On thi thpt quoc gia 2015

TEST
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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. pursue B. promote C. address D. mandate
Question 2: A. sincerely B. faithfully C. completely D. extremely
Question 3: A. experience B. atmosphere C. political D. physician
Question 4: A. recommend B. hurricane C. photograph D. separate
Question 5: A. miraculous B. diversity C. platoon D. occupation

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 6 to 15.
Thomas Edison
On the night of 21 October 1931, millions of Americans took part in a coast-to-coast ceremony to commemorate the passing of a great man. Lights (6).........in homes and offices from New York to California. The ceremony (7)..........the death of arguably the most important inventor of all time: Thomas Alva Edison.
Few inventors have (8).........such an impact on everyday life, and many of his inventions played a crucial (9)............in the development of modern technology. One should never (10)............how revolutionary some of Edison’s inventions were.
In many ways, Edison is the perfect example of an inventor - that is, not just someone who (11).........up clever gadgets, but someone whose products transform the lives of millions. He possessed the key characteristics that an inventor needs to (12).......a success of inventions, notably sheer determination. Edison famously tried thousands of materials while working on a new type of battery, reacting to failure by cheerfully (13).........to his colleagues: ‘Well, at least we know 8,000 things that don’t work’. Knowing when to take no (14)..........of experts is also important. Edison’s proposal for electric lighting circuitry was (15)............with total disbelief by eminent scientists, until he lit up whole streets with his lights.

Question 6: A turned out
Question 7: A marked
Question 8: A put
Question 9: A effect
Question 10: A underestimate
Question 11: A creates
Question 12: A gain
Question 13: A announcing
Question 14: A notice
Question 15: A gathered
B came off
B distinguished
B had
B place
B lower
B shapes
B make
B informing
B regard
B caught
C went out
C noted
C served
C role
C decrease
C dreams
C achieve
C instructing
C attention
C drawn
D put off
D indicated
D set
D share
D mislead
D forms
D get
D notifying
D view
D received


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.
16. They had to refuse the dinner invitation because of a prior engagement.
A. successful B. later C. earlier D. important
17. I knew he was only flattering me because he wanted to borrow some money.
A. teasing B. praising C. threatening D. elevating
18. I’m a bit wary of giving people my address when I don’t know them very well.
A. cautious B. upset C. willing D. capable

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.
19. We left New York when I was six, so my recollections of it are rather faint.
A. explicable B. unintelligible C. clear D. ambiguous
20. My first impression of her was her impassive face
A. emotional B. respectful C. solid D. fractious
21. She wrote me a vicious letter.
A. helpful B. gently C. dangerous D. healthy

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer in each of the following questions.
Question 22: Our last hopes would .............all probability evaporate
A. on B. in C. of D. for
Question 23: ________ at his lessons, still he couldn’t catch up with his classmates. A. Hardly as he worked B. Hard as he worked
C. Hard as he does D. Hard as he was
Question24: …………… the