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Họ tên thí sinh:…………………………….. Số báo danh:………………………

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. aches B. flowers C. hopes D. coughs
Question 2: A. ancient B. animal C. applicant D. annual
Mark the letter A B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 3: _________, he could not lift the trap door.
A. As he was strong B. Strong as was he C. As strong he was D. Strong as he was
Question 4: She has bought a __________.
A. round big wooden yellow table B. big round yellow wooden table
C. big round wooden yellow table D. big yellow round wooden table
Question 5: Governments all over the world are ________ measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
A. stepping up B. accounting for C. getting on D. taking in
Question 6: These potatoes are sold ___________.
A. by kilo B. by the kilo C. for the kilo D. for kilo
Question 7: Due to ever more spreading poaching, there ________ a dramatic decline in the number of
elephants over the last decade.
A. has been B. is C. was D. had been
Question 8: ________ make a good impression on her.
A. Only by doing so can I B. Only so doing can I
C. Only by so doing I can D. Only by doing so I can
Question 9: It is estimated that more than 371,000 people all over the world have died _______ Covid-19 so
far.
A. for B. by C. from D. in
Question 10: My mother had to work 12 hours a day in a factory just to ________.
A. make ends meet B. call it a day C. tighten the belt D. break the ice
Question 11: As a(n) ________ girl, she found it difficult to socialise with other students in the class.
A. reserved B. industrious C. ashamed D. dynamic
Question 12: The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop. If only it _________ warmer.
A. has been B. had been C. was D. were
Question 13: As the number of coronavirus cases continues to increase around the globe, celebrities are using
their platforms to encourage people to _______ social distancing in an effort to curb the spread of the disease.
A. practise B. compete C. conform D. comply
Question 14: The restaurants on the island are expensive, so it's worth _______ a packed lunch.
A. taken B. taking C. to take D. take
Question 15: It is the recommendation of many psychologists to associate words and remember names.
A. mental images are used B. that a learner use mental images
C. that a learner uses mental images D. that a learner must use mental images
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Question 16: Chicken eggs will not hatch _______ they are kept at the proper temperature.
A. because B. unless C. even though D. only if
Question 17: When my aunt _______ into the airport tomorrow, I'll be at work, so I can't pick her up.
A. will get B. got C. will have gotten D. gets
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress is placed
differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 18: A. honest B. mature C. happy D. careful
Question 19: A. activate B. establish C. remember D. contribute
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word in each of the following questions.
Question 20: Some people fear racism will never completely disappear from the face of the earth.
A. competition B. immigration C. witchcraft D. prejudice
Question 21: Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered
coronavirus.
A. fatal B. contagious C. severe D. deadly
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the
following exchanges.
Question 22: Mary: "Thanks a lot for your help." John: “_________.”
A. My happiness B. My pleasure C. My excitement D. My delight
Question 23: Tom: "When are we leaving for the concert?" Kyle: “ ________.”
A. Straight away B. That's right C. No problem D. Certainly
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 following questions.
A pioneering set of experiments has been important in the revolution in our understanding of animal
behavior - a revolution that eroded the behaviorist dogma that only humans have minds. These experiments
were designed to detect consciousness - that is signs of self-awareness or self- recognition - in animals other
than humans.
The scientific investigation of an experience as private as consciousness is frustratingly beyond the usual
tools of the experimental psychologist. This may be one reason that many researchers have shied away from
the notion of mind and consciousness in nonhuman animals. In the late 1960's, however, psychologist Gordon
Gallup devised a test of the sense of self: the mirror test. If an animal were able to recognize its reflection in a
mirror as "self", then it could be said to possess an awareness of self, or consciousness. It is known that a cat or
a dog reacts to its own image in a mirror, but often it treats it as that of another individual whose behavior very
soon becomes puzzling and boring.
The experiment called for familiarizing the animal with the mirror and then marking the animal's
forehead with a red spot. If the animal saw the reflection as just another individual, it might wonder about the
curious red spot and might even touch the mirror. But if the animal realized that the reflection was of itself, it
would probably touch the spot on its own body. The first time Gallup tried the experiment with a chimpanzee,
the animal acted as if it knew that the reflection was its own; it touched the red spot on its forehead. Gallup'
report of the experiment, published in a 1970 articles, was a milestone in our understanding of animal minds,
and psychologists wondered how widespread self-recognition would prove to be.
Question 24: The word "dogma" in line 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
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 A. evaluation B. proof C. intention D. belief
Question 25: Which of the following statements best describes the behaviorists' position with regard to
consciousness in nonhuman animals?
A. Most nonhuman animals show signs of self-consciousness.
B. Most nonhuman animals can be taught self-consciousness.
C. Chimpanzees are the only nonhuman animals that have a human level of self-consciousness.
D. Nonhuman animals do not possess self-consciousness.
Question 26: The phrase "shied away from” in line 7 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. approached B. avoided C. respected D. allowed
Question 27: What does the author mean when stating in line 13 that "The experiment called for familiarizing
the animal with the mirror"?
A. The experiment required the use of a chimpanzee that had not participated in previous mirror tests.
B. Gallup had to allow the chimpanzee to become accustomed to the mirror before he began the experiment.
C. Gallup had to teach the chimpanzee to recognize its reflection in the mirror.
D. The chimpanzee had to first watch the experiment being conducted with another chimpanzee.
Question 28: The chimpanzee in Gallup's first experiment responded to the mirror test by touching ________.
A. its own forehead B. the researcher's forehead
C. the red spot on the mirror D. the red spot on another chimpanzee
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each
of the following questions.
Question 29: The (A) Oxford English Dictionary is well-known for (B) including many different meanings (C)
of words and to give (D) real examples.
A. The B. for C. meanings D. to give
Question 30: There (A) has been an appreciative (B) drop in (C) the number of unemployed people since the
new government came to power (D).
A. There B. appreciative C. in D. came to power
Question 31: It was disappointing (A) that almost of (B) the guests left (C) the wedding too (D) early.
A. disappointing B. almost of C. left D. too
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word that best fits each of the following blanks.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
People have been debating the principles of beauty for thousands of years, but it still seems impossible
to consider it objectively. German philosopher Immanuel Kant questioned whether something can possess an
objective property that makes it beautiful. He concluded that although everyone accepts that beauty exists, no
one has ever (32) ______ on the precise criteria by which beauty may be judged.
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote of a scale called the "golden proportion", (33)______ which
the width of the face should be two-thirds of its length, preferably accompanied by a nose no longer than the
distance between the eyes.
Symmetry has been (34) ______ to be attractive to the human (35) ______, so a face may seem beautiful
because of the similarity between its two sides. Babies spend more time looking at symmetrical faces than
asymmetrical ones and symmetry is also rated as more attractive by adults looking at photos. So although there

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seems to be no universal agreement or even national consensus on what constitutes beauty, there is at least some
agreement that facial symmetry is an important (36) _______.
Question 32: A. thought B. agreed C. fixed D. written
Question 33: A. corresponding B. according C. connecting D. relating
Question 34: A. made B. seemed C. proved D. allowed
Question 35: A. eye B. sight C. vision D. appearance
Question 36: A. detail B. factor C. reason D. cause
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 following questions.
The Native Americans of northern California were highly skilled at basketry, using the reeds, grasses,
barks, and roots they found around them to fashion articles of all sorts and sizes - not only trays, containers, and
cooking pots, but hats, boats, fish traps, baby carriers, and ceremonial objects.
Of all these experts, none excelled the Pomo - a group who lived on or near the coast during the 1800's,
and whose descendants continue to live in parts of the same region to this day. They made baskets three feet in
diameter and others no bigger than a thimble. The Pomo people were masters of decoration. Some of their
baskets were completely covered with shell pendants; others with feathers that made the baskets' surfaces as soft
as the breasts of birds. Moreover, the Pomo people made use of more weaving techniques than did their
neighbors. Most groups made all their basketwork by twining - the twisting of a flexible horizontal material,
called a weft, around stiffer vertical strands of material, the warp. Others depended primarily on coiling - a
process in which a continuous coil of stiff material is held in the desired shaped by a tight wrapping of flexible
strands. Only the Pomo people used both processes with equal case and frequency. In addition, they made use
of four distinct variations on the basic twining process, often employing more than one of them in a single
article.
Although a wide variety of materials was available, the Pomo people used only a few. The warp was
always made of willow, and the most commonly used welt was sedge root, a woody fiber that could easily be
separated into strands no thicker than a thread. For color, the Pomo people used the bark of redbud for their
twined work and dyed bulrush root for black in coiled work. Though other materials were sometimes used,
these four were the staples in their finest basketry.
If the basketry materials used by the Pomo people were limited, the designs were amazingly varied.
Every Pomo basketmaker knew how to produce from fifteen to twenty distinct patterns that could be combined
in a number of different ways.
Question 37: What best distinguished Pomo baskets from baskets of other groups?
A. The range of sizes, shapes, and designs B. The unusual geometric
C. The absence of decoration D. The rare materials used
Question 38: The word "fashion" in line 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. maintain B. organize C. trade D. create
Question 39: The Pomo people used each of the following materials to decorate baskets EXCEPT _______.
A. shells B. feathers C. leaves D. barks
Question 40: What is the author's main point in the second paragraph?
A. The neighbors of the Pomo people tried to improve on the Pomo basket weaving techniques.
B. The Pomo people were the most skilled basket weavers in their region.
C. The Pomo people learned their basket weaving techniques from other Native Americans.
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 D. The Pomo baskets have been handed down for generations.
Question 41: According to the passage, the relationship between redbud and twining is most similar to the
relationship between _______.
A. bulrush and coiling B. weft and warp
C. willow and feathers D. sedge and weaving
Question 42: The word "staples" in line 20 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. combinations B. limitations C. basic elements D. accessories
Question 43: Which of the following statements about Pomo baskets can be best inferred from the passage?
A. Baskets produced by other Native Americans were less varied in design than those of the Pomo people.
B. Baskets produced by Pomo weavers were primarily for ceremonial purposes.
C. There was a very limited number of basketmaking materials available to the Pomo people.
D. The basketmaking production of the Pomo people has increased over the years.
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 44: I was astonished that he knew a lot about Vietnamese food.
A. It surprised me that Vietnamese food was what he liked most.
B. I was astonished at his poor knowledge of Vietnamese food.
C. That he knew a lot about Vietnamese food amazed me.
D. I knew very little about Vietnamese food, which astonished him.
Question 45: "If I were you, I would not choose to write about such a sensitive topic", the teacher said.
A. I was blamed for writing about such a sensitive topic by the teacher.
B. I was ordered by the teacher not to write about such a sensitive topic.
C. The teacher advised me on writing about such a sensitive topic.
D. The teacher advised me against writing about such a sensitive topic.
Question 46: Martin missed his flight because he had not been informed of the change in flight schedule.
A. Martin missed his flight, though he had been informed of the change in the flight schedule.
B. Martin had been informed of his flight delay, which was due to the change in flight schedule.
C. Not having been informed of the change of the flight schedule, Martin missed his flight.
D. Not having missed his flight, Martin was informed of the change in flight schedule.
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 47: The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room. He opened the window.
A. The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room because he opened the window.
B. The man opened the window in order to get some fresh air in the room.
C. The man got some fresh air in the room, even though he opened the window.
D. Having opened the window, the room could get some fresh air.
Question 48: The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.
A. Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.
B. Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.
C. The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.
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 D. The plan is as impractical as it is ingenious.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 49: His career in the illicit drug trade ended with the police raid this morning.
A. elicited B. irregular C. secret D. legal
Question 50: In American football, the coach may shout to the captain to call time out.
A. yelp B. growl C. whisper D. flounder