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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 

Question 1: The children slept soundly because it was so _________ and quiet in the garden.

A. peaceable                      B. peacefulness             C. peaceably                 D. peaceful

Question 2: Donald John Trump is the 45th President of the United States, _______?

A. is he                              B. Is not he                   C. isn’t it                       D. isn’t he

Question 3: Mr Nam knows Hanoi City like the back of his                      . He used to be a taxi driver there for 10 years.

A. head                              B. mind                         C. hand                         D. life

Question 4: Bill Gates gave away $4.6 billion in Microsoft shares ______June to his personal charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

A. on                                  B. for                             C. in                              D. at

Question 5: Whenever a camera was pointed at her, Marilyn would instantly

________herself into a radiant star.

A. transmit                         B. transform                  C. convert                     D. transfer

Question 6. ________ she was the most prominent candidate, she was not chosen.

A. Though                         B. Because of                C. As                              D. Since

Question 7. She has just bought a                          bag.

A. small plastic blue          B. blue small plastic      C. plastic small blue     D. small blue plastic.

Question 8: Although she is my sister, I find it hard to                               her selfishness.

A. put up with                    B.  catch up with           C. keep up with             D. come down with

Question 9. When he came, I_______ in the sitting room.

A. read                               B. am reading                C. has read                    D. was reading

Question 10. She will call you to confirm _______.

A. until she received the parcel                               B. when she was receiving the parcel

C. the moment she receives the parcel                   D. after she had received the parcel

Question 11: I get quite depressed when I think about the damage we are  to the environment.

 A. having                          B. taking                       C. making                     D. causing

Question 12: I'm not going to go ice skating! I'd only fall over and           a fool of myself.

A. create                            B. show                         C.do                              D. make

Question 13. A new supermarket ________ in the city cente now.

A. is being built                 B. being built                C. are being built          D. be built

Question 14: _____ a scholarship, she entered one of the most privileged universities of the United Kingdom.

A. To award                       B. Being awarded       C. Having awarded         D. Having been awarded

Question 15: The larger the flat is, the ____________ its price is.

A. expensive                      B. more expensive        C. expensively              D. most expensive

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 16: Marry is talking to Linda over the phone. Mary: “Thank you for helping me prepare for the party.” Linda: “          ”.

A. My pleasure                                                                  B. The meal was out of this world

C. Never mention me.                                                       D. Of course not

Question 17: Tom is in Ho Chi Minh City and asks a passer-by the way to the railway station.

Tom: “Can you show me the way to the railway station, please?”

- Passer-by: “                        ”

A. No way.                                                                        B. Just round the comer over there.

C. Look it up in a dictionary!                                            D. There’s no traffic near here.

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. legal             B. diverse                    C. polite                      D. complete

Question 19. A. suspicious    B. marvelous               C. physical                  D. argument

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

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: That restaurant tempts many customers because of its affordable price and good food.

A. attracts                                 B. frees                              C. refuses                          D. offers

Question 23: I’ll back up your ideas if they don’t believe you.

A. support                                B. rebel                              C. admire                          D. protect

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: She had never seen such discourtesy towards the director as it happened in the meeting last week.

A. politeness                            B. rudeness                        C. measurement                D. encouragement

Question 25: They conducted a campaign to promote people’s awareness of environmental problems.

A. encourage                            B. publicize                       C. hinder                           D. strengthen

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 26: He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk.

A. No sooner had he returned from his walk when he got down to writing the letter.

B. Not until he returned from his walk did he get down to writing the letter.

C. Only after he had returned from his walk did he get down to writing the letter.

D. Hardly had he returned from his walk when he got down to writing the letter.

Question 27: I invited Rachel to my party, but she couldn’t come. She had arranged to do something else.

A. Without having arranged to do something else, Rachel would have come to my party as invited.

B. If it hadn’t been for her arrangement for something else, Rachel would come to my party as invited.

C. Rachel would have come to my party, unless she hadn’t arranged to so something else.

D. If Rachel hadn’t arranged to do something else, she would come to my party as invited.

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: I don’t think that he has responsed to my email as I have received nothing.

 A. don’t think                    B. received                    C. as                              D. responsed

Question 29: In order to make progress in her speaking skill, you need to practice everyday.

 A. in order to                     B. practice                     C. make progress          D. her speaking skill

Question 30: Fifty minutes are the maximum length of time allotted for the exam.

 A. allotted                          B. are                            C. length                       D. for

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 time for me to start to think about the job I will do in the future.

A. I should start to think about the job I will do in the future.

B. I may start to think about the job I will do in the future.

C. I needn't start to think about the job I will do in the future.

D. I must have started to think about the job I will do in the future.

Question 32: “Buy some meat in the shop”, said my mother to me.

A. My mother said to me to buy some meat in the shop.

B. My mother told to me to buy some meat in the shop.

C. My mother told me to buy some meat in the shop.

D. My mother said me to buy some meat in the shop.
Question 33: I haven't met my grandparents for five years. 

A.I often met my grandparents five years ago.          B.I last met my grandparents five years ago. 

C.I have met my grandparents for five years.            D.I didn't meet my grandparents five years ago.