Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Câu 1: The children ______ to bed before their parents came home from work.

A. were all going 

B. had all gone

C. had all been going

D. have all gone

Câu 2: The proposal ______ by the environmentalists to grow more trees has received approval from the council.             

A. which suggested   

B. be suggested  

C. suggested                

D. was suggested

Câu 3: Project-based learning provides wonderful opportunities for students to develop their ______.

A. creative                   

B. creativity                 

C. create                      

D. creatively

Câu 4: Violent films may have a negative ______ on children.

A. opinion                   

B. influence                 

C. dependence            

D. decision

Câu 5: That play was ______ for her to see again.

A. interesting enough

B.  too interesting       

C. enough interesting

D. so interesting

Câu 6: Upon returning from the class, _______.

A. a letter was found in the mail box  

B. a letter was in the mail box

C. he found a letter from the mail box 

D. the mail box had a letter in it    

Câu 7: According to the conditions of my scholarship, after finishing my degree, ______.

A. the university will employ me              

B. my education will be employed by the university

C. I will be employed by the university         

D. employment will be given to me by the university

Câu 8: There are many ______ in our library.

A. old American interesting history books   

B. interesting old American history books

C. interesting American old history books 

D. American interesting old history books

Câu 9: Those letters _____ now. You can do the typing later.

A. need to type    

B. need typing    

C. needn’t be typing 

D. needn’t be typed

Câu 10: The more he tried to explain, _______ we got.

A. the much confused        

B. the many confusing

C. the more confusing     

D. the more confused

Câu 11: Dr. Sales is a person______.

A. in that I don’t have much confidence  

B. whom I don’t have much confidence in him

C. in whom I don’t have much confidence  

D. I don’t have much confidence

Câu 12: A quick look would reveal that France has twice______computers.

A. more televisions than 

B. many as televisions as

C. as many televisions as        

D. as many as televisions

Câu 13: The festival has many attractions. It will include contemporary orchestra music and an opera. ____ , there will be poetry readings and theatrical presentations.

A. Otherwise               

B. Furthermore            

C. Nevertheless           

D. On the other hand

Câu 14: My sister is a woman of______age.

A. marriage                 

B. married                   

C. marrying                 

D. marriageable

Câu 15: The fire______to have started in the furnace under the house.

A. is believed     

B. that is believed      

C.  they believed  

D. that they believe

Câu 16: This is the latest news from earthquake site. Two- thirds of the city______in a fire.

A. has been destroyed 

B. have been destroyed

C. were destroyed  

D. was destroyed

Câu 17: James was asking about a lot of personal things. I didn’t like______about my private life.

A. asking                     

B. being asked             

C. to ask  

D. to be asking

Câu 18: In most ____ developed countries, up to 50% of ______ population enters higher education at some time in their lives.

A. the –a      

B. the – Ø 

C. Ø - the        

D. Ø - Ø

Câu 19: _______, I decided to stop trading with them.

A. Despite of the fact that they were the biggest dealer        

B. Though being the biggest dealer

C. Being the biggest dealer    

D. Even though they were the biggest dealer  

Câu 20: Mr Pike ____ English at your school for 20 years before he retired last year.

A. was teaching 

B. has been teaching   

C. is teaching   

D. had been teaching 

Câu 21: She has just bought _______.

A. an interesting French old painting   

B. an old interesting French painting

C. a French interesting old painting  

D. an interesting old French painting

Câu 22: “ Jenny’s always wanted to get to the top of her career,____?” “Yes, she’s an ambitious girl”.

A. isn’t she        

B. hasn’t her 

C. has she     

D. hasn’t she

Câu 23: Not only _____ the exam but she also got a scholarship.

A. she passes 

B. has she passed       

C. she has passed       

D. did she pass

Câu 24: ______ high school, Nam attended a university in the city centre.

A. Having finished    

B. To have finished

C. Having been finished 

D. To finish

Câu 25: Applications_______in after 30 April will not be considered.

A. send                        

B.  that is sent   

C. sent                         

D. which sent

Câu 26: More than ten victims______missing in the storm last week.

A. are reported to have been       

B. are reporting to be

C. are reporting to have been 

D. are reported to be

Câu 27: Oil is essential for_______ manufacture of______plastics.

A. the - the     

B. the - Ø 

C. Ø - Ø   

D. a - the

Câu 28: The book would have been perfect______ending.

A. hadn't it been for   

B. had it not been for 

C. it hadn't been for  

D.  it had not been for

Câu 29: The teacher said that I would be able to speak English fluently______six months.

A. since                       

B. in                            

C. till                           

D. by

Câu 30: Judo players are______to their opponents and bow to each other before and after a contest.

A. respectfully             

B. respectful                

C. respectable              

D. respect

Câu 31: We asked ________ the piano so early in the morning, but she won't.

A. Marie to stop to play        

B. Marie stop to play

C. Marie to stop playing  

D. that Marie stops playing

Câu 32: It is against the law to ________ on the basis of sex, age, marital status, or race.

A. discriminate            

B. believe                    

C. gain                                    

D. suit

Câu 33: It would have been a much more serious accidents ______ fast at that time.

A. she drove    

B. she had driven  

C. had she been driving

D. was she driving

Câu 34: Hardly any of the paintings at the gallery were for sale, ______?

A. was it   

B. wasn't it               

C. weren't they    

D. were they

Câu 35: He is sleeping in his mother’s house this week as he                his house painted.

A. has                          

B. is having    

C. had                         

D. has had

Câu 36: John and Karen persuaded me                  the conference.

A. attending                 

B. attended                  

C. to attend     

D. to have attended

Câu 37: I think it’s                to take a few more pictures.

A. enough light

B. lightly enough   

C. light enough   

D. enough as light

Câu 38: Flower oils are                   of the ingredients used in making perfume.

A. among expensive        

B. among the most expensive

C. being most expensive   

D. expensive

Câu 39:                  I heard the phone ring, I didn’t answer it.

A. Because                  

B. Only if     

C. Even though        

D. Provided that

Câu 40: My grandfather retired from work last month. He _______ for the same company for 40 years.  

A. was working   

B. had been working   

C. has worked    

D. had worked

Câu 41: Susan rarely stays up late, _______?

A. is she       

B. isn’t she     

C. does she  

D. doesn’t she

Câu 42: Florida, ______ the Sunshine state, attracts many tourists every year.

A. is known as           

B. that is known as    

C. which known as 

D. known as

Câu 43: For Arabic speakers, more than two consonants together can be difficult to _______, so they often insert a short vowel between them.

A. announce                

B. denounce                

C. pronounce              

D. renounce

Câu 44: As a small boy, he was used to ______ alone in the house for an hour or two.

A. being left  

B. leaving                    

C.  be left 

D. leave

Câu 45: I’m afraid we no longer sell that model of laptop because we had_____a lot of complaints.

A.  so    

B. such                        

C. enough                   

D. too

Câu 46: There’s a lot______violent crime in this area than there used to be.

A. fewer

B. least                                   

C. less                                     

D. fewest

Câu 47: The amount Sarah earned was_______ on how much she sold.

A. dependence                        

B. dependant               

C. dependent                           

D. independent

Câu 48: They would ______ go by air than spend a week travelling by train.

A. always                    

B. rather                      

C. prefer                                  

D. better

Câu 49: The party, _______ I was the guest of honour, was extremely enjoyable.

A. at that      

B. at which 

C. to that        

D. to which