1. A. straight                   B. pain                              C. said                               D. afraid

2. A. excited                    B. enjoyed                       C. bored                           D. amazed

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. common                 B. happy                          C. complete                     D. joyful

4. A. expensive               B. wonderland               C. favourite                     D. driverless

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.

5. You have to strictly obey traffic signals when riding on the road.

A. catch                           B. follow                           C. see                                D. observe

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.

6. Day of the dead is considered a weird festival.

A. uncommon                B. popular                        C. strange                        D. unusual

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

7. A. What a beautiful monowheel! – B. ______________

A. Needless to say.                                                    B. You’re welcome.       

C. Thanks, I really love it.                                        D. It’s extremely expensive.

8. La Tomatina _________ in Spain, in a small town.

A. holds                           B. hold                               C. is holding                    D. is held

9. I found the book so ________ that I couldn’t put it down.

A. gripping                      B. bored                            C. tiring                            D. shocked

10. Which do you think are                                 _ festivals?

A. musical                       B. harvester                     C. artistic                         D. season

11. My father ____________ a lot last year but this year he doesn't any more.

            A. used to smoke                                                       B. smoke

            C. gets used to smoke                                              D. smoking 

12. They spent a lot of money on the film. ___________ it wasn’t a big success.

A. However,                   B. Neverthless,                C. Despite of                   D. Although

13. Which __________ of transport do you think will be used in the future?

A. mean                           B. means                           C. meanings                    D. meaning

14. This is your pen and that is _________.                                                          

A. he’s                              B. he                                   C. his                                D. him

15. We should put   on our roof for the heating and hot water.

A. solar energy              B. equipment                   C. cracks                          D. solar panels

16. At this time next week, we                  a wind turbine in our garden.

A. install                          B. installed                       C. will installed              D. will be installing

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

Staying safe on foot and bike

Look out for yourself and your friends when out on foot and bike. Choose the safest routes you can like quieter, slower roads, with pavements if you’re walking or (17) ________ if you’re going by bike.

It’s easy to get distracted by your phone or by friends, but you need to be alert to traffic. Put your phone away and take your earphones (18)________ when crossing the road. Don’t trust that drivers will spot you and be able to stop in time – many drivers go too fast and don’t (19) ________ enough attention, (20)________ anything you can do to protect yourself is a good thing.

17. a. zebra crossings         b. cycle paths           c. footpaths               d. bumpy roads

18. a. off                                 b. over                       c. out                          d. down

19. a. pay                               b. make                      c. turn                        d. take

20. a. but                               b. so                            c. though                   d. because

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

For hundreds of years, one remote hill in the middle of England has hosted one of the weirdest festivals in the world. It’s the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling Festival. The event is held every year at the end of May, with over 15,000 participants and spectators from all over the world joining each year.

The rules are simple. A large wheel of cheese is rolled down the hill, and participants chase after it. The first runner to make it to the bottom of the hill is the winner. The winner of the race is allowed to keep the cheese as a prize.

Cooper’s Hill is only 200 meters long, but it is very steep. As a result, racers do not run down the hill; instead, they usually fall down the hill head over heels. This has led to a lot of accidents. For this reason, the event was officially canceled in 2010. Outraged fans have continued the event unofficially since then.

21. What is the passage mainly about?

            a. Different food festivals around the world

b. An unusual and dangerous festival in England

c. Tips for winning the race in the Cheese Rolling Festival

d. The history of the Cheese Rolling Festival

22. The word ‘outraged’ in the last sentence is closest in meaning to _______.

a. upset                      b. pleasant                c. keen                       d. big

23. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

a. All the runners in the race are from England.

b. The race is dangerous because the hill is very long.

c. Most participants cannot stay on their feet while they run down the hill.

d. The winner is the first person to catch the cheese.

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

24. A solution (A) for the environment problem (B) will soon (C) be finding (D) by scientists.

25. We didn't (A) go out (B) although (C) it was (D) raining.

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

26. I find watching Monster Inc. very interesting.

A. Monster Inc. is very interested to me.

B. I think Monster Inc. is very interesting.

C. It’s interested for me to watch Monster Inc.

D. Monster Inc. is as interesting as me.

27. I’ve never seen such a boring movie.

A. It is the most boring movie I have never seen.

B. It’s the most boring movie I have ever seen.

C. Such a boring movie it was that I have never seen it.

D. I have never seen this type of boring movie before.

28. She wrote the novel in 10 years.

A. The novel will be written in 10 years by she.

B. The novel was wrote in 10 years by her.

C. The novel is written in 10 years by her.

D. The novel was written in 10 years by her.

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.

29. Unless the bus arrives on time, we’ll miss the beginning of the film.

A. If we miss the beginning of the film, the bus will arrive on time.

B. If we don’t miss the beginning of the film, the bus won’t arrive on time.

C. Should the bus arrive on time, we won’t miss the beginning of the film.

D. We won’t miss the bus and the film if we begin on time.

30. Despite the heavy rain, they still went hiking.

A. Although the rain is heavy, they still went hiking.

B. In spite of going hiking, the rain was heavy.

C. The rain was heavy; however, they still went hiking.

D. Although the heavy rain, they still went hiking.

IV. Fill in the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word from the box. There is ONE extra word.

Tablets for dinner?

An evening meal for all the family was once part of everyday life in British homes, but this tradition has almost disappeared. Some people (1)            technology: children and teenagers are so (2)                  to their phones tablets that they do not want to stop playing with them, even at (3)                   . This causes a lot of arguments in families. But now parents can get a free application called Dinner Time, which locks their children’s devices at certain times of the day and night. (4)              those times, the children are unable to access messages, games, or the internet. In theory, this means that parents and children can spend more time (5)                                  , eating and chatting. But will it lead to happier families (6)             more family arguments?

V. Read the passage.

* Translate the underlined parts into Vietnamese.

When your mobile phone runs out of battery power, all you have to do to get it working again is to charge it up. Imagine if you could do the same thing with your car. Researchers at car companies are developing cars that plug into electric sockets. These vehicles might become the cars of the future.

The cars are called plug-in hybrids and they get most of their power from electricity, just like other electrical devices like mobile phones and laptops. This technology would significantly reduce the amount of petrol that people use. For countries that depend on other oil producing countries for their petrol supply this could be a great advantage.

Presently, most cars use petrol. Unfortunately, burning fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide gas, and when a large amount of this gas and other greenhouse gases are trapped in the Earth's atmosphere, they cause global warming. Hybrid vehicles have already been developed and are being driven. These cars get their power from both petrol and electricity; they are able to travel longer distances with less petrol. Plug-in hybrids will be even more advanced as they are designed to be powered mainly by electricity and use only a small amount of petrol. It might be some time before the cars will become available to the public but if they do, it will be a major breakthrough for transport.

* Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.

1.  What is the main idea of the passage?

A. How to develop hydrid cars.                            B. Cars running on petrol.

C. How to reduce gas.                                        D. Cars of the future.

2. According to the passage, researchers are developing             .

A. cars that do not need a battery                         B. electric car that don't need to be charged

C. cars that never run out of battery power           D. electric     cars   whose   battery   can   be recharged

 3. According to the passage, this new technology would be a great advantage for           .

A. people who don't use much petrol                    B. countries which do not produce oil

C. oil producing countries                                   D. companies which produce cars

 4. According to the passage, hybrid cars              .

A. use a combination of electricity and petrol       B. have not been developed

C. use more petrol than cars running on petrol      D. get their energy only from electricity

5. The word "they" in line 15 refers to              .

A. greenhouse gases          B. fossil fuels             C. cars                        D. distances

VI. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the provided sentence.

1. “Will you take the dog for a walk?” he asked me.

ð He asked me ……………………………………………………………………………………….

2. They will repair this road next month.

ð This road …………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. It was wrong of them to allow tourists to feed the animals at the zoo.

ð Tourists ought ……………………………………………………………………………………...

4. The last time they called me was a month ago.

ð They haven’t ……………………………………………………………………………………….

5. They didn’t use as much electricity as we did.

ð We used ……………………………………………………………………………………………

6. When did you start working in that factory?

ð How long …………………………………………………………………………………………..

7. I advise you not to buy that car.

ð If …………………………………………………………………………………………………...

8. She finds it easy to study Maths.

ð She has ……………………………………………………………………………………………..

9. Don’t forget to contact me if you want to come London.         TOUCH

ð Don’t forget to ……………………………………………………………………………………..

10. He prefers reading books to watching TV.

ð He would …………………………………………………………………………………………..

11. I’m sure that David took your book by mistake.

ð David ………………………………………………………………………………………………

12. It wasn’t necessary for you to do all this work.

ð  You needn’t ……………………………………………………………………………………….

13. It is a widespread assumption that George was wrongly accused.

ð George ……………………………………………………………………………………………..

VII. Word forms.

1. The duty of the police is the (MAINTAIN) ………………… of law and order.

2. He said “Good morning” in a most (FRIEND) ………………… way/ manner.

3. Playing for the national team for the first time was (FORGET) ……………experience for Hong Son.

4. It’s a lovely old house. I agree, but can we afford to (MODERN) …………………  it?

5. ‘This is not a good essay’, said the lecturer. I find your arguments (CONVINCE) …………………

6. In winter, it is important for farmers to provide food and (WARM) WARMTH for their animals.

7. Pele (COURAGE) …………………  Ronaldo to take part in 2002 World Cup.

8. (ENVIRONMENT) ………………… are doing their best to make people aware of the danger of air pollution.

9. (FLEXIBLE) …………………  is one of the qualities required of a social worker.

10. Novelists are among the most (IMAGINE) ………………… people in the world.

11. George and I have been friends since (CHILD) …………………: he used to live next door.

12. The song has (OFFICE) ………………… been selected for the Sea Games 22, Vietnam.

13. Secondary education is (COMPEL) ………………… and free in many countries.

14. Actually, there is no short cut to (MASTER) ………………… a foreign language.

15. Leonardo Da Vince was a (SUCCEED) ………………… story of an artist and scientist.

16. Your father is a bit (WEIGH) …………………. I think he should go on a diet.

17. The police impose heavy fines on those who drive (DANGER) …………………

18. He is OK, but quite (RELY) …………………  at times.

19. (ORIGIN) …………………, Charles Darwin didn’t intend to publish his book On the Origin of Species.

20. “(ACT)  ………………… speak louder than words.

21. Visitors said that the (HOSPITABLE) ………………… of the people in Vietnam was most unforgettable.

22. The explanation of the accident is very (CONFUSE) …………………….

23. Freedom of (SPEAK) ………………… is one of the fundemental rights.

24. There is a serious (SHORT) ………………… of food in disaster area.

25. “Bye-bye” is a more (FORM) ………………… word than “Goodbye”.