My sister Clare teaches English and a Japanese high school in Nagasaki, on the island of Kyushu. She speaks Japanese really 1 _________ and she 2 _________ karate in her free time. She loves Japan! I’m really interested 3 _________ Japanese culture too, like the Japanese comics called manga. This summer, she 4 _________ married to her Japanese boyfriend, Akira, so all my family 5 _________ to the wedding. There aren’t going to be 6 _________ guests because it’s expensive to fly to Japan. They want to have a 7 _________ wedding, because my sister wants to wear a white wedding dress. However, in a traditional Japanese wedding the 8 _________ wears a beautiful kimono. And they want to have the 9 _________ on a beach – very 10 _________!
1 A badly B carefully C fluently D slowly
2 A does B goes C has D plays
3 A at B in C of D on
4 A gets B getting C is getting D to get
5 A are travelling B travel C travels D travelling
6 A any B many C much D some
7 A boring B hard C interesting D modern
8 A bride B groom C nephew D niece
9 A canteen B ceremony C hall D venue
10 A fun B hard C old-fashioned D romantic
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Much to my astonishment, I found his lecture on wildlife conservation extremely interesting.
A. Contrary to my expectations, his lecture on wildlife conservation was the most fascinating of all.
B. I was fascinated by what he said in his lecture on wildlife conservation though I hadn’t expected to be.
C. I hadn’t expected him to lecture on wildlife conservation, but he spoke well.
D. It was at his lecture on wildlife conservation that I realized I needed to study it.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
I was an MBA student in the USA and I lived in the university’s coed dormitory. In my culture, usually, if a woman talks to a man, it is a sign of romantic interest. (23)_____, in the first few days of school, I found it strange that so many women were talking to me and I was under the impression that some women on my dormitory floor were interested in me. To (24)__________ their politeness, I would buy them flowers or offer small gifts, as is done in my country. However, I was quite surprised to see that these same women now seemed (25)______around me. One was even quite offended and told me to leave her alone. Eventually I talked to the residence adviser on my floor to see what I was doing wrong, and he explained to me the way men and women usually interact in the USA. I was quite relieved to hear that (26)____ was wrong with me, but rather with the way I was interpreting my conversations with women. Even though I did not find the love of my life while I was in the USA, I still made many good female friends afterwards (27)______I still maintain contact.
(Source: https://books.google.com.vn)
Điên vào ô 26.
A. nothing
B. something
C. anything
D. everything
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
I was an MBA student in the USA and I lived in the university’s coed dormitory. In my culture, usually, if a woman talks to a man, it is a sign of romantic interest. (23)_____, in the first few days of school, I found it strange that so many women were talking to me and I was under the impression that some women on my dormitory floor were interested in me. To (24)__________ their politeness, I would buy them flowers or offer small gifts, as is done in my country. However, I was quite surprised to see that these same women now seemed (25)______around me. One was even quite offended and told me to leave her alone. Eventually I talked to the residence adviser on my floor to see what I was doing wrong, and he explained to me the way men and women usually interact in the USA. I was quite relieved to hear that (26)____ was wrong with me, but rather with the way I was interpreting my conversations with women. Even though I did not find the love of my life while I was in the USA, I still made many good female friends afterwards (27)______I still maintain contact.
(Source: https://books.google.com.vn)
Điên vào ô 25.
A. uncomfortable
B. comfort
C. comfortably
D. comfortable
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
I was an MBA student in the USA and I lived in the university’s coed dormitory. In my culture, usually, if a woman talks to a man, it is a sign of romantic interest. (23)_____, in the first few days of school, I found it strange that so many women were talking to me and I was under the impression that some women on my dormitory floor were interested in me. To (24)__________ their politeness, I would buy them flowers or offer small gifts, as is done in my country. However, I was quite surprised to see that these same women now seemed (25)______around me. One was even quite offended and told me to leave her alone. Eventually I talked to the residence adviser on my floor to see what I was doing wrong, and he explained to me the way men and women usually interact in the USA. I was quite relieved to hear that (26)____ was wrong with me, but rather with the way I was interpreting my conversations with women. Even though I did not find the love of my life while I was in the USA, I still made many good female friends afterwards (27)______I still maintain contact.
(Source: https://books.google.com.vn)
Điên vào ô 23.
A. However
B. Therefore
C. Moreover
D. Otherwise
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
I was an MBA student in the USA and I lived in the university’s coed dormitory. In my culture, usually, if a woman talks to a man, it is a sign of romantic interest. (23)_____, in the first few days of school, I found it strange that so many women were talking to me and I was under the impression that some women on my dormitory floor were interested in me. To (24)__________ their politeness, I would buy them flowers or offer small gifts, as is done in my country. However, I was quite surprised to see that these same women now seemed (25)______around me. One was even quite offended and told me to leave her alone. Eventually I talked to the residence adviser on my floor to see what I was doing wrong, and he explained to me the way men and women usually interact in the USA. I was quite relieved to hear that (26)____ was wrong with me, but rather with the way I was interpreting my conversations with women. Even though I did not find the love of my life while I was in the USA, I still made many good female friends afterwards (27)______I still maintain contact.
(Source: https://books.google.com.vn)
Điên vào ô 24.
A. pay
B. show
C. return
D. give
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
I was an MBA student in the USA and I lived in the university’s coed dormitory. In my culture, usually, if a woman talks to a man, it is a sign of romantic interest. (23)_____, in the first few days of school, I found it strange that so many women were talking to me and I was under the impression that some women on my dormitory floor were interested in me. To (24)__________ their politeness, I would buy them flowers or offer small gifts, as is done in my country. However, I was quite surprised to see that these same women now seemed (25)______around me. One was even quite offended and told me to leave her alone. Eventually I talked to the residence adviser on my floor to see what I was doing wrong, and he explained to me the way men and women usually interact in the USA. I was quite relieved to hear that (26)____ was wrong with me, but rather with the way I was interpreting my conversations with women. Even though I did not find the love of my life while I was in the USA, I still made many good female friends afterwards (27)______I still maintain contact.
(Source: https://books.google.com.vn)
Điên vào ô 27.
A. whom
B. to whom
C. who
D. with whom
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
I’m sorry I can’t come out this weekend – I’m up to my ears in work
A. very busy
B. very bored
C. very scared
D. very idle
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
My sisters used to get on with each other. Now they hardly speak.
A. My sisters were once close, but they rarely speak to each other now.
B. My sisters do not speak to each other much, but they’re good friends.
C. My sisters rarely speak because they have never liked each other.
D. Because they have never got on, my sisters do not speak to each other.