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.            Learning means acquiring knowledge or developing the ability to perform new behaviors. It is common to think of learning as something that takes place in school, but much of human learning occurs outside the classroom, and people continue to learn throughout their lives.            Even before they enter school, young children learn to walk, to talk, and to use their hands to manipulate toys, food, and other objects. They use all of their senses to learn about the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells in their environments. They learn how to interact with their parents, siblings, friends, and other people important to their world. When they enter school, children learn basic academic subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics. They also continue to learn a great deal outside the classroom. They learn which behaviors are likely to be rewarded and which are likely to be punished. They learn social skills for interacting with other children. After they finish school, people must learn to adapt to the many major changes that affect their lives, such as getting married, raising children, and finding and keeping a job.            Because learning continues throughout our lives and affects almost everything we do, the study of learning is important in many different fields. Teachers need to understand the best ways to educate children. Psychologists, social workers, criminologists, and other human-service workers need to understand how certain experiences change people’s behaviors. Employers, politicians, and advertisers make use of the principles of learning to influence the behavior of workers, voters, and consumers.            Learning is closely related to memory, which is the storage of information in the brain. Psychologists who study memory are interested in how the brain stores knowledge, where this storage takes place, and how the brain later retrieves knowledge when we need it. In contrast, psychologists who study learning are more interested in behavior and how behavior changes as a result of a person’s experiences.            There are many forms of learning, ranging from simple to complex. Simple forms of learning involve a single stimulus. A stimulus is anything perceptible to the senses, such as a sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste. In a form of learning known as classical conditioning, people learn to associate two stimuli that occur in sequence, such as lightning followed by thunder. In operant conditioning, people learn by forming an association between a behavior and its consequences (reward or punishment). People and animals can also learn by observation - that is, by watching others perform behaviors. More complex forms of learning include learning languages, concepts, and motor skills.
Câu 1: According to the passage, which of the following is learning in broad view comprised of?


A. Knowledge acquisition and ability development


B. Acquisition of academic knowledge                                             


C. Acquisition of social and behavioural skills


D. Knowledge acquisition outside the classroom
Câu 2: According to the passage, what are children NOT usually taught outside the classroom?


A. interpersonal communication                


B. life skills


C. literacy and calculation                                          


D. right from wrong
Câu 3: Getting married, raising children, and finding and keeping a job are mentioned in paragraph 2 as examples of ______.


A. the changes to which people have to orient themselves


B. the situations in which people cannot teach themselves


C. the areas of learning which affect people’s lives


D. the ways people’s lives are influenced by education
Câu 4: Which of the following can be inferred about the learning process from the passage?


A. It becomes less challenging and complicated when people grow older.


B. It plays a crucial part in improving the learner’s motivation in school.               


C. It takes place more frequently in real life than in academic institutions.                         


D. It is more interesting and effective in school than that in life.
Câu 5: According to the passage, the study of learning is important in many fields due to ______.


A. the influence of various behaviours in the learning process


B. the great influence of the on-going learning process


C. the exploration of the best teaching methods                   


D. the need for certain experiences in various areas
Câu 6: It can be inferred from the passage that social workers, employers, and politicians concern themselves with the study of learning because they need to ______.


A. thoroughly understand the behaviours of the objects of their interest


B. understand how a stimulus relates to the senses of the objects of their interest


C. make the objects of their interest more aware of the importance of learning


D. change the behaviours of the objects of their interest towards learning
Câu 7: The word “retrieves” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.


A. generates           


B. creates       


C. gains                 


D. recovers                 
Câu 8: Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?


A. Psychologists studying memory are concerned with how the stored knowledge is used.


B. Psychologists are all interested in memory as much as behaviours.         


C. Psychologists studying learning are interested in human behaviours.      


D. Psychologists studying memory are concerned with the brain’s storage of knowledge.
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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.WILLIAM THE HERO!Brave William Baldock, who is six years old, is a hero after helping his mother when she fell downstairs. William quickly rang for an ambulance when he discovered his mother had broken her leg. In spite of being frightened, he (23) ________ the emergency services what had happened and answered all the questions they asked him. He also telephoned his father at work, and then his grandmother, to explain what he had (24) _________. While waiting for these people to come, William looked after his 18-month-old sister.When ambulance man Steve Lyn went to the house, he was amazed: 'It's great that a young boy of six knew the right number to dial, and was able to give us the correct information. (25) ________ of William's quick thinking, we were able to (26) ________ there immediately."Mrs. Baldock left hospital yesterday, very (27) ________ to both William and the ambulance service.
Câu 1: (23) 


A. called                      


B. talked                      


C. spoke                      


D. told
Câu 2: (24) 


A. done                       


B. made                       


C. acted                       


D. worked 
Câu 3: (25)  


A. Since                      


B. Because                  


C. In spite 


D. Instead 
Câu 4: (26)  


A. manage                   


B. find                         


C. get                          


D. reach 
Câu 5: (27) 


A. agreeable                


B. happy                      


C. grateful                   


D. approving

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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: Sue is phoning Mr. Black but his secretary tells her that he is on vacation.
Ann: May I leave a message for Mr. Black, please?
Secretary: ___________.


A. I'm afraid he is not here.              


B. He is taking a message now.


C. Yes, I'll make sure he gets it.     


D. No, you can't tell him.
Câu 2: Peter and Mary are friends. They have just finished lunch in a restaurant.
Mary: The food is great. I'll get the bill.
Peter: _________.


A. Yes, speak to you soon. 


B. No, this is on me.


C. It's nothing.      


D. Don't mention it.

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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: We've had _________ problems with our new computer that we had to send it back to the shop.          


A. so                            


B. such                        


C. enough                               


D. too
Câu 2: Dawn's thinking of setting ________ a social club for local disabled people.           


A. out                          


B. in                            


C. up                                       


D. off
Câu 3: Mr. Putin won a fourth term as Russia's president, picking up more than three-quarters of the vote with _________ of more than 67 percent.        


A. an outcome 


B. a turnup    


C. a turnout


D. an output 
Câu 4: His work ________ new ground in the treatment of cancer. It is now giving many cancer victims hope of complete recovery.         


A. broke                      


B. found                      


C. dug                                                 


D. uncovered
Câu 5: We like ________ policies.         


A. American recent economic 


B. recent American economic


C. recent economic American 


D. economic recent American
Câu 6: She worked here for a while then _________ afternoon she just quit and left.      


A. an                           


B. one                          


C. the                                      


D. Ø
Câu 7: DNA tests ________ accepted in court eases.             


A. are known 


B. were used


C. have been     


D. will have
Câu 8: The disavantaged should be cared for by _______.          


A. the wealth      


B. wealth                     


C. the wealthy 


D. wealthier
Câu 9: Why not ________ the meeting until Thursday morning?           


A. postpone                 


B. postponing              


C. you postpone          


D. do you postpone 
Câu 10: You're 18! You ________ to be able to look after yourself by now.            


A. are advisable


B. expect                     


C. suppose                              


D. will have 
Câu 11: I was very sad when the vet said he'd have to ________ Gertie, our lapdog.             


A. put down  


B. feel up to      


C. pull through               


D.  wear off
Câu 12: It is said that a drizzle on the Phap Van - Cau Gie Expressway caused poor______ and slippery road surface, leading to the vehicles, traveling at high speed, unable to respond safely.


A. vision                      


B. view                        


C. visibility                              


D. visionary
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Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.            American folk music originated with (31) ________ people at a time when the rural population was isolated and music was not (32) ______ spread by radio, records, or music video. It was (33) _____ by oral traditional and is noted for its energy, humor, and emotional impact. The major source of early American folk songs was music from the British Isles, but songs from Africa as songs of the American Indians have significant part in its heritage. Later settler from other countries also contributed songs. In the nineteenth century, composer Steven Foster wrote some of the most enduringly popular of all American songs, (34) ______ soon became part of the folk tradition. Beginning in the 1930s, Woody Guthrie gained great popularity by adapting melodies and lyrics and supplying new ones as well. In the 1950s and 1960s, singer – composers such as Peter Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez continued this tradition by urban’ folk music. Many of these songs deal (35) _____ important social issue, such as racial integration and the war in Vietnam.
Câu 1: (31)


A. ordinary  


B. popular       


C. common     


D. typical
Câu 2: (32)


A. even             


B. still                                


C. until                       


D. yet
Câu 3: (33)


A. transferred   


B. transformed                                  


C. transmitted            


D. transited
Câu 4: (34)


A. which           


B. this                                


C. who                        


D. that
Câu 5: (35)


A. in        


B. by               


C.  with        


D. at

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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 followingquestions.
Câu 1: You usually drive fast. You use more petrol than usual.


A. The faster you drive, the more you use petrol.


B. The more you drive fast, the more you use petrol.


C. The faster you drive, the more petrol you use.


D. The more fast you drive, the more petrol you use.
Câu 2: The agreement ended six-month negotiation. It was signed yesterday.


A. The agreement which was signed yesterday lasted six-month.


B. The agreement which was signed yesterday ended six-month negotiation.


C. The agreement which ends six-month negotiation was signed yesterday.


D.  The agreement which lasted six-month was signed yesterday.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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.
Câu 1: If I hadn’t had so much work to do, I would have gone to the movies.


A. I never go to the movies if I had work to do.


B. Because I had to do so much work, I couldn’t go to the movies.             


C. I would go to the movies when I had done so much work.


D. A lot of work couldn’t prevent me from going to the movies.
Câu 2: It is an undeniable fact that children watch too much TV.


A. It’s undeniable that too many children watch TV.


B. It’s undeniable that children don’t watch too many TV programmes.


C. It can’t be denied that children watch too many TV programmes.


D. It’s obviously true that children spend too much time watching TV.

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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D in your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation, and generating electricity for the surrounding area.


A. to control flooding             


B. irrigation                  


C. generating     


D. surrounding area
Câu 2: Weather and geography conditions may determine the type of transportation used in a region.


A. Weather                   


B. geography                           


C. type                         


D. used
Câu 3: Geothermal energy is energy to obtain by using heat from the Earth’s interior.


A. energy                            


B. to obtain                  


C. using                   


D. the Earth’s
Câu 4: The more tired you are, the least hard you concentrate.


A. more tired                       


B. you are              


C.  least hard         


D.  concentrate

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B.
C.
D.

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.
Câu 1: The presentation by Dr. Dineen was self-explanatory.


A. bright                               


B. discouraging                   


C. confusing           


D. enlightening
Câu 2:  She gave an impeccable reading of the sonata and had the audience on their feet.


A. unqualified                    


B. imperfect              


C. suspicious           


D. negative

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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:  I am gripped with a fever whenever a new year is coming.


A. I feel disappointed                                         


B.  I am excited


C.  I get upset                       


D. I have got a temperature
Câu 2:  It was relatively easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player.


A.  nearly                 


B. essentially                          


C.  comparatively        


D.  approximately

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B.
C.
D.