VI:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. opens 


B. stops 


C. cooks       


D. wants
Câu 2:


A. started   


B. decided  


C. looked    


D. needed

A.
B.
C.
D.

V: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 following questions. Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in theUnited Statestoday. Thousands of these How-to books are useful. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words “How to”. One book may tell you how to earn more money. Another may tell you how to save or spend it and another may explain how to give your money away.Many How-to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy the book “ How to Turn Failure into Success”. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Millionaire”. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called “How to Live on Nothing”.One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life”. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house.Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How-to books help people deal with modern life.
Câu 1: What is the passage mainly about?


A. How to succeed in love every minute of your life.


B. How to turn failure into success.


C. How to make a millionaire.


D. How-to books.
Câu 2: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to________


A. advice       


B. instruction   


C. how-to books      


D. career
Câu 3: Which of the following is NOT the type of books giving information on careers?  


A. “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life”.


B. “How to Live on Nothing”


C. “How to Make a Millionaire”.


D. “How to Turn Failure into Success”
Câu 4: The word “step-by-step” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______


A. little by little


B. gradually     


C. slower and slower     


D. A and B
Câu 5: It can be inferred from the passage that________


A. Today people are more bored with the modern life.


B. Modern life is more difficult to deal with.


C. Today people have fewer choices to make.


D. Today people are more interested in modern life.

A.
B.
C.
D.

IV: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 following questions.         The National Automobile Show inNew Yorkhas been one of the top auto shows in theUnited Statessince 1900. On November 3 of that year, about 8,000 people looked over the “horseless carriages.” It was the opening day and the first opportunity for the automobile industry to show off its wares to a large crowd; however, the black-tie audience treated the occasion more as a social affair than as a sales extravaganza. It was also on the first day of this show that William McKinley became the firstU.S.president to ride in a car.The automobile was not invented in theUnited States. That distinction belongs toGermany. Nikolaus Otto built the first practical internal-combustion engine there in 1876. Then, German engineer Karl Benz built what are regarded as the first modern automobiles in the mid-1880s. But theUnited Statespioneered the merchandising of the automobile. The auto show proved to be an effective means of getting the public excited about automotive products. By happenstance, the number of people at the firstNew York show equaled the entire car population of theUnited States at that time. In 1900, 10 million bicycles and an unknown number of horse-drawn carriages provided the prime means of personal transportation. Only about 4,000 cars were assembled in theUnited States in 1900, and only a quarter of those were gasoline powered. The rest ran on steam or electricity.After viewing the cars made by forty car makers, the show’s audience favored electric cars because they were quiet. The risk of a boiler explosion turned people away from steamers, and the gasoline-powered cars produced smelly fumes. The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, which launched the American auto industry in 1895, offered a fragrant additive designed to mask the smells of the naphtha that it burned. Many of the 1900 models were cumbersome—the Gasmobile, the Franklin, and the Orient, for example, steered with a tiller like a boat instead of with a steering wheel. None of them was equipped with an automatic starter.These early model cars were practically handmade and were not very dependable. They were basically toys of the well-to-do. In fact, Woodrow Wilson, then a professor atPrincetonUniversityand later President of theUnited States, predicted that automobiles would cause conflict between the wealthy and the poor. However, among the exhibitors at the 1900 show was a young engineer named Henry Ford. But before the end of the decade, he would revolutionize the automobile industry with his Model T Ford. The Model T, first produced in 1909, featured a standardized design and a streamlined method of production—the assembly line. Its lower costs made it available to the mass market.Cars at the 1900 show ranged in price from $1,000 to $1,500, or roughly $14,000 to $21,000 in today’s prices. By 1913, the Model T was selling for less than $300, and soon the price would drop even further. “I will build cars for the multitudes,” Ford said, and he kept his promise.
Câu 1: The passage implies that the audience viewed the 1900 National Automobile Show primarily as a(n)___________  


A. chance to buy automobiles at low prices.


B. formal social occasion.


C. chance to invest in one of thirty-two automobile manufacturers.


D.  opportunity to learn how to drive.
Câu 2: According to the passage, who developed the first modern car?


A. William McKinley


B. Nikolaus Otto   


C. Henry Ford        


D. Karl Benz
Câu 3: Approximately how many cars were there in the United States in 1900?


A. 4,000          


B. 8,000   


C. An unknown number


D. 10 million
Câu 4: The phrase “by happenstance ” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to________.  


A. By design


B. Coincidentally   


C. For example    


D. Generally
Câu 5: Approximately how many of the cars assembled in the year 1900 were gasoline powered?  


A. 1,000       


B. 2,000   


C. 4,000 


D. 32
Câu 6: Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “launched” in paragraph 4 _____.  


A. designed      


B. initiated     


C. joined   


D. anticipated
Câu 7: The purpose of the  “additive” mentioned in paragraph 4 was to ___________  


A. hide strong smells.                   


B. make engines run more efficiently.


C. increase the speed of cars.      


D. make cars look better.
Câu 8: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as steering with a tiller rather than with a steering wheel?  


A. A Gasmobile   


B. A Duryea   


C. A Franklin


D. An Orient
Câu 9: It is clear from the passage that the early cars___________  


A. were more formal.         


B. involved less expensive cars.


C. involved fewer manufacturers.    


D. were more spectacular.
Câu 10: What was the highest price asked for a car at the 1900 National Automobile Show in the dollars of that time?  


A.  $300    


B. $21,000  


C. $14,000           


D. $1,500
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C.
D.

III: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. refuse 


B. musician  


C. history


D. mechanic
Câu 2:


A. museum


B. destroy    


C. threatened  


D. economy
Câu 3:


A. computer   


B. communicate


C. comfortable 


D. flamingo

A.
B.
C.
D.

II: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: There were too many books on the shelves that I didn’t know which one to choose.


A. were


B. too


C. on


D. to choose
Câu 2: Rita enjoyed to be able to meet several Parliament members during her holiday.


A. to be able


B. to meet


C. several


D. her holiday
Câu 3: Nutritionists recommend that foods from each of the four basic groups be eaten on a regularly daily basis. 


A. Nutritionists


B. be eaten


C. regularly


D. daily
Câu 4: Before TV, the common man seldom never had the opportunity to see and hear his leaders express their views.    


A. seldom never


B. had


C. hear


D. their
Câu 5: All of the book were very interesting. I am surprised you didn’t like it.


A. the


B. were 


C. surprised


D. didn’t like

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: A wedding is a meaningful event.


A.  sad      


B.  sorrowful    


C. important           


D. unimportant
Câu 2: She was a devoted teacher. She spent most of her time teaching and taking care of her students.  


A.  polite    


B.  lazy          


C. honest  


D. dedicated
Câu 3: The Rev .Dr. Martin Luther King fought to put an end to racial segregation in theUnited States.  


A. integration  


B. education 


C. torture       


D. separation
Câu 4: He devised a computer game and sold it to Atari.


A. played                


B. divided    


C.  invented        


D. bought

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Câu 1: In my judgment, I think Hem is the best physicist among the scientists of the SEA region.


A.  I think


B.  the best


C. among


D. the SEA region
Câu 2: Many people have found the monotonous buzzing of the vuvuzela in the 2010-World-Cup matches so annoyed.     


A. Many 


B.  monotonous


C. 2010-World-Cup


D. so annoyed
Câu 3: The team leader demanded from his team members a serious attitude towards work  , good team spirit, and that they work hard.


A. team leader 


B. his team members


C. attitude towards work


D. that they work hard
Câu 4: After analyzing the steep rise in profits according to your report, it was convinced that your analyses were correct    .


A. the steep rise


B. according to


C. it was


D.  analyses were correct
Câu 5: In order no money would be wasted, we had to account for every penny we spent.


A. In order


B. be wasted


C. account for


D. we

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.  concentration      


B. accustomed


C. revolution


D. preferential
Câu 2:


A. endangered


B. relevant       


C. quantity      


D. mineral
Câu 3:


A. foundation   


B. recognize 


C.  potential             


D. excursion

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from other three in pronunciation  in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. thousand


B. thick


C. healthy        


D. other
Câu 2:


A. other


B. lecturer       


C. occur


D. factor

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet t o indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 
Câu 1: The rains of 1993 causing the Missouri river to overflow resulted in one of the worst floods of the 20th century. 


A. stopped  


B. lessened  


C. caused   


D. overcame
Câu 2: I’m becoming increasingly absent-minded. Last week, I locked myself out of my house twice. 


A. being considerate of things  


B. remembering to do right things   


C. forgetful of one’s past  


D. often forgetting things
Câu 3: Many young children are spending large amounts of time watching the TV without being aware of its detriment to their school work. 


A. harm 


B. advantage


C. support  


D. benefit 
Câu 4: Ms Stanford is an unusually prolific author. She has written a large number of books these years, some of which are best-sellers. 


A. reflective  


B. productive


C. exhausted 


D. critical 
Câu 5: As the enemy forces were so overwhelming, our troops had to retreat to a safer position. 


A. powerful  


B. dreadful 


C. overflowing  


D. outgrowing 

A.
B.
C.
D.