1 . Read the passage , then answer the questions :
England is not a very large country . No town in England is very far from the sea ,
and many English families spend their summer holidays at the countryside . There are no
high mountains in England , no very long rivers and no large forests .
There are many towns in England . The English seaside between the towns looks
quite beautiful , especially in spring and summer . All the forests , the fields and the
gardens are green , red , blue , yellow and white with flowers .
1. Is England a very large country ?
2. Where do many English families spend summer holidays ?
3. Are there high mountains and long rivers in England ?
4. How does the English seaside between the towns look in spring
and summer ?

A. LISTENING.(Unit 4, A3 )

Listen to the paragraph and choose the best answer .( 2 points )

B.LANGUAGE FOCUS .

I.Choose the best answer. ( 2 points )

II. Rewrite these sentences with the same meaning as the sentences given. (1 point )

1.What a new house!

2.The English books are on the rack of the left .

3.The table is behind the cat.

4.The white hat is more expensive than the red hat/one .

C. REDAING

I. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the provided words .( 1point )

II.Read this passage . Then answer the questions . (2 points )

1. It is about 4 kilometers.

2.Yes, he does .

3.No, he isn’t.

4.She works in a hospital.

D.WRITING . Complete the sentences using words given( 2 pts ):

1.Her name is Lan.

2.She is in class 7A.

3.She goes school at 6.30.

4.Her classes start at 7 o’clock and finish at 11.15.

5.Today she has English , Math and Music

6.Her favorite subject is Math.

7.There are many math books in the library .

8.She is reading in the room now

match

II/ Read the text and fill in the space with the correct word: (3ms)

TAKING IT EASY

Society has changed (1)_____ many ways (2)_____ the introduction of computers, and people’s lives at home and at the office have been affected. Most people are working for fewer hours per week than they (3)_____ to, and manufacturers and advertising agencies are becoming much (4)_____ interested in how people spend this extra leisure time. One recent report stated that, (5)_____ the number of hobbies had not increased, each hobby (6)_____ become much more specialized.

A second finding is that nowadays, many managers would (7)_____ spend time with their families (8)_____ stay late in the office every day. Home life is seen to be just as important (9)_____ working. Some companies now (10)_____ managers take their annual holidays even if they don’t want to, because this leads to (11)_____ an improvement in their performance if they have some rest.

In (12)_____ of these changes, some people are working harder than ever before. The standard of exams is getting higher, and increased competition is (13)_____ it harder to get into university than it was 20 years (14)_____. Schoolchildren and students are now having to work (15)_____ hard that in many cases they work longer hours than their parents.

@ Write your answers here.

SECTION ONE: PHONETICS

I. Pronunciation: ( 2.0 points)

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest by writing your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box.

Write your answers here:

SECTION TWO: LEXICO-GRAMMAR

II. Multiple choice: ( 4.0 points)

Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) as the best answer to complete the following sentences.

1. In our classroom ____________ some lovely pictures on the wall.

2. The cinema is on the left, ______________ the flowers shop.

3. What film do you want to see? – Oh, I’d like _____________ “War in Space”

4. Hello, Tam. Thank you for _____________ to meet me.

5. Jane seldom gets up early in the morning but Bill _______________ .

6. She sings better than every body else in this group ________________

7. We need _________ how many books there are on the shelf.

8. ______________ do you buy this radio? – To listen to music.

9. ___________ you enjoy your birthday, then?

10. Oh, it was excellent! When _________ your birthday?

11. Peter can’t see the film because the woman sitting _________ him is wearing a big hat.

12. We __________ to visit our dentist twice a year.

13. I bought ______________ yesterday.

14. Being _________ the risks is the safe way to water play.

15. Farmers have to work_________ all day and night long.

16. __________coffee with milk is mine.

17. Wait for me at the school gate,__________?

18. Be careful with your book __________ it will fall.

19. Air__________ is one of the most serious problems nowadays.

20. Mrs Hoa has two children but _________of them is at home now.

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III. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions.

1. What time does the library close?

- It closes ______________ about half past four.

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. These cards are in alphabetical order and ____________ author.

6. Schools in Vietnam are different ________________ those in the USA.

7. What is your date _____________ birth? - November eighth.

8. Farmers are very hard-working. They work from morning ___________ night on their farms.

9. I like to live ……….the countryside because people there are more friendly.

10. Mr. Minh is not at home now. He is ____________ work.

Your answers:

IV- Each sentence has a mistake, you find and correct it.

1. Tomorrow they go to London with their family.

2. Last night I dream of a very nice and lovely angel.

3. That is really a biggest apple I’ve ever seen

4. What’s the wrong with you?

5. Peter was coming to visit his teacher when she was having dinner with her family.

6. We’re in a diet so we don’t like to eat sugary and fat foods.

7. I don’t like to eat wine and he doesn’t, either.

8. If you want to see her off, to go to the station!

Your answers:

V. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital:

1. My father has a …………computer. He often brings it with him when he’s away on business. PORT

2. We are all ………..about going on an excursion to Cuc Phuong forest next weekend. EXCITE

3. The room will look brighter if there is a …………..on the wall. PAINT

4. Some of the children …………….boys, play marbles when there is a break. MAIN

5. You shouldn’t eat ……….food. HEALTH

6. We mustn’t be ……………….when we cross busy streets. CARE

7. She often feels …………………when she gets bad marks. HAPPY

8. There are about 200 ………….in this company. EMPLOY

9. Mai is ………….at math than me. GOOD

10. This lovely apartment has two bedrooms and it is ……………FURNISH

11.

SECTION THREE: READING

VI. Exercise 1: ( 2.0 points)

Read the following passage, then choose the letter (A, B, C, D) that best fits each of the blanks.

British parents are always_(1)____ that their children spend too much time_(2)___ TV and not enough time doing other activities like sports and reading. A_(3)_____survey of people’s free time activities_(4)____ that young people spend about 23 hours a week in_(5)_____of the television set, that means over 3 hours__(6)___. _(7)____, the average adult watches even more: 28 hours a week. Every household in the country has a TV set and over half have two or more . __(8)___ to the survey, people do not only sit in their living room watching TV but also watch it in the kitchen and in bed as well.

We cannot deny that television also_(9)____some negative effects especially children , because many films shown on TV contain violence, crime and other bad things. Excessive watching of TV by children has lowered_(10)___results in studying at school.

Write your answers here:

VII. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

Alice is a new English friend of (1)…………….. . She is very (2) …………….to tell me about her new (3)…………… Her lessons begin at nine each morning and (4)……………until half past ten. Then she has a ………….for a quarter of an hour. During this time she usually talks to her friend about many things such (6) …………………the last class or last night’s movie, … . She has five (7) …………….in the morning and three in the afternoon. Alice’s favorite (8) ………..is English. The first term lasts four months from September (9)………… December. Alice tries her (10)……………….to become a good student in the class.

Write your answers here:

SECTION FOUR: WRITING

VIII. Sentence transformation: 2.0 points

Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words or phrases.

I. Read the passage and choose the best option for each of the following blanks. (2.0 pts)

SPECTACULAR SPORTS

A surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example, football or baseball, (1) _______ in Europe or the USA in the 19^th century. This did not happen by chance. It was the result of changes in the (2) ______ people lived in those places at that time. Until then more people lived in the country than in towns. They worked in small groups and had no (3) ______ time off. All this changed with the growth of factories and industry in the 19^th century, first in Europe and then in the USA. For the first time most people began to live in towns, and they (4) _______ themselves with regular free time. They had more leisure time than (5) ______ before. This resulted (6) _______ the need for the organized entertainment. Suitable games were developed or invented, typically team games, in which the crowds could (7) ______ sides and become involved. This gave people some of the entertainment they needed in their free time. The (8) ______ explosion in TV, with the introduction of satellite and cable channels, has caused an increase in (9) _______ for sports as entertainment. The money TV has brought to games such as football, tennis, and baseball (10) ______that spectator sports will certainly go on playing an important part in our lives.

Your answers:

1.____ 2.____ 3.____ 4.____ 5.____ 6.____ 7.____ 8.____ 9.____ 10.____

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1.John likes ________ tennis.

playing B. play C. played D. to play

2.________ Coffee without milk is yours?

A. The B. An C. A D. Ø

3.Would you like to go _______ the library?

A. to B. on C. at D. with

4.She will come _______ her

A. when calling B. We’re calling C. do we call D. if we call

5. English books are on the shelves ______ the right.

A. on B. at C. in D. Ø

6.We enjoy ________ in summer.

A. swim B. swam C. swimming D. to swim

7. Most of the boys in my class ________ to play soccer .

A. want B. wants C. is wanting D. are wanting

8. Could you show me the way . . . . . . . .. the railway station please?

A. to B. at C. next D. near to

Question VI. Insert the correct form of the words in brackets: (2 ms)

. Choose the correct option for each gap in the sentences

1. Typhoons are severe tropical storms. They sometimes happen in my ________.

2. When a typhoon happened, many houses and roads _________ destroyed or flooded.

3. Last year, there was a big typhoon in my area. It caused extensive damage to our __________.

4. The government sent rescue food, drink and medical supplies to ________ homes.

5. All people who were without homes in the flood were provide with ________ accommodation.

6. When the earthquake happened, almost people in this building managed to run of it.

7. ________ is the most common natural disaster in your country? Snowstorms.

8. The___________ buried the whole village while people were sleeping in their houses.

9. ________workers were sent to the area immediately but no villager was survived when the landslide happened.

10. What _______ we do to prevent these natural disasters?