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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following
questions.
Question 1. A. hatred B. sacred C. warned D. crooked
Question 2. A. suggestion /ch/ B. meditation C. position D. section
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. inde’pendence B il’literate C. exhibition D.
understanding
Question 4. A. offensive B. de’licious C. ‘dangerous D. re’ligious
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. I’ve been ______________advised not to say anything.
A. seriously B. greatly C. strongly D. significantly
Question 6. On _________ she had won the first prize, she jumped for joy.
A. telling B. she was told C. being told D. having told
Question 7. The building ___________ last years.
A. destroyed B. has destroyed C. was destroyed D. have been
destroyed
Question 8. My grandmother was a lovely person who ___________ pleasure from helping
others.
A. gathered B. derived C. deduced D. collected
Question 9. _________ of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
A. Instead B. In place C. On behalf D. On account
Question 10. I can’t imagine _______ anywhere except here.
A. studying B. to study C. study D. that I study
Question 11. She is completely deaf. You should __________ allowance for her.
A. bring B. take C. make D. find
Question 12. Thanh is a friendly girl who _________ everyone she meets.
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A. gets up B. gets on with C. gets over D. gets out of

Question 13. It’s a secret. You __________ let anyone know about it.
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. mightn’t D. may not
Question 14. By the year 2050, many people employed ______ their job.
A. have lost B. will be losing C. will have lost D. are losing
Question 15. He blamed _____ me ___________ not explaining the lesson _______ the
students carefully.
A. on/for/to B. Ꝋ/about/ for C. for/on/for D. Ꝋ/for/to
Question 16. You can ask him anything about computers. He actually has quite a good
________ for programming.
A. head B. understanding C. knowledge D, ability
Question 17. The situation is getting out of ___________. We should do something before it
turns into a bitter row.
A. capacity B. charge C. hand D. discipline
Question 18. Nothing ________ the ordinary ever happens here.
A. about B. out of C. from D. within
Question 19. I was glad when he said that his car was __________.
A. for me use B. at my use C. for my use D. at my disposal
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. Soccer is my father’s favorite sport. He is infatuated with it.
A. besotted with B. responsible for C. obsessed with D. compatible
with
Question 21. Many Immigrants were compelled to assimilate into the dominant culture.
A. forced B. encouraged-kk C. stimulated-kt D. inspired-
ch
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.

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Question 22. I threw his jacket back in his face, got back in my car, and more drove home
like a bat out of hell, screaming the whole way.
A. very fast B. very slowly C. very carefully D. very
emotionally
Question 23. None of his novels lends itself to being made into a film; they just simply lack
a coherent storyline.
A. inconvenient B. untamable C. inconceivable D. unsuitable for
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. Tim is talking to Tom about their friends’ marriage.
Tim: “They got divorced” – Tom: “_____________”
A. I have no idea. Can you give a clue? B. Right, be careful with them
C. Congratulations! D. You don’t say!
Question 25. Hoa: “Mommy, I’ve passed the final exam with flying colors” Mom:
“_______”
A. Sorry to hear that B. Congratulations!
C. That’s right D. How many colors?
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 result of Mary’s first exam came out when her mother went to collect it, she was (26)
_________ to see Mary’s poor result. On reaching home, she called Mary, scolded her and in
the end gave her some advice regarding her studies. She told Mary to work hard, (27) ______
very carefully to the teacher and stop wasting her time in useless activities. But Mary turned
a deaf ear to her mother’s advice. Soon she realized that she had lost her (28) _______ in the
class. The teachers didn’t think so well of her now due to her poor marks and some of her
good friends, who were also good in studies, preferred to sit in the class and spend time with
those who were good in studies. She relished that life was not about having fun only; it is
about doing something (29) __________ in order to achieve something. She then started to
work hard. Her grades eventually (30) ____________ and her teachers were satisfied with
her. Her mother was glad that she had accepted her advice. Mary continued to work hard and
she did well in her final exam. If she had not accepted her mother’s advice she would not
been successful.

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Question 26. A. disappointing B. upset C. challenging D. agnostic
Question 27. A. taunt-chế nhạo B. belittle C. avoid D. listen
Question 28. A. stamina B. failure C. love D. position
Question 29. A. constructive B. disastrous C. cowardly D. innovation
Question 30. A. severe B. significant C. improve D. motivate
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.
The first jazz musicians played in New Orleans during the early 1900’s. After 1917, many
of the New Orleans musicians moved to the south side of Chicago, where they continued to
play their style of jazz. Soon Chicago was the new center for jazz.
Several outstanding musicians emerged as leading jazz artists in Chicago. Daniel Lotus
“Satchmo” Armstrong, born in New Orleans in 1900, was one. Another leading musician
was Joseph King Oliver, who is also credited with having discovered Armstrong, when they
were both in New Orleans, to join his band. In 1923, King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band made
the first important set of recordings by a Hot five and Hot Seven bands under Louis
Armstrong also made recordings of special note.
Although Chicago’s South Side was the main Jazz center, some musicians in New York
were also demanding attention in jazz circles. In 1923 Fletcher Henderson already had a ten-
piece band that played jazz. During the early 1930’s, the number of players grew to sixteen.
Henderson’s band was considered a leader in what some people called the Big Band Era. By
the 1930’s, big bands were the rage. Large numbers of people went to ballrooms to dance to
jazz music played by big bands.
One of the most popular and also a very famous jazz band was the Duke Ellington band.
Edward “Duke” Ellington was born in Washington D.C, in 1899 and died in New York City
in 1974. The first of Ellington’s European tours came in 1933. He soon received international
fame for his talent as a band leader, composer and arranger. Ten years later, Ellington began
giving annual concerts as Carnegie Hall in New York City. People began to listen to jazz in
the same way, that they had always listened to classical music.
Question 31. It can be inferred from the passage that Louis Armstrong want to the Chicago
for which of the following reasons?
A. To form his own band B. To learn to play Chicago- style jazz
C. To play in Joseph Oliver’s band D. To make recordings with the Hot
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Question 32. According to the passage, which of following Black bands was the first to
make significant set of jazz recording?
A. The Hot Seven band B. fletcher Henderson’s band
C. The Red Hot Peppers band D. King Oliver’s Creole jazz band
Question 33. The nickname “Duke” belonged to which of the following bandleaders?
A. Louis Armstrong B. Joseph Oliver
C. Edward Ellington d. Fletcher Henderson
Question 34. The passage supports which of following conclusions?
A. By the 1930’s jazz was appreciated by a wide audience
B. Classical music had a great impact on jazz
C. Jazz originated in New Orleans in the early nineteenth century
D. Jazz band were better known in, Europe than in the United States.
Question 35. Which of the following cities is NOT mentioned in the passage as a center of
jazz?
A. New York B. Washington D.C C. Chicago D. New Orleans
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.
Any rock that has cooled and solidified from a molten state is an igneous rock. Therefore, if
the earth began as a superheated sphere in space, all the rocks making up its crust may well
have been igneous and thus the ancestors of all other rocks. Even today, approximately 95
percent of the entire crust in igneous. Periodically, molten material wells out of earth’s
interior to invade the surface layers or to flow onto the surface itself. This material cools into
a wide variety of igneous rocks. In the molten state, it is called magma as it pushes into the
crust and lava when it runs out onto the surface.
All magma consists basically of a variety of silicate minerals (high in silicon-oxygen
compounds), but the chemical composition of any given flow many differ radically from that
of any other. The resulting igneous rocks will reflect these differences. Igneous rocks also
vary in texture as well as chemistry. Granite, for instance, is a coarse-grained igneous rock
whose individual mineral crystals to reach this size. Normally. Slow cooling occurs when the
crust is invaded by magma that remains buried well below the surface. Granite may be found
on the surface of the contemporary landscape, but from its coarse texture we know that it
must have formed through slow cooling at a great depth and later been laid dare by erosion.
Igneous rocks with this coarse-grained texture that formed at depth are called plutonic.
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 On the other hand, if the same magma flows onto the surface and quickly cooled by the
atmosphere, the resulting rock will be fine-grained and appear quite different from granite,
although the chemical composition will be identical. This kind of the rock is calls rhyolite.
The most finely grained igneous rock is volcanic glass or obsidian, which has no crystals.
Some researchers believe this is because of rapid cooling; others believe it is because of a
lack of water vapor and other gases in the lava. The black obsidian cliffs of Yellowstone
national Park are the result of a lava flow of basalt running head on into a glacier. Some of
the glacier melted on contact, but suddenly there also appeared a huge black mass of glassy
stone.
Question 36. In the first paragraph, the author mentions that _____________.
A. the Earth began as a molten mass
B. a thin layer of magma flows beneath the Earth’s crust
C. the minerals found in igneous rock are very common
D. igneous rock is continually being formed
Question 37. The word “contemporary” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning
to__________.
A. vast B. natural C. existing D. uneven
Question 38. The words “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ____________.
A. granite B. surface C. landscape D. texture
Question 39. Granite that has been found above ground has been ______________.
A. pushed up from below the crust by magma
B. produced during a volcanic explosion
C. gradually exposed due to erosion
C. pushed up by the natural shifting of the Earth
Question 40. Which of the following is produced when magma cools rapidly?
A. Granite B. Plutonic rock C. Rhyolite D. mineral crystals
Question 41. The word “finely” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.
A. minutely nhỏ xíu B. loosely C. sensitively D. purely
Question 42. Which of the following is another name for volcanic glass?
A. Plutonic rock B. Obsidian C. Lava D. Crystal

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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: Cool temperatures, shade, (A) moist, and the presence of (B) dead organic
material (C) provide the ideal living (D) conditions for mushrooms. moisture
Question 44: (A) What we know about these diseases (B) are still not sufficient to prevent
them (C) from spreading easily (D) among the population. ? is
Question 45: The human (A) body (B) relies on (C) certainly nutrients for its (D) survival.
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 46. I have never seen such a horrible film before.
A. I don’t enjoy seeing horror films.
B. That is one of the most horrible films I have seen before.
C. This is the worst film that I have ever seen.
D. Such a horrible film that I have never seen before.
Question 47. Daisy cooked so many dishes for lunch, but it wasn’t necessary.
A. Daisy needn’t have cooked so many dishes for lunch.
B. Daisy couldn’t have cooked so many dishes for lunch.
C. Daisy must have cooked so many good dishes.
D. Daisy might not have cooked so many dishes for lunch.
Question 48. This party is “evening dress” only.
A. You have to drees up for the party this evening.
B. I dress up only for this evening party.
C. You’re not allowed to dress casually for this party.
D. This party is only for those who dress up in the evening.
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. If only I had taken part in the Singing contest. I didn’t do that
A. I regret not taking part in the Singing contest.
B. I regret to take part in the Singing contest.

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C. I wish I took part in the Singing contest.
D. I don’t take part in the Singing contest.
Question 50. You usually drive fast. You use more petrol than usual.
A. The faster you drive, the more you use petrol.
B. The more you drive fast, the more you use petrol.
C. The faster you drive; the more petrol you use.
D. The faster you drive; the more petrol you use.