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: It ______ to reason that Jason passed the exam with flying colours on account of his working hard during the term.


A. comes                     


B. gets                    


C. stands               


D. lays
Câu 2: Our father suggested ______ to Da Nang for this summer holiday.


A. to going              


B. going             


C. go                  


D. to go
Câu 3: The patients ______ with the new drug showed better signs of recovery than those receiving conventional medicine.


A. treated              


B. having treated         


C. treating                


D. who treated
Câu 4: Only after she ______ from a severe illness did she realise the importance of good health.


A. would recover     


B. has recovered      


C. had recovered        


D. was recovering
Câu 5: Several measures have been proposed to ______ the problem of unemployment among university graduates.


A. pose                      


B. admit                  


C. address                 


D. create
Câu 6: There is no excuse for your late submission! You ______ the report by last Friday.


A. mightn't have finished                          


B. should have finished


C. needn't have finished              


D. must have finished
Câu 7: The presenter started his speech with a few ______ jokes to build rapport with the audience.


A. whole-hearted      


B. light-hearted           


C. soft-hearted            


D. kind-hearted
Câu 8: It is advisable that the apprentice should be ______ to learn the ins and outs of the new job.


A. permissive       


B. noticeable        


C. acceptable     


D. observant
Câu 9: Mary rarely uses social networks, ______?


A. isn't she                  


B. does she                 


C. doesn't she              


D. is she
Câu 10: Candidates are advised to dress formally to make a good ______ on job interviewers.


A. impress                 


B. impressively         


C. impression              


D. impressive
Câu 11: If Martin were here now, he ______ us to solve this difficult problem.


A. would help       


B. helps                


C. will help        


D. has helped
Câu 12: You shouldn't lose heart; success often comes to those who are not ______ by failures.


A. left out                 


B. put off                   


C. switched off           


D. turned on
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C.
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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 primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. sympathy   


B. poverty                  


C. equipment   


D. character
Câu 2:


A. intend     


B. install                    


C. follow                  


D. decide

A.
B.
C.
D.

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


A. delays            


B. begins                   


C. attracts                  


D. believes
Câu 2:


A. head             


B. bean                   


C. meal                       


D. team

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: Thanks to highly sophisticated technology, scientists have made many important discoveries in different fields.


A. accessible


B. confusing                


C. effective                


D. advanced
Câu 2: It is firmly believed that books are a primary means for disseminating knowledge and information.


A. classifying                        


B. distributing            


C. adopting             


D. inventing

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Câu 1: Silas is talking to his roommate, Salah, about the Olympic Games. - Silas: "Do you think our country can host the Olympic Games some day in the future?" - Salah: "______. We can't afford such a big event."


A. You can say that again                  


B. I can't agree with you more


C. Yes, you're right                         


D. No, I don't think so
Câu 2: Laura is telling Bob about her exam results.
- Laura: "______"
- Bob: "That's great. Congratulations!"


A. I hope I'll pass the exam tomorrow.            


B. I've passed the exam with an A.


C. I'll get the exam results tomorrow.         


D. I didn't do well in the exam.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions
Câu 1:  
No one but the experts was able to realize that the painting was an imitation. It greatly resembled the original.
 


A. It was obvious that only a person with great talent could fake a painting so successfully.


B. It was hard for ordinary people to judge between the fake painting and the real one, but not for the experts.


C. It was almost impossible for amateurs to realize that the painting was not authentic, though the experts could judge it quite easily.


D. The painting looked so much like the authentic one that only the experts could tell it wasn't genuine.
Câu 2: The new restaurant looks good. However, it seems to have few customers.


A. In order to get more business, the new restaurant should improve its appearance.


B. The new restaurant would have more customers if it looked better.


C. If it had a few more customers, the new restaurant would look better.


D. In spite of its appearance, the new restaurant does not appear to attract much business.
 
Câu 3:  
I'd suggest that we avoid telling any scary stories with Janet around. She’s a bit unstable and could get hysterical.
 


A. Janet has trouble keeping her emotions under control, especially when she is told frightening stories.


B. Since Janet is somewhat unbalanced, the only way to make her laugh is by telling stories, but we should avoid scary ones as they might cause her to panic.


C. It is no fun to tell frightening stories to Janet, who is not very stable mentally, because she only laughs instead of getting scared.


D. Janet is somewhat mentally unbalanced and might easily become uncontrollably emotional, so let’s not tell frightening stories in her presence.
Câu 4: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient.
 


A. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay.


B. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further.


C. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night.


D. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night.
Câu 5:  
It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years.
 
 
 


A. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year.


B. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level.


C. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years.


D. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now.

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: The keynote speaker started with some complementary remarks about the organisers of the conference, and then proceeded with her speech.


A. The keynote speaker


B. complementary remarks


C. organisers 


D. proceeded 
Câu 2: It was the year 2003 that Vietnam hosted the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) for the first time.


A. the year 2003 


B. hosted 


C. for 


D. time
Câu 3: My classmates is going on a trip to Cuc Phuong National Park this weekend.


A. My 


B. is 


C. a 


D. this weekend

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 questions.
Câu 1: My friend has stopped eating fast food.


A. My friend sometimes eats fast food.                   


B. My friend doesn't like eating fast food.


C. My friend no longer eats fast food.      


D. My friend has never eaten fast food.
Câu 2: "You should take better care of your health," said Tom's mother.


A. Tom's mother promised to take better care of his health.


B. Tom's mother ordered him to take better care of his health.


C. Tom's mother required him to take better care of his health.


D. Tom's mother advised him to take better care of his health.
Câu 3: They report that soil pollution has seriously threatened the livelihood of many local farmers.


A. The livelihood of many local farmers was reported to be seriously endangered by soil pollution.


B. It is reported that the livelihood of many local farmers has led to serious soil pollution.


C. Soil pollution is reported to have posed a serious threat to the livelihood of many local farmers.


D. It has been reported that soil pollution has actually put many local farmers' lives at risk.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 1: Laura practised playing the instrument a lot. She could hardly improve her performance.


A. Hardly had Laura practised playing the instrument a lot when she could improve her performance.


B. Had Laura practised playing the instrument a lot, she could have performed much better.


C. However much Laura practised playing the instrument, she could hardly perform any better.


D. As soon as Laura practised playing the instrument a lot, she could perform much better.
Câu 2: Lucy paid a visit to the local orphanage. She then decided to donate part of her savings to the children there.


A. Lucy had hardly decided to donate part of her savings to the children when she paid a visit to the local orphanage.


B. It was only when Lucy had decided to donate part of her savings to the children that she paid a visit to the local orphanage.


C. Before she paid a visit to the local orphanage, Lucy had decided to donate part of her savings to the children there.


D. Having paid a visit to the local orphanage, Lucy decided to donate part of her savings to the children there.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 1: Mary left home to start an independent life. She realised how much her family meant to her.


A. Only when Mary realised how much her family meant to her did she leave home to start an independent life.


B. To realise how much her family meant to her, Mary decided to leave home to start an independent life.


C. Not until Mary had left home to start an independent life did she realise how much her family meant to her.


D. Mary left home to start an independent life with a view to realising how much her family meant to her.
Câu 2: Kate completed her higher education. She then decided to travel the world before getting a job.


A. Without completing her higher education, Kate decided to travel the world before getting a job.


B. Given that Kate decided to travel the world before getting a job, she completed her higher education.


C. Having completed her higher education, Kate decided to travel the world before getting a job.


D. Kate had scarcely travelled the world before getting a job when she completed her higher education.

A.
B.
C.
D.