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. On March 25, 1911, one of the five hundred employees of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York noticed that a rag bin near her eighth- floor work station was on fire. Workers immediately tried to extinguish the flames. Their efforts prove futile, as piles of fabric ignited all over the eighth floor. The manager of the factory ordered his employees to unroll the fire extinguisher hose, but they found it rotted and useless.The shirt factory occupied the top three floors of the ten- story Asch Building. The seventy employees who worked on the tenth floor escaped the fire by way of the staircases or climbed onto the roof, where students from New York University, located across the street, stretched ladders over to the Asch Building.The 260 workers on the ninth floor had the worst luck of all. Although the eighth- floor workers tried to warn them by telephone, the call did not reach them, and by the time they learned about the fire, their routes of escape were mostly blocked. Some managed to climb down the cables of the freight elevator. Others crammed into the narrow stairway. Still others climbed onto the single, inadequately constructed fire escape. But that spindly structure could not support the weight of hundreds of people, and it separated from the wall, falling to the ground and carrying many people with it.To combat the disaster, the New York Fire Department sent thirty five pieces of equipment, including a hook and ladder. The young women trapped on the ninth- floor window ledge watched in horror as the ladder, fully raised, stopped far below them, reaching only as far as the sixth floor.Within minutes, the factory- a fire trap typical of the period's working conditions- was consumed by flame, killing 146 workers, mostly immigrant women. City officials set up a temporary morgue on 26thStreet, and over the next few days streams of survivors filed through the building to identify the dead.The Triangle Shirtwaist fire brought a public outcry for laws to regulate the safety of working conditions. The New York Factory Investigating Commission was formed to examine the working conditions in factories throughout the state. Their report introduced many new regulations. The fire had occurred during an era of progressive reform that was beginning to sweep the nation, as people decided that government had a responsibility to ensure that private industry protected the welfare of working people. 
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?


A. The causes of a fire in a shirt factory  


B.  Working conditions in New York City  


C. Escaping from a fire in a shirt factory


D. The events surrounding a tragic fire 
Câu 2: The word "ignited" in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by____________.


A. became wet     


B. caught fire   


C. exploded   


D. spread 
Câu 3: According to the passage, the fire began__________.


A. on the ninth floor        


B. when a worker dropped a cigarette     


C. when some rags started burning


D. when a pile of fabric rotted 
Câu 4: Why does the writer mention the fire extinguisher hose in paragraph 1?


A. To emphasize the unsafe working conditions


B. To show the manager's competence


C. To illustrate the factory's modern technology


D. To explain how the fire was eventually put out. 
Câu 5: How did many workers on the top floor manage to escape?


A. On the fire escape     


B. On the elevator     


C. On ladders     


D. On ropes 
Câu 6: The phrase "Still others" in paragraph 3 refers to __________.


A. The eighth floor workers     


B. The ninth floor workers  


C. the routes of escape


D. the people in the freight elevator 
Câu 7: It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that__________.


A. New York had a well-equipped fire department


B. fire fighters were able to rescue the women on the ninth floor


C. the women on the window ledge probably died


D.  the women probably took the stairs down to the sixth floor 
Câu 8: According to the passage, most of the workers who died in the fire ___________.


A. were university students   


B. had only worked there for a short time  
worked on the tenth floor


C. worked on the tenth floor


D. were immigrant women 
Câu 9: The phrase "beginning to sweep the nation" in paragraph 6 means ___________.


A. changing politics     


B. becoming more popular    


C. investigating the government


D. starting a controversy 
Câu 10: Which of the following could NOT be inferred from the passage?


A. The Triangle Shirtwaist fire influenced public opinion. 


B. The Triangle Shirtwaist factory was rebuilt.


C. After the fire, new regulations improved working conditions in factories.


D. Disasters can lead to a demand for reform. 
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Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses:
Câu 1: Both Italians and Polish are famous for their .......( friend ) and good spirit.


A. friendship


B. friendly


C. friendless


D. friendlessness
Câu 2: I am looking for a ............. (suit)gift for an old lady


A. suitability


B. suitable


C. suitably


D. suitableness
Câu 3: India gained her ........( depend ) from Britain after world war II.


A. independent


B. independently


C. independence


D. dependence
Câu 4: He was very ................ (pride)of the work he had done


A. proudly


B. prideness


C. proud


D. proudling
Câu 5: I ......( sleep ) this morning , and was late for school.


A. sleeping


B. overslept


C. aslept


D. slept
Câu 6: I am bored . I need some ............ ( excite)in my life.


A. excitement


B. exciting


C. excited


D. excitely
Câu 7: Young children are often very ...............(live)


A. life


B. lively


C. living


D. lives
Câu 8: Unless you ................ (apology) I wont forgive you.


A. apologist


B. apologised


C. apologiser


D. apologize

A.
B.
C.
D.

Supply the missing prepositions.
Câu 1: Whom does she fall ..........love ...........?
in - with


A. in - with


B. on - with


C. to - to


D. in -to
Câu 2: Bill is jealous ..........anyone who has something he hasn’t .


A. about


B. of


C. on


D. at
Câu 3: I was .............to go out when telephone rang


A. on


B. in


C. about


D. among
Câu 4: Jim learns a lot ...........her brother, a well-known writer


A. into


B. under


C. with


D. from
Câu 5: Have you got money ..........you?


A. to


B. with


C. for


D. of
Câu 6: Please tell me ............once!


A. at


B. in


C. fot


D. to
Câu 7: May I introduce you ............Miss Brown?


A. for
May I introduce you ............Miss Brown?


B. about


C. to


D. at
Câu 8: He was ill .........a week and ...........that week his wife never left his side.


A. for - during


B. to - during


C. for - until


D. for - betwen

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose one best option to complete each sentence
Câu 1: Chemical wastes from factories are _______ that cause serious damage to species habitats.


A. pollutes           


B. pollutants                  


C. pollutions        


D. polluters.
Câu 2: I’m looking forward _____ hearing from you.


A. in                     


B. of                     


C. at                     


D. to
Câu 3: The bomb _______ with a cloud bang which could be heard all over the town.


A. went out      


B. went off          


C. went away       


D. went up.
Câu 4: Sometimes it is _______ to find suitable books for our children.


A. difficult            


B. difficulty          


C. difficultly         


D. difficulties
Câu 5: Nam, stop reading. ______ the book down and go to bed.


A. take                 


B. put                            


C. set                    


D. pick
Câu 6: When Linda ______ last night,I _________ my favourite show on T.V.


A. was calling / watched            


B. called/ have watched


C. called / was watching 


D. had called / watched.
Câu 7: We are not allowed _____ jeans at school.


A. wear                


B. to wear


C. wearing            


D. worn
Câu 8: When the police ________ , the thief _________.


A. came / left.        


B. had come / had left


C. had come / left  


D. came / had left.
Câu 9: -What ______ beautiful dress you are wearing! -Thank you.That is _____ nice compliment.


A. a /a       


B. the/a


C. a/the


D. the / the.
Câu 10: I understood what you said. ______, I didn’t agree with you.


A. So                    


B. Although                   


C. However          


D. Therefore
Câu 11: Schooluniform is compulsory in most of Vietnamese schools.


A. depended                   


B. required           


C. divided             


D. paid
Câu 12: Education _______ to be the most important element to develop a country.


A. often be considered          


B. can often consider


C. can often considered 


D. can often be considered.
Câu 13: I would appreciate it _____ what I have told you a secret.


A. you can keep


B. that you kept


C. you will keep


D. if you kept
Câu 14: Mrs White, ______ taught me English 5 years ago,is a good teacher.


A. who                 


B. that                  


C. whom                        


D. whose
Câu 15: That is the place ______ there used to be a monument.


A. which               


B. where               


C. when                         


D. that
Câu 16: Peter : “Let’s go camping”. Mary: “_____________”.


A. Oh, what’s a pity.     


B. I’m sorry to hear that.


C. Oh, that’s a good idea.     


D. You are welcome.
Câu 17: ”Where do you buy this book ?”, said Mary to John.


A. Mary asked John where did he buy that book.


B. Mary asked John where he buy that book.


C. Mary asked John where he bought that book.


D. Mary asked John where he bought this book.
Câu 18: The air in the country is not as pure as it _______.


A. might be     


B. used to be


C. would be


D. must be.
Câu 19: Which is NOT correct ?


A. Had he studied hard, he would have passed the exam.


B. If he had studied hard, he would have passed the exam


C. Unless he had studied hard, he would have passed the exam.


D. If he hadn’t studied hard, he would have failed the exam.
Câu 20: It’s important ____ students to read as many books as possible.


A. up                    


B. about                         


C. to                     


D. for
Câu 21: I hate ………………….. a child …………………… .


A. see/ crying


B. see/ cry 


C. seeing/ to cry


D. seeing/ cry
Câu 22: I visited the museum yesterday, and my friend ………….. .


A. did, too          


B. did so  


C. had either            


D. had neither
Câu 23: You should take a message if someone ………… while I’m out.


A. calls                


B. will call         


C. call                  


D. calling
Câu 24: We ….any problem up to now.


A. do not have


B. will not have     


C. hadn’t  


D. have not had
Câu 25: The orator stopped…………He felt thirsty so he stopped………….some water.


A. to talk /having   


B. talking / to have


C. talking /having 


D. to talk /to have
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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
Câu 1:


A. advises           


B. raises               


C. devises                       


D. goes
Câu 2:


A. played       


B. worked            


C. ruled                          


D. cried
Câu 3:


A. hour            


B. honest              


C. honor                        


D. host

A.
B.
C.
D.

 Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời phù hợp với các câu hỏiOxfam is a charitable organization that existed since the early 1940s. It was founded originally to help feed starving children in European countries during the Second World War. Oxfam has been working in almost every country all over the world.Oxfam funds relatively small-scale, relatively inexpensive but quite effective projects. Oxfam’s projects involve feeding starving children, providing education for disadvantaged children, giving care and comfort to the poor and the sick, rebuilding people’s own lives, carrying out irrigation work, planting trees, clearing roads, building schools and hospitals.Oxfam pays special attention to many poor countries in the Third World, that’s in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Oxfam’s money comes entirely from voluntary contributions from the general public.
Câu 1: Oxfam was found originally to help feed starving children in European countries………….


A. before the Second World War   


B. after the Second World War


C. in the Second World War 


D. in the middle of the Second World War
Câu 2: According to passage, Oxfam is a(n)………………………


A. international voluntary organization


B. international charitable organization


C. national voluntary organization


D. national charitable organization
Câu 3: The projects Oxfam funds are……………


A. cheap and less effective


B. relatively cheap but very effective


C. relatively dear but less effective


D. dear but quite effective
Câu 4: Oxfam’s projects involve all of the following EXCEPT………


A. giving money to the needy


B. feeding starving children


C. providing education for disadvantaged children


D. rebuilding people’s own lives
Câu 5: The word starving in the passage is closest meaning to………..


A. very hungry


B. very exhausting


C. very tiring      


D. very miserable

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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from pronunciation in each of the following questions 
Câu 1:


A. home 


B. honest 


C. honor   


D. hour 
Câu 2:


A. cook


B. hook


C.  foot


D. food
Câu 3:


A. arranged    


B. naked 


C. cleaned


D. repaired 

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: Population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region.


A. restrain


B. stay unchanged


C. remain unstable


D. fluctuate
Câu 2: In some countries, the disease burden could be prevented through environmental improvements.


A. something to stiffer


B. something enjoyable


C. something sad


D. something to entertain

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 6 to 15.In “Cerealizing America”, Scott Bruce and Bill Crawford remark that the cereal industry uses 816 million pounds of sugar per year. Americans buy 2.7 billion packages of breakfast cereal each year. If ______(6) end to end, the empty cereal boxes from one year's. consumption would ______(7) to the moon and back. One point three (1.3) million advertisements for cereal are broadcast on American television every year at a(n)______ (8) of $762 million for airtime. Only automobile manufacturers spend more money on television advertising than the makers of breakfast cereal.______(9) of the boxed cereals found in supermarkets contain large amounts of sugar and some contain more than 50% sugar. Cereal manufacturers are very clever in their marketing, making many cereals appear much healthier than they really are by “fortifying” them with vitamins and minerals. Oh, ______(10) - you now have vitamin-fortified sugar!Before you eat any cereal. read the ingredient list and see how______ (11) sugar appears on the ingredient list. Then check the “Nutrition facts" panel.There are actually only a small handful of national commercially-branded cereals that are made ______(12) whole grains and are sugar-free. lf you shop at a health food store instead of your local supermarket, you ______(13) to find a healthy, whole grain, sugar-free (or very low sugar) cereal. But ______(14) ! Some of the health food store boxed cereals are sweetened with fruit juice or fructose. Although this may be an improvement______ (15) refined white sugar, this can really skyrocket the calories.From "Foods T hat Burn Fat‘, Foods That Turn to Fat” by Tom Ventulo.
Câu 1: _______(6)


A. laying


B. lay


C. laid


D. to lay
Câu 2: ______(7)


A. prolong


B. stretch


C. contact


D. reach
Câu 3: _______(8)


A. cost


B. charge


C. average


D. expense
Câu 4: ______(9)


A. Mostly


B. Furthermost


C. Most


D. Almost
Câu 5: ________(10)


A. beautiful


B. gorgeous


C. lovely


D. charming
Câu 6: _______(11)


A. many


B. large


C. tall


D. high
Câu 7: _______(12)


A. by


B. from


C. at


D. in
Câu 8: ______(13)


A. would be able 


B. are more likelier


C. could more or less


D. are much more likely
Câu 9: _______(14)


A. see through


B. keep alert


C. look up


D. watch out
Câu 10: _______(15)


A. from


B. on


C. with


D. at
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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 following questions.
Câu 1:


A. commercial


B. constructive


C. essential


D. national
Câu 2:


A. copy


B. remove


C. notice


D. cancel
Câu 3:


A. curriculum


B. economics


C. hesitation


D. calculation

A.
B.
C.
D.