ĐỀ MINH HỌA SỐ 27
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 1. A. inform
B. situation
C. dialogue
D. signal
Question 2. A. campaigns
B. wonders
C. ecologists
D. captions
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the world that differs from the other three in
the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3. A. recently
B. attitude
C. octopus
D. proposal
Question 4. A. visible
B. solution
C. surrounding
D. arrival
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 5. John proposed _____________ Mary on a fine day at the crowded beach in their hometown.
A. to
B. of
C. on
D. with
Question 6. Candidates should never be late for the interview, ______________.
A. should they
B. shouldn’t they

C. are they
D. aren’t they
Question 7. ____________ the light rain, the match will not be cancelled unless the other team concedes.
A. Despite
B. However
C. In spite
D. Although
Question 8. Valentine’s Day, _____________ from Roman, is now celebrated all over the world.
A. originate
B. originating
C. to originate
D. originated
Question 9. Governments should ___________ some international laws against terrorism.
A. bring up
B. bring about
C. bring in
D. bring back
Question 10. I’m sure you’ll have no _____________ the exam.
A. difficulty passing
B. difficulties to pass C. difficult to pass
D. difficulties of passing
Question 11. If it had not rained last night, the roads in the city ___________ so slippery now.
A. would not be
B. must not be
C. could not have been D. would not have been
Question 12. Sometimes in a bad situation, there may still be some good things. Try not to “throw out the
________ with the bathwater”.
A. fish
B. duck
C. baby

D. child
Question 13. ____________, we tried our best to finish it.
A. Difficult as the homework was
B. Thanks to the difficult homework
C. As though the homework was difficult
D. Despite the homework was difficult
Question 14. By the time Brown’s daughter graduates, ____________ retired.
A. he’ll have
B. he
C. he’ll being
D. he has
Question 15. In my family, my father always takes charge of doing the ____________ lifting.
A. strong
B. hard
C. heavy
D. huge
Question 16. Traditionally, it was family members within the extended family who took _______ for elderly
care.
A. advantages
B. care
C. responsibility
D. time
Question 17. Don’t worry! He’ll do the job as ___________ as possible.
A. economical
B. economically
C. uneconomically
D. beautiful
Question 18. Luckily, I got some ___________ advice on how to make a presentation on ‘For a better
community’ from my classteacher.
A. useless

B. useful
C. usefulness
D. uselessness
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 19. Emissions from factories and exhaust fumes from vehicles can have detrimental effects on our
health.
A. beneficial
B. neutral
C. needy
D. harmful
Question 20. I just want to stay at home to watch TV and take it easy.
A. sleep
B. sit down
C. eat
D. relax


Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 21. Mutualism is a type of symbiosis that occurs when two unlike organisms live together in a state
that is mutually beneficial.
A. alike
B. likely
C. similar
D. dislike
Question 22. Tom may get into hot water when driving at full speed after drinking wine.
A. get into trouble
B. stay safe
C. fall into disuse

D. keep calm
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the
following exchanges.
Question 23. Mary is talking to her professor in his office.
- Mary: “Can you tell me how to find material for my science report, professor?”
- Professor: “____________________.”
A. I like it that you understand.
B. Try your best, Mary.
C. You can borrow books from the library.
D. You mean the podcasts from other students?
Question 24. - Hoa: “Would you mind closing the door?”
- Quan: “____________________.”
A. Yes, of course. Are you tired?
B. No, not at all. I’ll do it now.
C. Yes, I do. You can close its.
D. Don’t worry. Go ahead!
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 from 25 to 29.
Face-to-face conversation is a two-way process: You speak to me, I reply to you and so on. Two-way
(25)___________ depends on having a coding system that is understood by both sender and (26) ___________,
and an agreed convention about signaling the beginning and end of the message. In speech, the coding system is
the language like English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at a time may seem too obvious to
mention. In fact, the signals (27) ____________ in conversation and meetings are often (28) ___________. For
example, lowering the pitch of the voice may mean the end of a sentence, a sharp intake of breath may signal
the desire to interrupt, catching the chairman’s eye may indicate the desire to speak in a formal setting like a
debate, a clenched fist may indicate anger. When (29) ___________ visual signals are not possible, more formal
signals may be needed.
Question 25.
Question 26.
Question 27.

Question 28.
Question 29.

A. exchange
A. announcer
A. that people use
A. informal
A. their

B. interchange
B. receiver
B. are used
B. non-verbal
B. these

C. communication
C. messenger
C. using
C. verbal
C. this

D. correspondence
D. transmitter
D. being used
D. formal
D. that

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 from 30 to 34.
The first birds appeared during late Jurassic times. These birds are known from four very good skeletons,

two incomplete skeletons, and an isolated feather, all from the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, Germany. This
fine-grained rock, which is extensively quarried for lithographic stone, was evidently deposited in a shallow
coral lagoon of a tropical sea, and flying vertebrates occasionally fell into the water and were buried by the fine
limy mud, to be preserved with remarkable detail in this way, the late Jurassic bird skeletons, which have been
named Archaeopteryx, were fossilized. And not only were the bones preserved in these skeletons, but so also
were imprints of the feathers. If the indications of feathers had not been preserved in association with
Archaeopteryx, it is likely that these fossils would have been classified among the dinosaurs, for they show
numerous theropod characteristics. Archaeopteryx were animals about the size of a crow, with an archeosaurian
type of skull, a long neck, a compact body balanced on a pair of strong hind limbs, and a long tail. The
forelimbs were enlarged and obviously functioned as wings.
Modern birds, who are the descendants of these early birds, are highly organized animals, with a constant
body temperature and a very high rate of metabolism. In addition, they are remarkable for having evolved
extraordinarily complex behavior patterns such as those of nesting and song, and the habit among many species
of making long migrations from one continent to another and back each year.


Most birds also have very strong legs, which allows them to run or walk on the ground as well as to fly in
the air. Indeed, some of the waterbirds, such as ducks and geese, have the distinction of being able to move
around proficiently in the water, on land, and in the air, a range in natural locomotor ability that has never been
attained by any other vertebrate.
30. According to author, all of the following evidence relating to the first birds was found EXPECT _______.
A. nesting materials
B. four skeletons in good condition
C. two fragmented skeletons
D. a single feather
31. It can be inferred from the passage that the Archaeopteryx were classified as birds on the basis of _______.
A. imprints of bones
B. imprints of feather C. the neck structure D. skeletons
32. The word “they” in the first paragraph refers to ___________.
A. indications

B. fossils
C. dinosaurs
D. characteristics
33. The author mentions all of the following as examples of complex behavior patterns evolved by bird
EXPECT _______.
A. migrating
B. nesting
C. singing
D. running
34. The word “attained” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to __________.
A. required
B. achieved
C. observed
D. merited
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 35 to 42.
In the North American colonies, red ware, a simple pottery fired at low temperatures, and stone ware, a
strong, impervious grey pottery fired at high temperatures, were produced from two different native clays.
These kinds of pottery were produced to supplement imported European pottery. When the American
Revolution (1775-1783) interrupted the flow of the superior European ware, there was incentive for American
potters to replace the imports with comparable domestic goods. Stoneware, which had been simple utilitarian
kitchenware, grew increasingly ornate throughout the nineteenth century, and in addition to the earlier
scratched and drawn designs, three dimensional molded relief decoration became popular. Representational
motifs largely replaced the earlier abstract decorations. Birds and flowers were particularly evident, but other
subjects - lions, flags, and clipper ships - are found. Some figurines, mainly of dogs and lions, were made in this
medium. Sometimes a name, usually that of the potter, was die-stamped onto a piece.
As more and more large kilns were built to create the high-fired stoneware, experiments revealed that the
same clay used to produce low-fired red ware could produce a stronger, paler pottery if fired at a hotter
temperature. The result was yellow ware, used largely for serviceable items; but a further development was
Rockingham ware - one of the most important American ceramics of the nineteenth century. (The name of the

ware was probably derived from its resemblance to English brown-glazed earthenware made in South
Yorkshire.) It was created by adding a brown glaze to the fired clay, usually giving the finished product a
mottled appearance. Various methods of spattering or sponging the glaze onto the ware account for the
extremely wide variations in color and add to the interest of collecting Rockingham. An advanced form of
Rockingham was flint enamel, created by dusting metallic powders onto the Rockingham glaze to produce
brilliant varicolored streaks.
Articles for nearly every household activity and ornament could be bought in Rockingham ware: dishes and
bowls, of course; also bedpans, foot warmers, cuspidors, lamp bases, doorknobs, molds, picture frames, even
curtain tiebacks. All these items are highly collectible today and are eagerly sought. A few Rockingham
specialties command particular affection among collectors and correspondingly high prices.
Question 35. The word “ornate” in the paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. elaborate
B. puzzling
C. durable
D. common
Question 36. The passage suggests that the earliest stoneware ____________.
A. was decorated with simple, abstract designs B. used three-dimensional decorations
C. was valued for its fancy decorations
D. had no decoration
Question 37. How did yellow ware achieve its distinctive color?
A. By sponging on a glaze
B. By dusting on metallic powders
C. By brown-glazing
D. By firing at a high temperature


Question 38. The phrase “derived from” in the paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. ruined by
B. warned against
C. based

D. sold by
Question 39. The word “It” in the paragraph 2 refers to ____________.
A. red ware
B. yellow ware
C. Rockingham ware
D. English brown-glazed earthenware
Question 40. The phrase “account for” in the paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. explain
B. restrict
C. finance
D. supplement
Question 41. What was special about flint enamel?
A. Its even metallic
B. Its mottled appearance
C. Its spattered effect
D. Its varicolored streaks
Question 42. Which of the following kinds of Rockingham ware were probably produced in the greatest
quantity?
A. Picture frames
B. Dishes and bowls
C. Curtain debacles
D. Doorknobs
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs corrections in
each of the following questions.
Question 43. It is a good idea to be careful in buying or purchasing magazine from salespersons who may come
to your door.
A. It is
B. to be careful
C. buying or purchasing
D. who

Question 44. The better you are at English, more opportunities you have to get a well-paid job in this country.
A. better
B. are at
C. more opportunities
D. a well-paid
Question 45. Dr. Roberts, the first woman to be elected president of the university, is intelligent, capable and
awareness of the problem to be solved.
A. elected president
B. is
C. awareness
D. to be solved
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 46. Bill’s English is much better than it was.
A. Bill speaks English better now than he did before.
B. Bill has started to learn English but doesn’t speak it well.
C. Bill has always spoken good English.
D. Bill’s English was much better than it is now.
Question 47. My car keys are possibly in the kitchen.
A. My car key should be put in the kitchen.
B. My car keys cannot be in the kitchen.
C. I don’t know whether my car keys are in the kitchen.
D. My car keys might be in the kitchen.
Question 48. “Why don’t you get your hair cut, Gavin?” said Adam
A. Adam advised Gavin to cut his hair.
B. Gavin was suggested to have a hair cut.
C. It was suggested that Adam get Gavin’s hair cut.
D. Adam suggested hat Gavin should have his hair cut.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate that best combines each pair of sentence in the
following questions.

Question 49. She wasn’t wearing a seat-belt. She was injured.
A. If she hadn’t been wearing a seat-belt, she wouldn’t have been injured.
B. If she had been wearing a seat-belt, she would have been injured.
C. If she had been wearing a seat-belt, she wouldn’t be been injured.
D. If she had been wearing a seat-belt, she wouldn’t have been injured.
Question 50. The plane had taken off. Paul realized he was on the wrong flight.
A. Hardly had Paul realized he was on the wrong flight when the plane took off.
B. It was not until the plane had taken off, did Paul realize he was on the wrong flight.
C. Not until the plane had taken off, did Paul realize he was on the wrong flight.


D. No sooner had the plane taken off than Paul had realized he was on the wrong flight.


ĐÁP ÁN
1. C
11. A
21. C
31. B
41. D

2. A
12. C
22. B
32. B
42. B

3. D
13. A
23. C

33. D
43. C

4. A
14. A
24. B
34. B
44. C

5. A
15. C
25. C
35. A
45. C

6. B
16. C
26. B
36. A
46. A

7. A
17. B
27. A
37. D
47. D

8. D
18. B
28. B

38. C
48. D

9. C
19. D
29. B
39. C
49. D

10. A
20. D
30. A
40. A
50. C

Câu 1: Đáp án C /ai/
Các đáp án còn lại là /i/
Câu 2: Đáp án A
Câu 3: Đáp án D
Đáp án D có trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai, các từ còn lại trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ nhất
Câu 4: Đáp án A
Đáp án A có trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ nhất, các từ còn lại trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai
Câu 5: Đáp án A
Propose to sb: cầu hôn ai
Câu 6: Đáp án B
So sánh hơn: S + be + short adj-er/ more + long adj + than + S2 + be
Sau “than” có thể đảo động từ “to be” lên trước chủ ngữ để nhấn mạnh
Câu 7: Đáp án A
- Despite/ In spite of + N/Ving/ the fact that: mặc dù
- However: tuy nhiên

→ However adj/adv + S + be/ V: Cho dù …. đến thế nào đi chăng nữa thì ….
- Although S + V + O,… : mặc dù
Câu 8: Đáp án D
Ta dùng quá khứ phân từ (PP) để tạo mệnh đề quan hệ rút gọn đối với câu bị động (dạng chủ động ta dùng hiện
đại phân từ)
Câu 9: Đáp án C
- bring up: nuôi dưỡng
- bring in: giới thiệu/ công khai luật mới nào đó

- bring about: làm xảy ra, dẫn đến
- bring back: mang trả lại, làm nhớ lại

Câu 10: Đáp án A
Cấu trúc: Have (no) difficult (in) doing st: có (khơng gặp) khó khan (trong việc) làm gì
Câu 11: Đáp án A
Câu 12: Đáp án C
Throw out the baby with the bathwater: vứt bỏ cái gì đó q báu cùng với cái gì mình khơng thích
Câu 13: Đáp án A
- Adj/Adv + as + S + V = No matter how adj/adv + S + V = However + adj/adv + S + V: cho dù … như thế nào
đi chăng nữa thì…
- thanks to sb/sth: nhờ vào, vì
- As though/ As if: như thế là: thường chỉ một điều khơng có thật hoặc trái với thực tế (S + V1 + as though/ as if
+ S + V2)…
- despite + N/Ving/ (the fact that S + V): mặc dù
Câu 14: Đáp án A
Cấu trúc: By the time + S + V (thì hiện tại), S + will have P2 (thì tương lai hoàn thành)


Câu 15: Đáp án C
Do the heavy lifting: làm những công việc nặng nhọc

Câu 16: Đáp án C
Taje responsibility for sth: chịu trách nhiệm về cái gì
Câu 17: Đáp án B
Trạng từ đứng sau bổ nghĩa cho động từ (loại A)
- economical (adj): tiết kiệm, kinh tế
- economically (adv): về phương diện kinh tế, về mặt kinh tế, theo cách tiết kiệm (trái nghĩa với
uneconomically)
- beautifully (adv): tốt, hay
Câu 18: Đáp án B
A. useless (adj): vô dụng
B. useful (adj): hữu dụng
C. usefulness (n): sự hữu dụng
D. uselessness (n): sự vô dụng
Căn cứ vào danh từ “advice” nên vị trí trống cần một tính từ. Từ đó loại C, D. Căn cứ vào nghĩa của câu chọn
B.
Câu 19: Đáp án D
A. beneficial (adj): có lợi
C. needy (adj): nghèo túng, nghèo đói
→ detrimental (adj): có hại, bất lợi cho = harmful
Câu 20: Đáp án D
A. sleep: ngủ
C. eat: ăn

B. neutral (adj): trung tính, trung lập
D. harmful (adj): có hại

B. sit down: ngồi xuống
D. relax = take it easy: thư giãn thoải mái

Câu 21: Đáp án C

A. alike (adj): giống, tương tự không đứng trước danh từ)
C. similar (adj): tương tự, giống (similar to sb/sth)
→ unlike (adj): khác, không giống với, khác với >< similar
Câu 22: Đáp án B
A. get into trouble: gặp rắc rối = get into hot water
C. fall into disuse: bỏ đi, khơng dùng đến

B. likely (adj): có thể, thích hợp
D. dislike (v): ghét, khơng thích

B. stay safe: giữ an tồn
D. keep calm: giữ bình tĩnh

Câu 23: Đáp án C
Câu 24: Đáp án B
Câu 25: Đáp án C
- exchange (n): sự trao đổi
- interchange (n): sự trao đổi lẫn nhau
- communication (n): sự giao tiếp, liên lạc
- correspondence (n): sự tương xứng, quan hệ thư từ
Câu 26: Đáp án B
- announcer (n): người giới thiệu chương trình (trên đài phát thanh/ truyền hình) người báo tin
- receiver (n): người nhận
- messenger (n): người đưa tin, sứ giả
- transmitter (n): người truyền, vật truyền, máy phát
Phía trước chỗ trống là “sender” (người gửi) thì từ cần điền vào cũng cần tương xứng
Câu 27: Đáp án A
Phía sau có động từ “are” → chỗ trống cần điền là mệnh đề quan hệ để bổ sung nghĩa
Câu 28: Đáp án B
- informal (adj): thân mật


- formal (adj): trang trọng


- verbal (adj): bằng lời nói

- non-verbal (adj): phi ngơn từ, khơng bằng lời nói

Câu 29: Đáp án B
- These + N số nhiều: những… này
Câu 30: Đáp án A
Dẫn chứng: “These birds are known from four very good skeletons, two incomplete skeletons, and an isolated
feather, all from the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, Germany.”
Câu 31: Đáp án B
Dẫn chứng: “And not only were the bones preserved in these skeletons, but so also were imprints of the feathers.
If the indications of feathers had not been preserved in association with Archaeopteryx, it is likely that these
fossils would have been classified among the dinosaurs, for they show numerous theropod characteristics.”
Câu 32: Đáp án B
Dẫn chứng: “And not only were the bones preserved in these skeletons, but so also were imprints of the feathers.
If the indications of feathers had not been preserved in association with Archaeopteryx, it is likely that these
fossils would have been classified among the dinosaurs, for they show numerous theropod characteristics.”
Câu 33: Đáp án D
Dẫn chứng: “In addition, they are remarkable for having evolved extraordinarily complex behavior patterns
such as those of nesting and song, and the habit among many species of making long migrations from one
continent to another and back each year.”
Câu 34: Đáp án B
Dẫn chứng: “Indeed, some of the waterbirds, such as ducks and geese, have the distinction of being able to
move around proficiently in the water, on land, and in the air, a range in natural locomotor ability that has
never been attained by any other vertebrate.”
Câu 35: Đáp án A

Dẫn chứng: “Stoneware, which had been simple utilitarian kitchenware, grew increasingly ornate throughout
the nineteenth century, and in addition to the earlier scratched and drawn designs, three dimensional molded
relief decoration became popular.”
Câu 36: Đáp án A
Dẫn chứng: “Stoneware, which had been simple utilitarian kitchenware, grew increasingly ornate throughout
the nineteenth century, and in addition to the earlier scratched and drawn designs, three dimensional molded
relief decoration became popular. Representational motifs largely replaced the earlier abstract decorations.”
Câu 37: Đáp án D
Dẫn chứng: “As more and more large kilns were built to create the high-fired stoneware, experiments revealed
that the same clay used to produce low-fired red ware could produce a stronger, paler pottery if fired at a hotter
temperature. The result was yellow ware, used largely for serviceable items”
Câu 38: Đáp án C
- ruined by: bỵ phá hủy bởi
- based on: được căn cứ vào

- warned against: bị cảnh báo không
- sold by: được bán bởi

Câu 39: Đáp án C
Dẫn chứng: “The result was yellow ware, used largely for serviceable items; but a further development was
Rockingham ware - one of the most important American ceramics of the nineteenth century. It was created by
adding a brown glaze to the fired clay, usually giving the finished product a mottled appearance.”
Câu 40: Đáp án A
Dẫn chứng: “Various methods of spattering or sponging the glaze onto the ware account for the extremely
wide variations in color.”


Câu 41: Đáp án D
Dẫn chứng: “An advanced form of Rockingham was flint enamel, created by dusting metallic powders onto the
Rockingham glaze to produce brilliant varicolored streaks.”

Câu 42. Đáp án B
Dẫn chứng: “Articles for nearly every household activity and ornament could be bought in Rockingham ware:
dishes and bowls, of course; also bedpans, foot warmers, cuspidors, lamp bases, doorknobs, molds, picture
frames, even curtain tiebacks.”
Câu 43: Đáp án C
- Buy (v): mua ~ purchase
Câu 44: Đáp án C
Cấu trúc: The + hình thức so sánh hơn của tính từ/ trạng từ + S + V, the + hình thức so sánh hơn của tính từ/
trạng từ + S + V (so sánh kép: càng… càng)
More opportunities ⇒ the more opportunities
Câu 45: Đáp án C
Cấu trúc song song trong câu nghĩa là những thông tin liệt kê trong cùng một câu phải giống nhau về từ loại
hoặc thì khi thời gian trong các câu mệnh đề của câu là như nhau. (N-N, adj-adj, verb-verb,…)
Dễ thấy trong câu: “Dr. Roberts, the first woman to be elected president of the university, is intelligent, capable
and awareness of the problem to be solved” có intelligent (adj), capable (adj) nên awareness phải là aware (adj)
Câu 46: Đáp án A
Câu B, C, D sai nghĩa
Câu 47: Đáp án D
Câu 48: Đáp án D
Câu gốc là: Adam bảo: “Gavin, sao cậu khơng đi cắt tóc nhỉ?” Đó là một lời gợi ý nên không thể là A (advise –
khuyên). Câu B thiếu thông tin (không nhắc đến Adam), đáng lẽ phải thêm vào cuối câu cụm từ by Adam. Câu
C nghĩa khơng hợp lí và cũng khơng dùng đúng cấu trúc get sb to do sth. Chỉ có câu D là đúng nhất: “Adam đề
nghị Gavin nên cắt tóc”.
Câu 49: Đáp án D
Đây là sự việc xảy ra trong quá khứ ⇒ dùng câu điều kiện loại 3 để diễn tả sự việc trái với thực
tế trong quá khứ.
Câu 50: Đáp án B
Theo cấu trúc đảo ngữ: “Not until…”: Not until/till + clause/ Adv of time + Auxiliary + S + V