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Mơn: TIẾNG ANH – ĐÊ SỐ 254
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đề

Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 01: A. proverbial
B. photography
C. magnicicent
D. advantageous
Question 02: A. contaminate
B. consultancy
C. architecture
D. chronology
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 03: Our lew house is very________ for the office as I can get there in five minutes.
A. available
B. convenient
C. comfortable
D. suitable
Question 04: Children can be difficult to teach because of their short attention________ .
A. duration
B. limit
C. span

D. time
Question 05: The new regime determined to________ compulsory military service.
A. break off
B. phase out
C. end up
D. stop off
Question 06: As the managing director dictating the letter, his secretary________ what he wassaying
in shorthand.
A. took up
B. took down
C. took on
D. took off
Question 07: Technology is advancing so quickly that machines becomes________ almost overnight.
A. stale
B. obsolete
C. archaic
D. second-hand
Question 08: You can________ me the details; I don’t want to know all about your arguments with
your boss. A. deprive
B. avoid.
C. save
D. spare
Question 09: The group’s image________ to young people in general and the less well-off in
particular.
A. draws
B. attracts
C. appeals
D. excites
Question 10: This new law will take________ from the beginning of next month.
A. influence

B. effect
C. force
D. power
Question 11: This jacket would be ideal in winter: it has a fur________.
A. lining
B. backing
C. coating
D. filling
Question 12: If you bathe your finger in cold water, that should________ the pain.
A. blunt
B. curb
C. deaden
D. restrain
Question 13: She wanted a cake, ________ one with chocolate.
A. preferable
B. preferably
C. preferentially
D. preferential
Question 14: This new advertising campaign is not________ with our company policy.
A. suited
B. matched
C. consistent
D. allied
Question 15: Cold deserts can be covered in________ snow or ice and frozen water is unavailable to
plant life.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. Ø
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part

differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 16: A. predict
B. verdict
C. interdict
D. indictment
Question 17: A. private
B. literate
C. considerate
D. illustrate
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 18: The headmaster is forever extolling the virtues of her children.
A. appreciate
B. praise
C. criticize
D. validate
Question 19: She arrived ten minutes before her flight, so she was cutting it a bit fine.
A. having little time B. almost late
C. just in time
D. getting hurt


Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 20: Her latest book is readable enough, but it can't hold a candle to her earlier work.
A. surpass
B. overcome
C. conquer
D. charge higher
Question 21: A stay in the country will be beneficial to his health.

A. vulnerable
B. good
C. detrimental
D. useful
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 22: A calorie is the quantity of heat required to rise one gallon of water one degree
centigrade at one atmospheric pressure.
A. A calorie
B. to rise
C. quantity
D. required
Question 23: The diametre of the Sun is more than one hundred times greater than the Earth.
A. times
B. more than
C. greater
D. the
Question 24: Superior to all others woods for shipbuilding, teak is also used for furniture, flooring,
and general construction.
A. others
B. furniture
C. used for
D. for
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 25: ~ Boris: “ That’s $ 8.50, sir.”
~ Linda: “________________”
A. The bill, please. B. I’ll eat à la carte.
C. I’ll pay back soon. D. Here you are.
Question 26: ~ Atkin: “________________”

~ Black: “Please hold the line. I’ll just put you through.”
A. This is Doris Evans. I’d like to speak to Mr. Davidson, please.
B. Help me out, please. My dress’s got stuck to the hook..
C. Oh, no. My kite’s broken away.
D. Take this message for him, please.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 27 to 34.
For 150 years scientists have tried to determine the solar constant, the amount of solar
energy that reaches the Earth. Yet, even in the most cloud-free regions of the planet, the solar
constant cannot he measured precisely. Gas molecules and dust particles in the atmosphere
absorb and scatter sunlight and prevent some wave lengths of the light from ever reaching the
ground.
With the advent of satellites, however, scientists have finally been able to measure the Sun’s
output without being impeded by the Earth's atmosphere. Solar Max, a satellite from the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has been measuring the Sun's output since
February 1980. Although a malfunction in the satellite's control system limited its observation for
a few years, the satellite was repaired in orbit by astronauts from the space shuttle in 1984. Max's
observations indicate that the solar constant is not really constant after all.
The satellite’s instruments have detected frequent, small variations in the Sun’s energy
output, generally amounting to no more than 0.05 percent of the Sun's mean energy output and
lasting from a few days to a few weeks. Scientists believe these fluctuations coincide with the
appearance and disappearance of large groups of sunspots on the Sun's disk. Sunspots are
relatively dark regions on the Sun's surface that have strong magnetic fields and a temperature
about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface. Particularly large
fluctuations in the solar constant have coincided with sightings of large sunspot groups. In 1980,
for example, Solar Max's instrument, registered a 0.3 percent drop in the solar energy reaching
the Earth. At that time a sunspot group covered about 0.6 percent of the solar disk, in area 20
times larger than the Earth’s surface.
Long-term variations in the solar constant are more difficult to determine. Although Solar
Max's data have indicated a slow and steady decline in the Sun's output, some scientists have

thought that the satellite's aging detectors might have become less sensitive over the years, thus
falsely indicating a drop in the solar constant. This possibility was dismissed, however, by


comparing Solar Max's observations with data from a similar instrument operating on NASA's
Nimbus 7 weather satellite since 1978.
Question 27: The word "scatter" in line 3 is closest in meaning to______.
A. capture
B. transform
C. hit
D. disperse
Question 28: What does this passage mainly discuss?
A. The launching of a weather satellite
B. The measurement of variations in the solar constant
C. The components of the Earth’s atmosphere
D. The interaction of sunlight and air pollution
Question 29: The phrase "This possibility" in the last paragraph refers to the likelihood that
the______.
A. solar constant cannot be measured
B. instruments are providing inaccurate data
C. Nimbus 7 satellite is older than Solar Max
D. solar constant has declined
Question 30: The word "detected" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to______.
A. estimated
B. predicted
C. disregarded
D. registered
Question 31: According to the passage, scientists believed variations in the solar constant are related
to______.
A. unusual weather patterns

B. fluctuations in the Earth's temperature
C. increased levels of dust
D. sunspot activity
Question 32: Why is it not possible to measure the solar constant accurately without a satellite?
A. Some areas on Earth receive more solar energy than others.
B. There is not enough sunlight during the day.
C. The Earth is too far from the Sun.
D. The Earth's atmosphere interferes with the sunlight.
Question 33: The word "its’ in the second paragraph refers to the______.
A. malfunction
B. atmosphere
C. satellite
D. orbit
Question 34: Why did scientists think that Solar Max might be giving unreliable information?
A. Nimbus 7 interfered with Solar Max's detectors
B. Solar Max's instruments were getting old.
C. Solar Max did not work for the first few years.
D. The space shuttle could not fix Solar Max's instruments
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 40.
Memory is a vital characteristic of the human species. Organisms evolve to adapt to their
environments in many different ways. There are, however, two broad classes of adaptation. The
first of these involves pre-programming the organism to cope with its environment so that it is
born with all the necessary instincts and equipment to operate efficiently and effectively with
virtually no learning, this is clearly a very successful means of adaptation and has enabled an
enormous range of organisms, from plants, bacteria, and insects to "simple" vertebrates, to
continue to flourish for millions of years. Such organisms have their mode of adaptation "wired in"
and, as such, have minimal need for learning or memory.
The second involves the production of an organism which is adaptable. Here, there is much
less pre-programming, and the organism is left to modify its behaviour in response to its

environment. This allows for considerably greater complexity and variability of behaviour. It also
demands a larger brain and is heavily dependent on the capacity to learn and remember. The
human race is the obvious example of this form of evolution - our ability to learn and remember
has allowed us to develop tools and language, technologies which in turn vastly increased our
ability to store and communicate yet more information through writing, and subsequently films,
videos, and computers, all of which can be regarded as an extension of the memory. However,
without the individual's memory, the vast storage of information in the libraries all over the world
would be incomprehensible.
Accordingly, the ability to learn and remember, allowing as it does for the development of
language, is perhaps our most crucial characteristic.
Question 35: It can be inferred from the passage that man's most important characteristic is________


A. the capacity to remember.
B. an aptitude for writing.
C. the skill of storing information.
D. the ability to speak.
Question 36: According to the passage, the organism of the second class________
A. relies upon its memory.
B. changes the behavior constantly.
C. learns very quickly.
D. modifies the environment.
Question 37: Which phrase below is the closest in meaning to “to cope with”?
A. compete
B. deal with
C. overcome
D. adapt to
Question 38: The author suggests that a human being's memory is________
A. supported by technological advances. B. dependent upon the storage of writing.
C. a tool used for understanding. D. partly responsible for the growth of the language.

Question 39: The author mentions all of the following in connection with the first class of adaptation
EXCEPT________
A. Process of being wired into equipment. B. State of being programmed in advance.
C. Ability to deal with the environment. D. Possession of the requisite instincts.
Question 40: According to the passage, many organisms have existed for millions of years because
they________
A. continually adapt to the environment. B. have inbuilt resources.
C. are unable to learn.
D. have no memory.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 41 to 45.
If you go to the website of London’s Royal Court Theatre, you’ll find a paragraph headed
“Trigger Warnings”, advising that some plays (41)_______ material “that can be particularly
distressing for some individuals”. If you’re an author who thinks your new book may (42)_______
offence, you can get a “sensitivity reader” to vet it. We now spend a lot of time agonising over
people’s feelings, says David Aaronovitch. Hardly a day (43)_______ by without someone trying to
ban something: students at a US university have just banned the “alt-right” provocateur Milo
Yiannopoulos from giving a talk, fearing he’d create an “unsafe space” for people on campus. Such
moves, however well-intentioned, are based on the flawed assumption that people are so fragile
they must be (44)_______ from things that may upset them. Wrong. As the eminent psychiatrist Sir
Simon Wessely discovered after the 7/7 London bombings, the counselling given to the survivors
actually made many feel worse. “People are tougher than we think,” and it is by (45)_______ up to
our fears that we overcome them. Instead of searching out sources of offence, we must trust in
people’s adaptability and resilience.
[Adapted from The TIMES, February, 2017]
Question 41: A. give
B. form
C. contain
D. integrate
Question 42: A. get

B. bring
C. kindle
D. cause
Question 43: A. goes
B. passes
C. crosses
D. stops
Question 44: A. clodes
B. excluded
C. banned
D. shielded
Question 45: A. kicking
B. looking
C. turning
D. facing
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 46: Friendly though he may seem, he's not to be trusted.
A. He may have friends, but he‘s not to be trusted.
B. However he seems friendly, he‘s not to be trusted.
C. He‘s too friendly to be trusted.
D. However friendly he seems, he‘s not to be trusted.
Question 47: I haven't enjoyed myself so much for years.
A. It’s years since I enjoyed myself so much.
B. It’s years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
C. It was years since I had enjoyed myself so much.
D. It has been years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
Question 48: Were it not for the money, this job wouldn't be worthwhile.
A. Although the salary is poor, the job is worthwhile.
B. The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money.

C. This job offers a poor salary.


D. This job is not rewarding at all.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 49: The plane crash killed a lot of people. Dad was as sound as the bell.
A. The plane crash killed a lot of people, but Dad was as sound as the bell.
B. Despite the plane crash killed a lot of people, Dad was as sound as the bell.
C. No matter many people were killed in the plane crash, Dad was as sound as the bell.
D. The plane crash killed a lot of people and Dad was as sound as the bell.
Question 50: She looks a lady of 60. She is only 30 years of age.
A. A lady of 60 looks for her age for 30 years.
B. Her look is older than her age.
C. She looks a lady of 60, but her real age is only 30.
D. A lady of 60 looks 30 years younger than her.
_________THE END__________
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TRƯƠNG THPT LIÊN SƠN
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ĐỀ KTCL ƠN THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 20172018
Mơn: TIẾNG ANH – ĐÊ SỐ 254
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát
đề

Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 01: A. proverbial

B. photography
C. magnicicent
D. advantageous
Question 02: A. contaminate
B. consultancy
C. architecture
D. chronology
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 03: Our lew house is very________ for the office as I can get there in five minutes.
A. available
B. convenient
C. comfortable
D. suitable
Question 04: Children can be difficult to teach because of their short attention________ .
A. duration
B. limit
C. span
D. time
Question 05: The new regime determined to________ compulsory military service.
A. break off
B. phase out
C. end up
D. stop off
Question 06: As the managing director dictating the letter, his secretary________ what he wassaying
in shorthand.
A. took up
B. took down
C. took on
D. took off

Question 07: Technology is advancing so quickly that machines becomes________ almost overnight.
A. stale
B. obsolete
C. archaic
D. second-hand
Question 08: You can________ me the details; I don’t want to know all about your arguments with
your boss. A. deprive
B. avoid.
C. save
D. spare
Question 09: The group’s image________ to young people in general and the less well-off in
particular.
A. draws
B. attracts
C. appeals
D. excites
Question 10: This new law will take________ from the beginning of next month.
A. influence
B. effect
C. force
D. power
Question 11: This jacket would be ideal in winter: it has a fur________.
A. lining
B. backing
C. coating
D. filling
Question 12: If you bathe your finger in cold water, that should________ the pain.
A. blunt
B. curb
C. deaden

D. restrain
Question 13: She wanted a cake, ________ one with chocolate.
A. preferable
B. preferably
C. preferentially
D. preferential
Question 14: This new advertising campaign is not________ with our company policy.


A. suited
B. matched
C. consistent
D. allied
Question 15: Cold deserts can be covered in________ snow or ice and frozen water is unavailable to
plant life.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. Ø
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 16: A. predict
B. verdict
C. interdict
D. indictment
Question 17: A. private
B. literate
C. considerate
D. illustrate
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning

to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 18: The headmaster is forever extolling the virtues of her children.
A. appreciate
B. praise
C. criticize
D. validate
Question 19: She arrived ten minutes before her flight, so she was cutting it a bit fine.
A. having little time B. almost late
C. just in time
D. getting hurt
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 20: Her latest book is readable enough, but it can't hold a candle to her earlier work.
A. surpass
B. overcome
C. conquer
D. charge higher
Question 21: A stay in the country will be beneficial to his health.
A. vulnerable
B. good
C. detrimental
D. useful
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 22: A calorie is the quantity of heat required to rise one gallon of water one degree
centigrade at one atmospheric pressure.
A. A calorie
B. to rise
C. quantity
D. required

Question 23: The diametre of the Sun is more than one hundred times greater than the Earth.
A. times
B. more than
C. greater
D. the
Question 24: Superior to all others woods for shipbuilding, teak is also used for furniture, flooring,
and general construction.
A. others
B. furniture
C. used for
D. for
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 25: ~ Boris: “ That’s $ 8.50, sir.”
~ Linda: “________________”
A. The bill, please. B. I’ll eat à la carte.
C. I’ll pay back soon. D. Here you are.
Question 26: ~ Atkin: “________________”
~ Black: “Please hold the line. I’ll just put you through.”
A. This is Doris Evans. I’d like to speak to Mr. Davidson, please.
B. Help me out, please. My dress’s got stuck to the hook..
C. Oh, no. My kite’s broken away.
D. Take this message for him, please.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 27 to 34.
For 150 years scientists have tried to determine the solar constant, the amount of solar
energy that reaches the Earth. Yet, even in the most cloud-free regions of the planet, the solar
constant cannot he measured precisely. Gas molecules and dust particles in the atmosphere
absorb and scatter sunlight and prevent some wave lengths of the light from ever reaching the
ground.

With the advent of satellites, however, scientists have finally been able to measure the Sun’s
output without being impeded by the Earth's atmosphere. Solar Max, a satellite from the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has been measuring the Sun's output since
February 1980. Although a malfunction in the satellite's control system limited its observation for


a few years, the satellite was repaired in orbit by astronauts from the space shuttle in 1984. Max's
observations indicate that the solar constant is not really constant after all.
The satellite’s instruments have detected frequent, small variations in the Sun’s energy
output, generally amounting to no more than 0.05 percent of the Sun's mean energy output and
lasting from a few days to a few weeks. Scientists believe these fluctuations coincide with the
appearance and disappearance of large groups of sunspots on the Sun's disk. Sunspots are
relatively dark regions on the Sun's surface that have strong magnetic fields and a temperature
about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface. Particularly large
fluctuations in the solar constant have coincided with sightings of large sunspot groups. In 1980,
for example, Solar Max's instrument, registered a 0.3 percent drop in the solar energy reaching
the Earth. At that time a sunspot group covered about 0.6 percent of the solar disk, in area 20
times larger than the Earth’s surface.
Long-term variations in the solar constant are more difficult to determine. Although Solar
Max's data have indicated a slow and steady decline in the Sun's output, some scientists have
thought that the satellite's aging detectors might have become less sensitive over the years, thus
falsely indicating a drop in the solar constant. This possibility was dismissed, however, by
comparing Solar Max's observations with data from a similar instrument operating on NASA's
Nimbus 7 weather satellite since 1978.
Question 27: The word "scatter" in line 3 is closest in meaning to______.
A. capture
B. transform
C. hit
D. disperse
Question 28: What does this passage mainly discuss?

A. The launching of a weather satellite
B. The measurement of variations in the solar constant
C. The components of the Earth’s atmosphere
D. The interaction of sunlight and air pollution
Question 29: The phrase "This possibility" in the last paragraph refers to the likelihood that
the______.
A. solar constant cannot be measured
B. instruments are providing inaccurate data
C. Nimbus 7 satellite is older than Solar Max
D. solar constant has declined
Question 30: The word "detected" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to______.
A. estimated
B. predicted
C. disregarded
D. registered
Question 31: According to the passage, scientists believed variations in the solar constant are related
to______.
A. unusual weather patterns
B. fluctuations in the Earth's temperature
C. increased levels of dust
D. sunspot activity
Question 32: Why is it not possible to measure the solar constant accurately without a satellite?
A. Some areas on Earth receive more solar energy than others.
B. There is not enough sunlight during the day.
C. The Earth is too far from the Sun.
D. The Earth's atmosphere interferes with the sunlight.
Question 33: The word "its’ in the second paragraph refers to the______.
A. malfunction
B. atmosphere
C. satellite

D. orbit
Question 34: Why did scientists think that Solar Max might be giving unreliable information?
A. Nimbus 7 interfered with Solar Max's detectors
B. Solar Max's instruments were getting old.
C. Solar Max did not work for the first few years.
D. The space shuttle could not fix Solar Max's instruments
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 40.
Memory is a vital characteristic of the human species. Organisms evolve to adapt to their
environments in many different ways. There are, however, two broad classes of adaptation. The
first of these involves pre-programming the organism to cope with its environment so that it is
born with all the necessary instincts and equipment to operate efficiently and effectively with
virtually no learning, this is clearly a very successful means of adaptation and has enabled an


enormous range of organisms, from plants, bacteria, and insects to "simple" vertebrates, to
continue to flourish for millions of years. Such organisms have their mode of adaptation "wired in"
and, as such, have minimal need for learning or memory.
The second involves the production of an organism which is adaptable. Here, there is much
less pre-programming, and the organism is left to modify its behaviour in response to its
environment. This allows for considerably greater complexity and variability of behaviour. It also
demands a larger brain and is heavily dependent on the capacity to learn and remember. The
human race is the obvious example of this form of evolution - our ability to learn and remember
has allowed us to develop tools and language, technologies which in turn vastly increased our
ability to store and communicate yet more information through writing, and subsequently films,
videos, and computers, all of which can be regarded as an extension of the memory. However,
without the individual's memory, the vast storage of information in the libraries all over the world
would be incomprehensible.
Accordingly, the ability to learn and remember, allowing as it does for the development of
language, is perhaps our most crucial characteristic.

Question 35: It can be inferred from the passage that man's most important characteristic is________
A. the capacity to remember.
B. an aptitude for writing.
C. the skill of storing information.
D. the ability to speak.
Question 36: According to the passage, the organism of the second class________
A. relies upon its memory.
B. changes the behavior constantly.
C. learns very quickly.
D. modifies the environment.
Question 37: Which phrase below is the closest in meaning to “to cope with”?
A. compete
B. deal with
C. overcome
D. adapt to
Question 38: The author suggests that a human being's memory is________
A. supported by technological advances. B. dependent upon the storage of writing.
C. a tool used for understanding. D. partly responsible for the growth of the language.
Question 39: The author mentions all of the following in connection with the first class of adaptation
EXCEPT________
A. Process of being wired into equipment. B. State of being programmed in advance.
C. Ability to deal with the environment. D. Possession of the requisite instincts.
Question 40: According to the passage, many organisms have existed for millions of years because
they________
A. continually adapt to the environment. B. have inbuilt resources.
C. are unable to learn.
D. have no memory.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 41 to 45.
If you go to the website of London’s Royal Court Theatre, you’ll find a paragraph headed

“Trigger Warnings”, advising that some plays (41)_______ material “that can be particularly
distressing for some individuals”. If you’re an author who thinks your new book may (42)_______
offence, you can get a “sensitivity reader” to vet it. We now spend a lot of time agonising over
people’s feelings, says David Aaronovitch. Hardly a day (43)_______ by without someone trying to
ban something: students at a US university have just banned the “alt-right” provocateur Milo
Yiannopoulos from giving a talk, fearing he’d create an “unsafe space” for people on campus. Such
moves, however well-intentioned, are based on the flawed assumption that people are so fragile
they must be (44)_______ from things that may upset them. Wrong. As the eminent psychiatrist Sir
Simon Wessely discovered after the 7/7 London bombings, the counselling given to the survivors
actually made many feel worse. “People are tougher than we think,” and it is by (45)_______ up to
our fears that we overcome them. Instead of searching out sources of offence, we must trust in
people’s adaptability and resilience.
[Adapted from The TIMES, February, 2017]
Question 41: A. give
B. form
C. contain
D. integrate
Question 42: A. get
B. bring
C. kindle
D. cause
Question 43: A. goes
B. passes
C. crosses
D. stops
Question 44: A. clodes
B. excluded
C. banned
D. shielded
Question 45: A. kicking

B. looking
C. turning
D. facing


Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 46: Friendly though he may seem, he's not to be trusted.
A. He may have friends, but he‘s not to be trusted.
B. However he seems friendly, he‘s not to be trusted.
C. He‘s too friendly to be trusted.
D. However friendly he seems, he‘s not to be trusted.
Question 47: I haven't enjoyed myself so much for years.
A. It’s years since I enjoyed myself so much.
B. It’s years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
C. It was years since I had enjoyed myself so much.
D. It has been years since I have enjoyed myself so much.
Question 48: Were it not for the money, this job wouldn't be worthwhile.
A. Although the salary is poor, the job is worthwhile.
B. The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money.
C. This job offers a poor salary.
D. This job is not rewarding at all.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 49: The plane crash killed a lot of people. Dad was as sound as the bell.
A. The plane crash killed a lot of people, but Dad was as sound as the bell.
B. Despite the plane crash killed a lot of people, Dad was as sound as the bell.
C. No matter many people were killed in the plane crash, Dad was as sound as the bell.
D. The plane crash killed a lot of people and Dad was as sound as the bell.
Question 50: She looks a lady of 60. She is only 30 years of age.

A. A lady of 60 looks for her age for 30 years.
B. Her look is older than her age.
C. She looks a lady of 60, but her real age is only 30.
D. A lady of 60 looks 30 years younger than her.
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