ĐỀ LUYỆN 03

I. LEXICO- GRAMMAR
Part 1. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence
1. General Custer was confident of victory despite being vastly __________ by the
enemy
A. outnumbered B. outclassed C. overcome D. overtaken
2. The lawyer insisted that his client ____________never have been arrested in the first
place
A. must B. should C. would D. could
3. I wish the neighbors_____________ making so much noise
A. would stop B. will stop C. stopped D. stopping
4. This painting stands a good ______________ of winning a prize
A. possibility B. opportunity C. certainty D. chance
5. I expect ____________the course next year
A. completing B. to complete C. will complete D. completed
6. Do not _____________ the driver while the bus is in motion
A. disturb B. distract C. convert D. interrupt
7. At their time of year farmers____________ their crops and store them for winter
A. gather B. remove C. pick up D. take in
8. The cliffs on this part of the coast are being_______________ by the sea
A. worn B. eroded C. demolished D. deteriorated
9. Anyone ___________ticket has been stolen should contact the airline immediately
A. his B. their C. whose D. which
10. Mrs. Archer is known ______________the finest collection of twentieth century art
in private hands
A. as hand B. having C. by having D. to have
11. He ___________ his life to the skill of the surgeons
A. owes B. keeps C. preserves D. maintains
12. ______________ we understand his reasons, we can not condone his behavior
 A. Even if B. Only if C. What if D. As if
13. I don’t think that this fashion will_____________
A. catch on B. catch up C. catch out D. catch over
14. If you do not repay the money we will., as a last______________, take you to the
court
A. measure B. attempt C. act D. resort
15. The two train came______________ ten metres of collision
A. just B. near C. within D. almost
16. All but two of the injured were___________________ from hospital within twenty-
four hours
A. discharged B. released C. sent D. allowed
17. He was awarded a medal in ___________________of his services to the Queen
A. view B. recognition C. regard D. light
18. _____________had I left the hotel when I was surrounded by the photographers
A. No sooner B. Immediately C. Just D. Hardly
19. You must refrain ______________ tea or coffee while taking this medicine
A. to drink B. from drinking C. drink D. drinking
20. There is nothing we can do ______________than wait
A. except B. other C. rather D. moreover
Part 2. Use the correct form of the words in the brackets
1. I was late because I ______________how much time I will need ESTIMATE
2. There was ice on the pavement which made it very difficult to walk as it was so
__________________ SLIP
3. Despite the star-studded cast, the film was only _____________ successful PART
4. How can you _________________the fact that some people live in mansions while
others live in slums? JUST
5. My brother lives in an attractive ___________part of Paris RESIDENT
6. The car in front was going very slowly, so John__________________ it TAKE
7. I _____________________met an old friend last week EXPECT
8. There’s been yet another_________________ of cholera in Delhi BREAK
9. The lovers stood, hand in hand, gazing at the _______________ sky STAR
10. There was a heavy ____________yesterday afternoon which completely ruined the
church Garden Party POUR
Part 3. Identify and correct ten mistakes in the following passage.
As more things are make to be sold and more people have services to sell,
advertising grows. Today it is one of the bigger businesses. Every year people spend
billion of dollars on advertising
Advertising help sell more things to more people. This in turn makes it possible
produce more things to sell. Sometimes it even helps make things cost less. In the
beginning, for example, radios costed much more than they do today so they were turned
out slowly and expensive by hand. Yet, advertising made more people want radios. When
manufacturer began making them by the thousands, they found quickly and cheaper ways
of doing the job. Because advertising encourages us to buy and produces more things, it
is sometimes called the spark of the business world
Part 4. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition/particle
1. When she was told that her father had passed________________, she broke down
2. The police were called in to break ______ the fight outside the dance hall
3. My father was called up two days after the war broke______________
4. Unless the group turned ____________ soon we will have to cancel the concert
5. James came_______________ quite a large sum of money when his parents were
killed in the plane crash
6. I came _______ these old books while I was clearing out the attics
7. You will back me _______________at the meeting, won’t you, Bill?”
8. He lost his job ________________ no fault of his own
9. You must account ______________ the manager for the money you used
10. Stop wasting time! Get to my office ___________the double
II. READING
Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits
each space.
The latest addiction to trap thousands of people is the Internet, which has been (1)
______ for broken relationships, job losses, financial ruin, and even suicide.
Psychologists now recognize Internet Addiction Syndrome (IAS) (2)______ a new illness
that could cause serious problems and ruin many lives. Special help groups have been set
up to (3) ______ sufferers help and support.
Psychologists have described many worrying examples, including one man who
took his own life after (4) ______ more than ₤ 14,000 to feed his addiction, and a
teenager who had to receive psychiatric treatment for his 12-hour-a-day (5) ______.
"This illness is not fake, and it must be seriously," said an expert in behavioral addiction
at Nottingham Trent University. "These are not sad people with serious personality
defects; they are people who were fine (6) ______ they found the Internet."
IAS is similar (10)to other problems like gambling, smoking and drinking: addicts
have dreams about the Internet; they need to use it first thing in the morning; they (7)
______ to their partners about how much time they spent online; they wish they could cut
down, but are unable to do so. A recent study found that many users spend up to 40 hours
a week on the Internet; (8) ______ they felt guilty, they became depressed if they were
made to stop using it.
Almost anyone can be at risk. Some of the addicts are teenagers who are already
hooked on computer games and who (9) ______ it very difficult to resist the games on
the Internet. Surprisingly, (10) ______, psychologists say that most victims are middle-
aged housewives who have never used a computer before.
1. A. blamed B. faulted C. mistaken D. accused
2. A. like B. such C. as D. for
3. A. offer B. suggest C. recommend D. advise
4. A. gaining B. lending C. borrowing D. winning
5. A. custom B. habit C. manner D. routine
6. A. before B. after C. as soon as D. when
 7. A. betray B. deceive C. cheat D. lie
8. A. although B. despite C. unless D. without
9. A. say B. feel C. find D. have
10. A. but B. therefore C. however D. so
Part 2. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with only ONE word
Linguistics believe that early men used many gestures to communicate with one
another. This, it is thought, was a man’s first form of (1)_________________and the only
one he had for a long period of time. Even today we use some sign language; for
example, we shake our (2)________ to indicate yes or no, we point and we wave.
The first spoken words may have been early man’s attempt to (3)___________ the
sound made by animals. Then he may have developed sounds of his own. Gradually, man
may have repeated certain sounds so (4)_______________ that they became familiar and
understandable to others. Once spoken language had begun, perhaps man invented new
words as he needed them to express himself verbally (5)________________ to name new
objects. In this way we can imagine language growing.
By using words, parents were able to teach them to their children. The children in
turn probably made up new (6)_________. Each generation, therefore, in the
development of language, knew more words than the generation (7)________ it.
Language is still growing and changing. Can you think (8)_____________ some words
you use today (9)_______________ were not used by your parents or grandparents
(10)________________ they were children?
Part 3. Read the passage following and choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer each
question
In Death Valley, California, one of the hottest, most arid places in North America,
there is much salt, and salt can damage rocks impressively. Inhabitants of areas
elsewhere, where streets and highways are salted to control ice, are familiar with the
resulting rust and deterioration on cars. That attests to the chemically corrosive nature of
salt, but it is not the way salt destroys rocks. Salt breaks rocks apart principally by a
process called crystal prying and wedging. This happens not by soaking the rocks in salt
water, but by moistening their bottoms with salt water. Such conditions exist in many
areas along the eastern edge of central Death Valley. There, salty water rises from the
groundwater table by capillary action through tiny spaces in sediment until it reaches the
surface.

Most stones have capillary passages that suck salt water from the wet ground. Death
Valley provides an ultra-dry atmosphere and high daily temperatures, which promote
evaporation and the formation of salt crystals along the cracks or other openings within
stones. These crystals grow as long as salt water is available. Like tree roots breaking up
a sidewalk, the growing crystals exert pressure on the rock and eventually pry the rock
apart along planes of weakness, such as banding in metamorphic rocks, bedding in
sedimentary rocks, or preexisting or incipient fractions, and along boundaries between
individual mineral crystals or grains. Besides crystal growth, the expansion of halite
crystals (the same as everyday table salt) by heating and of sulfates and similar salts by
hydration can contribute additional stresses. A rock durable enough to have withstood
natural conditions for a very long time in other areas could probably be shattered into
small pieces by salt weathering within a few generations.

The dominant salt in Death Valley is halite, or sodium chloride, but other salts,
mostly carbonates and sulfates, also cause prying and wedging, as does ordinary ice.
Weathering by a variety of salts, though often subtle, is a worldwide phenomenon. Not
restricted to arid regions, intense salt weathering occurs mostly in salt-rich places like the
seashore, near the large saline lakes in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, and in desert
sections of Australia, New Zealand, and central Asia.
(Reading Practice TOEFL)
1. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) The destructive effects of salt on rocks.
(B) The impressive salt rocks in Death Valley.
(C) The amount of salt produced in Death Valley.
 (D) The damaging effects of salt on roads and highways.
2. The word "it” refers to
(A) salty water (B) groundwater table
(C) capillary action (D) sediment
3. The word "exert" is closest in meaning to
(A) put (B) reduce (C) replace (D) control
4. Why does the author compare tree roots with growing salt crystals?
(A) They both force hard surfaces to crack.
(B) They both grow as long as water is available.
(C) They both react quickly to a rise in temperature.
(D) They both cause salty water to rise from the groundwater table.
5. The author mentions the "expansion of halite crystals...by heating and of sulfates and
similar salts by hydration" in order to
(A) present an alternative theory about crystal growth
(B) explain how some rocks are not affected by salt
(C) simplify the explanation of crystal prying and wedging
(D) introduce additional means by which crystals destroy rocks
6. The word "durable" is closest in meaning to
(A) large (B) strong (C) flexible (D) pressured
7. The word "shattered” is closest in meaning to
(A) arranged (B) dissolved
(C) broken apart (D) gathered together
8 The word "dominant" is closest in meaning to
(A) most recent (B) most common
(C) least available (D) least damaging
9. According to the passage, which of the following is true about the effects of salts on
rocks?
(A) Only two types of salts cause prying and wedging.
(B) Salts usually cause damage only in combination with ice.
 (C) A variety of salts in all kinds of environments can cause weathering.
(D) Salt damage at the seashore is more severe than salt damage in Death Valley.
10. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about rocks that are found in
areas where ice is common?
(A) They are protected from weathering.
(B) They do not allow capillary action of water.
(C) They show similar kinds of damage as rocks in Death Valley.
(D) They contain more carbonates than sulfates.
III. WRITING
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the sentence printed before it
1. The only way you can become a good student is by studying hard everyday
-> Only by___________________________________________________
2. Would you mind not smoking in here?
-> I’d rather___________________________________________________
3. The value of sterling has fallen considerably in the past week
-> There has___________________________________________________
4. My father was sound asleep in his chair worn out after his day in the field
-> So________________________________________________________
5. My new boss has difficulty in getting up early in London
->My boss is__________________________________________________
Part 2. Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets. Do not alter the
words given
1. I don’t like him because he boasts a lot. (MOUTH)
->__________________________________________________________
2. This mix-up is not my fault. (BLAME)
->__________________________________________________________
3. There is nothing new about defence alliances. (HILLS)
->__________________________________________________________
4. My impression of him was that he was a very capable person. (STRUCK)
->__________________________________________________________
5. The man in that painting reminds me of my uncle. (RESEMBLANCE)
->__________________________________________________________
Part 3. Write a paragraph about 200 words
Children should be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are able to do
so. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer
-THE END_