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TOMMY ENGLISH
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the rest.
Câu 1: A. recite
B. reconcile
C. refund
D. reproduce
Câu 2: A. pitch
B. watch
C. butcher
D. architect
Mark the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
Câu 3: A. photography B. minority
C. heroic
D. amateur
Câu 4: A. power
B. permission
C. permanent
D. carpe
Câu 5: A. comfortable B. uncontrollable
C. politician
D. practicalit
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the

following sentences
Câu 6: They tell me about the film
on TV last week.
A. when they watched
B. which they watched it
C. which they watched
D. whom they watched
Câu 7: It’s important to know about how developed countries have solved the urbanization problems an
___________some solutions to those in Viet Nam.
A. think
B. advise
C. expect
D. propose
Câu 8: Each of the guests _________ a bunch of flowers.
A. are given
B. is given
C. were given
D. give
Câu 9: Let’s go to the beach this weekend, _______ ?
A. do we
B. shall we
C. will we
D. don’t we
Câu 10: John ___________ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading
B. reading
C. read
D. was reading
Câu 11: It is recommended that he _______ this course
A. took

B. takes
C. take
D. taking
Câu 12: John: “I didn’t pass my driving test.” - Anna: “_______!"
A. Better luck next time
B. So poor
C. Congratulations
D. That was nice of them
Câu 13: Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, French and German will be taught at general schools in
Hanoi and HCM City before being _________ on a large scale throughout the country.
A. applied
B. provided
C. assessed
D. investigated
Câu 14: Remember to take _______your shoes when you go into the temple.
A. up
B. in
C. with
D. off
Câu 15: __________ you study harder, you won’t pass the examination.
A. Although
B. Despite
C. Unless
D. I
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to
the underlined words.
Câu 16: The conference is governed by its newly elected board.
A. watched
B. chosen
C. ruled

D. advised
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Câu 17: After a long lunch hour, business resumes as usual.
A. continues
B. resurfaces
C. delays
D. responds
Câu 18: The people interviewed for the survey were randomly selected.
A. thoughtfully
B. carefully
C. indiscriminately
D. carelessly
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined words.
Câu 19: It was necessary to divide the movie 'Roots' into five parts in order to show it on television.
A. adapt
B. merge
C. segment
D. transact
Câu 20: With the final examinations coming very soon his anxiety was rising to almost unbearable
limits.
A. joy
B. confidence
C. studying

D. apprehension
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, some one who always (21)_____ to be successful?
Having some one around who always fears the worst isn’t really a lot of (22)_____we all know someone
who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says: “It looks like rain.” But if you catch yourself thinking
such things, it’s important to do something (23)_____ it. You can change your view of life, (24)_____ to
psychologists, it only takes a little effort, and you’ll find life more rewarding as a (25)______.
Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and confidence, but it’s also a more positive way of
looking at life and all it has to offer . Optimists are more (26)_______to start new projects and generally
more prepared to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (27)_______ to the world. Some people
are brought up to (28)______too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when
anything goes wrong. Most optimists, on the (29) _____hand, have been brought up not to regard failure
as the end of the world-they just (30)_____with their lives
Câu 21: A. waited
B. counted
C. expected
D. felt
Câu 22: A. fun
B. play
C. enjoyment
D. musement
Câu 23: A. about
B. with
C. over
D. against
Câu 24: A. judging
B. concerning
C. according

D. following
Câu 25: A. product
B. purpose
C. reason
D. result
Câu 26: A. possible
B. hopeful
C. likely
D. welcome
Câu 27: A. position
B. opinion
C. attitude
D. view
Câu 28: A. depend
B. believe
C. trust
D. hope
Câu 29: A. other
B. far
C. opposite
D. next
Câu 30: A. get on
B. get out
C. get up
D. get over
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following sentences.
Câu 31: The situation was so embarrassing that she did not know what to do.
A. So embarrassing was the situation that she did not know what to do.
B. It was such an embarrassing situation; however, she did not know what to do.

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C. So embarrassing the situation was that she did not know what to do.
D. She did not know what to do, though it was not an embarrassing situation.
Câu 32: It is expected that tax increases will be announced in tomorrow’s budget statement.
A. Tax increases are expected to be announced in tomorrow’s budget statement.
B. It is expected that people will announce in tomorrow budget tax increases.
C. In tomorrow’s budget statement tax increases are expected to announce.
D. Hope that they will announce tax increases in tomorrow’s budget statement.
Câu 33: Fiona has been typing the report for an hour.
A. It took Fiona an hour to type the report.
B. It is an hour since Fiona started typing the report.
C. Fiona finished the report an hour ago.
D. Fiona will finish typing the report in an hour.
Câu 34: I can’t do the test because it is too difficult.
A. If the test isn’t too difficult, I can do it.
B. If the test weren’t too difficult, I could do it.
C. If the test weren’t too difficult, I can do it.
D. If the test hadn’t been too difficult, I could do it.
Câu 35: The children couldn't go swimming because the sea was too rough.
A. The sea was too rough for the children to go swimming.
B. The sea was rough enough for the children to swim in.
C. The sea was too rough to the children's swimming.
D. The children were not calm enough to swim in the sea.
Choose the option among A, B, C, D which needs correcting to make a complete sentence.

Câu 36: The exam to become a lawyer is on far the most difficult he has taken.
A
B
C
D
Câu 37: No one in our office wants to drive to work because of there are always traffic jams at rush
hour.
A
B
C
D
Câu 38: Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities.
A
B
C
D
Câu 39: The computer-based tests will test your ability to understand spoken English, to read
A
B
nontechnical language, and writing correctly
C
D
Câu 40: In 1960 John F. Kennedy became the youngest man ever to elect president of the US. A
B
C
D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answers
It takes a long time to raise a family of owlets, so the great horned owl begins early in the year.
In January and February, or as late as March in the North, the male calls to the female with a resonant

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hoot. The female is larger than the male. She sometimes reaches a body length of twenty-two to twentyfour inches, with a wingspread up to fifty inches. To impress her, the male does a strange courtship
dance. He bobs. He bows. He ruffles his feathers and hops around with an important air. He flutters
from limb to limb and makes flying sorties into the air. Sometimes he returns with an offering of food.
They share the repast, after which she joins the dance, hopping and bobbing about as though keeping
time to the beat of an inner drum. Owls are poor home builders. They prefer to nest in a large hollow in a
tree or even to occupy the deserted nest of a hawk or crow. These structures are large and rough, built of
sticks and bark and lined with leaves and feathers. Sometimes owls nest on a rocky ledge, or even on the
bare ground. even to occupy the deserted nest of a hawk or crow. These structures are large and rough,
built of sticks and bark and lined with leaves and feathers. Sometimes owls nest on a rocky ledge, or
even on the bare ground. The mother lays two or three round, dull white eggs. Then she stoically settles
herself on the nest and spreads her feather skirts about her to protect her precious charges from snow
and cold. It is five weeks before the first downy white owlet pecks its way out of the shell. As the young
birds feather out, they look like wise old men with their wide eyes and quizzical expressions. They
clamor for food and keep the parents busy supplying mice, squirrels, rabbits, crayfish, and beetles.
Later in the season baby crows are taken. Migrating songsters, waterfowl, and game birds all fall prey to
the hungry family. It is nearly ten weeks before fledglings leave the nest to search for their own food.
The parent birds weary of family life by November and drive the young owls away to establish hunting
ranges of their own
Câu 41: What is the topic of this passage?
A. Mating rituals of great horned owls
B. Raising a family of great horned owls
C. Habits of young great horned owls
D. Nest building of great horned owls

Câu 42: The phrase "a resonant hoot" is closest in meaning to
A. a sound
B. an offering of food C. an instrument
D. a movement
Câu 43: It can be inferred from the passage that the courtship of great horned owls
A. happens in the fall
B. takes place on the ground
C. involves the male alone
D. is an active process
Câu 44: According to the passage, great horned owls
A. may inhabit a previously used nest
B. are discriminate nest builders
C. need big nests for their numerous eggs
D. build nests on tree limbs
Câu 45: According to the passage, which of the following is the mother owl's job?
A. To build the nest
B. To initiate the courtship ritual
C. To sit on the nest
D. To feed the young
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Câu 46: The phrase "precious charges" refers to
A. the hawks and crows
B. other nesting owls
C. the nest

D. the eggs
Câu 47: According to the passage, young owlets eat everything EXCEPT
A. insects
B. other small birds
C. small mammals
D. nuts and seeds
Câu 48: The word "they" refers to
A. the adult birds
B. the wise old men C. the prey
D. the young birds
Câu 49: What can be inferred from the passage about the adult parents of the young great horned owls?
A. They are lazy and careless about feeding the small owlets.
B. They probably don't see their young after November.
C. They don't eat while they are feeding their young.
D. They are sorry to see their young leave home.
Câu 50: The phrase "weary of" is closest in meaning to
A. become sad about B. support
C. are attracted to
D. tire of

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