1.2. TIẾNG ANHQuestion 21 – 25: Choose a suitable word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) to fill in each blank.
Câu 1: The children                       their kites in the field when it started to rain heavily.


A. are flying


B. will fly  


C. would fly


D. were flying
Câu 2: She put so _________ salt in the soup that she couldn't have it. It was too salty.


A. many                             


B. little                                   


C. much                                  


D. a little
Câu 3: She sings __________ than her sister.


A. the most beautiful 


B. more beautiful   


C. more beautifully  


D. the beautifully
Câu 4: The candidate took a                      breath before he walked into the interview room.


A. deep                              


B. deeply                                


C. depth                                 


D. deepen
Câu 5: The manager is directly responsible                    the efficient running of the office.


A. in


B. for


C. about                                 


D. at

A.
B.
C.
D.

Question 26 – 30: Each of the following sentences has one error (A, B, C or D). Find it and blacken your choice on your answer sheet.
Câu 1: The assumption that smoking has bad effects on our health have been proved.


A. smoking                        


B. effects                           


C. on


D. have been proved   
Câu 2: Fred Astaire is said to have been the most popular dancer of his time, but he was also a talented actor, a singer, and choreographer.


A. is said


B. to have been 


C. of his time


D. a singer
Câu 3: Miranda still has trauma from the tragic accident, that took away her closest friend.


A. has              


B. tragic          


C. that             


D. closest 
Câu 4: John, what is that noise? Is there something on the street?


A. what                                  


B. Is                                        


C. something                          


D. the
Câu 5: The hotel has it’s own swimming pool but it doesn’t have warm water system in the winter.


A. it’s                                     


B. own                                    


C. but                                     


D. in

A.
B.
C.
D.

Question 31 – 35: Which of the following best restates each of the given sentences?
Câu 1: So big is the Vietnamese bread that the Korean cannot eat it all.


A. The Korean couldn’t have eaten the whole Vietnamese bread. It was too big.


B. The Korean must have eaten the whole Vietnamese bread. It is not big enough.


C. The Korean can’t have eaten the whole Vietnamese bread. It is too big.


D. The Korean might have eaten the whole Vietnamese bread. It is too big.
Câu 2: The number of medical masks sold in February 2020 was the highest compared to the same period.


A. The number of medical masks sold in February 2019 was lower than that of February 2020.


B. There was a sharp decline in the number of medical masks sold in February 2020.


C. People bought a larger number of medical masks in 2019 than that in 2020.


D. The number of medical masks sold in February 2019 was as high as that of February 2020.
Câu 3: “Why didn’t you attend the meeting, Mary?” Tom asked.


A. Tom asked Mary why didn’t she attend the meeting.


B. Tom asked Mary why she hadn’t attended the meeting.


C. Tom asked Mary why hadn’t she attended the meeting.


D. Tom asked Mary why she wasn’t attending the meeting.
Câu 4: They expect that recent changes will bring about an overall improvement in the quality of the country's education.


A. Recent changes are expected to lead to an overall improvement in the quality of the country's education.


B. The quality of the country's education is expected to be the consequence of recent changes.


C. It is expected that recent changes are caused by an overall improvement in the quality of the country's education.


D. It was expected that recent changes would result in an overall improvement in the quality of the country's education.
Câu 5: The green campaign was strongly supported by the local people. The neighbourhood looks fresh and clean now.


A. Only if the local people had strongly supported the green campaign would the neighbourhood look fresh and clean now.


B. Had the local people not strongly supported the green campaign, the neighbourhood wouldn’t look fresh and clean now.


C. But for the strong support of the local people for the green campaign, the neighbourhood would look fresh and clean now.


D. Scarcely had the green campaign been strongly supported by the local people when the neighbourhood looked fresh and clean.

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. What bothers most women about men in the west is that while they expect their wives  to work outside, they still call house work “women’s work.” And then there is a man who makes his wife feel inferior by reminding her his salary is bigger than hers. In what way is this woman liberated when she is performing so much more than her share (41) ________ her relationship, marriage and family?Only a few years ago women cleverly designed legally binding contracts called prenuptial agreements to protect their assets and economic (42) ________ during marriage and in case of divorce. Men accused women who asked for such contracts, manipulative and (43) _______, simply because she was looking out for herself.If a woman has property, a high (44) _______ career or other assets, it becomes a partial property of her future husband if she does not state (45) _______ in a prenuptial agreement. This portrays the double standard women in the west face. Whenever a man asserts himself or “beats the system,” he is called intelligent and resourceful, but if a woman asserts herself, she is called manly or aggressive. The system is designed so that men are the only ones allowed to play. (Adapted from htpp://shakeyourconscience.wordpress.com/2016/03/28/who-is-liberated-in-the-west-part-2)
Câu 1: (41) ________ 


A. in             


B. towards                  


C. of    


D. about
Câu 2: (42) ________ 


A. crisis        


B. growth                    


C. security                   


D. recession
Câu 3: (43) ________ 


A. demand    


B. demanding             


C. demanded              


D. demandable
Câu 4: (44) ________ 


A. pay                      


B. paid                         


C. paying                   


D. payee
Câu 5: (45) ________ 


A. otherwise           


B. however                  


C. nonetheless             


D. whereas

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. malaria       


B. eradicate                 


C. character                


D. spectacular
Câu 2:


A. wealth        


B. cloth                       


C. length                     


D. smooth

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. houses      


B. rises  


C. horses  


D. chooses
Câu 2:


A. except                   


B. excel   


C. excess     


D. exhaust

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 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
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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.