I. Listening
Answer the following questions?
Quesstion 1. What is the most congested country in the world in 2016?
A. Russia B. Turkey
C. Thailand D. United States
Quesstion 2. What is the most congested city in the world in 2016?
A. Los Angeles B. New York
C. Paris D. London
Listen again. Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Quesstion 3. Time is the only waste caused by congestion. ______
Quesstion 4. In 2016, Bangkok was the city with the world’s biggest rush hour traffic delays. ______
Quesstion 5. The traffic situation in Manila has been better than Bangkok. ______
Quesstion 6. The traffic situation of Bangkok in 2015 was better than in 2016. ______
Quesstion 7. The traffic situation of Mexico improved between 2015 and 2016. ______
II. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
Quesstion 8.
A. explore B. exotic
C. destroy D. mentor
Quesstion 9.
A. drumhead B. illustration
C. earplug D. drugstore
Quesstion 10.
A. strip B. visual
C. artistic D. remind
Quesstion 11.
A. emotion B. shoulder
C. cognitive D. cold
Quesstion 12.
A. thread B. treat
C. pleasure D. deadline
III. Find the word whose stress pattern is different from the others.
Quesstion 13.
A. independence B. embarrassed
C. adolescence D. expectation
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Quesstion14.
A. earplug B. gossip
C. answer D. discuss
Quesstion 15.
A. disappoint B. medical
C. confident D. badminton
IV. Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.
Quesstion 16. The hotel is conveniently ______ within walking distance of the beach.
A. stood B. lied
C. located D. put
Quesstion 17. We have won a trip to Singapore. What ______ news!
A. terrific B. terrible
C. awful D. rugged
Quesstion 18. It is ______ that the couple has left the country.
A. believed B. belief
C. say D. tell
Quesstion 19. The beautiful music is what makes the movie so ______.
A. unforgotten B. unforgettable
C. unrealistic D. unimportant
Quesstion 20. I would suggest that you ______ your doctor about this.
A. said B. seen
C. say D. see
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Quesstion 21. Tombs remain the most important monumental ______ of this period.
A. transportation B. vehicle
C. sculpture D. description
Quesstion 22. Stop ______ me when I’m working.
A. replacing B. bothering
C. seeing D. talking
Quesstion 23. Her job is ______ old paintings to their former conditions.
A. wondering B. restoring
C. surrounding D. making
Quesstion 24. Why ______ we visit Sapa this summer?
A. don’t B. have
C. mustn’t D. might
Quesstion 25. It was once ______ that the sun travelled around the earth.
A. thoughtful B. thinking
C. thought D. think
V. Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gaps.
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a (26) ______ war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began (27) ______. It involved the vast majority (28) ______ the world’s countries-including all of the great powers – eventually forming two (29) ______ military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, (30) ______ directly involved more than 100 million people from (31) ______ 30 countries. In a state of “total war”, the major (32) ______ threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked (33) ______ mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one (34) ______ were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), it resulted (35) ______an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history.
Quesstion 26.
A. national B. inside
C. global D. oceanic
Quesstion 27.
A. smaller B. earlier
C. bigger D. faster
Quesstion 28.
A. of B. on
C. with D. in
Quesstion 29.
A. supporting B. unequal
C. wicked D. opposing
Quesstion 30.
A. but B. and
C. though D. because
Quesstion 31.
A. over B. more
C. in D. at
Quesstion 32.
A. individuals B. organizations
C. nations D. participants
Quesstion 33.
A. in B. on
C. by D. over
Quesstion 34.
A. billion B. million
C. hundred D. thousand
Quesstion 35.
A. from B. in
C. on D. by
VI. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets.
On 23 June 2014, Trang An has just been inscribed in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List, (36. pride) ______ being the Viet Nam’s first site to be acknowledged as a mixed natural and cultural heritage.
According to current statistics, Trang An has 48 grottoes and caves alternating with 31 large and small valleys. Each valley is a various (37.charm) ______ beauty bringing a multi-colorful (38. picture) ______ landscape. Here is evaluated as an area of rare and (39. uniqueness) ______ natural beauty of the world with around 500 pecies of flora, 73 species of birds and 41 species of other animals, and it renowned for its (40. diversity) ______ ecosystem, unique natural beauty and geological characteristics.
Question 1 | C | Question 21 | C |
Question 2 | A | Question 22 | B |
Question 3 | F | Question 23 | B |
Question 4 | F | Question 24 | A |
Question 5 | F | Question 25 | C |
Question 6 | T | Question 26 | C |
Question 7 | T | Question 27 | B |
Question 8 | D | Question 28 | A |
Question 9 | B | Question 29 | D |
Question 10 | D | Question 30 | B |
Question 11 | C | Question 31 | A |
Question 12 | B | Question 32 | D |
Question 13 | B | Question 33 | C |
Question 14 | D | Question 34 | B |
Question 15 | A | Question 35 | B |
Question 16 | C | ||
Question 17 | A | ||
Question 18 | A | ||
Question 19 | B | ||
Question 20 | D |
Question 36: proudly
Question 37: charming
Question 38: picturesque
Question 39: unique
Question 40: diverse