I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A. Which word is stressed differently from the others?
1. A. bravery B. benefit C. genuine D. chimpanzee
2. A. refine B. random C. publish D. plastic
3. A. financial B. appointment C. underneath D. torrential
4. A. reception B. recommend C. expertise D. reservation
5. A. participate B. irritation C. analysis D. agreeable
B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
6. A. associate B. broken C. open D. scissors
7. A. dust B. luck C. industry D. dull
8. A. sea B. leader C. research D. meat
9. A. plastic B. garbage C. pattern D. natural
10. A. promote B. toward C. uniform D. proceed
II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
11. “What are you doing?”
“I …… the flowers. They …… wonderful!”
A. am smelling / smell B. smell / smell
C. am smelling / are smelling D. smell / are smelling
12. “Mark wasn’t there last night.”
“No, …… .”
A. I wasn’t either B. either was I C. I wasn’t too D. neither I was
13. One of our boys …… by the police last night.
A. is arrested B. was arrested C. were arrested D. would be arrested
14. He lives there …… his own.
A. for B. by C. on D. at
15. He ordered them …… it again.
A. don’t do B. not do C. didn’t do D. not to do
16. He’s incapable …… even driving a rail in straight.
A. for B. to C. of D. with
17. He turned …… the light so as not to waste electricity.
A. off B. of C. on D. down

33. A man whom people cannot trust will have …… friends.
A. little B. few C. a few D. a lot
34. That ice is dangerously thin now. You …… go ice-skating today.
A. mustn’t B. might not C. may not D. would mind not to
35. Do not get …… the bus when it is still moving.
A. off B. out C. from D. down
36. My shirt was torn …… the tree.
A. while climbing up B. while I was climbing up
C. while a climb was made up D. in a climb up
37. I went …… hospital for an operation.
A. in B. on C. into D. at
38. I …… school in 1995.
A. have finished B. finish C. finished D. can finish
39. Students from Vietnam are not used …… in cold climate.
A. to living B. to live C. live D. living
40. The problem is easy enough, but …… students could answer it.
A. a lot of B. few C. a few D. a great number of
III. CLOZE PASSAGE
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes each blank.
The person I am going to write about is Charlie Chaplin. He has always been one of my favorite actors and I really (41)
_______ his films.
Charlie was born in London in 1889. Both his parents were music hall performers. His father was a drunkard and his mother
later (42)______ mad. Life was hard and Charlie and his half brother, Sidney, were sent to a(n) (43)______ for a time.
He first appeared on the stage when he was seven and by the time he was ten he was a regular performer. When he was 17,
he went on a tour of the USA where he was (44) _______ and given a part in a Hollywood film. His early films were not
particularly successful but in 1915 he made his (45) _______, “The Tramp”, in which he first appeared in the baggy trousers and
with the hat and cane. Soon he had had his own (46)_______ built and was making his own films which included “The Gold
Rush”, “Modern Times” and “The Great Dictator”.
In the 1940s his reputation in the USA started to (47) _______. Silent films were no longer so popular. Chaplin went to
Europe but was not allowed to return to the USA because he was (48) _______ of being a communist. The authorities finally let

C. Othello
D. Richelieu
53. According to the author Forrest was
A. angry
B. temperamental
C. satisfied
D. creative
54. The word “injure” in line 5 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. support
B. critique
C. damage
D. offend
55. According to the passage, what happened in 1826?
A. New York produced a new tragedian.
B. Forrest was in a New York play.
C. Forrest made his first debut.
D. Othello became known as a great tragedy.

Keys to (1 – 3)
1. D 16. C 31. A 46. C
2. A 17. A 32. B 47. C
3. C 18. C 33. B 48. A
4. A 19. A 34. A 49. B
5. B 20. A 35. A 50. A
6. D 21. D 36. B 51. A
7. C 22. A 37. C 52. B
8. C 23. D 38. C 53. B
9. B 24. A 39. A 54. C
10. C 25. B 40. B 55. B
11. A 26. D 41. A 56.