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A. LISTENING
I. You will hear five short conversations. Listen and choose the best answer A, B or C to
each question. (5 pts.)
1. Which sport will the woman learn on her holiday?

A B C
2. What present will they take?

A B C
3. What will the woman eat tonight?

A B C

4. Which TV programme is on first?

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 A B C
5. What is the man’s job now?

A B C

II. You are going to listen to a conversation about a drama club. Listen and fill in each
space with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER. (5 pts.)

Background - club started in 1957

Meetings - next auditions will be on Tuesday, March 12 th

Costs - annual membership fee is (9) ________________

III. You will hear a telephone conversation about hotel reservations. Listen and fill in each
space with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER. (5 pts.)
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
 The hotel has one suite available, completed with (11) ________________.
 He doesn’t want to reserve the suite because it is (12) ________________.
 The man prefers a (13) ________________ room.
 Including tax, the man's room is (14) ________________.
 The man finally makes a reservation for two on (15) ________________.

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IV. You will hear a radio interview with a ballet dancer called Elena Karpov, who is
talking about her life and career. Listen and choose the best option A, B, C or D to
complete or answer each question. (5 pts.)
16. Elena went abroad to learn ballet when she was ________________ years old.
A. seven B. eight C. nine D. eleven
17. At the ballet school in New York, Elena________________.
A. found learning the language hard B. met some students from her own country
C. studied American culture D. was dependent on others
18. What does Elena say about the ballet called Cinderella?
A. The music was accustomed to her. B. Children won’t enjoy it.
C. It doesn’t interest her. D. She saw it when she was little.
19. In her free time, Elena doesn’t like to ________________very much.
A. go sightseeing B. go fishing C. go to clubs D. go shopping
20. Elena says she has experienced all of the following in her career EXCEPT______________.
A. paying for dancing
B. appearing on TV in Bulgaria
C. being a guest dancer with ballet companies overseas
D. meeting the president
B. GRAMMAR - VOCABULARY - LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
I. Choose the word, phrase or expression which indicates the best option to complete each
of the following blanks. (10 pts.)
21. A customer is talking to a staff at the post office.
Customer: “I'd like to place an order for delivery, please.”
Staff: “________________”
A. Sure, what time is it? B. Of course, how much is it?
C. We used to take orders at five. D. Certainly, what would you like?
22. John is talking to Laura in front of the classroom.
John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?”
Laura: “________________ The ozone layer has been seriously damaged for long.”
A. Of course not. You bet! B. Well, that’s very surprising.
C. Well-said, John! D. Absolutely. It’s an absurd idea.
23. Jimmy runs into his manager at the terminal.
Jimmy: “Do you have a minute, please?”
Manager: “________________”
A. Well, it is not as good as I think. B. Sorry. I left my watch home.
C. Sure, I’m up to my ears in work. D. Yes, but be brief.
24. Kelly and Mark are talking about their favourite aquatic sports.
Kelly: “Are you interested in scuba-diving?”
Mark: “________________”
A. Very. Undersea life is being strongly contaminated.
B. Oh, definitely. Marine life is fascinating.
C. By no means. My dream birthday present is an oxygen cylinder.
D. Certainly, synchronized swimming is so gorgeous.

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25. Lily is asking Chris about his new job.
Lily: “How are you getting on in your new job?”
Chris: “________________. But I have a bigger chance of promotion.”
A. Needless to say. I’m between jobs B. I’m very well, thanks
C. There is no peace for the wicked D. No way. I’m a workaholic
26. They seemed to be __________ to the criticism and just carried on as before.
A. disinterested B. indifferent C. uncaring D. sensitive
27. I am sure my university days seem happier in ___________ than they really were.
A. response B. review C. experience D. retrospect
28. These measures have been taken __________ increasing the company’s profits.
A. in the event of B. with reference to C. with a view to D. on account of
29. In the fourteenth century, _____________ that glass coated with silver nitrate would turn
yellow when fired in an oven.
A. the discovery B. it was discovered
C. with the discovery D. if it was discovered
30. Beneath the streets of a modern city__________ of walls, columns, cables, pipes, and tunnels
required to satisfy the needs of its inhabitants.
A. where exists B. the existing network
C. the network’s existence D. exists the network
31. It’s a __________ shame that so little is done nowadays to help the homeless in our large cities.
A. sweeping B. crying C. dying D. pitying
32. It came as a surprise to us that her loan’s interest is only three fourths __________.
A. as much as her colleagues’ B. as many as her colleagues
C. as much as that of her colleagues’ D. as many as that of her colleagues
33. All students should be __________ and literate when they leave school.
A. numerate B. numeric C. numeral D. numerous
34. I’d prefer to find out the truth myself __________ here to wait for him.
A. than to stay B. rather than to stay C. than stay D. rather than stay
35. Charles Babbage __________ up the first plans for a programmable digital computer in
1934, but his invention was never completed.
A. ran B. gave C. came D. drew
36. I cannot cite__________, but I remember it is a line in Romeo and Juliet.
A. chapter and verse B. chalk and cheese C. wear and tear D. heart and soul
37. Once __________in large quantities, these products will be more affordably priced.
A. are manufactured B. having manufactured
C. manufactured D. manufacturing
38. __________, dinner will be served.
A. In three quarter of an hour time B. In three quarters of an hour time
C. In three quarters of an hour’s time D. In three quarter’s of an hour’s time
39. He kept shifting awkward from one foot to__________.
A. others B. the other C. other D. the others
40. Why do you persist __________ blaming yourself for what happened?
A. in B. on C. at D. with

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II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each sentence. (5 pts.)

41. She looked at me in __________ when I told her the terrible news. (UNBELIEVING
42. He’s the most unpleasant and __________ person I’ve ever met. (MANNERENT)
43. Recently, scientists have experimented powerful __________ drugs (ANTI-VIRUS)
for patients infected with Covid-19.
44. According to the will, her husband is the chief __________ of her (BENEFIT)
property.
45. He was shocked when seeing that they dumped his belongings (CẺErMONIc )
__________ on the floor.

III. Choose the underlined part in each of the following sentences that needs correcting. (5 pts.)
46. Though tired, he continued to search for that notebook for twenty minutes and realized that it
had been laying on the table the entire time.
A. tired B. to search for C. laying D. entire
47. The medical problems of parents and their children tend to be very similar to because of the
hereditary nature of many diseases.
A. to be B. similar to C. because of D. hereditary nature
48. By identifying similar words or structures in different languages, we find evidence that those
languages related to and derived from the same ancestor.
A. identifying B. related C. derived D. the same ancestor
49. Neither the mathematics department nor the biology department in many universities requires
that the students must write a thesis in order to graduate with a master degree.
A. nor B. requires C. must write D. to graduate
50. Although vitamins are contained in a wide variety of foods, people seldom lack most of them.
A. Although B. in C. variety of D. lack

C. READING
I. Read the following pieces of information and choose the best answer that has the closest
meaning to the information in the box. (5 pts.)

51.
A. Members of staff should wear gloves
before returning to work.
B. Workers must keep their hands free when
they enter work place.
C. Staff members’ hands have to be clean
before they work again.
D. Employees can return to work to have their
hand washed.

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 52.
A. 50% of women in the city come here.
B. This place is for middle-aged women only.
C. Ladies in their forties pay half price.
D. 50% of women pay half price.

53.
A. Information is given about what this meat-
Th is p r o d u c t i s s u it a b l e free product contains.
f o r v eg et a r ia ns - f o r
B. You will find suggested recipes for this
d et a il o f ing r ed ient s
vegetable product below.
used, see bel ow.
C. Vegetarians should read the ingredients
before cooking this product.
D. This product is made by vegetarians.

54.
Jane, A. Tom will wait in his office for Jane to come
Tom has returned from his
to talk about a contract.
business trip and want to talk
to you to discuss the contract B. Jane will need to contract PTF Company.
with PTF Company. Call him in C. Tom decides to sign the contract with PTF
his office before 4p.m today. Company with Jane.
From Jack
D. If Jane calls later than 4 in this afternoon,
Tom may not be in his office.

55.
N eed to relax after our journey. A. Kaye and Brian found their drive to the
Car broke dow n (fixed now !) At hotel stressful.
this hotel until 16th then staying B. Kaye and Brian’s car needs to be repaired
overnight w ith Anna on the w ay before they leave.
home.
C. Kaye and Brian will drive straight back
Kay e and Brian after their hotel stay.
D. Kaye and Brian fixed their car themselves.

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II. Read the passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space. (10 pts.)
A LACK OF COMMUNICATION
Recent research has (56) __________ that a third of people in Britain have not met their
next-door neighbors, and those who know each other (57) __________ speak. “Neighbors
gossiping over garden fences and in the street was a common (58) __________ in the 1950s”,
says Dr Carl, an expert on local communities. Now, (59) __________, longer hours spent
working at the office, together with the Internet and satellite television, are eroding
neighborhood (60) __________. “Poor neighborhoods once had strong kinship, but now
prosperity buys privacy”, said Dr. Carl.
Professor John Luke, a social scientist at Cambridge University, has analyzed a large
number of surveys. He found that in America and Britain the amount of time spent on social
activity is decreasing. A third of people said they never spoke to their neighbors at all. Andrew
Mayer, 25, a strategy consultant, rents a large apartment in West London, with two flat mates,
who work in e-commerce. “We have a family of teachers upstairs and lawyers below, but our
only contact comes (61) __________ letters relating to the communal facilities or complaints
that we’ve not put out our bin bags properly”, said Mayer.
The (62) __________ of communities can have serious effects. Concerned at the rise in
burglaries and (63) __________ of vandalism, the police have launched crime prevention
(64)__________ such as Neighborhood Watch, (65) __________ on people who live in the same
area to keep an eye on each other’s houses and report anything unusual.
56. A. revealed B. conducted C. displayed D. exhibited
57. A. virtually B. roughly C. nearly D. barely
58. A. outlook B. view C. sight D. vision
59. A. therefore B. however C. in addition D. on the one side
60. A. strings B. joints C. ties D. laces
61. A. from B. via C. in D. on
62. A. breakout B. breakthrough C. breakaway D. breakdown
63. A. acts B. shows C. counts D. works
64. A. assaults B. ideas C. schemes D. raids
65. A. asking B. calling C. inviting D. trying

III. Read the following passage and choose the correct option to fill in each blank. (10 pts.)
In 1900, the United States had only three cities with more than a million residents - New
York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. By 1930, it had ten giant metropolises. The newer ones
experienced remarkable growth, which reflected basic changes in the economy. The population
of Los Angeles, 114,000 in 1900, rose spectacularly in the early decades of the twentieth
century, increasing a dramatic 1,400 percent from 1900 to 1930.
A number of circumstances contributed to the meteoric rise of Los Angeles. The
agricultural potential of the area was enormous if water for irrigation could be found, and the city
founders had the vision and dating to obtain it by constructing a 225-mile aqueduct, completed in
1913, to tap the water of the Owens River. The city had a superb natural harbor, as well as
excellent rail connections. The climate made it possible to shoot motion pictures year-round,
hence Hollywood. Hollywood not only supplied jobs but also it disseminated an image of the

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good life in Southern California on screens all across the nation. The most important single
industry powering the growth of Los Angeles, however, was directly linked to the automobile.
The demand for petroleum to fuel gasoline engines led to the opening of the Southern California
oil fields and made Los Angeles North America's greatest refining center.
Los Angeles was a product of the auto age in another sense as well: its distinctive spatial
organization depended on widespread private ownership of automobiles. Los Angeles was a
decentralized metropolis, sprawling across the desert landscape over an area of 400 square miles.
It was a city without a real center. The downtown business district did not grow apace with the
city as a whole, and the rapid transit system designed to link the center with outlying areas
withered away from disuse. Approximately 800,000 cars were registered in Los Angeles County
in 1930, one per 2.7 residents. Some visitors from the east coast were dismayed at the endless
urban sprawl and dismissed. Los Angeles as a mere collection of suburbs in search of a city, but
the freedom and mobility of a city built on wheels attracted floods of migrants to the city.
66. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The growth of cities in the United States in the early 1900's
B. The development of the Southern California oil fields
C. Factors contributing to the growth of Los Angeles
D. Industry and city planning in Los Angeles
67. What does the word “which” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. remarkable growth in Los Angeles B. remarkable growth experience
C. ten giant metropolises D. new metropolises’ dramatic growth
68. The word "meteoric" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. rapid B. famous C. controversial D. methodical
69. According to the passage, the most important factor in the development of agriculture
around Los Angeles was the __________.
A. excellent rail connections
B. construction of an aqueduct
C. influx of new residents to agricultural areas near the city
D. development of new connections to the city's natural harbor
70. According to the passage, the initial success of Hollywood's motion picture industry was due
largely to the ____________.
A. availability of many skilled workers B. beauty of the countryside
C. region's reputation for luxurious lifestyles D. region's climate and good weather
71. According to the passage, the Southern California oil fields were initially exploited due to
____________.
A. the fuel requirements of Los Angeles' rail system
B. an increase in the use of gasoline engines in North America
C. innovative planning on the part of the city founders
D. a desire to put unproductive desert land to good use
72. The phrase "apace with" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to____________.
A. anew with B. apart from C. as fast as D. at the middle of

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73. All of the following conditions made a contribution to the rise of Los Angeles, EXCEPT
____________.
A. the growth in oil refining industry B. expansion of transportation facilities
C. negligible private ownership of automobiles D. flourishing motion picture industry
74. It can be inferred from the passage that the spatial organization of Los Angeles contributed
to the relative decline there of____________.
A. public transportation B. industrial areas
C. suburban neighborhoods D. oil fields
75. The visitors from the east coast mentioned in the passage thought that Los Angeles
____________.
A. had an excessively large population
B. was not really a single city
C. lacked good suburban areas in which to live
D. was not accurately portrayed by Hollywood images
IV. Read the passage carefully and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or
False (F). (5 pts.)
In the 1880s, gold was discovered in what is now the most northern state of the USA,
Alaska. Many people came to the area hoping to get rich. New towns were built and grew
quickly. One such town was called Iditarod, which means ‘far, distant place'. This town grew so
quickly during 1909 that it briefly became the largest city in Alaska. In the summer months,
essential supplies could be delivered to these towns by boat, but in winter, the rivers and the
ocean froze, and there was no way to get to them. So, in 1910, a winter track was built, which
would be used by teams of dogs pulling sleds. They would take mails, food and clothes to the
gold miners. The track became known as the Iditarod Trail. It took a team of dogs about three
weeks to travel across Alaska. They stopped at ' roadhouses' where the drivers could get a warm
bed for the night and something to eat for both themselves and their dogs. The trail was used
every winter until the 1920s when aero planes replaced steam boats and dog teams as the main
form of transport. 

STATEMENTS T F
76. The population of Alaska remained the same throughout the 1880s. .
77. For a short time, more people lived in Iditarod than in any other city in .
Alaska.
78. After 1910, it became possible to deliver letters in winter as well as in .
summer.
79. When traveling on the Iditarod Trail, drivers had to take food for the dogs with them. .
80. In the 1920s, aero planes were used more often than boats and dogs. .

D. WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it. (5 pts.)

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81. The police got the clues about the bank robber in Hai Phong just as the motorbike store
owner uploaded his TikTok video.
 Scarcely_____________________________________________________________________
82. Don't invent excuses in order not to do them.

 Don't makeDon’t make up excuses in order not to do them___________________

83. People suppose that singer Son Tung MTP secretly held his wedding.
 Singer Son Tung MTP’s_________________________________________________________
84. It was your assistance that enabled us to get such a remarkable achievement.
 But_________________________________________________________________________
85. Linda stood a high chance of promotion when she took over the position of manager
assistant.
 In all________________________________________________________________________

II. (10 pts.) This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend, Henry.

I have to do a project on recycling around the world. How do the people in

Write a letter of about 80 words answering your friend’s questions. You are required to
sign your name as Lan Anh.

III. Some people say that Vietnamese Tet holiday should be celebrated at the same time as
Western New Year holiday. Do you agree or disagree with the idea? Write a paragraph of
about 160 words to express your personal point of view. (15 pts.)

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