Đề 16

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from

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.

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.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Nobody comes there on time, ________?

Although the queen of UK has in fact little authority of her own, she ________ informed of events, and sometimes, she ________ by the government.

Sometimes she does not agree __________ her husband about child-rearing but they soon find the solutions.

My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _________ it is at night, _________ he plays his music!

It is a ________.

When I got home I found that water _______ down the kitchen walls.

She was able to finish university _______ her financial difficulties.

_____, we will be able to leave for the airport.

________ all the papers already, Sarah put them back in the file.

Some men are concernedwithphysical                                 when they choose awife.

I thoughttheparty                     reallywell.

Tom never stays in one place for long. He   alwaysgets       feet and sets offonhis travelsagain.

I had all the informationatmybefore attending themeeting.

It was a serious operation but he made a complete recovery and was soon as fit as a                          

The head teacher loves  Literature.She     significance to reading classical novels by great writers like Charles Dickens or LeoTolstoy.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The whole village was wiped out in the bombing raids.

Trees have to be pruned seasonally or annually to ensure that they continue to bear fruit.

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.

She was too wet behind the ears to be in charge of such demanding tasks.

There is no excuse for your discourtesy. Think twice before you are going to say anything.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.

Rose is talking to her friend on the phone. 

Rose: "Could you pick me up at the airport tomorrow?"

Rose's friend: “______________. I will be in a meeting then.”

Jolie is reading a magazine on famous people, asking her friend.  Jolie: “Do you think celebrities today tend to focus more on wealth rather than achievements?” Jolie's friend: “__________________. And this sets bad examples for young people.”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

      The invention of the mobile phone has undoubtedly revolutionized the way people communicate and in fluenced every aspect of our lives. The issue is whether this technological innovation has (26) _________ more harm than good. In order to answer the question, we must first turn to the types of Presumably, most parents (27) _________ are always worrying about their children's safety buy mobile phones for them to track their whereabouts. We can also assume that most teenagers want mobile phones to avoid missing out on social contact. In this context, the advantages are clear. (28) _____________, we cannot deny the fact that text messages have been used by bullies to intimidate fellow students. There is also (29) ___________ evidence that texting has affected literacy skills.

      The widespread use of mobile phone has, out of question, affected adult consumers too. What employee, on the way home from work, would be reluctant to answer a call from their boss? Apparently, only 18% of us, according to a survey, are willing to switch off our mobile phones once we've left the office. 

      Admittedly, mobile phones can be intrusive but there are obvious benefits to possessing one. Personally speaking, they are invaluable when it comes to making social or business arrangements at short (30) ______. They also provide their owners with a sense of security in emergency situations.

In order to answer the question, we must first turn to the types of Presumably, most parents (27) _________ are always worrying about their children's safety buy mobile phones for them to track their whereabouts.

(28) _____________, we cannot deny the fact that text messages have been used by bullies to intimidate fellow students.

There is also (29) ___________ evidence that texting has affected literacy skills.

Personally speaking, they are invaluable when it comes to making social or business arrangements at short (30) ______.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35.

On March 15, Dunes View Middle School held a contest for school bands. Student bands tried  out for the opportunity to perform at the school picnic, which will be held at the end of June. The winner of the contest was the band called Four Square. "We're very proud that we won the contest  and are excited to perform at the picnic," says Peter Zandt, who plays the guitar in the band. "And     since we hope to perform someday at other local places, like restaurants and parks, this will be  a  great firststep."

The contest was the creation of music teacher Mr. Lopez and drama teacher Ms. Cho. The two thought of the idea while discussing recent years' school picnics. "The picnic is one of the biggest events of the year, but it has become a bit formulaic ," said Ms. Cho. "The activities are the same every year. We thought that a performance by a student band would make the school picnic more interesting and fun." Mr. Lopez, Ms. Cho, and three other teachers judged the contest, which took place  in the gym. Eight student bands signed up to audition. The bands varied in their musical forms: there  wereseveralrockbands,afolkband,andevenajazzband."I'mdisappointedthatmybanddidn'twin,

but I think the judges made the right choice," says student Marisol Varga, a member of the folk trio called The Bell Girls. "Four Square is reallyexcellent."

To see if the bands could present a wide range of musical skills, the teachers asked them  each to prepare two songs: one song with original words, and another in which students played instrumental music only. The judges finally chose the band Four Square as the winner of the contest. Four Square is a rock band with an unusual twist: it includes a violin player! The members of Four Square write their own songs and practice three times a week after school. Students and teachers agreed that the band competition was a  big success. All are looking forward  to the school picnic inJune.

(Source: https://goo.g1/SZazhm)

Which would be the most appropriate headline for the article?

What is probably true about school picnics in recent years?

The word formulaicis closest in  meaningto________________ _.

What type of band is NOT mentioned in the article?

Why did the teachers ask each band to play two songs?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

Translatorsandinterpretersfortechjobsofthefutureareexpected tobeoneofthefastest growing occupations in the nation, according to a just released survey by Vietnamworks. Almost all positions for programmers, application developers, database and network administrators, engineers, designers, architects, scientists, technicians, and tech support will require bilingual or multilingual fluency. In just the last two years the demand for tech professionals with foreign language skills has increased more than two and one-half fold, said the survey, and theuptick shows nosigns of abating anytime soon. Roughly 400,000 jobs are expected to open for interpreters (who focus on spoken language) and translators (who focus on written language) in the tech segment, between 2017 and 2020, says Tran Anh Tuan. Tuan, who works for the Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information in Ho Chi Minh City doesn't include other industries in his prediction,

which are also recruiting ferociously for more people with these same language skills.

While that claim might seem a bit overblown (and amounts to little more than a guess by Tuan), it is clear that innovative technologies like robotics, 3D printing, drones, artificial intelligence   and virtual reality will create major upheavals in all sorts of labor markets, not just technology over     the next few years. In the last month alone, most every job posted on employment websites throughout Vietnam included the word bilingual. Far higher salaries go to people who work in high    tech positions and can speak a foreign language such as English in addition to Vietnamese, says Tran Quang Anh from the Posts and Telecommunications Institute ofTechnology.

Unfortunately, the surveys show that most graduating Vietnamese students are unable to do more than understand a few basic phrases of foreign languages, and practically none of them canspeak any foreign language coherently, The good paying jobs with high salaries and benefits are  only available to  translators and interpreters who specialize in  high tech jobs, says Anh. But it's  not just English— graduates are needed with fluency in  middle eastern languages like Arabic,Farsi and Pashto (Afghani) as well as German, Japanese and Korean to name just a few. Spanish is  also in high demand in Vietnam, primarily because it is the second most common language in the US after English.

A recent tech expo in Hanoi sponsored by Vietnamworks and the Navigos Group attracted nearly 4,000 young tech graduates and recruiters from 14 leading companies looking to fill job  vacancies with skilled bilingual workers. The job applicants were young and industrious, said the recruiters. However, missing were candidates with the requisite language skills and most  lacked  basic 'soft skills' such as written and verbal communication abilities to effectively communicate  even in their native Vietnameselanguage.

Notably, the recruiters said they considered language abilities and soft skills just as, if not more important, than academic ability. Yet virtually all the prospective academically qualified employees lacked even the most basic of interpersonal communicationabilities.

(Source: http://engiiskvov.vni)

Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage?

According to the passage, interpreters and translators are described as the jobs that               .

Theword"upheavals"inparagraph3isclosestinmeaning to____________________.

Which of the following is TRUE about employment in Vietnam according to Tran Quang Anh from the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology?

What does the word "them" in paragraph 4 refer to?

Theword"requisite"inparagraph5couldbestbereplacedby________________ _.

What can be inferred from thepassage?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the followingquestions.

Do you know (A) when (B) he get (C) home (D) yesterday?

Some manufacturers are not only raising (A) its prices (B) but also decreasing (C) the production of their products (D).

The whole(A) matter is farther (B) complicated by the fact that (C) Amanda and Jo refuse to speak to each (D)other.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions

She last visited her home country ten years ago.

Conan said to me, “If I were you, I would read different types of books in different ways.”

Every student is required to write an essay on the topic.

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

Lan didn't apply for the job in the library. She regrets it now.

Helen wrote a novel. He made a cowboy film, too