ĐỀ SỐ 24 ĐỀ LUYỆN ĐIỂM 10

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. marked B. naked C. jumped D. flashed
Question 2: A. bought B. sought C. fought D. drought
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. inspire B. wealthy C. degree D. extinct
Question 4: A. accessible B. competitive C. historical D. entertainment
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 5: If you earn a good salary, you can be independent ________ your parents.
A. for B. to C. of D. on
Question 6: The strike was caused by the ________ of two workers.
A. dismiss B. dismissing C. dismissed D. dismissal
Question 7: If you hadn’t watched that late movie last night, you ________ sleepy now.
A. wouldn’t have been B. might not have been
C. wouldn’t be D. wouldn’t have been being
Question 8: My supervisor is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work I ________ last week.
A. should have done B. may have done C. need to have done D. must have done
Question 9: She’d rather watch television, ________?
A. wouldn’t she B. didn’t she C. hadn’t she D. doesn’t she
Question 10: While ________ to help Tim with his math, I got impatient because he wouldn’t pay
attention to what I was saying.
A. I am trying B. having tried C. I try D. trying
Question 11: ________ no two people think exactly alike, there will always be disagreement, but
disagreement should not always be avoided; it can be healthy if handled creatively.
A. When B. While C. Unless D. Because
Question 12: AIDS is ________ that scientists are doing research to find a cure.
A. a so serious disease B. so a serious diseases
C. so serious a disease D. a such serious disease
Question 13: Only half of the exercises ________ so far, but the rest ________ by Saturday.
A. have done - will be finished B. were done - are going to finished
C. done - have been finished D. have been done - will have been finished
Question 14: ________ by a passing car, the dog never walked properly again.
A. Having injured B. To be injured C. Injured D. Injuring
Question 15: ________ scientists from around the world met in London to discuss a revolutionary new
drug.
A. Eminent B. Prestigious C. Elevated D. Noteworthy
Question 16: Investors were caught ________ by the sharp drop in share prices.
A. unawares B. undecided C. unsuspecting D. unconscious
Question 17: The amount the Government is spending to ease unemployment is a ________ in the ocean
compared to what is needed.
A. drip B. drop C. spot D. spit

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Question 18: It’s so busy in my office. I don’t get the chance to ________ my breath after my long
journey into the office. I have to get down to work as soon as I get in.
A. grab B. catch C. keep D. stomp
Question 19: I think people who spare time to help the old, sick and homeless are ________.
A. two peas in a pod B. the salt of the earth C. sour grapes D. full of beans
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 20: The doctor is busy right now, but he could probably fit you in later.
A. look after you B. examine your health problem
C. find time to see you D. try to cure your illness
Question 21: When the leadership changed, his position in the organization became precarious.
A. secure B. exalted C. uncertain D. important
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 22: Many people think it’s important to elevate the image of women in sports.
A. improve B. magnify C. exhilarate D. demote
Question 23: I heard the news from the horse’s mouth; John himself told me he was planning to change
jobs.
A. downright B. face-to-face C. indirectly D. correctly
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of
the following exchanges.
Question 24: - Son: “Why don’t we buy a new car, Dad? This one is too old to go out with my friends.”
- Dad: “________. We don’t have much money.”
A. You’re right B. I have to think it up
C. It’s out of the question now D. That’s a great idea
Question 25: Bill and Rachel are discussing ways to protect the environment. Bill gives his opinion.
- Bill: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?”
- Rachel: “________”
A. There’s no doubt about it. B. Well, that’s very surprising.
C. Of course not. You bet! D. Yes, it’s an absurd idea.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
Here’s a new game for you. Watch a documentary with the sound (26) ________ down and make up
your own commentary. It’s great for parties. You get all your guests to stand outside and then they come
in one at a (27) ________ and have a stab at guessing what it’s about.
It’s only when you turn down the sound that you realize just how irrelevant the pictures are to most
documentaries. I expect you’ve noticed by now that television is (28) ________ a visual medium. TV
directors get into a terrible lather if there’s nothing to show you. They don’t mind so much if there’s
nothing to tell you - 80% of television has nothing to say - but no director has ever turned to a cameraman
and asked: ‘What are you doing here?’
The most insuperable problem with a large (29) ________ of documentaries is that they are working
in the wrong medium. They ought to be newsprint articles. You can say more in print. You can say it
better. And it’s interactive. The readers can go at their own pace. Television is hampered by (30)
________ fill the screen and move at the approximate speed of the slowest member of the audience.
Question 26: A. turning B. turn C. turned D. to turn
Question 27: A. time B. pace C. chance D. premium
Question 28: A. primary B. primarily C. primacy D. primacies
Question 29: A. fraction B. proportion C. ratio D. bulk
Question 30: A. has to B. being had to C. have to D. having to

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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 31 to 35.
Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the
crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare. And
since man’s inexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can
scarcely comprehend that many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop.
Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not eliminated life but only those forms unable to withstand
its desiccating effects. No moist-skinned, water-loving animals can exist there. Few large animals are
found. The giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert
country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the tangled forest. Its
population is largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth. Yet they are not
emaciated.
Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in the
world. The secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology. None could
survive if, like mad dogs and Englishmen, they went out in the midday sun; many would die in a matter
of minutes. So most of them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the ground,
emerging to hunt only by night. The surface of the sun-baked desert averages around 150 degrees, but 18
inches down the temperature is only 60 degrees.
Question 31: The title for this passage could be ________.
A. “Animal Life in a Desert Environment”
B. “Man’s Life in a Desert Environment”
C. “Life Underground”
D. “Desert Plants”
Question 32: The word “tissues” in the passage mostly means ________.
A. very small living things that cause infectious disease in people, animals and plants
B. the simplest forms of life that exist in air, water, living and dead creatures and plants
C. collections of cells that form the different parts of humans, animals and plants
D. the smallest units of living matter that can exist on their own
Question 33: What does the word “they” in paragraph 2 refer to ________.
A. humans B. deserts C. animals D. effects
Question 34: The author mentions all the following as examples of the behaviour of desert animals
EXCEPT ________.
A. they are noisy and aggressive B. they sleep during the day
C. they dig home underground D. they are watchful and quiet
Question 35: We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. healthy animals live longer lives B. desert life is colorful and diverse
C. water is the basis of desert life D. living things adjust to their environment
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 36 to 42.
Smart cards and mobile phones are becoming an increasingly popular way to make all sorts of
payments. Even now, in Japan thousands of transactions, from paying rail tickets to picking up the
groceries, take place every day with customers passing their handsets across a small flat-screen device.
And predictions in the world of finance reckon that payments using mobile phones will have risen to
more than $50 billion in the very near future.
What’s the appeal of e-cash? Compared to cheques or credit cards, it offers the speed of cash, but
more so. It takes just one-tenth of a second to complete most transactions and as no change is required,
errors in counting are eliminated. Fraud and theft are also reduced and for the retailer, it reduces the cost
of handling money. Sony’s vision of having a chip embedded in computers, TVs and games consoles
means that films, music and games can be paid for easily without having to input credit card details.
And what about the future of the banks? Within their grip on the market, banks and credit-card firms
want to be in a position to collect most of the fees from the users of mobile and contactless- payment

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systems. But the new system could prove to be a “disruptive technology” as far as the banks are
concerned. If payments for a few coffees, a train ticket, and a newspaper are made every day by a
commuter with a mobile, this will not appear on their monthly credit card statements but on their mobile
phone statements. And having spent fortunes on branding, credit-card companies and banks do not want
to see other payment systems gaining popularity. It’s too early to say whether banks will miss out and if
so, by how much. However, quite a few American bankers are optimistic. They feel there are reasons to
be suspicious of those who predict that high-street banks may be a thing of the past. They point out that
Internet banking did not result in the closure of their high-street branches as was predicted. On the
contrary, more Americans than ever are using local branches. So, whether we’ll become a totally cash-
free society remains open to contention.
Question 36: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The increasing popularity and predictions of new payment methods
B. The absence of traditional payment methods
C. Japan’s advanced forms of payment
D. Banks in the future
Question 37: Which of the following is NOT true about the strong point of e-cash?
A. faster speed B. reduced cost C. fewer mistakes D. no fraud
Question 38: The word “embedded” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.
A. isolated B. generated C. manufactured D. integrated
Question 39: The word “grip” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.
A. success B. power C. range of branches D. wealth
Question 40: The author mentions the case of commuters in the third paragraph to illustrate ________.
A. the transferability of the system
B. the modem technology of the e-cash system
C. the banks’ cooperation with credit-card companies
D. a possible drawback of the system
Question 41: The word “their” in the third paragraph refers to ________.
A. Internet banking B. American bankers C. credit cards D. high-street banks
Question 42: How does the writer seem to feel about the future of banks?
A. uncertain B. pessimistic C. optimistic D. neutral
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 43: Most of the students are queuing in lines waiting to enter the classroom.
A B C D
Question 44: All of the mammals, dolphins are undoubtedly among the friendly to human.
A B C D
Question 45: Employees who haven’t seen the new regulations often ask for unnecessary questions;
A B
instead, they should ask for a copy of the regulations and read them.
C D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
each of the following questions.
Question 46: Many people argue that most UFO sightings are caused by unusual weather conditions.
A. According to many people, unusual weather conditions cause most UFO sightings.
B. Many people argue that most UFO sightings are forecast by unusual weathermen.
C. Many people argue that most UFO sightings resulted in unusual weather forecast.
D. Many people argue that most UFO sightings caused unusual weather forecast.
Question 47: We can’t deny that all of us made certain mistakes early on.
A. It can be denied that not all of us made mistakes.

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 B. It is true that nobody could avoid making mistakes.
C. We admit that we could avoid making certain mistakes when young.
D. Everyone of us denies that we made certain mistakes early on.
Question 48: There were over two hundred people at Carl’s trial, most of whom believed that he was not
guilty of the crime.
A. Carl had not committed the crime, and so more than 200 people came to his trial to show their
support.
B. When it was announced that Carl had been found not guilty of the crime, there were over 200
people in the audience at his trial.
C. Over 200 people coming to Carl’s trial must have influenced the fact that he was not found guilty of
the crime.
D. The majority of the more than 200 people at Carl’s trial didn’t think that he had committed the
crime.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each
pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 49: Greenpeace has realized the seriousness of environmental pollution. It urges the
government worldwide to take action soon.
A. Having realized the seriousness of environmental pollution, Greenpeace urges the government
worldwide to take action soon.
B. Greenpeace has realized the seriousness of environmental pollution so that it urges the government
worldwide to take action soon.
C. Greenpeace has realized the seriousness of environmental pollution whereas it urges the
government worldwide to take action soon.
D. Realized the seriousness of environmental pollution, or else Greenpeace urges the government
worldwide to take action soon.
Question 50: We should quickly find a solution to the problem. Otherwise, its impact on those concerned
will increase.
A. If we can solve this problem soon, we will lower the impact on all of our concerns.
B. The sooner we find a solution to the problem, the lower the impact it has on those concerned.
C. If all those concerned lower their impact, the problem will be better solved.
D. By the time we solve this problem, the impact on those concerned will have been lower.