45 CÂU HỎI
SECTION I: LISTENING (You will hear twice for each part)
Part 1. Listen to the recording twice. Choose the correct answers to the questions
A. He doesn't think it is very special.
B. Someone else bought it before him.
C. He has no need for a ring
D. The ring is too small.
What is the problem with the CD player?
A. The buttons are scratched.
B. The CD casing is chipped.
C. The handle is damaged.
D. The display is loose.
The man is not interested in the leather jacket because:
A. it is stained.
B. he already has one.
C. its too expensive.
D. the seams are coming undone.
What is the customer's initial counter offer for the records?
A. $25
B. $28
C. $30
D. $35
From the conversation, what does the customer probably purchase from the merchant in the end?
A. only records
B. only a vase
C. some records and a vase
D. nothing
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 36.
Choose the best answer to each question
To solve this problem, it is advisable _______
A. a drastic measure to be adopted
B. that to adopt a drastic measure
C. that a drastic measure be adopted
D. that a drastic measure is adopted
John. “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?”
Laura. “_______ ”.
A. Yes, it's an absurd idea
B. There's no doubt about it
C. Of course not. You bet
D. Well, that's very surprising
A few animals sometimes fool their enemies _______ to be dead.
A. have been appearing
B. to be appearing
C. to appear
D. by appearing
On _______ he had won, he jumped for joy.
A. he was told
B. having told
C. being told
D. telling
The success of the party was mainly due to the presence of several_______ .
A. celebrations
B. celebrated
C. celebrities
D. celebrates
When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty _______ paintings were destroyed, including two by Picasso.
A. worthless
B. priceless
C. valueless
D. worthy
His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view. He is very_______.
A. open – minded
B. kind – hearted
C. narrow- minded
D. absent - minded
In most_______ developed countries, up to 50% of_______ population enters higher education at some time in their lives.
A. the/ q
B. q/ q
C. the/ a
D. q /the
What chemical is this? It's _______ a horrible smell.
A. giving over
B. giving off
C. giving down
D. giving up
I have told you not to do it_______ .
A. hundreds of times
B. many hundred times
C. hundred times
D. a hundred times
“You’ve got a great suntan!” – “I went away for a few days to ________ my batteries.”
A. recharge
B. fulfill
C. surcharge
D. revitalize
It’s a shame to fall out so badly with your own ________.
A. heart to heart
B. flesh and blood
C. heart and soul
D. skin and bone
Life’s very easy for you. You were born with a ________spoon in your mouth.
A. silver
B. golden
C. bronze
D. diamond
There has been a lot of ________surrounding the government’s proposed scheme.
A. controversy
B. consent
C. conformity
D. consequence
The youth team really ________themselves in the semi-final.
A. surmounted
B. excelled
C. beat
D. exceeded
I personally don’t believe you can ________of his support.
A. count
B. depend
C. rely
D. be sure
He opened the account with a(n) ________to running up a healthy overdraft.
A. aim
B. view
C. purpose
D. plan
The ________feeling at the meeting was that we should go ahead.
A. predicted
B. pre-eminent
C. predominant
D. prefabricated
The estate agent assured us that we could ________the house at any time.
A. look over
B. overlook
C. oversee
D. see through
There is little doubt that your daughter has a real ________ with animal.
A. affinity
B. intuition
C. aptitude
D. flair
These scenes, which are (56) __________ as stunts, are usually performed by stuntmen who are specially trained to do dangerous things safely.
A. remarked
B. known
C. referred
D. named
. (57) ________ can crash a car,
A. Everyone
B. Someone
C. Anyone
D. No one
but if you are shooting a film, you have to be extremely (58) __________ sometimes stopping right in front of the camera and film crew
A. detailed
B. plain
C. straight
D. precise
At an early (59) ___________ in the production,
A. period
B. minute
C. part
D. stage
an expert stuntman is (60) __________ in to work out the action scenes and form a team.
A. led
B. taken
C. drawn
D. called
He is the only person who can go (61) __________ the wishes of the director,
A. over
B. against
C. through
D. across
, although he will usually only do this in the (62) __________ of safety.
A. interests
B. needs
C. purposes
D. regards
Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, which produces better shots, since stuntmen don’t have to (63) _________ in for the actors.
A. work
B. get
C. put
D. stand
Actors like to become (64) _________ in all the important aspects of the character they are playing, but without the recent progress in safety equipment, insurance companies would never let them take the risk.
A. connected
B. arranged
C. involved
D. affected
To do their own stunts, actors need to be good athletes, but they must also be sensible and know their (65) ___________.
A. limits
B. ends
C. frontiers
D. borders
The words “held back” in 1st paragraph means “______”.
A. forced to study in lower classes
B. prevented from advancing
C. made to lag behind in study
D. made to remain in the same classes
In the passage, the author’s attitude towards “mixed-ability teaching” is ______.
A. objective
B. questioning
C. approving
D. critical
The author argues that a teacher’s chief concern should be the development of the pupils’ ______.
A.learning ability and communicative skills
B. intellectual abilities
C. personal and social skills
D. total personality
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Group work provides the pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capable organizers.
B. Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning ability.
C. Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others.
D. Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities
The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to ______.
A. recommend pair work and group work classroom activities
B. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class
C. offer advice on the proper use of the school library
D. emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Pupils cannot develop in the best way if they are streamed into classes of different intellectual abilities.
B. There is no fixed method in teaching pupils to develop themselves to the full.
C. It’s not good for a bright child to find out that he performs worst in a mixed-ability class.
D. Development of pupils as individuals is not the aim of group work.
According to the passage, which of the following is an advantage of mixed-ability teaching
A. Formal class teaching is the important way to give the pupils essential skills such as those to be used in the library.
B. A pupil can be at the bottom of a class.
C. Pupils can be hindered from an all-round development.
D. Pupils as individuals always have the opportunities to work on their own.
Which of the following statements can best summaries the main idea of the passage?
A. Children, in general, develop at different rates.
B. Bright children do benefit from mixed-class teaching.
C. Various ways of teaching should be encouraged in class.
D. The aim of education is to find out how to teach the bright and not-so-bright pupils.
According to the passage, “streaming pupils” _____.
A. is quite discouraging
B. aims at enriching both their knowledge and experience
C. is the act of putting pupils into classes according to their academic abilities
D. will help the pupils learn best
According to the author, mixed-ability teaching is more preferable because ______.
A. it doesn’t have disadvantages as in streaming pupils
B. it aims at developing the children’s total personality
C. children can learn to work with each other to solve personal problems
D. formal class teaching is appropriate