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 3 to 7.Polar bears are in danger of dying out. Unlike some other endangered animals, it's not hunters that are the problem, it's climate change. Since 1979, the ice cap at the Arctic Circle where the polar bears has reduced in size (3)_________ about 30 per cent. The temperature in the Arctic has slowly been rising and this is (4)_________  the sea ice to melt, endangering the polar bears' home. The polar bears' main sources of food are the different types of seals found in the Arctic. They catch them by waiting next to the air holes seals have made in the ice. (5)_________  the bears are very strong swimmers, they could never catch seals in water. This means that the bears really do rely on the ice to hunt.Polar bears also need sea ice to travel. They can cover a huge territory and often swim from one part of the ice to another. They have been (6)_________  to swim up to 100 km, but when there is less ice, they may have to swim further and this can (7)_________  fatal to the bears. A number of bears have drown in the last few years and scientists believe that it is because they were not able to reach more ice before they became too tired and couldn't swim any further.
Câu 1: (3)________


A. in              


B. by


C. within  


D. for
Câu 2: (4)_______


A. making          


B. turning   


C. causing   


D. resulting
Câu 3: (5)________


A. Even     


B. Despite  


C. As     


D. Although
Câu 4: (6)_______


A. known        


B. learnt      


C. experienced 


D. noticed
Câu 5: (7)_______


A. happen  


B. come   


C. end    


D. prove

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest
Câu 1:


A. catastrophe                 


B. trophy                  


C. notify               


D. recipe
Câu 2:


A. famine    


B. determine           


C. mineral               


D. miner
Câu 3:


A. mission            


B. revision 


C. division                  


D. collision

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete sentences.
Câu 1: I didn’t want to get........... debt to Sue, so I didn’t borrow any money.


A. on                     


B. at               


C. in            


D. to
Câu 2: A nice engagement ring like that must have.............. you a fortune, Jim!.


A. taken                      


B. paid                      


C. lost                         


D. cost
Câu 3: Don’t go to the................... of hiring a limousine at the airport.


A. cost                 


B. expense     


C. money        


D. cash
Câu 4: I’ll go and............... the shopping and you start cooking.


A. do                        


B. go                           


C. make 


D. get
Câu 5: I can’t believe they charged me............ .


A. about the economy                 


B. to buy a new fridge    


C. for using the hotel pool       


D. to give her some money
Câu 6: I was shocked when the bank demanded.............  .


A. that I buy some fruits for lunch          


B. that I pay back my loan immediately                             


C. that I lend them some money          


D. that tomorrow is my birthday
Câu 7: Although we are spending more money.............. luxury items and recreation than ever before, it is often money we have borrowed ................. a bank.


A. from – to           


B. in – from               


C. on – to                


D. on – from
Câu 8: Banks are willing to lend us more and more money to us because they profit from it by charging us................... .


A. fun                       


B. excitemnet              


C. interest                 


D. happiness
1800.6947

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.In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.
Câu 1: The passage is mainly about


A. How the Beatles became more successful than other groups


B. Why the Beatles split up after 7 years


C. The Beatles’ fame and success


D. Many people’s ability to sing a Beatles song
Câu 2: The four boys of the Beatles


A. Came from the same family


B. Came from a town in the north of England  


C. Were at the same age


D. Received good training in music
Câu 3: The word “sensational” is closest in meaning to


A. Notorious    


B. Bad   


C. Shocking    


D. Popular
Câu 4: The first songs of the Beatles were


A. Written by themselves


B. Broadcast on the radio   


C. Paid a lot of money


D. Written by black Americans
Câu 5: What is not true about the Beatles?


A. The members had no training in music


B. They had a long stable career


C. They became famous when they wrote their own songs


D. They were afraid of being hurt by fans
Câu 6: The Beatles stopped their live performances because


A. They had earned enough money


B. They did not want to work with each other


C. They spent more time writing their own songs


D. They were afraid of being hurt by fans.
Câu 7: The word “they” is closest in meaning to


A. The Beatles      


B. the fans    


C. the songs    


D. the performances
Câu 8: What word might describes the attitudes of the writer?


A. admiration  


B. criticism 


C. neutral     


D. sarcasm

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 of the following questions.
Câu 1: I can't believe what a narrow escape it was when the car went off the road and passed within a few feet of us.


A. lost cause    


B. first-rate    


C. close call    


D. takeaway
Câu 2: Because she was a few minutes late, she walked quietly into class and sat in the back of the room.


A. rambled   


B. tiptoed   


C. stumbled    


D. crawled

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.Living things include both the visible world of animals, plants, and fungi as well as the invisible world of bacteria and viruses. On a basic level, we can say that life is ordered. Organisms have an enormously complex organization. We're all familiar with the intricate systems of the basic unit of life, the cell. Life can also "work." Living creatures can take in energy from the environment. This energy, in the form of food, is transformed to maintain metabolic process and for survival. Life grows and develops. This means more than just replicating or getting larger in size. Living organisms also have the ability to rebuild and repair themselves when injured. Life can reproducing. Think about the last time you accidentally stubbed your toe. Almost instantly, you moved back in pain. Finally, life can adapt and respond to the demands placed on it by the environment. There are three basic types of adaptations that can occur in higher organisms.Reversible changes occur as a response to changes in the environment. Let's say you live near sea level and you travel to a mountainous area. You may begin to experience difficulty breathing and an increase in heart rate as a result of the change in altitude. These symptoms go away when you go back down to sea level.Body-related changes occur as a result of prolonged changes in the environment. Using ther previous example, if you were to stay in the mountainous area for a long time, you would notice that your heart rate would begin to slow down and you would begin to breath normally. These changes are also reversible. Genotypic changes (caused by genetic mutition ) take place within the genetic makeup of the organism and are not reversible. An example would be the development of resistance to pesticides by insects and spiders.( Source: Adapted from http://biology.about.com/od/apforstudents/a/aa082105a.htm)
Câu 1:  In what way is life organized?


A. Hard 


B. Difficult 


C. Complicated 


D. Problematic
Câu 2: Which of the following is NOT a feature of life?


A.  Getting a job 


B. Giving birth


C. Getting larger and left- repairing   


D. Reacting to the environment 
Câu 3: What is the energy for living things called?


A. Food


B. Metabolic process


C. Green energy     


D. Environment 
Câu 4: You see life respond most clearly when you _____.          


A. intentionally hurt yourself         


B. move part of your body due to threat


C.  look at your toe            


D. feel hurt
Câu 5: Which type of living creatures can adapt to the changes in the environment?


A. More visible  


B. Lower  


C. Higher


D. More human
Câu 6: What does the word “reversible” in the passage mean?


A.  Changeble     


B. Visible


C. Fitful     


D. Irregular
Câu 7: Which type of adaption is permanent?      


A. Body-related      


B. Reversible 


C. Genotypic


D. Environmental

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English.
Câu 1: Jones tried to use chopsticks but he can’t. He isn’t used to use them.


A. tried


B. but


C. can’t


D. use
Câu 2: He is one of the most boring people I ever meet. He never says anything interesting.


A. the most


B. ever meet


C. says


D. interesting
Câu 3: Ann  is going to America next month. She hasn’t never been there before.


A. is going to


B. next month


C. never


D. before
Câu 4: I wasn’t able to understand French so I didn’t know what he said. If only he spoke English.


A. wasn’t able to


B. so


C. said


D. spoke
Câu 5: She is a foreigner because she needs a visa to stay in this country.


A. a foreigner


B. because


C. needs


D. in

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the best option to complete each sentence.
Câu 1: He was on his way home ______ I saw him.


A. when


B. while


C. as
Câu 2: ______  to the fact that it had been snowing heavily all night, the roads were blocked.


A. As


B. Because


C. Owing
Câu 3: She can't get a job_______ having done brilliantly at college.


A. no matter


B. even though


C. in spite of
Câu 4: ______ he comes from New Zealand, he supports their national rugby team.


A. Because of


B. Since


C. Due to
Câu 5: The doctor advised him to______down on the amount of food he ate.


A. wind


B. turn


C. cut

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: Smoking is an extremely harmful habit. You should give it up immediately.


A. As smoking is an extremely harmful habit, you should give it up immediately.


B. When you give up smoking immediately, you will affect your health with this harmful habit.


C. Stop your smoking immediately so it will become one of your extremely harmful habits.


D. You should give up smoking immediately and you will fall into an extremely harmful habit.
Câu 2: We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.


A. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.


B. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.


C. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.


D. We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.

A.
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 pronunciation of the underlined part in each of the following questions
Câu 1:


A. average          


B. natural


C. family   


D. already
Câu 2:


A. breakfast        


B. feature      


C. peasant   


D. pleasure

A.
B.
C.
D.