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MOCK TEST
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
whose underlined part is pronounced differently form the rest in each of the
following questions..
Question 1. : A. tired
B. kind
C. child
D. signal
Question 2: A. laughed
B. warned
C. screamed
D. accused
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the your answer sheet to indicate the
word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the
following questions.
Question 3: A. widen
B. delay
C. suggest
D. repeat
Question 4: A. expression
B. expensive
C. individual
D. biologist
Question 5: A. advertise
B. detemine
C. merchandize
D. reference
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6: Good planning is one of the ________ of a successful business.
A. character B. characters

C. characteristic D. characteristics
Question 7: We need ________ information about historical places in Hanoi.
A. farer
B. further
C. father
D. farthest
Question 8: Remember to invite other people to share the meal _______ you
before you start eating it.
A with
B. of
C. to
D about
Question 9: Prices are ______ than I expected
A. little cheaper B. more cheap
C. more cheaper D. much cheaper
Question 10: The Vietnamese government has done a lot to ____ hunger and
poverty.
A. increase
B. force
C. eliminate
D. improve
Question 11: If you work for the WWF, you can ……………. research on rare
plants and animals.
A. carry away
B. carry on
C. carry out
D. carry off


Question 12: I hate people who …………….the end of a film that you haven’t

seen.
A. breaks off
B. fills in C. gives away
D. turns up
Question 13: Stop putting words into my ………….! I never said opera was
boring, I just said I preferred musicals, that’s all.
A. mouth B. brain
D. heart
D. hair
Question 14: you should always do your best to get along ………….other people.
A. to
B. into
C. with
D. about
Question 15: The electric failed while she ……..dinner.
A. is cooking
B. was cooking
C. has cooked
D. has been cooked
Question 16: Nam has bought a (an)…………… car
A. expensive red American sport
B. expensive sport red American
C. sport expensive red American
D. American red sport expensive
Question 17: _____Mary studied hard, she would have passed the exam
A. If
B. Should
C. Were
D. Had
Question 18: Their hotel, ________ staff are very helpful, is an example to all

other hotels.
A. that
B. who
C. which
D. whose
Question 19: I have just taken a Test of English as a Foreign Language or TOEFL
_______ short.
A. of

B. in

C. on

D. for

Question 20: She was ______ to discover that she had won the first prize.
A. excited
B. lucky
C. astonished
D. nervous
Question 21: The telephone rang and interrupted my ______ of thought.
A. train

B. chain

C. series

D. circle

Question 22: It seemed to me what you said at the meeting last night fell _____.

A. off their head

B. on deaf ears

C. through deaf ears D. on and off


Question 23: The train will leave in five minutes so you _________better hurry up.
A. should

B. had

C. will

D. would

Question 24: George took _____ of the fine weather to a day’s work in the garden.
A. advantage

B. interest

C. change

D. chance

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your sheet to indicate the word(s)
SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
Question 25. A thief is going to get a nasty surprise today!
A. an astonishing B. a disappointing

C. a boring D. an unpleasant
Question 26. Instead of saying that an epidemic had happened suddenly. We
generally say that it has
A. Stopped
B. burned out
C. broken out
D. burned up
Question 27.The campers heard a strange rustling in the trees.
A. stealing
B. movement
C. pillaging
D. fight
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your sheet to indicate the underlined
part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 28: Cotton is one of the most popular fiber used to make clothes.
A
B
C
D
Question 29: Plants require much less moist in cold weather than in warm weather.
A
B
C
D
Question 30: The more tired you are, the least hard you concentrate.
A
B
C
D
Question 31: Wealthy people have always desired and wear precious stones

A
B
because their beauty is lasting.
C
D
Question 32: The tongue is the principle organ of taste and is crucial for chewing,
A
B
C


swallowed and speaking.
D
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your sheet to indicate the word(s)
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
Question 33: Humans can use language deceptively by telling lies or half- truths.
A. in a dishonest way

B. in an honest way

C. at the wrong time

D. for a serious purpose

Question 34: The funny story told by the man amused all the children.
A. entertained

B. saddened

C. pleased

D. frightene

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your
sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the
numbered blanks from 35 to 44
MUSIC - A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

Music is universal - it is produced by all cultures. Some scientists believe
that music came before speech and (35) ______ as a development of mating
calls. In fact, there is one theory that the (36) ______ languages were chanted or
sung, rather than spoken. Indeed, in some cultures, music is a form of (37) ______
history. The Aboriginal Australians, for example, use music as a means to (38)
______ on stories of the land and spirits to the next generation.
New evidence suggests that music does not just (39) ______ the feel - good
factor but it is also good for the brain. A study of intellectually (40) ______
children showed that they could recall more information after it was given to them
in a song than after it was read to them as a story.
Researchers also report that people (41) ______ better on a standard
intelligence test after listening to Mozart. The so-called “Mozart effect” has
also been (42) ______ by findings that rats brought up on Mozart run faster
through a complex network of paths or passages, (43) ______ as a maze.


Overall, it seems that in most instances people who suffer from any form of
mental (44) ______ benefit from listening to music.

35. A. was

B. swelled

C. arose

D. reacted

36. A. earliest

B. newest

C. easiest

D. simplest

37. A. enjoying

B. making

C. recording

D. stating

38. A. move

B. pass

C. hand

D. happen

39. A. convince

B. satisfy

C. please

D. prefer

40. A. disabled

B. inactive

C. incapable

D. disordered

41. A. examine

B. prepare

C. achieve

D. score

42. A. supported

B. given

C. marked

D. remembered

43. A. called

B. heard

C. regarded

D. known

44. A. badness

B. hurt

C. illness

D. pain

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 45 to 54
ICEBOX
By the mid-nineteenth century, the term icebox had entered the American
language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in
the United States. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in
hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh
meat, fresh fish, and butter. After the Civil War (1861-1865), as ice was used to
refrigerate freight cars, it also came into household use. Even before 1880, half the
ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that sold in
Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use. This had become possible
because a new household convenience, the icebox, a precursor of the modern

refrigerator, had been invented.


Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the
early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential
to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary. The commonsense notion that the
best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken,
for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early
efforts to economize ice included wrapping the ice in blankets, which kept the ice
from doing its job. Not until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors
achieve the delicate balance of insulation and circulation needed for an efficient
icebox.
But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been
on the right track. He owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of
Washington, for which the village of Georgetown was the market center. When he
used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that
customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to
pay a premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks.
One advantage of his icebox, Moore explained, was that farmers would no longer
have to travel to market at night in order to keep their produce cool.
Question 45: What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The influence of ice on the diet
(B) The development of refrigeration
(C) The transportation of goods to market
(D) Sources of ice in the nineteenth century
Question 46: According to the passage , when did the word icebox become part of
the language of the United States?
(A) in 1803

(B) sometime before 1850

(C) during the civil war

(D) near the end of the nineteenth century

Question 47: The phrase forward-looking in line 4 is closest in meaning to
(A) progressive

(B) popular


(C) thrifty

(D) well-established

Question 48: The author mentions fish in line 4 because
(A) many fish dealers also sold ice
(B) fish was shipped in refrigerated freight cars
(C) fish dealers were among the early commercial users of ice
(D) fish was not part of the ordinary person's diet before the invention of the
icebox
Question 49: The word it in line 5 refers to
(A) fresh meat

(B) the Civil War

(C) ice

(D) a refrigerator

Question 50: According to the passage , which of the following was an obstacle to
the development of the icebox?
(A) Competition among the owners of refrigerated freight cars
(B) The lack of a network for the distribution of ice
(C) The use of insufficient insulation
(D) Inadequate understanding of physics
Question 51: The word rudimentary in line 12 is closest in meaning to
(A) growing

(B) undeveloped

(C) necessary

(D) uninteresting

Question 52: According to the information in the second paragraph, an ideal icebox
would
(A) completely prevent ice from melting
(B) stop air from circulating
(C) allow ice to melt slowly


(D) use blankets to conserve ice
Question 53: The author describes Thomas Moore as having been on the right track
(lines 18-19) to indicate that
(A) the road to the market passed close to Moore's farm
(B) Moore was an honest merchant
(C) Moore was a prosperous farmer
(D) Moore's design was fairly successful
Question 54: According to the passage , Moore's icebox allowed him to

(A) charge more for his butter
(B) travel to market at night
(C) manufacture butter more quickly
(D) produce ice all year round

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 55
to 64
Tsunami is a Japanese word which means harbour wave and is used as the
scientific term for seismic sea wave generated by an undersea earthquake or
possibly an undersea landslide or volcanic eruption. When the ocean floor is tilted
or offset during an earthquake, a set of waves is created similar to the concentric
waves generated by an object dropped into the water. Most tsunami originate along
Ring of Fire, a zone of volcanoes and seismic activities, 32,500 km long that
encircles the Pacific Ocean. Since 1819, about 40 tsunamis have struck the
Hawaiian Islands.
A tsunami can have wave lengths, or widths, of 100 to 200 km, and may
travel hundreds of kilometers across the deep ocean, reaching speech of about 725


to 800 kilometres an hour. Upon entering shallow coastal waters, the wave, which
may have been only about half a metre high out at sea, suddenly grow s rapidly.
When the wave reaches the shore, it may be 15mhigh or more. Tsunamis have
tremendous energy because of the great volume of wave effected. They are capable
of obliterating coastal settlements.
Tsunamis should not be confused with storm surges, which are domes of
water that rise underneath hurricanes or cyclone and accompanying storm surge
killed an estimated 500,000 people in Bangladesh in 1970. The tsunami which
struck south and southeast Asia in late 2004 killed over 200 thousand people.
Question 55: Scientifically, tsunami is the term for_____

A. seismic sea wave
B. undersea earthquake
C. undersea landslide
D. volcanic eruption
Question 56: What does the word concentric mean ?
A. Wavy B. Having many centres C. Having a common centre
D.A ring
Question 57: Which of the following may be a reason for a tsunami ?
A. An inactive volcano.
B. A landslide on the seashore
C. An undersea earthquake
D. A storm
Question 58: What will happen when an object is dropped into the water ?
A. volcanic eruption may be a consequence.
B. Some concentric waves will be generated.
C. there will be seismic activity.
D. Earthquake may happen
Question 59: What is the zone of volcanoes and seismic activity in the world called
?
A. The concentric wave
B. The tsunami
C. The Pacific Ocean
D. The Ring of Fire
Question 60: That is the greatest speed of tsunamis traveling across the deep
ocean ?
A. 200 kilometres an hour
B. 700 kilometres an hour
C. 800 kilometres an hour
D. 150,000 kilometres an hour
Question 61 : How high is the wave of the tsunami when it reaches the shore ?

A. 100 metres
B. 200 metres
C. Half a metre
D. 15 metres
Question 62: How are tsunami capable of obliterating coastal settlements ?
A. They have tremendous energy due to the great volume of water affected.
B. They are a metre high or more.
C. They travel hundreds of kilometers.
D. They can strike the shore fifteen metres high.
Question 63: What killed an estimated 500,000 people in Bangladesh ?
A. A tsunami
B. A cyclone and accompanying storm surge
C. A high tide
D. Flooding
Question 64: Which of the following is NOT true ?
A. Tsunamis only occur in Asia.
B. A cyclone along with storm surge happened in Asia in 1970.
C. Storm surges are domes of water rising underneath hurricanes or
cyclones.
D. Storm surges cause extensive coastal flooding.
WRITING
Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the
same as the sentence printed before it.
Question 65: Although it was cold, the children didn’t wear trousers.
Despite………………………………………………………………………………
Question 66: Most people think Mr Hoan is the best doctor in this hospital.
Mr Hoan is considered………………………………………………………………
Question 67: Would you mind not smoking here ?

I’d rather……………………………………………………………………………
Question 68: Although he tried hard, he failed.
No matter…………………………………………………………………………..
Question 69: He was very sorry that he didn’t see Minh on her trip to Da Nang.
He greatly regreted…………………………………………………………………


Part II: In about 140 words, write a paragraph about the advantages of
personal electronic devices.
The following prompts might be helpful to you.
- helping us study better
- helping people communicate with each other or relax
- storing and searching information