I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. .A. chemistry              B. school                 C. mechanic                     D. charity

2. A. loved                       B. liked                  C. wished                         D. gripped

3. A. break                       B. great                   C. mean                             D. pavement

4. A. performed               B. prepared              C. washed                          D. cleaned

II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

I/ Pronunciation:

A.   Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others:

1/ A. communicate      B. explore                    C. forum                      D. force

2/ A. exchange               B. channel                      C. chemistry                D.  reach

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

1/ A. violent                B. document                C. control                    D. access

2/ A. commerce           B. benefit                     C. response                 D. remote

II/ Choose a, b, c or d:

1/ Nobody can deny the ________ of the Internet in our life.

     a. channels              b. benefits                    c. controls                     d. purposes

2/ He spends a lot of time ________ the web every day.

     a. responding          b. looking                    c. walking                    d. surfing

3/ We can communicate ________our friends by means of email.

     a. at                        b. to                             c. for                            d. with

4/ Before the appearance of newspaper, people got news from________.

     a. computers           b. criers       c. magazine                  d. television

5/ ‘Muc Tim’ is one of the most ________magazines for teenagers.

a. costly                  b. comfortable             c. dangerous                d. popular

6/ Remote controls are used to________ with television.

     a. invent                  b. develop                    c. interact                     d. respond

7/ TV________ can enjoy interesting programs by choosing the right channels.

     a. lookers                b. watchers                  c. viewers                    d. seers

8/ Living in a distant town, students can’t get _________ to the Internet easily.

     a. access                  b. work                        c. connect                    d. relation

9/ “I don’t like watching sports.” – “ ________”

     a. I do, too              b. So do I          c. I’m the opposite      d. Yes, I do.

10/ The Internet has ____________ developed and become part of our everyday life.

a. increase             b. increasing        c. increasingly               d. increased

III/ Rearrange:

1/ news as / Town criers / they were walking / shouted the latest/./

→ Town criers __________________________________________________

2/ are used / with TV / Remote controls / to interact/./

→ Remote

3/ part of our everyday life /has increasingly / The internet / developed and become/./

→ The Internet _________________________________________________

4/ of using the computers, / can they? / can deny the advantages / No one

→ No one______________________________________________________

5/ uses the Internet / every day, / Your father / doesn’t he?

→ Your _______________________________________________________

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. centre B. kid C. encourage D. colour 2. A. chemistry B. school C. mechanic D. charity 3. A. tutor B. volunteer C. student D. community 4. A. graffiti B. garage C. general D. globe 5. A. provide B. donate C. program D. clothes 6. A. laugh B. cough C. bought D. tough 7. A. game B. gym C. girl D. bag 8. A. calorie B. labour C. community D. volunteer 9. A. environmental B. benefit C. service D. sick 10.A. danced B. helped C. watched D. enjoyed 11.A. collect B. cough C. think D. certain 12.A. played B. lived C. stopped D. carved 13.A. colour B. face C. city D. recycle 14.A. global B. geography C. green D. big 15.A. charitable B. character C. headache D. school 16. A. score B. comics C. receive D. concert 17. A. public B. cucumber C. uniform D. during 18. A. great B. clean C. team D. means 19. A. needed B. collected C. helped D. started 20. A. horrible B. hour C. house D. here 21. A. collect B. receive C. comics D. colour 22. A. eat B. leave C. headache D. teaching 23. A. provided B. visited C. decided D. looked

I. Pronunciation

Choose the word that has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

2. A. Watch     B. nature     C. letter    D. future

1. Choose the correct word that has the different stress from the others. A. enjoy B. impress C. depend D. beauty 2. Choose the correct word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. A. beautify B. country C. friendly D. activity 3. I wish you ___________here with me now. A. are B. were C. was D. being 4. Tom wishes he _____________there someday. A. Will be B. should be C. would be D. must be 5. My sister had difficulty __________the English test last Monday. A. did B. doing C. was doing D. done 6. Mr. Nam used ____________on a farm in the countryside. A. lives B. living C. lived D. to live 7. The Singapore unit of _____________is dollar. A. time B. volume C. currency D. field 8. Islam is Malaysia’s official _____________. A. government B. religion C. region D. language 9. Maryam and Lan have ___________for five years. A. corresponding B. correspond C. corresponds D. corresponded 10.English and math are ____________subjects in our school. A. compulsory B. national C. additional D. traditional 11.Many tourists are really ____________by the beauty of Hanoi. A. impress B. impressive C. impression D. impressed 12.Mai’s religion is Buddhism, so she goes to _________every day. A. mosque B. pagoda C. church D. countryside 13.You are rather old, you should not depend too much _______your parents. A. on B. in C. of D. with 14.In some ways, Kuala Lumpur is not different ___________Hanoi. A. in B. on C. of D. from 15._______Mary learnt very hard, she passed the exam easily. A. and B. or C. because D. so 16.English is a /an ___________ language. It is spoken widely in the world. A. international B. national C. native D. nationwide 17.Miss White is very friendly, ___________everyone loves her. A. so B. because C. while D. when 18.Malaysia is divided ___________two regions. A. to B. in C. out of D. into 19.Almost all the tourists want to go back to Hanoi because of the people’s __________. A. friendship B. friendliness C. unfriendliness D. friendlessness 20.Although Nam lives far from his girlfriend, he tries to _______her. A. get touch on with B. keep in touch with C. keep on with D. keep away with 

I- Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently the others.(0,5pts) 1. A. sound B. court C. down D. account 2. A. grocery B. month C. comfort D. money II- Choose the words that have the different stress from the others.(0,5pts) 1. A. respect B. mention C. expert D. worship 2. A. custom B. explain C. chopstick D. manner PART III: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (3pts) I- Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.(1,5pts) We do not have many carnivals in Viet Nam; …….., we have many special traditional festivals. A. moreover B. while C. nevertheless D. although S1: Why don't you come with us to the Lim Festival? S2: __________ Sure B. Sound great! C.Not at all D. I'd love to Life in a small town is __________ than that in a big city. A.peaceful B.much peaceful C. less peaceful D. much more peaceful People break __________ tradition by not having fireworks on New Year's Eve. A. with B. on C. by D. into Look! Some children are ____________the buffaloes. A. picking B. playing C. driving D. herding We’ll go swimming today _________ it’s extremely hot. A. so B. because C. but D. yet II- Complete the sentences, using the correct form of the words in brackets.(1pt) If you write more , you won't make more mistakes. (careful) Quan Ho singing is on dragon boats. (perform) My dad doesn’t mind ………………… my mom from work everyday. ( pick up) Do you fancy ___________ with friends on Facebook? (chat ) III- Find the mistakes of the sentences.(0,5pts) 1. I must to go to the bank and get some money. A B C D 2. Nam gets some informations about education every week. A B C D PART III: READING (2pts) I. Read the following passage and choose the correct words to fill in the blanks (1pt) I surf the Internet every day, but I’ve never (1) ……………..more than an hour at a time online. I’ve got laptop and also a smartphone, so I can (2)…………… the Internet anywhere. Today, for instance, I’ve been online three times. Mainly I just read email from my friends. I read online magazines and I look (3) ........................information, too. I also compare prices of things, (4) ……………. I’ve never bought anything online because I don’t think it’s safe. A. spend B. spending C. spent D. to spend A. useful B. use C. usefully D. using A. at B. in C. for D. on A. because B. but C. although D. and II. Read the following passage, and answer the questions below.(1pt) TET holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh Chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the new Year’s Eve, the whole family get together for a reunion dinner. Every member of the family should be present during the dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served. On the New Year morning, the young member of the family pay their respects to the elders. And the children receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelops. Then people go to visit their neighbors, friends and relatives. 1. Is TET holiday celebrated on the second day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 2. What do the Vietnamese often do some weeks before the New Year? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. Who do people often visit on TET holiday? ………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. How many kinds of dishes are served in the reunion dinner? ……………………………………………………………………………………..… PART IV. WRITING (1,5pts) I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first( 1pt) 1. He drives more carefully than his friend. → His friend drives……………………............................................................................. 2. You had better pay more attention to your studying. → You should...................................................................................................................... 3.The date for the Vu Lan festival is the 15th day of the seven Lunar month. → The Vu Lan festival takes 4. Although the weather was bad, we went out. → The weather was bad; however, II. Rearrange the words to form the meaningful sentences (0,5pt) or/ you/ Would/ urban/ like/ to/ mountainous/ live/ in/ in/ the/ the/ areas/ areas? …………………………………………………………………………………… I/out/friends/fancy/with/weekend./at/hanging/my/the ……………………………………………………………………………………

I- Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently the others.(0,5pts) 1. A. sound B. court C. down D. account 2. A. grocery B. month C. comfort D. money II- Choose the words that have the different stress from the others.(0,5pts) 1. A. respect B. mention C. expert D. worship 2. A. custom B. explain C. chopstick D. manner PART III: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (3pts) I- Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.(1,5pts) We do not have many carnivals in Viet Nam; …….., we have many special traditional festivals. A. moreover B. while C. nevertheless D. although S1: Why don't you come with us to the Lim Festival? S2: __________ Sure B. Sound great! C.Not at all D. I'd love to Life in a small town is __________ than that in a big city. A.peaceful B.much peaceful C. less peaceful D. much more peaceful People break __________ tradition by not having fireworks on New Year's Eve. A. with B. on C. by D. into Look! Some children are ____________the buffaloes. A. picking B. playing C. driving D. herding We’ll go swimming today _________ it’s extremely hot. A. so B. because C. but D. yet II- Complete the sentences, using the correct form of the words in brackets.(1pt) If you write more , you won't make more mistakes. (careful) Quan Ho singing is on dragon boats. (perform) My dad doesn’t mind ………………… my mom from work everyday. ( pick up) Do you fancy ___________ with friends on Facebook? (chat ) III- Find the mistakes of the sentences.(0,5pts) 1. I must to go to the bank and get some money. A B C D 2. Nam gets some informations about education every week. A B C D PART III: READING (2pts) I. Read the following passage and choose the correct words to fill in the blanks (1pt) I surf the Internet every day, but I’ve never (1) ……………..more than an hour at a time online. I’ve got laptop and also a smartphone, so I can (2)…………… the Internet anywhere. Today, for instance, I’ve been online three times. Mainly I just read email from my friends. I read online magazines and I look (3) ........................information, too. I also compare prices of things, (4) ……………. I’ve never bought anything online because I don’t think it’s safe. A. spend B. spending C. spent D. to spend A. useful B. use C. usefully D. using A. at B. in C. for D. on A. because B. but C. although D. and II. Read the following passage, and answer the questions below.(1pt) TET holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh Chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the new Year’s Eve, the whole family get together for a reunion dinner. Every member of the family should be present during the dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served. On the New Year morning, the young member of the family pay their respects to the elders. And the children receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelops. Then people go to visit their neighbors, friends and relatives. 1. Is TET holiday celebrated on the second day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 2. What do the Vietnamese often do some weeks before the New Year? ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. Who do people often visit on TET holiday? ………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. How many kinds of dishes are served in the reunion dinner? ……………………………………………………………………………………..… PART IV. WRITING (1,5pts) I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first( 1pt) 1. He drives more carefully than his friend. → His friend drives……………………............................................................................. 2. You had better pay more attention to your studying. → You should...................................................................................................................... 3.The date for the Vu Lan festival is the 15th day of the seven Lunar month. → The Vu Lan festival takes 4. Although the weather was bad, we went out. → The weather was bad; however, II. Rearrange the words to form the meaningful sentences (0,5pt) or/ you/ Would/ urban/ like/ to/ mountainous/ live/ in/ in/ the/ the/ areas/ areas? …………………………………………………………………………………… I/out/friends/fancy/with/weekend./at/hanging/my/the ……………………………………………………………………………………

I. Pronunciation.

v Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others: (1)

A. locked          B. stopped          C. watched                D. received  

A. wife          B. magically              C. smile                                   D. kind

v Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others:

A. promise                   B. grammar                  C.product      D. select 

A. daughter                 B. immediately             C.convenient    D. electrical