Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of

the following questions.

Question 1: Chemistry is my ______ subject at school.
A. favorite B. popular C. liking D.
wanted
Question 2: - "Would you like to join our volunteer group this summer?" - "______"
A. Do you think would? B. wouldn!t. "hank you. C. #es$ you!re a good %riend. D. Yes, I'd
love to. Thanks.
Question 3: - "Wow& What a nice coat you are wearing&" - "______"
A. Certainly. Do you like it$ too? B. like you to say that.
C. #es$ o% course. t!s e'pensive. D. Thanks. ! "other #ou$ht it for "e.
Question %: (y supervisor is angry with me. didn!t do all the work ______ last week. )ng*+i
gi,m h-.s,t/
A. should have done B. may have done C. need to have done D.
must have done
Question &: 0e runs a business$ ______ he proves to have managerial skills. )run/
A. however B. otherwise C. and
D. despite
Question ': Whenever he had an important decision to make$ he ______ a cigar to calm his
nerves. )th1i 2uen/
A. (ould li$ht B. would be lighting C. would have lit
D. had lit
Question ): 3reparing %or a job interview can be very ______.
A. stress B. stressful C. stressed D.
stressing
Question *: (y brother le%t his job last week because he did not have any ______ to travel.
A. position B. +han+e C. ability D.
location
Question ,: 4ot until the end o% the 56th century ______ become a scienti%ic discipline. )7 it be
not until/
A. plant breeding has B. did -lant #reedin$ C. plant breeding had D. has
plant breeding
Question 1.: - " can!t speak 8nglish well enough to apply %or that post." - "______."
A. e neither )-/ B. (e too )9/ C. (e either D. (e
also
Question 11: "0ow can you live in this messy room? :o and ______ it up at once."
A. dust B. sweep C. tid!
D. do
Question 12: "ears contain an antiseptic ______ helps protect our eyes %rom in%ection.
A. that B. what C. how
D. where
Question 13: ;he is very absent-minded< she ______ her cell-phone three times&
A. has lost B. loses C. was losing D. had
lost
Question 1%: - "Which hat do you like better?" - "______"
A. #es$ like it best. B. The one I tried on first. C. Which one do you like? D. 4o$
haven!t tried any.
Question 1&: 0e always ______ the crossword in the newspaper be%ore break%ast.
A. writes B. makes C. works D.
does
Question 1': t is hard to get ______ him= he is such an aggressive man.
A. by B. on (ith C. into
D. over to
Question 1): "he new director o% the company seems to be an intelligent and ______ man.
A. (ell/edu+ated B. well-educate C. well-educational
D. well-education
Question 1*: "he movie is ______ ;hakespeare>s Hamlet in a number o% ways.
A. like to B. alike with C. si"ilar to D.
same as
Question 1,: ?lthough the e'am was di%%icult$ ______ the students passed it.
A. "ost of B. none o% C. a %ew D. a lot
Question 2.: - "@ur team has just won the last %ootball match." - "______"
A. :ood idea. "hanks %or the news. B. #es. guess it!s very good.
C. 0ell, that's ver! sur-risin$1 D. #es$ it!s our pleasure.
Question 21: Aietnam!s rice e'port this year will decrease ______ about 5BC$ compared with
that o% last year.
A. with B. at C. #!
D. on
Question 22: Dy ______ the housework done$ my mother has more time to pursue her career.
A. ordering B. taking C. havin$ D.
making
Question 23: "he youths nowadays have many things to do in their ______ time.
A. leisure B. entertainment C. %un D.
amusement
Question 2%: (ary is unhappy that she hasn!t ______ %or the ne't round in the tennis
tournament.
A. 2ualified B. 2uality C. 2uali%ication
D. 2uali%ying
Question 2&: Working hours will %all to under EF hours a week$ ______?
A. will they B. (on't the! C. won!t it D. will
it
Question 2': "his %actory produced ______ motorbikes in GBBH as in the year GBBI.
A. t(i+e as "an! B. as twice as many C. as twice many D. as many as
twice
Question 2): n many big cities$ people have to ______ up with noise$ overcrowding and bad
air.
A. keep B. catch C. %ace
D. -ut
Question 2*: 0ad she worked harder last summer$ she ______.
A. (ouldn't have #een sa+ked B. wouldn!t have sacked C. wouldn!t sack D.
wouldn!t be sacked
Question 2,: Jistening is the most di%%icult language ______ %or me to master.
A. one B. way C. skill
D. job
Question 3.: n the modern world$ women!s ______ roles have been changing.
A. natured B. naturally C. nature D.
natural
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
Question 31: ;uccess%ul salespeople know their products thoroughly ______.
A. and the needs o% the market understood B. but the needs o% the market are
understood properly
C. and understand the needs of the "arket -ro-erl! D. understanding the needs o%
the market
Question 32: "he Aietnamese students have to take an entrance e'am ______.
A. in order that they should go to a college or university B. %or going to a college and
university
C. so as go to a college or university D. so that the! +an $o to a +olle$e
or universit!
Question 33: ______$ many animals can still survive and thrive there.
A. Deing severe weather conditions in the desert B. Althou$h the (eather +onditions in the
desert are severe
C. "he weather conditions in the desert to be severe D. 8ven though the weather conditions in
the desert severe
Question 3%: 0illary changed her major %rom linguistics to business$ ______.
A. hoping she can easier get a job B. with the hope %or being able
%inding a better job
C. ho-in$ to find a 3o# "ore easil! D. with hopes to be able easier to get
employment
Question 3&: ?n e'cellent hairstylist can make a man seem to have more hair ______.
A. as has actually he B. than he a+tuall! has C. than it actually is D. as is
it actually
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs
correction.
Question 3': (y %ather used to $ivin$ me some good advice whenever had a problem.
A D C D
Question 3): "he woman of (ho" the red car is parked in %ront o% the bank is a %amous pop
star.
? D C D
Question 3*: "he better you are at 8nglish$ "ore +han+e you have to get a job with
international organiKations.
? D C D
Question 3,: "here are di%%erences and similarities between Aietnamese and ?merican +ulture.
? D C D
Question %.: ;ociety (ill #e havin$ to change radically to keep pace with the technology
available.
? B C D
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 4 to !".
"oday we take electricity %or granted and perhaps we do not realiKe just how use%ul this
discovery has been. ;team was the %irst invention that replaced wind power. t was used to drive
engines and was passed through pipes and radiators to warm rooms. 3etrol mi'ed with air was
the ne't invention that provided power. 8'ploded in a cylinder$ it drove a motor engine. Deyond
these simple and direct uses$ those %orms have not much adaptability. @n the other hand$ we
make use o% electricity in thousands o% ways. Lrom the power%ul voltages that drive our electric
trains to the tiny current needed to work a simple calculator$ and %rom the huge electric magnet
in steel works that can li%t 5B tons to the tiny electric magnet in a doorbell$ all are powered by
electricity. ?n electric current can be made with e2ual ease )thanh thMn/ to heat a huge mass o%
molten )n1ng chMy/ metal in a %urnace)lN nung/$ or to boil a jug )bOnh$ lP/ %or a cup o% co%%ee.
@ther than atomic energy$ which has not as yet been harnessed )khai th,c/ to the %ull$ electricity
is the greatest power in the world. t is %le'ible$ and so adaptable %or any task %or which it is
wanted. t travels so easily and with incredible speed along wires or conductors that it can be
supplied instantly over vast distances. "o generate electricity$ huge turbines or generators must
be turned. n ?ustralia they use coal or water to drive this machinery. When dams are built$
%alling water is used to drive the turbines without polluting the atmosphere with smoke %rom
coal. ?tomic power is used in several countries but there is always the %ear o% an accident. ?
tragedy once occurred at Chernobyl$ in Qkraine$ at an atomic power plant used to make
electricity. "he reactor leaked$ which caused many deaths through radiation. 4ow scientists are
e'amining new ways o% creating electricity without harm%ul e%%ects to the environment. "hey
may harness the tides as the! %low in and out o% bays. (ost importantly$ they hope to trap
sunlight more e%%iciently. We do use solar heaters %or swimming pools but as yet improvement in
the capacity o% the solar cells to create more current is necessary. When this happens$ electric
cars will be viable and the world will rid itsel% o% the to'ic gases given o%% by trucks and cars that
burn %ossil %uels.
Question %1: "he author mentions the sources o% energy such as wind$ steam$ petrol in the %irst
paragraph to ______. A. suggest that electricity should be alternated with sa%er sources o% energy
B. e"-hasi4e the usefulness and ada-ta#ilit! of ele+tri+it!
C. imply that electricity is not the only use%ul source o% energy
D. discuss which source o% energy can be a suitable alternative to electricity
Question %2: De%ore electricity$ what was sometimes passed through pipes to heat rooms?
A. :as. B. 3etrol. C. 5tea". D. 0ot
wind.
Question %3: What does the author mean by saying that electricity is %le'ible?
A. t is cheap and easy to use. B. t is used to drive motor engines.
C. It +an #e ada-ted to various uses. D. t can be made with ease.
Question %%: What do we call machines that make electricity?
A. Aoltages. B. 8lectric magnets. C. 6enerators or tur#ines. D. 3ipes and
radiators.
Question %&: "he main %orms o% power used to generate electricity in ?ustralia are ______.
A. atomic power and water B. (ater and +oal C. sunlight and wind power D.
wind and gas
Question %': "he word "the!" in the last paragraph re%ers to ______.
?. harm%ul e%%ects B. the tides C. scientists D. new
ways
Question %): 8lectric magnets are used in steel works to ______.
A. lift heav! (ei$hts u- to ten tons B. test the steel %or strength
C. heat the molten steel D. boil a jug o% water
Question %*: "he advantage o% harnessing the power o% the tides and o% sunlight to generate
electricity is that they ______. A. do not -ollute the environ"ent B. are more
reliable
C. are more adaptable D. do not re2uire attention
Question %,: Which o% the %ollowing power sources causes pollution by emitting harm%ul gases?
A. 5unli$ht. B. 7etrol. C. Water. D.
Wind.
Question &.: "he best title %or this passage could be ______.
A. R"ypes o% 3ower 3lantsS B. R8lectricity< 0arm%ul 8%%ects on @ur
Ji%eS
C. R0ow to 3roduce 8lectricityS D. 80h! 9le+tri+it! Is 5o :e"arka#le;
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question &1: A. e'ist B. e'tinct C. e'plorer
D. e'pand
Question &2: A. eternal B. energy C. eradicate D.
eliminate
Question &3: A. ancient B. educate C. strange D.
address
Question &%: A. desert B. reserve .K. C. observant.K.
D. +onserve .s.
Question &&: A. astound B. account C. country D.
mounting
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word#s$ for each of the %lanks from !& to &!.
n the Qnited ;tates and Canada$ it is very important to )FI/______ a person directly in
the eyes when you are having a conversation )FT/______ him or her. % you look down or to the
side when the )FH/______ person is talking$ that person will think that you are not interested in
)F6/______ he or she is saying. "his$ )IB/______$ is not polite. % you look down or to the side
when you are talking$ it might )I5/______ that you are not honest. 0owever$ people who are
speaking will sometimes look away %or )IG/______ seconds when they are thinking or
)IE/______ to %ind the right word. Dut they always turn immediately )IU/______ to look the
listener directly in the eyes. "hese social "rules" are )IF/______ %or two men$ two women$ a man
and a woman$ or an adult and a child.
Question &': A. talk B. notice C. get D. look
Question &): A. with B. to C. %or D. about
Question &*: A. others B. another C. one D. other
Question &,: A. which B. what C. that D. where
Question '.: A. yet B. in addition C. o% course D. although
Question '1: A. #e+o"e B. come C. seem D. turn
Question '2: A. a little B. a fe( C. little D. %ew
Question '3: A. trying B. lookin$ C. achieving D. managing
Question '%: A. u- B. back C. down D. over
Question '&: A. like B. the same C. likel! D. such as
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 && to '!.
% parents bring up a child with the sole aim o% turning the child into a genius )thiVn tWi/$
they will cause a disaster. ?ccording to several leading educational psychologists$ this is one o%
the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. :enerally$ the child will be only too aware
o% what his parents e'pect$ and will %ail. Qnrealistic parental e'pectations can cause great
damage to children.
0owever$ i% parents are not too unrealistic about what they e'pect their children to do$
but are ambitious in a sensible way$ the child may succeed in doing very well X especially i% the
parents are very supportive o% their child. (ichael Collins is very lucky. 0e is +ra4! a#out
music$ and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and
violin lessons %or him. The! even drive him FB kilometers twice a week %or violin lessons.
(ichael>s mother knows very little about music$ but his %ather plays the trumpet in a large
orchestra. 0owever$ he never makes (ichael enter music competitions i% he is un(illin$.
Winston ;mith$ (ichael>s %riend$ however$ is not so lucky. Doth his parents are success%ul
musicians$ and they set too high a standard %or Winston. "hey want their son to be as success%ul
as they are and so they enter him %or every piano competition held. "hey are very unhappy when
he does not win. Winston is always a%raid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always
seems 2uiet and unhappy.
Question '': @ne o% the serious mistakes parents can make is to ______.
A. push their child into trying too much B. help their child to become a
genius
C. make their child become a musician D. neglect their child>s education
Question '): 3arents> ambition %or their children is not wrong i% they ______.
A. %orce their children into achieving success B. themselves have been very
success%ul
C. understand and help their children sensibly D. arrange private lessons %or their
children
Question '*: Who have criticiKed the methods o% some ambitious parents?
A. ;uccess%ul musicians. B. <nrealisti+ -arents. C. "heir children. D. 8ducational
psychologists.
Question ',: (ichael Collins is %ortunate in that ______.
A. his %ather is a musician B. his parents are 2uite rich
C. his mother knows little about music D. his -arents hel- hi" in a
sensi#le (a!
Question ).: "he phrase "+ra4! a#out" in the passage mostly means ______.
A. "surprised at" B. "e'tremely interested in" C. "completely unaware o%" D.
"con%used about"
Question )1: Winston>s parents push their son so much and he ______.
A. has won a lot o% piano competitions B. cannot learn much music %rom
them
C. has become a good musician D. is afraid to disa--oint the"
Question )2: "he word "The!" in the passage re%ers to ______.
A. concerts B. violin lessons C. parents in general D. i+hael=s
-arents
Question )3: ?ll o% the %ollowing people are musical 8YC83" _____.
A. Winston>s %ather B. Winston>s mother C. (ichael>s %ather D. (ichael>s
mother
Question )%: "he word "un(illin$" in the passage mostly means ______.
A. "getting ready to do something" B. "eager to do something"
C. >not objecting to doing anything" D. "not wanting to do something"
Question )&: "he two e'amples given in the passage illustrate the principle that ______.
A. success%ul parents always have intelligent children
B. success%ul parents o%ten have unsuccess%ul children
C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants
D. parents should spend more money on the child>s education
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.
Question )': Qnless someone has a key$ we cannot get into the house.
A. We could not get into the house i% someone had a key.
B. % someone does not have a key$ we can only get into the house.
C. We can only get into the house i% someone has a key.
D. % someone did not have a key$ we could not get into the house.
Question )): ;he knows a lot more about it than do.
A. know as much about it as she does. B. do not know as much about it as
she does.
C. ;he does not know so much about it as do. D. know much more about it than
she does.
Question )*: "he boy was not allowed to have any %riends$ so he %elt lonely.
A. 0aving no %riends$ the boy %elt so lonely. B. 4ot having %riends$ they made the boy
%eel lonely.
C. 0aving a lot o% %riends$ the boy %elt lonely. D. Deprived o% %riends$ the boy %elt
lonely.
Question ),: s it essential to meet your aunt at the station?
A. Did your aunt have to be met at the station? B. Does your aunt have to meet at
the station?
C. Does your aunt have to be met at the station? D. Was your aunt met at the station?
Question *.: Conan said to me$ "% were you$ would read di%%erent types o% books in di%%erent
ways."
A. Conan ordered me to read di%%erent types o% books in di%%erent ways.
B. said to Conan to read di%%erent types o% books in di%%erent ways to me.
C. read di%%erent types o% books in di%%erent ways to Conan as he told me.
D. Conan advised me to read di%%erent types o% books in di%%erent ways.
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