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: It will be fine tomorrow. But if it should rain tomorrow, the match will be postponed.


A. turned off


B. put off


C. sold off


D. taken off
Câu 2: Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, of which obtaining water is not the least.


A. getting


B. storing


C. purifying


D. controlling
Câu 3: If the headmaster were here, he would sign your papers immediately.


A. fomerly


B. right away


C. right ahead


D. currently
Câu 4: After a few rounds of talks, both sides regarded the territory dispute as settled.


A. discussion


B. discomfort


C. disapproval


D. disadvantage
Câu 5: Thirty minutes after the accident, the captain still refused to abandon the burning ship.


A. leave


B. come to


C. sail


D. get on

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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. facility


B. characterise


C. irrational


D. variety
Câu 2:


A. agreement


B. elephant


C. mineral


D. violent
Câu 3:


A. professor


B. typical


C. accountant


D. develop
Câu 4:


A. electrician


B. majority


C. appropriate


D. traditional
Câu 5:


A. decay


B. vanish


C. attack


D. depend

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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: Those children who stay longer hours at school than at home tend to spend their formative years in the company of others with similar aims and interests. 


A. being separated from peers  


B. forming a new business company 


C. being together with friends  


D. enjoying the care of parents 
Câu 2: Many parents may fail to recognize and respond to their children’s needs until frustration explodes into difficult or uncooperative behavior. 


A. slowly reaches the boiling point  


B. remains at an unchanged level 


C. suddenly becomes uncontrollable  


D. stays under pressure 
Câu 3: “A friend in need is a friend indeed”: Our friends have voiced their strong criticism of China’s escalation of tension on our continental shelf. 


A. facing the reality  


B. worsening the situation 


C. easing the tension  


D. improving the condition 

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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 71 to 80. We live in a world of tired, sleep deprived people. In his book Counting Sheep, Paul Martin - a behavioural biologist - describes a society which is just too busy to sleep and which does not give sleeping the importance it deserves.Modern society has invented reasons not to sleep. We  are now a 24/7 society where shops and services must be available all hours. We spend longer hours at work than we used to, and more time getting to work.Mobile phones and email allow us to stay in touch round the clock and late-night TV and the Internet tempt us away from our beds. When we need more time for work or pleasure, the easy solution is to sleep less. The average adult sleeps only 6.2 hours a night during the week, whereas research shows that most people need eight or even eight and a half hours' sleep to feel at their best. Nowadays, many people have got used to sleeping less than they need and they live in an almost permanent state of 'sleep debt'. Until the invention of the electric light in 1879 our daily cycle of sleep used to depend on the hours of daylight. People would get up with the sun and go to bed at nightfall. But nowadays our hours of sleep are mainly determined by our working hours (or our social life) and most people are woken up artificially by an alarm clock. During the day caffeine, the world's most popular drug, helps to keep us awake. 75% of the world's population habitually consume caffeine, which up to a point masks the symptoms of sleep deprivation.What does a chronic lack of sleep do to us? As well as making us irritable and unhappy as humans, it also reduces our motivation and ability to work. This has serious implications for society in general. Doctors, for example, are often chronically sleep deprived, especially when they are on 'night call', and may get less than three hours' sleep. Lack of sleep can seriously impair their mood, judgment, and ability to take decisions. Tired engineers, in the early hours of the morning, made a series of mistakes with catastrophic  results. On our roads and motorways lack of sleep kills thousands of people every year. Tests show that a tired driver can be just as dangerous as a drunken driver. However, driving when drunk is against the law but driving when exhausted isn't. As Paul Martin says, it is very ironic that we admire people who function on very little sleep instead of criticizing them for being irresponsible. Our world would be a much safer, happier place if everyone, whatever their job, slept eight hours a night. 
Câu 1: According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE about Paul Martin? 


A. He shows his concern for sleep deprivation in modern society. 


B. He describes the modern world as a place without insomnia. 


C. He is a scientist who is chronically deprived of sleep. 


D. He gives an interesting account of a sleepless society. 
Câu 2: The phrase “round the clock” in the second paragraph is similar in meaning to ______. 


A. surrounded with clocks  B. having a round clock 


B. having a round clock 


C. during the daytime  


D. all day and night
Câu 3: The writer mentions the Internet in the passage as ______. 


A. an easy solution to sleep deprivation  


B. a temptation that prevents us from sleeping 


C. a factor that is not related to sleep deprivation  


D. an ineffective means of communication 
Câu 4: According to the third paragraph, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? 


A. The electric light was invented in the 19th century. 


B. The sun obviously determined our daily routines. 


C. The electric light has changed our daily cycle of sleep. 


D. Our social life has no influence on our hours of sleep. 
Câu 5: The word “which” in the third paragraph refers to ______. 


A. the world's population  


B. caffeine consumption 


C. reaching a point  


D. masking the symptoms 
Câu 6: Which of the following is TRUE, according to the last paragraph? 


A. Sleep deprivation has negative effects on both individuals and society. 


B. Doctors ‘on night call’ do not need more than three hours of sleep a day. 


C. Thousands of people are killed every day by drunken drivers. 


D. Our motivation decreases with the bigger number of hours we sleep. 
Câu 7: The word “catastrophic” in the last paragraph probably means ______. 


A. likely to become worthless  


B. becoming more noticeable 


C. bound to bring satisfaction  


D. causing serious damage or loss
Câu 8: Which of the following would the writer of the passage approve of? 


A. Both drunken drivers and sleep-deprived people should be criticized. 


B. There is no point in criticizing irresponsible people in our society. 


C. We certainly can function well even when we hardly sleep. 


D. Our world would be a much safer place without drinkers. 
Câu 9: All of the following are mentioned as those whose performance is affected by ‘sleep debt’ EXCEPT ______. 


A. drivers 


B. doctors  


C. engineers  


D. biologists 
Câu 10: Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage? 


A. A Well-known Biologist                             


B. Sleep Deprivation: Causes and Effects 


C. Accident Prevention: Urgent!                 


D. A Society of Sleepless People 
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines the pair of sentences given in each of the following questions. 
Câu 1: I do my homework and schoolwork in separate books. I don't get muddled up. 


A. I do not get muddled up due to the separation between homework and schoolwork. 


B. I would get muddled up if I did not separate homework from schoolwork. 


C. I do my homework and schoolwork in separate books so that I don't get muddled up. 


D. Having two separate books at home and at work helps me avoid getting muddled up. 
Câu 2: Most scientists know him well. However, very few ordinary people have heard of him. 


A. Many ordinary people know him better than most scientists do. 


B. Although he is well known to scientists, he is little known to the general public. 


C. He is the only scientist that is not known to the general public. 


D. Not only scientists but also the general public know him as a big name. 
Câu 3: She wrote the text. She selected the illustration as well. 


A. In order to select the illustration, she had to write the text. 


B. The text she wrote was not as good as the illustration she selected. 


C. If she had written the text, she would have selected the illustration. 


D. She not only wrote the text but also selected the illustration. 
Câu 4: Nam defeated the former champion in three sets. He finally won the inter-school table tennis championship. 


A. Being defeated by the former champion, Nam lost the chance to play the final game of inter-school table tennis championship. 


B. Having defeated the former champion in the inter-school table tennis, Nam did not hold the title of champion. 


C. Having defeated the former champion in three sets, Nam won the inter-school table tennis championship. 


D. Although Nam defeated the former champion in three sets, he did not win the title of inter-school table tennis champion. 
Câu 5: She looked through the hotel advertisements. She stopped only when taking a fancy to one piece. 


A. She stopped looking through the hotel advertisements only when she had found another piece. 


B. She took so great a fancy to the hotel advertisements that she could not stop reading them. 


C. She stopped reading the hotel advertisements only when one of them caught her fancy. 


D. She found the hotel advertisements so interesting that she could hardly turn away from them. 

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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 56 to 65. Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helped to preserve it, and that the easiest way to do this was to expose the food to sun and wind. In this way the North American Indians produced pemmican (dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians made stock fish and the Arabs dried dates and apricots.All foods contain water - cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish anything from 80% to 60% depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to go bad is checked.Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in California, South Africa and Australia. The methods used vary, but in general the fruit is spread out on trays in drying yards in the hot sun. In order to prevent darkening, pears, peaches and apricots are exposed to the fumes of burning sulphur before drying. Plums for making prunes, and certain varieties of grapes for making raisins and currants, are dipped in an alkaline solution in order to crack the skins of the fruit slightly and remove their wax coating, so increasing the rate of drying.Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically; the conventional method of such dehydration is to put food in chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 110°C  at entry to about 45°C at exit. This is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced meat, and fish.Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated horizontal steel cylinder or by spraying them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes. In the first case, the dried material is scraped off the roller as a thin film which is then broken up into small, though still relatively coarse flakes. In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as a fine powder. Where recognizable pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the ingredients are dried separately and then mixed.Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to climbers, explorers and soldiersin battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them. 
Câu 1: What is the main idea of the passage? 


A. Advantages of dried foods.  


B. Water: the main component of food. 


C. Mechanization of drying foods.  


D. Different methods of drying foods. 
Câu 2: The phrase “do this” in the first paragraph mostly means ______. 


A. expose foods to sun and wind  


B. remove moisture from foods 


C. produce pemmican  


D. moisten foods 
Câu 3: The word “checked” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. 


A. reduced considerably


B. put a tick  


C. examined carefully  


D. motivated to develop 
Câu 4: In the process of drying certain kinds of fruits, sulphur fumes help ______. 


A. remove their wax coating  


B. kill off bacteria 


C. maintain their color  


D. crack their skin 
Câu 5: Nowadays the common method for drying vegetables and minced meat is ______. 


A. spreading them out on trays in drying yards 


B. dipping them in an alkaline solution 


C. putting them in chambers and blowing hot air through 


D. pouring them over a heated horizontal steel cylinder 
Câu 6: What does the word  “which” in the fourth paragraph refer to? 


A. Vegetables


B. Foods  


C. Things 


D. Chambers 
Câu 7: The final product of the process of drying liquids that uses the first method will be ______. 


A. small flakes  


B. fine powder  


C. dried soup  


D. recognizable pieces 
Câu 8: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? 


A. Liquids are not dried in the same way as fruits and vegetables. 


B. Dried foods have several advent ages over canned or frozen foods. 


C. Fruit is usually dried by being laid out on trays in the sun. 


D. People in India began to use drying methods centuries ago. 
Câu 9: According to the passage, dried foods are most useful for ______. 


A. explorers who are underweight  


B. soldiers who are not in battle 


C. people who are on the move  


D. housewives who have little storage space 
Câu 10: This passage is mainly ______. 


A. argumentative 


B.  analytical  


C. informative


D. fictional 
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions. 
Câu 1: “Believe me. It’s no use reading that book,” Janet told her boyfriend. 


A. Janet tried to convince her boyfriend that the book was not worth reading. 


B. Janet opposed her boyfriend’s idea that reading the book was not useful. 


C. Janet managed to persuade her boyfriend that reading the book was worth while. 


D. Janet suggested to her boyfriend that reading the book was useful. 
Câu 2: The president placed his car at my disposal as a bonus for my good work. 


A. In order to praise me as a good worker, the president took me home in his own car. 


B. To get rid of the car, the president decided to sell it to me, his good worker, at a bonus price. 


C. I was willing to drive the president’s car as a compliment for my good performance at work. 


D. To show his appreciation for my good work, the president allowed me to use his car whenever I liked.
Câu 3: “Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. 


A. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. 


B. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. 


C. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. 


D. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. 
Câu 4: The early failure of the Spanish squad in the 2014 World Cup deeply disappointed their fans. 


A. That their squad left the 2014 World Cup so early was very disappointing for the Spanish sportsmen. 


B. To the disappointment of their fans, the Spanish squad had to leave the 2014 World Cup too early. 


C. Living up to their fans’ expectation, the Spanish squad left the 2014 World Cup so early. 


D. The Spanish squad was terribly disappointed that their fans had to leave the 2014 World Cup so early. 
Câu 5: “Why don't you join us for our next class reunion?” Mary said to me. 


A. Mary insisted on my joining them for the next class reunion. 


B. Mary cordially invited me to join them for the next class reunion. 


C. Mary strongly urged me to join them for the next class reunion. 


D. Mary advised me not to join them for the next class reunion. 

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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 56 to 65.New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure.Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially - exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just 'goofing off'.But here we are at the start of the 21st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect.In 'the old days', the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. That is no longer true. In today's highly competitive job market, employers demand increased productivity, expecting workers to put in longer hours and to keep in touch almost constantly via fax, cell phones, e-mail, or other communications devices. As a result, employees feel the need to check in on what is going on at the office, even on days off. They feel pressured to work after hours just to catch up on everything they have to do. Workers work harder and longer, change their work tasks more frequently, and have more and more reasons to worry about job security.Bosses, colleagues, family members, lovers, and friends expect instant responses to voice mail and e-mail messages. Even college students have become bound to their desks by an environment in which faculty, friends, and other members of the college community increasingly do their work online. Studies of time spent on instant messaging services would probably show staggering use.This is not what technology was supposed to be doing for us. New technologies, from genetic research to the Internet, offer all sorts of benefits and opportunities. But, when new tools make life more difficult and stressful rather than easier and more meaningful - and we are, as a society, barely conscious of it - then something has gone seriously awry, both with our expectations for technology and our understanding of how it should benefit us.From "Summit 1" by Joan Saslow & Allen Ascher
Câu 1:
According to the first three paragraphs, technological tools that were designed to make our lives easier_________.


A. have not interfered with our privacy


B. have turned out to do us more harm than good


C. have brought us complete happiness


D. have fully met our expectations
Câu 2:
Which of the following is NOT true about technological tools, according to new surveys?


A. They are being increasingly used.


B. They are used even during vacations.


C. They make our life more stressful.


D. They bring more leisure to our life.
Câu 3:
Which of the following is true, according to the passage?


A. Students used to have to study more about technological advances.


B. People have more opportunities to get access to technological applications.


C. Employees were supposed to make technology do what they expected.


D. People now enjoy greater freedom thanks to the technological boom.
Câu 4: The word "inconceivable" in the passage is closest in meaning to "______".


A. unimaginable


B. predictable


C. foreseeable


D. unforgettable
Câu 5: With the phrase "at a predictable time", the author implies that__________________.


A. people were unable to foresee their working hours


B. people had to predict the time they were allowed to leave offices


C. people wanted to be completely disconnected from their work


D. people used to have more time and privacy after work
Câu 6:
It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that______________ .


A. employees have more freedom to decide what time they start and finish work


B. employers are more demanding and have efficient means to monitor employees


C. life is more relaxing with cell phones and other technological devices


D. it is compulsory that employees go to the office, even on days off 
Câu 7: The word "They" in the fourth paragraph refers to________.


A. employers


B. workers


C. employees


D. tasks
Câu 8:
Which of the following could be the main idea of the fifth paragraph?


A. New technological advances have added more stress to daily life.


B. New technological applications are wise entertainment choices of our modern time.


C. New technological advances have reduced work performance.


D. The coming of new technological advances has spoiled family and social relationships.
Câu 9: This passage has probably been taken from__________.


A. an advertisement 


B. a science review 


C. a political journal 


D. fashion magazine
Câu 10:
Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?


A. Changes at the Workplace


B. Research on the Roles of Computers


C. Benefits of Technology


D. Expectations and Plain Reality
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Read the following passage on social issues in American schools, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks. In addition to the challenge to be excellent, American schools have been facing novel problems. They must (51)______ with an influx of immigrant children, many of whom speak little or no English. They must respond to demands (52)______ the curriculum reflect the various cultures of all children. Schools must make sure that students develop (53)______ skills for the job market, and they must consider the needs of nontraditional students, such as teenage mothers.Schools are (54)______ these problems in ways that reflect the diversity of the US educational system. They are hiring or training large numbers of teachers of English (55)______ a second language and, in some communities, setting up bilingual schools. They are opening (56)______ the traditional European-centered curriculum to embrace material from African, Asian, and other cultures.Schools are also teaching cognitive skills to the (57)______ 40 percent of American students who do not go on to higher education. In the (58)______ of a recent report by the Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, “A strong back, the willingness to work, and a high school diploma were once all that was necessary to (59)______ a start in America. They are no longer. A well-developed mind, a continued willingness to learn and the ability to put knowledge to work are the new keys (60)______ the future of our young people, the success of our business, and the economic well-being of the nation.”(Extracted from InfoUSA – CD Version) 
Câu 1: ______ (51)


A. cope


B. stay


C. fight


D. do
Câu 2: ______ (52)


A. what


B. that


C. whether


D. do
Câu 3: ______ (53)


A. basis


B. base


C. basics


D. basic
Câu 4: ______ (54)


A. discharging


B. distributing


C. delivering


D. addressing
Câu 5: ______ (55)


A. as


B. from


C. with


D. like
Câu 6: ______ (56)


A. for


B. into


C. up


D. on
Câu 7: ______ (57)


A. nearly


B. mostly


C. slightly


D. fairly
Câu 8: ______ (58)


A. directions


B. words


C. minds


D. ways
Câu 9: ______ (59)


A. get


B. take


C. make


D. bring
Câu 10: ______ (60)


A. at


B. for


C. to


D. in
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Câu 1: They didn’t discover that the picture had been stolen until they came back home.


A. Until they came back home that they discovered that the picture had been stolen.


B.  It is not until they came back home that they discovered that the picture had been stolen.


C. Not until they came back home had the picture been stolen.


D. Only after they came back home did they discover that the picture had been stolen.        
Câu 2: “Why don’t you participate in the volunteer work in summer?" said Sophie.


A. Sophie suggested me to participate in the volunteer work in summer. 


B. Sophie asked me why not participate in the volunteer work in summer. 


C. Sophie suggested my participating in the volunteer work in summer.


D. Sophie made me participate in the volunteer work in summer.     
Câu 3: The manager contributes generously, so I can continue my plan.


A. Had it not been for the manager’s generous contribution, I couldn’t continue my plan.


B. The manager’s generous contribution gets my plan continue.


C. But for the manager’s generous contribution, I couldn’t continue my plan.


D. Should the manager contribute generously, I could continue my plan.
Câu 4: The gate is closed to stop the children running into the road.


A. Because the gate is closed, the children can run into the road.


B. They close the gate, and as a result, the children can’t run into the road.


C. The gate is closed so that children can run into the road.


D. In order to keep the children into the road, they close the gate.    
Câu 5: He was exhausted after a long trip, but he helped me to repair my broken chair.


A. Although he helped me to repair my broken chair, he was exhausted after a long trip.


B. Exhausted after a long trip as he was, he helped me to repair my broken chair


C. Because he helped me to repair my broken chair after a long trip, he was exhausted.


D. Exhausted after a long trip though he helped me to repair my broken chair.       
Câu 6: “ I was not there at the time”, he said


A. He denied to have been there at the time    


B. He denied to be there at the time


C. He denied that he hadn’t been there at that time


D. He denied having been there at that time      
Câu 7: Nervous about flying in planes,____________.


A. thirty years ago people knew nothing of space travel


B. people knew nothing of space travel thirty years ago


C. space travel was unknown by people thirty years ago


D. because people knew nothing of space travel thirty years ago.
Câu 8: ____________, Harry S.Truman was our nation’s thirty-third President.


A. To be born and raised in Missouri


B. Born and raised in Missouri


C. Because he was born and raised in Missouri


D. That he was born and raised in Missouri
Câu 9: In Australia, where fertile farmland is limited, crops____________.


A.  are on the sides of mountains often grown


B.  often are on the sides of mountains grown


C. are grown on the sides often of mountains


D. are often grown on the sides of mountains
Câu 10: Firstborn children in a family seem to have a stronger desire to succeed________________.


A. than do later born children


B. but later-born children do


C. as children born later          


D. if later-born children do
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