I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently from the others’ in each line.

1.A. bad   B. tall   C. dad   D. sad

2 .A. but   B. come  C. so   D. much

3. A. of B. leaf C. knife D. life

4. A. although B. enough C. paragraph D. cough

5. A. looked B. increased C. closed D. skipped

6. A. display B. unusual C. occasion D. measure

7. A. robot B. photo C. object D. postcard

8. A. exciting B. fragile C. twice D. continent

9. A. fever B. of C. soft D. chef

10. A. itchy B. stomach C. charity D. match

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I. Choose the word which best fits each gap.

      While art may not be vital to fulfill our basic needs, it does make life (1) _____. When you look at a painting or poster hang on your living room wall, you feel happy. The sculpture on the kitchen windowsill create a (2) ______ of joy. These varieties of art forms that we are surround by all come (3) _____ to create at the atmosphere that we want to live in.

      Just like art, music can make life extremely joyful and can have a huge effects (4) ______ our mood. If you have something hard or difficult to work on or are feeling tired, an energetics song will likely (5) ______ you up and add some enthusiasm to the situation. Similarly when stress is high,many people find that relaxing to calming music is (6) _____ that eases the mind

1. A. boring                     B. beautiful                    C. joyful                  D. helpful

2. A. sense                     B. feel                             C. cause                  D. way 

3. A. away                      B. along                          C. down                   D. together 

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

5. A. take                       B. wake                           C. pick                      D. bring

6. A. something           B. anything                      C. everything          D. nothing

 Write about your hometown. Answer the question below. (Viết về thành phố quê hương em. Trả lời các  câu hỏi dưới đây)

1.What is your hometown?

2.Is it a big or a  small town?

3.Is it the biggest city in your country or not?

4.What is its population?

5.Is there a river in your town or not? What's its name?

6.How many seasons are there in a year? Which season is the hottest/  the coldest?

7.What is special about your hometown?

8.Are there many cars in your town?

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

A. has lived         B. is living       C. was living      D. has been living

2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

A. don't see         B. haven't seen      C. didn't see      D. hadn't seen

3. The train ______ half an hour ago.

A. has been leaving      B. left            C. has left          D. had left

4. Jack ______ the door.

A. has just painted         B. paint         C. will have painted      D. painting

5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

A. is looking              B. was looking        C. has been looking      D. looked

6. I ______ Texas State University now.

A. am attending            B. attend

C. was attending            D. attended

7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.

A. ten years ago             B. since ten years

C. for ten years ago           D. for ten years

8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered             B. has discovered

C. had discovered          D. had been discovering

9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

A. run            B. runs          C. was running          D. had run

10. We _______ there when our father died.

A. still lived         B. lived still       C. was still lived         D. was still living

11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.

A. will play           B. will be playing       C. play          D. would play

12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.

A. will have been working          B. will work

C. have been working             D. will be working

13. I _______ in the room right now.

A. am being                  B. was being

C. have been being            D. am

14. I ______ to New York three times this year.

A. have been         B. was            C. were          D. had been

15. I'll come and see you before I _______ for the States.

A. leave             B. will leave         C. have left          D. shall leave

16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.

A. has happened             B. happened

C. had happened             D. would have been happened

17. John ______ a book when I saw him.

A. is reading             B. read            C. was reading         D. reading

18. He said he _______ return later.

A. will                   B. would               C. can           D. would be

19. Jack ________ the door.

A. has just opened               B. open

C. have opened                 D. opening

20. I have been waiting for you ______.

A. since early morning               B. since 9 a. m

C. for two hours                    D. All are correct

21. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.

A. leave               B. left              C. leaves              D. had left

22. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.

A. wrote                B. writes            C. has written         D. had written

23. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.

A. was reading           B. wrote             C. was written          D. had written

24. I couldn't cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.

A. broke down              B. has been broken

C. had broken down          D. breaks down

25. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.

A. try               B. tried              C. have tried             D. am trying

26. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.

A. he had left         B. he left            C. he has left            D. he was left

27. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.

A. had               B. had had            C. have has            D. have had

28. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.

A. will have learned           B. will learn

C. has learned               D. would learn

29. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.

A. walking               B. walked             C. walks           D. walk

30. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.

A. was going               B. went              C. has gone         D. did go

31. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.

A. finish                    B. finishes           C. will finish          D. finishing

32. I will be glad if he _______ with us.

A. had gone                  B. did go               C. went           D. goes

33. Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.

A. finish                     B. has finished        C. finished          D. finishing

34. Turn off the gas. Don't you see that the kettle ________?

A. boil                        B. boils              C. is boiling            D. boiled

35. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.

A. leave                     B. are leaving             C. leaving             D. are left

36. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.

A. go                        B. is going              C. goes                D. going

37. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.

A. working                    B. works                C. is working             D. work

38. I ______ to the same barber since last year.

A. am going                   B. have been going         C. go              D. had gone

39. Her father ______ when she was a small girl.

A. dies                      B. died                  C. has died            D. had died

40. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today.

A. would come                 B. will come               C. comes             D. coming

I. Choose a word in each group that is pronounced differently from others. (5pts)
1. A. great B. hate C. heat D. afraid
2. A. sure B. sight C. sale D. soil
3. A. exchange B. brochure C. challenge D. charity
4. A. ordered B. published C. impressed D. escaped
5. A. courses B. classes C. watches D. temples
II. Choose a word in each group that has different stress pattern. (5pts)
6. A. celebration B. federation C. imagination D. inspiration
7. A. Japan B. Australia C. Britain D. Canada
8. A. happen B. local C. expect D. wander
9. A. despite B. dentist C. destroy D. describe
10. A. weather B. lave C. middle D. delicious
III. Choose the best word or phrase that best complete each sentence below. (15 pts)
11. I received a letter_______ my friend.
A. to B. on C. in D. from
12. He is a hard- working student who always_______ good grade.
A. received B. got C. gets D. getting
13. Bell demonstrated his_______ to the public at countless exhibitions.
A. to invent B. invention C. inventing D. invented
14 .Different language_______ learn words_______ different ways.
A. learns/in B. learn/in C. learns/of D. learners/on
15. She gave me your_______.
A. report card B. to report card C. reported card D. reporting card
16. Yesterday I came_______ your brother when I was going to school.
A. of B. to C. about D. across
17. You are a tourist on_______ in HCM City.
A. Journey B. traveling C. vacation D. trip
18 .Would you mind if I_______ a photo.
A. to take B. take C. taken D. took
19. They have to make_______ then children do not play with matches.
A. ensure B. sure C. sure D. ensuring
20. TV_______ information and entertainment’.
A. to take B. gives C. brings D. makes
21. Opposite our house is a nice park_______ there are many trees and flowers.
A. which B. where C. that D. who
22. I asked him whether_______ leaving for the capital that night.
A. is he B. he is C. was he D. he was
23. “My watch is broken. “Why don’t you_______?
A. have it repair B. have it repairing C. have it for repair D. have it repaired
24. The earth_______ on the sun for its heat and light
A. is depend B. has depend C. depending D. depends
25. If Mai comes to England it will be a good_______ for her to improve her English.
A. possibility B. opportunity C. advantage D. experience
IV. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets to compete the passage. (10 pts)
Robert Wilson (26. be)______ a politician. He (27. go)______ to Oxford University in 1960, and in
1976 he (28. become)______ a Member of Parliament (an MP). He (29. be)______ an MP since then.
He (30. be)______ Minister of Education from 1980 to 1985. He (31. write)______ many books. He
(32. get)______ married and (33. have)______ two children. His family lived in Oxford for 15 years,
then they (34. move)______ to London in 1980. They now (35. live)______ in a house in Kensington
Street, London.
V. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of words. (10 pts)
36. All________ between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog. FLY
37. There is plenty of________ for young people in this city. ENTERTAIN                                                                                                    38. It’s ________ to complain; you won’t get your money back. USE
39. During his________ the family used to live in the country side. CHILD
40. He is such (a/an)________ person that no one likes him. HELP
41. The little village is very quiet and________. PEACE
42. Many people still to believe that smoking is________. HARM
43. He is interested in the________ of old buildings. PRESERVE
44. The________ area of the city is not very attractive. INDUSTRY
45. His performance in Hamlet was most________. IMPRESS
VI. Fill one suitable word in each blank in the following passage. (10 pts)
Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But pollution problem is (46)______ complicated as it is
serious. It is complicated (47)______ much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For
example, exhaust (48)______ automobiles causes a large percentage of all pollution. But
automobiles
(49)______ transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much of the material
(50)______
pollutes the air and water, but factories give employment to a large (51)______ of people . Too
much fertilizer or pesticide can run soil, but fertilizers and pesticide (52)______ important aids to
the growing of crops. Thus, to end (53)______ greatly reduces pollution immediately, people would
have to (54)______ using many things that benefit them. Most people do not want to do that, of
course. But pollution can (55)______ gradually reduced in several ways.
VII. Find the option (A, B, C, or D) that needs correcting. (5 pts)
56. Would you mind if I ask you a private question?
A B C D
57. They happily looked at their children to play in the yard.
A B C D
58. This is the first time I visited a famous place in Hanoi.
A B C D
59. Our teacher told to us to spend more time at home practicing our pronunciation.
A B C D
60. You shouldn’t let your children playing with matches.
A B C D
VIII. Complete the following questions with the correct preposition. (10 pts)
61. She isn’t here_______________ the moment.
62. Warm clothes protect us________________ bad weather.
63. What do you often do________________ weekends.
64. We haven’t seen him_____________ last month.
65. He had an accident and was taken__________ hospital.
66. We regarded him____________ a famous doctor.
67. You’re better ask __________ the information desk.
68. He borrowed $100______________ his father
69. “Hamlet” is written____________ Shakespeare.
70. Jane fell_________ her bike and hit head on the road.
IX. Rewrite the sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meanings stay the same. (20 pts)
71. They have just sold that old house. – That old house…………….
72. Charles lives quite near his aunt’s house. – Charles doesn’t……………
73. It was such a hard cake that I couldn’t eat it. – The cake……………………..
74. Linh is a better cook than Hoa. – Hoa can’t…………………….
75. I last heard this song ten years ago. – It is…………………………….
76. “You’d better not lend that man any more money, Mary,“ said Liz. – Liz advised…………………
77. I was a two-hour flight from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh city. – It took………………………..
78. Although he took a taxi, Bill still arrived late for the concert. – Despite………………………
79. The film was so interesting that we watched it several times. – It was ………………………..
80. Write your name here. – Let………………………