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.

No one but the experts was able to realize that the painting was an imitation. It greatly resembled the original.

A. It was obvious that only a person with great talent could fake a painting so successfully

B. It was almost impossible for amateurs to realize that the painting was not authentic, though the experts could judge it quite easily

C. The painting looked so much like the authentic one that only the experts could tell it wasn’t genuine

D. It was hard for ordinary people to judge between the fake painting and the real one

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.

No matter how hard Fred tried to start the car, he didn’t succeed.

A. Fred tried very hard to start the car, and succeeded

B. However hard Fred tried, he couldn’t start the car

C. It’s hard for Fred to start the car because he never succeeded

D. Fred tried hard to start the car, and with success

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.

At no time did the two sides look likely to reach an agreement.

A. The two sides had no time to reach an agreement

B. The two sides never looked likely to reach an agreement

C. If the two sides had had time, they would have reached an agreement

D. The two sides never look like each other

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.

In remote communities, it’s important to replenish stocks before the winter sets in.

A. remake 

B. empty 

C. refill 

D. repeat

Housewives find it easier to do domestic chores thanks to_________ invention of laboursaving devices.

A. the 

B. a 

C. an 

D. some

She had to hand in her notice _____ advance when she decided to leave the job.

A. with 

B. from 

C. in 

D. to

The forecast has revealed that the world’s reserves of fossil fuel will have _____ by 2015.

A. taken over 

B. caught up 

C. used off 

D. run out

Một cần trục nâng vật nặng lên độ cao 5m trong thời gian 10 giây thì công thực hiện của cần trục là 5000J tính công. Suất của cần trục đã thực hiện và khối lượng của vật nặng

So sánh: A = (- 9).(- 3)+21.(- 2) + 25 và B = (-5).(- 13) + (- 3).(- 7) - 80