Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

1. Mary tried to finish the test ____________ she had a terrible headache. 

    A.because                B. although                 C. but                          D. so that

2. The city is _____________than the countryside. 

     A. as polluted       B. so polluted          C. more polluted                  D. most polluted

3. Tuan suggested ___________ some Dong Ho paintings as souvenirs. 

      A. buy                   B. to buy                    C.buying                     D. bought

4. My father ( gave up/ turn off/ look up/ set off) smoking three years ago. 

     A. set off                B. gave up                   C. turned down           D. looked up

5. You embroidered this handkerchief,___________?

    A. do you                B. don’t you                C. did you                   D. didn’t you

6. She asked me where ___________ from. 

     A. I come               B. did I come              C. I will come D. I came

7. She said that she would visit Bat Trang village ____________ . 

     A. next week          B. last week                C. the following week            D. the week before

8. Bat Trang is one of the most famous _________ craft villages of Ha Noi.

     A. tradition                        B. traditional               C. traditionally            D.traditions

9. My brother enjoys _____________handicrafts.

A. make                 B. making                    C. to make                   D. makes

10. She doesn’t tell me what ____________ next.

     A. to do                  B. doing                      C. do                           D. will do

Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the following questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

           The weather is not beautiful all the time. Perhaps you can remember a day when bad weather made you afraid. One kind bad weather scares many people is called thunderstorm. This is what happens when there is a thunderstorm. First you see a sudden flash of bright light, and the loud sound is called thunder. Lighting is colorful, but it can cause serious problems. Lighting is electricity that is moving very rapidly. It may be moving between a cloud and the ground, between two clouds, between two parts of the same cloud. The lighting heats the air around it. This hot air expands, or get bigger, and it causes the air to move in waves. The air waves pass you in a series, one after another. For this reason, you may hear many rumbles and not just one sound.

29. The weather…….        

        A. is always beautiful                           B. is not always fine

       C. gets more beautiful                            D. is very nice everyday

30. A thunderstorm is one kind of bad weather that……..

       A. doesn’t scare anybody                        B. nobody is scared of

       C. makes may people scared                   D. had no sound at all

31. Which statement is NOT TRUE?

       A. Lighting is electricity that is moving very rapidly

       B. A thunderstorm is one kind of bad weather.

       C. People are afraid of thunderstorms.

       D. The lighting always comes after the thunder.

32. You may hear many rumbles because………

       A. lighting moves very slowly                 B. lighting is colorful

       C. the weather is bad                                D. the air waves pass you in a series, one after another

33. On the whole, the passage is about…….

       A. The nice weather                                  B. The thunderstorm

       C. The lighting                                          D. The loud sound

Part V. Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the following questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

  The weather is not beautiful all the time. Perhaps you can remember a day when bad weather made you afraid. One kind bad weather scares many people is called thunderstorm. This is what happens when there is a thunderstorm. First you see a sudden flash of bright light, and the loud sound is called thunder. Lighting is colorful, but it can cause serious problems. Lighting is electricity that is moving very rapidly. It may be moving between a cloud and the ground, between two clouds, between two parts of the same cloud. The lighting heats the air around it. This hot air expands, or get bigger, and it causes the air to move in waves. The air waves pass you in a series, one after another. For this reason, you may hear many rumbles and not just one sound.

29. The weather…….         

       A. is always beautiful                             B. gets more beautiful    

       C. is very nice everyday                         D. is not always fine

30. A thunderstorm is one kind of bad weather that……..

       A. doesn’t scare anybody                        B. makes may people scared

       C. nobody is scared of                             D. had no sound at all

31. Which statement is NOT TRUE?

       A. The lighting always comes after the thunder.

       B. A thunderstorm is one kind of bad weather.

       C. People are afraid of thunderstorms.

       D. Lighting is electricity that is moving very rapidly

32. You may hear many rumbles because………

       A. lighting moves very slowly                  B. the air waves pass you in a series, one after another

       C. the weather is bad                                 D. lighting is colorful

33. On the whole, the passage is about…….

       A. The nice weather                                  B. The lighting

       C. The thunderstorm                                  D. The loud sound

III. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers on the answer sheet. 1. By the time we arrived, the film________. A. started B. was starting C. has started D. had started 2. When their friends finished singing, Mai _______out the candles on the cake. A. blew B. went C. turned D. got 3. The children appear _____about the trip. A. exciting B. being excited C. to excite D. to be excited 4. When I glanced out the window, I saw Tom _________toward my house. A. walk B. to walk C. walking D. having walked 5. His colleagues accused him ________leaking information to the press. A. for B. of C. on D. to 6. John _____me on passing the driving test. A. wished B. proposed C. recommended D. congratulated 7. ______interested in that subject, I would try to learn more about it. A. Were I B. Should I C. I was D. If I am 8. Tom apologized ________not being able to answer the last question. A. to B. for C. on D. at 9. Do you still remember the day _________you sent that letter? A. which B. where C. that D. when 10. Water power gives energy ______ pollution. A. with B. without C. within D. including 11. Tim’s hobby is _______stamps from foreign countries. A. collect B. to collect C. collecting D. to collecting 12. _____Linh ________his sister like listening to pop music. A. Both-and B. Either-or C. Neither-nor D. Not only – but also 13. The pyramid ________of over 2 million blocks of stone. A. consisted B. composed C. included D. gathered 14. Pham Tuan was the first Vietnamese ________into space. A. flew B. flying C. to fly D. who flies 15. He’d never met her before, _____? A. had he B. hadn’t he C. would he D. couldn’t he

Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.Write your answers on the answer sheet.

6. Typhoon, hurricane and cyclone are the different words of the same natural ______.

A.  sport                         B. disaster                   C. celebration                   D. volunteer

7. She wishes she ______ enough money to buy a new car now.

A. has                               B. had                              C. would have                 D.  having

8. Mathematics and Literature are _____subjects in high schools.

A. adding                         B. compulsory              C. optional                         D. religious

9. Philip _______in Singapre since 2004.

A. lived                            B. is living                     C. has lived                       D. was living

10. She often goes to the _______to pray because her region is Islam.

A. church                         B. pagoda                     C. temple                            D. mosque

11. They suggest ___________ their kites in the country in summer.

12. A: “Could you mail this letter for me, please?” – B: “ _________”

A. No, I couldn’t             B. Yes, sure                  C. Yes, here it is                D. Good idea.

13. She didn’t go to school yesterday, ______she?

A. was                              B. does                            C. did                               D. has

14. _________ she was tired, she still finished the work on time.

15. We shouldn’t use to many plastic bags beacause they are hard to ______

A. soften                          B. heat                          C. dissolve                         D. melt

Nhìn thế th chứ ngắn lắm III. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers on the answer sheet. 1. By the time we arrived, the film________. A. started B. was starting C. has started D. had started 2. When their friends finished singing, Mai _______out the candles on the cake. A. blew B. went C. turned D. got 3. The children appear _____about the trip. A. exciting B. being excited C. to excite D. to be excited 4. When I glanced out the window, I saw Tom _________toward my house. A. walk B. to walk C. walking D. having walked 5. His colleagues accused him ________leaking information to the press. A. for B. of C. on D. to 6. John _____me on passing the driving test. A. wished B. proposed C. recommended D. congratulated 7. ______interested in that subject, I would try to learn more about it. A. Were I B. Should I C. I was D. If I am 8. Tom apologized ________not being able to answer the last question. A. to B. for C. on D. at 9. Do you still remember the day _________you sent that letter? A. which B. where C. that D. when 10. Water power gives energy ______ pollution. A. with B. without C. within D. including 11. Tim’s hobby is _______stamps from foreign countries. A. collect B. to collect C. collecting D. to collecting 12. _____Linh ________his sister like listening to pop music. A. Both-and B. Either-or C. Neither-nor D. Not only – but also 13. The pyramid ________of over 2 million blocks of stone. A. consisted B. composed C. included D. gathered 14. Pham Tuan was the first Vietnamese ________into space. A. flew B. flying C. to fly D. who flies 15. He’d never met her before, _____? A. had he B. hadn’t he C. would he D. couldn’t he

I. Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers in ‘Your answers’ part.

1. I don’t like rugby and ______.

A. neither does John                                                B. John doesn’t like it neither       

C. neither doesn’t John                               D. John likes it neither

2. The picture was sold for a great ______ of money.

A. price                      B. value                      C. sum                        D. cost

3. No one was able to explain the ______ of this old custom.

A. reason                   B. origin                     C. beginning              D. starting point

4. The doctor told him that the ______ he would gain from a healthy diet would be well worth the sacrifice.

A. interests                B. benefits                 C. profits                    D. advantages

5. The Red List is a special book that provides names of ______ animals.

A. extinct and killed                                                B. vulnerable and dangerous                     

C. vulnerable and endangered                   D. endangered and hunted

6. Nowadays children would prefer sciences ______ in more practical ways.

A. be taught               B. to teach                 C. teaching                D. to be taught

7. Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.

A. twice more than          B. as much twice as       C. twice as much as        D. as much as twice

8. The children can stay here ______ that they don’t make too much noise.

A. unless                    B. whether                 C. providing              D. until

9. The tourists refused to ______ the poor service in the local hotel.

A. put up with           B. stand in for                       C. get away from                  D. get on with

10. It is an ______ car to run; it can do 20 kilometers on a liter of petrol.

A. economy               B. economical                       C. economist             D. economic

11. Jim ______ care of himself. He left home when he was 16 and has been on his own since then.

A. is used to take                  B. used to be taken               C. used to take          D. is used to taking

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

12. - “What did he say to you?”

- “He told me to clear off. He didn’t need my help.”

A. finish my work                B. tidy the place up              C. go away        D. throw the paper away

13. Sue and Daisy are as different as chalk and cheese. No wonder their friendship has

 broken up recently.

A. improved              B. appeared               C. changed                 D. ended

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

14. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was initially called "hot" and later "swing."

A. in fact                    B. at last                     C. shortly                   D. alphabetically

15. You can't enter this website without a password.

A. access                    B. detect                     C. convert                  D. exit

Your answers: