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M thi 09
H, tn th sinh:..........................................................................
S bo danh:...............................................................................
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined parts differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. wanted
B. stopped
C. decided
D. hated
Question 2: A. child
B. chicken
C. machine
D. church
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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. international
B. entertain
C. Vietnamese
D. politics
Question 4: A. polite
B. children
C. husband
D. mother
Question 5: A. economy
B. communicate
C. unemployment
D. particular
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is closest in meaning to
the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 6: The mass media provide apowerful means of disseminating propaganda.
A. according
B. producing
C. spreading
D.collecting
B. showy
C. large
D. expensive
Question 8: Id rather stay in a hotel with all the amenities than camp in the woods
A. conveniences
B. friends
C. expenses
D. sports
Question 9: Earthquakes are regarded as one of the most devastating forces known to man.
A. terrifying
B. destrutive
C. fasnating
D. mysterious
Question 10: In most countries, compulsory military service does not apply to women
A.superior
B. mandatory
C. beneficial
D. constructive
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 11: Just keep _______on the dog when I am on holiday, will you?
A.a look
B. an eye
C. a glance
D. a care
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Question 12: The twins look so much alike that no one can______them ______
A.tell/away
B. tell/apart
C. take/apart
D. take/away
Question 13: This is ______ the most dificult job I have ever tackled.
A.by heart
B. by all means
C. by no means
D. by far
Question 14: Im ______ tired to think about that problem at the moment.
A.simply
B. nearly
C. much more
D. far too
Question 16: Lucy: You look really nice in that red sweater!
A. How dare you?
B. Thank you.
Sue: ______
C. Im afraid so.
Question 17: Janet: Do you feel like going to the cinema this evening?
-Susan: "_______.
A. Youre welcome
Question 18: When the customs officer saw my bottle, he said that I ______ have decared that.
A. could
B. must
C. should
D. may
Question 19: ______ with her boyfriend yesterday, she doesn't want to answer his phone call.
A. Having quarreled
D. Had quarreled
Question 20: Last nights concert did not ______ our expectations
A. catch up with
B. stand in for
C. come up to
D. look up to
C. illegal
D. legal
B. illegally
B. did
C. do
D. will do
Question 23: If peopple drove more carefully, there_______so many accidents on the road.
A. would not be
B. will not be
D. arent
Question 24: Tom said that he _______his motorbike the day before.
A. had lost
B. lost
C. has lost
D. lose
B. must
C. should
D. might
C.In order to
D.Because of
Question 27: _____ the storm, they had to cancel the trip.
A.Because
B.Although
B.built
C.building
D.being built
B. from
C.on
D.in
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.
Question 30: California has more land under irrigation than any another states.
A
Question 31: In the 1920's cinema became an important art form and one of the ten largest industry in
A
B. looked
C. showed
D. seemed
B. Therefore
C. Although
D. Despite
B. disappointed
C. avoided
D. discouraged
B. Recent
C. Modern
D. Late
Question 39: A. by
B. with
C. through
D. in
B. heart
C. focus
D. halfway
B. appear
C. happen
D. become
Question 42: A. a
B. in the
C. in a
D. the
B. alter
C. vary
D. move
B. raise
C. wake
D. get up
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 following questions from45to54
Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of
extreme heat. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Suns rays.
Desert mammals also depart from the normal mammalian practice of maintaining a constant body
temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the body, which would
involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what
would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius have been measured
in Grants gazelles. The overheated body then cools down during the cold desert night, and indeed the
temperature may fall unusually low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees Celsius in the camel. This is an
advantage since the heat of the first few hours of daylight is absorbed in warming up the body, and an
excessive buildup of heat does not begin until well into the day.
Another strategy of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a point that would be
fatal for non-adapted animals. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without
harm to itself, whereas human beings die after losing only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight. An
equally important adaptation is the ability to replenish this water loss at one drink. Desert animals can
drink prodigious volumes in a short time, and camels have been known to imbibe over 100 liters in a
few minutes. A very dehydrated person, on the other hand, cannot drink enough water to rehydrate at
one session, because the human stomach is not sufficiently big and because a too rapid dilution of the
body fluids causes death from water intoxication. The tolerance of water loss is of obvious advantage
in the desert, as animals do not have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food from grazing
sparse and far-flung pastures. Desert-adapted mammals have the further ability to feed normally when
extremely dehydrated, it is a common experience in people that appetite is lost even under conditions
of moderate thirst.
Question 45: 1. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. Weather variations in the desert
Question 46: According to the passage, why is light coloring an advantage to large desert animals?
A. It helps them hide from predators
B. inheriting
C. preserving
D. delaying
B. replace
C. compensate
D. reduce
C. Bacteria in water.
D. Lack of water.
Question 52: Why does the author mention humans in the second paragraph?
A. To show how they use camels.
B. To contrast them to desert mammals
B. carry
C. save
D. get
Question 54: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an adaptation of large desert animals?
A. Variation in body temperatures.
B. Eating while dehydrated
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 following questions from 55to 64.
An air pollutant is defined as a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the
atmosphere in such quantities as to affect humans, animals, vegetation, or materials adversely. Air
pollution requires a very flexible definition that permits continuous change. When the first air
pollution laws were established in England in the fourteenth century, air pollutants were limited to
compounds that could be seen or smelled - a far cry from the extensive list of harmful substances
known today. As technology has developed and knowledge of the health aspects of various chemicals
has increased, the list of air pollutants has lengthened. In the future, even water vapor might be
considered an air pollutant under certain conditions.
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Many of the more important air pollutants, such as sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen
oxides, are found in nature. As the Earth developed, the concentration of these pollutants was altered
by various chemical reactions; they became components in biogeochemical cycles. These serve as an
air purification scheme by allowing the compounds to move from the air to the water or soil. On a
global basis, nature's output of these compounds dwarfs that resulting from human activities.
However, human production usually occurs in a localized area, such as a city. In such a region,
human output may be dominant and may temporarily overload the natural purification scheme of the
cycles. The result is an increased concentration of noxious chemicals in the air. The concentrations at
which the adverse effects appear will be greater than the concentrations that the pollutants would have
in the absence of human activities. The actual concentration need not be large for a substance to be a
pollutant; in fact, the numerical value tells us little until we know how much of an increase this
represents over the concentration that would occur naturally in the area. For example, sulfur dioxide
has detectable health effects at 0.08 parts per million (ppm), which is about 400 times its natural level.
Carbon monoxide, however, has a natural level of 0.1 ppm and is not usually a pollutant until its level
reaches about 15 ppm.
Question 56: The word "adversely" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A. negatively
B. quickly
C. admittedly
D. considerably
Question 57: It can be inferred from the first paragraph that _______.
A. water vapor is an air pollutant in localized areas
B. most air pollutants today can be seen or smelled
C. the definition of air pollution will continue to change
D. a substance becomes an air pollutant only in cities
Question 58:The word "These" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to_.
A. the various chemical reactions
Question 59: For which of the following reasons can natural pollutants play an important role in
controlling air pollution?
A. They function as part of a purification process.
B. They occur in greater quantities than other pollutants.
C. They are less harmful to living beings than other pollutants.
D. They have existed since the Earth developed
Question 60: According to the passage, human-generated air pollution in localized regions _______.
A. can be dwarfed by nature's output of pollutants
B. can overwhelm the natural system that removes pollutants
C. will damage areas outside of the localized regions
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B. circled
C. surrounded
D. encircled
Question 62: According to the passage, the numerical value of the concentration level of a substance
is only useful if _______.
A. the other substances in the area are known C. the natural level is also known
B. it is in a localized area
D. it can be calculated quickly
Question 63: The word "detectable" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to_________.
A. beneficial
B. special
C. measurable
D. separable
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Question 65: The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard
Only by training hard can you become a good athlete
Question 66: It certainly wasnt me who took your car! said Bob
Bob denied having taken my car/ taking my car
Question 67: Im sorry that I didnt finish my homework last night.
I wish I had finished my homework lastnight.
Question 68: If I have free time, I will help you.
Unless I have freetime, I will help you.
Question 69: 10. He left quietly, so that he wouldnt disturb the children.
So as not to disturb the children, he left quietly.