I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. (0.4 point)

II. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in the following questions. (0.4 point)

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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.

Write your answers here:

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

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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.

1. Some people are used to..... in crowed buses, and don't mind it at all

2. It’s no use …………him to stop smoking.

3. It is fun to camp in the forest, but It is very important to know how to ........nature clean before we leave.

4. ……………. this invention , we can learn more about the undersea world.

5. My parents like fish, but ..............

6. My sister has a.............summer vacation.

7. Marry and I are looking forward ……………..you.

8. Where can we cross the road ? – Use the ………………….

9. My funny story made the whole class.............

10. She needed……......these postcards to her friends

I. Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others in each group:

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in each group.

III. Choose the best answer from the four choices (A or B,C,D) to complete each of the following sentences.

1. Our school will ______ the school festival next week.

2. ______ silly mistake!

3. We are free now. Shall we go to our club’s party? - ……………….……

4. I and my brother usually spend two hour ……………….……every evening.

5. Of the two students , he is ……………….……

6. When I saw your teacher this morning, I found that he looked very ……………….……

7. Come here. We have ……………….……good news for you and your family.

8. Mr. Truong feels sick now because he drank too………………wine this morning.

9. I didn’t break those glass windows but my classmates,Tuan and Hoang……………….……

10. - “Would you like some corn?” - “______.”

A. No, thanks. I’m full B. Ok. I don’t like corn

C. All right D. Yes, I would

Look at the table and write sentences about the three mp3 players with the superlative form of the adjective in the box

the jem 2 ís the cheapest.

1___________________________

2______________________________

3________________________________

4_______________________________

5______________________________

Read and complete the table:

Giúp mình!Mai mình nộp rồi!

^@ Exercise 1: Choose the best answer

7. Have you …………….. by a dog?

10. The old lady was ……….exhausted after the long walk.

a. very b. absolutely c. pretty d. fairly.

11. The old man is said…………….all his money to an old people’s home when he died.

a. to leave b. to leaving c. have left d. to have left.

12. Nobody was injured in the accident , …………?

17. I don’t remember……………..of the decision to change the company policy on vacations.

18. The train ………half an hour.

12. In our school library, there are several large tables,__________ we can sit to read books.