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TEST 1
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1. A. though

B. thousand

C. house

D. cloudy

Question 2. A. breathe

B. through

C. earth

D. anything

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3. A. robot

B. palace

C. pollute

D. furniture

Question 4. A. channel

B. remote

C. tower

D. cottage

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. If we ______ more trees, the air will be fresher.
A. plant

B. plants

C. will plant

D. planted

Question 6. My future house ______ on the ocean, but I'm not sure yet.
A. is

B. might be

C. will be

D. was

Question 7. I think robots will be able to ______ the garden for us in the future.
A. water

B. watering

C. to water

D. waters

C. tallest

D. most tall

Question 8. This is the ______ building in the city.
A. tall

B. taller

Question 9. Don't ______ your old clothes. You can give them to charity.
A. reuse

B. recycle

C. throw away

D. reduce

Question 10. We ______ to the moon for our summer holiday in 2050.
A. go

B. might go

C. went

D. have gone

Question 11. I like watching ______ because they make me laugh a lot.
A. news

B. documentaries

C. comedies

D. weather forecast

Question 12. Pelé is regarded as the best football ______ of all time.
A. player

B. viewer

C. character

D. coach

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
Question 13. We should reduce the amount of plastic we use every day.
A. increase

B. decrease

C. reuse

D. keep

Question 14. My sister is very skillful at playing table tennis.
A. bad

B. boring

C. good

D. interesting

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.
Question 15. It is very expensive to live in a palace on the Moon.

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A. cheap

B. costly

C. modern

D. comfortable

Question 16. Our environment will be polluted if we keep littering.
A. dirty

B. clean

C. noisy

D. crowded

Four phrases/ sentences have been removed from the text below. For each question, choose the letter
A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered
blanks from 17 to 20.
LIVING IN A SPACE HOUSE
In 2070, my family will move to a house on the Moon. (17) _______ We will travel there by spaceship in just
three hours. Our Moon house will be inside a giant glass bubble. (18) _______ The bubble will protect us
from the cold space outside. We will have oxygen machines to help us breathe normally. Inside, everything
will float if we want. The furniture will stick to the floors using magnets. (19) _______ We can play floating
basketball in the living room! For food, we will grow vegetables in a special moon garden. Robots will deliver
supplies from Earth every month. (20) _______ The view of Earth from our windows will be beautiful!
Living on the Moon will be an exciting adventure for our family!
A. Water will come from ice under the Moon's surface.
B. Many scientists already live there now.
C. We can turn off the magnets for fun.
D. It will keep air inside for us to breathe.
Question 17. ______ Question 18. ______ Question 19. ______ Question 20. ______
Read the following sign or notice and choose the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 21.
A. You should litter here.
B. Put trash in the bin.
C. Don't use plastic bags.
D. Plant more trees.
Question 22.
A. Leave the lights on.
B. Fix the lights.
C. Turn off the lights to save energy.
D. Buy new lights.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions 23.
Question 23.
a. They are all interesting.
b. One of them is Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?

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c. In my free time, I often watch TV programmes with my family.
d. There are many programmes on different channels.
A. a-b-c-d

B. c-b-a-d

C. c-a-b-d

D. c-d-a-b

Question 24. Choose the sentence that can end the text (in Question 23) most suitably.
A. I spend 3 hour a day watching TV.
B. Watching TV too much harms to our eyes.
C. Different channels are on different time.
D. Watching these programmes help us relax
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct option that best fits each numbered blank from 25 to 29.
MY FUTURE DREAM HOUSE
In 2050, I believe houses will be very (25) ______ from today. My dream house will be smart and ecofriendly.
My future house (26) ______ float on water near the beach. It will use solar panels to make electricity,
so we won't pay for energy. The house will have five rooms with glass walls. We (27) ______ see the ocean
from every room!
Robots will be our best helpers. They will cook, clean, and even talk to us. The kitchen won't need a
stove because robots will prepare food by (28) ______ special machines. We might not go shopping because
flying drones will deliver everything to our door.
The house will have a smart computer system. It will control the temperature, lights, and security.
When I say "Good morning," the curtains will open automatically. The house might even change colors to
match my mood!
Living in this house will be (29) ______ comfortable. I can't wait for the future! Technology will make
our lives easier and more fun.
Question 25. A. different

B. differ

C. difference

D. differently

Question 26. A. might

B. must

C. should

D. have to

Question 27. A. can

B. could

C. will be able to

D. are able

Question 28. A. use

B. using

C. used

D. to use

Question 29. A. extreme

B. extremely

C. extremes

D. extremity

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 from 30 to 34.
More than two hundred years ago, the term “Environmental pollution” was very strange to people.
They lived healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays the situation is quite different.
People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually it is man
that is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars
emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle.

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Manufacturers know that wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend
a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering garbage is bad for our health, but no one wants
to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?
Question 30. What was strange to people more than two hundred years ago?
A. Environment
B. Environmental pollution
C. Pure water
D. Fresh air
Question 31. How did people live in the past?
A. They lived healthily
B. They breathed fresh air
C. They drank pure water
D. All of these
Question 32. Who is destroying the surroundings nowadays?
A. The environment itself
B. People from other planets
C. It is man
D. Animals
Question 33. Is scattering garbage good or bad for our health?
A. Yes, it is

B. No, it isn't

C. It is good

D. It is bad

Question 34. Which of the following is not true?
A. in former days, people led a healthy life.
B. People have no awareness of the danger of pollution
C. Water is now heavily contaminated by industrial waste
D. It's harmful for our health if rubbish is spread over our areas
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is made from the given
cues in each of the following questions.
Question 35. If / we / use / less / paper / we / save / more / trees.
A. If we use less paper, we will save more trees.
B. If we will use less paper, we save more trees.
C. If we use less paper, we saved more trees.
D. If we use more paper, we will save less trees.
Question 36. Robots / be able to / look / after / children / the / future.
A. Robots will be able to look after children in the future.
B. Robots are able to look after children in the future.
C. Robots will able to look after children in the future.

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D. Robots were able to look after children in the future.
Question 37. My / future / house / might / have / wireless / TV.
A. My future house might has a wireless TV.
B. My future house might have a wireless TV.
C. My future house will might have a wireless TV.
D. My future house might having a wireless TV.
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.
Question 38. No one in my class is more intelligent than Nam.
A. Nam is the most intelligent student in my class.
B. Nam is more intelligent than no one in my class.
C. Nam is as intelligent as everyone in my class.
D. Nam is the more intelligent student in my class.
Question 39. Turn off the tap and you will save a lot of water.
A. If you turn off the tap, you will save a lot of water.
B. If you don't turn off the tap, you will save a lot of water.
C. Unless you turn off the tap, you will save a lot of water.
D. If you turn off the tap, you won't save a lot of water.
Question 40. It's possible that we will live on Mars one day.
A. We must live on Mars one day.
B. We might live on Mars one day.
C. We should live on Mars one day.
D. We won't live on Mars one day.