Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 1. Most students detest science subjects. They prefer literature, history and foreign languages.

     A. prefer

     B. learn

     C. enjoy

     D. hate

Question 2. As soon as I come to London, I’ll write to you

     A. Despite

     B. When

     C. Although

     D. If

Question 3. When you do not understand the meaning of one word you should find it in the dictionary.

     A. look up

     B. look for

     C. look after

     D. look out

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

     A. weather

     B. easy

     C. head

     D. heavy

Question 4.

     A. courses

     B. houses

     C. cases

     D. buses

Question 5.

     A. disappointed

     B. visited

     C. engaged

     D. decided

Question 6.

the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 7. They said that they would take a trip to the countryside ___________

     A. A, B&C are correct

     B. the morning after

     C. the following morning

     D. the next morning

Question 8. “Didn’t you go to the cinema last night? “ – “ __________________”

     A. Yes, I lost the ticket

     B. No. It was too cold to go out

     C. Yes, I stayed at home

     D. Ok. That was a good idea

Question 9. Last night, I phoned a boy ___________mom had a traffic accident.

     A. whom

     B. who

     C. that

     D. whose

Question 10. If I ______________ her number, I would phone her.

     A. would know

     B. knew

     C. know

     D. had known

Question 11. She asked me where I ______from.

     A. can come

     B. came

     C. come

     D. would come

Question 12. He ________________ a kilo of beef now.

     A. is wanting

     B. to want

     C. wants

     D. want

Question 13. It’s raining, _______ we can’t go to the beach.

     A. or

     B. because

     C. however

     D. so

Question 14. I suggest that we ___________ some money for poor children.

     A. to raise

     B. raised

     C. raising

     D. should raise

Question 15. London _______ by a fire in the 16^th century.

     A. was destroyed

     B. has been destroyed

     C. destroyed

     D. is destroyed

Question 16. _______she does more exercise, she won’t stay healthy.

     A. Because

     B. Although

     C. Unless

     D. If

Question 17. The children laughed _________when they are watching a comic.

     A. happily

     B. happiness

     C. unhappy

     D. happy

Question 18. He spends a lot of time __________ the web every day.

     A. responding

     B. looking

     C. surfing

     D. walking

Question 19. When I came to see Mr. Brown, he ________a newspaper.

     A. read

     B. was reading

     C. is reading

     D. has read

Question 20. Don’t _____________  him to agree  to your proposal. It’s no use.

     A. do

     B. make

     C. persuade

     D. let

Question 21. Maryam_..........................______ a letter to me since last year.

     A. wasn’t writing

     B. didn’t write

     C. hasn’t written

     D. doesn’t write

Question 22. Thuy's grandmother turned the television _________ to see the weather forecast.

     A. up

     B. on

     C. down

     D. off

Question 23. If I press that button what ________?

     A. happen

     B. will happen

     C. would happen

     D. happened

Question 24. Your father _____________ in a bank, doesn’t he?

     A. worked

     B. has worked

     C. works

     D. is working

Question 25. “What do you think of your new laptop? – “__________”

     A. I’m sorry, I can’t. Let’s go now.

     B. But please be careful with it.

     C. I’m sorry. I’m home late

     D. I love it.

Question 26. Daisy was late for work _________ her car was broken down.

     A. because

     B. because of

     C. if

     D. whether

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

A. letter

B. teacher

C. husband

D. address

Question 27.

A. energy

B. police

C. decision

D. ability

Question 28.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 29. The water in this lake is polluted, so you shouldn’t swim here.

A. dirty

B. pure

C. crowded

D. green

Question 30. She is a very generous old woman. She has given most of her wealth to the charity organization.

A. amicable

B. mean

C. hospitable

D. kind

XV. Complete the sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

1. People say she works for a multicultural company.

→It _________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. They report that there were hundreds of passengers stuck in the airport.

→It _________________________________________________________________________________________.

3. Everyone hopes she will give an excellent performance.  

→ It _______________________________________________________________________________________.

4. People believed the Perfume pagoda was built during the reign of Le Thanh Tong in the 15th century.

→ It _______________________________________________________________________________________.

XIV. Rewrite the second sentences using “suggest”.

1. “How about visiting Ha Long Bay?”, Mary said.

→ ___________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. “Let’s eat more vegetables.”, my parents said.

→ ___________________________________________________________________________________________.

3. “Why don’t we take a shower instead of a bath to save water?”, my father said.

→ ___________________________________________________________________________________________.

4.  “Shall we have a picnic this weekend ?”, Nick said.

→ ___________________________________________________________________________________________.

1.Poets /have mentioned/ the “ao dai” /in poems for centuries.

->The “ao dai” has been

2.My parents gave me 2 tickets to the concert last week

-> I …………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. People all over the world speak English.

-> English …………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. Minh last wrote to his pen pal five months ago.

-> Minh hasn’t …………………………………………………………………………………….