ÔN TẬP GIỮA KÌ 2-MARCH 12

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1. A. threat B. increase C. release D. easy
Question 2. A. oranges B. mangoes C. bamboos D. noodles

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 3. A. essential B. survival C. nutrition D. vegetable
Question 4. A. maintain B. perform C. prefer D. offer

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 5. After graduating from Columbia in 2003, he becomes a scholar, travelling to Oxford.
A. graduating B. becomes C. scholar D. travelling
Question 6. Jellyfish are not harmless since its sting can cause a serious allergic reaction in some people.
A. harmless B. its C. cause D. allergic
Question 7. Some people believe animal behaviour could offer a viable alternative means of earthquake
detective.
A. behaviour B. viable C. means D. detective

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 8. The government has had new houses______ in the rural areas.
A. build B. built C. to be built D. building
Question 9. ________ summer flash floods, all the crops in my small village were totally destroyed.
A. Despite B. Although C. Because of D. Since
Question 10. Ecological restoration focuses on repairing the damage human activities have caused _____
natural ecosystems.
A. to B. in C. with D. for
Question 11. Another million people ______ unemployed by the time next year.
A. will have become B. will become C. will be become D. will be becoming
Question 12. After a busy day, I went to bed and had ______ most beautiful dream ever.
A. a B. an C. the D. Ø (no article)
Question 13. Unluckily, David's dangerous and incredible journey in search of the Blue Fairy is in ____.
A. vain B. danger C. end D. advance
Question 14. The girl ________me this gift is my best friend.
A. Presenting B. Presented C. To present D. present
Question 15. A CV is a concise document which summarizes your past existing professional skills,
proficiency and ________.
A. qualifications B. experiences C. reputation D. feelings
Question 16. Many materials have been used for ____ teeth, including wood.
A. artificial B. hand-made C. natural D. false
Question 17. Over the last couple of years, Google Maps has been rated the most strongly recommended 1
_____ app that most frequently gets updated.
 A. navigation B. navigating C. navigator D. navigated
Question 18. I can't believe Jullie has changed that much. Whenever I _____ the wonderful time we had, I
feel really sad.
A. cut down on B. think back on C. run out of D. talk back to
Question 19. He is always very _____, so I think you should talk to him about your problems.
A. reserved B. close C. approachable D. talkative
Question 20. It was a ____.-letter day when she finally received her graduation diploma.
A. black B. grey C. red D. white
Question 21. To avoid unnecessary injury, the coach insisted that the players' tackling drills______on the
proper way to fall down.
A. focused B. focus C. were focused D. to focus

Question 22. "Those eggs of different colors are very artistic".

"Yes, they_____ in Russia".
A. were painted B. were paint C. were painting D. painted
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 23. Working as a doctor is challenging; it requires a lot of effort and sacrifice.
A. easy B. successful C. tiring D. difficult
Question 24. She couldn’t believe when he told her his age. He looked so young but he was a good ten
years older than her.
A. not quite B. no more than C. not less than D. no way

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 25. Biologists long regarded it as an example of adaptation by natural selection, but for
physicists it bordered on the miracle.
A. flexibility B. agility C. adjustment D. inflexibility
Question 26. The government announced out of the blue that there would be an investment in tidal energy.
A. surprisingly B. calmingly C. continuously D. predictably

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
Question 27. Jonna and David, two education students, are discussing how babies learn.
Jonna: “Learning videos can help children learn some basic vocabulary.”
David: “ _______ . They learn less effectively from screens.”
A. No doubt B. I couldn’t agree with you more
C. I’m afraid you’re wrong D. You’re right
Question 28. John is having dinner at Linda's house.
John: “The boiled chicken tastes so good!”
Linda: “ _______ ”
A. I'm glad you like it B. No, don't worry
C. I don't, either D. Sure. I'd love to
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to 2
each of the following questions.
Question 29. She wasn’t wearing a seat-belt. She was injured.
A. If she hadn’t been wearing a seat-belt, she wouldn’t have been injured.
B. If she had been wearing a seat-belt, she would have been injured.
C. If she had been wearing a seat-belt, she wouldn’t be injured.
D. If she had been wearing a seat-belt, she wouldn’t have been injured.
Question 30. “No, it’s not true. I didn’t steal the money!” Jean said.
A. Jean refused to steal the money. B. Jean did not intend to steal the money.
C. Jean admitted stealing the money. D. Jean denied having stolen the money.
Question 31. Not taking a difficult exam is worse than failing it.
A. If one is going to fail a difficult exam, it is better not to take it.
B. To fail a difficult exam is worse than not to take it.
C. It is better to fail a difficult exam than not to take it at all.
D. Because the exam is difficult, it is better not to take it.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair
of sentences in the following questions.
Question 32. It’s ten years since I came back to my hometown.
A. The last time I came back to my hometown was ten years.
B. I haven’t come back to my hometown for ten years.
C. I have come back to my hometown for ten years.
D. I last come back to my hometown ten years ago.
Question 33. He had just entered the house. The police arrested him at once.
A. Hardly he had entered the house when the police arrested him.
B. Immediately had he entered the house when the police arrested him.
C. The police immediately arrested him as soon as he’s entered the house.
D. No sooner had he entered the house than the police arrested him.

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.
Should the media earn money from content they don’t own?
Although digital cameras and camera phones have made it easier to capture newsworthy events, it is
social media that have revolutionized citizen photography. With news regularly breaking on social
networks, some journalists are now turning to them as (34) _______ of images as fast-moving events occur.
Unfortunately, (35) _______ reporters have published user-generated content (UGC) without
permission. Despite official guide (36) _______ images posted on social media can be used without
permission if there are exceptional circumstances or strong public interest, debate continues about whether
this is (37) _______.
With research indicating that around one in ten people would film or photograph a news event, it is
clear that UGC has a major role to play in the future of the media. (38) _______, if the media is to prevent
its relationship with the public from souring, steps must be taken to ensure that people are properly
rewarded for their work and that permission is always sought.
(Adapted from Compact Advanced – Cambridge English by Peter May)
Question 34. A. bases B. sources C. roots D. springs 3
Question 35. A. a little B. every C. another D. some
Question 36. A. it B. whoseC. that D. whom
Question 37. A. ethical B. prejudiced C. skeptical D. dubious
Question 38. A. However B. Additionally C. Therefore D. Even though

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.
Universities love overseas students – they are clever and hardworking, they bring different cultures to
seminars and student life and they pay their way. In Britain, universities are getting ready to enroll more
overseas students. The British Council has published a report predicting that overseas student numbers
could soar to more than 800,000 by 2018. In 2010, figures put the total at over 400,000 international
students out of two and a half million students in UK higher education and it is clear that this influx is
having an enormous impact on universities and colleges.
These students bring welcome fees, of course, but they are also likely to be very intelligent students
who inject new cultural influences and bring changes to the old university systems. Their demand for
vocational subjects such as business, biotechnology and information technology, rather than traditional
academic subjects, is affecting what is taught as well.
The impressive expansion of foreign students has already had a significant impact on higher education.
Overseas student numbers, including European Union students, have risen from 270,000 in 2002 to 400,000
in 2010. During this time the number from China jumped more than tenfold, and numbers from India have
been going up. In contrast, the number of students from other countries has fallen, reflecting their
governments’ efforts to educate more of their young people at home, as well as competition from Australia
and the USA. But as the Asian tiger economies expand their own universities, the good news for places like
the London School of Economics is that there are more and more graduates looking to improve their
qualifications or to pursue research in their subjects.
(Adapted from Achieve IELTS by Louis Harrison, Caroline Cushen and Susan Hutchison)
Question 39. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to avoid culture shock when living in Western countries?
B. How international students are changing Western university life
C. How to become an overseas student?
D. The decline in the number of overseas students at Western universities
Question 40. The word “soar” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. ascend B. decline C. hurt D. slump
Question 41. According to the paragraph 2, overseas students can help to _______.
A. abolish tuition fees for domestic students B. bring only negative influences
on the culture
C. introduce new changes to the old education system D. Increase the demand for core
subjects
Question 42. The word “their” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.
A. universities B. graduates C. foreign students D. students
Question 43. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. The number of overseas students in Britain has already reached its limit
B. Foreign students’ abilities are often underestimated by Western universities
C. The number of foreign students from India has fallen over a specific period of time
D. Some countries tried to persuade their young students to pursue their education at home 4
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42
I first noticed it in a restaurant. The place was oddly quiet, and at one table a group sat with their heads
bowed, their eyes hooded and their hands in their laps. I then realised that every one, whatever their age
group, was gazing at a handheld phone or tablet. People strolled in the street outside likewise, with arms at
right angles, necks bent and heads in awkward postures. Mothers with babies were doing it. Students in
groups were doing it. The scene resembled something from an old science fiction film. There was no
conversation.
Every visit to California convinces me that the digital revolution is over, by which I mean it is won.
Everyone is connected. The New York Times last week declared the death of conversation. While mobile
phones may at last be falling victim to considerate behaviour, this is largely because even talk is considered
too intimate a contact. No such bar applies to emailing, texting, messaging, posting and tweeting. It is
ubiquitous, the ultimate connectivity, the brain wired full-time to infinity.
The MIT professor and psychologist Sherry Turkle claims that her students are close to mastering the
art of maintaining eye contact with a person while texting someone else. It is like an organist playing
different tunes with hands and feet. To Turkle, these people are ‘alone together … a tribe of one’. Anyone
with 3,000 Facebook friends has none.
The audience in many theatres now sit, row on row, with lit machines in their laps, looking to the stage
occasionally but mostly scrolling and tapping away. The same happens at meetings and lectures, in coffee
bars and on jogging tracks. Psychologists have identified this as ‘fear of conversation’, and have come up
hmmm with the term ‘conversational avoidance devices’ for headphones. In consequence, there is now a
booming demand for online ‘conversation’ with robots and artificial voices. Mobiles come loaded with
customised ‘boyfriends’ or ‘girlfriends’. People sign up with computerised dating advisors, even claim to
fall in love with their on-board GPS guides.
The ‘post-digital’ phenomenon, the craving for live experience, is showing a remarkable vigour. The
US is a place of ever greater congregation and migration, to parks, beaches and restaurants, to concerts, rock
festivals, ball games. Common interest groups, springing up across the country, desperately seek escape
from the digital dictatorship, using Facebook and Twitter not as destinations but as route maps to meet up
with real people
Somewhere in this cultural mix I am convinced the desire for friendship will preserve the qualities
essential for a civilised life, qualities of politeness, listening and courtesy. Those obsessed with fashionable
connectivity and personal avoidance are not escaping reality. They may be unaware of it but deep down
they, too, still want someone to talk to.
(Adapted from Compact Advanced by Peter May)
Question 44. Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. How electronic gadgets adversely affect our academic life? B. Online conversation: A growing
industry
C. How to avoid communicating with others in a modern society? D. The death of conversation?
Question 45. The word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to _______
A. talking to people on their phones B. strolling in the street
C. looking at the phone or tablet D. bending their neck awkwardly
Question 46. The word “ubiquitous” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. intrusive B. commonplace C. obvious D. inevitable
Question 47. According to Sherry Turkle, certain people nowadays are _______. 5
A. determined to return to a more traditional form of social structure.
 B. electronically connected but isolated from genuine human interaction.
C. incapable of forming true friendships except through social media.
D. more skillful at communicating with others via music than in words.
Question 48. The word “vigour” in paragraph 5 mostly means _______.
A. hatred B. imagination C. satisfaction D. enthusiasm
Question 49. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. The main reason for the decreasing use of mobile phones is the fact that people are increasingly
reluctant to speak to one another.
B. Students always pay little attention to the lectures because they are enticed by modern technology
C. Many theatres found themselves in a bad situation as their customers didn’t look to the stage anymore
D. Some people in the US decided to migrate to other countries to find their real friends
Question 50. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Nobody can escape the negative effects of the digital revolution.
B. Some traditional human values are eventually bound to disappear.
C. Everybody needs human contact whether they realise it or not.
D. Only those who remain polite and courteous will have friends.

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