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.            In 1752, Benjamin Franklin made his textbook experiment with a brass key and a silk kite that he flew in a thunderstorm to prove that lightning and electricity are the same thing. In 1920, a kite-flying championship for families and individuals was held in London. These two seemingly unrelated events underscore the fact that kites can be flown for both pleasure and scientific purposes. For example, in the 1800s weather bureaus flew kites to record temperature and humidity at certain altitudes. On one occasion, ten kites were strung together and flown at a height of four miles to lift men and carry cameras aloft.            The kite’s ability to fly depends on its construction and the way that its line is attached. The familiar diamond - shaped kite flies when its covered face is aligned against the wind flow. The line attached to the nose of the kite pulls it into the wind, thus creating the necessary angle for the lift force. If the kite’s construction and the angle of the air stream are correct, the kite will encounter greater pressure against its face and lower pressure against its back. The difference in the pressure creates a lift that causes the kite to rise until it hangs level from its bridle. Its angle against the wind should be sufficiently large or small to create maximum lift to overcome both drag and gravity. The towing point to which the line is attached is important because it sets the kite’s angle relative to the air flow. Although the kite must be headed up and into the wind with a velocity of 8 to 20 miles per hour, it can maintain its position through a tail, a rudder, a keel, vents, or tassels.
Câu 1: What is the main topic of the passage?


A. What makes kites stay up in the air.                     


B. How kites can be utilized.


C. What parts kites consist of.                  


D. Why kites are were spurned.
Câu 2: The word “aloft” in the reading passage is closet in meaning to _____.


A. for the analysis                


B. in the flood                   


C. in flight                       


D. for amusement
Câu 3: According to the passage, the kite flies when its nose is ______.


A. pointed away from the ground                                          


B. balanced with the tail


C. pointed into the wind flow             


D. aligned parallel to the wind flow
Câu 4: What is necessary condition for the kite to fly?


A. The kite must be sufficiently strong to withstand great pressure.


B. The kite must be diamond-shaped, and the wind of a certain velocity.


C. The pressure against its back must be lower than the pressure against its face.


D. The pressure of the air flow must be lower than the weight of the kite.
Câu 5: According to the passage, the line of the kites is important because it _____.


A. lifts the kite’s cover and frame into the air space


B. contributes to the shape of the kite and extends it


C. conveys the direction of the wind and the air flow


D. determines the angle between the kite and the air flow
Câu 6: The phrase “headed up” in the passage is closet in meaning to ______.


A. diverted                              


B. directed                             


C. drafted                        


D. dropped
Câu 7: The paragraph following the passage most would likely discuss _____.


A. fiberglass kites flown in competition                                 


B. the cords and wires needed for kite flying


C. elements of kite design and composition                           


D. bowed kites curved on their faces

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.What make a good souvenir?            On my desk at home, I have a collection of souvenirs; objects that remind me of places I’ve visited and important events in my life. These objects include a model boat that I saw being carved from a piece of wood on a Caribbean island, a piece of lava that emerged hot from a volcano in the year I was born, and a shell (1) _____ on my favourite childhood beach.            Unlike everything else, from which memory and detail fades, it is as if the longer you hold on to certain objects, the (2) ________ their associations with the past become, and the sharper the recollections that gather around them. They are, (3) ________, real souvenirs, encapsulations not only of the place, but of your time in the place. But these days, the term “real souvenirs” sounds like a contradiction in terms, and this is because the objects sold to tourists as souvenirs are often cheap mass-produced imports that have nothing to do with the place at all.            It’s often the (4) _____ that the best souvenirs, like my shell, are found rather than purchased, but browsing for souvenirs can also be a fun holiday activity. But if you are buying souvenirs on holiday this summer, make sure they (5) ________  the reality test. A good souvenir is not just made in the area where it is bought, it also says something about the culture of that area. It is something made by local people using sustainable local materials, and because you are effectively supporting the local economy, it shouldn’t come too cheap, either.
Câu 1: (1)


A. come across    


B. found out               


C. picked up                


D. bumped into
Câu 2: (2)


A. larger             


B. wider                 


C. harder                            


D. greater       
Câu 3: (3)


A. therefore                


B. whereas                  


C. however                            


D. otherwise
Câu 4: (4)


A. point           


B. case                   


C. fact                           


D. truth
Câu 5: (5)


A. pass                       


B. win                        


C. take                              


D. beat

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.Yuri Gagarin was born in Klushino near Gzhatsk, a region west of Moscow, Russia, on March 9th, 1939.He was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first person in space and the first human to orbit the Earth. The adjacent town of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin in 1968 in his honor.Yuri Gagarin’s parents worked on a collective farm. His mother was reportedly a voracious reader, and his father a skilled carpenter. He was the third of four children in his family. Gagarin’s teachers described him as intelligent and hard-working.After starting an apprenticeship in a metal works as a foundry man, Gagarin was selected for further training at a high technical school in Saratov. While there, he joined the “AeroClub”, and learned how to fly a light aircraft. In 1955, after completing his technical schooling, he entered military flight training at the Orenburg Pilot’s School. While there he met Valentina Goryacheva, whom he married in 1957, after gaining his pilot’s wings in a MIG-15.In 1960, an extensive search and selection process saw Yuri Gagarin, as one of 20 cosmonauts, selected for the Soviet space program. Out of the 20 selected, the eventual choices for the first launch were Gagarin and Gherman Titov, because of their excellent performance in training, as well as their physical characteristics. On April 12th, 1961, Gagarin became the first human to travel into space in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1). He lost his life in a training accident on March 27, 1968.
Câu 1: Where was Yuri Gagarin born?


A. In Klushino        


B. In Moscow 


C. In Saratov   


D. In Gzhatsk
Câu 2: What did his father do?


A. A pilot      


B. A reader 


C. A carpenter 


D. A teacher
Câu 3: What did he do after completing his technical schooling?


A. He learned how to fly a light aircraft.


B. He entered military flight training at the Orenburg Pilot’s School.


C. He joined the “AeroClub”.


D. He married Valentina Goryacheva.
Câu 4: The word eventual in paragraph 4, could best be replaced by                                       .


A. annual                              


B. second                       


C. final                          


D. daily
Câu 5: Which of the following is NOT true about Yuri Gagarin?


A. He died in 1968 because of lung cancer.


B. He was the third of four children in his family.


C. He was one of 20 cosmonauts selected for the Soviet space program.


D. He was the first human to travel into space.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C,or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Câu 1: A number of (A) teachers have (B) devoted their lives (C) for (D) the development of education in Viet Nam.


A. A number of 


B. have 


C. lives 


D. for 
Câu 2: The assumption that (A) smoking has bad effects (B) on (C) our health have been proved (D).


A. that 


B. effects 


C. on 


D. have been proved 

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in the meaning or best combination to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Although my parents are busy at work, they try to find time for their children.
 


A. My parents are too busy at work to find time for their children.


B. My parents are so busy at work that they cannot find time for their children.


C. My friends rarely have time for their children because they are busy at work.


D. Busy at work as my parents are, they try to find time for their children.
Câu 2: Anna last visited a centre for children with cognitive impairments two weeks ago.


A. Anna hasn't visited a centre for children with cognitive impairments for two weeks.


B. This is the last time Anna visited a centre for children with cognitive impairments.


C. It's two weeks when Anna visited a centre for children with cognitive impairments.


D. Anna visited a centre for children with cognitive impairments for two weeks.
Câu 3: If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.


A. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall.


B. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.


C. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.


D. I am too tall to reach the top shelf.
Câu 4: “Don’t be so disappointed, Bill. You can take the driving test again,” said Helen.


A. Helen encouraged Bill to take the driving test again.


B. Helen told Bill to be disappointed in order to take the driving test again.


C. Helen told Bill not to be disappointed and not to take the driving test again.


D. Helen said Bill not to be disappointed because of the driving test again.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word nhose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. who


B. whose


C. whole


D. white
Câu 2:


A. hasty


B. tasty


C. wastage


D. nasty
Câu 3:


A. television


B. revise


C. confusion


D.  seizure
Câu 4:


A. considerate


B.  transition


C. magnificent


D. analysis
Câu 5:


A. cushion


B. sugar


C. stumble


D.  butcher

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: Jack _________ chess before, so I showed him what to do.


A. didn’t play


B. wasn’t playing


C. hadn’t been played


D. hadn’t played
Câu 2:  “You went to Chile, didn’t you?” “No, but I __________ to Peru, which is right next door."


A. was going


B. had gone


C. was gone


D. did go
Câu 3: When they let us go in, we __________ outside the exam room for over half an hour.


A. had been standing


B. have been standing


C.  have stood  


D. are standing
Câu 4: Watch out, or you _____ off the boat!


A. are going to fall


B.  are falling


C.  fell   


D. won't fall
Câu 5: If I had taken his advice, I __________ rich now.


A.  would have been 


B. would be


C. am


D. will be
Câu 6: “Do you need this paintbrush?” “Ah, yes. _________ it to me, please?”


A. Do you pass  


B. Will vou pass


C. Are you passing


D. Are you goine to pass
Câu 7: “Who volunteered to pick up the pizza fortonight's party?" “  ____________ " 


A. I did. I’m going to get it.


B. I was picking it up.


C. I did. I’ll get it. 


D. I was going to pick it up.
Câu 8: Carl ____ have been here by now. Maybe he got stuck in traffic.


A. might


B. must 


C.  should


D. can’t
Câu 9: “Is that Paul? He must __________ from Australia.”


A. have returned


B. returning


C. had returned


D. return
Câu 10: If I____ hear from Nigel, I’ll tell him you were asking after him.


A. happened  


B. should happen to


C. should to    


D. will happen to
Câu 11: That____ be my mobile - mine is silver and that one is black.


A. can’t 


B. shouldn’t


C. wouldn’ t


D. mustn’t
Câu 12:  Our new coach is popular  _________ the whole team.


A. for


B. to


C. by


D. with
Câu 13: “Where’s that _________ dress that your grandma gave you?”


A. long pink silk lovely


B. pink long lovely silk


C. lovely long pink silk


D. lovely pink long silk
Câu 14: I don’t know much about computers, so I asked the assistant for __________ advice.


A. a little 


B. many 


C. a lot 


D. a few
Câu 15: I’ll get my dad a book for his birthday __________ I find something better.


A. although


B.  until 


C. if


D. unless
Câu 16: The coastguard boarded the ship and found _________ .


A. alive four men injured


B. four injured men alive


C. four injured alive men


D. injured four alive men
Câu 17: Only during the early twentieth century _________ in the United States.


A. that liquor was prohibited 


B. liquor was prohibited


C. when liquor was prohibited


D. was liquor prohibited
Câu 18:  The book would have been perfect _______ the ending.


A.  it hadn’t been for 


B. hadn’t it been for


C. it had not been for


D. had it not been for
Câu 19: Having been served lunch, __________ .


A.  the problem was discussed by the members of the committee


B. the committee members discussed the problem


C. it was discussed by the committee members the problem


D. a discussion of the problem was made by the committee
Câu 20: The lawyer told his clients that __________ .


A.  the case had a minimum chance to be won by him


B.  they had little chance of winning the case


C. the case was of a small chance to win


D. it was nearly impossible to win him the case
Câu 21: ______ , the sails of a distant ship are visible before the body of the ship.


A. Because the curve of the Earth


B. The curve of the Earth makes


C. The Earth, in that it curves, makes


D. Because of the curve of the Earth
Câu 22:  “Home Lovers” have got lots of _________ in their sales this year.


A. fees


B. fortunes


C. debts


D. bargains
Câu 23: There’s little ____________ of our getting into the final.


A. fortune


B.  chance


C.  luck


D. opportunity
Câu 24: When he was at university, my dad did a _________ in maths.


A. degree


B. subject


C. mark


D. study
Câu 25: I hope our plane will leave on __________  .


A. hour 


B. schedule 


C. plan 


D. timetable
Câu 26: I must remember to _________ a souvenir back from Spain for my grandmother.


A. go


B. keep  


C.  take


D. bring
Câu 27: Do these shoes _________ my new skirts?


A. go  


B. match


C. suit  


D. look
Câu 28: Anita works really hard and ___________ to be paid more.


A. worth


B. values 


C. deserves


D. requires
Câu 29: Why don’t you _________ a go? It’s not difficult.


A. set


B. have


C. do


D. make
Câu 30: I’m____ my brother is.


A. nothing near as ambitious as


B. nowhere like so ambitious


C. nothing as ambitious than


D. nowhere near as ambitious as
Câu 31: The newspapers congratulated the writer _________ producing a very funny show.


A. with


B. for


C. on


D. of
Câu 32: I____ across this book about the moon in the library. It‘s really interesting!


A. found 


B. came


C. went


D. looked
Câu 33: Let me just add _____ what I’m buying to see if I've got enough money.


A. in


B. on


C. up


D. over
Câu 34: “What’s the matter? You’re not listening to me.” “ _________ "


A. Excuse me. I’m thinking of something else.


B. I’m sorry. I have been thinking about something else.


C. Excuse me. I’m still listening to you.


D. I'm sorry. I have still been listening to you.
Câu 35: “Why did you leave the door open?” “ __________ ”


A. I'm going to carry in the packages.

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 accepted the new job after all. It is making me feel exhausted.


A. Perhaps I shouldn’t have accepted this new job, as it’s making me feel exhausted.


B. Perhaps it would have been better if I hadn’t agreed to this new job since it is so boring.


C. It is of deep regret that I didn’t turn down the job offer due to its hardship and long hour work.


D. If it had not been for my acceptance the new job offer, I wouldn’t have felt exhausted.
Câu 2: Since 1970, the United Nations has been celebrating April 22nd as Earth Day. It attracts millions of people worldwide to join in to promote public awareness of environmental protection.


A. Since 1970, the UNs has been celebrating April 22nd as Earth Day because it attracts millions of people worldwide to join in to promote public awareness of environmental protection.


B. The UNs has been celebrating April 22nd as Earth Day, which millions of people worldwide are attracted to join in it to promote public awareness of environmental protection.


C. Since 1970, the UNs has been celebrating April 22nd as Earth Day, which attracts millions of people worldwide to join in to promote public awareness of environmental protection.


D. Since 1970, the UNs has been celebrating April 22nd as Earth Day so that more people join in to promote public awareness of environmental protection.

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.According to anthropologists, people in preindustrial societies spent 3 to 4 hours per day or about 20 hours per week doing the work necessary for life. Modern comparisons of the amount of work performed per week, however, begin with the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) when 10- to 12-hour workdays with six workdays per week were the norm. Even with extensive time devoted to work, however, both incomes and standards of living were low. As incomes rose near the end of the Industrial Revolution, it became increasingly common to treat Saturday afternoons as a half-day holiday. The half holiday had become standard practice in Britain by the 1870's, but did not become common in the United States until the 1920's.In the United States, the first third of the twentieth century saw the workweek move from 60 hours per week to just under 50 hours by the start of the 1930' s. In 1914, Henry Ford reduced daily work hours at his automobile plants from 9 to 8. In 1926 he announced that henceforth his factories would close for the entire day on Saturday. At the time, Ford received criticism from other firms such as United States Steel and Westinghouse, but the idea was popular with workers.The Depression years of the 1930's brought with them the notion of job sharing to spread available work around; the workweek dropped to a modem low for the United States of 35 hours. In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act mandated a weekly maximum of 40 hours to begin in 1940, and since that time the 8-hour day, 5-day workweek has been the standard in the United States. Adjustments in various places, however, show that this standard is not immutable. In 1987, for example, German metalworkers struck for and received a 37.5-hour workweek; and in 1990 many workers in Britain won a 37-hour week. Since 1989, the Japanese government has moved from a 6- to a 5-day workweek and has set a national target of 1,800 work hours per year for the average worker. The average amount of work per year in Japan in 1989 was 2,088 hours per worker, compared to 1,957 for the United States and 1,646 for France.
Câu 1: Compared to preindustrial times, the number of hours in the workweek in the nineteenth century______.


A. remained constant


B. decreased slightly


C. decreased significantly 


D. increased significantly
Câu 2: The "idea" mentioned in line 15 refers to______.


A. the criticism of Ford by United States Steel and Westinghouse.


B. the reduction in the workweek at some automobile factories.


C. the reduction in the cost of automobiles.


D. the 60-hour workweek.
Câu 3: Which of the following is mentioned as one of the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?


A. To restrict trade with countries that had a long workweek.


B. To discourage workers from asking for increased wages.


C. To establish a limit on the number of hours in the workweek.


D. To allow employers to set the length of the workweek for their workers.
Câu 4: What is one reason for the change in the length of the workweek for the average worker in the United States during the 1930's?


A. Several people sometimes shared a single job.


B. Labor strikes in several countries influenced labor policy in the United States.


C. Several corporations increased the length of the workweek.


D. The United States government instituted a 35-hour workweek.
Câu 5: What does the passage mainly discuss?


A. Working conditions during the Industrial Revolution.


B. Why people in preindustrial societies worked few hours per week.


C. Changes that have occurred in the number of hours that people work per week.


D. A comparison of the number of hours worked per year in several industries.
Câu 6: The word "henceforth" in line 13 is closest in meaning to


A. for a brief period.  


B. from that time on. 


C. in the end.        


D. on occasion.
Câu 7: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as evidence that the length of the workweek has been declining since the nineteenth century?


A. Henry Ford.        


B. German metalworkers.


C. The half-day holiday.  


D. United States Steel and Westinghouse.

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: It is unclear which agency will be responsible for cleaning the canal if it will become polluted again in the near future.


A. which agency


B. responsible


C. if it will become


D. polluted
Câu 2: Perfume tends to be lost its flavor when it has not been properly sealed.


A. Perfume


B. tends to be lost


C. when it


D. properly sealed
Câu 3: Water environment in the world-renowned Ha Long bay has been under tremendous pressure from the socio-economic activities in the area.


A. Water environment


B. has been


C. pressure from


D. socio-economic activities

A.
B.
C.
D.