I. Choose the word in each group that has underlined, italic part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. set B. between C. get D. met
2. A. started B. needed C. protected D. stopped
3. A. ground B. should C. about D. amount
4. A. durian B. cucumber C. painful D. duty
5. A. improve B. coveralls C. gloves D. stomach
II. Choose the best answer.
1. London is_______ than Ho Chi Minh city.
A. big B. bigger C. biggest D. the bigger
2. We shouldn‘t waste too much water. We should_______.
A. save B. to save C. saving D. to saving
3. He doesn’t need_______ more eggs.
A. a B. an C. some D any
4. _______ language do you speak? I speak Vietnamese.
A. which B. where C. when D. how
5. What‘s the weather like_______ the spring?
A. at B. on C. in D. for
6. What about_______ volleyball?
A. to play B. playing C. to playing D. is playing
7. How_______ are they going to stay?
A. long B. often C much D many
8. How_______ milk do his cows produce?
A. much B. many C. long D. often
9. The telephone was_______ by Alexander Bell.
A. invent B. invented C. to invent D. inventing
10. Nguyen Du is a famous_______ in Vietnam.
A. musician B. designer C. correspondent D. poet
III. Give the correct form of verbs in brackets.
1. My uncle (not/be) .......................... out of his house since he (buy) ........................ a color TV.
2. I don’t think I (go) ....................... out tonight. I (be) ............ too tired.
3. John is washing his hands. He (just/ repair)..................................... the TV set.
4. Tell him (bring) .................. his bike inside. If he (leave)................ it there, someone (steal) ............................. it.
5. Where (you/ spend) ................................. your summer holiday last year?
IV. Choose the best word to complete the passage below.
Most people think (1)______ computers are very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over 2 centuries ago by a man (2)______ Charles Babbage. Babbage was born (3)______ 1791 and grew (4)______ to be a brilliant mathematician. He (5)______ up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But despite the fact that he (6)______ building some of these, he never finished any of them.
Over the years, people have argued (7)______ his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building engine based (8)______ of the Babbage's designs. (9)______ has taken 6 years to complete and more than 4 thousand parts have been specially made.
Whether it works or not, the machine will (10)______ on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work.
1. A. of B. from C. in D. up
2. A. known B. called C. recognized D. written
3. A. about B. around C. in D. at
4. A. down B. up C. along D. across
5. A. wrote B. drew C. took D. made
6. A. wanted B. started C. made D. missed
7. A. until B. though C. why D. whether
8. A. on B. off C. in D. out
9. A. He B. One C. It D. They
10. A. come B. be C. take D. carry
V. Read the passage and choose the best answer
"Let's have a picnic lunch in the countryside." This is easy to say nice to think about. You imagine a beautiful green field with a big tree in the middle which gives some shade from the sun. All around is lovely scenery and in the distance you can see the cows quietly eating the grass. After a meal of delicious sandwiches and raw fruit you can imagine lying in the warm sun then as darkness comes.
You strap up your basket and drive happily home.
But it doesn't always happen like this. You must not forget that flies also like raw food, that green fields are sometimes damp fields, that rain may follow the sun that peaceful cows may be unfriendly bull.
1. What is easy to say and nice to think about?
A. “Let’s have a picnic lunch in the countryside”.
B. “Let’s have a picnic lunch in the mountain”.
C. “Let‘s have a picnic lunch in the green fields”.
D. “Let’s have a picnic lunch in the city”.
2. Where, in your imagination, is the big tree?
A. It’s in the middle of a beach.
B. It’s in the middle of a hill.
C. It’s in the middle of a beautiful stadium.
D. It’s in the middle of a beautiful green field.
3. What can you imagine doing after meal?
A. We can imagine lying in the darkness.
B. We can imagine lying in the warm sun.
C. We can imagine lying in the bedroom.
D. We can imagine lying in the hotel.
4. What also likes raw fruit?
A. Dogs also do.
B. Lions also do.
C. Flies also do.
D. Chicken also do.
5. What may follow the sun?
A. The earth may follow the sun.
B. The rain may follow the sun.
C. The cows may follow the sun.
D. people may follow the sun
VI . Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first.
1. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
->It‘s .....................................................................................................
2. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it.
-> The time machine .................................................................................................
3. He was delighted to receive his aunt‘s letter.
-> He was delighted that his ......................................................................................
4. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
-> People ......................................................................................................
5. I‘m very sad that I wasn‘t accepted in that group.
-> I‘ m very sad not ......................................................................................................
