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Mã đề 101

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1. This temple is dedicated to Nguyen Trung Truc, _____ leader of the 1860s resistance campaign against ______ newly arrived French.
A. a/X B. a/the C. the/X D. the/a
Question 2. ____ Baltimore restaurant goes above and beyond to make ____ delicious dish for a special customer.
A. A/X B. A/a C. The/X D. The/a
Question 3. ____ Life Stories Project uses ____ biographical storytelling approach to collecting stories from ____ person’s life.
A. The/a/a B. X/a/the C. X/a/X D. The/a/X
Question 4. Stories capture moments in ____ people’s lives that can be shared and remembered forever.
A. the B. a C. an D. X
Question 5. ____ e-books are created with ____ easy-to-use photobook software package.
A. The/an B. X/an C. The/the D. X/the
Question 6. Did you know that Albert Einstein played ____ violin and loved ____ classical music?
A. the/the B. the/X C. a/X D. X/X
Question 7. Did you know that Gandhi once marched 240 miles to scoop salt from ____ ocean?
A. the B. a C. X D. an
Question 8. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born at a time when his home country was choked under the ____ of British rule.
A. attack B. empire C. oppression D. justice
Question 9. Jim Carrey was so ____ to his craft that he mailed his resume to The Carroll Burnett Show just a few years earlier.
A. withdraw B. dedicated C. imbibe D. cull
Question 10. Despite hard times and occasionally being on ____, Parker’s mom continued to encourage her children’s interest in the arts.
A. welfare B. unhappiness C. prosperity D. security
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlinedword(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 11. Colonel Harland Sanders was fired from a variety of jobs throughout his career before he first started cooking chicken.
A. diversity B. less C. unique D. maximum
Question 12. Growing up, Oprah Winfrey was reportedly a victim of sexual abuse and was repeatedly molested by her cousin, an uncle, and a family friend.
A. pestered B. urged C. kindhearted D. loved
Question 13. Despite her initial struggles as a young girl, she turned herself into one of the most successful individuals of our time.
A. late B. short C. early D. long
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlinedword(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 14. Before dancing on stage with the infamous “Left Shark” at the halftime show of Super Bowl XLIX, Katy Perry’s long journey was filled with failures.
A. defeat B. flop C. collapse D. triumph
Question 15. Henry Ford, as we all know, is the father of the automobile and creator of the assemblyline.
A. group B. throng C. rally D. solitary
Question 16. The success story of Vincent Van Gogh may not be as well-known as the others, but it is still as inspiring.
A. uplifting B. rousing C. influential D. unstimulating
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.
__(17)__ people consider Tesla to be a __(18)__ underdog, as his accomplishments are often overshadowed by those of his __(19)__. __(20)__, he might also be thought of as a "lone wolf" in not only his personal life but also in the scientific and technological world. Uncommon for the time, Tesla never married and never had children. It seems he also had __(21)__ friends or personal