Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
Forgive my asking, _____ you’re not very happy, are you?




A.but
B.and
C.so
D.as

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.




A.likes
B.writes
C.serves
D.hopes

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.
My father likes nothing better than fishing on a hot, summer day.




A.My father doesn't like fishing on a hot, summer day.
B.Although he likes fishing he doesn't want to do it on a hot, summer day.
C.Fishing is my father's favourite enjoyment on a hot, summer day.
D.Fishing is better than doing nothing on a hot, summer day.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
He laughed in a very strange way,_______________ everyone to turn round and look.




A.causing
B.making
C.allowing
D.attracting

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
If I were you, I_________________a car and have a look around the country.




A.hired
B.will hire
C.would hire
D.could have hired

_________(63)




A.repeatable
B.continual
C.renewable
D.continuous

Question 31 – 35: Which of the following best restates each of the given sentences?
So big is the Vietnamese bread that the Korean cannot eat it all.




A.The Korean couldn’t have eaten the whole Vietnamese bread. It was too big.
B.The Korean must have eaten the whole Vietnamese bread. It is not big enough.
C.The Korean can’t have eaten the whole Vietnamese bread. It is too big.
D.The Korean might have eaten the whole Vietnamese bread. It is too big.

1.2. TIẾNG ANH
Question 21 – 25: Choose a suitable word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) to fill in each blank.
The children their kites in the field when it started to rain heavily.




A.are flying
B.will fly
C.would fly
D.were flying

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.
The demand was so great. They had to reprint the book immediately.




A.They demanded that the book be reprinted immediately.
B.So great was the demand that they had to reprint the book immediately.
C.The book would be reprinted immediately since the demand was great.
D.They demanded to reprint the book immediately in great quantity.

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.
CHRISTMAS
The Christmas season begins very early in Britain. By the end of October, you may see Christmas decorations in the streets and Christmas cards and gifts in the shops. (3) ______, people start to decorate their houses one or two weeks before 25th December, (4) _______ is Christmas Day.
There are a lot of traditions connected to Christmas. The most important one is the giving of presents. Family members wrap up their gifts and leave them at the bottom of the Christmas tree on Christmas morning. Children leave a long sock or stocking at the end of their bed on Christmas Eve, 24th December, hoping that Father Christmas will turn (5) _______ during the night and (6) _______ them small presents, fruits and nuts. They are not usually disappointed. Sometimes on Christmas Day, the family will sit down for a big turkey dinner and Christmas pudding. Later in the afternoon, they may watch the Queen on television as she (7) _______ her traditional Christmas message to the United Kingdom and the Common wealth. If they have rooms for even more food, they may enjoy a piece of Christmas cake or eat a hot mince pie. 26th December is also a public holiday, Boxing Day, and this is the time to visit friends and relatives or watch football.
(Extracted from Basic Ielts Listening, Li Ya Bin, P126, 2011)
(3) ______




A.Tradition
B.Traditionally
C.Traditional
D.Traditioning