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: I could tell from the_______look on his face that something strange _________.


A. surprising/ had happened      


B. surprised/ happened


C. surprising/ had been happening                    


D. surprised/ would happen
Câu 2: I hope the soft skills course starts this term. We are all as keen as _______ to get going.


A. coffee                             


B. mustard                       


C. a gigolo   


D. cornflakes
Câu 3: The lecturer asked one of his students ________ his assignment or not.


A. whether he had finished    


B. whether he finishes


C. if he finished             


D. if he has finished
Câu 4: It costs me a fortune, but I don’t regret_______ a year travelling around the world.


A. have spent           


B. spent                           


C. to spend          


D. spending
Câu 5: Such ________ that he would stop at nothing.


A. he was ambitious   


B. his ambition was   


C. ambitious was he      


D. was his ambition
Câu 6: Wood that has been specially treated is_________regular wood.


A. more than water resistant               


B. water resistant much more than    


C. as water resistant much more than   


D. much more water resistant than
Câu 7: The old man has recently purchased a______cottage on the outskirts of town.


A. charming, Chinese 19th-century stone    


B. stone 19th-century charming Chinese


C. 19th-century charming stone Chinese  


D. charming 19th-century Chinese stone
Câu 8: A golden handshake may have a _______ effect when one is dealt with the blow of redundancy.


A. pillowing                        


B. carpeting                     


C. cushioning                   


D. curtaining
Câu 9: In a formal debate, the same ________of persons speaks for each team, and both teams are granted an equal ________of time to make their argument.


A. amount/number   


B. number/amount  


C. number/number       


D. amount/amount
Câu 10: The widely-publicized demonstration did not after all__________.


A. go off    


B. come off        


C. get on                 


D. break out
Câu 11: According to ________National Weather Service, ________cyclones are ________areas of circulating winds that rotate counterclockwise in ________Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in______ Southern Hemisphere.


A. ø/ø/the/the/the           


B. the/ø/ø/the/the           


C. the/ø/the/ø/ø     


D. the/ø/ø/an/the
Câu 12: I can’t believe Mr. Jackson sent us a check for $100,000. I wish ________get better acquainted with him the day he was there.


A. we are able to    


B. we were able to     


C. we had been able to


D. we had able to
Câu 13: ________had the restaurant opened _______people were flocking to eat there.


A. Scarcely/when 


B. No sooner/when 


C. No sooner/then


D. Hardly/that
Câu 14: Peter always takes a map with him ______ he loses his way.


A. if                                      


B. in case    


C. so that    


D. so
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A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Câu 1: Dick is thanking Michelle for giving him the gift on his birthday.
Dick: "Thanks for the nice gift you brought to me!” -  Michelle: “_________”


A. Actually speaking, I myself don’t like it.          


B. Not at all.


C. Welcome! It’s very nice of you.     


D. All right! Do you know how much it costs?
Câu 2: Lisa is asking Charles for the permission to use his dictionary.
Lisa: "Do you mind if I use your dictionary?"
Charles:" __________."


A. Yes, please do as you wish 


B. No, of course     


C. No, go ahead        


D. Yes, let me check it

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 from 34 to 38.In today's competitive world, what responsible parent would not want to give their children the best possible start in life? For this reason, many parents want their children, often as young as ten months old, to become familiar with computers. They seem to think that if their children grow up with computers, they will be better equipped to face the challenges of the future.                 No one has proved that computers make children more creative or more intelligent. The truth may even be the opposite. Educational psychologists claim that too much exposure to computers, especially for the very young, may negatively affect normal brain development. Children gain valuable experience of the world from their interaction with physical objects. Ten-month-old babies may benefit more from bumping their heads or putting various objects in their mouths than they will from staring at eye-catching cartoons. A four-year-old child can improve hand-eye coordination and understand cause and effect better by experimenting with a crayon than by moving a cursor around a computer screen. So, as educational psychologists suggest, instead of government funding going to more and more computer classes, it might be better to devote resources to music and art programs.                  It is ludicrous to think that children will fall behind if they are not exposed to computers from an early age. Time is too precious to spend with a "mouse". Now is the time when they should be out there learning to ride a bike. There will be time later on for them to start banging away at keyboards.
Câu 1: What would be an appropriate title for this passage?


A. Never too early to start            


B. More computers mean brighter future


C. Computers in schools      


D. Let kids be kids
Câu 2: Children who spend a lot of time on their computers _______.


A. do not necessarily make more progress than those don’t


B. tend to like music and art more than those who don’t


C.  tend to have more accidents than those who don’t


D. will suffer from brain damage
Câu 3: The pronoun “they” in paragraph 2 refer to _______.


A. heads                      


B. objects         


C. babies                  


D. mouths
Câu 4: What is TRUE according to the passage?


A. Computers seriously harm children’s eyesight.


B. Parents should not put off buying a computer for their children.


C. It is better for children to take computer lessons than art lessons.


D. There is no evidence that children who use computers are cleverer than those who do not.
Câu 5: The word “ludicrous” paragraph 3 mostly means _______.


A. sensible                 


B. ridiculous                   


C. humorous                           


D. ironic

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: Quang won a scholarship. We are excited about that fact.


A. The fact being excited us had won Qunag a scholarship.


B. Quang’s excited about a scholarship’s having won us.


C. We’re excited about Quang’s having won a scholarship.


D. We won Quang’s excitement about the fact of a scholarship.
Câu 2: Just after the play started there was a power failure.


A. No earlier had the play started than there was a power failure.


B. Hardly did the play start then there was a power failure.


C. No sooner did the play start before there was a power failure.


D. Hardly had the play started when there was a power failure.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 8 to 12.WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACESome people think of 'traditional ' gender roles as being like a 1950s TV sitcom: Dad puts (8) _____ his suit and goes to the office, while Mum, in her apron, stays at home and (9) ____ the housework. But for most of human history, it has taken the efforts of both men and women, whether working in an office (10) _____ in the fields, to look after the family. And that's the situation to which we now seem to be returning.By 2050, women will make up 47% of the workforce in the United States, up from 30% in 1950. But some experts are predicting that, at (11) _______ in the short term, the number of women in the workforce may actually overtake the number of men. What's the reason? During the economic recession that began in 2008, many jobs disappeared from industries traditionally dominated by male workers, such as manufacturing. Unless many more manual manufacturing jobs (12) ______, it may be that women, who traditionally work in healthcare, education and other service industries, will take the lead in the labour market.(Adapted from http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com)
Câu 1: (8)


A. off               


B. up                   


C. on                                       


D. out
Câu 2: (9)


A. does             


B. take                  


C. makes                                 


D. finishes
Câu 3: (10)


A. but         


B. as                         


C. or                             


D. and
Câu 4: (11)


A. least        


B. all                    


C. first                                     


D. last
Câu 5: (12)


A. happen       


B. appear           


C. return                                  


D. become

A.
B.
C.
D.

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. common     


B. signal                      


C. attract                     


D. verbal
Câu 2:


A. comfortably


B. especially               


C. carefully                             


D. possibly

A.
B.
C.
D.

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.
Câu 1: The Smiths travel rarely to the United States by plane.


A. The Smiths    


B. travel rarely       


C. the                                      


D. by plane
Câu 2: Facebook.com’s server IP address could not find in Google Chrome browser because of the error of Internet connection.


A. Facebook.com’s   


B. could not find                


C. because of     


D. Internet connection
Câu 3: Whenever my close friend has some troubles solving the thorny problems, I am willing to give him an arm.


A. Whenever                  


B. solving              


C. thorny                    


D. an arm

A.
B.
C.
D.

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.
Câu 1: It was suggested that Pedro studies the material more thoroughly before attempting   to pass the exam.          


A. studies


B. more


C. attempting


D. to pass 
Câu 2: Food prices have raised so rapidly in the past few months that some families have been forced to alter their eating habits. 


A. raised 


B. so rapidly


C. that


D.  forced to alter their eating habits
Câu 3: Not until she arrived home  did she realise that she  leave her handbag on the bus.


A. arrived 


B. did she realise


C. leave


D. on
Câu 4: The top of the mountain covered with snow during winter.


A. top


B. covered


C. with


D. during
Câu 5: If you choose to work in Nepal, you will find a well–establishing programme for volunteer , particularly in the capital Kathmandu.


A. to work 


B.  well–establishing


C. for


D.  particularly

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others
Câu 1:


A. situation


B. irrigation


C. acceptable


D. unsuccessful
Câu 2:


A. impolite


B. valuable


C. comfortable


D. countrymen
Câu 3:


A. computer


B. calculate


C. example


D. amazing
Câu 4:


A. existence


B. demanding


C. entrance


D. develop
Câu 5:


A. relation


B. arrange


C. invention


D. summary

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 the following questions.
Câu 1: Mike pretended to be sick, but I saw through his deception at once.


A. was used to  


B. got angry with


C. got bored with     


D. was aware of
Câu 2: Some newspapers are often guilty of distorting the truth just to impress readers with sensational news stories.


A. gathering personal information


B. making changes to facts


C. providing reliable data       


D. examining factual data

A.
B.
C.
D.