TEST 2

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

I. PHONOLOGY
Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the other three.
1. A. elaborate B. eliminate C. election D. equal
2. A. petty B. demise C. meddle D. heroism
3. A. itinerant B. id C. idolise D. fungi
4. A. counterfeit B. courtesy C. drought D. ouster
5. A. stringer B. hanger C. stronger D. banger
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other three.
6. A. theatergoer B. reputable C. admirable D. sidereal
7. A. premature B. immature C. engineer D. addressee
8. A. arithmetic B. composition C. interpreter D. attributable
9. A. hotel B. preview C. annex D. annul
10. A. diminutive B. prerequisite C. geocentric D. impolitic
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
Choose the best answer to fill in each blank.
11. Judy is ……. smarter than the others that she ought to be in a higher grade at school.
A. much B. so much C. too much D. such a
12. They’d never realized ……. kind person their neighbor was until they asked for her help.
A. so B. such a C. how D. what a
13. “I asked Ned which team I should try out for.” – “But he doesn’t know a tennis ball ……. a basketball.”
A. than B. out of C. for D. from
14. “Who can I tell about the new project?” – “Nobody, ……. your family must know about it!”
A. not even B. not only C. much more D. rather than
15. The sales practices of this company will have to be totally ……. if we are to say it.
A. overthrown B. overhauled C. overrun D. overwhelmed
16. Sue admitted that she could not concentrate on her work ……. due to this irritating noise.
A. in all B. the bit least C. in the least D. at the least
17. Sammy was so nervous the night before the exam that he couldn’t ……. a wink of sleep.
A. do B. get C. make D. take
18. A very cheerful and energetic woman, Joyce is ……. when there’s work to be done.
A. first always to sign up B. to sign up always first
C. always first to sign up D. first to sign up always
19. We were ……. looking for a manager when the impeccable candidate showed up.
A. in view of B. in the hopes of
C. with a view towards D. in the process of
20. With a(n) ……. to getting high scores in the final exam, Scott studied as hard as he could.
A. sight B. eye C. vision D. nose
21. If I were you, I’d ……. everything he says with a pinch of salt.
A. make B. admit C. take D. accept
22. You ought to …….the responsibility to keep everyone in the company informed about latest news from
the top manager.
A. burden B. shoulder C. take with D. hand
23. ……. I’ve told him not to go out with those people, but he wouldn’t listen. Just let him face the music
now!
A. Many a time B. Many the time C. Quite a time D. For a time
24. Rumors going round, Mr. Long is ……. Head of the Department.
A. in the proximity of B. in line for
C. in adjacent to D. in view of
25. “Why are you so sad?” – “……. person I called is busy tonight.”

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 A. Each and every one B. Every one
C. Every single D. Out of all the
26. Susan got a feeling that Tom liked her, but she soon realized that was just ……. .
A. pinky thoughts B. wishful thinking
C. blessing thoughts D. imaginary thinking
27. There are …….words in English having more than one meaning. Pay close attention to this fact.
A. a large many B. quite many C. quite a lot D. a great many
28. If a whale ……. itself, it swims onto the shore and cannot get back in the water.
A. beaches B. seats C. sticks D. shores
29. Your request for greater financial support has to be ……. the claim from other departments.
A. banked on B. broken through C. balanced against D. built up
30. Recently, the company has received a …….of complaints from the customers about poor products.
A. pack B. barrage C. pool D. bank
III. READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following passages and do as directed.
PASSAGE 1:
In the early 1800s, to reach the jump-off point for the West, a family from the East of the United
States could either buy steamboat passage to Missouri for themselves, their wagons, and their livestock or-as
happened more often-simply pile everything into a wagon, hitch up a team, and begin their overland trek
right in their front yard.
Along the macadamized roads and turnpikes east of the Missouri River, travel was comparatively
fast, camping easy, and supplies plentiful. Then, in one river town or another, the neophyte emigrants would
pause to lay in provisions. For outfitting purposes, the town of Independence had been preeminent ever
since 1827, but the rising momentum of pioneer emigration had produced some rival jump-off points.
Westport and Fort Leavenworth flourished a few miles upriver. St. Joseph had sprung up 55 miles to the
northwest; in fact, emigrants who went to Missouri by riverboat could save four days on the trail by staying
on the paddle-wheelers to St. Joe before striking overland.
At whatever jump-off point they choose, the emigrants studied guidebooks and directions, asked
questions of others as green as themselves, and made their final decisions about outfitting. They had various,
sometimes conflicting, options. For example, either pack animals or two-wheel carts or wagons could be
used for the overland crossing. A family man usually chose the wagon. It was the costliest and slowest of the
three, but it provided space and shelter for children and for a wife who likely as not was pregnant.
Everybody knew that a top-heavy covered wagon might blow over in a prairie wind or be overturned by
mountain rocks that it might mire in river mud or sink to its hubs in desert sand – but maybe if those things
happened on this trip, they would happen to someone else. Anyway, most pioneers, with their farm
background, were used to wagons.
Choose the best answers to the following questions.
31. What is the topic of this passage?
A. Important river towns C. The advantages of traveling by wagon
B. Getting started on the trip west D. Choosing a point of departure
32. All of the following can be inferred from the passage about travel east of the Missouri EXCEPT that it
A. was faster than in the West C. took place on good roads
B. was easier than in the West D. was usually by steamboat
33. The phrase “jump-off point” is closest in meaning to
A. a bridge across a river C. a gathering place
B. a point of departure D. a trading post
34. Which of the cities that served as a jump-off point can be inferred from the passage to be farthest west?
A. Independence C. Westport
B. St. Joseph D. Fort Leavenworth
35. The word “preeminent” is closest in meaning to
A. oldest ưu tú, rất tốt C. most easily reached
B. superior D. closest
36. The author implies in the passage that the early emigrants
A. knew a lot about travel
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D. preferred wagon travel to other types of travel
37. The word “neophyte” is closest in meaning to
A. eager B. courageous C. prosperous D. inexperienced
38. All of the following were mentioned in the passage as options for modes of transportation from the
Missouri River to the West EXCEPT
A. a wagon B. a riverboat
C. a pack animal D. a two-wheel cart
39. All of the following features of the covered wagon made it unattractive to the emigrants EXCEPT
A. the speed at which it could travel C. its familiarity and size
B. its bulk D. its cost
40. The phrase “those things” refers to
A. the types of transportation C. the problems of wagon travel
B. the belongings of the pioneers D. the overland routes
III. READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following passages and do as directed.
PASSAGE 2:
Is this REALLY Proof that People can see into the Future?
Do some of us avoid tragedy by foreseeing it? Some scientists now believe that the brain really can predict
events before they happen.
A. Professor Dick Bierman sits hunched over his computer. In the next room, a patient slips inside a hospital
bran scanner. If it wasn’t for the strange smiles that flicker across the woman’s face, you could be
forgiven for thinking this was just a normal health check. But this scanner is engaged in one of the most
profound paranormal experiments of all time, one that may well prove whether it is possible to predict
the future. For the results suggest that ordinary people really do have a sixth sense that can help them
“see” the future. Such amazing studied – if verified – might help explain the predictive powers of
mediums and a range of other psychic phenomena such as extrasensory perception, déjà vu and
clairvoyance. On a more mundane level, it may account for “gut feelings” and instinct.
B. The man behind the experiments is certainly convinced. “We’re satisfied that people can sense the future
before it happens”, says Professor Bierman, a psychologist at the University of Amsterdam. Bierman is
not alone: his findings mirror the data gathered by other scientists and paranormal researchers. Professor
Brian Josephson, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist from Cambridge University, says: “So far, the
evidence seems compelling. What seems to be happening is that information is coming from the future.
“The scientist Ed Cox found that trains “destined” to crash carried fewer people than they did normally.
Dr Jessica Utts, a statistician at the University of California, found exactly the same bizarre effect.
C. The military has long been fascinated by such phenomena. For many years the US military funded a
programme known as Stargate, which set out to investigate premonitions. Dr Dean Radin worked on the
programme and became fascinated by the ability of “lucky” soldiers to forecast the future. Radin became
convinced that thoughts and feelings could flow backwards in time to guide them. It helped them make
life-saving decisions, often on the basis of a hunch.
D. Radin devised an experiment to test these ideas. He showed violent or soothing images to volunteers in a
random sequence. He soon discovered that people began reacting to the pictures before they actually saw
them. Professor Dick Bierman decided to take this work further, by looking inside the brains of
volunteers using an MRI* scanner while repeating Dr Radin’s experiments. The results suggest that
seemingly ordinary people are capable of sensing the future on a fairly consistent basis. Bierman
emphasises that people are receiving feelings from the future rather than specific “visions”.
E. But if we can sense what is going to happen, doesn’t that mean we can change the future and make the
“prediction” obsolete? Such paradoxes provide material for films such as Minority Report, in which a
special police department is able to foresee and prevent crimes before they have taken place. Could such
science fiction have a grain of truth in it after all? Professor Bierman responds: This phenomenon allows
you to make a decision on the basis of what will happen in the future. Does that restrain our free will?
That’s up to the philosophers.
F. There are plenty of instances where people wished they had listened to their premonitions. In 1966, a coal
tip collapsed and swept through a Welsh school, killing 144 people. It turned out that 24 people had had
premonitions of the tragedy. One involved a girl who was killed. She told her mother shortly before she

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 was taken to school: “I dreamt I went to school and there was no school there. Something black had
come down all over it”.
G. So should we listen to our instincts? Dr. Utts believes we are constantly sampling the future and using the
knowledge to help us make better decisions. “I think we’re doing it all the time”, she says. Perhaps the
Queen in Lewis Carroll’s Through The Looking Glass was right: “It’s a poor sort of memory that only
works backwards”.
* Magnetic Resonance Imaging (used for diagnostic purposes)
Questions 41-46
The Reading Passage has seven paragraphs, A-G.
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings below.
i Knowing what you are about to view
ii Not an unusual situation
iii In widespread agreement
iv Questioning the results
v Predictions in the armed forces
vi Raising complex questions
vii Not an ordinary medical test
viii A tragic example
Example Paragraph A _iv_
41. Paragraph B_______
iii
42. Paragraph C_______
v
43. Paragraph D_______
i
44. Paragraph E _______
vi
45. Paragraph F _______
viii
46. Paragraph G_______
ii
47. How does Dick Biermans patient differ from a typical patient?
A. She is being treated in a different kind of hospital.
B. She is being tested with different equipment.
C. She reacts and expresses emotions in a different way.
D. She has had several paranormal experiences.
48. Ed Cox’s findings are used to demonstrate that
A. People don’t get on trains they think will crash.
B. Train crashes will happen less often in the future.
C. We cannot prevent some trains from crashing.
D. Lighter trains crash much more frequently.
49. How does Professor Biermans experiment differ from Dr Radin’s?
A. Only Dr Radin’s pictures are in random order.
B. Only Dr Radin found that people can predict the future.
C. Only Professor Biermans volunteers predict the future.
D. Only Professor Biermans used medical equipment.
50. What is Professor Biermans response to the paradox mentioned in paragraph E?
A. He says that humans still have complete free will.
B. He doesn’t provide a solution to the problem.
C. He claims that the issue isn't a paradox at all.
D. He denies that humans have free will anyway.
III. GUIDED CLOZE TEST
Reading the following passage and choose the options that best complete the blanks.
The knowledge and eloquence that people gain through travelling is usually perceived as the best
……. (51) in life. It is the inquisitive human nature that impels people to seek ……. (52) experiences and to
set out on an exploration trip. Those who travel frequently and to diverse places benefit from establishing
new relationships and acquiring a better knowledge about other cultures and lifestyles. However, there is a
……. (53) of truth in the assumption that people are prone to …….(54) clichés and unfounded prejudices
about other nations and their characteristics. Sometimes, it is only the first-hand encounter that can help
change the ……. (55) towards the so-called “inferior communities”. This direct contact with a different
civilization enables travelers to ……. (56) their baseless assumptions and get ……. (57) with the real

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 concept of life in all four corners of the globe. ……. (58) question, travelling ……. (59) friendship and
makes it easier for many individuals to acknowledge the true value of different traditions and customs. Yet,
it does not always mean enjoyment. It may also involve coming close with the atrocities of real existence as
well as becoming aware of the challenges and hardships that other people have to struggle with. Hence, a
true voyage is the one with a good deal of experience to ……. (60) about, very often combined with
exposure to abhorrent sights and incredible ordeals. The learning to be complete, thus, requires an ability to
observe and analyze the surroundings, both their glamour and brutality.
51. A. completion B. fulfillment C. conclusion D. resolution
52. A. thriving B. throbbing C. thwarting D. thrilling
53. A. speck B. grain C. scrap D. tip
54. A. persevering B. cherishing C. indulging D. persisting
55. A. prejudice B. manner C. outlook D. approach
56. A. drop B. cease C. fail D. quit
57. A. informed B. realized C. acquainted D. defined
58. A. Apart B. Beyond C. Unfailing D. Beneath
59. A. facilitates B. affords C. elicits D. incites
60. A. commemorate B. reminisce C. resemble D. remind
B. WRITTEN TEST
I. VERB TENSES/ FORMS
1. It's about time the government___________ did something about the sewage system which
______________for
hasn't been upgraded years. (do/ not upgrade)
2. Mr. Nam asked that a trustee be __________to
appointed take control of the company. (appoint)
3. Critics say the mayor is too busy ___________
campaigning ____________
to do his job properly.(campaign / do)
4. To perform this operation, the surgeons use a laser with a beam _____________0,1 measuring millimeter.
(measure)
5. When she found her dog eating __________ her birthday cake, she couldn’t but ___________it kick out. (eat/
kick) 'll have been waiting
6. If there aren’t any tickets left when we reach the front of the queue, we ___________ all the time for
nothing, (wait)
7. It is highly desirable that from every product in regular production, samples be _____________
withdraw
periodically, (withdraw)
II. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS
1. My boss is biased _________me,
toward which explains why I’ll never get promoted if I stay with this
company.
2. People who eat an unhealthy diet are susceptible ________ to all kinds of illnesses and diseases.
3. Is there any evidence __________the
of contrary?
4. The noisy children were frightened __________into holding their tongues by the terrible accident.
5. Do you know the girl ________
with long hair? - Yes, she is a girl ___________few
of words.
6. We spent an hour trying to puzzle _________the
out answer to this problem.
7. We have to finish ____________
off our essays for homework tonight.
8. Has your toothache passed ___________yet?
away
9. The two brothers set off in quest ____________gold.
for
III. WORD FORMS
Supply the correct form of the word in the bracket in each sentence.
1. The private school feared losing its creditworthiness
____________with the state's university system. (credit) nâng cao tinh thần
2. It was found that some aromas made people feel drowsy, others made them feel ____________.
uplifted (lift)
3. The workers who were ______________
downsized during the recession badly need help from the government.
(size)
4. That the child behaved ____________
dearly made the couple happy. (dear)
5. His behavior in his father's presence caused his ____________
disinheritance and his sister ended up inheriting the
whole family fortune. (inherit)
6. His performance in the match today ____________
belies his reputation as a great player. (lie)
7. She is very efficient and ___________ polite to the customers. (fail)
unfailingly
8. The tsunami has caused _____________
incalculable damage to the Japanese. (calculate)
9. The TV serial presented a scene of happy ____________. (domestic)
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10. Tuition at private universities has become ______________.
astronomical (astronomy)
IV. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
There are ten mistakes in the following paragraph. Find them then give the correction:
Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly
cherished goal. Unlikely competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on group
organization and altitudes.
In the first form, known for primary cooperation, group and individual fuse. The group contains
mainly all of each individual's life. The rewards of the group's work are shared with each member. There is
an interlocking identity of individual, group, and task performed. Means and goals become ones, for
cooperation itself is valued.
While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of preliterate societies, secondary cooperation
is characteristic of many modern societies. In secondary cooperation, individuals devote only part of their
lives for the group. Cooperation itself is not a value. Almost members of the group feel loyalty, but the
welfare of the group is not the first consideration. Members perform tasks so that they can separately enjoy
the fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power. Business offices and professionally
athletic teams are examples of secondary cooperation.
In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the sharing
work. The willingness of the cooperating parties is purely opportunistic; the organization is loose and
fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals; it breaks away when the
common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals. This is not, strictly spoken, cooperation at all,
and hence the contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes used for this relationship.
Your answers:
1. like 6. to
2. attitudes 7. professional
3. as 8. shared
4. nearly 9. down
5. one 10. speaking

V. OPEN CLOZE
The captain of a container ship that ran aground on a reef (1) _________
off the coast of New Zealand
which is leaking oil into sea has been arrested and charged, officials say. The captain will appear in (2)
court
__________ on Wednesday on the charge of “operating a vessel in a manner (3) ___________
causing unnecessary
danger or risk. “If convicted, he faces a maximum fine of $7,800, or up to 12 months (4) _____________.
imprisonment
New Zealand's oil spill response agency, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ), said it is likely more charges will
follow. The Rena, a Liberian-(5) ___________vessel,
flagged struck the Astrolabe Reef, about 12 nautical miles off
the city of Tauranga, on the North Island, a week ago. Hundreds of tons of fuel oil have leaked (6)
____________the
from ship, leading New Zealand’s environment minister, Nick Smith, to call the spill the
country's most significant maritime environmental disaster. MNZ estimates that 200-300 tons of oil has
leaked, which was carrying 1,700 (7) __________meters
cubic (450,000 gallons) of fuel. The agency said a
“significant” amount of oil is (8) ___________to come ashore within days between the towns of Mount
expected
Maunganui and Maketu in the North Island's Bay of Plenty. Clumps of oil have washed onto Mount
Maunganui beach near Tauranga and 53 (9) _________birds
dead other
have been found and 17(10) ___________oil-
soaked birds are being treated at a rescue center, MNZ said.
VI. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
1. Returning from the battle, they had no money left. (RUB)
Returning from the battle, they didn’t have money to rub.
à………………………………………………………………………………………
2. I was very lucky to escape from that crash. (COUNT)
à I………………………………………………………………..……………………
count myself very lucky to have escaped from the crash.
3. Our boss is absolutely determined not to give us that pay rise. (INTENT)
à Our boss …………………………………………………………….the
is intent on not giving us pay rise.
4. I'd thought about it for some time and decided to try to do something. (A GO)
à………………………………………………………………………………………
I’d thought about it about sometime and decided to give it a go.
5. It was disgraceful that Barbara refused to help one of her oldest and closest friends. (BACK)
It was disgraceful that Barbara turned her back on one of her oldest and closest friends.
à………………………………………………………………………………………
6. The director’s bodyguards stood behind him, watching.

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 à Watchfully …………………………………………………………………………
standing behind him were his bodyguards.
7. We must think about ways of improving the transport system.
be given to ways of .......
à Thought must ………………………………………………………………………
8. I hadn’t realized the full implications of what had happened until some time later.
à It was….……………………………………………………………………………
not until some time later that I realized the full implication of what happened.
9. The police only warned Sally because it was her first offence..
off with warning because it was her first offence.
à Sally was let…………………………………………………………………………
10. It’s nobody’s fault that the match was cancelled.
blame for the match canellation.
à Nobody is to…………………………………………………………………………

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