## 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.
**Câu 1:** After getting lost in the unfamiliar city, he lost his bearings and had no idea how to get back to his hotel.
A. behaved impolitely
B. was unable to determine the direction
C. regained his sense of direction
D. found his hotel
**Câu 2:** This restaurant was highly recommended for good service, delicious food and kind-hearted boss.
A. attentive and helpful
B. generous and gracious
C. ambitious and greedy
D. polite and friendly
## 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.
**Câu 3:** She was brought up in a well-off family. She can’t understand the problems we are facing.
A. kind
B. wealthy
C. broke
D. poor
**Câu 4:** There has been a hot debate among the scientists relating to the pros and cons of using robotic probes to study distant objects in space.
A. advantages and disadvantages
B. causes and effects
C. problems and solutions
D. solutions and limitations
## Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The increase in urbanization causes different problems. Air and water pollution are amongst the major issue we have to tackle.
In the big places, cars, factories and burning waste emit dangerous gases that change the air quality in our cities and pose threats to our health. Dangerous gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides cause respiratory diseases, for instant, bronchitis and asthma. Those are also proved to have long-term effects on the environment.
Furthermore, with the increased population, it becomes difficult to manage the waste generated in cities. Most of the waste is discharged or dumped into rivers or onto streets. The waste pollutes water and makes it unfit for human consumption. Subsequently, it becomes more and more difficult for city dwellers to get clean water. Some cities in Africa are unable to provide adequate water supply because most of the water is lost in pipe leakages. In fact, most city dwellers in developing countries are forced to boil their water and bottled water, which is very expensive.
There are several actions that could be taken to eradicate the problems described above. Firstly, a simple solution would be joining community efforts to address problems affecting your city. Ask your parents, friends and relatives to join in as well. These efforts might include clean-up campaigns, recycling drives and a signature campaign to ask the government to act on something about the situation. A second measure would be encouraging your teacher to talk about these problems and to discuss how young people can help to solve them. Finally, writing to local organizations working on these issues for ideas on how you can contribute to solve them.
**Câu 5:** According to the passage, in some cities in Africa _______.
A. people aren’t provided enough water due to leaking pipes
B. people have found some solutions to the problems
C. people would rather use boiling water and bottled water
D. people are allowed to dump waste into rivers and on streets
**Câu 6:** The word tackle in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. deal with
B. try on
C. make up
D. turn down
**Câu 7:** The word those in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. bronchitis and asthma
B. dangerous gases
C. respiratory diseases
D. carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides
**Câu 8:** Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. People can contribute in solving the problems by writing to local organizations working on these issues.
B. City problems should be taught and be topic for students to discuss at school.
C. Participators might take part in different kinds of projects and campaigns.
D. Children must ask for their parent’s permission before joining community efforts.
**Câu 9:** Which of the following would serve as the best title for the passage?
A. Increasing urbanization: Causes and effects
B. Environment degradation: Air and water pollution
C. Environmental pollution: Problems and actions
D. Increasing urbanization: Effects and solutions
## Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
**Câu 10:** Linda and her friend are talking about environment.
Linda: “I think everyone should learn more about how to treat the environment well.”
Lisa: “_______”
A. I think so.
B. That’s terrible!
C. I don’t think that.
D. If you don’t mind.
**Câu 11:** Teacher and Long are in the classroom.
Teacher: “You should not leave the light on when you are away.”
Long: “_______”
A. Try me!
B. You are right.
C. Good idea
D. No, let’s do it.
## Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
**Câu 12:** Rapid ups and downs in the number of students could be observed in June.
A. The number of students went up and then fell in June.
B. The number of students changed dramatically in June.
C. The number of students fluctuated wildly in June.
D. The number of students did not stay the same in June.
**Câu 13:** The last time I went to the zoo was 5 years ago.
A. I started going to the zoo 5 years ago.
B. I last went to the zoo when I was 5 years old
C. I haven’t been to the zoo for 5 years.
D. At last I went to the zoo after 5 years.
**Câu 14:** I think we should change the topic of our presentation.
A. It’s high time that we change the topic of our presentation.
B. I suggest we to change the topic of our presentation.
C. I’d rather our presentation change the topic.
D. It’s high time that we changed the topic of our presentation.
## Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
**Câu 15:**
A. leaf
B. feature
C. legal
D. great
**Câu 16:**
A. whispered
B. produced
C. asked
D. worked
## Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
**Câu 17:**
A. Offer
B. repeat
C. happen
D. visit
**Câu 18:**
A. achievement
B. agricultural
C. responsible
D. distinguish
## Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
**Câu 19:** Laura can’t take part in the marathon. She is badly injured in a car accident.
A. If Laura weren’t badly injured in a car accident, she could take part in the marathon.
B. Without being injured in a car accident, Laura couldn’t take part in the marathon.
C. If only Laura hadn’t been badly injured in a car accident, she could have taken part in the marathon.
D. Laura could take part in the marathon in case she were badly injured in a car accident.
**Câu 20:** The tree has lovely flowers. The tree stands near the gate of my house.
A. The tree, which stands near the gate of my house, has lovely flowers.
B. The tree has lovely flowers which stands near the gate of my house.
C. The tree, which stands near the gate of my house, has lovely flowers.
D. The tree has lovely flowers, which stands near the gate of my house.
## Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
**Câu 21:** I usually donate my old clothes to people who are homeless, _______ are very appreciative.
A. most of them
B. all of which
C. most of which
D. most of whom
**Câu 22:** Urbanisation happened first in more _______ developed countries.
A. economical
B. economist
C. economically
D. economic
**Câu 23:** I requested that first-year students _______ to change their courses in the first two weeks.
A. be permitted
B. were permitted
C. was permitted
D. were permitting
**Câu 24:** After the children finished their dinner, they _______ listened to a bedtime story before falling asleep.
A. so
B. and
C. while
D. that
**Câu 25:** It is important to keep ourselves clean _______ germs can cause infections in parts of our body.
A. unless
B. while
C. because
D. although
**Câu 26:** The traffic congestion combined with the large concentration of factories has severely affected air and water _______.
A. quantity
B. condition
C. standard
D. quality
**Câu 27:** I _______ the bus yesterday so my friend gave me a lift.
A. missed
B. she will catch
C. didn’t catch
D. not catch
**Câu 28:** Hanoi is _______ capital of Viet Nam.
A. an
B. a
C. the
D. x
**Câu 29:** He parents insisted that she _______ hard for the GCSE exams.
A. learn
B. learns
C. learning
D. to learn
**Câu 30:** The presentation will focus _______ the causes and effects of Please turn off all over the world.
A. about
B. of
C. on
D. in
**Câu 31:** Please turn off television, I also like watching TV but now I am studying for the exam (error identification)
A. the
B. television
C. am having
D. TV
**Câu 32:** The kids often forget to turn off the lights when going out of the room, _______ wastes a lot of electricity.
A. which
B. what
C. where
D. that
**Câu 33:** At she _______ a letter last night, the lights suddenly _______ out.
A. wrote/ went
B. was writing/ was going
C. was writing/ went
D. writes/ went
**Câu 34:** The government said that they didn’t have enough funds to deal with _______ medical care.
A. high-cost
B. cost- effective
C. cost- high
D. low-cost
**Câu 35:** Ozone layer _______ increases the amount of UVB that reaches the Earth’s surface, which in turn worsens the risk of getting cancer.
A. preservation
B. combustion
C. organic
D. depletion
## Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
David Robert Joseph Beckham was born in Leytonstone, London on 2nd May 1975. Keen on football from early on, David won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award when he was 11. Five years later, at the age of 16, he signed on as a trainee at Manchester United, turning professional on 2nd July 1993.
David was a key member of the Manchester United 1995/96 double-winning side, being part of the youngest team ever to win the Manchester United first team. His consistent performances for Manchester United in domestic and European competitions brought him to the attention of the England coaches as well as (37) _______ his country 100 times. He moved to the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007 to increase the profile of football in America. The England international subsequently returned to Europe for a loan spell with A.C. Milan, helping the Italian team to their first Serie A title in many years, before returning to Galaxy in 2009. In 2013, Beckham decided to retire from professional football to become a worldwide (38) _______ an advertising brand and a fashion icon.
Beckham has many interests off the soccer pitch and is rarely out of the headlines. (39) _______ concerts, art, business, and politics. he has established football academies in Los Angeles and London and is a joint major shareholder judge for the British book. (40) _______. He lives near Tom Cruise and the two are best buddies. Beckham is also a major United Nations Goodwill Ambassador where he has travelled to UNICEF emergency programmes throughout the world.
**Câu 36:**
A. who
B. whose
C. whom
D. which
**Câu 37:**
A. to represent
B. representing
C. to representing
D. represented
**Câu 38:**
A. celebrate
B. celebration
C. so celebrate
D. celebrated
**Câu 39:**
A. especial
B. especially
C. especially
D. special
**Câu 40:**
A. From
B. Items
C. Awards
D. Events
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