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I. For questions 1-5, choose the letter (A, B, C or D) to indicate the word whose underlined part
is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. exhibition B. exhaustion C. honorable D. rehearsal
2. A. obstacle B. observant C. obsolete D. obvious
3. A. conservation B. preservation C. conversation D. transportation
4. A. bury B. justice C. lullaby D. cultivate
5. A. loathe B. oatmeal C. oasis D. soap
II. For questions 6-10, choose the letter (A, B, C or D) to indicate the word whose main stress is
placed differently from that of the others.
6. A. existential B. adolescent C. individual D. facility
7. A. museum B. cathedral C. skyscraper D. prohibit
8. A. downtown B. wander C. treasure D. vendor
9. A. introduce B. volunteer C. interpret D. entertain
10. A. admirable B. preferable C. painstakingly D. horizontal
III. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to each of the following questions.
11. He became internationally famous ___ his novel.
A. with B. for C. about D. at
12. It is strongly recommended that the machines ___ every year.
A. should check B. were checked C. be checked D. check
13. ___ you to change your mind, you’d be welcomed to join your staff.
A. If B. Unless C. Were D. Had
14. Jack says he appreciates ___ out last weekend.
A. your help B. helping him C. your helping him D. to be help
15. The first meeting was a success, so we ___ a second one.
A. needn’t have hold B. needed to hold C. needed hold D. didn’t need to hold
16. It’s no ___ having a work in the same office as hers. You have to watch to your words all the
time.
A. harm B. wonder C. use D. joke
17. Uncle Ross is a ___ smoker. He smokes 2 packets a day.
A. habitual B. continual C. frequent D. permanent
18. The thief ___ unnoticed as he left the building.
A. looked B. seemed C. went D. made
19. She fell down a ___ of stairs and hurt her back.
A. group B. flight C. lump D. case
20. People in the village have got an ___ appetite for news.
A. inexorable B. inevitable C. insatiable D. inedible

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 TEST 2
A. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence and write it in the box below.
1. Their exports are just _______ ours.
A. similar B. as C. like D. same
2. Television came into _______ and became a competitor with the motion pictures.
A. effect B. enforcement C. use D. life
3. Remember ________the door before going to bed.
A. locking B. to lock C. locked D. not locking
4. I don't think that purple shirt ________with your yellow skirt.
A. suits B. fits C. goes D. wears
5. The students have got ________news about their exams.
A. many B. a few C. few D. some
6. John: "Is the baby still awake?" — Marry: "No, I am happy to say that she is fast ________
A. asleep B. sleeping C. slept D. sleepy
7. He was ________boy when he could swim.
A. a four-year B. a four-year-old C. four-years old D. a four-years-old
8. Quite soon, the world is going to ________energy resources.
A. run out of B. get into C. keep up with D. come up again
9. My friend ________me that he was going to take a driving test.
A. spoke B. told C. said D. talk
10. The development of laser use is a major ________in medicine.
A. breakaway B. breakup C. break-in D. breakthrough

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 TEST 3
1. Please cut my hair ___________ the style in this magazine.
A. the same long like B. the same length as
C. the same long as D. the same length like
2. We didn't ___________ to the station in time to catch the train.
A. get B. reach C. arrive D. make
3. A water caddy is a person ___________ water to people's homes.
A. that deliver B. who delivers C. whose delivery D. that he delivers
4. I will never forget ___________ with my father last year. He really enjoyed it.
A. dance B. dancing C. to dance D. danced
5. As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid ___________ we asked.
A. four times as much as B. four time much than
C. four time as many as D. four times much as
6. The shop opposite my house sells a variety of ___________.
A. objects B. purchases C. goods D. productions
7. No one was absent from class yesterday, ___________?
A. wasn't he B. was he C. weren't they D. were they
8. John lost his ___________ bicycle he bought last week, and his parents were very angry with him.
A. beautiful Japanese new B. beautiful new Japanese
C. new beautiful Japanese D. Japanese beautiful new
9. It's difficult to have fun with Markus. He is so ___________.
A. old-fashioned B. light-hearted C. easy-going D. bad-tempered
10. I'd like to know how Jackie is. If only she ___________ me.
A. would phone B. will phone C. phones D. has phoned

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 TEST 4
1. The salary of a computer programmer is _________ a teacher.
A. twice as high as that of B. twice as much as
C. twice as high as D. as much as those of
2. What I say about these problems _________ my own affair.
A. was B. are C. were D. is
3. Anna felt very happy when _________ to that prestigious university.
A. admitting B. to be admitted C. being admitted D. admit
4. My teacher got angry with me. I _________ homework that he gave me two days ago.
A. should do B. need have done C. must have done D. should have done
5. This city has four million _________
A. residents B. inhabitants C. dwellers D. settlers
6. These jeans don't _________ me any more. They're too tight round the waist.
A. suit B. match C. fit D. go with
7. Many tourists have decided to visit Ha Long Bay because of UNESCO's _________ of its natural
beauty.
A. recognition B. acceptance C. protection D. condition
8. Karen is good at keeping calm in any situations, but yesterday she really _________ when her
roommate broke her favorite antique vase.
A. got on with B. looked up to C. lost her temper D. kept in touch
9. _________ my house when the phone rang.
A. Scarcely I had left B. No sooner I had left
C. No sooner had I left D. Scarcely had I left
10. He was the only _________ that was offered the job.
A. apply B. application C. applicant D. applying
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 TEST 5
1. Information technology has __________ our lives.
A. decreased B. reserved C. assimilated D. transformed
2. The price of pork in Viet Nam had risen __________ a few months before the Lunar New Year of
2020.
A. sharply B. effectively C. utterly D. deeply
3. The __________ of the family home following the divorce was a great shock to the children.
A. break-up B. break-in C. break-out D. break-down
4. Responding to the recent __________ of Corona virus, Viet Nam is giving high priority to the
prevention and combat of this epidemic.
A. outset B. outcome C. outbreak D. outburst
5. Flying cars may be a solution to the problem of traffic jam, but what happens if they __________
traffic and cannot take off?
A. hold on B. get stuck in C. get off D. get on
6. Thanks to her father's encouragement, she has made great __________ in her study.
A. standard B. reduction C. slowness D. progress
7. It's high time you __________ to study harder to pass the final exam.
A. will start B. started C. start D. to start
8. A doctor is a member of a respected __________.
A. occupation B. trade C. business D. profession
9. The food they serve here is excellent because they have a good __________.
A. cooker B. stove C. chef D. headwaiter
10. __________ the can, my hand was cut.
A. While trying to open B. Having tried to open C. As I was trying to open D. Trying to open
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 TEST 6
1. Penicillin, probably __________, came into widespread use after the Second World War.
A. an antibiotic of known B. was known the antibiotic
C. the best-known antibiotic D. known best antibiotic
2. The data on the winter migration patterns of the monarch butterfly is very __________
A. interested B. interest C. interesting D. interestingly
3. __________is caused by a virus was not known until 1911.
A. That measles B. Measles C. What if measles D. As measles
4. Those books I ordered should __________by now.
A. be delivering B. have been delivered
C. have delivered D. have been delivering
5. Most people who work in the centre of London __________from the suburbs every morning.
A. commune B. connect C. deliver D. spread
6. Most of the grade 9th students will give a __________of relief when they have finished the exam.
A. yawn B. sigh C. breath D. cough
7. The president __________the brave solders who had defended the country.
A. made an allowance for B. made contribution to
C. paid respect for D. paid tribute to
8. Olivia is a secondary school student, but she gets dressed as if she __________ a fashion model.
A. were B. has been C. had been D. is
9. No sooner __________down than the phone rang.
A. I had sat B. do I sit C. had I sat D. was I sitting
10. Shelley disagreed with the board's decision, so she ________ and went to work for another
company.
A. retired B. sacked C. fired D. resigned
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 TEST 7
A. Write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
others in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. television B. newspaper C. invention D. Internet
2. A. potential B. volunteer C. understand D. recommend
B. Write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
part differs from the others in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
3. A. sure B. sugar C. ship D. leisure
4. A. leaf B. of C. deaf D. rough
5. A. book B. moon C. food D. choose
C. Write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each
of the following questions.
6. The man __________ towards us is an engineer.
A. coming B. comes C. is coming D. to come
7. If you live in a house which is not yours, you have to pay __________
A. a fee B. rent C. fare D. charge
8. My dog as well as my cats __________ twice a day.
A. eat B. eats C. has eaten D. have eaten
9. The people in the theatre are the __________ .
A. audiences B. lookers C. observers D. watchers
10. Your hair is long. Are you going to __________?
A. have it cut B. have cut it C. be cutting it D. have it cutting
11. He was __________ that we turned off the TV set immediately.
A. so bad singer B. such bad a singer C. such bad singer D. so bad a singer
12. Not until 2008 __________ across the river.
A. the first bridge was built B. the first building of a bridge was
C. built the first bridge D. was the first bridge built
13. Their exports are just __________ ours.
A. similar B. like C. alike D. the same
14. The question was difficult. Therefore, __________ of the students could answer it.
A. few B. a lot C. a few D. many
15. My mother used to __________ research in this library when she was a student.
A. make B. do C. making D. doing

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 ĐỀ 8
A. Choose the word whose primary stress is pronounced differently from that of the others.
Write your answers on the answer sheet.
1. A. employer B. reunite C. recommend D. understand
2. A. politician B. rhinoceros C. artificial D. controversial
B. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
Write your answers on the answer sheet.
3. A. motion B. question C. contribution D. emotion
4. A. since B. sure C. sun D. sick
5. A. hatred B. sacred C. warned D. decided
C. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.
6. I suggest we __________ outside the cinema tomorrow at 8:30 p.m..
A. met B. meeting C. meet D. will meet
7. It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver __________ in the crash.
A. was injured B. injured C. were injured D. had injured
8. His house is __________ mine.
A. twice as big as B. as twice big as C. as two times big as D. as big as twice
9. Don't worry. He'll do the job as __________ as possible.
A. economizing B. economic C. economical D. economically
10. In 1849, Walter Hunt, __________ American inventor, patented a design that served as the basis
for modern safety pins.
A. an B. he was an C. who D. was an
11. It is very important for a company to keep __________ the changes in the market.
A. pace of B. track about C. touch with D. up with
12. I won't change my mind __________ what you say.
A. whether B. no matter C. because D. although
13. You __________ to your teacher like that. It was very rude.
A. shouldn't talk B. mustn't talk C. shouldn't have talked D. mustn't have talked
14. The clown was wearing a __________ wig and a red nose.
A. funny plastic red B. funny red plastic C. red plastic funny D. red funny plastic
15. The fire __________to have started in the furnace under the house.
A. is believed B. that is believed C. they believed D. that they believe

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 TEST 9
A. Choose the word whose primary stress is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. exist B. survive C. bamboo D. nurture
2. A. recommend B. politics C. recognize D. instrument
B. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
3. A. placed B. coughed C. advised D. promised
4. A. suggestion B. congestion C. question D. convention
5. A. sweater B. sword C. answer D. knowledge
A. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.
6. I think people who __________the law should be punished.
A. commit B. misbehave C. break D. undo
7. "Why are the Newtons asking for loan repayment modifications?"
- "Because their house __________in the flood."
A. was being damaged B. damaged C. had damaged D. was damaged
8. Our guests ate the appetizers, the two main courses and the dessert. There was literally nothing
_____.
A. to be left B. left C. has been left D. have left
9. The President is reported __________ in the country last night.
A. to have arrived B. to arrive C. to have been arrived D. to be arrived
10. Don't worry. She's not being serious. She's only pulling your __________.
A. leg B. head C. arm D. neck
11. A grass eating, river-dwelling mammal, the hippopotamus __________ to the pig.
A. being related B. related C. is related D. relating
12. Typically, __________in meadows or damp woods and bloom in the spring.
A. wild violets grow B. wild violets growth
C. growing wild violets D. the growth of wild violets
13. She's such a snob; she behaves __________the Queen.
A. as if she has been B. like she was
C. as if she were D. like she were
14. Emily Dickinson's garden was a place __________ great inspiration for her poems.
A. that she drew B. by drawing her
C. drawn from which D. from which she drew
15. The salary of a computer programmer is __________a teacher.
A. as much as B. twice as high as
C. twice as much as D. twice as high as that of
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 TEST 10
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. breathtaking B. breathe C. mouth D. monthly
2. A. spectacular B. sandal C. affordable D. negative
3. A. career B. peer C. pear D. appear
4. A. shortage B. carriage C. teenage D. storage
5. A. climber B. subtle C. debtor D. probable
II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group.
1. A. volunteer B. understand C. temperature D. scientific
2. A. accidental B. sensitivity C. beneficial D. industrial
3. A. television B. information C. economic D. engineer
4. A. adolescence B. metropolitan C. multicultural D. spectacular
5. A. swallow B. extinct C. crisis D. journey
III. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence
1. He thought the talk was fascinating. His friend, _______, fell asleep halfway through it.
A. although B. nevertheless C. therefore D. B or C
2. All of the students_______ the seniors will receive their grades in two weeks.
A. but B. so C. and D. or
3. The press puts _____ on the police forces who were unable to cope with the crowd of savage
hooligans.
A. fault B. charge C. blame D. guilt
4. We couldn’t stay long so we only wished Mark many happy ________ of his birthday and hurried to
the airport.
A. days B. returns C. moments D. regards
5. "Did you like the novel that I gave you last week?” - “ _________ the novels that I’ve read, I
enjoyed this one the most.”
A. All of B. Of all C. For all D. From all
6. “Excuse me, is this seat free?” - “_____________”
A. No, you can’t sit here. C. Sorry, it is taken.
B. Yes, it is seated by a boy. D. Yes, but I don’t know so.
7. No one who was invited to the party last night came, ___________?
A. didn’t they B. weren’t they C. did they D. was he
8. He may be shy now, but he’ll soon come out of his ______ when he meets the right girl.
A. shoe B. shell C. shed D. hole
9. “By the way, have you heard the one about the Welshman, the Irishman and the pig?”
“Yes, we have. That joke’s as old as______”.
A. Solomon B. the hills C. a dinosaur D. Jupiter
10. Just think, ______ two years’ time, we’ll be 18!
A. under B. over C. after D. in
11. The referee called off the soccer game because of the darkness.
A. canceled B. postponed C. put off D. called up
12. Matthew has changed his ______ several times about buying a new car.
A. sight B. view C. head D. mind
13. We're living in an apartment for now, but soon we'll be looking for a house to buy.
A. in a hurry B. to shake hands C. for the time being D. up to now
14. Playing ____ violin was to be ____ great adventure for him. He knew _______ little about it.
A. ø/a/a B. the/ ø /a C. a/a/a D. the/a/ ø
15. Of the two shirts, this one is ___________
A. the prettiest B. the most pretty C. more pretty D. the prettier

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