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C©u 1: 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 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

As many as ten-million children _______ with the virus by the end of this decade.

A. have been infected                                                  B. will be infecting

C. had been infected                                                    D. will have been infected

C©u 3: 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 4: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

You do not have to be afraid of bear, _______ educating yourself about the dangers can help keep you safe. .

A. but                           B. so                                    C. therefore                         D. although

C©u 5: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

……………………. has risen again for the third consecutive month.

A. Unemployment        B. employee                        C. employer                         D. employ

C©u 6: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

The issues which have been considered (A) in the previous section (B) allows us (C) to speculate on problems (D) that learners might encounter.

A. in                             B. allows                              C. to speculate                     D. that

C©u 7: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

He came to ______ for what had happened because he had clearly been in the wrong.

A. apologize                 B. compliment                     C. promise                           D. serve

C©u 8: 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 9: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

Daniel asked me if I thought _______.

A. it will rain today                                                       B. it will rain that day

C. it would rain today                                                   D. it would rain that day

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

"…………………..?" – Yes, 3876543

A. Can you have your phone number                          B. What is your phone number

C. Have you got a phone                                              D. Are you on the phone

C©u 11: 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 12: 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. interpret                   B. dismay                            C. associate                         D. input

C©u 13: 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 14: 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. prolong                    B. often                               C. operation                         D. polite

C©u 15: 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 16: 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 17: 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. explanation              B. economics                       C. devastating                      D. sympathetic

C©u 18: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

(A) Research in the United States on acupuncture (B) has focused on (C) it use in (D) pain relief and anesthesia

A. Research                  B. has focused                     C. it                                     D. pain relief

C©u 19: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

The children sat listening ……………….to the story.

A. attentive                   B. attentively                       C. attention                          D. inattentive

C©u 20: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

Computers have had a great effect _____ our lives since its appearance.

A. on                            B. at                                     C. for                                   D. to

C©u 21: 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. formality                  B. common                          C. etiquette                          D. symbolize

C©u 22: 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 23: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

"Could I borrow your book for a moment?" - "____________"

A. No, I couldn't                                                          B. I'm afraid that it's possible

C. That's not a good idea                                              D. I'm sorry because I'm about to use it

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

"Do you think she'll tell them?" "I ……………...... not."

A. suspicion                  B. suspiciously                    C. suspect                            D. suspicious

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

Shortly (A) before the Allied invasion (B) of Normandy, Ernest Hemingway went (C) to London as a war correspondence (D) for Colliers.

A. shortly                      B. invasion                          C. went                                D. correspondence

C©u 26: 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 27: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

Yesterday, I had to cram all day for my French final. _______, I did not get to sleep until after midnight.

A. Nevertheless            B. However                         C. Therefore                        D. But

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

_______ the eldest child, he works hard to help his parents support the family.

A. Be                            B. Is                                     C. To be                              D. Being

C©u 29: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

A food (A) additive is (B) any chemical that food manufacturers (C) intentional add to their (D) products.

A. additive                    B. any chemical                   C. intentional                       D. products

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

It was …………………… of you to ignore these warnings.

A. irresponsibly            B. responsible                      C. irresponsible                   D. responsibility

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

I used ..................................... to the park by my father at the weekends.

A. to take                      B. to be taking                     C. not to take                       D. to be taken

C©u 32: 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 33: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

(A) Born in Texas in 1890, Katherine Anne Porter produced three (B) collection of short (C) stories before (D) publishing her well-known novel Ship of Fools in 1962.

A. Born                         B. collection                        C. stories                             D. publishing

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

Hunting wild animals is prohibited _______ law in many countries but it does not seem to be effective.

A. in                             B. on                                    C. with                                 D. by

C©u 35: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

Parents interpret facial and vocal expressions as indicators of how a baby is feeling

A. translate                   B. understand                      C. read                                 D. comprehend

C©u 36: 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.

Perhaps he was feeling tired yesterday.

A. He can't have been feeling tired yesterday.             B. He may have been feeling tired yesterday.

C. He mustn't have been feeling well yesterday.          D. He couldn't be feeling tired yesterday.

C©u 37: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

_______, he managed to complete the race.

A. In spite of being severe hurt                                    B. Despite he was severely hurt

C. Even though being severely hurt                              D. Despite being severely hurt

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

"This room is too dirty." – "…………………….."

A. I agree. What a neat room!                                       B. I disagree. It's such a dirty room.

C. Yes. It's big enough.                                                D. Yes, let's tidy this mess.

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

I think that everything ______ ready for the project procedure by the end of next month.

A. will have been          B. has been                          C. had been                         D. is

C©u 40: 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. colleague                 B. European                        C. teaching                          D. pleased

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.

If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parent expects, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to the children.

However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well especially if the parents are very supportive of their children.

Michael Li is very lucky. He is very fond of music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons. Although Michael's father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

Michael's friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held . They are very unhappy when he does not win. "When I was your age, I used to win every competition I entered," Winton's father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

C©u 41: The main idea of the passage is ………………………….. .

A. how parents should make a child a musician

B. how parents should bring up a child

C. what differences there are between two kinds of parents

D. what aim of a child can be much earlier to reach

C©u 42: Michael is lucky because …………………………. .

A. his parents help him in a sensible way                      B. his family is rich enough to have a car

C. his father is a musician in an orchestra                      D. he is free to do anything that he likes best

C©u 43: Winton's parents set so high a standard for him that ……………………. .

A. he has to do his best to do everything                       B. he has made greater progress in music

C. he is afraid that he may disappoint them                   D. he often wants to kill himself some day

C©u 44: It is one of parent's mistakes if …………………………… .

A. they want their child to be a musician                       B. they help their child to win music competitions

C. they don't care for their child's education much        D. they make their child try to achieve too much

C©u 45: According to the author's opinion, …………………… .

A. it is unimportant to let the child develop in the way they want

B. parents should be supportive of their children

C. all sensible parents can train their children to success in everything

D. unrealistic parents should arrange private lessons for their children

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.

When you go to another country, it is important to follow the (46 ) .............. of that country. If you are invited to a home in England, here is some advice. As soon as you are invited, it is good manners to tell whether you will go or not, either by writing (47) …………… through telephoning. When you go to the party, it is better to arrive on time. It is good manners to (48)….. hands with your host and other guests. You can take a present if you like, possibly a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates or some flowers. (49) ……………. , it is bad manners to take nothing. It is not polite to stay too late after the other guests have gone. So, it is good manners to write a short letter or make a telephone call a day or two later to (50) .............. your host.

C©u 46:                

A. people                       B. customs                            C. language                           D. land

C©u 47:                

A. or                             B. nor                                  C. and                                  D. as well as

C©u 48:                

A. shook                        B. give                                  C. hold                                 D. shake

C©u 49:                

A. Although                   B. If                                      C. However                          D. Because

C©u 50:                

A. thank                        B. please                               C. apologize                         D. accuse

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