ĐỀ MINH HỌA SỐ 28
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. massage
B. carriage
C. voyage
D. dosage
Question 2. A. cookers
B. lovers
C. doctors
D. cooks
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.
Question 4.

A. completion
A. studios

B. understand
B. century

C. material
C. similar

D. behavior
D. semester

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. We all seem to have a different opinion, so let’s Joey decide, ___________?

A. shall we
B. do we
C. are we
D. will we
Question 6. David refused _____________ in the contest because he was ill.
A. to participate
B. participate
C. participating
D. to participating
Question 7. ____________ advised on what how to prepare for the interview, he might have got the job.
A. Had he been
B. If he had
C. Unless he had been D. Were he to be
Question 8. He managed to win the race ____________ hurting his foot before the race.
A. in spite of
B. despite of
C. although
D. because of
Question 9. You should be a little more ____________ if you want to attract their attention.
A. imaginative
B. imagine
C. imagination
D. imaginatively
Question 10. Airplanes ____________ in the twentieth century is one of the sources of pollution.
A. which invented
B. to invent
C. invented
D. that is invented
Question 11. I’m terrified ____________ breaking down on a motorway at night.
A. from

B. with
C. for
D. of
Question 12. If you invitations are met with repeated _____________, you should just leave him alone.
A. hypotheses
B. negatives
C. blunts
D. rebuffs
Question 13. She left her husband after a ___________ row.
A. burning
B. heavy
C. crashing
D. blazing
Question 14. I can’t go with because I ____________ my homework yet.
A. haven’t finished
B. had finished
C. finished
D. finish
Question 15. My father is very talented and kind-hearted. I always ___________ him.
A. look for
B. look like
C. look after
D. look up to
Question 16. I had all the information at my ___________ before attending the meeting.
A. fingertips
B. thumbs
C. hands
D. fingers
Question 17. I decided to go to the library as soon as I ___________.
A. would finish what I did

B. finished what I did
C. finished what I was doing
D. finish what I did
Question 18. I have been looking for this book for months, and ____________ I have found it.
A. in the end
B. in time
C. at the end
D. at present
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. My wife was so keen on the picture that she paid through her nose for it.
A. paid nothing
B. turned a deaf ear
C. was offered
D. paid much more than usual
Question 20. Scientists warn of the impending extinction of may species of plants and animals.
A. irrefutable
B. imminent
C. formidable
D. absolute
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. There has been insufficient rainfall over the past two years, and farmers are having trouble.


A. adequate
B. unsatisfactory
C. abundant
D. dominant
Question 22. She had never seen such discourtesy towards the director as it happened in the meeting last week.

A. politeness
B. rudeness
C. measurement
D. encouragement
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. - Hoa: “Have you been able to reach Nam?”
- Lan: “____________________.”
A. That’s no approval
B. Yes, I’ve known him for years
C. No, the line is busy
D. It’s much too high
Question 24. – Tom: “Sorry, I forgot to phone you last night.”
- Mary: “____________________.”
A. I have nothing to tell you B. Oh. Poor me!
C. Never mind!
D. You was absent-minded
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.
Starting a data entry business is easier than trying to work from job to job. Having a business means (25)
_____ people will come to your business whenever they need a service you (26) ______. This also means that
instead of having to always (27) ______ for jobs on freelancing websites, you will be able to have clients come
to you as needed. One important thing to (28) _____ when starting a data entry business is that customer service
is really important.
It's hard to get anywhere in the data entry field if you don't provide your customers with all the services they
need. It's important that you take your time to really care for your customers completely. Once you are ready to
start your data entry business it's time to start building a great team. You want to have a team that can do a (29)
_____ range of tasks so that your business can fill customer's needs. You want to always test your team before
giving them the task of working with a client.
Question 25. A. when

B. if
C. that
D. what
Question 26. A. bid
B. advance
C. refuse
D. offer
Question 27. A. assign
B. apply
C. appeal
D. demand
Question 28. A. forgive
B. remember
C. discount
D. fail
Question 29. A. narrow
B. open
C. wide
D. restricted
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.
Scientists do not yet thoroughly understand just how the body of an individual becomes sensitive to a
substance that is harmless or even wholesome for the average person. Milk, wheat, and egg, for example, rank
among the most healthful and widely used foods. Yet these foods can cause persons sensitive to them to suffer
greatly. At first, the body of the individual is not harmed by coming into contact with the substance. After a
varying interval of time, usually longer than a few weeks, the body becomes sensitive to it, and an allergy has
begun to develop. Sometimes it's hard to figure out if you have a food allergy, since it can show up so many
different ways. Your symptoms could be caused by many other problems. You may have rashes, hives, joint
pains mimicking arthritis, headaches, irritability, or depression. The most common food allergies are to milk,
eggs, seafood, wheat, nuts, seeds, chocolate, oranges, and tomatoes. Many of these allergies will not develop if

these foods are not fed to an infant until her or his intestines mature at around seven months. Breast milk also
tends to be protective. Migraines can be set off by foods containing tyramine, phenethylamine, monosodium
glutamate, or sodium nitrate. Common foods which contain these are chocolate, aged cheeses, sour cream, red
wine, pickled herring, chicken livers, avocados, ripe bananas, cured meats, many Oriental and prepared foods
(read
the
labels!).
Some people have been successful in treating their migraines with supplements of B-vitamins, particularly B6
and niacin. Children who are hyperactive may benefit from eliminating food additives, especially colorings, and
foods high in salicylates from their diets.
Question 30. The topic of this passage is _____________.
A. reactions to foods B. food and nutrition C. infants and allergies
D. a good diet
Question 31. According to the passage, the difficulty in diagnosing allergies to foods is due to ____________.
A. the vast number of different foods we eat


B. lack of a proper treatment plan
C. the similarity of symptoms of the allergy to other problems
D. the use of prepared formula to feed babies
Question 32. The phrase "set off" in lines 11 is closest in meaning to _____________.
A. relieved
B. identified
C. avoided
D. triggered
Question 33. What can be inferred about babies from this passage?
A. They can eat almost anything.
B. They should have a carefully restricted diet as infants.
C. They gain little benefit from being breast fed.
D. They may become hyperactive if fed solid food too early.

Question 34. The author states that the reason that infants need to avoid certain foods related to allergies has to
do with the infant's ______________.
A. lack of teeth
B. poor metabolism
C. underdeveloped intestinal tract
D. inability to swallow solid foods
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.
We are descendants of the ice age. Periods of glaciation have spanned the whole of human existence for the past
2 million years. The rapid melting of the continental glaciers at the end of the last ice age spurred one of the
most dramatic climate changes in the history of the planet. During this inter-glacial time, people were caught up
in a cataclysm of human accomplishment, including the development of agriculture and animal husbandry. Over
the past few thousand years, the Earth's climate has been extraordinarily beneficial, and humans have prospered
exceedingly well under a benign atmosphere.
Ice ages have dramatically affected life on Earth almost from the very beginning. It is even possible that life
itself significantly changed the climate. All living organisms pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and
eventually store it in sedimentary rocks within the Earth's crust. If too much carbon dioxide is lost, too much
heat escapes out into the atmosphere. This can cause the Earth to cool enough for glacial ice to spread across the
land.
In general the reduction of the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been equalized by the input of
carbon dioxide from such events as volcanic eruptions. Man, however, is upsetting the equation by burning
fossil fuels and destroying tropical rain forests, both of which release stored carbon dioxide. This energizes the
greenhouse effect and causes the Earth to warm. If the warming is significant enough, the polar ice caps
eventually melt.
The polar ice caps drive the atmospheric and oceanic circulation systems. Should the ice caps melt, warm
tropical waters could circle the globe and make this a very warm, inhospitable planet.
Over the past century, the global sea level has apparently risen upwards of 6 inches, mainly because of the
melting of glacial ice. If present warming trends continue, the seas could rise as much as 6 feet by the next
century. This could flood coastal cities and fertile river deltas, where half the human population lives. Delicate
wetlands, where many marine species breed, also would be reclaimed by the sea. In addition, more frequent and

severe storms would batter coastal areas, adding to the disaster of the higher seas.
The continued melting of the great ice sheets in polar regions could cause massive amounts of ice to crash into
the ocean. This would further raise the sea level and release more ice, which could more than double the area of
sea ice and increase correspondingly the amount of sunlight reflected back into space. The cycle would then be
complete as this could cause global temperatures to drop enough to initiate another ice age.
35. According to the passage, carbon dioxide is stored in each of the following EXCEPT ___________.
A. polar ice caps
B. sedimentary rocks
C. rain forest
D. fossil fuel
36. Which of the following does the author NOT mention as a consequence of a large rise in global sea level?
A. the destruction of wetlands
B. the flooding of cities
C. a more diverse marine population
D. Severe storms
37. According to the passage, what is the relationship between carbon dioxide and the Earth's climate?
A. Carbon dioxide, which is trapped in glacial ice, is released when warm temperatures cause the ice melt.


B. The greenhouse effect, which leads to the warming of the climate, is result of too much carbon stored in
the Earth's crust.
C. Rain causes carbon dioxide to be washed out of the atmosphere and into the ocean.
D. An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide results in the warming of the climate.
38. The word "beneficial" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____________.
A. clam
B. inviting
C. thoughtful
D. favorable
39. It can be inferred from the passage that the development of agriculture ____________.
A. preceded the development of animal husbandry

B. withstood vast changes in the Earth's climate
C. did not take place during an ice age
D. was unaffected by the greenhouse effect
40. The word "this" in the third paragraph refers to ____________.
A. man's upsetting the equation
B. the reduction of the level of carbon dioxide
C. a volcanic eruption
D. the melting of the polar ice caps
41. The word "inhospitable" is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. imperfect
B. uninhabitable
C. unlikable
D. cruel
42. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The possibility that the popular ice caps will melt
B. The coming of another ice age
C. Man's effect on the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere
D. The climate of the Earth over the years.
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. We have conducted exhausting research into the effects of smartphones on students’ behavior and
their academic performance.
A. exhausting
B. into
C. behavior
D. academic performance
Question 44. Do you ever feel that life is not being fair to you because you cannot seem to get the job where
you want or that really suits you?
A. ever
B. that

C. because
D. where
Question 45. Mrs. Steven, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities.
A. along
B. from
C. are
D. to attend
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. I had no sooner got to know my neighbors than they moved away.
A. Soon after I got to know my new neighbors, I stopped having contact with them.
B. If my new neighbors had stayed longer, I would have got to know them better.
C. Once I had got used to my new neighbors, they moved somewhere else.
D. Hardly had I become acquainted with my new neighbors when they went somewhere else to live.
Question 47. “You’re always making terrible mistakes,” said the teacher.
A. The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes.
B. The teacher realized that his students always made terrible mistakes.
C. The teacher complained about his students making terrible mistakes.
D. The teacher made his students not always make terrible mistakes.
Question 48. A: John passed his exam with a distinction.
B: ____________________.
A. He was too lazy to succeed
B. he can’t have studied very hard
C. He must have studied very hard
D. He needs studying harder
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. Tom snored all night. I didn’t sleep a wink.
A. I didn’t sleep a wink, which made Tom snore all night.
B. Tom snored all night as a result of my sleeplessness.



C. What with Tom snoring all night, I didn’t sleep a wink.
D. What made Tom snore all night was my sleeplessness.
Question 50. A simplified edition is easier to read than the original. It is shorter.
A. A simplified edition which is shorter than the original is easier to read.
B. A simplified edition who is shorter than the original is easier to read.
C. A simplified edition is easier to read than the original which is shorter.
D. A simplified edition is easier to read than the original that is shorter.


ĐÁP ÁN
1. A
11. D
21. A
31. C
41. B

2. D
12. D
22. A
32. D
42. A

3. B
13. D
23. C
33. B
43. A


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

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

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

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

8. A
18. A
28. B
38. D
48. C


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

Câu 1: Đáp án A /ʒ/
Các đáp án còn lại là /dʒ/
Câu 2: Đáp án D
Câu 3: Đáp án B
Đáp án B trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 3, các từ còn lại trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 2.
Câu 4: Đáp án B
Đáp án B trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 3, các từ còn lại trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 2.
Câu 5: Đáp án A
Kiến thức về câu hỏi đuôi: Cấu giới thiệu dùng “Let’s”, câu hỏi đuôi là “Shall we”
Câu 6: Đáp án A
Cấu trúc: refuse + to V: từ chối làm gì đó
Câu 7: Đáp án A
Câu 8: Đáp án A
Although + mệnh đề: Mặc dù → loại C
Despite + N/Ving: Mặc dù → loại B (vì despite khơng có of)
In spite of + N/Ving: Mặc dù
Because of + N/Ving: Bởi vì → loại D vì không hợp nghĩa
Câu 9: Đáp án A
A. imaginative (adj): sáng tạo
C. imagination (n): trí tưởng tượng

B. imagine (v): tưởng tượng
D. imaginatively (adv): một cách sáng tạo


Câu 10: Đáp án C
Câu 11: Đáp án D
- to be terrified of: sợ cái gì

- break down: hỏng hóc

Câu 12: Đáp án D
- rebuff ~ blunt refusal: lời từ chối lỗ mãng, từ chối dứt khoát
- hypotheses (n-plural): giả thuyết
- negative (n): điều phủ định
- blunt (adj): cùn
Câu 13: Đáp án D
- burning (adj): nóng bỏng, mãnh liệt
- heavy (adj): nặng
- blazing (adj): nóng rực
- a blazing row ~ a big argument: một cuộc cãi lộn/ tranh cãi nảy lửa
Câu 14: Đáp án A
Câu 15: Đáp án D
- look for: tìm kiếm
- look after: chăm sóc

- look like: trơng giống như, có vẻ như
- look up to: kính trọng

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



Câu 16: Đáp án A
- have something at your fingertips: nắm được điều gì đó (thơng tin, kiến thức,…) trong tầm tay, sẵn có
Câu 17: Đáp án C
Câu 18: Đáp án A
- in the end (cuối cùng, sau cùng) được dùng khi nói tới kết quả sau cùng của một tình huống, sự việc,…
- at the end (of some thing) = thời điểm kết thúc (một sự việc, sự kiện, thời gian,…)
- in time: kịp, đúng lúc
- at present: hiện tại, bây giờ, lúc này
Câu 19: Đáp án D
- paid nothing: khơng trả gì
- turned a deaf ear: làm ngơ như không nghe thấy
- was offered: được cung cấp
- pay through her nose ~ pay much more than usual: trả nhiều tiền hơn mức bình thường
Câu 20: Đáp án B
- impending (adj) ~ imminent (adj): sắp xảy ra
- irrefutable (adj): không thể bác bỏ được, không chối cãi được
- formidable (adj): dữ dội, kinh khủng, ghê gớm, đáng gờm
- absolute (adj): tuyệt đối, hồn tồn
Câu 21: Đáp án A
Insufficient: khơng đủ, thiếu >< adequate: đủ, đầy đủ
Câu 22: Đáp án A
Discourtesy: bất lịch sự, thô lỗ >< politeness: sự lịch sự
Câu 23: Đáp án C
Câu 24: Đáp án C
Câu 25: Đáp án C
Mean + (that) + S + V: nghĩa là….
Câu 26: Đáp án D
Câu 27: Đáp án B
Apply for: nộp đơn xin vào

Câu 28: Đáp án B
Câu 29: Đáp án C
A wide range of + N = a variety of + N: nhiều, đa dạng
Câu 30: Đáp án A
Dẫn chứng:
“Yet these foods can cause persons sensitive to them to suffer greatly.”
“Your symptoms could be caused by many other problems. You may have rashes, hives, joint pains mimicking
arthritis, headaches, irritability, or depression.”
“Migraines can be set off by foods containing tyramine, phenethylamine, monosodium glutamate, or sodium
nitrate.”
Câu 31: Đáp án C
Dẫn chứng: “Sometimes it's hard to figure out if you have a food allergy, since it can show up so many different
ways. Your symptoms could be caused by many other problems.”
Câu 32: Đáp án D
set off = triggered: được gây ra
Câu 33: Đáp án B


Dẫn chứng: “Children who are hyperactive may benefit from eliminating food additives, especially colorings,
and foods high in salicylates from their diets.”
Câu 34: Đáp án C
Dẫn chứng: “Many of these allergies will not develop if these foods are not fed to an infant until her or his
intestines mature at around seven months”
→ lý do mà trẻ sơ sinh nên tránh ăn thực phẩm dễ gây dị ứng là do đường ruột của trẻ chưa phát triển hoàn
thiện.
Câu 35: Đáp án A
Dẫn chứng:
“All living organisms pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and eventually store it in sedimentary rocks
within the Earth's crust.”
“Man, however, is upsetting the equation by burning fossil fuels and destroying tropical rain forests, both of

which release stored carbon dioxide.”
Câu 36: Đáp án C
Dẫn chứng: “This could flood coastal cities and fertile river deltas, where half the human population lives.
Delicate wetlands, where many marine species breed, also would be reclaimed by the sea. In addition, more
frequent and severe storms would batter coastal areas, adding to the disaster of the higher seas.”
Câu 37: Đáp án D
Dẫn chứng: “This energizes the greenhouse effect and causes the Earth to warm.”
Câu 38: Đáp án D
Beneficial = favorable: thuận lợi, có lợi
Câu 39: Đáp án C
“The rapid melting of the continental glaciers at the end of the last ice age spurred one of the most dramatic
climate changes in the history of the planet. During this inter-glacial time, people were caught up in a cataclysm
of human accomplishment, including the development of agriculture and animal husbandry.”
Câu 40: Đáp án A
Câu 41: Đáp án B
Inhospitable = uninhabitable: không thể ở được
Câu 42. Đáp án A
Câu 43: Đáp án A
Exhausting → exhaustive
Câu 44: Đáp án D
- Where: là trạng từ quan hệ chỉ nơi trốn, thay cho on/in/at + which; there
- Which: đại từ quan hệ chỉ vật; đứng sau danh từ chỉ vật, làm chủ ngữ hoặc tân ngữ trong MĐQH
Có thể thay Which bởi That trong MĐQH xác định
Trường hợp Which / That giữ chức năng tân ngữ, có thể lược bỏ Which/ That đi
Câu 45: Đáp án C are → is
S1 + along with + S2 + V (chia theo S1)
Câu 46: Đáp án D
- no sooner …than ~ hardly … . when: ngay khi … thì…
Câu 47: Đáp án C
- complain about…: phàn nàn…

Câu 48: Đáp án C
Câu 49: Đáp án
- not sleep a wink: không chợp mắt được tý nào
Câu 50: Đáp án A

- what with sth: bởi vì


- which: là đại từ quan hệ chỉ vật, làm chức năng chủ ngữ hoặc tân ngữ trong MĐQH
C, D sai nghĩa so với câu ban đầu. B sai vì dùng sai đại từ quan hệ (who là đại từ quan hệ dùng cho người)