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

My hard-working students expected a good fortune to come in addition to their intelligence.

A. thoughtful

B. dilligent

C. courteous

D. bright

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the one in bold.
Everyone expected her to win the tournament, but she didn’t.

A.   Unlike everyone expected, she didn’t win the tournament

B.   Everyone was unexpected when she won the tournament

C.   To everyone’s expectation, she won the tournament

D.   Contrary to everyone’s expectation, she lost the tournament

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

It is useful for many families to write down a set of rules about how family member are expected to behave.

A. Many families find it useless to write down a set of rules about how family member are expected to behave

B. Many families don’t have to write down a set of rules about how family member are expected to behave

C. Many families find it useful to write down a set of rules about how family member are expected to behave

D. Many families make it useful to write down a set of rules about how family member are expected to behave

II. Choose the best option to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word.

1. Hoa is a good friend. She always shares things with her classmate.

A. gives                                B. listens                              C. takes                      D. wants

2. Ha Long Bay has the nicest scenery in Viet Nam.

A. landscape                         B. sights                        C. sightseeing               D. country

3. The streets are very busy with a lot of traffic.

A. modern                    B. peaceful                              C. noisy                        D. crowded

4. John easily gets angry. He is not patient.

A. impatient                        B. creative                    C. good                         D. important

5. No one in the office is cleverer than Mr. Edward.

A. more peaceful                  B. more intelligent               C. more handsome              D. better

6. Our grandfather doesn’t like living in the city.

A. enjoys                     B. dislikes                     C. likes                         D. plays

7. Excuse me! Could you tell me the way to the nearest park, please?

A. how to get to                   B. what to get to           C. Where to get to               D. to get

III. Choose the best option to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word.

1. Is a house in the city more expensive than a house in the countryside?

A. cheap                      B. convenient               C. beautiful                            D. interesting

2. Hoi An is an old town near Da Nang.

A. long                        B. modern                     C. expensive                          D. creative

3. The weather here in very hot in the summer.

A. cool                         B. warm                        C. cold                          D. fresh

4. Go straight on and turn left at the bookstore. The supermarket will be across the street, next to the post office.

A. right                        B. straight                     C. past                           D. along

5.  Kids always find Christmas exciting. They are always looking forward to Christmas.

A. boring                     B. historic                    C. modern                    D. noisy

IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting.

1. My Dad often going to work very early every morning.

 A.  My                              B. going                                 C. early                       D. every morning

2. I live in a apartment on Nguyen Trai Street.

A. live                        B. a                               C. on                                     D. Street

3. Do you think there is another street more narrow than this street?

A. Do                         B. there is                     C. another                             D. more narrow    

4. How many childs does your mother have?

 A. many                              B. childs                       C. does                                  D. have              

5. The cat is among the lamp and the bed.

A. cat                                   B. among                     C. lamp                        D. the

6. Life in the city is the more exciting than life in the country.

A. in the city               B. the more                             C. exciting                    D. than

7. How much students are there in your class?

A. How much             B. are                                      C. in                              D. class

8. The wedding breakfast was held in an beautiful garden.

A. The                          B. breakfast                            C. an                             D. garden

9. It is more noisy in the city than it is in the countryside.

A. It                             B. more noisy               C. is                               D. the

10. There is a book and an compass in my bag.

A. is                              B. and                                     C. an                              D. bag

11. Do you have some milk in the fridge?

A. Do                           B. have                          C. some                        D. fridge

12. This car is too small. We need to get a biggest one.

A. this                          B. small                         C. need                         D. biggest

13. How much tomatoes do you need?

A. much                      B. do                              C. you                                     D. need

14. Students mustn’t to litter the schoolyard and the classroom

A. mustn’t                 B. to litter                     C. the                                    D. the classroom

V. Choose the option to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

1. Lan: "Would you like some coffee?"                             Nam: "________"

A. Yes, I would           B. I don’t want to                  C. Not at all.                          D. Yes, please

2. – “Excuse me, I’m looking for a telephone box”.       - “There’s one ___________”

A. straight                                                          B. at the corner of the street

C. turn right                                                                D. going left

3. ‘Can you tell me the way to Tan Ky House please?’

    - ‘___. Go straight, then turn right.’

A. Certainly                          B. Let’s go                    C. Good idea                          D. My pleasure

4. Lan: "Shall we go to the park by bike?"             - Nam: "________"

A. Yes, we shall.                                                        B. No, we shan’t.        

C. I agree with you.                                         D. You’re welcome.

5. “What would you like to drink now?” - “ __________________”

A. No, thank you                                                     B. Yes, please

C. I like to do nothing                                             D. Apple juice, please

6. – “Why don’t we go to the zoo this Sunday morning?”       - “____________”

A. You are well                                                 B. Because I don’t like animals

C. That’s a good idea                                       D. Thanks a lot

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one.

It was hard not to start laughing when she started to sing 

A.  It was easy to keep a straight face when she started to sing

B. It was hard to keep a straight face when she started to sing

C. Start laughing was not hard when she started to sing

D.  It was not difficult to start laughing when she started to sing

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one.

“Would you like to come to my birthday party, Sarha?” asked Frederic.

A. Frederic invited Sarha to his birthday party

B. Frederic asked if Sarha was able to come to his birthday party

C. Frederic asked Sarha if she likes his birthday party or not

D. Frederic reminded Sarha of his coming birthday party