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TNPT 61

ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ MASTER
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
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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.
Question 1: Marie Curie was a famous mathematician and physicist. She also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
A. Winning the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Marie Curie became a famous mathematician and physicist.
B. Marie Curie, a famous mathematician and physicist, also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
C. Marie Curie was a famous mathematician rather than a physicist although she won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
D. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for chemistry so she was a famous mathematician and physicist.
Question 2: Jack was overconfident. Therefore, he ruined our plan completely.
A. That was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
B. It was because Jack's overconfidence that ruined our plan completely.
C. Jack was overconfident, which ruined our plan completely.
D. It was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
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.
Question 3: "I'll speak calmly. I really will!" he said.
A. He reminded me to speak calmly.
B. He promised to speak calmly.
C. He refused to speak calmly.
D. He offered to speak calmly.
Question 4: We had no sooner got to know our neighbours than they moved away.

A. If our new neighbours had stayed longer, we would have got to know them better,
B. Soon after we got to know our new neighbours, we stopped having contact with them.
C. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
D. Hardly had we become acquainted with our new neighbours when they went somewhere else to live.
Question 5: There were so many people on the train that Mary couldn't get a seat.
A. The train was too crowded for Mary not to get a seat.
B. The train was so crowded that there was nowhere for Mary to sit.
C. So crowded the train was that Mary couldn't get a seat.
D. The crowded train did not prevent Mary from getting a seat.
Mark the letter A, Bf Cf or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 6: I bought this grammar book......I could go over all the things we have studied this year.
A. that
B. with a view to
C. so that
D. in order to
Question 7: .....summer I spent in......UK was one of......best in my life.
A. The - the - a
B. The - ø - the
C. The - the - the
D. A - a - the
Question 8: In this job, experience accounts for more than paper......
A. certificates
B. quality
C. background
D. qualifications
Question 9: The picture…....was beautiful.
A. she was looking
B. at which she was looking
C. at that she was looking

D. at it she was looking
Question 10: Today, many serious childhood diseases.....by early immunization.
A. prevent
B. can be prevented
C. can prevent
D. are preventing
Question 11: The Beauty Contest is......start at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow.
A. due to
B. on the point of
C. about to
D. bound to
Question 12: ~ Nadine: "I've been offered $550 for my stereo. Should I take it or wait for a better one?"
~ Kitty: "Take the $550. ......."
A. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Actions speak louder than words.
D. Kill two birds with one stone.
Question 13: ~ Jenny: "What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?"
~ Peter: "I did badly on the last test. She.......studied for it."
A. said why hadn't I
B. asked why I hadn't
C. asked why hadn't I
D. said why I hadn't
Question 14: Lessons from the......developed countries are worth learning to save our time.
A. economically
B. economize
C. economic
D. economical
Question 15: .......I've cleaned it and polished it, it still doesn't look new.
A. Because

B. While
C. In spite of
D. Although
Question 16: Whenever a problem....., we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon aspossible.


A. comes up
B. comes by
C. comes off
D. comes in
Question 17: If people paid a little more attention tof the environment, the Earth.....greener.
A. will be
B. would be
C. would have been
D. had been
Mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the
following exchanges.
Question 18: Billy and Bobby are in a coffee shop. Billy is asking Bobby for his opinion about the coffee there.
~ Billy: "How's the coffee here?" ~ Bobby: "............."
A. No, I don't think so.
B. As a matter of fact, I'm not interested.
C. It's a little better now that I've got a car.
D. It's a little bitter, to tell the truth,
Question 19: ~ James: "It's was very kind of you to give me a lift home." ~ Pete: "..........."
A. As a matter of fact, you're pretty nice.
B. Oh, don't do that. I was coming past your house any
way.
C. Oh, don't mention it. I was coming past your house anyway.
D. I'm not pleased.
Mark the letterA, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning tof the

underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 20: When floodwaters recede, affected areas are often blanketed in silt and mud. The water and landscape
can be contaminated with hazardous materials, such as sharp debris, pesticides, fuel and untreated sewage.
A. to provide someone with a protective layer
B. to cover completely with thick layer of something
C. to expose to the open air comfortably
D. to dig out something hidden for long
Question 21: When you change a sound file to an MP3, the file is compressed.
A. transformed
B. made smaller
C. precise
D. made bigger
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 22:A. completion B. behaviour
C. material
D. understand
Question 23:A. opinion
B. comfortable
C. powerful
D. accurate
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the
other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 24:A. rained
B. followed
C. arrived
D. jumped
Question 25:A. leather
B. tea
C. lead

D. leave
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
The Rocky Mountain runs almost the length of North America. They start in the North-West, but lie only a ...(26)...
hundred miles from the centre in more southern areas. Although the Rockies are smaller ...(27)... the Alps, they are no
less wonderful.
There are many roads across the Rockies, but the best way to see them is to travel by train. You start from Vancouver,
the most attractive of Canada's cities, standing with its feet in the water and its ...(28)... in the mountains, this city ...
(29)... its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes by car from the city centre.
Thirty passenger trains a day used to ...(30)... off from Vancouver on the cross-continent railway. Now there are just
three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure. You sleep on board, which is funny, but travel through some of the
best sites at night.
Question 26:A. many
B. few
C. as
D. lot
Question 27:A. from
B. couple
C. than
D. to
Question 28:A. ear
B. head
C. nose
D. hand
Question 29:A. lets
B. gives
C. allows
D. offers
Question 30:A. get
B. set

C. take
D. leave
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of
the following questions.
Question 31: There are many different ways of comparing the culture of one nation with those of another.
A. another
B. There are
C. of comparing
D. those
Question 32: She only had a twenty-dollars bill with her when she landed at Healthrow airport.
A. when
B. had
C. twenty-dollars bill
D. at
Question 33: I was very busy lately since the project of designing the new collection started.
A. the new collection
B. was
C. since
D. the project
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 from 34 to 41.
The ideas of John Dewey, philosopher and educator, have influenced American thought for over one hundred years.
Dewey was born in Vermont in 1859, and throughout his life he kept the respect for experience, individuality, and fair
play that shaped the character of the nineteenth-century Vermonter. He viewed his own life as a continuously
reconstructive process, with experience and knowledge building on each other.
By the 1930s, Dewey had simplified his theory of experience to its essence. As the intellectual leader of the progressive
schools, he asserted that there was danger in rejecting the old unless the new was rooted in a correct idea of experience.


He held that experience is an interaction between what a person already knows and the situation at hand. Previous

knowledge interacting with the present environment influences future experience.
Dewey believed that experience could not be equated with education because all experiences as not necessarily
educative. Experience is educative only when it contributes to the growth of the individual, but it can be mis-educative if
it distorts the growth of further experience. It is the quality of experience that matters. Thus, productive experience is
both the means and the goal of education. Furthermore, since education is a social process, truly progressive education
involves the participation of the learner in directing the learning experience.
During his long life, Dewey lectured and published prolifically. These writings were influential both during his
lifetime and after his death at the age of ninety-two. He viewed his whole life as an experiment which would produce
knowledge that would lead to further experimentation. The range and diversity of Dewey's writings and his influence on
society place him among American's great thinkers.
Question 34: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. the progressive movement in education
B. the educational methods of John Dewey
C. John Dewey's theory of experience
D. John Dewey's professional growth
Question 35: According to John Dewey, the interplay between a person's previous knowledge and the present
situation is.......
A. dangerous
B. a rejection of the old
C. a correct idea of experience D. education
Question 36: The word "prolifically" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to......
A. progressively
B. abundantly
C. carefully
D. intellectually
Question 37: All of the following were part of Dewey's theory of experience and education EXCEPT.....
A. experience is always educative
B. present experience affects future experience
C. experience should develop the individual
D. knowledge and experience interact

Question 38: According to Dewey, progressive education should include......
A. the active participation of the student
B. complete rejection of traditional methods
C. directing new social processes
D. both positive and negative experiences
Question 39: The word "distorts" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to......
A. mislays
B. stimulates
C. balances
D. deforms
Question 40: The word "its" in refers to......
A. the old
B. theory of experience
C. the 1930s
D. progressive education
Question 41: The author implies that Dewey's Vermont background......
A. provided him with an excellent education
B. contributed to his philosophy of experience
C. limited the types of experiences he had as a child
D. inspired him to become a philosopher
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning of
the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 42: The museum was overrun with tourists, so I decided to go back another day.
A. having no tourists
B. not having enough tourists
C. having tourists runningD. crowded with tourists
Question 43: Oil is one of the principal sources of energy.
A. most expensive
B. most difficult
C. most important

D. most popular
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 from 44 to 50.
The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it has been the newspaper of
record in the United States and one of the world's great newspapers. Its strength is in its editorial excellence; it has never
been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation.
The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news in a restrained and
objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual
readership instead of a mass audience. However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more
popular, colourful, if not lurid, newspapers in New York City.
Despite price increases, the Times was losing $1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896. Ochs built
the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as editor. Van Anda placed greater stress than
ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of
international news. The management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine
section, and reduced the paper's price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect of
the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world wars, the Times continued
to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news.
In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called "Pentagon Papers," a secret government study of U.S.
involvement in the Vietnam War. When it published the report, it became involved in several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme
Court found that the publication was protected by the freedom-of-the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution. Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs's grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping
changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff, and brought out a national edition transmitted by satellite to
regional printing plants.


Question 44: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The New York Times became hig hly respected throughout the world.
B. The New York Times lost its prestige after the Vietnam War.
C. The New York Times publishes the best fiction by American writers.
D. The New York Times broadcasts its news to TV stations via satellite.

Question 45: Which phrase is closest in meaning tof the word "restrained" as it is used in paragraph 2?
A. Without education
B. Put in prison
C. In handcuffs
D. With self-control
Question 46: To improve its circulation, the management of the Times did all of the following EXCEPT.....
A. increased the number of lurid stories, even if they were not true.
B. emphasized good coverage of international news.
C. added a Sunday magazine section.
D. eliminated fiction from the paper.
Question 47: What word or phrase does the word "his" as used in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. International news
B. Reporters
C. Van Anda
D. News of the day
Question 48: The passage implies that the newspaper's reputation.......
A. decreased when it lowered its price to a penny.
B. decreased because it could not compete with other New York papers.
C. grew because Adolph Ochs bought it in 1896.
D. increased because of its coverage of the Titanic's sinking.
Question 49: According tof the passage, the Times has a national edition that is......
A. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
B. printed in the form of a Sunday magazine.
C. shipped by train and air transport daily.
D. protected by the Supreme Court.
E. transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants
Question 50: It can be inferred from the passage that the circulation of the Times is.......
A. not the best in the world.
B. the smallest in the world.
C. the worst in the world.

D. not the largest in the world.


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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 532
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
Mã Phách ……….

Mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the
following exchanges.
Question 1: Billy and Bobby are in a coffee shop. Billy is asking Bobby for his opinion about the coffee there.
~ Billy: "How's the coffee here?" ~ Bobby: "............."
A. As a matter of fact, I'm not interested.
B. No, I don't think so.
C. It's a little bitter, to tell the truth,
D. It's a little better now that I've got a car.
Question 2: ~ James: "It's was very kind of you to give me a lift home." ~ Pete: "..........."
A. As a matter of fact, you're pretty nice.
B. Oh, don't do that. I was coming past your house any
way.
C. I'm not pleased.
D. Oh, don't mention it. I was coming past your house anyway.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning of
the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Question 3: Oil is one of the principal sources of energy.
A. most important
B. most difficult
C. most expensive
D. most popular
Question 4: The museum was overrun with tourists, so I decided to go back another day.
A. having tourists running
B. having no tourists
C. crowded with tourists
D. not having enough tourists
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.
Question 5: There were so many people on the train that Mary couldn't get a seat.
A. The crowded train did not prevent Mary from getting a seat.
B. The train was too crowded for Mary not to get a seat.
C. So crowded the train was that Mary couldn't get a seat.
D. The train was so crowded that there was nowhere for Mary to sit.
Question 6: We had no sooner got to know our neighbours than they moved away.
A. Soon after we got to know our new neighbours, we stopped having contact with them.
B. Hardly had we become acquainted with our new neighbours when they went somewhere else to live.
C. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
D. If our new neighbours had stayed longer, we would have got to know them better,
Question 7: "I'll speak calmly. I really will!" he said.
A. He offered to speak calmly.
B. He reminded me to speak calmly.
C. He promised to speak calmly.
D. He refused to speak calmly.
Mark the letter A, Bf Cf or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 8: Whenever a problem....., we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon aspossible.

A. comes off
B. comes by
C. comes up
D. comes in
Question 9: ~ Jenny: "What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?"
~ Peter: "I did badly on the last test. She.......studied for it."
A. said why I hadn't
B. said why hadn't I
C. asked why hadn't I
D. asked why I hadn't
Question 10: In this job, experience accounts for more than paper......
A. background
B. quality
C. certificates
D. qualifications
Question 11: Lessons from the......developed countries are worth learning to save our time.
A. economically
B. economize
C. economic
D. economical
Question 12: The Beauty Contest is......start at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow.
A. due to
B. on the point of
C. about to
D. bound to
Question 13: I bought this grammar book......I could go over all the things we have studied this year.
A. that
B. in order to
C. so that
D. with a view to

Question 14: If people paid a little more attention tof the environment, the Earth.....greener.
A. would have been
B. had been
C. would be
D. will be
Question 15: .......I've cleaned it and polished it, it still doesn't look new.
A. Because
B. Although
C. In spite of
D. While
Question 16: .....summer I spent in......UK was one of......best in my life.
A. A - a - the
B. The - ø - the
C. The - the - the
D. The - the - a
Question 17: Today, many serious childhood diseases.....by early immunization.


A. can prevent
B. prevent
C. can be prevented
D. are preventing
Question 18: ~ Nadine: "I've been offered $550 for my stereo. Should I take it or wait for a better one?"
~ Kitty: "Take the $550. ......."
A. The early bird catches the worm.
B. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
C. Actions speak louder than words.
D. Kill two birds with one stone.
Question 19: The picture…....was beautiful.
A. at that she was looking

B. she was looking
C. at which she was looking
D. at it she was looking
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.
Question 20: Jack was overconfident. Therefore, he ruined our plan completely.
A. Jack was overconfident, which ruined our plan completely.
B. It was because Jack's overconfidence that ruined our plan completely.
C. That was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
D. It was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
Question 21: Marie Curie was a famous mathematician and physicist. She also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
A. Marie Curie was a famous mathematician rather than a physicist although she won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
B. Winning the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Marie Curie became a famous mathematician and physicist.
C. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for chemistry so she was a famous mathematician and physicist.
D. Marie Curie, a famous mathematician and physicist, also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 22:A. understand B. material
C. completion
D. behaviour
Question 23:A. opinion
B. accurate
C. powerful
D. comfortable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the
other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 24:A. rained
B. arrived
C. jumped
D. followed

Question 25:A. leather
B. tea
C. leave
D. lead
Mark the letterA, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning tof the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 26: When you change a sound file to an MP3, the file is compressed.
A. precise
B. transformed
C. made bigger
D. made smaller
Question 27: When floodwaters recede, affected areas are often blanketed in silt and mud. The water and landscape
can be contaminated with hazardous materials, such as sharp debris, pesticides, fuel and untreated sewage.
A. to expose to the open air comfortably
B. to dig out something hidden for long
C. to cover completely with thick layer of something
D. to provide someone with a protective layer
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of
the following questions.
Question 28: There are many different ways of comparing the culture of one nation with those of another.
A. those
B. of comparing
C. another
D. There are
Question 29: I was very busy lately since the project of designing the new collection started.
A. the project
B. was
C. since
D. the new collection
Question 30: She only had a twenty-dollars bill with her when she landed at Healthrow airport.

A. at
B. when
C. twenty-dollars bill
D. had
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 from 31 to 37.
The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it has been the newspaper of
record in the United States and one of the world's great newspapers. Its strength is in its editorial excellence; it has never
been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation.
The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news in a restrained and
objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual
readership instead of a mass audience. However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more
popular, colourful, if not lurid, newspapers in New York City.
Despite price increases, the Times was losing $1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896. Ochs built
the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as editor. Van Anda placed greater stress than
ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of
international news. The management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine
section, and reduced the paper's price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect of
the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world wars, the Times continued
to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news.


In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called "Pentagon Papers," a secret government study of U.S.
involvement in the Vietnam War. When it published the report, it became involved in several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme
Court found that the publication was protected by the freedom-of-the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution. Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs's grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping
changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff, and brought out a national edition transmitted by satellite to
regional printing plants.
Question 31: Which phrase is closest in meaning tof the word "restrained" as it is used in paragraph 2?
A. With self-control

B. Put in prison
C. Without education
D. In handcuffs
Question 32: What word or phrase does the word "his" as used in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Van Anda
B. Reporters
C. News of the day
D. International news
Question 33: The passage implies that the newspaper's reputation.......
A. decreased because it could not compete with other New York papers.
B. decreased when it lowered its price to a penny.
C. grew because Adolph Ochs bought it in 1896.
D. increased because of its coverage of the Titanic's sinking.
Question 34: To improve its circulation, the management of the Times did all of the following EXCEPT.....
A. eliminated fiction from the paper.
B. increased the number of lurid stories, even if they were not true.
C. emphasized good coverage of international news.
D. added a Sunday magazine section.
Question 35: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The New York Times publishes the best fiction by American writers.
B. The New York Times became hig hly respected throughout the world.
C. The New York Times lost its prestige after the Vietnam War.
D. The New York Times broadcasts its news to TV stations via satellite.
Question 36: According tof the passage, the Times has a national edition that is......
A. shipped by train and air transport daily.
B. protected by the Supreme Court.
C. printed in the form of a Sunday magazine.
D. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
E. transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants
Question 37: It can be inferred from the passage that the circulation of the Times is.......

A. not the largest in the world.
B. the smallest in the world.
C. the worst in the world.
D. not the best in the world.
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 from 38 to 45.
The ideas of John Dewey, philosopher and educator, have influenced American thought for over one hundred years.
Dewey was born in Vermont in 1859, and throughout his life he kept the respect for experience, individuality, and fair
play that shaped the character of the nineteenth-century Vermonter. He viewed his own life as a continuously
reconstructive process, with experience and knowledge building on each other.
By the 1930s, Dewey had simplified his theory of experience to its essence. As the intellectual leader of the progressive
schools, he asserted that there was danger in rejecting the old unless the new was rooted in a correct idea of experience.
He held that experience is an interaction between what a person already knows and the situation at hand. Previous
knowledge interacting with the present environment influences future experience.
Dewey believed that experience could not be equated with education because all experiences as not necessarily
educative. Experience is educative only when it contributes to the growth of the individual, but it can be mis-educative if
it distorts the growth of further experience. It is the quality of experience that matters. Thus, productive experience is
both the means and the goal of education. Furthermore, since education is a social process, truly progressive education
involves the participation of the learner in directing the learning experience.
During his long life, Dewey lectured and published prolifically. These writings were influential both during his
lifetime and after his death at the age of ninety-two. He viewed his whole life as an experiment which would produce
knowledge that would lead to further experimentation. The range and diversity of Dewey's writings and his influence on
society place him among American's great thinkers.
Question 38: The author implies that Dewey's Vermont background......
A. contributed to his philosophy of experience
B. limited the types of experiences he had as a child
C. inspired him to become a philosopher
D. provided him with an excellent education
Question 39: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. John Dewey's theory of experience

B. the progressive movement in education
C. the educational methods of John Dewey
D. John Dewey's professional growth
Question 40: According to John Dewey, the interplay between a person's previous knowledge and the present
situation is.......


A. a correct idea of experience B. dangerous
C. education
D. a rejection of the old
Question 41: The word "prolifically" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to......
A. progressively
B. intellectually
C. abundantly
D. carefully
Question 42: All of the following were part of Dewey's theory of experience and education EXCEPT.....
A. knowledge and experience interact
B. present experience affects future experience
C. experience is always educative
D. experience should develop the individual
Question 43: According to Dewey, progressive education should include......
A. both positive and negative experiences
B. complete rejection of traditional methods
C. the active participation of the student
D. directing new social processes
Question 44: The word "distorts" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to......
A. balances
B. mislays
C. deforms
D. stimulates

Question 45: The word "its" in refers to......
A. theory of experience B. progressive education
C. the old
D. the 1930s
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
The Rocky Mountain runs almost the length of North America. They start in the North-West, but lie only a ...(46)...
hundred miles from the centre in more southern areas. Although the Rockies are smaller ...(47)... the Alps, they are no
less wonderful.
There are many roads across the Rockies, but the best way to see them is to travel by train. You start from Vancouver,
the most attractive of Canada's cities, standing with its feet in the water and its ...(48)... in the mountains, this city ...
(49)... its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes by car from the city centre.
Thirty passenger trains a day used to ...(50)... off from Vancouver on the cross-continent railway. Now there are just
three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure. You sleep on board, which is funny, but travel through some of the
best sites at night.
Question 46:A. few
B. many
C. as
D. lot
Question 47:A. to
B. couple
C. from
D. than
Question 48:A. hand
B. nose
C. ear
D. head
Question 49:A. allows
B. offers
C. lets

D. gives
Question 50:A. set
B. leave
C. get
D. take


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Mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the
following exchanges.
Question 1: Billy and Bobby are in a coffee shop. Billy is asking Bobby for his opinion about the coffee there.
~ Billy: "How's the coffee here?" ~ Bobby: "............."
A. It's a little better now that I've got a car.
B. As a matter of fact, I'm not interested.
C. No, I don't think so.
D. It's a little bitter, to tell the truth,
Question 2: ~ James: "It's was very kind of you to give me a lift home." ~ Pete: "..........."
A. As a matter of fact, you're pretty nice.

B. Oh, don't do that. I was coming past your house any way.
C. I'm not pleased.
D. Oh, don't mention it. I was coming past your house anyway.
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 from 03 to 09.
The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it has been the newspaper of
record in the United States and one of the world's great newspapers. Its strength is in its editorial excellence; it has never
been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation.
The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news in a restrained and
objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual
readership instead of a mass audience. However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more
popular, colourful, if not lurid, newspapers in New York City.
Despite price increases, the Times was losing $1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896. Ochs built
the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as editor. Van Anda placed greater stress than
ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of
international news. The management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine
section, and reduced the paper's price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect of
the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world wars, the Times continued
to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news.
In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called "Pentagon Papers," a secret government study of U.S.
involvement in the Vietnam War. When it published the report, it became involved in several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme
Court found that the publication was protected by the freedom-of-the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution. Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs's grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping
changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff, and brought out a national edition transmitted by satellite to
regional printing plants.
Question 3: To improve its circulation, the management of the Times did all of the following EXCEPT.....
A. eliminated fiction from the paper.
B. increased the number of lurid stories, even if they were not true.
C. added a Sunday magazine section.
D. emphasized good coverage of international news.

Question 4: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The New York Times broadcasts its news to TV stations via satellite.
B. The New York Times became hig hly respected throughout the world.
C. The New York Times lost its prestige after the Vietnam War.
D. The New York Times publishes the best fiction by American writers.
Question 5: What word or phrase does the word "his" as used in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Van Anda
B. Reporters
C. News of the day
D. International news
Question 6: The passage implies that the newspaper's reputation.......
A. grew because Adolph Ochs bought it in 1896.
B. increased because of its coverage of the Titanic's sinking.
C. decreased because it could not compete with other New York papers.
D. decreased when it lowered its price to a penny.
Question 7: Which phrase is closest in meaning tof the word "restrained" as it is used in paragraph 2?
A. Put in prison
B. Without education
C. With self-control
D. In handcuffs
Question 8: It can be inferred from the passage that the circulation of the Times is.......
A. the worst in the world.
B. not the largest in the world.
C. not the best in the world.
D. the smallest in the world.
Question 9: According tof the passage, the Times has a national edition that is......


A. shipped by train and air transport daily.
B. protected by the Supreme Court.

C. transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants
D. printed in the form of a Sunday magazine.
E. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
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.
Question 10: We had no sooner got to know our neighbours than they moved away.
A. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
B. Hardly had we become acquainted with our new neighbours when they went somewhere else to live.
C. Soon after we got to know our new neighbours, we stopped having contact with them.
D. If our new neighbours had stayed longer, we would have got to know them better,
Question 11: There were so many people on the train that Mary couldn't get a seat.
A. So crowded the train was that Mary couldn't get a seat.
B. The train was too crowded for Mary not to get a seat.
C. The crowded train did not prevent Mary from getting a seat.
D. The train was so crowded that there was nowhere for Mary to sit.
Question 12: "I'll speak calmly. I really will!" he said.
A. He reminded me to speak calmly.
B. He promised to speak calmly.
C. He refused to speak calmly.
D. He offered to speak calmly.
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.
Question 13: Jack was overconfident. Therefore, he ruined our plan completely.
A. That was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
B. It was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
C. It was because Jack's overconfidence that ruined our plan completely.
D. Jack was overconfident, which ruined our plan completely.
Question 14: Marie Curie was a famous mathematician and physicist. She also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
A. Marie Curie, a famous mathematician and physicist, also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
B. Winning the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Marie Curie became a famous mathematician and physicist.

C. Marie Curie was a famous mathematician rather than a physicist although she won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
D. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for chemistry so she was a famous mathematician and physicist.
Mark the letterA, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning tof the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 15: When floodwaters recede, affected areas are often blanketed in silt and mud. The water and landscape
can be contaminated with hazardous materials, such as sharp debris, pesticides, fuel and untreated sewage.
A. to expose to the open air comfortably
B. to provide someone with a protective layer
C. to cover completely with thick layer of something
D. to dig out something hidden for long
Question 16: When you change a sound file to an MP3, the file is compressed.
A. precise
B. transformed
C. made bigger
D. made smaller
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 from 17 to 24.
The ideas of John Dewey, philosopher and educator, have influenced American thought for over one hundred years.
Dewey was born in Vermont in 1859, and throughout his life he kept the respect for experience, individuality, and fair
play that shaped the character of the nineteenth-century Vermonter. He viewed his own life as a continuously
reconstructive process, with experience and knowledge building on each other.
By the 1930s, Dewey had simplified his theory of experience to its essence. As the intellectual leader of the progressive
schools, he asserted that there was danger in rejecting the old unless the new was rooted in a correct idea of experience.
He held that experience is an interaction between what a person already knows and the situation at hand. Previous
knowledge interacting with the present environment influences future experience.
Dewey believed that experience could not be equated with education because all experiences as not necessarily
educative. Experience is educative only when it contributes to the growth of the individual, but it can be mis-educative if
it distorts the growth of further experience. It is the quality of experience that matters. Thus, productive experience is
both the means and the goal of education. Furthermore, since education is a social process, truly progressive education
involves the participation of the learner in directing the learning experience.

During his long life, Dewey lectured and published prolifically. These writings were influential both during his
lifetime and after his death at the age of ninety-two. He viewed his whole life as an experiment which would produce
knowledge that would lead to further experimentation. The range and diversity of Dewey's writings and his influence on
society place him among American's great thinkers.
Question 17: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. the educational methods of John Dewey
B. John Dewey's professional growth


C. John Dewey's theory of experience
D. the progressive movement in education
Question 18: The word "its" in refers to......
A. the 1930s
B. progressive education
C. theory of experience
D. the old
Question 19: The word "prolifically" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to......
A. carefully
B. abundantly
C. progressively
D. intellectually
Question 20: All of the following were part of Dewey's theory of experience and education EXCEPT.....
A. knowledge and experience interact
B. experience should develop the individual
C. present experience affects future experience
D. experience is always educative
Question 21: According to John Dewey, the interplay between a person's previous knowledge and the present
situation is.......
A. dangerous
B. education

C. a correct idea of experience D. a rejection of the old
Question 22: According to Dewey, progressive education should include......
A. directing new social processes
B. complete rejection of traditional methods
C. both positive and negative experiences
D. the active participation of the student
Question 23: The author implies that Dewey's Vermont background......
A. contributed to his philosophy of experience
B. provided him with an excellent education
C. limited the types of experiences he had as a child
D. inspired him to become a philosopher
Question 24: The word "distorts" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to......
A. deforms
B. mislays
C. stimulates
D. balances
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 25:A. understand B. completion
C. material
D. behaviour
Question 26:A. comfortable B. accurate
C. powerful
D. opinion
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
The Rocky Mountain runs almost the length of North America. They start in the North-West, but lie only a ...(27)...
hundred miles from the centre in more southern areas. Although the Rockies are smaller ...(28)... the Alps, they are no
less wonderful.
There are many roads across the Rockies, but the best way to see them is to travel by train. You start from Vancouver,

the most attractive of Canada's cities, standing with its feet in the water and its ...(29)... in the mountains, this city ...
(30)... its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes by car from the city centre.
Thirty passenger trains a day used to ...(31)... off from Vancouver on the cross-continent railway. Now there are just
three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure. You sleep on board, which is funny, but travel through some of the
best sites at night.
Question 27:A. many
B. lot
C. few
D. as
Question 28:A. couple
B. than
C. to
D. from
Question 29:A. nose
B. ear
C. head
D. hand
Question 30:A. lets
B. allows
C. gives
D. offers
Question 31:A. take
B. leave
C. get
D. set
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the
other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 32:A. jumped
B. rained
C. arrived

D. followed
Question 33:A. tea
B. leather
C. leave
D. lead
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning of
the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 34: Oil is one of the principal sources of energy.
A. most popular
B. most difficult
C. most important
D. most expensive
Question 35: The museum was overrun with tourists, so I decided to go back another day.
A. having no tourists
B. crowded with tourists
C. having tourists runningD. not having enough tourists
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of
the following questions.
Question 36: She only had a twenty-dollars bill with her when she landed at Healthrow airport.
A. twenty-dollars bill
B. when
C. at
D. had
Question 37: There are many different ways of comparing the culture of one nation with those of another.
A. There are
B. those
C. another
D. of comparing
Question 38: I was very busy lately since the project of designing the new collection started.
A. the project

B. was
C. the new collection
D. since
Mark the letter A, Bf Cf or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 39: The picture…....was beautiful.


A. at which she was looking
B. at that she was looking
C. she was looking
D. at it she was looking
Question 40: Whenever a problem....., we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon aspossible.
A. comes up
B. comes off
C. comes in
D. comes by
Question 41: I bought this grammar book......I could go over all the things we have studied this year.
A. that
B. so that
C. in order to
D. with a view to
Question 42: Today, many serious childhood diseases.....by early immunization.
A. prevent
B. can be prevented
C. can prevent
D. are preventing
Question 43: ~ Nadine: "I've been offered $550 for my stereo. Should I take it or wait for a better one?"
~ Kitty: "Take the $550. ......."
A. Actions speak louder than words.

B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Kill two birds with one stone.
D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Question 44: Lessons from the......developed countries are worth learning to save our time.
A. economic
B. economical
C. economically
D. economize
Question 45: ~ Jenny: "What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?"
~ Peter: "I did badly on the last test. She.......studied for it."
A. said why I hadn't
B. said why hadn't I
C. asked why I hadn't
D. asked why hadn't I
Question 46: If people paid a little more attention tof the environment, the Earth.....greener.
A. had been
B. would be
C. will be
D. would have been
Question 47: .....summer I spent in......UK was one of......best in my life.
A. The - the - the
B. The - ø - the
C. The - the - a
D. A - a - the
Question 48: In this job, experience accounts for more than paper......
A. quality
B. certificates
C. qualifications
D. background
Question 49: .......I've cleaned it and polished it, it still doesn't look new.

A. In spite of
B. While
C. Because
D. Although
Question 50: The Beauty Contest is......start at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow.
A. about to
B. on the point of
C. bound to
D. due to


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Mã Phách ……….

Mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the
following exchanges.
Question 1: ~ James: "It's was very kind of you to give me a lift home." ~ Pete: "..........."
A. I'm not pleased.
B. Oh, don't do that. I was coming past your house any way.
C. As a matter of fact, you're pretty nice. D. Oh, don't mention it. I was coming past your house anyway.
Question 2: Billy and Bobby are in a coffee shop. Billy is asking Bobby for his opinion about the coffee there.
~ Billy: "How's the coffee here?" ~ Bobby: "............."

A. It's a little bitter, to tell the truth,
B. It's a little better now that I've got a car.
C. As a matter of fact, I'm not interested.
D. No, I don't think so.
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.
Question 3: We had no sooner got to know our neighbours than they moved away.
A. Hardly had we become acquainted with our new neighbours when they went somewhere else to live.
B. Soon after we got to know our new neighbours, we stopped having contact with them.
C. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
D. If our new neighbours had stayed longer, we would have got to know them better,
Question 4: "I'll speak calmly. I really will!" he said.
A. He promised to speak calmly.
B. He refused to speak calmly.
C. He offered to speak calmly.
D. He reminded me to speak calmly.
Question 5: There were so many people on the train that Mary couldn't get a seat.
A. So crowded the train was that Mary couldn't get a seat.
B. The crowded train did not prevent Mary from getting a seat.
C. The train was so crowded that there was nowhere for Mary to sit.
D. The train was too crowded for Mary not to get a seat.
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 from 06 to 12.
The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it has been the newspaper of
record in the United States and one of the world's great newspapers. Its strength is in its editorial excellence; it has never
been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation.
The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news in a restrained and
objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual
readership instead of a mass audience. However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more
popular, colourful, if not lurid, newspapers in New York City.

Despite price increases, the Times was losing $1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896. Ochs built
the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as editor. Van Anda placed greater stress than
ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of
international news. The management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine
section, and reduced the paper's price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect of
the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world wars, the Times continued
to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news.
In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called "Pentagon Papers," a secret government study of U.S.
involvement in the Vietnam War. When it published the report, it became involved in several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme
Court found that the publication was protected by the freedom-of-the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution. Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs's grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping
changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff, and brought out a national edition transmitted by satellite to
regional printing plants.
Question 6: It can be inferred from the passage that the circulation of the Times is.......
A. not the best in the world.
B. the worst in the world.
C. the smallest in the world.
D. not the largest in the world.
Question 7: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The New York Times publishes the best fiction by American writers.
B. The New York Times broadcasts its news to TV stations via satellite.
C. The New York Times lost its prestige after the Vietnam War.
D. The New York Times became hig hly respected throughout the world.


Question 8: The passage implies that the newspaper's reputation.......
A. decreased when it lowered its price to a penny.
B. grew because Adolph Ochs bought it in 1896.
C. decreased because it could not compete with other New York papers.
D. increased because of its coverage of the Titanic's sinking.

Question 9: What word or phrase does the word "his" as used in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. News of the day
B. Van Anda
C. Reporters
D. International news
Question 10: To improve its circulation, the management of the Times did all of the following EXCEPT.....
A. increased the number of lurid stories, even if they were not true.
B. eliminated fiction from the paper.
C. emphasized good coverage of international news.
D. added a Sunday magazine section.
Question 11: Which phrase is closest in meaning tof the word "restrained" as it is used in paragraph 2?
A. Without education
B. Put in prison
C. In handcuffs
D. With self-control
Question 12: According tof the passage, the Times has a national edition that is......
A. shipped by train and air transport daily.
B. protected by the Supreme Court.
C. printed in the form of a Sunday magazine.
D. transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants
E. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
The Rocky Mountain runs almost the length of North America. They start in the North-West, but lie only a ...(13)...
hundred miles from the centre in more southern areas. Although the Rockies are smaller ...(14)... the Alps, they are no
less wonderful.
There are many roads across the Rockies, but the best way to see them is to travel by train. You start from Vancouver,
the most attractive of Canada's cities, standing with its feet in the water and its ...(15)... in the mountains, this city ...
(16)... its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes by car from the city centre.
Thirty passenger trains a day used to ...(17)... off from Vancouver on the cross-continent railway. Now there are just

three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure. You sleep on board, which is funny, but travel through some of the
best sites at night.
Question 13:A. as
B. many
C. few
D. lot
Question 14:A. than
B. to
C. from
D. couple
Question 15:A. head
B. ear
C. nose
D. hand
Question 16:A. lets
B. gives
C. allows
D. offers
Question 17:A. leave
B. take
C. get
D. set
Mark the letterA, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning tof the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 18: When you change a sound file to an MP3, the file is compressed.
A. precise
B. made bigger
C. transformed
D. made smaller
Question 19: When floodwaters recede, affected areas are often blanketed in silt and mud. The water and landscape

can be contaminated with hazardous materials, such as sharp debris, pesticides, fuel and untreated sewage.
A. to dig out something hidden for long
B. to cover completely with thick layer of something
C. to expose to the open air comfortably
D. to provide someone with a protective layer
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 20:A. powerful B. comfortable
C. opinion
D. accurate
Question 21:A. behaviour B. material
C. completion
D. understand
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning of
the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 22: The museum was overrun with tourists, so I decided to go back another day.
A. not having enough tourists
B. having no tourists
C. crowded with tourists
D. having tourists running
Question 23: Oil is one of the principal sources of energy.
A. most popular
B. most important
C. most difficult
D. most expensive
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 from 24 to 31.
The ideas of John Dewey, philosopher and educator, have influenced American thought for over one hundred years.
Dewey was born in Vermont in 1859, and throughout his life he kept the respect for experience, individuality, and fair
play that shaped the character of the nineteenth-century Vermonter. He viewed his own life as a continuously

reconstructive process, with experience and knowledge building on each other.


By the 1930s, Dewey had simplified his theory of experience to its essence. As the intellectual leader of the progressive
schools, he asserted that there was danger in rejecting the old unless the new was rooted in a correct idea of experience.
He held that experience is an interaction between what a person already knows and the situation at hand. Previous
knowledge interacting with the present environment influences future experience.
Dewey believed that experience could not be equated with education because all experiences as not necessarily
educative. Experience is educative only when it contributes to the growth of the individual, but it can be mis-educative if
it distorts the growth of further experience. It is the quality of experience that matters. Thus, productive experience is
both the means and the goal of education. Furthermore, since education is a social process, truly progressive education
involves the participation of the learner in directing the learning experience.
During his long life, Dewey lectured and published prolifically. These writings were influential both during his
lifetime and after his death at the age of ninety-two. He viewed his whole life as an experiment which would produce
knowledge that would lead to further experimentation. The range and diversity of Dewey's writings and his influence on
society place him among American's great thinkers.
Question 24: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. the progressive movement in education
B. the educational methods of John Dewey
C. John Dewey's professional growth
D. John Dewey's theory of experience
Question 25: All of the following were part of Dewey's theory of experience and education EXCEPT.....
A. knowledge and experience interact
B. experience is always educative
C. present experience affects future experience
D. experience should develop the individual
Question 26: The author implies that Dewey's Vermont background......
A. inspired him to become a philosopher
B. limited the types of experiences he had as a child
C. contributed to his philosophy of experience

D. provided him with an excellent education
Question 27: According to Dewey, progressive education should include......
A. directing new social processes
B. complete rejection of traditional methods
C. the active participation of the student
D. both positive and negative experiences
Question 28: According to John Dewey, the interplay between a person's previous knowledge and the present
situation is.......
A. dangerous
B. a rejection of the old
C. a correct idea of experience D. education
Question 29: The word "its" in refers to......
A. progressive education B. the old
C. the 1930s
D. theory of experience
Question 30: The word "distorts" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to......
A. mislays
B. stimulates
C. balances
D. deforms
Question 31: The word "prolifically" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to......
A. abundantly
B. carefully
C. intellectually
D. progressively
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.
Question 32: Jack was overconfident. Therefore, he ruined our plan completely.
A. It was because Jack's overconfidence that ruined our plan completely.
B. That was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.

C. It was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
D. Jack was overconfident, which ruined our plan completely.
Question 33: Marie Curie was a famous mathematician and physicist. She also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
A. Marie Curie, a famous mathematician and physicist, also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
B. Winning the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Marie Curie became a famous mathematician and physicist.
C. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for chemistry so she was a famous mathematician and physicist.
D. Marie Curie was a famous mathematician rather than a physicist although she won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the
other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 34:A. lead
B. leave
C. leather
D. tea
Question 35:A. arrived
B. jumped
C. rained
D. followed
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of
the following questions.
Question 36: There are many different ways of comparing the culture of one nation with those of another.
A. There are
B. of comparing
C. those
D. another
Question 37: I was very busy lately since the project of designing the new collection started.
A. was
B. since
C. the new collection
D. the project
Question 38: She only had a twenty-dollars bill with her when she landed at Healthrow airport.

A. twenty-dollars bill
B. had
C. when
D. at
Mark the letter A, Bf Cf or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 39: The picture…....was beautiful.


A. she was looking
B. at which she was looking
C. at it she was looking D. at that she was looking
Question 40: .......I've cleaned it and polished it, it still doesn't look new.
A. Although
B. In spite of
C. While
D. Because
Question 41: The Beauty Contest is......start at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow.
A. bound to
B. on the point of
C. about to
D. due to
Question 42: ~ Jenny: "What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?"
~ Peter: "I did badly on the last test. She.......studied for it."
A. said why I hadn't
B. asked why I hadn't
C. said why hadn't I
D. asked why hadn't I
Question 43: Whenever a problem....., we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon aspossible.
A. comes off

B. comes up
C. comes in
D. comes by
Question 44: ~ Nadine: "I've been offered $550 for my stereo. Should I take it or wait for a better one?"
~ Kitty: "Take the $550. ......."
A. Actions speak louder than words.
B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Kill two birds with one stone.
D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Question 45: In this job, experience accounts for more than paper......
A. certificates
B. quality
C. background
D. qualifications
Question 46: I bought this grammar book......I could go over all the things we have studied this year.
A. that
B. so that
C. with a view to
D. in order to
Question 47: .....summer I spent in......UK was one of......best in my life.
A. A - a - the
B. The - the - a
C. The - the - the
D. The - ø - the
Question 48: If people paid a little more attention tof the environment, the Earth.....greener.
A. would have been
B. will be
C. had been
D. would be
Question 49: Lessons from the......developed countries are worth learning to save our time.

A. economically
B. economize
C. economic
D. economical
Question 50: Today, many serious childhood diseases.....by early immunization.
A. can prevent
B. prevent
C. are preventing
D. can be prevented


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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of
the following questions.
Question 1: She only had a twenty-dollars bill with her when she landed at Healthrow airport.
A. when
B. had
C. at
D. twenty-dollars bill
Question 2: I was very busy lately since the project of designing the new collection started.

A. since
B. the project
C. the new collection
D. was
Question 3: There are many different ways of comparing the culture of one nation with those of another.
A. those
B. another
C. of comparing
D. There are
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning of
the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 4: Oil is one of the principal sources of energy.
A. most popular
B. most difficult
C. most expensive
D. most important
Question 5: The museum was overrun with tourists, so I decided to go back another day.
A. having no tourists
B. not having enough tourists
C. having tourists running
D. crowded with tourists
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.
Question 6: Marie Curie was a famous mathematician and physicist. She also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
A. Winning the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Marie Curie became a famous mathematician and physicist.
B. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for chemistry so she was a famous mathematician and physicist.
C. Marie Curie was a famous mathematician rather than a physicist although she won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
D. Marie Curie, a famous mathematician and physicist, also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
Question 7: Jack was overconfident. Therefore, he ruined our plan completely.
A. That was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.

B. It was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
C. It was because Jack's overconfidence that ruined our plan completely.
D. Jack was overconfident, which ruined our plan completely.
Mark the letterA, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning tof the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 8: When you change a sound file to an MP3, the file is compressed.
A. precise
B. made bigger
C. made smaller
D. transformed
Question 9: When floodwaters recede, affected areas are often blanketed in silt and mud. The water and landscape
can be contaminated with hazardous materials, such as sharp debris, pesticides, fuel and untreated sewage.
A. to cover completely with thick layer of something
B. to dig out something hidden for long
C. to provide someone with a protective layer
D. to expose to the open air comfortably
Mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the
following exchanges.
Question 10: ~ James: "It's was very kind of you to give me a lift home." ~ Pete: "..........."
A. I'm not pleased.
B. Oh, don't do that. I was coming past your house any way.
C. As a matter of fact, you're pretty nice.
D. Oh, don't mention it. I was coming past your house anyway.
Question 11: Billy and Bobby are in a coffee shop. Billy is asking Bobby for his opinion about the coffee there.
~ Billy: "How's the coffee here?" ~ Bobby: "............."
A. As a matter of fact, I'm not interested.
B. No, I don't think so.
C. It's a little better now that I've got a car.
D. It's a little bitter, to tell the truth,
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the

position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 12:A. completion B. material
C. understand
D. behaviour
Question 13:A. opinion
B. comfortable
C. powerful
D. accurate
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the
other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 14:A. lead
B. tea
C. leather
D. leave
Question 15:A. rained
B. followed
C. arrived
D. jumped
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.


The Rocky Mountain runs almost the length of North America. They start in the North-West, but lie only a ...(16)...
hundred miles from the centre in more southern areas. Although the Rockies are smaller ...(17)... the Alps, they are no
less wonderful.
There are many roads across the Rockies, but the best way to see them is to travel by train. You start from Vancouver,
the most attractive of Canada's cities, standing with its feet in the water and its ...(18)... in the mountains, this city ...
(19)... its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes by car from the city centre.
Thirty passenger trains a day used to ...(20)... off from Vancouver on the cross-continent railway. Now there are just
three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure. You sleep on board, which is funny, but travel through some of the

best sites at night.
Question 16:A. few
B. lot
C. many
D. as
Question 17:A. from
B. than
C. to
D. couple
Question 18:A. ear
B. nose
C. hand
D. head
Question 19:A. offers
B. allows
C. gives
D. lets
Question 20:A. set
B. leave
C. get
D. take
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.
Question 21: We had no sooner got to know our neighbours than they moved away.
A. Soon after we got to know our new neighbours, we stopped having contact with them.
B. If our new neighbours had stayed longer, we would have got to know them better,
C. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
D. Hardly had we become acquainted with our new neighbours when they went somewhere else to live.
Question 22: There were so many people on the train that Mary couldn't get a seat.
A. So crowded the train was that Mary couldn't get a seat.

B. The train was so crowded that there was nowhere for Mary to sit.
C. The train was too crowded for Mary not to get a seat.
D. The crowded train did not prevent Mary from getting a seat.
Question 23: "I'll speak calmly. I really will!" he said.
A. He offered to speak calmly.
B. He refused to speak calmly.
C. He reminded me to speak calmly.
D. He promised to speak calmly.
Mark the letter A, Bf Cf or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 24: Today, many serious childhood diseases.....by early immunization.
A. can prevent
B. can be prevented
C. are preventing
D. prevent
Question 25: I bought this grammar book......I could go over all the things we have studied this year.
A. that
B. so that
C. with a view to
D. in order to
Question 26: In this job, experience accounts for more than paper......
A. qualifications
B. certificates
C. background
D. quality
Question 27: The Beauty Contest is......start at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow.
A. on the point of
B. bound to
C. due to
D. about to

Question 28: The picture…....was beautiful.
A. at it she was looking
B. at that she was looking
C. at which she was looking
D. she was looking
Question 29: .......I've cleaned it and polished it, it still doesn't look new.
A. While
B. Because
C. Although
D. In spite of
Question 30: ~ Jenny: "What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?"
~ Peter: "I did badly on the last test. She.......studied for it."
A. asked why hadn't I
B. said why I hadn't
C. said why hadn't I
D. asked why I hadn't
Question 31: .....summer I spent in......UK was one of......best in my life.
A. A - a - the
B. The - ø - the
C. The - the - the
D. The - the - a
Question 32: Whenever a problem....., we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon aspossible.
A. comes off
B. comes up
C. comes in
D. comes by
Question 33: ~ Nadine: "I've been offered $550 for my stereo. Should I take it or wait for a better one?"
~ Kitty: "Take the $550. ......."
A. The early bird catches the worm.
B. Actions speak louder than words.

C. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
D. Kill two birds with one stone.
Question 34: If people paid a little more attention tof the environment, the Earth.....greener.
A. would be
B. would have been
C. will be
D. had been
Question 35: Lessons from the......developed countries are worth learning to save our time.
A. economically
B. economize
C. economic
D. economical
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 from 36 to 43.


The ideas of John Dewey, philosopher and educator, have influenced American thought for over one hundred years.
Dewey was born in Vermont in 1859, and throughout his life he kept the respect for experience, individuality, and fair
play that shaped the character of the nineteenth-century Vermonter. He viewed his own life as a continuously
reconstructive process, with experience and knowledge building on each other.
By the 1930s, Dewey had simplified his theory of experience to its essence. As the intellectual leader of the progressive
schools, he asserted that there was danger in rejecting the old unless the new was rooted in a correct idea of experience.
He held that experience is an interaction between what a person already knows and the situation at hand. Previous
knowledge interacting with the present environment influences future experience.
Dewey believed that experience could not be equated with education because all experiences as not necessarily
educative. Experience is educative only when it contributes to the growth of the individual, but it can be mis-educative if
it distorts the growth of further experience. It is the quality of experience that matters. Thus, productive experience is
both the means and the goal of education. Furthermore, since education is a social process, truly progressive education
involves the participation of the learner in directing the learning experience.
During his long life, Dewey lectured and published prolifically. These writings were influential both during his

lifetime and after his death at the age of ninety-two. He viewed his whole life as an experiment which would produce
knowledge that would lead to further experimentation. The range and diversity of Dewey's writings and his influence on
society place him among American's great thinkers.
Question 36: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. John Dewey's theory of experience
B. John Dewey's professional growth
C. the educational methods of John Dewey
D. the progressive movement in education
Question 37: According to John Dewey, the interplay between a person's previous knowledge and the present
situation is.......
A. dangerous
B. a rejection of the old
C. a correct idea of experience D. education
Question 38: According to Dewey, progressive education should include......
A. directing new social processes
B. both positive and negative experiences
C. complete rejection of traditional methods
D. the active participation of the student
Question 39: The word "prolifically" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to......
A. abundantly
B. progressively
C. intellectually
D. carefully
Question 40: The word "distorts" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to......
A. mislays
B. balances
C. stimulates
D. deforms
Question 41: All of the following were part of Dewey's theory of experience and education EXCEPT.....
A. knowledge and experience interact

B. experience is always educative
C. experience should develop the individual
D. present experience affects future experience
Question 42: The author implies that Dewey's Vermont background......
A. limited the types of experiences he had as a child
B. provided him with an excellent education
C. contributed to his philosophy of experience
D. inspired him to become a philosopher
Question 43: The word "its" in refers to......
A. the 1930s
B. theory of experience
C. the old
D. progressive education
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 from 44 to 50.
The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it has been the newspaper of
record in the United States and one of the world's great newspapers. Its strength is in its editorial excellence; it has never
been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation.
The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news in a restrained and
objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual
readership instead of a mass audience. However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more
popular, colourful, if not lurid, newspapers in New York City.
Despite price increases, the Times was losing $1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896. Ochs built
the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as editor. Van Anda placed greater stress than
ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of
international news. The management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine
section, and reduced the paper's price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect of
the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world wars, the Times continued
to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news.
In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called "Pentagon Papers," a secret government study of U.S.

involvement in the Vietnam War. When it published the report, it became involved in several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme
Court found that the publication was protected by the freedom-of-the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution. Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs's grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping
changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff, and brought out a national edition transmitted by satellite to
regional printing plants.
Question 44: To improve its circulation, the management of the Times did all of the following EXCEPT.....


A. increased the number of lurid stories, even if they were not true.
B. eliminated fiction from the paper.
C. added a Sunday magazine section.
D. emphasized good coverage of international news.
Question 45: Which phrase is closest in meaning tof the word "restrained" as it is used in paragraph 2?
A. Without education
B. With self-control
C. Put in prison
D. In handcuffs
Question 46: What word or phrase does the word "his" as used in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Van Anda
B. International news
C. Reporters
D. News of the day
Question 47: The passage implies that the newspaper's reputation.......
A. decreased because it could not compete with other New York papers.
B. grew because Adolph Ochs bought it in 1896.
C. decreased when it lowered its price to a penny.
D. increased because of its coverage of the Titanic's sinking.
Question 48: It can be inferred from the passage that the circulation of the Times is.......
A. not the largest in the world.
B. the worst in the world.

C. not the best in the world.
D. the smallest in the world.
Question 49: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The New York Times lost its prestige after the Vietnam War.
B. The New York Times publishes the best fiction by American writers.
C. The New York Times became hig hly respected throughout the world.
D. The New York Times broadcasts its news to TV stations via satellite.
Question 50: According tof the passage, the Times has a national edition that is......
A. transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants
B. shipped by train and air transport daily.
C. protected by the Supreme Court.
D. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
E. printed in the form of a Sunday magazine.


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Mã Phách ……….

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of
the following questions.
Question 1: She only had a twenty-dollars bill with her when she landed at Healthrow airport.
A. had

B. at
C. twenty-dollars bill
D. when
Question 2: There are many different ways of comparing the culture of one nation with those of another.
A. of comparing
B. those
C. There are
D. another
Question 3: I was very busy lately since the project of designing the new collection started.
A. the project
B. the new collection
C. since
D. was
Mark the letter A, Bf Cf or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 4: If people paid a little more attention tof the environment, the Earth.....greener.
A. will be
B. would be
C. would have been
D. had been
Question 5: .......I've cleaned it and polished it, it still doesn't look new.
A. While
B. Because
C. In spite of
D. Although
Question 6: Whenever a problem....., we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon aspossible.
A. comes by
B. comes up
C. comes off
D. comes in

Question 7: .....summer I spent in......UK was one of......best in my life.
A. A - a - the
B. The - the - a
C. The - ø - the
D. The - the - the
Question 8: In this job, experience accounts for more than paper......
A. quality
B. background
C. qualifications
D. certificates
Question 9: ~ Nadine: "I've been offered $550 for my stereo. Should I take it or wait for a better one?"
~ Kitty: "Take the $550. ......."
A. Kill two birds with one stone.
B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Actions speak louder than words.
D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Question 10: I bought this grammar book......I could go over all the things we have studied this year.
A. with a view to
B. so that
C. that
D. in order to
Question 11: ~ Jenny: "What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?"
~ Peter: "I did badly on the last test. She.......studied for it."
A. asked why I hadn't
B. said why I hadn't
C. said why hadn't I
D. asked why hadn't I
Question 12: The picture…....was beautiful.
A. at which she was looking
B. at that she was looking

C. she was looking
D. at it she was looking
Question 13: Lessons from the......developed countries are worth learning to save our time.
A. economically
B. economic
C. economize
D. economical
Question 14: Today, many serious childhood diseases.....by early immunization.
A. prevent
B. can be prevented
C. are preventing
D. can prevent
Question 15: The Beauty Contest is......start at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow.
A. bound to
B. due to
C. about to
D. on the point of
Mark the letterA, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning tof the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 16: When floodwaters recede, affected areas are often blanketed in silt and mud. The water and landscape
can be contaminated with hazardous materials, such as sharp debris, pesticides, fuel and untreated sewage.
A. to dig out something hidden for long
B. to provide someone with a protective layer
C. to expose to the open air comfortably
D. to cover completely with thick layer of something
Question 17: When you change a sound file to an MP3, the file is compressed.
A. made smaller
B. precise
C. made bigger
D. transformed

Mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the
following exchanges.
Question 18: ~ James: "It's was very kind of you to give me a lift home." ~ Pete: "..........."
A. As a matter of fact, you're pretty nice.
B. Oh, don't mention it. I was coming past your house anyway.
C. I'm not pleased.
D. Oh, don't do that. I was coming past your house any way.
Question 19: Billy and Bobby are in a coffee shop. Billy is asking Bobby for his opinion about the coffee there.
~ Billy: "How's the coffee here?" ~ Bobby: "............."
A. It's a little bitter, to tell the truth,
B. No, I don't think so.


C. As a matter of fact, I'm not interested.
D. It's a little better now that I've got a car.
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.
Question 20: We had no sooner got to know our neighbours than they moved away.
A. Soon after we got to know our new neighbours, we stopped having contact with them.
B. Hardly had we become acquainted with our new neighbours when they went somewhere else to live.
C. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
D. If our new neighbours had stayed longer, we would have got to know them better,
Question 21: "I'll speak calmly. I really will!" he said.
A. He promised to speak calmly.
B. He offered to speak calmly.
C. He reminded me to speak calmly.
D. He refused to speak calmly.
Question 22: There were so many people on the train that Mary couldn't get a seat.
A. The train was too crowded for Mary not to get a seat.
B. So crowded the train was that Mary couldn't get a seat.

C. The train was so crowded that there was nowhere for Mary to sit.
D. The crowded train did not prevent Mary from getting a seat.
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 from 23 to 29.
The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it has been the newspaper of
record in the United States and one of the world's great newspapers. Its strength is in its editorial excellence; it has never
been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation.
The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news in a restrained and
objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual
readership instead of a mass audience. However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more
popular, colourful, if not lurid, newspapers in New York City.
Despite price increases, the Times was losing $1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896. Ochs built
the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as editor. Van Anda placed greater stress than
ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of
international news. The management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine
section, and reduced the paper's price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect of
the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world wars, the Times continued
to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news.
In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called "Pentagon Papers," a secret government study of U.S.
involvement in the Vietnam War. When it published the report, it became involved in several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme
Court found that the publication was protected by the freedom-of-the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution. Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs's grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping
changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff, and brought out a national edition transmitted by satellite to
regional printing plants.
Question 23: Which phrase is closest in meaning tof the word "restrained" as it is used in paragraph 2?
A. Put in prison
B. With self-control
C. Without education
D. In handcuffs
Question 24: The passage implies that the newspaper's reputation.......

A. grew because Adolph Ochs bought it in 1896.
B. increased because of its coverage of the Titanic's sinking.
C. decreased because it could not compete with other New York papers.
D. decreased when it lowered its price to a penny.
Question 25: What word or phrase does the word "his" as used in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. News of the day
B. Van Anda
C. International news
D. Reporters
Question 26: It can be inferred from the passage that the circulation of the Times is.......
A. not the largest in the world.
B. not the best in the world.
C. the worst in the world.
D. the smallest in the world.
Question 27: To improve its circulation, the management of the Times did all of the following EXCEPT.....
A. added a Sunday magazine section.
B. eliminated fiction from the paper.
C. increased the number of lurid stories, even if they were not true.
D. emphasized good coverage of international news.
Question 28: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The New York Times publishes the best fiction by American writers.
B. The New York Times lost its prestige after the Vietnam War.
C. The New York Times became hig hly respected throughout the world.
D. The New York Times broadcasts its news to TV stations via satellite.
Question 29: According tof the passage, the Times has a national edition that is......


A. shipped by train and air transport daily.
B. protected by the Supreme Court.
C. transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants

D. Once we had got used to our new neighbours, they moved somewhere else.
E. printed in the form of a Sunday magazine.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the
other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 30:A. lead
B. leather
C. tea
D. leave
Question 31:A. followed B. rained
C. jumped
D. arrived
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 from 32 to 39.
The ideas of John Dewey, philosopher and educator, have influenced American thought for over one hundred years.
Dewey was born in Vermont in 1859, and throughout his life he kept the respect for experience, individuality, and fair
play that shaped the character of the nineteenth-century Vermonter. He viewed his own life as a continuously
reconstructive process, with experience and knowledge building on each other.
By the 1930s, Dewey had simplified his theory of experience to its essence. As the intellectual leader of the progressive
schools, he asserted that there was danger in rejecting the old unless the new was rooted in a correct idea of experience.
He held that experience is an interaction between what a person already knows and the situation at hand. Previous
knowledge interacting with the present environment influences future experience.
Dewey believed that experience could not be equated with education because all experiences as not necessarily
educative. Experience is educative only when it contributes to the growth of the individual, but it can be mis-educative if
it distorts the growth of further experience. It is the quality of experience that matters. Thus, productive experience is
both the means and the goal of education. Furthermore, since education is a social process, truly progressive education
involves the participation of the learner in directing the learning experience.
During his long life, Dewey lectured and published prolifically. These writings were influential both during his
lifetime and after his death at the age of ninety-two. He viewed his whole life as an experiment which would produce
knowledge that would lead to further experimentation. The range and diversity of Dewey's writings and his influence on
society place him among American's great thinkers.

Question 32: The word "prolifically" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to......
A. intellectually
B. carefully
C. progressively
D. abundantly
Question 33: The author implies that Dewey's Vermont background......
A. contributed to his philosophy of experience
B. limited the types of experiences he had as a child
C. provided him with an excellent education
D. inspired him to become a philosopher
Question 34: The word "its" in refers to......
A. the 1930s
B. the old
C. theory of experience
D. progressive education
Question 35: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. John Dewey's professional growth
B. John Dewey's theory of experience
C. the educational methods of John Dewey
D. the progressive movement in education
Question 36: All of the following were part of Dewey's theory of experience and education EXCEPT.....
A. knowledge and experience interact
B. experience is always educative
C. experience should develop the individual
D. present experience affects future experience
Question 37: According to Dewey, progressive education should include......
A. directing new social processes
B. the active participation of the student
C. both positive and negative experiences
D. complete rejection of traditional methods

Question 38: According to John Dewey, the interplay between a person's previous knowledge and the present
situation is.......
A. a correct idea of experience B. dangerous
C. education
D. a rejection of the old
Question 39: The word "distorts" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to......
A. stimulates
B. balances
C. deforms
D. mislays
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
The Rocky Mountain runs almost the length of North America. They start in the North-West, but lie only a ...(40)...
hundred miles from the centre in more southern areas. Although the Rockies are smaller ...(41)... the Alps, they are no
less wonderful.
There are many roads across the Rockies, but the best way to see them is to travel by train. You start from Vancouver,
the most attractive of Canada's cities, standing with its feet in the water and its ...(42)... in the mountains, this city ...
(43)... its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes by car from the city centre.
Thirty passenger trains a day used to ...(44)... off from Vancouver on the cross-continent railway. Now there are just
three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure. You sleep on board, which is funny, but travel through some of the
best sites at night.
Question 40:A. few
B. many
C. as
D. lot


Question 41:A. than
B. to
C. from

D. couple
Question 42:A. ear
B. hand
C. head
D. nose
Question 43:A. lets
B. allows
C. gives
D. offers
Question 44:A. get
B. leave
C. set
D. take
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.
Question 45: Marie Curie was a famous mathematician and physicist. She also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
A. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for chemistry so she was a famous mathematician and physicist.
B. Marie Curie was a famous mathematician rather than a physicist although she won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
C. Marie Curie, a famous mathematician and physicist, also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
D. Winning the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Marie Curie became a famous mathematician and physicist.
Question 46: Jack was overconfident. Therefore, he ruined our plan completely.
A. That was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
B. Jack was overconfident, which ruined our plan completely.
C. It was because Jack's overconfidence that ruined our plan completely.
D. It was Jack's overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning of
the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 47: The museum was overrun with tourists, so I decided to go back another day.
A. not having enough tourists
B. having no tourists

C. crowded with tourists
D. having tourists running
Question 48: Oil is one of the principal sources of energy.
A. most important
B. most expensive
C. most difficult
D. most popular
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 49:A. understand B. material
C. completion
D. behaviour
Question 50:A. powerful B. accurate
C. comfortable
D. opinion


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questions.

Question 1: ~ Nadine: "I've been offered $550 for my stereo. Should I take it or wait for a better one?"
~ Kitty: "Take the $550. ......."
A. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. Kill two birds with one stone.
D. The early bird catches the worm.
Question 2: ~ Jenny: "What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?"
~ Peter: "I did badly on the last test. She.......studied for it."
A. said why hadn't I
B. asked why I hadn't
C. said why I hadn't
D. asked why hadn't I
Question 3: .......I've cleaned it and polished it, it still doesn't look new.
A. While
B. Because
C. In spite of
D. Although
Question 4: The picture…....was beautiful.
A. at it she was looking
B. she was looking
C. at which she was looking
D. at that she was looking
Question 5: .....summer I spent in......UK was one of......best in my life.
A. The - the - a
B. The - ø - the
C. A - a - the
D. The - the - the
Question 6: If people paid a little more attention tof the environment, the Earth.....greener.
A. had been
B. will be

C. would be
D. would have been
Question 7: Whenever a problem....., we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon aspossible.
A. comes by
B. comes off
C. comes up
D. comes in
Question 8: In this job, experience accounts for more than paper......
A. background
B. quality
C. qualifications
D. certificates
Question 9: The Beauty Contest is......start at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow.
A. about to
B. due to
C. bound to
D. on the point of
Question 10: Today, many serious childhood diseases.....by early immunization.
A. prevent
B. can be prevented
C. can prevent
D. are preventing
Question 11: I bought this grammar book......I could go over all the things we have studied this year.
A. in order to
B. with a view to
C. so that
D. that
Question 12: Lessons from the......developed countries are worth learning to save our time.
A. economize
B. economic

C. economically
D. economical
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 from 13 to 20.
The ideas of John Dewey, philosopher and educator, have influenced American thought for over one hundred years.
Dewey was born in Vermont in 1859, and throughout his life he kept the respect for experience, individuality, and fair
play that shaped the character of the nineteenth-century Vermonter. He viewed his own life as a continuously
reconstructive process, with experience and knowledge building on each other.
By the 1930s, Dewey had simplified his theory of experience to its essence. As the intellectual leader of the progressive
schools, he asserted that there was danger in rejecting the old unless the new was rooted in a correct idea of experience.
He held that experience is an interaction between what a person already knows and the situation at hand. Previous
knowledge interacting with the present environment influences future experience.
Dewey believed that experience could not be equated with education because all experiences as not necessarily
educative. Experience is educative only when it contributes to the growth of the individual, but it can be mis-educative if
it distorts the growth of further experience. It is the quality of experience that matters. Thus, productive experience is
both the means and the goal of education. Furthermore, since education is a social process, truly progressive education
involves the participation of the learner in directing the learning experience.
During his long life, Dewey lectured and published prolifically. These writings were influential both during his
lifetime and after his death at the age of ninety-two. He viewed his whole life as an experiment which would produce
knowledge that would lead to further experimentation. The range and diversity of Dewey's writings and his influence on
society place him among American's great thinkers.
Question 13: According to John Dewey, the interplay between a person's previous knowledge and the present
situation is.......
A. education
B. a correct idea of experience C. a rejection of the old
D. dangerous
Question 14: The word "its" in refers to......
A. theory of experience B. progressive education
C. the 1930s
D. the old