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: Mike graduated with a good degree. However, he joined the ranks of the unemployed.
 


A. Mike joined the ranks of the unemployed because he graduated with a good degree.  


B. If Mike graduated with a good degree, he would join the ranks of the unemployed.  


C. Although Mike graduated with a good degree, he joined the ranks of the unemployed.  


D. That Mike graduated with a good degree helped him join the ranks of the unemployed
Câu 2: Ann always keeps up with the latest fashions. She works for a famous fashion house.
 


A.  Ann always keeps up with the latest fashions so as not to work for a famous fashion house.  


B. Ann works for a famous fashion house, so she always keeps up with the latest fashions.  


C. Not working for a famous fashion house, Ann always keeps up with the latest fashions.  


D. Despite working for a famous fashion house, Ann hardly keeps up with the latest fashions.
Câu 3: They drove fifteen miles off the main road. Also, they had nothing to eat for the day.
 


A. Not only did they drive fifteen miles off the main road, they also had nothing to eat for the day.  


B. Driving fifteen miles off the main road, they eventually had something to eat for the day.  


C. They neither drove fifteen miles off the main road nor had anything to eat for the day.  


D. They drove fifteen miles off the main road until they had something to eat for the day.
Câu 4: Put your coat on. You will get cold.
 


A. You will not get cold unless you put your coat on.


B. Put your coat on, otherwise you will get cold.


C. It is not until you put your coat on that you will get cold.


D. You not only put your coat on but also get cold.
Câu 5: Everyone was watching the little dog. They were greatly amused at it.


A. Everyone felt great and amused when the little dog was watching them.


B. The little dog was watching everyone with great amusement.


C. Everyone was greatly amused at the little dog they were watching.


D. The little dog was greatly amused by the way everyone was watching it.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Câu IX: Choose the phrase that best completes the sentence.
Câu 1: Playing a major role in the economic life of theUnited States,………….


A. women currently are made up 46 percent by the workforce.


B. 46 percent of the workforce is currently made up of women.              


C. women currently make up 46 percent for the workforce.


D. women currently make up 46 percent of the workforce.
Câu 2: …………. living in Birmingham, Englandthat the American writer Washington Irving wrote Rip Van Winkle.
 


A.  While he was   


B. It was 


C. It was while  


D. Not until                  
Câu 3: A collision with another galaxy may be what ……………, the Milky Way, may experience.


A. is Earth’s galaxy


B. Earth’s galaxy is


C. Earth’s galaxy  


D. for Earth’s galaxy 
Câu 4:  …………….floats or sinks is determined by its density rather than its weight.


A.  Whether an object  


B. That an object 


C.  An object if it  


D. Either an object        
Câu 5: Herbalists recommend the juice of barley plants as a means of slowing the aging process ………………………..
 


A. and to recommend it to cancer patients


B. and recommend it cancer patients                     


C. but also recommend it to cancer patients  


D.  and also recommend it to cancer patients          

A.
B.
C.
D.

Câu V:Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: The proposal looks good in paper, but there may be snags in its practical application. 


A. The proposal


B. in paper


C. but


D. application
Câu 2: Rob dislikes politics because he believes that they are corrupt.


A. politics 


B. believes


C. they


D. corrupt
Câu 3: Many students are competing together for the scholarship given by one of the world’s leading universities.


A. competing together


B. for


C.  given


D. the world’s leading universities
Câu 4: Methane in wetlands comes from soil bacteria that consumes organic plant matter. 


A. comes


B. soil


C. consumes


D. matter
Câu 5: The village is well below sea level, and at risk of being flooded if the sea wall is breached by a particular high tide. 


A. well below


B. and


C. breached


D. particular high tide

A.
B.
C.
D.

Câu III:Choose the word which has CLOSEST meaning to the underlined word
Câu 1: Medieval French dialects persist in some rural areas.


A.  insist  


B.  prevail  


C.  survive        


D. exist    
Câu 2: The famous racehorse Secretariat had to be destroyed because of a painful, incurable hoof disease.  


A. vexatious  


B. disabling


C. irreparable 


D. dangerous
Câu 3: The eating disorder bulimia is found almost exclusively among young women.


A. eminently 


B. luxuriously 


C. uniquely  


D. perpetually               

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 the sentence given in each of the following questions. 
Câu 1: I had two job offers upon graduation, neither of which was appropriate for my qualifications. 


A. The two jobs offered to me after my graduation didn’t suit my qualifications.


B. Both of the job offers I had prior to my graduation were appropriate for my qualifications.


C. I was offered two jobs soon after my graduation, both of which were suitable for my qualifications.


D. Though I wasn't qualified enough, two jobs were offered to me upon graduation. 
Câu 2: They arrived too late to get good seats. 


A. As they got there too late, there were no good seats left.


B. Although they were late, they found some good seats.


C. They got good seats some time after they arrived.


D. They had to stand for the whole show.
Câu 3: It was only when I left home that I realized how much my family meant to me. 


A. Not until I left home did I realize how much my family meant to me.


B.  I left home and didn’t realize how meaningful my family was.


C. Before I left home, I realized how much my family meant to me.


D. As soon as I left home, I found out what a family could do without.
Câu 4: I forgot to lock the door before leaving. 


A. I locked the door before leaving, but I forgot about it.


B. I left without remembering to lock the door.


C. I remembered that I left the door locked before going out.


D. I didn’t remember whether I locked the door before leaving.
Câu 5: There is no question of changing my mind about resigning. 


A. I should have changed my mind about resigning.


B. They asked me no question about resigning.


C. I certainly won’t change my mind about resigning.


D. Nobody knows about my decision on resigning.
Câu 6: When there is so much traffic on the roads, it is sometimes quicker to walk than to go by car. 


A. There is so much traffic these days that it is more pleasant to walk than to drive.


B. The traffic is always so heavy that you’d better walk to work; it’s quicker.


C. It is faster to walk than to drive in the heavy traffic at certain time of the day.


D. During rush hours, walking gives me much more pleasure than driving in the heavy traffic.
Câu 7: It’s difficult for me to understand what he implies. 


A. I find it difficult to understand what he really means.


B. Understanding what he implies is found difficult.


C. What he implies is not very difficult to understand.


D. To understand what he really means is difficult to find.
Câu 8: "Get out of my car or I'll call the police!" Jane shouted to the strange man. 


A. Jane threatened to call the police if the man didn’t leave her car.


B. Jane plainly said that she would call the police.


C. Jane politely told the man she would call the police if he didn’t leave her car.


D. Jane informed the strange man that she would call the police.
Câu 9: John said, “You’d better not lend them any money, Daisy.” 


A. John ordered Daisy not to lend them any money.


B. John commanded Daisy not to lend them any money.


C. John asked Daisy if she had lent them any money.


D. John advised Daisy not to lend them any money.
Câu 10: This village is inaccessible in winter due to heavy snow. 


A. Heavy snow makes it impossible to reach the village in winter.


B. Nobody likes to come to this village in winter because of heavy snow.


C. We cannot gain permission to this village in winter because of heavy snow.


D. We have no difficulty reaching this village in winter because of heavy snow.
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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: After our discussion  (A), we decided to take a later flight(B) and so that (C) we could spend more time (D)with 


A. A


B. B


C. C


D. D
Câu 2: As (A)the old one, this new copier can perform (B) its functions (C) in half the time.(D)


A. A


B. B


C. C


D. D
Câu 3: The assumption that (A)smoking has bad effects(B) on (C)our health have been proved (D). 


A. A


B. B


C. C


D. D
Câu 4: Our astronauts chosen for fly spacecraft(A) were(B) selected from military test(C) pilots(D). 


A. A


B. B


C. C


D. D 
Câu 5: These exercises (A)look easy(B), but they are very relatively (C)difficult for (D)us. 


A. A


B. B


C. C


D. D

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. survive  


B.  enlarge  


C. promise


D. occur
Câu 2:


A.  preservative  


B. conventional  


C. reliable  


D.  intellectual
Câu 3:


A. property 


B. customer 


C.  computer              


D. energy
Câu 4:


A. environment   


B. technology    


C. predominance  


D. superstition
Câu 5:


A. popular


B. impatient


C. decisive  


D. observant

A.
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 from 51 to 60. The ability to conduct electricity is one of the key properties of a metal. Other solid materials such as silicon can conduct electricity but only effectively at certain temperatures. Also, some substances such as salt (sodium chloride) can conduct when molten or when dissolved in water. The ability of metals to conduct electricity is due to how their atoms bond together. In order to bond together the metal atoms lose at least one of their outermost electrons. This leaves the metal atoms with a positive charge and they are now strictly ions. The lost electrons are free to move in what is known as a sea of electrons. Since the electrons are negatively charged they attract the ions and this is what keeps the structure together.An electric current is a flow of charge and since the electrons in the sea of electrons are free to move they can be made to flow in one direction when a source of electrical energy such as a battery is connected to the metal. Hence we have an electric current flowing through the wire, and this is what makes metals such good conductors of electricity. The only other common solid conducting material that pencil users are likely to encounter is graphite (what the ‘lead’ of a pencil is made from). Graphite is a form of carbon and again the carbon atoms bond in such a way that there is a sea of electrons that can be made to flow as an electric current. Likewise, if we have an ionic substance like salt we can make the electrically charged ions flow to create a current but only when those ions are free to move, either when the substance is a liquid or dissolved in water. In its solid state an ionic substance like salt cannot conduct electricity as its charged ions cannot flow.Electrical insulators are substances that cannot conduct electricity well either, because they contain no charged particles or any charged particles they might contain do not flow easily. Water itself is a poor conductor of electricity as it does not contain a significant amount of fully charged particles (the ends of a water molecule are partly charged but overall the molecule is neutral). However, most water we encounter does contain dissolved charged particles, so it will be more conductive than pure water. Many of the problems that occur when touching electrical devices with wet hands result from the ever-present salt that is left on our skin through perspiration and it dissolves in the water to make it more conductive
Câu 1: Electrical conductivity is ______. 


A. one of the most important properties of metals


B. one of the key properties of most solid materials


C. impossible for any substance when it is dissolved in water


D. completely impossible for silicon
Câu 2: According to the passage, a metal can conduct electricity due to ______. 


A. the loss of one electron in the core of its atoms


B. the way its atoms bond together


C. the absence of free electrons


D. its atoms with a positive charge
Câu 3: The word “outermost” in paragraph 1 mostly means ______. 


A. furthest from the inside                   


B. nearest to the inside


C. the heaviest                                       


D. the lightest
Câu 4: The atoms of a metal can bond together because ______. 


A. they lose all of their electrons


B. negatively charged electrons attract positive ions


C. electrons can flow in a single direction


D. the lost electrons cannot move freely in the sea of electrons 
Câu 5: Salt in its solid state is not able to conduct electricity because ______. 


A.  its charged ions can flow easily                           


B. it has free electrons


C. its charged ions are not free to move                 


D. it cannot create any charged ions
Câu 6: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______. 


A. charged particles                        


B. electrical insulators


C. electric currents                           


D. charged ions
Câu 7: Water is a poor conductor because it contains ______. 


A. only a small amount of fully charged particles


B. only a negative electric charge


C. no positive or negative electric charge


D. only a positive electric charge
Câu 8: We can have problems when touching electrical devices with wet hands because ______. 


A. the water dissolves the salt on our skin and becomes more conductive


B. the water containing no charged particles makes it more conductive


C. the water itself is a good conductor of electricity


D. the water contains too many neutral molecules
Câu 9: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? 


A. Some materials are more conductive than others.


B. Graphite is a common solid substance that can conduct electricity.


C. Salt can conduct electricity when it is molten or dissolved.


D. Pure water is much more conductive than most water we encounter every day.
Câu 10: Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage? 


A. Electrical Insulators             


B. Electrical Energy


C. Electrical Devices                    


D. Electrical Conductivity
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: We should join hands to make our city green, clean and elegant.


A. work together


B. take action


C. put together


D. make decisions
Câu 2: The woman decided to devote herself full-time to social work.


A. determine      


B. bring


C. help


D. dedicate

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 24 to 28.Most people today take relatively little general exercise. Over the last 30 or 40 years lifestyleshave changed considerably and many people now travel even (24)__________ shortest distances by car orbus. Lack of exercise combined with eating too many fatty and sugary foods has meant that manypeople are becoming too fat. Experts are particularly concerned that children (25)_______ a lot of theirfree time watching television or playing computer games instead of being physically active.In recent years, however, there has been a growing (26)_______ in fitness among young adults andmany belong to a sports club or gym. Membership of a sports club or gym can be (27)________ and noteveryone can afford the subscription. Local sports centres are generally cheaper. Evening classes are also cheap and offer a wide variety of fitness activities ranging (28)_______ yoga to jazz dancing.Some companies now provide sports facilities for their employees or contribute to the cost of joining a gym.(Extracted from The Oxford Guide to British and American Culture - Oxford Advanced Learner’s Compass,)
Câu 1: (24)


A. the


B. an


C. one


D. a
Câu 2: (25)


A. make


B. take


C. get


D. spend
Câu 3: (26)


A. interestingly


B. interest


C. interesting


D. interested
Câu 4: (27)


A. popular


B. easy


C. cheap


D. expensive
Câu 5: (28) 


A. on


B. from


C. at


D. in

A.
B.
C.
D.