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 1. A. amuses B. purses C. blouses D. pleases

Câu 1. Đáp án B
A. amuses /əˈmjuːziz/ B. purses /pɜːsiz/
C. blouses /blaʊziz/ D. pleases /pliːz/
Question 2. A. Valentine B. imagine C. discipline D. determine

Câu 2. Đáp án A
A. Valentine /ˈvæləntaɪn/ B. imagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn/
C. discipline /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ D. determine /dɪˈtɜːmɪn/

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. consider B. apply C. provide D. offer

Câu 3. Đáp án D
A. consider /kənˈsɪdə(r)/ B. apply /əˈplaɪ/
C. provide /prəˈvaɪd/ D. offer /ˈɒfə(r)/
Question 4. A. pollution B. attractive C. separate D. activity

Câu 4. Đáp án C
A. pollution /pəˈluːʃn/ B. attractive /əˈtræktɪv/
C. separate /ˈseprət/ D. activity /ækˈtɪvəti/

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 following questions.
Question 5. Most of the female football players will be jobless when the Games are over.
A. employed B. busy C. unemployed D. highly-paid

Câu 5. Đáp án C
jobless: không có việc làm = unemployed: thất nghiệp
Question 6. Parents interpret facial and vocal expressions as indicators of how a baby is feeling.
A. translate B. understand C. read D. comprehend

Câu 6. Đáp án B
interpret = giải thích, hiểu
A. translate /trænsˈleɪt/ dịch B. understand /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ hiểu
C. read /riːd/ đọc D. comprehend /ˌkɒmprɪˈhend/ thấu hiểu

 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 following questions.
Question 7. A lot of people think that Kim Kardashian is really hot.
A. beautiful B. cool C. unattractive D. kind

Câu 7. Đáp án C
Hot = nóng bỏng; hấp dẫn >< unattractive = không hấp dẫn
beautiful: xinh đẹp
cool: đáng yêu
kind: tốt bụng
Question 8. A chronic lack of sleep may make us irritable and reduces our motivation to work.
A. uncomfortable B. responsive C. calm D. miserable

Câu 8. Đáp án C
irritable = cáu kỉnh, khó chịu
A. uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌmftəbl/ không thoải mái
B. responsive /rɪˈspɒnsɪv/ đáp ứng
C. calm /kɑːm/ bình tĩnh
D. miserable /ˈmɪzrəbl/ khốn khổ

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 9. Please remain in your assign seats until the instructor dismisses the class.
A. in B. assign seats C. until D. dismisses

Câu 9. Đáp án B
assign seats → assigned seats
Question 10. Even you are unsure of the standard procedures in any situation, please don’t hesitate to consult with your supervising manager.
A. Even B. unsure of C. in any situation D. consult with

Câu 10. Đáp án A
A → Even if
Question 11. We have always believed that honesty is best policy in personal as well as professional matters.
A. have always believed B. best policy

C. personal D. professional

Câu 11. Đáp án B. best policy → a good policy (Cần một tính từ)

 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. I haven’t _______ my mind where to go for our holiday this year. I am quite busy at work.
A. turn up B. made up C. break up D. changed

Câu 12. Đáp án B
Make up one's mind = decide: Quyết định
Turn up = arrive: đến
Break up = stop having a relationship: tan vỡ (mối quan hệ)
Change: thay đổi

Question 13. I wish you _______ making so much noise! I just need to relax for a while.
A. will stop B. stop C. had stopped D. would stop

Câu 13. Đáp án D
Thế giả định của động từ tình thái khi diễn tả ý khách quan, không áp đặt, ngoài ra sau mệnh đề
wish: ước cho sự việc không có thật ở hiện tại hoặc tương lai, ta dùng thể giả định hình thức quá
khứ. Will → would
Question 14. Gold, as well as silver, _______ in price, he said.
A. Have fallen B. has fallen C. fall D. are falling

Câu 14. Đáp án B
Chủ ngữ: Gold => has fallen
Question 15. I wonder if you could _______ me a small favour, Tom?
A. bring B. make C. give D. do

Câu 15. Đáp án D
Could you do me a favour? = Please help me.
Question 16. Many traffic accidents are _______ by carelessness and impatience.
A. caused B. resulted C. occurred D. happened

Câu 16. Đáp án A
To be caused by: bị gây ra bởi
result: kết quả, thành quả; occurred: xảy ra, xuất hiện; happen: xảy ra
Question 17. Sam confessed _______ all the cookies.
A. eat B. eating C. to eating D. to eat

Câu 17. Đáp án C
confess to doing sth = thú nhận làm gì
Question 18. The bus conductor told him to get off because he couldn't pay the _______.
A. fare B. journey C. bill D. travel

Câu 18. Đáp án A
Cụm từ: pay the fare: trả tiền vé (xe bus, xe khách)
Question 19. Some people believe that books are _______ species, fighting for survival in competition with TV, film, the Internet and CD.
A. danger B. dangerous C. endangered D. dangerously

Câu 19. Đáp án C
Ta cần một tính từ trước danh từ "species"
Danger: mối nguy (danh từ)
Dangerous: nguy hiểm (tính từ)
Endangered: gặp nguy hiểm, bị nguy hiểm (Phân từ hai đóng vai trò là tính từ)
Dangerously: một cách nguy hiểm (trạng từ)
Question 20. _______ quickly they ran, they just couldn’t catch up with the van.
A. However B. So C. Even D. Much

Câu 20. Đáp án A
Cấu trúc: However adj/adv + S + V, S + V: mặc dù.... đến thế nào nhưng...
Question 21. Our team was losing but we managed to _______ the score.
A. get B. noticed C. even D. have

Câu 21. Đáp án C
A. giành được B. chú ý tới C. san bằng D. có
Question 22. Since Carl was unable to pay his bill, after a couple of months, his telephone was
_______.
A. cut off B. broken up C. dropped off D. rung up

Câu 22. Đáp án A
cut off = bị cắt
break up = cắt xe
drop off = cho ai đi nhờ tới đâu
ring up = gọi điện cho ai

Dịch nghĩa: Bởi vì Carl không thể thanh toán hóa đơn, sau một vài tháng, dịch vụ
điện thoại của anh ta đã bị cắt.
Question 23. He always did it well at school _______ having his early education disrupted by illness.
A. in spite of B. on account of C. in addition to D. even though

Câu 23. Đáp án A
in spite of + V-ing = even though + clause: mặc dù....
in addition to + N: thêm vào ....
On account of something: vì (lý do) ...

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete the following exchanges.
Question 24. "Didn’t you go to the conference?" -" _______ "
A. No, I went there with my friends. B. That sounds nice, but I can't.
C. Don’t worry. I’ll go there. D. I did, but I didn't stay long.

Câu 24. Đáp án D
“Bạn đã không đến hội nghị phải không?”
Tôi đã đi, nhưng tôi không ở lại đó lâu.
Question 25. "May I leave a message for Ms. Davis?” - "_______"
A. I'm afraid she’s not here at the moment.
B. No, she’s not here now.
C. She’s leaving a message to you now.
D. Yes, I’ll make sure she gets it.

Câu 25. Đáp án D
"Tôi có thể để lại lời nhắn cho cô Davis được không?"
Vâng, tôi sẽ đảm bảo là cô ấy sẽ đọc được nó.

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. Most people get fewer colds in the summer than in the winter.
A. A person is more likely to get a cold in the winter than in the summer.
B. More people have summer colds than winter colds.
C. People get colder in the summer than in the winter.
D. The winter is much colder than the summer.

Câu 26. Đáp án A
Câu: Hầu hết mọi người bị cảm lạnh vào mùa hè ít hơn mùa đông.
A. Một người có thể dễ bị cảm lạnh vào mùa đông hơn mùa hè.
Question 27. If it hadn’t been for his carelessness, we would have finished the work.
A. He was careless because he hadn't finished the work.
B. If her were careful, we would finish the work.
C. If he had been more careful, we would have completed the work.
D. Because he wasn't careless, we didn’t finish the work.

Câu 27. Đáp án C
Câu: Nếu không vì sự bất cẩn của anh ta thì chúng tôi đã hoàn thành xong công việc
C. Nếu như anh ta cẩn thận hơn thì chúng tôi đã hoàn thành xong công việc.
Cấu trúc Câu điều kiện loại 3: If clause - QKHT, clause - would have done
Question 28. The captain to his men: 'Abandon the ship immediately!"
A. The captain invited his men to abandon the ship immediately.
B. The captain suggested his men abandon the ship immediately.
C. The captain ordered his men to abandon the ship immediately.
D. The captain requested his men to abandon the ship immediately

Câu 28. Đáp án C
Câu: Thuyền trưởng nói với đồng đội của anh ta: - “Hãy từ bỏ tàu ngay lập tức”
Cấu trúc: order sb to do sth = ra lệnh cho ai đó làm gì

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. The girl is talking to a man with a ponytail. She is my friend.
A. The girl who is talking to a man with a ponytail is my friend.
B. The girl, whom a man with a ponytail is talking to, is my friend.
C. My friend is the girl, who is talking to a man with a ponytail.
D. The girl, who is talking to a man with a ponytail, is my friend.

Câu 29. Đáp án A
Mệnh đề quan hệ "who" thay thế cho chủ ngữ là người trong câu Câu 30. Đáp án B
Question 30. She doesn’t want to go to their party. We don't want to go either.
A. Neither she nor we don’t want to go to their party.
B. Neither we nor she wants to go to their party.
C. Either we or she doesn't want to go to their party.
D. Neither we nor she want to go to their party.

Câu 30. Đáp án B
Đảo ngữ Cấu trúc: "Neither S nor S + clause"

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.

THE OLD GATE

In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. They (31) _______ to defend the city, but they also kept out undesirable people, like those with contagious diseases. Most of London’s gates had been (32) _______ by the end of the eighteenth century. However, by a stroke of luck, the last of them was preserved. This gate is, in actual fact, not called a gate at
all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the (33) _______ between the old City of London and Westminster. However, as the (34) _______ of traffic through London increased, Temple Bar became an obstacle to its free flow. In 1878 it was decided to take it down, so its stone were numbered, dismantled and put in storage. A couple of years later a wealthy businessman bought the stones and re-erected them at his house in Hertfordshire. In the 1970s the Temple Bar Trust was (35) _______ with the intention of returning the gate to the City of London. Much of the money for this project was donations from the Temple Bar Trust. The stonework needed a lot of restoration, which was carried out by the Cathedral Works Organization. Today, Temple Bar stands next to St Paul’s Cathedral.
Question 31.A. supposed B. served C. expected D. meant

Câu 31. Đáp án B.
serve: phục vụ cho việc gì/dùng cho việc gì
Các từ còn lại: suppose: cho là, tin rằng: expect: trông đợi; mean: nghĩa là/có ý định
Question 32.A. devoted B. demolished C. declared D. decreased

Câu 32. Đáp án B.
demolish: phá hủy, đánh đổ
Các từ còn lại: devote: hiến dâng, cống hiến; declare: tuyên bổ; decrease: giảm xuống
Question 33.A. division B. part C. line D. boundary

Câu 33. Đáp án D.
boundary: ranh giới, biên giới
Các từ còn lại: division: sự phân chia; part: phần; line: đường, tuyến
Question 34.A. amount B. quantity C. bulk D. number

Câu 34. Đáp án A.

amount: lượng. Vì traffic là danh từ không đếm được nên dùng amount
Các từ còn lại: quantity: số lượng; bulk: kích thước; number: số (dùng với danh từ đếm được)
Question 35.A. set out B. set up C. set off D. set back

Câu 35. Đáp án B. set up: thành lập, tạo lập
Các từ còn lại: set out: bắt đầu lên đường/phô trương, trình bày; set off: khởi hành; setback: cản
trở bước tiến

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.

In developing countries, where three fourths of the world's population live, sixty percent of the people who can’t read and write are women. Being illiterate doesn’t mean they are not intelligent. It does mean it is difficult for them to change their lives. They produce more than half of the food. In Africa eighty percent of all agricultural work is done by women. There are many programs to help poor countries develop their agriculture. However, for years, these programs provided money and training for men. In parts of Africa, this is a typical day for a village woman. At 4:45 a.m, she gets up, washes and eats. It takes her a half hour to walk to the fields, and she works there until 3:00 p.m. She collects firewood and gets home at 4:00. She spends the next hour and a half preparing food to cook. Then she collects water for another hour. From 6:30 to 8:30 she cooks. After dinner, she
spends an hour washing the dishes and her children. She goes to bed at 9:30 p.m.
International organizations and programs run by developed nations are starting to help women, as well as men, improve their agricultural production. Governments have already passed some laws affecting women because of the UN Decade for Women. The UN report will affect the changes now happening in the family and society.

Question 36. What does the word "run" in the last paragraph mean?
A. move quickly B. push C. managed D. organized

Câu 36. Đáp án C
Run ~ manage: Quản lý, điều hành, sau đó có từ "by” nên động từ run là phân từ hai mang
nghĩa bị động, nên ta có thế loại trừ đáp án A, B ngay.
Question 37. Why do people say women produce more than half of the food in Africa?

A. because 60 percent of women are illiterate.
B. because 80 percent of all agricultural work is done by women.
C. most women are not intelligent.
D. all are correct.

Câu 37. Đáp án B
Đoạn 1 có nói phụ nữ sản xuất ra hơn 1 nửa số thực phẩm, sau đó thông tin đề cập tới việc là
80% công việc nông nghiệp được làm bởi phụ nữ.
Question 38. Why do people say that African women’s lives are hard?
A. Because these women are busy with housework.
B. Because they work all day in the fields.
C. both A and B are correct.
D. Because they are illiterate.

Câu 38. Đáp án C
Bài văn mô tả sự vất vả của phụ nữ khi vừa phải làm việc đồng tới tận 3h chiều và về nhà thì
phải nấu nướng rửa bát, tắm cho con, v.v... Điều này muốn nói phụ nữ bận rộn với việc nhà và làm
việc đồng áng cả ngày. Nên cả A và B đều đúng.
Question 39. A typical African woman spends _______ collecting firewood every day.
A. 3 hour B. 2 hours C. 1 hour D. 4 hours

Câu 39. Đáp án C
“She collects firewood and gets home at 4:00” thông tin này ám chỉ phụ nữ mất 1h để kiếm củi,
vì câu trước đó đoạn văn nói phụ nữ làm việc đồng áng tới tận 3h chiều.
Question 40. Which of these statements is NOT TRUE?
A. Women’s roles in the family and society are changing nowadays.
B. It is difficult for women to change their lives because of their illiteracy.
C. In the past only men in poor countries got benefit from many international programs.
D. Because they are illiterate, women are not intelligent.

Câu 40. Đáp án D
Thông tin về việc vai trò của phụ nữ trong gia đình và xã hội đang thay đổi, cuộc sống vất vả vì
mù chữ, nam giới hưởng lợi từ các chương trình Quốc tế đều đề cập trong bài. Bài không nói vì họ
mù chữ nên họ không thông minh.
Question 41. By whom (what) was the Decade for Women organized?
A. by the United Nations Organization. B. by developing countries
C. by the World Health Organization. D. by many African countries.

Câu 41. Đáp án A
Đoạn cuối ám chỉ Tổ chức Decade for Women là do Tổ chức Liên Hợp Quốc tổ chức.
Question 42. The passage would most likely be followed by details about _______.
A. changes in life between men and women in the family and in the society
B. negative effects of the UNO law
C. positive effects of the roles of women
D. women and men's roles in their family

Câu 42. Đáp án A
Để trả lời được câu này thì cần đọc và hiểu cấu trúc bài viết. Đoạn cuối cùng có nói Luật của
Liên hợp Quốc có ảnh hường tới sự thay đổi vai trò của Nam - Nữ trong gia đình và xã hội. Như
vậy, có thể đoạn sau tác giả sẽ thảo luận những thay đổi này.

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.

In Science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related. A theory often involves an imaginary model that helps scientists picture the way an observed event could be produced. A good example of this is found in the kinetic molecular theory, in which gases are pictured as being made up of many small particles that are in constant motion. After a theory has been publicized, scientists design experiments to test the theory. If observations confirm the scientists’ predictions, the theory is supported. If observations do not confirm the predictions, the scientists must search further. There may be a fault in the experiment, or the theory may have to be revised or rejected. Science involves imagination and creative thinking as well as collecting information and performing experiments. Facts by themselves arc not science. As the mathematician Jules Henri Poincare said: "Science is built with facts just as a house is built with bricks, but a collection of facts cannot be called science any more than a pile of bricks can be called a house." Most scientists start an investigation by finding out what other scientists have learned about a particular problem. After known facts have been gathered, the scientist comes to the part of the investigation that requires considerable imagination. Possible solutions to the problem are formulated. These possible solutions are called hypotheses. In a way, any hypothesis is a leap into the unknown. It extends the scientist's thinking beyond the known facts. The scientist plans experiments, performs calculations, and makes observations to test hypotheses. For without hypotheses, further investigation lacks purpose and direction. When hypotheses are confirmed, they are incorporated into theories.

Question 43. Which of the following is the main subject of the passage?
A. The importance of models in scientific theories.
B. The sorts of facts that scientists find most interesting.
C. The ways that scientists perform different types of experiments.
D. The place of theory and hypothesis in scientific investigation.

Câu 43. Đáp án D
The place of theory and hypothesis in scientific investigation: Vị trí của lý thuyết và giả thuyết
trong nghiên cứu khoa học.
Question 44. The word "related" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. described B. identified C. connected D. completed

Câu 44. Đáp án C
related: được liên quan đến; connected: được liên kết
Các từ còn lại: described: được miêu tả; identified: được xác định; completed: được hoàn thành
Question 45. According to the second paragraph, a useful theory is one that helps scientists to _______.
A. observe events B. publicize new findings
C. make predictions D. find errors in past experiments

Câu 45. Đáp án C
Ý trong bài: If observations confirm the scientists, predictions, the theory is supported.
Question 46. The word "supported" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. upheld B. finished C. adjusted D. investigated

Câu 46. Đáp án A
supported: được ủng hộ => upheld: được bảo tồn, giữ gìn
Các từ còn lại: finished: được kết thúc; adjusted: được điều chỉnh; investigated: được khảo sát
Question 47. “Bricks” are mentioned in paragraph 3 to indicate how _______.
A. science is more than a collection of facts
B. scientific experiments have led to improved technology
C. mathematicians approach science
D. building a house is like performing experiments

Câu 47. Đáp án A
"Science is built with facts just as a house is built with bricks, but a collection of facts cannot be
called science any more than a pile of bricks can be called a house."
Question 48. In the fourth paragraph, the author implies that imagination is most important to scientists when they _______.
A. formulate possible solutions to a problem
B. evaluate previous work on a problem
C. close an investigation
D. gather known facts

Câu 48. Đáp án A
“possible solutions to the problem are formulated.” = hypothesis: Đoạn cuối có nói việc tìm ra
manh mối là quan trọng, vì thiếu cơ sở "hypothesis" thì việc điều tra thiếu mục đích và hướng đi
đúng.
Question 49. In the last paragraph, what does the author imply is a major function of hypotheses?
A. Linking together different theories.

B. Communicating a scientist's thoughts to others.
C. Providing direction for scientific research.
D. Sifting through known facts.

Câu 49. Đáp án C
Providing direction for scientific research: Việc chỉ đạo nghiên cứu khoa học đưa ra các định
hướng cho các nghiên cứu khoa học.
Question 50. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
A. Theories are simply imaginary models of past events.
B. A scientist's most difficult task is testing hypotheses.
C. A good scientist needs to be creative.
D. It is better to revise a hypothesis than to reject it.

Câu 50. Đáp án C
Một nhà khoa học giỏi cần phải sáng tạo