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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 1: Online trading has been slow to ______ in this part of the country.
A. come off B. call on C. call off D. catch on
Question 2: How can you say you don’t like something ______!
A. when you’ve never even tried it B. unless you had never even tried it
C. if you have never even tried it D. while you are never even trying it
Question 3: Mr. Giang ______ in the country when he was a child long time ago.
A. will live B. has lived C. lived D. is living
Question 4: If we could all ______ an effort to keep this office tidier it would help.
A. take B. make C. have D. move
Question 5: It is ______ easy for newcomers to pick off the most lucrative business and ignore the rest.
A. relate B. relation C. relative D. relatively
Question 6: Let’s ______ in touch over the next few days while the installation is in progress.
A. keep B. meet C. hold D. let
Question 7: It ______ that in Tanzania one elephant in three is an orphan.
A. has estimated B. has been estimated C. will estimate D. has been estimating
Question 8: There weren’t any large amounts of money involved, ______?
A. will there B. did there C. were there D. are there
Question 9: ______ difficult the task is, the sweeter it is to succeed.
A. The more B. More C. The most D. Most
Question 10: Many professions feel they deserve higher pay, and nurses are a ______ in point.
A. wood B. truth C. case D. week
Question 11: ________ to wake him up, I turned off the radio and left the house quietly.
A. Not have wanting B. Not wanting C. Not wanted D. Not being wanted
Question 12: It’s about half a kilometre ______ your hotel to the town centre.
A. with B. between C. to D. from
Question 13: Some ______ trousers are very cheap in this market.
A. French new slim B. French slim new C. slim new French D. new French slim
Question 14: The invention of the silicon ______ was a landmark in the history of the computer.
A. chip B. scrap C. scratch D. notch
Question 15: You should take your car in for a service ______ it’s starting to make weird noises.
A. despite B. because C. thanks to D. although
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of
the following exchanges.
Question 16: Nam is talking to his father about the driving test the next week.
Nam: “Do you think I can pass my driving test next week?” - Nam’s father: “__________”
A. Don’t pass it. B. Go ahead. You can! C. No way. D. No, you can’t.
Question 17: Jack is asking Laura to open the window.
Jack: “Would you mind opening the window?” - Laura: “__________”
A. Of course not. B. Yes, I would. C. Forget it. D. No, I mind.
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 18: A. volunteer B. pesticide C. argument D. bachelor
Question 19: A. muscle B. organ C. disease D. poultry
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 20: A. watched B. closed C. astonished D. cooked
Question 21: A. post B. role C. dome D. loch

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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 22: Auto companies are taking a cautious approach toward introducing electric cars.
A. discreet B. laudable C. climatic D. sterile
Question 23: The company claims to have obtained its database of names by legitimate means.
A. recovered B. achieved C. consisted D. advanced
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 24: My mother feels a bit under the weather today.
A. weak B. wealthy C. healthy D. sick
Question 25: By some strange coincidence, he was passing the house just when it happened.
A. stormy B. idiotic C. friendly D. habitual
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 26: Her negative thoughts are serious. They have damaged her self-esteem.
A. So serious are her negative thoughts that they have damaged her self-esteem.
B. Only if her negative thoughts were serious would they damage her self-esteem.
C. Not until her negative thoughts had damaged her self-esteem were they serious.
D. But for her serious negative thoughts, they would have damaged her self-esteem.
Question 27: You can sleep late tomorrow. Make sure you finish your work.
A. You can’t sleep late tomorrow provided you finish your work.
B. You can’t sleep late tomorrow in case you finish your work.
C. You can’t sleep late tomorrow unless you finish your work.
D. You can sleep late tomorrow if you fail to finish your work.
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 28: The ancient Britons inhabited this parts of England before the Roman invasion.
A. The B. this C. before D. invasion
Question 29: That song always remembers me of the time I fell in love with an Italian girl.
A. always B. remembers C. fell D. an
Question 30: She was studying English when the light goes out.
A. She B. English C. the D. goes out
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 31: It’s not good for you to drive at that high speed.
A. You shouldn’t drive at that high speed. B. You needn’t drive at that high speed.
C. You must drive at that high speed. D. You may drive at that high speed.
Question 32: “She started her own software company last year,” Tony said.
A. Tony said that he had started his own software company the previous year
B. Tony said that he started his own software company last year.
C. Tony said that she had started her own software company the previous year.
D. Tony said that she would start her own software company last year.
Question 33: They started to build their house two months ago.
A. They haven’t built their house for two months.
B. They have built their house for two months.
C. They last built their house two months ago.
D. They didn’t build their house two months ago.
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 34 to 38.
Although astronomers have studied star formation for decades, (34) ______ questions remain. Part
of the problem is that most stars are formed in clouds of molecules and dust. The dust absorbs the
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ultraviolet and most of the optical light emitted by forming stars, making it difficult for Hubble’s
ultraviolet and optical (35) ______ to study the process.
The longer, or redder, the wavelength of the light, the less is absorbed. That is why sunsets, where
the light must pass through long lengths of dusty air, appear red.
The near infrared, (36) ______, has an even easier time passing through dust than the red optical
light. NICMOS can look into star formation regions with the superior image quality of Hubble to
determine the details of where the star (37) ______ occurs. A good example is the iconic Hubble image of
the Eagle Nebula, also known as the pillars of creation.
The optical image shows majestic pillars (38) ______ appear to show star formation over a large
volume of space. The NICMOS image, however, shows a different picture. In the NICMOS image, most
of the pillars are transparent with no star formation. Stars are only being formed at the tip of the pillars.
The optical pillars are just empty dust reflecting the light of a group of nearby stars.
Question 34: A. much B. every C. many D. a little
Question 35: A. champions B. substances C. transitions D. instruments
Question 36: A. however B. since C. accordingly D. before
Question 37: A. possession B. formation C. occasion D. reputation
Question 38: A. whose B. where C. which D. when
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 39 to 43.
The main job of the kidneys is to remove waste from the blood and return the cleaned blood back to
the body. Each minute about one litre of blood – one-fifth of all the blood pumped by the heart – enters
the kidneys through the renal arteries. After the blood is cleaned, it flows back into the body through the
renal veins.
Each kidney contains about one million tiny units called nephrons. Each nephron is made up of a
very small filter, called a glomerulus, which is attached to a tubule. As blood passes through the nephron,
fluid and waste products are filtered out. Much of the fluid is then returned to the blood, while the waste
products are concentrated in any extra fluid as urine (wee).
The urine flows through a tube called the ureter into the bladder. Urine passes from the bladder out of
the body through a tube called the urethra. The kidney usually makes one to two litres of urine every day
depending on your build, how much you drink, the temperature and the amount of exercise you do.
A healthy kidney can greatly increase its work capacity. With two healthy kidneys, each kidney
performs 50 per cent of the normal kidney function. If one kidney is lost, the other kidney can enlarge and
provide up to 75 per cent of the normal kidney function (the work of one and a half normally functioning
kidneys).
Question 39: What is the passage mainly about?
A. Tiny units called nephrons B. Kidneys are a filter system
C. The urine in the bladder D. What is normal kidney function?
Question 40: The word it in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
A. blood B. body C. vein D. heart
Question 41: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in paragraph 2 as a part of each kidney?
A. nephrons B. glomerulus C. urine D. tubule
Question 42: According to paragraph 3, which of the following can be a factor affecting the amount of
urine the kidney makes?
A. place of exercise B. size of the body C. time of drinking D. water temperature
Question 43: The word normal in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. positive B. necessary C. objective D. ordinary
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 44 to 50.
To reach you, these words were encoded into signals of light moving about 125,000 miles per second
through fiber-optic cables. These lines, splayed out across mountains and oceans, are made of hair-thin
glass 30 times more transparent than the purest water. The technology was made possible in part by a
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team from Corning Incorporated. In 1970, they patented a type of cable that could transmit large amounts
of information long distances, building on decades of work by other researchers.
Assuming you’re reading this on a smartphone, you also owe a debt to Steve Jobs, who in 2006 asked
Corning to make a very thin, strong screen for his new product, the iPhone. The result, Gorilla Glass, now
dominates the market for mobile devices: Phones made with the fifth generation of this product can be
dropped onto a rough surface from a height of five feet (selfie height) and survive 80 percent of the time.
That’s just the start. Without glass, the world would be unrecognizable. It’s in the eyeglasses on your
face, the lightbulbs in your room, and the windows that let you see outside. But despite its ubiquity,
there’s still some debate within the research community about how to define “glass.” Some tend to
emphasize its solid qualities, others its liquidity. Unanswered questions abound, like what makes one type
of glass stronger than another, or why certain mixtures produce their unique optical or structural
properties. Add to this the nearly infinite varieties of glass - one database lists over 350,000 types of
currently known glass, though in principle the number of mixtures is limitless - and you get a surprisingly
large and active field of research that regularly produces astounding new products. Glass has shaped the
world more than any other substance, and in many sneaky ways, it’s the defining material of the human
era.
Question 44: Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Transmitting large amounts of information B. Humankind’s most important material
C. It’s just the start D. The limitless mixtures
Question 45: According to paragraph 1, fiber-optic cables ______.
A. cannot be found on mountains and in oceans
B. are 30 times thinner than hair
C. were made by a team from Corning Incorporated
D. couldn’t transmit information long distances
Question 46: The word they in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
A. team B. mountains C. oceans D. 30 times
Question 47: The word devices in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. individuals B. influences C. commissions D. apparatuses
Question 48: The word mixtures in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. networks B. discounts C. compound D. principles
Question 49: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Fiber-optic cables are more transparent than the purest water.
B. Gorilla Glass can survive after being dropped from a height of five feet.
C. The research community totally agrees on how to define “glass.”
D. Astounding new products of glass are still being produced.
Question 50: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Glass is fantastic and most important material ever made.
B. There was no smartphone without fiber-optic cables.
C. It’s Steve Jobs who made Gorilla Glass.
D. The number of mixtures of glass are limited.