Câu hỏi:

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.

You may have heard that tomatoes and processed tomato product like tomato sauce and canned tomatoes protect (31)______ some types of cancer. The cancer-preventing properties of tomato products have been (32)______ to lycopene. It is a bright red pigment found in tomatoes and other red fruits and is the cause of their red color. Unlike other fruits and vegetables, where nutritional content such as vitamin C is diminished upon cooking, processing of tomatoes increases the concentration of lycopene. Lycopene in tomato paste is four times (33)______ in fresh tomatoes. This is because lycopene is insoluble in water and is tightly bound to vegetable fiber. Thus, (34)______ tomato products such as pasteurized tomato juice, so up, sauce, and ketchup contain the highest concentrations of lycopene. Cooking and crushing tomatoes as in the canning process and serving in oil-rich dishes such as spaghetti sauce or pizza (35)______ increase assimilation from the digestive tract into the bloodstream. Lycopene is a fat-soluble substance, so the oil is said to help absorption to a great extent.

Question 32

A. pressed

B. responsible

C. attributed

D. original

Câu 1:

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.

Although it’s a long day for us, we feel we are contented with what we do.

A. interested

B. dissatisfied

C. excited

D. shocked

Câu 2:

Lora: “Do you mind if I turn on the fan?” – Maria: “______.”

A. Never mind.

B. Not at all

C. Not for me

D. Not enough.

Câu 3:

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.

A new school with more than (A) 50 classrooms have (B) just been built (C) in our local (D) area.

more than

A. have

Câu 4:

I _____ with my aunt when I am on holiday in Ho Chi Minh City next month.

A. will be staying

B. will have stayed

C. will have been staying

D. stay

Câu 5:

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.

“Get out of my car or I’ll call the police!” Jane shouted to the strange man.

A. Jane politely told the man she would call the police if he didn’t leave her car.

B. Jane plainly said that she would call the police.

C. Jane threatened to call the police if the man didn’t leave her car.

D. Jane informed the strange man that she would call the police.

Câu 6:

I can’t find my dictionary at the moment. I hope it will ______ up soon.

A. clear

B. look.

C. come.

D. turn.