Synonyms: Choose A, B, C or D that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined word/phrase in each question.

Câu 11: Until these days I am still mystified by her decision to turn down the job offer.

Antonyms: Choose A, B, C or D that has the OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined word/phrase in each question.

Câu 13: Green spaces in cities are essential for improving air quality and well-being.

Dialogue completion: Choose A, B, C or D to complete each dialogue.

Câu 15: Pam: “How much do you earn in your new job?”
Linda: “________”

Dialogue arrangement: Choose A, B, C or D to make a complete dialogue for each question.

Câu 19: Two faculty directors talking about which person in their university to promote.
a. Someone from the arts faculty, I suppose.
b. Okay, we’ve got to decide who to promote to Leading Education Officer.
c. Surely computer knowledge would help. So too would knowledge in the arts.
d. Well, it can be from any faculty, since the position requires more general skills: handling personnel, settling disputes, and motivating them to focus on the task. It was the last position which involved computer knowledge, not this one.
e. Sure, it would help, but the key criterion is being able to direct the staff appropriately.
f. So, it doesn’t matter then from which faculty we select our candidates?
g. Not really, but I’ve already looked at those from computing, and rejected them all.

Sentence rewriting: Choose A, B, C or D that has the CLOSEST meaning to the given sentence in each question.

Câu 23: I have got such a lot of work at the moment that I can’t afford to take a day off.

Sentence combination: Choose A, B, C or D that has the CLOSEST meaning to the given pair of sentences in each question.

Câu 27: My teammates helped me meet the deadline. Our teacher paid a compliment on our project at the end.

Cloze text: Read the passage below and choose A, B, C or D to fill in each blank.

The national flower of Vietnam, the Lotus grows in freshwater ponds and lakes throughout the country. The Lotus is a sacred flower for Buddhists and Hindus alike: in Buddhist temples throughout Vietnam, Bodhisattvas and deities, such as Quan Am (the Goddess of Mercy), are portrayed standing on a lotus, (31)________ above the petals, or emerging from the flower. It’s not at all difficult to see how the Lotus came to be so loved and used in religious (32): it’s a beautiful, broad flower, with pink and white petals opening and closing into a bulb with the coming and going of the day and night; the flower sits (33) a delicate stem rising out of the water from wide, green pads floating on the surface. What’s more, the Lotus is also a practical flower. Every part of the Lotus is eaten or used in some way in Vietnam: the seeds, (34)________ have a wonderful, flowery flavor, are candied or used in desserts; the stems are used in soups to absorb the broth and add crunch; the roots can be sliced, battered and fried for a crunchy snack; the leaves are used to wrap and steam foods, (35)________, such as in lotus-steamed rice; and all parts, including the flower itself, can be used to make Lotus tea. A great place to be among the Lotuses is the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, in the homestays on the Lotus fields.

Câu 31:

Reading comprehension 1: Read the passage below and choose A, B, C or D to answer each question.

HARNESSING GENAI FOR LIFELONG LEARNING
No question, inequity in education is widespread and damaging to society. For those who begin their lives in lower-income families, the increasing cost of education is an obstacle to their economic mobility, a form of structural inequality. So, how might we begin to create a broadly accessible and individualized form of lifelong learning that would help enable greater adaptability and employability?

Since the ability to learn is evenly distributed across the world, generative AI (GenAI), as it continues to advance its cognitive performance, could help most people enhance their potential. I believe this because generative AI offers the promise of personalized learning that can adapt to the way people prefer to learn. GenAI shows signs of making education more engaging and more accessible by providing remote access to training for those in underserved communities.

Models of this capability exist today or figures from literature.” Rather than tell students the answers, Khanmigo, says Kahn, helps nudge them to figure things out for themselves and engage students in a variety of activities.

Over time, genAI should be able to move learners from simply remembering to understanding. How? The same way a dedicated hyper-attentive teacher would focus on a single student: being approachable, giving prompt feedback, adjusting the pace and complexity of instruction to the student’s progress, setting goals and more. GenAI can help students become researchers, synthesizers and decision-makers as they continue to develop the cultural intelligence, creativity, problem-finding and non-algorithmic thinking that AI and related technologies are unlikely to reproduce. In short, GenAI will help us know more about knowing.

Câu 36: What does the word “engage” most likely mean in the sentence “Khanmigo, says Kahn, helps nudge them to figure things out for themselves and engage students in a variety of activities.”?

Reading comprehension 2: Read the passage below and choose A, B, C or D to answer each question.

Thousands of residents of Vietnam’s capital living close to the swollen Red River have been evacuated as its waters flooded streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered northern Vietnam, with the death toll rising to at least 143 people. Yagi, the most powerful typhoon to hit Asia this year, made landfall on the northern coast of Vietnam on Saturday and moved westwards, hitting Hanoi with gales and heavy rain. The storm also hit other provinces up the Red River, the area’s largest, collapsing a bridge on Monday. An entire village was swept away by a landslide caused by flash flooding in northern Vietnam, killing 16 people and leaving dozens missing, local media reported on Wednesday. Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV said the torrent of water gushing down from a mountain in Lao Cai province on Tuesday buried the village of Lang Nu and 35 families in mud and debris. Some schools in Hanoi have told students to stay home for the rest of the week due to flood concerns, while thousands of residents living in low-lying areas have been evacuated, according to sources, government and state media.

Typhoon Yagi also severely damaged a large number of factories and flooded warehouses in northern Vietnam’s export-oriented industrial hubs, forcing plants to shut, with some expected to take weeks to resume full operations, executives said. The disruptions could affect global supply chains as Vietnam hosts large operations of multinationals that mostly export their products to the United States, Europe and other developed countries.

A bridge in the province of Phu Tho collapsed on Monday, with dramatic dashcam footage showing a truck disappearing into the river below.
Before making landfall in Vietnam, Yagi tore through southern China and the Philippines, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens of others.
Typhoons in the region are now forming closer to the coast, intensifying more rapidly, and staying over land for longer owing to climate change, according to a study published in July.

Câu 41: What is “debris” in paragraph 1 closest in meaning to?

Logical thinking and problem solving: Choose A, B C or D to answer each question.

Câu 46: You are the owner of a shop downtown. While reviewing the records on your computer, you notice that one of your customers has missed the installments. To kindly remind them, you write a note that says: