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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. low
B. comb
C. tomb
D. row
Question 2:
A. choir
B. chocolate
C. choleta
D. stomach
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your 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. manner
B. surface
C. mailbox
D. mature
Question 4:
A. fascimile
B. punctuality
C. recipent
D. appreciate
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 5: In my judgement, I think Hem is the best physicist among the scientists of the
SEA region.
A. I think


B. understood

C. understanding

D. to understand

Question 9: 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

Question 10: Are you sure Britain is a wheat- ___________ country?
A. produced

B. product

C. producing

D. production

Question 11: I can’t walk in these high-heeled boots. I keep _____________.
A. falling off

B. falling back



B. Neither of them

C. Both time

D. Neither time

Question 15: Like everyone else, Sue has her _____________ of course but on the whole ,
she’s quite satisfied with life.
A. odds and ends

B. safe and sound

C. ins and outs

D. ups and downs

Question 16: In water polo, a player is ejected after committing five personal
_____________.
A. mistakes

B. faults

C. fouls

D. errors

Question 17: Recent evidence makes it possible for the investigatiors to conclude that
______.
A. some paintings by Rembrandt to be faked

C. How long has she been cooking?

D. You must have good taste!

Question 21: “How do you do?”
“_______________________.”
A. How are you?

B. How do you do?

C. I’m doing well.

D. I’m a teacher.

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.
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Question 22: Some studies have shown a strong association between pesticide and certain
diseases.
A. cooperation

B. collaboration

C. consequence

D. connection

Question 23: Although they hold similar political views, their religious beliefs present 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 26: Peter had very little money but managed to make ends meet.
A. Peter could hardly live on little money.
B. Having little money, Peter couldn’t make ends meet.
C. Peter found it hard to live on very little money.
D. Peter got by on very little money.
Question 27: “You’d better apologize for being late,” said my mother.
A. My mother advised me to apologize for being late.
B. My mother suggested me to apologize for being late.
C. My mother suggested apologizing for being late.
D. My mother warned me to apologize for being late.
Question 28: The friends promised to stand by each other through thick and thin.
A. The friends promised to stand together all their life.
B. The friends promised to work together in spite of all difficulties.
C. The friends promised to be faithful to each other whatever happened.
D. The friends promised to hold on together if at all feasible.
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 29: He felt too ill. He was unable to get up.
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A. He was such that ill that he was unable to get up.
B. He felt too ill because he was unable to get up.
C. He was ill, as the matter of fact, he was unable to get up.
D. He was so ill that he was unable to get up.
Question 30: Priya seems to be a workaholic. She spent the holiday in her office finishing
the report.
A. Since Priya looks like a workaholic, she spent the holiday in her office finishing the

A. spectacular
B. formal
C. colorful
Question 34:
A. portrait
B. banner
C. streamer
Question 35:
A. attendances
B. attendees
C. attendants
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
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D. typified
D. teams
D. elaborate
D. slogan
D. attenders
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Imagine the busy streets of New York City, an enormous place with millions of
people. Every day, the streets are congested with people going about their daily lives. Now
imagine a small robot in the middle of all of those people rolling down a busy sidewalk. Most
people would not even notice the teninch smiling robot, called a Tweenbot, rolling along the
street. This strange machine may interest some people, while others would ignore it
completely. A researcher interested in studying how helpful people really are uses such robots
in her experiments that take place on the streets of New York.

Question 37: What is a Tweenbot?
A. A person from New York City

B. A ten-inch smiling robot

C. A pedestrian
D. A terrorist device
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Question 38: The word "congested" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
________________.
A. flocked

B. secluded

C. stuffed

D. crowded

Question 39: How did a Tweenbot get to its final destination?
A. With the help of other Tweenbots

B. With the help of kind pedestrians on the
street

C. With the help of Kacie Kinzer

D. With the help of other robots in New
York City

some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter. After the Civil War
(1860-1865), as ice was used to refrigerate freight cars, it also came into household use. Even
before 1880, half the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that
sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use. This had become possible
because a new household convenience, the icebox, a precursor of the modern refrigerator, had
been invented.
Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early
nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of
refrigeration, was rudimentary. The common-sense notion that the best icebox was one that
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prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that
performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early efforts to economize ice included wrapping the ice
in blankets, which kept the ice from doing its job. Not until near the end of the nineteenth
century did inventors achieve the nice balance of insulation and circulation needed for an
efficient icebox.
But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been on the
right track. He owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for which
the village of Georgetown was the market center. When he used an icebox of his own design
to transport his butter to market, he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting
stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in
neat, one-pound bricks. One advantage of his icebox, Moore explained, was that farmers
would no longer have to travel to market at night in order to keep their produce cool.
Question 43: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The influence of ice on the diet

B. The development of refrigeration

C. The transportation of goods to market


paragraph

because

__________________.
A. many fish dealers also sold ice.
B. fish was shipped in refrigerated freight cars.
C. fish dealers were among the early commercial users of ice.
D. fish was not part of the ordinary person's diet before the invention of the icebox.
Question 46: According to the passage, which of the following was an obstacle to the
development of the icebox?
A. Competition among the owners of refrigerated freight cars
B. The lack of a network for the distribution of ice
C. The use of insufficient insulation
D. Inadequate understanding of physics
Question 47: The word "rudimentary" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
_______________.
A. undeveloped
B. growing
C. necessary
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D. uninteresting


Question 48: The author describes Thomas Moore as having been "on the right track" to
indicate that ______________.
A. the road to the market passed close to Moore's farm
B. Moore was an honest merchant

B. butter

C. ice

D. markets

LỜI GIẢI CHI TIẾT
Question 1: Đáp án C
low /ləʊ/

comb /kəʊm/

tomb /tuːm/

row /rəʊ/

Câu C phát âm là /uː/ còn lại phát âm là /əʊ/
Question 2: Đáp án B
choir /ˈkwaɪər/

chocolate /ˈtʃɒklət/

cholera /ˈkɒlərə/

stomach /ˈstʌmək/

Câu B phát âm là /tʃ/ còn lại phát âm là /k/
Question 3: Đáp án D
manner /ˈmænər


Question 10: Đáp án C
Cụm dạnh từ: wheat – producing [ sản xuất ra lúa mì]
Câu này dịch như sau: Bạn có chắc chắn rằng nước Anh là đất nước sản xuất ra lúa mì
không?
Question 11: Đáp án C
fall off: giảm fall back: rút quân
fall over: ngã fall out: rụng [ lá, răng, tóc]
Câu này dịch như sau: Tôi không thể đi giày cao gót được. Tôi cứ bị ngã.
Question 12: Đáp án B
Cụm từ: take turn in sth/ take turn to Vo [ thay phiên nhau làm việc gì đó]
Câu này dịch như sau: Trong gia đình của tôi, chị tôi và tôi thay phiên nhau rửa bát.
Question 13: Đáp án C
Cụm giới từ: in luck [ may mắn ] >< out of luck [ kém may mắn]
A: Bạn có quyển Chiếc lá cuối cùng không?
B: Bạn thật may mắn đấy. Mình chỉ còn 1 quyển.
Question 14: Đáp án A
A: Chúng ta gặp nhau lúc nào đây 7:30 hay 8:00?
B: Mình không bận tâm lắm. Giờ nào mình cũng rảnh.
A.giờ nào cũng được

B. không giờ nào được hết.

C. cả hai giờ đều được.

D. cả hai đều không.

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Question 20: Đáp án A
“ Mẹ của mình nấu ăn rất ngon.”
A.Bà ấy chắc hẳn rất tự hào về điều đó.

Câu này dịch như sau: Một số nghiên cứu cho thấy sự kiên kết mạnh mẽ giữa thuốc trừ sâu và
một số căn bệnh nhất định.
=>Association = connection
Question 23: Đáp án C
striking contrast: sự khác biệt đáng kể
A. sự so sánh nhỏ

B. sự giống nhau thú vị

C. sự khác biệt đáng kể

D. sự trùng hợp hoàn toàn

Câu này dịch như sau: Mặc dù họ có quan điểm chính trị giống nhau, nhưng tín ngưỡng tôn
giáo của họ thể hiện sự khác nhau đáng kể.
=>striking contrast = significant discrepancy
Question 24: Đáp án B
unexpected : ngoài mong đợi

impressive: ấn tượng

predictable: có thể đoán trước được

surprising: ngạc nhiên

positive: tích cực
Câu này dịch như sau: Nghiên cứu, ngược lại với nhận định chung, tiết lộ một số kết quả
ngoài mong đợi.
=>unexpected >< predictable
Question 25: Đáp án A


Expressed: thể hiện/ trình bày

Typified: đặc trưng

The 15th Asian Games took place from December 1 through December 15, 2006, in Doha,
capital of Qatar. More than 10,000 athletes, who (31)___________ 45 countries and regions,
took part in 39 sports and 424 events of the Games, the most important event in Asia. Some
new events such as chess and triathlon were also included in the Games.
[ Thế Vận hội châu Á lần thứ 15 diễn ra từ ngày 1 tháng 12 đến ngày 15 tháng 12 năm 2006,
ở Doha, thủ đô của Qatar. Hơn 10.000 vận động viên, người mà đại diện cho 45 quốc gia và
vùng lãnh thổ, tham gia vào 39 môn thể thao và 424 sự kiện của Thế vận hội, sự kiện quan
trọng nhất của châu Á. Một số sự kiện mới chẳng hạn như cờ vua và 3 môn phối hợp ( bơi
lội, đua xe đạp và chạy điền kinh) được bao gồm trong Thế vận hội.]
Question 32: Đáp án C
events: sự kiện

facilities: cơ sở vật chất

venues: địa điểm

teams: đội/ nhóm

The 15th Asian Games was organized at 34 sporting (32)___________, including Khalifa
Stadium, which hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
[ Thế Vận hội lần thứ 15 được tổ chức ở 34 địa điểm thể thao khác nhau, bao gồm sân vận
động Khalifa, cái mà đăng cai tổ chức lễ khai mạc và bế mạc.]
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Question 36: Đáp án
Bài đọc nói về cái gì?

C. no căng/ được nhồi nhét

D. đông đúc

Dẫn chứng: Imagine the busy streets of New York City, an enormous place with millions of
people. Every day, the streets are congested with people going about their daily lives.
Question 39: Đáp án B
Làm thế nào để một con Tweenbot đến được đích đến cuối cùng của nó?
A.Với sự giúp đỡ của những Tweenbot khác.
B. Với sự giúp đỡ của những người đi bộ tốt bụng trên đường.
C. Với sự giúp đỡ của Kace Kinzer
D. Với sự giúp đỡ của những ngưới máy khác ở thành phố New York.
Dẫn chứng: Kinzer’s idea was to make a robot that could navigate the city and reach its
destination only if it was aided by pedestrians.
Question 40: Đáp án D
Từ “ is fitted with” [được lắp ráp với] ở đoạn 2 gần nghĩa nhất với
A. được trang bị đầy đủ vũ khí

B. được gắn dính với cái gì đó

C. được cung cấp với

D. được lắp ráp/ trang bị

Dẫn chứng: In addition to that, each of Kinzer’s robots is fitted with a flag that displays
instructions for the robot’s destination.
Question 41: Đáp án A
Câu nào sau đây không đúng?
A. Hầu hết những Tweenbots đến đích đến bị hư hỏng hoặc gãy vỡ.
B. Hầu hết mọi người đối xứ với Tweenbots rất tốt.


B. khoảng trước năm 1850

C. Suốt thời nội chiến

D. những năm 1950

Dẫn chứng: By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American
language, butice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United
States.
After the Civil War (1860-1865), as ice was used to refrigerate freight cars, it also came into
household use. Even before 1880, half the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore,
and one-third of that sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use.
Question 45: Đáp án C
Tác giả đề cập đến “ fish” ở đoạn đầu bởi vì
A. nhiều người bán cá cũng bán đá lạnh
B. cá được vận chuyển trong xe chở hàng đông lạnh
C. những người bán cá là trong số những người sử dụng đá lạnh vì mục đích buôn bán đầu
tiên.
D. cá không phải là một phần của chế độ ăn uống bình thường hằng ngày trước khi thùng
đông lạnh được phát minh.
Dẫn chứng: The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and
hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter.
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Question 49: Đáp án A
Theo bài đọc, thùng ướp lạnh của Moore cho phép ông
A. thu phí nhiều hơn cho món bơ