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.
The boss scolded Laura for that minor mistake. He now feels really bad about it.




A.The boss wishes he did not scold Laurafor that minor mistake.
B.The boss wishes Laura had not made that minor mistake.
C.If only the boss had not scolded Laura for that minor mistake.
D.The boss regretted to scold Laurafor that minor mistake.

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.
Janet speaks English better than Daisy.




A.Janet does not speak English as well as Daisy.
B.Daisy speaks English better than Janet.
C.Janet is a better speaker of English than Daisy.
D.Daisy and Janet are not so good at speaking English.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Most teachers tend to detest ______ during classes.




A.interrupting
B.being interrupted
C.to interrupt
D.to be interrupted

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______ toward shore, its shape is changed by its collision with the shallow sea bottom.




A.During a wave rolls
B.As a wave rolls
C.A wave rolls
D.A wave’s rolling

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Bodies of ______ dead in the tragic accident yesterday were taken away.




A.the
B.a
C.an
D.Ø

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.
Some years ago, my daughter was studying English at a university on the south coast. One evening, she phoned to (46)_______ me that what she really wanted to do was a travel round the world, (47)________ she was looking into the possibility of working in another country. She had seen several advertisements in the paper for students and teachers of English abroad, and she was interested in one in Italy, (48) _________ she was desperate to visit. She decided that this would be a good way to achieve her ambition, so she was writing to apply for the job. The reply (49)_______ a long time to arrive, but eventually she received a letter asking if she would go for an interview in London the following week. She was so excited that she immediately got in touch with the school owner and agree to attend the interview . She was determined that nothing would prevent her (50)_________ doing what she had set out to do.
(Adapted from http//:www.telegraph.co.uk)
(47)




A.because
B.so
C.as
D.but

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.
What (A) the woman was saying (B) were (C) so important that I asked everyone to stop talking (D) and listen.




A.What
B.was saying
C.were
D.to stop talking

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It is difficult to _____ the exact meaning of an idiom in a foreign language.




A.convert
B.convey
C.exchange
D.transfer

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
After one-month stay with his aunt in the countryside, Linh was accustomed ______ farm life.




A.in
B.on
C.with
D.to

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.




A.accurate
B.accident
C.success
D.accept