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

Câu 1: New sources of energy  have been looking  for as the number  of fossil fuels continues  to decrease.                              

A. sources of energy          

B. been looking     

C. number                  

D. continues   

Câu 2: A lot of athletic and non-athletic extracurricular activities are available in Vietnamese high-schools, either public and private.

A. available in               

B. non- athletic     

C. either public and private  

D.  A lot of

Câu 3: In a restaurant, if we want to call the waiter, we can raise our hand and wave it slight to signal that we need assistance.

A.  slight to signal         

B.  if we                    

C. assistance              

D. wave it

Câu 4: It is primary education that establishes foundations in science, geography, history, or other social sciences for young students.

A. It is                      

B.  that                               

C. or                      

D. sciences  

Câu 5: Taking a trip to the foreign country is a good way to practice a second language, but it is too expensive for many people.

A. good                                 

B. the

C. too                      

D. a

Câu 6: There are such many planets in the  universe that we cannot count them.

A. such

B. in the                 

C. cannot

D. them

Câu 7: The nitrogen makes up over 78 percent of  the Earth’s atmosphere, the gaseous mass surrounding the planet.

A. The nitrogen            

B.  over                  

C. percent of                

D. surrounding

Câu 8: Never in the history of humanity has there been more people living on this relatively small planet.

A.  humanity                           

B. has                       

C.  living                      

D. relatively

Câu 9: The school officials are considering a comprehensive planning to alleviate the problem of overcrowding in the dormitories.

A. are                                      

B. planning               

C. alleviate                            

D. overcrowding

Câu 10: Her weigh has increased remarkably since she began receiving treatment.

A. Her                           

B. weigh            

C. remarkably          

D.  receiving

Câu 11: The University of Kentucky has held this prestigious title until 1989, when it was granted to the University of Georgia.

A. has held                  

B. it

C. was granted                     

D. to

Câu 12: Owing to their superior skill, highly competitive athletes have been known to win contests and break records even when suffered from injuries, physical disorders, and infections.

A. when suffered          

B. highly competitive          

C. have been known             

D. Owing to

Câu 13: An ambitious person is  committed to improve  his or her status  at  work. 

A.  is                       

B. improve             

C.  status                

D. at

Câu 14: Prevented the soil from erosion, the trees planted by the fanner many years before were what  stopped the flood from reaching his house.

A. Prevented            

B. before                     

C. what              

D. reaching 

Câu 15: The medical problems of parents and their children tend to  be very similar to  because of  the hereditary nature of many diseases.

A. their                               

B. tend to         

C. similar to                       

D.  because of 

Câu 16: We always have believed that honesty is the best policy in personal as well as professional   matters.                    

A. always have believed       

B. best policy         

C.  personal               

D. professional           

Câu 17: Thomas refused to join the school basketball team, this was not good news at all.

A. to join                           

B. school               

C. this                           

D. good

Câu 18: I am now in my attempt winning a place at the same university to my brother.

A. now in                           

B. winning             

C. at the same                          

D. to

Câu 19: However type of raw materials is used in making paper, the process is essentially the same.

A. However                        

B.  is used             

C. paper                    

D.  essentially

Câu 20: The continental shelf is the shadow area of the ocean floor that is closest to the continents.

A. The continental shelf       

B. the shadow area   

C. ocean floor                                  

D.  closest to

Câu 21: The movie tried something new, combining ruthless violence and quick-witted humor and philosophy reflection.

A. something new                 

B. ruthless            

C. and

D. philosophy

Câu 22: Historically, it was the 3^rd Asian Games in Japan that tennis, volleyball, table tennis and hockey were added.

A. Historically           

B. was the 3^rd Asian Games         

C. that

D. were

Câu 23: Diamonds  are graded  according to weigh, color , and cut.

A.  Diamonds                     

B.  are graded             

C. weigh                   

D.  color

Câu 24: Almost medical doctors have had some training in psychology and psychiatry.

A. Almost                     

B. have had              

C. training                           

D. and

Câu 25: The news of the flood in Central provinces were broadcast  over radio and television as well as  published in the newspaper.

A. of the flood                     

B.  were broadcast       

C.  as well as            

D. in the newspaper

Câu 26: She made some very complementary remarks about my English, saying that I spoke quite fluently and comprehensibly.

A. made                    

B.  complementary remarks      

C.  saying         

D. quite fluently

Câu 27: Our Spanish teacher would prefer us spending more time in the laboratory practicing our pronunciation.

A. us                                 

B. spending            

C.  in the                     

D.  practicing

Câu 28: When eggs of some species of insects hatch, the newly born insects look almost like its adult counterparts.

A. When                           

B. species         

C.  look          

D.  its

Câu 29: He was quite amusing when he heard what happened.

A. was                   

B.  amusing              

C. heard                             

D. happened

Câu 30: I saw the blind man crossed the busy road without any help.

A. the

B. crossed               

C. without                         

D. help

Câu 31: Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation, and generating electricity for the surrounding area.

A. to control flooding          

B. irrigation            

C. generating                  

D.  surrounding area

Câu 32: Geothermal energy is energy to obtain by using heat from the Earth’s interior.

A. energy                     

B.  to obtain        

C. using                  

D.  the Earth’s

Câu 33: The techniques of science and magic are quite different, but their basic aims – to understand and control nature, they are very similar.

A. magic                         

B.  different              

C. to understand               

D. they are

Câu 34: The various parts of the body require so different surgical skills that many surgical specialties have developed.

A. various                             

B. so

C.  surgical                        

D. many

Câu 35: So extensive the lakes are that they are viewed as the largest bodies of fresh water in the world.

A. the lakes are            

B. are viewed           

C.  largest               

D. of fresh water

Câu 36: The president, with his wife and daughter, are returning from a brief vacation at Sun Valley in order to attend a press conference this afternoon.  

A.  are                                   

B. from                   

C.  to attend                   

D.  this afternoon

Câu 37: That these students have improved their grades because of their participation in the test review class.

A. That                                   

B. have improved        

C. because of           

D. their participation in

Câu 38: Pure sodium immediately combines with oxygen when is exposed to air.

A. immediately             

B. combines           

C. to air      

D. is exposed

Câu 39: The progress made in space travel for the early 1960s is remarkable.

A.  progress                    

B. made                

C. in space            

D. for

Câu 40: Platinum is a rare and value metal, white in color and easy to work.

A. in

B. rare                  

C.  value             

D. easy

Câu 41: Drying food by means of solar energy is ancient process applied wherever food and climate conditions make it possible.

A.  ancient process                

B. drying              

C.  means            

D. it

Câu 42: Alike light waves, microwaves may be reflected and concentrated elements.

A. Alike                        

B.  waves              

C. may be                

D. concentrated

Câu 43: We had about ten people helping us carry our belongings to a van parking outside when there was a sudden crash which made us turn round to find the big mirror lying in pieces on the ground.

A. ten people helping           

B. van parking          

C. which made us turn round         

D. lying in pieces

Câu 44: In a famous experiment conducted at University of Chicago in 1983, rats kept from sleeping died after two and a half weeks.

A.  conducted                         

B. University of Chicago       

C. rats kept               

D. a half weeks

Câu 45: Publishing in the UK, the book has won a number of awards in recent regional book fairs.

A. publishing in the                 

B. has won                     

C. in

D. book fairs

Câu 46: Hardly did he enter the room when all the lights went out.

A. did he enter                    

B.   when              

C. the lights         

D. went

Câu 47: Japanese initially used jeweled objects to decorate swords and ceremonial items.

A. Japanese                         

B.  used                                

C. decorate               

D.  items

Câu 48: The grass needs cutting, so let us have one of the men to take lawn- mower and do it.

A. needs                                

B. cutting                           

C. let

D. to take

Câu 49: Hadn’t you informed of the change in the timetable, I would have rushed to the office yesterday.

A. Hadn’t you                

B. of                               

C. have                      

D. the