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TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÊ KHIẾT – QUẢNG NGÃI

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
I. WOR D CHOICE (5pts)
Mark the letter A, B, c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answ er to each of the
following questions
1. Brain cancer r eq uires.... ........... treatment such as surgery.
A. aggressive B. confrontational C. malignant D. rigorous
2. He praised his wife for her dignity under th e ................of the tabloid press.
A. onslaught B. assault C. onset D. offensive
3. Buying a car was an important...... ........ for them.
A. transformation B. translation C. transaction D. transportation
4. Sh e's ................. She tends to think a lot and not to say a lot.
A. an introvert B. inverted C. an extrovert D. subdued
5. It’s ...............that he never mentioned our argument; I wonder why he didn’t.
A. special B. rare C. curious D. eccentric
6. In all.............., he’s already left.
A. odds B. probability C. certainty D. possibilities
7. Many people do n't use their computers to their f u ll ..............
A. future B. expectation C. potential D. hope
8. When our friends have bad fortune, we try to sh ow ....... ,.......
A. love B. sympathy C. affection D. pity
9. Are you having a ..,.................... exam before you sit the actual Exam in June?
A. fake B. mock C. false D. dress
10. The job you’ve been offered is a(n)....... opportunity to travel and meet people.
A. sole B. only C. unique D. single
II. STRUCTURES AND GRAMMAR
Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
11. He works until nine o’clock every evening, and that’s quite .............. the work he does over the weekend.
A. except for B. apart from C. without D: not for
12. The report makes the recommendation that no more prisons ..................
A. must be built B. be built C. had to be built D. should be building
13. I ............. a lot as an accountant but the work was just too boring.
A. was supposed to be earned B. ought to be earning
C. could have been earning D. should have earned
14 ................... I'd like to talk about m yself as the happiest person in the world.
A. Be that it may B. Strange as it might sound
C. How much strange it may be D. Strange though might it sound
15 .... her job, her sons and the housework, she doesn 't have a minute for herself.
A. What with B. If if weren’t for C. Barring D. Given
16................... as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideas of the period in which it was created.
A. Ranking B. To be ranked c. Being ranked D. In order to be ranking
17. We have.............. what action to take.
A. yet decided B. not yet decide C. not yet to decide D. yet to decide
18. So incredible...... . of the Yellowstone area that people didn’t believe in its existence.
A. explorer John Colter’s descriptions were B. was explorer John Colter’s descriptions

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C. explorer John Colter’s descriptions D. were explorer John Colter’s descriptions
19. On the island ...............the only representation of the island’s handicraft.
A. remains B. does it remain C. did it remain D. remain it
20................. had worsened so quickly surprised the doctor.
A. Which the patient’s condition B. The patient’[Link]
C. That the patien t’s condition D. As the patient’s condition
III. PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS (5pts)
Choose the best option
21. The weather seems to be ..... ....up after heavy rains.
A. tuning B. improving 'C. picking D. bringing
22. Because of the controversy, he p ac ks .............his job.
A. out B. in C. over D. up
23.1 think she mad e.............the whole story.
A. up B. out C. up for D. to
24. We have a lot o f financial difficulties, but at last, we carry it .............
A. out B. on C. off D. over
25. Ethan ...............such a great deal of effort............. training for the marathon that it is a pity he broke his
leg two days before it took place.
A. wore/ down B. carried/ on C. set/ off D. put/ into
26. Rebecca .............. on our conversation to tell US that James had jus t been rushed to hospital.
A. cut in B. faced up C. got ahead D. broke up
27. I waited in Time Square for Alfonzo for more than two hours, but he never
A. showed up B. hung around C. pulled off D. turned in
28. Issac wishes that he could ............ what he had said to Christina because he really upset her.
[Link] out B. take back . C. throw up D. tell off
29. If you pay the restaurant bill with your credit card, 1 will..........with you later.
A. settle down B. settle up C. pay back D. pay up
30. For a whole month, Muslims..... . eating and drinking during daylight hours.
A. abstain from B. keep from C. stay from D. stand from
IV. COLLOCATIONS AND IDIOMS (5pts)
Choose the best option
31. Unfortunately, our local cinema is on the________ of closing down.
A. verge B. hint c. edge D. threat
32. When it is very hot, you may _______ the top button of your shirt.
A. undress B. unwrap c, untie D. undo
33. She clearly joined the firm with a (n )______ to improving herself professionally.
A. view B. aim c. plan D. ambition
34 .1 shouldn't go outside without a raincoat because it's raining cats and dogs. (Choose the synnonym)
A. it's just started to rain B. it's raining very heavily
c. it's going to rain D. it's raining a little
35. On second thoughts, I believe 1 will go with you to the theater. (Choose the synnonym)
A. Upon reflection B. After discussing with my wife
C. For this time only D. For the second time
36.1 realized______ that he was a thief.
A. sooner of later B. all a long C. at the beginning D. eventually
37. Mr. Dawson was given the award in ______ of his services to the hospital.
A. spite B. charge C. recognition D. sight
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38. The sixth time he called me at night was the_________ .
A. lost cause B. last straw C. touch and go D. hot air.
39. His flat looks so___ that it is difficult to believe he just had a party last night.
A. spick and span B. by and large C. safe and sound D. sick and tired
40 .1 am not able to go anywhere this weekend because 1 am up to my____in work.
A. neck B. nose C. waist D. ankle
VERB FORM
Supply the corect verb form/tense
41.. He always talks as if he (address) .........................................a public meeting.
42. Barely he (pick) ....................................up the book when the phone rang.
43. She advised that the gate (keep)......................................loocked.
44. I supposed when I come back in two years’ time, they(pull) ..............................down all these old
buildings.
45. I caught him (climb) ......................................over my wall. I asked him to explain but he refused to say
anything.
ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Each of the following sentences has ONE mistake. Find and correct it.
46. The major goals of primary education is to achieve basic literacy and numeracy among all students.
47. Species become extinct or endanger for a number of reasons, but the primary cause is the destruction of
habitat by human activities.
48. My father often gives us good advices, so we ask him for it.
49. Each of the nurses report to the operating room when his or her name is called.
126. It has to be said that it was rather ingeniuos of him to ask a complete stranger to take care of his
lugguage.

V. READING COMPREHENSION
READING 2. Read the following passage and answer questions 51-60.
BRINGING UP CHILDREN
Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently experienced, the child may have
to go back and capture the experience of it. A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the
opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do
so. This principle, in fact, underlies all psychological treatment of children in difficulties with their
development, and is the basic of work in child clinics.
The beginnings of discipline are in the nursery. Even the youngest baby is taught by gradual stages to
wait for food, to sleep and wake at regular intervals and so on. If the child feels the world around him is a
warm and friendly one, he slowly accepts its rhythm and accustoms himself to conforming to its demands.
Learning to wait for things, particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved
successfully only if too great demands are not made before the child can understand them. Every parent
watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill: the first spoken words, the first independent steps,
or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning
rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at
any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to
read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone
too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural zest for life and his desire to find out
new things for himself.
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 Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents. By playing
together, parents learn more about their children and children learn more from their parents. Toys and games
which both parents and children can share are an important means of achieving this co-operation. Building-
block toys, jigsaw puzzles and crosswords are good examples.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness or indulgence towards their children. Some may be
especially strict in money matters; others are severe over times of coming home at night, punctuality for
meals or personal cleanliness. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the
values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being.
With regard to the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very
important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality.
Also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept”. If they are hypocritical and do not practise
what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to
think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness o f a marked
difference between their parents' ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion.
51. The principle underlying all treatment of developmental difficulties in child ren ______ .
A. is in the provision of clockwork toys and trains
B. is to send them to clinics
C. is to capture them before they are sufficiently experienced
D. offers recapture o f earlier experiences
52. Learning to wait for things is successfully taught_____ _.
A. in spite of excessive demands being made
B. only if excessive demands are avoided
C. because excessive demands are not advisable
D. is achieved successfully by all children
53. The encouragement of children to achieve new skills _____
A. should be focused on only at school B. can never be taken too far
c . will always assist their development D. should be balanced and moderate
54. Parental controls and d iscipline ______.
A. serve a dual purpose B. are designed to promote the child's happiness
C . reflect only the values of the community D. should be avoided as far as possible
55. The practice o f the rule "Example is better than precept” ______ .
A. only works when the children grow old enough to think for themselves
B. would help avoid the necessity for ethics and morals
C. will tree a child from disillusion when he grows up
D. is too difficult for all parents to exercise
56. In the 1st paragraph, the author lays some emphasis on the role of the______ in helping the child in
trouble.
A. psychiatrists B. community C. family D. nursery
57. The phrase "conforming to” in the 2nd paragraph means _____.
A. adapting to B. accepting C. agreeing with D. following
58. The W'ord "zest” in the 2nd paragraph can be best replaced by ______.
A. appetite B. excitement C. enthusiasm D. enjoyment
59. The word, "imposed” in the 4th paragraph is closest in meaning to .... ..............
A. excepted B. introduced C. made D. constrained
60. Hypocrisy on the part of the parents may _____ .
A. result in their children ’s wrong behaviour
B. make their children lose faith in them
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C. disqualify their teachings altogether
D. impair their childre n's mind
VI. CLOSE TEST
CLOSE TEST1: Fill in each n umbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
Mobile phones (61) ...........microwave radio emissions. Researchers are questioning whether exposures to
these radio waves might (62)............. to brain cancer.
So far. the data are not conclusive. The scientific evidence does not (63)........ us to stay with certainty
that mobile phones are categorically (64)................On the other hand, current research has not yet
(65)................clear adverse effects associated with the prolonged use of mobile phones.
Numerous studies are now going (66)................ in various countries. Some of the results are
contradictory but others have shown an association between mobile phone use and cancer.
(67)...............these studies are preliminary and the issue needs further, long-term investigation.
(68)................. the scientific data are more definite, it is prudent for people to try not to use mobile
phones for long periods of time. Don’t think that hands-free phones are any safer either. At the moment,
research is in fact showing the (69)................. and they may be just as dangerous.
It is also thought that young people (70)................... bodies are still growing may be at particular risk.
61. A. charge B. send C. give D. emit
62. A. bring B. lead C. cause D. produce
63. A. get B. allow C. force D. enable
64. A. risky [Link] C. safe D. unhealthy
65. A. demonstrated B. produced C. proved D. caused
66. A. through B. on C. about D. by
67. A. However [Link] C. Additionally D. Though
68. A. When B. Provide C. Until D. As
69. A. truth B. way C. fact D. opposite
70. A. whose B. as C. with D. that
CLOZE TEST 2: Read the following passage on commuting, and mark the letter A, B, c , or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
RENEWABLE ENERGY COMES OF AGE
The British Wind Energy Association was founded 30 years ago by a group of scientists. At that
time, the term “ alternative energy” was used to describe the generation of wind, water and solar power.
These days, we tend to (71)________ to them as “renewable energy” and the use of this name
(72)_________ a real change in their status. These sources of energy, apart from being alternative, have now
become mainstream and are (73)_____________ to make a significant contribution to the country’s energy
needs in the future.
Two closely linked developments (74)___________ behind this (75)________ in status. Firstly, over
the past decade or so, the price of oil and gas has been rising (76)__________ reflecting the extent to which
reserves of these fossil fuels are becoming (77)_________ . However, price is only part of the explanation.
(78)___________ as important is the growing consensus that carbon emissions must be curbed. The
scientific evidence for climate change is now irrefutable, and both policy makers and the (79)_________
public are finally in agreement that doing nothing about the prospect of global warming is no longer a viable
option. Renewable energy represents one real way of (80)_________ both issues.
71. A. consider B. refer C. mention [Link]
72. A. regards [Link] C. reminds D. reflects
73. A. set B. held C. put D. stood
74. A. sit B. reside C. lie D. recline
75. A. move B. shift C. switch D. jump
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76. A. equably B. serenely C. habitually D. steadily
77. A. depleted B. decreased C. depressed D. debased
78. A. Just B. Still C. Much D Yet
79. A. deeper B. greater C. larger D. wider
80. A. coping B. engaging C. addressing D. dealing
B. WRITTEN TEST
I. OPEN CLOZE TEST
OP EN CLOZ E TEST 1: Read the texts below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use
only ONE WORD for each space. (20 pts)
When rainforests are cleared and (81)............ , millions of carbon dioxide are released into the
atmosphere affecting climatic conditions and threatening US all (82)..........severe flooding, drought and drop
failure. The rainforests (83).............. at least half of the earth ’s species. At the current rate o f devastation an
(84)........ 50 species worldwide become extinct every day.
One in four purchases from our chemists is derived from the rainforests. Scientists are (85)........
caught in a race against time to find rainforest treatments for cancer, AIDS and heart disease before they are
(86)................. forever. Tribal people in the rainforests have been shot, poisoned and infected with diseases
to which they have no resistance - to make room for logging, mining and dams. If this destruction continues,
only nine (87)................the 33 countries currently exporting rainforest timber will have any (88)................by
the end of the decade.
Almost everyone will have part of the rainforests in their home, as do-it-yourself stores still supply
and the construction industry still uses tropical hardwood for doors, window (89)................and even toilet
seats. Please help US (90 ).................the tropical rainforests now, before it is too late.
OP EN CLOZ E TE ST 2
If you put a group of people who don’t know (91)..............other in a room together and asked them to
pair up, they will naturally gravitate towards others of similar family (92)..............., social class and
upbringing. We are all looking for something familiar (93) ............... we may not be aware of exactly what it
is. Facial attractiveness has a big (94).............. on our choice of partners, too. People tend to seek out and
form long-lasting relationships with others of similar level of attractiveness. Several studies have confirmed
this. Researchers (95)...... a selection of wedding photos and cut them up to separate the bride and the groom.
They then asked people to rate how attractive each person’s face was. When the researchers put the photos
back into their (96)............pairs, they found that most of the couples had been rated at similar levels. Not
only (97)................. we rate others, but each of US carries a rough estimate in our heads of how facially
attractive we might be. We realized subconciously that if we approach someone who is significantly higher
up the scale than we are, we run the (98)……….. of being rejected.
But (99)................. the explanation for how and why we fall in love, one thing is clear. Nature has
made the whole process as blissful and addictive as possible (100)................... the purpose of bringing and
keeping couples together
II. WORD FORM (20 pts)
SECTION 1: Complete the following sentences with an appr opriate form of the word in block
capitals
101. For many people, Ludwig Van Beethoven is the most____________ figure in the history of
western classical music. (INFLUENCE)
102. His _______________ talent was already clearly evident. (ORDINARY)
103. His day-to-day _______________ with people invariably turned out to be rather turbulent.
(RELATE)
104. He___________ fell in love with a num ber o f society women. (APPEAR)

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105. However, the identity of the girl who lay closest to his heart remains to this
day. (ELUDE)
106. The cargo was ____________ for safe and efficient shipping. (CONTENT)
107. She __________ questions about whether she plans to run, saying she's focused on her
voter registration and [Link] initiatives. (STEP).
108. Mark, a __________ commentator, was often featured on state television explaining
government policy. (TELEVISION)
109. Politicians and academics pointed to the building's ____________ contours as a cautionary
tale of architectural overreach. (BECOME)
110. The project was subject to the usual___________ of exploratory research. (VICIOUS)

IV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

Rewrite the sentences with the given words or beginning in such way that their meanings remain
unchanged.(20pts)
131. Thom as was not given details of the company’s new projects. DARK
—> ......................................................................................................................................................
132. In the area, Thailand is much better than all other countries in football. SHOULDERS
- > ......................................................................................................................
133. I'm afraid our problems are just beginning. ICEBERG
- > ......................... ..................................................................................................
134. The final version of the plan was quite different from the initial draft. RESEMBLANCE
—> ...............................................................................................................................................
135. 1 expected the film to be good, but it wasn’t at all. LIVE
- > ............................................................................................................
136. You must do something to make sure this doesn’t happen again. STEPS
= > ....................................................................... ..................
137. Even though I admire his courage, I think he is a foolish.
=> Much..... .......................................... ............. .................................
138. He sounds as i f he has spent all his life abroad.
=> He gives ........ .....................................................................................
139. His recent behaviors are outrageous.
=> The way .........................................................................................ordinary.
140. My salary is half what I would be in the job I was offered in January.
= > lf ....................................................... .....................................................

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