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Thời gian làm bài: 90'
Ngày ..... tháng .....năm 2009
A. Phonetics (5 pts)
I - Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from others
1. A. unemployed B necessity C. generosity D. represent
2 A. physical B activity C. increase D. expectancy
3. A prefer B. electricity C. invent D. collaborate
4. A. commodity B. material C. deposit D. quality
5. A. profitably B. fascinating C. solidarity D. fertilizer
II - Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from others
1. A. naked B. beloved C. wicked D. helped
2. A. chorus B. cherish C. chaos D. scholar
3. A. divisible B. decision C. design D. disease
4. A. superstructure B. apartheid C. virtually D. status
5. A. penalty B. scenic C. epidemic D. level
B. grammar and vocabulary (20 pts)
I - Choose the best answer for each sentence
1. She admitted _________ the money
A. to steal B. stoling C. having stolen D. to be stolen
2. The passengers ran onto the platform but the train __________
A. go B. has gone C. will have gone D. had gone
3. Nylon, a synthetic _______ from a combination of water, air and a by-product of coal, was first
introduced in 1938
A. to make B. make C. made D. making
4. He took _______ the business after his father 's death
A. on B. over C. away D. in
5. Boiled meat can be kept in _______ containers

A. airtight B. tight air C. airsick D. air-free
6. Two things that you cannot buy with money ______ love and loyalty
A. be B. am C. are D. is
7. They do not allow ______ here
A. to sunbathe B. sunbathe C. sunbathed D. sunbathing
8. Bad news ______ fast
A. travel B. travels C. have traveled D. are going to travel
9. This decaying tooth needs ______
A. to fill B. fill C. filled D. filling
10. The new teacher was ________ to the needs of all the children in her care
A. attentive B. observant C. earnest D. careful
11. The building work must be finished by the end of the month __________ of cost
A. ignorant B. thoughtless C. uncaring D. regardless
12. It was difficult to guess what her _________ to the news would be.
A. feelings B. reaction C. capital D. opinion
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13. They always kept on good ______ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake.
A. friend ship B. relations C. will D. terms
14. Each of the ______ own cage
A. birds had their B. birds have their C. bird has its D. birds has its
15. The opposite of "responsible" is ______
A. unresponsible B. irresponsible C. disresponsible D. inresposible
16. __________of the shop, my friend Roger went in
A. coming out C. on coming out
B. when coming out D. as I came out
17. They are _______ to be married next year
A. planned B. prepared C. intended D. engaged
18. The manager expected the team ______ because they hadn't done enough training
A. to lose B. have lost C. to be lost D. by losing
19. I have been looking for this book for months and _______ I have found it

A. at last B. in time C. at the end D. at present
20. She said that those men were thieves, _____ turned out to be true.
A. who B. what C. which D. non is correct
III - Use the most suitable form of the verbs in brackets (10 pts)
1. Were I (1. know) __ the truth, I (2. tell) ___ you about it
2. You (3. not come) ____ home so late without telling us
3. The dinner (4. leave) on the table untouched
4. I don't know what is the matter with him, he (5.act) ___ funny since you ____ (6.be) away.
5. Did I say that ? I ___ (7. be) absent - minded
6. I ___ (8. sit) there for about ten minutes, pretending to read, when someone ___ (9. sit) down at
my table
7. Scarcely I (10. arrive) ___ when I sent her a letter to say that I had a present for her.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
. 10 II - Complete each sentence with a word formed from the word in capital (10 pts).
1. I'm quite an -----------person. I play a lot of sports and go running every day (ENERGY)
2. This dictionary has achieved international recognition as an -----------practical reference book to
English as a foreign language (DISPENSE)
3. He was born blind, but despite this -----------he still managed to become one of the top pop
singers of his generation (ABLE)
4. Leisure habits won't change much in the ------------future (SEE)
5. Martin was very -----------of what he has done (SHAME)
6. There has been a ------------of 10% in the amount of money available for buying new books (REDUCE)
7. He suffered from constant --------------(SLEEP)
8. I have no excuse, my action was -------------(EXPLAIN)
9. The manager handed in his -------------after being accused of dishonesty (RESIGN)
10. He was turned down for the job because he is ---------------(QUALIFY)
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IV. Pick out the wrong word or phrase in each of the following sentences and correct it. (10 pts)
1. Once have built their nests, birds lay eggs and hatch their young

A B C D
2. Moisturize in the air forms an effective insulating blanket over most of the earth
A B C D
3. Competitive firms are always under pressure to reduce costs, improve quality and catering
A B C
to consumer preferences.
D
4. Several computer models have been able to succeed predict global climatic changes well
A B C
in advance of their occurrence.
D
5. Water pollutants are classified either as enriching substances that cause eutrophication
A B
nor as poisonous materials that harm aquatic life.
C D
6. In today's world Americans have depended on the automobile as their primary means of
A B C D
transportation.
7. Aspirin seems helpfully in reducing the risk of stroke in people whose upper heart
A B C
chambers beat irregularly.
D
8. The powerful, destroy force of hurricanes, common in Caribbean and Southeastern United States,
A B C
sometimes reaches as far as the North of New England.
D
9. The most visible changes physical of aging take place in the skin
A B C D
10. Kites vary in size, shape and weight, according to the fancy of its creators.
A B C D

V - Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meaning (20 pts)
1. Ann's mother gave her a gold watch
What....................................................
2. You do not have to buy one if you do not like it
→ You are under ...................................................................................................................................
3. His behavior took me aback
→ His behavior was ..............................................................................................................................
4. I do not under stand a single word of this letter
I cannot make .......................................................................................................................................
5. The fate of the two climbers is unknown
→ It is a mystery ...................................................................................................................................
6. We were not surprised by his success
→ It came .............................................................................................................................................
7.The noise next door did not stop until after midnight
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 It was not .........................................................................................................................................
8.My boss works harder when he is passed for time
The less .............................................................................................................................................
9. We can't solve this problem
 There ............................................................................................................................................
10. What is the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?
How exactly does ..............................................................................?
VI. Use the given words and phrases to write a letter . Necessary changes can be made (20 pts)
23 King cross Avenue
Manchester 5
January 29
th
2007
Dear John,
1. Thank / letter / arrive / yesterday

2. Sorry / not / write / for / 5 / week / because / I / lots / homework / do /
.
3. I / study / everyday / just have / English exam
4. School fee / high / I / try / best / get / scholarship
5. I / busy / that / have no time / even / TV
6. How / things / get on/you ?
7. I / happy / you / come / see / next week
8. I / introduce / teachers / friends / kind / friendly / and / take / interesting place / Manchester.
9. How long / you / stay / me / ?
10. Tell / me / your plan / I / get / things / ready / you
I am looking forward to seeing you.
Yours,
Mary
C - Reading comprehension (5 pts)
Read the passage carefully and then answer the questions
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To those who consider nuclear power the most useful alternative energy, nuclear power seems
in some ways much cleaner than other sources of energy. Take oil and coal as an example. When
they are used in power stations, a great deal of smoke that contains some kinds of acid is produced.
Even if the smoke is cleaned by filters, the acid still escapes into the air and can be carried by clouds
from power stations to many other places. When it rains, the acid comes down with the rain. As a result,
the fish in lakes and trees in forests begin to die.
However, to those who are against nuclear power, they believe that the problem is not just the
danger of an accident in the atomic power station. Highly radioactive material is used. Radioactivity
can cause cancer and many other illnesses. Only a part of the material is used. The rest-called waste
- is just as radioactive element. Although it is very dangerous, this radioactive waste is often thrown
into the sea. Nobody can be certain what will happen to it there. Only one thing is certain, it will be
dangerous for at least 240,000 years.
Another problem is that what will happen if there is an explosion in the nuclear reactor. If one
explodes near a large city, how many people will die? Some experts argue that this is impossible.

But the argument will go on for a long time. It is also clear that nuclear power can never be the only
alternative source of energy. Some other possibilities are solar power from the sun, wind power and
tidal power. We must conserve energy, too. Conservation will become more and more of a
necessity.
1. How can smoke from power stations cause death to fish and trees ?

2. To those who are against nuclear power, what is the most dangerous problem?
3. Why is the waste from the power station considered the most dangerous?
4. How long do radioactive elements remain the bad effect ?

5. Where can people get tidal power ?
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