Choose the word which has different stress pattern from the others.
Câu 1:


A. introduce   


B. delegate


C. marvelous 


D.  currency
Câu 2:


A. baby 


B. decline   


C. money 


D. system

A.
B.
C.
D.

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


A. access


B. website


C. violent   


D.  internet
Câu 2:


A. mountain         


B. shout  


C. household


D. through
Câu 3:


A. fashion     


B. campus   


C.  relax    


D.  locate

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the best option:
Câu 1: Somebody will phone Mr. Watson tonight .


A. Mr. Watson will phone tonight .   


B. Tonight will be phoned to Mr. Watson by somebody .


C. Mr. Watson will be phoned tonight .     


D. Mr. Watson will be phoned tonight by somebody.
Câu 2: The old man treated the little boy badly .


A. The little boy was treated by the old man badly .


B. The little boy was badly treated by the old man .


C. The little boy badly was treated by the old man .


D. The little boy was treated badly by the old man .
Câu 3: They are widening the roads in our town.


A. The roads in our town are being widened. 


B. The roads is being widened in our town.


C. The roads in our town are being wide.    


D. The roads in our town are widened.        
Câu 4: Mary: “Do you want to come to my house tonight?”  Peter: “No, thanks. ______________________. She isn’t very well at the moment.”


A. I will visit my grandmother.   


B. I  going to visit my grandmother.


C. I am going to visit my grandmother.   


D. I visit my grandmother.

A.
B.
C.
D.

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
Câu 1: ______ is the member of a family who earns the money that the family needs.


A. Husband


B. Breadwinner  


C. Women   


D. Homemaker
Câu 2: This system of the body lets us breathe in oxygen with our _______ and breathe out carbon dioxide.


A. heart   


B. lungs     


C. brain       


D. intestine
Câu 3: This system of the body is _______ up of our bones.


A. made 


B. taken     


C. done   


D. got
Câu 4: _____ is the controller of the body. Led by the brain and nerves, it allows us to move, talk and feel emotions.


A. Circulatory system


B. Digestive system 


C. Nervous system  


D. Skeletal system
Câu 5: In Singapore today, people tend to live in _________ families which consist of parents and children.  


A. extended     


B. sole   


C. crowded    


D. nuclear
Câu 6: Which word is closest in meaning to “diseases”?  


A. acupunctures         


B. precautions    


C. capabilities           


D. ailments
Câu 7: A person will be considered _________ if he/she doesn’t take good care of his/her parents or grandparents.  


A. unwilling      


B. discomfort       


C. ungrateful     


D. impolite
Câu 8: The man can’t see the hole in front of him, he ___________________ into it.


A. will fall     


B. is going to fall 


C. is falling     


D. fell
Câu 9: _________ psychologists, most people don’t realize the enormous benefits that come to a family when husband and children share the housework.                                                               


A. On behalf of   


B. Thanks to


C. According to  


D. Apart from
Câu 10: My mother often ________________ in the early morning because she wants to choose the freshest and healthiest ingredients for the meals.


A. does the cooking   


B. shops for groceries


C. do the grocery shopping 


D. cooks
Câu 11: That tree ____ last month. Now it ______ .


A. was planted /is growing   


B. has planted/ is grown 


C. planted/ is grown        


D. planted / grows
Câu 12: Every day I _____ up at 6 o'clock, ______ breakfast at 7 o'clock and ______ for work at 8 o'clock.


A. get / eat / leave


B. have got / eating / leaving


C. got / ate / left 


D. will get / have eaten / left
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C.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Câu 1: In the past, the trip was very rough and often dangerous, but things _______ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years.


A. change        


B. will change   


C. changed  


D. have changed
Câu 2: It is _______ education that can make life of people in developing countries less miserable.


A. an         


B. the  


C. a     


D. Ø
Câu 3: The faster we walk, _________ we will get there.


A. the more soon 


B. the soon  


C. the sooner  


D. the soonest
Câu 4: Could you please tell me _________?


A. It is how far to  the nearest bus stop     


B. how far to the nearest bus stop is it


C. how far it is to the nearest bus stop    


D. how far is it to the nearest bus stop
Câu 5: More than ten victims _______ missing in the storm last week.


A. are reported to have been     


B. are reported to be


C. are reporting to have been        


D. are reporting to be
Câu 6: We will be sitting for our final examination in the last week _______ May.


A. on          


B. of    


C. in


D. for
Câu 7: It is often a good idea to start with small, easily _______ goals.


A. achievement    


B. achievable


C. achieve       


D. achiever
Câu 8: The college offers both _______ and professional qualifications.


A. experience     


B. requirement    


C. government  


D. academic
Câu 9: Didn’t they _________ sight of the “No Camping” sign?


A. catch       


B. keep   


C. take  


D. have
Câu 10: A ________ is an official document that you receive when you have completed a course of study or training.


A. subject


B. vocation   


C. certificate 


D. grade
Câu 11: As the managing director was dictating the letter, his secretary _________ what he was saying in shorthand.


A. took on    


B. took down


C. took off  


D. took up
Câu 12: The child hurt himself badly when he fell ________the bedroom window.


A. out of     


B. down 


C. out from


D. over
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions
Câu 1: Given these constraints, we have no alternative but to suggest an improvised solution.  


A. a complete 


B. a preplanned   


C. a permanent


D. a proscribed
Câu 2: The classroom was chaotic once the teacher left the room.  


A. confused         


B. messy    


C. entertaining  


D. orderly

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 following questions
Câu 1:


A. simply


B. brother


C. common  


D. across
Câu 2:


A. informality     


B. entertainment  


C. appropriate


D. situation

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question.Miss Richards was a teacher at a school in England. She taught chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the school. Sometimes the new classes learnt quickly , but sometimes they were very slow, and then Miss Richards had to repeat things many times. One year , the first class had studied chemistry for several weeks when Miss Richards suddenly asked : “ What is water?” . There was a silence for a few seconds, and Miss Richards felt sad , but then one of the boys raised his hand. He was not one of the most intelligent students in the class, so she was glad that he could answer “ Water is a liquid which has no colour until you wash your hands in it,” the boy replied.
Câu 1: What did Miss Richards teach?


A. chemistry & physics 


B. English 


C. chemistry      


D. physics
Câu 2:  The word “ repeat” in this passage means _________ .


A.  explain                       


B. say again 


C. study more   


D. reuse
Câu 3: How did Miss Richards feel when the students couldn’t answer her question immediately?


A. happy  


B.  normal  


C. miserable  


D. unhappy
Câu 4: The boy who answered the question was ___________ .


A. one of the laziest students in the class.


B. not one of the best students in the class.


C. not the tallest students in the class.


D. one of the most intelligent students in the class.
Câu 5: Which of the following statements is NOT true about Miss Richards?


A. Her question in the passage was in chemistry. 


B. She taught natural science subjects.


C. Her new class sometimes learnt very slowly.  


D. She only taught the highest class.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the correct answer (marked A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following questions.
Câu 1: It is time___________.


A. the children to go to bed       


B. for the children to go to bed


C. for the children to going to bed 


D. for the children go to bed
Câu 2: __________, he’ll lose his job.


A. Unless he doesn’t work harder   


B.  If he works harder


C.  Unless he works harder 


D. If he doesn’t works harder
Câu 3: ___________, Bill arrived late.


A.  In spite of having taken a taxi        


B. Although of having taken a taxi


C. Though having taken a taxi     


D. Despite of having taken a taxi

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the answer  that is nearest in meaning to the printed before it. 
Câu 1: There was very little response to the charity appeal.


A. Nobody responded to the charity appeal.


B. Very little money was raised by the charity appeal.


C. Everybody seemed to appeal to the charity.


D. They raised a lot of money from the charity 'appeal.
Câu 2: With the help of new computer programs, we can solve many problems quickly and accurately.


A. New computer programs have enabled us to solve many problems quickly and accurately.


B. New computer programs are quick and accurate.


C. We can solve problems quickly and accurately without computer programs.


D.  New computer programs are not able to solve many problems quickly and accurately.
Câu 3: People swimming here do so at their own risk.


A. People may swim here without fear or risk.


B. Swimming is so risky here that it is forbidden.


C. People should realize that it is dangerous to swim here.


D. Swimmers will not be blamed if anything happens to them here.
Câu 4: After fighting the fire for 12 hours, the firemen succeeded in putting it out.


A. The fireman managed in vain to put the fire out after a 12-hour fight.


B.  Having fought the fire for 12 hours, the firemen were able to put it out.


C. The firemen wasted 12 hours putting the fire out.


D. Fighting the fire for 12 hours, the fire was put out.
Câu 5: People donated a lot, so the victims of the tsunami are now able to overcome difficulties.      


A. But for people's generous donation, the victims of the tsunami wouldn't be able to overcome difficulties now.


B. Despite people's generous donation, the victims of the tsunami are facing lots of difficulties now.


C. To overcome difficulties, the victims of the tsunami needed people's generous donation.


D. The victims of the tsunami are now able to overcome difficulties but for people's generous donation.

A.
B.
C.
D.