1. A. electricity      B. alternative

    C. abundant      D. environment

Choose the word whose underline part is PRONOUNCED differently from that of the others.

2. A. worked      B. stopped

    C. packed      D. wanted

II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY:

   Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to the following questions.

1. If people need money badly, they may commit ____________.

   A. criminals      B. crime

   C. criminate      D. criminalist

2. The city is facing serious ____________ problems.

   A. polluted      B. polluting

   C. pollute      D. pollution

3. “Hi, Bill. Congratulations!” “___________.”

   A. I’m sorry      B. Thank you

   C. My pleasure      D. You’re welcome.

4. Peter never goes to school late, .................. he?

   A. does      B. did

   C. doesn’t      D. didn’t

5. All the slums in this area ___________ for new multi-storey buildings next year.

   A. demolished      B. will demolished

   C. will demolish      D. will be demolished

6. Over population is causing __________ problems than we can imagine.

   A. more      B. less

   C. fewer      D. worse

7. The actress arrived __________ a helicopter.

   A. on      B. in

   C. with      D. by

8 Which one do you want? – I don’t want ___________.

   A. both      B. neither

   C. either      D. each

9. They prefer to go _________ their car than __________ the train.

   A. by-on      B. in-on

   C. by-in      D. in-in

1. Choose the word that has different stress pattern from the others (listen/correct/copy)

2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

A. liked                                        B. watched                      C. earned

3. Choose the underlined word (A,B or C) that needs correcting of the others

His performance is amazed, so everyone likes it.

                                                                     A                                  B                                          C

4. I enjoy watching (thriller/comedy/sci-fi) films because they bring me laughter.

5. (In spite/ Although/ Despite) the storm, they went camping in the mountain.

6.  How do you think about my new book? I find it (excited/exciting/excitingly).

7.  What about (go/to go/going) to the cinema? - Great!

8.  Halloween is held (in/on/at) October 31st

9. (What/When/Why) did your friends save money? - To fly to French

10. During Tet, the Vietnamese (design/decorate/buy) their houses with many beautiful flowers

11. Thanksgiving is a (seasonal/ religious/ music) festival held in the USA and Canada. 

12.  Everybody attends the festival (to/for/ with) fun.

I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.(0,5pt) 

1. A. head B. death                     C. bread D. great 

2. A. played B. frightened C. excited D. bored 

II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.(0,5pt) 

1. A. tidy B. compete C. prefer D. adopt 

2. A. water            B. funny                           C. alone                D. pumpkin 

III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences (2,0 pts): 

1. Traffic accidents can be prevented if people  __________ the rules. 

A. remember B. obey C. go after   D. take care of 

2. I  __________ go on foot when I was in primary school. 

A. have to B. may C. can D. used to 

3. __________ the story of the film was good, I didn’t like the acting. 

A. Because B. Although C. As D. Since 

4. I first ___________ Melbourne in 2003 

A. visited B. have been C. have gone           D. went 

5. I love the __________ of  folk songs 

A. perform B. performing C. performed D. performance 

6. It must be  ___________ to see elephants racing. 

A. amaze B. amazed C. amazing D. Amazement 

7__________ the traffic was bad, I arrived on time. 

A. Despite B. In spite of C. However D. Although 

8.It takes me two hours___________ that letter. 

A. to write B. write C. writing D. for writing 

IV.Put the correct form of the verb in brackets(0,5pt) 

1.My brother used to ( go )……………… to work by motorbike. Now he cycles. 

2. How about (see) ……………. a movie on Sunday evening? 

V. Use the correct form of the words in brackets(0,5pt) 

1. I love the ____________ of folk songs. (PERFORM) 

2. I saw a ……………. of flower floats when I attended the festival last year. (PARADE) 

C. READING (3pts) 

I. Read the following text carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gap . (1,0 pt) 

Ewan McGregor was (1)_____ in Scotland in 1971. He decided to be an (2)______ when he was only nine and he (3)_____his first film in 1992. So far in his career he has appeared in a lot of different types of films, including comedies, musical, dramas and the Star Wars movies. In his career Ewan has worked with (4)_____ like Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman, and his films have won lots of awards. He loves acting and when he finished  filming the musical, Moulin Rouge, he said, “I have never been happier to do anything in my life”. 

1. A. bear B. born C. bearing D. beared 

2. A. acting          B. actress C. actor D. action 

3. A. made B. played C. worked D. starred 

4. A. directors B. actors C. actresses D. writers 

II. Read the text again and answer the questions (1,0 point) 

1. Where was Ewan McGregor born? 

…………………………………………………………………………………..…………… 

2. When did he make his first film? 

……………………………………………………………………………………………... 

3. Who has Ewan worked with in his career? 

………………………………………………………………………………………………. 

4. Have his films won lots of awards? 

………………………………………………………………………………………………..  

III.Match the first half in A with the suitable half in B.(1,0pt) 

D. WRITING (2,0 pts) 

I. Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning (1 point). 

1. The distance from Ha Noi to Thanh Hoa city is about 100 km. 

 àIt is about………………………………............................................................................. 

2.  What is the distance between Hai Duong to Hue? 

 How………..………………………………………………………….…..……..……… .. 

3. My father lived in small village when he was a child. 

àMy father used………………………………………………………..…………….…….. 

4. Although they were tired, they wanted to watch the film. 

à In spite of…………………………………………………………………………………  

II. Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above using the words given. (1pt) 

1. What / the distance/ between/ your house / Da Nang city? 

=>…………………………………………………………….............................................? 

2. I/ use/ walk/  school/  when / I  /  student. 

=>………………………………………………………........................................... 

3. distance / from/ Ha Noi / Can Tho / about /1877 kilometres.  
=> ................................................................................................................................... 

4.Although /they / short/, they /still /love /playing/ sports. 

=>…………………………………………………………….................................. 

Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C or D

Q1-5 *

A

B

C

D

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others

Q6-10 *

A

B

C

D

I.  Choose the best answer to complete the sentences or do as directed (3,0 pts)

1. Choose the word that has different stress pattern from the others (listen/correct/copy)

2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

A. liked                                        B. watched                      C. earned

3. Choose the underlined word (A,B or C) that needs correcting of the others

His performance is amazed, so everyone likes it.

                                                                     A                                  B                                          C

4. I enjoy watching (thriller/comedy/sci-fi) films because they bring me laughter.

5. (In spite/ Although/ Despite) the storm, they went camping in the mountain.

6.  How do you think about my new book? I find it (excited/exciting/excitingly).

7.  What about (go/to go/going) to the cinema? - Great!

8.  Halloween is held (in/on/at) October 31st

9. (What/When/Why) did your friends save money? - To fly to French

10. During Tet, the Vietnamese (design/decorate/buy) their houses with many beautiful flowers

11. Thanksgiving is a (seasonal/ religious/ music) festival held in the USA and Canada. 

12.  Everybody attends the festival (to/for/ with) fun.

CÁC BẠN GIÚP MÌNH VỚI! MÌNH SẮP NỘP RỒI

Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others by circling A, B, C, or D:

1.

    A. books

    B. cats

    C. maps

    D. dogs

2.

    A. tidal

    B. gift

    C. bill

    D. public

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C, or D

3.

    A. century

    B. conclusion

    C. available

    D. ambition

4.

    A. contain

    B. achieve

    C. improve

    D. visit

Circle the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting

5. My mother told me to watch the milk and don't let it boil over.

    A. told

    B. to watch

    C. don't let

    D. over

6. You had better learn English before apply for the job.

    A. for the job

    B. learn

    C. apply

    D. had better

7. Mrs. Young felt unhappy because her son got a good mark in Math.

    A. got

    B. mark

    C. in

    D. unhappy

Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:

8. I want to have my suit …… . I’m going to a wedding on Saturday.

    A. cleaned

    B. cleaning

    C. clean

    D. to clean

9. He was made _________ for two hours.

    A. to wait

    B. wait

    C. waiting

    D. waited

10. We arrived …… to have some coffee before class.

    A. enough early

    B. early enough

    C. too early

    D. early too

11. Do you know _________ ?

    A. who how many people go on Sundays to church

    B. who go to church on Sundays how many people

    C. how many people who go on Sundays to church

    D. how many people who go to church on Sundays

12. We watch the cat ________ the tree.

    A. climbed

    B. climb

    C. had climbed

    D. was climbing

13. If we had known your new address, we ________ to see you.

    A. came

    B. will come

    C. would come

    D. would have come

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (0.5 pt)

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. (0.5 pt)