I. Listen to Adam talking to Carol about his day. Choose the correct answer.
Câu 1: Adam went to bed late because ______.


A. he was fixing his computer           


B. he didn’t feel tired


C. his son felt sick
Câu 2: Adam’s son returned to bed at ______.


A. four o’clock a.m.


B. six o’clock a.m.   


C. a quarter to seven a.m. 
Câu 3: At ten to eight, ______.


A. Adam’s alarm clock went off


B. Adam got up


C. Adam left home
Câu 4: Adam borrowed money to buy ______.


A. a bus ticket


B. lunch 


C. petrol
Câu 5: This evening, Adam will ______.


A. spend time with his family


B. relax and watch TV


C. be very busy

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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: Marie didn’t turn up at John’s birthday party. I feel so sorry for that.


A. If only Marie turn up at John’s birthday party.


B. I wish Marie had turned up at John’s birthday party.


C. I wished Marie wouldn’t turn up at John’s birthday party.


D. It’s a shame Marie had turned up at John’s birthday party.
Câu 2: Their team performed excellently at the elimination tournament. They didn’t win the trophy nevertheless.


A. Subsequent to their performance at the elimination tournament, they afraid to win the trophy excellently.


B. Were it not for their excellent performance at the elimination tournament, they wouldn’t have won the trophy.


C. Notwithstanding their excellent performance at the elimination tournament, they didn’t win the trophy.


D. Given that they didn’t win the trophy, their performance at the elimination tournament was however excellent.

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closet in meaning to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: “What have you done to your hair?” she said to her son.


A. She asked her son what to do to his hair.


B. She wanted her son to know what he had done to his hair.


C. She wanted to know what did her son do to his hair.


D. She asked her son what he had done to his hair.
Câu 2: Children tend to learn English better than adults.


A. Adults tend to be the best at learning English.


B. Children do not learn English as well as adults.


C. Adults tend to learn English worse than children.


D. Children tend to learn English more than adults.
Câu 3: The Smiths sent their first child to a boarding school, which was not a good idea.


A. The Smiths shouldn’t have sent their first child to a boarding school.


B. The Smiths could have well sent their first child to a boarding school.


C. The Smiths didn’t need to have sent their first child to a boarding school.


D. The Smiths can’t have sent their first child to a boarding school.

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B.
C.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in each position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. critical                 


B. motivate       


C. horizon                    


D. dominant
Câu 2:


A. mistake                


B. unite             


C. wonder


D. behave

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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. pressure


B. future


C. enthusiasm


D. resume
Câu 2:


A. played                 


B. tried


C. smiled                    


D. wanted

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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges from 35 to 36.
Câu 1: Ken and Tom are high-school students. They meet each other at a gallery but Ken is in a hurry.
Ken: “I’ve got to go, Tom. So long”
Tom: “So long, Ken. And _______.”


A. be careful    


B. take care     


C. don’t hurry 


D. don’t take it seriously
Câu 2: Peter: “Is it important?” - Thomas: “________”


A. Not on your life!         


B. It’s a matter of life and death!


C. No worry, that’s nothing.       


D. It’s ridiculous !

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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 questions.It’s a sound you will probably never hear, a sickened tree sending out a distress signal. But a group of scientists has heard the cries, and they think some insects also hear the trees and are drawn to them like vulture to a dying animal. Researchers with the US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service fastened sensors to the bark of drought-stricken trees clearly heard distress calls. According to one of the scientists, most parched trees transmit their plight in the 50-hertz to 50-kilohertz range. (The unaided human ear can detect no more than 20 kilohertz). Red oak, maple, white pine, and birch all make slightly different sounds in the form of vibrations at the surface of the wood.The scientists think that the vibrations are created when the water columns inside tubes that run along the length of the tree break, a result of too little water following through them. These fractured columns send out distinctive vibration pattems. Because some insects communicate at ultrasonic frequencies, they may pick up the trees' vibration and attack the weakened trees. Researchers are now running tests with potted trees that have been deprived of water to see if the sound is what attracts the insects. “Water-stressed trees also smell differently from other trees, and they experience thermal changes, so insects could be responding to something other than sound”, one scientist said.
Câu 1: Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?


A. The sound made by trees  


B. The vibrations produced by insects


C. The effect of insects on trees


D. The mission of the U.S Forest Service
Câu 2: The word “them” in the first paragraph refers to ______.


A. insects              


B. trees                   


C. scientists                 


D. vultures
Câu 3: The word “parched” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.


A. recovered         


B. dehydrated         


C. burned                     


D. damaged
Câu 4: All the following are mentioned as possible factors in drawing insects to weakened trees EXCEPT ________ .


A. sounds                                                 


B. changes in colours


C. smells                                                  


D.  thermal changes
Câu 5: Which of the following could be considered a cause of the trees’ distress signals?


A. lack of water               


B. attacks by insects


C. torn root           


D. experiments by scientists

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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 questions.In seventeenth-century colonial North America, all day-to-day cooking was done in the fireplace. By and large, fireplaces were planned for cooking as well as for warmth. Those in the Northeast were usually four or five feet high, and in the South, they were often high enough for a person to walk into. A heavy timber called the mantel tree was used as a lintel to support the stonework above the fireplace opening. This timber might be scorched occasionally, but it was far enough in front of the rising column of heat to be safe from catching fire. Two ledges were built across from each other on the inside of the chimney. On these rested the ends of a "lug pole" from which pots were suspended when cooking. Wood from a freshly cut tree was used for the lug pole, so it would resist heat, but it had to be replaced frequently because it dried out and charred, and was thus weakened. Sometimes the pole broke and the dinner fell into the fire. When iron became easier to obtain, it was used instead of wood for lug poles, and later fireplaces had pivoting metal rods to hang pots from. Beside the fireplace and built as part of it was the oven. It was made like a small, secondary fireplace with a flue leading into the main chimney to draw out smoke. Sometimes the door of the oven faced the room, but most ovens were built with the opening facing into the fireplace. On baking days (usually once or twice a week) a roaring fire of "oven wood," consisting of brown maple sticks, was maintained in the oven until its walls were extremely hot. The embers were later removed, bread dough was put into the oven, and the oven was sealed shut until the bread was fully baked. Not all baking was done in a big oven, however. Also used was an iron "bake kettle," which looked like a stewpot on legs and which had an iron lid. This is said to have worked well when it was placed in the fireplace, surrounded by glowing wood embers, with more embers piled on its lid.
Câu 1: Which of the following aspects of domestic life in colonial North America does the passage mainly discuss?


A. the use of iron kettles in a typical kitchen    


B. methods of baking bread


C. fireplace cooking 


D. the types of wood used in preparing meals
Câu 2: The word "scorched" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.


A. cut                       


B. bent                    


C. enlarged                   


D. burned
Câu 3: The word "it" in the first paragraph refers to ______.


A. the mantel tree  


B. the fireplace opening


C.  the rising column of heat    


D. the stonework
Câu 4: According to the passage, how was food usually cooked in a pot in the seventeenth century?


A. By filling the pot with hot water         


B. By placing the pot directly into the fire


C. By putting the pot in the oven 


D. By hanging the pot on a pole over the fire
Câu 5: The word "obtain" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.


A. manufacture                 


B. acquire                  


C. maintain                 


D. reinforce
Câu 6: Which of the following is mentioned in paragraph 2 as a disadvantage of using a wooden lug pole?


A. It was made of wood not readily available. 


B. It was difficult to move or rotate.


C. It occasionally broke.   


D. It became too hot to touch.
Câu 7: It can be inferred from paragraph 3 that, compared to other firewood, "oven wood" produced _____.


A. fewer embers    


B.  more heat


C. lower flames  


D. less smoke
Câu 8: According to paragraph 3, all of the following were true of a colonial oven EXCEPT ______.


A. it was used to heat the kitchen every day


B. the smoke it generated went out through the main chimney


C. it was built as part of the main fireplace


D. it was heated with maple sticks
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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 snowfall was so heavy. All the trains were delayed.


A. Had it been for heavy snowfall, all the trains would have been delayed.


B. Only by a snowfall was heavy did all the trains were delayed.


C. So heavy was the snowfall that all the trains were delayed.


D. Not until all the trains were delayed was the snowfall heavy.
Câu 2: I didn’t come to his wedding party last week. I feel sorry for that.


A. I wish I came to his wedding party last week.


B. I would prefer having come to his wedding party last week.


C.  I would rather to have come to his wedding party last week.


D. I would sooner have come to his wedding party last week.

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B.
C.
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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.
Câu 1:


A. example            


B. disaster          


C. reduction        


D. penalty
Câu 2:


A. purchase           


B. accept            


C. arrest               


D. forget

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C.
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