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ĐỀ SỐ 4 I. PHONETICS (1-3). Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. a. proud b. young c. found d. out 2. a. school b. Christmas c. scholarship d. chopsticks 3. a. deaf b. head c. bread d. meat (4-5). Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. 4. a. common b. rubbish c. machine d. cyclone 5. a. animal b. bacteria c. dynamite d. pyramid II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

(6-20). Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence. 6. I had no money____ me when I came across a nice shirt. a. by b. at c. on d. over 7. Look_____ ! There’s a big hole in front of you a. on b. over c. off d. out 8. She often goes swimming ______ Sunday mornings. a. on b. over c. in d. at 9. Jack insisted that he didn’t need any help. I helped him anyway. a. and b. so c. for d. but 10. Thousands of people took part in a _____ of support for free higher education. a. march b. gathering c. demonstration d. crowd 11. It is estimated that four million ______ watched the show on television. a. observers b. onlookers c. viewers d. spectators 12. Some English words have the same pronunciation ___________ they are spelled differently, for example, dear and deer. a. unless b. since c. even though d. only if 13. If the engine gets too hot, it________ to smoke. a. starts b. is starting c. would start d. will be started 14. Do you know the man_______ over there? a. stands b. who stand c. stood d. standing 15. I hope the children soon got used_______ in much smaller house. a. live b. to live c. living d. to living 16. Help is needed for families________ homes were destroyed in the storm. a. who’s b. whose c. which d. whom 17. The seeds____ into flour which is used for pancakes, noodles and breads. a. grinded b. are ground c. are grounded d. ground

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18. _____the gold medal, he will have to do better than that. a. To win b. So he wins c. That he wins d. Winning 19. When I first met him, he wore__________ a. a brown nice leather jacket b. a nice leather brown jacket c. a leather nice brown jacket d. a nice brown leather jacket 20. ‘Won’t you have something to drink?’ ‘_________ ’

a. I’m sorry, I won’t. b. Not for me, thank you. c. I’m afraid I can’t. d. I’ve no idea. (21-25). Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.

21. She cried (A) very hardly (B) when she heard (C) the news of (D) the accident. 22. It has been (A) a (B) long time when (C) I last wrote to (D) you. 23. The food that (A) my mother is cooking (B) in the kitchen is smelling (C) delicious (D). 24. We found some (A) garden furnitures (B) in that (C) old house we bought (D). 25. I know little (A) English, so (B) I’ll have this letter to translate (C) into (D) Vietnamese (26-30). Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. 26. The heating switches off _____________ . (automatic) 27. Malaysia has____________ climate, (tropic) 28. You should do what the_______________ told if you want to pass the driving test, (instruct) 29. He is a tourist guide so we all take his__________________ . (guide) 30. Your exam results are rather___________ . I expect you to do better, (disappoint) READING (31-38). Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. A 9.0 – 9.1 magnitude (31)_______ followed by a tsunami hit the east coast of Japan in March 11, 2011. With an underwater depth of 29 km, this was the largest earthquake to ever (32)_______ Japan in recorded history. Documented as the 4th most powerful earthquake in the world, it was (33)_________ for the death of 15,894 people with 6,152 injured and 2,562 people (34)________ . It also affected 20 prefectures, with over 127,000 buildings (35)________ destroyed and over 272,000 buildings “half collapsed”. The earthquake also caused a near nuclear (36)___________ when there was a partial meltdown in 3 (37)__________ of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear …