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 questionsUniversity Entrance Examination is very important to Vietnamese students. High school graduates have to take it and get high results to be admitted to universities. The pressure on the candidates remains very high despite the measures that have been taken to reduce the heat around these exams, since securing a place in a state university is considered a major step towards a successful career for young people, especially those from rural areas or disadvantaged families. In the year 2004, it was estimated that nearly 1 million Vietnamese students took the University Entrance Examination, but on average only 1 out of 5 candidates succeeded. Normally, candidates take 3 exam subjects, and each lasts 180 minutes for the fixed group of subjects they choose. There are 4 fixed groups of subjects: Group A: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry; Group B: Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology; Group C: Literature, History, and Geography; Group D: Literature, Foreign Language, and Mathematics.In addition to universities, there are community colleges, art and technology institutes, professional secondary schools, and vocational schools which offer degrees or certificates from a-few-month to 2-year courses.According to Vietnam's Ministry of Education and Training, there are currently 23 non-public universities, accounting for 11% of the total number of universities. These non-public universities are currently training 119,464 students or 11.7% of the total number of students. The government is planning to increase the number of non-public universities to 30% by 2007.
Câu 1: University Entrance Examination in Vietnam is very _________.


A. interesting   


B. stressful 


C. free 


D. easy
Câu 2: The word “those” refers to _________.


A. exam subjects  


B. young people


C. universities 


D. examinations
Câu 3: In 2004, the proportion of the students who got success in University Entrance Examination was about _________ percent.


A. 5


B. 10


C. 20


D. 50
Câu 4: Which sentence refers to the University Entrance Examination in Vietnam?


A. Students find it easy to get success in the University Entrance Examination.


B. Maths is compulsory in the University Entrance Examination.


C. Students are not allowed to choose their exam subjects.


D. There are four fixed groups of exam subjects for students to choose.
Câu 5: According to the passage, _________.


A. the Vietnamese government will close all non-public universities by next year


B. the Vietnamese government does not appreciate non-public universities


C. the Vietnamese government encourages the establishment of non-public universities


D. Vietnamese students have no alternative to continue their higher study besides universities

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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.
Câu 1: People in the sixth century braved the turbulent seas and  treacherous storms of the Atlantic Ocean in small leather boats.
 


A. marvelous 


B. cautious    


C. desirous 


D. perilous
Câu 2: He is an honest man. You can rely on him to do a good job.
 


A. take in     


B. count on 


C. base on    


D. put up with

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: “Oop! I’m sorry for stepping on your foot.” – “ ______”
 


A. You don’t mind


B. You’re welcome 


C. That’s fine  


D. Never mind
Câu 2: David is talking about Mr. West’s early retirement.
-         David: “ Mr. West is going to retire next month”.
-         Kathy: “ _____”


A. Oh, I have no idea.   


B. You don’t say!


C. Right, you’d probably be the next.    


D. Congratulations!

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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: Shaking hands is the _____ way of the greeting business counterparts in Europe.
 


A. convenient  


B. absolute  


C. practical


D. customary
Câu 2: His parents object strongly _____ his playing too much computer games.
 


A. at      


B. to   


C. in   


D. against
Câu 3: John wanted to know ______ in my family.


A. There were how many people      


B. how many people were there


C. were there how many people   


D. how many people there were
Câu 4: I remember the boy’s face but his name _____ me.
 


A. misses  


B. forgets 


C. fails   


D. escapes
Câu 5: He will never forget the day _____ he met his wife.
 


A. where


B. that        


C. when    


D. which
Câu 6: He often tells the children _____ when they play water sports.
 


A. be careful   


B. not be careless 


C. to be careful    


D. to be careful with
Câu 7: There will be _____ jobs for people because some robots will do  the same jobs as people.
 


A. fewer    


B. less   


C. much    


D. many
Câu 8: New ways have to be found to _____ of waste materials and  poisonous gases so that we can have cleaner surroundings.
 


A. deal    


B. remove 


C. do     


D. dispose
Câu 9: The goal is to make higher education  available to everyone who is willing and capable _____ his financial situation.
 


A. with reference to    


B. owing to 


C. regardless of 


D. in terms of
Câu 10: Ha Noi  is cold this time _____. You need _____ warm clothes if you go there.
 


A. Of the year – to


B. of year – packing


C. of year- pack  


D. of year – to pack
Câu 11: Bill and Ted ____ each other straight away and became firm friends.
 


A. took after   


B. held together


C. took to   


D. let in
Câu 12: She likes meeting people and travelling so she wants to apply for a ____ of a receptionist or tourist guide .
 


A. location 


B. position 


C. site   


D. word
Câu 13: _____ what is the most important point of an issue will allow you to make a better decision.
 


A. Understanding


B. Understand


C. Understood 


D. To understand
Câu 14: Joseph is a very efficient manager. He always outlines everyone’s duties ____ at the company’s weekly meetings.
 


A. In case


B. in brief   


C. on par 


D. on call
Câu 15: As time _____ we saw less and less of each other.
 


A. went off


B. went up 


C. went by 


D. went over
Câu 16: Despite his interest in art, ha studied ____ engineering in college.
 


A. mechanistic 


B. mechanical  


C. mechanically  


D. mechanism
Câu 17: The idea of aliens may seem absurd, but times change, as does science, and this makes this idea far _____ than it once appeared.
 


A. more  plausible  


B. much plausible


C. least plausible 


D. most plausible
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Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
Câu 1: She noticed a marked _______ in the children on her second visit.


A. differ 


B. difference 


C. different 


D. differently
Câu 2: She had been a _______ in her day.


A. beauty


B. beautiful


C. beautician               


D. beautify                   
Câu 3: By my _______, we made a profit of £20 000 last year.


A. calculate                             


B. calculator                


C. calculation              


D. calculated
Câu 4: The government provided an _______ £25 million to expand the service.


A. additive 


B. addition 


C. additional 


D. additionally
Câu 5: The taxi drivers’ strike _______ last month, and it still _______ on these days.


A. began- is going


B. had begun- goes


C. began- goes 


D. had begun- is going
Câu 6: You _______ the work that you _______ assigned to.


A. didn’t finish- had been  


B. don’t- are


C. haven’t finished- were  


D. can’t finish- could be
Câu 7: My teacher _______ while he _______ a car.


A. didn’t smoke-is driving


B. hasn’t smoked-was driving


C. doesn’t smoke-is driving


D. hadn’t smoked-was driving
Câu 8: By the end of this week, Valentine _______ and _______.


A. comes-goes 


B. would come-go 


C. will come-go 


D. will have come-gone

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B.
C.
D.

Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit
Câu 1: We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers.


A. born 


B. shaped 


C. begun 


D. manufactured
Câu 2: Each time you turn it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost anything you ask.


A. suitable                               


B. good                       


C. right                        


D. important
Câu 3: It is a calculating machine which speeds up calculations: it can add, subtract, multiply, and divide with lightning speed and perfect accuracy.


A. precision 


B. goodness 


C. loveliness 


D. wonder
Câu 4: It is an electric store which manages large collections of data.


A. handles                               


B. works                      


C. drives                      


D. pilots

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B.
C.
D.

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group
Câu 1:


A. computer 


B. different 


C. capable 


D. calculate
Câu 2:


A. magazine 


B. collection 


C. performer 


D. invention

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the most suitable words or phrases to fill in the blanks.
Câu 1: The man _________ designed the building is my mother.



A. who      


B. whose 


C. when      


D. what
Câu 2: I ________ for this company for more than 30 years, and I intend to stay here until I retire next year.



A. am working


B. am going to work


C. work   


D. have been working
Câu 3: I fell in ______ love with him because of his kind nature.



A. a     


B. an  


C. the


D. 0
Câu 4: She accepted that she had acted _______ and mistakenly, which broke up her marriage.



A. romantically 


B. unwisely 


C. wisely 


D. attractively
Câu 5: All of us ______ obey the traffic laws.



A. must       


B. can   


C. may   


D. need
Câu 6: I recognized my grandma as soon as she ____ the plane though we had not seen each other for more than 10 years.



A. got up 


B. got off


C. got in


D. got over
Câu 7: People believed that what they do on the first day of year will _____ their luck during the whole year.



A. control    


B. influence   


C. exchange 


D. result
Câu 8: On my birthday, my father gave me a ________.


A. new blue German car   


B. blue German new car  


C. new German blue car


D. German new blue car
Câu 9: The boy waved his hands to his mother, who was standing at the school gate to ______ her attention.



A. attract 


B. pull    


C. follow  


D. tempt
Câu 10: In some cases, Mary is thought not to be ________ her sister.


A. as much intelligent than


B. so intelligent than     


C. intelligent more than


D. as intelligent as
Câu 11: Most of us would maintain that physical _______ does not play a major part in how we react to the people we meet.



A. attract      


B. attractive     


C. attractiveness  


D. attractively
Câu 12: The mother asked her son _____ the day before.


A. where he has been   


B. where he had been  


C. where has he been


D. where had he been
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answser sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Câu 1: - Mai: You look great in this new dress, An!              - An: _______.


A. With pleasure.    


B. Not at all.       


C. I am glad you like it.


D. Do not say anything about it.
Câu 2: Ken and Tom are high – school students. They are discussing where their study group will meet.
- Ken: “Where is our study group going to meet next weekend?”  – Tom: “_________”.


A. Studying in a group is great fun.  


B. Why don’t you look at the atlas?      


C. We are too busy on weekdays.


D. The library would be best.

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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in the meaning to the undelined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: We have lived there for years and grown fond of the surroundings. That is why we do not want to leave.


A. loved the surroundings      


B. possessed by the surroundings     


C. planted many trees in the surroundings


D. hauted by the surrroundings
Câu 2: I didn’t think his the comments were very appropriate at the time.



A. correct      


B. right    


C. exact  


D. suitable

A.
B.
C.
D.