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l until they are 15.
A. in	B. on	C. to	D. with
Of the two cars that the Smiths have, the Plymouth is, without any question, the cheapest to run.
 A	 B	 C	 D
 The cheaper
He felt very tired. However, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
A. He felt so tired that he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
B. Feeling very tired, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
C. As the result of his tiredness, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
D. Tired as he might feel, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
It was not only cold but it also snowed a few days ago.
A. It was not only cold but did it also snow a few days ago.
B. Was it not only cold but it also snowed a few days ago.
C. Not only it was cold but did it also snow a few days ago.
D. Not only was it cold but it also snowed a few days ago.
Did you remember _______________ seats for the theatre tomorrow?
A. book	B. to book	C. booking	D. for books
We bought two bicycles. Neither of them worked well.
Which sentence expresses the same idea as above? 	
	A. We bought two bicycles which neither of worked well.
	B. We bought two bicycles neither of which worked well.
	C. We bought two bicycles, of which neither worked well.
	D. We bought two bicycles, neither of which worked well.
The door was so heavy that the child couldn’t push it open.
A. The door was too heavy to push it open.
B. The door was too heavy for the child to push it open.
C. The door was too heavy for the child to push open.
D. The door was too heavy for the child to open it.
I‘ve really enjoyed talking to you, and I need to be going.
 A	 B	 C	 D
My uncle is in bad _________ now because he smokes a lot.
A. situation	B. circumstance	C. plight	D. condition
Our urge to classify different life forms and give us names seems to be as old as the human race.
(A) (B) (C)	(D)
 them
It is ____________ that he knows.
A. possible	B. probable	C. likely	D. able
The new American administration is still hesitating about _______________.
A. why so many new taxes had been imposed
B. whether to increase expenditure on education
C. how the problem of famine in Asia had been overcome.
D. which programme had been approved by the committee.
The Prime Minister made no ______ to the incident in his speech.
A. reference 	B. mention 	C. impression 	D. gesture
Air consists of a combination of nitrogen and oxygen ______________ in place by gravity.
A. are holding B. being hold	C. holding D. held
________ discussion of group personality would be complete without a consideration of national character. 
A. None	B. Not	C. No	D. Nothing
The coal is the world's most abundant fossil fuel. 
 A	B	 C	D
Manufacturers often sacrifice quality ________. 
A. for a larger profit margin	B. in place of to earn more money
C. to gain more quantities of money	D. and instead earn a bigger amount of profit
The choir stood in four rows according to their	 heights
A. respected	B. respective	C. respectable	D. respectful
All work and no play __________________.
A. makes Jack a dull boy	B. makes a dull boy Jack 
C. make Jack a dull boy	D. make a dull boy Jack
It is in the city ________________________________.
A. that he lives 	B. where he lives	C. that he lived	D. All are correct
The chart ____________________________ in 1998 and 2000.
A. indicates the internet users’ percentage of all ages
B. shows the percentage of the internet users of all ages 
C. shows all ages of the internet users percentage
D. says the percentage of the internet users 
“You broke the window, Tom” the aunt said angrily.
A. The aunt reproached Tom for breaking the window.
B. The aunt scolded Tom for breaking the window.
C. The aunt accused the boy for breaking the window.
D. The aunt swore that the boy had broken the window.
Noise pollution generally receives less attention than _________ air pollution.
A. does	B. it does	C. over	D. it does over
We prefer _________________________________.
	A. going to market than cooking	B. to go to market than to cook
	C. going to market to cook	D. to go to market than cooking
“I’m sorry I made a mistake.” said he.
A. He blamed her for making a mistake. 	B. He said he had made a mistake.
C. He admitted that he had made a mistake. 	D. He apologized for making a mistake.
She demanded that she ______________ allowed to meet her son in prison.
	A. was	B. would be	C. be	D. B and C
The pen ___________ so please throw it away.
A. won’t write	B. doesn’t write	C. can’t write	D. isn’t written
______________ occasions for congratulations
A. birthdays that usually considered
	B. usually considering birthday
	C. birthday are usually considered
	D. that considered birthdays usually
If I _____________ you, I wouldn’t have told her the truth.
A. had been	B. should be	C. were	D. am
It is very difficult for the foreigners _________ to speak Vietnamese to travel alone in Vietnam.
A. not being able	B. not to be able	C. being not able	D. not able 
 “Excuse me, where is the post office?” “ ____________________”
A. I beg you pardon, sir	B. Think nothing of it
C. Yes, it’s near here.	D. No sweat
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part.
The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.
A. explicit	B. implicit	C. obscure	D. odd
Biologists long regarded it as an example of adaptation by natural selection, but for physicists it bordered on the miraculous
A. adjustment	B. agility	C. flexibility	D. inflexibility
Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
The Mediterranean has been described as (51) ___________ largest swimming pool. (52) ________, it can also be described now as the world’s dirtiest sewer, full of rubbish, oil, chemicals and waste of all kinds. Unfortunately, (53) ___________ countries bordering the Mediterranean differ greatly in their (54)___________ to this problem. While some countries want to start cleaning up the Mediterranean, (55) _________have begun building new ports to develop their oil wells and natural gas fields. Industries have now grown in all the countries (56) ____________ the Mediterranean. It will (57) __________ a century for all the water in the Mediterranean to drain into the Atlantic Ocean, and (58) ___________ by clean water. Three great rivers, the Nile, Po, and Rhone, all (59) ________ into the Mediterranean, carrying lots of pollutants into the sea and making (60)__________ very dangerous for everyone who swims in the Mediterranean and who eats fish caught there.
A. world’s	B. the world’s	C. world	D. the world
A. Therefore	B. However	C. On the contrary	D. Whereas
A. a great deal of	B. Most of	C. most	D. a large amount of
A. bias	B. views	C. attitudes	D. opinions
A. other	B. another	C. the others	D. others
A. surrounding	B. around	C. in	D. on
A. spend	B. need	C. take	D. last
A. replace	B. replaced	C. to replace	D. be replaced
A. flow	B. blow	C. flowing	D. blowing
A. them	B. people	C. it	D. all
Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
In the world of birds, bill design is a prime example of evolutionary fine-tuning. Shorebirds such as oystercatchers use their bills to pry open the tightly sealed shells of their prey, hummingbirds have stilettolike bills to probe the deepest nectar-bearing Line flowers, and kiwis smell out earthworms thanks to nostrils located at the tip of their beaks. But few birds are more intimately tied to their source of sustenance than are crossbills. Two species of these finches, named for the way the upper and lower parts
of their bills cross, rather than meet in the middle, reside in the evergreen forests of North America and feed on the seeds held within the cones of coniferous trees.
The efficiency of the bill is evident when a crossbill locates a cone. Using a lateral motion of its lower mandible, the bird separates two overlapping scales on the cone and exposes the seed. The crossed mandibles enable the bird to exert a powerful biting force at the bill tips, which is critical for maneuvering them between the scales and spreading the scales apart. Next, the crossbill snakes its long tongue into the gap and draws out the seed. Using the combined action of the bill and tongue, the bird cracks open and discards the woody seed covering and swallows the nutritious inner kernel. This whole process takes but a few seconds and is repeated hundreds of times a day.
The bills of different crossbill species and subspecies vary ― some are stout and deep, others more slender and shallow. As a rule, large-billed crossbills are better at securing seeds from large cones, while small-billed crossbills are more deft at removing the seeds from small, thin-scaled cones. Moreover, the degree to which cones are naturally slightly open or tightly closed helps determine which bill design is the best.
One anomaly is the subspecies of red crossbill known as the Newfoundland crossbill. This bird has a large, robust bill, yet most of Newfoundland's conifers have small cones, the same kind of cones that the slender-billed white-wings rely on.
61 What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The importance of conifers in evergreen forests
B. The efficiency of the bill of the crossbill
C. The variety of food available in a forest
D. The different techniques birds use to obtain food
62. Which of the following statements best represents the type of "evolutionary fine-tuning" mentioned in line 1?
A. Different shapes of bills have evolved depending on the available food supply.
B. White-wing crossbills have evolved from red crossbills.
C. Newfoundland's conifers have evolved small cones.
D. Several subspecies of crossbills have evolv