55 CÂU HỎI
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Write your answer in the numbered box.
A. exposure
B. Terminal
C. utterance
D. discipline
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Write your answer in the numbered box.
A. Economy
B. Elaborate
C. Assassinate
D. Fascinate
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Write your answer in the numbered box.
A. mountain
B. sustain
C. contain
D. retain
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Write your answer in the numbered box.
A. fulltime
B. farmhand
C. bookshop
D. tradesman
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Write your answer in the numbered box.
A. Metropolitan
B. Entrepreneurial
C. Hippopotamus
D. curiosity
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Write your answer in the numbered box.
A. company
B. comfortable
C. together
D. business
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Write your answer in the numbered box.
A. Associate
B. Formal
C. Movement
D. militant
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Write your answer in the numbered box.
A. Important
B. Cigarette
C. Protection
D. informal
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Write your answer in the numbered box.
A. introduce
B. conversation
C. independent
D. welcome
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same group. Write your answer in the numbered box.
A. expect
B. alone
C. liquor
D. invite
Choose the best answer to fill in each gap. Write your answer in the numbered box. (1, 5 point).
In the ___of security, personnel must wear their identity badges at all times.
A. requirement
B. interests
C. demands
D. assistance
___ how angry he was he would never resort to violence.
A. No matter
B. No problem
C. Although
D. Because
We played the game ___ the rules.
A. on account of
B. ahead of
C. according to
D. apart from
___ to get through to Jackie for days now. Either she’s away or her phone’s out of order.
A. I’ve been trying
B. I had tried
C. I’m trying
D. I tried
This is ___ the most difficult job I have ever tackled.
A. by rights
B. by all means
C. by far
D. by the way
She ___till the early hours listening to pop music.
A. took me up
B. kept me up
C. caught me up
D. held me up
Please don’t ___yourself out. A sandwich will do.
A. let
B. put
C. leave
D. take
The chairman requested that ___
A. the members studied more carefully the problem.
B. the problem was more carefully studied.
C. with more carefulness the problem could be studied.
D. the members study the problem more carefully.
Smoking is ___ in many companies in our country.
A. permitted
B. taught
C. banned
D. stopped
After the battle, the ___ soldiers were helped by those who could walk.
A. injured
B. wounded
C. broken
D. killed
I don’t think this strange new fashion will …………
A. turn up
B. care for
C. show off
D. catch on
Their house is ___ near the Cathedral.
A. whereabouts
B. anywhere
C. somewhere
D. any place
This young tree could not have been damaged by accident. I believe it was done ___
A. in fact
B. on purpose
C. by appointment
D. by plan
There was hardly ___ money left in my bank account.
A. more
B. no
C. some
D. any
It is wrongly believed that natural resources will never be used ___.
A. off
B. out
C. away
D. up
Find out and correct the mistake in each sentence. Write your answer in the box.
Example: Thirty hours a week are a heavy work schedule.
A persimmon tastes best when it is such ripe that it looks wrinkled and almost spoiled.
A. best
B. such
C. wrinkled
D. almost
American pioneers did water systems from logs with holes bored through their centers.
A. did
B. bored
C. their
D. centers
The pituitary gland is a small endocrine gland at the base of the brain that releases many hormones and regulates another endocrine glands.
A. at
B. many
C. regulates
D. another
In America, the Indians used crude oil for fuel and medicine hundreds of years before the first white settlers arrive.
A. fuel
B. hundreds
C. before
D. arrive
When radio programs became popular, approximately around 1925, many people stopped attending movies.
A. When
B. became
C. approximately
D. attending
Musical comedies, as an American form of entertainment, often take its subjects from America’s present or past.
A. as
B. entertainment
C. its
D. or
Of all seashore plants, seaweeds are best able to tolerate long periods out of water, followed by long periods coveringby water.
A. Of
B. best
C. by
D. covering
The fruit of the plantain looks much like a banana, and it is not so sweet or so pleasing in flavor.
A. much
B. and
C. pleasing
D. flavor
The viceroy butterfly, an insect that birds like to eat, has a color pattern similar to that of the monarch butterfly, whom birds do not like to eat.
A. that
B. to
C. of
D. whom
Behavior therapy uses rewards and punishments to encourage patients to act in a way healthier.
A. punishments
B. to act
C. in
D. way healthier
There are plenty of reasons to recommend it - travel broadens the mind, you’re (1) ____ young once, life isn’t a rehearsal and so on.
A. merely
B. only
C. slightly
D. simply
And if you don’t do it, you may always regret that you didn’t take the (2) __________
A. occasion
B. moment
C. chance
D. luck
The idea may have its roots in the 18th century Grand tour once (3) ____________ by the young, rich and noble
A. undertaken
B. gone
C. done
D. given
but it is the middle classes who have turned it (4) __________ something that 200,000 British youngsters do every year.
A. up
B. out
C. over
D. into
(5) ____________ has never been so easy and cheap, with more places open to tourists than ever.
A. Voyage
B. Travel
C. Excursion
D. Tour
Also, the gap year is now (6) ____________ by many employers and universities.
A. received
B. stood
C. accepted
D. admitted
The States, the Far East and Australia were among the original (7) _________ _and although these remain in the top five, young explorers are now going even further.
A. destinations
B. endings
C. landings
D. terminals
The most far-flung corners of the world are (8) ____________ in popularity year by year
A. spreading
B. expanding
C. enlarging
D. growing
About $700 will buy a student ticket (9) ___________ for six months
A. genuine
B. valid
C. effective
D. legal
that will take you from London to Calcutta, Singapore, Bangkok, Perth, Sydney, Auckland, Fiji, Tahiti, Los Angeles and (10) ____________ again.
A. now
B. here
C. back
D. then
What has research of the base reveal?
A. There are racks in the foundation.
B. Tomb robbers have stolen pharaoh’s body.
C. The lines represent important events.
D. A superior race of people built it.
Extraterrestrial beings are ____
A. very strong workers.
B. astronomers in the ancient times.
C. researchers in Egyptology.
D. living beings from other planets.
What was the most probable reason for providing so many hidden passages?
A. To allow the weight of the pyramid to settle evenly.
B. To permit the high priests to pray at night.
C. To enable the pharaoh’s family to bring food for his journey to the afterlife.
D. To keep grave robbers from finding the tomb and the treasure buried with the pharaoh.
The word “intersecting” in line 9 is nearest in meaning to ____
A. crossing
B. coming
C. observing
D. cutting
What do the intersecting lines in the base symbolize?
A. Architect’s plans for the hidden passage.
B. Pathways of the great solar body.
C. Astrological computation.
D. Dates of important events taking place throughout time.
The word “prophesied” in line 12 is closest in meaning to ____
A. said
B. armed
C. terminated
D. foretold
What is the best title for the passage?
A. Symbolism of the Great pyramid.
B. Problems with the construction of great pyramid.
C. Wonders of the Great pyramid of Giza.
D. Exploration of the burial chamber of Cheop.
On what did the ancient Egyptians based their calculation?
A. Observation of the celestial bodies.
B. Advanced technology.
C. Advanced tools of measurements.
D. Knowledge of the earth’s surface
Why was the Great pyramid constructed?
A. As a solar observatory.
B. As a religious temple.
C. As a tomb for the pharaoh.
D. As an engineering feat.
Why is the Great pyramid of Giza considered one of the seven wonders of the world?
A. It is perfectly aligned with the 4 cardinal points of the compass and contains many prophecies.
B. It was selected as the tomb of the pharaoh Cheop.
C. It was built a super race.
D. It is very old.