I. PRONUNCIATION: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. character B. charity C. chiefly D. chill 2. A. peace B. please C. meal D. weather 3. A. leader B. instead C. deafness D. headache 4. A. wife B. who C. two D. power 5. A. champion B. scholar C. mechanize D. chemistry II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: *Choose the best answer: 11. Those foreign tourists are looking forward to enjoying Vietnamese Tet holidays with___. A. excite B. excited C. exciting D. excitement 12. The Tet holiday is often well__________ by most Vietnamese people. A. prepare B. prepared C. preparation D. preparative 13. The _______ of football spreads not only throughout England but also all over the world. A. popular B. popularize C. popularly D. popularity 14. There is ________outside the house. A. one B. someone C. anyone D. anybody 15. I haven’t spoken to ___________all day because I have a sore throat. A. someone B. nobody C. anybody D. ones 16. People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will _______ their luck during the whole year. A. control B. influence C. exchange D. result 17. ________told me she was ill so I didn’t visit her. A. Everyone B. Someone C. Anyone D. No one 18. I need _______reliable to look after the baby while I am at work. A. anyone B. someone C. everybody D. none 19. That resort is popular ________young people, especially on Tet holidays. A. for B. to C. with D. in 20. The whole family usually try to get together at Christmas. A. contact B. gather C. relate D. communicate 21. Tet is a ______occasion for all members of families to gather. A. special B. specially C. specialize D. specializing 22. Banh chung and Mut are ______food on Tet holidays. A. exciting B. popular C. ripe D. colored 23. When people ________, they speak to God to give thanks or to ask for help. A. believe B. try C. entertain D. pray 24. Lunar New Year, or Tet, is the Vietnamese’s main holiday. A. important B. serious C. excited D. short 25. Tet is a grand and important occasion in the year. A. excited B. colored C. great D. necessary

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 underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 1: A. planet          B. character                   C. happy              D. classmate

Câu 2:A. letter               B. twelve                        C. person             D. sentence

Câu 3: A. humor            B. music                         C. cucumber                   D. sun

Câu 4: A. enough           B. young                        C. country            D. mountain

Câu 5: A. sociable                   B. ocean                         C. receive              D. special

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (0.5 point)

1. A. unhappy       B. character                            C. activity                       D. vacation 

2. A. teacher                      B. pleasure                            C. pleased                     D. clean      

3. A. named                      B. lived                       C. washed                       D. used      

4. A. drives              B. watches                                      C. brushes                       D. misses

5. A. celebration             B. collection                             C. education                             D. suggestion

II.  Choose and circle the best answer. (1.0 point)

A. lives               B. lived                        C. has lived                    D. is living

2. He always ………………… to improve his English pronunciation.

A. try                  B. trys                          C. tries                                     D. trying

3. Lan’s mother told her  ………………… up too late.

A. not stay          B. to not stay                C. to stay not                            D. not to stay

4. Living in the country is not expensive and it isn’t complex, ………………… .

A. too                 B. either                       C. neither                       D. so

5. Minh is 15 years old. He isn’t ………………… to drive a car.

 A. young enough              B. enough young                  C. enough old                          D. old enough

6. My friend suggested ………………… by bus.

A. go                  B. to go                        C. goes                           D. going

7. I am very ………………… in the information you have given me.

A. concerned      B. interested                           C. surprised                    D. worried

8. They used to …………………  to school together  when they were in primary school.

A. walk              B. walking                             C. walked                       D. walks

9. Customers can shop  ………………… in the new shopping mall in town.                  

     A. convenient     B. convenience            C. comfort                               D. comfortable

10.The doctor advised him ………………… a rest and ………………… any heavy work.

A. to take-not do       B. to take-not to do                  C. to take-don’t do                   D.  to take-to do

III. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. (0.5 point)

1. We (study) …………………… English since we were in grade 3.

2. My father (buy) …………………… this car two days ago.

3. Students always (wear) …………………… uniform on Monday, Thursday and Saturday.

4. Who (look) …………………… after your children when you are away tomorrow?   

5. My mother (cook) …………………… in the kitchen now.

IV. Read the passage and choose the correct answer to fill in each blank. (1.0 point).

          Language learners learn words in (1) __________ ways. Some learners make a list and put into it the (2) __________ of new words in their mother tongue, and try to learn them by heart. However, others do not do so. Instead, they write one or two example sentences with each new word (3) __________ remember how to use the word in the right way.

          In order to remember words (4) __________ some learners even write each word and its use (5) __________ a small piece of paper and stick it somewhere in their house so as to learn it any time.

1. A. different          B. modern                    C. same                          D. important

2. A. use                 B. list                           C. example                     D. meaning

3. A. but                 B. to                                      C. so                              D. instead of

4. A. good               B. worse                      C. better                         D. less

5. A. into                B. up                                     C. at                               D. on

V. Read the passage and answer the questions. (1.0 point).

When I was twelve, my family moved to the city. At first, everything was strange and difficult to me. Life in the city is always busy and the people are often in a hurry. Lots of bikes, motorbikes, cars and buses coming from every direction scared me. Now I get used to the life in the city. I am used to the noise and busy city traffic. I’m no longer afraid of crossing the road. However, I don’t really like to live in the city. I prefer to live in the countryside.

          Answer the questions:

1. Where did his family move? ……………………………………………………………………………………………

      2. Was everything difficult or easy to him at first?

……………………………………………………………………………………………

      3. What does he think about the city life and the city people?

……………………………………………………………………………………………

      4. What scared him?

……………………………………………………………………………………………

      5. Is he afraid of crossing the road now?                           

……………………………………………………………………………………………

VI. Rewrite the following sentences. (1.0 point)

1. Ba is very strong . He can lift this table .(enough to)

→ Ba is strong ………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. Lan said to me: “Turn off the lights, please .”

→ Lan told me  ……………………………………………………………………………………….

3. My brother started working in Ha Noi 5 years ago.

→ My brother has .................................................................................................................................

4. He failed the exam because of his laziness.

→ Because…………………………………………………………………………………………….

VII. Arrange these words into their correct order. (1.0 point)

1. We / is / like/ teacher of English / our / because / he / humorous / very.

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

2. She / to / always / wants / improve / her English.

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

3. Hoa’s character / very/ is / from / different / her mother’s.

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

4. My children / speaking / enjoy / English / much.

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

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

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

Question 1: A. graduate         B. communicate                 C. laptop                           D. valuable

Question 2: A. gratitude        B. character                       C. activate                        D. agreement

Question 3: A. rural               B. surprise                          C. successful                     D. volunteer

Question 4: A. dedicated       B. demonstrate                   C. development                D. delicate

Question 5: A. benefit            B. generous                        C. inventor                        D. video

 Question 6.A. modest            B. contest                           C. suggest                        D. intestine

Question 7. A. fortunate         B. considerate                    C. nominate                      D. passionate

Question 8. A. movement       B. president                        C. extent                         D. instrument

Question 9. A. circulate          B. create                             C. indicate                        D. appropriate              

Question 10.A. statement       B. movement                      C. evident                         D. comment    

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 

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

that of the others. (2 points)

1. A. quite                  B. quiet                      C. equip                     D. diet

2. A. character          B. chemistry              C. scholar                  D. chapter

3. A. discuss              B. sugar                      C. share                      D. machine

4. A. tool                    B. coop                       C. took                       D. food

5. A. new                    B. sew                         C. few                         D. knew

6. A. cities                 B. satellites                C. series                     D. workers

7. A. head                  B. please                    C. heavy                     D. measure

8. A. check                B. chair                      C. change                   D. toothache

9. A. cat                      B. hat                          C. paddle                   D. grass

10. A. cost                 B. also                        C. only                       D. household

II. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. (4 points)

1. Trung is doing his ………………

A. homework            B. homeworks           C. home  work           D. home^’s work

2. They always go to school………………..a bus.

A. by                           B. of                            C. on                           D. in 

3. Thanh wakes up …………………………………

A. early morning                                          B. early in the morning

C. in the morning early                                D. early in morning

4. There will be a farewell party for him ………….the twenty-eighth.

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

5. When I am ill, my mother always looks ……….me very well.

A. for                          B. forward                 C. after                       D. in

6. This book doesn’t belong to me. It’s .................

A. him                      B. he                           C.  himself                D. his

7. He was only thirteen, but he ate ..............................his father did.

A. as more than       B. as many as            C. much than            D. as much as

8. She works very………………..

A. hardly                 B. lazy                       C. studiously            D. careful

9. I often ……………..in winter.

A. go playing             B. go to ski                C. play skiing            D. go skiing

10. These vegetables don’t taste ........................to us

A. fresh                     B. freshly                  C. well                     D. deliciously

11. Drivers should drive their cars as………….as possible.

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

12.  I am absolutely no good at all ……. any kind of sport.

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

13. We mustn’t ………………. when the traffic light is red.

A. slow down         B. go straight ahead  C. stop                        D. go fast

14. There is a ………………. behind my house.

A. big beautiful flower garden             B. garden flower big beautiful        

C. beautiful big flower garden             D. big beautiful garden flower

15……..do you study in the library? Three times a week.

A. How usually                                             B. How many times

C. How much time                                        D. How often

16. My sister …………at this school from 1980 to 1986.

A. was studying        B. studied                  C. studies                   D. will study

17. When there is ……..work, Mr. Tuan takes a day off and goes to the city with his wife.

A. least                       B. fewer                     C. few                         D. less

18. Playing chess after dinner sounds ………..to me .

A. bored                     B. boringly                C. boring                    D. boredom

19. Tom: “………………………………….”~ Jake: “She is kind.”

A. What does your teacher like?          B. What would your teacher like?  

C. What does your teacher look like    D. What is your teacher like?  

20. To cross the road, we must .....................................the left and the right.

A. look                    B. look to              C. look at                      D. look for         

III. Supply the correct form of the verbs  in brackets (1 point).

1. What your future house (be)………..like?  will-/…be

2. The difficult life in this town makes me……………………….(leave). leave

3. Nam usually  (play)....................sports, but this afternoon he  (fly).............his kite. plays / is flying

4. Lan with Mai (play)………….. chess at the moment. is playing

IV. Write the correct form of the words  in brackets (2 points)

V.There is one mistake in each sentence.Find it and correct it. (1 point)

1. He is not interested at anything outside his work.                             

2. I speak to my friend in the phone every week.                                              

3. Eating well and to exercise regularly help prevent a cold.              

4. Mount Everest is about 3,448 meters height.                                                             

5. That’s my sister over there. She stands next to the window.                       

VI. Fill  each gap  in the passage with a suitable word . (2 points)

            Benefits of playing sports

Firstly, playing sports can give you a healthy life and a fit body to you. You will be more active and healthier (1) by playing sports. To illustrate, you can have a lower chance of getting a serious illness such as a (2) heart attack or high blood pressure.

In other words, it increases your resistance to illness. In leisure time, you can play sports (3) with your friends or your relatives, this not only helps you but (4) also motivates everyone around you to take part in sports and have good (5) health.

Furthermore, there are some (6) sports which you can play easily such as table tennis, tennis or football and after that, you feel completely relaxed or (7) even free from your stress. Moreover, you also need to allow (8) and encourage children to play sports, especially some outside activities such as football, basketball or volleyball to decrease the time that your children (9) spend sitting in front of computers or watching television. 

These sports can help them have endurance, quickness and even teach them how to improve team spirit and work in groups. These sports also teach them how to communicate with their teammates, and show them (10) how active and creative they are.

VII. Choose the best answer to complete the passage ( 2 points).

            Each (1) ……. has its own tradition when New Year comes. (2)……. Japan, at midnight (3) ………. December 31, all temples in the country ring their bell (4) …… times. They believe that the ringing bells can remove their (5) ……. actions from the previous year.

            In Thailand, the New Year is in April. It^’s the hottest time of the year. People often throw (6) ……. over the people. They believe that this activity will (7) …….. a lot of rain and wash away the bad things.

In Viet Nam, people clean and decorate their houses (8) ………. Tet. They (9) ……….. their houses to look more beautiful. The first footer is very important. They believe that  the first footer on the first New Year Day decides the family^’s (10) ….. for the whole year.

6. A. sand                   B. soil                         C. rock                       D. water

7. A. bring                  B. brings                    C. brought                  D. bringed

8. A. after                   B. during                    C. when                      D. before

9. A. dislike               B. hate                        C. would like             D. likes

10. A. luck                 B. unluck                   C. bad                         D. bads

VIII.Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means

 exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (3 points)

1. It is an eighty –minute test.

The test lasts .......................................................................................................

2. Our house is older than any other house in the living center.

Our house ...........................................................................................................

3. My mother never allows me to go out at night.

My mother never lets ........................................................................................

4. I advise you not to drink too much coffee.

You had ............................................................................................................

5. Miss Quynh wrote the letter in twenty minutes.

Miss Quynh spent ................................................................................................

6. It is not necessary for her to join the party.

She doesn’t .......................................................................................................

7. Nobody in the team runs as fast as Paul                                  

Paul is .................................................................................................................

8. Sarah’s not keen on team sports at all.                                    

Sarah doesn’t ........................................................................................................

9. These girls don’t have straight blonde hair.                                       

These girls’hair isn’t .........................................................................................

10. How deep is this lake?                                                                         

What is the .....................................................................................................

IX. Use the given words or phrases to  make the meaningful sentences. (3 points)

1. Far/ it/ from /earth/ moon?

.................................................................................................................................

2. Children/ play/ football/ school yard/ moment.

................................................................................................................................

3. Would/like/play/ badminton/me?

...............................................................................................................................

4. Can/ you/ show/ us/ way/ nearest/ bookshop?

..............................................................................................................................

5. I/ go/ library/last night/ and/ probably/ go/ there/ tonight/ too.

.............................................................................................................................

6. He / know / few / English words / brother.

.............................................................................................................................

7. How / sugar / you need / make / cake?

.............................................................................................................................

8. Hoa/ like/ eat/ noodles/ but/ mother/ always/ cook/ rice/ her.

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