I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences
1. Villagers are more kind, friendly and warm-hearted than city .
A. dwellers B. foreigners C. beginners D. movers
2. You can see the of the suburbs in Ho Chi Minh City with many apartment
buildings, supermarkets, shopping centres, and schools.
A. urban area B. convenience C. urban sprawl D. living condition
3. Dong Khoi Street is the main shopping street in the of downtown in Ho Chi
Minh City.
A. mind B. heart C. head D. spot
4. It is considered that life in a city is wonderful and .
A. funny B. boring C. enjoyable D. helpful
5. No city in America has monuments and museums into one area as Washington, DC.
A. as much B. such many C. as many D. a few
6. My passport last month, so I will have to get a new one.
A. elapsed B. expired C. ended D. terminated
7. The department is also deeply in various improvement schemes.
A. connected B. entailed C. involved D. implied
8. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any of it at all.
A. interpretation B. meaning C. intelligibility D. sense
9. The main attraction of the job was that it offered the to do the research.
A. possibility B. proposal C. opportunity D. prospect
10.I wish you’d tell me what I do in this difficult situation.
A. shall B. would C. should D. ought
11.A competitor may submit any number of entries , each one is
accompanied by a packet top.
A. supposing B. notwithstandingC. assuredly D. provided
12.They always kept on good with their next-door neighbours for the children’s sake.
A. friendship B. relations C. will D. terms
13.He earns his living by old paintings.

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A. reviving B. restoring C. reforming D. replenishing
14.Hotel rooms must be by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.
A. vacated B. evacuated C. abandoned D. left
15.The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession
women are in a .
A. rarity B. minority C. scarcity D. minimum
16.Although he was under no , the shopkeeper replaced the defective battery free of
charge.
A. urgency B. guarantee C. obligation D. insistence
17.Old Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will .
A. pull through B. pull up C. pull back D. pull out
18.To be a good short story writer one needs, among other things, a very imagination.
A. vivid B. living C. bright D. sparkling
19.This ticket you to a free meal in our new restaurant.
A. confers B. entitles C. grants D. credits
20.He was completely by the thief’s disguise.
A. taken away B. taken down C. taken in D. taken through
21.This book gives a brief of the history of the castle and details of the art
collection in the main hall.
A. outline B. reference C. article D. research
22.Mark is very set in his ways, but John has a more attitude to life.
A. changeable B. flexible C. moveable D. fluid
23.I’m not serious investor, but I like to in the stock market.
A. splash B. splatter C. paddle D. dabble
24.In all , there will never be a Third World War.
A. odds B. probability C. certainty D. possibilities
25.He had to retire from the match, suffering from a ligament.
A. tom B. broken C. slipped D. sprained
26.You have to be rich to send a child to a private school because the fees are .
A. astrological B. aeronautical C. astronomical D. atmospherical
27.Archaeology is one of the most interesting scientific .
A. divisions B. disciplines C. matters D. compartments

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28.It is doubtful whether the momentum of the peace movement can be .
A. sustained B. supplied C. supported D. subverted
29.Conversations you strike up with travelling acquaintances usually tend to be .
A. imperative B. perverse C. insufficient D. trivial
30.Charles Babbage’s difference engine widely regarded as the of the computer.
A. ancestor B. precursor C. antecedent D. premonition
31. As she did so, her parents became _______
A. the angriest B. the most angry
C. the more angry D. angrier and angrier
32. People should eat_______ and do___________ to reduce the risk of heart disease.
A. less fat/ more exercise B. less and less fat/ the more exercise
C. the less fat/ the more exercise D. fatter/ more exercise
33. He spent a year in India and loves spicy food______ the food is, _______he likes it.
A. The hotter/ the more and more B. The hotter/the more
C. The more and more hot/ the more D. The hottest/ the most
34. Of course you can come to the party_________
A. The more the merrier B. The more and the merrier
C. The more and merrier D. The more and more merrier
35. I feel___________ I did yesterday.
A. much more tired than B. many more tired than
C. as many tired as D. as more tired as
36. She is_______ a spectator.
A. more an athlete than B. more of an athlete than
C. an athlete more than D. an athlete of more than
37. His house is_________ mine.
A. twice as big as B. as twice big as
C. as two times big as D. as big as twice
38. _______live in Ho Chi Minh City than in the whole of the rest of the country.
A. As much as people B. More people
C. As many as people D. People more
39. It gets............... to understand what the professor has explained.
A. the more difficult B. more difficult than

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C. difficult more and more D. more and more difficult
40. You must drive more slowly in built up areas______ you drive in the city, it is______
that you will have an accident.
A. The faster and faster/ the more
B. The faster/ the more probable
C. The more and more fast/ the more and more probable
D. The more fastly/ the probable
41. The party was_______ I had expected.
A. more a hundred times funny than B. a hundred times funny more than
C. a hundred times funnier than D. a hundred times more funny than
42. He finds physics________ other science subjects.
A. far more difficult than B. many more difficult than
C. too much more difficult than D. more much difficult than
43. ________he drank,________ he became.
A. More/ more violent C. The more/ the more violent
B. The most/ the most violent D. The less/ less violent
44. Mary was_______ of the two sisters.
A. the clever B. as clever as C. the cleverer D. the cleverest
45. French is a_______ language to learn than English is.
A. difficult B. more difficult
C. most difficult D. more and more difficult
46. The cuisine of France is________
A. more famous than that of England B. famous than the cuisine of England
C. more famous than which of England D. as famous than that of England
47. Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most_____ he
becomes,_______ he is.
A. The more rich/ the more happy B. The richest/ the happiest
C. The richer/ the happier D. Richer and richer/ happier and happier
48. The faster we finish________
A. the sooner we can leave B. we can leave sooner and sooner
C. the sooner can we leave D. we can leave the sooner
49. Of all athletes, Alex is_______

A. the less qualified B. the less and less qualified
C. the more and more qualified D. the least qualified
50. The climber was seventy miles in the wrong direction and got___________
A. more panicked B. the more panicked
C. more than panicked D. more and more panicked

I.    Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.

1.   Villagers are more kind, friendly and warm-hearted than city                 .

      A. dwellers                  B. foreigners               C. beginners                D. movers

2.   You can see the                  of the suburbs in Ho Chi Minh City with many apartment buildings, supermarkets, shopping centres, and schools.

      A. urban area               B. convenience            C. urban sprawl           D. living condition

3.   Dong Khoi Street is the main shopping street in the                     of downtown in Ho Chi Minh City.

      A. mind                       B. heart                       C. head                        D. spot

4.   It is considered that life in a city is wonderful and                      .

      A. funny                      B. boring                     C. enjoyable                D. helpful

5.   No city in America has                  monuments and museums into one area as Washington, DC.

      A. as much                  B. such many              C. as many                  D. a few

6.   My passport                       last month, so I will have to get a new one.

      A. elapsed                   B. expired                   C. ended                     D. terminated

7.   The department is also deeply                   in various improvement schemes.

      A. connected               B. entailed                   C. involved                 D. implied

8.   His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any                       of it at all.

      A. interpretation          B. meaning                  C. intelligibility           D. sense

9.   The main attraction of the job was that it offered the                   to do the research.

      A. possibility               B. proposal                  C. opportunity             D. prospect

10. I wish you’d tell me what I                        do in this difficult situation.

      A. shall                        B. would                     C. should                     D. ought

11. A competitor may submit any number of entries                                     , each one is accompanied by a packet top.

      A. supposing               B. notwithstanding     C. assuredly                D. provided

12. They always kept on good             with their next-door neighbours for the children’s sake.

      A. friendship               B. relations                  C. will                         D. terms

13. He earns his living by                    old paintings.

      A. reviving                  B. restoring                 C. reforming                D. replenishing

14. Hotel rooms must be                      by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.

      A. vacated                   B. evacuated               C. abandoned              D. left

15. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a              .

      A. rarity                       B. minority                  C. scarcity                   D. minimum

I.    Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.

1.   Villagers are more kind, friendly and warm-hearted than city                 .

      A. dwellers                  B. foreigners               C. beginners                D. movers

2.   You can see the                  of the suburbs in Ho Chi Minh City with many apartment buildings, supermarkets, shopping centres, and schools.

      A. urban area               B. convenience            C. urban sprawl           D. living condition

3.   Dong Khoi Street is the main shopping street in the                     of downtown in Ho Chi Minh City.

      A. mind                       B. heart                       C. head                        D. spot

4.   It is considered that life in a city is wonderful and                      .

      A. funny                      B. boring                     C. enjoyable                D. helpful

5.   No city in America has                  monuments and museums into one area as Washington, DC.

      A. as much                  B. such many              C. as many                  D. a few

6.   My passport                       last month, so I will have to get a new one.

      A. elapsed                   B. expired                   C. ended                     D. terminated

7.   The department is also deeply                   in various improvement schemes.

      A. connected               B. entailed                   C. involved                 D. implied

8.   His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any                       of it at all.

      A. interpretation          B. meaning                  C. intelligibility           D. sense

9.   The main attraction of the job was that it offered the                   to do the research.

      A. possibility               B. proposal                  C. opportunity             D. prospect

10. I wish you’d tell me what I                        do in this difficult situation.

      A. shall                        B. would                     C. should                     D. ought

11. A competitor may submit any number of entries                                     , each one is accompanied by a packet top.

      A. supposing               B. notwithstanding     C. assuredly                D. provided

12. They always kept on good             with their next-door neighbours for the children’s sake.

      A. friendship               B. relations                  C. will                         D. terms

13. He earns his living by                    old paintings.

      A. reviving                  B. restoring                 C. reforming                D. replenishing

14. Hotel rooms must be                      by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.

      A. vacated                   B. evacuated               C. abandoned              D. left

15. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a              .

      A. rarity                       B. minority                  C. scarcity                   D. minimum

I. Choose the letter A, B, C or D that indicates the best answer to each of the questions below. Write your answers in the box provided. (2.0 pts)

1. Villagers are more kind, friendly and warm-hearted than city .

A. dwellers B. foreigners C. beginners D. movers

2. The Van Phuc silk producers have expended their silk garment goods they can satisfy the varied demand for their silk.
A. so that B. in order to C. despite D. because

3. It turned out that we rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours.

A. hadn’t B. should have C. needn’t have D. mustn’t

4. Weaving mats in Dinh Yen, Dong Thap used to be sold in the “ghost” markets set up at night and operate up to early morning the government built a new market five years ago.

A. after B. as soon as C. when D. until

5. No city in America has monuments and museums into one area as Washington, DC.

A. as much B. such many C. as many D. a few

6. His little girl is so cute, _______? 

A. wasn’t she       B. isn’t she       C. doesn’t she              D. hasn’t she

7. She asked me the seat or not.

A. if – had occupied C. whether – was occupied

C. if – has been occupied D. whether – occupied

8. By the age of 15, teenagers are better able to a more demanding curriculum.

A. solve B. operate C. handle D. deal

9.The country now known as Myanmar Burma.

A. used to be called B. be called

C. called D. has called

10. “Monica is such a nice person.” “Yes. I wish I her more often.”

A. see B. will see C. saw D. have seen

    11. Ha Noi’s four sacred temples, the of Ha Noi were built to defend the four directions (East, West, South, North) of the ancient Thang Long capital city.

A. communication B. feelings C. energy D. spirits

12. Portuguese as an official language in this city since three hundred years ago.

A. has always been spoken B. has been spoken always

C. has always spoken D. had always spoken
13. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern. 

A. cooperative       B. anniversary       C. illiteracy                   D. considerable

14. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. example B. feed C. ink D. inhumane

15. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. included B. warned C. lived D. used

16. John: “I passed the final test with grade A” Paul: “________”

A. Thank you.                  B. Congratulation!

C. You’re so kind to say so.          D. That’s a good idea.

I. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.

1. Villagers are more kind, friendly and warm-hearted than city .

A. dwellers B. foreigners C. beginners D. movers

2. You can see the of the suburbs in Ho Chi Minh City with many apartment

buildings, supermarkets, shopping centres, and schools.

A. urban area B. convenience C. urban sprawl D. living condition

3. Dong Khoi Street is the main shopping street in the of downtown in Ho Chi

Minh City.

A. mind B. heart C. head D. spot

4. It is considered that life in a city is wonderful and .

A. funny B. boring C. enjoyable D. helpful

1. Villagers are more kind, friendly and warm-hearted than city _______.

A. dwellers B. foreigners C. beginners D. movers

2. You can see the _______ of the suburbs in Ho Chi Minh City with many apartment buildings, supermarkets, shopping centres, and schools.

A. urban area B. convenience C. urban sprawl D. living condition

3. Dong Khoi Street is the main shopping street in the ____ of downtown in Ho Chi Minh City.

A. mind B. heart C. head D. spot

4. It is considered that life in a city is wonderful and _______.

A. funny B. boring C. enjoyable D. helpful

5. No city in America has ____ monuments and museums into one area as Washington, DC.

A. as much B. such many C. as many D. a few

6. My passport _______ last month, so I will have to get a new one.

A. elapsed B. expired C. ended D. terminated

7. The department is also deeply _______ in various improvement schemes.

A. connected B. entailed C. involved D. implied

8. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any _______ of it at all.

A. interpretation B. meaning C. intelligibility D. sense

9. The main attraction of the job was that it offered the _______ to do the research.

A. possibility B. proposal C. opportunity D. prospect

10. I wish you’d tell me what I _______ do in this difficult situation.

A. shall B. would C. should D. ought

11. A competitor may submit any number of entries _______, each one is accompanied by a packet top.

A. supposing B. not withstanding C. assuredly D. provided

12. They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbours for the children’s sake.

A. friendship B. relations C. will D. terms

13. He earns his living by _______ old paintings.

A. reviving B. restoring C. reforming D. replenishing

14. Hotel rooms must be _______ by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.

A. vacated B. evacuated C. abandoned D. left

15. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a _______.

A. rarity B. minority C. scarcity D. minimum

1. Villagers are more kind, friendly and warm-hearted than city _______.

A. dwellers B. foreigners C. beginners D. movers

2. You can see the _______ of the suburbs in Ho Chi Minh City with many apartment buildings, supermarkets, shopping centres, and schools.

A. urban area B. convenience C. urban sprawl D. living condition

3. Dong Khoi Street is the main shopping street in the ____ of downtown in Ho Chi Minh City.

A. mind B. heart C. head D. spot

4. It is considered that life in a city is wonderful and _______.

A. funny B. boring C. enjoyable D. helpful

5. No city in America has ____ monuments and museums into one area as Washington, DC.

A. as much B. such many C. as many D. a few

6. My passport _______ last month, so I will have to get a new one.

A. elapsed B. expired C. ended D. terminated

7. The department is also deeply _______ in various improvement schemes.

A. connected B. entailed C. involved D. implied

8. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any _______ of it at all.

A. interpretation B. meaning C. intelligibility D. sense

9. The main attraction of the job was that it offered the _______ to do the research.

A. possibility B. proposal C. opportunity D. prospect

10. I wish you’d tell me what I _______ do in this difficult situation.

A. shall B. would C. should D. ought

11. A competitor may submit any number of entries _______, each one is accompanied by a packet top.

A. supposing B. not withstanding C. assuredly D. provided

12. They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbours for the children’s sake.

A. friendship B. relations C. will D. terms

13. He earns his living by _______ old paintings.

A. reviving B. restoring C. reforming D. replenishing

14. Hotel rooms must be _______ by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.

A. vacated B. evacuated C. abandoned D. left

15. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a _______.

A. rarity B. minority C. scarcity D. minimum

C. MULTIPLE CHOICE

I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences

1.  His neighbours sometimes wondered              he did for a living.

     A. why                 B. when                C. where                             D. what

2.  Could you please tell me                ?

     A. It is how far to the nearest bus stop B. how far is it to the nearest bus stop

     C. how far to the nearest bus stop is it D. how far it is to the nearest bus stop

3.  Marigold wondered             Kevin and Ruth would be at the party.

     A. that                  B. whether            C. if                                    D. B & C

4.  He asked me “            ?”

     A. How long you have studied English.   B. How long had you studied English

     C. How long you had study English        D. How long you had studied English

5.  While many teachers spend some class time teaching            skills, students often need more social skills.

     A. study                B. studied             C. study’s                           D. studies

6.  I am not sure              I can solve this problem.

     A. how                 B. what                 C. who                                D. by whom

7.  She asked me             the seat                or not.

     A. if – had occupied                           C. whether – was occupied

     C. if– has been occupied                    D. whether – occupied

8.  By the age of 15, teenagers are better able to               a more demanding curriculum.

     A. solve                B. operate             C. handle                            D. deal

9.  My parents asked me to find out                it gave you so much trouble.

     A. what                B. which               C. why                                D. where

10. The policeman asked us               .

     A. had any of us seen the accident happen

     B. if had any of us seen the accident happen

     C. whether any of us had seen the accident happen

     D. that if any of us had seen the accident happen

11. Tom told us that sometimes he had difficulty               his feelings.

     A. expressing        B. communicating C. sending                           D. talking

12.  My teacher told me that I              attend the math course for the higher level programme that I            for.

     A. can’t – apply                                 B. couldn’t – apply

     C. can’t – applied                              D. couldn’t – had applied

13. I asked him       but he said nothing.

     A. what the matter was                      B. what was the matter

     C. the matter was what                      D. what’s the matter was    

14. My closest friend is not very                    and she likes having a small friend group but I like talking with a lot of people and hanging out.

     A. society             B. sociable            C. social                             D. socialist

15. Mi asked what information she                that assignment.

     A. needs to be done                            B. needed doing

     C. need to do                                     D. needed to do

16. James               him up when the bus reached the square.

     A. told me wake                                 B. asked me to wake

     C. said me to wake                             D. requested me waking

17. Ann was raised very             on her parents, and she was                that she wouldn’t live on her own afterwards.

     A. dependent - worry                         B. dependent – worried

     C. independent - worry                      D. independent - worried

18. Susan needs someone to show her how to                    her anxiety and depression.

     A. empathise         B. try                    C. succeed                           D. manage

19. I wonder          we’ll catch the bus                    we’ll take a taxi.

     A. if - and whether                             B. whether - or that

     C. if - or that                                     D. whether - or whether

20. The advice columnist said, “It sounds like the problem is not your appearance but the            you see yourself.”

     A. route                B. distance            C. way                                D. behavior

21. The passenger asked           we landed.

     A. what                B. when                C. if                                    D. why

22. He asked me what              .

     A. time was it        B. time is it           C. time it was                      D. none is correct.

23. He told me to rest for a while.

     “             for a while”, he said.

     A. To rest             B. Rest                 C. Do you rest                     D. Resting

24. He asked “Why did she take my pen?”

     - He asked why                             .                 

     A. she took his pen                            B. did she take his pen

     C. she had taken his pen                     D. she has taken his pen

25. Taking good notes              students to evaluate, organize and summarize information.

     A. requests           B. requires            C. allows                            D. offers

26. Excuse me. Could you tell me                ?

     A. what time is it   B. what is the time C. what time it is                 D. it is what time

27. I suffer from depression and anxiety, but I don’t know                   to get over my problems.

     A. what                B. how                  C. where                             D. which

28. As children move toward                        , they are less likely to ask for advice.

     A. dependent        B. dependence      C. independent                    D. independence

29. We wonder               from his office after that scandal

     A. why did he not resign                    B. why he did not resign

     C. why he not resign                          D. why didn’t he resign

30. Miss Hoa said that unsuccessful test takers didn’t know                 the questions came from.

     A. when                B. where               C. what                               D. why

31. A great way to improve                         skills is to keep trying new things.

     A. reason              B. reasoned           C. reasoning                        D. reasons’

32. Jeff wanted to know           .

     A. that why were his friends laughing B. why were his friends laughing

     C. why his friends were laughing        D. the reason why his friends laughing

33. I want to talk to my teacher about my problems, but I have no idea          to start, or    to talk to him.

     A. what – where    B. where – who     C. why – whom                   D. where – how

34.     Perhaps what you’re reading or hearing is boring, which makes it hard to                on the book or the conversation.

     A. concentrate       B. rely                  C. depend                           D. notice

35. Mr. Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the                 day.

     A. previous           B. following          C. before                             D. last

36. Mr. Tan told us that the kids who  in tests often                  the others were lucky.

     A. succeed – thought                         B. succeed – had thought

     C. didn’t succeed – were thinking      D. didn’t succeed – thought

37. Pressure                              children to get into top schools has reached a crisis point.

     A. at                     B. under               C. on                                   D. with

38. She                 him whether he liked the steak she cooked.

     A. asks                 B. wondered         C. wanted to know              D. asked

39. “What does she like?” he asked me.

     A. He asked me what she likes           B. He asked me what she liked.

     C. He asked me what do I like.           D. He asked me what did he like.

40. She said, “Don’t tease me, John.”

     A. She said not to tease me to John.    B. She said John not to tease me.

     C. She told John not to tease her.        D. She told John do not tease her.

41. Julia said that she ............... there at noon.

      A. is going to be    B. was going to be     C. will be                                 D. can be

42. He ............... that he was leaving that afternoon.

      A. told me            B. told to me         C. said me                           D. says to me

43. She said to me that she ............... to me the Sunday before.

      A. wrote               B. has written       C. was writing                     D. had written

44. I ............... him to sell that old motorbike.

      A. said to                                          B. suggested                                

      C. advised                                        D. recommended

45. My parents reminded me ............... the flowers.

      A. remember to plant B. plant                C. to plant                                D. planting

46. I asked Martha ............... to enter law school.

      A. are you planning                               B. is she planning

      C. was she planning                               D. if she was planning

47. Nam wanted to know what time ...............

      A. does the movie begin                         B. did the movie begin

      C. the movie begins                               D. the movie began

48. I wondered ___________ the right thing.

      A. whether I was doing                          B. if I am doing

      C. was I doing                                       D. am I doing

49. The scientist said the earth _________ the sun.

      A. goes round                                        B. is going around

      C. went around                                      D. was going around

50. Peter said that if he ______  rich, he _________ a lot.

      A. is – will travel                                   B. were – would travel

      C. had been – would have travelled        D. was – will travel