I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group.(1,0 pts)
1. A. attraction | B. dictation | C. question | D. destination |
2. A. bowl | B. beach | C. absent | D. comb |
3. A. ploughed | B. laughed | C. stopped | D. coughed |
4. A. character | B. machine | C. headache | D. chemistry |
5. A. school | B. food | C. toothache | D. book |
II. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words. (1,0pt)
1. A. appliance | B. definitely | C. receive | D. direction |
2. A. cricket | B. amount | C. allow | D. perform |
3. A. satellite | B. cucumber | C. affect | D. chopstick |
4. A. difficult | B. adventure | C. addictive | D. amusement |
5. A. borrow | B. inventor | C. cousin | D. science |
III. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (4,0 pts)
1. Mr. Minh is a very ......... handicraftsman. He won the “Golden Hands” prize last year.
A. skilless | B. skillfully | C. skillful | D. skill |
2. Are you interested ...... the traditions of different cultures?
3. South – East Asia has many .............. .
A. attract | B. attractive | C. attraction | D. attractions |
4. I thought he was away on business in the USA, but ........ he appeared at my birthday party.
A. surprises | B. surprise | C. surprisingly | D. surprising |
5. I would rather go jogging every morning ......... play tennis.
A. to | B. than | C. more than | D. more |
6. Don’t let the children .......... with knives in the kitchen. They are very dangerous.
A. play | B. plays | C. playing | D. played |
7. .......... spending our summer vacation in Da Lat?
A. Let’s | B. Why don’t | C. Could we | D. How about |
8. They celebrated their wedding anniversary ....... 2nd December.
9. There are various kinds of fruit at this time of the year ............ as oranges, apples, bananas.
A. like | B. namely | C. such | D. so |
10. Tom’ s uncle is very rich. He ...... a series of supermarkets all over the world.
A. owns | B. own | C. owner | D. possess |
11. The hotel room costs 50USD per day and night ......... breakfast.
A. include | B. includes | C. to include | D. including |
12. My younger brother is very athletic. He takes ........ in sports activities.
A. action | B. part | C. place | D. role |
13. I .......... cooking to washing up in the winter.
A. like | B. would like | C. prefer | D. would prefer |
14. Mary: As a journalist, I travel a lot and meet different kinds of people. – Tom: .................
A. That sound interesting | C. That’ s a good idea. |
B. That sounds interesting | D. That’ s interested. |
15. She looks ........... today. Her son returned home from front yesterday.
A. happy | B. happily | C. happiness | D. unhappily |
16. We got used to ........... on the left after living in England for a month.
A. drive | B. drives | C. driving | D. drove |
17. She has a bad headache. I advise her to ............ some aspirin.
A. eat | B. have | C. drink | D. take |
18. After each lesson we often have ............. rest.
A. a ten - minutes | B. a ten - minute | C. a ten minute | D. ten minutes |
19. John Robinson is an English teacher from England. He .. for an apartment in Ha Noi for his family now.
A. is looking | B. is looking after | C. looking up | D. looks |
20. I’ve got two daughters. Sophie is the younger one and Kathryn is the ........... one.
A. old | B. elder | C. little | D. youngest |
IV. Identify the mistake in each sentence and correct it. (2,0pts)
1. Where would you prefer living: in a peaceful village or in an exciting city?
A B C D
2. It is a difficult time for Lan to do acquaintance with new friends in the class.
A B C D
3. She never goes out without say “ goodbye” to her parents.
A B C D
4. What were your height when you were 10 years old?.
A B C D
5. I didn’t go to the movie yesterday evening. Neither didn’t my friend, Tom.
A B C D
6. All the family members gather to have a big party at Christmas Day.
A B C D
7. My mother makes me to clean my teeth twice a day.
A B C D
8. It takes us 90 minutes finishing our written test.
A B C D
9. The police allowed us enter the area to look for our friends.
A B C D
10. Do you fancy play badminton in your free time?
A B C D
V. Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets. (2,0pts)
1. Women can frequently succeed ............................... in many fields. BRILLIANT
2. My elder brother is excellent at .................................... household appliences. FIX
3. I don’t like my new neighbors because they are ………………………. FRIEND
4. It is not ……………………… to listen to the same song again and again. COMFORT
5. Hung feels a lot …………………….…. after the dentist fixed his tooth. GOOD
6. People say that: “………………….… is better than cure” PREVENT
7. Don’t worry, this kind of cancer is …………………….….. CURE
8. Hoa is a very safe ………………………………….. CYCLE
9. Vo Nguyen Giap is one of the most ……………………………... generals in the world. FAME
10. The …………………….... VA 37 to Bangkok is from gate 9. FLY
VII. Choose the best answer to complete the passage.(2,0 pts)
Mary Daniel is a student in England. This year she (1)… a very interesting summer holiday. She traveled (2)….. fifteen other people to Ruwenzori Mountains in Africa. They went (3)….. to help make a road (4)…..a forest between two big towns. “It was very difficult (5) there was no water to drink and no shops where we (6)… buy food,” said Mary. “It was also very cold and wet in the mountains. It is (7)….. of the wettest places in the world”. Mary stayed in the mountains (8)…. six weeks. It was hard work, but she says it was the (9)….. thing she has ever done. She is hoping to return next year (10)…. some more work there.
1. A. had B. have C. has D. having
2. A. to B. with C. by D. for
3. A. this B. that C. here D. there
4. A. through B. on C. among D. of
5. A. so B. because C. why D. but
6. A. must B. may C. could D. should
7. A. one B. some C. any D. many
8. A. during B. for C. with D. in
9. A. good B. better C. best D. well
10. A. do B. will do C. doing D. to do
VI. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (1,0pt)
1. I will send him the message as soon as he (1. return)…….......................……
2. A little girl can’t spend all her time (2. listen) …..............................… to stories.
3. He sent a telegram for his mother (3. learn)….................................…. good news.
4. Neither you nor she (4. want)….............................. to become a pharmacist.
5. Mumps (5. be) ……................................... an infectious disease.
VIII. Read the following passage and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (1,0 pt)
Australia is a big country, but nearly all Australians live near the sea. On hot summer days you can see thousands of people at the beach. Many beaches have waves that are very high. These large waves are known as surf and the people who ride them are called surfers. Surfing is a skill and needs learning. Don’t expect to be able to surf properly the first time you try. However, by practicing a few time you will learn how to do it. Surfing is a new sport. Perhaps its origin needs explaining. It started hundreds of years ago in Hawaii. Men swam out to sea to catch fish and found they could come back to land very quickly by riding the waves. These first surfers did not use a board.
1. Nearly all Australians ………………..
A. on the beach B. in a big family C. near the sea D. surfing everyday.
2. Surfing is a skill and therefore, ………..
A. it is not easy to do it B. it is impossible to practice it
C. it is dangerous to do it D. it needs practicing from day to day
3. Surfing is …………………….
A. a work to do B. a sport C. a job D. a way of earning money
4. Surfing started ………………..
A. five decades ago in Hawaii B. hundreds of years ago in Australia
C. hundreds of years ago in Hawaii D. long ago in Australia
5. The first surfers did not use a ……………..
A. board B. yatch C. canoe D. ship
IX. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (2,0 pts)
PROBLEMS OF WATCHING TELEVISION IN BRITAIN
British parents are always complaining that their children (1) ........ too much time watching TV and not (2) ........ time on other activities like sports and reading.What is surprising, (3)........., is the fact that the average adult watches even more. Just about every household in the country (4) .......... a television and over half have two (5) ....... more. People nowadays don’t just watch TV sitting in their living rooms, they (6)........... it in the kitchen and in the bed as well.The Education Minister said a few weeks ago that Britain’ s pupils should spend more time(7).......... . Unfortunately, parents are not setting a good (8).......: adults do less reading than young people. In fact, reading is near the bottom of (9) ........... list of favorite pastimes. (10)......... would prefer to listen to the radio, go to the cinema or hire a video to watch on their television at home.
X. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (2,0 pts)
1. My brother doesn’t want to go dancing now. He wants to stay at home to listen to music.
® My brother prefers.................................................................................................................
2. Does Mrs Chi’s son speak English fluently?
® Is ........................................................................................................................................
3. Mr. Thanh couldn’t enjoy the meal because of the stomachache.
® The stomachache prevented.....................................................................................................
4. You shouldn’t eat too much meat.
® You’ d ....................................................................................................................................
5. How wide is the West Lake?
® What........................................................……......................................................................?
6. He spends 3 hours and a half finishing these exercises.
® It takes …….........................................................................…..........................................
7. I have met many girls, but Maria is the most beautiful one.
® Maria is……….....................................................................................................................
8. To learn English is very important to us.
® It is ........... ............................……….....................................................................................
9. We should brush our teeth at least twice a day.
® The dentist advises ...................................................................................................................
10. Everyone can join in this English Speaking Contest.
® Everyone can take ..................................................................................................................
XI. Complete the sentence using the words given. Make all the changes and additions if neccessary. (2,0 pts)
1. Parents/ not/ let/ me/ play/ computer games.
………………………………………………………………………………………………..…
2. With satellite/ cable TV/, it/ possible/ choose/ wide variety/ programs.
…………………………………………………………………………………..........................
3. Moderation/ eat/ drink/be/ important.
………………………………………………………………………………………..................
4. I/ go/ pagoda/ family/ during/ last holiday.
………………………………………………………………………………………………...…
5.Mother/ take/ me/ see/ Cham Temple/ next weekend.
………………………………………………………………………………………...................
6.father /like / watch / international football matches / TV.
………………………………………………………………………………………...................
7.Vietnamese students / have / few / vacations / American ones
………………………………………………………………………………………...................
8.Hue / always / give me / stamps /from / letters / receive.
………………………………………………………………………………………...................
9.Linh/ have / toothache / because /eat / lot/ candies.
………………………………………………………………………………………...................
10.Jack/ look for / new job / because / not earn much / the moment.
………………………………………………………………………………………...................
D. Peacook
Hok tốt
a. GEART
b. BEACH
c. PLEASE
d. PEACOOK