II.

PHONETICS (10 POINTS)

Part 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
26. A. called B. ended C. sacred D. supposedly
27. A. books B. days C. songs D. erasers
28. A. but B. bury C. nut D. young
29. A. chorus B. cherish C. chaos D. character
30. A. mayor B. quay C. prayer D. layer

Part 2. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others.
31. A. tenant B. common C. rubbish D. machine
32. A. sovereignty B. advantage C. enrichment D. edition
33. A. democracy B. infrastructure C. underpass D. creditable
34. A. xenophobia B. salmonberry C. palindrome D. moderator
35. A. zucchini B. simulcast C. hyphenate D. pageantry

Your answers
26. A 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. A 34. A 35. A

III. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (40 POINTS)

Part 1. For questions 36-55, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the following questions and write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
36. Phuong Thao is a student in Ms Lan’s writing class. She is asking for Ms Lan’s comments
on her last essay. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank.
Phuong Thao: “You must have found reading my essay very tiring.”
Ms Lan: “_____________. I enjoyed it.”
A. Not in the least B. Just in case C. At all costs D. You are welcome
Not in the least: hoàn toàn không
37. There weren’t many vegetarian dishes _____________, although there were several different kinds of cheese.
A. like that B. as such C. such that D. such like
as such: đúng nghĩa là
38. ________ hundreds of people dead during the evacuation from the war-torn area in the Middle East.
A. It is estimated to be B. There is estimated to be
C. There are estimated to be D. It is estimated that
Phương án D sai vì sau it is estimated that phải là mệnh đề.
39. _____________, the diners settled the bill and left the restaurant.
A. Having hunger satisfied B. Their hunger satisfied
C. Hunger been satisfied D. Satisfying their hunger
Mệnh đề đầy đủ là having their hunger been satisfied hoặc having satisfied their hunger, mục tiêu là tìm dạng rút
gọn chính xác của 1 trong 2 trường hợp trên trong 4 phương án A-D → B đúng.
40. Children’s _____________ skills, that is the brain-based skills required to carry out tasks, develop rapidly in the
first few years of their lives.
A. characteristic B. conscious C. emotional D. cognitive
cognitive skills: khả năng tư duy
41. If you break the law while visiting a foreign country, you will most likely be _____________.
A. deported B. reintegrated C. uprooted D. degraded
deport: trục xuất
42. After the hurricane, all that was left of our house was a pile of _____________.
A. rabble B. rubble C. ramble D. rumble
pile of rubble: đống đổ nát
43. If there happened to be both rich and poor people, as there happen to be both black and white ones, then the
advantages of the _____________ might well spread in time to the hard-up.
A. well-heeled B. big-hearted C. open-handed D. tight-fisted
the well-heeled: người giàu có
44. The floral bouquets we entered into the competition were a _____________ of colour, but unfortunately, we did
not win first prize.
A. wham B. riot C. drop D. buzz
a riot of colour: tập hợp đa màu sắc
45. I don't think Paul will ever get married — he's the stereotypical _____________ bachelor.
A. settled B. confirmed C. fixed D. determined
confirmed bachelor: người thích độc thân
46. Harry was a _____________ of nerves the whole time his wife was in the hospital.
A. batch B. bunch C. bundle D. bale
be a bundle of nerves: hồi hộp, lo lắng
47. It had been with a heavy _____________ that I watched her leave, and I had sunk into a dark and despairing
mood.
A. head B. mood C. mind D. heart
heavy heart: nỗi buồn miên man
48. Uncle Tom’s a _____________ who prefer his own company to anyone else’s.
A. drowned rat B. lone wolf C. lame duck D. top dog
lone wolf: an animal or person that acts independently or generally lives or spends time alone instead of with a
group
drowned rat: thoroughly wet
lame duck: sb in trouble and needing help
top dog: most important person
49. After months of trying to find a cheap flat in the centre of town, he’s finally _______ in the sponge.
A. thrown B. swept C. cleared D. polished
throw in the sponge: bỏ cuộc
50. When I started talking about Miranda, Steven _____________ and left.
A. cut corners B. cut it fine C. cut short D. cut me dead
cut corners: do sth quickly but not thoroughly
cut it fine: achieve sth just in time
cut sb/sth short: interrupt sb/sth
cut sb dead: ignore sb’s presence
51. Despite the economists’ forecast of _____________, the economy is well on the way to recovery.
A. gloom and doom B. high and dry
C. ups and downs D. hue and cry
gloom and doom: bi quan
52. I’ve never actually studied Greek, but I live in Athens for six months and managed to _____________ a few
words and phrases here and there.
A. make do with B. drop out of C. look over D. pick up
pick up: to learn a new skill or language by practising it rather than being taught it
53. We were just _____________ in the sitting area and somehow the window got broken.
A. beetling about B. haring off C. horsing around D. wolfing down
horse around: fool around
beetle about: hurry
hare off: rush off
wolf down: eat quickly
54. Colin is only just ______________; he gets unemployment benefit, but it isn’t much.
A. scraping by B. putting aside C. bailing out D. tiding over
scrape by: vừa đủ sống
55. Insurance companies had to _____________ ￡10 million in storm damage claims.
A. dip in B. rip off C. bail out D. cough up
cough up: buộc phải trả tiền

Oxford is a city with such a mind-blowing reputation that many who come here find themselves intimidated by the
place and can’t wait to leave, while others, taking to it like a duck to water, find themselves returning again and
again. The college lawns provide a gorgeous (86)______ to serious study, and in the right light, on a sunny winter’s
morning say, one feels as if one is (87)______ on air, such is the sense of unreality. Oxford may like to (88)______
that it is at the intellectual hub of things, but in many ways it is no more than a sleepy (89)______where, to mix
metaphors, transitory students, the (90)______of their generation, wait in the (91)______, allowing their talents to
(92)______ before moving off into the industrial or political fast-lane. Much of this is a myth, of course. Hardship
and hard work are very much part and (93)______ of student life. The (94)______ get through the three years’ hard
grind by simply putting their shoulders to the wheel before going on to fairly average jobs. Only for the tiny
minority is Oxford the first (95)______ on the ladder to fame and fortune.
86. A. backdrop B. curtain C. scene D. screen
backdrop: the general conditions in which an event takes place
scene: the place where something happens, especially something unpleasant
87. A flying B. gliding C. floating D. swimming
float: to move slowly on water or in the air
glide: to fly using air currents, without the birds moving their wings or the aircraft using the engine
88. A. pretend B. act C. dissemble D. produce
to claim to be, do or have something, especially when this is not true
89. A. backwater B. stream C. tributary D. watershed
backwater: ) a place that is away from the places where most things happen, and is therefore not affected by events,
progress, new ideas, etc.
90. A. froth B. cream C. fat D. caviar
the cream of something: the best people or things in a particular group
91. A. pavilion B. dressing room C. wings D. foyer
in the wings: ready to take over a particular job or be used in a particular situation when needed
92. A. flourish B. open C. spread D. float
93. A. package B. section C. province D. parcel
94. A. level-headed B. hot-headed C. hot-blooded D. kind-hearted
level-headed: calm and sensible.
95. A. step B. position C. elevation D. ascent