Name: _______________________

I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined

part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the
following questions. (5 pts)
1. A. genius B. gorilla C. global D. gases
2. A. pollution B. poaching C. physical D. pesticide
3. A. heat B. release C. great D. clean
4. A. jumped B. grabbed C. remarked D. laughed
5. A. constant B. modern C. obvious D. robot

II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following
questions. ( 5pts)
1 . A. cognitive B. destructive C. medical D. physical
2. A. campaign B. language C. balance D. carbon
3. A. natural B. endangered C. dangerous D.
moderate
4. A. bachelor B. diploma C. internship D. scholarship
5. A. broaden B. provide C. pursue D. succeed
III. Circle the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.
(20 pts)
1. They helped handicapped children to their difficulties.
A. finish B. overcome C. pass by D. conquer
2. People who are easily by rumors can never be good friends.
A. influenced B. attracted C. purchased D. occurred
3. Mary apologized not phoning me earlier.
A. for B. with C. on D. in
4. It was a difficult question that we couldn't answer it.
A. so B. such C. very D. too
5. Developed countries are responsible for 80% of the ____ carbon dioxide that is
already in the atmosphere.
A. man-made B. men-made C. man-making D. man-
mades
6. The government must take ____ to cut vehicle emissions.
A. measures B. repeat C. discover D. ban
7. They didn't forget ____ a short vacation in Cuc Phuong National Park last year.
A. being spent B. having been spent C. to spend D. having
spent
8. all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong.
A. Although B. Because C. Because of D. In spite of
9. You will become ill you stop working so hard.
A. until B. when C. unless D. if
10. Tom and Mary never came to class late. .
A. So did we B. Neither did we C. We did either D. Neither
we did
11. Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming
trend is human expansion of the greenhouse ____.
A. gas B. damage C. cause D. effect
12. ____ trees around the house on the south and west sides, they can save up to
about $250 a year on cooling and heating.
A. Having planted B. Being planted C. To plant D. To have
planted
13. The increase in the earth's temperature can cause ____illness which can be
dangerous to people.
A. heat-related B. heat-relate C. heat-relating D. heated-relate
14. He ____ to New York at least three times this year.
A. had been going B. was going C. has been going D. is going
15. Those who have strong ____ skills are able to get on well with most types of
people.
A. personal B. interpersonal C. matchmaking D. potential
16. An example of ____ is when a child doesn't need anyone to remind him of
what to do.
A. self-discipline B. self-esteem C. self-employment D. self-
educated
17. I can get up late, enjoy a cup of tea while listening to my favourite piece of
music on Sunday because I ____ work that day.
A. have to B. must C. ought not to D. don't have to
18. You ____ work in front of a computer screen for too long. It isn't good for your
eyesight as well as your back.
A. shouldn't B. should C. don't have to D. have to
19. It is in a luxury restaurant ____ the thirtieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Brown is held.
A. that B. what C. when D. who
20. There are several means of mass communication. The newspaper is one.
Television is
A. the another B. the other C. other D. another

IV. Fill in each gap with the correct form of the given verb(s) (10pts).
1. The thief looked into his rear-view mirror and (realize) ___________ that he was
being followed by a police car.
2. Mark (taste) _______________ the wine when suddenly the fire alarm went off.
He spilled wine all over his shirt.
3. In this village, it (be) villagers that have right to vote to select their
leaders.
4. (park) the car, we searched for the ticket machine.
5. (understand) how customers make decision has been a
neglected area of research so far.
6. It is necessary that everyone (be) calm in times of danger.
7. Those are the highest words of praise they ever (hear) from the old man.
8. I am not in the habit of (smoke) in the office.
9. He lived in London for two years and then he (go) to Edinburgh.
10. By the time our parents come back, we (finish) our
homework.

V. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form the
word that fits in the gap in the same line. (10pts)
1. Can you explain what types of ________ are available for international
students? (FUND)
2. Are __________ students allowed to work part-time? (NATIONAL)
3. Global warming may lead to ________ weather events, including heat waves,
floods, and powerful storms, which could affect people's lives. (EXTREMELY)
4. Many animal species are in danger of extinction due to the loss of their habitat
and inability to ________ to climate change. (ADAPTION)
5. __________ is unity which produces or is based on unity of interests, objectives,
standards, and sympathies. (SOLID)
6. A _______ is an award of financial aid for a student to further their education.
(SCHOLAR)
7. Thanks to your ________ today we are able to help disabled children in the
neighbourhood. (DONATE)
8. Getting treatment for ____________ loss can greatly improve quality of life for
individuals affected. (HEAR)
9. Visual _______ cause issues with eyesight that can interfere with students'
academic success. (IMPAIR)
10. This organization's main aim is to help disabled people to overcome their
________. (DISABLE)
VI. In each of the following sentences, the 4 words or phrases are
marked A, B, C or D. Identify the one underlined expression that is not
correct and correct it. (10 pts)
1. The annual increase in the world's population has peaked at about 88 million in
the late 1980s.
A B C D
→

2. Overpopulation is one of the main factors that leads to poor, illiteracy, and
social evils.
A B C D
→

3. Although Marie Curie had very little money to live on, but she went to Paris to
realise her dream of
A B C
a scientific career.
D
→
4. She was amazing to find that no one died in the tragic accident yesterday.
A B C D
→
5. Your success in learning depends on your willing to acquire new knowledge.
A B C D
→
6. His parents are very sadly to see that Binh doesn't usually do his homework.
A B C D
→
7. The bridge, building just last year, is now in bad condition.
A B C D

8. The farmers had to work hardly in the field all day.

A B C D
→
9. Unless we leave a bowl of water under the sun, it will evaporate.
A B C D

10. Would you like to contribute for our earthquake fund?

A B C D

VII. 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 each
of the numbered blanks from 1 to 10 (10 pts)
Some time ago, scientists began experiments to find out (1)______ it would be
possible to set up a “village” under the sea. A special room was built and lowered
(2)______ the water of Port Sudan in the Red Sea. For 29 days, five men lived
(3)______ a depth of 40 feet. At a (4)______ lower level, another two divers stayed
for a week in a smaller “house”. On returning to the surface, the men said that
they had experienced no difficulty in breathing and had (5)______ many
interesting scientific observations. The captain of the party, Commander
Cousteau, spoke of the possibility of (6)______ the seabed. He said that some
permanent stations were to be set up under the sea, and some undersea farms
would provide food for the growing population of the world.
The divers in both “houses” spent most of their time (7)______ the bottom of the
sea. On four occasions, they went down to 360 feet and observed many
extraordinary (8)______ of the marine life, some of which had never been seen
before. During their stay, Commander Cousteau and his divers reached a depth of
1,000 feet and witnessed a gathering of an immense (9)______ of crabs which
numbered, perhaps, hundreds of millions. They also found out that it was
(10)______ to move rapidly in the water in a special vessel known as a “diving
saucer”.

1. A. which B. what C. how D. whether

2. A. underneath B. into C. down D. below
3. A. in B. at C. on D. from
4. A. any B. more C. much D. some
5. A. made B. exercised C. caught D. done
6. A. implanting B. transplanting C. growing D.
cultivating
7. A. inquiring B. exploring C. imploring D. enquiring
8. A. systems B. forms C. breeds D. castes
9. A. pack B. herd C. school D. flock
10. A. able B. possible C. hardly D. capable

VIII. Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, and D to answer the
following questions
( 5 pts)
The search for alternative sources of energy has led in various directions. Many
communities are burning garbage and other biological waste products to
produce electricity. Converting waste products to gases or oil is also an efficient
way to dispose of waste.
Experimental work is being done to derive synthetic fuels from coal, oil shale
and coal tars. But today, that process has proven expensive. Other experiments
are underway to harness power with giant windmills. Geothermal power, heat
from the earth, is also being tested.
Some experts expect utility companies to revive hydroelectric power derived
from streams and rivers. Fifty years ago hydroelectric power provided one third
of the electricity used in the United States, but today it supplies only four
percent. The oceans are another potential source of energy. Scientists are
studying ways to convert the energy of ocean currents, tides, and waves to
electricity. Experiments are also underway to make use of the temperature
differences in ocean water to produce energy.
1. Which is the best title of the passage?
A. The Use of Water Productions for Energy
 B. The Search for Alternative Sources of Energy
C. Efficient ways of Disposing of Waste
D. New Discoveries in Geothermal Power
2. Fifty years ago. one third of the electricity in the United States was provided
by
A. wind B. waste products
C. water D. oil
3. In the second paragraph, the phrase “synthetic fuels” could best be
replaced by which of the following phrases?
A. biological fuels B. low burning fuels
C. fast burning fuels D. artificial made fuels
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an alternative
source of energy?
A. Burning of garbage B. Geothermal power
C. Synthetic fuels D. Electricity
5. According to the author, the impractically of using coal, oil shale and coal
tars as sources of energy is due to:
A. their being time consuming B. their being money consuming
C. their scarcity of sources D. the lack of technology

IX. Read the following passage and choose the correct answers
(A, B, C, or D). (5 points)
Day after day we hear about how anthropogenic development is causing global
warming. According to an increasingly vocal minority, however, we should be
asking ourselves how much of this is media hype and how much is based on real
evidence. It seems, as so often is the case, that it depends on which expert you
listen to, or which statistics you study.
Yes, it is true that there is a mass of evidence to indicate that the world is
getting warmer, with one of the world's leading weather predictors stating that
air temperatures have shown an increase of just under half a degree Celsius
since the beginning of the twentieth century. And while this may not sound like
anything worth losing sleep over the international press would have us believe
that the consequences could be devastating. Other experts, however, are of the
opinion that what we are seeing is just part of a natural upward and downward
swing that has always been part of the cycle of global weather. An analysis of
the views of major meteorologists in the United States showed that less than
20% of them believed that any change in temperature over the last hundred
years was our own fault-the rest attributed it to natural cyclical changes.
There is, of course, no denying that we are still at a very early stage in
understanding weather. The effects of such variables as rainfall, cloud formation,
the seas and oceans, gases such as methane and ozone, or even solar energy
are still not really understood, and therefore the predictions that we make using
them cannot always be relied on. Dr. James Hansen, in 1988, was predicting that
the likely effects of global warming would be a raising of world temperature
which would have disastrous consequences for mankind: "a strong cause and
effect relationship between the current climate and human alteration of the
atmosphere”. He has now gone on record as stating that using artificial models
of climate as a way of predicting change is all but impossible, in fact, he now
believes that, rather than getting hotter, our planet is getting greener as a result
of the carbon dioxide increase, with the prospect of increasing vegetation in
areas which in recent history have been frozen wastelands.
In fact, there is some evidence to suggest that as our computer-based weather
models have become more sophisticated, the predicted rises in temperature
have been cut back. In addition, if we look at the much reported rise in global
temperature over the last century, a close analysis reveals that the lion's share
of that increase, almost three quarters in total, occurred before man began to
'poison' his world with industrial processes and the accompanying greenhouse
gas emissions in the second half of the twentieth century.
So should we pay any attention to those stories that scream out at us from
billboards and television news headlines, claiming that man, with his
inexhaustible dependence on oil-based machinery and ever more sophisticated
forms of transport is creating a nightmare level of 'greenhouse gas emissions,
poisoning his environment and ripping open the ozone layer? Doubters point to
scientific evidence, which can prove that, of all the greenhouse gases, only two
percent come from man-made sources, the rest resulting from natural
emissions. Who. then, to believe: the environmentalist exhorting us to leave the
car at home, to buy re-usable products packaged in recycled paper and to plan!
trees in our back yard? Or the sceptics, including, of course, a lot of big
businesses who have most to lose, when they tell us that we are making a
mountain out of a molehill? And my own opinion? I he jury's still out as far as I
am concerned!
1. The author
A. believe that man is causing global warming.
B. believes that global warming is a natural process.
C. is sure w hat the causes of global warming are.
D. does not say what he believes the causes of global warming are.
2. As to the cause of global warming, the author believes that
A. occasionally the facts depend on who you are talking to.
B. the facts always depend on who you are talking to.
C. often the facts depend on which expert you listen to.
D. you should not speak to experts.
3. More than 80% of the top meteorologists in the United States are of the
opinion that
A. global warming should make us lose sleep.
B. global w arming is not the result of natural cyclical changes but man-made.
C. the consequences of global warming will be devastating.
D. global warming is not man-made, but the result of natural cyclical changes.
4. Our understanding of weather
A. leads to reliable predictions.
B. is variable.
C. cannot be denied.
D. is not very developed yet.
5. Currently, Dr James I Jansen's beliefs include the fact that
A. it is nearly impossible to predict weather change using artificial models.
B. the consequences of global w arming would be disastrous for mankind.
C. there is a significant link between the climate now, and man's changing of
the atmosphere.
D. Earth is getting colder.
X. Rewrite the following sentences, begin as shown and keep the
meaning unchanged. (10 pts)
1. The last time he met me was 5 months ago.
→ He hasn't .
2. It was wrong of you not to call the doctor at once .
→ You should
3. Although Mary was exhausted, she agreed to join in the activity.
 → Exhausted
4. She spent 2 hours doing the cooking.
→ It took
5. I didn’t know the truth until Julie called me.
→ Not until .
XI. Complete the second sentence using the word given, so that it has a
similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words
in each gap. ( 10 pts)

1. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. (NEVER)

I've ridiculous thing.
2. He failed his exam because he missed classes so often. (CONSEQUENCE)
As a so often, he failed his exam.
3. The staff in that office all have great respect for their boss. (LOOK)
The staff in that office their boss.
4. Even though he'd been robbed twice, Red still enjoyed living in the city.
(HAVING)
Red still enjoyed living in the city twice.
5. That she decided to participate in the contest surprised all of us. (DECISION)
Her all of us.

THE END