Choose the one word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
Câu 1: Marie Curie was born................November 7, 1867.


A. in.    


B. from  


C. at   


D. on
Câu 2: Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood.


A. make up              


B. find out      


C. take over              


D. put up
Câu 3: Let me give you a little .................................about the president of the company.


A. specialization


B. concentration


C. background   


D. degree
Câu 4: He passed his exams with flying colour.


A. successfully


B. difficultly   


C. badly    


D. easily
Câu 5: She harbored her hope of being a teacher.


A. gave up her hope of being a teacher     


B. built her hope of being, a teacher


C. had her hope of being a teacher   


D. kept her hope of being a teacher in her mind
Câu 6: The new surgeon will ...................her post in May.


A. go on


B. get over 


C. take up 


D. look after
Câu 7: Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It ................. everything in its path.


A. destroyed      


B. was destroyed  


C. had destroyed  


D. has destroyed
Câu 8: In spite of.................., we decided to go out.


A. we felt very tired 


B. feeling tired  


C. all of us felt tired     


D. tired     
Câu 9: When we.........................the bill, we left the restaurant.          


A. had paid       


B. were paying  


C. paid     


D. had been paying.
Câu 10: In 1903, Marie became the first woman...................a Doctor of Science degree.


A. receiving    


B. receive    


C. receives     


D. to receive
Câu 11: The manager made his employees ................. the computer evening class.


A. attending     


B. attend       


C. to attend        


D. attendance
Câu 12: Marie Curie....................a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.


A.   awarded     


B. was awarded  


C. had awarded      


D. had been awarded
Câu 13: Could you please come over? I need you.................the refrigerator.


A. help me moving   


B.  helping me to move


C. to help me move


D. help me to move
Câu 14:                  in Slovakia, Martina has lived in Switzerland for many  years.


A. To be born   


B. Born    


C. Being  born      


D. Be  born
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Choose the most suitable word or phrases to fill the blanks.
Câu 1: I don’t suppose there is anyone there, ________ ?


A. is there


B. isn’t there 


C. do I


D. don’t I
Câu 2: It _______ that to be a good musician, you have to learn to play very young.


A. A. was said


B. says


C. is said


D. had been said
Câu 3: The guitar player wishes that he could still ______ every day.


A. practise


B. to practise


C. practising


D. practised
Câu 4: The drum player _____ play with a dance band when he was young.


A. usually


B. is used


C. used to


D. is used to
Câu 5: Then his friend thought he ________ to play an instrument too.


A. liked


B. likes


C. to like 


D. would like
Câu 6: So the drum player told him _____ the tambourine.


A. learn


B. to learn


C. that he learn


D. learned
Câu 7: James is looking __________ his blue shirt everywhere. Have you seen it?


A. over


B. up


C. for


D. at
Câu 8: A tomado lifted a baby into the air and  ________ safely 100 meters away.


A. let it off 


B. put it down


C. take it on


D. suck it up
Câu 9: He has already been ________ as a cadidate.


A. called


B. nominated


C. remembered


D. promoted
Câu 10: _________ he shouted, he couldn’t make his voice heard.


A. Since


B. When


C. Although


D. Because
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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. answer


B. future


C. singer


D. reply
Câu 2:


A. popular


B. national


C. difficult


D. effective

A.
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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: Lan                                               learning English a few years ago.  


A. will start


B. starts


C. is starting


D. started
Câu 2: We were                                               by the spectacular scenery of the countryside.  


A. overjoyed


B. overwhelmed


C. bewildered


D. preoccupied
Câu 3: The larger the area of forest is destroyed,                                              .  


A. the most frequent natural disasters are


B. the most frequently natural disasters occur


C. the more frequent are natural disasters


D. the more frequently natural disasters occur
Câu 4: The water _                                            in the area has resulted in poor crop production.  


A. deficiency


B. shortage


C. lack


D. absence
Câu 5: I will phone Vivian to                                               her to buy some sugar; otherwise, she will forget.  


A. encourage


B. allow


C. advise


D. remind
Câu 6: The boy                                               sits in front of me in the class studies very hard.  


A. who


B. where


C. which


D. when
Câu 7: The company management decided to                                              more workers to meet the production schedule.  


A. make up


B. make out


C. take on


D. take over
Câu 8: Could you _                                           me a hand with the washing-up, Kent?  


A. join


B. shake


C. hold


D. give
Câu 9: All students                                              hand in their assignments by Friday at the latest.  


A. must


B. may


C. might


D. ought
Câu 10: In Vietnam, children begin their primary                                                 at the age of six.  


A. educationally


B. educational


C. educate


D. education
Câu 11: We moved to the countryside because we wanted to be close to                                                nature.  


A. a


B. an


C. Ø


D. the
Câu 12: I met a                                                 girl at my friend's birthday party last Sunday.  


A. pretty tall American


B. tall pretty American


C. pretty American tall


D. tall American pretty
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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: She always try to finish her homework before going to bed.


A. try


B. her


C. before


D. going to bed
Câu 2: A number of wildlife habitat reserves have been established in order to saving endangered species from extinction.


A. A


B. established


C. saving


D. species
Câu 3: Children learn primarily by directly experiencing the world around it.


A. primarily


B. experiencing


C. world


D. it

A.
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D.

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 questions from 35 to 42.Humans are bringing about another global-scale change in the atmosphere: the increase in what are called greenhouse gases. Like glass in a greenhouse, these gases admit the Sun's light but tend to reflect back downward the heat that is radiated from the ground below, trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere. This process is known as the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide is the most significant of these gases – there is 25 percent more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than there was a century ago, the result of our burning coal and fuels derived from oil. Methane, nitrous oxide, and CFCs are greenhouse gases as well.Scientists predict that increases in these gases in the atmosphere will make the Earth a warmer place. They expect a global rise in average temperature somewhere between 1.0 and 3.5 degrees Celsius in the next century. Average temperatures have in fact been rising and the years from 1987 to 1997 were the warmest years on record. Some scientists are reluctant to say that global warming has actually begun because climate naturally varies from year to year and decade to decade, and it takes many years of records to be sure of a fundamental change. There is little disagreement, though, that global warming is looming.Global warming will have different effects in different regions. A warmed world is expected to have more extreme weather, with more rain during wet periods, longer droughts, and more powerful storms. Although the effects of future climate changes are unknown, some predict that exaggerated weather conditions may translate into better agricultural yields in areas such as the western United States, where temperature and rainfall are expected to increase, while dramatic decreases in rainfall may lead to severe droughts and plunging agricultural yields in parts of Africa, for example.Warmer temperatures are expected to partially melt the polar ice caps, leading to a projected sea level rise of 50 centimeters by the year 2050. A sea level rise of this magnitude would flood coastal cities, force people to abandon low-lying islands, and completely inundate coastal wetlands. Diseases like malaria, which at present are primarily found in the tropics, may become more common in the regions of the globe between the tropics and the polar regions, called the temperate zones. For many of the world's plant species, and for animal species that are not easily able to shift their territories as their habitat grows warmer, climate change may bring extinction.(Source: Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation)
Câu 1: Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?


A. Global Warming: Problems and Solutions


B. Global Warming: Possible Causes and Effects


C. Global Warming: Advantages and Disadvantages


D. Global Warming: Future Reactions
Câu 2: According to paragraph 1, which of the following factors causes an increase in greenhouse gases?


A. Solar radiation


B. Humans


C. Carbon dioxide


D. Glass in a greenhouse
Câu 3: The word "They" in paragraph 2 refers to                                      .  


A. increases


B. temperatures


C. gases


D. scientists
Câu 4: The word "looming" in paragraph 2 probably means                                       .  


A. fading


B. showing


C. ending


D. appearing
Câu 5: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?


A. Few scientists agree that global warming is looming.


B. Global climate naturally changes over time.


C. Some scientists are not sure that global warming has begun.


D. Changes in climate are not easy to be documented.
Câu 6: The word "plunging" in paragraph 3 probably means                                       .  


A. decreasing


B. improving


C. preventing


D. increasing
Câu 7: What may be the benefit of exaggerated weather conditions for the western United States?  


A. Favourable weather conditions


B. Minimal natural disasters


C. Decrease in rainfall during wet periods


D. Higher agricultural production
Câu 8: Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?  


A. Argumentative


B. Ironic


C. Sarcastic


D. Informative
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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. passed         


B. opened    


C. worked   


D. washed
Câu 2:


A. make               


B. face


C. dance  


D. hate

A.
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C.
D.

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. essential            


B. dangerous


C. regular 


D. medical
Câu 2:


A. doctor         


B. parent 


C. advice  


D. student

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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: Andrew is talking to a waiter in a restaurant.
Andrew: "Can I have the bill, please?"                                   Waiter: "                                  ."


A. You are very kind


B. Just a minute, please


C. My pleasure  


D. You're exactly right
Câu 2: Anna and Ms White are meeting in a bookshop.
Anna: "Good morning, Ms White. How are you?" Ms White: "Hi, Anna.                                                    . And you?"


A. I'm looking for a book  


B. I'm fine, thanks


C. I'm not working today 


D. I'm forty years old

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 answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.Tropical rainforests are being destroyed and badly degraded at an unsustainable rate. Some scientists estimate that in the early 1990s tropical forests were being destroyed at a rate of approximately 28 hectares a minute, or about 14 million hectares each year – an area about the size of the state of Wisconsin. This figure marked a decrease since the 1980s, when approximately 16 million hectares were destroyed each year, largely due to a reported decline of deforestation in the Amazon River Basin in the early 1990s. However, satellite images indicate that rates may have rebounded in the late 1990s as burning in the Amazon increased again. Over the past three decades alone, about 5 million square kilometers – or 20 percent of the world's tropical forests – have been cleared. During this time, deforestation in tropical Asia reached almost 30 percent. High rates of deforestation are inevitably followed by alarming rates of plant and animal extinction because many rainforest species cannot survive outside their pristine rainforest habitat. Some scientists estimate that dozens of rainforest species are becoming extinct every day.Causes of deforestation vary from location to location, but certain patterns tend to be consistent across all forests. Logging companies in search of valuable rainforest hardwoods, or, less often, oil companies in search of petroleum, are often the first to enter a remote area of rainforest. Some logged forests, if left alone, can regenerate in a few decades. But typically, they are not left alone – the roads built by logging companies often provide access for landless farmers to enter a new area, as well as a means to transport agricultural crops to market. For every 1 kilometer of new roads built through a forested area, 4 to 24 square kilometers are deforested and colonized.Once the loggers leave the land, a typical cycle of destruction ensues. When the landless farmers arrive, they clear the land for planting. Poor rainforest soils produce a low crop yield, especially after a couple of years. At that point, the farmers often sell their lands to cattle ranchers or large plantation owners. After nutrients have been exhausted and soils compacted by cattle, lands are then abandoned and often laid to waste. Rainforest does not readily regenerate on these lands without human intervention. Meanwhile, the colonist farmers and cattle ranchers move to a new piece of land made accessible by logging roads, where the cycle of deforestation begins again.(Source: Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation)
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?


A. The size of tropical rainforest loss


B. Causes and effects of rainforest destruction


C. The rate of rainforest destruction in the Amazon


D. Typical patterns of extinction of rainforest species
Câu 2: According to paragraph 1, which of the following about the rate of rainforest destruction is TRUE?


A. It was greater in the 1980s than in the early 1990s.


B. It kept increasing from the 1980s to the 1990s.


C. It was the same in the early 1990s as in the 1980s.


D. It was greater in the early 1990s than in the 1980s.
Câu 3: The word "rebounded" in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by              . 


A.  fallen again


B. risen again


C. gone up and down


D. remained unchanged
Câu 4: Which of the following can result from the loss of tropical rainforests?


A. The disappearance of many rainforest species


B. The disappearance of landless farmers


C. The increase in the rainforest habitat


D. The decrease in wasted lands
Câu 5: According to the passage, what is the most common cause of deforestation in different regions?


A. The search for rare animals 


B. The search for valuable woods


C. The search for new farm lands


D. The search for oil
Câu 6: The word "regenerate" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to              .


A. renew 


B. repeat 


C. refine 


D. recover
Câu 7: The phrase "these lands" in paragraph 3 refers to            .


A. lands sold and colonized      


B. lands for raising cattle


C. lands for planting     


D.  lands abandoned and wasted
Câu 8: What can be inferred about rainforests from the passage?


A. Most tropical rainforests have been sold to plantation owners.


B. The cycle of rainforest destruction will come to an end.


C. Rainforest destruction can be reduced with the help of cattle ranchers.


D. Human beings are the main contributor to deforestation in tropical regions.
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