40 CÂU HỎI
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions
Everyone is hoping and praying that lasting peace will eventually come to the area.
A. durable
B. ongoing
C. temporary
D. enduring
Before you begin the exam paper, always read the instructions carefully.
A. orders
B. answers
C. rules
D. direction
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Last year, ABBA made a _______ of several million crowns.
A. win
B. gain
C. salary
D. profit
If you like asking, there's a ski ____ under an hour's driving from Madrid.
A. resort
B. station
C. place
D. port
He’s very ____ about his private life. He’s goy no secrets.
A. trustworthy
B. direct
C. open
D. sincere
Even though they don’t agree with what‟s happening, they’re too ____ to protest.
A. apathetic
B. subdued
C. quiet
D. outgoing
Though I didn’t want my son to leave home since he was twenty- one, there was nothing I could do to ____ it.
A. hinder
B. resist
C. prevent
D. cease
She noticed _______ away from the house.
A. him to run
B. him running
C. his running
D. him run
George has ____; he loves cakes, chocolate, ice- cream- anything which is sweet.
A. a sweet mouth
B. sweet lips
C. a sweet tooth
D. a sweet tongue
She’s so _______; you really have to watch you say or she’ll walk out of the room.
A. high and dry
B. prim and proper
C. rough and ready
D. sick and tired
You’ve all ________ the point. The film itself is not racist – it simply tries to make us question our own often racist attitude.
A. mistaken
B. misunderstood
C. missed
D. lost
_______ one or more units of living substance called protoplasm.
A. Although all living things that consist of
B. All living things consisting of
C. All living things consist of
D. In all living things consisting of
The production of tin ore in the United States is relatively insignificant, ____ less than one hundred tons annually.
A. amount to
B. in the amount
C. amount to it
D. to the amount of
It all happened so quickly, one minute I was making chips and the next the whole kitchen was ____ fire!
A. at
B. on
C. by
D. in
About 50 or so kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or coal-non-renewable natural resources. We (15)______ well over three million tons of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away.
A. consign
B. import
C. consume
D. remove
A high proportion of our animal consumption is in the (16)________ of packaging and this constitutes about seven percent by weight
A. form
B. way
C. type
D. kind
of our domestic (17)________.
A. goods
B. refuse
C. rubble
D. requirements
they have a higher calorific (18)_________ than coal
A. effect
B. degree
C. value
D. demand
and one method of “recovery” strongly (19)__________ by plastic manufacturers if the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel.
A. argued
B. presented
C. desired
D. favored
Why did John Mills fly in an airplane?
A. He wanted to go on holiday.
B. He wanted to try it.
C. He wanted to see his family.
D. He had to travel on business.
Why did John read about airplanes?
A. He wanted to know how they work.
B. It was his hobby.
C. It made him feel safer.
D. He had found a book on them.
What happened when he saw the jumbo jet for the first time?
A. He felt much safer.
B. He liked the shape of it.
C. He couldn’t believe how big it was.
D. He thought the wings were very small.
How did John feel when the airplane was taking off?
A. excited
B. happy
C. sad
D. frightened
What surprised John most about the flight?
A. that he liked the food
B. that he was able to sleep
C. that there was a movie being shown
D. that the view was good
How did John feel about his fears in the end?
A. He thought he had wasted time being afraid.
B. He realized it was okay to be afraid.
C. He hoped his grandchildren weren‟t afraid of flying.
D. He realized that being afraid kept him safe.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions
The traffic is so heavy. It will take us at least an hour to get there.
A. Unless the traffic is heavy, it will take us at least an hour to get there.
B. As the traffic is so heavy, it will take us at least an hour to get there,
C. The traffic was so heavy that it took us an hour to get there.
D. We will spend more than an hour to get there to avoid heavy traffic.
There were no poor performance. Moreover, that of the Russian dancers was certainly the best.
A. The best performance was the one of the Russians while some of the others were poor.
B. The Russian dancers were well- worth watching but the others weren‟t.
C. All the dancers but the Russian performed poorly.
D. They all danced well, but the Russian did the best.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions
A. rhetoric
B. dynamic
C. climatic
D. phonetic
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions
A. medieval
B. malarial
C. mediocre
D. magnificent
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions
A. moment
B. monument
C. slogan
D. quotient
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions
A. bother
B. worthy
C. weather
D. wealthy
- Anne: “ Fancy a bite to eat?”- Barbara: “_____”
A. No thanks, I‟ve just had some.
B. No thanks, I‟ve just had something.
C. No thanks, I‟m not neatly very thirsty.
D. No thanks, I‟m trying to give up.
- Receptionist: “Good morning.”- Chris: “Good morning. I've come to ____ Mrs. Dabria.”
A. see
B. visit
C. do business with
D. hold a talk with
Andrew is talking to a waiter in a restaurant.
Andrew: "Can I have the bill, please?"
A. My pleasure.
B. You're exactly right.
C. You are very kind.
D. Just a minute, please.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
He is over the moon about his examination result.
A. stressed
B. very sad
C. very happy
D. satisfied
The only means of access to the station is through a dark subway.
A. arrival
B. admission
C. outlet
D. output
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
His recreations include golf, football and shooting.
A. sports
B. activities
C. pastimes
D. pleasures
Walking and swimming are the two most popular sporting activities undertaken by men and women.
A. taken over
B. taken in
C. taken up
D. taken out
I bought the ring as a memento of Greek.
A. souvenir
B. relic: thánh vật
C. heirloom
D. remainder
In Britain, the most common leisure activities are home-based.
A. regular
B. popular
C. standard
D. distinctive
