Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 38 to 42.Working as a novelist is not really a career like being a doctor or a scientist. Although a fewwell-known ones, like Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, have become wealthy, most writers find it difficult even to make a living from their book sales. Novels take a long time towrite, and authors can get into financial (38) _____ if they don’t have money coming in regularly from another job. But for those determined to write novels, it is without (39)______ one of the most enjoyable kinds of work to do. The writer has to be creative, thinking up completely new stories, and (40) _____, meaning they put all their time and effort into their work. They also need to be able to cope in a crisis, as nobody else can write their book for them. For this, a good sense of (41)______ often helps. Or the thought that maybe their novel might one day be turned into a film and become a Hollywood (42) _____!
Câu 1: (38) _____


A. problem       


B. trouble


C. upset    


D. worry
Câu 2: (39)______


A. difficulty    


B. suspicion


C. thinking    


D. doubt
Câu 3: (40) ____


A. deliberate         


B. delivered 


C. decided    


D. dedicated
Câu 4: (41)_____


A. hoping    


B. humor  


C. smiling   


D. joking
Câu 5: (42) _____


A. best-seller         


B. attraction  


C. blockbuster  


D. victory

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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. energetic      


B. epidemic  


C. initiative   


D. economic
Câu 2:


A. expert   


B. mature 


C. channel   


D. secret

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.CHESSChess, often (23)______ to as the Royal Game, is the oldest of all board games which do not contain an element of chance.The origins of chess are uncertain, (24)______ there are a number of legends regarding its invention. One story says that it was King Solomon who invented chess, another that it was the Greek god Hermes, and yet another that the Chinese mandarin Han-Sing was responsible for its creation. In fact, chess almost certainly originated in India in the sixth or seventh century AD. The game’s popularity then spread quickly through Persia (now known as Iran) and from there came to Europe. The first documented reference to chess in literature is in a Persian romance which was written about 600 AD.It is (25)_______ the word ‘chess’ comes from ‘shah’, the Persian word for ‘king’ and that ‘checkmate’, the game’s winning (26)_______, comes from the phrase ‘shah mat’, (27)______ ‘the king is dead’.The rules and pieces used in the game have undergone changes over the centuries. Modem chess owes much to the Spaniard Lopez de Segura, who in 1561 wrote the first book on how to play the game. In it, he introduced the concept of ‘castling’, which had not been part of the game until then.
Câu 1: (23)_____


A. mentioned      


B. called   


C. known 


D. referred
Câu 2: (24)______


A. despite         


B. nevertheless  


C. although    


D. however
Câu 3: (25)______


A. believed       


B. imagined   


C. held  


D. taken
Câu 4: (26)______


A. place          


B. stand   


C. go    


D. move
Câu 5: (27)_____


A. representing       


B. suggesting   


C. intending   


D. meaning

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Mark the letter A, B,   C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Câu 1: Arm and Mary are studying in their classroom.
Ann: “Can I borrow you dictionary?”
Mary: “______ ”


A. I’m afraid I can’t.


B. Here you are!


C. I think so.      


D. It doesn’t matter.
Câu 2: Jack and Joe are discussing how to make salad for dinner.
Jack: “______”
Joe: How about putting some grapes in it, instead?


A. We could fry some onions with it too.  


B. I’d rather just have some bread, thanks.


C. Let’s put some pieces of apple in the salad.


D. Good idea! I’ll go and make one.

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B.
C.
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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: A US man with a large online following in Vietnam has caused widespread anger, and faces possible criminal charges, over a Facebook post thought to have insulted a military hero.


A. embarrassed


B. offended    


C. confused       


D. depressed
Câu 2: Jack persisted in attempting to convince his employers to use more technology and fewer people.


A. endured  


B. remained   


C. repeated    


D. insisted

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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: I’m afraid we no longer sell that model of laptop because we had_____a lot of complaints.


A. so      


B. such 


C. enough     


D. too
Câu 2: Mrs. Jenkins was too ill to go out and pay her phone bill, and they’ve just cut her_____. She ought to complain!


A. out      


B. off 


C. down    


D. up
Câu 3: There’s a lot______violent crime in this area than there used to be.


A. fewer        


B. least    


C. less     


D. fewest
Câu 4: The move to a different environment had brought about a significant______in Mary’s state of mind.


A. impact     


B. effect      


C. influence    


D. change
Câu 5: The party leader travelled the length and_____of the country in an attempt to spread his message.


A. width        


B. distance  


C. diameter  


D. breadth
Câu 6: The amount Sarah earned was_______ on how much she sold.


A. dependence     


B. dependant   


C. dependent 


D. independent
Câu 7: They would ______ go by air than spend a week travelling by train.


A. always    


B. rather    


C. prefer  


D. better
Câu 8: The party, _______ I was the guest of honour, was extremely enjoyable.


A. at that     


B. at which   


C. to that  


D. to which
Câu 9: If only I_______play the guitar as well as you!


A. would  


B. should 


C. could   


D. might
Câu 10: The windows are in ______ frames.


A. circular huge wooden   


B. huge wooden circular


C. wooden huge circular    


D. huge circular wooden
Câu 11: James was asking about a lot of personal things. I didn’t like______about my private life.


A. asking    


B. being asked  


C. to ask     


D. to be asking
Câu 12: Vietnam U23 made not only Asia but also Europe keep a close eye on them. They _____ internationally.


A. have made headlines


B. had made headlines


C. have done headlines


D. did headlines
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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. substantial        


B. applicant 


C. terrorist   


D. industry
Câu 2:


A. stagnant              


B. tableland     


C. survive   


D. swallow

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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence which best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Câu 1: I owed Bill a favor. I agreed to help him.


A. lf I hadn’t owed Bill a favor, I would have agreed to help him.


B. It was only because I owed Bill a favor that I agreed to help him.


C. Although I owed Bill a favor, I agreed to help him.


D. I only agreed to help Bill because I owed him some money.
Câu 2: She doesn’t want to go to their party. We don’t want to go either.


A. Either we or she doesn’t want to go to their party.


B. Neither we nor she want to go to their party.


C. Neither we nor she wants to go to their party.


D. Neither she nor we don’t want to go to their party.

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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence which has the same meaning as the original one.
Câu 1: They bought a gift that was very expensive for their son.


A. They gave their son a gift that was very expensive.


B. Their son bought an expensive gift for his birthday.


C. The gift was so expensive that they didn’t buy it for their son.


D. Although the gift was inexpensive, they didn’t buy it for their son.
Câu 2: We couldn’t have managed our business successfully without my father’s money.


A. Had it not been for my father’s money, we couldn’t have managed our business successfully.


B. We could have managed our business successfully with my father’s money.


C. If we could manage our business successfully, my father would give us his money.


D. If we couldn’t have managed our business successfully, we would have had my father’s money.
Câu 3: He wants his wife to quit her job and look after their children.


A. He would like his wife to stop working and looking after their children.


B. He wants to quit his job and his wife look after their children.


C. He would like his wife to continue working in spite of looking after their children.


D. He would like his wife to stop working and look after their children.

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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.The first two decades of this century were dominated by the microbe hunters. These hunters had tracked down one after another of the microbes responsible for the most dreaded scourges of many centuries: tuberculosis, cholera, diphtheria. But there remained some terrible diseases for which no microbe could be incriminated: scurvy, pellagra, rickets, beriberi. Then it was discovered that these diseases were caused by the lack of vitamins, a trace substance in the diet. The diseases could be prevented or cured by consuming foods that contained the vitamins. And so in the decades of the 1920's and 1930's, nutrition became a science and the vitamin hunters replaced the microbe hunters.In the 1940's and 1950's, biochemists strived to learn why each of the vitamins was essential for health. They discovered that key enzymes in metabolism depend on one or another of the vitamins as coenzymes to perform the chemistry that provides cells with energy for growth and function. Now, these enzyme hunters occupied center stage.You are aware that the enzyme hunters have been replaced by a new breed of hunters who are tracking genes - the blueprints for each of the enzymes - and are discovering the defective genes that cause inherited diseases - diabetes, cystic fibrosis. These gene hunters, or genetic engineers, use recombinant DNA technology to identify and clone genes and introduce them into bacterial cells and plants to create factories for the massive production of hormones and vaccines for medicine and for better crops for agriculture. Biotechnology has become a multibilliondollar industry.In view of the inexorable progress in science, we can expect that the gene hunters will be replaced in the spotlight. When and by whom? Which kind of hunter will dominate the scene in the last decade of our waning century and in the early decades of the next? I wonder whether the hunters who will occupy the spotlight will be neurobiologists who apply the techniques of the enzyme and gene hunters to the funtions of the brain. What to call them? The head hunters. I  will return to them later.
Câu 1: What is the main topic of the passage?


A. The microbe hunters.   


B. The potential of genetic engineering.


C. The progress of modern medical research.


D. The discovery of enzymes.
Câu 2: The word “incriminated’ in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to      


A. blamed   


B. eliminated  


C. investigated 


D. produced
Câu 3: Which of the following can be cured by a change in diet?


A. Tuberculosis  


B. Cholera  


C. Cystique fibroses


D. Pell Agra
Câu 4: The word “strived” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to


A. studied       


B. tried   


C. experimented   


D. failed
Câu 5: How do vitamins influence health?


A. They protect the body from microbes


B. They are broken down by cells to produce energy


C. They keep food from spoiling


D. They are necessary for some enzymes to function
Câu 6: The phrase “occupy the spotlight” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to     


A. go to furthest 


B. lighten to load


C. conquer territory     


D. receive the most attention
Câu 7: The author implies that the most important medical research topic of the future will be


A. the functions of the brain      


B. inherited diseases


C. the operation of vitamins    


D. the structure of genes
Câu 8: With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?


A. Most diseases are caused by defective genes


B. The focus of medical research will change in the next two decades.


C. Medical research throughout the twentieth century has been dominated by microbe hunters.


D. Medical breakthroughs often depend on luck.
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