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MÔN THI: ANH VĂN (Khối A1, D1) - ĐỀ 219
Thời gian: 90 phút
I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to identify the word whose stress pattern is different.
1. A. manage B. shortage C. village D. encourage
2. A. psychology B. environmental C. impossible D. photography
3. A. provide B. machine C. lesson D. important
4. A. immediate B. notice C. comfortable D. nervous
5. A. injection B. accessible C. government D. continuous
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best completes each sentence.
6. This book gives a brief ______ of the history of the university.
A. reference B. outline C. article D. research
7. “How did you feel before the exam?” “Very ______.”
A. shy B. happy C. nervous D. fearsome
8. Of two new teachers, one is experienced and ______.
A. the others are not. B. another is inexperienced. C. the other is not. D. other lacks experience.
9. I’d rather he ______ the door blue.
A. paints B. painted C. painting D. paint
10. I was just ______ to go out when you telephoned.
A. around B. about C. thinking D. planned
11. It turned out that we ______ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours.
A. hadn’t B. can’t have C. mustn’t have D. needn’t have
12. ______, the people who come to this club are in their twenties.
A. By and large B. To a degree C. Virtually D. Altogether
13. ______ you feel thirsty, please help yourself to the drink at home.
A. Should B. Because C. Unless D. Would
14. While attempting to reach his home before the storm, ______.
A. the bicycle of John broke down. B. it happened that John's bile down.

A B C D
28. A lunch of soup and sandwiches do not appeal to all of the students.
A B C D
29. All the students are looking forward to spending their free time relax in the sun this summer.
A B C D
30. He knows to repair the carburetor without taking the whole car apart.
A B C D
31. Dictionaries frequently explain the origin of the defined word, state its part of speech and indication its correct use.
A B C D
32. The rings of Saturn are so distant to be seen from the Earth without a telescope.
A B C D
33. Unless you don't have a quiet room, you will not be able to do any work.
A B C D
34. Because of the long questions, Tom could not hardly finish the test on time.
A B C D
35. Dreaming, like all other mental processes, it is a product of the brain and its activity.
A B C D
36. Natural bridges of stone are formed the action of water or wind-driven sand.
A B C D
37. Most large corporations have personnel departments responsible to hiring and firing workers and for keeping
employee records. A B C D
38. As the ship sank, he jumped overboard and tried keeping himself afloat.
A B C D
39. In general the only kinds of cells that cannot replace itself are nerve cells.
A B C D
40. Life that we know it is based on the element carbon.
A B C D
IV. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
Stressful situations that (41) ______ almost every day in life seem to be unavoidable. However, we can do little
sometimes to avoid a misfortune or an unpleasant occurrence which may (42) ______ us expectedly as only it can. At

Included in the Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of
England’s prestigious Oxford and Cambridge universities and these university graduates in the New World were
determined that their sons would have the same educational opportunities that they themselves had had. Because of
this support in the colony for an institution of higher learning, the General Court of Massachusetts appropriated 400
pounds for a college in October of 1636 and early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school- this land
was in an area called Newtown, which was later renamed Cambridge after its English cousin and is the site of the
president-day university.
When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighboring town of Charlestown, died from
tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the fledgling college. In spite of the fact that only
half of the bequest was actually paid, the General Court named the college after the minister in appreciation for what
he had done. The amount of the bequest may not have been large, particularly by today’s standards, but it was more
than the General Court had found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the college.
Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted that in addition to
serving as president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshman class of four students. Although the staff
did expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence the entire teaching staff consisted of the president and three
or four tutors.
51. The main idea of this passage is that _______. A. Harvard is one of the world’s most prestigious universities.
B. what is today a great university. C. John Harvard was key to the development of a great university.
D. Harvard University developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts.
52. The passage indicates that Harvard is _______.
A. one of the oldest universities in the world. C. one of the oldest universities in America.
B. the oldest university in the world. D. the oldest university in America.
53. It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who traveled to the Massachusetts colony were _______.
A. rather well educated C. rather supportive of the English government
B. rather rich D. rather undemocratic.
54. The pronoun “they” in line 6 refers to _______.
A. Oxford and Cambridge universities C. sons B. university graduates D. educational opportunities
55. The “pounds” in line 8 are probably_______.
A. types of books B. college students C. units of money D. school campuses
56. The “English cousin” in line 10 refers to a_______.

63. According to the passage, airline travelers should keep their feet flat on the floor _______.
A. throughout the flight. B. during takeoff and landings.
C. especially during landings. D. only if an accident is possible.
64. The word “them” in line 8 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. exits B. the dark C. rows of seat D. landings
65. According to the passage, which exits should an airline passenger locate before take-off?
A. The ones that can be found in the dark. B. The two closest to the passenger’s seat.
C. The nearest one. D. The ones with counted rows of seats between them.
66. It can be inferred that people are more likely to survive fires in aircrafts if they _______.
A. keep their heads low. B. wear a safety belt.
C. don’t smoke in or near a plane. D. read airline safety statistics.
67. Airline passenger are to do all of the following EXCEPT_______.
A. locate the nearest exist. B. ask questions about safety.
C. fasten their seat belt before takeoff. D. carry personal belongings in an emergency.
68. The word “evacuate” in line 13 is closes in meaning to _______.
A. maintain B. escape C. vacate D. return
69. The word “inflated” in line 14 is closes in meaning to _______.
A. lifted B. increased C. expanded D. assembled
70. What does the paragraph following the passage most probably discuss?
A. How to recover your luggage. B. Where to go to continue your trip.
C. When to return to the aircraft. D. How to proceed once you are away from the aircraft.
VII. Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the one given. Identify your choice by marking A, B, C or D.
71: Kate works for an organization which collects money to help orphans.
A. The organization which Kate works for collects money to help orphans.
B. The organization where Kate works for collects money to help orphans.
C. The organization for that Kate works collects money to help orphans.
D. Money of orphans is collected in the organization where Kate works.
72: Lin’s success took us all by surprise.
A. Lin was successful, which surprised all of us. B. We took all of Lin’s successes surprisingly.
C. We were taken aback by all of Lin’s successes. D. Lin’s success was surprised to all of us.

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