Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following sentences.
Câu 1: Even though she was old, she looked very graceful.


A. Because she was old, she looked very graceful.


B. She looked very graceful, so she was old.


C. She looked very graceful in spite of she was old.


D. Despite her old age, she looked very graceful.
Câu 2: "Why don't we go to the mountains for the weekend?" She said.


A. She suggested going to the mountains for the weekend.


B. How about go to the mountains for the weekend?


C. Let's going to the mountains for the weekend.


D. I think she should going to the mountains for the weekend.
Câu 3: When did Lan start to learn English?


A. How long ago has Lan started to learn English?


B. How long was Lan starting to learn English?


C. How long does Lan start to learning English?


D. How long has Lan been learning English?

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B.
C.
D.

Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences.
Câu 1: Your father stopped smoking two years ago, _____?


A. doesn't he


B. did he


C. didn't he


D. does he
Câu 2: If we _____ wasting water, there will be a shortage of fresh water in the future.


A. go to        


B. turn on         


C. go on           


D. turn off
Câu 3: :- Huy: “You look lovely in this dress, Ngoc!” - Ngoc: "____"


A. Thanks. It's a nice compliment.


B. I've just had my dress made.


C. My aunt did it yesterday.


D. Can you do it again?
Câu 4: My aunt Hoa, ________ works in the national bank, earns a lot of money.


A. which          


B. who          


C. where             


D. when
Câu 5: It's raining, ______ I can't go to the beach.


A. because        


B. so           


C. although         


D. but
Câu 6: Many students enjoy _____ a field trip to the countryside.


A. having           


B. had          


C. to have           


D. have

A.
B.
C.
D.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.Most Americans eat three meals (41) ______ the day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast begins between 7:00 and 8:00am, lunch between 11:00 am and noon, and dinner between 6:00 and 8:00 pm. On Sundays "brunch" is a (42)______ of breakfast and lunch, typically beginning at 11:00 am. Students often enjoy a "study break" or evening snack around 10:00 or 11:00 pm. Breakfast and lunch tend to be light meals, with only one (43)______. Dinner is the main meal.(44)______ breakfast Americans will eat cereal with milk which are often mixed (45)______ in a bowl, a glass of orange juice, and toasted bread or muffin with jam, butter, or margarine. Another common breakfast meal is scrambled eggs or (46)______ omelet with potatoes and breakfast meat (bacon or sausage). People who are on (47)______ eat just a cup of yogurt. Lunch and dinner are more (48)______. When eating at a formal dinner, you may be overwhelmed by the number of utensils. How do you (49)______ the difference between a salad fork, a butter fork, and a dessert fork? Most Americans do not know the answer (50)______ .But knowing which fork or spoon to use first is simple: use the outermost utensils first and the utensils closest to the plate last.
Câu 1: (41) 


A. in


B. for


C. on


D. during 
Câu 2: (42)


A. addition      


B. connection              


C. combination           


D. attachment
Câu 3: (43)


A. course         


B. food                       


C. menu                      


D. goods
Câu 4: (44)


A. For


B. In


C. At


D. With
Câu 5: (45)


A. each other   


B. together                 


C. one another            


D. others
Câu 6: (46)


A. a


B. an


C. the


D. no article
Câu 7: (47)


A. holiday       


B. engagement            


C. diet                                    


D. duty
Câu 8: (48)


A. vary                        


B. variety                    


C. varied                     


D.  variously
Câu 9: (49)


A. say


B. talk


C. speak


D. tell
Câu 10: (50)


A. too            


B. either                      


C. so                            


D. neither
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Câu 1: While preparing (A) for your wedding (B) , keeping (C) in mind that this is just the  first step in your future lives of love together (D). 


A. preparing 


B. wedding 


C. keeping 


D. together 
Câu 2: Marriage (A) is a life-long journey together, which (B) is not simply (C) a boat you get on together and getting(D) off when it does not work out.


A. Marriage 


B. which 


C. simply 


D. getting
Câu 3: It is important (A) to note that such a happy marriage does not come about by accident (B) , but it had taken(C) years of dedicated work to bring this kind of relationship into existence (D).


A. It is important


B. by accident


C. had taken


D. into existence
Câu 4: There are dangerous times (A) in a marriage, especially (B) when the wife can come to feel such (C) overburdened that she decides (D) to end the relationship. 


A. dangerous times


B. especially 


C. such 


D. decides 
Câu 5: Once (A) you can overcome (B) your difficulty, the problems may well become (C) a source of strengthen (D)  to your marriage and to your faith. 


A. Once 


B. overcome 


C. may well become


D. strengthen

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B.
C.
D.

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
Câu 1: London is home to people of many _______ cultures.


A. diverse         


B. diversity  


C. diversify   


D. diversification
Câu 2: John cannot make a _______ to get married to Mary or stay single until he can afford a house and a car.


A. decide 


B. decision        


C. decisive     


D. decisively
Câu 3: My mother used to be a woman of great _______, but now she gets old and looks pale.


A. beauty     


B. beautiful 


C. beautifully


D. beautify
Câu 4: My father phoned me to say that he would come _______ home late.


A. a    


B. an


C. the  


D.  Ø
Câu 5: At last they divorced after ten years of _______ marriage.


A. a     


B. an    


C. the  


D. Ø
Câu 6: A curriculum that ignores ethnic tensions, racial antagonisms, cultural _____ and religious differences is pot relevant.


A. diversity                            


B. contacts     


C. barriers 


D. levels
Câu 7: Some researchers have just _______ a survey of young people's points of view on contractual marriage.


A. sent                                    


B. directed                  


C. managed                             


D. conducted
Câu 8: It is not easy to ________ our beauty when we get older and older.


A. develop                              


B. maintain                 


C. gain                                   


D. collect
Câu 9: Many young people have objected to          _ marriage, which is decided by the parents of the bride and groom.


A. agreed                                


B. shared                     


C. contractual                         


D. sacrificed
Câu 10: All parents are _______ to at least try to behave in ways that will give their own children an important protection


A. decided                              


B. supposed                


C. followed                             


D. rejected
Câu 11: It is thought that traditional marriage _______ are important basis of limiting divorce rates.


A. appearances                        


B. records                    


C. responses                            


D. values
Câu 12: Affected by the Western cultures, Vietnamese young people's attitudes _______ love and marriage have dramatically changed.


A. for                                      


B. with                       


C. through                               


D. towards
Câu 13: Sometimes she does not agree _______ her husband about child rearing but they soon find the solutions.


A. for                                      


B. on                          


C. with                                    


D. of
Câu 14: The young are _______ more concerned with physical attractiveness than elderly people.


A. much                                  


B. as                            


C. many                                  


D. as much as
Câu 15: It will take more or less a month to prepare for the wedding.


A. approximately                   


B. generally                


C. frankly                                


D. simply
Câu 16: The number of the participants in the survey _______ 250 students for Oxford University.


A. are                                      


B. was                                    


C. were                                   


D. have been
Câu 17: The grass was yellow because it _______ all summer.


A. does not rain                      


B. has not rained          


C. had not rained                   


D. would not rain
Câu 18: Many people even wonder these days _______.


A. what marriage is                                                     


B. what is marriage    


C. what marriage was                                                


D. what was marriage
Câu 19: The lights _______ out because we _______ the electricity bill.


A. have gone / did not pay                                         


B. will go / did not paid 


C. go / would not pay                                               


D. went / had not paid
Câu 20: _______ Tom Cruise's last movie? Yes, I _______ it three days ago.


A. Have you ever seen / saw                                      


B. Did you ever see / have seen


C. Had you ever seen / would see                              


D. Will you ever see / saw
Câu 21: In the past, people _______ to the beach more often.                            


A. have gone                           


B. used to go               


C. were going                                     


D. had gone
Câu 22: Soon, people _______ most of the time at home.


A. will work                            


B. are working            


C. have worked                      


D. work
Câu 23: I _______ a terrible accident while I _______ on the beach.


A. see / am walking                                                     


B. saw / was walking


C. was seeing / walked                                              


D. have seen / were walking
Câu 24: After all, she _______ him since her childhood.


A. knows                                 


B. knew                      


C. was knowing                      


D. had known
Câu 25: We _______ touch since we _______ school three years ago.


A. lost / have left                                                        


B. have lost / leave


C. have lost / left                                                       


D. were losing / had left
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Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
Câu 1:


A. naked                                


B. looked                  


C. booked                   


D. hooked
Câu 2:


A. concerned                         


B. raised                     


C. developed             


D. maintained
Câu 3:


A. appeared                 


B. agreed                     


C. coughed                 


D. loved
Câu 4:


A. sacrificed               


B. trusted                    


C. recorded                


D. acted
Câu 5:


A. laughed                       


B. weighed                 


C. helped                   


D. missed

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 answer to each of the following questions.Speech is one of the most important........... (31)of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also............. (32)to by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of................ (33) that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if  everyone made up their own language. Learning a language properly is very ............... (34). The basic............... (35) of English is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite................. (36) . But the more idea you can ...............(37)   the   more   precise   you   can   be   about   their   exact   meaning.   Words   are   the ................(38)thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we ................ (39)the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and ...............(40) whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.  
Câu 1: .............(31)


A. reasons


B. tests


C. ways


D. rules
Câu 2: ...........(32)


A. be spoken    


B.  be examined


C. be understood


D. be talked
Câu 3: ...........(33)


A. systems    


B. sounds


C. languages


D. talks
Câu 4: ..........(34)


A. easy important simple


B. important


C. simple


D. expensive 
Câu 5: ..........(35)


A. grammar    


B. word


C. vocabulary


D. structure
Câu 6: ..........(36)


A. fluent    


B. good


C. well


D. perfect
Câu 7: ............(37)


A. need    


B. grow


C. express


D. pass
Câu 8: .............(38)


A. main    


B. certain


C. full


D. most
Câu 9: ...........(39)


A. pass    


B. talk


C. say


D. send
Câu 10: ............(40)


A. show               


B. ask                      


C. understand         


D. know
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE  in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of  the following questions. 
Câu 1: Heavy rain makes driving on the road very difficult.



A. light


B. torrential


C. storm


D.  shower
Câu 2: During the height of the season, tourists arrive in droves to see Shakespeare’s birthdayplace.


A. in small numbers


B. suddenly


C. in large numbers


D. out of the blue

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST  in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of  the following questions.  
Câu 1: A series of programs have been broadcast to raise public awareness of healthy living.


A. people’s


B. teenagers’


C. adolescents’


D. residents’
Câu 2: In the wee hours, while the child is sleeping, the Tooth Fairy takes the tooth and leaves some money under the pillow.


A. soon after midnight


B.  late in the morning


C. early in the evening


D.  long before bedtime

A.
B.
C.
D.

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. relation


B. employment


C. important


D. mischievous  
Câu 2:


A. active


B. employ


C. dessert


D. affair

A.
B.
C.
D.