ĐỀ THI NĂM 1999

PART ONE: PHONOLOGY

A. Pick out the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the others.
1. A. food /fuːd/ B. look/lʊk/ C. took/tʊk/
D. good /ɡʊd/
2. A. luggage /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/: hành lí B. fragile /ˈfrædʒ.aɪl/:dễ vỡ
C. general /ˈdʒen.ər.əl/ D. generation /ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
3. A. nourish /ˈnʌr.ɪʃ/:nuôi dưỡng B. flourish/ˈflʌr.ɪʃ/:phát đạt
C. courageous /kəˈreidʒəs/:can đảm D. southern /ˈsʌð.ən/
4. A. naked /ˈneɪ.kɪd/:trần truồng B. sacred /ˈseɪ.krɪd/:thiêng liêng
C.needed /ˈniː.dɪd/ D. walked /wɔːkt/
5. A. walk /wɔːk/ B. wash /wɒʃ/ C. on /ɒn/
D. not /nɒt/
6. A. eight /eɪt/ B. freight /freit/:hàng hoá chuyên chở C.
height /hӕit/ D. weight /weɪt/
7. A. curriculum /kəˈrɪk.jə.ləm/:môn học B. coincide /ˌkəʊ.ɪnˈsaɪd/:trùng với
C. currency /ˈkʌr.ən.si/:tiền tệ D. conception /kən
ˈsepʃən/:quan niệm/ý kiến
8. A. divisible /diˈvizəbl/:có thể chia được B. design /diˈzain/
C. disease /diˈziːz/ D. excursion uk:/ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/ us:/ɪk
ˈskɝː.ʒən/:chuyến đi
9. A. rather uk /ˈrɑː.ðər/ us /ˈræð.ɚ/ B. sacrifice/ˈsæk.rɪ.faɪs/
C. hard uk /hɑːd/ us /hɑːrd/ D. father /ˈfɑː.ðər/
10. A. hair uk /heər/ us /her/ B. stairs /steərz/ C. heir uk /eər/ us /er/
D. aisle /aɪl/:lối đi giữa hai dãy ghế
l.A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A
6. C 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. D
B. Group the following words into columns according to their stress patterns.
cylinder apartheid politician industry although
fertile experimental understand scientific heroic
1st syllable 2nd syllable 3rd syllable 4th syllable
fertile:màu mỡ although scientific experimental
 industry apartheid:nạn phân politician:chính trị
cylinder:trục/hình trụ biệt chủng tộc ở Nam gia
Phi understand
heroic:dũng cảm

PART TWO: VOCABULARY

A. Supply the correct form of the word in the parentheses.
1. It may be unproductive /ˌʌn.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/:không khả quan to force them into making a decision,
and if you upset them they’re quite likely to overact:hành động quá khích. (produce)
2. Even the most insensitive:vô cảm/vô ý person ought to appreciate the beauty of this music.
(sense)
3. In addition to doing the cleaning, I make the coffee. (add)
4. Unfortunately, you’ll be all a disadvantage if you can’t drive. (advantage)
5. Tom was accused of stealing some confidential:tuyệt mật documents. (confidence)
6. The cost of admission:vé vào/ lượt vào to the show is quite reasonable. (admit)
7. Burning coal is an uneconomical way of heating a house. Gas is much cheaper. (economy)
8. Tom spoke breathlessly:một cách vui mừng, phấn khích/lo lắng because he was so excited.
(breathe)
9. She was extremely knowledgeable about the history of China. (knowledge)
10. The thriller was so exciting and absorbing that she could not pull the book down. (thrill)
1. unproductive 2. insensitive 3. addition
4. disadvantage 5. confidential 6. admission
7. uneconomical 8. breathlessly 9. knowledgeable
10. thriller
B. Choose the correct answer.
1. Every house in the street has been demolished.
A. exploded:lổ tung B. torn up:xé C. removed:xoá sổ
D. torn down: phá bỏ (1 công trình đã cũ hoặc không dùng đến nữa) = destroy =
pull down
2. I pulled the scarf with my mother……………, intending to pay for it on my way out.
A. purchases B. material C. objects D.
expenditures:tổng tiền tiêu
3. She……………her husband’s job for his ill health.
A. accused + of B. blamed + for C. caused
D. claimed
4. This ring is only made of plastic so it’s quite…………….
A. valuable:có giá trị B. invaluable:có ích C. worthless: vô giá
trị D. priceless:vô giá
5. He got an excellent grade in his examination……………the fact that he had not worked
particularly hard.
A. on account of:do B. because:vì C. in spite of D.
although:mặc dù
6. The government has recently……………the buildings in the old section:khu vực, bộ phận of
the city.
A. reformed:cải tiến B. adjusted:điều chỉnh C. restored:khôi
phục=revived D. modified:sửa
7. In order to buy his house, he had to obtain:lấy a large ……………from his bank.
A. loan:tiền cho vay B. finance:tài chính/của cải, vốn liếng
C. capital:tiền vốn D. debt:nợ
8. I don’t like to ask people for help but I wonder if you could……………me a favour.
A. make B. do (sb a favor: giúp đỡ ai)=help sb
C. find D. pick
9. There was no……………in continuing for him. The race was over.
A. value B. worth C. (There be no) point (use/good)(in
Ving):vô ích khi làm việc gì đó D. profit
10. This cloth……………very thin.
A. feels:có cảm giác B. touches:chạm C. holds:giữ
D. handles:nắm
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. C
6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. A

PART THREE: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES

A. Use the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.
1. This building (be) will have been finished by the end of 1999.
2. I distinctly remember (pay) paying him. I gave him two dollars.(Remember + to V: nhớ làm
việc gì đấy (chưa xảy ra) / Remember + V-ing:nhớ đã làm gì đấy)
3. The statue (break) broke while it (move) was being moved to another room in the museum.
(Câu tường thuật, một hành động đang xảy ra thì 1 hành động khác xen vào)
4. If only(=wish) he (know) had known then that the disease was curable:có thể chữa được.
5. The teller was made (lie) to lie down:nằm xuống on the floor (be made to V: bị bắt phải
làm gì đó)
6. You risk:đánh liều (lose) losing your money when you put it(chỉ tiền:”your money”)
into:đầu tư vào that business.
7. Yesterday I (walk) was walking along the street when I realized that a man with a black beard,
whom I (see) had seen three lines:tuyến đường already, (follow) following me.
1. will have been 2. paying 3. broke, was being moved 4. had known
5. to lie 6. losing 7. was walking, had seen, following
B. Fill in each blank with one appropriate preposition or particle.
1. The archeologists:nhà khảo cổ học came across:vô tình tìm thấy a tomb:nấm mồ of the
sixth century A.D:sau Công Nguyên.
2. Robert, do your shoes up before leaving the house.
3. I can never talk easily with him. We seem to have nothing in common:giống nhau.
4. I have no respect at all for him. He is a real good for nothing:vô tích sự.
5. Am I expected to know all, the telephones by heart:thuộc lòng?
6. Something went wrong with my car yesterday.
7. Oh! What’s the word? I know it on the tip of my tongue:sắp nhưng không thể!
8. Birds leave their nests at dawn.
9. The factory smoke looked white in the grey winter sky.
1. across 2. up 3. in 4. for 5. by
6. with 7. on. of 8. at 9. in

C. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that the second sentence has the same
meaning as the first one.
1. They declared:tuyên bố war on the pretext of:với lí do defending their territorial
rights:chủ quyền lãnh thổ.
The excuse:lí do for defending their territorial rights accounted for:giải thích cho their
declaration of war.
2. Phillip’s inability to make decisions dales from his accident.
Ever since:suốt kể từ khi Philip had the accident, he has been unable to make decisions.
3. Children learn a lot about how to behave in a situation like this.
Only in a situation like this can children learn a lot.
4. I write to him almost every day.
Hardly do I forget to write to him.
5. The sea was so rough that the ferry couldn’t sail. (So…that…:quá…đến nỗi mà…)
The rough sea prevented the ferry from sailing.
6. He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk.
No sooner had he returned from his walk than he got down to writing the letter.
7. I have never read such a romantic story.
This is the most romantic story that I have ever read.
8. The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes.
The fox tried in vain(=unsuccessful/no value) to reach the grapes.
9. They had to wait for twelve hours before their flight left.
Only after a twelve-hour delay did their night leave. (Only after + N/V-ing/clause + đảo ngữ:…
ngay sau khi…)
10. Even though I admire his courage, I think he is foolish.
Much as I admire his courage, I think he is foolish. (Adj/Adv + as + S + V=Although/Even
though/…)

1. The excuse for defending their territorial rights accounted for their declaration of war.
2. Ever since Philip had the accident, he has been unable to make decisions.
3. Only in a situation like this can children learn a lot.
4. Hardly do I forget to write to him.
5. The rough sea prevented the ferry from sailing.
6. No sooner had he returned from his walk than he got down to ...
7. This is the most romantic story that I have ever read.
8. The fox tried in vain to reach the grapes.
9. Only after a twelve-hour delay did their night leave.
10. Much as I admire his courage, I think he is foolish.

D. Rewrite the following sentences with the given words in such a way that the second
sentence has the same meaning as the first one. Do not change the form of the words in
brackets.
1. I will certainly be there. (FAIL)
I won’t fail to be there.
2. We would get the job finished much quicker if everyone worked as hard as everyone else.
(WEIGHT)
We would get the job finished much quicker if everyone pulled their weight. (= to work as hard
as other people in a group)
3. One of the patients in a local hospital has typhoid. (DIAGNOSED)
One of the patients in a local hospital has been diagnosed with typhoid(bệnh thương hàn). (be
diagnosed with:bị chuẩn đoán mắc bệnh)
4. She couldn’t believe that she had finally found her brother. (REACTION)
Her reaction when she finally found her brother was one of disbelief (sự không tin được).
5. I think cycling is preferable to walking. (RATHER)
I’d rather cycle than walk.
6. He said he disapproved of people who smoked. (EXPRESSED)
He expressed(bày tỏ) his disapproval of people who smoked.
7. Everyone but Jane failed to produce the correct answer. (SUCCEEDED)
No one but Jane succeeded in producing the correct answer.
8. Jenny didn't feel like going to the party. (MOOD)
Jenny was in no mood(không có tâm trạng) for going to the party.
9. You can't possibly expect me to have supper ready by 8 o’clock. (QUESTION)
You arc out of question(=impossible) to expect me to have supper ready by 8 o’clock.
10. He speaks German extremely well. (COMMAND)
He had an extremely good command of(=be (extremely) good at something) speaking German.

1. I won’t fail to be there.

2. We would ... quicker if everyone pulled their weight.
3. One of the patients in a local hospital has been diagnosed with typhoid.
4. Her reaction when she finally found her brother was one of disbelief.
5. I’d rather cycle than walk.
6. He expressed his disapproval of people who smoked.
7. No one but Jane succeeded in producing the correct answer.
8. Jenny was in no mood for going to the party.
9. You arc out of question to expect me to have supper ready by 8 o’clock.
10. He had an extremely good command of speaking German
PART FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION
A. Fill each blank in the following passage with one suitable word. The initial letter of each
word has been given.
WHY WE MUST FIGHT THE DESTRUCTION
When rainforests arc cleared and burned millions of tones of carbon dioxide are (1)
released into the atmosphere affecting climatic conditions and threatening us all with severe
flooding, drought, and crop failure.
The rainforests contain at least (2) half of the Earth’s species. At the current rate of
devastation(tổn hại) an estimated(được dự đoán) 50 species worldwide become extinct every
day.
One in four purchases from our chemists is derived(xuất phát từ) from the rainforests.
Scientists are currently (3) caught in a race against time to find rainforest (4) treatments for
cancer, AIDS, and heart disease - before they are lost forever.
Tribal people in the rainforests have been shot, poisoned, and infected with diseases to
(5) which they have no resistance - to make room for logging(lấy gỗ), mining, and dams(xây đập
ngăn nước).
If this destruction continues (6) only nine of the 33 countries currently exporting
rainforest timber will not have any (7) left by the end of the decade.
Almost everyone will have (8) part of the rainforests in their home, as DIY stores still
supply and the construction (9) industry still uses tropical hardwoods for doors, window frames,
and even toilet seats.
Please help us (10) save the tropical rainforests now, before it is too late.
l. released 2. half 3. caught
4. treatments 5. which 6. only
7. left 8. part 9. industry 10. save
B. Read the following passage and choose the correct answers.
In (4) 776 B.C, the first (3) Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to
honour the Greek’s chief god, Zeus. The warm climate for outdoor activities, the need for
preparedness in war, and their lifestyle caused the Greeks to create competitive sports. Only the
elite(tầng lớp thượng lưu) and military could participate at first, but later the (8) Games were
open to all free Greek males who had no criminal record. The Greeks emphasized physical
fitness and strength in their education of youth. Therefore, contests in running, jumping, discus
and javelin throwing, boxing, and horse and chariot racing were held in individual cities, and the
winners competed every four years at Mount Olympus. (1) Winners were greatly honoured by
having olive wreaths placed on their heads and having poems sung about their deeds(những việc
làm). Originally these contests were held as games of friendship, and any wars in progress were
halted(bị dừng lại) to allow the game to take place. They also helped to strengthen bonds among
competitors and the different cities represented. (5) The Greeks attached so much importance to
the Games that (10) they calculated time in four-year cycles called “Olympiads” dating from
776 B.C. The contests coincided with religious festivities and constituted an all-out effort on the
part of the participants to please the gods. Any who disobeyed the rules were dismissed and
seriously punished. These athletes brought shame not only to themselves but also to the cities
they represented.
1. Which of the following is not true?
A. Winners placed olive wreaths(vòng nguyệt quế) on their own heads.
B. The games were held in Greece every four years.
C. Battles were interrupted to participate in the games.
D. Poems glorified(ca ngợi) the winner in song.
2. The word “elite ” is closest in the meaning to
A. aristocracy:tầng lớp quý tộc B. brave C.
intellectuals:người thông minh, thích học hỏi D. muscular
3. Why were the Olympics held?
A. To stop war B. To honour Zeus
C. To crown the best athletes D. To sing songs about athletes
4. Approximately how many years ago did these games originate?
A. 800 years B. 1,200 years C. 2,300 years D. 2,800
years(1999+776)
5. What conclusion can we draw about the ancient Greek?
A. They are pacifists(người theo chủ nghĩa hoà bình).
B. They believed athletic events were important.
C. They were very simple.
D. They couldn’t count, so they used “Olympiads” for dales.
6. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Physical fitness was an integral part of the lives of the ancient Greeks.
B. The Greeks severely punished those who did not participate in physical fitness programs.
C. The Greeks had always encouraged everyone to participate in the games.
D. The Greeks had the games coincide with religious festivities so that they could go back to war
when the games were over.
7. The word “deeds ” is closest in meaning to
A. accomplishments:những thành công B. ancestors C. documents
D. properly
8. Which of the following was ultimately required of all athletes competing in the
Olympics ?
A. They must have completed military service.
B. They had to attend special training sessions.
C. They had to be Greek males with no criminal record.
D. They had to be religious.
9. The word “halted ” means most nearly the same as
A. encouraged B. started C. curtailed:dừng lại
D. fixed
10. What is an “Olympiad”?
A. The time it took to finish the game.
B. The time between Games.
C. The time it took to finish a war.
D. The lime it look the athletes to train.

1. A 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. B
6. A 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. B

ĐỀ THI NĂM 2000

PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
A. Pick out the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the others.
1. A. ginger /ˈdʒɪn.dʒər/: gừng B. ginseng /ˈdʒɪn.seŋ/: nhân sâm
C. gipsy /ˈdʒɪp.si/: Người Digan D. girl /ɡɜːl/
2. A. uncle /ˈʌŋ.kəl/ B. bugle /ˈʌŋ.kəl/:kèn quân đội C.
huge /hjuːdʒ/ D. latitude uk /ˈlæt.ɪ.tʃuːd/ us /ˈlæt̬.ə.tuːd/
3. A. bargain uk /ˈbɑː.ɡɪn/ us /ˈbɑːr.ɡɪn/ B. complain /kəmˈpleɪn/
C. ascertain /ˌæs.əˈteɪn/:khám phá/làm rõ D. campaign /kæm
ˈpeɪn/:chiến dịch
4. A. evasion /ɪˈveɪ.ʒən/:sự trốn tránh B. evasive /ɪˈveɪ.sɪv/:mang tính trốn tránh
C. desuetude uk /dɪˈsjuː.ɪ.tjuːd/ us /ˈdes.wə.tuːd/:sự lỗi thời, không dùng được nữa
D. desultory uk /ˈdes.əl.tər.i/ us /ˈdes.əl.tɔːr.i/:hời hợt
5. A. trays /treɪz/:khay B. says /sez/ C. bays
/beɪz/:vịnh D. days /deɪz/
6. A. emblem /ˈem.bləm/:biểu tượng B. electrification uk /iˌlek.trɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /i
ˌlek.trə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/:sự điện khí hoá C. exact /ɪɡˈzækt/ D. entire /ɪn
ˈtaɪər/
7. A. chick /tʃɪk/ B. chic /ʃiːk/:phong cáck C.
cheat /tʃiːt/ D. machismo uk /məˈtʃɪz.məʊ/ us /məˈtʃiːz.moʊ/:sự nam tính
8. A. brood /bruːd/:đàn con B. naughty uk /ˈnɔː.ti/ us /ˈnɑː.t̬i/
C. foolscap /ˈfuːl.skæp/:giấy viết D. brooch uk /brəʊtʃ/ us /broʊtʃ/:
ghim hoa (gài cổ áo)
9. A. slaughter /ˈsloːtə/:sự tàn sát, sát sinh B. naughty uk /ˈnɔː.ti/ us /ˈnɑː.t̬i/
C. draught uk /drɑːft/ us /dræft/:gió lùa/ sự nốc nước (?) D. plaudit
uk /ˈplɔː.dɪt/ us /ˈplɑː.dɪt/:sự khen ngợi
10. A. fathom/ˈfæð.əm/:1 đơn vị đo lường độ sâu của nước B. feather/ˈfeð.ər/
C. anthem/ˈæn.θəm/:quốc ca D. within /wiˈðin/

1. D 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. B
6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. C
B. Group the following words into columns according to their stress patterns.
coincide speciality recipe cylinder personify
spectrometer melancholy altogether hereditary index
lst syllable 2nd syllable 3rd syllable
recipe speciality coincide
cylinder /ˈsilində/:trục, hình personify /pəˈsɒn.ɪ.faɪ/:nhân altogether
trụ hoá
melancholy /ˈmelənkəli/ :sự u spectrometer /spek
buồn ˈtrɒm.ɪ.tər/:máy quang
index /ˈindeks/:bản chú dẫn, phổ(quang phổ kế)
số mũ hereditary /hɪˈred.ɪ.tər.i/:mang
tính di truyền

PART TWO: VOCABULARY

A. Supply the correct form of the word in the parentheses.
1. You cannot enter the country without the requisite /ˈrek.wɪ.zɪt/:cần thiết documents. (require)
2. The old man collapsed after doing some strenuous /ˈstrenjuəs/:mạnh exercises. (strain)
3. The purification /ˌpjʊə.rɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/:sự làm sạch of water is necessary. (pure)
4. She is training to be a beautician /bjuːɡtiʃən/:nhân viên thẩm mĩ viện (beautiful)
5. This observatory /əbˈzɜː.və.tər.i/:đài thiên văn houses the largest telescope in the country.
(observe)
6. Many beliefs of a culture are symbolically /sɪmˈbɒl.ɪ.kəl.i/:tượng trưng represented in rituals.
(symbol)
7. I’ve never known such a quarrelsome /ˈkwɒr.əl.səm/:hay gây gổ person. (quarrel)
8. Thank you for your generosity; we shall always be indebted /ɪnˈdet.ɪd/:nợ ân huệ to you. (debt)
9. Professor Smith has joined the company in an advisory /ədˈvaɪ.zər.i/:thuộc về tư vấn capacity
/kəˈpӕsəti/:vai trò, chức vụ. (advise)
10. Please acknowledge:nhận thức our letter of the 10th. We have not had a reply. (know)
1. requisite 2. strenuous 3. purification
4. beautician 5. observatory 6. symbolically
7. quarrelsome 8. indebted 9. advisory 10. acknowledge
B. Choose the correct answer.
1. When the police examined the house, they found that the lock had been…………..with.
A. touched B. tampered(+with):phá C. broken
D. hindered:cản trở
2. David’s married Elizabeth? - No, I don’t believe it! You’re pulling my…………..
A. toe B. leg(pull one’s leg:đùa) C. mind
D. hair
3. I’m afraid I haven’t got the…………..idea why he never turned up.
A. least B. smallest C. weakest
D.faintest:mờ nhạt, yếu ớt
4. He was a very ………….. man; one day he would be happy, the next miserable.
A. uncontrollable B. uneven C. temperamental:thất thường
D. dispirited:chán nản
5. Do you know, she’s bought curtain material exactly the same as ours. She’s a
dreadful…………...
A parrot B. dog-in-the-manger:chó già giữ xương C. ape:vượn
D. copycat:kẻ bắt chước
6. That book looks like an advanced…………..text to me.
A. economic B. economical C. economics:kinh tế học
D. economists
7. He didn’t share his secret with many people but he…………..in her.
A. confessed:thú nhận B. concealed:che đậy C. confided:bật mí bí
mật(word-played) D. consented:bằng lòng
8. I was woken up by the sound of sheep…………..in the meadows.
A. neighing:hí hí🐎🐎🐎🐎 B. crowing:gáy🐔 C.
bleating:tiếng kêu của cừu(kêu bebebebebebe) D. croaking:ộp ộp🐸
9. The accusation(sự buộc tội) left him quite…………..with rage.
A. speechless B. silent C. dumb D.
mute
10. He bought a pair of sunglasses with silver…………...
A. rims:vành B. brims:miệng/vành(mũ) C. edges
D. boundaries:ranh giới
PART THREE: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES
A. Fill in each blank with one appropriate preposition or particle.
1. Her husband was courteous(lịch sự,tôn trọng) to her.
2. You should comply with(tuân theo) the school rules.
3. Be calm and don’t make a fuss of(quá chú tâm đến) such trifles(chuyện vặt vãnh).
4. John’s very good with his hands(dùng tay điêu luyện).
5. She knows how to get round(thuyết phục) her father to buy her a new car.
6. The police are looking for the past record of the suspect.
7. When she heard the news of the crash, she broke down and cried.
8. She always sides with(đứng về phía) her son against her husband.
9. In the warm sun, the grass dries up:khô héo quickly.
10. You shouldn’t look down on people who aren’t as well off:giàu có as you are.
B. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. I can’t bear the thought of you (go) going home without someone (accompany) accompanying
you.
2. I’d rather (live) have lived in ancient Greece.
3. He insisted that die new baby (name) be named (should be named)after his grandfather.
4. There (be) being no further business, I declare the meeting closed.
5. The uneaten breakfast was still on the table. She (call) must have called away in a hurry.
6. I (write) will write photographs every week, I promise, and I (try) will try to make them
legible.
7. Were I (know) to know the answer, I’d tell you right away.
8. It’s no use crying over (spill) spilt milk.
1. going, accompanying 2. have lived
3. be named (should be named) 4. being
5. must have called 6. will write, will try
7. to know 8. spilt

C. Rewrite the following sentences with the given words in such a way that the second
sentence has the same meaning as the first one. Do not change the form of the words in
brackets.
1. Under no circumstances should you phone the police.
The last thing you could do is to call the police.
2. Sam didn’t celebrate until he received the prize.
It was not until Sam received the prize that he celebrated.
3. Nobody expected her to lose, but she did.
Against everybody’s expectation, she lost.
4. You’ll learn the basic rules. Then you’ll find it easy to play.
Once you have learned the basic rules, you’ll find it easy to play.
5. If nothing unfortunate happens, I’ll see you next week.
All being well, I’ll see you next week.
6. The government has been reviewing its education policies recently.
The government’s education policies have been under review recently.
7. When a policeman appeared at the door, I was pretty taken aback.
Imagine my surprise/astonishment when a policeman appeared at the door.
8. My protests were ignored.
Nobody looks (any) notice of my protests.
9. It’s what people eat that betrays their social background, not their table manners.
What gives (away) people’s social background away is what they eat, not their table manners.
10. The chances are a hundred to one against you.
It’s most difficult for you to get the chance.

1. The last thing you could do is to call the police.

2. It was not until Sam received the prize that he celebrated.
3. Against everybody’s expectation, she lost.
4. Once you have learned the basic rules, you’ll find it easy to play.
5. All being well, I’ll see you next week.
6. The government’s education policies have been under review recently.
7. Imagine my surprise/astonishment when a policeman appeared at the door.
8. Nobody looks (any) notice of my protests.
9. What gives (away) people’s social background away is what they eat, not their table manners.
10. It’s most difficult for you to get the chance.
D. Rewrite the following sentences with the given words in such a way that the second
sentence has the same meaning as the first one. Do not change the form of the words in
brackets.
1. Tasteful furniture made your room more attractive. (GRACED)
Tasteful furniture graced your room.
2. The train is 5 minutes late in leaving. (DUE)
The train was due to leave 5 minutes ago.
3. We had a long discussion about the problem but we couldn’t solve it. (LENGTH)
We discussed the problem at length but we couldn’t solve it.
4. The river Volta overflowed(tràn ra) last year. (BURST)
The river Volta burst its banks(trào ra bờ) last year.
5. You didn’t think carefully enough before you decided. (OUGHT)
You ought to have thought more carefully before you decided.
6. I think you should try and be optimistic as you can. (SIDE)
I think you should try and look on the bright side (of things).
7. Don’t misquote(nhét chữ): I never said I hated ballet. (MOUTH)
Don’t put words into my mouth: I never said I hated ballet.
8. While they were on leave, the sailors exploited(tận dụng) their freedom fully. (MOST)
While they were on leave the sailors made the most of their freedom.
9. He shouldn’t have told her such things. (UNWISE)
It was unwise:ngu of him to tell her such things.
10. Teaching doesn’t suit her (CUT)
She isn’t really cut out for:phù hợp với teaching.
1. Tasteful furniture graced your room.
2. The train was due to leave 5 minutes ago.
3. We discussed the problem at length but we couldn’t solve it.
4. The river Volta burst its banks last year.
5. You ought to have thought more carefully before you decided.
6. I think you should try and look on the bright side (of things).
7. Don’t put words into my mouth: I never said I hated ballet.
8. While they were on leave the sailors made the.most of their freedom.
9. It was unwise of him to tell her such things.
10. She isn’t really cut out for teaching.
PART FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION
A. Cloze test: Fill in each numbered space with one appropriate word.
According to an old (1) story in the early seventeenth century, a Penvian(người Peru?)
was cured (2) of(được chữa khỏi) a terrible fever by eating the bark(vỏ cây) of the cinchona tree.
Quinine, the drug, which could be (3) extracted from cinchona bark, was (4) not widely used as a
medicine until 1816.
Quinine has proved invaluable to modern medicine. It is used in the (5) treatment of
malaria(sốt rét), a (6) disease transmitted by the anopheles mosquito(muỗi sốt rét) and common
in the tropical (7) region of the world. Quinine preparations are also used to help cure
typhoid(thương hàn) fever, rheumatic(thấp khớp) fever, and (8) other sicknesses.
The cinchona tree belongs to the evergreen(họ cây trường xanh) family and, unlike most
evergreens, (9) has very fragrant flowers. Cinchona trees are native to South America, but are
now (10) grown in such other places as India, Ceylon, and Java.
1. story 2. of 3. extracted 4. no
5. treatment 6. disease 7. region 8. other
9. has 10. grown
B. Read the following passage and choose the correct answers.
A new British medical instrument (1) is about to change dramatically our ability to
recognise disease hidden inside the body. It is called the magnetic scanner, and it gives
information about the body which current machines, such as the brain scanner and the more
recent body scanner, cannot provide. And unlike existing machines, the new machine docs not
use X-ray radiation waves, which makes it much safer for patients.
Unlike existing scanners, a magnetic scanner can show the side or the back of a suspect
part of the body. Used on, for example, a lung with suspected damage, it can turn the image of
the lung to give a scries of different views. The image is not simply worked out in the
computer’s “imagination”, the magnetic scanner actually examines every side of the lung. (2)
When examining the softer part of the body with existing scanners, doctors frequently have to
use a “contrast medium” to make a muscular organ show up to X-ray waves, the usual “contrast
medium” given to patients before a stomach X-ray scan takes place is harmless, but for some
brain scans so that it passes into the brain, this is unpleasant and painful and it can be
dangerous. The magnetic scanner needs no “contrast medium”.
 (3) The new machine can also see in greater detail than ever before. (4) Growths of all
kinds show up clearly on the brain and so do the dead patches which are the signs of the disease,
multiple sclerosis(bệnh đa xơ cứng). Until now patients complaining of double vision or an
inability to control their muscles from time could be suffering from some much more easily
cured diseases and a brain scanner could not distinguish between these with certainty. The doctor
can now definitely say whether or not cancer of multiple sclerosis is present. Previously, these
diseases have been missed and patients have been given false information about their health. The
technique is still improving with great speed: pictures produced a couple of years ago look very
simple compared with those of today.
1. What does the new magnetic scanner machine do?
A. It looks at a diseased part of the body from all directions.
B. It can look right through a diseased part of the body.
C. It sends sound waves to the diseased part of the body.
D. It uses a computer to “imagine” different views of the body.
2. What disadvantages do existing machines have?
A. Patients need an injection before they are used.
B. The contrasts recorded are too strong.
C. It is often necessary to use a contrast medium.
D. The X-ray waves are sometimes painful.
3. In what way is the new machine an improvement?
A. It can cure some diseases much more easily.
B. It will never give a double view.
C. The techniques involved can be learned quickly.
D. It can show all the details of a diseased part of the body.
4. The machine is useful in identifying the disease multiple sclerosis, because it shows
A. dark spots in the eyes. B. dead areas in the brain.
C. cancer like growths. D. damage to muscles.
5. “Sclerosis ” means
A. a disease that causes an organ or soft part of the body to become hard.
B. a disease that causes indigestion.
C. tuberculosis.
D. bronchitis.
1.A 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. A