I: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: That competition was sponsored by the host country.


A. limited         


B. financed      


C. finished 


D.  tested
Câu 2: On completion of the activities you will have to continue answering some questions.    


A. Completing of the activities             


B. When you have completed the activities


C. Because you complete the activities             


D. As if you completed the activities
Câu 3: The most striking technological success in the twentieth century is probably the computer revolution.    


A. productive         


B.  dangerous      


C.  prominent 


D. recent

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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 correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Because of his poor health, it took him a long time to……………..his bad cold.


A.  throw over 


B. throw off   


C. throw away   


D. throw down
Câu 2: The hut………………….is said to be haunted.


A. at the foot of the hill 


B. in the foot of the hill


C. by the foot of the hill 


D. with the foot of the hill
Câu 3: ...................... of the play, Mourning Becomes Electra, introduces the cast of characters and hints at the plot.


A.  Act first      


B. The act first 


C. Act one  


D. First act
Câu 4: They might have told us the way …………we hadn’t left in such a hurry way.


A. or   


B. unless  


C. when      


D.  if
Câu 5: He is a clever mimic …………………..most of the lecturers in his college.


A. who can take in     


B. who can take off   


C.  which can take over


D. which can take up
Câu 6: The pay was not brilliant but I could……………..and there were many aspects of the job that I enjoyed.


A.  earn high salary     


B. do a living 


C. get high salary          


D. make a living
Câu 7: Many natural resources ……………………..by the end of the century.


A. had disappeared


B. have disappeared


C.  disappeared         


D. will have disappeared
Câu 8: Having been selected to represent the Association of American Engineers at the International Convention, ……………...


A.  the members applauded him    


B. a speech had to be given by him


C. he gave a short acceptance speech  


D. the members congratulated him
Câu 9: I’m not surprised she changed her mind ……………………..the last moment.


A. on 


B.  at    


C. in  


D. for
Câu 10: The players were cheered by their_________ as they came out of the pitch.


A. public         


B.  supporters    


C. viewers    


D.  audience
Câu 11: It was ____________that we decided to stay indoors.


A. such a hot day       


B. so a hot day


C.  so a day hot  


D. such a day hot
Câu 12: The university’s programs…………………..those of Harvard.


A.  are second only to    


B. come second after


C. are in second place from       


D. are first except for
Câu 13: “……………………..” – “I’m glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you again soon.”


A. That’s a great dinner. Thanks a lot. You’ll have to come to our place sometime.


B. My uncle is coming soon. Would you like to come to our dinner?


C.  I highly appreciate for the houses you’ve rebuilt for our village.


D. I don’t mind going to the party sometimes but when I know everybody there then I enjoy it.
Câu 14: …………………Freud and Max were motivated primarily by compassionate concern for suffering humanity is elaborated upon in Fromm’s biology.


A.  What both      


B. Both       


C. That both


D.  Both are
Câu 15: There was……....very interesting piece of news on……..radio this morning about the earthquake in……. Italy.


A. a/the/the    


B. an/the/X       


C. an/X/X     


D. a/the/X
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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: Two of the books which Tom lost on the bus………..to the main desk at his room.


A. return     


B. was returned    


C. returned       


D.  were returned
Câu 2: You’d better resign before they find out about what you ……………………..


A. had done        


B. were done


C. have done  


D. were doing
Câu 3: Although one of his ships succeeded in sailing all the way back to Spain through the Cape of Good Hope, Magellan never com­pleted the first circumnavigation of the world, and____________.


A. most of his crew didn’t too 


B. neither most of his crew did


C. most of his crew didn’t also   


D. neither did most of his crew
Câu 4: In the first……………….year of the English Literature programme, the core subjects were The development of the novel and Contemporary poetry.


A. academic         


B. compulsory    


C. study          


D. optional
Câu 5: The families were told to evacuate their houses immediately……………………
A. at the time when the water began to go up        B. when the water began to rise
C. when up was going the water                             D. in the time when the water raised.


A. at the time when the water began to go up


B. when the water began to rise


C. when up was going the water  


D. in the time when the water raised.
Câu 6: “What kinds of music do you like, Mary?” – “ ………………………”


A. You really guess so.   


B.  Well, I guess I’m really into jazz.


C. Hmm, no, I don’t really like Westerns


D.  Concert
Câu 7: “Could you fill it up, please? - “………………………….”
 
 


A. Where? Of course not.  


B.  Not at all. I’ll fill the oil for you.


C.  Sure. Shall I check the oil as well?” 


D. Certainly. My job is to fill in the application.
Câu 8: It is a very …………………….day. The weather is so nice and cool.


A.  pleasing  


B. pleased       


C. pleasant    


D. pleasurable
Câu 9: The people of Western Canada have been considering……………themselves from the rest of the provinces.


A. separating      


B. separated 


C. to separate  


D.  separate
Câu 10:  She passed the university entrance exam,…………………….. made her parents proud.


A. what  


B. when   


C. who      


D. which
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part is pronounced differently from others. 
Câu 1:


A. muddy   


B.  punctual         


C. studious      


D. culture
Câu 2:


A. determine    


B. examine        


C. valentine   


D. heroine
 

A.
B.
C.
D.

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. specific       


B.  musical   


C. athlete   


D. ordinary
Câu 2:


A. purchase 


B. project  


C. protect    


D.  produce
Câu 3:


A. rhinoceros  


B. concentrate         


C. comfortable


D. literature

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: My teacher reminded me ____ my essay carefully before handing it in.


A. checked 


B. checking 


C. to have checked  


D. to check
Câu 2: You should study hard to _____ your classmates.


A.  catch sight of       


B. make use of 


C.  get in touch with


D.  keep pace with
Câu 3: Mary: "Do you mind if I sit here?" Laura: " ____ "


A. Don't mention it.


B.  My pleasure.


C. No, not at all. 


D. Yes, why not?
Câu 4: ____he was tired, he still watched the final match on TV.


A.  Though 


B. However 


C.  Despite      


D. Because
Câu 5: If he ______ my advice last week , he wouldn’t be in troubles.


A. have taken    


B. had  taken 


C. takes


D. took
Câu 6: They are having their house _____  by a construction company.


A. painted     


B. painting 


C. being painted       


D. to paint
Câu 7: That cannot be a true story. He  ____it up.


A.  must have made     


B. can have made


C.  should have made   


D. would have made
Câu 8: Parts of the country are suffering water _____ after the unusually dry summer.


A.  hunger  


B. thirst  


C. shortage  


D. supply
Câu 9: I have two sisters, _____


A. both of whom are nurses


B.  most of whom are nurses


C. one of them are nurses       


D. most of them are nurses
Câu 10: ____ , the less polluted the environment will be.


A. The more polluted landfills will be    


B. The more landfills are there


C. The less landfills are polluted 


D. The fewer landfills we have
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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: Ann, remember to apply this sun cream _____ two hours.


A. every  


B. some


C. each


D. several
Câu 2: She _______  on that manuscript for 2 years now.


A. will be working


B. is working


C. had been working   


D.  has been working   
Câu 3: The police have begun an _____ into the accident which happened this afternoon.


A.  investigating 


B.  investigatory


C. investigate    


D.  investigate
Câu 4: Parts of the mountain road have been washed _____after  the floods


A.  through  


B. off  


C. out     


D.  away
Câu 5: The teacher said that I would be able to speak English fluently _____six months.


A. since      


B. by


C. in 


D.  till
Câu 6: Jack: "What's wrong with you?" Jill: "____  "


A. I'm having a slight headache     


B. Thank you very much


C. Yes, I was tired yesterday 


D. No, I don't care
Câu 7: How long ago _____ to learn French?


A. would you start    


B. did you start


C. were you starting


D. have you started
Câu 8: You think that she will come to the party tomorrow,_____?


A. do you


B.  will she   


C. don’t you   


D. won’t she
Câu 9: I'd rather you ____to the English-speaking club with me this Sunday.


A. came 


B. will come


C. come 


D. to come
Câu 10: Switch off all the lights _____


A. after you will leave the room   


B. until you enter the room


C. before you leave the room


D. by the time you enter the room
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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 61 to 70. One of the factors contributing to the intense nature of twenty-first-century stress is our continual exposure to media - particularly to an overabundance of news. If you feel stressed out by the news, you are far from alone. Yet somehow many of us seem unable to prevent ourselves from tuning in to an extreme degree.The further back we go in human history, the longer news took to travel from place to place, and the less news we had of distant people and lands altogether. The printing press obviously changed all that, as did every subsequent development in transportation and telecommunication.When television came along, it proliferated like a population of rabbits. In 1950, there were 100,000 television sets in North American homes; one year later there were more than a million. Today, it's not unusual for a home to have three or more television sets, each with cable access to perhaps over a hundred channels. News is the subject of many of those channels, and on several of them it runs 24 hours a day.What's more, after the traumatic events of September 11,2001, live newscasts were paired with perennial text crawls across the bottom of the screen - so that viewers could stay abreast of every story all the time.Needless to say, the news that is reported to us is not good news, but rather disturbing images and sound bytes alluding to disaster (natural and man-made), upheaval, crime, scandal, war, and the like. Compounding the problem is that when actual breaking news is scarce, most broadcasts fill in with scare stories about things that possibly might threaten our health, safety, finances, relationships, waistline, hairline, or very existence in the future. This variety of story tends to treat with equal alarm a potentially lethal flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream that overpromises smooth skin.       Are humans meant to be able to process so much trauma - not to mention so much overblown anticipation of potential trauma - at once? The human brain, remember, is programmed to slip into alarm mode when danger looms. Danger looms for someone, somewhere at every moment. Exposing ourselves to such input without respite and without perspective cannot be anything other than a source of chronic stress. 
Câu 1: According to the passage, which of the following has contributed to the intense nature of twenty-first-century stress?


A. Our continual exposure to the media


B. The degree to which stress affects our life


C. An overabundance of special news


D. Our inability to control ourselves
Câu 2:  In the past, we had less news of distant people and lands because ____


A.  the printing press changed the situation too slowly


B. printing, transportation, and telecommunications were not developed


C. most people lived in distant towns and villages


D. means of communication and transportation were not yet invented
Câu 3: The pronoun "them" in paragraph 3 refers to _____


A. cable access    


B. TV channels 


C. television sets    


D. TV news
Câu 4: The word "traumatic" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _____


A.  fascinating      


B. exciting  


C.  upsetting


D. boring
Câu 5: According to the passage, when there is not enough actual breaking news, broadcasts ____


A. are full of dangerous diseases such as flu


B. send out live newscasts paired with text across the screen


C. are forced to publicize an alarming increase in crime


D. send out frightening stories about potential dangers
Câu 6: As stated in the passage, a flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream tend to ____


A. involve natural and man-made disasters                       


B. be scarce breaking news


C. be warmly welcomed by the public


D. be treated with equal alarm
Câu 7: Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?


A. Many TV channels supply the public with breaking news.


B.  The only source of stress in our modem life is the media


C. Many people are under stress caused by the media


D. The news that is reported to us is not good news.
Câu 8: The word "slip" in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to _____


A. release


B. fail  


C. bring  


D.  fall
Câu 9: According to the passage, our continual exposure to bad news without perspective is obviously _____


A. the result of an overabundance of good news


B. the result of human brain's switch to alarm mode


C. a source of defects in human brain


D. a source of chronic stress
Câu 10: What is probably the best title for this passage?


A. The Media - A Major Cause of Stress   


B.  More Modem Life - More Stress


C. Effective Ways to Beat Stress  


D. Developments in Telecommunications
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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: Humans (A) have done (B) great advances (C) in technology at the expense (D) of the environment.


A.  have done         


B. at the expense 


C. advances         


D. humans
Câu 2: Mary and her sister (A) just bought (B) two new winter (C) coats at the clear (D) sale.


A.  two new winter   


B. just bought   


C. clear       


D. her sister
Câu 3: For the first time in the history of the country, the person who recommended (A) by the president to replace (B) a retired justice (C) on the Supreme Court is (D) a woman.
 


A. is


B.  a retired justice   


C. to replace


D. who recommended
Câu 4: It is interested (A) to compare the early stylized (B) art forms of ancient (C) civilizations with (D) the modern abstract forms of art.


A. ancient    


B.  interested   


C.  early stylized 


D. with
Câu 5: The latest medical report (A) indicated that the patient’s temperature was near normal (B) and their (C) lungs were partially (D) cleared.


A. partially  


B. near normal 


C. their  


D. latest medical report

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: In the early days of baseball, the game was played by young men of means and social position.


A.  with ambition    


B.  with money      


C. with skill


D. with equipment
Câu 2: Though many scientific breakthroughs have resulted from mishaps, it has taken brilliant thinkers to recognize their potential.


A. misunderstandings


B.  accidents 


C.  misfortunes          


D. incidentals
Câu 3: The yearly growth of the gross national product is often used as an indicator of a nation's economy.


A. annual    


B. Irrefutable


C. Tentative  


D.  routine

A.
B.
C.
D.