A. Signs of aging are easier to detect in animals than in plants.

B. Aging occurs in every living thing after it has reached maturity. 

C. Not all signs of aging are visible.

D. The outward signs of aging may be seen in old people. 

Câu 2: What does the word "it" in line 2 refer to?

A. aging         

B. a living thing    

C.  an illness   

D. an accident 

Câu 3: All of the followings may be the outward signs of aging EXCEPT ___________ .

A.  the graying of the hair    

B.  the wrinkling of the skin

C.  the decline in hearing and eyesight   

D.  the loss of appetite 

Câu 4: When does the human body begin to lose vigor and the ability to function efficiently?
 

A. Soon after reaching adulthood         

B. During childhood

C.  Early adulthood      

D. Past middle age

Câu 5: What happens to memorization when the brain begins to age?
 

A. It works less.

B. It becomes forgetful. 

C. It declines.     

D. It slows down.

Câu 6: What does "aging is not a uniform process" mean?

A. Not all living things age.

B. Not all people age at the same age 

C.  Not all people have signs of aging 

D. Aging doesn't occur in all people 

Câu 7: The word "brittle" as used in the second paragraph means ___________ .

A. soft and easily bent

B. hard and endurable

C. hard but easily broken 

D. rigid and inflexible 

Câu 8: According to the passage, what condition is responsible for many of the diseases of the old?
 

A. the arteries have become thickened and constricted.  

B.  the blood vessels lead from the heart. 

C.  the brain gets smaller in size.               

D.  bones become lighter and brittle 

Câu 9: What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.  Gerontologists have controlled the process of aging.

B. Gerontologists are working hard to help people live longer and more healthily. 

C. Gerontologists are trying to give people an eternal life.

D. Gerontologists are now able to slow down the process of aging. 

Câu 10: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A.  All living things grow old.

B.  Aging is unavoidable in any living things.

C. Plants show less signs of aging than any other living things.

D. Most body parts wear out during the course of a lifetime. 

A. generous

B. electricity        

C. horrible 

D. famous

Câu 2:

A. mathematics     

B. history  

C. literature         

D. physics

Câu 3:

A. overweight

B. popular

C. beautiful         

D. tomorrow

Câu 4:

A. invention         

B. complexion              

C. tradition                 

D. question

Câu 5:

A. economy    

B. village   

C. interest  

D. industry

A. enthusiast           

B. category                             

C. household                 

D. conical

Câu 2:

A. disaster          

B. bamboo                              

C. habitat                      

D. curriculum

A. God bless you!                  

B. Better luck next time! 

C. Have a nice trip!  

D. Have a go!

Câu 2: A. Help yourself with some chicken. – B……………………………………..

A. Thank you  

B. Never mind

C. No, I don’t like chicken      

D. Yes, I will

Câu 3: This is the school……………………my father had been teaching for 13 years.
 

A. which                       

B. where                       

C. that                           

D. who

Câu 4: He asked me………………….the film called “ Star Wars”.

A. have I seen  

B. if I had seen    

C. have you seen     

D. if had I seen

Câu 5: Books that give fact about real events, things, or people are called…………..

A. biography                   

B. novel                       

C. romance                  

D. non-fiction

Câu 6: ” What should I tell the mechanic?”   – ” The oil needs……………..”

A. to be changed    

B. to change

C. change                     

D. changing it

Câu 7: To become a novelist, you need to be………………

A. imagine                    

B. imagination              

C. imaginative               

D. imaginarily

Câu 8: When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he ………….. it

A. reviews                     

B. chews and digests

C. swallows                            

D. dips into

Câu 9: The next meeting …………in May.

A. will hold              

B. will be held        

C. will be holding

D. will have held

Câu 10: …….……….. is the protection of environment and natural resources.

A. Conservation            

B. Extinction                

C. Survival                             

D. Commerce

Câu 11: I did my best. ………., it was not good enough.

A. Although                           

B. Even though     

C. However

D. Therefore

Câu 12: When he was in ……….hospital, she could not get ………..permission to visit him.

A. the / the

B. a / the      

C. the / Ø                      

D. Ø / Ø

Câu 13: It is a top secret. You ……………. tell anyone about it.

A. mustn’t            

B. needn’t    

C. mightn’t    

D. won’t

Câu 14: A. Could you pick me up at 6 o’clock?  - B: ………………. I’m still at the meeting then.

A. I think I couldn’t.     

B. Yes, of course I could.    

C. No problem.

D. I’m afraid not.

Câu 15: I can’t find my purse anywhere; I must…………..it at the cinema.

A. leave                          

B. be leaving  

C. have left  

D. have been leaving

Câu 16: Mr Hai,………………. car has been stolen, is driving a bike to work

A. who                          

B. that                           

C. whom                       

D. whose

Câu 17: ……………. is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment. .

A. Biodiversity             

B. Conservation            

C. Globe                       

D. Individual

Câu 18: ………………. you study for these exams, ………………. you will do.

A. The harder / the better               

B. The more / the much

C. The hardest / the best                                               

D. The more hard / the more good,

Câu 19: …..…………..bad traffic, we arrived on time.

A. Because                    

B. Although                            

C. Despite                     

D. However

Câu 20: TheSimpson Desertwas named …………. the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia.

A. after                          

B. as                             

C. to

D. for

Câu 21: We have plenty of time for doing the work. We …………….be hurried.

A. needn’t    

B. shouldn’t        

C. mustn’t  

D. mayn’t

Câu 22: Hurry…………….! The bus is coming.

A. in

B. up

C. on

D. with

Câu 23: It gets…………….to understand what the professor has explained.

A. the more difficult            

B. more difficult than

C. difficult more and more

D. more and more difficult

Câu 24: How are you ……………on with your work ? – It is OK

A. calling                      

B. getting                      

C. playing                               

D. looking

Câu 25: When we arrived at the meeting, the first speaker………………….and the audience……………….

A. had just finished / were clapping       

B. had just finished / clapped

C. was finishing / clapped 

D. finished / had clapped

A. fact                  

B. factor                       

C. act                            

D. action

Câu 2: ______(37)

A. although           

B. because                     

C. while                        

D. but

Câu 3: _______(38)

A. is                

B. are                                      

C. were                         

D. had been

Câu 4: ________(39)

A. accidence         

B. accident                    

C. accidental                 

D. accidentally

Câu 5: _____(40)

A. content              

B. consume                   

C. confine                     

D. contrast

A. must have

B. reasons

C. where

D. wants to

Câu 2: In spite of my father is old, he still goes to work.

A. in spite of

B. old

C. goes

D. work

Câu 3: If you listen to the questions carefully, you would answer them easily

A. to

B. carefully

C. would answer

D. easily

Câu 4: Dave was crossing the road when Jane was calling out to him.

A. was crossing

B. when

C. was calling

D. to him

Câu 5: He is enough strong   to carry the heavy luggage.

A. enough strong

B. to carry

C. heavy

D. luggage

A. We worked here for three years.

B. We have no longer worked here for three years.

C. We have worked here for three years.

D. We will work here in three years.

Câu 2: “ John left here an hour ago,” said Jane.

A. Jane told me that John had left there an hour before.

B. Jane said John left  here an hour before.

C. Jane told John to have left there an hour before.

D. Jane told me that John to leave there an hour before.

Câu 3: No one has opened this box for a hundred years .

A. This box hasn’t been opened for a hundred years.

B. This box has been opened for a hundred years.

C. This box has belonged to nobody for a long time.

D. Someone opened this box a hundred years ago.

A. reduced   

B. increased

C. simplified   

D. developed

Câu 2: The biggest difference lies in ________________.

A.  how long negative emotions are displayed  

B. how often positive emotions are shown

C. how intensive emotions are expressed 

D. how emotional responses are controlled

Câu 3: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to ________________.

A. display their emotions openly       

B. control their emotions

C. conceal their positive emotions

D.  change their behaviour

Câu 4: Smiles and frowns ________________.

A. are universal expressions across cultures

B. do not convey the same emotions in various cultures

C. are not popular everywhere

D. have different meanings in different cultures

Câu 5: The phrase “this evidence” in line 24 refers to ________________.

A. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions

B. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions

C. the fact that children can control their feelings

D. human facial expressions

Câu 6: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether _____________.

A.  raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth.

B. different cultures have similar emotional expressions.

C. eyebrow raising means the same inMinneapolis andMadagascar.

D. rounding the mouth has the same meaning inMinneapolis andMadagascar.

Câu 7: Young children ________________.

A. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions

B. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions

C. are sensitive towards others’ emotions

D. take time to control their facial expressions

Câu 8: According to the passage, we respond to others by ______________.

A. observing their looks     

B. watching their actions

C. observing their emotional expressions 

D. looking at their faces

Câu 9: The best title for the passage is ________________.

A. A review of research on emotional expressions

B. Ways to control emotional expressions

C. Cultural universals in emotional expressions

D. Human habit of displaying emotions

Câu 10: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of ________________.

A.  researchers who can speak and understand many languages

B.  researchers on universal language

C. lacked many main ingredients

D. investigators on universal emotional expressions

A. has risen     

B. rose           

C. has raised

D. raised

Câu 2: _______(27)

A. because of  

B. although   

C. despite      

D. because

Câu 3: _______(28)

A.  a                                        

B. some                              

C. the                                  

D. any

Câu 4: ______(29)

A. had                                  

B. have                               

C. are                                  

D. ought to

Câu 5: ______(30)

A. should be      

B. is being

C. had been

D. can be

Câu 6: _____(31)

A. unless         

B. if    

C. provided  

D. as long as

Câu 7: _____(32)

A. be rising                     

B. to rise                    

C. to be risen

D. to be rising

Câu 8: ______(33)

A. so much               

B. so                                   

C. such an

D. such

Câu 9: ______(34)

A. had been                 

B. has been                                              

C. is

D. was

Câu 10: ______(35)

A. is       

B. has been 

C. was            

D. will be

A.  people combined work with creation

B. people cleared land by rolling logs

C. a logrolling involved the community

D. it was necessary for early settlers to clear the land

Câu 2: The expression day-to-day could best be replaced by which of the following?

A. daytime 

B. every day  

C. day after day

D. today

Câu 3: According to the passage, what did people have to do first to settle an area?

A. Invite neighbors over    

B. Develop recreation ideas

C.  Build farms     

D. Get rid of the trees

Câu 4: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE about a logrolling?

A. It could be enjoyable.      

B. It was rather quiet.

C.  It involved a lot of people. 

D.  There could be a lot of movement

Câu 5: Who go to a logrolling?

A. children

B.  women

C.  families  

D. men

A. pollution

B. attractive  

C. separate

D. activity

Câu 2:

A. consider   

B. apply       

C. offer

D. provide

A. boring     

B.  difficult 

C.  simple

D. easy

Câu 2: Let's wait here for her; I'm sure she'll turn up before long.

A. return       

B. arrive 

C. visit    

D. enter

A. John plays well but the others play better.

B. John as well as other players of the team plays very well.

C. Everyone in the team,but John, plays very well.

D. John is the best player of the team.

Câu 2: I learn a lot but I can not remember anything.

A. I learn more and more and remember more and more.

B. The less I learn, the more I remember.

C. The more I learn, the less I remember.

D. I remember not only what I have learnt.

Câu 3: She is so fool that she can’t solve the problem.

A. She is too fool not to solve the problem.

B. She is too fool to solve the problem.

C. She is very fool to solve the problem.

D. She is very fool so that she can’t solve the problem.

Câu 4: He earns much money so that his brother can continue taking English course.

A. He earns much money in order for his brother to continue taking English course.

B. He earns much money in order that he can continue taking English course.

C. He earns much money in order to continue taking English course.

D. He earns much money so as to continue taking English course.

Câu 5: He only feels happy whenever he doesn’t have much work to do.

A. The more he works, the happier he feels.

B. The less he works,the happier he feels.

C. His work makes him feel happy.

D. He feels happier and happier with his work.

A. domestic 

B. homely     

C. home  

D. house

Câu 2: “________” “Your compliment makes me confident, thanks”  

A. How stylish you are    

B. How do I look like

C. What an obsolete you are     

D.  How out date you are

Câu 3: “Your phone call is too long, you know?” “________”

A. It’s a hand exercise, mum, I’m sorry.   

B. I haven’t got such a long call for ages.

C. I’m not responsible for the bill, dad.  

D. As long as I can afford to pay mother.

Câu 4: Some farmers have been ________ in the good years but others were ruined by the bad  

A. provident

B. provided   

C. provision    

D.  providing

Câu 5: The foreign visitor group wanted to pay their last respect to ________ Mr Vo Nguyen Giap used to live, so they waited hours to take the chance.  

A. him and the place where   

B.  him and which

C. the place where and him   

D. that he

Câu 6: “Do you want beer or wine?” “________”

A.  I’d prefer beer, please     

B.  I like beer

C. I’d rather beer please     

D.  I hate wine

Câu 7: Only after this university competition _________.

A. could be recognized and cultivated his talent. 

B. could his talent be recognized and cultivated.

C. could be his talent recognized and cultivated. 

D. his talent could be recognized and cultivated.

Câu 8: He said if he had not answered the phone at the petroleum station then, he _______ a fine.  

A. would pay    

B. hadn’t paid

C. had been paid     

D. wouldn’t have had to pay

Câu 9: _______ the teacher’s criticism years ago, what would he be like now?

A. Notwithstanding  

B. With       

C. But for   

D. In case

Câu 10: I’ve left the office ________ Bill’s very efficient hands.

A. in     

B.  at     

C. by   

D. off

Câu 11: You can not request for an exchange if you don’t bring the _________.

A. insurance    

B. assumption        

C. guarantee  

D. assurance

Câu 12: If you go swimming as an exercise, it ________ your physical health in all aspects.

A.  will improve 

B. improved      

C. would improve    

D.  improves

Câu 13: I don’t think such ________ fine can prohibit the illegal trade in the country.

A. just     

B.  slightly 

C. light  

D. heavily

Câu 14: The headmaster said the students had well performed in the test __________ .

A. yesterday  

B. last day    

C. the day before     

D.  the previous

Câu 15: As far as I know, _______ every member in the group had got in her way, she would have felt appreciated. She was very furious then.  

A. for     

B. in case   

C. unless  

D. if

Câu 16: Huong _______ us for not having told her the latest new in advance.

A. praised   

B. apologized 

C. reproached 

D.  admitted

Câu 17: Although I was told about it only once, I still remember it _______.

A. extremely  

B. hard    

C.  clearly  

D.  high

Câu 18: She must have been sleepless last night. Otherwise, her eyes _______ so bloody now.

A.  wouldn’t look   

B. looked

C. won’t look        

D. wouldn’t have looked

Câu 19: It was not until he had an accident that he recognized the importance of his old motorbike ________.  

A. under insurance      

B. in insurance 

C. under guarantee  

D. out guarantee

Câu 20: Her spending surpasses making, which is against her moral words that one should _______ provision for his old age.  

A. take       

B. prepare        

C. make

D. have

Câu 21: She had worked as one of my _____ before getting married to my uncle.  

A. house-maids   

B. house-keeper    

C. house-holds 

D. house-husbands

Câu 22: The number of people and luggage _______ is excessive.

A. who needs to be uploaded 

B.  needs uploading

C. needing to uploaded                

D. that need uploading

Câu 23: The management board has ______ approved of who will take on the post, which was supported by a predictable roll proportion.  

A. supposedly  

B. allegedly      

C. admittedly 

D. decidedly

Câu 24: The teacher in change _________ we had finished the assignment or not.

A. inquired that       

B. inquired whether

C. said that      

D. demanded

Câu 25: He looked as if he _______ a million dollars.  

A. is going to win 

B. won   

C. had won  

D. wins

Câu 26: When he _______, his wallet had disappeared.

A. came over

B. came round        

C.  passed on 

D. passed out

Câu 27: He’s becoming so popular in the entertainment world that he has earned thousands of dollars’ contracts. He’s worn a ______ vest nowadays when he goes out, like some VIP.  

A. neo-bullet     

B.  bulletproof  

C. anti-fire      

D. fireproof

Câu 28: “SOS’s speaking.” “____________”

A. Nice to meet you.  

B. Nice to have you plan

C.  Please put me through to Mr Dean. 

D. Have you made an appointment before?

Câu 29: After we each had been assigned an installment part of the project, we came back to our _______ section.  

A. respective  

B.  respectively        

C. respectful        

D. irrespective

Câu 30: “Where do you suggest I stay?” “_________”

A. Let’s stay at the Hilton  

B. I suggest you to Hilton

C. I prefer the Hilton    

D.  I recommend the Hilton

A. walking

B. walk

C. walks

D. walked

Câu 2: _______(42)

A. which goes

B. that going

C. which to go

D. going

Câu 3: _______(43)

A. made

B. makes

C. making

D. make

Câu 4: _______(44)

A. would

B. must

C. should

D. have to

Câu 5: ______(45)

A. to exercise

B. exercising

C. exercise

D. exercised