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

Câu 21:  This river is very long.

   A.  bad                    B.  short                     C.  pretty                    D.  tall

Câu 22: Hoi An is a historic city with a lot of old houses, shops, buildings and theatres, etc.

   A. noisy                   B. busy                       C. fantastic                 D. modern

Read the passage and choose the correct answers (A,B,C or D ) to fill in the blanks.

The most important celebration holiday in China is the Lunar New Year. At this time, shops are closed. People celebrate by having parties, by paying friendly phone calls to their neighbors, and by visiting the temples or pagodas to make promise for the New Year. Children walk through the streets, carrying colourful lanterns and paper figures. Fireworks are also set off to light up the sky.

The time of the New Year is also the time at which Chinese people decorate their homes for example, the windows, which are made of thick rice paper are torn down and new ones are put up. This is also the time during which people pay their debts. Everyone tries to settle all his bills before the beginning of the New Year. Before New Year’s Eve, people make their homes attractive by decorating them with flowers and plants, and hanging brightly- coloured decorations.

Câu 23. This passage as a whole is about ………… .

   A.  the Chinese New Year                           B.  paying debts

   C.  China                                                    D.  New Year’s promises

Câu 24: The Lunar New Year is …………. .         . 

   A.  an important Chinese holiday                B.  the time for having large meals

   C.  a special time for children                      D.  the time when no one is in debt

Câu 25: What can we infer from the passage? 

   A. The Chinese New Year is happy.

   B. The Chinese have only one holiday.

   C. The Chinese New Year celebration lasts seven days.

   D. People don’t go to church during the Chinese New Year.

Câu 26: Which of these sentences is NOT true? 

   A.  Chinese houses are made of paper.

   B.  Fireworks are set off to light up the sky.

   C.  Chinese people pay debts at New Year’s.

   D.  People also decorate the windows.

Câu 27: How can people make their homes attractive? 

   A.  By decorating them with flowers and plants, and hanging brightly-coloured decorations

   B.  By decorating them with flowers and plants.

   C.  By decorating them with brightly-coloured decorations.

   D.  By hanging brightly-coloured decorations outside their homes.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions from 3 to 4.

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 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions from 49 to 50.

I prefer secure jobs because I don’t like keeping on moving and changing all the time.

A. challenging      

B. demanding        

C. safe         

D. stable

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

The earth is being threatened and the future looks bad.

A. done

B. made

C. defended

D. varied

II. Choose and circle the letter (A, B, C or D) to indicate the word/ phrase that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined word/ phrase. (0.3p)
1. They helped the villagers grow cash crops for export.
A. crops to be sold

B. crops to be used

C. crops to be eaten

D. crops to be seen
2. What makes computer a miraculous device?
A. magical

B. powerful

C. strange

D. excellent
3. The water is so contaminated that it is not suitable for drinking.
A. toxic

B. salty

C. polluted

D. dangerous
III. Choose and circle the letter (A, B, C or D) to indicate the word/ phrase that has the OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined word/ phrase. (0.2p)
1. As a brilliant and mature student with a rare gift of concentration, Marie harbored the dream of a scientific career which was impossible for a woman at that time.
A. important

B. likely

C. unreal

D. maybe
2. He was delighted with the result of the experiment.
A. happy

B. satisfied

C. bored

D. amazed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE  in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

My mom is always bad-tempered when I leave my room untidy.

A. feeling embarrassed

B. talking too much

C. very happy and satisfied

D. easily annoyed or irritated

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Question 24: A lot of people think that Angelina Jolie is really hot.

A. beautiful

B. cool

C. unattractive

D. kind