Hä tªn thÝ sinh:..............................................................SBD:.........................

C©u 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

There was a $20 note lying on the pavement, ________ I picked it up.

A. but                           B. if                                     C. because                           D. so

C©u 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

The little boy hopes ______ to Disneyland Park on his birthday.

A. to take                      B. to be taking                     C. to be taken                      D. taking

C©u 3: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

_____________ to school when I saw you this morning?

A. Have you gone         B. Had you been gone         C. Are you going                 D. Were you going

C©u 4: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

_____________, we couldn't have continued with the project.

A. Unless we had your contribution                          B. Provided your contribution wouldn't come

C. Even if you didn't like to contribute                      D. If you hadn't contributed positively

C©u 5: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word having the different stress pattern from the rest.

A. peaceful                   B. idea                                 C. receive                            D. humane

C©u 6: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

I almost missed my flight because there was a long queue in the _____________ shop.

A. mankind                   B. man-made                       C. frost-free                         D. duty-free

C©u 7: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word having the different stress pattern from the rest.

A. together                    B. instructor                         C. effective                         D. strategy

C©u 8: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

Diseases, (A) pollute, and limited distribution (B) are (C) factors that (D) threaten various plant and animal species.

A. pollute                      B. are                                   C. factors                             D. threaten

C©u 9: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

It's time we _________ this old car.

A. will sell                    B. had sold                          C. have sold                        D. sold

C©u 10: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

The teacher told Joe ______________.

A. to stop talking          B. stop to talk                      C. stops talking                    D. stopped talking

C©u 11: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

He (A) didn't allow us (B) going out on the boat yesterday (C) because strong wind was (D) blowing.

A. didn't allow              B. going out                         C. because                           D. blowing

C©u 12: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

This house reminds me of the one I lived in ___________ I was a child.

A. when                        B. while                               C. after                                D. since

C©u 13: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

_____________ people used to read more.

A. Twenty years before    B. Twenty years ago        C. For twenty years             D. Since twenty years

C©u 14: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.

He started learning French six years ago.

A. He has learned French for six years ago.              B. It was six years ago did he start learning French.

C. He hasn't learnt French for six years.                    D. It is six years since he learnt French.

C©u 15: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

Lan's grandfather ________ teach literature at a high school, but now he has retired.

A. got used to               B. was used to                     C. use to                              D. used to

C©u 16: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

The (A) living room was (B) enough large (C) to accommodate two long sofas (D) easily.

A. living                        B. enough large                    C. to accommodate              D. easily

C©u 17: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.

If it hadn't been so late, I would have called you.

A. It was not late when I called you.                          B. It was late, so I did not call you.

C. It was late, but I called you.                                  D. It was not late but I did not call you.

C©u 18: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

She runs a very _____________ computer business.

A. successful                B. success                            C. successfully                    D. succeed

C©u 19: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word having the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

A. rabies                       B. background                     C. operation                        D. state

C©u 20: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.

After fighting the fire for 12 hours, the firemen succeeded in putting it out.

A. The firemen were unable to put the fire out after a 12-hour fight.

B. Fighting the fire for 12 hours, the firemen were able to put it out.

C. The firemen wasted 12 hours putting the fire out.

D. Fighting the fire for 12 hours, the fire was put out.

C©u 21: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

What you're asking just can't be done - it's an ______________.

A. invention                  B. institute                           C. impossibility                   D. imprisonment

C©u 22: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

The patient had ­­­___________ on his heart.

A. discovery                 B. surgery                            C. achievement                    D. protest

C©u 23: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.

Many people think Steve stole the money.

A. It was not Steve who stole the money.                  B. Steve is thought to have stolen the money.

C. Many people think the money is stolen by Steve. D. The money was thought to be stolen by Steve.

C©u 24: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

He put suntan oil on his body to protect his skin ___________ the sun.

A. through                    B. from                                C. with                                 D. off

C©u 25: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

Many people are (A) afraid that in the future there (B) will be no space (C) leaving and they express the idea of robots replacing human (D) beings.

A. afraid                       B. will be                             C. leaving                            D. beings

C©u 26: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

"__________________________?" – "Due to the bad weather."

A. How was your flight                                             B. What happened last night

C. Why did they cancel their trip                               D. How did it damage

C©u 27: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

He was made ______ his case by a customs officer.

A. open                         B. opening                           C. opened                            D. to open

C©u 28: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

She demonstrated the software very______________.

A. ineffective               B. effectively                       C. effective                         D. effect

C©u 29: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

Is there any significant _____________ between teamwork and individual work?

A. difference                B. differ                               C. different                          D. differently

C©u 30: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

"I'm grateful for your help." – "__________________."

A. Well done                B. Not at all                         C. The same to you             D. Thank you

C©u 31: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

Millions of Germans ___________ from Europe to America in the nineteenth century.

A. emigration                B. emigrant                          C. migration                         D. emigrated

C©u 32: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word having the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

A. chemist                    B. achievement                    C. school                             D. technique

C©u 33: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

(A) Do you know (B) the woman (C) who are coming (D) toward us?

A. Do                            B. the                                   C. who are                           D. toward

C©u 34: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

She would ____________

A. rather read a book than listen to music.                 B. rather read a book more than listen to music.

C. prefer reading a book to listening to music.           D. prefer to read a book than listening to music.

C©u 35: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word having the different stress pattern from the rest.

A. particular                  B. cooperative                     C. information                     D. activity

C©u 36: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

I asked Martha ______________ to enter law school.

A. are you planning      B. if she is planning             C. was she planning             D. if she was planning

C©u 37: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.

"Let's go to the cinema tonight," said he.

A. He suggested them to go to the cinema that night.

B. He suggested going to the cinema that night.

C. He suggested we went to the cinema that night.

D. He suggested that them to go to the cinema that night.

C©u 38: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

By Christmas, I ___________ for Mr. Smith for six years.

A. shall have been working                                      B. shall work                      

C. have been working                                               D. shall be working

C©u 39: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

"What do you like doing in your free time?" – "____________________ ."

A. Listening to music                                                B. A good sense of humour

C. The world around you                                                                                     D. Never mind

C©u 40: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

He was found guilty and sentenced __________ six months' imprisonment.

A. about                        B. of                                    C. to                                    D. back

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.

Marie Skłodowska–Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a (41) _______ and chemist of Polish upbringing and, subsequently, French citizenship. She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, the only person (42) ________ with Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, and the first female professor at the University of Paris.

She was born in Mania Skłodowska in Warsaw, Vistula Country, Russian Empire, and lived there until she was 24. In 1891 she followed her elder sister Bronisława to study in Paris, (43) _______ she obtained her higher degrees and conducted her subsequent scientific work. It was when she applied at Sorbonne that she changed her name (44) _______ Marie Sklodowska. She (45) ________ the Curie Institutes in Paris and Warsaw. Her husband Pierre Curie was also a fellow-Nobel-laureate, as were her daughter Irène Joliot-Curie and her son-in-law Frédéric Joliot-Curie.

C©u 41:                

A. physics                     B. physical                            C. physicist                           D. physically

C©u 42:                

A. to honor                    B. be honored                       C. honoring                          D. to be honored

C©u 43:                

A. where                        B. which                               C. when                                D. that

C©u 44:                

A. in                              B. with                                  C. out                                   D. to

C©u 45:                

A. found                        B. was founded                    C. founded                           D. had found

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Robert Falcon Scott, the most famous of British polar explorers, was born in Devonport, Britain in 1868. Because he had failed to reach the South Pole in 1908, Scott decided to make a second attempt. When Scott had chosen 40 men to take part in the expedition, his ship, the Terra Nova, set off from Plymouth. After they had picked up supplies in New Zealand, the Terra Nova reached Antarctica on 1st November 1911 and the men made their base.

After that Scott asked four men to accompany him on the final part of his journey. One of the four men, Edward Wilson, had been with him on his first expedition. The five men set off for the Pole after bad weather and illness had delayed them for two months. On 16th January 1912, when they got to the Pole, they found a Norwegian flag there. Scott's great rival, Roald Amundsen, had arrived a month before them. Tragically, Scott and his companions hadn't taken enough food for their return journey to the Terra Nova and all five men died.

C©u 46: Robert Scott and Edward Wilson ____________________.

A. couldn't reach the South Pole in 1908                    B. took part in the third expedition

C. reached Antarctica on 1st January 1911                 D. were born in Devonport, Britain

C©u 47: Which of the sentences is NOT true about Robert Scott's expedition?

A. Their ship set off from Plymouth.

B. There were five people on the final part of their journey.

C. They arrived at the Pole on 16th January 1912.

D. They took enough food for the whole journey.

C©u 48: Roald Amundsen got to the Pole ______________.

A. in November 1911    B. in December 1911            C. in January 1912               D. in February 1912

C©u 49: The word "accompany" could best be replaced with ____________________.

A. stop                           B. break off                          C. go with                             D. separate

C©u 50: What's the best title for the passage?

A. Roald Amundsen - Scott's great friend                   B. The most successful polar expedition

C. The worst journey in the world                              D. The first attempt in conquering the Pole

----------------- HÕt 137 -----------------