A. PHONETICS I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group 1. A. flat B. hat C. casual D. equal 2. A. question B. location C. nation D. animation 3. A. design B. side C. picnic D. advice 4. A. gum B. hunt C. tunnel D. tunic 5. A. learned B. dressed C. guided D. wanted 6. A. origami B. prize C. divide D. like 7. A. comedy B. leisure C. cinema D. celebration 8. A. adore B. fancy C. attract D. alive 9. A. bread B. read C. meat D. peach 10. A. school B. church C. children D. watch 11. A. sound B. out C. found D. enough 12. A. bracelet B. favourite C. craft D. game 13. A. leisure B. sure C. shopping D. socialise 14. A. trick B. kit C. addict D. virtual 15. A. satisfied B. hooked C. bored D. socialised 16. A. sound B. cloud C. found D. favorite 17. A. tool B. noon C. door ` D. school 18. A. know B. show C. now D. low 19. A. crafts B. teenagers C. streets D. stamps 20. A. mention B. suggestion C. action D. education 21. A. leisure B. eight C. celebrate D. penalty 22. A. fun B. sun C. surf D. cut 23. A. bracelet B. cake C. make D. hat 24. A. although B. laugh C. paragraph D. enough 25. A. comedy B. novel C. princess D. cinema 26. A. addicted B. virtual C. kit D. active 27. A. communicate B. produce C. computer D. summer 28. A. pressure B. especial C. prepare D. helpful 29. A. hooked B. book C. school D. foot 30. A. wanted B. booked C. hooked D. stopped II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group. 1. A. football B. windsurfing C. badminton D. aerobics 2. A. volleyball B. weather C. winter D. vacation 3. A. climbing B. canoeing C. cricket D. cycling 4. A. leisure B. diving C. origami D. movie 5. A. adore B. enjoy C. fancy D. detest 6. A. bookstore B. improve C. goldfish D. novel 7. A. satisfy B. average C. volunteer D. cultural 8. A. origami B. delicious C. community D. technology 9. A. detest B. discuss C. adore D. addict 10. A. teenager B. negative C. solution D. benefit 11. A. satisfied B. socialize C. volunteer D. exercise 12. A. information B. technology C. community D. activity 13. A. library B. museum C. melody D. favourite 14. A. protection B. addicted C. computer D. goldfish 15. A. skateboard B. sticker C. adore D. leisure

Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group
1. A. flat B. hat C. casual D. equal
2. A. question B. location C. nation D. animation
3. A. design B. side C. picnic D. advice
4. A. gum B. hunt C. tunnel D. tunic
5. A. learned B. dressed C. guided D. wanted
6. A. origami B. prize C. divide D. like
7. A. comedy B. leisure C. cinema D. celebration
8. A. adore B. fancy C. attract D. alive
9. A. bread B. read C. meat D. peach
10. A. school B. church C. children D. watch
11. A. sound B. out C. found D. enough
12. A. bracelet B. favourite C. craft D. game
13. A. leisure B. sure C. shopping D. socialise
14. A. trick B. kit C. addict D. virtual
15. A. satisfied B. hooked C. bored D. socialised
16. A. sound B. cloud C. found D. favorite
17. A. tool B. noon C. door ` D. school
18. A. know B. show C. now D. low
19. A. crafts B. teenagers C. streets D. stamps
20. A. mention B. suggestion C. action D. education
21. A. leisure B. eight C. celebrate D. penalty
22. A. fun B. sun C. surf D. cut
23. A. bracelet B. cake C. make D. hat
24. A. although B. laugh C. paragraph D. enough
25. A. comedy B. novel C. princess D. cinema
26. A. addicted B. virtual C. kit D. active
27. A. communicate B. produce C. computer D. summer
28. A. pressure B. especial C. prepare D. helpful
29. A. hooked B. book C. school D. foot
30. A. wanted B. booked C. hooked D. stopped

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

1.   a. childhood                b. champagne              c. chapter                     d. charity

2.   a. culture                     b. popular                    c. regular                     d. fabulous

3.   a. conflict                    b. forbidden                c. reliable                     d. determine

4.   a. lighthouse                b. heritage                   c. hotel                        d. hour

5.   a. conducts                  b. returns                     c. wanders                   d. wonders

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 words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

1. A. flat                        B. hat                   C. casual              D. equal

2. A. question                 B. location            C. nation               D. animation

3. A. design                    B. side                  C. picnic               D. advice

4. A. gum                       B. hunt                 C. tunnel               D. tunic

5. A. learned                   B. dressed             C. guided              D. wanted

I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

1. A. flat                                  B. hat                          C. casual                      D. equal

2. A. question                          B. location                   C. nation                     D. animation

3. A. design                             B. side                         C. picnic                      D. advice

4. A. gum                                B. hunt                                    C. tunnel                     D. tunic

5. A. learned                           B. dressed                   C. guided                    D. wanted

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

1.  a. childhood          b. champagne        c. chapter              d. charity

2.  a. culture               b. popular             c. regular               d. fabulous

3.  a. conflict              b. forbidden          c. reliable              d. determine

4.  a. lighthouse         b. heritage             c. hotel                  d. hour

5.  a. conducts            b. returns              c. wanders             d. wonders

Choose the word that has underlined letters pronounced differently from the others

1. a. equal b. fashion c. champagne d. match

2. a. comic b. cross c. cotton d. economic

3. a. baggy b. minority c. style d. rivalry

4. a. design b. ghost c. clothing d. strong

5. a. casual b. sale c. sleeveless d. slit

6. a. baggy b. fashion c. label d. casual

7. a. economy b. occasion c. freedom d. logical

8. a. encourage b. young c. proud d. enough

9. a. rivalry b. economic c. symbolic d. comic

10. a. embroider b. subject c. label d. poet

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

1.   A. bother                   B. sunbathe                         C. cloth                       D. months

2.   A. vegetable              B. comfortable                    C. nature                     D. moderate

3.   A. interest                 B. selection                         C. resident                   D. injection

4. A. house                      B. hour                                C. horrible                   D. horror

5. A. fight                       B. religious                          C. sight                        D. light

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words.(5 pts)

1.  A. pancake             B. discount                  C. wardrobe                            D. marine

2.  A. migrant              B. typhoon                  C. compost                              D. limestone

3. A. money                B. teacher                    C. delicious                             D. funny

4. A. common             B. shopping                 C. dancer                                 D. relax

5. A. greasy                 B. exciting                   C. shocking                             D. moving

PART B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the best answer  (A or B, C, D) to complete each of the following sentences. (20 pts)

1. Bob hasn’t _________up his mind yet.

    A. made                              B. gone                        C. used to                    D. found

2. This is the _________book I have ever read.

    A. bad         B. worse                      C. worst                      D. badly

3. Would you like me to get you something to drink? ~ _________.

    A. That would be nice        B. No, I’m sorry          C. That’s too bad        D. My pleasure

4. I usually go to work by bus, but _________and then I use my motorbike.

    A. again                               B. once                        C. now                                    D. ever

5. Of my parents, my father is _________.

    A. the stricter                      B. the strictest             C. stricter                    D. strict

6. "What can I get for you?"   ~ “ _________.”

    A. All right                          B. I'm afraid not         C. I hope so                 D. Yes, please

7. The coat _________on the floor belongs to my brother.   

    A. lies                                  B. lying                       C. lain                          D. is lying

8. Tuan had a bad cut on his arm. It’s _________badly.      

    A. bleeding                         B. burning                   C. coughing                 D. sneezing

9. Your _________is included in the ticket price.

      A. reservation                    B. vacation                  C. accommodation                D. money

10. Do you ever talk to _________

      A. yourself                        B. myself         C. itself                       D. herself

11. I want everybody to listen _______ .

A. care                         B. careful                    C. careless                   D. carefully

12. I’ve known him _______I left school.

A. when                      B. before                     C. until                        D. since

13. She has two children to look after, so she’s looking for a_______job in her neighborhood

A. part-time                 B. full time                  C. skilled                     D. low-paid

14. Maria’s English is excellent. She speaks English _______.

A. very perfect            B. perfective               C. perfectively            D. perfectly

15. I’m looking _______to hearing from you.

A. at                            B. after                        C. over                        D. forward

16. She was _________ tired that she wen to bed early.

      A. such                              B. too                          C. as                D.so

17. “I think computers are useful.”  ~  “ _________.”

      A. I’m not agree                B. So do I                   C. I disagree too         D. So are they

18. Vietnam is a _________country.

      A. rubber-exported           B. exporting-rubber     C. exported-rubber      D.rubber-exporting    

19.Please switch________the radio. I want to listen to the news.

A. off                          B. over                                    C. in                            D. on

20. Next school year, Mai _______ in grade 8.          A. was             B. will be           C. shall be        D. is

II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.( 15pts)

1. Ba gets used to ( stay) ____________ up late.

2. I lit the fire at 7.00 and it (burn)____________brightly when Jack came in at 8.00.

3. The money (steal)____________in the robbery was never found.

4. At this time next month, they (work)____________in Ho Chi Minh City.

5. She locked the door so as (not disturb)____________.

6. My mother is too tired (cook)  ………………………………………. tonight.

7. The boys like (play) ………………………………. games but hate doing the homework.

8. Look at the car. The driver (drive) ……………………………………………. too fast.

    I think he (hit) ……………………………………………….. the cyclist.

9. I don't enjoy (laugh) ……………………………………………… at by other people.

10. The children (play) …………………………………   when it started to rain.

11. Lan’s hair was dirty. Now it is clean, she  (clean)……………………… it.

12. Look! Somebody (break)…………………………….. that door.

13. They (not meet)……………………….. us since last week.

14. What (you/do) ………………………………….. at this time yesterday.

15. Our school (open)  …………………………….. a new club next week.  

III. Give the correct form of the words in CAPITAL to complete the sentences.(10pts) 

1. The ________________are scheduled to take off at 15.00 and 15.30.                 FLY

2. The________________of people in countryside make me happy                         FRIEND

3. You don^’t have to do that work. In other words, it^’s ….......................... for you   NECCESITY

4. We received a lot of ________________from our teacher.                                   ENCOURAGE

5. During his ________________ the family lived in Cornwall                                CHILD

6. Her……………...................………..was excellent                                                PERFORM

7. Many…………................……......activities are held every year.                          CULTURE

8. Birthday is a family…...........…………………….                                                            CELEBRATE

9. The football match was very……………........……………                                   ECXITE

10. I am……………..............……..that he won the prize                                         AMAZE

IV. Choose the underlined words or phrases (A, B, C or D) that are incorrect in standard English and correct them(5pts) 

1. I have lived here since many years and I think it’s a nice town.............................................

    A                  B                        C           D

2. The book writing by Jack London is very popular in the world. ..........................................

    A           B                                    C                        D

3. We have sung together ever when I was a small child.    ..........................................

            A                                 B         C                 D

4. My father’s car is the same color like my uncle’s car. ..........................................

                 A              B                      C              D

5. Shall you close the window for me , please? ..........................................

     A                   B                     C        D

V. Fill in the gap with a suitable preposition. ( 5 pts)

1) Your father is very kind ................... David.                
2) Hurry or you will be late ..................... school.           
3) Were they present ................... the meeting?                 
4) She was confused ....................... the dates.              
5) His book is different ............................ mine.           
PART C. READING

I - Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions   (5pts)

            I went to Australia on a student program last year and I like to (1)_______you about it. I was very (2)_______when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (3)_______I met my host family. At first I couldn’t communicate with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all (4)_______we didn’t have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is (5)_______ ‘l’ and ‘r’. For example, Australian people often asked “What do you eat in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”…

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

2.  A. exciting                         B. excites                                C. excited                    D. excite

3.  A. after                               B. until                                    C. when                       D. while

4.  A. although                                    B. even                                    C. because                   D. so

5.  A. pronouncing                  B. speaking                             C. reading                   D. telling

II.Fill in the blank with an appropriate work. (10pts)

              Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) __________________ how to fly or play the piano. There (2) _________________ important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) ___________ practice. It is never simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4) ___________ know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) ______________ to fly an aeroplane. A (6) ___________ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7) _____________ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) ____________ . The same is true of (9) ______________ the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about  it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10) _________________ first?

PART D. WRITING

I. Write the sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the original one.(10 pts)  

1.I like playing sports more than watching them on TV

  I prefer……………………………………………… …………………………………………………

2. She is not a fast runner.

  She does……………………………………………………………………………………..…………..

3. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.

- He was delighted that ………………………………………………………………..

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 …………………………………………………………………….

6. Although he studied hard, he didn’t pass the exam

® Despite ............................................................................................................................................. 

7. Keeping the environment clean is very important.

- It’s ……………………………………………………………………………..

8. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it.

- The time machine ……………………………………………………………………..

9. What is the length of this swimming pool?

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

10.Did you walk to school yesterday?

  You……………………………………………………………………… ………………..…………

II. Use the following set of words and phrases to complete the following sentences. You can put additional words and make any changes necessary. (10pts)

1. stamps / a child / Minh / since / collected / was / has / he.

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

2. tomorrow / can / not / we / somewhere / I / so / working / go / am.

- ……………………………………………………………………………………..……………

3. back / in / months / England / going / two / are / to / they.

- ………………………………………………………………………………………..……………

4. information / entertainment / also / is / TV /  only / but / not / bringing .

- ………………………………………………………………………………………..……………

5. struggle / on / always / nature / home / life / at / is / the farm / with / a.

- ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

6.years / some / ago, / our / was / but / is / it / very / now. / big / city / small

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7.received / letter /  from / pen / her / friend / the / in / morning. / Hoa / a.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

8.lot / I / when / was / Da Lat, / in / I / a / of / places. / visited / beautiful

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

9.I / an / met / Englishman / talked / and / to / in / him / English. / yesterday,

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

10.year, / last / Mary’s / to / father / traveled / Viet Nam / met / and / her / Ha Noi / in

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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XI. Rewrite each of the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that its meaning does not change: 1. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1503 or 1504 in Italy. Leonardo painted............................................................................................................................................. 2. Many international artists attended Hue Festival this year. Hue Festival ......................................................................................................................................... 3. I haven’t met my uncle for 5 years. The last time ......................................................................................................................................... 4. I’m sure they will support this programme without hesitation. I’m sure this .......................................................................................................................................... 5. If people eat more fish and vegetables, they will be healthy. The more .............................................................................................................................. ................ 6. The plane was delayed for one hour because the wind was strong. Because of ............................................................................................................................................ 7.Tom is the most active person I’ve ever met. I’ve never ............................................................................................................................................. 8. You should wear a face mask in public places to avoid being injected Covid 19. A face mask ............................................................................................................................................... 9. Though the weather was bad, they still drove their car to work. Bad as ......................................................................................................................................................... In spite of ................................................................................................................................................. 10. The population growth in Tokyo is low. The population growth in New York is lower. The population growth in New York .......................................................................................................