TEST 1
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1. A. novel B. cross C. cotton D. tropical
2. A. stay B. say C. may D. can
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others:
3. A. install B. publish C. predict D. expect
4. A. appliance B. teenager C. pollution D. designer
III. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence:
5. Vietnam is a _______ country. The weather is usually hot there.
A. cold B. warm C. heat D. tropical
6. The baby laughed __________ as she played with her toy.
A. happy B. happiness C. happily D. unhappy
7. Remember the meeting will be ______ Tuesday, ________ 9am and 11am
A. on -at B. on – between C. at - at D. at - between
8. I wish I _______ to my parents. Now it’s too late
A. listen B. would listen C. have listen D. had listened
9. How many pages ____________ so far?
A. do you study B. did you study C. have you studied D. had you studied
10. He __________ to our farewell party last weekend.
A. wasn’t invited B. didn’t invite C. weren’t seeing D. not saw
11. We __________our form teacher since last Monday.
A. didn’t see B. haven’t seen C. fit D. fits
12. Nguyen Du was the writer ____________wrote “Kieu”
A. who B. whom C. where D. which
13. She told me a story _______ I found hard to believe
A. what B. which C. in which D. at which
14. If she knew his address exactly, she _________ him.
A. will call on B. would call on C. called on D. call on
15. Nobody likes her, ___________?
A. does she B. doesn’t she C. do they D. don’t they
16. Listen to what I am saying, __________?

A B C D
30. She enjoyed listening to music and go shopping
A B C D
VI. Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the printed one:
31. Mr Loc always smoked cigarettes, but he doesn’t now
A. Mr Loc used to smoke cigarettes B. Mr Loc is used to smoke cigarettes
C. Mr Loc is used to smoking cigarettes D. Mr Loc used to smoking cigarettes
32. I don’t have the key, so I can’t get into the house
A. If I had the key, I will get into the house B. If I had the key, I would get into the house
C. If I have the key, I can get into the house D. If I would have the key, I would get into the house
33. My sister borrowed the bike from me.
A. I lent my sister the bike. B. I lent the bike from my sister.
C. I borrowed the bike to my sister. D. I was borrowed the bike by my sister.
VII. Choose the option (A, B, C or D) corresponding to the best sentence that is made up from the sets of words and
phrases given:
34. Yesterday / Nam / take / his raincoat / wet.
A. Yesterday, Nam didn’t take his raincoat, so he got wet. B. Yesterday, Nam didn’t take his raincoat but he got wet.
C. Yesterday, Nam didn’t take his raincoat since he got wet. D. Yesterday, Nam didn’t take his raincoat or he got wet.
35. Erosion, / wash away / valuable topsoil, / can / prevent / planting trees and grass.
A. Erosion, which washes away valuable topsoil, can prevent by planting trees and grass.
B. Erosion, which washes away valuable topsoil, can be prevented by planting trees and grass.
C. Erosion, that washes away valuable topsoil, can be prevented by planting trees and grass.
D. Erosion, that washes away valuable topsoil, can prevent by planting trees and grass.
VIII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the
blanks from 36 to 45Valentine’s Day is always (36)____ February 14. It’s not a (37)____ day. On weekdays, schools are open.
Banks are open. People go to work. Life goes (38)____ as usual, but there is one (39)____. People give cards and gifts to
friends and people they love. They say, ‘Be my Valentine’.
There are many kinds of Valentine cards. Some people make cards. Most people (40)____ them. Men and women
often give each other romantic cards. These (41)____ say, ‘I love you’. The husbands give romantic cards to their (42)____.
Children and friends usually give funny or humorous cards. These cards do not say, ‘I love you’. They are not

C. how to get to Mr Bird’s London shop D. how much Mr Bird’s shoes cost
48. What is Mr Bird’s opinion of young people?
A. They want too much money. B. They are difficult to train.
C. They prefer other jobs. D. They don’t work hard enough.
49 Customers choose Mr Bird because his shoes_________
A. are the most fashionable. B. fit perfectly. C. look very unusual. D. are traditional in design.
50. From the text, the number of Mr Bird’s customers is__________
A. increasing B. decreasing C. unchanging D. going down
CLOZE TEXT
V. (2.5 ms) (0.25 m for each correct answer)
1. c 2. a 3. d 4. b 5. a
6. c 7. a 8. b 9. c 10. c