Question

[Nguyễn Đăng Vinh]

Section I: Vocabulary and Pronunciation: (2 marks)
I. Vocabulary:
Choose one best option A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.( 1 mark)
1. You should tlirow these ball pens away. They are — ..
A. use B. uses C.useful D. useless
2.1 have to go to the library. I need a lot of books for my report.
A. dictionary B. reference C. periodical D. section
3. She's a student. She often loses her pens and pencils.
A. careless B. careful 0. cared D. care
4. Tim made a big yesterday.
A. decide B. decision C. decisive D. decided
5. It's all right to borrow money occasionally, but don't let it become a .
A. usage B. tradition C. habit D. meaning
II. Pronunciation:
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest
in each group: (1 mark)
1. A. watching B. machine C. kitchen D. matches
2. A. cow B. power C. town D. slow
3. A. garment B. hardship C. carry D. garlic
4. A. middle B. mile C. kind D. dine
5. A. smiled B. worked C. picked D. jumped
Section II: Grammar ( 3 marks)
/. From the four underlined words or phrases (A), (B), (C), or (D), circle the one
that is not correct. (2 marks)
1. My Japanese washing machine is gooder than Jane's.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

2. I asked my mother wake me up yesterday morning because I didn't want to
(A) (B) (C)
be late for school again.
(D)
3. He used to playing computer games a lot, but now he studies very hard.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4. No one knows exactly how many species of animals lives on the earth.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

5. This teacher had teached at our school for forty years before he retired.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

6. Your bike might steal if you leave it outside.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7. Ba often receives a lot of presents on his birthday. He wish today were his
(A) (B) (C) (D)

birthday.
8. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween

(A) (B) (C) (D)

night.
9. There was too many bad news on television last night.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
10. Everybody who has a fever must go home immediate.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

//. Choose the best preposition to complete each sentence: (1 mark)
1. Nam is a good student this semester, so his mother is very proud him.
A. about B. in C. at D. of
2. She is going to participate our group next week.
A. in B. on C. to D. for
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3. Where do you live? I live 100 Iran Hung Dao Street.
A. on B. from C. at D.in
4. There is a table the middle the room.
A. on/of B. in/of C. at/of D. to/of
5. My brother is good natural science subjects.
A. in B. about C. on D. at
6 the way, I've got 2 tickets for the game. Would you like to go with me?
A. on B. at C. by D.from
7. We never go out night because we live too far town.
A. at/from B. at/in Con/from D.in/in
8. The criminals escaped prison yesterday.
A. out B. off C. to D. from
9. We had to use our neighbor's telephone becasue ours was order.
A. out of B. out off C. up to D. out from
10. Do you agree me, everybody?
A. about B. with C. at D. to
Section III: Reading ( 3 marks)
/. Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit
each space ( 2 marks)
What is money? The pound, the dollar or the franc are actually just like a gram or a
kilometer. The difference is that you can exchange money for something (1) . A
five pound note may buy a book, a huge bag of sweets, or a (2) of cinema
tickets. But the note itself is only a printed (3) of paper which costs almost
nothing to make. Thousands of years (4) , people didn't have money as we
know (5) . There were no banks (6) even shops. In those days, Mr.
Green, the farmer, exchanged the corn he (7) grown for Mr. Hive's honey.
This was an exchange arranged between two (8) , each of whom had
something that the other wanted. But in time, most societies invented their own
'currencies' (9) that people could exchange more. The different currencies
began to join together, which is why (10) everyone uses a national currency.
1. A. other B. else C. another D. apart
2. A. couple B. double C.few D. several
3. A. slice B. part C. piece D. side
4. A. since B. past C. before D. ago
5. A. them B. it C. some D. that
6. A. or B. neither C. and D. but
7. A. had B. was C. did D. has
8. A. jobs B. things C. goods D, people
9. A. for B. so C. by D. because
10.A. today B. tomorrow C. recently D. soon
//. Read the following passage carefully, then choose the correct answers. (1
mark)
In April 1984, David Hemphleman Adams walked through Nothern Canada to the
North Pole by himself. He walked 400 kilometers in 22 days.
David is an explorer and adventurer. He was the first person to walk to the North
Pole by himself. He was 27 years old when he did it. Other people travelled to the North
Pole before David but they had a sled and a dog team. David didn't have a dog team.
David was a brave man to go on this adventure by himself. He was also a lucky
man because the bear and the icy water didn't kill him.
1. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. Without a dog team.
B. A walk to the North Pole.
C. A brave explorer.
D. A lucky man

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2. Who travelled with David?
A. Other people travelled with him.
B. A dog team travelled with him.
C. The first person travelled with him
D. Nobody travelled with him.
3. Which of the following is not true?
A. He walked to the North Pole by sled.
B. He walked to the North Pole alone.
C. He walked 400 kilometers.
D. He was 27 years old when he travelled to the North Pole.
4. The phrase "by himself can be replaced by which of the following?
A. alone
B. successfully
C. with other people
D. on foot
5. Which is the main idea of this passage?
A. David spent 22 days walking to the North Pole.
B. David is a lucky man because the bear didn't kill him.
C. David was the first person to walk to the North Pole alone.
D. Other people travelled to the North Pole before David.

Section iV: Writing ( 2 marks)
/. Do as directed in parcntlieses: (1 mark)
1. He said, "I am tired today" (change into REPORTED SPEECH)
2. My father isn't rich. He can't buy that luxury car. ( combine into one sentence,
using ENOUGH)
3. The teacher said to the students," Come here at 8 o'clock tomorrow" (change
into REPORTED SPEECH)
4. She was very tired. She couldn't say a word, (combine into one sentence, using
SO....THAT....)
5. No one helped him because of his laziness, (turn the sentence into the PASSIVE
VOICE)
//. Write a paragraph about 100-150 words (1 mark)
Topic: There are 4 skills in English: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Which skill is the most difficult to you? Why?