Mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose main stress position is placed differently

from that of the others in each group.

1.A. luggage B. complain C. improve D. forgive
2.A. million B. computer C. permission D. perfection

Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:

Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost
everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century. But many kinds are now in
danger. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of process of extinction.
Already many kinds of wild animals has been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is
forgotten. Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals etc thought to be in danger of extinction.
But even more important, perhaps, than individuals kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in
danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained; and the world forests, especially the tropical forests
are being cut down to satisfy man's need of timber and paper.

3. What would happen to the human beings if the wild life vanished?
A. many species would quickly become extinct. B. the human life would be seriously threatened.
C. species would go on dying out. D. tropical forests would be cut down.
4. What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?
A. the vanishing of whole habitats. B. the extinction of many species.
C. the rapid advance of the process of extinction. D. man's need of timber and paper.
5. What does the writer caution us against?
A. cutting down the tropical forests. B. hunting wild animals.
C. draining mashes. D. destroying our environment.
6. What would happen if we cut down forests? Cutting down forests would cause .......
A. the changes of temperature B. the flood
C. both A and B are correct D. none are correct
7. "to threaten" in the passage means ......
A. to pollute B. to give fear to C. to vanish D. to poison
Choose the best answer:

8. Before it was sold the broken machine was cleaned and .............
A. looked for B. put right C. kept up D. given back
9. This is .............. elephant I have ever seen.
A. the most big B. most big C. the biggest D. the bigest
10. Wedding rings are made of .................
A. gold B. a gold C. the gold D. golds
11. There are two ………..... in the word "pretty".
A. Ts B. T C. TT D. T's
12. If I say that I'd rather wait, I mean that I .......
A. prefer to wait B. like to wait C. refuse to wait D. promise to wait
13.“Look! This sweater is beautiful.” “ …………………….?”
A. Why not trying it on B. Why not try on it
C. Why not try it on D. Why not trying on it

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
 14. The dim lights made it hard to see, so Ben squinted to make out the stranger's face in the
distance.
A. faint B. muted C. weak D. strong
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from that of the others in each group.

15. A. flood B. moon C. balloon D. proof

16. A allows B.collects C. happens D. conserves
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that
best completes each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 3.
A (17) ______ investigation by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey shows that strange
animal behavior might help predict future earth-quakes. Investigators found such occurrences in a ten-
kilometer radius of the epicenter of a fairly recent quake. Some birds screeched and flew about wildly;
dogs yelped and ran around uncontrollably. Scientists believe that animals can perceive these (18)
______ changes as early as several days before the mishap. In 1976 after observing animal behavior,
the Chinese were able to predict a devastating quake. (19) ______ hundreds of thousands of people
were killed, the government was able to evacuate millions of other people and thus keep the death toll
at a lower level.
17. A. lately
B. recently
C. late
D. recent

18. A. environmental
B. environment
C. enviromentalist
D. environ
19. A. Therefore
B. Although
C. Since
D. However

Make letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the given one.

20. It is a pity you didn't tell us about this.

A. I wish you have told us about this.
B. I wish you would tell us about this.
C. I wish you had told us about this
D. I wish you would have told us about this.
21. In the class of twenty, Jack is the third best student.
A. Jack is not as smart as most of the other students.
B. The class has only three smart students.
C. Two students in the class are smarter than Jack.
D. No other students in the class is as smart as Jack.

22. We couldn’t go out because the weather was so bad.

A. The weather was so bad but we went out.

B. If the weather were fine, we could not go out.

C. Whatever weather we had, we couldn’t go out.

D. It was such bad weather that we could not go out.

23. The new restaurant looks good. However, it seems to have few customers.

A. In order to get more business, the new restaurant should improve its appearance.

B. The new restaurant would have more customers if it looked better.

C. If it had a few more customers, the new restaurant would look better.

D. In spite of its appearance, the new restaurant does not appear to attract much business.

Make letter A, B, C or D to indicate the part that is incorrect

24. Mrs. White, along with her students, are coming to the party tonight.
A. with B. along C. are D. to

25. Tet is the time which Vietnamese people clean and decorate their houses.
A. their B. which C. the D. clean