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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. supported
B. finished
C. noticed
D. laughed
Question 2: A. teaching
B. repeat
C. weather
D. treatment
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following question.
Question 3: A. relate
B. protect
C. settle
D. compose
Question 4: A. endanger
B. important
C determine
D. candidate
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
Question 5: Hard work can often bring _________ success.
A. into

B. in
C. about
D. up
Question 6: The school has been given 20computers, half of________ are brand new
A. that
B. which
C. those
D. them
Question 7: If I ______about the job, I would have applied for it.
A. know
B. knew
C. have known
D. had known
Question 8: It is becoming ______challenging to find a good job nowadays.
A. more and more
B. the more
C. the better
D. better and better
Question 9: I was_____ by the traffic this morning. As a result, I was ten minutes late for the meeting.
A. carried out
B. turned down
C. held up
D. put off
Question 10: Nowadays a large number of young people spend much time______ the Internet
A. to surf
B. surfing
C. surfed
D. surf
Question 11: The Red Cross is aimed _____providing medical aid and other help to victims of
natural disasters.

A. at
B. in
C. with
D. on
Question 12: The headmaster has decided that three lecture halls ______in our school next semester.
A. will be building
B. will build
C. will building
D. will be built
Question 13: The students failed to______ the necessary requirements for admission to the course.
A. take
B. have
C. meet
D. give
Question 14: The______ between the rich and the poor countries of the world is increasing.
A. space
B. gap
C. distance
D. location
Question 15: _______ had he arrived at the bus stop when the bus came.
A. No longer
B. No sooner
C. Hardly
D. Not until
Question 16: She_____ be ill. I have just seen her playing basketball in the school yard.
A. needn't
B. shouldn't
C. mustn't
D. can't
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Question 17: According to some optimists, by the end of the 21 century, our astronauts______ on Mars
A. will be landing
B. will have landed C. have landed
D. will land
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response
to complete each of the following questions.
Question 18: Tom" I'm sorry. I won't be able to come "_ Mary"_______."
A. Sounds life fun
B. Oh, that's annoying
C. Well, never mind D. Great
Question 19: Mary and Peter are talking about a book they have just read.
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- Mary: “The book is really interesting and educational.” - Peter: “______”
A. I’d love it. B. That’s nice of you to say so.
C. I couldn’t agree more.

D. Don’t mention it.

Mark the letter A , B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 20: The number of students attending English courses at our university are increasing
A
B
C
D
Question 21: Driving on the left made my daughter very surprising when she first visited London
A
B

C
D
Question 22: Man is destroying the balance of nature which regulates climate and the atmosphere,
A
B
C
produces food and maintaining soils
D
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.
Question 23: Oil spills are having a devastating effect on coral reefs in the ocean.
A. important
B. disastrous
C. significant
D. powerful
Question 24: The education system is a mirror that reflects the culture.
A. points
B. explains
C. shows
D. gets
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 25: Ludwig Van Beethoven was one of the great composers in the history of music.
A. influential
B. unknown
C. outstanding
D. reliable
Question 26: His boss has had enough of his impudence, and doesn’t want to hire him any more.
A. respect
B. agreement

C. obedience
D. rudeness
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest
in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
Question 27: Walking on the grass in the park is not permitted.
A. People like walking on the grass in the park.
B. We do not have to walk on the grass in the park.
C. We must not walk on the grass in the park.
D. You can walk on the grass in the park if you want to.
Question 28: If I were you, I would take this chance for further study,” he said to her.
A. He advised her to take that chance to study further.
B. He ordered her to take that chance for further study.
C. He instructed her to take this chance for further study.
D. He reminded her to take this chance to study further.
Question 29: The test we did last time was more difficult than this one.
A. The test we have done this time is not difficult at all.
B. This time we have to do the most difficult test of all.
C. We did an easy test last time and a difficult one this time.
D. This test is not as difficult as the one we did last time.
Question 30: People say that Mr. Pike gave a million pounds to charity last year.
A. A million pounds was said to have been given to charity by Mr. Pike last year.
B. Mr. Pike was said to have given a million pounds to charity last year.
C. Mr. Pike is said to have given a million pounds to charity last year.
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D. A million pounds is said to be given to charity by Mr. Pike last year.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35
It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports. When you are young, you know how

important (31) _______to do physical exercises if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that
reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (32)_______ enthusiasm that in the end you
can’t live without it. The problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time. At
your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to university, with perhaps only
one afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens just when you are at the best (33) _______for
many sports, such as gymnastics and swimming. By the time you finish all your studies you will
probably be too old to be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough time on (34)
_______while you are young, then one day you will find that you are very good at your sport but too
old to study, and you will find it (35) _______to get a good job. Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair.
Question 31: A. this is
B. you are
C. it is
D. things are
Question 32: A. keen
B. many
C. great
D. much
Question 33: A. stage
B. age
C. period
D. time
Question 34: A. training
B. practice
C. exercise
D. sporting
Question 35: A. impractical
B. unlikely
C. improbable
D. impossible
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 36 to 40
Did you know that you do not have to be a chemist to invent something? An example of a
chemistry invention that was made by a non-scientist is Liquid Paper. In 1951, a divorced woman named
Bette Nesmith Graham needed to work to support herself and her son. Life was very difficult for a single
mother. She soon found a job as a typist, but she was not very good at it. She made a lot of errors typing,
leading her to formulate a white tempura paint to hide them. Using her kitchen as a laboratory, she
developed a liquid that other people wanted to buy and use. She named this liquid " Mistake Out”.
While continuing to work as a secretary, she educated herself in business methods, promotion,
and research until she was satisfied that the product she had developed was really worthwhile.
Sometime around 1952 she offered" Mistake Out" to IBM, which turned it down. From 1952 until 1979
she continued to make and sell "Mistake Out", now renamed " Liquid Paper", out of her home. In 1979,
the Gillette Corporation bought "Liquid Paper'’ for $47.5 million dollars plus royalties.
Question 36: Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. The life of Bette Nesmith Graham
B. The Process of Manufacturing “Liquid Paper"
C. How an Ordinary Person Became an Inventor D. The Importance of Science Education
Question 37: The author probably started this passage with a question in order to _________.
A. catch the readers' attention
B. raise objection against a non- scientist's invention
C. express curiosity about the history of invention
D. explain the writer’s invention to the readers
Question 38: The word “formulate” in the passage is closet in meaning to_________.
A. use
B. think about
C. make
D. correct
Question 39: What did Graham do at the same time that she educated herself in business?
A. She made and sold "liquid Paper".
B. She worked as a consultant for IMB.
C. She worked as a secretary.

D. She continued inventing new products.
Question 40: The word “worthwhile” in the text is closet in meaning to_________.
A. useful
B. expensive
C. new
D. popular
Question 41: What can be inferred about Graham?
A. She was uninterested in science.
B. She was very determined to succeed.
C. She was not ambitious.
D. She was a scientific genius.
Question 42: The word “it” in the passage refers to________
A. IBM
B. "Mistake Out"
C. research
D. the liquid
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Question 43: According to the passage, IBM_________.
A. refused to buy "Mistake Out"
B. sold "Mistake Out"
C. developed "Mistake Out"
D. ruined "Mistake Out"
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 44to 50
Like many aspects of ancient history, the origins of cooking are unclear. It seems likely
that prehistoric humans tasted cooked meat for the first time when someone decided to make a
meal out of a wild animal that had died in a forest fire. Although the cooked meat was obviously
tastier and easier to chew than the usual raw food, it also seems likely that they did not purposely

used fire to prepare meat until well after its use for light, heat and safety was well-established.
Just staying alive was an exhausting and time-consuming occupation, leaving little opportunity for
non-essential activities like cooking.
Eventually, however, cooking did become a common practice, though the only method
used for a very long time was roasting meat over an open fire. It is interesting that the first
evidence of the use of another cooking method-wrapping food in wet leaves and teaming it over
hot coals - was found in France, which is still considered by some to be the home of the most
refined food preparation techniques. The first dish using more than one ingredient was evidently
made by mixing water with the broken seeds of wild grasses and then baking it on the surface of
a sun-heated rock. This can be considered the first type of bread.
For a period of time, anything that could hold liquid - including the skulls of dead animals was
used for cooking, but the greatest change in cooking techniques came with the creation of ceramic
pots and other containers. This advance, combined with the domestication of animals and the
planting of crops for food - which meant that less time and energy had to be used for hunting and
gathering - led to the first real developments in cooking techniques, including the appearance of
soups, stews and other savory dishes. Learning to preserve food, either through smoking, salting or
drying, also made maintaining the supply much easier, and led to the development of new recipes as
cooks tried to find ways to make dried meats and fish more interesting to eat.
Question 44: The writer says that the beginnings of cooking________
A. are obvious
B. are not really known
C. caused a forest fire
D. came at the same time as the first use of fire
Question 45: Why did early humans not begin cooking sooner?
A. It took too much time
B. They were bored by such tasks
C. They preferred raw food
D. It was not a priority
Question 46: The author mentions France because________
A. cooking was invented there

B. it is still famous for its cooking techniques
C. the first bread was made there
D. leaves were first eaten there
Question 47: The first type of bread________
A. was baked in an oven
B. contained more than two ingredients
C. did not require a fire for cooking
D. was cooked on an open fire
Question 48: What does the word" advance" in the first paragraph means________
A. a positive development B. a problem
C. a type of cooking
D. a type of food
Question 49: The purpose of drying, smoking or salting food was to________
A. make it taste better B. make it last longer C. make it easier to cook D. make it easier to gather
Question 50: The word “ancient” in paragraph 1 probably means ______
A. new
B. modern
C. huge
D. old
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Môn: TIẾNG ANH
1. A

11. A

21. C

31. C

41. B

2. C

12. D

22. D

32. D

42. B

3. C

13.C

23. B

33. B

43. A

4. D

14. B

24. C

34. A

44. B

5. C

15. C

25. B

35. D

45. D

6. B

16. D

26. A

36. C

46. B

7. D

17. B

27. C

37. A

47. C

8. A

18. C

28. A

38. C

48. A

9. C

19. C

29. D

39. C

49. B

10. B

20. D

30. C

40. A

50. D

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