In the Spring of 1934, storms swept across the Great Plains, but they were not rainstorms. They were the result of sun drought and a terrible wind that blew millions of tons of top soil from 300.000 square miles in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico. This was the Dust Bowl. It buried fences, fields and home. It choked cattle and sickened the people who stayed. Three hundred and fifty thousand settlers fled many becoming part of a slow, sad caravan along Route 66 to California.
But wind and drought were not the only factors that combined to create the Dust Bowl. Only fifty years earlier, a carpet of buffalo grass had covered the Great Plains, protecting the soil and retaining the moisture that had been used as ranch land. The increased demand for wheat during World War I encouraged farmers to plow and plant even wider areas. Forty percent of the land that they plowed up had never been exposed to rain, wind or sun before. When the drought and wind came, the land had been prepared for disaster.
46. With which of the following topics is the passage primarily concerned?
A. The Dust Bowl B. The Great Plains C. Homesteading D. World War I
47. Where did many of the homesteaders go when they abandoned their farms?
A. To Kansas B. To New Mexico C. To Texas D. To California
48. The word “caravan” in paragraph 1 is closet in meaning to which of the following words?
A. line B. group C. family D. town
49. What does the author mean by the statement “By the turn of the century, farmers had settled, homesteading in regions that had been used as ranch land”?
A. Homesteaders began to settle land | B. Ranches began to replaced farms |
C. Homesteaders were used for open range | D. No homesteaders were left |
50. The author mentions all of the following as having contributed to the disaster EXCEPT.
A. wind B. drought C. homesteading D. rain
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
1. A. advises B. raises C. devises D. goes
2. A. played B. worked C. ruled D. cried
3. A. hour B. honest C. honor D. host
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
4. A. property B. language C. reasonable D. possession
5. A. education B. intonation C. development D. population
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
6. Food _______ directly to the market by trucks.
A. delivered B. deliver C. can be delivered D. delivers
7. “Where do you buy this book?”, said Mary to John.
A. Mary asked John where did he buy that book.
B. Mary asked John where he buy that book.
C. Mary asked John where he bought that book.
D. Mary asked John where he bought this book.
8. The woman wonders _______ doing well at school.
A. whether her children are | B. whether her children were |
C. if her children were | D. her children are if |
9. The boy _______ in the accident was taken to hospital.
A. injures B. injured C. injuring D. injure
10. I read about the child _______ life was saved by her pet dog.
A. whom B. who C. whose D. her
11. When the police _______, the thief _______.
A. came/ eft B. had come/had left C. had come/left D. came/had left
12. We _______ any problem up to now.
A. do not have B. will not have C. hadn’t D. have not had
13. On _______ way to the town, there is _______ beautiful wood.
A. a / the B. Ø / Ø C. the / a D. Ø / the
14. I’m looking forward _______ receiving your email soon.
A. at B. to C. in D. for
15. We decided to break _______ tradition and not to spend Christmas with out family.
A. up B. through C. in D. with
16. We are not allowed _______ jeans school.
A. wear B. to wear C. wearing D. worn
17. The orator stopped _______ He felt thirsty so he stopped _______ some water.
A. to talk/having B. talking/to have C. talking/having D. to talk/to have
18. Floods, earthquakes, tsunamis are natural _______.
A. environments B. temperatures C. disasters D. populations
19. Don’t talk about that in my mother’s _______.
A. present B. presence C. presentation D. presenter
20. The children all have very different _______.
A. personalities B. personal C. personalize D. person
21. School uniform is compulsory in most of Vietnamese schools.
A. depended B. required C. divided D. paid
22. Chemical wastes from factories are _____ that cause serious damage to species habitats.
A. pollutes B. pollutants C. pollutions D. polluters
23. 50,000 people attended the opening Ceremony of the 15th Asian Games with more than billion television _______.
A. listeners B. speakers C. viewers D. readers
24. Doctors say that smoking and drinking can both _______ your health.
A. destroy B. improve C. ruin D. damage
25. The human skin forms _______ against the action of physical, chemical, and bacterial agents on the deeper tissues.
A. protective a barrier is | B. a protective barrier |
C. a barrier protect | D. a barrier protects |
26. – “John had an accident. He’s been in hospital for 5 days.”
– “________________.”
A. Poor it B. Poor him C. How terrific! D. Oh, is he?
27. Peter: “Let’s go camping.”
Mary: “____________.”
A. Oh, what’s a pity. | B. I’m sorry to hear that |
C. Oh, that’s a good idea. | D. You are welcome. |
28. The Williams have three sons, _______ have become lawyers.
A. all of whom B. all of them C. they all D. of whom all
29. In the United States _______ the states but Hawaii is an island.
A. none of B. neither of C. all of D. no of
30. _____ pollution control measures are expensive, many industries hesitate to adopt them.
A. Because B. Although C. However D. On account of
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best answer that has closet meaning to the given one.
31. They will finish the work next week.
A. The work will be finish next week.
B. The work will be finishing next week.
C. The work will finish next week.
D. The work will be finished next week.
32. No one in team can play better than John.
A. John plays well but the others play better.
B. John as well as other players of the tea, plays very well.
C. Everyone in the team, but John, plays very well.
D. John is the best player of the team.
33. She is fool that she can’t solve the problem.
A. She is too fool not to solve the problem.
B.
1.It was Mrs Kent who suggested Mary………….abroad.
A. study | B. studying | C. to study | D. studied |
2. You don’t expect me……….that you actually met John, do you?
A. believe | B. believed | C. to believe | D. believing |
3.The board of director discuss the project, then went on…………another topic.
A. to discuss | B. discuss | C. discussing | D. discussed |
4.Why do you continue …………..there if you don’t like your job?
A. to work | B. working | C. worked | D. both A and B |
5.He regrets not………..to see his grandparents in Paris.
A. to go | B. went | C. gone | D. going |
6. Mary agreed ........................ to the circus with Ann.
A. went | B. to go | C. going | D. goes |
7.My doctor doesn’t permit me………..red meat.
A. to eat | B. eating | C. ate | D. eat |
8. It’s no use ................... his opinion.
A. asking | B. to ask | C. ask | D. asks |
9.Anyone can………. used to………a life of luxury.
A. get/ live | B. to get/ living | C. to get/ to live | D. get/living |
10.If you decide…………your car, let me…………..
A. sell/ know | B. selling/ to know | C. to sell/ to know | D. to sell/ know |
11.I would like you………the plants for me at the weekend.
A. to water | B. water | C. watering | D. watered |
12 .I clearly……………..my alarm clock before……………to bed last night.
A. setting/ went | B. setting/ going | C. set/ going | D. to set/ to go |
13.I promised………….John go out but I don’t feel like……….now.
A. take/ going | B. to take/ to go | C. to take/ going | D. take/ go |
14.It would be good for children……….outdoors more often.
A. play | B. playing | C. played | D. to play |
15. She should avoid ..................... other people’s feeling.
A. hurting | B. to hurt | C. hurt | D. hurts |
16.He is expecting .......................... a trip to Ha Long Bay.
A. have | B. to have | C. having | D. had |
17.Students stopped ........................... noise when the teacher came in.
A. make | B. to make | C. making | D. made |
18.She couldn’t bear ................... tears when she saw the film “Romeo and Juliet”.
A. shed | B. to shed | C. shedding | D. sheds |
19.Ann likes .................... but she hates ..................... up.
A. cook/ washing | B. to cook/ wash | C. cooking/ washed | D. cooking/ washing |
20.I enjoy ................... to classical music.
A. listening | B. to listen | C. listens | D. listen |
21.I really regret ...................... your feeling when I asked you such a silly question.
A. hurt | B. to hurt | C. hurting | D. hurts |
22.He’ll try ..................................... the same mistake again.
A. not make | B. to not make | C. not making | D. not to make |
23.My parents decided .................... a taxi because it was late.
A. take | B. to take | C. taking | D. took |
24.We enjoy ................. here and ....................... all your news.
A. be/ hear | B. to be/ to hear | C. being/ hear | D. being/ hearing |
25.Ask your friends about your homework. He would be able .................. you.
A. help | B. helped | C. helping | D. to help |
26.Please try ................. quiet when you come home.
A. be | B. to be | C. being | D. been |
27.I don’t like anybody ...................... at me.