50 CÂU HỎI
Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
A. manufacture
B. mature
C. pasture
D. agriculture
Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
A. breathe
B. mathematics
C. southern
D. trustworthy
Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
A. special
B. social
C. official
D. society
Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
A. answered
B. crowded
C. enjoyed
D. failed
Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
A. horrifying
B. honey
C. vehicle
D. hit
Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently
A. examine
B. introduce
C. determine
D. peninsula
Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently
A. inventory
B. circumstance
C. monastery
D. personnel
Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently
A. safeguarding
B. returnee
C. horizontal
D. mausoleum
Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently
A. existential
B. appellation
C. colonialist
D. Argentina
Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently
A. defective
B. deficit
C. reference
D. deference
Choose the word that best completes each sentence
These figures give you some ideas of the cost of .............. your car for one year.
A. controlling
B. handling
C. managing
D. maintaining
It takes a great deal of ................. for the class to make a trip abroad.
A. arrangement
B. organization
C. expense
D. business
Paper making began in China and from there it ............. to North Africa.
A. spread
B. sprang
C. spilled
D. flowed
When will it ........... on you that I am right and you are wrong?
A. descend
B. come
C. dawn
D. arise
They are fighting to eradicate the ............. of starvation caused by the civil war.
A. leaving
B. legacy
C. tradition
D. remains
He had to .............. a new syllabus as the old one was out-dated.
A. make up
B. do up
C. take up
D. get up
They say he inherited his money from a ............ relative he had never met.
A. far away
B. remote
C. distant
D. far
I was thinking of going out, but on .............. thoughts, it might be better to stay in.
A. strong
B. second
C. good
D. deep
I have been working very hard, I hope I will ........... my math exam.
A. get through
B. get round
C. get through to
D. get up
Marrying into such a rich family had always been ............. his wildest dreams.
A. under
B. above
C. over
D. beyond
Here is an example of an ancient ............. Chinese vase.
A. beautiful
B. tiny
C. patterned
D. exotic
Because of its warm typical climate, Hawaii ............ subzero temperature.
A. almost experiences never
B. almost never experiences
C. experiences never almost
D. experiences almost never
After the accident, there was considerable doubt ............. exactly what had happened.
A. in the question of
B. as to
C. in the shape of
D. for
Turn to page 35 to find out at a ............. which courses are available to you.
A. glance
B. stare
C. glimpse
D. look
The actor was so nervous that he could only remember small ............. of dialogue.
A. shreds
B. pieces
C. patches
D. snatches
The truant was ............. from school for unbecoming behavior.
A. dispelled
B. repelled
C. compelled
D. expelled
The light from the car .............. as it receded into the distance.
A. seeped out
B. faded away
C. shone out
D. rolled away
Nobody would call me an alcoholic, but I like to have a drink of beer ............. and then.
A. now
B. when
C. often
D. there
I really don’t like the shoes, and ............. they aren’t my size, so I don’t want to buy them.
A. further
B. however
C. anyway
D. even if
The musical comedy Oklahoma did much to expand the potential of the musical stage, and it encouraged others to attempt .............. .
A. original themes
B. to original themes
C. that were original themes
D. how original themes
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. the difference between cell phones and telephones
B. how Cooper competed with AT&T
C. the history of a cell phone
D. the increasing number of people using cell phones
What definition is true of a cell phone?
A. Something we use just for playing games.
B. A version of walkie-talkie
C. The first product of two famous corporations
D. A hand-held wireless communication device
What is wrong about a walkie-talkie?
A. Only one person can talk at a time
B. It has one channel.
C. It was first designed in 1973.
D. It can be used within a distance of a mile.
The word “duplex” in line 10 is closest in meaning to
A. quick
B. modern
C. having two parts
D. having defects
To whom did Cooper make his first cell phone call?
A. a person on a New York Street
B. his assistant at Motorola
C. a member of Bell Laboratories
D. the director of his company
How heavy is the first cell phone compared to today’s cell phones?
A. ten times as heavy as
B. much lighter
C. 2 pounds heavier
D. as heavy as
When did Motorola introduce the first cell-phones for commercial use?
A. in the same year when AT&T constructed a cell phone system
B. in 1983
C. in the same year when he first made a cell-phone call
D. in 1981
When did AT&T widely start their cellular phone system?
A. 37 years after their first design
B. in 1981
C. in 2001
D. in 1977
What does the word “gazed” in line 21mean?
A. angrily looked
B. glanced
C. started conversation
D. looked with admiration
The phrase tried it out in the last paragraph refers to?
A. tested the cell-phone system
B. reported on AT&T
C. introduced the cell phone system
D. made effort to sell the cell-phones
Common sense (1) ......... that the answers to these questions depend on “readability" whether the (2) ......... matter is interesting, the argument clear and the layout attractive.
A. suggests
B. transmits
C. advises
D. informs
Common sense (1) ......... that the answers to these questions depend on “readability" whether the (2) ......... matter is interesting, the argument clear and the layout attractive.
A. content
B. topic
C. subject
D. text
But psychologists are discovering that to (3) ......... why people read - and often don't read -technical information, they have to examine so much the writing as the reader.
A. ensure
B. determine
C. value
D. rate
Even the most technically confident people often (4) ......... instructions for the video on home computer in favour of hands-on experience.
A. miss
B. omit
C. pass
D. ignore
And people frequently (5) ......... little consumer information, whether on nutritional labels or in the small print of contracts a Psychologists researching reading (6) ......... to assume that both beginners and competent readers read everything put in front of them from start to finish.
A. get
B. pay
C. take
D. make
And people frequently (5) ......... little consumer information, whether on nutritional labels or in the small print of contracts a Psychologists researching reading (6) ......... to assume that both beginners and competent readers read everything put in front of them from start to finish.
A. tend
B. undertake
C. lead
D. consent
There are arguments among them about the (7) .........of eyes, memory and brain during the process.
A. concern
B. role
C. share
D. relation
Some believe that fluent readers take (8) ......... every letter or word they see: others (9) ......... that readers rely on memory or context to carry them from one phrase to another.
A. up
B. over
C. out
D. in
Some believe that fluent readers take (8) ......... every letter or word they see: others (9) ......... that readers rely on memory or context to carry them from one phrase to another.
A. insist
B. direct
C. urge
D. press
But they have always assumed that the reading process is the same: reading starts, comprehension (10) ......... then reading stops.
A. sets
B. occurs
C. issues
D. establishes