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QUESTION 1 Đ N QUESTION 80)
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. chamber
B. ancient
C. danger
D. ancestor
Question 2: A. smoothly
B. southern
C. breath
D. airworthy
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 3: We can protect the world in which we live. We, for example, can grow more trees and recycle
rubbish.
A. We can protect the world in which we live as well as we can grow more trees and recycle rubbish.
B. We can protect the world in which we live, growing more trees and recycle rubbish.
C. We can protect the world in which we live by growing more trees and recycling rubbish.
D. We can protect the world in which we live such as growing more trees and recycling rubbish.
Question 4: He joined the army in 1998. He was soon after promoted to the rank of captain.
A. He was promoted to the rank of captain in 1998 and joined the army.
B. Promoted to the rank of captain in 1998, he joined the army soon later.
C. He worked as a captain in the army and had a promotion in 1998.
D. Joining the army in 1998, he was soon promoted to the rank of captain.
Question 5: He has been studying for many years. He should have realized sooner that his grammar was
incorrect.
A. He has been studying for many years to have soon realized that his grammar was incorrect.
B. He has been studying for many years that he should have realized sooner that his grammar was
incorrect.
C. No sooner has he been studying for many years than he should have realized that his grammar was
incorrect.
D. Though he has been studying for many years, he did not realize sooner that his grammar was
incorrect.
Question 6: Colour is an important facet of nature. It influences the life of almost every creature.
A. Influencing the life of almost every creature in nature, colour is important.
B. Colour influencing the life of almost every creature being an important facet of nature.
C. Colour, which is an important facet of nature, influencing the life of almost every creature.
D. Colour, which is an important facet of nature, influences the life of almost every creature.
Question 7: I think my hair looks fine. My mother believes it needs a little more brushing.
A. Not only do I think my hair looks fine, but my mother also believes it needs a little more brushing.
B. Either my mother believes it needs a little more brushing or I think my hair looks fine.
C. I think my hair looks so fine that my mother believes it needs a little more brushing.
D. I think my hair looks fine, but my mother believes it needs a little more brushing.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 8: The organization has the authority to manage and regulate new and existing free trade
agreements, to supervise world trade practices and to settle trade disputes among member states.
A. prolong
B. strengthen
C. reconcile
D. augment
Question 9: With its various activities, the Camp has set up a stronger regional identity by raising youth’s
awareness of Southeast Asia’s history and heritage.
A. heredity
B. tradition
C. endowment
D. bequest
Question 10: All the presentations and activities at the ASEAN Youth in January 2006 Camp echoed that
theme named “Water and the Arts”.
A. reflected
B. mentioned
C. illustrated
D. remembered
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
in each of the following questions.
Question 11: Cortes, who conquered Mexico city and destroyed it lately, considered Mexico City to be
B
C
A
the most beautiful city he had ever seen.
D
Question 12: There are vast, open grazing lands, an area that receives little rain than the farming region
A
B
C
west of the Missouri River.
D
Question 13: Although the Indians lacked animals they had the ability to cultivate plants suitably for
A
B
C
daily use.
D
Question 14: Not long after Galileo’s time, Sir Isaac Newton invented another kind of telescope which
A
B
he used mirrors instead of lenses.
C
D
Question 15: Approximately, one in every three marriages in America today end in divorce.
D
A
B
C
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.
The healing power of maggots is not new. Human beings have discovered it several times. The Maya
are said to have used maggots for therapeutic purposes a thousand years ago. As early as the sixteenth
century, European doctors noticed that soldiers with maggot-infested wounds healed well. More recently,
doctors have realized that maggots can be cheaper and more effective than drugs in some respects, and
these squirming larvae have, at times, enjoyed a quiet medical renaissance. The problem may have more
to do with the weak stomachs of those using them than with good science. The modern heyday of maggot
therapy began during World War I, when an American doctor named William Baer was shocked to notice
that two soldiers who had lain on a battlefield for a week while their abdominal wounds became infested
with thousands of maggots, had recovered better than wounded men treated in the military hospital. After
the war, Baer proved to the medical establishment that maggots could cure some of the toughest
infections.
In the 1930s hundreds of hospitals used maggot therapy. Maggot therapy requires the right kind of
larvae. Only the maggots of blowflies (a family that includes common bluebottles and greenbottles) will do
the job; they devour dead tissue, whether in an open wound or in a corpse. Some other maggots, on the
other hand, such as those of the screw-worm eat live tissue. They must be avoided. When blowfly eggs
hatch in a patient’s wound, the maggots eat the dead flesh where gangrene-causing bacteria thrive. They
also excrete compounds that are lethal to bacteria they don’t happen to swallow. Meanwhile, they ignore
live flesh, and in fact, give it a gentle growth-stimulating massage simply by crawling over it. When they
metamorphose into flies, they leave without a trace – although in the process, they might upset the
hospital staff as they squirm around in a live patient. When sulfa drugs, the first antibiotics, emerged
around the time of World War II, maggot therapy quickly faded into obscurity.
Question 16: According to the passage, William Baer was shocked because _________
A. the soldiers’ abdominal wounds had become infested with maggots
B. two soldiers had lain on the battlefield for a week
C. the soldiers had recovered better than those in a military hospital
D. the medical establishment refused to accept his findings
Question 17: The word “renaissance” is closest in meaning to _________
A. revival
B. resistance
C. condemnation
D. support
Question 18: All of the following are true EXCEPT _________
A. maggots come from eggs
B. maggots eat bacteria
C. maggots are larvae
D. William Baer discovered a new type of maggot
Question 19: The word “metamorphose” is closest in meaning to _________
A. disappear
B. grow
C. change
D. move
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Question 20: What can be inferred from the passage about maggots?
A. Sulfa drugs were developed from maggots
B. Modern science might be able to develop new drugs from maggots that would fight infection
C. Maggot therapy would have been more popular if antibiotics had not been discovered
D. William Baer later changed his mind about the value of using maggot therapy
Question 21: The word “devour” is closest in meaning to _________
A. clean
B. change
C. consume
D. chew
Question 22: Which of the following is true, according to the passage?
A. Maggots only eat dead tissue
B. Sulfa drugs have been developed from maggots
C. Blowfly maggots eat dead tissue
D. Bluebottles and greenbottles produce maggots
Question 23: Why did the author write the passage?
A. Because of the resistance to using the benefits of maggots
B. To explain treatments used before the first antibiotics
C. To demonstrate the important contribution of William Baer
D. To outline the healing power of maggots
Question 24: The word “thrive” is closest in meaning to _________
A. grow
B. move
C. prosper
D. eat
Question 25: The word “they” refers to _________
A. flies
B. maggots
C. gangrene-causing bacteria
D. live patients
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: The demand was so great that they had to grow more soyas immediately.
A. So great was the demand that they had to grow more soyas immediately.
B. Such is the demand that more soyas had to be grown immediately.
C. It was great that they will grow more soyas immediately.
D. More soyas are demanded to be grown immediately.
Question 27: They would rather see the boat race than the cricket match.
A. They prefer seeing the boat race than the cricket match.
B. Seeing the cricket match is not as likeable as the boat race.
C. They do not like seeing the cricket match as much as the boat race.
D. Seeing the boat race is rather matching them.
Question 28: Very few criminals would be caught by the police if informers did not offer information.
A. The police would catch a few criminals without informers’ information.
B. Informers offer information and the police catch many criminals.
C. The police caught many criminals with the help of informers.
D. Without information from informers, the police will catch very few criminals.
Question 29: Sometimes an allergy can disappear as suddenly as it arrives, without any treatment.
A. Sometimes an allergy can disappear as soon as it arrives, very suddenly.
B. An allergy can arrive and disappear suddenly without any treatment sometimes.
C. With some treatment, an allergy does not sometimes last long as soon as it arrives.
D. Without any treatment, an allergy disappears after arriving for some time.
Question 30: Why didn’t you switch off the light before leaving the room?
A. You must have switched off the light before leaving the room.
B. You could have switched off the light before leaving the room.
C. You should have switched off the light before leaving the room.
D. You shouldn’t have switched off the light before leaving the room.
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.
In the first half of the nineteenth century, the U.S. government decided that it needed to set up a
system for protecting its coastline. It then began building a series of forts along the coast of the eastern part
of the country to facilitate its defenses.
The largest of these forts was Fort Jefferson, which was begun in 1846. This fort was built on
Garden Key, one of a cluster of small coral islands 70 miles west of Key West. At the time of its
construction Fort Jefferson was believed to be of primary strategic importance to the United States because
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of its location at the entryway to the Gulf of Mexico. Because of its location at the entrance to a great body
of water, it became known as the Gibraltar of the Gulf, in reference to the island located at the mouth of the
Mediterranean. The fort itself was a massive structure. It was hexagonal in shape, with 8-foot-thick walls,
and was surrounded by a medieval-style moat for added security. Covering most of the Garden Key, it was
approximately half a mile in circumference.
In the latter half of the nineteenth century, during the Civil War and its aftermath, the fort was used
as a prison rather than a military installation. The most notorious of its prisoners was Dr. Samuel Mudd, a
physician who was the most probably innocently involved in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The
actual assassin, John Wilkes Booth, broke his leg as he left from the stage of the Ford Theater during the
assassination. Dr. Mudd set Booth’s broken leg, unaware of Booth’s involvement in the assassination. As a
result of this action, Dr. Mudd was sentenced to life in prison and remanded to Fort Jefferson. He was
pardoned after only four years because of his courageous efforts in combating an epidemic of yellow fever
that ravaged the fort.
Continuous use of Fort Jefferson ended in the 1870s, although the U.S. Navy continued with
sporadic use of it into the twentieth century. Today, the massive ruins still remain on the tiny island that
stands guard over the entrance to the gulf, undisturbed except for the occasional sightseer who ventures
out from the coast to visit.
Question 31: The passage is mainly about _________
A. a series of forts
B. a series of events at one fort
C. a single event at one fort
D. a series of events at several forts
Question 32: All of the following are true about Fort Jefferson EXCEPT that _________
A. it is on an island
B. it was built because of its strategic location
C. it is in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico
D. it has been compared with an island at the opening of the Mediterranean
Question 33: The word “massive” is closest in meaning to _________
A. big
B. impressive
C. lovely
D. high
Question 34: The pronoun “it” refers to _________
A. fort
B. shape
C. moat
D. circumference
Question 35: All of the following are stated about Dr. Samuel Mudd EXCEPT that _________
A. he was a medical doctor
B. he cared for Lincoln’s assassin
C. he was imprisoned at Fort Jefferson
D. he was most likely guilty of Lincoln’s assassination
Question 36: How was Fort Jefferson most likely used in 1865?
A. As a strategic defensive unit of the U.S. military
B. As a penal institution
C. As a regularly functioning naval base
D. As a destination for tourists
Question 37: “Yellow fever” is most likely _________
A. an enemy military force
B. a prison regimen
C. a contagious disease
D. a mental illness
Question 38: What is implied about Fort Jefferson today?
A. It is a thriving community
B. It is a relatively quiet place
C. It is still in use by the U.S. military
D. It remains in good condition
Question 39: In which paragraph does the author describe an injury to the man who shot Lincoln?
A. Paragraph 1
B. Paragraph 2
C. Paragraph 3
D. Paragraph 4
Question 40: The information in the passage is presented _________
A. in chronological order
B. by listing examples of a concept
C. in spatial order
D. by arguing for a hypothesis
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in
the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 41: A. economic
B. territorial
Question 42: A. compromise
B. correspond
Question 43: A. origin
B. subsequent
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C. interview
C. admirable
D. memorial
D. innocent
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE
in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 44: There are several different kinds of faults in reading which are usually more exaggerated
with foreign learners.
A. overestimated
B. understated
C. overemphasized
D. undertaken
Question 45: Whatever the activity level, all types of hobbies can require high levels of expertise.
A. incapable
B. incompetence
C. expertness
D. skillfulness
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 46: It should be the responsibility of children’s TV producers to ________ moral values in their
viewers.
A. teach
B. instill
C. explain
D. put
Question 47: What? Your sister saw Jimmy at the Vinh Theatre! Well, if it ________ him, he must have
been dismissed again.
A. really had been.
B. were really
C. had really been
D. was really
Question 48: A: “Come on, Peter. I want to show you something”
B: “Oh how nice of you! I ________ you ________ to bring me gift.”
A. never think/ are going
B. never thought/ were going
C. didn’t think/ are going
D. hadn’t thought/ would be going
Question 49: Among bees ________ a highly elaborate form of communication.
A. it occurs
B. occurs
C. It is an occurrence with
D. occur
Question 50: My grandmother was a lovely person who ________ pleasure from helping others.
A. gathered
B. derived
C. deduced
D. collected
Question 51: You have to ________ your revision tonight. Or it’s too late.
A. get over
B. give out
C. give away
D. get through
Question 52: ________ a new job until he was offered a substantial raise and promotion.
A. He has had intention of finding
B. His intention to find
C. He’d been intending to find
D. He is intent on finding
Question 53: A child’s existence seems so ________ in the arms of its mother.
A. tight
B. secure
C. stable
D. steady
Question 54: “It’s all ________ to me.” She said as the professor was explaining the new math problem.
A. Athens
B. Greek
C. Roma
D. American
Question 55: Despite her poor exam results, Alice put a ________ face on the situation.
A. tough
B. courageous
C. brave
D. short
Question 56: What will you do if they don’t agree ________? There’s no way we can force them.
A. to have reached their luggage
B. on having their luggage search
C. to having searched their luggage
D. to have their luggage searched
Question 57: My father has decided to ________ a beard to cover a small scar he has on his chin.
A. rear
B. bring up
C. breed
D. grow.
Question 58: The fall of the dictatorship of Miguel Primode Riverra ________ the establishment of the
Second Spanish Republic.
A. brought round
B. set down
C. set up
D. brought about
Question 59: A: “I can’t believe we’re actually here in the Caribbean!”
B: “________”
A. This is the life!
B. Life goes on.
C. But I believe
D. Why can’t you?
Question 60: A: “Wasn’t it Mozart who composed “Swan Lake”?
B: “________”
A. I haven’t a clue.
B. Yes, he wasn’t.
C. It is not my favorite
D. It’s out of question
Question 61: Linda's most striking ________ is her ability to withstand stress and strain.
A. characteristic
B. manner
C. character
D. personality
Question 62: The guerrillas are trained in special mountain camps. ________ believed to be at least ten
such camps high up in the sierras.
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TRƯ NG Đ I H C VINH
TRƯ NG THPT CHUYÊN
Đ THI KH O SÁT CH T LƯ NG L P 12, L N 2-2014
Môn: TI NG ANH (Th i gian làm bài: 90 phút)
Mã đ thi 136
H , tên thí sinh:..................................................................... S báo danh: .............................
Đ THI G M 80 CÂU (T
QUESTION 1 Đ N QUESTION 80)
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. chamber
B. ancient
C. danger
D. ancestor
Question 2: A. smoothly
B. southern
C. breath
D. airworthy
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 3: We can protect the world in which we live. We, for example, can grow more trees and recycle
rubbish.
A. We can protect the world in which we live as well as we can grow more trees and recycle rubbish.
B. We can protect the world in which we live, growing more trees and recycle rubbish.
C. We can protect the world in which we live by growing more trees and recycling rubbish.
D. We can protect the world in which we live such as growing more trees and recycling rubbish.
Question 4: He joined the army in 1998. He was soon after promoted to the rank of captain.
A. He was promoted to the rank of captain in 1998 and joined the army.
B. Promoted to the rank of captain in 1998, he joined the army soon later.
C. He worked as a captain in the army and had a promotion in 1998.
D. Joining the army in 1998, he was soon promoted to the rank of captain.
Question 5: He has been studying for many years. He should have realized sooner that his grammar was
incorrect.
A. He has been studying for many years to have soon realized that his grammar was incorrect.
B. He has been studying for many years that he should have realized sooner that his grammar was
incorrect.
C. No sooner has he been studying for many years than he should have realized that his grammar was
incorrect.
D. Though he has been studying for many years, he did not realize sooner that his grammar was
incorrect.
Question 6: Colour is an important facet of nature. It influences the life of almost every creature.
A. Influencing the life of almost every creature in nature, colour is important.
B. Colour influencing the life of almost every creature being an important facet of nature.
C. Colour, which is an important facet of nature, influencing the life of almost every creature.
D. Colour, which is an important facet of nature, influences the life of almost every creature.
Question 7: I think my hair looks fine. My mother believes it needs a little more brushing.
A. Not only do I think my hair looks fine, but my mother also believes it needs a little more brushing.
B. Either my mother believes it needs a little more brushing or I think my hair looks fine.
C. I think my hair looks so fine that my mother believes it needs a little more brushing.
D. I think my hair looks fine, but my mother believes it needs a little more brushing.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 8: The organization has the authority to manage and regulate new and existing free trade
agreements, to supervise world trade practices and to settle trade disputes among member states.
A. prolong
B. strengthen
C. reconcile
D. augment
Question 9: With its various activities, the Camp has set up a stronger regional identity by raising youth’s
awareness of Southeast Asia’s history and heritage.
A. heredity
B. tradition
C. endowment
D. bequest
Question 10: All the presentations and activities at the ASEAN Youth in January 2006 Camp echoed that
theme named “Water and the Arts”.
A. reflected
B. mentioned
C. illustrated
D. remembered
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
in each of the following questions.
Question 11: Cortes, who conquered Mexico city and destroyed it lately, considered Mexico City to be
B
C
A
the most beautiful city he had ever seen.
D
Question 12: There are vast, open grazing lands, an area that receives little rain than the farming region
A
B
C
west of the Missouri River.
D
Question 13: Although the Indians lacked animals they had the ability to cultivate plants suitably for
A
B
C
daily use.
D
Question 14: Not long after Galileo’s time, Sir Isaac Newton invented another kind of telescope which
A
B
he used mirrors instead of lenses.
C
D
Question 15: Approximately, one in every three marriages in America today end in divorce.
D
A
B
C
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.
The healing power of maggots is not new. Human beings have discovered it several times. The Maya
are said to have used maggots for therapeutic purposes a thousand years ago. As early as the sixteenth
century, European doctors noticed that soldiers with maggot-infested wounds healed well. More recently,
doctors have realized that maggots can be cheaper and more effective than drugs in some respects, and
these squirming larvae have, at times, enjoyed a quiet medical renaissance. The problem may have more
to do with the weak stomachs of those using them than with good science. The modern heyday of maggot
therapy began during World War I, when an American doctor named William Baer was shocked to notice
that two soldiers who had lain on a battlefield for a week while their abdominal wounds became infested
with thousands of maggots, had recovered better than wounded men treated in the military hospital. After
the war, Baer proved to the medical establishment that maggots could cure some of the toughest
infections.
In the 1930s hundreds of hospitals used maggot therapy. Maggot therapy requires the right kind of
larvae. Only the maggots of blowflies (a family that includes common bluebottles and greenbottles) will do
the job; they devour dead tissue, whether in an open wound or in a corpse. Some other maggots, on the
other hand, such as those of the screw-worm eat live tissue. They must be avoided. When blowfly eggs
hatch in a patient’s wound, the maggots eat the dead flesh where gangrene-causing bacteria thrive. They
also excrete compounds that are lethal to bacteria they don’t happen to swallow. Meanwhile, they ignore
live flesh, and in fact, give it a gentle growth-stimulating massage simply by crawling over it. When they
metamorphose into flies, they leave without a trace – although in the process, they might upset the
hospital staff as they squirm around in a live patient. When sulfa drugs, the first antibiotics, emerged
around the time of World War II, maggot therapy quickly faded into obscurity.
Question 16: According to the passage, William Baer was shocked because _________
A. the soldiers’ abdominal wounds had become infested with maggots
B. two soldiers had lain on the battlefield for a week
C. the soldiers had recovered better than those in a military hospital
D. the medical establishment refused to accept his findings
Question 17: The word “renaissance” is closest in meaning to _________
A. revival
B. resistance
C. condemnation
D. support
Question 18: All of the following are true EXCEPT _________
A. maggots come from eggs
B. maggots eat bacteria
C. maggots are larvae
D. William Baer discovered a new type of maggot
Question 19: The word “metamorphose” is closest in meaning to _________
A. disappear
B. grow
C. change
D. move
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Question 20: What can be inferred from the passage about maggots?
A. Sulfa drugs were developed from maggots
B. Modern science might be able to develop new drugs from maggots that would fight infection
C. Maggot therapy would have been more popular if antibiotics had not been discovered
D. William Baer later changed his mind about the value of using maggot therapy
Question 21: The word “devour” is closest in meaning to _________
A. clean
B. change
C. consume
D. chew
Question 22: Which of the following is true, according to the passage?
A. Maggots only eat dead tissue
B. Sulfa drugs have been developed from maggots
C. Blowfly maggots eat dead tissue
D. Bluebottles and greenbottles produce maggots
Question 23: Why did the author write the passage?
A. Because of the resistance to using the benefits of maggots
B. To explain treatments used before the first antibiotics
C. To demonstrate the important contribution of William Baer
D. To outline the healing power of maggots
Question 24: The word “thrive” is closest in meaning to _________
A. grow
B. move
C. prosper
D. eat
Question 25: The word “they” refers to _________
A. flies
B. maggots
C. gangrene-causing bacteria
D. live patients
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: The demand was so great that they had to grow more soyas immediately.
A. So great was the demand that they had to grow more soyas immediately.
B. Such is the demand that more soyas had to be grown immediately.
C. It was great that they will grow more soyas immediately.
D. More soyas are demanded to be grown immediately.
Question 27: They would rather see the boat race than the cricket match.
A. They prefer seeing the boat race than the cricket match.
B. Seeing the cricket match is not as likeable as the boat race.
C. They do not like seeing the cricket match as much as the boat race.
D. Seeing the boat race is rather matching them.
Question 28: Very few criminals would be caught by the police if informers did not offer information.
A. The police would catch a few criminals without informers’ information.
B. Informers offer information and the police catch many criminals.
C. The police caught many criminals with the help of informers.
D. Without information from informers, the police will catch very few criminals.
Question 29: Sometimes an allergy can disappear as suddenly as it arrives, without any treatment.
A. Sometimes an allergy can disappear as soon as it arrives, very suddenly.
B. An allergy can arrive and disappear suddenly without any treatment sometimes.
C. With some treatment, an allergy does not sometimes last long as soon as it arrives.
D. Without any treatment, an allergy disappears after arriving for some time.
Question 30: Why didn’t you switch off the light before leaving the room?
A. You must have switched off the light before leaving the room.
B. You could have switched off the light before leaving the room.
C. You should have switched off the light before leaving the room.
D. You shouldn’t have switched off the light before leaving the room.
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.
In the first half of the nineteenth century, the U.S. government decided that it needed to set up a
system for protecting its coastline. It then began building a series of forts along the coast of the eastern part
of the country to facilitate its defenses.
The largest of these forts was Fort Jefferson, which was begun in 1846. This fort was built on
Garden Key, one of a cluster of small coral islands 70 miles west of Key West. At the time of its
construction Fort Jefferson was believed to be of primary strategic importance to the United States because
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of its location at the entryway to the Gulf of Mexico. Because of its location at the entrance to a great body
of water, it became known as the Gibraltar of the Gulf, in reference to the island located at the mouth of the
Mediterranean. The fort itself was a massive structure. It was hexagonal in shape, with 8-foot-thick walls,
and was surrounded by a medieval-style moat for added security. Covering most of the Garden Key, it was
approximately half a mile in circumference.
In the latter half of the nineteenth century, during the Civil War and its aftermath, the fort was used
as a prison rather than a military installation. The most notorious of its prisoners was Dr. Samuel Mudd, a
physician who was the most probably innocently involved in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The
actual assassin, John Wilkes Booth, broke his leg as he left from the stage of the Ford Theater during the
assassination. Dr. Mudd set Booth’s broken leg, unaware of Booth’s involvement in the assassination. As a
result of this action, Dr. Mudd was sentenced to life in prison and remanded to Fort Jefferson. He was
pardoned after only four years because of his courageous efforts in combating an epidemic of yellow fever
that ravaged the fort.
Continuous use of Fort Jefferson ended in the 1870s, although the U.S. Navy continued with
sporadic use of it into the twentieth century. Today, the massive ruins still remain on the tiny island that
stands guard over the entrance to the gulf, undisturbed except for the occasional sightseer who ventures
out from the coast to visit.
Question 31: The passage is mainly about _________
A. a series of forts
B. a series of events at one fort
C. a single event at one fort
D. a series of events at several forts
Question 32: All of the following are true about Fort Jefferson EXCEPT that _________
A. it is on an island
B. it was built because of its strategic location
C. it is in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico
D. it has been compared with an island at the opening of the Mediterranean
Question 33: The word “massive” is closest in meaning to _________
A. big
B. impressive
C. lovely
D. high
Question 34: The pronoun “it” refers to _________
A. fort
B. shape
C. moat
D. circumference
Question 35: All of the following are stated about Dr. Samuel Mudd EXCEPT that _________
A. he was a medical doctor
B. he cared for Lincoln’s assassin
C. he was imprisoned at Fort Jefferson
D. he was most likely guilty of Lincoln’s assassination
Question 36: How was Fort Jefferson most likely used in 1865?
A. As a strategic defensive unit of the U.S. military
B. As a penal institution
C. As a regularly functioning naval base
D. As a destination for tourists
Question 37: “Yellow fever” is most likely _________
A. an enemy military force
B. a prison regimen
C. a contagious disease
D. a mental illness
Question 38: What is implied about Fort Jefferson today?
A. It is a thriving community
B. It is a relatively quiet place
C. It is still in use by the U.S. military
D. It remains in good condition
Question 39: In which paragraph does the author describe an injury to the man who shot Lincoln?
A. Paragraph 1
B. Paragraph 2
C. Paragraph 3
D. Paragraph 4
Question 40: The information in the passage is presented _________
A. in chronological order
B. by listing examples of a concept
C. in spatial order
D. by arguing for a hypothesis
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in
the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 41: A. economic
B. territorial
Question 42: A. compromise
B. correspond
Question 43: A. origin
B. subsequent
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C. interview
C. admirable
D. memorial
D. innocent
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE
in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 44: There are several different kinds of faults in reading which are usually more exaggerated
with foreign learners.
A. overestimated
B. understated
C. overemphasized
D. undertaken
Question 45: Whatever the activity level, all types of hobbies can require high levels of expertise.
A. incapable
B. incompetence
C. expertness
D. skillfulness
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 46: It should be the responsibility of children’s TV producers to ________ moral values in their
viewers.
A. teach
B. instill
C. explain
D. put
Question 47: What? Your sister saw Jimmy at the Vinh Theatre! Well, if it ________ him, he must have
been dismissed again.
A. really had been.
B. were really
C. had really been
D. was really
Question 48: A: “Come on, Peter. I want to show you something”
B: “Oh how nice of you! I ________ you ________ to bring me gift.”
A. never think/ are going
B. never thought/ were going
C. didn’t think/ are going
D. hadn’t thought/ would be going
Question 49: Among bees ________ a highly elaborate form of communication.
A. it occurs
B. occurs
C. It is an occurrence with
D. occur
Question 50: My grandmother was a lovely person who ________ pleasure from helping others.
A. gathered
B. derived
C. deduced
D. collected
Question 51: You have to ________ your revision tonight. Or it’s too late.
A. get over
B. give out
C. give away
D. get through
Question 52: ________ a new job until he was offered a substantial raise and promotion.
A. He has had intention of finding
B. His intention to find
C. He’d been intending to find
D. He is intent on finding
Question 53: A child’s existence seems so ________ in the arms of its mother.
A. tight
B. secure
C. stable
D. steady
Question 54: “It’s all ________ to me.” She said as the professor was explaining the new math problem.
A. Athens
B. Greek
C. Roma
D. American
Question 55: Despite her poor exam results, Alice put a ________ face on the situation.
A. tough
B. courageous
C. brave
D. short
Question 56: What will you do if they don’t agree ________? There’s no way we can force them.
A. to have reached their luggage
B. on having their luggage search
C. to having searched their luggage
D. to have their luggage searched
Question 57: My father has decided to ________ a beard to cover a small scar he has on his chin.
A. rear
B. bring up
C. breed
D. grow.
Question 58: The fall of the dictatorship of Miguel Primode Riverra ________ the establishment of the
Second Spanish Republic.
A. brought round
B. set down
C. set up
D. brought about
Question 59: A: “I can’t believe we’re actually here in the Caribbean!”
B: “________”
A. This is the life!
B. Life goes on.
C. But I believe
D. Why can’t you?
Question 60: A: “Wasn’t it Mozart who composed “Swan Lake”?
B: “________”
A. I haven’t a clue.
B. Yes, he wasn’t.
C. It is not my favorite
D. It’s out of question
Question 61: Linda's most striking ________ is her ability to withstand stress and strain.
A. characteristic
B. manner
C. character
D. personality
Question 62: The guerrillas are trained in special mountain camps. ________ believed to be at least ten
such camps high up in the sierras.
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