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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. soon B. moon C. blood D. mood
Question 2: A. knocks B. learns C. steals D. climbs

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 questions.
Question 3: A. prepare B. differ C. propose D. maintain
Question 4: A. sacrifice B. compliment C. interview D. performance

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 5: (A) Now that religious (B) observation was (C) officially discouraged only (D) a few hundred worshippers were present.
Question 6: Tom’s jokes are (A) inappropriate, but we have to (B) put up with (C) it just because he’s (D) the boss.
Question 7: (A) In my opinion that girl is (B) enough beautiful (C) to make (D) a famous super model.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 8: My teacher advised ______ studying for the upcoming exam late night because it would do more harm than good.
A. for B. in C. against D. with
Question 9: A recent survey has shown that ______ increasing number of men are willing to share the housework with their wives.
A. a B. an C. the D. some
Question 10: Since _______ as a private home for Elvis Presley, Graceland is now open to the public.
A. was built B. building C. built D. been built
Question 11: Before I left for the summer camp, my mother told me to bring some warm clothes with me ______ it was cold.
A. so that B. despite C. in case D. whereas
Question 12: If he had known that the river was dangerous, he ______ to swim across it.
A. had not tried B. would not try C. will not try D. wouldn’t have tried
Question 13: They ______ the bridge by the time you come back.
A. will finish B. will have finished C. will be finished D. have finished
Question 14: The staff are not really happy because the new order they have received will mean _______ overtime.
A. work B. working C. to work D. to working
Question 15: _________ many people learn to make their own repairs and home improvements.
A. When having instruction manuals, B. There are instruction manuals,
C. To have instruction manuals, D. It is instruction manuals that
Question 16: Thanks to my friend’s _______ remarks, my essays have been improved.
A. constructive B. construction C. constructor D. construct
Question 17: Our research ______ to a halt after a sudden reduction in funding.
A. moved B. got C. turned D. came
Question 18: At the height of her powers, Alice obviously has no intention of _______ from her post in the government.
A. resigning B. benefiting C. prohibiting D. preventing
Question 19: The ballet school across from my office offers free places to children who are _______ talented for dancing.
A. abnormally B. exceptionally C. especially D. unusually
Question 20: Many people believe that gender _______ starts at home because parents tend to treat boys and girls differently.
A. discrimination B. division C. differentiation D. distinction
Question 21: It came as a surprise to the teacher that his students were able to fare well even when left to their own ______.
A. machines B. functions C. devices D. powers

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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 22: As they are quite competent, they have effortlessly worked out the solution to the problem.
A. studiously B. leisurely C. laboriously D. continuously
Question 23: Some couples have very different outlooks on their lives, but they set them aside to live in harmony together.
A. consider them B. value them C. ignore them D. accept them

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 24: The Parliament reject the proposed plan for development because of its disadvantages.
A. refuse B. notice C. delay D. accept
Question 25: I’d love to take a week off for a hiking trip, but at the moment I am over my head in work. In fact, I am nearly at the
end of my rope.
A. preoccupied B. very busy C. quite free D. very hopeful

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following
questions.
Question 26: Mary used to be better paid than she is these days.
A. Mary is now not as well-paid as she used to be. B. Mary’s salary is higher than it used to be.
C. Mary used to be paid less than she is these days. D. Mary’s salary is as high as it used to be.
Question 27: “Why don’t you have your room repainted?” said Robert to Nancy
A. Robert required Nancy’s room to be repainted. B. Robert complained about having Nancy’s room repainted.
C. Robert offered to repaint the room for Nancy. D. Robert suggested that Nancy have her room repainted.
Question 28: Your watering the plants this morning was a waste of time as I had done it already.
A. You couldn’t have watered the plants this morning.
B. You didn’t need to water the plants this morning.
C. You shouldn’t have watered the plants this morning.
D. You needn’t have watered the plants this morning.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the
following questions.
Question 29: My mother couldn’t attend my birthday party. It was such a pity.
A. My mother couldn’t attend my birthday party and she felt pity for me.
B. If only my mother could turn up at my birthday party.
C. I would rather my mother had attended my birthday party.
D. Without my mother’s attendance, the party wouldn’t have been such a pity.
Question 30: Ms. Ngoc collected the papers. Afterwards, she told her students to bring their textbooks for the next lesson.
A. Scarcely had Ms. Ngoc told her students to bring their textbooks for the next lesson when she collected the papers.
B. Prior to collecting the papers, Ms. Ngoc told her students to bring their textbooks for the next lesson.
C. Only after being told to bring their textbooks for the next lesson did her students submit the papers to Ms. Ngoc.
D. Not until the papers were collected did Ms. Ngoc tell her students to bring their textbooks for the next lesson.

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.
You have probably heard someone say that the reason you caught a cold was that you were rundown. People generally accept
that if you are in (31) ______ or rundown, you are more likely to get ill. But is this really true or is it just an old wives’ tale?
If you ask people with colds if they are feeling run-down, they are almost certain to say yes. People without colds are more likely
to say no. So, how do you can tell if it’s the cold (32) ______ is making them feel rundown or the fact that they are run-down that is
making them more likely to catch a cold?
Scientists at the Common Cold Research Centre ran a series of tests. They got (33) ______ who did not have colds to attend the
centre, where they were first given a questionnaire to complete. The questions measured the amount of stress each of them was

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under. They were then deliberately (34) ______ with a cold virus and left to see whether they developed a cold. After many people
had been tested, the researchers looked for a link between the measured stress level and the chances of catching a cold. (35)
____________, they found that the higher the stress, the more likely the person was to catch a cold.
Question 31: A. pressure B. depression C. tension D. intensity
Question 32: A. that B. what C. who D. why
Question 33: A. volunteering B. voluntary C. voluntarily D. volunteers
Question 34: A. injected B. instilled C. inserted D. invaded
Question 35: A. In contrast B. On the other hand C. As a result D. In addition

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.
Movie studios and recording companies are in a constant fight against piracy. The Internet is the worst culprit. People often
upload or watch pirated material, especially on video-sharing sites. The companies try to shut down these sites. They even sue the
people using this material. Still, it has been of little use thus far. There are just too many people and websites with pirated materials.
As well, these methods are making the studios and companies unpopular with the public. People are starting to see these companies
as greedy. However, a new kind of software may change the nature of this fight.
Amazingly, it is advertising software that is making a difference. This new software can actually analyze videos on the Internet.
When it finds a pirated video clip, it doesn’t report it. Instead, it just puts an ad at the bottom of the video. This is an ad for the original
source of the material. For example, it could show a link to the website of the studio or recording company. Or, it could show an ad
for a product that the company owns. In this way, each pirated copy would actually help make money for the original company. If
you can’t beat them, join them!
Question 36: What is the main idea of this reading?
A. How to download pirated materials B. A new way to fight piracy
C. Why using pirated material is wrong D. Companies with a new vision
Question 37: According to the reading, what is a problem with the old methods of fighting piracy?
A. They are too expensive. B. They insert advertisements.
C. They can’t analyze the websites. D. They give companies a bad image.
Question 38: The word “they” in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
A. sites B. people C. the companies D. pirated materials
Question 39: What does the word “analyze” mean in the passage?
A. discover B. upload C. examine D. edit
Question 40: How does the software help the movie studios and recording companies make money?
A. It helps them catch people using pirated material.
B. It makes the pirated material not useful anymore.
C. It uses the pirated material to promote the companies.
D. Other companies buy the software from them.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following
exchanges.
Question 41: A waiter is talking to a customer in a restaurant.
Waiter: “How do you like your steak?” – Customer: “______”
A. I don’t like it. B. Very little. C. Well-done. D. Very much.
Question 42: Two students are talking in a new class.
Student 1: “Excuse me, is anybody sitting here?” – Student 2: “_______”
A. No, thanks. B. Yes, I am so glad. C. Sorry, the seat is taken. D. Yes, yes. You can sit here.

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 43 to 50.
Almost no one will dispute that when a baby is born, breast milk is the best nutrition a mother can provide. All mammals nurse
their young, and breast milk benefits a newborn infant in ways above and beyond nutrition. In fact, until 1 to 2 years of age, the

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American Academy of Pediatrics, the World Health Organization, the Institute of Medicine and more promote breast-feeding as
optimal.
Unfortunately, breast-feeding until that age is often difficult, if not impossible, because mothers have to return to work, and
children go off to preschool or day care. So they often replace human milk with the milk of cows or other animals. But at a certain
point, we have to acknowledge that we are the only mammals on the planet that continue to consume milk after childhood, often in
great amounts.
However, more and more evidence which suggests that milk consumption may be both unhelpful and detrimental is surfacing.
This is in spite of the fact that the United States Department of Agriculture and other organizations advocate that even adults should
drink at least three cups a day.
More than 10,000 years ago, when human beings began to domesticate animals, no adults or older children consumed milk.
Many people don’t drink it today because they are lactose intolerant. They do just fine.
But if you believe the advertising of the dairy industry, and the recommendations of many scientific bodies, they are missing out
on some fantastic benefits to milk consumption: that milk is good for bones, contains calcium and vitamin D, and “does a body good.
There’s not a lot of evidence for these types of claims. In 2011, The Journal of Bone and Mineral Research published a meta-
analysis examining whether milk consumption might protect against hip fracture in middle-aged and older adults. Six studies
containing almost 200,000 women could find no association between drinking milk and lower rates of fractures.
More recent research confirms these findings. A study published in JAMA Pediatrics this year followed almost 100,000 men and
women for more than two decades. Subjects were asked to report on how much milk they had consumed as teenagers, and then they
were followed to see if that was associated with a reduced chance of hip fractures later in life. It wasn’t.
A just-released study in The BMJ that followed more than 45,000 men and 61,000 women in Sweden age 39 and older had similar
results. Milk consumption as adults was associated with no protection for men, and an increased risk of fractures in women. It was
also associated with an increased risk of death in both sexes.
This wasn’t a randomized controlled trial, and no one should assume causality here. But there’s no association with benefits,
and a significant association with harms.
Question 43: The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to _____.
A. children B. day cares centre C. preschools D. mothers
Question 44: Which of the following statement is not true?
A. Humans are the only mammals on the planet that continue to consume milk after childhood.
B. The United State Department of Agriculture advocates adults’ drinking milk.
C. Research done by the JAMA Pediatrics proves that milk consumption can reduce chance of hip fractures.
D. Milk is often recommended by dairy industry and many scientific bodies.
Question 45: Which of the following information is true according to the passage?
A. Women have a lower rate of fractures than men.
B. Many people who do not drink milk are still healthy.
C. The American Academy of Pediatrics consider milk consumption in infants a must.
D. More and more evidence should be needed to prove the three-cup-a-day consumption of milk.
Question 46: The word ‘surfacing’ is closest in meaning to ______.
A. becoming known B. being reconsidered C. getting distorted D. being gathered
Question 47: The word ‘bodies’ in paragraph 4 can be best replaced by ______.
A. discoveries B. human structures C. examinees D. organizations
Question 48: What can be inferred about the people who are lactose intolerant?
A. They can’t drink milk. B. They publish a meta-analysis examination.
C. They domesticate animals and consume milk often. D. They are less likely to have hip fractures.
Question 49: What is the conclusion of the study in Sweden?
A. Babies do not need milk to grow up.
B. Humans are the only mammals on the planet that continue to consume milk after childhood.
C. Men are more prone to the increased risk of death than women.
D. Milk consumption in adults cannot prevent fractures in women.
Question 50: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Fantastic benefits of milk consumption. B. The origin of breast-feeding.
C. The potential harm of milk consumption. D. Statistics of milk consumption worldwide.

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