OUTLINE CAC DE MON TIENG ANH

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(1)OUTLINE CÁC ĐỀ TRẮC NGHIỆM MÔN TIẾNG ANH PHẦN I: Ngữ âm -. Chọn từ gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với những từ còn lại. Chọn từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với các từ còn lại.. -. Chọn từ thích hợp nhất (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) để hoàn thành các câu. Chọn dạng đúng của từ (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) để hoàn thành các câu.. -. Xác định từ hay cụm từ có gạch dưới, cần phải sửa, để câu trở thành chính xác. Chọn nhóm từ/ mệnh đề tốt nhất (ứng với A, B, C và D) để hoàn thành các câu.. -. Chọn từ thích hợp (ứng với A, B, C và D) để điền vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn. Đọc đoạn văn và chọn câu trả lời đúng nhất (ứng với A, B, C và D) để trả lời các câu hỏi hoặc hoàn thành các câu từ 46-50.. PHẦN II: Từ vựng + Ngữ pháp PHAÀN III: Vieát. PHẦN IV: Đọc hiểu. A. NGỮ PHÁP I. CAÙC THÌ CUÛA TIEÁNG ANH:. Về cơ bản, tiếng Anh có 12 thì ở câu chủ động và 08 thì ở câu bị động.. 1. THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (THÌ HIEÄN TAÏI ÑÔN): Caáu truùc:  Đối với động từ thường: Xaùc ñònh: I, you, we, they + V + O. He, she, it + V +s/es + O. Phuû ñònh: Nghi vaán:. I, you, we, they + do not + V + O. He, she, it + does not + V + O.. Do + I, you, we, they +V + O? Does + he, she, it + V + O?  Đối với động từ Tobe: I  am   He, she, it  is  O They, we, you  are  Xaùc ñònh: . Phuû ñònh:.

(2) I  am   He, she, it  is   not  O They, we, you  are . .. Nghi vaán:. Is + he, she, it + O ? Are + they, you + O ?  Trong câu nghi vấn, chủ từ “I, we” được đổi thành chủ từ “you” - Diễn tả một sự thật hiển nhiên: Ex: Gase expand when heated. - Dieãn taû moät thoùi quen: Ex: We go to the church every Sunday. - Một hành động hay trạng thái ở hiện tại: Ex: I understand the lesson now. - Chỉ tương lai, (thường dùng với động từ chỉ sự chuyển động như: arrive, leave, return ) Ex: She leaves tomorrow. - Trong caâu caûm thaùn. Ex: There goes the bus!. 2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE (THÌ HIEÄN TAÏI TIEÁP DIEÃN) Caáu truùc: Xaùc ñònh:. I  am   He, she, it  is   Ving  O They, we, you  are . .. Phuû ñònh: I  am   He, she, it  is   not  Ving  O They , we, you  are  Nghi vaán:. .. Are  you , they    Ving  O Is  he, she, it  ? - Chỉ một hành động đang xảy ra ở một thời điểm hiện tại (ngay tại lúc đang nói hoặc trong khoảng thời gian hiện tại) Ex: He is waiting for a bus. - Chỉ những gì đang thay đổi ở hiện tại: Ex: The days are getting longer now. - Chỉ những kế hoạch cho tương lai: Ex: I'm leaving tomorrow. - Chỉ hành động được lập lại nhiều lần, gây bực mình khó chịu. Ex: He is always making noise, I can't bear it..

(3) 3. SIMPLE PAST TENSE (THÌ QUÁ KHỨ ĐƠN) Caáu truùc:  Đối với động từ thường: Xaùc ñònh: I , you , we, they    Ved / V 2  O He, she, it  . Phuû ñònh: I , you , we, they    didnot  V  O. He, she, it  Nghi vaán:  I , you, we, they     + V + O? Did +  He, she, it  Đối với động từ Tobe: Xaùc ñònh: I , he, she, it  was    O. We, they, you  were  Phuû ñònh: I , he, she, it  was    not  O. We, they, you  were  Nghi vaán: Was  he, she, it  O? Were  they, you   Trong câu nghi vấn, chủ từ “I, we” được đổi thành chủ từ “you” - Chỉ một hành động đã xảy ra trong quá khứ và thời gian xảy ra hành động được xác định: Ex: This letter arrived this morning. - Diễn tả thói quen trong quá khứ: Ex: He often played tennis when he was young. - Diễn tả một hành động đã xảy ra kế tiếp nhau trong quá khứ: Ex: She came in, sat down and said nothing.. 4. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE (THÌ QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN) Caáu truùc: Xaùc ñònh:. you , we, they  were    Ving  O. I , he, she, it  was  Phuû ñònh: you , we, they  were    not  Ving  O. I , he, she, it  was .

(4) Nghi vaán: Was  he, she, it    Ving  O ? Were  they, you  - Diễn tả một hành động đang xảy ra tại một thời điểm xác định trong quá khứ: Ex: I was watching T.V at 9 o'clock last night. - Một hành động đang tiến hành trong quá khứ trong khi đó một hành động khác xảy ra, hành động xảy ra sau ta chia ở Simple past. Ex: I was watching T.V when my sister came here. - Một sự việc xảy ra và liên tục tiếp diễn trong quá khứ: Ex: I was sleeping all day yesterday. - Chỉ 2 hành động cũng diễn ra song song với nhau trong quá khứ: Ex: My mother was cooking in the kitchen while my father was watching television.. 5. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (THÌ HIỆN TẠI HOAØN THAØNH) Caáu truùc: Xaùc ñònh:. I , you, we, they  have    Ved / V3  O. He, she, it  has  Phuû ñònh: I , you , we, they  have    not  Ved / V3  O. He, she, it  has  Nghi vaán: Have  you, they    Ved / V3  O ? Has  he, she, it  - Hành động bắt đầu trong quá khứ và tiếp tục đến hiện tại: Ex: I have lived here since 1971. - Hành động mà ta không biết rõ thời gian: Ex: Have you seen the Mona Lisa? - Hành động vừa mới xảy ra: Ex: He has finished his homework.. 6. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE (THÌ HIỆN TẠI HOAØN THAØNH TIEÁP DIEÃN) Caáu truùc: Xaùc ñònh:. I , you , we, they  have    been  Ving  O. He, she, it  has  Phuû ñònh: I , you , we, they  have    not  been  Ving  O. He, she, it  has .

(5) Nghi vaán: Have  you, they    been  Ving  O ? Has  he, she, it  - Chỉ một hành động bắt đầu từ quá khứ, kéo dài cho đến hiện tại và còn tiếp tục trong tương lai: Ex: I have been painting this room.. 7. PAST PERFECT TENSE (THÌ QUÁ KHỨ HOAØN THAØNH) Caáu truùc: Xaùc ñònh:. I , you , we, they    had  Ved / V3  O. She, he, it  Phuû ñònh: I , you , we, they    had  not  Ved / V3  O. She, he, it  Nghi vaán:  I , you, we, they     He, she, it  + Ved / V3 + O? Had + - Một hành động được hoàn tất trước một hành động khác trong quá khứ, thường có 2 hành động trong caâu: Ex: Yesterday, when I arrived, Mary had left. - Một hành động đã hoàn tất trước một thời điểm xác định trong quá khứ: Ex: My son had finished his work before 9 o'clock last night. - Thì quá khứ hoàn thành thường dùng với các trạng từ before, after hoặc when: Ex: My mother had gone to the store before she went home. My mother went home after she had gone to the store. After my mother had gone to the store, she went home.. 8. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE (THÌ QUÁ KHỨ HOAØN THAØNH TIEÁP DIEÃN) Caáu truùc: Xaùc ñònh:. I , you , we, they    had  been  Ving  O. She, he, it  Phuû ñònh: I , you , we, they    had  not  been  Ving  O. She, he, it .

(6)  I , you, we, they     He, she, it  + been + V-ing + O? Nghi vaán: Had + - Chỉ một hành động bắt đầu trước một hành động khác trong quá khứ, kéo dài cho đến thời điểm đó trong quá khứ và đã kết thúc trong quá khứ: Ex: When he arrived, he had been waiting for nearly 2 hours.. 9. SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE (THÌ TÖÔNG LAI ÑÔN) Caáu truùc: Xaùc ñònh:. I , we  shall / will    V  O. He, she, it , you, they  will  Phuû ñònh: I , we  shall / will    not  V  O. He, she, it , you, they  will  Nghi vaán: Will  he, she, it , you, they  V  O ? - Diễn tả một hành động sẽ xảy ra trong tương lai: Ex: He will return next month. - Diễn tả một lời mời, một yêu cầu, đề nghị, một dự định hay sự dự đoán ở tương lai: Ex: Will you close the door, please? It will rain tomorrow. (dự đoán) The wedding will take place soon. (dự định, loan báo). 10. FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE (THÌ TÖÔNG LAI TIEÁP DIEÃN) Caáu truùc: Xaùc ñònh:. I , we  shall / will    be  Ving  O. He, she, it , you, they  Phuû ñònh: I , we  shall / will    not  be  Ving  O. He, she, it , you , they  Nghi vaán: Will  he, she, it , you, they  be  Ving  O ? - Chỉ một hành động sẽ đang xảy ra tại một thời điểm nào đó trong tương lai: Ex: By this time tomorrow, I shall (will) be playing tennis. - Một hành động dự định thực hiện ở tương lai: Ex: I will be spending my holiday in Vung Tau next month.. 11. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE (THÌ TƯƠNG LAI HOAØN THAØNH) Caáu truùc:.

(7) Xaùc ñònh: I , we  shall / will    have  Ved / V3  O. He, she, it , you, they  will  Phuû ñònh: I , we  shall / will    not  have  Ved / V3  O. He, she, it , you, they  will  Nghi vaán: Will  you, they, he, she, it  have  Ved / V3  O ? - Một hành động sẽ hoàn thành trước một thời điểm xác định ở tương lai: Ex: My father will have retired by the year 2010. - Một hành động sẽ hoàn thành trước một hành động khác ở tương lai: Ex: The bus will have arrived there before you finish smoking.. 12. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE (THÌ TƯƠNG LAI HOAØN THAØNH TIEÁP DIEÃN) Caáu truùc: Xaùc ñònh:. I , we  shall / will    have  been  Ving  O. He, she, it , you , they  will  Phuû ñònh: I , we  shall / will    not  have  been  Ving  O. He, she, it , you , they  will  Nghi vaán: Will  he, she, it , you, they  have  been  Ving  O ? - Một hành động sẽ hoàn tất trước một thời điểm xác định ở tương lai: Ex: By this time next month, I shall (will) have been teaching here for 5 years..

(8) II. PASSIVE SENTENCES (CÂU BỊ ĐỘNG). - Trong câu chủ động (Active) chủ ngữ thực hiện hành động. - Trong câu bị động (Passive) chủ ngữ tiếp nhận hành động. Đổi câu từ chủ động sang bị động ta làm theo các bước sau: (1) Ta lấy túc từ (Object) của câu chủ động đặt ở đầu câu bị động. (2) Nếu co trợ từ (Auxiliary) trong câu chủ động, hãy đặt nó liền sau chủ từ mới, phải phù hợp về ngôi và số với chủ từ này. (3) Thêm động từ Be vào sau trợ động từ hay các trợ động từ cùng một hình thức với động từ chính trong câu chủ động. (4) Ta đặt động từ chính của câu chủ động sau trợ động từ và động từ Be ở dạng quá khứ phân từ (Past participle). (5) Đặt chủ từ của câu chủ động sau động từ trong câu bị động với giới từ by đi trước. (Ta có thể bỏ đi nếu nó không qua trọng hay được hiểu ngầm). S V O. S. BE + V(pp). Ex: The university awarded Tom (S). (V). BY + AGENT. a scholarship.. (INDIRECT OBJ.). (DIRECT OBJ.). Tom was awarded a scholarship by the university. (S). (BE + V(pp) (DIRECT OBJ.). CÁC DẠNG BỊ ĐỘNG. 1. Simple Present: S + am / is / are + V(pp) + O. Ex: The dog kills the cats (Active)  The cat is killed by the dog (Passive) 2. Simple past: S + Was / were + V(pp) + O. Ex: An official declare the place to be free of infection (Active) The place was declared tobe free of infection (by an official). 3. Past perfect: S + Had been + V(pp) + O. Ex: They had done everything by hand. (Active) Everything had been done by hand. 4. Future: S + Shall / will + Be + V(pp) + O. Ex: The postman will deliver the letter. (Active) The letter will be delivered by the postman. 5. Present prefect: S + Have / has + been + V(pp) + O. Ex: The company has ordered some new equipment. (Active).

(9) Some new equipment has been ordered by the company.. 6. Present and past continuous: am / is / are S+ + being + V(pp) + O. was / were Ex: The dog is killing by the cat. (Active) The cat is being killed by the dog. She was reading a newspaper when I came. (Active) A newspaper was being read when I came. 7. Future perfect: S + Shall / will + have + been + V(pp) Ex: By this time next week, Tom will have finished that work. By this time next week, that work will have been finished by Tom. … Chuù yù: - Thì Future continuous và Future perfect continuous không được dùng ở câu bị động. 8. Câu chủ động có động từ khiếm khuyết (Modal ) can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would, ought to…. Acive: S. Modal + V/ have + Past Participle. S. Modal + Be/ have been + Past Participle. O. Passive: Ex: a. She can speak three languages. (Active) Three languages can be spoken by her. (Passive) b. Tom could have done that work. (Active) That work could have been done by Tom. (Passive). By + agent.

(10) III. USED TO. Used to…Nói lên một hành động thường xuyên làm thực hiện ở quá khứ, lúc ta nói ra thì hành động này không còn nữa. Subject + used to + verb (without to) Ex: When I was young, I used to swim everyday. He used to play football until his accident. … Theå nghi vaán cuûa used to: Did…..use to….? … Theå phuû ñònh cuûa used to: Didn't use to ….. Ex: Didn't you use to smoke a lot? He didn't use to live there. (be) used t o Subject +. + N / V-ing get used to. … Chuù yù: - Be used to: có nghĩa là: be accustomed to (quen với) - Get used to: có nghĩa là: become accustomed to (trở nên quen với) Ex: John is used to sleeping late on Sundays. Are you getting used to your new job? He finally got used to eating Vietnamese food.. IV. CAÂU ÑIEÀU KIEÄN: Câu điều kiện là câu thường có hai mệnh đề: mệnh đề điều kiện (if clause) và mệnh đề chính (main clause). Có hai loại điều kiện chính là điều kiện mở (có thực) và điều kiện đóng (không thực). Chúng ta tham khảo hai thí dụ sau: Điều kiện mở: If it rains tomorrow, I won't go out Điều kiện đóng: If I were a bit taller, I could reach the shelf. - ĐIỀU KIỆN LOẠI ZERO: Mệnh đề IF (IF clause) Mệnh đề chính (Main clause) Thì hieän taïi ñôn Thì hieän taïi ñôn Simple present Simple present Ex: If you heat the iron, it expands.. - ĐIỀU KIỆN LOẠI 1:. PROBABLE CONDITION (ÑIEÀU KIEÄN COÙ THEÅ XAÛY RA).

(11) IF – clause Main – clause Thì hieän taïi ñôn Thì töông lai ñôn Simple present Simple future Ex: If we don't hurry, we will miss the bus. - ĐIỀU KIỆN LOẠI 2: PRESENT – UNREAL CONDITION (ÑIEÀU KIEÄN KHOÂNG COÙ THẬT Ở HIỆN TẠI) IF – clause Main – clause Simple past would/could/might + V (khoâng TO) be = were Ex: If I had lots of money, I would travel round the world. If Mary were here, she could do it herself. - ĐIỀU KIỆN LOẠI 3: PAST – UNREAL CONDITION (ĐIỀU KIỆN KHÔNG CÓ THẬT Ở QUÁ KHỨ) IF – clause Main – clause Quá khứ hoàn thành Would/could/might + have + V(pp) Past perfect Ex: If you had taken a taxi, you would have got here in time. … Ngoài việc sử dụng "if" để tạo câu điều kiện, chúng ta cũng có thể dùng đảo ngữ với các từ như should, were, had với ý nghĩa nhấn mạnh, thí dụ: Should you have any questions, I will be happy to answer them. Were I you, I would beg his pardon. … Chúng ta cũng có thể dùng một số từ/nhóm thay thế cho "if" trong câu điều kiện như: unless (if not), as long as…. Ex: You can take the motorbike as long as you return it before midnight. If you don't come early, you will miss the train. Unless you come early, you will miss the train. Trên đây là những kiến thức cơ bản về câu điều kiện, thí sinh cũng nên tham khảo một số trường hợp ngoại lệ như sau: * Thứ nhất là trong câu điều kiện loại zero, không phải lúc nào chúng ta cũng phải dùng thì hiện taïi ñôn (simple present) maø chuùng ta cuõng coù theå duøng thì hieän taïi tieáp dieãn (present continuous), ví duï: If you are listening to that music, I am going out. * Thứ hai, trong câu điều kiện loại 1, không phải công thức lúc nào cũng là thì hiện tại đơn trong mệnh đề "if" và tương lai với "will" trong mệnh đề chính mà chúng ta có thể dùng thì hiện tại tiếp diễn trong mệnh đề "if", ví dụ: If you are bringing her to the party, I won't come. - Ngoài ra chúng ta có thể dùng "will + V" trong mệnh đề if để bày tỏ thiện chí và "won't + V" bày tỏ sự từ chối, ví dụ: If everyone will work hard, we will be able to finish work before noon. If they won't help, I will have to ask someone else..

(12) * Thứ ba, chúng ta không được lộn giữa điều kiện mở và điều kiện đóng, ví dụ dùng thì quá khứ đơn trong mệnh đề "if" và "will" thay cho "would" trong mệnh đề chín. Nhưng chúng ta lại có thể dùng "would" trong mệnh đề if khi muốn đưa ra một yêu cầu, đề nghị lịch sự, ví dụ: If you would wait for a second, I will put you through. - Chúng ta cũng có thể dùng thì quá khứ đơn trong mệnh đề "if" và "will + V" trong mệnh đề chính để nói đến một điều kiện trong quá khứ, nhưng kết quả lại ở trong tương lai, ví dụ: If you sent the document yesterday, I will have it in three days time. * Thứ tư, chúng ta có thể kết hợp câu điều kiện loại 2 và loại 3, tức là kết hợp điều kiện không thực ở hiện tại và quá khứ, ví dụ: If you hadn't asked me to run, I wouldn't be so tired now. If she were more sensible, she would have been able to get married two years ago.. V. MỆNH ĐỀ QUAN HỆ:. Trong tiếng Anh có nhiều loại mệnh đề khác nhau. Trong khuôn khổ tài liệu này, chúng tôi chỉ nêu hai loại mệnh đề quan hệ là mệnh đề quan hệ định nghĩa (difining clause) và mệnh đề quan hê không định nghĩa (non-difining clause) đi với Who/which/that. Về nguyên tắc chung thì các đại từ quan hệ Who và That được dùng cho người, còn Which/that được dùng cho đồ vật. 1. Mệnh đề quan hệ định nghĩa. Đây là loại mệnh đề xác định rõ người nào hoặc vật nào mà chúng ta đang nói tới, ví dụ: The architect who designed these flats doesn't live here/ I can't find the book that I was reading. Trong câu thứ nhất ở trên, mệnh đề "who designed these flats" xác định rõ người kiến trúc sư nào, còn trong câu 2, mệnh đề "that I was reading" xác định rõ cuốn sách nào. Nếu chúng ta bỏ hai mệnh đề đi thì hai câu trên không trọn vẹn về nghĩa. 2. Mệnh đề quan hệ không định nghĩa. Loại mệnh đề này không có chức năng xác định rõ ràng người nào hoặc vật nào đang được nhắc tới mà nó chỉ có chức năng bổ sung nghĩa cho người hoặc vật đó. Chính vì vậy người ta còn gọi chúng là mệnh đề bổ sung (adding clause) ví dụ: He was taught by a famous professor, who later became a PM. Tom's hobby is photography, which he spends most of his spare cash on. Trong câu thứ nhất ở trên, mệnh đề "who later became a PM" chỉ có chức năng cung cấp thêm thông tin về người giáo sư mà thôi. Tương tự như vậy cho mệnh đề "which he spends most of his spare cash on" của câu số 2. Mệnh đề bổ sung này luôn đứng sau hoặc giữa dấu phẩy. Chúng ta cùng tham khảo một ví dụ khác so sánh hai loại mệnh đề này. Mệnh đề định nghĩa: Cars which cause pollution should be banned. (Chỉ cấm những xe ô tô nào gây ô nhiễm thôi.) Cars, which cause pollution, should be banned. (Cấm tất cả các loại xe ô tô vì chúng gây ô nhiễm.). B. NGỮ ÂM.

(13) Khác với tiếng Việt, khi sử dụng tiếng Anh, trong rất nhiều trường hợp, ta không thể nhìn vào chính tả (các chữ cái sắp xếp trong một từ) để "đánh vần" hay phát âm từ đó chính xác. Nói cách khác, trong tiếng Anh, từ được viết một đằng và phát âm một nẻo. Do đặc điểm này, cách tốt nhất để phát âm chính xác từ trong tiếng Anh là học cách phát âm của từng từ thông qua luyện nghe hay tra cứu cách phát âm trong các loại từ điển. Đây cũng chính là đặc điểm làm cho nhiều người học tiếng Anh phát âm sai nhiều từ tiếng Anh do "khái quát hóa quá mức" qui luật mình đã học được. Chúng ta hãy xem một số dạng thức sau để thấy rõ điểm này.. 1. Đồng chính tả – khác âm:. 1. nose 2. rose 3. hose4. lose Có thể dễ dàng nhận thấy về chính tả các từ nêu trên gần như hoàn toàn giống nhau, chỉ trừ chữ cái đầu, tuy vậy các từ 1, 2 và 3 có phần gạch chân được đọc giống nhau ( ə z)còn ở từ số 4 phần gạch chân được đọc khác hẳn ( u:z). Hãy xem một ví dụ khác: 1. chemical 2. chore 3. choice 4. chance Trong ví dụ này, phần gạch chân ở cả 4 từ cũng có chính tả giống nhau nhưng ở các từ 2, 3 và 4 là phụ âm / t∫ / còn ở từ đầu tiên là phụ âm / k /. Sau đây là một ví dụ khác: 1. good 2. food 3. mood 4. loose 1. six 2. sour 3. sure 4. sow Trong hai câu hỏi trên đây, ở câu thứ nhất, phần gạch chân ở các từ 2, 3, 4 đều được phát âm là /u:/, còn ở từ số 1 lại được phát âm là /…./. Ở câu thứ hai, duy chỉ có ở câu số 3 phần được gạch chân có cách phát âm là /∫/, còn ở các phần còn lại đều được phát âm là /s/. Trong tiếng Anh còn có nhiều từ chính tả hoàn toàn giống nhau nhưng cách phát âm lại khác nhau (và thường có nghĩa khác nhau), ví dụ: 1a. lead (d.từ: chì) 2a. present (d.từ:quà tặng) 3a. minute (d.từ: phút) 4a. object (d.từ: vật thể) 5a. wind (d.từ: gió) 5a. dezert (d.từ: sa mac). /led/ /prezənt/ /minit/ / 'ɔbdʒikt/ /wind/ /'dezət/. 1b. lead (đg.từ: dẫn đầu, v.v…) 2b. present (đg.từ: đưa tặng) 3b. minute (t.từ: nhỏ) 4b. object (đg.từ: phản đối) 5b. wind (đg.từ: xoay, vặn) 6b. dezert (đg.từ: bỏ lại). /li:d/ /prizent/ /mainju:t/ /'ɔ bdʒekt/ /waind/ / di'zə:t/. Hãy tra cứu cách phát âm (với các nghĩa khác nhau) của những từ được liệt kê trong danh sách dưới đây để biết thêm về các từ loại này: Bass. Intimate. Record. Tier. Bow. Invalid. Refuse. Use. Buffet. Lead. Resign. Wind. Coax. Live. Resume. wound.

(14) Close. Minute. Row. compound. object. separate. Có thể thấy rằng nhiều từ trong số này khi từ loại thay đổi (ví dụ: động từ hay danh từ hoặc ngược lại) thì nghĩa và cả cách phát âm cũng thay đổi. Có nhiều từ mặc dù nghĩa không thay đổi lớn nhưng cách phát âm vẫn thay đổi: house (cái nhà) được phát âm là /ha …s/ và house (động từ: là nhà, cung cấp nhà) được phát âm là /ha…z/. 2. Khác chính tả – đồng âm: Phát âm từ tiếng Anh cũng như nghe hiểu ở tiến Anh còn trở nên khó khăn hơn do trong tiếng Anh không những có nhiều từ viết giống nhau nhưng phát âm khác nhau mà còn có nhiều từ viết khác nhau nhöng coù caùch phaùt aâm gioáng nhau, ví duï: 1a. night 1b. knight 2a. eight 2b. ate 3a. boy 3b. bouy Trong ví dụ sau đây, phần được gạch chân trong cả bốn từ tuy khác nhau về chính tả nhưng lại giống nhau về cách phát âm (đều đọc là /…../) 1. arrow 2. although 3. hello 4. sew Moät ví duï khaùc cuøng daïng naøy laø: 1. tie 2. smile 3. buy 4. bye Trong một câu hỏ thi trắc nghiệm, người thi có thể phải tìm ra trong 4 lựa chọn tuy có chính tả khác nhau nhưng chỉ có cách đọc của phần gạch chân ở một từ là khác với ba từ còn lại, ví dụ: 1. bought 2. caught 3. weren't 4. sword Câu trả lời đúng cho câu hỏi này là 3 do phần gạch chân ở từ này được phát âm là / 3:/, còn ở cả ba từ còn lại phần gạch chân đều được phát âm là /…./. Tuy nhiên, dạng bài tập này hiếm thấy hơn dạng bài tập trình bày ở phần trước. Như vậy có thể thấy những đặc điểm nêu trên đây chính là cơ sở để các đề thi trắc nghiệm trong môn tiếng Anh đưa ra các lựa chọn cho người thi. Khi thi, để đạt kết quả cao, người thi cần đọc nhẩm những từ cho sẵn trong các lựa chọn vì làm như vậy không chỉ nhận dạng những từ khác biệt bằng mắt mà thể nhận dạng bằng tai. Hơn nữa, thí sinh dự thi có thể tìm những câu vẫn gặp trong quá trình học tập có chứa từ cần tìm cách phát âm và đọc nhẩm cả câu đó lên, giúp khẳng định rõ cách đọc của từng từ. Cộng với khả năng nói được luyện tập tốt trong quá trình học, những kỹ năng thi nhỏ trong khi làm bài thi này cũng sẽ phần nào giúp thí sinh tăng cường độ chính xác trong việc lựa chọn câu trả lời đúng.. 3. Troïng aâm Khác với tiếng Việt, phần lớn các từ tiếng Anh đều có nhiều âm tiết (tức là thành phần nhỏ nhất của một từ về mặt phát âm). Tuy nhiên, các âm tiết trong một từ thường được phát âm "mạnh nhẹ" khác nhau, âm tiết được phát âm "mạnh" hơn các âm tiết khác được gọi là âm tiết có trọng âm..

(15) Phổ biến trong tiếng Anh là từ có từ một tới hai trọng âm. Trong trường hợp từ có hai trọng âm thì sẽ có một trọng âm chính và một trọng âm phụ. Hãy nghiên cứu các thí dụ sau: 1. 'student 2. 'mention 3. 'capable 4.'organize 1. ,orgni'zation 2. ,manu'facturing 3. re,sponsi'bility 4. en,viron'mental Thông thường trong các từ điển tiếng Anh chuẩn trên thế giới, âm tiết có trọng âm chính trong một từ được đánh dấu ( ' ) ở phía trước âm tiết đó, còn âm tiết có trọng âm phụ được đánh dấu ( , ) ở phía trước âm tiết đó. Ở thí dụ thứ nhất ta có thể thấy cả bốn từ đều có một trọng âm và đều nằm ở âm tiết đầu tiên của từ; còn ở thí dụ thứ hai, cả bốn từ đều có hai trọng âm, một âm chính và một phuï. Việc đọc đúng trọng tâm của từ trong khi hội thoại tiếng Anh có tầm quan trọng rất lớn. Nó giúp người nghe dễ dàng nhận dạng được từ người nói đang sử dụng (trong nhiều trường hợp, nếu đọc sai trọng âm có thể dẫn tới việc người nghe hiểu sai từ khác, làm sai lệch thông tin trong giao tiếp). Đọc đúng trọng âm của từ cũng giúp người nói nói lưu loát hơn do từ được phát âm dễ hơn và nhanh hơn nếu đọc đúng trọng âm. Chính vì lý do này, để kiểm tra năng lực thực hành tiếng của người học, trong bài thi tiếng Anh có thể có phần xác định trọng âm và được thể hiện trong bài thi trắc nghiệm lựa chọn dưới các hình thức chọn ra một từ có trọng âm khác với trọng âm ở các từ còn lại, có thể là ở thứ tự âm từ (thí dụ a và b) hoặc số lượng trọng âm trong từ (ví dụ c). Hãy đọc kỹ các thí dụ để hiểu rõ hơn dạng thức của câu hỏi thi này: Thí duï a: 1. envelope 2. endanger 3. encourage 4. enable Thí duï b: 1. comment 2. combine 3. compass 4. comfortable Thí duï c 1. ambassador2. American 3. geography 4. separation Ở thí dụ a ta thấy cả bốn lựa chọn đều có 3 âm tiết, trong đó duy nhất chỉ có từ số 1 envelope có trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết đầu tiên, còn ba lựa chọn còn lại trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai, vậy đáp án câu này là 1. envelope. Ngược lại, ở thí dụ b, các từ số 1, 3 và 4 đều có trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ nhất, duy chỉ có từ số 2 có trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ hai, và đáp án này là 2. combine. Thí dụ c ở dạng câu hỏi khi làm, ta cần xác định số lượng trọng âm như đã nêu trên. Tất cả các từ trong câu thí dụ c đều có bốn âm tiết, trong đó có ba từ có một trọng âm là từ số 1, 2 và 3 (hơn nữa, cả ba từ đều có trọng âm ở âm tiết thứ 2). Còn từ số 4 có hai trọng âm và đây chính là đáp án đúng cho câu này. Câu hỏi kiểu này hiếm thấy hơn trong các kì thi ở nước ta từ trước tới nay. Đối với người học ở trình độ tiếng Anh phổ thông trung học và chuẩn bị thi vào đại học, cao đẳng, việc học các quy luật phát âm phức tạp để tự mình có thể xác định được trọng âm của từ là việc chưa cần thiết. Hơn nữa, để sử dụng tiếng Anh trong giao tiếp, người học cần phát âm tốt từ tiếng Anh, trong đó có vấn đề trọng âm. Cách tốt nhất ở thời điểm hiện tại đối với người học như chúng ta là luyển nghe, tra cứu trong từ điển cách phát âm chuẩn để giao tiếp có hiệu quả. Còn để làm tốt các câu hỏi về thi phát âm, chúng ta cần nắm vững khái niệm âm tiết và xác định đúng các âm tiết và trọng âm của từ.. III. Từ vựng.

(16) Trong phần này, chúng tôi xin giới thiệu sơ bộ và theo một cách đơn giản, dễ hiểu về cấu tạo từ trong tiếng Anh để qua đó các em học sinh phổ thông có thể phần nào hiểu rõ hơn cấu tạo của từ, cách tạo từ mới và áp dụng những kiến thức này vào làm các bài tập và bài thi tốt nghiệp và tuyển sinh.. 1. Gốc tù, phụ tố và từ phái sinh: Để hiểu rõ cấu tạo từ trong tiếng Anh, có những khái niệm cơ bản người học cần nắm vững: gốc từ và phụ tố (bao gồm tiền tố và hậu tố). Gốc từ có thể đứng riêng mà vẫn có nghĩa đầy đủ và được sử dụng như một từ đơn lẻ. Phụ tố là các thành tố phụ thuộc vào gốc từ (nói phụ thuộc vì những thành tố này không thể đứng riêng mà phải kết hợp với một gốc từ mới có nghĩa đầy đủ). Những phụ tố có thể thêm vào phía trước một gốc từ được gọi là tiền tố, còn các phụ tố có thể thêm vào sau một gốc từ gọi là hậu tố. Cách thêm các phụ tố vào gốc từ là hình thức chủ yếu để tạo từ mới trong tiếng Anh. Từ mới được tạo ra theo cách này gọi là từ phái sinh, thí dụ: Gốc từ Happy (tình từ). Từ mới (từ phái sinh) Unhappy (tính từ ngược nghĩa) Happiness (danh từ) Comfortable (tính từ) Uncomfortable (tính từ ngược nghĩa) Actor (danh từ) Active (tính từ) Inactive (tính từ) Activity (danh từ). Comfort (danh từ) Act (động từ). Việc nắm vững của gốc từ cũng như nghĩa và khả năng lắp ghép của các phụ tố giúp người đọc có thể hiểu và tạo từ mới trong tiếng Anh, vì vậy đây cũng thường là một nội dung hay xuất hiện trong các bài thi tiếng Anh ở mọi trình độ. Các bảng từ trong phần sau đây sẽ liệt kê một số phụ tố cơ bản, nghĩa chung và khả năng tạo từ mới của phụ tố này.. MỘT SỐ HẬU TỐ THAØNH LẬP DANH TỪ Haäu toá - age. Nghóa chung Tập hợp, quan hệ, hành động. -. ance ation tion. Traïng thaùi Sự việc, hành động. -. cide. Gieát, dieät. Thí duï Sewerage, Percentage, Blockage Performance Execution, Concentration, Organization Suicide, pesticide, Insecticide.

(17) -. dom ence er, or. Lĩnh vực, điều kiện Phaåm chaát Người, vật gây hành động. -. ess. Giống cái, phái nữ. -. hood. Traïng thaùi xuaát hieän, toàn taïi. - ian - ics - ing Haäu toá - ion - ism - ist, - yst - ity - man - ment - ness. Người có liên quan đến Coâng ngheä, nghaønh Họat động Nghóa chung Sự việc, hành động, trạng thái Ñieàu kieän, traïng thaùi Người vật gây hành động Traïng thaùi, phaåm chaát Người Trạng thái, sự việc Ñieàu kieän. -. ship. Điều kiện, trạng thái, giới. -. ware. Vaät, phaàn meàm. Freedom Independence Programmer, Operator, processor, Calculator Actress, waitress, Stewardess, Priestess Childhood, Motherhood Electrician Physics calculating Thí duï Conversion Magnetism Analyst, typist Electricity, infinity Fireman, statement Measurement Cleanliness, Readiness, Happiness Relationship, Partnership Hardware, software, Freeware, shareware. MỘT SỐ HẬU TỐ THAØNH LẬP ĐỘNG TỪ Haäu toá - ate - en - fy - ize. Nghóa chung Laøm thaønh, hoùa thaønh Laøm thaønh, hoùa thaønh Laøm thaønh, hoùa thaønh Laøm thaønh, hoùa thaønh. Thí duï Automate, calculate, operate Harden, widen Simplify, justify Computerize. MỘT SỐ HẬU TỐ THAØNH LẬP TRẠNG TỪ Haäu toá - ly. Nghóa chung Theo cách thức. Thí duï Electronically,. logically,. helpfully,.

(18) - wise - ward. Theo chieàu Hướng về, theo hướng. comparably Clockwise Southward, inward, outward, homeward. MỘT SỐ HẬU TỐ THAØNH LẬP TÍNH TỪ Haäu toá - able - al - ar - ed - ette - ful - ible - ic - ical - ing - ious - ish - ive - less - ous - wise - y. Nghóa chung Coù khaû naêng Coù tính chaát cuûa Coù tính chaát cuûa Coù Nhoû, nhoû beù Coù tính chaát Coù khaû naêng Coù tính chaát cuûa Coù tính chaát cuûa Coù taùc duïng laøm gì Gioáng nhö, coù nhieàu Gioáng nhö Mang tính chaát Khoâng coù Gioáng nhö, coù nhieàu Hướng, chiều Có tính chất, có xu hướng. Thí duï Comparable Computational, commercial Circular, molecular Computed, punch Kittchenette, cigarette Helpful Divisible Automatic, magnetic Electrical, economical Programming, coding, processing, Religious Yellowish Interactive Careless Dangerous Clockwise Runny, messy, rainy, sunny. MOÄT SOÁ TIEÀN TOÁ MANG NGHÓA PHUÛ ÑÒNH Tieàn toá AntiDe-. Nghóa chung Choáng laïi Giảm, làm ngược lại, loại bỏ. DisIlImInIrMisNon-. Ngược lại, trái lại Không, không đủ mức độ Không, không đủ mức độ Không, không đủ mức độ Không, không đủ mức độ Xaáu, hoûng Không, không liên quan tới. Thí duï Antisocial Demagnetize, decode, derail Deform Disagree, disconnect Illegal Impossible Incomplete Irregular, irrelevant Mispronounce Non-programmable, nonsense.

(19) UnUnder-. Không, không đủ mức độ Quá ít, mức độ quá thấp. Unhappy, unmagnified underestimate. MOÄT SOÁ TIEÀN TOÁ MANG NGHÓA KHAÚNG ÑÒNH Tieàn toá OverReUp. Nghóa chung Làm quá mức độ Laøm laïi Làm lớn lên, thêm lên. Thí duï Overheat Reoganize Upscale, upgrade, update. MỘT SỐ TIỀN TỐ CHỈ KÍCH THƯỚC PREFIX MacroMegaMicroMiniSemi-. MEANING Lớn, to Lớn, to Nhoû Nhoû beù, raát nhoû Một nữa, một phần. EXAMPLES Macroeconomics Megabyte Microeconomics Minicomputer Semiconductor. MOÄT SOÁ TIEÀN TOÁ CHÆ NÔI CHOÁN, VÒ TRÍ Tieàn toá ExExtraInfraInterPeriSub-. Nghóa chung Bên ngoài, loại bỏ Vượt ra ngoài, bên ngoài Thấp, ở dưới Giữa, trong số Xung quanh, ngoại vi Dưới, ở dưới. SuperTrans-. Sieâu Xuyeân, xuyeân suoát. Thí duï Exclude Extraodinary Infra-red Interface, interactive Peripheral Subschema Submarine Supersonic Transmit, transfer. MỘT SỐ TIỀN TỐ CHỈ THỜI GIAN, TRẬT TỰ Tieàn toá AntePostPrePrime-. Nghóa chung Trước, trước khi Sau, sau khi Trước, trước khi Đầu tiên, hàng đầu. Thí duï Antecedent Postdated Prefix Primary, primitive.

(20) MỘT SỐ TIỀN TỐ CHỈ THỜI GIAN Tieàn toá BiDecHexMonoMultiOctPentaQuadSemiSepTri-. Nghóa chung Hai Mười Saùu Moät, ñôn leû Nhieàu Taùm Naêm Boán Một nữa Baûy ba. Thí duï Bilingual Decimal Hexadecimal Monochromatic Multiprogramming Octal Pentagon Quadruple Semicircle Septic Triangle. MOÄT SOÁ TIEÀN TOÁ KHAÙC Tieàn toá AutoCoEnNeoProTel(e) –. Nghóa chung Tự, tự động Cuøng nhau Làm thành (thành lập động từ) Mới Cho, haäu thuaän, uûng hoä Xa, có khoảng cách. UltraUni-. Bên ngoài, vượt giới hạn Moät, cuøng daïng. Thí duï Automatic Coordinate Enlarge, enable Neoclassical Proreovolutionary, Pro-abortion Television, Telecommunication Ultraviolet, ultrasonic Uniform, unify Unification. Điều cần lưu ý khi sử dụng phụ tố để tạo từ mới là không phải phụ tố nào cũng có thể ghép với một gốc từ bất kỳ để tạo ra từ mới. Tất cả các phụ tố chỉ có thể lắp ghép với các gốc từ nhất định, từ loại nhất định để tạo ra từ mới thuộc từ loại nhất định. Cần tìm hiểu và tra cứu kỹ càng trước khi sử dụng phụ tố để tạo từ phái sinh.. 2. Tính từ có đuôi (phụ tố) –ing và tính từ có đuôi –ed. Trong tiếng Anh có rất nhiều tính từ phát sinh bằng cách thêm đuôi –ing hoặc đuôi –ed vào gốc từ là động từ. Hãy xem các ví dụ sau: exciting excited interesting interested boring bored.

(21) Có hai loại tính từ đuôi –ing chính: Tính từ đuôi –ing liên hệ với một động từ hướng ngoại (ngoại động từ – transitive verb) và tính từ đuôi –ing liên hệ với một động từ hướng nội (nội động từ – intransitive verb) a. Tính từ đuôi –ing liên hệ với một động từ hướng ngoại được sử dụng để mô tả tác động của sự vật, sự việc nào đó lên một người nào đó. Ví dụ, nếu ta nói đến "a surprising number" có nghĩa là con số đó (number) "làm cho ta ngạc nhiên". Sau đây là liệt kê một số tính từ đuôi –ing thuộc loại này: Alarming convincing inspiring surprising Amazing depressing interesting tempting Amusing devastating misleading terrifying Annoying disappointing pleasing threatening Tính từ đuôi –ing liên hệ với một động từ hướng nội được sử dụng để mô tả một tiến trình hoặc một trạng thái có nghĩa tương ứng với động từ có liên hệ với tính từ đó. Bảng sau liệt kê một số tính từ loại này. Ageing bursting dying prevailing Ailing decreasing existing remaining Bleeding diminishing increasing rising Booming dwindling living ruling b. Trong tiếng Anh có rất nhiều tính từ có đuôi –ed (bao gồm cả tính từ đồng dạng với phân từ quá khứ của động từ liên quan như broken, torn). Phần lớn tính từ có đuôi –ed đều liên hệ với một động từ hướng ngoại và mang nghĩa bị động, mô tả hành động đã tác động đến người hay vật được mô taû. Haõy so saùnh hai ví duï sau: a frightened man: một người sợ hãi (bị cái gì đó làm cho sợ hãi) a frightening man: một người đáng sợ (làm cho người khác phải sợ) Một số tính từ đuôi –ed chỉ tính chất: Alarmed depressed excited puzzled Amused disappointed frightened satisfied Astonished disgusted hurt shocked Bored distressed inclined surprised Còn bảng sau liệt kê một số tính từ đuôi –ed mang tính phân loại: Armed concentrated furnished reduced Blocked cooked hidden required Boiled divided improved torn Broken dried infected trained Lưu ý, để bổ trợ cho các tính từ đuôi –ed mang tính phân loại ta không sử dụng các trạng từ thông thường như quite và very mà sử dụng các trạng từ chỉ cách thức và mức độ như pleasantly, cautiously, strongly, highly, well, powerfully, v.v…Ví duï: strongly motivated students highly developed healthcare system.

(22) well equipped army. PHAÀN HAI 1. LOẠI ĐỀ THI TRẮC NGHIỆM NHIỀU LỰA CHỌN Trong lĩnh vực giáo dục có rất nhiều loại hình trắc nghiệm khác nhau được sử dụng cho nhiều mục đích khác nhau. Tuy nhiên trong khuôn khổ của tài liệu này, chúng tôi chỉ trình bày loại hình trắc nghiệm nhiều lựa chọn thường bao gồm hai phần, phần đầu gọi là phần dẫn, nêu ra vấn đề, cung cấp thông tin cần thiết hoặc nêu một câu hỏi – phần sau là các phương án để lựa chọn, thường được kí hiệu bằng các chữ cái A, B, C, D hoặc các con số 1, 2, 3, 4. Thí duï: She went to the movies last night. But I ……………….. A. didn't either B. didn't C. did D. went Trong câu trên, phần dẫn là "She went to the movies last night, But I ………., và phần lựa chọn là "A. didn't either B. didn't C. did D. went" Tuy nhiên một số câu trong đề thi cũng có thể không có phần đề dẫn. Đây thường là các câu kiểm tra kiến thức ngữ âm của thí sinh, ví dụ: Câu 1: Chọn một từ mà phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với từ còn lại. A. says B. decay C. mayD. day Dù có phần đề dẫn hay không các câu hoặc bài trắc nghiệm nhiều lựa chọn yêu cầu thí sinh phải tìm lựa chọn "đúng nhất". Tuy nhiên có một số trường hợp, yêu cầu của bài là lựa chọn câu trả lời sai (incorrect options) hoặc lựa chọn không có trong phần dẫn (not mentioned), thường là sử dụng cho các bài đọc hiểu (reading comprehension). Vì vậy thí sinh phải đọc yêu cầu làm bài cũng như các phần dẫn hết sức cẩn thận để làm đúng theo yêu cầu. Trong số các lựa chọn, tùy theo các trình độ khác nhau, ngoài một phương án đúng hoặc đúng nhất, các phương án còn lại được đưa vào nhằm "gây nhiễu" (distract). Đối với thí sinh, chúng tôi sẽ phân tích kỹ hơn về các loại phương án gây nhiễu này trong các phần sau. Trong đề thi tốt nghiệp hoặc tuyển sinh, các loại hình trắc nghiệm kiểm tra kiến thức ngôn ngữ và kỹ năng sử dụng ngôn ngữ thường được chia thành các loại chính sau đây: Loại hình kiểm tra kiến thức ngữ âm. Đây là các câu không có phần đề dẫn mà chỉ có 4 phương án lựa chọn. Đối với loại này, thí sinh phải lựa chọn trong 4 phương án cho sẵn từ có cách phát âm khác hoặc từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vài âm tiết có vị trí khác so với ba phương án còn lại..

(23) Thí duï: Câu 1: Chọn một từ mà phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với các từ còn lại. A. says B. decay C. mayD. day Câu 2: Chọn từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác so với các từ còn lại. A. memory B. temple C. luckily D. necessity Để làm tốt phần này, thí sinh cần phải có kiến thức vững vàng về mặt ngữ âm như phát âm từ, trọng âm từ, vv. Xin mời các bạn tham khảo phần một ở trên về kiến thức cơ bản cho phần này. Loại hình kiểm tra từ vựng Đây là loại có câu dẫn và 4 phương án lựa chọn. Phần này kiểm tra kiến thức của thí sinh về khả năng sử dụng từ vựng tiếng Anh. Các câu có thể dưới dạng đơn giản như là chọn phương án dạng từ thích hợp với chỗ trống trong phần dẫn, thí dụ: Câu 45: Chọn từ thích hợp nhất điền vào chỗ trống trong các câu sau: My younger brother enjoys ______ in English. A. singB. singing C. to sing D. sings Chúng ta thấy trong câu trên cả bốn từ đều là các dạng thức khác nhau của động từ "to sing". Việc phải làm là chọn dạng thức thích hợp nhất đi sau động từ "enjoy" Ở những câu khó hơn, thí sinh phải lựa chọn trong số bốn phương án từ có nghĩa gần giống nhau nhưng chỉ một phương án là thích hợp trong bối cảnh của câu dẫn, thí dụ: Mrs. Lan has been elected to be the ______ of the hotel. A. director B. manager C. bossD. chair Vậy để làm tốt phần này thí sinh không những phải nắm vững kiến thức về cấu tạo từ của tiếng Anh, mà còn phải nắm vững cách sử dụng chúng trong bối cảnh cụ thể. Loại hình kiểm tra ngữ pháp Đây cũng là loại trắc nghiệm có câu dẫn và 4 phương án lựa chọn. Phần này chủ yếu kiểm tra kiến thức ngữ pháp của thí sinh, từ những kiến thức cơ bản như sử dụng thời, giới từ, mạo từ,vv What do they often do _______ evening? A. in B. on C. at D. of If ………... you hadn't been so foolish to lose the key. A. but B. as C. though D. only Trên đây là ba phần kiểm tra kiến thức ngôn ngữ (language competence) của thí sinh. Nếu có kiến thức cơ bản vế tiếng Anh, việc làm được các câu trên không phải là khó. Tuy nhiên để làm được cả các câu, thí sinh phải giỏi trong việc vận dụng các kiến thức đó vào các phần kiểm tra kỹ năng ngôn ngữ (language skills) cơ bản sau Loại hình kiểm tra kĩ năng viết Trong các kỳ thi trước, kỹ năng viết thường được kiểm tra dưới dạng các câu viết lại, dựng câu hoặc thậm chí viết luận. Khi chuyển sang hình thức thi trắc nghiệm, những loại hình này không còn phù hợp nữa và sau đây là một số loại hình kiểm tra viết theo hình thức trắc nghiệm. Nhận diện lỗi. Trên thực tế thì đây là một biến thể của một loại hình thi đã có trong một số đề thi của các năm trước. Ví dụ đề thi tuyển sinh năm 2004-2005 có các câu sau: Trong các câu này, thí sinh phải tự tìm ra lỗi và sửa chúng. Trong câu trắc nghiệm, câu này có ở dưới dạng sau:.

(24) One of the most serious medical problem that mankind is facing is H5N1. A B C D Hoàn thành câu bằng một cụm từ hoặc một mệnh đề Phần này kiểm tra khả năng của thí sinh trong việc sử dụng kiến thức về cấu trúc câu tiếng Anh, ví duï: She would have come if…………….. A. you invite C. you had invited B. you invited D. you have invited Khác với phần kiểm tra ngữ pháp ở trên, thí sinh phải nắm vững kiến thức về cấu trúc các loại câu tiếng Anh, ví dụ câu điều kiện không thực ở quá khứ như trong câu trên. Loại hình kiểm tra kỹ năng đọc hiểu Loại này bao gồm hai phần chính, phần thứ nhất là chọn từ thích hợp nhất trongsố các phương án A, B, C hoặc D để điền vào chỗ trống của một đoạn văn, thí dụ: Earlier this morning, when some classmates and I were (1) _______ basketball in the part near our school, it suddenly began to rain (2) _______. We immediately grabbed out basketball and run for (3) _______. At first, we stood together under a tree (4) _______ then it began to thunder. Peter told us that it was (5) _______ to stay under a tree in a rainstorm, (6) _______ when there is lightning so we ran to a (7) _______ srore to wait (8) _______ the rain stopped. 1. A. hiting 2. A. greatly 3. A. shelter 4. A. and 5. A. danger 6. A. especially 7. A. near 8. A. for. B. kicking B. heavily B. protection B. so B. in danger B. specially B. nearby B. unitl. C. playing C. severely C. hiding C. but C. a danger C. mostly C. neighborhood C. when. D. throwing D. very big D. avoiding rain D. yet D. dangerous D. chiefly D. close D. as. Thoạt nhìn chúng ta tưởng là với việc cho các lựa chọn này, thí sinh sẽ làm bài tốt hơn so với việc phải tìm ra từ để điền như trước đây. Nhưng thực tế cho thấy là không phải như vậy. Để chọn được từ thích hợp nhất để điền vào chỗ trống, thí sinh phải có kiến thức tương đối toàn diện về nghĩa của từ trong bối cảnh toàn câu, toàn bài, đồng thời phải nắm vững kiến thức về cách sử dụng các từ đồng nghĩa, thí dụ "specially" và "especially" trong câu số 6 ở trên. Phần thứ hai trong loại hình kiểm tra đọc hiểu là phần đã rất thông dụng với thí sinh, đó là đọc một bài và lựa chọn phương án đúng cho một số câu hỏi về bài đọc đó, thí dụ: Many flats in Japan's cities are very small. This is because land in Japan is very expensive. Because the land is expensive, people have to live in small flats. People never wear shoes inside Japanese homes. They always take off their shoes before they enter the house. Then they put on slippers to walk around inside the house. This helps to keep the inside of the house clean..

(25) Many Japanese homes are very small because…. A. Japanese people are small. B. flats are very expensive. C. Japan is very expensive. D. the cities are very small. What do Japanese people never wear in their house? A. Coats B. slippers C. hats D. shoes. 2. MỘT SỐ GỢI Ý VỀ PHƯƠNG PHÁP LAØM ĐỀ THI TRẮC NGHIỆM LỰA CHOÏN A. NHỮNG ĐIỂM CHUNG CẦN LƯU Ý Như đã trình bày trong các phần trên, để làm tốt đề thi trắc nghiệm, thí sinh cần phải học tất cả kiến thức cơ bản về ngôn ngữ và vận dụng một cách thành thạo trong các nội dung thi khác nhau. Các câu hỏi trong đề thi trắc nghiệm (40-50 câu cho bài thi tốt nghiệp và 80-100 câu cho đề thi tuyển sinh) đề cập đến các nội dung, kiến thức khác nhau và thời gian làm bài cũng được tính toán chặt chẽ nên thí sinh không nên "học tủ" hoặc nghĩ đến khả năng quay cóp khi làm bài. Các nội dung kiến thức về ngữ pháp, ngữ âm, từ vựng, v.v… trình bày trong các cuốn sách của chương trình THPT đã được sắp xếp trong một hệ thống hoàn chỉnh. Nếu học hết các nội dung trong sách, trả lời các câu hỏi và giải hết các bài tập trong sách giáo khoa và sách bài tập là các em có thể đạt được điểm tốt trong làm đề thi trắc nghiệm. Thường xuyên rèn luyện nâng cao kĩ năng thực hiện để thi trắc nghiệm. Đề thi được thiết kế có phần khác với kiểu tự luận quen thuộc nên các em cần rèn luyện thói quen đọc và hiểu đúng yêu cầu của câu hỏi và nội dung của phương án trả lời. Tập thành thạo cách tô đậm các ô trả lời bằng bút chì, tô làm sao cho đủ độ đậm, vừa kín vòng tròn, nhanh. Ngoài ra cũng cần rèn luyện kĩ năng tẩy các phương án trả lời sai, tẩy sạch mà không làm rách tờ giấy trả lời (answer sheet). Trên phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm, chỉ được viết một thứ mực không phải là mực đỏ và tô chì đen ở các ô tròn, chỉ được tô bằng bút chì không được tô bằng bút bi, bút mực. Khi tô, phải tô đậm và lấp kín diện tích cả ô, không gạch chéo hoặc chỉ dùng kí hiệu đánh dấu. Để cho bài làm được chấm bằng máy, thí sinh cần phải chú ý giữ phiếu trả lời sạch sẽ, không lãm rách, làm nhàu hoặc có vết gấp, quăn mép… Đồng thời các em cũng phải lưu ý không được tự ý viết thêm gì ngòai những mục cần khai trên phiếu trả lời vì bài làm sẽ bị coi là đánh dấu, phạm quy và không được chấm điểm. Các em học sinh nên luyện tập làm các đề thi trắc nghiệm mẫu trong điều kiện như thật, theo đúng thời gian quy định. Sau khi làm xong toàn bài mới nên kiểm tra trong phần đáp án. Phải thật lưu ý đến các câu mình chưa làm đúng, và tìm hiểu nguyên nhân tại sao chưa đúng. Qua đó thấy được điểm yếu của mình để tập trung rèn luyện cho có trọng tâm. Chuẩn bị đầy đủ đồ dùng cần thiết để làm bài. Ngòai các đồ dùng cần thiết cho một bài thi thông thường, đối với thi trắc nghiệm cần chuẩn bị thêm từ 3-5 bút chì màu đen đã gọt sẵn. Đừng quên mang theo taåy chì vaø duïng cuï goït buùt chì..

(26) Theo kinh nghiệm của một số chuyên gia về thi trắc nghiệm, thí sinh cần lưu ý làm đến câu trắc nghiệm nào thì dùng bút chì tô ngay ô tròn trả lời trên phiếu, ứng với câu trắc nghiệm đó. Tránh làm toàn bộ các câu của đề thi trên giấy nháp hoặc trên đề thi rồi mới tô vào phiếu vì dễ bị thiếu thời gian. Không nên dừng quá lâu trước một câu trắc nghiệm nào đó… Toùm laïi caùc em hoïc sinh caàn löu taâm moät soá yeâu caà mang tính kó thuaät sau ñaây khi laøm baøi: … Làm đến câu trắc nghiệm nào các em phải dùng bút chì tô ngay ô tròn trả lời trên phiếu trả lời, ứng với câu trắc nghiệm đó, tránh làm toàn bộ các câu của đề thi trên giấy nháp hoặc trên đề thi rối mới tô vào phiếu trả lời vì dễ bị thiếu thời gian. … Tránh việc chỉ trả lời trên đề thi hoặc giấy nháp mà quên tô trên phiếu trả lời. … Chỉ tô các ô tròn bằng bút chì. Trong trường hợp tô nhầm hoặc muốn thay đổi câu trả lời, các em tẩy sạch chì ở ô cũ, rồi tô kín ô khác mà mình mới lựa chọn. … Số thứ tự câu trả lời mà các em làm trên phiếu trả lời phải trùng với số thứ tự câu hỏi trắc nghiệm trong đề thi, chú ý tránh trường hợp trả lời câu hỏi này nhưng tô vào hàng của câu khác trên phiếu trả lời. … Tránh việc tô hai ô tròn trở lên cho một câu trắc nghiệm vì máy sẽ không chấm, câu đó sẽ không được tính điểm. … Không nên dùng quá lâu trước một câu trắc nghiệm nào đó. Nếu không làm được câu này, thí sinh tạm thời bỏ qua để làm câu khác. Cuối giờ có thể quay trở lại làm câu đã bỏ qua nếu còn thời gian.. B. MỘT SỐ GỢI Ý LAØM BAØI CỤ THỂ Trong phần này chúng tôi sẽ trình bày một số gợi ý cách làm các câu hỏi trắc nghiệm dưới dạng câu đơn (single sentence) và dưới dạng một bài đọc (a text) và phần nhận diện lỗi (error identification). 1. Các câu hỏi trắc nghiệm dưới dạng câu đơn. Trong khi rèn luyện cũng như trong phòng thi, thí sinh cần lưu tâm đến các đặc điểm sau của các loại câu này: Thứ nhất, các câu này kiểm tra tương đối toàn diện kiến thức ngôn ngữ (ngữ pháp, ngữ âm, từ vựng, vv) và kỹ năng sử dụng ngôn ngữ (viết và đọc). Vì thế thí sinh cần đọc kỹ yêu cầu làm bài và xác định xem kiến thức mà người thiết kế đề thi muốn kiểm tra là gì. Thứ hai, cần đọc hết câu dẫn và cả bốn lựa chọn để xác định xem: … từ loại cần điền vào chỗ trống là danh từ, động từ, hay tính từ, vv … nghĩa của từ cần điền vào chỗ trống cho phù hợp với nghĩa của toàn câu … dạng thức ngữ pháp của từ cấn phải điền vào chỗ trống. Chuùng ta haõy cuøng phaân tích moät ví duï caâu sau: Tony was…….when he passed the entrance exam. A. tired B. pleased C. like D. pleasure Trong câu trên, chúng ta thấy từ cần điền vào chỗ trống phải là một tính từ vì câu này đi sau động từ "to be". Vậy ta loại được các phương án C (động từ) và D (danh từ). Trong số hai tính từ còn lại (A và B), thì đáp án B (pleased) là hợp nghĩa trong văn cảnh của câu..

(27) Thứ ba, kể cả khi đã "nhìn thấy" từ đúng cho chỗ trống, thí sinh cần phải đọc cả bốn phương án đã cho vì yêu cầu của bài có thể, và thường là chọn phương án đúng nhất. Trong số các phương án đã cho có thể có tới hơn một phương án đúng, nhưng trong bối cảnh của câu đó, chỉ có một phương án đúng nhất. Đặc biệt là không nên dịch từ tiếng Việt sang tiếng Anh, sau đó lựa chọn phương án, ví duï trong caâu sau: Mrs. Lan has been elected to be the________ of the hotel. A. director B. manager C. boss D. chair Trong câu này, chúng ta thấy cả bốn phương án đều có nghĩa là người đứng đầu (giám đốc, người quản lý, sếp, chủ tịch) của một đơn vị cơ quan, tổ chức. Trong câu trên, nhiều thí sinh cho rằng từ "boss" là tốt nhất vì nó bao hàm nghĩa chung nhất. Phương án này cũng đúng, những trong bối cảnh của câu này thì phương án "manager" là đúng nhất vì đây là quản lý của một khách sạn "a hotel". Thứ tư, kể cả khi không quyết định được phương án nào là phương án đúng, thí sinh cũng không nên quá lo sợ mà hãy bình tĩnh loại bỏ những phương án có khả năng bị sai nhiều. Thông thường người ra đề thi đưa vào hai phương án"chắc chắn sai". Còn trong hai phương án còn lại, hãy lựa chọn phương án mình cảm thấy đúng hơn. Tất nhiên cảm giác về ngôn ngữ của chúng ta cũng có thể sai, nhưng lựa chọn một trong hai phương án còn lại vẫn tốt hơn là làm mò hoàn toàn, ví dụ: It took Lan a long time to find the pair of shoes that……….. her blue trouserss. A. liked B. fitted C. agreed D. matched Trong số các phương án trên, chúng ta có thể loại được ngay các phương án A và C vì nghĩa không phù hợp. Nếu không phân biệt được sự khác nhau giữa hai đáp án B và D, thí sinh nên theo cảm tính của mình lựa chọn một trong hai, và khả năng đúng của chúng ta sẽ là 50/50 chứ không phải là 26/100. Trong trường hợp trên phương án D là đúng vì nghĩa của câu là hợp về màu sắc. Cuối cùng là trong bất kỳ trường hợp nào cũng không nên bỏ một câu nào vì có nếu chọn sai cũng không bị trừ điểm.. 2. Bài đọc hiểu trắc nghiệm (multiple-choice comprehension questions) Bài tập đọc hiểu nhằm kiểm tra khả năng đọc bằng mắt lấy thông tin để lựa chọn phương án đúng cho các câu hỏi về bài đọc đó. Có những yêu cầu lấy thông tin chính (mean idea), lấy thông tin chi tiết (details). Thông thường các câu hỏi yêu cầu thí sinh chọn đúng thông tin về dữ kiện và số liệu (facts and data) có trong bài. Cũng có thể có những câu khó hơn, yêu cầu thí sinh phải hiểu được ẩn ý (implied idea) hoặc ý kiến, quan điểm (opition) của tác giả đối với vấn đề được nêu trong bài đọc. Tuy nhiên trong các kỳ thi gần đây, chủ yếu các câu hỏi của phần này chỉ yêu cầu thí sinh xác định đúng thông tin về dữ kiện và số liệu. Trong bài thi trắc nghiệm, hai loại hình đọc hiểu phổ biến nhất là đọc và lựa chọn từ chính xác nhất để điền vào chỗ trống, và đọc sau đó lựa chọn phương án trả lời đúng nhất cho một số câu hỏi về bài đọc như minh họa trong phần 2 ở trên. Có nhiều quan điểm khác nhau về cách làm bài này. Về cơ bản thì các chuyên gia về thi cử đưa ra hai cách chính. Cách thứ nhất là đọc các câu hỏi trước sau đó đọc bài để tìm thông tin trả lời các câu hỏi đó. Cách này thường dùng cho các bài đọc dài, ví dụ trong các bài thi đọc hiểu của IELTS. Cách thứ hai là đọc bài trứơc, sau đó đọc các câu hỏi và quay trở lại bài để tìm thông tin trả lời. Cụ thể các bước thực hiện cách làm này như sau:.

(28) 1. Đọc nhanh một lượt từ đầu đến cuối. Mục đích của lần đọc này là nắm được chủ đề của bài viết và nội dung sơ lược của nó. Trong khi đọc, thí sinh bỏ qua mọi từ mới. Thậm chí nếu không hiểu cả một câu nào đó cũng có thể bỏ qua để đọc tiếp. 2. Đọc kỹ câu hỏi và tất cả các phương án A, B, C, D, sau đó xác định xem chỗ nào trong bài đọc có thông tin giúp lựa chọn phương án đúng nhất. Cần chú trọng đến các từ đồng nghĩa giữa bài đọc và các phương án 3. Khi lựa chọn câu trả lời, luôn luôn kiểm tra lại bước 2 ở trên để đảm bảo chắc chắn là đã xác định đúng chỗ có thông tin cho câu hỏi mình đang trả lời. 4. Để chọn được phương án trả lời đúng nhất, trước hết nên loại bỏ phương án chắc chắn sai (về số liệu, dữ kiện, vv), phương án không có thông tin trong bài đọc, phương án chỉ đúng một phần để còn lại phương án cuối cùng là phương án đúng nhất. 5. Cần phân tích thật kĩ tất cả các phương án mà người ra đề đưa ra vì phương án trả lời đúng nhất có khi chỉ khác một từ so với các phương án còn lại. 6. Khi đưa ra quyết định lựa chọn phương án đúng nhất, không nên sử dụng kiến thức của mình về vấn đề được bàn tới (hoặc các kiến thức không được nêu trong bài đọc). Phương án đúng nhất phải là phương án trả lời chính xác nhất dựa vào thông tin có trong bài đọc. Như đã nêu ở trên, trong số bốn phương án đưa ra có tới ba phương án mang tính "gây nhiễu" (distractor). Những phương án gây nhiễu này có thể là các từ hoặc câu không đúng, chỉ đúng một phần, hoặc thông tin trong phương án đó không có trong bài đọc, hoặc một từ dùng trong phương án đó khác với từ dùng trong bài đọc (VD: trong bài là từ "should" còn trong phương án là từ "could" trong bài là từ "must" còn trong phương án là từ "will", vv. Chính vì vậy thí sinh nên đọc thật kỹ tất cả các phương án đưa ra. Chúng ta cùng phân tích một bài đọc hiểu làm ví dụ minh họa. In August 1964, an American man named Norman Cousins suddenly became very ill. Within a week, he was in hospital, unable to move his arms and legs and feeling terrilbe pain. It was impossible for him to sleep. His doctor said that it was unlikely that he would get better. Caâu hoûi: Norman Cousins went to hospital because he……….. A. was unable to sleep C. felt extremely unwell B. found he couldn't laugh D. would never get better again Đọc tất cả các phương án trên, chúng loại ngay được phương án B vì thông tin không có trong bài đọc. Phương án D có chứa một số từ giống như trong bài đọc nhưng cũng không đúng vì trong bài viết là "His doctor said that it wa unlikely that he would get better". Phương án A thoạt nhìn có vẻ đúng vì trong bài có câu " It was impossible for him to sleep.". Nhưng đọc kỹ lại ta thấy là sau khi nhập viện rồi Norman mới không ngủ được, còn trước đó thì ta không biết, vì trong bài không đưa thông tin này. Vậy chỉ còn phương án C là đúng nhất vì "extremely unwell" là đồng nghĩa với "very ill" Đối với bài đọc hiểu dưới dạng chọn từ đúng nhất để điền vào chỗ trống, chúng ta cũng có thể áp dụng phương thức làm bài như trên. Ngòai ra các bạn còn nên tham khảo thêm về cách lựa chọn phương án đúng nhất cho trắc nghiệm câu đơn (single –sentence multiple-choice) như đã trình bày ở trên (phần a)..

(29) 3. Baøi taäp xaùc ñònh loãi Đây là loại hình bài tập tương đối phổ biến trong nhiều kỳ thi tiếng Anh nói chung và thi tuyển sinh vào các trường đại học, cao đẳng trong những năm gần đây. Trong bài thi trắc nghiệm môn Anh văn, loại hình bài tập này nằm trong phần kiểm tra kỹ năng viết của thí sinh. Yêu cầu của loại hình baøi taäp naøy laø nhö sau: Trong những câu dưới đây, mỗi câu có bốn từ hoặc cụm từ được gạch dưới, trong đó có một chỗ sai. Xác định chỗ sai và viêt câu trả lời trong phiếu trả lời. One of the most serious medical problem that mankind is facing is H5N1. A B C D Chuùng ta thaáy veà cô baûn, chuùng ta coù theå aùp duïng kyõ thuaät laøm baøi gioáng nhö trong phaàn traéc nghiệm câu đơn. Người thiết kế những câu này muốn kiểm tra thí sinh kiến thức ngôn ngữ tổng quát nhưng chủ yếu là các kiến thức về ngữ pháp (sử dụng thời, động từ, danh từ, tính từ, mạo từ, vv) từ vựng (dạng thức, sử dụng đúng từ trong văn cảnh, v.v…) Ví dụ trong câu trên, sau khi xem xét cả bốn từ gạch chân ta xác định được chỗ sai là B vì sau One of…..phải là một danh từ đếm được số nhiều. Các bạn hãy tham khảo lại cách làm các câu đơn trắc nghiệm như trong phần (a) ở trên. Trong hai phần sau, chúng tôi xin giới thiệu 30 đề luyện tập chia theo hai trình độ ôn thi tốt nghiệp trung học phổ thông và ôn thi vào đại học, cao đẳng. Việc phân chia này chỉ mang tính ước lệ và sự khác nhau lớn nhất là ở số lượng câu hỏi: 50 câu cho đề luyện thi tốt nghiệp và 80 câu cho đề luyện ôn thi vào đại học, cao đẳng. Hi vọng các bài luyện này cung cấp cho các em học sinh một nguồn tư liệu bổ sung để củng cố k iến thức ngôn ngữ và kĩ năng làm bài thi.. PHAÀN BA 10 ĐỀ THI TRẮC NGHIỆM ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT PHẦN I. NGỮ ÂM ĐỀ 1.. Chọn từ mà phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với các từ còn lại. 1. A. position B. oasis C. desert D. resort 2. A. stone B. zone C. phone D. none 3. A. give B. five C. hive D. dive. ĐỀ 2.. 1. A. switch 2. A. study 3. A. says. B. stomach B. ready B. decay. C. match C. puppy C. clay. D. catch D. occupy D. day. 1. A. draft. B. talk. C. half. D. calf. ĐỀ 3..

(30) 2. A. touch 3. A. teach. B. enough B. weak. C. cousin C. dreadful. D. doubt D. beat. 1. A. pity 2. A. here 3. A. share. B. tiny B. mere B. fare. C. hidden C. there C. declare. D. forbid D. sphere D. aren’. 1. A. thank 2. A. play 3. A. leaf. B. that B. says B. meat. C. this C. stay C. seat. D. then D. may D. sweat. 1. A. sure 2. A. nature 3. A. call 4. A. gas 5. A. fought. B. super B. native B. curtain B. gain B. country. C. suburb C. nation C. cell C. germ C. bought. D. sudden D. natural D. contain D. goods D. ought. 1. A. know 2. A. book 3. A. timid 4. A. student 5. A. count. B. now B. cool B. tidy B. stupid B. shout. C. blow C. took C. time C. study C. should. D. low D. good D. kite D. studio D. found. 1. A. theme 2. A. finished 3. A. hello 4. A. both 5. A. earning. B. there B. ended B. lose B. myth B. learning. C. thin C. wanted C. only C. with C. searching. D. thank D. visited D. whole D. sixth D. clearing. 1. A. noon 2. A. pan 3. A. center 4. A. that 5. A. blood. B. flood B. woman B. count B. thank B. food. C. tool C. sad C. course C. this C. moon. D. spoon D. man D. car D. those D. pool. 1. A. brought 2. A. how 3. A. table 4. A. gentle 5. A. color. B. ought B. town B. lady B. get B. mother. C. thought C. power C. labor C. game C. brother. D. though D. slow D. captain D. gift D. local. ĐỀ 4.. ĐỀ 5.. ĐỀ 6.. ĐỀ 7.. ĐỀ 8.. ĐỀ 9.. ĐỀ 10..

(31) Chọn từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với các từ còn lại. ĐỀ 1.. 4. A. defen 5. A. invalid. B. empty B. disorder. C. impact C. interest. 4. A. leisure 5. A. immediate. B. pleasure B. allowable. C. delight D. father C. importance D. authorize. 4. A. secrete 5. A. dislocate. B. perform B. instruction. C. opening C. impossible. D. address D. acceptable. 4. A. tourist 5. A. existence. B. holiday B. similary. C. vacation C. parameter. D. residence D. together. 4. A. hunger 5. A. devotee. B. famine B. maximum. C. painful C. register. D. believe D. catalogue. ĐỀ 2. ĐỀ 3. ĐỀ 4. ĐỀ 5.. D. income D. imitate. PHẦN HAI. TỪ VỰNG + NGỮ PHÁP. Chọn từ thích hợp nhất (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) để hoàn thành các câu sau.. ĐỀ 1.. 6. You are nothing as clever as you used to………. A. intelligent B. do C. be D. are 7. Most beer is cheap, but…….. is expensive. A. rest B. little C. any D. some 8. I don’t mean he is………, but he is not very good with money. A. honest B. honestly C. dishonest D. dishonestly 9. I think we should let her……… on holiday alone. She’s not a child any more. A. go B. leave C. enjoy D. spend 10. It’s important to listen to people carefully, and I usually……….. A. do B. did C. to be doing D. doing 11. This is the first English exam I have……… taken. A. ever B. never C. always D. now 12. Only George could make a mistake……….. that. A. as B. so C. like D. such 13. ……….you are refusing to tell me the truth, I shall have to report to the police. A. Since B. For C. Unless D. When.

(32) 14. We live………. a small river that flows into the Thames. A. in B. over C. on D. off 15. Sometimes I dream…………running on a beach with no one in sight. A. about B. off C. of D. as 16. I don’t take……… exercise now, but I played football a lot when I was small. A. many B. much C. quite D. this 17. She promised to get the ticket, and she will do………. as soon as possible. A. this B. it C. so D. like that 18. ………of the children is capable of looking after the children. A. Neither B. Either C. No D. Not 19. I left in the middle of the film. Did they get married……….. the end? A. in B. at C. on D. with 20. The man who controls the tennis match………….me to start serving. A. asks B. saysC. warns D. makes. ĐỀ 2: 6. After several…………attempt, we have finally done it. A. successful B. successfully C. unsuccessful D. unsuccessfully 7. I think you ought to go and……..... a doctor. A. see B. talk C. speak D. visit 8. You’d better………..on some warm clothes. It’s cold today. A. dress B. put C. wear D. make 9. You’d better drive. I’m too………… for such traffic. A. experienced B. experiencing C. inexperienced D. inexperiencing 10. The job was not very interesting, but on the other………… it was well paid. A. way B. side C. hand D. end 11. You don’t need to go shopping. There are a ………… eggs in the fridge. A. some B. few C. little D. number 12. After putting it ………… three times, we finally went to Cua Lo for a holiday. A. over B. in C. of D. off 13. I had no sooner closed the door………… somebody started knocking on it. A. than B. when C. that D. as 14. Would you be kind……….. to open the window? A. as B. enough C. much D. with 15. I like to get up early so that I can get…………. of work done before lunch. A. many B. lot C. plenty D. much 16. If anybody……….question, please ask me after class. A. has B. have C. have the D. has a 17. “………….did they arrive?” “Ten minutes ago”. A. How long B. How much time.

(33) C. how many minutes D. When 18. He wants to go to the movies and she………. A. wants too B. wants also C. does too 19. It was a long time………… I lived here. A. that B. since C. ago that 20. The members of the club quarreled………… themselves. A. with B. among C. between. D. does either D. ago D. against. ĐỀ 3.. 6. They brought in a lot of extra police to control the……….. in the stadium. A. crowding B. crowd C. crowde D. crowders 7. He may not be a handsome man, but he’s a………..husband. A. reliable B. relying C. unreliable D. unrelying 8. She asked me if I had ever been in …………. With the police. A. problem B. trouble C. troubling D. troubles 9. I went home before the ………… of the meeting. When did it stop? A. ending B. ended C. end D. ends 10. Come and see m e ………… you’re in Ho Chi Minh City. A. whatever B. whenever C. when D. however 11. The Chairman was warned ……….. the danger. A. in B. by C. with D. of 12. Larry……… to be in London next April. A. expects B. expected C. expectation D. expecting 13. We discovered with……….. that someone else was lying there. A. horror B. horroying C. horrible D. horrifying 14. “……….wants some more tea?” A. What B. Who C. Whom D. Where 15. “He speaks Japanese, …………..?” A. does he B. isn’t he C. doesn’t he D. didn’t he 16. She went to the movies last night. But I ………… A. didn’t either B. didn’t C. did D. went 17. He……… his breakfast at seven o’clock. A. has not B. not has C. does not have D. not have 18. Every one of us ………. not want to stay here. A. do B. does C. doing D. done 19. There’s …………. Point in doing anything about it, isn’t it? A. little B. a little C. few D. a few 20. Do you think they have enough…………..to complete the task? A. able B. ability C. inability D. ables. ĐỀ 4. 6. I have always wanted to go and study English in a(n)………. Country..

(34) A. overseas B. abroad C. foreign D. another 7. We always have a bed ready in the spare room in case visitors arrive……….. A. expectedly B. expected C. unexpectedly D. unexpected 8. “Harry Porter” is a very……….. film for children. A. excited B. exciting C. excites D. excitedly 9. My parents always let me……….. what I think I should. A. to do B. do C. doing D. did 10. He has done a lot of ……….. things in his life as a spy. A. danger B. dangerous C. dangerously D. endanger 11. Before the exam starts, Quynh was quite sure………… passing. A. of B. about C. over D. with 12. Lan is the ………… of the four girls in the family. A. nicer B. nicest C. beautiful D. clever 13. The last Sunday was a national holiday and everyone………… having a good time. A. were B. was C. is D. used 14. The police are searching for a tall dark man……….. a beard. A. and B. black C. with D. on 15. I’m sorry – I ……….. to have phone to tell you I was coming. A. used B. must C. ought D. should 16. I left in the middle of the film. Did they find their daughter…………… the end? A. in B. at C. on D. with 17. I had no sooner closed the door……… somebody started knocking on it. A. than B. when C. that D. with 18. You have to try your…………to pass the next exam. A. most B. best C. all D. as 19. Let’s go to see that famous film………..we? A. don’t B. shall C. won’t D. will 20. Would you be kind…………. to open the door for me? A. as B. enough C. much D. with. ĐỀ 5. 6. The government is very concerned about the_________ of the rain forest. A. destroying B. destruction C. destructed D. destroy 7. I don’t like these shoes ________, they’re too expensive. A. besides B. beside C. because D. since 8. You may have_______ me. I didn’t say that thing. A. understood B. misunderstood C. understand D. understands 9. His speech at my wedding last week was very_________ A. impressed B. impressive C. impression D. impress 10. I had great difficulty in ________ through on the phone. A. getting B. get C. being D. be 11. There_______ any beds in the room. A. is B. isn’t C. are D. aren’t.

(35) 12. How_______ rooms are there in your house? A. much B. many C. some D. any 13. Where are the flowers? _______ on the table. A. It’s B. There’s C. They’re D. It isn’t 14. Do you like in Hanoi? No, I ________ A. do B. will not C. don’t D. didn’t 15. Our football team lost to the Indonesian ________ three to nil. A. by B. with C. over D. on 16. I like to get up early so that I can get_______ work done in the morning. A. many B. lot C. plenty D. much 17. There isn’t _______ chair in the room. A. a B. one C. the D. some 18. Correct me if I’m wrong, but ________ we discussed that? A. don’t B. shall C. haven’t D. didn’t 19. Are there _______ people in the living room? A. some B. not C. one D. any 20. The bathroom is in _________ the bedroom and the kitchen. A. right B. between C. next D. left. ĐỀ 6. 6. Ask the shop………… where the washing powder is. A. nurse B. assistant C. barber D. conductor 7. Will you………… me to post this letter tomorrow? A. remember B. mind C. suggest D. remind 8. She came into the room while they…………. Television. A. have watches B. watched C. were watching D. have been watching 9. I must have a drink. I’m so ……….. A. dirty B. hungry C. thirsty D. thirty 10. “Do you have any pets?” – “Yes, I have……….. kittens”. A. two small black B. small two black C. two black small D. black small two 11. His work is quite good………….. his sister’s. A. against B. compared to C. with D. next 12. The heavy rain caused………….. all over the country. A. drought B. flooding C. fog D. fountains 13. I ……….. him to arrive in a month. 7 A. expect B. wait C. hope D. think 14. “How about………….me a hand?” – “ Sure, I’d be glad to help”. A. give B.giving C. to give D. gives 15. It took me weeks to …………. my illness. A. recover from B. lessen C. soothe D. neglect 16. Don’t touch that wire or you may get an electric………….

(36) A. shock B. current C. surprise D. attack 17. This is the best play …………. I have ever seen. A. where B. what C. whose D. that 18. They…………. for Japan tomorrow. A. will be leaving B. will have left C. are left D. have left 19. Mrs. Hoa is …………. her holiday with friends in the countryside. A. making B. spending C. going D. doing 20. I’ve enough food in the house, so I needn’t………….. to the shops tomorrow. A. to go B. will go C. go D. going. ĐỀ 7.. 6. If my tooth doesn’t stop hurting. I’ll go and see my………….. A. actor B. dentist C. writer D. butcher 7. Lien is plain but her sister is very………… A. attractive B. sympathetic C. sophisticated D. complicated 8. He looks tired of carrying that case, …………..? A. is he B. isn’t he C. don’t he D. doesn’t he 9. This isn’t very sweet. I’ll add some more…………. A. salt B. pepper C. vinegar D. sugar 10. …………he comes in half an hour, I shall go alone. A. If B. Unless C. Because D. When 11. The book describles adventures that happened……….. A. at a long time B. a long time ago C. in the very old D. an old time ago 12. We drove very slowly because the………… was so thick. A. sunshine B. lightning C. fog D. rain 13. Most underdeveloped countries are in ………….. of technical assistance A. lack B. need C. shortage D. excess 14. I ………… not sure about that. A. do B. have C. am D. shall 15. After his heart………… he was told to relax more. A. turn B. ache C. attack D. dier 16. “What do you want to talk about, Nam?” – “I’m considering……….. home.” A. go B. about going C. to go D. going 17. He said he was leaving Italia for………. A. all B. good C. always D. bad 18. When………..Giang? A. do you last see B. were you last see C. were you last seeing D. did you last see 19. When the two women met, they stopped and kissed……………. A. each another B. each other C. the other each D. each one 20. English is spoken all…………. the world. A. over B. in C. above D. on.

(37) ĐỀ 8. 6. The……….. is showing them his plans of the new building. A. optician B. nurse C. architect D. dancer 7. I felt like kicking………… when I made that mistake. A. my own B. mine C. myself D. me 8. “I wish you……….. me to put these things away”, he saisd. A. will help B. help C. are helping D. would help 9. Why is the waiter taking so long to……… us? A. save B. serve C. reserve D. ordrer 10. You’re heard she isn’t coming to the party, …………..? A. is she B. haven’t you C. aren’t you D. hasn’t she 11. She is very good………….making them too. A. at B. for C. in D. to 12. The top of the mountain was………… in mist. A. covered B. condensed C.vaporized D. drenched 13. Maria hasn’t visited her home in Spain……………. A. for many years B. since many years C. many years since D. many years ago 14. The trouble started only………… the other man came into the room. A. until B. when C. and then D. too soon 15. He went on a diet because of his high blood…………. A. tension B. pressure C. poisoning D. inflammation 16. Can you give me a …………for a fruit cake? A. description B. prescription C. receipt D. recipe 17. It is rude to laugh……….other people. A. at b. to C. against D. for 18. The club……….last year. A. was started B. had been started C. was being started D. has been started 19. Jane’s school report last term was very…………. A. satisfying B. fulfilling C. satisfactoryD. full 20. “How ………….. does the plane fly?” – “It flies at 900 kilometers an hour.” A. far B.soon C. fast D. long. ĐỀ 9.. 6. I hope the …………. Can repair our car quickly. A. mechanic B. reporter C. surgeon 7. Mary has gone to the baker’s to buy a ………… of bread. A. bit B. packet C. pound 8. ……… is your pen, the red one or the green one? A. Why B. When C.What 9. Look in the oven and see if the ……….. is ready yet.. D. coach D. loaf D. Which.

(38) A. cake B. ice cream C. soup D. boiled egg 10. Nga………. a box of chocolates. A. gives often Tam B. often gives Tam B. often Tam gives D. to Tam often gives 11. The window was shut, and he …………. to open it. A. did even not try B. tried not even B. even didn’t try D. didn’t even try 12. When the sun came out, the ice slowly………… A. melted B. flooded C. froze D. dried 13. Lan said that she was……….able to wash the plates herself. A. too B. plenty C. quite D. so much 14. Students should answer seven of the………….. ten questions. A. below B. following C. under D. added 15. She’s………… from a nervous breakdown. A. healing B. fainting C. suffering D. itching 16. ……….present the price of rice is 4,500 dong a kilo. A. In B. On C. At D. For 17. If Trang comes to England, it will be a good………. for her to improve her English. A. possibility B. experience C. advantage D. opportunity 18. He was sitting on the beach when he ……….. a noise. A. heard B. hears C. was hearing D. has heard 19. He hasn’t ………… up his mind yet. A. found B. made C. gone D. stood 20. I never wear yellow because it doesn’t ……….. me. A. match B. fit C. like D. suit. ĐỀ 10.. 6. She wants the ……….to make a special cake for her daughter’s birthday. A. inspector B. baker C. cashier D. postman 7. Quang Son is the village………. A. where I was born in B. which I was born C. in which I was born D. which I was born there 8. ………..when you drive. A. Do careful B. Do be careful C. Be carefully D. Do be carefully 9. I’ve got time for a very quick……….before I go. A. snack B. barbecue C. feast D. picnic 10. If he doesn’t ……….. his ways, he’ll end up in trouble. A. mend B. repair C. correct D. restore 11. He was……….. of all his money. A. stolen B. robbed C. removed D. taken 12. It’s…………..outside, so take your overcoat. A. mild B. sunny C. stuffy D. chilly.

(39) 13. They’ll certainly come………….them. A. when calling B. you’re calling C. if you call D. do you call 14. Good parents should………….. for their children. A. supply B. provide C. help D. support 15. There was an ………… of cholera after the disaster. A. upset B. inflection C. input D. outbreak 16. Please……….your hand if you want to ask the teacher a question. A. rise B. pull C. raise D. push 17. His handwriting is quite……….. A. illiterate B. eligible C. illegal D. literate 18. Give me that magazine, ………..? A. do you B. don’t you C. will you D. shall you 19. I ……….the hot weather in the south. A. use to B. used to C. uses to D. am used to 20. I told the old man that he……….. to see a doctor about his bad leg. A. ought b. might C. should D. must. PHAÀN III. VIEÁT. Xác định từ hoặc cụm từ có gạch dưới, cần phải sửa, để câu văn trở thành chính xaùc. ĐỀ 1.. 21. The final delivery of the day is the importanest. A B C D 22. The book that I read was very interesting. A B C D 23. Fire extinguisher can contain liquefier, dry chemicals, or watery. A B C C D 24. I was about getting into the bath when I heard a stange noise. A B C D 25. I am very interesting in problem caused by pollution. A B C D. ĐỀ 2. 21. In many countries, it is very common that women to go out to work. A B C D 22. On the day of the test, I drove more worse than a beginner. A B C D 23. When I got home, I read again the instruction carefully. A B C D 24. We get a lot of homework and it is often difficult to finish them..

(40) A B C D 25. Neither the principal nor his assistant is in favour of the proposal. A B C D. ĐỀ 3.. 21. Although it is only a small town, but it is very popular with tourists. A B C D 22. I amazed when I heard that he was out of the university. A B C D 23. We need another information before we can reach a decision. A B C D 24. Inside the box there was a cheap and plastic watch. A B C D 25. There are answer for all the questions at the back of the book. A B C D. ĐỀ 4. 21. As we approached to the cage, the monkeys got very excited. A B C D 22. On my arrival at Brussels, I went straight to the nearest bank. A B C D 23. She didn’t want to see him again, but she didn’t want to hurt his feeling as well. A B C D 24. You can’t avoid to speak to someone when you both live in the same house. A B CD 25. Because I had forgotten my watch, so I didn’t know the time. A B C D. ĐỀ 5.. 21. The woman sitting before us turned round and told us to be quite. A B C D 22. Do you mean that the whole building is belong to one man? A B C D 23. Between all the photographs she showed me, there was only one of her husband. A B C D 24. First of all, the both families must agree to the wedding. A B C D 25. I told him that if he didn’t go away, I would call to the police. A B C D. ĐỀ 6. 21. As soon as people began to make things to sell, advertising was founded to useful.

(41) A B C D 22. Movies have influenced current standards of beauty and has set dress fashions. A B C D 23. Calculating machines have been used for a long time. A B C D 24. Some computers can work 500,000 times faster than any person can. A B C D 25. Great volumes of the blackest smoke in rolling and tumbling out of the chimneys. A B C D. ĐỀ 7. 21. Compete with television since the early 1950s, the film industry has changed dramatically. A B C D 22. Documentary films present factual events or circumstances of a social, political, or historical A B C natures. D 23. Geometry has to do mostly with such things angles, triangles, circler, and spheres. A B C D 24. The first cause of the liberation of women were the development of effective birth-control A B C D methods. 25. Surprisingly, a feeling of tiredness may result of a lack of exercise. A B C D. ĐỀ 8. 21. In the beginning radios cost much more than they are today. A B C D 22. You shouldn’t jog no more than what you can do comfortably. A B C D 23. If two straight lines A and B are parallel to straight line C, then it is parallel to each other. A B C D 24. Due to the invention of labor-saving devices for the home, a housewife can you take care for A B C her daily housework in five hours. D 25. Studies have shown that you can exercise in many different ways at a moderate paces and A B C still gain good results. D.

(42) ĐỀ 9. 21. Jogging shoes protect your foot and legs from the shock of running on hard surface. A B C D 22. A computer can gather a wide range of informations for many purposes. A B C D 23. Schools teach mathematics because of it plays such an important part in our lives. A B C D 24. The villagers took us to most important and most respected building in the village. A B C D 25. A full-sized tripod is the most effectively way to steady a camera. A B C D. ĐỀ 10.. 21. Most joggers begin because they hear jogging is very good exercises. A B C D 22. A pharmacist should be good in details, and willing to check and double check his work. A B C D 23. Without the pharmacist the practice of medicine would be serious handicapped. A B C D 24. Mark Twain spent his boyhood in Hannibal, which is at the Mississippi River. A B C D 25. Much children like to get their faces painted with bright colors at community fairs. A B C D. Chọn nhóm từ/ mệnh đề tốt nhất (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) để hoàn thaønh caùc caâu sau: ĐỀ 1.. 26. When I telephoned the receptionist asked which doctor………. A. did I want to see. C. I want to see. B. I wanted to see. D. do I want to see. 27. When the family arrived at the hotel, ………. A. it was dark already. C. it was already dark. B. it is dark already. D. it has been hard already. 28. ……………, I phoned the police. A. As I arrived C. When I arrived B. By the time I arrived D. So I arrived 29. I will telephone you,………….. A. as soon as I will reach London. C. if I reach London. B. as soon as I reach London. D. soon I reach London. 30. He had been treated as if ………… A. he is a criminal. C. he was a criminal. B. he will be a criminal. D. was he a criminal..

(43) ĐỀ 2. 26. She told me that she………. A. is looking for a new office. C. was looking for a new office. B. will look for a new office. D. would looked for a new office. 27. Mrs. Lien wondered where her son………… A. had gone. C. will have gone. B. has gone. D. would have gone. 28. If I …………, I would travel a lot. A. were a journalist C. am a journalist B. would be a journalist D. will be a journalist 29. If I had been driving more slowly, I……….. A. would be able to stop in time. C. would have been able stop in time. B. would have stopped just in time D. would stop in time. 30. Mr. Smith said he would come, but he ………….. yet. A. did not come C. does not come B. had not come D. has not come. ĐỀ 3. 26. Can you tell me…………..? A. which book you want to buy B. which book you want to buy it C. you want to buy which book D. you want which book to buy 27. If I ………..Mary’s address, I ………….. her a letter. A. have……. Would write B. have…….write C. had…….would write D. had……wrote 28. He asked her………. A. what day was it B. what day it was C. it was what day D. what was the day 29. I haven’t seen much of you lately. We ……….three months ago. A. las t meet B. last met C. have last D. have last met 30. ………….me to Rome with you? A. Do you take B. Are you take C. You take D. Will you take. ĐỀ 4. 26. Although I was tired,………… A. but I could not sleep. B. I could not sleep. 27. The doctor reassured………… A. that my problem was not serious. C. my problem was not that serious. 28. If you turn on the radio, ………. C. I was about to sleep. D. I slept. B. me that my problem was not serious. D. that it was not a serious problem..

(44) A. it will make a strange noise. B. it makes a strange noise. 29. If I find your pen, ……….. A. I would send it to you. B. I send it to you. 30. She apologized and said that she………. A. won’t do it again. B. would do it again.. C. it would make a strange noise. D. it is making a strange noise. C. I will send it to you. D. I sent it to you. C. wouldn’t do it again. D. shouldn’t do it again.. ĐỀ 5. 26. The police advised……… A. me to tell the truth. C. I to tell the truth. B. that I would tell the truth. D. that I would tell the truth. 27. She wanted to know when…….. A. she can go home. C. if she went home. B. she went home. D. she could go home. 28. …………. is to give strangers your address. A. what you must never do C. that must never you do B. that you have passed D. what must never you do 29. I’m pleased to inform……….. A. you that you have passed.C. you have passed. B. that you have passed. D. that have you passed. 30. The course is for anyone……… A. interested in learning languages. B. who is interested to learn languages. C. that is interested to learn languages. D. who is interested in learning languages.. ĐỀ 6. 26. ……………told me this refuses to give me his name. A. The man who B. The man whom C. The man who was D. The man whom was 27. …………., he’ll get there in time. A. If he will run B. If he runs C. If will he run D. If he can run 28. …………..you were coming I would have met you at the airport. A. If I had known that B. If I knew that C. If I know that D. If I have known that 29. He said…………………. A. he has lost his umbrella. B. he had lost his umbrella. C. he lost his umbrella. D. he already lost his umbrella. 30. She left work early…………….

(45) A. so as to be at home when he arrived. B. so she be at home when he arrived. C. so that to be at home when he arrived. D. so as that to be at home when he arrived.. ĐỀ 7. 26. She was annoyed by something…………. A. about I had said. B. about had I said. C. that I had said. D. that he said I. 27. If your documents are in order………… A. that you can leave at once B. you are leaving at once C. you can leave at once D. can you leave at once 28. If I had worked harder at school, ………… A. I will be sitting in a comfortable office now. B. I would be sitting in a comfortable office now. C. I will sit in a comfortable office now. D. I would have sat in a comfortable office now. 29. Tom says……………………. A. that he’ll never get married. B. that will he never get married. C. that he won’t never get married. D. that never will he get married. 30. Ships carry lifeboats…………………… A. so as the crew can escape if the ship sinks. B. so that the crew can escape if the ship sinks. C. so as the crew to escape if the ship sinks. D. so that the crew to escape if the ship sinks.. ĐỀ 8. 26. ………….. had booked in advance were allowed in. A. Only who B. Only those who C. Only who were those D. Only were those who 27. If you want to lose weight, ……………………. A. you had better eat less bread B. had you better eat less bread C. You are better eat less bread D. You have better eat less bread 28. ………………this disaster would not have happened. A. Had you have obeyed orders B. Had you obeyed orders C. you had obeyed orders D. you obeyed orders 29. She said………….and asked if she could get me anything. A. she is going to shopping B. she will go shopping C. she was going shopping D. she would be going shopping 30. I pinned the note to his pillow………………...

(46) A. so as he would be sure to see it. B. so that him to be sure to see it. C. so that he would be sure to see it. D. so that would he be sure to see it.. ĐỀ 9. 26. ……………please get in touch with the police? A. Anyone who saw the accident B. Would anyone who saw the accident C. Anyone who would see the accident D. Would who saw the accident 27. If you see Nam tomorrow, ……………….. A. you could ask him to ring me. B. could you ask him to ring me? C. you will ask him to ring me. D. you will ask him to ring me? 28. Were I Tom………………. A. I would refuse? B. I would refuse. C. I will refuse? D. I will refuse. 29. …………………as it was very cold out. A. He advised me that to wear a coat B. He advised me wearing a coat C. He advised me for wearing a coat D. He advised me to wear a coat 30. She always shopped in another village…………… A. so that she wouldn’t meet her own neighbors. B. so as her not to meet her own neighbors. C. for she wouldn’t meet her own neighbors. D. for her not to meet her own neighbors.. ĐỀ 10. 26. The friend……………spoke English well. A. who I was traveling with B. I was traveling with whom C. with who I was traveling D. with whom I was traveling 27. If you heat ice, ……………….. A. it turns to water B. it is going to turn to water C. turns it to water D. it would turn to water 28. …………………you’ll be late. A. If you don’t start at once, B. If you start at once, C. If you won’t start at once, D. If you didn’t start at once, 29. He suggested ………………………………. A. that they should go to their office..

(47) B. they should go to their office. C. them to go to their office. D. them that they are going to their office. 30. He dyed his beare………………………… A. so that we not to recognize him. B. so as us not to recognize him. C. for what we shouldn’t recognize him. D. so that we shouldn’t recognize him.. PHẦN IV. ĐỌC HIỂU. Hãy chọn từ thích hợp (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) để điền vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn sau. ĐỀ 1. Last Friday morning, I woke up (31)________. As soon as I realized what time (32) ________, I jumped (33)________ bed, took off my pajamas and (34)_________ my school uniform as fast as I could. Then I grabbed my (35)________ and ran out the door. When I got down to the street, I saw a mini-bus, I got on it and took a (36)_______ near the window at the (37)________. Just than I remembered that I had forgotten to(38)_______any (39)_______ with me before I left the house. I (40)_________ my hands in my pockets to see if there was any money in them but they were all (41)_________. I didn’t know (42)________ to do. I knew that I got (43)_________ the mini-bus, I would have to pay my (44)________ to the driver. What could I say to him? Just then, the mini-bus stopped to pick up a (45)_________. When I saw that it was one of my classmates, I greeted him enthusiastically. My problem was solved! 31. A. lately B. later C. late D. latter 32. A. already was B. was it C. it was D. then 33. A. into B. out of C. over D. down 34. A. wor B. dressed C. put on D. hung up 35. A. books bag B. bag books C. suitcase D. luggage 36. A. sit B. chair C. bench D. seat 37. A. back B. end C. behind D. last 38. A. take B. keep C. hide D. put 39. A. thing B. coins C. money D. paper 40. A. entered B. picked C. kept D. put 41. A. empty B. nothing C. blank D. clean 42. A. what B. how C. which D. the day 43. A. off B. down C. put D. away 44. A. money B. fare C. seat D. price 45. A. customer B. rider C. passenger D. pedestrian.

(48) ĐỀ 2. Last Wednesday we had our school (31)________. When I got up at 5 o’clock that morning, the sun hadn’t risen yet. It was (32) ________ dark. When I got to the ferry pier at half past five, I saw some of my classmates had (33)_______ arrived so I went over to talk to them. While we (34) ________ for our other classmates, the sun came up. More and more people came and the ferry pier started to get (35)________. We (36)________ our classmates to be at the ferry pier by 6:15 for we were planning to take the 6:30 ferry. (37)________ at 6:20 some of them had still not come. We began to (38)_______ but at 6:28 the (39)________of our classmates arrived. We had only two minutes left to (40)________ the ferry so we picked up our bags of charcoal, our barbeucue forks, food and other things and we ran to the ferry. Just as we got on the ferry, one of the (41)________ pulled up the ramp and the ferry began sailing out of the (42)_________. We sat down and one of our (43) ________said, “Thank goodness we made it in time. We should arrive at Silvermine Bay in about an hour.” Just then an old lady sitting on the (44)_________in front of us turned (45)________, smiled and said, “But this is the ferry for Cheung Chau!” 31. A. fun B.activity C. holiday D. project 32. A. too B. still C. enough D. almost 33. A. not B. already C. been D. hardly 34. A. were waiting B. wait C. waiting D. had waited 35. A. crowding B. fill C. empty D. crowded 36. A. had told B. ordered C. appreciated D. hoped 37. A. But B. And C. Because D. When 38. A. worry B. fear C. afraid D. angry 39. A. final B. end C. last D. latest 40. A. arrive B. catch C. wait for D. join 41. A. men B. crew C. passenger D. us 42. A. river B. harbor C. bank D. ocean 43. A. classmates B. schoolmates C. crews D. fellow students 44. A. armchair B. sofa C. place D. bench 45. A. up B. away C. around D. over. ĐỀ 3.. Dear Bobby, Thank you for your letter. I’m sorry that I haven’t written (31)________ so long but I have been (32)_______ busy studying. Last week we Chinese (33)________our New Year. In your last letter you (34)_______ me that Christmas is the (35)________ important holiday of the year for you Canadians. Well, in Hong Kong no other holiday is as important (36)________ the Chinese New Year. Almost (37)_______ shops and restaurants close of 4 or 5 days then and we students have more a week of holidays..

(49) You Canadians (38)_______your homes for Christmas and have Christmas trees. We Chinese haven’t “New Year trees” but we do put tangerine plant, peach blossoms or other flowers in our homes to (39)_______ the New Year. On New Year’s day and for the first (40)_______ days of the New Year, we say “Kung Hei Fat Choy” to (41) _______ we meet. “Kung Hei Fat Choy” (42)_______ “May you make a lot of money.” In Canada you get (43)_______ at Christmas. In Hong Kong, we children don’t get gifts at the Chinese New Year, but our parents and all married relatives and friends of our family give us “laisee” which are red (44)_______with money inside. So we children are very (45)_______ at the Chinese New Year. 31. A. since B. after C. for D. by 32. A. a lot B. much C. lots D. too 33. A. enjoyed B. celebrated C. passed D. congratulated 34. A. said B. told C. spoke D. described 35. A. very B. first C. most D. best 36. A. like B. than C. as D. compared 37. A. all B. every C. a few D. many 38. A. decorate B. design C. set up D. make up 39. A. meet B. welcome C. bring D. wait 40. A. many B. few C. number of D. some 41. A. someone B. the friend C. everyone D. our cousins 42. A. says B. means C. reads D. represents 43. A. prizes B. presents C. rewards D. anything 44. A. parcel B. envelops C. cards D. papers 45. A. enjoy B. sad C. happy D. angry. ĐỀ 4.. Patrick is mad about football. Last week a (31)_______Bristish football team came to Hong Kong to (32)_______ a match against one of the best (33)________ teams. Patrick knew that it would be difficult to (34)________ a ticket for the match. So the night before tickets went on (35)_______, Patrick went to the football stadium to queue up. When Patrick got to the stadium at about 9 p.m, he saw a long queue of football fans near the (36)_______. Patrick took his place in the queue and sat on the small (37)_______ he had brought with him. (38)________ he took out a book and a torch and began to study. At about 10 o’clock Patrick began to feel cold, hungry and sleepy. After a while it began to rain. Patrick had no (39)_______ so he got wet. When the rain stopped, the wind started (40)_______ and Patrick felt even colder. Finally he (41)_______ asleep. When Patrick woke up the (42)_______ morning, he felt sick and had a (43)_______. In fact, he felt so (44)_______ that he decided to go home and go to bed (45)_______ waiting to buy a ticket for the match. 31. A. familiar B. best C. starring D. famous 32. A. play B. compete C. do D. kick.

(50) 33. A. local 34. A. have 35. A. for booking 36. A. ticket room 37. A. sofa 38. A. When 39. A. top 40. A. blowing 41. A. fell 42. A. tomorrow 43. A. hot 44. A. happy 45. A. to still. ĐỀ 5.. B. home B. get B. sale B. box office B. stall B. After B. place B. sounding B. went B. second B. fever B. good B. despite. C. famous D. playing C. hold D. look for C. for order D. market C. selling staff D. booking office C. stool D. desk C. Then D. So C. umbrella D. clothes C. falling D. cooling C. started D. felt C. next D. another C. temper D. dizzy C. angry D. bad C. instead of D. than. Last Friday evening I went to (31)_______ the doctor. When I (32)_______ his office, his nurse asked me (33)_______. Then she me how old (34)_______. After that she asked me to write down my (35)_______ on a card. Finally, she asked my telephone number. After I had told her, she asked me to (36)_______ and said that the doctor would see in a (37)_______ minutes. After about 5minutes, the nurse told me (38)_______ into the doctor’s office. The doctor said “hello” and asked me what was (39)_______. I told him (40)_______ a stomach ache. He asked me what I had had that evening for (41)_______. Then he gave me an injection and some pills. He told me not to (42)_______ for I didn’t have anything serious. Finally, he reminded me to (43)_______ one of each kind of pill after meals and he said that he was (44)_______ that I would be better in a (45)________ or so. 31. A. observe B. look C. watch D. see 32. A. got at B. arrived at C. went D. reached to 33. A. my name B. who I am C. names D. ages 34. A. was I B. are you C. I was D. you are 35. A. house B. home C. address D. living 36. A. seat B. sit down C. stand D. go home 37. A. several B. few C. limited D. little 38. A. to have gone B. I would go C. that I went D. to go 39. A. problem B. wrong C. bad D. injured 40. A. to have B. that I had C. I have D. I do have 41. A. breakfast B. lunch C. dinner D. meals 42. A. try B. worry C. go home D. hospitalize 43. A. take B. drink C. swallow D. chew 44. A. unsure B. sad C. happy D. sure 45. A. second B. day C. month D. year. ĐỀ 6..

(51) The arctic tern is not a very big bird. It is only about 16 centimeters from its bright red beak to (31)_______ tail. But soon this small bird will begin an incredible journey. It will fly from one end of the Earth to the (32)_______ - a journey of about 18,000 kilometers. The tern (33)______ the summer in the Arctic, but it cannot spend the winter (34)_______. It is too cold and there is (35)_______ food. If the tern stays in the Arctic, it will die. But (36)_______ it is winter in the northern hemisphere, it is summer in the southern hemisphere. In autumn the arctic tern will (37)_______the North Pole and fly south (38)_______the equator to the South Pole. When spring comes again in the northern hemisphere, the tern (39)_______return to the Arctic. When the tern migrate, birds (40)_______ Europe, America and Asia meet over the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland. From here some of (41)_______ birds will fly along the west coast of Africa. Other terns will follow the east coast of South America. At the same time birds from Alaska will (42) _______down the Pacific coast of America to Antarctica. How do these small birds (43)_______ this increadible journey? We don’t know the answer. Perhaps they use the sun, the moon and the stars (44)_______ a compass. If it is cloudy or foggy, the birds will not migrate. In its life, an arctic tern travels as (45)_______ as the moon and back. That’s a long way to travel for your dinner! 31. A. their B. its C. his D. the 32. A. other B. end C. either D. another 33. A. uses B. spends C. lives D. 34. A. here B. then C. time D. there 35. A. no B. few C. a little D. a few 36. A. while B. after C. when D. during 37. A. go from B. go away C. are leaving D. leave 38. A. along B. across C. through D. over 39. A. will B. are going C. want D. like 40. A. in B. at C. from D. on 41. A. all B. which C. whose D. the 42. A. continue B. circulate C. migrate D. travel 43. A. make B. do C. go D. fly 44. A. with B. as C. for D. around 45. A. further B. far C. remotely D. distantly. ĐỀ 7.. Sixty million years ago there were 30 species of rhinoceros on the earth. Now (31)______ are only five species and all of them are in danger of extinction. Three of the (32)______ species live in Asia. There are about 1,500 Indian one-horned rhinos in northeast India. The Sumatran rhino is the smallest of the five species. There are (33)______only about 800 animals left. It lives on the island of Sumatra. The (34)______ rhinoceros is the Javan rhino. It is found only at the western end of Java and in Cambodia. There are only 50 Javan rhinos left. The two African species are larger than (35)_______ Asian cousins. They are the black rhino and the largest of all the rhinos, the white rhino. (36), the white rhino is not white. It has a very wide mouth and its name comes from the Dutch word “wijde”, which (37)______ “wide”. The.

(52) white rhino eats grass, (38)_______ other rhinos eat leaves. In the 1890s people thought that the white rhino was (39)_______. But some were found in South Africa. (40)______ it has been protected and there are now about 3,000. People often think that the rhino is a slow animal, but it can run (41)______ up to 50 kilometers an hour. And it can turn very quickly. Black rhinos are very short-sighted and they can be very aggressive if people come too close to them. Rhinoceros are large animals. The black rhino weighs (42)______ 1 and 1.5 tons and an adult white rhino can weigh 3 tons. They have thick skins, too. As a result, they have no natural enemies. Their only enemy is Man. But Man is the (43)______ enemy of all. Rhinos are hunted (44)______ their horns. It is not a real horn. It is made of hair. It is used in traditional Chinese medicines for colds, headaches and many other illness. Rhinos are protected in (45)______ African countries, but many animals are still killed by poachers. 31. A. live 32. A. all 33. A. probably 34. A. least 35. A. many 36. A. In fact 37. A. stands for 38. A. when 39. A. extinction 40. A. For now 41. A. at 42. A. from 43. A. bad 44. A. for 45. A. most of. ĐỀ 8.. B. they C. there D. alive B. five C. left D. now B. may be C. not D. possibly B. fewest C. rarely D. rarest B. some C. all D. their B. Of course C. However D. Besides B. reads C. means D. translates B. as C. while D. meanwhile B. extinct C. extinctive D. extincting B. Recently C. Since then D. Lately B. fast C. quickly D. for B. both C. either D. between B. dangerous C. worse D. worst B. because C. since D. by B. mostly C. most D. almost. When the athlete, Ben Johnson, was disqualified (31)______ the Seoul Olympic games for taking drugs, he lost more than his gold medal (32)______ his good name. He said goodbye t $5 million in (33)______ sponsorship money. Sport is a big business. Today’s sports stars can earn as much on television as they can on the tennis court, golf course (34)______ football pitch. Most of the money comes from advertising clothes, sports equipment, drinks and other products. Ivan Lendl earns £1.3 million a year for (35)_______. Addidas clothes and Ray- Ban sunglasses. He is the world’s richest tennis player. The richer sports star (36)______ is the boxer, Muhammed Ali. He has earned £39 million in and out of the boxing ring. Most of the money in boxing come from prize money. Sponsors like sports (37)______ have a cleaner, more glamorous image than boxing – sports (38)______ tennis, golf, motor racing and skiing. Sports can change their image (39) _______ snooker was only a game that was played in clubs. (40)______ since color television arrived, it has (41)______ the most popular sport on British televition. Top snooker player, Steve Davis, earns over £1 million a year in prize money,.

(53) sponsorship and fees for appearing on television. On the other (42)_______, some sports, like athletics and football, are (43)______ popular with sponsors because of bad publicity about drugs and fighting by fans. Sponsors want the best image (44)______ their products. They want stars who are the best on the athletics track or the motor racing circuit. But they also want stars who are goodlooking and who have an interesting (45)______. 31. A. off B. of C. from D. at 32. A. and B. or C. but D. with 33. A. possible B. prospectiveC. feasible D. thinkable 34. A. including B. included C. and D. or 35. A. having worn B. having put on C. wearing D. putting on 36. A. in all B. of all C. at all D. all over 37. A. which B. those C. these D. but 38. A. such B. like C. as D. including 39. A. Once upon a time B.There were times C. At times D. At one time 40. A. Ever B. But C. Because D. And 41. A. turned B. changed C. become D. considered 42. A. hand B. side C. area D. face 43. A. more B. even more C. equally D. less 44. A. for B. of C. with D. on 45. A. characteristic B. quality C. personality D. look. ĐỀ 9. Cambridge must be one of the best-known towns in the world, and can be (31) ______ on most tourists’ lists of places to visit. The principal (32)_______ for its fame is its University, which started during the 13th century and grew steadly, until today there are more than twenty colleges. Most of them (33)_______ visitors to enter the grounds and courtyards. The most popular place from which to view them is from the Backs, (34)______ the college grounds go down to the River Cam. The oldest college is Peterhouse, which was founded in 1284, and the most (35)_______is Robinson College, which was opened in 1977. The most famous is probably King’s, (36)______ its magnificent chapel. Its choir of boys and undergraduates is also very well known. The University was (37)_______ for men until 1871 when the first women’s college was opened. Another was opened two year later and a third in 1954. In the 1970s, most colleges opened their (38)______ to both men and women. Almost all the colleges are now mixed, but it will be many years before there are (39)______ numbers of both sexes. To the North of this ancient city is the modern face of the University the Cambridge Science Park, which has developed in (40)_______ to the need for universities to increase their contact with high technology industry. It was established in 1970 by Trinity College, which (41)______ a long scientific tradition going back to Sir Isaac Newton. It is now (42)______ to more than sixty companies and research institutes. The ideas of ‘science’ and ‘park’ may not seem to go together naturally, (43)______ the whole area is in fact very attractively designed, with a lot of space (44)______ each building. The planners thought that it was important for people to have a pleasant, park-like environment in which (45)______..

(54) 31. A. spotted 32. A. reason 33. A. let 34. A. which 35. A. new 36. A. because 37. A. exclusively 38. A. classrooms 39. A. equal 40. A. answer 41. A. is 42. A. place 43. A. and 44. A. from 45. A. work. ĐỀ 10.. B. noticed B. cause B. accept B. in which B. recent B. because of B. specially B. classes B. same B. reaction B. has been B. house B. but B. between B. working. C. founded C. sense C. allow C. where C. later C. for C. especially C. gates C. similar C. response C. has become C. home C. for C. amongst C. for work. D. found D. argument D. license D. that D. latest D. as for D. particularly D. doors D. even D. return D. has D. room D. as D. among D. to work. People’s images of the cowboy don’t quite (31)_______ the reality. For example, people often think of all cowboys as white Americans. (32)_______, the first cowboys were Mexican; many cowboy customs began in Mexico. There were also black cowboys and Indian cowboys. People also forget that the cowboy’s main job was to take care of cows and to get them to market. The cowboy’s life, (33)______adventure, was hard and often boring. In the mid-1860s, Texas cattle ranchers found that in other states, like Kansas, they could get ten times (34)_______ money for their cattle. This is how cattle drives got (35)______. On the drives, cowboys took the cattle along trails from Texas up to Kanas and (36)______ further north. The cattle of different owners grazed together in (37)______ grasslands. They were branded, (38)______ marked with their owner’s symbol. When it was time for the drive, the cowboys would round up the cattle that had the right brand. Brands were also (39)______ to discourage cattle thieves; cattle owners chose brands that would be hard to change. On the trail, cowboys worked from sunup to after sundown. At night they took turns guarding the cattle. One (40)______ danger was the stampede: A change in weather or an unexpected noise was (41)______ to make the cattle run. The era of the cattle drive – the real era of the cowboy – lasted only about twenty years. As more land was fenced in, cattle could no longer graze freely. There were also too (42)______ cattle. Today, there are still cattle ranches and cowboys. The work in many (43)_____ remains the same. But with fences and modern machines, a lot has changed. Even cattle thieves now use planes and helicopters. Rodeos give modern cowboys (44)_______ to show their skills. In the old days, when cowboys got bored on cattle drives, they often challenged each other in informal competitions. Soon towns had more (45)_______ competitions for cowboys. To day the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association sponsors about 700 rodeos a year. 31. A. fit B. look C. appear D. seem 32. A. Really B. Actually C. Factually D. Truly.

(55) 33. A. be 34. A. more 35. A. generated 36. A. even 37. A. open 38. A. then 39. A. formulated 40. A. continuous 41. A. enough 42. A. much 43. A. sides 44. A. an occasion 45. A. formal. B. despite B. of B. started B. more B. clear B. that B. worked B. ongoing B. adequately B. many B. ways B. an event B. normal. C. although C. as of C. erected C. to C. outdoor C. or C. sorted C. everlasting C. merely C. numerous C. areas C. a chance C. frequent. D. beside D. as much D. launched D. toward D. outdoors D. and D. meant D. constant D. simply D. various D. types D. a challenge D. regular. Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời đúng nhất (ứng với A,B,C hoặc D) để trả lời các câu hỏi hoặc hoàn thành các câu từ 46 – 50. ĐỀ 1. If you don’t very often eat out in a restaurant, you may nee some advice – as the last issue of the Good Food Guide point out. Several rules for people eating out are given, some of which seem perhaps of favor restaurant staff more than they are likely to help dinners. For example the Guide tells its readers to be sure to phone up and cancel any booking they make which they can’t keep. The restaurant may otherwise be holding a table and turning away customers at its busiest time. Apparently this is a legal requirement, though how anyone could trace a Mr. Smith or a Ms Jones who didn’t turn up with a party of six is anyone’s guess. The Guide also advises you to ring up if you’re going to be delayed by more than a quarter of an hour. If you don’t, you table may be given to someone else and it’s only polite, according to the Guide. 46. This might be from………. A. a TV programme C. a newspaper B. a radio programme D. a brochure 47. What’s Good Food Guide ? A. a book C. a poster B. a manual D. a newspaper 48. You can find in the Good Food Guide some rules for…………. A. eating in a restaurant C. telephoning a restaurant B. booking a table in a restaurant D. refusing a table booking 49. If you can’t keep a booking, you……….. A. needn’t call to cancel C. go to the restaurant to apologize B. should call to cancel D. phone the manager to cancel 50. If you are late for the booking………. A. the table will be given to other people..

(56) B. it’s rude. C. you will not get your table at all. D. you should call to tell the restaurant.. ĐỀ 2. With unemployment so high, and often scores of applicants chasing every job, you have to count yourself lucky to be called for an interview. If it’s your first, you are bound to be nervous. In fact if you are not nervous, your attitude is wrong. But don’t let the jitters side track you from the main issue – which is getting this job. The only way you can do is by creating a good impression on the person who is interviewing you. Followings are some of the dos and don’ts DO: Find out as much as you can about the job before hand. Make a real effort to answer every question the interviewer asks, etc. DON’T Ever walk into the room chewing gums, sucking on a sweet or smoking. Forget shaking hands with the interviewer. Etc. 46. This might be from………. A. a tourist guide book. C. a short story. B. A newspaper D. a novel. 47. The passage gives advice on …………. A. applying for a job C. walking into an interview room. B. answering questions at job interviews. D. behaving at an interview. 48. You might be nervous at an interview because……….. A. you can’t answer the questions. C. it’s your first time. B. the job is new to you. D. the job is too hard for you. 49. At the interview, you should…………. A. look at the interviewer. B. ask as many questions as possible. C. answer as many questions as possible. D. learn about the job. 50. At the interview, you shouldn’t…………… A. forget to offer the interviewer a cigarette. B. shake hands with the interviewer before the interview. C. shake hands with the interviewer after the interview. D. have eatables in the mouth.. ĐỀ 3. We now break into our programme for a request for help by the police in Kent. In the early hours of this morning a white Ford Escott car was stolen from outside a house in Lee Bridge Road, Turnbridge Wells. Inside that car was a five year old child who was believed to be asleep in the back seat. He mother was visiting friends and left him for a few minutes at 2 o’clock this morning. The child is described as small for his age with dark hair and eyes and wearing a red coat and green trousers. His name is Max. Police have asked us to ask you to see if you can spot this car..

(57) Registration VVW 161V. Phone your local police station immediately if you see anything suspicious. Please don’t approach the man because he is believed to carry weapons and is ready to kill or shoot as he knows very well that he is wanted. In all the cases, ring the police at once. Thank you very much in advance for your help. 46. This might be from a………….. A. a newspaper C. a guide book B. a magazine D. a TV programme 47. The passage gives information about………. A. a wanted man C. a robbed woman B. a missing boy D. a car robbery 48. The boy was in the car because…………… A. his mother left him there. C. he was sleeping. B. he was too small D. the man robed him from his mother. 49. If you see the car…………. A. stop it. C.bring it to a police station. B. phone the police. D. phone the mother. 50. Which of the following is NOT true? A. The man has a gun. C. The man has killed a person. B. The police are approaching the man. D. The man does know he is wanted.. ĐỀ 4. David and Lucy Smith live in Blackpool in England. They have a big house near the beach. There are five bedrooms. Two bathrooms, and a balcony. David and Lucy have two children. Their names are Sam and Anne. Sam is twelve and Anne is fourteen. David works in a bank and Lucy is a doctor. They get up at seven o’clock every morning. They usually leave home at eight o’clock. Lucy drives to school with Sam and Anne, and then she drives to work at the hospital. In the evening, David always cooks dinner. After dinner, David and Lucy sometimes watch television. They never go out in the evenings. Sam and Anne visit their friends. In summer, they go to the beach at weekends. Sam and Anne like swimming in the sea. In winter they don’t go to the beach at weekends because it is very cold. 46. Where do they live? A. In Liverpool C. Next to the beach B. In the South of England D. In England 47. Their house……………….. A. is very big C. is near a balcony B. has 7 rooms D. is very nice 48. David and Lucy A. work in a bank. C. both earn money. B. work in a hospital. D. drive to work in the morning. 49. in the evening, David……………...

(58) A. sometimes visits his friends. C. prepares dinner. B. goes out. D. helps Lucy cook dinner. 50. From this text, we know that their children…………… A. are still very small. C. like the beach. B. are very lazy in the evening. D. sleep in two bedrooms.. ĐỀ 5.. All the tea in the world originally came from China. When drinking Chinese tea with a meal, it is usual to refill other people’s cup before your own. Each time someone pours some tea for you, it is polite to thank the person pouring it. It is very rude not to drink some tea each time it is served. When requesting your teapot to be filled in a Chinese restaurant, you should remove the lid and place it on the edge of the teapot. The waiter will then see it and get you some fresh tea. There is an interesting story of how this custom came out. A teacher brought his favorite pet bird with him to a tea house one winter’s day. After finishing his pot of tea, he put the bird in the covered teapot to keep it warm. A waiter did not see that a bird was inside the pot and refilled the pot with hot water. Sadly, the bird died. From then on, it was said you had to remove the lid when you wanted some more tea. This was a sure sign that the pot was really empty. 46. When someone pours you some tea, you should……………… A. not drink any before other people. B. thank them politely. C. only drink if after other people. D. serve them some tea as well. 47. How do you request more tea in a Chinese restaurant? A. Call a waiter and ask for some more tea. B. Give the waiter the teapot. C. Take the lid off the teapot. D. Ask the waiter for some hot water. 48. Why did the teacher had put the bird in the teapot? A. Because the bird was thirsty. B. Because he wanted to kill the bird. C. To keep the bird warm. D. Because the tea was cold. 49. After the teacher put the bird in the teapot, he…………….. A. ordered some more tea. B. put the lid back on the teapot. C. refilled the pot with hot water. D. put the lid on the edge of the teapot. 50. An uncovered teapot shows that the teapot is………… A. hot B. coldC. full D. empty. ĐỀ 6.. About half of all insects live on plants. The rest catch and kill other insects for food. They are the hunters of the insect world. Each kind of hunter insect has a weapon. The dragonfly uses its legs as.

(59) a basket to scoop up other insects. The sand wasp has a stinger it uses to stun its victims. Some hunter insects set traps. The tiger beetle digs a small hole and gets in. Only its head is at the top of the hole. The tiger beetle can pop its head out like a jack-in-the-box. It catches its victims by surprise. The ant lion digs a hole in sand and waits at the bottom. When an ant or other insect gets near the hole, the sand give way. The victim slides down into the jaws of the waiting ant lion. The praying mantis is a large insect that looks as if it has arms. Its “arms” are really legs, but they are not used for walking. They are used to grab and hold its victims. We fight to keep down the number of insects that eat our food. Can you see how hunter insects help people? 46. Each kind of hunter insect………….. A. picks a leader C. eats plants B. has a weapon D. has a basket 47. The dragonfly uses its legs to…………… A. scoop up insects C. stab insects B. grab insects D. sting insects 48. The tiger beetle is gold with black stripes. A. Yes B. No C. Sometimes D. No information available 49. On the whole, this story is about…………. A. insects that use stingers C. ants and lions B. insects that hunt other insects D. animal that hunt insects 50. Which of these sentences do you think is right? A. About half of all insects are hunter insects. B. People fight the hunter insects. C. All hunter insects dig holes to trap their victims. D. Each kind of insect has a weapon.. ĐỀ 7.. We know that we need to eat a variety of foods in order to stay healthy. Yet some foods grow only at certain times of year, and they spoil quickly. Before the invention of canning, people did not eat green vegetalbles or fruit except during their growing season. With canning, fresh food is put into a container. Any gases are removed before the container is sealed, then the container is heated to kill any germs. The cans we know are metal. The earlier cans, however, we made of glass. In fact, the very first can was actually a bottle. A Frenchman named Nicolas Alpert used ti when he invented canning in 1795. He filled the bottle with cooked peas, then heated and corked it. Napoleon used Alpert’s invention to help feed the French army. The first tin can came along in 1810. It was invented by an Englishman – Peter Durand. His tin cans were made by hand. In 1874, a machine for cutting the tin was invented, and 1876 one for shaping and soldering the can came along. Tody, we are able to preserve foods by freezing or freeze-drying them. Even so, canning is still important. Just think of all the different kinds of canned foods there are in your supermarket. 46. Canning was invented in…….. A. 1795 B. 1810.

(60) C. 1847 D. 1876 47. The very first can Nicolas Alpert made was filled with……… A. beans B. peas C. tuna fish D. gases 48. Why do the cans need to be heated? A. The heat takes out the gases B. The heat kills micro-organisms C. The heat seals the cans D. The heat turns the cans into container 49. On the whole, this story is about…….. A. inventions B. tin cans C. ways to keep food fresh D. the history of canning 50. Which of the followings is true? A. Canned vegetables are better for you than fresh vegetables. B. The tin can, which was invented by a Frenchman, helps foods to stay healthy. C. Canning hasn’t changed much over the years. D. Canning was an important invention.. ĐỀ 8.. Almost since time began children have helped their parents at home. In the 1700s, a great change was taking place in England. Cloth and other things which had been mand by hand in homes were now made by machines in factories. New inventions caused this change, which was called the Industrial Revolution. Children then began to work outside their home. Factory owners liked children to work for them. They had small hands and could work the clothmaking machines quicker than an adult. They worked for little money and did as they were told. But the factory owners were often cruel to the children. Five-and six-year-old children were chained to their machines. They often worked as long as 16 hours a day. They didi not have nice places to live and were not fed enough. They did not go to school. Sometimes they were taken away from their parents and did not see them again. At last, the government in England began to make laws that helped the children. One of the laws was passed in 1819. It said that the children under nine years old could not work in factories. In time, the laws of most countries protected their children. 46. After a great change in England in the 1700s…….. A. children began to help their parents. B. children began to work in their homes. C. children began to work outside their homes. D. cloth and other things were made by hand in factories..

(61) 47. Childern often worked as long as……… A. 10 hours a week B. 16 hours a day C. 12 hours a month D. 20 hours a month 48. On the whole, this story is about………. A. cloth-making machineds B. children who worked away from their parents C. children who worked in factories D. the government of England 49. Why did the government of England begin to make laws to help children? A. They wanted the children to chained to their machines. B. They wanted the children to work for the government. C. They wanted the children to work for their parents. ` D. They wanted the children to be treated better. 50. Which of these sentences is not true? A. Children could work in factories as long as they wanted to. B. Factory owners did not treat the children well. C. The Industrial Revolution took place in the 1700s. D. Many coutries passed laws to protect their children.. ĐỀ 9. For many years, no one could communicate with people who had been born without hearing. These deaf people were not able to use a spoken language. But, beginning in the 1700s, the deaf were taught a special language. Using this language, they could share thoughts and idea with others. The language they used was a language without sound. It was a sign language. How did this sign language work? The deaf were taught to make certain movements using their hands, faces, and bodies. These movements stood for things and ideas. People might move their forefingers across their lips. This meant, “You are not telling the truth.” They might tap their chins with three fingers. This meant “my uncle”. The deaf were also taught to use a finger alphabet. They used their finger to make the letters of the alphabet. In this way, they spelled out words. Some deaf peole could spell out words at a speed of 130 words per minute. Sign language and finger spelling are not used as much as they once were. Today, the deaf are taught to understand others by watching their lips. They are also how to speak. 46. In th 1700s, the deaf were taught……… A. to speak B. sign language C. to watch others D. move their fingers across their lips.

(62) 47. A tap on the chin with three fingers means……….. A. “hello” B. “come on” C. “I have a toothace” D. “my uncle” 48. How did sign language help the deaf? A. It helped them learn to read. B. The deaf could understand body movements made by normal people. C. It helped them communicate with other people. D. It helped them spell out words. 49.Why are sign language and finger spelling not used as much as they used to? A. Because there are other ways to help the deaf communicate. B. Because it is difficult to use a finger alphabet. C. Because the speed of 130 words per minute is too difficult for most deaf people. D. Because sign language and finger spelling have no sound. 50. What is the main idea of the passage you’ve read? A. How the deaf people communicate. B. Learning to spell. C. Teaching the deaf to speak. D. A comparison of sign language and finger spelling.. ĐỀ 10. How do farmers decide if it’s time to plant the wheat or rice? Not so long ago they went by the calendar, but now they use computers. Since conditions vary from year to year, the best time to plant is not exactly the same every year. A computer can read all the data and find the best time. The computer also helps farmers know what crops to plant. It takes into account weather conditions, soil types, and the amount of water in the soil. It also uses information about how the prices of crops are getting and how much is being grown. Farmers also use computers to help them buy the right amount of seed and fertilizers. This saves farmers money because they don’t overbuy, “just in case”. Computers go out into fields with the farmers. Computers on tractors make certain that seeds are planted in the right places and that the right numbers are planted in each place. Computers are also found on the trucks used to spread fertilizer to ensure that farmers apply exactly the right amount. With their computers, farmers have joined the modern work force in order to do a better fob of growing the foods we nee. 46. Farmers use trucks to………… A. plant seeds. B. spread fertilizer. C. save money. D. read data. 47. Computers can help farmers save money by helping them avoid………...

(63) A. using fertilizer. B. buying new tractors. C. planting wheat D. overbuying..

(64) 20 ĐỀ TRẮC NGHIỆM ÔN THI VAØO ĐẠI HỌC VAØ CAO ĐẲNG PHẦN I. NGỮ ÂM. Chọn từ mà phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với các từ còn lại. ĐỀ 11. 1. A. manager 2. A. burn 3. A. bed. B. sat B. turn B. get. C. add C. curl C. decide. D. black D. during D. setting. 1. A. heat 2. A. forks 3. A. handed. B. began B. tables B. booked. C. dead C. beds C. translated. D. gleam D. windows D. visited. 1. A. car 2. A. within 3. A. has. B. coach B. without B. bag. C. century C. clothing C. dad. D. cooperation D. strengthen D. made. 1. A. timid 2. A. trousers 3. A. whisper. B. tidy B. route B. waste. C. timer C. shout C. husband. D. kite D. amount D. inspiration. 1. A. cleaned 2. A. church 3. A. hear. B. played B. chimney B. dear. C. snowed C. cheek C. pear. D. brushed D. cholera. 1. A. punctual 2. A. theatre 3. A. influenced. B. rubbish B. therefore B. accompanied. C. frustrate C. throughout C. terrified. D. furious D. thunder D. averaged. 1. A. hello 2. A. strikes 3. A. although. B. lose B. cigarettes B. thought. C. only C. crops C. theme. D. whole D. fertilizers D. month. 1. A. major 2. A. shall 3. A. bound. B. wastes B. hall B. sound. C. stacks C. ball C. count. D. irrigation D. tall D. country. ĐỀ 12.. ĐỀ 13.. ĐỀ 14.. ĐỀ 15.. ĐỀ 16.. ĐỀ 17.. ĐỀ 18.. ĐỀ 19.. D. clear.

(65) 1. A. hear 2. A. south 3. A. mechanic. ĐỀ 20.. 1. A. measure 2. A. chin 3. A. candy. ĐỀ 21.. 1. A. surgeon 2. A. cleaned 3. A. plow 4. A. given 5. A. host. ĐỀ 22.. 1. A. looks 2. A. fear 3. A. pens 4. A. face 5. A. feather. ĐỀ 23.. 1. A. church 2. A. driven 3. A. cough 4. A. dear 5. A. catches. ĐỀ 24.. 1. A. seven 2. A. phoned 3. A. height 4. A. geology 5. A. smoker. ĐỀ 25.. 1. A. candy 2. A. measure 3. A. head 4. A. note 5. A. sew. ĐỀ 26.. 1. A. meat 2. A. antibiotic. B. near B.brown B. chemistry. C. beer C. soup C. charge. D. hair D. house D. campus. B. please B. chaos B. sandy. C. his C. child C. many. D. disease D. charge D. handy. B. agent B. played B. how B. risen B. most. C. engine C. snowed C. cow C. ridden C. cost. D. regard D. brushed D. flow D. whiten D. post. B. cats B. near B. boots B. shoelace B. leather. C. tops. D. bags. C. pear C. dogs C. surface C. feature. D. cars D. pace D. measure. B. chimney B. strip B. tough B. beard B. goes. C. cheek C. stripe C. rough C. beer C. misses. D. cholera D. triple D. enough D. heard D. washes. B. sing B. called B.freight B. psychology B. comic. C.sugar C. raised C. eight C. classify C. focus. D. sun D. cooked D. reign D. photography D. host. B. many B. decision B. break B. glove B. new. C. sandy C. pleasure C. bread C. close C. stew. D. handy D. mansion D. breath D. drove D. knew. B. sweat B. pant. C. leaf C. ant. D. seat D. want. D. rear.

(66) 3. A. idiom 4. A. bones 5. A. pays. ĐỀ 27.. 1. A. spear 2. A. through 3. A. check 4. A. watching 5. A. sort. B. idea B. courts B. stays. C. item C. drills C. says. D. identical D. hands D. plays. B. gear B. themselves B. cheese B. matches B. distort. C. fear C. threaten C. choir C. machine C. comfortable. D. pear D. thunder D. cherry D. kitchen D. portable. Chọn từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với các từ còn laïi. ĐỀ 11.. 4. A. occupy 5. A. abundance. B. reside B. logical. C. inhabit C. extensive. D. alive D. emotion. 4. A. adore 5. A. automatic. B. romance B. mechanical. C. machine C. consultancy. D. thunder D. subsequently. 4. A. hostile B. again 5. A. understanding B. incidence. C. repeat C. obviously. D. agree D. irritating. 4. A. solution 5. A. enquiry. B. visible B. demanding. C. surrounding C. invasion. D. arrival D. interview. 4. A. defeat 5. A. previously. B. become B. developing. C. handsome C. behavior. D. because D. believable. 4. A. busy 5. A. optimum. B. custom B. interesting. C. label C. enterprise. D. excite D. reliable. 4. A. beaten 5. A. opposite. B. loser B. position. C. mountain C. majority. D. combine D. opinion. 4. A. refund 5. A. incentive. B. damage B. impression. C. appear C. photograph. D. entire D. advantage. B. holy. C. result. D. invite. ĐỀ 12. ĐỀ 13. ĐỀ 14. ĐỀ 15. ĐỀ 16. ĐỀ 17. ĐỀ 18. ĐỀ 19.. 4. A. reject.

(67) 5. A. possibility. ĐỀ 20.. 4. A. rescue 5. A. sensitive. ĐỀ 28.. 1. A. organic 2. A. excellent 3. A. advancement 4. A. element 5. A. delicate. ĐỀ 29.. 1. A. favorite 2. A. agency 3. A. disease 4. A. accessible 5. A. artist. ĐỀ 30.. 1. A. fancy 2. A. accuse 3. A. intelligent 4. A.product 5. A. retail. B. complementary. C. unpredictable. D. documentation. B. matter B. assurance. C. delete C. vertical. D. journey D. compliment. B. extra B. exciting B. chemical B. eleven B. promotion. C. pollute C. extensive C. conception C. elephant C. volcanic. D. preserve D. existence D. deposit D. evident D. resources. B. talkative B. memory B. aspect B. account B. teacher. C. successful C. encounter C. design C. alternative C. cashier. D. beautiful D. influence D. adhere D. ancestry D. pilot. B. portrait B. admire B. comfortable B. purpose B. pursue. C. endless C. enter C. necessary C. postcard C. direct. D. require D. deny D. secretary D. postpone D. consult. PHẦN II. TỪ VỰNG + NGỮ PHÁP. Chọn từ thích hợp nhất (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) đề hoàn thành các câu sau ñaây: ĐỀ 11. 6. Would you like to have lunch now, or would you prefer………………. A. waiting B. waited C. wait D. to wait 7. I don’t know what’s…………… with me today. I keep breaking things. A. wrongly B. wrong C. problem D. trouble 8. They went to a restaurant…………………Five star last night. A. called B. calling C. calls D. caller 9. You have………..him. He meant something else. A. understood B. misunderstood C. mislead D. misled 10. I’d like to have………….his face when he opened the letter. A. been seeing B. saw C. seen D. see 11. What’s a……………..date for the next general election in Vietnam?.

(68) A. like B. likely C. unlikely D. likelihood 12. Look here! What do you…………..you ard doing with my camera? A. think B. know C. say D. promise 13. We need to think of ………….. our products to meet the need of potential customers. A. diversify B. diversification C. diversifying D. diverse 14. I usually spend Saturday evening ………… Premier League on TV. A. to watch B. watch C. watching D. watched 15. I wonder if we need ………………. sleeping bags. A. to take B. taking C. take D. will take 16. We needn’t …………. a table. The restaurant won’t be full this evening. A. booked B. to book C. booking D. book 17. Please open the door. I can’t stand the………….. inside. A. hot B. heat C. heating D. heated 18. We missed the train and had to wait twenty minutes for the……………..one. A. next B. follow C. second D. other 19. After storm they have ………….the road for repair. A. closed B. shut C. opened D. reserved 20. I couldn’t forget my…………….on the first day at school. A. anxious B. anxiety C. anxiously D. anxiousness 21. There are too…………motorbikes in big cities like Hanoi and Hochiminh A. much B. few C. many D. lots 22. The house………….. I’m living was built in 1890. A. where B. in which C. which D. in where 23. Many people………….rather have a dog thanh a goldfish. A. would B. will C. should D. could 24. What are you doing to have……….. dinner this morning? – “Bread and butter”. A. at B. for C. in D. during 25. I’m sorry but I didn’t have…………. to post the letter. A. time enough B. enough time C. much time D. time much 26. He’ so shy. He hasn’t spoken anything………….he came here. A. since B. for C. when D. while 27. Please stay here and instruct me ……………..to use micro-soft of the computer. A. what B. which C. how D. when 28. …………..of the couple is capable of looking after the dog. A. Neither B. Either C. No D. Not 29. Shall we meet tomorrow………half past ten…………. the morning? A. on/in B. at/on C. on/at D. at/in 30. We were on the way to the cinema when it began to rain………… A. greatly B. heavily C. severely D. very big. ĐỀ 12.. 6. We’re going to the cinema tonight. Would you like to …………….?.

(69) A. stay B. be C. come D. watch 7. Someone left………….umbrella behind yesterday. A. his B. her C. my D. their 8. There must be a (an)………….window somewhere – I can feel cold air coming in. A. opened B. open C. closed D. close 9. The teacher tried to explain the point with great………… A. clear B. clearness C. clarity D. close 10. You can never do that. Never think of the…………….. A. possible B. impossible C. impossibility D. possibility 11. I don’t believe she’s at home. But I’ll go and………….. A. see B. seeing C. look D. looking 12. Part of the…………is that I can’t remember where I park the car. A. problem B. problems C. trouble D. question 13. There’s a …………. new restauranty on Le Lai Street. Shall we go there for lunch? A. terrible B. terribly C. terrific D. terrifically 14. Recently, there has been a lot of discussion on state home…………….. A. owner B. ownership C. owning D. own 15. Tom promised to buy a computer, and he will do ………..as soon as possible. A. one B. it C. so D. this 16. I think you ought to go and ………. a dentist. A. see B. talk C. speak D. visit 17. You’d better……………on some warm clothes. It’s very cold outside. A. dress B. put C. wear D. make 18. The meat looked very………….. to the dogs. A. invited B. invitingly C. inviting D. invitating 19. She is …………….the bus to work tomorrow morning A. taking B. getting C. going D. moving 20. My cat was lying………when Mr. Pit’s dog attacked her. A. quiet B. quietness C. quietly D. quickly 21. Tom said he would be back soon, but it has been three hours………………he left. A. since B. for C.ago D. earlier 22. The policeman…………whom the old lady is reporting are in a hurry. A. to B. with C. about D. on 23. I’m going to the library after school, …………..you want to come with me? A. would B. do C. will D. have 24. It’s no good trying to ring Julia. She has gone away………..the weekend. A. at B. on C. for D.this 25. I want you to think…………..this more carefully. A. about B. on C. like D. hard 26. Yesterday, a friend and I went to a restaurant……………lunch. A. for B. with C. eat D. have 27. I have slept on every bed in this house and I don’t like……………of them..

(70) A. a B. one C.some 28. They visit China every year and buy a ……………… of tea. A. lot B. lots C. great 29. She………… the car to work tomorrow morning. A. is driving B. shall drive C. will be driving 30. Every one of us ………. not want to visit him in the hospital. A. do B. does C. doing. ĐỀ 13.. D.any D. many D. drive D. done. 6. I was wearing dark glasses because the sun was very……………. A. strengthening B. strength C. strongly D. strong 7. The postman comes every month to collect the telephone………. A. paper B. bill C. note D. receipt 8. I’m afraid this ring is …………….even though it looks new. A. worthly B.worth C. worthless D. worthless 9. Would you like to have dinner now, or would you prefer………. A. waiting B. waited C. wait D. to wait 10. We need a long plan to………young footballers for the future. A. training B. train C. teaching D. teach 11. We must be on time because the plane will not…………… A. wait B. stand C. leave D. move 12. Who are the………of this project? A.benefits B. benefiting C.beneficiaries D. beneficial 13. Please tell me the …………. to the city centre. A. way B. ways C. away D. road 14. This house was………… twenty years ago. A. build B. built C.building D. builds 15. I was……………. to work when it rained. A. go B. going C. went D.gone 16. We need to……….our plan before sending it to the Prime Minister. A. final B. finally C. finalize D. finalization 17. My boss said that he liked …………..tennis. A. play B. playing C. played D. plays 18. I never……….up after seven in the morning. A. go B. get C. getting D. stay 19. They are too…………to tell their teachers of the mistakes. A. shameful B.shamless C. ashamed D. shame 20.Do you want tea……coffe? A. but B. or C. with D. and 21. He then retired himself…………his career in UK and devoted himself to royal duties. A. out of B. away from C. from D. with 22. I think it’s quite unnatural………….a man can lift a lorry. A. so B. as C. when D. that.

(71) 23. Unemployment is a serou problem…………..many countries in the world. A. in B. for C. with D. of 24. I can’t hear what you are saying. Could you………. louder, please? A. say B. tell C. shout D. speak 25. You don’t want another ice-cream, ……………? A. won’t you B. don’t you C. do you D. isn’t it 26. I’m very poor, I haven’t ……….money left now. A. any B. none C. some D. no 27. ……………..don’t like English. A. Some student B. Some of students C. Some of the student D. Some of the students 28. The bees…………….come out of the hive since six o’clock. A. won’t B. hasn’t C. didn’t D. haven’t 29. Not only my son but also I ………….tired from walking so far. A. is B. are C.am D. were 30. Life without………..would be dull. A.a laugher B.an laughter C. the laughter D. laughter. ĐỀ 14.. 6. Vietnam is one of the………..countries in the world. A. poor B. poorer C. poorly D. poverty 7. We need to make sure that our waste will be……… and will not pollute the environment. A. harmful B. harmed C. harm D. harmless 8. “Please come in and …….down” the director said. A. seat B. sit C. stay D. go 9. My house is ………..from my office. A. near B. nearly C. further D. far 10. Many people in my office……..work very late. They often come at 8.30 am. A. stop B. do C. start D. stay 11. I’m not………with that you have done. A. satisfy B. satisfying C. satisfactory D. satisfied 12. In some places, people are not allowed to…………..pets. A. preserve B. buy C. keep D. need 13. What do you say when you are given a …………….of sound advice? A. peace B. piece C. bit D. little 14. It was still dark……….. I couldn’t see anything. A. but B. so C. when D. yet 15. More and more people got to the stadium and it began…………..crowded. A. getting B. get C. gets D. to get 16. What’s the …………with you? Have you got a tooth ache? A. matter B.problem C. question D. wrong 17. I didn’t mean to hurt you. The joke was really………...

(72) A. unintended B. intentionally C. unintentionally D. intensive 18. I had a………… in my back teeth and it hurt terribly. A. cavity B. cave C. caving D. caves 19. What do you say when you don’t………..a question during class. A. listen B. ask C. hear D. reply 20. The number of young criminals in increasing at an ………. Rate. A. alarming B. alarm C. alarmed D. alarmingly 21. What a busy day it’s bee, …………..? A. wasn’t it B. isn’t it C. hasn’t it D. doesn’t it 22. Let’s not go out to day, …………..? A. shall we B. shan’t we C. will you D. won’t you 23. They………….try to be here before the class starts. A. would have B. should C. ought D. should have 24. Tim………… go fishing with his father when he was young. A. used to B. is usedt to C. has used to D. was used to 25. I could have told you the result if I ………it. A. knew B. know C. has known D. had known 26. The news ………… bad last night. A. were B. was C. has D. have been 27. All the furniture in the house……….. old-fashioned. A. is B. are C. have D. have been 28. ………..people have never heard of Shakespeare. A.Very few B.Only few C. Quite few D. Just few 29. ………..of the visitors were strangers to me. A. Mostly B. Almost C. Most D. The most 30. He will tell you the truth when he ………… back. A. will come B. would come C. comes D. will have come. ĐỀ 15.. 6. Her parents are very strict and they never…………her go out in the evening. A. make B. let C. allow D.ask 7.We had to drive very carefully as the road was………in some places. A. icing B. know C. icy D. ice 8. Do you ……… you could look after the children while I am away? A. think B. know C. want D. wish 9. The football match on TV today is broadcast……….from England. A. lively B. lived C. living D. live 10. Peter is a very…………. Person. He’s never late for school. A. patient B. hard-working C. friendly D. punctual 11. We were kept…………last night because of the noise from the neighbors. A. walking B. awake C. woken D. wake 12. Lam is a tall man with short…………hair. A. curls B. black C. long D. handsome.

(73) 13. I did not………… very well as the lights in the street were not on. A. watch B. look at C. see D. observe 14. Axel works in the IBm company as a computer………. A. programme B. person C. programmer D. machine 15. The family could not………….. because they had forgotten their passports. A. check up B. check out C. check through D. check in 16. This machine has to be………… in a cool dry place all the time. A. kept B. keeping C. keeps D. keep 17. They are………. taking part in the final contest. A. active B. activating C. actively D. action 18. The student was not very clever, but on the other………. he was hard-working. A. way B. side C. hand D. end 19. Excuse me. How much is the…………fee to the City Hall? A. entrance B.entry C. enter D. entering 20. You have got it all………, Jan. That wasn’t what I mean. A. wrong B. wrongly C. incorrect D. incorrectly 21. I’m glad ………..you that you can have the job. A. that tell B. of telling C. of to tell D. to tell 22. My parents think it’s time I …………..married. A. gets B. will get C. got D. would get 23. I don’t know…………this is right or wrong. A. whenever B. whether C. unless D. that 24. I’ll come to see you tomorrow…………. I am kept late at the office. A. because B. unless C. when D. as 25. Do you know……….makes people fat? A. who B. that C. what D. how 26. You look………… you were tired. A. like B. although C. unitl D.as if 27. His sister is …………than his wife. A. more prettier B.prettier C. very pretty D. most pretty 28. I bought three books. Here are two, but where is……….one? A. other B. the other C. another D. the another 29. He can’t dive and ………… his brother. A. so can B. so can’t C. neither can D. not can’t 30. Wait………….you get home before you unpack you parcel. A. to B. until C. when D. after. ĐỀ 16.. 6. She ……………the nurse for another blanket. A. said B. requested C. asked 7. A lot of American people have to move to………..the Hurricane Rita. A. prevent B. escape C. fight 8. This is an old and valuable medicine for a……… of aches and pains.. D. spoke D. run.

(74) A. many B. much C. any D. number 9. It’s ………….to break into someone’s home. A. legal B. legally C. illegal D. illegally 10. These two children do not look………….to me. Are they brothers? A. likeness B. alike C. likely D. like 11. The woman was waiting in ……..of the restaurant. A. middle B. front C. behind D. back 12. While Tom was listening to the radio, he………….asleep. A. fall B. fell C. fallen D. was falling 13. The boy had a very …………childhood with his caring parents. A. joy B. joyless C. joyful D. joyed 14. There will be many………..performance in Hanoi next month. A. music B. musical C. musics D. big 15. Next year, there will be a …………….-choice test for English subject. A. single B. multiple C.simple D. simply 16. What do you think the weather……….in the next few days? A. is like B. will be liking C. is going to be like D. is going to be 17. If the lift fails to work, you will have to use the…………… A. elevator B. stairs C. escalator D. sidewalk 18. Have you seen her……… A. lately B. late C. later D. latter 19. Lan loves……….the piano and we play together everyday. A. to play B. play C.plays D. playing 20. The………..cat on the sofa jumped up when the telephone rang. A. sleeping B. slept C. sleep D.sleeps 21. My dog was walking ……….quietly when Mr. Pit’s dog attacked him. A. long B. lengthy C. along D. longing 22. People visit Venice because there……….not any cars. A. are B. is C. was D. be 23. The singer is known…………the country. A. on B. upon C.into D. throughout 24. Mary told her mother………story. A. all the B. whole C. the whole D. all 25. The two friends read the newspaper…………great interest. A. in B. with C. by D. under 26. Hardly……………..see the time. A. he can B. can he C. does he can D.can he to 27. She was accused………stealing the radio. A. from B. by C. of D. with 28. They don’t seem to be aware……….the trouble they came across. A. by B. from C.at D. of 29. You……………to call before it gets too late..

(75) A. had better B. musn’t 30. When he was a boy he………..be thin. A. would B. used to. ĐỀ 17.. C. daren’t. D.ought. C. got used to. D. was used to. 6. The boy made his father…………him a new bag. A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. buys 7. This is …………to the shirt you bought me two weeks ago. A. similar B. similarly C. similarity D. same 8. It……… me only five minutes to get to school. A. cost B. took C. brought D. spent 9. This is a……… flight so please be prepared. A. stopping B.stopped C.non-stop D. stopover 10. How much do you ………..Tam? A. measure B.weight C.heavy D. weigh 11. Is it possible for us to …………..to the cinema without him? A. reach B.come C. arrive D. go 12. I want you to…….your best clothes tonight for the party. A. wore B. dress C. put on D.hung up 13. The………of the film cost nearly 1 million dollars. A. produce B. production C. product D. producing 14. Prices of many things increase………..the increase of petrol price. A. thanks to B. due to C. thank to D. so 15. The doctor asked his patien to ……………down the coach. A. lay B. sit C. lie D. come 16. The children won’t go to bed until their parents have ………….so. A. gone B. been C. done D. prepared 17. I can do nothing to stop them from being………… A. excitement B. exciting C. excited D. excite 18. These trousers don’t……….They are much too big for the child A. suit B. pass C. fit D. match 19. The Storm No. 7 ……….a lot of damage to our country. A. made B. caused C. left D. created 20. I’m feeling really……….. I must go to bed now. A. asleep B. sleeping C. sleep D. sleepy 21. I felt very……… when talking to such a bad guy. A. easy B. eased C.uneased D. easily 22. We have spoken to everybody……………from Rodney. A. instead B. except C. but D. apart. 23. If only I ………….play the guitar as well as you! A. would B. should C. could D. might 24. The party, ………. I was the guest of honour, was extremely enjoyable. A. by which B. at which C. for which D. to which.

(76) 25. That afternoon Joe Cole was the most popular player…….the field. A. on B. with C. among D. for 26. ……I asked him for the money he owes me, he ran away. A. Whatever B. However C. Whenever D. Wherever 27. These are my newspaper, and those are……….. A. their B. their’s C. they’s D. theirs 28. The ball sped……………the goal-posts. A. among B. between C. insice D. next 29. Of course I’m a Christian……..expect everyone who works here to be a Christian too. A. since B. then C. and D. but 30. He passed the examination…………….his laziness. A. because of B. because C. in spite of D. instead of. ĐỀ 18.. 6. If the machine is not properly operated, it may………down. A. break B. broken C. breaking D. broke 7. The men here are very handsome, but I ……….you. Please come! A. remember B. miss C. see D. look 8. You’ve unnecessarily mentioned th issue. We’re all been………with it. A. fame B. familiarity C. familiary D. familiar 9. Peter goes to the window and ……………down. There’s a Mercedes waiting for him. A. looks B. sees C. views D. turns 10. This is my ex-wife. We got ………..two years ago. A. divorced B. divorce C. divorcing D. divorces 11. He drove so carelessly that he was sure to……….an accident. A. meet B. cause C. see D. make 12. When the police arrived, all the money in the bank had…………. A. run B. disappeared C. stolen D. lost 13. By the……….you arrived. I had been talking for three hours non-stop. A. way B. time C. hour D. minute 14. Look at the crowd. I ………what they are waiting for. A. don’t know B. interested C. see D. wonder 15. Fred is going to …………us in front of the theater, isn’t he? A. visit B. wait C. expect D. meet 16. It is my great…………to meet you here. A. pleased B. pleasure C. please D. pleasing 17. A sudden noise from the streets ………….me out of my dream. A. made B. brought C. drove D. called 18. Harry Potter has been……..in the U.S and many other countries around the world. A. showing B. shown C. show D. showed 19. When she left school last year, she went………into the drama college. A. right B. straight C. straightly D. rightly 20. My uncle’s office is on…………………….

(77) A.third floor B. floor three C. three’s floor D. the third floor 21. Jaywalking is an offence …………when an accident does not happen. A. if B. until C. even D. specially 22. You may submit……….more than two black and white or colour photos to this address. A. any B. not C. some D. no 23. The library is open………..all members of the public. A. to B. for C. with D. wide 24. Apart………….that, her main function is to receive phone calls and report to the boss. A. for B. from C. of D. besides 25. Many people still…………to believe that smoking is harmful. A. deny B. refuse C. stop D. not 26. Books can only be renewed if they are not required by……….readers. A. another B. other C. some D. any 27. This is the book that I want you to read………. A. all B. through C. across D. quick 28. There are so many people in the street that the police couldn’t do………. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. most things 29. All the men but one…………present last night. A. was B. were C. is D. are 30. Quang and Nga are getting married, ……………..not having very much money. A. in spite B. however C. but D. despite. ĐỀ 19.. 6. ...........that reason, I don’t agree with you. A. Because B. Owing to C. Due to 7. We fell over some pieces of wood………lying around A. leave B. leaves C. leaving 8. My father had the telephone……….out of his office. A. take B. taking C. taken 9. There is only one student in the classroom……………his lesson. A. prepared B.to prepare C. preparation 10. I wish our teacher……….our problems a little better. A. understand B. understands C. understood 11. They all laughed because the film was very…………. A. amuse B. amusing C. amused 12. The girl weeps whenever she………..such a story. A. hears B. had heard C. will hear 13. The entrance examination …………in July. A. begin B. has begun C. begins 14. I wish I …………him, but I don’t A. am liking B. like C. liked 15. Pat would rather ………..early than late. A. arrival B. arriving C. arrive. D. For D. left D. to take D. preparing D. will understand D. amusement D. heard D. shall begin D. was liking D. arrived.

(78) 16. We saw a man ………….in the street yesterday. A. staggered B. staggering C. to stagger D. staggers 17. I want this exercise………..in ink. A. write B. to write C. writing D. written 18. It’s no good………….your father about your failure. A. to tell B. tell C. telling D. told 19. The teacher speaks slowly………….the pupils may understand him. A. because B. in order to C. so that D. or 20. The students refused …………..to school in the afternoon. A. returning B. to return C. to be returned D. return 21. When I was ten, I ……………watch most TV programmes if I asked my parents first. A. might B. may C. can D. could 22. That car……….several times this year. A. was repaired B. repaired C. has repaired D. had been repaired 23. I didn’t want to meet Paul, ……………when he had entered the room I left. A. because B. as C. so D. and 24. Stop. …………..you see that notice? A. Did B. Don’t C. Won’t D. Will 25. He……….for the money since last Friday. A. was waiting B. has been waiting C. waited D. waits 26. Dick…………. in London when I saw him last. A. was working B. is working C. has worked D. has been working 27. Had I known she was sick, I …………her. A. visited B. had visited C. would have visited D. would visit 28. You will become ill……………you stop working so hard. A. until B. when C. unless D. if 29. Take the number 7 bus and get……………at Forest Road. A. up B. down C. outside D. off 30. John swims very well and …………..does his brother. A. also B.even C. so D.too. ĐỀ 20.. 6. He said, “You ought…………that library book back to the library” A. take B. taking C. to take 7. If ever the child…………,the mother would run to it. A. cries B. will cry C. would cry 8. “Don’t cook a meal for me, “ he said. “I’ve already………….” A. eat B. eaten C. eating 9. He couldn’t go far because he was afraid of …………….. A. flight B. be flying C.flying. D. to be taken D. cried D.been eaten D. fly.

(79) 10. I would not have gone away if you…………. A. came B. coming C. will come D. had come 11. Sandra wrote………. the address and hurried to the post office. A. fast B. fastly C. quickly D. quick 12. The operation…………5 hours. A. got B. took C. cost D. paid 13. He had to leave his family………………when he went to work abroad. A. back B. behind C. backs D. behinds 14. I saw a thief take Peter’s wallet so I ran………..him. A. into B. after C. over D. near 15. You can only master a skill by…………..it a lot. A. practicing B. practice C. practical D. practically 16. Don’t touch the cat. It may …………….you. A. kick B. tear C. scream D. scratch 17. You are looking very pale. Do you…………sick? A.feel B. felling C.fell D. feeling 18. He played an active…………in politics. A. parts B. partly C. parting D. part 19. The sailor wanted to………….to the speedboat. A. signal b. sign C. show D. sight 20. He stood on one leg………against the wall, while he took off his shoe. A. lean B. leans C. leaning D. leaned 21. I’m………….worried about Jane; she always seems to be tired. A. as B. so C. such D. too 22. I ……….do that if I were you. A. won’t B. wouldn’t C. shan’t D. don’t 23. Surely David’s not going to drive, …………..he? A. does b. will C. isn’t D. is 24. “Lan is in hospital. Let’s visit her,…………..we? A. shan’t B. shall C. will D. let 25. She stayed at home yesterday, but I …………… A. didn’t either B. went C. did D. didn’t 26. He showed us the village…………….he was born. A. which B. in which C. in where D. in that 27. He said he had……….. smoking but I saw him do the other day. A. given on B. given away C. given up D. given out 28. The film I saw yesterday was very………….. I went home in the middle. A. bored B. boring C. boredom D. bore 29. ……….of these two countries should I visit? A. What B. Which C. Whether D. Who 30. All the information in that newspaper……………….updated. A. is B.are C. have D. have been.

(80) ĐỀ 21. 6. It would be………….to expect to go straight from leaving school into a managerial position. A. real B. unrealistic C. realistic D. realistically 7. Most people tend to be rather……….when they’re tired. A. irritate B. irritated C. irritating D. irritable 8. I’m bored. I need some ……………..in my life. A. excite B. excited C. excitement D. exciting 9. It’s a good idea in theory, but rather………… A. impractical B. practical C. practice D. pracitically 10. Ruth has gone back to college to get a teaching………. A.qualifier B. disqualification C. disqualifier D. qualification 11. Jane………….just a few minutes ago. A. left B. has left C. leaves D. had left 12. You……..mad if you think I’m going to lend you any more money. A. should be B. are supposed to be C. must be D. ought to be 13. ……..during the storm. A. They were collapsed the fence B. The fence was collapsed C. They collapsed the fence D. The fence collapsed 14. I always associate………. A. red wine B. red wine by France C. French red wine D. red wine with France 15.The………..faulty. A. equipments are B. equipment was C. equipments were D. equipment were 16. “Hurry up! We’re waiting for you. What’s taking you so long?” “I……….for an important phone call. Go ahead and leave without me”. A. wait B. will wait C. am waiting D. have waited 17. Fish were among the earliest forms of life. Fish…….on earth for ages and ages. A. existed B. are existing C. exist D. have existed 18. Peter painted his bedroom black. It looks dark and dreary. He……….a different color. A. had to choose B. should have chosen C. must have chosen D. could have been choosing 19. “It………..rain this evening. Why don’t you take an umbrella?” “That’s a good idea. May I borrow yours?” A. had better B. could be C. must D. might 20. I still can’t believe it! My bicycle……….last night. A. was stolen B. was stealing C. stolen D. stole 21. A shortage of water is a problem in many parts of the world. In some areas, water………….from the ground faster than nature can replenish the supply. A. is being taken B. has been taking B. is taking D. has taken.

(81) 22. I don’t blame you for not……..outside in this awful weather. A. wanting to go B. wanting go C. want to go D. to want go 23. A plane with an engine on fire approached the runway, ………….was frightening. There could have been a terrible accident. A. Watch it landing B. Watching it land C. To watch it to land D. Watching to land it 24. The science classes at this …………difficult. A. school are B. school is C. school are D. school’s is 25. ……….moved to that city recently. A. A number of Vietnamese have B. A number of Vietnamese has C. The number of Vietnamese has D. The number of Vietnamese have 26. “Who is eligible for thescholarship?” “Anyone …………scholastic record is above average can apply for the scholarship”. A. who has a B. has a C. who’s a D. whose 27. That book is by a famous anthropologist. It’s about the people in Samoa……..for two years. A. that she lived B. that she lived among them C. among whom she lived D. where she lived among them 28. “Does anybody know…….on the ground?” – “ Your guess is as good as mine.” A. how long this plane will be B. how long will be this plane C. how long will this plane D. that how long this plane will be 29. “This cake is terrible. What happened?” “It’s my grandmother’s recipe, but she forgot to tell me how long………..it” A. did I bake B. should I bake C. do I bake D. to bake 30. …………Paul brings the money for our lunch, we’ll go right down to the cafeteria. A. Since b. As soon as C. Now that D. Unitl 31. Hundreds of species of Hawaiian flowers have become extinct or rare………land development and the grazing of wild goats. A. now that B. due to C. because d. for 32. ………..the salary meets my expectations, I will accept the job offer. A. Due to B. Even if C. Provided that D. Unless 33. I like to keep the windows open at night no matter how cold it gets. My sister, …………..prefers a warm bedroom with all windows tightly shut. A. nevertheless B. consequently C. on the other hand D. moreover 34. When I stopped talking, Sam finished my sentence for me as though he ……….my mind. A. would read B.had read C. reads D. can read 35. “I’m really sorry about what happened during the meeting, I felt I had no choice.” “It’s okay. I’m sure you wouldn’t have done it if you……….” A. should have B. had to C. hadn’t had to D. have to.

(82) ĐỀ 22. 6. Please…………..our letter of the 14th. We have not had a reply. A. know B. knowledge C. acknowledge D. unknown 7. Bill was given a medal in ………of his services. A. recognizing B. recognizance C. recognition D. recognizability 8. I’ll never forget the…………. I felt in that situation. A. humiliater B. humiliating C. humiliated D. humiliation 9. I have always……….your lifestyle. A. envious B. envied C. enviably D. enviable 10. I’ve known…………all my life. There have been times I couldn’t even afford a loaf of bread. A. hardening B. hardly C. hard D. hardship 11. It’s…………..disappointing. A. very much B. very C. much D. much very 12. “When did you last hear……….Don?” “He phoned me just this morning. He’s coming to Bristol next week, so we agreed………a time and place to meet”. A. from……on B. about…..on C. from……with D. of……to 13. Timson………13 films and I think her latest in the best. A. made B. had made C. has made D. was making 14. I ………….happy to see him, but I didn’t have time. A. will have been B. would be C. will be D. would have been 15. “John has looked tired recently, and I’ve started to wonder………his health.” “You’re right. And he doesn’t seem to care………….the effect smoking has on him”. A. at……for B. about…..for C. about……about D. at…….aboutg 16. It’s against the law to kill the black rhinoceros. They……….extinct. A. becam B. have become C. become D. are becoming 17. The phone………..constantly since Jack announced his candidacy for president this morning. A. has been ring B. rang C. had rung D. had been ringing 18. Tom is sitting at his desk. He’s reading his chemistry text because he has a test tomorrow. He……….. A. could study B. should be studying C. will study D. must be studying 19. “………you hand me that pair of scissors, please?” – “Certainly”. A. May B. Shall C. Will D. Should 20. On Friday afternoon before a three-day holiday weekend, the highways……………people on their way out of the city. A. are crowding by B. are croweded with C. are being crowd with D. crow by 21. Vitamin C……….by the human body. It gets into the blood stream quickly. A. absorbs easily B. is easily absorbing C. is easily absorbed D. absorbed easily 22. I think I hear someone……….the back window. Do you hear it, too? A. trying open B. trying to open C. try opening D. try to open 23. The customs officer opened the suitcase…………if anything illegal was being brought into the country..

(83) A. seeing B. for seeing C. see D. to see 24. One of the…………from Italy. A. student is B. students are C. student are D. students is 25. Each of the reference…………available in the school library. A. books on that list is B. books on that list are C. book on that list is D.book on that list are 26. Dr. Sales is a person………… A. in whom I don’t have much confidence B. in that I don’t have much confidence C. whom I don’t have much confidence in him D. I don’t have much confidence 27. The missing man’s family is desperately seeking anyone…………information about his activities or whereabouts. A. has B. having C. who have D. have 28. “This restaurant is very expensie!” “It is, but order………….want. Your birthday is a very special occasion.” A. what is it you B. what do you C. whatever you D. whatever you do 29. “Let’s go to Riverton this weekend.” – “Sounds like fun………..from here?” A. How far is B. How far it is C. It how far is D. How far is it 30. My mouth is burning! This is ………….spicy food that I don’t think I can finish it. A. such B. so C. very D. too 31. Long is one of the best players in the country. We have won all of our games………he joined our team. A. when B. the first time C. since D. due to 32. To power their inventions, people have made use of natural energy sources, ………..coal, oil, water, and stream. A. in addition to B. as C. and they use D. such as 33. Some fish can survive only in salt water, ………..other species can live only in fresh water. A. whereas B. unless C. if D. since 34. If you…….., I would have brought my friends over to your house this evening to watch TV, but I didn’t want to bother you. A. had studied B. studied C. hadn’t been studying D. didn’t study 35. ………….you, I’d think twice about that decision. It could be a bad move. A. If I had been B. Were I C. Should I be D. If I am. ĐỀ 23.. 6. I’ve never been so………….in all my life! A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment 7. If your work is …….., you will get a longer contract. A. satisfactory B. satisfied C. satisfying 8. Don’t try to do things too quickly. Set yourself………targets. A. real B. realistic C. realized 9. Keith’s exam results turned out to be…………... D. embarrassable D. satisfaction D. realizable.

(84) A. disastrous B. disaster C. disastering D. disasterously th 10. All………….must be received before July 20 2006. A. applicants B. applications C. applies D. appliance 11. ……….Robert lately? A. Did you see B. Have you seen C. Do you see D. Are you seeing 12. We……….switzerland four times during the 1970s. A. used to visit B. would visit C. visited D. will visit 13. The children……………to the zoo. A. were enjoyed taken B. enjoyed being taken C. were enjoyed taking D. enjoyed taking 14. She reminded ………..the papers. A. me where to leave B. me where I had to leave C. where I had to leave D. where to leave 15. I’ll be with you in……….. A. one quarter of an hour B. a quarter of an hour C. a quarter of one hour D. a quarter of hour 16. The earth…………on the sun for its heat and light. A. is depend B. depending C. has depend D. depends 17. The National Hurricane Center is closely watching a strong hurricane. When it………..the coast sometime tomorrow afternoon, it will bring with it great destructive force. A. reaches B. will reach C. is reaching D. reaching 18. When Mr. Lee was younger, he………work in the garden for hours, but now he has to take frequent rests because he has lung problems. A. has got to B. can C. should be able D. could 19. “Larry drove all night to get here for his sister’s wedding. He………..exhausted by the time he arrived.” – “He was”. A. ought to be B. could be C. must have been D. will have been 20. Something funny……….in class yesterday. A. happened B. was happened C. happens D. is happened 21. “When can I have my car back?” – “I think it’ll ……….late this afternoon.” A. finish B. be finished C. have finished D. be finish 22. When Alan was questioned by the police, he admitted knowing about the wrongdoing, but denied…………….in any way. A. to be involved B. involving C. having involved D. being involved 23. Sometimes very young children have trouble………fact from fiction and may believe that dragons actually exist. A. to separate B. separating C. to be separated D.for separating 24. ………to support the case against James? A. Is there any proof B. Are there any proof C. Is there any proof D. Are there any proofs 25. Several………sleeping under a tree. A. of lions were B. lion was C. of the lions was D. lions were.

(85) 26. “Is April twenty-first the day……….?” – “No, the twenty-second”. A. you’ll arrive then B. when you’ll arrive C. on that you’ll arrive D. when you’ll arrive on 27. The publishers expect that the new biography of Simon Bolivar will be bought by people…………….in Latin American history. A. who they are interested B. are interested C. interested D. they are interested 28. Why did Beth ask you……..a bicycle? A. that if you had B. do you have C. that you had D. if you had 29. “Somebody forgot this hat. I wonder……………” A. whose is this hat B. whose hat this is C. whose hat is D. is this whose hat 30. Both my books ……….from my room last night. A. were stolen and my wallet B. and my wallet were stolen C. any my wallet was stolen D. were and my wallet was stolen 31. Joe seemed to be in good mood, ……….he snapped at me angrily when I asked him to join us. A. yet B. so C. for D. and 32. ………..excellent art museums, Moscow has a world-famous ballet company. A. Because of B. In spite of C. In case of D. In addition to 33. ……..Jason became famous, he has ignored his old friends. He shouldn’t do that. A. If B. Ever since C.Even though D. Due to 34. I wish I ………..you some money for your rent, but I’m broke myself. A. can lend B. would lend C.could lend D. will lend 35. “Was Pam seriously injured in the automobile accident?” “She broke her arm. It………much worse if she hadn’t been wearing her seat belt.” A. will be B.would have been C. was D. were. ĐỀ 24.. 6. I find that advertisement…………to women. A. offending B. offendable C. offense D.offensive 7. The teacher tends to have favorites, which causes a lot of………amongst the other pupils. A. resent B. resentment C. resenting D. resentfulness 8. I thought he’d forgotten his promise, but he phoned to……….me that nothing had happened. A. sure B. surely C. reassure D. assume 9. He may be a very good actor, but as a singer he is a complete……… A. failure B. failer C. failed D. fail 10. There will be no pay rises in the…………future. A. seeable B. unforeseeable C. foreseeable D. unforeseen 11. When I was a child………the violin. A. I was playing B. I’m playing C. I play D. I played 12. Jenny………leave the hospital only six hours after the baby was born. A. was able to B. could C. can D. is able to.

(86) 13. ………..chair the meeting. A. John was decided to B. There was decided that John should C. It was decided that John should D. John had been decided to 14. “I suppose you’ve heard the latest…….. A. news,” said she. B. news.” she said. C. news”, she said. D. news,” she said. 15. Against her parents’wishes, she wants to be…………. A. the journalist B. journalist C. a journalist D.journalist 16. I don’t feel good. I ………home from work tomorrow. A. am staying B. stay C. will have stayed D. stayed 17. At one time, huge prehistoric reptiles dominated the earth. This Age of Dinosaurs……….much longer than the present Age of Mammals has lasted to date. A. lasted B.was lating C. has lasted D. had lasted 18. Whenever my parents went out in the evening, I ………the job of taking care of my younger brother.. A. would get B.should get C.must have gotten D. had better get 19. “What are you doing here now? You…………be here for another three hours.” “I know. We got an early start and it look less time than we expected. I hope you don’t mind.” A. couldn’t B. might not C. had better not D. had being stung 20. The childe’s arm was swollen because he ………by a bee. A. stung B. had stung C. had been stung D. had being stung 21. I didn’t think my interview went very well, but I guess it must have. Despite all my anxiety, I ……….for the job I wanted. I’m really going to work hard to justify their confidence. A. was hiring B. hired C. got hiring D. got hired 22. Mr. Lee was upset by…………him the truth. A. our not having told B. us not tell C. we didn’t tell D. not to tell 23. Do you have an excuse………….late to class two days in a row? A. for to be B. for being C. to be D. being 24. You have to pay extra if you take too………….with you. A. much luggages B. many luggages C. much luggage D. many luggage 25. Many of the.................not used today. They are remmants of the past. A.railroad tracks around here are B. railroad track around here is C. railroad tracks around here is D. railroad’s tracks around here are 26. The severe drought…………occurred last summer ruined the corn crop. a. that it B. which it C. it D. that 27. I have always wanted to visit Paris, …………of France. A. is the capital B. which the capital is C. that is the capital D. the capital 28. “What did you grammar teacher want to talk to you about? “I did badly on the last test. She……..study for it.” A. said why didn’t B.asked why didn’t I C. said why I didn’t D. asked why I didn’t.

(87) 29. Lan Anh’s interiview was very intense. The interviewer wanted to know many facts about her personal life, and even asked her………had ever used any illegal drugs of any kind. A. that if she B. that she C. if or not she D. whether or not she 30. When………..a dictionary, you need to be able to understand the symbols and abbreviations it contains. A. having used B. use C. to use D. using 31. ………….Phan arrived, we will have finished this group project. A. By the time B. Until C. Now that D. Since 32. It is still a good idea to know how to type……….the many technological advances in typewriters and word processors, a skilled operator remains indispensable. A. Because of B.In spite of C. In case of D.In additiona to 33. We’re going to lose this game………the team doesn’t start playing better soon. A.if B. unless C. although D.whereas 34. If someone………into the store, smile and say, “May I help you?” A. comes B. came C. would come D. could come 35. If my candidate had won the election, I ………happy now. A. am B. would be C. was D. can be. ĐỀ 25.. 6. What lovely,…………… children. A. well-mannered B. bad-mannered C. mannerly D. manneristic 7. It was a …………….experience which I shall never forget. A. thrill B. thrilling C. thriller D. thrillingly 8. She is a highly-…………..woman. A. educating B. education C. educational D. educated 9. Her business has been a huge…………. A. succeed B. succeeding C. success D. successfulness 10. You look rather………….. Are you worried about something? A. preoccupied B. occupied C. occupant D. preoccupying 11. He ……………… for the national team in 65 matches so far. A. has played B. has been playing C. played D. is playing 12. The car broke down and we………….. a taxi. A. must have got B. had got to get C. had to get D. must get 13. ……………….want to do this weekend? A. What you B. Which do you C. What do you D. What do you 14. I notified……………….. I had changed my address. A. with the bank that B. the bank that C. that D. to the bank that 15. This tastes lovely. What’s in…………..? A. a sauce B. the sauce C. sauces D. sauce 16. Today, there are weather satellites that beam down information about the earth’s atmosphere. In the last two decades space exploration …………………….. great contributions to weather forecasting. A. is making B. has made C. made D. makes 17. Jim, why don’t you take some time off? You………………too hard lately. Take a short vacation..

(88) A. worked B. work C. were working D. have been working 18. Yesterday I ………………………..to a furniture store. I bought a new lamp there. A. could go B. went C. could have gone D. ought to have gone 19. “……………….taking me downtown on your way to work this morning?”- “Not at all”. A. Can you B. Why don’t you C. Would you mind D. Could you please 20. Today, many serious childhood diseases…………………….by early immunization. A. are preventing B. can prevent C. present D. can be prevented 21. My country…………….the pursuit of world peace. A. is dedicating to B. is dedicated to C. is dedecating by D. is dedicated by 22. We considered ………………………after work. A. to go shop B. going shopping C. going to shop D. to go to shop 23. Jack made me …………………….him next week. A. to promise to call B. to promise calling C. promise to call D. promise calling 24. …………………..in your class have tickets for the lecture series? A. Do any of the student B. Does any of the student C. Do any of the students D. Does any of the students 25. As we walked through the jungle, the……………………… unusually quiet. A. monkeys were B. monkeys was C. monkies were D. monkies was 26. Florida, ……………………..the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year. A. is B. known as C. is known as D. that is known as 27. The chemistry book………………………was a little expensive. A. that I bought it B. I bought that C. what I bought D. I bought 28. “Why are you starting out the windows? What……………….about?” “Nothing.” A. you are thinking B. you think C. are you thinking D. do you are thinking 29. It is hoped that all present-day communicable diseases will be conquered. However, ………….. about certain diseases is still not sufficient to prevent them from spreading easily among the population. A. what we know B. what do we know C. what we know that D. that we know what 30. Bats are fascinating……………………..have many interesting and amazing qualities. A. animals. Therefore, they B. animals, they C. animals. They D. animals. Because 31. For the most party, young children spend their time playing, eating, and ……………..a lot. A. they sleep B. sleeping C. sleep D. they are sleeping 32. Even though a duck may live on water, it stays dry………………the oil on its feathers. The oil prenvents the water from soaking through the feathers and reaching its skin. A. due to B. besides C. in spite of D. in the event of.

(89) 33. My two children are cooking dinner for the family for the first time tonight. …………………… the food is terrible, I’m going to enjoy this meal very much. It will be fun to have them cook for me for a change. A. Only if B. If C. Even if D. Provided that 34. “Are we lost?”- “I think so. I wish we………………a map with us today.” A. were bringing B. brought C. had brought D. would bring 35. I wish Janet……………….to the meeting this afternoon. A. came B. will come C. can come D. could come. ĐỀ 26.. 6. She gets a lot of…………….. from reading. A. enjoy B. enjoyment C. enjoyfulness D. enjoyability 7. The incident left him with feelings of anger and……………………. A. bitterness B. bitterment C. bittering D. bitterly 8. It’s……………………….to know that when we retire, we will received a very good pension. A. comfort B. comfortability C. comforting D. uncomforting 9. The negotiations are at a …………………., with neither side willing to make concessions. A.stand B. standing C. stillstand D. standstill 10. What are the entry…………………….at this university. A. requires B. requiring C. requirements D. prerequesties 11. Sorry we’re late, we…………………..the wrong turning. A. had taken B. were taking C. took D. are taking 12. Although he didn’t have a ticket, Ken……………………..come in. A. could B.can C.might D.was allowed to 13. She……………………..her holiday in Thailand. A. said me about B. told about C. said about D. told me about 14. ……………………arrived for you this morning. A. Furniture B. A furniture C. Some furniture D. Some furnitures 15. She felt good…………………….the prize. A. about win B. with winning C. to win D. about winning 16. On July 20, 1969, Astronaut Neil Armstrong…………… down onto the moon, the first person ever to set foot on another celestial body. A. was stepping B. stepped C. has stepped D. was step 17. The plane’s departure was delayed because of mechanical difficulties. When the weary passengers finally boarded the aircraft, many were annoyed and irritable because they……………..in the airport for three and a half hours. A. are waiting B. were waiting C. have been waiting D. had been waiting 18. Jimmy and Maria were mischievous children. They ………………..tricks on their teachers, which always got them into a lot of trouble. A. could play B. used to play C. could have played D. may have played 19. “I locked myself out of my apartment. I didn’t know what to do.” “You ………………… your roommate.” A. could have called B. may have called.

(90) C. would have called. D. must have called. 20. I ……………….wish you on that subject. A. am agree B. am agreed C. agreeing D. agree 21. About 15,000 years ago, northern Wisconsin………………..under ice a mile deep. A. buried B. was burying C. was buried D. had buried 22. Jack offered……………………..care of my garden while I was out of town. A. take B. taking C. to have taken D. to take 23. I got Barbara…………………..her car for the weekend. A. to let me to borrow B. let me borrow C. to let me borrow D. let me to borrow 24. Bob got fired. It’s going to difficult for him to find ………………………job. A. other B. another C. the other D. the another 25. At the news conference, several reporters didn’t get clear answers to …………………questions. A. theirs B. their C. his and hers D. his and her 26. The new shopping mall is gigantic. It’s advertised as a place………………you can find just about anything you might want to buy. A. where B. which C. in where D. in that 27. “Have you ever met the man …………….over there?”- “No. Who is he?” A. stands B. standing C. is standing D. who he is standing 28. “I can’t decide what color I want for my bedroom. What do you think?” “You should choose ………………color you want . You’re the one who will have to live with it” A. whichever that B. whatever C. however D. that what 29. “Why didn’t Henry attend the meeting this morning:” “He’s been very sick. His doctor insisted that he…………..in bed this wek.” A. will stay B. stayed C. stays D. stay 30. While ………………..to help Tim with his math, I got impatient because he wouldn’t pay attentionto what I was saying. A. I am trying B. having tried C. I try D. trying 31. Loan worked for a supermarket last summer…………………….money for school expenses. A. because to earn B. so she earns C. for she earned D. so that she could earn 32. Alex cannot express himself clearly and correctly in writing. He will never advance in his job………………….he improve his language skills. A. otherwise B. if C. only if D. unless 33. Jack insisted that he didn’t need any help, …………………. I help him anyway. A. and B.so C. besides D. but 34. “Here’s my phone number.” – “Thanks. I’ll give you a call if I …………………..some help tomorrow.” A. will need B. need C. would need D. needed 35. I …………….. you to the woman I was speaking with, but I couldn’t think of her name. A. will introduce B. would introduce C. would have introduced D. couldn’t have introduced.

(91) ĐỀ 27. 6. He’s the most unpleasant, ………………………person I’ve ever met. A. unmannered B. ill-mannered C. inmanneristic D. mannerless 7. I was green with…………………….when I saw her new house. A. envies B.envy C.envying D. envious 8. She’s got a very……………………..mind. A. perceiving B. perceived C. perceivable D. perceptive 9. Despite going to German classes twice a week, I don’t feel I’m making much……………with the language. A. ahead B. headway C. heading D. overhead 10. Going swimming every day would have very…………………effects. A. beneficial B. benefited C. beneficent D. beneficiary 11. Wait here until I …………………..you. A. will call B. am calling C. am going to call D. call 12. I could………………..much more for the painting if I’d sold it overseas. A. have got B. get C. have D. has got 13. She encouraged………………….the job. A. to take the job B. that Frank should take C. Frank to take D. to Frank to take 14. What have you got……………….? A. for the dinner B. for a dinner C. for dinner D. to dinner 15. He was busy…………………his homework. A. doing B. to do C. that he was doing D. he was doing 16. The minor earthquake occurred at 2:07 A.M on January 3. Most of the people in the village………………at the time and didn’t even know it had occurred until next morning. A. slept B. had slept C. were sleeping D.sleep 17. If costal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another fifty years this beach…………..anymore. A. doesn’t exist B. isn’t going to exist C. isn’t existing D. won’t be existing 18. Robert has a new car. He …………………it for a very good price. He paid 30 percent less than the regular retail cost. A. could buy B. had to buy C. was supposed to buy D. was able to buy 19. You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday afternoon. You……………. Be really hungry!” – “I am.” A. might B. will C. can D. must 20. Many U.S automobiles…………….in Detroit,Michigan. A. manufacture B. have manufactured C. are manufactured D. are manufacturing 21. Tien was new on the job, but he quickly fit himself into the……………. rountine of the office. A. established B. establishing C. establishes D. establish 22. Could you please come over? I need you…………..the refrigerator. A. help me moving B. helping me to move C. to help me move D. help me to move.

(92) 23. I’ll never forget………..the race. What a thrill! A. to win B. win C. being won D. winning 24. There…………….available in his area of specialization. A. isn’t a lot of job B. aren’t a lot of jobs C. isn’t a lot of jobs D. aren’t a lot of job 25. I have a ……………..sister. A. seven years old B. seven-years-old C. seven-year-old D. seven year olds 26. Lola’s marriage has been arranged by her family. She is marrying a man……….. A. that she hardly knows him B. whom she hardly knows him C. she hardly knows D. she hardly knows him 27. “Do you have the book………..the teacher?”- “Yes, I do.” A. that it belongs to B. to which belongs to C. to which belongs D. that belongs to 28. “Did you remember to tell Marge………..she should bring to the meeting tomorrow?” “Oh, my gosh! I completely forgot! I’m sorry.” A. that B. what C. if D. that what 29. Nobody yet knew what…………..to cause the dam to burst, but the residents of the area organized quickly to protect life and property against the rising floods. A. happens B. had happened C. happen D. did it happen 30. ………….extremely bad weather in the mountains, we’re no longer considering our skiing trip. A. Due to B. Because C. Since D. Due to the fact that 31. …………..upprepared for the exam, I felt sure I would get a low score. A. Being B. Having C. Because D. Upon 32. ………….there was no electricity, I was able to read because I had a candle. A. Unless B. Even though C. Even D. Only if 33. Florida is famous for its tourist attractions. Its coastline offers excellent white sand beaches…………, it has warm, sunny weather. A. Otherwise B. Furthermore C. Nevertheless D. On the other hand 34. If I weren’t working for an accounting firm, I ……………..in a bank. A. work B. will work C. have worked D. would be working 35. “What…………today if you hadn’t come here this weekend?” A. did you do B. can you do C. will you be doing D. would you be doing. ĐỀ 28.. 6. The entire audience took………….at his racist remarks. A. offending B. offensive C. offence D. offensiveness 7. They hardly ever argue – I think they’re both very…………..of each other’s faults. A. tolerant B. tolerable C. tolerated D. intolerable 8. I did a very stupid thing, but………….nobody saw me. A. luckingly B. luckily C. unluckily D. lucklessly 9. His attempt to break the world record was sadly………… A. succeeded B. successor C. successful D. unsuccessful.

(93) 10. I think that your………..about the cost are wrong. A. assume B. assuming C. assumpsit D. assumption 11. Next month I ………….. Derek for 20 years. A. know B. will have known C. am knowing D. will have been knowing 12. We…………..into the state of the Swedish industry. A. did some researches B. made some research C. made research D. did some research 13. ……….my friends knew I was getting married. A. Not much of B. Not many of C. Not much D. not many 14. She was………….as anyone could have had. A. as patient teacher B. a patient teacher C. as patient as teacher D. as patient a teacher 15. About ten of us were taken ill ………….a party we were at in York. I felt ill …………..a couple of days, but was fine after that. A. for……during B. for…..for C. during….during D. during….for 16. The little girl started to cry. She …………her doll, and no one was able to find it for her. A. has lost B. had lost C.was losing D. was lost 17. Next week when there ………….a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher. A. is being B. is C. will be D. will have been 18. “Did you enjoy the picnic?” “It was okay, but I’d rather………….to a move.” A. go B. be going C. have gone D. went 19. “How long have you been married? “We………. have been married for twenty-three years on our next anniversary.” A. must B. should C. will D. could 20. Let’s go ahead and do it now. Nothing………..by waiting. A. accomplishes B. accomplished C. has accomplished D. will be accomplished 21. The Mayan Indians ……….an accurate and sophisticated calendar more than seven centuries ago. A. were developed B. developed C. have been developed D. are developed 22. I just heard that there’s been a major accident that has all of the traffic tired up. If we want to get the play on time, we’d better avoid………………..the highway. A. having taken B. take C. to take D. taking 23. No one has better qualifications. Carol is certain…………for the job. A. to choose B. having chosen C. to be chosen D. being chosen 24. He made the soup by mixing………meat with some rice. A. little B. few C. a little D. a few 25. There……………in the world today. A. is many new computer company B.is many new computer companies C. are many new computers companies D. are many new computer companies 26. People who exercise frequently have greater physical endurance than those……… A. who doesn’t B. that doesn’t C. which don’t D. who don’t 27. The problem………….never occurred..

(94) A. I had expected it B. who I had expected C. that I had expected it D. I had expected 28. “My aunt has been feeling bad since Uncle George died.Is it because she’s depressed?” “I think so. …………….can cause debilitating physical symptoms is a medical fact.? A. Depression B. That depression it C. That depression D. It is that depression 29. Did the teacher explain how………….this problem? A. do we solve B. can we solve C. to solve D. solve 30. Emily is motivated to study………..she knows that a good education can improve her life. A. therefore B. because of C. because D. so 31. Ever since…………..Thanh the bad news, he’s been avoiding me. A. telling B. told C. I told D. having told 32. A fire must have a readilly available supply of oxygen…………, it will stop burning. A. Consequently B. Furthermore C. Otherwise D. However 33. The flowers will soon start to blossom…………winter is gone and the weather is beginning to get warmer. B. even if B. now that C. so D. even though 34. Ngoc invested a lot of money with a dishonest advisor, and lost nearly all of it. Now he is having serious financial problem. He………….in this position if he had listened to some of his friends. A. will be B. wouldn’t be C. won’t be D. hadn’t been 35. Page 12 of the manual that came with the appliance says, “………… any problem with the merchandise, contact your local dealer.” A. You should have B. Do you have C. Had you have D. Should you have. ĐỀ 29.. 6. I’d been standing in the queue for an hour and was beginning to get rather……… A. patient B. patience C. impatience D. impatient 7. It’s ………..not being able to speak a foreign language. A. frustrated B. frustrations C. frustrating D. frustrates 8. She was tormented by feelings of ………….. A. guilty B. guilt C. guiltlessness D. guiltless 9. Having our passports stolen was a rather………….start to the holiday. A. fortune B. unfortuned C. unfortunate D. unfortunately 10. This statue…………..the soldiers who died in the war. A. memorizes B. memorial C. commemorates D. commemorizes 11. I ………….you can swim so well and I can’t. A. hate B.hate it what C. hate what D. hate it 12. …………..resigned,we would have been forced to sack him. A. Had he not B. Hadn’t he C. He had not D. He not had 13. I …………….with the performance, but I got flu the day before. A. was to have helped B. helped C. was to help D. had helped.

(95) 14. We should use………….time we have available to discuss Jon’s proposa. A. the little of B. the little C. the few D. the little 15. I told him that he couldn’t hope to catch a big fish…………a small rod like that, but he insisted ………..trying . A. with….on B. by….about C. with….about D. by…on 16 According to research reports, people usually………..in their sleep 25 to 30 times each night. A. turn B. are turning C. have turned D. turned 17. Jane’s eyes burned and her shoulders ached. She………..at the computer for 5 straight hours. Finally, she took a break. A. is sitting B. has been sitting C. was sitting D. had been sitting 18. “Why are you so sure that Ann didn’t commit the crime she’s been accused of committing?” “She……….that crime because I was with her, and we were out of town on that day.” A. may not have committed B. wasn’t supposed to commit C. committed D. couldn’t have committed 19. “I……….there at 6 P.M. for the meeting, but my car won’t start. Could you please give me a lift in your car.” – “Sure. Are you ready to go now?” A. will be B. may be C. supposed to be D. have got to be 20. “When…………? – “In 1928.” A. penicillin was discovered B. did penicillin discovered C. was penicillin discovered D. did penicillin discover 21. George is………….Lisa. A. marry with B. marry to C. married with D. married to 22. The painting was beautiful. I stood there………….it for a long time. A. for admiring B. being admired C. admire D. admiring 23. I was enjoying my book, but I stopped……….a program on TV. A. reading to watch B.to read to watch C. to read for watching D. reading for to watch 24. Many of the…………not expect to win. A. participants in the race do B. participant in the races does C. participants in the race does D. participant in the race does 25. Selt-esteem is important. It’s important for people to like………… A. oneself B. yourself C. him/herself D. themselves 26. “Is this the address to ……… you want the package sent?” – “Yes.” A. where B.that C.which D. whom 27. “Do you remember Mrs. Goddard, ………..taught us English composition?” “I certainly do.” A. who B. whom C. that D. which 28. There was an earthquake on the coast yesterday. Fortunately, there was no loss of life. However, because of the danger of collapsing sea walls, it was essential that the area……evacuated quickly. A. to be B. will be C. be D. is.

(96) 29. ………….the National Weather Bureau predicted severe storms did not deter the fishing boasts from going out into the open sea. A. The fact that B. That fact is that C. Is fact that D.The fact is that 30. Sonia broke her leg in two places…………, she had to wear a cast and use crutches or three months. A. Such that B. Consequently C. For that D. Because 31. ………….my daughter reaches the age of sixteen, she will be able to drive. A. Having B. Since C. Once D. Because 32. I studied Spanish for four years in high school ………., I had trouble talking with people when I was travelling in Spain. A. Therefore B. On the other hand C. Morever D. Nevertheless 33. Only if you promise to study hard……….to tutor you. A. will I agree B. agree I C. I agree D. I will agree 34. The world………..a better place if we had known a hundred years ago what we know today about the earth’s environment. A. will be B. was C. should be D. might be 35. Mai walked away from the discussion. Otherwise, she…………something she would regret later. A. will say B. said C. might say D. might have said. ĐỀ 30.. 6. I don’t feel particularly…………................talking to people I’ve never met before. A. comforting B. comfortable C. comfortably D. comforted 7. They are very…………………................people, so the bad language in that film is unlikely to offend them. A. mindful B. broad-minded C. narrow-minded D. mindless 8. It’s ……...............when people won’t believe things that are obviously true. A. furious B. fury C. infuriating D. furies 9. The idea that the ‘rises’ is a popular………................ A. conceiving B. misconception C. concept D. conceiver 10. Little Jimmy has been a bit....................today. A. troublesome B. troubled C. troubleshooting D. troublemaker 11. The new computer system ……................. next month. A. is being installed by people B. is be installed C. is being installed D. is been installed 12. I remembered…..................the race. A. the horse’s winning B. the horse to win C. the horse winning D. the horse’s to win 13. The government has introduced...................... A. a children’s clothes tax B. a tax on children clothes C. a children clothes tax D. a tax on children’s clothes 14. The newspaper is owned by the Mearson Group……, …………..................... is Sir James Bex. A. which chairman B. whose chairman C. who chairman D. chairman 15. I still feel very tired……….................. in the morning. A. when I wake up B. as I wake up.

(97) C. when I will wake up C. while I wake up 16. While I ……….................. TV last night, a mouse ran across the floor. A. watch B. watched C. was watching D. am watching 17. I know you feel bad now, Tommy, but try to put it out of your mind. By the time you’re an adult, you................. all about it. A. forget B. will have forgotten C. will be forgetting D. forgot 18. “Since we have to be there in a hurry, we................. take a taxi.” – “I agree.” A. had better B. may C. have been used to D. are able to 19. “I felt a cookie on the table, but now it’s gone. What happened to it?” “I don’t know. One of the children ................it.” A. may have eaten B. could eat C. had to eat D. should have eaten 20. In recent years, the government has imposed pollution controls on automoble manufacturers. Both domestic and imported automobles must..................... anti-pollution devices. A. equip with B. be equipped with C. equip by D. be equipped by 21. The rescuers ……............... for their bravery and fortitude in locating the lost mountain climbers. A. were praised B. praised C. were praising D. praising 22. Jim should have asked for help instead…...................... to do it himself. A. of trying B. to try C. try D. from trying 23. Who is the woman talking to Mr. Quinn? I don’t recall………................. her around the office before. A. to have seen B. seeing C. to see D. being seen 24. The English ……................. strong traditions. A. has many B. have much C. have many D. has much 25. What ……...................... you used in picking a winner in the art contest? A. is the criteria B. are criteria C. are the criterion D. are the criterions 26. Ann quit her job at the advertising agency, ………….............. surprised everyone. A. which B. that C. who D. that it 27. I have three brothers, ………………….................. are businessman. A. that all of them B. who they all C. all of whom D. who all of them 28. …………………….. saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen. A. What the woman was B. The woman was C. That the woman was D. What was the woman 29. Quang walked intothe huge hall to register for classes. At first, he simply looked around and wondered what……………… supposed to do. A. was he B. am I C. he was D. I am 30. Our village had ……………………… money available for education that the schools had to close. A. so little B. such little C. so much D. such much 31. Minh will enjoy chess more the next time he goes to Mr. Ban…………………… he has had chess lessons. A. so that B. before C. now that D. and.

(98) 32. I’m sorry you’ve decided not to go with us on the river trip, but ……………….. you change your mind, there will still be enough room on the boat for you. A. even B. nevertheless C. in the event that D. provided that 33. Camels have either one hump or two humps. The Arabian camel has one hump. The Bactrian camel, …………………………….., has two humps. A. nevertheless B. however C. furthermore D. otherwise 34. The medicine made me feel dizzy. I felt as thougn the room……………………. Around and around. A. were spinning B. will spin C. spins D. would be spinning 35. I would never have encouraged you to go into this field………………….. it would be so stressful for you. I’m sorry it’s been so difficult for you. A. had I known B. and I had known C. should I know D. but I knew. PHAÀN III: VIEÁT - Xác định cụm từ có gạch dưới, cần phải sữa, để câu trở thành chính xác - Chọn nhóm từ/mệnh lệnh đề tốt nhất (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) để hoàn thành caùc caâu sau:. ĐỀ 11.. 31. A girl said that she liked the book, but others hated it. A. A B. the C. others D. it 32. A car can be absolutely useful when you are in a hurry. A. absolutely B. useful C. in D. hurry 33. According to Alan’s opinion, the forests should be left alone. A. to B. opinion C. forests D. alone 34. There are so many good shops that it is easiest for people to buy what they want. A. many B. it C. easiest D. what 35. By acting insane, he managed to escape the death penalty. A. insane B. managed C. escape D. penalty 36. Many roads have been built therefore it is much easier to travel to the countryside. A. built B. therefore C. easier D. the 37. This report looks at teaching aids and how it helps teachers. A. at B. aids C. it D. teachers 38. The Japanese couple at the back of the coach was obviously newly-weds. A. couple B. back C. was D. newly-weds 39. Some countries do not have enough skilled workers, which cause serious problems. A. have B. skilled C. which D. cause 40. Among her achievements are winning a medal in the last Olympics. A. Among B. are C. winning D. the 41. The police wanted to know……………………… A. what was into the parcel. B. that was in the parcel. C. what was in the parcel. D. that in the parcel was. 42. …………………… but he also wants to marry her..

(99) A. Not only he loves her, B. He not only loves her, C. Not he only loves her, D. Not only does he love her, 43. …………………….., I have continued to work on my thesis. A. although all these problems B. In spite of there are problems C. Despite all these problems D. even though there are problems 44. She never ate or slept properly………………… A. after her husband dies. B. at her husband’s death. C. when her husband died. D. after her husband died. 45. I didn’t know that………………….. A. you appealed to classical music. B. classical music appealed to you. C. do you appeal by classical music. D. did you appeal to classical music. 46. ………………….. if you could come to the party. A. I would appreciate B. I will thank C. I would appreciate it D. I should thank you 47. It was very late……………………. A. after we arrived in London. B. as we arrive in London. C. before we arrived in London. D. when we arrived in London. 48. I am ashamed…………………… A. to say that I am lazy. B. of saying that I am lazy. C. when saying that I am lazy. D. that am I lazy. 49. I asked him how far………………….. A. was it to the nearest bank. B. was to the nearest bank. C. it was to the nearest bank. D. to the nearest bank was. 50. I don’t understand……………………… A. how she could treat him bad. B. when she could treat him badly. C. how he could treat so badly. D. how she could treat him so badly.. ĐỀ 12.. 31. The medical team has been sent with the aim to train local staff. A. medical B. has C. with D. to train 32. The amount of money they took from the gamblers were very little. A. amount B. took C. were D. little 33. Taboos abound during Luna New Year – no crying, quarrelling and accidents. A. Taboos B. during C. no D. and 34. A part from the fish market, there are another developments being planned for the area. A. from B. there C. another D. planned 35. Making punishments more severe doesn’t appear that it makes any difference. A. punishments B. severe C. that it makes D. difference 36. There is little chance to see her again before she leaves for Moscow. A. is B. to see C. before D. for 37. Suddenly, I heard a terrible noise, as a bomb exploding. A. Suddenly B. terrible C. as D. exploding 38. The accident ruined our holiday, as well as cost us a lot of money..

(100) A. The B. ruined C. well D. cost 39. Our sales staff will be pleased to assist you to make the right choice. A. sales B. pleased C. to make D. right 40. I complained the assistant that the machine had ruined my clothes. A. complained B. that C. had D. clothes 41. …………………….., we stayed at home. A. Because the bad weather B. Because of the weather was bad C. Because of the bad weather D. So was bad weather 42. I want to have their beds ready……………………. A. before they arrive. B. before they will arrive. C. when they will arrive. D. after they arrived. 43. ……………………., a teacher has to have a lot of patience. A. Besides to like children B. Besides liking the children C. Beside liking the children D. Beside to like the children 44. I think you………………………… A. would better do it again. B. had better do it again. C. should better do it again. D. would do it again. 45. It was such a boring film……………… A. so I fell asleep. B. so I fell asleep. C. that I felt asleep. D. that I fell asleep. 46. ………………………, I am now in London. A. As my postcard says B. You know from my postcard C. If you know from my postcard D. As you know from my postcard 47. …………………….. I will have to repeat the course. A. In case I fail the exams B. If I fail the exams C. Unless I fail the exams D. Provided the exam fails me 48. I work for a company…………………….. A. which makes personal computers. B. that makes personal computers. C. making personal computers. D. to make personal computers. 49. What they do with the statistics………………….. A. is not concerning me. B. did not concern me. C. does not concern me. D. concerns me not. 50. No sooner ……………………… than it started to rain. A. did I go out B. had I gone out C. out was I D. I had gone out. ĐỀ 13.. 31. The referee has been charged with an unprofessional conduct in many games. A. has B. charged C. an D. conduct 32. He does not wish to be associated to any political party. A. wish B. be C. to D. political 33. Most of the people who attended at the book exhibition were teachers. A. Most B. who C. at D. were.

(101) 34. The reason I didn’t take the exam was because I didn’t think I would pass. A. reason B. take C. because D. would 35. Society is no longer prepared to tolerate such a violent behaviour. A. Society B. longer C. such a D. behaviour 36. Beside wasting my time, she was also rather rude to many of my friends. A. Beside B. time C. rather D. many 37. I like to do a bit housework while the children are at school. A. to B. a bit C. while D. at 38. Unfornately, I didn’t have the opportunity for saying goodbye to her. A. Unfornately B. the C. for saying D. to 39. James was very busy in preparing for his trip to London. A. very B. in C. for D. trip 40. I asked the salesman if I could change the faulty radio with another one. A. the B. if C. with D. another 41. Since we were late,………………………. A. so we decided to go by taxi. B. that we decided to go by taxi. C. we decided to go by taxi. D. a taxi came to us. 42. …………………., but they are also cheaper. A. Not only computers are faster today B. Computers are not faster today C. Not only faster computers today D. Not only are computers faster today 43. I enjoy jogging and……………….. A. I enjoy playing the piano. B. playing the piano. C. I play the piano. D. play the piano. 44. My friends had been to London before, ………………… A. but I didn’t. B. and I hadn’t. C. but I hadn’t. D. and I didn’t. 45. I gave him a couple of dollars, …………………….. A. which were enough for a meal. B. that were enough for a meal. C. which a meal was enough. D. which was enough for a meal. 46. My teachers used to criticize me………………….. A. that I didn’t workd hard. B. for not working hardly. C. which I didn’t work hard. D. for not working hard. 47. I’m sorry………………… A. that was I late. B. for being late. C. because being late. D. as being late. 48. Only of you promise to repay me, …………………. A. I will lend you some more. B. will I lend you some more. C. Do I lend you some more. D. more will I lend you. 49. My father told me……………………… A. to go bed early. B. doing to bed early. C. you go to bed early. D. you should go do bed early. 50. The news ……………………… may no be true..

(102) A. when the prisoner will be release C. about the prisoner release. ĐỀ 14.. B. that the prisoner will be released D. of release the prisoner. 31. The squealing of the brakes is quite deafening and could be heard loudly. A. The B. is C. could D. loudly 32. There are machines, capable to produce more noise than people can tolerate. A. capable B. to produce C. than D. can 33. Full-time students are entitled to a 30% discount on all clothings. A. Full-time B. are C. on D. clothings 34. As far as I concern, the cost of the repair is your responsibility. A. far B. concern C. the D. is 35. Until then, I had never considered to choose teaching as a career. A. then B. had C. to choose D. a 36. We will contact with you again as soon as the dates of the trip have been confirmed. A. with B. soon C.the D.have 37. We stressed the importance of a good cooperation between teachers and parents. A. the B. a C. cooperation D.and 38. We need ot encourage them to relax, talk freely and to ask questions. A. to encourage B. to relax C. freely D. to ask 39. Many of us travel to countries where meals require the use of a fork and knife. A. to B.where C. use D. a fork and knife 40. The recent floods in our country have caused considerable damages to property. A. floods B. caused C. damages D. property 41. They have demanded that all copies of the book…………………… A. to be destroyed B. be destroyed C. being destroyed D. would be destroyed 42. If the doorbell rings, …………………….. A. the dog barks. B. the dogs is barking. C. the dog would bark. D. the dog barked. 43. Whenever I start the motorbike, …………………….. A. it will make funny noise. B. it would make funny noise. C. there will be a funny noise. D. it makes a funny noise. 44. The book………………….. A. which is on the table is mine. B. that is my is on the table. C. that on the table is mine. D. that is on the table is mine. 45. There is no point……………………….. He won’t go. A. in asking him B. to ask him C. ask him D. that we ask him 46. I would rather……………………. A. to read a book than watch TV. B. read a bood than to watch TV. C. reading a book than watching TV. D. read a book thanh watch TV. 47. It was such a difficult exam…………….. A. so I couldn’t finish. B. that I couldn’t finish it. C. that I couldn’t finish. D. so I could finish. 48. Mary asked the stranger……………………..

(103) A. who was he. B. who he was. C. who are you. D. who you are. 49. If Mary ……………………, she would not have been late for the class. A. caught the bus B. have cought the bus C. would catch the bus D. had caught the bus 50. ………………….she burst into tears. A. When seeing her father, B. On seeing her father, C. When to see her father, D. If seeing her father,. ĐỀ 15.. 31. The decrease of the infant mortality rate is the results of better health care services. A. of B. is C. of D. services. 32. All junk food, especially those sold at the canteen, shoud be avoided. a. especially B. those C. at D. should 33. I was sure that some players had taken the money, even though they all denied. A. that B. taken C. though D. denied 34. With tears in our eyes, we watched her train slowly depart the platform. A. With B.in C. slowly D. depart 35. Her family had great difficulty to get her transrerred to another hospital. a. difficulty B. to get C. transferred D. another 36.Which factors have discouraged these students to take part in the competition? A. Which B. have C. to take D. in 37. The majority of them asked me to return the money but I refused to do that. A. majority B. to return C. but D. that 38. Even though they have very little money, their children are always nicely dressed up. A. though B. little C. always D. dressed up 39. Due to the company’s growth has been slow, the workforce is to be reduced. A. Due to B. has C. is D. be 40. Some of them will probably want to dance during they are listening to the records. A. them B.probably C. during D. are listening 41. Only when you studey harder, …………………… A. you will pass the exam. B. you can pass the exam. C. you would pass the exam. D. can you pass the exam. 42. Never …………………that he would become famous. A. he could have imagined B. could he have imaging c. did he have imagined D. would he have imagined 43. No sooner had he hang up the phone, ……………………. A. than it rang. B. then it rang. C. when it rang. D. it rang then. 44. As…………………, I will tell you a secret. A. will I know you well B. I know you very well C. knowing you well D. do I know you well 45. ……………………..for the bus, I try to learn a few words. A. During waiting B. While I wait.

(104) C. While waiting D. while wait 46. I wish …………………….earlier. A. I had seen him B. had I seen him C. did I see him D. I see him 47. No matter…………….., you have to be very careful. A. how easy the test is B. how the test is easy C. how easy is the test D. how easily is the test 48. Not since I was a child, …………………… A. did I enjoy myself so much. B. have I enjoyed myself so much. C. so much have I enjoyed myself. D. do I enjoy myself so much. 49. Not until pat arrived………………… A. we began the meeting. B. the meeting began. C. have we begun the meeting. D. did we begin the meeting. 50. We look forward……………….. A. to you coming to Hanoi. B. to your coming to Hanoi. C. that you will come to Hanoi. D. when youj will come to Hanoi.. ĐỀ 16.. 31. The visitors can either choose the normal train or the express which stops at major stations. A. either B. the C. which D.at 32. During the examination period there is no time to relax and enjoy. A. During B. is C. to D. enjoy 33. Lan is able to lift her companion, whose weight is nearly equal her own. A. to B. whose C. equal D. own 34. The plane leaves Hanoi at 12 o’clock and must reach Paris about 11 hours later. A. leaves B. at C. must D. later 35. It starts to play the other side of the tape, even the first side has not finished. A. to play B.other C. even D. has 36. Every student have a chance to take the examination again and again. A. Every B. have C. take D. and 37. Politicians should recognize the fact people will not tolerate unemployment indefinitely. A. should B. fact C. not D. indefinitely 38. A person who stays at home all the time soon gets fed up of everything. A. who B. the C. soon D. of 39. Some customers always smell the fishes to make sure that they are fresh. A. always B. fishes C. that D. are 40. It’s no good to have a piano if nobody can play it. A. no B. to have C. if D. it 41. ………………….. to work if you are tired. A. It’s no good trying B. You need to trying C. There’s no good trying D. You are trying to 42. The teacher wanted to know………………. A. if I had done my homework B. Whether had I done my homework.

(105) C. if I will do my homework D. did you do your homework 43. She insists……………………… A. that you stay tonight. B. you to stay tonight. C.for your staying tonight. D. please stay tonight. 44. ………………… that you could not come to the party. A. That was a pity B. I was pity C. A pity was it D. It was a pity 45. It seems strange………………… A. having nobody to talk to. B. to have nobody to talk to. C. to talk to nobody. D. having to talk to nobody. 46. My examination results were……………………… A. just like I expected. B. just as I expected. C. like just I expected. D. like as I expected. 47. …………………….. come if you don’t want to. A. You mustn’t B. You needn’t C.Mustn’t you D. Needn’t you 48. …………………… understand what he was saying. A. Everybody couldn’t B. Nobody couldn’t C. Nobody could D. Anybody could 49. He tore up my photo, ……………………… A. that upset me. B. that made me upset. C. which upset me. D. what made me upset. 50. It is…………….. responsible for the organization. A. I who is B. I who are C. I am D. I who am. ĐỀ 17.. 31. Last year there were so many apples that we had to give the half of them away. A. so B. that C.the half D. them 32. Hardly we had arrived that we had to leave the meeting room again. A. Hardly B. we had C. that D. again 33. These people have no money hence they cannot afford proper medical care. A. no B.hence C. cannot D. proper 34. After leaving school, they suddenly discovered how difficult is it to find a job. A. leaving B. they C. how D. is it 35. We were traveling at about two hundreds kilometers per hour. A. traveling B. at C. hundreds D. per 36. We wish to apologize to local residents for any inconveniences caused. A. to apologize B. for C.inconveniences D.caused 37. If you need someone helping you, I shall be free all day tomorrow. A. someone B. helping C. shall D. all day 38. The size of our population does not prevent us to take part in the competition. A. size of B. does C. to take D. in 39. In spite of the drive didn’t stop, we managed to get the number of the car. A. In spite of B.didn’t C. to get D. the.

(106) 40. The men ordered us to get out of the car. We did it immediately. A. The B. to get C. of D. it 41. We had a meeting………………… was completely unclear. A. the purpose of whose B. the purpose of which C. which purpose D. of which the purpose 42. The players are said……………… A. fixing the match result. B. to fix the match result. C. match result fixed. D. fix the match result. 43. If you sent the letter yesterday, ……………………. A. it will reach me tomorrow. B. it reaches me tomorrow. C. it would reach me tomorrow. D.it will have reached me tomorrow. 44. He asked me…………………….. A.who was I B. who I was C.who are you D. who you are 45. Only after you finish the job, ……………………… A. he will pay you. B. he pays you. C. will he pay you. D. you will be paid. 46. We will do well in the exam, ………………… A. as long as we aren’t careless. B. provided are we careful. C. on condition we aren’t are less. D.unless we aren’t careful. 47. He admitted that…………………… A. he has taking the money. B. he has the money taken. C.he had the money taken. D. he had taken the money. 48. It is important that…………………. A. an exact record be kept. B. keeping an exact record. C. to keep exact record. D. an exact record kept. 49. It is worth………………………..? A. to read this book B. it to read this book C. this book read D. for me to read this book 50. The building …………….. will be torn down next month. A. where locates his office B. in where his office is located C. locating his office D. where his office is located. ĐỀ 18.. 31. When she arrives, she will be wearing a blue jeans so that you can recognize her. A. When B. be C. a D. so 32. As we all know that there are people in the world who cannot read or write. A. that B.the C.cannot D. or 33. At last I would to end my talk with some suggestions for further reading. A. At last B. to end C. with D. further 34. I want to buy some dark brown shoes to match with my new handbag. A. some B. to C. with D. new 35. I was sure that she had recognized me and so I must talk to her. A. that B.and so C. must D. to.

(107) 36. Needless to say that many people have complained about the new legislation. A. Needless B. that C. have D. about 37. We should focus our attention on the roads where accidents had already happened. A. should B. on C. where D. had 38. As soon as he saw what she did, he told the bus driver to stop. a. as B. saw C. did D. to stop 39. Most of viewers are children and it is them who are exposed to violence. A. Most B. children C. them D. to 40. There was little point to take the car back to the same garage. A. little B. to take C. back D. same 41. We decided that………………….. A. the wall be painted white. B. the all whitely painted. C. the wall should be painted white. D. someone paint the all white. 42. Tam looked as if…………………….. A. a ghost did he see. B. a ghost he had seen. C. he had seen a ghost. D. he has seen a ghost. 43. Even people………………….. weren’t be able to get inot the theatre. A. having tickets. B. who have tickets. C. who had tickets. D. to have ticket 44. We recommend that…………………………… A. you both go home. B. go home both you. C. you both going home. D. you should go home both. 45. As soon as …………………….. the crowds rushed in. A. opened the gates B. the gates opened C. the gates would open D. did the gates open 46. Hardly …………………….. when I felt a pain in by head. A. did I start work B. I started work C. the work started D. had I started work 47. ………………………… isn’t obvious. A. That route would be best B. Which route woulf be best C. The best route would be D. The best route should be 48. I was surprised at …………………… A. how it was cold. B. how cold was it. C. how cold it was. D. how was it cold. 49. We could go out if………………… A. it were sunny. B. we are free. C. it will be sunny. D. we will have time. 50. …………………, people start shouting and cheering for one side or the other. A. Soon the game begins B. If the game begin C. Beginning the game D. As soon as the game begins. ĐỀ 19.. 31. The problem that tenses present to the learners of English are quite many..

(108) A. that B. to C. are D. many 32. The government wishes to raise up the standard of football in our country. A. The B. raise up C. in D. country 33. I suppose you are all asking yourself where are going to take you. A. all B. yourself C. take D. you 34. I wish you had reminded me of sending him a birthday card. A. wish B. reminded C. sending D. a 35. The meeting of trade ministers in Hanoi is mentioned about in today’s newspaper. A. of B. is C. about D. today’s 36. During the exam, I saw one of the students to pass a piece of paper to another one. A. During B. one C. to pass D. another 37. On Valentine’s Day some Japanese girls spend almost half their salary for chocolate. A. On B. some C. almost D. for 38. All of the rooms were provided with whiteboards but only one of them has an OHP. A. All of B. with C. only D. has 39. The second paragraph explains that how students can benefit from using a computer. A. The B. that C. can D. from 40. Adults programs should be shown late at night when most of the children are in bed. A. should B. at C. of the D.in 41. The streets are crowded with a population ………………….in learning. A. who have no interest B. not interested C. which have no interest D. that are not interest 42. The news…………………… gravely ill came as a terrible shock. A. of Sharon had been B. that Sharon had been C. that had Sharon been D. of Sharon was 43. Here, in fine weather, …………………… A. can see hundreds of people. B. hundreds of people can see. C. sees hundreds of people. D.can be seen hundreds of people. 44. It is likely………………………. A. that oil price will increase. B. increasing in oil price. C. what oil price will increase. D. if oil prices will increase. 45. He is the player……………………… last month. A. whom was caught B. whose manager was caught C. who is caught D. the manager of who was caught. 46. …………………… she was more a dancer than a singer. A. When still young B. Was still young C. She was young D. Younger still 47. ………………………, Mercury is always seen near the sun. A. When the nearest planet to the sun B. To the sun being the nearest planet C. As the nearest planet to the sun D. If being near the sun 48. He was a quiet boy spoke little…………….. A. and thought a lot. B. but a lot thought..

(109) C. but a lot thought. 49. ………………….is the cost of this laptop. A. What we are interested C. Interestingly for us 50. He tiptoed into the room………………….. A. so not to wake his wife. C. so as his wife won’t wake up.. Đề 20.. D. but thought a lot. B. That we are interested D. Which interested in us B. not to wake his wife. D. so as not to wake his wife.. 31. The school’s outdoor activities are better than that of many country clubs. A. school’s B. better C. that D. many 32. It is high time that VFF addresses the problem of widespread football scandals. A. It B. high C. addresses D. of 33. It is impossible to obtain a credit card unless you do not have a steady income. A. It B. obtain C. unless D. do not 34. The water seems very cold at first, but after a few minutes, you get use to it. A. The B. at C. after D. use 35. Please let me know whether you still want to go or that you have changed your plans. A. know B. whether C. or D. that 36. I want to return the fridge which I bought it her two weeks ago. A. to return B. which C. it D. ago 37. Do you think it’s normal for a child to be able to do such amazed things? A. it’s B. for C. able D. amazed 38. If anybody has lost a wallet, he can get it from the office. A. has B. he C. it D. the 39. I regret informing you that we are unable to offer you a job in your office. A. informing B. that C. unable D. in 40. It’s a long time since you did not come to see me and my family. A. a B. since C. did not D. and 41. This is the first time…………………………….. A. I visit in the city C. I have been visiting the city B. I’ve visited to the city D. I visited the city 42. ………………………. I could not have completed the course. A. If you did not help C. Had it not been for you help B. Unless you had not helped D. Was it nor for your help 43. What have you been doing? You………………….. that job ages ago. A. must have finished C. should have finished B. would have finished D. need to finish 44. Could you describe exactly……………………? A. how did the accident happen? C. what the accident happened? B. what the accident had happened? D. how the accident happened? 45. I asked Jack……………………. A. when he had lunch. C. when do you have lunch..

(110) B. when he did have lunch. D. when has he had lunch. 46. ……………………….., but he decided to wait for a taxi. A. He could walk C. He could have walked B. Could he wait D. He can have walked 47. Do you know when…………………………. A. Wembly Stadium was built? C. was Wembly Stadium built? B. Wembly Stadium got built? D. did Wembly Stadium get built? 48. It is proposed that ………………………….. next year. A. should increase prices C. prices should increase B. prices increase D. should prices increase 49. …………………………, I have never been out of my home town. A. Strange though may it seem C. Strange though it may seem B. May it seem strange though D. Though strange it may seem 50. No matter………………….., I couldn’t persuade her to come with me. A. try hard I did C. did I try hard B. how I tried D. how hard I tried. ĐỀ 21.. 36. Marcy said that she knew how the procedures for doing the experiment, but when we began to work in the laboratory, she found that she was mistaken. A. knew how B. to work C. that D. mistaken 37. That manufacturer is not only raising his prices but also decreasing the production of his product as well. A. raising B. but C. decreasing D. as well 38. This class, that is a prerequistite for microbiology, is so difficult that I would rather drop it. A. that B. prerequisite C. so difficult D. would rather drop it 39. That these students have improved their grades because of their participation in the test review class. A. That B. have improved C. because of D. participation in 40. Many theories on conserving the purity of water has been proposed, but not one has been as widely accepted as this one. A. Many B. has been C. not one has D. as widely accepted 41. The only students who were required to attend the meeting were Van, Binh, Thinh, and me. A. The only B. who were C. to attend D. me 42. He isn’t driving to the meeting in March, and neither they are. A. driving B. the C. in March D. neither they are 43. There’s a new Oriental restaurant in town, isn’t it? A. a B. new C. in town D. isn’t it 44. If Rudy would have studied German in college, he would not have found the scientific terminology so difficult to understand. A. would have studied B. in college C. the scientific D. so difficult to understand 45. Standing among so many strangers, the frightened child began to sob uncontrollable..

(111) A. Standing among B. the fringtened C. to sob D. uncontrollable 46. Even though she looks very young, she is twice older than my twenty-year-old sister. A. Even thoug B. looks C. older than D. twenty-year-old 47. I would rather that they do not travel during the bad weather, but they insist that they must return home today. A. that B. do not travel C. the bad D. they must return 48. Patrick was very late getting home last night, and unfortunately for him, the dog barking woke everyone up. A. getting home B. for him C. dog D. up 49. Ralph has called his lawyer last night to tell him about his problem, but was told that the lawyer had gone to a lecture. A. has called B. to tell C. that D. had gone 50. He has less friends in his classes now than he had last years. A. less b.his C. than D. last years 51. ……………………. are eaten by the pigs. A. All the apples those fall B. All the apples that fall C. All those fall the apples D. All the apples fall that 52. …………………….., I’ll ask the waiter for the bill. A. If you finished dinner B. If you will have finished dinner C. If you finish dinner D. If you have finished dinner 53. …………………………………., I’ll see if Mr. Jones is free. A. If you wait a moment B. If you have waited a moment C. If you will wait a moment D. If you wait for a moment 54. ………………………, he had no intention of waiting for three hours. A. Patient as he was B. As he was patient C. As for he was patient D. He was patient though 55. I always keep candles in the house,……………………………. A. in the case that there is a power cut. B. in case there is a power cut. C. even if there is a power cut. D. even though there is a power cut.. ĐỀ 22.. 36. Writers like William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe are not only prolific but too interesting. A. Writers B. likef C. are D. but too interesting 37. It was suggested that Pedro studies the material more thoroughly before attempting to pass the exam. A. was B. studies C. more thoroughly D. attempting to pass 38. The director encouraged them work in committees to plan a more effective advertising campaign for the new product. A. work B. to plan C. a more effective D. for the new 39. The doctor told Mr. Anderson that, because of his severe cramps, he should lay in bed for a few days. A. told Mr. Anderson that B. because of C. lay D. for a few.

(112) 40. Buying clothes are often a very time-consuming practice because those clothes that a person likes are rarely the ones that fit him or her. A. are B. a very time-consuming C. because those D. are rarely the ones 41. The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen is smelling delicious. A. The food B. is cooking C. is smelling D. delicious 42. The work performed by these people are not worth our paying them any longer. A. by these peole B. are C. worth our paying D. any longer 43. Catherine is studying law at the university, and so does John. A. studying B. law C. at the university D. so does John 44. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween night. A. telling and listening B. ghosts stories C. especially D. on Halloween night 45. We wish today was sunny so that we could spend the day in the country communing with nature. A. was B. so that C. could spend D. in the country 46. The teacher tried to make the classes enjoyable experiences for the students so they would take a greater interest in the subject. A. tried to make B. so C. would take a greater D. in the subject 47. Despite his smiling face, the second-place contestant is more sadder then the winner. A. Despite B. smiling C. second-place contestant D. more sadder 48. The professor is thinking to go to conference on aerodynamics next month. A. is B. to go C. on aerodynamics D. next month 49. He has been hoped for a raise for the last four months, but his boss is reluctant to give him one. A. has been hoped B. last C. to give D. one 50. The results of the test proved to Fred and me that we needed to study harder and watch less movies on television if we wanted to receive scholarships. A. The B. to C. me D. less 51. The ladder…………………….. began to slip. A. on which I was standing B. which I was standing C. I was standing on which D. on which was I standing 52. ……………………………., we’d better go there today. A. If they haven’t seen the museum B. If they have seen the museum C. If they didn’t see the museum D. Did they see the museum 53. ………………………………., ring this number. A. If you will have any difficulty in getting spare parts B. If you should have any difficulty in getting spare parts C. If should you have any difficulty in getting spare parts. D. Do you have any difficulty in getting spare parts 54. ……………………………….people buy them. A. As they are expensive B. Because they are expensive C. For they are expensive D. Although they are expensive 55. Bring a map………………………...

(113) A. if you get lost. C. in case you get lost.. ĐỀ 23.. B. even if you get lost. D. so that you get lost.. 36. Although Mark has been cooking for many years, he still doesn’t know to prepare French foods in the traditional manner. A. has been cooking B. still C. know to D. in the traditional manner 37. The piano teacher requires that her student practices at least forty-five minutes every day in preparation for next week’s recital. A. that B. practices C. forty-five minutes D. in preparation for 38. Jason’s professor had him to rewrite his thesis many times before allowing him to present it to the committee. A. to rewrite B.many times C.allowing him D. it to the committee 39. If you had sat the plant in a cooler location, the leaves would not have burned. A.sat B. in a cooler C.the leaves D. have burned 40. Because they had spent too many time considering the new contract, the students lost the opportunity to lease the apartment. A. Because B. too many C. considering D. lost the opportunity to lease 41. After John eaten dinner, he wrote several letters and went to bed. A. eaten B. he wrote C. several letters D. went to bed 42. The director went fishing after he has finished with the meetings. A. The B. fishing C. after D. has finished 43. The company has so little money that it can’t hardly operate anymore. A. has B. so little C.that it D. can’t hardly 44. At the rate the clerks were processing the applications, Harry figured that it will take four hours for his to be reviewed. A. processing B. will take C.his D. to be reviewed 45. Paul did so well in his speech today that he should have rehearsed it many times this past week. A. so B. that C.should have rehearsed D.this past week 46. Whenever students asked for help or guidance,the counselor would advise them or refer them to someone who will. A. for help B. would advise C. them or refer them D.will 47. I do not believe that I have ever seen as many expensive cars than were in that shoppoing center. A.have ever seen B. than C. were D.that shopping center 48. My book is different than yours because mine has a vocabulary section at the bottom of each page, and yours has one in the back. A. than B.yours because mine C. at the D. yours has one 49. After driving for twenty miles, he suddenly realized that he has been driving in the wrong direction. A. After driving B. realized C. has been driving D. in 50. Today was such beautiful day that I couldn’t bring myself to complete all my clores..

(114) A. such beautiful B. myself C. to complete D. my chores 51. …………………….often shelter in my doorway. A. People who waiting for the bus B. People whose waiting for the bus C.People waiting for the bus D. People whom waiting for the bus 52. If the fog get thicker, …………………… A. the plane may be diverted B. the plane be diverted C. the plane is diverted D. the plane which will be diverted 53. ………………………please inform the factory at once. A. Should these biscuits arrive in a damaged condition B.Will these biscuits arrive in a damaged condition C. Do these biscuits arrive in a damaged condition D. When these biscuits arrive in a damaged condition 54. We must be early;……………………. A. so that we won’t get a seat. B. otherwise we won’t get a seat. C. otherwise we’ll get a seat. D. or that we won’t get a seat. 55. I’ll make a cake………………… A. in case someone drops in at the weekend. B. so that someone drops in at the weekend. C.as someone drops in at the weekend. D.as for someone drops in at the weekend.. ĐỀ 24.. 36. It is important that he speaks to the dean before leaving for his vacation. A. he B. speaks C. the D. leaving 37. Marie’s cousin is studied law at one of the ivy-league universities in the East. A. studied B. at C. one of the D. in the East 38. Mr. Harris will be divided the biology class inot two sections to prevent overcrowding in his classroom. A. be divided B. the C. into two section D. overcrowding 39. Dr. Harder, which is the professor of this class, will be absent this week because of illness. A. which B. will be C. this week D. of illness 40. These televisions are all too expensive for we to buy at this time, but perhaps we will return later. A. These B. all too expensive C. we to buy D. this time 41. The manager has finished working on the report last night, and now she will begin to write the other proposal. A. has finished B. workingf C. on the report D. to write 42. Peter and Tom plays tennis every afternoon with Mary and me. A. plays B. tennis C. afternoon D. Mary and me 43. My cousin attends an university in the north which specializes in economy. A. My cousin B. an university C. specialize D. in economy 44. No one would have attended the lecture if you told the truth about the guest speaker. A. attended B. told C. the truth about D. guest speaker.

(115) 45. Tony is used to fly after having crossed the continent many times during the past decade. A. to fly B. having crossed C. many times D. pas decade 46. Anybody who plans to attend the meeting ought send a short note to the chairperson. A. who plans B. to attend C. ought send D. to the 47. The members of the orchestra had to arrived an hour prior to the performance for a short rehearsal. A. The B. had to arrived C. prior to the performance D. for a short rehearsal 48. That product that you bought at the lower price is the more inferior to the one that we sell at a slightly higher price. A. boughtf B. the more inferior C. one D. slightly 49. The Department of Foreign Language are not located in the new building opposite the old one. A. The B. are C. in D. opposite 50. While they were away at the beach, they allowed their neighbors use their barbeque grill. A. While B. were C. their neighbors D. use 51. ………………….. have to wear uniform. A. The boy who attends this school B. Boys who attend this school C. The boys whom attend this school D. Boys which attend this school 52. ……………………, I would lend it to you. A. If I have a map B. If I didn’t have a map C. If I had a map D. If I would have had a map 53. ………………., I’ll be able to help her. A. If she’ll listen to me B. If she would listen to me C. If she listened to me D. If she have listened to me 54. You couldn’t earn much money,…………………… A. however you worked hard. B. however, you worked hard. C. however had you worked. D. however hard did you worked. 55. He doesn’t dare to leave the house……………………………. A. because someone should recognize him. B. lest someone should recognize him. C. because lest someone shouldn’t recognize him. D. lest someone shouldn’t recognize him..

(116) ĐỀ 25. 36. Visitors were not permitted entering the park after dark because of the lack of security land lightning. A. Visitors B. entering C. because of D. of 37. If you set in that position for too long, you may get a cramp in your leg. A. set B. in that position C. you may D. in your leg 38. Hundreds of houses and other buildings were destroying by the raging tropical storm which later developed into to a hurricane. A. Hundreds of B. other C. were destroying D. raging 39. Despite of a language barrier, humans have managed to communicate with others through sign language, in which certain motions stand for letters, words, or ideas. A. Despites of B. humans C. with others D. in which 40. After she had bought himself a new automobile, she sold her bicycle. A. had bought B. himself C. she sold D. her 41. Daniel said that if he had to do another homework tonight, he would not be able to attend to concert. A. if he had B. another C. would not be able D. to attend 42. There were a time that I used to swim five laps every day, but now I do not have enough time. A. were B. used to swim C. day D. have enough time 43. The students were interested in take a field trip to the museum, but they were not able to raise enough money. A. were B. interested C. in take D. were not able to raise 44. We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it on our test tomorrow. A. to review B. carefully C. some D. on it on our 45. Our Spanish professor would like us spending more time in the laboratory practicing our pronunciation. A. us B.spending C. in the D.practising 46. Mary usually arrives at the office at nine o’clock, but because the storm she was two hours late. A. usually arrives B. at the office C. because D. late 47. We thought our cameras were the same, but his is different than the one that I bought. A. the same B. his is C. than D. bought 48. After a carefully investigation, we soon discovered that the house was infested with termites. A. carefully B. soon discovered C. was D. infested 49. The Nobel Prize winner, accomplished by her husband and children, are staying in Sweden until after the presentation. A. by B. are staying C. until D. after 50. The artist tried stimulate interest in painting by taking his students to the museums. A. stimulate B. interest in C. by taking D. to the 51. …………………….. says there will be no apples this year. A. My neighbor, who is very pessimistic, B. My neighbor, whom is very pessimistic,.

(117) C. My neighbor who is very pessimistic, D. My neighbor whom is very pessimistic, 52. …………………, I’d plant some tree round the house. A. If I was you B. If I am you C. If I would have you D. If I were you 53. You must go tomorrow…………………….. A. even if you aren’t ready B. if you aren’t ready C. even if you are ready D. even when you aren’t ready 54. He got the job……………………….. A. although he had no qualifications. B. although he had qualifications. C. He had no qualifications although. D. although had he no qualifications. 55. ………………………… we were thirsty afterwards. A. As the soup was very salty B. Because of the soup was very salty C. Although the soup was very salty D. Even though the soup was very salty. ĐỀ 26.. 36. I need both fine and brown sugar as well as powdered sugar to bake a Hawaiian cake. A. both B. fine C. as D. to bake 37. The president mentioned to the cabinet members he was going to negotiate a new treaty with the foreign minister. A. to B. he C.to negotiate D.with the foreign minister 38. Maribel has registered for both the afternoon anthropology class as well as the evening sociology lecture. A. has registered B. as well as C. the D. evening sociology lecture 39. This class has canceled because too few students had registered before registration closed. A. has canceled B. because C. too few D. had registered 40. The next important question we have to decide is when do we have to submit the proposal. A. important B. to decide C. do we have D. submit 41. After to take the medication, the patient became drowsy and more manageable. A. to take B. the patien C. became drowsy D. manageable 42. He was drunk a cup of coffee when the telephone rang. A. was drunk B. a cup C. when D. rang 43. Because they have moved away, they hardly never go to the beach anymore. A. Because B. have moved C. hardly never D. to the beach 44. The little boy’s mother bought him a five-speeds racing bicycle for his birthday..

(118) A. The B. him C. five-speeds D. for his 45. Sam used to living on Oklahoma, but his company had him transferred to a better position on Georgia. A. living B. but C. had him transferred D. a better position 46. Our new television came with a ninety-days warranty on all electrical components. A. came B. ninety-days warranty C. on all D. components 47. Having lived here for seven years, my friend is used to speak English with all her classmate. A. Having lived B. for C. speak D. all her 48. The lion has long been a symbol of strength, power, and it is very cruel. A. The B. long C. a D. it is very cruel 49. I put my new book of zoology her on the desk a few minutes ago, but I cannot seem to find it. A. book of zoology B. the C. ago D. I cannot seem to find it 50. Nancy said that she went to the supermarket before coming home. A. thata B. went C.to D. before coming 51. …………………… suggested stopping at the next town. A. Peter who had been driving all day B. Peter who had been driving all day, C. Peter, who had been driving all day, D. Peter, whose had been driving all day, 52. If I dyed my hair blue, ……………………… A. everyone would laugh at me B. everyone will laugh at me C.everyone will have laughed at me D. everyone is laughing at me 53. You must go tomorrow………………………… A. if you are ready or not. B. ever if you are ready or not. C. whether you are ready or not. D. even though you are ready or not. 54. The days were shot, ……………………… A. for that it was now December. B. for it was now December. C. because of that it was now December. D. as for that it was now December. 55. He spoke for such a long time……………………… A. so people began to fall asleep. B.so that people began to fall asleep. C.that people began to fall asleep. D. so as people began to fall asleep..

(119) ĐỀ 27. 36. In spite Nellie’s fear of heights, she decided to fly with a group of her classmates to the Bahamas during the spring recess. A. In spite B. to fly C. to the Bahamas D.the 37. Despite the roadblock, the police allowed us enter the restricted area to search for our friends. A. Despite B. us enter C.to search D. for our friends. 38. Food prices have raised so rapidly in the past few months that some families have been forced to alter their eating habits. A. raised B. so rapidly C. that D. forced to alter 39. After Allan had searched for twenty minutes, he realized that his jacket had been laying on the table the entire time. A. had searched B. for C.laying D. the entire time 40. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither. A. has not B.the assignment C. yet D. hasn’t neither. 41. We insist on you leaving the meeting before any further outbursts take place. A. you B. leaving C. before D. further outbursts 42. We called yesterday our friends in Hadong to tell them about the reunion that we are planning. A. called B. yesterday our friends in Hadong C. to tell D. them about 43. It was him who came running into the classroom with the news. A. him B. who C.into the classroom D. with the news 44. Despite the time of the year, yesterday’s temperature was enough hot to turn on the air conditioning. A. Despite B. yesterday’s C.was enough hot D. to turn on 45. Hal’s new sports car costs much more than his friend Joel. A. sports B. costs C.much more D.friend Joel 46. It is difficult to get used to sleep in a tent after having a soft, comfortable bed to lie on. A. difficult B. to sleep C. having D.to lie on 47. No one in our office wants to drive to workd any more because of there are always traffic jams at rush hour. A. wants B. because of C. are D. at rush hour. 48. Nobody had known before the presentation that Sue and her sister will receive the awards for outstanding scholarship. A. had known B. the C.will receive D. the 49. Marta being chosen as the most outstanding student on her campus made her parents very happy. A. Marta B. chosen C.most outstanding D. made her parents 50. Before she moved here, Arlene had been president of the organization since four years. A.Before B. been C.of the D. since 51. ……………………… turned out to be innocent. A.Tom whom everyone suspected B. Tom, who everyone suspected,.

(120) C. Tom, whom everyone suspected, D.Tom who everyone suspected 52. If he left his bicycle outside, …………………………………… A. someone would steal it B. someone would have stolen it C. someone will have stolen it D. someone has stolen it 53. ………………….., you’ll be late. A. If you start at once B. Unless you start at once C. Unless you don’t start at once D. If you not to start at once 54. He took the food eagerly,……………… A. although he had eaten nothing since dawn. B. though he had eaten nothing since dawn. C. as for he had eaten nothing since dawn. D. for he had eaten nothing since dawn. 55. Their dog was so fierce……………………… A. that no one dared come near it. B. therefore no one dared come near it. C. for that no one dared come near it. D. so that no one dared come near it.. ĐỀ 28.. 36. Let Nancy and her to make all the plans for the party, and you and I will provide the refreshments and entertainment. A. her B. to make C. will provide D. the refreshment 37. Did you know how that the actors’s strike will delay the beginning of the new television season and cause the cancellation of many contrasts? A. know how B. will delay C. of the new D. cause the 38. The man, of whom the red car is parked in front of our house, is a prominent physician in this town. A. of whom B. parked C. of our house D. is a 39. The doctor suggested that he lay in bed for several days as a precaution against further damage to the tendons. A. lay B. in bed C. several D. further damage 40. Jonh decided to buy in the morning a new car, but in the afternoon he changed his mind. A. to buy B. in the morning a new car C. the afternoon D.changed his mind 41. It has been a long time since we have talked to John, isn’t ? A. has B. a long time C. since D.isn’t 42. The children were playing last night outdoors when it began to rain very hard. A. were playing B. last night outdoors C.began D. to rain very hard.

(121) 43. My brother doesn’t care how much does the car cost because he is going to buy it anyway. A. brother doesn’t B.does the car cost C.because D. to buy it anyway 44. Danny spent such enjoyable vacation in Europe this summer that he plans to return as soon as he saves enough money. A. such enjoyable B. that he C. to return D. saves enough money 45. Max would rather to be fishing from this boat in the lake than sitting at his desk in the office. A. to be fishing B. from this boat C. than D. at his desk 46. The director felt badly about not giving Mary the position that she had sought with his company. A. badly B.not giving C. that D. had sought 47. That novel is definitely a dense-packed narrative, but one which requires a vast knowledge of cultural background or an excellent encyclopedia. A. definitively B. dense-packed C. one which requires D. or an 48. Until his last class at the university in 1978, Bob always turns in all of his assignments on time. A. Until B. turns C. of D. on time 49. Jane said she would borrow me her new movie camera if I wanted to use it on my trip to Thailand. A. borrow B. me C. wanted D. on my trip 50. Each of the nurses report to the operating room when his or her name is called. A. of the B. report C. his or her name D. is called 51. ……………………. Were surrounded by an angry crowd. A. The buses most of which were already full B. The buses, most of that were already full, C. The buses most of what were already full D. The buses, most of which were already full, 52. Will Mary be in time……………………. A. if she gets the ten o’clock bus. B. if she gets the ten o’clock bus? C. if will she get ten o’clock bus? D. if she will get ten o’clock bus? 53. I used my calculator;…………………… A.if not I’d have taken longer. B. not for if I’d have taken longer. C. in other case I’d have taken longer. D.otherwise I’d have taken longer. 54. ………………………. she relied on him more. A. As she came to know him better. B. The more she came to know him better C. For she came to know him better D. For that she came to know him better 55. …………………….. that they took the program off. A. As many people complained.

(122) B. So many people complained C. For many people complained D. Because many people complaine. ĐỀ 29.. 36. After rising the flag to commemorate the holiday, the president gave a long speech. A. rising B.to commemorate C. the holiday D. a long speech 37. We should have been informed Janis about the change in plans regarding our weekend trip to the mountains. A. have been informed B. about C. regarding D. weekend trip 38. Although her severe pain, Pat decided to come to the meeting so that there would be a quorum. A. Although B. to come C. so that D. would be 39. Dr. Alvarez was displeased because the student had turned in an unacceptable report, so he made him to rewrite it. A. displeased B. had turned C. so D. to rewrite 40. Some of the plants in this store require very little care, but this one nees much more sunlight than the others ones. A. Some of the plants B. little care C. much more sunlight D. others ones 41. Henry objects ot our buying this house without the approval of our attorney, and John does so. A. our buying B. without the approval C.of our attorney D.John does so 42. Those homework that your teacher assigned is due on Tuesday unless you have made prior arrangements to turn it in late. A. Those B. assigned C.on Tuesday D.have made 43. Mary and her sister studied biology last year, and so does Jean. A. Mary and her B. studied C. last year D. so does Jean 44. Although the quantity was small, we had supplies enough to finish the experiment. A. Although B.was C. supplies enough d. the 45.Sally must have called her sister last night, but she arrived home too late to call her. A.must have called B.arrivedf C.too late D.her 46. Tom and Mark hope go skiing in the mountains this weekend if the weather permits. A. go B. in the mountains C. if the D.permits. 47. Louise is the more capable of the three girls who have tried out for the part in the play. A.the more B. of the C.who have D.in the play 48. When I last saw Janet, she hurried to her next class on the other side of the campus and did not have time to talk. A. last B. hurried C. the other D. did not have 49. When Cliff was sick with the flu, his mother made him to eat beef soup and rest in bed. A. When Cliff was sick B. him C. to eat D.rest 50. The athlete, together with his coach and several relatives, and traveling to the Olympic Games..

(123) A. athlete B. with C. coach D.are 51. …………………………… is trying to get a job. A. Ann, whose children are at school all day, B. Ann whose children are at school all day C. Ann, of whom children ara at school all day, D. Ann, children of whom are at school all day, 52. If I knew her number, ……………………. A. I can ring her B. I will ring her C. I will have rung her D. I could ring her up 53. We must be back before midnight;…………………… A. if not we’ll be locked out. B. not for that we’ll be locked out. C. otherwise we’ll be locked out. D. in other case we’ll be locked out. 54. …………………….., he has to think of his family. A. As for a married man B. Because of a married man C. As a married man D. Becaue a married man 55. …………………………, don’t touch this switch. A. No matter whatever you do B. No matter you do C. Whatever matter you do D. No matter what you do. ĐỀ 30.. 36. Louie got his sister read his class assignment, and then asked her to write the report for him because he did not have enough time. A. read B. to write C. for him because D. enough time 37. When we arrived at the store to purchase the dishwasher advertise in the newspaper, we learned that all the dishwashers had been sold. A. at the B. to purchase C. advertise D. been sold 38. He is the only candidate who the faculty members voted not to retain on the list of eligible replacements for Professor Kotey. A. only B. who C.not to retain D. on the list 39. Although the danger that he might be injured, Boris bravely entered the burning house in order to save the youngster. A. Although B. be injured C. bravely entered the D. the youngster 40. After Quang had returned to his house, he was reading a book. A. had returned B. to his house C. he D. was reading 41. Harry’s advisor persuaded his taking several courses which did not involve much knowledge of mathematics. A. his taking B. which C. not involve D. much knowledge of mathematics 42. Please give me a few coffee and some biscuits if you have any left. A. give me B. a few C. some biscuits D. you have any 43. Pete had already saw that musical before he read the review about it. A. already saw B. before C. read D. about it.

(124) 44. Kurt had so interesting and creative plans that everyone wanted to work on his committee. A. so interesting B. plans C. wanted D. on 45. If a crisis would occur, those unfamiliar with the procedures would not know how to handle the situation. A. would occur B. those unfamiliar C. the D. how to handle 46. The salad tasted so well that my brother returned to the salad bar for another helping A. so well B. returned C. salad bar for D. another helping 47. They played so good game of tennis last night that they surprised their audience. A. played B. so good game C.that D. their 48. Before we returned from swimming in the river near the camp, someone had stole our clothes, and we had walk back with our towels around us. A. Before we returned B. had stole C. back D. around 49. The geology professor showed us a sample about volcanic rock which dated back seven hundred years. A. The B. us C. about D. back 50. The chemistry instructor explained the experiment in such of a way that it was easily understood. A. in B.such of a way C. was D. easily understood 51. ……………………….. ring her up every week. A. Her sons,both of who work abroad, B. Her sons, both of whom work abroad, C. Her sons, of whom both work abroad, D. Her sons both of whom work abroad 52. If you tried again,…………………… A. you can succeed. B. you were going to succeed. C. you might succeed. D. you will succeed. 53. I always slept by the phone………………….. A. in case he rang during the night. B. in the case that he rang during the night. C. otherwise he rang during the night. D. whether he rang during the night. 54. ……………………………… I cannot accept it. A. When I sympathize with your point of view B. Whereas I sympathize with your point of view C. While I sympathize with your point of view D. While I am sympathizing with your point of view 55. ………………………… all the cars completed the course. A. Depite the severe weather conditions B. In spite the severe weather conditions C. Although the severe weather conditions D. Despite that the severe weather conditions.

(125) PHẦN IV. ĐỌC HIỂU Hãy chọn từ thích hợp (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) để điền vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn sau.. ĐỀ 11.. Earlier this morning when some classmates and I were (51)_________ basketball in the park near our school, it suddenly began to rain (52)________. We immediately grabbed our basketball and ran for (53)________. At first we stood together under a tree (54)_______ then it began to thunder. Peter told us that it was (55)_______ to stay under a tree in a rainstorm, (56)_______ when there is lighting, so we ran to a (57)_______ store to wait (58)________ the rain stopped. From (59)_______ we were standing,we could see that the (60)_______ was empty. Before the rain had started, there had been people everywhere but now (61)______ was playing basketball or football or doing (62)_______ or sitting on the park (63)________ reading the morning papers or chatting with their friends. We stood in the (64)________ of the store for nearly twenty minutes (65)________ the rain finally stopped and the sun came (66)________ again from behind the (67)________. Within a few minutes the park was (68)_______ of people again but now the (69)_______ was cooler and big (70)_______ of rainwater could be seen everywhere. 51. A. hitting B. kicking C.playing D.throwing 52. A. greatly B. heavily C. severely D. very big 53. A. shelter B. protection C.hiding D. avoiding rain 54. A. and B. so C. but D. yet 55. A. danger B. in danger C. a danger D. dangerous 56. A. specially B. especially C. mostly D. chiefly 57. A. near B. nearby C. neighbourhood D. close 58. A. for B. until C. when D. as 59. A. here B. where C. there D. place 60. A. park B. place C. rain D. shelter 61. A. nobody B. none C. no people D. somebody 62. A. exercise B. nothing C. breathing D. jogging 63. A. chairsf B. sofas C. stools D. benches 64. A. doorway B. door C. gate D. window 65. A. while B. before C. then D. as 66. A. back B. up C. out D.down 67. A. rain B. wind C. clouds D. rainbow 68. A. filled B. full C. crowded D. plenty 69. A. sun B. air C. trees D. park 70. A. ponds B. puddles C. reservoirs D. springs.

(126) ĐỀ 12. Mabel: Hello, Jessica. (51)_______ nice it is to see you! (52)_______ in and take a (53)______. Jessica: Hello, Mabel. I was just in the (54)_______ and decided to (55)_______ in to see (56)______ you were. Mabel: I’m glad you came. It’s terribly hot today, (57)________? Jessica: Yes, it’s at (58)________ 33 degrees outside but it’s nice and cool (59)________. Mabel: Yes, this air-conditioning feels wonderful. (60)_______? That’s (61)_______ I like to stay at home (62)_______ hot days. I imagine that you’re very thirsty, (63)_______? Let’s have a nice (64)_______ glass of lemonade, (65)________? Jessica: Yes, (66)________ like that. (67)_______ quenches one’s thirst better than lemonade, (68)______? Mabel: Here’s your lemonade, Jessica. There’s (69)_______ more in the pitcher on the table. Help (70)_______. 51. A. How B. So C. What D. Why 52. A. Pass B. Come C.Enter D.Drop 53. A. seat B. sitf C.breath D.glass 54. A. place B. nearby C. neighbourhood D. surroundings 55. A. pop B. go C. pass D. visit 56. A. what B. if C. why D. how 57. A. is B. is not it C. isn’t D. isn’t it not 58. A. less B. least C. temperature D. minimum 59. A. here B. there C. where D. in 60. A. is it B. does it C. doesn’t it D. isn’t it 61. A. because B. therefore C. why D. since 62. A. in B. on C. at D. for 63. A. aren’t you B. don’t C. isn’t it D. doesn’t it 64. A. cool B. cold C. hot D. icy 65. A. don’t we B. shall we C. isn’t D. won’t we 66. A. I B. I’ll C. I’d D. I’m 67. A. none B. nothing C. anything D. no drinks 68. A. doesn’t it B. is it C. isn’t it D. does it 69. A. lot B. great C. plenty D. big 70. A. to it B. my hand C. yourself D. your own. ĐỀ 13.. Jennifer (51)_______ goes to the library. (52)________ fact, she has only (53)________ in a library twice in her (54)_______ life and yesterday was (55)_______ second time. She wouldn’t have gone yesterday (56)_______ but her friend Jane asked her (57)_______ her to find (58)______ books about the pyramids. The library was (59)_______when Jane and Jennifer got (60)_______ after school. While Jennifer was looking for books Jane she came (61)_______some books on dressmaking and drawing. She found them so (62)_______ that she decided to (63)_______ them from the library and (64)______ them home to read..

(127) Although she tried (65)_______, Jennifer didn’t find (66)_______ books on the pyramids for her friend Jane. (67)_______ , she did discover that there are many books in the library that are (68)_____ reading and you can be (69)_______ that she’ll visit the library more (70)_______ in the future. 51. A. often B. never C. always D. rarely 52. A. For B. By C.With D. In 53. A. going B. seen C. been D. entered 54. A. total B. whole C. all D.entirely 55. A. a B. the C. for D. in 56. A. too B. also C. neither D. help 57. A. to help B. for help C. helped D. help 58. A. any B. number C. few D. sone 59. A. congested B. crowded C.full house D. busy 60. A. it B. there C. to there D. at it 61. A. over B. by C. across D. up 62. A. interesting B. interested C. interest D. much interest 63. A. borrow B. lend C. bring D. keep 64. A. take B. keep C. ask D. order 65. A. the most B. her best C. completely D. all her heart 66. A. some B. few C. plenty D. any 67. A. Therefore B. However C. Also D. Despite 68. A. good B. worth C. best D. better 69. A. sure B. doubtless C. definite D. aware 70. A. usual B. often C. than D. always. ĐỀ 14.. Yesterday morning, we all (51)_______ to the airport to see our Uncle Tom and his family (52)_______. They (53)________ to Hong Kong (54)________ Canada to spend the summer with us and were (55)_______ the nine-thirty (56)_______back to Canada. (57)_______ we got to the airport at eight o’clock, we found Uncle Tom, his family and about forty (58)_______ and friends sitting in the (59)_______. (60)_______ talking to my cousins for quite some time, I asked my father (61)______ . He said that it was already a quarter to nine and it was (62)_______ that uncle Tom and his family’s flight hadn’t been (63)________yet. Then he told me to go to the information counter and ask (64)_______ the reason was. The young lady at the information counter told me that (65)________ would be a twenty-minute (66)________ in the flight’s (67)________ but there was nothing (68)_______ about. We were all (69)________ to hear that, especially uncle Tom since he had to be at work in Canada the (70)_______ morning. 51. A. went B. go C. going D.was going 52. A. left B. off C. out D. away 53. A. were returing B. return C.had returned D. would return 54. A. to B. from C. out of D. in.

(128) 55. A. taking 56. A. aero-plane 57. A. When 58. A. relations 59. A. sitting room 60. A. on 61. A.what time 62. A. wonderful 63. A. eported 64. A. why 65. A. it 66. A. slow 67. A. leave 68. A. for worry 69. A. released 70. A. last. ĐỀ 15.. B. traveling B. flight B. While B. relatives B. depature lounge B. as B.the time B. surprised B. recorded B. what B. this B. late B. take-off B. worry B. comforted B.previous. C. going C. journey C. On C. relatesf C. depature gatef C.after C. for time C. strange C. shouted C. how C.there C. delay C. go-up C. to worry C. relaxed C. next. D.moving D. aircraft D. Since D. relationships D. leaving room D. while D. a time D. unreasonable D. announced D. for D.they D. cancel D. flying off D. worried D. relieved D. tomorrow. Dear Aunt Jane, How’s everything going at Nursing School in London? We all (51)______ you at the Chinese New Year but we (52)_______ that you will be able to celebrate the holidays with us next year. This was a very (53)________ the Chinese New Year for me. Usually I help mother (54)______ the house before the Chinese New Year and then I (55)_______ the first few days of the holidays following Mom and Dad round to our (56)_______houses but this year Tom, some friends of his and I (57)________ a stall at the New Year flower market in Victoria Park. We all put up our savings and dad (58)______ us five-hundred dollars. We used part of the money to pay the rent for the stall and with the (59)________, we bought enough miniature orange trees and peach blossoms to fill our stall. On the first few days (60)________ we had opened for business, a lot of people came by our stall but few of them bought (61)_______. Even those who did buy something (62)______ with us until the (63)_______ was so low that we made almost (64)_______ profit on what they bought. It wasn’t (65)_______ New Year’s Eve that business really began to (66)_______. That night we worked straight through to five a.m of the first day of New Year. I was so (67)_______ when I finally got home that I slept until the evening of the (68)_______ day. We didn’t earn very much money for our hard work but we certainly did gain a lot of valuable (69)_______! Well, that’s about all the news for now, Aunt Jane. Be sure to write and (70)_______ me how you spent Chinese New Year in London. 51. A. thought B.missed C. worried D. lost 52. A. want B. like C.wish D.hope 53. A. different B. difference C. differing D. differed 54. A. clean up B. to wash C. make up D. pack up 55. A. take B. spend C. use D. spare 56. A. relative B. relative’s C. relatives’ D. relations 57. A. started B. organized C. established D.ran.

(129) 58. A. borrowed 59. A. others 60. A. when 61. A. anything 62. A. argued 63. A. cost 64. A. little 65.A. until 66. A. better 67. A. exhaust 68. A. next 69. A. fun 70.A. talk. ĐỀ 16.. B.lent B. left-overs B. before B. something B. discussed B. charge B. without B. when B. increase B. exhausted B.previous B. fortune B. phone. C.sent C. rest C.after C.everything C.talked C. price C. no C.while C. improve C. exhaustingf C. tomorrow C. experience C. tell. D. loan D. remains D. while D. the things D. bargained D.bill D. hardly D. since D.go up D. exhaustive D.last D.practive D. ask. Last Saturday morning Bertie (51)_______ in front of the television set having a late breakfast when he heard that a typhoon (52)_______ number three had just (53)_______. The special report (54)______ the television (55)_______ that the typhoon was (56)______ directly for Hong Kong and (57)______ to pass through the colony within the next few hours. The report also urged viewers to take (58)_______ against the typhoon (59)_______ delay and to stay indoors (60)_______ it was absolutely necessary to go out. Bertie was all (61)______ at home as his parents and elder brother had not (62)______ come back from work. He (63)______ finished the rest of his breakfast. Then he (64)______ in his mother’s potted plants from the verandah, (65)_______ all the windows and put tape on them. Fortunately, there was plenty to (66)_______ in the house so (67)_______ was not necessary for Bertie to go out to buy (68)______ food for his family so after he had done everything that needed to be done, he went back to his (69)______ in front of the television and (70)_______ for his parents and brother to return. 51. A. sat B. sit C. was sitting D. has been sitting 52. A. symbol B. ball C. signal D. announcement 53. A. happened B.been hoisted C. been posted D. been put on 54. A. in B. on C. at D. of 55. A. said B. told C. spoke D. heard 56. A. coming B. heading C. blowing D.going 57. A. was hoped B. appeared C. was expected D. observed 58. A. readiness B. preparations C. precautions D. plans 59. A. without B. from C. no D. before 60. A. when B. unless C. if D. besides 61. A. lonely B. alone C. only one D. one 62. A. yet B. still C. already D. now 63. A. happily B. greedily C. quietly D. quickly 64. A. put B. hung C. took D. received 65. A. closed B. opened C. fixed D. repaired.

(130) 66. A. drink 67. A. he 68. A. some 69. A. seat 70. A. looked. B. eat B. there B. any B. sit B. waited. C. take C. it C. many C. chair C. phoned. D. have D. that D. other D. table D. prayed. ĐỀ 17. Dear Sir/Madam, Last Sunday afternoon I bought a tape-recorder at the Top Value Department Store in Causeway Bay. After I had (51)______ for the tape-recorder, the sales man went to the stock room and came (52)______ a moment later with a wrapped parcel which he said (53)_______ the tape-recorder I had purchased. As soon as I had been (54)_______ the parcel and my receipt, I left the department store and returned (55)______. When I got home, I unwrapped the parcel. You can (56)_______ how surprised I was (57)______ that the tape-recorder in the parcel was not the one I purchased. I fact, it was a much (58)______ model. Morever, when I plugged the tape-recorder in, I (59)______ that it did not even (60)_______ properly. I immediately took the tape-recorder back to the department store to ask them to (61)_______ if for the model I had originally purchased but when I (62)______ the salesman the tape-recorder and my receipt, he only pointed to a (63)______ on the wall read “Goods Purchased Are Not (64)______”. I think it is unreasonable (65)_______ the Top Value Department Store to (66)______ to give me (67)______ the tape-recorder that I originally purchased or a full (68)______ of my money since it was they who made the (69)_______ and not I and since I have a receipt to prove it. I would, therefore, be very (70)_______ if you would help me. 51. A. given money B. bought C.paid D. cashed 52. A. forth B. on C.off D. back 53. A. holding B. consisted C. contained D. included 54.A. sent B. given C. received D. got 55.A. back B. home C. house D. store 56. A. think B. imagine C. know D. consider 57. A. to see B. seeing C. seen D. saw 58. A. cheaper B. lower C. simple D. common 59. A. knew B. found C.thought D. decided 60. A. work B.move C.walk D. sound 61. A. exchange B. change C. convert D. return 62. A. produced B. gave back C. returned D. showed 63. A. sign B. symbol C. flag D. advertisement 64. A. converted B. back C. returnable D. changed 65.A. that B. forf C. since D. so 66. A. refuse B. refrain C. stop D. ask 67. A. both B. either C. neither D. also 68. A. exchange B. refund C. paid back D. amount.

(131) 69. A. false 70. A. grateful. ĐỀ 18.. B. problem B. feeling. C. mistake C. appreciated. D. wrong D. excited. Yesterday was a bad day for Albert. (51)______ seemed to go right for him. First of all, he woke up (52)______ for school. That was unusual for Albert because he always (53)______ his alarm clock for 6:30 before going to bed (54)_______ night and have always (55)______ up as soon as thealarm goes (56)_______ in the morning but this morning Albert (57)______ even hear the alarm. In fact, he probably (58)_______ up until eight o’clock or even (59)______ if his mother hadn’t got up (60)_____ if Albert had left for school yet. She was (61)______ to find him still in (62)______ and shook him hard (63)______ he got out of bed. When Albert finally (64)______ school, the second lesson had already begun and the class (65)_____ a test. As soon as Albert (66)______ his seat and looked at the test paper, he wished that he (67)______ to school after that. He couldn’t answer even one (68)______ on the test paper (69)_____ he had completely (70)_______ to study for the test the night before. 51. A. Nothing B. Something C. Everything D. Most things 52. A. lately B. late C. earlier D. early 53. A. puts B. sets C. turns D. adjusts 54. A. for B. in C. at D. on 55. A. got B. is getting C. has got D. gets 56. A. up B. on C. off D. out 57. A. hardly B. won’t C. hadn’t D. didn’t 58. A. won’t have woken B. didn’t wake C. wouldn’t have woken D. won’t wake 59. A. latter B. late C.later D. after 60. A. to see B. to watch C. to look D. to observe 61. A. unexpected B. surprised C. frightened D. sad 62. A. bed B. blanket C. home D. floor 63. A. that B. until C. when D. because 64. A. reached B. went C. arrived D. got 65. A. was having B. had C. is having D. has 66. A. sat B. had C. took D. arrived 67. A. wouldn’t go B. won’t go C. didn’t go D. hadn’t gone 68. A. word B. reply C. question D. sentence 69. A. because of B.despite C. although D. as 70. A. ignored B. forgotten C. remembered D. missed. ĐỀ 19. Dear Fred, I am very (51)______ that I was unable to (52)______ your birthday party last Saturday afternoon. I had been looking (53)______ to your party for weeks and I would (54)______ have gone to it if I had not (55)______ a terrible (56)_______ on the evening before the party. When I woke up late Saturday morning, I felt weak all (57)______. I didn’t even have enough (58)_______ to get out of (59)______ by myself. Around 11 a.m mother came to my room to see (60)______ I hadn’t come out for breadfast.

(132) yet. When she sew how to pale my face looked, she was very (61)______. She immediately went to the bathroom, got a thermometer from the medicine-chest and I came back and (62)______ my temperature. When she found that I was (63)_____ a temperature of 40 0C, she immediately (64)______ the family doctor. After the doctor had seen me and given me an injection and some medicine, he (65)_____ me to stay in bed for the next few days and so (66)______ I very much wanted to (67)______ your birthday with you, I could not. I hope that you and all your guests (68)______ yourselves at the party. I’ll visit you as soon as I’m (69)______ and about again. Your (70)_______, 51. A. hopeless B. annoyed C. apologize D. sorry 52. A. take part B. participate C. attend D. celebrate 53. A. up B. hopeful C. around D. forward 54. A. also B. like C. definitely D. at once 55. A. caught B. received C. come across D. attacked by 56. A. cold B. heat C. coldness D. hotness 57. A. about B. around C. over D. through 58. A.strength B. spirit C. ability D. power 59. A. floor B. seat C.bed D. blanket 60. A. how B. that C. why D. since 61. A. shocking B. angry C. upset D. worry 62. A. asked B. took C. tested D.measured 63. A. enjoying B. running C.suffering D. heating 64. A. called on B. invited C. sent for D. requested 65. A. made B. called C. informed D. advised 66. A. in spite of B. since C. even if D. although 67. A. join B. celebrate C. attend D. have 68. A. played B. interested C. liked D. enjoyed 69. A. on B. in C.well D. up 70 .A. truly B. friend C. sincerely D. faithfully. ĐỀ 20.. Dear Martha, (51)_______ a nice surprise it was to get a letter from you! It had been (52)_______ long since your last letter that I was beginning to wonder (53)________ you had received any of the letters I had sent you over the past few months. Thank goodness the summer holidays will soon be (54)_______! There is still more than a week (55)_______ before the new school term begins but I am already (56)_______ to see my teachers and classmates again and (57)______ back into the old rountine. It’s not that I (58)______ school or dislike holidays. It’s just that too much of anything, (59)______ holidays, can become boring. The first three weeks after school for the summer were really (60)______. I went swimming with my younger brother and sister, went to the New Territories for picnics, (61)______ some shopping and took in five or six films to (62)______ for the ones I had (63)______ while I was studying for my final examinations. But by the (64)______ week I had already gone (65)______ that I had wanted to.

(133) go and done everything that I had wanted to do and I began to feel (66)______. I have been staying at (67)_______ and doing almost nothing since then. How (68)_______ you? Have you been enjoying your summer holidays? (69)______ and tell me (70)_______ have you been up to. 51. A. How B. What C. Why D. Really 52. A. so B. much C. very D. this 53. A. how B. whether C. since D. that 54. A. completed B. finished C. over D. away 55. A. left B. time C. from now D. remains 56. A. hopeful B. cheerful C. anxious D. grateful 57. A. get B. jump C. stay D. move 58. A. want B. respect C. love D. nee 59. A. include B. even C. although D. so 60. A. very funny B. great fun C. much enjoyable D. best time 61. A. went B. did C. had D. made 62. A. pay B. recover C. make up D. get back 63. A. missed B. lost C. forgot D. passed 64. A. fourteenth B. fortieth C. fourth D. final 65. A. anywhere B. any place C. wherever D. everywhere 66. A. Bore B. bored C. boringf D. boredom 67. A. home B. house C. bed D. room 68. A. about B. for C. do D. have 69. A. drop B. come C. write D. see 70. A. when B. why C. how D. what. ĐỀ 21.. Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs of a civilized society. Without it, nothing could ever be (56)_______ to a conclusion; everything would be in a state of (57)______. Only in a sparsely-populated rural community is it possible to (58)______ it. In ordinary living there can be some (59)______ of unpunctuality. The intellectual, who is working on some abstruse problem, has everything coordinated and organized for the (60)______ in hand. He is therefore forgiven, if late for a dinner party. But people are often (61)______ for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things (62)______. It is hard for energetic, quick-minded people to waste time, so they are often tempted to finish a job before (63)______ out to keep an appointment. If no accidents occur on the way, like punctured tyres, diversions of traffic, sudden (64)______ of fog, they will be on time. They are often m ore industrious, useful citizens than those who are never late. The over-punctual can be as much a (65)______ to others as the unpunctual. The guest who arrives half an hour too soon is the greatest (66)______. Some friends of my family had this irritating habit. The only thing to do was ask them to come half an hour later than the other guest. If you are catching a train, it is always better to be comfortably early than ever a (67)______ of a minute too late. Although being early may mean wasting a little time, this will be (68)_____ than if you miss the train and have to wait an hour or more for the next (69)_____; and you avoid the.

(134) frustration of arriving at the very moment when the train is (70)_______ out of the station and being unable to get on it. 56. A. made B. brought C. come D. set 57. A. chaos B. emergency C. disorder D. turmoil 58. A. disinterest B. disregard C. disqualify D. discharge 59. A. compromise B. tolerance C. concession D. standing 60. A. substance B. stuff C. matter D. material 61. A. disapproved B. accused C. alleged D. reproached 62. A. fine B. sharp C. clearly D. off 63. A. setting B. starting C. deciding D. going 64. A. drop B. dip C. descent D. incline 65. A. effort B. challenge C. trial D. bid 66.A.inconvenience B. nuisance C. complication D. hindrance 67. A. segment B. chunk C. portion D. fraction 68. A. quicker B. faster C. worse D. less 69. A. service B. one C. catch D.turn 70. A. drawing B.drawn C.being drawn D. to draw. ĐỀ 22.. According to a magazine article I read recently, we (56)_____ live in an age of increasing leisure. Not only are more and more people reaching (57)______ age with their taste for enjoyment and even adventure relatively (58)______ but the working week is becoming shorter and the opportunities for (59)______ are becoming greater and greater all the time. Not to mention the fact that people (60)_______ to spend less time traveling to work or may even be working from home. What I can’t understand, however, is who these people are. As far as I can 961)______ the whole thing is another one of (62)______ journalistic fictions. I admit that there are a lot of retired people (63)_______, but I am not sure that all of them are dashing about learning hang-gliding or sailing single-handed (64)_______ the world. My own parents seem to (65)_______ most of their tiem gazing at the television. And as for the shorter working week, I wish someone (66)______ remind my company about it. I seem to be working longer hours (67)_______ the time. The little leisure time I have is eaten into by sitting in traffic jams or waiting for trains to (68)_______ up at rainswept platforms. I haven’t noticed any dramatic improvements in my (69)______ either, but perhaps I just have to wait until I get my (70)_______. 56. A. presently B. at the moment C. now D. at this time 57. A. retirement B. their C. later D. third 58. A. present B. survived C. free D. intact 59. A. this B. longerf C. leisure D. people 60. A. use B. tend C. have D. demand 61. A. concern B. imagine C. expect D. tell 62. A. the B. those C. these D. some 63. A. in our days B. in these times C.nowadays D. now and again 64. A. round B. over C. throughf D. into 65. A. have B. use C. the D. spend.

(135) 66. A. would 67. A. at 68. A. keep 69. A. cost of living 70. A. pension. B. to B. for B. line B. lifestyle B.retirement. C. hadf C. take C. show C.lifeline C. insurance. D. might D. all D. set D.livehood D. salary. ĐỀ 23.. From the moment they leave the security of their accustomed environment, travelers are at risk. (56)______ arise not just from strange diseases they meet on their travels but from other factors too: seemingly uninspiring home (57)______ such as safe water (58)_______, sanitation and public hygiene controls, legal safety standards for motor vehicles and road (59)______, are easily taken for granted, but simply do not exist in my countries. Environmental factors such as arduous conditions, (60)_______ climate, and high altitude may constitute a danger; and so may travelers’ own behavior, free from the (61)_______ of the daily rountine, and determined to have a good time with scant (62)______ for the consequences. When illness or injury occur abroad, travelers are again at a disadvantage – from (63)_____ to communicate with a doctor on account of language or cultural difficulties, or being unable to find a doctor owing to (64)______ of the (65)______ medical system. There may be a complete (66)______ fo skilled medical care, or of medical facilities of a (67)______ acceptable to travelers from technologically sophisticated countries. When symptoms of an illness (68)______ abroad do not appear until after return home a final hazard becomes apparent: the symptoms may be (69)_______, may pass (70)______ and the correct diagnosis may not be considered until it is too late. 56. A. Questions B. Changes C. Hazards D. Complications 57. A. comforts B. helps C. cares D.aids 58. A. stores B. collection C. levels D. supplies 59. A. correction B. maintenance C. improvement D.quality 60. A. worsening B. unuasual C. sudden D. adverse 61. A. restraints B. assurances C. certainties D. regulations 62. A. knowledge B. awareness C. regard D. need 63. A. inability B. difficulty C. inflexibility D. timidity 64. A. misuse B. boubt C. ignorance D. disbelief 65. A. local B. district C. neighborhood D. are 66. A. breakdown B. failure C. disruption D. absence 67. A.type B. design C.standard D.degree 68. A. received B. formed C. gained D.acquired 69. A. unfamiliar B.unlikely C. unpleasant D. uncovered 70. A. unrecognized B. unknown C.unforeseen D. unearthed. ĐỀ 24.. In most capital cities, which were built (56)_______ before the heyday of the private car, there is rarely enough (57)______ for moving traffic, and certainly not enough for parked (58)______. Buses move slowly because of the volume of (59)_______ thus encouraging more commuters to abandon public (60)______. Banning traffic from some areas may help, but such a (61)______ may.

(136) not actually diminish the number of cars coming into the city. What has happened in effect is that the (62)______ of the private car have become the number one priority, and the older functions of the city center as meeting (63)_______ and focus for social life have been lost. The new city cannot (64)_______ without a series of ring roads. Giant car parks are its new palaces. During the working hours of the day, there is the constant (65)______ of traffic, but at night the center is almost empty, apart from a few homeless in doorway. Mots people have (66)______ back to the suburbs, and very few of those who live in the center have cars, for often there is nowhere to park them. The old city, with its narrow streets, may still retain a lively (67)______ but that may be because it exists as an island, where no cars are (68)_______. Unless the local authorities have notyet plucked up the courage to (69)______ most traffic from the streets, in which case the city center is (70)______ by day, and a gigantic car park by night. 56. A. far B. long C. much D. even 57. A. area B. roads C. space D. speed 58. A. vehicles B. pedestrians C.drivers D. areas 59. A. this B. noise C. congestion D. traffic 60. A. means B. transport C. order D. restrictions 61. A. area B. issue C. solution D. way 62. A. numbers B. needs C. car parks D.uses 63. A. people B. others C. place D.this 64. A. build B. survive C. plan D.construct 65. A. din B. amount C. parking D. filling 66. A. parked B. left C. commuted D.got 67. A. activity B. role C. air D. population 68. A. going B. permitted C. banned D. entering 69. A. leave B. direct C.ban D. regulate 70. A. surrounded B. sparse C. congested D. deserted. ĐỀ 25.. If you’re an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become a symbol of our wasteful, throw-away society. But there seems little (56)______ it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastics have brought enormous (57) _____, even environmental ones. It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the environmental (58)______ it’s the way society chooses to use and (59)______ them. Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – nonrenewable nutural (60)_______. We (61)_______ well over three million tons of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (62)_______ of our annual consumption is in the (63)______ of packaging, and this (64)______ about seven per cent by weight, of our domestic (65)______. Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (66)_______ is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (67)______ than coal and one (68)______ of “recovery” strongly (69)______ by the plastic manufactures is the (70)_______ of waste plastic into fuel. 56. A. evidence B. concern C. doubt D. likelihood.

(137) 57. A. pleasures 58. A. poinson 59. A. dispose 60. A.resources 61. A. remove 62. A. portion 63. A. way 64. A. takes 65.A. refuse 66. A. manufacture 67. A. degree 68. A. measure 69. A. desired 70. A. conversion. ĐỀ 26.. B. benefits B.disater B.store B. processes B.import B. amount B. kind B. makes B.goods B. plant B. value B.mechanism B.argued B. melting. C. savings C. disadvantage C. endanger C. products C. consign C. proportion C.form C. carries C. requirements C.factory C. demand C. method C.favoured C. change. D. profits D. evil D. abuse D. fuels D.consume D.rate D. type D.constitutes D. rubble D. industry D. effect D. medium D. presented D. replacement. When I first arrived here to take up my new job, I stayed in a hotel, but I soon started looking for some permanent (56)______. The first flat I (57)______ over was in (58)______, and was obviously extremely damp in winter. Quite apart from the fact that the only (59)______ was of a brick wall. Then I had a look at small flat in a modern (60)_______. It had a (61)______ space and a garden, but the (62)_____ was far too high for me. I didn’t want to (63)_____ up in a tiny place, so I answered an ad for house-sharing. The house was in a quiet (64)_____, and as soon as I saw it I fell in love with it. There was a high overgrown (65)______ around the front garden, and (66)_____ to park cars in the drive. The room to (67)______ looked out (68)_____ the back garden, and had a big bay window. Although it meant (69)______ the kitchen and living room, I didi have may own bathroom, really just a shower and washbasin (70)______ into what must have once been a cupboard. 56. A. home B. accommodation C. house D. landlords 57. A. passed B. viewed C. came D.looked 58. A. an attic B. a basement C. a cave D.a bed-sit 59. A. view B. entrance C. distance D. bathroom 60. A. tower B. department C. block D.square 61. A. living B. breathing C. working D. parking 62. A. lift B. roof C. area D. rent 63. A. end B.live C. shut D. pay 64. A. surroundings B.neighborhood C. context D.premises 65.A. fence B. bush C. hedge D. lawn 66. A. room B. permission C. areas D. place 67. A. let B. myself C. pay D. luckily 68. A. in B. over C. at D.for 69.A. without B.in C. sharing D.having 70. A. poured B. crowded C.cluttered D. crammed.

(138) ĐỀ 27. The point at which physical decline with age begins adversely to affect a driver’s capability has not yet been thoroughly studies. A survey of more than 3,000 road accidents in Michigan involving drivers aged over 55 showed that in eight out of ten (56)______ it was a driver over the age of 71 who had (57)______ a collision by failing to yield, turning carelessly or changing lanes. Order drivers are obviously more (58)______ to injury in vehicle crashes, as well as being a potential higher (59)______ through their own driving (60)_______. Reaction (61)_______ in an emergency involves many different physical (62)_____ such as the production of the nerve impulse, perception of the signal, (63)______ of response and transmission to the muscles. Some of these (64)______ more than others with age, but the overall effect increases the time it takes to respond for more (65)______ drivers. Part of th ageing process, however, does triggers (67)______ danger warning than in younger drivers who have not experienced similar situations. This (68)______of judgement heightens the perception of risk and often (69)______ older drivers to avoid a situation which might then (70)______ them to the test. 56. A. users B. points C. cases D. attempts 57. A. avoided B. prevented C. caused D.activited 58. A. likely B. susceptible C. possible D.common 59. A. degree B. chance C. factor D. risk 60. A. practice B. activity C. experience D. behavior 61. A. period B. time C. process D. system 62. A. events B. parts C. factors D. forms 63. A. choice B. suggestion C. section D. preference 64. A. improve B. deteriorate C.reduce D.increase 65. A. mature B. ancient C. older D. elderly 66. A. collection B. addition C. storage D. summary 67.A. sooner B. earlier C.former D. later 68. A. lack B. maturity C. absence D. strength 69. A. follows B.progresses C. leads D. pulls 70. A. fix B.force D. enable D.put. ĐỀ 28.. When we read about the natural world nowadays, it is generally to be (56)______ dire predictions about its imminent destruction. Some scientists go so (57)______ as to assert that from now on, the world can no longer be called ‘natural’, insofar as future processes of weather, (58)_____, and all the interactions of plant and animal life will no longer carry on in their time-honored way, unaffected by (59)______. There will never be such a thing as ‘natural weather’ again, say such writers, only weather (60)______ by global warming. It is hard to know whether to believe such (61)_____ of doom, possibly because what they are saying seems too terrible to be (62)_____. There are other equally influential scientists who argue that climate, for explame, has changed many times over the (63)_____, and that what we are experiencing now may simply be part of an endless cycle of change, rather than a disaster on a global (64)_______. One cannot help wondering.

(139) whether these attempts to wish the problem away (65)______ underline the extent to which western industrialized countries are to blame for upsetting the world’s (66)______. It is not our fault, theyt seem to be saying, because everything is all right, really! One certain (67)_____ which is chilling in its implications, is that there is no longer anywhere on the earth’s (68)_____, whether in the depths of the oceans or in the polar wastes, which is not (69)______ by polluted air or (70)_____ with empty cans and bottles. Now we are having to come to terms with understanding just what that means, and it is farm from easy. 56. A. made B. given C.told D. granted 57. A. much B. often C. really D. far 58. A. change B. atmosphere C. climate D. even 59. A. beings B. man C.people D. humans 60. A. built B. manufactured C. affected D. organized 61. A. prophets B. champions C.warriors D. giants 62. A. stopped B. true C. guessed D. here 63. A. top B.again C. centuries D. world 64. A. sense B.form C. scale D. existence 65.A. simply B. to C. that D. or 66. A. future B.ecology C. balance D. population 67.A. fact B. must C. fault D. and 68. A. planet B. atmosphere C. anywhere D. surface 69. A. full B. stained C. breathing D. only 70. A. even B. recycled C. littered D. bothered. ĐỀ 29.. I don’t want to alarm you. There is still enough sand left in the world to satisfy most holidaymakers but in many parts of the world beaches are literally being (56)_____ away and have to regularly (57)______. First much of the sand for beaches (58)______ from cliffs which crumble away as they are pounded by the waves. To (59)_____ them, sea walls are often erected. With cliffs no (60)_____ crumbing, the beaches are robbed of the material which would (61)_____ feed them. Beaches are also (62)_____ with sand and gravel by rivers which bring it down from the mountains and hills. In some places rivers are being dammed and (63)______ are built to retain water. They trap more of the sediment so the rivers (64)_____ less sand and gravel to the sea. This is happening in places like California and Scotland. In Egypt the (65)______ fo the Aswan Dam has (66)______ the Nile silt, so much less silt is being towards coastal (67)______. That has meant the delta is now eroding instead of (68)______ as before. Thirdly to improve the access to the beach many holiday resorts build a promenade along the sea front. Like some of the fortifications of cliff (69)_______, this usually has a flat vertical surface off which the waves (70)______. This helps wash the sand away down the beach and most of it is lost. 56. A. thrown B. rubbed C. washed D.cleaned 57. A. removed B. replaced C. rebuilt D. redrawn 58. A. collects B. forms C. falls D.comes.

(140) 59. A. protect 60. A. sooner 61. A. often 62. A. presented 63. A. reservoirs 64. A. fetch 65. A. designing 66. A. kept 67. A. beaches 68. A. growing 69. A. topsf 70. A. bounce. ĐỀ 30.. B. prepare B. longer B. occasionally B. given B. canals B. take B. engineering B. trapped B. resorts B. shrinking B. faces B. jump. C.surround C. further C.sometimes C. filled C. wells C. pull C. building C. sealed C. areas C. swelling C. features C. splash. D. cover D. later D. normally D. supplied D. locks D. push D. forming D. solidified D. parts D. reducing D.hangings D. ripple. Have you ever asked yourself what you are working for? If you have ever had the time to (56)______ this taboo question, or put it to others in moments of weakness or confidentiality, you (57)______ well have heard some or all of the (58)______. It’s the money of course, some say with a smile, as if explaining something to a small child. Or it’s the satisfaction of (59)_____ well done, the sense of achievement behind the clinching of an important (60)_____. I worked as a bus conductor once, and I can’t say I (61)______ the same as I staggered along the swaying gangway trying to (62)______ out tickets without falling over into someone’s lap. It’s the company of other people perhaps, but if that is the (63)_____, what about farmers ? Is it the conversation in the farmyard that keep them captivated by the job? Work is power and a sense of status say those (64)______ have either attained these elusive goals, or feel aggrieved that nobody has yet recognized their leadership (65)_______. Or we can blame it all on someone else, the family or the taxman. I suspect, and I say this under my (66)______, that most of us work rather hard, hoping for something to (67)_____ up. We’ll win the pools, and tell the boss what we really think. We’ll scrape together the ( 68)______ and open that little shop we always dreamed of, or go (69)______ the world, or spend more time in the garden. One day we’ll get that (70)______ we deserve, but until then at least we have something to do. And we are so busy doing it that we won’t have time to wonder why. 56. A. propse B. meditate C. consider D. launch 57. A. might B. shall C. will D. should 58. A. below B. rest C. following D. latter 59. A. a work B. a job C. a task D. an effort 60. A. deal B. position C. job D. engagement 61. A. enjoyed B. wished C. hoped D. felt 62. A. make B. turn C. issue D. give 63. A. one B. case C. question D. former 64.A. people B. must C. who D. to 65. A. qualities B. status C. property D. requirements 66. A. oath B. suspicion C. breath D. pressure 67. A. move B. turn C. ease D. end.

(141) 68. A. resources 69. A. round 70. A. ambition. B. opportunities B. over B. station. C. rest C. into C. vocation. D. money D. to D. promotion. Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời đúng nhất (ứng với A, B, C hoặc D) để trả lời các câu hỏi hoặc hoàn thành các câu từ 71-75 và từ 76-80. ĐỀ 11.. If nobody in the United Kingdom smoked, what would happen to your pocket book? Everyone in the UK would be richer. The diseases connected to smoking are a big problem. Doctors think that the annual medical cost for lung cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses connected to smoking is between 12 and 35 million pounds. And smoking cost society money in other ways, between 27 and 61 billions pounds are spent each year: 1. on sick days (when people don’t go to work) 2. on wages that you don’t get when you don’t go to work, and 3. on work lost at the company when you are sick. This money counts the wages from people who die of cancer at young age and stop paying taxes. This does not count fire started by cigarettes, which kill fifteen hundreds people yearly and injure another four thousand. Smoking cost every man, woman and child in the UK from one hundred and ten to two hundred and fifty pounds each year in the lost work and wages. When you add another fifty to one hundred and fifty pounds yearly in insurance cost, that comes to from one smoking, a family of four could have up to one hundred six hundred and forty pounds a year or more. Of course smoking is not going to stop overnight. And NOT smoking will also cause problems, because people who don’t smoke will live longer, and so they will take money from the government when they are old. But they will also work for more years and pay more taxes. In the end the value of a non-smoking nation is not in pounds. The good health of the people is the true value for us all. 71. If everyone stopped smoking, all United Kingdom………. Would have more money. Would have less money. Would live longer. Would have no more problems. 72. Every year companies lose……………. Because of the disease connected to smoking. Sick days Wages Work Time 73. If everyone stopped smoking, a family of four could have……………. more each year. From 110 pounds to 260 pounds From 160 pounds to 410 pounds From 1,340 pounds to 1, 430 pounds 1, 640 pounds.

(142) 74. The true value for the UK of not smoking is ……….. More working people More taxes Good health More money 75. This text is about Taxes which are not paid by smokers. Diseases that smoker get. How much smoking cost UK. How much the UK get if everyone stopped smoking.. Telling the Whole Food Truth. As a teacher of whole-food vegetarian cookery, I do feel a certain sympathy with the ‘Men for Meat’ group. There is both confusion and just plain, unappertizing cooking in this area, when a whole-food/vegetable diet should and can be highly nutritious and utterlyu delicious. The words ‘whole-food’ and ‘vegetarian’ are not synonymous: vegetarians do not eat any ‘fish, flesh or fowl’.Most eat dairy products. Those who don’t are called vegans. I tell students not to turn vegetarian until they have become knowledgeable about nutrition, and especially about protein. It’s very easy to become a sick vegetarian. And a whole-food diet just consists of eating the whole of food, with nothing added, and nothing taken away. For explame, you eat whole-wheat flour, not white flour, which has had had bleach added. In all, ano refined carbohydrates are eaten and very fatty an additive-laden foods are avoided and the stress is on fresh products of the best quality. And that’s all – except you must then find recipes which are both healthy and delicious because you’ll have to cook it all yourself. Very few ready-bought meals fulfill both requirements. 76. ‘Men for Meat’ is a…………. Cookery group Group of men Group of vegetarians Group that eat all kinds of food 77. The writer of this article feels a ‘certain sympathy’ for this group because……….. She is a vegetarian They don’t know much about vegetarian cooking “Whole food” and “vegetarian” are not the same Her students do not eat meat 78. A whole food diet………… Has a lot of nutrition Is easy to eat Is added with flour Is often fresh 79. According to the writer, what is wrong with ready bought meals for vegetarians? They can’t be both healthy and delicious.

(143) They can be cooked easily They contain some additives They have best quality 80. What is NOT true about the writer? She is a teacher She is a vegetarian She supports the whole food She dislikes ready bought meals. ĐỀ 12.. Dear Nam, How are you? I am still working on the farm, but unfornately I am going to leave here at the end of winter. Let me tell you why. We had a terrible time a month ago. Thousands of insects came and ate many the crops in the fields. The farmer is very worried because he thinks the insects will come again and destroy all the crops. He became so worried that he sold the farm last week, and that is why I have to leave here. Soon, I will have to look for another job. Do you think you could help me find one? I like working on farms, so if you know anyone who needs a hard worker, please recommend me to them. I know that you are very busy at the moment and that you don’t have much free time. But I really hope you can find time to help me. I don’t know what else to do. If I can’t find a job. I’ll have to go back home and stay with my parents. I know they will be upset if I did that. They are old and they don’t have very much money. They couldn’t support me as well as themselves. I hope to hear from you soon. Your friend, Thuy 71. At the end of the month, Thuy is going to ………………….. Work on the farm Start a new job Leave the farm Buy a farm 72. What did the farmer do last week? He destroyed his crops He killed many insects He sold his farm He became very worried 73. At the money, Nam is……………… Working on a farm Very busy Helping Thuy Living with her parents 74. If Thuy can’t find a new job, she will go home and………………. Support her parents..

(144) Work on her parents’farm. Live with her parents. Make her parents rich. 75. How does Thuy feel at the moment? Happy Angry Ill Sad Many flats in Japan’s cities are very small. This is because land in Japan is very expensive. Because the land is expensive, people have to live in small flats. People never wear shoes inside Japanese homes. They always take off their shoes before they enter the house. Then they put on slippers to walk around inside the house. This helps to keep the inside of the house clean. Most Japanese homes have a special tupe of room. This room is used as a living room during the day. At night, it can become a sleeping room for visitors. In Japan, a lot of people now sleep in European style beds. But some people also use a special kind of bed. This is a soft mattress that is put on the floor. In the morning, the bed is rolled up and put into a cupboard. This gives more space in the room. 76. Many Japanese home are very small because……………. Japanese people are small. Flats are very expensive. Japan is very expensive. The cities are very small. 77. What do Japanese people never wear in their house? Coats Slippers Hats Shoes 78. In many Japanese homes, one type of room is both a living room and a……….. Dinning room Bath room Kitchen Bedroom 79. Japanese people…. Have lots of visitors. Sleep a lot during the day. Roll up their bed in the morning. Sleep a lot during the night. 80. Where do people put mattress during the day? In a cupboard In the bed room.

(145) On the bed On the floor. ĐỀ 13.. The Chinese white Dolphin is an extremely beautiful creature. This type of dolphin was first noticed by Per Osheck in 1757. He described snow-white dolphin at play in the Pearl River Delta in China. No dolphins, however, have been seen in this area since 1972. The dolphins have, instead, moved to waters north of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Chinese White Dolphins are about the same size and shape as bottlenose dolphins (the type that can be seen at Ocean park). Their colouring, however, is very different, ranging from pure white in Chinese waters, to pink and grey elsewhere. In fact, Chinese fishermen call them “white ghosts”, and traditionally believe them to be reincarnations of fishermen lost at sea. Very little is known about these animals. Scientists are still debating which species the dolphins belong to. They are not sure if they are actually part of the same species found in waters around Indonesia and northern Australia, or if they are completely different subspecies that is found anywhere else in the world. Tragically, however, there may not be enough time for scientists to find the answer to this questions, because the dolphins are in very great danger or becoming extinct. The main threat comes from the largest construction project in Hong Kong’s history – the new airport on Chek Lap Kok Island off Lantau. The building work here involves massive use of explosives, and huge areas of the sea are being turned into land. Obviously, the destruction of this areas is having a terrible effect on sea life. In addition, matters are made worse by the fact that the waters in the areas are also terribly polluted. 71. The Chinese White Dolphin was discovered…………. In 1972 In Hong Kong In China On Lantau Island 72. Chinese White Dolphins now mainly live………… At Ocean Park In China Near Lantau In Autralia 73. The word “subspecies” in the passage describles a member of an animal group that is………. A similar shape, size and colour to other types of animals A different shape, size and colour to other types of animals Completely different from other members of the species Slightly different from other types of the species 74. Scientists are not sure if the dolphin is………. Found in Australia and Indonesia A subspecies unique to Hong Kong Already extinct A subject worth talking about 75. The building of the new airport is……….

(146) Improving the quality of waters around Chek Lap island The largest construction project in the world history Having a very bad effect on the dolphins’habitat Destroying large parts of Chek Lap Kok Island Have you ever shouted inside a large empty building? If so, you may have heard your voice come back to you. The sound of your voice hits the walls and bounces back. What you hear is the echo of your voice. You hear echo after you have shouted. This is because it takes time for the sound to travel to the walls and back to your ear again. Sound travels very fast, even faster than a speeding aero plane. In a thunderstorm, you see lightning first. Then a few seconds later, you hear the thunder. You can tell how near or how far the storm is by the length of time it takes for you to hear the thunder. If you hear it very soon after you see the lightning, the storm is very close. Many animals you their eyes to find their way. However, some animals such as bats, cannot see very well. Their ears are much better than their eyes, so they use their hearing to find their way. Since insect-eating bats are almost blind, they send out high sunds as they fly. These sounds bounce off anything in the bat’s way. The bat’s ears then pick up the echo. The echo tells the bat the safest direction to fly in. The echoes also bounce off insects in the air, so the bat knows where to find its food. 76. An echo is……… Sound that large building make Time that sound takes to travel Sound sent back from a surface Sound of a person’s voice 77. During a thunderstorm, we………… See the thunder first Hear the ligtning first See the lightning first Hear the thunder first 78. It takes time for the sound of thunder to travel to our……….. Ears Eyes Nose Mouth 79. Bats use echoes to……. Making hunting sounds Find their way Kill other animals Find safe insect 80. Sounds from bats…………….. Help bats to reach insects Chase other insects.

(147) Kill other insects Warn other insects of the coming bats. ĐỀ 14.. There are thousands of types of animals on earth, but only few types are popular as pets. People usually keeps pets for company. The most common pets are cats and dogs. But why did people choose these two animals and not, for explame, pigs, or chicken? The most likely explanation is that dogs and cats have special qualities which have always made them more suitable as animals companions. Some of these qualities are easy to understand. For explame, dogs and cats do not need to be kept in cages in order to remain close to their owners. They are also both very clean-living animals They are active during the day, the same time that people are usually active. The physical size of dogs and cats is another important reason for their success as companions. They are a good size, since most cats and dogs are not so large that they are dangerous, and not so small that they are unnoticeable. These qualities mean that dogs and cats live quite comfortably with human. They do not disturb people’s rountines or change their way of life. But there is another reason why these two animals are the most popular pets. Most people need to feel loved and wanted, and cats and dogs make people feel wanted. Cats and dogs need people as well. They show this through the noises they make and they way they like being touched. To someone who doesn’t like animals, keeping a pet probably seems like a lot of trouble. They need to be fed regularly and exercised, and they can be noisy and expensive. But for pet owners, these disadvantages are not important, because of the friendship that pets offer. Clearly, cats and dogs will continue to be the most popular pets. 71. People usually keep………….. Thousands of pets. Many types of animals. Pets for company. Special animals. 72. One quality that cats and dogs have in common is that both………. Need to be kept in cages Are very clean animals Are active at night-time Like their owners 73. One reasons that cats and dogs are such popular pets is that they are………. The right age. Very physical. A dangerous size. The right size. 74. People like living with dogs and cats because…………. Pets and people like doing the same thins They do not disturb people.

(148) People do not disturb their pets’ rountines Neither needs to feel loved and wanted 75. Both people and animals………… Need to be loved and wanted Need owners to look after them Are a lot of trouble to keep Need to be exercised regularly There was a surprise victory at the World Championship yesterday. British 400 meter runner Bob Smith won the title in the third fastest time over. The British champion, who won the silver medal at the last Olympics, finished the race in 43,6 seconds. From the start, it was clear that this race was not going to be like any others. After two false start, the athletes finally broke away from the starting line on the third attempt. Smith took an early lead, and maintained his speed for almost 200 meters. Then Michael Ball, from West Africa, came up from behind to this point, Smith was in third place and didn’t look likely to win. Then Ball suddenly tripped and fell over onto the inside track. He fell into the path of Richard Dandie, his West African team-mate, who had been in second place. Dandie couldn’t jump over Ball in time, and instead ran into him, also falling over. It was at this point that Smith took the lead to safely cross the finish line. There was no doubt that it was a lucky win for Smith. He would have come third if the two athletes had not tripped. 76. At the World Championship yesterday, ………………. There were 400 runners Bob won the silver medal There was a surprise A record was set 77. At the start of the run………… Three attempts were made The runners looked tired Things were like other runs There were two false runners 78. Smith ran …………… For 200 meters. Took the lead in the whole run Was beaten by a West African runner Finished the third at 250 meters 79. Ball………….. Was unlucky in the run Made Smith fall during the run Ran faster than Smith Finished the third 80. Which if these is NOT mentioned in the text?.

(149) Smith was lucky Ball ran into Dandie West African runners didn’t win the race The run was full of surprises. ĐỀ 15.. There was one thing that I found rather strange on my first day as house keeper at Monk’s House. The floors in the house were very thin. The bathroom was directly above the kitchen, and when Mrs. Smith was having a bath before breakfast, I could hear her talking to herself. Mrs. Smith’s bedroom was outside the house in the garden; Her bed room had been added on to the back of the house; the door faced the garden and a window at the side opened out on to a field. When we carried the breakfast trays to Mrs. Smith’s room I noticed that she had always been working during the night. There were pencils and paper beside her bed so that when she woke up she could work, and sometimes it seemed as though she had had very little sleep. I can always remember her coming to the house each day from the writing-room. I always rang the bell for lunch at one o’clock. She was tall and thin and very graceful. She had large, deepset eyes and a wide curving mouth – I think perhaps this that made her face seem particularly beautiful. She wore long skirts – usually blue or brown – in the fashion of the day, and silk jackets of different colour. Her clothes suited her well. I was not allowed to make coffee at Monk’s House – Mr. and Mrs. Smith were very particular about coffee and always made it themselves – so Mr.Smith came into the kitchen at eight o’clock every morning to make coffee for him and his wife. I pressed clothes for Mrs. Smith and did any sewing that was necessary-she was not able to sew, although sometimes she liked to try. There was one thing in the kitchen that she was very good at doing: she could make beautiful bread. 71. What was particularly unusual about Monk’s House? The bathroom was next door to the kitchen Mrs. Smith’s bedroom door opened on to the garden The kitchen window looked out over fields The breakfast room was upstairs 72. What did the writer observe about Mrs. Smith’s writing habits? She did a great deal of writing at night. She worked in the garden whenever she could. She preferred to write in the house. She sometimes wrote in the bath. 73. Mrs. Smith wore clothes which were In matching colour Designed for her only Suitable for country life Rather dull and unattractive 74. Mr.Smith’s attitude towards his wife seemed to be that He found her strange ways difficult to accept He led a very separate life.

(150) He did what he could for her He watched over her all the time 75. for the housework, Mrs.Smith Was too busy to do any Disliked doing any Was very bad at it Liked one or two particular tasks I know that it is my job to make sure that everything goes well for the tourists and I feel I work hard for the company. I cannot be blamed for last week. I met the group at the airport and took them to the coach. The coach driver was a bit annoyed because the flight was late. But it wasn’t far to the hotel and everyone was looking forward to their dinner. We had used the Hotel Melia before but there was a conference in it so it was fully booked. When I announced our arrival at the reception desk of the new hotel, they said they were full. I had booked rooms for the the group but the manager said they were cancelled by phone a few days before. He insisted that he recognized my voice and that I had made the phone call. We had a bit of argument but they obviously didn’t have enough rooms. In the end the manager phoned other hotels in the town and found rooms for everyone but in four different hotels. But this time the coach had gone so we had to get taxis and some of the tourists started to get very angry with me. I still don’t know who made that phone call but it definitively wasn’t me. 76. What is the writer trying to do? Argue Apologize Explain Complain 77. Who was the text written to? One of the tourists The writer’s employer The hotel manager The coach company 78. Why weren’t there any rooms available at the Hotel Melia? A conference was taking place there. There were more people in the group than expected. Someone had forgotten to book them. Someone had said they were not needed. 79. What happened in the end? The tourists got angry with the hotel manager. The tourists couldn’t stay together. The writer found other hotels with rooms. The writer called the coach driver back. 80. Which of the following statements was correct? A problem occurred aabout hotel booking..

(151) The rooms in Hotel Melia were not good enough for the tourists. The tourists had to wait for the coach driver. The coach driver took the tourists to the wrong hotel.. ĐỀ 16.. Can you imagine a world without words? The main way that we communicate with each other is by using words. We can communicate either by speaking and listening or by writing and reading. With words, we can give and receive information, ideas, orders and instructions. People have used writing to communicate for about 7000 years. At first, they used to draw simple pictures to represent objects, such as people and animals. Then people started to put pictures together to represent something more difficult, like a sentence. The next step in the development of writing was to use symbols, or signs. These symbols represented the sounds of words and not their meanings. Finally, the alphabet from which modern English comes was invented in about 1500 BC. The people who invented the alphabet used a set of symbols to represent the sound “o”. This symbol is still used to the same sound today. Many languages are written with letters of an alphabet, including Vietnamese. 71. People communicate with each other using…………. Information Words Unstructions Books 72. The first kind of writing used simple………….. Pictures Animals People Objects 73. A later form of writing used symbols to represent……….. Meanings Words Sounds Pictures 74. An alphabet is a set of letters that represent the different sounds of a………. Language Word Symbol Letter 75. What is the most suitable title for this article? Listening and speaking Writing and reading Alphabets and their meaning Words and writing.

(152) In 776 B. C. the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honour the Greeks’chief god, Zeus. The Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength in their education of youth. Therefore, contestts in running, jumping, discus and javenlin throwing, boxing, and horse and chairot racing were held in individual cities, and the winners completed every four years at Mount Olympus. The Greeks greately honored their winners by placing olive wreaths placed on the winners’ heads and sang poems about their victories. Originally, Greeks considered the Olympic Games as games of friendship. Any wars which were happening were stopped to allow the games to take place. The Greeks attached so much importance to these games that they calculate time in fouryears cycles (periods) which were called “Olympiads” starting from 776 B. C. 76. Which of the following is not true? Winners placed olive wreaths on their own heads. The games were held in Greece every four years. Wars were stopped so that people could participate in the games. People sang poems to glorify the winners’ deeds. 77. Why were the Olympic Games held? To stop wars To honour Zeus To crown the best athletes To sing songs about the winners’ victories 78. Approximately how many years ago did these games begin? 776 years 1,205 years 2,770 years 2,277 years 79. Which of the following contests was NOT mentioned? Discus throwing Boxing Skating Running 80. What conclusion can we draw about the ancient Greeks? They liked to fight. They were very athletic. They liked a lot of ceremonies. They couldn’t count, so they used “Olympiads” for calendars.. ĐỀ 17.. In 1920, after some thirty-nine years of problems with disease, high costs, and politics, the Panama Canal was officially opened, finally linking the Atlantic Oceans by allowing ships to pass through miles around Cape Horn. It takes a ship approximately eight hours to complete the trip through the canal and costs an average of fifteen thousand dollars, one-tenth of what it would cost an average ship to go around Cape Horn. More than fifteen thousand ships pass through its locks each year..

(153) The French initiated the project but sold their rights to the United States. The latter will control it until the end of the twentieth century when Panama takes over its duty. 71. Who currently controls the Panama Canal? France United States Panama Cannal Zone 72. In approximately what year will a different government take control of the Panama cannal? 2000 2100 3001 2999 73. On the average, how much would it cost a ship to travel around Cape Horn? $ 1,500 $ 15,000 $ 150,000 $ 1,500,000 74. In what year was the construction work probably begun on the canal? 1881 1920 1939 1999 75. What can be inferred from this reading? This is a costly project which should be re-evaluated. Despite all the problems involved, the project is beneficial. Many captains prefer to sail around Cape Horn because it is less expensive. Due to all the problems, three goverments have had to control the canal over the year. IS WINNING EVERYTHING? Ask kids and the answer is probably “No”. Ask the adults and the answer is probably “Yes”. And it is adults who control sports for young people – with terrible results for many kids. Twenty millions of children between the ages of eight and sixteen play organized sport outside of school. Their experiences are sometimes very bad. Why? Because of the adults, often their parents, who watch the games. Children’s sports are organized like professional sports Children play baseball and football. They wear all the equipment that professional athletes wear. They have uniforms and umpires and referees and leagues. They have games. And many people come to watch their games, especially the families of the players. Because the children’s games are like adults, professional games, their parents want adult professional competition. When a child drops a ball, his father becomes angry. When a child doesn’t run fast, his mother might shout, “Run faster! Run faster!”.

(154) And a child? With an angry father and a shouting mother, this is not a happy time. Unhappy and nervous, the child wants to stop playing. The game is not fun now. But he or she can’t stop, because the competition is not finished. 76. How are the children’s sport organized? They are easier. They are for children only. They are the same as adults’. They are not competitive. 77. Why do some children become unhappy playing sports. Because they often lose. Because they play worse than adults. Not all of them can play. The adults watch them play. 78. What do parents want from children players? Win the game Not to drop the ball Run faster Play a lot more 79. The children will play better if…….. The sport is easy. Their parents encourage them. They have uniforms to wear. They can play for fun. 80. What is the most important idea in the text? Winning is everything Winning is more important to parents than to children Winning is important to parents Winning is important to both children and parents. ĐỀ 18.. Thousands of people from all over the world say that they have seen a UFO, or Unidentified Flying Object. Scientists are not sure whether these people do often describle similar accounts. For this reason, scientists have divided UFO reports into three categories. The first is called a close encounter of the first kind. This is when people are close enough to describle the shape of the UFO from about 150 meters away. A close encounter of the second kind is similar to the first one, but the UFO is much close. It also inclucdes physical proof of the UFO.For explame, a burnt area of field or road, or damaged trees. If the people who saw the UFO have strange burns or marks on their skin, this is also considered proof of a close encounter of the second kind. Two British workers claim to have had a close encounter of the second kind. They were drving to work on morning when a large, black cigar-shaped UFO came towards them. It then stopped in fron of their car. The car engine suddenly stopped, and all the car’s lights went off. After.

(155) a few minutes, the UFO went back up into the air and moved slowly away. Both men were so upset by the encounter that they couldn’t eat properly and suffered from headaches for days afterwards. Close encounters of the thirdcouldn’t eat properly and suffered from headaches for days afterwards. Close encounters of the third kind, however, are the strangest ones. This is when human beings actually see or meet the aliens from a UFO. In some cases, these meetings involve just humans andaliens looking at and watching each other. In others, people say that they actually went inside the aliens’ UFO. 71. It is difficult to explain UFOs because……….. People have all had different experience. Scientists do not always tell the truth. Very little proof of UFO encounter exists. We know that UFOs don’t really exist. 72. A close encounter of the first kind is when a person is close enough to……….. See a UFO Touch a UFO Meet an alien Talk to an alien 73. Which of the following would be classed as an encounter of the second kind? Going inside tah alien’s spacecraft. Meeting and talking to aliens. Being close enough to describle the shape of the UFO. Burns marks on people and the ground. 74. What happened when the British workers saw a UFO? They suddenly got bad headache. The UFO took them up into the air. Their car lights suddenly went off. The UFO’s engine stopped. 75. Which encounter involves the most contact between humans and a UFO? A close encounter A close encounter of the first kind A close encounter of the third kind A close encountere fo the second kind What makes a chicken happy? “I don’t know,” admits Ari van Tienhoven, an animal physiologist at Cornell University. “If you are talking about individual chicken, egg production is a good indecator. “It seems that chicken show that they are unhappy by laying fewer eggs. This research may not be interesting to you, but it’s very interesting to chicken farmeres and also to come animal lovers, who believe that chickens should not be in cages, but should be outside, moving freely about. Van Tienhoven says that free chickens get into trouble with other animals, get sick easily, and have difficulty in very cold weather. “is that happiness?” van Tienhoven askes. Even chicken.

(156) on he floor in building have difficulties with illness and hunger. “Of cours,birds in cage look miserable.” 76. Who is Ari van Tienhoven? A farmer A graduate student A scientist An animal lover 77. How do chickens show they are unhappy. They sleep too much. They get into trouble. They lay fewer egg. They run around freely. 78. What group is interested in happy chickens? Cornell University students. Animal lovers. Cage makers. Farmers. 79. Why are free-moving chicken unhappy? They get sick easily They run away They don’t lay many eggs They look miserable 80. According to this article which chickens are better for egg business? Happy chickens Unhappy chickens Free-moving chickens Cage chickens. ĐỀ 19.. Toast is less flattening than bread. Toast has all the same calories as bread. Many diet plans call for a slice of dry toast with a meal. This slice of toast has the same 60 to 70 calories that a slice of bread has. Toasting removes only moisture. So if you are watching calories, eat your bread plain or toasted as you like it. Just don’t add butter and jam. Coffe or a cold shower can sober up a drunk. In fact these and other activities don’t . A cold shower is useless. A full meal does no good. Food can slow down the speed that alcohol goes inot the blood, but only if you eat and drik at the same time. Coffee can make a tipsy person seem more alert because of the caffeine, but the strongest coffee will not return his reflexes or sense of judgment. Two cups of coffee don’t change a drinker inot a safe driver. Drunkenness is caused by a lot of alcohol in the blood. You can do a little or nothing to make a person less drunk. So if you have a drunk that you want to sober up, drive him home and tell him to sleep for eight hours. 71. When do a person eat dry toast? When they are very hungry..

(157) When they are on a diet. When they are too fat. When they are having dinner. 72. What is the best help for a drunk person? Two cups of coffee. Eight hours of sleep. A cold shower. A glass of lemonade. 73. Eating food while you are drinking a lot…………… Will make you more alert and give you better judgment. Will slow down the speed that alcohol enters your blood. Will make you feel drunk more quickly. Wil help make you not get drunk. 74. Caffeine makes a drunk person………….. Have faster reflexes. Use better judgment. Seem more alert. Become well fast. 75. What’s the main idea in the second text? The best cure for drunkenness is sleep. The best cure for drunkenness is food. The best cure for drunkenness is coffee and a cold shower. The best cure for drunkenness is a big meal. We all want the best for our children: the best clothes and toys, the best schools, the best friends, the best life possible. As parents, we watch our kids’ homework and the games they play, and we are careful to watch for alcohol, drugs, or violence in their lives. When we hear a car crash we make sure that our kids are not hurt. But we do not take them into the street to see the glass and the blood and the people hurt in the accident. So why do we let our children watch the TV shows that they choose. There are excellent programs on television for children. These programs are made for children, with valuable lessons for children about good and bad things, and about positive and negative actions. There are also terrible, upsetting programs on TV that are not made for children. These shows are made with violence, sex, or horror as the main subject. And now, because of VCRs, we can also bring movies like “Jaws” or “Halloween” home from video store to show on television. Children who watch television everyday on TV will begin to think that violence is normal. And one day, these children will become violent, too. Parents must be careful. What children watch on TV will change the way they think about the world. Their television education should be a valuable and positive education. 76. We don’t want our children to see car crashes because……….. They may be very frightened..

(158) The children cry when they see them. They can cause accidents later. Children are afraid of blood. 77. What does the writer say about good television programs? They are good for children. They are all about good things. They are made only for children. Children like to watch them a lot. 78. What happens to children who watch violence on television? They like watching a lot. They ask their parents to buy violent tapes. They will become violent some day. They don’t watch other programs any more. 79. The most important idea in the text is…….. The writer thinks too much TV is bad for the kids. It is the fact that too much TV is bad for the kids. It is the fact that TV is not bad for the kids. We all want the best for our children. 80. What kind of education can children get from TV. Negative Positive Positive and valuable Negative and valuable. ĐỀ 20.. Michael Jackson wears two hats. One hat is the smart businessman: he makes a lot of money from things like Pepsi advertisements (fifteen million dollars in his new contract), he bought the Beatles’ old songs, and he controls the media carefully. The other hat is a very strange and shy child, who loves animals and Walt Disney cartoons, and who is a genius at making music. Michael Jackson mad Thriller five years ago. It is still the biggest selling album in history. It created several hit singles, won eight Grammies, and sold thirty eight and a half million copies worldwide. Now he has a new album, Bad, and Michael will have a difficult time making the new album as successful as the old. If Bad sells only ten millions of fans. But after the tour ends, he will never tour again. “This will be Michael’s last tour, his only solo tour ever,” says manager Frank Dileo. Michael will go back to recording studios and movie sets to continue his work in private. 71. Why is the success of Thriller a problem for Michael Jackson? Because he has so many fans. Because he can’t earn much money from it. Because he can’t make a better one. Because it will be difficult for him to make a better one. 72. Where will Michael make albums in the future? Outside.

(159) In studios In theatres In Tokyo 73. Why Michael will never do another solo? Because he’s tired Because he didn’t earn much money from the first one Because he has made too many solo tours Because he will have to go on his work in private 74. “Michael Jackson wears two hats” means………. He has two hats at home. He wears two hats when he performs. He does two kinds of work at the same time. He earns a lot of money form advertisements. 75. Which of the following sentences is the most important idea of the text? Michael Jackson is not an easy person to understand. Michael Jackson is a better businessman than a musician. Michael Jackson likes to wear hats. Michael Jackson likes to travel a lot. When pilots first began to fly above the clouds, many years ago, the sunlights was so strong that they could not see, and some of the even got sick. So in the 1920’s, a young pilot asked the Bausch and Lomb company to help. B & L made a green coloured glass that stopped some of the sunlight. Put into glasses, these immediately became the standard dark glasses for pilots. The company called Ray-Bans, and pilots everywhere wore them. In 1937, Bausch and Lomb developed a new glass that didn’t break easily. This glass also reduced the sun’s glare as well as its light. The new glasses were so good that the U.S Air Force gave B&L a contract. After that every pilot and crew member during World War II wore Ray-Bans. After the war, sportsmen found that Ray-Bans were useful outdoors. Soon after that, people everywhere began to wear Ray-Bans. Famous people began to wear them, like General Douglas MacArthur, writer Sam Shepad, and actors Dennis Connors and Tom Cruise (Top Gun). The basic design has never changed, probably customers have been so satisfied. Today RayBans are still popular and selling well. Bausch and Lomb say that they don’t know how many pairs of dark glasses they have manufactured since the 1920’s. “Somewhere between 25 and 30 million would be a good guess”, says a company vice-president” 76. Who were the first persons to wear Ray-Bans? Actors Pilots Writers Ordinary people 77. Why did Bausch and Lomb develop Ray-Bans? Because the sun was too strong for pilots Because people were getting sick in planes.

(160) Because people who played sports outdoors needed them Because the U.S Air force asked them to 78. When did Bausch and Lomb first manufacture Ray-Bans? In the 1920’s In 1937 After World War II Before World War II 79. How often has the basic design changed? Often Never Only once Twice 80. What kinds of people wear Ray-Bans? Actors Pilots Writers All kind of people. ĐỀ 21.. Power plants that make electricity are often built on rivers. The cool water that is used to make electricity becomes hot as it runs through the plant. Then the heated water is returned to the river. When large amounts of warm water are dumped into a river, the river itself is heated. The temperature of the water may be raised only a few degrees, yet these few degrees can change animal and plants life. Heat causes a loss of oxygen in the water. Fish no longer do well, and some kinds die. Without enough oxygen, bacteria in the river cannot break down waste matter. To solve the problem, we have begun to change how power plants work. Some power plants use cooling towers. The hot water goes into the tower, and heat escapes from the tower inot the air. Once the heat has escaped, the water flows safely into the river. Other power plants release the hot water into the river in a new way. Instead of letting it all flow into one area, they scatter it. When the water goes to many spots, no one place gets too hots. With these new methods, rivers can come back to life. But it will take time. 71. Water that is used in making electricity………………. Flows faster Is used up Becomes hot Turns to ice 72. Cooling towers….. Scatter the hot water Release heat into the air Take oxygen out of the water Are cooled by the air 73. Why are we changing the way power plants work? They should not be near water.

(161) We think they should work faster The warm water they dump into rivers can kill the fish Water should not run through them 74. Which statement does the story lead you to believe? We will have to stop building new power plants We will have to build power plants that do not heat the water Nobody cares about the temperatures of our rivers The animal and plant life in our rivers may change 75. On the whole, the story is about…. How power plants make electricity How power plants are built Why we must build new power plants Problems caused by heating cool river water In the villages of Mexico, as in some other parts of the world, shopping is a kind of game. In the fine department stores, of course, buyers pay the prices listed on the tags. But in most villages, bargaining is a dramatic game both buyers and sellers enjoy. Suppose a merchant is a Mexican shopkeeper who sells handmade silver jewelry to tourists. Among the items of jewelry is a pair of earrings a tourist wants to buy. The merchant names a price. Immediately the tourist make a much lower offer. The price the merchant puts on an article is not usually the price which will finally be paid. But the merchant pretends to be shocked. The tourists is told that the earrirngs are real silver, made by people who live in the mountains. It takes a long time to make such remarkable earrings. But at great sacrifice the merchant will let the tourist have earnings at a lower price. The two bargain. The tourist comes up a little, the merchant comes down a little. At last they agree on what both consider to be a fair price. While the two bargain, they speak of other things as well. The merchant may gossip about life in the village or mention interesting sights the tourist should see before leaving Mexico. The merchant’s way of doing business is much older than the supermarket way. It dates back to Old World times when the town market was the only place where people could exchange news and visit with friends. Bargaining made their lives a little more colorful. In Mexico today, bargaining still makes life colorful for some merchants. 76. The way a Mexican merchant runs a business is………… Faster than ours. An old way. A new way. Like a supermarket. 77. While it is not directly stated, the article suggests that…………. Merchant in Mexico would rather talk than sell things. Tourists do not enjoy bargaining for silver earnings. Tourists should not buy anything if they don’t know how to bargain. One cannot be sure of the real price of some things. 78. The town market was once the only place where……...

(162) People could visit friends. People could find fine department stores. People could fight with enemies. Peopld could gossip about life. 79. Why is bargaining often carried on in th villages? It helps the people see interesting sights. It helps make the peoples’s lives more colourful. It proves that jewelry can be made of silver. It allows to people to play games. 80. On the whole, the article tells about…………. Toursists who go to town markets. Craftspeople who live in mountains. How Mexicans play games with jewelry. Bargaining in villages in Mexico.. ĐỀ 22.. The sea has always interested people. From it they can get food, minerals, and treasures. For thousands of years, they sailed on the sea. But they could not go far beneath its surface. People want to explore deep into the sea. However, they are not fishes. Because people must breathe air, they cannot stay under the water’s surface for any length of time. To explore deep water, men and wome face even more dangers and problems. A diver who wants to stay under water for more than a few minutes must breathe air or a special mixture of gases. Divers can wear diving suits and have air pumped to them from above. They can carry tanks of air on their back and breathe through a hose and a mouthpiece. Water weighs 800 times as much as air. Tons of water push against a divers are under great pressure, their blood takes in some of the gases they breath. As they rise too quickly, the gases in their blood fomr bubbles. Divers then suffer from the bends. The bends can cause divers to double up in pain. Bends can even kill divers. 71. A diver’s body in deep water……….. In under great pressure. Is just like a fish’s body. Suffers from the bends. Weighs very little. 72. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that……….. Divers explore the deep seas only for treasure. Diving under the water too quickly causes the bends. Divers can wear diving suits to avoid the bends. Deep-sea divers should be in good health. 73. The gases in a diver’s blood can form…….. Great pressure. Air. Bubbles. Oxygen..

(163) 74. Why do divers get the bends? They try to do exercises under the water. Their diving suits weigh too much. They come to the surface too quickly. Their blood takes some of the gases they breathe. 75. Which statement does the story lead you to believe? The sea began to interest humans in the last few years. Humans are not at home deep in the sea. All divers get the bends sooner or later. Diving suits do not help divers. A long time ago, when ancient Rome was still an empire, people of that time used similar weights and measures. The standards for these weights and measures were established by the Romans, who kept these standards in a temple in Rome. All standards for measuring weight or distance were the same, whether in Spain or in Syria. But then the Roman Empire fell, and these standards disappeared. Today, standards vary from place to place throughout the world. Tourists who drive from the United States in Canada, for example, are surprised when they buy gasoline for their cars. A gallon of gas cost more than they are accustomed to paying. They complain that the prices are much higher in Canada than in the United States. Then they discover that they can drive farther on a Canadian gallon than on a United States gallon. It is a different kind of gas? No, it is a different kind of gallon. Canada uses the British, or imperial, gallon that is about one-fifth larger than the United States gallon. Four quarts equal a gallon and two pints equal a quart in both countries. But Canada’s quarts and pints are larger than quartys and pints in the United States. The imperial gallon equals 277.42 cubic inches while the gallon in the United States is equal to 231 cubic inches. Measured in ouonces, Canada’s large gallon holds 160 fluid ounces, while the smaller United States gallon holds no more than 128 fluid ounces. From these figures, it is easy to see why Americans can drive farther on the Canadian gallon than on the American gallon. Someday, countries may follow the example of the ancient Romans and make weights and measures the same for every nation. 76. Canada has a different kind of………. Gasoline. Gallon. Tourist. Driver. 77. A gallon of gas in Canada cost more……… Than Americans are used to paying. Than the ancient Romans charged. Than the imperial British like. Than American tourists afford. 78. Which statement does the article lead you to believe? Americans should not travel so much..

(164) No one in Rome ever went to a temple. It would be good to use the same measures everywhere. Canada should reduce their price of gasoline. 79. Why are American tourists surprised? The price of a Canadian gallon of gas seems high. They didn’t know Canada sold gasoline. They weigh more in Canada than in the United States. Canada has a shortage of gasoline. 80. On the whole, the article tells about….. Standards for measures in the world. Cubic inches in the Roman Empire. Surprised tourists in Canada. The gallon in the United States and Canada.. ĐỀ 23.. Lahic is a small village high in th Caucasus Mountains in eastern Europe. The winters in Lahic are harsh. Every year, the villagers live through nine months of snow, rain and freezing cold. The land around the village is steep and rocky. Farming is impossible, but the mountains are rich in copper. All the food for Lahic has to be brought in from the outside. But the village is famous for its coppersmiths. Villagers have been working with copper for many centuries. And today’s villagers practice the craft in the same way as their ancestors did. They work with great patience and simple tools. The coppersmiths of Lahic use small mallets to shape copper into usefull and beautiful objects. They decorate the objects by hammering in design and pictures. They make simple objects such as plates. They also create more difficult things, like urns. Many people in Lahic are also skilled in other crafts. They weave woolen carpets and clothings and they create beautiful objects of wood and leather. But Lahic is best known for its coppersmiths. To reach Lahic, traders follow a rugged path that twists through the mountains. Despite the danger, they have been making the journey for centuries. The trip is worthwhile because traders can get high prices for the copperware they buy in Lahic . Lahic copperware is greatly treasured all other the world, and is found in museums. 71. The coppersmiths in Lahic need to have…….. Snow. Patience. Electricity. Urns. 72. Lahic is famous for its…….. Bad weather. Leather goods. Coppersmiths. Trader. 73. Why aren’t there any farmers in Lahic? The villagers can make more money as coppersmiths. It rains and snows all year long..

(165) The weather is too cold for farming throughout the year. The land around the village is not good. 74. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that……… Life in Lahic hasn’t chaged much over the centuries. Many villagers go away during winter. The traders cheat the villagers by paying them to little. All museums in the world want to have some Lahic copperware. 75. On the whole, the story is about…….. Life in Lahic. Villages in the Caucasus Mountains. The coppersmiths in Lahic. The trade in Lahic copperware. A group of travelers driving across the Sahara Desert were started to see a cool, inviting lake suddenly appear in the distance. They gazed with delight at the broad sheet of water sparkling in the sunlight. Busily, they made plans to go swimming as soon as they reached the lake. But their driver, an experienced desert guide, informed the passengers regretfully that when thay reached the area ahead, they would find only dust, sand, and rocks. The travelers insisted that they could see something ahead. Those with cameras were even able to take pictures of the lake the driver said wasn’t there! Later they learned that what they had seen was a reflection of the sky on the hot, dry land. Their cameras, like their eyes, had seen the image the light rays had created. They had seen a mirage. Mirages appear when there layers of air of different density. Next to the desert floor, the air was hot. Above this hot air was another layer of cooler, more dense air. Light rays passing down from the layer of more dense air into the layer of less dense air were bents upward. The bent rays reflected the sky. This bending of light rays is called refraction. On a clear summer day, drivers may see this kind of mirage on a paved highway. Their eyes tell them that a patch of road ahead is we. A blanket of hot air lies next to the road surface, which has been warmed by the sun. Light rays bend upward as they pass into this layer. What the drivers see is just a reflection of the sky. 76. The travelers took pictures of ………. Dust on the road. Rocks in the desert. The driver bending rays. A reflection of the sky. 77. The bending of light rays is called…….. Reflection. Subtraction. Refraction. A mirage. 78. Which statement does the article lead you to believe? Drivers should stay off paved highways in summer..

(166) Blankets of hot air are better than blankets of wool. People see mirages even when they know what causes them. Tourists should not plan to go swimming when they see a lake. 79. Why could the travelers take pictures of a mirage? The camera, like their eyes, could see the image. They had new, expensive cameras and good film. The driver said they could take the pictures. They did ot know the lake wan’t there. 80. On the whole, the article tells about………… People who drive in the summer. Mirages and how they happen. Travelers who stare at the sky. Interesting things when people travel around the world.. ĐỀ 24.. Today, we are used to seeing many kinds of building. Some houses are only one story hing, while an office building might rise twenty floors into the sky. Builders use many kinds of material. They can select wood, stone, glass, brick, or metal for use in a building. Centuries ago, people did not have many building material. Their tools were also limited. Most of the buildings put up in a country looked alike. The Romans were well known for huge buildings that had thick walls and small, narrow windows. One of these buildings was the Pantheon in Rome. Built nearly 2,000 years ago, the building was so strong that it is still used as a church. This round building can hold 3,000 people. The Romans knew how to make concrete and used it in building arches and domes. To support their heavy araches, the Romans had to build strong walls. The walls of the Pantheon ae 20 feet thick. There are few windows because opening would weaken the walls. For over a thousand years, publich buildings in Europe were built with Roman arches and domes. Until 1100, other peoples copied the Roman way of building. Concrete was the best material people knew about for making large buildings. 71. The Romans knes how to make…….. Office building. Metal. Apartment houses. Concrete. 72. The Pantheon has…….. Many large windows. Only a few narrow windows. No windows at all. Only arch windows. 73. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that…….. Roman buildings were rather dark inside. People in Europe did not like Roman buildings. Builders today must make their buildings of concrete..

(167) The Romans used only concrete to make their buildings. 74. Why did the Romans have to build thick, strong walls? They wanted other peoples to copy their buildings. They needed protection from their enemies. They wanted their buildings to be used as churches for thousands of years. The arches of their buildings were very heavy. 75. On the whole, this story is about…….. The Roman way of building. Public buildings in Europe. Office buildings made of glass. A history of different building materials. A person steps on what seems like solid ground but discovers with horror that gournd is giving way underfood. The person strggles desperately but is trapped. There is no escape. Slowly the person sinks deeper and at last isn gone, buried in the treacherous earth. The solid ground was solid only in appearance. It was actually quicksand, which is a deep mass of fine sna mixed with water. How is quicksand formed? Water pushes up from below the surface and is held by the sand. The grains of sand are forced apart by the water. They cannot hold any weight. The subsurface water may have come from a spring, a river, or a stream. Sometimes pools of water near beaches become filled with sand. When the soil under these pools does not allow for good drainage, the sand can become stretches of quicksand. It is ture that a person who steps into quicksand is doomed to die? No, for people have fought their way from quicksand to firm land again. It is panic that created the condition that can result in death, for the more a person struggles, the worse matters become. Quick movements will make the sand yield temporarily, but then it rushes back and settles solidly around the body. People trapped in quicksand should either lie back with arms outstretched, or not move at all. When the weight of sand a person’s body has displaced equals that person’s weight, the victim will stop sinking. With feet held still, and with slow movements of the arims, as in the backstroke in swimming, people have managed to roll to safety and reach firm ground. 76. Quick movements by a person trapped in quicksand will………. Help the person reach firm ground. Make the same sand yield temporarily. Help prevent panic. Make the sand hold the person’s weight. 77. Quicksand is……… Formed only along rivers. Found below surface water. Buried in the treacherous earth. A mass of fine sand mixed with water. 78. Which statement does the article lead you to believe? People should never try to escape from quicksand..

(168) Stretches of quicksand are found only under the sea. It is hard to keep calm if you fall into quicksand. People can never fight their way from quicksand to firm land again. 79. Why is poor drainage under sand-filled pools dangerous? These pools can become filled with water. These pools can become stretches of quicksand. People who step into them start to fight in panic. These pools cannot hod any weight. 80. On the whole, the article tells about……… The nature of quicksand. Stepping into quicksand. What solid ground looks like. What people trapped in quicksand should do.. ĐỀ 25.. People need ways to decorate their buildings. Some artists use mosaics to help make buildings beautiful. A mosaic is a picture made from bits and pieces of glass. Shells, small stones, tiles, and other hard and interesting materials can also be used, the surface of a good mosaic reflects light. The materials used in the mosaic work together to form a very colorful picture. Mosaic art began in Egypt ovr 5,000 years ago and then spread around the world. At first, mosaic were used to cover floors. As time went on, they were used to decorate the inside walls of large and beautiful churches. Mosaics were often used on the outside surfaces of buildings. They did not wear away in the sun and the rain. Mosaic art can also make modern buildings more beautiful and interesting. In Mexico, the library building at the National University of Mexico has a mosaic around its top ten stories. The mosaic covers the four sides fo the building and measures over an acre of art. Juan O’Gorman helped to plan the building. The mosaic was made with building materials from every Mexican state. The mosaic tells a story about Mexico’s past and present. The bright patterns can be seen from far away. 71. Mosaic art began over 5,000 years ago in…….. Mexico Italy England Egypt 72. The library building in Mexico has mosaics made………… With paintings from every state in the United States. With materials from every Mexican state. From the flags of every state in Mexican. From patterns of Mexico’s past and present. 73. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that……… Mosaics are used only for floores. Many things can be used only for floors. Only Juan O’Gorman used mosaics for buildigs..

(169) Mosaics tell the history of a nation. 74. Why were mosaics often used on the outside surfaces of buildings? They cost less then other materials. They did not wear away in the sun and rain. They were easy to put on buildings. They could form colorful pictures. 75. On the whole, the story is about………….. The National University. Materials used to make mosaics. Making buildings modern. The art of mosaics. As late as 1800, womens’s only place was in the home. The idea of women in the business world was unthinkable. No “nice” woman would dream of entering what was strictly a “man’s world”. Even if she could, what would she do? Men were positive that no woman could handle a job outside her home. This was such a widely accepted idea that when the famous Bronte sisters began writing books in 1846, they disguised themselves by signing their books with men’s names. Teaching was the first profession open to women soon after 1800. But even that was not an easy profession for women to enter because most high schools and colleges were open only to men. Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to accept women. Hospital nursing became repectable work for women only after Florence Nightingable became famous. Because she was a wealthy and cultured woman, as well as a nurse, people began to believe it was possible for women to nurse the sick and still be “ladies”. Miss Nightingale opened England’s first training school for nurses in 1960. The invention of the typewriter in 1867 helped to bring women out of the home and into th business world. Because women had slender, quick fingers, they learned to operate tyepewriters quickly and well. Businessmen found that they had to hire women for this new kind of work. By 1900, thousands of women were working at real jobs in schools, hospitals, and offices in both England and America. Some women even managed to become doctors or lawyers. The idea that “nice” women could work in the business world had been accepted. 76. Florence Nightingale became famous as a………. Teacher. Rich woman. Nurse. Typist. 77. The first profession open to women after 1800 was…………. Writing. Teaching. Operating. Typing. 78. Why it is not directly stated, the article suggests that………….. All nurses are wealthy, cultured women..

(170) Nursing is a good profession for women. Women cannot learn to use typewriterw. Women’s best profession is in business. 79. Which statement does the article lead you to believe? There are more men than women in professional jobs. The Bronte sitsters thought that they were men. England’s trainingj school for nurses was in Ohio. Nowadays all nurse are women. 80. On the whole, the article tells you about………. High schools and colleges. The famous Bronte sisters. Women in the business world. Inventions that changed women’s roles.. ĐỀ 26.. The elephant is another animal that lives in groups. An elephant herd usually had form twenty to fory members. The elephants in the heard depend on one another for help in time of trouble. The leader of the group is usually a wise and strong female. She travels at the head of the herd and is followed by the other females and their young. The bull elephants follow last. When danger threatens, the bulls form a circle around the weaker animals and guard them. The members of the herd are loyal to one another. A sick or wounded elephant is not left behind to die. If an elephant is sick, the whole herd stops traveling until it gets well. When an elephant is injured, two others walk on both sides of it and support it with their bodies. Elephants are fond of the youngsters in the group and give them special care. They help young animals stay afloat when the herd crosses a river. They work together to rescue a calf that has wandered into a dangerous place. A female that is about to give birth to her young leaves the herd for a short time. However, she takes another female along to act as “aunt”. The aunt stands guard and helps the mother with her new-born calf. In this way, the whole herd protects its newest member. 71. A young elephant is called…………. A bull An “aunt” A herd A calf 72. In times of danger, the males form a circle around………. The enemy The weaker animals. The leader of the group The females 73. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that………. Elephants are often sick. Elephants have no enemies. Elephants do not care about one another..

(171) Bull elephants are the strongest elephants. 74. Why does a female elephant take along an “aunt” when she gives birth? The aunt keeps the baby elephant for her. The aunt is the only one that will go with the mother. The aunt tries to protect the other female elephant. The aunt prevents the mother elephant from running away. 75. On the whole, this story is about………. An elephant herd. How elephants give birth. How elepant herds travel. How young elephants are protected. In an effort to produce to largest, fastest, and most luxurious ship afloat, the British built the Titanic. It was so superior to anything else on the seas that it was dubbed “unsinkable”. So sure of this were the owners that they provided only twenty lifeboats and rafts, less than one half the number needed for the 2,227 passengers on board. Many passengers were abroad the night it rammed an iceberg, only two days at sea and more than half way between England and the New York destination. Because the luxury liner was traveling so fast, it was impossible to avoid the ghostly looking iceberg. jAn unextinguished fire also contributed to the ship’s submersion. Panic increased the number of casualties as people jumped into the icy water or fought to be among the Carpathia, rescued the 705 survivours. The infamous Titanic enjoyed only two days of sailing glory on its maiden voyage in 1912 before plunging into 12,000 feet of water near the coat of Newfoundland, where it lies today. 76. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the large death toll? Panic Fire Speed The Carpathia 77. How many days was the Titanic at sea before sinking? 2 4 6 12 78. The word “dubbed” in the passage is closest in meaning to…………. Initiated Called Christened Listed 79. Which of the following is NOT true? Only a third of those aboard died The Carpathia recued the survivors The Titanic sank near Newfoundland.

(172) The Titanic was the fastest ship afloat in 1912. 80. What is the main idea of this passage? The Titanic proved itself the most seaworthy vessel in 1912 Attempts to rescued the Titanic’s survivors were not successful. Overconfidence by builders and owners was greatly responsible or the sinking of the vessel. A fire and panic were the only causes for the sinking of the ship. ĐỀ 27.. When something terrible happens, such as an earthquake or a flood, people need help. At these time, they work together in groups. On January 17, 1995, a powerful earthquake hit the city of Kobe, Japan. Many buildings burned or collapsed. Part of an expressway fell over. Train lines were damaged, and supplies of electricity, gas, and water were cut off. Soon after the earthquake was over, people in Kobe began working together to save their city. Neighbors pull each out of collapsed buildings. Ordinary people put out fires even before the fire trucks arrived. Volunteers in Kobe organized themselves into teams. They worked our a system to send help to where it was needed. Some people brought food, water, clothes, and electric generators do different parts of the city. Other teams search for belongings in damaged stores and homes. Some volunteers took care of children who had lost their parents. Teams of volunteers from outside Japan helped, too. A rescue team with search dogs came from Switzerland. A group of doctors, called Doctors Without Borders, came from all over the world. A group called the International Rescue Corps also sent its members to help. Today, Kobe has been rebuilt. But people there still remember the outpouring of support they received from all over the world back in 1995. 71. In 1995, Kobe was hit by……….. A storm. A flood. An earthquake. A volcano. 72. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that……………….. The earthquake destroyed all of the cities in Japan. Many people were hurt the earthquake. People no longer live in Kobe. Many firefighter died in the earthquake. 73. The doctors in Doctors Without Borders…………… All came from Switzerland. Came from all over the world. Used search dogs to help them. Also worked for the International Rescue Corps. 74. Which of the statement does the story lead you to believe? Strong earthquakes happen only in Japan. Earthquakes are extremely dangerous. It is easy to fix the damage caused by a strong earthquake. Only volunteers can fix the damage caused by a strong earthquake..

(173) 75. On the whole, story is about……………….. An earthquake in Kobe, Japan. The roads and trains in Kobe, Japan. How to organize volunteers. International volunteers’ activities in Japan. Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1066. Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English speaker became established and grew in various parts of the world. As these communities grew, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy. Currently, more than 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Two-thirds of the world’s science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in th world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, constituting the largest number of non-native users of any language in the world. 76. Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England? In 1066 Around 1350 Before 1600 After 1600 77. According to the passage, what of the following did NOT contribute to the spread of English around the world? The slave trade The Norman invasion Missionaries Colonization 78. Which of the following is true? English becam a world language around 1350. Less than half of information stored on computer systems in the world is now in English. English borrowed a lot from French. Currently English is not spoken in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. 79. According to passage, approximately how many non-native users of English are there in the world today? A quarter million Half a million 350 million 700 million.

(174) 80. What is the main topic of this passage? The number of non-native users of English The French influence on the English language The expansion of English as an international language The use of English for science and technology. ĐỀ 28.. In the past, a city’s major shopping district was in its downtown area. People could get downtown easier than they could get to other parts of the city. Before the 1920s, the best way to travel in a city was on a street-car, a subway, a railroad, or an elevated train. All these ran on tracks that led downtown. As our cities grew outward, people living far from the center of town needed other places to shop. More people were driving cars, and they needed a place they could drive quickly. Driving downtown was difficult. Finding a parking space downtown was sometimes impossible. People also needed a shopping place living in the suburbs, groups of business moved farther out, too. Today, most suburbs have large shopping centers. Modern and well-planned shopping centers are built on large areas of ground. They have even more space for parking than they do for stores. The shopping centers have many different kinds of stores. Often, the shoppers can do all their shopping in one place. The very large shopping centers have malls which make shopping pleasant. The mall is an area between stores set aside for walking. Shoppers can stroll from store to store and enjoy beautiful fountains, statues, and plants. There are benches so that shoppers may rest. Some shopping centers have malls with roofs that protect shoppers from the weather outside. 71. Most shopping centers are built on………………. Small areas of ground. Tops of apartments. Large areas of ground. The tops of parking lots. 72. Today, many suburbs have………………. Parks with beautiful fountains. Large shopping centers. Business with no parking spaces. Subways and railroads running to their centers. 73. On the whole, this story is about………………… Why some businesses have moved to the suburbs. Going downtown on a streetcar or elevated trains. People who live in the middle of large cities. The history of shopping malls. 74. Why did people want suburban shopping centers? They don’t like driving cars. They wanted stores that had statues and plants. They liked to get to them on the subways. They lived far from the downtown centers..

(175) 75. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that…………….. Elevated trains go to most suburban shopping centers. Shopping centers do not have different kinds of stores. Many people like to shop in places close to home. People usually sleep in modern shopping centers. Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and went to live in New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters seeking admission to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. So determined was she that taught school and gave music lessons to earn money for her tuition. In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to give up the idea. Upon returing to the United State, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857, Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first female physician and founding her own hospital, she also set up the first medical school for women. 76. How old was Elizabeth Blackwell when she graduated from medical school? 10 21 28 36 77. Why couldn’t she realize her dream of becoming a surgeon? She couldn’t get admitted to medical school. She decided to further her education in Paris. A serious eye infection halted her quest. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States. 78. What almost destroyed Elizabeth Blackwell’s chances for becoming a doctor? She was a woman. She wrote too many letters. She couldn’t graduate from medical school. She couldn’t establish her hospital. 79. What was it nearly impossible for Elizabeth Blackwell to get into medical school? She has a serious eye infection. She had little or no money to pay tuition. She wanted to be part of a profession that no woman had ever entered before. Her family didn’t want her to be a doctor. 80. What is the main idea of the passage? Elizabeth Blackwell overcame serious obstacles to become the first woman doctor in the United States. Elizabeth Blackwell had to abandon her plans to become a doctor because of an eye infection. Elizabthe Blackwell even taught music to pay for her medical studies..

(176) Elizabeth Blackwell founded the first medical school for women.. ĐỀ 29.. In pioneer days, being a good neighbor was very important. Neighbors helped one another raise a house, build a barn, and clear fields. Families depended on one another for friendship and entertainment. But today in our cities and suburbs, neighboring is not common. A family may not even know the other families that live close by. We live in a age of machines, and each family may have its own car, TV set, and washing machine. People no longer depend on neighbors as much as they once did. Machines keep people apart in other ways. In our grandparents’ time, women met while they hung out the washing, and men stopped and talked while they mowed the lawns. Today, families stay inside with their automatic dryers. They can’t hear anything above the roar of their power lawn mower. And the children are inside watching their favorite TVshow. Is the idea of being neighborly old-fashioned? In 1965, a power failure hit New York City, and many thousands of people were left stranded. Suddenly, everyone shared the same problem, and our largest city became a group of eight million neighbors. People with cars offered rides to those walking. Other persons helped direct traffic. Trapped in elevators, people played word games and helped keep each other in good spirits. In times of trouble, people still depend on one another. As time goes on, people may once again feel that being a good neighbor is important. 71. In pioneer days, it was important to be a good…………………….. Grandparent. Neighbor. Worker. Teacher. 72. Today, in our cities and suburbs…………… Neighboring is very common. A family may not know its neighbors. A family does not have any neighbors. A family does not hear anything from is neighbors. 73. On the whole, this story is about…………… Being neighborly. Hanging out the washing. Entertaining the neighbors. Helping neighbors during a power failure. 74. The word “stranded” in paragraph 2 means………. Trapped in elevators. Sharing the same problem with other people. Offering rides to people who walk. Unalble to move around because of a lack of transport. 75. Why aren’t people as neighborly today as they used to be? People don’t need neighbors because they have no problems in their life. People do not like to talk to one another..

(177) People live far away from their neighbors. Machines keep people busy today. Footracing is a popular activity in the United States. It is seen not only as a competitive sport but also as a way to exercise, to enjoy the camaraderie of like-minded people, and to donate money to a good cause. Though serious runners may spend months training to complete, other runners and walkers might not train at all. Those not competing to win might run in a effort to beat their own time or simply to enjoy the fun and exercise. People of all ages, from those of less than one year (who may be pushed in strollers) to those in their eighties, enter into this sport. The races are held on city streets, on college capuses, through parks, and in suburban ares, and they are commonly 5 to 10 kilometers in length. The largest footrace in the world is the 12-kilometer Bay to Breakers race tht is held in San Francisco every spring. This race begins on the east side of the city near San Francisco Bay and ends on the west side at the Pacific Ocean. There may be 80,000 or more people running in this race through the streets and hills of San Francisco. In the front are the serious runners who complete to win and who might finish in as little as 34 minutes. Behind them are the thousands who take several hours to finish. In the back of the race are those who dress in costumes and come just for run. One year there was a group of men who dressed like Elvis Presley, and another group consisted of firefighters who were tied together in a long line and who were carrying a fire hose. There was even a bridal party, in which the bride was dressed in a long white gown and the groom wore a tuxedo. The bride and groom threw flowers to bystanders, and they were actually married at some point along the route. 76. The main purpose of this passage is to : Encourage people to exercise. Describe a popular activity. Make fun of runners in costume. Give reasons for the popularity of footraces. 77. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage? Some runners looked like Elvis Presley. Some runners were ready to put out a fire. Some runners were participating in a wedding. Some runners were serious about winning. 78. The second paragraph is mainly concerned with which of the following? A description of the Bay to Breakers race The reasons people run the Bay to Breakers race A wedding during the Bay to Breakers rac e A description of the location of the Bay to Breakers race 79. As used line 1 of the passage, the word “activity” is most similar to…………….. Pursuit Motion Pilgrimage Expectation.

(178) 80. Which of the following is NOT implied by the author? Footraces appeal to a variety of people Walkers can complete for prizes Entering a race is a way to give support to an organization Running is a good way to strengthen the heart. ĐỀ 30.. When the automobile was first invented, few people thought of buying one. Gradually, as cars were improved, more people wanted to buy them. Designers tried to think of improved way to manufacture automobiles. Finally, Henry Ford set up a factory with an assembly line to produce automobiles. Even with this new system of manufacturing, the automobile industry remained fairly small. Almost all the assembly work was done in a few large factories near Detroit, Michigan, the Unted States. Then the cars were shipped to wholesalers all over the country. Wholesalers bought the cars from the factory and sold them to auto dealers in each city. The dealers then sold the cars to the people who wanted to buy them. During the 1920s, this system began to change. The automobile industry had grown rapidly. Soon it was no longer practical to have assembly plants in Detroit only. New plants were built all over the country. With plants near each dealer the wholesaleres’s job was unnecessary. The dealers could buy cars directly from the factory. Many other kinds of industries have moved their factories from the cities to small towns. In place of one large factory, these companies now have several smaller plants. Like the automobile industry, they have found that many small factories can be more efficient than fewer large plants. 71. A job that became unnecessary was that of the………………. Factory worker. Car dealer. Manufacturer. Wholesaler. 72. Henry Ford set up a factory……………… That had no machinery. That sold cars directly to the people. With an assembly line. With few workers. 73. Which of the following is true? Many small plants can be more efficient than a few large ones. Auto dealers always need wholesalers. The automobile industry did not change until 1930s. Automobile plants cannot be found in small towns. 74. Why were new assembly plants built? There was not enough room to make the Detroit factory bigger. There were not enough workers in Detroit. No dealers wanted to buy cars manufactured in Detroit. It was no longer practical to have only one factory. 75. On the whole, this story is about…………...

(179) The job of a wholesaler. How to sell cars in Detroit, Michigan. Industries tht have changed. Automobile manufacturing in the United States. After two decades of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business schools in the United States have started to face harder times. Only Harvard’s MBA School has shown a substantial increase in enrollment in recent years. Both Princeton and Stanford have seen decreases in their enrollments. Since 1990, the number of people receiving Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degrees, has dropped about 3 percent to 75,000, and the trend of lower enrollment rates is expected to continue. There are two factors causing the decrease in seeking an MBA degree. The first one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not guarantee a plush job on Wall Street or on other financial districts of major American cities. Many of the entry-level management jobs are going to students graduating with Master of Art degrees in English and the humanities as well as those holding MBA degrees. Students have asked the question, “Is an MBA degree really what I need to be best prepared for getting a good job?” The second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entry-level jobs being offered. Business needs are changing, and MBA schools are struggling to meet the new demands. 76. Which of the following business schools has not shown a decrease in enrollment? Princeton Harvard Stanford Yale 77. Which of the following descriptions most likely applies to Wall Street? A center for international affairs A major financial center A shopping district A neighborhood in New York 78. According to the passage, what are two causes of declining business school enrollment? Lack of necessity for an MBA and an economic recession Low salary and foreign competiton Fewer MBA schoold and fewer entry-level jobs Declining population and economic prosperity 79. The first paragraph is mainly concerned with which of the following? Factors contributing to the decline in MBA A current trend affecting the nation’s business schools The difference between Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford Two decades of hard tiems for business schools 80.What is the main focus of this passage? Jobs on Wall Street Types of graduate degrees.

(180) Changes in enrollment of MBA schools How schools are changing to reflect the economy. VOCABULARY A  Abnormality (n) Absorb (v) Ex: Access (n). khuyeát taät, dò daïng haáp thuï đường vào.

(181) Accessible (adj) Account (v) Address (v) Africa (n) Aim (v) Alone (adv) Alternative (adj) Ancestry (n) Apparent (adj) Apprehension (n) Apprentice (n) Apprenticeship (n) Atmosphere (n) Attach (v) Attendance (n) Automatically (adv). B. có thể tới được giaûi thích, laø lí do cuûa nói với Chaâu Phi hướng về moät mình thay theá toå tieân bề ngoài (sự) sợ người học nghề (sự) học nghề khí quyeån gaén (sự) có mặt tự động. Basic (adj) Beam (n) Birthmark (n) Bit (n) Bonaparte (n) Bone (n) Brighton (n) Business associate (n). cô baûn tia vết, bớt maûnh tên người xöông teân thaønh phoá người có quan hệ cộng tác. Cairo (n) Canadian (n) Carbon (n) Carbon dioxide (n) Cares (n) (in) charge (exp) Chiefly (adv) Chill (n) Come into being (exp) Company (n) Customer (n) Conceal (v) Conflict (v) Conservation (n). thuû ñoâ Ai Caäp người Can-na-da cacbon oxyt cacbon (sự) âu yếm phuï traùch chuû yeáu laø sự ớn lạnh hình thaønh coâng ti khaùch che giaáu maâu thuaãn (sự) bảo tồn thiên nhiên. C.

(182) Conspicuous (adj) Contaminate (v) Continental (adj) Contour (n) (on the) contrary (exp) Convenient (adj) Conventional (adj) Cosmetic (adj) Court (n). deã thaáy nhieãm baån (thuoäc) luïc ñòa đường quanh traùi laïi thuaän tieän thông thường thaåm mó saân. Dane (n) Date (v) David (n) Deafness (n) Decree (v) Deficiency (n) Delicate (adj) Disappointment (n) Discard (v) Diseased (adj) Disposal (n) Drain (v) drill (v) Dutch (adj). người Đan Mạch có từ tên người (sự) tiếc ra saéc leänh suy giaûm moûng manh, maûnh deû (sự) thất vọng vứt bỏ maéc beänh sự vứt bỏ tháo nước khoan (thuoäc) Haø Lan. D. E. Eardrum (v) Earflap (n) Element (n) Emission (n) Emit (v) Employment (n) Encounter (v) Environment (n) Erosion (n) Eruption (n) Exhaust (n) Extra (adj). maøng nhó mieáng che tai thaønh phaàn chaát boác ra boác ra vieäc laøm gaëp phaûi môi trường (sự) xói mòn (sự) phun chất thoát ra phuï, theâm vaøo. (in) favour of (exp). thieân veà. F.

(183) Fearsome (adj) Find out (v) First language (n) Flouride (n) Focus (v) Forbid (v) (put into) force (exp) Forefather (n) Foreign language (n) Forester (n) Fork (n) Founder (n) Full-time (adj, adv). đáng sợ tìm hieåu tiếng mẹ đẻ florua taäp trung caám thi haønh toå tieân ngoại ngữ tên người nhaùnh soâng người sáng lập toàn thời gian. Gesture (n) Get over (v) Get-together (n) Ground (v) Guidance (n). đề nghị vượt qua cuoäc hoïp maët dựa vào sự chỉ đạo, hướng dẫn. Heal (v) Homonym (n) Horrible (adj) Huddersfield (n) Hydrogen (n) Hydropower (n). chữa lành từ đồng âm khuûng khieáp tên thành phố (nước Anh) hyñro thủy điện lực. G. H. I. Impudence (n) Ill-prepared (adj) Immense (adj) Infer (v) Inject (v) Intensity (n) Intimacy (n) Invaluable (adj) Investigate (v) Involve (v) Irrigate (v). J. hành động láo xược khoâng chuaån bò toát rất lớn suy ra tieâm cường độ sự thân thiết voâ giaù điều tra nghiên cứu laøm lieân quan, dính daùng tưới.

(184) Jamaiacan (adj). (thuoäc) Jamaica. Keen (adj) Keenness (n) Kuala Lumpur (n). haêng haùi (sự) hăng hái thuû ñoâ cuûa Ma-lai-xia. Ladder (n) Land (v) Laser (n) Lead (n) Left-hand (adj) Legal (adj) (at some) length (exp) Light up (exp) Lightning (n) Logical (adj). thang đáp tia laze chì beân traùi hợp pháp mất khá nhiều thời gian chaâm (thuoác laù) chớp hợp lí. K. L. M. (a great) many (exp) Martha (n) (a) matter (of) (exp) Mechanic (n) Merely (adv) Metropolis (n) Metropolitan (adj) Militant (adj) Military (adj) Mineral (n) Miraculous (adj) Miraculously (adv) Moped (n) Morgan (n) Mount (v). raát nhieàu tên người một vấn đề thợ máy chæ trung taâm (thuoäc) trung taâm (thành phố lớn) quyeát lieät quân sự chất khoáng thaàn dieäu moät caùch thaàn dieäu xe gaén maùy tên người leo leân. Napoleon (n) Natural (adj) Nerve (n) Nigerian (n) Nitric (adj). tên người (thuoäc) thieân nhieân daây thaàn kinh người nước Nigeria nitric. N.

(185) Nitrogen (n) Nonsmoker (n) (a great) number (exp). nitô người không hút thuốc nhiều, số lượng lớn. Obstacle (n) Occuppation (n) Offer (v) Odourless (adj) Organic (adj) Orientation (n) Outnumber (v) Outwit (v) Oxide (n) Oxygen (n). sự trở ngại ngheà nghieäp, vieäc laøm cho khoâng coù muøi hữu cơ (định) hướng ñoâng hôn khoân hôn, laùu hôn oxyt oxy. O. P. Papal (adj) Parisian (n) (in) particular (exp) Part-time (adj, adv) Pension (n) Peptic (adj) Perversity (n) Phosphate (n) Photochemical (adj) Plastic (n) Play down (v) (make a) point (exp) Poisoning (n) Poisonous (adj) Pollen (n) Pollute (v) Pollution (n) Pope (n) Possession (n) Potentially (adv) Preferentially (adv) Preservation (n) Preserve (v) Prevention (n) Process (n). (thuộc) Đức Giáo Hoàng người Pa-ri ñaëc bieät bán thời gian tiền trợ cấp (thuộc) tiêu hoá sự ngoan cố phoát phaùt quang hoùa chaát deûo kháng cự lại, chế ngự coi laø caàn thieát (sự) làm nhiễm độc có chất độc phaán hoa laøm oâ nhieãm sự ô nhiễm Đức Giáo Hoàng quyền sở hữu tieàm taøng moät caùch öu tieân sự gìn giữ giữ gìn sự ngăn ngừa quá trình, sự tiến triển.

(186) Promotion (n) Property (n) Prospect (n) Put (v). Q. Quantity (n). R. Range (v) Rate (n) Reassure (v) Reclaiming (n) Regard (v) Regret (v) Relaxed (adj) Release (v) Remove (v) Resources (n) Respect (n) In this respect (exp) Retain (v) Reverse (v) Rome (n) Root (n) Rotation (n). S. Sack (v) Safeguarding (n) (for one’s own) sake (exp) Sanguine (n) Satellite (n) Savoy (n) Scalpel (n) Seal (v) Second language (n) Section (n) (in good) sense (exp) Sensible (adj) Sheer (adj) Sheffield (n). sự đề bạt, sự thăng cấp quyền sở hữu ý nghĩ về tương lai, viễn tượng boû ñi, gaït sang moät beân số lượng xếp loại tỉ lệ, mức đoan chắc một lần nữa sự cải tạo xem, coi tieác deã chòu tieát ra khử đi taøi nguyeân sự lưu tâm veà phöông dieän naøy giữ lại đảo ngược Roâ-ma (La Maõ) reã (caây) luaân canh sa thaûi, cho thoâi vieäc sự giữ gìn vì chính lợi ích của mình laïc quan veä tinh teân khaùch saïn dao moå vaù laïi, haøn laïi ngôn ngữ thứ hai khu vực lẽ thường, theo lẽ phải hợp lí hoàn toàn là teân thaønh phoá.

(187) Sign (v) Slash (v) Slave (n) Slop (n) Smog (n) Smoker (n) Soil (n) Solidify (v) Sound (adj) Spot (v) Stack (n) Stamp (v) Stage (n) Statistical (adj) Status (n) Stick (v) Sulphur (n) Sulphuric (adj) Supervisor (n) Surgeon (n) Surgery (n) Swamp (n) Sword (n). kí chaët ke noâ leä vũng nước bẩn khoùi laãn söông người hút thuốc đất raén laïi vững chắc ñònh vò oáng khoùi giaäm (chaân) giai đoạn (thuoäc) thoáng keâ ñòa vò baùm vaøo löu huyønh sunfuric người cai, người giam sát nhà ngoại khoa ngoại khoa đầm lầy göôm. Tavern (n) Technique (n) Texan (n) Thaw (v) Thrash (v) Throughout (prep) Thrust (v) Timber (n) Tissue (n) To and fro (adv) Tolerate (v) Transition (n) Treatment (n) Truth (n) Twig (n). quán rượu kó thuaät người ở bang Texas (Hoa Kì) tan (thành nước) đập khaép ñaâm goã moâ ñi ñi laïi laïi chịu đựng sự chuyển tiếp sự điều trị sự thật caønh con. T. U.

(188) Ulcer (n) Uncertainly (n) Undergrowth (n) Unharmed (adj) Unpleasant (adj) Unreasonalbe (adj) Untreatable (adj) Up to (exp) Be up to (v). loeùt, ung, nhoït tình trạng ngờ vực tầng cây thấp (trong rừng) bình yên vô sự khoù chòu voâ lí không thể chứa trị được cho đến (lúc đó) tuyø thuoäc vaøo. Vacancy (n) Vaporise (v) Vapour (n) Vessel (n) Victorian (adj) In view of (exp) Volcanic (adj). chỗ trống (cần người làm) laøm cho boác hôi, laøm tan hơi nước maïch (thuộc về) thời Nữ Hoàng Victoria nếu xét đến (thuộc) núi lửa. In this way (exp) Welfare (n) On the whole (exp) Wipe (v). theo caùch naøy haïnh phuùc moät caùch toång quaùt lau, chuøi. V. W. absorb : [əb'sɔ:b] ngoại động tư.

(189) hút, hút thu (nước) dry sand absorbs water cát khô hút nước hấp thu youths always absorb new ideas thanh niên luôn luôn hấp thu những tư tưởng mới miệt mài, mê mải, chăm chú; lôi cuốn, thu hút sự chú y to be absorbed in thought mãi suy nghi to be absorbed in the study of Marxism-Leninism miệt mài nghiên cứu chủ nghia Mác-Lênin. access: ['ækses]. danh tư ( access to something) phương tiện đến gần hoặc đi vào nơi nào đó; đường vào the only access to the farmhouse is across the fields lối duy nhất dẫn vào trang trại là băng qua các cánh đồng easy/difficult of access dễ/khó lui tới the village is easy of access đường vào làng dễ đi sự dâng lên (nước triều) the access and recess of the sea lúc triều lên và triều xuống ở biển cơn access of anger cơn giận access of illness cơn bệnh ( access to something / somebody) cơ hội/quyền sử dụng cái gì; sự đến gần ai to get access to classified information được quyền sử dụng thông tin đã phân loại students must have access to a good library sinh viên phải được quyền vào đọc sách ở một thư viện tốt only high officials had access to the President chỉ những quan chức cao cấp mới có quyền đến gặp Tổng thống (tin học) sự truy cập (thông tin) ngoại động tư (tin học) truy cập to access a file truy cập một tập tin. accessible : [æk'sesəbl]. tính tư ( accessible to somebody) có thể tới được, sử dụng được... the remote hamlet is accessible by bicycle cái xóm nghèo hẻo lánh đó có thể đi xe đạp đến được a beach accessible only from the sea một bãi biển chỉ có thể đến được tư ngoài biển vào documents not accessible to the public những tài liệu mà công chúng không được phép sử dụng. account : [ə'kaunt]. danh tư sự tính toán số tiền phải trả hoặc nợ về hàng hoá hoặc dịch vụ to send in/render an account giao/thanh toán một khoản tiền to keep accounts giữ sổ sách kế toán the accounts show a big profit sổ sách kế toán cho thấy tiền lời rất nhiều (tài chính) tài khoản (viết tắt) là a/c to have an account at/with that bank có một tài khoản ở ngân hàng kia to open an account.

(190) mở tài khoản (gửi tiền vào) to close an account rút tiền ra khỏi tài khoản Will you pay cash or shall I charge it to your account? Ông muốn trả bằng tiền mặt hay là tôi sẽ trư vào tài khoản của ông? bản kê khai; bản báo cáo; bản miêu tả profit and loss account bản kê khai lỗ lãi account of expenses bản kê khai các khoản chi tiêu to make out an account of articles làm bản kê khai hàng hoá to send in an account with the goods gửi hàng kèm theo hoá đơn thanh toán tiền she gave the police a full account of the incident cô ta báo cáo đầy đủ sự việc cho cảnh sát a detailed account of a football match bài tường thuật chi tiết về một trận bóng đá don't believe the newspaper account (of what happened) đưng tin những điều mô tả trên báo chí (về những việc đã xảy ra) keep an account of your daily activities hãy ghi sổ công việc hàng ngày của anh to balance the accounts (xem) balance by/from all accounts theo những thông tin thu thập được to call somebody to account for/over something yêu cầu ai giải thích (một sai lầm, một sự thua thiệt....) to cast up accounts (đùa cợt); (thông tục) nôn mửa by one's own account theo y kiến của bản thân to give a good account of oneself gây được tiếng tốt cho mình; (thể dục,thể thao) thắng lợi, đạt được kết quả tốt the great account (tôn giáo) ngày tận thế to leave something out of account không quan tâm đến cái gì of great, small account có tầm quan trọng to lớn, nhỏ bé on one's own account vì lợi ích của riêng mình và sự nguy hiểm của riêng mình to work on one's own account làm việc cho bản thân mình I was worried on my own account, not yours Tôi lo là lo cho tôi, chứ đâu phải cho anh on somebody's account vì lợi ích của ai don't change your plan on my account đưng vì tôi mà thay đổi kế hoạch của anh to settle (square, balance) accounts with somebody thanh toán với ai trả thù ai, thanh toán mối thù với ai to put/turn something to good account sử dụng (tiền, khả năng...) có hiệu quả on account trả trước cho một khoản lớn hơn I'll give you 200 francs on account Tôi sẽ trả trước cho anh 200 quan được trả sau; mua chịu to buy something on account mua chịu cái gì on account of something; on this/that account.

(191) do cái gì; vì ly do này/nọ on no account; not on any account không vì bất kỳ ly do nào don't on any account leave the prisoner unguarded không vì bất cứ ly do nào mà bỏ canh gác tù nhân to take account of something; to take something into account kể đến cái gì; tính đến cái gì; chiếu cố đến cái gì động tư coi, coi như, coi là, cho là to be accounted innocent được coi là vô tội ( to account to somebody for something) ghi chép đàng hoàng we must account (to our employer) for every penny we spend during the trip chúng ta phải ghi chép (cho ông chủ) tưng đồng xu đã chi trong chuyến đi ( to account for something) giải thích nguyên nhân gây ra điều gì his illness accounts for his absence ốm đau là ly do khiến ông ta vắng mặt ( to account for somebody / something) phá hủy cái gì hoặc giết chết ai our anti-aircraft guns accounted for five enemy bombers súng phòng không của chúng tôi đã bắn rơi được năm oanh tạc cơ của địch there's no accounting for taste khó mà giải thích được sở thích/thị hiếu của tưng người. address : [ə'dres]. danh tư địa chỉ my home/business address is 191 Hoang Van Thu Street địa chỉ nhà/cơ quan của tôi là 191 phố Hoàng Văn Thụ bài nói chuyện; bài diễn văn ( số nhiều) lời tỏ tình; lời tán tỉnh to pay one's addresses to a lady tán tỉnh một bà, tỏ tình với một bà a form of address xem address ngoại động tư ( to address something to somebody / something) đề địa chỉ to address a letter đề địa chỉ trên một bức thư the postcard was wrongly addressed to (us at) our old home bưu thiếp gửi chúng tôi đề sai địa chỉ vào nhà cũ của chúng tôi ( to address something to somebody / something) gửi thẳng (lời nhận xét, lời tuyên bố) đến ai/vật gì please address all comments to the director-general xin vui lòng gửi mọi thắc mắc đến tổng giám đốc ( to address somebody as something) dùng (tên riêng hoặc chức tước) khi nói hoặc viết cho ai Don't address me as ' Major-general ' : I'm only a colonel Đưng gọi tôi là 'Thiếu tướng' : Tôi chỉ mới là đại tá thôi đọc một bài diễn văn, nói chuyện (với một người hoặc đám đông) một cách trang trọng The chairwoman will now address the meeting Bây giờ bà chủ tịch sẽ nói chuyện với hội nghị ( to address oneself to something) chú tâm/chuyên tâm vào điều gì (thể dục,thể thao) nhằm vào (quả bóng) trong trò đánh cầu (tin học) trữ hoặc lấy ra (một mẩu tin) bằng cách dùng bảng hướng dẫn. African : ['æfrikən] tính tư (thuộc) Châu phi danh tư người Châu phi. aim : [eim]. danh tư sự nhắm, sự nhắm to take aim nhắm, nhắm, nhắm bắn đích (để nhắm bắn).

(192) mục đích, mục tiêu, y định to miss one's aim bắn trật đích; không đạt mục đích to attain one's aim đạt mục đích ngoại động tư nhắm, nhắm, chia to aim one's gun at the enemy chia súng vào quân thù, nhắm bắn quân thù this measure was aimed at him biện pháp đó là để nhắm chống lại hắn, biện pháp đó chống vào hắn giáng, nện, ném to aim a stone at somebody ném một cục đá vào ai to aim a blow at somebody giáng cho ai một quả đấm hướng vào, tập trung vào, xoáy vào to aim one's efforts at something hướng mọi cố gắng vào việc gì nội động tư nhắm, nhắm to aim at somebody nhắm vào ai; nhắm bắn ai nhắm mục đích, có y định, ngấp nghé, mong mỏi to aim higher nhắm một cái gì cao hơn, mong mỏi cái gì cao hơn. alone : phó tư & tính tư. một mình, trơ trọi, cô độc, đơn độc to sit alone ngồi một mình to live all alone sống trơ trọi một mình I don't like going out alone tôi không thích đi ra ngoài một mình it will be difficult for one person alone chỉ đơn độc một người thôi thì sẽ khó khăn lắm she raised her family quite alone một mình chị ta nuôi cả gia đình I prefer to work on it alone tôi thích làm việc đó một mình I'm not alone in this opinion không phải chỉ riêng tôi có y kiến này he is not alone in believing that it may lead to war không phải chỉ mỗi mình anh ta tin rằng có thể xảy ra chiến tranh; anh ta đâu phải là người duy nhất tin rằng có thể xảy ra chiến tranh (đi theo một danh tư hoặc đại tư) riêng, chỉ riêng the shoes alone cost 500 francs riêng đôi giày đã là 500 frăng time alone will tell chỉ có thời gian mới trả lời được he will be remembered for that one book alone chỉ riêng một cuốn sách ấy thôi cũng đủ cho người ta nhớ anh ấy mãi you alone can help me chỉ có mỗi mình anh là có thể giúp tôi; chỉ có anh là người có thể giúp tôi to leave/let somebody/something alone không dính dáng hoặc can thiệp vào ai/cái gì; để mặc; để cho ai yên she's asked to be left alone but the press keep pestering her chị ấy yêu cầu để cho yên, nhưng báo chí cứ quấy rầy chị ấy I've told you before - leave my things alone tôi đã nói với anh rồi - đưng mó vào đồ đạc của tôi to leave/let well alone xem well to go it alone.

(193) đi một mình, làm một mình, đơn thương độc mã let alone không kể đến, chưa nói đến, huống chi, huống hồ there isn't enough room for us, let alone six dogs and a cat không đủ cho chúng tôi nữa, chứ đưng nói/đó là chưa kể đến sáu con chó và một con mèo I haven't decided on the menu yet, let alone bought the food tôi chưa quyết định ăn món gì, chứ còn nói gì đến việc mua thức ăn (ăn món gì tôi còn chưa quyết định, huống hồ là mua thức ăn) I don't like to read such books, let alone my father tôi còn không thích đọc những quyển sách như vậy, huống chi cha tôi. alternative : [ɔ:l'tə:nətiv]. tính tư có thể chọn để thay cho một vật khác; khác to find alternative means of transport tìm ra một phương tiện vận chuyển khác have you got an alternative suggestion? anh có đề nghị nào khác không? the alternative book for the examination is "War and Peace" cuốn sách thứ hai có thể chọn để học thi là " Chiến tranh và Hoà bình" the alternative society những kẻ thích sống lập dị danh tư sự lựa chọn giữa hai hoặc nhiều khả năng you've the alternative of marrying or remaining a bachelor anh có thể lựa chọn giữa hai cách : hoặc lấy vợ hoặc tiếp tục sống độc thân caught in the act, he had no alternative but to confess bị bắt quả tang, nó không còn cách lựa chọn nào khác là phải thú nhận một trong hai hoặc nhiều khả năng one of the alternatives open to you is to resign một trong những giải pháp anh có thể chọn là xin tư chức. ancestry : ['ænsistri]. danh tư tổ tiên, tổ tông, tông môn dòng họ. apparent : [ə'pærənt]. tính tư rõ ràng, bày tỏ ra ngoài, thấy rõ ra ngoài apparent to the naked eyes mắt trần có thể nhìn rõ được rõ rành rành, hiển nhiên, không thể chối cãi được (vật ly) hiện ngoài, biểu kiến apparent movement chuyển động biểu kiến heir apparent hoàng thái tử. apprehension : [,æpri'hen∫n]. danh tư sự sợ, sự e sợ apprehension of death sự sợ chết to entertain (have) some apprehensions for (of) something sợ cái gì to be under apprehension that... e sợ rằng... sự hiểu, sự linh hội, sự tiếp thu, sự nắm được (y nghia...) to be quick of apprehension tiếp thu nhanh to be dull of apprehension tiếp thu chậm sự bắt, sự nắm lấy, sự tóm lấy. apprentice : [ə'prentis].

(194) danh tư người học việc, người học nghề to bind somebody apprentice nhận cho ai học việc to be bound apprentice to a tailor học nghề ở nhà một ông thợ may người mới vào nghề, người mới tập sự (hàng hải) thuỷ thủ mới vào nghề; hoa tiêu mới tập sự ngoại động tư cho học việc, cho học nghề to apprentice somebody to a tailor cho ai học việc ở nhà ông thợ may tính tư đang học nghề, đang học việc an apprentice tailor người học nghề may. atmosphere : ['ætməsfiə]. danh tư khí quyển upper atmosphere tầng khí quyển cao outer atmosphere tầng khí quyển ngoài không khí (nghia đen) & (nghia bóng) the noisy atmosphere of a big city không khí náo nhiệt của một thành phố lớn tense atmosphere không khí căng thẳng the meeting between the two religious leaders took place in a cordial atmosphere cuộc gặp gỡ giữa hai vị lãnh tụ tôn giáo diễn ra trong bầu không khí thân mật Atmôfe (đơn vị) absolute atmosphere atmôtfe tuyệt đối normal atmosphere atmôfe tiêu chuẩn technical atmosphere atmôfe kỹ thuật. attach : [ə'tæt∫]. ngoại động tư ( to attach something to something) gắn, dán, trói buộc To attach a label to a bag Dán nhãn vào cái túi A garden with a swimming-pool attached Một khu vườn có bể bơi liền kề A document attached to an invoice (with a pin) Một chứng tư được đính vào hoá đơn (bằng một cái ghim) Attached you will find ... Kèm theo anh sẽ nhận được... ( to attach oneself to somebody / something) nhập bọn, tham gia (dù không được mời) An old foreigner attached himself to me at the wedding and I couldn't get rid of him Một lão già nước ngoài bám theo tôi trong đám cưới và tôi không tài nào xua lão đi được She attached herself to a group of foreign students visiting our supermarket Cô ta nhập vào đám sinh viên nước ngoài đang tham quan siêu thị của chúng tôi ( to attach somebody to somebody / something) biệt phái He'll be attached to my office until the end of the year Nó sẽ được biệt phái về cơ quan tôi cho tới cuối năm ( to attach something to somebody / something) coi; cho là; gán cho To attach importance to one's study Coi việc học hành là quan trọng; coi trọng việc học hành To attach little value to someone's statement Coi lời tuyên bố của ai là không có giá trị mấy (pháp ly) bắt giữ (ai); tịch biên (gia sản...).

(195) nội động tư gắn liền với The responsibility that attaches to that position Trách nhiệm gắn liền với cương vị công tác đó No blame attaches to her in this scandal Bà ta không hề bị trách cứ trong vụ bê bối này. Attendance : [ə'tendəns]. danh tư sự dự, sự có mặt to request someone's attendance mời ai đến dự attendance at lectures sự đến dự những buổi thuyết trình attendance at evening prayers is not compulsory tham dự lễ cầu kinh buổi tối không phải là điều bắt buộc you missed several attendances this term anh đã vắng mặt một số buổi trong học kỳ này số người dự, số người có mặt They're expecting a large attendance at the meeting Họ dự kiến là sẽ có đông người tham dự cuộc họp Attendances have increased since we reduced the price of tickets Số người tham dự tăng lên tư khi chúng ta giảm giá vé xuống sự chăm sóc, sự phục vụ, sự phục dịch; sự theo hầu to be in attendance on somebody có mặt để trông nom, bảo vệ hoặc phục vụ ai a nurse was in constant attendance một cô y tá luôn có mặt để phục vụ The President always has six bodyguards in close attendance Tổng thống luôn có sáu vệ si theo sát medical attendance sự chăm sóc thuốc men, sự điều trị to dance attendance upon somebody (xem) dance attendance allowance tiền mà nhà nước trả cho người phải chăm sóc một người thân, Trợ cấp phục vụ attendance centre nơi mà các tội nhân trẻ thường xuyên tới để được giám sát thay vì phải vào tù, Trung tâm quản giáo. automatically : [,ɔ:tə'mætikəli]. phó tư tự động in the near future, these devices will be automatically tested sắp tới đây, các thiết bị này sẽ tự động được kiểm tra. basic : ['beisik]. tính tư ( basic to something) làm thành cơ sở hoặc điểm xuất phát; cơ bản; căn bản basic principles những nguyên ly cơ bản ở mức độ đơn giản nhất và thấp nhất; tiêu chuẩn basic pay lương cơ bản my knowledge of physics is pretty basic kiến thức của tôi về vật ly khá sơ đẳng (hoá học) (thuộc) bazơ basic slag phân bón có chứa phốt phát thu được khi sản xuất thép danh tư số nhiều những vấn đề thiết yếu; khái niệm cơ bản. beam : [bi:m]. danh tư (kiến trúc) xà, rầm đòn, cán (cân); bắp (cây); trục cuốn chỉ (máy dệt); gạc chính (sưng hươu).

(196) (kỹ thuật) đòn cân bằng; con lắc (hàng hải) sườn ngang của sàn tàu; sống neo tín hiệu rađiô (cho máy bay) tầm xa (của loa phóng thanh) tia; chùm (ánh sáng) electron beam chùm electron sun beam tia mặt trời, tia nắng (nghia bóng) vẻ tươi cười rạng rỡ on the beam đúng, chuẩn xác off the beam sai, nhầm lẫn to kick the beam nhẹ hơn, nhẹ bỗng lên (cán cân) bị thua on the port beam (hàng hải) bên trái tàu on the starboard beam (hàng hải) bên phải tàu động tư chiếu rọi (tia sáng) rạng rỡ, tươi cười xác định vị trí của máy bay qua hệ thống rađa (rađiô) phát đi (buổi phát thanh...). Bit : [bit]. danh tư miếng (thức ăn...), mảnh, mẩu a dainty bit một miếng ngon a bit of wood một mẩu gỗ a bit of string một mẩu dây to smash to bits đập tan ra tưng mảnh một chút, một tí wait a bit đợi một tí, đợi một chút he is a bit of a coward hắn ta hơi nhát gan một chút đoạn ngắn (của một vai kịch nói, trong sách...) (một) góc phong cảnh (thực hoặc vẽ) đồng tiền a threepenny bit đồng ba xu ( Anh) bit by bit dần dần; tư tư a bit long in the tooth không còn là trẻ con nữa, lớn rồi bits of children những em bé tội nghiệp a bit of crumpet/fluff/skirt/stuff người đàn bà có nhan sắc quyến rũ a bit thick điều bất hợp ly, điều vô ly bits and bobs, bits and pieces những vật linh tinh, những thứ lặt vặt not a bit of it chẳng tí nào cả, ngược lại là khác bits of furniture đồ đạc lắt nhắt tồi tàn.

(197) to do one's bit làm tròn bổn phận mình; đóng góp phần mình (vào việc nghia...) to get a bit on (thông tục) ngà ngà say to give someone a bit of one's mind (xem) mind danh tư mũi khoan; đầu mỏ hàn; mũi kim; mỏ chìa khoá hàm thiếc ngựa con số nhị phân (nghia bóng) sự kiềm chế to draw the bit (xem) draw to take the bit between one's teeth chạy lồng lên (ngựa) nổi cơn tam bành; không tự kiềm chế được ngoại động tư đặt hàm thiếc (cho ngựa); làm cho (ngựa) quen hàm thiếc (nghia bóng) kiềm chế, nén, hãm lại, kìm lại thời quá khứ & động tính tư quá khứ của bite. bone : [boun]. danh tư xương frozen to the bone rét thấu xương to be nothing but skin and bone gầy giơ xương chất xương; chất ngà; chất ngà răng; chất sưng cá voi đồ bằng xương; ( số nhiều) con súc sắc, quân cờ... ( số nhiều) hài cốt ( số nhiều) bộ xương; thân thể my old bones cái tấm thân già này cái gây tranh chấp, cái gây bất hoà bone of contention nguyên nhân tranh chấp, nguyên nhân bất hoà to have a bone to pick with somebody có vấn đề tranh chấp với ai; có vấn đề thanh toán với ai (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) đồng đô-la the bare bones cốt lõi của vấn đề to chill sb to the bone làm cho rét thấu xương close to the bone thiếu tế nhị, cợt nhã a bag of bones to be nothing but skin and bone tiều tụy thảm thương, chỉ còn là da bọc xương to work one's fingers to the bone làm việc rất hăng hái to be on one's bones túng quẫn, đi đến chỗ túng quẫn to be bred in the bones ăn vào tận xương tuỷ, không tẩy trư được what is bred in the bone will not go (come) out of the flesh (tục ngữ) quen nết đánh chết không chưa to cast in a bone between... gây mối bất hoà giữa... to cut price to the bone giảm giá hàng tới mức tối thiểu to feel in one's bones cảm thấy chắc chắn, tin hoàn toàn to have a bone in one's arm (leg).

(198) (đùa cợt) mệt như người không muốn nhấc tay (không buồn cất bướcnữa) to have a bone in one's throat (đùa cợt) mệt không muốn nói nữa; không muốn mở miệng nữa to keep the bone green giữ sức khoẻ tốt; giữ được trẻ lâu to make no bones about (of) không do dự, không ngập ngưng; không nghi ngại gì; không giấu giếm to make old bones sống dai, sống lâu ngoại động tư gỡ xương (ở cá, ở thịt) (tư lóng) ăn cắp, xoáy to bone up (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) học gạo (ôn đi, ôn lại). Caress : [kə'rəs]. danh tư sự vuốt ve, sự mơn trớn, sự âu yếm ngoại động tư vuốt ve, mơn trớn, âu yếm. charge : [t∫ɑ:dʒ]. danh tư vật mang, vật chở, vật gánh; gánh nặng ( (nghia đen) & (nghia bóng)) to be a charge on someone là gánh nặng cho ai, để cho ai phải nuôi nấng số đạn nạp, số thuốc nạp (vào súng); điện tích (nạp vào ắc quy); sự nạp điện, sự tích điện tiền phải trả, giá tiền, tiền công, tiền thù lao free of charge không phải trả tiền no charge for admission vào cửa không mất tiền list of charges bảng giá (tiền) sự gánh vác (một khoản phí tổn, mọi sự chi phí) to do something at one's own charge làm việc gì phải gánh vác lấy mọi khoản chi phí nhiệm vụ, bổn phận, trách nhiệm sự trông nom, sự coi sóc to be in charge of somebody phải trông nom ai người được giao cho trông nom, vật được giao cho trông nom (tôn giáo) những con chiên của cha cố to take charge of something; to take something in charge chịu trách nhiệm trông nom cái gì to give somebody charge over giao phó cho ai trông nom (cái gì); giao trách nhiệm cho ai mệnh lệnh, huấn thị, chỉ thị parting charge những lời huấn thị cuối cùng lời buộc tội; sự buộc tội to bring (lay) a charge against somebody buộc tội ai cuộc tấn công dữ dội, cuộc đột kích ồ ạt bayonet charge cuộc tấn công bằng lưỡi lê (quân sự) hiệu lệnh đột kích in charge phụ trách, trưởng, đứng đầu; thường trực, trực the officer in charge si quan chỉ huy, si quan thường trực to take charge đảm đương, chịu trách nhiệm bị buông lơi, bị buông lỏng, không ai điều khiển.

(199) steering-wheel takes charge tay lái bị buông lỏng không ai cầm to take in charge bắt, bắt giam ngoại động tư nạp đạn, nạp thuốc (vào súng); nạp điện (nghia bóng) tọng vào, nhồi nhét to charge a gun nạp đạn vào súng to charge a battery nạp điện ắc quy to charge one's memory with figures nhồi nhét vào trí nhớ toàn những con số tính giá, đòi trả how much do you charge for mending this pair of shoes? vá đôi giày này ông tính bao nhiêu? tính vào, bắt phải chịu phí tổn, bắt phải gánh vác; ghi sổ (nợ) please charge these goods to me làm ơn ghi sổ những món hàng này cho tôi giao nhiệm vụ, giao việc to be charged with an important mission được giao một sứ mệnh quan trọng buộc tội to be charged with murder bị buộc tội giết người tấn công, đột kích to charge the enemy tấn công quân địch bắc (súng...) đặt ngang (ngọn giáo...) tấn công our guerillas charged again and again du kích của chúng ta tấn công liên tục to charge down upon đâm bổ vào, nhảy xổ vào. chiefly : ['t∫i:fli]. tính tư (tư hiếm,nghia hiếm) thuộc hoặc liên quan đến người lãnh đạo chiefly responsibilities những trách nhiệm của người lãnh đạo phó tư trước nhất là; chủ yếu là The Government is chiefly concerned with controlling inflation Chính phủ quan tâm trước nhất đến việc kiểm soát lạm phát hầu hết là; phần lớn là air consists chiefly of nitrogen không khí gồm phần lớn là nitơ. come : [kʌm]. nội động tư came; come đến, tới, đi đến, đi tới, đi lại light come light go; easy come easy go dễ đến thì lại dễ đi; dễ được thì lại dễ mất she came into the room and shut the door cô ta bước vào phòng và đóng cửa lại she came slowly down the stairs cô ta bước xuống cầu thang một cách chậm chạp he has come all the way from Leeds to look for a job anh ta đã rời thành phố Leeds đi khắp mọi ngả để tìm việc làm come here! lại đây! sắp đến, sắp tới in years to come trong những năm sắp tới.

(200) xảy ra, xảy đến ill luck came to him sự không may đã xảy đến với hắn; nó gặp sự không may come what may dù có xảy ra việc gì, dù có thế nào, dù sự thể thế nào thấy, ở, thấy ở that word comes on page six tư đó ở trang sáu nên, thành ra, hoá ra, trở nên, trở thành dream comes true ước mơ trở thành sự thật it comes expensive in the long run thế mà hoá ra là đắt hình thành; đặc lại, đông lại (nước xốt, tiết canh...) this duck's blood won't come tiết canh vịt không đông ( lời mệnh lệnh) nào! nào, nào!; thế, thế! come! take courage nào! can đảm lên chứ (tư lóng) hành động, làm, xử sự he comes it too strong nó làm quá; nó nói quá, nó cường điệu to come to blows xem blow to be as clever/stupid as they come rất thông minh/ngớ ngẩn to come about xảy ra, xảy đến how could this come about? sao việc đó có thể xảy ra được? đối chiếu the wind had come about gió đã đổi chiều to come after theo sau, đi theo nối dòng, nối nghiệp, kế nghiệp, kế thưa come again? (dùng để yêu cầu ai nhắc lại cái gì mình không hiểu hoặc cái gì mình khó tin) 'She's an entomologist' - 'Come again? ' - 'An entomologist. She studies insects' 'Cô ấy là một nhà côn trùng học' - 'Nhắc lại xem nào! ' - 'Nhà côn trùng học. Cô ấy nghiên cứu sâu bọ' to come against đụng phải, va phải To come across somebody Tình cờ gặp ai to come and go tồn tại hoặc xuất hiện một thời gian ngắn ở đâu đó, rồi không ở đó nữa hoặc ra đi the pain in my leg comes and goes chân tôi bị đau rồi lại khỏi governments come and go but does anything really change? các chính phủ được thành lập rồi lại đổ, nhưng có gì thực sự thay đổi chăng? to come apart (asunder) tách ra, lìa ra, rời ra, bung ra to come at đạt tới, đến được, nắm được, thấy I could not easily come at the document now bây giờ thì tôi không dễ gì mà nắm được tài liệu đó to come at the truth thấy sự thật xổ vào, xông vào (tấn công) the dog came at me con chó xổ vào tôi to come away đi xa, đi khỏi, rời khỏi.

(201) lìa ra, rời ra, bung ra to come back quay lại, trở lại (địa vị, quyền lợi...) được, nhớ lại (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) đáp lại, cãi lại to come between đứng giữa (làm môi giới, điều đình) can thiệp vào, xen vào to come by qua, đi qua có được, kiếm được, vớ được how did you come by this document? làm sao mà anh kiếm được tài liệu này? to come down xuống, đi xuống prices are coming down giá đang xuống coat comes down to heels áo dài xuống tận gót được truyền lại, được để lại (phong tục, tập quán, truyền thống...) sụp đổ (nhà cửa...) sa sút, suy vị, xuống dốc to come down in the world sa sút, xuống dốc to come down upon (on) mắng nhiếc, xỉ vả; trưng phạt to come down upon (on) somebody like a cart-load of bricks mắng nhiếc ai thậm tệ; mắng như tát nước vào mặt ai đòi tiền; đòi bồi thường to come down with xuất tiền, trả tiền, chi to come easily/naturally to somebody dễ dàng/tự nhiên đối với ai acting comes naturally to her diễn xuất là điều dễ dàng đối với cô ta to come forward đứng ra; xung phong; ra trình diện to come forward with help đứng ra giúp đỡ to come forward as a candidate đứng ra ứng cử to come in đi vào, trở vào (thể dục,thể thao) về đích (chạy đua) to come in third về thứ ba được tuyển, được bầu; lên nắm quyền vào két, nhập két, thu về (tiền) money is always coming in to him tiền vào nhà nó như nước lên, dâng (thuỷ triều); bắt đầu (mùa) thành mốt, thành thời trang tỏ ra to come in useful tỏ ra là có ích; dùng được (vào việc gì) I don't see where the joke comes in tôi không thấy có cái gì (tỏ ra) là hay ho trong câu nói đùa đó to come in for có phần, được hưởng phần he will come in for most of his uncle's property nó sẽ được hưởng phần lớn tài sản của ông chú nó I came in for 6d phần của tôi là 6 đồng.

(202) to come in upon ngắt lời, chận lời, nói chặn to come into to come into the world ra đời; to come into power nắm chính quyền; to come into being ( existence) hình thành, ra đời; to come into fashion thành mốt; to come into force ( effect) có hiệu lực; to come into notice làm cho phải chú y được hưởng, thưa hưởng to come into a property thưa hưởng một tài sản to come of do... mà ra, bởi... mà ra; là kết quả của that comes of being quick- tempered cái đó là do tính khí nóng nảy quá xuất thân tư to come of a working family xuất thân tư một gia đình lao động to come off bong ra, tróc ra, rời ra, bật ra thoát khỏi vòng khó khăn, xoay xở xong to come off victoriously vượt được vòng khó khăn một cách thắng lợi được thực hiện, được hoàn thành plan comes off satisfactorily kế hoạch được thực hiện tốt đẹp (thông tục) come off it! thôi câm mồm đi! thôi đi, đưng có nói như vậy!; thôi đưng có giở cái giọng ấy ra nữa! to come on đi tiếp, đi tới tiến lên, tới gần the enemy were coming on quân địch đang tới gần nổi lên thình lình (gió, bão), phát ra thình lình (bệnh); tiến bộ, tiếp tục phát triển, mau lớn (cây, đứa bé...) được đem ra thảo luận (vấn đề, dự luật...) được trình diễn trên sân khấu ra sân khấu (diễn viên) ra toà come on! đi nào, đi đi!; cứ việc!; cứ thử đi, ta thách đấy! to come out ra, đi ra đình công vượt khỏi (thử thách với ít nhiều thành công) lộ ra ( (nghia đen) & (nghia bóng)) the truth comes out sự thật lộ ra to come out against somebody ra mặt chống lại ai được xuất bản; ra (sách, báo) to come out on Saturday ra ngày thứ bảy (báo) được xếp (trong kỳ thi) Tam came out first Tam thi đã được xếp đứng đầu mới ra đời; mới lên sân khấu lần đầu to come over vượt (biển), băng (đồng...) sang phe, theo phe he has come over to us hắn đã sang phe chúng tôi choán, trùm lên (người nào) a fear comes over me cơn sợ trùm lên tôi, tôi sợ hãi to come over dizzy/faint/giddy bất ngờ cảm thấy choáng váng/chóng mặt/lảo đảo.

(203) to come round đi nhanh, đi vòng hồi phục (sức khoẻ sau trận ốm); hồi tỉnh, tỉnh lại (sau cơn ngất, sau khi bị đánh thuốc mê); nguôi đi, dịu đi (sau cơn giận...) trở lại, quay lại, tới (có định kỳ) when Spring comes round khi mùa xuân trở lại, khi xuân về tạt lại chơi do come round one evening thế nào cũng tạt lại chơi tôi một buổi chiều nào đó thay đổi hẳn y kiến, thay đổi hẳn quan điểm to come to đến, đi đến to come to a decision đi tới một quyết định to come to nothing; not to come to anything xem nothing to come to the point đi vào vấn đề, đi vào việc to come to a standstill ngưng lại; đi đến chỗ bế tắc hồi tỉnh, tỉnh lại; tỉnh trí lại; tỉnh ngộ to come to one's senses tỉnh lại; tỉnh trí lại; tỉnh ngộ thưa hưởng, được hưởng to come to one's own được hưởng phần của mình lên tới it comes to one thousand số tiền lên tới một nghìn (hàng hải) bỏ neo; dưng lại (tàu) to come to oneself trở lại trạng thái bình thường; hồi tỉnh the shock made her hesitate for a moment, but she quickly came to herself again cú sốc khiến cô ta ngập ngưng giây lát, nhưng rồi cô ta đã hồi tỉnh thật nhanh come to that; if it comes to that vả lại; thêm vào đó; hơn nữa to come under rơi vào loại, nằn trong loại rơi vào, chịu (ảnh hưởng) to come up tới gần, đến gần (ai, một nơi nào) được nêu lên, được đặt ra (vấn đề để thảo luận) to come up for discussion được nêu lên để thảo luận (tư hiếm,nghia hiếm) thành mốt high collars are coming up cổ cồn cao đang trở thành mốt lên tới, đạt tới, theo kịp, bắt kịp the water came up to his chin nước lên tới cằm nó the performance did not come up to what we expected buổi biểu diễn không (đạt tới) thành công như y chúng tôi mong đợi I came up with them just outside the town ra khỏi thành phố thì tôi bắt kịp chúng nó vào đại học to come upon tấn công bất thình lình, đột kích chợt gặp, bắt gặp, chợt thấy chợt nảy ra trong óc, chợt có y nghi là một gánh nặng cho, đè lên đầu (ai); yêu cầu đòi hỏi, bắt chịu trách nhiệm he came upon me for damages nó bắt tôi chịu trách nhiệm bồi thường cho nó.

(204) to come across the mind chợt nảy ra y nghi to come a cropper (xem) cropper come along (thông tục) đi nào; mau lên, nhanh lên to come clean thú nhận, nói hết to come easy to somebody to come natural to somebody không có gì khó khăn đối với ai to come home trở về nhà, trở lại nhà gây ấn tượng, được hiểu rõ, có hiệu lực, có hiệu quả; đánh trúng, đánh trúng vào chỗ yếu, chạm nọc his remark came home to them lời nhận xét của anh ta đánh trúng vào chỗ yếu của họ to come near đến gần, suyt nữa to come near failing suyt nữa hỏng, suyt nữa thất bại to come of age đến tuổi trưởng thành come off your high horse (your perch)! (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (thông tục) đưng có làm bộ làm tịch nữa!, đưng có lên râu nữa! come out with it! muốn nói gì thì nói đi! to come right đúng (tính...) thu xếp, ổn thoả, thu xếp xong xuôi to come short không đạt được, thất bại to come short of thiếu, không đủ đáp ứng yêu cầu first come first served đến trước thì được giải quyết trước, đến trước thì được phục vụ trước how come? (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (thông tục) thế nào?, sao? it comes hard on him thật là một vố đau cho nó. company : ['kʌmpəni]. danh tư sự cùng đi; sự cùng ở; sự có bầu có bạn I enjoy your company tôi rất sung sướng có anh cùng đi; tôi rất thích cùng ở với anh to be good/bad company là bạn tốt/xấu you may know him by the company he keeps chỉ cần xem bạn bè nó anh cũng có thể biết nó là hạng người nào in good company làm như một người nào đó; tốt hơn những người khác I'm late again! - Well, you're in good company. The boss isn't here yet! Tôi lại đến muộn nữa rồi - Này, anh còn khá hơn khối người khác đấy. Ông chủ còn chưa đến cơ mà! nhóm người cùng với nhau; khách khứa they have company this evening tối nay họ có khách we're expecting company next week chúng tôi đợi khách đến vào tuần tới nhóm người liên kết lại để kinh doanh vì mục đích thương mại; công ty a railway company công ty đường sắt a joint-stock company công ty cổ phần nhóm người làm việc chung với nhau.

(205) a company of players đoàn diễn viên a theatrical company đoàn kịch the ship's company thủy thủ đoàn của một chiếc tàu (quân sự) đại đội to keep somebody company cùng đi (cùng ở) với ai cho có bạn to get into/keep bad company kết bạn với những người xấu in company với sự có mặt của nhiều người khác it's bad manners to whisper in company nói thầm trước mặt những người khác là không lịch sự in company with somebody cùng với ai to part company with somebody cắt đứt quan hệ với ai, đoạn tuyệt với ai present company excepted/excepting present company trư các bạn ra, trư quy vị ra two's company (three's a crowd/ three's none) tốt nhất là chỉ có hai người với nhau mà thôi for company như một người bạn I hate going out alone : I take my wife for company Tôi ghét đi chơi một mình : Tôi đưa vợ tôi đi chung cho vui to weep for company khóc theo (vì bạn mình khóc) company tax như corporation tax ngoại động tư (tư cổ,nghia cổ) đi theo. Conceal : [kən'si:l]. ngoại động tư ( to conceal something / somebody from somebody / something) giấu giếm, giấu, che đậy a tape recorder concealed in a drawer máy ghi âm giấu trong ngăn kéo he tried to conceal his heavy drinking from his family nó tìm cách giấu gia đình cái tật nghiện rượu nặng của nó he spoke with ill-concealed contempt for his audience nó nói với một thái độ khinh thị khán giả mà không khéo che đậy. concentration : [,kɔnsn'trei∫n]. danh tư ( concentration on something) (năng lực) tập trung vào cái gì; sự tập trung stress and tiredness often result in lack of concentration tình trạng căng thẳng và mệt mỏi thường dẫn đến sự thiếu tập trung a book that requires great concentration cuốn sách đòi hỏi sự tập trung cao độ I found it hard to keep my concentration with such a noise going on tôi thấy khó mà giữ được tập trung với một tiếng ồn liên tiếp như thế ( concentration of something) sự tập hợp người hoặc vật; sự tập trung concentrations of enemy troops, industrial buildings những sự tập trung của binh lính địch, các công trình công nghiệp (hoá học) sự cô concentration by evaporation sự cô cạn concentration camp nơi giam giữ tù chính trị, tù binh (nhất là thời Đức quốc xã); trại tập trung. conflict : ['kɔnflikt]. danh tư sự xung đột; cuộc xung đột.

(206) soldiers involved in armed conflict những người lính tham dự vào một cuộc xung đột vũ trang a bitter conflict between employers and workers một cuộc xung đột gay gắt giữa chủ và thợ thuyền your report is in conflict with the public opinion bản báo cáo của anh trái ngược với dư luận công chúng[kən'flikt] nội động tư ( to conflict with something) đối lập; trái ngược; mâu thuẫn their thoughts conflict with ours suy nghi của họ trái ngược với suy nghi của chúng tôi the statements of the two witnesses conflict lời khai của hai nhân chứng mâu thuẫn nhau. conservation : [,kɔnsə:'vei∫n]. danh tư sự bảo tồn; sự bảo toàn the conservation of forests, water resources, old buildings sự bảo tồn rưng, nguồn nước, các toà nhà cổ wildlife conservation sự bảo tồn động vật hoang dã the conservation of energy sự bảo toàn năng lượng sự bảo tồn môi trường thiên nhiên. conspicuous : [kən'spikjuəs]. tính tư ( conspicuous for something) dễ thấy; đáng chú y If you're walking along a badly lit road at night, you should wear conspicuous clothes Nếu đi dọc con đường thiếu ánh sáng vào ban đêm, anh nên mặc quần áo sao cho dễ nhận thấy She wasn't exactly conspicuous for her beauty Về sắc mà nói, cô ấy thật chẳng đáng cho người ta chú y to make oneself conspicuous làm cho người ta để y đến mình; tự làm nổi mình (bằng cách xử sự khác (thường), ăn mặc khác (thường)...) conspicuous by one's absence vắng mặt dễ nhận ra khi đáng phải có mặt When it came to cleaning up afterwards, the boys were conspicuous by their absence Đến lúc dọn dẹp sau đó, các cậu con trai bị phát hiện là vắng mặt. Contaminate : [kən'tæmineit]. ngoại động tư làm bẩn, làm ô uế làm nhiễm (bệnh) làm hư hỏng to be contaminated by companions bị bạn xấu làm hư hỏng. continental : [,kɔnti'nentl]. tính tư (thuộc) lục địa, (thuộc) đại lục continental climate khí hậu lục địa (thuộc) lục địa Châu âu (đối với nước Anh) (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) (thuộc) các thuộc địa đấu tranh giành độc lập (trong thời kỳ chiến tranh giành độc lập) I don't care a continental (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) tớ cóc cần not with a continental không đáng một xu continental breakfast bữa điểm tâm gồm có cà phê, bánh mì và mứt continental drift sự trôi giạt của các lục địa danh tư dân ở lục địa Âu châu. contour : ['kɔntuə] danh tư.

(207) đường viền, đường quanh đường nét (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) sự thể, diễn biến của sự việc, tình huống, tình trạng he is jubilant over the contour of things nó rất hân hoan trước diễn biến của sự việc động tư đánh dấu bằng đường mức đi vòng quanh (đồi, núi) (con đường); làm (đường) vòng quanh đồi núi. contrary : ['kɔntrəri]. tính tư đối lập về bản chất, khuynh hướng hoặc chiều hướng contrary beliefs những tín ngưỡng trái ngược traffic moving in contrary directions xe cộ di chuyển theo nhiều hướng ngược nhau contrary winds gió ngược "unlucky" and "lucky" are contrary terms 'xui' và 'hên' là những tư trái ngược nhau (trái nghia với nhau) danh tư sự trái lại; điều trái ngược the contrary of 'beautiful' is 'ugly' ngược lại với 'đẹp' là 'xấu' It doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it's rather beautiful Đối với tôi, nó không có vẻ gì là xấu xí; trái lại, tôi nghi là nó lại có phần đẹp nữa I will come on Monday unless you write to the contrary Tôi sẽ đến vào thứ hai, trư phi bạn viết cho tôi ngược lại (nghia là bảo tôi đưng đến) there is no evidence/proof to the contrary không có chứng cớ gì ngược lại many events in our lives go by contraries nhiều chuyện trong cuộc đời chúng ta cứ diễn ra ngược lại giới tư ( contrary to) trái với, trái ngược với the results were contrary to our expectation trái với sự mong đợi của chúng tôi contrary to his teacher's advice, he continues to keep bad company trái với lời khuyên của thầy giáo, hắn vẫn tiếp tục giao du với bạn xấu tính tư[kən'treəri] (thông tục) trái thói, bướng bỉnh, ngang ngược, khó bảo xấu don't be so contrary đưng có ngang ngược thế. convenient : [kən'vi:njənt]. tính tư ( convenient for somebody / something) tiện lợi; thuận tiện I can't see him right now; it's not convenient Tôi không thể gặp anh ta ngay bây giờ; không tiện Will it be convenient for you to start work tomorrow? ngày mai bắt đầu làm việc thì có tiện cho anh hay không? We must arrange a convenient time and place for the meeting Chúng tôi phải thu xếp thời gian và địa điểm thuận lợi cho cuộc họp ở gần nên dễ đi đến a house that is convenient for the shops một ngôi nhà ở gần các cửa hàng it's useful to have a convenient supermarket có siêu thị ở gần nhà thật là tiện. conventional : [kən'ven∫ənl]. tính tư quy ước theo tập quán, theo tục lệ thường the conventional type of the car kiểu ô tô thường.

(208) conventional bombs (weapons) bom (vũ khí) thường (không phải nguyên tử) conventional warfare chiến tranh với vũ khí thường (không phải nguyên tử) (nghệ thuật) theo lối cổ truyền conventional art nghệ thuật theo lối cổ truyền. cosmetic : [kɔz'metik]. danh tư chất xoa trên người (nhất là mặt) để làm cho đẹp hơn; mỹ phẩm lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics son môi và dầu chải tóc đều là mỹ phẩm tính tư dùng như là mỹ phẩm cosmetic preparations các chế phẩm dùng để trang điểm con người; mỹ phẩm để cải tiến vẻ bên ngoài mà thôi; tô điểm the reforms he claims to have made are in fact merely cosmetic những cải cách mà ông ta rêu rao là đã thực hiện chẳng qua chỉ mang tính chất tô điểm mà thôi cosmetic surgery phẫu thuật để làm đẹp (chứ không phải để trị bệnh); giải phẫu thẩm mỹ. court : [kɔ:t]. danh tư sân nhà toà án; quan toà; phiên toà court of justice toà án at a court tại một phiên toà to bring to court for trial mang ra toà để xét xử magistrate's court toà tiểu hình cung điện (vua); triều đình; quần thần; buổi chầu to hold a court tổ chức buổi chầu thiết triều the court of the Tsars cung vua Nga Court of St James triều đình của vua (hoàng hậu) nước Anh (thể dục,thể thao) sân (đánh quần vợt...) phố cụt sự ve vãn, sự tán tỉnh to pay one's court to someone tán tỉnh ai out of court mất quyền thưa kiện (nghia bóng) lỗi thời, không còn thích hợp; không có căn cứ ngoại động tư tìm cách đạt được, cầu, tranh thủ to court popular applause tìm cách làm cho quần chúng hoan nghênh to court someone's support tranh thủ sự ủng hộ của ai ve vãn, tán tỉnh, tỏ tình, tìm hiểu quyến rũ to court somebody into doing something quyến rũ ai làm việc gì đón lấy, rước lấy, chuốc lấy to court disaster chuốc lấy tai hoạ to court death.

(209) chuốc lấy cái chết; liều chết. Dane : [dein]. danh tư người Đan-mạch chó Đan-mạch (một giống chó lông ngắn, rất khoẻ). date : [deit]. danh tư quả chà là (thực vật học) cây chà là ngày tháng; niên hiệu what's the date today? hôm nay ngày bao nhiêu? today's date is the sixth of March hôm nay là ngày 6 tháng 3 has the date of the meeting been fixed? ngày họp đã được ấn định chưa? when was the date of the Battle of Waterloo? trận Waterloo vào năm nào? there's no date on this cheque ngân phiếu này chẳng đề ngày tháng gì cả that newspaper bears the date 6 March 1999; that newspaper is under date of 6 March 1999 tờ báo đó đề ngày 6 tháng 3 năm 1999 date of birth ngày tháng năm sinh (thương nghiệp) kỳ, kỳ hạn to pay at fixed dates trả đúng kỳ hạn at long date kỳ hạn dài at short date kỳ hạn ngắn niên đại; thời đại this vase is of an earlier date than that one cái bình này có niên đại sớm hơn cái bình kia Roman date thời đại La mã at that date, electric light was unknown thời kỳ đó người ta chưa biết đến đèn điện (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (thông tục) sự hẹn gặp ai vào một thời điểm nhất định we made a date to go to the opera chúng tôi đã hẹn ngày giờ gặp nhau đi xem ôpêra việc gặp một người khác phái, cuộc hẹn hò to have a date with one's girl-friend hẹn gặp bạn gái out of date lỗi thời; không còn giá trị nữa, hết hạn, hết hiệu lực will denim jeans ever go out of date? liệu quần jin bằng vải bông chéo có bao giờ lỗi thời không? out-of-date clothes/ideas/slang quần áo/tư tưởng/tiếng lóng lỗi thời their licence is out of date giấy phép của họ hết hạn rồi to date đến bây giờ to date, I have not known how old he is đến bây giờ tôi vẫn chưa biết hắn mấy tuổi up to date hiện đại, hợp thời trang, đúng mốt, cập nhật she always wears clothes that are right up to date cô ta lúc nào cũng mặc quần áo đúng mốt the list is up to date now that we've added the new members' names chúng tôi đã điền thêm tên các thành viên mới, bây giờ bản danh sách đúng là cập nhật.

(210) up-to-date styles/methods phong cách/phương pháp mới nhất ngoại động tư đề ngày tháng to date a letter đề ngày tháng vào một bức thư his last letter was dated 16 February 1999 bức thư cuối cùng của hắn đề ngày 16 / 2 / 1999 xác định niên đại, xác định thời đại to date an old statue xác định niên đại của một pho tượng thời thượng cổ nội động tư đã tồn tại tư...; có tư... this manuscript dates from the XIVth century; this manuscript dates back to the XIVth century bản viết tay này có tư thế kỷ 14 đã lỗi thời, đã cũ; trở nên lỗi thời young people's clothes date quickly nowadays quần áo thanh niên bây giờ mau lỗi thời quá (thông tục) hẹn hò với bạn (bạn trai, bạn gái) they've been dating for a long time họ hẹn hò nhau thường xuyên tư lâu rồi. deafness : ['defnis] danh tư tật điếc. decree : [di'kri:] danh tư sắc lệnh, nghị định, chiếu chỉ decree-law sắc luật, pháp lệnh bản án decree absolute& decree nisi bản án cho phép ly hôn động tư ra lệnh, quy định bằng sắc lệnh the government decrees the cancellation of the illegal contracts chính phủ ra lệnh hủy bỏ những hợp đồng bất hợp pháp. deficiency : [di'fi∫ənsi]. danh tư sự thiếu hụt, sự không đầy đủ số tiền thiếu hụt; lượng thiếu hụt to make up a deficiency bù vào chỗ thiếu hụt sự thiếu sót, sự kém cỏi, sự bất tài (toán học) số khuyết deficiency of a curve số khuyết của một đường deficiency disease bệnh thiếu vitamin mental deficiency chứng đần. delicate : ['delikət]. tính tư thanh nhã, thanh tú delicate features nét mặt thanh tú delicate beauty of a snowflake vẻ đẹp thanh khiết của bông tuyết mỏng manh; dễ ốm, không khoẻ, mảnh khảnh; dễ vỡ (đồ thuỷ tinh...) a delicate child, constitution đứa bé, thể tạng yếu ớt she's been in delicate health for some time.

(211) sức khoẻ cô ta suy giảm một thời gian delicate china đồ sứ dễ vỡ a delicate plant cây leo mỏng manh mềm mại; mịn màng as delicate as silk mịn màng như lụa a baby's delicate skin da non mềm mại của trẻ sơ sinh a delicate hand bàn tay mềm mại tinh vi; tinh tế a very delicate surgical operation (y học) một ca mổ rất tinh vi to give a delicate hint gợi y khéo, nhắc khéo a delicate structure, mechanism cấu trúc, cơ chế tinh vi the delicate craftsmanship of a fine watch sự khéo léo tinh tế của một chiếc đồng hồ đẹp nhạy cảm, tế nhị I admire your delicate handling of the situation tôi phục anh đã xử ly tình huống thật khéo léo to conduct delicate negotiations tiến hành thương lượng thật tế nhị (nói về giác quan hoặc dụng cụ) nhạy bén a delicate sense of smell/touch khứu giác thính/xúc giác nhạy a delicate balance cân nhạy only a very delicate thermometer can measure such tiny changes in temperature chỉ có một nhiệt kế rất nhạy mới đo được những thay đổi nhiệt độ chi li như vậy (nói về màu sắc) không sẫm; nhẹ; phơn phớt a delicate colour màu phơn phớt a delicate shade of pink sắc hồng phơn phớt (nói về thức ăn hoặc vị của thức ăn) dễ chịu, thú vị và mùi vị không nồng; ngon; thanh cảnh the gentle, delicate flavour of salmon hương vị nhẹ nhàng, ngon lành của cá hồi (nói về mùi vị) dễ chịu và không gắt; thoang thoảng a delicate perfume, fragrance, aroma nước hoa, hương thơm, hương vị thơm dịu. disappointment : [,disə'pɔintmənt]. danh tư sự chán ngán, sự thất vọng điều làm chán ngán, điều làm thất vọng. discard : [di,skɑ:d]. danh tư (đánh bài) sự chui bài, sự dập bài quân bài chui, quân bài dập ngoại động tư (đánh bài) chui, dập bỏ, loại bỏ, vứt bỏ (quần áo, thói quen, lòng tin...) đuổi ra, thải hồi (người làm...). disposal : [dis'pouzəl]. danh tư sự vứt bỏ đi, sự tống khứ the safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem vấn đề quan trọng là loại bỏ an toàn các chất thải hạt nhân a bomb disposal squad.

(212) một toán tháo gỡ bom máy nghiền rác sự bán, sự chuyển nhượng, sự nhượng lại disposal of property sự chuyển nhượng tài sản sự tuỳ y sử dụng at somebody's/ one's disposal có sẵn cho ai/mình sử dụng theo y muốn to place/put something at someone's disposal để cái gì cho ai tuỳ y sử dụng to have something at one's disposal có toàn quyền sử dụng cái gì I am at your disposal ngài có thể tuỳ y sử dụng tôi được, tôi sẵn sàng phục vụ ngài. drain : [drein]. danh tư ống dẫn (nước...), cống, rãnh, mương, máng (y học) ống dẫn lưu sự rút hết, sự bòn rút hết, sự tiêu hao, sự làm kiệt quệ a drain on someone's purse sự bòn rút tiền của ai (tư lóng) hớp nhỏ (rượu) ngoại động tư ( (thường) + off, away) rút, tháo, tiêu (nước); làm ráo nước (quần áo giặt, bát đia rửa) to drain off the water tháo nước uống cạn (nước, rượu) to drain dry; to drain to the dregs uống cạn (y học) dẫn lưu rút hết, bòn rút hết, tiêu hao, làm kiệt quệ to drain the wealth of a country bòn rút hết của cải của một nước to drain someone of his property lấy hết của cải của ai, bòn rút hết tài sản của ai nội động tư ( (thường) + off, away) chảy đi, thoát đi, tiêu đi (nước...) ráo nước (quần áo giặt, bát đia rửa) ( + through) chảy ròng ròng, chảy nhỏ giọt (qua...). Drill : [dril]. danh tư (kỹ thuật) máy khoan a dentist's drill máy khoan của nha si a pneumatic drill máy khoan hơi động tư khoan to drill for oil khoan tìm dầu lửa they're drilling a new tunnel under the Thames người ta đang khoan một đường hầm mới dưới sông Thames danh tư (quân sự) sự tập luyện new recruits have three hours of drill a day tân binh có ba giờ luyện tập quân sự mỗi ngày (nghia bóng) kỷ luật chặt chẽ; sự rèn luyện thường xuyên regular drill to establish good habits rèn luyện thường xuyên để tạo ra những thói quen tốt lifeboat drill kỷ luật sử dụng xuồng cứu đắm bài tập; cuộc thực tập.

(213) pronunciation drills những bài tập phát âm there'll be a fire-drill this morning sáng nay sẽ có một cuộc thực tập chữa cháy ( the drill) thủ tục để làm điều gì what's the drill for claiming expenses? thế nào là thủ tục đòi thanh toán phí tổn? động tư rèn luyện; luyện tập to drill in grammar rèn luyện về môn ngữ pháp to drill troops tập luyện cho quân đội danh tư luống (để gieo hạt) máy gieo và lấp hạt ngoại động tư gieo (hạt) thành hàng; trồng thành luống danh tư (động vật học) khỉ mặt xanh vải thô. dutch : [dʌt∫]. tính tư (thuộc) Hà-lan Dutch cheese phó mát Hà-Lan Dutch clock đồng hồ Hà-Lan Dutch auction sự bán hàng giảm dần giá cho đến khi có người chịu mua; bán đấu giá theo kiểu Hà Lan Dutch elm disease bệnh làm chết cây du do nấm gây ra (sử học) (thuộc) Đức Dutch courage (xem) courage Dutch lunch/supper/treat bữa chén người nào trả lấy phần của người nấy to talk to somebody like a Dutch uncle răn dạy một cách nghiêm nghị, nhưng vẫn hiền tư to go Dutch with somebody chia sẻ phí tổn với ai danh tư ( the Dutch) người Hà-Lan; dân Hà-Lan tiếng Hà-Lan (sử học) tiếng Đức that (it) beats the Dutch cái đó trội hơn tất cả double Dutch lời nói khó hiểu, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu to talk double Dutch nói khó hiểu that's all double Dutch to me! nói tôi chẳng hiểu mô tê gì cả!. Ear : [iə]. danh tư tai to pick up (to cock) one's ears vểnh tai lên (để nghe) vật hình tai (quai, bình đựng nước...) sự nghe, khả năng nghe to have (keep) a sensitive ear; to have sharp ears thính tai.

(214) a fine ear for music tai sành nhạc to be over head and ears in; to be head over in (xem) head to bring hornet' nest about one's ears (xem) hornet to get someone up on his ears (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (thông tục) làm ai phật y, làm ai nổi cáu to give (lend) an ear to lắng nghe to give someone a thick ear to box someone's ear cho ai một cái bạt tai to go in at one ear and out at the other vào tai này ra tai kia to have (gain) someone's ear được ai sẵn sàng lắng nghe to keep one's ear open for sẵn sàng nghe to send somebody away a flea in his ear làm cho ai tiu nghỉu (vì tư chối cái gì, vì khiển trách) to set by the ears (xem) set to turn a sympathetic (ready) ear to someone's request lắng nghe lời yêu cầu của ai với thái độ thiện cảm walls have ears tai vách mạch rưng a word in someone's ears lời rỉ tai ai would give one's ears for something (to get something) (xem) give to be all ears chăm chú lắng nghe something comes to someone's ears điều gì đến tai ai, ai mà nghe được việc này sb's ears are burning nóng tai lên easy on the ear dễ chịu khi nghe hay nhìn vào to fall on deaf ears bị bỏ ngoài tai, bị lờ đi to have one's ears to the ground nhạy bén, nắm bắt vấn đề một cách nhanh chóng to make a pig's ear of sth làm cho lộn xộn rối tung to meet the the ear đập vào tai, nghe được to play it by ear ứng biến, ứng tác to smile from ear to ear cười ngoác đến mang tai, cười toe toét to turn a deaf ear vờ không nghe, giả bộ làm ngơ wet behind the ears miệng còn hôi sữa, quá non nớt with half an ear không chú y cho lắm not to believe one's ears không tin vào tai mình nữa, không ngờ nổi to be up to one's ears/eyes in something rất bận công việc gì hoặc vùi đầu vào việc gì; ngập đến tận mang tai I'm up to my ears in work at the moment lúc này công việc ngập đến tận mang tai.

(215) element : ['elimənt] danh tư yếu tố element of comparison yếu tố để so sánh nguyên tố the four elements bốn nguyên tố (đất, nước, không khí, lửa) (điện học) pin (toán học) yếu tố phân tử elements of the integral yếu tố của tích phân hiện tượng khí tượng ( số nhiều) cơ sở, nguyên ly cơ bản (của một khoa học) ( số nhiều) sức mạnh thiên nhiên (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) đơn vị không quân (nghia bóng) môi trường to be in one's element ở đúng trong môi trường của mình. emission : [i'mi∫n]. danh tư sự phát ra (ánh sáng, nhiệt...); sự bốc ra/toả ra (mùi vị, hơi...) the emission of light from the sun ánh sáng tư mặt trời phát ra vật phát ra hoặc bốc ra a nocturnal emission sự xuất tinh ban đêm (trong khi ngủ); chứng mộng tinh. emit : [i'mit]. tính tư phát ra (ánh sáng, nhiệt...), bốc ra, sự toả ra (mùi vị, hơi...) phát hành (giấy bạc...). employment : [im'plɔimənt]. danh tư hành động thuê người làm; công việc the expansion of the factory will mean the employment of sixty extra workers việc mở rộng nhà máy có nghia là có công ăn việc làm cho sáu chục công nhân nữa tình trạng được thuê làm công; việc làm to be in /out of regular full-time employment có/không có việc làm thường xuyên employment agency văn phòng giới thiệu việc làm việc làm (nhất là việc làm (thường) xuyên được trả lương) to give employment to somebody tạo công ăn việc làm cho ai to find employment tìm việc làm. encounter : [in'kauntə]. danh tư sự chạm trán, sự đọ sức; cuộc chạm trán, cuộc đọ sức; cuộc chạm trán, cuộc đấu (trí...) ngoại động tư gặp thình lình, bắt gặp chạm trán, đụng độ, đọ sức our platoon encountered an enemy battalion trung đội chúng tôi chạm trán với một tiểu đoàn địch. environment : [in'vaiərənmənt]. danh tư điều kiện, hoàn cảnh tác động đến đời sống của mọi người; môi trường an unhappy home environment can affect a child's behaviour môi trường gia đình không hạnh phúc có thể tác hại đến hành vi của trẻ con a noisy smoke-filled room is not the best environment to work in.

(216) căn phòng ồn ào quyện khói thuốc không phải là môi trường tốt nhất để làm việc trong đó ( the environment) điều kiện thiên nhiên (không khí, nước, đất đai tásông trong đó); môi sinh pollution of environment sự ô nhiễm môi sinh the Department of the Environment Bộ môi trường. Erosion : [i'rouʒn]. danh tư sự xói mòn, sự ăn mòn. exhaust : [ig'zɔ:st]. danh tư khói, khí, hơi nước tư một động cơ thải ra the smell of the exhaust mùi khí thải exhaust fumes khói thải (cũng) exhaust-pipe chỗ hoặc ống dẫn khí thoát ra; ống xả my car needs a new exhaust xe tôi cần có ống xả mới ngoại động tư làm cạn kiệt; (nghia bóng) làm kiệt sức to exhaust a well làm cạn một cái giếng the long cycle ride exhausted her chuyến đi xa bằng xe đạp đã làm cho cô ta kiệt sức he exhausted himself in the attempt anh ta kiệt lực trong cuộc thử sức sử dụng hết hoàn toàn (cái gì); dốc hết to exhaust one's strength dốc hết sức mình, đem hết sức mình ra to exhaust one's patience dốc hết lòng kiên nhẫn to exhaust a money supply đem hết số tiền dự trữ ra nói tất cả những điều cần phải nói về cái gì; bàn hết mọi mặt I think we've just about exhausted that subject tôi nghi là chúng ta đã bàn hết mọi khía cạnh của đề tài đó rồi. extra : ['ekstrə]. tính tư nhiều hơn hoặc vượt quá cái bình thường, cái được mong đợi hoặc cần thiết; thêm extra pay for extra work trả thêm tiền công việc ngoài giờ to buy an extra pint of milk mua thêm một panh sữa the football match went into extra time trận đấu bóng đá phải đá thêm giờ phó tư hơn thường lệ an extra strong box một cái hộp rất cứng extra fine quality chất lượng đặc biệt tốt cộng thêm 20% extra cộng thêm 20 % danh tư cái thêm vào; khoản phải trả thêm (điện ảnh) (truyền hình) người được thuê (theo ngày) đóng một vai nhỏ (trong một cảnh đông người chẳng hạn); vai cho có mặt; vai phụ đợt phát hành đặc biệt (báo) tiền tố ngoài; bên kia; xa hơn.

(217) extramarital ngoài hôn nhân extrasensory ngoại cảm rất; tới mức phi thường extra-thin cực mỏng extra-sensitive cực kỳ nhạy cảm. favour : ['feivə]. Cách viết khác : favor ['feivə] danh tư thiện y; sự quy mến to find favour with somebody/in somebody's eyes; to win somebody's favour được ai quy mến to lose favour with somebody/in somebody's eyes không còn được ai quy mến sự đối xử với một người hoặc một nhóm khoan dung hoặc hậu hi hơn với người khác hoặc nhóm khác; sự thiên vị he obtained his position more by favour than by merit or ability nó giành được địa vị đó do có sự thiên vị hơn là do công lao hay năng lực without fear or favour công bằng; không thiên vị ân huệ; đặc ân may I ask a favour of you? tôi có thể xin ông một đặc ân được không? do me a favour and turn the radio down while I'm on the phone, will you? anh làm ơn vặn nhỏ đài thu thanh trong tôi đang nói chuyện điện thoại được không? huy hiệu hoặc phù hiệu đeo để bày tỏ sự ủng hộ (thương nghiệp) thư your favour of yesterday thư hôm qua của quy ngài (tư cổ,nghia cổ) vẻ mặt ( số nhiều) quan hệ tình dục as a favour không mất tiền to bestow one's favours on someone đồng y cho ai ăn nằm với mình; "ban ân" cho ai (đàn bà) to curry favour with somebody nịnh hót ai để cầu xin ân huệ to be/stand high in somebody's favour xem high to be in/out of favour with somebody; to be in/ out of somebody's favour được/không được ai yêu mến in favour of somebody/something có thiện cảm với ai/cái gi; ủng hộ ai/cái gì in somebody's favour có lợi cho ai ngoại động tư ủng hộ; thiên vị Of the two possible plans, I favour the first Trong hai kế hoạch có thể có được, tôi ủng hộ kế hoạch thứ nhất she always favours her youngest child (more than the others) Bà ấy luôn thiên vị đứa con út (hơn là những đứa khác) (về sự kiện hoặc hoàn cảnh) làm cho cái gì có thể xảy ra và rõ ràng the wind favoured their sailing at dawn gió làm cho họ có thể ra khơi lúc bình minh ( to favour somebody with something) làm cái gì cho ai; giúp ai I should be grateful if you favour me with an early reply xin ông vui lòng trả lời sớm (thông tục) trông giống ai về nét mặt she favours her father very much cô ấy giống bố lắm.

(218) fearsome : ['fiəsəm] tính tư (tư Mỹ, nghia Mỹ) sợ sệt, rụt rè. Find : [faind]. danh tư sự tìm thấy (chồn, cáo, mỏ, vàng...) a sure find nơi chắc tìm thấy vật gì; nơi chắc có cáo, có chồn... vật tìm thấy ngoại động tư thấy, tìm thấy, tìm ra, bắt được nhận, nhận được, được to find favour được chiếu cố nhận thấy, xét thấy, thấy how do you find yourself this morning? sáng nay anh thấy người thế nào? to find it necessary to do something thấy cần thiết phải làm việc gì thấy có (thời gian, can đảm...) I can't find time to read tôi không thấy có thời gian để đọc to find courage to do something thấy có can đảm để làm việc gì nobody can find it in his heart to do that không ai nỡ lòng nào mà làm việc đó (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) tới, đạt tới, trúng the blow found his chin quả đấm trúng cằm hắn cung cấp to find someone in clothes cung cấp cho ai quần áo to be well found in food được cung cấp đầy đủ về thức ăn all found được cấp đầy đủ cả ăn, ở, quần áo, ngoài lương ra (người ở) (pháp ly) xác minh và tuyên bố là có tội to find somebody guilty xác minh và tuyên bố ai có tội to find out khám phá ra, tìm ra phát minh ra giải (một vấn đề) to find out about hỏi về, tìm hiểu về to find one's account in lợi dụng to find one's feet đi đứng được (nghia bóng) tự lực được to find a true bill (xem) bill to find oneself thấy được sở trường năng khiếu của mình tự cung cấp cho mình to find one's way to.. tìm được con đường đi tới... to be found wanting tỏ ra yếu kém to find fault with sb phê phán ai một cách gay gắt to find one's voice/ one's tongue.

(219) diễn đạt trôi chảy y kiến của mình to find one's match gặp phải đối thủ lợi hại to take sb as one finds thưa nhận thực trạng của ai to find one's own level liên kết với người cùng giới, cùng trình độ với mình. focus : ['foukəs]. danh tư, số nhiều focuses; foci (toán học), (vật ly) tiêu điểm (nghia bóng) trung tâm, trọng điểm tâm (y học) ổ bệnh to bring into focus; to bring to a focus làm nổi bật hẳn lên, nêu bật hẳn lên focus of interest điểm trọng tâm, điểm tập trung mọi sự chú y in focus rõ ràng, rõ nét out of focus mờ mờ không rõ nét ngoại động tư làm tụ vào to focus the sun's rays on something làm tia nắng tụ vào vật gì điều chỉnh tiêu điểm (của thần kinh) làm nổi bật tập trung to focus one's attention tập trung sự chú y nội động tư tụ vào tiêu điểm; tập trung vào một điểm. forbid : [fə'bid]. ngoại động tư, thì quá khứ là forbad hoặc forbade, động tính tư quá khứ là forbidden không cho phép; cấm; ngăn cấm I can't forbid you/your seeing that man again Tôi không thể cấm cô gặp lại người đàn ông đó smoking is strictly forbidden; it is strictly forbidden to smoke tuyệt đối cấm hút thuốc lá it is forbidden for anyone to smoke in this room không ai được hút thuốc trong phòng này photography is strictly forbidden in the cathedral tuyệt đối cấm chụp ảnh trong nhà thờ he was forbidden to talk to her anh ấy bị cấm nói chuyện với cô ấy I am forbidden tobacco tôi bị cấm hút thuốc lá she was forbidden access to the club cô ấy bị cấm tham gia câu lạc bộ If you want to go there, I can't forbid you Nếu anh muốn đến đó, tôi không cấm anh được her father forbade their marriage bố cô ấy cấm họ lấy nhau time forbids thời gian không cho phép lack of space forbids further treatment of the topic here vì thiếu chỗ nên không thể xử ly thêm về đề tài đó ở đây God /Heaven forbid (that....) lạy trời đưng có..... Heaven forbid that anything awful should have happened to her lạy trời cho đưng có điều gì khủng khiếp xảy ra cho cô ấy. force : [fɔ:s] danh tư.

(220) đơn vị đo sức gió a force 9 gale cơn bão mạnh cấp 9 sức; lực; sức mạnh physical force sức mạnh vật chất moral force sức mạnh tinh thần vũ lực, quyền lực; sự bắt buộc by force bằng vũ lực bắt buộc by force of circumstances do hoàn cảnh bắt buộc nhóm người được tổ chức vì một mục đích cụ thể nào đó a sales/labour force lực lượng bán hàng/lao động cơ cấu có tổ chức của quân đội hoặc của những người được huấn luyện đặc biệt; lực lượng armed forces lực lượng vũ trang; quân lực the people's police force lực lượng công an nhân dân ảnh hưởng, tác dụng; sức thuyết phục there is force in what you say câu nói của anh có sức thuyết phục the force of an argument sức thuyết phục của một ly lẽ sự tác động mạnh mẽ, ấn tượng sâu sắc; sự sinh động to describe something with much force tả cái gì rất sinh động (pháp ly) hiệu lực the law remains in force điều luật đó còn có hiệu lực to come into force có hiệu lực to put an act in force thi hành một đạo luật y nghia the force of a clause y nghia của một điều khoản (vật ly) lực; (tư cổ,nghia cổ) năng lượng internal force lực trong, nội lực external force lực ngoài, ngoại lực conservation of force (tư cổ,nghia cổ) sự bảo toàn năng lượng by force of do nhờ, bằng cách in great force mạnh mẽ, sung sức ngoại động tư dùng vũ lực đối với, bức hiếp, ép buộc, cưỡng ép, bắt buộc to force one's way into a house dùng vũ lực xông vào nhà to force a statement out of somebody bắt ai phải khai ra (tuyên bố) cái gì to force something upon somebody ép buộc ai phải nhận cái gì to force a woman hãm hiếp một người đàn bà phá (cửa); bẻ (khoá) (đánh bài) bắt, ép (phải đưa một quân nào ra) to force a card.

(221) làm cho phải lấy một lá bài nào đó (khi làm trò quỷ thuật bằng bài tẩy) ép, gượng to force the pace tăng tốc độ để ép đối phương chóng mệt (trong cuộc chạy thi) to force a word dùng ép một tư to force a smile gượng cười to force one's voice ép giọng làm (quả) chín gượng, làm chín sớm; làm (hoa) nở ép, làm nở sớm; thúc cho (cây) chóng lớn thúc đẩy, đẩy tới to force a process thúc đẩy một quá trình cưỡng đoạt, chiếm to force something out of someone's hand cưỡng đoạt cái gì ở tay ai to force an enemy stronghold chiếm một đồn địch to force someone's hand bắt ai phải hành động hơi sớm; buộc ai phải manh động bắt ai phải công nhận một chính sách. fork : [fɔ:k]. danh tư cái nia (để xiên thức ăn) cái chia (dùng để gảy rơm...) (kỹ thuật) phuộc xe đạp chạc cây chỗ ngã ba (đường, sông) (vật ly) thanh mẫu, âm thoa ( (cũng) tuning fork) fork of lightning tia chớp chữ chi, tia chớp nhằng nhằng ngoại động tư đào bằng chia, gảy bằng chia (rơm, rạ...) nội động tư phân nhánh, chia ngả where the road forks ở chỗ con đường chia ngã; ở chỗ ngã ba đường to fork out (over, upon) (tư lóng) trao; trả tiền, xuỳ ra. Founder : ['faundə]. danh tư thợ đúc (gang...) người thành lập, người sáng lập (thú y học) sự viêm khớp chân của ngựa nội động tư sập xuống, sụt lở (đất, nhà) bị chìm, chìm nghỉm, bị đắm (tàu thuỷ) bị quỵ (vì làm việc quá sức); bị què; bị sa lầy (ngựa) ngoại động tư làm chìm, làm đắm (tàu thuỷ) làm quỵ (ngựa). full-time : ['full'taim]. tính tư & phó tư về hoặc trong toàn bộ ngày làm việc hoặc tuần làm việc; trên cơ sở làm việc trọn ngày hoặc trọn tuần a full-time job việc làm trọn ngày hoặc trọn tuần, trọn tháng full-time production sự sản xuất cả ba ca trong ngày to work full-time làm việc đầy đủ thời gian.

(222) gesture : ['dʒest∫ə] danh tư điệu bộ; cử chỉ To make a rude gesture Làm một cử chỉ khiếm nhã Communicating by gesture Giao tiếp với nhau bằng cử chỉ With a gesture of despair Với một cử chỉ tuyệt vọng hành động để gợi sự đáp lại; hành động để tỏ thiện y His speech is a gesture of friendship; His speech is a friendly gesture Lời nói của anh ta là một biểu hiện của tình hữu nghị động tư làm điệu bộ; diễn tả bằng điệu bộ To gesture with one's hands Làm điệu bộ bằng tay ( to gesture something to somebody) ra hiệu He gestured his satisfaction Ông ta có những cử chỉ tỏ ra là mình hài lòng The mother gestures to her daughter that it is better to go home Người mẹ ra hiệu cho cô con gái biết rằng nên đi về nhà thì hơn. Get : [get]. ngoại động tư got, got, gotten được, có được, kiếm được, lấy được to get a living kiếm sống to get little by it không được lợi lộc gì ở cái đó to get fame nổi tiếng nhận được, xin được, hỏi được to get a telegram nhận được một bức điện tín he couldn't get leave from his father nó không xin được phép của bố nó tìm ra, tính ra to get 9 on the average tính trung bình được 9 mua to get a new hat mua một cái mũ mới to get a ticket mua một cái vé học (thuộc lòng) to get something by heart học thuộc lòng điều gì mắc phải to get an illness mắc bệnh (thông tục) ăn to get one's breakfast ăn sáng bắt được (cá, thú rưng...); đem về, thu về (thóc...) (thông tục) hiểu được, nắm được (y...) I don't get you tôi không hiểu y anh to get it right hiểu một cách đúng đắn điều đó to get the cue nắm được ngụ y đưa, mang, chuyền, đem, đi lấy to get the table through the window.

(223) chuyển cái bàn qua cửa sổ get me a chair đi lấy cho tôi một cái ghế, mang cho tôi một cái ghế bị, chịu to get a blow bị một đòn to get a fall bị ngã to get one's arm broken bị gãy tay to get it bị trưng phạt, bị mắng nhiếc (thông tục) dồn (ai) vào thế bí, dồn (ai) vào chân tường; làm (ai) bối rối lúng túng không biết ăn nói ra sao ah! I've got you there! à! thế là tôi làm cho anh bị bối rối nhé! làm cho, khiến cho to get somebody to speak làm cho ai phải nói he could not get the door open hắn không làm thế nào mở được cửa ra to get the law observed làm cho pháp luật được tôn trọng to get somebody with child làm cho ai có mang to get some job done làm xong một việc gì sai ai, bảo ai, nhờ ai (làm gì) to get one's hair cut đi cắt tóc (thông tục) to have got có, phải I've got very little money tôi có rất ít tiền it has got to be done phải làm việc đó sinh, đẻ (thú vật; ít khi dùng cho người) tìm hộ, mua hộ, xoay hộ, cung cấp to get (for) sb a football match ticket tìm mua (xoay hộ) cho ai một vé đi xem đá bóng nội động tư đến, tới, đạt đến shall we get there in time? liệu chúng ta có đến đó kịp giờ không? to get there (tư lóng) thành công trở nên, trở thành, thành ra, đi đến chỗ to get fat (trở nên) béo ra to get old (trở nên) già đi to get better đã đỡ, đã khá hơn (người ốm) to get well đã khỏi (người ốm) bắt đầu to get to work khởi công, bắt đầu làm they got talking chúng nó bắt đầu nói chuyện (tư lóng) cút đi, chuồn to get about đi đây, đi đó, đi lại bắt đầu đi lại được (sau khi khỏi bệnh) lan truyền, đồn ra (tin tức).

(224) to get abroad lan truyền, truyền đi (tin đồn) to get across đi ngang qua, vượt qua; cho (ai...) đi ngang qua to get one's troops across the river cho quân đội qua sông giải thích rõ ràng, trình bày khúc chiết to get across an idea trình bày y kiến một cách khúc chiết to get ahead tiến lên phía trước tiến bộ, vượt những người khác he has got ahead of all the other boys in his class nó tiến bộ vượt tất cả các học sinh khác trong lớp to get along sống, làm ăn, xoay xở to get along without any help không có sự giúp đỡ cũng vẫn xoay xở được tiến bộ how are you getting along with your English? anh học tiếng Anh tiến bộ ra sao rồi? (thông tục) hoà thuận với nhau; ăn cánh với nhau they get along very well chúng rất hoà thuận với nhau chở đi, đem đi, mang đi to get somebody along to the hospital mang ai vào nhà thương (thông tục) đi đi, cút đi get along with you! cút đi! tầm bậy! to get at đạt tới, đến được, tới, đến; với tới được, lấy được, đến gần được kiếm được (tài liệu...); tìm ra, khám phá ra (sự thật...) hiểu, nắm được (y...) I cannot get at his meaning tôi không hiểu được y hắn (thông tục) mua chuộc, hối lộ, đút lót to get at a witness mua chuộc người làm chứng (thông tục) chế nhạo, giễu cợt (ai); công kích, tấn công (ai...) who are you getting at? anh đang chế nhạo ai đấy? anh đang công kích ai đấy?, anh đang cố trộ ai đấy?; anh đang cố lưa ai đấy? to get away đi, đi khỏi, ra đi, đi xa get away with you! cút đi! thoát khỏi, tránh khỏi, trốn thoát (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) xoay xở xong, thoát khỏi bước khó khăn cất cánh bay lên (máy bay); mở máy chạy đi (ô tô) nhổ ra, giật ra to get back lùi, lùi lại; trở lại, trở về lấy lại, tìm lại được, thu lại, gỡ lại to get back at sb trả đũa ai to get behind (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) ủng hộ, giúp đỡ to get by được xem như khá tốt đẹp; được chấp nhận I've no formal clothes for the occasion. Perhaps I can get by in a dark suit. Tôi không có quần áo đúng nghi thức cho buổi lễ này. Có lẽ mặc đồ màu sẫm cũng được chứ? xoay xở; đối phó How does she get by on such a small salary?.

(225) Làm thế nào cô ta xoay xở được với tiền lương ít ỏi như thế? He gets by on very little money Nó xoay xở được với số tiền rất ít to get down xuống, đi xuống; xuống ngựa; đem xuống, đưa xuống to get down on one's knees quỳ xuống đánh đổ, đánh ngã, đánh gục; hạ, bắn rơi (máy bay...) nuốt (miếng ăn...) to get in vào, đi vào, len vào; tới nơi về (nhà...) when does the train get in? khi nào xe lửa tới? to get in between two persons len vào giữa hai người to get in with someone khéo len lõi được lòng ai mang về, thu về to get in the crop thu hoạch mùa màng to get money in thu tiền về trúng cử, được bầu (trong cuộc bầu cử) đấm trúng, đánh trúng to get a blow in đấm trúng một thoi to get into vào, đi vào (thông tục) mặc (quần áo); đi (giày ống...) bốc lên (đầu); làm say chếnh choáng (rượu) whisky gets into head uytky bốc lên đầu làm say chếnh choáng lâm vào, mắc vào, nhiễm to get into debt mắc nợ to get into a habit nhiễm một thói quen to get off ra khỏi, thoát khỏi; sổ ra to get off with a whole skin thoát khỏi nguy hiểm xuống (xe, tàu, ngựa...) ra đi, khởi hành; bay lên (máy bay) gỡ cho (ai) thoát tội, gỡ cho (ai) nhẹ tội; thoát khỏi khó khăn, thoát khỏi được sự trưng phạt, được tha thứ to get off cheap (easy) thoát khỏi dễ dàng bỏ, cởi bỏ, vứt bỏ, tống đi to get off one's clothes cởi quần áo gửi đi, cho đi to get a parcel off gửi một gói hàng làm bật ra, mở ra, làm lỏng ra to get the lid off mở bật một cái nắp ra đi ngủ tha (một bị cáo...) trục (tàu đắm) lên to get off with làm thân được, chim được, ve vãn được to get on lên, trèo lên to get on a horse.

(226) lên ngựa mặc (quần áo...) vào; đi (giày dép...) vào; đội (mũ...) vào xúc tiến (một công việc...) tiến bộ, tiến phát to get on in life thành công trong cuộc sống to get on with one's studies tiến bộ trong học tập sống, làm ăn, xoay sở how are you getting on? dạo này anh làm ăn thế nào? we can get on without his help không có nó giúp đỡ, chúng tôi vẫn xoay sở được hoà thuận, ăn y they got on very well chúng nó sống rất hoà thuận với nhau; to get on with somebody ăn y với nhau to get on with somebody ăn y với ai, sống hoà thuận với ai gần đến, xấp xỉ to be getting on for forty xấp xỉ bốn mươi tuổi it's getting on for dinner-time gần đến giờ ăn rồi to get on to (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) hiểu được to get out bắt ra, tống ra, đuổi ra; nhổ ra, kéo ra, lấy ra to get money out of someone bòn rút tiền bạc của ai tẩy (vết bẩn...) xuất bản (một cuốn sách...) đọc, nói ra, phát âm (một tư...) đi ra, ra ngoài get out cút đi!, ra ngay!, láo!, tầm bậy! to get out of sight đi mất hút không nhìn thấy đâu nữa xuống (tàu, xe...) thoát ra, lộ ra ngoài (tin tức, điều bí mật...) thoát khỏi, dần dần bỏ, dần dần mất to get out of a difficulty thoát khỏi khó khăn to get out of a habit dần dần bỏ thói quen, dần dần mất đi thói quen to get out of shape trở thành méo mó, không còn ra hình thù gì to get out of hand thoát khỏi sự kiểm soát, không còn kiềm chế được nữa, trở nên loạn xạ (tình hình); làm dứt (việc gì) to get over làm xong (việc phiền phức) vượt qua, khắc phục, khỏi to get over difficulties vượt qua mọi khó khăn, khắc phục mọi khó khăn to get over a distance vượt qua một quãng đường to get over an illness khỏi bệnh to get over a surprise hết ngạc nhiên (tư lóng) dùng mưu lưa gạt (ai); phỉnh (ai) to get over somebody.

(227) dùng mưu lưa gạt ai bác bỏ (ly lẽ, chứng cớ...) to get round tán tỉnh, lưa phỉnh (ai), dùng mưu lưa gạt (ai, làm theo y mình) chuồn, lẩn tránh, không thi hành to get round a question lẩn tránh một câu hỏi to get round the law không thi hành luật đi quanh (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) đến nơi (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) khỏi bệnh, bình phục to get through đi qua, chui qua, vượt qua; làm trôi qua (thời gian) làm trọn, làm xong; chịu đựng đến cùng to get through with a book đọc hết một cuốn sách to get through with one's work làm trọn công việc, hoàn thành công việc đem thông qua; được thông qua (đạo luật...) to get to bắt đầu to get to work bắt đầu làm việc, bắt tay vào việc đạt đến, đi đến chỗ they soon got to be friends chẳng mấy lúc chúng đi đến chỗ thân nhau to get together nhóm lại, họp lại, tụ họp thu góp, góp nhặt (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (thông tục) thảo luận, hội đàm; đồng y nhau, đi đến chỗ thoả thuận to get under dập tắt (đám cháy...) đè lên trên to get one's opponent under đè lên trên địch thủ đi dưới, chui dưới (vật gì) to get up lôi lên, kéo lên, đưa lên, mang lên, đem lên xây dựng nên, tổ chức, sắp đặt (một buổi lễ...); bày (mưu); chuẩn bị (bài giảng, bài thi...); bịa (một câu chuyện...) trình bày, tô diểm, làm dáng cho (ai, cái gì...); tạo ra (một sự cảm động vờ...) giặt sạch; là (quần áo) tăng to get up speed tăng tốc độ đứng dậy, ngủ dậy leo lên, đi lên, bước lên nổi dậy (gió...), dâng lên (nước biển...) to get across (over) the footlights (thông tục) đạt, được khán giả tiếp nhận dễ dàng (câu nói trong vở kịch...) to get away with it thành công, làm trôi chảy; thoát được sự trưng phạt to get hold of (xem) hold to get home trúng đích, đạt tới đích to get it hot bị chửi mắng to get nowhere không đi tới đâu, không đi tới kết quả gì to get on like a house on fire tiến nhanh lên phía trước; lan nhanh.

(228) tiến bộ vượt mức rất hoà thuận; rất hợp y tâm đầu to get on one's legs (feet) diễn thuyết, nói chuyện trước công chúng to get on someone's nerves (xem) nerve to get one's hand in làm quen với (việc gì...) to get one's Indian up (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) phát cáu to get one's own way làm theo y mình to get one's shirt off (one's monkey up, one's rag out, one's Irish up) phát cáu, nổi giận, mất bình tinh to get out of bed on the wrong side (xem) bed to get somebody's back up (xem) back to get something on the brain để cho cái gì làm ám ảnh tâm trí to get the best of it (xem) best to get the better of (xem) better to get the gate (xem) gate to get the wind of someone thắng ai; lợi thế hơn ai to get the wind up (xem) wind to get under way lên đường, khởi hành, nhổ neo; khởi công to get wind (knowledge) of nghe phong thanh (chuyện gì) the news got wind tin tức lan đi danh tư con (của thú vật). get-together : ['getə'geđə]. danh tư cuộc gặp gỡ, cuộc gặp mặt, cuộc họp mặt. ground : [graund]. thời quá khứ & động tính tư quá khứ của grind danh tư mặt đất, đất to sit on the ground ngồi trên (mặt) đất to cut a tree to the ground đốn cây sát góc above ground bên trên mặt đât below ground trong lòng đất to break fresh ground khai khẩn đất mới; khai hoang, vỡ hoang; bãi đất, khu đất a volleyball ground bãi bóng chuyền ( số nhiều) đất đai vườn tược an old mansion with extensive grounds một toà lâu đài cổ với đất đai vườn tược rộng rãi vị trí, khoảng cách trên mặt đất.

(229) to keep one's ground giữ vững vị trí; giữ vững lập trường ly lẽ to give (lose) ground rút lui, thoái lui; mất vị trí; suy sụp đáy (biển, hồ...) to touch ground sát đất (đáy biển); (nghia bóng) đạt tới một cái gì chắc chắn (sau khi bàn bạc lan man...) nền a design of pink roses on a white ground mẫu trang trí hoa hồng trên nền trắng ( số nhiều) cặn bã ly lẽ, ly do, nguyên cớ to have good ground(s) for believing something có đủ ly do để tin một điều gì on what grounds do you suspect him? vì cớ gì anh nghi kỵ anh ta? (điện học) sự tiếp đất common ground (xem) common to cover much ground đi được đường dài đề cập nhiều vấn đề (bản báo cáo, bài tường thuật...) to cut the ground from under somebody's feet nắm trước y đồ của ai mà làm cho tâng hẫng down to the ground (xem) down forbidden ground khu vực cấm vào vấn đề không được nói đến to have one's ear to the ground to have both feet on the ground nhạy bén, tinh tế to stand one's ground giữ vững lập trường on the ground trong dân chúng, trong nội bộ dân chúng to gain ground on sb đuổi theo ai sát nút to get off the ground đạt kết quả tốt đẹp lúc khởi đầu plan falls to the ground kế hoạch thất bại to run to ground độn thổ, ẩn mình để khỏi bị tóm to run sb into the ground làm cho ai kiệt sức to suit sb down to the ground hoàn toàn thích hợp với ai to the ground hoàn toàn, toàn bộ thin on the ground hiếm có, hiếm thấy to shift one's ground thay đổi lập trường, đổi y to be on firm ground vững tin vào ly lẽ của mình ngoại động tư ( + on) dựa vào, căn cứ vào, đặt vào to ground one's hopes on đặt hy vọng vào ( + in) truyền thụ (cho ai) những kiến thức vững vàng the teacher grounded his pupils in arithmetic thầy giáo truyền đạt cho học sinh những kiến thức vững vàng về số học.

(230) đặt nền (cho một bức hoạ, bức thêu...) đặt xuống đất ground arms! (quân sự) đặt súng xuống! (hàng hải) làm cho (tàu) mắc cạn (hàng không) làm cho (máy bay) không cất cánh được fog grounds all aeroplanes at N sương mù làm cho tất cả máy bay ở sân N không cất cánh được (điện học) tiếp đất nội động tư (hàng hải) mắc cạn (hàng không) hạ cánh. Guidance : [gaid]. danh tư người chỉ dẫn; người chỉ đường, người hướng dẫn (cho khách du lịch) bài học, điều chỉ dẫn, điều tốt, điều hay (cần noi theo) như guide-book a guide to Vietnam sách chỉ dẫn đi thăm Việt Nam a guide to poultry keeping sách chỉ dẫn cách nuôi gà vịt cọc hướng dẫn; biển chỉ đường (kỹ thuật) thiết bị dẫn đường, thanh dẫn (quân sự) quân thám báo (hàng hải) tàu hướng dẫn (cho cả đội tàu) ngoại động tư dẫn đường, chỉ đường, dắt, dẫn, hướng dẫn; chỉ đạo to guide somebody to a place dẫn ai tới nơi nào to guide somebody in (out of) đưa ai vào (ra khỏi) nơi nào. homonym : ['hɔmənim]. danh tư tư có cách viết và cách phát âm giống hệt một tư khác, nhưng không đồng nghia với tư khác đó; tư đồng âm ( see và see chẳng hạn) như namesake. horrible : ['hɔrəbl]. tính tư kinh khủng, kinh khiếp horrible cruelty sự tàn ác khủng khiếp kinh tởm, xấu xa (thông tục) đáng ghét; hết sức khó chịu; quá lắm horrible weather thời tiết hết sức khó chịu horrible noise tiếng ồn ào quá lắm. hydrogen : ['haidrədʒən] danh tư (hoá học) Hyđrô light hydrogen hyđrô nhẹ heavy hydrogen hyđrô nặng. impudence : ['impjudəns] danh tư lời nói láo xược; hành động láo xược I've had enough of your impudence! Tôi hết chịu nổi cái tính láo xược của anh rồi! hành động trơ tráo, hành động trơ trẽn, hành động vô liêm sỉ.

(231) immense : [i'mens] tính tư mênh mông, bao la, rộng lớn (tư lóng) rất tốt, rất cư, chiến lắm. Infer : [in'fə:]. ngoại động tư ( to infer something from something) suy ra; luận ra It is impossible to infer final results from their lame reasoning Không thể suy ra kết quả sau cùng tư cái lối lập luận khập khiễng của họ. Inject : [in'dʒekt]. ngoại động tư tiêm (thuốc...), tiêm thuốc (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) xen (lời nhận xét...) vào câu chuyện, xen (cái gì) vào một cách vũ đoán, xen (cái gì) một cách lạc lõng. Intensity : [in'tensiti]. danh tư độ mạnh, cường độ sức mạnh; tính mãnh liệt, tính dữ dội sự xúc cảm mãnh liệt. intimacy : ['intiməsi]. danh tư sự quen thân, sự thân mật, sự mật thiết, sự thân tình, sự quen thuộc sự riêng biệt, sự riêng tư ( số nhiều) cử chỉ hôn hít vuốt ve. Invaluable : [in'væljuəbl]. tính tư vô giá an invaluable collection of stamps một bộ sưu tập tem vô giá. investigate : [in'vestigeit]. động tư khám phá và kiểm tra (tất cả sự kiện về cái gì) để tìm ra sự thật The police were baffled, and Sherlock Holmes was called in to investigate Cảnh sát đã thất bại, và Sherlock Holmes được mời đến để điều tra Scientists are investigating to find out the cause of the crash/are investigating how the crash occurred Các nhà khoa học đang điều tra để tìm ra nguyên nhân của vụ tai nạn máy bay/đang điều tra xem tai nạn xảy ra thế nào The police are investigating the murder Cảnh sát đang điều tra vụ giết người Applicants for government posts are always thoroughly investigated before being appointed Những người xin vào làm công việc nhà nước bao giờ cũng bị điều tra kỹ lưỡng trước khi được bổ nhiệm nghiên cứu tỉ mỉ To investigate the market for a product, ways of increasing profits Nghiên cứu thị trường cho một sản phẩm, các cách tăng lợi tức kiểm tra nhanh 'What was the noise outside?' - 'I'll just go and investigate' 'Tiếng huyên náo gì bên ngoài vậy nhỉ? ' - Tôi sẽ ra kiểm tra xem. Involve : [in'vɔlv]. ngoại động tư gồm, bao hàm làm cho mắc míu (vào chuyện gì); làm liên luỵ, làm dính líu, làm dính dáng thu hút tâm trí của; để hết tâm trí vào (cái gì) he was involved in working out a solution to the problem anh ấy để hết tâm trí tìm cách giải quyết vấn đề đòi hỏi phải, cần phải, kéo theo expansion in business involves expenditure sự mở rộng việc kinh doanh đòi hỏi phải chi tiêu cuộn vào, quấn lại.

(232) irrigate : ['irigeit] ngoại động tư tưới (đất, ruộng) (y học) rửa (vết thương...) làm ướt, làm ẩm. keen : [ki:n]. danh tư bài hát tang (kèm theo tiếng than khóc ở Ai-len) nội động tư hát bài hát tang than van ai oán, than khóc thảm thiết ngoại động tư than khóc thương tiếc ai tính tư sắc, bén (dao); nhọn (kim) rét buốt, buốt thấu xương keen wind gió rét buốt chói (ánh sáng) trong và cao (tiếng...) buốt, nhói, dữ dội, thấm thía keen hunger sự đói dữ dội, sự đói như cào keen sorrow nỗi buồn thấm thía sắc sảo; tinh, thính keen intelligence trí thông minh sắc sảo keen eyes mắt tinh keen ears tai thính chua cay, đay nghiến, gay gắt (lời nói, lời phê bình...) mãnh liệt, thiết tha, kịch liệt; hăng hái, sôi nổi, nhiệt tình keen desire sự ham muốn mãnh liệt a keen sportsman nhà thể thao nhiệt tình a keen debate cuộc tranh luận sôi nổi say mê, ham thích he's keen on swimming anh ta thích bơi lội to be keen about hài lòng về, vưa y về (cái gì) (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) tuyệt diệu, cư khôi, xuất sắc as keen as mustard hăng say, hớn hở. keenness : ['ki:nnis]. danh tư sự sắc bén, sự sắc nhọn sự rét buốt, sự buốt thấu xương (gió lạnh) sự chói (ánh sáng...) tính trong và cao (giọng, tiếng) sự đau buốt, sự đau nhói, sự dữ dội, sự thấm thía (đau buồn...) tính sắc sảo, sự tính, sự thính (trí óc, mắt, tai...) sự chua cay, sự gay gắt (lời nói, phê bình) sự mãnh liệt, sự thiết tha; sự hăng hái, sự sôi nổi, sự nhiệt tình sự ham mê, sự say mê, sự ham thích. ladder : ['lædə] danh tư.

(233) thang ( (nghia đen) & (nghia bóng))stepladder folding ladder thang gập được, thang xếp the ladder of fame thang danh vọng to kick down ladder tư bỏ những người bạn đã giúp mình nên địa vị; tư bỏ nghề nghiệp đã giúp mình có địa vị nội động tư (nói về bít tất) có kẽ hở. Land : [lænd]. danh tư đất; đất liền to go by land đi đường bộ đất trồng trọt, đất canh tác barren land đất cẵn cỗi land reforms cải cách ruộng đất, cải cách điền địa vùng, xứ, địa phương one's native land quê hương xứ sở đất đai, điền sản to own houses and lands có nhà cửa và đất đai Holy Land đất thánh the land of the leal thiên đường to be in the land of the living sống, tồn tại land of milk and honey nơi đầy đủ sung túc lộc phúc của trời the promised land (trong (kinh thánh)) miền đất phì nhiêu do Chúa Trời hứa với người Do Thái; miền đất hứa chốn thiên thai; nơi cực lạc land of Nod giấc ngủ to spy out the land kín đáo dò xét tình hình to make the land trông thấy đất liền (tàu biển) to see how the land lies xem sự thể ra sao to live on the fat of the land ngồi mát ăn bát vàng to be on the land làm nghề trồng trọt cày cấy, làm nghề nông ngoại động tư đưa vào bờ; đổ bộ to land troops đổ bộ quân dẫn đến, đưa đến, đẩy vào (một tình thế, một hoàn cảnh) extravagance will land a man in debt ăn tiêu hoang phí sẽ đưa người ta đến mang công mắc nợ đạt được, giành được; bắt được to land a prize giành được giải thưởng đưa đi, giáng, đánh to land a blow in someone's eye giáng một quả đấm vào mắt ai to land a ball in the goal.

(234) rót bóng vào khung thành nội động tư ghé vào bờ (tàu); hạ cánh (máy bay); xuống đất, xuống xe (người); lên bờ (tư dưới tàu) to land at Odessa cặp bến ở Ô-đét-xa the plane landed safely máy bay hạ cánh an toàn rơi vào (tình trạng nào đó) to land in a fix rơi vào tình thế khó khăn to land on sb phê bình, mắng mỏ to land up doing sth rốt cuộc phải miễn cưỡng làm điều gì to land sb with sth giao cái gì cho ai giải quyết to land on one's feet hồi phục vững vàng, lấy lại phong độ. laser : ['leizə]. danh tư (kỹ thuật) la-de. Lead : [led]. danh tư chì (hàng hải) dây dọi dò sâu, máy dò sâu to cast (heave) the lead ném dây dọi xuống nước để đo chiều sâu (ngành in) thanh cỡ than chì (dùng làm bút chì) ( số nhiều) tấm chì lợp nhà; mái lợp tấm chì đạn chì to swing the lead (tư lóng) cáo ốm, giả vờ ốm để trốn việc ngoại động tư buộc chì; đổ chì; bọc chì; lợp chì (ngành in) đặt thành cỡ danh tư[li:d] sự lãnh đạo; sự hướng dẫn, sự chỉ dẫn; sự dẫn đầu to take the lead hướng dẫn, giữ vai trò lãnh đạo to take the lead in something dẫn đầu trong việc gì to follow the lead theo sự hướng dẫn, theo sự lãnh đạp to give someone a lead làm trước để hướng dẫn động viên ai làm vị trí đứng đầu to have the lead in a race dẫn đầu trong một cuộc chạy đua (sân khấu) vai chính; người đóng vai chính dây dắt (chó) (đánh bài) quyền đánh đầu tiên máng dẫn nước (đến cối xay lúa) (điện học) dây dẫn chính (điện học) sự sớm (pha) (kỹ thuật) bước (răng ren) ngoại động tư[li:d] lãnh đạo, lãnh đạo bằng thuyết phục; dẫn đường, hướng dẫn, dẫn dắt to lead a horse dắt một con ngựa to lead the way dẫn đường.

(235) easier led than driven dễ lãnh đạo bằng cách thuyết phục hơn là thúc ép chỉ huy, đứng đầu to lead an army chỉ huy một đạo quân đưa đến, dẫn đến good command leads to victory sự chỉ huy giỏi dẫn đến thắng lợi trải qua, kéo dài (cuộc sống...) to lead a quiet life sống một cuộc sống êm đềm làm cho, khiến cho these facts lead me to... những sự việc đó khiến tôi... (đánh bài) đánh trước tiên to lead a trump đánh quân bài chủ trước tiên hướng (ai) trả lời theo y muốn bằng những câu hỏi khôn ngoan nội động tư chỉ huy, dẫn đường, hướng dẫn (đánh bài) đánh đầu tiên to lead aside from đưa đi trệch nothing can lead him aside from the path of duty không gì có thể đưa anh ta đi trệch con đường trách nhiệm to lead astray dẫn lạc đường; đưa vào con đường lầm lạc to lead away khiến cho đi theo một cách không suy nghi; dẫn đi to lead into đưa vào, dẫn vào, dẫn đến to lead off bắt đầu (câu chuyện, cuộc khiêu vũ...) to lead on đưa đến, dẫn đến to lead up to hướng câu chuyện về (một vấn đề) chuẩn bị cho (một cái gì) to lead nowhere không đưa đến đâu, không đem lại kết quả gì to lead someone by the nose bắt ai phải làm theo y mình; hoàn toàn điều khiển ai; xỏ mũi ai to lead someone a dog's life bắt/khiến ai sống khổ như chó to lead someone a (merry) dance gây cho ai rất nhiều phiền phức (nhất là bắt người đó đi hết nơi này đến nơi khác); làm tình làm tội ai to lead the dance mở đầu vũ hội (nghia bóng) đi đầu, đi tiên phong to lead the van đi đầu, đi tiên phong to lead a woman to the altar làm lễ cưới ai, cưới ai làm vợ to lead sb up the garden path lưa gạt ai all roads lead to Rome đường nào cũng về La Mã the blind leading the blind thằng mù lại dắt thằng mù. left-hand : ['lefthænd]. tính tư về bên trái, bằng tay trái a left-hand blow.

(236) một cú đấm trái. legal : ['li:gəl]. tính tư thuộc về hoặc dựa trên luật pháp legal adviser/representative cố vấn/đại diện pháp ly to take/seek legal advice hỏi y kiến luật sư to take legal action kiện; khởi tố legal responsibility trách nhiệm pháp ly được phép hoặc yêu cầu bởi pháp luật; hợp pháp should euthanasia be made legal? cho người mắc bệnh nan y chết không đau đớn là có hợp pháp hay không?. Length : [leηθ]. danh tư bề dài, chiều dài, độ dài at arm's length cách một sải tay a river 300 miles in length một con sông dài 300 dặm this room is twice the length of the other, but much narrower phòng này dài gấp đôi phòng kia, nhưng hẹp hơn nhiều a book the length of 'War and Peace' quyển sách có độ dài như quyển 'Chiến tranh và Hoà bình' he jogged the length of the beach ông ta chạy thong thả dọc theo bờ biển this car will turn in its own length xe này quay được trong phạm vi chiều dài của nó the horse won the race by two lengths con ngựa về đích trước con sau hai thân (khoảng cách tương đương với hai lần chiều dài của chính nó) đoạn; khúc timber sold in lengths of 5, 10 or 20 metres gỗ bán theo các đoạn 5, 10 hoặc 20 mét I need a length of wire or string to tie it with tôi cần một đoạn dây thép hoặc dây để buộc nó lại lượng thời gian dùng vào việc gì you spend a ridiculous length of time in the bath anh tốn rất ư là nhiều thời gian cho việc tắm rửa size of pension depends on length of service with the company mức lương hưu phụ thuộc số thời gian làm việc cho công ty a speech, symphony, ceremony of considerable length bài diễn văn, bản giao hưởng, buổi lễ chiếm khá nhiều thời gian to keep someone at arm's length tránh không làm thân với ai at length sau hết, cuối cùng, rốt cuộc đầy đủ chi tiết At length the bus arrived, 40 minutes late Cuối cùng rồi xe búyt cũng đến, chậm mất 40 phút to discuss something at some, great, excessive length thảo luận điều gì hơi, rất, quá chi tiết at full length hoàn toàn đầy đủ, không rút gọn, không cắt xén; không viết tắt (chữ viết) nằm dài to fall at full length to measure one's length ngã sóng soài the length and breadth of sth ngang dọc khắp cái gì to travel the length and breadth of the British Isles.

(237) đi du lịch khắp quần đảo Anh to go to any length làm bất cứ cái gì có thể; không e dè câu nệ; không có gì có thể cản trở được they went to absurd lengths to keep the affair secret chúng làm mọi điều phi ly để bưng bít sự việc there are no lengths to which an addict will not go to obtain his drug không có việc gì mà kẻ nghiện không dám làm để có ma túy to go the whole length of it (xem) go to go to the length of thinking that... đi đến chỗ nghi rằng... to win by a length hơn một thuyền; hơn một ngựa; hơn một xe... (trong những cuộc đua thuyền, ngựa, xe đạp...) hậu tố (tạo tính tư ghép) a knee-length dress chiếc áo dài đến đầu gối floor-length curtains bức rèm dài đến tận sàn a feature-length film phim dài bằng phim truyện. light : [lait]. danh tư ánh sáng, ánh sáng mặt trời, ánh sáng ban ngày to stand in somebody's light đứng lấp bóng ai; (nghia bóng) làm hại ai, cản trở ai làm việc gì in the light of these facts dưới ánh sáng của những sự việc này to see the light nhìn thấy ánh sáng mặt trời; (nghia bóng) sinh ra đời to bring sth to light (nghia bóng) đưa ra ánh sáng, làm sáng tỏ to come to light ra ánh sáng, lộ ra nguồn ánh sáng, đèn đuốc traffic lights đèn tín hiệu giao thông lửa, tia lửa; diêm, đóm to strike a light bật lửa, đánh diêm give me a light, please làm ơn cho tôi xin tí lửa ( số nhiều) sự hiểu biết, trí thức, trí tuệ, chân ly to do something according to one's lights làm gì theo sự hiểu biết của mình trạng thái, phương diện, quan niệm in a good light ở chỗ có nhiều ánh sáng, ở chỗ rõ nhất (dễ trông thấy nhất); với quan niệm đúng, với cách hiểu đúng (một vấn đề) to place something in a good light trình bày cái gì một cách tốt đẹp in a wrong light quan niệm sai, hiểu sai the thing now appears in a new light sự việc bây giờ biểu hiện ra dưới một trạng thái mới sự soi sáng, sự làm sáng tỏ; ( số nhiều) những sự kiện làm sáng tỏ, những phát minh làm sáng tỏ (tôn giáo) ánh sáng của thượng đế sinh khí, sự tinh anh; ánh mắt; (thơ ca) sự nhìn ( số nhiều) (tư lóng) đôi mắt ( số nhiều) phổi súc vật (cưu, lợn...) (dùng làm thức ăn cho chó, mèo...) cửa, lỗ sáng men of light and leading những người có uy tín và thế lực ( số nhiều) khả năng.

(238) according to one's lights tuỳ theo khả năng của mình (nghệ thuật) chỗ sáng trong bức tranh at first light lúc bình minh, lúc rạng đông to give sb the green light cho phép ai hành động, bật đèn xanh cho ai to get the green light được bật đèn xanh, được phép hành động to go out like a light ngủ thiếp đi to hide one's light under a bushel không muốn phô trương tài nghệ cho thiên hạ biết to jump the lights vượt đèn đỏ, bất chấp luật lệ the light at the end of the tunnel niềm may mắn sau một chuỗi bất hạnh, ánh sáng cuối đường hầm all sweetness and light (đùa cợt) sự nhã nhặn và biết phải quấy ngoại động tư lit, lighted đốt, thắp, châm, nhóm to light a fire nhóm lửa soi sáng, chiếu sáng ( (thường) + up) làm cho rạng lên, làm cho sáng ngời lên (nét mặt, khoé mắt) the news of the victory lighted up their eyes tin chiến thắng làm cho mắt họ ngời lên nội động tư ( (thường) + up) lên đèn, thắp đèn it is time to light up đã đến giờ lên đèn thắp, đốt, bắt lửa, bén lửa this lamp does not light well cái đèn này khó thắp ( (thường) + up) sáng ngời, tươi lên face lights up nét mặt tươi hẳn lên to light into (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) tấn công mắng mỏ to light out (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) thình lình bỏ đi tính tư nhẹ, nhẹ nhàng as light as a feather nhẹ như một cái lông light food thức ăn nhẹ light sleep giấc ngủ nhẹ nhàng a light sleeper người tỉnh ngủ a light task công việc nhẹ a light punishment sự trưng phạt nhẹ light wine rượu vang nhẹ light ship tàu đã dỡ hàng light marching order lệnh hành quân mang nhẹ light cavalry.

(239) kỵ binh vũ trang nhẹ (nói về màu sắc) nhạt a light blue shirt áo sơ mi màu xanh nhạt nhanh nhẹn to be light of foot bước đi nhanh nhẹn nhẹ nhàng, thanh thoát, dịu dàng, thư thái light touch cái vuốt nhẹ nhàng with a light hand nhẹ tay; khôn khéo with a light heart lòng thư thái, lòng băn khoăn lo âu gì light music nhạc nhẹ light comedy kịch cười nhẹ nhàng khinh suất, nông nổi, nhẹ dạ, bộp chộp; lăng nhăng; lẳng lơ, đi thoã a light woman người đàn bà lẳng lơ tầm thường, không quan trọng a light talk chuyện tầm phào to make light of sth xem thường, không chú y đến to have light fingers có tài xoay vặt, khéo chôm chia light relief lời nói hoặc hành động làm giảm bớt sự căng thẳng trong một buổi họp to make light work of sth làm sơ sài, làm qua loa many hands make light work nhiều người chung sức chung lòng thì dễ thành công phó tư nhẹ, nhẹ nhàng to tread light on the grass giẫm nhẹ lên cỏ light come, light go (xem) come to sleep light ngủ không say, ngủ dễ tỉnh. lightning : ['laitniη]. danh tư chớp; sét to be struck by lightning bị sét đánh a flash of lightning một tia chớp as quick as lightning ,like a streak of lightning ; like (greased) lightning nhanh như chớp, trong nháy mắt lightning never strikes in the same place twice (tục ngữ) sét chẳng đánh ai hai lần tính tư đột ngột, nhanh như cắt a lightning strike cuộc đình công đột ngột (không báo trước) lightning war chiến tranh chớp nhoáng with lightning speed rất nhanh, chớp nhoáng. logical : ['lɔdʒikəl].

(240) tính tư hợp với lôgic; theo lôgic; hợp ly. many : ['meni]. tính tư (dạng so sánh hơn là more; dạng cực cấp là most) nhiều, lắm many people think so nhiều người nghi như vậy there are too many mice in this house nhà này có quá nhiều chuột how many children have you got? anh có mấy con rồi? I don't need many more tôi không cần nhiều nữa many a (dùng với một danh tư số ít và động tư cũng ở số ít) hơn một, nhiều many a time nhiều lần many a strong man has weakened before such a challenge nhiều người đàn ông can đảm đã nhục chí trước một thách thức như vậy many a true word is spoken in jest nhiều lời nói thật được thốt ra khi nói đùa many a man thinks so nhiều người nghi như vậy ... too many thưa there are six of them - two too many for a touring-car cả thảy bọn họ là sáu người- thưa hai người đối với một xe du lịch a good/great many rất nhiều many's the somebody/something who/that có nhiều người/thứ mà... many's the promise that has been broken đã có nhiều lời hứa không được thực hiện many's the time that I heard him use those words đã nhiều lần tôi nghe anh ta dùng các tư đó đại tư nhiều many of the examinees are from northern provinces nhiều người trong số các thí sinh là tư các tỉnh miền bắc vào I know many of them tôi biết nhiều người trong bọn họ I have some classical records but not very many tôi có một số đia nhạc cổ điển nhưng không nhiều lắm how many do you want? anh cần bao nhiêu? I wouldn't have offered to water the plants if I'd known there were so many tôi đã không xung phong đi tưới cây nếu tôi biết có nhiều như thế này danh tư ( the many) phần lớn mọi người; quần chúng in capitalist countries, the many have to labour for the few trong các nước tư bản, số đông phải lao động cho một thiểu số. matter : ['mætə]. danh tư chất, vật chất volatile matter chất dễ bay hơi suspended matter chất huyền phù waste matter chất thải to study the properties of matter nghiên cứu các thuộc tính của vật chất.

(241) chủ đề, nội dung the matter of a poem chủ đề của bài thơ vật phẩm printed matter ấn phẩm việc, chuyện, điều, sự kiện, vấn đề the heart/core of the matter trung tâm/cốt lõi của vấn đề the matter in hand/under discussion vấn đề đang được đề cập/thảo luận a matter I know little about một vấn đề mà tôi biết chút ít thôi it is a very important matter đấy là một việc rất quan trọng it is no laughing matter đây không phải là chuyện đùa it is only a matter of habit/time đó là vấn đề thói quen/thời gian mà thôi a matter of life and death một vấn đề sống còn a matter of opinion vấn đề còn gây tranh cãi; vấn đề còn phải bàn lại I don't discuss private matters with my colleagues tôi không bàn chuyện riêng tư với các đồng nghiệp (của tôi) in the matter of something về vấn đề gì đó to be a matter of something/doing something chỉ là vấn đề gì đó to let the matter drop; to let the matter rest không bàn đến vấn đề đó nữa what's the matter with you? anh làm sao thế?, anh có vấn đề gì thế? is anything the matter? có chuyện gì không? money matters chuyện tiền nong to make matters worse làm cho tình hình tồi tệ hơn; đổ dầu vào lửa việc quan trọng, chuyện quan trọng it is no great matter cái đó không phải là điều quan trọng ghê gớm no matter chẳng sao cả; chẳng hề gì I can't do it - No matter, I'll do it myself Tôi không làm được việc đó - Không sao, tôi sẽ tự mình làm lấy it's no matter to me whether you arrive early or late anh đến sớm hay muộn, đối với tôi không quan trọng to make no matter to somebody chẳng quan trọng gì đối với ai; chẳng đáng cho ai quan tâm no matter who/what/where... bất kể ai/cái gì/ở đâu... don't open the door, no matter who comes bất kỳ ai đến cũng không mở cửa I'll be there tomorrow no matter what Ngày mai tôi vẫn đến đó, bất kể có gì chăng nữa never trust that blabbermouth, no matter what he says đưng bao giờ tin cái thằng khoác lác ấy, bất kể nó nói gì chăng nữa Try to keep in touch with them, no matter where they are Hãy cố gắng giữ liên lạc với họ, bất kể họ đang ở đâu I must speak to her, no matter how ill she is Tôi phải nói chuyện với cô ấy, dù cô ấy bệnh thế nào chăng nữa to take matters into one's own hands.

(242) tùy nghi hành động khoảng ước lượng (thời gian, không gian, số lượng...) a matter of six kilometers khoảng độ sáu kilômét ly do, nguyên nhân, cớ, lẽ, cơ hội, tình hình no matter for complaint không có ly do gì để than phiền cả (y học) mủ; nước tiểu nội động tư ( to matter to somebody) có y nghia, có tính chất quan trọng it does not matter to me what you do anh làm gì, đối với tôi không quan trọng does it matter if we're a bit late? chúng tôi đến muộn một tí có sao không? this case matters more than others trường hợp này quan trọng hơn những trường hợp khác. mechanic : [mi'kænik]. danh tư thợ máy, công nhân cơ khí. merely : ['miəli] phó tư chỉ, đơn thuần. metropolis : [mi'trɔpəlis] danh tư thủ phủ chính của một vùng hoặc một nước; thủ đô a great metropolis like Tokyo một thủ đô lớn như Tokyo chẳng hạn nước mẹ; mẫu quốc (cũng) mother country. metropolitan : [,metrə'pɔlitən]. tính tư (thuộc) thủ đô; có tính chất thủ đô (thuộc) mẫu quốc; (thuộc) chính quốc metropolitan bishop tổng giám mục Metropolitan France bản thân nước Pháp (không tính các thuộc địa của Pháp); nước mẹ Đại Pháp; chính quốc Pháp danh tư người dân thủ đô ( Metropolitan) tổng giám mục. Militant : ['militənt]. tính tư chiến đấu the militant solidarity among the oppressed peoples tình đoàn kết chiến đấu giữa các dân tộc bị áp bức danh tư người chiến đấu, chiến si. military : ['militri]. tính tư thuộc về binh lính hoặc cho một quân đội; thuộc về hoặccho lực lượng vũ trang military training; military discipline sự huấn luyện quân sự; kỷ luật quân đội in full military uniform mặc quân phục chỉnh tề to be called up for military service; to do military service được gọi đi nghia vụ quân sự; đi nghia vụ quân sự danh tư ( the military) binh lính hoặc quân đội; bộ đội (khác với cảnh sát, công an) the military were called in to deal with the riot quân đội được gọi đến giải quyết vụ bạo động.

(243) mineral : ['minərəl] tính tư khoáng mineral salts muối khoáng the mineral kingdom giới khoáng vật mineral oil dầu thô (hoá học) vô cơ mineral acid axit vô cơ danh tư khoáng vật; khoáng sản nước khoáng. miraculous : [mi'rækjuləs] tính tư thần diệu, huyền diệu kỳ lạ, phi thường. miraculously : [mi'rækjuləsli] phó tư kỳ diệu; phi thường. moped : ['mouped] danh tư xe máy có bàn đạp và một động cơ chạy bằng xăng, công suất thấp (xe mô bi lét chẳng hạn). mount : [maunt]. danh tư núi ( (thường) đặt trước danh tư riêng (viết tắt) Mt) Mt Everest núi Ê-vơ-rét danh tư mép (viền quanh) bức tranh bìa (để) dán tranh khung, gọng, giá ngựa cưỡi ngoại động tư leo, trèo lên to mount a hill trèo lên một ngọn đồi to mount a ladder trèo thang cưỡi to mount a horse cưỡi ngựa nâng lên, cất lên, đỡ lên, kéo lên, cho cưỡi lên đóng khung, lắp táp, cắm vào, dựng lên, đặt, sắp đặt, dán vào, đóng vào to mount a diamond in platinum găn một viên kim cương vào miếng bạch kim to mount a photograph dán ảnh vào bìa cứng to mount a loom lắp một cái máy dệt to mount a gun đặt một khẩu súng to mount a play dựng một vở kịch mang, được trang bị the fort mounts a hundred guns pháo đài được trang bị một trăm khẩu súng to mount guard làm nhiệm vụ canh gác.

(244) to mount an attack mở một cuộc tấn công cho nhảy (cái) vật nuôi nội động tư lên, cưỡi, trèo, leo to mount on the scaffold lên đoạn đầu đài to mount on a horse cưỡi trên mình ngựa lên, bốc lên blush mounts to face mặt đỏ ửng lên tăng lên prices mount up every day giá cả ngày càng tăng the struggle of the people against depotism and oppression mounts cuộc đấu tranh của nhân dân chống chuyên chế và áp bức tăng lên. natural : ['næt∫rəl]. tính tư (thuộc) tự nhiên, (thuộc) thiên nhiên natural law quy luật tự nhiên natural phenomena các hiện tượng tự nhiên the natural world giới tự nhiên (cây cối, sông ngòi, chim muông) natural resources tài nguyên thiên nhiên land in its natural state vùng đất ở trong trạng thái tự nhiên natural selection sự chọn lọc tự nhiên natural philosophy vật ly và động lực học; khoa học tự nhiên (thuộc) thiên tính; bẩm sinh, trời sinh natural gift thiên tư natural ability tài năng bẩm sinh he was a natural orator ông ta là một nhà hùng biện bẩm sinh she is a natural linguist cô ta là người có khiếu ngôn ngữ tự nhiên, đương nhiên, tất nhiên, di nhiên it is natural for a dog to bark chó biết sủa là chuyện tự nhiên a natural consequence hậu quả tất nhiên it is natural that you should think so lẽ tất nhiên là anh phải nghi như vậy to die a natural death; to die of natural causes chết một cách tự nhiên, do những nguyên nhân tự nhiên (do già mà chết, chứ không phải do bạo lực...) tự nhiên, không giả tạo, không màu mè natural manners cử chỉ tự nhiên it is difficult to be natural when one appears in public thật khó giữ được vẻ tự nhiên khi phải xuất hiện giữa công chúng (về nốt nhạc) không thăng mà cũng không giáng; thường có quan hệ máu mủ; ruột thịt natural father/mother cha ruột/mẹ ruột we are the natural parents of this child chúng tôi là cha mẹ ruột của đứa trẻ này.

(245) she is not our natural daughter - we adopted her when she was two nó không phải con gái ruột của chúng tôi - chúng tôi nuôi nó khi nó lên hai (về đứa con) do cha mẹ không có giá thú với nhau sinh ra; không chính thức how dare you adopt her natural child? sao anh dám nhận đứa con hoang của cô ta làm con nuôi? dựa trên ly do về con người natural justice công ly của con người mọc tự nhiên, dại natural growth cây cỏ dại one's natural life tuổi thọ của con người danh tư người bẩm sinh ngớ ngẩn, người bẩm sinh ngu đần (âm nhạc) nốt thường (âm nhạc) dấu đặt trước một nốt nhạc cho biết nốt đó không thăng hoặc gián; dấu hoàn người có khiếu tự nhiên (về ngành gì) she is a natural at painting cô ta có khiếu về hội hoạ điều thắng lợi tất nhiên; điều chắc chắn. nerve : [nə:v]. danh tư (giải phẫu) dây thần kinh ( số nhiều) thần kinh; trạng thái thần kinh kích động to get on someone's nerves; to give someone the nerves chọc tức ai; làm cho ai phát cáu to have a fit of nerves bực dọc, nóng nảy khí lực, khí phách, dũng khí, can đảm, nghị lực a man with iron nerves; a man with nerves of steel con người có khí phách cương cường; con người không gì làm cho xúc động được to lose one's nerves mất tinh thần, hoảng sợ to strain every nerve ráng hết sức (thông tục) sự táo gan, sự trơ tráo to have the nerve to do something có gan làm gì (thực vật học) gân (lá cây) (nghia bóng) bộ phận chủ yếu, khu vực trung tâm, bộ phận đầu não not to know what nerves are điềm tinh, điềm đạm a war of nerves chiến tranh cân não, chiến tranh tâm ly to hit a raw nerve gợi lại nỗi đau buồn a bundle of nerves trạng thái bồn chồn lo âu ngoại động tư truyền sức mạnh (vật chất, tinh thần); truyền can đảm, truyền nhuệ khí to nerve oneself ráng sức, lấy hết can đảm, tập trung nghị lực. nitric : ['naitrik] tính tư (hoá học) Nitric nitric acid axít nitric. nitrogen : ['naitrədʒən] danh tư (hoá học) Nitơ.

(246) Non-smoker : [,nɔn 'smɔkə(r)] danh tư người không hút thuốc toa xe lửa dành riêng cho những người không hút thuốc. number : ['nʌmbə]. danh tư chữ số; con số 3, 13, 33 and 103 are numbers 3, 13, 33 và 103 là những con số even number số chẵn odd number số lẻ my telephone number is 8423333 số điện thoại của tôi là 8423333 what's the number of your car? số xe của anh là bao nhiêu? khi chủ ngữ có một tính tư đi trước thì bao giờ động tư theo sau cũng ở số nhiều) số lượng, tổng số a large number of people have applied rất nhiều người đã nộp đơn xin considerable numbers of animals have died khá nhiều súc vật đã bị chết the enemy won by force of numbers kẻ địch đã thắng nhờ quân số đông the number of books stolen from the library is large số sách bị lấy cắp ở thư viện rất lớn we were fifteen in number chúng tôi cả thảy có mười lăm người đám, bọn, nhóm he is not of our number nó không ở trong bọn chúng tôi one of our number một người trong bọn chúng tôi among their number trong bọn họ (viết tắt) là No, no (ky hiệu là #) (dùng trước một con số để chỉ vị trí của cái gì trong một dãy) số Room number 145 is on the third floor of the hotel Phòng số 145 nằm ở lầu 3 của khách sạn He's living at No 4 anh ấy sống ở nhà số 4 No 10 (Downing Street) is the official residence of the British Prime Minister Nhà số 10 là chỗ ở chính thức của Thủ tướng Anh số phát hành của tạp chí, báo... the current number of 'Punch' số (tạp chí) Punch kỳ này back numbers of 'Nature' những số trước đây của tờ Nature bài hát, điệu múa trong một buổi trình diễn trên sân khấu; tiết mục; bài to sing a slow/romantic number hát một bài chậm/lãng mạn (ngôn ngữ học) sự thay đổi về dạng của danh tư và động tư để một hay nhiều hơn một vật hoặc người đã được nói đến; số 'Men' is plural in number 'Men' là số nhiều the subject of a sentence and its verb must agree in number chủ tư của một câu và động tư của nó phải hoà hợp nhau về số (có một hoặc nhiều tính tư đứng trước) thứ, loại được thán phục (bộ quần áo, xe ô tô...) she was wearing a snappy little red number cô ta mặc một chiếc áo dài đỏ xinh xắn hợp thời trang that new Fiat is a fast little number chiếc Fiat mới đó là loại xe nhỏ nhắn nhưng chạy nhanh ( numbers) số học.

(247) he's not good at numbers nó không giỏi môn số học by numbers tuần tự theo số drill movement by numbers làm động tác theo trình tự painting by numbers sơn tuần tự theo số a cushy number xem cushy to have got somebody's number biết rất rõ y định của ai somebody's number is up đã đến lúc ai đó sẽ chết, bị suy sụp; đến lúc tận số when the wheel came off the car, I thought my number was up khi chiếc bánh xe long ra, tôi cứ nghi là mình tận số rồi there's safety in numbers đông người thì không sợ gì cả times without number không tính xuể bao nhiêu lần, chẳng biết bao nhiêu lần somebody's opposite number người có địa vị hoặc chức vụ tương tự như ai; người tương nhiệm talks with her opposite number in the White House nói chuyện với thành viên trong Nhà Trắng có chức vụ tương đương với bà ta động tư đánh số vào cái gì; ghi số đếm the doors were numbered 2, 4, 6 and 8 các cửa được đánh số 2, 4, 6 và 8 we'll number them from one to ten chúng tôi sẽ đánh số những cái đó tư 1 đến 10 lên tới (cái gì); thêm vào tới; gồm có we numbered 20 in all chúng tôi cả thảy gồm hai mươi người somebody's days are numbered xem day to number somebody/something among something gộp ai/cái gì vào một nhóm riêng; kể vào; liệt vào I numbered her among my closest friends tôi liệt cô ta vào số bạn thân nhất của tôi I number that crash among the most frightening experiences of my life tôi tính vụ đâm ô tô ấy vào số những điều trải quả đáng sợ nhất trong đời tôi to number off (quân sự) nói to số của mình trong một hàng; điểm số the soldiers numbered off, starting from the right-hand man những người lính điểm số bắt đầu tư người đứng bên tay phải. obstacle : ['ɒbstəkl]. danh tư sự cản trở, sự trở ngại chướng ngại vật; vật trở ngại Obstacles on the racecourse Những vật chướng ngại trên đường chạy đua. Occupation : [,ɒkjʊ'pei∫n]. danh tư sự chiếm giữ, sự chiếm đóng the occupation of the city sự chiếm đóng thành phố sự cư ngụ, thời hạn cư ngụ the occupation of a house by a family một gia đình cư ngụ trọng môt căn nhà nghề nghiệp; công việc, việc làm to look for an occupation tìm việc làm.

(248) what is your occupation? anh làm nghề gì? như trade. offer : ['ɔfə]. danh tư sự trả giá a firm offer giá nhất định; chắc giá lời đề nghị giúp đỡ; sự tỏ ra sẵn sàng giúp đỡ sự chào hàng lời dạm hỏi, lời ướm, lời mời chào be open to (an) offer/offers như open on offer để bán giảm giá or nearest offer như near under offer (tư Anh, nghia Anh) có người trả giá ngoại động tư biếu, tặng, dâng, hiến, cúng, tiến to offer someone something biếu ai cái gì xung phong (nghia bóng), tỏ y muốn, để lộ y muốn to offer to help somebody xung phong, giúp đỡ ai đưa ra bán, bày ra bán (hàng) giơ ra, chìa ra, đưa ra mời to offer a few remarks đưa ra một vài câu nhận xét đưa ra đề nghị to offer a plan đưa ra một kế hoạch, đề nghị một kế hoạch dạm, hỏi, ướm nội động tư cung cấp; tạo cơ hội This job offers prospects of promotion Công việc này mở ra nhiều triển vọng cúng xảy ra, xảy đến, xuất hiện as opportunity offers khi có dịp (xảy ra) to offer battle nghênh chiến to offer resistance chống cự offer itself/themselves có mặt, xảy ra offer (sb) one's hand giơ tay ra (để bắt) offer one's hand (in marriage) cầu hôn. odourless : ['oudəlis]. tính tư không có mùi không có hương thơm an odourless liquid chất lỏng không có mùi. organic : [ɔ:'gænik]. Cách viết khác : organical [ɔ:'gænikəl] tính tư (thuộc) cơ quan (trong cơ thể).

(249) có cơ quan, có tổ chức, có hệ thống (hoá học), (y học) hữu cơ organic chemistry hoá học hữu cơ organic disease bệnh hữu cơ (pháp ly) cơ bản, có kết cấu the organic law luật cơ bản có hệ thống, có phối hợp, hữu cơ an organic whole một tổng thể hữu cơ. orientation : [,ɔ:rien'tei∫n]. danh tư sự định hướng the orientation of career sự định hướng nghề nghiệp. outnumber : [,aut'nʌmbə]. ngoại động tư đông hơn; đông người hơn The demonstrators were outnumbered by the military police Phe biểu tình không đông bằng quân cảnh ( Quân cảnh đông người hơn phe biểu tình) We were outnumbered two to one by the enemy Quân địch đông gấp đôi chúng tôi. Outwit : [aut'wit]. ngoại động tư khôn hơn, mưu mẹo hơn, láu hơn đánh lưa. oxide : ['ɔksaid] danh tư (hoá học) Oxit. Oxygen :. ['ɔksidʒən] danh tư (hoá học) khí Oxy. Papal : ['ɔksidʒən] danh tư (hoá học) khí Oxy. Parisian : [pə'riziən] tính tư ( Parisian) (thuộc) Paris danh tư người Paris, dân Paris. particular : [pə'tikjulə(r)] tính tư liên quan đến một người, một vật hơn là với những người hoặc vật khác; riêng biệt; cá biệt in this particular case riêng trong trường hợp này his particular problems những vấn đề riêng biệt của ông ta is there particular colour you would prefer? có màu đặc biệt nào anh thích không? hơn thông thường; đặc biệt; ngoại lệ a matter of particular importance một vấn đề đặc biệt quan trọng of no particular importance không có tầm quan trọng đặc biệt for no particular reason không vì ly do gì đặc biệt she took particular care not to overcook the meat.

(250) cô ấy đặc biệt thận trọng để không nấu quá lửa món thịt ( particular over / about something) câu nệ đến tưng chi tiết; kỹ lưỡng; cầu kỳ; khó chiều she's very particular about what she wears cô ta rất cầu kỳ trong cách ăn mặc she's a very particular person cô ấy là người rất khó chiều particular about cleanliness, money matters, one's appearance cầu kỳ trong sự sạch sẽ, trong chuyện tiền nong, trong hình thức bề ngoài in particular nói cụ thể, nói riêng the whole meal was good but the wine in particular was excellent toàn bộ bữa ăn là ngon, riêng món rượu thì tuyệt hảo danh tư mẩu tin, chi tiết, sự kiện to go (enter) into particulars đi sâu vào chi tiết her account is correct in every particular/all particulars bản báo cáo của bà ấy đúng trong mọi chi tiết he gave full particulars of the stolen property ông ấy nêu đầy đủ chi tiết về tài sản bị mất trộm the policewoman wrote down his particulars nữ cảnh sát viên ghi những điều cần thiết về cá nhân anh ta (tên, địa chỉ...). part-time : ['pɑ:ttaim]. tính tư & phó tư chỉ trong một phần của ngày hoặc tuần làm việc; làm không trọn ngày, làm việc bán thời gian part-time work/employment công việc/việc làm không trọn ngày she's looking for a part-time job cô ấy đang đi tìm một việc làm nửa buổi to work part-time làm việc không trọn ngày công part-time workers những công nhân làmkhông trọn ngày. pension : ['pen∫n]. danh tư tiền trợ cấp; lương hưu a retirement pension lương hưu an old-age pension tiền trợ cấp dưỡng lão an army pension tiền trợ cấp của quân đội to draw one's pension nhận tiền trợ cấp to live on a pension sống bằng tiền trợ cấp['pɔnsiɔn] (tiếng Pháp) khách sạn nhỏ của tư nhân (ở Pháp, một số nước châu Âu) ngoại động tư trả lương hưu; trợ cấp cho ( to pension somebody off) cho ai về hưu; cho ai về vườn ( to pension something off) vứt bỏ; thải bỏ. Peptic : ['peptik]. tính tư (thuộc) sự tiêu hoá; (thuộc) hệ thống tiêu hoá peptic glands tuyến tiêu hoá a peptic ulcer chỗ loét trong hệ thống tiêu hoá danh tư, số nhiều peptics sự tiêu hoá cơ quan tiêu hoá, hệ thống tiêu hoá.

(251) perversity : [pə'və:siti]. Cách viết khác : perverseness [pə'və:snis] danh tư tính ngang bướng, tính ngoan cố (không chịu sửa chữa sai lầm) sự hư hỏng, sự hư thân mất nết, sự đồi truỵ (về cư xử) tính ngang ngạnh, sự sai lầm (không biết điều một cách bướng bỉnh) (về tình cảm) tính trái thói, tính tai ác, vô ly, quá đáng cảnh éo le (pháp luật) sự bất công, sự oan; sự chống lại toà án. Phosphate : ['fɔsfeit]. danh tư (hoá học) photphat; phân lân. Photochemical : [,foutou'kemikl] tính tư quang hoá. plastic : ['plæstik]. danh tư chất dẻo; chất làm bằng chất dẻo the use of plastics in industry việc sử dụng chất dẻo trong công nghiệp many items in daily use are made out of plastic nhiều đồ dùng hàng ngày được làm tư chất dẻo ( plastics) khoa học chế tạo chất dẻo (thông tục) thẻ tín dụng làm bằng chất dẻo (như) plastic money tính tư làm bằng chất dẻo (hàng hoá) a plastic cup cốc bằng chất dẻo a plastic toy đồ chơi bằng chất dẻo fabric with a plastic coating vải tráng chất dẻo dẻo, nặn được, dễ tạo hình, làm thành khuôn (chất liệu, các chất) clay is a plastic substance đất sét là một chất để làm khuôn tạo hình, điêu khắc (đất sét, sáp..) plastic arts nghệ thuật tạo hình plastic surgery phẫu thuật tạo hình (nghia bóng) mềm dẻo, mềm mỏng, hay chiều đời; dễ uốn nắn (người). Point : [pɔint]. danh tư đầu nhọn hoặc tù của cái gì; đầu; mũi the point of a pin/knife/pencil mũi ghim/dao/bút chì the stake had been sharpened to a vicious-looking point cái cọc đã được vót thành một mũi nhọn ghê người the point of the jaw đầu xương quai hàm (làm mục tiêu cho những cú đấm trong môn quyền Anh) (thường) viết hoa làm thành một phần của tên gọi mảnh đất hẹp nhô ra ngoài biển; mũi hoặc mũi đất the ship rounded the point chiếc tàu vòng qua mũi Pagoda Point mũi Pagoda (hình học) điểm AB and CD intersect at (the point) P AB và CD cắt nhau ở (điểm) P point of intersection.

(252) giao điểm dấu chấm dùng khi viết hoặc in (dấu chấm cao, dấu thập phân...) two point six (2.6) hai chấm sáu the first two figures after the decimal point indicate tens and hundredths respectively hai số đầu tiên sau dấu thập phân lần lượt chỉ số phần mười và phần trăm chấm hoặc dấu rất nhỏ của ánh sáng hoặc màu sắc; chấm stars seen as points of lights in a dark sky những ngôi sao trông giống như chấm sáng trên bầu trời tối nơi hoặc vị trí đặc biệt guards had been posted at several points around the perimeter lính bảo vệ đã được bố trí ở những vị trí quanh vòng ngoài an assembly/rallying/meeting point nơi họp/tập hợp/mít tinh a steamer service calling at Port Said, Aden and all points east dịch vụ tàu biển ghé lại Port Said, Aden và các nơi khác về phía đông thời gian hoặc lúc đặc biệt at one point I thought she was going to refuse, but in the end she agreed có lúc tôi tưởng cô ấy sắp tư chối, nhưng rồi cuối cùng cô ấy đã đồng y the film started to get very violent, at which point I left bộ phim bắt đầu đến đoạn rất hung bạo, đúng lúc đó tôi bỏ ra ngoài at the point of death lúc hấp hối giai đoạn hoặc mức độ tiến bộ, tăng lên, nhiệt độ.. to reach danger point đạt tới mức nguy hiểm boiling point điểm sôi freezing/melting point điểm đóng băng/tan một trong 32 chấm trên vòng tròn của la bàn search parties had been sent out to all points of the compass các đội tìm kiếm đã được tung đi khắp bốn phương the cardinal points bốn phương ( Đông - Tây - Nam - Bắc) đơn vị đo lường, giá trị, ghi điểm (điểm thi đấu, điểm thi..) a point on a scale một vạch trên cân the pound fell several points on the Stock Market today đồng pao trên thị trường chứng khoán hôm nay tụt xuống mấy giá to score points ghi điểm to give points to somebody chấp điểm ai; (nghia bóng) giỏi hơn ai, cư hơn ai we need one more point to win the game chúng tôi cần ghi thêm một điểm nữa mới thắng cuộc a point system hệ thống điểm y kiến cá nhân về cái gì đã nói, thực hiện hoặc hoạch định; mục hoặc chi tiết the main points of a story/discussion/argument những điểm chính của một câu chuyện/cuộc thảo luận/cuộc tranh luận points of difference/similarity/agreement/disagreement những điểm khác nhau/tương đồng/tán đồng/bất đồng to explain a theory point by point giải thích cặn kẽ một ly thuyết (tưng điểm một) various committee members made interesting points các ủy viên của ủy ban đã nêu nhiều vấn đề thú vị somebody's good/strong/bad/weak points những điểm tốt/mạnh/xấu/yếu của ai the speaker kept wandering off away from the point diễn giả vẫn đi miên man lạc đề to differ on many points không đồng y nhau về nhiều điểm.

(253) a point of honour điểm danh dự, vấn đề danh dự a point of conscience vấn đề lương tâm point of view thái độ; y kiến; quan điểm this is unacceptable from my point of view theo (quan điểm của) tôi, điều này không thể chấp nhận được what's your point of view on nuclear power? quan điểm của anh như thế nào đối với năng lượng hạt nhân? to make a point of something coi cái gì là một vấn đề to come to the point đi vào vấn đề, đi vào việc y nghia thiết yếu của câu chuyện, câu đùa, nhận xét...; ly do; mục đích; giá trị to get/see/miss/understand the point of something nắm được/thấy/bỏ qua/hiểu được gía trị của cái gì a story with a/some/no/little point một truyện ngắn có một/vài/không có/ít y nghia there's no much point in complaining; they never take notice kêu ca cũng chẳng ích gì; họ chẳng bao giờ quan tâm đâu tính hiệu quả, sự cấp bách speech, words, remarks that lack point bài diễn văn, lời nói, nhận xét thiếu tính hiệu quả (ngành in) Poang (đơn vị đo cỡ chữ bằng 0, 0138 insơ) 6 point is small and 18 point is large 6 poang thì nhỏ mà 18 poang thì lớn (điện học) ổ cắm điện (để cắm phích vào) a lighting point ổ cắm phích đèn ( số nhiều) đầu ngón chân (trong balê) dancing on points múa trên đầu ngón chân ( points) ghi xe lửa (như) switch to change the points bẻ ghi tàu a points lever/mechanism cần/cơ cấu của ghi (thể dục thể thao) người bắt bóng đứng gần người đánh (ở bên ngoài khu vực sân) not to put too fine a point upon it chẳng cần phải nói khéo; nói thẳng, nói toạc móng heo to make one's point giải thích cặn kẽ điều mình đề xuất to labour the point xem labour in point of fact trên thực tế, thực ra if/when it comes to the point khi đã đến lúc quyết định a point of departure điểm khởi hành; (nghia bóng) điểm xuất phát; điểm đột phá a moot point/question xem moot on the point of doing something sắp sửa làm cái gì I was on the point of going to bed when you rang vưa lúc tôi sắp đi ngủ thì anh điện thoại đến the point of no return điểm (trong một chuyến đi, bay xa...) mà tư đó nguồn nhiên liệu không đủ để trở lại nơi xuất phát nên cứ phải đi tiếp để mà tồn tại; điểm bất khả vãn hồi điểm mà ở đó mình phải có một hành động hoặc một quyết định không thể đảo ngược được; thế bí a point of order vấn đề đúng theo thủ tục luật lệ.

(254) possession is nine points of the law xem possession to prove one's/the case/point xem prove a sore point xem sore to stretch a point xem stretch one's strong point/suit xem strong to the point of something đến mức his manner was abrupt to the point of rudeness cử chỉ của anh ta cộc lốc đến mức thô bạo up to a certain point đến mức độ nào đó at the point of a sword/gun dí gươm/súng captured at the point of a sword bị người ta dí gươm bắt sống beside the point không thích hợp to carry/gain one's point thuyết phục người ta nghe theo mình the finer points xem fine to have one's points có một số phẩm chất tốt on points (quyền Anh) thắng cuộc bằng số điểm ghi được chứ không bằng cách hạ đo ván đối phương của mình ngoại động tư vót nhọn (bút chì...) lấp đầy những khoảng giữa các viên gạch (của cái gì) bằng vữa hoặc xi măng to point a wall/chimney trát mạch tường/ống khói ( to point something at / towards somebody / something) chia cái gì vào ai/cái gì to point one's finger at somebody/something chỉ tay của mình vào ai/cái gì to point a gun at somebody chia súng vào ai chấm (câu...); đánh dấu chấm (bài thánh ca cho dễ hát) đem lại sức mạnh (cho cái gì); làm cho (cái gì) đáng lưu y hơn a story that points a moral một câu chuyện củng cố lời răn dạy to point the finger at somebody chỉ tay vào mặt ai; công khai buộc tội ai to point the way to/towards something chỉ ra khả năng phát triển trong tương lai large electronics companies developed television, but Baird pointed the way with his experiments các công ty điện tử lớn đã phát triển vô tuyến truyền hình, nhưng bằng thử nghiệm của mình, Baird đã vạch ra con đường phát triển to point something out to somebody hướng sự chú y về cái gì; lưu y to point out a mistake vạch ra một sai lầm to point out to somebody the stupidity of his/her behaviour lưu y ai về sự ngu ngốc trong cách ứng xử của họ to point something up nhấn mạnh (điều gì); vạch rõ (điều gì) the recent disagreement points up the differences between the two sides sự bất đồng gần đây cho thấy rất rõ mâu thuẫn giữa hai bên nội động tư ( to point at / to somebody / something) chỉ trỏ.

(255) it's rude to point chỉ tay vào ai thì thật là khiếm nhã that's the man who did it, she said, pointing at me chính người này đã làm điều ấy - cô ta nói, chỉ về phía tôi a compass needle points (to the) north mũi kim của la bàn chỉ (về) hướng bắc the clock hand points to twelve kim đồng hồ chỉ đúng mười hai (đúng ngọ hoặc nửa đêm) ( to point to something) chỉ rõ I can't point to any one particular reason for it tôi không thể đưa ra bất cứ ly do đặc biệt nào cho việc đó all the evidence points to his guilt tất cả các chứng cứ đã vạch rõ tội phạm của hắn (về chó săn) đứng ở tư thế thân không nhúc nhích, đầu hướng về phía chim bị săn to point off tách (số lẻ) bằng dấu phẩy. poisoning : ['pɔizəniη]. danh tư sự nhiễm độc blood poisoning sự nhiễm độc máu (làm cho máu bị nhiễm độc) sự đầu độc (về tinh thần). poisonous : ['pɔizənəs]. tính tư độc, có chất độc, có nọc độc; gây chết, gây bệnh (do chất độc) poisonous snakes rắn có nọc độc poisonous plants cây có chất độc (gây bệnh) poisonous chemicals cây có chất độc, hoá chất độc hại độc hại, có hại (về tinh thần, đạo đức); đầy thù hằn, hiểm độc. pollen : ['pɔlən]. danh tư (thực vật học) phấn hoa ngoại động tư (thực vật học) cho thụ phấn, rắc phấn hoa. Pollute : [pə'lu:t]. ngoại động tư làm ô uế, làm mất thiêng liêng làm ô nhiễm, làm nhơ bẩn (nước...) polluted water nước bị ô nhiễm (không dùng được) (nghia bóng) đầu độc, làm hư hỏng, làm sa đoạ. Pollution : [pə'lu:∫n]. danh tư sự làm ô uế, sự làm mất thiêng liêng sự ô nhiễm, sự làm nhơ bẩn (nước...); chất làm ô nhiễm, chất làm nhơ bẩn sự đầu độc, sự làm hư hỏng, sự làm sa đoạ. pope : [poup]. danh tư Giáo hoàng; giáo trưởng (nghia bóng) người ra vẻ không bao giờ có thể sai lầm, người cố chấp pope's eye nhân mỡ béo ở đùi cưu pope's head chổi tròn cán dài pope's nose như nose.

(256) danh tư (như) poop bẹn, vùng bẹn to take someone's pope đánh vào bẹn ai ngoại động tư (như) poop đánh vào bẹn (ai). possession : [pə'ze∫n]. danh tư trạng thái sở hữu; sự chiếm hữu to fight for/win/get possession of the ball giành/lấy được/có được bóng the possession of a passport is essential for foreign travel điều thiết yếu để đi nước ngoài là phải có hộ chiếu on her father's death, she came into possession of a vast fortune khi bố cô ta mất, cô ta nắm được một gia tài kếch xù she has valuable information in her possession bà ta có trong tay những thông tin quy báu the house is for sale with vacant possession ngôi nhà được đem bán với tình trạng vô chủ ( số nhiều) vật sở hữu; tài sản, của cải he lost all his possessions in the fire ông ấy mất sạch của cái trong vụ hoả hoạn một nước do nước khác kiểm soát và cai trị; thuộc địa former colonial possessions are now independent states các nước thuộc địa trước đây nay là những nước độc lập in possession of something khống chế; có hoặc sống trong cái gì their opponents were in possession of the ball for most of the match đối phương của họ đã khống chế bóng hầu như trong suốt trận đấu he was caught in possession of stolen goods/with stolen goods in his possession anh ta bị bắt vì oa trữ đồ ăn cắp while they are in possession, we can't sell the house chúng ta không thể bán ngôi nhà khi họ vẫn đang sống trong đó to take possession of something trở thành người chiếm giữ hoặc sở hữu cái gì; chiếm lấy. potential : [pə'ten∫l]. tính tư tiềm năng; tiềm tàng a potential leader một lãnh tụ tiềm năng potential energy năng lượng tiềm tàng (vật ly) (thuộc) điện thế potential difference hiệu số điện thế (ngôn ngữ học) có khả năng potential mood lối khả năng (tư hiếm,nghia hiếm) hùng mạnh danh tư khả năng; tiềm lực (vật ly) thế; điện thế nuclear potential thế hạt nhân radiation potential thế bức xạ a current of high potential dòng điện cao thế (ngôn ngữ học) lối khả năng. Preferential : [,prefə'ren∫l] tính tư.

(257) thể hiện sự ưu đãi; ưu đãi preferential right quyền ưu tiên preferential duties thuế ưu đãi (dành cho một nước nào... khi đánh vào hàng nhập...) to give somebody preferential treatment đối xử với ai một cách ưu ái; ưu đãi to get preferential treatment được đối xử ưu ái; được ưu đãi. preservation : [,prevə'vei∫n]. danh tư sự gìn giữ, sự bảo quản, sự bảo tồn, sự duy trì in an excellent state of preservation; in a state of fair preservation được bảo quản rất tốt a preservation order luật về bảo tồn sự bảo quản (thức ăn, thịt...) (bằng cách đóng hộp, ướp muối, nấu thành mứt...) (hoá học) sự giữ cho khỏi phân huỷ. Preserve : [pri'zə:v]. danh tư trái cây được bảo quản; mứt apricot preserves mơ được bảo quản (tức là đã được đóng hộp, ướp..) strawberry preserve mứt dâu khu vực cấm săn bắn; khu vực cấm câu cá linh vực (hoạt động, quyền lợi..) riêng biệt ( số nhiều) kính phòng bụi, kính bảo hộ lao động ngoại động tư bảo quản, giữ gìn (cái gì cho hoàn hảo); lưu giữ, bảo tồn, duy trì lâu dài; bảo toàn (cho ai khỏi nguy hiểm) to preserve someone from the cold giữ cho ai khỏi lạnh to preserve order giữ được trật tự giữ, bảo vệ (cái gì khỏi mất) bảo quản (thức ăn, quả, thịt...) (bằng cách đóng hộp, ướp muối, nấu đường...) (hoá học) giữ cho khỏi phân huỷ dành riêng (khu săn, khu đánh cá...). prevention : [pri'ven∫n]. danh tư sự ngăn ngưa, sự ngăn trở the prevention of crime sự ngăn ngưa tội ác the prevention of disease sự ngăn ngưa bệnh; sự phòng bệnh the prevention of cruelty to animals sự ngăn ngưa hành động độc ác đối với súc vật prevention is better than cure (tục ngữ) phòng bệnh hơn chữa bệnh. Process : 'prouses]. danh tư quá trình; quy trình turn-round is a very time-consuming process xếp dỡ hàng hoá là một quy trình rất tốn thời gian a manufacturing process quy trình sản xuất the process of issuing an investment licence quy trình cấp giấy phép đầu tư teaching him French is a very painful process dạy tiếng Pháp cho nó là một quá trình rất vất vả.

(258) the process of growing old quá trình lão hoá the processe of digestion; the digestive process quá trình tiêu hoá cách thức; phương pháp (sản xuất, chế biến) the Bessemer process of making steel phương pháp sản xuất thép bằng lò Be-xơ-me (pháp ly) thủ tục pháp ly, việc tố tụng; trát đòi, lệnh gọi của toà án (sinh vật học) u, bướu (ở cây cối, thân động vật) (ngành in) phép in simili (in ảnh), phép in ảnh chấm in the process trong khi đang làm cái gì vưa mới nói I started knocking at the door and saw his younger sister in the process Tôi bắt đầu gõ cửa và đang lúc đó thì thấy em gái anh ta in the process of something/doing something đang thực hiện một nhiệm vụ nào đó we're still in the process of bailing water chúng tôi vẫn đang tát nước ra ngoại động tư xử ly; chế biến; gia công to process leather to make it softer xử ly da làm cho nó mềm hơn to process photographic film xử ly phim ảnh (rửa phim) (tin học) xử ly (dữ liệu...) giải quyết chính thức (một tài liệu..) it may take a few weeks for your request to be processed có lẽ phải mất vài tuần thì đơn của anh mới được giải quyết kiện (ai); truy tố (ai)[prə'ses] nội động tư (thông tục) đi trong một đám rước; diễu hành The bishops, priests and deacons processed into the cathedral Các giám mục, linh mục và thầy trợ tế tiến vào thánh đường. Promotion : [prə'mou∫n]. danh tư sự thăng tiến; sự thăng chức; trường hợp thăng chức to win /gain promotion được thăng chức, được thăng cấp promotion prospects những triển vọng được thăng chức the new job is a promotion for her công việc mới là một sự thăng tiến đối với cô ta sự đẩy mạnh, sự xúc tiến; sự khuyến khích to form a society for the promotion of science thành lập một hội để đẩy mạnh khoa học the promotion of production sự đẩy mạnh sản xuất (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) sự quảng cáo (hàng...) he's responsible for sales promotion ông ta chịu trách nhiệm về việc quảng cáo hàng hoá advertising is the most effective method of promotion quảng cáo là phương pháp hữu hiệu nhất để đẩy mạnh việc bán hàng we're doing a special promotion of our paperback list chúng tôi đang tiến hành một cuộc vận động quảng cáo đặc biệt cho danh mục các loại sách bìa mỏng của chúng tôi. property : ['prɔpəti]. danh tư tài sản, của cải, vật sở hữu The jewels are her personal property Các món nữ trang là tài sản riêng của cô ta Don't touch those tools - they are not your property Đưng sờ vào các dụng cụ ấy - chúng không phải là đồ của anh.

(259) property tax thuế (đánh vào) tài sản đất đai, nhà cửa, bất động sản; cơ ngơi (mảnh đất, nhà cửa xây trên đó) a man (woman) of property một người đàn ông (đàn bà) giàu có (tức là có nhiều bất động sản) property development/management/speculation sự phát triển/quản ly/đầu cơ bất động sản to invest one's money in property đầu tư tiền vào bất động sản he has a property in Oklahoma ông ta có mộtcơ ngơi ở Oklahoma a fence divides the two properties một hàng rào ngăn đôi hai cơ ngơi sự sở hữu hoặc được sở hữu; quyền sở hữu property brings duties and responsibilities quyền sở hữu đem lại bổn phận và trách nhiệm thuộc tính; đặc tính the chemical properties of iron những tính chất hoá học của sắt đồ dùng biểu diễn (trang trí, phục trang, dàn cảnh...) (như) prop public property (điều) được mọi người (bất cứ ai) cũng biết tới. Prospect : ['prɔspekt]. danh tư, số nhiều prospects cái nhìn rộng về một phong cảnh; cảnh; toàn cảnh a magnificent prospect of mountain peaks and lakes toàn cảnh tuyệt đẹp các đỉnh núi và hồ hình ảnh trong tâm trí hoặc sự tưởng tượng, nhất là về một sự kiện tương lai; viễn cảnh; viễn tượng this opened a new prospect to his mind cái đó mở ra một viễn tượng mới trong trí nó she viewed the prospect of a week alone in the house without much enthusiasm cô ta nghi về viễn cảnh sống một tuần một mình ở nhà chẳng phấn khởi tí nào ( số nhiều) khả năng thành công; triển vọng a man of no prospects người không có tiền đồ the job has no prospects công việc này không có triển vọng (ít có khả năng thăng tiến) the prospects for this year's wine harvest are poor triển vọng thu hoạch vụ nho năm nay là kém ( prospect of something / doing something) hy vọng có ly rằng cái gì sẽ xảy ra; sự mong chờ; triển vọng I see little prospect of an improvement in his condition tôi thấy có ít triển vọng cải thiện hoàn cảnh của nó there is no prospect of a settlement of the dispute không có triển vọng giải quyết được cuộc tranh chấp to have little prospect of succeeding có ít hy vọng thành công he's unemployed and has nothing in prospect at the moment nó thất nghiệp và lúc này chẳng có hy vọng gì ứng cử viên hoặc người dự thi có khả năng thắng lợi; người có triển vọng she's a good prospect for the British team cô ta là người có nhiều triển vọng của đội Anh người có thể sẽ là khách hàng; khách hàng tương lai (ngành mỏ) nơi hy vọng có quặng; mẫu quặng chưa rõ giá trị[prə'spekt] ngoại động tư ( to prospect for something) tìm kiếm khoáng sản (vàng, dầu lửa...); thăm dò (để tìm quặng...); khai thác thử (mỏ) the company is prospecting for gold in that area công ty đang thăm dò vàng ở khu vực đó to prospect a region thăm dò một vùng (để tìm quặng vàng...) a licence to prospect in the northern territory giấy phép thăm dò ở vùng đất phía Bắc.

(260) put : [put]. ngoại động tư để, đặt, bỏ, đút, cho vào (ở đâu, vào cái gì...) to put a thing in its right place để vật gì vào đúng chỗ của nó to put sugar in tea cho đường vào nước trà to put somebody in prison bỏ ai vào tù to put a child to bed đặt em bé vào giường, cho em bé đi ngủ để, đặt vào, sắp đặt, sắp xếp (trong một tình trạng nào); làm cho, bắt phải to put the clock fast để đồng hồ nhanh to put a child to school cho em nhỏ đi học to put a horse at (to) the fence cho ngựa vượt rào to put the matter right sắp đặt vấn đề ổn thoả, sắp đặt công việc thoả đáng to put out of joint làm cho long ra, làm rơ (máy...) to put somebody in fear of... làm cho ai sợ... to put somebody in his guard làm cho ai phải cảnh giác đề phòng to put somebody off his guard làm cho ai mất cảnh giác không đề phòng to put somebody at his ease làm cho ai thoải mái to put to shame làm xấu hổ to put to the blush làm thẹn đỏ mặt to put out of countenance làm cho bối rối, làm luống cuống, làm lúng túng to put a stop to làm ngưng lại, ngưng, ngưng lại; chấm dứt to put words to music đặt lời vào nhạc to put a question đặt một câu hỏi đưa, đưa ra, đem ra to put somebody across the river đưa ai qua sông to put to sale đem bán to put to test đem thử thách to put to trial đưa ra xét xử to put to the torture đưa ra tra tấn to put to death đem giết to put to vote đưa ra biểu quyết to put to express đem tiêu dùng, sử dụng to put one's money into good use dùng tiền vào những việc lợi ích he is put to mind the furnace.

(261) anh ta được sử dụng vào việc trông nom lò cao the land was put into (under) potatoes đất đai được dùng vào việc trồng khoai, đất được trồng khoai diễn đạt, diễn tả, nói, dịch ra to put it in black and white diễn đạt điều đó bằng giấy trắng mực đen I don't know how to put it tôi không biết diễn tả (nói) điều đó thế nào put it into English anh hãy dịch đoạn đó ra tiếng Anh I put it to you that... tôi xin nói với anh rằng... to put something into words nói điều gì ra lời, diễn tả điều gì bằng lời đánh giá, ước lượng, cho là to put much value on đánh giá cao (cái gì) I put the population of the town at 70,000 tôi ước lượng số dân thành phố là 70000 gửi (tiền...), đầu tư (vốn...), đặt (cược...) to put money on a horse đặt cược (đánh cá) vào một con ngựa đua to put one's money into land đầu tư vốn vào đất đai to put all one's fortune into bank gửi hết tiền của vào nhà băng cắm vào, đâm vào, bắn to put a knife into cắm con dao vào, đâm con dao vào to put a bullet through somebody bắn một viên đạn vào ai lắp vào, chắp vào, tra vào, buộc vào to put a horse to the cart buộc ngựa vào xe to put a new handle to a knife tra cán mới vào con dao (thể dục,thể thao) ném, đẩy (tạ) cho nhảy, cho phủ, cho đi tơ (để lấy giống) to put bull to cow; to put cow to bull cho bò đực nhảy bò cái nội động tư (hàng hải) đi, đi về phía to put into harbour đi vào bến cảng to put to sea ra khơi to put about (hàng hải) trở buồm, xoay hướng đi (của con thuyền) làm quay lại, làm xoay hướng đi (ngựa, đoàn người) ( Ê-cốt) gây bối rối cho, gây lúng túng cho; quấy rầy; làm lo lắng to put across thực hiện thành công; làm cho được hoan nghênh, làm cho được tán thưởng (một vở kịch, một câu chuyện...) you'll never put that across cậu chẳng thể thành công được đâu, cậu chẳng làm nên chuyện được đâu (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) làm cho hiểu, làm cho được thưa nhận to out aside để dành, dành dụm bỏ đi, gạt sang một bên to put away để dành, dành dụm (tiền) (tư lóng) uống, nốc (rượu); ăn, đớp (thức ăn) (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) giết, khử (tư lóng) bỏ tù.

(262) (tư lóng) cấm cố (tư cổ,nghia cổ) bỏ, ly dị (vợ) to put back để lại (vào chỗ cũ...) vặn (kim động hồ) lùi lại; làm chậm lại (hàng hải) trở lại bến cảng to put by để sang bên để dành, dành dụm lảng tránh (vấn đề, câu hỏi, ai...) to put down để xuống đàn áp (một cuộc nổi dậy...) tước quyền, giáng chức, hạ bệ; làm nhục; bắt phải im thôi không giữ lại, bỏ không duy trì (cái gì tốn kém) ghi, biên chép cho là to put somebody down for nine years old cho ai chưng chín tuổi to put somebody down as (for) a fool cho ai là điên đổ cho, đổ tại, quy cho, gán cho I put it down to his pride điều đó tôi quy cho là ở tính kiêu căng của hắn cho hạ cánh (máy bay); hạ cánh (người trong máy bay) đào (giếng...) to put forth dùng hết (sức mạnh), đem hết (cố gắng), trổ (tài hùng biện) mọc, đâm, nảy (lá, chồi, mầm...) (cây); mọc lá, đâm chồi, nảy mầm đem truyền bá (một thuyết...) (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) đề nghị, đưa ra, nêu ra (một luận điểm...) (hàng hải) ra khỏi bến to put forward trình bày, đề xuất, đưa ra, nêu ra (kế hoạch, ly thuyết...) vặn (đồng hồ) chạy mau hơn to put oneself forward tự đề cao mình, tự làm cho mình nổi bật to put in đệ (đơn kiện); dẫn, đưa ra (chứng cớ) (pháp ly) thi hành to put in a distress thi hành lệnh tịch biên đưa vào, xen vào to put in a remark xen vào một lời nhận xét đặt vào (một địa vị, chức vụ...) làm, thực hiện (cái gì) to put in the attack thực hiện cuộc tấn công phụ, thêm vào (cái gì) (hàng hải) vào bến cảng; dưng lại ở bến (tàu biển) (thông tục) dùng (thì giờ làm việc gì...) to put in for đòi, yêu sách, xin to put in for a job xin (đòi) việc làm to put in for an election ra ứng cử to put off cởi (quần áo) ra hoãn lại, để chậm lại never put off till tomorrow what you can do today (danh ngôn) đưng để việc gì sang ngày mai việc gì có thể làm hôm nay.

(263) hoãn hẹn với, lần lữa với (ai); thoái thác, lảng tránh (một lời yêu cầu...) to put somebody off with promises hứa hẹn lần lữa với ai cho xong chuyện ( + from) ngăn cản, can ngăn, khuyên can (ai đưng làm gì) tống khứ, vứt bỏ (ai, cái gì) ( + upon) đánh tráo, đánh lộn sòng, tống ấn (cái gì xấu, giả mạo... cho ai) to put on mặc (áo...) vào, đội (mũ) vào, đi (giày...) vào... khoác cái vẻ, làm ra vẻ, làm ra bộ to put on an air of innocence làm ra vẻ ngây thơ her elegance is all put on vẻ thanh lịch của cô ta chỉ là giả vờ lên (cân); nâng (giá) to put on flesh (weight) lên cân, béo ra tăng thêm; dùng hết to put on speed tăng tốc độ to put on steam (thông tục) đem hết sức cố gắng, đem hết nghị lực to put the screw on gây sức ép bóp, đạp (phanh); vặn (kim đồng hồ) lên, bật (đèn) lên đem trình diễn, đưa lên sân khấu (một vở kịch) to put a play on the stage đem trình diễn một vở kịch đặt (cược...), đánh (cá... vào một con ngựa đua) giao cho, bắt phải, chỉ định (làm gì) to put somebody on doing (to do) something giao cho ai làm việc gì to put on extra trains cho chạy thêm những chuyến xe lửa phụ gán cho, đổ cho to put the blame on somebody đổ tội lên đầu ai đánh (thuế) to put a tax on something đánh thuế vào cái gì to put out tắt (đèn), thổi tắt, dập tắt (ngọn lửa...) đuổi ra ngoài (một đấu thủ chơi trái phép...) móc (mắt); làm sai khớp, làm trật khớp (xương vai...); lè (lưỡi...) ra làm bối rối, làm lúng túng; quấy rầy, làm phiền; làm khó chịu, làm phát cáu dùng hết (sức...), đem hết (cố gắng...) cho vay (tiền) lấy lãi, đầu tư (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) xuất bản, phát hành giao (việc) cho làm ở nhà (ngoài xưởng máy) sản xuất ra to put out 1,000 bales of goods weekly mỗi tuần sản xuất ra 1000 kiện hàng to put over (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (thông tục) hoàn thành (cái gì) trong hoàn cảnh không thuận lợi; hoàn thành (cái gì) nhờ tài khéo léo (nhờ mưu mẹo) giành được sự tán thưởng cho (một bộ phim, vở kịch) to put oneself over gây ấn tượng tốt đẹp đối với, tranh thủ được cảm tình của (người nghe..) to put through hoàn thành, làm trọn, làm xong xuôi, thực hiện thắng lợi (công việc gì) cắm cho (ai) nói chuyện bằng dây nói (với ai qua tổng đài) put me through to Mr X xin cắm cho tôi nói chuyện với ông X (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) bắt phải làm, bắt phải chịu.

(264) to put to buộc vào; móc vào the horses are put to những con ngựa đã được buộc vào xe to put together để vào với nhau, kết hợp vào với nhau, cộng vào với nhau, ráp vào với nhau to put heads together hội y với nhau, bàn bạc với nhau to put up để lên, đặt lên, giơ (tay) lên, kéo (mành...) lên; búi (tóc) lên như người lớn (con gái); giương (ô); nâng lên (giá...); xây dựng (nhà...); lắp đặt (một cái máy...); treo (một bức tranh...) đem trình diễn, đưa lên sân khấu (một vở kịch) xua ra (thú săn), xua lên, làm bay lên (chim săn) cầu (kinh) đưa (kiến nghị) đề cử, tiến cử (ai); ra ứng cử to put up for the secretaryship ra ứng cử bí thư công bố (việc kết hôn); dán lên, yết lên (yết thị...) to put up the bans thông báo hôn nhân ở nhà thờ đưa ra (để bán, bán đấu giá, cạnh tranh...) to put up goods for sale đưa hàng ra bán đóng gói, đóng hộp, đóng thùng... cất đi tra (kiếm vào vỏ) cho (ai) trọ; trọ lại to put up at an inn for the night trọ lại đêm ở quán trọ (thông tục) xúi giục, khích (ai làm điều xấu...) (thông tục) bày đặt gian dối, bày mưu tính kế (việc làm đen tối) làm trọn, đạt được to put up a good fight đánh một trận hay (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) đặt (tiền), cấp (vốn); trả (tiền) trước dùng (ai) làm dô kề (đua ngựa) to put up to cho hay, bảo cho biết, báo cho biết to put someone up the duties he will have to perform bảo cho ai biết những nhiệm vụ người đó phải thi hành to put up with chịu đựng, kiên nhẫn chịu đựng; tha thứ to put up with an annoying person kiên nhẫn chịu đựng một anh chàng quấy rầy to put upon hành hạ, ngược đãi lưa bịp, đánh lưa (thông tục) cho vào tròng, cho vào xiếc don't be put upon by them đưng để cho chúng nó vào tròng to put someone's back up làm cho ai giận điên lên to put a good face on a matter (xem) face to put one's foot down kiên quyết, quyết tâm, giữ vững thế đứng của mình (nghia bóng) to put one's best foot forward rảo bước, đi gấp lên to put one's foot in it sai lầm ngớ ngẩn to put one's hand to bắt tay vào (làm việc gì) to put one's hand to the plough.

(265) (xem) plough to put the lid on (xem) lid to put someone in mind of (xem) mind to put one's name down for ghi tên ứng cử; ghi tên đăng ky mua (báo...) to put someone's nose out of joint (xem) nose to put in one's oar làm ra vẻ, làm điệu, cường điệu to put[one's] (xem) shoulder to put somebody on (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) đánh lưa ai to put a spoke in someone's wheel (xem) spoke to put to it (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) đẩy vào hoàn cảnh khó khăn; thúc bách dạng bị động phải đương đầu với mọi vấn đề, phải đối phó với mọi vấn đề to put two and two together rút ra kết luận (sau khi (xem) xét sự việc) to put wise (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) làm cho sáng mắt ra, chỉ giáo cho, làm cho hết sai làm, làm cho hết ảo tưởng to put words into someone's mouth (xem) mouth danh tư (thể dục,thể thao) sự ném, sự đẩy (tạ...) danh tư & động tư (như) putt danh tư (tư cổ,nghia cổ), (tư lóng) người gàn dở, người quê kệch. Quantity : ['kwɔntəti]. danh tư lượng, số lượng, khối lượng con số, số lượng; con số lớn, số lượng lớn a small quatity of cutlery một số nhỏ dao kéo ( số nhiều) số lớn, vô số, rất nhiều quantities of people rất nhiều người (toán học) con số; (vật ly) lượng electric quantity điện lượng quantity of heat nhiệt lượng (vật ly) âm lượng ( số nhiều) (kiến trúc) chi tiết thiết kế thi công (một toà nhà...) ( định ngữ) (kỹ thuật) hàng loạt quantity productions sự sản xuất hàng loạt to buy in quantities mua một số lớn, mua rất nhiều bilt of quantities bảng chi tiết thiết kế thi công an unknown quantity ẩn số; lượng chưa biết (nghia bóng) người lạ, người mà không ai biết tung tích; người mà hành động không ai lường trước được. Range : [reindʒ]. danh tư dãy, hàng (núi, đồi..) a range of mountains.

(266) dãy núi in range with my house cùng một dãy nhà với tôi phạm vị, linh vực; trình độ range of knowledge phạm vi (trình độ) hiểu biết range of action phạm vi hoạt động within my range vưa với trình độ của tôi loại a range of colours đủ các màu a wide range of prices đủ loại giá tầm, tầm (đạn); tầm bay (máy bay); tầm truyền đạt (rađiô) within range ở trong tầm đạn an airplane out of range ngoài tầm bay của máy bay sân tập bắn, bãi tập bắn; trận địa tên lửa bếp có lò nướng và mặt bếp để đun.. a kitchen range lò bếp (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) vùng, bãi rộng (để thả súc vật, để (săn bắn)..) a wide range of meadows một vùng đồng cỏ mênh mông ngoại động tư sắp hàng; sắp xếp có thứ tự xếp loại đứng về phía to range onself with someone đứng về phía ai đi khắp; đi dọc theo (bờ sông) to range the woods đi khắp rưng (quân sự) bắn để tính tầm xa (của một mục tiêu) to range a gun on an enemy ship bắn đại bác để tính tầm xa của một tàu địch nội động tư cùng một dãy với, nằm dọc theo our house ranges with the next building nhà chúng tôi cùng một dãy với toà nhà lớn island that ranges along the mainland đảo nằm dọc theo đất liền đi khắp to range over the country đi khắp nước lên xuống giữa hai mức prices ranged between 40d and 45d giá lên xuống tư 40 đến 45 đồng temperature ranging from ten to thirtythree degrees độ nhiệt lên xuống tư mười đến ba mươi ba độ được thấy trong một vùng (cây, thú vật); được xếp vào loại Gorki ranges with (among) the great writers Góoc-ki được xếp vào loại các nhà văn lớn (quân sự) bắn xa được (đạn) the gun ranges over ten kilometers khẩu đại bác ấy bắn xa trên mười kilômet the bullet ranged wide of the objective viên đạn đã đi chệch xa mục tiêu. rate : [reit] danh tư.

(267) tỷ lệ tốc độ at the rate of ten kilometres an hour tốc độ mười kilômét một giờ rate of fire (quân sự) tốc độ bắn rate of climb (hàng không) tốc độ bay lên rate of chemical reaction tốc độ phản ứng hoá học rate of radioactive decay tốc độ phân ra phóng xạ giá, suất, mức (lương...) rate of exchange giá hối đoái, tỉ giá hối đoái special rates giá đặc biệt to live at a high rate sống mức cao rate of living mức sống thuế địa phương hạng, loại first rate loại một, hạng nhất sự đánh giá, sự ước lượng to value something at a low rate đánh giá thấp cái gì (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) sự sắp hạng (học sinh) (kỹ thuật) sự tiêu thụ (nước) at an easy rate rẻ, với giá phải chăng dễ dàng, không khó khăn gì to win success at on easy rate thắng lợi dễ dàng at any rate dù sao đi nữa, trong bất cứ trường hợp nào at this (that) rate nếu thế, nếu như vậy; trong trường hợp như vậy ngoại động tư đánh gia, ước lượng, ước tính; định giá to rate somebody too high đánh giá ai quá cao the copper coinage is rated much above its real value tiền đồng được định giá cao hơn giá trị của nó nhiều coi, xem như he was rated the best poet of his time ông ta được coi la nhà thơ lớn nhất đương thời đánh thuế; định giá để đánh thuế what is this imported bicycle rated at? cái xe đạp nhập khẩu này đánh thuế bao nhiêu? xếp loại (tàu xe...) (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) sắp hạng (học sinh) nội động tư được coi như, được xem như, được xếp loại to rate up bắt phải trả một số tiền bảo hiểm cao hơn động tư mắng mỏ, xỉ vả, mắng nhiếc tàn tệ ngoại động tư & nội động tư (như) ret. Reassure : [,ri:ə'∫uə] ngoại động tư.

(268) cam đoan một lần nữa, đoan chắc một lần nữa bảo hiểm lại. reclaim : [ri'kleim]. ngoại động tư cải tạo, giác ngộ to reclaim someone from a vice cải tạo ai làm cho chưa bỏ một tật xấu to reclaim someone to a sense of duty giác ngộ cho ai có tinh thần trách nhiệm (nông nghiệp) khai hoang, vỡ hoang; cải tạo (đất) to reclaim land khai hoang đất reclaimed land đất vỡ hoang to past reclaim; to beyond reclaim không thể cải tạo được thuần hoá (thú rưng); khai hoá, làm cho văn minh to reclaim a wild animal thuần hoá một thú rưng đòi lại, giành lại to reclaim one's money đòi tiền lại phục hồi, tái chế (nguyên liệu..) reclaim glass from old bottles tái chế thủy tinh tư chai cũ nội động tư (tư hiếm,nghia hiếm) phản đối, khiếu nại. Regard : [ri'gɑ:d]. danh tư ( regard to / for somebody / something) sự quan tâm đến ai/cái gì to have/pay/show little regard for the feelings of others ít quan tâm đến tình cảm của người khác to drive without regard for/to speed limit lái xe không để y gì đến giới hạn tốc độ ( regard for somebody / something) niềm kính mến hoặc quy trọng; sự tôn kính to hold somebody in high/low regard rất/ít kính trọng ai to have a great regard for somebody's judgement/intelligence/achievements rất tôn trọng sự nhận xét/trí thông minh/thành tích của ai ( số nhiều) lời chúc mưng tốt đẹp; lời chào hỏi (ở cuối bức thư) please give/send my best regards to your parents mong anh chuyển giùm tới hai cụ nhà những lời chúc tụng tốt đẹp nhất của tôi With kind regards, Yours sincerely ... Với những lời chúc mưng chân thành của tôi. Kính thư... in/with regard to somebody/something liên quan đến ai/cái gì I've nothing to say with regard to your complaints Tôi chẳng có gì để nói về những lời than phiền của anh in this/that/one regard về mặt này/mặt kia He's very sensitive in this regard Anh ta rất nhạy cảm về mặt này We have succeeded in one crucial regard : Making this scandal public Chúng ta đã thành công về một điểm cốt yếu : Đưa vụ bê bối này ra trước công chúng ngoại động tư nhìn ai một cách chăm chú she regarded him closely/intently/curiously cô ta nhìn anh ấy một cách thân tình/chằm chằm/tò mò ( to regard somebody / something with / as something) coi như, xem như, đánh giá How is he regarded locally? Anh ta được đánh giá như thế nào ở địa phương? Your work is highly regarded.

(269) Công việc của anh được đánh giá cao We regard her behaviour with suspicion Chúng tôi xem xét hành vi của cô ta một cách hồ nghi To regard somebody unfavourably/with disfavour Đánh giá ai một cách thiếu thiện cảm/ác cảm I regard your suggestion as worth considering/as worthy of consideration Tôi cho rằng y kiến của anh thật đáng suy xét We regard your action as a crime/as criminal chúng tôi xem hành vi của anh như là tội ác She's generally regarded as a nuisance Nói chung, cô ta bị coi là kẻ hay quấy rầy (trong câu phủ định hoặc câu hỏi) để y, lưu y He seldom regards my advice Ít khi nó để y lời khuyên của tôi He booked the holiday without regarding my wishes Anh ta cứ mua vé đi nghỉ mà chẳng hề quan tâm đến nguyện vọng của tôi có liên quan tới, dính dấp đến, dính dáng đến, có quan hệ tới this matter does not regard me at all vấn đề này chẳng dính dáng đến tôi một tí nào cả as regards somebody/something có liên quan đến ai/cái gì; về phần I have little information as regards his past Tôi có ít thông tin về quá khứ của anh ta As regards the second point in your letter........ Về điểm thứ nhì trong lá thư của anh......... Regret : [ri'gret]. danh tư lòng thương tiếc; nỗi ân hận to express/feel regret at/about a missed opportunity biểu lộ/cảm thấy hối tiếc về một cơ hội bị bỏ lỡ I heard of his death with profound/deep/great regret tôi vô cùng thương tiếc khi nghe tin anh ấy qua đời much to my regret, I'm unable to accept your invitation tôi rất tiếc là không thể nhận lời mời của ông I've no regrets about leaving tôi chẳng ân hận gì về chuyện thôi việc cả ( số nhiều) (dùng trong những cách diễn đạt lịch sự, việc tư chối..) to give/send one's regrets gửi lời xin lỗi (để phúc đáp một lời mời dự đám cưới..) please accept my regrets at refusing/that I must refuse xin nhận cho ở đây lời cáo lỗi rằng tôi phải tư chối to one's deep regret rất lấy làm tiếc to my deep regret I cannot accept your invitation rất lấy làm tiếc là tôi không thể nhận lời mời của ông được ngoại động tư thương tiếc; hối tiếc If you go now, you'll regret it nếu anh đi ngay bây giờ, anh sẽ hối tiếc I regret to inform you that..... tôi lấy làm tiếc báo để ông hay rằng... I regret that I cannot help you tôi lấy làm tiếc là không giúp anh được It is to be regretted that ..... điều đáng tiếc là... I regret to say the job has been filled tôi rất tiếc khi phải nói rằng công việc đã có người làm I regret what I said tôi thấy ân hận điều tôi đã nói I regret (his) ever having raised the matter tôi rất tiếc là anh ta cứ nói mãi vấn đề đó cảm thấy sầu muộn về (việc mất ai/cái gì); mong có lại được ( ai/cái gì) to regret lost/missed opportunities.

(270) tiếc nuối những cơ hội đã mất/bỏ lở. relaxed : [ri'lækst]. tính tư thanh thản, thoải mái, không cảm thấy lo nghi, không cảm thấy căng thẳng a relaxed smile một nụ cười thoải mái. release : [ri'li:s]. danh tư sự giải thoát, sự thoát khỏi (điều lo lắng, sầu muộn, bệnh tật...) sự thả, sự phóng thích a release of war prisoners sự phóng thích tù binh sự phát hành (cuốn sách, bản tin); sự đưa ra bán (một loại ô tô mới...) giấy biên lai, giấy biên nhận (pháp ly) sự nhượng lại; giấy nhượng lại (vật ly) sự tách ra, sự nhả ra, sự giải phóng energy release sự giải phóng năng lượng (kỹ thuật) cái ngắt điện (kỹ thuật) sự cắt, sự tháo ra (quân sự) sự ném, sự thả, sự cắt (bom); sự mở (dù) sự giải ngũ, sự phục viên (hoá học) sự bay ra, sự thoát ra (hơi) ngoại động tư làm nhẹ, làm bớt, làm thoát khỏi (đau đớn, sầu muộn, bệnh tật...) tha, thả, phóng thích to release a prisoner tha một người tù miễn, tha (nợ...), giải thoát to release a debt miễn cho một món nợ to release someone from his promise giải ước cho ai phát hành (cuốn phim, bản tin...); đăng (tin); đưa ra bán (một loại ô tô mới...) to release a new film phát hành một cuốn phim mới (pháp ly) nhường, nhượng (vật ly) cắt dòng (kỹ thuật) nhả khớp, tháo ra, tách ra, cắt mạch to release the brake nhả phanh (quân sự) ném, thả, cắt (bom); mở (dù) (quân sự) cho giải ngũ, cho phục viên (hoá học) làm bay ra, làm thoát ra (hơi). Remove : [ri'mu:v]. danh tư món ăn tiếp theo (sau một món khác) sự lên lớp examination for the remove kỳ thi lên lớp not to get one's remove không được lên lớp lớp chuyển tiếp (trong một số trường ở Anh) khoảng cách, sự khác biệt to be many removes from the carefree days of one's youth khác biệt rất xa những ngày vô tư lự của tuổi thanh xuân ngoại động tư dời đi, di chuyển, dọn, cất dọn to remove a machine chuyển một cái máy (ra chỗ khác) to remove mountains.

(271) (nghia bóng) dời non lấp biển, làm những việc phi thường bỏ ra, tháo ra to remove one's hat bỏ mũ ra to remove a tyre tháo lốp xe cách chức, đuổi to remove an afficial cách chức một viên chức lấy ra, đưa ra, rút ra... to remove a boy from school xin rút một học sinh ra khỏi trường tẩy trư (tham nhũng...), tẩy, xoá bỏ, loại bỏ to remove grease stains tẩy vết mỡ to remove someone's name from a list xoá bỏ tên ai trong danh sách giết, thủ tiêu, khử đi làm hết (đau đớn), xua đuổi sạch (sự sợ hãi, mối nghi ngờ...) bóc (niêm phong) (y học) cắt bỏ (y học) tháo (băng) nội động tư dời đi xa, đi ra, tránh ra xa they shall never remove from here họ nhất định không bao giờ rời khỏi chốn này đâu dọn nhà, đổi chỗ ở to remove to a new house dọn nhà đến một căn nhà mới. resource : [ri'sɔ:s ;. ri'zɔ:s] danh tư ( số nhiều) tài nguyên rich in natural, mineral, agricultural resources giàu tài nguyên thiên nhiên, khoáng sản, nông nghiệp the mortgage is a drain on our financial resources món nợ thế chấp là một sự tiêu hao các nguồn tài chính của chúng ta we agreed to pool our ressources chúng tôi đồng y góp vốn với nhau sự tháo vát hoặc tinh y; sáng kiến; tài xoay xở; tài tháo vát a man of great resource một người rất có tài tháo vát nguồn vui; niềm an ủi; sự khuây khoả, sự giải trí, sự tiêu khiển he has no inner resources and hates being alone anh ta thiếu nguồn vui nội tâm và chẳng thích sống một mình reading is a great resource đọc sách là một sự tiêu khiển rất tốt an only child is often left to his own resources con một thường bị bỏ mặc cho chơi một mình. respect : [ri'spekt]. danh tư ( respect for somebody / something) sư kính trọng; sự tôn trọng to have a deep/sincere respect for somebody có sự kính trọng sâu sắc/chân thành đối với ai a mark/token of respect dấu hiệu/biểu hiện kính trọng I've the greatest respect for you/hold you in the greatest respect tôi hết sức kính trọng ngài the new officer soon won/earned the respect of his men người si quan mới chẳng bao lâu đã được binh lính của ông ta kính trọng out of respect, he took off his hat do kính trọng, anh ta ngã mũ ra chào to have little/no respect for somebody's feelings.

(272) ít/không tôn trọng tình cảm của ai to have very little respect for human rights rất ít tôn trọng nhân quyền khía cạnh, chi tiết cụ thể in this one respect chỉ riêng về mặt này in some/all/many/several/few respects ở một số/tất cả/nhiều/vài/một ít khía cạnh In what respect do you think the film is biased? anh nghi là bộ phim đã thiên về khía cạnh nào? sự lưu tâm, sự chú y to do something without respect to the consequences làm việc gì mà không chú y đến hậu quả in respect of something về; đặc biệt nói về the book is admirable in respect of style quyển sách đó đáng được khâm phục về mặt văn phong price rises in respect of gas and water costs giá cả tăng về hơi đốt và nước with respect to something về, đối với this is true with respect to English but not to French điều này đúng đối với tiếng Anh, chứ không đúng với tiếng Pháp with respect to your enquiry, I enclose an explanatory leaflet về điều ông muốn tìm hiểu, tôi xin gửi kèm đây một tờ quảng cáo giải thích ngoại động tư ( to respect somebody / something for something) tôn trọng, kính trọng, khâm phục, đánh giá cao I respect you for your honesty tôi kính trọng ông về đức tính trung thực to respect the law tôn trọng luật pháp to respect somebody's opinions tôn trọng y kiến của ai respect somebody's privileges tôn trọng đặc quyền của ai to respect oneself tự trọng if you don't respect yourself, how can you expect others to respect you? anh không tự trọng thì làm sao mong người khác tôn trọng anh?. Retain : [ri'tein]. ngoại động tư giữ lại (để sử dụng, để sở hữu) nhớ được be able to retain numbers nhớ được các con số ngăn, giữ lại clay soil retains water đất sét giữ nước (pháp ly) thuê (nhất là luật sư) a retaining fee tiền trả trước để thuê luật sư vẫn có, tiếp tục có, không mất to retain one's composure vẫn giữ bình tinh to retain control of... vẫn nắm quyền kiểm soát..., vẫn làm chủ.... reverse : [ri'və:s]. tính tư đảo, nghịch, ngược lại, trái lại in the reverse direction ngược chiều the reverse side.

(273) mặt trái reverse current dòng nước ngược in/into reverse order tư cuối trở lại đầu; theo trình tự ngược lại danh tư ( the reverse) điều trái ngược it is quite the reverse hoàn toàn ngược lại bề trái, mặt trái (của đồng tiền, tờ giấy, huân chương...) sự chạy lùi (ô tô) on the reverse đang chạy lùi sự bất hạnh; vận rủi, vận bi, sự thất bại to suffer a reverse bị thất bại số lùi (của xe máy..) (như) reverse gear sự rẽ trong khi chạy lùi (của xe máy..) (như) reverse turn miếng đánh trái (kỹ thuật) sự đổi chiều; cái đổi chiều, thiết bị quay ngược an automatic ribbon reverse cái tự động quay ngược ruy băng (trên máy đánh chữ) ngoại động tư đảo ngược, lộn ngược writing is reversed in a mirror chữ viết bị đảo ngược lại trong gương their situations are now reversed as employee has become employee tình thế của họ bây giờ đã đảo ngược vì người làm công đã trở thành ông chủ to reverse the collar and cuffs on a shirt lộn cổ áo và cổ tay áo sơ mi (để giấu những đường viền bị sờn) làm cho (chiếc xe) đi giật lùi to reverse a car round a corner/up a hill lùi xe quanh góc phố/lên đồi he reversed the car into a tree anh ta lùi xe đâm vào một cái cây làm cho (cái máy) chạy ngược lại; làm cho (cái máy) chạy lùi to reverse the thrust of the rocket motors đảo ngược chiều đẩy của động cơ tên lửa to reverse the engine cho máy chạy lùi to brake by reversing the pedalling action phanh bằng cách đạp ngược trở lại đánh đổi (hai chức năng, vị trí...) husband and wife have reversed roles chồng và vợ đã đánh đổi vai trò của nhau (chồng lo việc nội trợ, vợ đi làm) thay đổi hoàn toàn; lật ngược (thủ tục, chính sách, lệnh, quyết định, y kiến...) (pháp ly) huỷ bỏ, thủ tiêu (bản án...) to reverse the decision of a lower court bãi bỏ quyết định của toà án cấp dưới to reverse the charges gọi điện thoại do người được gọi trả tiền to reverse the charges on/for a call gọi điện thoại do người được gọi trả tiền to make a reversed -charge call to New York gọi điện thoại đi New York (do người ở New York trả tiền) nội động tư xoay tròn ngược chiều (người nhảy điệu van) đi giật lùi; chạy lùi (ô tô) đổi chiều (máy). root : danh tư. rễ (cây)root to take root; to strike root bén rễ.

(274) to pull up by the roots nhổ cả rễ ( (nghia đen) & (nghia bóng)) ( số nhiều) gốc rễ, cội nguồn cây con cả rễ (để đem trồng) ( (thường) số nhiều) các cây có củ (cà rốt, củ cải...) chân, gốc (tóc, răng..); mống (lưỡi) the root of a mountain chân núi the root of a tooth chân răng căn nguyên, nguồn gốc to get at (to) the root of the matter nắm được thực chất của vấn đề the root of the problem is lack of trust nguồn gốc của vấn đề là sự thiếu tin cậy the root of all evils nguồn gốc của mọi sự xấu xa (toán học) căn; nghiệm real root nghiệm thực square (second) root căn bậc hai (ngôn ngữ học) gốc tư (như) base form (âm nhạc) nốt cơ bản (kinh thánh) con cháu to blush to the roots of one's hair thẹn đỏ cả mặt; mặt đỏ tía tai roof and branch hoàn toàn, triệt để to destroy root and branch phá huỷ hoàn toàn to lay the axe to the root of đào tận gốc (cây); phá huỷ đi, trư tận gốc (cái gì) get at/get to/strike at the root(s) of something triệt (cái gì) tận gốc pull down (new) roots cắm rễ take/strike root mọc rễ (cây) bén rễ; trở nên ổn định; củng cố ngoại động tư làm bén rễ, làm bắt rễ (cây...) (nghia bóng) làm ăn sâu vào, làm cắm chặt vào terror rooted him to the spot sự khiếp sợ làm cho anh ta đứng chôn chân tại chỗ strength rooted in unity sức mạnh xây dựng trên sự đoàn kết ( + up, out...) nhổ bật rễ; trư tận gốc, làm tiệt nọc nội động tư bén rễ, ăn sâu vào ( (nghia đen) & (nghia bóng)) nội động tư (như) rout (như) rootle (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) tích cực ủng hộ, reo hò cổ vũ to root for a candidate tích cực ủng hộ một ứng cử viên to root for one's team (thể dục,thể thao) reo hò cổ vũ đội mình. Rotation : [rou'tei∫n]. danh tư sự quay, sự xoay vòng; sự bị quay, sự bị xoay vòng the rotation of the earth sự quay của quả đất sự luân phiên.

(275) the rotation of crops sự luân canh in rotation lần lượt, luân phiên, kế tiếp nhau đều đặn. sack :. danh tư bao tải, bao bố (chứa xi măng, than, bột..) (tư Mỹ, nghia Mỹ) dung lượng đựng trong bao a sack of candies một bao đường phèn a sack of flour bao bột áo thụng (một loại áo choàng ngắn buông thỏng xuống của đàn bà) (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) (tư lóng) cái giường ( the sack) sự thải hồi; sự sa thải It's the sack for you ! anh sắp bị sa thải! to get the sack bị đuổi, bị thải, bị cách chức to give somebody the sack đuổi, (thải, cách chức) người nào ngoại động tư bỏ vào bao; đóng bao (thông tục) sa thải, cách chức, tống cổ, đuổi việc to be sacked for incompetence bị sa thải vì thiếu năng lực (thông tục) đánh bại, thắng danh tư sự cướp phá, sự cướp giật (một thị trấn..) ngoại động tư cướp phá, cướp bóc, cướp giật danh tư (sử học) rượu vang trắng (ở Tây ban nha hoặc đảo Canary). Safeguarding : ['seifgɑ:d]. danh tư cái để bảo vệ, cái để che chở giấy thông hành an toàn (như) safe-conduct (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) bộ phận an toàn ngoại động tư che chở, bảo vệ, giữ gìn, canh gác to safeguard peace giữ gìn hoà bình. sake : [seik]. danh tư mục đích, lợi ích for somebody's/something's sake vì ai/cái gì; vì lợi ích của ai/cái gì for the sake of somebody/something vì ai/cái gì; vì lợi ích của ai/cái gì for the sake of somebody; for somebody's sake vì ai, vì lợi ích của ai for God's sake vì Chúa for the sake of peace vì hoà bình for old sake's sake để tưởng nhớ thời xưa for someone's name's sake vì tên tuổi của ai, vì thanh danh của ai art for art's sake nghệ thuật vì nghệ thuật['sɑ:ki] danh tư.

(276) rượu sakê (của người Nhật) (như) saki. sanguine : ['sæηgwin]. tính tư lạc quan, đầy hy vọng, tin tưởng sanguine of success đầy hy vọng ở sự thành công đỏ, hồng hào (da) đỏ như máu (tư hiếm,nghia hiếm) (thuộc) máu; có máu, đẫm máu danh tư bút chì nâu gạch bức vẽ bằng chì nâu gạch ngoại động tư (thơ ca) làm dây máu, làm vấy máu nhuộm đỏ (như) máu. satellite : ['sætəlait]. danh tư vệ tinh; vệ tinh nhân tạo người tuỳ tùng, người hầu; tay sai nước chư hầu (nước bị lệ thuộc và bị kiểm soát bởi một nước khác mạnh hơn) (như) satellite state ( định ngữ) thứ yếu. Scalpel : ['skælpəl] danh tư (y học) dao mổ. Seal : [si:l]. danh tư (động vật học) chó biển; hải cẩu (như) sealskin nội động tư săn chó biển, săn hải cẩu danh tư dấu niêm phong leaden seal dấu chì (niêm phong thùng rượu...) con dấu, cái ấn, cái triện the seals ấn dấu (trao cho chủ tịch thượng nghị viện, bộ trưởng Anh) to return the seals treo ấn tư quan điềm báo trước, dấu hiệu seal of dealth in one's face điềm sắp chết hiện ra trên mặt cái để xác định, cái để bảo đảm seal of love cái hôn; sự đẻ con (xác định, bảo đảm tình yêu) xi, chì (để gắn, đóng dấu); cái bịt vacuum seal xì chân không labyrinth seal cái bịt kiểu đường rối to set one's seal to đóng dấu xi vào (phong bì, hộp...) cho phép; xác định under the seal of secrecy với điều kiện phải giữ bí mật ngoại động tư áp triện, đóng dấu, chứng thực đóng kín, bịt kín, gắn xi sealed up windows cửa sổ bịt kín.

(277) to seal up tin hàn kín hộp đồ hộp my lips are seal ed tôi bị bịt miệng, tôi không được nói a sealed book điều không biết, điều không thể biết được đánh dấu, dành riêng, chỉ định, định đoạt, quyết định (số mệnh...) death has sealed her for his own thần chết đã chỉ định nàng his fate is sealed số mệnh của ông ta đã được định đoạt chính thức chọn, chính thức công nhận sealed pattern quy cách đã được công nhận; kiểu mẫu đã được công nhận gắn (vật gì) vào tường; giữ (cái gì) ở một nơi kín to seal off cắt đứt, chặn (đường (giao thông)...); cô lập; vây chắn không cho vào (một nơi nào). section : ['sek∫n]. danh tư sự cắt; chỗ cắt (viết tắt) sect phần cắt ra; đoạn, khúc, phần bộ phận; nhóm tách biệt nằm trong khối lớn dân chúng a discontented section of the army một bộ phận bất mãn trong quân đội khu, khu vực (của một tổ chức..) tiết đoạn (một quyển sách) mục (của tài liệu..) (tư Mỹ, nghia Mỹ) mảnh đất rộng một dặm vuông (bằng 640 mẫu Anh khoảng 260 hécta); khu vực của thành phố the business section khu vực kinh doanh mặt cắt, tiết diện vertical section mặt cắt đứng horizontal section mặt cắt ngang phân chi (đơn vị phân loại dưới giống, trên loài) (quân sự) tiểu đội (sinh vật học) lát cắt microscopic section lát cắt để nhìn qua kính hiển vi tầng lớp nhân dân he was popular with all section and classes ông ấy được mọi tầng lớp, mọi giai cấp yêu mến (y học) quá trình cắt, quá trình tách (cái gì) bằng phẫu thuật; mẩu cắt ngoại động tư sắp thành chương, chia thành phần; chia thành khu (y học) cắt, tách (mô..). Sensible : ['sensəbl]. tính tư có óc xét đoán; biểu lộ óc xét đoán; biết điều a sensible person một con người biết điều a sensible idea một y nghi hợp ly a sensible compromise sự nhân nhượng hợp ly ( sensible of something) hiểu; nhận biết được he is sensible of your kindness anh ấy biết được lòng tốt của bạn có thể nhận thức được bằng giác quan; có thể nhận ra a sensible difference.

(278) sự khác biệt dễ thấy (tư hiếm,nghia hiếm) nhạy sensible balance cân nhạy (nói về quần áo) thực tế hơn là thời thượng to wear sensible shoes for long walks mang giày chắc bền để đi đường dài. sheer : [∫iə]. tính tư chỉ là; đúng là, tuyệt đối; hoàn toàn it is sheer waste thật chỉ là phí công a sheer impossibility một sự hoàn toàn không thể có được sheer nonsense hoàn toàn vô ly hầu như thẳng đứng; rất dốc sheer coast bờ biển dốc đứng mỏng, nhẹ, trong suốt (về đồ dệt..) sheer nylon vải nilông mỏng dính phó tư thẳng đứng, vuông góc (thẳng lên, thẳng xuống) a cliff that rise sheer from the beach vách đá thẳng đứng tư bãi biển lên torn sheer out by the roots bật thẳng cả rễ lên to rise sheer from the water đâm thẳng tư nước lên danh tư (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) vải mỏng dính, vải trông thấy da quần áo may bằng vải mỏng dính (hàng hải) sự cong vểnh lên (của con tàu ở phía mũi và đuôi) sự chạy chệnh (khỏi hướng đã định) nội động tư (hàng hải) chạy chệch (khỏi hướng đã định) đổi hướng (để tránh né sang đề tài khác) to sheer off bỏ mà đi, rời, tránh (một người, một vấn đề). sign : [sain]. danh tư dấu, dấu hiệu, ky hiệu; mật hiệu sign of the cross dấu thánh giá chemical sign ky hiệu hoá học to talk by signs nói bằng hiệu the signs and the countersigns hiệu hỏi và hiệu đáp, mật hiệu (của một tổ chức) dấu hiệu biểu hiện, biểu hiện, tượng trưng, điểm signs of the times dấu hiệu biểu hiện xu hướng của tình hình violence is a signof weakness bạo lực là biểu hiến sự yếu to give a book in sign of friendship tặng một quyển sách để thể hiện tình hữu nghị (y học) triệu chứng dấu vết (thú săn...) biển hàng ước hiệu.

(279) deaf-and-dumb signs ước hiệu của người câm điếc to do signs and wonders gọi gió làm mưa, hô phong hoán vũ to make no sign không phản ứng gì động tư ky tên, viết ky hiệu, viết dấu hiệu sign (your name) here, please đề nghị ông ky (tên) vào đây to sign a contract ky một hợp đồng he signs as usual with a red star anh ấy vẫn thường vẽ một ngôi sao đỏ làm ky hiệu ra hiệu, làm hiệu to sign assent ra hiệu đồng y to sign to someone to do something ra hiệu cho ai làm việc gì to sign away nhường (tài sản cho ai) bằng chứng thư to sign on ky giao kỳ làm gì (cho ai); đưa giao kèo cho (ai) ky nhận làm gì cho mình to sign off ngưng (phát thanh) (thông tục) ngưng nói, thoi nói chuyện to sign up (như) to sign on đăng tên nhập ngũ. singe : [sindʒ]. danh tư sự cháy xém chỗ cháy xém (trên vải..) ngoại động tư làm cháy xém (ngoài mặt), đốt xém (mặt ngoài); thui to singe a pig thui lợn the iron's too hot, you'll singe the dress bàn ủi quá nóng, anh sẽ làm cho chiếc áo bị cháy xém đấy cháy xém đầu hoặc chân (lông, tóc..) làm tổn thương, làm tổn hại his reputation is a little singed danh tiếng của anh ta hơi bị tổn thương nội động tư bị cháy xém, đốt xém the rug singed because it was too near the fire cái thảm bị cháy xém vì quá gần lửa to singe one's feathers (wings) bị tổn thất, bị tổn thương, bị sứt mẻ. slash : ['slæ∫]. danh tư sự chém, sự rạch, sự cắt; vết chém, vết rạch, vết cắt đường xẻ ở quần áo đống cành lá cắt (khi đốn cây) nét vạch chéo trong chữ viết hoặc in (trong 27 / 05 / 1975); vạch xiên sự đi tiểu, sự đi tè ngoại động tư chém, rạch, cắt, khía hạ, giảm bớt (giá), cắt bớt to slash a speech cắt bớt nhiều đoạn trong một bài diễn văn quất, quật, đánh (bằng roi).

(280) (thông tục) đả kích, đập tơi bời, chỉ trích gay gắt (một cuốn tiểu thuyết...) (quân sự) chặt (cây) để làm đống cây cản slash at something (with something) phạt, chém, quật slash one's way through/past something khai quang. slave : [sleiv]. danh tư người nô lệ (đen & bóng) to treat somebody like a slave đối xử với ai như nô lệ a slave owner chủ của nô lệ; chủ nô a slave to drink/convention (nghia bóng) kẻ nô lệ vào rượu/tục lệ a slave to fashion kẻ lúc nào cũng đua đòi theo thời trang người làm việc đầu tắt mặt tối; thân trâu ngựa nội động tư ( to slave away at something) làm việc đầu tắt mặt tối; làm việc như nô lệ; làm quần quật to slave from dawn until midnight làm việc đầu tắt mặt tối tư sáng sớm đến khuya I've been slaving at the housework all day suốt ngày tôi quần quật làm việc nhà. slop : slɔp]. danh tư (tư lóng) cớm, đội xếp bùn loãng; bùn tuyết ( số nhiều) nước thải bẩn (trong nhà bếp tư các chậu rửa bát, bồn tắm...) ( số nhiều) nước tiểu, phân và nước bẩn đựng trong một cái xô tại các xà lim, nhà tù không có phòng vệ sinh, chậu rửa bát đia ( số nhiều) nước gạo cho lợn; thức ăn lỏng (nhất là cho người ốm) vũng nước bẩn thức ăn nước (cháo, canh); thức ăn lõng bõng đồ uống không có chất rượu ( số nhiều) bã rượu (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) người cẩu thả nhếch nhác nội động tư tràn ra, sánh ra, đổ coffee slops in the saucer cà phê trà cả đia ( + about, around) sóng sánh; lõm bõm (chất lỏng) ( + about, around) ( in something) lội bì bõm (người) to slop about in the mud lội bì bõm trong bùn ngoại động tư làm tràn ra, làm sánh ra, làm đổ ra to slop tea over the table làm đổ nước chè ra bàn to slop over tràn ra, sánh ra biểu lộ tình cảm uỷ mị slop out đổ hết ra. smog : [smɔg]. danh tư sương khói, khói lẫn sương. smoker : ['smoukə]. danh tư người hút thuốc đều đặn, người nghiện thuốc.

(281) smoker's heart bệnh đau tim của người nghiện thuốc lá toa hút thuốc (trên xe lửa) (như) smoking-car, smoking-carriage buổi hoà nhạc được phép hút thuốc (như) smoking-concert. soil : [sɔil]. danh tư đất trồng good soil đất tốt vết bẩn, vết nhơ chất bẩn, cặn bã; rác rưỡi sự làm nhơ bẩn đất nước; vùng đất one's native soil nơi chôn nhau cắt rốn ngoại động tư làm bẩn, làm dơ, vấy bẩn I would not soil my hands with it (nghia bóng) tôi không muốn nhúng vào việc đó cho bẩn tay làm ô nhiễm làm mất thanh danh nội động tư trở nên bẩn thỉu, gây bẩn; dễ bẩn this stuff soils easily vải len này dễ bẩn ngoại động tư cho (súc vật) ăn cỏ tươi. solidify : [sə'lidifai]. ngoại động tư làm cho đặc lại, làm cho rắn lại; làm cho đông đặc làm cho vững chắc, củng cố nội động tư trở nên cứng, trở nên đặc; trở nên đông đặc the paint had solidify in the tin sơn đã đã đông đặc ở trong thùng trở nên vững chắc. sound : [saund]. tính tư khoẻ mạnh, tráng kiện, lành mạnh a sound body một thân thể tráng kiện a sound mind một trí óc lành mạnh lành lặn, không hỏng, không giập thối; trong tình trạng tốt sound fruit quả lành lặn (không bị giập thối) đúng đắn, có cơ sở, có căn cứ, vững; lôgic, hợp ly a sound doctrine một học thuyết đứng đắn sound argument một ly lẽ có cơ sở sound views quan điểm hợp ly đầy đủ và hoàn chỉnh; hoàn toàn a sound telling-off việc nói thẳng vào mặt đến nơi đến chốn a sound thrashing một trận đánh ra trò cẩn thận và chính xác, giỏi; thành thạo a sound tennis player một người chơi quần vợt thạo.

(282) a sound piece of writing một bài viết chắc tay yên giấc, ngon (về giấc ngủ, người ngủ) a sound sleep giấc ngủ ngon vững chãi; có thể trả nợ được a sound financial situation một hãng buôn vững chãi as sound as a bell trong tình trạng tuyệt hảo sound in wind and limb (đùa cợt) cơ thể còn sung sức phó tư ngon lành (ngủ) be/fall sound asleep ngủ ngon lành danh tư âm thanh (cảm giác do tai phát hiện, do sự rung động của không khí xung quanh tai gây ra) sound travels more slowly than light âm thanh truyền đi chậm hơn là ánh sáng âm thanh, tiếng động, tiếng (thứ có thể nghe thấy được) the sound of the wind tiếng gió (ngôn ngữ học) âm vowel sound âm nguyên âm giọng statement has a cheerful sound in it lời phát biểu có giọng vui vẻ ấn tượng về tinh thần (do một mẩu tin tức, sự miêu tả... gây ra) the news has a sinister sound ! tín đó có vẻ mang điềm gở! khoảng cách có thể nghe được cái gì like the sound of one's own voice nói huyên thuyên nội động tư nghe that music sounds beautiful bản nhạc đó nghe thật hay his excuse sounds unconvincing lời xin lỗi của anh ta nghe ra không có sức thuyết phục phát ra tiếng kêu the trumpet sounded tiếng kèn trom-pét nổi lên nghe như, nghe có vẻ it sounds as if a tap were running nghe như có cái vòi nước đang chảy it sounds very hollow nghe có vẻ trống rỗng quá it sounds all right nghe có vẻ được lắm ngoại động tư phát ra tiếng động tư (cái máy..); làm cho phát ra âm thanh, làm cho kêu; thổi (kèn); đánh (trống) to sound a trumpet thổi kèn to sound a horn thổi tù và gõ để kiểm tra; nghe thử (bánh xe lửa) to sound the wheels of a train gõ kiểm tra bánh tàu hoả (y học) gõ để nghe bệnh to sound a person's chest khám nghe ngực của một người.

(283) phát âm; đọc the "b" in "comb" is not sounded chữ " b" trong tư " comb" không đọc báo, báo hiệu to sound a retreat thổi hiệu lệnh rút lui to sound someone's praises far and wide ca ngợi ai khắp nơi xa gần ( + off) ( about something) (thông tục) nói ầm i và khoác lác (về cái gì) danh tư (y học) cái thông ngoại động tư dò độ sâu; đo độ sâu (đáy sông, đáy biển...) (y học) dò bằng ống thông thăm dò (quyển khí...) (nghia bóng) thăm dò (tư tưởng, tình cảm...) nội động tư lặn xuống đáy (cá voi...) danh tư ( Sound) eo biển; dải nước hẹp nối hai vùng biển lớn hơn (nhất là trong các địa danh) bong bóng cá. spot : [spɔt]. danh tư dấu, đốm, vết a brown tie with red spots cái ca vát nâu có đốm đỏ vết nhơ, vết đen without a spot on one's reputation danh tiếng không bị vết nhơ nào chấm đen ở đầu bàn bi-a (động vật học) cá đù chấm bồ câu đốm nơi, chốn a retired spot một nơi hẻo lánh (tư lóng) sự chấm trước (ngựa đua được cuộc); con ngựa được chấm (về nhất) (thông tục) một chút, một ít (rượu, nước) (tư lóng) đèn sân khấu (như) spotlight (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) địa vị, chỗ làm ăn, chức vụ; vị trí trong danh sách he has got a good spot with that firm hắn vớ được chỗ bở ở hãng đó to hit the hight spot (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (thông tục) chỉ bàn đến những vấn đề chính (trong một cuộc thảo luận ngắn...) to hit the spot (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (thông tục) thoả mãn điều thèm muốn, thoả mãn cái đang cần in a spot (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) trong hoàn cảnh xấu, trong hoàn cảnh khó khăn lúng túng on the spot lập tức; không di chuyển khỏi chỗ đó; tại chỗ và lúc đó; ngay; tại chỗ tại nơi xảy ra một sự kiện nào đó; tại hiện trường The police were on the spot within a few minutes of our phone call Cảnh sát có mặt tại hiện trường vài phút sau khi chúng tôi điện thoại đến He was hit by a falling tree and killed on the spot Anh ấy bị cây đổ xuống đập vào và chết ngay tại chỗ Luckily, there was a doctor on the spot May là lúc đó có một bác si ngay tại đó to put someone on the spot (tư lóng) quyết định khử ai, thịt ai a tender spot (xem) tender ngoại động tư làm đốm, làm lốm đốm làm bẩn, làm nhơ, làm ô (danh).

(284) (thông tục) chấm trước (ngựa được cuộc); nhận ra, phát hiện ra to spot somebody in the crowd nhận ra ai trong đám đông (quân sự), (hàng không) phát hiện (vị trí, mục tiêu...) đặt vào chỗ, đặt vào vị trí the officer spotted his men at strategic points viên si quan bố trí quân của mình vào những điểm chiến lược (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) chấp I spotted him two points tôi chấp hẳn hai điểm nội động tư dễ bị ố, dễ bị đốm (vải) tính tư mặt (tiền); trả tiền ngay; trao ngay khi bán spot cash tiền mặt spot wheat lúa mì bán trả tiền ngay (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) phát đi tư một đài phát thanh địa phương (bản tin...) (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) xen vào giữa chương trình phát thanh chính (quảng cáo...). Stack : [stæk]. danh tư, số nhiều stacks Xtec (đơn vị đo gỗ bằng khoảng 3 mét khối) đụn rơm, đống thóc a haystack một đụn cỏ khô cụm, chồng, đống (than, củi.. được xếp rất chặt) a stack of newspaper một chồng báo (thông tục) số lượng lớn, khối lượng lớn to have stacks of work có nhiều việc (quân sự) cụm súng dựng chụm vào nhau ống khói cao (nhà máy), ống khói (xe lửa, tàu thủy...); cụm ống khói (trong nhà máy) núi đá cao (ngoài biển khơi Scốtlen) giá sách; ( số nhiều) kho sách (trong thư viện) ngoại động tư đánh (rơm, rạ) thành đống; chồng thành đống, chất thành đống, xếp thành chồng sắp xếp (bài, hoàn cảnh..) để triệt; xếp (quân bài) gian lận (hàng không) hướng dẫn (máy bay) bay lượn vòng (trước khi hạ cánh) (quân sự) dựng (súng) chụm vào nhau ( + up, against) (tư Mỹ, nghia Mỹ) (thông tục) so sánh (với cái gì); đo lường cái gì to stack the cards (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) xếp bài gian lận (để chia đúng cho ai một quân gì) (nghia bóng) gian lận bố trí trước, bí mật sắp đặt trước để gian lận. Stamp : [stæmp]. danh tư tem tem thưởng hàng (như) trading stamp con dấu; dấu nhãn hiệu, dấu bảo đảm dấu hiệu đặc trưng, phẩm chất đặc trưng to bear the stamp of genius mang dấu hiệu một thiên tài hạng, loại; tầng lớp; thể loại men of that stamp loại người như thế sự giậm chân; tiếng giậm chân chày nghiền quặng ngoại động tư giậm (chân) to stamp one's foot.

(285) giậm chân đóng dấu lên, in dấu lên (kim loại, giấy...) dán tem vào nghiền (quặng) chứng tỏ, tỏ rõ (tính chất của cái gì) this alone stamps the story as a slander chỉ riêng điều đó cũng chứng tỏ câu chuyện ấy là một sự nói xấu his manners stamp him as a genleman tác phong của anh ta chứng tỏ anh ta là người quân tử in vào (trí não) to stamp something on the mind in việc gì vào óc nội động tư giậm chân to stamp with rage giậm chân vì tức giận to stamp down chà đạp to stamp out dập tắt, dẹp, nghiền nát (bóng) to stamp out the fire dập tắt lửa to stamp out a rebellion dẹp một cuộc nổi loạn. stage : [steidʒ]. danh tư bệ, dài giàn (thợ xây tường...) hanging stage giàn treo bàn soi (kính hiển vi) sân khấu ( the stage) nghề sân khấu to go on the stage trở thành diễn viên to quit the stage rời bỏ nghề kịch, rời bỏ sân khấu; (bóng) chết to put a play on stage đem trình diễn một vở kịch vũ đài, phạm vi hoạt động, khung cảnh hoạt động to quit the stage of politics rời khỏi vũ đài chính trị a larger stage opened to him một phạm vi hoạt động lớn hơn đã mở ra cho anh ta giai đoạn a critical stage giai đoạn nguy kịch bộ phận của tên lửa vũ trụ, có động cơ riêng (khi dùng hết nhiên liệu thì tách lìa ra) (thông tục) xe ngựa tuyến (như) stage-coach; ( Mỹ) xe búyt chặng đường; đoạn đường, quãng đường, trạm to travel be easy stages đi tưng quãng ngắn một; đi một quãng lại nghỉ (vật ly) tầng, cấp amplifier stage tầng khuếch đại (địa ly,địa chất) tầng be/go on the stage làm/trở thành diễn viên set the stage for something chuẩn bị cho cái gì; làm cho cái gì thành hiện thực, làm chi cái gì dễ dàng thuận lợi ngoại động tư trình diễn; đưa (vở kịch..) lên sân khấu dàn cảnh; sắp xếp, tổ chức; mở, tiền hành (cuộc tấn công).

(286) to stage a demonstration tổ chức một cuộc biểu tình to stage an offensive mở một cuộc tấn công nội động tư dễ đóng, dễ đưa lên sâu khấu (kịch) this play does not stage well vở này khó đóng đi bằng xe ngựa chở khách. statistical : [stə'tistikl]. tính tư (thuộc) thống kê; được trình bày bằng thống kê statistical evidence chứng cứ bằng thống kê. status : ['steitəs]. danh tư tình trạng (làm việc, ăn ở..) địa vị, thân phận, thân thế official status địa vị chính thức diplomatic status thân phận ngoại giao cấp bậc; địa vị xã hội cao; uy tín (pháp ly) quân hệ pháp ly (giữa người này với những người khác) tình trạng. stick : [stick]. danh tư cái gậy que củi cán (ô, gươm, chổi...) thỏi (kẹo, xi, xà phong cạo râu...); dùi (trống...) (âm nhạc) que chỉ huy nhạc (của người chỉ huy dàn nhạc) (hàng hải), (đùa cợt) cột buồm (nghia bóng) người đần độn; người cứng đờ đờ đợt bom ( the sticks) (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (thông tục) miền quê in a cleft stick ở vào thế bí, ở vào thế tiến lui đều khó to want the stich muốn ăn đòn; muốn bị đòn ngoại động tư stuck đâm, thọc, chọc to stick a pin through something đâm đinh ghim qua một vật gì to stick pigs chọc tiết lợn cake stuck over with almonds bánh có điểm hạnh nhân cắm, cài, đặt, để, đội to stick pen behind one's ear cài bút sau mái tai to stick up a target dựng bia lên stick your cap on đội mũ lên dán, dính to stick postage stamp on an envelope dán tem lên một cái phong bì stick no bills cấm dán quảng cáo cắm (cọc) để đỡ cho cây.

(287) ( (thường) + out) ngó, ló; ưỡn (ngựa), chìa (cằm), phình (bụng)... to stick one's head out of window ló đầu ra ngoài cửa sổ to stick out one's chest ưỡn ngực; vỗ ngực ta đây (ngành in) xếp (chữ) (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) làm sa lầy, làm vướng mắc, làm trở ngại; giữ lại ( (thường) động tính tư quá khứ) the wheels were stuck bánh xe bị sa lầy I was stuck in town tôi bị giữ lại ở tỉnh (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (thông tục) làm bối rối, làm cuống, làm lúng túng I'm stuck by this question tôi bị câu hỏi đó to stick somebody up làm ai luống cuống (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) lưa bịp (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) chịu đựng nội động tư cắm arrow sticks in target mũi tên cắm vào bia dựng đứng, đứng thẳng his hair stuck straight up tóc nó dựng đứng lên dính this envelope will not stick cái phong bì này không dính ( (thường) + out) ló ra, chìa ra, ưỡn ra, nhô ra bám vào, gắn bó với, trung thành với to stick to the point bám vào vấn đề to stick like a bur bám như đỉa đói friends should stick together bạn bè phải gắn bó với nhau to stick to one's promise trung thành với lời hứa của mình are you going to stick in all day? anh sẽ ở nhà suốt ngày à? sa lầy, mắc, kẹt, vướng, tắc; bị chặn lại, bị hoãn lại, đi đến chỗ bế tắc carriage stuck in the mud xe bị sa lầy he got through some ten lines and there stuck nói đọc trôi được mười dòng rồi tắc tị the bill stuck in committee đạo dự luật bị ngăn lại không được thông qua ở uỷ ban (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) bối rối, luống cuống, lúng túng to stick around (tư lóng) ở quanh quẩn gần; lảng vảng gần to stick at miệt mài làm, bền bỉ tiếp tục to stick at a task for six hours miệt mài làm một công việc luôn sáu giờ liền to stick/stop at nothing sẵn sàng làm mọi thứ trên đời để đạt mục đích của mình (dù phải mang tiếng là vô nhân đạo chăng nữa); không tư thủ đoạn nào to stick by trung thành với to stick down dán, dán lên, dán lại ghi vào (sổ...) to stick it out.

(288) chịu đựng đến cùng to stick out for đòi; đạt được (cái gì) to stick to it khiên trì, bám vào (cái gì) to stick up (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ), (tư lóng) ăn cướp bằng vũ khí to stick up for (thông tục) bênh, bảo vệ (một người vắng mặt, quyền lợi...) to stick up to không khúm núm, không phục tùng; đương đầu lại to stick fast bị sa lầy một cách tuyệt vọng if you throw mud enough, some of it will stick nói xấu một trăm câu, thế nào cũng có người tin một câu some of the money stuck in (to) his fingers hắn tham ô một ít tiền. strike : [straik]. ngoại động tư struck; struck, stricken đánh, đập to strike one's hand on the table đập tay xuống bàn to strike a blow đánh một cú to strike hands (tư cổ,nghia cổ) bắt tay ship strikes rock tàu va phải đá tree struck by lightning cây bị sét đánh to be stricken with paralysis bị tê liệt đánh, điểm to strike sparks (fire, light) out of flint đánh đá lửa to strike a match đánh diêm clock strikes five đồng hồ điểm năm giờ đúc to strike coin đúc tiền giật (cá, khi câu) dò đúng, đào đúng (mạch dầu, mạch mỏ...) đánh, tấn công đập vào to strike the ears đập vào tai (âm thanh...) a beautiful sight struck my eyes một cảnh tượng đẹp đập vào mắt tôi the light struck the window ánh sáng rọi vào cửa sổ the idea suddenly struck me tôi chợt nảy ra y nghi làm cho phải chú y, gây ấn tượng what strikes me is his generosity điều làm tôi chú y là tính hào phóng của anh ta how does it strike you? anh thấy vấn đề ấy thế nào? it strikes me as absolutely perfect tôi cho rằng điều đó tuyệt đối đúng thình lình làm cho; gây (sợ hãi, kinh ngạc...) thình lình to be struck with amazement.

(289) hết sức kinh ngạc to strike terror in someone's heart làm cho ai sợi chết khiếp đâm vào, đưa vào; đi vào, tới, đến plant strikes its roots into the soil cây đâm rễ xuống đất to strike a track đi vào con đường mòn to strike the main road tới con đường chính gạt (thùng khi đong thóc...) xoá, bỏ, gạch đi to strike a name out xoá một tên đi to strike a word through gạch một tư đi hạ (cờ, buồm) bãi, đình (công) to strike work bãi công, đình công tính lấy (số trung bình) làm thăng bằng (cái cân) lấy (điệu bộ...) (sân khấu) dỡ và thu dọn (phông); tắt (đèn) dỡ (lều) to strike tents dỡ lều, nhổ trại nội động tư đánh, nhằm đánh to strike at the ball nhắm đánh quả bóng gõ, đánh, điểm the hour has struck giờ đã điểm bật cháy, chiếu sáng light strikes upon something ánh sáng rọi vào một vật gì match will not strike diêm không cháy đớp mồi, cắn câu (cá) đâm rễ (cây) tấn công thấm qua cold strikes into marrow rét thấm vào tận xương tuỷ đi về phía, hướng về to strike across a field vượt qua một cánh đồng to strike to the right rẽ về tay phải hạ cờ; hạ cờ đầu hàng, đầu hàng ship strikes tàu hạ cờ đầu hàng bãi công, đình công to strike at nhằm vào, đánh vào to strike at the root of something doạ triệt cái gì đến tận gốc to strike back đánh trả lại đi trở lại to strike down đánh ngã (đen & bóng).

(290) to strike off chặt đứt, xoá bỏ; bớt đi to strike out xoá bỏ, gạch bỏ ( + at) đấm (ai); vung (tay chân khi bơi) lao vụt đi (người bơi...) nghi ra, đề ra (kế hoạch...) to strike out a line for oneself nghi ra được một đường lối độc đáo; to ra có óc sáng tạo to strike through xuyên qua, thấm qua to strike someone dumb (xem) dumb to strike home (xem) home to strike oil đào đúng mạch dầu làm ăn phát đạt to strike up an acquaintance làm quen (với ai) to strike up a tune cất tiếng hát, bắt đầu cử một bản nhạc to strike upon an idea nảy ra một y kiến to strike it rich dò đúng mạch mỏ... có trữ lượng cao phất to strike in a talk with a suggestion xen vào câu chuyện bằng một lời gợi y to strike while the iron is hot (xem) iron to strike something up (nói về một băng nhạc...) bắt đầu chơi (một bản nhạc) to strike up something (with somebody) bắt đầu (tình bạn, sự quen biết, cuộc đàm luận...) to strike up conversations with foreigners bắt chuyện với những người nước ngoài danh tư cuộc đình công, cuộc bãi công to go on strike bãi công general strike cuộc tổng bãi công mẻ đúc sự đột nhiên dò đúng (mạch mỏ) sự phất sự xuất kích que gạt (dấu, thùng đong thóc). sulphur : ['sʌlfə]. Cách viết khác : sulfur ['sʌlfə] danh tư (hoá học) lưu huỳnh; nguyên tố kim loại màu vàng nhạt (cháy với ngọn lửa cao và có mùi hôi) (động vật học) bướm vàng (gồm nhiều loài khác nhau) tính tư màu lưu huỳnh, màu vàng nhạt ngoại động tư rắc lưu huỳnh, xông lưu huỳnh. sulphuric : [sʌl'fjuərik]. Cách viết khác : sulfuric [sʌl'fjuərik] tính tư (hoá học) xunfuric; chứa lưu hùynh hoá trị cao sulphuric acid.

(291) axit xunfuric. supervisor : ['su:pəvaizə]. danh tư người giám sát; người giám thị. surgeon : ['sə:dʒən]. danh tư bác si thực hiện những cuộc phẫu thuật; bác si phẫu thuật; nhà phẫu thuật, a heart surgeon bác si phẫu thuật tim. surgery : ['sə:dʒəri]. danh tư khoa phẫu thuật; sự mổ plastic/cosmetic surgery phẫu thuật tạo hình/thẩm mỹ qualified in surgery and medecine đủ trình độ chuyên môn về phẫu thuật và nội khoa to prepare the patient for surgery chuẩn bị người bệnh để mổ phòng khám bệnh; giờ khám bệnh surgery hours những giờ khám bệnh surgery lasts from 9 am to 10 am giờ khám bệnh (kéo dài) tư 9 đến 10 giờ sáng (thông tục) thời gian một nghị si gặp những người dân mà ông ta đại diện để họ hỏi y kiến; buổi tiếp dân. Swamp : swɔmp]. danh tư đầm lầy ngoại động tư làm ngập nước, làm sũng nước, làm ướt đẫm the sink overflowed and swamped the kitchen chậu rửa bát tràn ra và làm nhà bếp sũng nước tràn ngập, che khuất; làm mất tác dụng bị ngập vào, bị búi vào to be swamped with work bị búi vào công việc nội động tư bị ngập, bị sa lầy bị tràn ngập, bị che khuất; bị làm mất tác dụng. sword : [sɔ:d]. danh tư gươm, kiếm, đao double-edged sword gươm hai lưỡi sự đọ kiếm; sự đánh nhau; sự cải nhau; sự tranh chấp công khai to draw the sword rút gươm ra, bắt đầu cuộc binh đao to sheathe the sword tra gươm vào vỏ, chấm dứt cuộc binh đao to put somebody to sword giết ai fire and sword sự cướp phá (của quân xăm lăng) ( the sword) chiến tranh; sự phân định bằng chiến tranh ( the sword) quân quyền, uy quyền (quân sự), (tư lóng) lưỡi lê to be at swords' points sẵn sàng đánh nhau, sẵn sàng đâm chém nhau the sword of the spirit lời phán của Chúa.

(292) put somebody to the sword giết ai bằng gươm, kiếm a sword of Damocles thanh gươm Damocles. tavern : ['tævən]. danh tư (tư cổ, nghia cổ) quán rượu, quán trọ. Technique : [tek'ni:k]. danh tư kỹ thuật, phương pháp kỹ thuật to apply modern techniques to a traditional craft áp dụng các kỹ thuật hiện đại vào một nghề thủ công truyền thống kỹ xảo a flawless technique một kỹ xảo tuyệt hảo. thaw : [θɔ:]. danh tư sự tan (của tuyết) thời tiết nóng làm tan băng before the thaw sets in trước khi băng tan (nghia bóng) sự mạnh dạn lên; sự hết dè dặt lạnh lùng (trong thái độ) ngoại động tư làm tan to thaw the thick layer of snow làm tan lớp tuyết dày (nghia bóng) làm cho mạnh dạn lên, làm cho hết e lệ, làm cho hết dè dặt, làm hoạt động to thaw someone làm cho ai mạnh dạn lên, làm cho ai bớt dè dặt lạnh lùng nội động tư tan the snow thaws tuyết tan ấm hơn, đỡ giá rét (có thể làm cho tuyết tan) it's thawing trời đỡ giá rét hơn (nghia bóng) vui vẻ lên, cở mở hơn, hết dè dặt lạnh lùng (người). Thrash : [θræ∫]. ngoại động tư đánh đòn, đập (người nào, nhất là để trưng phạt) đánh, đập (cái gì) nhiều lần the whale thrashed the water with its tail con cá voi quẫy đuôi đập đập nước đánh bại (ai) hoàn toàn trong một cuộc thi đấu đập (lúa) (như) thresh nội động tư quẫy đập, vỗ the drowing man thrashed about in the water người chết đuối quẫy đập trong nước to thrash something out tranh luận cái gì triệt để và thẳng thắn đem lại cái gì bằng tranh luận triệt để và thẳng thắn. thrust : [θrʌst]. danh tư sự đẩy mạnh, sự xô đẩy to give a thrust đẩy mạnh nhát đâm (dao găm, mũi kiếm) (quân sự) cuộc tấn công mạnh (để chọc thủng phòng tuyến), sự đột phá, sự thọc sâu.

(293) sự công kích (trong cuộc tranh luận) (thể dục,thể thao) sự tấn công thình lình sức đè, sức ép (giữa các bộ phận trong một cơ cấu) sự đè gãy (cột chống trong mỏ than) ngoại động tư thrust đẩy, ấn mạnh, tống, thọc to thrust the hands into the pockets thọc tay vào túi to thrust the needle of the syringe into the arm thọc kim tiêm vào cánh tay nhét, giúi cái gì vào tay ai bắt phải theo, bắt nhận to thrust one's opinion upon someone bắt ai theo y kiến mình to thrust something upon someone bắt ai phải nhận một cái gì nội động tư xô đẩy, đẩy mạnh, ấn mạnh ( + into, through...) chui, len (thể dục,thể thao) đâm một nhát to thrust at đâm một nhát, đâm một mũi to thrust back đẩy lùi to thrust down đẩy xuống to thrust forward đẩy tới trước, xô ra trước đưa (tay) tới to thrust in thọc vào, giúi vào, nhét to thrust on lao, xông tới to thrust out duỗi (chân); lè (lưỡi); ưỡn (ngực) đuổi ra, tống ra to thrust past xô ra để đi to thrust through đâm qua, chọc qua to thrust one's way through the crowd len qua đám đông to thrust and parry đấu tài đấu trí, tranh khôn tranh khéo to thrust oneself forward len vào, chen để đi làm cho người ta để y đến mình. timber : ['timbə]. danh tư gỗ xây dựng, gỗ kiến trúc, gỗ làm mộc rough timber gỗ mới đốn squared timber gỗ đẽo vuông dressed timber gỗ đã pha (tức là đã cưa ra, đẽo thành hình và dự tính sẵn sàng để dùng) cây gỗ (cây thích hợp cho việc lấy gỗ) standing timber gỗ chưa đẵn (tức là cây gỗ đang lớn) thanh gỗ (nhất là kèo, xà, dùng trong dựng nhà hoặc đóng tàu) roof timbers những xà gỗ làm mái floor timbers.

(294) những thanh gỗ lát sàn (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) khả năng, đức tính (của một người để làm được việc gì) thán tư (dùng để thông báo cây bị đốn sắp đổ) cây đổ đấy! ngoại động tư (tư Mỹ,nghia Mỹ) trồng rưng cung cấp gỗ xây dựng bằng gỗ, làm bằng gỗ timbered house nhà bằng gỗ đóng gỗ xung quanh, lát gỗ xung quanh (miệng giếng...) nội động tư đốn gỗ. tissue : ['tisju:d] tính tư dệt; đan giống vải. tolerate : ['tɔləreit]. ngoại động tư tha thứ, khoan dung a government which refuses to tolerate the Opposition một chính phủ tư chối khoan dung cho phe đối lập I won't tolerate such behaviour/your behaving in this way tôi sẽ không tha thứ cho lối cư xử như vậy/của anh chịu đựng (sự đau đớn, nóng, lạnh...) mà không phản đối to tolerate heat, noise, pain ... well chịu đựng nóng, ồn ào, đau đớn... giỏi how can you tolerate that awful woman? làm sao mà anh chịu đựng được mụ đàn bà khủng khiếp đó? (y học) có khả năng uống (thuốc..) hoặc qua (điều trị) không bị tổn hại the body cannot tolerate such large amounts of radiation cơ thể không tài nào chịu được một lượng phóng xạ nhiều như vậy. transition : [træn'zi∫n]. danh tư ( transition from something to something) việc chuyển tư trạng thái hoặc điều kiện này sang trạng thái hoặc điều kiện khác; sự quá độ the transition from cold to warm weather sự chuyển tiếp tư tiết lạnh sang tiết nóng the transition from childhood to adult life bước quá độ tư trẻ con lên người lớn to be in a period of transition ở vào thời kỳ quá độ thời kỳ chuyển tiếp; buổi giao thời (âm nhạc) sự chuyển giọng (kiến trúc) sự đổi kiểu transition tumour (y học) u có thể tái phát và trở thành ác tính sau khi cắt. Treatment : ['tri:tmənt]. danh tư sự đối xử, sự đối đãi, sự cư xử (với người nào) (y học) sự điều trị; phép trị bệnh undergoing medical treatment đang chữa bệnh, đang điều trị a new treatment for cancer một phép điều trị mới bệnh ung thư (hoá học) sự xử ly; cách xử ly sự luận bàn, sự nghiên cứu; sự giải quyết (một vấn đề). truth : [tru:θ]. danh tư, số nhiều truths.

(295) sự thật to tell the truth nói sự thật the truth is that... sự thật là... điều có thực; chân ly, lẽ phải the whole truth toàn bộ sự thật the truth of science chân ly khoa học sự đúng đắn, sự chính xác there is no truth in his report trong bản báo cáo của hắn không có gì là chính xác cả (không có gì là đúng sự thực cả) tính thật thà, lòng chân thật I can rely on his truth tôi có thể tin vào lòng chân thật của nó (kỹ thuật) sự lắp đúng the wheel is out of truth bánh xe lắp lệch in truth thực sự, đúng là. twig : [twig]. danh tư cành con, nhánh con que dò mạch nước (điện học) dây nhánh nhỏ (giải phẫu) nhánh động mạch, nhánh mạch máu mốt; phong cách to work the twig dùng que để dò mạch nước ngoại động tư (thông tục) nhận ra; hiểu được, nắm được I soon twigged who had told them tôi hiểu ngay là ai đã bảo cho họ biết thấy, quan sát. ulcer : ['ʌlsə]. danh tư (y học) chỗ loét (chứa đựng chất độc ở trên phần ngoài thân thể hoặc trên bề mặt của cơ quan nội tạng) leg ulcers loét ở chân (nghia bóng) ung nhọt; ung độc. Uncertainty : [ʌn'sə:tnti]. danh tư sự không chắc chắn; tình trạng không biết chắc, tình trạng không rõ ràng the uncertainty is unbearable ! tình trạng không rõ ràng thật là không chịu nổi! ( số nhiều) điều không chắc chắn the uncertianties of life on the dole những sự bấp bênh của cuộc sống nhờ vào trợ cấp (của người thất nghiệp) tính dễ thay đổi, tính có thể thay đổi, tính không kiên định. undergrowth : 'ʌndəgrouθ]. danh tư bụi cây thấp; tầng cây thấp (mọc dưới bóng của cây khác) (như) underbrush (y học) sự chậm lớn, sự còi cọc (động vật học) lông con. Unharmed : [ʌn'hɑ:md]. tính tư không bị tổn hại, không can gì, bình yên vô sự (người) không suy suyển, nguyên vẹn, toàn vẹn (vật).

(296) unpleasant : [ʌn'pleznt]. tính tư không dễ chịu, khó chịu, khó ưa unpleasant weather thời tiết xấu. unreasonable : [ʌn'ri:znəbl]. tính tư vô ly, quá chưng, quá đáng, vượt quá giới hạn của cái hợp ly, cái đúng unreasonable demands những đòi hỏi vô ly không biết điều (trong thái độ..). up to : [ʌn'ri:znəbl]. tính tư vô ly, quá chưng, quá đáng, vượt quá giới hạn của cái hợp ly, cái đúng unreasonable demands những đòi hỏi vô ly không biết điều (trong thái độ..). vacancy : ['veikənsi]. danh tư khoảng không, khoảng trống a vacancy on a page một khoảng trống trên trang giấy tình trạng bỏ không (trong nhà trọ) no vacancies không còn chỗ trống, hết chỗ (ghi trên một tấm bảng chẳng hạn) một vị trí hay chức vụ còn bỏ trống; chỗ khuyết we have vacancies for typists/in the typing pool chúng tôi còn khuyết chân đánh máy/nhóm người đánh máy tình trạng lơ đãng, đầu óc trống rỗng; sự thiếu suy nghi, sự thiếu thông minh the vacancy of his stare sự lơ đãng trong cái nhìn. vaporise : ['veipəraiz]. Cách viết khác : vaporise ['veipəraiz] ngoại động tư làm cho bốc hơi, làm cho lên hơi; làm cho biến thành hơi nước xì, bơm (nước hoa...) u sầu, buồn chán nội động tư bốc hơi, lên hơi; biến thành hơi nước. vapour : ['veipə]. Cách viết khác : vapor ['veipə] danh tư hơi nước (hơi ẩm, chất khác lan toả hoặc treo lơ lửng trong không khí) hơi (dạng khí của một số chất lỏng hoặc chất rắn bị đốt nóng biến đổi thành) vật hư ảo; sự tưởng tượng hão huyền ( the vapours) ( số nhiều) (tư cổ,nghia cổ); (đùa cợt) cảm thấy ngất xỉu đột ngột to have the vapour bị ngất xỉu nội động tư bốc hơi bốc hơi nước (thông tục) nói khoác lác (thông tục) nói chuyện tầm phào. Vessel : ['vesl]. danh tư bình, chậu, vại, lọ, thùng, chai, chén (bất cứ đồ chứa rỗng nào, nhất là thứ dùng để chứa các chất lỏng) communicating vessels bình thông nhau.

(297) (hàng hải) thuyền lớn, tàu lớn ống, mạch (cấu trúc dạng ống trong cơ thể động vật hay cây cối, dẫn truyền hoặc chứa máu hay chất lỏng khác) blood vessel mạch máu the weaker vessel (kinh) đàn bà. Victorian : [vik'tɔ:riən]. tính tư ( Victoria) (thuộc) triều đại của Nữ hoàng Victoria, sống trong triều đại của Nữ hoàng Victoria, vào thời đại Nữ hoàng Victoria ( 1837 - 1901) Victorian poets những nhà thơ thời Victoria có những tính chất và quan điểm được gán cho người thuộc lớp trung lưu ở Anh vào thế kỷ 19 Victorian values những phẩm chất của thời đại Victoria (tính tiết kiệm, sự điều độ, làm việc tích cực..) danh tư người sống dưới triều đại của Nữ hoàng Victoria. volcanic : [vɔl'kænik]. tính tư (thuộc) núi lửa; như núi lửa, tư núi lửa, giống một núi lửa volcanic rocks đá núi lửa nóng nảy, hung hăng, sục sôi (tính tình...), mãnh liệt, dự dội, điên cuồng, rồ dại volcanic nature tính nóng nảy. welfare : ['welfeə]. danh tư sức khoẻ tốt, hạnh phúc, sự thịnh vượng.. của một người, một nhóm parents are responsible for the welfare of their children cha mẹ có trách nhiệm đối với hạnh phúc của con cái the welfare of the nation sự thịnh vượng của dân tộc we are concerned about his welfare chúng tôi quan tâm đến sức khoẻ của nó (tư Mỹ, nghia Mỹ) tiền trợ cấp, phúc lợi xã hội (tiền của nhà nước trả cho người thất nghiệp, người đau ốm..) (như) social security social welfare phúc lợi xã hội (y học) sự bảo vệ, sự chăm sóc (sức khoẻ, sự an toàn..) child/infant welfare sự chăm sóc trẻ em/trẻ sơ sinh child welfare clinic viện điều dưỡng trẻ em. wipe : [waip]. danh tư sự lau sạch, sự xoá sách, sự chùi sạch (tư lóng) cái tát, cái quật (tư lóng) khăn tay ngoại động tư lau chùi, làm khô, làm sạch to wipe one's face lau mặt to wipe something dry lau khô một vật gì to wipe one's eyes lau nước mắt, thôi khóc to wipe the dishes lau đia cọ (mảnh vải..) lên bề mặt cái gì.

(298) to wipe a damp sponge across one's face cọ miếng cao su xốp ướt lên mặt lau sạch, tẩy, xoá to wipe the writing from the blackboard xoá chữ viết trên bảng đen to wipe at (tư lóng) quật, tống cho một quả; giáng cho một đòn to wipe away tẩy (vết bẩn); lau sạch (nước mắt) to wipe off lau đi, lau sạch, tẩy đi làm tắt (một nụ cười) thanh toán, trả hết, giũ sạch (nợ cũ) quên đi, xoá sạch (mối bất hoà cũ...) to wipe up lau sạch, chùi sạch to wipe up the spilt milk off the floor chùi sạch chỗ sữa đổ ra sàn nhà to wipe someone's eye (tư lóng) phỗng tay trên ai, đi nước trước ai to wipe the floor with somebody (thông tục) đánh bại ai hoàn toàn (trong cuộc tranh luận) (thông tục) hạ ai đo ván (trong cuộc đấu võ); đánh bại nhục nhã to wipe something off the face of the earth/off the map phá hủy, hủy diệt hoàn toàn cái gì to wipe the slate clean quên những lỗi lầm đã qua, quên những xúc phạm đã qua; khởi sự lại to wipe something out lau chùi, lau sạch bên trong (cái bát...) xoá đi, bỏ đi (vật gì) phá hủy hoàn toàn tiêu diệt (quân đội); triệt hạ (thành phố) thanh toán, trả hết (nợ); rửa (nhục).

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