Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the words which has a different sound in the part underlined
Question 1: A. accent B. factor C. anniversary D. variety
Question 2: A. honest B. home C. vehicles D. hour
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the words which has a different main stress pattern from the others
Question 3: A. fluent B. language C. explore D. massive
Question 4: A. romantic B. financial C. popular D. reduction
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is the best answer to complete the sentence.
Question 5: My sister is working far from me house. She ___________independent.
A. used to be B. gets used to being C. use to be D. gets use to being
Question 6: It was ________ delicious meal that we wanted to eat more.
A. so B. so a C. such D. such a
Question 7: The teacher told the students always to tell the_____________.
A. true B. truth C. information D. fact
Question 8: He goes camping with his friends every month, _______________?
A. doesn’t he B. is he C. does he D. isn’t he
Question 9: Minh_____________ a car if he ___________ the money.
A. bought/would have B. would buy/had C. would bought/have D. bought/would had
Question 10: The problem with him is that he suffers from constant_____________.
A. sleepy B. sleepless C. sleeplessness D. asleep
Question 11: _____ this hand-embroidered picture was expensive, we bought it.
A. As B. Because C. Even though D. Despite
Question 12: The film is about the __________of the Titanic.
A. plunge B. descent C. drowning D. sinking
Question 13: The volcano on the island is still________________ .
A. alive B. performing C. busy D. active
Question 14: She asked me ________ to another country in the region.
A. weather I had been B. if I had been C. I had been D. had I been
Question 15: Our new coach is popular ___________the whole team.
A. for B. to C. by D. with
Question 16: ________ have you been able to play the piano?
A. When B. How many times C. Since when D. Why
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to each of the following exchanges from 14 to 15.
Question 17: - “ I’m taking my driving test tomorrow.”
-“____________.”
A. Good fortune B. Good luck C. Good outcome D. Good success
Question 18: Tom: “How did you get here?" - John: “…………………”
A. I came here last night. B. I came here by train.
C. The train is so crowded. D. Is it far from here?
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to identify mistake in each sentence.
Question 19: Sleeping, resting, and to drink fruit juice are the best ways to care for a cold. A B C D
Question 20: He is the best-known author I have never heard of.
A B C D
SYNONYM AND ANTONYM
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that indicate the word/phrase which is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
Question 21: My father still hasn’t really recovered from the death of my mother.
A. looked after B. taken after C. gone off D. got over
Question 22: If the headmaster were here, he would sign your paper immediately.
A. right ahead B. currently C. formerly D. right away
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
Question 23: Travel insurance is sometimes mistaken for temporary health insurance, but the two are actually different.
A. transitory B. passing C. mutable D. permanent
Question 24: You should not wear casual clothes to the interview. The first impression is very important.
A. new B. informal C. neat D. formal
READING
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks
Last week I went to an International Food Festival taking place in Hai Phong. Because the festival only (25) ___ place for one day, hundreds of people crowded into it. It was the
biggest food festival I had ever seen. There (26) __ thirty countries participating in the festival. They brought with them traditional food specialities which reflected their unique national (27)______. I was really impressed (28) ___ the Cobb salad. It is an American garden salad made from chopped salad greens, tomato, bacon, chicken breast, hard-boiled egg, avocado, cheese, and red-wine vinaigrette. (29)___the salad requires quite a few ingredients, it is not quick to make.
Question 25. A. ran B. took C. went D. found
Question 26. A. are B. is C. was D. were
Question 27. A. cooking B. food C. foods D. cuisine
Question 28. A. by B. at C. in D. on
Question 29. A. But B. Although C. Because D. So
Read the passage carefully and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is the best answer to the questions.
Cigarettes contain toxic substances like tar and nicitine. That is why we often hear people telling us that smoking is harmful to our bodies. Smoking weakens our lungs as well as other parts of our body. We will not be as active as before and will need more effort to move about.
Smoking affects our environment too. When we puff, we pollute the environment with smoke. This makes our surroundings unpleasant and unclean. Since Smoking does not do any good to us, we should always say no to cigarettes. We should advise our loved ones to take sweet instead whenever they feel like taking toxic puff.
Question 30. Which word in the passage means “harmful to our body”?
A. toxic B. pollute C. unpleasant D. effort
Question 31. Smoking is harmful to us because it…………………………..
A. makes us more active B. wastes our more
C. weakens our body D. makes us move about difficulty
Question 32. Which of the following is a harmful effect of smoking?
A. Hearing problem B. Hair loss C. Loss of sense of smell D. Lung cancer
Question 33. Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. Cigarettes contain a lot of smoke. B. Smoking can kill us immediately.
C. We can help smokers quit smoking easily. D. Smoking causes more harm than good to us.
Question 34. How can we help a smoker quit his bad habit ?
A. Give him more money B. Ask him to suck on sweets to replace smoking
C. Hide away his cigarettes so that he cannot smoke D. Tell him to stop smoking every day
WRITING
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 35: The oil washed from land will also lead to the death of fish. People are worried.
A. The oil washed from land will also lead to the death of fish that people are worried.
B. That people are worried the oil washed from land will also lead to the death of fish.
C. People are worried that the oil washed from land will also lead to the death of fish.
D. People are worried to the oil washed from land will also lead to the death of fish.
Question 36: Jim doesn’t study hard. He doesn’t get better grades.
A. If Jim studied hard, he would get better grades.
B. If Jim studies hard, he will get better grades.
C. He would get better grades if Jim studied hard,
D. If Jim has studied hard, he would have got better grades.
Question 37: “We are learning English at this moment.” Nam said.
A. Nam said that he was learning English at that moment.
B. Nam said that they were learning English at this moment.
C. Nam said that we were learning English at this moment.
D. Nam said that they were learning English at that moment.
Question 38. Tuan is very active. He studies the best of us.
A. Tuan is very active who studies the best of us.
B. Tuan who is very active studies the best of us.
C. Tuan who studies the best of us is very active.
D. Tuan, who studies the best of us, is very active.
Question 39. I wrote this essay in three hours.
A. It took me three hours to write this essay.
B. It took me three hours writing this essay.
C. I spent three hours to write this essay.
D. It spent me three hours writing this essay.
Question 40: Vicky is too young to join the club.
A. Vicky is not young enough to join the club.
B. Vicky is not old enough to join the club.
C. Vicky is not enough old to join the club.
D. Vicky is old enough to join the club.
