45 CÂU HỎI
PART A. PHONETICS (10 POINTS)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others’.
A. abnormal
B. abrupt
C. absence
D. bankrupt
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others’.
A. myths
B. ploughs
C. burrows
D. breathes
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others’.
A. confine
B. conceal
C. convention
D. concentrate
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others’.
A. explosion
B. exploration
C. expertise
D. expedition
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others’.
A. bathing
B. breathtaking
C. smoothie
D. worthy
Choose the word whose main stress is different from that of the others’.
A. breakout
B. breakthrough
C. outburst
D. outgrow
Choose the word whose main stress is different from that of the others’.
A. reference
B. picturesque
C. episode
D. consonant
Choose the word whose main stress is different from that of the others’.
A. establish
B. acknowledge
C. conjunction
D. instrument
Choose the word whose main stress is different from that of the others’.
A. problematic
B. exacerbate
C. triangular
D. alternative
Choose the word whose main stress is different from that of the others’.
A. contradictory
B. auditorium
C. beneficiary
D. impenetrab
PART B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (40 POINTS)
Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I expect your Chinese…………a great deal by the time you…………back from China.
A. has been improving - have got
B. will have improved - get
C. had improved - would get
D. improves - will be getting
The elementary means of communicating with other people…………messages by voice.
A. are conveying
B. is transferring
C. is conveying
D. are transferring
The paper had to make several journalists…………last week due to loss of sales.
A. redundant
B. unnecessary
C. ineffective
D. abundant
The President mentioned pension reform and went on…………that he would reduce unemployment figures.
A. adding
B. add
C. to be adding
D. to add
The tyres of my car have…………I must get new ones.
A. worked out
B. held up
C. kept off
D. worn out
Tom: “I loved Christmas as a child.”
Nick: “So did I. Every Christmas Eve all the family…………the tress together.”
A. would have decorated
B. would decorate
C. had been decorating
D. used to decorating
The car park…………is responsible for parking customers’ cars.
A. employee
B. attendant
C. officer
D. assistant
The Roman people are believed…………to Europe around the beginning of the last millennium.
A. to have migrated
B. having migrated
C. migrating
D. to be migrating
My parents told me that taking the car on Saturday night was …………
A. out of season
B. out of reach
C. out of question
D. out of place
I'm really sleepy today. I wish I…………Bob to the airport late last night.
A. weren’t taking
B. hadn’t had to take
C. didn’t have to take
D. didn’t take
.…………as taste is really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell.
A. That we refer to it
B. What we refer to
C. To which we refer
D. What do we refer to
Although.…………, he has been to more than 30 countries in the world and gained a lot of experience.
A. his young age
B. young
C. been young
D. he was young
If you wash that pullover in the boiling water, it will………….
A. crumple
B. contract
C. shrink
D. dwindle
His change of job has…………him with a new challenge in life.
A. led
B. initiated
C. presented
D. introduced
Cashier: “All right. Keep your receipt. If something comes up, you can show it to us and you can get a refund.”
Customer: “…………”
A. OK, I won’t use it.
B. Thanks. I’ll put it in a safe place.
C. You’re welcome. See you.
D. Thank you. I’ll keep it for you.
It all started in the early afternoon, when the wind began to blow, the sky darkened and a(n) (51)…………cloud appeared
A. weird
B. unusual
C. odd
D. abnormal
As it approached, people were (52)…………to see objects dropping onto the ground.
A. unexpected
B. forced
C. delighted
D. astonished
As townspeople ran for (53)…………from the rain, some even had birds landing on their heads
A. shelter
B. protection
C. avoidance
D. home
This (54)…………was not confined to Lowestoft.
A. phenomenon
B. practice
C. trouble
D. problem
All along the coast thousands of exhausted birds were (55)…………out of the skies.
A. dropping
B. falling
C. stepping
D. jumping
This was the biggest migration of birds ever (56)…………in Britain. The next day when the wind dropped, one birdwatcher recorded a staggering total of more than 30,000 birds.
A. noted
B. recorded
C. written
D. jotted
The birds were (57)…………by the bad weather. Many became exhausted and fell into the sea, but others pressed on.
A. disoriented
B. unleaded
C. misguided
D. indiverted
These lucky survivors landed on the British coast (58)…………local birdwatchers.
A. in view of
B. with regard to
C. on the interest of
D. to the delight of
Fortunately, weather conditions rapidly (59)…………and, after resting and feeding, the birds departed south
A. bettered
B. increased
C. raised
D. improved
If these conditions are in place during the evening head towards the east coast soon after dawn and, with luck, you will be rewarded with an (60)…………experience.
A. uncomfortable
B. uneasy
C. unforgettable
D. undamaged
The writer thinks that putting the concept of “Investing in People” into practice……….
A. frequently results in confusion among the people it is supposed to help
B. involves more effort than some organizations are prepared to make
C. may create problems where previously there had not been any problems
D. is something that some organizations should not attempt to do
The writer’s main point in the second paragraph is that the performance of employees………
A. may be very good even if management is poor
B. cannot be accurately measured by any box-ticking exercise
C. is related to their knowledge of the organization as a whole
D. is not as unpredictable as some managers believe it to be
What point does the writer make about the first company he describes?
A. It was not really interested in measuring the effectiveness of employees.
B. The targets that it set for staff were unrealistic.
C. It failed to understand the real needs of its employees.
D. The data that it collected did not measure what it was supposed to measure.
The word “objectives” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to………….
A. purposes
B. goals
C. motives
D. reasons
What point does the writer make about the second company he describes?
A. It made what should have been an easy task into a complicated one.
B. It failed to foresee the consequences of an instruction.
C. It misunderstood why a new approach was required.
D. It refused to take into account the views of employees.
What does the writer say about the programme introduced by the third company he mentions?
A. Employees did not believe that it had been introduced for their benefit.
B. Employees felt that it was in fact a way of making their jobs even harder.
C.The reason given for introducing it was not the real reason why it was introduced.
D. It was an inappropriate kind of programme for this particular organization.
The word "hollow” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to……...
A. not sincere
B. without real value
C. empty
D. deep
The writer says that the programme in his final example………...
A. was too demanding for managers to maintain long-term
B. was treated as a self-contained exercise by managers
C. involved some strange ideas on how managers could improve
D. cause managers to believe that their previous methods had been better
The word "it" in the last paragraph refers to………..
A. senior management
B. improving things in things in the organiztion
C. organization
D. the need
Look at the four options [80A], [80B], [80C] and [80D], which indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage. Where would the sentence best fit?
For a start, a programme targeted at improving things is only as good as management's ability to motivate their people.
A. [80A]
B. [80B]
C. [80C]
D. [80D]