Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Câu 1: Liz and Laura is going shopping together.
Liz: "Look! This sweater is beautiful."
Laura: “______?”


A. Why not trying it on


B. Why not trying on it   


C. Why not try it on       


D. Why not try on it
Câu 2: Anna is seeing Bill off at the airport.
Anna: "_______"
Bill: "I will."
Anna is seeing Bill off at the airport.
Anna: "_______"
Bill: "I will."
A. I'll miss you much.                                     B. Give my best wishes to your parents.
C. Have a nice trip!                                         D. Wish you a happy journey.


A. I'll miss you much.    


B. Give my best wishes to your parents.


C. Have a nice trip!     


D. Wish you a happy journey.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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 38 to 42.Working as a novelist is not really a career like being a doctor or a scientist. Although a fewwell-known ones, like Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, have become wealthy, most writers find it difficult even to make a living from their book sales. Novels take a long time towrite, and authors can get into financial (38) _____ if they don’t have money coming in regularly from another job. But for those determined to write novels, it is without (39)______ one of the most enjoyable kinds of work to do. The writer has to be creative, thinking up completely new stories, and (40) _____, meaning they put all their time and effort into their work. They also need to be able to cope in a crisis, as nobody else can write their book for them. For this, a good sense of (41)______ often helps. Or the thought that maybe their novel might one day be turned into a film and become a Hollywood (42) _____!
Câu 1: (38) _____


A. problem       


B. trouble


C. upset    


D. worry
Câu 2: (39)______


A. difficulty    


B. suspicion


C. thinking    


D. doubt
Câu 3: (40) ____


A. deliberate         


B. delivered 


C. decided    


D. dedicated
Câu 4: (41)_____


A. hoping    


B. humor  


C. smiling   


D. joking
Câu 5: (42) _____


A. best-seller         


B. attraction  


C. blockbuster  


D. victory

A.
B.
C.
D.

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.
Câu 1:


A. energetic      


B. epidemic  


C. initiative   


D. economic
Câu 2:


A. expert   


B. mature 


C. channel   


D. secret

A.
B.
C.
D.

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 23 to 27.CHESSChess, often (23)______ to as the Royal Game, is the oldest of all board games which do not contain an element of chance.The origins of chess are uncertain, (24)______ there are a number of legends regarding its invention. One story says that it was King Solomon who invented chess, another that it was the Greek god Hermes, and yet another that the Chinese mandarin Han-Sing was responsible for its creation. In fact, chess almost certainly originated in India in the sixth or seventh century AD. The game’s popularity then spread quickly through Persia (now known as Iran) and from there came to Europe. The first documented reference to chess in literature is in a Persian romance which was written about 600 AD.It is (25)_______ the word ‘chess’ comes from ‘shah’, the Persian word for ‘king’ and that ‘checkmate’, the game’s winning (26)_______, comes from the phrase ‘shah mat’, (27)______ ‘the king is dead’.The rules and pieces used in the game have undergone changes over the centuries. Modem chess owes much to the Spaniard Lopez de Segura, who in 1561 wrote the first book on how to play the game. In it, he introduced the concept of ‘castling’, which had not been part of the game until then.
Câu 1: (23)_____


A. mentioned      


B. called   


C. known 


D. referred
Câu 2: (24)______


A. despite         


B. nevertheless  


C. although    


D. however
Câu 3: (25)______


A. believed       


B. imagined   


C. held  


D. taken
Câu 4: (26)______


A. place          


B. stand   


C. go    


D. move
Câu 5: (27)_____


A. representing       


B. suggesting   


C. intending   


D. meaning

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B,   C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Câu 1: Arm and Mary are studying in their classroom.
Ann: “Can I borrow you dictionary?”
Mary: “______ ”


A. I’m afraid I can’t.


B. Here you are!


C. I think so.      


D. It doesn’t matter.
Câu 2: Jack and Joe are discussing how to make salad for dinner.
Jack: “______”
Joe: How about putting some grapes in it, instead?


A. We could fry some onions with it too.  


B. I’d rather just have some bread, thanks.


C. Let’s put some pieces of apple in the salad.


D. Good idea! I’ll go and make one.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: A US man with a large online following in Vietnam has caused widespread anger, and faces possible criminal charges, over a Facebook post thought to have insulted a military hero.


A. embarrassed


B. offended    


C. confused       


D. depressed
Câu 2: Jack persisted in attempting to convince his employers to use more technology and fewer people.


A. endured  


B. remained   


C. repeated    


D. insisted

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: I’m afraid we no longer sell that model of laptop because we had_____a lot of complaints.


A. so      


B. such 


C. enough     


D. too
Câu 2: Mrs. Jenkins was too ill to go out and pay her phone bill, and they’ve just cut her_____. She ought to complain!


A. out      


B. off 


C. down    


D. up
Câu 3: There’s a lot______violent crime in this area than there used to be.


A. fewer        


B. least    


C. less     


D. fewest
Câu 4: The move to a different environment had brought about a significant______in Mary’s state of mind.


A. impact     


B. effect      


C. influence    


D. change
Câu 5: The party leader travelled the length and_____of the country in an attempt to spread his message.


A. width        


B. distance  


C. diameter  


D. breadth
Câu 6: The amount Sarah earned was_______ on how much she sold.


A. dependence     


B. dependant   


C. dependent 


D. independent
Câu 7: They would ______ go by air than spend a week travelling by train.


A. always    


B. rather    


C. prefer  


D. better
Câu 8: The party, _______ I was the guest of honour, was extremely enjoyable.


A. at that     


B. at which   


C. to that  


D. to which
Câu 9: If only I_______play the guitar as well as you!


A. would  


B. should 


C. could   


D. might
Câu 10: The windows are in ______ frames.


A. circular huge wooden   


B. huge wooden circular


C. wooden huge circular    


D. huge circular wooden
Câu 11: James was asking about a lot of personal things. I didn’t like______about my private life.


A. asking    


B. being asked  


C. to ask     


D. to be asking
Câu 12: Vietnam U23 made not only Asia but also Europe keep a close eye on them. They _____ internationally.


A. have made headlines


B. had made headlines


C. have done headlines


D. did headlines
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A.
B.
C.
D.

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.
Câu 1:


A. substantial        


B. applicant 


C. terrorist   


D. industry
Câu 2:


A. stagnant              


B. tableland     


C. survive   


D. swallow

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence which best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 1: I owed Bill a favor. I agreed to help him.


A. lf I hadn’t owed Bill a favor, I would have agreed to help him.


B. It was only because I owed Bill a favor that I agreed to help him.


C. Although I owed Bill a favor, I agreed to help him.


D. I only agreed to help Bill because I owed him some money.
Câu 2: She doesn’t want to go to their party. We don’t want to go either.


A. Either we or she doesn’t want to go to their party.


B. Neither we nor she want to go to their party.


C. Neither we nor she wants to go to their party.


D. Neither she nor we don’t want to go to their party.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence which has the same meaning as the original one.
Câu 1: They bought a gift that was very expensive for their son.


A. They gave their son a gift that was very expensive.


B. Their son bought an expensive gift for his birthday.


C. The gift was so expensive that they didn’t buy it for their son.


D. Although the gift was inexpensive, they didn’t buy it for their son.
Câu 2: We couldn’t have managed our business successfully without my father’s money.


A. Had it not been for my father’s money, we couldn’t have managed our business successfully.


B. We could have managed our business successfully with my father’s money.


C. If we could manage our business successfully, my father would give us his money.


D. If we couldn’t have managed our business successfully, we would have had my father’s money.
Câu 3: He wants his wife to quit her job and look after their children.


A. He would like his wife to stop working and looking after their children.


B. He wants to quit his job and his wife look after their children.


C. He would like his wife to continue working in spite of looking after their children.


D. He would like his wife to stop working and look after their children.

A.
B.
C.
D.