Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1. A. arranged             B. wanted                   C. climbed                   D. stayed

2. A. volcano               B. locate                      C.oversleep                 D. shop

Mark the letter A, B, CorD to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

3. A. surface                B. remind                    C. open                        D. spacecraft

4. A. ethnic                 B. social                      C. behave                    D. damage

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

5.In my opinion, we can save natural resources by to use solar energy.

A. my                          B. can                          C. natural resources     D.to use

6.The girl whomis singingon stage is my best friend, Jane.

A. whom                     B. is singing                C.on                            D.is

7.The teacher feelsangrily if her students don’tfinishtheir homework before class.

A. feels                        B. angrily                    C.don’t finish              D.their

8.The chef is telling the girls whatto cook Indian curry with his special recipe.

A. is telling                  B. what                       C.to cook                    D.with

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

9.He was advised that he _____________ singing lessons.

A. should take             B. will take                  C. had taken                D. took

10.He will not be _____________ to vote in this year’s election.

A. old enough             B. enough old             C. as old enough         D. enough old as

11.She can’t buy that book because she has _____________ money.

A. a lot of                    B. many                       C.much                        D. little

12. I wish Susan _____________ harder so that she can pass the entrance examination.

A. will work                B. worked                   C. has worked             D. works

13. She _____________ a postcard when the telephone rang.

A. wrote                      B. was written             C. was writing             D. has written

14. They are visiting an island that _____________ in 1930.

A. is found                  B. found                      C. finds                       D. was found

15. I’m learning English _____________ I want to get a good job after school.

A. but                          B. because                   C. so                            D. although

16. My sister is very fond _____________ eating chocolate candy.

A. at                            B. about                      C. of                            D. with

17. Your father doesn’t work in that bank, _____________ he?

A. is                             B. isn’t                                    C. does                                    D. doesn’t

18. Our plane arrives in Ha Noi at _____________ two o’clock in _____________ afternoon.

A. 0 - the                     B. the - the                  C. a - a                         D. the - an

Mark the letter A, B, C orD to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

19. The doctor advised Peter to give up smoking, but he refused.

A. stop                                    B. continue                  C. finish                      D. consider

20. The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million.

A. reduced                  B. decreased               C. grown                     D. changed

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

21. It was getting late, so we hurriedly gathered all our thingsand ranhome.

A. in time                    B. early                        C. bright                      D. dark

22. There are tens of thousands of hungry children in this country.

A. happy                     B. poor                        C. thirsty                     D. full

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct response to eachof the following exchanges.

23. - Jim: “What about collecting used paper, bottles and plastic bags every day?”

- Ha and Mai: “_____________”

A. Because they can pollute the environment.          

B. I think so. Who can do that?

C. That’s a very good idea. Let’s do that.     

D. What about this weekend?

24. - Phuong: “I’m taking my final examination tomorrow.” - Daisy: “_____________”

A. Good fortune         B. Good luck              C. Good outcome       D. Good success

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

English is one of the (25) _____________ languages in the world. It comes second in the number of speakers after Chinese. In Viet Nam, more and more people are studying English and they consider it a key to success. However, not everyone knows how (26) _____________ English effectively.

The best way to improve the four skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing is to practice regularly. You (27) _____________ make use of every opportunity to speak English with friends in class or at English speaking clubs or ourselves in front of the mirror. Learning by (28) _____________ all the words does not help much if you do not read a lot because you will easily forget what you have learnt. Reading books, listening to the radio and watching films are better ways to memorize words. Besides, English learners should not be so shy because making mistakes is unavoidable in learning foreign languages. Practicing speaking a lot is (29) _____________ good way to correct your mistakes.

25. A. more popular    B. most popular           C. popular                   D. popular as

26. A. to learn             B. learning                   C. learn                        D. to learning

27. A. should              B. can                          C. may                         D. must

28. A. head                 B. eyes                        C. heart                       D. ears

29. A. an                     B. the                          C. x                             D. a

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Smoking causes lung cancer, which is the number one cancer among men. Ninety percent of the people who get lung cancer die. Smoking is also the leading cause of mouth cancer, tongue cancer, and throat cancer. Many smokers have heart disease and pneumonia. Smoking causes one million early deaths in the world every year.

Smokers not only harm themselves but also harm others. Smokers breathe smoke out into the air. They breathe it out on their children and their wives or husbands. Children whose parents smoke have more breathing and lung problems than other children. Women who are married to smokers are more likely to have lung cancer than those married to non- smokers.

We are all aware that smoking is bad. So why do people smoke?

30. The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. the effects of smoking                               B. how to give up smoking

C.the reasons why people smoke                    D. the laws to prevent smoking

31. According to the passage, smoking is also the cause of the following diseases EXCEPT _________.

A. lung cancer             B. throat cancer           C.skin cancer               D. mouth cancer

32. The word “it” in the passage refers to _____________.

A. cancer                     B. smoke                     C.air                            D. breath

33. In the second paragraph, who can be affected by smoking?

A. wives or husbands who don’t smoke        

B. children whose parents smoke

C. women who are married to non-smokers

D. people who talk to smokers

34. The word “disease” is CLOSEST in meaning to _____________.

A. illness                     B. health                      C.operation                 D. strength

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.

35. “I will help you,” Bob said to me.

A. Bob told me he would help me.                 B. Bob asked me to help him.

C. Bob said that he would help you.              D. Bob warned me that he would help her.

36. The last time I went to the museum was four years ago.

A. I haven’t gone to the museum for four years.

B. I haven’t gone to the museum since four years.

C. I last went to the museum for four years ago.

D. It is four years since I have gone to the museum.

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.

37. You don’t take any exercise. You feel unhealthy.

A. If you don’t take any exercise, you will feel healthy.

B. If you took more exercise, you would feel healthier.

C. If you take more exercise, you will feel healthier.

D. If you were healthier, you would take more exercise.

38. They will fly to the USA. They used to live there.

A. They will fly to the USA, where they used to live there.

B. They will fly to the USA, which they used to live.

C. They will fly to the USA, that they used to live.

D. They will fly to the USA, where they used to live.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most meaningful sentence written from the given words.

39. My friend / can / run / fast / me.

A. My friend cannot run as fast as me.           B. My friend cannot run as faster as me.

C.My friend cannot run faster as me              D. My friend cannot run as fast than me

40. It / difficult / exercise / we / could I not / do / it.

A. It was so a difficult exercise that we couldn’t do it.

B. It was too a difficult exercise that we couldn’t do it.

C.It was such difficult exercise that we couldn’t do it.

D. It was such a difficult exercise that we couldn’t do it.