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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. mechanics B. architect C. chimney D. archivist
Question 2: A. slice B. river C. quiver D. shiver
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. peccadillo B. consecrate C. commodore D. ectoplasm
Question 4: A. develop B. envelope C. telescope D. antelope
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 5: Nowadays female engineers are not too thick on the ground.
A. rare B. efficient C. overweight D. enormous
Question 6: “Please speak up a bit more, Jack. You’re hardly loud enough to be heard from the back”,
the teacher said.
A. visible B. edible C. eligible D. inaudible
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 7: After many years of unsuccessfully endeavoring to form his own orchestra, Glenn Miller
finally achieved world fame in 1939 as a big band leader.
A. offering B. deciding C. requesting D. trying
Question 8: Few businesses are flourishing in the present economic climate.
A. taking off B. setting up C. growing well D. closing down
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each
of the following exchanges.
Question 9: John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect
our environment?” - Linda: “ .”
A. Of course not. You bet B. There is no doubt about it
C. Well, that’s very surprising D. Yes, it’s an absurd idea
Question 10: Two friends are talking about their schoolwork.
- Jennifer: “I’m giving a presentation on global warming on Friday and I’m so
nervous.” Mary: “ ”
A. You should think more about how to present the subject matter effectively.
B. There are a lot of things you can do to make you feel more confident.
C. It is easier to convince the audience and to hold their attention with actual data.
 D. In order for you to succeed, you need to keep the audience interested and involved.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 11: She wasn’t feeling very well; otherwise, she the meeting so early.
A. wouldn’t leave B. didn’t leave C. wouldn’t have left D. hadn’t left
Question 12: The teacher told the pupils that salt water at a lower temperature than fresh
water.
A. froze B. would freeze C. freeze D. freezes
Question 13: I’d just as soon to another restaurant as wait for a table here.
A. go B. going C. to go D. have gone
Question 14: I wish to pay a visit to the beach this summer, ?
A. do I B. don’t I C. may I D. am I
Question 15: cthe rise in unemployment, people still seem to be spending more.
A. Despite B. Although C. Because D. Because of
Question 16: A teacher’s to education is worth great respect of the whole society
because it brings benefits to the development of society.
A. guidance B. principle C. identity D. devotion
Question 17: Cultural diversity supports the idea that every person can a unique and
positive contribution to the larger society because of, rather than in spite of, their differences.
A. take B. make C. pay D. lead
Question 18: Air pollution poses a to both human health and our environment.
A. jeopardy B. threat C. difficulty D. problem
Question 19: The Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics is getting and it marks the first
time that South Korea has hosted the Winter Olympics.
A. grounded B. underway C. bearings D. comeuppance
Question 20: He for an international company before he became a teacher.
A. has been working B. has worked C. was working D. had worked
Question 21: She decided up yoga to help her to lose weight and escape from her hectic
lifestyle as a graphic designer.
A. to taking B. to take C. take D. taking
Question 22: In the modem Western world parents rarely expect their children to support them
financially, ?
A. does it B. doesn’t it C. do they D. don’t they
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 from 23 to 27.
In a small village in North Yorkshire, there is a big old farmhouse (23) three families
live together. Alice and George and their three children, Joe and Pam and their two children, and Sue and
her baby daughter. The adults divide up the work between them. George does the cooking, Joe and Sue do
almost the housework. Pam looks after the shopping and (24) the repairs, and Alice takes
care of the garden.

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 Alice, George and Sue go out to work. Joe works at home (25) computer systems, and
Pam, who is a painter, looks after the baby during the day. Two of the children go to school in the village,
but the three oldest ones go by bus to the secondary school in the nearest town, ten miles away.
The three families get (26) well, and enjoy their way of life. There are a few
difficulties, of course. Their biggest worry at the moment is money - one of the cars needs replacing, and
the roof needs some expensive repairs. But this isn’t too serious the bank has agreed to a loan, which they
expect to be able to pay back in three years. And they all say they would much rather go on living in their
old farmhouse (27) move to a luxury flat in a big city.
Question 23: A. that B. where C. in where D. which
Question 24: A. does B. has C. prepares D. fulfils
Question 25: A. designs B. and design C. designing D. who designs
Question 26: A. on B. of C. with D. in
Question 27: A. then B. than C. to D. therefore
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 from 28 to 34.
What drives moderately intelligent persons to put themselves up for acceptance or disparagement? In
short, what sort of individual wants to be a comedian? When we hear the very word, what does the label
suggest? Other professions, callings and occupations attract separate and distinct types of practitioner.
Some stereotypes are so familiar as to be cheaply laughable examples from the world of travesty, among
them absent-minded professors, venal lawyers, gloomy detectives and cynical reporters. But what corny
characteristics do we attribute to comedians? To a man or woman, are they generally parsimonious,
vulgar, shallow, arrogant, introspective, hysterically insecure, smug, autocratic, amoral, and selfish? Read
their superficial stories in the tabloids and so they would appear.
Rather than look at the complete image, perhaps we need to explore the initial motives behind a choice
of career. Consider first those who prefer a sort of anonymity in life, the ones who’d rather wear a
uniform. The psychological make-up of individuals who actively seek to resign their individuality is
apparent among those who surrender to the discipline of a military life. The emotional and intellectual
course taken by those who are drawn to anonymity is easily observed but not easily deflected. They want
to be told what to do and then be required to do it over and over again in the safety of a routine, often
behind the disguises of a number of livery. If their egos ache with the need for recognition and praise, it’s
a pain that must be contained, frustrated or satisfied within the rut they occupy. The mere idea of standing
up in front of an audience and demanding attention is abhorrent.
Nor will we find our comics among the doormats and dormice, the meek. There's precious little comedy
in the lives of quiet hobbyists, bashful scholars, hermits, anchorites and recluses, the discreet and the
modest, ones who deliberately select a position of obscurity and seclusion. Abiding quietly in this stratum
of society, somewhere well below public attention level, there is humour, yes, since humour can endure in
the least favourable circumstances, persisting like lichen in Antarctica. And jokes. Many lesser-known
comedy writers compose their material in the secret comers of an unassuming existence. I know of two,
both content to be minor figures in the civil service, who send in topical jokes to radio and TV shows on
condition that their real names are not revealed.
In both cases I’ve noticed that their comic invention, though clever, is based upon wordplay, puns and
similar equivoques, never an aggressive comic observation of life. Just as there may be a certain sterility
in the self-effacement of a humble life, so it seems feasible that the selection process of what’s funny is
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emasculated before it even commences. If you have no ginger and snap in your daily round, with little
familiarity with strong emotions, it seems likely that your sense of fun will be limited by timidity to a
simple juggling with language.
If the comedian’s genesis is unlikely to be founded in social submission, it’s also improbable among the
top echelons of our civilisation. Once again, humour can be found among the majestic. Nobles and royals,
statesmen and lawmakers, have their wits. Jokes and jokers circulate at the loftiest level of every
advanced nation, but being high-born seems to carry no compulsion to make the hoi polloi laugh.
Some of our rulers do make us laugh but that’s not what they’re paid to do. And, so with the constricted
comedy of those who live a constricted life, that which amuses them may lack the common touch.
Having eliminated the parts of society unlikely to breed funnymen, it’s to the middle ranks of humanity,
beneath the exalted and above the invisible, that we must look to see where comics come from and why.
And are they, like nurses and nuns, called to their vocation? As the mountain calls to the mountaineer and
the pentameter to the poet, does the need of the mirthless masses summon forth funsters, ready to
administer relief as their sole raison d’etre? We've often heard it said that someone’s a ’bom comedian’
but will it do for all of them or even most of them? Perhaps we like to think of our greatest jesters as we
do our greatest painters and composers, preferring to believe that their gifts are inescapably driven to
expression. But in our exploration of the comedy mind, hopefully finding some such, we are sure to find
some quite otherwise.
[Source: PROFICIENCY TESTBUILDER 4 Edition, Macmillan, 2013]
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Question 28: In the fourth paragraph, the writer criticises the kind of comedy he describes for its lack of
.
A. spirit B. originality C. sophistication D. coherence
Question 29: What does the writer wonder in the last paragraph?
A. whether comedians can be considered great in the way that other people in the arts can
B. whether people’s expectations of comedians are too high
C. whether comedians realise how significant they are in the lives of ordinary people
D. whether it is inevitable that some people will become comedians
Question 30: What does the writer imply about comedians in the first paragraph?
A. People in certain other professions generally have a better image than them.
B. It is harder to generalise about them than about people in other professions.
C. They often cannot understand why people make negative judgements of them.
D. It is possible that they are seen as possessing only negative characteristics.
Question 31: The writer says that people at the top of society .
A. are unaware of how ridiculous they appear to others.
B. would not be capable of becoming comedians even if they wanted to.
C. take themselves too seriously to wish to amuse anybody.
D. have contempt for the humour of those at lower levels of society.
Question 32: Which word/phrase can be a substitution for “the hoi polloi”?
A. the elite B. the mass media C. ordinary people D. the showbiz
Question 33: The writer says in the third paragraph that shy people

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 B. are capable of being more humorous than they realise.
C. may be able to write humorous material but could not perform it.
D. do not get the recognition they deserve even if they are good at comedy.
Question 34: What does the writer say about people who wear uniforms?
A. The desires they have are never met when they are at work.
B. They are more aware of their inadequacies than others may think.
C. They criticise performers for craving attention.
D. It is unusual for them to break their normal patterns of thought.
Read the follow passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.
In my experience, freshmen today are different from those I knew when I started as a counsellor and
professor 25 years ago. College has always been demanding both academically and socially. But students
now are less mature and often not ready for the responsibility of being in college.
It is really too easy to point the finger at parents who protect their children from life’s obstacle. Parents,
who handle every difficulty and every other responsibility for their children writing admission essays to
picking college courses, certainly may contribute to their children’s lack of coping strategies. But we can
look even more broadly to the social trends of today.
How many people do you know who are on medication to prevent anxiety or depression? The number
of students who arrive at college already medicated for unwanted emotions has increased dramatically in
the past 10 years. We, as a society, don’t want to “feel” anything unpleasant and we certainly don’t want
our children to “suffer”.
The resulting problem is that by not experiencing negative emotions, one does not learn the necessary
skills to tolerate and negotiate adversity. As a psychologist, I am well aware of the fact that some
individuals suffer from depression and anxiety and can benefit from treatment, but I question the growing
number of medicated adolescents today.
Our world is more stressful in general because of the current economic and political realities, but I don’t
believe that the college experience itself is more intense today than that of the past 10 years. What I do
think is that many students are often not prepared to be young “adults” with all the responsibilities of life.
What does this mean for college faculty and staff? We are required to assist in the basic parenting of
these students - the student who complains that the professor didn’t remind her of the due date for an
assignment that was clearly listed on the syllabus and the student who cheats on an assignment in spite of
careful instructions about plagiarism.
As college professors, we have to explain what it means to be an independent college student before we
can even begin to teach. As parents and teachers we should expect young people to meet challenges. To
encourage them in this direction, we have to step back and let them fail and pick themselves up and move
forward. This approach needs to begin at an early age so that college can actually be a passage to
independent adulthood.
Question 35: According to the writer, students today are different from those she knew in that they are.
A. too ready for college B. not as mature
C. not so academic D. responsible for their work
Question 36: The word “handle” in paragraph 2 mostly means .
A. deal with B. gain benefits from C. lend a hand to D. point at
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Question 37: According to the writer, students’ difficulties to cope with college life are partly due to
,
A. the absence of parents’ protection
B. the lack of parental support
C. the over - parenting from parents
D. the lack of financial support
Question 38: The phrase “on medication” in paragraph 3 is similar in meaning to .
A. studying medicine at college
B. doing medical research
C. receiving medical treatment
D. suffering anxiety or depression
Question 39: Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. College faculty and staff are required to help in the parenting of problematic students.
B. The college experience itself is more intense today than that of the past 10 years.
C. Our world is more stressful because of the current economic and political situation.
D. Our society certainly doesn’t want our children to experience unpleasant things.
Question 40: Students who are not well - prepared to be young “adults” with all the responsibilities of
life will need .
A. to be assigned more housework from adults
B. to be given more social responsibilities
C. to be encouraged to meet challenges
D. daily coaching from their teachers
Question 41: According to the writer, failure in life and less support from parents will .
A. help students to leam to stand on their own feet
B. allow students to leam the first lesson in their lives
C. defeat students from the very beginning
D. discourage students and let them down forever Question 42: What is probably the writer’s attitude in
the passage?
A. Praising B. Indifferent C. Humorous D. Critical
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 43: My decision to get up to dance coincided with the band’s decision to stop playing.
A. I couldn’t dance because the band stopped playing.
B. The moment I got up to dance the band stopped playing.
C. If the band played, I would dance.
D. The band stopped playing, which prevented me from dancing.
Question 44: The head teacher was at a loss to understand the girl’s behavior.
A. The girl’s behavior was nothing but a shock to the head teacher.
B. The head teacher thought that the girl’s behavior was contemptible.
C. The girl’s behavior was incomprehensible to the head teacher.

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 D. The head teacher treated the girl with suspicion because she didn’t understand her.
Question 45: People say that he was bom in London.
A. That is said he was bom in London.
B. He was said to be bom in London
C. He is said to have been bom in London
D. It was said that he was bom in London
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 46: Tom’s jokes are (A) inappropriate but we have to put up with (B) it just (C) because he’s
(D) the boss.
Question 47: There were (A) inconsiderate (B) amounts of money (C) wasted on large (D) building
projects.
Question 48: The exam to (A) become a lawyer is (B) on far the (C) most difficult he (D) has taken.
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: He is always talking foolishly when everybody talks about something in a serious way. I
can’t bear that.
A. Everybody talks seriously when he talks foolishly.
B. I don’t mind his talking foolishly when everybody talks seriously.
C. I can’t understand what he talks when people talk foolishly.
D. I hate him talking foolishly when people talk seriously.
Question 50: I had known that my mother was sick as a result of a failing kidney, but I had not realized
how much trouble my parents were having in dealing with that sickness.
A. Although I had known that my mother was suffering from a failing kidney, I had not realized my
parents’ problems caused by this illness.
B. In my childhood I didn’t know my mother’s sickness, so I couldn’t realize how much trouble my
parents had.
C. When I learned my mother’s sickness which was the result of a failing kidney, I realized the pain my
mother had.
D. I hadn’t realized the problems they had to deal with until my parents told me about my mother’s
illness.

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 ANSWER KEY
Câu 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Đáp án C A A A A D D C B B
Câu 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Đáp án C D A C A D B B B D
Câu 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Đáp án B C B A C A B A D D
Câu 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Đáp án B C C D B A C C B C
Câu 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Đáp án A D B C C B A B D A

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