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. wealthy  


B. inspire   


C. protect


D. extinct
Câu 2:


A. execution       


B. political 


C. delegation   


D. conservation

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: Our teacher arrived after we _______ for him for ten minutes.


A. was waiting     


B. have waited 


C. had waited 


D. waited
Câu 2: Never before  _______ as rapidly as during the last decades.


A. technology is developing 


B. has technology developed


C. technology has developed


D. has developed technology
Câu 3: He had already learned the news. I  _______ the trouble to phone him about it.


A. should have taken   


B. needn’t have taken


C. could have taken


D. mustn’t have taken
Câu 4: The top shelf in the cupboard is too high for me  _______.


A. to reach    


B. reaching      


C. to reaching    


D. for reaching
Câu 5: The headmaster wanted to know _______ the information for the article.


A. where you get             


B. where will you get     


C. where did you get


D. where you had gotten
Câu 6: Let’s go for a ride, _______?


A.   are 


B. do we     


C. haven’t we 


D. shall we
Câu 7: It is a tradition to put  _______ on a Christmas tree so the tree is very bright and beautiful.


A. decorations   


B. presents 


C. flowers  


D. colors
Câu 8: Cultural diversity supports the idea that every person can _______ a unique and positive contribution to the larger society because of, rather than in spite of, their differences.


A. take      


B. make  


C. lead 


D. pay
Câu 9: His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else’s point of view. He is very  _______.


A. open-minded   


B. absent-minded 


C. kind-hearted


D. narrow-minded
Câu 10: Since drinking water is a  _______ resource, we should let children know how precious it is, and teach them to conserve it.


A. limitless 


B. limiting  


C. limited      


D. limitation
Câu 11: I can’t do whatever I want because I am still financially  _______ on my parents.


A. determined


B. dependable


C. subject    


D. reliant
Câu 12: John _______ his chances of passing by spending too much time on the first question.


A. threw out     


B. threw away    


C. threw off   


D. threw in
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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. garden   


B. various       


C. farm


D. harm
Câu 2:


A. desks    


B. maps 


C. plants   


D. chairs

A.
B.
C.
D.

VII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the answer that best fits in each gap in the following questions.
Câu 1: Without my parents' support, I _______ my overseas study.


A. did not complete


B. will not complete 


C. had not completed 


D. would not have completed
Câu 2: An economic _______ is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.


A. development 


B. depression 


C. mission


D. improvement
Câu 3: She is a friendly girl who gets _______ everyone she meets.


A. away from 


B. out of 


C. into


D. on with
Câu 4: “It was nice of you to give me the present. Thank you” Ben said to Mary.
Ben thanked Mary ______ the present.


A. it had been nice of her to give him 


B. of giving him


C. for giving him


D. that she had been nice to give him
Câu 5: In the future, the number of tiny but _______computers you encounter every day will number in the thousands, perhaps millions. 


A. powerfully 


B. powered


C. powerful


D. power 
Câu 6: While she was cooking with her mother in the kitchen, her brothers _______ to the radio.


A. has listened


B. was listening


C. were listening


D. listened
Câu 7: Hannah: “Thanks for your help, Julia.” Julia: “_______.”


A. Never remind me 


B. Yes. You should do that


C. It’s my pleasure


D. With all my heart 
Câu 8: _______ at home, I would enjoy my favourite show.


A. Unless were I 


B. Were I


C. If were I 


D. Suppose I am 
Câu 9: Ben would have studied medicine if he _______ to a medical school.


A. had been admitted 


B. would be able to enter


C. had admitted 


D. was admitted 
Câu 10: Since the global industrialization, the number of animal species _______ have become extinct or nearly extinct has increased.


A. which


B. whose


C. why


D. when 
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V. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correcting
Câu 1: Many optimist (A) people have made predictions (B) about the positive (C) impact (D)of the increasing mechanization on human life.  


A. optimist 


B. predictions


C. positive


D. impact
Câu 2: That’s the young man whom (A) we met him (B) at the bus-stop (C) last week, isn’t it (D)?  


A. whom 


B. him


C. the bus-stop


D. isn’t it
Câu 3: The influence of the nation’s (A) literature, art, and science (B) have (C) captured widespread (D) attention.  


A. nation’s


B. science


C. have 


D. widespread 
Câu 4: It took (A) them at least (B) two months learning (C) how to pronounce (D) these words.  


A. took 


B. at least


C. learning 


D. to pronounce

A.
B.
C.
D.

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in the same group
Câu 1:


A. interviewed


B. travelled


C. concentrated


D. considered
Câu 2:


A. attacks


B. wipes


C. threatens


D. contributes

A.
B.
C.
D.

II.  Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. existence 


B. development


C. impression 


D. creativity 
Câu 2:


A. pessimistic


B. university


C. education 


D. compulsory 

A.
B.
C.
D.

I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: In Western countries, it is polite to maintain eye contact during conversation.


A. rude


B. insecure


C. sociable


D. informal
Câu 2: I like secure job because I don’t like keeping on moving and changing all the time.


A. unstable


B. demanding


C. unimportant


D. challenging

A.
B.
C.
D.

VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to the questions below. After the Revolutionary War people in America were able to get news of European fashions. Fashion plates (=pictures) and dolls showing the latest fashions were sent to the US, and American women began wearing large hoop skirts. Some people thought that heavy hoops and corsets were bad for the health, and encouraged women to wear looser clothes. Amelia Bloomer designed light frilled trousers, called bloomers, but many people laughed at them. Though bloomers were not popular, there was a fashion for smaller, lighter skirts. American men also followed fashion and began wearing long trousers (or pants) instead of breeches.
Câu 1: When did American women begin to wear large hoop skirts?


A. After the Revolutionary War                    


B. After fashions plates and dolls showing the latest fashions


C. After buying fashions plates and dolls     


D. After some people encouraged women to wear looser clothes
Câu 2: What can be best title of the passage?


A. The American Clothing After Revolutionary War


B. The American Cloths After Revolutionary War


C. Influence of the European Fashions                      


D. The history of Bloomers
Câu 3: In the context of the passage, the word "encouraged" mean ___


A. suggested that someone did something                  


B. helped someone do something


C. gave someone hope                                                


D. helped so that someone continue doing something
Câu 4: The word "them" in sentence 6 refers to _______.


A. hoops and corsets 


B. bloomers                   


C. some American people


D. American women
Câu 5: Which of the following is not true?


A. Some people persuaded women not to wear heavy hoops and corsets


B. Amelia Bloomer was the one who designed frilled trousers


C. Americans liked wearing large hoop skirts


D. American men used to wear breeches

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: Human beings depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture.


A. variety    


B. destruction  


C. contamination   


D. fertilizer
Câu 2: Dozens of applicants showed up for the vacant position, but  only  a handful of them  were shortlisted for the interview.


A. small amount


B. person


C. hand  


D. small number

A.
B.
C.
D.