Question 1: Peter and Khanh are talking about learning foreign languages.

- Peter: “I think students should learn two foreign languages when they are at
school.” - Khanh: “_______. It helps them communicate with more people and
broaden their minds.”
A. That's not a good idea B. I quite disagree with you
C. I don't think it's a good idea D. I quite agree with you 1
Question 2: Hong and Mike are in the school canteen.
- Hong: “________?”
- Mike: “Here you are.”
A. Can you play basketball B. Can you pass the salt, please
C. Can you sit here D. Can you speak Japanese, please

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 stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. ‘confident B. im’portant C. te’rrific D. ex’citing
Question 4: A. ar’rive B. re’quire C. ‘follow D. con’nect

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 5: A. sport B. post C. cold D. home
Question 6: A. chicken B. chairman C. chorus D. children

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.
Question 7: Returning home after the earthquake, Simon saw that his house was
extremely chaotic.
A. organised B. neat C. tidy D. messy
Question 8: My uncle dreams of having a new house, so he plans to save up for it.
A. intends B. quits C. leaves D. moves

Dream of Ving

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 9: He had some business to do in a foreign country, but his company denied
responsibility to pay for his expenses.
A. accepted B. avoided C. neglected D. refused

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each
of the following questions.
Question 10:________ a job in a small company, he turned it down and kept on applying for
a more suitable one. He was offered a job …
A. Offering B. Having offered C. Offered D. To offer
Question 11: She promised________ to my birthday party, but she didn't.
A. come B. coming C. to coming D. to come
Promise to do sth: hứa làm việc gì
Question 12: We have travelled to almost every tourist attraction in_______ Africa.
A. an B. Ø (no article) C. the D. a
Question 13: This shirt is ________ I’ve ever bought.
A. more expensive B. expensive as C. the most expensive D. the more expensive
Question 14: Nam is trying to break the________ of staying up too late.
A. habit B. option C. race D. sound
Break the habit if doing sth: từ bỏ thói quen làm gì
Question 15: The man_______ home when his car broke down.
A. drives B. is driving C. was driving D. has driven
Question 16: It's not difficult________ her to go to work because the office is near her
home.
A. for B. on C. towards D. to
Question 17: Although the students in my class have been learning English for three
months, they can_____ confidently with foreigners.
A. communicative B communicate C. communication D. communicatively
Question 18: Her parents are working on the farm,__________?
A. don't they B. are they C. aren't they D. do they
Question 19: We will inform you________.
A. as soon as we have the interview result B. as soon as we had had the interview result
C. as soon as we had the interview result D. as soon as we were having the interview result
Question 20: The foreign teacher was speaking so fast. Nga couldn't______ the main
contents of his lesson.
A. call for (kêu gọi) B. go on (tiếp tục) C. note down (ghi chép)
D. make up (trang điểm/ bịa chuyện)
Question 21: The journalist is talking about having a new________ published in the local
newspaper next week.
A. article (bài báo) B. editor (người chỉnh sửa)
C. cartoon (hoạt hình) D. documentary (tài liệu)
Question 22: The Youth International Conference________ by a lot of young people from
around the world.
A. attends B. was attending C. attended D. was attended

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
26.
People have been recording information in the form of writing since ancient times. Latin -
the language of religion, and French - the language of the rich and powerful, were the
preferred languages in the Middle Ages in Europe. Subjects were usually connected to
religion, trade and government although historians have also come across love letters which
(23)_______ people wrote to stay in touch. After the invention of the printing press, books
and documents became readily (24)______. This, together with improvements in education
and the spread of postal services, permitted families and friends to convey messages to each
other by letters. Maintaining contact was much easier than it had ever been.

In recent years, though, everything has changed. Mobile phones, emails and text messages
(25)_______ have been increasingly popular are replacing letters. Why bother writing a
letter when you can make a small talk on the phone for very little cost? (26)_______ , most
people would agree that there is something very special about receiving a handwritten
letter.

Person  people, child  children

(Adapted from High Note)
Question 23: A. many B. each C. every D. another
Question 24: A. available (có sẵn) B. constant (liên tục)

C. vacant (bỏ trống) D. occupied (đã được sử dụng)

Question 25: A. when B. where C. who D. which
Question 26: A. Although B. Moreover C. However D. Because

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 27 to 31.
The Japanese love inventing and they are very good at it. But there is one inventor who
has invented more things than anyone else in Japan - Dr. Nakamats. He has designed over
4,000 new inventions over the last fifty years. He is most well-known for his unusual
inventions.
He designed many strange things such as glasses which look like eyes so you can't notice
them, shoes which have steel springs so that you can jump in them, and a pillow which
stops you from falling asleep when you are driving.
How does he come up with these ideas? He finds listening to Beethoven helpful. But the
thing that makes him most creative is holding his breath underwater. He dives into his
swimming pool every day and stays underwater as long as he can. He believes that less
oxygen in the brain is good for new ideas. He also dives with a pencil and a notebook which
he invented. He needs to write down his ideas immediately in the water because they
disappear quickly.
Dr. Nakamats believes that eating the right food is important for creativity, and he has
invented some (snacks that he says are good for your brain. He has also invented an
armchair which helps to enhance your brainpower. He sits in the chair every day to give him
more good ideas. Dr. Nakamats is now in his eighties, but he plans to live until he is 144
years old, so he still has plenty of time to develop even more new ideas.
 (Adapted from Get Ahead)
Question 27: The passage is mainly about_______.
A. inventions by famous Japanese inventors
B. Japanese famous inventions by a scientist
C. a famous Japanese inventor and his strange inventions
D. famous Japanese scientists and their more inventions
Question 28: The word it in paragraph 1 refers to_______
A. Japan B. notebook C. inventing D. invention

Question 29: According to paragraph 2, Dr. Nakamats invented all of the following
EXCEPT________
A. glasses B. shoes C. a pillow D. a book
Question 30: Dr. Nakamats dives with a pencil and a notebook because______.
A. he can dive more quickly B. he wants to get oxygen quickly
C. he wants to write down his ideas immediately D. he can drive more carefully
Question 31: The word enhance in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to_______.
A. reduce B. decrease C. divide D. improve

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 32: Students are not allowed to bring food into the computer room.
A. Students needn't bring food into the computer room.
B. Students wouldn't bring food into the computer room.
C. Students mustn't bring food into the computer room.
D. Students won't bring food into the computer room.
Question 33: "I helped the old lady cross the road," said the teacher.
A. The teacher said she would help the old lady cross the road.
B. The teacher said she helped the old lady cross the road.
C. The teacher said she had helped the old lady cross the road.
D. The teacher said I helped the old lady cross the road.
Question 34: Mark started learning Spanish seven years ago.
A. Mark has learned Spanish since he was seven years old.
B. Mark started learning Spanish when he was seven years old.
C. Mark has started learning Spanish since seven years.
D. Mark has learned Spanish for seven years.

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 35: The man bought the old painting and then resold them to a
collector at a higher price. A B C
 D
Question 36: They give a good presentation on how to adopt a green
lifestyle last week. A B C D

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 37: The gold ring was expensive. I couldn't afford to buy it.
A. If the gold ring had been more expensive, I could have afforded to buy it.
B. If the gold ring had been cheaper, I can't have afforded to buy it.
C. If the gold ring had been cheaper, I couldn’t have afforded to buy it.
D. If the gold ring had been less expensive, I could have afforded to buy it.
Question 38: The boy band had just finished their first live performance. All the audiences
at the theatre gave them a loud round of applause.
A. Not until all the audiences at the theatre gave them a loud round of applause did the boy
band finish their first live performance.
B. No matter when the boy band finished their first live performance did all the audiences at
the theatre give them a loud round of applause.
C. Had it not been for the boy band's first live performance, all the audiences at the theatre
would have given them a loud round of applause.
D. Barely had the boy band finished their first live performance when all the audiences at the
theatre gave them a loud round of applause.

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 40.
Action movies are exciting and a lot of fun to watch, but they also involve scenes of great
risk and danger. In the language of filmmaking, dangerous actions are called stunts. Who
performs these stunts? This work is too dangerous for regular actors. Movie companies
usually hire special stunt people to stand in for the actors in scenes that are unsafe.
Movie producers don't like to let actors do their own stunt work. If the actors injure
themselves, it can delay the production schedule. Using stunt people also saves time. Most
stunt people have years of experience, which enables them to perform their stunts with a
minimum of risk. It would take too long to train the actors to perform dangerous scenes
safely.
(Adapted from Strategic Reading)
Question 39: In the language of filmmaking, stunts are________.
A. dangerous actions B. regular actors
C. action movies D. exciting scenes
Question 40: The word them in paragraph 2 refers to______.
A. movie producers B. movie actors
C. movie scenes D. stunt people