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.Culture has a strong influence on non-verbal communication. Even the simple act of looking someone in the eye is not at all that simple. In the USA, Americans are (5) ______ to look directly at people when speaking to them. It shows interest in what they are saying and is thought to carry a (6) ______ of honesty. Meanwhile, in Japan and Korea, people avoid long periods of eye contact. It is considered more polite to look to the side during a conversation. The Lebanese, (7) ______, stand close together and look intensely into each other's eyes. The action shows sincerity and gives people a better sense of what their counterparts want. Given such differences with even the most common expressions, people (8) ______ travel or work abroad have a real need to learn the other culture's body language. People tend to be unaware of the messages they are sending to others. So, it is (9) ______ to consider your own body language before dealing with people from other cultures. Knowing about the body language of friends, clients, and colleagues can be very helpful in improving understanding and avoiding miscommunication.
Câu 1: (5)


A. encouraged       


B. assisted               


C. forbidden                           


D. opposed
Câu 2: (6)


A. sense  


B. taste                            


C. sound                                 


D. touch
Câu 3: (7)


A. therefore   


B. in addition   


C. in contrast 


D. moreover
Câu 4: (8)


A. who        


B. where                    


C. which                                 


D. whose
Câu 5: (9)


A. usefulness         


B. useful                  


C. useless                                


D. used

A.
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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: A drug may affect several functions, even though it’s targeted at only one.


A. A drug is taken for a specific purpose, but it may have a range of other effects.


B. However effective a drug may be, its functions have to be several.


C. Despite various other uses, a drug usually has a function for a special effect.


D. The functions expected of a drug are various even if it is used for a specific disease.
Câu 2: Most of the river ferries have been cancelled today due to the lack of visibility caused by the fog.


A. A few of the ferries need to be rescheduled because of the fog that is causing poor visibility on the river.


B. Since today’s fog is obstructing visibility, the majority of the river ferries will not be running.


C. Because of the fog, it will be difficult for most of the ferries to cross the river safely today.


D. Whenever visibility is poor owing to the fog, nearly all of the river ferries are cancelled during the day.
Câu 3: Wouldn’t it better to let them know about the alterations to the plan?


A. Don’t you think they should be informed about the changes in the plan?


B. Shouldn’t they have been consulted before the scheme was changed?


C. Why haven’t they been informed about the new development?


D. We’d better ask them to change the plan, hadn’t we?

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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: Because of electronic publishing, ______ will disappear in the next 25 years.


A. a book


B. book                       


C. the books


D. books
Câu 2: The pictures of seals being killed in the Artic had a tremendous impact ______ public opinion.


A. over                        


B. with


C. on                           


D. against
Câu 3: Unless you _______ all of my questions, I can’t do anything to help you.


A. answered                


B. answer                    


C. don’t answer   


D. are answering
Câu 4: He promised ______ his daughter a new bicycle as a birthday present.


A. buy                        


B. to buy    


C. to buying 


D. buying
Câu 5: We were late because we had some car problems. By the time we ___________ to the station, Susan ____________ for us for more than two hours.


A. are getting/had waited


B. got/waited  


C. had got/had waited 


D. got/ had been waiting
Câu 6: It is believed that travelling is a good way to expand our ______ of the world.


A. knowledgeable       


B. knowledgeably       


C. knowledge              


D. know
Câu 7: I am not against the plan at all; _______, I think it is marvelous.


A. nevertheless            


B. on the other hand


C.  in contrast 


D. on the contrary
Câu 8: Sometimes ___________ wears people out and is worse than the lack of sleep itself.


A. to sleep the desire           


B. the desire to sleep  


C. to desire to sleep is     


D. the desire to sleep who
Câu 9: They asked me ______      in London then.


A. is my brother working       


B. was my brother working


C. if my brother was working     


D. if my brother is working
Câu 10: She complains noisily about everything she doesn’t like. She is the type of person who is always ________ a fuss.


A. making                   


B. doing                      


C. creating                   


D. giving
Câu 11: My _____ on life has changed a lot since leaving university.


A. outlook                   


B. attitude                    


C. approach                 


D. purpose
Câu 12: Mr. Green’s job is to teach the young officers to _____ their duty in the right way.


A. operate                    


B. commit                    


C. perform                   


D. proceed
Câu 13: Jane recounted the details of her vacation so _____ that we were able to picture what she had done.


A. vividly                    


B. presently                 


C. punctually               


D. obviously
Câu 14: ___________are that stock price will go up in the coming months.


A. Conditions              


B. Opportunities          


C. Possibilities           


D. Chances
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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. unselfish                 


B. sympathy                


C. quality                    


D. principle
Câu 2:


A. introduce                


B. entertain                  


C. successful               


D. millionaire

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. cough                                 


B. ground                    


C. house


D. mouth
Câu 2:


A. garbage                   


B. doubt                      


C. climb                      


D. debt

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: She likes reading _______ books, collecting _______ stamps and going to _______ cinema.


A. the/ Ø/ Ø   


B. Ø/ Ø/the  


C. Ø/ the/  Ø  


D. Ø/ the/ a
Câu 2: My country borders on  _______  Pacific Ocean.


A. a   


B. an                            


C. the                          


D. Ø  
Câu 3: Every day, he gets up at 7 o’clock. He has _______ breakfast and then goes to work. He often comes to work by _______ car.


A. the/ the 


B. a/ the 


C. the/a    


D. Ø/ Ø
Câu 4: My friend is _______ fireman. Let’s ask him for _______ help.


A. a/ Ø     


B. the/ the 


C. an/ the 


D. Ø/ the
Câu 5: She is _______ MC. She can help us to entertain _______ guests in our wedding.


A. an/ the    


B. a/ Ø     


C. the/ Ø   


D. a/ the
Câu 6: _______more you read _______ smarter you are.


A. Ø/ the


B. The/ The


C. Ø/ Ø       


D. The/ Ø
Câu 7: My grandmother gave me _______ piano on my birthday, but what’s _______ pity, I cannot play _______ piano.


A. Ø/ Ø/ the 


B. the/ the/a   


C. a/ a/ the    


D. the/ Ø/a
Câu 8: Tom said he was _______ employee at _______ fast food restaurant. _______ restaurant is on Boston Street.


A. an/ the/a 


B. Ø/ the/ a   


C. the/ Ø/ the     


D. an/a/ the
Câu 9: She is staying at _______hotel in a small town in _______ Colorado. _______ town is near Denver.


A. the/ Ø/ Ø  


B. a/ Ø/The      


C. the/the/A      


D. an/the/A
Câu 10: She is thinking about attending _______ English course in _______ summer.


A. an/the  


B. a/ Ø      


C. the/a  


D. an/a
Câu 11: I went to  _______ airport at 6:00 AM yesterday. I had to catch  _______ flight to  _______ Paris.


A. an/ the/ the           


B. Ø/ the/ Ø    


C. the/ a/ Ø


D. a/a/ Ø
Câu 12: Jim, _______ old friend of mine, used to work in _______ downtown Los Angeles. He had a good job in one of _______ biggest law firms in the city.


A. an/the/ Ø


B. a/the/ Ø       


C. the/ Ø/a   


D. an/ Ø/the
Câu 13: Lee, my classmate, comes from _______Philippines. He not only plays _______ football very well but also is good at _______ mathematics.


A. Ø/ Ø/the      


B. the/ a/ the   


C. Ø/ the/ the  


D. the/ Ø/ Ø
Câu 14: _______ Mount Everest is in _______ Himalayas. It is _______ tallest mount in the world.


A. Ø/an/the  


B. An/an/a     


C. The/ Ø/ Ø   


D. Ø/the/the
Câu 15: Barack Obama is _______President of _______ United  States.


A. the/the    


B. a/ Ø       


C. the/ Ø 


D. the/an
Câu 16: ______ atheist does not believe in ______ God.


A. The/the 


B. An/ Ø    


C. Ø/the     


D.  An/a
Câu 17: Peter has been ill for a week. He was taken to _______hospital yesterday. He is in _______ hospital now.


A. the/a 


B. Ø/ Ø   


C. an/an  


D. the/an
Câu 18: He never listens to _______ radio. He prefers watching _______ television.


A. a/a   


B. a/the    


C. the/ Ø 


D. Ø/the
Câu 19: I do not go to _______theatre very often. I prefer _______ films to _______plays.


A. a/ the/the


B. Ø/ Ø/ Ø     


C. the/ the/ the


D. the/ Ø/ Ø
Câu 20: _______ sun is a ball of fire in the sky that the Earth goes round. It give us _______ heat and _______ light.


A. The/an/a


B. The/ Ø/ Ø   


C. A/ the/the    


D. Ø/a/a
Câu 21: _______ university will be built in _______ center of the town.


A. A/the       


B. An/ the    


C. The/a   


D. An/a
Câu 22: _______ River Nile is _______ longest river of all.


A.  Ø/ Ø   


B. A/ the   


C. The/ the


D. Ø/ a
Câu 23: _______ smog is _______ big problem in _______ big cities.


A. The/ Ø/ the     


B. Ø/ a/ Ø     


C. The/ Ø/ Ø     


D. A/ the/the
Câu 24: _______ Women’s Day is on _______ eighth of March.


A. The/ Ø   


B. Ø/ the    


C. The/an  


D. Ø/ an
Câu 25: Many people voluntarily offer care for _______ elderly and _______ disabled.


A. the/ the   


B. an/ a     


C. an/ the          


D. Ø/ Ø
Câu 26: By _______ time we had just left the office, _______ alarm went off.


A. Ø/the    


B. a/ an     


C. a/the   


D. the/an
Câu 27: I was born in _______ warm family. My parents are both _______ teachers of English. So I am good at _______ English.


A. a/ Ø/ Ø/      


B. the/ the/ an


C. a/ the/ the  


D. the/ Ø/an
Câu 28: He grew up in _______ orphanage in _______ United Kingdom.


A. the/ Ø       


B. an/ an  


C. the/ an


D. an/ the
Câu 29: Ian is described as _______ honest and hard-working boy. He is also                  most social and helpful in our class.


A. an/ Ø       


B. an/ the       


C. the/a        


D. a/a
Câu 30: What _______ make is your car? It is _______ Toyota Altis.


A. a/ Ø    


B. the/ Ø            


C. Ø/a   


D. the/the
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Câu 1: Peter never feels lonely. He has got _______ friends.


A. much


B. so much   


C. many


D. a great deal of
Câu 2: Mr. Pike lived with her three _______ in the countryside.


A. child


B. childs


C. children


D. childrens
Câu 3: My mother needs _______ milk to make a cake.


A. a 


B. some


C. any


D. many
Câu 4: How _______ apples are there in the basket?


A. many


B. much


C. some


D. any
Câu 5: I would like to buy _______.


A. a shoes  


B. a pair of shoes   


C. the number of shoes 


D. a little shoes
Câu 6: Let’s have a break. Would you like to have _______ coffee?


A. any


B. many


C. little


D. some
Câu 7: Look! There are _______ left over there.


A. a little seats 


B. much seats


C. many seat


D. a few seats
Câu 8: _______ necessary.


A. A lot of the information are         


B. Some information are        


C. All the information is       


D. Many of the informations are
Câu 9: He was not offered the job because he knew _______ about Information Technology.


A. a little


B. little


C. many


D. a few
Câu 10: She keeps _______ in the cupboard.


A. all rice 


B. a lot of rices  


C. several rice   


D. many rice
Câu 11: There are not _______ in that classroom.


A. any student  


B. a lot of student       


C. a great deal of students 


D. many students
Câu 12: There is not _______ left in my account.


A. some moneys  


B. a few money   


C. much money 


D. many money
Câu 13: People have _______ when they get older.


A. much cells 


B. fewer cells   


C. few cell 


D. plenty of cell
Câu 14: He still finds time for _______ by cooking candlelit dinners for his girlfriend.


A. several romances    


B. romance


C. many romances 


D. a few romance
Câu 15: I cannot work because _______.


A. there are too many noises           


B. there is too much noise      


C. of some noises  


D. of a number of noise
Câu 16: In Britain, there are _______.


A. fewer men than women              


B. fewer mans than womans            


C. too much men        


D. too much women
Câu 17: I think she was merely looking for _______.


A. happiness


B. some happinesses     


C. many happiness  


D. a few happiness
Câu 18: _______ an imitation of life.


A. Art is often called   


B. Arts are often called                                   


C. An amount of arts are often called


D. As sum of art is often called
Câu 19: I am in trouble. Would you mind giving me _______?


A. a few advice  


B. some advice   


C. advices


D. several advices
Câu 20: They have made _______before the Games starts next month.


A. a lot of preparation    


B. lots of preparations


C. lot of preparations        


D. a lot of preparations
Câu 21: Do you serve _______?


A. some vegetarian dishes              


B. many vegetarian dish       


C. any vegetarian dishes       


D. vegetarian dish
Câu 22: We had _______ after dinner.


A. few ice cream   


B. a few ice cream   


C.  a little ice cream    


D. little ice cream
Câu 23: I do not have _______ to make _______.


A. much potatoes/ a soup             


B. several potato/ soups


C. enough potatoes/ the soup        


D. a potatoes/ the soups
Câu 24: There are _______ on the shelf.


A. several bottles of wine           


B. several bottles of wines     


C. several bottle of wine       


D. several bottle of wines
Câu 25: We have _______ left to finish the project.


A. no time    


B. many time       


C. a lot of times  


D. any time
Câu 26: _______ have trouble with mathematics.


A. A large rather number of student            


B. A rather large number of student   


C. A large rather number of students               


D. A rather large number of students
Câu 27: It requires _______ reading.


A. few


B. a few       


C. many


D. an amount of
Câu 28: He doesn’t  have _______ of passing his exams.


A. much hopes            


B. much hope       


C. many hope    


D.  many hopes
Câu 29: It is important to brush your _______ at least twice a day.


A. teeth


B. teeths


C. tooth


D. tooths
Câu 30: _______ has its own private bathroom.


A. All bedroom           


B. A plenty of bedroom 


C. Every bedroom 


D. Every bedrooms
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Câu 1:


A. control     


B. ecology                   


C. contour                               


D. combine
Câu 2:


A. though


B. breath                  


C. arithmetic                           


D. threaten

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 underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Earthworms help to aerate the soil.


A. suffocate                 


B. destroy                              


C. argue                                  


D. adjust
Câu 2: He was imprisoned because he revealed secrets to the enemies.


A. disowned                 


B. declared              


C. betrayed                             


D. concealed

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: The escaping prisoner camped in _______ woods but he didn’t light _______ fire because _______ smoke rising from the wood might attract _______ attention.


A. the/a/-/-                  


B. a/the/the/-             


C. the/a/-/the             


D. a/a/-/-
Câu 2: “Why is your street such a mess?” – “Oh, the council _______ up the road, but they should finish this weekend?”


A. is digging              


B. had been digging               


C. dug                     


D. have been digging
Câu 3: He _______ have watered the plants. If he had, they wouldn’t have withered.


A. mayn’t               


B. can’t 


C. shouldn’t                 


D. needn’t
Câu 4: I’ve just been offered a new job! Things are _______.


A. looking up      


B. turning up   


C. clearing up 


D. making up
Câu 5: _______ for a second interview will be informed by mail.


A. Who chosen       


B. All chosen                         


C. If you are chosen          


D. Those are chosen
Câu 6: I believe that judges should be independent _______ the government.


A. of                            


B. to                        


C. with                                                


D. on
Câu 7: Although David was _______ after a day’s work in the office, he tried to help his wife the household chores.


A. exhausting            


B. exhausted       


C. exhaust                               


D. exhaustive
Câu 8: The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable _______ his financial situation.


A. with reference to   


B. regardless of     


C. in terms of 


D. owing to
Câu 9: _______ proficiency in German would be of much help, it is not a requirement for the advertised position.


A. Although                   


B. Regarding                     


C. Otherwise                           


D. Despite
Câu 10: The curriculum at the public school is as good _______ of any private school.


A. as or better than that          


B. as or better than those


C. as or better that                    


D. or better than
Câu 11: Anne was not _______ to think that the best was too difficult.


A. among the people      


B. who                 


C. the one who    


D. the only one
Câu 12: My uncle was _______ ill last month; however, fortunately, he is now making a slow but steady recovery.


A. seriously                 


B. critically                        


C. deeply                                


D. fatally
Câu 13: The fussy child ate only a few _______ of noodles.


A. slices                 


B. bars               


C. pieces                                 


D. strands
Câu 14: True friends always stand by you when you’re _______.


A. home and dry   


B. high and low       


C. on and off  


D. down and out
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