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

A.
B.
C.
D.

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

A.
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.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction to each of the following questions 
Câu 1: It is generally believed that Thomas Jerferson was the one who had researched and wrote the Declaration of Independence during the months prior to its signing in July, 1776.                                                                                                                             


A. It is generally believed 


B. was


C. wrote


D. its signing 
Câu 2: Dr. Frank Conrad's musical radio broadcasts in 1919 led Westinghouse open the first fully licensed commercial broadcasting system in the United States on November 2nd, 1920.     


A. musical 


B. open


C. licensed commercial broadcasting system


D. on November 2nd, 1920.     
Câu 3: My uncle has just bought some expensive furnitures for his new house.  


A. has just bought


B. expensive 


C. furnitures


D. for his new house
Câu 4: People respected him because he was a honest man .


A. People


B. respected


C. because 


D. a honest man
Câu 5: The flag over the White House is risen at dawn everyday by a color guard from the United States armed forces.  


A. over the White House


B. is risen


C. at dawn


D. armed

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B , C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: The lady who had invited us heard me telling my wife the dinner terrible, so I was embarrassed.


A. heard 


B. telling


C.  the dinner terrible


D. embarrassed
Câu 2: After writing it, the essay must be duplicated by the student himself and handed in to the department secretary before the end of the month.


A. After writing it


B. be 


C. in to 


D. the end of 
Câu 3: They are known that colds can be avoided by eating the right kind of food and taking exercise regularly.


A. They are known


B. be avoided by


C. right


D. regularly
Câu 4: Before the invention of the printing press, books have been all printed by hand.


A. Before


B. the printing


C. have been 


D. by hand
Câu 5: We educate our children as well as we can, because an educational population is the key to future.


A. as well as


B. an educational


C. population


D. to

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following sentences.
Câu 1: She asked Janet to repeat what she had said. 


A.  “Will you please repeat what Janet said?”, she asked. 


B. “Please repeat what Janet had said.”, she asked.


C. “Please repeat what you say, Janet.”, she said. 


D. “Please repeat what you said, Janet.” , she said
Câu 2: Jenny denied breaking the window.


A. Jenny was determined not to break the window.  


B. Jenny said that she hadn’t broken the window.


C. Jenny didn’t break the window.                 


D.  Jenny refused to break the window.
Câu 3: I hardly know the truth about Jean’s success in the institute.


A. Jean’s success in the institute was not to be known.


B. It is difficult for Jean to be successful in the institute.


C.  I do not know much about Jean’s success in the institute.


D. Jean hardly become known and successful in the institute.
Câu 4: After Louie had written his composition, he handed it to his teacher.


A. Handed the composition to his teacher, Louie wrote it.


B.  Having written his composition, Louie handed it to his teacher.


C. Writing the composition, Louie handed it to his teacher.


D. Handing the composition, Louie had written his composition.
Câu 5: It is certain that the suspect committed the crime.


A. The suspect was certain to commit the crime.


B. The suspect might have committed the crime.


C. Certain commitment of the crime was that of the suspect.


D. The suspect must have committed the crime.
Câu 6: I thought she was the right person for the position, yet it turned out that she was quite useless.  


A. Contrary to my initial impression, she was totally unsuitable for the position.


B.  I was right in thinking that she was totally useless for the job.


C. I was mistaken about her suitability for the position, since she proved rather incompetent.


D. Because I was expecting her to be competent, I was shocked to see her perform rather badly.
Câu 7: People believed that the boys started the fire.


A. The boys were believed to start the fire.


B. That the boys started the fire was believed.


C. It is believed that the fire was started by the boys.                  


D. It is believed that the boys started the fire.
Câu 8: I had no problems at all during my trip to France.


A. No problems were there during my trip to France at all.


B. Everything went according to plan during my trip to France.


C. My trip to France was not at all went as planned.


D. No problems during my trip had I at all in France.
Câu 9: He felt very tired. However, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. 


A. He felt so tired that he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. 


B. Feeling very tired, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.


C. As the result of his tiredness, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.


D. Tired as he might feel, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
Câu 10: She heard the news of the death of her mother. She fainted.


A. On hearing the news of her dead mother, she fainted.


B. On hearing the news of her mother’s death, she fainted.


C. She fainted so she heard the news of the death of her mother.


D. She fainted and then she heard the news of the death of her mother.
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A.
B.
C.
D.

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: As a government official, Benjamin Franklin often traveled abroad.


A. widely 


B. secretly  


C. alone    


D. overseas
Câu 2: American poet James Merrily received critical acclaim for his work entitled Jim's Book.


A. advice   


B. disapproval      


C. praise     


D. attention
Câu 3: The lost hikers stayed alive by eating wild berries and drinking spring water.


A. connived     


B. survived 


C. surprised  


D. revived

A.
B.
C.
D.