IX. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that is INCORRECT in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: The top leaders of ASEAN have been considering the recommendation that East Timor admit to the bloc.


A. leaders


B. have been considering


C. to


D. admit
Câu 2: John always arrives lately for his chemistry class even though he leaves his dormitory in plenty of time.


A. leaves


B. lately


C. always


D. in plenty of time
Câu 3: Einstein is said to be felt very bad about the application of his theories to the creation of weapons of war.


A. bad


B. application


C. be felt 


D. to

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
Câu 1: You ____ on the bus since 10 a.m. It ____ now 10:40 a.m. and you ____ to your destination.


A. are sitting / will be / have travelled


B. will have sat / has been / will travel


C. have been sitting / is / are still travelling


D. had been sitting / was / was still travelling
Câu 2: I ____ him these details, so he ____ some research on his own.


A. will not tell / would have done          


B. have not told / would do


C. do not tell / could not have done   


D. did not tell / must have done
Câu 3: She ____ on the phone with her mother for 40 minutes, and she ____ to stop.


A. is speaking / will not seem              


B. will be speaking / is not seeming


C. has been speaking / does not seem       


D. has spoken / did not seem
Câu 4: The doctor said John ____ keep on playing football.


A. can                          


B. could                       


C. will                         


D. shall
Câu 5: I am afraid that I ____ remember his name, but Jane ____ know.


A. cannot / may


B. would not / will


C. needn’t / mustn’t  


D. ought not to /would
Câu 6: In the end it did not rain, so I ____ my raincoat.


A. shouldn’t bring    


B. might be bringing


C. needn’t bring 


D. needn’t have brought
Câu 7: Most people know that smoking is harmful ___ their health but they are addicted ____ the practice.


A. of / for  


B. to / to  


C. on / upon       


D. at / of
Câu 8: Tom apologized ____ breaking Tina’s valuable pot. He said that he did not do it ____ purpose.


A. for / on   


B. against / off 


C. about / through 


D. on / from
Câu 9: ____ the end ____ next month, we will have completed our course.


A. Through / via 


B. On / for      


C. After / from    


D. By / of
Câu 10: They invited me ____ at the conference.


A. speak


B. to speak 


C. speaking                 


D. spoken
Câu 11: I saw the customer____ in the hall. He asked ____ the manager.


A. wait / seeing  


B. to wait / for seen  


C. waited / see 


D. waiting / to see
Câu 12: We never forget ____ the President at the graduation ceremony when we were at university.


A. to meet    


B. meet                        


C. meeting                   


D. met
Câu 13: ____ does not like learning history.


A. A great deal of students          


B. Many a student


C. Many students              


D. Every students
Câu 14: She has ____ business contacts in Las Vegas.


A. a large amount of  


B. much of     


C. the number of    


D. a number of
Câu 15: ____ must come to class on time.


A. Most of students     


B. All student     


C. Every students  


D. Each student
Câu 16: Barriers were built to ____ the flood water.


A. go through  


B. put away     


C. keep back  


D. give up
Câu 17: When we visit a park we may see a notice saying “ ____ the grass”.


A. Get on


B. Take in   


C. Go up   


D. Keep off
Câu 18: I cannot wait until they ___ the new model.


A. send through  


B. pick up    


C. give away    


D. bring out
Câu 19: We will give you a bicycle ____ you do well on your exams.


A. only if      


B. until                        


C. because                   


D. though
Câu 20: ____ you have lots of time to do your homework, I have very little time indeed.


A. Since                      


B. Whereas                  


C. Unless                    


D. If
Câu 21: The number of people (A) living in poverty (B) have grown to 1.2 million people. That is about (C) one in  (D) every five people.


A. living 


B. have grown


C. one


D. every
Câu 22: Every second, a hectare of the (A) world rainforest is (B) destroyed. That is equivalent (C) to two football (D) fields.


A. world


B. destroyed


C. to


D. fields
Câu 23: (A) Recycling helps (B) reducing greenhouse gas emissions (C) that (D) affect global climate.


A. Recycling


B. reducing


C. that


D. affect
Câu 24: The Games’ organizers (A) faced significant bed (B) shortages (C) because the record number of more than 13,000 athletes and officials (D) who attended the 2006 Games.


A. faced


B. shortages


C. because


D. who attended
Câu 25: The big (A) grow in the population (B) is affecting the (C) developmental activities and demand (D) for foodstuffs.


A. grow


B. is affecting


C. developmental


D. for
Câu 26: (A) As the (B) highest mountain on Earth, (C) the Mount Everest represents the ultimate challenge for mountain (D) climbers.


A. As


B. highest


C. the


D. climbers
Câu 27: (A) Coal has provided the (B) majority of our electricity and (C) was a principal source of energy since the (D) Industrial Revolution.


A. Coal


B. majority


C. was


D. Industrial
Câu 28: The (A) symptoms of diabetes in the early stages (B) are (C) too slight that people (D) do not notice them.


A. symptoms


B. are


C. too


D. do not
Câu 29: Because human eyes are not very good (A) for determining (B) speeds of approaching objects, radar can show a pilot (C) how fast nearly planes (D) are moving.


A. for


B. speeds


C. how fast


D. are moving
Câu 30: Not only (A) knowledge and skills (B) or attitudes need (C) to be cultivated for students’ future (D) adjustment to society.


A. knowledge


B. or


C. to be cultivated 


D. adjustment
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Câu 1: The victims ________ injured in the disaster are recovering in hospital.


A. were


B. which were   


C. who were      


D. whose were
Câu 2: A guide is a person ______ tourists around a place.


A. shows


B. who shows   


C. whom shows 


D. which is showing
Câu 3: Love is a feeling ______.


A. difficult to describe    


B. which is difficult to describe


C. whom is difficult to describe    


D. is difficult to describe
Câu 4: Ann was waiting for me _______.


A. so I arrived


B. when I arrived   


C. after I had arrived


D. since I arrived
Câu 5: Jake will have finished the report _______.


A. for the boss needs it   


B. up to the time the boss will need it


C. before the boss will need it           


D. by the time the boss needs it
Câu 6: _________we were having the picnic, it started to rain.


A. While


B. After


C. Till


D. As long as
Câu 7: We can go ______.


A. wherever you like 


B. what you like  


C. you like wherever   


D. how you like
Câu 8: Today is _______ it was yesterday.


A. hotter than


B. as hot than      


C. more hot than  


D. many hotter than
Câu 9: The results are not ______ we have ever expected.


A. as better as  


B. more better than 


C. better as   


D. as good as
Câu 10: Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most. _______ he becomes, _______ he is.


A. The more rich/ the more happy         


B. The richest/ the happiest


C. The richer/ the happier         


D. Richer and richer/ happier and happier
Câu 11: The climber was seventy miles in the wrong direction and got ______.


A. more panicked           


B. the more panicked 


C. more than panicked     


D. more and more panicked
Câu 12: _______I had learned harder when I was at university.


A. If


B. Provided


C. Unless


D. If only
Câu 13: _______ he gets here soon, we will have to start the meeting without him.


A. Unless


B. If only     


C. Even if         


D. If
Câu 14: _______ at home, I would enjoy my favorite show.


A. Suppose I am


B. Unless were I     


C. Were I   


D. If were I
Câu 15: _____, they would not have sold their house.


A. If they had had financial difficulty              


B. But for their financial difficulty


C. Unless their financial difficulty      


D. Providing that they did not have financial difficulty
Câu 16: _______, she stopped to help the blind woman.


A. As in a hurry  


B. Even though she hurried


C. Despite of her hurry           


D. In spite hurrying
Câu 17: _______ she was afraid of going out alone at night, she decided she had to find out where he had gone.


A. Despite the fact that     


B. Despite


C. In spite of      


D. In spite the fact that
Câu 18: They had a lovely holiday ______.


A. though it rained everyday       


B. even though the rain


C. as though the rain   


D. in spite it rained everyday
Câu 19: You should behave toward others _______.


A. as you would like to be treated    


B. as would you like to be treated


C. as being treated  


D. as though being treated
Câu 20: Jack smiled ______ a private joke.


A. as though enjoying     


B. as he is enjoying


C. as if he would be enjoying    


D. as though he had been enjoying
Câu 21: It looks ______ the train would be late.


A. as


B. though


C. as though  


D. although
Câu 22: It was _____ interesting novel that I stayed up all night to finish it.


A. such an


B. a such     


C. so an    


D. so
Câu 23: Mary has _____ her phone rings constantly.


A. so many friends that        


B. so much friends that


C. such many friends that             


D. many so friends that
Câu 24: Carol wrote her essay _____ carefully ____ she did not make any mistakes.


A. such/ that   


B. were/ enough 


C. not only/ but also 


D. so/ that
Câu 25: Dr Chan adjusted the overhead projector ____ the students would be able to see the chart more clearly.


A. such that 


B. so as to  


C.  in order to 


D. in order that
Câu 26: Sarah went to the computer lab ____ out her research report.


A. so that could print 


B. in order printing    


C. as to print


D. to print
Câu 27: The lecturer finished his lecture five minutes early _____ the students could come and ask him questions.


A. so that  


B. such that   


C. such as     


D. in order as
Câu 28: They did not tell her the truth ____ they did not want to sadden her.


A. because


B. because of     


C. due to 


D. thanks to
Câu 29: He could not understand _____ he did not learn French very well.


A. for


B. since


C. due to    


D. because of
Câu 30: Because _______, they decided to study astronomy.


A. of the fact that their interest in comets


B. for their interest in comets


C. of their interest in comets          


D. their interest in comets
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Câu 1: The man ____ is the new manager.


A. wears a traditional suit  


B. wearing a traditional suit


C. that wearing a traditional suit           


D. worn a traditional suit
Câu 2: ____ , we ate a lot of sashimi.


A. When in Japan      


B. When to be in Japan


C. When was in Japan     


D. Was in Japan
Câu 3: He seems to forget that there are a lot of things ____ before he can graduate.


A. to do   


B. doing


C. that doing  


D. did
Câu 4: What was ____ music you were playing when we came in?


A. a


B. an


C. the


D. Ø
Câu 5: It is ____ best restaurant in ____ Lyon, but it is too expensive to eat there very often.


A. the / a      


B. a / an        


C. Ø / the         


D. the / Ø
Câu 6: I like ____ weather in Florida in ____ March.


A. Ø / Ø  


B. the / Ø   


C. a / the     


D. the / a
Câu 7: I think Jane deserved to be fired for her ____  .


A. totally behavior irresponsible   


B. behavior totally irresponsible


C. irresponsible totally behavior    


D. totally irresponsible behavior
Câu 8: ____ appeared to be coming from the science lab next door.


A. The unpleasant odor of burning plastic     


B. The odor unpleasant of burning plastic


C. The unpleasant odor of plastic burning             


D. The odor unpleasant of plastic burning
Câu 9: Some roses were planted ____ .


A. in the garden yesterday by Tommy                                


B. yesterday in the garden by Tommy


C. by Tommy yesterday in the garden      


D. in the garden by Tommy yesterday
Câu 10: The books that are on the desk are ____ .


A. my


B. mine


C. me


D. myself
Câu 11: I like ____ trousers. _____ are very fashionable.


A. your / They


B. yours / Their  


C. you / Theirs              


D. you / Them
Câu 12: John invited David and Gill and two of ____ friends.


A. they


B. them


C. their


D. theirs
Câu 13: The beginning of the Symbolist movement in art ____ having begun in the late 1880’s.


A. is regarded as 


B. is regarded


C. is regarding  


D. regarded as
Câu 14: The vague and misleading instructions ____ in two entirely opposite ways.


A. could easily been interpreted      


B. could be easily interpret


C. could easily be interpreted   


D. could easily interpreted
Câu 15: Successful applicants ____ attracting salary, bonus and benefits.


A. will pay        


B. will be paid


C. will be paying     


D. are paying
Câu 16: ____ to explain the lesson ____ the classroom.


A. Hardly the teacher had started / when did the principal enter


B. Had hardly the teacher started / the principal entered


C. Hardly had the teacher started / when the principal entered


D. The teacher hardly had started / when entered the principal
Câu 17: _____ most of us got poor results.


A. So difficult was the test that     


B. Was difficult so the test that


C. So difficult the test was that           


D. So difficult was the test
Câu 18: ____ such a talented singer.


A. Have we enjoyed seldom            


B. Seldom we have enjoyed


C. Seldom have we enjoyed           


D. Have we seldom enjoyed
Câu 19: Mary said that she had been ill ____.


A. yesterday


B. last day   


C. the day before            


D. the next day
Câu 20: Anne asked ____ the shopping.


A. if she had to do      


B. that she had to do  


C. if she must do      


D. whether she must do
Câu 21: Justin asked me ____ .


A. what I was doing       


B. what was I doing       


C. what are you doing                


D. what you are doing
Câu 22: ____ knows no geographic borders, no age limits, and no ethnical boundaries.


A. Poor


B. The poor   


C. Poverty


D. Poorly
Câu 23: The contestant hit the target with great ____ .


A. accurate


B. accurately


C. accuracy


D. accuration
Câu 24: He is very _____ in plants and animals.


A. interest


B. interested


C. interesting


D. interestingly
Câu 25: The teacher did not know ____ .


A. why he was absent     


B. why was he was absent


C. where he was absent       


D. where was he absent
Câu 26: Can you please tell me  ____ ?


A. what time the next bus arrives     


B. what time arrives the next bus


C. when arrives the next bus   


D. when does the bus arrive
Câu 27: ____ is a mystery. I wish that I could ask him.


A. How did it         


B. What he did it  


C. How he did it    


D. When did it
Câu 28: I was too tired to continue my work.


A. Though I was tired, I would try to continue my work.


B. I was so tired that I could not continue my work.


C. My work was continued despite my tiredness.


D. I was tired enough to continue my work.
Câu 29: “I will do it for you, Mary”, Peter said.


A. Peter advised Mary to do it.    


B. Peter advised Mary not to do it.


C. Peter promised to do it for Mary.     


D. Peter wanted Mary to do it.
Câu 30: This course will take us six months to complete.


A. In six months’ time, this course will be completed.  


B. We will take a course in six months.


C. To complete this course will last over six months.


D. Six months is not enough to complete this course.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is DIFFERENT in meaning to each of the following questions from 7 to 10.
Câu 1: People are not allowed to smoke in this room.


A. People don’t have to smoke in this room. 


B. Smoking in this room is strictly forbidden.           


C. People mustn’t smoke in this room.


D. Smoking in this room is not allowed.
Câu 2: That man used to work with me in Moscow.


A. That man often worked with me in Moscow.       


B. The man no longer works with me in Moscow.    


C. I am now working with that man in Moscow.      


D. That’s the man I used to work with in Moscow.
Câu 3: Although he lives far away from the office, he cycles to work.


A. He doesn’t live near the office, but he cycles to work.    


B. He goes to work by bike in spite of living far away from the office. 


C. Living far away from the office makes him cycle to work.


D. He cycles to work despite the fact that he doesn’t live near the office.
Câu 4: Let’s buy a kilo of meat for dinner.


A. I suggest buying a kilo of meat for dinner.         


B. Why didn’t you buy a kilo of meat for dinner?    


C. Why don’t we buy a kilo of meat for dinner?      


D. How about buying a kilo of meat for dinner?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Never in her life ________ this exhilarating emotion.


A. she experienced   


B. she did experience            


C. she had experience   


D. had she experienced
Câu 2: ________ seen such awful behavior.


A. Have I never before  


B. Before have I never


C. Never before I have     


D. Never before have I
Câu 3: They were wealthy. Money was plentiful, and ________ to be very bothered about levels of expenditure.


A. rarely anyone seemed   


B. rarely did anyone seem


C. did anyone rarely seem   


D. rarely anyone did seem
Câu 4: Not only do I enjoy classical music, ________ a season ticket to the symphony.


A. but I also have     


B. but also have


C. but also I have   


D. I but also have
Câu 5: ________ so upset!


A. Has the boss seldom been     


B. Seldom the boss has been


C. Seldom has the boss been 


D. Has the boss been seldom
Câu 6: ________ the situation.


A. Little he understands   


B. Little he understood


C. Little did he understand 


D. Did he understand little
Câu 7: There________.


A. comes my bus          


B. does my bus come


C. my bus come                


D. did my bus come
Câu 8: ________his terrible secret.


A. Did they learn only later                    


B. Only later they did learn


C. Only later they learnt           


D. Only later did they learn
Câu 9: - I’m from Turkey. - ________.


A. Am I, too     


B. I am, so                 


C. So am I      


D. Either am I
Câu 10: I cannot swim very well ______.


A. and neither my sister can     


B. and neither can my sister


C. and so my sister can       


D. and so can my sister
Câu 11: So difficult______ that ______three months to prepare.


A. is the test/ do the students need   


B. the test is/ do the students need


C. is the test/ the students need      


D. the test is/ the students need
Câu 12: ______ the problem, he wouldn’t have committed those mistakes


A. Had he understood              


B. He had understood


C. If had he understood       


D. Unless had he understood
Câu 13: ______ a more beautiful sight.


A. Nowhere hadn’t Susan seen               


B. Had Susan seen nowhere


C. Nowhere Susan had seen           


D. Nowhere had Susan seen
Câu 14: By the gate ______ .


A. a little girl stood            


B. stood a little girl


C. did a little girl stand        


D. a little girl did stand
Câu 15: Not until the next morning ______ how serious ______ .


A. she realized/ was it        


B. she realized/ it was


C. did she realize/ was it         


D. did she realize/ it was
Câu 16: Not till______ that he had lost the key .


A. he got home did he find            


B. he got home he found


C. did he get home did he find                   


D. did he get home he found
Câu 17: Only when______ into smart clothes after the match ______ to talk to the TV reporters.


A. The players had changed/ they were allowed


B. The players had changed/ were they allowed


C. Had the players changed/ were they allowed


D. Had the players changed/ they were allowed
Câu 18: No sooner ____ the door than _____ it was locked.


A. had I reached/ did I realize              


B. I had reached/ did I realize


C. had I reached/ I realized                 


D. I had reached/ I realized
Câu 19: _______, he can never follow me.


A. Fast as he runs    


B. Fast as does he run


C. As he runs fast      


D. As does he run fast
Câu 20: _______ John that she talk about him all the time.


A. Did so much she adore                 


B. Did she adored so much


C. So much she adored         


D. So much did she adore
Câu 21: _______ kinder to his employees, his business would not have collapsed.


A. Mr. Chan had been       


B. Had if Mr. Chan been


C. Had Mr. Chan been            


D. If had Mr. Chan been
Câu 22: Scarcely _____ out of bed when _____.


A. Had I got/ did the doorbell ring      


B. Had I got/ the doorbell rang


C. I had got/ the doorbell rang        


D. I had got/ did the doorbell ring
Câu 23: Little _____ how much trouble_____ in.


A. you know/ are you  


B. you know/ you are


C. do you know/ are you   


D. do you know/ you are
Câu 24: On the table_____.


A. laid a yellow cat             


B. a yellow cat lay


C. did a yellow cat lie                


D. a yellow cat lies
Câu 25: Such_____ that _____ whenever it was on.


A. the popularity of the film was/ the streets were deserted


B. was the popularity of the film/ the streets were deserted


C. the popularity of the film was/were the streets deserted


D. was the popularity of the film/ were the streets deserted
Câu 26: They can neither read nor write, _____ such concepts.


A. they can nor comprehend    


B. nor can they comprehend


C. nor they can comprehend   


D. can they nor comprehend
Câu 27: Hardly ______ before ______.


A. had I left/ did the trouble start          


B. had I left/ the trouble started


C. I had left/ the trouble started    


D. I had left/ did the trouble start
Câu 28: Only after ______.


A. the teacher understood the situation and did he make a comment


B. understanding the situation the teacher made a comment


C. the teacher understood the situation and made a comment


D. understanding the situation did the teacher make a comment
Câu 29: _______to win the election, what ____ first?


A. You were/ you would do    


B. You were/ would you do


C. Were you/ you would do             


D. Were you/ would you do
Câu 30: Down _______.


A. fell half a dozen apples             


B. half a dozen apples fell


C. did half a dozen apples fall          


D. half a dozen apples fall
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Câu 1: These shoes wore in so quickly that I had to buy a new pair after two months.


A. wore


B. quickly


C. a new pair


D. after
Câu 2: We don't have any milk left. We have run in of milk.


A. any


B. left


C. in


D. of milk
Câu 3: It took me a long time  to get up from my illness


A. took


B. a long time 


C. get up


D. from
Câu 4: The professor told me that I was doing well; therefore, my final grade was awful.


A. told me


B. was doing


C. therefore


D. grade
Câu 5: My mother suggested taking a shower instead of a bath and use energy-saving bulbs to save energy.


A. instead of


B. use


C. energy-saving


D. to save
Câu 6: The class meeting had to be put away until a week later.


A. class meeting


B. had to


C. put away


D. until
Câu 7: Everyone in the village was concerning about the plan for the new road.


A. in the village


B. was concerning


C. about


D. the new road
Câu 8: After his mother died, he was brought in by his grandmother.


A. After


B. died


C. brought in


D. by
Câu 9: Because he was sick, he still turned up for his music lesson


A. Because


B. still


C. for


D. music lesson
Câu 10: It will be nice to see you again at the party. I'm looking forward to see you.


A. will be nice


B. see you again


C. at the party


D. to see
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A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Câu 1: A number of large insurance companies has their headquaters in the capital city.


A. the capital city  


B. has


C. their headquaters   


D. A
Câu 2: Please remember when you are on duty, your uniform must have been worn at all times.


A. remember


B. must have been    


C. on duty          


D. at all times
Câu 3: All the judges paid the dancer compliments on their excellent performance in the competition.


A. All


B. paid


C. their


D. in

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: He wanted to borrow some money. He went to the bank.


A. He would have gone to the bank if he had wanted to borrow some money.


B. He went to the bank so that he wanted to borrow some money.


C. He went to the bank to borrow some money.


D. He will go to the bank if he wants to borrow some money.
Câu 2: We ought to visit Grandma. Otherwise, she will be worried about us.


A. Grandma is worried about us, so we ought to visit her.


B. We need not visit Grandma unless she is worried about us.


C. We should visit Grandma in case she will be worried about us.


D. If we do not visit Grandma soon, she will start to worry.

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. swallowed


B. compared


C. conserved


D. poached
Câu 2:


A. endanger


B. solidarity


C. habitat


D. practice

A.
B.
C.
D.