Question 36 – 40: Read the passage carefully.Improve Your Time-Managing Skills1. It is common for all of us to take more tasks than our desired potential. This can often result in stress and tiredness. Learn the art of sharing work with your partners based on their skills and abilities.2. Before the start of the day, make a list of tasks that need your immediate attention as unimportant tasks can consume much of your precious time. Some tasks need to be completed on that day only while other unimportant tasks could be carried forward to next day. In short, prioritize your tasks to focus on those that are more important.3. Carry a planner or notebook with you and list all the tasks that come to your mind. Make a simple “To Do” list before the start of the day, prioritize the tasks, and make sure that they are attainable. To better manage your time-management skills, you may think of making 3 lists: work, home, and personal.4. Stress often occurs when we accept more work than our ability. The result is that our body starts feeling tired which can affect our productivity. Instead, share tasks with your partners and make sure to leave some time for relaxation.5. Most of the successful men and women have one thing in common. They start their day early as it gives them time to sit, think, and plan their day. When you get up early, you are more calm, creative, and clear-headed. As the day progresses, your energy levels start going down, which affects your productivity and your performance as well.Choose an option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each question.
Câu 1: Making a list of important tasks can help us _______.


A. take more tasks than our potential   


B. share work with our partners


C. prioritize important tasks      


D. complete all the tasks on that day
Câu 2: In order to improve your time-management skills, you should ________.


A. carry a planer with you all the time   


B. have separate lists for different categories


C. make the “To Do” list simple to do             


D. prioritize the tasks of time management
Câu 3: All of the following are true about the effects of stress EXCEPT that ______.


A. our body starts feeling tired


B. it can affect our productivity


C. we don’t have enough time for relaxation


D. we accept more work than our ability
Câu 4: It can be inferred from the passage that starting the day early can help you _______.


A. complete the tasks much better   


B. slow down your energy levels


C. perform as well as before           


D. make the day progress
Câu 5: The word “attainable” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “_______”.


A. being able to attend 


B. possible to achieve


C. impossible to achieve    


D. succeeding in managing something

A.
B.
C.
D.

Question 36 – 40: Read the passage carefully.CAN ANIMALS TALK?1. In 1977, a young Harvard graduate named Irene Pepperberg brought a one-year-old African gray parrot into her lab, and attempted something very unusual. At a time when her fellow scientists thought that animals could only communicate on a very basic level, Irene set out to discover what was on a creature's mind by talking to it. The bird, named Alex, proved to be a very good pupil.2. Scientists at the time believed that animals were incapable of any thought. They believed that animals only reacted to things because they were programmed by nature to react that way, not because they had the ability to think or feel. Any pet owner would probably disagree. Pepperberg disagreed, too, and started her work with Alex to prove them wrong.3. Pepperberg bought Alex in a pet store. She let the store's assistant pick him out because she didn't want other scientists saying later that she'd deliberately chosen an especially smart bird for her work. Most researchers thought that Pepperberg's attempt to communicate with Alex would end in failure.4. However, Pepperberg's experiment did not fail. In fact, over the next few years, Alex learned to imitate almost one hundred and fifty English words, and was even able to reason and use those words on a basic level to communicate. For example, when Alex was shown an object and was asked about its shape, color, or material, he could label it correctly. He could understand that a key was a key no matter what its size or color, and could figure out how the key was different from others.5. Pepperberg was careful not to exaggerate Alex's success and abilities. She did not claim that Alex could actually “use” language. Instead, she said that Alex had learned to use a two-way communication code. Alex seemed to understand the turn-taking pattern of communication.Choose an option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each question.
Câu 1: The reading passage is mainly about __________.  


A. how animals communicate with humans       


B. one woman's successful experiment to communicate with a bird


C. how parrots are smarter than other animals


D. how Irene Pepperberg proved her fellow scientists wrong
Câu 2: According to the reading, other scientists believed that animals ________.


A. could only communicate in nature  


B. had the ability to communicate with pet owners


C. could communicate if they were programmed to do so


D. didn't have the ability to think
Câu 3: In paragraph 3, "deliberately" is closest in meaning to _______.


A. naturally                        


B. intentionally                       


C. cleverly                              


D. honestly
Câu 4: The word "them" in paragraph 2 refers to ________.


A. animals                          


B. scientists                            


C. pet owners    


D. things
Câu 5: Which of the following is NOT true about Irene's parrot Alex? 


A. He learned to use almost 150 English words.


B. He could label a number of objects.


C. He was able to have complicated conversations.


D. He could understand how one object was different from others.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Question 26 – 30: Each of the following sentences has one error (A, B, C or D). Find it and blacken your choice on your answer sheet.
Câu 1: The most common form of treatment it is mass inoculation and chlorination of water sources. 


A. The most common


B. of


C. it


D. water sources
Câu 2: Onyx is a mineral that can be recognized its regular and straight parallel bands of white, black or brown.   


A. recognized its


B. straight parallel


C. of


D. or
Câu 3: Native to South America and cultivated there for thousands of years, peanuts is said to have been introduced to North America by early explorers.


A. Native 


B. and cultivated


C. is said


D. have been introduced
Câu 4: It came as a nice surprise that the script writer would get married with the movie star.      


A. as


B. that


C. would get


D. with the movie star
Câu 5: All of the students in this course will be assessed according to their attendance, performance, and they work hard.


A. All of the students


B. according 


C. performance


D. they work hard

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: My brother hopes to travel around the world ______ next summer.


A. a


B. an


C. the


D. (no article)
Câu 2: ______ not openly, I disagreed with him, as I didn't want to quarrel.


A. Since                      


B. Although                


C. In spite of   


D. Unless
Câu 3: Jane appears ______ some weight. Has she been ill?


A. having lost    


B. having been lost 


C. to have lost     


D. to have been lost
Câu 4: I decided to go to the library as soon as I ______.


A. would finish what I did     


B. finish what I did


C. finished what I did      


D. finished what I was doing
Câu 5: ______ in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge spans the channel at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.


A. Completing            


B. Completed              


C. Being completed


D. To be completed
Câu 6: These ______ suggest that there is not direct link between unemployment and crime.


A. readings                  


B. discoveries              


C. findings                  


D. outputs
Câu 7: The situation has become ______ worse, and it is now impossible to handle.


A. progressively          


B. continuously           


C. frequently               


D. constantly
Câu 8: The first week of classes at university was a little _______ because so many students get lost, change classes or go to the wrong place.


A. disarranged            


B. chaotic                    


C. uncontrolled           


D. famous
Câu 9: She has to go on a _______ course in cooking because next month she's getting married.


A. crash                       


B. speedy                    


C. quickly                   


D. fast
Câu 10: Learning English isn't so difficult once you _______.


A. get on it   


B. get off it    


C. get down to it   


D. get down with it
Câu 11: Bill Gates is probably the best known and most successful _______  in computer software.


A. pioneer                   


B. navigator                


C. generator                


D. volunteer
Câu 12: IPhone 11 is the latest _______ in the field of smartphone design of Apple.


A. creator                    


B. create                      


C. creativity                


D. creation
Câu 13: When someone is down on their _______ , friends are not easy to find.


A. mood                      


B. luck                        


C. fortune                   


D. merit
Câu 14: I decided to have a long calm talk with her to _______.


A. have a go at her  


B. cross words with her


C. clear the air     


D. jump down my throat
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A.
B.
C.
D.

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.
Câu 1: "Thanks for your help!" - "______________."


A. No, it's not new.


B. No, it's too late.  


C. No, it's too old. 


D. You're welcome.
Câu 2: "Oops! I'm sorry for stepping on your foot." “___________________."


A. Never mind   


B. You don't mind 


C. You're welcome


D. That's fine
A.
B.
C.
D.

1.2. TIẾNG ANHQuestion 21 – 25: Choose a suitable word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) to fill in each blank.
Câu 1: She ________ (play) the piano when our guests _______ (arrive) last night.


A. was playing/ arrived   


B. played/ arrived


C. was playing/ were arriving 


D. had played/arrived
Câu 2: The students don't know how to complete the assignments ______ by the teacher yesterday.


A. were given       


B. given                                  


C. giving                                


D. give
Câu 3: For breakfast, I had _____ sandwich and _____ apple. The sandwich wasn’t very nice.


A. the / an   


B. a / the       


C. a / an          


D. the / the       
Câu 4: She loves comedies, ________ her husband is interested in action films.


A. and                                


B. for                                      


C. or                                       


D. since
Câu 5: One of the _____ had finished singing and the usual shower of coins was falling on the hard floor.


A. entertains                      


B. entertainments                   


C. entertainer                         


D. entertainers

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions
Câu 1: Paintings of a religious, ceremonial, or history character tend to elevate their subjects above the level of ordinary existence.


A. history


B. tend


C.  their 


D. ordinary
Câu 2: Since the 1950s the city of Baltimore has financed several major programs of urban renew, including rebuilding theInnerHarbor.


A. Since


B. major programs


C. renew


D.  rebuilding 
Câu 3: The plan connected the Hudson River with Lake Erie by a canal was first proposed in the late eighteenth century.  


A. connected


B. with


C. first


D. the
Câu 4: Contemporary film directors, some of them write the scripts for, act in, and even produce their own motion pictures, are thereby assuming ever more control of their art.


A. them


B. even


C. motion


D. thereby assuming
Câu 5: For at least 4.000 years, Native American artist adorned rocks, cliff walls, and caves in the American Southwest with an amazing various of symbolic figures.


A. at least


B. caves


C. various


D. figures
A.
B.
C.
D.

Question 36 – 40: Read the passage carefully.Almon Strowger, an American engineer, constructed the first automatic telephone switching system, which had a horizontal, bladelike contact arm, in 1891. The first commercial switchboard based on his invention opened in La Porte, Indiana, a year later and was an instant success with business users. To access the system, the caller pressed button to reach the desired number and turned the handle to activate the telephone ringer. During the same year, Strowger’s step-by-step call advancement technology was implemented in the long-distance service between New York and Chicago when it proved to have the capacity of carrying signals through cable-joint extensions.The first actual dial telephone, patented by Lee De Forest in 1907, was installed in Milwaukee in 1906. In 1912, their sound transmittal apparatus adapted an electronic tube to function as an amplifier. Transatlantic radio-telephone service linked New York and London in 1927. However, the long distances coaxial cable, which was hailed as unprecedented, came on the scene in 1936 connecting New York and Philadelphia. The Bell Laboratories research facility came up with the transistor to replace the cumbersome vacuum tube, thus diminishing the size of the electronic switch system to about 10 percent of that of the original. Crossbar switching, installed in terminals in 1938, operated on the principle of an electromagnetic force, which rotated horizontal and vertical bars within a rectangular frame and brought contacts together in a split second. A technological breakthrough in the form of undersea cables between the United States and Hawaii was implemented almost twenty years later. An extension was connected to Japan in 1964.Choose an option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each question.
Câu 1: Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?


A. The Patent History of the Telephone


B. A link between Research and Technology


C. The Developing Sophistication of the Telephone


D. The Telephone: A Technological Fantasy
Câu 2: It can be inferred from the passage that initially telephones ________.


A. were limited to businesses       


B. did not have a bell


C. utilized human operators                 


D. revitalized business in La Porte, Indiana
Câu 3: The word “implemented” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.


A. used                              


B. breached                            


C. broken                               


D. usurped
Câu 4: The word “that” in paragraph 2 refers to _________. 


A. the system 


B. the tube       


C. the size       


D. the percent
Câu 5: The author of the passage implies that telephone networks expanded because of _______.


A. the work of a few inventors        


B. staunch public and private support


C. multiple technical blunders                  


D. a series of breakthroughs

A.
B.
C.
D.

Question 26 – 30: Each of the following sentences has one error (A, B, C or D). Find it and blacken your choice on your answer sheet.
Câu 1: Upon reaching the destination, a number of personnel is expected to change their reservations and proceed to Hawaii.


A. reaching                  


B. is          


C. to change          


D. proceed to
Câu 2: The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GSCE) is the name of a set of Vietnamese qualifications, generally taking by secondary students at the age of 17 -18 in Viet Nam.


A. the name    


B. a set of 


C. taking                   


D. at the age
Câu 3: A person who says lies habitually must have a good memory.


A. says 


B. habitually         


C. must                      


D. a
Câu 4: Before becoming successful, Charles Kettering, former vice president of General Motors, was so poor that he has to use the hayloft of a barn as a laboratory.


A. successful                           


B. so poor


C. has to


D. as
Câu 5: For thousands of years, man has created sweet-smelling substances from wood, herbs, and flowers and using them for perfume or medicine.


A. man                        


B. sweet-smelling            


C. using them


D. or
A.
B.
C.
D.

Question 31 – 35: Which of the following best restates each of the given sentences?
Câu 1: She asked us to leave quietly so that we wouldn't disturb her.


A. In order to be disturbed, she asked us to leave quietly.


B. So as not to disturb us, she asked us to leave quietly.


C. So as not to avoid our disturbance, she asked us to leave quietly.


D. In order to avoid our disturbance, she asked us to leave quietly.
Câu 2: Had he known more about the information technology, he would have invested in some computer companies.


A. Not knowing about the information technology help him invest in some computer company.


B. He didn’t know much about the information technology and he didn’t invest in any computer companies.


C. Knowing about the information technology, he would have invested in some computer companies.


D. He would have invested in some computer companies without his knowledge of the information technology.
Câu 3: He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.


A. He didn't have any tests on his eyes in ten months.


B. He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months.


C. He had tested his eyes ten months ago.


D. He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.
Câu 4: Helen made a lot of phone calls when she had come home.


A. Having made a lot of phone calls, Helen came home.


B. Having come home, Helen made a lot of phone calls.


C. A lot of phone calls had been made by Helen when she came home.


D. A lot of phone calls had been made to Helen when she came home.
Câu 5: People say that at least ten applicants have been selected for the job interview.


A. People say that fewer than ten job interviews have been held so far.


B. I have heard that only ten people have been chosen to have the job interviewed.


C. It is said that well over ten people are interested in having an interview for the job.


D. It is said that no fewer than ten people are going to be interviewed for the job.
A.
B.
C.
D.