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.
Question 1:
A. climb
B. hide
C. sit
D. fine
Question 2:
A. cheap
B. chemical
C. chore
D. cheese
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you’re answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3:
A. unite
B. lifelong
C. urban
D. trailer
Question 4:
A. benefit
B. activate
C. article
D. aquatic
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: The proposal ______by the environmentalists to grow more trees has received approval from the council.
A. which suggested
B. suggesting
C . suggested
D. was suggested
Question 6:Tan is ______ than his brother.
A. as stupid
B. so stupid
C. very stupid
D. more stupid
Question 7: I'll call and tell you something ______.
A. after I have spoken to them
B. when I had spoken to them
C. since I will speak to them
D. as soon as I was speaking to them
Question 8: Hue city is famous __________ it historical vestiges.
A. for
B. about
C. with
D. to
Question 9: They flew from Los Angeles to Toronto by way of Chicago, ______?
A. didn’t they
B. was they
C. don’t they
D. are they
Question 10: John is _______ only child in his family so his parents love him a lot.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. no article
Question 11: For most people, the desire to study ______ begins with a love of reading.
A. science
B. literature
C. psychology
D. mathematics
Question 12: We walked to the next beach to ______ from the crowds.
A. pass away
B. pass over
C. get away
D. get over
Question 13: It was late, so we decided ______ a taxi home.
A. to take
B. taken
C. taking
D. was taken
Question 14: Although they are twins, they are ______ apart in their attitude to life.
A. gates
B. lakes
C. miles
D. worlds
Question 15:Isaac Newton_______under an apple tree when he got hit on the head by a falling piece of fruit.
A. is sitting
B. was sitting
C. sat
D. sits
Question 16: If you ______ the rule, you’re going to be punished for it.
A. added
B. broke
C. found
D. solved
Question 17: My digital camera ______ away. I can’t find it.
A. is taken
B. took
C. was taken
D. has been taken
Question 18: She was in Mumbai to ______ an award for her latest novel.
A. acceptance
B. acceptable
C. accept
D. acceptably
Question 19: This research seems to give some validity to the ______ that the drug might cause cancer.
A. theory
B. fame
C. reaction
D. lesson
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.
Question 20: Recently there has been some movement away from traditional methods of teaching.
A. realistic
B. obvious
C. conventional
D. efficient
Question 21: The building scheme comes as an enormous boon for the building industry.
A. source
B. gift
C. obstacle
D. help
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.
Question 22: They were both critically injured in the accident.
A. slightly
B. vaguely
C. verbally
D. seriously
Question 23: She was like a cat on hot bricks before her driving test.
A. nervous
B. comfortable
C. depressed
D. relaxing
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Question 24: Shayla and Kathy are talking bout family life.
Shayla: “I think it is a good idea to have three or four generations living under one roof.”
Kathy: “___________. Family members can help each other a lot”.
A. It’s not true.
B. That’s wrong.
C. I couldn’t agree more
D. I don’t agree.
Question 25: The hotel receptionist is asking the customer his name.
Receptionist: “Could you please say your name again please?”
Customer: “__________”
A. How can you say so?
B. Why do I have to?
C. No, I don’t remember.
D. Sure, that’s Mike.
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.
Higher education also provides a competitive edge in the career market. We all know that in the economic times we are living in today, finding jobs is not guaranteed. The number of people unemployed is still relatively high, and the number of new career opportunities isn’t nearly enough to put people in jobs they are seeking.
As a job seeker, you’re competing with a high number of experienced workers (26) ______ have been out of the workforce for a while and are also seeking work. (27) _______, when you have a higher education, it generally equips you for better job security. Generally speaking, employers (28)______value those who have completed college than those who have only completed high school and are more likely to replace that person who hasn’t (29) ______ a higher education. Furthermore, (30)_____companies even go so far as to pay your tuition because they consider an educated employee to be valuable to their organization. A college education is an investment that doesn’t just provide you with substantial rewards. It benefits the hiring company as well.
Question 26. A. who B. where C. whose D. which
Question 27. A. Otherwise B. Moreover C. Therefore D. However
Question 28. A. tend to B. go down C. look down D. relate to
Question 29. A. permitted B. received C. refused D. applied
Question 30. A. another B. each C. some D. every
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.
The clouds floating overhead contain water vapour and cloud droplets, which are small drops of condensed water. These droplets are way too small to fall as precipitation, but they are large enough to form visible clouds. Water is continually evaporating and condensing in the sky. If you look closely at a cloud you can see some parts disappearing (evaporating) while other parts are growing (condensation). Most of the condensed water in clouds does not fall as precipitation because their fall speed is not large enough to overcome updrafts which support the clouds.
For precipitation to happen, first tiny water droplets must condense on even tinier dust, salt, or smoke particles, which act as a nucleus. Water droplets may grow as a result of additional condensation of water vapour when the particles collide. If enough collisions occur to produce a droplet with a fall velocity which exceeds the cloud updraft speed, then it will fall out of the cloud as precipitation. This is not a trivial task since millions of cloud droplets are required to produce a single raindrop. A more efficient mechanism for producing a precipitation-sized drop is through a process which leads to the rapid growth of ice crystals at the expense of the water vapour present in a cloud. These crystals may fall as snow, or melt and fall as rain.
Question 31: What could be the best title for the passage?
A. How much water falls during a storm
B. What do raindrops look like?
C. How do raindrops form?
D. Precipitation size and speed
Question 32: According to paragraph 1, the condensed water in clouds does not fall as rain because ________.
A. the fall speed is not large enough
B. it is too small to fall
C. it is continually evaporating
D. the fall speed makes it disappear
Question 33: The word “additional” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. administrative
B. supplementary
C. representative
D. competitive
Question 34: The word “which” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A. particles
B. collisions
C. droplet
D. fall velocity
Question 35: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor causing precipitation to happen?
A. Tiny water droplets condensed on a nucleus
B. Collision of particles
C. Fall velocity larger than the cloud updraft speed
D. Growth of ice crystals
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.
If you’re an Australian Facebook user who loves to share the news on your timeline, you may have noticed something different recently: You can’t.
In the next few days, though, things should go back to normal. Less than a week after suddenly banning news links for Australian users and shutting down Australian news pages to protest an upcoming law, Facebook says it’s gotten reassurances from the Australian government that it won’t be forced to pay publishers but will instead be given the chance to negotiate agreements with them — which it’s already starting to do. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Facebook has agreed to pay the major Australian media company Seven West Media for news content and is in negotiations with another called Nine Entertainment.
Australia has now passed the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code, which could force Facebook and Google to pay publishers if they host their content. The law is a response to years-long complaints from news outlets around the world about the role that Google and Facebook — and their mammoth digital ad businesses — have played in the decline of journalism and the decimation of its business model in the internet age. The two companies responded to the then-potential law in very different ways: Google made deals with Australian news publishers; Facebook decided to cut them off entirely.
After a few days of Australians seeing what Facebook was like without the news, a sizable amount of worldwide backlash against the company, and talks with the Australian government that resulted in a few last-minute changes to the law, Facebook decided that the new terms were good enough for its ban to end. The law passed a few days later.
Previously, Facebook had banned all users from sharing links to Australian news sources, Australian publications’ pages from hosting any of their own content, and Australian users from sharing any news links, Australian or international.
Question 36: Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. News Links for Australian Users
B. Australia and The News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code
C. A Sizable Amount of Worldwide Backlash Against A Company
D. Why Facebook Banned and Then Unbanned News in Australia
Question 37: The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A. publishers
B. reassurances
C. Australian media
D. negotiations
Question 38: In paragraph 2, Facebook suddenly banned news links for Australian users to ______.
A. protest an upcoming law
B. get reassurances from the Australian government
C. protect Australian news pages
D. negotiate agreements with publishers
Question 39: The word “major” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. public
B. stupid
C. main
D. stylish
Question 40: The word “content” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. word
B. article
C. force
D. name
Question 41: Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. Facebook has agreed to pay Seven West Media for news content.
B. Google and Facebook responded to the law differently.
C. The laws issued by Australian government was changed at the last minute.
D. Facebook has never banned users from sharing links to Australian news sources.
Question 42: Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 4?
A. Australians will never see the news on Facebook.
B. Facebook ended its ban thanks to acceptable teams, and things went back to normal.
C. There was a huge amount of worldwide protest against the Australian government.
D. Australian government’s law shouldn’t have been changed at the last minute.
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.
Question 43: I prefer the second option - their advantages are simplicity and cheapness.
A. prefer
B. their
C. simplicity
D. cheapness
Question 44: The spokesman had an uphill struggle to find an explanation that was readily intelligent to the layman.
A. spokesman
B. uphill
C. intelligent
D. layman
Question 45: Each of the members of the group was made to write a report every week.
A. members
B. was
C. to write
D. a
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.
Question 46: “What did you do last night ?” the policeman asked the woman
A. The policeman asked the woman what did she do the night before.
B. The policeman asked the woman what she had done the night before.
C. The policeman asked the woman what had she done the night before.
D. The policeman asked the woman what she did the night before.
Question 47: Perhaps the boy will not take a nap today.
A. The boy should take a nap today.
B. The boy need to take a nap today.
C. The boy may not take a nap today.
D. The boy mustn’t take a nap today.
Question 48: They last visited this museum 3 years ago.
A. They paid a visit to this museum for 3 years.
B. They didn’t visit this museum 3 years ago.
C. They have visited this museum for 3 years.
D. They haven’t visited this museum for 3 years.
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.
Question 49: He didn’t hurry. That’s why, he missed the bus.
A. He will miss the bus if he hurries
B. He won’t miss the bus if he hurries
C. He wouldn’t have missed the bus if he hurried
D. If he had hurried, he wouldn’t have missed the bus
Question 50: The new generation of computers is powerful. It can process faster than any earlier models.
A. Not until the new generation of computers had processed faster than any earlier models was it powerful.
B. So powerful is the new generation of computers that it can process faster than any earlier models.
C. But for the new powerful generation of computers, it would have processed faster than any earlier models.
D. Only if the new generation of computers were powerful could it process faster than any earlier models.
ĐÁP ÁN
1. C |
2. B |
3. A |
4. D |
5. C |
6. D |
7. A |
8. A |
9. A |
10. C |
11. B |
12. C |
13. A |
14. D |
15. B |
16. B |
17. C |
18. C |
19. A |
20. C |
21. D |
22. A |
23. B |
24. C |
25. D |
26. A |
27. D |
28. A |
29. B |
30. C |
31. C |
32. A |
33. B |
34. D |
35. D |
36. D |
37. A |
38. A |
39. C |
40. B |
41. D |
42. B |
43. B |
44. C |
45. B |
46. B |
47. C |
48. D |
49. D |
50. B |