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: The works of such men as the English philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes helped pave the way for academic freedom in the modern sense.


A. terminate


B. prevent


C. initiate


D. lighten
Câu 2: E-cash cards are the main means of all transactions in a cashless society.


A. cash-starved


B. cash-strapped


C. cash-in-hand


D. cash-free
Câu 3: Many scientists agree that global warming poses great threats to all species on Earth.


A. risks


B. annoyances


C. fears


D. irritations

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. amaze


B. offer


C. release


D.  believe
Câu 2:


A. socialise


B. memory


C. tradition


D. animal
Câu 3:


A. biology


B. ability


C. interactive


D. inaccurate
Câu 4:


A. actor


B. career


C. rubbish


D. cocktail
Câu 5:


A. similar


B. attractive


C. chemical


D. calculate

A.
B.
C.
D.

Find and correct the mistake
Câu 1: I'm not so much sure that this is the case.


A. so


B. much


C. this


D. the
Câu 2: It was good to hear all your news and I’m glad that your family are all as well


A. all


B. and


C. are


D. as
Câu 3: The teacher opened the window for getting some fresh air in the room


A. opened


B. for getting


C. fresh air


D. the room
Câu 4: Do you think you could lend me good pair of gloves to wear to the wedding?


A. could


B. good pair


C. gloves


D. to wear
Câu 5: Thanks for the knowledge our children brought home, our lives have changed a lot.


A. Thanks for


B. our children


C. home


D. have changed

A.
B.
C.
D.

Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently.
Câu 1:


A. disappear


B. engineer           


C. education        


D. attachment
Câu 2:


A. curtain


B. enclose


C. contain


D. remember
Câu 3:


A. prepare


B. question           


C. educate            


D. calculator
Câu 4:


A. locate


B. decide


C. statement


D. unfair
Câu 5:


A. contaminate     


B. championship


C. minority           


D. convenience

A.
B.
C.
D.

 Pronunciation:  choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
Câu 1:


A.  there  


B. though


C. teeth


D. breathe
Câu 2:


A. debt 


B.  bomb


C. comb


D. absorb
Câu 3:


A. host 


B. most 


C. cost 


D. post
Câu 4:


A. decision           


B. erosion             


C. occasion


D. expansion
Câu 5:


A. flame 


B. change 


C. champagne      


D. blame

A.
B.
C.
D.

Identify the mistake in each of the following sentences:
Câu 1: I took an hour rewriting my essay in a more convincing way as the teacher had recommended.. 


A. took      


B. in


C. as


D. had recommended
Câu 2: Annie, that I met in the summer camp, has become my best friend


A. that       


B. the


C. has become       


D. my best
Câu 3: It was not until Kate telephoned the Customer Service Assistance did she receive the refunds.          


A. not until


B. telephoned


C. did she receive


D. refunds
Câu 4: My father never allows me going out after 10pm even though I am now 22. 


A. allows


B. going


C. after     


D. even though
Câu 5: I do not think you can put the washing machine here, for it takes on a lot of space. 


A. do not think


B. can


C. for 


D. on 

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the passage and choose the correct answers:Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867. She received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. As a brilliant student, she harboured the dream of a scientific career, which was impossible for a woman at that time. To save money for a study tour abroad, she had to work as a private tutor. Finally, in 1891, Marie, with very little money to live on, came to Paris to realize her dream at the Sorbonne. Despite her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard. She earned a physics degree with flying colors, and went on to take another degree in mathematics. She met Pierre Curie in the School of Physics in 1894 and in the following year they got married. From then on, they worked together on their research. In 1903, Marie became the first woman to receive a PhD from the Sorbonne. She was the first woman in France to be a university professor. Soon after, she was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium. 
Câu 1: What does the phrase ‘with flying colors’ mean?


A. Specially


B. colorfully


C. Satisfactorily


D. Successfully
Câu 2: How could Marie Curie realize her dream?


A. By working hard to get through Sorbonne 


B. By working in Warsaw


C. By being trained by her father


D. By saving money to travel
Câu 3: Which of the following statement is NOT true about Marie Curie?


A. She got married in 1895


B. She got a PhD in Sorbonne


C. It was not easy for her to become a scientist 


D. She won a Nobel Prize in Physics
Câu 4: What does this passage mainly discuss?


A. Marie Curie’s success in Physics


B. Marie Curie’s schooling


C. Marie Curie’s dream of scientific career


D. Marie Curie’s biography
Câu 5: What did Marie Curie study in Sorbonne?


A. Physics


B. Math and Chemistry 


C. Physics and Math 


D. Chemistry and Physics

A.
B.
C.
D.

Pick out the word whose stress pattern is different 
Câu 1: (21)


A. tragedy


B. theatrical


C. comedy 


D. aspect
Câu 2: (22)


A. diversity


B. opportunity


C. reservation


D. revolutionary
Câu 3: (23)


A. mosaic


B. amphibian


C. strategy


D. cooperative
Câu 4: (24)


A. geography 


B. creativity


C. technological      


D. satisfaction
Câu 5: (25)


A. poison


B. mammal


C. certain


D. research

A.
B.
C.
D.

 Khoanh tròn A, B, C, hoặc D để chọn từ có phần gạch chân phát âm khác:
Câu 1:


A. afternoon       


B. school            


C. look    


D. tooth
Câu 2:


A. dirty                


B. pity     


C. first     


D. girl
Câu 3:


A. read    


B.  meat


C. heat


D.  bear
Câu 4:


A. man


B. date     


C. hand


D. sad
Câu 5:


A. other


B. today


C. together          


D. tonight

A.
B.
C.
D.

Khoanh tròn A, B, C, hoặc D để chọn từ có phần gạch chân phát âm khác:
Câu 1:


A. food    


B. school


C. foot     


D. fruit
Câu 2:


A. blind


B. decide


C. mind   


D. disabled
Câu 3:


A. seat


B. beat


C. bread


D. repeat
Câu 4:


A. said


B. bad      


C. sad      


D. cat
Câu 5:


A.  top


B. box     


C. boss    


D. more

A.
B.
C.
D.