ĐỀ 1:

Mark the letter A.B.C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose inderlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. challenge B. achievement C. chance D. scholarship
Question 2: A. passage B. luggage /i/ C. age /ei/ D. damage
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 3: A. ‘comfortable B. ‘powerful C. o’pinion D. accurate
Question 4: A. com’pletion B. under’stand C. ma’terial D. be’havior
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 5: Sally has just won a full scholarship to one of the most prestigious universities in the
world; she must be on cloud nine now.
A. extremely panicked – hoảng sợ B. obviously delighted
C. incredibly optimistic D. desperately sad
Question 6: Her physical condition (tình trạng sức khỏe) was not an impediment (-) to her career as a
singer. She has won a lot of prizes.
A. advantage (+) B. obstacle – chướng ngạiC. barrier (rào cản) D. disadvantage (-)
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 7: The new cartoon film catches/takes the fancy of sb (+) (làm cho ai đó thích thú/ thu hút ai đó)
the children.
A. satisfies B. amuses C. attracts of sb D. surprises
Question 8: The kidnapper (kẻ bắt cóc) gave himself up (tự thú) to the police.
A. confided himself giãi bày tâm sự B. surrendered to sb: đầu hàng ai.
C. accommodated himself làm cho mình thích nghi cái gì D. went up tăng lên
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 9: Kelly: “It’s was very kind of you (dùng để cảm ơn) to give me a lift home – cho mình đi nhờ xe
về nhà”.
- Mark: “ ”
A. As a matter of fact = Actually: thực tế thì, you’re pretty nice.
B. Oh, don’t do that. I was coming past – đi qua your house any way.
C. I’m not pleased.
D. Oh, don’t mention it – không có gì đâu (đáp trả lời cảm ơn). I was coming past your house any way.
Question 10: Two students are talking about the school curriculum – hoàn cảnh.
- Hoa: “Swimming should be taught in the school.” - Nam: “ .It is an essential = important = vital
life skill.”
A. Oh, that’s a problem B. I can’t agree with you more (hoàn toàn đồng ý)
C. Not at all (đáp lại lời cảm ơn – không có gì đâu) D. You can make it
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 11: Many parents tend to – c ó k h u y n h h ư ớ n g push their children because they
believe that good education will enable – cho phép them to in the future.
A. turn up = appear = arrive B. get on – be successful C. get out – thoát ra/ để lộ ra D. turn down = refuse– từ
chối
Question 12: It gets/ becomes + adj when the winter is coming.
A. cold and cold B. cold and colder C. more and more cold D. colder and colder
So sánh kép: (đồng adj)
Short adj: S+V adj/adv_er + and + adj/adv_er. Càng ngày càng
Long adj: more and more + long adj/adv.
(Khác adj)
The + SS hơn + S_V, the + SS hơn + S_V => the more you study, the better you become be.
Question 13: The organization underwent – trải qua reforms – cuộc cách mạng.
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 A. far-reaching (Có ảnh hưởng sâu rộng/ Có tác động đến)
B. far-gone (ốm nặng) C. far-off (xa xôi) D. far-flung (xa, trải rộng)
Question 14: The Beauty Contest is start at 8:00 a.m our time next Monday.
A. due to (bởi vì = despite)/ be due to: 1 sự việc mong đợi xảy ra tại 1 thời điểm nào đó
B. be bound/ sure/ certain to (KĐ st sẽ xảy ra 1 cách chắc chắn trong TL)
C. be about to (sắp sửa làm gì đó)
D. be on the point of + Ving = be about to V
Question 15: If people paid more attention to the environment, the Earth greener.
A. would be B. will be C. would have been D. had been
Question 16: Nobody comes there, ?
A. does he B. doesn’t he C. do they D. don’t they
Question 17: The teacher likes her essay because it’s very ....................................... .
A. imagination
B. imaginable (có thể tưởng tượng/ hình dung được)
C. imaginative (có tính sáng tạo/ giàu trí tưởng tượng)
D. imaginary (tượng tượng ảo, không có thật)
Question 18: I have lived in this city for so long, so I’ve grown.............................to the noise of vehicles.
A. accustomed to st: quen thuộc với cái gì
B. unconscious of st:: không có ý thức về cái gì
C. familiar with:
D. aware of:
Question 19: All applicants = candidates: ứng cử viên must . .................a full CV with their job application –
đơn xin việc) before October .1st
A. permit = allow = enable B. omit (bỏ quên/ bỏ đi) C. submit: nộp D. admit
Question 20: That book is about the people in Samoa (O)...................................for two years.
A. that she lived (thiếu among) B. that she lived among them
C. among whom she lived D. where she lived among them
Question 21: When the first child was bom, they.....................................married for three years.
A. have been married B. had been married
C. will been married D. will have been married
Question 22: This girl doesn’t reveal – tiết lộ much about herself, and it is............fascinating for it.
A. as
B. the same + N: giống như (dùng trong SS ngang bằng)
C. all the more + adj = even more………..(than before): thậm chí còn ……. hơn (so với trước đó)
D. the more + adj/ adv + S_V (câu SS kép)
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 27.
The Microscope
One of the most important inventions in the development of science and medicine was the microscope
– kính hiển vi. It was (23) ........... the principle that light could be “refracted” or bent, by a glass lens. It
was soon discovered that tiny objects could be magnified (24) ........... size when viewed through a glass
lens that had been ground and polished in a specific (25) manner Although the principle was known to
the Chinese as early as 1000 A.D, it was not until the 13th and 14th centuries in Europe (26) THAT it was
put to practical use in the form of eyeglasses.In Europe the first microscope was invented by brothers
Zacharias and Hans Janssen, two Dutch eyeglass-makers, around 1590. They built a “compound”
microscope, so called because of its two lenses. The most significant development and use of the
microscope during this period, however, belongs to another Dutch optician, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
Born in Delft, Holland, he became/ be skilled/ talented at ( r ấ t g i ỏ i / c ó t à i n ă n g t r o n g
v i ệ c ; à m g ì đ ó ) (27) ........... very sharp (sắc) and accurate (chính xác) magnifying lenses.

Question 23: A. based upon/ on B. based by C. based in D. based at

Question 24: A. by B. on C. in size:kích thước D. with
lớn
Question 25: A. procedure (phương pháp/ cách C. in fashion: đúng D. character =
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thức/ thủ tục) mốt/ hợp thời trang personality: tính cách
B. in + a/ manner adj manner:cái cách mà st is
done: theo cách ……….
Question 26: A. when B. than C.then D. that
Question 27: A. granting B. grinding (mài dũa) C. scraping (nạo/ gọt) D.rubbing (cọ xát)

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 28 to 34.
Carnegie Hall, which is a famous concert hall in New York City, has again undergone – trải qua a
restoration. While this is not the first, it is certainly the most extensive in the building’s history. As a
result of this new restoration, Carnegie Hall once again has the quality of sound that it had when it was
first built.
Carnegie Hall owes its existence to Andrew Carnegie, the wealthy owner of a steel company in the late
1800s. The hall was finished in 1891 and quickly gained a reputation as an excellent performing arts hall
where accomplished musicians gained fame. Despite its reputation (danh tiếng), the concert hall
suffered from- chịu đựng several detrimental renovations over the years. During the Great Depression,
when fewer people could afford to attend performances, the directors sold part of the building to
commercial businesses. As a result, a coffee shop was opened in one comer of the building, for which the
builders replaced the brick and terra cotta walls with windowpanes. A renovation in 1946 seriously
damaged the acoustical quality of the hall when the makers of the film Carnegie Hall cut a gaping hole
in the dome of the ceiling to allow for lights and air vents. The hole was later covered with short
curtains and a fake ceiling, but the hall never sounded the same afterwards.
In 1960, the violinist Isaac Stem became/ get involved in (thgia vào) restoring the hall after a group of
real estate developers unveiled plans to demolish Carnegie Hall and build a high-rise office building
on the site. This threat spurred Stem to rally public support for Carnegie Hall and encourage the City of
New York to buy the property. The movement was successful, and the concert hall is now owned by the
city. In the current restoration, builders tested each new material for its sound qualities, and they
replaced the hole in the ceiling with a dome. The builders also restored the outer walls to their original
appearance and closed the coffee shop. Carnegie has never sounded better, and its prospects for the future
have never looked more promising.
Question 28: What is this passage mainly about?
A. Changes to Carnegie Hall
B. The appearance of Carnegie Hall
C. Carnegie Hall’s history during the Great Depression
D. Damage to the ceiling in Carnegie Hall
Question 29: In the second paragraph, what is the meaning of the word “detrimental”?
A. Dangerous B. Significant C. Extreme D. Harmful

Question 30: What major change happened to the hall in 1946? C. Restoring the
A. The acoustic dome was damaged. plaster trim
B. Space in the building was sold to commercial businesses. Repairing the
C. The walls were damaged in an earthquake. ceiling
D. The stage was renovated.
Question 31: Who was Andrew Carnegie?
A. A violinist B. An architect
C. A steel mill owner D. The mayor of New York
City
Question 32: What was Isaac Stem’s relationship to Carnegie Hall?
A. He made the movie “Carnegie Hall” in 1946.
B. He performed on opening night in 1891.
C. He tried to save the hall, beginning in 1960.
D. He opened a coffee shop in Carnegie Hall during the Depression.
Question 33: What was probably the most important aspect of the recent renovation?
A. Restoring the outer wall B. Expanding the lobby
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Question 34: Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “unveiled” in the last paragraph?
A. Announced tuyên bố B. Restricted hạn chế C. Overshadowed che mắt/ làm lu mờ D. Located
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 35 to 42.
Happiness and sadness are experienced by people in all cultures around the world, but how can we tell
when other people are happy or despondent? It turns out that the expression of many emotions may be
universal. Smiling is apparently a universal sign of friendliness and approval. Baring the teeth in a
hostile way, as noted by Charles Darwin in the nineteenth century, may be a universal sign of anger. As
the originator of the theory of evolution, Darwin believed that the universal recognition of facial
expressions would have survival value. For example, facial expressions could signal the approach of
enemies (or friends) in the absence of language.
Most investigators concur that certain facial expressions suggest the same emotions in all people.
Moreover, people in diverse cultures recognize the emotions manifested by the facial expressions. In
classic research Paul Ekman took photographs of people exhibiting the emotions of anger, disgust, fear,
happiness, and sadness. He then asked people around the world to indicate what emotions were being
depicted in them. Those queried ranged from European college students to members of the Fore, a tribe
that dwells in the New Guinea highlands. All groups, including the Fore, who had almost no contact with
Western culture, agreed on the portrayed emotions. The Fore also displayed familiar facial expressions
when asked how they would respond if they were the characters in stories that called for basic emotional
responses. Ekman and his colleagues more recently obtained similar results in a study of ten cultures in
which participants were permitted to report that multiple emotions were shown by facial expressions. The
participants generally agreed on which two emotions were being shown and which emotion was more
intense.
Psychological researchers generally recognize that facial expressions reflect emotional states. In fact,
various emotional states give rise to certain patterns of electrical activity in the facial muscles and in the
brain. The facial-feedback hypothesis argues, however, that the causal relationship between emotions and
facial expressions can also work in the opposite direction. According to this hypothesis, signals from the
facial muscles (“feedback) are sent back to emotion centers of the brain, and so a person’s facial
expression can influence that person’s emotional state. Consider Darwin’s words: “The free expression by
outward signs of an emotion intensifies it. On the other hand, the repression, as far as possible, of all
outward signs softens our emotions.” Can smiling give rise to feelings of good will, for example, and
frowning to anger?
Psychological research has given rise to some interesting findings concerning the facial-feedback
hypothesis. Causing participants in experiments to smile, for example, leads them to report more positive
feelings and to rate cartoons (humorous drawings of people or situations) as being more humorous. When
they are caused to frown, they rate cartoons as being more aggressive.
What are the possible links between facial expressions and emotion? One link is arousal, which is the
level of activity or preparedness for activity in an organism. Intense contraction of facial muscles, such as
those used in signifying fear, heightens arousal. Self-perception of heightened arousal then leads to
heightened emotional activity. Other links may involve changes in brain temperature and the release of
neurotransmitters (substances that transmit nerve impulses.) The contraction of facial muscles both
influences the internal emotional state and reflects it. Ekman has found that the so-called Duchenne smile,
which is characterized by “crow’s feet” wrinkles around the eyes and a subtle drop in the eye cover fold
so that the skin above the eye moves down slightly toward the eyeball, can lead to pleasant feelings.
Ekman’s observation may be relevant to the British expression “keep a stiff upper lip” as a
recommendation for handling stress. It might be that a “stiff” lip suppresses emotional response - as long
as the lip is not quivering with fear or tension. But when the emotion that leads to stiffening the lip is
more intense, and involves strong muscle tension, facial feedback may heighten emotional response.
Question 35. The word “despondent” in the passage is closest in meaning to .............................
A. Curious B. Unhappy C. Thoughtful D. Uncertain
Question 36. The author mentions “Baring the teeth in a hostile way” in order to ..........................
A. Differentiate one possible meaning of a particular facial expression from other meanings of its
B. Support Darwin’s theory of evolution
C. Provide an example of a facial expression whose meaning is widely understood
D. Contrast a facial expression that is easily understood with other facial expressions
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Question 37. The word “them” in the passage refers to .............................
A. Emotions B. People C. Photographs D. Cultures
Question 38. According to paragraph 2, which of the following was TRUE about the Fore people of New
Guinea?
A. They did not want to be shown photographs.
B. They were famous for their story-telling skills.
C. They knew very little about Western culture.
D. They did not encourage the expression of emotions.
Question 39. According to the passage, what did Darwin believe would happen to human emotions that
were not expressed?
A. They would become less intense. B. They would last longer than usual.
C. They would cause problems later. D. They would become more negative

Question 40. According to the passage, research involving which of the following supported the facial-
feedback hypothesis?
A. The reactions of people in experiments to cartoons
B. The tendency of people in experiments to cooperate (hợp tác)
C. The release of neurotransmitters by people during experiments
D. The long-term effects of repressing emotions (kìm nén cảm xúc)
Question 41. The word “rate” in the passage is closest in meaning to ........................ .
A. Judge (đánh giá) B. Reject C. Draw D. Want
Question 42. According to the passage, stiffening the upper lip (mím chặt môi) may have which of the following
effects?
A. It first suppresses – ngăn chặn stress, then intensifies it.
B. It may cause fear and tension in those who see it.
C. It can damage the lip muscles.
D. It may either heighten or reduce emotional response.
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 43: French is the only language other than – ngoại trừ English spoken on five continents.
A. French and English are the only languages that are spoken on five continents.
B. Unlike French, English is spoken on five continents.
C. French and English are spoken widely in official and commercial circles.
D. Before English, French was the only language spoken on five continents.
Question 44: “Don’t forget to submit your assignments by Friday,” said the teacher to the students.
A. The teacher reminded the students to submit their assignments by Friday.
B. The teacher allowed the students to submit their assignments by Friday.
C. The teacher ordered the students to submit their assignments by Friday./ order sb to do st
D. The teacher encouraged the students to submit their assignments by Friday.
Question 45: He didn’t eat anything but small pieces of bread and butter.
A. He ate small pieces of bread and butter but didn’t like them.
B. He only ate some small pieces of bread and butter.
C. He didn’t eat anything, not even the bread and butter.
D. He didn’t touch the bread and butter, but he ate other things.
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 46: We have conducted (A) exhausting research (B)into the effects of smartphones on
students’ (C) behaviour and their (D) academic performance.
Exhausting (adj) kiệt sức, mệt nhoài
Exhaustive (adj) toàn diện hết mọi khía cạnh
=> Exhaustive research: nghiên cứu toàn diện
Academic performance: thành tích học tập
Question 47: (A) On the table (B) is (C) hundreds of books written (D) in English.
On the table (adv of place) đứng đầu + V + S (đảo ngữ trạng từ nơi chốn lên đứng nhấn mạnh)
Hundreds of + N số nhiều + V số nhiều => is -> are
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Question 48: Tim works (A) as a doctor and he (B) earns (C) twice (D) as much than his brother.
as much than => as much as
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 49: He helped us a lot with the project. We couldn’t continue without him.
A. Provided (miễn là) his contribution wouldn’t come, we couldn’t continue with the project.

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 B. But for (nếu không có) his contribution, we could have continued with the project.
C. Unless we had his contribution, we could continue with the project.
D. If he hadn’t contributed positively, we couldn’t have continued with the project.
Question 50: The storm was so great. Many families had to be evacuated (sơ tán) to safer parts of the city.
A. Although the storm was not great, many families had to be evacuated to safer parts of the city.
B. So great was the storm that many families had to be evacuated to safer parts of the city.
C. Many families had to be evacuated to safer parts of the city in spite of the great storm.
D. It was so a great storm that many families had to be evacuated to safer parts of the city.
(D sai vì “such a great storm” or “so great a storm”)
ĐẢO NGỮ VỚI “SO”:
So + adj + be + S + that + S_V
So + adv + trợ V + S + V + that + S_V