Choose the best option to complete each sentence.
______ he comes from New Zealand, he supports their national rugby team.
A.Because of
B.Since
C.Due to
D.

Sound

A.creature
B.appear
C.reason 
D.teacher

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
 
Thang was asking Huong, his classmate, for her opinion about the novel he had lent her. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank. Thang: "What do you think about the novel?"   Huong: "………………..."
A.I wish I could buy one.                      
B.I can't agree with you more. 
C.Yes, let's read it so many times.                       
D.The best I've ever read!

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.

A.disappear                
B.arrangement            
C.opponent                
D.contractual

(46. REGULAR) ______
A.regularity
B.regularization
C.regulation
D.regulatory

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
It is important that you turned off the heater every morning before you leave for class.
A.turned off
B.before
C.leave for
D.It

Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?
A.a description of events in chronological order  
B.a comparison of two years
C.an analysis of scientific findings    
D.the statement of a theory and possible explanations

Nowadays more and more women go out to work. and they become more _______than they used to.
A.independent
B.dependence
C.dependent
D.independently

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: 
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is known as the “Ring of Fire”. In 1995, a huge earthquakes (25) ______ the city of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the (26) ______ of abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska. The tidal wave travelled (27) ______ Alaska to California!
Typhoons: When a tropical storm (28) ______ 120 kilometres per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word “typhoon” comes from Chinese: tai means “big” and  feng means “wind”, so the word “typhoon” means “big wind”.
Volcanoes: We can usually predict (29) ______ a volcano will erupt. Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world’s largest volcanic eruptionin more than 50 years. Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved (30) ______ scientists had warned them about eruption.
Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland (31) ______ a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was (32) ______ in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
(Extract from English 9, p.78, 79 – Giáo dục Publishing House)
(30) 
A.although
B.because                     
C.however                   
D.therefore

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______ man suffering from _____ shock should not be given anything to drink.
A.A/the
B.The/ a
C.Ø/ a
D.A/ Ø