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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. wanted B. stopped C. decided D. hated
Question 2: A. hook B. floor C. book D. look
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. promise B. discuss C. contain D. express
Question 4: A. conference B. lecturer C. researcher D. reference
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: The situation of COVID-19 worldwide is still serious, …………?
A. is not it B. isn’t it C. is it D. doesn’t it
Question 6: Students use the library's computers to get access _________ the Internet.
A. with B. for C. by D. to
Question 7: Acupuncture is part of traditional Chinese medicine and _____ in China for thousands
of years.
A. has been used B. has using C. has used D. has been using
Question 8 There were two small rooms in the beach house, _________ .
A. the smallest of which served as a kitchen B. the smaller of them was served as a kitchen
C. the smaller of which served as a kitchen D. the smallest of that was served as a kitchen
Question 9: She is doing extremely well in her _________graduate course.
A. intensive one -year English B. one -year English intensive
C. intensive English one-year D. English intensive one-year
Question 10: We _______ to the hospital to visit Mike when he _____ to say that he was fine.
A. were driving – called B. drove - was calling
C. drove - called D. were driving - was calling
Question 11: True Blood is my favourite TV series, _______ I don't have much time to watch it
often.
A. before B. if C. although D. yet
Question 12: ________, we had already put out the fire.
A. Until the firemen arrived to help B. No sooner the firemen arrived to help
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C. By the time the firemen arrived to help D. After the firemen arrived to help
Question 13 On being told about her sack, ________.
A. her boss felt sorry for Mary B. Mary was shocked
C. Mary's face turned pale D. her boss changed his attitude
Question 14: Children who are isolated and lonely seem to have poor language and________.
A. communicate B. communication C. communicative D. communicator
Question 15: When I got 16, some of my friends left school to get a job, but most ………….
A. dropped out B. moved back C. got in D. stayed on
Question 16: A new TV show has sparked ________ by showing the positive side of dropping out
of college.
A. controversy B. argument C. contention D. debate
Question 17: Overpopulation in urban areas tends to create unfavorable conditions, which may
result in ________of food in developing countries.
A. shortages B. failures C. damages D. supplies
Question 18: Many patients think optimistically. They are never in the_________of death. Sợ chết
A. scary B. fear C. dream D. ambition
Question 19: It took him a long time to come to _____thừa nhận_____ with the fact that he was
homeless.
A. tabs B. agreement C. terms D. acceptance
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: Water energy is used to create electricity.
A. produce sản xuất B. design C. operate D. heat
Question 21: Not until all their demands had been turned down did the workers decide to go on
strike for more welfare.
A. rejected từ chối B. sacked C. reviewed D. deleted
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: There must be a mutual trust between friends.
A. reliance B. defendant C. belief D. suspicion nghi ngờ
Question 23: His jokes were boring that most people completely switched off. Ko chú ý

A. paid attention B. didn’t pay attention C. left it of D. stopped off

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each
of the following exchanges.
Question 24: Tom is in Ho Chi Minh City and asks a passer-by the way to the railway station.
Tom: “Can you show me the way to the railway station, please?”
Passer-by: “………….”
A. No way. B. Just round the corner over there.
C. Look it up in a dictionary! D. There’s no traffic near here.
Question 25: Tom: “Can I bring a friend to your party?” Kyle: “______.”
A. Straight away B. That’s right
C. The more the merrier D. Beggars can’t be choosers
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.
Most artists who create three-dimensional objects, rather than paintings or drawings make use of
materials like stone or metal in their work. An exhibition has just opened at the Bowes Museum in
England, however, where re-creations of sculptures carved from a very different material, sugar, are
on (26) ________ .
To understand the development of this art form, you must go back 500 years, to a time when sugar
was very rare and was available only to the very wealthy. In those days, it became popular for rich
Europeans to show off their wealth by decorating their dining tables with elaborate sugar sculptures
to impress their guests on special occasions. The finest artists were employed to work on these
sculptures, (27) ________ reflected the host’s good taste and position in society.
(28) ________ expensively decorated tables remained popular into the 19th century, the idea then
went out of fashion and was largely forgotten. This was partly because sugar sculptures only last for
a limited time - around 100 years at most - so eventually there were none in (29) ________ . The
Bowes Museum has recently acquired a collection of the wooden tools used in the production of
sugar sculptures, together with some original designs, in an attempt to recreate the (30) ________ art
form.
Question 26: A. presentation B. display C. viewing D. sight
Question 27: A. that B. who C. which D. where
Question 28: A. Although B. Because C. As soon as D. Supposing
Question 29: A. presence B. occurrence C. existence D. survival
Question 30: A. forgetting B. forgetful C. forgettable D. forgot

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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.
The oldest living things on Earth are trees. Some of California’s sequoias have for four thousand
years looked down on the changes in the landscape and the comings and goings of humans. They
sprouted from tiny seeds about the time the Egyptian pyramids were being built. Today these giant
patriarchs seem as remote and inaccessible as the rocks and mountain cliffs on which they grow,
like cathedral columns holding up the sky. It is hard to imagine them playing any part in the lives of
mere humans or being in any way affected by the creatures that pass at their feet.
Lesser trees, however, have played an intimate role in the lives of people since they first appeared
on Earth. Trees fed the fires that warmed humans. They provided shelter, food and medicine and
even clothing. They also shaped people’s spiritual horizons. Trees expressed the grandeur and
mystery of life, as they moved through the cycle of seasons, from life to death and back to life again.
Trees were the largest living things around humans and they knew that some trees had been standing
on the same spot in their parents’ and grandparents’ time, and would continue to stand long after
they were gone. No wonder these trees became symbols of strength, fruitfulness, and everlasting
life.
Question 31: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Trees grow to great heights.
B. Trees have been important to people throughout history.
C. Trees make humans seem superior.
D. Trees that grow in California are very old.
Question 32: In line 3, the phrase “giant patriarchs” could best be replaced by which of the
following?
A. tiny seeds B. important leaders C. towering trees D. Egyptian pyramids
Question 33: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a way in which people
have used trees?
A. For furniture B. For fuel C. For housing D. For nourishment
Question 34: In paragraph 2, the word “They” refers to which of the following?
A. Trees B. Grandeur and mystery
C. Seasons D. People’s spiritual horizons
Question 35: Which of the following do trees represent?
A. intelligence B. flexibility C. abundance D. relationship

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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.
The Pirahã are an isolated Amazonian tribe of hunter-gatherers who live deep in the Brazilian
rainforest. The tribe has survived, their culture intact, for centuries, although there are now only
around 200 left. The Pirahã, who communicate mainly through hums and whistles, have fascinated
ethnologists for years, mainly because they have no words for numbers. They use only three words
to count: one, two, and many.
We know about the Pirahã thanks to an ex-hippy and former missionary, Dan Everett, now a
professor of Phonetics, who spent seven years with the tribe in the 70s and 80s. Everett discovered a
world without numbers, without time, without words for colours, without subordinate clauses and
without a past tense.
Their language, he found, was not just simple grammatically; it was restricted in its range of sounds
and differed between the sexes. For the men, it has just eight consonants and three vowels; for the
women, who have the smallest number of speech sounds in the world, seven consonants and three
vowels. To the untutored ear, the language sounds more like humming than speech. The Pirahã can
also whistle their language, which is how men communicate when hunting.
Their culture is similarly constrained. The Pirahã can’t write, have little collective memory, and no
concept of decorative art. In 1980, Everett tried to teach them to count: be explained basic arithmetic
to an enthusiastic group keen to learn the skills needed to trade with other tribes. After eight months,
not one could count to ten; even one plus one is beyond them. The experiment seemed to confirm
Everett’s theory: the tribe just couldn’t conceive the concept of number.
The Pirahã’s inability to count is important because it seems to disapprove Noam Chomsky’s
influential Theory of Universal Grammar, which holds that the human mind has a natural capacity
for language, and that all languages share a basic rule structure, which enables children to
understand abstract concepts such as number. One of Chomsky’s collaborators has recently gone on
an expedition with Everett to study the tribe. We do not yet know if the Pirahã have persuaded him
to change his theory.
Question 36: What is the passage mainly about?
A. A study by Professor Dan Everett
B. A defect in Chomsky’s famous theory
C. Reasons behind the humming and whistling of the Pirahã tribe
D. The unusual language of the Pirahã’s tribe

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Question 37: What is NOT true about the Pirahã tribe?
A. Their language as well as their culture is restricted.
B. They have not decreased in numbers.
C. They have successfully kept their culture as it was originally.
D. The lack of words for numbers in their language has interested ethnologists.
Question 38: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. the Pirahã’s language B. the Pirahã tribe
C. the act of humming D. the language of males
Question 39: The word “untutored” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. wrong B. untrained C. foreign D. damaged
Question 40: The word “constrained” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. complicated B. simplified C. varied D. limited
Question 41: What did Everett’s experiment to teach the Pirahã to count reveal?
A. The tribe just couldn’t take in the concept of number.
B. The tribe was able to learn number but no one taught them previously.
C. The tribe couldn’t count to 1000.
D. The tribe had its own way of saying numbers.
Question 42: What does Chomsky’s Theory of Universal Grammar hold?
A. Children and adults have different language abilities.
B. Children do not grasp abstract concepts until they grow up.
C. All languages have some rules in common .
D. Some languages do not have words for numbers.
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: Peter wished that he has gone to the party last week.
      A          B              C      D
Question 44: Many nations protect endangered species by forbidding hunting, to restrict land
A                 B              C ing                    
development and creating preserves.
            D
Question 45: In order to build progress in speaking skill, you need to practice everyday.
      A                 B   make progress                              C          D

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Mark the letter , 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: He broke up with her but now he thinks that was a mistake.
A. He feels a pity that he had broken up with her.
B. He wishes not to have broken her up.
C. He regrets having broken up with her.
D. He was mistaken with breaking up with her.
Question 47: "Don't touch the electric wires. It might be deadly.” said Steve to Mike.
A. Steve warned Mike not to touch the wires as it might be deadly.
B. Steve accused Mike of touching the electric wires as it might be deadly.
C. Steve advised Mike not touch the electric wires as it might be deadly.
D. Steve suggested that Mike not touch the electric wires as it might be deadly.
Question 48: My car keys are possibly in the kitchen.
A. My car keys should be put in the kitchen
B. My car keys cannot be in the kitchen
C. I don’t know whether my car keys are in the kitchen.
D. My car keys might be in the kitchen
Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences ỉn the following questions.
Question 49: . She wasn’t wearing a seat-belt. She was injured.
A. If she hadn’t been wearing a seat-belt, she wouldn’t have been injured.
B. If she had been wearing a seat-belt, she would have been injured.
C. If she had been wearing a seat-belt, she wouldn’t be injured.
D. If she had been wearing a seat-belt, she wouldn’t have been injured.
Question 50: We arrived at the conference. Then we realized that our reports were still at home.
A. No sooner had we realized that our reports were at home than we arrived at the conference.
B. Only after we arrived at the conference did we realize that our reports were still at home.
C. Not until we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still at home.
D. Hardly had we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still at home.