She buys a lot of new dresses every month. She always dresses shabbily.
 
A.However a lot of new dresses she buys every month, she always dresses shabbily.
B. However many new dresses she buys every month, she always dresses shabbily.
C.Many as new dresses she buys every month, she always dresses shabbily.
D.She always dresses shabbily although she buys a lot of new dresses.

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 38 to 42.
Dubai is the second largest of the emirates which make up the United Arab Emirates. In the 1950s, it was a tiny coastal village. Now it is a huge modern city with a population of over 700,000. It offers an excellent modern lifestyle and is known around the world as a top tourist destination.
Dubai has something for everyone. Holidaymakers can enjoy a relaxing break, and people looking for adventure can find something new and exciting. The excellent hotels and facilities make it a popular place for business conferences and exhibitions.
Dubai offers many unusual holiday experiences. Visitors can go a desert safari or drive in the sand dunes in a four-wheel drive, watch camel racing or learn how to hunt with falcons. They can also try sand skiing. More relaxing is a cruise in a wooden dhow in the Gulf or a visit to the old city markets.
There are many opportunities to take photographs. The traditional architecture is amazing, and there are many magnificent palaces and mosques. Visitors can visit a Bedouin village and see camels and herds of goats.There are beautiful desert oases and the best sunsets in the world.
It is said that Dubai is the shopper’s paradise. Many people come to Dubai for the shopping. Visitor enjoy everything from modern malls to traditional markets. Low customs duties mean that many products are less expensive than products bought in other countries. While Dubai’s official language is Arabic, many shopkeepers speak English. Bur Juman Centra and Al Ghurair Centre are places that every shopper should try.
(Adopted from “IELTS Target 5.0” by Chris Gough)
The word “They” in paragraph 3 refers to                     .
A.holiday experiences      
B.falcons                    
C.visitors                    
D.sand dunes

The presentation by Dr. Dineen was self-explanatory.
A.bright                               
B.discouraging                   
C.confusing           
D.enlightening

For Christians. Easter is a  ................. holiday. People usually exchange chocolate eggs and bunnies on that day.
A.personal
B.national
C.religious
D.individual

Error Identification.
A person's body postures, movements but positions more often tell us exactly what they mean.
A.person's    
B.exactly                                
C.what                                   
D.but

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.
I prefer secure jobs because I don’t like keeping on moving and changing all the time.
A.challenging
B.demanding
C.stable
D.safe

Sit down everybody. The film is ...........to start
A.ready for
B.about to
C.coming to
D.already

II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group.

A.consumer                               

Kiến thức : trọng âm các từ có 3 âm tiết
Giải thích :



A. consumer /kənˈsuːmər/    
B. festival /ˈfestɪvl/   
C. tornado /tɔːrˈneɪdoʊ/
D. effective/ɪˈfektɪv/


Câu B trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ nhất, còn lại là thứ 2.
Đáp án B
 
B.festival
C.tornado 
D.effective

Trees were planted along the streets_______
A. when you go into a pub.
B.shouting in the distance.
C.so as to reduce traffic noise.
D. when you drive a car.

Task 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

A.bought
B.nought
C.plough
D.thought