A. LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Choose the best answer. (A, B, C or D). (5 points)

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

    A.apricot                    B.president                 C. bread                 D. present

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

    A.needed                   B.wanted                   C. played                D. added

3. Choose the word whose stress patter is different from the others.

    A.paddy                     B.harvest                    C.country               D. collect

4. The Viet (Kinh) people account ________________ 86% of the country's population

    A.for                          B.up                          C.to                        D. on

5. Some farmers in my village stilluse wheel barrows to ________________ rice home.

     A.harvest                  B.load                        C.dry                      D. transport

6. The boys often help their parents to ________________ water from the village well.

     A. do                        B.collect                     C.give                    D. dry

7. The ________________ fields of Sa Pa have entered in Top 11 most beautiful terraces in the world according to Touropia.

     A.terraced                 B.ethnic                     C.stilts                    D.musical

8. Duong and Nick are at the ________________ of Ethnology.

      A.house                   B.fields                      C. groups               D. museum

9. Phuc’s hobby is ________________crafts.

    A.going                      B.making                   C.listening              D. reading

10. My mother enjoys window _________________ with her friends.

     A.shopped                B.to shop                   C.shopping            D. shop

11.  Collecting honey from the ________________ requires a lot of skills.

     A. beehive                B. beenest                  C. beehouse           D. beehome

12. The farmer rides the buffalo -________________carts loaded full of rice home.     

    A. draw                      B.  drawing                C. drew                  D. drawn

13. The chapi is a traditional ________________of the Raglai people.

    A. music instrument   B. musical instrument                               C. farming tool         D. farming tools

14. “Do you love it?” can be abbreviated as ______________.

      A. WBU                  B. J4F                        C. DYLI                 D. NUFF

15. ‘I have just taken an elephant ride in Buon Don.’ - ‘________ How interesting!’

    A. Certainly.              B. Really?                  C. Terrible.             D. Exactly.

16. They enjoy________ on Sundays because they want to grow their own plants.

     A. garden                  B. gardened                C. gardening           D. gardens

17. My dad loves ____________ my mom from work every day.

       A. pick up              B. picked up              C. picking up         D. picks up

18.  Girls’ Generation is considered one of the ________ Asian girl groups in the 21^st century.

      A. successful            B. more successful     C. most successful D. the most successful

 19. Sunny sings the song ________ than Jessie does.

      A. more well            B. better                     C. more good         D. best

20. ________ do the cattle provide the nomads? – Dairy products, meat and clothing.

      A. What                   B. Where                   C. When                D. Why

21. The Earth orbits around ________ Sun. 

    A. a                            B. an                          C. the                     D. that

22. ________ is the most important festival in Vietnam?

    A. Which                   B. What                 C. When                     D. Where

23. Do you mind ________ off the air-conditioner? It is too cold.

    A. turn                       B. turning                  C. to turn               D. turned 

24. Can you give me __________ apple in the fridge? I want to eat it.

    A. a                                B. an                      C. the                     D. no article

25. Lan often gets up __________ at weekends than usual.          

    A. lately                     B. more lately             C. later                   D. more later

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

1.A.health                              B.ready                          C. appear                      D. heavy

2.A. watched                          B. attended                    C.walked                       D. laughed

3.A. leisure             B. pleasure   C. treasure     D. pressure

4.A. coach       B. chorus         C. chore           D. check

5.A. bomb             B. debt    C. describe      D. doubt

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

1. A. stopped             B. helped                   C. rented         D. talked

2.  A. city                  B. capital                   C. nice             D. excite

3.  A. designed          B. received                C. cycled         D. rewarded

4. A. loud                  B. serious                  C. famous         D. nervous

5.  A. mind                  B. bike                         C. fit                  D. tidy

6.  A. planet              B. station                   C. space         D. face

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. 

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

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

1. A. language         B. package                 C. mathematics         D. marvellous

2. A. chemistry       B. prepare                  C. receive                  D. degree

3. A. private            B. diploma                 C. guide                      D. writer

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

1 A. missed       B pleased         C stopped         D washed                

2 A. great         B meat              C seat           D repeat       

3 A. fun            B museum        C hundred         D understand          

4 A still            B  bike              C light          D sight           

5 A. ticket         B forget           C remember       D. accept                

6 A. flow          B. how               C. cow        D. flow  

7.A. smells        B. cuts             C. opens       D. plays                  

8 A. teacher       B. clear                   C. reason               D. mean

9.a. accept         b. happy           c. apple       d. aunt                     

10.a. easy                        b. please        c. pleasure   d. teacher