Question

A. Phonetics

9. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently 

  A. pollution             B. transport               C. waste                     D. plastic

10. Choose the word whose primary stress is NOT placed on the second syllable.

  A. designer                        B. gamer                     C. director                 D. musician

B. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the questions

 11. The firemen arrived just in time to ______________ the child stuck in the fire.

    A. assist                             B. help                        C. rescue                    D. provide

12. Scientists float in a space station because there’s no ______________.

    A. technology                   B. science                  C. gravity                   D. air

13. My dream is to be a _______ because I love animals and want to help them.

    A. doctor                            B. veterinarian          C. nurse                      D. dentist

14. Our house is bigger, but ______________ has a swimming pool.

    A. they                               B. theirs                     C. their                       D. there

15. The farmer ______________ in the field when he saw a UFO.

    A. is working                     B. was working         C. worked                  D. works

16. With ______________ population of 1.7 million people, _________ Tày are the biggest ethnic minority group in Vietnam.

    A. a / no article                             B. a / the                    

    C. no article / the              D. no article / no article

III. READING (2ms)

A. Read the passage  then choose the best word (A,B,C or D) for each space.

Choose your career!

What do you want to do when you leave school? There are so many jobs in the world, but it is good to choose a job that you will be interested in.

• Are you good with colors? Perhaps you could be a house (17)___________, or perhaps you could make paintings of people, like Leonardo Da Vinci or Rembrandt, but remember, very few people make money from art.

• Do you like working with machines? Every town and city needs (18)___________ to fix cars in garages. 

• Medicine is a good career. You will have a job for life. If you love animals, the work of a (19)___________ may be perfect for you.

• Working in a shop or a hotel can be fun, but perhaps the best job serving customers is … flight (20)___________. See the world and get paid for it!

• Would you like to be on television – not as an actor or someone reading the news, but as an  interviewer who talks to celebrities? The job is not easy, because you must think of good questions and then listen to the answers.

17. A. painter                        B. drawer                   C. artist                      D. designer

18. A. engineers                    B. explorers               C. mechanics D. factory workers

19. A. dentist             B. doctor                    C. veterinarian          D. nurse

20. A. assistant                     B. attendant               C. actor                      D. receptionist

B.  Read the review of a film and choose the best answer for each question.

The Martian

I’m not a fan of science fiction, so can you imagine how I felt when my friends choose Screen 2 on the movie theater website? It was showing this film. Much better choices for me were Screen 1, with a film about the early days of America, Screen 3, which was showing a comedy, or Screen 4, which had a film about the first landing on the Moon.

But, I hear you say, the Screen 4 film was about science. Yes, but science fact. And that is why, in the end, I really liked The Martian because you don’t see any green men with two heads. Instead, you learn things from the astronaut, like how to make oxygen and how to grow plants with no soil. We find out how to live on a desert planet with no water and low gravity using the knowledge and technology which we already have.

The astronaut is left on Mars when his spaceship takes off suddenly because a huge storm is coming. He is caught in the storm and loses communication with the ship, so they think he is dead. He nearly dies in several accidents, but a spaceship comes to rescue him after nearly 600 days.

I loved the film, because it wasn’t about a man who is frightened all the time and worried about his future. In many ways, it is really a comedy, and you know, and the astronaut knows, from his funny lines when things go wrong, that everything will be all right in the end.

*Questions:

21. Where did the writer see the film?

A. At a movie theatre                                               B. On the TV in his own house     

C. On the TV at a friend’s house               D. On a website

22. The writer doesn’t like films ______________.

A. about aliens                                                          B. about space         

C. which are funny                                                   D. about the past

23. The astronaut in the film ______________.

A. invents a lot of new things                                             B. learns to live on the planet       

C. uses a lot of technology which we don’t have yet    

D. doesn’t explain how he lives on the planet

24. How long is the astronaut alone on Mars?

A. Less than a year                                                   B. The film does not give a time perio     

C. The writer does not say.                         D. Nearly two years

Answer 1

9. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently

A. pollution B. transport C. waste D. plastic

10. Choose the word whose primary stress is NOT placed on the second syllable.

A. designer B. gamer C. director D. musician

B. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the questions

11. The firemen arrived just in time to ______________ the child stuck in the fire.

A. assist B. help C. rescue D. provide

12. Scientists float in a space station because there’s no ______________.

A. technology B. science C. gravity D. air

13. My dream is to be a _______ because I love animals and want to help them.

A. doctor B. veterinarian C. nurse D. dentist

14. Our house is bigger, but ______________ has a swimming pool.

A. they B. theirs C. their D. there

15. The farmer ______________ in the field when he saw a UFO.

A. is working B. was working C. worked D. works

16. With ______________ population of 1.7 million people, _________ Tày are the biggest ethnic minority group in Vietnam.

A. a / no article B. a / the

C. no article / the D. no article / no article

Answer 2

III. READING (2ms) A. Read the passage then choose the best word (A,B,C or D) for each space. Choose your career!

What do you want to do when you leave school? There are so many jobs in the world, but it is good to choose a job that you will be interested in.

• Are you good with colors? Perhaps you could be a house (17)___________, or perhaps you could make paintings of people, like Leonardo Da Vinci or Rembrandt, but remember, very few people make money from art.

• Do you like working with machines? Every town and city needs (18)___________ to fix cars in garages.

• Medicine is a good career. You will have a job for life. If you love animals, the work of a (19)___________ may be perfect for you.

• Working in a shop or a hotel can be fun, but perhaps the best job serving customers is … flight (20)___________. See the world and get paid for it!

• Would you like to be on television – not as an actor or someone reading the news, but as an interviewer who talks to celebrities? The job is not easy, because you must think of good questions and then listen to the answers.

17. A. painter B. drawer C. artist D. designer

18. A. engineers B. explorers C. mechanics D. factory workers

19. A. dentist B. doctor C. veterinarian D. nurse

20. A. assistant B. attendant C. actor D. receptionist

B. Read the review of a film and choose the best answer for each question.

The Martian

I’m not a fan of science fiction, so can you imagine how I felt when my friends choose Screen 2 on the movie theater website? It was showing this film. Much better choices for me were Screen 1, with a film about the early days of America, Screen 3, which was showing a comedy, or Screen 4, which had a film about the first landing on the Moon.

But, I hear you say, the Screen 4 film was about science. Yes, but science fact. And that is why, in the end, I really liked The Martian because you don’t see any green men with two heads. Instead, you learn things from the astronaut, like how to make oxygen and how to grow plants with no soil. We find out how to live on a desert planet with no water and low gravity using the knowledge and technology which we already have.

The astronaut is left on Mars when his spaceship takes off suddenly because a huge storm is coming. He is caught in the storm and loses communication with the ship, so they think he is dead. He nearly dies in several accidents, but a spaceship comes to rescue him after nearly 600 days.

I loved the film, because it wasn’t about a man who is frightened all the time and worried about his future. In many ways, it is really a comedy, and you know, and the astronaut knows, from his funny lines when things go wrong, that everything will be all right in the end.

*Questions:

21. Where did the writer see the film?

A. At a movie theatre B. On the TV in his own house

C. On the TV at a friend’s house D. On a website

22. The writer doesn’t like films ______________.

A. about aliens B. about space

C. which are funny D. about the past

23. The astronaut in the film ______________.

A. invents a lot of new things B. learns to live on the planet

C. uses a lot of technology which we don’t have yet

D. doesn’t explain how he lives on the planet

24. How long is the astronaut alone on Mars?

A. Less than a year B. The film does not give a time perio

C. The writer does not say. D. Nearly two years