SECTION A (60 minutes)

PART 1- Grammar & Vocabulary Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill the gap.

1 My name is Juan and I _____ from Spain.

a) is

b) be

c) are

d) am

2 Look at my family. This is _____ photograph.

a) there

b) them

c) their

d) they

3 This is _____ computer.

a) David

b) David’s

c) Davids’

d) Davids

4 I _____ work.

a) sometimes go to the café after

b) to the café go sometimes after

c) go sometimes to the café’ after

d) sometimes after go to the café

5 She _____ for the train at the moment.

a) waits

b) wait

c) waiting

d) is waiting

6 Where _____?

a) does he work

b) he works

c) he does work

d) works he

7 Most hospital workers _____ normal working hours.

a) have not

b) don’t have

c) doesn’t have

d) isn’t have

8 Who did _____ at the party?

a) you saw

b) you see

c) saw you

d) see 9 ‘_____ to Australia, Ginny?’

‘No, I haven’t.’

a) Did you ever go

b) Will you ever go

c) Are you ever going

d) Have you ever been

10 Tokyo is _____ city I’ve ever lived in.

a) the most big

b) the bigger

c) the biggest

d) the more big

11 Is she the woman _____ husband is a writer?

a) which

b) that

c) who

d) whose

12 The police wanted to know exactly how the money _____ stolen from the bank.

a) is

b) was

c) gets

d) did

13 By the time Mary gets here, the film _____.

a) will finish

b) is going to finish

c) will have finished

d) is finishing

14 You _____ tell anyone about this, Sara. It’s a secret, OK?

a) couldn’t

b) wouldn’t

c) mustn’t

d) don’t have to

15 I think you _____ leave now, it’s getting late.

a) can

b) would

c) will

d) should

16 I wish I _____ in such a cold country!

a) didn’t live

b) haven’t lived

c) won’t live d) am not living

17 If Jack _____ music, he wouldn’t have become a concert pianist.

a) hadn’t studied

b) didn’t study

c) wouldn’t have studied

d) hasn’t studied

18 I always go to the cinema _____ Fridays.

a) on

b) in

c) at

d) by

19 I _____ late on Saturdays.

a) get

b) get up

c) go up

d) get on

20 I’m busy on Tuesday, but I’m free on _____.

a) July

b) evenings

c) Wednesday

d) weekends

21 My phone number’s 218974. That’s _____.

a) two one nine eight seven four

b) two one seven nine four eight

c) two one eight seven four nine

d) two one eight nine seven four

22 I will _____ you tomorrow.

a) shout

b) cry

c) call

d) say

23 Hannah’s a really _____ person. She’s always smiling.

a) sensible

b) interesting

c) talkative

d) cheerful

24 I have no _____ what time the swimming pool opens.

a) belief

b) opinion

c) idea

d) feeling

25 It was a beautiful day so we went on a boat _____ on the lake. a) ride

b) travel

c) drive

d) sightseeing

26 It was a great meal, but pretty expensive. Just look at the _____!

a) ticket

b) recipe

c) invoice

d) bill

27 What time do you _____ back from work?

a) go

b) get

c) be

d) travel

28 Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil looking really _____. a) tanned

b) sunned

c) coloured

d) darkened

29 I’m not very interested _____ sports.

a) for

b) about

c) in

d) to

30 She likes _____ Japanese food.

a) to eating

b) eating

c) eat

d) is eating

31 Harry _____ his father’s car when the accident happened.

a) was driving

b) drove

c) had driven

d) has been driving

32 I was wondering _____ tell me when the next plane from Chicago arrives?

a) could you

b) can you

c) if you could

d) please

33 If I _____ you had cancelled the meeting I wouldn’t have turned up!

a) knew

b) have known

c) had known

d) know

34 I like your hair. Where _____?

a) cut you it

b) did you have it cut

c) do you cut it

d) have it cut 35 I think Joey must _____ late tonight. His office light is still on.

a) have worked

b) work

c) be working

d) to work

36 John tells me Les is eighty, _____ I find hard to believe.

a) that

b) who

c) whose

d) which

37 We _____ to the new house by the end of the week, so we won’t be here next Sunday.

a) will have moved

b) will be moving

c) will move

d) are moving

38 What _____ this weekend, Lance?

a) will you do

b) are you doing

c) will you have done

d) do you do

39 The weather has been awful. We’ve had very _____ sunshine this summer.

a) little

b) a little

c) few

d) a few

40 Did you hear what happened to Kate? She _____.

a) is arrested

b) arrested

c) has been arrested

d) is being arrested 41 I often _____ football when I’m at the beach.

a) have

b) go

c) do

d) play

42 My brother _____ the cooking in our house.

a) does

b) makes

c) cooks

d) takes

43 Don’t forget to _____ the light when you go out.

a) turn up

b) turn in

c) turn off

d) turn over

44 I hope this cut on my hand _____ quickly.

a) cures

b) heals

c) treats

d) restores

45 She just burst into _____ when she heard the sad news.

a) crying

b) tears

c) cries

d) break down

46 He _____ that he hadn’t stolen the computer, but no one believed him.

a) reassured

b) informed

c) insisted

d) persuaded

47 Could you _____ me that book for a couple of days, please?

a) lend

b) owe

c) borrow

d) rent

48 Greg is _____ a lot of time at Yvonne’s house these days!

a) taking

b) spending

c) having

d) doing

49 Who _____ in that house?

a) does he live

b) lives

c) did he live

d) he lives

50 I will call you when I _____ home.

a) get

b) will get

c) got

d) getting

51 If you _____ me, what would you do?

a) was

b) would be

c) were

d) have been

52 I don’t know where _____ last night.

a) did he go

b) he did go

c) went he

d) he went

53 John and Betty are coming to visit us tomorrow but I wish _____.

a) they won’t

b) they hadn’t

c) they didn’t

d) they weren’t

54 I’m so hungry! If only Bill _____ all the food in the fridge!

a) wasn’t eating

b) didn’t eat

c) hadn’t eaten

d) hasn’t eaten

55 I regret _____ harder in school.

a) not studying

b) not to study

c) to not study

d) not have studied

56 Surely Sue _____ you if she was unhappy with your work.

a) will tell

b) would have told

c) must have told

d) had told

57 Our neighbours aren’t very polite, and _____ particularly quiet! a) neither they aren’t

b) either they aren’t

c) nor are they

d) neither did they be 

58 We had expected that they _____ fluent English, but in fact they didn’t.

a) were speaking

b) would speak

c) had spoken

d) spoke

59 I’d rather _____ next weekend, but I do!

a) I don’t have to work

b) I didn’t have to work

c) not to work

d) no working

60 Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about _____ subject you ask her to.

a) whatever

b) whenever

c) wherever

d) whoever

61 I always _____ milk in my coffee.

a) have

b) eat

c) cook

d) make

62 I don’t often _____ TV.

a) watch

b) look at

c) see

d) hear

63 Can you give me a _____ with my bag?

a) leg

b) back

c) hand

d) head

64 Before you enter the marathon, please bear in _____ that you’re not as young as you used to be!

a) thought

b) question

c) mind

d) opinion

65 The breath test showed he had consumed more than three times the legal limit of alcohol, so the police arrested him for _____.

a) trespassing

b) mugging.

c) speeding.

d) drunk driving

66 The meeting was _____ and not very interesting.

a) time-wasting

b) time-consuming

c) time-using

d) out of time

67 After the film was released, the main _____ point was its excessive use of violence.

a) discussion

b) speaking

c) conversation

d) talking

68 There have been several big _____ against the use of GM foods recently.

a) campaigns

b) issues

c) boycotts

d) strikes

PART 2 - Reading

Passage 1 Read the text below. For questions 69 to 73, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).

‘Heavier than air flying machines are impossible,’ said the well-known scientist Lord Kelvin in 1895. Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM in 1943, was wrong too when he said that he thought there would be a world market for only five or so computers. Predictions can, of course, be wrong, and it is very difficult to predict what the world will be like in 100, 50, or even 20 years from now. But this is something that scientists and politicians often do. They do so because they invent things and make decisions that shape the future of the world that we live in. In the past they didn’t have to think too much about the impact that their decisions had on the natural world. But that is now changing. An increasing number of people believe that we should live within the rules set by nature. In other words, they think that in a world of fixed and limited resources, what is used today will not be there for our children. We must therefore look at each human activity and try to change it or create alternatives if it is not sustainable. The rules for this are set by nature, not by man.

69 What was Lord Kelvin suggesting?

a) It is difficult to make accurate predictions.

b) It would be possible for people to fly.

c) It would be impossible for people to fly.

d) There would only be a few computers.

70 Which of the following statements is true (according to the text)?

a) Lord Kelvin and Thomas Watson were good friends.

b) The world does not have unlimited natural resources.

c) Our children will not make predictions about the future.

d) It is easy to predict what the world will be like 20 years from now.

71 ‘shape’ (line 8) is closest in meaning to:

a) do

b) create

c) look at

d) move

72 The article suggests we should live in a _____ way.

a) selfish

b) sustainable

c) predictable

d) scientific

73 Choose the best title for the article.

a) Predictions and more predictions!

b) Politicians and scientists

c) A sustainable future for our children

d) New inventions

Passage 2 Read the text below. For questions 74 to 78, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d)

     Many hotel chains and tour operators say that they take their environmental commitments seriously, but often they do not respect their social and economic responsibilities to the local community. So is it possible for travellers to help improve the lives of locals and still have a good holiday? The charity, Tourism Concern, thinks so. It has pioneered the concept of the fair-trade holiday. The philosophy behind fair-trade travel is to make sure that local people get a fair share of the income from tourism. The objectives are simple: employing local people wherever possible; offering fair wages and treatment; showing cultural respect; involving communities in deciding how tourism is developed; and making sure that visitors have minimal environmental impact. Although there is currently no official fair-trade accreditation for holidays, the Association of Independent Tour Operators has worked hard to produce responsible tourism guidelines for its members. Some new companies, operated as much by principles as profits, offer a fantastic range of holidays for responsible and adventurous travellers.

74 Tourism Concern…

a) helps tourists who have had bad holidays.

b) is a philosophy.

c) is a charity and fair-trade organisation.

d) has a chain of hotels.

75 Which of the following is NOT one of Tourism Concern’s objectives?

a) Good pay for local people.

b) Showing respect for local cultures.

c) Saving tourists money.

d) Protecting the local environment.

76 According to the text, fair-trade travel is all about…

a) making money for charity.

b) money from tourism going to local people.

c) travellers getting a good deal.

d) a great cultural experience.

77 According to the text, there are _____ companies that are operated on principles as well as profits.

a) a few

b) no

c) some old

d) many

78 Choose the most appropriate title for the article.

a) Holidays from heaven

b) Cheap adventure holidays

c) Fair-trade holidays

d) Great holiday deals

Passage 3 Read the text below. For questions 79 to 84, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).

Standards of spelling and grammar among an entire generation of English-speaking university students are now so poor that there is ‘a degree of crisis’ in their written use of the language, the publisher of a new dictionary has warned. Its research revealed that students have only a limited grasp of the most basic rules of spelling, punctuation and meaning, blamed in part on an increasing dependence on ‘automatic tools’ such as computer spellcheckers and unprecedented access to rapid communication using email and the Internet. The problem is not confined to the US, but applies also to students in Australia, Canada and Britain. Students were regularly found to be producing incomplete or rambling, poorly connected sentences, mixing metaphors ‘with gusto’ and overusing dull, devalued words such as ‘interesting’ and ‘good’. Overall they were unclear about appropriate punctuation, especially the use of commas, and failed to understand the basic rules of subject/verb agreement and the difference between ‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’. Kathy Rooney, editor-in-chief of the dictionary, said, ‘We need to be very concerned at the extent of the problems with basic spelling and usage that our research has revealed. This has significant implications for the future, especially for young people. We thought it would be useful to get in touch with teachers and academics to find out what problems their students were having with their writing and what extra help they might need from a dictionary. The results were quite shocking. We are sure that the use of computers has played a part. People rely increasingly on automatic tools such as spellcheckers that are much more passive than going to a dictionary and looking something up. That can lull them into a false sense of security.’ Beth Marshall, an English professor, said, ‘The type of student we’re getting now is very different from what we were seeing 10 years ago and it is often worrying to find out how little students know. There are as many as 800 commonly misspelled words, particularly pairs of words that are pronounced similarly but spelled differently and that have different meanings – for example, “faze” and “phase”, and “pray” and “prey”.’

79 ‘grasp’ (line 4) is closest in meaning to:

a) ability

b) use

c) understanding

d) skill

80 We can infer from the style of the text that this article was printed in a…

a) newspaper.

b) dictionary.

c) novel.

d) guidebook.

81 Kathy Rooney carried out research to see…

a) if students could spell certain words.

b) how widespread the use of computers is.

c) if academics were in touch with their students.

d) how dictionaries can help students.

82 them (line 22) refers to:

a) spellcheckers

b) computers

c) people

d) dictionaries

83 According to Beth Marshall, students today…

a) spell 800 words incorrectly on average.

b) like using spellcheckers.

c) mispronounce and misspell words.

d) are not as knowledgeable as they were in the past.

84 Choose the best title for the article.

a) Standards of spelling and grammar

b) Dictionaries of the future

c) Students don’t know their ‘there’ from their ‘they’re’

d) Automatic tools

Bài test này rất hay và bổ ích, thường gặp trong các bài test IELTS. Mong mng giúp đỡ

Fill in the blanks with a suitable word.

1. Every time she is in a ................., she rings her father and asks for help.
2. Mai felt entirely ................. ease when her boss was around.
3. Did you go to Germany on ................. or on holiday?
4. Sometimes I have problems at work but on the ................. I enjoy my job.
5. By no ................. does he intend to criticize your idea.
6. If you are in ................. about taking the medicine, consult the doctor.
7. Jeans have never been ................. fashion, and today young generation is still fond of wearing them.
8. We sat in the ................. because it was too hot to sit in the sun.
9. The heavy load was lifted by ................. of a large crane.
10. The manager is getting nervous because the production for this quarter is not ................. schedule.

Every morning I get up at six. The first thing I do is to wash the dishes my family dirtier the day before. Then I cook breakfast. We eat at about seven fifteen. Usually we have bread with butter, sometimes we have rice, or boiled sweet potatoes.
It takes me about ten minutes to walk to school, and school begins with an assembly period at seven forty-five. There are fifteen hundred children in our school and so we meet in three separate assemblies: the infant department, the middle department, and the senior department. We always listen attentively to the head mistress then different classes call the roll for the attendance.
We have seven periods from eight to one. We study Mathematics, (Geography, History, Music, Art- and Crafts, and English. I like English best and next to that, Mathematics, At ten we have a chance to eat an orange and some peanuts. At noon, we do not rest. At one we clean up our classroom and close the school.
I go home for lunch, but this time, my sister Patricia gets the meal. We often eat yams with soup and some other dishes. After lunch, I usually sleep for half an hour. In the afternoon, I often play netball. I sometimes skip, run, and Jump with the other girls.
At about six or six thirty we have dinner. Either my sister or I cook it. The meal is simpler than the mid-day meal. We eat fruit or rice, and sometimes we have bread and tea. Then in the evening, I do my homework and go to bed at about ten.

a. what is the first thing the girl does when she gets up?

b. do the members of her family eat bread with butter and rice more often for breakfast? how do you know?

c. why are there separate assemblies at school?

d.twelve o'clock can be called mid-day. what other word does the girl use to mean the same thing?

e. what is her second best subject at school?

f. why is dinner described as simpler than lunch?

Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition

1. I like to be able to visit every country..............the work
2. He came into the room without knocking ................the door
3. Please tell him I want to speak .............him
4. There is a restaurant.............the end of this road
5. She is away at the moment. She is ...........holiday
6. Look at the leaves................that tree. They are very beautiful
7. Have you ever been .............. Japan?
8. - Are you.....................this photograph?

- Yes, that is me, ...........the left

RELATIVE CLAUSE
1. This is my new song. He is listening to my new song.
___________________________________________________________________
2. I know the fat boy. I talked to that boy yesterday at the party.
___________________________________________________________________
3. I love the city. We grew up in that city.
___________________________________________________________________
4. My classmates had so much fun at the carnival. They wanted to go there again
___________________________________________________________________
5. Her grandma wanted to listen to the news on TV. She was interested in the newsreel. ___________________________________________________________________
6. This is the simple house. Uncle Ho had lived there for a long time ago
___________________________________________________________________
7. Mrs Lien is very smart. I met her son on the stage last night.
___________________________________________________________________
8. Mr. Quang is a famous cheft cook. His food can be enjoyed all over the wold.
___________________________________________________________________
9. Mr. Tuan is very tall and thin. He is our gymmaster.
___________________________________________________________________
10. The lady in black is a famous writer. You met her at the party last night.
___________________________________________________________________
11. The little boy lost his way. He is crying over there.
___________________________________________________________________
12. The river is the Saigon River. It flows through Ho Chi Minh city.
___________________________________________________________________
13. Mona was painted by Leonardo De Vinci. It has been popular for long.
___________________________________________________________________
14. SaPa is a famous city. Many visitors travel to this city for their holiday.
___________________________________________________________________
15. Easter is a festival. People will have a lot of fun in this occasion.
___________________________________________________________________
16. Kim Lien is a village. Ho Chi Minh was born and lived there.
___________________________________________________________________
17. Mai is my friend. She studies very well.
___________________________________________________________________
18. This book is very cheap. I bought it last week.
___________________________________________________________________
19.That house is lovely. I live in it last year.
___________________________________________________________________
20. The first boy has just moved. He knows the truth.
___________________________________________________________________
21. I don't remember the man. You said you met him at the canteen last week.
___________________________________________________________________
22. The only thing is how to go home. It make me worried.
___________________________________________________________________
23. The most beautiful girl lives city. I like her long hair very much.
___________________________________________________________________
24. He was Tom. I met him at the bar yesterday.
___________________________________________________________________
25. The children often go swimming on Sundays. They have much free time then.
___________________________________________________________________
26. They are looking for the man and his dog. They have lost the way in the forest.
___________________________________________________________________
27. The last man has just returned from the farm. I want to talk to him at once.
___________________________________________________________________
28. The book was a lovely story. I was reading it yesterday.
___________________________________________________________________
29. A boy is phoning you. He looked for you three hours ago.
___________________________________________________________________
30. The girl is my sister. She is sitting next to you.
___________________________________________________________________
31. The bed is so soft. I slept in yesterday.
___________________________________________________________________
32. The hotel is so nice. I stayed there 2 days ago.
___________________________________________________________________
33. The picture is so beautiful. It costs 25 dollars.
___________________________________________________________________
34. I cannot find my key.It can open this door.
___________________________________________________________________
35. Long is good at English. He can talk to foreigner.
___________________________________________________________________
36. The man is a famous teacher. He is a friend of mine.
___________________________________________________________________
37. That boy is stay near my house. His name is Phong.
___________________________________________________________________
38. The girl is good at speaking Frace. Her dog is so cute. ___________________________________________________________________
39. The computer is so useful. Hoa is learning on it. ___________________________________________________________________
40. The woman is hugging her son. She is so friendly. ___________________________________________________________________

1.In all the world,there (be)........only 14 mountains that (reach)............above 8,000 meters

2.He sometimes (come)..................to see his parents in Canada

3.My grandfather never (fly)........in an airplane,and he has no intention of ever doing so

4.Ah,there you are!I hope you (not wait)..................for me for a long time

5.Look!A man (run)..........after the bus.He (want).........to catch it

6.It (be/often)................hot in summer in Vietnam

7.I (do)................an exercise on the present tences at this moment and I (think)....that I (know)....how to use it now

8.Mary (lose)...........her passport and she (look).................for it until now

9.In her job,she(drive).........around a lot to meet her customers all over the country

10.At the moment,Ms Smith ( stand).............in her hotel room.

She (Just/arrive)..........

11.Listen!I (think).............someone (knock).......at the door

12.Up to the present,we(write).........almost every lesson in the book

13.He must be at the sports ground now.He usually (play) ...........basketball on Fridays

14.She(finish)........her work already.She is ready to go for a walk with you

15.I (cook)............breakfast right now.Can you call a little later?

16.I (not/read)...............this book.Can I borrow it for a week or so?

Bài 1: Put the verb in brackets into the correct teses

1. (that man/catch)............................any fish yet?

2. I (listen).................to mucis when you phoned me last night

3. You must take an umbrella. It(rain)..............

4. My elder brother is a taxi-driver. He(drive)..............very carefully

5. (you/ever/be).....................to Ha Long Bay?~Yes, I(go)..........there two year ago.

6. Mr.Lee(teach)................us biology at present

7. We (take).................our math test next Friday

8. Miss Lien(work)..............as a doctor since 2001

9. Lan sometimes(go)..............to the cinema with her friend on Sundays

10. Listen! I think someone(call)..............."help"

11. Do you think our life(be)................better in the ficture

12. They(move)....................to Canada in 1998 and(live)..................there since then

13. Hoa rarely(come)....................to class late

14. While he(read)..................the letter, he heard a knock at the doctor

15. All the players are happy. They(just/win)..........................the macth

16. Up to now he(never/give).........................me anything.

17. Yesterday morning I(leave).............................the house when the postman arrived

18. (you/go)..........................anywhere last month?

19. How often(you/use)..................the internet?~Three times a week

20. (you/ever/speak)..............................english to a foreigner?~Yes, I(speak).............................

Bài 2: Choose the best option

1. She said that she...........................go to Hue the next day.(will/would/can/was)

2. Minh said that his favourite subjects........................maths english(are/was/is/were)

3. Mai told me thay she often..................to the school library.(went/go/goes/would go)

4. Hoa said that she...................watching football.(doesn't like/won't like/didn't like)

5. Hung said that he.................leave then(must/has to/ had to)

6. The teacher ask me........................I was interested in history.(how/if/where/what)

7. He asked what game.....................(do I often play/ I often play/ Ioften played)

8. The policeman asked the little boy what........................(was his name/ his name is/ his name was)

9. He asked.................I agreed with him(whether/what/ how/who)

10. Hoa...................me to wait for her at the school gate(told/said/spoke/suggested)

11. He said the he wasn't working...........................(today/that day/tomorrow)

12. She asked me........................use a computer(if I can/ could I/ if could I/ if I could)

13. Nam said that he...................his essay(has just written/ just wrote/had just written)

14. The man asked.....................a post office near there(is there/if was there/if there is/if there was)

15.She asked where.................from(do I come/ Icome/ did I come/I came)