Question

Part 1. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

9. A. town                                       B. now                                             C. throw

10. A. polluted                               B. shopped                                     C. stopped

Part 2. Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.

11. My mom told me that she ___some pictures of mine on Twitter the night before.

A. share                                          B. shared                                        C. shares

12. A ______ in the South Pacific erupted violently last Saturday.

A. earthquake                                B. tornado                                      C. volcano          

13. Mark went searching for his children ____he heard the warning of the tornado.

A. as soon as                                  B. while                                          C. until

14. The students must complete their report ____ May 5^th, 2024.

A. by                                               B. on                                                C. in   

15. They were searching for information for their project ___ their parents were gardening

A. when                                          B. until                                            C.  while

16.  My sister never shops offline. She _______ shops online.

A. sometimes                                 B. always                                        C. rarely

17. These computers aren’t mine. They’re ________

A. his                                               B. he                                                C. him      

18. The bookstore is ________the station on the Main Street.

A. in                                                B. next to                                        C. on    

19. Mi: “A flood destroyed everything my uncle’s house last night.” – Nick: “___”

A. I'm sorry to hear that.              B. All right!                                    C. No, I’m sorry       

20. Tom: “Let’s go shopping with me this weekend?” - Bob: “______”

A. I’d love to                                  B. Really?                                       C. That’s a good idea.

SECTION C. READING (2.0 points/ 0.2 each)

Part 1. Read the text and choose the best answer A, B, or C for each space.                          

A tsunami is a chain of fast-moving waves (21) _____ the ocean caused by powerful earthquakes or volcanic (22) ______. Tsunami has very long waves. It can be hundreds of kilometers high. (23) ______, tsunami starts suddenly. The waves travel at a great speed across an ocean with little energy loss. They can remove sand from beaches, destroy trees, toss and drag vehicles, (24) _______houses and even destroy whole towns. [...]

Tsunamis cannot be prevented. (25) _____, there are ways to help stop people from dying from a tsunami. Some areas with lots of tsunamis may use warning systems which may warn the population (26) ______the big waves reach the land. Because an earthquake that caused the tsunami can be felt before the wave gets to the shore, people can be warned to go somewhere safe.

21. A. in                                          B. on                                                C. at                     

22. A. erupt                                    B. eruption                                     C. eruptions                    

23. A. Usually                                B. Rarely                                        C. Sometimes                 

24. A. damaged                              B. damage                                       C. damages                     

25. A. Although                             B. Because                                     C. However                     

26. A. as soon as                           B. before                                         C.  until                      

Part 2. Read the text and decide whether the statements are True or False.

My family usually shops at the supermarket. The supermarket provides a wide range of goods which are displayed under one roof. This helps save a lot of time. If you go to a local market, you have to go to a lot of stores and stalls to buy stuff which is really time-consuming and tiring. Another advantage of shopping in the supermarket is that you can have more options for the same product for you to choose. For example, there are often one or two fixed brands of soap to choose from in a store, but you can see about 10 – 15 brands of soap if you go to the supermarket. Another thing we like to shop in the supermarket is that you can enjoy your shopping experience without worrying about the weather. A lot of people come to the supermarket to avoid the heating or rain from outside. To summarize, we like to shop in the supermarket because there are a lot of kinds of goods, each goods has many options to choose, and we can enjoy shopping without worrying about the weather.

STATEMENTS	TRUE	FALSE
27. The supermarket provides some of goods on display.
28. Shopping at the local market is time-consuming.
29. The supermarket offers more options for the same product.
30. When we shop at the supermarket we will worry about the weather.