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 ."The economic history of the United States", one scholar has written, "is the history of the rise and development of the capitalistic system". The colonists of the eighteenth century pushed forward what those of the seventeenth century have begun: the expansion and elaboration of an economy born in the great age of capitalist expansion.Our excellent natural resources paved the way for the development of abundant capital to increase our growth. Capital includes the tools – such as: machines, vehicles, and buildings – that makes the outputs of labor and resources more valuable. But it also includes the funds necessary to buy those tools. If a society had to consume everything it produced just to stay alive, nothing could be put aside to increase future productions. But if a farmer can grow more corn than his family needs to eat, he can use the surplus as seed to increase the next crop, or to feed workers who build tractors. This process of capital accumulation was aided in the American economy by our cultural heritage. Saving played an important role in the European tradition. It contributed to American’s motivation to put something aside today for the tools to buy tomorrow.The great bulk of the accumulated wealth of America, as distinguished from what was consumed, was derived either directly or indirectly from trade. Though some manufacturing existed, its role in the accumulation of capital was negligible. A merchant class of opulent proportions was already visible in the seaboard cities, its wealth as the obvious consequence of shrewd and resourceful management of the carrying trade. Even the rich planters of tidewater Virginia and the rice coast of South Carolina finally depended for their genteel way of life upon the ships and merchants who sold their tobacco and rice in the markets of Europe. As colonial production rose and trade expanded, a business community emerged in the colonies, linking the provinces by lines of trade and identity of interest.
Câu 1: With what subject is this passage mainly concerned?   


A. Economics 


B. Geography


C. Finance


D.  Culture            
Câu 2: The phrase "paved the way" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______ .  


A. paid for     


B. accumulated


C. resembled 


D.  supported   
Câu 3: It can be inferred from the passage that the European ancestors of early Americans __________.  


A. sent many tools to America          


B. taught their skills to their offspring


C. were accustomed to saving      


D. were good farmers
Câu 4: The word "it" in the third sentence  of paragraph 2 refers to ________  .


A. growth      


B. capital  


C.  resource   


D. labour       
Câu 5: The word "funds" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _______ .


A. capital     


B.  resource    


C.  labour       


D.  money       
Câu 6: According to the passage, which of the following would lead to accumulating capital?


A.  Training workers who produce goods. 


B. Studying the culture history of the country


C. Consuming what is produced      


D. Planting more of a crop than what is needed
Câu 7: According to the passage, capital includes all of the following EXCEPT ________ .


A. factories


B. workers  


C. tractors    


D. money                   
Câu 8: According to the passage, the emergence of a business community in the colonies was a result of  ________ .  


A.  efficient saving   


B. the immigration     


C. the success of production and trade   


D. the existence of manufacturing
Câu 9: The phrase "put aside" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _________ .  


A. saved      


B.  hidden    


C.  reviewed       


D.  consumed
Câu 10: The word "negligible" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _________ .


A. very important        


B. not very important   


C.  necessary to be neglected      


D. able to be neglected
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the one that best completes each sentence to each of the following questions
Câu 1: The bigger the supermarket is,  _______________ .


A. the wider the choice is  


B.  the wider the choice it is


C. the more the choice is wide  


D. the more the choice is 
Câu 2: Peter apologized  _____________________ .


A. me for not phoning earlier  


B. for not phoning me earlier


C.  not to phone me earlier


D. to me not for phoning earlier
Câu 3: ____________________  received law degrees as today.


A. Women who have never         


B. Never so many women have


C. The women aren't ever    


D. Never have so many women  
Câu 4: The police wanted to know __________________ .


A.  where had he been the night before.  


B. where he had been the previous night 


C. where he had been last night       


D. where he was last night 
Câu 5: It is essential __________________ .


A. that everyone knows what to do when there is a fire


B. for everyone knowing what to do when there is a fire


C. that everyone know what to do when there is a fire


D. that everyone has to know what to do when there is a fire

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B.
C.
D.

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 from 1 to 10.A WILD HUNTLiving in a modern society, we cannot (1) ______ the acts of crime that take place everyday. Criminal activity ranges from stealing to the more serious crimes of kidnapping and murder.Just recently, a hunt was on for two men who robbed an off-licence in broad daylight. The shop owner tried to call the police, but he received a severe blow to the back of his head, which left him unconscious. It appears that the two (2) ________ had planned everything very well, since they (3) _________ getting caught. They were seen getting on their motorbike holding guns by two policemen in a patrol car. who started (4) _________ them. (5) ________ the robbers managed to get away through the back streets. All exits from the city were closed (6) ________ immediately. Even the airport was put on alert and flights were delayed, as strict security measures were (7) ________ and all passengers were asked to give proof of their identity. Many people considered this a nuisance and were shocked by these tactics. So, they put the (8) ___________ for the situation on the police and (9) ________ them of incompetence. In the end, the police (10) _________ responsibility for the setbacks.
Câu 1: ________(01)


A. neglect  


B. forget   


C. omit          


D. ignore
Câu 2: ________(02)


A. criminals   


B. pickpockets


C. convicts


D. burglars         
Câu 3: ________(03)


A. stopped 


B. escaped     


C. avoided 


D. prevented  
Câu 4: ________(04)


A. hunting   


B. chasing  


C. arresting          


D. following 
Câu 5: ________(05)


A. However   


B. Despite     


C. Therefore       


D. Although 
Câu 6: ________(06)


A. away 


B.  down      


C. off  


D. up
Câu 7: ________(07)


A. followed   


B. taken


C. put   


D. made  
Câu 8: ________(08)


A. blame 


B. fault  


C. accusation


D. cause            
Câu 9: ________(09)


A. charged  


B.  convicted


C. accused


D. blamed       
Câu 10: ________(10)


A. recognised       


B. got


C. received    


D. took  
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Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences. 
Câu 1: When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he ____ it


A. reviews       


B. dips into


C. swallows   


D. chews and digests 
Câu 2: The goalkeeper can also be ejected for twenty seconds if a major foul is committed.  


A. excluded    


B. sprinted  


C. played


D. advanced
Câu 3: _______ is a game in which two teams hit a large ball with their hands backwards and forwards over a high net. If you allow the ball to touch the ground, the other team wins a point.  


A. Basket ball  


B. Water polo


C. Volleyball


D.  Badminton
Câu 4: ______ is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.


A. Disaster     


B. Poverty   


C. Famine  


D. Flood.
Câu 5: He still behaves like a child. I wish he’d _______________ .


A. catch up      


B. grow up 


C. speak up         


D.  wait up
Câu 6: Wait for me. I don’t want to ___________.


A. keep up          


B. cool off       


C. fall behind 


D.  give in 
Câu 7: What a lovely baby! He certainly __________ his father.


A. look likes 


B. looks forward to


C. looks after 


D. takes after 
Câu 8: Jane has a computer.___________ , she doesn’t use it.


A. But


B. Therefore  


C. so  


D. However
Câu 9: "Let's go to the movie now." - "Oh, ________"


A.  Good idea  


B. I don't      


C.  Why's that?    


D.  I need it
Câu 10: He wasn't _____the job


A. experienced enough doing  


B. experienced to do enough


C. experienced enough to do    


D. enough experienced to do
Câu 11: The man __________________on the plane talked all the time.


A.  who I was sitting next      


B. that I was sitting next to


C. that I was sitting next to him  


D. who I was sitting next him
Câu 12: I wish you ______ to the theatre last night, but you didn't.


A. would come 


B. came  


C.  was coming                


D. had come
Câu 13: He went to the library ______.


A.  so as to borrow a book   


B.  so that to borrow a book


C. a book to borrowing a book   


D. in order that borrow
Câu 14: It is ______ to talk about a problem than to solve it.


A.  easiest


B. more easy  


C. easy      


D. easier
Câu 15: - "Happy birthday! This is a small present for you."


A. What a pity!   


B. How terrible!    


C. Have a good time!        


D. How beautiful it is! Thanks.
Câu 16: ________________, this disaster would not have happened.


A. Had you obeyed orders 


B. You obeyed orders 


C. Had you have obeyed orders      


D. You had obeyed orders
Câu 17: They asked me a lot of questions, __________I couldn't answer.


A. much of which   


B. both of them   


C. neither of which 


D. most of which
Câu 18: I like Tom and Ann. They are _______.


A.  such as nice people


B. such nice peoples   


C.  such a nice people      


D.  such nice people
Câu 19: His visit toNew Yorkseemed to get ______ because he was busy at work.


A.  more and more short      


B. shorter and shorter


C.  the shortest     


D. the shorter and shorter
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Read the following passage and choose the best answer:At the age of sixty-five, Laura Ingalls Wilder began writing a series of novels for young people based on her early experiences on the American frontier. Born in the state of Wisconsinin 1867, she and her family were rugged pioneers. Seeking better farm land, they went by covered wagon to Missouriin 1869, then on the Kansasthe next year, returning to Wisconsinin 1871, and traveling on to Minnesotaand Iowabefore setting permanently in South Dakotain 1879. Because of this constant moving, Wilder’s early education took place sporadically in a succession of one-room schools. From age thirteen to sixteen, she attended schools more regularly, although she never graduated.At the age of eighteen, she married Almanzo James Wilder. They bought a small farm in the Ozarks, where they remained for the rest of their lives. Their only daughter, Rose, who had become a nationally known journalist, encouraged her mother to write. Serving as an agent and editor, Rose negotiated with Harper’s to publish her mother’s first book, Little House in the Big Woods. Seven more books followed, each chronicling her early life on the plains. Written from the perspective of a child, they have remained popular with young readers from many nations. Twenty years after her death in 1957, a weekly television series, Little House on The Prairie, was produced, based on the stories from the Wilder books.
Câu 1: What is the main topic of the passage?


A. American pioneer life    


B. Children’s literature    


C. A weekly television series  


D. Wilder’s career
Câu 2: Laura Ingalls Wilder began writing novels ______.


A. when being a child on the frontier 


B.  right after she moved to the Ozarks


C. when being a young mother          


D. after her sixty-fifth birthday
Câu 3: The author mentions all of the following in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life except ______.
 


A. she went west by covered wagon


B.  she graduated from a one-room school


C. she married Almanzo Wilder        


D. she had one daughter
Câu 4: It can be inferred from the passage that ______.


A. Laura Ingalls Wilders wrote scripts for the television series


B. the Wilders were not happy living in the Ozarks


C. Wilder’s daughter was not a successful writer


D. the Wilder books have a universal appeal

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B.
C.
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Read the passage below and decide which answer ( A, B, C or D)best fits each space:Mount Everestis the highest mountain in the world. It is in theHimalayanMountainsbetweenNepalandChina, and it is 8,900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay fromNepalwere the first people ever to climbMount Everest. They climbed it in 1953. Since then, men from different countries have been (33) _____ in climbing it.However, the first woman to make this difficult climb was Junko Tabei, a (34) _____ Japanese woman from Hokkaido. She was a housewife but really interested in climbing mountains. She earned money for her trips (35) _____ English and piano to young children.In 1975, aTokyonewspaper-television company organized theMount Everestclimb for women. They chose fifteen women from mountaineering clubs to go toNepal. The groups climbed for several days. Then there was an avalanche, and most of the women were (36) _____. Only Ms. Tabei was able to climb the last 70 meters and stand on the top of the world. She was the first woman there. 
Câu 1: _________(33)


A. succeed   


B. to succeed      


C. successful


D. successfully
Câu 2: _________(34)


A. 35-year-old


B. 35-years-old   


C. 35-years aged 


D. 35-years ages
Câu 3: _________(35)


A. to teach  


B. by teaching 


C. as teaching  


D.  taught
Câu 4: _________(36)


A. damaged     


B. destroyed  


C. broken   


D. injured

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose one option A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the original one. 
Câu 1: The last time when I saw her was three years ago. 


A. I have seen her for the last three years. 


B. It’s three years ago since I last saw her.


C. I have not seen her for three years.   


D.  B and C are incorrect
Câu 2: If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.


A. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.      


B. I am too tall to reach the top shelf.


C. I cannot reach the top shelf  because I am very tall.         


D. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.
Câu 3: People believe that there is an other world after death.


A. That there is an other world after death is believed by people.


B. It was believed that there is an other world after death.


C. It is believed that there is an other world after death.


D.  There is believe to have an other world after death.
Câu 4: He looked so funny that I couldn’t help laughing.


A. I couldn’t laugh because he looked so funny.


B.  I couldn’t help him laugh because he looked so funny.


C. He looked too funny for me to laugh.


D. I laughed because he looked so funny.
Câu 5: “ Why don’t we go out for dinner tonight?” said Mary.


A. Mary suggested a dinner out that night.               


B. Mary invited a dinner out that night.


C. Mary ordered a dinner out that night.             


D. Mary suggested that we shouldn’t have a dinner out that night.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently 
Câu 1:


A. failed   


B. reached  


C. absorbed      


D. solved
Câu 2:


A. develops   


B. takes 


C.  laughs 


D. volumes

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the word whose stressed syllable is different from that of the others 
Câu 1:


A. distinctive 


B. equality       


C. production                


D. accurate 
Câu 2:


A. apply     


B. persuade  


C. reduce   


D. offer

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B.
C.
D.

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. psychology   


B. generative   


C.  insurance    


D.  inheritance 
Câu 2:


A. extinguish


B. fortunate     


C. technical   


D. resident 
Câu 3:


A. interference       


B.  influential


C. perception     


D. academic 
Câu 4:


A. adventure   


B. dimension


C. commercial 


D. hygiene 
Câu 5:


A. preferential        


B. calculation   


C. conventional 


D. apprehension

A.
B.
C.
D.