Question 5: Somebody has left these socks on the bathroom floor, ______? A. have they​ B. haven’t they​ C. has he​ D. hasn’t he Question 6: There ’ll always be a conflict between ______ old and ________ young. ​A. a/an​B. an /the​C. the/ the ​D. no article Question 7: There is a beautiful garden _________the back of the house. ​A. on​B. in ​C. at ​D. of Question 8: Luckily, the boy’s father promised________ for the window to be repaired. ​A. to pay ​B. paying ​C. pay​D. paid Question 9: Would Peter be angry if I _______ his bicycle without asking ? ​A. took ​B. will take ​C. would take ​D. takes Question 10: Since I started working here I ________ more experienced at dealing with challenges . ​A. became ​B.becomes ​C. have become ​D. had become Question 11. He managed to keep his job _________ the manager had threatened to sack him. ​A. therefore​B. although ​C. because ​D. in spite of Question 12: I’m sure there will have been some changes __________. ​A. after the new policy came into effect​C. by the time the new policy comes into effect ​B. before the new policy had come into effect​D. as soon as the new policy ’ll come into effect Question 13. Twenty percent of the people _______ said that they were very satisfied with the product and would buy it again. ​A. is surveyed B. is surveying C. surveyed D. surveying Question 14: : Unfortunately, the solution to this problem is neither simple nor _______ . ​ A. economy​B. economic C. economical D. economically Question 15: In Viet Nam, you shouldn’t ______ at somebody house on the first day of the New Year unless you have been invited by the house owner. A. put up​ B. go up​ C. show up​ D. pick up Question 16: A university degree is considered to be a _______ for entry into most professions. A. claim​ B. demand​ C. requisite​ D. request Question 17: There was a ________of thunder and then it started to pour with rain. A.voice B. clap​ C. sound​ D. flash Question 18: Luckily the police decided not to _____ charges, but let him off with a warning. ​A. address ​B. record ​C. file ​D. apply Question 19: When I first started there were a number of pupils outside of lessons playing_______. ​A. truant​B. absent​C. joyride​D. runaway 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. Question 20:One of the fundamentals of education, mathematics is taught from the earliest grades in school. ​A.basics ​ B.understandings ​ C.needs ​D.points Question 21: The speaker paused. He hesitated to answer the direct question raised by the audience. A. decided​ B. continued​ C. determined​D. wavered