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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 1. You should have persuaded him to change his mind.
A. You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn’t listen.
B. You should persuade him to change his mind.
C. You didn’t persuade him to change because of his mind.
D. It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn’t.
 

Question 2. “No, it wasn’t me who broke the antique vase.” said the child.
A. The child denied having broken the antique vase.
B. The child refused to have broken the antique vase.
C. The child accepted to have broken the antique vase.
D. The child objected to having broken the antique vase.
 

Question 3. The more he learned about the job, the less interested he got.
A. As soon as he learned about the interesting job, he got it.
B. Though learning that the job is not interesting, he got it.
C. Even though the job is not interesting, he learned about it.
D. When he got to know more about the job, he lost his interest in it.
 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that bests fits each of the numbered blanks from 4 to 8.
Isolated from the mainland, the Con Dao islands are one of Vietnam’s star (4) ........... Long
preserve of political prisoners and undesirables, they now turn heads thanks to their striking natural
beauty. Con Son, the (5) .......... of this chain of 15 islands and islets, is ringed with lovely beaches, coral
reefs and scenic bays, and remains partially covered (6) .......... tropical forests. In addition to hiking,
diving and exploring deserted coastal roads, there are excellent wildlife–watching opportunities, such as
the black giant squirrel and endemic bow–fingered gecko.
 

(7) .......... it seems an island paradise, Con Son was once hell on earth for the thousands of
prisoners who languished in a dozen jails during French rule and the American–backed regime. Many
Vietnamese visitors are former soldiers (8) .......... were imprisoned on the island. Until recently, few
foreigners visited Con Dao, but with the commencement of low–cost boat connections this looks sure to
change.
 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 9. That house hasn’t been occupied for three years now. It must be haunted since no one is
renting or buying it.
A. cleaned

B. taken

C. absent

D. vacant
 

Question 10. He’s such a phony. He’s always complaining about his friends behind their back, but
whenever he sees them, he says really nice things about them.
A. to be bad at acting

B. to tell lies all the time
C. to pretend to like others

D. to try to make friends

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 11. Two friends Jane and Thomas are talking about their final term test. - Jane: “I’ve been half ready for the final term test.” - Thomas: “.........."
A. Thank you so much.

B. You are welcome!
C. Then, I’d call it a day.

D. Incredible! I haven’t even started.

Question 12. James and Kate are in a café.
James: “.........."
Kate: “Thank you. Could I have a cup of coffee?”
A. Will you buy tea or coffee on the way home?

B. Do you want something to eat right now?
C. Would you like something to drink?

D. Are you tired after a long journey?
 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
 

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 from 15 to 22.
It weighed about 10,000 tons, entered the atmosphere at a speed of 64,000 km/h and exploded
over a city with a blast of 500 kilotons. But on 15 February 2013, we were lucky. The meteorite that
showered pieces of rock over Chelyabinsk, Russia, was relatively small, at only about 17 metres wide.
Although many people were injured by falling glass, the damage was nothing compared to what had
happened in Siberia nearly one hundred years ago. Another relatively small object (approximately 50
metres in diameter) exploded in mid–air over a forest region, flattening about 80 million trees. If it had
exploded over a city such as Moscow or London, millions of people would have been killed.
 

By a strange coincidence, the same day that the meteorite terrified the people of Chelyabinsk,
another 50m–wide asteroid passed relatively close to Earth. Scientists were expecting that visit and know that the asteroid will return to fly close by us in 2046, but the Russian meteorite earlier in the day had been too small for anyone to spot.
 

Most scientists agree that comets and asteroids pose the biggest natural threat to human
existence. It was probably a large asteroid or comet colliding with Earth which wiped out the dinosaurs
about 65 million years ago. An enormous object, 10 to 16 km in diameter, struck the Yucatan region of
Mexico with the force of 100 megatons. That is the equivalent of one Hiroshima bomb for every person
alive on Earth today.
 

Many scientists, including the late Stephen Hawking, say that any comet or asteroid greater than
20 km in diameter that hits Earth will result in the complete destruction of complex life, including all
animals and most plants. As we have seen, even a much smaller asteroid can cause great damage.
 

The Earth has been kept fairly safe for the last 65 million years by good fortune and the massive
gravitational field of the planet Jupiter. Our cosmic guardian, with its stable circular orbit far from the
sun, sweeps up and scatters away most of the dangerous comets and asteroids which might cross Earth’s orbit. After the Chelyabinsk meteorite, scientists are now monitoring potential hazards even more
carefully but, as far as they know, there is no danger in the foreseeable future.

(Adapted from British Council Learning English Teens)

Question 15. According to the last paragraph, scientists say that ...........
A. their early warning systems will protect us
B. a meteorite is likely to hit Earth sooner or later
C. all the possible dangers are being monitored carefully
D. we are not in any danger for the moment

Question 16. It can be inferred from the 1st paragraph that the Siberian meteorite ...........
A. could be much worse
B. caused many deaths due to falling glass
C. was not as destructive as the one in Russia
D. was greatly reduced by the early warning system
 

Question 17. Which of the following statement is TRUE about the Russian meteorite?
A. It was too small to worry about.
B. It came as a surprise.
C. It had been predicted by scientists.
D. It will come close to Earth again in the future.
 

Question 18. On the same day as the meteorite exploded over Chelyabinsk, ...........
A. scientists realized that an even bigger asteroid could hit the Earth
B. an asteroid terrified the people of Chelyabinsk
C. scientists spotted many other asteroids around the Earth
D. there was another unrelated asteroid event
 

Question 19. The word “blast” is closest in meaning to ...........
A. explosion

B. collision

C. event

D. crisis
 

Question 20. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT ...........
A. Earth has been relatively safe thanks to luck and the protective force of another planet from
our solar system
B. Comets and asteroids could put an end to all plant and animal life on Earth
C. A small asteroid can still cause a lot of damage
D. Millions of people were killed in an explosion of a meteorite in Moscow and London
 

Question 21. The word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to ...........
A. Rock

B. Meteorite

C. City

D. Object
 

Question 22. Which could be the best title for the passage?
A. The Russian Meteorite: A Disaster

B. A Strange Coincidence
C. Meteorite Killed Millions Of People

D. The End Of Life On Earth?
 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 23. If minor disputes are left unsettled, tough ones will accumulate sooner or later.
A. decrease in number

B. increase in number

C. improve in quality

D. decline in volume
Question 24. He went through much hardship before he became a successful businessman.
A. met

B. accepted

C. endured

D. created
 

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 from 25 to 29.
HISTORY OF POTATO CHIPS
Peru’s Inca Indians first grew potatoes in the Andes Mountains in about 200 BC. Spanish
conquistadors brought potatoes to Europe, and colonists brought them to America. Potatoes are fourth
on the list of the world’s food staples – after wheat, corn, and rice. Today, Americans consume about 140 pounds of potatoes per person every year, while Europeans eat twice as many.
 

One of our favourite ways to eat potatoes is in the form of potato chips. While Benjamin Franklin
was the American ambassador to France, he went to a banquet where potatoes were prepared in 20
different ways. Thomas Jefferson, who succeeded Franklin as our French ambassador, brought the recipe for thick–cut, French fried potatoes to America. He served French fries to guests at the White House in 1802 and at his home, Monticello.
 

A native American chef named George Crum created the first potato chips on August 24, 1853, at
Moon Lake Lodge in Saratoga, New York. He became angry when a diner complained that his French fries were too thick, so he sliced the potatoes as thinly as possible, making them too thin and crisp to eat with a fork. The diner loved them, and potato chips were born. In 1860, Chef Crum opened his own
restaurant and offered a basket of potato chips on every table.
 

Joe “Spud” Murphy and Seamus Burke produced the world’s first seasoned crisps, cheese & onion
and salt & vinegar chips, in the 1950s in Ireland. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, crisps are what we,
in the United States, call potato chips, while their chips refer to our French fries. Ketchup–flavored chips
are popular in the Middle East and Canada. Seaweed–flavored chips are popular in Asia, and chicken–
flavored chips are popular in Mexico. Other flavors from around the world include: paprika, pickled
onions, béarnaise, meat pie, chili crab, salmon teriyaki, borscht, Caesar salad, roasted sausage,
firecracker lobster, roast ox, haggis and black pepper, olive, and spaghetti.

(Adapted from https://en.islcollective.com)

Question 25. The word “them” in the passage refers to ...........
A. potatoes

B. colonists

C. conquistadors

D. Indians

Question 26. What happened in the 1950s?
A. The world’s first French fries were produced
B. The world’s first seasoned potato chips were produced.
C. The world’s first potato chips were produced.
D. The world’s first seasoned French fries were produced.
 

Question 27. Which of the following is a true statement?
A. Different flavored potato chips are popular in different parts of the world.
B. Potato chips are only popular in America.
C. Ketchup–flavored potato chips are most popular in America.
D. Potato chips are not really eaten very much in Asia.
 

Question 28. Potato chips are called .......... in the United Kingdom.
A. fries

B. crisps

C. lobsters

D. potatoes
 

Question 29. What question is answered in the second paragraph?
A. Who invented the potato chip?
B. How many pounds of potatoes are eaten per person in America each year?
C. When were salt & vinegar chips invented?
D. Who served French fries in the White House?
 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
 

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.
Question 32. My uncle has gone to Nha Trang on vacation, but I wish he is here so that he could
help me repair my bicycle.
A. could help

B. has gone

C. he is

D. on vacation
Question 33. Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial
cities today.
A. with

B. in

C. are

D. industrial
 

Question 34. Leonardo is often thought of primarily as an artist, and with masterclasses such as The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa to his credit, his place in art history is assured.
A. masterclasses

B. thought of

C. place

D. to his credit

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 35. Although we had told them not to keep us waiting, they made no .......... to speed up
deliveries.
A. comment

B. action

C. attempt

D. progress
Question 36. You really dropped .......... the other day when you told Brian you’d seen his wife at the
cinema. He thought she was at her mother’s.
A. a plank

B. a log

C. a brick

D. a stone
 

Question 37. I can’t possibly lend you any more money; it is quite out of the ...........
A. place

B. question

C. order

D. practice
 

Question 38. When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty .......... paintings were destroyed,
including two by Van Gogh.
A. worthy

B. priceless

C. worthless

D. valueless
 

Question 39. .......... only in the Andes, the plant is used by local people to treat skin diseases.
A. Finding

B. Found

C. Having found

D. Founded
 

Question 40. If the world’s tropical forests continue to disappear at their present rate, many animal
species .......... extinct.
A. would become

B. would have become

C. became

D. will become
 

Question 41. Half the way of the trip, we stopped .......... and let the others .......... up with us.
A. to rest/catch

B. resting/catch

C. resting/to catch

D. to rest/to catch
 

Question 42. .......... get older, the games they play become increasingly complex.
A. For children to

B. Children, when

C. Although children

D. As children
 

Question 43. My mother .......... strawberries for years but she has never had such a good crop before.
A. had grown

B. is growing

C. grew

D. has been growing
 

Question 44. Your mother .......... read a bit of a letter you received because she opened it without
looking at the name on the envelope.
A. silently

B. intentionally

C. deliberately

D. accidentally
 

Question 45. It was not until the end of the nineteenth century ...........
A. did plant breeding become a scientific discipline
B. that plant breeding became a scientific discipline
C. that a scientific discipline was plant breeding
D. did a scientific discipline become plant breeding
 

Question 46. “Did you have .......... nice holiday?” – “Yes, it was .......... best holiday I have ever had.”
A. a – the

B. the – the

C. the – a

D. a – a
 

Question 47. The equator is an .......... line that divides the Earth into two.
A. imaginable

B. imaginary

C. imagination

D. imaginative
 

Question 48. This survey is to find out the young people’s attitudes .......... love.
A. into

B. with

C. for

D. toward
 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 49. They finished one project. They started working on the next right away.
A. Had they finished one project, they would have started working on the next.
B. Only if they had finished one project did they start working on the next.
C. Hardly had they finished one project when they started working on the next.
D. Not until did they start working on the next project when they finished one.
 

Question 50. Having been informed of her critical condition, he decided not to tell her his financial
problem.
A. He told her about his money issue because he was in critical condition.
B. He did not mention his financial problem as he was aware of her critical condition.
C. Someone informed her that he was having a financial problem when she was in critical
condition.
D. Despite knowing her critical condition, he talked about his financial problem.