SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 POINTS) Part 1: Questions from 16 to 35. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each) Choose the best answer to each question. 16. Are you sure you told me? I can’t recall ________about it. A. having told B. having been told C. to have told D. to have been told 17. Men have ________fatal accidents as women do for every mile they drive. A. twice more B. twice as many C. as twice many D. as twice 18. ________nights without sleep make any new parent feel ready to quit. A. Lonely B. Sleepless C. Successive D. Tired 19. Theoretically, no country can allow the listed animal in without an export ________. A. permit B. permission C. permitting D. permissiveness 20. Our first attempt didn’t work, and ________. A. our second didn’t work too B. our second didn’t, neither C. our second neither D. neither did our second 21. When I joined the club, I found it difficult to _____instruction from my coach, but I soon got used to it. A. call B. carry C. follow D. conduct 22. Had we known they were going to build a road right there, we ________the house. A. would have never bought B. would never buy C. would never have bought D. never would buy 23. At school the other kids always ________my name. A. told jokes at B. made jokes about C. said funny of D. spoke kidding on 24. ________the hall, he found everyone waiting for him. A. Entered B. When entered C. Entering into D. On entering 25. The necklace was worthless because it turned out to be a(n) ________after all. A. non-genuine B. fake C. artificial D. fraud 26. People think alcohol serves to ________feelings which the individual cannot manage, or wishes to avoid. A. die B. dead C. deaden D. dying 27. The ________of elephants for their ivory tusks has been prohibited recently. A. roaming B. taming C. poaching D. chasing 28. “I suppose your friend doesn’t understand you.” – “________, she does.” A. So far B. On the contrary C. Therefore D. On the whole 29. A week in the countryside will ________. A. make you well B. make you good C. do you good D. do you well 30. Going to the dentist ________a painful experience. A. doesn’t need meaning B. needs not necessarily mean C. needs not mean necessarily D. doesn’t necessarily mean 31. The rapid ________of cities can cause social and economic problems. A. expansion B. shrinking C. stretch D. extension 32. The chemistry book ________was a little expensive. A. I bought B. that I bought it C. I bought that D. what I bought 33. Row after row of orange trees ________to the horizon. A. stretched B. lengthened C. prolonged D. lasted 34. Be careful! Don’t ________your drink on the table. A. spill B. spread C. flood D. flow 35. ________of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement. A. Instead B. In place C. On behalf D. On account (60Đ NÊN CỐ GẮNG NHA CÁC PẠN