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[Nguyễn Minh Dang98]

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 6. When Marie was a student, she used to pass all the exams with ______ colors.

      A. fly                                           B.   flew                         C. flying                         D. flown

Question 7. The method of heating milk to kill bacteria was named ______ Louis Pasteur, the scientist who invented it.

      A. for                                          B.   by                           C. after                          D. from

Question 8. Marie Curie received some _______ training from her father.

      A. scientifically                            B.   scientists                  C. sciences                     D. scientific

Question 9. Marie Curie was born _______ November 7th, 1867.

      A. in                                            B.   from                        C. at                              D. on

Question 10. Let me give you a little _______ about the president of the company.

      A. specialization                          B.   concentration           C. background               D. degree

Question 11. Jane is always determined to do anything she wants. She’s a _______ woman.

      A. strong-willed                           B.   ambitious                 C. brilliant                      D. humane

Question 12. The new road should help ______ traffic problems.

      A. raise                                       B.   create                      C. ease                          D. cause

Question 13. ____ is the science of numbers and shapes.

      A. Mathematics                           B.   Chemistry                C. Physics                      D. Sports

Question 14. She has to work _____ hard in order to earn a living.

      A. so                                           B.   such                        C. extremely                   D. too

Question 15. She received a _____ after a two-year course.

      A. diploma                                  B.   book                       C. document                  D. essay

Question 16. Marie Curie was the first woman in France _______ a university professor.

      A. was                                        B.   to be                       C. used to be                 D. is

Question 17. As soon as we ____ at the airport  to say goodbye to Tom, his plane _____already.

      A. will arrive / will take off                                                 B. have arrived / is going to take off

      C. arrived / had taken off                                                   D. is arriving / took off

Question 18. They were accused of crimes against _____________.                          

      A. humanity                                 B.   humanitarian            C. humane                      D. humanely

Question 19. I’ve been feeling better since the doctor ______.

      A. came                                      B.   will come                 C. had come                  D. has come

Question 20. SARS_____ a rapidly spreading, potentially fatal infectious viral disease.

      A. was                                        B.   has been                  C. would be                   D. is

Question 21. Our government _____ a system of private schools in a near future.

      A. will develop                            B.   has developed         C. would develop           D. develop

Question 22. The holiday-makers ____ in the sunshine to get sun burnt last week.

      A. laid                                         B.   lied                          C. lay                             D. lying

Question 23. She finally finished ____ at 6: 00pm and served the dinner.

      A. being cooked                          B.   cooking                   C. to cook                     D. cooked

Question 24. He is used to ______ early in the morning.

      A. get up                                     B.   gets up                    C. got up                       D. getting up

Question 25.  ______ the bad weather, the plan landed safely.

      A. Because of                             B.   In spite of                C. Because                    D. Though

Question 26. Oxfam is a ______ organization that helps poor people in the developing countries.

      A. human                                     B.   humanitarian            C. humanity                    D. humanized

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 in each of the following questions.

Question 27. Marie Curie had one of the most brilliant minds in the world.

      A. stupid                                     B. famous                      C. expensive                  D. patient

Question 28. As a schoolgirl, she was very mature for her age.

      A. very young                                                                   B.   very clever              

      C. behaving like an adult                                                    D. behaving like a child