I. SOUNDS & STRESS:
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1/ A. knife B. routine C. dinner D. kick
2/ A. minute B. muddy C. funny D. number
B. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern differently from that of other words .
3/ A. dinner B. harrow C. neighbor D. correct
4/ A. alarm B. discuss C. friendly D. begin
II.MULTIPLE CHOICE:
5/ Ask and answer questions about your daily routine, using the cues below.
A. action B. trip C. way D. habit
6/ I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
A. 10 minutes B. 15 minutes C. 20 minutes D. 30 minutes
7/ The lights went _______ in several villages because of the storm.
A. by B. away C. up D. off
8/ “........do you get to school?’ - ‘by bike”.
a. How B. What C. How far D. How often
9/ When I .......... to visit him, he......to work.
A. came/had gone B. had come-had gone C. had come/went D. came/gone
10/ Before the plane takes off, passengers must ...........their seat belts.
A. fasten B. flee C. emit D. unbind
11/ When the passengers realized that the ship was flooded with water, they were very upset and
..................in panic.
A. cheered B. laughed C. screamed D. hurt
12/ On his ......at the airport, John felt a little disappointed when no one came and picked him up.
A. arrival B. arrive C. arriver D. arrived
13/ My father is the __________ of my family and my mother is the homemaker.
A. breadwinner B. finance C. household D. nurture
14/ Most of the pupils are _____ to pass the examination.
A. enough good B. good enough C. too good D. very good
15/ He suggests _______ to France this summer time.
A. travel B. to travel C. travelling D. traveled
16/ After working hard for hours, the farmers sat down and ___________ a short rest.
A. get B. take C. do D. give
17/ We often get up early in order to get __________ for the new working day.
A. ready B. contented C. interested D. bored
18/ My mother taught me how to _________ the transplanting when I was six.
A. do B. make C. get D. have
19/ The weather was fine so we decided to go ____________ foot

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A. on B. by C. with D. in
20/ He’s interested in learning about agriculture.
A. He is learning about agriculture B. He enjoys in learning about agriculture.
C. He is fond at learning about agriculture. D. He likes learning about agriculture
21/ Would you like something to_________? - Yes, a glass of orange juice please.
A. drink B. eat C. swallow D. have
22/ What do you often do after__?
A. classes B. classroom C. schools D. hours
23/ What do you usually give your teachers on the _________ of Vietnamese teachers' day?
A. time B. occasion C. opportunity D. chance
24/ They usually spend two hours _____TV after dinner.
A. to watch B. watch C. watching D. watches
25/ How do you like the class?
A. For a month. B. I'm taking Maths.C. I really like it. D. Yes, I am

KHOANH ĐÁP ÁN ĐÚNG VÀ GIẢI THÍCH TẠI SAO CHỌN ĐÁP ÁN ĐÓ.

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. 

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

1. Choose the word that has different stress pattern from the others (listen/correct/copy)

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

A. liked                                        B. watched                      C. earned

3. Choose the underlined word (A,B or C) that needs correcting of the others

His performance is amazed, so everyone likes it.

                                                                     A                                  B                                          C

4. I enjoy watching (thriller/comedy/sci-fi) films because they bring me laughter.

5. (In spite/ Although/ Despite) the storm, they went camping in the mountain.

6.  How do you think about my new book? I find it (excited/exciting/excitingly).

7.  What about (go/to go/going) to the cinema? - Great!

8.  Halloween is held (in/on/at) October 31st

9. (What/When/Why) did your friends save money? - To fly to French

10. During Tet, the Vietnamese (design/decorate/buy) their houses with many beautiful flowers

11. Thanksgiving is a (seasonal/ religious/ music) festival held in the USA and Canada. 

12.  Everybody attends the festival (to/for/ with) fun.

17. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

            A. exciting                 B. landmark                C. delicious                 D. career

2. Choose the word in each group that has the stress differently from the rests :

    A. marathon                B. palace                     C. educational             D. interesting

Choose the word that has underlined part/ whose main stress pattern pronounced differently from that of the others.

1. a. machine          b. mobile            c. movie                  d. theater

2. a. furniture         b. university        c. patient                 d. hospital

3. a. activity           b. community      c. participate           d. citizenship

4. modern               b. quiet                 c. remote                  d. peaceful

            5. a. report              b. enroll                c. improve               d. promise

           6. a. village            b. relative             c. facility                d. countryside

           7. a. modern           b. dirty                 c. remote                 d. peaceful

           8. a. necessary        b. semester           c. experiment         d. geography

           9. a. available         b. expensive         c. convenient          d. excellent

          10. a. magazine       b. community        c. telephone           d. dangerous