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Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. hospital
b. mischievous
c. supportive
d. special
2. a. family
b. whenever
c. obedient
d. solution
3. a. biologist
b. generally
c. responsible
d. security
4. a. confident
b. important
c. together
d. exciting
5. a. possible.
b. university
c. secondary
d. suitable
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence,
substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original
one.
6. You are old enough to take _______ for what you have done.
a. responsible
b. responsibility
c. responsibly

b. encounter
c. arrive
d. clean
13. What are the _______ of that country? - I think it is some kinds of cheese
and sauces.
a. drinks
b. beverages
c. grains
d. special dishes
14. Peter tried his best and passed the driving test at the first _______.
a. try
b. attempt
c. doing
d. aim
15. Where is Jimmy? - He is ____ work. He is busy ____ his monthly report.
a. on / for
b. in / about
c. to / through
d. at / with
16. With greatly increased workloads, everyone is _______ pressure now.
a. under
b. above
c. upon
d. out of
17. We are not allowed _______ jeans at school.
a. wear
b. to wear
c. wearing
d. worn
18. Sometimes I do not feel like _______ to my sibling about my troubles.

c. had taken
d. was taking
24. In the past the trip _______ very rough and often dangerous, but things
_______ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years.
a. was / have changed
b. is / change
c. had been / will change
d. has been / changed
25. Now you _______ from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.
a. are flying
b. would fly
c. will fly
d. can fly
26. When Carol _______ last night, I ______ my favorite show on television.
a. was calling / watched
b. called / have watched
c. called / was watching
d. had called / watched
27. By this time next summer, you _______ your studies.
a. completes b. will complete c. are completing d. will have completed
28. Right now, Jim _______ the newspaper and Kathy _______ dinner.
a. reads / has cooked
b. is reading / is cooking
c. has read / was cooking
d. read / will be cooking
29. Last night at this time, they _______ the same thing. She _______ and
he the Newspaper.
a. are doing / is cooking / is reading
b. were doing / was cooking / was reading
c. was doing / has cooked / is reading

a. Of all the soups I have ever eaten, his eel soup is the best.
b. I have ever eaten many soups that are better than his eel soup.
c. His eel soup is the worst of all soups I have eaten.
d. His eel soup is good but I have ever eaten many others better.
34. She gets up early to prepare breakfast so that her children can come to
school on time.
a. Despite her getting up early to prepare breakfast, her children cannot
come to school on time. .
b. Because she wanted her children to come to school on time, she gets
up early to prepare breakfast.
c. If she does not get up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not
come to school on time.
d. Unless she gets up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not
come to school on.
35. The last time I went to the museum was a year ago.
a. I have not been to the museum for a year.
b. A year ago, I often went to the museum.
c. My going to the museum lasted a year.
d. At last I went to the museum after a year.
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Every family has its quirks. Mine is no different. I was born in an ItalianAmerican family in 1973. We follow the classic stereotype. My father works
and my mother stays home with the kids. There are certain things that we
remember from our childhood: phrases, jokes, movies. But one piece of
advice that sticks with me from an early age comes from my mother.
"Don't finish your food or you will never get married." It was an illogical
jump from the idea that a "lady" is not a glutton and therefore will not finish
the food on her plate or take the last cookie off of the platter. A "lady"
especially a young lady must never appear hungry. If she did, she would not
be an ideal candidate for a wife.
To this day, I do not finish what is on my plate and I will never eat the

single.
a. True
b. False
c. No information
39. The writer does not believe in what her mother has said but she
considers her mother's words something special.
a. True
b. False
c. No information
40. The writer has two sons.
a. True
b. False
c. No information
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
On December 10, 2006, I was going through some hard time. The
landlady did not want to release the house any more so I had to (41) _____
and only had one month to find a place. Because Christmas was coming and
it was difficult for me to (42) _____ a suitable accommodation. I had only
some money (43) _____. I could not buy a Christmas tree and some
presents for my three boys, (44) _____ I had to use the money to find a place
to live. Tome, it broke my heart as I could not prepare the Christmas for my
three boys. I have been their only parent since my husband (45) _____ away
two years ago. I was so sad and everything was getting on my nerves.
Although I managed to solve the problem myself I could not help (46) _____
my sons about the things. When I suddenly woke up at midnight, I found my

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d. secrets
3. a. clothes
b. cloths
c. roofs
d. books
4. a. enjoys
b. feels
c. takes
d. gives
5. a. attempts
b. shares
c. looks
d. beliefs
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence,
substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original
one.
6. He was looking at his parents _______, waiting for recommendations.
a. obey
b. obedience
c. obedient
d. obediently
7. The interviews with parents showed that the vast majority were _______
of teachers.
a. support
b. supportive
c. supporter
d. supporting
8. Billy has been seriously ill, and he was taken to _____ hospital yesterday
a. a
b. an

c. basement
d. ground
15. It's hard work looking _______ three children all day.
a. after
b. up
c. to
d. through
16. When my mother is busy preparing dinner, my father often gives a hand
_______ tidying the living room.
a. on
b. with
c. for
d. about
17. I put your keys in the drawer _______ they cannot get lost.
a. because
b. let alone
c. instead of
d. so that
18. Alex is busy _______ for his exams.
a. to study
b. studied
c. studying
d. studies
19. She is never willing _______ any personal question.
a. answer
b. to answer
c. answering
d. answered
20. _______ a doctor, you have to meet some certain requirements of the
medical college.

c. work / am going to retire
d. have been working / retire
26. My mother always the first _______ up and the last _______ to bed.
a. getting / going
b. to get / going c. getting / to go d. to get / to go

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Le Hoai Don High School
27. I _______ you last night after dinner, but you _______ there. Where
_______ you?
a. was calling / are not / are
b. called / were not / were
c. had called / had not been / were
d. called / have not been / are
28. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.
a. was crossing / struck
b. had crossed / was striking
c. crossed / had struck
d. is crossing / strikes
29. _______ to come over for dinner tonight?
a. Do you want
b. Are you wanting
c. Have you wanted
d. Will you want
30. What _______ at this time tomorrow?
a. will you do

c. Because my mother is definitely a traditional stay-at-home woman so
she offers us great love and a strict upbringing.

d. As definitely is my mother a traditional stay-at-home woman, but she
offers us great love and a strict upbringing.
34. everyone in my family / do the share / household chores.
a. Everyone in my family has to do the share of household chores.
b. Everyone in my family, they must do the share of household chores.
c. As everyone in my family has to do the share of household chores. .
d. To everyone in my family, we have to do our share of household
chores.
35. We / not allow / go out in the evening / make / finish all homework / go to
bed.
a. We do not allow going out in the evening and make finish all
homework before going to bed.
b. We are not allowed to go out in the evening and are made to finish all
homework before going to bed.
c. We are not allowed to go out in the evening so we are made to finish
all homework before going to bed.
d. Although we are not allowed to go out in the evening but we are made
to finish all homework before going to bed.
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
I was born to dance. I've been dancing all my life, ever since my mother,
who gave up a dancing career on the stage when she married my father,
picked me up and twirled me around as an infant. As much as I loved
dancing with her, her greatest gift to me was her "unconditional love" during
her lifetime.
My parents divorced after only 5 years of marriage, but my father
remarried a lovely lady who also loved to dance. They used to take me to a
dancing club where I would listen to the music and watch them danceoccasionally my stepmother, Mary, invited me to dance.

to shop at the supermarket, particularly to buy clothes for her sons and
grandchildren. For Jean, having a happy family (48) _____ having heaven in
her heart and angels in her life. She truly cherished everyone in her life! (49)
_____ gave Jean the greatest joy was sharing herself with her family and
friends, offering them the most precious thing she (50) _____ her time. It is a
gift none of them will ever forget.
41. a. which
b. that
c. whom
d. whose
42. a. On
b. In
c. For
d. With
43. a. cherish
b. cherishable
c. cherished d. cherishingly
44. a. support
b. admire
c. desire
d. arm
45. a. courage
b. courageous
c. courageously
d. encourage

46.
47.
48.
49.