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. educate               


B. engineer             


C. acceptable           


D. department
Câu 2:


A. future                  


B. picture               


C. culture                 


D. turn

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the printed one. 
Câu 1: We are now completely out of thermal socks.


A. There is one pair of thermal socks left.


B. There isn't any pair of thermal socks left.


C. We no longer wear thermal socks.


D. We don't sell thermal socks.
Câu 2: Their chances of success are small.
 
 


A. It's very likely that they will succeed.


B. They will definitely be successful.


C. It's not very likely that they will succeed.


D. They won't have any chance of being successful.
Câu 3: Their problems are all self-inflicted.


A. All of their problems are well worth considering.


B. They don't cause their own problems.


C. They are thinking about their problems.


D. Their problems are of their own making.
Câu 4: The patient recovered more rapidly than expected.


A. The patient didn't recover as fast as expected.


B. The patient made a more rapid recovery than expected.


C. The patient recovered more slowly than expected.


D.  The patient didn't get well as expected.
Câu 5: 'If you don't apologize immediately, I'm leaving,' she told him.


A.  She told him not to apologize immediately.


B.  She asked him to apologize immediately as she was leaving.


C.  She threatened to leave unless he apologized immediately.


D. She warned him not to apologize; otherwise, she was leaving

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer.   The hobby of collecting consists of acquiring specific items based on a particular interest of the collector. These collections of things are often highly organized, carefully cataloged, and attractively displayed. Since collecting depends on the interests of the individual collector, it may deal with almost any subject. The depth and breadth of the collection may also vary. Some collectors choose to focus on a specific subtopic within their area of general interest: for example, 19th Century postage stamp, milk bottle labels from Sussex, or Mongolian harnesses and tack. Others prefer to keep a more general collection, accumulating Star Trek merchandise, or stamps from all countries of the world. Some collections are capable of being completed, at least to the extent of owning one sample of each possible item in the collection (e.g. a copy of every book by Agatha Christie). Collectors who specifically try to assemble complete collections in this way are sometimes called 'completist'. Upon completing a particular collection, they may stop collecting, expand the collection to include related items, or begin an entirely new collection. The most popular fields in collecting have specialized commercial dealers that trade in the items being collected, as well as related accessories. Many of these dealers started as collectors themselves, then turned their hobby into a profession. There are some limitations on collecting, however. Someone who has the financial means to collect stamps might not be able to collect sport cars, for example. 
Câu 1: Collecting may deal with almost any subject because ......
 


A.  it has a wide range of subjects


B. it depends on the collector's interests


C. it is often classified into different categories


D. it is based on a particular interest of the collector.
Câu 2: Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as a collector's item?


A.  stamps      


B. books                      


C. goods                     


D. accessories
Câu 3: What do collectors do when they have completed their collections?


A. They sell their collections.


B. They begin to collect the more expensive things.


C. They continue to collect related, items.    


D. They become specialized dealers
Câu 4: The word 'accumulating' in the passage can best be replaced by ......


A. building up     


B. bringing in  


C. taking on    


D. carrying on
Câu 5: Which of the following is true?


A. Most collections are on public display.


B. It's took a lot of time and money to complete a collection.


C. Most fields in collecting have specialized commercial dealers.


D. Most of the dealers have their experiences in collecting.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C or D – that needs correcting.  
Câu 1: Small distinctions (A) among stamps, unimportant to the person average (B) , would mean (C) a great deal to the stamp (D) collector.


A. Small distinctions


B.  person average 


C.  mean 


D.  stamp
Câu 2: Calcium, the most abundantly (A) mineral in the body (B) , works with (C) phosphorus in maintaining (D) bones and teeth.


A. abundantly 


B. in the body


C.  works with


D.  in maintaining
Câu 3: Mark's known (A) for ages that his parents are coming (B) to stay with us this weekend, but it was only yesterday did he (C) told (D) me.


A. Mark's known 


B. are coming


C. did he


D.  told
Câu 4: On (A) May 20, 1932, Amelia Earhart became (B) the first woman fly (C) solo across (D) the Atlantic Ocean.


A. On


B. became


C.  fly


D. across
Câu 5: Nitrogen and oxygen are (A) too important (B) that most living (C) organisms cannot survive (D) without these elements.


A. oxygen are


B. too important 


C. most living


D. cannot survive 

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 
Câu 1: My father never indulges ..... drinking.


A. on


B. in


C. with 


D. to
Câu 2: I love watching the small fish swimming ..... in the tank.


A. through       


B. up


C. towards                  


D. about
Câu 3: He wasn't able to cope ..... the stresses and strains of the job.    


A. with      


B. to 


C. in


D. on
Câu 4: My friend Dave was really interested in my best stamp, so I ..... it away to him.           


A. gave 


B. threw                      


C. brought                   


D. put
Câu 5: These ideas have now been completely discarded.


A. come up with  


B. got rid of     


C.  put forward


D. put into practice
Câu 6: This vase is quite rare and is almost a .....'s item.


A. collect


B. collective  


C. collection                


D. collector
Câu 7: The singer was ..... on the piano by her sister.


A. played                    


B. performed               


C. accompanied 


D. helped
Câu 8: The most important thing is to keep yourself occupied.


A. busy                        


B. relaxed                    


C. comfortable    


D. free
Câu 9: My parents lent me the money. ....., I couldn't have afforded the trip.


A. Only if          


B. Otherwise       


C. However  


D. Therefore
Câu 10: I don't know the title but I recognize the ..... of this song.


A. sound


B.  rhyme   


C. tune                        


D. theme
Câu 11: ..... saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen.


A. What the woman was    


B. That the woman was


C. The woman was    


D. What was the woman
Câu 12: Marta Graham, ..... of the pioneers of modern dance, didn't begin dancing until she was 21.


A. who as one  


B.  she was       


C. one


D. was one
Câu 13: Many communities are dependent oil groundwater ..... from wells for their water supply.


A. that obtained  


B. obtained 


C. is obtained    


D. obtain it
Câu 14: ..... who was elected the first woman mayor of Chicago in 1979.


A.  It was Jane Byrne   


B.  Jane Byrne


C. That Jane Byrne             


D. When Jane Byrne
Câu 15: The first American novelist to have a major impact on world literature ......


A. who was James Fenimore Cooper           


B. James Fenimore Cooper was


C. it was James Fenimore Cooper   


D. was James Fenimore Cooper
Câu 16: ..... important railroad tunnel in the US was cut through the Hoosac Mountains in Massachuset.


A.  At first    


B. It was the first   


C. The first     


D. As the first of
Câu 17: It was in 1875 ..... joined the staff of the astronomical observatory at Harvard University.


A. that Anna Winlock 


B. Anna Winlock, who


C. as Anna Winlock   


D. Anna Winlock then
Câu 18: ..... the dollar as its monetary unit in 1878.


A. Adopted by Canada   


B.  Canada adopted


C. It was adopted by Canada    


D. The Canada adoption of
Câu 19: ..... that the capital of South Carolina was moved from Charleston to Columbia.


A. In 1790 was        


B. here was in 1790


C. In 1790        


D. It was in 1790
Câu 20: It was Mr. Harding ..... the bill to yesterday.


A. who sent my secretary   


B. to whom my secretary sent


C. that my secretary sent


D.  my secretary sent 
024.7300.7989
1800.6947

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. 
Câu 1:


A. admire                   


B. avid      


C. variety  


D. while
Câu 2:


A. occupy                


B. simply  


C. accompany 


D. hobby
Câu 3:


A. practised                 


B. stamped    


C.  indulged  


D. accomplished
Câu 4:


A. collect              


B. common


C. modest 


D. accomplish
Câu 5:


A. friends               


B.  tunes 


C.  clubs    


D. stamps

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 following questionsOne of the most important social developments that helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the role of public education was the effect of the baby boom of the 1950's and 1960's on the schools. In the 1920's, but especially in the Depression conditions of the 1930's, the United States experienced a declining birth rate – every thousand women aged fifteen to forty-four gave birth to about 118 live children in 1920, 89.2 in 1930, 75.8 in 1936, and 80 in 1940. With the growing prosperity brought on by the Second WorldWar and the economic boom that followed it, young people married and established households earlier and began to raise larger families than had their predecessors during the Depression. Birth rates rose to 102 per thousand in 1946, 106.2 in 1950, and 118 in 1955. Although economics was probably the most important determinant, it is not the only explanation for the baby boom. The increased value placed on the idea of the family also helps to explain this rise in birth rates. The baby boomers began streaming into the first grade by the mid-1940's and became a flood by 1950. The public school system suddenly found itself “overtaxed”. While the number of schoolchildren rose because of wartime and postwar conditions, these same conditions made the schools even less prepared to cope with the flood. The wartime economy meant that few new schools were built between 1940 and 1945. Moreover, during the war and in the boom times that followed large numbers of teachers left their profession for better-paying jobs elsewhere in the economy.Therefore, in the 1950's and 1960's, the baby boom hit an antiquated and inadequate school system. Consequently, the "custodial rhetoric" of the 1930's and early 1940's no longer made sense; that is, keeping youths aged sixteen and older out of the labor market by keeping them in school could no longer be a high priority for an institution unable to find space and staff to teach younger children aged five to sixteen. With the baby boom, the focus of educators and of laymen interested in education inevitably turned toward the lower grades and back to basic academic skills and discipline. The system no longer had much interest in offering nontraditional, new, and extra services to older youths.
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?


A. Birth rates in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s


B. The impact of the baby boom on public education


C. The role of the family in the 1950's and 1960's


D. The teaching profession during the baby boom
Câu 2: The word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to____.


A. the economic boom


B. the Second World War


C. the 1930s     


D. the United States
Câu 3: The word "overtaxed" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to____.


A. charged too much 


B. plentifully supplied   


C. heavily burdened       


D. well prepared
Câu 4: The public school of the 1950s and 1960s faced all of the following problems EXCEPT


A. an inadequate number of school buildings


B. old-fashioned facilities


C. a shortage of teachers      


D. a declining number of students
Câu 5: According to the passage, why did teachers leave the teaching profession after theoutbreak of the war?


A. Teaching positions were scarce.       


B. They were dissatisfied with the curriculum.


C. Other jobs provided higher salaries. 


D. They needed to be retrained.
Câu 6: The word "inevitably" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to____.


A. unavoidably 


B. impartially    


C. irrationally 


D. unwillingly
Câu 7: Which of the following best characterizes the organization of the passage?


A. The second paragraph provides a fictional account to illustrate a problem presented in the firstparagraph.


B. The second paragraph argues against a point made in the first paragraph.


C. The second paragraph introduces a problem not mentioned in the first paragraph


D. The second paragraph presents the effect of circumstances described in the first paragraph.

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: Fruit and vegetables should be carefully washed whether eaten fresh or cook.


A. carefully


B. whether


C. fresh


D. cook
Câu 2: The Netherlands, with much of its land lying lower than the sea level, have a system of dikes and canals for controlling water.


A. much


B. lying


C. have


D. controlling
Câu 3: The symptoms of diabetes in the early stages are too slight that people do not notice them.


A. The


B. too


C. do not


D. them

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 bold and underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: He was attentive as Betsy and I talked about our charity concert to help the victims of the recent floods.


A. perceptive 


B. indifferent  


C. interested   


D. negligent
Câu 2: My father hit the roof when he found out that I’d damaged the car.


A. was over the moon


B. burst with anger


C. went with the flow 


D. kept his shirt on

A.
B.
C.
D.

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


A. approached        


B. enforced  


C. composed   


D. embraced
Câu 2:


A. sculpture            


B. result 


C. justice 


D. figure

A.
B.
C.
D.