II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
Câu 1:


A. bottom                    


B. starfish                    


C. belly                       


D. explain
Câu 2:


A. submarine               


B. destruction              


C. variety                     


D. erosion

A.
B.
C.
D.

I. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differ­ently from the others.
Câu 1:


A. undersea                 


B. ocean                     


C. reveal                    


D. breathe
Câu 2:


A. near                                    


B. hear                         


C. ear                          


D. meat
Câu 3:


A. hair                         


B. chair                        


C. rain                         


D. air 

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: I didn’t get admitted to Harvard University. It would have been fantastic otherwise.


A. That I got admitted to Harvard University was fantastic.


B. If only I gained admission to Harvard University.


C. I regretted having been admitted to Harvard University.


D. I wish I had gained admission to Harvard University.
Câu 2: John got a terminal illness. He couldn’t get out of the bed on his own.


A. Such was John’s illness that he could never get out of the bed on his own.


B. John’s illness is too terminal for him to get out of the bed on his own.


C. Were it not for his terminal illness, John would be able to get out of bed on his own.


D. No sooner had John’s illness got terminal than he could not get out of the bed on his own.

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: The South of England is drier than the North.
  


A. The South of England is not as dry as the North.


B. It is drier in the North than in the South of England.


C. It is not so dry in the North as in the South of England.


D. It is less dry in the South than in the North of England.
Câu 2: "You did not tell the truth, Lucy!" said Nick.


A. Nick warned Lucy not to tell the truth.


B. Nick criticized Lucy for not telling the truth.


C. Nick accused Lucy of telling the truth.


D. Nick decided that Lucy was to blame for telling the truth.
Câu 3: The thief almost certainly came through the open windows.


A. The thief might have come through the open windows.


B. The thief should have come through the open windows.


C. The thief must have come through the open windows.


D. The thief could have come through the open windows.

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 30 to 34. Genetic modification of foods is not a new practice. It has been practiced for thousands of years under the name of "selective breeding". Animals and plants were chosen because they had traits that humans found useful. Some animals were larger and stronger than others, or they yielded more food, or they had some other trait that humans valued. Therefore, they were bred because of those traits. Individuals with those traits were brought together and allowed to breed in the hope that their offspring would have the same traits in greater measure.Much the same thing was done with plants. To produce bigger or sweeter fruit, or grow more grain per unit of land, strains of plants were combined and recombined to produce hybrids, or crossbreeds that had the desired traits in the right combinations. All the while, however, biologists wondered: is there a more direct and versatile way to change the traits of plants and animals? Could we rewrite, so to speak, the heredity of organisms to make them serve our needs better?In the 20th century, genetic modification made such changes possible at last. Now, it was possible to alter the genetic code without using the slow and uncertain process of selective breeding. It even became possible to blend plants and animals genetically: to insert animal genes into plants, for example, in order to give the plants a certain trait they ordinarily would lack, such as resistance to freezing. The result was a tremendous potential to change the very nature of biology.
Câu 1: What is the passage mainly about?


A. The arguments against genetic modification


B. The benefits brought about by genetic modification


C. The reasons behind selective breeding of plants                                               


D. The development of genetic modification
Câu 2: The word "them" in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
     


A. organisms


B. traits


C. animals


D. plants
Câu 3: The word "blend" in paragraph 3 mostly means ______.                                          


A. combine


B. collect


C. gather


D. carry
Câu 4: According to the passage, selective breeding ______.


A. is slower and uncertain than genetic modification


B. works much better on plants than on animals


C. helps change the traits of plants rather than animals


D. has a huge potential to change the nature of biology
Câu 5: Which of the following IS NOT achieved by genetic modification?


A. Giving plants necessary traits taken from animals’ genes


B. Producing hybrids or crossbreeds from many animals and plants   


C. Encouraging people to give up selective breeding completely                         


D. Making big changes to the very nature of biology

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: The accident illuminated existing problems in the country’s dairy industry and food safety system.


A. clarified                    


B. revealed                    


C. concealed                 


D. damaged
Câu 2: None of her novels lends itself to being made into a film; they just simply lack a coherent storyline.


A. inapplicable              


B. untamable                 


C. unsuitable                 


D. inconceivable

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. more                                   


B. bore                                    


C. autumn                   


D. shop
Câu 2:


A. initial                                  


B. century                    


C. picture                    


D. suggestion

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: Sue and Mira are talking about the use of mobile phone in class. - Sue: “Students should not be allowed to use mobile phone in class.” - Mira: “________. This will distract them from studying.”


A. Not really  


B. No way! It’s useful


C. I’m of the opposite opinion         


D. I quite agree
Câu 2: Amy and Jacob are talking about the two-day excursion at the end of the school year. Amy: “You look so sad. _______” Jacob: “I couldn’t get my parents’ permission to stay the night away from home.”


A. Can you help me?   


B. How do you deal with it?


C. What should I do?


D. What’s the problem?

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: Melissa's father was very busy. He still played with her.


A. Because of playing with Melissa, her father was very busy.


B. Melissa's father was so busy that he could not play with her.


C. Busy as Melissa's father was, he still played with her.


D. Melissa's father was busy enough to play with her.
Câu 2: What a pity that the TV packed up. We cannot watch the world news now.


A. If it hadn't been for the TV packed up, we could watch the world news now.


B. If the TV had not packed up, we could watch the world news now.


C. If the TV didn't pack up, we could watch the world news now.


D. Had the TV not picked up, we could have watched the world news now.

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. house                      


B. announce                


C. double                    


D. shout
Câu 2:


A. pharaoh                  


B. hyacinth                  


C. diarrhea                  


D. exhilarate

A.
B.
C.
D.