PRACTICE TEST 1

Vocabulary Assistant:
+ Favourite (adj.) Yêu thích / Favorite
Ex: My favourite colours / subject / music / sports
Ex: When I was young, I’d listen to the radio, waiting for my favourite songs.
+ At the club / at home / at school
+ Club: Câu lạc bộ
Ex: English club / sports club / Elderly people’s club = Club for elderly people: CLB người cao tuổi
+ Like = such as = For example = For instance: Ví dụ như, chẳng hạn như
* Can (Modal verb): Có thể
Ex: I can speak English: Tôi nói được tiếng Anh
You can go: Anh có thể (cho phép) đi
* Asking for permission: Hỏi xin phép
+ Can I / May I / Could I / Might I……, please?
Ex: Can I ask your name, please?
Can I use your phone, please?
* Polite requests: Câu yêu cầu lịch sự
+ Can you / Will you / Could you / Would you….., please?
+ Table-tennis = Ping-pong: Bóng bàn/ Bênh-bông
Ex: Can you tell me your name, please?
+ Café = Cafe: Quán Cà-phê
+ Coffee house = Coffee shop: Quán cà phê
+ Cafeteria: Quán cà phê tự phục vụ / Canteen: Căn-tin / Căng-tin
* There + To be: Có / To have: Có (Chỉ sự sở hữu)
+ Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam: Thống đốc Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam / Deputy-governor: Phó Thống
đốc
+ Kind = Sort = Type = genre: Loại
+ To like / To love + Verb-ing
Ex: I like living in the country / countryside: Tôi thích sống ở vùng quê
+ To prefer: Thích hơn + Noun (phrase) / Verb-ing
Ex: I prefer living in the city: Tôi thích sống ở thành phố hơn
+ To prefer something to something: Thích cái gì hơn cái gì
Ex: I prefer lemon juice to lemonade: Tôi thích nước chanh vắt hơn nước chanh đóng chai
I prefer dancing to singing karaoke.
I prefer living in the city to living in the countryside.
+ To be born in…: sinh ra ở../ To be born into…: sinh ra trong..? To be born on..: Sinh ra trên..(
nông trại, nông trang, nông trường)
+ Lift ( Anh) = Elevator (Mỹ): Thang máy
+ MD = Managing director / CEO=Chief Executive Officer: GĐ điều hành
+ Property = Real asset: Bất động sản/ Real estate (Mỹ)
+ To get home = To come home = To arrive home: Về đến nhà
+ Number one / Sentence one goes with notice A.
+ Teenager = Teener = Teen: Thanh thiếu niên (13-19)
+ It is not possible to…= It is impossible to…: Không thể…./ It is possible to…: Có thể..
+ To share: Chia sẻ, san sẻ
+ Share a room: Ở chung phòng
+ Share a blanket: Đắp chung chăn
+ Share a cigarette: Hút chung một điếu thuốc
+ To talk to/with …Nói chuyện với ai about…về…
+ Bedroom = Sleeping-room: Phòng ngủ
+ To like something to be + Adjective:Thích cái gì đó như thế nào đó
Ex: I like my house to be beautiful: Tôi thích nhà tôi đẹp
+ I like my city to be green, clean, and beautiful.
+ I like my pocket to be full of money.
+ as = since = because: Vì
+ The undergound world: Thế giới ngầm
+ Wood: gỗ
+ Woods: Rừng thưa
+ Jungle: Rừng rậm nhiệt đới
+ Forest: Rừng già
+ House: Nhà / Home: nhà (quê hương, gia đình, chốn để về)
* Men make houses; women make homes: Đàn ông xây nhà, đàn bà xây tổ ấm; của
chồng công vợ
+ To come out = To appear = To come into sight: Xuất hiện
+ Insect: côn trùng / To live on..: Sống nhờ vào… / Plant /tree: Cây
+ To get off: Xuống tàu, xe, taxi, xe buýt… / To get on: Lên (Tàu, xe, taxi..)
+ Dear Terry,
+ Hi, Terry!
+ How are you?
+ How have you been?
+ How’s you doing?
+ How are you doing?
+ I hope you’re doing well.
+ See you later. / See you soon. / See you on Saturday./ See you this weekend.
+ Best wishes./ Take care.
+ Your friend, / Love, / With love, / Lots of love,
+ Tên
+ Penguin: Chim cánh cụt
+ Elephant: Con voi
+ Giraffe: Hưu cao cổ
+ Monkey: Con khỉ
+ To visit reception: Đến gặp lễ tân
+ To go online: Vào mạng
Ex: I like my bedroom to be bright.
I like my living-room to be clean.
I like you to go with me.
+ as = since = because: vì, bởi vì, tại vì, bởi lẽ, do
+ Alone = by oneself =on one’s own: Một mình
Ex: He’s living by himself / on his own in the countryside.
+ To wait for… / To listen to…
+ To chat to / with someone
+ Several: nhiều (5-7)
+ A PC on one side and a lamp on the other (side.)
+ His school work is on one shelf, and on another (shelf) he has all his books.
+ Article: Bài báo, bài viết, mạo từ, điều, mặt hàng
+ Article: Mạo từ, mặt hàng (=item), bài báo, bài viết, điều (luật)
+ Badger: Con lửng
+ Love castle = Castle of love: Lâu đài tình ái
+ To enjoy + Verb-ing: Thích/ thưởng thức
+ To take photographs of….: Chụp hình…..
+ People: Người ta, người dân, dân chúng, người, nhân dân
+ A people: Một dân tộc
Ex: Vietnam is a peace-loving people: Việt Nam là một dân tộc yêu chuộng hòa
bình
+ Three peoples: 3 dân tộc
+ To share: Chia sẻ, san sẻ
Ex: Share a room / a bed / a blanket/ a cigarette: Ở chung phòng/ ngủ chung giường/
đắp chung chăn/ hút chung một điếu thuốc
Dear Terry,
Hi, Terry!
How are you?
How have you been?
How’s you doing?
How are you doing?
I hope you are doing well.
See you soon. Best wishes. / Take care (of yourself)
See you later. Best wishes. / Take care (of yourself)
See you this weekend. Best wishes. / Take care (of
yourself)
See you on Sunday. Best wishes. / Take care (of yourself)
+ Your friend,
+ Love,
+ With love,
+ Ngoc My
+ Writing-Nguyễn Văn C
+ Then you must send a letter to Mrs. Grable. That’s
G-R-A-B-L-E.
+ My name’s Thanh. That’s T-H-A-N-H.
A: Can you/ Will you / Could you / Would you please tell
me your name?
B: My name’s / It’s Thu Phuong. That’s T-H-U, another
word P-H-U-O-N-G.
A: How do you spell your name, please?
B: It’s / That’s / You spell that T-H-U, another word P-H-
U-O-N-G.
* How do you spell that?
+ It’s E-C-O-N-O-M-I-C-S.
+ Ho Chi Minh University of Banking. Can I help you? /
How can I help you? ĐHNH Tp. HCM xin nghe.
+ Good morning / Good afternoon/ Good evening.
+ Ho Chi Minh University of Banking. Can I help you?
Can I /May I / Could I help you?
How can I help you?
What can I do for you?
+ November 25th = November 25 = 25 November = 25th
November
+ November the twenty fifth = The twenty fifth of
November
+ Born on the Fourth of July
+ Kind = Sort = Type = genre: Loại
+ the most = the best = most = best: Nhất
+ English is the subject (that) I like most / best / the best / the most
+ It is not possible to…= It is impossible to….” Không thể…
+ Tidy / Untidy
+ A few =Some
+ To paint something something
+ To paint in …colour: Sơn màu gì đó
+ Table-tennis = Ping-pong: Bóng bàn/
+ In the countryside= In the country: Ở nông thôn, ở miền quê
+ The Communist Party of Vietnam = The Vietnamese Communist Party
+ How long does it take you to walk to school?
+ It often takes me 20 minutes to go to school by motorbike.
+ Yesterday afternoon it took me half an hour to finish this report.
+ In front of …: Ở trước..
+ There is a park in front of my house.
+ There was a car accident yesterday afternoon.
+ I have a beautiful villa in the countryside.
+ How many meals do you have / eat / take a day?
+ For further information: Để biết thêm thông tin
+ For prices: Để biết giá cả
+ p.m. = post meridiem= After noon: Sau ngọ, chiều tối
+ a.m. = ante meridiem = Before noon: Sáng
+ ATM= Automated / Automatic Teller Machine = Cash machine
+ Balance Inquiry: Xem số dư / Vấn tin tài khoản
+ BOT= Build Operate Transfer: Xây dựng-Khai thác-Chuyển giao
+ Teenager = Teener = Teen: Thanh thiếu niên
+ A for lease = A for rent = A for hire: A Cho thuê
+ A for sale: A bán
+ It is possible to…: Có thể…
+ It is not possible to…= It is impossible to….: Không thể…
+ It is necessary to..: Cần thiết phải…
+ It is important to…: Quan trọng là phải…
* That’s all.
* Over, Sir.
+ Stupid / pig / cow / buffalo / dog
As stupid as an ass.
+ quick /fast
Squirrel
+ As agile as a cat / monkey
+ Table-tennis = Ping-pong: Bóng bàn
+ Kind = Sort = Type: Loại, thể loại = genre
+ The most = The best: nhất
+ In the countryside = In the country: Ở quê, ở vùng quê
Ex: I like living in the countryside
I like speaking in English every day.
+ To prefer: Thích hơn + Noun / Verb-ing
+ To prefer something to something: Thích cái gì hơn cái gì
Ex: I prefer lemon juice to lemonade
I prefer living in the countryside to living in the city
+ Mọi người sinh ra đều bình đẳng
* Everyone / Everybody / All people /All men
+ To be born: Sinh ra
+ Equal: Bình đẳng
* Everyone / Everybody is born equal
* All people /All men are born equal
* All men are created equal (Born on the Fourth of July = Sinh ngày 4 tháng 7)
Ex: I’ve been in life and death situations.=Ta đã từng vào sinh ra tử
+ Flat (B.E.) = Apartment (A.E.): Căn hộ chung cư
* It takes / took / will take + Someone + Time + To do something: Ai đó mất / đã mất / sẽ mất + Bao nhiêu
lâu + Để làm việc gì đó
Ex: Yesterday it took me 15 minutes to finish this exercise
+ Lift (B.E.)= Elevator (A.E.): Thang máy
+ Escalator: Thang cuốn
+ Stairs: Cầu thang bộ
+ Steps: Bậc thềm, bậc tam cấp
+ Ladder: Thang leo
+ Rope ladder: Thang dây
+ To get home = To come home = To arrive home: Về đến nhà
+ To be born in…Sinh ra ở…
+ To be born into…: Sinh ra trong…Ex: He was born into a patriotic peasant family: Ông ấy sinh ra trong
một gia đình nông dân yêu nước
Ex: He often has a big breakfast: Ông ta thường ăn điểm tâm rất nhiều
+ Alone = By oneself = on one’s own: Một mình
Ex: He is living alone / by himself / on his own in the country.
+ To keep + Object + Adjective: Giữ cho cái gì như thế nào đó
Ex: Hãy giữ cho tay sạch sẽ trước khi ăn
Keep your hands clean before meals
+ Hãy giữ cho chân khô ráo trước khi đi ngủ
Keep your feet dry before going to bed
+ Hãy giữ cho thành phố chúng ta xanh, sạch, đẹp
Keep our city green, clean and beautiful
+ Woods: Rừng thưa
+ Forest: Rừng già
+ Jungle: Rừng rậm nhiệt đới
+ To come out: Xuất hiện
+ Insect: Côn trùng
+ Birthday party: Tiệc sinh nhật
+ Wedding party: Tiệc cưới
+ Christmas party: Tiệc Giáng sinh
+ New Year party: Tiệc Tân niên
+ Year-end party = End-of-year party: Tiệc tất niên
+ Good-bye party: Tiệc chia tay = Farewell party
+ Welcome party: Tiệc đón tiếp
* Party: đảng
The Communist Party of Vietnam = The Vietnamese Communist Party: Đảng
CSVN
Long live the glorious Communist Party of Vietnam!
+ The Democratic Republic of Vietnam came into being / came into
existence on September 2nd, 1945.
+ The Socialist Republic of Vietnam came into being / came into existence
on July 2nd, 1976.
+ I look forward to + Verb-ing (Formal)
+ I’m looking forward to + Verb-ing (Informal)
Informal closings:
+ Your friend,
+ Love,
+ With love,
+ All my love,
+ Cordially yours, = Yours cordially,
+ To share a bed / a table / a room / a cigarette / a blanket: Ngủ chung giường /
ngồi chung bàn / Ở chung phòng / hút chung điếu thuốc / Đắp chung chăn
1. I’m going to have a party on Saturday.
I’m having a party on Saturday.
2. There are so many things to do.
3. You need to put a stamp on this to send it to a friend.
4. You have to get off one train and get on another (train) if you want go to
Cambridge.
5. Can you help me with my homework?
+ First-year student = freshman
+ Second-year student = sophomore
+ Third-year student = junior
+ Fourth-year student = senior
+ Digital marketing
+ Economic law: Luật kinh tế
+ Business administration: Quản trị kinh doanh
+ Banking and finance: Tài chính ngân hàng
+ Auditing and accounting: Kế toán kiểm toán
+ International economics: Kinh tế quốc tế
+ Management Information system: Hệ thống thông tin quản trị
+ 14:00
+ 07:00 a.m. / 07:00 p.m.
+ 17.37
+ a.m. = ante meridiem = Before noon: Sáng
+ p.m. = post meridiem = After noon: Chiều, tối
+ Number one / Sentence one goes with notice C.
* It is possible to….: Có thể….
* It is not possible to…= It is impossible to….: Không thể….
* It is necessary to…: Cần thiết phải…
* It is not necessary to…= It is unnecessary to…: Không cần thiết phải…
* It is important to..: Quan trọng là phải…
* It is not important to..= It is unimportant to…: Không quan trọng phải…
* It is essential to…: Cơ bản phải….
* Teenager: Thanh thiếu niên (13-19)
+ Article: Bài viết, điều, mặt hàng (=Item)
PART 1:
ANSWERS:

1. B 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. A
PART 2:
+ Penguin: Chim cánh cụt
+ Giraffe: Hưu cao cổ
+ Elephant: Con voi
+ Monkey: Con khỉ
* As agile as a monkey / a cat: Nhanh như sóc
+ Adult: Người lớn
+ Teenager: Thanh thiếu niên (13-19) = Teener = Teen
+ Tidy: sạch sẽ, gọn gàng, ngăn nắp / Untidy: Không sạch sẽ, không gọn gàng,
không ngăn nắp
PART 2:
ANSWERS:
ERS:
1. C 2. G 3. B 4. F 5. D
PART 3:
ANSWERS:
PART 4:
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. B

+ badger = Brock: Con lửng (mật)

+ Underground hole: Hang ở dưới đất
+ To come out: Xuất hiện = To appear = To come into sight
+ Insect: Côn trùng
+ Plant: Cây cỏ
1. I’m going to have a party on Saturday.
2. There are so many things to do.
3. You need to put a stamp on this to send
it to a friend.
4. You have to get off one train and get on
another if you want go to Cambridge.
5. Can you help me with my homework?
PART 5:
1. I’m going to have a party on Saturday.
(I’m having a party on Saturday.)
2. There are so many things to do.
+ There were / have been / had been / will be so many things
to do.
3. You need to put a stamp on this to / and send it to a friend.
4. You have to get off one train and get on another (train) if
you want to go to Cambridge.
5. Can you help me with my homework?
Can you help me do / to do my homework?
+ How do you spell your name, please?
+ Can you / Will you / Could you / Would you spell your name, please?
+ How do you spell that?
+ To start with: Lúc đầu, ban đầu
+ To start a baby (thông tục): Bắt đầu có thai
+ To start a family: Bắt đầu có con
+ Can you / Will you / Could you/ Would you spell your name, please?
+ How do you spell your name, please?
* You spell that / It’s G-R-A-B-L-E.
+ How do you spell that?
* You spell that / It’s B-R-O-W-N
PAPER TWO: LISTENING
PART 1: LISTEN AND CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWERS.
Listen to a girl speaking to a man at a job information centre.
ANSWERS:
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A
Listen to Peter talking to a friend about a school trip. Listen and choose the
correct answer.
ANSWERS:

6. A 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. B
+ Cathedral: Nhà thờ lớn
+ Church: Nhà thờ
+ Castle: Lâu đài
+ To take photographs of….: Chụp hình ai, cái gì
+ Coat: Áo choàng, áo khoác
+ Department (Mỹ) Bộ = Ministry (Anh) G-R-A-B-L-E
+ Department: Phòng, Ban, Sở, Bộ phận, Khoa
+ Department store: Cửa hàng bách hóa (tổng hợp)
+ Woman: Đàn bà, phụ nữ / Women
+ Shop assistant: Nhân viên bán hàng = Saleswoman / Salesman
+ Yes. Tên đơn vị của mình đang phụ trách.
Can I / May I / Could I ? Might I help you?
How can I help you? = What can I do for you?
+ Mô tả giờ:
* Kém: to / before Ex: 9g kém 20: Twenty to / before nine
* Quá: past / after Ex: 9g 20: Twenty past / after nine
* Rưỡi: half / thirty Ex: 9g rưỡi: half past / after nine = Nine thirty
* Đúng: sharp Ex: 9g đúng: Nine o’clock sharp
• 15: quarter / fifteen Ex: 9g kém 15: Fifteen (quarter) to/ before nine
Ex: 9g 15: Fifteen (quarter) past / after nine
8g kém 10 = 7g50 / 19g50: It’s now nineteen fifty hours.
+ a.m. (ante meridiem) = before noon
+ p.m. (post meridiem) = after noon
+ At the moment: Hiện tại bây giờ
Listen and complete the blanks (spaces / gaps) with the correct
information.
ANSWERS:

JOB
At: Jones Department Store
To sell: 1. women’s coats
Begin work at: 2. 8:40

Days: 3. Tuesdays to Fridays

Pay: 4. £5.27 per hour
Write to: 5. Mrs Grable
+ To enjoy + Verb-ing: Thích….
+ Department store: Cửa hàng bách hóa tổng hợp
+ £5.27 = 5.27 pounds = Five pounds twenty seven
+ To visit = To pay a visit to….: Viếng thăm, đi thăm
Ex: Last week I visited / paid a visit to the capital of Hanoi
+ Whole = Entire: Trọn, toàn thể, toàn, cả, toàn bộ
Ex: The whole / entire day: Trọn cả ngày
The whole / entire life: Trọn cuộc đời
The whole / entire world: Toàn thể thế giới
The whole / entire party / army / people: Toàn đảng/ quân/ dân
The whole / entire class: Toàn lớp
+ Ice-hockey: Khúc côn cầu trên băng
+ To leave school: Rời ghế nhà trường
+ ….for rent / for hire / lease: …cho thuê / ….for sale: Bán
+ We are in the same boat: Chúng ta đồng hội đồng thuyền
+ Sometimes = Occasionally = From time to time = At times = Now and then = Now
and again = Now every often = Once in a while: Thỉnh thoảng, đôi khi, đôi lúc, nhiều
khi, nhiều lúc, lắm khi, lắm lúc, lâu lâu
-tion /-sion
* Television / Telephone / Telescope / Microscope
+ Excuse me. Can you / Will you / Could you / Would you spell your name, please?
+ Excuse me. How do you spell your name, please?
* Yes. It’s G-I-A-O.
* Yes. You spell that G-I-A-O.
+ Excuse me. How do you spell that, please?
* Yes. It’s…
+ That’s all. Thank you very much (for listening.)
+ It’s over. Thank you very much.
+ There are three topics for you to choose. Which one would you like to choose?
+ Yes/ Yeah. I’d like to choose topic 1.
+ From head to tail: Từ đầu đến chân
+ Tiger: Hổ, cọp / Tigeress: Hổ cái, cọp cái
+ Lion / Lioness
+ Only (adj.): Duy nhất, độc nhất
Ex: You are my only happiness / You are the only happiness I have
+ Countryside = country: Vùng quê, miền quê
+ To be different in size: Khác biệt/ khác nhau về kích thước/ kích cỡ
+ From head to tail: Từ đầu đến đuôi
+ From head to toe: Từ đầu đến chân
+ Waters: Nguồn nước, nước (của con song nào đó)
Ex: The waters of the Mekong River
Still waters run deep: Rim rím mà rịm troi, tẩm ngẩm tầm ngầm mà đấm chết voi,
thinh thinh mà rinh cục bự
* Still (adv.) : Vẫn
* Still (adj.): Đứng yên, không chảy, đọng
+ Still pool: Vũng nước đọng
Ex: To fish in troubled waters: Đục nước thả câu, đục nước béo cò, dựa (duồng) gió bẻ
măng, câu cá nước đục
+ A pool of …: Một vũng….
+ A school of fish: Một đàn cá
+ Swimming pool: Bể tắm, bể bơi
+ To see a long way: Nhìn thấy xa
+ To park: Đỗ xe
+ Parking space: Chỗ đỗ xe
+ Parking lot: Bãi đỗ xe
+ To do one’s best = To do one’s utmost: Cố gắng hết sức mình
+ Staff: Nhân viên
+ A staff member: Một nhân viên
* Staff only