Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

C. homeless
indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from that of the rest in each of the following
D. event
questions.
Question 4.
Question 1. A. tradition
A. maths
B. internet
B. clubs
C. luxury
C. goods
D. movement
D. spoons Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
Question 2. indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
A. engage
Question 5. The light went out while I ________ dinner.
B. evolve
A. have had
C. restore
B. had
D. enter
C. was having
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
D. am having
position of stress in each of the following questions.
Question 6. Although she is Vietnamese, she has never worn
Question 3. Ao Dai before, _____?
A. homework A. doesn’t she

B. culture B. has she

 Question 10. In many families the important decisions are
C. does she
______ by men.
D. hasn’t she A. done
Question 7. I ______ a teddy bear, but I don't have one now.
B. arrived
A. used to having
C. made
B. was used to have
D. given
C. was use to having
Question 11. Because of ______ weather conditions,
California has an advantage in the production of fruits and
D. used to have
vegetables.
Question 8. ______, I can’t listen to opera for long.
A. favourite
A. Whatever music I like
B. favour
B. Although liking music
C. favourable
C. Despite of my love for music
D. favourably
D. Even though I like music
Question 12. Please ______ your cigarette. I’m allergic to
Question 9. Today, women are increasingly involved ______ smoke.
the politics.
A. give in
A. of
B. put off
B. from
C. put out
C. in
D. turn off
D. with
Question 13. In my family, everybody has to do their ______
D. promoting
of the housework.
Question 16. The event, watched by millions of people all
A. share over the country, takes place annually.
B. division A. regularly

C. bit B. once every year

D. responsibility C. smoothly
Question 14. If I were a superman, I ________.
D. sometimes
A. fly Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the
B. flew
underlined word in each of the following sentences.
C. will fly
Question 17. With the final examinations coming very soon
D. would fly his anxiety was rising to almost unbearable limits.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to A. apprehension

indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word in each of the following sentences. B. studying

Question 15. Human beings are C. joy

constantly contaminating natural habitats of the wildlife.
D. confidence
A. reducing Question 18. The film is not worth seeing. The plot is
too dull.
B. polluting
A. complicated
C. destroying
B. interesting
 If we took a look at how people in Europe communicated just
C. boring
one hundred years ago, we would be very surprised to find
out that English was hardly used outside the United Kingdom.
D. simple
The language most commonly used between people of
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to different nationalities, and particularly the aristocracy, was
indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the French. In fact, French was the language of diplomacy,
following exchanges. culture and education. However, that is not the case
nowadays. English has replaced French as the international
Question 19. Jack: “What an attractive hair style you have language of communication. Today, there are more people
got, Jenny!” who speak English as a second language than people who
Jenny: “_________”. speak it as a first language.
A. I can’t agree with you more There are many reasons why English has become the
language of international communication. Britain’s
B. Thank you colonization of many parts of the world had something to do
with it, but it is mainly due to America’s rise to the position
C. No, I don’t think so of major world power. This helped spread popular American
culture throughout the world bringing the language with it.
D. Don’t mention it But is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world
Question 20. Minh: “Mum, I’ve got 8.5 on the IELTS test!” so quickly? Language specialists seem to be divided over this
Minh’s mother: “_________” issue. There are those who claim that it is important to have a
language that the people in our increasingly globalized world
A. Absolutely! have in common. According to others, English is associated
with a particular culture and therefore promotes that culture at
B. Good job! the expense of others. Linguists have suggested “Esperanto”,
an artificially put-together language, as a solution to
C. Good way! international communication problems but without success.
So English will continue being the world language until some
D. Oh, hard luck!
other language, maybe Chinese, which is the most widely-
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or spoken native language in the world, takes over as the world’s
D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to international language instead of English.
each of the following questions.
Question 21. According to the passage, a century ago
B. Chinese is going to be the next language of
_______.
international communication
A. educated people throughout Europe spoke English.
C. English will probably be replaced as an international
B. French was much more popular than English. language

C. foreign travelers to England spoke only French. D. English is easier to learn than Chinese
Question 25. What would be a good title for this passage?
D. only the French aristocracy could speak English.
Question 22. What is chiefly responsible for the growth in A. English as an international language
popularity of English?
B. English in the future
A. The French losing many colonies
C. English - a difficult language to learn
B. The development of American culture
D. English language means English culture
C. Britain’s becoming an international power Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or
D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer that
D. American’s becoming powerful
best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Question 23. What is true according to the passage?
Dear Fred,
A. Esperanto is not a natural language
I am very sorry that I was unable to attend your birthday party
B. Esperanto is difficult to learn last Saturday afternoon. I had been looking ___(26)___ to
your party for weeks and I would definitely have gone to it if
C. Esperanto is becoming more and more popular I had not ___(27)___ a terrible cold on the evening before the
party. When I woke up late Saturday morning, I felt really
D. The linguists don’t like Esperanto weak. I didn’t even have enough strength to get out of bed by
myself. Around 11 a.m. mother came to my room to see why
Question 24. The author believes that _______.
I hadn’t come out for breakfast yet. When she saw how pale
A. Chinese is growing in popularity among non-native my face looked, she was very ___(28)___. She immediately
speakers went to the bathroom, got a thermometer from the medicine-
chest and came back and took my temperature. When she
A. worry
found that I was ___(29)___ a temperature of 40oC, she
immediately sent for the family doctor. After the doctor had
B. upset
seen me and given me an injection and some medicine, he
advised me to stay in bed for the next few days and so C. angry
although I very much wanted to celebrate your birthday with
you, I could not. I hope that you and all your guests enjoyed D. shocking
yourselves at the party. I’ll visit you as soon as
I’m ___(30)___ and about again. Question 29.
Yours sincerely, A. giving
Martin
B. suffering
Question 26.
C. running
A. forward
D. heating
B. around
Question 30.
C. up
A. on
D. hopeful
B. in
Question 27.
C. up
A. attacked by
D. well
B. received
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
C. caught indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each
of the following questions.
D. come across
Question 28. Question 31. His excellent physical health is the result of he
swims two miles every day.
 Question 34. Somebody has suggested pulling the old
A. he swims
building down.
B. physical A. It has been suggested that the old building should be
pulled down.
C. every day
B. It has suggested pulling the old building down.
D. result
Question 32. The window display for the new C. Somebody has ordered the pulling of the old building
products have been designed by the merchandising staff. down.

A. merchandising D. The pulling of the old building down has been a must.
Question 35. I can only see good things happening in the
B. for
future.
C. have A. I am an optimistic person.
D. by B. Good things will happen to me from now on.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that
is CLOSEST in meaning to the original sentence in each C. I will only do good things in my future.
of the following questions.
D. I am pessimistic about things in the future.
Question 33. "Would you please lend me a hand?" Jane said Question 36. We didn't expect global warming to increase so
to me. fast.
A. Jane wanted me to lend her some money. A. Global warming increasing fast was what we expected.

B. I said I would lend her a hand. B. Global warming is to increase as we expected.

C. I would not please her by lending it to her. C. Global warming used to increase faster but it is slower
now.
D. Jane politely asked me to help her.
 D. Global warming is faster than we expected. D. To know where the chemist's was, so she asked for
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that directions at the hotel reception.
is best written from the words/ phrases given. Question 39. holiday/ be/ so/ disappointing/ they/ decide/ ask/
money/ back//.
Question 37. My bother / wish / he / speak English / fluent /
as / native speakers. A. The holiday was so disappointing that they decided to
ask for their money back.
A. My brother wish he could Speak English fluently as
native speakers. B. The holiday was enough disappointing that they
decided to ask for their money back.
B. My brother wish he could speak English as fluent as
native speakers. C. The holiday was such disappointing that they decided
to ask for their money back.
C. My brother wishes he could speak English as fluently
as native speakers. D. The holiday was too disappointing that they decided to
ask for their money back.
D. My bother wishes he could speak English as fluent as Question 40. promise/finish /project/next Monday
native speakers.
Question 38. not know/where/chemist's/ask/directions/hotel A. I promise to finish my environmental project by next
reception Monday.

A. Not knowing where the chemist's was, she asked for B. I promised finishing my environmental project next
directions at the hotel reception. Monday.

B. She didn't know where the chemist's was as she asked C. I had finished my environmental project by next
for directions at the hotel reception. Monday.

C. She doesn't know where the chemist's is because she D. I will promise to finish my project on next Monday.
asks for directions at the hotel reception.