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Mark a letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose

underlined part differs from the offer three in pronunciation in each of the
following questions.
1. A. en danger B. functional C. an imal D. astonish
2. A. petroleum B. appreciate C. development D. representative
Mark a letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs
from the offer three in the position of primary stress in each of the following
questions.
3. A. enormous B. following C. circumstance D. chemical
4. A. commercial B. perspective C. comprehend D. interpret
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is
closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
5. The high rate of species extinctions in these environments is jolting, but it is important to
recognize the significance of biological diversity in all ecosystems
A. predicting B. shocking C. unknown D. illuminating
6. Since 1990, the number of people receiving Masters in Business Administration degrees has
dropped about 3 percent to 75,000, and the trend of lower enrollment rates is expected to
continue
A. reluctance of B. drawback to C. movement toward D. extraction from
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase
that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following
questions
7. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many
elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1066
A. disappeared B. discovered C. eliminated D. came into use
8. In a new survey released by the Luxury Institute and Lincoln, affluent consumers say they
prefer high quality, not flashy status looks, in their luxury good purchases
A. well-off B. wealthy C. impoverished D. fashionable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is
closest in meaning to each of the following questions
9. Everybody can hardly expect profits to double again this year
A. It is not likely that profits will again go up by 100 percent this year
B. Profits will probably drop by as much as 50 percent again this year
C. It is quite possible that profits this year will be halved again as everyone expects
D. It won’t be easy to double the profits again this year to come up to everyone’s expectation
10. David never sings except when he takes a shower in the morning
A. Whenever David goes into the bathroom for a shower, he starts to sing
B. David thinks that singing when you take a shower is a very common occurrence
C. Unless David takes a shower in the morning, it is impossible to hear him singing
D. It is very rare to hear David singing out of the shower in the morning, which is impossible
11. They can’t have been told the news, otherwise they would have rung us immediately
A. They couldn’t tell us what had happened although we talked on the phone
B. As they didn’t call us, we could assume that they didn’t know what had happened
C. They probably didn’t phone us because they didn’t want to tell anyone what happened
D. In spite of the fact that they phoned us as soon as possible, we were not able to give them
the news
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that
best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions
12. There is, in fact, less alcohol in beer than there is in wine. The former’s taste is more bitter
A. Although beer is not as good-tasting as wine, it is just as full of alcohol
B. Beer tastes much more bitter than wine because of its lower alcohol content.
C. Despite tasting less bitter, wine actually contains a higher amount of alcohol than beer
does
D. The more bitter taste of beer as compared with wine indicates that the former does not
have as much alcohol as the latter
13. His academic record at high school was poor. He failed to apply to that prestigious
institution.
A. Failing to apply to that prestigious institution, his academic record at high school was poor.
B. His academic record at high school was poor because he didn’t apply to that prestigious
institution.
C. His academic record at high school was poor; as a result, he failed to apply to that
prestigious institution
D. His academic record at high school was poor as a result of his failure to apply to that
prestigious institution.
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
Nowadays, most people realize that it’s risky to use credit card numbers online. However,
from time to time, we all use passwords and government ID numbers on the Internet. We
think we are safe, but that may not be true! A new kind of attack is being used by dishonest
people to steal IDs and credit card numbers from innocent web surfers. This new kind of
attack is called “phishing.”
Phishing sounds the same as the word “fishing,” and it implies that a thief is trying to lure
people into giving away valuable information. Like real fishermen, phishers use bait in the
form of great online deals or services. For example, phishers might use fake emails and false
websites to con people into revealing credit card numbers, account usernames, and
passwords. They imitate well-known banks, online sellers, and credit card companies.
Successful phishers may convince as many as five percent of the people they contact to
respond and give away their personal financial information.
 Is this really a big problem? Actually, tricking five percent of the online population is huge!
Currently, more than 350 million people have access to the Internet, and seventy-five percent
of those Internet users live in the wealthiest countries on Earth. It has been estimated that
phishers send more than three billion scam messages each year. Even by tricking only five
percent of the people, phishers can make a lot of money.
Since there is so much money to make through this kind of scam, it has caught the
interest of more than just small-time crooks. Recently, police tracked down members of an
organized phishing group in Eastern Europe, who had stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars
from people online. The group created official-looking email messages requesting people to
update their personal information at an international bank’s website. However, the link to the
bank in the message actually sent people to the phishers’ fake website. To make matters
worse, further investigation revealed that this group had connections to a major crime gang
in Russia.
How can innocent people protect themselves? Above all, they have to learn to recognize
email that has been sent by a phisher. Always be wary of any email with urgent requests for
personal financial information. Phishers typically write upsetting or exciting, but fake,
statements in their emails so that people will reply right away. Also, messages from phishers
will not address recipients by name because they really don’t know who the recipients are yet.
On the other hand, valid messages from your bank or other companies you normally deal with
will typically include your name.
14. Which of the following could best serve as the topic of the passage?
A. A new type of internet attack C. Innocent web surfers and online risks
B. Passwords and government ID numbers on D. Valuable information shared on the
the Internet internet
15. The word lure in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ..............
A. avert B. obviate C. foresee D. entice
16. What does the word they in paragraph 2 refer to.............?
A. credit card numbers C. fake emails and false websites
B. phishers D. people, account usernames, and
passwords
17. According to paragraph 3, the reason why only 5% of online users are tricked a big
problem is that ………….
A. these 5% of internet users are the wealthiest people among online population.
B. the number of online population is myriad and three fourths of them live in rich nations.
C. the number of scam messages sent to these users is more than three billion.
D. the personal information these people are tricked is financial.
18. As mentioned in paragraph 4, the trick used by phishers in Eastern Europe is ..............
A. creating fake international bank’s website to deceive police’s investigation
B. requesting users to update information through official-looking email messages
C. connecting people’s personal information to a major crime gang in Russia
D. interesting many small-time crooks to organize a phishing group
19. The word revealed in paragraph 4 mostly means ..............
A. concealed B. supposed C. divulged D. disguised
20. What suggestion is true according to the last paragraph?
A. Keep calm and be careful with urgent financial messages without your name.
B. You shouldn’t answer any message related to your personal financial information.
C. Ask your bank or company if you receive any upsetting or exciting email.
D. Be cautious with any email without the name of sender.
21. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. It’s not easy to track down phishers since their websites are false.
B. Phishers mostly steal personal information of the wealthiest people.
C. Recognizing the differences between the true and fake messages will help innocent people
protect their information.
D. Successful phishers may steal people’s personal information from false international banks,
online sellers and credit card companies.
Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable
response to complete each of the following exchanges.
22. Hoa and Nam are talking about the importance of English in student’s life .
Hoa: “English plays an important role in student’s life ”
Nam: “ …………… . It is an essential for their job in the future .”
A. Oh, that’s a problem C. Your guess is as good as mine
B. I couldn’t agree with you more D. Really? Can you speak English well?
23. Mary is talking to Linda over the phone .
Mary: “Thank you for helping me prepare for the party.”
Linda: “ …………….”
A. My pleasure C. Never mention me
B. The meal was out of this world D. You took the words right out of my mouth
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions
24. Not only ……… in the field of psychology but animal behavior is examined as well.
A. human behavior is studied C. is studied human behavior
B. is human behavior studied D. human behavior
25. Students at these schools should enquire at their school about how they can register
and ............. the exams
A. sit for B. pay up C. take in D. eat out
26. The victims of the disaster finally decided not to choose ............. of the two plans of
receiving relief supplies from the government.
A. both B. either C. none D. neither
27. Unfortunately, many of the travel experiences we take part in ............ into consideration
how it affects our planet and the well-being of people.
A. does not take B. do not take C. is not taken D. are not taken
28. There are both advantages and disadvantages of living in families with three or four
generations, also known as ............ families.
A. single-parent B. extended C. nuclear D. crowded
29. The fifth generation computers, with artificial intelligence, .................. and perfected now.
A. are going to be developed C. are being developed
B. has been developed D. will have been developed
30. The bridge leading to the center of the city will be completed at the end of next year, two
years ....................
A. hence B. accordingly C. consequently D. therefore
31. Often people of different cultural and geographical ............ meet in international
conferences, education exchange programs, sports, etc
A. backgrounds B. settings C. identities D. surroundings
32. It is ................... that you are cordially invited to attend.
A. at our annual wine-tasting evening C. in our annual wine-tasting evening
B. on our annual wine-tasting evening D. our annual wine-tasting evening
33. The company was dealt a ................... blow when its chief designer deserted to another
firm.
A. killing B. mortal C. homicidal D. suicidal
34. I remember you have told me that I am your best friend, .....................?
A. don’t I B. haven’t you C. aren’t I D. have I
35. Petrol is ............ it used to be some years ago
A. twice as expensive as C. twice more than expensive
B. twice expensive more than D. more expensive than twice
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions
36. Many people suppose that the more popular television programs become, the more badly
they seem.
A B C
D
37. Meeting people, making friends for life and discovering new interests: these are the things
that
A B
have not changed for students who are following the same route to independence on their
parents
C D
38. All the girls in the school were wearing jeans, except two, one wore a blouse and a skirt
and another girl wore
A B C
D
a dress
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet
to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks
The idea of preserving (39) ………… diversity gives most people a warm feeling inside. But
what, exactly, is diversity? And which kind is most worth preserving? It may be anathema to
save-the-lot environmentalists who hate setting such priorities, but academics are starting to
cook up answers.
Andrew Solow, a mathematician at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and his
colleagues argue that in the (40) ………… of conservation, all species should not be equal.
Even more controversially, they suggest that preserving the rarest is not always the best
approach. Their measure of diversity is the amount of evolutionary distance between species.
They reckon that if choices must be made, then the number of times that cousins are
removed from (41) ………… should be one of the criteria.
This (42) ………… sense from both a practical and an aesthetic point of view. Close
relatives have many genes in common. If those genes might be medically or agriculturally
valuable, saving one is nearly as good as saving both. And different forms are more
interesting to admire and study than lots of things that look the same. Dr Solow's group
illustrates its thesis with an (43) …………. Six species of crane are at some risk of extinction.
Breeding in captivity might save them. But suppose there were only enough money to protect
three. Which ones should be picked?
39. A. geographical B. geothermal C. floral D. biological
40. A. noses B. shoulders C. elbows D. eyes
41. A. each other B. mutual C. one another D. together
42. A. makes B. provides C. creates D. follows
43. A. method B. example C. measure D. direction
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
The development of advanced radio telescopes has allowed astronomers to attempt to
answer a question that has long intrigued scientists, philosophers, and laypersons alike: Do
other forms of intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe? Although the legends of many
ancient cultures hold that divine beings created the heavens and controlled such cosmic
events as eclipses, the idea that other planets harbor life similar in development and
intelligence to our own did not become popular until the nineteenth century, when a few
scientists considered ways in which earthlings might contact other beings. One plan
envisioned the building of huge canals in the desert in the shape of easily recognizable
geometric symbols; when filled with gasoline and ignited, the canals would signal the
presence of life on Earth to neighboring worlds. Since then, many astronomers have become
seriously interested in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI. They assume that
alien beings elsewhere in the galaxy will probably try to contact earthlings, using flashes of
light to carry their messages. In 1960 one astronomer performed one of the first serious
searches for extraterrestrial life, called Project Ozma. The astronomer turned a sensitive radio
telescope in the direction of nearby stars Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani but found no
transmissions that might be beacons from extraterrestrial civilizations. Since Project Ozma,
about four dozen other searches have been conducted. No one has yet received an
unambiguous signal from an extraterrestrial civilization, and numerous false alarms have
been caused by interference from radio-wave sources here on Earth.
 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, has also been involved in SETI
and sought funding from the United States Congress to build a complete receiver and to
undertake a ten-year search program. One half of this search plan calls for using radio
telescopes in its Deep-Space Network to repeatedly scan the entire sky. The other half
involves using its 1,000-foot telescope to listen to nearby stars similar to the Sun that may
have Earthlike planets orbiting around them. Although scientists realize their survey will be far
from complete, they believe the search must begin with small efforts. Said one scientist:
"We're new at this business, and when you walk into a dark, unfamiliar forest, you should
probably listen before you shout."
44. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence C. Types of extraterrestrial civilizations
B. Planets harboring extraterrestrial life D. Developments in NASA's Deep-Space
Network
45. According to the passage, which of the following ideas first became popular in the
nineteenth century?
A. Divine beings created the heavens C. Building canals could make desert regions
habitable
B. Intelligent life might inhabit other planets D. Eclipses were caused by alien beings
46. According to the passage, astronomers have assumed that intelligent life-forms will try to
contact earthlings by..............
A. sounding loud alarms C. transmitting flashes of light
B. sending spaceships to Earth D. using torches or burning fire
47. The word scan in the passage is closest in meaning to.............
A. measure B. photograph C. map D. examine
48. According to the passage, NASA plans to direct its 1,000-foot telescope toward.............
A. stars near the Earth C. planets in our solar system
B. distant galaxies D. the Sun
49. In the passage, walking into a dark, unfamiliar forest is being compared to
studying ..............
A. the Earth's desert regions C. ancient civilizations
B. the Universe D. human intelligence
50. Paragraph 3 answers which of the following questions?
A. How might a search for extraterrestrial life be conducted?
B. When will extraterrestrial life probably be discovered?
C. Why should a search for extraterrestrial life be implemented?
D. On which planets will extraterrestrial life most likely be found?