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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. looked B. helped C. missed D. opened
Question 2: A. feather B. leather C. feature D. measure
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. secure B. honest C. funny D. decent
Question 4: A. gymnastics B. beautiful C. stadium D. restaurant
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: There are two cars in my yard, a yellow car and a blue one. My car is _________ yellow one.
A. a B. an C. x D. the
Question 6: If Jim hadn’t tried to kill that millionaire, he _________ in prison today.
A. wouldn’t be B. wouldn’t have been C. won’t be D. hadn’t been
Question 7: At this time next week, we _________ for our examination.
A. will be sitting B. will be sat C. will sit D. will have sat
Question 8: _________ busy she is, she manages to pick her children up after school every day.
A. Although B. Despite C. However D. Because
Question 9: I had to borrow some money __________ my friend because I was broke.
A. to B. from C. at D. of
Question 10: _________, he walked to the station.
A. Despite being tired B. In spite being tired C. Although to be tired D. Despite tired
Question 11: After ___________ the money, the robbers fled from the bank as quickly as possible.
A. have taken B. having taken C. had taken D. taken
Question 12: They accused the man of __________ the secret.
A. reveal B. revealed C. having revealed D. to have revealed
Question 13: Children who are isolated and lonely seem to have poor language and ________.
A. communication B. communicate C. communicative D. communicating
Question 14: Shy people often find difficult to __________ part in group discussions.
A. take B. get C. make D. play
Question 15: Early to bed and early to rise will __________ you good.
A. bring B. make C. do D. help
Question 16: When things get wildly busy in the morning, some people _______ breakfast to save time.
A. skip B. reduce C. omit D. quit
Question 17: When preparing a CV, university_________ can consider attaching a separate report about
official work experience during the course.
A. graduates B. leavers C. candidates D. applicants
Question 18: If you are paid monthly, rather than weekly, you receive_________.
A. a prize B. a reward C. a salary D. wages
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 23: Tan is talking to Nga about his point of view.
- Tan: ________, children nowadays play games online so much. - Nga: Absolutely!
A. As you see B. As a matter of fact C. In conclusion D. In my opinion
Question 24: Two friends, John and Jenny are talking about means of transportation.
- John : “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?”
- Jenny: “________________________________.”
A. Yes, it’s an absurd idea B. There is no doubt about it
C. Of course not. You bet D. Well, that’s very surprising
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 25 to 29
Space is important to Americans. When two people talk to each other, they usually stand about two and a half
feet away and at an angle, so they are not facing each other___25___. Americans get uncomfortable when a
person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person
___26____ accident, they say, "Pardon me." or "Excuse me." Americans like to look the other person in the
eyes when they are talking. If you don't do so, it means you are bored, hiding something, or are not
interested. ___27___, when you stare at someone, it is not polite. For Americans, thumbs-up means yes, very
good, or well done. Thumbs-down means the opposite.
To call a waiter, raise one hand to head level or above. To show you want the check, make a movement
with your hands as if you are signing a piece of paper. It is all right ___28___ at things but not at people with
the hand and index finger. Americans ___29___ their index finger at children when they scold them and pat
them on the head when they admire them. Learning a culture's body language is sometimes confusing. If you
don't know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile.
Question 25. A. direct B. directed C. direction D. directly
Question 26. A. by B. in C. on D. with
Question 27. A. But B. Therefore C. However D. So
Question 28. A. point B. to point C. pointed D. pointing
Question 29. A. put B. wave C. use D. shake
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 from 35 to 42
Have you ever thought about inventing something? Did you worry that your idea was too strange or
unrealistic? Well, maybe you should think again. Strange or unrealistic ideas never stopped Arthur Pedrick.
Pedrick was a British inventor. Originally a government clerk, he spent his retirement in the 1960s and 1970s
developing new and unusual ideas. Some of these ideas contradicted basic physics, but that didn’t stop
Pedrick. One of his strangest ideas was a plan to connect large tubes from the continent of Australia all the
way to Antarctica, a distance of 10,000 km! These tubes would carry giant ice balls from Antarctica to
Australia. This ice would then melt in the Australian desert, and the water would be used in irrigation.
Another of Pedrick’s inventions was a radio-controlled golf ball. A golfer could change the speed and
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: It was not until I was on my way to the airport did I realize I had left my passport at home.
A B C D
Question 44: I am surprising at how much he smokes; I’m not used to it.
A B C D
Question 45: The sign says that we should read the constructions carefully before proceeding.
A B C D
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: He didn’t prepare well for his GCSE examination. He regrets it now.
A. Unless he had prepared well for his GCSE examination, he wouldn’t regret it now.
B. But for his ill preparation for his GCSE examination, he wouldn’t regret it now.
C. If it hadn’t been for his good preparation for his GCSE examination, he wouldn’t regret it now.
D. If he had prepared well for his GCSE examination, he wouldn’t have regretted it now.
Question 50: As soon as he arrived at the airport, he called home.
A. No sooner had he arrived at the airport than he called home.
B. He arrived at the airport sooner than he had expected.
C. Calling home, he said that he had arrived at the airport.
D. He arrived at the airport and called me to take him home.
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