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I PRONUNCIATION
A Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1 A economy B population C economic D property
2 A reduced B caused C damaged D preserved
3 A digested B chewed C killed D enjoyed
6 A penalty B center C penalize D eject
7 A water B swimming C between D rowing
9 A education B financial C organization D estimate
11 A measure B television C mistake D decision
12 A women B movie C lose D prove
13 A responsibility B international C interview D intellectual
14 A rear B bear C fear D dear
15 A become B survive C catastrophe D propose
B Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest
1 A environment B particular C situation D expectedly
2 A prevent B harmful C protect D affect
3 A habitat B endanger C commercial D destruction
4 A reserve B conserve C wildlife D prevent
5 A information B entertainment C discovery D scientific
6 A imagine B especial C unnoticed D character
7 A milkmaid B intensive C scoreboard D penalty
8 A disaster B involvement C agency D develop
9 A organization B establish C emergency D environment
10 A differently B hunger C famine D equality
II VOCABULARY – GRAMMAR – STRUCTURE
Choose the option that best completes the sentence
1 Nowadays elephants are one of the species in the world They need protecting
A enlightened B expensive C endangered D enlarged
2 is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment
A Biodiversity B Conservation C Globe D Individual
3 If an area is , all the trees there are cut down or destroyed
A endangered B deforested C contaminated D polluted
4 During the last few decades, human beings have caused a great to the environment
A damage B impact C destruction D extinction
5 The government should new laws to conserve wildlife in the area
A announce B publish C maintain D enact
6 Many species have become extinct each year before biologists can identify them
7 A is the story of a person's life written by somebody else
A romance B fiction C biography D science
8 Fiction is a type of literature that describes people and events
A imaginary B real C historic D important
9 It is a good book I think it is interesting enough for you to
A put down B swallow C look up D understand
10 When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he it
A reviews B swallows C dips into D chews and digests
11 If you _ a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously
A dip into B put away C pick up D digest
Trang 212 His lecture was interesting but too much to all at once
A digest B process C chew D convert
13 Minor occur when a player prevents the free movement of an opponent in the swimming pool
14 Emotional problems can seriously _with a student's work
A interfere B affect C involve D influence
15 In recent years, fouls have been severely in football matches
A forgiven B ejected C penalized D scored
16 He was lucky to escape from the accident with only injuries
A important B serious C minor D major
17 _ is a game played in a pool in which two teams try to score goals with a ball
A Water polo B Football C Swimming D Water skiing
18 The goalkeeper can also be ejected for twenty seconds if a major foul is committed
A advanced B sprinted C played D excluded
19 started as a modern sport in India at the same time that it did in Europe
A To ski B That skiing C Skiing D Ski
20 An international medical conference initiated by Davison resulted in the birth of the League of Red Cross Societies in 1991
A treated B dedicated C started D Helped
21 The Red Cross is a organization whose purpose is to help people in wartime and disasters
A commercial B political C military D humanitarian
22 In most Asian countries women are undervalued and they never have the same as men
23 Mrs Pike is a feminist, who _ that women should be offered the same job opportunities as men
A varies B advocates C leads D votes
24 Most people consider it women's to take care of children and do the housework
A limit B relationship C responsibility D respect
25 There have been significant changes in women's lives since the women's liberation
movement
A controlled B economic C important D natural
26 In the past people believed that women‟s roles were as mothers and wives
A nature B natural C naturism D naturalist
27 They suggested that animals should be kept in their natural
28 People are watching the of gymnastics competitors
A perform B performance C performer D performing
29 _, America depends on Africa for 40% of its oil imports
A Interesting B To interest C Interestingly D Interested
30 This book is not really It is a waste of money buying it
A inform B information C informative D informatively
31 The referee had no hesitation in awarding the visiting team a
A penalty B penalize C penal D penalization
32 It is not that Vietnam won the first place in the 22nd SEA Games
A surprised B a surprise C surprisingly D so surprised
33 Many young men prefer scuba-diving because it is _
A adventure B adventurous C adventurously D adventurist
34 The 22nd SEA Games consisted of athletes from eleven _ countries
A participate B participant C participation D participating
35 ASEAN also works for the _ of peace and stability in the region
A promote B promotion C promotional D promoter
36 The motivations for the birth of ASEAN were the desire for a _ environment
Trang 3A stable B stability C stably D stabilize
37 ASEAN is an organization on the Southeast Asian region that aims to _ economic growth, social progress, and cultural development
A account B include C accelerate D respect
38 The aims of the Association of Southeast Asia include the evolvement of economic growth, social progress, cultural development among its members, and the promotion of regional peace
A goals B organizations C missions D plans
39 ASEAN has emphasized cooperation in the "three pillars" of security, socio cultural and
economic _ in the region
A organization B production C integration D establishment
40 One of ASEAN's objectives is to help people think about peace and _ and do
something about it
A origin B justice C statistics D record
41 I want to work as an interpreter in the future, , I am studying Russian at university
42 I am going shopping for food this evening I do not have to go at the weekend
43 When she got the news from her family, she could not do anything, cry
44 Julie has a guitar she plays it really well
45 long it takes, I will wait for you
46 I must say that you have done very well , you should be aware that you still have a lot of thing to learn
47 The waiter was not very nice, , the food was delicious
48 I am afraid that the company is in deep trouble , we are going to make some people redundant
49 This is an expensive very useful book
50 We _ protect wildlife in order to save our planet earth
51 I‟ll lend you the money and you _ pay me back till next month
52 Bring your jacket with you It get cold in the evening
53 “You haven‟t eaten anything since yesterday afternoon You be really hungry!”
54 You _ drive fast There is a speed limit here
55 “ you hand me that pair of scissors, please?”
A May B Shall C Will D Should
56 Jeanette did very badly on the exam She _ harder
A must have studied C could have studied
B should have studied D must studied
57 He was very lucky when he fell off the ladder He _ himself
A could have hurt B should have hurt C must have hurt D will have hurt
58 John still hasn‟t come out He everything for the trip now
A must have been preparing C must be preparing
B will be preparing D will have prepared
59 The photos are black The X-ray at the airport _ them
A should have damaged C would have damaged
Trang 4B would damage D must have damaged
60 This road is very narrow It to be widened
61 I will have my wedding dress by the most famous tailor in the city
A to make B be made C made D to be made
62 She is so grateful up in harmony and love from her family
A to be brought B to bring C being brought D to have brought
63 My mother had asked me to clean the house It had to _ before my mother came back home
A clean B being cleaned C be cleaning D be cleaned
64 The rescuers _ for their bravery in finding the lost mountain climbers
A were praising B were praised C praised D have praised
65 This successful businessman is said _ school at the age of thirteen
A that left B to leave C that having left D to have left
66 There‟s somebody walking behind us I think
A.we are following B we are being followed
C.We are followed D we are being following
67 We‟re late The film by the time we get to the cinema
A.will already start B will be already started
C.will already have started D will be starting
68 I still can not believe it My bicycle _some minutes ago
A.was stolen B was stealing C stolen D stole
69 “Did Shakespeare write this play?”
A.Did this play be written by Shakespeare? B.Was this play written by Shakespeare?
C.This play was written by Shakespeare? D.Did this play Shakespeare write?
70 Which book do the students love?
A.Which book are done love by the students? B.Which book is the students loved?
C.Which book are loved by the students? D.Which book is loved by the students?
71 Who wrote the report on the air pollution?
A.By whom was the report on the air pollution written? C.A and B are correct
B.Whom was the report written on the air pollution by? D.None is correct
72 We have to apply effective measures to save many plant and animal species _ extinction
73 He died _ pneumonia
A of B for C by D in
74 My husband and I take turns cleaning _ the kitchen depending _ who gets home from work earlier
A away/to B from/ in C up/ on D with/ for
75 The efforts for the advancement of women have resulted _ several respectively achievement in women‟s like and work
76 My husband spends far more time helping our three kids _ homework and studying for tests than I do
77 What does “www” _ for? Is it short for “World Wide Web”?
78 If you don‟t have the telephone number now, you can me up later and give to me then
79 This book provides students useful tips that help them to pass the coming exam
A at B about C for D with
80 I'm reading a Stephen King's novel It's really exciting and I couldn't put it
A off B down C on D up
81 It is very important for a firm or a company to keep the changes in the market
A touch with B up with C pace of D track about
Trang 582 She didn‟t get _ well with her boss, so she left the company
A up B at C through D on
83 The small white flowers are my favorite They give off a wonderful honey smell that scents the entire garden
84 I couldn‟t make out what he had talked about because I was not used to his accent
A stand B understand C write D interrupt
85 I‟m sorry I didn‟t mean to interrupt you Please, go on and finish what you were saying
86 The firefighters fought the blaze while the crowd was looking on it
A blowing B watering C preventing D watching
87 The children made _ a little poem and wrote it in the card
A up B over C for D off
88 Maria takes her mother; she has blue eyes and fair hair, too
89 The alarm clock at midnight, which prevented me from sleeping
90 Brian at our dinner party 20 minutes late, as usual
A wore out B showed off C turned up D tried out
91 He is disappointed at not being offered the job, but I think he will it
A turn off B get over C fill in D take after
92 A number of incredible things in the final match
A happening B happened C were happened D have happened
93 When my parents _ for a visit tomorrow, they will see our new house for the first time
A will arrive B arrive C will have arrived D arrived
94 While I the letter, the phone rang
A opened B was opening C would open D have opened
95 We _ for some hours before we _ that we had lost our way
A were walking / realized B walked / had realized
C had been walking / realized D had been walked / realized
96 _ down to dinner _ there came an explosion from the kitchen
A No sooner had we sat / than B No sooner we had sat / than
C We had no sooner sat / when D Hardly had we sat / than
97 By the time he retires, he _ $20,000
A will save B has saved C had saved D will have saved
98 After Jessica her degree, she intends to work in her father‟s company
A will finish B will have finished C finishes D is finishing
99 Some people really enjoy swimming _ others are afraid of water
A while B or C despite D in spite of
100 we move into the new house, we will have a party
A During the time B While C As soon as D Until
101 _, I will give him the report
A When he will return B When he returns
C Until he will return D No sooner he returns
102 _ the firemen arrived to help, we had already put out the fire
A Until B No sooner C By the time D After
103 I have earned my own living _ I was seven
104 We saw many beautiful birds _ in the lake
A when we are fishing B while fishing
105 _, Peter came to see me
A While having dinner B While I was having dinner
C When having dinner D When lam having dinner
106 _ my homework, I went to bed
Trang 6A After I had finished B After finished
107 Jones _ after everyone _
A speaks / will eat B will speak / has eaten
C is speaking / eats D has spoken / will have eaten
108 _, Joe stays in bed and reads magazines
A Whenever raining B As it will be raining
C When it will rain D Whenever it rains
109 She went on crying, with her head sunk into a pillow, and cried and cried _ the pillow was wet through
110 _ in Rome than he was kidnapped
A No sooner he arrived B Had he no sooner arrived
C No sooner had he arrived D No sooner he had arrived
111 their efforts, the Men‟s Football team couldn‟t reach the gold medal
112 The Vietnamese boy was regarded as a hero he dedicated his life to his country
A although B because of C providing D because
113 The more goods we export, the jobs we can create in our country
114 This novel is than the one I read last week
A good B as good C more good D better
115 She is the daughter in the family
116 A supermarket is a shopping centre
A less convenient as B less convenient than
C not so convenient than D the most convenient as
117 Vietnam has become to foreign tourists
A most and most attractive B much and more attractive
C the more attractive D more and more attractive
118 Peter does better at school because he works _
A harder B more carelessly C more lazily D worse
119 Detective books are than science fiction ones
A more interesting B more interestingly C most interesting D more interested
120 That is the most bed in the shop
A wide B widest C comfortable D comfortables
121 I work as as you do
122 The economic conditions today are _ they were in the past
A much more good B much better than C much better D the best than
123 I don‟t work so hard my father
124 Going by train isn‟t convenient as going by car
A so B as C more D A & B are correct
125 Jordan played skillfully O‟Neal
A as/than B more/than C more/as D the most/than
126 The larger the apartment, the the rent is
A expensive B more expensive C expensively D most expensive
127 The streets are getting more and these days
A crowded B less crowded C more crowded D most crowded
128 You must explain your problems
A as clear as you can B as clearly as you can
C as clear than you are D as clearly as you are
129 Nobody in this team plays _ Tom
A as good as B so well as C as best as D as well as
Trang 7130 Bill is _
A lazier and lazier B more and more lazy
C lazier and more lazy D more lazy and lazier
131 _ you study for these exams, _ you will do
A The harder / the better B The more / the much
C The hardest / the best D The more hard / the more good
132 I just bought new shirt and some new shoes shirt is quite expensive but the price of shoes are reasonable
A a/ A/ the B a/ The/ a C the/ The/ the D a/ The/ the
133 On 18 December 1979, the Convention the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women was adopted by _ United Nations General Assembly
134 The women‟s movement has brought light to _ areas in which women do not have equality with men
135 _ Europe and Asia are coming to rely more and more on nuclear generation
A An / a B Ø / Ø C The / the D The / a
III COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS
1 Liz: “Thanks for the nice gift you bought to us.” _ Jennifer: “ .”
A All right Do you know how much does it costs? B Not at all Don’t mention it
C Actually speaking, I myself don‟t like it D Welcome! It‟s very nice of you
2 Susan: “Can you do the cooking today?” _ Bill: “ _”
A I know that B No, thank you C Oh, all right D Yes, please
3 “May I leave a message for Ms Davis?” _ “ _.”
A I‟m afraid she‟s not here at the moment B No, she‟s not here now
C She‟s leaving a message to you now D Yes, I’ll make sure she gets it
4 “Don‟t fail to send your parents my regards.” _ “ _.”
A Thanks, I will B you‟re welcome C It‟s my please D Good idea, thanks
5 Helen: “Would you rather go to the beach or to the mountains?” _ Kim: “ _.”
A Thanks for the mountain B I‟d love to go
C the beach definitely D That‟s very nice of you
6 George: “Do you fancy going to a movie this evening?” _ Jane: “ _.”
A I‟m sorry I don‟t know what B Not at all Go ahead
C That would be nice D Not so bad And you?
7 “ .” _ “I am glad you like it.”
A Thank you for a great evening The food was so good
B I like your handbag It‟s fantastic
C Could you drop by tomorrow, please?
D It‟s going to rain I have to leave now
8 „What‟s Melanie like?”_ “ ”
A.She„s from France B.She‟s very well C.She’s very nice D.Oh, she‟s fine, thanks
9 “Would you like to go swimming?” – “ _‟
C.I’d love to, but I’m busy D.Thanks, I can manage
10.“ Why don‟t you ask Tom for help?” _ “ .”
A That’s a good idea B Never mind C I hope so D Yes, please
IV WRITING
A SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
1 You are not allowed to take photographs here
A You needn‟t take photographs here B You can‟t take photographs here
C You don‟t have to take photographs here D You mustn’t take photographs here
2 Mary is taller than her sister
A Mary is the taller of the two sisters B Mary is the tallest of the two sisters
C Mary is the most tall of the two sisters D Mary is the shorter of the two sisters
3 We haven‟t met each other for ages
Trang 8A It‟s ages since we meet each other B It‟s ages since we have met each other
C It was ages since we met each other D It ’ s ages since we met each other
4 He arrived home and then had dinner immediately
A He had dinner as soon as he arrived home
B He had dinner when he arrived home
C He had dinner before he arrived home
D As soon as he had dinner, he arrived home
5 He had to postpone the meeting because of his grandpa‟s death
A The meeting had to be postponed because of his grandpa’s death
B The meeting had been postponed because of his grandpa‟s death
C The meeting had to postpone because of his grandpa‟s death
D The meeting because of his grandpa‟s death had to be postponed
6 You can look up this word in the dictionary
A There are a lot of words in the dictionary for you to look at
B You can find the meaning of this word in the dictionary
C The dictionary contains a lot of words except the one you need
D You should buy this dictionary to find the word you need
7 Most of Ann‟s friends work less hard than her
A Ann works more hard than most of her friends do
B Ann works more hardly than most of her friends do
C Ann works harder than most of her friends do
D Ann works as hard as most of her friends do
8 An old woman saw him break into the building
A He was seen to break into the building by an old woman
B He was seen break into the building by an old woman
C He was seen to have broken into the building by an old woman
D He was seen to be broken into the building by an old woman
9 Every student is required to write an essay on the topic
A Every student might write an essay on the topic
B Every student must write an essay on the topic
C They require every student write an essay on the topic
D Every student should write an essay on the topic
10 The doctor advised Mr Pike to take up a new hobby
A The doctor said, "A new hobby is not good for Mr Pike."
B The doctor wanted Mr Pike not to have any new hobby
C The doctor said, "You should start a new hobby, Mr Pike."
D The doctor said to Mr Pike, "You should stop your present hobby."
B COMBINING SENTENCES
1 She tried very hard to pass the driving test She could hardly pass it
A Although she didn„t try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it
B.Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn„t pass it
C.No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test
D.She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily
2.We didn„t want to spend a lot of money We stayed in a cheap hotel
A.Rather than spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheaphotel
B.In spite of spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheaphotel
C.We stayed in a cheap hotel, but we had to spend a lot ofmoney
D.We didn„t stay in a cheap hotel as we had a lot of money to spend
3 Books help broaden the mind Books also provide a good source of entertainment
A.Books help broaden the mind, but they provide a good source of entertainment
B.Books help broaden the mind, and they provide a good source of entertainment
C.Books help broaden the mind, for they provide a good source of entertainment
D.Books help broaden the mind, or they provide a good source of entertainment
4 Our flight was delayed We decided to spend time at the duty-free shops
A.As our flight was delayed, we decided to spend time at the duty-free shops
Trang 9B.We have been spending time at the duty-free shops since our flight was delayed
C.We decided to spend time at the duty-free shops in case our flight was delayed
D.Although our flight was delayed, we decided to spend time at the duty-freeshops
5 She wrote the text She selected the illustration as well
A.In order to select the illustration, she had to write the text
B.The text she wrote was not as good as the illustration she selected
C.If she had written the text, she would have selected the illustration
D She not only wrote the text but also selected the illustration
C SENTENCE COMPLETION
1 The cuisine of France is _
A more famous than that of England B famous than the cuisine of England
C more famous than which of England D as famous than that of England
2 _, I do not consider this composition acceptable
A Because of so many errors B Because of there were so many errors
C On account of there were so many errors D As so many errors
3 John passed his exam with a distinction
A He was too lazy to succeed B He must study very hard
C He needs studying harder D He must have studied very hard
4 The doctor told his receptionist that he would return
A as early as it would be possible B as soon as possible
C at the earliest that it could be possible D at the soonest possibility
5 The traffic
A isn’t usually as bad as it was this morning
B usually isn‟t as bad as it is this morning
C isn‟t usually as bad it was as this morning
D usually isn‟t as bad as this morning it was
V MISTAKE CORRECTION
1 That‟s the best exhibition I‟ve never visited
A That‟s B the best C never D visited
2 Jack is looking for another job because he is really fed up of doing the same thing every day
A is looking B another C because D fed up of
3 If I have to do many homework tonight, I will not be able to attend the concert
A have to B many C will not be able D to attend
4 Some species will become extinct if we do nothing for preserve their habitat
A species B extinct C for D their
5 My brother can‟t walk to work now because his broken leg
6 You mustn‟t do this exercise if you don‟t want to It‟s optional
7 Could you tell me to get to the railway station, please?
8 The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive
A The early B leave C the sooner D arrive
9 Many discoveries have made in the fields of chemistry and physics
A discoveries B have made C fields D and
10 New laws should be introducing to reduce the amount of traffic in the city center
A should be introducing B to reduce
11 In water polo, you have to rise your head above water when moving the ball
A In water polo B to rise C above D moving
12 Although smokers are aware that smoking is harmful to their health, they can‟t get rid it
A Although B are aware C.to D get rid it
13 Engines used in space shuttles are much larger and more strong than the ones used in jet
planes
A used B much larger C more strong D the ones
Trang 1014 Unlike another schools, Fermont High School has a special program to provide assistance for slow students
A another B special C to provide D for
15 John put off his best clothes for the interview last week
16 After he had made sure no one was waiting for him in the hotel lobby, he had collected his key at the reception desk
A had made B was waiting C in D had collected
17 The bomb which went out this morning caused a lot of damage
A which B went out C caused D damage
18 Nam went to bed as soon as he has finished his homework
19 I‟ll make some sandwiches before I‟ll leave for the office tomorrow morning
20 A lot of articles about the environmental pollution have written by my classmates
A about B environmental C.A lot of D have written
VI Mark the letter to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions
1 I didn‟t think his the comments were very appropriate at the time
2 When being interviewed, you should concentrate on what the interviewer is saying or asking you A.relate on B.be interested in C.impress on D.pay attention to
3 Childbearing is the women's most wonderful role
A.Giving birth to a baby B.Bring up a child
C.Educating a child D.Having no child
4 S Mayo Hospital in New Orleans was so named in recognition of Dr Mayo‟s outstanding humanitarianism
A.unpopular B.widespread C.remarkable D.charitable
5 Professor Berg was very interested in the diversity of cultures all over the world
A.variety B changes C conservation D number
VII Mark the letter to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the italic part in each of the following questions
1 The International Organizations are going to be in a temporary way in the country
A.soak B permanent C complicated D guess
2 The US troops are using much more sophisticated weapons in the Far East
C simple and easy to use D difficult to operate
3 Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island The islanders even exported the
surplus
A large quantity B small quantity C excess D sufficiency
4 Unless the two signatures are identical, the bank won‟t honor the check
5 Strongly advocating health foods, Jane doesn‟t eat any chocolate
A.supporting B impugning C advising D denying