I.

LEXICO – GRAMMAR
Part 1. Write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of
the following questions.
26. I______ my homework for two hours, but I ______ yet.
A. have done - haven’t finished . B. is doing - isn’t finishing
C. will do - will not finish D. have been doing - haven’t finished
27. The teacher came into the room while her students______.
A. have sung B. were singing C. sang D. have been singing
28. If he had taken these pills, he______ much better now.
A. will not be B. will be C. would be D. wouldn’t have been
29. The man______at the blackboard is our teacher of English.
A. standing B. stands C. stood D. that standing
30. The new students hope______ in many of the school’s social activities.
A. including B. being included C. to include D. to be included
31. Staying in a hotel costs_______renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. as much as twice B. twice as much C. twice more than D. twice as
as
32. I have______ much progress in using new kinds of modern technology.
A. done B. made C. worked D. got
33. It was when Megan started drama classes that she really ______ out of herself.
A. went B. got C. came D. worked
34. I didn't really want to play football on Saturday, but since there was no one else to take my
place I couldn't really______.
A. turn down B. get off C. go down D. take off
35. Mrs Smith often ______ her children at 5.30 p.m. everyday.
A. picks up B. puts on C. takes in D. gives in
36. Susan lost her ______ when she suddenly woke up and saw the house on fire.
A. mind B. leg C. arm D. head
Write 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.
37. Some students only cram for tests when there is little time left, so their results are not
satisfactory.
A. prepare in a short period B. prepare in a long time
C. prepare well D. prepare carefully
38. I haven’t set a date for my summer holiday yet. Things are still up in the air.
A. open to question B. under scrutiny C. all over the place D. going places
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.
39. The advertisement is aimed at gullible young women who are worried about their weight.
A. easily fooled B. mischievous C. insensitive D. strong-minded
40. Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island. The islanders even exported the
surplus.
A. large quantity B. small quantity C. excess D. sufficiency
Part 2. Put the correct forms of the given words to complete the following sentences.
41. She won the first prize in the contest due to her __________________. PERSUADE

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 outspoken (adj) thẳng thắn hay nói thẳng
to visualize vẽ nên, tưởng tượng ra viễn cảnh trong đầu

The problem of unemployment

__________________among young people is hard to
42. (adv) k hiệu quả EMPLOY
solve.
43. The job was done ____________________
incompetently , and we were extremely COMPETENCE
displeased.
44. outspoken
Jim is one of the most ____________________ members of the committee. SPEAK
45. Film directors usually ask actors to visualize(v)
____________________ the scene in VISUAL
their mind.
Part 3. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition to complete the following sentences.
46. We are deeply indebted ______ to [Link] and the rest of the hospital staff. to be indebet to sb biết ơn ai
47. In some countries, girls are deprived ______ of access to health care or proper nutrition, leading
to a higher mortality rate. to be deprived of sth bị tước cgi
48. The Heritage Education for Sustainable Development project aims ______ at strengthening the
linkage between culture and education for sustainable development. to aim at sth nhằm cgi
49. Current environmental problems make us vulnerable ______ to disasters and tragedies, now and
in the future. to be vulnerabel to sth dễ bị tổn thương trc cgi
50. Your request for an extension of credit is ______ out of question. k tính đến
II. READING
Part 1. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Do you feel like your teenager is spending most of the day glued to a phone screen? You're
not too far off. A new survey from the Pew Research Center reveals the surprising ways that
technology intersects with teen friendships – and the results show that 57 percent of teens have
made at least one new friend online. Even more surprisingly, only 20 percent of
those digital friends ever meet in person.
While teens do connect with their friends face-to-face outside of school, they spend 55 percent
of their day texting with friends, and only a quarter of them are spending actual time with their
friends on a daily basis (outside of school hallways). These new forms of communication are key
in maintaining friendships day-to-day (27 percent of teens instant message their friends every day,
23 percent connect through social media every day, and 7 percent even video chat daily). Text
messaging remains the main form of communication - almost half of survey respondents say it's
their chosen method of communication with their closest friend.
While girls are more likely to text with their close friends, boys are meeting new friends (and
maintaining friendships) in the gaming world – 89 percent play with friends they know, and 54
percent play with online-only friends. Whether they're close with their teammates or not, online
gamers say that playing makes them feel "more connected" to friends they know, or gamers they've
never met.
When making new friends, social media has also become a major part of the teenage identity
– 62 percent of teens are quick to share their social media usernames when connecting with a new
friend (although 80 percent still consider their phone number the best method of contact). Despite
the negative consequences-21 percent of teenage users feel worse about their lives because of posts
they see on social media – teens also have found support and connection through various platforms.
In fact, 68 percent of teens received support during a challenging time in their lives via social
media platforms.
Just as technology has become a gateway for new friendships, or a channel to stay connected
with current friends, it can also make a friendship breakup more public. The study reveals that
girls are more likely to block or unfriend former allies, and 68 percent of all teenage users report
experiencing "drama among their friends on social media."

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51. The word "digital" in the paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. analogue B. penpal C. numerous D. online
52. The word "their" in paragraph 4 refers to _____.
A. friends’ B. users’ C. teens’ D. usernames’
53. According to the passage, what percentage of teens spend actual time with their friends?
A. 23%. B. 25%. C. 27%. D. 55%.
54. The following sentences are true, EXCEPT _____.
A. most teenagers use video chat to maintain relationship with friends
B. new forms of communication play an important role in keeping friendships
C. more than half of teens have ever made new friends online based on the survey
D. teens only meet face-to-face one fifth of online friends they have made
55. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. All teenage users agree that social media has badly affected their lives.
B. 80% of teens are supported online when having life difficulties.
C. Boys are more likely to meet new friends in the virtual gaming world.
D. Most teens are not easy to give others their usernames on social media.
56. What is the synonym of the word "allies” in the last paragraph?
A. gamers B. teenagers C. respondents D. friends
57. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Social media has greatly changed people’s lives.
B. Social media creates new forms of relationship.
C. Social media affects teenagers’ friendship negatively.
D. Teenagers make and keep friends in a surprising way.
Part 2. Read the passage and do the task that follows.
Is humanity running out of space or will we find new frontier?
SPACE
As populations grow, people have to look for innovative ways to provide space.
Section A: (58) _________
The world has changed dramatically since Thomas Malthus’s work An Essay on the Principle
of Population, first published in 1978, argued that by the mid 1800s the unrestricted expansion
of the human population would outgrow the agricultural land available to supply humanity with
food. Over 150 years have passed since this theoritical milestone, but mankind, admittedly
somewhat more cramped, is still expanding and will continue to do so.
Section B: (59) _________
The impact of unfettered population growth is clear for all to see. Urbanization is now a more
evident worldwide phenomenon than previously as even greater numbers of people drift from
rural areas to vast cities all over the world like Tokyo, Mexico City and Mumbai (26.4 million,
18.4 million and 18.1 million inhabitants in 2000 respectively) in their quest for a better life.
These mega-cities, i.e. conurbations with an estimated population of more than 10 million
people, are springing up in every continent. Now teeming with humanity, they are hungry for
one increasingly valuable resource: land.
While developments in agricultural technology ensure humanity may be able, by and large,
to feed the people flocking to these great metropolises, the expansion of the human race is
fuelling an unprecedented appetite for real estate. Space, whether it be for personal or public
use, corporate or national, human or flora/fauna, is now at a premium as we move into a new

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 century. Not only is more land required for accommodation, but also for a wide range of
infrastructure facilities. Transport systems including roads within and between cities need to be
constructed or upgraded to create motorways; green fields are turned into airports; virgin forest
is stripped to provide food and firewood. In poorer regions, this newly exposed land becomes
desert, completing the cycle of destruction.
Section C: (60) _________
Hitherto, the most common practice for the utilization of expansive space for living and
working has been to build upwards; hence, the demand for ever higher buildings, both apartment
and commercial, in major cities like New York, Shanghai and Singapore all vying with each
other for the tallest buildings. There has also been a tradition for building underground, not just
for transport systems, but for the storage of waste depositories for books etc. as in London,
where The British Library housing millions of books has been built largely underground.
Recent years have seen more novel construction developments around the world. In the past,
in many countries, Holland and the UK included, marshes and flood plains have been reclaimed
from the sea. Like the city of Venice in Italy, housing complexes and even airports have now
been constructed off-shore to amazing effect. In Japan, Kansai International Airport has been
built off-shore on a man-made island at vast expense and in Dubai a very imaginative and
expensive housing complex in a shape of palm tree is being built just off the coast on land created
by a construction company. However, these and other developments are at risk from rising sea
level as a consequence of global warming.
Section D: (61) _________
But where will the human race go when planet earth is full? There have been many theories
put forward about the human population moving to outer space. Marshall Savage (1942, 1994),
for example, has projected that the human population will reach five quintillion throughout the
solar system by the year 3000, with the majority living in the asteroid belt. Athur C Clarke, a
fervent supporter of Savage, now argues that by the year 2057 there will be humans on the Moon,
Mars, Europa, Ganymede, Titan and in orbit around Venus, Neptune and Pluto. Feeman Dyson
(1999) favours the Kuiper belts as the future home of humanity, suggesting this could happen
within a few centuries.
Section E: (62) _________
Habitation in outer space in huge stations is no longer just a dream, but a reality. A permanent
international space station now orbits the earth. The first commercial tourist recently went into
outer space with more trips planned for the near future. This is only a beginning, but the
development of space hotels is not far-off. There is no knowing where mankind may end up.
But the ideas about off-world habitation are not fanciful and I am sure I am not alone in
fantasizing about summer holidays spent watching the moons rising in some far-flung planet or
on a floating hotel somewhere on the Andromeda nebula.
Question 58 – 62:
Choose the correct heading for sections A – E from the list of heading below.
Write the correct number, i – vii, in boxes 58 – 62 on your answer sheet.
List of Headings
i How the problem of land scarcity has been overcome in the past
ii Various predictions about future solution to a lack of space
iii The effects of population growth on land availability
iv The importance of the new British Library
v An expanding population

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vii A firm belief that human habitation of outer space will occur
Question 63-65:
Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in the above reading passage?
In boxes 63 – 65 on your answer sheet write:
YES if the statement reflects the claims of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about
63. The destruction of land for food and firewood is linked to desertification.
64. The building of the airport in Japan cost much more than that of the housing complex in
Dubai.
65. The concept of the habitation of outer space by mankind is unimaginable.
Part 3. Read the text and fill in each blank with one suitable word. Write on your answer sheet.
SAFE CAMPING
Camping in the country is usually great fun, but sometimes things can go wrong. Accidents can
happen, so it is essential to think about safety both before you go and while you are there. This
into
will prevent your fun camping trip turning (66) ________ something less pleasant.
forecast
Firstly, you need to plan ahead. Check out the weather (67) ________ a few days in advance
and watch out for any reports of fires in the area you are thinking of going to. Bring an emergency
kit in case you or anyone with you has an accident or illness while you are there.
Choose your campsite carefully, avoiding any places where there is risk of flooding before you
put up your tent, make (68) ________
sure there are no sharp objects on the ground, or ants’ or wasps’
nests nearby.
In order to keep insects out of the tent, close it whenever you go in or out. If you need a campfire
anywhere near your tent, and before you go to bed,
for cooking, be careful not to build it (69) ________
remember to put it out completely, preferably with lots of water.
After meals, pick up any bits of food that may be left on the ground, as these can attract insects
– or larger creatures. It also makes senses, for the same reason, to keep (70) ________food
unused in
closed containers away from the camp. You don’t want a hungry bear or another animal suddenly
appearing in your tent!
Part 4. Read the following passage and write 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.
CRITICISM
However talented you are, it can take a long time to become successful in your chosen field.
One thing you have to be aware of is that you will face criticism (71) _________ the way. The
world is full of people who would rather say something negative than positive. If you have made
up your mind to achieve a certain goal, such as writing a novel, don’t let the negative criticism of
others prevent you from reaching your target and let (72) _________criticism have a positive
effect on your work. If someone says you are totally incapable in talent, ignore them. That’s
negative criticism. If, (73) _________, someone advises you to revise your work and gives you
good reasons for doing so, you should consider their suggestions carefully. There are many film
stars who were once out of (74) _________. There are many famous novelists who made a
complete effort of their first novel - or who didn’t, but had to keep on approaching hundreds of
publishers before they could get it published. Being successful does depend on luck, to a certain
extent. But things are more likely to (75) _________ well if you persevere and stay positive.
71. A. by B. in C. with D. along

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72. A. constructive B. inconstructive C. reconstructed D. construction

73. A. therefore B. furthermore C. however D. also
74. A. career B. work C. business D. job
75. A. turn out B. get out C. bring out D. carry out
III. WRITING
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the
sentence printed before it.
76. My passport needs renewing because I´m going abroad this summer.
→ I need to get .
77. “Turn down the volume or I will call the police” said the neighbour to us.
→ The neighbour threatened .
78. Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new editor fell ill.
→ No sooner had .
79. If he hadn't recommended us, we wouldn't have decided to spend our holiday in Ta Xua.
→ If it .
80. You must never let anyone use your identity card.
→ Under .
Part 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using
the word given. Do not change the word given.
81. Ian was ill yesterday, so he didn’t go to school. (weather)
→ Ian wishes __________________________________yesterday, so he could go to school.
82. It’s a waste of time to get Tim to lend you his car. (point)
→ There is __________________________________Tim to lend you his car.
83. As Justin becomes addicted to computer games, his eye sight is seriously
affected. (more)
→ The more ________________________________________________his eyesight is.
84. My supervisor said it would be a good idea for me to accept this new position. (should)
→ My supervisor suggested__________________________________this new position.
85. Darius soon recovered after the operation. (made)
→ Darius soon ____________________________________________ after the operation.