Admission Test

I. Read the following passage and answer the questions 1 to 5

Most earthquakes are caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's lithospheric plates. and occur at the
boundaries between the plates. Experts recognize seven to twelve major plates and a number of smaller ones.
The plates take their names from continents (the North American plate): from oceans (the Pacific plate): and
from geographic areas (the Arabian plate).
Slow and Steady Motion
The plates are in very slow but constant motion, so that seen from above, the Earth's surface might look like a
slowly moving spherical jigsaw puzzle. The plates move at rates of 2 to 15 cm or several inches in a year, about
as fast as our fingernails grow. On a human scale, this is a rate of movement that only the most sophisticated
instruments can detect. But on the scale of geological time, it's a dizzying speed. At this rate, those almost-four-
billion-year old rocks could have traveled all the way around the Earth eleven times.
The movement of the plates is generally one of three kinds: spreading, colliding or sliding. When plates are
spreading, or separating from each other, we call their movement divergent. When they are colliding, or pushing
each other, we call the movement convergent. Movement in which plates slide past each other is called lateral
(or transform) plate movement. Earthquakes can accompany each of the three types of movement.
Plate Tectonics
The revolutionary theory of plate tectonics originated early in the 20th century, although it did not gain general
acceptance until the late 1960s. The German meteorologist, geophysicist, and explorer Alfred L Wegener is
now given credit for the first step in understanding the movement of the lithosphere. In the period 1910-1912 he
formulated the theory called continental drift and collected evidence from the rocks, fossils, and climate of
various continents to show that they had once been joined together. Wegener had little data on the oceanic crust,
so he thought that the continents merely moved through that crust.
Câu 1: Earthquakes occur when what parts of the tectonic plates collide?
A. The edges B. The centers C. The peaks
Câu 2: Tectonic plates can get their names from what?
A. cities B. rivers C. seas
Câu 3: Why have the plates travelled so far?
A. because they are moving quite fast
B. because Earth is not very big
C. because of the age of the Earth
Câu 4: Why did Wegener's theory take so long to be accepted?
A. he had no understanding of the ocean floor.
B. it was very different from previous ideas in this area.
C. he made several errors in his theory.
Câu 5: What evidence did Wegener NOT use to support his theory of Continental Drift when looking at two
now-distant locations?
A. the existence of similar rocks
B. the existence of similar extinct animals
C. the existence of similar races of people
II. Choose the best answers A, B, C or D.
Câu 6: What is he _____? He is gardening.
A. making B. doing C. exercising D. inserting
Câu 7: What _____ they done? (V3)
A. has B. are C. have D. is
Câu 8: Tom usually ____ to Jim at school.
A. talk (to) B. speak (to) C. tell (that) D. say (that)
Câu 9: Helia is a sister ______ Helium.
A. of B. with C. from D. by
Câu 10: Neither Vic ______ her friends went to school last week.
A. or B. and C. with D. nor
Neither A nor B … (cả A và B đều KHÔNG …)
MỞ RỘNG: Either A or B (động từ chia theo thằng B) [cả A hoặc B đều được]
Neither A nor B (động từ chia theo thằng B)
Ví dụ: Either Monday or Tuesday _suits_ me. (suit)
Neither Tom nor his friends _go_ to school. (go)
Câu 11: What is the adjective of “fame”?
A. famous B. famine C. feminism D. fiction
Câu 12: She has the ____ opinion as Tom’s.
A. like (A is like B) B. same (as) C. familiar (with) D. similar (to)
Câu 13: Mr. Tim _____ an arrangement with the dentist yesterday.
A. did B. took C. made D. decided
Collocation: make an arrangement/appointment
Câu 14: This company has made little profit, so it nearly went _______.
A. bankrupt B. bankruptcy C. ice-bank D. vain
Collocation: go bankrupt
Câu 15: The exam was very easy, it was a _____ of cake.
A. species B. handful C. piece D. speck
idiom: piece of cake.
Câu 16: The number of car sales _____ decreased in this year.
A. have B. has C. do D. did
NHẤN MẠNH: do + V0 | did + V0 [có … chứ không phải là không]
Vd: I did go to school yesterday.
The number of + Vít (số lượng của…) | A number of + V(nhiều) (tổng số …)
Vd: A number of students in this class _are_ (be) 45.
Câu 17: It is suggested that Tom _______ punished for his fault.
A. was B. is C. should D. be
Should + V0 | Nó thì quan trọng rằng … |
It is important/necessary/obligatory/suggested that S + V0
Câu 18: ________ the slippery road, people find it difficult to pass.
A. Despite (+ 1 vế) B. Because of C. Although D. Because (+ 1 câu)
vế: N / V-ing | Despite the heavy rain
Find something + adjective: thấy nó …
Câu 19: This is the hotel _____ my family used to stay in.
A. who B. which C. what D. when
Câu 20: _______ so often I heard a strange noise outside.
A. every B. ever C. never D. even
Often là thường xuyên
Every so often: rất thường xuyên
III. Listening to the recording and answers the questions 21 to 25.
Câu 21: Jeff is planning to go in
A. June. B. July. C. August.
Câu 22: The hotel
A. hasn’t got a swimming pool.
B. is far from the sea.
C. is far from the airport.
Câu 23: Jeff doesn’t want to do any
A. windsurfing. B. water skiing. C. scuba diving.
Câu 24: Jeff’s holiday’s going to cost
A. £1100. B. £1200. C. £1300.
Câu 25: Steve is jealous because
A. he wants to go to the Bahamas too.
B. he hasn’t got time for a holiday.
C. he hasn’t got enough money to go on holiday.
A: Hi, Jeff. What’s this?
B: Oh, hi, Steve. It’s one of the brochures I got from the travel agent’s.
A: That beach is beautiful!
B: It’s Paradise Island in the Bahamas. I’m thinking about
going there with Kate this summer.
A: Really? Can you afford it?
B: Well, it isn’t cheap, but it’s my dream holiday.
A: When are you going to go?
B: Probably in July ... Kate finishes her college course at the end of June and I’m going to be really busy in
August.
A: Where are you staying?
B: At this hotel here. Look.
A: Wow! Is that the hotel pool?
B: Yeah. It’s got it’s own private beach too. It’s an hour’s drive from the airport, though.
A: Look, it says you can have scuba diving lessons too.
B: Kate wants to try that, but I don’t really fancy it. I’m going to try the windsurfing or water skiing.
A: How much is it?

B: Well, £1200 each, flights, accommodation and meals included. But we have to pay an extra £100 because of
the high season.
A: Oh, I’m really jealous. I wanted to go to Italy this summer and I had checked out the prices and everything
but I just haven’t got the time.

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