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.

         Students working for their first degree at university are called undergraduates. Then they take their degree we say they graduate, and then they are called graduates. If they continue studying at university after they have graduated, they are called post-graduates. Full-time university students spend all their free time studying. They have no other employment. Their course usually lasts for three or four years. Medical students have to follow a course lasting for six or seven years. Then they graduate as doctors. In Britain, full-time university students have three terms of about ten weeks in each year. During these terms they go to lectures or they study by themselves. Many students become members of academic societies and sports clubs and take part in their activities. Between the university terms they have vacations (or holiday periods). Their vacations are long, but of course they can use them to study at home.

According to the passage, the full-time university students have ________ of about 10 weeks in each year.

A. two terms        

B. four terms         

C. seven terms      

D. three terms

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.

         Students working for their first degree at university are called undergraduates. Then they take their degree we say they graduate, and then they are called graduates. If they continue studying at university after they have graduated, they are called post-graduates. Full-time university students spend all their free time studying. They have no other employment. Their course usually lasts for three or four years. Medical students have to follow a course lasting for six or seven years. Then they graduate as doctors. In Britain, full-time university students have three terms of about ten weeks in each year. During these terms they go to lectures or they study by themselves. Many students become members of academic societies and sports clubs and take part in their activities. Between the university terms they have vacations (or holiday periods). Their vacations are long, but of course they can use them to study at home.

According to the passage, students working for their first degree at __________ are called undergraduates.

A. an university   

B. laboratory         

C. university         

D. library

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the bold and underlined word(s) or phrase(s) in each of the following questions.

If any employee knowingly breaks the terms of this contract, he will be dismissed immediately.

A. coincidentally

B. deliberately

C. instinctively

D. accidentally

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the bold and underlined word(s) or phrase(s) in each of the following questions.

If any employee knowingly breaks the terms of this contract, he will be dismissed immediately.

A. coincidentally

B. deliberately

C. instinctively

D. accidentally

I. Choose the correct answer from A,B,C or D to complete each sentence below.(1,0pt)

1. You must learn the____________ of the game before playing. 

A. rules B. laws C. agreements D. sayings

2. Hanh is usually early _________ school because she gets up early.

A. on B. for C. at D. to

3. We usually play football in the winter   _____________ it is cold.

A. when B. where C. so D. time

 4. “What would you like to drink now ? “  - “ _____________.”

A. No, thank you B. Yes, please C. I like to do nothing D. Orange juice, please 

5. If you read more, your vocabulary will get   ____________ every day.

A. good B. well C. better D. best

6. Would you like me to turn off your computer? ” “-  _________ . I’ll do it myself ”

A. No, thanks B. Yes, please C. Don’t do it D. Of course

7. ___________ do you go to the library? – Every weekend.

A. How B. How much C. How many times D. How often

8. “I’ve just received a scholarship.”  “- ___________ ! ”. 

A. Really B. Thank you C. Congratulations D. Well

9. I don’t want much sugar in coffee. Just______________, please.

A. a little B. little C. a few D. few

10. __________ eat too much salt. It’s not good for you.

A. Do B. Don’t C. Please D. Can’t

21. I read the contract again and again ___________ avoiding making spelling mistakes.

A. in terms of                          B. with a view to  C. by means of     D. in view of

22. What do you think about the parks in New York? Are they larger___________ in Ho Chi Minh City?

A. than those                            B. than that           C. as that              D. as those

23. Robots save workers from___________ dangerous tasks.

A. making                      B. having              C. performing             D. carrying

24. If you had listened to my advice yesterday, you___________ in this mess right now.

A. would be                              B. would have been    C. would not be          D. would not have been

25. If ___________, that tree would look more attractive.

A. it did carefully                                         B. it were done carefully

C. it is done carefully                                           D. it was done carefully.

26. There are more than 300 steps up the hill to Hung King Temple; ___________, any pilgrim would

like to reach the top.

A. nevertheless               B. therefore          C. moreover          D. but for

27.  There’s no point ___________to get Tom to lend you his car.

A. in trying                     B. to try                C. to trying           D. in being try

28. No sooner___________ down the receiver than the phone rang again.

A. I put                          B. had I put           C. have I put                    D. I had put

29. Parents love and support their children ___________the children misbehave or do foolish things.

A. only if                        B. since                 C. if                      D. even if

      30. Marry: “Would you mind if I use your computer for an hour?”                     

           Susan: “___________.”

A. Not at all. I’ve finished my job                          B. Yes, you can use it

C. Of course not. I still need it now                        D. Yes, it’s all right

31. Peter:  “It’s going to rain.”

      Jack:  “___________”      

A. I hope not so              B. I don’t hope so C. I hope not                   D. I don’t hope either

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 29 to 35.

          Under the Medicare insurance policy, people approaching 65 may enroll during the seven-month period that includes three months before the sixty-fifth birthday, the month in which the birthday falls, and three months after the birthday. However, if they wish the insurance coverage to begin when they reach 65, they must enroll three months before their birthday. People who do not enroll within their first enrollment period may enroll later, during the first three months of each year. Those people, however, must pay 10% additional for each twelve-month period that elapsed since they first could have enrolled. The monthly premium is deducted from social security payment, railroad retirement or civil service retirement benefits

To start coverage by Medicare on their sixty-fifth birthday, people must apply________

A. seven months before their birthday.

B. four months before their birthday.

C. three months before their birthday.

D.  the month in which their birthday occurs

V. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

Every state has its own laws for driving and getting a driver's license. To learn these laws, people have to read the Rules of the Road book for their state. They can get the book free at a driver's license facility in their state.

In Illinois, people between the ages of 15 and 18 have to take a driver's education course in school before they can get a permit to practice driving. People over 18 don't have to take this course in order to get a permit. When people get a learner's permit, they have to take a test. They have to know the traffic signs and laws in order to pass this test. Then they have to get their vision tested. When they get theirlearner's permits, they can practice driving, but a licensed driver has to be in the car with

them at all times. A learner's permit is good for one year.

When the learner is ready to get a license, he or she has to take a driving test. During the test, new drivers have to back out of an alley, park uphill anddownhill, make right- and left-turns, obey all traffic laws, and do whatever else the examiner may ask them to do to show that they know how to drive.

1/ What is the writer trying to do in the text?

a. Complain about traffic accidents.

b. Describe what to do to get a driver's license.

c. Persuade drivers to drive carefully.

d. Advise drivers how to drive.

2/ Why would somebody read the text?

a. To find out about traffic laws.

b. To learn how to drive a car.

c. To find out about getting a driver's license.

d. To learn some details about the rules of the roads .

3/ In order to get a driver's license, most important of all, the learner has to .................................

a. read the Rules of the Road book for his/her state

b. get his/her vision tested

c. know all the traffic laws

d. pass a driving test

4/ The word "free" most nearly means ..............................

a. without limit b. without having to pay

c. without shopping d. at any time

5/ The word "alley" most nearly means ......................

a. narrow passage b. garage c. garden d. sidewalk

VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard allover the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.

Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!

1/ Big Ben was built .......................

a. for the B.B.C. b. after a fire c. in honour of Sir Benjamin Hall d. long before 1834

2/ Accuracyis maintained ..................._

a. by microphones in the clock tower b. by workmen

c.because the clock is at Greenwich Observatory d.by officials who check the clock frequently

3/ Big Ben is one of the first sights you will see when you London.

a. will visit b. visit c. have visited d. will be visiting

4/ Big Ben is the ..................... clock in London.

a. famousest b. most famous c. more famous d. famouser

5/ It is .......................very big and very accurate. a. and b. also c. both d. together

6/ How often .....................checked?

a. have they it b. they have it c. do they have it d. they do have it

7/ A painter ......... working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands.

a. who b. had been c. had d. ...................

VII. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.

Quite a number of things have been done tohelp solve traffic problems in Singapore. For example, motorists must buy a special pass if they want to drive into the downtown business district. They can go into the business district only if they have the pass displayed on their windshield.

Another thing Singapore has done is to make it more difficult to buy cars. People have to apply for a certificate if they want to buy a car. And the number of certificates is limited. Not everyone can get one. There is also a high tax on cars, so it costs three or four times as much to buy a car in Singapore as it does in, say, the United States or Canada. The other thing Singapore has done is to build an excellent public transportation system. Their subway system is one of the best in the world. And there is also a very good taxi and bus system.

1/ In Singapore, drivers must have .................... to drive into the downtown business district.

a. a special I D card b. a special pass c. a driving certificate d. a driving lesson

2/ Singapore has done many things to make it difficult to buy cars because it ............................

a. wants to solve the car problems b. wants to help motorists to be safe

c. helps poor people d. wants to solve traffic problems

3/ The public transportation system in Singapore is ...................................

a. not very good b. very good c. very bad d. awful