45 CÂU HỎI
SECTION 1 LISTENING
Part 1. Listen to the recording and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for the following questions from 1 to 5. You will listen to the recording twice.
Where is Arches National Park situated?
A. South of the city of Moab
B. Northern desert of Utah
C. Southern desert of Utah
D. North of the city of Moab
When can people visit Arches National Park?
A. In summer
B. In winter
C. Any time of year
D. On rainy days
How can people get to some farther arches?
A. By bike
B. By car
C. By plane
D. By train
What is NOT mentioned as necessary things we should bring along with when hiking in Arches National Park ?
A. hiking shoes
B. books
C. GPS
D. detailed map
According to the narrator, why should we bring a detailed map along with a compass and/or a GPS when hiking in this park?
A. To discover farther places in the park.
B. To let other people know your position.
C. To know where you are and find the way easily.
D. To find out new places in the park.
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 POINTS)
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 35. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each)
Choose the best answer to each question.
I’d like to _____ this old car for a new model but I can’t afford it.
A. replace
B. interchange
C. exchange
D. convert
By the end of next year, we _____ this advanced training course.
A. will be finished
B. will have finished
C. are finishing
D. have finished
Having passed the entrance exam, _____ go away for a holiday.
A. he is allowing to
B. his parents allow him to
C. his parents allow him
D. he is allowed to
Although he claims to have lef t his job voluntarily, he was actually _____ for misconduct.
A. dispelled
B. dismissed
C. released
D. resigned
Many minerals near the earth’s surface exist in small _____.
A. amounts
B. number
C. numbers
D. amount
The director retired early _____ ill -health.
A. on account of
B. ahead of
C. on behalf of
D. in front of
Coffee is the second most valuable ________ after oil
A. ware
B. production
C. producing
D. commodity
The government is determined to ________terrorism.
A. put the stop to
B. put stop to
C. put stops to
D. put a stop to
Out ________for a walk after she finished doing her homework
A. did Mary go
B. Mary went
C. Mary did go
D. went Mary
Lucia was surprised when her guests ________late for the party
A. came up
B. turned up
C. looked up
D. put up
He's left his book at home; he's always so________.
A. forgetful
B. forgettable
C. forgotten
D. forgetting
We are going to build a fence around the field with________to breeding sheep and cattle
A. a goal
B. an outlook
C. a reason
D. a view
When his parents are away, his oldest brother ________.
A. knocks it off
B. calls the shots
C. draws the line
D. is in the same boat
If he had been more careful, he ________.
A. won’t fall B. wouldn’t fall C. wouldn’t have fallen D. would haven’t fallen
A. won’t fall
B. wouldn’t fall
C. wouldn’t have fallen
D. would haven’t fallen
We should participate in the movements________the natural environment.
A. organizing to conserve
B. organized conserving
C. which organize to conserve
D. organized to conserve
Over 20 years ________but I never forgot the time we first met each other.
A. have gone down
B. have gone up
C. has gone by
D. has gone out
The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped to ________new procedures to save time and money.
A. manufacture
B. establish
C. control
D. restore
I don’t think you have been watering the plants near the gate. The soil is ________.
A. as dry as rice
B. as dry as a tile
C. as dry as a bone
D. as dry as wood
The company has just got a big order and the workers are working round the ________.
A. day
B. clock
C. hour
D. night
The university is proud of their students, ________earn national recognition.
A. many of who
B. many of whom
C. many of that
D. many of them
Society has changed in many ways since the (56) ________ of computers
A. existence
B. introduction
C. recommendation
D. manufacture
and people’s lives at home and at the office have been (57) ________.
A. damaged
B. changed
C. transferred
D. affected
One recent report stated that, (58) ________ the number of hobbies had not increased, each hobby had become much more specialized.
A. since
B. if
C. although
D. because
A second finding is that nowadays, many managers would (59) ________ spend time with their families than stay late in the office every day
A. like
B. rather
C. better
D. prefer
Home life is seen (60) ________ as important as working.
A. be
B. being
C. to be
D. been
Some companies now make managers take their annual holidays (61) ________ they don’t want to
A. unless
B. however
C. as
D. even if
because this leads to quite an improvement in their (62) ________ if they have some rest.
A. performance
B. rehearsal
C. display
D. expression
(63) ________ these changes, some people are working harder than
A. In addition to
B. Instead of
C. In spite of
D. In place of
(64) ________. The standard of exams is getting higher, and increased competition is making it harder to get into university than it was 20 years ago
A. ever before
B. lately
C. ever sinc
D. never bef
Schoolchildren and students are now having to work (65) ________ hard that in many cases they work longer hours than their parents.
A. very
B. too
C. as
D. so
“Subscribe to” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __________.
A. disagree with
B. agree with
C. object to
D. like
The word” crave” in bold in paragraph 2, can best be replaced with __________.
A. devour
B. absorb
C. season
D. desire
It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. overweight people are tense
B. thin people don’t eat when under stress
C. weight watchers should chew on something inedible when tense
D. 56 percent of the population isn’t overweight
It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. thin people don’t emjoy food
B. a variety of foods and strong flavors satisfy heavy people
C. overweight people have an abnormal sense of taste
D. deprivation of food makes people fat
According to the passage, insulin __________.
A. increases in the bloodstream when people eat large amounts of food
B. can be used to lessen the appetite
C. causes a chemical reaction when food is seen
D. levels don’t change in average-weight people who see food
It can be inferred that for certain people __________.
A. eating carbohydrates eliminates hunger
B. carbohydrates biologically induce hunger
C. carbohydrates don’t satisfy a hungry person
D. carbohydrates subside when serotonin is produced
What can be said about serotonin?
A. It is a chemical that increases the appetite
B. Only certain people produce it in their brains
C. It tells the brain when a person is full
D. It neurotransmits carbohydrates to the brain
The word ‘mild’ in the last paragraph can best be replaced with __________.
A. important
B. hard
C. heavy
D. light
In order to lose weight, it would be a good idea for heavy people to __________.
A. jog 3 miles daily and chew on carrot sticks
B. walk up stairs and look at pictures of food
C. eat plenty of chewy carbohydrates
D. avoid stressful situations and eat spicy foods
Which one of the following exercises might be best for an overweight person to engage in daily?
A. 10-mile bicycle rides
B. cross- country skiing
C. a long swim
D. an evening walk