Choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is almost in meaning as the sentence given.

QUESTION 36. Did your father go to his office by car or by motorbike?

(2.5 Points)

A. Was your father arrive at his office by car or by motorbike?

B. Did your father drive a car or ride a motorbike to his office?

C. Did your father ride a car or drive a motorbike to his office?

D. Did your father drive a car or a motorbike to his office?

I, Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences:

1, Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.

A. efficient           B. ingenuous           C. businesslike            D. immemorial

2, Choose a word in each line that has a different stress pattern.

A. unrecognizable           B. climatologist           C. psychological            D. definitely

3, Jean Michel sat at the helm of his 47-foot sailboat, Aweigh, and __________ toward the calm blue waters of Richardson Bay.

A.  signaling         B. gesticulation        C.  kinesics        D. gestured

4, As soon as the problem at work blew up, he instantly thought about how he could come out of it looking good. He is such a ____________ person.

A.  self-evident         B. self-conscious        C.  self-centred        D. selfless

5. Another noteworthy promise made by the White House boss is to spend $ 1 trillion on ______________, using American products to build bridges and roads and many other projects.

A.  infrastructure         B. underpinning        C.  cornerstone        D. database

6, I have been back to the doctor three times and he still hasn't ____________ the reason for all the pain I have been suffering from recently.

A.  indicated         B. highlighted        C.  pinpointed        D. looked up

7. The accidental ____________ of four listed buildings near the city centre caused a huge outcry and the manager of the building company was jailed for three months.

A.  disruption         B. demolition        C.  injuring        D. squashing

8. The couple’s 25th wedding anniversary provided a good ____________ for gathering together all their old photographs in one large album.

A.  opportunity         B. possibility        C.  lucky chance        D. capitalization

9. Interview: ‘Why don't you demand a bigger say in the running of the company?’

- Peter: “ Your _____________ acceptance of every decision is harming the health of the business.”

A.  undoubtedly         B. unquestioning        C.  definitely        D. interrogation

10. Peter: “Are you planning to do anything special this weekend?” – Amanda: “_________________”

A. Well, let's see probably I'll prepare some research side project tomorrow.

B. No, there's nothing special.

C. Absolutely, I'll be taking part in the camping trip in the rainforest.

D. I intend to organize dinner parties this weekend who hope to come.

I/ Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.

1.My father doesn't mind _______________ my sisterto school everday.

A. pickup       B. picked up         C. picking up       D. picks up

2. Which is ___________, flying a kite or swimming in the river?

A. interesting    B.more interesting    C.most interesting    D. less interesting

3. Nam was envious ______ his sister’s success.

A. with    B. of     C. at      D. to

4. The ______ of quan ho singing has been recognized as a world heritage.

A. performance    B. procession   C. preservation    D. song

5.Choose the word which underlined part is differently pronouncedfrom the others A.   fun     B. sun    C. surf    D. cut

6.Choose the word whose main stressis placed differently from the others

A.activity          B. commemorate           C. historical         D. competition

II/ Put the verbs in brackets into past simple or past continuous tense:

1. When I (be) ____________a child, I wanted to be a teacher.

2.When  my aunt  and uncle  (come)  ...........,  my  mother(  water)  ........  the  plants  and flowers in the garden.

3. Thu and Hoa (talk) ....... to their friends on the phone at 7o’clock last night.

4.  Nam(play)  .........  video  games on the computure while  his sister  (write)  .........  the lettersat 8o’clock last night

Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.

1. The movie was so __________ that we all cried at the end.

A. awful                      B. sad              C. fantastic                  D. terrible

2. Linda can’t watch __________ movies. She thinks they’re too scary and she always has bad dreams after watching them.

A. comedy                  B. action                      C. horror                      D. drama

3. My friends, Susie, __________ in London next weekend.

A. was                         B. were                        C. will be                     D. is

4. I __________ to make sausages this morning and it __________ delicious.

A. try/ was                  B. try/ is                     C. tried/ is                   D. tried/ was

5. A: I believe everyone can help save the environment.

B: _________

A. What’s wrong? B. Yes, I’d love to. C. Yes, I think. D. I agree with you.

6. I need to go to the _______ to send these letters to my pen friend.

A. library                     B. police station

 C. supermarket           D. post office

V. Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences by circling A, B, C or D.

1. Such____________ that he would stop at nothing.

A. his ambition was                                              B. did his ambition

C. does his ambition                                             D. was his ambition

2. Scientists are now beginning to conduct experiments on____________ trigger different sorts of health risks.

A. noise pollution can                                  B. that noise pollution

C. how noise pollution                                 D. how noise pollution can

3. ____________, we all went home.

A. Goodbye was said                                   B. Goodbye had been said                 

C. Goodbye said                                          D. When goodbye said

4. ~ “Goodbye, Susie!”.              ~   “____________”

A. So so                         B. The same                   C. Yeah                D. So long

5. You ____________ the washing up. I could have done it to you

A. hadn’t to do                                            B. needn’t have done               

C. couldn’t have done                                  D. mustn’t have done

6. He objects to ____________.

A. his mistakes being laughed at                            B. laughing his mistakes at

C. his mistakes laughing at                                    D. his mistakes at laughing

7. I can’t make____________ what it says; it’s a very old book.

A. for                             B. up                              C. out                   D. of

8. His name is Archibald, but everyone calls him Archie____________.

A. for short                    B. in brief                       C. for brief            D. in short

9. Bill: “What do you think of what Mr. Cook said at the meeting?”    

- Mary: “____________”

A. Well, I could help myself.                                 B. Sorry, I have no idea.

C. Oh, he was good- looking, wasn’t he?                         D. Oh, the meeting was boring.

10. When he returned home, he found the door____________.

A. unlocking                  B. unlocked                    C. to be unlocked  D. have unlocked

11. ____________ patient, and you will succeed.

A. To be                B. Are                                      C. Being               D. Be

12. “____________ the villagers, I’d like to thank you for your generous donation,” Mr. Lam said.

A. According to                                           B. On behalf of                        

C. In addition to                                          D. Thanks to

13. The woman____________ when the police told her that her husband had died.

A. broke down      B. broke away                C. broke in            D. broke into

14. There are nine kinds of fruit in my basket. One is an orange, one is a lemon and ____________ is an apple.

A. others               B. the other                    C. another             D. the others

15. I can’t give you a detailed description of the woman, as I only _________at her briefly.

A. gazed               B. glared                        C. glanced             D. stared

16. The boy ____________ in the accident was taken to hospital.

A. injuring            B. being injured              C. have injured     D. injured

17. I feel terrible.I didn’t sleep ____________ last night.

A. a jot                 B. a wink                        C. an inch             D. an eye

18. Alex can’t ____________ seeing his mother cry because she means a lot to him.

A. mind                B. avoid                         C. finish                D. stand

19. He thought the party was going to be boring, but it ____________ to be the most unforgettable evening of his life.

A. turned out                  B. looked around            C. passed away     D. fell back on

20. My friend in the United States ____________ a very good salary as a pharmacist.

A. make                B. makes                        C. do                    D. does

21. His answer was so confusing that I could hardly make any ____________ of it at all.

A. interpretation    B. meaning                     C. intelligibility     D. sense

22. The environment is ____________ almost everywhere and many species of animals are in danger of extinction.

A. threatening seriously                               B. serious threatened     

C. seriously threaten                                             D. seriously threatened

23. Jack went to the party, wearing a ___________ tie.

A. lovely red woolen bow                                     B. red lovely woolen bow        

C. woolen lovely red bow                                      D. lovely red bow woolen        

24.________ Professor Johns, __________ man whose new drug everyone is talking about, refused ________interview.

A. 0- the - an                  B. 0- a - the           C. The- a - the                 D. The - a- an

25. This factory produced ____________ motorbikes in 2014 as in the year 2012.

A. as twice as many                  B. twice as many           

C. as twice many            D. as many as twice

26. Don’t put David in charge of arranging the theater trip; he’s too______________.

A. organized                            B. well organized           C. unorganized      D. organizing

27. It ____________ to Fred that I secured a place at Havard.

A. had been                    B. had been up                C. was down                  D. helped

28. As a rule you shouldn’t argue with your hosts unless they _______ something openly offensive.

A. had said                     B. have said                    C. will say            D. would say

II. VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR 

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences. 

1.     That's Peter,________father has just come from the Philippines.

    A. who        B. that        C. whose    D. whom 

2.    Smartphones, laptops and tablets are modem ________ that have changed the way we think.

    A. devices    B. access    C. computer    D. information

3.    Electronics make students'________lighter.

    A. handbags    B. backpacks    C. books    D. exams

4.    A________is a mobile computer that is also useful for language learning.

    A. desktop    B. CD player    C. radio    D. tablet

5.    Don't ask him those questions. He hates answering________questions.

    A. mobile    B. annoyed    C. personal    D. excited

6.    He didn't come back home last night, ________made his parents very worried.

    A. who        B. whom    C. which    D. that

7.    After they________, I sat down and took a nap.

    A. had gone    B. went     C. gone    D. go

8.    The bag ________I bought yesterday was made in Italy. 

    A. who        B. whose    C. whom    D. which

9.    ________ is a result of dumping plastic or other inorganic waste in the ground and the ovemse of chemical fertilizers in agriculture.

    A. water pollution     B. soil pollution     C. noise pollution    D. air pollution

10.     In the age of technology you can take advantage________new applications which are very useful for learning English.

    A. of        B. on            C. in            D. up

11. Mothers have long used folk songs to _______________ babies to sleep

A. delight     B. communicate     C. buzz             D. lull

12. To attract film viewers, a majority of film makers now tend to expose nude ________.

A. motions     B. parts         C. scenes         D. Events

13. Pélé is regarded _________ the greatest football player of all time

A. at         B. as             C. for             D. with

14. Hoi An is famous ________________ its old temples and pagodas.

A. in         B. for             C. at             D. with

15. "Would you mind helping me?" – "________."

A. No, a problem     B. Sure, no problem        C. No, I wouldn't     D. Yes, I would

16.The building in the middle of the town_______ now.

A. is being painted         B. being painted     C. is painting         D. be painted

17. It was not until ____________________ that she cooked the meal.

A. her father would come home             B. her father has come home

C. her father came home                 D. her father comes home

18. The Palace hotel was __________than the Grosvenor.

A. expensive         B. more expensive        C. the most expensive     D. the more expensive

19. ______________ do you like to live – in the city or in the countryside?

A. How         B. When         C. What         D. Where

20. The children became....................... about the cartoon.

A. exciting         B. to excite         C. excited         D. excite

21. Peter has practiced playing the piano ________________ the piano contest next week.

A. in order enter     B. to entering         C. to enter         D. not to enter

22. Everyone knows what is happening to......earth but we just do not know how to stop it.

A. an             B. a             C. the             D. Φ