ĐỀ SỐ 5 - KEY

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of
primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. recipient B. habitat C. flexible D. advocate
Question 2: A. suspicious B. distressful C. envelope D. extinction

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. wonder B. overload C. solar D. piano
Question 4: A. second B. condition C. connection D. conference

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: - How long ______ on a diet?
- For three weeks now, but I can’t resist eating a little chocolate so I haven’t lost much
weight yet.
A. have you been B. have you been being C. are you D. will you be
Question 6: Barcelona’s centre is a maze of narrow streets and medieval buildings, in contrast to the
modern apartment buildings on ______ outskirts of the city.
A. the B. a C. an D. Ø
Question 7: The Government have ______ an inquiry to investigate bribery in local elections.
A. set out B. come up C. put forward D. set up
Question 8: Going on this diet has really ______ me good. I’ve lost weight and I feel fantastic!
A. made B. taken C. done D. had
Question 9: You should ______ a professional to check your house for earthquake damage.
A. have B. follow C. take D. get
Question 10: The art of landscape architecture is almost as old ______ of architecture itself.
A. as that B. that C. as D. than that
Question 11: This new information has a ______ on what you have just been saying.
A. connection B. bearing C. relation D. reference
Question 12: His attitude towards us lately is ______, so I think we should talk to him.
A. tolerate B. tolerable C. tolerated D. intolerable
Question 13: Our village is several metres ______ sea level so it is frequently flooded.
A. below B. under C. above D. along
Question 14: I learned a lot about Mexican ______ when I traveled to Mexico City, and I especially liked
the food and music.
A. society B. culture C. background D. tradition
Question 15: This sort of test is supposed to be ______ because the marking is not affected by individual
preferences.
A. impersonal B. objective C. open-minded D. unspecified
Question 16: Certain fish eggs contain droplets of oil, ______ to float on the surface of the water.
A. allowing them B. allows them C. they are allowed D. this allows them
Question 17: I ______ early yesterday morning, so I stayed in bed till 8 o’clock.
A. needn’t get up B. didn’t need to get up
C. needn’t have got up D. shouldn’t have got up
Question 18: The city libraries present a gloomy picture of the ______ who used to flock the libraries
every evening.
A. gradual reduction of readers B. gradual readers reduction
C. gradual readers of reduction D. reduction gradual readers

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Question 19: We not only lost all our money ________.
A. but came close to losing our lives also B. but also came close to losing our lives
C. also came close to losing our lives as well D. also as well came close to losing our lives

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
Question 20: I am glad I was able to be there for my friend when her mum died.
A. to offer support in time of need for B. to cry together with
C. to travel everywhere with D. to pay a visit to
Question 21: With the dawn of space exploration, the notion that atmospheric conditions on Earth may
be unique in the solar system was strengthened.
A. outcome B. continuation C. beginning D. expansion
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
Question 22: I would like to apologize for what I said to you the other day. I was very insensitive to you
then.
A. inconsiderate B. sympathetic C. pathetic D. thoughtless
Question 23: The factory is now using much more sophisticated machines than it was when my grandpa
was working there.
A. modern and expensive B. complicated but cheap
C. simple and easy to use D. difficult to operate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 24: - “Hi, Biden. How have you been?” - “______”
A. I’ve been to Bangkok recently. B. Oh, pretty good. And you?
C. Badly. And how are you? D. Oh, I’ve done a lot of things.
Question 25: - “______?” - “Not now, but I used to.”
A. Won’t you have some tea B. Are you going to the gym
C. Some more ice cream D. Do you play games often

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits
each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
Without a doubt, we are ruining planet Earth day by day. Although most of us are aware (26)
______ this fact, we still do very little to help. In fact, a lot of people think that this is too big of an issue
to solve, and that even if they did something, nothing would change. Thankfully, the members of the
Greener World association are setting an example. They say that (27)______ we take action immediately,
the planet will be destroyed. Greener World believes that if each of us tried to reduce our carbon
footprint, the difference would be much greater than we can (28)______ . This year, Greener World are
organising worldwide campaigns about ways in which everyone can help, like saving energy, buying
reusable products, using (29)______ transport and so on. So mark it down on your calendar: next month
Greener World will be visiting our town to present the benefits of owning biodiesel and hybrid cars. They
are also going to address the issue of recycling as well as the use of energy-efficient (30) ______. The
event will be held outdoors and is expected to attract people from nearby towns, too.
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Question 26: A. about B. for C. of D. with
Question 27: A. unless B. if C. after D. although
Question 28: A. consider B. visualize C. suppose D. imagine
Question 29: A. community B. district C. public D. private

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Question 30: A. tools B. devices C. plans D. campaigns
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions from 31 to 35.
Italian adventurer Marco Polo traveled to China near the end of the Middle Ages. He came back to
Italy in 1295, after his exciting adventures in China. After his return, he told the Italians about some really
new and different things the Chinese were doing.
Something new that the Chinese were using was money crafted from paper. Paper money had
been in use in China for hundreds of years when Marco Polo returned to Italy from his voyage to China
and told his countrymen about it.
Why had the Chinese come to use paper money? One possible explanation is related to the supply
of metal. Metal is needed to make coins, and the Chinese did not have a big supply of metal to make coins
for all of the people in China. The Chinese had already invented paper, and they had already invented a
method of printing on paper. When the Chinese needed something to make into money and they did not
have enough metal, they used paper to make money.
And how do you think the Chinese government got the Chinese people to accept printed paper as
money? The Chinese government issued an order saying that paper money it created was to be used by
everyone in China. At first, people were worried that paper money would not have any value, and they
did not want to use paper money. However, the government of China was a very strong government, and
people had to follow the order to use paper money. After a while, people saw that they could use paper
money to buy anything, and they began to accept paper money.
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Question 31: When did Marco Polo return to Italy from his trip to China?
A. At the start of the twelfth century B. At the end of the twelfth century
C. At the start of the thirteenth century D. At the end of the thirteenth century
Question 32: According to paragraph 1, Marco Polo did all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. living in China throughout his life B. traveling outside of Italy
C. paying a visit to China D. returning to Italy after his travels
Question 33: The underlined word “voyage” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. flight B. image C. trip D. dream
Question 34: It is NOT mentioned in paragraph 3 that the Chinese ______.
A. created a way of printing B. mined for metals
C. invented paper D. created paper money
Question 35: According to the passage, what happened in China after some time?
A. People began to think that paper money was all right.
B. People could not use paper money.
C. People refused to follow the order to use paper money
D. Paper money went away because people would not use it

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions from 36 to 42.
1982 was the year of information technology (IT) in Great Britain. But what exactly is IT? 85% of
people polled recently had not a clue what is meant, although 53% of those polled said they thought it
sounded pretty important. They were right. It is. So what is it? Well, put simply, it is the “marrying-up” of
products from several key industries: computers, telephones, television, satellites. It means using micro-
electronics, telecommunication networks, and fiber optics to help produce, store, obtain and send
information by way of words, numbers, pictures and sound more quickly and efficiently than ever before.
The impact IT is having and is going to have on our lives and work is tremendous. It is already
linking the skills of the space industry with those of cable television so programmes can

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be beamed directly into our homes from all over the world. Armies of “steel collar” workers, the robots,
will soon be working in factories doing the boring, complex and unpleasant jobs which are at present still
done by man. Television will also be used to enable customers to shop from the comfort of their homes
by simply ordering via the TV screen, payment being made by direct debit of their credit cards. Home
banking and the automatic booking of tickets will also be done through the television screen. Cable
television which in many countries now gives a choice of dozens of channels will soon be used to protect
our homes by operating burglar and fire alarms linked to police and fire stations. Computers will run our
homes, controlling the heating, air conditioning and cooking systems while robots will cope with the
housework. The friendly postman will be a thing of the past as the postal service and letters disappear
with the electronic mail received via view-data screens.
All these things are coming very fast and their effects will be as far-reaching as those of the
industrial revolution. InfoTech is part of the technological revolution and that is with us now.
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Question 36: It can be inferred from the passage that the author was ______.
A. satisfied with the results of the poll
B. unaware of the results of the poll
C. surprised at people’s ignorance of the meaning of IT
D. deeply impressed with the wiseness of the British people
Question 37: The first paragraph is mainly about ______.
A. the importance of modern technology B. the key industries in the 1980s
C. the British people’s knowledge of IT D. the exact meaning of IT
Question 38: The main idea of the second paragraph is probably ______.
A. the ways to link skills of space industry with those of cable television
B. the great effects IT is having and will have on our lives and work
C. the future uses of computers and robots in both homes and industries
D. the comfortable life people will live in the near future
Question 39: The underlined word “beamed” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. sent over long distances B. having a big smile on the face
C. sold everywhere in the world D. controlling everyone’s life
Question 40: According to the passage, television will be used to do a lot of things EXCEPT ______.
A. ordering goods from shops for customers at their homes
B. protecting our homes against fire and burglary
C. running our homes and doing all kinds of housework
D. depositing money in a bank and withdrawing it from the bank
Question 41: The underlined word “which” in the second paragraph refers to ______.
A. television screen B. cable television C. many countries D. dozens of channels
Question 42: According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The postman has become a thing of the past.
B. View data screens are being used now to receive electronic mail.
C. Electronic mail will disappear some day.
D. The postal service will not be used in the future.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Question 43: It is imperative that a graduate student maintains a grade point average of “B” in
his major field.
A. that B. maintains C. average D. major
Question 44: The position of the Earth’s magnetic poles is not constant but shows an appreciable
change after year to year.

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 A. position B. is C. an D. after
Question 45: Mass production is the manufacture of machineries and other articles in standard sizes and
large numbers.
A. manufacture B. machineries C. standard D. numbers

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following
questions.
Question 46: “Get in my car. I’ll take you to the station.”
A. He suggested going to the station by car.
B. He agreed to take me to the station in his car.
C. He offered to take me to the station in his car.
D. He ordered me to get in his car, and took me to the station.
Question 47: Because she was irritated by her boyfriend’s lack of punctuality, she left him.
A. She left her boyfriend because of her irritation with his lack of punctuality.
B. Being irritating by her boyfriend’s lack of punctuality, she left him.
C. Being irritated by her boyfriend, she punctually left him.
D. She left her boyfriend though he was usually punctual.
Question 48: It must have been long after midnight when his temperature was back to normal again.
A. Before midnight, he had a high temperature, and after a while, he began to feel well.
B. It was almost midnight by the time his temperature was back to normal.
C. It was at midnight when his temperature dropped, and he began to feel well.
D. His temperature remained high until probably well after midnight.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the
following questions.
Question 49: He tripped over the cord and fell hard. He was running across the classroom.
A. He tripped and fell hard across the classroom.
B. Running across the classroom, he tripped over the cord and fell hard.
C. The classroom cord made him trip over and fall hard.
D. He was crossing the classroom, and fell hard over the cord.
Question 50: Some economists argue that new technology causes unemployment. Others feel that it
allows more jobs to be created.
A. Some economists argue that new technology causes unemployment, whereas others feel that it
allows more jobs to be created.
B. Arguing that new technology causes unemployment, other economists feel that it allows more
jobs to be created.
C. Besides the argument that new technology causes unemployment, some economists feel that it
allows more jobs to be created.
D. Some economists argue that new technology causes unemployment, so others feel that it allows
more jobs to be created.