I. Find ONE word only which fits in all THREE sentences.

1. A The young singer is bringing out a new ..................... called "Forever Love".

B The police are keeping a .....................of all cars which entered the area.

C It's difficult for anyone with a criminal................... to get a job.

2. A With one blow he..................... the nail into the plank.

B Failure..................... him to such despair that he could hardly get over.

C The man............ the van up to the front door of the warehouse.

3. A Her family planned to...................her at the Christmas debutante all in New York.

B. She wants to..................... as a pleasant young woman.

C. He gave Brian a..................... with the understanding that he would appreciate it until a later date.

4. A As we round the bend, the first few houses came into

B There is a widespread..................... that too much sugar is bad for you.

C The prize-winning sculpture is on..................... at the National Gallery this week.

5. A The team did so ..................... that they hardly reached the quarter-finals.

B Some of our trees were..................... damaged in the storm.

C The roof has been leaking for some time and is..................... in need of repair.

• For questions (1 - 8), read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

                                                                                                      BLUE DIAMONDS

  Blue diamonds are the world’s most expensive diamonds, with some valued (0) ...... AT....... over 350 million US dollars. However, no one knew (1) ............... recently precisely where these rare stones came from.

  Most diamonds are formed from pure carbon under extreme heat 150 to 200 kilometers underground, and (2) ............... is thought that volcanic eruptions bring them to the earth’s surface. Research by scientists has revealed, however, that blue diamonds were probably formed somewhere (3) ............... 600 and 800 kilometers down, in a part of the earth’s interior known (4) ............... the lower mantle.

  These researchers analyzed 46 blue diamonds, all of (5) .............. contained minerals only found in the lower mantle. (6) .............. only were these stones formed four times nearer the earth’s core (7) ............... normal diamonds, but they also contain an element called boron that is mostly found on the earth’s surface. What seems to have happened, (8) ............... to the researchers, is that billions of years ago, rocks containing boron were carried down into the lower mantle by movements of the earth’s tectonic plates, and were eventually returned to the surface by volcanic action.

I. Find ONE word only which fits in all THREE sentences.

1. A The young singer is bringing out a new ..................... called "Forever Love".

B The police are keeping a .....................of all cars which entered the area.

C It's difficult for anyone with a criminal................... to get a job.

2. A With one blow he..................... the nail into the plank.

B Failure..................... him to such despair that he could hardly get over.

C The man............ the van up to the front door of the warehouse.

3. A Her family planned to...................her at the Christmas debutante all in New York.

B. She wants to..................... as a pleasant young woman.

C. He gave Brian a..................... with the understanding that he would appreciate it until a later date.

4. A As we round the bend, the first few houses came into

B There is a widespread..................... that too much sugar is bad for you.

C The prize-winning sculpture is on..................... at the National Gallery this week.

5. A The team did so ..................... that they hardly reached the quarter-finals.

B Some of our trees were..................... damaged in the storm.

C The roof has been leaking for some time and is..................... in need of repair.

• For questions 1 - 8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

      Founded in 1972, the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award is celebrated in 27 countries. Veuve Clicquot has now introduced a new award (0) ___TO___ complement its Business Woman of the Year category. Called The New Generation Award, (1) __________ recognizes the best young female talent across the business and corporate life. The first winner of the award, Kathryn Parsons, (2) __________ innovative start-up company, Decoded, teaches people to code in a day, has joined the judging panel to help find this year’s winner. ‘The importance of these awards cannot (3) __________ overestimated,’ she says. ‘Women need role models that prove to (4) __________ that they can do it, too.’ The New Generation Award is open to entrepreneurial businesswomen (5) __________ the ages of 25 and 35. They can run (6) __________ own businesses or hail from corporate life. ‘This award isn’t about how much money you’ve made or how long you’ve been in business, it’s about recognizing young women (7) __________ a mission and a vision,’ says Parsons. ‘We want to meet women who are working to (8) __________ the world a better place.’

• For questions 9 – 16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

                                                                                                 A HISTORY OF SURFING

The history of surfing undoubtedly goes (0) BACK a long way. It seems to (9) .......... formed a central part of the culture of the Polynesian people, who were inhabitants of islands in the Pacific Ocean (10) .......... as Samoa, Tonga, and Hawaii. These people did not regard surfing (11) .......... a mere recreational activity. For them, it was much (12) .......... of an art. Although surfing disappeared from many parts of Polynesia in (13) .......... early twentieth century, a small number of people in Hawaii kept the tradition alive. In 1912, it spread to the east coast of the United States, and in particular to Virginia Beach, (14) .......... became an important surfing center. Surfing developed quite rapidly from then on, and the design of surfboards became more sophisticated. However, (15) .......... was not until the 1960s that surfing came to be a truly global phenomenon, boosted not only by the success of surfing films (16) .......... also by pop songs about surfing culture.

For questions 6-30, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).

GLASS

Perhaps (0) __one__of the commonest man-made substances is glass. In fact, it is (16)
__________________ common that few people appreciate its unique qualities. Glass is (17)
__________________ hard and transparent. It does not expand when heated, it is a very poor
conductor and it is resistant to all acids (18) __________________ hydrofluoric acid, which
dissolves it.
(19) __________________ knows exactly where or when the manufacture of glass began. (20)
__________________ is known, though, is that there were skilled glass makers in ancient Egypt
who practised it as (21) __________________ as 2000 BC, if not earlier. The Romans are also
known to (22) __________________ been particularly good (23) __________________ making
glass.
Glass is (24) __________________ from sand, an alkali and other ingredients which can (25)
__________________ colour it or change its properties. These changes are usually achieved (26)
__________________ adding certain chemicals during the process or placing thin layers of other
substances (27) __________________ two sheets of glass. The nature of the glass produced also
depends (28) __________________ the quality of the ingredients used.
Nowadays, one of the main uses of glass is in windows, which to us would seem to (29)
__________________ quite logical. However, the art of making glass was known long (30)
__________________ it was considered suitable for windows.

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III. Read the following passage then answer the questions. (2ms)

Alfred Bernard Nobel (1833-1896), a Swedish scientist, was invented dynamite. He allowed his invention to be used in peace. However, he saw it being used in war to destroy things, he was very unhappy. On his death he left all his money to be spent upon a prize every year. The Nobel Prize is now one of the greatest prizes that a person can ever receive. It is given every year for the best work in one of the following subjects: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace.

* Write true (T) or false (F) for each sentence. (1m)

1. Alfred Bernard Nobel was born in 1896.

2. The Nobel Prize is now one of the biggest prizes.

* Answer the following questions. (2ms)

1. What did Alfred Bernard Nobel invent?

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2. Did he leave all his money for the Nobel Prize after his death?

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3. Why was he very unhappy?

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4. What subjects are the Nobel Prize given?

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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.

Winning the first prize in the National Math Competition was the highest achievement he got when he was at school.

A. comprehension.

B. success.

C. failure.

D. completion.

đang cần gấp: Look carefully at each line. THREE lines are correct. Tick () them. The other lines contain ONE word which should NOT be there. Underline and write the word in the space
The Swiss eat more chocolate than any other nation. The Switzerland is also the country where the best chocolate is made, although some people think it is Belgium. Chocolate originally came out from South America and the Spanish brought it to Europe. At first, it was used for the drinking and was very expensive. Today chocolate is eaten all over in the world and is a multi-million dollar industry. It is one of Switzerland’s biggest the industries after banking. Be careful when you eat chocolate. Some chocolate bars have more than a thousand for calories. Chocolate also contains one of the chemicals we be produce when we are in love!