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

The machine has been out of order since last month.

A. under repair

B. functioning well

C. sold out

D. refusing orders

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

Since her parents’ death, she has been brought up by her uncle. 

A. cried for 

B. died for 

C. lived with 

D. been in touch with 

II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE (2.5 points / 0.25 each)
Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete each of the following sentences.
4. My parents ______ our grandfather last week.
A. visit B. visited C. have visited D. visits
5. The _______ language in Malaysia is Bahasa Malaysia.
A. nation B. national C. international D. internationally
6. They haven’t seen this film, ________?
A. do they B. They have C. don’t they D. have they
7. If you study hard, you____ pass the exam.
A. would B. must C. will D. should
8. My father said I ______ learn hard.
A. have to B. must C. had to D. can
9. Viet Nam has a tropical _______.
A. temperature B. weather C. degree D. climate
10. It is an _______journey.
A. interesting B. interest C. interestingly D .interested
11. I’ve _______my glasses everywhere but I can’t find them anywhere.
A. looked after B. looked at C. looked for D. looked into
12. _______ the weather is predicted not to be good today, they decide to go swimming
A. because of B. although C. In spite of D. since
13. Lan is _______ that you are working hard.
A. pleased B. pleasant C. pleasure D. pleasing

V. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Answer by writing down the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (7 points)

1. Most students find English competitions     _______

A. enjoying                             B. enjoyment               C. enjoyed                  D. enjoyable

2. The contestants are eliminated one by one until the last  ______ in a head- to  - head contest.

A. sponsor                               B. support                   C. compete                  D. enter

3.  They are all  _______ on taking a trip to the Ha Long Bay.

A. excited                                B. fond                        C. interested                D. keen

4. We had to  _________ the smoke from the factories in our city for two years.

A. put up with                         B. give up                    C. look up to               D. look down

5.  The Ponagar Cham Towers are located on Cu Lao Marble Hill, 2 km north of Nha Trang.

A. lain                                     B. built                        C. sited                       D. detected

6. In 1987, the Great Wall of China was listed as a World Heritage ________  UNESCO.

A. with                                    B. to                            C. of                            D. by

7. Remember to take all your personal _________  from the overhead  locker when you leave the airplane.

A. belongings                          B. treasure                   C. wealth                    D. profits

8. It is vital that France _________ on preventing Covid- 19 epidemic disease.

A. focuses                               B. focus                       C. focusing                 D. to focus

9.  I last met Nga when she ________  out with her classmates.

A. was hanging                       B. hang                        C. has hung                 D. has been hanging  

10. The boy asked what __________ to his little dog.

A. has happened                                                          B. happened               

C. had happened                                                         D. would have been happened

1. Read the following passages and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Many human activities over the last 200 years have been responsible (1) ________ polluting the air and damaging people’s health. Automobile engines and power plants burn combustible (2) ________ like gasoline and coal and allow toxic gases and smoke to escape into the air. Some pollutants destroy the ozone layer, which is the thin blanket of gases that (3) ________ Earth from the Sun’s dangerous ultraviolet rays. Other pollutants contribute to (4) ________ warming by adding to the planet’s natural greenhouse effect. Still others create acid rain, a phenomenon that has disastrous (5) ________ on lake and forest habitats. Air pollution is not limited to industrial areas. Depending on the direction of the wind and its force, air pollutants may (6) ________ spread to other countries very far from the source of the pollution.

Big cities like Los Angeles and Mexico City are often covered by smog, a fog that occurs (7) ________ air pollution. In 1952, the City of London, England, was enveloped by smog so thick that people on the streets had to feel their way around by (8) ________ the walls of buildings!

1. A. for                                  B. of                            C. to                            D. with

2. A. chemicals                        B. means                     C. fuels                       D. matters

3. A. covers                             B. protects                   C. stops                       D. damages

4. A. environmental               B. thermal                    C. temperature                       D. global

5. A. affects                            B. causes                     C. sources                   D. effects

6. A. never                              B. even                        C. ever                       D. hardly

7. A. because of                      B. in spite of               C. instead of               D. due of 

8. A. climbing                        B. walking                    C. touching                D. putting up

II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE (2.5 points / 0.25 each)
Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete each of the following sentences.
4. He is very lonely. He doesn’t have_______ friends.
A. few B. many C. much D. some
5. Susan has been learning the piano _______ two years.
A. for B. from C. since D. during
6. The Nile is _______river in the world.
A. long B. longer C. the longest D. the lengthy
7. The old man ______you wanted to see was away on holiday yesterday.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. which
8. Charlie said, "I'm thinking of going to live in Canada".
A. Charlie said that I was thinking of going to live in Canada.
B. Charlie said that I am thinking of going to live in Canada.
C. Charlie said that he was thinking of going to live in Canada.
D. Charlie said that he is thinking of going to live in Canada.
9. I don’t like using the Internet because it has some ______
A. benefits B. advantages C. limitations D. disadvantages
10. The next stage of the ______of television is interactive TV.
A. revolution B. resolution C. development D. invention
11. Mary suggested that they______ together.
A. should go B. goes C. went D. will go
12. If we plant more trees along the streets, we ______ the amount of pollution in the atmosphere.
A. reduce B. reduced C. will reduce D. would reduce
13. They were______ that he refused to help them.
A. surprising B. surprised C. surprisingly D. surprise