Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the pronunciation of the underlined part in each of the following questions from 30 to 31.
Câu 1:


A. collected      


B. divided                 


C. spoiled                    


D. polluted
Câu 2:


A. break


B. spread              


C. steak              


D. great

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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 following questions from 17 to 24.Newspapers can be traced back to 16th century Venice. In 1566, handwritten news sheets - called 'avis' or ‘gazette' – filled with information on wars and politics in Europe were distributed weekly in Venice. Similar news sheets soon started to appear in other European countries. By 1615, Germany and Austria were publishing weeklies. And in 1621, the first news sheets appeared in England.At first, these news sheets only printed news which came from outside the country in which they were printed. Discussion of local or national issues was avoided. Europe’s governments did not tolerate anything negative being said about them as it could lead to national unrest.Such censorship slowed the development of newspapers. Nevertheless, a belief in the importance of a 'free press’ slowly began to take hold in Europe. England was among the first countries to escape government control of the press. This occurred during the reign of King Charles I in the 17th century, when, during a period of breakdown in the king's authority, people began to publish what they wanted.Eventually, free press had the right to criticize government and voice other ideas freely. In the middle of the 18th century, Sweden became the first country to make press freedom a part of its law.In the 19th century, the newspaper industry was transformed by the invention of the telegraph. The telegraph was a communication system that allowed messages to be sent over long distances in a matter of minutes. It wasn’t long before newspapers became society's primary means of spreading and receiving information. In 1880, the first photographs appeared in newspapers and, by the end of the century, all the basic technical tools for the modern newspaper were in place.The story of newspapers in the 20th century was one of adaptation to changing consumer and media markets. The invention of radio, TV, and later the Internet, repeatedly drove newspapers to re-invent themselves. Also, during the 20th century, mass-market advertising increased profitability for newspapers. This attracted large, publicly-owned corporations who began buying newspapers from the descendants of company founders.Over the years, people have periodically predicted the extinction of newspapers. In fact, every time a new media has come into being, dire predictions have been made for existing forms (e.g. television was supposed to have replaced radio, radio was supposed to have replaced newspapers). Yet history has repeatedly shown that new media do not replace existing media. Instead, what happens is that media consumption grows, which creates the necessary space for the new media to become a part of the media landscape.According to the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), each day more than 1.5 billion people around the world read a newspaper. The WAN has also estimated the total annual worth of the global newspaper industry and put it at just under 180 billion USD. Such statistics suggest the newspaper industry is healthier than at any other time in its history. Indeed, if the industry proves itself as capable of adapting to change as it has done in the past, it is unlikely that newspapers will be disappearing from newsstands anytime soon.
Câu 1: In the 19th century, _______.


A. information in newspapers became more technical


B. the newspaper industry invented the telegraph


C. photos signaled the start of the modern newspaper era


D. the role of newspapers became more important
Câu 2: In paragraph 1, we learn that _______.


A. Europe was at wat in 1566


B. news travelled slowly in Europe


C. newspapers get their name from 16th century news sheet


D. daily editions of newspapers were a later development
Câu 3: In the 20th century, newspapers _______.


A. invented mass-market advertising        


B. began to pass to public hands


C. lost many readers to TV      


D. used ads to attract investors
Câu 4: The extinction of newspapers _______


A. would probably have occurred if radio had been more popular.


B. would allow for more media to become part of the media landscape.


C. is a prediction unsupported by past evidence.


D. was original predicted by the media itself.
Câu 5: The first news sheet _______.


A. were checked by authorities  


B. avoided all controversial topics


C. were distributed internationally                      


D. discussed foreign issues
Câu 6: In paragraph 3, we learn that _______.


A. England was the first to believe in a free press


B. Sweden’s ‘press freedom’ law followed England’s


C. King Charles I opposed a free press


D. criticizing governments was the original purpose of a free press
Câu 7: The pronoun “it” in the last paragraph refers to _______.


A. change           


B. history                


C. the newspaper industry 


D. the WAN
Câu 8: The word “to take hold” in paragraph 3 mostly means _______.


A. to take place 


B. to make a mess


C. to become very strong 


D. to lose control
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions from 12 to 14.
Câu 1: My girlfriend and I drink sometimes coffee in the morning in a café near my school.


A. girlfriend            


B. drink sometimes   


C. in                            


D. near my school
Câu 2: The assumption that smoking has bad effects on our health have proved.


A. that                    


B. effects                     


C. on                         


D. have proved
Câu 3: Physics and mental exercise has been found to be beneficial for our brains, but scientists have now found it could also improve the learning ability of our children.


A. Physics                


B. has been   


C. it                 


D. learning ability

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 5 to 9.            In the past, people bought goods using (5) _______. They rarely borrowed money from financial institutions and only when they had saved the money did they buy what they wanted.Recently, however, there have been great changes in the way people purchase goods. To begin with, some people pay for things by cheque, (6) ______ others prefer monthly installments rather than paying the whole amount at once. Most consumers, though, prefer to buy things using their credit cards. (7) _______, it is thought that there are benefits to having a credit card. Apart from the fact that credit cards are handy, some stores offer bonus points to people making purchases, while others give discounts on certain products.On the other hand, credit cards must be used wisely because they can prove disastrous. In the long run, consumers find that they can’t (8) _______ without their credit cards and constantly rely on them, as they are “easy money”. As a result, some people lose control of their finances spending more than they should end up not being able to (9) _______. So they end up in debt and have difficulty in paying it back.(“Use of English B2 For All Exam”, by E. Moutsou, MM Publications)
Câu 1: (5)


A. cash          


B. currency            


C. change       


D. notes
Câu 2: (6)


A. when       


B. while                      


C. why                    


D. what
Câu 3: (6)


A. Last but not least             


B. Every now and then


C. One by one                  


D. By and large
Câu 4: (8)


A. be             


B. make                  


C. do                      


D. go
Câu 5: (9)


A. do business  


B. do their best


C. make matters worse   


D. make ends meet

A.
B.
C.
D.

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 from 3 to 4.
Câu 1: I prefer secure jobs because I don’t like keeping on moving and changing all the time.


A. challenging       


B. demanding                


C. stable         


D. safe
Câu 2: When he passes the entrance exam, his parents will be walking on air.


A. extremely happy        


B. extremely light


C. feeling extremely unhappy   


D. feeling extremely airy

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Susan will be ready any minute, and then we must leave.


A. We must leave as soon as Susan will be ready.


B. We must leave the moment Susan must be ready


C. We must leave as soon as Susan is ready.


D. We will leave any minute when Susan will be ready.
Câu 2: “Please, let my child go!” she begged the kidnapper.


A. She begged the kidnapper to let her child to go.


B. She pleaded with the kidnapper to release her child.


C. She solemnly ordered the kidnapper to set her child free.


D. She pleaded the kidnapper to let her child go.
Câu 3: I expect you were fully satisfied with the results by the end of the display.


A. You were fully satisfied when the display came to an end.


B. By the end of the display you must have been quite happy.


C. You must be completely satisfied with the results by the end of the display.


D. By the end of the display you must have been fully satisfied.

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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: You have to finish this work. You don't want to do it though.


A. Although you have to finish this work, you should want to do it.


B. As you don't feel like doing this work, you have to finish it.


C. You have to finish this work, however much you don't feel like doing it.


D. Unless you want to do it, you don't have to finish this work.
Câu 2: She fell over in the last minutes. She didn't win the race.


A. If she didn't fall over in the last minutes, she would win the race.


B. She didn't win the race even though she fell over in the last minutes


C. Not having won the race, she fell over in the last minutes


D. She could have won the race if she hadn't fallen over in the last minutes.

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B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. company


B. instrument   


C. business


D. adventure
Câu 2:


A. suffer


B. differ


C. prefer  


D. offer

A.
B.
C.
D.

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. bread 


B. dream  


C. cream


D. clean
Câu 2:


A. dislikes    


B. exchanges  


C. completes 


D. escapes

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the underlined words or phrases that arc incorrect in standard written English.
Câu 1: I feel really tired. I wish I didn't go to the party last night.


A. feel


B. really


C. didn't go


D. to
Câu 2: I have broken my pencil. May I borrow one of your?


A. have broken


B. borrow


C. one of


D. your
Câu 3: When I was on holiday last summer, I was going to the beach every day.


A. was


B. on


C. was going


D. the beach
Câu 4: Tom used to going to school by bus. Now he goes by bike.


A. going


B. by


C. goes


D. bike
Câu 5: Mary is used to do her homework by herself.


A. used


B. do


C. by


D. herself
Câu 6: On winter days, we all used to sit around the fire and told stories.


A. on


B. all


C. around


D. told
Câu 7: The Chinese build the Great Wall over two thousand years ago.


A. Chinese


B. build


C. over


D. thousand
Câu 8: We get used to live ,in the countryside before we moved to Ho Chi Minh city.


A. get used to


B. in


C. moved


D. to
Câu 9: In the modern world, people can easily communicate with telephones, radios, a and computers.


A. in


B. modern


C. easily


D. with
Câu 10: The package containing books and records were delivered last week.


A. containing


B. and


C. were


D. last
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