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 from 17 to 19.
Câu 1: He makes a better husband than a father.


A. He is more successful as a husband than as a father.


B. His father is better than her husband.  


C. Fathers are usually good husbands.


D. He tries to be a good husband and father.
Câu 2: Despite his inexperience in the field, John applied for the job.


A. John applied for the job even though he had no experience in the field.


B. John applied for the job because he has experience in the field.


C. John did not apply for the job because of his inexperience in the field.


D. John was unable to do the job because he was inexperienced.
Câu 3: The only student who failed the exam was John.


A. With the exception of John, everyone passed the exam.


B. Everyone, apart from John, failed the exam.


C. Together with other students, John failed the exam.


D. Everyone passed the exam.

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 position of primary stress in each of the following questions from 1 to 2.
Câu 1:


A. perform                   


B. offer                       


C. maintain


D. prefer
Câu 2:


A. academic               


B. independent          


C. compulsory             


D. education

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: If he were younger, he ______ a professional running competition now.


A. will join      


B. had joined   


C. would have joined 


D. would join
Câu 2: Linda refused ______ in the musical performance because she was sick.


A. to participate    


B. participate               


C. participating                        


D. to participating
Câu 3: She has two brothers, ___     _ are engineers.


A. whom both  


B. both who 


C. both of whom 


D. both whom
Câu 4: Geoge wouldn’t have met Mary ____ to his brother’s graduation party.


A. has not gone  


B. had not gone


C. had he not gone   


D. if he shouldn’t have gone
Câu 5: By the end of this year, Nam _______ English for 7 years , but he will still need more training and experience before he masters the language.


A. will have been studying 


B. has been studying


C.  will be studying  


D. has studied
Câu 6: ______ instructed me how to make a good preparation for a job interview.
 


A. John Robbins, that I spoke to by telephone,


B. John Robbins I spoke to by telephone,


C. John Robbins to that I spoke by telephone,


D. John Robbins, whom I spoke to by telephone,
Câu 7: Ann has a lot of books,                   she has never read.


A. most of that    


B. most of these   


C. most of which          


D. which most of them
Câu 8: If some endangered species ______ in zoos, it would help to ensure their future survival.


A. will be kept       


B. are kept         


C. had been kept  


D. were kept
Câu 9: 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 10: Why not ________ the meeting until Thursday morning?


A. postpone                


B. postponing              


C. you postpone   


D. do you postpone
Câu 11: In no way ______ that people will be prevented from organizing peaceful protests.


A. this law means   


B. means this law 


C. this law does mean       


D. dose this law mean
Câu 12: This class,_____is a prerequisite for microbiology, is so difficult that I would rather drop it.


A. that                         


B. when                       


C. where                                 


D. which
Câu 13: By next Saturday, Tom ______ a whole month without smoking a cigarette.


A. will go             


B. will have gone        


C. has gone         


D. has been going
Câu 14: The man _______ his car outside hasn’t come back for it yet.


A. whom he left     


B. who he left     


C. who left     


D. whose
Câu 15: If I weren’t afraid of travelling by air, I ______ to go to American by ship, which took me much longer time.


A. I hadn’t had     


B.  I wouldn’t have had     


C. I shouldn’t have had             


D. I wouldn’t have
Câu 16: This is the second time you ______ your door key.


A. are losing        


B. lose                         


C. lost                                      


D.  have lost
Câu 17: They ______ tired now because they ______ in the garden since 8 o’clock.


A. are/ worked   


B. were/were working   


C. are/have been working


D. were/worked
Câu 18: I enjoy______ busy. I don’t like it when there is nothing______.


A. being/to do        


B. to be/doing


C. to be/to do   


D. being/doing
Câu 19: He was the last man______ the ship.


A. who leave     


B. to leave  


C. leaving                                


D. left
Câu 20: Not only______to determine the depth of the ocean floor, but it is also used to locate oil.


A. seismology is used      


B. using seismology


C. is seismology used  


D. to use seismology
Câu 21: I must warn you I am not used to _____ so rudely.


A. speak                      


B. be spoken          


C. speak to me            


D. being spoken to
Câu 22: Mary _________ with her dolls when she was younger.


A. used to play    


B. is used to playing    


C. used to playing   


D. is used to play
Câu 23: Susan is fed ________ with the housework.


A. of                            


B. up 


C. at                                        


D. on
Câu 24: If I were you, I __________ for that English course.


A. would have applied               


B. will apply   


C. would apply          


D. should apply
Câu 25: My sister _________ for you for an hour.


A. was looking      


B. is looking      


C. has been looking           


D. looked
Câu 26: She wrote her composition carefully to avoid ________ mistakes.


A.  to make    


B. made                       


C. making                               


D. will make
Câu 27: She is __________ than her sister.


A. the most beautiful  


B. more beautiful   


C. beautifully                          


D.  the beautiful
Câu 28: The trainers encourage the animals ______, but the elephants make their own songs; they don’t just copy their trainers or other people.


A. to play     


B. play                         


C. playing                               


D.  that play
Câu 29: Neil Armstrong was the first man _______ on the moon.


A. walking                  


B. has walked 


C. to walk                   


D. walked
Câu 30: It was not until he took off his dark glasses _______ I realized he was a famous film star.


A. as                            


B. that                          


C. though                                


D. since
Câu 31: Margaret would prefer ______ books rather than see their screen adaptations.


A. to read           


B. reading                    


C. read                                                


D. having read
Câu 32: Nobody was harmed in the fire, _____?


A. was he         


B. wasn't he        


C. were they              


D. weren't they
Câu 33: The doctor advised ______ late.


A. me not staying up  


B. me not stay up  


C. me not to stay up         


D. not to stay up
Câu 34: You

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: The taxi driver ignored the stop sign. Then, he crashed his vehicle.


A. If the taxi driver ignored the stop sign, he crashed his vehicle.


B. Unless the taxi driver paid attention to the stop sign, he would have crashed his vehicle.


C. The taxi driver would not have crashed his vehicle if he had taken notice of the stop sign.


D. The taxi driver didn’t ignore the stop sign, or he would not have crashed his vehicle.
Câu 2: She is so attractive. Many boys run after her.


A. So attractive is she many boys that run after her.


B. So attractive is she that many boys run after her.


C. So attractive she is that many boys run after her.


D. So that attractive she is many boys that run after her.

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: “What a novel idea for the farewell party you’ve got,” said Nam to the monitor.


A. Nam thought over the novel idea for the farewell party.


B. Nam came up with the novel idea for the farewell party.


C. Nam said that it was a novel idea of his classmates for the farewell party.


D. Nam exclaimed with admiration at the novel idea for the farewell party of the monitor.
Câu 2: It is believed that the thief broke into the house through the bedroom window. 


A. The thief is believed that he broke into the house through the bedroom.


B. The thief is believed to have broken into the house through the bedroom window.


C. The thief was believed to break into the house through the bedroom window.


D. The thief was believed to have broken into the house through the bedroom window.
Câu 3: To let Harold join our new project was silly as he knows little about our company.


A. Harold couldn’t have joined our new project with such poor knowledge about our company.


B. Harold must have known so little about our company that he wasn’t let to join our new project.


C. We shouldn’t have allowed Harold to join our new project as he doesn’t know much about our company.


D. We would have joined the new project with Harold provided that he knew much about our company.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Ninety-seven percent of the world’s water are salt water found in the oceans.


A. percent        


B. world’s          


C. are             


D. found
Câu 2: Fred Astaire is said to have been the most popular dancer of his time, but he was also a talented actor, a singer, and choreographer.


A. is said              


B. to have been      


C. of his time   


D. a singer
Câu 3: Jane’s friends insist that she will stay at their house when she visits Toronto next weekend.


A. will stay    


B. at                   


C. visits         


D. next weekend

A.
B.
C.
D.

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


A. great              


B. meat                 


C. beat                


D. teach
Câu 2:


A. depression  


B. pressure        


C. progress               


D. assure

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. pollute                


B. country            


C. correct          


D. provide
Câu 2:


A. commercial       


B. extinction      


C. endanger            


D. habitat

A.
B.
C.
D.

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


A. intend        


B. medal 


C. compete     


D. defend
Câu 2:


A. clothes     


B. bosses      


C. boxes    


D. couches

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: He warned                                   too far.


A. her not to go   


B. her do not go    


C. her did not go    


D. she did not go
Câu 2: How long ago _                                     as a shop assistant? - Five years ago.


A. were you working    


B. do you work        


C. have you worked 


D.  did you work
Câu 3: He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he                 dinner.


A. finishes                   


B. finish                       


C. will finish    


D. shall have finished
Câu 4: Small children are often told that it is rude                at other people.  


A. to point          


B. points                      


C. pointed                   


D. point
Câu 5: My husband wants me                                       this letter before afternoon.


A. post                         


B. to post         


C. posting                    


D. posts
Câu 6: If he              the doctor last week, he wouldn’t be suffering now.


A. see                          


B. didn’t see              


C. saw                         


D. had seen
Câu 7: Bill asked Tom where                                          .


A. he was going now  


B. he was going then 


C. is he going now    


D. he is going then
Câu 8: By the end of the 21th century, scientists                                           the cure for the common cold.


A. will have discovered


B. had discovered 


C. will discover   


D. are discovering
Câu 9: Not only       the exam but she also got a scholarship.


A. she passed    


B. did she pass      


C. she had passed  


D. has she passed
Câu 10:                       had the curtain been raised than the light went out.


A. Hardly                   


B. Scarcely                 


C. Only when  


D. No sooner
Câu 11: She got the job                the fact that she had very little experience.


A. although                


B. because                  


C. despite                   


D. because of
Câu 12: I don't feel like                   home; what about               out for a walk?


A. staying- going  


B. to stay- to go


C. to stay- going     


D. staying - to go
Câu 13: The  more you talk about the situation,                   .


A. the worse it seems


B. it seems the worse 


C. the worse does it seem 


D. it seems worse
Câu 14: This building                finished by the end of 2020.


A. will be      


B. will have been 


C. is going to be 


D. is
Câu 15: If you do not learn seriously,                      to understand the subject well.


A. never  you will be able 


B. will  you never be able


C. you will never be able      


D. will never you be able
Câu 16: Before I________for that job, I_______my parents for advice.


A. applied/ had asked 


B. applied/ asked    


C. had applied/ asked 


D. applied/ have asked
Câu 17: It is very kind of you __________me a hand.


A. giving                     


B. give                         


C. to give     


D. given
Câu 18: Sometimes Mr. Pike _________work very late at night to do some important experiments.


A. had to      


B. has to       


C. have to        


D. has been
Câu 19: Sometimes she does not agree _______ her husband about child rearing but they soon find the solutions.


A. for                           


B. of                            


C. on                           


D. with
Câu 20: They_______small cup of coffee after they_______dinner.


A. drunk/had finished 


B. drunk/finished


C. drink/ had finished


D. drank/had finished
Câu 21: Tom was still keen on his goal __________the fact that it was very hard to achieve.


A. despite                    


B. in spite     


C. although                 


D. because
Câu 22: He __________for Canada two years ago and I __________him since then.


A. left / do not see      


B. has left / have not seen


C. left / did not see       


D. left / have not seen
Câu 23: She _______ working on that manuscript for 2 years now.


A. will be    


B. had been     


C. is                             


D. has been
Câu 24: I have asked my boss _____ me one day- off to see the doctor.


A.  to give  


B. that he give


C. giving                     


D. if could he give
Câu 25: Benald wanted to know _____.


A. where I have been those days    


B. where I had been those day


C. where had I been those days   


D. where I had been those days
Câu 26: My brother                  a lot of things for the past five years.


A. does                        


B. did                          


C. is doing        


D. has done
Câu 27: Her grandfather’s illness was               we thought at first.


A. more seriously as 


B. as seriously as  


C. more serious than 


D. as serious than
Câu 28: The woman asked                      get lunch at school.


A. can the children 


B. whether the children could


C. if the children can     


D. could the children
Câu 29:                         you, I’d think twice about that decision.


A. Should I be   


B. If I am     


C. Had I been   


D. Were I
Câu 30: We would have agreed to the contract _____ for Tom’s opposition.


A. would it not have been   


B. be it not


C.  had it not been           


D. should it not have been
Câu 31: She _____ thousands of pictures since the 1980s.


A. took                        


B. was talking   


C. has taken       


D. had been taking
Câu 32: Cameron, ________ directed “The Titanic”, is one of the leading faces in Hollywood.


A. who                                    


B. whom                     


C. that                         


D. whose
Câu 33: It is high time Tom________ more active in class.


A. must be         


B. has been  


C. was                         


D. were
Câu 34: Hung doe

A.
B.
C.
D.