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.
Câu 1: Many people perished in the Kobe earthquake because they were not prepared for it.


A. survived


B. departed


C.  lost their lives  


D. declined
Câu 2: Many women prefer to use cosmetics to enhance their beauty and make them look younger.


A. improve


B. maximize


C. enrich


D. worsen

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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: Early to bed and early to rise will __________ you good.


A. make                           


B. bring                            


C. do                                


D. help
Câu 2: _________, he walked to the station.


A. In spite being tired   


B. Despite of tiredness   


C. Although to be tired   


D. Despite being tired
Câu 3: If Jim hadn’t tried to kill that millionaire, he _________ in prison today.


A. hadn’t been     


B. won’t be                


C. wouldn’t be    


D. wouldn’t have been
Câu 4: When preparing a CV, university_________ can consider attaching a separate report about official work experience during the course.


A. graduates                     


B. applicants                    


C. candidates                   


D. leavers
Câu 5: Unfortunately, my trip to France ___________because I couldn’t save enough money.


A. fell through      


B. turned up    


C. tried out          


D. took over
Câu 6: I had to borrow some money __________ my friend because I was broke.


A. at                                 


B. of                                 


C. from                            


D. to
Câu 7: ________ busy she is, she manages to pick her children up after school every day.


A. However                     


B. Although                     


C. Despite                        


D. Because
Câu 8: If you are paid monthly, rather than weekly, you receive_________.


A. a prize      


B. a reward    


C. a salary        


D. wages
Câu 9: When things get wildly busy in the morning, some people______breakfast to save time.


A. reduce                         


B. skip                             


C. omit                             


D. quit
Câu 10: At this time next week, we _________ for our examination.


A. will have sat


B. will sit          


C. will be sat      


D. will be sitting
Câu 11: Shy people often find difficult to __________ part in group discussions.


A. play                             


B. make                           


C. take                             


D. get
Câu 12: Children who are isolated and lonely seem to have poor language and ________.


A. communicate               


B. communication            


C. communicative            


D. communicating
Câu 13: There are two cars in the yard, a yellow car and a blue one. My car is ______ yellow one.


A.  a 


B. x  


C. an                                


D. the
Câu 14: Whenever I visited my grandmother, she ________ my favorite cake for me.


A. would make  


B. use to make     


C. would have made        


D. have made
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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 24 to 31. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in the small Tuscan town of Vinci, near Florence. Leonardo was the son of a wealthy Florentine public official and a peasant woman. In the mid- 1460s, the family settled in Florence, where Leonardo was given the best education that Florence could offer. He rapidly advanced socially and intellectually. He was handsome, persuasive in conversation and a fine musician and improviser. About in 1466, he apprenticed as a studio boy to Andrea Del Verrocchio. In Verrocchio’s workshop, Leonardo was introduced to many activities, from the painting of altarpieces and panel pictures to the creation of large sculptural projects. In 1472, he was entered in the painter’s guild of Florence, and in 1476, he was still mentioned as Verrocchio’s assistant. In Verrocchio’s Baptism of Christ, the kneeling angel at the left of the painting is by Leonardo.In 1478, Leonardo became an independent master. His first commission, to paint an altarpiece for the chapel of the Palazzo Vecchino, the Florentine town hall, was never executed. His first large painting, The Adoration of the Magi, left unfinished, was ordered in 1481 for the Monastery of San Donato a Scopeto, Florence. Other works ascribed to his youth are the so-called Benois Madonna, the portrait Ginerva de' Benci, and the unfinished Saint Jerome.In 1482, Leonardo's career moved into high gear when he entered the service of the duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, having written the duke an astonishing letter in which he stated that he could build portable bridges; that he knew the techniques of constructing bombardments and of making cannons; that he could build ships as well as armored vehicles, catapults, and other war machines; and that he could execute sculpture in marble, bronze, and clay. He served as a principal engineer in the duke’s numerous military enterprises and was so active also as an architect. In addition, he assisted the Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli in the celebrated work Divina Proportione.Evidence indicates that Leonardo had apprentices and pupils in Milan, for whom he probably wrote the various texts later compiled as Treatise on Painting. The most important of his own paintings during the early Milan period was The Virgin of the Rocks, two versions of which exist; he worked on the compositions for a long time, as was his custom, seemingly unwilling to finish what he had begun.From 1495 to 1496, Leonardo labored on his masterpiece, The Last Super, a mural in the refectory of the Monastery of Santa Maria Delle Grazie, Milan. Unfortunately, his experimental use of oil on dry plaster was technically unsound, and by 1500 its deterioration had begun. Since 1726 attempts have been made, unsuccessfully, to restore it; a concerted restoration and conservation program, making use of the latest technology, was begun in 1977 and is reversing some of the damage. Although much of the original surface is gone, the majesty of the composition and the penetrating characterization of the figures give a fleeting vision of its vanished splendor.During his long stay in Milan, Leonardo also produced other paintings and drawings, most of which have been lost theater designs, architectural drawings, and models for the dome of Milan Cathedral. His largest commission was for a colossal bronze monument to Francesco Sforza, father of Ludovico, in the courtyard of Castello Sforzesco. In December 1499, however, the Sforza family was driven from Milan by French forces; Leonardo left the statue unfinished and he returned to Florence in 1500.
Câu 1: What is NOT mentioned as a work by a young Leonardo da Vinci?


A. Ginerva de’ Benci    


B. Donato a Scopeto


C. The Adoration of the Magi           


D. Saint Jerome
Câu 2: What is NOT mentioned about the young Leonardo da Vinci?


A. He was gifted in many fields of art.   


B. He was a talented speaker.


C. He was physically attractive.                  


D. He was well-connected.
Câu 3: What is NOT mentioned as a creation of Leonardo da Vinci’s while he was in Milan?


A. theatre designs       


B. architectural drawings


C. models of bronze horses        


D. models for church domes
Câu 4: The word “concerted” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to                        .


A. painful                         


B. musical                        


C. organized                    


D. artistic
Câu 5: The pronoun “he” in paragraph 3 refers to                        .


A. Leonardo da Vinci 


B. The duke      


C. Sforza                         


D. Milan
Câu 6: How old was Leonardo da Vinci when he became an independent master?


A. 23                                


B. 26                                


C. 25                                


D. 28
Câu 7: The word “catapults” in paragraph 3 is probably                        .


A. an arm  


B. an animal


C. a method of transportation  


D. a food
Câu 8: The word “apprenticed” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to                        .


A. cleaned                        


B. studied                         


C. mastered                     


D. painted
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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.
Câu 1: The sign says that we should read the constructions carefully before proceeding.


A. says                             


B. should                         


C. the constructions   


D. proceeding
Câu 2: The bones of the elderly are more prone to fractures than of young people.


A. to                                 


B. of                                 


C. the elderly 


D. more
Câu 3: Pointing in someone is usually considered rude but it is acceptable when teachers want to attract their students’ attention in class.


A. when                           


B. Pointing in   


C. to attract   


D. rude

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B.
C.
D.

Each of the lines in the following passage has a mistake. Find and correct it.A SURPRISEMr. Bush was away from his flat all the afternoon. When he returned, he has discovered he did not have his key. He had left whole set of keys in a pocket of the trouser he had wom before going out. He went downstairs to the caretaker's flat and explained exactly which had happened. The caretaker is sympathetic, "I'm sorry. l have no spare key to your flat". He said, "I used to have one. but someone borrowed it once and never returned it for me. But never mind, I have a friend who understand these things. I'll phone him and he'll come. He is a specialist in opening looked doors without keys. I'm sure he'll be able to help you". He did, either. Later, I found out that he was a fame house breaker.
Câu 1: When he returned, he has discovered he did not have his key.


A. when


B. returned


C. has discovered


D. not
Câu 2: He had left whole set of keys in a pocket of the trouser he had worn before going out.


A. whole


B. of


C. worn


D. before
Câu 3: He went downstairs to the caretaker's flat and explained exactly which had happened.


A. went


B. to


C. explained


D. which
Câu 4: The caretaker is sympathetic, "I'm sorry. l have no spare key to your flat".


A. is


B. have


C. no


D. to
Câu 5: He said, "I used to have one, but someone borrowed it once and never returned it for me


A. used


B. to


C. once


D. for
Câu 6: But never mind, I have a friend who understand these things.


A. never


B. have


C. understand


D. things
Câu 7:  I'm sure he'll be able to help you". He did, either.


A. sure


B. help


C. did


D. either
Câu 8: Later, I found out that he was a fame house breaker.


A. later


B. out


C. fame


D. breaker

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C.
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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 following questions from 13 to 20.            Have you ever thought about inventing something? Did you worry that your idea was too strange or unrealistic? Well, maybe you should think again. Strange or unrealistic ideas never stopped Arthur Pedrick. Pedrick was a British inventor. Originally a government clerk, he spent his retirement in the 1960s and 1970s developing new and unusual ideas. Some of these ideas contradicted basic physics, but that didn’t stop Pedrick. One of his strangest ideas was a plan to connect large tubes from the continent of Australia all the way to Antarctica, a distance of 10,000 km! These tubes would carry giant ice balls from Antarctica to Australia. This ice would then melt in the Australian desert, and the water would be used in irrigation. Another of Pedrick’s inventions was a radio-controlled golf ball. A golfer could change the speed and direction of the golf ball by small flaps, controlled by computer chips. Using radio waves, the golfer could also find lost golf balls. Arthur Pedrick had thousands of bizarre ideas for inventions, most of which were never built.            Though many of Pedrick’s inventions were never developed, a lot of other strange ideas were. In 1989, a company designed and sold a theft-prevention device for expensive cars. As part of this device, several tubes were attached to the bottom of a car. If someone tried to steal the car, super hot flames would come out of the tubes and burn the car thief. Some people who were not thieves, however, were seriously injured. They accidentally set off the device by walking past the car. Other strange inventions include underwear for dogs and pens with drinkable ink. The underwear keeps dogs from making a mess when they go out for a walk. Also, if you are ever thirsty during a test, a pen with drinkable ink would be very handy! If you have an idea that seems a little out in left field, don’t let that stop you from trying it. You’ll be in good company.
Câu 1: What is the main idea of the passage?


A. Some inventions are very strange   


B. Some devices can help reduce crime


C. Inventing something is easy     


D. Inventions are necessary for a good life
Câu 2: According to the passage, how was Pedrick’s plan to bring water to Australia probably unrealistic?


A. Tubes are not strong enough.    


B. Australia doesn’t need water.


C. The plan was too expensive.      


D. Australia and Antarctica are too far away.
Câu 3: What was the problem with the theft prevention device?


A. It didn’t work.      


B. It hurt other people besides thieves.


C. Only bicycles could use it.     


D. It was too big.
Câu 4: According to the passage, what is NOT true about Pedrick?


A. A lot of his inventions were based on physics.


B. He had ever worked as a secretary for the government.


C. He comes from England.


D. He came up with the idea of carrying iceberg from Antarctica to Australia.
Câu 5: The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to_______.


A. thieves                    


B. people                     


C. dogs                        


D. pens
Câu 6: From the passage, what can be inferred about Arthur Pedrick?


A. He was more interested in creativity than facts.


B. He was a good scientist.


C. He was often bored.


D. He made a lot of money from his inventions.
Câu 7: The words “out in left field” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_______.


A. inventive                 


B. weird                      


C. creative                   


D. innovative
Câu 8: In the passage, what is implied when a dog “makes a mess”?


A. It goes to the bathroom.  


B. It spreads its food around.


C. It digs in the dirt.                    


D. It has dirty hair.
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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 the primary stress in each of the following questions from 9 to 10.
Câu 1:


A. attraction                 


B. advantage               


C. reference                 


D. infinitive
Câu 2:


A. opponent                


B. disappear                


C. arrangement            


D. contractual

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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 4 to 8.DRINKING AND DRIVINGThe legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood, when tested. But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your sex, if you’ve just eaten and what sort of drinks you’ve had. Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks. Even if you’re below the legal limit, you could still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.It takes about an hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking session in the evening you might find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that you’re still over the legal limit. In addition, if you’ve had a few drinks at lunchtime, another one or two drinks in the early evening may well put you over the legal limit.In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had the more certain they were that they could drive a test course through a set of moveable posts … and the less able they were to do it!So the only way to be sure you’re safe is not to drink at all.Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents. One in three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More half of the people stopped by the police to take a breathalyzer test have a blood alcohol concentrate of more than twice the legal limit.It is important to remember that driving after you’ve been drinking doesn’t just affect you. If you’re involved in an accident it affects a lot of other people as well, not least the person you might kill or injure.
Câu 1: Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents in that ___.


A. more young men die in drink-related accidents than in any other way


B. most drivers who die in these accidents have been drinking


C. drinking affects people’s eyesight


D. one in three drivers drink heavily
Câu 2: When you have been drinking heavily in the evening, the next day you might be ___.


A. unable to drive until the evening    


B. still drunk until lunchtime


C. over the legal limit in the morning  


D. unable to drive all day
Câu 3: The amount of alcohol a person can drink before reaching the legal limit is ___________.


A. 800 milligrams of pure alcohol   


B. exactly proportional to body weight


C. approximately three standard drinks    


D. different for different people
Câu 4: What does this article urge you to remember particularly about driving and drinking?


A. You may hurt another road-user.   


B. You may be taken to court by the police.


C. You put many other people at risk.               


D. You are putting yourself in danger.
Câu 5: When might you be taken to court by the police for drinking and driving?


A. When the police think that you have been drinking from the way you are driving.


B. Only when tests show that you have 80mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood.


C. When you have driven a vehicle after drinking any alcohol at all.


D. When you have drunk at least three drinks before driving.

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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 43 to 50.            Homeopathy, the alternative therapy created in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann, and now widely used all over the world, is based on the belief that the body can be stimulated to heal itself. A central principle of the “treatment” is that “like cures like”, meaning a substance that causes certain symptoms can also help to remove those symptoms. Medicines used in homeopathy are created by heavily diluting in water the substance in question and subsequently shaking the liquid vigorously. They can then be made into tablets and pills. Practitioners believe that the more a substance is diluted in this way, the greater its power to treat symptoms.            However, in a new study, a working committee of medical experts at Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has claimed that homeopathic medicines are only as effective as placebos at treating illness. Their research, involving the analysis of numerous reports from homeopathy interest groups and the public, concluded that there is no reliable evidence that homeopathy works. Moreover, researchers uncovered no fewer than 68 ailments that homeopathic remedies had failed to treat, including asthma, sleep disturbances, cold and flu, and arthritis.            As a result of the findings, the NHMRC is urging health workers to inform their patients to be wary of anecdotal evidence that appears to support the effectiveness of homeopathic medicine. “It isn’t possible to tell whether a health treatment is effective or not simply by considering the experience of one individual or the beliefs of a health practitioner,” says the report. Experts believe that most illnesses said to have been cured by homeopathy would be cured by the body on its own without taking the medicine. Apparently, many illnesses are short-lived by their very nature which often leads to people believing that it is the homeopathy that cures them.            A more serious matter is highlighted by Professor John Dwyer of the University of New South Wales. As an immunologist, he is concerned about homeopathic vaccinations on offer for diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, none of which he considers effective. According to Professor John Dwyer, the concept that homeopathic vaccinations are just as good as traditional vaccinations in delusion, and those who believe it are failing to protect themselves and their children.
Câu 1: Which could be the best title for the passage?


A. ‘Homeopathy kills,’ say scientists


B. ‘Avoid homeopathy,’ say scientists


C. Homeopathy worth trying once   


D. Unknown effects of homeopathy
Câu 2: According to the reading passage, homeopathic medicines are ______.


A. prepare similarly for different diseases 


B.  made up of a variety of ingredients


C. suitable for a wide range of symptoms  


D. available only in the liquid form
Câu 3: What does the word ‘their’ in paragraph 2 refer to?


A. committee                           


B. NHMRC                


C. medicines               


D. placebos
Câu 4: The Australian study reveals that homeopathy is ______.


A. increasingly popular with the public           


B. helpful in the case of respiratory infections


C. ineffective in treating many diseases  


D. of great interest to a certain group of people
Câu 5: What is the word ‘wary’ in paragraph 3 closest in meaning to?


A. apprehensive                      


B. reluctant                  


C. cautious                  


D. observant
Câu 6: People tend to believe in homeopathy because of ________.


A.  advertisements displayed in health centers


B. positive feedback from a small number of people


C. reliable proof from recent medical reports  


D. results of research into some alternatives therapies
Câu 7: What is the word “delusion” in paragraph 4 closest in meaning to?


A. legend                                 


B. falsehood                


C. imagination             


D. hallucination
Câu 8: In Professor John Dwyer’s view, homeopathic vaccinations ________.


A. may bring about bad consequences    


B. do harm to people’s health


C. might be ridiculously expensive  


D. are better than nothing at all
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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: They encouraged him a lot in the competition. He didn’t give up because of that.


A. Having encouraged considerably during the competition, he didn’t stop trying.


B. But for their great encouragement in the competition, he would have given up.


C. Their great encouragement made it impossible for him to be in great despair.


D. Provided that they have encouraged him, he couldn’t have thought of giving up.
Câu 2: His wife gave birth to their first child. He understood what true responsibility meant.


A. Never has he understood true responsibility before he became a parent himself.


B. Were his first child not to be born, he wouldn’t understand true responsibility.


C. Hardly had he understood true responsibility when their first child was born.


D. Not until he became a parent did he understand what true responsibility meant.

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C.
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