Read and choose the appropriate option:WHY DO ANIMALS GO EXTINCT?            Different kinds of animals have appeared and disappeared throughout Earth’s history. Some animals go extinct because the climate (41)_______ they live changes. The climate may become wetter or drier. It may become warmer or cooler. If the animals cannot change, or adapt, to the new climate, they die.            Some animals go extinct because thay cannot (42) _______ with other animals for food. Some animals go extinct because they are killed by enemies. New kinds of animals are always evolving. Evolving means that the animals are changing (43) _______ from generation to generation. Small differences between parents, children, and grandchildren slowly add up over many, many generations. Eventually, a different kind of animal evolves. [evolve: tiến hóa]            Sometimes many of the animals on Earth go extinct at the (44) _______ time. Scientists call this a mass extinction. Scientists think there (45) _______ at least five mass extinctions in Earth’s history. The last mass extinction happened about 65 million years ago. This mass extinction killed off the dinosaurs.
Câu 1: (41)


A. where


B. which


C. when


D. what
Câu 2: (42)


A. complete


B. find


C. compete


D. exist
Câu 3: (43)


A. accidentally


B. suddenly


C. quickly


D. slowly
Câu 4: (44)


A. same


B. similar


C. different


D. various
Câu 5: (45)


A. has been


B. have been


C. will be


D. are

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the underlined words that need correcting.
Câu 1: The bus will be leaving (A) on (B) five minutes so (C) you’d better (D) hurry up.


A. be leaving


B. on


C. so


D. better
Câu 2: Many (A) teachers have devoted their (B) lives to (C) teaching, therefore (D) teaching is not a well-paid job.


A. Many


B. their


C. to


D. therefore
Câu 3: My parents (A) often take careful (B) of me when (C) I am ill (D).


A. parents


B. careful


C. when


D. ill
Câu 4: She passed (A) the board exam, who (B) made her (C) parents proud (D).


A. passed


B. who


C. her


D. proud
Câu 5: Lack of properly (A) physical exercise (B) cause (C) tiredness and poor (D) health.


A. properly


B. exercise


C. cause


D. poor

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
Câu 1:


A. bamboo


B. good


C. foot


D. cook
Câu 2:


A. cake


B. panda


C. face


D. late
Câu 3:


A. social


B. science


C. sour


D. sure

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the passage and choose the best answers.             Brunei is one of the smallest countries in the world. Its population is only 25,000 and most of them live in Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city with the longest name in the world!) It is also the richest country in Asia and maybe the richest country in the world because it has a lot of oil and natural gas which it exports to Japan. Every week huge tankers carry oil and gas from the oil-fields of Brunei to Japan.            The head of the state in Brunei is Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. He is the richest man in the world. He has two wives and each lives in their own beautiful palace. The first wife lives in the biggest palace in the world which has 200 rooms. The Sultan has more than 200 cars and he also has hundreds of horses.
Câu 1: Brunei is_____________________.
 


A. among the smallest country in the world   


B. a country with a dense population


C. the smallest countries in the world   


D. is a capital city
Câu 2: The population of Brunei is______________people.
      


A. over 25,000    


B. 25,000   


C. about 25,000     


D. less than 25,000 
Câu 3: According to the passage, Sultan, the head of the state in Brunei ______________.


A. is the richest man in the world


B. has two wives, each of whom lives in their own beautiful palace


C. has more than 200 cars     


D. All are correct. 
Câu 4: Brunei is rich in______________.
       


A.  only oil  


B.  only natural gas  


C.  exports of every kind 


D. oil and natural gas
Câu 5: Which of the following is NOT true about Brunei?


A.  It exports oil and natural gas to its regional neighbours.


B. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah is the head of state in Brunei.


C. It may be the richest country in the world.


D. Its capital city is Bandar Seri Begawan.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the underlined pert that needs correction
Câu 1: Because of him request and his bothering me all the time, I’m finishing the project myself.
      


A. him  


B. project  


C. bothering    


D. the time
Câu 2: We have interviewed many people who is interested in the job we have been advertising in the trade newsletter that is distributed so widely.
     


A.  newsletter      


B. is


C. widely  


D. have been
Câu 3: When you realized you may have difficulty arranging last month’s conference, you should have told me so that I could have gotten more people to volunteer.


A. so that  


B. conference    


C. may have 


D. to volunteer
Câu 4: The new employees enjoyed their first day at work, although everyone agreed that the lunch was the bad food they had ever eaten.
         


A.  The new   


B. their first


C. that  


D.  the bad
Câu 5: When we were talking about relaxing after work, Jack said he enjoyed to listen to music, Carla said she preferred jogging, and I was considering taking up tennis.
     


A.  jogging 


B. to listen     


C. work    


D.  was

A.
B.
C.
D.

Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. 
Câu 1:


A. integration    


B. international  


C. immigration


D. operation
Câu 2:


A. apprentice                              


B. association    


C. apprehension     


D. attack
Câu 3:


A. deal  


B. eagle          


C. instead   


D. eager

A.
B.
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. familiar       


B. impatient  


C. uncertain 


D. arrogant 
Câu 2:


A. disappear        


B. arrangement 


C. opponent   


D. contractual 

A.
B.
C.
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: After running up the stairs, I was ______ breath.


A. away from  


B.  without      


C. no    


D. out of
Câu 2: Extinction means a situation _______ a plan, an animal or a way of life etc … stops existing.


A.  to which         


B.  in which     


C. on which


D.  for which  
Câu 3: As I was walking along the street, I saw _______ $10 note on _______ pavement.


A. a/the 


B.  the/the   


C. a/a        


D.  the/a 
Câu 4: I’ve never really enjoyed going to the ballet or the opera; they’re not really my _______.


A. piece of cake    


B. sweets and candy  


C. biscuit 


D. cup of tea
Câu 5: I will stand here and wait for you _______ you come back.


A. because  


B.  though 


C. so


D. until 
Câu 6: Let’s begin our discussion now, ________?


A. shall we  


B. will we     


C. don’t we


D. won’t we 
Câu 7: Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ________ the most.
        


A.  that influences farmers   


B. farmers that is influences


C. why farmers influence it   


D.  it influences farmers   
Câu 8: _________, we tried our best to complete it.


A.  Thanks to the difficult homework        


B. Despite the homework was difficult


C. Difficult as the homework was  


D. As though the homework was difficult
Câu 9: The twins look so much alike that almost no one can _______ them ________.
   


A. take/apart 


B. tell/away


C.  tell/apart  


D. take/on     
Câu 10: Tom looks so frightened and upset. He ________ something terrible.


A. must experience    


B. can have experienced


C. should have experienced    


D. must have experienced         
Câu 11: Ann was very surprised to find the door unlocked. She remembered _______ it before she left.


A.  to lock       


B. having locked  


C.  to have locked   


D. she locks
Câu 12: Tom: “Sorry, I forgot to phone you last night”                     


A. have nothing to tell you.  


B. Oh. Poor me!


C. Never mind! 


D. You was absent- minded.
Câu 13: The players’ protests ________ no difference to the referee’s decision at all.


A. did   


B. made  


C. caused 


D.  created 
Câu 14:  In a formal interview, it is essential to maintain good eye ________ with the interviewers.


A.  link  


B. connection   


C. touch 


D. contact 
Câu 15: Grace Kelly was first famous as a Hollywood actress and then _______ Prince Rainier of Monaco.


A.  to be the wife of   


B. she was the wife of   


C. the wife of 


D. as the wife of
Câu 16: When he came to the counter of pay, he found that he had _______ cash _______ his credit card with him.


A. either/or 


B. neither/nor         


C. both/and 


D. not/neither 
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A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Publishing in the UK, the book has won a number of awards in recent regional book fairs.
 


A.  publishing in the      


B.  has won 


C.  in                                    


D. book fairs
Câu 2: Hardly did he enter the room when all the lights went out.


A.  did he enter   


B. when


C.  the lights


D. went 

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each space in the following passage. DESERTIFICATIONThe Sahara Desert is growing by 10kms each year. The whole earth gets 600km2 of desert area more every year. This process is called "desertification". This term started being (46)_____ in the 1950s.The idea of desertification was first known in the 1930s. Much of the Great Plains grew very dry (47)______ a result of drought and poor farming techniques. It was called the Dust Bowl. Millions were forced to leave their farms and their ways of life. Since then, (48)_____ have been great improvements in farming practices in the Great Plains. These have prevented the Dust Bowl disaster (49)______ again.Grazing is one worry. Cows do two things to the soil. First, they eat grasses and plants that hold the soil in place. Second, their hooves break down the top layer of soil. The result is that the good soil can be blown away by the wind. The dirt (50)______ behind is not good for growing. 
Câu 1: (46) 


A. use  


B. used            


C. to use 


D. using
Câu 2: (47)


A. as          


B. for         


C. by   


D. with
Câu 3: (48) 


A. it           


B. they       


C. there           


D. those
Câu 4: (49) 


A. to occur 


B. to occurring


C. of occurring


D. from occurring
Câu 5: (50)


A. leaves                                       


B.  to leave   


C. left                                      


D. leaving

A.
B.
C.
D.