Câu 12: ____________ in dark colors, the room needs some more bright lights.

   A. To have painted                                                     B. To painting

   C. Having painted                                                      D. Painted

Dạng rút gọn mệnh đề mang nghĩa bị động dùng Ved/V3

Câu 13: You're falling short on class attendance and you failed to submit the last assignment. You're________ in this semester.

   A. walking on thin air                                                 B. walking on thin eggshells

   C. walking on thin ice                                                D. walking on thin sky

Idiom: Walking on the thin ice: Gặp khó khăn dễ dẫn đến thất bại

Câu 14: People have always depended on wildlife and plants for food, medicine, shelter and many other ______ .

   A. needs                            B. requirements                 C. provisions                    D. demands

Needs: Những thứ mà ai đó cần để sống thoải mái hoặc đạt được những gì họ muốn. Dịch: Con người luôn phụ thuộc vào động vật hoang dã và thực vật đẻ có thức ăn, thuốc men, chỗ ở và nhiều nhu cầu khác

Câu 15: Last week I had _______ terrible headache so I had to take a day off.

   A. a                                   B. an                                 C. Ø (no article)                D. the

Cụm từ: Have a headache: Bị đau đầu

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.

Câu 16: A. slowly               B. tomorrow                     C. below                           D. allow

Đáp án D phát âm /au/. còn lại âm /əu/

Câu 17: A. channel              B. change                          C. chemist                        D. choice

Đáp án C phát âm /k/, còn lại âm /∫/

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.

Câu 18: A. decision             B. different                       C. summary                      D. physical

Đáp án A trọng âm rơi vào âm 2. Còn lại âm 1

Câu 19: A. agree                 B. borrow                          C. await                            D. prepare

Đáp án B trọng âm rơi vào âm 1. Còn lại âm 2

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.

Câu 20: He is a truly reliable friend. He always supports me and never lets me down.

   A. sensitive                       B. independent                 C. decisive                        D. dependable

Reliable = dependable: Đáng tin cậy

Câu 21: The emergence of some social networking sites in recent years has changed the way we communicate significantly.

   A. appearance                   B. invitation                      C. recovery                       D. advent

Emergence = appearance: Sự xuất hiện

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.

Câu 22: The recent report of how real the danger of a terrorist attack may be has put the wind up the country citizens.

   A. worried                        B. calmed                          C. interested                     D. scared

put the wind up: Khiến ai cảm thấy lo lắng >< calmed: bình tĩnh

Câu 23: Many women prefer to use cosmetics to enhance their beauty and make them look younger.

   A. enrich                           B. improve                        C. worsen                         D. maximize

Enhance: làm tốt đẹp hơn>< worsen: làm tồi tệ hơn

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 .

Câu 24: Mary and Paul are having dinner.

- Mary: "Would you like some more spaghetti?"

- Paul:" ______. I've had more than enough."

   A. Yes, please                   B. No. I wouldn't              C. Yes, I would                D. No, thanks

Hợp tình huống: Từ chối lời mời một cách lịch sự: No, thanks

Câu 25: Laura and Michael are talking about their school rules.

-    Laura: “I think that all students must wear uniforms at school.”

-    Michael: “_____________. Wearing uniforms helps students feel equal in many ways.”

   A. I don’t think so                                                      B. There is no doubt about it

   C. I can’t agree with you                                            D. I disagree with you

Hợp tình huống: Đồng ý với một vấn đề: There is no doubt about it

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 from26 to 30.

An increasing number of people nowadays are choosing to work from the comfortable environment of their own homes rather than (26) _______ the troublesome process of travelling to work every day. The emergence of teleworking, as it is commonly called, is due to the extensive use of computers in the workplace. Working conditions at home are more relaxed and can actually be timed to (27) _______ oneself. There is no stressful need to get to the office on time, no frustration (28) _______ is caused by the rush-hour traffic as with commuting, and it isn't necessary to face unpleasant colleagues on a daily basis.

 (29)_______ , there is a negative side. For example, some people might suffer from boredom if they spend all day at home, or they might feel the temptation to spend time doing  (30)_______ jobs around the house.

                                                                          (Adapted from FCE Use of English by Virginia Evans)

Câu 26: A. realise                B. struggle                          C. undergo                       D. conduct

Phù hợp với ngữ cảnh : Undergo: trải qua

Câu 27: A. match                B. suit                                 C. find                             D. agree

Phù hợp với ngữ cảnh: Suit onself: thích hợp, phù hợp với mỗi người

Câu 28: A. when                 B. whose                            C. which                          D. whom

Which: thay cho danh từ chỉ vật đứng trước (frustration)

Câu 29: A. Hence                B. Moreover                       C. However                      D. In addition

However : tuy nhiên. Dùng để nối 2 mệnh đề đối lập

Câu 30: A. every                 B. other                              C. another                         D. a little

Other + danh từ đếm được số nhiều

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 35.

Situated on the central coast of Vietnam, which is famous for many beautiful beaches, Lang Co Beach, since June 2009, has become an official member of the "World's most beautiful bays" club. Today, it is a popular destination for tourists in Vietnam, especially for those who love beach so much. With the length of approximately 10 kilometres, Lang Co Beach is next to the National Highway 1A and near Hai Van Pass.

Lying on the most beautiful curve of the country, Lang Co has almost everything that the nature can offer: green mountains and tropical forests, smooth white sand, full of sunshine and cool, blue and clear sea as crystal, and the average temperature of 25°C in summer. It is an attractive destination for both domestic and international tourists in Vietnam.

It can be said that nobody can resist a natural beauty like Lang Co town. This small and peaceful town will give tourists the most relaxing time and many games at the beach. In addition, they will have good time to enjoy the seafood with various kinds of shrimps, lobster, crab, butter-fish, mackerel fish, oysters, etc. and not far from the beach are some attractions such as Lang Co fishing village, Chan May scenery.

Lying on the "Central Heritage Road", Lang Co is very close to other famous attractions such as the Imperial City of Hue, Hoi An Ancient Town, Son Tra Peninsula where the famous Son Tra Natural Reserve and beautiful beaches are located, and so many more.

Câu 31:   What is the main idea of the passage?

   A. Central Coast of Vietnam.                                     B. Lang Co - A Famous Tourist Attraction.

   C. The History of Lang Co.                                       D. Lang Co Town's Seafood.

Situated on the central coast of Vietnam, which is famous for many beautiful beaches, Lang Co Beach, since June 2009, has become an official member of the "World's most beautiful bays" club. Today, it is a popular destination for tourists in Vietnam, especially for those who love beach so much.

Câu 32:   Lang Co beach is located_________.

   A. on the most beautiful curve of Vietnam

   B. under Hai Van Pass

   C. 10 kilometres away from Hue

   D. between Hoi An Ancient Town and Son Tra Peninsula

Thông tin: Lying on the most beautiful curve of the country, Lang Co has almost everything that the nature can offer. Dịch: Nằm trên đường cong đẹp nhất của đất nước, Lăng Cô có hầu hết mọi thứ mà thiên nhiên có thể ban tặng

Câu 33:   The word "offer" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______.

   A. take                              B. provide                         C. get                                D. tell

Offer = Provide: Cung cấp

Câu 34:   The word "they" in paragraph 3 refers to______.

   A. beautiful bays              B. kinds of seafood          C. beaches                        D. tourists

They = Tourists: Du khách. Thông tin:  This small and peaceful town will give tourists the most relaxing time and many games at the beach. In addition, they will have good time to enjoy the seafood with various kinds of shrimps, lobster, crab, butter-fish, mackerel fish, oysters, etc.

Câu 35:   According to paragraph 2, all of the following are attractions of Lang Co Beach EXCEPT______.

   A. humid climate in sub-tropical forests                    B. cool, blue and clear sea as crystal

   C. the ideal climate in summer                                   D. smooth white sand, and full of sunshine

Thông tin: Lying on the most beautiful curve of the country, Lang Co has almost everything that the nature can offer: green mountains and tropical forests, smooth white sand, full of sunshine and cool, blue and clear sea as crystal, and the average temperature of 25°C in summer. Dịch: Nằm trên đường cong đẹp nhất của đất nước, Lăng Cô có hầu hết mọi thứ mà thiên nhiên có thể ban tặng: núi xanh và rừng nhiệt đới, cát trắng mịn, tràn ngập ánh nắng và biển mát mẻ, xanh và trong vắt như pha lê, và nhiệt độ trung bình là 25°C vào mùa hè.

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 36 to 42.

 Cultural characteristics influence what is appropriate and effective communication within the classroom. That is, culture shapes what is considered to be desirable and undesirable classroom behaviors. From the expectations for students interacting with their teachers, to the manner in which they relate with one another, to the language and topics considered appropriate for teachers and students to discuss, to the overall structure of interaction within a classroom - culture affects perceptions of competent classroom interaction.

Students from collectivistic cultures, such as those of Japan, Korea, and China, are generally more accepting of messages about appropriate classroom behaviors and will comply with teachers' requests about classroom management. Even the nature of teachers' persuasive messages differs across cultures. Chinese college teachers, for instance, appeal to the group in gaining student compliance, whereas European American teachers, with a cultural preference for individualism, stress the benefit to the specific student.

Classroom display and participation also vary greatly across cultures. Donal Carbaugh, who studies how culture is displayed in people's conversations, makes a comparison between European American expectations for classroom interaction and those of the Blackfeet, one of the Native American tribes in the United States. It is easy to imagine a classroom with a European American teacher and students from both cultures, the European American students would, in all likelihood, feel much more comfortable and would thus have a better learning experience. Similarly, many Native American and Asian American students are unwilling to volunteer, speak out, or raise problems or concerns unless the teacher specifically calls on them by name. Korean students, for instance, are often unwilling to talk with their teachers even when the teachers have incorrectly calculated the students' scores on an exam. Questions for clarification are rarely asked of the teacher directly; to do so might be regarded as a challenge to the teacher's authority and could threaten her or his face should the answer not be known.

Students from many cultures who go to school in the United States sometimes find it difficult to adapt to the verbal style expected of them. Conversely, when U.S. students study overseas, they often experience similar difficulties in understanding the cultural expectations related to the educational context. Yet a willingness to speak in class is a communication characteristic highly valued by European American teachers and students, whose cultural framework celebrates individual achievement and responsibility. However, to students from cultures that emphasize the collective good and the maintenance of face, such behaviors in the classroom are too competitive as they disrupt the group's harmony and separate people from one another.

(Source: passage adapted from Intercultural Competence (sixth edition) by Myron W. Lustig & Jolene Koester, chapter 11, pages 293 & 294)

Câu 36:   Which best serves as the title for the passage?

   A. Culture's Influence on Classroom Interaction

   B. Highly Valued Communication Characteristics

   C. Collectivistic Cultures vs Individualistic Cultures

   D. Classroom Discussion and Participation

Đoạn văn nói về đặc điểm văn hóa có ảnh hưởng đến sự tương tác trong lớp, với ví dụ về một số nền văn hóa cụ thể.→ Tiêu đề phù hợp nhất cho đoạn văn: Đáp án A:  Sự ảnh hưởng của văn hóa đến sự tương tác trong lớp học

Câu 37:   Which is NOT mentioned in paragraph 1 as a perception affected by culture?

   A. Suitable language and topics for discussion

   B. The ways students behave towards other students

   C. Communication in the multicultural classroom

   D. Expectations for student-teacher interaction

Thông tin: From the expectations for students interacting with their teachers, to the manner in which they relate with one another, to the language and topics considered appropriate for teachers and students to discuss, to the overall structure of interaction within a classroom - culture affects perceptions of competent classroom interaction. (Từ sự kỳ vọng học sinh tương tác với giáo viên, đến tác phong mà họ tương tác với nhau, cho tới ngôn ngữ và chủ đề được xem là phù hợp để giáo viên và học sinh thảo luận, và rồi cả cấu trúc tổng thể của sự tương tác trong lớp học - văn hóa ảnh hưởng đến sự nhận thức về sự tương tác đúng đắn trong lớp học.)

Câu 38:   The phrase "comply with” in paragraph 2 is CLOSEST in meaning to _____ .

   A. disobey                        B. refuse                           C. decline                         D. observe

comply with something: tuân theo cái gì = observe something

Câu 39:   The word "those” in paragraph 3 refers to _____ .

   A. people's conversations                                           B. expectations for classroom interaction

   C. Native American tribes                                          D. European American students

Thông tin: Donal Carbaugh, who studies how culture is displayed in people's conversations, makes a comparison between European American expectations for classroom interaction and those of the Blackfeet, one of the Native American tribes in the United States. (Donal Carbaugh, người nghiên cứu về cách văn hóa biểu thị trong các cuộc trò chuyện, so sánh giữa kỳ vọng về sự tương tác ở lớp học tại Âu Mỹ với ở Blackfeet, một trong những bộ lạc thổ dân tại Hoa Kỳ.)

Câu 40:   Why don't Korean students directly ask their teachers for clarification?

   A. Because, like European American students, they are unwilling to raise their concerns.

   B. Because that might threaten their teachers’ face if the teachers don't know the answer.

   C. Because that is widely regarded as an enormous challenge to the teacher's authority.

   D. Because their teachers do not allow them to ask for clarification in the classroom.

Thông tin: Questions for clarification are rarely asked of the teacher directly; to do so might be regarded as a challenge to the teacher's authority and could threaten her or his face should the answer not be known. (Các câu hỏi nhằm làm rõ hiếm khi được đặt trực tiếp cho giảng viên; làm như thế có thể được coi là thách thức với thẩm quyền của giảng viên và có thể gây đe dọa đến thể hiện của họ nếu họ không biết câu trả lời.)

Câu 41:   The word “adapt” in paragraph 4 is CLOSEST in meaning to _____ .

   A. change                          B. lead                              C. support                         D. adopt

adapt (v): thích nghi = change

Câu 42:   Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?

   A. To gain student compliance, Chinese college teachers stress the benefit to the specific student.

   B. Donal Carbaugh makes a comparison of expectations for classroom interaction in two cultures.

   C. The willingness to speak in class is highly valued by European American teachers and students.

   D. The European American students would have a better learning experience than their counterparts.

Thông tin:

+ Donal Carbaugh, who studies how culture is displayed in people's conversations, makes a comparison between European American expectations for classroom interaction and those of the Blackfeet, one of the Native American tribes in the United States. (Donal Carbaugh, người nghiên cứu về cách văn hóa biểu thị trong các cuộc trò chuyện, so sánh giữa kỳ vọng về sự tương tác ở lớp học tại Âu Mỹ với ở Blackfeet, một trong những bộ lạc thổ dân tại Hoa Kỳ.)

→ B đúng

+ Yet a willingness to speak in class is a communication characteristic highly valued by European American teachers and students, whose cultural framework celebrates individual achievement and responsibility. (Nhưng sự sẵn sàng phát biểu trong lớp là một đặc điểm giao tiếp được đánh giá cao bởi các giáo viên và học sinh Âu Mỹ, những người có khuôn khổ văn hóa tán dương thành tích và trách nhiệm cá nhân.)

→ C đúng

+ It is easy to imagine a classroom with a European American teacher and students from both cultures, the European American students would, in all likelihood, feel much more comfortable and would thus have a better learning experience. (Ta dễ dàng hình dung một lớp học với giảng viên Âu Mỹ và những sinh viên đến từ cả hai nền văn hóa, khả năng rất cao là sinh viên Âu Mỹ sẽ cảm thấy thoải mái hơn nhiều và do đó sẽ có được một trải nghiệm học tập tốt hơn.)

→ D đúng

+ Chinese college teachers, for instance, appeal to the group in gaining student compliance, whereas European American teachers, with a cultural preference for individualism, stress the benefit to the specific student. (Ví dụ, giảng viên đại học tại Trung Quốc kêu gọi nhóm để có được sự vâng lời từ sinh viên, trong khi các giảng viên Âu Mỹ, với nền văn hóa coi trọng chủ nghĩa cá nhân, lại chú trọng đến lợi ích của sinh viên cụ thể.)

→ A sai

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that need correction.

Câu 43: High school students should be provided with adequate career orientation so that they can make more informative decisions about their future majors.

   A. with                              B. High                             C. orientation                   D. informative

- Informative (a): cung cấp nhiều thông tin, có tác dụng nâng cao kiến thức

-Informed (a): có nhiều kiến thức hoặc thông tin về cái gì

→ Sửa: Informative thành Informed

Câu 44: Tuan forgets to charge his phone last night so now its battery is running low.

   A. charge                          B. forgets                          C. low                               D. its

→ Sửa: Forgets thành Forgot

Câu 45: Mary has decided to take this English course with the hope that they will improve her writing skills.

   A. with                              B. wriring skills                C. has decided                 D. they

→ Sửa: they thành it

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.

Câu 46: I last drove to work in 2000.

   A. I haven't driven to work since 2000.                     B. I have driven to work since 2000.

   C. I didn't drive to work in 2000.                               D. I started driving to work in 2000.

Quá khứ đơn biến đổi thành hiện tại hoàn thành

Câu 47: You are not permitted to use your mobile phones during the test.

   A. You mustn't use your mobile phones during the test.

   B. You don't have to use your mobile phones during the test.

   C. You may not use your mobile phones during the test.

   D. You needn't use your mobile phones during the test.

are not permitted = mustn’t : Không được phép làm gì

Câu 48: Tom said: "Why do you keep staring at me, Janet?"

   A. Tom asked Janet why she keeps staring at him.

   B. Tom asked Janet why she had kept staring at him.

   C. Tom asked Janet why did she keep staring at him.

   D. Tom asked Janet why she kept staring at him.

Dạng câu gián tiếp của câu hỏi có từ để hỏi: S + asked sb + từ để hỏi + S + V( lùi thì ) + trạng từ ( biến đổi)

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.

Câu 49: I want to take a photo in front of The Eiffel Tower. I have no chance to visit France.

   A. As long as I have a chance to visit France, I would take a photo in front of The Eiffel Tower.

   B. If I had a chance to visit France, I would take a photo in front of The Eiffel Tower.

   C. I wish I had had a chance to visit France to take a photo in front of The Eiffel Tower.

   D. If I had had a chance to visit France, I would have taken a photo in front of The Eiffel Tower.

Tình huống hiện tại, viết câu điều kiện loại 2

Câu 50: James started working. He then realized that his decision had not been a good one.

   A. Just before James took up his new post, he realized that he was not suited for it.

   B. Had James not begun his new job, he would have gone looking for a better one.

   C. No sooner had James begun his new job than he knew his decision was wrong.

   D. Since James did not like his new job, he began looking for a better one.

Đảo ngữ: No sooner + had + S + Vpp + than + S + V-ed/2: Ngay khi…thì

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