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Câu 1:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges
Ms. Hoa is talking on the phone.
Ms. Hoa: “Sorry, the director is not here.”
– Lan:” _____________”.
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I have known him for many years. -
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But I can do this work by myself. -
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Would you like to leave a message? -
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Can I leave a message?
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Câu 2:
Mr. Nam: “Would you mind turning down your radio?”
– Mr. Hung:” _____________.”
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I’m really sorry! I didn’t help you yesterday. -
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Oh! I’m sorry! I didn’t realize that. -
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No, I don’t. -
D.
Yes, I wouldn’t.
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Câu 3:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
Mark the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s): She doesn’t know what they are going to ask in the job interview. She will just play it by ear.
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plan well in advance -
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be careful about it -
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listen to others saying -
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do not plan beforehand
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Câu 4:
Mark the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s): Nothing could console him when his wife died.
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satisfy -
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encourage -
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please -
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discomfort
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Câu 5:
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
Mark the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): All the students were all ears when the teacher started talking about the changes in the next exam.
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attentive -
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restless -
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silent -
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smiling
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Câu 6:
Mark the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): Talking about your feeling can help you get clear about what you feel.
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control -
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banish -
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figure out -
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get rid of
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Câu 7:
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
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: marinate, shallot, inaccessible, manual
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marinate -
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shallot -
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inaccessible -
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manual
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Câu 8:
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: dialect, bilingual, paradise, simmer
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dialect -
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bilingual -
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paradise -
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simmer
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Câu 9:
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
Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress: habitable, astronomy, meteorite, stimulating
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habitable -
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astronomy -
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meteorite -
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stimulating
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Câu 10:
Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress: picturesque, exotic, attractive, delighted
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picturesque -
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exotic -
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attractive -
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delighted
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Câu 11:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
It’s been five months_____________I last went fishing.
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since -
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that -
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while -
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which
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Câu 12:
He was_____________of himself for having stolen money from his mother.
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shy -
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ashamed -
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timid -
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embarrassed
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Câu 13:
Nothing can_____________the loss of the child.
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make up with -
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make up for -
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do with -
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come up with
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Câu 14:
Not only_____________the exam but she also got a scholarship.
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did she pass -
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she passed -
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she has passed -
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does she pass
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Câu 15:
It was_____________we couldn’t stop laughing.
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such a funny story that -
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so a funny story that -
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a very funny story that -
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so a laughing story that
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Câu 16:
My brother and I will never get along. We’re_____________.
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cats and dogs -
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chalk and cheese -
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salt and pepper -
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turn a deaf ear
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Câu 17:
Despite all the interruptions, she_____________with her work.
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pressed on -
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held on -
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stuck at -
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hung out
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Câu 18:
I redecorated the house_____________selling it.
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in terms of -
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by means of -
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with a view to -
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in view of
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Câu 19:
The girl proposed that their group leader _____________a camping trip.
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organized -
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organize -
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organizes -
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organizing
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Câu 20:
_____________calculations have shown that the earth’s resources may run out before the end of the next century.
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Crude -
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Lunt -
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Rude -
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Raw
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Câu 21:
No matter_____________, he was an accomplished composer while still a child.
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how it seems remarkable -
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how remarkable it seems -
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it seems remarkable how -
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how seems it remarkable
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Câu 22:
The judge_____________the pedestrian for the accident.
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accused -
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charged -
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sued -
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blamed
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Câu 23:
_____________his good work and manners, he didn’t get a promotion.
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Because of -
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In spite of -
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Even though -
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As a result of
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Câu 24:
To_____________should I write if I want to make a complaint?
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which -
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what -
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who -
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whom
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Câu 25:
There has been little rain in this region for several months, _____________?
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has it -
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has there -
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hasn’t it -
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hasn’t there
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Câu 26:
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30
The Great Wall of China is the biggest object ever made by humans. It (26) _____________across mountains, deserts and grasslands for over 6,000 kilometres. The ancient Chinese built the wall to keep invaders from the west (27) _____________of their country. Today tourists from all over the world come and see it. The Great Wall began as a series of many smaller walls that were not (28) _____________with each other. The first sections of the wall were built as early as 600 B.C. As time went on Chinese emperors connected them together to keep Huns, Mongols and other (29) _____________away.
Thousands of soldiers, criminals and peasants worked on building the wall. It was finally completed during the Ming dynasty in the 17th century. The Chinese wall is (30) _____________of dirt, mud, stone and brick. It is between 5 and 9 metres tall and up to 8 metres wide. A small road runs on the top of the wall. Towers every few hundred metres were built to store military supplies.
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stretches -
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enlarges -
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prolongs -
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covers
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Câu 27:
(27) ____________
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for -
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down -
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up -
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out
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Câu 28:
(28) ____________
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stocked -
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connected -
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married -
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related
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Câu 29:
(29) ____________
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races -
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sects -
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crowds -
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tribes
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Câu 30:
(30) ____________
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produced -
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prepared -
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made -
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created
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Câu 31:
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 from 31 to 35
What’s the problem with British teenagers? Many British newspapers and TV programmes are asking this question at the moment. A lot of people are saying that there are problems with teenagers at school, on the streets and in their homes. Why? What, or who, is responsible for these problems? A recent BBC television series explores these questions. It’s called ‘The world’s strictest parents’. Is that because British parents are very strict? Just the opposite, it seems. The director of the programme, Andrea Wiseman, explains why they are making it. She thinks that in the United Kingdom teenagers pay no attention to adults. They don’t want to do well at school. They think they can do what they like and they are only interested in new fashions and Hollywood celebrities. Why are British teenagers like this? Wiseman says it’s because their parents give their children everything they can. But they give their children no limits, no rules, no discipline because they want their children to be ‘free’. They don’t tell their children to work hard because they don’t want their kids to have any stress. The problem with this is that parents give their sons and daughters no cultural values. When a teenager does something bad and their parents say something, the teenagers immediately say ‘My parents are really strict’ or ‘My parents aren’t fair’. So what happens in the TV programme? Some problematic British teenagers go and live with parents in different parts of the world. They live with families that believe in traditional discipline and cultural values. In Ghana, Jamaica, Botswana and the southern us state of Alabama, the teenagers have the experience of living with parents who want and expect good behaviour and hard work. The results are interesting. In the end, the British teenagers seem to prefer having strict parents!
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about British teenagers according to Wiseman?
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They think that they have freedom to do anything they like. -
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They show their interest in new fashions. -
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They pay much attention to their parents. -
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They don’t want to do well at school.
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Câu 32:
The word “explores” in the passage is closest in meaning to_____________.
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invents -
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investigates -
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looks -
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gives
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Câu 33:
In Wiseman’s opinion, British parents_____________.
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are very strict -
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always ask their children to work hard -
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try to teach their children cultural values -
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don’t give their kids discipline and rules
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Câu 34:
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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An experiment on TV shows that British teenagers seem to dislike having strict parents. -
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Andrea Wiseman is one of the British teenagers participating in the program called ‘The world’s strictest parents’. -
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It seems that British parents don’t like being strict because they want their sons and daughters to have freedom. -
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British teenagers think that their parents are very strict, so they always try to do everything as well as possible.
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Câu 35:
The word “celebrities” in the passage is closest in meaning to_____________.
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famous people -
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talented people -
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rich people -
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good people
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Câu 36:
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 from 36 to 42
It may seem as if the art of music by its nature would not lend itself to the exploration and expression of reality characteristic of Romanticism, but that is not so. True, music does not tell stories or paint pictures, but it stirs feelings and evokes moods, through both of which various kinds of reality can be suggested or expressed. It was in the rationalist 18th century that musicians rather mechanically attempted to reproduce stories and subjects in sound. These literal renderings naturally failed, and the Romanticists profited from the error. Their discovery of new realms of experience proved communicable in the first place because they were in touch with the spirit of renovation, particularly through poetry. What Goethe meant to Beethoven and Berlioz and what German folk tales and contemporary lyricists meant to Weber, Schumann, and Schubert are familiar to all who are acquainted with the music of these men.
There is, of course, no way to demonstrate that Beethoven’s Egmont music or, indeed, its overture alone corresponds to Goethe’s drama and thereby enlarges the hearer’s consciousness of it; but it cannot be an accident or an aberration that the greatest composers of the period employed the resources of their art for the creation of works expressly related to such lyrical and dramatic subjects. Similarly, the love of nature stirred Beethoven, Weber, and Berlioz, and here too the correspondence is felt and persuades the fit listener that his own experience is being expanded. The words of-the creators themselves record this new comprehensiveness. Beethoven referred to his activity of mingled contemplation and composition as dichten, making a poem; and Berlioz tells in his Memoires of the impetus given to his genius by the music of Beethoven and Weber, by the poetry of Goethe and Shakespeare, and not least by the spectacle of nature. Nor did the public that ultimately understood their works gainsay their claims.
It must be added that the Romantic musicians including Chopin, Mendelssohn, Glinka, and Liszt-had at their disposal greatly improved instruments. The beginning of the 19th century produced the modern piano, of greater range and dynamics than ever before, and made all wind instruments more exact and powerful by the use of keys and valves. The modern full orchestra was the result. Berlioz, whose classic treatise on instrumentation and orchestration helped to give it definitive form, was also the first to exploit its resources to the full, in the Symphonic fantastique of 1830. This work, besides its technical significance just mentioned, can also be regarded as uniting the characteristics of Romanticism in music, it is both lyrical and dramatic, and, although it makes use of a “story,” that use is not to describe the scenes but to connect them; its slow movement is a “nature poem” in the Beethovenian manner; the second, fourth, and fifth movements include “realistic” detail of the most vivid kind; and the opening one is an introspective reverie.
The word “error” in paragraph 1 refers to_____________.
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the feelings and moods of the Romanticist musicians -
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the exploration and expression of reality of Romanticism -
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the works of the Romanticist musicians in the 18th century -
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musicians’ mechanical reproduction of stories and subjects
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Câu 37:
It is stated in the passage that the Romanticists were influenced by_____________ .
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the works of the rationalist musicians in the 18th century -
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Goethe, German folktales and contemporary lyricists -
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the thoughts of Beethoven, Weber, and Berlioz -
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the art of music by the rationalist musicians
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Câu 38:
The passage indicates that the Romanticist composers were inspired not only by lyrical and dramatic subjects but also by_____________.
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the rationalists -
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the creation of works -
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the love of nature -
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the poetry of Goethe
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Câu 39:
The Romantic musicians also made use of modern technologies such as_____________.
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improved wind instruments -
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powerful keys and valves -
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greater range and dynamics -
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instrumenation and orchestration
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Câu 40:
Romanticism in music is characterized as being_____________.
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exact and powerful -
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great and dynamic -
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lyrical and dramatic
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Câu 41:
All of the following are true about the Symphonic fantastique EXCEPT_____________.
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It is both lyrical and dramatic. -
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It was composed by Beethoven. -
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It was issued in 1830. -
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It unites the characteristics of Romanticism.
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Câu 42:
According to the passage, Romanticism in music extended over_____________.
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the 18th and 19th centuries -
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the late 18th century -
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the early 19th century -
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the beginning of the 20th century
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Câu 43:
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
Find the mistake: Of the most important machines (A) invented in the late nineteenth century, no machine (B) had a (C) great impact (D) on the USA’s economy than the automobile.
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Câu 44:
Find the mistake: (A) Several people have (B) apparent tried to change the man’s (C) mind, but he refuses (D) to listen.
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mind -
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Câu 45:
Find the mistake: Tuan (A) has not completed the (B) assignment (C) yet, and Huy (D) hasn’t neither.
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assignment -
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hasn’t neither
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Câu 46:
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
This is the first time she has seen this movie.
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She saw this movie at first. -
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She last saw this movie a long time ago. -
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She has never seen this movie before. -
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She saw this movie before.
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Câu 47:
“If I were you, I would marry him”, she said to me.
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She said to me that if I were you, I would marry him. -
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She said to me that she will marry him if she is me. -
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She suggested to marry him if she were me. -
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She advised me to marry him.
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Câu 48:
You feel unhealthy because you don’t take any exercise.
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If you don’t take any exercise, you will feel unhealthy. -
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If you were healthier, you would take more exercise. -
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If you take more exercise, you will feel healthier. -
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If you took more exercise, you would feel healthier.
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Câu 49:
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
Hung dropped out of university after his first year. Now he regrets it.
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Hung regretted having dropped out of university after his first year. -
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Hung wishes he didn’t drop out of university after his first year. -
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Hung regrets having dropped out of university after his first year. -
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If only Hung had dropped out of university after his first year.
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Câu 50:
My father does a lot of exercise. He’s still very fat.
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Despite the fact that doing a lot of exercise, my father is still very fat. -
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My father does a lot of exercise, so he’s very fat. -
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Even though my father does a lot of exercise, he’s very fat. -
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My father is very fat, but he does a lot of exercise.
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