III. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest by circling your answer (A/ B/ C or D). (2.0 point)

1. A. coach                  B. care                         C. decide                     D. scared

2. A. allow                   B. brown                     C. shower                    D. bowl

3. A. amusement         B. university               C. useful                     D. public

4. A. surgery               B. energy                     C. strange                    D. regular

5. A. add                     B. stomach                  C. absent                     D. band

6. A. gather                 B. author                     C. birthday                  D. month

7. A. cartoon               B. food                        C. coop                        D. stood

8. A. laugh                  B. weigh                     C. enough                   D. cough

9. A. typical                 B. type                         C. style                                    D. cyclist

10. A. catch                B. check                      C. headache                D. touch

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SECTION 3: LEXICO-GRAMMAR

IV. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A/ B/ C or D) in the numbered box. (4.0 points)

1. My little brother set the table ________ plates, bowls, spoons and glasses.

2. My sister had a baby daughter yesterday and she is my first ________ .

3. ________, many teenagers say they don’t like football-one of the world’s most popular games.

4. Like Bobby, his wife prefers clothes made ________ silk ________ those of cotton.

5. Always wear goggles as a ________ for your eyes when using the machines.

 6. Please remove the document________ the glass of the photocopier.

7. Wearing a band over the wrist allows players ________ safely.

8. I hate drinking mineral water. The minerals in the water make it ________ to drink.

9. I watched a ________ movie last night and I couldn’t sleep.

10. ________ tired, I went to bed early last night.

11. She needs ________ how many books there are on the shelf.

12. How many numbers between 10 and 100 are divisible by 5 ________.

13. Liz liked ________ the dolphin and the color of the cap.

14. Some people play video games at home. ________ play them in the arcade.

15. She didn’t play volleyball last week and we ________.

16. I’m going to a wedding on Sunday. ________ is getting married.

17. His choice of words ________ good.

18. John: “Hello. Can I speak to Trang, please?”                   - Trang: “________”

19. These are my ________ children.

20. Who is ________of the couple?

V.  Identify the mistake in each sentence and correct it.  (1.0 point)

1.My father has less days off than Tim’s father.

                     A     B          C   D

2.Susan plays  the piano in her room at the moment.

                             A              B           C              D

3.We work very hardly but we have fun working together

              A               B                      C             D

4.Mike usually drives to work, but today he walks.

                           A             B                           C            D

5.After each lesson, we often have a ten minutes rest.

               A                                  B              C          D

VI. Supply the correct form of the word in bold. (1.0 point)

1. I want to be a student at a ________university when I grow up.                         MEDICINE

2. They lived in a small ________ peaceful village in the mountainous area.            SLEEP

3. Lance Armstrong is one of the most famous ________.                                        CYCLE

4. He is in prison for three bank ________.                                                               ROB

5. This novel is famous ________.                                                                             WORLD

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VII. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (1.0 point)                    

1. You look tired. What you (think) ________ about?

2. Oh! This bag is very heavy. I can’t carry it.           

- Don’t worry, I (help) ________you with it.

3. Hoa can not speak English without (make) ________ any mistakes.

4. People need a pair of good rackets (play) ________ the game.

5. The police (protect) ________ the city day and night.

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SECTION 4: READING

VIII. Choose one suitable word (A/ B/ C or D) to complete the following passage. (2.0 points) (10 x 0.2 = 2.0 pts)           

I’m writing to invite you to a party we........... (1) at the flat next Friday, December 14^th. As you know, .............(2) Lan’s 13^th birthday next week and my birthday is in next month, ......... (3)   we thought we’d celebrate together and have a joint party.  I can’t remember if you know my address or not, but anyway, if you   .................... (4) the direction below, you shouldn’t get lost. Take the Number 15 bus from the station and .................. (5) at the Star Hotel. Walk down Long Viet Road, past the Dan Chu Cinema, and then  ...........……(6) the first turning on the right. That’s Le Loi  Road. Turn left ...........  (7) the first junction, then go straight past the church as far as the next crossroads. .............(8) and our block of flats is the second on the right. Do try and come. Of course you’re ............ (9) to bring someone with you if you want to.

Look forward ................. (10) you then!

IX. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.  (2.0 points) (10 x 0.2 = 2.0 pts)

Americans like sport very much. One of the (1)........... popular kinds of sports in Autumn is football. All the high schools (2)........... universities have their own teams.

 In winter the most popular kind of sports (3)........... basketball. There is usually a match every evening  in one school gymnasium or another. In some parts of the United States there is a lot of (4)........... and ice. Many people like skiing and skating.

In the other two (5).............., millions of Americans enjoy baseball. The schools have their games in (6)..........., but the most important professional games are played during summer. Many people listen to the games (7) .......... the radio, watch them on television or read about them (8) ............. the newspapers. Some also play tennis or golf and others (9) .......... fishing. They like to stay outdoors (10)...............it is warm during the months of June, July and August.  

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SECTION 5. WRITING

X. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (2.0 points)

1. He spent half an hour driving to work yesterday.

→ It took _______________________________________________________________

2. My brother is a more skillful badminton player than I am.

→ My brother ___________________________________________________________

3. We have a break that lasts thirty minutes every morning.

→ We have a ____________________________________________________________

4. My daddy likes fishing in the river better than fishing in the lake.

→ My daddy prefers_______________________________________________________

5. Why is not this TV working?

→ What ________________________________________________________________

6. We didn’t go to school yesterday because of the heavy rain.

→ Because it _____________________________________________________________

7. Miss. Sofia will be twenty next week.

→ It will be ______________________________________________________________

8. There are fewer cinemas in a small city than there are in a big city.

→ There aren’t_____________________________________________________________

9. How far is it from your school to Nui Trang English Centre?

→ What ________________________________________________________________

10. Did your mother buy you that interesting book last summer?

→ Your mother___________________________________________________________?

XI. Complete the sentence using the words given. Make all the changes and additions if neccessary.

1. could/ tell/ how/ get/ supermarket/ please?

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2. you/ shouldn’t/ put/ too much/ salt/ soup.

_______________________________________________________________________

3. eat/ talk/ friends/ be/ most common ways/ relax/ recess/ many/ country.

_______________________________________________________________________

4. everyone/ happy/ and/ wished/ keep/ activity/ walking.

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5. monitor/ always/ go/ class/ on time/ be/ good example/ class.

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XII. Arrange the words and phrases to make the meaningful sentences based on the given cues. (1.)

1. take / courses / help / you / with / can / the / of / university / a / home / video cassette recorder / at/.

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2. food/ like/ lunch/ what/ would/ and/ for/ kind/ you/ of/ today’s/ drink/?

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3. first/ on/ and/ see/ next to/ take/ turning/ the left/ will/ the shoe store/ the/ it/ you/.

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4. better/ food/ fat/ eat/ to/ it/ containing/ and/ is/ less/ sugar/.

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5. in/ USA/ 8.30/ day/ at/ o’clock/ start/ 3.30 or 4/ morning/ at/ the/ classes/ each/ ends/ the/ school/ and/.______________________________________________________________________