Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I won’t buy that car because it has too much ________ on it.
A. ups and downs
B. odds and ends
C. wear and tear
D. white lie
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
I won't buy that car because it has too much ___________ on it.
A. ups and downs
B. odds and ends
C. wear and tear
D. white lie
Đáp án C.
A. ups and downs: thăng trầm, những lúc thuận lợi và những khi khó khăn.
Ex: His business has gone through many ups and downs before flourishing like today: Công việc kinh doanh của anh ấy đã trải qua nhiều thăng trầm trước khi khởi sắc như hôm nay.
B. odds and ends (n): những thứ linh tinh vụn vặt, không quan trọng.
Ex: He didn't keep much in his desk - just a few odds and ends: Anh ấy không để nhiều đồ ở bàn, chỉ một vài thứ đồ linh tinh.
C. wear and tear: (đồ vật) xây xước, tổn hại do được dùng hằng ngày, hao mòn tự nhiên.
Ex: The insurance policy does not cover damage caused by normal wear and tear: Chính sách bảo hiểm không áp dụng cho những tổn hại gây ra bởi hao mòn tự nhiên thông thường.
D. white lie: lời nói dối vô hại.
Ex: He told her a white lie in order not to hurt her.
Đáp án chính xác là C. wear and tear.
Tạm dịch: Tôi không mua cái xe vì nó có qua nhiều hao mòn, hư hỏng.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
As soon as you buy a car, it starts falling in ______.
A. price
B. value
C. cost
D. worth
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Paul has just sold his _______ car and intends to buy a new one.
A. black old Japanese
B. Japanese old black
C. old black Japanese
D. old Japanese black
Đáp án C
OSACOMP = Opinion, Size,Shape, Age, Color, Origin and Material.
Old = Age
Black = Color,
Origin = Japanese
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.
There is one planet that still fascinates and teases scientists mainly because it doesn’t have an atmosphere to obscure observation, yet it is not big enough for sufficiently accurate telescopic observation. The fact that it is also very close to the sun also makes it difficult for astronomers.
However, space telescopes have told us a lot more about Mercury. It is rather similar to Earth’s moon and to Mars. There are mountainous areas dotted with craters and large valleys which are uncratered. The moon’s valleys have fewer cracks and ridges are smoother. Mercury’s valleys are filled with volcanic rocks, similar to on the moon, yet there is no evidence of volcanoes, even extinct ones, on Mercury, as there is on the both Mars and the moon, and of course here on Earth.
So, scientists presume the valleys on Mercury were caused by different things, that is to say not by volcanoes, but by very large meteorites, which also caused the cracks in the terrain and left the ridges rough and uneven. More and better photos of Mercury are at present at best only hypotheses.
Question28. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. Astronomers’ difficulties. C. The Earth’s moon.
B. Observation of planets. D. The planet, Mercury
Question29. Why does Mercury still tease scientists?
A. Because it has an atmosphere which obscures observation.
B. Because it is too close to the sun.
C. Because it is difficult for space probes to get close to.
D. Because it is too small.
Question30. What is true about Mercury but not true about the moon or Mars?
A. The valleys are filled with volcanic rocks. C. There are no volcanoes.
B. The valleys are uncratered. D. They are hilly regions.
Question31. What does the author imply space telescopes can do better than land-based telescopes?
A. Show more of the planet, Mercury. C. Show what caused Mercury’s valleys.
B. Show the meteorites which hit Mercury. D. Show the volcanoes on Mercury.
Question32. What can we infer from the passage that astronomers still need to get more detailed observation of Mercury?
A. More hypotheses C. Larger space telescopes.
B. Better and more space telescopes. D. More ways to prove hypotheses.
Question28. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. Astronomers’ difficulties. C. The Earth’s moon.
B. Observation of planets. D. The planet, Mercury
Question29. Why does Mercury still tease scientists?
A. Because it has an atmosphere which obscures observation.
B. Because it is too close to the sun.
C. Because it is difficult for space probes to get close to.
D. Because it is too small.
Question30. What is true about Mercury but not true about the moon or Mars?
A. The valleys are filled with volcanic rocks. C. There are no volcanoes.
B. The valleys are uncratered. D. They are hilly regions.
Question31. What does the author imply space telescopes can do better than land-based telescopes?
A. Show more of the planet, Mercury. C. Show what caused Mercury’s valleys.
B. Show the meteorites which hit Mercury. D. Show the volcanoes on Mercury.
Question32. What can we infer from the passage that astronomers still need to get more detailed observation of Mercury?
A. More hypotheses C. Larger space telescopes.
B. Better and more space telescopes. D. More ways to prove hypotheses.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following sentences.
I can’t do the test because it is too difficult.
A. If the test isn’t too difficult, I can do it.
B. If the test weren’t too difficult, I could do it.
C. If the test weren’t too difficult, I can do it.
D. If the test hadn’t been too difficult, I could do it.
Đáp án B
Tôi không thể làm bài kiểm tra vì nó quá khó. => Câu điều kiện loại 2 : if S+ quá khứ đơn, S+ would Vo
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
That’s the trouble with the night shift. It _____ your private life too much.
A. breaks in
B. breaks into
C. breaks through
D. breaks up
Answer B
Kỹ năng: Ngữ pháp
Giải thích:
break in: đột nhập
break into: đột nhập, xâm phạm đến
break through: tìm ra những phát hiện mới mẻ
break up: chia tay
Dịch nghĩa: Đó là vấn đề với ca trực đêm. Nó xâm phạm đến cuộc sống riêng tư của bạn quá nhiều.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The doctor has advised too much coffee.
A. me not drink
B. I don’t drink
C. me not drinking
D. me not to drink
Đáp án là D. advise someone ( not ) to do something: khuyên ai đó ( không ) nên làm gì
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I woke up late for my interview because I _________about it all night and didn’t get much sleep
A. worried
B. had been worrying
C. have been worrying
D. had worried
Đáp án là B.
Càu này dịch như sau: Tớ đã thức dậy muộn cho buổi phỏng vấn bởi vì mình đã quá lo lắng về nó cả đêm và đã không ngủ nhiều.
Việc không ngủ nhiều và thức đậy muộn là kết quả xảy ra ở thì quá khứ đơn => Việc lo lắng cho buổi phỏng vấn là nguyên nhân, xảy ra trước đó => dùng quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
I was late for my exam because I _____________ about it all night and didn’t get much sleep.
A. had been worrying
B. worry
C. have been worrying
D. was worrying