40 CÂU HỎI
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions
Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress: conference, lecturer, reference, researcher
A. conference
B. lecturer
C. reference
D. researcher
Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress: powerful, interesting, exciting, difficult
A. powerful
B. interesting
C. exciting
D. difficult
Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress: memory, exactly, radio, management
A. memory
B. exactly
C. radio
D. management
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: culture, student, institution, university
A. culture
B. student
C. institution
D. university
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: degree, doctorate, graduate, kindergarten
A. degree
B. doctorate
C. graduate
D. kindergarten
Further education courses are usually described as either _______________ or vocational.
A. academic
B. practical
C. learning
D. technical
Going to university is expensive because in addition to the tuition ____, there are expenses for accommodation, books, living costs, etc.
A. grants
B. fees
C. fares
D. scholarships
The local residents suspected the authorities ____ having kept the pollution level secret from the local people.
A. about
B. on
C. of
D. for
A layer of greenhouse gases – primarily water vapor, and carbon dioxide - acts as a ____ blanket for the Earth, absorbing heat and warming the surface.
A. heat
B. heating
C. thermal
D. hot
Carbon dioxide is one of the primary ____ gases that cause global warming.
A. greenhouse
B. house
C. plant
D. home
Certain ____ in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, block heat from escaping.
A. emissions
B. layers
C. effects
D. gases
The government must take ____ to cut vehicle emissions.
A. measures
B. repeat
C. discover
D. ban
He analyzed our country's economic problems profoundly. He must be a/ an _______.
A. fiction writer
B. expert
C. messenger
D. scientist
We can take our photographs with a _______.
A. labor-saving device
B. computer
C. camera
D. screen
Economic _______ are very necessary in a certain time to help develop a country.
A. reforms
B. transformations
C. changes
D. conversion
_______ refers to books and stories about imaginary people and events, rather than books about real people or events.
A. Science
B. Fiction
C. Reference
D. Dictionary
He ___ of being a famous journalist, but he is not really keen on learning.
A. daydreams
B. prepares
C. chooses
D. needs
I did not have enough lexical knowledge to _______ that article from Vietnamese into English
A. translate
B. convert
C. transmit
D. reform
He fixed his eyes to the computer _______ without paying attention to what happened around.
A. slide
B. curtain
C. layer
D. screen
Those books are necessary for your thesis. They are really _______.
A. inform
B. information
C. informer
D. informative
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Environment pollution is real.
B. Reasons why low-lying areas are flooded.
C. Solutions to global warming.
D. Reasons why global warming is a problem.
Which of the following is TRUE as the result of global warming?
A. All people suffer from global warming.
B. All people benefit from global warming
C. Life is more difficult for the majority of people.
D. Life is easier for most people.
In paragraph 1, the word “this” refers to ____.
A. harder life as a result of global warming
B. easier life as a result of global warming
C. climate change on global scale
D. flood in low-lying areas
In paragraph 2, the word “erratic” is closest in meaning to ____.
A. predictable
B. unpredictable
C. changeable
D. unchangeable
According to the passage, all of the following are the results of global warming EXCEPT ____.
A. higher temperature
B. coastal erosion
C. increasing sea level
D. stable rainfall
What may happen to diseases and insect pests as a result of global warming?
A. They will become extinct.
B. They will increase in number.
C. They will not harm our planet.
D. They will be under good control.
If you think that life in 2030 sounds unrealistic, consider this: how many people in 1985 thought that computers and mobile phones could (27) _____
A. enjoy
B. play
C. take
D. do
No one can accurately (28) _____ the future.
A. diagnose
B. prefer
C. tell
D. predict
It will speed (29) _____ so much that, in some ways, our lives in 2030 will be unrecognizable today.
A. up
B. on
C. over
D. above
It is predicted that one billion people will be 65 (30) _____ older by 2030.
A. and
B. but
C. or
D. nor
Japanese scientists are already developing robots to (31) _____ after the elderly and robots will be a permanent (32) _____ of everyday life all across Europe.
A. look
B. take
C. follow
D. run
Japanese scientists are already developing robots to (31) _____ after the elderly and robots will be a permanent (32) _____ of everyday life all across Europe.
A. human
B. feature
C. personality
D. character
People in 2030 will routinely reach the (33) _____ of 130.
A. old
B. elder
C. aging
D. age
The weather in 2030 is likely to be extreme, but the solution to the energy crisis will be to harness natural clean energy sources, such (34) _____ solar, hydro, wind and geothermal.
A. as to
B. as many as
C. more
D. as
The internet will have developed into a "super combined web" which is always on and always (35) ____.
A. contacted
B. stuck
C. connected
D. attached
It is also explained that some aspects of daily life in 2030 will seem very (36) _____ to today.
A. familiar
B. similar
C. different
D. fond
Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one
Optimists believe that life will be far better than it is today.
A. Optimists cannot tell any differences between today life and future life.
B. It is believed by optimists that there will be no changes for life in the future.
C. Optimists believe that today's life is not as good as it will be.
D. Optimists believe that we will have a worse life in the future.
In spite of his poverty, he led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause.
A. He could not devote his life to the revolutionary cause because of his poverty.
B. If he had not been so poor, he could have devoted his life to the revolutionary cause.
C. Poor as he was, he led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause.
D. He led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause, but he was so poor.
They did not let me in because I was not a member of the club.
A. They invited me although I was not a member of the club.
B. They did not allow me to enter because I was not a member of the club.
C. They invited me to the clubs as if I had been a member.
D. They asked me to get out of the club because I was not a member.
Can you account for your strange behavior?
A. Does your strange behavior make anybody surprised?
B. Can you please stop behaving strangely?
C. Is your strange behavior only for me?
D. Can you give a good explanation for your strange behavior?