B. PHONETICS AND USE OF LANGUAGE
I. Find the word whose underlined part is pronouned differently from the rest
4. A.developed B. planted C.watched D.passed
5. A.learn B.early C.earth D.hear
6. A.collected B.cleaned C.decided D.visited
7. A.cleaner B.thirty C.early D.thursday
8. A.shop B.ship C. nation D.visual
9. A.decided B.worked C.watched D.clapped
10. A.leaf B.favourite C.farm D.of
II. choose the odd one out.
1. A.flu B.headache C.disease D. fever
2. A.yoga B.clever C.judo D.swimming
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I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1.A. house B.hour C.here D.happy
2.A.opened B.walked C.watched D.stopped
3.A.cats B.maps C.papers D.books
4.A.enter B.frighten C.left D. centre
5.A.wanted B.stayed C.played D.filled
6.A.that B. those C.there D. thanks
Mark the stress for the words below
7.A.listen B.enter C.obey D.answer
8 .A.gather B.renewable C.disease D.mistake
II. Choose the best options to complete these sentences
1. My father ……………. a lot last year but this year he doesn’t any more.
A. used to smoke B. smokes C. gets used to smoke D. smoking
2.....................is La Tomatina celebrated ? – Every August
A.Where B.Why C.When D. Which
3. At this time next week, we .................a test on sources of energy
A. will take B. take C. will be taking D. are taking
4. ...........books are here. ..............are there.
A.Theirs / ours B. Their / our C. Theirs / our D. Their / ours
5. We should................low energy light bulbs.
A.using B.use C. used D.to use
III. Find the mistake in each sentence and correct it.
1. Is this yours new bike? …………… => …………
2. Tom Hanks is one of the most famous and rich actors in Hollywood =>...
3. She can to work or even take a nap on a train. ……… => ………
4. Solar penels will be using to produce energy. ……… => …………
5.She have lived in Yen Thanh for five years ………….=>………
B. PHONETICS AND USE OF ENGLISH: (2pts)
I. Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest: (0,5pt)
1. A. rehearse B. return C. first D. collector
2. A. sugar B. shy C. usual D. machine
II. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form: (0,5pt)
1. They (clean) ______ the beach last week.
2. So far my uncle (write) _____ tens of short stories.
III. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the following sentences: (1pt)
1. Turn TV off. The show is _______.
A. exciting B. peaceful C. tiring D. boring
2. There ________ bottles of mineral water in the fridge.
A. is a B. are some C. are any D. is some
3. To ________ successfully, they have to practice the play again and again.
A. perform B. play C. sing D. dance
4. My mother doesn’t enjoy horror films, and my sister _____.
A. isn’t either B. does too C. doesn’t either D. does too
C. Reading: (2pts)
I. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the paasage: (1pt)
[ many / ride / eat / fit ]
We need calories or energy to do the things every day. For example, when we walk to school or (1) ______ a bike to school we spend a certain amount of calories and even when we sleep, we also use them. But how (2) _____ calories should we have a day to stay in shape? It is difficult to calculate. If people want to keep (3) ______, they should remember that everyone should have between 1600 and 2500 calories a day. We get calories from the food we (4) _____. If we eat too many, we can get fat. If we don’t enough, we feel tired and weak.
PART TWO: PHONETICS (2pts)
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others by circling A, B, C or D. (1 pt)
1. A. switch B. stomach C. match D. catch
2. A. laughs B. cars C. stops D. works
3. A. watched B. reduced C. coughed D. raised
4. A. three B. through C. without D. thank
5. A. angle B. face C. page D. angel
II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C or D. (1 pt)
1 A. directory B. telephone C.invention D. experiment
2. A. furniture B. university C. patient D. hospital
3. A. sociable B. humorous C. generous D. reserved
4. A. delivery B. equipment C. electricity D. experiment
5. A. enroll B. summer C. hobby D. favor
Exercise 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. headache B. spread C. health D. weak
2. A. flu B. sunburn C. junk D. much
3. A. wash B. wear C. wake D. wrap
Exercise 2: Choose the odd one out
1. A. running B. coughing C. cycling D. swimming
2. A. vegetables B. fish C. fried chicken D. fruits
Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer
1. Please wake me ________ at 5 and we will leave at 6 in the morning.
A. up B. on C. over D. in
2. Fruit tastes good ________ it’s healthy for your body
A. so B. but C. or D. and
3. In order to have good ____________, you should eat lightly and laugh cheerfully.
A. spirit B. body C. health D. mood
4. I forgot to wear a sun hat today and I got a__________________.
A. backache B. headache C. stomachache D. earache
5. Watching too much television is not good _____________ your eyes.
A. at B. for C. with D. to
6. He eats a lot of burger and chips so he’s putting on_____________.
A. weigh B. weightless C. weight D. weighting
7. The Japanese eat a lot of fish instead of meat______________they are more healthy.
A. Although B. so C. but D. because
8. You can avoid some diseases by ___________ yourself clean.
A. looking B. bringing C. keeping D. taking
9. When you have a temperature, you should drink more water and rest ___________.
A. least B. less C. most D. more
10. When you have flu, you may have a cough and a ___________ nose.
A. following B. noisy C. runny D. runing
I. Choose the word whose underlined and part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1. A. character B. chair C. chicken D. choose
ĐỀ SÔ 1
A. PHONETICS (5 points)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. happy B. apple C. act D. aunt
2. A. health B. team C. tea D. sea
3. A. decided B. learned C. listened D. enjoyed
4. A. hard B. hour C. hundred D. hobby
5. A. find B. bike C. fit D. tidy
B. GRAMMAR - VOCABULARY - LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
I. Choose the best option to complete the following sentences. (20 pts)
6. I prefer music shows __________ fashion shows.(A. to B. than C. rather than D. better than)
7. __________ going swimming? - That’s OK.(A. How about B. Let’s C. Shall we D. Why not)
8. My mother didn’t buy pork but I ________________.(A. did B. didn’t C. do D. don’t)
9. Is it easy to get a pair of tickets now? - ________.(A. No, it is B. No, it does not C. Yes, it is D. Yes. It does)
10. How long does __________ take you to get to school every day?(A. he B. she C. it D. they
11. What do you usually do __________ recess?(A. on B. at C. in D. about)
12. I don’t like durian, and ___________ does my mother.(A. so B. either C. neither D. too)
13. This program is __________ than the one we saw last night.(A. good B. well C. more good D. better)
14. Singing before the class is an interesting __________.(A. act B. action C. activity D. actor)
15. She enjoys __________ old coins and stamps.(A. collect B. to collect C. collecting D. collected)
16. __________ did you read that book? – Yesterday morning.(A. Where B. When C. Why D. How
17. Vinh ate Chinese Fried Rice and __________ Hai.(A. either does B. so does C. so did D. too does
18. Are you scared __________ going out at night?(A. in B. to C. for D. of
19. What kinds of ___________ do you like? – I like cartoons.(A. films B. books C. sports D. activities
20. Everybody ___ the symptoms, but nobody ___ a cure(.A. know-know B. knows-knows C. know-knows D. knows-know
21. You can use the ___ to find out her telephone number.
A. telephone book B. telephone box C. telephone directory D. telephone
22. What is _________ with you? - I have a runny nose.(A. matterB. problem C. wrong D. false
23. I like __________ chess with Huy on Sunday afternoons.(A. play B. to play C. playing D. played
24. What is the ___________ of the river? - About 2 meters.(A. length B. depth C. width D. height
25. Would you like to come to my house for lunch? - _______(A. Yes, I do B. Yes. I’d love toC. Yes, I like D. OK. I’d like
II. Match the item in column A with the item in column B (5pts)
III. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in the brackets. (5 pts)
31. I (write) _________ you a letter when I come to London next month.
32. Our family (come) _________ back home from Ho Chi Minh two days ago.
33. I can’t go out now because it (rain) _________.
34. Linda never (drink) _________ coffee in the evening.
35. Your parents (water) _________ flowers in the garden now?
IV. Each sentence below contains AN error among the 4 underlined parts. Find it. (5 pts)
36. The doctor says you should spend a little time to play video games.
A B C D
37. There is a ten-floors building and two hotels in front of the hospital.
A B C D
38. Mr. Long will get used to travel to work by bicycle soon.
A B C D
39. There are less TV programs for teenagers than there are for adults.
A B C D
40. The teacher says Ba was a famous pilot in the future.
A B C D
C. READING
I. Choose one suitable word to complete the following passage (10pts).
get | own | leave | about | very |
a | off | using | takes | catch |
I (41) _________ for work about 6.30 a.m and I walk to a bus stop not (42) _________ far from my house. I (43) _________ a bus that comes by around 6.45. The bus isn’t very crowded when I (44) _________ on, but it fills up by the end of the line. Then, I get (45) _________ the bus and catch a train going into town. The train lasts (46) _________ 30 minutes, and it’s usually standing-room only. The train stops near my office and the whole trip (47) _________ about an hour. I buy a monthly bus ticket, so I save (48) _________ lot of money by (49) _________ public transportation instead of driving my (50) _________ car.
II. Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. (10 pts)
In the summer holiday, Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their children, Peter and Susan often go to the beach for two or three days. They always go to Vung Tau in the south (51) _________ Vietnam. They usually stay in a small (52) _________ or a flat by the sea, but sometimes they stay in a hotel. (53) _________ summer, they went to Nha Trang. They stayed at the Sun Sight hotel for three days. In the morning, Peter played soccer with his father on the beach. Susan and her mother walked along the beach and built sand castles. They visited Tri Nguyen (54) _________ and saw different kinds of fish there. They also (55) _________ a lot of souvenirs for friends.
III. Read the following passage and answer the questions below (10 pts).
Headache is a very common disease in the USA. Every year, about fifty million people have to go to the doctor because of headache. The symptoms of a headache are various. People can see black dots or bright spots in front of their eyes. They may also have pains only on one side of the head. Sometimes when the pain goes away, the head is sore. People have headache when they work too hard or they are too nervous about something. Medicine can help cure the disease but people usually have to do more than taking tablets. They can prevent headaches by changing their diets or their lifestyle or simply by going to bed.
* Questions:
56. Why is headache a common disease in the USA?......................................................./………………………………….
57. What can people see when they have headaches? ...................................................../…………………………………
58. Can people have pains on only one side of the head? ...................................................../…………………………………
59. When do people have headaches? ...................................................../…………………………………
60. How can they prevent headaches? ...................................................../…………………………………
D. WRITE
I. Rewrite the following sentences using the words provided in such a way that they mean the same as the original sentences. (10 pts)
61. Viet runs faster than Minh.
=> Minh...................................................../…………………………………
62. His house has four rooms.
=> There are ...................................................../…………………………………
63. Cuc is short. Hong is taller than Cuc. Lan is shorter than Cuc.
=> Lan is ...................................................../…………………………………
64. Manh drives carefully.
=> Manh ...................................................../…………………………………
65. How high is the wall?
=> What ...................................................../…………………………………_?
I. PHONETICS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each questions.
1. A. cooked B. talked C. closed D. naked
2. A. watched B. washed C. hated D. stopped
3. A. widened B. decided C. visited D. painted
Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each question.
4. A. violet B. serious C. hilarious D. seasonal
5. A. helicopter B. entertainment C. superstitious D. documentary
I. Phonetics (1pt)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A.rented B.stopped C.washed D.looked
2. A.ground B. group C. house D. found
3. A.health B. seatbelt C. bread D. ahead
4. A.safety B. traffic C. plane D. station
5. A.house B. hour C. harmful D. home
Câu 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others A. cinema B. comic C. cake D. cool Câu 2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others A. was B. walk C. water D. wall Câu 3. Choose the word which has stress differently from the rests: A. sunrise B. butter C. volunteer D. local Câu 4. “Thanks a lot for the lovely dinner.” – “_____________” A. You’re welcome B. It’s all right C. Thank you, too D. Please don’t say so. Câu 5: - “____________to England?” – Yes, I went there 3 years ago. A. Did you ever go B. Have you ever gone C. Were you ever D. Have you ever been Câu 6. Thousands of Vietnamese scholars graduated _________ the Imperial Academy. A. from B. in C. for D. under Câu 7. Tickets are a bit harder to buy right on the pot, so you’d better book________ advance. A. for B. with C. of D. in Câu 8. __________ I’m not a fan of country music, I thoroughly enjoyed his lively performance. A. Although B. Because C. As D. However Câu 9. There was some ham _________ from lunch. A. leave B. leaving C. to leave D. left Câu 10. The first Doctors’ Stone Tablets were _________ in 1484. A. erected B. selected C. regarded D. located
Câu 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others A. cinema B. comic C. cake D. cool Câu 2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others A. was B. walk C. water D. wall Câu 3. Choose the word which has stress differently from the rests: A. sunrise B. butter C. volunteer D. local Câu 4. “Thanks a lot for the lovely dinner.” – “_____________” A. You’re welcome B. It’s all right C. Thank you, too D. Please don’t say so. Câu 5: - “____________to England?” – Yes, I went there 3 years ago. A. Did you ever go B. Have you ever gone C. Were you ever D. Have you ever been Câu 6. Thousands of Vietnamese scholars graduated _________ the Imperial Academy. A. from B. in C. for D. under Câu 7. Tickets are a bit harder to buy right on the pot, so you’d better book________ advance. A. for B. with C. of D. in Câu 8. __________ I’m not a fan of country music, I thoroughly enjoyed his lively performance. A. Although B. Because C. As D. However Câu 9. There was some ham _________ from lunch. A. leave B. leaving C. to leave D. left Câu 10. The first Doctors’ Stone Tablets were _________ in 1484. A. erected B. selected C. regarded D. located
