Đề ôn thi tốt nghiệp Trung học Phổ thông môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2017-2018 - Mã đề 735

SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG 
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
 (Đề gồm có 04 trang) MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 735
 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
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 1:A. petroleum	B. electronic	C. equivalent	D. proficiency
 Question 2:A. terrorist	B. substantial	C. demolish	D. dramatic
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 3:A. dynasty	B. dyslexia	C. dynamic	D. antonym
 Question 4:A. commercial	B. financial	C. association	D. social
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 5: John's nose was really put out of joint when Jane was promoted and he wasn't. 
A. curious	B. jealous	C. anxious	D. envious
Question 6: Our family made discreet enquiries about her boyfriend’s background. 
A. provident	B. heedful	C. thoughtful	D. tactful
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 7: I barely understood anything at the lecture because the speaker's voice was not loud enough......at the back of the hall.
A. to be heard	B. to be hearing	C. hearing	D. being heard
Question 8: One can become a member of this club only on paying the....fee.
A. regulated	B. legitimate	C. requisite	D. enrolled
Question 9: He made a very.....excuse for not attending the meeting.
A. feeble	B. faint	C. fragile	D. frail
Question 10: ......Joseph pays his bill in a restaurant, he gives some extra money to the waiter or waitress as a tip,
A. As long as	B. No sooner	C. Whenever	D. By the time
Question 11: ......the noise in her dormitory, Marie went to the library to finish her essay.
A. Due to	B. Since	C. Because	D. For
Question 12: The organization is mainly staffed by.....workers.
A. unsolicited	B. voluntary	C. willing	D. free
Question 13: He has a wide circle of Mends and so leads a fairly......social life.
A. fast	B. furious	C. speedy	D. hectic
Question 14: Please accept my.....for not coming to the meeting last week.
A. excuses	B. pardon	C. apologies	D. forgiveness
Question 15: By the end of our holiday, we had spent too much money......any souvenirs for our friends and relatives at home.
A. affording	B. to be afforded	C. having afforded	D. to afford
Question 16: We’ve lived here for five years but I still miss my.....town.
A. native	B. original	C. birth	D. home
Question 17: If you wait a moment, there’ll be another......of loaves, fresh from the oven.
A. bunch	B. bundle	C. batch	D. collection
Question 18:. I'd like to.....a warm welcome to our visitors from abroad.
A. prolong	B. stretch	C. extend	D. search out
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 19: His boss told him he was fired and ordered him to leave immediately.
A. His boss was burned by a fire and he wanted to leave in a sack quickly.
B. Being fired, his boss gave him a sack and told him to go away as fast as possible.
C. His boss told him he had got the sack and said he should leave immediately.
D. His boss said he needed fire for his sack, so he had to leave at once.
Question 20: The flight attendant told us to shut down our computers in preparation for landing.
A. Because the plane was about to land, the flight attendant ordered us to stop using our computers.
B. While attending the flight, were asked to turn off our computers as the plane was ready to land.
C. We were told by the flight attendant to switch off as the plane was preparing to land.
D. She told us to stop talking on our computers for the plane to prepare its landing.
Question 21: Adam can’t wait to go snowboarding next week.
A. Adam's really looking forward to going snowboarding next week.
B. Going snowboarding next week is deeply borne in Adam’s mind.
C. Adam’s impatient with waiting to go snowboarding next week.
D. Adam, not waiting till next week, has decided to go snowboarding.
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 22 to 28.
SCIENCE FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRAVITY
 It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964, a Boeing KC-135 refuelling tanker, based on the 707. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.
 Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded from floor to ceiling, it looked a bit like a lunatic asylum. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls eerily illuminated it. Most of the seats had been taken out, apart from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of apprehension.
 For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weighfless conditions.
 For the next two hours the Boeing's flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lost its reason, shooting upwards The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane in to a 45-degree climb which lasted around 20 seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused, and left or right, up or down no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a bump. Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was the Dutch, who wanted to discover why cats always land on their feet. Then it was the German team, who conducted a successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be used for building a future space station. The Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.
 After two hours of going up and down in the plane doing experiments, the predominant feeling was one of exhilaration rather than nausea. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
[From: “OBJECTIVE FCE, Workbook, 4th Ed, Annette Capel, Cambridge, 2015]
Question 22: The word exhilaration is closest in meaning to ......
A. extolment	B. excitement and happiness	C. ill feeling	D. frustration
Question 23: What does 'it' in the last sentence refer to?
A. the opportunity	B. the plane	C. the exhilaration	D. the trip
Question 24: According to the writer, how did the young scientists feel at the beginning of the flight?
A. impatient	B. nervous	C. sick	D. keen
Question 25: What does the writer say about the plane?
A. It had no seats.	B. It had no windows.
C. The outside was misleading.	D. The inside was painted white.
Question 26: What did the pilot do with the plane?
A. He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.
B. He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.
C. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.
D. He climbed and then made the plane turn over.
Question 27: Why was this text written?
A. To describe the outcome of a scientific competition.
B. To encourage young people to take up science.
C. To show scientists what young people can do.
D. To report on a new scientific technique.
Question 28: What was the point of being weightless?
A. To preparethe young scientists for future work in space.
B. To show the judges of the competition what they could do.
C. To allow the teamsto try out their ideas.
D. To seewhat conditions arelike in space.
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 29: The suits were hanged in the closet when they were collected from the cleaners.
A. were collected	B. hanged	C. when	D. The
Question 30: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon.
A. and	B. Petroleum	C. mix	D. composed of
Question 31: By the mid-nineteenth century, land was much expensive in large city that architects began to conserve space by designing skyscrapers.
A. conserve	B. much expensive	C. by designing	D. mid-nineteenth
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 32 to 38.
THE SIMSONS, AMERICAN'S FIRST FAMILY
 The Simpsons began life in 1987 as a 30-second cartoon which was broadcast as part of another TV show. But the audience loved it, and it soon became a world-famous TV series, making superstars of Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie Simpson in over 70 countries. The Simpsons - even though they have very little money, intelligence or even ability - were at one time called 'the USA's First Family'.
 It is remarkable that one of the greatest comedies of all time should feature a bright yellow cast with outrageous hairstyles and only six fingers each, but The Simpsons is one of TV's finest achievements. If you are one of those people who thought that The Simpsons was just a cartoon for children, then you are making a big mistake - as any adult Simpsons fan will tell you. The Simpsons remains one of the funniest, cleverest and most subversive programmes on television. It is astonishingly inventive, brilliantly written and at times deeply sincere. The fact that it managed to achieve all of this on the normally conservative Fox Network is another example of its genius.
 An average Simpsons episode has more jokes than most sitcoms manage in a whole series. And the jokes appeal to people from a broad range of ages and cultures, meaning that everyone can find something to laugh about. There is so much going on that it's often hard to get everything on first viewing. But although the show's creators managed to make the show so funny, they always focus on characterisation too.
[Adapted from “VENTURE INTO FIRST FOR SCHOOLS, Workbook, Oxford, 2017]
Question 32: The writer mentions that characters in The Simpsons......
A. are now a bit old-fashioned.	B. are very clever.
C. are the reason for the cartoon's success.	D. appeal to both adults and younger viewers.
Question 33: In general, the writer’s attitude is........
A. disinterested.	B. enthusiastic.	C. critical.	D. neutral
Question 34: In the final paragraph, the writer says that the characters......
A. come from different countries.	B. never make fun of religion.
C. are typically American.	D. are easy to relate to and understand.
Question 35: According to the text, Homer Simpson......
A. is very similar to his wife.	B. is appealing in spite of his faults.
C. is similar in many ways to Matt Groening.	D. is not as selfish as he appears.
Question 36: The text suggests that the Fox TV Network......
A. did not expect The Simpsons to be successful.	B. tends to put on more traditional programmes.
C. regularly shows a lot of cartoons.	D. was enthusiastic about The Simpsons at the start.
Question 37: A former US President's remarks about the show were......
A. supportive.	B. amusing.	C. inaccurate.	D. damaging.
Question 38: The creators of The Simpsons......
A. make sure the jokes are easy to understand.	B. care about the characters as much as the comedy.
C. occasionally repeat the same jokes.	D. make fun of other situation comedies.
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 39: At first, I found skating difficult. I finally became accustomed to it.
A. I found skating difficult at first; as a result, I finally became accustomed to it.
B. Despite being difficult as I found at first, skating became accustomed to me. 
C. I finally became accustomed skating, although it was difficult at first.
D. Finally I became accustomed to skating not as difficult as I found it.
Question 40: Please remove those desks and benches. We need room for dancing tonight.
A. Why not removing those desks and benches to another room for the dancing tonight?
B. Those desks and benches need removing to another room so as to dance tonight.
C. Let’s remove those desks and benches to make room for dancing tonight.
D. We need room to put those desks and benches for dancing tonight.
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 41 to 46.
THE MILENNIUM SEED BANK
 Every living creature depends on plants to survive. Plants are the basis of the ecosystems in which animals live and grow. Plants provide human beings with food, materials and medicines. Environmentally, plants are essential for renewing oxygen levels and protecting us from floods and drought.
 Plants also play an important ...(41)... in culture and art. The world's plant life, however, is under ...(42).... Every plant requires certain conditions in order to grow. Climate change and human exploitation are rapidly reducing the areas of the world where such conditions are present. Many ...(43)... and useful wild plants are struggling to survive because tougher foreign species have been brought into their habitats. In fact, experts predict that up to half of the world's plant species could be extinct by 2080.
 It was in ...(44)... to this that the Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank was set up in 2000 in Sussex, England. The project aims to gather and maintain samples of seeds from wild plants all around the world to insure against their extinction. Collected seeds are stored at sub-zero temperatures. The collection is kept alive by periodically germinating the seeds to produce new samples. The ...(45)... number of seeds collected reached one billion in 2007 including many from plants now extinct in the wild.
 As global threats increase, the project directors hope, together with their international partners, to have banked seeds from 25% of the world's plant species by 2020. Yet, the directors are the first to ...(46)... that simply collecting seeds is not enough. Even if a plant becomes extinct in the wild, the reasons behind this loss would have to be known and dealt with before the project could successfully reintroduce the plant into the wild. So the Seed Bank is a great resource, but it cannot single-handedly save the world's plant life. The only long-term solution is for all of us to turn over a new leaf and start actively protecting the environment!
 Question 41:A. duty	B. post	C. role	D. task
 Question 42:A. threat	B. risk	C. danger	D. warning
 Question 43:A. unique	B. lone	C. solitary	D. single
 Question 44:A. defence	B. response	C. explanation	D. answer
 Question 45:A. total	B. full	C. whole	D. complete
 Question 46:A. admit	B. declare	C. allow	D. reveal
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Question 47: ~ A: “Boy, there are a lot of people out here tonight.” ~ B: “...............”
A. Right. It’s cold outside at this time of the year.
B. Yeah, it gets pretty crowded on weekends.
C. OK. Walking there takes 10 minutes.
D. The Festival is expected to be next Sunday, isn’t it?
Question 48: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “You mean like we’re doing right now?”
A. Someone is trying to reach us on the phone.	B. Alice was always talking about people behind their backs.
C. It seems Mum’s moving her bowels. 	D. Can you wash my feet right now, Tom?
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 49: Daddy must have got up on the wrong side of the bed.
A. been in the dark	B. basked in sunshine	C. had the blues	D. been in a mood
Question 50: The two rooms were virtually identical. 
A. different	B. hybrid	C. same	D. various
The End
SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG 
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
 (Đề gồm có 04 trang) MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 212
 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
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 1: Our family made discreet enquiries about her boyfriend’s background. 
A. tactful	B. provident	C. thoughtful	D. heedful
Question 2: John's nose was really put out of joint when Jane was promoted and he wasn't. 
A. anxious	B. curious	C. jealous	D. envious
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 3:A. association	B. commercial	C. social	D. financial
 Question 4:A. dyslexia	B. dynamic	C. dynasty	D. antonym
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 5: At first, I found skating difficult. I finally became accustomed to it.
A. Despite being difficult as I found at first, skating became accustomed to me. 
B. I found skating difficult at first; as a result, I finally became accustomed to it.
C. Finally I became accustomed to skating not as difficult as I found it.
D. I finally became accustomed skating, although it was difficult at first.
Question 6: Please remove those desks and benches. We need room for dancing tonight.
A. Those desks and benches need removing to another room so as to dance tonight.
B. We need room to put those desks and benches for dancing tonight.
C. Let’s remove those desks and benches to make room for dancing tonight.
D. Why not removing those desks and benches to another room for the dancing tonight?
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 7:. I'd like to.....a warm welcome to our visitors from abroad.
A. prolong	B. extend	C. stretch	D. search out
Question 8: He has a wide circle of Mends and so leads a fairly......social life.
A. furious	B. hectic	C. speedy	D. fast
Question 9: Please accept my.....for not coming to the meeting last week.
A. excuses	B. apologies	C. pardon	D. forgiveness
Question 10: ......the noise in her dormitory, Marie went to the library to finish her essay.
A. Because	B. For	C. Since	D. Due to
Question 11: He made a very.....excuse for not attending the meeting.
A. faint	B. feeble	C. fragile	D. frail
Question 12: I barely understood anything at the lecture because the speaker's voice was not loud enough......at the back of the hall.
A. being heard	B. to be heard	C. to be hearing	D. hearing
Question 13: By the end of our holiday, we had spent too much money......any souvenirs for our friends and relatives at home.
A. to afford	B. affording	C. to be afforded	D. having afforded
Question 14: If you wait a moment, there’ll be another......of loaves, fresh from the oven.
A. batch	B. bunch	C. bundle	D. collection
Question 15: ......Joseph pays his bill in a restaurant, he gives some extra money to the waiter or waitress as a tip,
A. By the time	B. As long as	C. No sooner	D. Whenever
Question 16: The organization is mainly staffed by.....workers.
A. willing	B. voluntary	C. free	D. unsolicited
Question 17: We’ve lived here for five years but I still miss my.....town.
A. original	B. birth	C. home	D. native
Question 18: One can become a member of this club only on paying the....fee.
A. requisite	B. regulated	C. enrolled	D. legitimate
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 19: Adam can’t wait to go snowboarding next week.
A. Going snowboarding next week is deeply borne in Adam’s mind.
B. Adam’s impatient with waiting to go snowboarding next week.
C. Adam, not waiting till next week, has decided to go snowboarding.
D. Adam's really looking forward to going snowboarding next week.
Question 20: His boss told him he was fired and ordered him to leave immediately.
A. His boss told him he had got the sack and said he should leave immediately.
B. His boss said he needed fire for his sack, so he had to leave at once.
C. His boss was burned by a fire and he wanted to leave in a sack quickly.
D. Being fired, his boss gave him a sack and told him to go away as fast as possible.
Question 21: The flight attendant told us to shut down our computers in preparation for landing.
A. She told us to stop talking on our computers for the plane to prepare its landing.
B. Because the plane was about to land, the flight attendant ordered us to stop using our computers.
C. While attending the flight, were asked to turn off our computers as the plane was ready to land.
D. We were told by the flight attendant to switch off as the plane was preparing to land.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Question 22: ~ A: “Boy, there are a lot of people out here tonight.” ~ B: “.................”
A. Yeah, it gets pretty crowded on weekends.
B. Right. It’s cold outside at this time of the year.
C. The Festival is expected to be next Sunday, isn’t it?
D. OK. Walking there takes 10 minutes.
Question 23: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “You mean like we’re doing right now?”
A. Alice was always talking about people behind their backs. B. Can you wash my feet right now, Tom?
C. Someone is trying to reach us on the phone.	 D. It seems Mum’s moving her bowels. 
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 24 to 29.
THE MILENNIUM SEED BANK
 Every living creature depends on plants to survive. Plants are the basis of the ecosystems in which animals live and grow. Plants provide human beings with food, materials and medicines. Environmentally, plants are essential for renewing oxygen levels and protecting us from floods and drought.
 Plants also play an important ...(24)... in culture and art. The world's plant life, however, is under ...(25).... Every plant requires certain conditions in order to grow. Climate change and human exploitation are rapidly reducing the areas of the world where such conditions are present. Many ...(26)... and useful wild plants are struggling to survive because tougher foreign species have been brought into their habitats. In fact, experts predict that up to half of the world's plant species could be extinct by 2080.
 It was in ...(27)... to this that the Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank was set up in 2000 in Sussex, England. The project aims to gather and maintain samples of seeds from wild plants all around the world to insure against their extinction. Collected seeds are stored at sub-zero temperatures. The collection is kept alive by periodically germinating the seeds to produce new samples. The ...(28)... number of seeds collected reached one billion in 2007 including many from plants now extinct in the wild.
 As global threats increase, the project directors hope, together with their international partners, to have banked seeds from 25% of the world's plant species by 2020. Yet, the directors are the first to ...(29)... that simply collecting seeds is not enough. Even if a plant becomes extinct in the wild, the reasons behind this loss would have to be known and dealt with before the project could successfully reintroduce the plant into the wild. So the Seed Bank is a great resource, but it cannot single-handedly save the world's plant life. The only long-term solution is for all of us to turn over a new leaf and start actively protecting the environment!
 Question 24:A. duty	B. post	C. task	D. role
 Question 25:A. threat	B. risk	C. warning	D. danger
 Question 26:A. solitary	 B. unique	C. lone	D. single
 Question 27:A. explanation B. answer	C. response	D. defence
 Question 28:A. total	B. complete	C. full	D. whole
 Question 29:A. declare	B. admit	C. reveal	D. allow
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 30: The suits were hanged in the closet when they were collected from the cleaners.
A. The	B. when	C. were collected	D. hanged
Question 31: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon.
A. and	B. Petroleum	C. composed of	D. mix
Question 32: By the mid-nineteenth century, land was much expensive in large city that architects began to conserve space by designing skyscrapers.
A. mid-nineteenth	B. conserve	C. by designing	D. much expensive
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 33 to 39.
SCIENCE FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRAVITY
 It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964, a Boeing KC-135 refuelling tanker, based on the 707. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.
 Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded from floor to ceiling, it looked a bit like a lunatic asylum. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls eerily illuminated it. Most of the seats had been taken out, apart from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of apprehension.
 For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weighfless conditions.
 For the next two hours the Boeing's flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lost its reason, shooting upwards The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane in to a 45-degree climb which lasted around 20 seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused, and left or right, up or down no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a bump. Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was the Dutch, who wanted to discover why cats always land on their feet. Then it was the German team, who conducted a successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be used for building a future space station. The Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.
 After two hours of going up and down in the plane doing experiments, the predominant feeling was one of exhilaration rather than nausea. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
[From: “OBJECTIVE FCE, Workbook, 4th Ed, Annette Capel, Cambridge, 2015]
Question 33: According to the writer, how did the young scientists feel at the beginning of the flight?
A. keen	B. sick	C. impatient	D. nervous
Question 34: Why was this text written?
A. To encourage young people to take up science.
B. To report on a new scientific technique.
C. To describe the outcome of a scientific competition.
D. To show scientists what young people can do.
Question 35: What did the pilot do with the plane?
A. He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.
B. He climbed and then made the plane turn over.
C. He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.
D. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.
Question 36: What does the writer say about the plane?
A. The outside was misleading.	B. It had no windows.
C. The inside was painted white.	D. It had no seats.
Question 37: What does 'it' in the last sentence refer to?
A. the trip	B. the plane	C. the exhilaration	D. the opportunity
Question 38: What was the point of being weightless?
A. To allow the teamsto try out their ideas.
B. To show the judges of the competition what they could do.
C. To seewhat conditions arelike in space.
D. To preparethe young scientists for future work in space.
Question 39: The word exhilaration is closest in meaning to ......
A. ill feeling	B. excitement and happiness	C. frustration	D. extolment
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 40: Daddy must have got up on the wrong side of the bed.
A. been in the dark	B. been in a mood	C. had the blues	D. basked in sunshine
Question 41: The two rooms were virtually identical. 
A. hybrid	B. various	C. different	D. same
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indic