47 CÂU HỎI
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response for each of the following exchanges.
Cindy wanted to drive her best friend to have dinner at an Italian restaurant but her car couldn’t start. Therefore, she had to borrow one from Nancy.
- Cindy: “Would you mind lending me your car?”
- Nancy: “ .”
A. Great
B. No, not at all
C. Yes, let’s
D. Yes. Here it is
Mary invited her friend, Sarah, to have dinner out that night and Sarah accepted.
- Mary: “Shall we eat out tonight?”
- Sarah: “ .”
A. It’s kind of you to invite
B. That’s a great idea
C. That’s acceptable
D. You are very welcome
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 sentences.
It is hard to linguists to draw the line between languages and dialects.
A. Linguists find it hard drawing the line between languages and dialects.
B. Linguists find hard to draw to line between languages and dialects.
C. Linguists find it hard to draw the line between languages and dialects.
D. Linguists find it is hard to draw the line between languages and dialects.
People donated a lot, so the victims of the tsunami are now able to overcome difficulties.
A. The victims of the tsunamis are now able to overcome difficulties but for people’s generous donation.
B. Despite people’s generous donation, the victims of the tsunami are facing lots of difficulties now.
C. But for people’s generous donation, the victims of the tsunami wouldn’t be able to overcome difficulties now.
D. To overcome difficulties, the victims of the tsunami needed people’s generous donation.
“Would you please lend a hand?” - Jane said to me.
A. Jane wanted to lend her some money.
B. I would not please her by lending it to her.
C. I said I would lend her a hand.
D. Jane politely asked me to help her.
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.
Launched by the federations and foundations, Group’s brands find local expression thorough the promotion of social solidarity and culture.
A. teamwork
B. division
C. unity
D. identity
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 said he was only joking, but his comments were so close to the bone.
A. annoying
B. respectful
C. offensive
D. personal
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.
Daniel Webster applied the oratorical skill he had mastered as a lawyer to heighten his appeal for an end to slavery.
A. retrieve
B. convey
C. popularize
D. intensify
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.
Modern commercial practice relies to a growing extent on arbitration to handle the dispute.
A. manage
B. avoid
C. postpone
D. deal
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We all working with you. You are so dynamic.
A. appreciate
B. believe
C. think
D. judge
New digital media forms are more personal and social as they allow people to connect each other and their experiences.
A. personify
B. personal
C. personality
D. personalize
We had considerable anywhere to park.
A. difficulty finding
B. difficulty to find
C. difficulties to find
D. difficulties to finding
I love the new album by Bayonne. It’s absolutely .
A. terrifying
B. terrified
C. terrible
D. terrific
Those who don’t get their colleagues are sometimes isolated at their jobs.
A. by with
B. along with
C. on to
D. up with
It’s a beautiful photo. I’m going to
A. have it enlarging
B. have it enlarged
C. get it enlarging
D. set it enlarged
The best way to preserve your culture is to keep it .
A. lively
B. living
C. life
D. alive
Since moving to another country, some people decided to follow the customs of the new country, while prefer to keep their own customs.
A. others
B. other
C. another
D. the other
When we to the airport, I realized that I my passport at home.
A. got - had left
B. got - was left
C. got - left
D. had got - had left
How many means of do you use on a regular basis?
A. communicator
B. communicative
C. communication
D. communicating
He’ll be very upset if you his offer of help.
A. turn away
B. turn against
C. turn down
D. turn from
You can never rely Anna to provide you information.
A. on - by
B. on - with
C. of - with
D. for – to
Last night, a tornado swept through this village. It everything in its path.
A. had destroyed
B. was destroying
C. destroyed
D. was destroyed
he arrived at the bus stop when the bus came.
A. Not until had
B. No sooner had
C. Hardly had
D. No longer has
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. lose
B. rose
C. chose
D. close
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. disappointed
B. interviewed
C. prepared
D. explained
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. immature
B. elegance
C. compliment
D. heritage
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. appear
B. attend
C. attire
D. anthem
Why might some people NOT like HappyNews?
A. The stories are from around the world.
B. It doesn’t tell them about important issues or problems.
C. Reese’s stories are about misery and despair.
D. Some sources give a balanced view.
What does “exaggerating” mean in this reading?
A. worsening
B. explaining
C. editing
D. improving
Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. Newspapers vs. Online News
B. Why Women Like HappyNews
C. Good News for a Change
D. Byron Reese Tells People How to Be Happy
The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to
A. issues
B. people
C. problems
D. sources
How is HappyNews different than other news sources?
A. The website only has stories about women.
B. All of the stories are written by Reese.
C. HappyNews does not exaggerate its stories.
D. Its stories are not about bad things.
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.
He had saved a lot of money. He travelled to Australia.
A. Having saved a lot of money, he travelled to Australia.
B. Traveling to Australia costs him a lot of money.
C. Traveling to Australia needs a lot of money.
D. To save a lot of money, he travelled to Australia
The lecture started. Right after that, I entered the lecture hall.
A. Entering the lecture hall, the lecture started.
B. After I entered the lecture hall, the lecture started.
C. No sooner had the lecture started than I entered the lecture hall.
D. Before the lecture started, I had entered the lecture hall.
The word “it” in the first paragraph refers to .
A. a danger
B. the remaining waste
C. the threat of the remaining waste
D. the environment
According to the passage, which of the followings supports healthy ecosystems?
A. Animals
B. Lower food chain organisms
C. Water-based organisms
D. Wetlands
Which of the following is NOT badly affected by contaminated groundwater?
A. Plants
B. Rocks
C. Animals
D. Human
Which of the followings has the closest meaning to the word “adsorbed” in the last paragraph?
A. Consumed
B. Taken in
C. Swallowed
D. Piled up
Which of the followings affect an ecosystem as the whole?
A. Groundwater contamination
B. Air contamination
C. Surface water contamination
D. Soil contamination
Which of the following is the flow of water from the ground to the surface?
A. Ponds
B. Rivers
C. Streams
D. Springs
What is the topic of the passage?
A. The quality of the environment
B. The pollution from the city
C. Bad effects of industrial waste
D. Sources of environmental damage
According to the passage, the industry is likely to be thought as
A. a danger to the environment
B. the utmost harmful activity
C. the only source of pollution
D. a threat to human health
Sure, lefties (46) up about 10 percent of the population - but, frankly, it seems like society has forgotten about them.
A. make
B. account
C. hold
D. consist
What (47) someone to become a lefthander?
A. makes
B. does
C. causes
D. gets
Scientists aren’t exactly sure, but research points to a complex (48) between genes and environment.
A. collaboration
B. collaborating
C. collaborated
D. collaborate
But no matter (49) it is that drives someone to use their antipodal paw, science has also uncovered a particular set of personality traits that left-handed people tend to have.
A. which
B. what
C. who
D. that
So for all of you lefties, leftie-loving righties, and ambidextrous folks out there - it’s time to brush up on your left-handed knowledge and help (50) an end to leftie discrimination once and for all.
A. take
B. bring
C. put
D. make