PRONUNCIATION

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. digit                                 B. limit                                     C. office                         D. polite

2. A. communal                       B. attitude                                C. punctual                      D. security

3. A. document                      B. spacious                            C. courteous                   D. convenient

4. A. service                            B. messenger                         C. express                       D. network

5. A. transferred                     B. installed                             C. satified                       D. upgraded

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others.

1. A. secure                             B. useful                                  C. special                        D. friendly

2. A. courteous                       B. satisfied                              C. arrogant          D. communal

3. A. transfer                           B. transmit                              C. transact           D. translate

4. A. competitive                     B. particular                            C. original            D. disappointed

5. A. subscriber                       B. newspaper                          C. telephone                    D. attitude       

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following sentences or do as directed.

1. This hotel has got a very ________ kitchen.
            A. spacious                             B. space                                  C. spaceship                    D. spacing
2. We call a man who delivers the mail a/an ________.
            A. newsman                            B. mailbox                               C. mailman                      D. officers

3. _ Jack: “ My test results were not as good as I expected.”

    _ Liz: “_________”

            A. Couldn’t be better.                                                              B. Better luck next time. 

C. Better late than never.                                                        D. get better soon.

4. I would like to have my mails and newspapers________ early in the morning.

            A. deliver                                 B. delivery                               C. delivered                     D. to deliver

5. I need to ______ £1,000 to my daughter's account.
            A. transfer                               B. transform                            C. transmit                       D. transact

6. If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its ________, facsimile service will help you.

            A. beginning                            B. last                                      C. original            D. recent

5. People can buy daily ________ in many local post offices.

            A. newspapers                        B. books                                  C. postcards                    D. letters

6. All post offices in Viet Nam are equipped with advanced ________.

            A. knowledge                           B. machines                            C. science                        D. technology

7. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and ________ way to transmit texts and graphics over distance.

            A. inconvenient                        B. convenient                          C. uncomfortable D. comfortable

8. If you ________ to your favourite newspapers and magazines, they will be delivered to your house

     early in the morning.

            A. buy                                      B. book                                    C. pay      D. subscribe

9. Thanh Ba Post Office provides customers ________ the Messenger Call Services.

A. with                                     B. for                                       C. of                                 D. to

10. In 1850, Yale University established Sheffield Scientific School, ________. 

A. engineers were educated there                             B. where engineers were educated.

C. in which engineer educated                                   D. where were engineers educated

11. It’s the ragtime pianist Scott Joplin _______ the Maple Leaf Rag, perhaps the best known of all ragtime tunes.

A. wrote                       B. the writer of            C. who wrote               D. writing

12. A keystone Species is a species of plants and animals ______ absence has a major effect on an ecological system.

A. that its                     B. its                            C. whose                     D. with its

13. William Samuel Johnson, ________ helped write the Constitution, became the first president of Columbia College in 1187.

A. whom he had          B. who had                  C. and he had             D. had

14. Here are some contracts _______ they may sign at the meeting.

A. which                      B. whose                     C. who                         D. whom

15. People are cutting trees in the forests, ________ can change the weather conditions.

A. that              B. which                      C. who         D. whose

Choose the option among A, B, C or D that has the CLOSEST meaning with the underlined words.

16. Express Money Transfer is a speedy and secure service for transferring money in less than 24 hours.
            A. fast and fixed                      B. fast and protected              C. slow and safe D. useful and confident
17. You can save money if you send a parcel which is under 15 kg.

            A. letter                                    B. package                              C. box                              D. present

Choose the option among A, B, C or D that has the OPPOSITE meaning with the underlined words.
18. It is impolite when you ask an American about his age, marriage and income.
            A. courteous                            B. rude                                    C. unfriendly                    D. thoughtless

Choose the word or phrase A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

19. This is the girl who father is working with my father.

          A                   B                      C        D

20. Could you help me to send this document to my office on fax?

          A                             B                              C                 D

READING: Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.             Telecommunicating is a form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For
employees whose jobs involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the
location of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when
the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer from a distant site and transmit the material to
their employers. A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are approximately 8.7 million
telecommuters. But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant
as predicted when Business Week published "The Portable Executive" as its cover story a few years ago.
            Why hasn't telecommuting become more popular?
Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many
managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across
the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby
complicating the manager's responsibilities.
It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are often reluctant to accept the
opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they
will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some
people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away
from the office.
1. The author mentions all of the following as concerns of telecommuters EXCEPT_____ .
            A. the lack of interaction with a group                        B. the different system of supervision
            C. the fact that the work space is in the home           D. the opportunities for advancement
2. How many American workers are involved in telecommuting?
            A. More than 8 million                                                 B. More than predicted in Business Week
            C. Fewer than estimated in USA Today                     D. Fewer than last year
3. The word "resistance" could best be replaced by_______.
            A. participation                        B. consideration          C. opposition                   D. alteration
4. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
            A. A definition of telecommuting                                 B. The advantages of telecommuting
            C. An overview of telecommuting                               D. The failure of telecommuting

Read the passage carefully and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

            The invention of the mobile phone has undoubtedly revolutionized the way people communicate and influenced every aspect of our lives. The issue is whether this technological innovation has (23) ______ more harm than good.
            In order to answer the question, we must first turn to the types of consumers. Presumably, most parents (24) ______ are always worrying about their children’s safety buy mobile phones for them to track their whereabouts. We can also assume that most teenagers want mobile phones to avoid missing out on social contact. In this context, the advantages are clear. (25) ________, we cannot deny the fact that text messages have been used by bullies to intimidate fellow students. There is also (26) ________ evidence that texting has affected literacy skills. The widespread use of mobile phone has, out of question, affected adult consumers, too.   

1. A. done                   B. played                     C. made                      D. brought
2. A. which                  B. whom                      C. who                         D. what
3. A. Moreover            B. However                 C. Therefore                D. So that
4. A. indisputable        B. arguable                 C. doubtless                D. unhesitating

WRITING

Use Relative Clauses to rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings.

1.       Can you understand the question? He asked you the question last time.

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2.       Is that the girl? We saw her on T.V last night.

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3.       The farm produces milk. We visited it last Sunday.

         ____________________________________________________

4.       At last he married the girl. He loved her.

          ___________________________________________________

5.       The man is an engineer. We play with his daughter every day.

          ___________________________________________________

6.       He didn’t receive the letter. I sent him the letter last January.

          ___________________________________________________

7.       He often tells me something about his village. He was born there.

          ___________________________________________________

8.       The children like the funny stories. Their grandmother tells them those stories every evening.

          ___________________________________________________

9.       Jack London is a famous American writer. He wrote “Iron heel”.

          ___________________________________________________

10. The baby likes those songs. His grandmother sings those songs every evening.

         ____________________________________________________

Write complete sentences with the words given.

1. We/ offer/ best/ servives/well-trained/ staff/ modern/ technology.

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2. New York/ I/ love/ visit/ one day/ wonderful/ city.

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