Choose the underlined words or phrases that are incorrect in standard written English.
Câu 1: Despite there will be fewer jobs in the future, there will be a greater need a for well — qualified experts.


A. Despite


B. fewer jobs


C. for


D. well — qualified
Câu 2: Modern computers occupy much less space. But, early computers were clumsy and took up whole rooms.


A. less


B. But


C. clumsy


D. took up
Câu 3: This old building was built in 1827 and today it was regarded as the finest Georgian building in the country.


A. was built


B. was regarded


C. in


D. in the country
Câu 4: He doesn't like buses and train because neither of them are big and noisy and crowed.


A. buses and train


B. neither of


C. noisy


D. crowed
Câu 5: A woman sitting next to me in dinner split her drink all over me.


A. sitting


B. in


C. split


D. all over
Câu 6: Some teachers put a lot of emphasize on learning by heart.


A. put


B. emphasize


C. on learning


D. by heart
Câu 7: She put the money in the bottom of her suitcase, under her clothes.


A. in


B. of


C. her suitcase


D. her clothes
Câu 8: He turned up early so that to make sure he had a seat on the plane.


A. turned up


B. so that


C. make sure


D. on
Câu 9: The village which he was born is in the southwest of England.


A. The village


B. which


C. in


D. of
Câu 10: The chemical company where I am going to work for is in Boston.


A. where


B. am going to


C. for


D. in Boston
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
Câu 1:


A. hotel


B. post


C. local


D. prominent
Câu 2:


A. spear


B. wear


C. bear


D. pear
Câu 3:


A. amount


B. countable


C. country


D. around
Câu 4:


A. dedicate


B. eliminate


C. educate


D. certificate
Câu 5:


A. procedure


B. programme


C. progress


D. profile
Câu 6:


A. nice


B. fine


C. favorite


D. mine
Câu 7:


A. accurate


B. date


C. tale


D. shape
Câu 8:


A. allow


B. low


C. sow


D. mow
Câu 9:


A. control


B. comment


C. proposal


D. solution
Câu 10:


A. nature


B. change


C. gravity


D. basic
Câu 11:


A. primary


B. childhood


C. kindergarten


D. light
Câu 12:


A. globe


B. emotion


C. official


D. lonely
Câu 13:


A. ghost


B. lost


C. post


D. mostly
Câu 14:


A. captain


B. table


C. lazy


D. base
Câu 15:


A. sorrow


B. follow


C. eyebrow


D. show
Câu 16:


A. eliminate


B. private


C. locate


D. stimulate
Câu 17:


A. hope


B. stop


C. slope


D. cope
Câu 18:


A. tomorrow


B. slowly


C. below


D. allow
Câu 19:


A. group


B. couple


C. double


D. trouble
Câu 20:


A. opposite


B. economic


C. appropriate


D. technology
Câu 21:


A. heat


B. great


C. teach


D. please
Câu 22:


A. ghost


B. hostage


C. lost


D. frosty
Câu 23:


A. knowledge


B. flower


C. shower


D. coward
Câu 24:


A. diversity


B. sacrifice


C. oblige


D. significant
Câu 25:


A. weather


B. measure


C. pleasure


D. appear
Câu 26:


A. wild


B. driven


C. alive


D. sign
Câu 27:


A. walk


B. call


C. take


D. talk
Câu 28:


A. combine


B. determine


C. discipline


D. examine
Câu 29:


A. amount


B. astound


C. mouthful


D. shoulder
Câu 30:


A. opposition


B. ozone


C. oppose


D. overdose
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
Câu 1:


A. chemist                  


B. chaos                      


C. technology              


D. chore
Câu 2:


A. agreed                     


B. missed                     


C. liked                       


D. watched
Câu 3:


A. knees                                  


B. papers                     


C. trees                        


D. bats
Câu 4:


A. swing                                  


B. sweet                      


C. answer                    


D. swan
Câu 5:


A. economy                 


B. society                    


C. necessity                 


D. facility
Câu 6:


A. threaten                   


B. breathe                    


C. healthy                    


D. earth
Câu 7:


A. resistance                


B. essential                  


C. instant                     


D. informant
Câu 8:


A. core                                    


B. certificate                


C. obstacle                  


D. education
Câu 9:


A. requests                  


B. calculates                


C. questions                


D. attacks
Câu 10:


A. subscribed              


B. launched                 


C. inspired


D. welcomed
Câu 11:


A. needed                    


B. decided                   


C. invented                  


D. caused
Câu 12:


A. fossil                     


B. session


C. discuss                    


D. progress
Câu 13:


A. adventure                


B. mature                     


C. figure                      


D. procedure
Câu 14:


A. windsurfing                        


B. children                   


C. holiday                   


D. grandmother
Câu 15:


A. surfaces                  


B. temples                   


C. exercises                 


D. pages
Câu 16:


A. hesitate                   


B. reserve                    


C. physics                   


D. basic 
Câu 17:


A. rhinoceros               


B. biologist                  


C. reserve                    


D. digest 
Câu 18:


A. shrine             


B. potential                  


C. sure                         


D. question
Câu 19:


A. interview                


B. minute                     


C. question                  


D. suitable
Câu 20:


A. gather                     


B. athletics                   


C. enthusiasm              


D. through
Câu 21:


A. choose                    


B. house                      


C. rise                          


D. horse
Câu 22:


A. cooks                      


B. loves                       


C. joins                       


D. spends
Câu 23:


A. coached                  


B. needed                    


C. wanted                    


D. beloved
Câu 24:


A. fasten                      


B. often                       


C. digest                      


D. castle
Câu 25:


A. ethic                                    


B. breathe                    


C. marathon                


D. path
Câu 26:


A. stronger                     


B. hungry                    


C. change                    


D. single
Câu 27:


A. ranged                    


B. managed                 


C. changed                  


D. ragged 
Câu 28:


A. extinct                     


B. exhibit                     


C. exhaustion              


D. exist
Câu 29:


A. sliced                      


B. released                   


C. increased                


D. raised
Câu 30:


A. promised                 


B. raised                      


C. devised                   


D. advised
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
Câu 1:


A. Monday                  


B. monkey                   


C. punctual


D. language
Câu 2:


A. lean                         


B. teammate                


C. beacon                    


D. overhead
Câu 3:


A. plough                    


B. house                      


C. compound              


D. touch
Câu 4:


A. mean                                   


B. weather


C. head                        


D. ready
Câu 5:


A. taught                                 


B. laugh                       


C. naughty           


D. slaughter
Câu 6:


A. reject                                  


B. regard                     


C. represent


D. religion
Câu 7:


A. enjoy                                  


B. benefit                     


C. begin                      


D. decide
Câu 8:


A. compete                  


B. intend                      


C. medal                      


D. defend
Câu 9:


A. meat                                    


B. breakfast                 


C. heat


D. beat
Câu 10:


A. approach


B. ancestor                  


C. apologize                


D. attention
Câu 11:


A. effective                  


B. eradicate                 


C. enthusiastic             


D. effort
Câu 12:


A. kite                         


B. bite                          


C. favorite                   


D. quite
Câu 13:


A. allow                      


B. tomorrow                


C. slowly                     


D. below
Câu 14:


A. windsurfing                        


B. rhinoceros               


C. philosopher             


D. wilderness
Câu 15:


A. mineral                   


B. miniature                 


C. minor                      


D. minimum
Câu 16:


A. arise                                    


B. arrange                    


C. arrive                      


D. area
Câu 17:


A. expand                    


B. vacancy                  


C. applicant                 


D. category
Câu 18:


A. telephone                


B. interpreter               


C. perverted                


D. restaurant
Câu 19:


A. empty                     


B. deny                        


C. sleepy                     


D. hurry
Câu 20:


A. admit                      


B. advent                     


C. admire                    


D. advance
Câu 21:


A. primary                   


B. childhood                


C. kindergarten           


D. light
Câu 22:


A. civic                                    


B. service                    


C. fertile                      


D. determine
Câu 23:


A. international                        


B. integration               


C. immigration            


D. operation
Câu 24:


A. admit                      


B. confide                    


C. decide                     


D. retire
Câu 25:


A. sour                                    


B. hour                        


C. pour                        


D. flour
Câu 26:


A. demand                   


B. deny                        


C. deter                       


D. debris
Câu 27:


A. bomb                      


B. tomb                       


C. combat                    


D. comment
Câu 28:


A. attitude                    


B. ancient                    


C. capable                   


D. nature
Câu 29:


A. coexist                    


B. notify                      


C. prohibit                   


D. frozen
Câu 30:


A. danger                    


B. devastate                 


C. parade                     


D. rational
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Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: It is the underserved ____ that damaged his life and his family. 


A. reputable                 


B. repute                      


C. reputation               


D. disrepute
Câu 2: At the age of 50, Robby William ____ his career after spending his twenty years playing electric guitar.


A. moved                    


B. changed                  


C. adjusted                  


D. stopped
Câu 3: She has a wonderful voice but unfortunately, she never gets the ____ to sing in public.


A. event                       


B. occasion                  


C. ability                     


D. chance
Câu 4: Michael Hart was the ____ of Project Gutenberg, one of the longest-lasting online library projects.


A. founder                   


B. author                     


C. architect                  


D. father 
Câu 5: She is not a very nice girl. She seems to enjoy the ____ of others.


A. unfortune                


B. misfortune               


C. disfortune               


D. infortune
Câu 6: We ____ the kittens carefully and sold them for a good profit.


A. brought up      


B. grew up     


C. rose                         


D. aroused
Câu 7: The stores will inevitably end up ____ with each other to increase their market shares.


A. contesting               


B. contending              


C. competing               


D. completing
Câu 8: Bill Gates has made large donations to numerous ____ organizations.


A. charitable                


B. charitably                


C. charity                    


D. charities
Câu 9: Thanks to the help of the teacher, she is _____ encouraging progress in math.


A. doing                      


B. making                    


C. checking                 


D. stopping
Câu 10: The ____ of the soil reduced the productivity of the farm.


A. fertility                    


B. hardship                  


C. poverty                   


D. inadequacy
Câu 11: I ____ out last night but at the last minute I ____ that I had a quiz this morning.


A. was going to go – realized    


B. went – realized


C. had gone – would realize       


D. would go - have realized
Câu 12: She hasn't paid as much attention to her children as she ____ since she ____ working.


A. does – starts       


B. did - started


C. was doing - was starting       


D. has done - would start
Câu 13: My brother ____ at the road when he ____ into a hole.


A. wasn't looking - was falling   


B. didn't look - has fallen


C. wasn't looking – fell       


D. won't look - fall
Câu 14: Magellan ____ the first European who ____ through the strait.


A. was - was sailing         


B. was being - was sailing    


C. had been – sailed  


D.  was - sailed
Câu 15: The first self-sufficient village in Britain ____ the Norman's idea. They were some strange invaders who ____ to change the country in a better way.


A. was – hoped


B. is - have hoped


C. have been - were hoping       


D. was being - had hoped
Câu 16: Who is ____ girl over there with Jimmy?             


A. the                          


B. a  


C. an


D. Ø
Câu 17: The boss needs an assistant with ____ good knowledge of foreign trade.


A. a


B. the                           


C. any


D. Ø
Câu 18: We are having ____ terrible weather which is quite strange. Usually ____ weather in UK is not this bad.


A. the – the   


B. a – the  


C. Ø - the         


D. the - a
Câu 19: Could you please close ____ window? I don't think it is necessary to open all the four.


A. a


B. the                           


C. some                       


D. Ø
Câu 20: ____ Gordons is a very interesting family. They like to travel around ____ world.


A. A – the     


B. The - the      


C. A – a           


D. A-Ø
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Exercise 7. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. Nowadays, everybody knows Apples and (35) ____ everybody knows that the company was founded by Steve Jobs, an American inventor and entrepreneur. He is widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of microcomputer revolution. He helped design the first Macintosh computer, (36) ____ a small computer graphics company into Pixar, the company behind Toy Story and The Monster Inc.His countercultural lifestyle and philosophy was a product of the time and place of his upbringing. Jobs was adopted and raised in San Francisco Bay Area during the 1960s. In 1972, Jobs attended Reed College from which he (37) ____ in next to no time. Jobs co-founded Apple in 1976 in order to sell Apple I personal computer. At that moment, he might hardly imagine that only a year later the company tasted impressive victory with Apple II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced personal computers. (38) ____, in 1985, following a long power struggle, Jobs was forced out of Apple. After leaving Apple, Jobs took (39) ____ of its members with him to found NeXT, a computer development company which was then bought by Apple. The purchase allowed Jobs to become the company's CEO once again.Steve Jobs died in 2011 after battling with pancreatic cancer (40) ____ nearly a decade. Millions first learned of Job's death on a device which had been invented by himself.
Câu 1: (35) 


A. most                                    


B. almost                     


C. the most       


D. mostly
Câu 2: (36) 


A. translated                


B. transferred               


C. transformed            


D. transited
Câu 3: (37) 


A. dropped in       


B. dropped up  


C. dropped out  


D. dropped by 
Câu 4: (38) 


A. Generally                   


B. Frankly                   


C. Fortunately             


D. Unfortunately
Câu 5: (39) 


A. few                         


B. a few         


C. a little      


D. little
Câu 6: (40)


A. for                           


B. since                       


C. during                     


D. of 

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Exercise 9. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Born on June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Fred and Debbie Phelps, the youngest of three children, Michael Phelps and his sisters grew up in the neighbourhood of Rodger Forge. His father, Fred, a former all-rounded athlete, was a state trooper and his mother Debbie was a middle-school principal. When Phelps's parents divorced in 1994, he and his siblings lived with their mother, with whom Michael grew very close. Even at the age of 7, Phelps was still a little scared to put his head under water, so his instructors allowed him to float around on his back. Not surprisingly, despite the fact that later he is very good at butterfly swimming, the first stroke he mastered was not the easily-practised breaststroke but the backstroke.At the age of 15, Phelps became the youngest American male swimmer to compete at an Olympic Games in 68 years. While he didn't win any medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he would soon become a major force in competitive swimming.In the spring of 2001, Phelps set the world record in the 200-meter butterfly, becoming the youngest male swimmer in history at the age of 15 years and 9 months. At the 2001 World Championships in Japan, he then broke his own record with a time of 1:54:58, earning his first international medal. In 2002, Phelps continued to establish several records including the 100-meter butterfly and the 200-meter individual medley. The following year, at the same event, he broke his own world record in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:09.09.After the London Olympics in 2012, Phelps announced he was retiring from his sport. However, at the 2016 Olympic Games, he came out of retirement and returned to professional competition. This was also the event which he won one silver and five gold medals, becoming the oldest individual gold medalist in Olympic swimming history, as well as the first swimmer to win four consecutive golds in the same event, the 200-meter individual medley.
Câu 1: Phelps's father used to be a comprehensive ____.


A. principal                 


B. trooper                    


C. athlete                     


D. instructor
Câu 2: The first style of swimming Phelps was good at is ____.


A. butterfly                  


B. freestyle                  


C. breaststroke            


D. backstroke
Câu 3: He didn't win any medals at the Olympics of ____.


A. 2002                       


B. 2000                       


C. 2012                       


D. 2016
Câu 4: At the 2001 World Championships in Japan, he broke the record of ____.


A. 200-meter butterfly       


B. 100-meter butterfly


C. 200-meter individual          


D. 400-meter individual
Câu 5: The word consecutive in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____.


A. stoppable                


B. unending                 


C. uninterrupted          


D. unrestricted

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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: Her parents didn't attend her graduation ceremony. They regret it now.


A. If only her parents could attend her graduation ceremony.


B. Her parents wish they had attended her graduation ceremony.


C. Her parents regret having attended her graduation ceremony.


D. If her parents attended her graduation ceremony, they would regret it.
Câu 2: The coach changed his tactics in the second half. His football team won the match.


A. Had it not been for the coach's change of tactics in the second half, the football team wouldn't have won the match.


B. Only if the coach had changed the tactics in the second half could his football team have won the match.


C. But for the coach's change of tactics in the second half, his football team could have won the match.


D. Not until his football team had won the match did the coach change his tactics in the second half.

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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. reduced


B. survived


C. happened


D. bothered
Câu 2:


A. sound


B. doubt


C. count


D. group

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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: We all wish to create a friendly and supportive environment ________ to learning.


A. liable


B. accommodating


C. conducive


D. detrimental
Câu 2: Nicholas had never chaired a meeting before, but he rose to the ________ yesterday when he presided over a forum.


A. occasion


B. incident


C. difficulty


D. issue
Câu 3: This is ________ most interesting book I've ever read.


A. Ø


B. an


C. a 


D. the
Câu 4: If we are not busy this weekend, we ________ the new fruit farm in the countryside.


A. would have visited  


B. would visit            


C. visited


D. will visit
Câu 5: I think mobile phones are ________ for people of all ages.


A. usefully


B. usage


C. use


D. useful
Câu 6: It was so noisy outside that she couldn't concentrate ________ her work.


A. at


B. in


C. on


D. with
Câu 7: The students were worried that they wouldn't be able to ________ the deadline for the assignment.


A. answer


B. match


C. beat


D. meet
Câu 8: In spite of their disabilities, the children at Spring School manage to ________ an active social life. 


A. lead


B. take


C. gather


D. save
Câu 9: She hurt herself while she ________ hide-and-seek with her friends.


A. was playing


B. played


C. is playing 


D. had played
Câu 10: ________, they got on well with each other.


A. To quarrel a lot like siblings at their age        


B. But most siblings at their age quarrel a lot


C. While most siblings at their age quarrel a lot   


D. For most siblings to quarrel a lot at their age
Câu 11: My sister really enjoys acting as a hobby, but she doesn't want to do it for a(n) ________.


A. survival


B. occupation


C. living


D. existence
Câu 12: I will never forget ________ to the Royal Garden Party, where superb cuisines were served amid luxurious surroundings.


A. being invited


B. to invite    


C. inviting


D. to be invited
Câu 13: If ________ with pictures and diagrams, a lesson will be more interesting and comprehensible.


A. have illustrated         


B. illustrated


C. was illustrated   


D. illustrating
Câu 14: Children are encouraged to read books ________ they are a wonderful source of knowledge.


A. although


B. in spite of   


C. because of             


D. because
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