I. Pronunciation
1. A. visited        B. played        C. hated        D. started
2. A. oranges    B. catches    C. brushes    D. kites
3. A. eight    B. height    C. weight    D. freight
II. Word stress
1. A. invent    B. student    C. apple    D. bookshop
2. A. asleep    B. official    C. tradition    D. special
III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 
1. The smell of the sea ……………… his childhood. 
A. took it for granted    B. took him in    C. took after    D. took him back to
2. It was ……………… long book that I couldn’t finish it. 
A. so        B. such    C. too    D. such a
3. We don’t allow you ……………… in our house. 
A. to smoke    B. is smoking    C. smoke    D. smoked
4. Nobody knows what the ……………… of the explosion was. 
A. reaction    B. reason    C. cause    D. source
5. Facebook was built on the ……………… of earlier network sites like My space and Bebo. 
A. success    B. succeed    C. successful    D. successfully
6. If our teacher were here now, he ……………… us with this difficult exercise. 
A. helps    B. would help    C. will help    D. has helped
7. The doctor said that the patient was ……………… good progress thanks to intensive and continuous treatment. 
A. causing    B. getting    C. making    D. catching
8. Her mother, ……………… has been working for thirty years, is retiring next month. 
A. which    B. that    C. whom    D. who
9. The sight of his pale face brought ……………… to me how ill he really was. 
A. house    B. home    C. place    D. life
10. The more cigarettes you smoke, ………………you will die. 
A. the harder    B. faster    C. the easier    D. the sooner
11. After a  ……………… search, the missing girl was found alive and well at a friend’s house. 
A. a three – hours        B. a three hour    C. a three – hour    D. three – hours
12. I wish he  ……………… more time now to help you with your lesson. 
A. would have        B. have        C. had            D. had had
13. We suggested ……………… poor children in our neighborhood this summer. 
A. taught            B. teach        C. teaching        D. to teach
14. My father asked me ………………about the film 
A. what I thought        B. what do I think    C. what I think    D. what did I think
15. Most students ……………… to talk to foreigners for the first time. 
A. find it difficult        B. find difficulty    C. have it difficulty    D. have difficulty
16. Your car is so dirty. You should have it ……………… more often. 
A. wash            B. to be washed    C. washed        B. be washed
17. Television became popular ………………the 1950s. 
A. on                B. since        C. for            D. in
18. It’s a serious operation for a woman as old as my grandmother. She’s very frail. I hope she ……………… .
A. gets on            B. comes round    C. pulls through    D. stands up
19. I know that she has tried hard; ……………… that as it may, her work is just not good enough. 
A. come            B. be            C. should        D. must
20. She gave him a ……………… wallet on his birthday. 
A. brown small leather                B. small brown leather
C. leather small brown                D. small leather brown
IV. (sữa lỗi sai trong các câu sau đây )
1.    I haven’t seen Martin since we graduate from the university in 2001. 
2.    The girl sat next to on the plane is a very well-known Kpop singer. 
3.    My daughter likes watching cartoon films, and so do my son.
V. Find the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the following sentences. 
We should husband our resources to make sure we can make it through these hard times. 
A. keep up        B. manage        C. use up                D. marry
VI. Find the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in the following sentences.
Extroverts tend to be gregarious and amiable. They gain energy from rubbing shoulders with others. 
A. spending time socially with         B. making fun of
C. staying away from                D. engaging in arguments with 
VII. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete the following exchanges. 
1. Linh is going to hold her birthday party at home this Sunday, so she wants to invite some of her friends to attend the party. 
Linh: “I would like to invite you to my party this Sunday evening.”
Huy: “………………..”
A.    Thank you for your offer, but I think it is unnecessary. 
B.    I would love to come but I have prior commitments. I’m sorry.
C.    I am sorry. Can you come to my place?
D.    How about going to the cinema?
2. The teacher is talking to Laura about her presentation in class today. 
Teacher: “Your speech this morning was beyond my expectations.”
Laura: “…………………..”
A. Thanks. Without your help, I couldn’t have.    B. Are you kidding me? It’s terrible.
C. It’s OK. It was the least I could do.         D. That’s alright. I’m glad I could help.
VIII. Find the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. 
1.He was very tired. He still agreed to help me with my project. 
A.    As tired as was he, he agreed to help me with my project. 
B.    Despite being very tired, but he agreed to help me with my project. 
C.    Tired though he was, but he agreed to help me with my project. 
D.    Tired as he was, he agreed to help me with my project.