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

1.       A. bread                      B. coffee                     C. meat                        D. tea

2.       A bath                 B. bathe                 C. great                       D. make

3.       A. leave                 B. read                 C. ready                      D. week

4.       A. hungry                    B. pupil                    C. Sunday                   D. up

5.       A. but                  B. come                       C. so                            D. much

I.   Choose the word that is different from the rest in each group by circling A, B, C or D.

I. Choose the word that has a pronunciation different from the others of each group.

1. A. bread B. coffee C. meat D. tea

2. A. bath B. bathe C. great D. stead

3. A. leave B. read C. ready D. week

4. A. hungry B. pupil C. Sunday D. up

5. A. but B. come C. so D. much

6. A. dirty B. early C. learn D. near

II. Read the following passage then choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

In the United States of America, the national language is (1)............ English. Four hundred years ago, some English people came to North America to live and they brought (2).......... language to this country.

Now in the USA, people speak (3)........... English. Most of the words are the (4)............ in American and Bristish English, but the American say some English words not as people (5)........... in England. Canada is (6).......... to the North of the United States of America. It is the larger (7)............ the United States. In Canada, many people (8)............ English because they also came from England many years (9)......... . But in some parts of Canada, people speak (10)............ because they came from France.

1. A. also. B. like C. as D. not

2. A. French B. English C. Chinese D. Canadian

3. A. British B. American C. Russian D. Chinese

4. A. various B. similar C. same D. like

5. A. do B. say C. talk D. speak

6. A. lies B. situated C. at D. in

7. A. than B. as C. more D. less

8. A. say B. tell C. talk D speak

9. A. ago. B. later C. there D. here

10. A. France B.French. C. Russian D. Italian

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. 

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

Question I: Choose the word that has a different the stressed syllables from the others of each group:

1 . A.   chemical               B.  difficult                 C.  dependent             D.  company

2 . A.   cancer                   B.  treatment               C.  tissue                     D.  disease

3 . A.   scholarship           B.  chemistry               C.  attractive               D.  continent

4 . A.   discover                B.  Londoner               C.  interesting              D.  scientist

5 . A.   hopeless                B.  kindness                C.  careful                   D.  unused

II. Choose the word with different stress from the others in each question.

1. A. coffee                B. Chinese                 C. payee                     D. trainee

2 A. tornado              B. hurricane                   C. volcano                 D. eruption

3. A. thermal             B. pressure                C. damage               D. discharge

4. A. disaster                B. eruption                C. medical                 D. survivor 

II. Choose the word with different stress from the others in each question.

4. A. Chinese              B. coffee                     C. trainee                     D. trustee

5. A. thermal               B. pressure                  C. damage                   D. discharge

6. A. disaster               B.  eruption                 C. medical                   D. survivor