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Questions 21-25: Choose a suitable word or phrase (marked A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank.
CÂU 21: When asked about their preference for movies, many young people say that they are in
favour ______ science fiction.
A. Of. B. In. C. For. D. With.
CÂU 22: It is said that a drizzle on the Phap Van – Cau Gie expressway caused poor ______ and
a slippery road surface, leading to the vehicles, traveling at high speed, unable to respond
safely.
A. Vision. B. View. C. Visibility. D. Visionary.
CÂU 23: I am sure your sister will lend you a sympathetic _______when you explain the
situation to her.
A. Eye. B. Ear. C. Arm. D. Finger.
CÂU 24: At the car, Connie hugged Lisa while Giddon impatiently held the car door ______ for
her.
A. Opened. B. Being open. C. Being opened. D. Open.
CÂU 25: You should stop working too hard ________ you’ll get sick.
A. Or else. B. If. C. In case. D. Whereas.
Questions 26-30: Each of the following sentences has one error (A, B, C, or D). Find it and
blacken your choice on your answer sheet.
CÂU 26: All the candidates for the scholarship will be equally treated regarding of their age, sex,
or nationality.
A. Candidates. B. The scholarship. C. Regarding. D. Nationality.
CÂU 27: Instead of calling off the meeting, maybe we can just put it over until next month.
A. Calling off. B. Can. C. Put it over. D. Until.
CÂU 28: We are going to visit our grandparents when we will finish our final exams.
A. Are going to. B. Our. C. When. D. Will.
CÂU 29: Most of the students are queuing in lines waiting to enter the classroom.
A. Most of. B. Are. C. In lines. D. To enter.
CÂU 30: According to most doctors, massage relieves pain and anxiety, eases depression and
speeding up recovery from illnesses.
A. Most doctors. B. Relieves. C. Speeding up. D. Illnesses.
Questions 31-35: Which of the following best restates each of the given sentences?
CÂU 31: The girl forgot to set the alarm clock. Therefore, she is in a hurry now.
A. The girl is not in a hurry now although she forgot to set the alarm clock.
B. The girl is not in a hurry now in spite of forgetting to set the alarm clock.
C. The girl forgot to set the alarm clock because she is in a hurry now.
D. The girl is in a hurry now because she forgot to set the alarm clock.

CÂU 32: No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back.
B. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.
C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
D. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.

CÂU 33: He cannot practice scuba diving because he has a weak heart.
A. The fact that he has a weak heart cannot stop him practicing scuba diving.
B. Scuba diving makes him suffer from having a weak heart.
C. The reason why he cannot practice scuba diving is that he has a weak heart.
D. He has a weak heart but he continues to practice scuba diving.

CÂU 34: “Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier.
A. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away.
B. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly.
C. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency.
D. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document.
CÂU 35: He arrived early, which made everyone surprised.
A. Everyone was surprised at his early arrival.
B. He was so surprised that he arrived early.
C. He was so surprised that everyone arrived early.
D. It was so surprising that everyone arrived early.
Questions 36-40: Read the passage carefully.
It's often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the
minimum of work because they're crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream
before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to
be persuaded to swim or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you’re
older.
Over the years, I've done my share of adult learning. At 30, I went to a college and did courses in
History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no
reason to be late - I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the
other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus,
not a nuisance. I wasn't frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain.
When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers.
The satisfaction I got was entirely personal.
Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty. But
the joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things
since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at
relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rusty department, you gain in the maturity
department.
In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you're older, you get less frustrated.
Experience has told you that, if you're calm and simply do something carefully again and again,
eventually you'll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas - from being able to
drive a car, perhaps - means that if you can’t, say, build a chair instantly, you don't, like a child,
want to destroy your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will, with application,
eventually get there.
I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a teacher
who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age
of ten, I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that
I'd played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended
as I'd had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from
my fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect.
CÂU 36: What is the writer's main purpose in the passage?
A. To show how fast adult learning is.
B. To describe adult learning methods.
C. To encourage adult learning.
D. To explain reasons for learning.

CÂU 37: It is implied in paragraph 1 that______.

A. Young learners are usually lazy in their class.
B. Teachers should give young learners less homework.
C. Young learners often lack a good motivation for learning.
D. Parents should encourage young learners to study more.

CÂU 38: In paragraph 3, the word rusty means_____.

A. Not as good as it used to be through lack of practice.
B. Impatient because of having nothing to do.
C. Covered with rust and not as good as it used to be.
D. Staying alive and becoming more active.

CÂU 39: The phrase get there in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to_____.
A. Have the things you have long desired.
B. Achieve your aim with hard work.
C. Arrive at an intended place with difficulty.
D. Receive a school or college degree.
CÂU 40: All of the following are true about adult learning EXCEPT______.
A. Experience in doing other things can help one's learning.
B. Young people usually feel less patient than adults.
C. Adults think more independently and flexibly than young people.
D. Adult learners have fewer advantages than young learners.
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CÂU 21: Kim said: “Look at John. He is 12 years old, and he is playing __________ piano.”
A. A. B. An. C. The. D.
CÂU 22: It is a wonderful day at work! I __________ early at 8:30 in the morning and
__________ every assigned tasks.
A. Have arrived / have finished. B. Arrived / have finished.
C. Arrived / finished. D. Have arrived / finished.
CÂU 23: Drive Pilot technology from Mercedes-Benz allows drivers to hand __________ the
steering wheel and let the system take control.
A. Over. B. Off. C. On. D. Out.
CÂU 24: You have never done anything like this, __________ you?
A. Don’t. B. Do. C. Haven’t. D. Have.
CÂU 25: When you adopt a new dog, you should give it some time to get used to its
__________.
A. Surrounding. B. Surroundings. C. Surround. D. Surrounded.
Questions 26-30: Each of the following sentences has one error (A, B, C or D). Find it and
circle your answer.
CÂU 26: Researchers found that babies seem to like listening to each other rather than to adults
who may be why baby talk is such a universal tool among parents.
A. Seem to. B. Listening. C. Who. D. A.
CÂU 27: Petrie is now examining archaeological records and trying to understand details of how
people were leading their lives in the region five millennia ago.
A. Is now examining. B. Trying. C. How. D. Were leading.
CÂU 28: According to the Office for National Statistics, men is getting married for the first time
seven years later and women six years later.
A. The. B. For. C. Is. D. Getting married for.
CÂU 29: You must brush your teeth at least twice a day with a fluoride-containing toothpaste,
mustn’t you?
A. Must. B. At least. C. With. D. Mustn’t you.
CÂU 30: Griff, the comedy action and presenter, will act as the figurehead for the campaign,
which will be supported by English Heritage, the well-known organisation that protects and
promotes England’s historic built environment.
A. Action. B. As. C. That. D. Promotes.
Questions 31-35: Which of the following best restates each of the given sentences?
CÂU 31: I don’t like noisy places. I will go to the park tomorrow afternoon.
A. Though I will go to the park tomorrow afternoon, but I don’t like noisy places.
B. Though I don’t like noisy places, but I will go to the park tomorrow afternoon.
C. Although I don’t like noisy places, I will go to the park tomorrow afternoon.
D. In spite of my liking noisy places, I will go to the park tomorrow afternoon.

CÂU 32: I couldn’t have had considerable success without my parents’ support.
A. Had it not been for my parents’ support, I couldn’t have had considerable success.
B. I could have had considerable success without my parents’ support.
C. If I could had considerable success, my parents would give me a support.
D. If I couldn’t have had considerable success, I would have had my parents’ support.

CÂU 33: I don’t like game. My sister doesn’t, either.

A. Neither I or my sister likes game. B. Either I or my sister likes game.
C. Neither I nor my sister likes game. D. Both I and my sister like game.

CÂU 34: You should work out regularly instead of watching TV all day.
A. Working out regularly is better than watching TV all day.
B. Watching TV all day helps you work out regularly.
C. Watching TV all day and working out are advisable.
D. Don’t work out regularly and watch TV all day.

CÂU 35: “Don’t forget to turn off the lights”, said my mother to me.
A. My mother reminded me to turn off the lights.
B. My mother allowed me to turn off the lights.
C. My mother ordered to turn off the lights.
D. My mother encouraged me to turn off the lights.
Questions 36-40: Read the passage carefully.
Researchers recently gave 1,000 people a questionnaire about ‘Cities of The Future’. To answer
the questions, the people had to imagine and describe what they thought our cities might look
like in the year 2050. Interestingly, a large number of people were anxious that they would
become ‘dark, dangerous places’, which had endless traffic jams and very few green spaces. A
smaller number thought cities might become a lot cleaner and might be built from more
interesting materials. They were also looking forward to new technology such as flying cars and
moving pavements. In general, they believed that the cities of the future would offer a much
more convenient way of living.
What do the results from this questionnaire tell us? In a way, we shouldn’t be amazed by the
descriptions of the largest group. So many Hollywood films show cities of the future as frightening
places. Online newspapers are also responsible for spreading this same belief. Headlines such as
‘Global population rises – cities become crowded’ are becoming more frequent. Journalists rarely
discuss how future cities might be a good place to live.
The facts are these: 50% of people now live in cities, even though cities only occupy 2% of the
world’s land. By 2050, it is predicted that the number of people living there will rise to 70%. Some
people are worried that villages in the countryside will become empty as everyone leaves for the
city, and so traditional ways of life will be lost. This may be true, but we have to accept changes
like this as part of human development. Rather than being negative, we should be hopeful that
we can improve people’s lives as they move to cities. The way to do this is through intelligent
planning.
Architects have a big role to play in our future cities. In the past, the architects who were
responsible for planning our cities often designed buildings that they were interested in; but now
it is time for them to listen carefully to what people living in cities are asking for. In many countries
around the world, people are choosing to have smaller families or to wait longer before they start
a family. For this reason, not everyone needs a large house. Smaller and cheaper houses are what
they need. But ‘small’ doesn’t have to be the same as ‘ugly’ or ‘boring’. Western architects could
perhaps look at some of the architecture in Japanese cities, where very stylish houses are built
on small pieces of unused land.
And what might cities of the future be made from? Engineering companies have produced some
interesting new products, for example, wood-like material made from recycled newspapers or old
drink cartons. One engineering team are even working on a project that uses mushrooms to
create a hard building material. These new materials may seem strange, but we should remember
that plastic was only invented in 1907 – at the time people thought that this was an unusual
product, but now it is something we cannot manage without. Building a city of the future requires
imagination and an open mind.
Choose an option (A, B, C, D) that best answers each question.
CÂU 36: What is the suitable title for the passage?
A. Life in future cities. B. Architectural structures of future cities.
C. Cities of the future. D. Materials for cities of the future.
CÂU 37: The word “pavement” in paragraph 1 most probably means __________.
A. Sidewalk. B. Road. C. Highway. D. Streets.
CÂU 38: According to the passage, how does the Hollywood illustrate future cities?
A. Convenient. B. Frightening. C. Crowded. D. Good place to live.
CÂU 39: In paragraph 3, what does the word “this” refer to?
A. Human development. B. The lost of some traditions.
C. Villages become empty. D. Both B and C.
CÂU 40: In the final paragraph, what is the author’s purpose to provide an example about
plastic?
A. To inform the time when plastic was first invented.
B. To show the difficulties before the invention of plastic.
C. To provide people’s thought about plastic as an unusual product.
D. To show that inventions may seem unusual but once acquaintanced they will be widely use.