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. stages /s/        B. finishes              C. resources           D. styles
2. A. celebrate /s/    B. capture /k/              C. conserve /k/             D. compose /k/ 

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. climate(1)       B. campus(1)         C. control(2)          D. capture(1)

4. A. exhibition(3)  B. habitable(1)      C. application(3)    D. academic(3)

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

5,The artist, ________ painting you have bought, is a friend of my father’s.                                     A.whom     B. whose                C. from whose       D. from whom

6, The lion ________ long a symbol of strength, power, and cruelty.

   A.is                    B. was                   C. has been            D. will be

7, Will you ________ me to water the flowers before we go out tomorrow?

A. remember                    B. suggest              C. remind               D. advise

8. Most developing countries are in ________ of capital and technical assistance.

A. lack B. need                  C. shortage            D. excess

9. It was a complete ________; I never meant to hurt her!

A. chance B. error                  C happening          D. accident

10. The more ________ and positive you look, the better you will feel.

A. confide                    B. confident           C. confidently        D. confidence

11, The weather is ________ this week than last week.

A. more good B. very good          C. too better           D. much better

12, His school report last term was very ________.

A.satisfying  B. satisfied             C. satisfy               D. satisfaction

13, My sister has gone to the baker’s to buy a ________ of bread.

A. loaf    B. piece                  C. bit                      D. packet

14,Although there is much pollution in this city, ________.

A. but it is an ideal place to live

B. however it is an ideal place to live

C. there it is an ideal place to live

D. it is still an ideal place to live

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, The mechanic tried hard to mend the washing machine, but without success.

A. build  B. repair                C. design                D. break

mend: sửa, hàn gắn
A. xây dựng B. sửa chữa C. thiết kế D. phá vỡ

16.lf you didn’t contribute generously(hào phóng), we couldn’t continue with our project.

A. charitably (rộng lượng)    B. generally (nói chung)

C. officially (chính thức)          D. locally (địa phương)

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. Education is free, but some people pay to send their children to private schools.

A. expensive B. popular             C. public                D. high

Giáo dục là miễn phí, nhưng một số người trả tiền để gửi con cái của họ đến các trường tư thục.

A. đắt tiền B. bình dân C. công khai D. cao

Ở đây có ngĩa tương đương với trường công lập (public)

18. It is so good that the authorities have improved the public transport system here recently.

A. changed basically    B. stopped using

C. made better       D. made worse

1Thật là tốt khi các nhà chức trách đã cải thiện hệ thống giao thông công cộng ở đây trong thời gian gần đây.
A. đã thay đổi về cơ bản  B. ngừng sử dụng
C. làm tốt hơn        D. làm tồi tệ hơn

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

19 -"Would you like milk or sugar in your tea?"

     “____________”

A. No sugar, please.                          B. No, just black tea, please.

C. Why not milk for me?                   D. Yes, a lot of milk.

20-"What time did you phone Oggy last night?"

     “____________”

A. I didn’t see him last night                    B. Oh, half of an hour

C. From my home                                     D. At a quarter past ten