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

I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences:

 Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others:

1. A. asleep                         B. famous                      C. careful                   D. pretty

2. A. happen                        B. enter                        C. awar                   D. ridden

 Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined:

3.A. played                           B. needed                         C. closed                 D. filled

4. a. reversed                       b. walked                            c. stopped            d. obeyed

5.A. healthy                          B. ahead                         C. seat                    D. bread

I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences:

 Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others:

1. A. asleep                         B. famous                      C. careful                   D. pretty

2. A. happen                        B. enter                        C. awar                   D. ridden

 Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined:

3.A. played                           B. needed                         C. closed                 D. filled

4. a. reversed                       b. walked                            c. stopped            d. obeyed

5.A. healthy                          B. ahead                         C. seat                    D. bread

6. a. cycle                            b. licence                        c. vehicle                d. centre

I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences: (2.5 pts)

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

      A. casual                      B. Islam                   C. designer                                                          D. Buddhism

2. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others:

      A. mausoleum              B. economic            C. correspond                         D. compulsory

3. Some designers have taken inspiration _________ Vietnam’s ethnic minorities.

      A. by                            B. after                    C. from                                  D. in

4. My father has not met my uncle _________ last month.

      A. since                        B. for                       C. of                                    D. to

5. The local people have been planting more trees to _____ the town.

      A. beautify                   B. beautiful              C. beautifully                     D. beauty

6.  Where exactly did you get the _____ for your new movie?

     A. currency                   B. fashion                C. inspiration                     D. population

7.  We used _____ in such a crowded and noisy area when I was very young.

     A. living                         B. to live                  C. to living                          D. live

8. Ellen is one of our most talented young _____.

     A. musicians                 B. musical               C. music                            D. musically

9. “You must be Yoko” - “ __________________.”

      A. Never mind              B. Not at all             C. That’s right. I am.               D. Don’t mention it.

10.  Mary: Would you like to come and visit me next year?

       Lan: ______________________________________

  A.That right                 B. I like to see it       C. You must want it.    D. That would be great

II.            Look at the sign / picture. Choose the best answer for question 15 and 16. (0.5 pt)

1.     This picture gives us: ___________________________________________________

III. Read the passage and choose the best answers: (1,5pts)

The Kimono, a dress that looks like a robe, is the (13) ____ clothing of Japan. Kimono (14) ____ have changed significantly in Japan’s history. Today men, women and even children in Japan wear kimonos. The colors, cloth materials, and (15) ____ of a kimono vary among people who wear it. They are different according to the sex, the age and the material statue of the wearer. They are also different according to the seasons of the year and the occasions for which the kimono is worn. (16) ____ most Japanese people now wear western-style clothes such as suits, shirts or skirts, they wear Kimonos (17) ___ holidays and other special (18) ___       

13.          A. modern               B. casual                 C. traditional            D. uniform

14.          A. stylist                  B. styles                  C. styling                 D. stylish

15.          A. decorate              B. decorative           C. decorator            D. decorations

16.          A. Although             B. Since                  C. As                      D. When

17.          A. at                        B. on                       C. for                      D. in

18.          A. opportunity          B. chance                C. occasions.          D. festival

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences: (2.5 ms)

1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:                                    

A. next                       B. left                                     C. very                                   D. vehicle

2. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern:

 A. lucky                    B. neighbor                C. rename                              D. picture
3. Traffic accidents can be prevented if people ___________ the rules strictly.

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

4. Easter is an important ___________ holiday in a lot of countries in the world.

A. artistic                   B. music                     C. religious                            D seasonal

5. On Thanksgiving, families and friends ___________ to have a feast.

A. gather                    B. arrive                     C. meet                                   D. appear

6.  My brother used to ____________ up late in the morning when he was young.

A. get                          B. to get                      C. getting                               D. got

7. I'm sure you'll find the film ___________.

A. amuse                    B. amusing                 C. amused                              D. amusement

8. ____________ did you stay when you were in Ha Noi?

A. When                     B. Which                    C. Why                                   D. Where

9. ____________the film was gripping, he slept from beginning to end.

A. Therefore              B. Despite                  C. However                           D. Although

10. “Could I ask you a few question about your favorite festivals?”____________

A. That sounds good.                                   C. Sure. Go ahead

B. Not a bad idea.                                         D. But I don’t want to.

11. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part

A. walked                               B. crowded                            C. needed                 D. excited

12. Choose the word that has the different stress from the others

A. traffic                                 B. dancer                               C. cycling                  D. balloon

II. Supply the correct form of the word in bold to complete each of the following sentences.

    (1 m)

1. Although he has performed …………………. in many films, he has never won an Oscar for Best Actor.                                                                                                          EXCELLENCE

2. When you are a road ……………….., what should you NOT do?                          USE   

3. La Tomatina is a ___________festival to celebrate the tomato harvest.       SEASON

III. Complete each of the following sentences with the correct tense of the verb in bold. (1 m)

1. We……………………the Flower Festival in Da Lat twice.                                      ATTEND     

2. My mother ………………… to the supermarket yesterday evening.                     GO

3. Last week, my dad (buy) ____________________ a new laptop for my birthday party.

4. He used ( live )………………next door to Mrs. Harrison

READING. (2.5 ms)

I. Read the passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word from the list: (1m)

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

II. Read the following text, and then answer the questions. (1.5 ms)

WHITE NIGHTS

If  you are romantic and want to enjoy the festive spirit all day and night, go to St. Petersburg, Russia. The simple reason is that from May through July, the sun rarely sets and the nights are bright there. Local people and tourists from all over the world celebrate the ‘White Nights' with endless all-night activities. You can enjoy festivals, ballet, opera or try good foods as bars and restaurants stay open until the morning hours. Some people love to go to this poetic city just to walk along the Neva River banks with their loved ones and witness the raising of the bridges. Some others like to go swimming in Lake Ladoga and stroll in the famous Summer Gardens. There's one highlight that you can't miss if you're in St. Petersburg on June 22nd. It's the Scarlet Sails event! There's a mock pirate battle on the Neva, followed by fireworks and the appearance of a tall ship with red sails.

1. Where can people see the raising of the bridges?

à……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. Can people eat and drink during the night when they attend the White Nights?

à……………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Where do they go swimming?

à……………………………………………………………………………………………………

D. WRITING (2ms)

I. Do as directed (1 m)

1. The distance from Ha Noi to Hai Phong is about 100 km.

à It’s………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. They had to wear goggles to protect their eyes.   (make a question for the underlined words)

à……………………………………………………………………………………………………

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. 1. The word with a different stress pattern from the others is …. A. unpolluted B. unbalanced C. unreasonable D. unlawful 2. Global communication was changed by…………….of the Internet. A. invent B. invention C. inventor D. invented 3. Air pollution, together with littering, has………many problems in our large cites today. A. caused B. made C. affected D. brought 4. Australia is a …….what the planet Earth will be like in 100 years’ time. A. exceptional B. scenic C. iconic D. unique 5. My brother had never been abroad ………he joined the army. A. since B. until C. during D. while 6. All our beautiful forests………if we do nothing to preserve them. A. will destroy B. will be destroyed C. would destroy D. would be destroyed 7. I’d be over the moon if I ……..a chance to go to Disneyland in California. A. have B. had C. will have D. would have 8. In message board you can……….messages pr post questions. A. raise B. arrive C. text D. leave 9. You shrug your shoulders means “……………….”. A. I’m hungry. B. I don’t know. C. I’m angry. D. Sorry. I need to go now. 10. Using music, codes or signs to communicate is called…….…communication. A. verbal B. non-verbal C. public D. non-public 11. I experienced one communication………in Japan when I didn’t understand their body. A. breakdown B. technique C.ability D. device 12. John managed……………..his family in England by using Zalo. A. contact B. to contact C. contacting D. contacts 13. We……….with each other by mobile phone in 2050. A. won’t be communicating B. aren’t communicating C. haven’t communicated D. aren’t going to communicate 14. The word with a different stress pattern from the others is …. A. helpless B. unless C. painless D. airless 15. Working hours will fall to under 35 a week, ………………? A. will they B. won’t they C. won’t it D. will it 16. My grandma…………….a lot of pleasure from gardening. A. does B. has C. makes D. gets 17. From 1856 to 1875, a remarkable……..of inventions was produced. A. diversity B. mixture C. variety D. collection 18. Do you think there……less conflict in the world if all people……the same language? A. would be/ spoke B. is/ spoke C. were/ speak D. is/ will speak 19. Thousands of people…….by natural disasters every year. A. are affected B. are affecting C. have affected D. were affected 20. -“No one was killed in the forest fire two days ago.” - “________.” A. Oh dear B. That’s shocking C. That’s a relief D. How terrible 21. We cannot present natural disasters, but we can……….for them. A. defeat B. invent C. struggle D. prepare 22. Hundreds of people were made…………after the flood. A. homeless B. helpless C. careless D. endless 23. Water.............make some aquatic animals die. A.pollution B.pollute C.polluted D.polluting II. Complete the sentences, using the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. Goodbye, Mr. Quynh! I …………………(phone) you as soon as I arrive home. 2. Hundred of trees on street in Ha Noi……………………..(fall) in a sudden storm last night. 3. I ………...……(not seen) a more horrible flood than this since I ……….(live) in this area. 4.Listen! He (sing)......................... 5.Most people (leave)...............their houses before the volcano erupted 6.The lesson (start)....................at 7.00.am

Section I: Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to finish the sentences:

1. Which word has different pronunciation from the others ?

A. learned       B. decided         C. arrive          D. seemed

2. Kuala Lumpur is the capital of ________________

A. Brunei        B. Thailand         C. Philippines          D. Malaysia

3. We ________________ to the soccer match last Sunday because of the rain.

A. doesn’t go       B. don’t go         C. didn’t went       D. didn’t go

4.. Rice ________________ in tropical countries.

A. grow      B. is grown       C. is grow         D . is growing

5. Have you eaten hamburgers ............?

A.yet         B. ever           c. never       D.since

Part I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Answer by writing down the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

1. I think he will join us, _________?

 A. don’t I                    B. won’t he                 C. will he                     C. do I

2. Ninety _________the maximum length of time allowed for entrance exams to this school.

A. minutes is               B. minutes are        C. minute is                 D. minute are

3. The local authorities are conducting _________campaign to help _________disabled.

A. X/ X                       B. the/ X                     C. a/ the                       D. X/ the

4. _________before me, please pick up the mail.

A. Should arrive          B. Should you arrive   C. You should arrive   D. You should have arrived

5. A number of political prisoners _________since Independent Day.

A. has been released   B. have released          C. was released           D. have been released

6. She ……………. her husband’s job for his ill health.

   A. accused                B. blamed                 C. caused                    D. claimed

     7. As …………….as I know, we have not received a bill for the new computer.

   A. much                      B. far                           C. soon                        D. long

8. Please ____________ your cigarette before entering the room.

A. put up                  B. put down                C. put out                    D. put aside

9. To become an artist, you need to be ____________

A. imagine             B. imaginative             C. imagination             D. imaginarily

10. Staying in the hotel costs _________ renting a room in the dormitory for a week.

   A. twice as much as    B. as much twice as    C. twice more than      D. as much as twice

11. Tom _____ care of himself. He left home when he was 16 and has been on his own since then.

   A. used to take                        B. is used to take        C. is used to taking     D. is used to be taken

12. He has just taken an examination__________________ chemistry.

A. on                           B. about                      C. for                           D. in

13. It __________ a disaster, but fortunately he ___________ fast at the time.

A. might be – didn’t drive                              B. must be – won’t be driving

C. was supposed to be – hadn’t driven          D. could have been – wasn’t driving

14. She is one of the few people ________.

   A. to whom I look up        B. I look up       C. who look up to       D. to who I look up

15. They can’t have had the car properly __________, because when I saw them yesterday, they seemed __________ a lot of trouble with it.

A. repaired – to be having                              B. to be repaired – to have

C. repair – having had                                     D. to repair – to have had

Part 2: Rewrite the following sentences using the given words so that they have the same meaning as the given sentences. Do not change the words given in any way.

1. All the student passed the exam except Jenny. (who)

 Jenny was the________________________________________________________.

2. The doctor told her to reduce the amount of sugar in her diet. (cut)

The doctor told __________________________________________________________.

3. Each month he goes to the local hairdresser’s for a haircut. (gets)

Each month ____________________________________________________________

4. I’m sure he hasn’t forgotten about the meetings (have)

 He__________________________________________________________.

5. There is no way I will change my plans just to fit in with his. (intention)

 I have ______________________________________________________.

Part 3. Fill in one suitable preposition to complete the following sentences

1. This tree has been struck _____________ lightening many times.

2. Mrs. Darby always prides _____________ her cooking.

3. Mary regretted not bringing a lot of clothes _____________her. It was very cold.

4. __________ the 1980s, it was popular to wear tapered pants and neon colours.

5. Would you mind if I had a look _____________ your luggage?