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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 1: I can’t write that kind of letter unless I’m in the right frame of mind.
A. high spirits B. low spirits C. good mood D. bad mood
Question 2: Tom was not popular with younger colleagues because he adopted a rather
patronizing attitude towards them.
A. respectful B. disapproving C. friendly D. defiant
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 3: She managed to express her thoughts to the interviewer _______ her poor English.
A. in spite of B. though C. because D. because of
Question 4: She never wants to become his wife. I’m sure she will _______ him _______ if he
asks her to marry him.
A. turn - down B. give - up C. put - down D. put - up
Question 5: Since the beginning of April, Sam Son Flower Festival has attracted thousands of
_______ to the beach.
A. customers B. visitors C. clients D. guests
Question 6: As many as 49.743 people in 19 provinces and cities across Vietnam ______ against
COVID-19 in March.
A. vaccinated B. were vaccinating C. were vaccinated D. vaccinate
Question 7: The faster we walk, _______ we will get there.
A. the soon B. the sooner C. the soonest D. the more soon
Question 8: This is a picture of a/an _______ castle.
A. white Egypt ancient B. ancient white Egypt
C. Egypt ancient white D. Egypt white ancient
Question 9: _______ all the exercises, she went to bed.
A. To do B. Having done C. Being done D. Had done
Question 10: The students are excited _______ the coming summer holiday.
A. for B. with C. to D. about
Question 11: The jury _______ her compliments on her excellent knowledge of the subject.
A. gave B. said C. made D. paid
Question 12: She completed remaining work at her office in great _______ so as not to miss the
last bus to her home.
A. hurry B. haste C. rush D. speed
Question 13: I can’t go out this morning. I’m up to my _______ in reports.
A. nose B. ears C. lips D. eye
Question 14: On April 10th, the advertisement for Vinfast VF-e36 model car on CNN instantly
caught ______ of TV viewers and netizens worldwide.
A. attend B. attention C. attentive D. attentively
Question 15: When I went out, the sun _______.
A. was shining B. is shining C. shines D. shone
Question 16: She’s beautiful, _______?
A. isn’t she B. doesn’t she C. didn’t she D. won’t she
Question 17: The secretary will have finished the preparations for the meeting _______.
A. by the time the boss arrives B. after the boss had arrived
C. as soon as the boss had arrived D. when the boss arrived
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.
Question 18: A. noticed B. finished C. supported D. approached
Question 19: A. stone B. zone C. phone D. none
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 20: A. relax B. enter C. behave D. allow
Question 21: A. altitude B. stimulate C. company D. decision
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: Children brought up in a caring environment tend to grow more sympathetic
towards others.
A. loving B. dishonest C. healthy D. hateful
Question 23: A series of programs have been broadcast to raise public awareness of healthy
living.
A. assistance B. confidence C. understanding D. experience
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 24: Ted and Kate are talking about the school curriculum.
Ted: "Swimming should be made part of the school curriculum."
Kate:"________. It is an essential life skill."
A. I can't agree with you more B. Oh, that's a problem
C. You can make it D. Not at all
Question 25: Tom is talking to John, his new classmate, in the classroom.
Tom: “How did you get there?”
John: “__________”
A. I came here by train. B. Is it far from here?
C. The train is so crowded. D. I came here last night.
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 26 to 30.
Imaginary friends in early childhood
Many children have an imaginary friend - that is a friend they have invented. It was once
thought that only children (26) _______ had difficulty in creating relationships with others had
imaginary friends. In fact, having an imaginary friend is probably a common aspect of a normal
childhood (27) _______ many children with lots of real friends also have an imaginary friend.
The imaginary friend may help some children cope with emotional difficulties, but for (28)
_______, having an imaginary friend is just fun.
 There is no firm evidence to say that having an imaginary friend (29) _______ us anything
about what a child will be like in the future. One (30) _______ of research, though, has
suggested that adults who once had imaginary friends may be more creative than those who did
not.
(Adapted from First Certificate in English, Cambridge University Press)
Question 26: A. whom B. who C. whose D. which
Question 27: A. so B. as C. although D. but
Question 28: A. many B. much C. another D. every
Question 29: A. advises B. informs C. tells D. reveals
Question 30: A. piece B. unit C. item D. section
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 31: Lan had some shocking words on her facebook. Then, everyone knew her.
A. Hardly when Lan had some shocking words on her facebook everyone knew her.
B. Only after Lan had some shocking words on her facebook everyone knew her.
C. Only when Lan had some shocking words on her facebook did everyone know her.
D. Until Lan had some shocking words on her facebook did everyone knew her.
Question 32: My brother is away on business. I really need his help now.
A. As long as my brother is at home, he will be able to help me.
B. If only my brother had been at home and could have helped me.
C. If my brother is at home, he can help me now.
D. I wish my brother were at home and could help me now.
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 33 to 39.
How do children learn about wildlife? And is what they learn the sort of thing they should
be learning? It is my belief that children should not just be acquiring knowledge of animals but
also developing attitudes and feelings towards them based on exposure to the real lives of
animals in their natural habitats. But is this happening?
Some research in this area indicates that it is not. Learning about animals in school is often
completely disconnected from the real lives of real animals, with the result that children often
end up with little or no understanding or lasting knowledge of them. They learn factual
information about animals, aimed at enabling them to identify them and have various abstract
ideas about them, but that is the extent of their learning. Children’s storybooks tend to personify
animals as characters rather than teach about them.
For direct contact with wild and international animals, the only opportunity most children
have is visiting a zoo. The educational benefit of this for children is often given as the main
reason for doing it but research has shown that zoo visits seldom add to children’s knowledge of
animals - the animals are simply like exhibits in a museum that the children look at without
engaging with them as living creatures. Children who belong to wildlife or environmental
organizations or who watch wildlife TV programmes, however, show significantly higher
knowledge than any other group of children studied in research. The studies show that if children
learn about animals in their natural habitats, particularly through wildlife-based activities, they
know more about them than they do as a result of visiting zoos or learning about them in the
classroom.
Research has also been done into the attitudes of children towards animals. It shows that in
general terms, children form strong attachments to individual animals, usually their pets, but do
not have strong feelings for animals in general. This attitude is the norm regardless of the amount
or kind of learning about animals they have at school. However, those children who watch
television wildlife programmes show an interest in and affection for wildlife in its natural
environment, and their regard for animals in general is higher.
(Adapted from New English File, by Christina Latham -Koenig, Oxford University Press)
Question 33: What could be the best title for the passage?
A. Zoos: The Best Opportunity to Learn About Animals
B. Methods of Learning About Animals at School
C. Learning About Animals at School
D. Research on Learning About Animals
Question 34: The word “disconnected” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. separated B. removed C. divided D. disagreed
Question 35: What opinion does the writer express in the second paragraph?
A. What children learn about animals at school is often inaccurate.
B. The amount of acquired knowledge about animals at school is adequate.
C. Children’s storybooks are an effective way of teaching them about animals.
D. Children’s learning about animals at school has the wrong emphasis.
Question 36: The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. ideas B. children’s storybooks
C. children D. animals
Question 37: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Children’s storybooks give factual information about animals.
B. The writer raises the issue of the outcome of what children learn about animals.
C. Learning about animals in their natural habitats teaches children more about animals than
other methods.
D. Zoo visits have less educational benefit than they are believed to have.
Question 38: It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that children’s attitudes to animals _______.
A. depend on whether or not they have pets
B. differ from what adults might expect them to be
C. based on how much they know about the animals
D. are not affected by what they learn about them at school
Question 39: The word “regard” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. opinion B. respect C. attitude D. sympathy
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 40: A Tokyo newspaper - television company has organized the climb in 1975.
A B C D
Question 41: I felt annoyed by his continuous interruptions at the meeting this morning.
 A B C D
Question 42: Ordinary Americans are friendly and not afraid to show its feelings.
A B C D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, Cor D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 47.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is perhaps not a name that is universally recognized, but
Dodgson did achieve enormous success under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. He created this
pseudonym from the Latinization, Carolus Ludovicus, of his real given name. It was under the
name Lewis Carroll that Dodgson published the children's books Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking Glass (1872). Though Dodgson achieved
this success in children's literature, he was not an author of children's books by training or
profession. His education and chosen field of pursuit were far removed from the field of
children's literature and were instead focused on theoretical mathematics.
Dodgson graduated with honors from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1854 and then embarked on
a career in the world of academia. He worked as a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford and, later in
his career, published a number of theoretical works on mathematics under his own name rather
than under the pseudonym that he used for his children's stories. He produced a number of texts
for students, such as A Syllabus of Plane Algebraical Geometry (1860), Formulae of Plane
Trigonometry (1861), which was notable for the creativity of the symbols that he used to express
trigonometric functions such as sine and cosine, and A Guide for the Mathematical Student
(1866). In a number of more esoteric works, he championed the principles of Euclid; in Euclid
and his Modern Rivals (1879), he presented his ideas on the superiority of Euclid over rival
mathematicians in a highly imaginative fashion, by devising a courtroom trial of anti-Euclid
mathematicians that he named "Euclid-wreakers" and ultimately finding the defendants guilty as
charged. Curiosa Mathematica (1888-1893) made a further defense of Euclid's work, focusing on
Euclid's definition of parallel lines. These academic works never had the universal impact of
Dodgson's works for children using the name Lewis Carroll, but they demonstrate a solid body
of well-regarded academic material.
Question 43: The word " pseudonym " in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. real name B. family name C. pen pal D. pen name
Question 44: The word " they" in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. Dogson’s works for children B. children
C. these academic works D. parallel lines
Question 45: What could be the best title for the passage?
A. The Works of Lewis Carroll
B. Dodgson and Carroll: Mathematics and Children’s Stones
C. Charles Dodgson and Euclid
D. The Story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Question 46: According to the passage, Dodgson _______.
A. used the same name on all his published works
B. used a pseudonym for the work about courtroom trial
C. did not use his given name on his stories for children
D. used the name Caroll on his mathematic works
Question 47: Which of the following is NOT TRUE, according to the passage?
A. Dodgon was an outstanding student.
B. Dodgon attended Christ Church, Oxford.
C. Dodgon was a published author of academic works.
D. Dodgon studied children's literature.
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 48: “Would you like to go to the cinema with me?” Jane said to Mary.
A. Jane encouraged Mary to go to the cinema with her.
B. Jane reminded Mary to go to the cinema with her.
C. Jane invited Mary to go to the cinema with her.
D. Jane persuaded Mary to go to the cinema with her.
Question 49: They last saw each other six months ago.
A. They haven’t seen each other for six months.
B. They haven’t seen each other since six months.
C. They have seen each other for six months.
D. They didn’t see each other six months ago.
Question 50: I’m sure Luisa was very disappointed when she failed the exam.
A. Luisa could have been very disappointed when she failed the exam.
B. Luisa may be very disappointed when she failed the exam.
C. Luisa might be very disappointed when she failed the exam.
D. Luisa must have been very disappointed when she failed the exam.
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