50 CÂU HỎI
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. improves
B. lacks
C. hopes
D. neglects
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. crowded
B. adopted
C. appalled
D. advocated
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A. potential
B. colony
C. attainment
D. destruction
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A. estimate
B. injury
C. treatment
D. pioneer
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.
Ministers have dismissed the rumours of a bribery scandal as nonsense.
A. nonprofit
B. garbage
C. rubbish
D. non-believer
The Green Party is dedicated to protecting the environment.
A. appealing
B. committed
C. specialized
D. admitted
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.
Getting some work experience now will help you when you apply for a permanent job.
A. temporary
B. part-time
C. full-time
D. routine
To increase the number of female representatives, the selection committee decided to discriminate in favour of women for three years.
A. on the grounds of
B. on the basis of
C. between
D. against
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Moana and Jerome are talking about their holiday. - Moana: "You should have booked the earlier flight." - Jerome:"
A. Why not?
B. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
C. It was fully booked.
D. Yes, you should
Roger and Emily are talking about Roger's result at MasterChef cooking show. - Emily: "Your parents must be proud of you." - Roger:
A. Of course.
B. I'm glad you like it.
C. Search me.
D. Thanks. That's certainly encouraging
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She stood there,______ over whether or not to tell him the truth.
A. hesitating
B. devoting
C. disappointing
D. inspiring
We spent a week visiting the wonders of Ancient Greek______
A. humanity
B. civilization
C. constitution
D. philosophy
The culture has been_____ with the arrival of immigrants.
A. improved
B. recognized
C. adopted
D. diversified
The idea is to kill the animal as quickly as possible without causing unnecessary_____
A. relief
B. suffering
C. vision
D. treatment
By the mid-1960s most_____ had won their independence.
A. thinkers
B. advocates
C. colonies
D. initiators
They were bitterly_____ of the fact that they had to work such long hours.
A. resentful
B. sympathetic
C. impartial
D. relieved
______, the ball was close to the line, but I'm sure it wasn't out.
A. Admitted
B. Admittedly
C. Admission
D. Admittance
He was presented with a gold watch in_____ of his years as club secretary.
A. recognizably
B. recognizable
C. recognition
D. recognizing
The company has made losses in both its_____ and international operations.
A. domestic
B. domesticate
C. domesticity
D. domesticated
There is a relative lack_____ research into this medical condition
A. on
B. in
C. with
D. of
It's very difficult to integrate yourself__ a society where culture is so different from your own.
A. into
B. on
C. from
D. down
You____ worry - I'm not going to mention it to anyone.
A. wouldn't
B. needn't
C. mustn't
D. can't
Most of the beautiful buildings in our city______by exhaust gasses from cars and factories.
A. was destroyed
B. have destroyed
C. are being destroyed
D. destroyed
Many things that by hand______by machine.
A. used to be doing / are now doing
B. used to do / are now doing
C. used to do / are now done
D. used to be done / are now done
It gets_____ to understand what the professor has explained.
A. the more difficult
B. more difficult than
C. the most difficult
D. more and more difficult
The Boeing 747 is twice ____the Boeing 707.
A. so big as
B. as bigger as
C. as big as
D. much bigger as
Planes were unable to_____ from Gatwick owing to high winds.
A. turn on
B. take off
C. go away
D. set up
I can't believe how much John____ his father. They look and act exactly the same.
A. looks after
B. takes after
C. keeps up
D. catches up
I'm gaining weight so I'm trying to_____fatty food.
A. cut down on
B. get over
C. go in for
D. do without
Ann: "The book is by T.C.Smith.” -Marie: "What does the T.C.____?"
A. stand for
B. bring about
C. set off
D. look up
After she_____all the greetings cards, the singer____ a short thank-you speech.
A. has read / make
B. was reading/made
C. had read/made
D. read / had made
They_____ any junk mail since they_____ house.
A. hadn't received / moved
B. don't receive / had moved
C. didn't receive / have moved
D. haven't received/moved
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Reading cannot make your life longer, but reading really makes your life more thicker.
A. cannot make
B. longer
C.really
D. more thicker
While I am waiting at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite
A. am waiting
B. bus stop
C. by
D. opposite
We hope that this investment will lead for increased tourism in the area.
A. hope
B. this investment
C. lead for
D. increased tourism
Has the Channel Tunnel improved the distributor of goods between the British isles and mainland Europe?
A. improved
B. distributor
C. goods
D. between
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.
It was a mistake for Tony to buy that house.
A. Tony might not have bought that house.
B. Tony can't have bought that house.
C. Tony needn't have bought that house.
D. Tony shouldn't have bought that house.
A supermarket is more convenient than a shopping centre.
A. A shopping centre is not as convenient as a supermarket.
B. A shopping centre is more convenient than a supermarket.
C. A supermarket is the most convenient place to go shopping.
D. A shopping centre is the least convenient place to go shopping.
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.
I work harder than before. I get better grades.
A. The work I do is harder, so I get better grades.
B. I work harder than before even if I get better grades.
C. The harder I work, the better grades I get.
D. The work I do is better, so I work harder.
The other passengers will get on the bus soon. Then we'll leave.
A. We'll leave before the other passengers get on the bus.
B. As soon as the other passengers get on the bus, we'll leave.
C. Unless we don't leave, the other passengers will get on the bus.
D. Before we'll leave, the other passengers will get on the bus.
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (1)____when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966
A. however
B. moreover
C. so
D. but
She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked (2)____ a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer.
A. for
B. as
C. with
D. at
which laid the early (3)_____ for her first novel The Joy Luck Club.
A. preparation
B. base
C. source
D. foundation
Published in 1989, the book explored the (4)____ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year.
A. relate
B. relative
C. relationship
D. relatively
It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (5)_____ Tan co-wrote the screenplay.
A. whom
B. that
C. what
D. which
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The possibility of changing the Martian environment
B. The challenge of interplanetary travel
C. The advantages of establishing colonies on Mars
D. The need to study Martian ecology
The word "there" in paragraph 1 refers to
A. a point 100 miles above the Earth
B. Earth's Moon
C. Mars
D. Earth
The "greenhouse effect" mentioned in paragraph 3 is
A. the direct result of nuclear reactions
B. the cause of low temperatures on Mars
C. caused by the introduction of green plants
D. a possible means of warming Mars
According to Christopher McKay, the possibility of transforming Mars
A. could only occur in science fiction stories
B. will not begin for hundreds, even thousands of years
C. is completely impractical
D. could be started in forty to fifty years
According to the passage, the basic knowledge needed to transform Mars comes from
A. the science of astronomy
B. a knowledge of Earth's ecology
C. data from space probes
D. science fiction stories