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SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE (FROM QUESTION 1 TO QUESTION 64) (8 POINTS)
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) in each of the following questions from 01 to 03.
Question 1: The ASEAN Para-Games are hosted by the same country where the SEA Games took place.
A. defended 	B. impressed 	C. organized 	D. participated
Question 2: As tourism is more developed, people worry about the damage to the flora and fauna of the island.
A. plants and animals 	B. mountains and forests	C. fruits and vegetables 	D. flowers and trees
Question 3:The use of lasers in surgery has become relatively commonplace in recent years.
A. relevantly 	B. absolutely 	C. almost 	D. comparatively
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions from 04 to 08.
Question 4: Dr. Harder, (A) that is the professor (B) for this class, (C) will be absent this week (D) because of illness.
Question 5: (A) Building thousands of years (B) ago, (C) the ancient palace is (D) popular with modem tourists.
Question 6: (A) Millions of (B) dead fish (C) in Vietnam's shores (D) raise industrial pollution fears.
Question 7: (A) The teacher found (B) a great deal of mistakes (C) in his (D) students’ writing.
Question 8: The more (A) frequently you (B) exercise, the (C) greatest physical endurance you (D) will have.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each o f the following questions from 09 to 10.
Question 9: U.S. President Barack Obama paid a visit to Vietnam in May, 2016 to boost ties.
 A. change 	B. rise 	C. decrease 	D. encourage
Question 10: She was unhappy that she lost contact with a lot of her old friends when she went abroad to study.
 A. made room for 	B. put in charge of 	C. lost control of 	D. got in touch with
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions from 11 to 12.
Question 11: A. killed 	B. crashed 	C. waved 	D. cured
Question 12: A. cupboard 	B. abroard 	C. overboard 	D. keyboard
Mark the following passage and mark the letter A, B, c, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each o f the questions from 13 to 22.
 It was once believed that being overweight was healthy, but nowadays few people subscribe to this viewpoint. While many people are fighting the battle to reduce weight, studies are being conducted concerning the appetitle and how it is controlled by both emotional and biochemical factors. Some of the conclusions of these studies may give insights into how to deal with weight prolems. For example, when several hundred people were asked about their eating habits in times of stress, 44 percent said they reacted to stressful situations by eating. Further investigations with both humans and animals indicated that it is not food which relieves tension but rather the act of chewing.
 A test in which subjects were blindfolded showed that obese people have a keener sense of taste and crave more flavorful food than non-obese people. When deprived of the variety and intensity of tastes, obese peole are not satisfied and consequently eat more to fulfill this need. Blood samples taken from people after they were shown a picture of food revealed that overweight people reacted with an increase in blood insulin, a chemical associated with appetite. This did not happen to average-weight people. In another experiment, results showed that certain people have a specific, biologically induced hunger for carbohydrates. Eating carbohydrates raise the level of serotonin, a neurotransmitter in the brain. Enough serotonin produces a sense of satiation, and hunger for carbohydrates subsides.
Exercise has been recommended as an important part of a weight-loss program. However, it has been found that mild exercise, such as using the stairs instead of the elevator, is better in the long run than taking on a strenuous program, such as jogging, which many people find difficult to continue over long periods of time and which also increases appetite.
 (Adapted from Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL Test by Jolene Gear)
Question 13: “Subscribe to” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to .......... .
A. disagree with 	B. agree with 	C. object to 	D. like
Question 14: The word ”crave” in bold in paragraph 2, can best be replaced with.......... .
A. devour 	B. absorb 	C. season 	D. desire
Question 15: It can be inferred from the passage that.......... .
A. overweight people are tense	
B. thin people don’t eat when under stress
C. weight watchers should chew on something inedible when tense
D. 56 percent of the population isn’t overweight
Question 16: It can be inferred from the passage that.......
A. thin people don’t emjoy food
B. a variety of foods and strong flavors satisfy heavy people
C. overweight people have an abnormal sense of taste
D. deprivation of food makes people fat
Question 17: According to the passage, insulin........
A. increases in the bloodstream when people eat large amounts of food
B. can be used to lessen the appetite
C. causes a chemical reaction when food is seen
D. levels don’t change in average-weight people who see food
Question 18: It can be inferred that for certain people........
A. eating carbohydrates eliminates hunger	B. carbohydrates biologically induce hunger
C. carbohydrates don’t satisfy a hungry person	D. carbohydrates subside when serotonin is produced
Question 19: What can be said about serotonin?
A. It is a chemical that increases the appetite	B. Only certain people produce it in their brains
C. It tells the brain when a person is full	D. It neurotransmits carbohydrates to the brain
Question 20: The word ‘mild’ in the last paragraph can best be replaced with.......
A. important 	B. hard 	C. heavy 	D. light
Question 21: In order to lose weight, it would be a good idea for heavy people to........
A. jog 3 miles daily and chew on carrot sticks	B. walk up stairs and look at pictures of food
C. eat plenty of chewy carbohydrates	D. avoid stressful situations and eat spicy foods
Question 22: Which one of the following exercises might be best for an overweight person to engage in daily?
A. 10-mile bicycle rides 	B. cross- country skiing
C. a long swim 	D. an evening walk
Mark 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 o f the numbered blanks from 23 to 32
 We are using up the world’s petroleum. We use (23).......in our cars and to heat our building in winter. Farmers use petrochemicals to (24).......the soil rich. They use them to kill insects (25)....... eat plants. These chemicals go (26).......rivers and lakes and kill the fish there. Thousands of pollutants also go into the aừ and pollute it. Winds carry this (27).......air to other countries and other continents. Poor farmers use the same land over and (28).......The land needs a rest so it will be better next year. However, the farmers must have food this year. Poor people cut down forests (29).......firewooD. In some areas when the trees are gone, the land (30).......desert. Poor people can’t save the environment for the (31)....... This is not a problem for one country or one area of the worlD. It is a problem for all- humans. The people and the nations of the world must work together to (32).......the world’s resources.
Question 23: A. those 	B. them 	C. it 	D. that
Question 24: A. work 	B. change 	C. make 	D. let
Question 25: A. which 	B. who 	C. what 	D. whom
Question 26: A. for 	B. at 	C. out 	D. into
Question 27: A. polluted 	B. pollute 	C. polluting 	D. pollution
Question 28: A. repeatedly 	B. over 	C. repeating 	D. again
Question 29: A. at 	B. with 	C. of 	D. for
Question 30: A. becomes 	B. turns 	C. gets 	D. changes
Question 31: A. times 	B. time being 	C. period 	D. future
Question 32: A. reuse 	B. preserve 	C. recycle 	D. keep
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position o f the primary stress in each of the following questions from 34 to 35.
Question 33: A. international 	B. geographical 	C. obligatory 	D. undergraduate
Question 34: A. primary 	B. employee 	C. difference 	D. recognize
Question 35: A. predict 	B. patient 	C. police 	D. attract
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 36 to 54.
Question 36:......had the van turned the comer than the wheel came off.
A. No longer 	B. Hardly 	C. Scarcely 	D. No sooner
Question 37: Schools require that every student......before September 1st.
A. was registered 	B. register 	C. registered 	D. registers
Question 38: Only when you grow u p ......the truth.
A. will you know 	B. you will know 	C. do you know 	D. you know
Question 39: A woman needs to make an urgent call; she is asking the man for permission to use his phone.
Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange.
Woman: “Could I use your phone, please? I need to make an urgent call.” ~ Man: “ ............. .”
A. I’d rather not. 	B. Are you kidding? 	C. Please, do. 	D. No too bad.
Question 40: Two students, Bill and Bob, are talking about their teacher, Ms Young. 
Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange.
 Bill: “Ms. Young always grades fairly.” ~ Bob: “.........”
A. I can’t say that it does. 	B. Actually, she is the second best.
C. Really? How could that be? 	D. I couldn’t agree with you more.
Question 41: I don’t remember......of your decision to change our vocation plan. Nobody told me.
A. to be told 	B. being told 	C. telling 	D. to tell
Question 42: This is......the most difficult job I’ve ever had to do.
A. by chance 	B. by far 	C. by heart 	D. by myself
Question 43: Despite its successful......reforms, this country is still a developing one.
A. economizing 	B. economical 	C. economic 	D. economics
Question 44:......Mr. Anderson or Ms. Wiggins is going to teach our class today.
A. Either 	B. Neither 	C. Both 	D. None
Question 45: These letters......at the moment. You can do the typing tomorrow.
A. needn’t have typed 	B. need to type 	C. needn’t be typed 	D. need typing
Question 46: Many species of plants and animals are in......of extinction.
A. danger 	B. dangerously 	C. endangered 	D. dangerous
Question 47: I can’t......this noise any longer. I’m going to write a letter of complaint to the local authority about this problem.
A. get back to 	B. take away from 	C. make out of 	D. put up with
Question 48: He is a typical......, always looking on the bright side of everything.
A. pessimist 	B. introvert 	C. extrovert 	D. optimist
Question 49: Julie......herself in the accident if she had not been wearing her seat belt.
A. mightn’t have hurt 	B. could have hurt 	C. must have hurt 	D. would hurt
Question 50: The Wilsons have found it terribly hard to make.......meet ever since they both losttheir jobs.
A. ends 	B. strings 	C. limits 	D. coins
Question 51: After having used the new technique, the factory produced........cars in 2014 as the year before.
A. as twice many 	B. as many twice 	C. twice many as 	D. twice as many
Question 52: Hurry up, or they...... serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant.
A. would stop 	B. are stopping 	C. will have stopped 	D. stopped
Question 53: Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ......the most.
A. that influences farmers 	B. why farmers influence it
C. farmers that is influences	D. it influences farmers
Question 54: She has just bought....
A. a French interesting old paint	B. an old interesting painting French
C. an interesting old French painting	D. a French old interesting painting
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each o f the questions from 55 to 64.
 May 7, 1840, was the birthday of one of the most famous Russian composers of the nineteenth century Peter Illich Tchaikovsky. The son of a mining inspector, Tchaikovsky studied music as a child and later studied composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. His greatest period of productivity occurred between 1876 and 1890, during which time he enjoyed the patronage of Madame von Meek, a woman he never met, who gave him a living stipend of about $1,000.00 a year. Madame von Meek later terminated her friendship with Tchaikovsky, as well as his living allowance, when she, herself, was facing financial difficulties. It was during the time of Madame von Meek's patronage, however, that Tchaikovsky created the music for which he is most famous, including the music for the ballets of Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty.
 Tchaikovsky's music, well known for its rich melodic and sometimes melancholy passages, was one of the first that brought serious dramatic music to dance. Before this, little attention had been given to the music behind the dance. Tchaikovsky died on November 6, 1893, ostensibly of cholera, though there are now some scholars who argue that he committed suicide.
Question 55: With what topic is the passage primarily concerned?
A. development of Tchaikovsky's music for ballets	B. Tchaikovsky's relationship with Madame Von Meek
C. the life and music of Tchaikovsky	D. the cause of Tchaikovsky's death
Question 56: Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "productivity"?
A. affinity 	B. creativity 	C. fertility 	D. maturity
Question 57: The phrase "enjoyed the patronage of' probably means.........
A. solicited the advice of 	B. was financially dependent upon
C. liked the company of 	D. was mentally attached to
Question 58: Which of the following could best replace the word "terminated"?
A. exploited 	B. hated 	C. resolved 	D. discontinued
Question 59: According to the passage, all of the following describe Madame von Meek EXCEPT.....
A. She was generous. 	B. She enjoyed Tchaikovsky's music,
C. She was never introduced to Tchaikovsky. 	D. She had economic troubles.
Question 60: It is known that before Tchaikovsky,........
A. the music behind the dance had been taken seriously
B. the music behind the dance had been given very little attention
C. serous dramatic music had been already brought to dance
D. music had been famous for its rich melodic passages
Question 61: According to the passage, for what is Tchaikovsky's music most well known?
A. the ballet-like quality of the music 	B. its lively, capricious melodies
C. the richness and melodic drama of the music 	D. its repetitive and monotonous tones
Question 62: According to the passage, "Swan Lake" and "The Sleeping Beauty" are........
A. songs 	B. plays 	C. operas 	D. dances
Question 63: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Tchaikovsky's unhappiness leading to suicide 	B. the patronage of Madame von Meek
C. Tchaikovsky's influence on ballet music 	D. Tchaikovsky's productivity in composing
Question 64: Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "behind"?
A. supporting 	B. concealing 	C. in back of 	D. going beyond
SECTION B: WRITING
Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Question 1: He was not allowed to come in the class until his teacher gave him permission.
 It was not until.....................................................
Question 2: ‘I’m very sorry for breaking your vase, Dianna,’ said Christ.
 Christ apologized................................................
Question 3: People say that Lionel Messi was named in the Panama Papers.
 Lionel Messi.........................................................
Question 4: John didn’t attend the class because he was seriously ill.
 John was too.........................................................
Question 5: Although he is intelligent, he can’t solve this problem.
 Intelligent..............................................................
Part II: In about 140 words, write a paragraph about the advantages of studying in higher education on your answer sheet.
 The following prompts maybe useful to you:
 - Developing the intellect
 - Securing high positions in society
 - Broadens the mind
The End
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WRITING.
Part I.
1. It was not until his teacher gave him permission that he was allowed to come in the class. 
2. Christ apologized for breaking Dianna’s vase.
 or Christ apologized to Dianna for breaking her vase.
3. Lionel Messi is said to have been named in the Panama Papers.
4. John was too ill to attend the class.
5. Intelligent as he is, he can’t solve this problem.
Part II. 
A SAMPLE WRITING
 Why do most highschool leavers in our country try to win a place in a college or university? What do they attend university in pursuit of? As far as I am concerned, they enjoy university education for some reasons. Firstly, with the knowledge learned at a university, we will have a deep understanding of our society. It is true that genuine knowledge comes from practice, but a systematic study in a college or a university, of course, enables us to realise how the society works and how to cope with certain problems arising from it in a more efficiently, and more skilful way. Secondly, a university education usually enables us to find decent jobs. After four-year college study, it is not difficult for us to find our most favoured job. Finally, we can help others much better if we put what we have learned at a university into practice. A university education fortifies our values, enhance our skills, and broaden our view to new horizons. With those, we are more capable of giving help to those who are in need. With knowledge of higher education, we can get a better understanding of the society, find a decent job in an easy way, and help others better. All of those are due to the knowledge learned at a university. [218 words]