I. PHONETICS
A. Pronunciation
1) a). Cactus b). Oasis c). Discriminate d). Break
2) a). Compete b). Appealed c). Reading d). Athletics
3) a). Swallow b). Throw c). Also d). Allow
4) a).Gesture b).Job c).Changing d).Going
B. Stress syllable
5). a). Enacted b). Published c). Establish d). Announced
6). a). Philosopher b). Comfortable c). Temperature d). Opposite
7). a). Opponent b). Penalized c). Vertical d). Athlete
8). a)Endangered b).Enormous c).Established d).Elephant
9). How could the old man ___________ all his sufferings he had in such a short time ?
a). Give up b). Take off c). Put away d). Get over
10). Books not only give us knowledge but they are a __________ of pleasure as well.
a). Source b). Measure c). Means d). Mean
11). When we eat, we ________ food before we _________it
a). Digest/taste b). Chew/swallow c). Digest/swallow d). Chew/taste
12). In the second half, the best player of the home team __ a goal and all the spectators jumped
up and cheered.
a). Scored b). Won c).Kicked d).Recorded
13). Today, books are a cheap _________ to get information and entertainment .
a). Opportunity b). Road c). Way d). Measures
14). Some people say I really ________my elder sister.
a). Look alike b). Take after c).Take over d).Look after
15). Synchronized swimming , snorkeling and scuba diving are _________ sports
a). Team b). Competitive c). Individual d). Aquatic
16). ASEAN ___________ Association of Southeast Asian Nations
a). Stands for b). Mean c). Is the symbol of d). Has the
meaning of
17). Nowadays, finding a job is________________
a). The more difficult b). The more and more difficult
c). More and more difficult d). More difficult and difficult
18). You ___________ make so much noise, John ! Father is sleeping.
a). Might not b). Don't have to c). Mustn't d). Needn't
19). There are dark clouds in the sky. It ____________ rain soon.
a). Will b). May be c). Might d). Has to
20). The delegates came__________2 days ago and they are leaving ___________ tomorrow.
a). Phanthiet/Hanoi b). Phanthiet /to Hanoi c). To Phanthiet/for Hanoi d). To
Phanthiet/to Hanoi
21). It is true that a lot more elephants once lived in Africa .
a). Lived once in a while b). Lived with one another c). Lived one time d). Used to
live
22). __________the large number of automobiles ,it is more and more difficult to travel in the
city.
a). As b). Due to c). Thanks to d). Because
23). Different conservation efforts have been made _________ endangered species.
a). In order to save b). Save c).Saved d).Saving
24). The more expensive the hotel,_____________
a). It is more comfortable b). The more and more comfortable it
is
c). The more comfortable it is d). It is more and more comfortable
II. Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today.
Thousands of these How-to books are useful : in fact, there are about four thousand books with
titles that begin with the words “How-to”. One book may tell you how to earn more money,
another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money
away.
Many How-to books give advice on careers. They tell us how to choose a career and how to
succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy the book “ How to Turn Failure into Success ”. If
you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “ How to Make a Millionaire ”. If you
never make any money at all, you may need a book called “ How to Live on Nothing ”
One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you
want to have a better love of life, you can read “ How to Succeed in Love Every Minute of Your
Life ”. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step
instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house.
Why have How-to books become so popular ? Probably because life has become so complex.
Today people have far more time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve.
How-to books help people deal with modern life.
25/ From the first paragraph, we know How-to books are _______
A. only about four thousand copies B. on money
B. very helpful in life D. needed a lot
26/ The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how _______
A. to succeed in career B. to solve personal problems
C. to deal with business D. to make money
27/ If you often read How-to books, you _______
A. will be sure to get something you need B. will not know how to help yourself
in life
C. will become a man in life D. needn’t think any more in the world
28/ Which of the following opinions about How-to books is not mentioned in the passage ?
A. How-to books are among the best sellers in the world
B. How-to books are useful in many ways
C. How-to books give advice on careers
D. How-to books help people with personal problems
29/ How-to books appear only because _______
A. people have more free time to spend than before
B. people meet more problems than their parents
C. people may have more choices from How-to books than any other books
D. modern life is more difficult to deal with
III. Choose the one option that best fits each of the numbered blank
The open policy means that our country is open to investment, trade, and technical and
economic cooperation with other countries on the basis of ______ (30) and mutual benefit. The
purpose of open policy is to acquire advanced technology and management skills so as to
promote our ______ (31) and modernization.
______ (32) the implementation of the policy, we can learn advanced technology and
management skills from abroad ; make _____ (33) use of foreign capitals to get up great
enterprises ; _____ (34) useful and healthy ideas and new knowledge of the modern civilization ;
and broaden our views and raise our level of _____ (35)
But in the ______ (36) of opening to the outside world, some negative _____ (37) will
inevitably appear. There is no doubt that to open the country to the outside world brings about
both positive and negative _____ (38). But we can try our best to reduce the negative influence
to the _____ (39) extent.
30/ A. solidarity B. friendship C. loyalty D. equality
31/ A. prosperity B. civilization C. development D.
industrialization
32/ A. On B. From C. Through D. During
33/ A. only B. full C. half D. partial
34/ A. absorb B. state C. accept D. inherit
35/ A. competition B. competence C. opposition D. tradition
36/ A. time B. period C. era D. process
37/ A. events B. elements C. reasons D. factors
38/ A. results B. resources C. sides D. aspects
39/ A. most B. least C. last D. farthest
IV. Choose the best sentence with the same meaning
40).People think he is the best player in the team.
a).It is people to think he is the best player in the team.
b).It is people who think he is the best player in the team.
c).He is thought to be the best player in the team.
d).It is thought the best player in the team is he
41). She didn’t go to the party and she didn’t meet her old friends.
a).She didn’t either go to the party or meet her old friends.
b).She neither went to the party nor met her old friends
c).She didn’t both go to the party and meet her old friends.
d).Either did she go to the party or meet her old friends.
42).Despite his old age, he is working hard.
a).Although he is old, but he is working hard.
b).He is old age but he is working hard.
c).In spite of being old age, he is working hard
d).Even though he his old, he is working hard.
43).used / go / dinner / us / weekends
a).They used to go out to dinner with us at weekends
b).They were used to go out for dinner to us on weekends
c).They used to go out dinner to us at weekends
d).They were used to going out dinner with us at weekends
44).lesson / difficult / understand
a).The lesson was so difficult for us to understand it
b).The lesson was too difficult that we couldn’t understand
c).The lesson was very difficult that we couldn’t understand it
d).The lesson was too difficult for us to understand
45).plan / not / perfect / expected
a).The plan was not as perfect like we had expected
b).The plan was not so perfect as we had expected
c).The plan was not perfect like we expected
d).The plan was not as perfect like being expected
V. Find an error in each sentence
46). It was also this meeting that the famous symbol of the organization, the white flag bearing a
red cross, was adopted
a). Was adopted b). That c). Bearing d). Also this
meeting
47). The home team wears white caps, the visiting team blue one and the goalies wear red caps
with the number 1 in white
a). With b). One c). Visiting d). In white
48). A plan has proposed for Vietnam to host the Asia Sports Games at some point in the future.
a). Has been proposed b). points c). To host d). In the
future
49). On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, lived at about the same time as Shakespeare,
wrote these words
a). On b). Lived c). As d). Wrote
50). More Asian students agree that a husband is obliged to tell his wife where has he been if he
arrives home late.
a)that b)obliged c)where has he been d)arrives
home
. leaving ___________ tomorrow.
a). Phanthiet/Hanoi b). Phanthiet /to Hanoi c). To Phanthiet/for Hanoi d). To
Phanthiet/to Hanoi
21). It is true that a. life D. needn’t think any more in the world
28/ Which of the following opinions about How-to books is not mentioned in the passage ?
A. How-to books are