II:Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose stress is placed differently from that of others in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. optimistic


B. compulsory     


C. independent 


D. conservation
Câu 2:


A. commercial  


B. impolite      


C. regretful     


D. delicate

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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. elephant


B. dinosaur


C. buffalo


D. mosquito
Câu 2:


A. abnormal


B. initial


C. innocent


D. impatient
Câu 3:


A. significant


B. convenient


C. fashionable


D. traditional
Câu 4:


A. catastrophe


B. agriculture


C. dictionary


D. supervisor
Câu 5:


A. settle


B. protect


C. compose


D. relate

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Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. 
Câu 1: This is the most interesting novel I’ve ever read. I have never ……………………………………………………………..
Câu 2: I can’t cook as well as my mother can. My mother ……………………………………………………………….
Câu 3: The noise next door did not stop until after midnight. It was not ………………………………………………………………..
Câu 4: You can ring this number whenever there is any difficulty. Should …………………………………………………………………..
Câu 5: “I didn’t break the vase of flowers,” the boy said.  The boy denied ………………………………………………………….

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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 question s from 55 to 64 . Sleep is a natural process, and although a lot have been written about the subject, it is still surrounded by mystery. It is used by some as an escape from the world, and regarded by others as an irritating waste of time: some people get by on very little, others claim they cannot exist without at least ten hours, but nobody can do without sleep completely.Our night’s sleep does not just consist of a steady phase of gradually deepening sleep. It alternates between two stages: Non-dreaming or ordinary sleep, and REM (rapid eye movement) or dreaming sleep. As soon as we fall asleep, we go straight into non-dreaming sleep for an hour or so, then into REM sleep for about 15 minutes, then back into non-dreaming sleep. It alternates in this way for the rest of the night, with non-dreaming sleep tending to last longer at the beginning of the night. Non-dreaming sleep occupies three-quarters of our night’s sleep, about a quarter of it deep and the rest fairly light.It is widely believed that sleep repairs the body and makes good the damage caused by being awake. However, its main function is to refresh the brain. Experts believe that probably only about two-thirds of our sleep is necessary for repairing and refreshing the brain, with the most valuable sleep coming in the first few hours of the non-dreaming period, the last few hours of sleep are not so essential. The brain can manage quite well with reduced sleep as long as it is uninterrupted sleep. The quality of sleep is important. A study conducted in the USA looked at short sleepers, who slept for 5.5 hours on average, and long sleepers, who had 8.5 hours or more. It is discovered after a variety of tests that the long sleepers were poor sleepers, had twice as much REM sleep as the short sleepers, appeared to sleep longer to make up for poor sleep, and did not wake up in the morning refreshed. Similarly, people who sleep deeply do not necessarily get a better quality of sleep than shallow sleepers. Deep sleepers can feel tired the following day, so six hours of good sleep is worth more than eight hours of troubled sleep. From Awakening to Sleep – American Psychological Association 
Câu 1: It can be concluded from the first paragraph that ______. 


A. people need equal time of sleep   


B. sleep remains a puzzle  


C. sleep is among the processes of the nature 


D. everything about sleep has been brought to light 
Câu 2: The word “irritating” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______. 


A. calming  


B.  soothing  


C. annoying  


D. comforting 
Câu 3: All the following statements are true, EXCEPT for ______. 


A. our night’s sleep occurs in a straight line of only two phases 


B. all sleeps are similar in the alternatives of the two stages during the night 


C. we spend only 25 percent of our night’s sleeping time dreaming 


D. we often have no dreams right after we fall asleep 
Câu 4: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.


A. our night’s sleep    


B. the ordinary sleep  


C. the REM   


D. the night 
Câu 5: The word “occupies” in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by ______. 


A. accounts for    


B. takes care of 


C. works out  


D. goes up 
Câu 6: Unlike the common belief, sleep helps ______. 


A. not to be awake           


B. us to fix the damage happening by day 


C. us to repair our body               


D. our brain to rest and recover 
Câu 7: The study discussed in the reading passage suggests that ______.   


A. the fewer hours we sleep, the more we dream            


B. deep sleep means better sleep 


C. the type of sleep is more important than its length  


D. six hours of sleep is better than eight hours
Câu 8: Which of the following is NOT discussed in the passage? 


A. The role of the sleep.  


B. Sleepless people’s problems


C. Types of sleep.            


D. The circle of a sleep. 
Câu 9: It can be inferred from the reading passage that ______. 


A. if we can sleep uninterruptedly, it is not necessary to sleep the whole night   


B. REM makes good our brain    


C. nearly 70 % of our sleep is invaluable   


D. dream enables our body to refresh when we can sleep uninterruptedly 
Câu 10: This passage is the most likely taken from ______. 


A. a doctor’s description   


B. a health magazine    


C. an advertisement         


D. a fashion magazine  
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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 question s from 45 to 54. Early peoples had no need of engineering works to supply their water. Hunters and nomads camped near natural sources of fresh water, and populations were so sparse that pollution of the water supply was not a serious problem. After community life developed and agricultural villages became urban centres, the problem of supplying water became important for inhabitants of a city, as well as for irrigation of the farms surrounding the city. Irrigation works were known in prehistoric times, and before 2000 BC the rulers of Babylonia and Egypt constructed systems of dams and canals to impound the flood waters of the Euphrates and Nile rivers, controlling floods and providing irrigation water throughout the dry season. Such irrigation canals also supplied water for domestic purposes. The first people to consider the sanitation of their water supply were the ancient Romans, who constructed a vast system of aqueducts to bring the clean waters of the Apennine Mountains into the city and built basins and filters along these mains to ensure the clarity of the water. The construction of such extensive water-supply systems declined when the Roman Empire disintegrated, and for several centuries local springs and wells formed the main source of domestic and industrial water.The invention of the force pump in England in the middle of the 16th century greatly extended the possibilities of development of water-supply systems. In London, the first pumping waterworks was completed in 1562; it pumped river water to a reservoir about 37 m  above the level of the River Thames and from the reservoir the water was distributed by gravity, through lead pipes, to buildings in the vicinity. Increased per-capita demand has coincided with water shortages in many countries. Southeast England, for example, receives only 14 per cent of Britain's rainfall, has 30 per cent of its population, and has experienced declining winter rainfall since the 1980s.In recent years a great deal of interest has been shown in the conversion of seawater to fresh water to provide drinking water for very dry areas, such as the Middle East. Several different processes, including distillation, electrodialysis, reverse osmosis, and direct-freeze evaporation, have been developed for this purpose. Some of these processes have been used in large facilities in the United States. Although these processes are successful, the cost of treating seawater is much higher than that for treating fresh water. From A. Briggs’ article on culture , Microsoft® Student 2008  
Câu 1: Early peoples didn’t need water supply engineering works because ______. 


A. their community life had already developed  


B. natural sources of fresh water nearby were always available  


C. there was almost no dry season in prehistoric times 


D. they had good ways to irrigate their farms  
Câu 2: The word “impound” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “______”. 


A. supply 


B. irrigate  


C. provide 


D. drain
Câu 3: Clean water supply was first taken into consideration by ______. 


A. the English people 


B. the ancient Romans


C. the Egyptians 


D. the US people 
Câu 4: For several centuries after the disintegration of the Roman Empire, the main source of water supply was from ______. 


A. springs and wells                 


B. systems of aqueducts  


C. dams and canals     


D. water pipes 
Câu 5: The word “mains” in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by “______”.  


A. lands  


B. areas  


C. pipes


D. rivers 
Câu 6: Which of the following is NOT true about London’s water supply in the middle of the 16th century? 


A. Water was pumped from the River Thames.              


B. Water was stored in a reservoir


C. Water ran from the reservoir to buildings.  


D. Water was conducted through canals. 
Câu 7: The word “vicinity” in paragraph 2 refers to ______. 


A. the cities in South-east England         


B. the areas along the River Thames 


C. the neighborhood around a reservoir   


D. the region where industry developed 
Câu 8: One of the causes of water shortages in South-east England is ______. 


A. water pollution    


B. increased demand       


C. water-supply system decline    


D. water evaporation 
Câu 9: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a process of conversing seawater to freshwater? 


A. Steaming and cooling.    


B. Water evaporation. 


C. Dissolving chemicals.     


D. Purification method.  
Câu 10: In the passage, the author mainly discusses ______. 


A. the development of water supply   


B. the results of water shortages 


C. the water pumping systems     


D. the fresh water storage  
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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 collecting (A)of postage stamps is (B)a hobby that interest(C) people of all ages and all walks (D)of life.


A. A


B. B


C. C


D. D
Câu 2: Experts in (A) climatology and other scientists are becoming extreme (B) concerned about (C) thechanges to our climate which are (D) taking place


A. A


B. B


C. C


D. D
Câu 3: Santa’s transformation began in 1823, when (A) a New York newspaper published (B) the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas, that (C) Clement Clark Moore had written (D) to amuse his daughter. 


A. A


B. B


C. C


D. D
Câu 4: It is thought that the unusual warming of the Earth has (A) been caused by so-called (B) greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, being  emitting (C) into the atmosphere by car engines and factories. (D)


A. A


B. B


C. C


D. D
Câu 5: The world is becoming more industrialized (A) and the number of animal species (B) that have become extinct (C) have increased. (D)


A. A


B. B


C. C


D. D

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X:Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word to each of the blanks .New cycling schemesThe County Council has decided to give a higher (51)______ to cycling and agreed a new strategy to guide the way ahead in East Sussex.Cycling is a (52) ______, healthy and environmentally friendly form of transport. It is (53) ______ to make it safer, more convenient, and to increase the (54) ______ of journeys made by bicycle.Cycling is being encouraged both for utility purposes (such as journeys to work, school and the shops) and for (55) ______ trips for exercise and enjoyment, including longer trips by tour.Recent cycle schemes carried out in conjunction with District Councils and other bodies (56) ______ the Brighton and Hove seafront route and the Cross Levels Way cycle route, in Eastbourne.(57) ______ people will be consulted as the strategy is implemented. The County council will work with local cycling and other groups, and a countrywide Cycling Forum will be formed to (58) ______ that  all bodies concerned with cycling are in regular (59) ______.The (60) ______ of the Cycling strategy are given in a leaflet, and a copy of the full strategy document can be seen in County Council Public Libraries.
Câu 1: ______ (51)


A. advantage   


B.  income   


C. benefit 


D.  priority
Câu 2: ______ (52)


A. shortcut     


B.  high-speed


C.  dangerous


D. low-cost
Câu 3: ______ (53)


A. intended


B. convinced  


C. written     


D. spoken
Câu 4: ______ (54)


A. size    


B. proportion  


C. provision   


D. proposal
Câu 5: ______ (55)


A. recreational 


B. useless  


C. sufficient    


D. promotional
Câu 6: ______ (56)


A. consist


B. participate


C. include 


D. improve
Câu 7: ______ (57)


A. abnormal    


B.  proper      


C.  country   


D. local
Câu 8: ______ (58)


A. improve     


B. ensure       


C. assert  


D.  maintain
Câu 9: ______ (59)


A. contact   


B. basic     


C. touch  


D. account
Câu 10: ______ (60)


A. cyclists


B. rights   


C. vehicles     


D. objectives
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Câu 1: There should be an international law against ______.


A. afforestation


B. deforestation


C. forestry


D. reforestation
Câu 2: “I’d rather you______ home now.”


A. going


B. go


C. gone


D. went
Câu 3: “Don’t worry. I have ______ tire at the back of my car.”


A. another


B. other


C. others


D. the other
Câu 4: ______ he arrived at the bus stop when the bus came.


A. No longer has


B. No sooner had


C. Not until had


D. Hardly had
Câu 5: Susan’s doctor insists ______ for a few days.


A. that she is resting


B. her resting


C. that she rest


D. her to rest
Câu 6: We couldn’t fly ______ because all the tickets had been sold out.


A. economical


B. economy


C. economic


D. economics
Câu 7: Through an ______, your letter was left unanswered.


A. overtone


B. overcharge


C. overtime


D. oversight
Câu 8: – “Mum, I’ve got 600 on the TOEFL test.”– “______”


A. Good way!


B. You are right.


C. Oh, hard luck!


D. Good job!
Câu 9: Jane ______ law for four years now at Harvard.


A. is studying


B. has been studying


C. studies


D. studied
Câu 10: He ______ to the doctor after the accident, but he continued to play instead.


A. must have gone


B. should have gone


C. couldn’t go


D. didn’t have to go
Câu 11: I won’t change my mind ______ what you say.


A. whether


B. no matter


C. because


D. although
Câu 12: “How many times have I told you ______ football in the street?”


A. not playing


B. do not play


C. not to play


D. not to have played
Câu 13: “Please, will you just tidy your room, and stop ______ excuses!”


A. having


B. making


C. doing


D. taking
Câu 14: My mother told me to ______ for an electrician when her fan was out of order.


A. send


B. write


C. rent


D. turn
Câu 15: “This library card will give you free access ______ the Internet eight hours a day.”


A. on


B. to 


C. from


D. in
Câu 16: The United States consists of fifty states, ______ has its own government.


A. each of which


B. hence each


C. they each


D. each of that
Câu 17: It is very important for a firm or a company to keep ______ the changes in the market.


A. pace of


B. track about


C. touch with


D. up with
Câu 18: John paid $2 for his meal, ______ he had thought it would cost.


A. not as much


B. not so much as


C. less as


D. not so many as
Câu 19: John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?”Laura: “______”


A. Of course not. You bet!


B. Well, that’s very surprising.


C. There’s no doubt about it.


D. Yes, it’s an absurd idea.
Câu 20: The forecast has revealed that the world’s reserves of fossil fuel will have ______ by 2015.


A. taken over


B. caught up


C. used off


D. run out
Câu 21: Only when you grow up ______ the truth.


A. you will know


B. you know


C. do you know


D. will you know
Câu 22: Lora: “Your new blouse looks gorgeous, Helen!”Helen: “______.”


A. Thanks, I bought it at Macy’s


B. It’s up to you


C. I’d rather not


D. You can say that again
Câu 23: The kitchen ______ dirty because she has just cleaned it.


A. should be


B. can’t be


C. mustn’t be


D. may be
Câu 24: – “Don’t fail to send your parents my regards.”– “______.”


A. You’re welcome


B. Good idea, thanks


C. Thanks, I will


D. It’s my pleasure
Câu 25: – “Should we bring a lot of money on the trip?”– “Yes. ______ we decide to stay longer.”


A. So that


B. Though


C. Because


D. In case
Câu 26: – “How do you like your steak done?”– “ ______.”


A. I don’t like it much


B. Very little


C. Well done


D. Very much
Câu 27: She had to hand in her notice ______ advance when she decided to leave the job.


A. with


B. from


C. in


D. to
Câu 28: They didn’t find ______ in a foreign country.


A. it easy to live


B. it easy live


C. it to live easy


D. easy to live
Câu 29: “Buy me a newspaper on your way back, ______?”


A. will you


B. don’t you


C. can’t you


D. do you
Câu 30: There was nothing they could do ______ leave the car at the roadside where it had broken down.


A. but


B. instead of


C. than


D. unless
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Câu 1: It's the first time I've been to a flower show.
Câu 2: “ Be careful! Don’t do that 
Câu 3: Although the play received good notices, not many people went to see it.
Câu 4: Without his help we would all have died.
Câu 5: The workers only called off the strike after a new pay offer.

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VII: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 from 34 to 43 .THE PERFORMING ARTSIn the past, British children were frequently encouraged to try out their performing skills for the benefit of adults. They did this by reading aloud, acting or ___(40)___ a musical instrument. As they ____ (41)_____ up they were taken to public places of entertainment – the theatre, opera, circus or ballet. They looked forward to these _____(42)_____ with great ____(43)_____ and would remember and discuss what they had seen for many weeks afterwards. But nowadays television and computers ____(44)_____ an endless stream of easily _____( 45)_____ entertainment, and children quickly accept these marvelous _____(46)_____ as a very ordinary part of their everyday lives. For many children, the sense of witnessing a very special live performance is gone forever.But all is not lost. The ____(47)_____ of a TV set may have encouraged a very lazy response from ____( 48)_____ in their own homes, but the ____(49)____ of those with ambitions to become performing artists themselves does not seem to have been at all diminished. And live performances in public are still relatively popular, albeit with an older, more specialist audience.
Câu 1: ________(40)


A. handling 


B. controlling   


C. doing


D. playing
Câu 2: ________(41)


A. developed 


B. brought  


C. advanced      


D.  grew
Câu 3: ________(42)


A. circumstances             


B. occasions    


C. incidents    


D. situations
Câu 4: ________(43)


A. sensation 


B. action    


C. thrill    


D. excitement
Câu 5: ________(44)


A. send   


B. supply     


C. stock 


D. store
Câu 6: ________(45)


A. convenient


B.  free


C. applicable


D. available
Câu 7: ________(46)


A. designs  


B. inventions


C. exhibits    


D. appearances
Câu 8: ________(47)


A. presence 


B. attendance 


C. company  


D. being
Câu 9: ________(48)


A. spectators


B. viewers


C. onlookers  


D. listeners
Câu 10: ________(49)


A. want  


B. appeal        


C.  pressure        


D. desire
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