PHAN
I
CAC
DE
THI
CHINH
THU^C
DETHI
NAM 1998
PART
ONE:
PHONOLOGY
A.
Pick out the
word
whose sound of the
bold
parts
is pronounced
differently
from
that of the
others
in
each
group.
1.
A.
food
B.
look C. took

various
7. A. bought
B.
sought
C. drought
D.
fought
8. A. comfortable
B.
come
C.
some
D.
comb
9. A. whistle
B.
little
C. gentle
D.
battle
10.
A. subtle
B.
plumber C.doubt
D.
herbage
B.
Underline the
stressed
syllable of the

prospects
C. pride D. image
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2.
During the war, the shipping lanes proved vulnerable to be attacked.
A. susceptible B. dangerous C. futile D. feasible
3.
The manager told his assistant to the mistake immediately.
A. rectify B. maltreat C. sanction D. banish
4.
Peter, Harry, and Chuck were first, second, and third in the
school cross-country race.
A. respectively B. actively
C. responsively D. tremendously
5.
Children can be difficult to teach because of their short attention .
A. limit B. span C. duration D. time
6. The ticket one person to the museum.
A. allows B. admits C. permits D. accepts
7.
The lamp is to the ceiling by means of a hook.
A. attached B. related C. connected D. installed.
8. The company director's asked the government to in the dispute
and prevent a strike.
A. intervene B. interact C. intercept D. interpose
9. People believe there is a between the two crimes.
A.
joint B. chain C. link D. connector
10.
Some people feel that television should give less to sport.

3.
My name is WiUiam, they call me Bill short.
4.
The bus was held because a tree had fallen the road.
5.
You'll have to work very hard today to make the time you
wasted yesterday.
6. The police broke the demonstration.
7.
A new magazine has just come .
8. She was converted Catholicism near death-bed.
9. Don't try to cheat in my class, it's useless and you'll never get it.
10.1 was the impression that I had paid you the work
you did for me.
b.
Complete the following sentences, using the verbs and particles provided.
Verbs: show, draw, go, make
Prepositions: through, up, for, off
1. A red car has just in front of our house.
2.
Some women invited to a wedding party always try to their
figures.
3.
It was 10 o'clock when he finally .
4.
My father the two world wars.
5.
It's getting late; we'd better turn round and home.
B.
Verb tenses and forms

agent for clear directions.
9. It was our
fault
to keep
Mary
(wait)
so
long.
We
(inform)
her in advance.
PART
FOUR:
WRITING
A.
Sentence transformation ^
Finish
each of
the
following
sentences in
such
a way that it means the same as
the
printed
one.
1.
He is more a lecturer than a
teacher.
He

only
child
in my
family.
My
mother gave
9. He never suspected that the money had been stolen.
At
no time
lO.I
don't understand a single
word
of this letter.
/
can't make
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B.
Key-word
transformation
Rewrite the following sentences as directed by using
exactly
the words in
brackets.
1.
I can nearly remember the
word,
(tongue)
2.
She was smoking in the bathroom, I went in to the bathroom and knew
that, (caught)

bicycle,
(blew)
9. The
first
sign of the
disease
is a
feeling
of faintness. (onset)
PART
FIVE:
READING
A.
Cloze
test
Fill
in each blank
with
one suitable
word.
In
British
English
this standard accent is
known
as R.P. or Received
Pronunciation.
This coupled
with
the sort of

children
not to
speak
with
a
local
(8)
so that "they
will
have a better chance in
life",
to the
liberal,
trendy
young manager who adopts a
local
accent (9) a
form
of
inverted
snobbery. But
these
stances
are extreme, but, nevertheless, the (10)
between language and social
status
is a
potentially
explosive subject
in

country
but could
serve
as a home for international organizations such as the
United
Nations and the
World
Bank.
Aside
from
the many
political
social problems that
would
have
to be
solved,
the engineering task envisaged is monumental. The
initial
stage
requires the
building
of a circular dam 18 miles in diameter attached to the bed
in
relatively shallow place in international waters. Then, several hundred
powerful
pumps, operating for more than a year,
would
suck out the sea water
from

decade
of the twenty-first century. Whether anyone
would
want
to
live
in such an isolated and
artificial
community, however, it
will
remain
an open question
until
that time.
1.
To what
does
the underlined
phrase
"the city" refer?
A.
A
Japanese
construction company B.
Atlantis
C.
The
United
Nations D. A future
city

5. By referring to
Atlantis
in the
passage,
the author is saying that
A.
marin-nation
will
never be
built.
B.
marin-nation is a
city
in the ocean.
C.
even if
built,
marin-nation
will
fail.
D.
marin-nation is
only
a dream.
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DETHI
NAM 1999
PART
ONE:
PHONOLOGY

B.
weight C. plane
D.
said
4.
A.
watch
B.
want
C. bank
D.
what
5.
A.
gaiety
B.
gene
C.
gesture
D
."margarine
6.
A.
says
B.
bays
C.days
D.rays
7.
A.

sympathetically
necessary
employee
PART
TWO:
VOCABULARY
A.
Multiple
choices
Choose the
best
answers.
1.
A person who has drunk too much alcohol
would
.
A.
stagger
B.
swagger
C. tramp D.
prowl
2.
It
takes
roughly 4,000
pounds
of
petals
to make a single pound of

A.
in the aftermath
B.
by the time
C. in retrospect D. in this eventuality
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6. Who
would
take the Hippocratic
oath?
A.
a barrister B. a priest C. a doctor D. a soldier
7. Nations that
live
in concord are nations that
live
together in
peace.
A.
war B. harmony C. conformity D.
happiness
8. receipt of your instructions, I immediately
sent
a telex
message
to
Algeria.
A.
On B. In C.
With

The student
failed
the math exam
because
he forgot the .
(formulaic)
2.
My car is too much to take on a long journey,
(rely)
3. The new has certainly
made
things a lot
easier
in the
town
center since it has taken away the through
traffic,
(pass)
4.
Nobody
gets
treatment in this
office,
(prefer)
5. He's more than expected, (tolerate)
6. The museum
doesn't
charge for on Sundays, (admit)
7. We can
look

4.
My
shoes
wear very
quickly
since I started
walking
to the
office.
5. The
African
elephant
will
be extinct
within
twenty
years
if an
international
campaign the
ivory
trade is not started immediately.
6. The ship was bound
Japan
when it ran into typhoon.
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7. The gun went in his hand while he was cleaning it.
8. This is a very important decision.
All
our lives are

I'd rather you (keep) your mouth (shut).
5. He
suggested
that a petition (draw) up.
6. We must
take
an umbrella. It - (rain).
7. She (be)
here
but she (go) down
with
flu.
8. Without your
assistant,
we (not be)
able
to complete our last
project in our allotted time.
PART
FOUR:
WRITING
A.
Sentence
transformation
Finish
each
of the
following
sentences
in such a way

With
5. Having
made
all the
arrangements,
they decided to go any way.
Since
6. Most
students
can work very hard when they feel hke it.
Most
students are capable
7. I only recognized him when he
came
into the
light.
Not until
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8. They declared war on the pretext of defending their
territorial
rights.
The
excuse
9. You
needn't
make
an appointment to see the personnel
manager.
There's
10. Can I

Mass
tourism has
been
one of the
causes
of the problems, (blame)
4.
The rain was coming down in torrents, (cats)
5.
People's
race,
creed or color is not taken into account when they apply for
a job
with
us. (irrespective)
6.
All
teachers
like
Kate, (popular)
7. That jumper you knitted for my
daughter
no longer
fits
her. (grown)
8. He is said to be a very hard bargainer, (reputation)
9. He
doesn't
appreciate
his

member of the three-man (1) which
made
history 25
years
ago
(2)
they
succeeded
in (3) the
first
men
ever
to set (4)
on
the moon.
Just
being (5) to float around IS amazing.
Unfortunately,
the
space
suits were very restrictive so we weren't (6)
to move about very easily". They
made
the job of (7) moon rock and
soil
to bring (8) to Earth, we were put in quarantine. It was
still
not
known
(9)

under the sea between Dover, England, and Calais, France, was
originally
proposed in the second
half
of the nineteenth century. The
bill
authorizing the
work
was rejected in 1883. The plan was again proposed in 1930 by many
enthusiastic supporters. The tunnel was to be the longest ever made and an
engineering
wonder. However, the estimated cost, the
military
risks, and the
doubt
as to the
feasibility
of construction lead to the rejection of the proposal in
June
1930.
Finally,
in the 1980s, the proposal was accepted and tunnehng began.
1
The plan to unite the
British
Isles
with
the European continent
has been proposed three times.
2

1930.
8 The tunnel made in 1930 was the longest ever made.
9 The supporters of the tunnel wanted to hire a
onderful
engineer.
10 The estimated cost of the tunnel was
prohibitive
in 1930.
DE
THI NAM
2000
PART
ONE:
PHONOLOGY
A.
Pick
out the word whose sound of the bold parts is pronounced
differently from that of the others in each group.
1.
A. canary
2.
A.
pug
3. A. chaperon
4.
A. this
5. A.
furl
B.share
B.

9. A. complete
10.
A. nib
B.
telemetry
B.
telemetry
B.resound
B.
command
B.
sob
C.
telefilm
C.
telefilm
C.
resonant
C.
common
C.
comb
D.
teleology
D.
teleology
D.resource
D.
community
D.

be
seen
from
miles away.
A.
dome B.
building
C. summit D.
steeple
3. 1
wish
we'd never bought him a TV.
All
he ever
does
is sit
the box.
B.
stuck C. glued D. sealed
to
A.
fixed
4.
1
was proud to be
A.
selected
5. She was
Director.
out

felled
8. The
house
possesses
extensive
with
gardens, tennis courts, and
an orchard.
A.
grounds B. property C. fields D. surroundings
9. The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people
into
icy water.
A.
drowned B. emerged C. plunged D. repulsed
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lO.No one knows precisely how much he earns a month, but $2,500 can't be
of the mark.
A. wide B. far C. broad D. distant
B.
Word formation
Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets.
1. I was late because I how much time I would need, (estimate)
2.
I don't care if you'd had too much to drink. Your behaviour last night was
quite . (defend)
3.
The cat is in the sunshine . (luxury)
4.
Don't judge the matter by my opponent's statement, but wait

me
.
6. Before they hire anyone they should check his background.
7.
You must account the manager for the money you used.
8. I met him at the party and he asked
you.
9. I applied for a part-time job at the supermarket. They're going to take me
10.
He had taken over an old compatty_y£i:giiig. liquidation.
THU ViHN TIMHBiNHTHUAM
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B.
Verb
tenses
and forms
Supply the
correct
forms
of
the verbs in brackets.
1.
Congress
has
decreed
that the
gasoline
tax (abolish) .
2.
I could

several
generations
of the
same
family
(often
live)
together.
PART
FOUR:
WRITING
A.
Sentence
transformation
Finish
each
of the
following
sentences
in such a way
that
it
means
the
same
as the
printed
one.
1.
It was a red-letter day.

6. He
made
no
bones
about
helping me.
He
didn 't
7. Its lack of irregular
verbs
makes
Esperanto
a unique
language.
Unlike
8. He
never
thought of
telling
her
It
never
9. The
dress
was so tempting that I bought it.
/
couldn't resist
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10.
The idea no longer interests her.

5. He
liked
the new job straight away, (duck)
6.
Your
attitude
will
have
to
change
if you want to
succeed,
(leaf)
7. The new musical has delighted theatre
audiences
throughout the country,
(storm)
8. Even though the election is tomorrow, many voters
still
haven't decided
on
the candidate they are going to vote for. (fence)
9. He's not
sure
whether to go or not. (minds)
lO.She has extensive knowledge of ancient Egypt, (very)
PART
FIVE:
READING
A.

tears.
What (3)
does
crying
serve?
It
has
been
suggested
that emotional
tears
play a role in the (4) of
stress.
Scientific studies
have
revealed that emotional
tears
contain a chemical
which
is one of the body's natural (5)
killers.
The chemical is not
found
in
tears
(6) as a
response
to
slicing
onions. Scientists

feeling
of
sadness
or happiness, is stressful. Tears
are therefore shed as a
response
to sorrow, anger or
joy.
It is natural to
cry.
Indeed,
it
may be (10) to
hold
back
tears.
B.
Reading
comprehension
Rearrange the following sentences
into
the correct order to
make
a
passage.
EYEWITNESS
GUIDES
1.
It all started just six
years

success
is the discovery that,
against a white background, even the most famiUar objects can
look
wonderful.
4.
Eyewitness Guides are the outcome of a unique approach, in
which
photographs, models,
maps
and diagrams are specially produced.
5. But the
success
of Eyewitness Guides cannot be measured in statistics
alone, for
these
high-quality reference books have established a
completely
original
way of presenting
information.
6. Everything is done to make certain that they compete
with
the impact of
television
images.
7. So, what the Eyewitness Guides have done is to combine the two
elements, words and pictures, treating them as just one
thing
-

ONE:
PHONOLOGY
A.
Pick
out the
word
whose sound is
different
from
that of the others in
each group.
1.
A.
ransom
B.
ancient C.danger
D.
change
2.
A.
putsch
B.
putt
C.
pussy
D.
pulpit
3.
A.
debt

D.
cough
7.
A.
delicate
B.
concentrate
C.
private
D.
accurate
8.
A.
thunderstorm
B.
greengrocer
C.
prefer
D.
louder
9.
A.
carriage
B.voyage
C.
massage
D.
dosage
10.
A.

choices
Choose
the
best
word from A, B, C, or D
that
fits
each blank.
1.
The drivers have rejected proposals to end the
strike
and the other
workers
have come out
in
.
A.
consent
B.
return
C. sympathy D.
collaboration
2.
If
you
make her
laugh
while
she's
eating,

B.
easy
C.
plain
D. mere
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5.
After
leaving school,
Nigel
decided to in the army.
A.
enlist B.
enroll
C. register D. sign
6. Unless you give up
smoking,
you'll
the
risk
of damaging your
health.
A.
bear
B. suffer C. make D. run
7.
I'm not to your plan, but it
needs
modifying.
A.

blank B. pain C. loss D. crisis
B.
Word
formation
Use
the correct form of the word given in parentheses to fill in the blank in
each sentence.
1.
The unresponsive audience made the lecturer somewhat
(heart).
What a shame!
2.
A
list
of (come) events
will
be posted on the notice board.
3.
She's
quite an (eye)!
4.
Listening
to that doctor's
talk
was a very
(rich)
experience.
5. His
family
suffered

not be
allowed
to cross busy roads.
PART
THREE:
GRAMMAR
A.
Prepositions and particles
Fill
in each blank
with
an appropriate preposition or particle to make
meaningful sentences.
1.
He was punctual the minute.
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2.
Paul won't do anything
without
asking his
wife
first.
She's
really got him
her thumb.
3. You need to show that picture a dark background.
4. I'll
keep
your application
file

the idea.
11.
His aunt just died, so he
will
come a lot of money.
12.
first,
they couldn't make who was the plan.
13.
Nowadays, many youngsters try to
keep
the
Joneses.
14.
If you
have
any
difficulty,
I
will
help you .
15.
He
still-worked
although it was
well
in the night.
B.
Verb
tenses

girl
you
(talk)
to when I
(pass)
you in
the
street?
6. Today is the
first
anniversary of Grandpa Max's death, and I
(think)
about him all day. How fortunate I (be)
(have) a Grandpa
like
him!
7. - I found that everything I said on the phone had
been
reported to the
police.
-
Your
phone (tap) .
8. This time next year I probably
(live)
on the other side of the
world.
9. By the time the war was over,
thousands
of innocent people

WRITING
A.
Sentence transformation (structure)
Complete the sentences in such a way
that
each of the sentences
means
almost
the
same
as the sentence
printed
before it.
1.
We were very impressed by the new camera but found it rather expensive.
Impressed
2.
He brought the umbrella along but it didn't
rain.
He
needn 't
3. "I'm innocent," she said, and the court believed her.
She
convinced
4.
Under no circumstances should you phone the poHce.
The
last
5. I
would

amass
qualifications.
The
more
10.
While
I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, I
will
help you this time.
Despite
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B.
Key-word
transformation
Rewrite the sentences by using the words
given
in
bold
type,
keeping the
meaning of each sentence as close to
that
of the sentence printed before it.
Do
not
alter
the word
given
in any way.
1.

9. Don't run away
with
the idea tnat
this
job is
easy,
(conclusion)
10.
Every possible
effort
was made by the boy to
find
the missing photo of
his
mother, (stone)
PART
FIVE:
READING
A.
Cloze
test
Fill
each numbered blank
with
ONE
suitable
word.
Some hundred
years
ago there was no equality between men and women

those
early days. In the modern
life
of the 20th
century,
more (7) are needed not more strength of the
muscle. It's a
consequence
that women play an (8)
important
role in the (9) society. They
have proved repeatedly they are equal and often (10)
to
men in almost every
field.
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B.
Reading comprehension
Read the following
passa}>e
carefully, then answer the
questions
below
it.
Unhke
the eye the ear has no hd; therefore noise
penetrates
without
protection.
Loud

way that we
would
respond to
danger.
Recently,
researchers
have
concluded that noise and our
response
may be much
more than an annoyance. It may be a serious threat to physical and
psychological
health and well-being, causing
damage
not
only
to the ear and
brain
but also to the heart and stomach. We
have
long known that hearing loss is
America's number one nonfatal health problem, but now we are learning
some
of
us
with
heart
disease
and ulcer may be victims of noise as
well.

annoyance B.
danger
C.
damage
D.
disease
3. It can be inferred
from
this
passage
that the eye .
A.
responds
to fear
B.
is damaged by noise
C.
l;njoys
greater protection than the ear
D.
increases
functions
4.
Noise is .
A.
a complex problem
B.
an unavoidable problem in an industrial society
C.
not a serious problem today

on a
windy
beach, and praise when
it
is
made
into sand
castles.
(I) If we did, we
would
discover an account of a geological
past
and a history of sea
life
that
goes
back
thousands
and, in
some
cases,
miUions of years. Sand covers not just
seashores,
but
also ocean
beds,
deserts
and mountains. (2) And it is
a major element in manufactured products too _ concrete is large sand,
while

have
come
from
the breaking down of rocks, or
from
the dead bodies of sea
creatures,
which
collect on the bottom of the
oceans,
or even volcanic eruption.
(5)
If it is a dazzling
white,
its grains may come
from
nearby coral,
from
crystalline quartz rocks or
from
gypsum,
like
the white sand
of
New
Mexico.
On Pacific Islands, jet black
sands
form from
volcanic minerals.

to
rock
again.
E.
What exactly is
sand?
F.
Colour is another clue to the origins of sand.
G.
But we don't often
look
at it.
D.
Mistake correction
There
are
eleven
mistakes
in the following paragraph. Identify and correct
them.
The first one has
been
done for you as an
example.
A
newspaper
make its money
from
the price people pay for it and also
from

political
views
of such
papers
serriously. On an other hand, in a free country where there
is
no censorship, serious
papers
are read
principle
for their news,
sent
to
themselves by their correspondents round the
world
and by the big news
agencies. People also read
these
papers
for their revisions of new books,
films
and plays and for their editorials what represent the
opinion
of the newspaper
itself
about the important events and
issues
of the moment.
Example:
0. make - makes

D.
horses
4. A. dishonour
B.
historic
C.
honesty
D.
rhythm
5. A.
parade
B.
companion
C.
apathetic
D.
marmalade
6. A. permission
B.
decision
C.
leisure
D.
measure
7. A. tearing
B.
beard
C.
fear
D.

VOCABULARY
A.
Multiple choices
Choose
the best answers.
1. He was
from
the champion after they discovered he had been
taking
drugs.
A.
defeated B. disquahfied C. lost D. aimed
2.
No, I didn't know his
address,
I
would
have
written
to him.
A.
because
B. otherwise C. consequently D. therefore
3. You didn't
think
I was serious, did you, Brian? - It was a joke. I was
pulling
your .
A.
thumb B. hair C. toe D. leg

7. It's time we had a talk
with
each
other in an
effort
to clear the air.
A.
eye-to-eye
B. face-to-face
C. heart-to-heart D. cheek-to-cheek
8. We
will
have
to the decision
until
John
gets
back
from
his
holiday.
A.
confer B. defer C. refer D. infer
9. It suddenly his
mind
that he had forgotten to
tell
his
wife
he

words
in
brackets.
1.
I'll
resign if you continue to everything I say. (regard)
2.
She is very efficient and polite to the customers,
(fail)
3. His busy
schedule
made
him completely to his
students.
(acceSS)
4.
Various by police officers were brought to
light
by the enquiry.
(practice)
5. He works for UNESCO in a purely role, (advice)
6. There was a
sudden
of clapping and cheering as h
rose
to receive
the Nobel
Peace
Prize, (burst)
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