Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the otherthree in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1. A. create B. creature C. easy D. increase

Câu 1: Đáp án đúng: A
A. create /kriˈeɪt/ B. creature /ˈkriːtʃə(r)/
C. easy /ˈiːzi/ D. increase /ɪnˈkriːs/
Question 2. A. needed B. played C. rained D. followed

Câu 2: Đáp án đúng: A
A. needed /niːdid/ B. played /pleid/
C. rained /reɪnd/ D. followed /ˈfɒləʊd/

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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3. A. considerate B. continental C. territorial D. economic

Câu 3: Đáp án đúng: A
A. considerate /kənˈsɪdərət/ B. continental /ˌkɒntɪˈnentl/
C. territorial /ˌterəˈtɔːriəl/ D. economic /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/

Question 4. A. satisfaction B. presentation C. probability D. continuous

Câu 4: Đáp án đúng: D
A. satisfaction /ˌsætɪsˈfækʃn/ B. presentation /ˌpreznˈteɪʃn/
C. probability /ˌprɒbəˈbɪləti/ D. continuous /kənˈtɪnjuəs/

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the two following questions.
Question 5. The student apologized to his teacher for submitting the essay late.
A. handing in B. dropping out of
C. carrying out D. bringing in

Câu 5: Đáp án đúng A: submit (v): giao nộp = hand in (v)
Các đáp án còn lại là:
B. dropping out of: bỏ học
C. carrying out: tiến hành, thực hiện
D. bringing in: giới thiệu, đưa ra, kiếm được, thu được
Question 6. I wonder when I’m finally going to receive news from Joe.
A. to hear of B. to hear from
C. to get in touch with D. turn away from

Câu 6: Đáp án đúng B: receive news from: nhận được tin từ… = to hear from Joe.
Các đáp án còn lại là:
A. to hear of: nghe tin, biết tin
C. to get in touch with: liên lạc với
D. turn away from: quay đi khỏi.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the two following questions.
Question 7. We run a very tight ship here, and we expect all our employees to be at their desks by eight o'clock and take good care of their own business.
A. manage an inflexible system B. have a good voyage
C. run faster than others D. organize things inefficiently

Câu 7: Đáp án đúng: D
run a very tight ship: quản lý chặt chẽ >< trái nghĩa với organize things inefficiently: sắp xếp
mọi thứ không hiệu quả.
Ngoài ra ta có manage an inflexible system: quản lý một hệ thống không linh hoạt

Question 8. He usually stays in peace in stressful situations but this time he really lost his head.
A. kept calm B. excited
C. took leave of his sense D. lost touch

Câu 8: Đáp án đúng: A lost his head: mất bình tĩnh >< trái nghĩa với kept calm: giữ bình tĩnh
Các đáp án còn lại là:
B. excited: phấn khích
C. took leave of his sense: điên dại
D. lost touch: mất liên lạc

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 9. It was suggested that Pedro studies the material more thoroughly before attempting to pass the exam
A. studies B. more C. attempting D. to pass

Câu 9: Đáp án đúng: A
"Studies" đổi thành "study” vì là cấu trúc giả định sau "suggest"
Question 10. The lion has long been a symbol of strength, power, and it is very cruel.
A. The B. long C. a D. it is very cruel

Câu 10: Đáp án đúng: D
Biển đổi “it is very cruel” thành “cruety” là cấu trúc song song.

Question 11. Everyone ought to know the basic steps that following in case of an emergency.
A. everyone B. that following
C. in case of D. an

Câu 11: Đáp án đúng: B
Biến đổi "following" thành "follow"

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 12. The doctor who is _______ tonight in the general hospital is Mr. Brown.
A. in turn B. on tour C. on call D. at work

Câu 12. Đáp án đúng: C. on call: sẵn sàng ứng trực
A. in turn: lần lượt
B. on tour: đang đi lưu diễn
D. at work: đang làm việc
Question 13. You _______ wonderful! Is that a new perfume you’re wearing?
A. are smelling B. smell C. will smell D. have been smelling

Câu 13: Đáp án đúng: B
"smell" là động từ chỉ trạng thái nên chọn hiện tại đơn.

Question 14. She has been very interested in doing research on _______.
A. biology B. biological C. biologist D. biologically

Câu 14: Đáp án đúng: A
Question 15. _______ of the United States grown during a Republican administration.
A. Rarely the federal government has
B. Rarely has the federal government
C. Has the federal government rarely
D. The federal government has rarely

Câu 15: Đáp án đúng: B đảo ngữ với “rarely”
Question 16. It took me 10 years to _______ enough money to travel around the country.
A. set out B. put away C. put by D. save aside

Câu 16: Đáp án đúng: C. put by: dành dụm
Các đáp án khác
A. set out: phát ra, tỏa ra
B put away: cất đi
D. save aside (không có nghĩa)

Question 17. Had I known that you were ill last week, _______.
A. I would have gone to see you B. I would go to see you
C. I will go to see you D. I shall have gone to see you

Cáu 17. Đáp án đúng: A
Câu điều kiện loại 3 đảo
Question 18. It is widely believed that _______ human beings are descended from one common ancestor.
A. every B. all C. every of D. all of

Câu 18. Đáp án đúng: B
All đi với danh từ đếm được số nhiều

Question 19. Travel can _______ the mind, and exchange visits give young people experience of a _______ way of life as well as a different language.
A. broadly/different B. broaden/different
C. broad/differently D. broaden/differ

Câu 19. Đáp án đúng: B
“broaden” là động từ "mở rộng" nên đứng sau “can” và "different" là tính từ nên đứng trước
danh từ “way”

Question 20. I think I should have _______ your mother while I was passing.
A. dropped in on B. come up with C. got on with D. run into

Câu 20. Đáp án đúng: A
A. dropped in on + sb: ghé thăm ai
B. come up with + sth: sáng kiến, nghĩ ra
C. get on with sb: hòa hợp với ai
D. run into sb: tình cờ gặp ai

Question 21. Mr. Dawson was given the award in _______ of his services to the hospital.
A. spite B. charge C. recognition D. sight

Câu 21. Đáp án đúng: C. in recognition of sth: để công nhận cái gì
A. in spite of: mặc dù, bất chấp
B. in charge of sth: chịu trách nhiệm
C. in sight of: trong tầm nhìn
Question 22. They thought they could deceive me but they were wrong, I could _______.
A. see them off B. see off them
C. see through them D. see them through

Câu 22. Đáp án đúng: C
To see off sb: tiễn ai
To see through sb: hiểu rõ ai

Question 23. The rumors go that Jack will be arrested. He is said _______ a bloody robbery.
A. to have taken part in B. to have joined in
C. to join in D. to take part in

Câu 23. Đáp án đúng: A
Cấu trúc bị động: To be said to V/ To be said to have P2

Mark the letter A B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete the following exchanges.
Question 24. - Joan: Our friends are coming _______, Mike?’
- Mike: I’m sorry, I can't do it now.'

A. Why don’t we cook some coffee
B. Shall I make you like some coffee
C. Shall you make some coffee, please
D. Would you mind making some coffee

Câu 24. Đáp án đúng: D. Đề nghị ai làm điều gì bằng cấu trúc Wound you mind + V ing
Question 25. 'Would you like to have dinner with me?’ ‘_______’
A. Yes, it is B. Yes, so do I
C. I’m very happy D. Yes, I'd love to

Câu 25: Đáp án đúng: D Đáp lại lời đề nghị lịch sự

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 sentences.
Question 26. The scene is set in Normandy, but most of the characters in this novel are Londoners.
A. In the novel, the action moves backwards and forwards between Normandy and London.
B. The main characters in the novel are Londoners on a sightseeing holiday in Normandy.
C. In this novel, the story takes place in Normandy but the majority of the characters are from
London.
D. The story is about Normandy, but the leading characters are all Londoners.

Câu 26. Tạm dịch: Khung cảnh diễn ra ở Normandy, nhưng hầu hết các nhân vật trong tiểu thuyết
là người London.
Đáp án đúng: C Trong tiểu thuyết này, câu chuyện được diễn ra ở Normandy nhưng hầu hết các
nhân vật đều đến từ London.

Question 27. The airline requested a confirmation call to ensure a seat on my flight back home.
A. The airline made sure I got a seat on my flight home
B. I secured a seat on my flight home.
C. The airline confirmed a seat on my flight home
D. It was necessary to confirm seat on my flight back home.

Câu 27: Tạm dịch: Hãng hàng không yêu cầu một cuộc gọi xác nhận để đảm bảo một vé cho tôi
trong chuyến bay về nhà.
Đáp án đúng: D Cần thiết phải xác nhận chỗ ngồi trên chuyến bay về nhà của tôi.
Question 28. Mary should never have been allowed to try to swim in the sea alone.
A When Mary left to swim in the sea alone, she said she knew what she was doing.
B. It would probably be wrong to let Mary swim in the sea on her own.
C. No one could have stopped Mary from trying to swim in the sea by herself.
D. Someone ought to have stopped Mary from attempting to swim in the sea on her own.

Câu 28: Đáp án đúng: D Viết lại cấu trúc "S + should have P2" bằng cấu trúc "S + ought to have
P2”
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 29. He cannot lend me the book now. He has not finished reading it yet.
A. Having finished reading the book, he cannot lend it to me.
B. He cannot lend me the book until he has finished reading it.
C. Not having finished reading the book, he will lend it to me.
D. As long as he cannot finish reading the book, he will lend it to me.

Câu 29. Đáp án đúng: B
Ghép 2 câu bằng cách sử dụng “until”
Question 30. I did not arrive in time. I was notable to see her off.
A. She had left because I was not on time.
B. I did not go there, so I could not see her off.
C. I was not early enough to see her off.
D. I arrived very late to say goodbye to her.

Câu 30: Tạm dịch: Tôi đã không đến đúng giờ. Tôi đã không thể tiễn cô ấy.
Đáp án đúng: C. Tôi đến quá muộn đế có thể nói lời tạm biệt với cô ấy.

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 31 to 35.

Postsecondary institutions and private schools are corporations under U.S. law. They are approved to operate as non-profit, for-profit, or public corporations (31) _______ education and training. Increasingly, state authorities are requiring approved educational providers to apply for and receive accreditation as a condition of final and continued approval. As corporate entities, U.S. institutions are internally self-governing and are (32) _______ to make property facilities, equipment, and utilities transactions; make their own personnel decisions;
decide whom to admit to study and to graduate; (33) _______ their own funds from outside sources; enter into contracts and compete for grants; and do most of the other things that corporations do. Institutions compete (34) _______ one another for students, research funding, faculty, and other benefits. Public institutions may compete within the same state or territory for budget appropriations. It is the corporate nature of institutions and the competition within the system that (35) _______ Americans to refer to the concept of the educational or academic marketplace – an important distinctive element of the way U.S. education is organized. From A Diverse Educational System: Structure, standards, and challenges. Info USA (CD version)
Question 31.A. provided B. provision C. provide D. providing

Câu 31. Đáp án đúng: D. providing: "Ving" đứng sau để giải thích cho danh từ "corporations” đứng
trước.
Question 32.A. capable B. able C. probable D. possible

Câu 32: Đáp án đúng: B. To be able to V
Các đáp án khác:
A. To be capable of Ving
C. probable (a): có thể xảy ra, chắc hắn
D. possible (a) có thể (thường đi với chủ ngữ giả "it")

Question 33.A. rise B. raise C. call D. lend

Câu 33: Đáp án đúng: B. To raise fund: gây quỹ
Question 34.A. with B. to C. for D. at

Câu 34: Đáp án đúng: A. To compete with sb: cạnh tranh với ai

Question 35.A. lets B. causes C. prevents D. makes

Câu 35: Đáp án đúng: B.
 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 36 to 42.

I read with interest the article on American families. In general, I agree with it, but there are some important things it left out. It didn’t tell the reader much about the life of a houseband. It’s not an easy life. I know, because I’m now a househusband myself. A househusband has to change many of his ideas and his ways. First of all, he has to change the way he thinks about time. Before I was a househusband, I worked full-time for the New York Times. I was a reporter, and time was always important. We had to finish our articles quickly and give them to the editor. Everyone was always in a hurry. This is the way, many other men work too. Businessmen, lawyers, bankers, and doctors all have to work quickly. At home it's different. The househusband cannot be in a hurry all the time. If you rush around, you will make everyone unhappy! The children will be unhappy because they don't understand. For them, time is not important. Your wife will be unhappy because the children are unhappy. You will be unhappy, too, because they are all unhappy. So you have to learn to slow down. That is the first
and most important rule for a househusband. There is something else the househusband must learn. You must learn to show how you feel about things. At work, men usually do not talk about feelings. If they do, people think they are
strange. So, many men are not used to telling anyone about their feelings. They do not know how to talk about their anger, worries, or love. But children need to know how you feel. They need to know how much you love them. If you are angry, they need to know why. Your wife also needs to know about your feelings. If you do not say anything, your family may get the wrong idea. Then there
may be serious problems. People talk a lot about househusbands these days. Usually they talk about men doing the housework, the cooking, cleaning, and shopping. But in my opinion, these are the easiest things to learn. It was much harder for me to change the way I think and the way I act with my family. I
think, other men will also find this harder, but, like me, will find it necessary if they want to have a happy family! Ted Diamond Hartwell, New Jersey
Question 36. What is this article is mainly about?
A. fathers and children B. life as a househusband
C. ideas about time D. American families

Câu 36. Câu hỏi tổng quát
Đáp áp đúng: B. life as a househusband
Question 37. At work, most people _______.
A. have to hurry B. take their time
C. have lots of time D. have to slow down

Câu 37. Câu hỏi thông tin thực
Đáp áp đúng: A. have to hurry
Thông tin ở câu: “Everyone was always in a hurry ”
Question 38. The word rush in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. move about very slowly B. move about hurriedly
C. shout loudly and angrily D. spend time idly

Câu 38. Câu hỏi từ vựng theo ngữ cảnh
Đáp áp đúng: B. move about hurriedly = rush

Question 39. What does the househusband has to learn?
A. to do things more slowly. B. to do things more quickly.
C. the importance of time. D. how to understand his work.

Câu 39. Câu hỏi thông tin thực
Đáp áp đúng: A. to do things more slowly.
Thông tin ở câu: "So you have to learn to slow down”

Question 40. According to the passage, children _______.
A. are usually unhappy. B. are always in a hurry.
C. usually don’t think time is important. D. don’t know how to show their feelings.

Câu 40. According to the passage, children _______.
Đáp áp đúng: C

Question 41. What does the word they in paragraph 4 refers to?
A. strange people at work B. men who talk about feelings
C. men as househusbands D. men who do not talk about feelings

Câu 41. Câu hỏi quy chiếu
Đáp áp đúng: B. men who talk about feelings
Question 42. It can be inferred from the passage that Ted thinks _______.
A. learning about housework is easy.
B. learning about housework is a problem.
C. cooking is the easiest thing to learn.
D. being a househusband is easy.

Câu 42. Câu hỏi suy luận
Đáp áp đúng:A. learning about housework is easy.
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 43 to 50.

According to some accounts, the first optical telescope was accidentally invented in the 1600s by children who put two glass lenses together while playing with them in a Dutch optical shop. The owner of the shop, Hans Lippershey, looked through the lenses and was amazed by the way they made the nearby church look so much larger. Soon after that, he invented a device that he called a
"looker," a long thin tube where light passed in a straight line from the front lens to the viewing lens at the other end of the tube. In 1608 he tried to sell his invention unsuccessfully. In the same year, someone described the "looker’’ to the Italian scientist Galileo, who made his own version of the device. In 1610 Galileo used his version to make observations of the Moon, the planet Jupiter, and the Milky Way. In April of 1611, Galileo showed his device to guests at a banquet in his honor. One of the guests suggested a name for the device: telescope. When Isaac Newton began using Galileo's telescope more than a century later, he noticed a problem. The type of telescope that Galileo designed is called a refractor because the front lens bends, or refracts the light. However, the curved front lens also caused the light to be separated into colors. This meant that when Newton looked through the refracting telescope, the images of bright
objects appeared with a ring of colors around them. This sometimes interfered with viewing. He solved this problem by designing a new type of telescope that used a curved mirror. This mirror concentrated the light and reflected a beam of light to the eyepiece at the other end of the telescope. Because Newton used a mirror, his telescope was called a reflector. Very much larger optical telescopes can now be found in many parts of the world, built on hills and mountains far from city lights. The world's largest refracting telescope is located at the Yerkes
Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, Another telescope stands on Mount Palomar in California. This huge reflecting telescope was for many years the largest reflecting telescope in the world until an even larger reflecting telescope was built in the Caucasus Mountains. A fourth famous reflector telescope, the Keck Telescope situated on a mountain in Hawaii, does not use a single large mirror to collect the light. Instead, the Keck uses the combined light that falls on thirtysix mirrors. Radio telescopes, like optical telescopes, allow astronomers to collect data from outer space, but they are different in important ways. First of all, they look very different because instead of light waves, they collect radio waves. Thus, in the place of lenses or mirrors, radio telescopes employ
bowl-shaped disks that resemble huge TV satellite dishes. Also, apart from their distinctive appearance, radio telescopes and optical telescopes use different methods to record the information they collect. Optical telescopes use cameras to take photographs of visible objects, while radio telescopes use radio receivers to record radio waves from distant objects in space.
Question 43. What can be inferred about the first optical telescope?
A. It was bought by children. B. It was invented in America.

C. It was sold by a shop owner. D. It was invented by accident.

Câu 43. Câu hỏi suy luận
Đáp áp đúng: D. it was invented by accident.
Thông tin ở câu: "According to some accounts, the first optical telescope was accidentally
invented in the 1600s by children who put two glass lenses together while playing with them in a
Dutch optical shop."

Question 44. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Hans Lippershey?
A. He owned a shop.
B. He was Dutch.
C. He sold his invention in 1608.
D. He got his idea of a telescope from the kids in his shop.

Câu 44. Câu hỏi loại trừ
Đáp áp đúng: C. He sold his invention in 1608i
Thông tin ở câu: “In 1608 he tried to sell his invention unsuccessfully.”
Question 45. When was Galileo's invention called "telescope"?
A. in 1611 B. in 1610 C. in 1608 D. in 1600

Câu 45. Câu hỏi thông tin thực
Đáp áp đúng: A. in 1611
Thông tin ở câu: "In April of 1611, Galileo showed his device to guests at a banquet in his
honor. One of the guests suggested a name for the device: telescope.”
Question 46. What did Newton notice about Galileo's telescope when he used it?
A. It had many problems B. It refracted the light
C. It was called a refractor D. It had a curved mirror

Câu 46. Câu hỏi thông tin thực
Đáp áp đúng: B. It refracted the light
Thông tin ở câu: "The type of telescope that Galileo designed is called a refractor because the
front lens bends, or refracts the light."


Question 47. What did Newton do with Galileo's telescope?
A. He called it reflector. B. He sent it back to Galileo.
C. He improved it. D. He stopped using it after his notice.

Câu 47. Câu hỏi thông tin thực
Đáp áp đúng: C. He improved it.
Thông tin ở câu: "He solved this problem by designing a new type of telescope that used a
curved mirror"
Question 48. When did Newton start to use Galileo's telescope?
A. in the 17th century B. in the 18th century
C. in the 16th century D. in the 15th century

Câu 48. Câu hỏi thông tin thực
Đáp áp đúng: B. in the 18th century

Question 49. Where does the largest reflecting telescope stand?
A. in Wisconsin B. in California
C. in Hawaii D. in Caucasus Mountains

Câu 49. Câu hỏi thông tin thực
Đáp áp đúng: D. in Caucasus Mountains
Thông tin ở câu: “This huge reflecting telescope was for many years the largest reflecting
telescope in the world until an even larger reflecting telescope was built in the Caucasus
Mountains."

Question 50. Which of the following can both optical and radio telescope do?
A. Taking photographs of visible objects.
B. Allowing a collection of data from outer space.
C. Collecting radio waves.
D. Collecting light waves.

Câu 50. Câu hỏi thông tin thực
Đáp áp đúng: B. Allowing a collection of data from outer space.
Thông tin ở câu: “Radio telescopes, like optical telescopes, allow astronomers to collect data
from outer space"hut they are different in important ways."