I/ Section one: vocabulary and structures

Question 1: Choose the best answers

1. Don’t be silly! That ...................................possibly be Rivaldo!

  a. mustn’t                      b . shouldn’t                          c. won’t                          d. can’t

2. No sooner had we started the game, .........................it began to rain.

  a. than                            b. then                             c. that                            d. and

3. I ..................................be interested in playing badminton as a child.

  a. could                         b. ought to                              c. might                         d. used to

4. They’ve told you time and time ............................. not to go out at night.

  a. to                            b. over                            c. again                   d. before

5. Sorry I’m late, but I..............................feed my little son before leaving home.

  a. needed                          b. must                            c. had to                   d. was to              

6. Smith writes very quickly. He’s .........................finished his essay.

  a. already                           b. been                                c. for                      d. yet

7. What are you going to do? - I don’t know. I haven’t made................my mind yet.

  a. on                            b. at                                c. in                        d. up

8. I’ve ..............................to Paris. I went there in March.

  a. been                   b. gone                        c. just                      d. yet

9. This is the first ..................... I’ve ever lived far from home.

  a. already                    b. since                           c. that                         d. time

10. What did the girl say ........................?

  a. at    you                         b. for you                         c. you                        d. to you?

11. Phong rang his friend in Nha Trang yesterday, and he said it ..............raining there.

  a. was                       b. is                          c. should be                    d. to be

12. The last time I saw Khang, he looked very relaxed. He explained that he’d been on holiday the ........................week.

  a. earlier                        b. following                      c. next                         d. previous

13. We wonder ........................the tickets are on sales yet.

  a. what                            b. when                               c. whether                      d. where

14. When I rang Oanh some time last week, she said she was busy.................day.

  a. this                              b. that                          c. then                           d. the

15. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others?

  a. just                                 b. sun                              c. put                         d. bucket

16. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others?

  a. instead                           b. head                          c. heap                         d. dead

17. Which word has a different stress in the group?

  a. amount                          b. inventor                          c. garbage                  d. resource

18. This film must be new. We’ve ........................ seen it before.

  a. ever                            b. never                             c. since                      d. yet

19. He hates.......................................to do something by others.

  a. to be asked                b. asking                    c. being asked                          d. to ask

20. Let’s go camping in the mountain, ........................?

  a. do we                            b. can we                           c. will we                         d. shall we

SECTION B: VOCABULARY &GRAMMAR:

I. Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

33.__________ the traffic was bad, I arrived on time.                                        33….

A. Despite                      B. In spite of        C.However           D. Although

34.Please tell him to  __________ the light. It is getting dark.                                      34…

A. turn on                      B. turn up            C. turn over                   D. turn off

35 .An is a hard-working student. I think An___________ pass the exam easily.        35…

A. would                        B.  has                  C. was                            D. will

36..In order to save energy, don’t forget to   __________ the lights before you leave.

A. turn                           B. turn on             C. turn off            D. turn of             36…

37. If people need money badly, they may commit ____________.                    37…

A. criminals                             B. crime                C. criminate                   D. criminalist

38. The city is facing serious ____________ problems.                                                38…

A. polluted                     B. polluting          C. pollute             D. pollution

39 “Hi, Bill. Congratulations!” “___________.”                                                 39…

A. I’m sorry                            B. Thank you       C. My pleasure     D. You’re welcome.

40. Peter never goes to school late, _________ he?                                                      40…

A. does                          B. did                   C. doesn’t            D. didn’t

41. Over population is causing __________ problems than we can imagine.               41….

A. more                          B. less                  C. fewer                D. worse

42. They prefer to go _________ their car than __________ the train.                        42….

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

43.The boys __ home for lunch because they are planning to visit the hydro power station.

A.have not come            B.do not come      C.will not be coming D.is not coming 43...

44.They ________ a test tomorrow; we don’t want to disturb them.                           44...

A.will be having             B.will have           C.have                  D.had

45.They _______ that we have gone without telling them.                                  45…

A.thought                      B.are thinking      C.will be thinking          D.think

46.________ you ______ up this book for me, please?                                                46...

A.Are … going to wrap B.Will … be wrappingC.Will … wrap       D.Have … wrapped

47.At 7.00 tomorrow, you ___________ to school.                                                     47…

A.cycle                           B.will cycle           C.will be cycling   D.will be cycled

48.Solar energy ___________ by many countries in the world in he future.                48…

A.use                             B.will use             C.will be using     D.will be used

49.We __________ to school two years ago. Now I go to school on foot.                   49…

A.used to cycle              B.cycled               C.was cycling       D.went

50.My father used to go to work by motorbike. Now he __________.                         50....

A.cycled                         B.was cycling       C.cycles                D.used to cycle

51.We will go on holiday with some friends of __________.                              51..

A.our                             B.ours                  C.us                      D.we

52.A friend of __________ is coming to stay with me next month.                    52..

A.me                              B.my                    C.I                        D.mine

53.What shall we do this evening? – We __________ to the cinema.                           53...

A.go                               B.could go            C.could have gone         D.will be going

54.Careless driving __________ accidents on the road.                                                54....

A.will cause                    B.have caused      C.is causing                   D.is going to cause

55.Nuclear power __________ in the future.                                                                55....

A.will replace                 B.replaced            C.will be replaced  D.replaces

56. - Shall we go to the "Travelling in the future" exhibition? - ________________ 56….

A. Great idea! Let's go.                                  B. Not really.

C. Not too bad. And you?                              D. See you then.

57. - What's on the television tonight? -_________________                                      57….

A. I will go to the cinema.                              B. At half past nine.

C. The film is good.                                        D. A football match after the news.

58. Remember to __________ the light before going to bed.                               58….

A. turn on                      B. stop                 C. turn                  D. turn off

59. We are looking for cheap, clean and ................ sources of energy.                          59….

 A. serious                                B. dangerous       C. effective                     D. efficient

60. By the middle of the 21st century, people in developing countries .................        60….

more renewable energy.

 A. used                         B. have used         C. uses                 D. will be using

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 and, of course, my passport.

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IV. Read the text carefully and choose the correct  answer for each question.

A family of dancers

The women in the Watson family are all cazy about ballet. These days, Alice Watson gives ballet lessons, but for many years, she was a dancer with National Ballet Company. He mother, Hannah, also had a full-time job there, making costumes for the dancers.

Alice’s daughter Demi started learning ballet as soon as she could walk. “I never taught her,” says Alice, “because she never let me.” Now aged sixteen, Demi is a member of the ballet company where her mother was the star dancer for many years.

Alice’s husband, Jack, is an electrician. They met while he was working at a theatre where she was dancing and got married soon after. “When Demi started dancing, the house was too small for her and Alice to practise in so I made the garage into a dance studio. Now the living room is nice and quiet when I’m watching televison” he says.

Last month, Demi was invited to dance in the ballet Swan Lake. Of course, Alice and Hannah were in the audience and even Jack was there, which made it very special for Demi. Jack says, “I’m not that interested in ballet myself but it’s fantastic seeing Demi taking her first steps with Alice’s old company!” Demi was wearing a dress that Hannah made for Alice many years before.

“It was very exciting for all of us,” says Hannah. “Demi’s way of dancing is very like Alice’s. I know I’m her grandmother, but I think she has a great future!”

1. What is Alice Watson’s job now?

A. dancer                        B. teacher                       C. dress-maker

2. Demi had her first ballet lessons

A. at a very young age      B. at the National Ballet Company.        C. from her mother.

3. Jack helped his wife and daughter by

A. moving to a larger house.            B. letting them use the living room for dancing.

C. making a place for them to practise in.

4. What was the best thing about the Swan Lake show for Demi?

A. It was her first show with the company.             B. All her family were there.

C. She was wearing a new dress.

5. Hannah says that Demi

A. will be a star one day.     B. is her favourite granddaughter.

C. dances better than Alice did.

SECTION D. WRITING

Part I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word given.

1. The students started to learn English last week.

The students have...…..................................................……..……………………………

2. Linda’s best friend always gets to school on time.

Linda’s best friend never .........................................................................…….…………

3. If John doesn’t have a quiet room, he won’t be able to do anything

Unless John ………………................................................................................………..

4. Hanoi is large, Bangkok is larger and Tokyo is the largest.

Tokyo is ………………………………………………………….………….….…………

5. This bike belongs to me.

This bike…………………………………………………………………...................

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SECTION A (60 minutes)

PART 1- Grammar & Vocabulary Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill the gap.

1 My name is Juan and I _____ from Spain.

a) is

b) be

c) are

d) am

2 Look at my family. This is _____ photograph.

a) there

b) them

c) their

d) they

3 This is _____ computer.

a) David

b) David’s

c) Davids’

d) Davids

4 I _____ work.

a) sometimes go to the café after

b) to the café go sometimes after

c) go sometimes to the café’ after

d) sometimes after go to the café

5 She _____ for the train at the moment.

a) waits

b) wait

c) waiting

d) is waiting

6 Where _____?

a) does he work

b) he works

c) he does work

d) works he

7 Most hospital workers _____ normal working hours.

a) have not

b) don’t have

c) doesn’t have

d) isn’t have

8 Who did _____ at the party?

a) you saw

b) you see

c) saw you

d) see 9 ‘_____ to Australia, Ginny?’

‘No, I haven’t.’

a) Did you ever go

b) Will you ever go

c) Are you ever going

d) Have you ever been

10 Tokyo is _____ city I’ve ever lived in.

a) the most big

b) the bigger

c) the biggest

d) the more big

11 Is she the woman _____ husband is a writer?

a) which

b) that

c) who

d) whose

12 The police wanted to know exactly how the money _____ stolen from the bank.

a) is

b) was

c) gets

d) did

13 By the time Mary gets here, the film _____.

a) will finish

b) is going to finish

c) will have finished

d) is finishing

14 You _____ tell anyone about this, Sara. It’s a secret, OK?

a) couldn’t

b) wouldn’t

c) mustn’t

d) don’t have to

15 I think you _____ leave now, it’s getting late.

a) can

b) would

c) will

d) should

16 I wish I _____ in such a cold country!

a) didn’t live

b) haven’t lived

c) won’t live d) am not living

17 If Jack _____ music, he wouldn’t have become a concert pianist.

a) hadn’t studied

b) didn’t study

c) wouldn’t have studied

d) hasn’t studied

18 I always go to the cinema _____ Fridays.

a) on

b) in

c) at

d) by

19 I _____ late on Saturdays.

a) get

b) get up

c) go up

d) get on

20 I’m busy on Tuesday, but I’m free on _____.

a) July

b) evenings

c) Wednesday

d) weekends

21 My phone number’s 218974. That’s _____.

a) two one nine eight seven four

b) two one seven nine four eight

c) two one eight seven four nine

d) two one eight nine seven four

22 I will _____ you tomorrow.

a) shout

b) cry

c) call

d) say

23 Hannah’s a really _____ person. She’s always smiling.

a) sensible

b) interesting

c) talkative

d) cheerful

24 I have no _____ what time the swimming pool opens.

a) belief

b) opinion

c) idea

d) feeling

25 It was a beautiful day so we went on a boat _____ on the lake. a) ride

b) travel

c) drive

d) sightseeing

26 It was a great meal, but pretty expensive. Just look at the _____!

a) ticket

b) recipe

c) invoice

d) bill

27 What time do you _____ back from work?

a) go

b) get

c) be

d) travel

28 Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil looking really _____. a) tanned

b) sunned

c) coloured

d) darkened

29 I’m not very interested _____ sports.

a) for

b) about

c) in

d) to

30 She likes _____ Japanese food.

a) to eating

b) eating

c) eat

d) is eating

31 Harry _____ his father’s car when the accident happened.

a) was driving

b) drove

c) had driven

d) has been driving

32 I was wondering _____ tell me when the next plane from Chicago arrives?

a) could you

b) can you

c) if you could

d) please

33 If I _____ you had cancelled the meeting I wouldn’t have turned up!

a) knew

b) have known

c) had known

d) know

34 I like your hair. Where _____?

a) cut you it

b) did you have it cut

c) do you cut it

d) have it cut 35 I think Joey must _____ late tonight. His office light is still on.

a) have worked

b) work

c) be working

d) to work

36 John tells me Les is eighty, _____ I find hard to believe.

a) that

b) who

c) whose

d) which

37 We _____ to the new house by the end of the week, so we won’t be here next Sunday.

a) will have moved

b) will be moving

c) will move

d) are moving

38 What _____ this weekend, Lance?

a) will you do

b) are you doing

c) will you have done

d) do you do

39 The weather has been awful. We’ve had very _____ sunshine this summer.

a) little

b) a little

c) few

d) a few

40 Did you hear what happened to Kate? She _____.

a) is arrested

b) arrested

c) has been arrested

d) is being arrested 41 I often _____ football when I’m at the beach.

a) have

b) go

c) do

d) play

42 My brother _____ the cooking in our house.

a) does

b) makes

c) cooks

d) takes

43 Don’t forget to _____ the light when you go out.

a) turn up

b) turn in

c) turn off

d) turn over

44 I hope this cut on my hand _____ quickly.

a) cures

b) heals

c) treats

d) restores

45 She just burst into _____ when she heard the sad news.

a) crying

b) tears

c) cries

d) break down

46 He _____ that he hadn’t stolen the computer, but no one believed him.

a) reassured

b) informed

c) insisted

d) persuaded

47 Could you _____ me that book for a couple of days, please?

a) lend

b) owe

c) borrow

d) rent

48 Greg is _____ a lot of time at Yvonne’s house these days!

a) taking

b) spending

c) having

d) doing

49 Who _____ in that house?

a) does he live

b) lives

c) did he live

d) he lives

50 I will call you when I _____ home.

a) get

b) will get

c) got

d) getting

51 If you _____ me, what would you do?

a) was

b) would be

c) were

d) have been

52 I don’t know where _____ last night.

a) did he go

b) he did go

c) went he

d) he went

53 John and Betty are coming to visit us tomorrow but I wish _____.

a) they won’t

b) they hadn’t

c) they didn’t

d) they weren’t

54 I’m so hungry! If only Bill _____ all the food in the fridge!

a) wasn’t eating

b) didn’t eat

c) hadn’t eaten

d) hasn’t eaten

55 I regret _____ harder in school.

a) not studying

b) not to study

c) to not study

d) not have studied

56 Surely Sue _____ you if she was unhappy with your work.

a) will tell

b) would have told

c) must have told

d) had told

57 Our neighbours aren’t very polite, and _____ particularly quiet! a) neither they aren’t

b) either they aren’t

c) nor are they

d) neither did they be 

58 We had expected that they _____ fluent English, but in fact they didn’t.

a) were speaking

b) would speak

c) had spoken

d) spoke

59 I’d rather _____ next weekend, but I do!

a) I don’t have to work

b) I didn’t have to work

c) not to work

d) no working

60 Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about _____ subject you ask her to.

a) whatever

b) whenever

c) wherever

d) whoever

61 I always _____ milk in my coffee.

a) have

b) eat

c) cook

d) make

62 I don’t often _____ TV.

a) watch

b) look at

c) see

d) hear

63 Can you give me a _____ with my bag?

a) leg

b) back

c) hand

d) head

64 Before you enter the marathon, please bear in _____ that you’re not as young as you used to be!

a) thought

b) question

c) mind

d) opinion

65 The breath test showed he had consumed more than three times the legal limit of alcohol, so the police arrested him for _____.

a) trespassing

b) mugging.

c) speeding.

d) drunk driving

66 The meeting was _____ and not very interesting.

a) time-wasting

b) time-consuming

c) time-using

d) out of time

67 After the film was released, the main _____ point was its excessive use of violence.

a) discussion

b) speaking

c) conversation

d) talking

68 There have been several big _____ against the use of GM foods recently.

a) campaigns

b) issues

c) boycotts

d) strikes

PART 2 - Reading

Passage 1 Read the text below. For questions 69 to 73, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).

‘Heavier than air flying machines are impossible,’ said the well-known scientist Lord Kelvin in 1895. Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM in 1943, was wrong too when he said that he thought there would be a world market for only five or so computers. Predictions can, of course, be wrong, and it is very difficult to predict what the world will be like in 100, 50, or even 20 years from now. But this is something that scientists and politicians often do. They do so because they invent things and make decisions that shape the future of the world that we live in. In the past they didn’t have to think too much about the impact that their decisions had on the natural world. But that is now changing. An increasing number of people believe that we should live within the rules set by nature. In other words, they think that in a world of fixed and limited resources, what is used today will not be there for our children. We must therefore look at each human activity and try to change it or create alternatives if it is not sustainable. The rules for this are set by nature, not by man.

69 What was Lord Kelvin suggesting?

a) It is difficult to make accurate predictions.

b) It would be possible for people to fly.

c) It would be impossible for people to fly.

d) There would only be a few computers.

70 Which of the following statements is true (according to the text)?

a) Lord Kelvin and Thomas Watson were good friends.

b) The world does not have unlimited natural resources.

c) Our children will not make predictions about the future.

d) It is easy to predict what the world will be like 20 years from now.

71 ‘shape’ (line 8) is closest in meaning to:

a) do

b) create

c) look at

d) move

72 The article suggests we should live in a _____ way.

a) selfish

b) sustainable

c) predictable

d) scientific

73 Choose the best title for the article.

a) Predictions and more predictions!

b) Politicians and scientists

c) A sustainable future for our children

d) New inventions

Passage 2 Read the text below. For questions 74 to 78, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d)

     Many hotel chains and tour operators say that they take their environmental commitments seriously, but often they do not respect their social and economic responsibilities to the local community. So is it possible for travellers to help improve the lives of locals and still have a good holiday? The charity, Tourism Concern, thinks so. It has pioneered the concept of the fair-trade holiday. The philosophy behind fair-trade travel is to make sure that local people get a fair share of the income from tourism. The objectives are simple: employing local people wherever possible; offering fair wages and treatment; showing cultural respect; involving communities in deciding how tourism is developed; and making sure that visitors have minimal environmental impact. Although there is currently no official fair-trade accreditation for holidays, the Association of Independent Tour Operators has worked hard to produce responsible tourism guidelines for its members. Some new companies, operated as much by principles as profits, offer a fantastic range of holidays for responsible and adventurous travellers.

74 Tourism Concern…

a) helps tourists who have had bad holidays.

b) is a philosophy.

c) is a charity and fair-trade organisation.

d) has a chain of hotels.

75 Which of the following is NOT one of Tourism Concern’s objectives?

a) Good pay for local people.

b) Showing respect for local cultures.

c) Saving tourists money.

d) Protecting the local environment.

76 According to the text, fair-trade travel is all about…

a) making money for charity.

b) money from tourism going to local people.

c) travellers getting a good deal.

d) a great cultural experience.

77 According to the text, there are _____ companies that are operated on principles as well as profits.

a) a few

b) no

c) some old

d) many

78 Choose the most appropriate title for the article.

a) Holidays from heaven

b) Cheap adventure holidays

c) Fair-trade holidays

d) Great holiday deals

Passage 3 Read the text below. For questions 79 to 84, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).

Standards of spelling and grammar among an entire generation of English-speaking university students are now so poor that there is ‘a degree of crisis’ in their written use of the language, the publisher of a new dictionary has warned. Its research revealed that students have only a limited grasp of the most basic rules of spelling, punctuation and meaning, blamed in part on an increasing dependence on ‘automatic tools’ such as computer spellcheckers and unprecedented access to rapid communication using email and the Internet. The problem is not confined to the US, but applies also to students in Australia, Canada and Britain. Students were regularly found to be producing incomplete or rambling, poorly connected sentences, mixing metaphors ‘with gusto’ and overusing dull, devalued words such as ‘interesting’ and ‘good’. Overall they were unclear about appropriate punctuation, especially the use of commas, and failed to understand the basic rules of subject/verb agreement and the difference between ‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’. Kathy Rooney, editor-in-chief of the dictionary, said, ‘We need to be very concerned at the extent of the problems with basic spelling and usage that our research has revealed. This has significant implications for the future, especially for young people. We thought it would be useful to get in touch with teachers and academics to find out what problems their students were having with their writing and what extra help they might need from a dictionary. The results were quite shocking. We are sure that the use of computers has played a part. People rely increasingly on automatic tools such as spellcheckers that are much more passive than going to a dictionary and looking something up. That can lull them into a false sense of security.’ Beth Marshall, an English professor, said, ‘The type of student we’re getting now is very different from what we were seeing 10 years ago and it is often worrying to find out how little students know. There are as many as 800 commonly misspelled words, particularly pairs of words that are pronounced similarly but spelled differently and that have different meanings – for example, “faze” and “phase”, and “pray” and “prey”.’

79 ‘grasp’ (line 4) is closest in meaning to:

a) ability

b) use

c) understanding

d) skill

80 We can infer from the style of the text that this article was printed in a…

a) newspaper.

b) dictionary.

c) novel.

d) guidebook.

81 Kathy Rooney carried out research to see…

a) if students could spell certain words.

b) how widespread the use of computers is.

c) if academics were in touch with their students.

d) how dictionaries can help students.

82 them (line 22) refers to:

a) spellcheckers

b) computers

c) people

d) dictionaries

83 According to Beth Marshall, students today…

a) spell 800 words incorrectly on average.

b) like using spellcheckers.

c) mispronounce and misspell words.

d) are not as knowledgeable as they were in the past.

84 Choose the best title for the article.

a) Standards of spelling and grammar

b) Dictionaries of the future

c) Students don’t know their ‘there’ from their ‘they’re’

d) Automatic tools

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Section I: Vocabulary and Pronunciation: (2 marks)
I. Vocabulary:
Choose one best option A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.( 1 mark)
1. You should tlirow these ball pens away. They are — ..
A. use B. uses C.useful D. useless
2.1 have to go to the library. I need a lot of books for my report.
A. dictionary B. reference C. periodical D. section
3. She's a student. She often loses her pens and pencils.
A. careless B. careful 0. cared D. care
4. Tim made a big yesterday.
A. decide B. decision C. decisive D. decided
5. It's all right to borrow money occasionally, but don't let it become a .
A. usage B. tradition C. habit D. meaning
II. Pronunciation:
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest
in each group: (1 mark)
1. A. watching B. machine C. kitchen D. matches
2. A. cow B. power C. town D. slow
3. A. garment B. hardship C. carry D. garlic
4. A. middle B. mile C. kind D. dine
5. A. smiled B. worked C. picked D. jumped
Section II: Grammar ( 3 marks)
/. From the four underlined words or phrases (A), (B), (C), or (D), circle the one
that is not correct. (2 marks)
1. My Japanese washing machine is gooder than Jane's.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

2. I asked my mother wake me up yesterday morning because I didn't want to
(A) (B) (C)
be late for school again.
(D)
3. He used to playing computer games a lot, but now he studies very hard.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4. No one knows exactly how many species of animals lives on the earth.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

5. This teacher had teached at our school for forty years before he retired.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

6. Your bike might steal if you leave it outside.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7. Ba often receives a lot of presents on his birthday. He wish today were his
(A) (B) (C) (D)

birthday.
8. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween

(A) (B) (C) (D)

night.
9. There was too many bad news on television last night.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
10. Everybody who has a fever must go home immediate.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

//. Choose the best preposition to complete each sentence: (1 mark)
1. Nam is a good student this semester, so his mother is very proud him.
A. about B. in C. at D. of
2. She is going to participate our group next week.
A. in B. on C. to D. for
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3. Where do you live? I live 100 Iran Hung Dao Street.
A. on B. from C. at D.in
4. There is a table the middle the room.
A. on/of B. in/of C. at/of D. to/of
5. My brother is good natural science subjects.
A. in B. about C. on D. at
6 the way, I've got 2 tickets for the game. Would you like to go with me?
A. on B. at C. by D.from
7. We never go out night because we live too far town.
A. at/from B. at/in Con/from D.in/in
8. The criminals escaped prison yesterday.
A. out B. off C. to D. from
9. We had to use our neighbor's telephone becasue ours was order.
A. out of B. out off C. up to D. out from
10. Do you agree me, everybody?
A. about B. with C. at D. to
Section III: Reading ( 3 marks)
/. Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit
each space ( 2 marks)
What is money? The pound, the dollar or the franc are actually just like a gram or a
kilometer. The difference is that you can exchange money for something (1) . A
five pound note may buy a book, a huge bag of sweets, or a (2) of cinema
tickets. But the note itself is only a printed (3) of paper which costs almost
nothing to make. Thousands of years (4) , people didn't have money as we
know (5) . There were no banks (6) even shops. In those days, Mr.
Green, the farmer, exchanged the corn he (7) grown for Mr. Hive's honey.
This was an exchange arranged between two (8) , each of whom had
something that the other wanted. But in time, most societies invented their own
'currencies' (9) that people could exchange more. The different currencies
began to join together, which is why (10) everyone uses a national currency.
1. A. other B. else C. another D. apart
2. A. couple B. double C.few D. several
3. A. slice B. part C. piece D. side
4. A. since B. past C. before D. ago
5. A. them B. it C. some D. that
6. A. or B. neither C. and D. but
7. A. had B. was C. did D. has
8. A. jobs B. things C. goods D, people
9. A. for B. so C. by D. because
10.A. today B. tomorrow C. recently D. soon
//. Read the following passage carefully, then choose the correct answers. (1
mark)
In April 1984, David Hemphleman Adams walked through Nothern Canada to the
North Pole by himself. He walked 400 kilometers in 22 days.
David is an explorer and adventurer. He was the first person to walk to the North
Pole by himself. He was 27 years old when he did it. Other people travelled to the North
Pole before David but they had a sled and a dog team. David didn't have a dog team.
David was a brave man to go on this adventure by himself. He was also a lucky
man because the bear and the icy water didn't kill him.
1. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. Without a dog team.
B. A walk to the North Pole.
C. A brave explorer.
D. A lucky man

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2. Who travelled with David?
A. Other people travelled with him.
B. A dog team travelled with him.
C. The first person travelled with him
D. Nobody travelled with him.
3. Which of the following is not true?
A. He walked to the North Pole by sled.
B. He walked to the North Pole alone.
C. He walked 400 kilometers.
D. He was 27 years old when he travelled to the North Pole.
4. The phrase "by himself can be replaced by which of the following?
A. alone
B. successfully
C. with other people
D. on foot
5. Which is the main idea of this passage?
A. David spent 22 days walking to the North Pole.
B. David is a lucky man because the bear didn't kill him.
C. David was the first person to walk to the North Pole alone.
D. Other people travelled to the North Pole before David.

Section iV: Writing ( 2 marks)
/. Do as directed in parcntlieses: (1 mark)
1. He said, "I am tired today" (change into REPORTED SPEECH)
2. My father isn't rich. He can't buy that luxury car. ( combine into one sentence,
using ENOUGH)
3. The teacher said to the students," Come here at 8 o'clock tomorrow" (change
into REPORTED SPEECH)
4. She was very tired. She couldn't say a word, (combine into one sentence, using
SO....THAT....)
5. No one helped him because of his laziness, (turn the sentence into the PASSIVE
VOICE)
//. Write a paragraph about 100-150 words (1 mark)
Topic: There are 4 skills in English: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Which skill is the most difficult to you? Why?

SECTION I: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY A. GRAMMAR: Choose the best answer 1. 90% of the world’s rice in Asia. A. were grown B. grew C. is grown 2. English in over 45 countries. A. was spoken B. spoke C. is spoken 3. I at home so I don’t go to school. A. am taught B. taught C. was taught 4. A hundred watches every hour on eBay. A. were sold B. are sold C. sold 5. That book by an eighteen- year-old writer. A. was written B. wrote C. written 6. The competition _ by a a group of people from Liverpool. A. were won B. won C. was won 7. Today, eBay by almost 100 million people. A. uses B. is used C. was used 8. Every 90 seconds someone _ a digital camera. A. is bought B. buy C. buys 9. In 2001 the jeans company, Levis, _ a pair of jeans for $46,532. They in 1880. A. bought/ made B. was bought/ made C. bought/ were made 10. Between 1998 and 2003 over 100 books about eBay. A. are written B. were written C. wrote 11. In the 1950s, lots of new things . A. were invented B. invented C. was invented 12. They phoned the emergency number and came and quickly repaired the lift. A. anyone B. someone C. nobody 13 The police couldn't find him _ . A. nowhere B. somewhere C. anywhere 14. Our favourite restaurant The Lemon Tree. A. called B. is called C. calls 116 15. Things that were owned by famous people by Christie’s every year. A. were sold B. sold C. are sold 16. The Gucci fashion house beautiful bags and shoes. A. designs B. was designed C. is designed 17. I pressed the button but _ happened. A. nothing B. anything C. something 18. The Turkish manager hasn't got _ to say about the teams' terrible performance. A. anything B. nothing C. everything 19. We have got new to play our matches. It is a big park near the town centre. A. anywhere B. somewhere C. somebody 20. Can you answer the phone? is calling. A. Someone B. Everybody C. No one