1. A. Tamil B. baggy C. casual D.

article /a:/
2. A. cupboards B. cigarettes C. maps D. ghosts
3. A. great B. bread C. break D. steak
4. A. dropped B. looked C. laughed D. raised
5. A .cook B. flood C. book D. woman
6. A. near B. dear C. hear D. bear
7. A. naked B. punished C. forced D. fixed
8. A. government B. moment C. comment D. development
9. A. whether B. ethnic C. clothing D. these
10. A. carrot B. ceiling C. cereal D. circle

1. A. necessary B. inform C. interest D. dangerous

2. A. control B. foolish C. broken D. greedy tham lam
3. A. movies B. answer C. article D. machine
4. A. agree B. internet C. radio D. travel
5. A. order B. customer C. commercial D. brutal nặng nề
6. A. comic B. police C. fashion D. cotton
7. A. remote B. amount C. purpose D. museum
8. A. correspond B. convenient C. compulsory D. communicate
9. A. community B. minority C. biology D. dormitory ktx=hostle
10. A. generous B. humorous C. enormous D. dangerous

1. I was promised a good job from January this year, but it’s April now and I’m afraid that they are just
____________ me along. string sb along: chơi khăm ai đó deceive sb

A. cheating - gian lận ktr B. swindling lừa tiền C. stringing D. bringing

- ngoại tình
2. After the concert, everyone had to ________ home through the snow.
A. trace B. tread giẫm lên C. trudge : lê bước
D. trickle nhỏ giọt
3. The students paid _________ attention to the distinguished professor.
đáng tôn trọng
A. respectable B.
(chỉ người) respected (v) C. respectful D. respective tương ứng , lần lượt

4. Jerry has been burning the midnight ________ over the last few days; his final exam is soon.
A. lamp B. light C. candle D. oil burning the midnight oil: thức khuya
học tập= pull an all-nighter
5. Books taken from the short ________ section are due to be returned the next day.
A. borrowing B. credit C. loan D. return short loan section: quầy mượn
sách
6. I knew my mother would ________ a face the minute she saw my new haircut.
pull a face: show the feeling of dislike
A. drag B. lift C. pull D. raise
7. There are a lot of computer programmes nowadays, but really good ones are few and far ________
A. between B. apart C. away D. amongst few and far between:hiếm

8. In the last century, it was widely _______ that Indian fakirs were capable of superhuman feats.
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 It was/is widely held that: mọi người cho rằng

A. held B. grasped C. kept D. shaken

9. You say that this small spare part cost you $100? I am sure you paid through the _____ for it.
A. eye B. nose C. ear D. lips pay through the nose for sth: trả
giá đắt cho
10. It was mindless of you to _____ Sam in the face. You should never have done it if you expect him
ngu ngốc
to love you.
slap sb in the face: làm cho ai đó phật lòng. tát
A. slam B. clap C. slap tát D. clasp thẳng vào mặt ai

11. Sandra’s unpleasant _____ suggested that she knew about Amanda’s terrible secret.
A. grimace B. smirk cười nhếch mép C. wince D. snort
12. I’m afraid the results of the X-ray examination are quite ________.
chx thể đi đến kết luận
A. undecided B. indecisive C. inconclusive D. irresolute
13. The accused man was released on _________ pending the hearing of the case.
A. depositkhoảng cọc B. bond khaibail bảo lãnh
C. depositionbuổi lấy lời D.
dùng trong lĩnh vực tài chính

14. The judge ________ the attorney’s objection because the evidence was undeniable.
A. sustained= accept B. overrruled bác bỏ=/sustain C. refuse D. obtain
15. ______ they've already made their decision, there's nothing much we can do.
on the ground ms đúng cụm
= considering A. Seeing thatvì B. On grounds that C. Assuming that D. For reason that
16. ______, the town does not get much of an ocean breeze.
A. Locating near the coast B. Despite location near the coast
C. Though located near the coast
=though (it is) located D. In spite having location near the coast
17. Is that the man ______. lend money to sb: cho ai mượn
A C phải có toA. mswhom
đúng you lent the money B. whom did you lend the money
C. you lent the money D. you lent the money to rút gọn mệnh đề quan hệ
18. Our car ______ because it’s not where it’s normally parked in the parking lot.
A. should have been stolenB. would have been stolen
C. must have been stolen D. need have been stolen
19. Everyone here has been to London, ______?
A. haven't they B. hasn't he C. hasn't they D. has he
20. It ______ rains whenever I go out without my umbrella.
A. continually B. invariably luôn luôn = always C. typically thông thườngD. infallibly ko thể sai lầm

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PART I: Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in
the same line. Write your answers in the box provided.
THE COMPUTER INVASION
Computers have, (0) undeniably, been a blessing in some areas such as calculating 1. MATHEMATICS
mathematical
(1)______ problems quickly and efficiently, storing information in a compact way and 2. EFFECT
effectiveness/
helping companies increase their cost (2)______. efficiency
But they have also allowed companies
3. SCRUTINY
to (3)______ employees’ activities more efficiently, raising questions about privacy in
scrutinize
the workplace. And in the realm of (4)______ interpersonal
relationships, they have also been 4. PERSON
something of a bane. Social contact nowadays is more of a remote nature than ever 5. BASIC
before, with text messages and e-mail replacing old modes of communication, and these
basically 6. ILLUSION ảo ảnh, ảo tưởng
(5)______ allow people to lie about who they are and take on entirely new personas. If 7. ERROR
people meet after such on-line communication, they may be (6)______ disillusioned
by the other
8. COMMON
person, seeing their previous preconceptions as being totally (7)______.
erroneousThis in turn
will make them more wary in their future dealings with people, leading to further 9. SECURE
commonplace large city
isolation, which is (8)______ in large conurbations. In this increasingly (9)______ insecure 10. EMOTION
consumerist society, more people are falling prey to cyber dating, and alarmists are
worried that we may forget ourinvolved
social graces, become isolated and fail to function as interpersonal relationship
emotionally
(10)______ healthy human beings should. fall prey to: là nạn nhân của cái gì
cyber dating: hẹn hò qua mạng
PART II: Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space
in the same line.
The Media Commentators
A live broadcast of any public event, such as a space flight or sporting occasion,
invariably
is almost (1) ______ accompanied by the thoughts of a commentator. This may VARY
______ on radio. The ALTER
be on television, along with the relevant pictures, or (2) alternatively
______ differs between the two media, with radio broadcasters INVOLVEMENT
technique (3) involved
descriptiveBecause of the absence of visual DESCRIBE
needing to be more explicit and (4) ______.
information, TV commentators do not need to paint a picture for their audience;
instead their various observations should add to the images that are already there.
______ although these COMMENT
There will sometimes be silences and pauses in TV (5) commentary(s)
are becoming increasingly rare. Both types of commentators should try to be
ý nghĩ cá nhân
______. In sports ones, fairness OPINION
more informative, but should avoid sounding (6) opinionated
______ to both sides is vital, but spontaneity and enthusiasm are (8) PART
and (7)impartiality
______
valued by those watching or listening. Sports commentators usually broadcast
VALUE
live in an essentially unscripted way although they may refer to previously
prepared materials such as sports statistics. Because of the (9) ______ nature of PREDICT
unpredictalbe
live events, thorough preparation in advance is vital. The internet has helped
enormously with this aspect of the job. Anyone interested in becoming a
commentator should have excellent (10) ______ skills, the willingness to work ORGANIZE
organisational
irregular hours and a strong voice.

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