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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. shift
B. kind
C. life
D. bride
Question 2: A. visited
B. attended
C. included
D. maintained
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. approve
B. manage
C. apply
D. decide
Question 4: A. primary
B. national
C. general
D. exciting
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: Your younger brother is determined to succeed, _______?
A. doesn't he
B. wasn't he
C. didn't he
D. isn't he
Question 6: In Vietnam, a school year lasts for nine months and is divided _______ two terms.
A. to
B. from
C. into
D. on
Question 7: If I had time, I _______ shopping with you.
A. would have gone
B. will go
C. would go
D. went
Question 8: Most of us would maintain that physical ______ does not play a major part in how we react to the
people we meet.
A. attract
B. attractive
C. attractiveness
D. attractively
Question 9: My brother hoped ______ to the party, but he wasn't.
A. to invite
B. to be invited
C. inviting
D. being invited
Question 10: They are tired now because they _______ in the field since early morning.
A. have been working
B. are working
C. worked
D. work
Question 11: We didn't enjoy our holidays _______ the weather was so awful.
A. because of
B. because
C. in spite of
D. although
Question 12: It is parents' duty and responsibility to _______ hands to take care of their children and give them
a happy home.
A. shake
B. hold
C. join
D. take
Question 13: All the preparations for the party will have been made _______.
A. before the guests will come
B. as soon as the guests had come
C. once the guests came
D. by the time the guests come
Question 14: My lifelong dream is to live in a house _______ by a big garden full of flowers and trees.
A. is surrounding
B. surrounding
C. is surrounded
D. surrounded
Question 15: When you catch someone's_______, you do something to attract his attention so that you can talk
to him.
A. head
B. hand
C. eye
D. ear
Question 16: The scholarship Jane was granted _______ a big difference to her life and her career.
A. made
B. found
C. gave
D. got
Question 17: I _______ an old friend of mine in the street this morning. We haven't seen each other for ages.
A. ran into
B. ran out
C. came over
D. came round

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Question 18: Rowena _______ for joy when she heard that she'd won the first prize.
A. jumped
B. cried
C. screamed
D. clapped
Question 19: I don't know what to say to break the _______ with someone I've just met at the party.
A. air
B. ice
C. leg
D. rule
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
part in each of the following questions.
Question 20: He is a naughty boy who likes teasing and playing tricks on his classmates.
A. mischievous
B. guilty
C. anxious
D. adventurous
Question 21: Mr. Pike held his wife's hands and talked urgently to her in a low voice, but there didn't seem to
be any response.
A. feeling
B. emotion
C. reply
D. effect
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 22: In some countries, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner
party is extended only three or four days before the party date.
A. admired
B. disrespected
C. worshipped
D. expected
Question 23: My father's really out of shape, so he starts exercising.
A. physically fit
B. out of work
C. always joyful
D. worried and stressed
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of
the following exchanges.
Question 24: Laura and Mitchell are talking about online learning.
- Laura: "Online learning seems the best solution now."
- Mitchell: "_______. It helps students keep learning while schools are closed."
A. I quite agree.
B. You must be kidding.
C. I'm not so sure.
D. I don't think that's a good idea.
Question 25: Binh is inviting Nam to join the football club.
- Binh: "I know you are very good at playing football. Would you like to join our club?"
- Nam: “_______”
A. What do you think?
B. What a good friend you are!
C. Yeah. That's a good idea. I'd love to.
D. Yes, I am very busy.
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 .
Sometimes people add to what they say even when they don't talk. Gestures are the "silent language" of
every culture. We point a finger or move another part of the body to show what we want to say. It is important
to know the body language of every country or we may be misunderstood. In the United States, people greet
each other with a handshake in a formal introduction. The handshake must be firm. If the handshake is weak, it
is a sign of weakness or unfriendliness. Friends may place a hand on the other's arm or shoulder. Some people,
usually women, greet a friend with a hug.
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 directly. Americans get uncomfortable when a
person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person by
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. But when you are
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

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a movement with your hands as if you are signing a piece of paper. It is all right to point at things but not at
people with the hand and index finger. Americans shake 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 26: What would be an appropriate title for this passage?
A. Gestures don't mean anything while talking
B. It's confusing to understand a culture's body language
C. Gestures can help us to express ourselves
D. American people often use body language in communication
Question 27: If you are introduced to a stranger from the USA, you should _______.
A. greet him with a hug
B. place a hand on his shoulder
C. shake his hand weakly
D. shake his hand firmly
Question 28: The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. Americans
B. children
C. finger
D. people
Question 29: When your friend give you a thumbs-up, he, in fact, _______.
A. shows his rudeness to you
B. shows his anger to you
C. expresses his satisfaction to you
D. expresses his worries about you
Question 30: The word “accident” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. chance
B. mishap
C. misfortune
D. disaster
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
People all around the world are more and more associated with social networking, (31)_______ is a
useful tool for those in the digital era. Social networking aims at promoting and aiding communication.
(32)_______, this type of technology may be doing more (33)_______ than good. It is not only changing how
we communicate, but how we associate with each other in everyday life. Sarah Zay, of USA Today, expressed
that “With the growth of websites such as Facebook, social networking may be on the verge of replacing
traditional personal interactions for the future generation”. Traditional interactions will continue to be at risk if
we don't (34)_______ the impacts of our social media. Social networking affects our lives in (35)_______
ways, including our communication, self-expression, bullying, isolations, companionships, and even our very
own sense of humanity.
Question 31: A. which
B. it
C. that
D. this
Question 32: A. Moreover
B. Otherwise
C. However
D. Therefore
Question 33: A. benefits
B. disadvantages
C. drawbacks
D. harm
Question 34: A. admit
B. realize
C. recognize
D. find
Question 35: A. much
B. few
C. many
D. little
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 following questions.
For many American university students, the week long spring break holiday means an endless party on a
sunny beach in Florida or Mexico. In Panama City Beach, Florida, a city with a permanent population of around
36,000, more than half a million university students arrive during the month of March to play and party, making
it the number one spring break destination in the United States. A weeklong drinking binge is not for anyone,
however, and a growing number of American university students have found a way to make spring break matter.
For them, joining or leading a group of volunteers to travel locally or internationally and work to show
problems such as poverty, homelessness, or environmental damage makes spring break a unique learning
experience that university students can feel good about. Students who participate in alternative spring break
projects find them very rewarding. While most university students have to get their degrees before they can
start helping people, student volunteers are able to help people now. On the other hand, the accommodations are

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far from glamorous. Students often sleep on the floor of a school or spend the week camping in tents. But
students only pay around $250 for meals and transportation, which is much less than some of their peers spend
to travel to more traditional spring break hotspots.
Alternative spring break trips appear to be growing in popularity at universities across the United States.
Students cite a number of reason for participating. Some appreciate the opportunity to socialize and meet new
friends. Others want to exercise their beliefs about people's obligation to serve humanity and make the world a
better place. Whatever their reason, these students have discovered something that gives them rich rewards
along with a break from school work.
(“Active Skills for Reading: Book 2” by Neil J.Anderson – Thompson, 2007)
Question 36: What is the passage mainly about?
A. Students' travelling preferences
B. A traditional approach to spring breaks
C. American students' social life
D. Students' alternative spring breaks
Question 37: How many university students travel to Panama Beach City every March for spring break?
A. Around 10,000
B. Around 36,000
C. Around 500,000
D. Around 50,000
Question 38: The word “cite” in paragraph 2 probably means _______.
A. listing
B. getting
C. avoiding
D. inventing
Question 39: The word “them” in paragraph 1 refers to _______.
A. degrees
B. people
C. projects
D. students
Question 40: The article implies that university students _______.
A. many take fewer alternative spring break trips in future.
B. would prefer to wait until they have their degrees to start helping people.
C. complain about accommodations on alternative spring break trips.
D. spend more than $250 for traditional spring break trips.
Question 41: Which of the following is mentioned as a reason for participating in alternative spring break trips?
A. The hope of earning money.
B. A personal opinion that people must help other people.
C. A desire to travel to glamorous places.
D. A wish to get away from family and friends.
Question 42: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a problem that alternative spring break trips try to
help solve?
A. Environment damage
B. Homelessness
C. Poverty
D. Overpopulation
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that need to be corrected in
each of the following questions.
Question 43: Doing regular exercise can keep you in shape, improve your health, and reducing stress.
A. exercise
B. in
C. improve
D. reducing
Question 44: The number of students attending universities to study economics have increased steadily in the
last few years.
A. have increased
B. economics
C. attending
D. students
Question 45: TikTok, a very entertained application, has become popular with the young recently.
A. a
B. entertained
C. has become
D. the young
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each
of the following questions.
Question 46: I have never read a better book about cultural diversity than this book.
A. This book is a good book about cultural diversity I have ever read.
B. This book is as good as the one about cultural diversity I have ever read.
C. The book about cultural diversity I have ever read isn't better than this one.
D. This is the best book about cultural diversity I have ever read.

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Question 47: My friend told me, "If I were you, I would not smoke so much."
A. My friend prohibited me from smoking so much.
B. My friend warned me against smoking so much.
C. My friend advised me not to smoke so much.
D. My friend suggested not smoking so much.
Question 48: It isn't necessary for you to finish the project today.
A. You needn't finish the project today.
B. You may not finish the project today.
C. You had better not finish the project today.
D. You can't finish the project today.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines of each pair of
sentences in the following questions.
Question 49: Mary left home to start an independent life. Then she realised how much her family meant to her.
A. Mary left home to start an independent life with a view to realising how much her family meant to her.
B. Not until Mary had left home to start an independent life did she realise how much her family meant
to her.
C. To realise how much her family meant to her, Mary decided to leave home to start an independent life.
D. Only when Mary realised how much her family meant to her did she leave home to start an
independent life.
Question 50: We got wet yesterday. We didn't remember to bring our raincoats.
A. We would get wet yesterday if we didn't remember to bring our raincoats.
B. If we remembered to bring our raincoats, we wouldn't get wet yesterday.
C. If we had remembered to bring our raincoats, we wouldn't get wet yesterday.
D. If we had remembered to bring our raincoats, we wouldn't have got wet yesterday.
TEST B
I. Listening
A. Choose the best option to complete the sentences.
1. Thanks to the process of urbanisation, people from rural areas have access to ….. Jobs, education and health
care
A. better-paid
B. badly paid
C. prestigious
2. After moving to cities, rural people become less……..
A. Traditional
B. conservative
C. progressive
3. Many people benefit from urbanisation, but not everyone has the opportunity to ……….
A.
receive a good education
B. get a high-paying salary
C. find stable employment
4. The shortage of accommodation in big cities can result in ……. with no sanitation or clean water.
A. low-cost houses
B. development of high-cost housing
C. creation of very poor areas
5. The shift of workers from agriculture to industries can lead to …… in food production.
A. a fall
B. a rise
C. a fluctuation
B. Listen and fill in the blank with one word you hear
Cindy: Welcome to our talk show with guest speaker Mr Andy Lewis, a sociologist. Mr Lewis...
Andy: Please call me Andy. I don't want to be too formal.
Cindy: No problem, Andy. These days, our audience seem to be (6)…………………………with
stories in the newspapers or on the Internet - stories about celebrities, political figures, or even ordinary
people around us.

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Andy: You mean we're living in a world of stories and (7)…………………….?
Cindy: Right. As a sociologist, do you have any advice for our audience?
Andy: I think there're two sides to this issue. We need some life skills to protect ourselves. First, we
don't want other people to take advantage of our stories. They may use our private lives for blackmail or
(8)………………………….... in order to harm our reputation or just for fun.
Cindy: For whatever purpose, it could be extremely damaging.
Andy: Exactly. So we should not reveal too much of our private life on social networking sites.
Cindy: I agree. But how about
(9)…………………..these stories?

the

stories

of

other

people?

Should

we

read

or

Andy: That's the second point I want to discuss. Another life skill is learning from other people's lives.
Everyone's life story is like a book that can teach us something. So we should open that book and read it
(10)………………………….
II. Language
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary
stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. reliable
B. independent
C. responsible
D. decisiveness
Question 2: A. difficult
B. confident
C. critical
D. important
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. definite
B. demand
C. present
D. content
Question 4: A. fixed
B. provided
C. related
D. naked
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, _______ we've
stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success and that's household chores.
A. automatically
B. spontaneously
C. ironically
D. immediately
Question 6: A family can be two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term _______ to one
another, and usually live in the same house.
A. commit
B. commitments
C. committed
D. commutative
Question 7.There was no food in the refrigerator, so she had to visit the grocery store to ________ their supply.
A. replace
B. make full
C. fulfill
D. replenish
Question 8. Cutting back on red meat consumption can reduce your intake of fat, sodium and sugar, ________
can cause obesity, heart disease, and cancer.
A. that
B. which
C. what
D. it
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 9: This is a fascinating and thought-provoking book, laced with genuine wit and elegantly written.
A. boring
B. absorbing
C. tedious
D. exhausting

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 10: They are not down-to-earth people who are willing to lower themselves
to see the reality of poor people's lives.
A. practical
B. reasonable
C. sensible
D. unrealistic
Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
The oceans of the world are precious because of (11) _______ they do for all life on the Earth. They help
regulate the temperature of the planet, and they are home to a myriad of sea creatures - many of which we
depend on (12) _______ sources of food. However, due to our consumption and improper disposal of plastic
items, human beings have created a swirling (13) _______ of garbage. The one located in the Pacific is now
known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and it is not a pretty sight.
We all use little pieces of plastic on a daily basic. and most of the time we don't even notice that we are
doing it. Any time you walk into a(n) (14) _______ store and buy a bottled or canned drink, the clerk will offer
you a straw to drink with it. We happily sip drinks out of plastic bottles with our plastic straws, and then (15)
_______ of the container and the straw when we are finished.
Question 11. A. which
B. that
C. how
D. what
Question 12. A. as
B. like
C. for
D. with
Question 13. A. dirt
B. untidiness
C. mess
D. problem
Question 14. A. convenient B. convenience
C. business
D. open
Question 15. A. throw
B. approve
C. dispose
D. discharge
Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American city in three fundamental
ways. It catalyzed physical expansion, it sorted out people and land uses, and it accelerated the inherent
instability of urban life. By opening vast areas of unoccupied land for residential expansion, the omnibuses,
horse railways, commuter trains, and electric trolleys pulled settled regions outward two to four times more
distant from city centers than they were in the pre- modern era. In 1850, for example, the borders of Boston lay
scarcely two miles from the old business district; by the turn of the century the radius extended ten miles. Now
those who (10) could afford it could live far removed from the old city center and still commute there for work,
shopping, and entertainment. The new accessibility of land around the periphery of almost every major city
sparked an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we now know as urban sprawl. Between 1890
and 1920, for example, some 250,000 new residential lots were recorded within the borders of Chicago, most of
them located in outlying areas. Over the same period, another 550,000 were plotted outside the city limits but
within the metropolitan area. Anxious to take advantage of the possibilities of commuting, real estate
developers added 800,000 potential building sites to the Chicago region in just thirty years – lots that could
have housed five to six million people.
Of course, many were never occupied; there was always a huge surplus of subdivided, but vacant, land
around Chicago and other cities. These excesses underscore a feature of residential expansion related to the
growth of mass transportation: urban sprawl was essentially unplanned. It was carried out by thousands of small
investors who paid little heed to coordinated land use or to future land users. Those who purchased and
prepared land for residential purposes, particularly land near or outside city borders where transit lines and
middle-class inhabitants were anticipated, did so to create demand as much as to respond to it. Chicago is a
prime example of this process. Real estate subdivision there proceeded much faster than population growth.

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Question 16. With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?
A. Types of mass transportation.
B. Instability of urban life.
C. How supply and demand determine land use.
D. The effects of mass transportation on urban expansion.
Question 17. The word "vast" in line 3 is closest in meaning to…………….
A. large
B. basic
C. new
D.urban
Question 18. Why does the author mention both Boston and Chicago?
A. To demonstrate positive and negative effects of growth.
B. To show that mass transit changed many cities.
C. To exemplify cities with and without mass transportation.
D. To contrast their rates of growth
Question 19. The word "many" refers to……..
A. people
B. lots
C. years
D. developers
Question 20. According to the passage, what was one disadvantage of residential expansion?
A. It was expensive.
B. It happened too slowly.
C. It was unplanned.
D. It created a demand for public transportation.
Writing:Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one.
1. Eight years ago we started writing to each other.
A. We have rarely written to each other for eight years.
B. Eight years is a long time for us to write to each other.
C. We wrote to each other eight years ago.
D. We have been writing to each other for eight years.
2. “Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight?” he said.
A. He invited me to go to the cinema with him that night.
B. He offered me to go to the cinema with him tonight.
C. He asked me if I'd like to go to the cinema with him tonight.
D. He would like me to go to the cinema with him this night.
Connect each pair of sentences with an appropriate conjunction in the box to make new sentences.
3. LED bulbs save even more energy and have longer lifespans. They are considerably more expensive and take
years to get back our investment. ( but)
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4.You make a building more energy efficient. You can save money and increase the value of the building.
( When)
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5.
By making the building more energy efficient, you save money. You also increase the value of the
building.( not only….but also)
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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