Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
Câu 1:


A. stable                                  


B. average                   


C. population              


D. rate
Câu 2:


A. combined                


B. planned                   


C. recorded                 


D. aimed
Câu 3:


A. justice                     


B. service                    


C. practice                   


D. advice

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs corrections.
Câu 1: To attract someone’s attention we can use either verbal and non-verbal forms of communication.


A. To                       


B. use                      


C. and non-verbal  


D. communication
Câu 2: The assumption that smoking has bad effects on our health have been proved.


A. effects  


B. have been proved 


C. smoking                              


D. on
Câu 3: Dogs that are trained to lead the blind must be loyalty, intelligent and calm.


A. loyalty                    


B. the                        


C. trained                 


D. Dogs that

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best joins each of the following pairs of sentences in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: The basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.


A. Not only did the basketball team know they lost the match but they blamed to each other as well.


B. As soon as they blamed each other, the basketball team knew they lost the match.


C. Hardly had the basketball team known they lost the match when they started to blame each other.


D. No sooner had the basketball team started to blame each other than they knew they lost the match.
Câu 2: Crazianna is a big country. Unfortunately, it has never received respect from its neighbours.


A. It is Crazianna, a big country, that has never received respect from its neighbours.


B. Crazianna is such a big country that it has never received respect from its neighbours.


C. Though Crazianna is a big country, it has never received respect from its neighbours.


D. Crazianna has never received respect from its neighbours because it is a big country.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution (30) ______ is as complicated as it is serious. It is complicated because much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. (31) ______, exhaust from automobiles causes a large percentage of air pollution. But the automobile provides transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much of the material that pollutes the air and water but factories give (32) _______ to a large number of people.Thus, to end or greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to (33) ______ using many things that benefit them. Most of the people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be gradually reduced in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws (34) ______ require businesses and traffic to stop, or to cut down on certain polluting activities.
Câu 1: (30)


A. work        


B. event                    


C. accident                  


D. problem
Câu 2: (31)


A. However     


B. As a result      


C. For example  


D. Therefore
Câu 3: (32)


A. employed   


B. unemployment  


C. unemployed           


D. employment
Câu 4: (33)


A. continue      


B. enjoy                 


C. stop                        


D. start
Câu 5: (34)


A. who        


B. whom                  


C. that                         


D. whose

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Câu 1: John and Alice are talking about going to the movie.
John: “I was wondering if you’d like to go to a movie tonight.”
Alice: “_______ What’s playing?”


A. Yes, I did.           


B. Sure, I’d love to! 


C. No, thanks.     


D. No, I don’t like it.
Câu 2: This afternoon Hoa is visiting her home town.
Mark: “Don’t fail to send your family my regards.”
Hoa: “_______.”


A. It’s my pleasure   


B. You’re welcome    


C. Good idea, thanks


D. Thanks, I will

A.
B.
C.
D.

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: Each of us must take ________ for our own actions.


A. responsibility       


B. possibility              


C. probability              


D. ability
Câu 2: Her fiancé is said _______ from Harvard University five years ago.


A. to have graduated  


B. to be graduated             


C. being graduated    


D. having graduated
Câu 3: I can’t think of any possible _______ for his absence.


A. exploration          


B. explanation                 


C. expedition              


D. expectation
Câu 4: Housewives find it easier to do domestic chores thanks to _______ invention of labour-saving devices.


A. an                        


B. some                        


C. the                          


D. a
Câu 5: My supervisors is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work I _______ have done last week.


A. should                    


B. may                           


C. need                       


D. must
Câu 6: Some films about violence have badly _______ children and teenagers.


A. influenced           


B. aimed                           


C. taken                      


D. offered
Câu 7: People should not have children unless they are _______ to being responsible parents.


A. promised 


B. involved          


C. allowed                  


D. committed
Câu 8: Ms. Brown asked me _______ in my class.


A. were there how many students          


B. how many students there were


C. there were how many students       


D. how many students were there
Câu 9: With greatly increased workloads, everyone is _______ pressure now.


A. under                      


B. out of  


C. above                      


D. upon
Câu 10: As there were too many participants at the seminar, the main speaker _______ them into four smaller groups for discussion.


A. divided                  


B. submitted                         


C. enrolled                  


D. provided
Câu 11: Hurry up or you _______ the first lesson.


A. had missed             


B. miss                               


C. have missed         


D. will miss
Câu 12: Her first novel has been _______ acclaimed as a masterpiece.


A. nation              


B. international                 


C. internationally        


D. national
Câu 13: I _______ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.


A. am walking     


B. walk                         


C. was walking   


D. walked
Câu 14: The families _______ houses were washed away by the tsunami were given temporary shelter in the school yard.


A. whose                  


B. where                              


C. whom                     


D. that
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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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. valuable       


B. variety                    


C. environment                       


D. impossible
Câu 2:


A. social      


B. common              


C. verbal                                 


D. polite

A.
B.
C.
D.

Exercise 5: 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: Flats which are both comfortable and reasonably priced are few and far between in the current context of economic crisis.


A. uncommon  


B. unusual                


C. non-standard    


D. non-existent
Câu 2: Gerry didn’t go on the expedition – he made up that part of the story.


A. invented             


B. narrated                   


C. unfolded             


D. recounted

A.
B.
C.
D.

Exercise 3: 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 questions.WHY DON’T YOU GET A PROPER JOB?She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long-term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension. But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers advisers?Today’s 14 and 15-year-olds are ambitious. They are optimistic about their prospects, but their career ideas are rather vague. Although 80% of them have no intention of following in their parents’ footsteps, 69% still turn to their parents for advice. They look at their working future in a different way to their parents.A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead-end but secure job that is boring but pays the bills. Almost half the boys surveyed expected that their hobbies would lead them into the right sort of job, while most girls seemed determined to avoid traditionally female careers such as nursing.In the past, this might have counted as bad news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counsellors were horrified at my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. Even so, their faith in rigid career paths was well-founded. In those days, that was the way to get ahead.But the world has changed. The global economy is not kind to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick-thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the initiative. This means that a 14-year-old who sees her working future as a kind of adventure, to be made up as she goes along is not necessarily being unrealistic.However, she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market; not the rigid preparation for a workplace that disappeared twenty years ago. Many young people are very aware of the pitfalls of the flexible workplace; they understand that redundancy, downsizing and freelancing are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the employment game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves.So what is to be done? A good first step would be to change the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and more obsessed with traditional skills at just the time that the employment market is going in the opposite direction.Accurate, up-to-date information on new jobs and qualifications can help guidance counsellors to help their students. Young people need solid information on the sort of training they need to pursue the career of their dreams. Also, a little bit of encouragement can go a long way. If nothing else, a bit of optimism from an adult can serve as an antidote to the constant criticism of teenagers in the press.What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to forget all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Once you’ve done that, it’s easier to see how important it is that they learn how to be independent, resourceful and resilient. Give them the courage to follow their dreams -however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, imagination is a terrible thing to waste.
Câu 1: What is the writer’s attitude to the changing job market?


A. It is a challenge that must be faced.  


B. It had made too many people unemployed.


C. It is something that young people are afraid of.  


D. It has had a negative effect on education.
Câu 2: How does the writer think the global economy has affected the employment market?


A. Workers have to be willing to change jobs.


B. Workers are unlikely to receive a pension.


C. It has made workers less dependable.     


D. It has made work more adventurous.
Câu 3: The writer uses the phrase “aware of the pitfalls” to show that young people _______.


A. feel that modern jobs are too flexible   


B. know about the problems of modern jobs


C. don’t think they get enough training        


D. accept that they will be made redundant
Câu 4: What kind of employment would teenagers like to have?


A. A job similar to their parents.           


B. A job that gives them fulfillment.


C. A job that can also be a hobby.                


D. A job with economic security.
Câu 5: The writer feels that most parents _______.


A. give their children good career advice      


B. do not tend to be particularly ambitious


C. have very traditional views about work  


D. have realistic goals for their children
Câu 6: How can parents help their children?


A. By trying to think the way they do   


B. By learning to be courageous


C. By ignoring advice given by others      


D. By becoming more independent
Câu 7: What does the writer believe about her guidance counsellors?


A. That they should have treated her better.       


B. That the advice they gave was wrong.


C. That they were in some ways right.   


D. That they had tried to ruin her career.
Câu 8: What does the writer feel will happen if the education system does not change?


A. Young people will be discouraged from working.


B. Young people will receive mover criticism in the press.


C. Young people will be unable to fulfill their potential.


D. Young people will not be optimistic about their future.
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Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Câu 1: Peter and Mike are in the middle of their conversation.
Peter: “If only I hadn’t said that to her.”
Mike: “_______”


A. No, you’ve don’t a good job!          


B. No worry, that’s nothing.


C. Ah, well, that’s life.                 


D. Yes, you mustn’t have done that.
Câu 2: Son: “Why don’t we buy a new car, Dad? This one is too old to go out with my friends.”
Dad: “_______ We don’t have much money.”


A. You’re right.                           


B. I have to think it up.


C. It’s out of the question now.   


D. That’s a great idea.

A.
B.
C.
D.