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 questions from 45 to 49.Chess must be of the oldest games in the world An Arab traveller in India in the year 900 wrote that it was played “long, long ago”. Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan toEurope since 1400.  The name “chess” is interesting. When one player is attacking the other's King, he says, inEnglish, “Check", when the King has been caught and cannot move anywhere he says “Check mate”. These words come from Persian. “Shah mat” means "the king is dead”, that is when the game is over and one player has won.Such an old game changes very slowly. The rules have not always been the same as they are now. For example, at one time the queen could only move one square at a time. Now she is the strongest piece or the board. It would be interesting to know why this has happened! Chess takes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people. You don’t have to be a champion in order to enjoy it. It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table. The first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio. Some of the chess masters are able to play many people at the same time.  The record was when one man played 400 games! It is said that some people play chess by post. This must make chess the slowest game in the world.
Câu 1: Which of the following is known to be true?


A. Chess is an old Indian traveling game.


B. Chess is the oldest game in the world.


C. Chess was played in Japan and Europe before 1400.


D. Chess was played in India long before 900.
Câu 2:  One player has won the game when ___________.


A. he attacks the other player's King


B. he says some Persian words


C. the other player's King cannot move anywhere


D. he says “check” to the other player
Câu 3:  According to the old rules of the game _____________.


A. the queen was the attacker all the time


B. the King had to be attacked at the time


C. the queen could move no more than one square at a time


D. the king could not move anywhere
Câu 4:  Which of the following will you hear when one player has won the game?


A. “Shah mat”


B. "check”


C. "the King is dead”


D. "check mate”
Câu 5: Which of the following is NOT correct?


A.  All kinds of people can play chess.


B. Only two people can play chess sitting at the same table.


C. Some people write each other playing chess.


D. The Russians lost the game played by radio.

A.
B.
C.
D.

IV- 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 total number of national Red Cross societies have mounted to 186.


A. the total


B. national


C. have


D. to
Câu 2: A plan has proposed for Vietnam to host the Asian Games at some point in the future.


A. has proposed


B. to host


C. point


D. the future
Câu 3: A great amount of information is widely available on the Internet, this is good for younq people


A. ìnormation


B. available


C. this is


D. young people
Câu 4: It was her strong determination that helped her overcoming the physical and emotional painthat followed her accident.


A. strong determination


B. helped her overcoming


C. physical and emotional


D. that followed
Câu 5: The computer's memory is the place where  a great number of information is stored.


A. computer's


B. where 


C. a great number


D. is stored.

A.
B.
C.
D.

IV:Choose A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Biogas can be utilized for electricity production, cooking, space heating, water heating, and process heating.


A. reformation  


B. sparing


C.  increase   


D. generation
Câu 2: American children customarily go trick-or-treating on Halloween.


A. inevitably      


B. readily        


C. happily         


D.  traditionally
Câu 3: “Edwards seems like a dog with two tails this morning”. Haven’t you heard the news? His wife gave birth to a baby boy early this morning”


A. very proud      


B.  exhausted  


C. extremely dazed 


D. extremely pleased

A.
B.
C.
D.

V:Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: For most male spiders courtship is a perilous procedure, for they may be eaten by females.


A. complicated      


B. dangerous        


C. safe      


D. peculiar
Câu 2: Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity.


A. reveal          


B. conserve     


C. presume   


D.  cover

A.
B.
C.
D.

VI: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: The same questions repeated over and over soon made them weary.


A.  suspicious   


B. tired   


C. worried        


D. annoyed
Câu 2: Jim's decided to buy a phonograph even though they are now redundant.


A.  old-fashioned  


B. reproduced   


C. unnecessary        


D. expensive
Câu 3: Chimpanzees are frequently used as stand-ins for human beings in experiments.


A.  partners        


B. models          


C. stand-bys       


D.  substitutes
Câu 4: The change in population distribution was barely noticeable to the demographers conducting the study.


A. often    


B. hardly   


C. never 


D. softly
Câu 5: The cake was heavenly so I asked for more.


A. out-of-this-world     


B. edible  


C.  in the sky


D. cheap

A.
B.
C.
D.

V: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. sanitary 


B. enterprise


C. excersice 


D. contribute
Câu 2:


A. justice                 


B. diverse 


C. women  


D.  public
Câu 3:


A. establish    


B. domestic   


C. activity  


D.  education

A.
B.
C.
D.

III: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.Perhaps better known than the Cullinan Diamond is the Hope Diamond, a valuable and blue gem with a background of more than 300 years as a world traveler.The 112-carat blue stone later became the Hope Diamond was mined in India sometime before the middle of the seventeenth century and was first known to be owned by Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife. From India, the celebrated blue stone has changed hands often, moving from location to location in distant corners of the world.In the middle of the seventeenth century, a trader from France named Jean Baptiste Tavernier acquired the large blue diamond, which was rumored to have been illegally removed from a temple Tavemier returned to France with the big blue gem, where the stone was purchased by the Sun King Louis XIV. Louis XIV had it cut down from 112 to 67 carats to make its shape symmetrical and to maximize its sparkle. The newly cut diamond, still huge by any standards, was passed down through the royal family of France, until it arrived in the hands of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. During the French Revolution, Louis XVI and his wife met their fate on the guillotine in 1793, and the big blue diamond disappeared from public sight.The diamond somehow managed to get from France to England, where banker Henry Hope purchased it from a gem dealer early in the nineteenth century. The huge blue stone was cut into a 45.5-carat oval, and at this point it took on the name by which it is known today. The diamond stayed in the Hope family for around a century, when deep indebtedness brought on by a serious gambling habit on the part of one of Henry Hope's heirs forced the sale of the diamond.                         From England, the Hope Diamond may have made its way into the hands of the Sultan of  Turkey; whatever route it took to get there, it eventually went on to the United States when American Evelyn Walsh McLean purchased it in 1911. Mrs. McLean certainly enjoyed showing the diamond off guests in her home were sometimes astounded to notice the huge stone embellishing the neck of Mrs. McLean’s Great Dane as the huge pet trotted around the grounds of her Washington, D.c. home. The Hope Diamond later became the property of jeweler Harry Winston, who presented the stunning 45.5- carat piece to the Smithsonian in 1958. The Hope Diamond is now taking a well-earned rest following its rigorous travel itinerary and is on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where it has been since 1958.
Câu 1: The paragraph preceding the passage most likely discussed


A. why gems are considered valuable


B. how the Hope Diamond was mined


C. a diamond other than the Hope Diamond


D. methods for mining diamonds
Câu 2: The main idea of this passage is that the Hope Diamond


A. came from India


B. has moved around a lot


C.  has been cut several times


D. now resides in the Smithsonian
Câu 3: The pronoun "it" in the passage refers to


A. its shape


B. the newly cut diamond


C.  the royal family


D. the French Revolution
Câu 4: It can be inferred from the passage that the author is not certain


A.  who bought the Hope Diamond in England


B. who sold the Hope Diamond in England


C. how the Hope Diamond went from France to England


D. how big the Hope Diamond was in the nineteenth century
Câu 5: A “dealer" is most likely a


A. card player          


B. miner      


C. cutter        


D. businessman
Câu 6: It can be determined from the passage that Henry Hope most likely had how many carats cut off the Hope Diamond?


A. 21.5      


B. 45.5           


C. 66.5     


D.  67
Câu 7: According to the passage, Mrs. McLean


A. donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian


B.  let her dog wear the Hope Diamond


C. purchased the Hope Diamond from the French


D. had the Hope Diamond cut to its present size of 45.5 carats
Câu 8: Which country is NOT mentioned in the passage as a place where the Hope Diamond spent some time?


A. India          


B. France   


C. England    


D. Denmark
Câu 9: The word “embellishing” in the passage is closest in meaning to


A. making beautiful   


B. carving      


C.  being cut   


D. keeping bright
Câu 10: Where in the passage does the author describe what happened to the royal French owners of the diamond?


A. Lines 7-8     


B. Lines 10-11        


C. Lines 12-14         


D. Lines 15-16
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A.
B.
C.
D.

V:Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which is stressed differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. considerate   


B. photographer     


C. community     


D. circumstance
Câu 2:


A. apply   


B.  anthem         


C. appear    


D. attend
Câu 3:


A. prevent   


B. recent            


C. receive           


D. remote

A.
B.
C.
D.

I :Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
Câu 1: Building thousands of years ago, the ancient palace is popular with modern tourists


A. Building


B. ago


C. the ancient


D. popular with
Câu 2: Society  will be having to change radically to keep face with the technology available .


A. Social


B. will be having


C. with


D. available
Câu 3: There are differences and simillarities between Vietnamse and American culture.


A. There are


B. and simillarities


C. Vietnamse 


D. culture
Câu 4: Unlike many writings of her time , she was not preoccupied with morality .


A. writings


B. of her time


C. preoccupied with


D. morality
Câu 5: Daisy has such many things to do that she has to no time to go out .


A. such


B. to do


C. has


D. to go

A.
B.
C.
D.

IX- Rewrite the following sentences in order to keep their original meanings
Câu 1: Mary is pretty but Camry is prettier -> Camry is the …….. 
Câu 2: This is the best film I’ve ever seen. -> I’ve …….. 
Câu 3: My school has over 2000 students -> there are…….. 
Câu 4: People say that the plane of Germanwings crashed into the mountains. -> It is ………. 
Câu 5: He tries to learn English well so as to find a good job. -> He tries to learn English well with…… .

A.
B.
C.
D.