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. philosopher              


B. discriminate             


C. individual              


D. significant
Câu 2:


A. maneuver                 


B. distribute                  


C. synchronize


D. acknowledge

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: You should visit Bath. It’s __________ place.


A. an interesting historical   


B. a historicial interesting 


C. a historicial and interesting        


D. an interesting and historicial
Câu 2: After he left ________ University of Massachusetts, he went to ________ Ball State in Indiana.


A. the; the         


B. the; Ø     


C. Ø; the      


D. Ø; Ø
Câu 3: Anyone who is concerned about the environment cannot ignore the facts ________ the speaker was refering.


A. to that   


B. to which         


C. when                          


D. where
Câu 4: Seals can _________ because they have a thick layer of blubber under their fur.


A. keep them warm   


B. keep their warm


C. they keep warm     


D. keep themselves warm
Câu 5: _________ a cheese shop has since grown into a small conglomerate consisting of a catering business and two retail stores.


A. It began as     


B. In the beginning of


C. What began as     


D. Its beginning which was
Câu 6: There _________ be a lot more open space around here before they built  the new underground station.


A. would                           


B. used to  


C. got used to


D. were used to
Câu 7: __________ invited, so we three won’t come to her wedding. If you are invited, you should go.


A. Not only I but also my parents are        


B. Both my parents and I are


C. Either my parents or I are not    


D. Neither my parents nor I am
Câu 8: Dad, I’m afraid to __________ the matter again, but I really need to have a computer of my own that I’m preparing for my final exam.


A. come down        


B. bring up     


C. take out     


D. get through
Câu 9: As Europe became more industrialized, art began to reflect a growing nostalgia ________ the old rural way of life.


A.  in


B. of                                       


C. for                          


D. to
Câu 10: Temperature, the simplest weather element to measure, is probably _________ used than any other kind of data.


A.  more frequently       


B. more frequent 


C. as frequent     


D. the most frequent
Câu 11: It’s difficult to think of the anything nice to say about my neighbour’s naughty boys, ________, they are at least honest.


A. therefore                        


B. even though  


C. however                  


D. as a result
Câu 12: Ann: Is attendance important in this class? Maggie: No, but in the last class it ________ very seriously.


A. was taken      


B. has been taken  


C. took


D. has taken
Câu 13: _________ who made Thanksgiving an official holiday in the United States.


A. Abraham Lincoln               


B. He was Abraham Lincoln


C. It was Abraham Lincoln              


D. Abraham Lincoln was
Câu 14: Were _________ millions of dollars each year replenishing eroding beaches, the coastline would be changing even more rapidly.


A. the U.S Army Corps of Engineers not spending


B. the U.S Army Corps of Engineers not spend


C. the U.S Army Corps of Engineers does not spend


D. not spending the U.S Army Corps of Engineers
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III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence.
Câu 1: Many people are very concerned about the _______ of the rainforests.


A. destroy


B. destruction


C. destructive 


D. destructively
Câu 2: Most zoos try to exhibit animals in _______ settings.


A. nature


B. natural 


C. naturalize


D. naturalistic
Câu 3: Most of the old part of the city was _______ by bombs during the war.


A. planted


B. destroyed


C. eliminated


D. worried
Câu 4: The nationalists are very keen to _______ their customs and language.


A. interest


B. value


C. conserve                      


D. cost
Câu 5: The bush looked badly _______, with black marks on all the leaves.


A. ill


B. sick


C. endangered


D. diseased
Câu 6: - “ I sometimes think I'd be happier teaching in Spain.” – “Oh well, the _______ is always greener on the other side!”


A. grass


B. plant  


C. tree  


D. bush
Câu 7: The article was about the different _______ of Spanish spoken in South America.


A. varieties


B. differences


C. changes 


D. types
Câu 8: The bay _______ by the enemy many years ago.


A. was used to be attacked  


B. used to be attacked


C. was used for being attacked


D. used to attack
Câu 9: The report will be read _______.


A. at the conference by Dr. Blake at 3 p.m. 


B. at the conference at 3 p.m. by Dr. Blake


C. by Dr. Blake at the conference at 3 p.m.  


D. at 3 p.m. by Dr. Blake at the conference
Câu 10: That man has never been known _______ before.


A. lie


B. to lie


C. lying


D. has lied
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Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Try to do this test. It is ____ than the others.


A. less difficult        


B. less and less difficult


C. least difficult            


D. more and more difficult
Câu 2: Summer is _____ season of the year.


A. hottest                     


B. the hottest   


C. the hotter       


D. the more hottest
Câu 3: It is one of ____ books I have ever had.


A. most useful      


B. the most useful      


C. the most useful than 


D. the most useful as
Câu 4: Of all athletes, Alex is ______.


A.  the less qualified    


B. the less and less qualified


C. the more qualified         


D.  the least qualified
Câu 5: Mary was _____ of the two sisters.


A. the clever     


B. as clever as        


C. the cleverer     


D. the cleverest
Câu 6: ____you get to the cinema, ____ seat you have.


A. The sooner/ the better      


B. The soon/ the good


C. The soonest/ the best                   


D. Sooner/ better
Câu 7: In this summer there are ______ there was last year.


A. so few visitors as


B. as few visitors as


C. as few visitors than       


D. less few visitors as
Câu 8: ____ he drank, ____ he became.


A. more/ more violent             


B. the most/ the most violent


C. the more/ the more violent          


D. the less/ less violent
Câu 9: She is _____ her colleagues.


A. as intelligent than         


B. few more intelligent than


C. so more intelligent than      


D. a lot more intelligent than
Câu 10: After three months’ practice, Peter can run _____.


A. fast and fast         


B. faster and faster


C. the more and more fast     


D. more and more fast
Câu 11: Her husband is ____ she is.


A. ten years older than       


B. as ten years old as


C. older ten years than         


D. so many ten years older
Câu 12: Rolls Royce is ____ any other cars.


A. much more expensive than 


B. as much experience than


C. so much expensive as        


D. very more expensive than
Câu 13: They are ____ they used to be.


A. less wealthy as        


B. as less wealthy as


C. less wealthy than  


D. less wealthy more than
Câu 14: Today women do not have ____ they used to years ago.


A. as much children as         


B. as many children as


C. as children as            


D. more children as
Câu 15:  ____ money he makes, ____ useless things he buys.


A. more/ more      


B. the more/ the more


C. more/ the more           


D. the most/ the most
Câu 16: Because of the heavy rain, the drivers drove ______.


A. carefully and carefully                   


B. more and more carefully


C. more than carefully               


D. most and most carefully
Câu 17: She is ____ in the staff.


A.  the most good      


B. the far better     


C. most the best    


D. by far the best
Câu 18: He is ______ person I have ever met.


A. quite the most intelligent 


B. far more intelligent


C. far intelligent as               


D. as intelligent
Câu 19: We are _____ involved in charity than they are.


A. most                        


B. as                            


C. as far     


D. far more
Câu 20: He is _____ his wife.


A.  twice as heavy as  


B. as twice heavy as  


C. as heavy as twice 


D. twice as heavy than
Câu 21: _____ he insisted he was innocent, _____ they seemed to believe him.


A. the more/ the less 


B. more/ less    


C. the most/ the least  


D. most/ least
Câu 22: Kate is ____ her sister.


A. more nice and intelligent than         


B. nicer and less intelligent as


C. nicer and more intelligent than     


D. as nice and intelligent than
Câu 23: Among the students in my class, Peter is _____.


A. most active   


B. the most active    


C. the more active       


D. more active
Câu 24: _____ a person wears eyeglasses, _____ on them he tends to be.


A. longer/ more dependent      


B. the longest/ the most dependent


C. the longer/ more dependent                   


D. the longer/ the more dependent
Câu 25: Russian is a ______ language to learn than English is.


A. difficult                   


B. more difficult       


C. most difficult       


D. more and more difficult
Câu 26: He has ______ his sister does.


A. as friends as  


B.  more friends as  


C. many friends than


D. more friends than
Câu 27: There are _________.


A. twice as much computers in our office as there was


B. as twice many computers in our office as they were


C. twice as many computers in our office than there used to be


D. twice as many computers in our office as there used to be
Câu 28: Silver is not ____ gold.


A. as much heavy as 


B. so heavy than     


C. more heavier as    


D. so heavy as
Câu 29: I think cow is ____ of all animals.


A. most useful   


B. less useful  


C. the most useful    


D. the more useful
Câu 30: The new machines use _____ the old ones.


A. less water and electricity more than      


B. less water and electricity than


C.  less water and electricity       


D. as less water and electricity than
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I. Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each group.
Câu 1:


A. conservation


B. destruction


C. circulation


D. question
Câu 2:


A. variety


B. have


C. passage


D. back
Câu 3:


A. interested


B. needed


C. passed  


D. added
Câu 4:


A. protect  


B. develop  


C. constant  


D. provide
Câu 5:


A. scientist


B. disease


C. sickness 


D. medicine

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: It was a mistake of you to talk to Mr.Kien like that. It was so rude. 


A. You mustn’t have talked to Mr.Kien like that. It was so rude.


B. You can’t have talked to Mr.Kien like that. It was so rude.


C. You shouldn’t have talked to Mr.Kien like that. It was so rude.


D. You needn’t have talked to Mr.Kien like that. It was so rude.
Câu 2: “If I were you, I would study harder for the exams,” said our teacher.


A. Our teacher told us to study harder for the exams.


B. Our teacher persuaded us to study harder for the exams.


C. Our teacher reminded us to study harder for the exams.


D. Our teacher advised us to study harder for the exams.
Câu 3: Without your help, I couldn’t have come to class on time.


A. Had you not helped me, I couldn’t have come to class on time.


B. I couldn’t have come to class on time thanks to your help.


C. But for your help, I could have come to class on time.


D. If it hadn’t been for your help, I could have come to class on time.

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: When I was in Hanoi last year, they were building that bridge, but now it has not finished yet.                                                                                                                                                                                              


A. was


B. were building


C. but


D. has not finished
Câu 2: Neither his parents nor his teacher were satisfied with his result when he was at high school.               


A. Neither


B. were


C. with


D. was
Câu 3: When coming to Vietnam, many foreign travellers love spending their time in the wildly mountain areas.


A. When coming


B. spending 


C. in


D. mountain

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: There are many TV commercials which distracting viewers from watching their favorite films.


A. economics                   


B. businesses                   


C. contests                       


D. advertisements
Câu 2: I knew she was only flattering me because she wanted to borrow some money.


A. teasing                         


B. threatening                  


C. praising                       


D. helping

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. diverse           


B. fashion                   


C. justice                          


D. enter
Câu 2:


A. competent   


B. advertise                 


C. reconstruct                   


D. implicate

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the leter A, B, Cor D on your answer sheet to show the undertlined part that needs correction.
Câu 1: It is advisable that (A) students, who (B) are not good at math, not require (C) to take advanced math in (D) high school.


A. that


B. who


C. not require


D. in
Câu 2: China, the fourth (A) largest and the most populated (B) country in the world, is on its way to becoming (C) the most domineering (D) nation on the planet today.


A. fourth


B. populated


C. becoming


D. domineering
Câu 3: Ants were the first group of eusocial predatory insects (A) that both (B) lived and foraged primarily (C) in the soil and in rotting vegetation (D) on the ground.


A. eusocial predatory insects 


B. both


C. primarily


D. vegetation

A.
B.
C.
D.