Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
Câu 1:


A. naked                                


B. looked                  


C. booked                   


D. hooked
Câu 2:


A. concerned                         


B. raised                     


C. developed             


D. maintained
Câu 3:


A. appeared                 


B. agreed                     


C. coughed                 


D. loved
Câu 4:


A. sacrificed               


B. trusted                    


C. recorded                


D. acted
Câu 5:


A. laughed                       


B. weighed                 


C. helped                   


D. missed

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C.
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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 following questions.Speech is one of the most important........... (31)of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also............. (32)to by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of................ (33) that everyone agrees to stand for a particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if  everyone made up their own language. Learning a language properly is very ............... (34). The basic............... (35) of English is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite................. (36) . But the more idea you can ...............(37)   the   more   precise   you   can   be   about   their   exact   meaning.   Words   are   the ................(38)thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we ................ (39)the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and ...............(40) whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.  
Câu 1: .............(31)


A. reasons


B. tests


C. ways


D. rules
Câu 2: ...........(32)


A. be spoken    


B.  be examined


C. be understood


D. be talked
Câu 3: ...........(33)


A. systems    


B. sounds


C. languages


D. talks
Câu 4: ..........(34)


A. easy important simple


B. important


C. simple


D. expensive 
Câu 5: ..........(35)


A. grammar    


B. word


C. vocabulary


D. structure
Câu 6: ..........(36)


A. fluent    


B. good


C. well


D. perfect
Câu 7: ............(37)


A. need    


B. grow


C. express


D. pass
Câu 8: .............(38)


A. main    


B. certain


C. full


D. most
Câu 9: ...........(39)


A. pass    


B. talk


C. say


D. send
Câu 10: ............(40)


A. show               


B. ask                      


C. understand         


D. know
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE  in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of  the following questions. 
Câu 1: Heavy rain makes driving on the road very difficult.



A. light


B. torrential


C. storm


D.  shower
Câu 2: During the height of the season, tourists arrive in droves to see Shakespeare’s birthdayplace.


A. in small numbers


B. suddenly


C. in large numbers


D. out of the blue

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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST  in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of  the following questions.  
Câu 1: A series of programs have been broadcast to raise public awareness of healthy living.


A. people’s


B. teenagers’


C. adolescents’


D. residents’
Câu 2: In the wee hours, while the child is sleeping, the Tooth Fairy takes the tooth and leaves some money under the pillow.


A. soon after midnight


B.  late in the morning


C. early in the evening


D.  long before bedtime

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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. relation


B. employment


C. important


D. mischievous  
Câu 2:


A. active


B. employ


C. dessert


D. affair

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.  
Câu 1:


A. sharp


B. hammer  


C. apple


D. applicant
Câu 2:


A. cooked


B. ploughed  


C. stopped 


D.  finished  

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the passage and mark A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. In the early 1800’s, over 80 percent of the United States labor force was engaged in agriculture. Sophisticated technology and machinery were virtually nonexistent. People who lived in the cities and were not directly involved in trade often participated in small cottage industries making handcrafted goods. Others cured meats, silversmiths, candle or otherwise produced needed goods and commodities. Blacksmiths, silversmiths, candle makers, and other artisans worked in their homes or barns, relying on help of family.Perhaps no single phenomenon brought more widespread and lasting change to the United States society than the rise of industrialization. Industrial growth hinged on several economic factors. First, industry requires an abundance of natural resources, especially coal, iron ore, water, petroleum, and timber-all readily available on the North American continent. Second, factories demand a large labor supply. Between the 1870’s and the First World War (1914-1918), approximately 23 million immigrants streamed to the United States, settled in cities, and went to work in factories and mines. They also helped build the vast network of canals and railroads that crisscrossed the continent and linked important trade centers essential to industrial growth.Factories also offered a reprieve from the backbreaking work and financial unpredictability associated with farming. Many adults, poor and disillusioned with farm life, were lured to the cities by promises of steady employment, regular paychecks, increased access to goods and services, and expanded social opportunities. Others were pushed there when new technologies made their labor cheap or expendable; inventions such as steel plows and mechanized harvesters allowed one farmhand to perform work that previously had required several, thus making farming capital-intensive rather than labor-intensive.The United States economy underwent a massive transition and the nature of work was permanently altered. Whereas cottage industries relied on a few highly skilled craft workers who slowly and carefully converted raw materials into finished products from start to finish, factories relied on specialization. While factory work was less creative and more monotonous, it was also more efficient and allowed mass production of goods at less expense.
Câu 1: The word “ expendable” is closest in meaning to _______.


A. nonproductive


B. unacceptable  


C. nonessential  


D. unprofitable
Câu 2: The word “Others” in paragraph 3 refers to __________.


A. adults


B. promises  


C.  goods and services


D. social opportunities
Câu 3: What is the main idea of paragraph 3?



A. What American factories offered their farmer


B. What led American farmers to leaving their farms


C. How much capital was needed in American factories


D.  How the American work force benefited from new techologies
Câu 4: Blacksmiths, silversmiths, candle makers are are mentioned in lines 5-6 as examples of artisans who ________.


A. maintained their businesses at home    


B. were eventually able to use sophisticated technology 


C. produced unusual goods and commodities


D. would employ only family members
Câu 5: According to thepassage, factor workers differed from craft workers in that factory workers _______.


A. were required to be more creative


B. worked extensively with raw materials


C. changed jobs frequently  


D.  specialized in one aspect of the finished product only
Câu 6: What aspect of life in the United States does the passage maily discuss?


A. The transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy.


B.  The invention that transformed life in the nineteenth century.


C. The problems associated with the earliest factories.


D. The difficulty of farm life in the nineteenth century.
Câu 7: What does the author mean when stating that certain inventions made farming "capital-intensive rather than labor-intensive"?


A. Workers had to be trained to operate the new machines.


B. The new inventions were not helpful for all farming activities.


C. Human labor could still accomplish as much work as the first machines.


D. Mechanized farming required more capital and fewer laborers.
Câu 8: Which of the following statements woud the author most probably support?


A. The United States witnessed the prosperity of industrialization in a short duration.


B.  The United States farming was under the utmost influence of industrialization process.  


C.  Both economic and social factors resulted in the rise of industrialization in the United States.


D. Crucial changes in the United States society were generated by the industrial growth.
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Read the passage and mark A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the questions. In  the  early  twentieth  century,  an  American  woman  named  Emily  Post  wrote  a book  (9)_______ etiquette. This book explained the proper behavior Americans should follow in many different social situations from birthday parties to funerals. But in modern society, it is not simply to know the proper (10)______ for behavior in your own country. It is necessary for people who work or travel abroad to understand the rules of etiquette in other cultures as well.Cultural differences can be found in such simple processes as giving or receiving a gift. In Western cultures, a gift can be given to the receiver with relatively (11)______ ceremony. When a gift is offered,  the  receiver  usually  takes  the  gift  and  expresses  his  or  her  thanks.   In Chinese culture, both the giver and receiver understand that the receiver will typically refuse to take the gift several times before he or she finally accepts it. In addition, to show  respect for the receiver, it is (13)_________ in several Asian cultures to use both hands when offering a gift to another person.
Câu 1: (9)


A. on


B. with 


C. by 


D. upon
Câu 2: (10)


A. tendency


B. convention 


C. rules


D. laws
Câu 3: (11)


A. specially


B. differently


C. few


D. little
Câu 4: (12)


A. Morever


B. Otherwise


C. Therefore


D. However 
Câu 5: (13)


A. extraordinary


B. efficient


C. unusual


D. common

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B.
C.
D.

Mark  the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the questions.  
Câu 1: He called to tell me that he was studying. However, I didn’t believe him because there were a party-like sound.


A. Though he was studying when he called, I thought he was lying because he phoned, I didn’t believe his claim that he was studying.


B. Because of the sounds of a party I heard in the background when he phoned, I didn’t believe his claim that he was studying.


C. Although he rang me to tell me that he was studying , I couldn’t hear what he was saying properly because of my unbelievably noisy party.


D. I didn’t believe that he could study properly with the noise of a party in the background and and I told him that when he telephoned.
Câu 2: There were over two hundred people at Carl’s trial. Most of them believed that he was not guilty of the crime.


A. The majority of the more than 200 people at Carl’s trial didn’t think that he had committed the crime.


B. Carl had not committed the crime, and so more than 200 people came to his trial to show their support.


C. Over 200 people coming to Carl’s trial must have influenced the fact that he was found guilty of the crime.


D. When it was announced that Carl had been found not guilty of  the crime, there were 200 people in the audience at his trial.

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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following question.
Câu 1: “No, I won’t work overtime at the weekend,” said Sally.


A. Sally proised to work overtime at the weekend.


B. Sally apologized for not working overtime at the weekend.  


C.  Sally refused to work overtime at the weekend.  


D. Sally regretted not working overtime at the weekend.  
Câu 2: We survived that accident because the driver was driving carefully.


A. But for the driver, we would have survived that accident.


B. If we weren’t driving carefully, the driver couldn’t have survived that accident. 


C. Had the driver not been driving  carefully, we wouldn’t have survived that accident.


D. Without our seat belts, we could have survived that accident.   
Câu 3: Jenny is so creative that we all can rely on her original ideas.


A. Being creative, we can all rely on Jenny for original ideas.


B. So creative is Jenny that we all can rely on her for original ideas.


C. Jenny is such creative girl that we all rely on her for original ideas.


D. Creative though Jenny is, we can rely on her for original ideas. 

A.
B.
C.
D.