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 addition to the great ridges and volcanic chains, the oceans conceal another form of undersea mountains: the strange guyot, or flat-topped seamount. No marine geologist even suspected the existence of these isolated mountains until they were discovered by geologist Harry H. Hess in 1946. He was serving at the time as a naval officer on a ship equipped with a fathometer. Hess named these truncated peaks for the nineteenth-century Swiss-born geologist Arnold Guyot, who had served on the faculty of Princeton University for thirty years. Since then, hundreds of guyots have been discovered in every ocean but the Arctic. Like offshore canyons, guyots present a challenge to oceanographic theory. They are believed to be extinct volcanoes. Their flat tops indicate that they once stood above or just below the surface, where the action of waves leveled off their peaks. Yet today, by definition, their summits are at least 600 feet below the surface, and some are as deep as 8,200 feet. Most lie between 3,200 feet and 6,500 feet. Their tops are not really flat but slope upward to a low pinnacle at the center. Dredging from the tops of guyots has recovered basalt and coral rubble, and that would be expected from the eroded tops of what were once islands. Some of this material is over 80 million years old. Geologists think the drowning of guyots involved two processes: The great weight of the volcanic mountains depressed the sea floor beneath them, and the level of these  a rose a number of times, especially when the last Ice Age ended, some 8,000 to 11,000 years ago.
Câu 1: What is the author’s main purpose in writing this passage? 


A. To describe one feature of the undersea world 


B. To trace the career of Arnold Guyot 


C. To present the results of recent geologic research 


D. To discuss underwater ridges and volcano chains 
Câu 2: The word “ conceal” is closest in meaning to which of the following? 


A. Hide


B. Create 


C. Erode  


D. Contain 
Câu 3: The passage implies that guyots were first detected by means of 


A.  a deep-sea diving expedition 


B. computer analysis 


C. research submarines


D. a fathometer 
Câu 4: The author indicates that Arnold Guyot 


A. invented the fathometer  


B. taught at Princeton University 


C. was Harry Hess’s instructor  


D. named the guyot after himself 
Câu 5: What does the passage say about the Arctic Ocean? 


A. The first guyot was discovered there. 


B. It is impossible that guyots were ever formed there. 


C. There   are more guyots there than any other ocean.


D. No guyots have ever been found there. 
Câu 6: The author states that offshore canyons and guyots have which of the following characteristic in common?


A. Both are found on the ocean floor near continental shelves. 


B. Both were formed by volcanic activity. 


C. Both were, at one time, above the surface of the sea.


D. Both present oceanographers with a mystery. 
Câu 7: According to the passage, most guyots are found at a depth of 


A. between 600 and 3,200 feet 


B.  more than 8,200 feet 


C. less than 600 feet    


D.  between 3,200 and 6,500 feet 
Câu 8: Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “rubble”? 


A.  Mixture 


B. Fragments 


C. Core


D. Columns 
Câu 9: According to the passage, which of the following two processes were involved in the submersion of guyots ?


A. Erosion and volcanic activity


B. The sinking of the sea floor and the rising of sea level 


C. High tides and earthquakes


D. Mountain building and the actions of ocean currents 
Câu 10:  According to the passage when did sea level significantly rise? 


A.  From 8,000 to 11,000 years ago  


B. In the nineteenth century 


C. In 1946  


D. 80 million years ago 
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: The best way to eliminate a pest is to controlling the food accessible to it


A. The best


B. to controlling


C. food accessible


D. it
Câu 2: If protect, a solar cell lasts for a long time and is a good source of energy.


A. protect


B. solar


C.  lasts


D. source of
Câu 3: The oxygen content of Mars is not sufficient enough to support life as we know it.


A. sufficient enough


B. to support


C. as


D. it
Câu 4: The color of the Red Sea is due to a minute alga, or sea plant, whose forms huge patches of a blood red tint.


A. a minute alga


B. sea plant


C. whose


D. forms 
Câu 5: The Alaskan malamute, used extensively for pulling sleds, is closely related about the wolf.


A. used 


B. for pulling 


C. closely


D. about

A.
B.
C.
D.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in capitals letters.
Câu 1: A careful worker is the one who works ____________________ (CARE)
Câu 2: Mrs.Thanh teaches English very well. She is a good ________________(TEACH)
Câu 3: Christmas is a family ____________________.(CELEBRATE)
Câu 4: " The lost shoes " is one of the ____________________ stories I like best . ( TRADITION)
 

A.
B.
C.
D.

Give the correct form of tense of the verbs in the brackets.
Câu 1: My father ( teach)______________ English in this school five years ago.
Câu 2: The children often love (watch)______________ cartoons. 
Câu 3: When I came in, he ( sit) ________________ asleep in a chair. 
Câu 4: Anna (do)___________________his homework already. 

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: We can protect the world in which we live. We, for example, can grow more trees and recycle rubbish.


A. We can protect the world in which we live as well as we can grow more trees and recycle rubbish. 


B. We can protect the world in which we live, growing more trees and recycle rubbish. 


C. We can protect the world in which we live by growing more trees and recycling rubbish.


D. We can protect the world in which we live such as growing more trees and recycling rubbish.
Câu 2: He joined the army in 1998. He was soon after promoted to the rank of captain.


A. He was promoted to the rank of captain in 1998 and joined the army. 


B. Promoted to the rank of captain in 1998, he joined the army soon later. 


C. He worked as a captain in the army and had a promotion in 1998. 


D. Joining the army in 1998, he was soon promoted to the rank of captain.
Câu 3: He has been studying for many years. He should have realized sooner that his grammar was incorrect.


A. He has been studying for many years to have soon realized that his grammar was incorrect.


B. He has been studying for many years that he should have realized sooner that his grammar was incorrect.


C. No sooner has he been studying for many years than he should have realized that his grammar was incorrect.


D. Though he has been studying for many years, he did not realize sooner that his grammar was incorrect.
Câu 4: Colour is an important facet of nature. It influences the life of almost every creature.


A. Influencing the life of almost every creature in nature, colour is important. 


B. Colour influencing the life of almost every creature being an important facet of nature.


C. Colour, which is an important facet of nature, influencing the life of almost every creature.


D. Colour, which is an important facet of nature, influences the life of almost every creature. 
Câu 5: I think my hair looks fine. My mother believes it needs a little more brushing. 


A. Not only do I think my hair looks fine, but my mother also believes it needs a little more brushing.


B. Either my mother believes it needs a little more brushing or I think my hair looks fine.


C. I think my hair looks so fine that my mother believes it needs a little more brushing. 


D. I think my hair looks fine, but my mother believes it needs a little more brushing.

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B.
C.
D.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentences
Câu 1: My brother was born in 1990 _______________Bac Giang. (in / on /at /of)
Câu 2: I bought this computer 4 days _____________.(ago / now / at the moment / then)
Câu 3: Namsuggested ____________ a rest.( take/ taking/ took /to take )
Câu 4: The film started a few minutes ago,__________? (didn’t it / did it / does it / doesn’t it)
 
Câu 5: Sticky rice cakes are _____dishes at Tet inVietnam. (traditional/ tradition/ custom/customary)
 
Câu 6: The woman _______ is our teacher has been toCanada.( who/ whose / which / whom)
 
Câu 7: _________he studied hard, he failed his exam.(Although / Because / If / However)
Câu 8: Mary is sad__________ she has lost her calculator.(even though/ so/ but/ because )
 

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. chamber 


B. ancient 


C. danger


D. ancestor
Câu 2:


A. smoothly


B. southern 


C. breath


D. airworthy 

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 ________customers thanked the salesperson for the good service. 


A. satisfy 


B. satisfactory  


C. satisfied  


D. satisfying 
Câu 2: The workers have gone on strike. _________ , all production has ceased.


A. So that 


B. Therefore 


C. Because


D. Now that
Câu 3: When exactly did the war  _________between the two countries?


A. go off


B. set in 


C. break out 


D. call off 
Câu 4: I’ll never _________the King of pop music for the first time.


A. forget meet 


B. forget met


C. forget to meet


D. forget meeting
Câu 5: Many women find it hard to _________both a job and a family.


A. catch up with 


B. deal with 


C. cope with


D. keep up with 
Câu 6: Lan:  “It works! Thanks for your help!”                  
  Mai: “______________”


A. Hey, that’s what friends are for.


B. Ok. Just be careful!


C. Really? I don’t know if that’s such a good idea.


D. You’re right.
Câu 7: He was sent to an island_________ only by birds. 


A. lived 


B. resided 


C. occupying


D. inhabited 
Câu 8: You must remember not to  _________ from the point when you write an essay. 


A. go astray 


B. wander


C. diverge 


D. go off
Câu 9: I have never seen  _________ festival in my life. 


A. so spectacular a 


B. a so spectacular   


C. a such spectacular


D. such spectacular
Câu 10: The views that the London Eye affords across London make it all________.


A. impossible     


B. worthwhile  


C. praiseworthy  


D. exclusive
Câu 11: J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter books really set young children _________.


A. aside


B. on fire 


C. under fire 


D. to excitement 
Câu 12:  ________with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all. 


A. Compare them


B. If you compare 


C. When compared  


D. A comparison
Câu 13: At the center of the Earth’s solar system_________. 


A. the Sun lies


B. is where the Sun lies 


C. does the Sun lie  


D. lies the Sun 
Câu 14: The movie was really ________but was still pleasurable. 


A. amusing   


B. terrified  


C. scary 


D. interesting 
Câu 15: They’ve just taken on 200 people, _________the number that was taken on last year. 


A. twice bigger as 


B. twice as many as 


C. as twice as


D. bigger two times than 
Câu 16: ________it with my own eyes, I would have never believed it. 


A. Unless I had not seen 


B. Provided I had seen


C. If I had seem      


D. Had I not seen 
Câu 17: Have I told you about _________ the government is dealing? 


A. the problem with which  


B. the problem with that 


C. the problem 


D. the problem that 
Câu 18: The weather is going to change soon; I feel it in my_________. 


A. body  


B. legs 


C. skin 


D. bones 
Câu 19: Poor management brought the company to _________of collapse.


A. the edge


B. the foot


C. the brink


D. the ring
Câu 20: Peter: “I’m having some friends over for lunch this Saturday. Would you like to join us?” Mary: “_________________”


A. Can I take a rain check?  


B. Come on. It’s your turn.


C. Thanks, but I mustn’t.


D. As a matter of fact, I do
Câu 21: This time next month we won’t be at work; we _________the peaceful atmosphere of the countryside.


A. will be enjoying 


B. will have enjoyed 


C. will enjoy 


D. are enjoying
Câu 22: Maria Sharapova became the first Russian ________a Wimbledon singles title. 


A. which won


B. that was winning


C. who wins 


D. to win
Câu 23: This is ________you have ever made. 


A. a more silly mistake than


B. the silliest mistake 


C. the most silliest mistake  


D. a sillier mistake than 
Câu 24: Not much happened yet, _________? 


A. did they  


B. didn’t it 


C. did it


D. didn’t they 
Câu 25: A small fish needs camouflage to hide itself _________its enemies cannot find it. 


A. therefore


B. so that 


C. due to


D. because
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Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B,C,D) that needs correcting to become an exact one. 
Câu 1: Are you interested between learning English? 


A. Are


B. interested


C. between


D. learning
Câu 2: My brother enjoys to go to the park on summer evenings. 


A. enjoys 


B. to go


C. to


D. on summer 
Câu 3: If it rain, I will stay at home and watch TV.


A. rain


B. will stay


C. at


D. watch
Câu 4: Florida, that is known to be the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year


A. that


B. to be


C. attracts


D. every
Câu 5: When the university suggested to raise the tuition again, the student senate protested vigorously.


A. When


B. the


C. to raise


D. vigorously

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B.
C.
D.

Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions .Smoking causes lung cancer, which is the number one cancer among men. Ninety percent of the people who get lung cancer die. Smoking is also the leading cause of mouth cancer, tongue cancer, and throat cancer.Many smokers have heart disease and pneumonia. Smoking causes one million early deaths in the world every year.Smokers not only harm themselves but also harm others. Smokers breathe smoke out into the air. They breathe it out on their children and their wives or husbands. Children whose parents smoke have more breathing and lung problems than other children. Women who are married to smokers are more likely to have lung cancer than those married to non-smokers.We are all aware that smoking is bad. So why do people smoke?
Câu 1: The number one cancer among men is____________.


A. tongue cancer   


B. throat cancer


C. lung cancer


D. mouth cancer
Câu 2: The main cause of mouth cancer, tongue cancer and throat cancer is__________.


A. drinking  


B. overeating  


C. breathing  


D. smoking
Câu 3: Every year, smoking causes about one million____________.


A. cancer patients   


B. killing diseases


C. early deaths  


D. injured men
Câu 4: The word “it” in the passage refers to____________.


A. cancer 


B. smoke  


C. air 


D. breath
Câu 5: Who are more likely to have lung cancer and lung problems?


A. People who live in the city   


B.  People who live with smokers.


C. People who live with non-smokers. 


D. People who live in the country.

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B.
C.
D.