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: The (A) Oxford English Dictionary is well known (B) for including many different meanings (C) of words and to give (D) real examples.


A. The 


B. well known 


C. meanings 


D. to give 
Câu 2: After analyzing the steep rise (A) in profits according to (B) your report, it was (C) convinced that your analyses were correct.(D)


A. the steep rise 


B. according to 


C. it was 


D. analyses were correct
Câu 3: Educated in the UK (A), his qualifications are (B) widely recognized (C) in the world of professionals.(D)


A. the UK


B. his qualifications are 


C. recognized 


D. world of professionals

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: Mike graduated with a good degree. However, he joined the ranks of the unemployed.


A. Mike joined the ranks of the unemployed because he graduated with a good degree.


B. If Mike graduated with a good degree, he would join the ranks of the unemployed.


C. Although Mike graduated with a good degree, he joined the ranks of the unemployed.


D. That Mike graduated with a good degree helped him join the ranks of the unemployed.
Câu 2: Put your coat on. You will get cold.


A. You will not get cold unless you put your coat on.


B. Put your coat on, otherwise you will get cold.


C. It is not until you put your coat on that you will get cold.


D. You not only put your coat on but also get cold.

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: “You shouldn’t have leaked our confidential report to the press, Frank!” said Jane.


A. Jane suspected that Frank had leaked their confidential report to the press.


B. Jane accused Frank of having cheated the press with their confidential report.


C. Jane blamed Frank for having flattered the press with their confidential report.


D. Jane criticized Frank for having disclosed their confidential report to the press.
Câu 2: The sooner we solve this problem, the better it will be for all concerned.


A. If we could solve this problem soon, it would be better for all concerned.


B. It would be better for all concerned if we can solve this problem soon.


C. If all concerned are better, we can solve this problem soon.


D. If we can solve this problem soon, it will be better for all concerned.
Câu 3: The woman was too weak to lift the suitcase.


A. The woman, though weak, could lift the suitcase.


B. The woman wasn’t able to lift the suitcase, so she was very weak.


C. The woman shouldn't have lifted the suitcase as she was weak.


D. So weak was the woman that she couldn't lift the suitcase.

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 36 to 42.Writing is arguably the most important invention in human history. The opportunity for human knowledge to build on other knowledge is severely limited without the medium of writing. Not only does writing allow a permanence to human thought but also a complexity and scope to human expression that seem barely possible without it.The earliest known artifacts that could be considered writing by the loosest  definition are the famous and extraordinarily beautiful 20,000-year-old "cave  paintings" in southern France and northern Spain. The pictures, mostly of animals but with some human figures, possibly tell some sort of story or may merely be pictures with expressive, magical, or religious purpose. Other assorted pictures have been found antedating the rise of the great civilizations of the Near East, but the earliest artifacts that are clearly writing date from about only 5,500 years ago inMesopotamia.The earliest system of writing is usually attributed to the Sumerians of Mesopotamia during the end of the fourth millennium b.c. There, officials of such Sumerian city-states as Uruk had developed a system of recording numerals, pictographs, and ideographs on specially prepared clay surfaces.Although the clay blanks used by the Uruk scribes are universally referred to as tablets, a word with the connotation of flatness, they are actually convex. Individual characters were inscribed in the clay by means of a stylus made of wood, bone, or ivory, with one end blunt and the other pointed. The characters were basically of two kinds. Numerical signs were impressed into the clay; all other signs, pictographs, and ideographs alike, were incised with the pointed end of the stylus. The repertory of characters used by the Uruk scribes was large; it is estimated at no fewer than 1,500 separate signs.
Câu 1: This passage mainly discusses......................


A. "cave paintings" as an expressive achievement 


B. the Uruk culture in Mesopotamia 


C. early writing systems 


D. writing instruments of the Uruk scribes
Câu 2: According to the passage, the invention of writing was important for all of the following reasons  EXCEPT...................................


A. it allowed for the development of human knowledge


B. it encouraged complexity of thinking


C. it began in Mesopotamia     


D. it allowed human thought to be permanently recorded
Câu 3: The phrase "attributed to" is closest in meaning to........................


A. blamed on


B. characterized by


C. credited to


D. replaced by
Câu 4: The word "incised" in is closest in meaning to.........................


A. painted                    


B. cut                           


C. erased                     


D. embroidered
Câu 5: Which of the following terms does NOT refer to something on which early writing was inscribed?


A. Clay surfaces  


B. Characters               


C. Clay blanks


D. Tablets
Câu 6: According to the passage, how were pictographs recorded?


A. They were cut into the clay.   


B. They were painted onto the surface.


C. They were pressed into the clay.           


D. They were brushed onto the surface.
Câu 7: The word "repertory" in line 23 is closest in meaning to......................


A. arrangement            


B. composition            


C. understanding          


D. number

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. exhaust          


B. exam    


C. exact  


D. excellent 
Câu 2:


A. command                                     


B. community


C. complete


D. common

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.It used to be that people would drink coffee or tea in the morning to pick them up and get them going for the day. Then cola drinks hit the market. With lots of caffeine and sugar, these beverages soon became the pick-me-up of choice for many adults and teenagers. Now drink companies are putting out so-called "energy drinks." These beverages have the specific aim of giving tired consumers more energy.One example of a popular energy drink is Red Bull. The company that puts out this beverage has stated in interviews that Red Bull is not a thirst quencher. Nor is it meant to be a fluid replacement drink for athletes. Instead, the beverage is meant to revitalize a tired consumer's body and mind. In order to do this, the makers of Red Bull, and other energy drinks, typically add vitamins and certain chemicals to their beverages. The added chemicals are like chemicals that the body naturally produces for energy. The vitamins, chemicals, caffeine, and sugar found in these beverages all seem like a sure bet to give a person energy.Health professionals are not so sure, though. For one thing, there is not enough evidence to show that all of the vitamins added to energy drinks actually raise a person's energy level. Another problem is that there are so many things in the beverages. Nobody knows for sure how all of the ingredients in energy drinks work together.Dr. Brent Bauer, one of the directors at the Mayo Clinic in the US, cautions people about believing all the claims energy drinks make. He says, —It is plausible if you put all these things together, you will get a good result. “However, Dr. Bauer adds the mix of ingredients could also have a negative impact on the body. - We just don't know at this point,” he says.             (Source: Reading Challenge 2, Casey Malarcher & Andrea Janzen, Compass Publishing)
Câu 1: The beverages mentioned in the first paragraph aim to give consumers________.


A. more energy 


B. more choices   


C. caffeine  


D. sugar
Câu 2: The word “it” in the second paragraph refers to________.


A. one example  


B. Red Bull     


C.  the company     


D. thirst quencher
Câu 3: According to the passage, what makes it difficult for researchers to know if an energy drink gives people energy?


A. The number of beverage makers 


B. The number of beverage makers 


C. The mixture of various ingredients    


D. Natural chemicals in a person's body
Câu 4: The word “plausible” in the passage is closest in meaning to________.


A.  reasonable  


B. unlikely   


C. typical   


D. impossible
Câu 5: What has Dr. Bauer probably researched?


A.  Vitamins and chemicals in the body   


B. Energy drinks for teenage athletes


C. Countries where Red Bull is popular  


D. Habits of healthy and unhealthy adults
Câu 6: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?


A. Colas have been on the market longer than energy drinks.


B. The makers of Red Bull say that it can a person.


C.  Bauer does not seem to believe the claims of energy drink makers.


D.  It has been scientifically proved that energy drinks work.
Câu 7: What is the main idea of this passage?


A. Teenagers should not choose energy drinks.


B. Caffeine is bad for people to drink.


C. Red Bull is the best energy drink.


D.  it is uncertain whether energy drinks are healthy.

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: Since we had nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk.


A. Have nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk.


B. Since having nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk.


C. Having nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk.


D. Because having nothing else to do, we decided to go for a walk.
Câu 2: The chickens haven’t been fed; the pigs haven’t been fed either.


A. Neither the chickens nor the pigs haven’t been fed.


B. Neither the chickens nor the pigs have been fed.


C. Either the chickens or the pigs have been fed.


D. Not only the chickens but also the pigs have been fed.

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: He asked me : “Why didn’t you come to class yesterday?”


A. He asked me didn’t you come to class the day before.


B. He asked me why I hadn’t come to class yesterday.


C. He asked me why I didn’t come to class the day before.


D. He asked me why I hadn’t come to class the day before.
Câu 2: They say that the visitors were killed by terrorists.


A. The visitors are said that they were killed by terrorists.


B. It is said to have been killed by terrorists.


C. The visitors are said to have killed by terrorists.


D. The visitors are said to have been killed by terrorists.
Câu 3: I haven't gone to the cinema for ten years.


A. It's ten years I haven't gone to the cinema.


B.  I last went to the cinema ten years ago.


C.  It was ten years ago I went to the cinema.


D. The last time I went to the cinema was ten years.

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 underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Environmentalists appeal to the government to enact laws to stop factories from discharging toxic chemicals into the sea.


A. releasing   


B. dismissing   


C. obtaining   


D. producing
Câu 2: It's no use talking to me about metaphysics. It's a closed book to me.


A. an object that I really love    


B.  a subject that I don't understand


C.  a book that is never opened 


D. a theme that I like to discuss

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: Tom had difficulty in finishing his project so he asked Linda for assisting him.
- Tom: “How about giving me a hand?”            
- Linda:  “________.”


A. No, not yet  


B. I promise


C. You’re welcome  


D.  Sure. I'd be glad to help
Câu 2: David and Helen were at their friend’s party. David gave Helen a good comment on what she was wearing.  
- David: “______”                           
- Helen: “Thanks for your compliment.”


A. You've got a beautiful dress!    


B. You are too busy on weekdays.


C. You’re taking a test tomorrow.    


D. Could you open the window?

A.
B.
C.
D.