QUESTIONS 1-2: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest ill each group. Identify
your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.
1. A. flour B. pour C. hour D. sour
2. A. farming B. harmful C. charity D. garden
QUESTIONS 3-5: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the word whose main stress is on the syllable in the
position which is different from that of the others. Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
3. A. finish B. pastime C. summer D. begin
4. A. holiday B. certainty C. industry D. adventure
5. A. increasing B. implying C. interesting D. important
QUESTIONS 6 - 24: These are incomplete sentences. Choose A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence
and then identify your answer by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
6. I am sorry that I didn't follow your advice, I ………. what you said.
A. should do B. should have done C. might have done D. must do
7. I walked into a wall. I ………. where I was going.
A. should look B. should have been looking C. must look D. had to look
8. Van Gogh's Sunflowers is ………. $ 39.9 million, three times the previous record.
A. once sold for B. for sale once C. selling for once D. for one sold
9. Some monkeys, ………. , use their tails in a way similar to a hand.
A. like the spider monkey B. spider monkey likes C. to the spider monkey D. the monkey likes the
spider
10. It is gravity ………. objects toward the Earth.
A. pulling B. that pulls C. to pull D. what pulls
11. Using a globe can be ………. it is educational.
A. enjoyable B. to enjoy as C. as enjoyable D. as enjoyable as
12. Most accidents in the home can be prevented by ………. Elimination of hazards.
A. that B. that the C. there is a D. the
13. ………. problems in sailing in tropical seas is the coral reefs.
A. One of the biggest B. The biggest one C. Of the biggest one D. There are the biggest
14. ………. their territories but rather than fight, they howl.
A. Wolves protectively jealous B. Jealous of wolves C. Protection of wolves D. Wolves jealously protect
15. Things are not going so well for her. She has ………. .
A. a few problems B. a little problem C. a few problem D. not problems
16. The growth of two-income families in the United States ………. of people moving to a new social class.
A. has resulted in millions B. results of millions C. millions of results D. resulting in millions
17. The reason ………. I'm calling was that I didn't know your address.
A. what B. which C. why D. when
18. We'll be late ………. .
A. unless we hurry B. if we aren't hurry C. if we hurry D. unless we don't hurry
19. You can drive my car ………. you drive carefully.
A. unless B. as long as C. because D. although
20. The weather is ………. .
A. depressing B. depressed C. depresses D. depression
21. The book was ………. I couldn't put it down.
A. very good that B. so good than C. so good that D. so good as
22. Birds all over the world ………. in distance up to thousands of miles.
A. migrating B. migrated C. migrate D. are migrated
23. General speaking, every person ………. the potential to be a teacher, to some extent.
A. has B. to have C. having D. have
24. ………. of commodities began in the 1920s at the same time as airmail service.
A. The shipping B. A ship C. The shipped D. To ship
QUESTION 25: The sentences (1-2-3-4-5-6) in the following paragraph are in the wrong order. Choose the correct order to
make a good paragraph by circling letter A, B, C or D. Mark your answer on the answer sheet.
(1) Moreover, because of school canteens some play grounds are littered with empty cartons and cans. (2) In the first place, most
of the food they sell is
"junk food", which is bad for your teeth and not very healthy. (3) Personally, I think that they should all be closed. (4) This food is
not as nutritious as the
food your Mum gives you. (5) School canteens have several disadvantages. (6) As well, students spend far too much money on
stuff they do not need.
A. 5-2-4-1-6-3 B. 4-6-3-1-5-2 C. 2-3-1-4-6-5 D. 3-2-1-5-6-4
QUESTIONS 26 - 30: Read the following passage and then choose the best answer to the questions by circling the
corresponding letter (A, B, C or D). Mark your choice on the answer sheet.
I am often asked whether we will do anything about the taxes we all have to pay. Of course, what people mean is that they don't
want to pay so much. But, I have to ask in return which services they would like to lose. For we can not expect to have modern
hospitals, well- kept roads, good schools or attractive parks if we are not prepared to pay for these things. Our children do not think
that schools and colleges are only for the sons and daughters of the rich, as once they were. More and more of us are living longer
and longer. We all feel that we should be able to see a doctor when we need to. Old people should not suffer because we are afraid
of the doctor's bill. In our society, we are proud of the fact that no one is asked whether they can pay the bill before they are
allowed into a hospital. But if we want to continue to provide for all the needs of our society, we must remember that nothing in
life is free. My party does not promise to cut taxes immediately. But we do promise to continue all the services that our taxes pay
for, and we hope that we will manage things so well that after a short time some taxes may be reduced.
26. This is from ………
A. a teacher's diary B. a personal letter C. a political message D. a medical book
27. What is the writer's intention?
A. to explain his ideas B. to describe the past C. to warn about money problems D. to ask for advice
28. The writer thinks people who complain about taxes should ………
A. remember that services cost money B. realise that services cost nothing
C. pay taxes for welfare services D. pay for their hospital bills
29. The attitude of modem children towards education is that
A. education is only for children of the rich B. education is only for children of the disabled
C. education is for all children D. education is only for children of the poor
30. One of these people shares the same ideas as the writer. Whose idea is it?
A. I just don't know where I'm going to find the money I need. There's so much to pay for.
B. The trouble with people nowadays is that they all want something for nothing. They think they should be able to get
whatever they want. But
they don't realise that some one is going to have to pay for it in the end.
C. I know I ought to go and see the doctor, but I don't think I can afford ; it. I know he will tell me to buy some medicine, but
I just haven't got the money.
D. What the government ought to do is give people control of their own money, if we didn't have to pay taxes we'd be able to
afford to pay all our own bills.
QUESTIONS 31 - 40: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space. Identify your
choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet
Scientists used to believe that our 24-hour cycle of sleeping and waking was governed entirely by external factors. The most
notable of these, they
thought, were the rising and (31) ………. of the sun. But they have now (32) ………. that there is a daily rhythm to a (33) ……….
range of biological functions - including temperature, digestion and mental (34) ………. - which are regulated internally by a
special time- keeping mechanism within the brain.
The main function of this "body clock" is to anticipate and (35) ……….for external changes so that, for example, body
temperature starts to rise (36) ………. dawn, gearing us up for the day, and begins to (37) ………. in the early evening, winding us
down for sleep.
Some people's body clocks (38) ………. poorer time than others, which can greatly disturb their lives and even (39) ………. their
health. Insomnia, depression, fatigue, poor work performance and even accidents can all be (40) ………. or aggravated by
inaccurate body clocks.
Some people's body clocks (38) ………. poorer time than others, which can greatly disturb their lives and even (39) ………. their
health. Insomnia, depression, fatigue, poor work performance and even accidents can all be (40) ………. or aggravated by
inaccurate body clocks.
31. A. descending
32. A. established
33. A. wide
34. A. operation
35. A. dispose
36. A. beside
37. A. fall
38. A. keep
39. A. risk
40. A. put
B. diving
B. fixed
B. various
B. activity
B. scheme
B. approximately
B. formed
B. hold
B. spoil
B. reduce
C. dipping
C. settled
C. far
C. process
C. steady
C. around
C. lessen
C. support
C. injure
C. caused
D. setting
D. assured
D. grand
D. occupation
D. prepare
D. nearly
D. subtract
D. preserve
D. threaten
D. made
QUESTIONS 41 - 42: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the sentence which has the same meaning as the
original one and mark your choice on the answer sheet.
41. They 've translated Nguyen Du's novel "Kieu " into several languages.
A. Nguyen Du's novel "Kieu" has been translated into several languages.
B. Nguyen Du's novel "Kieu" has translated into several languages.
C. Nguyen Du's novel "Kieu" had translated into several languages.
D. Nguyen Du's novel "Kieu" was been translated into several languages.
42. They sold computers commercially for the first time in the 1950s.
A. Computers are sold commercially for first time in the 1950s.
B. Computers were sold commercially for the first time in the 1950s.
C. Computers have been sold commercially the first time in the 1950s.
D. Computers was sold commercially for the first time in the 1950s
QUESTIONS 43 - 45: After each pair of simple sentences from 43 to 45, there are four options which are their
combinations. Choose the best answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the answer
sheet.
43. I / received a letter this morning. It really upset me.
A. I received a letter this morning really upset me. B. I received a letter this morning which really upset me.
C. I received a letter this morning in which really upset me. D. I received a letter this morning of which really upset me.
44. It was a great summer. I'll never forget that summer.
A. It was a great summer that 111 never forget. B. It was a great summer I'll never forget that.
C. It was a great summer of which I’ll never forget. D. It was a great summer of that I won't never forget.
45. Hong is going to tell us about a terrible storm. She is from Vinh City.
A. Hong, who is from Vinh City, is going to tell us about a terrible storm.
B. Hong, who is from Vinh City, is going to tell us terrible storm.
C. Hong, that is from Vinh City, is going to tell us about a terrible storm.
D. Hong, that is from Vinh City, is going to tell about us a terrible storm.
QUESTIONS 46 - 48: The words in italic below are cues. Make sentences by choosing from the alternatives A, B, C, and D
the one best way to make a meaningful sentence. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
Mark your choice on the answer sheet.
46. surfing / net / enjoy I but I have / I / don't / time / it.
A. I enjoy surfing net but I don't have many time for it. B.I enjoy surfing the net but I don't have few time for it.
C. I enjoy surfing on the net but I don't have much time for it. D. I enjoy surfing on the net
but I don't have a few time for it.
47. What I you I like I do I your I free time?
A. What do you like in your free time? B. What do you like doing in
your free time?
C. What you like doing in your free time? D. What do you like doing your free time?
48. What I favourite I TV I programs?
A. What are your favourite TV programs? B. What is your favourite TV programs?
C. What is your favourite TV programs? D. What's your favourite TV programs?
QUESTIONS 49 - 50: In these sentences, each one has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose
the one word or phrase which must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct by circling letter A, B, C or D and
then mark your choice on the answer sheet.
49. Cycling helmets are not a legal require in Britain.
50. I suggested that it ought to have an entertaining page with the lists of what's on at local cinemas.
. money on
stuff they do not need.
A. 5-2 - 4-1 - 6-3 B. 4-6 - 3-1 - 5-2 C. 2-3 - 1-4 - 6-5 D. 3-2 - 1-5 - 6-4
QUESTIONS 26 - 30: Read the following passage and then. shipping B. A ship C. The shipped D. To ship
QUESTION 25: The sentences ( 1-2 - 3-4 - 5-6 ) in the following paragraph are in the wrong order. Choose the correct