I. Choose the word in each group that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A.Campus B. relax C.locate D.fashion
2. A.Quafily B.scenery C.baggy D.grocery
3. A.Gather B.ethnic C.there D.although
4. A.Exchange B.reach C.chance D.champagne
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others )
1. A. supposedly B. markedly C. allegedly D. determinedly
2. A. endure B. feature C. procedure D. measure
3. A. complete B. command C. common D. community
4. A. comb B. climb C. debt D. cable
5. A. neighbour B. height C. sleigh D. weight
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others
1. A. possibility B. disappointed C. manufacture D. instrument
2. A. environment B. mystery C. contribute D. terrific
3. A. deficiency B. psychology C. ecological D. competitor
4. A. recommend B. difficulty C. admirable D. document
5. A. encouragement B. interviewer C. acknowledge D. miraculously
PART TWO: LEXICO-GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences
1. Only after the atomic bomb ________ and development in the air travel _______, ______ science fiction really become popular.
A. had created/ had taken off/ was B. had been created/ had been taken off/ has
C. had been created/ had taken off/ did D. had been created/ / had taken off/ had
2. We’ve bought some ________ chairs for the garden so that they are easy to store away.
A. adapting B. adjusting C. bending D. folding
3. I don’t think she can get her message _______ to the students. She seems too nervous.
A. across B. around C. out D. over
4. _______, it is obvious that the whole thing was a waste of time and effort.
A. None of us wanted to go in the first place
B. Staff meetings are often boring and have no apparent point to them
C. Since the results were far more satisfactory than anyone had expected
D. Seeing that we couldn’t solve anything in the end
5. There are ______ words in English having more than one meaning. Pay close attention to this fact.
A. a large many B. quite many C. a great many D. quite a lot
6. This car has many features including _________.
A. stereo, safety devices, air condition, and it saves gas
B. good music, safety devices, air conditioning, and gas
C. stereo, safety devices, air conditioned, and good gas
D. stereo, safety devices, air conditioning, and low gas mileage
7. Round and round ___________.
A. the wheels of the engine went B. did the wheels of the engine go
C. went the wheels of the engine D. going the wheels of the engine
8. The replacement of shops such as the groceries and chemists’ by the café _______ the housewives with insufficient facilities for shopping.
A. leave B. have left C. has left D. to have left
9. Your argument _______ that Britain is still a great power, but this is no longer the case.
A. outlines B. presupposes C. concerns D. presents
10. They are happily married although, of course, they argue _______.
A. most times B. from day to day C. every now and then D. on the occasion
11. He promised to mend the broken wheel soon without ___________ .
A. fail B. failure C. trouble D. mistake
12. One of the first exercises in math class is ______ measure the radius of a circle.
A. to learn and B. to learn how to C. learning to D. learn to
13. We were shocked to hear the news of your ________.
A. having fired B. being fired C. having been fired D. to have been fired
14. I don’t know French, but I’ll ________.
A. get Tom to translate it B. have it translate
C. have Tom to translate it D. make it translate
15. _______ as taste is really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell.
A. That we refer to B. What we refer to
C. To which we refer D. What do we refer to
16. _______ have settled, one of their first concerns has been to locate an adequate water supply.
A. Wherever people B. There are people who
C. Where people D. People
17. Politicians should never lose ______ of the needs of the people they represent.
A. view B. sight C. regard D. prospect
18. _______ team sports require cooperation.
A. Of all B. They are all C. Why all are D. All
19. Studies indicate _________ collecting art today than ever before.
A. there are that more people B. more people that are
C. that there are more people D. people there are more
20. Doctors advise people who are deficient __________ vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables.
A. from B. of C. in D. for
21. Dick put ____ ball in ____ net in _____ second half but ____ goal was disallowed.
A. a - a - a - a B. the - the - the - the
C. the - the - a - a D. a - a - the - the
22. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened _______ a sudden loud noise.
A. being there B. should there be C. there was D. there have been
23. The computer has dramatically affected ______ photographic lenses are constructed.
A. is the way B. that the way C. which way do D. the way
24. Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a __________ writer.
A. fruitful B. fertile C. virile D. prolific
25. The handwriting is completely ______ . This note must have been written a long time ago.
A. inedible B. indelible C. illegible D. unfeasible
II. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.
a. The children were frightened because the lights suddenly (1.go) ________ out and they (2.sit) ________ in the dark.
b. What tune (3. play) ________ when we (4. come) ________ in?
c. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (5. wear) ________ her seat belt, she (6. not hurt) ________ so badly.
d. It is vital that no one else (7. know) _______ about the secret government operation.
e. It seems strange to be standing here, (8. look) _______ out at SydneyHarbor.
f. Tom had a lucky escape. He (9. kill) ________ when a car crashed into the front of his house.
g. _____ (10. Rank) as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in which it was created.
III. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. (1.5 pt)
It seems that the mystery of why the Pyramids were built may have solved. Until quite recently people got used to think that they were just tombs for pharaohs. Instead, the connection with astronomy seems much more important. Egyptologists have often asked them how long it spent to build them and why people built them in first place. Experts came up with a suggestion that the Egyptians may have believed in the River Nile was the earthly equivalent of the Milky Way. Many agree that the sizes of the three Giza Pyramids are in promotion to the three stars of Orion. Nothing, then, was by the chance. Rather, the souls of dead pharaohs were deliberately being project through shafts to reach at their goal of the Orion constellation.
IV. Give the correct form of the word in each of the following brackets.(1.5 pt)
It was not so long ago that we dealt with colleagues through face-to-face (1. INTERACT) ______ and with counterparts and customers by phone or letter. But the world of communication has undergone a dramatic transformation, not for all the good. Email, while (2. DOUBT) _____ a swift means of communication providing your server is fully (3.FUNCTION) ______ and that the address you have contains no (4. ACCURATE) _____ has had a (5. SIGNIFY) _____ effect on certain people’s behaviour, both at home and business. For those people, the use of email has become irresistibly (6. ADDICT) _____ to the extent that it is (7. THREAT) _____ their mental and physical health. Addicts spend their day (8. COMPULSION) _____ checking for email and have a (9. TEND) ______ to panic if their server goes down. It is estimated that one in six people spend four hours a day sending and receiving messages, the equivalent to more than two working days a week. The negative effect on (10. PRODUCE) ________ is something employers are well aware of.
II. Read the text below and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0 pts)
The British are widely (1) _____ to be a very polite nation, and in (2)______ respects this is true. An Italian journalist once commented of the British that they need (3) _____ fewer than four “thank you” merely to buy a bus ticket. The first, from the bus conductor means, “I’m here.” The second accompanies the handing over of the money. The third, again from the conductor, (4) ____ “Here is your ticket.”, and then the passenger utters a final one as he accepts the tickets. Such transactions in most (5) ____ parts of the world are usually conducted in total silence. In sharp contrast to this excessive politeness with strangers, the British are strangely lacking (6) _____ ritual phrases for social interaction. The exhortation “Good appetite”, uttered in so (7) ______ other languages to fellow-diners before a meal, does not exist in English. The nearest equivalent – Enjoy your dinner! – is said only by people who will not be partaking of the meal in question. What’s more, the British (8) ____ happiness to their friends or acquaintances only at the start of a new year and at (9)_____ such as birthdays, (10) _____ the Greeks routinely wish all and sundry a “good week” or a “good month”.
Your answers:
1._____________ 2._____________ 3._____________ 4._____________ 5.____________
6._____________ 7._____________ 8._____________ 9._____________ 10.____________
III. Read the passage and choose the best option for each of the following blanks. (2.0 pts)
Media and advertising
After more than fifty years of television, it might seem only obvious to conclude that it is here to (1) ______. There have been many objections to it during this time, of course, and (2) ______ a variety of grounds. Did it cause eye-strain? Was the (3) ______ bombarding us with radioactivity? Did the advertisements contain subliminal messages, persuading us to buy more? Did children turn to violence through watching it, either because so (4) ______ programmes taught them how to shoot, rob, and kill, or because they had to do something to counteract the hours they had spent glued to the tiny screen? Or did it simply create a vast passive (5) ______ drugged by glamorous serials and inane situation (6) ______ ? On the other hand did it increase anxiety by sensationalizing the news [or the news which was (7) ______ by suitable pictures] and filling our living rooms with war, famine and political unrest? (8) ______ in all, television proved to be the all-purpose scapegoat for the second half of the century, blamed for everything, but above all, eagerly watched. For no (9) ______ how much we despised it, feared it, were bored by it, or felt that it took us away from the old paradise of family conversation and hobbies such as collecting stamps, we never turned it off. We kept staring at the screen, aware that our own tiny (10) ______ was in if we looked carefully.
1. A. be B. stay C. exist D. prolong
2. A. with B. over C. by D. on
3. A. screen B. danger C. machine D. reason
4. A. that B. far C. many D. what
5. A. programme B. personality C. audience D. tense
6. A. comedies B. programmes C. perhaps D. consequently
7. A. taken B. presented C. capable D. accompanied
8. A. Taken B. All C. Somewhat D. Thus
9. A. one B. matter C. difference D. reason
10. A. fault B. reflection C. situation D. consciousness
PART FOUR: WRITING (6.0 POINTS)
I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (2.0 pts)
1. If the work is finished by lunchtime, you can go home.
àGet____________________________________________________________________________
2. You haven’t done your work, have you?
àIt’s about_______________________________________________________________________
3. The fourth time he asked her to marry him, she accepted.
àOnly on his _____________________________________________________________________
4. He said that he had won as a result of good luck.
àHe attributed____________________________________________________________________
5. That reminds me of the time I climbed to the top of Mount Fuji.
àThat takes me____________________________________________________________________
6. People rumour that he is rich but stingy.
àWhat___________________________________________________________________________
7. Such a ridiculous proposal isn’t worth serious consideration.
àThere is_________________________________________________________________________
8. Just thinking about his face at that moment makes me laugh.
àThe very_________________________________________________________________________
9.We cannot see animals in a vast area after the forest fire.
àThere is an_______________________________________________________________________
10.The staff hated Frank’s new policies so intensely that they went on strike.
àSo intense _______________________________________________________________________
II. Write a new sentence similar in meaning to the given one, using the word given in the brackets. Do not alter the word in any way. (2.0 pts)
1. I suddenly realized the meaning of a “freebie”.(dawned)
à_______________________________________________________________________________
2. After the scandal, he was asked to resign. (HAND)
à_______________________________________________________________________________
3. Bruce said that the situation at work was like a family argument. (likened)
à_______________________________________________________________________________
4. My father is not feeling well these days. (weather)
à_______________________________________________________________________________
5. I don’t think this record will ever be popular. (catch)
à_______________________________________________________________________________
6. His arrival was completely unexpected. (took)
à_______________________________________________________________________________
7. The success of our local theater has made our city famous. (map)
à_______________________________________________________________________________
8. He is certainly not a reliable witness. (means)
à_______________________________________________________________________________
9. Our company is the only company allowed to import these chemicals. (monopoly)
à_______________________________________________________________________________
10. It’s uncertain whether the band’s tour will take place. (BALANCE)
à_______________________________________________________________________________
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. bill B. lively C. since D. mineral
2. A. colour B. hole C. go D. toe
3. A. so B. coat C. note D. bottom
4. A. pond B. post C. ghost D. go.
5. A. compulsory B. dull C. pull D. result
II. Pick out one word which has the stress on the first syllable.
6. A. ethnic B. area C. comprise D. Buddhist
7. A. federation B. mausoleum C. recognition D. territory
8. A. impression B. separate C. officer D. optional
9. A. notice B. peaceful C. region D. divide
10. A. understand B. engineer C. benefit D. Japanese
III. Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence or substitutes the underlined word or phrase.
1. I........it 5 years ago.
A. have been B. saw C. was seeing D. am seeing
2. We........in Thong Nhat Park when it rained.
A. walked B. have walked C. were walking D. walk
3. I often play soccer........Sunday afternoon.
A. in B. at C. on D. after
4. My father was good at swimming. He is used to......swimming in summer.
A. go B. goes C. went D. going
5. Kate hates........to classical music.
A. listen B. listened C. listens D. listening
6. I've lived in this house........1990
A. from B. since C.for D. in
7. Mr. Smith........his car for 15 years, but it still looks very new.
A. has B. had C. have had D. has had
8. We must be there.......7.30 and 8.25.
A. at B. before C. between D. after
9. I wish you........me with my work.
A. help B. will help C. helped D. would help
10. My father started........in a small village 10 years ago.
A. teaching B.teach C. taught D. teaches
11. Leave it.......it is.
A. that B. as C. like D. so.
12. She can't afford that book because she has.......money.
A. a lot of B. few C. a little D. little.
13. When was that book........?
A. made B. produced C. published D. created
14. She spoke quietly to him........nobody also could hear a word.
A. because B. if C. although D. so that
15. He was.......ill that he couldn't get up.
A. such B. so C. much D. too.
16. We consider him.......
A. our father B. is our father C. be our father D. to be our father.
17. I don't like the place........ he lives.
A. that B. which C. where D. what
18. That man is.....deaf to hear what we say.
A. so B. enough C. too D. not
19. It's very crowded here. I wish.......
A. there were a few people. B. there is no one.
C. there weren't so many people. D. there was somebody here.
20. Ann's birthday is....... February 14th.
A. in B. on C. for D. at
21. They.......in that house for several months.
A. live B. lived C. have lived D. are living
22. My father...... teaching in a small village 10 years ago.
A. starts B. started C. has started D. is starting
23. We have lived in Hanoi....... 4 years.
A. in B. since C. for D. at
24. Lan and Maryam are penpals. They.... .each other twice a month.
A. writing B. write C. has written D. wrote
25. Lan enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere....... .Maryam was praying.
A. when B. during C. while D. where
26. She has taught English here.......10 years.
A. in B. for C. since D. at
27. He wishes he.......fly.
A. can B. will C. should D. could
28. The Vietnamese language is different........English.
A. from B. on C. in D. from
29. A: Would you like to have lunch with us? ~ B: ............
A. All right. B. Yes, I would.
C. No, I wouldn't like. D. Yes, I'd love to.
30. A: Congratulations on your winning. ~ B: .............
A. You're welcome. B. That's very kind of you.
C. No, thanks. D. Yes, of course.
31. A: Shall I get a taxi for you? ~ B: .............
A. Yes, I'd love to. B. Oh, that would be nice.
C. Let's do. D. Yes, why not?
32. A...
I. From each number , pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. Equal B.fashion C.champanage D.much
2 A.only B.cotton C.cross D.economic
3 A.baggy B.minority C.style D.symbol
4. A.design B.ghost C.clothing D.strong
5. A.casual B.sale C.sleeveless D.slit
6. A.baggy B.fashion C.label D.casual
7. A.economy B.occasion C.freedom D.logical
8. A.encourage B.young C.proud D.enough
II From each number, pick out one work which has the stress on the first syllable.
1. A.baggy B.design C.equal D.poetry
2. A.inspiration B.fashionable C.modernize D.symbol
3.A causual B.embroider C.designer D.occasion
4.A convient B.encourage C.material D.modernize
I. Pick out the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. rivalry B. economic C. symbolic D. comic
2. A. fade B. fashion C. label D. plain
3. A. enough B. laugh C. cough D. plough
4. A. champagne B. check C. cheese D. choose
5. A. boxes B. washes C. watches D. goes
6. A. rose B. chose C. close D. lose
7. A. tent B. rely C. tend D. send
8. A. hobby B. honest C. humor D. hole
II. From each number, pick out one word which has the stress on the first syllable.
1. A. champagne B. inspire C. unique D. fashion
2. A. comic B. cotton C. equal D. unique
3. A. novel B. poet C. champagne D. symbol
4. A. rivalry B. occasion C. logical D. equally
5. A. economic B. economy C. minority D. encourage
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. rubbish B. suburb C. lunch D. consume
2. A. clean B. pleasure C. bread D. meadow
3. A. dominate B. stranger C. talk D. arrange
4. A. shout B. about C. count D. four
1 My mother went home so I .................... to cook dinner myself .
A . had B. have C. must D. ought
2 . You should go to the ....... to buy some fish and some vegetable .
A . market B. post office C. kitchen D. theater
3 . Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently .
A . children B. character C. Christmas D . school
4 . Can Ba drive a car ? No , he is not .............
A .enough B. old C.old enough D. enough old
5. The calendar is ...................... the clock , ......................... the picture and the lamp .
A. on/next to B . under/between C. behind/between D. above/on
6 . Yesterday I .................... a letter to my close friends in Hue .
A. is writing B. is going to write C.writes D. wrote
7 . The children are old enough to look after ....................
A. yourself B. herself C. ourselves D.themselves
8 . It isn't ..................... to leave medicine around the house .
A. diffcult B.dangerous C.safe D. interesting
9 . Nam enjoys telling jokes . He is a .................... boy
A. reserved B . generous C. sociable D. humorous
10 . Alexander Graham Bell was born .......... March 3 ,1847.
A. on B. in C. at D.during
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VII. Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the passage. Write your answers in the space provided. (20 points)
The British Wind Energy Association was founded 30 years ago by a group of scientists. At that time, the (1) ___________ “alternative energy” was used to describe the generation of wind, water and solar power. These days, we tend to refer to them as “renewable energy” and the use of this name (2) ___________ a real change in their status. These sources of energy, far from being alternative, have now become mainstream and are (3) ___________ to make a significant contribution to the country’s energy needs in the future. Two closely linked developments (4) ___________ behind this (5) ___________ in status. Firstly, over the past decade or so, the price of oil and gas has been rising (6) ___________, reflecting the extent to which reserves of these fossil fuels are becoming (7) ___________. However, price is only part of the explanation. (8) ___________ as important is the growing consensus that carbon emissions must be curbed. The scientific evidence for climate change is now irrefutable, and both policy makers and the (9) ___________ public are finally in agreement that doing nothing about the prospect of global warming is no longer a viable option. Renewable energy represents one real way of (10) ___________ both issues.
1. A. caption B. title C. term D. label
2. A. regards B. reproduces C. reminds D. reflects
3. A. set B. held C. put D. stood
4. A. sit B. reside C. lie D. recline
5. A. move B. shift C. switch D. jump
6. A. equally B. serenely C. habitually D. steadily
7. A. depleted B. decreased C. depressed D. debased
8. A. Just B. Still C. Much D. Yet
9. A. deeper B. greater C. larger D. wider
10. A. coping B. engaging C. addressing D. dealing
B. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN: (Thí sinh làm trực tiếp vào đề thi)
I. WORD FORM (1 point / 0.25 each):
Give the correct form of the word in each bracket.
25. He has worked well and produced some ____________ essay. (interest)
26. They got ____________ yesterday morning. (marry)
27. Some designers have ____________ the Ao Dai by printing lines of poetry on it. (modern)
28. She likes to wear ____________ clothing at work. (fashion)
13.
Give the correct form of the word given in each sentence. (1.0 point) are now very interested in tidal power
14. Mns Nga speaks English quite.
15. Ha Noi and areas to him north will be
16. The baby laughed... as she played with her toys.
VI. Fill in the blanks with a correct preposition. (1.0 point)
Me and Mrs Hoang get up early poultry
18. Dr. Van's clinic is
47 Le Loi Street
21.1 wish I
A knew
C. will know
22. Let's have dinner,..
(good) tomorrow. (sun) science (happy)
the morning to feed the animals and the
19. He's lost his key and now he's looking.. it 20. She has studied English VII. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) thar best fits the space in each sentence. (1.0 point) B know .2010. his name.
D. would know
A will he
B. shall we
C. won't we
D. shan't we
23. Would you like to have lunch with us? -
A. All right
B. Yes, I would
C. No. I wouldn't like
D. Yes, I'd love to
24. "I must leave now"
A. she had to leave now
B. she must leave now
She said..
C. she had to leave then D. she must leave then VIII. Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting. (1.0 point)
25. She wishes she is the most beautiful girl in the world.
A
D
C
B
26. Uncle Tom said that he would go to Nha Trang tomorrow
BC
27. The road to our village should be widening soon.
А
В
D
28. She has taught in this school since five years.
IX. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one (1.5 points)
29. The fire has destroyed many houses.
Many houses
30. I started working for the company 4 years ago.
→ I've
31. Hoa asked, * What do you do in the morning. Lan?"
Hoa asked Lan
X. Rearrange the groups of words in a correct order to make complete sentences (1.5 points)
32. likes listening /her friends. / to music /and/chatting/with/Lan
Lan...
33. loved/said /He/badminton / he / that/ playing He.
34. how to school. /l/ went/Ba/me/ asked.
