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 lake had ice on it this morning. It ________ very cold last night.

A. must have gotten

B. could have gotten

C. would have gotten

D. should have gotten

Câu 2: The world-famous physicist and ______ Stephen Hawking published on important paper before he died at the age of 76.

A. cosmologist

B. cosmologic

C. cosmonaut

D. cosmology

Câu 3: Because the waiter didn’t ______ what I ordered, he brought me a mutton steak instead of the chicken wings that I’d wanted.

A. call on

B. stay up

C. take down

D. check in

Câu 4: Italian TV has ______ a young composer to write an opera for the TV’s thirtieth anniversary.

A. appointed

B. ordered

C. consulted

D. commissioned

Câu 5: The acoustics in the concert hall were very poor and it was necessary to _____ performers’ voices.

A. increase

B. exaggerate

C. extend

D. amplify

Câu 6: Many students prefer ______ assessment as an alternative to exams.

A. continuing

B. continued

C. continual

D. continuous

Câu 7: British Leyland is aiming to push ______ its share of UK car sale to 25% over the next two years.

A. on

B. up

C. through

D. out

Câu 8: The press thought the sale manager would be depressed by his dismissal but he just ______.

A. turned it down

B. called it off

C. spoke it out

D. laughed it off

Câu 9: I know we had an argument, but I know I’d quite like to ______.

A. make up

B. look down

C. fall out

D. bring up

Câu 10: All of her sons joined the army when the war broke ______.

A. out

B. off

C. over

D. up

Câu 11: This is ______ the most difficult job I’ve ever had to do.

A. by chance

B. by myself

C. by far

D. by heart

Câu 12: The number of higher education ______ has risen this year for the first time in more than a decade.

A. applies

B. applications

C. applicable

D. applicants

Câu 13: ______ the film’s director, Ben Affleck, was famously left off the 85^th Oscar’s Best Director list of nominees surprised everyone.

A. What

B. Due to

C. Although

D. That

Câu 14: I love this painting of an old man. He has such a beautiful ______ smile.

A. childlike

B. childish

C. childhood

D. childless

Câu 15: You______ Tom yesterday. He’s been on business for a week now.

A. mustn’t have seen

B. could not have seen

C. may have not seen

D. can’t have seen

Câu 16: I must tell you about my______ when I first arrived in London.

A. incidents

B. happenings

C. experiences

D. events

Câu 17: The local people were not very friendly towards us, in fact there was a distinctly ______ atmosphere.

A. hostile

B. offensive

C. rude

D. abrupt

Câu 18: I____ to see Chris on my way home.

A. dropped back

B. dropped in

C. dropped out

D. dropped off

Câu 19: The world work is developing very quickly. If you don’t self-learn continuously, we will not_____social movements.

A. put up with

B. keep up with

C. get on with

D. deal with

Câu 20: The jury_____her compliments______her excellent knowledge of the subject.

A. returned/ to

B. paid/ to

C. returned/ on

D. paid / on

Câu 21: I _____ the garden. No sooner had I finished watering it than it came down in torrents.

A. shouldn’t have watered

B. mustn’t have watered

C. can’t have watered

D. needn’t have watered

Câu 22: A true relationship is thought to be a friendship that may _____ through changes in the lives of the friends.

A. entail

B. remain

C. endure

D. continue

Câu 23: I’m not going to go ice skating! I’d only fall over and _____ a fool of myself.

A. create

B. show

C. do

D. make

Câu 24: Silence _____ the theatre as the audience awaited the opening curtain with expectation and excitement.

A. fell in with

B. came between

C. hung over

D. dropped out of

Câu 25: The trouble with James is that he never _____ on time for a meeting.

A. turns up

B. takes off

C. takes up

D. turns down

Câu 26: The employer suffered from depression _________ by overwork and ill-health.

A. brought on

B. taken up

C. come about

D. put through

Câu 27: Tom painted his room black. It looks dark and deary. He _________ a different color.

A. should choose

B. must have chosen

C. should have chosen

D. has to choose

Câu 28: Steve______his chances of passing by spending too much time on the first question.

A. threw away

B. threw in

C. threw off

D. threw out

Câu 29: After congratulating his team, the coach left, allowing the players to let their ______ down for a while.

A. hearts

B. hair

C. souls

D. heads

Câu 30: The judge ______ murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.

A. prosecuted

B. sentenced

C. convicted

D. accused

Câu 31: When my children _____ their toys, I donated them to a charity.

A. outnumbered

B. outworn

C. outlasted

D. outgrew

Câu 32: Alice said: “That guy is______ gorgeous. I wish he would ask rne out.”

A. dead-centre

B. drop shot

C. jumped-up

D. drop-dead

Câu 33: John was deported on account of his expired visa. He ______ it renewed.

A. must have had

B. should have had

C. can have had

D. might have had

Câu 34: The villagers are not sure how they are going to get ______ another hard and cold winter.

A. by

B. on

C. round

D. through

Câu 35: Thomas knows Paris like the back of his_____. He used to be a taxi driver there for 2 years.

A. head

B. mind

C. hand

D. life

Câu 36: When the light _______, we couldn’t see anything.

A. came off

B. put out

C. switched off

D. went out

Câu 37: I will manage to _______ the problems and find the solution for you as soon as possible.

A. take out

B. bring out

C. get out

D. sort out

Câu 38: Attempts must be made to _______ the barriers of fear and hostility which divide the two communities.

A. break down

B. set up

C. get off

D. pass over

Câu 39: Quang Hai’s _______ in the final match between Vietnam and Uzbekistan was voted the most beautiful goal on AFC’s website.

A. corner kick

B. free kick

C. penalty

D. goal kick

Câu 40: Tim's parents ______ happy when knowing his poor academic results at school.

A. mustn't have been

B. needn't have been

C. shouldn't have been

D. can't have been

Câu 41: In the hands of a careless female driver, a LEAD motorbike may become a _____ weapon.

A. fatal

B. mortal

C. lethal

D. deathly

Câu 42: Sealing food in an ______ jar starves the bacteria of oxygen and they are unable to reproduce.

A. airborne

B. airtight

C. air-dash

D. air-drop

Câu 43: The lecture was so boring that the students finally ______ and started daydreaming.

A. put down

B. taken off

C. turned off

D. turned down

Câu 44: Last year, ABBA made a ____ of seberal million crowns.

A. win

B. gain

C. salary

D. profit

Câu 45: Though I didn’t want my son to leave home since he was twenty- one, there was nothing I could do to ____ it.

A. hinder

B. resist

C. prevent

D. cease

Câu 46: You’ve all ____ the point. The film itself is not racist – it simply tries to make us question our own often racist attitude.

A. mistaken

B. misunderstood

C. missed

D. lost

Câu 47: It all happened so quickly, one minute I was making chips and the next the whole kitchen was ____ fire!

A. at

B. on

C. by

D. in

Câu 48: You ______ the locksmith to open the door for you last night before you tried to open it yourself.

A. have had to call

B. ought to have called

C. had better call

D. must call

Câu 49: The ______ cheered when the final goal was scored in the match today.

A. spectators

B. audience

C. onlookers

D. viewers