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II. READING: (4,2pts)
Part 1: Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. (1,0pt)
As gasoline prices continue to (1)_____, many people are looking for ways to reduce the (2)_____ of higher prices while still doing the driving necessary to their work and other activities. (3)_____ are some suggestions which will save you a (4)_____ amount of money on gasoline.
1. Ask yourself every time you (5)_____ to use your car, truck, SUV, or van, “Is this trip really necessary?” Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost you at least an (6)_____ of 36 cents. If the trip is not necessary, think twice before using your vehicle.
2. Drive at a (7)_____ speed on the highway. According to the Department of Energy, most automobiles get about 20 percent more miles per gallon on the highway at 55 miles per hour than they do at 70 miles per hour.
3. Consider (8)_____ an automobile which gets the best gas mileage. For example, generally, the following get better gas mileage: lighter weight vehicles, vehicles with smaller engines, vehicles with manual transmissions, those with four cylinders, and those with fewer accessories. Check the “fuel economy” labels (9)_____ to the windows of new automobiles to find the average estimated miles per gallon for given makes and models.
4. Decrease the number of short trips you make. Short trips (10)______ reduce gas mileage. If an automobile gets 20 miles per gallon in general, it may get only 4 miles per gallon on a short trip of 5 miles or less.
(Adapted from “The Vocabulary Files C1”)
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1. |
A. crash |
B. accelerate |
C. escalate |
D. fly |
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2. |
A. danger |
B. occurrence |
C. burden |
D. chance |
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3. |
A. Below |
B. After |
C. Coming |
D. Later |
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4. |
A. measurable |
B. negotiable |
C. negligible |
D. considerable |
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5. |
A. think |
B. plan |
C. need |
D. arrange |
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6. |
A. equivalent |
B. average |
C. amount |
D. increase |
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7. |
A. mild |
B. conservative |
C. considerable |
D. substantial |
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8. |
A. inquiring |
B. trading |
C. preferring |
D. purchasing |
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9. |
A. attached |
B. selected |
C. stretched |
D. held |
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10. |
A. extensively |
B. exclusively |
C. intensively |
D. drastically |
Last week we had a memorable trip to a new zoo on the outshirts of the city. We were all (1) forward to the trip. There are lots of wild animals, and they are looked (2) carefully. Each species is kept in one big compound and the animals look (3). After we looked round the animal zone, we gathered on a big lawn at the back of the zoo. There we played some (4) games and sang songs. Then we had a delicious lunch prepared by Nga and Phuong. In the afternoon, we walked to a museum nearby. There is a big collection of (5) made by different craft villages. I'm sure that the zoo will be our new place of (6).
| 1. | A. looking | B. staying | C. take |
| 2. | A. on | B. after | C. up |
| 3. | A. healthy | B. unhealthy | C. health |
| 4. | A. team-building | B. building | C. team |
| 5. | A. hands | B. craft | C. handicrafts |
| 6. | A. interesting | B. attract | C. interest |
London is one of the largest (1) in the world. Its population is (2) smaller than Tokyo or Shanghai, but it is by far the most popular tourist destination. London is probably most famous cultures, and religions (4) many other places. People used (5) that it was a dirty city too, but it is now much (6) than it was. To the surprise of many people, it now has some of the best restaurants in Europe too. For some people, this makes London the most exciting city in Europe.
| 1. | A. cities | B. city | C. places |
| 2. | A. much | B. a lot | C. both A and B |
| 3. | A. in | B. for | C. at |
| 4. | A. than | B. to | C. this |
| 5. | A. to tell | B. to say | C. say |
| 6. | A. clean | B. dirtier | C. cleaner |
London is one of the largest (1) in the world. Its population is (2) smaller than Tokyo or Shanghai, but it is by far the most popular tourist destination. London is probably most famous cultures, and religions (4) many other places. People used (5) that it was a dirty city too, but it is now much (6) than it was. To the surprise of many people, it now has some of the best restaurants in Europe too. For some people, this makes London the most exciting city in Europe.
| 1. | A. cities | B. city | C. places |
| 2. | A. much | B. a lot | C. both A and B |
| 3. | A. in | B. for | C. at |
| 4. | A. than | B. to | C. this |
| 5. | A. to tell | B. to say | C. say |
| 6. | A. clean | B. dirtier | C. cleaner |
Part 1: Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. (1,0pt)
As gasoline prices continue to (1)_____, many people are looking for ways to reduce the (2)_____ of higher prices while still doing the driving necessary to their work and other activities. (3)_____ are some suggestions which will save you a (4)_____ amount of money on gasoline.
1. Ask yourself every time you (5)_____ to use your car, truck, SUV, or van, “Is this trip really necessary?” Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost you at least an (6)_____ of 36 cents. If the trip is not necessary, think twice before using your vehicle.
2. Drive at a (7)_____ speed on the highway. According to the Department of Energy, most automobiles get about 20 percent more miles per gallon on the highway at 55 miles per hour than they do at 70 miles per hour.
3. Consider (8)_____ an automobile which gets the best gas mileage. For example, generally, the following get better gas mileage: lighter weight vehicles, vehicles with smaller engines, vehicles with manual transmissions, those with four cylinders, and those with fewer accessories. Check the “fuel economy” labels (9)_____ to the windows of new automobiles to find the average estimated miles per gallon for given makes and models.
4. Decrease the number of short trips you make. Short trips (10)______ reduce gas mileage. If an automobile gets 20 miles per gallon in general, it may get only 4 miles per gallon on a short trip of 5 miles or less.
(Adapted from “The Vocabulary Files C1”)
|
1. |
A. crash |
B. accelerate |
C. escalate |
D. fly |
|
2. |
A. danger |
B. occurrence |
C. burden |
D. chance |
|
3. |
A. Below |
B. After |
C. Coming |
D. Later |
|
4. |
A. measurable |
B. negotiable |
C. negligible |
D. considerable |
|
5. |
A. think |
B. plan |
C. need |
D. arrange |
|
6. |
A. equivalent |
B. average |
C. amount |
D. increase |
|
7. |
A. mild |
B. conservative |
C. considerable |
D. substantial |
|
8. |
A. inquiring |
B. trading |
C. preferring |
D. purchasing |
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9. |
A. attached |
B. selected |
C. stretched |
D. held |
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10. |
A. extensively |
B. exclusively |
C. intensively |
D. drastically |
Part 1: CIRCLE the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the sentences. (2,0pts)
1. I’ll give you the phone number of my hotel, so that you can reach me if anything happens. ______ anything happen, I want you to look after my children.
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A. Can |
B. Might |
C. Will |
D. Should |
2. I suppose you’re not serious, ______?
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A. don’t I |
B. do I |
C. are you |
D. aren’t you |
3. Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is a 19-year-old Vietnamese woman who is the fastest swimmer in Southeast Asia in ______ races.
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A. numerate |
B. numeral |
C. numeric |
D. numerous |
4. _____ are still ending up in prison – over 700 in 1972 – merely for using cannabis.
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A. So too many |
B. Far too many |
C. Quite too many |
D. Such too many |
5. A strong westerly ______ flattened the standing corn though it brought no rain.
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A. gale |
B. blizzard |
C. hurricane |
D. breeze |
6. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of _______ to entertain her nieces.
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A. pushing the envelope |
B. turning the other cheek |
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C. bending over backwards |
D. going against the grain |
7. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
At that time Herschel was a professional musician and only an amateur astronomer, one who had a knack for building telescopes.
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A. talent |
B. hobby |
C. liking |
D. pleasure |
8. If it wasn’t an accident, he ______ it on purpose.
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A. need have done |
B. should have done |
C. must have done |
D. ought to have done |
9. They played a great game and brought our local basketball teams to their ______.
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A. knees |
B. legs |
C. feet |
D. ankle |
10. Every large city has its shifting population of vagrants. But in most cases these are men, usually with an unhealthy appetite ______ alcohol.
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A. in |
B. to |
C. on |
D. for |
11. Teachers like students to be _____ and listen to what they are saying.
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A. absorbed |
B. attentive |
C. prudent |
D. watchful |
12. Helen: “This is your first trip abroad, isn’t it?” – Peter: “______.”
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A. No, I haven’t been there before |
B. No, it’s expensive |
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C. Yes, it sounds great |
D. Yes, so I’m looking forward to it |
13. Senior officials from ASEAN and other Pacific, _____ countries met in Canberra, Australia, in November 1989 to inaugurate APEC.
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A. Rim |
B. Edge |
C. Perimeter |
D. Border |
14. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
The study also notes a steady decline in the number of college students taking science courses.
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A. relative |
B. general |
C. continuous |
D. sharp |
15. ______ is medical technology that allows the prolongation of life artificially while the world is already over-populated?
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A. Of what use |
B. What use |
C. Of which use |
D. Which use |
16. Honour still ______, they got back into their lorries and were off again, this time trying to edge each other into a deep ravine that fell away at one side of the road.
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A. being unsatisfactory |
B. unsatisfactory |
C. unsatisfied |
D. unsatisfying |
17. I have lived near the railway for so long now that I’ve grown _____ to the noise of the trains.
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A. familiar |
B. accustomed |
C. aware |
D. unconscious |
18. We are short of clean safe drinking water, which is found to be the ______ in many third world countries.
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A. example |
B. event |
C. case |
D. object |
19. It is said that many children of high intelligence do not allow themselves to be “discovered” – for fear of becoming an _____.
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A. outage |
B. outcast |
C. outset |
D. outpost |
20. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable ______ the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.
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A. interest in |
B. uncertainty about |
C. enthusiasm for |
D. worry about |
Complete each of the following sentences using t6he correct form of a phrasal verb from the box
| close down | come back | deal with | get up | keep up with |
| live on | look through | pass down | set off | turn down |
1. My sister is an early bird. She ...gets up...... at 7 o'clock every day of the week.
2. We'll .........set off............ for Tay Ho village at 9 o'clock and arrive at 10 o'clock.
3. When I was a student, I ........lived on...... small allowances from my parents.
4. The government must now .............keep up with........ the preservation of traditional craft villages.
5. The banks have .............closed down............ a lot of branches in villages over the last few years.
6. Many foreign tourists decided to .........come back.......... to Viet Nam for another holiday.
7. They offered her a trip to Europe but she ...........turned......... it ......down.........
8. He has ......looked through.......... the report and found nothing interesting.
9. Phong walks too fast and it's really hard to .....deal with ........ him.
10. These traditional stories have been ........passed down........... from parents to children over many generations