Question

[Nguyễn Phúc Khang]

1. A. straight                   B. pain                              C. said                               D. afraid

2. A. excited                    B. enjoyed                       C. bored                           D. amazed

Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

3. A. common                 B. happy                          C. complete                     D. joyful

4. A. expensive               B. wonderland               C. favourite                     D. driverless

Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

5. You have to strictly obey traffic signals when riding on the road.

A. catch                           B. follow                           C. see                                D. observe

Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

6. Day of the dead is considered a weird festival.

A. uncommon                B. popular                        C. strange                        D. unusual

Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

7. A. What a beautiful monowheel! – B. ______________

A. Needless to say.                                                    B. You’re welcome.       

C. Thanks, I really love it.                                        D. It’s extremely expensive.

8. La Tomatina _________ in Spain, in a small town.

A. holds                           B. hold                               C. is holding                    D. is held

9. I found the book so ________ that I couldn’t put it down.

A. gripping                      B. bored                            C. tiring                            D. shocked

10. Which do you think are                                 _ festivals?

A. musical                       B. harvester                     C. artistic                         D. season

11. My father ____________ a lot last year but this year he doesn't any more.

            A. used to smoke                                                       B. smoke

            C. gets used to smoke                                              D. smoking 

12. They spent a lot of money on the film. ___________ it wasn’t a big success.

A. However,                   B. Neverthless,                C. Despite of                   D. Although

13. Which __________ of transport do you think will be used in the future?

A. mean                           B. means                           C. meanings                    D. meaning

14. This is your pen and that is _________.                                                          

A. he’s                              B. he                                   C. his                                D. him

15. We should put   on our roof for the heating and hot water.

A. solar energy              B. equipment                   C. cracks                          D. solar panels

16. At this time next week, we                  a wind turbine in our garden.

A. install                          B. installed                       C. will installed              D. will be installing

Read the following passage and choose A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Staying safe on foot and bike

Look out for yourself and your friends when out on foot and bike. Choose the safest routes you can like quieter, slower roads, with pavements if you’re walking or (17) ________ if you’re going by bike.

It’s easy to get distracted by your phone or by friends, but you need to be alert to traffic. Put your phone away and take your earphones (18)________ when crossing the road. Don’t trust that drivers will spot you and be able to stop in time – many drivers go too fast and don’t (19) ________ enough attention, (20)________ anything you can do to protect yourself is a good thing.

17. a. zebra crossings         b. cycle paths           c. footpaths               d. bumpy roads

18. a. off                                 b. over                       c. out                          d. down

19. a. pay                               b. make                      c. turn                        d. take

20. a. but                               b. so                            c. though                   d. because

Read the following passage and choose A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

For hundreds of years, one remote hill in the middle of England has hosted one of the weirdest festivals in the world. It’s the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling Festival. The event is held every year at the end of May, with over 15,000 participants and spectators from all over the world joining each year.

The rules are simple. A large wheel of cheese is rolled down the hill, and participants chase after it. The first runner to make it to the bottom of the hill is the winner. The winner of the race is allowed to keep the cheese as a prize.

Cooper’s Hill is only 200 meters long, but it is very steep. As a result, racers do not run down the hill; instead, they usually fall down the hill head over heels. This has led to a lot of accidents. For this reason, the event was officially canceled in 2010. Outraged fans have continued the event unofficially since then.

21. What is the passage mainly about?

            a. Different food festivals around the world

b. An unusual and dangerous festival in England

c. Tips for winning the race in the Cheese Rolling Festival

d. The history of the Cheese Rolling Festival

22. The word ‘outraged’ in the last sentence is closest in meaning to _______.

a. upset                      b. pleasant                c. keen                       d. big

23. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

a. All the runners in the race are from England.

b. The race is dangerous because the hill is very long.

c. Most participants cannot stay on their feet while they run down the hill.

d. The winner is the first person to catch the cheese.

Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

24. A solution (A) for the environment problem (B) will soon (C) be finding (D) by scientists.

25. We didn't (A) go out (B) although (C) it was (D) raining.

Choose A, B, C or D to find out a sentence that has the same meaning as the given one.

26. I find watching Monster Inc. very interesting.

A. Monster Inc. is very interested to me.

B. I think Monster Inc. is very interesting.

C. It’s interested for me to watch Monster Inc.

D. Monster Inc. is as interesting as me.

27. I’ve never seen such a boring movie.

A. It is the most boring movie I have never seen.

B. It’s the most boring movie I have ever seen.

C. Such a boring movie it was that I have never seen it.

D. I have never seen this type of boring movie before.

28. She wrote the novel in 10 years.

A. The novel will be written in 10 years by she.

B. The novel was wrote in 10 years by her.

C. The novel is written in 10 years by her.

D. The novel was written in 10 years by her.

Choose A, B, C or D to find out a sentence that best combine two sentences into a new one. Do not change the given words in any ways.

29. Unless the bus arrives on time, we’ll miss the beginning of the film.

A. If we miss the beginning of the film, the bus will arrive on time.

B. If we don’t miss the beginning of the film, the bus won’t arrive on time.

C. Should the bus arrive on time, we won’t miss the beginning of the film.

D. We won’t miss the bus and the film if we begin on time.

30. Despite the heavy rain, they still went hiking.

A. Although the rain is heavy, they still went hiking.

B. In spite of going hiking, the rain was heavy.

C. The rain was heavy; however, they still went hiking.

D. Although the heavy rain, they still went hiking.