Câu hỏi:

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

    Lead poisoning in children is a major health concern. Both low and high doses of paint can have serious effects. Children exposed to high doses of lead often suffer permanent nerve damage, mental retardation, blindness, and even death. Low doses of lead can lead to mild mental retardation, short attention spans, distractibility, poor academic performance, and behavioral problems.

   This is not a new concern. As early as 1904, lead poisoning in children was linked to lead-based paint. Microscopic lead particles from paint are absorbed into the bloodstream when children ingest flakes of chipped paint,plaster,or paint dust from sanding. Lead can also enter the body through household dust, nailbiting, thumb sucking, or chewing on toys and other objects painted with lead-based paint. Although American paint companies today must comply with strict regulations regarding the amount of lead used in their paint, this source of lead poisoning is still the most common and most dangerous. Children living in older, dilapidated houses are particularly at risk.

Question: The word "ingest" could best be replaced by which of the following?

A. inhale

B. invest

C. inject

D. eat

Câu 1:

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

Her outgoing character contrasts ______ with that of her sister.

A. thoroughly

B. fully

C. sharply

D. coolly

Câu 2:

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

John forgot ______ his ticket so he was not allowed ______ the club.

A. brought/enter

B. bring/entering

C. bringing/to enter

D. to bring/to enter

Câu 3:

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.

Adding a garage will enhance the value of the house.

A. stabilize

B. alter

C. increase

D. diminish

Câu 4:

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

Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.

A. twice as much as

B. as much as twice

C. twice more than

D. twice as

Câu 5:

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.

Are you looking for a temporary or a permanent job?

A. fierce

B. stable

C. fleeting

D. loose

Câu 6:

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

It turned out that we ______ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours.

A. hadn’t

B. should have

C. mustn’t

D. needn’t have