I. Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is differently from that of the rest in the following question.

Question 1. A. watches                     B. advises                   C. roses                       D. programmes

Question 2. A. advised                      B. washed                   C. looked                    D. danced

Question 3. A. inflation                    B. inhabitant              C. standard                 D. agriculture

Question 4. A. economy                   B. industry                  C. qualify                   D. priority     

Question 5. A. domestic                    B. initiated                  C. situation                  D. priority

II. Choose the one answer A,B,C or D which best completes the sentence or has the same meaning as the underlined word(s).

Question 6. Economic reforms are often carried ______ to promote the developing of a country.

            A. out                          B. on                           C. for                                      D. in

Question 7. Being aware ______ the importance of economic reforms, the Vietnamese Communist Party initiated an overall economic reform policy.

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

Question 8. For more than ten years, we have seen the significant ______ in the economy of our country.

            A. develop                  B. developments        C. developers                         D. developed

Question 9. Considering peasants make up nearly 80% of Vietnam’s population.

            A. specialists              B. economists             C. professors                          D. farmers

Question 10. In the future many large corporation will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost.

            A. companies             B. services                  C. supermarkets                     D. farms

Question 11. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of labor-saving devices.

            A. Official                  B. Household              C. Schooling                           D. Foreign

Question 12. In spite ______, the baseball game was not cancelled.

            A. the rain                  B. of the rain              C. it was raining              D. there was a rain

Question 13. ______ he had enough money, he refused to buy a new car.

            A. In spite                   B. In spite of              C. Despite                              D. Although

Question 14. The children slept well, despite ______ .

            A. it was noise                       B. the noise                C. of the noise            D. noisy

Question 15. ______ they are brothers, they do not look like.

            A. Although                B. Even                       C. Despite                              D. In spite of

Question 16. She left him ______ she still loved him.

            A. in spite                   B. even though           C. in spite of                           D. despite

Question 17. The doctor advised him __________  up smoking.

            A. giving                     B. to give                    C. gave                       D. give

Question 18. “Would you like a chocolate?”  _ “_________”

A. No, please.                  B. I like.                     C. I want.          D. No, thanks. I am on a diet.

Question 19. “Let’s go to the movie now”. “Oh! _________”

A. Good idea!                  B.I don’t.                    C. Why’s that?                       D. I need it.

Question 20. We _________ dinner when they _________.

       A. just finished/ had come                                      B. had just finished/ came

       C. was just finishing/ come                                    D. has just finished/ came

Question 21. She _________ the piano since she was ten.

       A. has played                   B. has been played        C. plays                      D. is playing

Question 22. It took my father two days _________ the table.

            A. to make                  B. making                        C. to be made            D. is being made

Question 23. These new economic reforms has allowed for international ______ and development in the country.

            A. pay                         B. renovation             C. investment                         D. opportunity

Question 24. There was a shortage of schools and hospitals.

A. not tall enough                  B. small number        C. plenty                     D. lack

Question 25. Since Doi Moi period, our country has undergone substantial changes.

            A. developed              B. experienced                       C. determined                        D. worked

Question 26. He refused to give up work, _________ he’s won a million pounds.

            A. despite                   B. however                 C. even though                       D. as though

Question 27. She used to ________ in the countryside.

A. living                     B. lives                                   C. lived                       D. live

Question 28. I will see him when he________ here tomorrow.

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

Question 29. The light________ out while we were having tea.

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

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.

31. After she had had lunch, she taken a nap.

       A                 B                          C        D

32. We always expect get as many good marks at school as possible.

      A     B        C                              D

33. He began to studying English three years  ago.

    A          B                          C              D

34. We have to cancel the meeting because the chairman’s absence.

     A       B                                C                   D

35. Higher education is very importance to national economies, and it is

                                             A                                        B

also a source of trained and educated personnel for the whole country.

                                                   C                                            D

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentences which is closest in meaning to the given one.

36. If I had known about Josie’s illness, I wouldn’t have visited her.

   A. I saw Josie, and I knew she was ill.

   B. I didn’t know Josie was ill, so I didn’t see her.

   C. I didn’t see Josie although I knew she was ill.

   D. I didn’t know Josie was ill, but I saw her.

37. If he wrote to her, she would be happy.

   A. She isn’t happy because he doesn’t write to her.

   B. When he wrote to her, she wasn’t happy.

   C. She is happy because he has written to her.

   D. He didn’t write to her, so she wasn’t happy.

38. If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.

A. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.

B. I am too tall to reach the top shelf.

C. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall.

D. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.

39. I don’t know her phone number, so I can’t call her.

   A. I haven’t called her although I know her number.

   B. You didn’t give me her phone number, and I didn’t call her.

   C. I’ll look up her phone number and I call her.

   D. If I knew her phone number, I’d call her.

40. He got lost because he didn’t take the city map.

   A. If he had taken the city map, he wouldn’t have got lost.

   B. If he took the city map, he wouldn’t get lost.

   C. If he takes the city map, he won’t get lost.

   D. If he took the city map, he wouldn’t have got lost.

Mark the letter A, B, C or to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

1. A. washed              B. cooked                   C. clapped                  D. cleared

2. A. translated          B. succeeded              C. introduced             D. initiated

3. A. washes               B. teaches                   C. changes                  D. likes

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of main stress in each of the following questions.

4. A. linguistics          B. favorite                  C. demanding             D. geography 

5. A. university          B. examination          C. sociology                D. geographical

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct option to fill each of the following blanks.

6. He has not been offered the job because he cannot meet the _______ of the company.

A. requirements                           B. applicants              C. information                      D. education

7. A _______ is an official document that you receive when you have completed a course of study or training.

A. vocation                       B. subject                    C. certificate              D. grade

8. Many people have objected to the use of animals in _____ experiments.

A. science                                     B. scientist                  C. scientific                 D. scientifically

9. Students also have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of _______ courses in the university.

A. compulsory                  B. optional                  C. required                 D. limited

10. Higher education _______ have risen this year for the first time in more than a decade.

A. applies                                     B. applications           C. applicable              D. applicants

11.An _______ is a student at a university or college who is studying for his or her first degree.

A. undergraduate                         B. application                         C. insurance               D. exam

12.- Which subject do you _______ at university? - I major in Math.

A. do                                 B. make                      C. practice                  D. demonstrate

13. She has made an _______for the job as a nursery teacher because she likes children.

   A. apply                               B. applicant                C. appliance               D. application

14. Whenever something goes wrong, everyone _______ it on me.

   A. charges                           B. blames                   C. insists                     D. accuses

15. Ellen didn’t get _______very well _______the roommate.

   A. up/ with                          B. on/ to                      C. up/ to                      D. on/ with

16. Sarah was very excited _______going to college.

   A. on                                                B. with                                    C. about                      D. to

17. Alice was not used to _______different people every day at college.

   A. meet                                B. meeting                  C. met                         D. to meet

18. Did you see that fascinating wildlife program _______television last night?

   A. on                                                B. at                            C. in                            D. by

19. Music is clearly different _______language.

   A. with                                 B. from                       C. in                            D. of

20. My school is _______the hospital and the post office.

   A. in                                     B. near                                    C. between                 D. behind

21. Quoc Tu Giam was_______to be the first university of Vietnam.

   A. considered                      B. founded                  C. noticed                   D. called

22. If I were you, I would advise her _______the new teaching method.

   A. try                                   B. trying                     C. tries                                    D. to try

23. Working for 12 hours a day _______her very tired.

   A. make                               B. makes                     C. made                      D. making

24. Either you or I _______wrong.

   A. am                                   B. is                             C. were                       D. are

25. If I had known you were in hospital, I _______to see you.

   A. will come                                   B. came                      C. would come           D. would have come

26. If anyone _______me, tell him I’ll be back later, Mary.

   A. was calling                     B. calls                                    C. call                         D. called

27. If I _______ 10 years younger, I _______ the job.

A. am / will take                                      B. was / have taken

C. had been / will have taken                 D. were / would take

28. I would send her a fax if I _______ her number.

A. know                            B. knew                      C. had known                         D. could know

29. If I_______the chance, I would have been trained to be a doctor.

   A. have had                         B. had had                  C. would have                        D. would have had

30. If it _______ warm yesterday, we would have gone to the beach.

A. was                               B. were                       C. had been                D. could be

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentences which is closest in meaning to the given one.

33. Someone cleaned the floor yesterday.

      A. Yesterday, the floor cleaned.                        B. The floor was cleaned yesterday.

      C. The floor was yesterday cleaned.                  D. Yesterday cleaned the floor.

34. Many people think Steve stole the money.

A. It was not Steve who stole the money.

B. Steve is thought to have stolen the money.

C. Many people think the money is stolen by Steve.

D. The money is thought to be stolen by Steve.

35. The man suddenly realized that the neighbor was watching him.

A. The man suddenly realized that he was being watched by the neighbor.

B. The neighbor was watching the man and he suddenly realized that.

C. The neighbor was suddenly realized the man and watching him.

D. The man suddenly realized that he was watched by the neighbor.

36. My mother never lets me go out by myself at night.

      A. I am never allowed to go out alone at night.

      B. My mother allows me to go out on my own at night.

      C. I am never given a chance to go out with my mother at night.

      D. Going out at night by myself is seldom allowed.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.

37. We were surprising  by  the results  of  the  test.

                             A        B                     C          D

38. The first postage stamps issued in New York City in 1842.

            A                       B         C                                  D

39.  The major goals of primary education is to achieve basic literacy and numeracy among all students.

                A                                                 B        C                               D

40. This lake is feed by more than thirty mountain streams.

            A            B                C                         D

Mark the letter A, B, C or to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

1.      A. stopped                        B. arrived                               C. planned                  D. followed

2.      A. hear                             B. dear                                    C. bear                       D. near

3.      A. study                            B. apply                                  C. rely                        D. supply

4.      A. likes                             B. matches                              C. rises                       D. fixes

5.      A. divided                        B. permitted                           C. landed                    D. missed

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct option to fill each of the following blanks.

6.      Tommy left high school _______ the age of seventeen.

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

7.      As an _______, Mr. Pike is very worried about the increasing of teenager crimes.

A. educate                        B. education                           C. educator                 D. educational

8.      English is an important _______ that is required in GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education).

A. language                      B. test                                                 C. evaluation                         D. subject

9.      In the UK, _______ schools refer to government-funded schools, which provide education free of charge to pupils.

A. state                             B. secondary                           C. independent           D. primary

10.  Mathematics, a required subject in all schools, is _______into many branches.

A. grouped                        B. prepared                            C. divided                   D. added

11.  Reagan _______ an actor years ago.

A. is said to being                                                            B. was said being

C. was said having been                                      D. is said to have been

12.  All bottles _______ before transportation.

A. frozen                          B. were freezing                    C. were frozen                       D. freezing

13.  The trees _______.

A. were grown by John yesterday in the backyard

B. were grown in the backyard by John yesterday

C. were grown in the backyard yesterday by John

D. in the backyard were grown yesterday by John

14.  English has become a second language in countries like India, Nigeria or Singapore where ______ for administration, broadcasting and education.

A. is used                          B. it is used                 C. used                        D. being used

15.  The telephone _______ by Alexander Graham Bell.

A. being invented                        B. inventing                C. invented                D. was invented

16.  The school library is open _______ all of the students and the teaching staff of the school.

A. for                                B. over                        C. to                            D. among

17.  Fee-paying schools, often called "independent schools", "private schools" or “_______ schools" .

A. college                                     B. primary                  C. secondary              D. public

18.  In England schooling is compulsory _______ all children from the age of 5 to 16.

A. with                              B. for                          C. to                            D. over

19.  In Vietnam, a school year lasts for nine months and is divided _______ two terms.

A. into                               B. to                            C. from                       D. on

20.  Despite many recent _______ advances, there are parts where schools are not equipped with computers.

A. technology                   B. technological         C. technologically                 D. technologist

21.  There is a wide range of _______ in the education system of the USA.

A. select                           B. selective                C. selected                             D. selection

22. English, Maths and Science are _______ subjects in the national curriculum in England.

      A. supportive                    B. core                                    C. public                                 D. independent

23. “_______ have you been learning English?” – “For over five years”.

      A. Why                             B. How long               C. What time                         D. When

24. The preparations _______ by the time the guests _______.

    A. had been finished / arrived                  B. have finished / arrived

    C. had finished / were arriving                D. have been finished / were arrived

25. “What’s your favourite food?”  - “________”

      A. Hamburgers, please.   B. A hamburger         C. Hamburgers          D. Coke

26. “He didn’t understand it.”  - “________.”

      A. So did I                        B. I did too                 C. Neither did I         D. Was he?

27. This school ___________ in 2000.

      A. was built                      B. be built                   C. built                       D. be building

28. I ________ here since last January.

      A. am studying                                                     B. have been studying          

      C. had been studying                                           D. was studying

29. Don’t you remember _______ Sally at that party several months ago?

      A. met                               B. to meet                   C. meet                       D. meeting

30. The advanced students are selected to take part ______ the annual International Olympic Competition.

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

31. Mr. Baker: Why didn’t you water the pot plants?

      Tom: ________________

         A. Thank you for your help.                               B. I’m sorry, Dad.

         B. I’m glad you like it                                       D. I’m very proud of you.

32. We washed up and cleaned up the kitchen after our dinner guests ___________.

         A. leave                          B. had left                     C. left                    D. have left

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentences which is closest in meaning to the given one.

31 . The woman said to her son,”I am glad I am here.”

            A. The woman told her son I was glad I was there.          

            B. The woman told her son she was glad I was there.

            C. The woman told her son she was glad she was there. 

            D.  The woman told to her son she was glad she was there.

32."How long are you going to stay?". Susan asked George ………………………..

           A. how long he was going to stay.                      B.  that how long he has gone to stay.    

           C.  how long he is going to stay.                         D.  how long was he going to stay.

33.  “Don’t forget to do your homework”, the teacher told us.

                        A. The teacher told us do not forget to do our homework.

                        B. The teacher told us to not forget to do our homework.

                        C. The teacher reminded us to do our homework.

                        D. The teacher reminded us not to forget to do your homework.

34. Jane hasn’t played the piano since 2005.

            A. The last time Jane played the piano in 2005

            B The last time Jane played the piano was 2005.

            C. Jane last played the piano was 2005.

            D. Jane has played the piano in 2005

35. My brother began studying English five years ago.

            A. My brother began studying English for five years.

            B. My brother has studied English for five years ago.

            C. My brother has studied English for five years

            D. My brother has begun studying English for five years.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to  40

Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in film, on television in the office, or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.

Learning another language! Learning English! Why do all these people want to learn English? It is not difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language, and Math... and English. (In England, or America, or Australia, many boys and girls study their own language which is English, and Math,... and another language perhaps French, or German, or Spanish.)

Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their studies, because some of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.

36.  According to the writer, ________

   A. only adults learn English.                                     B. no children like learning English.  

   C. English is only useful to teenagers.                     D. English is popular in much of the world.  

37.  Many people learn English by________.

      A. watching videos only.                                        B. hearing the language in the office.  

      C. talking with the film stars.                                D. working hard on their lessons.  

38.  Many boys and girls learn English because ________.

      A. English can give them a job.                             B. it is included in their study course.  

       C. their parents make them.                                  D. they have to study their own language.  

39.  In America or Australia many schoolchildren study ________.

      A. English as a foreign language                          

     B. English and Math only.  

      C. such foreign languages as French, German, and Spanish.  

      D. their own language and no foreign language.  

40.  Many adults learn English because ________.

      A. their work is useful.                                                                                        B. they want to go abroad.  

      C. most of their books are in English.                   D. it helps them in their work.