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 36 to 40.            A language never stands still. It is always changing and developing. These changes are rapid in primitive societies, but slow in advanced ones, because the invention of printing and the spread of education have fixed the traditional usage. The only important change that English has undergone since the early 16th century up to now is a large increase in its vocabulary. It is interesting to trace difference ways in which new words are invented. Let us take just two English words and see how they were made: “sandwich” and “television”.            “Sandwich”, which is now no longer an entirely English word, but also international, comes from the Earl of Sandwich (died in 1792), who invented the particular form of a quick meal so that he could go on gambling all through the night without stopping for dinner. Many names of things are in fact taken from the name of the first inventors, for example, the electrical term Watt and Volt.            “Television” is one of many new scientific words which are invented from old Greek and Latin words. “Tele” is Greek, meaning “far”, while “vision” comes from the Latin verb, meaning “to see”.
Câu 1: How long has English undergone an important change in its vocabulary?


A. For four centuries             


B. For five centuries   


C. For six centuries           


D. For three centuries
Câu 2: According to the passage, Volt was probably___________.


A. an electrician                


B. an Earl                    


C. a scientist                    


D. a TV presenter
Câu 3: The word "stands" in the first sentence means___________.


A. does not sit             


B. rises to the feet       


C. is in a certain condition    


D. remains without change
Câu 4: Why can’t language develop rapidly in advanced societies?


A. Because both education and printing have developed.    


B. Because the societies have stopped changing.                              


C. Because education has forced people to use the same language. 


D. Because printing has fixed education.
Câu 5: The invention of sandwich has something to do with__________.


A. gambling                       


B. work                                   


C. study                                


D. journey

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Câu 1: Tom: “Didn’t you go to the cinema last night?”        Sue: “_________.”


A. OK. That was a good idea.                     


B. Yes, I lost the ticket.


C. Yes, I stayed at home.                         


D. No, it was too cold to go out.
Câu 2: Lan: “__________.”                           Chi: “No, thank you, that’ll be all.”


A. It’s very kind of you to help me.                    


B. What would you like?                              


C. What kind of food do you like?                    


D. Would you like anything else?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: There are many bridges over the River Thames. The River Thames flows through London.


A. There are many bridges over the River Thames, where flows through London.                         


B. There are many bridges over the River Thames which flows through London.                                      


C. There are many bridges over the River Thames, which flows through London.             


D. There are many bridges over the River Thames, that flows through London.     
Câu 2: He smokes much. He can’t get rid of his cough.


A. If he smoked much, he couldn’t get rid of his cough.      


B. If he smokes much, he cannot get rid of his cough.


C. If he doesn’t smoke much, he can get rid of his cough.


D. If he didn’t smoke much, he could get rid of his cough.

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 question.
Câu 1: It’s no good _____ for Lan – she never turns up on time.


A. waiting                      


B. to wait               


C. wait                  


D. waited
Câu 2: It’s too late now that the holiday’s over, but I wish we _____ somewhere else.


A. went                 


B. have gone          


C. had gone


D. were going
Câu 3: Some photographers said they saw _____creatures get out of the saucers.


A. like-man                      


B. man-like                       


C. man-as             


D. as-man
Câu 4: Make sure you _____ us a visit when you are in town again.


A. give                             


B. have            


C. pay    


D. do
Câu 5: She suggested_____ a suit and a tie when he went for the interview.


A. he had to wear             


B. that he wore               


C. him to wear                   


D. he wear
Câu 6: We have _____ LG washing machine made in Vietnam.


A. a                        


B. Æ


C. an           


D. the
Câu 7: George has won 5 gold medals at the competition. His parents _____ be very proud of him.


A. must                          


B. can                           


C. may                        


D. might
Câu 8: Would she come to see us if she knew _____ ?


A. where we lived                


B. where we are living            


C. where do we live   


D. where we were living
Câu 9: It would be more _____ to switch the machine off at night.


A. economy                        


B. economic              


C. economically   


D. economical
Câu 10: If elected, he promises that he _____ his best to promote public welfare.


A. would do                       


B. will do                        


C. would have done   


D. does
Câu 11: Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have _____ any solutions.


A. come up with                  


B. get round to       


C. looked into        


D. thought over 
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A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: I’m sorry I can’t come out this weekend – I’m up to my ears in work.


A. very scared              


B. very boring              


C. very busy       


D. very idle
Câu 2: Polluted water and increased water temperatures have threatened many marine species.


A. contaminated         


B. enriched              


C. purified       


D. strengthened

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Your failure is the consequence of not studying hard enough for the exam.
 
Question 7. Because of an accident, my train was delayed for several hours.
A. taken in                               B. held up                                C. called off                D. made up


A. status                              


B. motive                         


C. result                 


D. cause
Câu 2: Because of an accident, my train was delayed for several hours.


A. taken in                          


B. held up                         


C. called off              


D. made up

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 questions
Câu 1:


A. compulsory    


B. federation   


C. parabolic  


D. mausoleum
Câu 2:


A. meteorite    


B. consequently  


C. preferable


D. certificate
Câu 3:


A. carol      


B. garnish 


C. simmer  


D. promote
Câu 4:


A. nominate


B. compromise   


C. ultimate   


D. embroider
Câu 5:


A. minimize


B. applicant        


C. satellite  


D. bilingual

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 the other three in pronunciation in each of the questions
Câu 1:


A. chateau      


B. chain     


C. chapter 


D. charm
Câu 2:


A. courageous    


B. gaseous  


C. gorgeous     


D. cretaceous
Câu 3:


A. cough   


B. tough        


C. hiccough 


D. rough
Câu 4:


A. together      


B. generation 


C. genre 


D. genitive
Câu 5:


A. orphan 


B. dolphin     


C. shepherd   


D. asphalt

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the sentence A, B, C, or D which is closest in meaning to the first sentence of each of the questions
Câu 1: "You have spoilt my party,” she told her brother.


A. She apologized for spoiling her brother's party.


B. She accused her brother of spoiling her party.


C. She has asked her brother to spoil her'party.


D. She threatened to spoil her brother's party.
Câu 2: She had never been to such a boring party before.


A. She shouldn't have been so bored at the party. 


B. Rarely does she go to boring parties.


C. Never before had she been so bored at a party.


D. She avoids going to boring parties.
Câu 3: Cathy had better stop eating so much chocolate.


A. Cathy wishes she could give up eating chocolate.


B. Cathy ought to stop eating so much chocolate.


C. Cathy would prefer to stop eating so much chocolate.


D. Cathy may have given up eating so much chocolate.
Câu 4:  Bill should have arrived by now.


A. Bill has just arrived.  


B. I expected Bill to have arrived before.


C. I think Bill should be here very soon.   


D. Bill is going to arrive any minute.
Câu 5: Without his help, she would not have managed to solve the problem


A. She managed to solve the problem on her own.


B. She's unable to solve the problem without his help.


C. If he hadn't helped her, she wouldn't have been able to solve the problem.


D. If he helps her, she'll be able to solve the problem.

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: Transplanting organs such as hearts and kidneys has proved easier than transplanting muscles.


A. such as 


B. has proved


C. than


D. muscles
Câu 2: On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-topped mountains more than a mile beneath sea level.


A. on


B. is


C. of


D. more than
Câu 3: No longer satisfied with the emphasis of the Denishawn School, Martha has  moved to the staff of the Eastman School in 1925.


A. satisfied


B. emphasis of


C. Martha has


D. to
Câu 4: Not until much later did she realize her long-known partner had been lying her.


A. until 


B. did she realize


C. long-known


D. lying
Câu 5: Justice is often personified as a blindfolded woman to hold a pair of scales.


A. personified


B. blindfolded


C. to hold


D. a pair

A.
B.
C.
D.