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Câu 2:

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.

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Câu 3:

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.

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Câu 4:

It takes.....................and hard work to achieve your goal.

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Câu 6:

The world would be a better place if more people showed................. to others.

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Câu 7:

I..................my teeth when I.................. dinner.

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Câu 12:

The................ he is, the more miserable he gets.

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Câu 13:

A mountain-climber needs to be cool-headed and................ .

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Đoạn văn 1

Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to complete the passgae.

Nobody knows for certain what the (21)________ of music was. Music is certainly older than poetry and painting but as early man had no way of recording it, we can also guess what it sounded like. Watching a child banging on drum with his hands or a piece of wood, it is easy to see that this is the simplest of instruments. It does not (22) _________ much effort to product a rhythm on it.

Wall paintings show what some of the first instrument looked like. Early civilizations has already discovered the three basic (23) _________ of producing music: blowing into a tube, striking an object, and scraping a string. We know that western music comes from the (24) _________ Greeks. The musical scales we use now are (25) _________ on certain sequences of notes which the Greeks used to create a particular mood.

Until the sixteenth century, most players of instruments were performers, but as music became more widespread, orchestras and musical groups began to appear.This (26) _________ about the writing of music to be played by several musicians at one time. This can certainly be called the birth of modern music.

Câu 20:

Nobody knows for certain what the (21)________ of music was.

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Đoạn văn 2

Read the text and questions below. Mark the correct letter A, B, C or D for each question.

In Britian, greeting cards are sold in chain stores and supermarkets, in newsagents’ shops, corner shops and, increasingly, in shops that specialize in the sale of cards and paper for wrapping presents in.

The most common cards are birthday and Christmas cards. Many Christmas cards are sold in aid of charity and special “charity card shops” are often set up in temporary premises in the weeks before

Christmas. A wide variety of birthday cards is available to cater for different ages and tastes. Some, especially ones for young children or for people celebrating a particular birthday, have the person’s age on the front. Many have comic, often risqué, messages printed on them, and cartoon-style illustrations. Others are more sober, with reproductions of famous paintings or attractive original designs. The usual greeting on a birthday card is “Happy Birthday”, “Many Happy Returns” or “Best Wishes for a Happy Birthday”.

Some people also send special cards for Easter and New Year. Easter cards either portray images of spring, such as chicks, eggs, lambs, spring flowers, etc, or have a religious theme.

Cards are produced for every “milestonein a person’s life. There are special cards for an engagement, a marriage, a new home, a birth, success in an examination, retirement, a death in the family, etc. Some are “good luck” or “congratulations” cards. Others, for example “get well” cards for people who are ill, express sympathy.

(Extracted from The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Encyclopedic Dictionary)

Câu 26:

What is the passage mainly about?

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Câu 27:

The word “somein paragraph 2 refers to ______.

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Câu 28:

Which of the following is NOT the usual greeting on a birthday card?

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Câu 29:

The word “milestonein paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.

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Câu 30:

It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

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