Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. compulsory            


B. curriculum


C. nursery        


D. certificate  
Câu 2:


A. applicant        


B. character 


C. maximum             


D. inflation

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the answer that is nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before. 
Câu 1:  If I'd known about Josie's illness, I wouldn't have missed seeing her.


A. A. I saw Josie, and I knew she was ill.


B. B. I didn't know Josie was ill, so I saw her.


C. C. I didn't know Josie was ill, and I didn't see her.


D. D. I didn't see Josie although I knew she was ill.
Câu 2:  Hardly are appeals allowed against the council's decisions.


A. A. The council rarely allows appeals against its decisions


B. B. It's too hard for the council to allow appeals against its decisions.


C. C. The council always allows appeals against its decisions.


D. D. Allowing appeals against its decisions is not good.
Câu 3: We are planning on spending the weekend in the country as long as the weather stays fine.


A. A. We're planning on spending the weekend in the country despite the bad weather.


B. B. If the weather is fine, we will spend the weekend in the country.


C. C. If the weather is finer, we would spend the weekend in the country.


D. D. If the country is nice, we will spend the weekend there.
Câu 4:  Were it not for the money, this job wouldn't be worth while.


A. A. This job is not rewarding at all.


B. B. The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money.


C. C. Although the salary is poor, the job is worthwhile.


D. D. This job offers a poor salary.
Câu 5: She said she would go to the police unless she was given her money back.


A. A. She went to the police because she hadn't got her money back.


B. B. She hasn't yet got her money back or gone to the police.


C. C. She wasn't given her money back because she had gone to the police.


D. D. She was given her money back and then went to the police.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage.Mexico City is growing quickly. In 1970, the city had about 9 million people. Now it has over 17 million. All these people are causing problems for the city. There are not (31) ______ jobs. Also, there is' not enough housing. Large families have to live together in small homes. Many homes do not have water. They also do not have bathrooms or electricity. The Mexican government is (32) ______ about all these problems. It is working hard to make life better in the city.Why is Mexico City growing so fast? Where are all these people coming from? They are coming to the city from the country. Life is hard on the farms in Mexico. Most people on farms have to live a very simple life. They have no (33) ______money for modern things. People think life in the city must be better. So they leave their farms and move to Mexico City.All around the world, large cities have the same problems. One of them is air (34) ______. Mexico City has bad air. It is dirty and unhealthy. Cars are one reason for the dirty air. Many Mexicans now own their own cars and drive in the city. The factories in the area also cause air pollution. These factories put a lot of (35) ______ into the air. It is not easy to clean up the air in a large city. The government has to make new laws, and everyone has to help.
Câu 1: (31)


A. A. much                      


B. B. lack                        


C.  C. enough                   


D. D. many
Câu 2: (32)


A. A. worried      


B. B. interested         


C. C. discussed


D.  D. known
Câu 3: (33)


A. A. bonus                     


B.  B. extra                       


C. C. added                    


D.  D. given
Câu 4: (34)


A. A. pollution                 


B. B. matter                     


C. C. complaint              


D.  D. comment
Câu 5: (35)


A. A. dirt                                     


B. B. smoke                     


C. C. noise                       


D. D. pollution

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes sentences. 
Câu 1: Like many other baby birds, ducklings are blind _______ birth.


A. of                            


B. at                           


C. on                          


D.  from
Câu 2: Lack _______ food had stunted his growth.


A. of                            


B. in                           


C. for                         


D. on
Câu 3: Nigeriahas a population _______ nearly 100 million.


A. about                      


B. in                           


C. of                            


D. with
Câu 4: The rapid growth of population led to an acute _______ of housing.


A. shortfall                 


B. shortcut                 


C. shortcoming           


D.  shortage
Câu 5: The population of the world is growing at a dangerous _______.


A. amount                  


B. rate                                   


C. figure                     


D. way
Câu 6: One third of the world's population _______ two thirds of the world's resources.


A. drains                     


B. absorbs                  


C. consumes                


D. supports
Câu 7: Better health care and agriculture have led to rapid population _______.


A. grow                       


B. growing                  


C. grown                     


D. growth
Câu 8: Pressure on natural resources will _______ as we face a population explosion.


A. increase                  


B. decrease                 


C. decline                    


D. raise
Câu 9: Her first novel has been _______ acclaimed as a masterpiece.


A. nation                     


B. national                   


C. international           


D. internationally
Câu 10:  Our school has managed to collect a lot of books to _______ to the children in a village school.


A. publish                   


B. distribute                


C. employ                   


D. depart
Câu 11: If the technology _______ available, we would be able to expand the business.


A. would become      


B. were become          


C. had become           


D. became
Câu 12: It would have been a much more serious accident _____ fast at the time.


A. was she driving                                         


B. had she been driving


C. she had driven                                            


D. if she drove
Câu 13: If you _______ to my advice in the first place, you wouldn't be in this mess now.


A. listen                       


B. will listen               


C. had listened            


D. listened
Câu 14:  I'll give you a lift if it _______.


A. is raining               


B. rained                     


C. will rain                 


D. had rained
Câu 15: I _______ you sooner had someone told me you were in the hospital.


A.  would have visited             


B. had visited             


C. visited       


D. visit
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Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
Câu 1:


A. A. great   


B. B. available                


C.  C. raise                        


D. D. said
Câu 2:


A. A.decreased                


B. B. used                        


C. C. reached                  


D.  D. developed
Câu 3:


A. A. double                    


B. B. govern                    


C. C. punish                     


D. D. control

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate  the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Yes, we went away on holiday last week, but it rained day in day out.


A. every single day 


B. every other day


C. every tow days 


D. every second day
Câu 2: The government has passed laws to protect wildlife from coomercial trade.


A. enforced   


B. enabled 


C. ensured 


D. enacted 

A.
B.
C.
D.

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.
Câu 1: I didn’t know that you were at home. I didn’t drop in.


A. Not knowing that you were at home, but I still dropped in.


B. I didn’t know you were at home although I didn’t drop in.


C. Not knowing that you were at home, I didn’t drop in.


D. If I knew that you were at home, I would drop in. 
Câu 2: My sister used to get on with each other. Now they hardly speak.


A. My sisters were once close, but they rarely speak to each other now.


B. My sisters do not speak to each other much, but they are good friends.


C. My sisters rarely speak because they have never liked each other.


D. Because they have never got on, my sisters do not speak to each other.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentences that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following question.
Câu 1: For a cold, doctors often recommend that you rest and drink lots of fluids. 


A. Doctors would rather give avice about colds than about fluids.


B.   Rest and liquids are frequently advised for treatment of colds.


C. The doctors recommend that you have cold soft drinks. 


D. You were told to come in out of the cold and rest. 
Câu 2: “ Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”


A. Being apart from someone you love makes you love them more.


B. Our heart needs absence to grow.


C. Being apart from someone you love makes you love them less.


D. Absence makes us grow older. 
Câu 3: My cousin shows a desire to put aside the status of the chool child.


A. The status of the school child makes my cousin happy.


B. My cousin doesn’t want to be a chool child any more.


C. My cousin is determined to put up with the other chool children.


D. My cousin decides to play down the status of the chool child. 

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) whose underlined part differs from the other pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. studied


B. approved


C. reminded


D. returned
Câu 2:


A. survive


B. prohibit 


C. fertilizer  


D. environment
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:  In a few hours, we _______ the test, and we’ll go home and rest.


A. are finishing


B. have finished


C. will have finished


D. will be finishing
Câu 2: If you had taken my advice, you ______ in such difficulties now.


A. wouldn’t have been


B.  hadn’t been


C. wouldn’t be


D. won’t be
Câu 3: I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but ______


A. I'm not invited


B. I will not be invited


C. I have not been invited


D. I was not invited
Câu 4:  George wouldn’t have met Mary _____ to his brother’s graduation party.


A. had he not gone


B. had not he gone


C. if he has not gone


D. if he shouldn’t have gone
Câu 5: Jane wasn’t in when I arrived. I supposed she ______ I was coming.


A. must have forgotten


B.  must forget


C. may forget


D. can’t have forgotten
Câu 6: Nowadays, children would prefer history _______in more practical ways.


A.  to be taught


B.  teach


C. be taught


D. to teach
Câu 7: I thought you said she was going away the next Sunday,______?


A. wasn’t she


B. didn’t you


C.  didn’t I


D. wasn’t it
Câu 8: I have told you not to do it_______


A. hundreds of times


B. many hundred times


C. hundred times


D. a hundred time
Câu 9: We bought some_____


A. German lovely old glasses


B. German old lovely glasses


C. lovely old German glasses
Câu 10: In most ______ developed countries, up to 50% of ______ population enters higher education at some time in their lives


A. the -


B. -


C. the - a


D. - the
Câu 11: A few animals sometimes fool their enemies _______to be dead.


A. have been appearing


B.  to be appearing


C. to appear


D. by appearing
Câu 12: On ______he had won, he jumped for joy.


A. he was told


B.  having told


C. being told


D. telling
Câu 13: _________ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead ismerely an optical illusion.


A. The Moon


B. The Moon which


C. When the Moon


D. That the Moon
Câu 14:  A good friend is ______ will stand by you when you are in trouble.


A. the one who


B. a person that


C. people who


D. who
Câu 15: ________, we tried our best to complete it.


A. Difficult as the homework was


B. Thanks to the difficult homework


C. As though the homework was difficult


D. Despite the homework was difficult
Câu 16: She listened so attentively that not a word____


A. she had missed


B. she missed


C. she didn’t miss


D. did she miss
Câu 17: The success of the party was mainly due to the presence of several_______


A. celebrations


B. celebrated


C. celebrities


D. celebrates
Câu 18: When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty ______ paintings were destroyed, including two by Picasso.


A. worthless


B. priceless


C. valueless


D. worthy
Câu 19: His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else’s point of view. He is very ______


A. open-minded


B. kind- minded


C. narrow- minded


D. absent- minded
Câu 20: The doctor gave the patient ______examination to discover the cause of his collapse.


A. a thorough


B. an exact


C. a universal


D. a whole
Câu 21: John has a monthly bank_______ sent to him so that he knows how much there is in his account.


A. statement


B. overdraft


C. cheque


D. balance
Câu 22: The policeman ________him to appear as a witness.


A. let


B. discouraged


C. made


D. compelled
Câu 23: Many scientists _______ all their lives to working out answers to problems.


A. send


B. promote


C. spend


D. devote
Câu 24: Can you list the problems _______ poor and countries?


A. facing - overpopulation


B. facing - overpopulated


C. face - overpopulated


D. facing - overpopulating
Câu 25: What chemical is this‘? lt’s _____a horrible smell.


A.  giving over


B. giving off


C. giving down


D. giving up
Câu 26: Learning English isn’t so difficult once you______


A. get down to it


B. get off it


C. get on it


D. get down with it
Câu 27: On hearing the news, she fainted and it was half an hour before she came ______again.


A. round


B. up


C. over


D. forward
Câu 28: Jane: "It’s going to rain.” Mary: _______"


A.  I hope not so


B. I don’t hope either.


C. I don’t hope so


D.  I hope not.
Câu 29: Ohn: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?” Laura:_______


A. Yes, it’s an absurd idea.


B. There’s no doubt about it.


C. Of course not. You bet.


D. Well, that’s very surprising.
Câu 30: Tom: ‘‘I’m sorry. I won’t be able to come.” Mary:_____


A.  Great!


B. Oh, that’s annoying.


C. Well, never mind


D. Sounds like fun.
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