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LẦN THỨ XXIV - NĂM 2018

TP 140

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A. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the best options (A, B, C, or D) that best

complete the following sentences. (40 PTS)

1. The local authority expressed regret as US drone strike has_____killed innocent

hostages.

A. incongruously B. vehemently C. inadvertently D. graciously

2. These days the castle is swamped_______ with of tourists.

A. mobs B. throngs C. shoals D. cliques

3. He left the meeting early on the unlikely______ that he had a sick friend to visit.

A. excuse B. pretext C. motive D. claim

4. He decided to withdraw from the powerboat race as he could see an_____of

danger.

A. prediction B. foreboding C. omen D. dearth

5. I slipped briefly back into sleep and emerged when breakfast was being served

outside in a(n)_____ garden-courtyard.

A. whimsical B. extravagant C. extortionate D. Denchanting

6. He had a momentary_____ of concentration and before he knew it the car had

spun out of control.

A. lapse B. loss C. slip D. mistake

7. In the hands of a careless driver, a car becomes a______ weapon.

A. fatal B. mortal C. lethal D. venal

8. He glanced at Juliet accusingly and she looked ____ abashed.

A. completely B. absolutely C. utterly D. suitably

9. We were sorted out into groups according to the types of honors and quite a long
wait______.

A. ensued B. eventuated C. supervened D. transpired

10. The Prime Minister will decide whether to release the prisoner or not; that's

his______.

A. derogatory B. abdication C. prerogative D. humanity

11. His new play is not only interesting but also unique. It is really off the beaten
_____.

A. road B. path C. route D. track

12. That Peter was born and brought up in a rich family is as clear as the____.

A. nose on his face B. tip of his tongue

C. back of his hand D. hair on his head

13. I will try to finish the job to the best of my_____.

A. knowledge B. ability C. means D. Command

14. Tim said the meal was ____so we didn't have to worry about the price.

A. on the house B. on his expense C. for him D. for his money

15. Let Hercules himself do what he may, for a cat will mew and a dog will have

His____.

A. day B. time C. month D. year

16. Breaking his leg _____a blow to his chances of becoming a professional

footballer.

A. brought B. caused C.dealt D. struck

17. In the acting career, the moment one first cut his _____ will be the most
memorable with embarrassment and pride bubbling up inside.

A. nails B, teeth C. fingers D. hair

18. His French is roughly _____ with my Japanese, so communication was rather

difficult.

A. in harmony B. on a par C. on equal term D. on good terms

19. Max has been ____ my ears all night about his new job.

A. bending B. deafening C. rolling D. biting

20. The fighting has stopped, so to ___, the war is over.

A. all pins and needles B. all chop and change

C. all prim and proper D. all intents and purposes

21. We would sooner Mr. Tram _____ us the urgent information the other night.

A. would have sent B. had sent C. sent D. had been sent

22. Would you be ____ my letter while I am away?

A too good as to forward B. so good as to forward

C. as good as to forward D. so good as forwarding

23. He _____ us on the last day of the congress, so his presence at the opening

ceremony was something of a surprise.

A. could have joined B. had to join

C. was about to join D. was to join

24. You could have done ____ inviting Sam to the party,

A. better or worse than B. a lot worse than

C. much better as D. nothing as worse as

25. He works until nine o'clock every evening, and that's quite____ he does over
the weekend.

A. except for B. apart from C. without D. but for

26. I would rather go skiing _____ picnicking this weekend.

A. than going B.than to going C. than to go D. than go

27. It is mandatory that smoking in public____.

A. is prohibited B. must be prohibited
C. prohibiting D. be prohibited
28. In geometry, an ellipse may be defined as the locus of all points
distances from two fixed points is constant.
A. the sum of whose C. whose sum of
A. would be trampled
B of which the sum
D. which the sum of 90 Tony gripped his brother's arm lest he __ by the mob.
B. were trampled
D. could have been trampled C. be trampled
, but now it is making a comeback. 30. The mini dress was
fad once thought to be finished B. once thought a fad to be finishing
thought a fad to be finished once D.once thought to be a finishing fad 31. If you
never put oil into your car engine, one day it will
A fake out B. shut down C. seize up D. run off 32. If you pay the restaurant bill
with your credit card, it will with you later.
A. settle down (B) settle up (Cpay back D . pay off 33. In those days, doctors
ladled_ antibiotics to patients. A. with B. on
C. in
(D) out 34. Let's find a place where we can
the storm. (A) wait out B. wear off C . wind down D. shrug off 35. The schoolboy
winced the sight of the cane in the headmaster's hand. .at
B. forta C. by -> 00 T D. of 36. T was completely bowled by their warm reception.
A. with
B.ypadlo C. off Dover 37. I am not liberty to tell you anything about his private
life. A. in B. at C. by
D. on 38. The figure is more 200, I think. A. of
B. at Clike
D. with 39. Their performances are really compare. How amazing! A. out of
B. over
C. within D. beyond 40. The party was full swing when I arrived. Everyone was
singing and dancing. (A) in
B. on C. about
D. with READING COMPREHENSION 1: Read the following passage carefully
and answer the questions below.
STEP BACK IN TIME Historical biographer Antonia Fraser reveals the pleasures
of studying a bygone era.
Gibbon was inspired to write The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire sitting on
the steps of the Capitol at Rome one evening, listening to the sound of monks
chanting vespers. My own inspiration to become a historical biographer came in
rather less elevated circumstances, as a teenager one rainy Oxford