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.
1. A. called
B. formed
C. stopped
D. lived
2. A. children
B. chaos
C. character
D. technique
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.
3. A. applicant
B. appliance
C. compulsory
D. pollution
4. A. experiment
B. dominant
C. contaminate
D. contribute
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
5. After the visitors ________climbing in the mountains, they enjoyed fresh air at the seaside.
A. went
B. had gone
C. have gone
D. would go
6. Why are you working so hard these days? – Because I _______a car, so I’m saving as much as I can.
A. am going to buy B. bought
C. buy
D. will buy

7. You have to be aware of the damage humans are doing to quicken the ________ of wildlife
A. extinct
B. extinctive
C. extinctions
D. extinction
8. There are only ______ few seats left for tonight's music at_________ university.
A. the / the
B. a / the
C. the / a
D. the / Ø
9. Her grandfather’s illness was__________________ we thought at first.
A. more seriously as B. as seriously as
C. more serious than D. as serious than
10. I asked Jane ____________.
A. are you planning to enter a law school? B. whether she is planning to enter a law school.
C. did she plan to enter a law school?
D. if she was planning to enter a law school.
11. ______________ have been chosen for the national football team.
A. John is said that
B. John is said to
C. People say that John
D. People told John that
12. Did you know that Linda was engaged __________ a rich businessman?
A. at
B. toward
C. to
D. on
13. The construction of the new road is ________ winning the support of local residents.
A. thanks to
B. reliant on

C. dependent on
D. responsible for
14. Computers and telecommunication have a huge _________ on various aspects of our lives.
A. development
B. contribution
C. invention
D. influence
15. Did you accuse Nam of _______a plate? Well, I saw him _____ it off the table with his elbow.
A. break / knock
B. breaking / knocking C. to break / to knock
D. breaking / knocks
16. When I ______ Mr. Browns last night, he ______ we _______ a course in Information Technology.
A. met / suggested / take
B. met / suggested / took
C. met / suggested / had taken
D. met / had suggested / took
17. The ____ characters in the blockbusters such as “Batman”, “Star Wars”, etc. attract a lot of attention
from the viewers
A. imagination
B. imagine
C. imaginative
D. imaginary
18. The _______ shouted enthusiastically when Donal Trump finished his speech.
A. viewers
B. spectators
C. watchers
D. audience
19. The serious argument broke their good relationship but I think they will _______ and be friends again.
A. make up
B. fall out

C. take in
D. put down
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.
20. The government should raise people’s awareness of the danger that deforestation can cause.
A. apprehension
B. investigation
C. consideration
D. observation
21. Some people seldom believe they can succeed. Actually, if we look on the bright sight, everything
will be possible.
A. pessimistic
B. optimistic
C. downhearted
D. distrustful
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.
22. Throughout much of the history of human civilization, deep-seated cultural beliefs allowed women
only limited roles in society.
A. fixed
B. customary
C. eradicable
D. habitual


23. Inventing cars running on water can be possible in the future but I think it costs an arm and a leg
A. economical
B. pricey
C. reasonable
D. complicated

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
24. Anna: “Do you fancy a coffee?”
Bill: “____________”
A. Oh, dear
B. Everything is OK C. Oh, yes. I’d love one
D. How do you do?
25. Billy: “I think women are usually better with children than men.”
- Alice: “________”
A. That’s right!
B. Oh, well-done!
C. Pardon!
D. Thank you!
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.
26. Mary came to Peter’ house during his lunchtime.
A. Peter was having lunch when Mary came to his house.
B. Peter had lunch when Mary came to his house.
C. Peter was having lunch when Mary was coming to his house.
D. When Peter had had lunch, Mary came to his house.
27. This girl is very beautiful. I saw her at school yesterday.
A. This girl which I saw at school yesterday is very beautiful.
B. This girl, whom I saw at school yesterday, is very beautiful.
C. This girl is very beautiful whom I saw at school yesterday.
D. This girl whom I saw her at school yesterday is very beautiful.
28. We all feel elated because our national football team suceeded in the competition
A. On account of our national footbal team in the successful competition, we all feel elated
B. Because of our national football team suceed in the competition, we all feel elated
C. We all feel elated thanks to the success of our national football team in the competition
D. We all feel elated owing to the success in the competiotion’s our national football team

29. The man is believed to have broken into the bank.
A. It is believed that the man breaks into the bank
B. People believed that the man broke into the bank
C. It is believed that the bank is broken into by the man
D. People believe that the man broke into the bank
30. The parents phoned their son. They wanted him to come back home for the anniversary on Friday
A. They parents phoned their son so that they could come back home for the anniversary on Friday
B. They parents phoned their son so that he can come back home for the anniversary on Friday
C. They parents phoned their son to ask him to come back home for the anniversary on Friday
D. They parents phoned their son to tell him come back home for the anniversary on Friday
31. He said: “I am sorry. Your vase was broken. It is not what I want”
A. He admitted breaking my vase
B. He apologised to me for breaking my vase
C. He denied breaking my vase and said sorry
D. He said it was not what he wanted
32. The castle has become the famous tourist destination. A knight built it in the sixteenth century
A. The castle has become the famous tourist destination which a knight built in the sixteenth century
B. The castle a knight build in the sixteenth century has become the famous tourist destination
C. The castle built by a knight in the sixteenth century has become the famous tourist destination
D. The castle was built by a knight in the sixteenth century has become the famous tourist destination
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
All high school students in Vietnam are required (33)______ the National High School Graduation
Examination, which is administered by the Ministry of Education and Training, (34)_______the end of grade
12 to get a diploma called the High School Graduation Certificate. They still have to take the regular end-ofterm examinations before taking the High School Graduation Examination.
The Ministry of Education and Training announced that for the graduation examination of 2017, five
papers would be (35)________: Mathematics, Literature, Foreign language, Natural Sciences, and Social
Sciences. Three papers are compulsory for all students: Mathematics, Literature, and Foreign language.
Foreign language exam can be one of the following: English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, or Russian.
Apart from three (36)______ papers, student must complete a fourth paper by choosing either natural sciences

(a combination of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology) or Social Sciences (a combination of History, Geography,
and Civic Education). In some cases, students can take both the Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and will
choose the paper with the higher result to be (37)______.


33.
A. to take
B. taking
C. take
D. taken
34.
A. in
B. at
C. on
D. until
35.
A. consisted
B. made
C. passed
D. included
36.
A. proper
B. considerate
C. mandatory
D. applicable
37.
A. examinated
B. evaluated
C. tested
D. administered

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
In 1920, after some thirty-nine years of problems with disease, high costs, and politics, the Panama
Canal was officially opened, finally linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by allowing ships to pass through
the fifty-mile canal zone instead of traveling some seven thousands miles around Cape Horn. It takes a ship
approximately eight hours to complete the trip through the canal and cost an average of fifteen thousand
dollars, one tenth of what it would cost an average ship to round the Horn. More than fifteen thousand ships
pass through its locks each year
The Frech initiated the project but sold their rights to the United States, which actually began the
construction of the project. The latter controlled it until the end of the twentieth century when Panama took
over its duties
38. Who currently controls the Panama Canal?
A. France
B. United States
C. Panama
D. Canal Zone
39. The word “initiated” is closest in meaning to _____
A. purchased
B. lauched
C. forced
D. determined
40. On the average, how much would it cost a ship to travel around Cape Horn?
A. $ 1,500
B. $ 15,000
C. $ 150,000
D. $ 1,500,000
41. In what year was the construction begun on the canal?
A. 1881
B. 1920
C. 1939

D. 1999
42. All of the following are true EXCEPT _______
A. it costs so much to pass through the locks because very few ships use them
B. the United States received the rights to the canal from the French
C. a ship can pass through the canal in only eight hours
D. passing through the canal saves thousands of miles of travel time around Cape Horn
43. It can be inferred from the passage that ______
A. the canal is a costly project which should be reevaluated
B. despite all the problems involved, the project is beneficial
C. many captains prefer to sail around Cape Horn because it is less expensive
D. problems have made it necessary for three governments to control the canal over the years
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
Of six outer planets, Mars, commonly called the Red Planet, is the closest to Earth. Mars, 4,200 miles
in diameter and 55 percent of the size of Earth, is 34,600,000 miles from Earth and 141,000,000 miles from
the Sun. It takes this planet, along with its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, 1.88 years to circle the Sun,
compared to 365 days for the Earth.
For many years, Mars had been thought of as the planet with man-made canals, supposedly discovered
by an Italian astronomer, Schiaparelli, in 1877. With the United States spaceraft Viking I’s landing on Mars in
1976, the man-made canal theory was proven to be only a myth.
Viking I, after landing on the soil of Mars, performed many scientific experiments and took numerous
pictures. The pictures showed that the red color of the planet is due to the reddish, rocky Martian soil. No
biological life was found, though it had been speculated by many scientists. The Viking also monitored many
weather changes including violent dust storms. Some water vapor, polar ice, and permafrost (frost below the
surface) were found. Indicating that at one time there were significant quantities of water on this distant
planet. Evidence collected by the spacecraft shows some present volcanic action, though the volcanoes are
believed to be dormant, if not extinct.
44. Man-made canals were supposedly discovered by _______
A. Viking I
B. Martian

C. Phobos
D. Schiaparelli
45. Mars has been nicknamed ________
A. Viking I
B. the Red Planet
C. Deimos
D. Martian
46. The word “myth” is closest in meaning to ________
A. fact
B. event
C. legend
D. story
47. The word “monitored” is closest in meaning to _______


A. programmed
B. televised
C. performed
D. observed
48. All of the following are true EXCEPT _______
A. Mars has two moons
B. there are some volcanoes on Mars
C. Martian soil is rocky
D. Mars is larger than Earth
49. The Viking I exploration accomplished all of the following EXCEPT _______
A. performing scientific experiments
B. collecting information showing volcanic action
C. monitoring weather condition
D. discovering large quantities of polar ice
50. The main idea of this passage is __________

A. recent studies of this planet reveal data that contradict previous theories
B. very little of the martian landscape has changed over the years
C. Scientists are only speculating about the Red Planet
D. scientists are no longer interested in the planet because there is no life on it.
The end
KEYS
1. C
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. C
10. D

11. B
12. C
13. C
14. D
15. B
16. C
17. A
18. A
19. D
20. D

21. A
22. A

23. B
24. C
25. B
26. A
27. B
28. C
29. D
30. C

31. B
32. C
33. A
34. B
35. D
36. C
37. B
38. C
39. B
40. C

41. A
42. A
43. B
44. D
45. B
46. C
47. D
48. D
49. D
50. A