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Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the
following questions.
1. A. pneumonia B. pseudonym C. preciosity D. psychology
2. A. wisdom B. slight C. tighten D. night

Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following questions.

3. Look! There’s no point in trying to overturn the decision. It’s all …………..
A. cut and dried B. head and shoulder
C. tooth and nail D. chop and change
4. Buy me a newspaper on your way back,...................?
A. don’t you B. have you C. do you D. will you
5. Mary gave me a....................box on my last birthday.
A. jewelry metal small square B. metal small jewelry square
C. small square metal jewelry D. square small jewelry metal
6. I was disappointed when I saw the film. It was a real …………..
A. lay-by B. setback C. let-down D. knockout
7. In the early 20 century, physicians discovered that blood transfusions often failed because the blood
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type of the recipient was not compatible....................the donor.

A. to that of B. with that of C. to those of D. with those of
8. She could sleep well....................the loud music the neighbour played last night.
A. although B. despite C. regardless D. but
9. Our prices are....................of all flights and accommodation, and represent excellent value.
A. self-catering B. economical C. inclusive D. packed
10. If the level of VAT is....................this year, small businesses will be affected.
A. raised B. arisen C. risen D. raising
11. They managed to....................doing the work by pretending to be busy.
A. get out of B. get away with C. make up to D. make off with
12. It was extremely extravagant of us to stay in a luxurious hotel, but we wanted to....................ourselves.
A. pride B. pledge C. justify D. treat
13. By appearing on the soap powder commercials, she became a....................name.
A. housewife B. housekeeper C. house D. household
14. I wish I hadn’t....................him for his brother.
A. thought B. considered C. confused D. mistaken
15. Make sure that the memo is sent to …………..
A. all the involved people B. all who are involved people
C. all the people involved D. all of people involved
16. The guest tasted the dessert …………..
A. appreciatively B. appreciative C. appreciated D. appreciation
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17. It’s true that older people are a bit................... when it comes to things like technology, but on the whole
I think they’re probably more open-minded than they used to be.
A. out of work B. out of touch C. out of control D. out of order

Choose the word that differs front the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the
following questions from 18 to 20. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes
on the answer sheet.
18 A. administer B. catastrophe C. intimacy D. laboratory
19. A. accurate B. persevere C. sumptuous D. applicant
20. A. cuisine B. parade C. hotel D. engine

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions from 21 to 22.
21. Did she get the better of you in the argument as to whether milk is good for our health?
A. gain an advantage over B. gain a disadvantage over
C. try to beat D. try to be better than
22. Once I realized I was not cut out for the job, I decided to hand in my notice.
A. was laid off by the company B. did not have the necessary qualities and abilities
C. did not take the necessary action to resolve D. lacked relevant working experience

Read the text and decide which answer best fits each gap of the following questions
WHY PEOPLE LAUGH
Sunday May 4 will be World Laughter Day. Dr Madan Kataria, who introduced this annual event, says
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we need more laughter in our lives to combat the global rise of stress and loneliness. But surely that strange
sound that we make periodically can’t be the (23)_______________to such problems.
If an alien (24)_____________to land on our planet and a take stroll among a crowd of earthlings, it would
hear a lot of ‘ha-ha’ noises. It might wonder what purpose this strange habit (25) ________________ If we
ask ourselves what (26)____________a good laugh, the obvious answer is that it is a response to something
funny.
But one scientist, Rober Provine, says humour has surprisingly (27)______________to do with that. Instead, it lies
at the (28) _______________ of such issues as the perception of self and the evolution of language and social
behaviour.
Rober Provine realised that you cannot capture (29)_____________laughter in the lab because as soon as
you place it under scrutiny, it vanishes. So, instead, he gathered (30)_____________by hanging around groups
of people, noting when they laughed.
He collected 1,200 laugh episodes - an episode being defined as the comment immediately (31)
_____________- the laughter and the laughter itself. His analysis of this data revealed some important facts
about laughter. “It’s a message we send to other people - it virtually reveals when we’re by ourselves,” he say.
“Andit’s not a choice. Ask someone to laugh and they’ll either try to fake a laugh or say they can t do
it on (32) _______________”
23. A. answer B. means C. response D. question
24. A. should B. were C. had D. are
25. A. served B. asked C. caused D. made
26. A. results B. concludes C. leads D. prompts
27. A. few B. much C. little D. many
28. A. head B. root C. back D. stem
29. A. authentic B. current C. artificial D. contemporary
30. A. noise B. data C. fun D. news
31. A. defining B. following C. paralleling D. preceding
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32. A. intention B. support C. command D. accident

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
33. A celebrated psychologist who expanded our knowledge of how children think and develop was a Swiss
named Jean Piaget.
A. obscure B. renowned C. prominent D. conservative
34. Downpours had drenched Hanoi all day, but that did not dampen the enthusiasm of red-clad spectators.
A. irrigate B. flood C. replenish D. kindle
Read an article about the effects of digital media on people’s minds and choose the best answer to the
following questions.
IS THE INTERNET MAKING US STUPID?
In an article in Science, Patricia Greenfield, a developmental psychologist who runs UCLA’s Children’s
Digital Media Center, reviewed dozens of studies on how different media technologies influence our cognitive
abilities. Some of the studies indicated that certain computer tasks, like playing video games, increase the speed
at which people can shift their focus among icons and other images on screens. Other studies, however, found
that such rapid shifts in focus, even if performed adeptly, result in less rigorous and more ‘automatic’ thinking.
In one experiment at an American university, half a class of students was allowed to use internet-connected
laptops during a lecture, while other half had to keep their computers shut. Those who browsed the web
performed much worse on a subsequent test of how well they retained the lecture’s content. Earlier experiments
revealed that as the number of links in an online document goes up, reading comprehension falls, and as more
types of information are placed on a screen, we remember less of what we see.
Greenfield concluded that ‘every medium develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others’. Our
growing use of screen-based media, she said, has strengthened visual-spatial intelligence, which can strengthen
the ability to do jobs that involve keeping track of lots of rapidly changing signals, like piloting a plane or
monitoring a patient during surgery. However, that has been accompanied by ‘new weakness in higher-order
cognitive processes’, including ‘abstract vocabulary, mindfulness, reflection, inductive problem-solving,
critical thinking and imagination’. We’re becoming, in a word, shallower.
Studies of our behaviour online support this conclusion. German researchers found that web browsers
usually spend less than ten seconds looking at a page. Even people doing academic research online tend to
‘bounce’ rapidly between documents, rarely reading more than a page or two, according to University College
London study. Such mental juggling takes a big toll. In a recent experiment at Stanford University, researchers
gave various cognitive tests to 49 people who do a lot of media multitasking and 52 people who multitask much
less frequently. The heavy multitaskers performed poorly on all the tests. They were more easily distracted, had
less control over their attention, and were much less able to distinguish important information from trivia. The
researchers were surprised by the results. They expected the intensive multitaskers to have gained some mental
advantages. That wasn’t the case, though. In fact, the multitaskers weren’t even good at multitasking.
‘Everything distracts them, said Clifford Nass, one of the researchers.
It would be one thing if the ill effects went away as soon as we turned off our computers and mobiles, but
they don’t. The cellular structure of the human brain, scientists have discovered, adapts readily to the tools we
use to find, store and share information. By changing our habits of mind, each new technology strengthens
certain neural pathways and weakens others. The alterations shape the way we think even when we’re not using
the technology. The pioneering neuroscientist Michael Merzenich believes our
brains are being ‘massively remodelled’ by our ever-intensifying use of the web and related media. In 2009,
he said that he was profoundly worried about the cognitive consequences of the constant distractions and
interruptions the internet bombards us with. The long-term effect on the quality of our intellectual lives, he said
could be ‘deadly’.
Not all distractions are bad. As most of us know, if we concentrate too intensively on a tough problem, we
can get stuck in a mental rut. However, if we let the problem sit unattended for a time, we often return to it with
a fresh perspective and a burst of creativity. Research by Dutch psychologist Ap Dijksterhuis indicates that such
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breaks in our attention give our unconscious mind time to grapple with a problem, bringing to bear information
and cognitive processes unavailable to conscious deliberation. We usually make better decisions, his
experiments reveal, if we shift our attention away from a mental challenge for a time.
But Dijksterhuis’s work also shows that our unconscious thought processes don’t engage with a problem
until we’ve clearly and consciously defined what the problem is. If we don’t have a particular goal in mind, he
writes, ‘unconscious thought does not occur’. The constant distractedness that the Net encourages is very
different from the kind of temporary, purposeful diversion of our mind that refreshes our thinking. What we
seem to be sacrificing in our surfing and searching is our capacity to engage in the quieter, attentive modes of
thought that underpin contemplation, reflection and introspection.
35. What do we learn about Patricia Greenfield’s research in the first paragraph?
A. It did not produce consistent patterns in connection with computer use.
B. It focused on problems resulting from use of media technologies.
C. It involved collating the results of work done by other people.
D. It highlighted differences between people when using computers.
36. Two of the experiments mentioned in the second paragraph concerned
A. the amount of attention people pay to what they see on computers.
B. the connection between computer use and memory.
C. changes that happen if people’s computer use increases.
D. the use and non-use of computers for studying.
37. One of Greenfield’s conclusions was that
A. too much emphasis has been placed on the benefits of computer use.
B. people do not care about the effects of computer use on their minds.
C. computer use has reduced a large number of mental abilities.
D. certain claims about the advantages of computer use are false.
38. One of the pieces of research mentioned in the fourth paragraph indicated that
A. people read online material less carefully than other material.
B. beliefs about the effectiveness of multitasking are false.
C. some people are better at multitasking than others.
D. ‘mental juggling’ increases the mental abilities of only a few people.
39. What is the writer’s purpose in the fifth paragraph?
A. to present opposing views on the consequences of use of new media technology
B. to advise on how to avoid the bad effects of new media technology
C. to summarise the findings of the previously-mentioned research
D. to warn about the damage done by use of new media technology
40. The writer mentions Ap Dijksterhuis’s research in order to make the point that
A. problem-solving can involve very complex mental processes.
B. not all research supports beliefs about the danger of computers use.
C. the mind functions in ways that computers cannot.
D. uninterrupted concentration on something is not always a good thing.

Read the article about teenagers. Five paragraphs have been removed. Choose from the paragraphs(A-F) the
ones which best fit each gaps of the following questions. There is one extra paragraph which you do not
need to use.
REBELS WITH A CAUSE
‘Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify
of vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is to ignore them. And while some may see them as crazy
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ones, we see genius. Because the people, who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones
who do.”
41. ……………
Typically, there is not a lot of praise to be heard for teenagers. But teenage rebellion and risk-taking is a
natural result of the development of the brain, and a necessary step to reach adulthood. Our teenage years are
like no other period in our lives, and we should view this stage as a unique opportunity rather than only a time
of drama and danger.
42. ……………
For example, one of the best things about being a teen is having an amazing ability to learn, and this is a
positive side effect of being willing to take risks. Teens are less afraid of failure, and one of the biggest
limitations people face in life is the tendency not to try something new because they might fail. Teens, however,
are wide open to trying new things.
43. ……………
This sensitivity can make teens highly motivated at tasks that interest them. And while the task that interests
them might be playing video games, it could also be playing the guitar, writing poetry, or even learning about
physics. It is the age when obsessive practice is the easiest it will ever be, and that practice is one aspect of
genius.
44. ……………
Adults might view this as naivety, after all, making changes happen in society is extremely difficult, could
be a waste of time, and would probably upset people. However, we can be sure that if no one bothers to try,
change is impossible. And while change might be scary, and risky, it is not always bad. In fact, sometimes it is
essential.
45. ……………
So perhaps it is time to start celebrating teenage rebellion rather than dreading it. Of course, parents and
teachers need to set safe limits, but they should also feel proud of teens’ newfound opinions, positive risk-taking
and creativity. After all, they will need those skills in the future in order to build a better world.

A. In addition, teens’ brains are very sensitive to reward, and this also helps them learn. Succeeding at a
task gives teens a powerful incentive for repeating, and remembering, rewarding behaviours.
B. Essentially, what we can learn from this isn’t that teens necessarily have better memories than adults,
but rather the way in which they remember is different. They are able to connect different things and
build a richer understanding of the world.
C. And, although not essential, even teenage rebellion against family authority has a good side. Researchers
have found that teens who argued with their parents were more likely to resist peer pressure to drink. It
turns out that the family home is a safe place for teens to practise standing up for what they believe in.
D. This quote could easily be used to describe teens that rebel against authority, are emotional and make
impulsive decisions. But, like the crazy ones, they are also creative, committed to doing things their own
way, and are often agents of social change.
E. It’s true that it’s a dangerous age. For example, teen drivers are three times more likely than adults to be
involved in a fatal accident. And while this issue is real, let’s not overlook the fact that not all risk-taking
is negative.
F. Another positive aspect of teenage risk-taking is their belief that they can change society. They are more
likely than adults to speak out for what they think is right or find innovative solutions to problems.
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Read the following passage and answer the following questions.

YOUTH WORKS
As the pace of today’s working life blurs the line between personal time and work time, so it increasingly
mixes personal lifestyle and work style. And as companies concentrate on attracting and keeping a younger
workforce for its technical skills and enthusiasm for change, office culture is becoming an extension of youth
culture. This may be no bad thing. Along with the company games room come things that matter deeply to
young people: opportunity, responsibility, respect. For most of human history the middle-aged have ruled. With
years came wisdom, experience, connections and influence. Rarely did they change jobs, years of loyal service
counted most. However, in the future, older workers will not disappear, or even reduce in numbers, but they
will have to share power with fresh-faced youths.
There have been a number of reasons for this change; the most dramatic of these is technology. Children
have always been more expert than their parents at something, but usually a game or a fashion, not the century’s
most important business tool. The Internet has triggered the first industrial revolution in history to be led by the
young. This is the age group that created Netscape, the first commercial web browser; Napster, the music-
sharing technology that shocked the music industry; Yahoo! and many of the other web giants. Though there
have been youth revolutions before, none of them made the leap from teen bedroom to boardroom the way the
Internet has. Throughout the twentieth century, had a young person wanted to enter corporate America they
needed to leave their youth behind. They got a haircut, and probably a suit or at least a tie. Now the same hair,
same clothes, even nearly the same hours apply to office and home.
Had it not been for the Internet, this change could not have happened. However, it did not happen because
of the Internet only, the corporate restructuring of the 1980s and 90s broke down traditional hierarchies. In
many companies, rigid seniority-based hierarchies have given way to hierarchies based on merit. No longer are
the abilities to navigate internal bureaucracies and please your superiors the most valued skills. Today’s
employees are free agents who stay with companies only as long as they feel challenged and rewarded; moving
from job to job is now a sign of ambition and initiative. Today’s young people are valued as workers for different
reasons than their predecessors: they welcome change; they think differently; they are independent; they are
entrepreneurial; they want opportunity more than money and security and finally, they demand respect.
This revolution is not just about the young. Youth itself is being redefined. Increasingly, 35-ycar-olds listen
to the same music as 20-year-olds, dress like them and even look almost like them. Never before has there been
a time when there was so little difference between age groups. Imagine a society converging on an age
somewhere between 20 and 30, and you have a fair picture of New York or San Francisco now, with other
American cities not far behind.
The rise of the young is a good thing, not least because it gives people at their most creative stage in life
more opportunity to put their ideas and energy into practice. But will there be a takeover by the young? A good
place to look for an answer is Microsoft. Microsoft’s most important employees are not its managers, but
individual programmers. They have great independence in choosing how to do their job. By and large, the
managers’ task is not to tell the programmers what to do, but to clear obstacles from the path they choose.
Microsoft workers are valued most for their ability to think for themselves, they are trusted to find their own
solutions to business problems. Managers hold back, knowing that the more specific their order, the more it is
likely to undermine their employees’ ability to find creative solutions. So they concentrate on the diplomatic
tasks that most of the independent young programmers are not much good at: co-ordinating with other teams,
resolving conflicts, motivating people and ensuring that everybody is happy. Microsoft starts to look like a
model for the workplace of the future: programmers tend to be in their twenties and early thirties, whereas the
managers are about a decade older. Many of the managers are former programmers who reached a point where
they no longer wanted to sleep under their desk. The effect of all this is that youth and youth qualities apparently
dominate, but the experience and maturity of older employees is put to good use too.
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Decide whether the statements reflect the claims of the writer.

Write YES if the statement reflects the claims of the writer.
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer.
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.
46. The number of older workers in companies will decline.
47. The Internet is the most important development since the industrial revolution.
48. In many companies, the ability to make the superiors pleased is not one of the most valued skills any
longer.
49. Microsoft’s most important employees are individual programmers.

Complete the summary below. Use NO MORE THAN THREE words or a number.
In today’s workplace (50) …………………………………………. and work are becoming mixed and
older workers are losing power in their companies. The most important reason for this is (51)
…………………………. which has allowed fresh-faced youths to enter the workplace and make changes. A
second reason was the changes made to company (52)...................................................................in the 80s and
90s which emphasized (53) …………………………………………. over seniority. The final reason is that
values have changed. Today’s workers want opportunity more than (54) ……………………………………….
Another effect is that older people are behaving like younger people with society’s average age between 20 and
30 in some US cities. At Microsoft the manager’s role is not to give workers orders but to (55)
………………………………… from their way and help them discover solutions to business problems.

Read the text below and use ONE word which best fits each gap of the following questions.
Britain has gone mad for bananas. Over the past 12 months Britons have consumed an unprecedented 3.5
billion pieces of the tropical fruit, forcing the (56) …………………………. apple into second place. The
nation’s banana boom is one of the most remarkable nutritional trends of recent years, a guide not only to the
growing (57)...........................................consciousness of the British people but also to the country’s economic
health. (58) …………………………. is amazing is that bananas were virtually unheard of during the 19th
century and even up until the end of the 1920s (59)........................................... anyone in Britain had tasted or
(60)...........................................seen them. Early attempts to introduce them to northern countries had met with
failure because by the time they had been shipped to Britain, they had rotted (61) ………………………….
recognition. However, thanks to the development of refrigerated shipping, all this changed. Refrigerated
shipping meant that then, as now, bunches of imported bananas could arrive in good condition at (62)
…………………… houses in dockyards where they were stored. The first commercial refrigerated shipment
arrived 100 years ago, triggering an enthusiasm from (63)...........................................Britons have never looked
back.
“The banana has everything going for it”, says Jeanette Scott of the Banana Group marketing organization.
“It’s easy to open, it is packed (64)........................................... energy and vitamins and is low in calories It is
also a first-class cure for upset stomachs and it stabilises blood (65).........................................., so its popularity
should not be seen as that surprising.’’

Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap of the following
questions.
The American painter George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925) was the only son of an elderly couple who (66.
EXAMPLE).......................................................... the Midwestern values of honest business practice and strict
morality.
From earliest childhood he seemed determined to become an artist. Before graduating from Ohio State
University, and in the face of stiff parental (67. OPPOSE)......................................................... he moved to New
York to study art. There he was strongly influenced by “The Eight”, or American Ashcan School. For the (68.
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REMAIN)..........................................................of his life, his work was characterized by realist subject matter,
(69. LIE) …………………………………… which was a traditional approach to composition. He was also
fascinated by the various systems of colour (70. RELATE) …………………………………… that painters
were using at the time, and studied them in detail. The truly outstanding work that he produced in these early
days (71. SHADOW)..........................................................and contributed to much of his later painting.
Despite his identification with common, even low-life themes, he was elected an associate of the (72.
PRESTIGE)......................................................... National Academy at the exceptionally early age of 27. One of
the reasons the Academy honoured Bellows, while (73. HOLD).......................................................... approval
from many of the other members of “The Eight”, was the fact that there were unmistakable references to the
old masters in Bellows’ work. He was one of the few artists who (74. INSTINCT) ………………………………
combined a modern verve and energy with an appreciation of (75. ART) ……………………………………
tradition, and his almost universal appeal was therefore not surprising.

Finish each of the following sentences from 76 to 80 in such a way that it means exactly the same asthe
sentence printed before it.
76. It was such a difficult task that expert assistance was required.
-> So ........................................................................................................................................................
77. He is unlikely to be promoted.
-> There....................................................................................................................................................
78. Susan tries hard, but she doesn’t get anywhere.
-> However ..............................................................................................................................................
79. They believe that the manager absconded with the company’s pension fund money.
-> The manager ........................................................................................................................................
80. “Please, please don’t tell anyone you’ve seen me!” the boy said to me.
-> The boy begged ...................................................................................................................................

Complete the second sentences from 81 to 85 so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the
word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between THREE and SIX words, including the
word given.
81. She is certainly not a good cook. MEANS
-> She..............................................................................................................................good cook.
82. I could tell by the tone of his voice how serious the situation was. HOME
-> The tone of his voice................................................................................................................... how
serious the situation was.
83. No one stands a chance of beating him in this year's championship. FOREGONE
-> It’s ………………………………………………………………………………… that he will win
this year’s championship.
84. We travellers not to use their mobile phones when they pass through security. REFRAIN
-> Travellers …………………………………………………………………………… their mobile
phones when they pass through security.
85. The festival was so well organized that everything went smoothly. CLOCKWORK
-> Everything at the festival ………………………………………………………………………………
thanks to the excellent organization.
Recently young people are said to be "Welcome Generation" as they are willing to face any
difficulties. Write a paragraph of about 140 words about how people of your age in your country
deal with challenges in their life. Write your paragraph on the answer sheet.