I- Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently the others.(0,5pts) 1. A. sound B. court C. down D. account 2. A. grocery B. month C. comfort D. money II- Choose the words that have the different stress from the others.(0,5pts) 1. A. respect B. mention C. expert D. worship 2. A. custom B. explain C. chopstick D. manner PART III: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (3pts) I- Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.(1,5pts) We do not have many carnivals in Viet Nam; …….., we have many special traditional festivals. A. moreover B. while C. nevertheless D. although S1: Why don't you come with us to the Lim Festival? S2: __________ Sure B. Sound great! C.Not at all D. I'd love to Life in a small town is __________ than that in a big city. A.peaceful B.much peaceful C. less peaceful D. much more peaceful People break __________ tradition by not having fireworks on New Year's Eve. A. with B. on C. by D. into Look! Some children are ____________the buffaloes. A. picking B. playing C. driving D. herding We’ll go swimming today _________ it’s extremely hot. A. so B. because C. but D. yet II- Complete the sentences, using the correct form of the words in brackets.(1pt) If you write more , you won't make more mistakes. (careful) Quan Ho singing is on dragon boats. (perform) My dad doesn’t mind ………………… my mom from work everyday. ( pick up) Do you fancy ___________ with friends on Facebook? (chat ) III- Find the mistakes of the sentences.(0,5pts) 1. I must to go to the bank and get some money. A B C D 2. Nam gets some informations about education every week. A B C D PART III: READING (2pts) I. Read the following passage and choose the correct words to fill in the blanks (1pt) I surf the Internet every day, but I’ve never (1) ……………..more than an hour at a time online. I’ve got laptop and also a smartphone, so I can (2)…………… the Internet anywhere. Today, for instance, I’ve been online three times. Mainly I just read email from my friends. I read online magazines and I look (3) ........................information, too. I also compare prices of things, (4) ……………. I’ve never bought anything online because I don’t think it’s safe. A. spend B. spending C. spent D. to spend A. useful B. use C. usefully D. using A. at B. in C. for D. on A. because B. but C. although D. and II. Read the following passage, and answer the questions below.(1pt) TET holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh Chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the new Year’s Eve, the whole family get together for a reunion dinner. Every member of the family should be present during the dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served. On the New Year morning, the young member of the family pay their respects to the elders. And the children receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelops. Then people go to visit their neighbors, friends and relatives. 1. Is TET holiday celebrated on the second day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 2. What do the Vietnamese often do some weeks before the New Year? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. Who do people often visit on TET holiday? ………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. How many kinds of dishes are served in the reunion dinner? ……………………………………………………………………………………..… PART IV. WRITING (1,5pts) I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first( 1pt) 1. He drives more carefully than his friend. → His friend drives……………………............................................................................. 2. You had better pay more attention to your studying. → You should...................................................................................................................... 3.The date for the Vu Lan festival is the 15th day of the seven Lunar month. → The Vu Lan festival takes 4. Although the weather was bad, we went out. → The weather was bad; however, II. Rearrange the words to form the meaningful sentences (0,5pt) or/ you/ Would/ urban/ like/ to/ mountainous/ live/ in/ in/ the/ the/ areas/ areas? …………………………………………………………………………………… I/out/friends/fancy/with/weekend./at/hanging/my/the ……………………………………………………………………………………

Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. Question 1. A. mixes B. goes C. rushes D. watches Question 2. A. like B. kiss C. kick D. pick
Circle the word that has a stress pattern different from the others. Question 3. A. bicycle B. chocolate C. decision D. memory Question 4. A. degree B. tennis C. guitar D. career

Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. Question 1. A. enjoys B. designs C. follows D. likes Question 2. A. nature B. city C. sports D. sometimes
Circle the word that has a stress pattern different from the others.
Question 3. A. hometown B. schedule C. hotel D. mountain
Question 4. A. chocolate B. hospital C. vehicle D. performance

B. USE OF ENGLISH:

Indentify the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

1 A. laughs. B works. C stops. D plays.

2 A. flood. B school. C. soon. D moon.

Find the worlds which has a different stress pattern

3. A wonder. B.jungle C. canoe. D valley.

4. A magnificent. B competition. C requirement. D emergency

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

5. Our parents..... for her since yesterday.

A. has waited

B. have waited C. waited

D. were waited

6. When I called, they.... ... dinner

A. had

B. are having

C. was having D. were having

7. Would you mind....... the windows?

A. close

B. closing

C. to close

D. If I close

8. Presents......... in colored paper and put under Christmas tree.

A. are wrapped B. wrapped C. wrap

D. was wrapped

9. The man ........... to the principal is my new teacher.

A. talks

B. is talked

C. talking

D. is talking

10. He took part in a.......festival last week.

A. cooking- riceB. cook- ricing C. rice-cook

D. rice-cooking

C. READING:

I. Read the following passage, then choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete it.

COMPOST

Compost is a wonderful natural resource that helps plants grow well. Today I am going to tell you (1)........to start compost heap. First of all, we must use only household and garden matter including tea leaves and egg shells, but we must(2) .........them first. Don't use any meat or grain products because this attracts rats. Find a place (3)........... your garden that gets a few hours of sunlight each day. The (4)........... also needs moisture, but it will get this from condensation. Cover the heap with a sheet of strong plastic if the weather is wet. Keep adding to the pile and after six months your compost can be (5) .........for your fields and gardens.

1. A. how

B. what C. where

D. why

2. A. washing B. to wash

C. wash D. washed

3. A. on

B. at

C. for

D. in

4. A. compost B. glass C. bottles

D. cans

5. A. use

B. used C. using

D. to use

II. Read the paragraph, then decide whether the following sentences are True (T) or False (F).

Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which occurs in late

January or early February. Before Tet. people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to the market to buy candy.

jams or dried watermelon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy peach blossoms and

marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tel is a time for family members to gather and have some special

meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the

holiday

1.Tet is the most important celebration in Vietnam

2. Tet occurs in early January

3.People don't clean and decorate their homes before Tet.

4.People often visit relatives and close friends on the first day of New Year.

5. Vietnamese people wear new clothes at Tet.

D. WRITING -

1. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it is similar to the original one.

1. "I am cleaning my room now.'" said Hoa.

→ Hoa said......

2. Learning English is very interesting.

→ It is very interesting ......

3. Can I borrow your pen?

→ Would you mind If...........?

4. Lan bought a new dictionary yesterday.

→ A new

I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. (1 pt)

1. A. create          B. peaceful        C. increase          D. easily

2. A. looked          B. watched        C. carried            D. stopped

3. A. scarf            B. science          C. school             D. scare

4. A. ethnic          B. unique            C. basic               D. diverse

I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.(1 pt)

1. A. heritage               B. flakes             C. famous                   D. tray

2. A. ceremony                B. preserve              C. incense             D. generation

3. A. worked             B. promised              C.played                      D. stopped

4. A. custom           B. unique            C. museum                  D. computer

Choose the word that has underlined part/ whose main stress pattern pronounced differently from that of the others.

1. a. machine          b. mobile            c. movie                  d. theater

2. a. furniture         b. university        c. patient                 d. hospital

3. a. activity           b. community      c. participate           d. citizenship

4. modern               b. quiet                 c. remote                  d. peaceful

            5. a. report              b. enroll                c. improve               d. promise

           6. a. village            b. relative             c. facility                d. countryside

           7. a. modern           b. dirty                 c. remote                 d. peaceful

           8. a. necessary        b. semester           c. experiment         d. geography

           9. a. available         b. expensive         c. convenient          d. excellent

          10. a. magazine       b. community        c. telephone           d. dangerous

II. Circle the word A, B, C or D which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. (1 pt)

1.  A. virtual                      B. kit                               C. addict                           D. live

2. A. populated                B. loaded                       C. harvested                      D. lived

3.  A. crafts                       B. streets                         C. teenagers                      D. stamps

4.  A. cattle                        B. circular                       C. country                         D. collect

III. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. (2 pts)

1.  It is ______ in the city than in the country.

     A. noisily                      B. more noisy                  C. noisier                           D. more noisily

2. Yoga helps us learn ______ to co-ordinate breathing and movement.

     A. what                        B. when                          C. why                              D. how

3.  Among the ethnic minorities, ______ Tay have the largest population.

     A. a                               B. an                               C. the                                D. Ө

4.  I adore ______ with my friends at the weekend.

     A. cycle                        B. to cycle                       C. cycling                          D. to cycling

5. Life in the countryside is very ______.

     A. peaceful                   B. peace                          C. peacefully                     D. peacefulness

6. The ______ have a very hard life. They cannot live permanently in one place.

    A. farmers                    B. nomads                       C. workers                         D. villagers

7. In my family, there is a custom ______ doing morning exercise at 5 a.m.

     A. in                             B. on                               C. of                                  D. at

8.  “Children in my village often fly their kites in dry rice fields.” ~ “______”

     A. How interesting!                                             B. I don’t know.              

     C. Sorry, I can’t.                                                  D. Let’s go!

IV. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the following sentences. (1 pt)

1. She (live) ______ a nomadic life for six years.                                        1. ________________

2. They fancy (use) ______ the Internet to search information.                 2. ________________                                                

3. Children should (take) ______ things from adults with both hands.      3. ________________

4.  you (buy) _____________ that dictionary last week ?                          4. ________________

V. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage. (1pt)

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is the (1) ______ informative Museum in Vietnam and is a big tourist attraction in Hanoi. It is (2)  ______ in Cau giay District, about 8 km from the city center. It focuses (3)  ______ the officially recognized 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam . The Museum comes out of the recognition that Vietnam is a multi-ethnic country. The proposal for the museum (4)  ______ officially approved on December 14, 1987. Construction lasted from 1987 to 1995, and it was opened to the public on November 12, 1997

VI. Read the passage and do the tasks below. (1 pt)

THE BOY’S VILLAGE

     I live in a village by Mekong River. Every day, like most of my friends, I walk to school. It is three kilometers away. After class, I often help my mother to collect water from the river and feed the chickens. At the weekend, the villagers often gather at the community hall where there is a black and white TV. The adults watch TV, but more often they talk about their farm work and exchange news. The children run around playing games and shouting merrily. Laughter is heard everywhere. My father sometimes takes me to the market town nearby where he sells our home products like vegetables, fruits, eggs... He then buys me an ice cream and lets me take a ride on the electric train in the town square. I love those trips. On starry nights, the children lie on the grass, look at the blue sky and dare each other to find the Milky Way. We dream of faraway places.

Task 1. Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).

1. ______ The boy goes to school on foot.

2. ______  He often helps his mother to collect water from the river and feed the ducks.

Task 2. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

3. The villagers often gather at the community hall where there is a ______.

     A. colour TV                B. music club                    C. game                          D. black and white TV

4. His father sometimes takes him to the market town nearby ______.

A. where his father buys their home products            C. where his father sells their home products

B. where his father buys him modern toys                 D. where he lies on the grass and looks at the sky.

VII. Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one printed before it. (1 pt)

1. Minh doesn’t like to spend much time playing computer games.

     @ Minh hates __________________________________________________________________.

2 Villages are quieter than towns.

    @ Towns  _____________________________________________________________________.

3. He plays football more skillfully than his brother.

    @ His brother __________________________________________________________________.

4. What leisure activity do you like most?

     @What’s  _____________________________________________________________________?

II. Circle the word A, B, C or D which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. (1 pt)

1.  A. virtual                      B. kit                               C. addict                           D. live

2. A. populated                B. loaded                       C. harvested                      D. lived

3.  A. crafts                       B. streets                         C. teenagers                      D. stamps

4.  A. cattle                        B. circular                       C. country                         D. collect

II. Circle the word A, B, C or D which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. (1 pt)

1.   A. ancestor            B. nomad           C. brave                      D. manner

2.   A. custom                B. pasture          C. minority                  D. detest

3.   A. lives              B. teaches            C. passes                     D. washes

4.   A. started             B. floated                    C. decided                  D. stayed