SECTION B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Part I. Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.

1. Are you interested…………… playing after class?

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

2. Linda works very……………so she always gets good marks.

A. badly                B. good                 C. hardly               D. hard

3. Of all my friends, Sarah is……..

A. tallest                B. the tallest          C. more taller        D. the most tallest

4. Last week I……………. my children to the biggest zoo in town.

A. got                   B. brought            C. fetch                 D. took

5. Do you collect stamps or other things?

Yes, I am a stamp…………..

A. collecting          B. collect               C. collector           D. collection

6. Many girls and women …………… aerobics to keep fit.

A. play                  B. do                    C. go                     D. have

7. I don’t have…………… homework to do at Tet.

A. a little               B. many                C. a                       D. any

8. If the boy…………..his best, he will pass the exams.

A. try                    B. tries                  C. is trying            D. tried

9. We were very upset when our favourite team didn’t………..even one goal.

A. score                B. play                  C. kick                  D. point

10. France is the most……..country to visit. It has about 76 million visitors a year.

A. visiting             B. popular             C. expensive         D. relaxing

Your answers:

Part 2. (5 points) Each line in the following passage has ONE mistake. Find, underline and correct it

1. There is some new furnitures in the living room.

2. I’m the younger person in my family.                                

3. Vietnamese people prepares for Tet several weeks beforehand.               

4. Would you like an apple or any apple juice?    

5. A lot of my friends play soccer, but not much of them play tennis.

6. Look! There friends is a beautiful bird flying in the sky.

7. The doctor says you should spend a little time to play video game.

8.  Recycling start when we put rubbish such as empty bottles and cans in the recycling basket.

9. The trip to Da Nang is very wonder. I really like it.

10. That’s your boss over there. Has he buy a new company recently?

Your answers:

SECTION C. READING COMPREHENSION

I. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage

          Of all my relatives, I like my aunt Emily the …(1)… She’s my …(2)…
youngest sister. She has never married and …(3)… alone in a small village near
Bath. She’s fifty years old, …(4)… she’s quite young in spirit. She has a fair
complexion, thick brown hair and dark brown eyes. She has a kind face, and when
you meet …(5)…, the first thing you notice …(6)… her smile. Her face is a little
wrinkled now, but I think she is still rather attractive. She is the sort of person you
can always go to if you …(7)… a problem and she’s extremely generous. She likes
reading …(8)… gardening, and she still goes …(9)… long walks over the hills. I
hope I’m as active as she is when I’m at her …(10)…

Your answers:

II. Read the passage and choose the best word (A, B, C or D) to put in each space

          Ann lives in London. She is twenty nine and … (1)… for the BBC. She interviews people on an early morning news program called The World Today. Every weekday, she gets up at 3.00 in the morning because the program starts at 6.30. She loves …(2)… work because it is exciting and she meets a lot of interesting people, but she loves her weekends, …(3)… . On Fridays, she comes home from the BBC at about 2.00 in the afternoon and she just … (4)… On Friday evenings, she … (5)… out, but sometimes a friend comes for dinner. He or she brings wine and they cook.

Ann loves cooking. They … (6)… music or just chat. On Saturday mornings she gets up at 9 and she goes … (7)… Then in the evening, she sometimes goes to the theater or the opera … (8)…. a friend – she loves opera. Then they eat in her favorite Chinese restaurant. On Sunday morning, she stays in bed late. She doesn’t get up until 11.00. Sometimes in the afternoon, she visits her sister. She lives in the country and has two …. (9)… She likes playing with her niece and nephew, but she leaves early … (10)… she goes to bed at 8.00 on Sunday evenings.

Your answers:

Part III. Read the text about three students and write the corrrect letters A, B or C.

Three teenagers talking about their holiday

A.  Andrew

Today our teacher asked us where we are going on holiday and what we are taking with us. I’m going to the beach with both my parents. I don’t need my passport. It will be very hot, so I am taking my swimming costume and a big towel but not an umbrella. I like my blue towel, it’s my favourite colour. My friend told me to take my camera because you can sometimes see dolphins. I will also take my seater as it sometimes gets cold at night.

B.  Peter

My teacher asked me about my holiday. I’m going to a house in the mountains with my uncle and aunt. It will be very cold all the time, so I will take my favourite blue scarf and gloves. My aunt said there will be a lot of snow. We are going there because my uncle likes snowboarding. I am excited because I will go on a helicopter again. We are going to the top of the mountain. I must take my trainers and a good hat!

C.  Ben

I told our teacher that I’m going on holiday to the forests in Germany with my father and my brother. This will be the first time I go on an airplane. We will go to the airport two hours before the flight. My mum says it rains a lot in the area we are going to. So, I’ll take my blue raincoat which has a picture of a dolphin on it and possibly an umbrella. I will also take my yellow boots...