SAMPLE TEST
I.Tìm lỗi sai
Exercise 1: There are 10 errors in this passage. Identify them by underlining the words
that need to be corrected and correct them.
The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in the New York city. For a long
time, it has been the newspaper on record in the US and one of the word’s great newspapers.
Its strengthu is in its editorial excellence, it never has been the greatest newspaper in the term
of circulation.
The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the
news in a restrained and objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors made a
pattern for the future by century, it came into competition with a more popular, colorful, if
not lurid, newspapers in New York. Their publications ran sensational stories, not because
they were true, but because they sold newspapers. Despite prices increases, The Times was
loosing £1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896.
Ochs built The Times into an international respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as
editor. Van Anda placed greatest stress than ever on full reporting of the news of the day,
and his emphasized good coverage of international news. The mangement of the paper
decided to eliminate fiction of the paper, added a Sunday magazine section, and reduced the
paper’s price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper ran many risks to report every aspects
of the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhaced its prestige, and in tis coverage of the two
world wars, The Times continued to enhace its reputation for excellence in world news.
ANSWER
1. on (L2) -> of
2. never has been (L3) -> has never been
3. the term (L3) -> terms
4.made (L6)-> set
5. prices L9)-> price
6.internatonal(L11)-> internationally
7.greatest(L12)->greater
8.of(L14)->from
Exercise 2: There are 10 errors in this passage. Identify them by underlining the words
that need to be corrected and correct them.
Anyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but
scientists are long debated why. A new study of ibises finds that these big-winged birds
careful position their wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding
bird’s updraft—and save energy while flight.
There are two reasons birds might fly in a V formation: It may do (make) flight easier, or
they’re simply following the leader. Squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V
formation, and many scientists suspect that migrating birds do the similar (same) . Models
that treated flapping birds like fixed-wing airplanes estimate that they save energy by
drafting off each other, but currents created by airplanes are far much(more) stable than the
oscillating eddies coming off of a bird. “Air gets pretty unpredictably behind a flapping
wing,” says James Usherwood, a locomotor biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College at
the University of London in Hatfield, where the research took place.
The study, published online today in Nature, took advantage of an existing project to
reintroduce dangerous (endagered) northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) to Europe.
Scientists used a microlight plane to show hand-raised birds their ancestral migration route
from Austria to Italy. A flock of 14 juveniles carried data loggers specially build by
Usherwood and his lab. The device’s GPS determined each bird’s flight position to within 30
cm, and an accelerometer shown the timing of the wing flaps.
II.Bài summary
Write a summary of the text in English, including the most important points, using your
own words whenever possible (maximum 50 words)
As today's bride and groom celebrate their wedding, they have every excuse for being
nervous. They exchange promises of lifelong fidelity and mutual support. However, all
around them, they can see that many people do not and cannot keep these promises. Their
own marriage has a one in three chance of divorce, if present tendencies continue.
Traditional marriage is facing a crisis, at least in Britain. Not only are there more and more
divorces, but the number of marriages is falling. Living together is more popular than before.
The family is now no longer one man, one woman and their children. Instead, there are more
and more families which include parents, half sisters and brothers, or even only one parent
on her / his own. Although Britain is still conservative in its attitudes to marriage compared
with other countries such as the USA, Sweden and Denmark, the future will probably see
many more people living together before marriage - and more divorce. Interestingly, it is
women rather than men who apply for divorce. Seven out of ten divorces are given to the
wife. Also, one of the main reasons for divorce, chosen by ten times more women than men,
is unreasonable or cruel behaviour. Perhaps this means that women will tolerate less than
they used to.
ANSWER:
Although Britain is still conservative in its attitudes to marriage compared with other
countries such as the USA, Sweden and Denmark, the future will probably see many
more people living together before marriage - and more divorce.Their own marriage
has a one in three chance of divorce, if present tendencies continue.Also, one of the
main reasons for divorce, chosen by ten times more women than men, is unreasonable
or cruel behaviour.
III. Phần reading
Reading 1: Read the text and choose the best answer
Hot boning is an energy saving technique for the meat processing industry. It has
received significant attestation in recent years when increased pressure for energy
conservation has accentuated the need for more efficient methods of processing the
bovine carcass. Cooling an entire carcass requires a considerable amount of refrigerated
space, since bone and trimmable fat are cooled along with the muscle.It is
also necessary to space the carcasses adequately in the refrigerated room for better air
movement and preventative of microbial contamination, thus adding to the volume
requirements for carcass chillers.
Conventional handling of meat involves holding the beef sides in the cooler for 24 to 36
hours before boning. Chilling in the traditional fashion is also associated with a loss of
carcass weight ranging from 2 percent to 4 percent due to evaporation of moisture from the
meat tissue.
Early excision or hot boning of muscle prerigor followed by vacuum packaging
has several potential advantages. By removing only the edible muscle and fat prerigor,
refrigeration space and costs are minimized, bowing labor is decreased and storage yields
increased. Because hot boning often results in the toughening of meat, a more recent
approach, hot boning following electrical stimulation, has been used to reduce the necessary
time of rigor mortis.
Some researches have found this method beneficial in maintaining tender meat, while others
have found that the meat also becomes tough after electrical simulation.
1. The word "accentuated” is closet in meaning to...........
A. de-emphasized B. caused
C. speeded up D. highlighted
2. All of following are mentioned as drawbacks of the conventional method of boning
EXCEPT........................
A. Storage Space requirements
B. Energy waste
C. Loss of carcass weight
D.Toughness of weight
3. The word "pressure" is nearest in meaning to............
A. urgency B. flavor
C. weight D. cooking texture
4. Hot boning is becoming very popular because...........
A. It causes meat to very tender
B. It helps conserve energy and is less expensive than conventional methods
C. Meat tastes better when the bone is adequately scared along with the meat
D. It reduces the weight of the carcass
5. The word "Carcess chiller" is nearest in meaning to....
A. a refrigerator for the animal body
B. a method of boning meat
C. electrical stimulation of beef
D. early excision
6. The word "Early excision" is nearest in meaning to…….
A. Vacuum packaging B. hot boning
C. carcass chilling D. electrical stimulation
7. The Toughening of meat during hot boning has been combated by........
A. Following hot boning with electrical stimulation
B. Tenderizing the meat
C. Using electrical stimulation before hot boning
D. Removing only the edible muscle and fat prerigor
8. The word "bovine" is nearest in meaning to...........
A. cold B. electrically stimulated
C. beef D. pork
9. The word "carcass" is nearest in meaning to............
A. deboned meat B. body
C. refrigerator D. fat
10. The word "considerable" is nearest in meaning to............
A. frigid B. kind
C. lesser D. substantial
Reading 2: Read the following passage and answer the following questions
RISING SEA
Paragraph 1.
The average air temperature at the surface of the earth has risen this century, as has the
temperature of ocean surface waters. Because water expands as it heats, a warmer ocean
means higher sea levels. We cannot say definitely that the temperature rises are due to the
greenhouse effect; the heating may be part of a “natural” variability over a long time-scale
that we have not yet recognized I our short 100 years of recording. However, assuming the
build up of greenhouse gases is responsible, and that the warming will continue. Scientists
and inhabitants of low-lying coastal areas would like to know the extent of future sea level
rises.
Paragraph 2.
Calculating this is not easy. Models used for the purpose have treated the oceans as passive,
stationary and one-dimensional. Scientists have assumed that heat simply diffused into the
sea from the atmosphere. Using basic physical laws, they then predict how much a known
volume of water would expand for a given increase in temperature. But the oceans are not
one-dimensional, and recent work by oceanographers, using a new model which takes into
account a number of subtle facets of the sea-including vast and complex ocean currents-
suggests that the rise in sea level may be less than some earlier estimates had predicted.
Paragraph 3
An international forum on climate change, in 1986, produced figures for likely sea-level rises
of 20 cm and 1.4 m, corresponding to atmospheric temperature increases of 1.5 and 4.5C
respectively. Some scientists estimate that the ocean warming resulting from those
temperature increases by the year 2050 would raise the sea level by between 10 cm and 40
cm. This model only takes into account the temperature effect on the oceans; it does not
consider changes in sea level brought about by the melting of ice sheets and glaciers, and
changes in groundwater storage. When we add on estimates of these, we arrive at figures for
total sea-level rises of 15 cm and 70 cm respectively.
Paragraph 4
It’s not easy trying to model accurately the enormous complexities of the ever-changing
oceans, with their great volume, massive currents and sensitively to the influence of land
masses and the atmosphere. For example, consider how heat enters the ocean. Does it just
“diffuse” from the warmer air vertically into the water, and heat only the surface layer of the
sea? (Warm water is less dense than cold, so it would not spread downwards). Conventional
models of sea-level rise have considered that this the only method, but measurements have
shown that the rate of heat transfer into the ocean by vertical diffusion is far lower in practice
than the figures that many models have adopted.
Paragraph 5
Much of the early work, for simplicity, ignored the fact that water in the oceans moves in
three dimensions. By movement, of course, scientists don’t mean waves, which are too small
individually to consider, but rather movement of vast volumes of water in huge currents. To
understand the importance of this, we now need to consider another process-advection.
Imagine smoke rising from a chimney. On a still day it will slowly spread out in all
directions by means of diffusion. With a strong directional wind, however, it will all shift
downwind, this process is advection-the transport of properties (notably heat and salinity in
ocean) by the movement of bodies of air or water, rather than by conduction or diffusion.
*List of headings
A The gyre principle
B The Greenhouse Effect
C How ocean waters move
D Statistical evidence
E The advection principle
F Diffusion versus advection
G Figuring the sea level changes
H Estimated figures
From question 1-5: Match the paragraphs with its proper heading:
1....B........ 2...H....... 3.....G....... 4......F.... 5.....C........
From question 6-10: Write TRUE, FALSE, NOT GIVEN
6. The surface layer of the oceans is warmed by the atmosphere. T
7. Advection of water changes hear and salt levels. T
8. Temperature and salinity determine the densities. NG
9. With the increased atmospheric temperatures due to the greenhouse effect, the oceans
conveyor belt will carry more heat into the interior. F
10. The origin of gyres lies in the fact that more heat from the Sun reaches the Equator than
the Poles. NG
Reading 3 Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits
each gap.
It only requires the completion of the reconstruction of the human genetic map for a whole
host of hereditary diseases to be (1) ____. Originally, it was forecast that the Page 8 of 18
venture would take until the beginning of the 21st century to be accomplished. At present, it
is clear that the task can be finished much earlier. Hundreds of scholars have gone to (2)
____ to help unravel the mystery of the human genetic structure with an ardent hope for (3)
____ mankind from disorders such as cancer, cystic fibrosis or arthritis. The progress in this
incredible undertaking is (4) ____ by an accurate interpretation of the information contained
in the chromosomes forming the trillions of the cells in the human body. Locating and
characterizing every single gene may sound an implausible assignment, but very
considerable (5) ____ has already been made. What we know by now is that the hereditary
code is assembled in DNA, some parts of which may be diseased and (6) ____ to the
uncontrollable transmission of the damaged code from parents to their children. Whereas
work at the completion of the human genom may last for a few years more, notions like gene
therapy or genetic engineering don't (7) ____ much surprise any longer. Their potential
application has already been (8) ____ in the effective struggle against many viruses or in the
genetic treatment of blood disorders. The hopes are, then, that hundreds of maladies that
humanity is (9) ____ with at present might eventually cease to exist in the not too (10) ____
future.
1. A. terminated B. interfered C. eradicated D. disrupted
2. A. maximum B. utmost C. supreme D. extremes
3. A. liberating B. surviving C. insulating D. averting
4. A. dependent B. reliant C. qualified D. conditioned
5. A. headline B. heading C. headway D. headship
6. A. amiable B. conceivable C. evocative D. conducive
7. A. evoke B. institute C. discharge D. encourage
8. A. examined B. inquired C. accounted D. corroborated
9. A. aggravated B. teased C. persecuted D. plagued
10. A. far-away B. outlying C. distant D. imminent
Reading 4: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use
only ONE word in each space.
Ecotourism
Snacking on green ants is (1) _not__ everyone’s idea of the most delicious holiday
indulgence, but on a recent walk through the Daintree rainforest in Queensland, Australia,
Aboriginal guide Kirsty Norris assured a group of uncertain guests that the traditional food
source of her KukuYalanji tribe was (2) ___worth ____ a try. She (3) _might__ have been
right - but luckily for the native ants and the tourists, rain came streaming down through the
canopy, sending (4) __any ___ possible food scurrying for cover. Connecting with nature
isn’t a compulsory (5) __part ___ of a stay at an environmentally friendly resort, but at the
Daintree Eco Lodge, (6) __where __ tree-house villas are set on stilts above the compound’s
waterfall-fed creek, many people find (7) __themselves ___ doing a bit of communing while
they relax. (8) __Although ___ ecotourism is increasing in popularity, recording heady
growth worldwide, it is still difficult to define. For some travellers, ecotourism means
eavesdropping (9) __on __ nature from the comfort of a plush bed with a magnificent view.
For (10) __others ___, it’s about doing without hot showers and trekking across
wildernesses. However, industry watchers say the category’s basic tenet is minimal
environmental impact combined with some contribution to education and conservation.
Reading 5: Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the
questions.
BRINGING UP CHILDREN
Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently experienced, the
child may have to go back and capture the experience of it. A good home makes this possible
- for example, by providing the opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy
railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so. This principle, in fact, underlies all
psychological treatment of children in difficulties with their development, and is the basic of
work in child clinics. The beginnings of discipline are in the nursery. Even the youngest
baby is taught by gradual stages to wait for food, to sleep and wake at regular intervals and
so on. If the child feels the world around him is a warm and friendly one, he slowly accepts
its rhythm and accustoms himself to conforming to its demands. Learning to wait for things,
particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved successfully
only if too great demands are not made before the child can understand 12 / 18 them. Every
parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill: the first spoken words, the
first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry
the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure
and states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to
use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the
meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much,
or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural zest for life and his desire to find
out new things for himself. Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between
children and parents. By playing together, parents learn more about their children and
children learn more from their parents. Toys and games which both parents and children can
share are an important means of achieving this co-operation. Building-block toys, jigsaw
puzzles and crosswords are good examples. Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness
or indulgence towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others
are severe over times of coming home at night, punctuality for meals or personal cleanliness.
In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the
community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being. With regard to the
development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in
parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for
morality. Also, parents should realize that "example is better than precept". If they are
hypocritical and do not practise what they preach, their children may grow confused and
emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they
have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between
their parents' ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion.
1. The principle underlying all treatment of developmental difficulties in children ________.
A. is to capture them before they are sufficiently experienced 13 / 18
B. is to send them to clinics
C. is in the provision of clockwork toys and trains
D. offers recapture of earlier experiences
2. Learning to wait for things is successfully taught ________.
A. is achieved successfully by all children
B. only if excessive demands are avoided
C. because excessive demands are not advisable
D. in spite of excessive demands being made
3. The encouragement of children to achieve new skills ________.
A. can never be taken too far
B. should be balanced and moderate
C. should be focused on only at school
D. will always assist their development
4. Parental controls and discipline ________.
A. serve a dual purpose
B. reflect only the values of the community
C. are designed to promote the child’s happiness
D. should be avoided as far as possible
5. The practice of the rule "Example is better than precept” _______.
A. only works when the children grow old enough to think for themselves
B. would help avoid the necessity for ethics and morals
C. will free a child from disillusion when he grows up
D. is too difficult for all parents to exercise
6. In the 1st paragraph, the author lays some emphasis on the role of the ________ in helping
the child in trouble.
A. psychiatrists B. community C. family D. nursery
7. The phrase “conforming to” in the 2nd paragraph means ________.
A. agreeing with B. following C. adapting to D. accepting
8. The word “zest” in the 2nd paragraph can be best replaced by ________.
A. enthusiasm B. enjoyment C. excitement D. appetite 14 / 18
9. The word “imposed” in the 3rd paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.
A. introduced B. made C. excepted D. constrained
10. Hypocrisy on the part of the parents may ________.
A. disqualify their teachings altogether
B. make their children lose faith in them
C. result in their children’s wrong behaviour
D. impair their children’s mind
IV. Phần phrasal verbs
1. Please ___________ your own mess. We do not have maid service here.
A. handed out. B.dozed off. C.went under. D.clean up
2. Please _______ me ____. I need some support on this.
A. laid off. B. looked up. C.handed out. D.back up
3. The movie was so long and boring that I _______ ____ before the end of it.
A.went under. B. dozed off. C. clean up. D. broke down
4. The company was doing poorly so it _________ half of its workers.
A. laid off. B. fill in. C. back up. D. dozed off
5. The company was doing so poorly that eventually it _________.
A. fill in. B. went under. C. dozed off. D. handed out
6. Sue drank so much that she __________.
A. passed out. B. putting down. C. walked out. D. go away
7. If people are always _____ you ____, you should ignore them. Who cares what they think.
A. saving up. B. putting down. C. keep on. D. walked out
8. It was supposed to be a private meeting but he just ______.
A. wore out. B. barged in. C. locked out. D. made up
9. I had to _____ the boss while she was away.
A. bring up. B. stand in for. C. put out. D. clean up
10. My policy is to __________ everything I can because I'll probably have more time later.
A. back down B. put down. C. put off. D. screw up
