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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. divisible B. design C. disease D. excursion
Question 2. A. confine B. conceal C. convention ơ D. concentrate o
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 the position of primary stress in each of
the following questions
Question 3. A. ‘candidate B. ad’venturous C. ‘relevant D. ‘applicant
Question 4. A. pro’verbial B. advan’tageous C. mag’nificent D. pho’tography
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. __________ furniture needs supplying for the schools in the whole country
with slow down the process of the reform of education.
A. Few B. A few C. Little D. That little
Question 6. I must go to the dentist and___________.
A. get my two teeth to fill B. fill my two teeth
C. my two teeth be filled D. get my two teeth filled
Question 7. He _________ the accusation. He felt innocent.
A. accepted B. admitted C. denied D. reported
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Question 8. I regret to tell you that s rise in salary is ____________ right now.
A. out of work B. out of control C. out of date D. out of the question
Question 9. A useful way to __________ your vocabulary is to read as much as possible.
A. amass B. increase C. collect D. gather
Question 10. If you don’t give up smoking, you’ll _______ the risk of damaging your
health.
A. bear B. suffer C. make D. run

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Question 11. The number of vehicles on the roads ________ increasing, so we need to
build more roads.
A. is B. were C. was D. are
Question 12. We live in a very________ populated area of Thailand
A. sparsely B. scarcely C. hardly D. barely
Question 13. The fire caused _________ damage that that building had to be destroyed.
A. so much B. too much C. such much D. very much
Question 14. I can’t tell my daughter what to do; it’s water off _______ with her.
A. duck’s head B. dripping tap C. an umbrella D. a duck’s back
Question 15. We decide to go to the beach_________ we should be disturbed by the noise
of the city.
A. in order that B. so that C. for D. lest
Question 16. The organization underwent ________ reforms.
A. far-reaching B. far-gone C. far-off D. far-flung
Question 17. When the first child was born, they ______ for the three years.
A. have been married B. had been married
C. will been married D. will have been married
Question 18. The teacher likes her essay because it’s very__________.
A. imagination B. imaginable C. imaginative D. imaginary
Question 19. The Beauty Contest is________ start at 8.00 a.m. our time next Monday.
A. due to B. bound to C. about to D. on the point of
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 20. The kidnapper gave himself up to the police.
A. confided himself B. surrendered
C. accommodated himself D. went up
Question 21. I’ll back up your ideas if they don’t believe you.
A. support B. rebel C. admire D. protect

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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 22. They conducted a campaign to promote people’s awareness of environmental
problems.
A. encourage B. publicize C. hinder D. strengthen
Question 23. Sally has just won a full scholarship to one of the most prestigious
universities in the world; she must be on cloud nine now.
A. extremely panicked B. obviously delighted
C. incredibly optimistic D. desperately sad
- on could nine ~ extremely happy: cực kì sung sướng/ hạnh phúc, lên đến chín tầng mây A.
extremely panicked: cực kì hoảng sợ C. incredibly optimistic: cực kì lạc quan B. obviously
delighted: rất vui sướng D. desperately sad: cực kì buồn, rất buồn Do đó: on cloud nine #
desperately sad "Sally vừa mới nhận được học bổng toàn phần đến một trong những trường
đại học danh tiếng nhất trên thế giới, bây giờ chắc là cô ấy rất vui sướng."
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best
completes each of following exchanges.
Question 24. Mai: “Would you mind lending me your bike?” – Lan:” _____”
A. Yes, here it is B. Yes, let’s C. Great D. No, not at all
Question 25. Kelly: “It’s was very kind of you to give me a lift home”. – Mark: “_____”
A. As a matter of fact, you’re pretty nice.
B. Oh, don’t do that. I was coming part your house any way.
C. I’m not pleased.
D. oh, don’t mention it. I was coming part your house any way
give sb a lift: cho ai đi nhờ xe
– as a matter of fact ~ actually: thực tế thì, thực sự

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 26
to 30.
The (26) __________ American watches television for more than four hours a day. A
recent study found that children 6 months to 6 years old spend on average 2 hours a day

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watching television, using a computer or playing a video game. That is three times as long
as they spend reading or being read to. Television makes children violent and aggressive.
(27) __________ to the research community that violence on television does (28)
__________ to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs.
Television discourages face-to-face interaction among children or families. Sitting (29) in
front of the television leads to weight gain, increasing the chances of diabetes in children
and heart disease in adults. Television programs model undesirable behavior such as drug
and alcohol use or (30) __________ relationships. Research indicates that students may be
less able to engage in formal descriptions of events or objects than their peers in the past.
Question 26. A. standard B. average C. balanced D.
moderate
Question 27. A. According B. Due C. Close D. Used
Question 28. A. guide B. take C. cause D. lead
Question 29. A. emotionless B. resigned C. still D.
passively
Question 30. A. poorly B. unhealthily C. unhealthy D. sickly
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each question from 31 to 35.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau was an explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, inventor and
conservationist. He was a man, who spent nearly his whole life underwater exploring the
hidden depths of the ocean and who did more to educate the world about the mysteries of
the deep sea than any other scientist before or since. He was born in June, 1910 in the
village of Saint- André-de- Cubzac, in south western France. Jacques was a sickly boy and
spent much of his time in bed, reading books and dreaming about life at sea. In 1920,
Jacques’ family moved to New York, and he was encouraged to start swimming to build up
his strength. This was the beginning passionate he became about “looking through nature’s
keyhole”. Nevertheless, his career in underwater exploration came about by accident. After
entering France’s naval academy and travelling around the world, he was involved in an
almost fatal car accident that left him seriously injured with two broken arms. He began
swimming in the Mediterranean Sea to strengthen his arms muscles as part of his recovery
process and rediscovered his love of the ocean. Cousteau developed a pair of underwater
breathing apparatus to allow him to stay underwater for long periods of time. His
experiments led to the development of the first Aqua-Lung which was a great commercial
success. During World War II, he worked for the French Resistance and experimented with
underwater photographic equipment. He helped to get rid of German mines and was aware
the Legion D’Honneur and the Croix de Guerre medals for his bravery. In 1942. He filmed

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his first underwater film Sixty Feet Down. It was 18 minutes long and was entered in the
Cannes Film Festival.
Question 31. What is the writer trying to do in the passage?
A. Teach readers how to make films
B. Explain how Jacques –Yves Cousteau has made a lot of money
C. Introduce readers to the filmmaker Jacques –Yves Cousteau
D. Describe particular films directed by Jacques Cousteau
Question 32. Being a child, Cousteau had___________.
A. strong will B. bright mind C. heart attacks D. delicate health
Question 33. In a car accident he__________.
A. burnt both of his arms B. broke his extremities
C. injure his legs D. hurt his eyes
Question 34. Cousteau developed underwater breathing equipment _______.
A. to extend his underwater investigations B. to gain fame
C. to achieve commercial success D. having no certain goals
Question 35. During World War II Cousteau collaborated with__________
A. Polish resistance movement B. German antifascists
C. Americans troops D. underground resistance fighters in France
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each question from 36 to 42.
The geology of the Earth’s surface is dominated by the particular properties of water.
Present on Earth inn solid, liquid, and gaseous states, water is exceptionally reactive. It
dissolves transports, and precipitates many chemical compounds and is constantly
modifying the face on earth.
Evaporated from the oceans, water vapor forms clouds, some of which are transported by
wind over the continents. Condensation from the clouds provides the essential agent of
continental erosion: rain. Precipitated onto ground, the water trickles down to form books,
streams, and rivers, constituting what are called the hydrographic network. this immense
polarized network channels the water toward a single receptacle: an ocean. Gravity
dominates this entire step in the cycle because water tends to minimize its potential energy
by running from high altitudes toward the reference point, that is, sea level.

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 The rate which a molecule of water passes through the cycle is not random but is a
measure of the relative size of the various reservoirs. If we define residence time as the
average time for a water molecule to pass through one of three reservoirs – atmosphere,
continent, and ocean – we see that the times are very different. A water molecule stays, on
average, eleven days in the atmosphere, one hundred years on a continent a forty thousand
year in the ocean. This last figure shows the importance of the ocean as the principal
reservoir of the hydrosphere but also the rapidity of water transport on the continents.
A vast chemical separation process takes places during the flow of water over the
continents. Soluble ions such as calcium, sodium, potassium, and some magnesium are
dissolved and transported. Insoluble ions such as aluminum, iron, and silicon stay where
they are and form the thin, fertile skin of soil on which vegetation can grow. Sometimes
soils are destroyed and transported mechanically during flooding. The erosion of the
continents thus results from two closely linked and interdependent processes, chemical
erosion and mechanical erosion. Their respective interactions and efficiency depend on the
different factors.
Question 36. The word “which” in paragraph 2 in refers to________
A. clouds B. oceans C. continents D. compounds
Question 37. According to the passage, clouds are primarily formed by water_______
A. precipitating onto the ground B. changing from a solid to a liquid state
C. evaporating from the oceans D. being carried by wind
Question 38. The passage suggests that the purpose of the “hydrographic network” is to
__________
A. determine the size of molecules of water
B. prevent soil erosion caused by flooding
C. move water from the Earth’s surface to the oceans
D. Regulate the rate of water flow form streams and rivers
Question 39. What determines the rate at which a molecule of water moves through the
cycle, as discussed in the third paragraph?
A. The potential energy contained in water
B. The effects of atmospheric pressure on chemical compounds.
C. The amounts of rainfall that fall on the continents
D. The relative size of the water storage areas

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Question 40. The word “rapidity” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to__________
A. significance B. method C. swiftness D. reliability
Question 41. The word “they” in the last paragraph refers to__________
A. insoluble ions B. soluble ions C. soils D. continents
Question 42. All of the following are example of soluble ins EXCEPT__________
A. magnesium B. iron C. potassium D. calcium
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 43. (A) Intelligence, education, (B) and experience all (C) helps shape (D)
management style.
Question 44. He was (A) too exhausted (B) that he (C) couldn’t even stand on (D) his feet.
Question 45. I didn’t mean (A) offering him, but he (B) took my comments (C) amiss and
now will not talk (D) to me.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentences that is
closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 46. Our chances of success are very small.
A. There is possibility that we will achieve success.
B. It’s not very likely that we will succeed.
C. We will certainly be very successful.
D. We have no chances, so we are not successful.
Question 47. I had no sooner got to know my neighbors than they moved away.
A. Soon after I got to know my neighbors, I stopped having contact with them.
B. If my new neighbors had stayed longer, I would have got to know them better.
C. once I had got used to my new neighbors, they moved somewhere else.
D. Hardly had I become acquainted with my new neighbors when they went somewhere
else to live
Question 48. He didn’t eat anything but small pieces of bread and butter.
A. He ate small pieces of bread and butter but didn’t like them.
B. He only ate some small pieces of bread and butter.

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C. He didn’t eat anything, not even the bread and butter.
D. He didn’t touch the bread and butter, but he ate other things.
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 49. The storm was so great. Many families had to be evacuated to safer parts of
the city.
A. although the storm was not great, many families had to be evacuated to safer parts of the
city.
B. So great was the storm that many families had to be evacuated to safer parts of the city.
C. Many families had to be evacuated to safer parts of the city in spite of the great storm.
D. It was so a great storm that many families had to be evacuated to safer parts of the city.
Question 50. She behaved in a very strange way. That surprised me a lot.
A. Her behavior was a very strange thing, that surprised me most.
B. She behaved very strangely, which surprised me very much.
C. What almost surprised me was the strange way she behaved.
D. I was almost not surprised by her strange behavior.