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.

Until he spoke, I hadn’t realized he didn’t know anything about the subject. 

A. If he didn’t speak, I wouldn’t realize he didn’t know anything about the subject.

B. If he hadn’t spoken, I wouldn’t have realized he didn’t know anything about the subject.

C. Unless he spoke, I wouldn’t realize he didn’t know anything about the subject.

D. When he spoke, I hadn’t realized he didn’t know anything about the subject.

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.

Until he spoke I hadn’t realized he didn’t know anything about the subject.

A. If he didn’t speak, I wouldn’t realize he didn’t know anything about the subject. 

B. If he hadn’t spoken, I wouldn’t have realized he didn’t know anything about the subject. 

C. Unless he spoke I wouldn’t realize he didn’t know anything about the subject.

D. When he spoke I hadn’t realized he didn’t know anything about the subject

16.He used ___________40 cigarettes a day but he doesn’t smoke any more now.

            A. smoke                     B. to smoke                 C. to smoking              D. smoked

17.The man ___________to your sister is my uncle.

            A. is talking                 B. was talking              C. who is talking         D. talked

18.The doctor advised me ___________.

            A. to not smoke           B. not smoking            C. smoke not               D. not to smoke

19.What ___________at this time yesterday?

            A. did you do               B. you did                    C. were you doing       D. had you done

20.He ___________to his parents recently.

            A. writes                      B. wrote                       C. has written              D. was writing

21.A well- ___________child often behaves quite differently from one who did not get good schooling.

            A. educate                   B. education                C. educating                D. educated

22.Although he coughed badly, he ___________no effort to stop smoking.

            A. make                      B. do                            C. made                      D. has

23.Mary is lazy. This makes her parents sad .

            A. Mary is lazy, which makes her parents sad.         

B. Mary is lazy that makes her parents sad.

            C. Mary who is lazy makes her parents sad.

D. Mary is lazy which makes her parents sad.

24.This is the first time I have met him.

            A. I have never met him before.         B. They have met him recently

            C. I have met him many times            D. I want to meet him.

25.Jane finds it difficult to drive on the left.

            A. Jane is not used to driving on the left        B. Jane is not used to drive on the left           C. It’s difficult for Jane to drive on the left    D. Both A and C are correct

26.I sent a letter, then I came here.

            A. Before I come here, I had sent a letter.     B. Before I came here, I sent a letter.

            C. Before I came there, I had sent a letter.    D. Before I come here, I had send a letter.

27.Harry works all the time. He ________.

            A. often relaxes           B. relaxes sometimes C. relaxes never         D. never relaxes

28.I want ________ . I hope ________ for the team.

            A. to play/ choosing                B. to play/ to choose

            C. playing/ being chosen        D. to play/ to be chosen

29.What time is the flight ________ to arrive?

            A. thought        B. plan             C. due             D. bound

30.I was late for school this morning because my alarm clock didn’t ________.

            A. go off          B. go up           C. go away      D. go on

31.We are in regular ________ with each other by telephone or letter

            A. communicate         B. communication       C. communicative      D. communicative

32.She was disappointed to fail in two of her four ________.

            A. lessons        B. subjects      C. classes       C. schools

33.Mrs. Loan is ________ about her daughter’s lateness.

            A. pleased       B. thought        C. regretted     D. worried

34.________ is Nam like? – He’s tall and thin.

            A. How             B. What           C. Who            D. Whom

35.How ________ information did you ask for?

            A. some           B. a lot             C. much          D. many

36.We were watching TV when the light ________ out.

            A. went            B. has gone     C. had gone    D. were going

37.I will see him when he________ here tomorrow.

            A. comes         B. will come    C. has come   D. had come

38.The boys broke a window when they ________ football.

            A. played         B. were playing           C. haf played   D. are playing

39.In spite of her deafness, she played the violin very well.

            A. inability speak            B. inability to see     C. inability to hear       D. mentally

40._________car are you driving? – “ My father’s”

            A. Who            B. Whose        C. Which         D. How many

41._________does it take you to go to school? – “About half an hour”.

            A. How many  B. How far       C. How much  D. How long

42. I’m interested _________chess but I’m not very good _________it.

            A. in - in           B. in - for         C. about - for   D. in - at

43. “_________ a cup of coffee?” – “Oh, that is very kind of you.”

            A. Do you feel like       B. Why don’t you        C. Would you like        D. Can you

44.The New Year is coming so most of the clothing stores are ________with people.

            A. accustomed            B. full   C. crowded      D. fed up

45.She  often  ________stamps  of  many  other  country in  her  spare  time.  She  has  a  large

________of stamps.

            A. collections/collects B. collects/collection   C. collect/collective     D. collecting/collect

46.Peter: ______?                                                            Nick: Well, whenever I have free time.

A.    When are you listening to music    C. How often do you listen to music

B.    How long do you like it                     D. What do you do when listening to music

47.We were ______ in a traffic jam this morning and got to school ten minutes late.

A. fastened                              B. fixed                        C. joined                     D. stuck

48.. Your E-bike looks so dirty, Huy !. I think it needs _______.

A. clean                                   B. cleaning.                 C. to clean                   D.  cleaned

49. While we _______ a game show, the light went out.

A. were watching                    B. watched                  C. watch                      D. are watching

50.Tom and Mary are talking about their last weekend.

Tom:  _____________? 

Mary: Oh, my weekend was terrific, thanks.

A. What did you do on weekend                                B. How was your weekend       

C. Did you have a good weekend                              D. How did you spend your weekend

* Choose the best answer.
1. Nobody liked the film, ……………………?
A. does he B. doesn’t he C. did they D. didn’t they
2. “Who broke the window?” – “…………………….”
A. I am B. I was. Thanks C. I did. Sorry D. I did. Excuse me
3. I don't know ……………………website is useful for me.
A. why B. who C. when D. which
4. The ……………………of living is very high in big cities.
A. price B. prize C. cost D. expense
5. Milk bottles can be ……………………after being cleaned.
A. recycled B. reused C. broken D. reduced
6. His father is not interested in tennis and …………………….
A. he doesn’t, either B. so doesn’t he C. neither does he D. neither is he
7. When I came into the class, I realized I knew …………………….
A. them all B. all them C. they all D. all of they
8. Long was not feeling well so we gave him ……………………to do.
A. fewer work B. less work C. little work D. least works

Choose the correct answer

41) She has talked too ____.

A. much        B. many         C. few                        D. a great deal

42) He made very ____ mistakes.

 A. much       B. many         C. little           D. a number of

43) They know ____ about what to do.

A. many                    B. few                                    C. little           D. the number of

44) ____ children are ill-prepared for employment.

A. Much                    B. Most                     C. A little       D. Most of

45) Would you like ____ champagne to drink?

A. some                    B. few                                    C. a few        D. many

46) When I studied Shakespeare, I thought his plays were ____ boring.

A. many                    B. much                     C. few                        D. a few

47) ____ of the students are good today.

A. Most                     B. Much                     C. A little       D. Very

48) There were too ____ different nationalities in my class and we had to speak English.

A. a lot of                 B. much                    C. some        D. many

49) I don’t know ____ about English literature.
A. many        B. much                     C. a few         D. little

50) At the beginning, everybody spoke English very quickly, and I couldn’t understand____, but now things are easier.

A. much                    B. many                                 C. a great deal of               D. a lot of

21. I talked to Bob two weeks ago. I thought he wanted to know about my cat, but I misunderstood him. He asked me where _____, not my cat.

A. is my hat            B. my hat was         C. my hat is              D. was my hat

22. “The people in the apartment upstairs must have a lot of children.” – “I don’t know how many _____, but it sounds like they have a dozen.”

A. children do they have                  B. do they have children

C. children they have                       D. they have children

23. Do you know _____? I myself have no idea.

A. how many years the earth is              B. how old the earth is

C. how long is the earth                         D. how much time has been the earth

24. “There’s too much noise in this room. I can’t understand what _____.”

A. is the professor saying                              B. is saying the professor 

C. that the professor is saying                      D. the professor is saying

25. When I was little, my father gave me some advice. He said _____ talk to stranger.

A. I shouldn’t          B. that shouldn’t           C. don’t                D. that I don’t

26. 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

27. I don’t know _____.

A. when was this house built                       B. when this house was built

C. whom does this house belong to            D. who does this house belong to

28. “Did you tell Carol where _____ us this evening?” – Yes, I did. I can’t understand why she is late.”

A. should she meet        B. she to meet          C. she meets          D. to meet

29. A fortune-teller predicted _____ inherit a lot of money before the end of the year.

A. that I would            B. that I              C. what I will           D. what I

30. “Bill Frazer seems like a good person for the job, but we don’t know why he left his last job.” – “I know why. He told me _____ a serious policy disagreement with his boss last January.”

A. if he’d had          B. he’d had         C. what he’d had      D. that what he had

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