.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.
Question 1: A. material B. crucial
Question 2: A. reign
B. leisure




C. partial

C. neighbor

D. financial
D. vein

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.
Question 3: A. equality B. available C. manufacture D. biography
Question 4: A. penalty B. attendance C. opponent D. adventure
Question 5: A. intensity B. congratulate C. philosophy D. entrepreneur

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each
of the following questions.
Question 6: As consumers’ response to traditional advertising techniques declines,
businesses are beginning ____ new methods of reaching customers.
A. to develop
B. develop


C. it developing
D. the development that
Question 7: Where’s the ____ dress that your grandma gave you?

A. lovely long pink silk



B. lovely pink long silk

C. pink long lovely silk



D. long pink silk lovely
Question 8: His handwriting is so bad I can’t make ____ what he has written.


A. up

B. off

C. out

D. down
Question 9: We were going to go by bus but in the end we ____ because Simon gave us a lift.

A. needn’t

B. didn’t need to C. needn’t have

D. needed not to
Question 10: He was already worried lest she ____ someone what had happened.

A. would tell
B. told C. might have told
D. had been telling

I. Chose the correct answer

 1. I…………………when Colin asked me to make him a cup of tea.

A. had sat hard down B. had sat down hardly

C. had hardly sat down D. had hard sat down

 2. Where’s that…………………. dress that your grandma gave you?

A. lovely, long, pink, silk B. pink, long, lovely, silk

C. lovely, pink, long, silk D. long, pink, silk, lovely

 3. Although he…………………. to Ernest Hemingway, I think his book are unique.

A. often has been compared B. has often been compared

C. has often compared D. has been comparing often

 4. Don’t you think…………………. in society have a responsibility to help those less fortunate?

A. wealthy B. wealthier C. wealthiest D. the wealthy

 5. The rents in this area are…………………. the highest in the city.

A. far from away B. away by far C. far and away D. far to away

6. The coastguard boarded the ship and found……………………

A. four injured alive men B. alive four men injured

C. four injured men alive D. injured four alive men

 7. To be honest, Harry has…………………. than you have.

A. been more helpful considerably B. been considerably more helpful

C. has been more considerably helpful D. considerably been more helpful

 8. I’m…………………. my brother is.

A. nowhere like so ambitious B. nothing near as ambitious

C. nothing as ambitious than D. nowhere near as ambitious as

II. Read the text and choose the best answer  (A, B,C or D ) to complete each spaces.(1,5pt)

Ao Dai, the traditional dress of Vietnamese women, has been (1)………… in many poems, novels and songs. It is a long silk tunic that is slit on the sides and worn over loose pants. Vietnamese women usually wear it, especially on (2) …………. occasions such as Tet, Teachers’ Day, Wedding Anniversary. Nowadays, some fashion designers have made it more and more beautiful by changing the traditional Ao Dai. Some of them print (3)………….. of poetry on it, or they add the (4) ……. such as sun, stars, crosses and stripes (5) ………… the Ao Dai. Nowadays, Vietnamese women continue to wear this  (6) ............. and fashionable dress.

1. A. describe B. write C. mentioned D. painted

2. A. normal B. special C. small D. huge

3. A. queue B. whole C. marks D. lines              4. A. symbol B. patterns C. picture D. painting

5. A. on         B. in C. with D. to                                                                                                                        6. A. newer B. unique C. modern D. tradition

Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences.

36. Jenny bought a ... when she was in Paris.

A. silk pretty red dress

B. red pretty silk dress

C. dress pretty silk red

D. pretty red silk dress

37. I went to see the dentist yesterday. Luckily, I ... any treatment!

A. didn't need to have

B. shouldn't have had

C. mustn't have had

D. hadn't have

38. What she said ...  me to believe that they had left the city.

A. made B. assured C. led D. confirmed

39. Mike's health is gradually stabilized..... it still has the potential to get worse.

A. Although

B. Moreover

C. However

D. Because

47. We choose that option ... it will help us to save marketing cost the most.

A. although

B. on account of

C. however

D. because

* Fill in each gap with a suitable word to complete the following passages.
For (1) ………………………, Vietnamese Ao Dai has appeared in poetry, literature, and music. The traditional dress (2) ………………………Ao Dai is a long silk tunic that is slit on the sides and worn over loose pants. Vietnamese (3) ………………………usually wear it, (4) ………………………on special
occasions. Fashion (5) ………………………have gradually changed the original Ao Dai. They have taken the inspiration from Vietnam’s ethnic (6) ………………………. Suns, stars, crosses, and stripes have been added to Ao Dai. Lines of poetry are printed on the Ao Dai. Ao Dai looks very (7) ……………………… nowadays, so Vietnamese women continue to wear this (8) ………………………dress though modern clothing is more convenient.