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. impatient                 


B. arrogant                  


C. familiar                   


D. uncertain
Câu 2:


A. forgettable              


B. philosophy              


C. humanism               


D. objectively

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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. link                                     


B. handkerchief          


C. donkey                   


D. handful 
Câu 2:


A. mineral                   


B. miniature                 


C. minor                      


D. minimum

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 blanksHOME LIFE "Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but (1)_________, we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success-and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a (2)_________ psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, and co-author of forthcoming book “Raising Can-Do Kids." Decades of studies show the benefits of chores-academically, emotionally and even professionally. Giving children household chores at an early age (3)_______ to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (4)_______ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives-in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (5)_______ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.(Adapted from http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-children-need-chores)
Câu 1: (1) 


A. ironically                


B. especially                


C. brutally                   


D. bitterly
Câu 2: (2) 


A. develop                   


B. developing              


C. developed               


D. developmental
Câu 3: (3) 


A. help                                    


B. helps                       


C. helped                     


D. has helped
Câu 4: (4) 


A. whom                     


B. that                          


C. what                       


D. when
Câu 5: (5) 


A. compared                


B. compare                  


C. comparing              


D. to compare

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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: You ought to make up your mind now.


A. It is high time you made up your mind.


B. Making up your mind is necessary.


C. You should have made up your mind.


D. It is possible to make up your mind.
Câu 2: “No, no, you really must stay a bit longer!” said the boys.


A. The boys denied my staying a bit longer


B. The boys refused to let me stay a bit longer.


C. The boys didn't agree to let stay a bit longer.


D. The boys insisted on my staying a bit longer.
Câu 3: You should have persuaded him to change his mind.


A. It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn't


B. You didn't persuade him to change because of his mind.


C. You should persuade him to change his mind.


D. You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn't listen.

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 35 to 42.A newborn baby can see, hear and feel. By the age of five, a child can talk, ride a bike and invent imaginary friends. How does this development happen? We don't understand the way language, thinking and planning develop very well. Now scientists are using new technology to ‘see’ into children's brains. And they are discovering new information about the way a baby's brain develops.A study in 2010 showed that the experiences a child has in their first few years affect the development of the brain. It showed that children who received more attention often had higher IQs. The brain of a newborn baby has nearly a hundred billion neurons. This is the same number as an adult's brain. As they grow, a baby receives information through the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. This information creates connections between different parts of the brain. At the age of three, there are a hundred trillion connections.One experiment looked at images of babies' brains while they were listening to different sounds. The sounds were in different sequences. For example, one sequence was mu-ba-ba. This is the pattern ‘A-B-B’. Another sequence was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern ‘A-B-C’. The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during ‘A-B-B’ patterns. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. This experiment is interesting because sequences of words are important to grammar and meaning. Compare two sentences with the same words in a different order: ‘John killed the bear’ is very different from ‘The bear killed John.’ So babies are starting to learn grammatical rules from the beginning of life.Researchers also know that babies need to hear a lot of language in order to understand grammar rules. But there is a big difference between listening to television, audio books or the internet, and interacting with people. One study compared two groups of nine-month-old American babies. One group watched videos of Mandarin Chinese sounds. In the other group, people spoke the same sounds to the babies. The test results showed that the second group could recognise different sounds, however the first group learned nothing. The scientist, Patricia Kuhl, said this result was very surprising. It suggests that social experience is essential to successful brain development in babies.
Câu 1: The purpose of the article is to


A. explain new studies into the development of babies' brains.


B. describe how a new-born baby's brain works.


C. compare the brains of adults and children.


D. prove that nowadays babies are more intelligent than in the past.
Câu 2: According to the first paragraph


A. most aspects of child development are understood quite well.


B. some five-year-olds have imaginary friends.


C. children use technology more these days.


D. technology has been used in children's brain surgery.
Câu 3: Which statement is supported by the second paragraph?


A. Adult brains have more neurons than new-born babies' brains.


B. Babies and three-year-olds have the same number of neurons.


C. Early experiences have an effect on brain development


D. The connections between parts of the brain stay the same as a child grows up.
Câu 4: According to the second paragraph, which of the following can affect IQ?


A. being with adults a lot        


B. connecting with other babies


C. paying attention to a baby    


D. having access to information as early as possible
Câu 5: It can be inferred from the passage that


A. A pattern like ‘A-B-C’ is easier to understand.


B. Babies' brains cannot recognise different sound patterns.


C. It's not known which area of a baby's brain processes speech.


D. Children can actually learn grammatical rules in their very early age.
Câu 6: According to the article, which statement is true?


A. Experiments focusing on language have given researchers new information.


B. Children who hear different languages develop differently.


C. The development of language is the easiest thing to study in babies.


D. Babies are able to understand grammar rules of a language only in specific period.
Câu 7: What did the study described in the last paragraph do?


A. compared the effects of different languages


B. divided babies into two groups with different treatment


C. investigated if babies can learn Chinese


D. taught babies foreign languages through listening to videos.
Câu 8: What is the main conclusion from the study described in the last paragraph?


A. Babies can understand television at the age of nine months.


B. Social interaction has a big influence on the brain.


C. Watching videos is a good way to develop a child's brain.


D. Mandarin Chinese is not too hard to be learned for American babies.
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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 30 to 34.In addition to providing energy, fats have several other functions in the body. The fat soluble vitamins, A, D, E and K, are dissolved in fats, as their name implies. Good sources of these vitamins have high oil or fat content, and the vitamins are stored in the body's fatty tissues. In the diet, fats cause food to remain longer in the stomach, this increasing the feeling of fullness for some time after a meal is eaten. Fats add variety, taste, and texture to foods, which accounts for the popularity of fried foods. Fatty deposits in the body have an insulating and protective value. The curves of the human female body are due mostly to strategically located fat deposits.Whether a certain amount of fat in the diet is essential to human health is not definitely known. When rats are fed a fat-free diet, their growth eventually ceases, their skin becomes inflamed and scaly, and their reproductive systems are damaged. Two fatty acids, linoleic and arachidonic acids, prevent these abnormalities and hence are called essential fatty acids. They also are required by a number of other animals but their roles in human beings are debatable. Most nutritionists consider linoleic fatty acid an essential nutrient for humans.
Câu 1: This passage probably appeared in which of the following?


A. A diet book    


B. A book on basic nutrition


C. A cookbook 


D. A popular women's magazine
Câu 2: The phrase “stored in” in line 3 is closest in meaning to


A. manufactured in   


B. attached to  


C. measured by   


D. accumulated
Câu 3: The author states that fats serve all the following body functions EXCEPT to


A. promote a feeling of fullness  


B. insulate and protect the body


C. provide energy       


D. control weight gain
Câu 4: Linoleic fatty acid is mentioned in the passage as


A. an essential nutrient for humans 


B. more useful than arachidonic acid


C. preventing weight gain in rats  


D. a nutrient found in most food
Câu 5: The phrase “these abnormalities” in line 10 and 11 refers to


A. a condition caused by fried food


B. strategically located fat deposits


C. curves on the human female body


D. cessation of growth, bad skin, and damaged reproductive systems

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: I could only propose a partial solution to the crisis in the company


A. half     


B. halfway


C. effective  


D. complete
Câu 2: Sorry, I can't come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.


A. busy with


B. relaxed about   


C. free from 


D. fond of

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: He didn't bat an eye when he realized he failed the exam again.


A. didn't want to see


B. didn't show surprise


C. wasn't happy  


D. didn't care
Câu 2: Mary has finally managed to get round her strict parents to let her go on a three-day excursion with her classmates.


A. persuade 


B. offer  


C. support


D. permit

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. conceal      


B. contain  


C. conserve  


D. conquer
Câu 2:


A. technology  


B. environment 


C. superstition  


D. predominance

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.       Polar bears are in danger of dying out. ….(25)…   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 live has  reduced in size  by  about 30 per cent. The temperature in the Arctic has slowly been rising and this is  ….(26)…   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. ….(27)…   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 ….(28)…   to swim up to 100 km, but  when there is less ice, they may have to swim further and this can ….(29)…   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.       (Adapted from “A Wild Life: My Adventures Around the World” by Martin Hughes - Games)
Câu 1: ….(25)…


A. Opposite  


B. Different


C. Compared


D. Unlike
Câu 2: ….(26)…


A. turning


B. resulting 


C. causing   


D. making
Câu 3: ….(27)…  


A. Although     


B. Despite 


C. Even   


D. As
Câu 4: ….(28)…


A. learnt  


B. experienced  


C. known 


D. noticed.
Câu 5: ….(29)…


A. end


B. come     


C. prove


D. happen.

A.
B.
C.
D.