. Had they not made such extensive preparations, they would have suffered even worse damage.
- D. While they had made preparations for the hurricane, it was still a relief that they did not suffer much damage.
- A. Well hit the road early on Monday morning regardless of the changes to Sam’s plans.
- B. Providing that there are no changes to Sam’s plans over the weekend, we’ll set off early on Monday morning.
- C. If Sam didn’t change his plans over the weekend, we would set off early on Monday morning.
- D. We will have to leave early on Monday morning as Sam’s plan has changed over the weekend.
- A. Believing in your product's demand is one thing, but converting that belief into sales is quite another.
- B. Thinking that your product will be successful is much easier than making a profit from it.
- C. Assuming there is a market for your product is different from knowing how to sell it.
- D. While you may feel confident about your product’s appeal, selling it successfully requires different skills.
- A. Nobody would have visited the new travel agency if they hadn’t handed out so many brochures during the first week.
- B. More customers would have come to the new travel agency if they had distributed more brochures during the first week.
- C. The new travel agency drew hardly any customers during the first week, despite the brochures that they distributed.
- D. The new travel agency drew a lot of customers in only the first week, and this was thanks to the brochures that they handed out.
Sentence combination: Choose A, B, C or D that has the CLOSEST meaning to the given pair of sentences in each question.
Câu 27: George graduated with a good degree. However, he joined the ranks of the unemployed.
- A. That George graduated with a good degree helped him join the ranks of the unemployed.
- B. George joined the ranks of the unemployed because he graduated with a good degree.
- C. If George graduated with a good degree, he would join the ranks of the unemployed.
- D. Although George graduated with a good degree, he joined the ranks of the unemployed.
- A. Electronic devices, which are bad for your eyes, their radiation is very harmful.
- B. Electronic devices, whose radiation is very harmful, are bad for your eyes.
- C. Electronic devices that their radiation is very harmful are bad for your eyes.
- D. Electronic devices which their radiation is very harmful are bad for your eyes.
- A. Volunteering in community service develops new skills and strengthens community bonds.
- B. Community service helps people by developing new skills and creating stronger friendships.
- C. When people volunteer, they help the community and learn new things.
- D. Volunteering in community service helps people develop new skills while also strengthening the bonds within the community.
- A. Despite initially struggling to come up with a new idea for the presentation, we were finally able to brainstorm some after our teacher provided us with some references.
- B. We successfully generate some new ideas for the presentation without needing any references from our teacher.
- C. Our teacher gave us references, but we still couldn’t figure out any new ideas for the presentation.
- D. Although we struggled at first, we had already have some ideas for the presentation before receiving references from our teacher.
Cloze text: Read the passage below and choose A, B, C or D to fill in each blank.
Climate change is a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth's (31)________ climates. These changes have a broad range of observed effects that are synonymous (32)________ the term.
"Climate change" and "global warming" are often mistakenly used but have (33)________ meanings. Similarly, the terms "weather" and "climate" are sometimes confused, though they refer to events with broadly different spatial- and timescales.
Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth's surface observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth’s atmosphere. This term is not (34)________ with the term "climate change".
Weather refers to atmospheric conditions that occur locally over short periods of time—from minutes to hours or days. Familiar examples include rain, snow, clouds, winds, floods, or thunderstorms.
Climate, (35)________, refers to the long-term (usually at least 30 years) regional or even global average of temperature, humidity, and rainfall patterns over seasons, years, or decades.
Câu 31:
- A. global regional and, local
- B. local, regional and global
- C. local regional, and global
- D. global, regional and local
- A. to
- B. with
- C. from
- D. as
- A. indistinct
- B. distinguished
- C. distinct
- D. distinctive
- A. coincident
- B. similar
- C. confusable
- D. interchangeable
- A. likewise
- B. on the other hand
- C. similarly
- D. as a result
Reading comprehension 1: Read the passage below and choose A, B, C or D to answer each question.
You may be surprised to learn that the humble bicycle was invented several years later than the railway locomotive! But the two-wheeler has come a long way since the day it was invented by a Scottish blacksmith, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, back (it is said) in 1839.
MacMillan developed his bike from an older wheeled vehicle, called a "hobby horse". This was a wooden horse with two wheels. The rider sat on the horse, and pushed the vehicle along with his feet. It was not a very fast or safe vehicle, since it had no steering and no brakes.
MacMillan, nicknamed Mad Pate, modified the hobby horse, by adding a system of articulated bars. The rider could push the bars back and forwards with his feet, and make the back wheel go round. He could also steer the bike, as the front wheel could be turned. To demonstrate his invention, he cycled 60 miles to Glasgow! It must have been a terrible journey, on the roads of the day! Pate's bike did not have rubber tires or springs.
Mad Pate was not recognised in his time, but other people became interested in bicycles. Twenty-five years later, a Frenchman called Pierre Lallemant designed and patented the first bicycle with rotary pedals; and in 1876, H.J.Lawson added another basic feature, "chain-drive". Other features, such as rubber tires and gears, have appeared since then; but the basic bicycle has not changed.
Since then the bicycle has had a magnificent fortune. Today, it is probably the most common form of transport in the world, especially in developing countries; and non-polluting and easy to ride, it has a big future as the town vehicle of tomorrow. Thanks Pate!
Câu 36: What does “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?
- A. vehicle
- B. wooden horse
- C. wheeled vehicle
- D. brakes
- A. His bike did not have rubber tires or springs.
- B. He cycled a total of 60 miles.
- C. He could not steer the bike smoothly.
- D. He was in a terrible mood.
- A. Basic bicycle features.
- B. Newly added functions of the bicycle.
- C. Renewed interest in the bicycle in later years.
- D. Lallemant and Lawson’s bicycle collaboration.
- A. used
- B. owned
- C. trademarked
- D. painted
- A. Mad Pate made the biggest contributions to the creation of a bicycle.
- B. Bicycles will not survive the current fast-paced trend cycle of modern vehicles.
- C. Bicycles are the greatest creation of that era.
- D. Bicycles will come to replace automobiles in the near future.
Reading comprehension 2: Read the passage below and choose A, B, C or D to answer each question.
USE OF MASS MEDIA CAMPAIGNS TO CHANGE HEALTH BEHAVIOR
Over the past few decades, media campaigns have been used in an attempt to affect various health behaviors in mass populations. Such campaigns have most notably been aimed at tobacco use and heart-disease prevention, but have also addressed alcohol and illicit drug use, cancer screening and prevention, sex-related behaviors, child survival, and many other health-related issues. Typical campaigns have placed messages in media that reach large audiences, most frequently via television or radio, but also outdoor media, such as billboards and posters, and print media, such as magazines and newspapers. Exposure to such messages is generally passive, resulting from an incidental effect of routine use of media. Media campaigns frequently incorporate new technologies (eg, the internet, mobile phones and personal digital assistants), but recipients have so far generally been required to actively choose to seek information, for example by clicking on a web link, and discussion of these methods is not included in this Review.
Media campaigns can be of short duration or may extend over long periods. They may stand alone or be linked to other organized programme components, such as clinical or institutional outreach and easy access to newly available or existing products or services, or may complement policy changes. Multiple methods of dissemination might be used if health campaigns are part of broader social marketing programmes.
The great promise of mass media campaigns lies in their ability to disseminate well defined behaviourally focused messages to large audiences repeatedly, over time, in an incidental manner, and at a low cost per head. As we discuss in this Review, however, that promise has been inconsistently realized: campaign messages can fall short and even backfire; exposure of audiences to the message might not meet expectations, hindered by inadequate funding, the increasingly fractured and cluttered media environment, use of inappropriate or poorly researched format (eg, boring factual messages or age-inappropriate content), or a combination of these features; homogeneous messages might not be persuasive to heterogeneous audiences; and campaigns might address behaviors that audiences lack the resources to change.
Câu 41: What does “They” in paragraph 2 refer to?
- A. Mass media campaigns
- B. Periods
- C. Messages
- D. Health related issues
- A. Social media and podcasts
- B. Television and radio
- C. Direct mail and flyers
- D. Online forums and blogs
- A. The effectiveness of social media in health communication
- B. The importance of personal health education
- C. The history of public health initiatives
- D. The role of mass media campaigns in changing health behaviors
- A. They always receive adequate funding.
- B. Campaign messages can fall short or even backfire.
- C. They only target a homogeneous audience.
- D. They are always well-researched and engaging.
- A. Mass media campaigns are always successful.
- B. Media campaigns have no impact on public health.
- C. All health behaviors can be easily changed through media campaigns.
- D. The promise of mass media campaigns has been inconsistently realized.
Logical thinking and problem solving: Choose A, B, C or D to answer each question.
Câu 46: What safety measures should be given priority after an earthquake?
- A. Conduct an earthquake drill.
- B. Tune in to the radio for the most recent updates.
- C. Avoid areas with damaged electrical wires.
- D. Check yourself and members of the family for possible injuries.
- A. I want to see Mr. Smith on Friday morning at 9 o'clock, ok?
- B. Mr. Smith wants to interview me next Tuesday.
- C. I would like to arrange an interview with Mr. Smith, please.
- D. When can I see Mr. Smith about an interview?
Journalist: Can you tell us the significance of this finding for developing new drugs?
Dexter: ________
- A. There are many companies who would be willing to purchase this new technology.
- B. There is no telling yet – at this point, I can not find any potential downsides of the technology.
- C. Our technology represents the best new finding in the field of biochemistry in 50 years.
- D. The most direct influence that this technology will have is on speeding up production of some crucial drugs to treat cancer.
- A. An able government very effectively uses laws to promote peace.
- B. A healthy society is governed by maximum number of laws.
- C. A strong government uses force to impose laws.
- D. Law is indispensable for society.
- A. The reasoning in this argument most closely parallels which one of the following?
- B. Individuals who consume soda tend to gain weight. If you aim to lose weight, you should drink less soda.
- C. Those who wear smaller clothing sizes are typically thinner. If you wish to be thinner, you should choose smaller sizes.
- D. People who put in effort at work tend to earn higher salaries. If you work diligently, you will likely earn more.
- E. People who engage in frequent exercise generally maintain a healthy weight. If you want to be healthy, you should exercise regularly.
