d. Well, I have a spare key, so I'll come over to show you how to use it.

1. d-a-b-c        
2. d-b-a-c        
3. d-c-b-a        
4. d-b-c-a

Câu 623

"I have never been to Russia. I think I shall go there next year.” said Bill.

1. Bill said that he had never been to Russia and he thought he would go there the next year.
2. Bill said that he would have never been to Russia and he thinks he would go there the next year.
3. Bill said that he had never been to Russia and he thinks he will go there the next year.
4. Bill said that he has never been to Russia and he thinks he would go there the next year.

Câu 624

People believed that Jane retired because of her poor health.

1. Jane is believed to have retired because of her poor health.
2. Jane was believed to have retired because of her poor health.
3. It is believed that Jane retired because of her poor health.
4. Jane retired because of her poor health was believed.

Câu 625

Charles would have won the essay contest if he had typed his paper.

1. Charles won the essay contest in spite of not typing his paper.
2. Charles did not win the essay contest because he did not type his paper.
3. Typing his paper made Charles win the essay contest.
4. Charles did not win the essay contest even though he typed his paper.

Câu 626

Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.

1. I disturbed the meeting because I said goodbye.
2. I would rather disturb the meeting than leave without saying goodbye.
3. The meeting was disturbed as I left saying goodbye.
4. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.

Sentence combination: Choose A, B, C or D that has the closest meaning to the given pair of sentences in each question.

Câu 627

The young girl has great experience of nursing. She has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.

1. Before she worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
2. Much as she has worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
3. Having worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
4. With great experience of nursing, the young girl has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.

Câu 628

Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.

1. Only after his leaving the school did Peter inform us of his arrival at the meeting.
2. Not until Peter told us that he would leave the school did he arrive at the meeting.
3. Hardly had Peter informed us about his leaving the school when he arrived at the meeting.
4. No sooner had Peter arrived at the meeting than he told us about his leaving the school.

Câu 629

He was successful because he was determined to pursue personal goals. He was not talented.

1. In addition to his determination, his talent ensured his success in pursuing his goals.
2. His determination to pursue personal goals made him successful and talented.
3. It was his determination to pursue personal goals, not talent, that contributed to his success.
4. His success lay in his natural ability, not in his determination to pursue personal goals.

Câu 630

There was a serious flood. All local pupils couldn’t go to school on that day.

1. The serious flood hinder all local pupils in their efforts not to go to school on that day.
2. The serious flood hindered all local pupils from going to school on that day.
3. The serious flood made all pupils from not going to school on that day.
4. The serious flood caused all local pupils not go to school on that day.

Cloze text: Read the passage below and choose A, B, C or D to fill in each blank.

A rainbow is an optical display of color that usually appears in the sky when a beam of sunlight refracts through millions of raindrops. Each (31)______color from the spectrum is then sent to your eyes. For this to happen, the angle between the ray of light, the raindrop and the human eye must be between 40 and 42 degrees.

After studying rainbows in (32)________Sir Isaac Newton was able to explain how they are formed. However, he was color blind, so he had to rely on the eyes of his

assistant, who could easily (33) ________all the seven colors. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. His assistant could also clearly tell the difference between indigo and violet.

There are two types of rainbows. Primary rainbows are the most common and have the most distinctive colors, with red appearing on the outside of the arc and violet on the inside. Secondary rainbows are unusual because the light is reflected twice within the raindrop before it (34)________a rainbow, so the colors are in reverse order and not as bright as primary rainbows.

There is a popular myth that if you reach the end of a rainbow, you will find a pot of gold waiting for you. In fact, it is impossible to do this, because a rainbow has no end - as you go towards the point where the rainbow seems to touch the ground, it moves away from you as quickly as you (35)_______.

Câu 631

1. single        
2. divided        
3. detached        
4. saparate

Câu 632

1. depth        
2. with         
3. breadth        
4. length

Câu 633

1. realize        
2. discover        
3. understand        
4. recognize

Câu 634

1. forms        
2. grows        
3. develops        
4. shapes

Câu 635

1. progress        
2. arrive        
3. get        
4. approach

Reading comprehension 1: Read the passage below and choose A, B, C, or D to answer each question

Duncan Phyfe made some of the most beautiful furniture found in America. His family name was originally Fife, and he was born in Scotland in 1768. In 1784, the Fife family immigrated to Albany, New York where Duncan’s father opened a cabinetmaking shop. Duncan followed his father’s footsteps and was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker. After completing his training, Duncan moved to New York City.

Duncan Fife was first mentioned in the 1792 NYC Directory as a furniture “joiner” in business at 2 Broad Street. Two years later, he moved, expanded his business, and changed his name to Phyfe. He was a quiet-living, God-fearing young man who felt his new name would probably appeal to potential customers who were definitely anti- British in this post-Revolutionary War period.

Duncan Phyfe’s name distinguished him from his contemporaries. Although the new spelling helped him better compete with French emigrant craftsmen, his new name had more to do with hanging it on a sign over his door stoop.

The artisans and merchants who came to America discovered a unique kind of freedom. They were no longer restricted by class and guild traditions of Europe. For the first time in history, a man learned that by working hard, he could build his business based on his own name and reputation and quality of work.

Phyfe’s workshop apparently took off immediately. At the peak of his success, Phyfe employed 100 craftsmen. Some economic historians point to Phyfe as having employed division of labor and an assembly line. What his workshop produced shows Phyfe’s absolute dedication to quality in workmanship. Each piece of furniture was made of the best available materials. He was reported to have paid $$1,000 for a single Santo Domingo mahogany log.

Phyfe did not create new designs. Rather, he borrowed from a broad range of the period’s classical styles, Empire, Sheraton, Regency, and French Classical among them. Nevertheless, Phyfe’s high quality craftsmanship established him as America’s patriotic interpreter of European design in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Although the number of pieces produced by Duncan Phyfe’s workshop is enormous, comparatively few marked or labeled pieces have been found extant. In antiques shops and auctions, collectors have paid 11,000 for a card table, 24,200 for a tea table, and $$93,500 for a sewing table.

Câu 636

What is the main idea of the passage?

1. The business of cabinetmaking.  
2. The significance of Duncan Phyfe’s name.
3. Duncan Phyfe’s life and career.   
4. Duncan Phyfe’s cabinetmaking designs.

Câu 637

According to the passage, which of the following does the author imply?

1. Duncan Fife and his father had the same first name.
2. Duncan Fife worked for his father in Scotland.
3. Duncan Fife and his father were in the same business.
4. Duncan Phyfe made over 100 different kinds of tables.

Câu 638

Which choice does the word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?

1. His spelling         
2. His chair                 
3. His French                 
4. His name

Câu 639

Which choice is closest in meaning to the word “guild” in paragraph 4?

1. Verdict of a jury
2. Organization of craftsmen
3. Political party of emigrants
4. Immigrants’ club

Câu 640

In his business, Duncan Phyfe used all of the following EXCEPT________.

1. division of labor
2. an assembly line
3. continental designs
4. the least expensive materials

Reading comprehension 2: Read the passage below and choose A, B, C, or D to answer each question from 641 to 645.

After the United States purchased Louisiana from France and made it their newest territory in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson called for an expedition to investigate the land the United States had bought for $$15 million. Jefferson’s secretary, Meriwether Lewis, a woodsman and a hunter from childhood, persuaded the president to let him lead this expedition. Lewis recruited Army officer William Clark to be his co- commander. The Lewis and Clark expedition led the two young explorers to discover a new natural wealth of variety and abundance about which they would return to tell the world.

When Lewis and Clark departed from St. Louis in 1804, they had twenty-nine in their party, including a few Frenchmen and several men from Kentucky who were well- known frontiersmen. Along the way, they picked up an interpreter named Toussant Charbonneau and his Native American wife, Sacajawea, the Shoshoni “Bird Woman” who aided them as guide and peacemaker and later became an American legend.

The expedition followed the Missouri River to its source, made a long portage overland though the Rocky Mountains, and descended the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. On the journey, they encountered peaceful Otos, whom they befriended, and hostile Teton Sioux, who demanded tribute from all traders. They also met Shoshoni, who welcomed their little sister Sacajawea, who had been abducted as a child by the Mandans. They discovered a paradise full of giant buffalo herds and elk and antelope so innocent of human contact that they tamely approached the men. The explorers also found a hell blighted by mosquitoes and winters harsher than anyone could reasonably hope to survive. They became desperately lost, then found their way again. Lewis and Clark kept detailed journals of the expedition, cataloging a dazzling array of new plants and animals, and even unearthing the bones of a forty-five-foot dinosaur.

When the party returned to St. Louis in 1806 after travelling almost 8,000 miles, they were eagerly greeted and grandly entertained. Their glowing descriptions of this vast new West provided a boon to the westward migration now becoming a permanent part of American life. The journals written by Lewis and Clark are still widely read today.

Câu 641

The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to________.

1. elk and antelope
2. buffalo herds
3. the members of the expedition
4. Shoshoni and Mandans

Câu 642

The word “blighted” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to________.

1. increased                 
2. ruined                 
3. swollen                 
4. driven

Câu 643

Lewis and Clark encountered all of the following EXCEPT_________.

1. mountains                 
2. buffaloes                 
3. dinosaur herds                   
4. friendly people

Câu 644

The word “boon” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to.

1. power                 
2. hurdle                 
3. benefit                 
4. conclusion

Câu 645

It can be inferred from the passage that the Lewis and Clark expedition________.

1. experienced more hardships than successes
2. encouraged Americans to move to the West
3. probably cost the United States more than $$15 million
4. caused the deaths of some of the explorers

Logical thinking and problem solving: Choose A, B, C, D to answer each question.

Câu 646

Tanya is older than Eric. Cliff is older than Tanya. Eric is older than Cliff. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is________.

1. true         
2. false                 
3. uncertain                 
4. no idea

Câu 647

One New York publisher has estimated that 50,000 to 60,000 people in the United States want an anthology that includes the complete works of William Shakespeare. And what accounts for this renewed interest in Shakespeare? As scholars point out, his psychological insights into both male and female characters are amazing even today.

1. Shakespeare's characters are more interesting than fictional characters today.
2. People even today are interested in Shakespeare's work because of the characters.
3. Academic scholars are putting together an anthology of Shakespeare's work.
4. New Yorkers have a renewed interested in the work of Shakespeare.

Câu 648

Erin is twelve years old. For three years, she has been asking her parents for a dog. Her parents have told her that they believe a dog would not be happy in an apartment, but they have given her permission to have a bird. Erin has not yet decided what kind of bird she would like to have.

1. Erin's parents like birds better than they like dogs.
2. Erin does not like birds.
3. Erin and her parents live in an apartment.
4. Erin and her parents would like to move.

Câu 649

The prices of petrol and diesel in the domestic market have remained unchanged for the past few months. The crude oil prices in the international market have gone up substantially in the last few months.

1. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
2. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
3. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
4. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes

Câu 650

Which of the following is a non metal that remains liquid at room temperature?

1. Phosphorous                 
2. Bromine                 
3. Chlorine                 
4. Helium

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