Listen to a story and fill in the missing words:
Once a farmer lived a comfortable (1)....................with his family. His chickens(2) .....................many eggs which the farmer (3).....................buy food and clothing for his family.
One day, he went to (4).......................the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted (5).....................to his wife,"We're rich! We're rich!"
His wife (6).................. to him and they both looked at the egg in (7)................... . The wife wanted more, so her husband decided (8) ......................open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn't find (9)............................. gold eggs. When he finished, all the chickens were dead.
There were no (10).........................eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.
PART TWO: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from the others by circling A, B, C, or D: (5x0.2=1.0 pt)
11. A. tidal B. sight C. describe D. cinema
12. A. connect B. comfort C. computer D. contest
13. A. cough B. though C. rough D. tough
14. A. action B. national C. partial D. question
15. A. pleased B. erased C. increased D. amused
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others: (5x0.2=1.0 pt)
16. A. medical B. restaurant C. remember D. government
17. A. household B. homework C. garbage D. throughout
18. A. electrical B. interesting C. necessary D. beautifully
19. A. celebrate B. consider C. expression D. criteria
20. A. partner B. between C. visit D. program
PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: (10x0.2=2.0 pts)
21. The teacher told him ___________ up late.
A. to not stay B. to stay not C. to stay not D. not to stay
22. My father is good at ____________ English
A. speaking B. spoken C. speak D. to speak
23 We are all ________ that you passed your English exam. Congratulation!
A. relieved B. afraid C. delighted D. certain
24. "__________to come and have dinner with us?" "I'd love to but I'm very busy".
A. would you mind B. Could you please C. Would you like D. Do you enjoy
25. I am very _____________ in the information you have given me.
A. concerned B. interested C. surprised D. worried
26. Look at these flowers! I think they need..................................
A. water B. to water C. watering D. be watered
27. If you don't understand many words, you can look them ................in the dictionary.
A. up B. on C. at D. after
28. There are flights daily to Ho Chi Minh city...........................Monday.
A. besides B. after C. except D. on
29. Do you know the girl .............................. to our teacher ?
A. is talking B. talked C. talking D. he talks
30. George showed me some pictures .................by his father.
A. paint B. painting C. painted D. that painted
II. Use the words given in brackets to form a word that fits in the space. (0.2x10=2.0)
31. This book has a lot of information. It's very ______________. (use)
32. Each of my friends has a _________________ character. (differ)
33. It is....................................to eat much sugar and fat. ( health )
34. Ha Long Bay was by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. (recognition)
35. His parents are very __________________ of him. (pride)
36. "The lost shoes" is one of the _______________ stories I like best. (tradition)
37. Every week, there are two_____________from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh city. (fly)
38. They had an_____________Christmas vacation. (enjoy)
39. He is a well- known_____________ (photograph)
40. We're having a good time here. People on the island are very___________ (hospitality)
III. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in the brackets. (0.2x5 =1.0)
41. Compost (make) ..............from vegetable matter is considered a wonderful natural fertilizer.
42.Three thieves robbed the museum last night. Five paintings (steal)....................
43. I didn't know how to get to your house so I stopped (ask) ...................the way.
44. Jone is washing his hands. He just (repair) ..........................his bike.
45. Tom doesn't enjoy (laugh)............................at by other people.
IV. Fill each gap of the following sentences with a suitable preposition (0.2x5=1.0)
46. Snow is falling all...........................the country.
47. Keep those medicines.............................the children's reach.
48. Tim should work harder ..........................his Spanish pronunciation.
49. My grandmother prefers living in the countryside................living in the city.
50. The policeman asked me to phone.............................an ambulance.
PART FOUR: READING
I. Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following passage. ( 0.2x 10= 2.0 pts)
How to be a friend to the earth
There (51) ......many simple things we can do to stop the (52)...........of the environment. First of all, we should not dump our rubbish without (53)........which things, such as bottles and paper can (54)...........
We should put objectives that we can recycle in (55).........bins. Secondly, instead of talking our car wherever we go, we ought to leave it at home (56).........possible, and go on foot or (57) .......public transport. When we have to drive to the supermarket (58) ......our shopping, we should always remember (59)......our own bags (60) ...... we don't need to use the supermarket's plastic bags.
51. A. are B. is C. was D. were
52. A. Destroy B. destroyed C. Destructive D. destruction
53. A. think B. to think C. thinking D. thought
54. A. be recycled B. recycle C. recycling D. being recycled
55. A. recycle B. recycles C. recycled D. recycling
56. A. where B. whenever C. where D. wherever
57. A. on B. in C. by D. to
58. A. to do B. do C. to make D. making
59. A. taking B. to take C. take D. took
60. A. so B. that C. so that D. so as
II. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete the passage. (0.2x10=2pts)
As a student I have to learn a lot of subjects and English is one of them. We have English lessons (61).....................Tuesday and Friday mornings. My English class (62)....................very big with 50 students (63)...................different cities in Viet Nam. My teacher often gives us a lot of homework so I try (64)....................it carefully before I go to class. In class, I listen to the teacher attentively, answer the teacher's (65)..........................in English and practise English (66).....................my classmates. I think (67)....................isn't easy to learn English because you speak it in one way and write it in the (68).......................way. That is why at first I found it difficult to learn English. But day after day, thanks (69)....................our teacher's help and my great effort, I have made some progress in my English now and I hope that one day I can read English books in the originals and communicate (70) ........................English well.
III. Read the passage, then write true (T) or false (F) for the following sentences: (0.2 x 5 = 1.0pts)
The Vietnames people celebrate the New Year ( Tet) on the first three days of the January according to the lunar calendar. On these days, they often paint and decorate their houses. They buy a lot of fruit, flowers and they also make many delicious dishes. They make sticky rice cakes because they are their traditional cakes. People who work far away try to get home on these days. On the first day of Tet, people often offer these good fruit and food to their ancestors and after that the whole families enjoy the food. They also visit pagodas, temples and their relatives or friends. Children are given lucky money which represents the adults' good wishes to them. There are a lot of traditional games and contests at Tet, such as rice - cooking, fire- making, water- fetching and buffalo- fighting. These are really interesting. People are playing and enjoying themselves very much on this occasion.
.............71. Vietnamese people celebrate their New Year on the first day of January according to the lunar calendar.
.............72.They make sticky rice cakes at Tet because they are traditional ones.
.............73. People try to get home at Tet because they earn a lot of money.
.............74. Adults often give children lucky money because lucky money represents good wishes.
............ 75. There are no traditional games at Tet.
PART FIVE: WRITING
I. Find out correct one mistake in A, B, C or D of each sentence and then correct. (1point)
76. He slept in his room when the fire alarm rang. ............................
A B C D
77. Shall you close the window for me, please? ...............................
A B C D
78. He gets up early in order to reviewing lessons before school. .........................
A B C D
79. The ambulance will be there for about ten minutes. .........................
A B C D
80. I've been learning English since 4 years. .............................
A B C D
II. Finish the second sentence in such a way that is similar to the original one: (0.4x 5=2.0)
81. We had to wait two hours for Donald.
-> Donald kept...........................................................................................
82. "Have you been out at all this evening, Mr. Johnson?" The detective asked.
-> The detective wanted to find out........................................................................
83. Does he know enough French to work as a translator?
-> Is his....................................................................................................?
84. A Spanish architect designed our house.
-> Our house.................................... ...............................................................................
85. This is my first visit to Hue, the ancient capital city in Viet Nam.
-> This is the first time......................................................................................
III. Write a report on a festival you joined.( In about 150 words) (2pts).
