Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh - Kỳ thi tuyển sinh Lớp 10 THPT chuyên Quang Trung - Đề số 31 - Năm học 2014-2015 (có đáp án)

UBND TỈNH BÌNH PHƯỚC KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN QUANG TRUNG
 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO	 NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
TEST NUMBER 31
 	Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (chuyên)
 	Ngày thi: 20/06/2014.
 (Đề thi này gồm có 06 trang) 	Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút.
Họ và tên thí sinh: . .. Số báo danh: ...
Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào phiếu trả lời (có phát kèm đề).
A. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM.
I. PHONETICS (1 pt)
1. Choose a word (A, B, C, D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.(0.5 pt)
1. 	A. creature	B. appear	C. reason	D. teacher
2. 	A. hole	B. object	C. spot	D. solid
3. 	A. exist	B. public	C. despite	D. mineral 
4. 	A. gemstone	B. imagine	C. organism	D. generous 
5. 	A. covered	B. installed	C. described	D. decorated
2. Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (0.5 pt)
6.	A. conceive	B. happen	C. problem	D. reason
7.	A. invent	B. involve	C. regard	D. season
8.	A. because	B. devote	C. humor	D. reveal
9.	A. architecture	B. elaborate	C. majority	D. spontaneous
10. 	A. appearance	B. appropriate	C. information	D. original
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (5 pts)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences.
11. One _____ of public transport is its unreliability.
	A. benefit 	B. disadvantage 	C. harm 	D. drawback 
12. _____ accepting your job offer, I'd like to know a bit more about the company. 
	A. In advance 	B. In order 	C. Until 	D. Before 
13. He played a very important ______ in politics until he was well over 80. 
	A. scene 	B. job 	C. position 	D. part
14. The noise from the traffic outside stopped me from _____ to sleep. 
	A. falling 	B. starting 	C. beginning 	D. going 
15. She _____ down completely on hearing of her friend's death.
	A. broke 	B. turned. 	C. put 	D. fell 
16. Jack can speak two languages. One is English. _____ is Vietnamese. 
	A. Other 	B. The other 	C. Another 	D. Others 
17. The girl _____ is my neighbor. 
	A. talks to the lady over there. 	B. is talking to the lady over there 
	C. was talking to the lady over there 	D. talking to the lady over there 
18. ______ with her boyfriend yesterday, she doesn't want to answer his phone call. 
	A. Having quarreled 	B. Because having quarreled 	
	C. Because of she quarreled 	D. Had quarreled 
19. My daughter often says that she won't get married until she _____ 25 years old. 
	A. is 	B. will be 	C. will have been 	D. has been 
20. My father asked me _____ of the film. 
	A. what did I think 	B. what I think 	C. what I thought 	D. what I did thought 
21. If you hadn't stayed up so late last night, you ______ sleepy now. 
	A. wouldn't have felt 	B. wouldn't feel 	C. wouldn't fell 	D. wouldn't have fallen 
22. The more he tried to explain, ______ we got. 
	A. the much confused 	B. the many confusing 	C. the more confusing 	D. the more confused 
23. Not only _____ us light, but it also gives us heat. 
	A. the sun gives 	B. the sun has given 	C. has the sun given 	D. does the sun give 
24. The new language laboratory will ______the students to learn English much better.
	A. let 	B. enable 	C. make 	D. keep
25. It is the best to_____ your anger under any circumstances.
	A. check 	B. drive 	C. control 	D. keep
26. After his wife’s death, he let his son_____ the company and retired.
	A. get over 	B. get on 	C. take over 	D. take on
27. Only later_____ how much damage had been caused.
	A. I realized 	B. I had realized 	C. I would realize 	D. did I realize
28. If only you_______ how I feel about you!
	A. understand 	B. can understand 	C. understood	D. would be understood
29. I’d like to thank you,_____ my colleagues, for the welcome you have given us.
	A. on behalf of 	B. on account for	C. because of	D. instead of
30. It cost them _____money to recover the painting.
	A. quite a few 	B. a great deal of 	C. a large number 	D. a great many
31. ____had I had time to take my coat off when the boss came in.
	A. before 	B. Until 	C. Scarcely 	D. Just as
32. The taxi was so late reaching the airport that I_____ missed my plane.
	A. almost 	B. rarely 	C. immediately 	D. entirely.
33. The match will be broadcast_____ to various countries in the world.
	A. live	B. lively 	C. alive 	D. living
34. John was late this morning because he had trouble____ his car started.
	A. got 	B. getting 	C. to get 	D. gotten
35. The train accident has_________ the other train’s departure for a few hours. 
 	A. sent back 	B. called off 	C. delayed	D. retained
36. Old houses have a_________ to be draughty. 
	A. tendency	B. habit	C. problem	D. characteristic
37. Oh, no! My wallet has been _________.
 	A. rob	B. picked	C. stolen	D. theft
38. There's someone at the door. _________them. 
 	A. I'm answering 	B. I answer	C. I'll answer	D. I answered
39. His father left New York. The doctor suggested he_________ there. 
	A. not stayed 	B. won’t stay 	C. not stay	D. not go to stay
40. The students got the librarian_________ books for them. 
 	A. buy 	B. to buy 	C. bought	D. buying
41. The United States consists of fifty states, ______ has its own government. 
	A. they each 	B. each of which 	C. hence each 	D. each of that 
42. The forecast has revealed that the world’s reserves of fossil fuel will have ______ by 2015. 
	A. run out 	B. taken over 	C. caught up 	D. used off 
43. “Please, will you just tidy your room, and stop ______ excuses!” 
	A. making 	B. doing 	C. having 	D. taking 
44. Only when you grow up ______ the truth. 
	A. do you know 	B. you will know 	C. will you know 	D. you know 
45. “Don’t worry. I have ______ tire at the back of my car.” 
	A. another 	B. the other 	C. other 	D. others 
46. He ______ to the doctor after the accident, but he continued to play instead. 
	A. must have gone 	B. couldn’t go 	C. didn’t have to go 	D. should have gone 
47. It is very important for a firm or a company to keep ______ the changes in the market. 
	A. touch with 	B. up with 	C. pace of 	D. track about 
48. I won’t change my mind ______ what you say. 
	A. whether 	B. no matter 	C. because 	D. although 
49. “How many times have I told you ______ football in the street?” 
	A. not to play 	B. do not play 	C. not playing 	D. not to have played 
50. – “Should we bring a lot of money on the trip?” – “Yes. ______ we decide to stay longer.” 
	A. So that 	B. Because 	C. In case 	D. Though 
Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part
51. Most of the school – leavers are sanguine about the idea of going to work and earning money
A. fearsome	B. expected	C. optimistic	D. excited
52. “Please speak up a bit more, Jason. You’re hardly loud enough to be heard from the back” – the teacher said
A. edible	B. eligible	C. visible	D. audible 
53. Roget's Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged by the ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order. 
	A. restricted	B. as well as	C. unless	D. instead of
54. With the dawn of space exploration, the notion that atmospheric conditions on Earth may be unique in the solar system was strengthened. 
	A. outcome	B. continuation	C. beginning	D. expansion
55. Let's wait here for her; I'm sure she'll turn up before long.
	A. arrive	B. return	C. enter	D. visit
Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part
56. A knee injury forced her to withdraw from the competition.
A. reduce	B. want	C. need	D. advance 
57. No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being
A. casually	B. wrongly	C. informally	D. flexibly
58. In remote communities, it's important to replenish stocks before the winter sets in.
A. remake	B. empty	C. refill	D. repeat
59. There has been no discernible improvement in the noise levels since lorries were banned.
A. clear	B. obvious	C. thin	D. insignificant
60. They decided to postpone their journey till the end of the month because of the epidemic.
A. take up	B. put off	C. turn round	D. carry out
III. LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS (0.5 pt)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences.
61. - “Can I use your motorbike this evening?” - “_________.”
 	A. Of course, you can 	B. Of course, you might	
	C. It’s my pleasure	D. Do it if you can
62. Mary: “Do you think it will rain? “ Jenny: “Oh! ________”
 	A. I don’t hope. 	B. I hope not. 	C. I don’t hope so 	D. It’s hopeless
63. “Oh, I’m really sorry” “________.”
	A. Thanks	B. It was a pleasure	C. That’s all right	D. Yes, why
64. “I’m having some friends over for dinner today. Would you like to join us?” –“________.”
	A. As a matter of fact, I do	B. Come on. It’s your turn 
	C. Can I take a rain check?	D. Thanks, but I don’t
65. Mr. Black: ‘I’d like to try on these shoes, please.’ Salesgirl: ‘__________’ 
	A. By all means, sir. 	B. That’s right, sir. 	C. Why not? 	D. I’d love to. 
IV. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (1 PT)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage.
	Clean freshwater resources are essential for drinking, bathing, cooking, irrigation, industry, and for plant and animal (66) _____. Unfortunately, the global supply of freshwater is (67) _____ unevenly. Chronic water shortages (68) _____ in most of Africa and drought is common over much of the globe. The (69) _____ of most freshwater supplies - groundwater (water located below the soil surface), reservoirs, and rivers - are under severe and (70) _____ environmental stress because of overuse, water pollution, and ecosystem degradation. Over 95 percent of urban sewage in (71) _____ countries is (72) _____ untreated into surface waters such as rivers and harbors.
	About 65 percent of the global freshwater supply is used in (73) _____ and 25 percent is used in industry. Freshwater (74) _____ therefore requires a reduction in wasteful practices like (75) _____ irrigation, reforms in agriculture and industry, and strict pollution controls worldwide. 
66. 	A. survive 	B. survived 	C. surviving 	D. survival 
67. 	A. delivered 	B. distributed 	C. provided 	D. given 
68. 	A. exist 	B. lie 	C. show 	D. stay 
69. 	A. resources 	B. springs 	C. sources 	D. starting 
70. 	A. increasing 	B. growing 	C. climbing 	D. ascending 
71. 	A. growing 	B. miserable 	C. poverty 	D. developing 
72. 	A. recharged 	B. discharged 	C. charged 	D. discharging 
73. 	A. farming 	B. planting 	C. agriculture 	D. growing 
74. 	A. reservation 	B. conservation 	C. preservation 	D. retention 
75. 	A. ineffective 	B. illogical 	C. irrational 	D. inefficient 
V. READING COMPREHENSION (0.5 pt)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question.
Today our knowledge of food and what it does for our bodies is far more advanced than that of the ancient. Now we know about vitamins and how each kind of vitamin helps in the growth of a particular part of our bodies. There are on the market all kinds of vitamin pills which one can take to make up for one’s lack of certain important things which are needed for normal health. Of course, if we eat well and properly, the food that we eat will take care of our bodies without these pills and so there is no need to take any kinds of vitamin pills unless our doctor tells us that our bodies are short of something which can be supplied by them.
Generally speaking, everything we eat does some good to our bodies, but if we eat too much of one kind of food and pay no attention to others, we may have too much of one kind of chemical substance and not enough of others. Then, we may be in trouble.
We are often told that we must eat some meat at each meal in order to get the necessary protein. That is only partly true, for proteins are not found only in meat. We can also get them from some vegetables. 
The best advice about what to eat is that we should eat all kinds of food but never too much of any.
76. According to the passage, we now know ____________.
	A. more and more about food and health 	B. food and health
	C. how to keep fit and stay healthy 	D. health is not important 
77. People take certain vitamin pills when they ____________.
	A. want to develop their muscle. 	B. find their bodies are short of something 
	C. want to prevent their diseases 	D. are strong enough to work everything
78. The writer thinks we should ____________.
	A. have balanced food 	B. be careful in choosing food
	C. eat simple food 	D. go on a diet
79. According to the passage, to get proteins we must eat ____________.
	A. food and vitamin pills 	B. only fruit	
	C. meat and vegetables 	D. more vegetables
80. The main topic of the passage is ____________.
	A. proteins and food 	B. vitamins and proteins
	C. food and health	D. health and vitamin pills 
B. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN. 
I. VERB FORMS. (1.5 pts)
Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
81. After he had had his breakfast, he (go) _____________ to school.
82. I think she has no objection to (go) _____________ on a picnic.
83. Mary is used to (stay) _____________up late on Sunday night.
84. No, I didn’t know his number; otherwise, I (phone) _____________him.
85. Anyone who (not finish) _____________his work won't be allowed to leave now.
86. John decided (not buy) _____________a new house in London.
87. Nothing (do) _____________since I moved here.
88. Unless you study hard, you (pass) _____________the coming exam.
89. Measles (take) _____________a long time to get over.
90. I always prefer driving to (be drive) _____________.
II. WORD FORMS. (1.5 pts)
91. I am _____________sorry for the delay. 
92. He has great _____________in God. 
93. In _____________ to that, my bike tires were flat.	 
94. An _____________man has stolen all our money. 
95. She divorced him because of his _____________to the children. 
96. The book was so_____________that I couldn't finish it. 
97. He is so sad because the film ended _____________.
98. It is usually forbidden to destroy_____________buildings. 
99. Women nowadays have more _____________to participate in social activities. 
100. Every pupil was very _____________ about the holiday. 
EXTREME
BELIEVE
ADD
KNOW
KIND
BORE
HAPPY
HISTORY
FREE
EXCITE
III. READING COMPREHENSION. (1 pts)
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer: True (T), False (F).
For some strange reason parents insist on taking their children to visit relatives and friends of theirs who are among the most boring people the human race has ever produced. What is worse, parents insist during these visits that their children: (a) dress in ‘smart’ uncomfortable clothes; (b) remain silent during the visit, with only the occasional spot of quiet breathing allowed.
It has always struck us that this is a perfect example of the hypocrisy of parents. They spend years teaching their children to walk and talk, and as soon as they can they tell them‘Sit down and keep quiet'.
Why do they insist on their children accompanying them on these awful visits? When their child complains, parents say, ‘If you don’t shut up we'll leave you here and go without you'. When the child says, ‘Good, that's what I want,' the parents ignore this remark and force their offspring into hideous clothes, bundle them into the nearest form of transport, and force them to endure mind numbing boredom for what seems like two eternities.
101. Parents permit their children to say so much during their visit to their relatives or friends.
102. Children actually would not like to accompany their parents on these visits.
103. In fact, parents spend little time in helping their children to articulate.
104. Parents insist on taking their children to visit their relatives or friends.
105. Children usually complain about the visit.
IV. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS.
Supply each space with a suitable preposition to complete each sentence.
106. I tried to discuss it with her but only succeeded _____ making her angry 
107. The high price of all kinds of goods could deter people _____ buying them.
108. Do you think he'll agree_____ their proposal?
109. We love to see the sun ________ sunrise and sunset.
110. They are excited _____ their trip to Rome next June.
111. Why are you so unfriendly_______ Ann?
112. Were you disappointed ______ your examination results?
113. The city was crowded ______ tourists.
114._____ the whole, I enjoy the movie.
115. Lan doesn’t spend much money ____ clothes.
V. ERROR CORRECTION (2 pts)
There are ten errors in the following sentences. Identify the errors, then underline and correct them. 
116. I haven’t seen my grandparents since a quarter of a year.
117. A new shop was opening on Main Street last week.
118. His teacher gets him taking part in the competition.
119. My friend is used to do her homework by herself.
120. Nam asked Mai what can he do to help her.
121. Your friends went to your native village last weekend, weren’t they? 
122. Five hundred billion dollars are needed to help restore the worldwide economic crisis this year.
123. Never they have eaten that kind of food before.
124. He admitted to steal that amount of money.
125. If I have time and money I would travel around the world.
VI. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (2.5 pts)
126. “Please don’t make such a mess in your room,” his mother said.
=> His mother asked	
127. The Americans have just recalled their ambassador.
=> The American	
128. It is not necessary for you to do the test.
=> You	
129. The day was so cold that we stayed indoors.
=> It was	
130. She prefers reading a book to watching TV.
=> She would	
131. Eventually he succeeded in making her answer the question.
=> Eventually he managed	
132. Although he is intelligent, he doesn’t do well at school.
=> In	
133. I regret not going to the airport to say goodbye to him.
=> I wish	
134. They arrived very late because they had a flat tyre.
=> If	
135. She couldn’t get to work because of the heavy snow.
=> The heavy snow	
UBND TỈNH BÌNH PHƯỚC KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN QUANG TRUNG
 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO	 NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
TEST NUMBER 31
 	Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (chuyên)
 	Ngày thi: 20/06/2014.
 (Đề thi này gồm có 06 trang) 	Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút.
Họ và tên thí sinh: . .. Số báo danh: ...
Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào phiếu trả lời (có phát kèm đề).
A. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM.
I. PHONETICS (1 pt)
1. Choose a word (A, B, C, D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.(0.5 pt)
1. 	A. creature	B. appear	C. reason	D. teacher
2. 	A. hole	B. object	C. spot	D. solid
3. 	A. exist	B. public	C. despite	D. mineral 
4. 	A. gemstone	B. imagine	C. organism	D. generous 
5. 	A. covered	B. installed	C. described	D. decorated
2. Choose the word (A, B, C, D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (0.5 pt)
6.	A. conceive	B. happen	C. problem	D. reason
7.	A. invent	B. involve	C. regard	D. season
8.	A. because	B. devote	C. humor	D. reveal
9.	A. architecture	B. elaborate	C. majority	D. spontaneous
10. 	A. appearance	B. appropriate	C. information	D. original
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. (5 pts)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences.
11. One _____ of public transport is its unreliability.
	A. benefit 	B. disadvantage 	C. harm 	D. drawback 
12. _____ accepting your job offer, I'd like to know a bit more about the company. 
	A. In advance 	B. In order 	C. Until 	D. Before 
13. He played a very important ______ in politics until he was well over 80. 
	A. scene 	B. job 	C. position 	D. part
14. The noise from the traffic outside stopped me from _____ to sleep. 
	A. falling 	B. starting 	C. beginning 	D. going 
15. She _____ down completely on hearing of her friend's death.
	A. broke 	B. turned. 	C. put 	D. fell 
16. Jack can speak two languages. One is English. _____ is Vietnamese. 
	A. Other 	B. The other 	C. Another 	D. Others 
17. The girl _____ is my neighbor. 
	A. talks to the lady over there. 	B. is talking to the lady over there 
	C. was talking to the lady over there 	D. talking to the lady over there 
18. ______ with her boyfriend yesterday, she doesn't want to answer his phone call. 
	A. Having quarreled 	B. Because having quarreled 	
	C. Because of she quarreled 	D. Had quarreled 
19. My daughter often says that she won't get married until she _____ 25 years old. 
	A. is 	B. will be 	C. will have been 	D. has been 
20. My father asked me _____ of the film. 
	A. what did I think 	B. what I think 	C. what I thought 	D. what I did thought 
21. If you hadn't stayed up so late last night, you ______ sleepy now. 
	A. wouldn't have felt 	B. wouldn't feel 	C. wouldn't fell 	D. wouldn't have fallen 
22. The more he tried to explain, ______ we got. 
	A. the much confused 	B. the many confusing 	C. the more confusing 	D. the more confused 
23. Not only _____ us light, but it also gives us heat. 
	A. the sun gives 	B. the sun has given 	C. has the sun given 	D. does the sun give 
24. The new language laboratory will ______the students to learn English much better.
	A. let 	B. enable 	C. make 	D. keep
25. It is the best to_____ your anger under any circumstances.
	A. check 	B. drive 	C. control 	D. keep
26. After his wife’s death, he let his son_____ the company and retired.
	A. get over 	B. get on 	C. take over 	D. take on
27. Only later_____ how much damage had been caused.
	A. I realized 	B. I had realized 	C. I would realize 	D. did I realize
28. If only you_______ how I feel about you!
	A. understand 	B. can understand 	C. understood	D. would be understood
29. I’d like to thank you, _____ my colleagues, for the welcome you have given us.
	A. on behalf of 	B. on account for	C. because of	D. instead of
30. It cost them _____money to recover the painting.
	A. quite a few 	B. a great deal of 	C. a large number 	D. a great many
31. ____had I had time to take my coat off when the boss came in.
	A. before 	B. Until 	C. Scarcely 	D. Just as
32. The taxi was so late reaching the airport that I_____ missed my plane.
	A. almost 	B. rarely 	C. immediately 	D. entirely.
33. The match will be broadcast_____ to various countries in the world.
	A. live	B. lively 	C. alive 	D. living
34. John was late this morning because he had trouble____ his car started.
	A. got 	B. getting 	C. to get 	D. gotten
35. The train accident has_________ the other train’s departure for a few hours. 
 	A. sent back 	B. called off 	C. delayed	D. retained
36. Old houses have a_________ to be draughty. 
	A. tendency	B. habit	C. problem	D. characteristic
37. Oh, no! My wallet has been _________.
 	A. rob	B. picked	C. stolen	D. theft
38. There's someone at the door. _________them. 
 	A. I'm answering 	B. I answer	C. I'll answer	D. I answered
39. His father left New York. The doctor suggested he_________ there. 
	A. not stayed 	B. won’t stay 	C. not stay	D. not go to stay
40. The students got the librarian_________ books for them. 
 	A. buy 	B. to buy 	C. bought	D. buying
41. The United States consists of fifty states, ______ has its own government. 
	A. they each 	B. each of which 	C. hence each 	D. each of that 
42. The forecast has revealed that the world’s reserves of fossil fuel will have ______ by 2015. 
	A. run out 	B. taken over 	C. caught up 	D. used off 
43. “Please, will you just tidy your room, and stop ______ excuses!” 
	A. making 	B. doing 	C. having 	D. taking 
44. Only when you grow up ______ the truth. 
	A. do you know 	B. you will know 	C. will you know 	D. you know 
45. “Don’t worry. I have ______ tire at the back of my car.” 
	A. another 	B. the other 	C. other 	D. others 
46. He ______ to the doctor after the accident, but he continued to play instead. 
	A. must have gone 	B. couldn’t go 	C. didn’t have to go 	D. should have gone 
47. It is very important for a firm or a company to keep ______ the changes in the market. 
	A. touch with 	B. up with 	C. pace of 	D. track about 
48. I won’t change my mind ______ what you say. 
	A. whether 	B. no matter 	C. because 	D. although 
49. “How many times have I told you ______ football in the street?” 
	A. not to play 	B. do not play 	C. not playing 	D. not to have played 
50. – “Should we bring a lot of money on the trip?” – “Yes. ______ we decide to stay longer.” 
	A. So that 	B. Because 	C. In case 	D. Though 
Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part
51. Most of the school – leavers are sanguine about the idea of going to work and earning money
A. fearsome	B. expected	C. optimistic	D. excited
52. “Please speak up a bit more, Jason. You’re hardly loud enough to be heard from the back” – the teacher said
A. edible	B. eligible	C. visible	D. audible 
53. Roget's Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged by the ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order. 
	A. restricted	B. as well as	C. unless	D. instead of
54. With the dawn of space exploration, the notion that atmospheric conditions on Earth may be unique in the solar system was strengthened. 
	A. outcome	B. continuation	C. beginning	D. expansion
55. Let's wait here for her; I'm sure she'll turn up before long.
	A. arrive	B. return	C. enter	D. visit
Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part
56. A knee injury forced her to withdraw from the competition.
A. reduce	B. want	C. need	D. advance 
57. No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being
A. casually	B. wrongly	C. informally	D. flexibly
58. In remote communities, it's important to replenish stocks before the winter sets in.
A. remake	B. empty	C. refill	D. repeat
59. There has been no discernible improvement in the noise levels since lorries were banned.
A. clear	B. obvious	C. thin	D. insignificant
60. They decided to postpone their journey till the end of the month because of the epidemic.
A. take up	B. put off	C. turn round	D. carry out
III. LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS (0.5 pt)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences.
61. - “Can I use your motorbike this evening?” - “_________.”
 	A. Of course, you can 	B. Of course, you might	
	C. It’s my pleasure	D. Do it if you can
62. Mary: “Do you think it will rain? “ Jenny: “Oh! ________”
 	A. I don’t hope. 	B. I hope not. 	C. I don’t hope so 	D. It’s hopeless
63. “Oh, I’m really sorry” “________.”
	A. Thanks	B. It was a pleasure	C. That’s all right	D. Yes, why
64. “I’m having some friends over for dinner today. Would you like to join us?” –“________.”
	A. As a matter of fact, I do	B. Come on. It’s your turn 
	C. Can I take a rain check? (để tôi suy nghĩ đã) D. Thanks, but I don’t
65. Mr. Black: ‘I’d like to try on these shoes, please.’ Salesgirl: ‘__________’ 
	A. By all means, sir. B. That’s right, sir. 	C. Why not? 	D. I’d love to. 
IV. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (1 PT)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank space in the following passage.
	Clean freshwater resources are essential for drinking, bathing, cooking, irrigation, industry, and for plant and animal (66) _____. Unfortunately, the global supply of freshwater is (67) _____ unevenly. Chronic water shortages (68) _____ in most of Africa and drought is common over much of the globe. The (69) _____ of most freshwater supplies - groundwater (water located below the soil surface), reservoirs, and rivers - are under severe and (70) _____ environmental stress because of overuse, water pollution, and ecosystem degradation. Over 95 percent of urban sewage in (71) _____ countries is (72) _____ untreated into surface waters such as rivers and harbors.
	About 65 percent of the global freshwater supply is used in (73) _____ and 25 percent is used in industry. Freshwater (74) _____ therefore requires a reduction in wasteful practices like (75) _____ irrigation, reforms in agriculture and industry, and strict pollution controls worldwide. 
66. 	A. survive 	B. survived 	C. surviving 	D. survival 
67. 	A. delivered 	B. distributed 	C. provided 	D. given 
68. 	A. exist 	B. lie 	C. show 	D. stay 
69. 	A. resources 	B. springs 	C. sources 	D. starting 
70. 	A. increasing 	B. growing 	C. climbing 	D. ascending 
71. 	A. growing 	B. miserable 	C. poverty 	D. developing 
72. 	A. recharged 	B. discharged 	C. charged 	D. discharging 
73. 	A. farming 	B. planting 	C. agriculture 	D. growing 
74. 	A. reservation 	B. conservation 	C. preservation 	D. retention 
75. 	A. ineffective 	B. illogical 	C. irrational 	D. inefficient 
IX. Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D. (10 points)
Today our knowledge of food and what it does for our bodies is far more advanced than that of the ancient. Now we know about vitamins and how each kind of vitamin helps in the growth of a particular part of our bodies. There are on the market all kinds of vitamin pills which one can take to make up for one’s lack of certain important things which are needed for normal health. Of course, if we eat well and properly, the food that we eat will take care of our bodies without these pills and so there is no need to take any kinds of vitamin pills unless our doctor tells us that our bodies are short of something which can be supplied by them.
Generally speaking, everything we eat does some good to our bodies, but if we eat too much of one kind of food and pay no attention to others, we may have too much of one kind of chemical substance and not enough of others. Then, we may be in trouble.
We are often told that we must eat some meat at each meal in order to get the necessary protein. That is only partly true, for proteins are not found only in meat. We can also get them from some vegetables. 
The best advice about what to eat is that we should eat all kinds of food but never too much of any.
76. According to the passage, we now know ____________.
	A. more and more about food and health 	B. food and health