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 questionsOne of the most important social developments that helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the role of public education was the effect of the baby boom of the 1950's and 1960's on the schools. In the 1920's, but especially in the Depression conditions of the 1930's, the United States experienced a declining birth rate – every thousand women aged fifteen to forty-four gave birth to about 118 live children in 1920, 89.2 in 1930, 75.8 in 1936, and 80 in 1940. With the growing prosperity brought on by the Second WorldWar and the economic boom that followed it, young people married and established households earlier and began to raise larger families than had their predecessors during the Depression. Birth rates rose to 102 per thousand in 1946, 106.2 in 1950, and 118 in 1955. Although economics was probably the most important determinant, it is not the only explanation for the baby boom. The increased value placed on the idea of the family also helps to explain this rise in birth rates. The baby boomers began streaming into the first grade by the mid-1940's and became a flood by 1950. The public school system suddenly found itself “overtaxed”. While the number of schoolchildren rose because of wartime and postwar conditions, these same conditions made the schools even less prepared to cope with the flood. The wartime economy meant that few new schools were built between 1940 and 1945. Moreover, during the war and in the boom times that followed large numbers of teachers left their profession for better-paying jobs elsewhere in the economy.Therefore, in the 1950's and 1960's, the baby boom hit an antiquated and inadequate school system. Consequently, the "custodial rhetoric" of the 1930's and early 1940's no longer made sense; that is, keeping youths aged sixteen and older out of the labor market by keeping them in school could no longer be a high priority for an institution unable to find space and staff to teach younger children aged five to sixteen. With the baby boom, the focus of educators and of laymen interested in education inevitably turned toward the lower grades and back to basic academic skills and discipline. The system no longer had much interest in offering nontraditional, new, and extra services to older youths.
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?


A. Birth rates in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s


B. The impact of the baby boom on public education


C. The role of the family in the 1950's and 1960's


D. The teaching profession during the baby boom
Câu 2: The word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to____.


A. the economic boom


B. the Second World War


C. the 1930s     


D. the United States
Câu 3: The word "overtaxed" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to____.


A. charged too much 


B. plentifully supplied   


C. heavily burdened       


D. well prepared
Câu 4: The public school of the 1950s and 1960s faced all of the following problems EXCEPT


A. an inadequate number of school buildings


B. old-fashioned facilities


C. a shortage of teachers      


D. a declining number of students
Câu 5: According to the passage, why did teachers leave the teaching profession after theoutbreak of the war?


A. Teaching positions were scarce.       


B. They were dissatisfied with the curriculum.


C. Other jobs provided higher salaries. 


D. They needed to be retrained.
Câu 6: The word "inevitably" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to____.


A. unavoidably 


B. impartially    


C. irrationally 


D. unwillingly
Câu 7: Which of the following best characterizes the organization of the passage?


A. The second paragraph provides a fictional account to illustrate a problem presented in the firstparagraph.


B. The second paragraph argues against a point made in the first paragraph.


C. The second paragraph introduces a problem not mentioned in the first paragraph


D. The second paragraph presents the effect of circumstances described in the first paragraph.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Fruit and vegetables should be carefully washed whether eaten fresh or cook.


A. carefully


B. whether


C. fresh


D. cook
Câu 2: The Netherlands, with much of its land lying lower than the sea level, have a system of dikes and canals for controlling water.


A. much


B. lying


C. have


D. controlling
Câu 3: The symptoms of diabetes in the early stages are too slight that people do not notice them.


A. The


B. too


C. do not


D. them

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 bold and underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: He was attentive as Betsy and I talked about our charity concert to help the victims of the recent floods.


A. perceptive 


B. indifferent  


C. interested   


D. negligent
Câu 2: My father hit the roof when he found out that I’d damaged the car.


A. was over the moon


B. burst with anger


C. went with the flow 


D. kept his shirt on

A.
B.
C.
D.

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


A. approached        


B. enforced  


C. composed   


D. embraced
Câu 2:


A. sculpture            


B. result 


C. justice 


D. figure

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.
Câu 1: People like to play ______ on each other on April Fool’s Day.


A. games  


B. treats  


C. tricks      


D. cards
Câu 2: The chinese eat special ____ for the moon festival. They are sweet and are made with a lot of eggs.


A. candies    


B. sweets  


C. apple pies 


D. cakes
Câu 3: Janice and Mike are getting married soon. They plan to have a small ______with just a few family members.


A. marriage  


B. celebration 


C. anniversary 


D. wedding ceremony
Câu 4: There used to be a military _______in Red Square on 1st  May.


A. parade     


B. festival  


C. party 


D. celebration
Câu 5: They often decorate their houses _______ many beautiful flowers.


A. with           


B. in      


C. for   


D. from
Câu 6: Nobody can approve of his _______ to work. He is so irresponsible.


A. character  


B. behaviour 


C. attitude 


D. manner
Câu 7: Nguyen Du was the writer _______ wrote “ Kieu”.


A. who          


B. whom   


C. whose     


D. which
Câu 8: They have to go to school _______ it is raining.


A. though     


B. because  


C. and    


D. when
Câu 9: Auld Lang Syne is a song _______is sung on New Year’s Eve.


A. whose    


B. who    


C. which   


D. whom
Câu 10: They must gather the crop before it rains ________September.


A. in    


B. on


C. the 


D. at
Câu 11: We are going to _______the anniversary of our 50 th wedding.


A. celebrate 


B. celebrated  


C. celebrating  


D. to celebrate
Câu 12: It’s very nice _______ you to say so.


A. of   


B. on


C. in  


D. at
Câu 13: _______he likes chocolate, he tries not to eat it.


A. Though 


B. As 


C. Since 


D. Despite
Câu 14: Can you tell me the reason for_______the Mother’s Day?


A. celebrating  


B. celebration 


C. celebrate   


D. celebrated
Câu 15: We think that Mother's Day should be celebrated_______


A. nationwide    


B. nationhood  


C. nationality


D. nation
Câu 16: The men and animals _______ you saw on TV were from China.


A. that       


B. whom    


C. which  


D. who
Câu 17: The _______lady gave her new friend a hug before they said goodbye.


A. gentle 


B. gently


C. gentled 


D. gentleness
Câu 18: He is a generous man. He is _______ known for his generosity.


A. well    


B. good 


C. better


D. best
Câu 19: Sam always remembers _______ in the garage when he comes to his office.


A. parking     


B. being parked


C. to park  


D. to be parked
Câu 20: To prevent wasting water, remember to turn _______ the faucets after using it.


A. on 


B. of  


C. off 


D. in
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Chọn phương án (A hoặc B, C, D) ứng với từ/ cụm từ có gạch chân cần phải sửa:
Câu 1: My friend (A) Julia wishes (B) that she (C) could spoke (D) Spanish.


A. friend 


B. wishes 


C. she 


D. spoke 
Câu 2: Wearing (A) uniforms help (B) students feel equal (C), whether they are rich or (D) poor.


A. Wearing


B. help 


C. equal


D. or
Câu 3: The (A) Browns are on (B) their holidays and won’t (C) be back for (D) next Friday.


A. The 


B. on


C. won’t


D. for
Câu 4: If we will go (A) on littering (B), the environment will (C) be seriously (D) polluted.


A. will go


B. littering


C. will


D. seriously

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
Câu 1: UFOs are strange  ____objects.


A. playing                 


B. flying                     


C. doing                     


D. learning
Câu 2: A person who flies a plane is called a _____.


A. sailor                      


B. driver                     


C. pilot                     


D. soldier
Câu 3: In 1952,  there were more than 1,500 UFO sightings _______ the world.


A. round                     


B. around                   


C. on                          


D. over
Câu 4: In 1964, he claimed he saw an / a _____ object in one of his fields.


A. egg- shaped           


B. shaped - egg         


C. eggs-shaped        


D. shaped-eggs.
Câu 5: Good evening, welcome to our Science For ______Program.


A. Fun                       


B. Funny      


C. Funnily                  


D. Funniest
Câu 6: We can see the micro organism with a ____ .


A. camera                    


B. telescope                 


C. glasses                  


D. microscope
Câu 7: In 1978, a pilot and his plane disappeared after ______a UFO.


A. had sighted                       


B. sighting                  


C. sighted                   


D. sights
Câu 8: He is an ___ pilot.


A. experiential


B.  experiment            


C.    experience             


D.  experienced
Câu 9: If he were rich, he ____ travel around the world.


A. will


B. would


C. can


D. must
Câu 10: Scientists say that if people see a UFO, it ___be a spacecraft.


A. will


B. might


C. is


D. was
Câu 11: If it _____ this morning, I will not go out.


A. rain


B. rained


C. rains


D. raining
Câu 12: The house_____ Shakespeare was born is open to the public.


A. where


B. which


C. that


D. when
Câu 13: I’m very busy, so please don’t disturb me _______  it’s urgent.


A. while


B. unless


C. if


D. since
Câu 14: Many reports in newspapers talked about the ___of UFOs.


A. appear


B. appearance


C. appeared


D. appearing
Câu 15: The story about UFOs caught the _____ of the whole class.


A. imagine                   


B. imaginative             


C. imaginatively         


D. imagination
Câu 16: Nowadays, the ___  can warn the  eruption of the earthquakes


A. science                   


B. scientists                


C. scientific


D. scientifically
Câu 17: I saw a thief take Mary’s purse so I ran _______  him but I couldn’t catch him.


A. after


B. over


C. near


D. into
Câu 18: You should run a lot, swim everyday. You must be in excellent ________ condition.


A. mental


B. optional


C. total


D. physical
Câu 19: Once you get on the trip, you ‘ll be in a different world. You’ll see ______ of the earth.


A. photo


B. posters


C. pictures


D. postcards
Câu 20: Pilots must know about the weather or they can’t land and________.


A. take into


B. get into


C. take up


D. take off
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Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the printed one.
Câu 1: He didn't hurry so he missed the plane.


A. If he hurried he wouldn't miss the plane.


B. If he had hurried he might catch the plane.


C. He didn't miss the plane because he hurried.


D. If he had hurried he could have caught the plane.
Câu 2: He acts as though nothing matters to him.


A. He acts when there's no matter for him.


B. He acts although nothing matters to him.


C. He seems not to care about anything.


D. Nothing matters to him when he acts.
Câu 3: It's ages since I last saw a Hollywood film.


A. I saw a last Hollywood film since ages ago.


B. I haven't seen a Hollywood film for a long time.


C. I haven't seen any Hollywood film before.


D. It's ages when I saw a last Hollywood film.
Câu 4: I remember doing this assignment before..


A. I remember that I have done this assignment before.


B. I remembered I had already done this assignment.


C. I try to remember to this assignment.


D. I don't forget doing this assignment.
Câu 5: Mike hasn't touched a book since the semester began.


A. Mike hasn't gone to the library.


B. Mike hasn't begun the semester.


C. Mike hasn't bought any books.


D. Mike hasn't studied at all this semester

A.
B.
C.
D.

Chọn phương án đúng (ứng với A hoặc B, C, D) để hoàn thành các câu sau.
Câu 1: He wanted to know when__________.


A. will we have the math exam


B. will have the math exam


C. would we have the math exam


D. we would have the math exam
Câu 2: If cars and motorbikes were banned in big cities,_______.


A. there would be more air pollution


B. there would be less air pollution


C. there will be more aie pollution


D. there will be less air pollution

A.
B.
C.
D.

Chọn phương án (A, hoặc B, C, D) ứng với câu có nghĩa gần nhất với mỗi câu cho sẵn sau đây.
Câu 1: They feed the chicken twice a day.


A. The chicken feed twice a day by them


B. The chicken are feeding twice a day


C. The chicken are feeding by them twice a day.


D. The chicken are fed twice a day
Câu 2: “I am leaving the city tomorrow,” Bill said


A. Bill said that he is leaving the city the next day.


B. Bill said he was leaving the city the following day.


C. Bill said he is leaving the city the following day.


D. Bill said that I am leaving the city next day.

A.
B.
C.
D.