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: The carefully nurtured gardens with a wide ______ of flowers and fruit trees have added elegance to this place and made it a major tourist attraction. 


A. variety


B.  amount  


C. species 


D. number 
Câu 2: Visitors to the local museum are mostly attracted by ______ rocking chair. 


A. an old wooden European beautiful  


B. a beautiful old European wooden


C. an old beautiful wooden European  


D. a wooden old beautiful European 
Câu 3: ______ my mother’s encouragement, I wouldn’t have made such a daring decision. 


A. Until 


B. In spite  


C. But for  


D. Providing 
Câu 4: The cinema is no longer as popular as it was in the 1930's and 1940's, but it is still an important ______ of entertainment. 


A. status 


B. source


C. origin 


D. prospect
Câu 5: They got lost in the forest, and ______ made matters worse was that night began to fall. 


A. that 


B. what


C. which


D.  it 
Câu 6: Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking ______ accepting opinions without  questioning them. 


A. in addition  


B. for instance  


C. instead of  


D. because of 
Câu 7: The bank has more than 100 branches, ______ in a major urban area. 


A. the location of which  


B. each locating  


C. each located  


D. and are located 
Câu 8: In my opinion, ______ new technology who will finally decide which ideas take off. 


A. it is the development of  


B. that the development of 


C. it is the user of  


D. that the user of 
Câu 9: “My secretary will book you an afternoon flight and have you ______ at the airport.” 


A. picked up  


B. picking up  


C. pick up  


D. to pick up 
Câu 10: In the last match, Sabella changed his formation at half-time, introducing Fernando Gago in midfield and Higuain in attack, but in the end it was Messi’s magic that ______ the difference. 


A. made


B. gave 


C. did


D. took 
Câu 11: We’ve already bought the house but won’t ______ it until May, when the present occupants have moved out. 


A. take possession of  


B. catch sight of  


C. keep track of  


D. gain recognition of 
Câu 12: Jessica looks very tired. She ______ have stayed up late to finish her assignment last night. 


A. would 


B. should 


C. will  


D. must 
Câu 13: ______, she continued to carry out her duties. 


A. Although in poor health  


B. Although she is in good health 


C. Despite her good health  


D. No matter how poor her health 
Câu 14: Phuong Thao is a student in Ms Lan’s writing class. She is asking for Ms Lan’s comments on her last essay. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank.  Phuong Thao : “You must have found reading my essay very tiring.”  Ms Lan: “______. I enjoyed it.” 


A. Not in the least  


B. Just in case  


C. At all costs  


D. You are welcome 
Câu 15: Carbon dioxide ______ as one of the main contributors to the greenhouse effect. 


A. had identified  


B. has been identified  


C. has identified  


D. had been identified 
Câu 16: The young lady sat still in the afternoon breeze, with her hair ______ her back. 


A. running over  


B. streaming down  


C. flowed down  


D. fallen against 
Câu 17: China’s placement of its oil rig in Vietnam’s East Sea EEZ has been denounced by ASEAN and Western politicians and professionals as the violation of Vietnam’s ______ waters


A. farmed


B. fresh


C. inland  


D. territorial 
Câu 18: Jane had difficulty carrying her suitcase upstairs, and Mike, her friend, offered to help. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank.  Mike: “Need a hand with your suitcase, Jane?” Jane: “______” 


A. That’s very kind of you.  


B. Not a chance. 


C. I don’t believe it.  


D. Well done! 
Câu 19: We need to talk more about ______ for the summer vacation before July. 


A. why to choose   


B. how to make  


C. where to go  


D. when to use 
Câu 20: In no circumstances ______ on campus. 


A. should smoking be allowed  


B. should allow smoking 


C. smoking should be allowed  


D. we should allow smoking 
Câu 21: While I was looking through my old albums the other day, I ______ this photograph of my parents' wedding. 


A. took after  


B. made up  


C. turned down  


D. came across 
Câu 22:  “Take a spare tyre ______ you have a puncture on the way to the beach.” 


A. in case  


B. if


C. so that  


D. unless 
Câu 23: Minh, a student from Hai Phong , is going to take the college entrance exam in Hanoi next week. His father is seeing him off at the railway station. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank. Dad: “Good luck with the exam, Minh!” Minh: “______, Dad.” 


A. By no means  


B. I wish so  


C. Thank you  


D. Never mind 
Câu 24: He applied for a teaching ______ at Bales University with great confidence. 


A. employment


B. post  


C. work


D. career 
Câu 25: “Could you turn off the stove? The potatoes ______ for at least thirty minutes.” 


A. boiled 


B. were boiling  


C. are boiling  


D. have been boiling
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 
Câu 1: Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school. 


A. puts off  


B. looks for  


C. attends to  


D. approves of 
Câu 2: We run a very tight ship here, and we expect all our employees to be at their desks by eight o'clock and take good care of their own business. 


A. manage an inflexible system  


B. have a good voyage 


C. run faster than others  


D. organize things inefficiently

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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: The staff worked throughout the night to meeting the client’s deadline.


A. the staff


B. worked


C. meeting


D. cilent's
Câu 2: “Which is busiest city in Vietnam?” asked Tom.


A. which


B. is busiest


C. in Vietnam


D. asked Tom.
Câu 3: I remember that I danced not goods the first time I did the tango.


A. remember 


B. that


C. not goods


D. did
Câu 4: The wooden fence surrounded the factory is beginning to fall down because of the rain.


A. wooden


B. surrounded


C. to fall down


D. the rain
Câu 5:

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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 from 46 to 55.American movies create myths about college life in the United States. These stories are entertaining, but they are not true. You have to look beyond Hollywood movies to understand what college is really like.Thanks to the movies, many people believe that college students party and socialize more than they study. Movies almost never show students working hard in class or in the library. Instead, movies show them eating, talking, hanging out, or dancing to loud music at wild parties. While it is true that American students have the freedom to participate in activities, they also have academic responsibilities. In order to succeed, they have to attend classes and study hard.Another movie myth is that athletics is the only important extracurricular activity. In fact, there is a wide variety of nonacademic activities on campus such as special clubs, service organizations, art, and theater programs. This variety allows students to choose what interests them. Even more important, after graduation, students’ résumés look better to employers if they list a few extracurricular activities.Most students in the movies can easily afford higher education. If only this were true! While it is true that some American college students are wealthy, most are from families with moderate incomes. Up to 80% of them get some type of financial aid. Students from middle and lower-income families often work part-time throughout their college years. There is one thing that many college students have in common, but it is not something you will see in the movies. They have parents who think higher education is a priority, a necessary and important part of their children's lives.Movies about college life usually have characters that are extreme in some way: super athletic, super intelligent, super wealthy, super glamorous, etc. Movies use these stereotypes, along with other myths of romance and adventure because audiences like going to movies that include these elements. Of course, real college students are not like movie characters at all.So the next time you want a taste of the college experience, do not go to the movies. Look at some college websites or brochures instead. Take a walk around your local college campus. Visit a few classes. True,you may not be able to see the same people or exciting action you will see in the movies, but you can be sure that there are plenty of academic adventures going on all around you!From “Read and Reflect” by Jayme Adelson-Goldstein with Lori Howard
Câu 1: Which of the following is true according to the passage?


A. American colleges in the movies are not like those in reality.


B. Movies about college life are similar to life and fun to watch.


C. American students do not like to watch Hollywood movies.


D. You should see college movies to understand college life.
Câu 2: The phrase “academic responsibilities” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.


A. learning duties


B. training skills


C. caring professions


D. teaching methods
Câu 3: Which of the following is NOT true?


A. Learning is only part of students’ college life.


B. There is a wide choice of extracurricular activities for college students.


C. Extracurricular activities are of no importance to employers.


D. Not all extracurricular activities are students’ academic responsibilities.
Câu 4: The word “they” in the third paragraph refers to ______.


A. employers


B. activities


C. students


D. résumés
Câu 5: The word “moderate” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.


A. not high


B. unlimited


C. not steady


D. sensible
Câu 6: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?


A. It is important for students to get higher education.


B. All college students have to work part-time.


C. Most students in the movies can afford college expenses.


D. Most college students’ families are not well-off.
Câu 7: The word “taste” in the sixth paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.


A. kind


B. example


C. record


D. myth
Câu 8: American parents believe in ______.


A. the extracurricular activities that help ensure their children’s jobs


B. the necessity of higher education in their children's lives


C. how movie-makers describe American college life


D. the quality of their children's college lives
Câu 9: Many American students have to work part-time throughout their college years because ______.


A. they are not allowed to work full-time


B. they want to gain experience


C. their parents force them to


D. they can earn money for their expenses
Câu 10: Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?


A. Going to College: The Only Way to Succeed in Life


B. Hollywood Movies: The Best About College Life


C. Extracurricular Activities and Job Opportunities


D. American College Life and the Movies
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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: It will be fine tomorrow. But if it should rain tomorrow, the match will be postponed.


A. turned off


B. put off


C. sold off


D. taken off
Câu 2: Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, of which obtaining water is not the least.


A. getting


B. storing


C. purifying


D. controlling
Câu 3: If the headmaster were here, he would sign your papers immediately.


A. fomerly


B. right away


C. right ahead


D. currently
Câu 4: After a few rounds of talks, both sides regarded the territory dispute as settled.


A. discussion


B. discomfort


C. disapproval


D. disadvantage
Câu 5: Thirty minutes after the accident, the captain still refused to abandon the burning ship.


A. leave


B. come to


C. sail


D. get on

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


A. facility


B. characterise


C. irrational


D. variety
Câu 2:


A. agreement


B. elephant


C. mineral


D. violent
Câu 3:


A. professor


B. typical


C. accountant


D. develop
Câu 4:


A. electrician


B. majority


C. appropriate


D. traditional
Câu 5:


A. decay


B. vanish


C. attack


D. depend

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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: Those children who stay longer hours at school than at home tend to spend their formative years in the company of others with similar aims and interests. 


A. being separated from peers  


B. forming a new business company 


C. being together with friends  


D. enjoying the care of parents 
Câu 2: Many parents may fail to recognize and respond to their children’s needs until frustration explodes into difficult or uncooperative behavior. 


A. slowly reaches the boiling point  


B. remains at an unchanged level 


C. suddenly becomes uncontrollable  


D. stays under pressure 
Câu 3: “A friend in need is a friend indeed”: Our friends have voiced their strong criticism of China’s escalation of tension on our continental shelf. 


A. facing the reality  


B. worsening the situation 


C. easing the tension  


D. improving the condition 

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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 from 71 to 80. We live in a world of tired, sleep deprived people. In his book Counting Sheep, Paul Martin - a behavioural biologist - describes a society which is just too busy to sleep and which does not give sleeping the importance it deserves.Modern society has invented reasons not to sleep. We  are now a 24/7 society where shops and services must be available all hours. We spend longer hours at work than we used to, and more time getting to work.Mobile phones and email allow us to stay in touch round the clock and late-night TV and the Internet tempt us away from our beds. When we need more time for work or pleasure, the easy solution is to sleep less. The average adult sleeps only 6.2 hours a night during the week, whereas research shows that most people need eight or even eight and a half hours' sleep to feel at their best. Nowadays, many people have got used to sleeping less than they need and they live in an almost permanent state of 'sleep debt'. Until the invention of the electric light in 1879 our daily cycle of sleep used to depend on the hours of daylight. People would get up with the sun and go to bed at nightfall. But nowadays our hours of sleep are mainly determined by our working hours (or our social life) and most people are woken up artificially by an alarm clock. During the day caffeine, the world's most popular drug, helps to keep us awake. 75% of the world's population habitually consume caffeine, which up to a point masks the symptoms of sleep deprivation.What does a chronic lack of sleep do to us? As well as making us irritable and unhappy as humans, it also reduces our motivation and ability to work. This has serious implications for society in general. Doctors, for example, are often chronically sleep deprived, especially when they are on 'night call', and may get less than three hours' sleep. Lack of sleep can seriously impair their mood, judgment, and ability to take decisions. Tired engineers, in the early hours of the morning, made a series of mistakes with catastrophic  results. On our roads and motorways lack of sleep kills thousands of people every year. Tests show that a tired driver can be just as dangerous as a drunken driver. However, driving when drunk is against the law but driving when exhausted isn't. As Paul Martin says, it is very ironic that we admire people who function on very little sleep instead of criticizing them for being irresponsible. Our world would be a much safer, happier place if everyone, whatever their job, slept eight hours a night. 
Câu 1: According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE about Paul Martin? 


A. He shows his concern for sleep deprivation in modern society. 


B. He describes the modern world as a place without insomnia. 


C. He is a scientist who is chronically deprived of sleep. 


D. He gives an interesting account of a sleepless society. 
Câu 2: The phrase “round the clock” in the second paragraph is similar in meaning to ______. 


A. surrounded with clocks  B. having a round clock 


B. having a round clock 


C. during the daytime  


D. all day and night
Câu 3: The writer mentions the Internet in the passage as ______. 


A. an easy solution to sleep deprivation  


B. a temptation that prevents us from sleeping 


C. a factor that is not related to sleep deprivation  


D. an ineffective means of communication 
Câu 4: According to the third paragraph, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? 


A. The electric light was invented in the 19th century. 


B. The sun obviously determined our daily routines. 


C. The electric light has changed our daily cycle of sleep. 


D. Our social life has no influence on our hours of sleep. 
Câu 5: The word “which” in the third paragraph refers to ______. 


A. the world's population  


B. caffeine consumption 


C. reaching a point  


D. masking the symptoms 
Câu 6: Which of the following is TRUE, according to the last paragraph? 


A. Sleep deprivation has negative effects on both individuals and society. 


B. Doctors ‘on night call’ do not need more than three hours of sleep a day. 


C. Thousands of people are killed every day by drunken drivers. 


D. Our motivation decreases with the bigger number of hours we sleep. 
Câu 7: The word “catastrophic” in the last paragraph probably means ______. 


A. likely to become worthless  


B. becoming more noticeable 


C. bound to bring satisfaction  


D. causing serious damage or loss
Câu 8: Which of the following would the writer of the passage approve of? 


A. Both drunken drivers and sleep-deprived people should be criticized. 


B. There is no point in criticizing irresponsible people in our society. 


C. We certainly can function well even when we hardly sleep. 


D. Our world would be a much safer place without drinkers. 
Câu 9: All of the following are mentioned as those whose performance is affected by ‘sleep debt’ EXCEPT ______. 


A. drivers 


B. doctors  


C. engineers  


D. biologists 
Câu 10: Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage? 


A. A Well-known Biologist                             


B. Sleep Deprivation: Causes and Effects 


C. Accident Prevention: Urgent!                 


D. A Society of Sleepless People 
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines the pair of sentences given in each of the following questions. 
Câu 1: I do my homework and schoolwork in separate books. I don't get muddled up. 


A. I do not get muddled up due to the separation between homework and schoolwork. 


B. I would get muddled up if I did not separate homework from schoolwork. 


C. I do my homework and schoolwork in separate books so that I don't get muddled up. 


D. Having two separate books at home and at work helps me avoid getting muddled up. 
Câu 2: Most scientists know him well. However, very few ordinary people have heard of him. 


A. Many ordinary people know him better than most scientists do. 


B. Although he is well known to scientists, he is little known to the general public. 


C. He is the only scientist that is not known to the general public. 


D. Not only scientists but also the general public know him as a big name. 
Câu 3: She wrote the text. She selected the illustration as well. 


A. In order to select the illustration, she had to write the text. 


B. The text she wrote was not as good as the illustration she selected. 


C. If she had written the text, she would have selected the illustration. 


D. She not only wrote the text but also selected the illustration. 
Câu 4: Nam defeated the former champion in three sets. He finally won the inter-school table tennis championship. 


A. Being defeated by the former champion, Nam lost the chance to play the final game of inter-school table tennis championship. 


B. Having defeated the former champion in the inter-school table tennis, Nam did not hold the title of champion. 


C. Having defeated the former champion in three sets, Nam won the inter-school table tennis championship. 


D. Although Nam defeated the former champion in three sets, he did not win the title of inter-school table tennis champion. 
Câu 5: She looked through the hotel advertisements. She stopped only when taking a fancy to one piece. 


A. She stopped looking through the hotel advertisements only when she had found another piece. 


B. She took so great a fancy to the hotel advertisements that she could not stop reading them. 


C. She stopped reading the hotel advertisements only when one of them caught her fancy. 


D. She found the hotel advertisements so interesting that she could hardly turn away from them. 

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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 from 56 to 65. Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helped to preserve it, and that the easiest way to do this was to expose the food to sun and wind. In this way the North American Indians produced pemmican (dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians made stock fish and the Arabs dried dates and apricots.All foods contain water - cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish anything from 80% to 60% depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to go bad is checked.Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in California, South Africa and Australia. The methods used vary, but in general the fruit is spread out on trays in drying yards in the hot sun. In order to prevent darkening, pears, peaches and apricots are exposed to the fumes of burning sulphur before drying. Plums for making prunes, and certain varieties of grapes for making raisins and currants, are dipped in an alkaline solution in order to crack the skins of the fruit slightly and remove their wax coating, so increasing the rate of drying.Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically; the conventional method of such dehydration is to put food in chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 110°C  at entry to about 45°C at exit. This is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced meat, and fish.Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated horizontal steel cylinder or by spraying them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes. In the first case, the dried material is scraped off the roller as a thin film which is then broken up into small, though still relatively coarse flakes. In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as a fine powder. Where recognizable pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the ingredients are dried separately and then mixed.Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to climbers, explorers and soldiersin battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them. 
Câu 1: What is the main idea of the passage? 


A. Advantages of dried foods.  


B. Water: the main component of food. 


C. Mechanization of drying foods.  


D. Different methods of drying foods. 
Câu 2: The phrase “do this” in the first paragraph mostly means ______. 


A. expose foods to sun and wind  


B. remove moisture from foods 


C. produce pemmican  


D. moisten foods 
Câu 3: The word “checked” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. 


A. reduced considerably


B. put a tick  


C. examined carefully  


D. motivated to develop 
Câu 4: In the process of drying certain kinds of fruits, sulphur fumes help ______. 


A. remove their wax coating  


B. kill off bacteria 


C. maintain their color  


D. crack their skin 
Câu 5: Nowadays the common method for drying vegetables and minced meat is ______. 


A. spreading them out on trays in drying yards 


B. dipping them in an alkaline solution 


C. putting them in chambers and blowing hot air through 


D. pouring them over a heated horizontal steel cylinder 
Câu 6: What does the word  “which” in the fourth paragraph refer to? 


A. Vegetables


B. Foods  


C. Things 


D. Chambers 
Câu 7: The final product of the process of drying liquids that uses the first method will be ______. 


A. small flakes  


B. fine powder  


C. dried soup  


D. recognizable pieces 
Câu 8: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? 


A. Liquids are not dried in the same way as fruits and vegetables. 


B. Dried foods have several advent ages over canned or frozen foods. 


C. Fruit is usually dried by being laid out on trays in the sun. 


D. People in India began to use drying methods centuries ago. 
Câu 9: According to the passage, dried foods are most useful for ______. 


A. explorers who are underweight  


B. soldiers who are not in battle 


C. people who are on the move  


D. housewives who have little storage space 
Câu 10: This passage is mainly ______. 


A. argumentative 


B.  analytical  


C. informative


D. fictional 
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