Đề bài

I. LISTENING

Task 1. Listen to the talk about the festivals and choose the best answer to each question.

Festival 1

1. What is the name of the festival?

A. Mid-Autumn

B. Carnival

C. Halloween

D. Christmas

2. What do people do in the festival?

A. Wear colourful costumes

B. Draw on their bodies

C. Wear T-shirts

D. Make colourful lanterns

3. Which country is famous for this festival?

A. Brazil

B. France

C. Spain

D. Japan

Festival 2

4. Where is the festival?

A. In Brazil

B. In France

C. In Thailand

D. In Spain

5. What do people throw in the festival?

A. Potatoes

B. Vegetables

C. Tomatoes

D. Fruit

Task 2. Listen to the conversation between a travel agent and a tourist and fill in the blanks.
 Tour b

Name of tourist: (6) ……………..………………

Mobile: (7) ………………………………..

Address: (8) …………….., Pasteur street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City

Gather at: (9) ………………………………..

Leave at: (10) ………………………………..

II. LANGUAGE

Task 3. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the

following questions.

11. It was suggested that Pedro studies (A) the material more (B) thoroughly before attempting (C) to

pass (D) the exam.

12. Children (A) nowadays seem to be (B) more intelligenter (C) than their parents when they were at (D) the

same age.

Task 4. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined

word(s) in each of the following questions.

13. One of the reasons why families break up is that parents are always critical of each other.

A. intolerant

B. supportive

C. tired

D. unaware

14. Using Facebook, you can post update sayings about your life everyday.

A. locate

B. displace

C. establish

D. put up

Task 5. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined

word(s) in each of the following questions.

15. Adverts on Facebook seem to be more efficient than billboards or TV ads because of its enormous number of

users.

A. disorganised
B. successful

C. connected

D. updated

16. After many year of unsuccessfully endeavoring to form his own orchestra, Glenn Miller finally achieved world

fame in 1939 as a big band leader.

A. requesting

B. trying

C. offering

D. deciding

Task 6. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other

three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

17.

A. influenced

B. terrified

C. averaged

D. accompanied

18.

A. accurate

B. account

C. accept

D. accuse

Task 7. Mark the letter 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.

19.

A. attitude

B. dominant

C. entertain

D. Internet

20.

A. identifier

B. multicultural

C. agricultural

D. international
Task 8. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

21. I can’t stand ………………..people who are not tolerant of new ideas.

A. narrow-mind

B. narrow-minded

C. minded-narrow

D. narrow-minding

22. Patient: “Can I make an appointment to see the doctor, please?” – Receptionist: “………..”

A. Not at the moment. He can’t be disturbed.

B. OK, you will need to check my diary.

C. OK, let me just check the diary.

D. Have a seat and I’ll be with you in an hour.

23. I ……………….. there once a long time ago and ………………..back since.

A. went / wasn’t

B. was going / had not been

C. have gone / wasn’t

D. went / have not been

24. You can ……………….. new words in the dictionary.

A. look up

B. get up

C. turn up

D. take up

25. ………………..you study for these exams ……………….. you will do.

A. The harder/ the better

B. The more / the much

C. The hardest / the best

D. The more hard / the more good

III. READING

Task 9. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct

word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Statesmen define a family as "a group of individuals having a common dwelling and related by blood, adoption or

marriage, (26) ………………..includes common-law relationships." Most people are born into one of these groups and

will live their lives as a family in such a group.

family group changes as society changes. More and more wives are taking paying jobs, and, as a result, the roles of

husband, wife and children are changing. Today, men expect to work for pay for about 40 years of their lives, and, in

today's marriages (28) ………………..which both spouses have paying jobs, women can expect to work for about 30

to 35 years of their lives. This means that men must learn to do their share of family tasks such as caring for the

children and daily (29) ………………..chores. Children, too, especially adolescents, have to (30) ………………..with the

numbers of their family in sharing household tasks.

26.

A. which

B. that

C. what

D. it

27.

A. a

B. any

C. some

D. the

28.

A. in

B. for

C. with

D. to

29.

A. home

B. family

C. house

D. household

30.

A. carry

B. deal

C. cooperate

D. combine
Task 10. 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.

Harvard University, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the world's universities, came from very

inauspicious and humble beginning.

This oldest of American universities was founded in 1636, just sixteen years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.

Included in the puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of

England's prestigious Oxford and Cambridge universities, and these universities graduates in the New Word were

determined that their sons would have the same educational opportunities that they themselves had had, Because

of this support in the colony for an institution of higher learning, the General Court of Massachusetts appropriated

400 pounds for a college in October of 1636 and early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school;

this land was in an area called Newetowne, which was later renamed Cambridge after its English cousin and is the

site of the present-day university.

When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighboring town of Charlestowne, died

from tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the fledgling college. In spite of the fact

that only half of the bequest was actually paid, the General Court named the college after the minister in

appreciation for what he had done. The amount of the bequest may not have been large, particularly by today's

standard, but it was more than the General Court had found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the college.

Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted that in addition

to serving as president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshmen class of four students. Although the

staff did expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence the entire teaching staff consisted of the president

and three or four tutors.

31. The pronoun "they" in the second paragraph refers to.............................................

A. university graduates

B. sons

C. Oxford and Cambridge universities

D. educational opportunities

32. The "pounds" in the second paragraph are probably.............................................

A. school campuses

B. college students

C. types of books

D. units of money
33. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard?

A. Where he came from

B. What he died of

C. Where he was buried

D. How much he bequeathed to Harvard

34. The main idea of this passage is that.............................................

A. Harvard is one of the world's most prestigious universities.

B. Harvard University developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts

C. John Harvard was key to the development of a great university

D. What is today a great university started out small

35. It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who traveled to the Massachusetts colony

were .............................................

A. rather rich

B. rather well educated

C. rather supportive of the English government

D. rather undemocratic

IV. WRITING

Task 11. Rewrite the following sentences so that it means the same as the sentence before it.

36. Although he was very tired, he agreed to help me with my homework.

=> Tired …………………………………………………………………..

37. The man works for my father's company. The man's daughter is fond of dancing. (relative clauses)

=> ...............................................................................................................

38. “I’m sorry, Angela, I’m afraid I’ve damaged your car,” said Martin.

=> Martin apologized................................................................................

39. People think that Maradona is the best football player in the 20th century.

=> Maradona..............................................................................................

40. Without your help, I couldn’t overcome the problem.

=> If ..........................................................................................................