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 40. If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
Câu 1: One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to _____.


A. push their child into trying too much


B. help their child to become a genius


C. make their child become a musician


D. neglect their child’s education
Câu 2: Michael Collins is fortunate in that ______.


A. his father is a musician


B. his parents are quite rich


C. his mother knows little about music 


D. his parents help him in a sensible way
Câu 3: The phrase "crazy about" in the passage mostly means ______.


A. "surprised at"


B. "extremely interested in"


C. "completely unaware of"


D.  "confused about"
Câu 4: The word “They” in the second paragraph refers to ______.


A.  competitions 


B. concerts 


C. Michael’s parents


D. Michael’s lessons
Câu 5: The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that _______.


A. successful parents always have intelligent children


B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children


C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants


D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education

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 word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35. English is the __(31)__important language in the world today. A very large number of people understand and use English in all parts of the world. Indeed, English is very useful language. If we know English, we can go to any place or country we like. We shall not find it hard to __(32)__people understand what we wish to say.English also helps us to learn all kinds of subjects. Hundreds of books are written in English everyday in all__(33)__ to teach people many useful things. The English language has therefore helped to spread ideas and knowledge to all the corners of the world. There is no subject that cannot be learned in the English language.As English is used so much everywhere in the world, it has helped to make the countries of the world become more__(34)__ with one another. The leaders of the world use English to understand one another. The English language has therefore also helped to spread better understanding and friendship among countries of the world. Lastly, a person __(35)__  knows English is respected by people. It is for all these reasons that I want to learn English.
Câu 1: (31)


A. most


B. mostly 


C. chiefly


D. best
Câu 2: (32)


A. get


B. let


C. persuade


D. make
Câu 3: (33)


A. places


B. sites


C. countries


D. scenes
Câu 4: (34)


A. friend 


B.  friendly


C. friendship 


D. friendliness
Câu 5: (35)


A. what


B. whom


C. who


D. whose

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: If you need my advice, I'm against your buying that car.


A. If it were me, I'll buy that car.


B. If I were you, I wouldn't buy that car.


C. If it were me, I hadn't bought that car.


D. If I were you, I would buy that car.
Câu 2: She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.


A. Because she didn‘t try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.


B. Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn‘t pass it.


C. Although she did her best, she could hardly pass the driving test.


D. She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D  on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlinded word(s) in each of the following questions
Câu 1: "Be quick! We must speed up if we don’t want to miss the flight."


A. turn down


B. slow down


C. hurry up


D. put forward
Câu 2: We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring money in less than 24 hours.


A. uninterested


B. unsure


C. open


D. slow

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 underlinded word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was established in 1946


A. set up


B. found out


C. run through


D. put away
Câu 2: Many species have become extinct each year before biologists can identify them.


A. destroy


B. discover


C. endanger


D. drain

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: - Lucy: What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary!            - Sue:_______


A. Thank you very much. I am afraid.


B. You are telling a lie.


C. Thank you for your compliment.


D. I don't like your sayings.
Câu 2: Mike and Lane are neighbors. They are talking about Lane’s party. Mike: “Thank you for a lovely evening”    Lane: “__________”


A.  It depends on you.


B. Thank you very much indeed.


C. Yeah. I’m really looking forward to it.


D. You are welcome.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentence.
Câu 1: The audience responded to his suggestion with a big clap.
 


A. replied                               


B. ignored                               


C. answered                           


D. reacted
Câu 2: In most social situations where some informality is allowed, a brief raise of the hand or a small wave is fine.


A. common situations


B. politeness                           


C. unfriendly manner  


D. close relationship

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the underlined word(s) or phrase(s) A, B, Cor D that needs correcting.
Câu 1: My mother reminded me to remember to water her house plants.


A. to remember


B. to water 


C. me                                     


D. house plants
Câu 2: It is difficult to write rules that tell exactly when we should apologize, and it is not difficult to learn how.


A. exactly                              


B. to write    


C. and                                    


D. how

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
Câu 1:


A. household               


B. allow                       


C. reserved                  


D. confide 
Câu 2:


A. situation                                          


B. understanding         


C. informality             


D. appropriate

A.
B.
C.
D.

Indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentence.
Câu 1: Of course, James liked his toy car very much.


A. Actually                            


B. Naturally                            


C. Generally                           


D. Luckily
Câu 2: Dad is willing to give a hand with cleaning the house.


A. help                                   


B. give part of his body     


C. use his hand  


D. avoid

A.
B.
C.
D.