Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1.   A. certain                     B. maintain                   C. mainly                       D. mermaid

2.   A. charity                     B. checkup                    C. chimpanzee               D. character

Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

3.   A. promote                  B. confuse                     C. rescue                       D. compose

4.   A. average                   B. instruction                C. dominant                  D. decorate

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

5.   They ________ supper when the telephone rang.

      A. had                                                               B. have had

      C. were having                                                  D. have been having

6.   You all know that you ________ leave the room before the end of the test.

      A. don’t have to          B. haven’t to                 C. needn’t                     D. mustn’t

7.   ________, we would go swimming.

      A. If today is Sunday                                       B. If today were Sunday

      C. Unless today was Sunday                            D. Unless today would be Sunday

8.   Workers who do not obey the safety regulations will be ________.

      A. refused                    B. disagreed                  C. disapproved              D. dismissed

9.   The teacher didn’t seem to be happy about our tasks, ________?

      A. didn’t they              B. did they                    C. didn’t he                   D. did he

10. Have you ever considered ________ to another school?

      A. moving                                                         B. to move

      C. to have moved                                              D. having been moving

11. The government has decided to send more ________ to the central provinces.

      A. charity                     B. aid                            C. collections                D. donations

12. With more women going out to work, men will no longer be the ________ figures in the family.

      A. central                     B. middle                      C. dominant                  D. dramatic

13. The film gives us ________ insight into life in the Amazon jungles. It’s worth seeing.

      A. valuable                  B. valueless                   C. value                         D. evaluate

14. There were two small rooms in the beach house, ________.

A. the smaller of which served as a kitchen

B. the smaller of them was served as a kitchen

C. the smallest of which served as a kitchen

D. smallest of that was served as a kitchen

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

15. Mr. Brown’s new garage was not wide enough for the camper van to fit in.

      A. old enough              B. so big                        C. very long                  D. too narrow

16. We got to the beach after 2 hours traveling by bus.

      A. left                          B. reached                     C. welcomed                 D. swam

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

17. Jane says she is going to get married with a wealthy businessman.

      A. famous                    B. poor                          C. mean                         D. positive

18. Human beings have launched many man-made satellites into outer space.

      A. special                     B. enormous                  C. natural                      D. expensive

Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.

19. - "How do you do?"

-“ _____________”

      A. I’m fine. Thank you.                                    B. Happy to see you here.

      C. Not too bad. And you?                                D. How do you do?

20. - "What’s on the television tonight?"

-“ _____________”

      A. A football match after the news                  B. At half past nine

      C. The film is good                                           D. I will go to the cinema

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 21 to 25.

Every year several thousand people died in the car accidents in Great Britain. And between one and two hundred thousand people are hurt.

There are rules to make the roads safe, but people do not always obey the rules. They are careless. If everybody obeys the rules, the road will be much safer. How can we make the roads safer?

Remember this rule. In Great Britain, traffic keeps to the left. Cars, buses and bikes must all keep to the left side of the road. In most other countries, traffic keeps to the right.

Before crossing the road, stop and look both ways. Look right and left. Then, if you are sure that the road is clear, it is safe to cross the road. If you see small children or very old people, help them to cross the road. We must teach our children to cross the road safely. We must always give them a good example. Small children must not play in the street.

21. If we want to make the roads safer, ________.

A. everybody must be careful and obey the traffic rules

B. traffic should keep to the right

C. we should not cross the road too often

D. all the roads must be clear

22. If you ride a bike in Great Britain, you must ride ________.

A. on the right side of the road

B. on the left side of the road

C. in the middle of the road

D. behind the buses

23. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?

A. Few people die in the traffic accidents in Great Britain.

B. In our country traffic keeps to the right.

C. Cars kill many people every year.

D. Streets are not safe places for playing.

24. What does it mean by "The road is clear."?

A. The road is not noisy.

B. The road is very clean.

C. There is no car or bus running.

D. You can see clearly on the road.

25. The safe way to cross the road is to ________.

      A. look right only                                              B. look left, and look ahead

      C. run cross the road without looking               D. look both ways, right and left

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

Coronavirus germs live in people’s throats and mouths. When someone who has the coronavirus coughs or sneezes or breathes out, the germs come (26) ________ their mouth in tiny drops of water.

Though you can’t see the germs, you can sometimes see these tiny drops. In cold weather, they make a cloud of steam! So if someone else (27) ________ breathes in the air with the coronavirus germs in it, they would probably get the illness.

It’s easy to get the coronavirus germs from inside your body on your hands (28) ________ you touch your nose or your mouth. If the person with the coronavirus germs on their hands uses a door, the invisible germs can live on the handle for hours. When someone else opens the door, they (29) ________ the germs on their hands too. And if they touch their nose or mouth, the germs can get into their body.

So you (30) ________ also catch the coronavirus by touching things that someone with the virus has already touched.

26. A. into                         B. out of                       C. to                              D. because of

27. A. accidentally            B. generally                   C. decisively                 D. usually

28. A. what                        B. when                        C. which                        D. unless

29. A. make                       B. bring                         C. get                            D. search

30. A. should                     B. need                         C. must                          D. can

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

31. My brother now speaks English and French more fluent than he did last year.

      A. speaks                     B. and                           C. more fluent               D. did

32. Are you sure that Neil Armstrong was the first person setting foot on the moon?

      A. sure                         B. was                           C. setting                       D. on the

33. In some countries, it has against the law to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.

      A. has                          B. the law                     C. to ride                       D. without

34. Paris has been well-known about its famous monuments, beautiful music, and wonderfull restaurants for over one hundred years.

      A. about                       B. beautiful                   C. wonderful                 D. over

35. The nitrogen makes up over 78 percent of the Earth’s atmosphere, the gaseous mass surrounding the planet.

      A. The nitrogen           B. over                          C. percent of                 D. surrounding

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

36. If I was in your shoe, I would let him go.

A. My suggestion is that you let him go.

B. My advice is that you wear your shoes and let him go.

C. I would like to be in your shoe so you could let him go.

D. I was wearing your shoes and would like to let him go.

37. I haven’t seen my aunt since the Covid-19 began in 2019.

A. I last saw my aunt before the beginning of the Covid-19.

B. My aunt left the country after the Covid-19 so didn’t see her.

C. I haven’t seen my aunt for so many years because of the Covid-19.

D. My aunt didn’t come back until the start of the Covid-19 in 2019.

38. We must take care of all living species on Earth.

A. All living species on Earth are taken care of by us.

B. All living species on Earth must be taken care of by us.

C. All living species on Earth had been taken care of by us.

D. All living species on Earth will be taken care of by us.

39. Many people came to the meeting. Some were half an hour late.

A. Many people came to the meeting, some of who were half an hour late.

B. Many people came to the meeting, some of whom were half an hour late.

C. Many people came to the meeting, but some of them were half an hour late.

D. Many people who came to the meeting some of them were half an hour late.

40. "Be careful when you cross the road, won’t you?"

A. He says I will be careful when I cross the road.

B. He asked me if I would be careful when I crossed the road.

C. He told me to cross the road only when I was careful.

D. He warned me to be careful when I crossed the road.