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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Câu số 1: PHONOLOGY (10ms)
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. vehicle B. exhaustive C. hallucinate D. honorable
2. A. charisma B. chemise C. characteristic D. chemotherapy
3. A. pamper B. tabloid C. applicable D. acoustic
4. A. ginger B. goggles C. glamorous D. gibbon
5. A. worthy B. southern C. clothing D. asthma

B. Choose the word that is stressed differently from the others.

1. A. obesity B. contributor C. collocation D. professionally
2. A. ecotourism B. depletion C. dioxide D. safari
3. A. beneficial B. preparatory C. influential D. manifesto
4. A. therapeutic B. conscientious C. intellectual D. respiratory
5. A. mischievous B. authority C. apartheid D. ambassador

2. Câu số 2: WORD CHOICE (10ms)

Choose the word which best completes each of the following sentences.

1. Our plan to start our own business seem ______ to failure.

A. doomed B. fated C. compelled D. designed
2. A meeting was held immediately so that the medical staff could ______ their views freely.
A. divulge B. vent C. utter D. air
3. I worked for a local paper but gave in my notice because it turned out to be a _______ end job.
A. final B. last C. dead D. blank
4. Last night, we saw a meteor _____ through the sky.
A. streak B. fly C. strike D. appear
5. The noise of the heavy traffic is a real _____ when I am trying to concentrate my attention.
A. harassment B. worry C. nuisance D. annoying
6. All his hard work _______ in great success.
A. accounted B. culminated C. merged D. succumbed
7. My decision to drop out of university after a year is one I now _____ regret.
A. painfully B. harshly C. heavily D. keenly
8. After the accident, two seamen were slightly injured in the ______ explosion.
A. following B. ensuing C. aftermath D. consequential
9. I am sure your husband-to-be will lend you a ____ ear when you explain the situation to him.
A. merciful B. compassionate C. pitiful D. sympathetic
10. After hearing news of the attack, the general made plans for an immediate ____ against the enemy.
A. reverberation B. retaliation C. resurrection D. repulsion

3. Câu số 3: GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES (10ms)

Choose the word which best completes each of the following sentences.

1. The automobile had its windows _________ in the collision yesterday.

A. smash B. to be smashed C. smashed D. smashing
2. There was no one downstairs; so he turned off the lights again and decided that she_______ imagined
things.
A. must have B. should have C. can’t have D. needn’t have
3. I was told the scheme for manufacturing paper from straw yesterday. I appreciate _________ the
news.
A. having told B. having been told C. telling D. to being told
4. If he _______ in the end-of-term examination, he’ll have to be punished.
A. has cheated B. is cheated C. has been cheated D. is being cheated
5. I’d rather you _______ all our business affairs before going on holiday but you didn’t.
 A. had arranged B. arrange C. arranged D. would have arranged
6. Nobody could have predicted that the show would arouse so much interest and that over two hundred
people _______ away.
A. would turn B. would have turned C. had been turned D. would have to be turned
7. __________ my buying tuna if you detest eating fish.
A. Is it any good B. As well as C. It’s not much use D. There is nothing good
8. On the stairs _________ a small dark- haired girl.
A. was sitting B. was to sit C. sitting D. having sat
9. I won’t __________ my neighbours parking their cars in front of my house.
A. facilitate B. sympathize C. advocate D. have
10. Not until the Triassic Period _________.
A. that the first primitive mammals did develop B. did the first primitive mammals develop
C. did develop the first primitive mammals D. the first primitive mammals developed

4. Câu số 4: PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS (10ms)

Choose the word which best completes each of the following sentences.

1. Diana is going to take extra lessons to_______ what she missed while she was away.
A. catch up on B. cut down on C. take up with D. put up with
2. She works very hard and finds it difficult to ________ when she gets home.
A. give in B. switch off C. let out D. wind up
3. He was very upset when the boss passed him ______and promoted a newcomer to the assistant’s job.
A. by B. up C. over D. aside
4. The prices of some kinds of electronics have been ________by increases in production.
A. sized up B. set down C. tied up D. brought down
5. As they come under the heavy fire, the captain ordered his men to _______.
A. fall away B. fall back C. fall over D. fall out
6. I don’t really _________ adventure sports like rock climbing very much.
A. deal with B. face up to C. go in for D. get round to
7. I’m afraid we have _______a great deal of criticism over our decision to fire hundreds of workers.
A. come in for B. come round C. come out with D. come up with
8. We ___________ up a friendship the very first time we met.
A. struck B. launched C. cropped D. settled
9. Despite all the interruptions, he _______ with his work.
A. stuck at B. held on C. hung out D. pressed ahead
10. When the funds finally ________, they had to abandon the scheme for building more houses for the
poor.
A. faded away B. clamped down C. petered out D. fobbed off

5. Câu số 5: READING COMPREHENSION. (20ms)

READING 1

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Subversive Art

Subversive political and social messages are a mainstay of the art community. In most modern
democratic nations, where free speech is considered an inalienable right, such subversive art is easily
found. American film is a fine example of this. Many American films are openly critical of American
society and its values. Apocalypse Now, a film about the Vietnam War, is a withering attack on
America's involvement and conduct in that conflict. In a more modern setting, African-American film
director
Spike Lee makes films which depict America as a racist and unjust society. Other arts are filled with
examples of subversive art as well. There are countless paintings and sculptures which openly attack
Christianity and other values which are considered to be core aspects of America's identity. Punk Rock,
which originated in England derided many of England's most sacred of social values. Most famously,
the 1970s punk band The Sex Pistols frequently sang songs about overthrowing the government, even
going so far as to describe the Queen of England as subhuman.

Not all subversive art is as upfront in its social criticism. Much of subversive art is quietly subversive.
There are a number of reasons for this. The first is, of course, economics. An artist who is too open or
too vehement in his or her criticism of society may find it hard to find an audience willing to pay for
such art. In some societies there may be a fear of retribution, either by the government or by individual
society members offended by the artist's message. Nor are such fears unfounded. Author Salman
Rushdie was forced to go into hiding after he wrote a book that Muslims took to be critical of their
religion. Therefore, the subversive messages in art are often hidden.

One common method of hiding subversive messages in one's art is through the use of an unreliable or
untenable viewpoint. In this method, the artist actually presents a viewpoint that is in opposition to his
or her own, but does so in such a way as to render that viewpoint unbelievable in the eyes of the
audience. American author Mark Twain was a master at this. The narrator in his most famous novel is a
young
boy named Huck Finn. Huck supports the values of his society. For example, one of the justifications
used by Americans to keep Africans enslaved was that they were somehow less human than whites.
There is a scene in which Huck finds his friend Jim, a runaway slave, crying to himself because he
misses his children whom he has left behind in slavery. Huck is surprised by this, and comments that it
seems remarkable that Jim, a slave, could feel sadness for the loss of his children in the same way a
white person would. This observation is so absurd that it discredits the entire notion of slaves somehow
being less human than their masters.

Mark Twain was not the only artist to hide the subversive nature of his work. In earlier times, prior to
the printing press and the mass production of posters, artists depended on the support of wealthy
individuals to make their living. A rich noble who appreciated the work of an artist would become his or
her patron and support the artist. In return the artist was generally expected to create art that the patron
approved
of, and herein was the problem.

These wealthy nobles represented the social elite, which in most cases was exactly the element of
society which artists wished to criticize. One could hardly expect a patron to pay for art that was openly
critical of his social class, so artists became experts in concealing the subversive message in their art. A
close look at any of the great artists of history, da Vinci, Shakespeare, Milton, etc. will reveal many
hidden elements of social subversion.

1. In paragraph 1, all of the following are mentioned as examples of subversive art EXCEPT ________.
A. anti-war films B. songs of rebellion C. highly sexual poetry D. blasphemous
sculpture
2. According to paragraph 2, what is the role of economics in subversive art?
A. It limits the candor with which artists express themselves.
B. It creates a market for increasingly shocking art.
C. It encourages people not to buy subversive art.
D. It encourages artists to be upfront in their social criticism.
3. Based on the information in paragraph 2, it can be inferred that subversive art ________.
A. is often highly profitable for the artist B. often evokes strong emotional reactions
C. is often banned by many governments D. is mostly focused on religious topics
4. The word "retribution" in the passage is closest in meaning to ________.
A. criticism B. rejection C. revenge D. anger
5. The word "untenable" in the passage is closest in meaning to ________.
A. complex B. untrustworthy C. obscure D. indefensible
6. According to paragraph 3, how did Mark Twain seek to subvert the values of his society?
A. He used a highly unpopular narrator to discuss the topic of slavery.
B. He presented the views of his opponents in a ridiculous fashion.
 C. He argued that slaves also held emotional attachments to their families.
D. He described much of American society as evil and bitter.
7. Based on the information in paragraph 3, what can be inferred about Mark Twain?
A. He feared retribution from American society. B. He was the first author to practice subversive art.
C. He opposed the American practice of slavery. D. He was forced into hiding for his political views.
8. The word "this" in the passage refers to ________.
A. the fact that Jim misses his family
B. the fact that Jim would leave his family in slavery
C. the fact that slaves are considered less human than whites
D. the fact that Mark Twain opposed the values of his society
9. Based on the information in paragraph 4, the term "patron" can best be explained as ________.
A. a person who loves art B. the target of subversive art
C. a person who supports artists D. a noble who represents the social elite
10. According to paragraph 4, why was it especially important for early artists to hide the subversive
nature of their art?
A. The governments of that time were far less tolerant of criticism.
B. The people they criticized were their sole source of income.
C. They were unable to mass produce their art.
D. There were very few patrons who approved of subversive art.

READING 2:
Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each
of the questions.

The history of clinical nutrition, or the study of the relationship between health and how the body takes
in and utilizes food substances, can be divided into four distinct eras: the first began in the nineteenth
century and extended into the early twentieth century when it was recognized for the first time that food
contained constituents that were essential for human function and that different foods provided different
amounts of these essential agents. Near the end of this era, research studies demonstrated that rapid
weight loss was associated with nitrogen imbalance and could only be rectified by providing adequate
dietary protein associated with certain foods.

The second era was initiated in the early decades of the twentieth century and might be called "the
vitamin period." Vitamins came to be recognized in foods, and deficiency syndromes were described.
As vitamins became recognized as essential food constituents necessary for health, it became tempting
to suggest that every disease and condition for which there had been no previous effective treatment
might be responsive to vitamin therapy. At that point in time, medical schools started to become more
interested in having their curricula integrate nutritional concepts into the basic sciences. Much of the
focus of this education was on the recognition of deficiency symptoms. Herein lay the beginning of
what ultimately turned from ignorance to denial of the value of nutritional therapies in medicine.
Reckless claims were made for effects of vitamins that went far beyond what could actually be achieved
from the use of them.

In the third era of nutritional history in the early 1950s to mid-1960s, vitamin therapy began to fall into
disrepute. Concomitant with this, nutrition education in medical schools also became less popular. It
was just a decade before this that many drug companies had found their vitamin sales skyrocketing and
were quick to supply practicing physicians with generous samples of vitamins and literature extolling
the virtue of supplementation for a variety of health-related conditions. Expectations as to the success of
vitamins in disease control were exaggerated. As is known in retrospect, vitamin and mineral therapies
are much less effective when applied to health-crisis conditions than when applied to long-term
problems of under nutrition that lead to chronic health problems.

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The effects of vitamins on the human body
B. The history of food preferences from the nineteenth century to the present
 C. The stages of development of clinical nutrition as a field of study
D. Nutritional practices of the nineteenth century
2. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following discoveries was made during the first
era in the history of nutrition?
A. Protein was recognized as an essential component of diet.
B. Vitamins were synthesized from foods.
C. Effective techniques of weight loss were determined.
D. Certain foods were found to be harmful to good health.
3. The word "tempting" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to……….
A. necessary B. attractive C. realistic D. correct
4. It can be inferred from the passage that medical schools began to teach concepts of nutrition in
order to ………..
A. convince medical doctors to participate in research studies on nutrition
B. encourage medical doctors to apply concepts of nutrition in the treatment of disease
C. convince doctors to conduct experimental vitamin therapies on their patients
D. support the creation of artificial vitamins
5. The word "reckless" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to……….
A. recorded B. irresponsible C. informative D. urgent
6. The word "them" in paragraph 2 refers to…………..
A. therapies B. claims C. effects D. vitamins
7. Why did vitamin therapy begin losing favor in the 1950s?
A. The public lost interest in vitamins.
B. Medical schools stopped teaching nutritional concepts.
C. Nutritional research was of poor quality
D. Claims for the effectiveness of vitamin therapy were seen to be exaggerated.
8. The phrase "concomitant with" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to…………
A. prior to B. in dispute with C. in regard to D. in conjunction with
9. The word "skyrocketing" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to……………
A. acceptable B. surprising C. increasing rapidly D. internationally popular
10. The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses………..
A. The fourth era of nutrition history B. Problems associated with under nutrition
C. Why nutrition education lost its appeal D. How drug companies became successful

6. Câu số 6: CLOSE TEST (20ms)

CLOSE TEST 1
Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your
answer in the numbered box. (0) has been done as an example.
0. A before B. early C. previous D. old
Parents spending more quality time

Working parents are devoting more quality time to their children than (0) _________
generations, despite time-consuming (1) _________, research has shown. The findings of this study go
against the (2) _________ that modern parents, especially working mothers, spend less time with their
children. The study found that parents devote more than twice as much time on the (3) _________ of
their children than they did 30 years ago. Full-time working parents were found to spend more time with
their children
than their part-time and non-working counterparts. This time is spent talking to children and enjoying
planned leisure activities, such as swimming and trips to museums together.
The results of the research (4) _________ that parents devote an average of 85 minutes a day to
each child. This compares with 25 minutes a day in the (5) _________ 1970s. And it is predicted that
the figure will rise to 100 minutes a day by 2010.
The study highlighted a new concept of "positive parenting", where mothers and fathers are (6)
_________ committed to working hard to be good parents and providing the best material and emotional
support for their children. The findings suggest that the "new man" is not a myth. Today's fathers were
found to be more involved in their children's lives than their own fathers or grandfathers were. More
fathers are said to be equal (7) _________ in parenting.
During the study, three generations of families were (8) __________on their attitudes to
parenting. What is clear is that parents desire an increase in creative involvement with children, and for
family democracy. (9)__________, this increase in parental involvement also suggests an increase in the
stress (10) __________ being a parent. In the future, parenting classes could become as commonplace as
antenatal classes are today.
1. A. jobs B. work C. positions D. occupations
2. A. saying B. thought C. statement D. claim
3. A. education B. upbringing C. training D. instruction
4. A. show B. say C. display D. appear
5. A. medium B. middle C. mid D. halfway
6. A. nearly B. hardly C. similar D. equally
7. A. couples B. partners C. colleagues D. mates
8. A. asked B. answered C. questioned D. requested
9. A. However B. Therefore C. Although D. Despite
10. A. for B. of C. in D. to

CLOSE TEST 2
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D.

Iconic Symbol Lost to Galapagos Forever

The news of the demise of Lonesome George, (1) ……….. to be the last-surviving member of his
species, Geochelone abingdoni, is unlikely to come as a shock to those who (2) ……….. the fortunes of
Galapagos, the habitat that inspired the Darwinian theory of evolution, and one that is now genuinely
under real threat and in danger of being (3) ………….. harmed by human activity, with the main source
of damage being tourism.
Early visitors to the archipelago were what could be (4) ……….. true nature-loving tourists, a
group which did little collective or individual harm to the islands and did not interfere with the fragile
balance of the ecosystem. However, in more recent times, eco-tourism has grown to enjoy almost cult-
like popularity. Eco-tourists are a very different beast though and are rather more (5) ……….. in their
tastes. Therefore, while, on the (6) ………….. of it, they come to marvel at the natural splendours the
archipelago (7) ………….. , they do so only on the understanding that their comfort will not be
sacrificed, requiring tour providers to take special measures to accommodate their more discerning
tastes.
Large companies are best positioned to offer these eco-tourists the luxuries they have come to
expect, but their popularity (8) ………….. visitors is sidelining local operator, a proportion of whose
revenue goes towards the upkeep and conservation of the precious ecosystem. Sadly, the large
international tour companies are far less benevolent with the (9) ………….. of their activities, which
results in a double-edged sword situation whereby, due to larger numbers of tourists, more and more of
the islands’ habitat is being disturbed while, at the same time, less funding is being made available to
conserve the ecosystem.
If the situation continues to (10) ………….. , Lonesome George may be but the first of many
rare and endangered creatures to disappear.

1. A. thought B. expected C. predicted D. objected

2. A. track B. pursue C. observe D. grasp
3. A. irrespectively B. irreversibly C. irrelevantly D. irreverently
4. A. coined B. termed C. stated D. shared
5. A. delineating B. deliberating C. discriminating D. debilitating
6. A. front B. face C. cusp D. side
7. A. hosts B. lends C. boasts D. homes
8. A. with B. to C. for D. by
9. A. results B. proceeds C. finances D. costs
10. A. deteriorate B. disrepair C. decompose D. distress
II. WRITTEN TEST
Câu số 1: OPEN CLOZE TEST (20ms)

OPEN CLOZE TEST 1

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.
When telephoning friends in Australia, would you like to see picture of the (1)…………………
at the same time? When calling a (2) ………………… about a broken car, would you like to look at
diagrams in a part of the catalogue? When discussing financial figures, would you like to have (3)
………..…… transferred into your own desk-top computer?
If this can be done now - by big businesses with the money and expertise required. But in a (4)
……………… years ordinary people should be able to do the same. This became clear at the Telecom
Fair, a trade exhibition and conference for the world's telecommunications community in Geneva earlier
this month. There are facsimile machines able (5)………………… transmit a document in six seconds
(compared with the present 60 seconds), and one that can transmit in color. There are picture phones (6)
………………… send and display a series of still photographs of the people talking on the line. And
there are drawing pads which allow your doodles to appear on another pad at the receiving end. The
technology for integrating communication services over a digital network is available now. But the
telecommunications world has not (7) …………………… defined all the standards necessary or (8)
…………….. truly global network to emerge. This could take up to ten years.
In the future, terminals will look very different from normal telephone handsets. They will (9)
………………..video screens typewriter keyboards, drawing pads or printing devices. It is possible to
have an intelligent terminal which could read a credit card, send data automatically to the computer
centre, and then have the person say a few words in the telephone for the computer to recognize the
voice pattern before
authorization. It should work well (10) ……………………you have a heavy cold.

OPEN CLOZE TEST 2

For questions 1-10, read the text below and think of the word which best fits in each space. Use only
one word in each space.

There is no (1)……………..… at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. However,
most parents worry that their children spend too much time browsing the Internet or playing computer
games, hardly (2)…………….…..… doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents want to
know if these activities are (3)……………......… to their children. What should they do if their children
spend hours staring at a computer screen?

Obviously, if children spend too much time (4)…………………..… in some game instead of doing their
homework, then something is wrong. It is a good idea if parents and children decide together how much
use should be (5)……………….... of the Internet, and the child should promise that it won’t interfere
(6)………… homework. If the child does not stick to this arrangement, parents can take more drastic (7)
…………..……

Any parent who is (8)…………….……… alarmed about a child’s behavior should make an
appointment to discuss the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of a computer screen does not
necessarily (9)……..…….… a child’s performance at school. Even if a youngster seems obsessed with
the computer, he or she is probably just going through a phase, and in a few months parents will have
(10)……….….…. else to worry about!

Câu số 2: WORD FORMS. (20ms)

WORD FORMS 1
Use the correct form of each of the words given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence.
1. People used to suffer from their life-time physical (normal) ………………………………...
2. Unless we do research on solar energy, wind power, …………………… (tide) power , our fossil
fuels will run out.
3. In my opinion, this book is just (intellect) ………………………..…….…… rubbish.
4. The alpine (land)…………………………… is very dramatic.
5. The slight (form) ……………………….. in his left hand was corrected by surgery.
6. It may be (produce)……………………….………….. to force them into making a decision, and if
you upset them they're quite likely to overact.
7. Like oil, gas is a fossil fuel and is thus a (renew)……………..……………… source of energy.
8. Various (practice)…………………….……… by police officers were brought to light by the
enquiry.
9. Tourists forget their (conceive)………………..……………. ideas as soon as they visit our country.
10. They won the case because of the (appear)……………..……………. in court of the defendant.

WORD FORMS 2
Choose and write the correct form of the words in the box to finish the following passage.

alarm protect industry number poach

danger gratify act extinct callous

Since the world has become (1) ……………………, there has been an increase in the number of animal
species that have either become extinct or have neared (2)………………… Bengal tigers, for instance,
which once roamed the jungles in vast numbers, now (3)……………… only about 2,300 and by the
year 2025 their
population is estimated to be down to zero. What is (4) …………………. about the case of the Bengal
tiger is that this extinction will have been caused almost entirely by (5)…………….. who, according to
some sources, are not interested in material gain but in personal (6) ………………..This is an example
of the (7) ………………that is part of what is causing the problem of extinction. Animals like the
Bengal tiger, as well as other (8) ………………….. species, are a valuable part of the world's
ecosystem. International laws (9)…………………. these animals must be (10)………………….. to
ensure their survival, and the survival of our planet.

Câu số 3: ERROR IDENTIFICATION (10ms)

The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Identify and correct them.

History books recorded that the first film with sound was The Jazz Singer in 1927. But sound
films, or talkies, did not suddenly appear after years of silence screenings. From the earliest public
performances in 1896, films were accompanying by music and sound effects. These were produced by a
single pianist, a small band, or a full-scale orchestra; large movie theatres could buy sound-effect
machine. Research into sound that was reproduced at exactly the same time as the pictures - called
"synchronized sound" – began soon after the very first films were shown. With synchronized sound,
characters on the movie screen could sing and speak. As early as 1896, the new invented gramophone,
which played a large disc carrying music and dialogue, was used for a sound system. The big
disadvantage was that the sound and pictures could become synchronized if, for example, the
gramophone needle jumped or if the speed of the projector changed. This system was only effectively
for a single song or dialogue sequence.
In the "sound-on-film" system, sound was recorded as a series of marks on celluloid which could
be read by an optical sensor. These signals would be placed on the film alongside the image,
guaranteeing synchronization. Short feature films were produced by this way as early as 1922. This
system eventually brought us "talk pictures".

Câu số 4: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION. (20 ms)

Rewrite the following sentences with the given words in such a way that the second sentence has the
same meaning as the first one. Do not change the form of the words in brackets.
1. Only when it got dark did Paolo decide to make his way back home. (FELL)
à It was not……………………………………………………………….. mind to make his way back
home.
2. There is a rumour that the company lost over 20 million dollars during the price war. (SUSTAINED)
à The company …………………………………………………………… over 20 million dollars
during the price war.
3. The role played by the PR company in securing the government contract was never acknowledged
officially. (OFFICIAL)
à At………………………………………….……………………… the PR company played securing
the government contract.
4. Don’t let Sarah’s carefree attitude deceive you; she is an extremely conscientious worker. (TAKEN)
à Don’t let ………………………………………… Sarah’s carefree attitude; she is an extremely
conscientious worker.
5. Joe would only to agree to continue the trip if he could drive instead of Paul. (TAKING)
à Joe insisted on …………………………………………………… as the driver before he would agree
to continue the trip.
6. He surprised me very much when he said he loved me. (BREATH)
à He …………………………………………………… when he said he loved me.
7. He didn’t hesitate to recommend me for the job. (BONES)
à He ……………………………………..…………………… me for the job.
8. The local council has considered mass tourism the cause of the environmental problems.
à The local council has put…………………………………………………………… for the cause of
environmental problems.
9. It is quite urgent that he hold this meeting.
à The meeting should be held as a ………………………………………………….
10. Albert’s wife said that he had to start being interested in their kids’lives.
à Albert’s wife said that it ……………………………………………….……… interest in their
kids’lives.
- The end-