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 they will cause a 
disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes 
which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, 
and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children. 
 However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are 
ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are 
very supportive of their child. 
 Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by 
taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 
50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his 
father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music 
competitions if he is unwilling. 
 Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful 
musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as 
they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he 
does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems 
quiet and unhappy. 
Question 21: One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to ______. 
A. help their child to become a genius B. neglect their child’s education 
C. push their child into trying too much D. make their child become a musician 
Question 22: Parents’ ambition for their children is not wrong if they ______. 
A. themselves have been very successful B. arrange private lessons for their children 
C. understand and help their children sensibly D. force their children into achieving success 
Question 23: Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents? 
A. Successful musicians. B. Educational psychologists. 
C. Unrealistic parents. D. Their children. 
Question 24: Michael Collins is fortunate in that ______. 
A. his parents are quite rich B. his mother knows little about music 
C. his father is a musician D. his parents help him in a sensible way 
Question 25: The phrase "crazy about" in the passage mostly means ______. 
A. "confused about" B. "surprised at" 
C. "completely unaware of" D. "extremely interested in" 
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Question 26: Winston’s parents push their son so much and he ______. 
A. cannot learn much music from them B. has become a good musician 
C. has won a lot of piano competitions D. is afraid to disappoint them 
Question 27: The word "They" in the passage refers to ______. 
A. Michael’s parents B. concerts C. violin lessons D. parents in general 
Question 28: All of the following people are musical EXCEPT _____. 
A. Michael’s father B. Winston’s mother C. Winston’s father D. Michael’s mother 
Question 29: The word "unwilling" in the passage mostly means ______. 
A. "not objecting to doing anything" B. "eager to do something" 
C. "getting ready to do something" D. "not wanting to do something" 
Question 30: The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that ______. 
A. parents should spend more money on the child’s education 
B. successful parents always have intelligent children 
C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants 
D. successful parents often have unsuccessful children 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part 
is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions. 
Question 31: A. expand B. exist C. extinct D. explorer 
Question 32: A. eliminate B. eternal C. energy D. eradicate 
Question 33: A. astound B. account C. mounting D. country 
Question 34: A. reserve B. conserve C. desert D. observant 
Question 35: A. strange B. address C. educate D. ancient 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of 
the following questions. 
Question 36: An excellent hairstylist can make a man seem to have more hair ______. 
A. than he actually has B. as is it actually 
C. than it actually is D. as has actually he 
Question 37: ______, many animals can still survive and thrive there. 
A. Even though the weather conditions in the desert severe 
B. Being severe weather conditions in the desert 
C. The weather conditions in the desert to be severe 
D. Although the weather conditions in the desert are severe 
Question 38: Successful salespeople know their products thoroughly ______. 
A. but the needs of the market are understood properly 
B. and the needs of the market understood 
C. understanding the needs of the market 
D. and understand the needs of the market properly 
Question 39: Hillary changed her major from linguistics to business, ______. 
A. hoping to find a job more easily 
B. hoping she can easier get a job 
C. with hopes to be able easier to get employment 
D. with the hope for being able finding a better job 
Question 40: The Vietnamese students have to take an entrance exam ______. 
A. so that they can go to a college or university 
B. for going to a college and university 
C. so as go to a college or university 
D. in order that they should go to a college or university 
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 41 to 50. 
 Today we take electricity for granted and perhaps we do not realize just how useful this 
discovery has been. Steam was the first invention that replaced wind power. It was used to drive 
engines and was passed through pipes and radiators to warm rooms. Petrol mixed with air was the 
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next invention that provided power. Exploded in a cylinder, it drove a motor engine. Beyond these 
simple and direct uses, those forms have not much adaptability. 
 On the other hand, we make use of electricity in thousands of ways. From the powerful 
voltages that drive our electric trains to the tiny current needed to work a simple calculator, and from 
the huge electric magnet in steel works that can lift 10 tons to the tiny electric magnet in a doorbell, 
all are powered by electricity. An electric current can be made with equal ease to heat a huge mass 
of molten metal in a furnace, or to boil a jug for a cup of coffee. 
 Other than atomic energy, which has not as yet been harnessed to the full, electricity is the 
greatest power in the world. It is flexible, and so adaptable for any task for which it is wanted. It 
travels so easily and with incredible speed along wires or conductors that it can be supplied instantly 
over vast distances. 
 To generate electricity, huge turbines or generators must be turned. In Australia they use coal 
or water to drive this machinery. When dams are built, falling water is used to drive the turbines 
without polluting the atmosphere with smoke from coal. 
 Atomic power is used in several countries but there is always the fear of an accident. A 
tragedy once occurred at Chernobyl, in Ukraine, at an atomic power plant used to make electricity. 
The reactor leaked, which caused many deaths through radiation. 
 Now scientists are examining new ways of creating electricity without harmful effects to the 
environment. They may harness the tides as they flow in and out of bays. Most importantly, they 
hope to trap sunlight more efficiently. We do use solar heaters for swimming pools but as yet 
improvement in the capacity of the solar cells to create more current is necessary. When this 
happens, electric cars will be viable and the world will rid itself of the toxic gases given off by trucks 
and cars that burn fossil fuels. 
Question 41: The author mentions the sources of energy such as wind, steam, petrol in the first 
paragraph to ______. 
A. suggest that electricity should be alternated with safer sources of energy 
B. discuss which source of energy can be a suitable alternative to electricity 
C. emphasize the usefulness and adaptability of electricity 
D. imply that electricity is not the only useful source of energy 
Question 42: Before electricity, what was sometimes passed through pipes to heat rooms? 
A. Steam. B. Hot wind. C. Petrol. D. Gas. 
Question 43: What does the author mean by saying that electricity is flexible? 
A. It can be adapted to various uses. B. It is used to drive motor engines. 
C. It can be made with ease. D. It is cheap and easy to use. 
Question 44: What do we call machines that make electricity? 
A. Generators or turbines. B. Voltages. 
C. Electric magnets. D. Pipes and radiators. 
Question 45: The main forms of power used to generate electricity in Australia are ______. 
A. water and coal B. wind and gas 
C. sunlight and wind power D. atomic power and water 
Question 46: The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ______. 
A. scientists B. the tides C. harmful effects D. new ways 
Question 47: Electric magnets are used in steel works to ______. 
A. boil a jug of water B. test the steel for strength 
C. lift heavy weights up to ten tons D. heat the molten steel 
Question 48: The advantage of harnessing the power of the tides and of sunlight to generate 
electricity is that they ______. 
A. do not require attention B. do not pollute the environment 
C. are more adaptable D. are more reliable 
Question 49: Which of the following power sources causes pollution by emitting harmful gases? 
A. Sunlight. B. Petrol. C. Wind. D. Water. 
Question 50: The best title for this passage could be ______. 
A. “Why Electricity Is So Remarkable” B. “How to Produce Electricity” 
C. “Electricity: Harmful Effects on Our Life” D. “Types of Power Plants” 
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indica