1 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 16. The famous inventor was not brought up in a well-off family. A: wealthy B: poor C: kind D: Rich 2 Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D ) that is closest in meaning to the given one . Question 25. She usually spends one hour riding to school every day. A: It took her one hour to go to school by bike. B: She usually studies in school one hour every day. C: It usually takes her one hour to ride to school every day. D: She usually goes to school by bike once a day. 3 Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D ) that is closest in meaning to the given one . Question 24: There are many factors contributing to air pollution. A: Air pollution is the result of burning forests. B: Air pollution results in many consequences. C: Air pollution is contributing to these phenomena. D: Factors contributing to air pollution are numerous. 4 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 best fits blank (19). Sa Pa’s love market has become unique in the culture of the Mong and Dao ethnic groups (17) ______ a long time. Due to the distance between the villages, the market meets once a week on Sunday. On the Saturday night, guys and girls from villages come to Lao Cai (18) ______ one another. They talk, sing and (19) ______ different games according to their ethnic groups’ tradition. After the night, many couples become intimate and promise to see each other again on the following morning. Many of (20) ______ become husbands and wives in the spring. That is why the poets in Lao Cai called the market Sapa’s Love Market. The most popular Love Market in Lao Cai is organized in nowhere else but Sa Pa, where it is gaining more and more (21) ______ of not only the ethnic people but also the travelers from many places in the world. A: perform B: help C: play D: get 5 Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. Question 8: They believe that sport can __________ any barriers. A: cross B: stand C: border D: step 6 Choose the underlined part A, B, C or D that needs correcting. Picture 16 A: A B: B C: C D: D 7 Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. Question 11: It’s very pleasant to bathe in the river _______ hot days in the summers. A: on B: in C: Of D: For 8 Choose the word whose stressed pattern is pronounced differently from the others. A: behave B: different C: pleasure D: nation 9 Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D ) that is closest in meaning to the given one . Question 23: He was such a smart student that he could solve all the math problems. A: He was so intelligent that he could solve all the math problems. B: All the math problems were so smart that he could solve them. C: He was not smart enough to solve all the math problems. D: The math problems were too difficult for him to solve. 10 Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. Question 10: This problem is hard to solve _________ it’s very complicated. A: because B: so C: but D: although 11 Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. Question 14. Paul: “There are many stilt houses in the north region of Viet Nam.”. Tom: “__________.” A: Where are the stilt houses? B: They sound interesting C: Do you like it? D: I can’t see them 12 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) to each of the following questions. Question 15. Scientists have recently argued that Einstein’s contributions to Physics and Mathematics are less important than Newton’s. A: shortly B: at once C: just now D: before