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: My friend often shows her ______ whenever I have troubles.

A. sympathize

B. sympathetic

C. sympathy

D. sympathetically

Câu 2: A few animals sometimes fool their enemies _______ to be dead.

A. to appear

B. to be appearing

C. by appearing

D. have been appearing

Câu 3: No sooner had we come back home than we got down _____ household chores.

A. to doing

B. to make

C. to do

D. to making

Câu 4: This house _____ some years ago, because it looks quite new.

A. is believed to build

B. was believed building

C. is believed to have been built

D. was believed to build

Câu 5: After they have been _____ love for two years, they decide to get married.

A. in

B. for

C. with

D. on

Câu 6: Housework is less tiring and boring thanks to the invention of _____ devices.

A. environmental-friendly

B. time-consuming

C. labor-saving

D. pollution-free

Câu 7: _____ nonverbal language is _____ important aspect of interpersonal communication.

A. The / Ø

B. A / the

C. The / a

D. Ø / an

Câu 8: The more she practices, _____ she becomes.

A. the most confident

B. the more confident

C. the greater confidence

D. more confidently

Câu 9: I am angry because you didn’t tell me the truth. I don’t like _____.

A. to have been deceived

B. to deceive

C. being deceived

D. deceiving

Câu 10: The social services are chiefly _____ with the poor, the old and the sick.

A. influenced

B. related

C. suffered

D. concerned

Câu 11: I think that Peter often goes to the club late, _______________?

A. do I

B. don’t I

C. doesn’t he

D. does he

Câu 12: Mary bought a ________ hat yesterday.

A. red big plastic

B. big red plastic

C. plastic big red

D. big plastic red

Câu 13: Application forms of those examinations must be submitted before the _______.

A. line

B. deadline

C. time

D. timeline

Câu 14: I object _______ the proposal to restrict the use of cars in the city.

A. at

B. with

C. for

D. to

Câu 15: Jack can speak two languages. One is English, _______ is Vietnamese.

A. other

B. the others

C. another

D. the other

Câu 16: _________ have made communication faster and easier through the use of email and the Internet is widely recognized.

A. It is that computers

B. That computers

C. Computers that

D. That it’s computers

Câu 17: We ________ have been married for twenty-five years on our next anniversary.

A. must

B. should

C. will

D. could

Câu 18: There is                horror movie on _              TV tonight.

A. a/the

B. the/ x

C. a/ x

D. x / the

Câu 19:                     you start,             you will finish.

A. The soon/the more quickly

B. The sooner/the quicker

C. The sooner/the quickly

D. The sooner/the more quickly

Câu 20: She gave me a               box. 

A. jewelry metal small square

B. jewelry small metal square

C. small square jewelry metal

D. small square metal jewelry

Câu 21: She lost her job because she was                  . She made far too many mistakes.

A. rash

B. incautious

C. inefficient

D. impulsive

Câu 22: Christine               have arrived by now, she              have missed the bus.

A. can’t / might

B. must/ can’t

C. may/ should

D. should / must

Câu 23: Stress and tiredness often lead to lack of _______.

A. concentrate

B. concentration

C. concentrated

D. concentrator

Câu 24: It was found that he lacked the ________ to pursue a difficult task to the very end.

A. persuasion

B. commitment

C. engagement

D. obligation

Câu 25: Where’s that _______ dress that your boyfriend gave you?

A. lovely long pink silk

B. lovely pink long silk

C. long pink silk lovely

D. pink long lovely silk

Câu 26: I went to a restaurant last night. I was the ten thousandth customer, so my dinner was on the ______.

A. holiday

B. house

C. free

D. decrease

Câu 27: I can’t stand the car ____________ .Therefore, I hate traveling by car.

A. illness

B. sickness

C. ailment

D. disease

Câu 28: Environmental              is a big problem in large cities nowadays.

A. pollution

B. dust

C. dirty

D. research

Câu 29: He’d prefer                   _ chicken soup rather than                          milk.

A. to have – drink

B. had – drank

C. having – having

D. have – drink

Câu 30: – “Who wrote the poem?” – “It’s said               written by one of the Bronte sisters.” 

A. to have been

B. to being

C. to having been

D. to be

Câu 31: You’re very fat. You should go on a(n) ___      _.

A. jogging

B. exercise

C. diet

D. swimming

Câu 32: We have plenty of time for doing the work. We                                be hurried.

A. needn’t

B. shouldn’t

C. mustn’t

D. may not

Câu 33: He has got a bulldog quality. He always insists                                        solving each problem completely.

A. for

B. at

C. on

D. in

Câu 34: The _______ of the radio by Marconi played an important part in the development of communication.

A. invention

B. discovery

C. development

D. research

Câu 35: ________, she received a big applause.

A. Finished her lecture

B. Speaking has finished

C. After she finishes speaking

D. When the speaker finished

Câu 36: Investors were seriously _________ when the stock market began to crash. 

A. worried

B. worry

C. worrying

D. worriedly

Câu 37: I have been to Ho Chi Minh City _________ of times.

A. a great deal

B. much

C. a lot

D. little

Câu 38: The Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands _________ Vietnam.

A. stand for

B. name after

C. consist of

D. belong to

Câu 39: It was in this house _________ I spent my childhood.

A. when

B. where

C. which

D. that

Câu 40: The more you work _________ you can earn.

A. the less promotion

B. the experience

C. the more money

D. the most tired

Câu 41: Researchers are making enormous progress in understanding  _________.

A. a tsunami is what and what causes it

B. what a tsunami is and what causes it

C. what is a tsunami and what causes it

D. is what a tsunami and what causes it

Câu 42: I can't let you in _________ you me give the password.

A. unless

B. in case

C. if

D. as

Câu 43: We should participate in the movements _______ the natural environment.

A. organizing to conserve

B. organized to conserve

C. organized conserving

D. which organize to conserve

Câu 44: ______ number of boys were swimming in the lake, but I didn’t know  ______ exact number of them.

A. A/the

B. The/an

C. The/the

D. A/an

Câu 45: John forgot ______ his ticket so he was not allowed ______ the club.

A. brought/enter

B. bring/entering

C. bringing/to enter

D. to bring/to enter

Câu 46: Snow and rain ______ of nature.

A. are phenomena

B. is phenomena

C. is phenomenon

D. are phenomenon

Câu 47: Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.

A. twice as much as

B. as much as twice

C. twice more than

D. twice as

Câu 48: In spite of his abilities, Peter has been ______ overlooked for promotion.

A. repeat

B. repeatedly

C. repetitiveness

D. repetitive

Câu 49: I wish you ______ me a new one instead of having it ______ as you did.

A. had given/repaired

B. gave/to repair

C. would give/to repair

D. had given/to be repaired