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30 đề thi thử thpt quốc gia tiếng anh năm 2020 cực hay có lời giải (Đề số 1)

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Câu 2:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
Today was such beautiful day that I couldn’t bring myself to complete all my chores.

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Đáp án là A. such beautiful => such a beautiful, “day” là danh từ số ít, phải có mạo từ “a” trước tính từ “beautiful”


Câu 6:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

 

THE EARTH GALLERIES

      To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology.

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Đáp án là B. unless: nếu không. Dịch: ... you don’t need to know about unless you have to study it at school. ( Nếu bạn không học nó ở trường thì bạn không cần biết. )


Câu 7:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

 

THE EARTH GALLERIES

      To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology.
Question 57

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Đáp án là A. discover: khám phá.

Nghĩa các từ còn lại: find: tìm; catch: bắt gặp; convince: thuyết phục


Câu 8:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

                                                    THE EARTH GALLERIES

To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology. 
Question 58

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Đáp án là B. turn something upside down: làm xáo lộn tung bành cái gì đó


Câu 9:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

                                                    THE EARTH GALLERIES

To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology. 
Question 59

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Đáp án là B. ride up: từ từ di chuyển cao hơn, ra khỏi vị trí


Câu 10:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

                                                    THE EARTH GALLERIES

To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology.
Question 60

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Đáp án là C. On the way : Trên đường đi.


Câu 11:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

                                                    THE EARTH GALLERIES

To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology. 
Question 61

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Đáp án là D . measuring eleven metres in diameter: đo mười một mét đường kính


Câu 12:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

                                                    THE EARTH GALLERIES

To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology. 
Question 62

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Đáp án là B .Once = when: khi


Câu 13:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

                                                    THE EARTH GALLERIES

To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology. 
Question 63

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Đáp án là C. make up: tạo nên
Nghĩa các từ còn lại: bring together: mang lại vói nhau; consist of: bao gồm; show off: thể hiện, khoe


Câu 14:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

                                                    THE EARTH GALLERIES

To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology. 
Question 64

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Đáp án là C. energy resources: nguồn tài nguyên năng lượng


Câu 15:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

                                                    THE EARTH GALLERIES

To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural history Museum, however, you’ll (57)________that this image couldn’t be further from the truth.

      The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life. The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (58)________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59)________up to the top of this by escalator. On the (60)________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (61)________diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth. (62)________at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (63)________the museum.

      The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64)________and where our most common building (65)__________come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology. 
Question 65

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Đáp án là B. building materials: vật liệu xây dựng


Câu 16:

Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose primary stress is on a different position from that of the others in each group below.

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Đáp án là: B. Pacific nhấn âm tiết thứ nhất, các từ còn lại nhấn âm tiết thứ hai.


Câu 17:

Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose primary stress is on a different position from that of the others in each group below.

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Đáp án là: B. profitable nhấn âm tiết thứ nhất, các từ còn lại nhấn âm tiết thứ hai.


Câu 18:

Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose primary stress is on a different position from that of the others in each group below.

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Đáp án là: B. consulate nhấn âm tiết thứ nhất, các từ còn lại nhấn âm tiết thứ hai.


Câu 19:

Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose primary stress is on a different position from that of the others in each group below.

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Đáp án là: D. ancestor nhấn âm tiết thứ nhất, các từ còn lại nhấn âm tiết thứ hai.


Câu 20:

Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose primary stress is on a different position from that of the others in each group below.

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Đáp án là: D. numerous nhấn âm tiết thứ nhất, các từ còn lại nhấn âm tiết thứ hai


Câu 21:

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 questions that follow

 

 

Line

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

(10)

Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”, and “America’s great contribution to music”. It has functioned as popular art and enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public response, in the “jazz age” of the Line 1920s, in the “swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s. The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis, St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. It welded together the elements of Ragtime, marching band music, and the Blues. However, the influences of what led to those early sounds goes back (10)________to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans barber and cornet player, is generally considered to have been the first real Jazz musician, around 1891.

 

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

 

(20)

 

 

 

What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation. Jazz displayed a break from traditional (15)________music where composers wrote an entire piece of music on paper, leaving the musicians to break their backs playing exactly what was written on the score. In a Jazz piece, however, the song is simply a starting point, or sort of skeletal guide for the Jazz musicians to improvise around. Actually, many of the early Jazz musicians were bad sight readers and some couldn’t even read (20)________music at all. Generally speaking, these early musicians couldn’t make very much money and were stuck working menial jobs to make a living. The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton. These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved its complexity, and gained greater success. This music is known as “hot Jazz” (25)________due to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic drive.

(25)

A young cornet player by the name of Louis Armstrong was discovered by Joe Oliver in New Orleans. He soon grew up to become one of the greatest and most successful musicians of all time, and later one of the biggest stars in the world. The impact of Armstrong and other talented early Jazz musicians changed the way we look at music.

The Passage answers which of the following questions?

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Đáp án là B. Dễ dàng nhận thấy đoạn 1 nói về nguồn gốc của nhạc Jazz, đoạn 2 nói về sự khác nhau giữa nhạc Jazz và các dòng nhạc khác.


Câu 22:

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 questions that follow

 

 

Line

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

(10)

Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”, and “America’s great contribution to music”. It has functioned as popular art and enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public response, in the “jazz age” of the Line 1920s, in the “swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s. The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis, St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. It welded together the elements of Ragtime, marching band music, and the Blues. However, the influences of what led to those early sounds goes back (10)________to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans barber and cornet player, is generally considered to have been the first real Jazz musician, around 1891.

 

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

 

(20)

 

 

 

What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation. Jazz displayed a break from traditional (15)________music where composers wrote an entire piece of music on paper, leaving the musicians to break their backs playing exactly what was written on the score. In a Jazz piece, however, the song is simply a starting point, or sort of skeletal guide for the Jazz musicians to improvise around. Actually, many of the early Jazz musicians were bad sight readers and some couldn’t even read (20)________music at all. Generally speaking, these early musicians couldn’t make very much money and were stuck working menial jobs to make a living. The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton. These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved its complexity, and gained greater success. This music is known as “hot Jazz” (25)________due to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic drive.

(25)

A young cornet player by the name of Louis Armstrong was discovered by Joe Oliver in New Orleans. He soon grew up to become one of the greatest and most successful musicians of all time, and later one of the biggest stars in the world. The impact of Armstrong and other talented early Jazz musicians changed the way we look at music.

According to the passage, Jazz originated in

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Đáp án là D. Ý trong bài: The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans


Câu 23:

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 questions that follow

 

 

Line

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

(10)

Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”, and “America’s great contribution to music”. It has functioned as popular art and enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public response, in the “jazz age” of the Line 1920s, in the “swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s. The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis, St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. It welded together the elements of Ragtime, marching band music, and the Blues. However, the influences of what led to those early sounds goes back (10)________to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans barber and cornet player, is generally considered to have been the first real Jazz musician, around 1891.

 

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

 

(20)

 

 

 

What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation. Jazz displayed a break from traditional (15)________music where composers wrote an entire piece of music on paper, leaving the musicians to break their backs playing exactly what was written on the score. In a Jazz piece, however, the song is simply a starting point, or sort of skeletal guide for the Jazz musicians to improvise around. Actually, many of the early Jazz musicians were bad sight readers and some couldn’t even read (20)________music at all. Generally speaking, these early musicians couldn’t make very much money and were stuck working menial jobs to make a living. The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton. These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved its complexity, and gained greater success. This music is known as “hot Jazz” (25)________due to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic drive.

(25)

A young cornet player by the name of Louis Armstrong was discovered by Joe Oliver in New Orleans. He soon grew up to become one of the greatest and most successful musicians of all time, and later one of the biggest stars in the world. The impact of Armstrong and other talented early Jazz musicians changed the way we look at music.

Which of the following distinguished Jazz as a new form of musical expression?

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Đáp án là C. What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation.


Câu 24:

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 questions that follow

 

 

Line

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

(10)

Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”, and “America’s great contribution to music”. It has functioned as popular art and enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public response, in the “jazz age” of the Line 1920s, in the “swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s. The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis, St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. It welded together the elements of Ragtime, marching band music, and the Blues. However, the influences of what led to those early sounds goes back (10)________to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans barber and cornet player, is generally considered to have been the first real Jazz musician, around 1891.

 

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

 

(20)

 

 

 

What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation. Jazz displayed a break from traditional (15)________music where composers wrote an entire piece of music on paper, leaving the musicians to break their backs playing exactly what was written on the score. In a Jazz piece, however, the song is simply a starting point, or sort of skeletal guide for the Jazz musicians to improvise around. Actually, many of the early Jazz musicians were bad sight readers and some couldn’t even read (20)________music at all. Generally speaking, these early musicians couldn’t make very much money and were stuck working menial jobs to make a living. The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton. These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved its complexity, and gained greater success. This music is known as “hot Jazz” (25)________due to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic drive.

(25)

A young cornet player by the name of Louis Armstrong was discovered by Joe Oliver in New Orleans. He soon grew up to become one of the greatest and most successful musicians of all time, and later one of the biggest stars in the world. The impact of Armstrong and other talented early Jazz musicians changed the way we look at music.

The word “skeletal” in line 16 is closest in meaning to

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Đáp án là A. skeletal = framework: khung, bộ xương

Nghĩa các từ còn lại: musical: (thuộc) âm nhạc; basic: nền tảng; essential: cần thiết


Câu 25:

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 questions that follow

 

 

Line

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

(10)

Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”, and “America’s great contribution to music”. It has functioned as popular art and enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public response, in the “jazz age” of the Line 1920s, in the “swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s. The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis, St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. It welded together the elements of Ragtime, marching band music, and the Blues. However, the influences of what led to those early sounds goes back (10)________to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans barber and cornet player, is generally considered to have been the first real Jazz musician, around 1891.

 

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

 

(20)

 

 

 

What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation. Jazz displayed a break from traditional (15)________music where composers wrote an entire piece of music on paper, leaving the musicians to break their backs playing exactly what was written on the score. In a Jazz piece, however, the song is simply a starting point, or sort of skeletal guide for the Jazz musicians to improvise around. Actually, many of the early Jazz musicians were bad sight readers and some couldn’t even read (20)________music at all. Generally speaking, these early musicians couldn’t make very much money and were stuck working menial jobs to make a living. The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton. These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved its complexity, and gained greater success. This music is known as “hot Jazz” (25)________due to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic drive.

(25)

A young cornet player by the name of Louis Armstrong was discovered by Joe Oliver in New Orleans. He soon grew up to become one of the greatest and most successful musicians of all time, and later one of the biggest stars in the world. The impact of Armstrong and other talented early Jazz musicians changed the way we look at music.

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

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Đáp án là C. Ý trong bài: these early musicians couldn’t make very much money and were stuck working menial jobs to make a living


Câu 26:

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 questions that follow

 

 

Line

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

(10)

Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”, and “America’s great contribution to music”. It has functioned as popular art and enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public response, in the “jazz age” of the Line 1920s, in the “swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s. The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis, St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. It welded together the elements of Ragtime, marching band music, and the Blues. However, the influences of what led to those early sounds goes back (10)________to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans barber and cornet player, is generally considered to have been the first real Jazz musician, around 1891.

 

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

 

(20)

 

 

 

What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation. Jazz displayed a break from traditional (15)________music where composers wrote an entire piece of music on paper, leaving the musicians to break their backs playing exactly what was written on the score. In a Jazz piece, however, the song is simply a starting point, or sort of skeletal guide for the Jazz musicians to improvise around. Actually, many of the early Jazz musicians were bad sight readers and some couldn’t even read (20)________music at all. Generally speaking, these early musicians couldn’t make very much money and were stuck working menial jobs to make a living. The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton. These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved its complexity, and gained greater success. This music is known as “hot Jazz” (25)________due to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic drive.

(25)

A young cornet player by the name of Louis Armstrong was discovered by Joe Oliver in New Orleans. He soon grew up to become one of the greatest and most successful musicians of all time, and later one of the biggest stars in the world. The impact of Armstrong and other talented early Jazz musicians changed the way we look at music.

The word “menial” in line 20 is closest in meaning to

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menial: công việc như người hầu => Đáp án là C. degrading: làm mất danh giá


Câu 27:

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 questions that follow

 

 

Line

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

(10)

Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”, and “America’s great contribution to music”. It has functioned as popular art and enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public response, in the “jazz age” of the Line 1920s, in the “swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s. The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis, St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. It welded together the elements of Ragtime, marching band music, and the Blues. However, the influences of what led to those early sounds goes back (10)________to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans barber and cornet player, is generally considered to have been the first real Jazz musician, around 1891.

 

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

 

(20)

 

 

 

What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation. Jazz displayed a break from traditional (15)________music where composers wrote an entire piece of music on paper, leaving the musicians to break their backs playing exactly what was written on the score. In a Jazz piece, however, the song is simply a starting point, or sort of skeletal guide for the Jazz musicians to improvise around. Actually, many of the early Jazz musicians were bad sight readers and some couldn’t even read (20)________music at all. Generally speaking, these early musicians couldn’t make very much money and were stuck working menial jobs to make a living. The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton. These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved its complexity, and gained greater success. This music is known as “hot Jazz” (25)________due to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic drive.

(25)

A young cornet player by the name of Louis Armstrong was discovered by Joe Oliver in New Orleans. He soon grew up to become one of the greatest and most successful musicians of all time, and later one of the biggest stars in the world. The impact of Armstrong and other talented early Jazz musicians changed the way we look at music.

According to the passage, which of the following belonged to the second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians?

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Đáp án là D. Ý trong bài: The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton.


Câu 28:

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 questions that follow

 

 

Line

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

(10)

Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”, and “America’s great contribution to music”. It has functioned as popular art and enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public response, in the “jazz age” of the Line 1920s, in the “swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s. The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis, St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. It welded together the elements of Ragtime, marching band music, and the Blues. However, the influences of what led to those early sounds goes back (10)________to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans barber and cornet player, is generally considered to have been the first real Jazz musician, around 1891.

 

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

 

(20)

 

 

 

What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation. Jazz displayed a break from traditional (15)________music where composers wrote an entire piece of music on paper, leaving the musicians to break their backs playing exactly what was written on the score. In a Jazz piece, however, the song is simply a starting point, or sort of skeletal guide for the Jazz musicians to improvise around. Actually, many of the early Jazz musicians were bad sight readers and some couldn’t even read (20)________music at all. Generally speaking, these early musicians couldn’t make very much money and were stuck working menial jobs to make a living. The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton. These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved its complexity, and gained greater success. This music is known as “hot Jazz” (25)________due to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic drive.

(25)

A young cornet player by the name of Louis Armstrong was discovered by Joe Oliver in New Orleans. He soon grew up to become one of the greatest and most successful musicians of all time, and later one of the biggest stars in the world. The impact of Armstrong and other talented early Jazz musicians changed the way we look at music.

All of the following are true EXCEPT

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Đáp án là D.
A được đề cập: .... in the “swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s.
B được đề cập: This music is known as “hot Jazz” due to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic drive. C được đề cập: Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”, and “America’s great contribution to music”.


Câu 29:

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 questions that follow

 

 

Line

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

(10)

Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”, and “America’s great contribution to music”. It has functioned as popular art and enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public response, in the “jazz age” of the Line 1920s, in the “swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s. The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis, St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. It welded together the elements of Ragtime, marching band music, and the Blues. However, the influences of what led to those early sounds goes back (10)________to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans barber and cornet player, is generally considered to have been the first real Jazz musician, around 1891.

 

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

 

(20)

 

 

 

What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation. Jazz displayed a break from traditional (15)________music where composers wrote an entire piece of music on paper, leaving the musicians to break their backs playing exactly what was written on the score. In a Jazz piece, however, the song is simply a starting point, or sort of skeletal guide for the Jazz musicians to improvise around. Actually, many of the early Jazz musicians were bad sight readers and some couldn’t even read (20)________music at all. Generally speaking, these early musicians couldn’t make very much money and were stuck working menial jobs to make a living. The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton. These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved its complexity, and gained greater success. This music is known as “hot Jazz” (25)________due to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic drive.

(25)

A young cornet player by the name of Louis Armstrong was discovered by Joe Oliver in New Orleans. He soon grew up to become one of the greatest and most successful musicians of all time, and later one of the biggest stars in the world. The impact of Armstrong and other talented early Jazz musicians changed the way we look at music.

The word “its” in line 23 refers to________

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Đáp án là B. its = ealier music: nền âm nhạc trước đó


Câu 30:

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 questions that follow

 

 

Line

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

(10)

Jazz has been called “the art of expression set to music”, and “America’s great contribution to music”. It has functioned as popular art and enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public response, in the “jazz age” of the Line 1920s, in the “swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s. The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis, St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. It welded together the elements of Ragtime, marching band music, and the Blues. However, the influences of what led to those early sounds goes back (10)________to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans barber and cornet player, is generally considered to have been the first real Jazz musician, around 1891.

 

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

 

(20)

 

 

 

What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation. Jazz displayed a break from traditional (15)________music where composers wrote an entire piece of music on paper, leaving the musicians to break their backs playing exactly what was written on the score. In a Jazz piece, however, the song is simply a starting point, or sort of skeletal guide for the Jazz musicians to improvise around. Actually, many of the early Jazz musicians were bad sight readers and some couldn’t even read (20)________music at all. Generally speaking, these early musicians couldn’t make very much money and were stuck working menial jobs to make a living. The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton. These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved its complexity, and gained greater success. This music is known as “hot Jazz” (25)________due to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic drive.

(25)

A young cornet player by the name of Louis Armstrong was discovered by Joe Oliver in New Orleans. He soon grew up to become one of the greatest and most successful musicians of all time, and later one of the biggest stars in the world. The impact of Armstrong and other talented early Jazz musicians changed the way we look at music.

The word “their” in line 15 refers to which of the following?

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Đáp án là B. their = musicians: nhạc sỹ


Câu 31:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
________you’ll be coming to the meeting next week since you prepared the documents?

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Đáp án là C. Presumably + clause: giả sử

Các từ còn lại: likely thường đi với cấu trúc: be likely to + V...: có khả năng ,cơ hội...

Predictably( adv): tiên đoán trước; Surely (adv): một cách chắc chắn


Câu 32:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
 The floor was so rotten that it almost gave________under his weight.

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Đáp án là A. give way : lún/sụp

Các từ còn lại: give back :hoàn trả lại; give out :phân phối, công bố


Câu 33:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
A: “I’m having some friends over for dinner this evening. Would you like to join us?

B: “____________”

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Đáp án là C. Cấu trúc: take a rain-check (on something ) (thông tục): hẹn lần sau, dịp khác


Câu 36:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
The marathon runner________for nearly one hour and a half when she________to the pavement.

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for+ khoảng thời gian => chia thì hoàn thành => đáp án B và D loại.

A cũng loại vì không cùng thì. Do vậy, đáp án là C.


Câu 37:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
 I can't thank enough for your help.    - “________”

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Đáp án là B. Đáp lại lời cảm ơn của người khác, ta có thể dùng cấu trúc “My pleasure”.


Câu 38:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
 John: "Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?"
Laura. "________"

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Đáp án là B. Tôi không nghi ngờ về nó adsure: vô lí. you bet = you're welcome


Câu 39:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
If you had asked him, he______helped you to solve the problem.

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Đáp án là D. Câu điều kiện loại III: If + S+ had + PII, S+ would+ have + PII.


Câu 41:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
"Today’s my 20 birthday.” - “________”

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Đáp án là B. Cụm từ "many happy returns" thường được dùng để chúc sức khoẻ trong ngày sinh nhật.


Câu 42:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
does Luisa a full-time job and________.

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Đáp án là B. “too -cũng” thường đứng ở cuối câu.


Câu 43:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
On the second level of the parking lot________ 

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Đáp án là B. Trạng từ đứng đầu câu ta sử dụng đảo ngữ: Adverb + V+ S


Câu 45:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
They attempted to________the painting to its original condition.

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Đáp án là A. restore: hồi phục lại ( dữ liệu, thông tin )

Nghĩa các từ còn lại: renovate: hồi phục lại ( một tòa nhà.. ); repair: sửa chữa; refurbish:trang trí lại


Câu 46:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Can you list the problems________poor and________countries?

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Đáp án là B. overpopulated là tính từ ( đồng cấp với poor)


Câu 47:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I feel________to inform the committee that a number of members are very unhappy with the decision.

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Đáp án là B. Cấu trúc lược bỏ: feel it [to be] one’s duty to do something = cảm thấy đó là trách nhiệm của ai…


Câu 49:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
To solve this problem, it is advisable________

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Đáp án là C. Cấu trúc khuyên răn: It’s advisable that + S + V(bare).


Câu 50:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
The organs of taste are the________that are mainly located on the tongue.

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Đáp án là D. Cách rút gọn đại từ quan hệ làm chủ ngữ, trong câu: S + be + N, ta có thể bỏ đại từ quan hệ và động từ “tobe”. Câu đầy đủ: The organs of taste are the taste buds, which are groups of cells ...


Câu 51:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
On the second thought, I believe I will go with you to the theater.

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Đáp án là A. On the second thought = on reflection: Suy nghĩa kỹ


Câu 52:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Geogre wouldn’t have met Mary________to his brother’s graduation party.

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Đáp án là C. Câu điều kiện loại 3: If + S+ had + PII, S+ would+ have + PII.


Câu 53:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
John has a monthly bank________sent to him so that he knows how much there is in his account.

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Đáp án là A. statement: giấy biên lai

Nghĩa các từ còn lại: overdraft: sự rút quá số tiền gửi ngân hàng; cheque: séc; balance: sự cân bằng


Câu 54:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
He was sent to________prison for        six months for________shoplifting.

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Đáp án là A. be sent to prison: bị vào tù; for + khoảng thời gian; for + V-ing: sau giới từ là V-ing.


Câu 55:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question
What do you want to do this summer?
I think we should go somewhere________has plenty of sun and sand.

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Đáp án là D. Từ cần điền là một đại từ quan hệ giữ chức năng làm chủ ngữ của động từ “has”, thay thế cho từ trước nó “ somewhere”


Câu 56:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the sentences that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions
It was his lack of confidence that surprised me.

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Đáp án là B. What + S + V là mệnh đề danh ngữ, đóng vai trò như một danh từ , động từ theo sau luôn ở dạng số ít.


Câu 57:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the sentences that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions
Frank doesn’t care if Jean leaves or stays.

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Frank doesn’t care if Jean leaves or stays.- Frank không quan tâm liệu Jean đi hay ở lại.

Đáp án là A. Whatever Jean does is all right with Frank. - Jean làm bất cứ điều gì thì đề đúng với Frank.


Câu 58:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the sentences that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions
When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high.

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Đáp án là B. Cấu trúc so sánh tăng tiến “ càng… càng ...” : The + comparision + S + V, the + comparision + S + V.


Câu 59:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the sentences that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions
"You’re always making terrible mistakes", said the teacher.

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Cấu trúc S + be + always + V-ing diễn tả sự phàn nàn, khó chịu của người nói đến đối tương S ... Đáp án là C. complain about: phàn nàn về ..


Câu 60:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the sentences that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions
Diana ran into her former teacher on the way to the stadium yesterday.

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Đáp án là C. run into someone = happen to someone : ghé thăm ai


Câu 61:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the one that best completes each sentence.
After seeing the movie “Pride and Prejudice”,________.

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Đáp án là A. Khi dùng vế rút gọn V-ing, chủ ngữ được rút gọn sẽ giống với chủ ngữ vế sau.

Dịch: Sau khi nhiêu người xem phim “Pride and Prejudice”, họ muốn đọc cuốn sách đó.


Câu 62:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the one that best completes each sentence.
We got on well when we shared a flat,________

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Dùng phương pháp loại trừ: A sai vì the + N, different là tính từ; B sai vì although + clause; C loại vì in spite of + N/ V-ing/ the fact that clause

Đáp án đúng là D. Despite + N/ V-ing: mặc dù.


Câu 63:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the one that best completes each sentence.
The instructions from air traffic control were not fully explicit, and________.

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Đáp án là B. as a result: kết quả là.

So that: để.. ( chỉ mục đích )

Therefore, vì vậy. ( thường đứng đầu câu sau dấu phẩy, không dùng sau “and” )

Resulting from + N: dẫn dến ...


Câu 64:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the one that best completes each sentence.
In bacteria and other organisms,________.

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Đáp án là A. Câu thiếu mệnh đề chính (S+V) . Cấu trúc câu chẻ nhấn mạnh: It + be + N + that +


Câu 65:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the one that best completes each sentence.
Recent evidence makes it possible for the investigators to conclude that______ .

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Đáp án là A. Với câu điều kiện, giả định, thường dùng động từ “were” với tất cả các ngôi.


Câu 66:

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 questions that follow

Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.

When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.
What does the passage mainly discuss?

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Đáp án là A. Một loại thực vật hoang dã: in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar blue joint grass was often killed by drought.. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that.


Câu 67:

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 questions that follow

Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.

When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.
What can be inferred by the phrase “Legend has it” in line 1?

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Đáp án là B. “Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865)


Câu 68:

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 questions that follow

Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.

When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.

The word “they” in line 5 refers to________.

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Đáp án là C. he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?


Câu 69:

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 questions that follow

Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.

When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.

What can be inferred about the “Great American Desert” mentioned in line 7?

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Đáp án là D. The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren.


Câu 70:

 

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 questions that follow

Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.

When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.

The word “barren” in line 8 is closed in meaning to________.

 

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Đáp án là C. barren = infertile: không màu mỡ, cằn cỗi


Câu 71:

 

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 questions that follow

Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.

When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.

The word “preferred” in line 8 is closed in meaning to________.

 

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Đáp án là A. prefer = favor: thích hơn, thiên vị


Câu 72:

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 questions that follow

Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.

When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.

Which of the following can be inferred about the cultivated grass mentioned in the second paragraph?

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Đáp án là C. “. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar blue joint grass was often killed by drought.


Câu 73:

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 questions that follow

Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.

When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.

Which of the following was NOT one of the names given to the western grasses?

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Đáp án là B. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought;...


Câu 74:

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 questions that follow

Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.

When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.

Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a characteristic of western grasses?

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Đáp án là D. They are not affected by dry weather . Câu này sai vì phía tây nước Mỹ là vùng đất khô cằn. Thực vật sống ở đây được phải là các loài chịu được khô cằn.


Câu 75:

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 questions that follow

Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?

The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground.

When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.

According to the passage, the cattle help promote the growth of the wild grass by

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Đáp án là B. Ý trong bài: Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring.


Câu 76:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
The value of an old item increases with time.

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 Đáp án là B. an old item = an antique: đồ cổ
Các từ còn lại: original(n): nguyên bản; facsimile: bản sao chép; bonus: tiền thưởng


Câu 77:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
When he won the first prize, he realised that this was the highest attainment of his life.

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Đáp án là A. attainment = accomplishment : thành tích

Nghĩa các từ còn lại: task: nhiệm vụ; shock: ngạc nhiên; surprise: ngạc nhiên


Câu 78:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
According to scientists, it is possible that another Ice Age will soon be upon us.

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Đáp án là A. soon: sớm, tương lai gần = in the near future

Nghĩa các từ còn lại: undoubtedly: một cách không nghi ngờ; some day: vào ngày nào đó; now: bây giờ X/


Câu 79:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following question
Teacher shortages hinder new English training programmes carried out in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Đáp án là B. hinder: gây khó >< facilitate: làm cho dễ dàng

Nghĩa các từ còn lại: obstruct: làm bế tắc; impede: cản trở; prevent: ngăn cản


Câu 80:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following question
TPOTY is one of the world's most prestigious photography awards, receiving entries from nearly 100 countries annually.

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Đáp án là B, prestigious: có uy tín, thanh thế >< ordinary: bình thường Nghĩa các từ còn lại: distinguish: khác biêt; renown: có tiếng; fame: nổi tiếng


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