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23/7/2017
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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.
Question 1: A. picked B. considered C. stayed D. received
Question 2: A. autumn B. sunny C. summer D. much
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in
the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. achieve B. advice C. clever D. remind

Question 4: A. concentrate B. instruction C. experience D. consider

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
Question 5: A number of large insurance companies have its headquarters in the capital city.

A B C D

Question 6: Hardly had Mai read the letter from her parents than she started crying.
A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 7: Hang is going to the bookshop now because she _______to buy some books.
A. wanting B. wants C. want D. is wanting
Question 8: Trang is always _______about her work, which makes her colleagues annoyed.
A. complaining B. complain C. complains D. complained
Question 9: You should _____the meaning of the new word in the dictionary so as not to misuse it.
A. look back B. look forward C. look up D. look down on
Question 10: Tony didnt study hard for the test. His answers ________ from someone else
A. should have copied B. must have been copied
C. can have copied D. would have copied
Question 11: Jean works hard all day but she __________at the moment.
A. isnt working B. works C. working D. has worked
Question 12: Now that you_____________your homework now, you can go out with your friends mum said.
A. finish B. is finishing C. have finished D. will finish
Question 13: At Peters last basketball club, he_________every Saturday for three hours.
A. trains B. has trained C. used to train D. had been training
Question 14: When Carol called last night, I___________my favorite show on television.
A. watched B. have watched C. was watching D. will have watched
Question 15: If your brother ., he would come.
A. invited B. were invited C. were inviting D. invite
Question 16: Theres somebody behind us. I think we are .
A. being followed B. going to follow C. follow D. following
Question 17: Meeting Brad Pitt was an amazing_________.
A. experience B. course C. skill D. progress
Question 18: Youve _______ a lot of progress this year said the teacher.
A. made B. taken C. gotten D. done
Question 19: The other students were talking and laughing but Jamie ________ his work.
A. concentrates on B. is interested in C. concentrating on D. focused on
Question 20: The teacher read out the instructions to make sure ________we all understood.
A. if B. that C. which D. what
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 21: Two students are chatting in a classroom.
- Alice: I think that Tom is the best student in our class. - Hellen: ________.
A.Youre kidding B. Theres no doubt about it.
C. Im glad you like it D. I dont hope so
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.
Question 22: The typhoon is considered as a catastrophe because it resulted in thousands of deaths.
A. minor inconvenience B. pleasant experience C. sudden occurrence D. terrible disaster
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 23: Nowadays, many students who graduated from universities are still out of work.
A. employed B. available C. unoccupied D. jobless

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.
Question 24: "If I were you, I would take the job," said my room-mate.

A. My room-mate was thinking about taking the job.

B. My room-mate advised me to take the job.

C. My room-mate introduced the idea of taking the job to me.

D. My room-mate insisted on taking the job for me.

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.
Question 25: I did not arrive in time. I was not able to see her off.
A. She had left because I was not on time. B. I did not go there, so I could not see her off.
C. I was not early enough to see her off. D. I arrived very late to say goodbye to her.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
Tattooing is an old art. In ancient Greece, people who had tattoos were regarded as members of the (26) __________
classes. On the other hand, tattooing was banned in Europe by the early Christians, who thought that it was a sinful
thing to do. It was not until the late 18th century, when Captain Cook saw South Sea Islander decorating their bodies
with tattoos (27)______attitudes began to change. Sailors came back from these islands with pictures of Christ on
their backs and from then on, tattooing gained in popularity. A survey by the French army in 1881 showed that
among the 387 men (28)_______ there were 1,333 designs. Nowadays, not everybody finds tattoos acceptable.
Some people thing that getting one is silly because tattoos are more or less permanent. There is also some (29)
__________ about catching a blood disease from unsterilized needles. Even for those who do want a tattoo, the (30)
__________ of getting one is not painless, but the final result, in their eyes, is worth the pain.
Question 26: A. upper B. greater C. high D. extreme
Question 27: A. that B. which C. whose D. at which
Question 28: A. questioned B. inquired C. demanded D. spoken
Question 29: A. danger B. concern C. trouble D. threat
Question 30: A. progress B. system C. pace D. process

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 from 31 to 40.
Reading 1
The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal, smaller only than the elephant and the
rhinoceros. Its name comes from two Greek words which mean river horse. The long name of this
animal is often shortened to the easier to handle term hippo.
The hippo has a natural affinity for the water. It does not float on top of the water; instead, it can
easily walk along the bottom of a body of water. The hippo commonly remains underwater for three to
five minutes and has been known to stay under for up to half an hour before coming up for air.
In spite of its name, the hippo has relatively little in common with the horse and instead has a number of
interesting similarities in common with the whale. When a hippo comes up after a stay at the bottom of a
lake or river, it releases air through a blowhole, just like a whale. In addition, the hippo resembles the
whale in that they both have thick layers of blubber for protection and they are almost completely
hairless.
Question 31: The topic of this passage is______
A. the difference between hippos and elephants. B. the largest land animal.
C. the characteristics of the hippo. D. the relation between the hippo and the whale.
Question 32: The possessive Its in line 2 refers to______________
A. hippopotamus B. rhinoceros C. horses D. elephants
Question 33: It can be inferred from the passage that the hippopotamus is commonly called a hippo because the
word hippo is____________
A. easier for the animal to recognize. B. scientifically more accurate.
C. simpler to pronounce accurately. D. the original name.
Question 34: According to the passage, what is true about hippos?
A. Every hippo can stay under the water for 30 minutes.
B. They look exactly like horses.
C. They have the same size with elephants and rhinos.
D. They have very little or no hair.
Question 35: According to the passage, what is the maximum time that hippos have been known to stay underwater?
A. thirty minutes B. three minutes C. five minutes D. ninety minutes
Reading 2
Tropical rainforests are being destroyed and badly degraded at an unsustainable rate. Some
scientists estimate that in the early 1990s tropical forests were being destroyed at a rate of approximately
28 hectares a minute, or about 14 million hectares each year an area about the size of the state of
Wisconsin. This figure marked a decrease since the 1980s, when approximately 16 million hectares were
destroyed each year, largely due to a reported decline of deforestation in the Amazon River Basin in the
early 1990s. However, satellite images indicate that rates may have rebounded in the late 1990s as
burning in the Amazon increased again. Over the past three decades alone, about 5 million square
kilometers or 20 percent of the world's tropical forests have been cleared. During this time,
deforestation in tropical Asia reached almost 30 percent. High rates of deforestation are inevitably
followed by alarming rates of plant and animal extinction because many rainforest species cannot survive
outside their pristine rainforest habitat. Some scientists estimate that dozens of rainforest species are
becoming extinct every day.
Causes of deforestation vary from location to location, but certain patterns tend to be consistent
across all forests. Logging companies in search of valuable rainforest hardwoods, or, less often, oil
companies in search of petroleum, are often the first to enter a remote area of rainforest. Some logged
forests, if left alone, can regenerate in a few decades. But typically, they are not left alone the roads
built by logging companies often provide access for landless farmers to enter a new area, as well as a
means to transport agricultural crops to market. For every 1 kilometer of new roads built through a
forested area, 4 to 24 square kilometers are deforested and colonized.
Once the loggers leave the land, a typical cycle of destruction ensues. When the landless farmers
arrive, they clear the land for planting. Poor rainforest soils produce a low crop yield, especially after a
couple of years. At that point, the farmers often sell their lands to cattle ranchers or large plantation
owners. After nutrients have been exhausted and soils compacted by cattle, lands are then abandoned and
often laid to waste. Rainforest does not readily regenerate on these lands without human intervention.
Meanwhile, the colonist farmers and cattle ranchers move to a new piece of land made accessible by
logging roads, where the cycle of deforestation begins again.
(Source: Microsoft Encarta 2009. 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation)
Question 36. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The rate of rainforest destruction in the Amazon
B. Causes and effects of rainforest destruction
C. The size of tropical rainforest loss
D. Typical patterns of extinction of rainforest species
Question 37. According to paragraph 1, which of the following about the rate of rainforest destruction is TRUE?
A. It was greater in the early 1990s than in the 1980s.
B. It kept increasing from the 1980s to the 1990s.
C. It was the same in the early 1990s as in the 1980s.
D. It was greater in the 1980s than in the early 1990s.
Question 38. The word "rebounded" in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by ______.
A. fallen again B. remained unchanged C. risen again D. gone up and down
Question 39. Which of the following can result from the loss of tropical rainforests?
A. The increase in the rainforest habitat
B. The decrease in wasted lands
C. The disappearance of landless farmers
D. The disappearance of many rainforest species
Question 40. What can be inferred about rainforests from the passage?
A. Rainforest destruction can be reduced with the help of cattle ranchers.
B. Human beings are the main contributor to deforestation in tropical regions.
C. Most tropical rainforests have been sold to plantation owners.
D. The cycle of rainforest destruction will come to an end.

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