2 Identifying the part of speech is helpful in working out the meaning of a word. Study the way the academic words in bold are used in the examples and write the correct part of speech, noun (N), verb (Vb), adjective (Adj) or adverb (Adv) for each one. 4 compared with previous generations ......... 5 Results revealed that... 8 3... in two rural and two urban locations......... 2 The present study was conducted... 1 The walking school bus concept originated in 1998.
what are these things? Write the words in the spaces:
1.it is a long seat for two are more students to sit on in the classroom.
2. They are of different colours.You draw and colour with them.
3. It has two wheels.Many students ride it to school.
4. It has many letters and words. You use it to look up new words.
5. It is a small book of blank paper for writing notes in.
6. They are 32 pieces uesed in the game of chess. You use them in playing chess.
7. It in a room at your school where there are books, newspapers,ect.for you to read, study, or borrow. Youc can read books or study there.
8, It is a large picture printed on paper and you put it on a wall as decoration.
Bài 1: What are these things? Write the words in the spaces
1. It is long seat for two or more students to sit on in the classroom.
2. They are of different colours. You draw and colour with them
3. It has two wheels. Many students ride it to school
4. It has many letters and words. You use it to look up new words
5. It is a small book of blank paper for writing notes in
6. They are 32 pieces used in the game of chess. You use them in playing chess
7. It is a room at your school where there are books,newspapers,etc. for you to read, study, or borrow. You can read books or study there
8. It is a large picture printed on paper and you put it on a wall as decoration
Bài 2: Put the werbs in brackets in the correct tense form
1. School (finish) .....................at 4.30 p.m every day
2. ................ you often (eat) ..............lunch in the school canteen?
3. Where (be) ................you, Phong?
I'm upstairs. I (do).................my homework
4.It's warm today. I (not want).............(stay)...........at home now. What about (go) swimming in the river?
5.Listen! ...............they (sing)...........in the classroom?
6.My family likes (spend) ...............our summer holidays at the seaside
I. Write the correct form of the words in the brackets.
1. My mother is a ¬¬______________ of English. (teach)
2. My aunt has two ¬¬______________ one boy and one girl. (child)
3. He greets me in a ¬¬______________ way. (friend)
4. The most popular after-school ¬¬______________ in our country are (act)
football, badminton and basketball.
5. She plays badminton ¬¬______________ a week. (two)
6. His ¬¬______________ are small and white. (tooth)
7. Living in a town is ¬¬______________ from living in a big city. (differ)
8. To the right of my house there is a ¬¬______________ garden. (beauty)
9. Why are you ¬¬______________ late for school? (usual)
10. In the library we read about ¬¬______________ things. (wonder
II. Read the following passage and answer the following questions. Write your answers in the provided space.
(1pt.)
SLEEPY TEENS
When school superintendent Russell Dever enters the local coffee shop at around 7:20 A.M., it is crowded with
students. “The line is out the door because our high school kids are getting coffee,” he said. And they are not standing in line
for the decaf – they need the caffeine to stay awake in class. Talk to American high school students and you hear the
complaints about how late they stay up, how little they sleep – and how early they must be in class.
These days, there is increasing concern in schools across the United States about students who are not completely
awake in morning classes. School officials in some states have even changed start times so teenagers can sleep later.
According to sleep expert Mary Carskadon, the fact that many teenagers work long hours outside of the school and have
computers and televisions in their bedrooms contributes to a serious lack of sleep. But, she said, the problem is also due to
biology. As the bodies of teenagers develop, their brains also change. These changes make teens more likely than adults to
have trouble sleeping at night.
Teenagers need at least eight to nine hours of sleep a night, but the average teen gets a lot less. Carskadon’s
study, completed in the fall of 2001 with researcher Amy Wolfson, showed that nearly 30 percent of students in the tenth
grade slept less than six hours on school nights. Less than 15 percent got more than eight hours of sleep each night. Eighth-
graders averaged eight hours of sleep a night, although that age group, she said, needs at least nine hours a night. Even
more remarkable are the results of a 1997-1998 school year study. In that study, 12 out of 24 U.S. high school students who
were part of an experiment at a sleep laboratory had brain wave patterns similar to those of someone with narcolepsy, a
serious condition that affects sleep. “What’s going in on is that at 8:30 in the morning these kids ... would normally be in
school sitting in a classroom, but ... their brain is still in the middle of the night,” said Carskadon.
Parent Dawn Dow says her son just cannot go to bed before 10 P.M. “Last year he was trying to put himself to bed
at 8:30 and was coming in 9:30 and 10 in tears saying, ‘I just can’t go to sleep.’ It is not a case of children wanting to be up
late ... It is a change in his chemistry.”
So would letting teenagers wake up later make a difference? Kyla Wahlstrom of the University of Minnesota in the
United States studies the effects of changing school starts time. She has looked at students in Edina and Minneapolis, two
cities in Minnesota, where public school officials have moved high school starting times past 8:30 A.M. In Minneapolis, the
middle school begins at 9:30 A.M. She said the later starting times have reduced students absences. They have also lowered
dropout rates by 8 percent over four years. In addition, she said, teachers report that students are not sleeping at their desks
during the first two hours of class anymore. She said 92 percent of parents from Edina reported that their teenagers are
easier to live with. The students reported that they were feeling less depressed and were getting better grades.
Big changes in school start times may not be possible in some areas. However, Wahlstrom said her research
shows that even small changes can contribute to a solution to this serious problem.
Questions 1 to 6: Decide if the following statements are true, false, or not given according to the information
in the reading passage. Write T (true), F (false), or NG (not given) in the provided space.
Question 1 Most teenagers sleep more than they should.
Question 2 There are scientific reasons that explain why teenagers have difficulty sleeping at night.
Question 3 The brains of teenagers are the same as the brains of adults.
Question 4 Teenagers can do their best schoolwork in the early morning.
Question 5 Some schools start their classes later so that teenage students can get more sleep in the morning.
Question 6 Many parents do not want high school officials to change school start times.
PART C: READING
I. Choose the correct word A, B, or C for each gap to complete the following passage.
Viet Nam is in the South-East Asia. It has lots of (26)_______ mountains, rivers and beaches. There (27)_______ two long rivers in Vietnam: the Red River in the north (28)_______ the Mekong River in the south. The Mekong River is the longest river in the South-East Asia and of course it is (29)_______than the Red River. The Mekong River starts in Tibet and flows to the Bien Dong. Phanxipang is the highest (30)_______ in Vietnam. It’s 3,143 meters high. Vietnam also has many nice beaches such as Sam Son, Do Son, Nha Trang, and Vung Tau.
26. A. beautiful B. good C. long
27. A. is B. have C. are
28. A. but B. and C. or
29. A. long B. longer C. longest
30. A. valley B. hill C. mountain
Write the correct form of the words given in capital letters:
18. My school is the …………………..one in Thanh Oai District. (OLD)
19. All of us are very good ………………..
(STUDY)
20. In our school library, there are four ………….. (BOOKSHELF)
21. Hung visits his grandparents …………………..a week. (ONE)
22. My house is on the …………………..floor of that tall building. (NINE)
23. Nobody in my class is …………..than Trang. (GOOD)
Listen to the conversations between Mi and Nick then choose the correct answer 1. Does Nick’s room look small or big? A. Yes, it does B. It is small C. No, it doesn’t D. It is big 2. What is there behind Nick? A. a bed B. a dog C. a TV D. a sofa 3. Where does Mi live? A. In a town house B. In a country house C. In an apartment D. In a city 4. How many people are there in Mi’s family? A. two B. three C. four D. five 5. Who lives near Mi’s apartment? A. her sister B. her aunt C. her friend D. her teacher Answer: 1 2 3 4 5 PART B- PHONETICS I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (1 point) 1. A. compass B. love C. judo D. come 2. A. dogs B. rooms C. attics D. photos 3. A. feet B. heat C. cheek D. great 4. A. Thursday B. thanks C. these D. cathedral 5. A. tall B. bar C. car D. farm Answer: 1 2 3 4 5 PART C- GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY I. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences (2.0 points) 1. I have English lessons Monday and Friday. A.at B.in C. on D. from 2. The children look very _______________ while playing games during break time. A. excited B. exciting C. excite D. excitement 3. I go to the _________ club every Sunday. I like this sport. A. music B. STEM C. math D. judo 4. My close friend, Hung is ___________. She talks all the time. A. talkative B. confident C. creative D. clever 5. Which bike is____________, this one or that one? A. cheap B. cheaper C. the cheapest D. more cheap 6. There are 20 boys in my class. Dung is _____________ . A. tall B. taller C. the tallest D. the highest 7. The villa is _____________by many trees. A. surrounded B. built C. have D. covered 8. ____________ any children in the playground right now. A. There are B. There is C. There aren’t D. Are there 9. My best friend is kind and . He often makes me laugh. A. funny B. shy C. kind D. rude 10. “What are you doing this afternoon?” – ‘I'd like to _______________ swimming.” A. go B. have C. play D. do Answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II. Find the mistakes in the following sentences by writing A,B,C or D in the table : 1. Jane isn’t live in England. She lives in Australia. A B C D 2. A house in the city is expensive than a house in the country. A B C D 3. There are some orange juice and milk to drink. A B C D 4. You must to do your homework before going to school. A B C D 5. Hoa is much taller than I. A B C D Answer: 1 2 3 4 5 III. Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses (1.0 point) 1. We can’t go out now. It (rain) _______________ very hard 2. Viet Nam (have) _______________ many beautiful beaches. 3. It is wrong of you to do this. This must never (happen) ________________ again! 4. Nam is interested in (play) ________________ board games in his free time. 5. Let’s (walk) ________________ to the movie theater. Answer: 1 2 3 4 5 PART D. READING I. Read and choose the correct word to fill in each blanks. breakfast teaches Saturdays happy from Jack is my best friend. He is a teacher. He ____(1)____ in a school in London. Every morning, he gets up at about 7 o’clock, has ____(2)____ and a cup of coffee. Then he leaves for work. The school is far ____(3)____ his home, so he can’t walk there. He must go by bus. He has lunch at a restaurant nearby. In the afternoon, he works until 5 or 5.30 and then he goes home. He doesn’t work on ____(4)____ or Sundays. He goes to the cinema or theatre. He is married and he has a son. He loves his family. They are very ____(5)____ . Answer: 1 2 3 4 5 II. Read the passage carefully, then do the tasks. (1.0 point) Hoa’s village is about 10 kilometers from Da Lat. It is a very beautiful and peaceful place where people grow flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous for its pretty roses and beautiful landscapes. The air is quite fresh, and the smell of the roses makes people feel cool. In spring, the village looks like a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers. A. Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F). 1. Hoa’s village is famous for flowers and vegetables. 2. The smell of the roses makes people feel cold. Answer: 1 2 B. Answer the questions. 3. How far is it from Hoa’s village to Da Lat? ____________________________________________________________________ 4. Is the village beautiful in spring? ____________________________________________________________________ 5. Why doesn’t it take the villagers much time to water the roses? ____________________________________________________________________ PART E- WRITING I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. (1point) 1. There are many roses in our garden. -> Our garden______________________________________________________. 2. The hospital is in front of my house. -> My house is_____________________________________________________. 3. Nobody in my family is older than my grandmother. -> My grandmother is _______________________________________________. 4. Mary has big blue eyes. -> Mary’s ________________________________________________________. 5. Ha Noi is large, Bangkok is larger and Tokyo is the largest. -> Tokyo is____________________________________________ the three cities. II. Use suggestions to make complete sentences. You can add more words but cannot omit the given words. (1 point) 1. He / be/ excited / his/ first/ day/ school. ______________________________________________________________________. 2. The cat /be/ front / the computer. ______________________________________________________________________. 3. Peter / have / short / fair / hair. ______________________________________________________________________. 4. there/ a new library/ Le Loi Street? ______________________________________________________________________. 5. She/coming/Ha Noi/again/a tour/next summer. ________________________________________________________________
complete the passage with ONE suitable word
Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year . Some weeks before the New Year , the Vietnamese (1)......... their houses and paint the walls . They buy new clothes for the occasion . One(2).......... two days before the festival , people(3)............. Chung cake ,which is the traditional (4).................... , and other goodies . (5) ............... the New Year Eva , the whole family get together for a reunion meal . All members of the(6).......... should be present during dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served . On the New Year morning , the young members of the family pay their respects to the elderly . In return , they receive(7) ................ money wrapped in red tiny(8)..........Then people go to (9)................ their neighbors and (10)..................
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
14. I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry.
A. hopeless B. hopeful C. successful D. unsuccessful
15. Carpets from countries such as Persia and Afghanistan often fetch high prices in the United States.
A. Artifacts B. Pottery C. Rugs D. Textiles
