1. PART A: PHONETICS:
I.Choosetheword whoseunderlinedpartispronounceddifferentlyfrom thatofthe
others.(3 points)
1.A. watches B. misses C.promises D.houses
2 A. daily B. maize C. laid D.dairy
3.A. closed B. stopped C. promised D. booked
II. Choose the wordsthat has a stressed syllablefrom the others: (2 points)
1. A.destroy B. advise C. erupt D.visit
2. A. police B. remember C. obey D.lesson
PART B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
I. Choose the correct answerA, B, C or D to complete each of the following
sentences.
(24 points)
1. The relationship between fast food and child obesity _______ very close indeed.
A. are B. is C. to be D. were
2. There are only two things that one should do _______ a healthy and fit div: eating
sensibly and exercising well.
A. keeping B. to keep C. for keeping D. keep
3. They are hanging their clothes to make them _______.
A. to dry B. dried C. Dry D. drying
4. This dress is the _______ expensive of the four dresses.
A. most B. more C. Much D. best
5. Dairy products _______ butter, cheese and milk.
A. are including B. included C. includes D. include
2. 6. You shouldn’t eat too much sugar and don’t forget about exercise, _______.
A. too B. So C. Either D. neither
7. Are there _______ for me this morning?
A. any letters B. some letters C. any letter D. some letter
8. _______
A. Do you like your new school? B. Would you like your new school?
C. Do you feel like your new school? D. Are you liking your new school?
9. He came into the room, _______ the light and _______ the door behind him.
A. turned on / closing B. turning on / closing
C. turned on / closed D. turning on / closed
10. What about _______ to Hue on Sunday?
A. to go B. Go C. Goes D. going
11. My friend, Hung never goes to school late and_______.
A. So do I. B. Neither don’t I. C. I don’t, either . D. I don’t, too.
12. _______ we go to the theater? – Yes, let’s.
A. Will B. Shall C. Do D. Should
13. Five days _______ time for you to finish your assignment.
A. are maximum B. is maximum C. has maximum D. have
maximum.
14. The news on TV last night _______ very good.
A. was B. Has C. were D. be
15. _______ do you go to see a doctor for a regular check-up? ~ Once a month.
A. How often B. When C. Why D. How long
3. 16.It is dangerous…………………..in the polluted environment.
A. to live B. lives C. living D. live
17. The girl was crying when a fairy _______
A. appeared B. was appearing C. appears D. is appearing
18. She is _______a singer nor an actress.
A. neither B. either C. nor D. both
19.The children are playing ………………… in the schoolyard.
A. happy B. happily C. happier D. happiness
20. Everyone must remember _______lies.
A. don’ttell B.not tell C. to tell not D. not to tell
21.I don’tlike doing the _______, especially cleaning the windows.
A. homework B. housework C. job D. occupation
22. Nam and I are looking forward _______you.
A.to seeing B. of seeing C. for seeing D. to see
23. Mozart was one of the most famous _______ ofclassical music
A. actors B.composers C.artists D.makers
24. Airmail is much ......................thansurface mail.
A. expensive B. very expensive C. more expensive D. most expensive
II. Completethe dialoguewiththe correct tense of the verbs in brackets .(10
points)
1. He couldn’t make his motorbike (start)…………………… this morning.
2. My mother prefers cooking to (watch) ………………..…. television.
4. 3. It’s ten years since I last (see) ….........……… her.
4. Hung really spent time (play)………………… games too much last year.
5.At 7 o’clocktomorrow , he (work) ……….…….……. in his office.
6. Last Sunday, Minh (read) ………..booksin the library. He (be) ....……… there
for 3 hours.
7.When I (be)…………….. a child, I (go)……………….. swimming in the river.
8. He (live) ………......……inLondon for two years.
III. Use the words given in bracketsto form a word that fits in the space. (10
points)
1. Edison’s most famous ................................ was the electronic bulb. INVENT
2. I have .................................. time to play than my friends. LITTLE
3. The room will look brighter if there is a ...................... on the wall. PAINT
4. You shouldn’t eat ...................................... food. HEALTH
5. This lovely apartment has two bedrooms and it is............................ FURNISH
6. Great works of art like the Mona Lisa are.............................. PRICE
7. It is.............. of motorists to drink and drive. RESPONSE
8. We mustn’t be……………when we cross busystreets. CARE
9. There are many badminton …………….. nowadays. COMPETE
10. We must remember to eat ………………... SENSE
IV. Fill in each gap in the followingsentences witha suitablepreposition. (6
points)
1. What time does the library close?
- It closes ______________abouthalf pastfour.
2. Can you help me wash _________________these dirty glasses?
3. We look ____________________the new words in the dictionary.
4. You shouldn’t eat and watch TV __________________ the same time.
5. 5. Schools in Vietnam are different ________________thosein the USA.
6. I like to live________________the countryside because people there are more
friendly.
PART C: READING:
I. Read the passageand fill the suitableword in the blank:(5 points)
We can chooseour friends, but we cannot chooseour relatives. That does not mean
that members of our (1) ....................................... cannotalso be our friends. Many
children have a very (2) ……………..…..... relationship with their parents, and
they see them as friend. Of coursewhen you are a teenager, there are times (3)
………….......you do not get on very well with your parents, or they can get angry
with you. That's only natural. There are times when you want to be independent
and decide things by (4) ……………………...... . After all, nodiv is perfect , and
we are all (5)…………...... mistakes. But your parents understand that. When you
grow up , you will see that you have many things in common with your mum and
dad.
II.Read the followingpassageand choose the best answerA, B, C or D to fill the
blanks
(10 points).
In the United States of America, the national language is (1) ________English.
Four hundred years ago, some English people came to North America to live and
they brought (2) ________ language to this country.
Now in the USA, people speak (3) ________English. Most of the words are the (4)
________ in American and British English, but the American say some English
words not as people (5) ________inEngland. Canada is (6) ________to the North
of the United States of America. It is the larger (7) ________theUnited States. In
Canada, many people (8) ________English becausethey also came from England
many years (9) ________. But in some parts of Canada, people speak (10)
________becausethey came from France.
1. A. also B. like C. as D. not
2. A. French B. English C. Chinese D. Canadian
6. 3. A. British B. American C. Russian D. Chinese
4. A. various B. similar C. same D. like
5. A. do B. say C. talk D. speak
6. A. lies B. situated C. at D. in
7. A. than B. as C. more D. less
8. A. say B. tell C. talk D speak
9. A. ago B. later C. there D. here
10. A. France B. French C. Russian D. Italian
PART D: WRITING:
I. Find a mistakeand correct it (5 points)
1. We left our luggage at the station and go to find something to eat.
2. It is a five- minutes walk from my house to the market.
3. Don’t make Peter to wake up. He is sleeping.
4. She used to walking to school when he was a child.
5. He spends his free time to watch a soccer match on TV.
II. Rewriteeach of the followingsentence, using the word given, keepingits
meaningunchanged.(5 points)
1. We won’t hold the festival. It costs too much money IF
.......................................................................................................
2.Nam likes playing football more than going to the zoo. PREFER
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...............
3.The tortoise was running. The hare was sleeping. WHILE
7. .................................................................................................................................
...............
4. Can the little boylook after himself when his mother is away? TAKE
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5. It is not necessary for you to finish your assignment this evening. NEED
.......................................................................................................
III. Completethe second sentence so that it has a similar meaningto the first
one. (5 points)
1. Our grandparents visited Ha Long Bay last summer.
Our grandparents
paid.............................................................................................................
2. It took Mr. Hoang half an hour to walk to work yesterday.
Mr. Hoang
spent........................................................................................................................
3. Finding an apartment in a big city is not easy.
It is
…………………………………....………………….......................................................
4. Because of the bad weather, we couldn’t go to the beach.
The bad weather
prevented..…………………………............................................................
5. Our summer vacation lasts two months.
We have a
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