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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.
Question 1: A. hole B. home C. come D. hold
Question 2: A. watched B. cleaned C. stopped D. picked

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.
Question 3: A. admit B. suggest C. remind D. manage
Question 4: A. approval B. applicant C. energy D. influence

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 5: More and more investors are pouring ________ money into food and beverage start–ups.
A. the B. a C. an D. Ø
Question 6: Do you think there _____ less conflict in the world if all people spoke the same language?
A. were B. will be C. would be D. are
Question 7: Linda rarely goes to school by bike, but today she ______ a bike.
A. rides B. is riding C. is going to ride D. will ride
Question 8: John has worked very late at night these days, ______ he is physically exhausted.
A. yet B. hence C. because D. so
Question 9: I agree ______ one point with Chris: it will be hard for us to walk 80km.
A. in B. of C. on D. for
Question 10: ____________________, the ancient place is still popular with modern tourists.
A. Building thousands of years ago B. It was built thousands of years ago
C. To have built thousands of years ago D. Built thousands of years ago
Question 11: Once ___________ in the UK, the book will definitely win a number of awards in regional book
fairs.
A. is published B. having published C. published D. publishing
Question 12: Your hair needs _______. You’d better have it done tomorrow.
A. cut B. to cut C. being cut D. cutting
Question 13: He was pleased that things were going on _______.
A. satisfied B. satisfactorily C. satisfying D. satisfaction
Question 14: Although our opinions on many things ______, we still maintain a good relationship with each
other.
A. differ B. receive C. maintain D. separate
Question 15: Daniel ______ a better understanding of Algebra than we do.
A. makes B. has C. takes D. gives
Question 16: The pointless war between the two countries left thousands of people dead and seriously
_______.
A. injured B. wounded C. spoilt D. damaged
Question 17: Eager to be able to discuss my work _____ in French, I hired a tutor to help polish my language
skills.
A. expressively B. articulately C. ambiguously D. understandably
Question 18: The sight of his pale face brought ________ to me how ill he really was.
A. place B. house C. life D. home

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 19: In a study, more Asian students than American students hold a belief that a husband is obliged to
tell his wife his whereabouts if he comes home late.
A. urged B. free C. required D. suggested
Question 20: Though I persuaded my boss to solve a very serious problem in the new management system, he
just made light of it.
A. completely ignored B. treated as important C. disagreed with D. discovered by chance

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 21: Students from that university have conducted a survey to find out the most effective study habit.
A. organized B. delayed C. encouraged D. proposed
Question 22: Some operations may have to be halted unless more blood donors come forward to help.
A. offer B. claim C. attempt D. refuse

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of
the following exchanges.
Question 23: Bill is talking to his colleague.
Bill: “_________, Jack?” – Jack: “Fine! I have just got a promotion.”
 A. What happened B. What are you doing C. How are you doing D. How come
Question 24: Two students are talking in a new class.
Student 1: “Excuse me, is anybody sitting here?” – Student 2: “____________”
A. No, thanks. B. Yes, I am so glad.
C. Sorry, the seat is taken. D. Yes, yes. You can sit here.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (25)
_______ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother
and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the
United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate
freelance writer. In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early
(26) _______ for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (27) _______
between Chinese women and their Chinese–American daughters, and became the longest–running New York
Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times
Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion
picture for (28) _______ Tan co–wrote the screenplay. Tan's other works have also been (29) ______ into
several different forms of media.
Question 25: A. however B. moreover C. so D. but
Question 26: A. preparation B. base C. source D. foundation
Question 27: A. relate B. relative C. relationship D. relatively
Question 28: A. whom B. that C. what D. which
Question 29: A. adjoined B. adapted C. adjusted D. adopted

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions.
Newspapers and television news programs always seem to report about the bad things happening in
society. However, there is a place where readers can find some good news. That place is the website called
HappyNews. The man behind HappyNews is Byron Reese. Reese set up HappyNews because he thought other
news sources were giving people an unbalanced view of the world. Reese said about HappyNews, “The news
media gives you a distorted view of the world by exaggerating bad news, misery, and despair. We’re trying to
balance out the scale.”
 Not everyone agrees with Reese’s view, though. Many people think that news sources have a
responsibility to provide news that is helpful to people. People need to know about issues or problems in
today’s society. Then they are better able to make informed decisions about things that affect their daily lives.
Reese said that HappyNews is not trying to stop people from learning about issues or problems. HappyNews is
just trying to provide a balanced picture of today’s world.
By the end of its first month online, HappyNews had more than 70,000 unique readers. About 60 percent
of those readers were women. Something else unique makes HappyNews different from any of the other news
or information websites that are on the Internet. Unlike many other websites, HappyNews gets fan mail from its
readers on a daily basis.
Question 30: Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. “Byron Reese Tells People How to Be Happy” B. “Good News for a Change”
C. “Newspapers vs. Online News” D. “Why Women Like HappyNews”
Question 31: How is HappyNews different than other news sources?
A. All of the stories are written by Reese. B. HappyNews does not exaggerate its stories.
C. Its stories are not about bad things. D. The website only has stories about women.
Question 32: The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. sources B. problems C. people D. issues
Question 33: Why might some people NOT like HappyNews?
A. It doesn’t tell them about important issues or problems.
B. Reese’s stories are about misery and despair.
C. Some sources give a balanced view.
D. The stories are from around the world.
Question 34: What does “exaggerating” mean in this reading?
A. improving B. explaining C. editing D. worsening

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions.
Overpopulation, the situation of having large numbers of people with too few resources and too
little space, is closely associated with poverty. It can result from high population density, or from low
amounts of resources, or from both. Excessively high population densities put stress on available resources.
Only a certain number of people can be supported on a given area of land, and that number depends on how
much food and other resources the land can provide. In countries where people live primarily by means
of simple farming, gardening, herding, hunting, and gathering, even large areas of land can support
only small numbers of people because these labour intensive subsistence activities produce only small
amounts of food.
In developed countries such as the United States, Japan, and the countries of Western Europe,
overpopulation generally is not considered a major cause of poverty. These countries produce large quantities
of food through mechanized farming, which depends on commercial fertilizers, large-scale irrigation, and
agricultural machinery. This form of production provides enough food to support the high densities of people
in metropolitan areas.
A country's level of poverty can depend greatly on its mix of population density and agricultural
productivity. Bangladesh, for example, has one of the world's highest population densities, with 1,147 persons
per sq km. A large majority of the people of Bangladesh engage in low-productivity manual farming,
which contributes to the country's extremely high level of poverty. Some of the smaller countries in
Western Europe, such as the Netherlands and Belgium, have high population densities as well. These
countries practise mechanized farming and are involved in high-tech industries, however, and therefore
have high standards of living.
At the other end of the spectrum, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have population densities
of less than 30 persons per sq km. Many people in these countries practise manual subsistence farming;
these countries also have infertile land, and lack the economic resources and technology to boost
productivity. As a consequence, these nations are very poor. The United States has both relatively low
population density and high agricultural productivity; it is one of the world's wealthiest nations.
High birth rates contribute to overpopulation in many developing countries. Children are assets to
many poor families because the provide labour, usually for farming. Cultural norms in traditionally rural
societies commonly sanction the value of large families. Also, the governments of developing countries
often provide little or no support, financial or political, for family planning; even people who wish to
keep their families small have difficulty doing so. For all these reasons, developing countries lend to have
high rates of population growth.
(Trich de thi THPTQG 2015)
Question 35: Which of the following is given a definition in paragraph 1?
A. Overpopulation B. Population density C. Simple farming D. Poverty
Question 36: What will suffer when there are excessively high population densities?
A. Available resources B. Skilled labor
C. Farming methods D. Land area
Question 37: The phrase "that number" in paragraph 1 refers to the number of _______.
A. people B. densities C. resources D. countries
Question 38: In certain countries, large areas of land can only yield small amounts of food because
.
A. there is a lack of mechanization B. there are small numbers of labourers
C. there is on abundance of resources D. there is no shortage of skilled labour
Question 39: Bangladesh is a country where the level of poverty depends greatly on _______.
A. its population density only
B. both population density and agricultural productivity
C. population density in metropolitan areas
D. its high agricultural productivity
Question 40: The word "infertile" in paragraph 4 probably means _______.
A. disused B. impossible C. unproductive D. inaccessible
Question 41: Which of the following is a contributor to overpopulation in many developing countries?
A. High-tech facilities B. Economic resources
C. Sufficient financial support D. High birth rate
Question 42: Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. High Birth Rate and its Consequences B. Overpopulation: A Cause of Poverty
C. Overpopulation: A Worldwide Problem D. Poverty in Developing Countries

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
Question 43: The Oxford Dictionary is well known for including many different meanings of words
and to give real examples.
A. The B. well known C. meanings D. to give
Question 44: All the candidates for the scholarship will be equally treated regarding of their sex, age,
or nationality.
A. candidates B. scholarship C. regarding D. nationality
Question 45: The assumption that smoking has bad effects on our health have been proved.
A. The B. that C. effects on D. have

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each
of the following questions.
Question 46: "I say again. This is the most important assignment of the semester", the professor said.
A. The professor confirmed that that was the most important assignment of the semester.
B. The professor informed that that was the most important assignment of the semester.
 C. The professor threatened that that was the most important assignment of the semester.
D. The professor replied that that was the most important assignment of the
Question 47: A supermarket is more convenient than a shopping centre.
A. A shopping centre is not as convenient as a supermarket.
B. A shopping centre is more convenient than a supermarket.
C. A supermarket is not as convenient as a shopping centre.
D. A supermarket is as inconvenient as a shopping centre.
Question 48: It was a mistake for Tony to buy that house.
A. Tony couldn’t have bought that house.
B. Tony can’t have bought that house.
C. Tony needn’t have bought that house.
D. Tony shouldn’t have bought that house.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of
sentences in the following questions.
Question 49: Julian dropped out of college after his first year. Now he regrets it.
A. Julian regrets not having dropped out of college after his first year.
B. Julian wishes he didn’t drop out of college after his first year.
C. If only Julian hadn’t dropped out of college after his first year.
D. Only if Julian had dropped out of college after his first year would he not regret it.
Question 50: Seth informed us of his retirement from the company. He did it when arriving at the meeting.
A. Only after his retiring from the company did Seth tell us about his arrival at the meeting.
B. Not until Seth said to us that he would leave the company did he turn up at the meeting.
C. Hardly had Seth notified us of his retiring from the company when he arrived at the meeting.
D. No sooner had Seth arrived at the meeting than we were told about his leaving the company