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HANG (MTESOL) SAMPLE TEST 3 (60ms)

H v tn th sinh:.......................................................................
S bo danh:................................................................................
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 1: Many people found it is moving to see a nine-year-old Japanese boy desperately searching for his
family lost in the quake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.
A. it is moving B. nine-year-old C. desperately searching D. lost
Question 2 It may be argued that modern presidents have far great responsibilities than their predecessors did.
A. argued B. great C. their D. did
Question 3: Not one in a hundred seeds develop into a healthy plant, even under laboratory conditions.
A. a hundred B. develop C. healthy D. under
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 4: A. reserved B. packaged C. followed D. exploited
Question 5: A. provision B. inversion C. explosion D. occasion
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 primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 6: A. rhinoceros B. significant C. phenomena D. correspondence
Question 7: A. distribute B. musician C. competent D. mechanic
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 8: A lot of humour depends on the use of words _________ sound the same but have different
meanings.
A. which B. what C. where D. whose
Question 9: I _______ rather solve the problems in my farm myself than seek the help of other people.
A. should B. shall C. would D. will
Question 10: _______ spread of service industries internationally is contributing to a massive increase in
female migration, particularly in Asia.
A. Many B. An C. A D. The
Question 11: By the time you have completed the essential training, you ______ exposed to virtually every new
feature of the course.
A. will be B. would be C. will have been D. would have been
Question 12: The more Sheri thought about this, ________.
A. the more sense it made C. the more she made it sense
B. the less it made sense D. the less she made sense of it
Question 13: During a _______, many people become unemployed and very few new jobs are available.
A. recession B. prediction C. government D. disappointment
Question 14: Our family is a _______ from which we can go into the world with confi dence.
A. basis B. basal C. basic D. base
Question 15: In the 22nd SEA Games, many ______ close to international levels were set.
A. marks B. digits C. grades D. records
Question 16: Many citizens urged their government to take measures to cut _______ their carbon
emission to reduce greenhouse effects.
A. off B. up C. out D. down
Question 17: From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the ______ that its disadvantages are
far greater than its advantages.
A. solution B. conclusion C. answer D. attention
Question 18: The week-long rainfall has ______ landslides and flooding in the mountain areas.
A. set about B. brought about C. come about D. put about
Question 19: It is not uncommon for students to have second thoughts prior to starting higher education, but
that adage about a/an _______ in the hand is worth two in the bush comes to mind.
A. owl B. bat C. bird D. cat
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following exchanges.
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Question 20:
- Bob: Excuse me. Is anyone sitting here?
- Sally: _______________.
A. Yes, I have been here for 15 minutes. B. No, no, of course not.
C. My friend is coming. D. But Id like to be myself.
Question 21:
- Bill: I dont do well in calculus because I dont like the stuff.
- Father: ______________.
A. Why dont you talk to your classmate? B. I wish you would learn things the hard way!
C. All the more reason for working harder at it. D. Better luck next time.
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.
Question 22: Those students who have made adequate preparations for the test will be better off.
A. more wealthy B. less successful C. dismissed earlier D. favorably positioned
Question 23: Smugglers try every means to lay hands on unearthed relics for their personal gains.
A. set foot on B. lose their heart to C. set their mind on D. get hold of
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.
Question 24: A mediocre student who gets low grades will have trouble getting into an Ivy League
College.
A. excellent B. lazy C. average D. moronic
Question 25: TWA was criticized for trying to cover up the truth rather than promptly notifying victims
families.
A. briefly B. slowly C. accurately D. earnestly
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.
Question 26: Nobody is helping me, so I cant finish my science project on time.
A. I could finish my science project on time if I were being helped by someone.
B. I needed help with my science project, but everyone just ignored me.
C. My science project will be difficult to do alone, so I should ask someone for help.
D. No one had time to help me, so I couldnt finish my science project on time.
Question 27: Although the dog appeared harmless, it was, in fact quite dangerous.
A. Contrary to its harmless appearance, the dog is hardly dangerous.
B. Harmless as it appeared, the dog was quite dangerous.
C. Because of its harmless appearance, people thought the dog was dangerous.
D. The dogs harmless appearance prevented people to realize it was quite dangerous.
Question 28: As there was a great deal of rain in the spring, we are expecting a good fruit harvest this year.
A. This year we can expect a better fruit harvest even though we didnt have a wet spring.
B. There should be an abundance of fruit this year as it rained so much in the spring.
C. Though it rained often this spring, the fruit trees are yielding plenty of fruit.
D. It rained so heavily all through the springtime that fruit harvest will certainly be affected.
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.
Question 29: He made sure all the current was switched off. After that, he carefully checked the wiring.
A. Before his attempting to turn off the current, a careful check should be made of all wiring.
B. To ensure that all the current was switched off, he carefully checked the wiring.
C. Once he made sure all the current was switched off, he carefully checked the wiring.
D. He carefully checked the wiring for fear that all the current wasnt switched off.
Question 30: Now people believe that lifelong learning is the key to success. Todays labour market is
competitive and demanding.
A. Todays labour market is competitive and demanding because people believe that lifelong learning is the key to
success.
B. Believing that lifelong learning is the key to success, people now live in a competitive and demanding labour
market.
C. Lifelong learning is believed to be the key to success in todays competitive and demanding labour market.
D. Competitive and demanding people believe that lifelong learning is the key to success in todays labour market.

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
Keele University in the United Kingdom has developed a virtual patient, created by a computer, to help
train the pharmacists of the future. Students in the universitys School of (31) ______ work with the patient to
gain experience in effective communication and decision-making.
Students talk with the patient directly or by typing questions into a computer. The patient responds
verbally or with gestures to indicate (32) _______ such as pain, stress or anxiety. As a result, students are forced
to communicate clearly (33) _______ that the patient understands them completely. The Virtual Patient can
also be used to explore various medical situations. For example, the patient can be programmed to be allergic
to certain medicine and can (34) _______ serious reactions if student learners are not aware of the situation. This
kind of practice allows students to learn from mistakes in a safe environment that would not be (35) ______ with
textbooks alone. The unique system can both be used in a classroom setting or for distance learning.
(Adapted from For Keele People Past and Present Issue 4 | 2009 from Keele University)
Question 31: A. Education B. Business C. Pharmacy D. Humanities
Question 32: A. expressions B. emotions C. elements D. events
Question 33: A. in order B. in return C. in case D. in addition
Question 34: A. adapt to B. break into C. provide with D. suffer from
Question 35: A. exciting B. necessary C. possible D. important
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 42.
Human waste, in its rawest form, finds its way back to drinking water, bathing water, washing water,
irrigation water, whatever water you see. Open defecation is rampant. Seventy percent of India defecates in the
open. Eighty percent of all diseases in India and most developing countries are because of poor quality water.
And when we look at the reason for poor quality water, you find that it is our abysmal attitude to the disposal
of human waste. In India, it is unfortunately only the women who carry water. So for all domestic needs, women
have to carry water. So this is a pitiable state of affairs which affects them the most.
So realizing how important issues like sanitation and the disposal of human waste were, we went into the
arena of sanitation. Together with a lot of villages, we began to talk about how to really address this situation of
sanitation. And we came together and formed a project called MANTRA to bring a transformation in rural areas.
Villages that agree to implement this project, they organize a legal society where the general body consists of all
members who elect a group of men and women who implement the project and, later on, who look after the
operation and maintenance. From a protected water source, water is brought to an elevated water reservoir and
piped to all households through three taps: one in the toilet, one in the shower, one in the kitchen, 24 hours a
day.
And for that, they come together, collect all the local materials - local materials like rubble, sand,
aggregates. Usually a government subsidy is available to meet at least part of the cost of external materials like
cement, steel, toilet commode. And they build a toilet and a bathing room. Also, all the unskilled laborers, i.e.
daily wage earners, mostly landless, are given an opportunity to be trained as masons and plumbers. So while
these people are being trained, others are collecting the materials. And when both are ready, they build a toilet, a
shower room, and a water tower, an elevated water reservoir. More than 1,200 villages have so far done this. It
benefits over 400,000 people and its still going on. For India and such developing countries, armies and
armaments, software companies and spaceships may not be as important as taps and toilets.
(Source: https://testbook.com/bank-po-practice/english/reading-comprehension )
Question 36: According to the author, why are women affected the most by water borne diseases?
A. Women have lower immunities.
B. Women are at greater risk.
C. The contaminated water first goes to women who then filter it out for their households.
D. Women carry most of the water and water is contaminated.
Question 37: The basis of the authors shift to the arena of sanitation is ______.
A. The pitiable state of Water Quality in India.
B. The authors opinion that the area of sanitation is of primary importance.
C. The high percentage of all diseases in India and most developing countries because of poor quality water.
D. The pitiable state of sanitation and human waste management in rural areas.
Question 38: What is an additional benefit of building the toilets with the locals?
A. Unskilled Laborers get an opportunity to become skilled masons and plumbers
B. All households get water through three taps: one in the toilet, one in the shower, one in the kitchen.
C. People get trained as well as gather the materials themselves.

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D. They are provided with government subsidies for materialslike cement, steel, toilet commode.
Question 39: What happens when a village decides to implement this project?
A. All houses are piped with three water taps.
B. An elevated water reservoir is built.
C. A legal society of the village women and men is formed.
D. A legal body is formed who maintains and operates the system.
Question 40: What is the most important outcome of building toilets and shower rooms?
A. Well managed rural water systems B. Decrease in water-borne diseases
C. Women Empowerment D. Drop in child mortality rates
Question 41: Which of the following, according to the Author affect the quality of water in India?
A. Human waste that finds its way in water.
B. Open defecation in rural areas.
C. Our abysmal attitude to the disposal of human waste.
D. The governments lack of empathy towards the plight of the poor.
Question 42: What does the author mean by abysmal attitude in the passage?
A. Lack of government enthusiasm. B. Ignorance towards sanitation.
C. Unfavorable, deplorable view. D. Ideas that are despicable.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 43 to 50.
In the early 1800s, over 80 percent of the United States labor force was engaged in agriculture.
Sophisticated technology and machinery were virtually nonexistent. People who lived in the cities and were not
directly involved in trade often participated in small cottage industries making handcrafted goods. Others cured
meats, silversmiths, candle or otherwise produced needed goods and commodities. Blacksmiths, silversmiths,
candle makers, and other artisans worked in their homes or barns, relying on help of family.
Perhaps no single phenomenon brought more widespread and lasting change to the United States society
than the rise of industrialization. Industrial growth hinged on several economic factors. First, industry requires
an abundance of natural resources, especially coal, iron ore, water, petroleum, and timber-all readily available on
the North American continent. Second, factories demand a large labor supply. Between the 1870s and the First
World War (1914-1918), approximately 23 million immigrants streamed to the United States, settled in cities, and
went to work in factories and mines. They also helped build the vast network of canals and railroads that
crisscrossed the continent and linked important trade centers essential to industrial growth.
Factories also offered a reprieve from the backbreaking work and financial unpredictability associated with
farming. Many adults, poor and disillusioned with farm life, were lured to the cities by promises of steady
employment, regular paychecks, increased access to goods and services, and expanded social opportunities.
Others were pushed there when new technologies made their labor cheap or expendable; inventions such as
steel plows and mechanized harvesters allowed one farmhand to perform work that previously had required
several, thus making farming capital-intensive rather than labor-intensive.
The United States economy underwent a massive transition and the nature of work was permanently
altered. Whereas cottage industries relied on a few highly skilled craft workers who slowly and carefully converted
raw materials into finished products from start to finish, factories relied on specialization. While factory work was
less creative and more monotonous, it was also more efficient and allowed mass production of goods at less
expense.
(Source: Society in Focus: An Introduction to Sociology by William E. Thompson, Joseph V. Hickey, Mica
L. Thompson)
Question 43: What aspect of life in the United States does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy
B. The inventions that transformed life in the nineteenth century
C. The problems associated with the earliest factories
D. The difficulty of farm life in the nineteenth century
Question 44: Blacksmiths, silversmiths, and candle makers are mentioned in lines 5-6 as examples of artisans
who ________.
A. maintained their businesses at home
B. were eventually able to use sophisticated technology
C. produced unusual goods and commodities
D. would employ only family members
Question 45: The phrase hinged on in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. recovered from B. depended on C. started on D. contributed to

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Question 46: Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as a reason for the industrial growth
that occurred in the United States before 1914?
A. The availability of natural resources found only in the United States
B. The decrease in number of farms resulting from technological advances
C. The replacement of canals and railroads by other forms of transportation
D. The availability of a large immigrant work force
Question 47: The word Others in paragraph 3 refers to other _______.
A. adults B. promises C. goods and services D. social opportunities
Question 48: It can be inferred from the passage that industrialization affected farming in that industrialization
_______.
A. increased the price of farm products
B. limited the need for new farm machinery
C. created new and interesting jobs on farms
D. reduced the number of people willing to do farm work
Question 49: What does the author mean when stating that certain inventions made farming capital-
intensive rather than labor-intensive ?
A. Workers had to be trained to operate the new machines.
B. Mechanized farming required more capital and fewer laborers.
C. The new inventions were not helpful for all farming activities.
D. Human labor could still accomplish as much work as the first machines.
Question 50: According to the passage, factory workers differed from craft workers in that factory workers
________.
A. were required to be more creative
B. worked extensively with raw materials
C. changed jobs frequently
D. specialized in one aspect of the finished product only

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