Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. solar                            B. perform                          C. enormous                                               D. boring

2. A. reversed                     B. walked                            C. stopped                                               D. obeyed

Choose 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.

3. A. pumpkin                     B. parade                             C. gather                                               D. traffic

4. A. believe                        B. hotel                                C. prefer                                               D. happen

Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

5. Sunlight is converted _________ electricity by each solar cells in the panels.

A. in                                  B. with                                  C. into                                          D. to

6. Not many people went to see the film. _________ it received good reviews from critics.

A. However,                   B. Although                         C. Despite                                          D. Because

7. A jet pack doesn’t ______ up a lot of space.

A. have                            B. bring                                C. take                                          D. occur

8. At this time next Tuesday, the children _________ “Tom and Jerry” on TV.

A. will watch                  B. will be watching           C. will not be watching                                          D. watch

9. He thinks elephants are _________ animals.  

A. fascinating                 B. fascinated                       C. fascinates                                           D. fascinate

10. Lan ________ in Ha Noi when I was young, but now she doesn’t.

A. be used to living       B. used to live                     C. didn’t use to live                                          D. get used to living

11. A new hydropower station ______ in the North of the country next year.

A. was built                     B. were built                       C. will be built                                          D. has been built

12. Energy can be ________ from wind, hydro and nuclear power.

A. invested                      B. installed                          C. replaced                                          D. generated

13. “Should I use public transport or a bike to reduce carbon dioxide?” – “____________”

A. Of course. It helps to reduce your carbon footprint, you know.

B. Why not? It will harm the environment.

C. I won’t advise you to do so.

D. How about taking your car?

Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

14. Despite his broken leg, he went to school.

A. Although                    B. In spite of                        C. Because of                                          D. Nevertheless

Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

15. My brother is fond of pointing out my mistakes.

A. likes                             B. knows                              C. supports                                          D. hates

Read the following passage and choose A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Over the last five years, more and more students from the school have taken part in ______ (16) projects, such as tree planting and cleaning the school grounds. But, no matter how much we do, there’s always more that can be done to improve the place where we live.

This year students from the Conservation Club plan to work with local people to make a community garden near the school. As Tim, a student, says: "No one (17) ________ to live in an unattractive area. If we work together, we can turn these areas into spaces that we can enjoy (18) ________ time in." This kind of local action is not just about the environment. It also helps people to get to know (19) ________ neighbors and it can help build stronger communities.

If you care about your town, and you are interested in participating in the project, please contact the school for further information.

16. A. environment                B. environmental             C. environmentally                                                   D. environmentalist

17. A. stay                                B. stays                               C. want                                                   D. wants

18. A. spending                       B. giving                             C. paying                                                   D. doing

19. A. her                                 B. its                                    C. their                                                   D. theirs

Read the following passage and choose A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Visit the Edinburgh Festival

Every year, thousands of people come to Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, to be part of the Edinburgh Festival. For three weeks every August and September the city is filled with actors and artists from all over the world. They come to Edinburgh for the biggest arts festival in Britain. During this time, the streets of the city are alive with music and dance from early in the morning untill late at night. You can even see artists painting pictures on the streets.

Ten of thousands of tourists come to the festival to see new films and plays and to hear music played by famous musicians. This year, you can see over five hundred performances with actors from more than forty countries.

The tickets for these performances are quite cheap, and it is usually easier to see your favourite star in Edinburgh than it is in London. So come to Edinburgh next summer!

20. What can you even see artists doing on the streets?

A. Playing the guitar

B. Painting pictures

C. Dancing

D. Singing songs

21. The word “they” refers to ________.

A. actors                     B. artists                        C. people                        D. Both A and B are correct

22. Which of following statement is NOT true?

A. You have to pay a lot of money to buy tickets.

B. People can join Edinburgh Festival when they visit Scotland.

C. The festival lasts for 21 days.

D. Tourists can see a lot of forms of art in this festival.

Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

23. Once (A) non-renewable (B) energy sources are used out (C), they are gone(D) forever.

24. This is (A) Mr. and Mrs. Evers’ house and (B) those (C) are theirs (D) children.      

Choose A, B, C or D to find out a sentence that has the same meaning as the given one.

25. They released Avengers: Infinity War in April 2018.

A. Avengers: Infinity War are released in April 2018.

B. Avengers: Infinity War was released in April 2018.

C. Avengers: Infinity War released in April 2018.

D. Avengers: Infinity War is released in April 2018.

26. My mom last visited Ho Chi Minh city 3 years ago.

A. My mom didn’t visit Ho Chi Minh city 3 years ago.

B. My mom hasn’t visited Ho Chi Minh city for 3 years.

C. My mom hasn’t visited Ho Chi Minh city for 3 years ago.

D. My mom didn’t visit Ho Chi Minh for 3 years.

27. They were best friends, but they aren’t anymore.

A. They used to best friends.

B. They use to be best friends.

C. They don’t used to best friends.

D. They used to be best friends.

Choose A, B, C or D to find out a sentence that best combine two sentences into a new one. Do not change the given words in any ways.

28. Kenny performed excellently. He didn’t win an Oscar for Best Actor.

A. Despite performing excellently, he didn’t win an Oscar for Best Actor.

B. Despite of performing excellently, he didn’t win an Oscar for Best Actor.

C. Because he didn’t win an Oscar for Best Actor, he performed excellently.

D. He didn’t win an Oscar for Best Actor in spite he performed excellently.

29. We’ll get there early. We’ll be able to get tickets.

A. If we get there early, we won’t be able to get tickets.

B. If we don’t get there early, we’ll be able to get tickets.

C. If we get there early, we won’t be able to get tickets.

D. Unless we get there early, we won’t be able to get tickets.

30. Tam is not good at English. I am not good at English.

A. Neither Tam nor I are good at English.

B. Neither Tam nor I am not good at English.

C. Neither Tam nor I am good at English.

D. Neither Tam nor I is good at English.

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I. Complete this letter with the correct form of the present simple or the present continuous. Use each verb in the list once. The first (0) is given as an example. stand seem write be make shine stay taste look cost feel Dear Jill, I 0) am writing to you from Granada where everything 1) ..... to be going just fine; we 2) ..... nice and relaxed. We 3) ..... in a gorgeous hotel just down the road from the Alhambra, which 4) ..... an old fortress build by the Moors. It 5) ..... at the top of the hill just opposite our hotel and we can see this wonderful building through our window. It 6) ..... absolutely magnificent! The hotel is lovely, but unfortunately it 7) ..... a lot to stay here! Eating out is great. Have you heard of gazpacho? It’s a cold cucumber and tomato soup which they 8) ..... with oil, vinegar and garlic and it 9) ..... delicious. Well, outside the sun 10) ..... so I’m off to get a bit of a suntan; I hope everything’s OK back in Birmingham. Lucy

By Friday night Lucy had ____________a terrible illness that kept her feverishly in bed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

2.The plan to demolish the old theatre came ____________a lot of criticism.

3.The new contracts system we’re ____________the autumn will make a huge difference to the way we deal with our clients.

4.It's not our policy to let kidnappers ____________their crimes.

5.Looking through those old photographs brought ____________ all my memories of the wonderful summers I spent in Cornwall.                                                                                  

6.This issue just keeps ____________again and again.                                         

7.Don’t ____________that topic with Sarah or she’ll get annoyed.

8.Police were called after fighting ____________among a group of around 40 men.

9.When I almost reached the destination, the car suddenly ____________.

10.She is currently seeing a psychiatrist to ____________her fear of answering the door

11: We aren’t allowed to go home late.

A. We are not permitted to go home late.  B. We allow going home late.

C. We permit to go home late.                   D. Going home late is allowed

12: You don’t have to wear astronaut outfits on Space Day.

A. You mustn’t wear astronaut outfits on Space Day.

B. You needn’t wear astronaut outfits on Space Day.

C. You can’t wear astronaut outfits on Space Day.

D. You couldn’t wear astronaut outfits on Space Day

13:Custom is not similar to tradition

A. Custom is different from tradition.   B. Custom is the same as tradition.

C. Custom is like tradition.                  D. Custom is as similar as tradition.

14: People pass down tradition to the next generations

A. People to the next generations pass down tradition.

B. Next generations pass down tradition to people the next.

C. Passing down tradition is good.

D. Traditions are passed down to the next generations.

15: This custom is so popular that everyone knows it.

A. Everyone know this custom but it’s popular.

B. It’s such a popular custom that everyone knows it.

C. Knowing this custom is for everyone.

D. That everyone knows this custom is popular.

6: In/ permission/ my/ before/ ask/ leaving/ family/ for/ the/ before/ table.

A. In my family, children have for permission to ask before leaving the table.

B. In my family leaving the table, children have to ask for permission before.

C. In my table, children have to ask for permission before leaving the family.

D. In my family, children have to ask for permission before leaving the table.

7: eating/ never/ left/ Indian/ when/ use/ hand.

A. Indian never use left hand when eating. B. Indian never eating when use left hand

C. Indian hand when never use left eating. D. Indian never use when left hand eating

8: at/ tea/ of/ There’s / tradition/ at/ afternoon/ British/ a/ 4 p.m.

A. There’s a tradition of having British afternoon tea at 4 p.m.

B. There’s a 4 p.m of having afternoon tea at British tradition.

C. There’s a British tradition afternoon tea of having at 4 p.m.

D. There’s a British tradition of having afternoon tea at 4 p.m.

9: you/ left/ In/ car/ have/ on the/ to/ London.

A. In London, you have to drive your car on the left.

B. In London, you have your car to drive on the left.

C. In London, you have to your drive on the car left.

D. In London, your car have you to drive on the left.

10: have/ Chung cake/ the/ of/ at/ Tet/ Vietnamese/ wrapping/ tradition.

A. Chung cake wrapping have the tradition of Vietnamese at Tet.

B. Vietnamese have the tradition of wrapping Chung cake at Tet.

C. Vietnamese have Chung cake of wrapping the tradition at Tet.

D. Tet at Vietnamese have the wrapping tradition of Chung cake