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: The issue of pay rise will loom large at this year’s conference as it is what all the attendees want to mention.


A. be improved      


B. be avoided  


C. be discussed     


D. become important
Câu 2: Educators are complaining that students rely on social media so much that they lose the ability to think critically.


A. decide on   


B. insist on   


C. depend on


D. dismissed

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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. objective      


B. consequence            


C. interpret                  


D. profession
Câu 2:


A. criticize     


B. miserable                 


C. questionable           


D. inferior

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.


A. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.


B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back.


C. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.


D. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.
Câu 2: Peter said “I wish I hadn’t lent him some money.”  


A. Peter regretted lending him some money.


B. Peter thanked him for lending him some money.


C. Peter wished not to lend him some money.


D. Peter suggested not lending him some money.
Câu 3: As he gets older, he wants to travel less.


A. The more old age he gets, the less he wants to travel.


B. The less he wants to travel, the older he gets.


C. As soon as he wants to travel, he gets older.


D. The older he gets, the less he wants to travel.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 1: He behaved in a very strange way. That surprised me a lot.


A. He behaved very strangely, which surprised me very much.


B. What almost surprised me was the strange way he behaved.


C. His behavior was a very strange thing, that surprised me most.


D. I was almost not surprised by his strange behavior.
Câu 2: I strongly disapproved of your behavior. But I will help you this time.


A. Despite of my strong disapproval of your behavior, I will help you this time.


B. Despite my strong disapproval of your behavior, I will help you this time.


C. Because of you behaviour, I will help you this time.


D. Although I strongly disapproved of your behavior, but I will help you this time.

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: Once in a while, I visit my grandparents on the farm and stay there for some days.
   


A. Rarely                         


B. Regularly                           


C. Usually


D. Sometimes
Câu 2: The team wasn’t playing well, so the coach took the bull by the horns and sacked several senior players.
      


A. made the right decision      


B. made a bold decision


C. made a final decision  


D. made the wrong decision

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: Viet Nam Airlines regrets informing passengers that flight VN 251 to Hanoi is postponed due to bad weather.
  


A. postponed                   


B. that                                     


C. informing                           


D. due to
Câu 2: My grandfather used to say that leaving the past behind was the best way to come over sorrow.


A. leaving the past  


B. come                                  


C. used to say   


D. the best way
Câu 3: The train to Ho Chi Minh city left at precisely 7 o’clock as usually, but the train to Ha Noi capital left at half past six o’clock, which was exactly 20 minutes late.


A. exactly                        


B. as usually    


C. which                                 


D. precisely

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
Câu 1:


A. affection               


B. personify           


C. generate                         


D. encourage
Câu 2:


A. possible                         


B. holiday                        


C. assistant                         


D. colony

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose one word whose underlined that is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
Câu 1:


A. loved                                            


B. coughed                      


C. appeared                         


D. agreed          
Câu 2:


A. telephone                      


B. restaurant                    


C. interpreter                       


D. perverted

A.
B.
C.
D.

Part 12: 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.Biological diversity has become widely recognized as a critical conservation issue only in the past two decades. The rapid destruction of the tropical rain forests, which are the ecosystems with the highest known species diversity on Earth, has awakened people to the importance and fragility of biological diversity. The high rate of species extinctions in these environments is jolting, but it is important to recognize the significance of biological diversity in all ecosystems. As the human population continues to expand, it will negatively affect one after another of Earth’s ecosystems. In terrestrial ecosystems and in fringe marine ecosystems (such as wetlands), the most common problem is habitat destruction. In most situations, the result is irreversible. Now humans are beginning to destroy marine ecosystems through other types of activities, such as disposal and runoff of poisonous waste; in less than two centuries, by significantly reducing the variety of species on Earth, they have irrevocably redirected the course of evolution.Certainly, there have been periods in Earth’s history when mass extinctions have occurred. The extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by some physical event, either climatic or cosmic. There have also been less dramatic extinctions, as when natural competition between species reached an extreme conclusion. Only 0.01 percent of the species that have lived on Earth have survived to the present, and it was largely chance that determined which species survived and which died out.However, nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world and demolishing the environment. In fact, there is wide agreement that it is the rate of change humans are inflicting, even more than the changes themselves, that will lead to biological devastation. Life on Earth has continually been in flux as slow physical and chemical changes have occurred on Earth, but life needs time to adapt-time for migration and genetic adaptation within existing species and time for the proliferation of new genetic material and new species that may be able to survive in new environments.
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?  


A. The cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs


B. The variety of species found in tropical rain forests


C. The time required for species to adapt to new environments


D. The impact of human activities on Earth’s ecosystems
Câu 2: The word “critical” is closest in meaning to                      .


A. complicated                      


B. interesting                 


C. negative                    


D. essential
Câu 3: The author mentions the extinction of the dinosaurs in the 2nd paragraph to emphasize that                      .  


A. the cause of the dinosaurs’ extinction is unknown


B. actions by humans could not stop the irreversible process of a species’ extinction


C. not all mass extinctions have been caused by human activity


D. Earth’s climate has changed significantly since the dinosaurs’extinction
Câu 4: The word “jolting” is closest in meaning to                      .


A. shocking                           


B. unknown                  


C. illuminating              


D. predicted
Câu 5: The author mentions all of the following as examples of the effect of humans on the world’s ecosystems EXCEPT                      .


A. habitat destruction in wetlands       


B. the introduction of new varieties of plant species


C. damage to marine ecosystems           


D. destruction of the tropical rain forests
Câu 6: With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?


A. Human influence on ecosystems should not be a factor in determining public policy.


B. Humans should be more conscious of the influence they have on ecosystems.


C. The extinction of a few species is an acceptable consequence of human progress.


D. Technology will provide solutions to problems caused by the destruction of ecosystems.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Part 10: 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 blanksNew cycling schemesThe County Council has decided to give a  higher (31)                     to cycling and agreed a new strategy to guide the way ahead in East Sussex.Cycling is a (32)              , healthy and environmentally friendly form of transport. It is (33)             to make it safer, more convenient, and to increase the proportion of journeys made by bicycle.Cycling is being encouraged both for utility purposes (such as journeys to work, school and the shops) and for recreation trips for exercise and enjoyment, including longer trips by tour. Recent cycle schemes carried out in conjunction with District Councils and other bodies (34)                  the Brighton and Hove seafront route and the Cross Levels Way cycle route, in Eastbourne.Local people will be consulted as the strategy is implemented. The County council will work with local cycling and other groups, and a countrywide Cycling Forum will be formed to (35)                    that all bodies concerned with cycling are in regular (36)                   . The (37)                    of the Cycling strategy are given in a leaflet, and a copy of the full strategy document can be seen in County Council Public Libraries.
Câu 1: (31) 


A. advantage               


B. benefit                     


C. priority                    


D. income
Câu 2: (32)


A. low-cost   


B. dangerous               


C. shortcut                   


D. high-speed
Câu 3: (33) 


A. written                    


B. convinced               


C. spoken                    


D. intended
Câu 4: (34) 


A. consist                    


B. include                    


C. improve


D. participate
Câu 5: (35) 


A. improve                  


B. ensure                     


C. maintain                  


D. assert
Câu 6: (36) 


A. basis                                   


B. touch                       


C. contact                    


D. account
Câu 7: (37) 


A. rights                      


B. cyclists


C. objectives               


D. vehicles

A.
B.
C.
D.